JP2657942B2 - Enclosed ball-type 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 an enclosed ball type ball game machine in which a game ball is sealed inside and a ball is played by circulating the game ball to play a bullet. The present invention relates to improvement of a flow path for collecting spheres.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional enclosed ball type ball game machine, a so-called arrange ball type pachinko machine is known, for example, from Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-18925 proposed by the present applicant. This arrangement ball type pachinko machine has a ball storage gutter capable of storing 16 game balls. For example, when a player inserts a game medium such as a coin, one game ball in the ball storage gutter can be fired. In this state, the launched game balls flow down in the game section, enter one of the ball holding sections, and are held. When all 16 game balls have been fired, one game is completed.

[0003] That is, in the conventional arrangement ball type pachinko machine as a sealed ball type ball and ball game machine, when a coin or the like is inserted and a game is started, a game ball held in each ball holding section is stored in a ball storage gutter. The number of game balls used for one game is relatively small (for example, 16
It had been decided that number).

[0004]

However, an enclosed ball-type ball game machine that performs a general pachinko game is as described above.
The number of balls that can be used in one game is determined in advance.
Unlike Njiboru type pachinko machine, continuously game balls
In order to circulation used by the resilient, the number of game balls game balls that emit bullet in the middle game, with a margin so as not to lack the from the fact that must be enclosed in a sphere storage gutter, enough Tama貯
It is desirable to form a ball storage gutter to provide
It is preferable to arrange the balls in a line to the ball supply mechanism
Since it is necessary to supply the ball smoothly, one row of ball rectifier
Must be formed with a certain length
Can not form a large sphere storage space
It is. Therefore, the total number of enclosed balls
Should be kept to the minimum necessary.

Further, the elastic has been playing balls toward the game unit, together with a stream state of the game ball is changed variously by the occurrence of big hit state of the character object arrangement and the character object in the game unit according to the model, the bullet The recovery path of the emitted game balls is determined
Various prize-winning tools, out-mouths, and foul times
In order to be collected from the outlet through each collection route,
Separation relationship between the ball entrance where the ball was recovered and the ball storage gutter (recovery
Depending on the length of the path, etc.)
From through the game ball collection route back to the ball storage trough, Tamakyo supply mechanism
Required until it can be supplied to the launch position by
Time, etc.), and a sufficient number of
It is not easy to determine.

For example, the firing force of a hit ball due to a steering error
If there was significantly weaker, it did not reach the game board of Yu Engineering Division
Foul spheres are continuously generated,
The ball inlet for collecting the ball is located near the ball storage gutter
As a result, collected balls stay in the foul ball collection path.
Such bears can also occur. Collection ball in collection gutter
Spills even near the ball entrance
If it does not hurt, it will not interfere with the gaming function
However, the recovered game balls are detected in the game ball collection path
Game ball may be provided for
Balls staying in the recovery path reach the recovery ball detection means
In such a case, it may interfere with the detection of collected balls.
turn into.

[0007] Also, the balls staying in the game ball collection path are collected.
Even if it does not reach the ball detection means,
Ball staying in the game ball collection path after passing through the exit means
When the ball hits the ball and bounces off,
It can be assumed that it will reach the step,
If the collected ball is counted more than once,
This impairs the reliability of the collected ball detection. Especially, enclosed ball type
In a ball game machine, the number of game balls available to the player
The game is made possible by replacing it with virtual numerical data
As a result, situations that can cause the player to mistrust
They must be avoided as much as possible.

[0008]

The present invention SUMMARY OF] has been proposed in view of the above, it can be placed game board (8) freely exchange originating
The firing rail (1) arranged on the front side of the firing board (5)
9) to the firing position of the lower end (22), firing Bo game balls
The ball supply mechanism (e.g., ball supply member 45) disposed on the back side of the ball supplies one ball from the ball storage gutter , and the launching device (63) plays the game ball supplied to the launch position. Performs a game that flies toward the part (50), and stores the bounced game balls.
Determine the recovery route to be collected to the gutter as the result of the bounce, and launch the bounce
An enclosed ball-type ball game machine (eg, such as a ball-filled ball game machine) that performs a bullet-playing game by circulating the game ball by collecting the game ball with a determined result in a ball storage gutter (for example, the ball storage unit 27) from a corresponding collection path . In pachinko machines 1), games with different firing results
Ball entrance (for example, fur
Le ball entrance 30, game ball entrance 33, outro 52, out
The ball collection path 53 and the safe ball collection path 55)
Established to accept game balls from each ball entrance
Rectification that rectifies the game balls in a row while flowing down
(For example, meandering flow lower part 31, merging recovery path 51)
Game ball collection paths are connected to appropriate locations on the upstream side of the ball storage gutter.
By doing so, game balls with different bounce results flowing in from each ball entrance
Are collected from the upstream side of the ball storage gutter and collected in the ball storage gutter.
The game ball collected by the game ball collection path
Recovered ball detecting means for detecting a ball (for example, fur
Sphere detector 32, out sphere detector 56, safe sphere detector
57) is the relation between the total number of balls in the airplane and the collection speed of game balls.
In the section, the game balls to be collected are on a specific game ball collection path.
A position where one game ball that flows down even when concentrated can be detected.
It is arranged in .

[0009]

[Function] A ball is supplied to a ball at a launch position by a ball supply mechanism to a game ball flowing down a ball storage gutter, and the supplied game ball is fired toward a game unit by a firing device. The game is played by circulating the game ball by collecting it in the ball storage gutter. A ball supply mechanism faces the lower end of the above-mentioned ball storage gutter, and a ball inlet is connected to a ball inlet for receiving collected balls at an appropriate location on the upstream side.
Game ball collection path is connected, through this game ball collection path
Retrieve game balls with different bounce results into the ball storage gutter.

At this time, an extreme bias occurs in the result of the popping.
Significantly increase the number of game balls collected from specific ball entrances
Then, the ball is guided smoothly from the game ball collection path to the ball storage gutter.
Collected balls stay inside the game ball collection path
However, there is a possibility that
Arrangement of recovered ball detection means for detecting collected game balls
The position is "Enclosed in a ball game machine for recycling use
The total number of certain inclusion spheres "and" Distribution of play balls and prize-winning equipment
Various factors such as the separation distance from the installation position to the ball storage gutter
Collected ball is specified in relation to
Game balls that flow down when concentrated on the
Retained in the ball recovery path and arrived,
The collected ball bounced off by hitting the stagnating ball reaches
Is set at a position where it will not be lost
Can reliably detect one collected ball.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ball-type ball-and-ball game machine according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 has a glass frame 3 and an opening / closing panel 4 pivotally mounted on an opening of a frame-shaped front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. The game board 8 is mounted in the frame board 6 with the lower end of the game board 8 supported by the game board mounting portion 7 formed on the upper surface of the launch board 5.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the launch board 5 has a game board placement portion 7 extending rearward from the upper edge of the front portion 9 which is located substantially vertically. A fastening piece 11 having a fastening hole 10 is formed at a tip extending forward from a lower portion, and game board positioning projections 12 are formed on the left and right sides of the game board mounting portion 7 to protrude upward. A groove 1 having an opening facing upward at a rear end edge and left and right end portions of the game board mounting portion 7;
6, a reinforcing rib 15 is formed on the back side of the front surface 9, that is, inside the firing board 5, as shown in FIG. A mechanism housing space 16 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the ball entrance 18 of the foul ball recovery path 17 is opened upward at substantially the center of the front portion 9 and the inclined upper end faces the ball entrance 18 of the foul ball recovery path 17. Launch rail 19 with M-shaped cross section
Is fixed obliquely by fastening members 20, 20, and a firing position 22 is constituted by a ball locking piece 21 fixed to the front surface portion 9 and an inclined lower end of the firing rail 19, and below the firing position 22. A substantially inverted L-shaped interlocking member 25, which is composed of a press receiving portion 23 and a push-up portion 24 and forms a part of the ball supply mechanism, is rotatably mounted on a shaft 26.

As shown in FIG. 8, a ball storage portion 27 as a ball storage gutter provided in the enclosed ball circulation mechanism storage space 16 has a ball storage space 28 whose upper and lower widths are several times larger than the ball diameter at the upper end of the slope.
Is a substantially gutter-shaped member having a ball alignment space 29 in which the vertical width is slightly larger than the ball diameter at the lower end of the slope, and a foul ball inlet 30 is opened at the upper surface of the upper end of the slope. A meandering lower part 31 is formed to meander and flow down the foul sphere entered from the foul ball inlet 30, and the flow force of the foul sphere is reduced and rectified in a line, and a photo sensor is provided in the middle of the meandering lower part 31. A foul ball recovery path 17 is formed by facing a foul ball detector 32 which is a type of foul ball detection means, and a game ball inlet 33 for an out ball and a safe ball is provided on a side surface above the lower end of the meandering flow lower portion 31. And a ball rectifying member 35 having a curved portion 34 at the tip in a ball storage space 28 located downstream of the game ball entrance 33.
And the base end is pivotally mounted on a shaft 36 so that the curved portion 34 of the ball rectifying member 35 faces upstream.

Therefore, when the foul ball received at the ball inlet 18 of the launch board 5 enters the foul ball recovery path 17 from the foul ball inlet 30, the foul ball flows down while meandering under the guide of the meandering lower part 31. And is collected in a state of being arranged in a row in the ball storage space 28. Also, the balls entering the ball storage space 28 from the game ball entrance 33 join and collect in the ball storage space 28 in a state of being placed on the foul balls recovered by the foul ball recovery path 17. When the ball is stacked vertically within the sphere storage space 28, these spheres are flowed down in accordance sphere in the sphere aligned space 29 flows down, this time sphere rectifying member 35 is sequentially equalizing these stacked spheres Go. Therefore, even if a large number of balls are collected and stacked in the ball storage section 27, there is no risk of clogging the balls.

[0017] In addition, as in the present embodiment, the foul sphere detection
Vessel 32 upstream of meandering flow lower part 31 of foul ball recovery path 17
If it is installed on the side, it will be bounced due to misalignment of the firing force etc.
All balls are collected as foul balls, and from the game ball entrance
Since there is no ball collected in the ball storage space 28, the ball storage
In the space 28, the amount of stored spheres decreases, and the foul ball collection path 17
Foul sphere detection even if the situation overflows inside
To prevent the stored ball from reaching the vessel 32,
Bounces off a ball staying in the ball collection path 17
The collected sphere moves backward in the meandering lower part 31 and detects a foul sphere.
Since there is no possibility of reaching the vessel 32, the foul ball entrance 3
The game balls recovered from the ball 0 are detected by the foul ball detector 32.
And one can be reliably detected.

[0018] In the present embodiment, the meandering flow lower is formed only on the foul ball collection route 17, which will be described later if
Flow may be formed out ball collection route 53 and safe ball collection path 55 which constitutes the recovery passage 51 and the merging recovery path. In addition, a ball bottom member 37 is pivotally mounted on a bottom surface of the ball storage portion 27 near the ball outlet 27 ′ so as to be rotatable about a shaft 38. Is provided so as to be slidable along the length direction.
The supporting portion 40 formed at the downstream end of the rotating bottom plate 37 comes into contact with the action portion 41 formed at the base end portion of the rotating bottom plate 37 from below. Since the ball removing lever 39 is urged toward the downstream side by an urging means 42 such as a spring, the support portion 40 is always located on the downstream side to support the action portion 41. Therefore, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 8, the rotating bottom plate 37 always supports a ball whose free end on the downstream side rises and stands by near the ball outlet 27 '. When the ball pulling lever 39 is slid to the upstream side by hand, the support portion 40 is retreated, and the turning bottom plate 37 is turned by its own weight as shown by the dotted line in FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, the sphere in the sphere storing part 27 flows down to the vicinity of the sphere outlet 27 ', and then flows out (outside the machine).

It should be noted that the sphere storage section 27 having the above-described configuration is provided.
Can be stacked and stored in the ball storage space 28 even if the height difference between the ball entrance side and the exit side, that is, the foul ball entrance 30 or the game ball entrance 33 and the ball exit 27 'is small, It is possible to obtain a larger capacity than the conventional sphere storage unit, and it is possible to store, for example, 25 spheres with a margin. In addition, since the ball rectifying member 35 is provided in the ball storage space 28 for stacking and storing balls, troubles such as clogging of the balls do not occur.

In addition, a ball delivery hole 44 is formed in a base plate 43 extending from the inclined lower end portion of the ball storage section 27, and a ball supply member 45 constituting a part of a ball supply mechanism is connected to a shaft 4.
6 and pivotally attached to the base plate 43 so as to be integrated with the ball storage portion 27. Therefore, the ball storage unit 2
7, the positional relationship between the ball outlet 27 'and the ball supply member 45 is always kept constant. The ball supply member 45 loads a spherical weight 48 into an urging chamber 47 formed on the base end side of the shaft, and forms a ball storage chamber 49 at the tip end for storing only one ball. The chamber 49 is axially mounted with the chamber 49 facing the ball outlet 27 ′ of the ball storage 27.

In the ball storage section 27, a merging and collecting path 51 for continuously collecting game balls flowing down the game section 50 formed on the surface of the game board 8 and guiding the game balls to the ball storage section 27 is provided. The embodiment of the merging and collecting path 51 shown in FIG. 5 includes an out ball collecting path 53 for collecting an out ball discharged from the out port 52 of the game board 8 and a winning ball collecting gutter 5 provided on the back surface of the game board 8.
Safe ball collection path 5 for collecting safe balls discharged from 4
5 are formed side by side, and the out ball collection path 53 and the safe ball collection path 55 are merged from the middle, and the ball is straightened out of the out ball collection path 53 on the upstream side of the merging part. A photosensor-type out-sphere detector 56 is provided on the downstream side where the balls are arranged in a line, and a photo-sensor is provided on the downstream side where the safe balls are arranged in a line in the safe ball collection path 55 by a ball rectifier. A safe ball detector 57, which is a sensor type safe ball detector, is provided.

When the merging and collecting path 51 is attached to the ball storage section 27, the lower end portion of the merging and collecting path 51 is connected to the ball exit of the merging and collecting path 51 with the game ball inlet 33 of the ball storing section 27. It is fixed to the side surface of the storage unit 27. Thus,
The collected spheres that are not released into the sphere storage space 28 are merged with the recovery path 5.
Out ball detector 56 or safe ball detector
It does not reach to 57,
Residence to have recovered the ball each test again bouncing off I per to the ball
There is no such thing as being detected by the transmitter. In the above embodiment, the out ball collection path 53 and the safe ball collection path 55
Are joined by the merging and collecting path 51 to communicate with the game ball entrance 33 of the ball storing section 27, but the ball storing section 2 is connected to each collecting path.
7 may be configured so as to communicate with the respective ball inlets so that they join in the ball storage unit. In addition, the example in which the winning ball collecting gutter 54 is provided on the back surface of the game board 8 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a ball exit is formed in a predetermined portion on the back surface of the game board 8 to win the winning tool. It is also possible to dispose and configure a device having a function of collecting the used safe balls.

[0023] merges with the ball storage portion 27 having the above-mentioned structure
In order to attach the recovery path 51 to the launch board 5, as shown in FIG.
8 is rotatably fitted to a bearing portion 60 formed on the launch board 5 side, and a ball storage portion 27 is formed.
The free end side of a locking member 61 rotatably mounted on the firing board 5 side in a state in which the lower end of the inclined surface is in contact with the inner wall surface of the enclosing ball circulation mechanism housing space 16 of the firing board 5 is used as the ball storage section. 27 is locked to the base plate 43. The means for locking the free end side of the ball storage section 27 is not limited to the above-described locking tool 61, and may have any configuration as long as it can be locked in a detachable manner. A locking piece made of plastic having a pawl piece may be used.

In this manner, the ball storage section 27 is connected to the launch board 5.
, The upper half of the out ball collection path 53 and the safe ball collection path 55 extend upward from the back side of the launch board 5 and open to the upper side of the out ball collection path 53. The safe ball entrance 55 ′ opening above the safe ball collection path 55 is provided with the game board mounting portion 7 of the launch board 5.
And the ball sending hole 44 of the base plate 43 communicates with the ball passing hole 62 of the firing board 5. In addition, the ball storage unit 27
When the launch board 5 is formed of a thin plate-like member or a thick plate-like member, it is disposed on the back side thereof, and when the concave portion is formed on the back side of the launch board 6 as in this embodiment, You may make it arrange | position in the recessed part.

Next, in order to attach the firing board 5 to the front frame 2, a screw or the like is inserted into each of the fastening holes 10 with the fastening pieces 11 of the firing board 5 abutting against the back surface of the front frame 2. Then, the screw is fixed to a predetermined position by tightening the screw into the front frame 2. When the firing board 5 is mounted on the rear surface of the front frame 2 in this manner, the press receiving portion 23 of the interlocking member 25 which is pivotally mounted below the firing rail 19 is mounted on the rear surface of the front frame 2. It faces the substantially L-shaped lever 65 of the firing rod 64.

Then, in order to attach the frame board 6 to the back surface of the front frame 2, the frame support portion 14 of the firing board 5
With the lower end of the frame board 6 fitted in the groove 13, the fixing pieces 66... Formed on the left and right side edges and the upper edge of the frame board 6 abut on the back surface of the front frame 2. A fastening member such as a screw inserted into the fixing hole 67 is attached to the front frame 2.
Tighten. When the frame board 6 is mounted on the back surface of the front frame 2 in this manner, the groove 13 of the firing board 5 functions as a positioning member, so that the frame board 6 can be easily fixed at a predetermined position.

As shown in FIG. 4, the frame board 6 is a frame body having an open front and a bottom, and an opening 68 into which a winning ball collecting gutter 54 attached to the back of the game board 8 enters. And a notch 69 for receiving the upper portion of the merging and collecting path 51 protruding upward from the launch board 5, and a locking member 7 for locking the game board 8 on the left and right side portions.
0,70 is attached. Therefore, when the lower end of the frame board 6 is fitted into the groove 13 of the firing board 5 and fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2, the upper part of the merging and collecting path 51 attached to the firing board 5 side is cut out of the frame board 6. It is located in the part 69.

Next, in order to mount the game board 8, with the glass frame 3 and the opening / closing panel 4 opened, the game board 8 is positioned in the frame board 6 through the opening of the front frame 2, and the game board 8 is mounted. The lower end is placed on the game board mounting portion 7 of the launch board 5 and left and right positions are determined by the game board positioning projections 12, 12, and in this state, the back surface of the game board 8 is brought into contact with the rear portion of the frame board 6. The left and right sides of the game board 8 are locked and fixed by the locking members 70 on the side portions of the frame board 6.
When the game board 8 is mounted in this manner, as shown in FIG. 3, the winning ball collecting trough 54 attached to the back of the game board 8 fits into the opening of the frame board 6, and the winning ball collecting trough 54 The ball outlet 54 'of 54 matches the safe ball inlet 55' of the safe ball collecting path 55, and the outro 52 matches the out ball inlet 53 'of the out ball collecting path 53, and the winning ball collecting trough 54 and the safe ball collecting path 55. And the out port 52 and the out ball collection path 53 communicate with each other. In this embodiment, the lower end of the game board 8 is mounted so as to be placed on the game board mounting portion 7 of the firing board 5, but the present invention is not limited to this. The ball outlet 54 'of the winning ball collecting trough 54 and the opening (for example, the safe ball inlet 55') of the merging and collecting path may be attached so as to communicate in the vertical direction.

When the game board 8 is exchanged, the catch 70 of the frame board 6 is removed and the game board 8 is taken out.
Since the out port 52 is separated from the out ball entrance 53 'while leaving from the 5', the replacement work can be easily performed. Since the new game board 8 has the out port 52 and the ball outlet 54 'of the winning ball collecting trough 54 at predetermined positions, it can be easily mounted in the frame board 6 in the same manner as described above.

Further, in this embodiment, the foul sphere detector 32, a launch sphere detector 79 described later, and the safe sphere detector 57 are collectively disposed on the launch board side. Attaching / detaching of the game board is simplified without the need for attaching / detaching work such as wiring extending from the various detectors.

In order to play a game with the pachinko machine 1 having the above configuration, a card is inserted into a card insertion / ejection port 71 provided above the pachinko machine 1 as shown in FIG.
When a card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection slot 71, the card reader 72 reads the player's unique number recorded on the card, and sends the unique number to the central processing unit in the management room via the transmission line 73. Can be When receiving the unique number, the central processing unit sends the stored amount corresponding to the unique number via the transmission line 73, and displays the amount indicator 7 provided above the pachinko machine 1.
4 is visually displayed. When the player operates the purchase switch 75 on the front of the pachinko machine 1 by a desired amount after the amount is displayed on the amount display 74, the remaining amount obtained by subtracting this amount is visually displayed on the amount display 74, The number of balls corresponding to the above-mentioned amount is visibly displayed on the ball number display 76 provided above the pachinko machine 1, and the game can be started.

When the player operates the firing operation section 77 provided on the front of the pachinko machine 1 in a state where the game can be started, the firing device 63 starts and the firing rod 64 starts to reciprocate. When the firing rod 64 rotates in a direction away from the firing rail 19, the lever 65 of the firing rod 64 presses the press receiving portion 23 of the interlocking member 25 to rotate the interlocking member 25. By the rotation of the interlocking member 25, the push-up unit 24 pushes up the lower part of the ball supply member 45. Therefore, the ball supply member 45
Swings about the shaft 46 and moves up the ball storage chamber 49 at the tip. A predetermined number, for example, 25, of game balls are stored in the ball storage section 27, and the first ball of the balls arranged in a single row by the ball alignment space 29 is the ball storage chamber 49 of the ball supply member 45 described above. There is one inside. Therefore, the ball supply member 4
The ball in the ball storage chamber 49 passes through the ball delivery hole 44 and the ball passage hole 62 when the ball storage chamber 49 of No. 5 is raised.
9 is supplied prior to a resilient operation described later. When the firing rod 64 is sufficiently retracted, the driving cam of the firing device 63 is disengaged from the receiving portion of the firing rod 64.
Urges the firing rail 19 by the urging of the firing spring.
Return to and rotate. When the firing rod 64 returns and rotates,
Since the lever 65 is separated from the pressure receiving portion 23, the interlocking member 2
5 is returned and rotated by the weight or its own weight, and the interlocking member 25
The lifting of the ball supply member 45 by the lifting section 24 is released, whereby the ball storage chamber 49 at the tip is returned in the downward direction and rotated. When the ball storage chamber 49 is sufficiently lowered to communicate with the ball outlet 27 'of the ball storage section 27, one next ball enters the ball storage chamber 49 and waits. as mentioned above,
The enclosing ball supply operation is performed mechanically, and the enclosing ball supply operation is performed by using a solenoid or other electrical drive source separately from the electric drive source that performs the repulsion to electrically control the enclosing ball supply operation. May be related.

The sphere supplied onto the launch rail 19 rolls due to the downward inclination of the launch rail 19 and stops at the launch position 22 at the lower end of the slope. Then, the ball stopped at the firing position 22 is repelled by the resilient portion at the tip of the firing rod 64 by the return rotation of the firing rod 64, and from the firing rail 19 via the guide rail 78 on the surface of the game board 8. Enter the gaming section 50 on the 8 surfaces.

Therefore, the ball is supplied to the firing position 22 and supplied to the firing position 22 by one reciprocating rotation of the firing rod 64 of the firing device 63 started by the operation of the firing operation unit 77 by the player. A ball is fired.

As shown in FIG. 9, above the firing rail 19, a firing sphere detector 79, which is firing sphere detecting means, is provided. Therefore, when the firing rod 64 fires a ball, the fired ball detector 79 detects the hit ball and sends a signal to the control device 80. Based on this signal, the number of balls displayed on the ball number display 76 is ""1" is subtracted and displayed. Note that the launch sphere detector 79 includes two sensors 79a and 79b,
By detecting the movement of the sphere from the sensor 79a to the sensor 79b, it is determined that the sphere is a shooting sphere, and the number of spheres is reduced by "1". Further, when the movement of the ball from the sensor 79b to the sensor 79a is detected, it is determined that the ball is a return ball and the number of balls is increased by "1". As described above, since the traveling direction of the ball is selected by the two sensors 79a and 79b, even if a returning ball is generated on the firing rail 19, there is no disadvantage to the player. Further, in the present embodiment, the control device 80 for subtracting the number of balls on the ball number display 76 based on the signal from the fired ball detector 79 or performing arithmetic processing such as addition of prize balls, which will be described later, It is provided in a space between the panel 5 and the opening / closing panel 4. In the present invention, since the circulation mechanism of the enclosing ball is provided inside the launch board 5, a space is provided between the launch board 5 and the opening / closing panel 4, and a control device 80 is provided in this space, or a speaker or the like is provided. Can be provided.

The ball hit by the firing rod 64 does not reach the game unit 50, or once hit into the game unit 50, is flipped back and runs backward on the guide rail 78, and the ball that has become a foul ball is , Is collected into the foul ball collection path 17 from the inclined lower end of the guide rail 78. The foul sphere is detected by the foul sphere detector 32 while flowing down the foul sphere collection path 17 and then returned to the sphere storage unit 27. When the foul ball detector 32 detects a foul ball and sends a signal to the control device 80, the number of balls on the ball number display 76 is added and displayed by "1" based on this signal. Therefore, even if a foul ball occurs, there is no disadvantage to the player.

The hit ball that has entered the game section 50 flows down while hitting the obstacle nail while changing its flow direction. If the ball hits one of the prize-winning tools 81 during the flow, the hit ball is discharged to the back side of the game board 8. The hit ball that did not enter any of the prize-winning tools 81 enters the out-opening 52 that opens at the lower end of the game section 50, and becomes an out-ball. The safe balls are collected by a winning ball collecting trough 54 attached to the back of the game board 8. And these safe balls are used as safe ball collection path 5
While flowing down, the safe ball detector 57 detects one piece each, and then returns to the ball storage unit 27. When the safe ball detector 57 detects one safe ball and sends a signal to the control device 80, the control device 80 displays the number of balls according to the winning value of one safe ball, for example, "13" as a ball number display. 76 is added and displayed. On the other hand, when the ball that enters the out port 52 and becomes the out ball is discharged to the back side of the game board 8, the out ball collection path 53
After being detected, one ball is detected by the out ball detector 56 in the middle of the flow, and then collected by the ball storage unit 27.

As described above, when the player keeps operating the firing operation unit 77, the firing rod 64 repeatedly rotates and reciprocates to sequentially fire one ball supplied from the ball storage unit 27 to become a foul ball. The hit ball is immediately collected in the ball storage section 27 by the foul ball collection path 17, the hit ball that has become a safe ball is collected by the safe ball collection path 55, and the hit ball that has become an out ball is immediately collected by the out ball collection path 53. And the foul ball collection path 17
The foul sphere collected by the sphere storage portion 27 flows from the inclined upper end portion of the sphere storage space 28, and flows smoothly without stopping.

Further, safe ball and out balls, because the game ball inlet 33 from joins the confluent collection passage <br/> opened on the side surface of the sphere reservoir 27 enters the inclined upper end portion of a sphere retention space 28,
The ball smoothly flows in without stopping. Further, the spheres that have entered the sphere storage space 28 flow down while being rectified by the sphere rectification member 35, and thus flow down smoothly without competing like a stone wall. Therefore, the pachinko game can be continuously performed by circulating and using a predetermined number of balls stored in the ball storage unit 27. In this embodiment, since the vertical width of the ball storage space 28 is formed large, even if the height difference between the inclined upper end portion and the inclined lower end portion of the ball storage portion 27 is small, it is possible to store many balls. it can. For example, the game section 5
A game board 8 provided with a prize assisting device provided with a mechanism for receiving a hit ball flowing down in the inside 0 and temporarily storing the hit ball flowing down when a predetermined condition is satisfied is mounted in the frame board 6. When a game is performed in which the time from when the ball is fired to when the ball is collected again by the ball storage unit 27 is extended, an appropriate amount of balls are stored in the ball storage unit 27, and the ball storage unit is quickly returned from each collection path. Since the ball is collected to the ball 27, there is no inconvenience such as a shortage of the game due to a shortage of the ball to be supplied to the firing position 22. The divergent game content can be accommodated without increasing the downflow pressure of the sphere that affects the game, and without increasing the size of the sphere storage unit 27.

When the number of balls displayed on the ball number display 76 is reduced to zero and the balance is displayed on the amount display 74, the purchase switch 75 is operated in the same manner as described above. The number of balls corresponding to the operated amount is visually displayed on the ball number display 76. Therefore, the player can restart the game by operating the firing operation unit 77 in the same manner as described above. Then, when the number of balls displayed on the ball number display 76 becomes zero and the balance of the money amount display 74 becomes zero, the operation of the firing device 63 stops and the game is ended.

When the game is ended with the number of balls displayed on the ball number display 76, the settlement switch 82 provided on the front of the pachinko machine 1 is operated. When the settlement switch 82 is operated, the number of balls displayed on the ball number display 76 and the balance displayed on the money amount display 74 are sent to the central processing unit via the transmission line 73 together with the unique number of the card. When the player brings the card ejected from the card insertion / ejection slot 71 to a prize exchange (card settlement machine), the player can receive the money of the amount displayed on the amount display 74 and also display the ball number display. A prize corresponding to the number of balls displayed on 76 can be received.

The balls enclosed in the card-type pachinko machine 1 as the enclosed ball-type ball game machine according to the present invention are frequently circulated and used. To remove the ball from the pachinko machine 1 in order to clean the ball, the front frame 2 is opened, then the locking tool 61 on the firing board 5 is rotated to release the locking, and the free end side of the ball storage portion 27 is released. Is pivoted forward by hand. When the ball pull lever 39 is slid to the upstream side by hand, the support portion 40 is retracted, so that the turning bottom plate 37 turns as shown by the dotted line in FIG. The bottom surface of the upstream part of is opened. Therefore, the sphere in the sphere storing part 27 flows down to the vicinity of the sphere outlet 27 ', and then flows out through the opened bottom portion.

Further, the ball removing member for extracting the ball in the ball storage section 27 to the outside is not limited to the one in which the bottom portion in the vicinity of the ball outlet 27 'is opened by rotation as in the above-described embodiment, but the inside ball is removed. Any configuration can be used as long as it can be discharged to the outside.

Further, as the ball storage section 27 rotates and separates from the launch board, for example, the ball storage section 27
Maintenance and inspection work can be easily performed when a ball stops or the like occurs due to a foreign substance or the like mixed in the device.

In the present embodiment, manual operation is performed to remove the enclosed ball from the pachinko machine 1 for cleaning, but the dirty ball is removed to the back side of the gaming machine. Therefore, it is possible to cope with automatic ball removal by configuring a collection path for dirty balls on the back side of the gaming machine and providing an electric drive source to operate the ball removal mechanism.

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According to the present invention as described above, according to the present invention, Yu
A round for detecting game balls collected by the ball collection path
The location of the collected ball detection means is "
The total number of balls inserted into the game machine and the game ball bullets
Separation distance from the departure date and the location of the winning tool to the ball storage gutter
Of the recovery speed of various types of projectiles due to factors such as separation
When the collected balls are concentrated on a specific game ball collection path,
Game balls that flow down stay in the game ball collection path
Or hits a ball that is standing in the game ball collection path
Positioned so that the returned ball does not reach
As a result, there is an extreme bias in the bounce result, and a specific ball entrance
The number of game balls recovered from the game has increased significantly,
The ball is not smoothly guided to the ball storage gutter from the
Even if collected balls stay in the ball collection path, collected ball detection means
Can reliably detect one collected ball.

Therefore, a game ball that a player can use for a game.
Enclosed spheres whose numbers must be treated as virtual data
The number of gaming balls actually used in games
Inconsistency with the detected collected ball data
Can be effectively prevented and will not disturb the player.
A highly reliable enclosed ball-and-ball game machine.
You.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1 with a glass frame and an open / close panel removed.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a launch board and a frame board of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a launch board of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the launch board of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an attached state of a ball storage unit of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a ball storage unit of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the ball storage unit showing the relationship between the ball storage unit and the firing rail of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a ball outlet part of the ball storage unit of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 5 Launch board 8 Game board 17 Fall ball recovery path 19 Launch rail 22 Launch position 27 Ball storage section 30 Fall ball inlet 31 Meandering lower part 32 Fall ball detector 33 Game ball inlet 35 Ball straightening member 51 Merging recovery path 52 Out port 53 Out ball collection path 55 Safe ball collection path 56 Out ball detector 57 Safe ball detector

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A launch board in which a game board can be exchangeably mounted.
Firing position at the lower end of the firing rail located on the front side of the
To the ball supply mechanism arranged on the back side of the launch board to supply one game ball from the ball storage gutter , and perform a game in which the launching device launches the game ball supplied to the launch position toward the gaming section, A collection path for collecting the bounced game balls into the ball storage gutter
Determined as resilient a result, the the stated game balls of resilient results
In sealed and ball bullets ball game machine to perform the resilient game by recycling the game balls by than those that recovered route to recover a sphere storage trough, a sphere for receiving and collecting the different game ball of resilient results to each other
Entrance is established corresponding to each bombing result, and play is started from each ball entrance
One row of game balls on the way while accepting the ball
Game ball collection circuit equipped with a ball rectification unit
By connecting them at appropriate places on the upstream side of the gutter, from each ball entrance
A game ball with a different bombing result is sent upstream from the ball storage gutter.
The ball is collected and collected in the ball storage gutter, and the game ball collected by the game ball collection path is detected.
The collected ball detection means is based on the total number of
In relation to the collection speed, the recovered game balls are
One game ball that flows down when concentrated on the ball recovery path
A sealed ball type bullet that is arranged at a detectable position
Ball game machine.