JP2687044B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine capable of firing hit balls from both left and right sides of a game board.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, a few pachinko machines capable of firing hit balls from both left and right sides of a game board have been proposed. For example, it is known that the launching device is simultaneously driven from the left and right launch positions located at the lower part of the game board to simultaneously launch a hit ball into the game area of the game board.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machine, since the launching device is still located in the lower part of the game board, it is necessary to secure a passage for guiding the hit ball to the game area, and inevitably the center from the lower both sides of the game board. It was not possible to say that the game area was narrowed down to the club, and the placement of the winning device party was restricted accordingly, so that the front side of the game board was effectively used. Also,
Hit balls launched from both left and right sides collide in the center of the game area, or enter the other launch position,
There was a problem that you could not enjoy a smooth game. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and the object thereof is to effectively utilize the front surface of the game board and to ensure that the shot ball hits the game area reliably and smoothly. It is to provide a pachinko machine that can enjoy various games.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, in a pachinko machine capable of launching a batting ball from both left and right sides of a game board, a batting ball launching device is provided on both left and right sides slightly above the center of the game board. And the left and right firing positions, and the guide rails extending in an arc shape from the left and right firing positions are connected in a stepped shape at approximately the center of the game board, and near the top of the guide rails connected to the lower end of the stepped portion. When the guide rail is virtually extended from the lower end thereof, the curvature is formed to be inside the other firing position, and when an operation handle selectively provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine is operated. The launching device on the selected side can be driven.

[Action]

When the player operates the operation handle that is selectively provided, of the launching devices provided on the left and right sides slightly above the center of the game board, the launching device on the selected side is driven to launch a hit ball from the launch position. To be done. At that time, when the guide rail on the side where the ball is fired is connected to the upper end of the step, the ball is struck even if the ball is fired vigorously.
It collides with the step and falls into the game area. On the other hand, when the guide rail on the side where the ball is launched is connected to the lower end of the step, the ball hits more than the other launch position due to the curvature of the upper part of the guide rail even if the ball is launched vigorously. Also in this case, the hit ball surely falls into the game area because the ball is also guided inward. That is, the hit ball fired by the left and right firing devices does not enter the opponent's firing position. Also, since the launching device and the launch position are provided on the left and right sides slightly above the center of the game board, it is possible to use both sides from the lower part of the game board to the center part as a game area, and the front side of the game board correspondingly. Not only can it be used effectively, but since the distance from the launch position to the game area is short, it is possible to accurately aim at the falling position of the hit ball. Furthermore, since the operation handle is selectively provided,
Since the batted balls cannot be fired at the same time, the batted balls coming from the left and right do not collide with each other.

【Example】

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a pachinko machine 1 according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view seen from the front.
FIG. 3 is a perspective front view showing a hitting ball supply structure of a pachinko machine. Further, the drawings from FIG. 4 to FIG. 7 are explicitly shown whenever necessary for explanation. In the figure, a pachinko machine 1 includes an outer frame 2 fixedly installed on a pachinko island stand (not shown), and a front frame 3 rotatably supported on one side of the outer frame 2 by the front frame 3 The main parts of the pachinko machine 1 are collectively provided. That is, the front frame 3 is formed in a frame shape, a metal frame 4 is provided around the frame-shaped opening, and a glass door frame 5 is pivotally supported on one side of the metal frame 4 so as to be openable and closable. Behind the glass door frame 5, a game board 20 described in detail later is arranged. A front plate 6 is fixed to the front surface of the lower portion of the front frame 3, and an upper plate 7 and a lower plate 8 and a second operation handle 10 and a first operation handle 9 are arranged in the vertical direction in front of the front plate 6. It is provided so as to be in parallel with. The upper plate 7 is for storing balls purchased by the player or prize balls discharged based on a prize, and one for each discharge actuating rod 13 to be described later in order to be used as a playable ball. It supplies a hit ball. However, in this embodiment, the discharge operation rod 13
The hit balls supplied to the game board 20 are not directly hit to the game board 20, and in exchange therewith, launch positions 21a, 21b described later.
Balls to be hit on the game board 20 are supplied to the. The lower plate 8 stores the prize balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 7 when the amount of discharged prize balls is large, and communicates with the upstream side of the upper plate 7 on the back surface of the front plate 6. It is like this. The first operation handle 9 is provided below the front plate 6, and a handle lever 9a is rotatably provided on the handle grip thereof. Then, by rotating the huddle lever 9a, a discharge actuating rod 13 described later is reciprocally operated at a constant cycle (for example, 100 times / minute, and at the same time, to a launch solenoid 19a described later located on the left side of the game board 20. Similarly, the second operation handle 10 is provided above the front plate 6, and its handle grip has the following configuration.
A handle lever 10a is rotatably provided. Then, by rotating the handle lever 10a, the discharge operating rod 13 described later is moved at a constant cycle (for example, 100 times /
Minutes) and reciprocating operation, and changing the load voltage to the firing solenoid 19b described later located on the right side of the game board 20. In addition, the player needs to select either one of the operation handles 9 or 10 when playing the game, and even if the two operation handles 9 and 10 are operated at the same time,
For example, only the previously selected operation handle is valid. By the way, as shown in FIG. 3, the balls stored in the upper tray 7 are arranged in a row by the flow regulating passage 11 of the upper tray 7 and flow down, and the ends thereof are located below the flow regulating passage 11. It is connected to the passage 12. Further, a discharge operation rod 13 is arranged at a connecting portion between the flow regulating passage 11 and the discharge passage 12. The discharge operation rod 13 is, for example, a motor and a cam that intermittently reciprocate at a constant cycle, and a ball provided at the start end of the discharge passage 12 is moved along the discharge passage 12 by a mallet provided in a selection portion thereof. It is designed to launch. The balls launched along the discharge passage 12 are detected by a passing ball detection sensor 14 provided in the middle of the discharge passage 12, and then the discharge gutter.
It is discharged from 15 to the back side of the pachinko machine 1. A firing solenoid 19a corresponding to the selected operation handle 9 or 10 every time the passing ball detection sensor 14 is turned on.
Or 19b is momentarily excited. The firing solenoids 19a and 19b are, as will be described later, firing positions 21a, which are formed on the left and right sides slightly above the center of the game board 20.
It is provided so as to face 21b, and each time the firing solenoids 19a, 19b are excited, a hit ball at the firing positions 21a, 21b is provided on the game board 20.
It is designed to be launched in the game area 26 of. At the above-mentioned launch positions 21a and 21b, as shown in FIG. 3, a storage tank 16 provided on the upper rear surface of the pachinko machine 1 is installed.
The balls stored in the ball are supplied through a ball striking guide gutter 17 or a ball striking branch gutter 18 branched from the ball striking guide gutter 17. The storage tank 16 may also be used as a prize ball tank that stores prize balls discharged at the time of winning, or may be provided separately. As described above, in the present embodiment, the hit balls stored and used in the upper plate 7 and the hit balls actually hit on the game board 20 are exchanged, but the passing ball detection sensor Since the firing solenoids 19a and 19b are not driven unless 14 is turned on, the replacement work is surely performed. Also the firing solenoid 19
a and 19b are handle levers 9a and 10a of the operation handles 9 and 10.
Since the amount of suction is changed by the load voltage that is changed in proportion to the amount of rotation of
Set the firing speed of the ball hitting a, 21b to the handle lever 9a, 10
The amount of rotation of a can be controlled as desired by the player. The structure of the game board 20 to which the hit balls fired by the above-mentioned firing solenoids 19a and 19b are guided will be described below. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the left and right sides are slightly above the center of the game board 20. Left and right launch positions 21a, 21b are provided, and a left guide rail 22 extending in an arc shape from the left launch position 21a and a right guide rail 23 extending in an arc shape from the right launch position 21b are substantially at the center of the game board 20 (illustrated. In the example of
It is formed so as to have a step portion 24 on the slightly right side). In the illustrated embodiment, the tip of the left guide rail 22 is connected to the step lower end 24a, and the tip of the right guide rail 23 is connected to the step upper end 24b.
It is connected to. Then, the step lower end 24a and the step upper end 24b
The line connecting between and is formed to be an inclined surface, and the curvature near the upper portion of the left guide rail 22 connected to the step lower end 24a is virtually extended from the step lower end 24a. It is formed to be more inside. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, a hit ball that is launched from the launch position 21b on the right side and that is strongly repelled is guided by the right guide rail 23 and collides with the step portion 24, and its inclination The surface guides the player to the game area 26 of the game board 20. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, a hit ball that has been launched from the launch position 21a on the left side and that has been strongly repelled is guided by the left guide rail 22 and passes through the step bottom end 24a even after passing through the step bottom end 24a. The game area 2 inside the firing position 21b on the opposite side due to the curvature immediately before 24a
Guided within 6. Therefore, since the hit balls launched from the opposite sides do not enter the mutual launch positions 21a, 21b,
Multiple hit balls do not stay at the launch positions 21a, 21b,
Double hitting of the ball can be prevented, and a smooth firing operation can be performed. Further, since the flight distance from the launch positions 21a, 21b to reach the upper part of the game board 20 is short, the influence of the guide rails 22, 23 on the hit ball is reduced. Therefore, there is also an advantage that the shot ball can be shot aiming at a correct position. In addition, a semicircular partition rail 25 is formed below the left and right firing positions 21a and 21b, and the left guide rail 22
And the right guide rail 23 forms a game area 26 on the game board 20 where the hit ball falls. The game area 26 is provided with a symbol display device 27 in which a game is performed based on a shot ball that is launched and falls, an attacker device 28 for winning a large number of shot balls, and the bottom of the partition rail 25, that is, a game. At the lowermost part of the area 26, an outlet 29 is provided for collecting hit balls that have not been won by a winning device or the like. The partition rail 25 described above is provided with a guide passage for guiding a hit ball fired in the conventional manner to the game area 26, since the launch positions 21a and 21b are provided on the left and right sides slightly above the center of the game board 20. Board
Since it is not necessary to form on the lower both sides of 20, it is possible to bulge the partition rail 25 outward by that amount, which makes it possible to increase the area range of the game area 26 and The front surface can be effectively used. From the viewpoint of effective utilization of the front surface of the game board 20, the following aspects can be considered in this embodiment.
That is, in the present embodiment, since the batting balls are fired from the left and right sides as described above, the batting balls fired from the firing position 21a on the left side are dropped into the left half of the gaming area 26 to cause the gaming area.
Using 26, you can play the ball hit from the launch position 21b on the right side by dropping it to the right half of the game area 26 and using the game area 26, in this case, a pachinko that is only launched from one side Even if the partition rail 25 is not bulged outward as compared with the machine, the entire area of the game area 26 can be used for playing a game, so that the front surface of the game board 20 is effectively used. The operation of the pachinko machine 1 described above will be described. When the player selects one of the two operation handles 9 and 10 and operates the handle levers 9a and 10a,
The discharge operating rod 13 starts reciprocating operation at a constant cycle. When the discharge actuating rod 13 is driven, the balls supplied from the rectifying passage 11 are driven out to the discharge passage 12, and after the discharged balls are detected by the passing ball detection sensor 14, the discharge gutter 15 to the pachinko machine 1
It is discharged outside. As shown in FIG. 4, when the first operating handle 9 is selected and the handle lever 9a is operated to operate the discharge operating rod 13, when the passing ball detection sensor 14 is turned on. Left firing solenoid 19a
Is driven and the ball waiting at the firing position 21a is ejected. At this time, the flight distance is controlled so as to be different in proportion to the amount of rotation of the handle lever 9a, as shown in FIG. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, when the discharge operating rod 13 is operating by selecting the second operating handle 10 and operating the handle lever 10a, the right side when the passing ball detection sensor 14 is turned on. The firing solenoid 19b is driven to eject the ball waiting at the firing position 21b.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the flight distance is controlled in proportion to the amount of rotation of the handle lever 10a. As described above, in the present embodiment, the hit balls fired by the left and right firing solenoids 19a, 19b do not enter the opponent's firing positions 21a, 21b. Further, since the firing solenoids 19a, 19b and the firing positions 21a, 21b are provided on the left and right sides slightly above the center of the game board 20, both sides from the lower part of the game board 20 to the central part can be used as the game area 26. Therefore, the front side of the game board 20 can be effectively used, and the entire area of the game area 26 can be used by the hit balls fired by the left and right firing solenoids 19a, 19b, and the firing positions 21a, 21b. Since the distance from to the game area 26 is short, it is possible to accurately aim the falling position of the hit ball. Further, since the operation handles 9 and 10 are selectively provided, it is not possible to simultaneously fire the hit balls. Therefore, since hit balls that have come from the left and right do not collide with each other, the hit ball can be ejected smoothly. You can In the above embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 having the two operation handles 9 and 10 is shown as the operation handle to be selectively provided. However, one operation handle as shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. It is also possible to select one. Specifically, in FIG. 8, two selection buttons 30,
31 is provided above the operation handle 32, and when the selection button 30 is selected, the handle lever of the operation handle 32 is
When the 32a is rotated, a ball is fired from the left firing solenoid 19a, and when the selection button 31 is selected, when the handle lever 32a of the operating handle 32 is rotated, the right firing solenoid 19b is fired. It is like this. Further, FIG. 9 shows that the handle lever 33a of one operation handle 33 can be rotated leftward and rightward from the start position. One firing solenoid 19a, 19b is selected. For example, when the handle lever 33a is rotated to the left from the start position, the left firing solenoid 19a is driven, and the handle lever 33a is driven to the right firing solenoid 19b from the start position. Although the embodiment has been described above, in the above embodiment, the step portion 24 is shown to be located slightly on the right side of the central upper portion of the game board 20, but it may be located on the slightly left side. In this case, the left guide rail 22 has the step upper end 24b.
The right guide rail 23 may be connected to the step lower end 24a.

【The invention's effect】

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, since the hit ball launched by the left and right launching devices does not enter the launch position of the opponent, the ball hitting operation is smoothly performed, and Since the launch device and launch position are provided on the left and right sides slightly above the center of the game board,
Both sides from the lower part to the central part of the game board can be used as the game area, and not only can the front surface of the game board be used effectively, but the distance from the launch position to the game area is short, It is possible to accurately aim the falling position of the hit ball. Furthermore, since the operation handle is selectively provided,
Since the batted balls cannot be fired at the same time, the batted balls that have come from the left and right do not collide with each other, and the batted ball can be fired smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to the embodiment, and second is
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine seen from the front, FIG. 3 is a perspective front view showing the internal structure of the pachinko machine, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are
Explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the operating handle and the firing position of the hit ball,
FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are partial front views of the game board showing the shot trajectory of the hit ball, and FIGS. 8 and 9 are front views of the pachinko machine showing another example of the operation handle. 1 …… Pachinko machine 19a, 19b …… Launching solenoid (launching device) 20 …… Game board, 21a, 21b …… Launching position 22 …… Left guide rail, 23 …… Right guide rail 24 …… Step section, 24a… … Step bottom 9, 10, 32, 33 …… Operation handle

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko machine capable of firing hit balls from both left and right sides of a game board, wherein a hitting ball launching device is provided at left and right side portions slightly above the center of the game board to provide left and right launch positions. The guide rails extending in an arc shape from the firing position are connected in a stepped shape at substantially the center of the game board, and the curvature near the upper part of the guide rails connected to the lower end of the stepped portion from the lower end to When the guide rail is virtually extended, the guide rail is formed so as to be inside from the other firing position, and when the operation handle selectively provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine is operated, the firing device on the selected side A pachinko machine characterized by being able to drive.