JP2794445B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention fires a ball on a game board provided with a plurality of passages through which a ball can pass to play a game for a certain period of time, and performs at least the certain game. The present invention relates to a ball game machine that gives a predetermined game value based on a result of a game formed by a ball shot during a period.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a ball game machine in which a ball is fired on a game board for a certain period of time to play a game, and a predetermined value is given based on at least a game result achieved by the ball shot for the certain period. By hitting a predetermined number (for example, 16) of hit balls on the game board, the winning combination in the lower row of the game area of the game board in the row of horizontal rows becomes a determined combination. There was a type of paying out a predetermined prize ball. In such a type of ball game machine, there is no means for comparing the number of hit balls fired on the game board with the number of hit balls passing through a plurality of passage openings.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] For this reason, in a conventional ball game machine, when a switch for detecting a passing ball has failed or a detection failure has occurred, it is not detected despite the fact that a hit ball has passed. There is a problem that even if a complaint from the player is given, there is no way to confirm it, which is disadvantageous to the player. Also,
Conversely, if the player intentionally puts a claim in spite of the fact that all shots have been passed and detected, there is no way to confirm it, which is disadvantageous to the game hall side There was a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
The aim is to provide a ball-and-ball game machine that can confirm whether or not all shot balls have passed and that is not disadvantageous for both the player and the game arcade. is there.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a ball game machine according to the present invention is provided on a game board having a plurality of passing holes through which all shot balls can pass. Play a game by firing a ball for a certain period,
At least a predetermined game value is provided based on a result of a game achieved by the ball shot during the certain period, and a shot ball that detects a ball shot on the game board during the certain period. Detecting means, passing ball detecting means for detecting a hit ball that has passed through the plurality of passing ports, and information relating to the number of outputs of the firing ball detecting means and the number of outputs of the passing ball detecting means in the certain period. And a notifying means for notifying.

[Operation] The hit balls fired on the game board are all detected by the fire ball detecting means, and the hit balls passing through the passage are all detected by the passing ball detecting means. Then, information relating to the number of outputs of the firing ball detecting means and the number of outputs of the passing ball detecting means, for example, the respective output numbers are directly notified or the difference number of the output numbers is notified by the notifying means, and the The number of hit balls that have passed and the number of hit balls that have passed can be confirmed. Thereby, there is no disadvantage for both the player and the game hall.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of the entire ball game machine according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10. FIG. FIG. 7 is a front view of the ball game machine. In the figure, the frame of the ball game machine 1. A door holding frame 3 is provided around the front frame 2, and a glass door 4 having glass plates 4 a and 4 b (see FIG. 8A) and a front door 5 are pivoted on one side. It is supported and can be freely opened and closed. A game board holding frame 50 (see FIG. 9) behind the glass door 4 and on the back of the front frame 2 includes:
The game board 13 is provided detachably by game board attachment tools 51a to 51c (however, 51c is not shown). Further, on the surface of the front door 5, a hit ball supply tray 6 for storing discharged prize balls and supplying one to a hit ball firing position 165 is fixed. On the upstream side of the hit ball supply tray 6, a prize ball payout outlet 7 for opening a prize ball paid out from a prize payout device 81 described later is opened. And a speaker 8 for generating a sound effect related to. The front door 5 is also provided with a start switch 9 for starting a game in the ball game machine 1. This start switch 9 is
If the first player presses, then there is no need to press it unless the power is turned off. Then, during the game, it works as an adjustment switch for adjusting the score for each game. In this ball game machine 1, the score of the previous game is automatically settled at the same time as the end of the game and the start of the next game. Therefore, when the start switch 9 is used as a settlement switch, it is only necessary to settle the previous game without proceeding to the next game. Note that the game may be performed immediately after the power is turned on without providing the start switch 9. Further, the front door 5
On the back surface of the ball, a hit ball supply device 140 that supplies a hit ball guided from the hit ball supply tray 6 to a hit ball firing position 165 described below is fixed. The hit ball supply device 140 will be described later in detail.

In the lower part of the front frame 2, there are provided an operation handle 10 constituting a part of the hitting ball launching device 120 and an excess ball receiving tray 11 for storing prize balls that could not be stored in the hitting ball supply tray 6. ing. Also, on the rear surface of the surplus ball saucer 11,
A surplus ball discharge port 12 is opened, and a surplus ball passage 69 described later,
The balls flowing out of the return ball path 171 are discharged to the surplus ball tray 11. Further, a handle switch (not shown) for rotating and driving a ball hitting motor 130 described later is provided inside the operation handle 10.

Configuration of the game board On the surface of the game board 13 detachably attached to the game board holding frame 50 by the game board mounting tools 51a to 51c, a guide rail for guiding a hit ball guided from a firing rail 164 described later. 14 are planted almost circularly. The area surrounded by the guide rails 14 constitutes the game area 15. At the approximate center of the game area 15, a variable display device 16 having a plurality of rotating drums 17a to 17c is provided, and a variable winning ball device 22 having a pair of movable members 36a, 36b is provided below the variable display device 16. Have been. The movable members 36a and 36b of the variable winning ball device 22 have a predetermined display state (for example, when the number "7" is arranged in the horizontal direction) when the combination of the rotating drums 17a to 17c of the variable display device 16 is set. Is set to be in a specific game state and be opened for a predetermined period. Then, when the player wins a specific winning opening (not shown) provided in the movable members 36a and 36b, the above-described open state is repeated again at the start of the next game, and up to 10 times each time a winning ball is generated in the specific winning opening. It can be repeated.

In addition, the variable display device 16 has a starting winning opening 21a, which will be described later,
A winning number display LED 18 for storing the number of winning balls winning in 21b up to a maximum of four and displaying the stored number is provided, and a continuous number display 19 for displaying the number of repetitions of the open state is provided. . Further, at the center of the upper portion of the variable display device 16, the score obtained when the game is completed is doubled.
A double winning opening 20 is provided. Further, when a ball is hit in the double winning opening 20, a display lamp 24a corresponding to a passing opening 23a described later is turned on.

On both left and right sides of the variable display device 16, start winning ports 21a and 21b are provided to allow the rotation of the rotating drums 17a to 17c. When a ball hits the starting winning port 21a on the left side of the drawing out of the starting winning ports 21a and 21b, the display lamp 24b corresponding to the passing port 23b is turned on, and when a ball hits the starting winning port 21b on the right side of the drawing, Indicator lamp 24o corresponding to passage 23o
Lights up.

At the bottom of the game area 15, a plurality (16 in the example)
Passing ports 23a to 23p are provided in a row in the horizontal direction, and the decorative plate 25 covering the front surface of the passing ports 23a to 23p has respective passing ports 23a to 23p.
Display lamps 24a to 24p corresponding to 3p are provided. In the illustrated embodiment, the passage ports 23a to 23p have “1 to 1”.
6 ". Thus, when the hit ball passes through any of the plurality of passage openings 23a to 23p, the corresponding display lamps 24a to 24p light up, and the corresponding display lamps 24a to 24p
When four are lit in succession, the score becomes one point. However, when four display lamps 24g to 24j corresponding to the central passage openings 23g to 23j (corresponding to 7 to 10) are lit in succession,
The score will be 3 points. When five or more lamps are turned on in succession, one point is added each time one lamp is turned on. The display lamps 24a to 24p may be illuminated or flashed as a demonstration when the power is turned on or after a reset output described later is derived and before the start switch 9 is pressed. In addition, the passage 23a
The detailed structure of ~ 23p will be described later.

Further, in the game area 15, there are provided game effect lamps 26a and 26b which are turned on or blink when the above-mentioned specific game state is entered to notify the player of the fact. Frame lamps 27a and 27b are also provided on the upper part of the front frame 2 as having the same effect as the gaming effect lamps 26a and 26b. Further, outside the game area 15 and on the upper right side of the game board 13, an effective fired ball number display 28 for displaying the number of hit balls fired on the game area 15 of the game board 13, Winning opening 20, starting winning opening 21a, 21b, variable winning ball device 22, and passing openings 23a to 23
There are provided a passing ball number indicator 29 for displaying the number of hit balls that have entered (passed) into p, and a score indicator 30 for displaying the score. In addition, on the upper left side of the game board 13, there are provided a prize ball payout lamp 32 which is turned on when a discharge ball detection switch 113 which will be described later is operated, and a cutout lamp 31 which is turned on when an operation switch 59a which is described later is operated. Have been.

The effective fired ball number display 28 displays the number of fired balls that have become effective after reaching the game area 15, but in this embodiment, a feed ball detection switch 160 and a foul ball detection switch described later. The difference number from 170 is displayed. In addition, the passing ball number indicator 29 is provided in the game area.
The number of hit balls that have fallen to 15 and fall in each of the winning openings and passing openings is displayed. In this embodiment, a specific winning ball detection switch 33, which will be described later, and a normal winning ball detection switch are described.
34a, 34b, the passing ball detection switches 43a to 43p, the double detection switch 47, and those detected by the starting winning ball detection switches 48a, 48b are displayed. Furthermore, the highest score displayed on the score display 30 is limited to 10 points, so the score display 30 is composed of two digital displays. In this case, the score display 30 may be constituted by one digital display, and when displaying 10 points, "A" may be displayed. In addition, the score display 30 blinks the score established in the previous game at the start of the game, and subtracts the score display every time a prize ball is paid out. If a score has been generated in the game, the score is illuminated and displayed, and the score obtained in each game is distinguished by the display mode. In this case, the distinction may be made by using one digital display that emits two colors. Further, a display for displaying the score generated during the progress of the game and a display for displaying the score to be paid out may be separately provided.

Next, the structure of the back surface of the game board 13 will be described with reference to FIG.
b is driven to be openable and closable by a solenoid 35. The hit ball received with the movable members 36a and 36b opened is guided to the inside of the variable winning ball device 22.
Although not shown, the inside of the compartment 22 is divided into three sections, a specific winning opening is formed in the center, and normal winning openings are formed on the left and right sides. A specific winning ball detection switch 33 is provided at the bottom of the specific winning opening, and normal winning ball detection switches 34a and 34b are provided at the bottom of the normal winning opening. Thus, when the hit ball received by the movable members 36a, 36b wins the specific winning opening and turns on the specific winning ball detection switch 33, as described above, the movable members 36a, 36a, 36 While opening 36b, a passage that is relatively difficult to pass among the plurality of passages 23a to 23p, for example,
Display lamps 24d, 24g, 24j, and 24n corresponding to 23d, 23g, 23j, and 23n (corresponding to 4, 7, 10, and 13) are turned on. When the hit ball wins one normal winning opening and the normal winning ball detecting switch 34a is turned on, the plurality of passing openings 23a
23p, 23p, 23p, 23p, 23p
The display lamps 24b, 24d, 24g, 24j corresponding to d, 23g, 23j (corresponding to 2, 4, 7, 10) are turned on. Further, when the hit ball wins the other normal winning opening and the normal winning detecting switch 34b is turned on, the plurality of passing openings 23a to 23p are turned on.
Of the relatively difficult to pass through, for example, 23g, 23j, 23n,
Indicator lamp 24 corresponding to 23o (corresponding to 7, 10, 13, 15)
g, 24j, 24n, 24o are turned on. As described above, when the hit ball turns on the specific winning ball detection switch 33 and the normal winning ball detection switch 34a, 34b, the display lamps corresponding to the passage openings 23a to 23p which are relatively difficult to pass with one or two therebetween. Since 24a to 24p is lit, a high score is easily established by hitting the ball through the passing openings 23a to 23p while the light is not lit, and in particular, turning on the specific winning ball detection switch 33 As a result, a high score can be obtained for a maximum of 10 consecutive games, so that a large number of prize balls can be obtained. In the present embodiment, the score is given by a combination of the passing openings through which the hit ball has passed.
A score may be given when a hit ball passes through a specific passage, or a prize ball may be paid out immediately.

Next, regarding the detailed structure of the passage ports 23a to 23p, FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. 8 and FIG. 8B. FIGS. 8A and 8B are cross-sectional views of one passage port 23a, but the other passage ports 23b to 23p have the same structure, and thus description thereof will be omitted. Thus, a drop portion 37a is formed at the rear end of the passage opening 23a, and an operating member 38a pivotally supported by the support shaft 39 faces below the drop portion 37a. Actuating member 38a
Is formed in a disk shape, and a weight 40a is formed below the disk.
A mounting portion 41a for receiving a ball falling from the falling portion 37a is formed in the upper rear portion thereof. Further, the operating member 38a has a light shielding plate 42a protruding between the weight 40a and the mounting portion 41a. Further, below the operating member 38a, a passing ball detection switch 43a of a light emitting / receiving method which is normally ON is arranged. Therefore, the shot hits the passage 2
When the user enters 3a, falls downward from the dropping portion 37a, and rides on the placing portion 41a, the operating member 38a rotates against the urging force of the weight 40a as shown in FIG. 8B. When the operating member 38a rotates, the light shielding plate 42a turns the passing ball detection switch 43a from ON to OFF.
Change to F and detect the passing ball. Thereby, the corresponding display lamps 24a to 24p are turned on. In addition,
Since the passing ball detection switch 43a is of the light emitting and receiving type, there is a possibility that the light from the display lamp 24a may be detected and malfunction may occur. Therefore, the display lamp 24a is covered with a cylindrical cover. The support shaft 39 is provided with all the operating members 38.
a to 38p are provided in common. In addition, when a ball hits continuously at the passage opening 23a, as shown in FIG. 8B, the subsequent ball stops at the upper portion of the mounting portion 41a of the operating member 38a and the step portion of the rear wall. I have to wait.
Therefore, passing balls are accurately counted.

By the way, on the back surface of the game board 13, a winning ball collecting cover body 44 is attached as shown in FIG. The winning ball aggregate cover body 44 includes the double winning opening 20 and the starting winning opening.
A guide path is formed to guide the hit balls 21a and 21b to a ball collecting gutter 74 described later, and a double detection switch 47 and start winning ball detection switches 48a and 48b are provided in the middle of the guide path. Further, an opening is provided at the center of the winning ball collecting cover body 44 so that a drum driving mechanism 45 for rotatingly driving the rotating drums 17a to 17c of the variable display device 16 projects. A drive motor 46 for rotating the rotating drums 17a to 17c is attached to the side of the drum driving mechanism 45. Further, on the back surface of the winning ball collecting cover body 44, a relay terminal board 49 for once connecting the wiring of the various switches and display lamps is provided.
49 and a control circuit 17 provided in a control circuit board 80 described later
3 is to be connected.

Next, the structure of the mechanism plate 52 disposed on the back surface of the ball game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 9 and FIG. First, the overall outline of the mechanism plate 52 will be described.

The mechanism plate 52 is provided with various mechanisms for discharging a predetermined number (for example, 16) of prize balls corresponding to the score established when the one game is completed.
Thus, the mechanism plate 52 is formed by assembling various mechanisms on a substantially rectangular mechanism plate body 53 molded of a synthetic resin, and one side of the mechanism plate body 53 is pivotally mounted on the game board holding frame 50. It is supported and can be opened and closed freely. Further, on the back surface of the mechanism plate main body 53, there are provided mechanism plate attachments 54a to 54c for locking the mechanism plate 52 in a closed state. In addition, the mechanism plate body
A ball collecting gutter 74 described later is formed at a lower position on the front surface of the 53. The configuration of the ball collecting trough 74 will be described later in detail.

On the rear side of the mechanism plate main body 53, various mechanisms for paying out prize balls supplied from a supply mechanism (not shown) of the ball-and-ball game machine installation stand to the player are provided. These mechanisms will be described below. A prize ball tank 55 is fixed to an upper portion of the mechanism plate main body 53. The prize ball tank 55 is supplied with a large amount of prize balls from the supply mechanism described above.

Below the prize ball tank 55, a guide gutter 56 for aligning the prize balls is provided. The guide gutter 56 is attached so as to be inclined so that the prize balls are arranged in two rows and flow naturally. A ball sensing plate is provided on the bottom surface on the upstream side of the guiding gutter 56.
57 is pivotally supported. Then, ball sensing plate 57
When the prize ball is placed on the top and is full, the upper end of the ball sensing plate 57 is pressed down against the urging force of a not-shown weight, while When the prize ball is short and is no longer placed, the upper end of the ball sensing plate 57 jumps up due to the urging force of the weight.

Then, when the ball sensing plate 57 jumps up, the operation switches 59a and 59
b is operated, the ball-out lamp 31 is turned on to notify that effect, and a payout motor 109 to be described later is stopped and a signal is sent to a management computer installed in the game hall to operate the supply mechanism (not shown). Let me giveaway ball tank
A predetermined number (for example, 400) of prize balls is supplied to 55.

Downstream of the guide gutter 56, two rows of bent gutters 60 are attached so as to be connected. This curved gutter 60
The reason is to change the flowing direction of the prize balls flowing down the guide gutter 56 by 180 degrees and to weaken the ball pressure of the prize balls flowing down continuously. A beading device 61 is provided at the bent portion of the bent gutter 60, and when operated after closing the store, the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 55 and the guide gutter 56 are discharged to the ball-dropping passage 62 and the ball is released. The game machine 1 is guided outside.

In addition, a shortage detection plate 63 is swingably provided in a substantially downward inclined passage portion downstream of the bent portion of the bent gutter 60. When there is a prize ball in the bent gutter 60, the deficiency detection plate 63 maintains a state in which the upper end is pressed by the prize ball and the lower end is flipped outward, and conversely, there is no prize ball in the bent gutter 60. Then, the upper end rotates upward due to its own weight, and the lower end hangs down almost vertically. When the control member 86 described later rises in such a hanging state, the engaging portion 86a (see FIG. 10) of the control member 86 engages with the engaging portion 63a (see FIG. 10) at the lower end. In addition, it acts so as to hold the control member 86 at the raised position, so that the payout of the prize ball is not finally performed.

A substantially vertical vertical portion 64 is provided downstream of the bent gutter 60.
Is formed, and a step portion is formed at the end.
The step portion acts to reduce the ball pressure so that the upper ball stopper 83 of the prize ball payout device 81 described later operates smoothly.

A prize ball payout device 81 is connected to the downstream side of the bent gutter 60. The prize ball payout device 81 receives a predetermined number of prize balls, and pays out the predetermined number of prize balls in conjunction with the operation of the point ball processing device 94. The prize ball payout mechanism including the prize ball payout device 81 and the score ball processing device 94 will be described later in detail.

The prize ball paid out from the prize ball payout device 81 is discharged to the prize ball payout passage 65. The prize ball dispensing passage 65 is provided with a bell 67 that collides with the prize ball dispensed in the middle and emits a sound, and further, a guide opening 66 is opened at a lower end of the prize ball dispensing passage 65 below the prize ball dispensing passage 65. The guide opening 66 is provided with the hitting ball supply tray 6
Is in communication with Further, a communication gutter 68 for communicating with the surplus ball passage 69 is provided on one side of the guide opening 66 so as to guide surplus prize balls into the surplus ball passage 69. The surplus ball passage 69 has a lower end connected to a connection gutter 73 attached to the back surface of the front frame 2 so as to guide surplus prize balls to the surplus ball tray 11. Further, on one side wall of the surplus ball passage 69, a fullness sensing member 71 is provided so as to be swingable about the upper end. Thus, when the surplus ball passage 69 is filled with a prize ball, the fullness sensing member 71 is pressed by the prize ball and swings. A charge detection switch 72 is provided at a position facing the charge detection member 71. Then, when the fullness detecting member 71 is swung, the fullness detection switch 72 is turned off, and the score ball processing device 9 is turned off.
The rotation of the payout motor 109, which will be described later, is stopped. Therefore, when the filling sensing member 71 operates, the payout of the prize ball is not performed. Further, in the surplus ball passage 69, a bell 70 that collides with the prize ball and makes a sound is provided.

By the way, in order to supply a score ball to a score ball processing device 94 described later, a ball collecting gutter 74 is provided on the front side of the mechanism plate main body 53 as described above. In this embodiment, the score ball processing device 94
The points to be supplied to the passing ports 23a to 23p and the double winning port
20, the starting winning openings 21a and 21b, and those that are driven into the variable winning ball device 22 are used. This is significantly different from the conventional ball game machine in which the prize ball payout device is driven by an electric drive source (solenoid) according to the score information. With such a configuration, the mechanism plate used in the conventional ordinary pachinko game machine can be used as it is with a slight modification. Now, the supply structure of the score ball will be described with reference to FIG. 10. The upstream side of the ball collecting gutter 74 has an overflow port.
76 is formed, and an overflow ball passage 77 is connected to the overflow opening 76. The overflow ball discharge port 78, which is the lower end of the overflow ball passage 77
Faces the ball extraction passage 62, and therefore, overflows 76
The overflowing ball overflowing from the ball game machine 1 is guided to the outside. In addition, a guide plate 79 is formed on the upper part of the overflow port 76 so that a ball falling on the side of the winning ball collecting cover body 44 is guided to the ball collecting gutter 74 without directly falling into the overflow port 76. I have.

Meanwhile, a ball storage section 75 is formed on the ball collecting gutter 74 to store a predetermined number of score balls.
The number of score balls to be stored in 75 is set as {2 × (highest score achieved in one game) + α}. This is because, for example, assuming that the score obtained in the first game A is the highest point (10 points), the next game B starts after a predetermined time T ₁ (see FIG. 4) after the game A ends. At the same time, a prize ball corresponding to the score of the game A is paid out. At this time, if only the prize ball corresponding to the first score is paid out, the score ball on the ball collecting gutter 74 is clogged, and the prize ball corresponding to the second and subsequent points is not paid out. When the highest score is achieved in the B game and the game is terminated, the ball that has not been paid out in the A game (the highest score-1) and the score achieved in the B game (the highest score) are eliminated. Sometimes it is necessary to pay out continuously, and the setting is made as described above to cope with this with a margin. Conversely, since only the number of balls set as described above is stored in the ball storage unit 75, if there is an interruption time, in this embodiment, the standby is performed until the first prize ball of the A game is paid out. Take some time,
Further, the game is not shifted to the next game C.

Further, on the back surface of the mechanism plate main body 53, a control circuit board 80 for controlling the content of the game and the operation of a shooting ball described later is attached. The control circuit board 80 includes a control circuit 173 (see FIG. 1) including a microcomputer 180 (see FIG. 5).
Are formed.

Next, the structure of the prize ball payout device 81 and the score ball processing device 94 constituting the prize ball payout mechanism will be described with reference to FIG.

The prize ball dispensing device 81 includes a prize ball storage tube 82 for storing a predetermined number of prize balls in a vertical line, an upper ball stopper 83 and a lower ball stopper 84 for opening and closing the upper and lower entrances of the prize ball storage tube 82, Upper ball stopper 83 and lower ball stopper 84
And an operating member 90 for moving the control member 86 up and down alternately.

The prize ball storage cylinders 82 are provided in two rows of cylinders overlapping in the front-rear direction, and a predetermined number (for example, eight pieces) is provided in each cylinder.
Prize balls are stored. Further, in front of the lower end of the lower ball stopper 84, the prize ball storage cylinder 82 is provided.
A stopper portion 85 that intrudes into the inside is protruded.

The control member 86 includes the upper ball stopper 83.
An engagement concave portion 87 that engages with the rear end of the lower ball stopper 83 to open and close the upper ball stopper 83; a contact convex portion 88 that contacts the upper end of the lower ball stopper 84 to open and close the lower ball stopper 84;
A fitting recess 89 into which the tip of 90 fits is formed. The operating member 90 has a rear end pivotally supported and is rotatable. An interlocking rod 91 which is connected to a scoring ball processing device 94 and moves up and down is fixed to an intermediate portion thereof.

The prize ball dispensing device 81 configured as described above, the interlocking rod 91 is raised by the operation of the score processing device 94 described below, and when the operating member 90 is rotated upward, the control member 86 is also raised,
The upper ball stopper 83 closes the ball inlet, and the lower ball stopper 84 becomes free. For this reason, the premium ball storage cylinder 82
The prize ball stored in the inside pushes the stopper portion 85 to rotate the lower ball stopper 84, so that the stored prize ball is paid out to the prize ball payout passage 65. On the other hand, when the interlocking rod 91 is lowered and the operating member 90 is rotated downward,
The control member 86 is also lowered, and the lower ball stopper 84 is brought into contact with the projection 88.
And the upper ball stopper 83 is engaged with the engagement recess 87.
As a result, the prize ball flows in from the vertical portion 64 of the bent gutter 60 and is stored in the prize ball storage cylinder 82 to prepare for the next payout.

At the upper end of the control member 86, an engagement portion 86a that engages with the engagement portion 63a of the shortage detection plate 63 is formed, and when the control member 86 is raised, the shortage detection plate 63 is acting. In this case, the engaging portions 63a and 86a are engaged with each other, and the control member 86 is held in a raised state. Therefore, the prize ball payout operation is stopped unless the prize ball is supplied.

Also, the above-described prize ball dispensing device 81 is provided collectively on the mounting substrate 92 and is detachable by the fixing member 93.
May be removed from the mechanism plate main body 53, replaced, and fixed with the fixing member 93.

The score ball processing device 94 is provided so as to correspond to the above-mentioned ball collecting gutter 74. First, a score ball placing portion 96 is formed at the end of the score ball guide passage 95 connected to the ball collecting gutter 74. Openings are formed on the left and right sides of the scoring ball mounting portion 96, and a stopper member 97 and a rotating member 10
0 faces, and the pushing member 104 faces the other opening.
The stopper member 97 is rotatable about a support shaft. At one end, an engaging portion 99 that engages with the rotating member 100 is formed, and at the other end, a contact portion 98 facing the end of the score ball guiding passage 95 is formed. The rotating member 100 is
It has a substantially "T" shape and is rotatable about a support shaft. In addition, an engaging projection 101 that engages with the engaging portion 99 is formed at an upper portion of the support shaft, and a contact portion 102 that contacts a scoring ball is formed at a lower portion of the support shaft, and further, at a rear portion of the support shaft. A connecting portion 103 connected to the interlocking rod 91 is formed.

The pushing member 104 has an inverted “L” shape, and is rotatably provided within a predetermined angle range by being supported at its lower end by a support shaft. Also, the extrusion member 10
At the upper front end of 4, a pressing surface portion 105 for extruding a score ball is formed, and at the upper rear end, a contact roller 106 is provided. A rotating cam 108 fixed to the payout motor 109 is engaged with the contact roller 106, so that the rotation of the payout motor 109 causes the pushing member 104 to rotate in the left-right direction. ing. The pushing member 104
A return spring 107 is locked at a slightly upper portion of the support shaft, so that the pushing member 104 is always urged in a direction opposite to the score ball mounting portion 96.

On one side of the score ball mounting portion 96, a score ball discharge passage 110 through which the score ball extruded by the pushing member 104 is discharged is formed. A swing member 111 constituting one side wall of the score ball discharge passage 110 is provided so as to be swingable about the upper end. On one side of the swing member 111, a discharge ball detection switch 113 is disposed, and an actuator 112 of the discharge ball detection switch 113 detects the operation of the swing member 111 and is formed on the front surface of the game board 13. The prize ball payout lamp 32 is turned on. Also, the discharged ball detection switch 113
Is also used as a subtraction signal from the established score.
In addition, since it is conceivable that the swinging member 111 vibrates and chatters when the score ball falls, the signal within a very short time is counted as one.

A data switch 114 is attached to the end of the score ball discharge passage 110. Switch 1 for this data
Reference numeral 14 denotes a signal for sending a signal to a central control computer installed in a game arcade, and is provided for creating sales data of the ball game machine 1. The scoring ball that has passed through the data switch 114 is guided to the ball extraction passage 62 and is discharged out of the ball game machine 1.

The operation of the score ball processing device 94 configured as described above will be described. First, the state of the prize ball dispensing device 81 is such that the upper ball stopper 83 is opened, a predetermined number (16) of prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage tube 82, and the stopper portion 85 of the lower ball stopper 84 is connected to the prize ball storage tube. The state of intrusion into 82 is maintained. In such a state, the score ball guiding passage 95
The score ball guided to is placed on the score ball mounting portion 96 while rotating the stopper member 97 counterclockwise in the drawing.
Then, the rotating cam 108 rotating in accordance with the score information comes into contact with the contact roller 106 of the pushing member 104 to rotate the pushing member 104 so as to push it forward. As the pushing member 104 rotates, the scoring ball on the scoring ball mounting portion 96 moves in the pushing direction. At this time, the scoring ball contacts the pressing surface portion 105 of the pushing member 104 and the rotating member 100. It moves while being held by the unit 102. At this time, since the engagement between the engaging portion 99 of the stopper member 97 and the engaging projection 101 of the rotating member 100 has been released, the rotating member 100 rotates counterclockwise in the drawing. . When the rotating member 100 is rotated, the front end of the engaging convex portion 101 rotates the stopper member 97 clockwise, and the contact portion 98 enters so as to close the end of the score ball guiding passage 95. The next scoring king is not placed on the scoring ball placing section 96. At the same time, the interlocking rod 91 rises to rotate the operating member 90 upward. Then, the control member 86 is raised, so that the rear end of the upper ball stopper 83 is
The front end of the upper ball stopper 83 comes into contact with the lower portion of the 87 and locks so that the prize ball does not flow into the prize ball storage tube 82 by entering the entrance of the prize storage tube 82. In addition, the engagement between the contact projection 88 of the control member 86 and the upper end of the lower ball stopper 84 is released, so that the lower ball stopper 84 is in a free state, so that the stopper pressure is generated by the ball pressure of the prize ball in the prize ball storage cylinder 82. Part 85
Is pressed and rotated, and a predetermined number of prize balls stored in the prize ball storage cylinder 82 are discharged to the prize ball payout passage 65.

When a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out as described above,
The scoring ball held between the rotating member 100 and the pushing member 104 falls off the scoring ball mounting portion 96 and falls into the scoring ball discharge passage 110 as the pushing member 104 further rotates. Then, since the rotating member 100 rotates clockwise and returns to the original state, the interlocking rod 91 and the control member 86 move down following the rotation, thereby fixing the lower ball stopper 84 again, and the upper ball stopper 84. The prize ball is introduced into the prize ball storage cylinder 82 by opening the 83. At this time, the stopper member 97 is also
The ball is returned to its original state by the rotation of
The flow of the next scoring ball waiting at the end of 95 is allowed to flow and moves to the scoring ball mounting section 96 to repeat the above operation.

Further, the score balls discharged to the score ball discharge passage 110 operate the discharge ball detection switch 113 and the data switch 114, join the ball removal passage 62, and are discharged out of the ball game machine 1.

By the way, the payout processing of the score ball is performed based on the score information stored in the score count at the time of the game establishment, and every time the signal of the discharge ball detection switch 113 is derived, the value of the score counter is subtracted by “1”. When the value of the score counter becomes "0", a stop command is issued to the payout motor 109, and the payout of the prize ball is stopped.

Hitting Ball Control Mechanism Next, a hitting ball control mechanism that is important in controlling the game of the ball game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The hit ball control mechanism includes a hit ball firing device 120, a hit ball supply device 140, and a firing rail mechanism 162.

Hitting Ball Launching Apparatus First, the configuration of the hitting ball launching apparatus 120
This will be described with reference to FIG. 9 and FIG. Ball launcher 120
Is a driving device for bouncing a hit ball at a hitting ball firing position 165 of the firing rail 164, and operates by operating the operation handle 10. In FIG. 1, the hitting ball launching device 120 is provided collectively on a rectangular mounting substrate 121, and a hitting rod 122 having a tip 123 at its tip is connected to one end of a support shaft 124 (the rear side of the mounting substrate 121). ) Is rotatably supported. The hammer tip portion 123 faces the hitting ball firing position 165, and hits a hit ball at the hitting ball firing position 165. The support shaft 124 is provided with a winding spring (not shown) for giving a resilient force to the striking rod 122, and one end of the winding spring is connected to the support shaft 124.
The winding member 134 is locked to the arm 126 that rotates integrally with the winding member 134, and the other end of the winding spring is rotated by a ball-hitting force adjusting member 133 described later.
It is locked to. A light-shielding plate 125 is formed at the lower end of the hitting rod 122, and the light-shielding plate
5 Turns the hitting rod operation state detection switch 136 described later from ON to
Change from F to ON when the hitting rod 122 returns.

An arm 126 is fixed to the other end of the support shaft 124 (the front side of the mounting substrate 121), and a contact roller 127 is attached to the tip of the arm 126.
Is rotatably mounted. This contact roller 127
Is adapted to engage with a rotary cam 128 fixed to a motor shaft 129 of a hitting motor 130 fixed to the rear surface side of the mounting board 121, and abutting against the rotating cam 128 by rotation of the hitting motor 130. By repeatedly engaging and disengaging the roller 127, the support shaft 124 and the hitting rod 122 are rotated within a predetermined angle range against the urging force of the winding spring. The rotating cam 128 is attached to the mounting board 1
Since it is attached to the motor shaft 129 protruding from the opening 131 formed in the opening 21, it is located on the front side of the attachment board 121.
A tentacle detection circuit 132 is disposed on the rear surface of the ball hitting motor 130, as shown in FIG. 9, and a circuit of the ball hitting motor 130 is provided by a player touching a touch switch (not shown) provided on the operation handle 10. Is to be closed.

The operation handle 1 is provided on the front side of the mounting board 121.
A hitting force adjusting member 133 for turning the winding member 134 to adjust the resilience of the hitting rod 122 by turning by the turning operation of 0 is provided. This hitting force adjusting member 133 is
Even in an initial state (a state in which the operation handle 10 is not rotated), fine adjustment of the hitting force (elasticity) can be performed. On the other hand, abutment rubbers 135a and 135b for regulating the rotation range of the hitting rod 122 are fixed to the rear side of the mounting board 121 in a vertically crossing manner.

Further, a hitting rod operating state detection switch 136 of a light emitting / receiving type, which is turned on / off by the light shielding plate 125, is fixed to the rear surface side of the mounting board 121. The hitting rod operating state detection switch 136 is normally in the ON state, and is turned off when the hitting rod 122 tilts and the light shielding plate 125 intervenes. Thus, when the hitting rod 122 returns, it changes from OFF to ON, and when it changes, an excitation signal is sent to a ball feed solenoid 153 of the hitting ball supply device 140 described later.

Hitting ball supply device Next, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2B, a hitting ball supply device 14 will be described.
The structure of 0 will be described. In FIG. 1, the hit ball supply device 140 is collectively provided on a box frame-shaped mounting plate 141 fixed to the back surface of the front door 5. That is, a hitting ball guiding path for guiding the hitting ball in a row continuously to the hitting ball supply tray 6
At the end of 142, a side plate portion 143 is provided so as to face, and a feed ball mounting portion 144 is formed immediately before the side plate portion 143. The feed ball mounting portion 144 has an opening formed so as to stop hitting the ball, and the ball feed projection 150 of the ball feed member 147 projects into and out of this opening.

A rectangular ball feed opening 145 is formed in the mounting plate 141 above the feed ball mounting portion 144, and the lower side of the ball feed opening 145 constitutes a regulating portion 146. The restricting unit 146 prevents the ball hitting the feed ball mounting unit 144 from falling to the firing rail 164 side. Therefore, the feed ball mounting part
In order to guide the hit ball stopped at 144 to the firing rail 164 side, the hit ball must be lifted so as to jump over the regulating portion 146. The ball feeding member 147 lifts the hit ball. The ball feed member 147 is pivotally supported around a support shaft 148 so as to be swingable, and has an arm portion on the tip side thereof.
The ball feed projection 150 bent upward is formed on the 149, and the ball feed projection 150 protrudes and retracts in the feed ball mounting portion 144. Also, the upper surface of the ball feed projection 150 is
As shown in FIG. 2B, the inclined surface 1 inclined toward the firing rail 164 side
51, the ball feed opening 14 when the ball is lifted
It is easy to roll from 5 to the launch rail 164 side. On the other hand, at the other end of the ball feed member 147, a pair of engagement protrusions 152 is formed in the up-down direction, and an engagement plate 156 fixed to the lower end of the plunger 154 of the ball feed solenoid 153 is formed on the engagement protrusion 152. It is designed to engage. A return spring 155 is provided on the plunger 154 of the ball feed solenoid 153 so that the plunger 154 is always urged upward. Therefore, in a state where the ball feed solenoid 153 is not excited, the plunger 154 holds the position raised by the urging force of the return spring 155.
The 147 ball feed protruding pieces 150 are retracted from the feed ball mounting portion 144. On the other hand, when the ball feed solenoid 153 is excited, the plunger 154 descends against the urging force of the return spring 155, so that the ball feed projection 150 of the ball feed member 147 moves the feed ball mounting member. The hit ball that has entered the portion 144 and stopped is lifted and dropped from the ball feed opening 145 to the firing rail 164 side.

By the way, one end of the support 1
A swing member 157 that is pivotally supported at 58 and is provided to be swingable is disposed. On the other end of the swing member 157, an inclined surface portion 159 is formed as shown in FIG. 2B. Thus, the swinging member 157 swings upward when the hit ball stopped on the feeding ball mounting portion 144 is raised by the ball sending member 147, and the inclined surface portion 159 cooperates with the inclined surface 151. Fire ball hitting rail
Drop to 164 side. In addition, on the upper part of the swing member 157,
A feed ball detection switch 160 is provided, and detects a swing operation of the swing member 157 via the actuator 161. That is, the number of hit balls sent to the firing rail 164 is detected.

Firing Rail Mechanism Next, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2B, the firing rail mechanism 16 will be described.
Structure 2 will be described. In the figure, the firing rail mechanism 162 is provided collectively on the mounting board 163. That is, a metal firing rail 164 is attached to the mounting board 163 at an angle. The base of the firing rail 164 is formed in a cross section “V” as shown in FIG. 2B, and a hitting ball firing position 165 at the lower end of the flow is formed with a stop opening 166 so that the hitting ball faces. Has become. Also, the stop opening 16
In FIG. 6, the hammer tip 123 of the hitting rod 122 protrudes and retracts. By the way, the hit ball waiting at the hit ball firing position 165,
The lower two points are supported by the firing rail 164 having the cross section "V", and the upper one point is supported by an upper ball stop member 167 inclined backward. This provides three-point support for the most stable hitting.

On the other hand, a curved portion 168 is formed at the upstream end of the firing rail 164, and constitutes a side wall of a foul ball guiding path 169 formed between the bending rail 168 and the end of the guiding rail. At the lower end of the foul ball guide path 169, a foul ball detection switch 170 is arranged to detect a foul ball returning on the guide rail 14 without reaching the game area 15 of the game board 13 with the shot ball fired. It is supposed to. The foul ball that has passed the foul ball detection switch 170 is returned to the return ball path 1
From 71, the surplus balls are discharged to the tray 11. Also, a spill ball guiding member 172 is connected to the return ball path 171 to guide the prize ball spilled from the guide opening 66 or the rear end of the prize ball payout opening 7 when the front door 5 is opened. The surplus ball discharge port 12 is guided to the surplus ball tray 11 via the member 172 and the return ball path 171. In addition, the foul ball detection switch 170 is the passing ball detection switch 43a described above.
It is also possible to provide an operating member that is operated by a ball in the same manner as in to 43p, and detect a foul ball by a switch that detects the operation of the operating member.

Operation of the hitting ball control mechanism The hitting ball launching device 120, hitting ball supply device 140,
The operation of the hit ball control mechanism including the firing rail mechanism 162 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, when the player puts a purchased ball into the ball supplying tray 6, the ball reaches the ball guiding path 142 from the ball supplying tray 6, and the leading ball is placed on the feed ball placing section 144. It stops in the state (see FIG. 1). When the player turns the operation handle 10 in such a state, a handle switch including a touch switch (not shown) is turned on, and the hitting ball firing device 12 is turned on.
The 0 hitting motor 130 rotates. When the ball motor 130 is rotated, the ball 122 is tilted as shown in FIG. 2A by the engagement between the rotating cam 128 and the contact roller 127, and the light shielding plate 125 is turned on the ball rod operating state detection switch 136. Change from ON to OFF. At this time, the ball feed solenoid 153 of the hit ball supply device 140
As shown in Fig. 2B, it has not been excited yet. When the hitting motor 130 further rotates, the engagement between the rotating cam 128 and the contact roller 127 is released, and the hitting rod 122 rapidly returns to the original position as shown in FIG. 3A. Then, at this time, the hitting rod operating state detection switch 136 changes from OFF to ON, and the ball feeding solenoid 153 of the hitting ball supply device 140 is excited by detecting this change. When the ball feed solenoid 153 is excited, the ball feed member 147 swings and lifts the hit ball that has been waiting in the feed ball mounting portion 144, and from the ball feed opening 145 to the hit ball firing position 165 of the firing rail 164. Send out. At this time, the swing member
157 also swings, and the feed ball detection switch 160 is turned ON (see FIG. 3B). When the feed ball detection switch 160 is turned on, a count-up signal is derived and a firing ball counter 184 described later
Is added to the value of “1” at a time. The hit ball is not fired by the first operation of the hitting rod 122. That is, the hitting portion 123 of the hitting rod 122
After hitting the hit ball at the hit ball firing position 165, the next hit ball is dropped on the firing rail 164 by the hit ball supply device 140. Therefore, the first firing operation of the game is a blank shot. The reason that the supplied ball is not configured to instantaneously bounce the ball is that if the ball is configured to bounce the ball that has just been supplied, the time during which the ball is installed at the ball firing position 165 is set. This is because the length becomes shorter, and the stability may not be obtained. In addition, if it is a type in which the supply operation of the hit ball is performed after the firing operation of the hit ball and the hit ball is supplied,
Instead of using separate driving sources for the hitting ball launching device 120 and the hitting ball supply device 140 as in the embodiment, a single driving source may drive both the hitting ball launching device 120 and the hitting ball supply device 140.

By continuously operating the operation handle 10 by the player as described above, the hit ball motor 130 continuously rotates,
It hits balls and supplies them. By the way, without the fired ball reaching the game area 15 of the game board 13,
When returning from the guide rail 14, most of them are guided to the foul ball detection path 169 and the foul ball detection switch 170.
Turn ON. When the foul ball detection switch 170 is turned on, a countdown signal is derived, and the value of a firing ball counter 184 described later is decremented by "1". Then, the numerical value stored in the fired ball counter 184 is displayed on the effective fired ball number display 28.

In addition, a ball is passed through the double winning opening 20, the starting winning opening 21a, 21b, the variable winning device 22, and the passing openings 23a to 23p (hereinafter, collectively referred to as passing openings), and the double detecting switch is provided.
47, turning on the start winning detection switches 48a and 48b, the specific winning ball detection switch 33, the normal winning ball detection switches 34a and 34b, and the passing ball detection switches 43a to 43p (hereinafter collectively referred to as passing ball detection switches) Then, a count-up signal is derived, and the value of a passing ball counter 185 described later is added by "1". Then, the numerical value stored in the passing ball counter 185 is displayed on the passing ball number display 29.

One game is ended when a predetermined time T1 has elapsed from the _first change of the hitting rod operating state detection switch 136 from OFF to ON after the value of the above-mentioned firing ball counter 184 becomes "16". Then, a predetermined time T _1, the operation of the ball feed solenoid 153 of the ball supply device 140 is stopped. At this time, the hitting motor 130 of the hitting ball firing device 120 is rotating as long as the player operates the operating handle 11, and reciprocates the hitting rod 122. In the case described above, the predetermined time T _1, the hitting motor 130 of the ball feed solenoid 153 at the same time as hitting the firing device 120 may be stopped.

The operation of the hit ball control mechanism is substantially as described above, but an example of a specific operation will be described with reference to a time chart shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, after turning on the power,
When the player operates the handle switch by operating the operation handle 10, the ball hitting motor 130 rotates, and the ball hitting rod 122 reciprocates. This allows the hitting rod operating state detection switch 13
6 repeats OFF and ON. Hitting rod operating state detection switch 13
Ball feed solenoid 153
Also repeats excitation and non-excitation, and feed ball detection switch
160 repeats ON / OFF. And feed ball detection switch
By repeating 160, a count-up signal is derived and counted by the firing ball counter 184.

When a foul ball is generated while firing 16 balls, the foul ball detection switch 170 is turned on and emits signals P ₁ and P ₂ , _two countdown signals are derived and the firing ball counter 184 Subtract "2" from the value. Therefore, in order for the value of the firing ball counter 184 to be “16”, “18” count-up signals are required.

On the other hand, when the hit ball shot in the game area 15 wins the passing opening and turns on the passing ball detection switch, a count-up signal is derived and counted by the passing ball counter 185.

Thus, when the value of the firing ball counter 184 becomes "16", the operation of the ball feed solenoid 153 is deactivated, and the predetermined time is determined by the change of the hitting rod operation state detection switch 136 from OFF to ON immediately after that. time T ₁ is measured. Thus, foul ball occurs in the predetermined time T _1, issues a signal P ₃ by turning ON the foul ball detection switch 170, "1 the value of the firing ball counter 184 counts down signal is derived
5 ", the ball feed solenoid 153 is activated again, and the hit ball is sent to the hit ball firing position 165 to be hit. Then, the predetermined time T ₁ is measured by the change from OFF to ON of the immediately following hitting rod operating state detection switch 136 again.

Thus, in this embodiment, the predetermined time T ₁ is the process moves when the time is up for the next game, the operation of the timer short time T ₂ at the same time. Short time T ₂ are, first striking ball of the next game after elapse of a predetermined time T ₁ is less time is chosen than the time to reach the foul ball detection switch 170. Then, the signal P ₄ emitted by foul ball detection switch 170 to the short time T within ₂ is invalid and does not derive a count-down signal. This foul ball detected in a predetermined time T ₁ within a very short time after a lapse of T _2, i.e., foul ball which could not be passed through the foul ball detection switch 170 in a predetermined time T ₁ within for some reason, the last Since it is a hit ball in the game, if this is detected and counted down, the value of the firing ball counter 184 shows “15” even if 16 hit balls are fired in the next game, and as a result, the following This is because the game can be played with "17" hit balls, and is invalidated to prevent this. Even if the ball is invalidated, the hit ball is returned to the surplus ball tray 11 via the return ball path 171 and does not cause a great damage to the player.

Furthermore, hitting the motor 130 is operated the operation handle 10 when a predetermined time T ₁ is completed, when the hitting rod operating state detection switch 136, and ball feed solenoid 153 is actuated feed ball detection switch 160 is turned ON Must store information for the next game, but information from the previous game,
In particular, it is necessary to memorize and hold the score information and pay out prize balls according to the score. Therefore, in this embodiment, the first sending ball detection switch in the next game
When the signal 160 is detected, all the information except the score information of the previous game, for example, the value of the firing ball counter 184 and the lighting state of the display lamps 24a to 24p are initialized, and prepared for the next game. Also, only the score information is initialized at the end of payout of the prize ball after being moved to another storage unit.

Operation of the Ball Game Machine The configuration and the ball control mechanism of the ball game machine 1 according to the embodiment have been described above, but the ball game machine 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG. Will be described.

FIG. 5 is a control circuit 17 for controlling the operation of the ball game machine 1.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing 3. The control circuit 173 is configured in the control circuit board 80, and includes a microcomputer 180 as a control center. The microcomputer 180 stores an MPU 181 capable of executing a control operation in a predetermined procedure, and operation program data of the MPU 181.
ROM 182 and necessary data can be written and read
RAM183. The RAM 183 counts up by a signal from the feed ball detection switch 160 and counts up by a signal from the firing ball counter 184 and the plurality of passing ball detection switches that count down by a signal from the foul ball detection switch 170. Passing ball counter
Contains 185. Further, the microcomputer 180
It includes an input / output interface 186 that receives input signals and provides input data to the MPU 181 and receives output data from the MPU 181 and outputs the data to the outside.

The input / output interface 186 includes a hitting rod operating state detection switch 136, a ball feed solenoid 153, a feed ball detection switch 160, a foul ball detection switch 170, a start switch 9 included in the hitting ball control mechanism, and the game board 13 , The number of effective firing balls 28, the number of passing balls 29, the passing ball detection switches 33, 34a, 34b, 43a to 43p, 47, 48a, 48
b, the variable display device 16, the variable winning ball device 22, the score display 30, and the payout motor 10 included in the prize ball payout mechanism
9, and the discharged ball detection switch 113 are connected to each other.

Although the control circuit 173 described above includes a circuit for controlling a game and a circuit for controlling a firing mechanism of a hit ball in one control circuit 173, the control circuit 173 is configured by separate control circuit boards. Is also good. In this case, these control circuit boards are connected to 1
It may be housed in one board box or may be housed in a separate board box.

Next, a specific operation of the ball game machine 1 will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

First, when the power is turned on, the ball feed solenoid 153 is deactivated (step S1). Then, the progress of the game is waited until the start switch 9 is turned on (step S2). When the start switch 9 is turned on, the start switch 9 as a settlement switch is deactivated (step S3, ball feeding). The solenoid 153 is activated (step S4), and the deactivation of the settlement switch is maintained until one game is completed.

Thus, when the player starts the game by operating the operation handle 10 to operate the hitting ball firing device 120, it is determined whether or not the hitting rod operation state detection switch 136 has changed from OFF to ON (step). S5). Hitting rod operating state detection switch
If it is determined that 136 has changed from OFF to ON, the ball feed solenoid 153 is turned on (step S6), and then it is determined whether the feed ball detection switch 160 has been turned on (step S6).
7) If it is ON, "1" is added to the value of the fired ball counter 184 (step S8), and "1" is added to the display of the effective fired ball number display 28 (step S9). Proceed to step S10. If it is determined in steps S5 and S7 that the switch is not turned on, the process proceeds to the next step S10.

Next, it is determined whether or not the fired ball has become a foul ball, based on whether or not the foul ball detection switch 170 is ON (step S10). If the ON is foul ball detection switch 170, when its ON is judged to be judged whether or not made during operation timer T ₂ is not (step S11), and during operation of the timer T _2, firing ball counter 18
"1" is subtracted from the value of 4 (step S12), and "1" is subtracted from the display of the effective firing ball number display 28 (step S1).
3) Then, proceed to the next step S14. Further, the step S10
In case of foul ball is judged not to have occurred, and if the timer T ₂ is determined to be in operation at the step S11, without subtracting processing of step S12 and step S13 is performed, step Go to S14.

In step S14, it is determined whether or not the shot ball hit the passing opening and the passing ball detection switch is turned on. When the hit ball is turned on, "1" is added to the value of the passing ball counter 185. Then, “1” is added to the display of the passing ball number display 29 (step S16), and thereafter, it is determined whether or not the value of the firing ball counter 184 is “16” (step S17). ). Here, if it is determined that the value of the shot ball counter 184 is not `` 16 '', it is determined that a fixed number of hit balls have not been fired, and the process returns to step S4.
Steps S4 to S17 are repeated.

On the other hand, in step S17, the firing ball counter 184
Is determined to be "16", it is determined that a fixed number of hit balls have been fired, and the ball feed solenoid 153 is deactivated to deactivate the hit ball supply device 120 (step S).
18). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the striking rod operating state detection switch 136 has changed from OFF to ON (step S19). If it is determined that it has not changed, the process proceeds to step S10.
And the steps S10 to S19 are repeated.

On the other hand, in step S19, the hitting rod operation state detection switch 136
Is determined to have changed from OFF to ON, the timer T
₁ is operated (step S20). Then, step S21
In ~ step S25, the processing when the foul ball occurs in a predetermined time T _1. That is, the timer T ₁ is is determined whether the time is up (step S21), (step when it is determined that no time is up, that whether foul ball detection switch 170 is ON is determined S22). Then, when it is judged not ON, the timer T ₁ returns to the step S21 monitors the occurrence of foul ball until the time is up. And the timer
If the T ₁ is a foul ball occurs before the time is up, the operation of the timer T ₁ is stopped (step S23), "1" is subtracted from the value of the firing ball counter 184 (step S2
4) “1” is subtracted from the display of the number of effective fired balls indicator 28 (step S25), and thereafter, the process returns to step S4 to repeat the processing of steps S4 to S25. This step S21 ~ S2
Process 5, foul ball surplus ball the predetermined time T ₁ pan 11
In this case, a new ball must be supplied to the hit ball firing position 165, so that the hit ball supply device 140 is operated.

In the step S21, when the timer T ₁ is is determined that the time is up, it becomes the one game is determined to have ended, thereby, firstly, the timer T ₂ is activated (step S26), adjusting switch 9 Is activated (step S27), and the ball feed solenoid 153 is activated (step S28). As a result, the next game can be started, and a prize ball payout process is performed in the following steps S29 to S46.

That is, first, the hitting rod operation state detection switch 136 is set to O
It is determined whether or not FF has changed to ON (step S2).
9) If it is determined that it has not changed, it is determined whether or not the settlement switch 9 has been turned on (step S3).
0). If it is determined that the settlement switch 9 is not ON, the process returns to step S29.

If it is determined in step S29 that the hitting rod operating state detection switch 136 has been turned ON, the ball feed solenoid 153 is turned ON (step S31). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the feed ball detection switch 160 is ON (step S32). If it is determined that the switch is not turned on, the process returns to step S29, and steps S29 to S32 are repeated. On the other hand, when the feed ball detection switch 160 is turned ON, it is determined that the game has shifted to the next game, and a determination command process of the score of the previous game is performed (step S33). Thus, it is determined whether or not there is a score based on the score and the determination command (step S34). If there is a score, a payout command is issued to the prize ball payout mechanism in accordance with the score, and a prize ball payout process is performed. (Step S35). After a prize ball dispensing command is issued or if there is no score, the firing ball counter 184
Is cleared (step S36), the passing ball counter 185
Is cleared (step S37), the passing position display lamps 24a to 24p are reset (step S38), and then the displays of the effective firing ball number display 28 and the passing ball number display 29 are reset (step S39). ) Then, the process returns to step S8, and the subsequent processing is repeated.

On the other hand, in step 30, the settlement switch 9 is turned on.
Even when it is determined that the game has been played, a determination instruction process of the score of the previous game is performed (step S40). Then, it is determined whether or not there is a score by the score determination command (step
S41) If there is a score, a payout command is issued to the prize ball payout mechanism in accordance with the score, and a prize ball payout process is performed (step S42). After the payout command of the prize ball or when there is no score, the value of the firing ball counter 184 is cleared (Step S43), the value of the passing ball counter 185 is cleared (Step S44), and the passing position is displayed. Lamp 24a
After .about.24p is reset (step S45), the displays of the number of effective firing balls display 28 and the number of passing balls display 29 are reset (step S46). Thereafter, the process returns to step S4, and the subsequent processing is repeated.

As is clear from the above description of the operation, the ball game machine 1 according to the embodiment has passed the hit ball fired on the game board 13 and the plurality of passing ports 20, 21a, 21b, 22, 23a to 23p. The number of hit balls is the number of effective firing balls 28 or the number of passing balls 29
, The number of shot balls and the number of passing balls can be easily checked.
If a, 34b, 43a to 43p, 47, 48a, 48b breaks down or a detection error occurs, if a player makes a claim, it is immediately determined whether or not the player's claim is correct. In addition, it is possible to take processing that does not become disadvantageous to the player, and conversely, even if the player intentionally makes a complaint, it is possible to take measures that do not become disadvantageous to the game hall side it can.

In the above-described embodiment, the number of shots shot and the number of shots passed are shown on separate displays 28 and 29, respectively. However, this is shown on a single display and this display is used. The difference between the number of shot balls and the number of passing balls may be displayed on the vessel. In this case, when the displayed number is "0", the number of shot balls and the number of passing balls are equal, so there is no failure of the passing ball detection switch and the like, and a number other than "0" is displayed. In this case, the passing ball detection switch may have a failure in the firing ball detection switch (feed ball detection switch). Also, in this case, instead of an indicator that displays numerical values,
A display that simply indicates that the number of shot balls is equal to or not equal to the number of passing balls may be displayed. Further, for example, the information related to the number of shot balls and the number of passing balls may be notified by the speaker 8 alone or in combination with the display instead of the display. Also, instead of always operating the display and speaker as the notification means,
For example, a period from when the firing of the ball is completed to when the game is shifted to the next game, when a switch for activating the notification means is operated and the switch is operated, or when a certain time elapses after the firing of the ball is completed. Even when the number of shot balls and the number of passing balls are not equal, the notification means may be activated.

In addition, information related to the number of shot balls and the number of passing balls in a game before the game currently in progress may be stored, and the data may be confirmed as necessary.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the display device as the notification means is provided on the front side of the gaming machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the display is provided on the back side of the gaming machine. It may be one that can be opened and confirmed.

Also, in the above-described embodiment, the number of passing balls is larger than the number of shooting balls during the game, and the number of passing balls is larger when the hit ball is not fired, because the number of passing balls does not become larger than the number of shooting balls. When it is detected that the game has become invalid, the notification means may be notified that some kind of fraud has occurred, or the game may be deactivated.

In the above-described embodiment, a ball game machine that fires a fixed number of hit balls to play a game has been illustrated. However, a ball game machine that fires a ball for a certain time to play a game may be used. Further, a feed ball detection switch 1 for detecting a hit ball supplied to a hit ball firing position 165 as a fire ball detecting means for detecting a fire ball.
Although 60 is shown, it may be configured so that a hit ball hit by the hit ball launching device 120 can be detected. Further, as the passing ball detection switch, a detection switch provided corresponding to each passing port is shown. For example, the guide plate 79 is configured so that all passing balls converge, and one detection port is provided at the exit thereof. A switch may be provided so that the detection is performed. In addition, although the configuration in which the operation of the ball feed solenoid 153 is stopped as a configuration for inactivating the hitting ball supply device 140 has been described, a configuration in which the shutter protrudes into the passage so that rain does not move may be used, or In the case of a hit ball supply device mechanically linked to the hitting rod 122, a configuration may be adopted in which the linking member is fixed in a certain state.

In the above embodiment, the hitting ball launching device is driven by the hitting motor 130, but may be driven by a rotary solenoid driven by a pulse signal.
In this case, the ball supplying device may be operated based on the operation of the rotary solenoid, or the rotary solenoid may be driven based on the operation of the ball supplying device driven by operating the operation handle. .

Furthermore, as a structure of a ball-and-ball game machine, a coin-type or card-type ball-and-ball game machine may be applied, and the content of the game is not limited to the embodiment. Any game content may be used as long as a predetermined value is paid out according to the game result of the hit ball.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, the ball game machine according to the present invention has a reduced number of hit balls fired on the game board in a certain period and the number of hit balls passed through the passage opening. Since the notifying means for notifying the related information is provided, it is possible to easily confirm the information of the number of fired balls and the number of passing balls, and therefore, the passing ball detecting means has failed or a detection failure has occurred. In such a case, if the player makes a complaint, it is immediately possible to determine whether or not the complaint of the player is correct, so that the processing can be performed so as not to be disadvantageous to the player, and Even if the player intentionally makes a claim, measures can be taken so as not to be disadvantageous to the game arcade.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a structure of a hitting ball launching device and a hitting ball supply device, and FIGS. 2A to 3B are a front view and a sectional view showing an operation state of the hitting ball launching device and a hitting ball supply device. The figure is a time chart showing the operation of the hitting ball launching device and the hitting ball supply device, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control circuit for controlling the operation of the ball game machine according to the embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a front view of the ball game machine according to the embodiment, FIG. 8A and FIG. FIG. 10 is an enlarged partial view of a mechanism plate having a prize ball payout mechanism, which is a schematic rear view of the ball game machine. 1 ... ball game machine 13 ... game board 28 ... effective firing ball number display 29 ... passing ball number display 81 ... prize ball payout device 94 ... score ball processing device 120 ... hit ball firing device 140 … Ball supply device 160… Feed ball detection switch (fire ball detection means) 180… Microcomputer 184… Fire ball counter 185… Pass ball counter As a passing port, 20… Double winning opening 21a, 21b… … Start winning prize port 22 …… Variable prize ball device 23a-23p …… Passing port As passing ball detecting means 33 …… Specific prize ball detecting switches 34a, 34b …… Normal winning ball detecting switches 43a-43p …… Passing ball detection Switch 47: Double detection switch 48a, 48b: Start winning ball detection switch

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game is performed by firing a ball on a game board provided with a plurality of passages through which all shot balls can pass, and the ball is fired at least during the certain period. A ball game machine that provides a predetermined game value based on a result of a game to be established, wherein a shot ball detection unit that detects a hit ball fired on the game board in the certain period, the plurality of passes Passing ball detecting means for detecting a hit ball passing through a mouth, and notifying means for notifying information relating to the number of outputs of the firing ball detecting means and the number of outputs of the passing ball detecting means in the certain period. Ball game machine characterized by that.