JP2795714B2 - Game machine winning device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a winning device mounted on a game board of a gaming machine.

[Conventional technology]

Various mechanisms are incorporated in the prize device of the gaming machine for discriminating whether or not a prize ball that falls into the large prize port of the prize device and passes through the prize device passes through an advantageous passage for prize. Have been.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

It is an object of the present invention to provide a prize winning device having a novel idea of changing a manner of a prize ball falling into a large winning opening of the prize winning device.

[Means for solving the problem]

The prize winning device for a gaming machine according to the present invention is provided with a continuous operating port that provides a benefit to a player when a game ball falls, in the middle of a ball passage through which a game ball winning a large winning opening passes. Upstream of the mouth, there is provided a ball stopping portion for stopping the game ball at a position where it can easily fall into the continuous operation port and releasing the ball after stopping, and at the upstream of the ball stopping portion, the game ball which has won the special winning opening Is controlled to move to a position where it can and cannot be received.
At a position where game balls can be received, balls that distribute game balls to a hit state where game balls are received and received and are easily sent to the ball stop portion, and an off state where the game balls fall down without receiving game balls. It has a configuration provided with a taxiway.

(Operation) In a prize winning device having a special winning opening and an interlocking operation opening that provides a player with a profit when the playing ball falls, a position where the game ball winning the large winning opening can be accepted and a position where the gaming ball cannot be accepted. In the state where the ball guide path, which is controlled to move, is moved to a position where game balls can be received, the game ball that has won the special winning opening is received by the ball guide path and the ball stopping portion upstream of the continuous operating port. The contact state that is likely to be sent to the ball guide path, or the young state, is divided into a detached state in which the ball is not accepted by the ball guide path and falls down the downstream of the ball guide path. When the game ball sent out from the ball guide path or the ball stops at the ball stop, the stopped ball is released from the ball stop in a state where it is easy to win a prize in the continuous operation port after the stop.

〔Example〕

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

At the center of the gaming board 1 of the gaming machine, a prize winning device N is mounted. On the gaming board surface 1a of the gaming board 1, left and right prize openings 4, 5 provided on both sides of the prize winning device N are provided. A left starting port 8, which is arranged below the device N and arranged in the lateral direction;
A right starting port 9 and a middle starting port 10 are respectively opened, and further, a tulip-type accessory 6, which is set diagonally below both sides of the prize device N on the game board surface 1a so that a prescribed number of prizes is one each. 7 is installed.

The winning device N includes a ball passing portion N1 for receiving and passing a winning ball, and a transmission member that is driven and controlled to change a falling path of the winning ball, and is disposed behind and below the ball passing portion N1. A driving unit for driving the transmission member, and a driving unit N3 disposed behind the transmission unit N2.
And a power distribution unit N4 for connecting various electric components of the winning device N and external wiring are formed in order from the front.

The ball passing portion N1 has a base frame 11 attached to the game board surface 1a and formed in a frame shape with a synthetic resin material, and a box shape that is assembled to the back surface of the base frame 11 and is open frontward with a synthetic resin material. The formed ball receiving case 12 and the partition member 13 inserted in the base frame 11 are installed.

At the upper end of the front frame plate 11a formed at the front of the base frame 11, a passage opening 11c is opened, and on the rear side surface near the upper end of the front frame plate 11a, a cover piece having a vertical cross section || 30 and a box-shaped case piece 31 that is open frontward and sideways are vertically connected to each other, and between the inner edge of the upper end of the front frame plate 11a and the front upper edge of the case piece 31, there is a natural prize opening 15 Is open.

A box-shaped storage gutter 16 that is open rearward is attached to the front surface near the upper end of the front frame plate 11a.
Is installed, a large winning prize entrance ball number display LED 18 connected to the LED board 17 respectively, a continuous number display LED 19,
Decorative LED20 is inserted. Protrusions 16a projecting obliquely downward are formed at the lower left and right ends of the storage gutter 16, respectively, and the center of the upper surface of the storage gutter 16 is inclined downward rearward so that the rear edge is in front of the case piece 31. A middle guide surface 16b aligned and joined to the upper edge is formed, and left and right lateral guide surfaces 16c, 16c are respectively inclined inward on the left and right portions of the upper surface of the storage gutter 16.
Is formed, and the game balls that have fallen onto the storage gutter 16 are
It is guided by b and 16c and is introduced into the prize-for-the-lens entrance 15.

On the rear side of the case piece 31, the game ball that has fallen into the natural winning prize mouth 15 and rolled backward on the case piece 31 is guided forward, upward and one side from the rear of the case piece 31 to one side. An upper gutter plate 22 with a side opening is screwed.

Near the lower end of the front frame plate 11a, the left and right side plates 23a and the bottom plate 23b
Are formed continuously to form a lower gutter piece 23 protruding forward and rearward of the front frame plate 11a.
A pair of left and right partition plates 25, 25 are erected in parallel near the center of the front of the bottom plate 23b of the lower gutter piece 23.

At the upper end between the two partition plates 25 at the center of the front end portion in the lower gutter piece 23, a continuous working port 26 is opened, and at the left and right portions of the front end portion in the lower gutter piece 23, the two partition plates 25 and both side plates are provided. Winning ball passage openings 27, 27 are respectively opened at the upper end portions between them and 23a. In addition, a continuous working port 26 is provided near the upper end between the two partition plates 25.
A continuous operation opening ball detection switch 28 for detecting a winning ball falling inside is inserted. On the lower gutter piece 23 bottom plate 23b, a ball passage is formed to guide the game balls dropped into the continuous operation port 26 and the both winning ball passing ports 27 below the base frame 11,
A cover 29 having an arcuate vertical cross section for covering the spherical passage is screwed to the rear side surface of the lower gutter piece 23.

A pair of right and left pairs formed on the back surface near the both side frame portions of the front frame plate 11a of the base frame 11 such that the center portion is vertical and the upper portion is inclined outward and the lower portion is inclined inward. The side walls 11b are connected to each other at right angles.

The partition member 13 formed of a transparent synthetic resin material is a base frame.
It is tightly fitted and detachably fitted between both side walls 11b of 11,
The partition member 13 includes a pair of left and right side wall plates 13a attached to inner walls of both side walls 11b, and a pair of left and right front wall plates 13b connected to front edges of the both side wall plates 13a, respectively. A pair of left and right cut-off pieces 13c which are vertically connected to the lower portions of the inner edges of the front wall plates 13b, respectively, and are vertically suspended in series just above both side plates 23a of the lower gutter piece 23 of the base frame 11. In the state where the left and right ends of the rear end portion are respectively continuous near the center of the inner edge of both front wall plates 13b and slightly inclined forward,
A square plate-shaped ball receiving shelf 13d that is laid between b and protrudes forward of both front wall plates 13b, and is formed to project rearward at the center of the inner end of the rear side surface of both front wall plates 13b. A pair of left and right cylindrical bearings 13e are formed, and triangular truncated guide pieces 13f are respectively protruded near the left and right ends of the upper rear end of the ball receiving side 13d.

The left and right side edges of the ball receiving shelf 13d of both partition members 13 and the storage gutter 16
The left and right big winning openings 3, 3 are respectively opened between the left and right protruding edges 16a.

The ball receiving case 12 has an upper wall plate 32a connected directly to the rear of the bottom plate of the case piece 31 of the base frame 11, and the upper ends of both side walls 11b of the base frame 11 and both side pieces 23a of the lower gutter piece 23. And a rear wall plate 33 joined to the rear edge of the body wall plate 32, the rear wall plate 32 having both side wall plates 32b directly connected to the rear of the body wall plate 32b.
And a bottom plate 34 which is joined to the lower end edge of the rear wall plate 33 and near the lower end of both side wall plates 32b of the trunk wall plate 32 and protrudes forward in a forwardly inclined state. The horizontal front edge of the bottom plate 34 is located near the front of the front frame 11a of the base frame 11 and is a continuous working port 2.
6 and the winning ball passage opening 27 are disposed slightly above the rear opening edge, while the rear end of the bottom plate 34 protrudes rearward of the rear wall plate 33.

The rear wall plate 33 of the ball receiving case 12 has a rectangular guide hole 33a which is provided at the center in the vertical and horizontal directions and penetrates in the vertical direction, and the left and right ends of the rear wall plate 33. A pair of left and right cylindrical bearing portions 33b are provided at the vicinity of the center in the vertical direction. A lamp board to which a lamp is attached is screwed on the rear side of the upper end portion and the left and right end portions of the rear wall plate 33 of the ball receiving case 12, and a horizontal row is formed on the rear side near the lower end of the rear wall plate 33. An LED substrate to which a plurality of LEDs arranged is connected is screwed.

In the rear part of the ball receiving case 12, a character 36 as a decorative member having a form in which a racer rides on a racing car is inserted in order to change the path of the winning ball falling into the special winning opening 3, and the character is inserted. A character body 37 having the shape of the body of a racing car is formed in the center of 36 along the front-rear direction.

At the center of the rear side of the character body 37 of the character 36, a front slider 40 attached to the front side of the guide hole 33a of the ball receiving case 12 is screwed. The guide hole 33a is formed to project horizontally.
The upper and lower protrusions 40a, 40b inserted in the
A transmission pin 40c protruding rearward horizontally is inserted into 0b. On the rear side of the front slider 40, the upper side is attached to the rear side surface of the guide hole 33a, the upper part is screwed to the upper protrusion 40a, and the transmission pin 40c is inserted through the lower part. The side edges of the guide hole 33a are inserted between the left and right edges of the sliders 40 and 41, respectively, and the character body 37 is engaged with the rear wall plate 33 of the ball receiving case 12 via the sliders 40 and 41 so as to be vertically slidable. Has been stopped.

At the center of the character body 37 in the horizontal direction,
In a position where movement of the winning game ball is controlled between a position where the game ball can be received and a position where the game ball cannot be received, the position where the game ball can be received is a position where the game ball can be received and the received game ball can be easily sent to the ball retaining portion 56 described below. A ball guiding path 42 for distributing game balls to a state and a disengagement state of falling down without accepting the game balls is formed along the front-rear direction.

A ball entrance 42a is opened at a front end of the ball guiding path 42, and a ball outlet 42b is opened at a rear end of the ball guiding path 42.

The game ball received in the ball guide path 42 falls through the ball guide path 42 from the ball outlet 42b to near the center of the bottom plate 34 of the ball receiving case 12. When the character body 37 is moved upward, the ball entrance 42a of the ball guiding path 42 is displaced above the rear end of the ball receiving shelf 13d of the partition member 13, and the game ball enters the ball guiding path 42 from above the ball receiving shelf 13d. When the character body 37 descends to the lower moving end, the ball entrance 42a of the ball guide path 42 is opposed to the rear edge of the ball receiving shelf 13d, and the ball guide path 42 is inserted from above the ball receiving side 13d into the ball guide path 42. It is possible for game balls to fall into.

On both sides of the character body 37, a pair of left and right first character parts 38, 38 each having the shape of a tire of a racing car and attached to the left and right portions of the front surface of the rear wall plate 33 are provided. Base ends of a pair of left and right axle-shaped second character parts 39 each extending toward the character main body 37 and having an inner end protruding into the character main body 37 are pivotally attached to the first character parts 38, respectively. When the character body 37 moves up and down, both second character parts 39
Are tilted up and down with the outer end as a fulcrum.

In the vicinity of the center of the bottom plate 34 of the ball receiving case 12, an upwardly open ball retaining hole 44 having a hole diameter set so as to simultaneously accommodate a plurality of game balls arranged in an annular shape is formed into a circular hole. And a ball stop hole at the center of the rear end of the upper surface of the bottom plate 34
A projection 34a having an inverted V-shaped cross section protrudes behind 44.

A generally disc-shaped elevating member 48 is installed in the ball retaining hole 44 of the ball receiving case 12 so as to be vertically slidable, and a substantially conical raised portion 48a protrudes near the center of the upper surface of the elevating member 48. On the other hand, a plurality of guide pieces
The guide pieces 48b are suspended in parallel with each other, and the respective guide pieces 48b are slidably inserted into respective through holes 44b formed in the bottom plate 44a of the ball retaining hole 44 so as to be vertically slidable. Each guide piece 48 of the lifting member 48
A connecting piece 54 having a pair of left and right protrusions 54a projecting from the lower surface is screwed to the lower end surface of b.

A pair of left and right transmission shafts 45, 45 horizontally laid horizontally in the front-rear direction are rotatably inserted into both bearing portions 13e of the partition member 13 and both bearing portions 33b of the ball receiving case 12, respectively. A pair of left and right opening / closing wing pieces, which are swingably controlled to open and close the left and right big winning openings 3 respectively, are supported at the front ends of the two transmission shafts 45.
While the base ends of 46 and 46 are respectively fitted, both transmission shafts 45
Left and right pair of first
A transmission pin 47a that projects horizontally rearward is inserted into the transmission piece 47, respectively.

A mounting member 49 made of metal and having a cross section || is attached to the lower surface of a mounting table 34b connected to the lower surface of the rear end portion of the bottom plate 34 of the ball receiving case 12 between both side plates of the mounting member 49. Is a ball-holding solenoid 50 clamped in a forward direction.
A spring for urging the operating shaft 50a forward on the operating shaft 50a
50b is externally fitted.

A swing lever 51 is connected to the front end of the mounting member 49 so as to be vertically swingable through connection pins 52 penetrating through the base end of the mounting member 49 and penetrating through both side plates of the mounting member 49. An operating shaft 50a of the ball stationary solenoid 50 is connected to a connecting pin 53 at the rear lower end of the lever 51.
At the front end of the swing lever 51 extending forward, a horizontally long through-hole 51a is provided.

The swing lever 51 is operatively connected to the connecting piece 54 via a connecting pin 55 inserted through a through hole 51a of the swing lever 51 and both protrusions 54a of the connecting piece 54.

When the ball retaining solenoid 50 is excited and the operating shaft 50a is retracted, the swing lever 51 swings downward, the elevating member 48 is pulled down together with the connecting piece 54, and the elevating member in the ball retaining hole 44
A ball stopping portion 56 capable of accommodating a plurality of game balls is formed on 48, while a ball stopping solenoid 50 is demagnetized and an operation shaft is formed.
When 50a moves forward with the elastic force of the spring 50b, the swing lever 51 swings upward and is pushed up to the upper end in the ball retaining hole 44 together with the connecting piece 54, and the upper surface of the elevating member 48 is
The ball retaining portion 56 is aligned with the upper surface of the bottom plate 34 of the base plate 34 and disappears, and each of the game balls accommodated in the ball retaining portion 56 has its own weight.
Rolling forward on the top, inside the continuous operation port 26 or prize ball passing port 27
Fall inside. The ball stopping hole 44 is formed such that up to five game balls are accommodated in the ball stopping portion 56 when the ball stopping portion 56 is formed.

Behind the rear wall plate 33 of the ball receiving case 12, a mounting plate 58 screwed to the rear end surface of a plurality of arm pieces 33c protruding from the rear side surface of the rear wall plate 33 is vertically erected. At the top of the rear side of the 58, a pair of left and right big win opening and closing solenoids 6
0,60 is attached downward. A spring 60b for urging the operating shaft 60a downward is externally fitted to the operating shaft 60a of the two winning opening opening and closing solenoids 60, and the distal ends of both operating shafts 60a are horizontally elongated insertion holes 61a at both left and right ends. Are connected to each other in the vicinity of the center of a horizontally long plate-shaped second transmission piece 61 through connection pins 62 so as to be able to move up and down.
In both insertion holes 61a of the second transmission piece 61, the two first transmission pieces 47 are provided.
The transmission shaft 47a of each of the large winning opening opening / closing solenoids 60 is connected to the transmission shaft 45 via both transmission pieces 61 and 47 so as to be interlockable with each other.

When both the winning opening opening and closing solenoids 60 are excited together and both operating shafts 60a move upward, both first transmission pieces 47 swing upward, and both transmission shafts 45 rotate in opposite directions to open and close. The wing pieces 46 oscillate outwardly to open the two winning ports 3 respectively, while the two opening / closing solenoids 60 are both demagnetized and the operating shafts 60a are moved downward by the elastic force of the spring 60b. When the vehicle moves forward, both first transmission pieces 47 swing downward, and both transmission shafts 45 rotate in opposite directions.
Swing inward, and the two winning ports 3 are respectively closed.

A step motor type character body drive motor 63 is attached to the vicinity of the lower end of the mounting plate 58 in a forward direction, and a transmission pin 65 protruding forward is inserted into one end of an output shaft 63a of the character body drive motor 63. Disc-shaped cam worn
64 are fitted.

A transmission pin 40c of the front slider 40 is inserted through one end of a crank 66 provided for connecting the cam 64 and the sliders 40 and 41 in an interlockable manner, while a cam 64 is inserted into the other end of the crank 66. When the transmission pin 65 is inserted and the character body drive motor 63 is started and the cam 64 rotates, the crank
Both sliders 40, 41 reciprocate up and down via 66, and both character bodies 36 reciprocate up and down within a range of about 17 mm at a reciprocating speed of 2.4 seconds.

Near the center of the front surface of the mounting plate 59, a lower fixed position detection switch 67 and an upper fixed position detection switch 68 disposed above the cam 64 are mounted adjacent to each other in front and rear. On the other hand, when the transmission pin 65 and the character body 37 of the character 36 are displaced to the bottom dead center on the circumferential body surface of the cam 64, the tactile piece 67a of the lower fixed position detection switch 67 is tilted downward so that the lower fixed position detection switch 67 is moved. A front recess 64a formed opposite the lower fixed position detection switch 67 for switching the contact of
When the character body 37 of the character 5 and the character 36 is displaced to the top dead center position, the contact point of the upper fixed position detection switch 68 is switched by tilting the touching piece 68a of the upper fixed position detection switch 68 downward. A concave portion 64b is formed opposite to the detection switch 68, and the concave portions 64a and 64b are arranged at rotationally symmetric positions of 180 ° about the rotational center of the cam 64.

On the rear side of the board mounting plate 69 which is mounted on the rear side of the mounting plate 58 via a plurality of arm pieces 69a and is vertically erected behind the mounting plate 58, each electric component in the winning device N, Relay board 70 connected to electrical wiring outside N
A printed circuit is printed on the relay board 70, and a number of connectors 71 for detachably connecting the printed circuit and the lead bundle are mounted on the relay board 70.

In the vicinity of the center of the back surface 1b of the gaming board 1, as shown in FIG. The guiding gutters 72 to 72 for collecting the game balls rolled to and discharging them to the home position are attached, and fall into the special winning opening 3 below the winning device N on the back surface 1b of the game board 1. A large winning opening ball detection switch 73 for detecting a winning ball is attached, and a middle starting opening ball detection for detecting a game ball falling into the middle starting opening 10 is provided at a lower portion of the game board 1. A switch 74 and left and right start-up ball detection switches 75, 75 for detecting game balls falling into the left and right start-up ports 8, 9 are mounted.

Next, a game mode in a gaming machine equipped with the above-described winning device N will be described.

When the power of the gaming machine is turned on at the start of the game, the character body 37 is driven by the character body drive motor 63 and stopped at the top dead center by the detection signal of the upper fixed position detection switch 68.

By rotating the handle of the launching device and firing the game balls on the upper plate one by one to an arbitrary position on the game board surface 1a, each of the game balls driven into the game board surface 1a receives the respective winning holes 3, 4, 5 , 15, inside the tulip-type accessories 6, 7, inside the starting opening 8, 9.10, or into the out opening. Game ball is big winning opening 3
13 balls when falling into the inside, 8 balls when falling into each of the other winning openings 4,5,15, inside the public works 6,7, and inside each starting opening 8,9,10 Is paid out to the person.

When the game ball falls into the left and right starting openings 8 and 9, the two large win opening and closing solenoids 60 are energized and demagnetized once after 0.503 seconds, and the two open / close wing pieces 46 swing back and forth once, and the two large winning openings 3 is 0.40
It is released once for 04 seconds (see Fig. 11). Also, when the game ball falls into the middle starting port 10, both big winning opening opening and closing solenoid
60 is repeatedly excited and demagnetized twice at 0.701 second intervals after 0.701 seconds, and both large winning openings 3 are respectively opened twice for 0.598 seconds. (See Figure 12).

When a game ball that falls into the special winning opening 3 while the winning winning opening 3 is open falls into the continuous operating opening 26, the winning winning opening 3 becomes 4.00.
It is opened and closed repeatedly 18 times in 26.2 seconds after 4 seconds. At the time of opening and closing the two special winning openings 3 times, the two special winning openings 3 are opened for A seconds (A = 0.796) and closed for B seconds (B = 0.400) for the first and second times, and subsequently, Released for A seconds.
From the 3rd to the 14th time, both big wins 3 are closed for 1.300 seconds, then opened for B seconds, then closed for C seconds (C = 0.701), opened for A seconds, closed for B seconds and then closed for A It is opened for two seconds, and the open / closed state of the two winning ports 3 is repeated four times. After the 15th round, both winning openings 3 are 1.09
Closed for 8 seconds, opened for C seconds, closed for D seconds (D = 0.998), opened for E seconds (E = 0.598), closed for D seconds, opened for E seconds, and then D seconds It is opened for E seconds eighteen times after the closure (see FIG. 13).

When the game ball falling into the special winning opening 3 falls into the continuous operating opening 26, the character main body driving motor 63 is activated after 2.798 seconds, the character main body 37 starts to descend, and both the large winning opening 3 are 18 During the opening and closing 15 times, the ascending and descending operation is repeated 5 times and then stopped. When the character body 37 is moved up and down, the character body 37 starts descending from the top dead center after 2.798 seconds have elapsed after the game ball has fallen into the continuous operation port 26.
After 00 seconds, it descends to the bottom dead center, stops at the bottom dead center for 1.997 seconds, and repeats the ascending and descending operation between the bottom dead center and the upper fulcrum once every 2.400 seconds four times at intervals of 1.997 seconds. After stopping for the fifth time at the dead center for 1.997 seconds, it rises to the top dead center 1.2 seconds later and then stops at the top dead center.

Also, when the two winning ports 3 are opened for the first time out of 18 times and then closed, the ball stopping solenoid 50 is excited, the elevating member 48 descends, and the game ball is stopped in the ball stopping portion 56. When the two winning ports 3 are released for the 18th time, or when two game balls enter the winning port 3, two ball stopping solenoids 50 are demagnetized and the elevating member 48 is released. Rises, and the game balls in the ball stopping portion 56 are sent out, and the ball stopping portion 56 disappears.

When 10 game balls fall into the special winning opening 3 while the two winning balls 3 are open, the two winning openings 3 are closed when the tenth playing ball enters and both subsequent winning balls 3 are closed. The opening of the special winning opening 3 is prohibited.

When the second game ball falls into the open special winning opening 3, the ball stopping solenoid 50 is demagnetized at that point, and the elevating member 48 is held in an up state.

When the tenth game ball falls into the special winning opening 3, the character drive motor 63 is activated by the upper position detection switch at that time.
68 It is driven to rotate for 0 to 2.400 seconds until the top dead center detection signal is transmitted, then stopped, and the character body 37 is moved to 0 to 2.40.
Moves to top dead center within 0 seconds and stops at top dead center.

After the game ball dropped into the special winning opening 3 falls into the continuous operating opening 26 and the opening and closing of both the special winning opening 3 18 times is started,
When the game ball falls into the continuous operating port 26 again, at that time the two winning ports 3 are once closed, and after 4.004 seconds, the two winning ports 3 are repeatedly opened and closed 18 times again, and the large winning port 3 is opened. Each time a game ball falls into the continuous operating port 26 during opening / closing operation 3, the above operation is continuously repeated, and the number of repetitions is specified to be a maximum of nine times including the first opening / closing operation.

Also, when the game ball falls again into the continuous operating port 26 during opening / closing of the two winning ports 3, the ball stopping solenoid 50 is demagnetized at that point, and the elevating member 48 rises.
When the opening and closing of 18 times is started and the two winning ports 3 are closed for the first time, the ball stopping solenoid 50 is excited and the lifting member
48 is lowered, and this state continues until the 18th opening of both big winning holes 3.

Further, when the game ball falls into the continuous moving opening 26 again while the opening and closing of the two winning ports 3 is performed, the character driving motor
The character 63 is driven to rotate until the detection signal of the upper fixed position detection switch 68 is transmitted, and the character body 37 shifts to the top dead center between 0 and 2.400 seconds. After the stop, the descent is started and the above-mentioned five elevating operations are repeated.

When a game ball falls into each starting port 8,9,10 while the two winning holes 3 are repeatedly opened and closed, only eight game balls are paid out, and only the eight winning balls 3 are paid out. After the end of the repetitive opening and closing, the two winning ports 3 are not opened and closed continuously.

Note that the effective operation time of the continuous operation port 26 is set to be 2.501 seconds or more after the opening and closing of the two winning ports 3 is completed.

In the winning device N having the above-described configuration, the ball guide path 42 that is controlled to move to a position where game balls having won the big winning opening 3 can be received and a position where game balls cannot be received moves to a position where game balls can be received. In this state, the game ball that has won the special winning opening 3 is received by the ball guiding path 42 and is easily hit into the ball stopping portion 56 upstream of the continuous operating port 26, or is received by the ball guiding path 42. Without falling down to the downstream side of the ball guideway 42. When the game ball sent out from the ball guiding path 42 stops at the ball stopping portion 56, the stopped ball is released from the ball stopping portion 56 in a state where it is easy to win the continuous operation port 26 after stopping.

According to the above-described embodiment, the ball guided to the special winning opening 3 has a ball guiding path into a hitting path that is likely to enter the ball stopping section 56 upstream of the continuous operating port 26 and a departure path that is likely to be separated from the ball stopping section 56. 42
Is given to the game ball distributed to the hit path at the position where it is easy to enter the continuous operation port 26, so that the passing mode of the game ball which has won the large winning opening 3 is specified, and the prize device. N can be given a new taste that enhances the interest of the game.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, a ball guiding path into a hitting path where a gaming ball winning a big winning opening easily enters a ball stopping portion upstream of a continuous operating port and a departure path easily coming off from the ball stopping portion. The game balls that have been sorted by the hit path are given a chance to stop at a position that is easy to enter the continuous operation port,
It is possible to specify the traffic mode of the game ball that has won the large winning opening, and to give the winning device a new taste that enhances the interest of the game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

Drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a winning device, FIG. 2 is a front view of the same, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same, FIG. FIG. 5 is a rear view of the same, FIG. 6 is a front view of the opening / closing wing piece driving mechanism, FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of the character body driving mechanism, FIG. (A), (B), (C),
(D) is a back view of a main part for sequentially explaining the raising and lowering operation of the character body, FIGS. 10 (A) and (B) are perspective views for explaining the ball stopping operation in the ball stopping hole, and FIG. FIG. 12 is a time chart showing the opening and closing mode of the special winning opening at the time of ball entry, FIG. 12 is a time chart showing the opening and closing mode of the large winning port at the time of ball entry at the middle starting port, and FIG. FIG. 14 is a time chart for explaining the opening / closing mode of the winning opening 18 times, the elevating operation of the character body, and the elevating operation of the elevating member.
A time chart explaining the raising and lowering operation of the character body and the raising and lowering operation of the elevating member when two and ten balls enter the special winning opening during opening and closing, and FIG. 15 shows continuous operation during opening and closing of the special winning opening 18 times 6 is a time chart for explaining the raising and lowering operation of the character body and the raising and lowering operation of the raising and lowering member when the ball enters the mouth. 3 Grand prize entrance 37 Character main body 42 Ball taxiway 44 Ball stop hole 48 Lifting member

Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tadashi Ito Nishikawa, Nishiharu-cho, Nishi-Kasugai-gun, Aichi Prefecture 1 Nishinokawa, Nishi-no-gawa, Daiichi Shokai Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-1-310682 (JP, A) (58) Surveyed field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A63F 7/02

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A continuous operating port for providing a benefit to a player when a game ball falls is provided in the middle of a ball passage through which a game ball winning a large winning opening passes, and upstream of the continuous operating port. A ball stopping portion for stopping the game ball at a position where it can easily fall into the continuous operation port and releasing the ball after the stop is provided.Upstream of the ball stopping portion, it is possible to receive the game ball that has won the big winning opening. The position is controlled to move to a position and an impossible position, and at a position where a game ball can be received, a hit state in which a game ball is received and the received game ball is easily sent to the ball retaining portion,
A prize winning device for a gaming machine provided with a ball guiding path for distributing the game ball to an out-of-place state in which the game ball falls down without receiving the game ball.