JP2799612B2 - Pachinko machines with game balls - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial application field) The present invention circulates a game ball shot by a hitting device of a pachinko machine inside the machine, thereby setting a certain number of game balls in the pachinko machine. The present invention relates to a game ball-filled pachinko machine capable of playing a game.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a pachinko machine, game balls to be rented at a store are placed on a saucer provided in the pachinko machine and sequentially fired by a hitting device.

In recent years, pachinko machines that have a CPU and control some functions to provide a wide variety of games have been developed. In addition to executing the game program written in the memory IC, the number of lent balls, the issue number, the authenticity confirmation code, etc. are stored in a card having a magnetic stripe, and the card is set in a pachinko machine. There has been proposed a card-type pachinko machine in which a CPU can select information of the card and play the game. The card to be set in the card-type pachinko machine is issued by the card issuing machine, the card issuing machine and the pachinko machine are communicably connected by the management device, and information for confirming the authenticity of the card is transmitted from the management device to the pachinko machine. Conveyed to the machine.

9 and 10 show a card-type pachinko machine. At the front of the pachinko machine 1, there is a card insertion slot, and at the back thereof, a card and game circuit board mounting section 2 is provided.
By setting a card here, reading and writing of the number of lent balls and the like are performed. A fixed number of game balls are placed on the alignment gutter 4 communicating with the ball hitting device 3 of the pachinko machine 1. The safe ball passage 5 connected to the safe hole and the out ball passage 7 connected to the out hole 6 are connected to the rear part of the alignment gutter 4, and the foul ball passage 8 is also connected to the rear part of the alignment gutter 4. Therefore, the game ball fired by the ball hitting device 3 is transferred from the safe ball passage 5 or the out hole 6 to the out ball passage 7.
After the game balls lined up in the alignment gutter 4 through the ball. Also in the case of a fall ball, it follows the game balls arranged in the alignment gutter 4 through the foul ball passage 8. Therefore, only the game balls enclosed in the pachinko machine 1 move on the game board, and
It is calculated and stored in the CPU.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the pachinko machine 1, when a shooting ball (a game ball fired by a hitting device) hits a nail and stops on a game board,
The trouble is solved by opening the front glass frame 9 (see FIG. 9). On the other hand, in the card-type pachinko machine, since the game balls circulate, if an illegal ball having a smaller diameter than the game balls is mixed, the probability of winning the safe hole increases. So, while the clerk opened the glass frame 9 etc. and was working on troubleshooting,
When the player puts this illegal ball into a safe hole or the like, it becomes convenient for the player, and the fraud is performed. Also,
If the illegal ball is large, it is caught by the nail, and the flow of the launch ball thereafter can be made convenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a game ball enclosing pachinko machine which can prevent illegal balls such as small diameter balls from being mixed even when the glass frame is in an open state.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a merging gutter in which each of the safe holes, out holes, and foul holes communicates with an alignment gutter connected to a ball hitting device of a game board. In a pachinko machine in which a certain number of game balls are placed on the alignment gutter and sealed therein, a branch path is connected to the alignment gutter or the junction gutter via a branching device, and the front and the back of the game board can be freely opened and closed. The branching device is operated by an output signal of a door open detector for detecting an open state of the glass frame provided in the above, and the outlet to the branch road is opened.

In the above-mentioned pachinko machine, a switch or a timer device capable of adjusting the operation time of the branching device is provided.

(Operation) Since the present invention is configured as described above, in the case of opening a glass frame due to a trouble of a pachinko machine and working, the branching device operates even if a player puts an illegal ball into a safe hole without permission. In the state, the illegal ball flows into another path branched from the alignment gutter and does not enter the game ball.

Also, while the switch is being operated or the timer device is being operated, the attendant can put the game ball in a safe hole or the like and attach it after the game ball lined up in the alignment gutter.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 shows a card-type pachinko machine 10. Pachinko machine
The front frame 11 of 10 is provided rotatably with respect to the outer frame 12 via a hinge 13, and the front frame 11 and a glass frame 14 provided releasably from the front frame 11 are provided with a keyhole 15 installed in the front frame 11. It is released by inserting the key into. Inside the opened glass frame 14, a door open detector 16 is mounted.
May be a microswitch or an optical sensor. Reference numeral 17 denotes an openable and closable panel.

A card insertion slot 18 is provided at a lower portion of the front frame 11, and a game with the pachinko machine 10 is enabled by inserting a card. In addition, a firing solenoid 19 for firing a sealed ball (game ball sealed in a pachinko machine) and a shooting solenoid 19
Hitting device 21 comprising a ball feeding device 20 operating in conjunction with
Is provided, and a handle 22 for operating the ball hitting device 21 is attached. The ball feeder 20 is used to sort the enclosed balls
It is sent from 37 through the through hole of the mounting plate A to the firing band side where the firing solenoid 19 is located. In addition, a display device 23 for indicating a holding ball and an operation state and an ashtray 24 for a player.
And so on.

The pachinko machine 10 enters a start state by inserting a card, and enters a stop state by pressing an interruption switch 25 and an end switch 26 provided on the front frame 11, and an interruption lamp 28 indicating this on the upper part of the game board 27. , An end lamp 29 is installed. In addition, a prize device 30 and a prize port 31 are provided on the game board 27, and a prize ball lamp that lights upon detecting a prize ball that has been won.
32 is attached to the game board 27.

Below the game board 27, a foul ball passage 35 is formed from a foul hole 33 to a merging gutter 34, and the merging gutter 34 is connected to a rear end of the alignment gutter 37 via a branching device 36. The front end of the alignment gutter 37 communicates with the ball hitting device 21. A board insertion hole 38 is provided below the alignment gutter 37 so that a game circuit board or the like can be mounted.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, a firing band 39 for guiding the direction of a game ball fired by the hitting device 21 and a fire ball detector 40 are provided below the game board 27. A safe hole penetrates the winning hole 31 of the launching ball 31 on the back side of the game board 27, and a safe ball passage 41 communicating the safe hole and the junction gutter 34.
Are formed. Further, an out ball passage 43 communicating with the merging gutter 34 is formed in an out hole 42 provided at the lower portion of the game board 27. An end of the firing band 39 faces the foul hole 33, and an outer band 44 for guiding a firing ball is provided on the game board on the opposite side. 45 is a safe sphere detector and 46 is a foul sphere detector.

2 and 3 show the branching device 36. FIG. The alignment gutter 37 is disposed with a slope facing the lower end opening of the vertically arranged merging gutter 34, and is a movable gutter having one opening directed upward to the alignment gutter 37 side.
47 is slidably inserted. When the movable gutter 47 protrudes from the alignment gutter 37, the movable gutter 47 is stopped at a position matching the opening of the junction gutter 34, and the tip of the movable gutter 47 is in contact with a stopper plate 48 fixed to the junction gutter 34. A groove 49 is formed along the gutter above the alignment gutter 37 and a connecting piece 50 protruding above the movable gutter 47.
Are provided movably in the groove 49. In addition, the alignment gutter 37
A movable gutter solenoid 51 is fixed on the upper part of the
Are connected to the connection piece 50. 53 is a spring for extending the rod 52. Further, a ball receiving box 54 is provided below the opening of the merging gutter 34.

As shown in FIG. 1, a fixed ball number detector 55 is provided at a predetermined position on the alignment gutter 37. Also, an over-sphere detector 56 is provided behind it. In addition, an illegal ball detector 57 is attached to the front of the alignment gutter 37. The illegal ball detector 57 uses a photo sensor to detect light that crosses the upper part of the alignment gutter 37, and is usually intermittently interrupted by a game ball rolling in synchronization with the firing timing, and the illegal ball is In the case of a small-diameter light, the light passes above the illegal sphere, so that the timing at which the light is blocked changes, and the illegal sphere can be found. When a certain number or more of the over ball detectors 56 are aligned on the alignment gutter 37, that is, when the hitting device 21 is stopped, all the game balls are aligned, and if there is an illegal ball, the over ball detector 56 Detect. Also, if it passes over this part for a certain period of time or more, the over-sphere detector 56 outputs a detection output indicating the state, and it is determined that there is an illegal ball, and an alarm signal is output from the CPU, or To stop. The safe ball detector 45 may be provided for each winning opening 31.

Next, the configuration of the electric circuit of the card type pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the card 60 is issued from the card issuing machine 59 managed by the management device 58. In the pachinko machine 10, the mounted CPU 61 can communicate with the management device 58 through the interface 62, and can communicate with the card 60 and the mounting section 63 such as the circuit board through the interface 62. In addition, ball detector group 64 (launched ball detector
40, safe sphere detector 45, foul sphere detector 46, illegal sphere detector 57, fixed number sphere detector 55, over sphere detector 56) signal, door open detector 16 signal, operation switch group 65 (push Signal of button switch 66, end switch 26, interrupt switch 25, touch switch 67, firing switch 68), signal of money / ball conversion switch 69, signal relating to card mounting section 63 (in / out detector 70, read / write position The detector 71, the stop position detector 72) and the like are transmitted to the CPU 61 through the interface 62. Here the interface according to the program 62
, The respective functions 73 (the launch solenoid 19, the movable gutter solenoid 51, the display device 23, the various lamps 74, the speaker 75, and the card transport motor 76) are operated.

 Next, the operation will be described.

In the first embodiment, a signal from the door open detector 16 directly operates the movable gutter solenoid 51.

When a trouble such as the ball stopping on the game board 27 occurs, a clerk opens the glass frame 14 to perform processing. When the glass frame 14 is opened, the door opening detector 16 operates to operate the movable gutter solenoid 51.
Activate At this time, when the player puts an illegal ball, the ball passes through the merging gutter 34, but since the movable gutter 47 is drawn into the alignment gutter 37, the ball is discharged to the outside from the opening at the lower end of the merging gutter 34, and the ball installed below. It is stored in the receiving box 54. Therefore, it does not roll into the alignment gutter 37. The illegal ball is collected in the ball receiving box 54, so that the evidence ball can be secured. In addition, when the safe ball detector 45 is provided for each winning opening 31, when a game ball is caught on a nail or the like on the game board 27 and stops at the ball, the attendant uses the game ball as a service to win the winning hole 31. May have 31 prizes.
In such a case, since the game balls are stored in the ball receiving box 54,
The game ball can be inserted from a hole provided in the middle of the alignment gutter 37. In addition, even if the clerk tries to give an illegal ball to a specific customer, if an illegal ball is placed on the alignment gutter 37 and a certain number or more of balls are arranged, the over-sphere detector 56 can detect the presence of the illegal ball. is there.

 A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

This mechanism is provided with a push button switch (not shown) for appropriately stopping the operation when the movable gutter solenoid 51 is in the operating state. The push button switch is set on the back side of the pachinko machine 10 or on the board inside the glass frame 14 at a position where the player does not touch it.

First, when the glass frame 14 is opened (Step 1), the door opening detector 16 operates (Step 2), and the movable gutter solenoid 51 is activated (Step 3). In this state, trouble is handled, and if the glass frame 14 is closed (Step 4), the door open detector
16 operates (step 5), the movable gutter solenoid 51 is stopped (step 6), and the game can be continued. When the glass frame 14 is in the open state (step 4), the movable gutter solenoid 51 is stopped by pressing the push button switch (step 8), and is self-held. Further, if the push button switch is not pressed, the movable gutter solenoid 51
Is activated (step 3) and circulated to step 4. Therefore, when a ball that has stopped hitting the ball is put into the winning opening 31, the ball is put in without moving the movable gutter 47 by pressing the push button switch. The push button switch may be one that is turned on only when pressed, or one that is repeatedly turned on and off each time it is pressed.

 A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

This mechanism is different from the second embodiment in that a timer device is provided in place of the push button switch so that the movable gutter solenoid 51 is not operated for a certain period of time after the glass frame 14 is opened. Further, a push button switch is provided for advancing the repair of the trouble without waiting for a certain time. The operation of this push button switch is opposite to that of the second embodiment.

First, when the glass frame 14 is opened (Step 1), the door opening detector 16 operates (Step 2), and the timer device operates (Step 9). When the timer is running (step 10), the ball stops and the glass frame 14 is closed (step 4), the door open detector 16 is activated (step 5), the timer device is reset (step 11), and the movable gutter solenoid 51 is operated. Is stopped (step 6), and the game can be continued. When the timer is operating (step 10), the ball stops and the glass frame 14 is opened (step 4) to deal with other troubles, and the push button switch is pressed (step 12). Is activated (step 13). In this state, when the trouble is dealt with and the glass frame 14 is closed (step 4), the door opening detector 16 operates (step 5), and the above procedure is performed. Even if the push button switch is not pressed (step 12), if the timer time ends (step 10), the movable gutter solenoid 51 operates (step 13).
47 is drawn into the alignment gutter 37, and the illegal ball is collected in the ball receiving box 54 without going to the alignment gutter 37.

As described above, when the ball stops, it is only necessary to open the glass frame 14, and in the case of trouble, the pushbutton switch can be pressed from the beginning to activate the movable gutter solenoid 51, and then repair can proceed.

The movable gutter 47 as the branching device 36 was installed at the connecting point between the merged gutter 34 and the alignment gutter 37, but a drop port was provided on the bottom plate of the alignment gutter 37, and an opening / closing plate for closing the drop port was attached, and this was operated. May be. Also, a discharge hole is formed in the side wall of the junction gutter 34, and a gate valve that can close the junction gutter 34 is provided immediately below the discharge hole. When the glass frame 14 is opened, the junction gutter is used by the gate valve. By closing 34, the non-regular sphere may be passed through the discharge hole and discharged to the ball receiving box 54.

(Effect of the Invention) Since the present invention is configured as described above, even if an operator opens the glass frame during trouble of the machine, by opening the glass frame, it is aligned from the junction gutter. A path for guiding in another direction is formed by the branching device while communicating with the gutter, so that illegal balls can be prevented from being mixed.
If the switch is pressed, the passages communicate with each other, so that there is no problem in stopping the ball. If the switch is not pressed, illegal balls can be prevented from being mixed. In addition, when the time required for the ball stop processing is set by the timer device, the operation of the attendant becomes simple.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a game ball passage of a game ball enclosing pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a branching device in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken in the direction of arrows IV-IV in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a front view of the game ball-filled pachinko machine of the embodiment, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the second embodiment, 7 is a flowchart of the third embodiment, FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of a game ball-filled pachinko machine, FIG. 9 is a side sectional view of a conventional game ball-filled pachinko machine, FIG. FIG. 1 is a rear view of a conventional game ball enclosed pachinko machine. 14… Glass frame 16… Door opening detector 21… Ball hitting device 27… Game board 34… Combined gutter 35… Fal ball passage 36… Branch device 37… Aligned gutter 41… Safe ball passage 43 …… Out ball passage

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An alignment gutter connected to a ball hitting device of a game board is connected to a merging gutter communicating with respective passages arranged in a safe hole, an out hole and a foul hole, and a certain number of game balls are placed on the alignment gutter. In a pachinko machine that is placed and sealed, a branch opening is connected to the alignment gutter or the merging gutter via a branching device, and a door open detector that detects an open state of a glass frame that can be opened and closed on the front of the game board. A game ball-filled pachinko machine characterized in that the branching device is operated by the output signal of (1) to open the outlet to the branch road. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, further comprising a switch or a timer device that can adjust an operation time of the branching device.