JP2814405B2 - Floating prize machines for gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a concave chamber connected to an opening formed in a mounting board fixed to the front of a game board, and positioned at least on one side of the concave chamber. And a variable winning prize of a gaming machine having a movable member that can be changed to a first state in which a game ball flowing down the gaming board surface is not received in the concave chamber and a second state capable of receiving a gaming ball flowing down the gaming board surface. It concerns the device.

<Conventional technology> Conventionally, in the gaming section of a pachinko machine as a gaming machine, electric gaming devices such as a variable winning device that performs complicated operations and a variable display device that converts and displays a plurality of symbols such as numbers are provided. By changing the winning rate according to the game conditions set in advance for the electric game machines, the interest of the ball game is enhanced, and the operation of these electric game machines is controlled by the electric control device. ing.

Among such electric game machines, the conventional variable winning device has a ball receiving piece or the like as a wing-shaped movable member, for example, and the ball receiving piece closes a ball passage leading to the inside of the variable winning device. In the first state during the normal game, the ball receiving piece is appropriately rotated by winning a specific prize tool provided in the game section, and a ball passageway that temporarily reaches the inside of the variable prize device is opened. This forms a second state that is advantageous to the player.

In addition, a concave chamber for receiving a ball is provided inside the variable winning device, and a plurality of winning ports for the ball flowing down in the concave chamber to be awarded are provided. For a specific winning port determined in advance among these winning ports, the number of prize ball discharges for the prize ball is set to be larger than the number of prize ball discharges for the other prize ports, or a specific prize port is set. Under the condition of the ball winning, the variable winning device intermittently generates a special game state in which the state is changed to the second state, thereby enhancing the interest of the ball game.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, since the recent ballistic game in a gaming machine is to fire a ball continuously by a hit ball firing device,
Many balls are constantly falling on the game board surface while colliding with nails etc.It is very difficult to recognize the flowing state of all the balls flowing down these game board surfaces one by one. is there.

In addition, the movable member of the variable winning device is moved from the first state to the second state.
Since the operation time when converting to the state is short, the state is changed from the first state to the second state in an instant, and the state is returned to the first state again. It is instantaneous and it is also difficult to instantly recognize whether the falling ball has been accepted into the variable winning device.

Furthermore, when playing a game with a gaming machine provided with a variable winning device, the flow of the ball inside the variable winning device that the player is most intrigued, that is, the ball received into the internal concave room flows down the concave room. Then, it is more difficult to clearly recognize a series of flow-down processes until a prize is won in one of the winning prizes.

As described above, when the player does not recognize how many game balls have won the various winning ports provided on the board surface of the game board or the winning ports inside the variable winning device, all the winning balls are Since it is not known whether or not the prize ball has been correctly paid out, the player is likely to feel distrust.

Further, when the movable member of the variable prize winning device enters the second state, a large number of prize balls are received in the variable prize winning device. As a result, the player can not enjoy the process of flowing down each ball in the concave room inside the variable winning device, and the interest of the game in the gaming machine equipped with the variable winning device is reduced.

In addition, if a large number of balls flowing down the concave room of the variable winning device reach the winning opening at a stretch, it is not possible to confirm the winning opening of each falling ball at a time. In some cases, the player may not be able to determine whether or not a privilege (for example, the occurrence of a special game state) given to the player based on the ball winning the specific winning opening, Because it is not clear whether any of the balls that flowed down the concave room in the variable winning device did not win the specific winning opening, or whether the winning ball detection mechanism of the specific winning opening malfunctioned,
In some cases, the player's interest in the game may be lost, or trouble may occur between the player and the game store.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and has a mounting board (for example, the first board 1) fixed to the front of the game board (4).
A concave chamber is connected to an opening (for example, opening 17a) opened in 7), and a first chamber which is located at least on one side of the concave chamber and does not receive a game ball flowing down the game board surface into the concave chamber. In a variable winning device (10) for a gaming machine including a movable member (for example, a ball receiving piece 28) that can be changed to a state and a second state capable of receiving a game ball flowing down the game board surface, the movable member is A protruding member (for example, a stationary shelf 29) protruding from the surface of the mounting board is provided in a movable area where the state changes from the first state to the second state, and the movable member is moved when the movable member changes to the second state. A member and the protruding member allow a game ball to be parked in the recessed area, and when the movable member returns to the first state, the game ball suspended in the game area by the movable member is placed in the recessed chamber. It is intended to take in.

<Operation> According to the variable prize apparatus of a gaming machine configured as described above, when the movable member of the variable prize apparatus changes state to the second state, the movable member changes from the first state to the second state. A stationary area is formed by the movable member and the protruding member that is provided to protrude from the movable area, and the ball that has reached the stationary area is temporarily suspended, and the movable member returns to the first state. At this time, the ball stopped in the stop area is taken into the concave room in the variable winning device.

<Example> Next, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 1 serving as a gaming machine for playing a ball and ball game has a frame-shaped front frame 2 provided with a ball supply tray 3 and the like, and a game board 4 for closing a window of the front frame 2 from behind. Is provided.

The game board 4 has a game section 6 surrounded by guide rails 5 on its surface.
A prize-winning device 7 and a windmill 8 are arranged in the game unit 6, and a ball not winning in the prize-winning device 7 is led out from the game unit 6 at the lower center of the game unit 6. Outlet 9 is provided.

In addition, a variable prize winning device 10 is provided at a substantially central portion of the gaming section 6.
A first prize port 11, a second prize port 12, and a third prize port 13, which are specific prize tools for converting and driving the variable prize apparatus 10, are provided below the first prize port, and the first to third prize ports are provided. The first start switch 14, the second start switch 15,
A third start switch 16 is provided to detect a winning ball that has won each of the winning ports 11 to 13.

The above-described variable prize winning device 10 is provided with general prize holes 18 at left and right ends of a first substrate 17 having a required shape, which is an attachment substrate fixed to the front of the game board 4. Behind is formed a concave chamber, which is a space for allowing the winning prize balls flowing down in the variable prize winning device 10 to flow down and to be appropriately processed.
An opening 17a for opening the recessed chamber to the front of the game board 4 is provided substantially at the center of the substrate 17.

By arranging an upper front plate 20 on the front side of an upper protruding wall 19 having a required shape provided from an upper end portion of the first substrate 17 to an upper edge portion of the opening 17a, a general The winning opening 18 is formed, and the upper part of the opening 17a that connects the gaming board 4 and the internal space of the variable winning device 10 is closed.

Also, a ball support 2 extending rearward from the lower edge of the opening 17a.
1, a lower protruding wall 22 and a partition wall 23a, 23b having a protruding width substantially equal to the upper protruding wall 19 are provided,
By disposing a lower front plate 24 on the front side of the lower protruding wall 22 and the partition walls 23a and 23b, the lower protruding wall 22 and the partition wall 23
a, and between the lower protruding wall 22 and the partition wall 23b, a general winning opening 18 is provided, and a special winning opening 25 is provided between the two partition walls 23a, 23b.
Is formed, and the lower part of the opening 17a that connects the game board 4 and the internal space of the variable winning device 10 is closed. The special winning opening 25, which is a predetermined specific winning opening, is provided with a special winning ball detector 26 for detecting that a ball has passed.

Further, side projecting walls 27, 27 are provided such that respective lower ends are located at left and right upper edges of the lower projecting wall 22, and an upper end edge of the side projecting wall 27 and a lower end edge of the upper projecting wall 19 are provided. And a ball receiving piece 28, 28, which is a movable member whose lower part is rotatably mounted so as to close the ball passing path, is provided. It is.

The stationary shelf 29 as a protruding member protruding from the surface of the first substrate 17 has a protruding width of the upper protruding wall 19 or the lower protruding wall 22.
It is a slightly smaller and slightly upwardly projecting arc-shaped plate, extends in the left-right direction from both sides of the opening 17a, and is provided with a notch 28a at a required position of the ball receiving piece 28, thereby providing The piece 28 can open and close without being hindered by the retaining shelf 29.

In addition, a winning ball guide plate 30 is provided so as to connect the center side edge portions of both the retaining shelves 29, and the winning ball guide plate 30, the upper protruding wall 19, and the ball receiving portion 28b of the ball receiving piece 28 are provided. The upper chamber 31 is formed, and the winning ball entering the upper chamber 31 is the upper chamber 31
Left and right prize ball passage holes, which are a pair of ball passage holes established at the back of
Unless it passes through 32a and 32b, it cannot flow down. That is, the variable winning device 1 is provided by the left and right winning ball detectors 33a, 33b provided in the respective winning ball passing holes 32a, 32b.
It is possible to reliably count the number of winning balls winning within 0.
The winning ball guide plate 30 is formed in a required shape that is inclined downward toward one of the left and right winning ball passing holes 32a and 32b, and the winning ball invited into the upper chamber 31 is promptly left and right won. It reaches the ball passage holes 32a and 32b.

Here, in the first state (normal state) in which the upper end of the ball receiving piece 28 is located at the lower end of the upper protruding wall 19, and the ball receiving piece 28 closes the winning ball passage, and does not accept a game ball. Since the ball flowing down the game board 4 cannot flow into the upper chamber 31 in the variable winning device 10, even if the ball flowing down the game section 4a abuts on the upper surface of the stop shelf 29, it projects upward. The ball cannot be stopped on the curved holding shelf 29, and the ball flows down further to win another prize tool 7 or the like, or to be led out from the out port 9 to the back side of the game section 6.

Next, when the ball receiving pieces 28, 28 are rotated by a predetermined angle in the left and right directions, a ball passageway to the upper chamber 31 in the variable winning device 10 is opened, and a second state in which game balls can be received is obtained.
The ball receiving portion serving as the upper surface of the retaining shelf 29 and the upper inner surface of the ball receiving piece 28
A stop area (an area where game balls can be stopped) appears between the ball and the ball 28b, the ball flowing down the game board surface in the stop area stops, and the ball receiving piece 28 rotates again after a predetermined time has elapsed. First
When returning to the state, the balls stopped on the holding shelf 29 are collectively flipped into the upper chamber 31 by the turning force of the ball receiving piece 28, and pass through the left and right winning ball passage holes 32a, 32b. In other words, when the ball receiving piece 28 returns from the second state to the first state, the game ball stopped in the stop area is taken into the upper chamber 31 by the rotation operation of the ball receiving piece 28.

A contact piece 29a is provided at the outer end of the ball receiving piece 28, and the state in which the ball receiving piece 28 is in contact with the contact piece 29a is the second state. That is, the left and right ball receiving pieces 28, 28 change from the upright first state to the second state in contact with the contact piece 29a, and this rotation angle becomes a movable area of the ball receiving pieces 28, 28, and The stationary shelf 29 protrudes from the surface of the first substrate 17 over the movable area of the ball receiving piece 28. When the ball receiving piece 28 rotates, one side of the ball receiving piece 28 abuts on the contact piece 29a, so that the ball receiving piece 2
In addition to preventing the ball 8 from coming off, the ball receiving piece 28 is provided with a mechanical strength that can withstand the weight load of the ball stopped in the stopping area that appears between the upper surface of the holding shelf 29 and the ball receiving portion 28b. It is.

An upper back plate 34 is provided on the back side of the upper chamber 31, so that the back side of the upper chamber 31 is closed. A second substrate 35 is provided below the upper rear plate 34.
The rear side of the opening 17a is almost closed by the upper rear plate 34 and the second substrate 35, and the variable winning device 1
The winning prize balls winning within 0 are not spilled from the variable winning device 10 without being appropriately processed in the variable winning device 10. Note that a ball receiving piece 36 is provided on the upper back plate 34, and the winning ball that has won the general winning opening 18 located above the variable winning device 10 by the ball receiving piece 36 is placed in a winning ball collecting trough (not shown). It is designed to lead to a spherical channel.

A first drive source 37 attached to the back side of the second substrate 35
Operating pieces 40 are respectively attached to plungers 39, 39 which can be driven in the vertical direction of a pair of solenoids 38, 38 constituting a pair. The crankshaft 43 extending rearward from one end of the crankshaft 43 is loosely fitted, and the rotating shaft 45 of the ball receiving piece 28 is fitted into a bearing hole 44 provided at the other end of the crank 42, so that the ball receiving piece 28 is It is configured to rotate by a predetermined angle in conjunction with the first drive source 37.

That is, in the first state in which the first drive source 37 is not driven, for example, the solenoid 38 biased by a spring or the like is used.
The operating piece 40 is held down by the plunger 39, and the ball receiving piece 28 can be kept in the first state in which the ball passage into the variable winning device 10 is closed. When the variable winning device 10 is driven, the first drive source 37 is driven, so that the plunger 39 of the solenoid 38 pulls up the operating piece 40 and rotates the crank 42 connected to the crankshaft 43 by a predetermined angle. Then, the ball receiving piece 28 is opened to the left and right to convert to the second state.

The second substrate 35 is provided with a second drive source 46 composed of a solenoid or the like, and a variable member 48 attached to a front end of a variable shaft 47 capable of moving back and forth of the second drive source 46 is provided. It moves back and forth as appropriate according to the drive of the second drive source 46. Note that the variable shaft 47 of the second drive source 46 is always extended forward by the urging force of a spring or the like.

A third drive source 49, which is constituted by a solenoid or the like in the same manner as the second drive source 46, is disposed above the second drive source 46, and a drive shaft capable of moving the third drive source 49 back and forth. A flow path switching member 51 serving as a flow path switching means is attached to the front end of 50. The flow path switching member 51 has an inclined plate 52 which is inclined downward in the left-right direction from the central portion, and closes a gap formed between the inclined plate 52 and the bottom surface of the winning ball guide plate 30 which is the bottom plate of the upper chamber 31. A rear blocking plate 53 having a required shape that can be formed is provided, and the winning ball that has fallen on the upper surface of the inclined plate 52 from the left and right winning ball passing holes 32a, 32b described above is changed in the flowing direction to the left or right. The drive shaft 50 of the third drive source 49 is normally extended rearward by the urging force of a spring or the like.

In the state where the flow path switching member 51 provided at the front end of the drive shaft 50 is moved to the front side by the driving of the third drive source 49, the left and right spheres are moved to the predetermined positions communicating with the inclined lower end of the inclined plate 52. Left and right spherical flow paths are provided so that one ends of the downward flow paths 54a and 54b are opened, and the other ends of the left and right spherical flow paths 54a and 54b are opened at appropriate positions above the left and right ends of the ball receiving table 21. It is.

That is, the winning ball whose flow direction has been changed by the inclined plate 52 passes through the left and right ball flow paths 54a and 54b, and the ball receiving ball 21
It flows down to the left and right ends of the.

A pair of transport members rotating in a left-right direction around a pair of parallel axes vertically arranged at an appropriate distance on the ball receiving stand 21.
55, 55 are provided rotatably, and the carrying member 55 is formed in an endless belt shape by integrally molding a flexible resin material or the like.

The transport member 55 is connected to a relatively thick feed plate 56 by a thin connecting portion 57, and the flexible connecting portion 57 is bent in a state where the feed plates 56 located on both sides are connected, thereby bending. The rotation of the transport member 55 is enabled. Also,
A horizontal seat plate 58 is provided at the lower end of the feed plate 56, and a recess 58a is formed on the upper surface of the seat plate 58 so that a ball can be fixed on the seat plate 58.

A longitudinal groove-shaped engaging recess is provided on the inner side of each feed plate 56 of the transport member 55.
59, a driving body 61 having a meshing projection 60 meshing with the meshing recess 59, and a driven body 62 having no meshing projection formed.
Are rotated in conjunction with each other, whereby the transport member 55 rotates smoothly.

The drive shaft 63, which is a vertical rotation axis of the drive body 61, and the driven body 62
Each upper portion of the driven shaft 64, which is a vertical driven shaft, is rotatably mounted on a rear extension plate 65 extending rearward from above the ball receiving base 21 as appropriate, and each of the drive shaft 63 and the driven shaft 64 is The lower part is a ball cradle 21
Each transport member 55 is configured to rotate left and right in a space formed between the rear extension plate 65 and the ball receiving base 21.

In the present embodiment, the driving body 61 is connected to the variable winning device 10.
A rotation stabilizing plate 66 made of a synthetic resin material having good slidability is disposed on the upper surface of each of the driving body 61 and the driven body 62, and the transporting member 55 is arranged in a good manner. It can be rotated.

Drive gears 67, 67 are provided below the two drive shafts 63, and drive gears 68, 68 meshing with the driven gear 67 are driven forward and backward by a motor shaft 70 of a variable speed motor 69 capable of forward and reverse rotation. It can be rotated.

That is, when the variable speed motor rotates forward and backward at an appropriate speed, the drive gear 68 is rotated forward and reverse.
The driven gear 67 is driven to rotate by the rotational driving force of 68, and the driving body 61 having the same axis as the driven gear 67 rotates forward and reverse, and the meshing projection of the driving body 61 meshed with the meshing recess 59 of the feed plate 56. The transporting member 55 moves from the center on the front side to the left and right ends to the rear side by the part 60 sending the feed plate 56 to the front side or the rear side, or the front side or the front side. It moves in the second rotation direction (arrow B in FIG. 9) from the left and right end portions to the center portion and to the back side.

In order to prevent rotation of the feed plate 56 of the transport member 55 from being hindered by the variable member 48, the two transport members 55 are arranged at an appropriate distance from the variable member 48, and the seat plate of the transport member 55 A required gap is formed between the lower surface of the variable member 48 and the ball receiving pedestal 21 so that the ball 58 can sink under the variable member 48 without contacting the lower surface of the variable member 48.

In addition, the rotation state of the conveying member 55 and the left and right spherical downflow paths 54a, 54
A required portion of the first substrate 17 is formed of a transparent member so that the ball falling state in b can be clearly seen from the front side of the pachinko machine 1, and a central part is formed on the rear side of the left ball falling path 54a. From the first light emitting unit 71, the second light emitting unit 72,
The third light-emitting unit 73, the fourth light-emitting unit 74, the fifth light-emitting unit 75, and the sixth light-emitting unit 76 are arranged on the rear side of the right sphere downflow path 54b from the center to the end, the seventh light-emitting unit 77 and the eighth light-emitting unit. Unit 78, ninth light emitting unit 79,
A tenth light emitting unit 80, an eleventh light emitting unit 81, and a twelfth light emitting unit 82 are provided.

For example, light emitting diodes and the like for forming the first to sixth light emitting units 71 to 76 and the seventh to twelfth light emitting units 76 to 82 are provided integrally with the light emitting body mounting substrate 83, respectively. A light-emitting lamp 84 is provided at an appropriate position on the mounting board 83 so that light is emitted also from the back side of the stationary shelf 29. Similarly, an upper back plate 34 as a rear wall of the upper chamber 31
A decorative lamp substrate 85 is also provided on the back of the device.

Further, on the back side of the first drive source 37, a storage case 86 is provided.
A relay board 87 housed in the first drive source 3 is provided.
7, the connection lines derived from the second drive source 46, the third drive source 49, the luminous body mounting board 83, etc. are temporarily relayed to an electric control device (not shown) for controlling various electric game machines. They are connected.

In the variable winning device 10 configured as described above, when the ball receiving piece 28 rotates and changes to the second state and then returns to the first state again, the rotation returning force of the ball receiving piece 28 as described above causes All winning balls are invited into the upper chamber 31 and flow down through either of the right and left winning ball passage holes 32a and 32b.

At this time, if the third drive source 49 is being driven, the dropped ball comes into contact with the inclined plate 52 of the flow path switching member 51 and the flowing direction is changed, so that the ball flows down the right and left winning ball flowing paths 54a and 54b. Then, it reaches the left-right end of the ball cradle 21.

If the carrying member 55 is rotating in the first rotation direction, the winning prize ball dropped on the seat plate 58 of the carrying member 55 is moved from the general winning opening 18 established behind the left and right ends of the ball cradle 21 to the variable winning device 10. It is discharged to the outside and reaches the ball channel of the winning ball collecting gutter (not shown) (FIG. 8). In this embodiment, the seat plate of the transport member 55 is used.
A guide piece 88 is provided at an appropriate position on the front surface of the second substrate 35 for leading a winning ball moving on the 58 to the general winning opening 18.

If the transport member 55 is rotating in the second direction, the winning sphere that has fallen on the seat plate 58 of the transport member 55
And is conveyed to the center from the left and right ends in a stable state, and comes into contact with the pressing body 48a of the variable member 48 when the seat plate 58
And enters the left and right general winning openings 18 or the central special winning opening 25 provided in the lower part of the variable winning device 10 (No. 9).
Figure).

At this time, the second driving source 46 is being driven,
Is moving forward and backward, the winning ball conveyed to the center by the conveying member 55 is flipped forward by the pressing body 48a of the variable member 48, so that the special winning opening 25 located in front of the pressing body 48a. Increase the probability of winning.

That is, the flow switching member 51 changes the flowing direction of the prize ball flowing down from above, temporarily guides the prize ball to the left and right ends of the variable prize device 10, and further transports the prize ball by the transport member 55. By showing it to the player, the sense of expectation of the player can be increased, and the pachinko machine 1 can be made extremely interesting. Moreover, in the present embodiment, the carrying member 55
The prize ball conveyed to the center side is flipped forward by the moving member 48 that moves back and forth, thereby giving a fluctuation in the downflow direction of the ball, thereby further increasing the interest of the pachinko game.

Further, since the transport member 55 is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material having flexibility, the transport member 55 can be easily formed.
Can be manufactured, and the workability of the work of attaching the transport member 55 can be improved.

When the third drive source 49 is not driven, the winning ball flowing down through the left and right winning ball passage holes 32a, 32b hits the falling ball receiving plates 89, 89 provided at predetermined positions and changes the flowing direction. Then, the player enters either the general winning opening 18 or the special winning opening 25 (FIG. 11).

Further, in the above embodiment, the stop shelf 29 is provided on the front side of the first substrate 17, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b). To
The same effect as described above can be obtained even if the stopping piece 90 is directly provided on the ball receiving piece 28 or the ball is temporarily stopped by the ball receiving door 91 also serving as the opening and closing door of the winning ball passing hole. .

Next, an outline of the operation of the electric control device 92 for controlling the electric game machines such as the variable winning device 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

The electric control device 92 is a device in which a control board composed of an integrated circuit and various electric components is stored in a storage case of a required shape, and is disposed on, for example, a back mechanism panel provided on the back side of the pachinko machine 1. Is done. Then, the electric control device 92
Is equipped with ROM as control data storage means for controlling the operation of various electric game machines, RAM as variation data storage means, and CPU as arithmetic control means, and transmits and receives various data signals and control signals between each unit. Internal control signal path 93 for performing
Is formed.

The ROM fixedly stores control data such as control commands and expression information to the electric game machine, and the CPU appropriately reads the control data from the ROM and executes arithmetic processing based on the control command. By outputting the execution result, an electric game machine such as the variable prize device 10 provided on the game board 4 performs a predetermined operation to generate an auxiliary game state or a special game state.

The RAM stores game process data as change data each time game process data such as the number of winning balls or the operating state of the variable prize device 10 is input from various electric game machines. The appropriate control data is read from the ROM.

Further, the electric control device 92 includes a power supply circuit 94 for supplying power of a required voltage required for the operation of each unit, a frequency dividing circuit 95 for outputting an oscillation pulse input from a crystal oscillator or the like as a clock having a predetermined time width. And the like, and the frequency dividing circuit 95
The execution speed of the CPU is determined by the input clock.

The drive output signal output from the CPU is supplied to the first drive source 3 via an output port 96 and a driver 97 serving as drive control means.
7, in addition to the second drive source 46, the third drive source 49, the variable speed motor 69, the first to twelfth light emitting units 71 to 82, the lamp board 85, etc. Output to a special game display lamp or the like.

Further, input signals input from the first start switch 14, the second start switch 15, the third start switch 16, the special winning ball detector 26, the left and right winning ball detectors 33a, 33b, etc. are supplied to a low-pass filter 98 as a noise removing means. And input to the RAM or CPU via the buffer gate 99.

Further, a sound generator 100 as an audio signal generating means is provided in the electric control device 92, and the expression information in the control data stored in the ROM is converted into an audio signal,
The audio signal is amplified by the amplifier 101 and the pachinko machine 1
The sound is output at a required volume from the speaker 102 provided in the main body, and the occurrence of the auxiliary game state or the special game state is notified to the player.

Next, an example of the control operation of the variable winning device 10 by the electric control device 92 will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

In the normal game state, when a ball wins in the first starting opening 11 or the second starting opening 12, the first starting switch 14 or the second starting switch 15 provided in each starting opening is turned on, and a winning ball is detected. The first auxiliary game state is started by outputting a signal to the electric control device 92.

Then, the electric control device 92 sets a timer for the effective time of 4 seconds of the first auxiliary game, drives the variable speed motor 69,
The transport member 55 is controlled so as to rotate in the first rotational direction at a cycle of 2.4 seconds, and the third drive source 49 is intermittently driven so that the flow path switching member 51 is intermittently moved back and forth. I do. As shown in FIG. 19, the on / off time of the third drive source 49 stays forward for 0.22 seconds, then retreats again, waits 0.5 seconds, and moves forward again.

At the same time as the start of the first auxiliary game, the wait time of the first drive source 37 is set to 0.8 seconds, and when the wait time elapses, the first drive source 37 is driven for 0.4 seconds to move the ball receiving piece 28 right and left. , So that the ball can enter the variable winning device 10. Meanwhile, special winning ball detector 26
Determines whether or not a special winning ball has been detected. If the effective time of the auxiliary game set at the start of the first auxiliary game has elapsed without detecting a special winning ball, the drive of the variable speed motor 69 is stopped. While stopping the rotation of the transport member 55, the third
The driving of the drive source 49 is stopped, and the flow path switching member 51 is made to stand by at a predetermined rear position. This ends the first auxiliary game, and returns to the normal game state again.

When the third start switch 16 in the third start port 13 is turned on and a winning ball detection signal is output to the electric control device 92,
The electric control device 92 sets a timer for the effective time of the second auxiliary game of 5.5 seconds, drives the variable speed motor 69, and
55 is controlled to rotate in the first rotation direction at a cycle of 2.4 seconds, and the third drive source 49 is intermittently driven to control the flow path switching member 51 to intermittently move back and forth. As shown in FIG. 20, the on / off time of the third drive source 49 stays forward for 0.2 seconds, then retreats again, waits 0.5 seconds, and moves forward again.

At the same time as the start of the second auxiliary game, the wait time of the first drive source 37 is set to 0.8 seconds, and when the wait time elapses, the first drive source 37 is driven for 0.4 seconds to move the ball receiving piece 28 right and left. , So that the ball can enter the variable prize device 10, and after the drive time of the first drive source 37 has elapsed 0.4 seconds, the first drive source 37 is turned off and waits for 0.8 seconds. One drive source 37 is driven for 0.7 seconds. In the meantime, it is determined whether or not the special winning ball detector 26 detects a special winning ball. When the valid time of the auxiliary game set at the start of the second auxiliary game has elapsed, the driving of the variable speed motor 69 is stopped. To stop the rotation of the transport member 55,
The drive of 49 is stopped, and the flow path switching member 51 is made to stand by at a predetermined position behind. This ends the second auxiliary game, and returns to the normal game state again.

Thus, when the special winning ball detector 26 detects a special winning ball during the first or second auxiliary game, the special game is started. At that time, the timer of the validity time of the auxiliary game, which is set at the same time as the start of the first or second auxiliary game state, is reset.

When the special game is started, the electric control device 92 returns the count number of the continuation number counter that stores the number of times the special game state has been updated during the previous special game to “0”,
The wait time of 3 seconds of the plunger 39 is set in the wait timer, the number of times of the driving number counter that counts and stores the number of times of driving of the first driving source 37 is set to “0”, and the right and left prize in the variable prize device 10 is set. The count number of the winning number counter which stores the number of winning balls detected by the left and right winning ball detectors 33a and 33b provided in the ball passing holes 32a and 32b, respectively, is set to "0".
To

In addition, the driving of the first driving source 37 and the third driving source 49 driven at the start of the first or second auxiliary game is stopped, and the second driving source 46 is intermittently driven in a short cycle to change the variable member. By vigorously moving 48 forward and backward, the player's expectation for the special game to be started is raised. Note that the drive cycle of the second drive source 46 is an extremely short cycle in which the ON / OFF operation is repeated every 0.128 seconds, for example, as shown in FIG.

When the wait time of a predetermined time set with the start of the special game has elapsed, it is determined whether or not the count number of the continuation number counter reset at the start of the special game is "8" or more.

If the number of continuations is not "8" or more, the first drive source 37 is set to 0.
The second drive source 46 is intermittently driven at a cycle of 1 second at a cycle of 8 seconds, and the third drive source 49 is kept in a drive state. That is, the ball receiving piece 28 opens and closes intermittently with a cycle of 0.8 seconds, the variable member 48 moves back and forth with a cycle of 1 second, and the flow path switching member 51 is located below the left and right winning ball passage holes 32a and 32b. The winning balls held in the state and winning in the variable winning device 10 are all guided to the left and right ball downflow paths 54a and 54b.

Further, the electric control device 92 controls the variable speed motor 69 to rotate in the reverse direction and at the same time reduce the rotation speed so that the transport member 55 rotates in the second rotation direction at a cycle of 9.6 seconds. That is, the balls flowing down from the left and right ball downflow paths 54a and 54b are carried on the seat plate 58 of the carrying member 55 and carried to the center side of the variable winning device 10.

In addition, a special winning ball detector after the special game has started
26 determines whether or not a special winning ball has been detected, and if not, determines whether or not the left and right winning ball detectors 33a and 33b have detected a winning ball.

If the left winning ball detector 33a detects a winning ball, the first
To move and blink the sixth light emitting units 71 to 76, output a sound effect at the time of winning, from the speaker 102, add "1" to the count number of the winning number counter, and further display a winning number display or the like (not shown). Update the winning number display.

The movement and blinking of the first to sixth light emitting units 71 to 76 are performed by, for example, as shown in FIG. 22, when the left winning ball detector 32a detects a winning ball and the winning ball detection signal is transmitted to the electric control device. When input to the 92, the electric control device 92 outputs a pulsed light emission command signal to the sixth light emitting unit 76, and simultaneously turns off the sixth light emitting unit 76 and simultaneously outputs a pulsed light emission command signal to the fifth light emitting unit 75. And the same is applied to the fourth light emitting unit 74, the third light emitting unit 73, and the second light emitting unit.
72, by sequentially emitting light from the first light-emitting unit 71, light appears to move from the center of the variable winning device 10 to the left, and it is determined that the winning ball flows down the left ball downflow path 54a. In addition to showing to the audience, the visual effect enhances the interest of pachinko games.

If the right prize ball detector 33b detects a prize ball, the seventh to twelfth light emitting units 77 to 82 are moved and blinked, a sound effect at the time of a prize is output from the speaker 102, and a prize number counter is set. "1" is added to the count number, and the winning number display is updated. In this case, by sequentially outputting a light emission command signal from the seventh light emitting unit 77 to the twelfth light emitting unit 82, the variable winning device 10
Light appears to move from the center to the right (Fig. 23).

In this embodiment, the left and right winning ball detectors 33a, 33
b is a light emitting unit 71-provided on the back side of the left and right spherical flow paths 54a, 54b
By moving and blinking 82, the player is informed which of the left and right ball flow paths is passing the winning ball, but the present invention is not limited to this.For example, the left winning ball detector 33a wins The sound output when the ball is detected and when the right prize ball detector 33b detects the prize ball differ from each other, so that the player can be informed of the ball flow path through which the prize ball is passing by auditory means. By configuring, or separately providing a driving body that fluctuates by mechanical control operation, by configuring the driving body to fluctuate in association with the detection of a winning ball, the movement of the variable winning device 10 during the special game You may make it active and make pachinko games more interesting.

Next, it is determined whether the count number of the winning ball counter has reached “5” or more, or whether the number of times of driving of the first drive source 37 has reached “9” or more. Returning to the determination as to whether or not the special winning ball detector 26 has detected a special winning ball, and if no special winning ball has been detected, determining whether the left and right winning ball detectors 32a and 32b have detected a winning ball. repeat.

Whether the count of the winning number counter is equal to or more than "5" or the number of times of driving of the first drive source 37 is equal to or more than "9",
When the earliest condition is satisfied, the second drive source 46 is turned on / off in a short cycle of 0.128 seconds, and whether or not the count of the winning number counter becomes “7” or more is determined by the first drive source 37. It is determined whether or not the number of times of driving is “9” or more. If none of the conditions is satisfied, it is determined again whether or not the special winning ball detector 26 detects a special winning ball. If no special winning ball is detected, the left and right winning ball detectors 32a,
It is determined whether 32b has detected a winning ball.

By repeating the above series of determinations, when the count of the winning number counter becomes “7” or more, the number of times of driving of the first drive source 37 becomes “16” or more, or the earliest condition is satisfied, The drive of the third drive source 49 is stopped, the variable speed motor 69 is switched to reverse rotation, and the rotation speed is increased.

A series of determinations is repeated again, and the special winning ball detector 26 does not detect a special winning ball, and the count of the winning number counter is “10” or more or the number of times of driving of the first drive source 37 is “1”.
If it becomes 8 "or more, the timer is set to a valid time of 2.8 seconds until the end of the special game, and within this valid time, the special winning ball detector 26
If the player does not detect the special winning ball, the second driving source 46 and the variable speed motor 69 are stopped, the display of the number of times of continuation and the display of the winning number are reset, and the variable winning device 10 is returned to the normal gaming state.

In the variable prize device 10 driven and controlled as described above, if the prize ball won in the variable prize device 10 after the special game is started does not make a special prize in the special prize port 25, the ball receiving piece 28 is opened and closed. The number of winning balls invited into the variable winning device 10 by the operation becomes 5 or more, or the ball receiving piece
When the number of opening / closing operations of 28 becomes 9 or more, the operation speed of the moving member 48 which moves back and forth becomes faster, and the ball conveyed to the center by the conveying member 55 is rushed forward to the front side. By increasing the probability of winning a prize, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation and increase the interest of pachinko games.

Further, if the number of winnings is reduced to 7 or more or the number of opening and closing of the ball receiving piece 28 becomes 16 or more without special winning in the special winning opening 25, the flow path switching member 51 retreats to the initial position. When the winning prize balls in the variable prize winning device 10 pass through the right and left prize ball passage holes 32a and 32b, they are received by the falling ball receiving plate 89, and fall directly to the central portion on the ball receiving stand 21. At this time, since the transport member 55 is rotating in the first rotation direction, all the winning balls guided into the left and right sphere downflow paths 54a and 54b before the flow path switching member 51 retreats to the initial position are all left and right ends. It is led out of the variable winning device 10 from a general winning port 18 provided in the section.

Eventually, the opening and closing operation of the ball receiving piece 28 is stopped when the winning number becomes 10 or more, or the number of opening and closing of the ball receiving piece 28 becomes 18 or more, or when the first condition is satisfied. If no special winning ball is detected during the valid time of 2.8 seconds, the special game is terminated.

If the special winning ball detector 26 detects a special winning ball, "1" is added to the count of the continuous counter reset at the start of the special game, and the continuous count display of the continuous count display is updated. Then, the winning number display for displaying the winning number counted from the start of the special game to the detection of the special winning ball is reset. Then, the above-described series of special game cycles is continuously performed.

During the wait time in the second to seventh cycle updates, the variable speed motor 69 is once reversely rotated,
It rotates in the first rotation direction at a cycle of 2.4 seconds.

When the number of times of continuation becomes 8 or more, the first drive source 37 is set to 0.
The driving is performed in a short cycle of 8 seconds, the driving of the second driving source 46 is stopped, and the third driving source 49 is turned on and off intermittently. As shown in FIG. 21 (b), the drive cycle of the third drive source 49 is turned on for 0.22 seconds, and is turned on again for 0.22 seconds after waiting for 0.5 seconds.

Next, it is determined whether or not the left and right winning ball detectors 32a and 32b detect a winning ball. If a winning ball is detected, the first to sixth light emitting units 71 to 76 or the seventh to twelfth light emitting units are detected. 77 to 82 are moved and blinked as described above, a predetermined sound is output, "1" is added to the count number of the winning number counter, and the winning number display is updated.

Then, when the count number of the winning number counter becomes “10” or more, or the number of times of driving of the first drive source 37 becomes “18” or more, or when the earliest condition is satisfied, the valid time of the special game is satisfied. Set the timer to 2.8 seconds and set the first drive source 3
7. Stop driving. After this expiration time, the second
The driving of the drive source 46 and the variable speed motor 69 is stopped, the display of the number of times of continuation and the display of the number of winnings are reset, the special game is completely finished, and the normal game state is returned.

That is, when the number of continuous updates during the special game is 8 or more, the continuous update by the special winning in the special winning opening 25 is not performed, and the ball receiving piece 28 is opened and closed to be brought into the variable winning device 10. The number of winning balls becomes 10 or more, or the ball receiving piece
If the number of opening and closing of 28 becomes 18 or the earliest condition is satisfied, the special game is ended after 2.8 seconds have elapsed.
During the special game of the eighth cycle, the transport member 55 is moved to the first position.
Since the ball is rotating in the rotation direction, the ball that has flowed down the left and right ball downflow paths 54a and 54b by the flow path switching member 51 is surely guided to the general winning opening 18 provided at the left and right ends in the variable winning device 10,
The special game state is terminated in a state where the ball is on the seat plate 58 of the carrying member 55, so that the carrying member 55 is not stopped.

<Effect of the Invention> As described above, according to the variable winning device for a gaming machine according to the present invention, when the movable member changes state to the second state, the movable member changes from the first state to the second state. A stationary area is formed by the movable member and the projecting member that is provided to protrude from the movable area when changing, and the sphere that has reached the stationary area is temporarily suspended, and the movable member returns to the first state. In doing so, the ball stopped in the stop area is taken into the concave chamber in the variable winning device, so that the player can easily recognize the moment when a large number of balls are taken into the variable winning device, The number of balls that are taken into the variable prize winning device and win a prize in any one of the winning ports can be easily grasped.

Therefore, the player can easily confirm the flow process of the ball received in the variable winning device in the concave room,
It is possible to reduce a situation in which a player mistakenly or illusions whether any of these falling balls has won the special winning opening, and the falling ball in the concave room wins the special winning opening. It is difficult to give the player a suspicion that it is not clear whether the prize ball detection mechanism of the specific winning opening has malfunctioned or not. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the player's interest in the ball game from being lost, and to prevent trouble between the player and the game store.

[Brief description of the drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine as a game machine, FIG. 2 is a front view of a game board, and FIG.
The figure is a perspective view of the variable winning device, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of the variable winning device, FIG. 5 is a front exploded perspective view of the variable winning device,
FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the back side of the variable winning device, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part schematically showing a drive mechanism of the transport member, and FIGS. 8 to 11 are flow-down states of the winning balls won in the variable winning device. 12 (a) and 12 (b) are perspective views of a main part showing another embodiment of a movable member (ball receiving piece) of the variable winning device, and FIG. 13 is an electric control. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the device, FIGS. 14 to 18 are flowcharts showing an outline of control of the variable prize device by the electric control device, and FIG.・
FIG. 20 is a time chart showing the driving state of each unit of the variable winning device in the second auxiliary game; FIG. 21 (a) is a time chart showing the driving state of each unit of the variable winning device in the special game; FIG. 21 (b) is a time chart showing the driving state of each part of the variable winning device in the special game in the eighth cycle, and FIG. FIG. 23 is a time chart of a light emission command signal emitted from the electric control device when the light emitting units 7 to 12 are moved and blinked. In the figure, 1 is a pachinko machine, 4 is a game board, 10 is a variable winning device, 17 is a first substrate, 17a is an opening section, 28 is a ball receiving piece, and 29 is a stationary shelf.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game in which a recessed chamber is connected to an opening formed in a mounting board fixed to the front of a game board, and which is located at least on one side of the recessed chamber and flows down the game board surface into the recessed chamber. A variable winning device for a gaming machine, comprising a movable member capable of changing between a first state in which a ball is not accepted and a second state in which a game ball flowing down a game board surface is accepted; A protruding member that protrudes from the surface of the mounting substrate is provided in a movable region that changes state to a second state, and when the movable member changes to the second state, a game ball can be stopped by the movable member and the protruding member. And a game ball stopped in the stop area by the movable member is taken into the recessed chamber when the movable member returns to the first state. Variable winning device.