JP2914581B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial applications]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko machine capable of playing a game with a gaming device provided on a gaming board.

[Prior art]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a plurality of gaming machines have been arranged in a gaming area of a gaming machine of a pachinko machine, and one gaming machine (hereinafter, referred to as a game) is played by the plurality of gaming machines as a whole.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

By the way, some gaming machines located in the gaming area include:
There has been proposed a device in which a hit ball is once taken in and discharged from a different position in a game area.
Since the captured ball itself is released to the game area at a position lower than the captured position again, the fall distance of the ball after re-emission is short, and the fall path can be easily predicted, so it is interesting. There was a disadvantage that it lacked. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine capable of freely designing a re-discharge position.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the game area of the game board, a specific area where a hit ball can win or pass, and an outlet from which the hit ball is discharged are used, In the area, a detecting means for detecting a hit ball is provided, and when a detection output of the detecting means is provided, a new hit ball is discharged from the discharge port, and the discharge port is provided from a prize ball tank. The discharge balls are guided through the discharge ball passage connected to the prize ball tank at a connection position downstream of the connection position of the alignment passage separately from the alignment passage for guiding the prize ball to the prize ball discharge device. It is a feature. Further, in the invention according to claim 2, the outlet is arranged above the game area.

[Action]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the detection output of the detection means is derived by a hit ball which has won or passed a specific area, a new hit ball is discharged from the discharge port, so that the arrangement position of the discharge port with respect to the specific area is not always required. Since it can be arranged at an arbitrary position instead of the downstream side, the fall path after re-emission can be designed in various modes. Also, in this case, if the specific area is configured as a passing type, two hit balls, the hit ball that has passed through the specific area and the hit ball newly discharged from the discharge port, flow down the respective falling paths. , Can attract the interest of the player. Further, since the discharge balls supplied to the discharge port are guided by the discharge ball passage connected to the prize ball tank at a connection position downstream of the connection position of the alignment passage separately from the alignment passage, the discharge ball passage is formed. When configured to be branched from the alignment passage, the discharge ball passage and the alignment passage are separately connected to the prize ball tank, but the discharge ball passage is connected at a connection position upstream of the connection position of the alignment passage. As compared with the case where the ball is guided, the ball is guided to the discharge ball passage in preference to the alignment passage in addition to the reliable supply of the discharge ball to the discharge ball passage. When a prize is won, the discharged ball can be reliably discharged from the discharge port. Further, in the invention according to claim 2, since the outlet is disposed above the game area, it is difficult to predict the falling path of the hit ball released from the outlet, and the interest of the game is enlivened by that much. Can be.

【Example】

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a pachinko machine according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine. In the figure, a metal frame 3 is provided around an opening of a front frame 2 formed in a frame shape of the pachinko machine 1. A glass door frame 4 having glass and a front door plate 5 are provided on the metal frame 3 so as to be freely opened and closed. Behind the glass door frame 4, a game board 9 detachably attached to a game board fixed frame (not shown) fixed to the back of the front frame 2 is arranged. On the surface of the front door plate 5 is attached an upper plate 6 for preferentially storing prize balls discharged from a prize ball discharge device 39 described later due to generation of a prize ball, and guiding a hit ball to a firing position. I have. An operation handle 7 constituting a part of the launching device is projected and fixed below the front frame 2, and prize balls that cannot be completely stored in the upper plate 6 are stored beside the operation handle 7. The lower plate 8 is attached. A guide rail for guiding a hit ball is provided on the front of the game board 9.
10 is planted in a substantially circular shape, and a range surrounded by the guide rail 10 constitutes a game area 11. This game area 11
The main game area 11a in the center and the left and right sub game areas 11b and 11c are defined by the section rails 12 extending substantially vertically in the game board 9 surface.
It is divided into and. The main game area 11a and the left and right sub game areas 11b and 11c only communicate with each other at the lower part, and the ball hitting each of the game areas 11a to 11c is separated from the other game areas by the section rail 12. And the hit ball that has finished the game in the lower part of the game area 11 is only guided to one out opening 28. By the way, different game machines are arranged in the main game area 11a and the sub game areas 11b and 11c as shown in FIGS. Describing this, first, in the main game area 11a, a symbol combination device 13 is disposed at the center thereof, and an attacker device 14 having an opening / closing plate 15 is disposed below the symbol combination device 13. Also, the symbol combination device 13
A start port 16 is arranged between the starter 16 and the attacker device 14. Further, on both left and right sides of the symbol combination device 13, normal winning openings 17a, 17b are arranged, and the symbol combination device 13
Above is a pair of specific passage ports 18a, 18b as a specific area.
Is arranged. The game contents constituted by the above-mentioned gaming machine arranged in the main game area 11a are as follows. That is, when the shot ball hits the start winning opening 16, a plurality of indicators (for example, 7-segment LE) of the symbol combination device 13 are displayed.
D) starts the fluctuation display, and when the predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses, the fluctuation is sequentially stopped, and the symbol displayed at the time of the stop is a predetermined big hit symbol (for example, the numeral “7”). When the combination is a big hit state, the opening and closing plate 15 of the attacker device 14 is held for a certain time (for example, 30 seconds).
Is released until a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls are generated, and a hit ball received by the opening / closing plate 15 during the opening is a V winning opening (not shown) built in the attacker device 14. When the player wins, the above-mentioned open state of the opening and closing plate 15 is repeated again, and the above-mentioned open state can be repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 16 times) on condition that a hit ball wins the V winning opening. ing. That is, the game content embodied in the main game area 11a is:
A big hit state is generated. When the big hit occurs, a large amount of winning balls can be obtained in a short time. However, the amount of consumption per hour of the hit ball is also large. Thus, in the main game area 11a, it is desirable to arrange a game device that embodies a game content that generates a big hit state, but in a so-called digital game using a symbol combination device as in the embodiment. Instead, a so-called Hikoki-type game or a type of right-generating game that generates a big hit may be used. Furthermore, the specific passage 1 located above the main game area 11a
When a hit ball passes through 8a, 18b, one hit ball is discharged from discharge ports 20, 24 provided above the sub game areas 11b, 11c. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 5, detection switches 19a and 19b are provided at the specific passage openings 18a and 18b to detect a hit ball passing through the specific passage openings 18a and 18b. The configuration in which the hit ball is discharged from the discharge ports 20 and 24 will be described later in detail. Further, in the above embodiment, the specific passing ports 18a and 18b are configured as passing ports through which the hit ball passes, but with such a configuration, the passing hit ball falls down the main game area 11a and at the same time as the sub game area 11a.
The hit ball also falls on b and 11c, and you can enjoy two games at the same time. Further, the specific passage openings 18a and 18b may be configured as winning holes from which hit balls are collected. Next, a description will be given of a gaming device arranged in the left sub game area 11b of the left and right sub game areas 11b and 11c. An outlet 20 is provided above the sub game area 11b.
Below 0, the operating port 21, the electric tulip winning port 22,
And a winning opening 23 are provided. Sub game area 11
The game contents configured by the above-described gaming device arranged in b are as follows. That is, when the hit ball ejected from the ejection port 20 wins the operation port 21, the operation detector 21a (see FIG. 5) is turned on to excite the solenoid 22a. Release for 6 seconds). For this reason, it is possible to continuously win several hit balls discharged from the discharge port 20 to the electric tulip winning port 22. If another ball wins the winning opening 23, it is treated as a normal winning. That is, the game content embodied in the sub game area 11b takes a long time to obtain a large number of winning balls compared to the game content embodied in the main game area 11a having the electric accessory. . However, the amount of hit per hour of the hit ball is not so large. As described above, in the sub game area 11b, it is desirable to dispose a gaming device that embodies the gaming state following the big hit state. However, an electric accessory that is not the electric tulip winning port 22 as in the embodiment may be provided. . Next, a description will be given of a gaming device arranged in the right sub-game area 11c. At the top of the sub game area 11c, there is a discharge port 24
A winning port 25, a linked winning port 26, and a tulip winning port 27 are sequentially provided below the discharge port 24, respectively. The game content constituted by the above-described gaming device arranged in the sub game area 11c is as follows. In other words, the hit ball discharged from the discharge port 24 is
When the player wins 26, the tulip winning opening 27 is opened. For this reason, it is possible for one hit ball discharged from the discharge port 24 to win the tulip winning port 27. If the hit ball wins the winning opening 25, it is treated as a normal winning. In other words, the game content embodied in the sub game area 11c takes more time to obtain a large number of winning balls compared to the game content embodied in the sub game area 11b having a common role. is there. However, the amount of the hit ball per hour is extremely small. As described above, in the sub game area 11c, it is desirable to arrange a gaming device that embodies the gaming state succeeding to the gaming state embodied by the electric auditorium, but it is not an ordinary character other than the tulip winning opening 27 as in the embodiment. May be provided. The hit ball that has fallen in the main game area 11a and the sub game areas 11b and 11c and has not won any of the prize ports or the prize devices is placed in an out port 28 provided at the lowermost center of the game area 11. Collected. Next, the structure of the back surface of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. On the back of the pachinko machine 1,
A mechanism plate 30 is provided. The mechanism plate 30 has a collecting trough 31 formed on a front side thereof for collecting winning balls provided in a winning opening, a winning device, and the like provided in the gaming area 11.
Thus, in the case shown, each of the game areas 11a to 1
The winning balls are detected by different detectors 32-34 for each 1c. Specifically, a winning ball generated in the main game area 11a is detected by the first winning ball detector 32, and a winning ball generated in the left sub game area 11b is detected by the second winning ball detector 33. , The winning ball generated in the sub game area 11c on the right side is the third
The winning ball detector 34 detects the winning ball. In addition,
In the drawing, it appears that the winning ball generated in the right sub-game area 11c is detected by the first winning ball detector 32.
In fact, they are avoidable. The winning balls that have passed through each of the winning ball detectors 32-34 are the winning ball discharge passage.
It passes through 35 and merges into a prize ball discharge passage 42 described later. The prize ball discharge passage 42 communicates with the upper plate 6, and therefore, the illustrated mechanism plate 30 is configured to discharge generated prize balls as prize balls. Of course, the winning ball discharging passage 35 may be discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 1 without being joined to the prize ball discharging passage 42. Further, an out ball discharge passage 36 communicating with the out port 28 is provided adjacent to the winning ball discharge passage 42, and the generated out ball is discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 1. Further, a prize ball tank 37 is provided on the rear side upper portion of the mechanism plate 30. The prize ball tank 37 stores a predetermined amount of pachinko balls to be discharged to the player as prize balls,
Below the prize ball tank 37, there is provided an alignment passage 38 for arranging the prize balls flowing out of the tank 37 in a plurality of rows (four rows in the case of the drawing). The alignment passage 38 is bent at one side of the mechanism plate 30, and a prize ball discharging device 39 is provided at the bent portion. As shown in FIG. 6, the prize ball discharging device 39 includes an opening / closing valve 40a that alternately protrudes and retracts from the front and rear ends of each alignment gutter.
To 40d and solenoids 41a to 41 for driving the on-off valves 40a to 40d.
d. By driving the front and rear ends of the on-off valves 40a to 40d so as to alternately protrude and retract with the solenoids 41a to 41d, a predetermined number (three in the figure) of prize balls is discharged by one on-off valve. become. Incidentally, the solenoids 41a to 41d are driven based on the stored values of the winning balls detected by the winning ball detectors 32 to 34. In this case, the solenoids 41a to 41d are driven by the types of the winning ball detectors 32 to 34. The number of the solenoids 41a to 41d may be different. For example, the number of solenoids driven by the stored value based on the first winning ball detector 32 that detects the winning ball that has won the main game area 11a drives all the solenoids 41a to 41d (in this case, the discharging is performed). The number of prize balls to be played is 12 + 1 = 13), one sub game area
The number of solenoids driven by the stored value based on the second winning ball detector 33 that detects the winning ball winning 11b is 3
The three solenoids 41a to 41c are driven (in this case, the number of prize balls discharged is 9 + 1 + 1 = 10), and a third prize ball detection for detecting a prize ball winning the other sub game area 11c is performed. The number of solenoids driven by the stored value based on the unit 34 drives the two solenoids 41a and 41b (the number of prize balls discharged in this case is 6 + 1 = 7).
Individual). In addition, the number of prize balls may be different for each winning opening or winning device, not for each game area. In this case,
It is necessary to provide a winning ball detector for each winning port or winning device. Further, the same number of prize balls may be discharged for the prize balls generated in all the game areas 11a to 11c.
Also, the number of prize balls discharged by one on-off valve need not be three as in the embodiment, but may be set arbitrarily, and the number of prize balls discharged for each on-off valve may be different. . The prize balls discharged by the prize ball discharge device 39 are discharged to the upper plate 6 via the prize ball discharge passage 42. Further, a discharge ball passage 43 is connected to the mechanism plate 30 in the present embodiment on the downstream side of the alignment passage 38 separately from the alignment passage 38 from the prize ball tank 37, and the end of the discharge passage 43 is bifurcated. The branch passages 44a and 44b are branched, and one end of one of the branch passages 44a is an outlet provided in the sub game area 11b.
The other end of the branch passage 44 is connected to the outlet 24 provided in the sub game area 11c. Also,
Immediately before the end of each branch passage 44a, 44b, an exhaust solenoid 45
a, 45b are disposed, and each time there is a detection signal of the detection switches 19a, 19b, the hit balls waiting in the branch passages 44a, 44b are discharged one by one from the discharge ports 20, 24 to the respective sub game areas 11b, 11c. It has become. The detection switch 19a corresponds to the discharge solenoid 45a, and the detection switch 19b corresponds to the discharge solenoid 45b. Then
Since the discharge balls supplied to the discharge port 20 are guided by the discharge ball passage 43 connected to the prize ball tank 37 at a connection position downstream of the connection position of the alignment passage 38 separately from the alignment passage 38, the discharge balls are discharged. When the ball passage is configured to be branched from the alignment passage, and when the discharge ball passage and the alignment passage are separately connected to the prize ball tank, the discharge ball passage is connected upstream of the connection position of the alignment passage. The discharge ball passage 43 has a higher priority than the alignment passage 38 in addition to being reliably supplied to the discharge ball passage 43 as compared with a case where the discharge ball passage 43 is configured to be connected at the position.
Since the ball is guided to 43, it is possible to reliably discharge the discharged ball from the discharge port 20 when a hit ball is won in the specific passage openings 18a, 18b. Further, on one lower side of the back surface of the pachinko machine 1, there is provided a hit ball launching device 46 which is driven based on the operation of the operation handle 7 and shoots one hit ball into the game area 11. As described above, the operation of the pachinko machine 1 will be described. The shot ball first reaches the main game area 11a and falls. For this reason, it is possible to enjoy a game in which a big hit is generated by a game device such as the symbol combination device 13 and the attacker device 14 arranged in the main game region 11a. Also, when hitting P ₁ to fall a main game area 11a as shown in Figure 2 passes through the one particular passage holes 18a, so energizing the discharge solenoid 45a detection switch 19a is turned ON, the sub play area 11b hitting P ₂ from the discharge port 20 provided is ejected, the sub-game area 11b
To fall. For this reason, it is possible to enjoy the game with the electric accessory in a game device such as the operating port 21 or the electric tulip winning port 22 arranged in the sub game area 11b. Further, as shown in FIG. _3, when the hit ball P3 falling in the main game area 11a passes through one specific passage opening 18b, the detection switch 19b is turned on to excite the discharge solenoid 45b, so that the sub game area 11c hitting P ₄ from the discharge port 24 provided is discharged, it falls a sub game area 11c. For this reason, the communication port 2 arranged in the sub game area 11c
You can enjoy the game with ordinary accessories with gaming devices such as 6 and tulip winning opening 27. As described above, in the above-described embodiment, the shot ball that is shot is guided to the main game area 11a among the plurality of game areas 11a to 11c, and is primarily provided by the game device arranged in the main game area 11a. Game. However, when the hit ball passes through the specific passing ports 18a, 18b provided in the main game area 11a, the hit ball is discharged from the discharge ports 20, 24 on the upper side of the sub game areas 11b, 11c, so that the sub game areas 11b, 11c The game provided by the arranged gaming device can be played. In this case, the specific passage 1 provided in the main game area 11a
If it is possible to aim at 8a, 18b, it is possible to simultaneously enjoy the game in the sub game area 11b, 11c intended by the player and the game in the main game area 11c, and the specific passage openings 18a, 18
If it is not possible to aim at b, it is possible to simultaneously and simultaneously enjoy the game in the accidentally selected sub game area 11b or 11c and the game in the main game area 11a. In the embodiment described above, the game area 11 is divided into three sections. However, as shown in FIG.
The main game area where you can play big hits and games with ordinary accessories
11a and a sub game area 11b in which a game with an electric accessory can be performed may be divided into two. In this case, the main game area 11
There is one specific passage port 18 provided in a. Of course, the number of the specific passage ports 18 may be plural. The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to FIG.
The embodiment shown in FIG. 7 and the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 (hereinafter, referred to as a second embodiment) are both embodiments corresponding to the invention described in the claims. Although not corresponding to the invention, an embodiment similar to the first and second embodiments described above is shown in FIG. 8 (hereinafter, referred to as a third embodiment). To explain this, the gaming area 11 is 3
And the first in the divided game areas 11a to 11c.
A game device similar to that of the embodiment is arranged. But 3
Since the upper end of the section rail 12 that partitions the three game areas 11a to 11c is provided from the middle, the three game areas 11a to 11c are in communication with each other above the game area 11. Therefore, if the player operates the operation handle 7 to adjust the firing force of the hit ball, the player can play a game in the game area intended by the player among the three game areas 11a to 11c. That is, in the third embodiment, among the plurality of game areas 11a to 11c in which the game devices constituting the different game contents are arranged, there are a plurality of shot areas to be shot by putting the hitting ball into the game area desired by the player. A game desired by the player among the game contents can be performed. Although the embodiment has been described above, in the above-described first and second embodiments, the hit ball is moved to the specific passage openings 18a, 18b.
Although the number of hit balls ejected from the ejection ports 20 and 24 when passing through is one, a plurality of hit balls may be ejected. In the three embodiments described above, the game area 11 is divided by the division rails 12 provided substantially in the vertical direction. You may partition in the direction. Furthermore, even as a gaming device arranged in a divided gaming area, it is not necessary to necessarily generate a big hit as in the embodiment, a device having an electric accessory, and a device having a normal accessory, For example, a gaming device that plays a game with an electric accessory may be arranged in all partitioned gaming areas. However, even in this case, it is necessary to make the contents of the game constituted by each electric accessory different.

【The invention's effect】

As apparent from the above description, claim 1
In the described invention, when the detection output of the detecting means is derived by a hit ball that has won or passed the specific area, a new hit ball is discharged from the discharge port, so that the arrangement position of the discharge port with respect to the specific area is not necessarily on the downstream side. Therefore, the drop path after re-emission can be designed in various modes. Also, in this case, if the specific area is configured as a passing type, two hit balls, the hit ball that has passed through the specific area and the hit ball newly discharged from the discharge port, flow down the respective falling paths. , Can attract the interest of the player. Further, since the discharge balls supplied to the discharge port are guided by the discharge ball passage connected to the prize ball tank at a connection position downstream of the connection position of the alignment passage separately from the alignment passage, the discharge ball passage is formed. When configured to be branched from the alignment passage, the discharge ball passage and the alignment passage are separately connected to the prize ball tank, but the discharge ball passage is connected at a connection position upstream of the connection position of the alignment passage. As compared with the case where the ball is guided, the ball is guided to the discharge ball passage in preference to the alignment passage in addition to the reliable supply of the discharge ball to the discharge ball passage. When a prize is won, the discharged ball can be reliably discharged from the discharge port. According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the outlet is disposed above the game area, it is difficult to predict the falling path of the hit ball released from the outlet, and the interest of the game is increased accordingly. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment, FIGS. 2 and 3 are front views of a game board according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine as viewed from the back. , FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a relationship between a mechanism board provided on the back of the pachinko machine and the game board, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a prize ball discharge device provided on the mechanism board, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a front view of the game board according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a front view of the game board according to the third embodiment. 1 Pachinko machine 9 Game board 11 Game area 11a Main game area 11b, 11c Sub game area 12 Section rail 18a, 18b Specific passage openings (specific areas) 20, 24 … Exhaust port As a gaming device, 13… Pattern combination device 14 …… Attacker device 16 …… Starter port 17a, 17b …… Winning port 21 …… Operation port 22 …… Electric tulip winning port 23 …… Winning port 25… Prize opening 26 ... Interlocking opening 27 ... Tulip winning opening 37 ... Prize ball tank 38 ... Aligned passage 43 ... Discharge ball passage

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-55-96178 (JP, A) JP-A-4-30870 (JP, A) JUN 27-7034 (JP, Y1) (58) Fields investigated (Int) .Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A63F 7/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A specific area in which a hit ball can win or pass and a discharge port from which a hit ball is discharged are provided in a game area of a game board, and a detecting means for detecting a hit ball is provided in the specific area, A new hit ball is discharged from the discharge port when there is a detection output of the detection means, and the discharge port has an alignment passage for guiding a prize ball from a prize ball tank to a prize ball discharge device. A pachinko machine wherein a discharge ball is guided through a discharge ball passage connected to a prize ball tank at a connection position downstream of a connection position of the alignment passage. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the discharge port is disposed above the game area.