JP2917983B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine that pays out different numbers of prize balls according to the types of winning ports and the like, and relates to the payout of prize balls after the pachinko machine is powered on.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a pachinko machine that changes the number of prize balls to be paid out according to the type of winning opening, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
No. 514 publication. According to this publication, winning balls entering a specific winning opening are counted by a specific ball counter, and winning balls entering the specific winning opening and other winning openings are detected by a winning ball detector installed on a taxiway. You. Then, when a winning ball is detected by the winning ball detector, the winning ball is discharged one by one by a winning ball discharging device, and it is detected whether or not a specific ball counter is zero. Is from the winning opening,
If it is not zero, it is from the specific winning opening. In such a case, 1 is subtracted from the value of the specific ball counter, and according to the above distinction, the number of prize balls to be paid out (for example, a winning in the specific winning opening is Fifteen (the first prize ball number) and seven (the second prize ball number) for prize winning in other winning ports are set and paid out through the prize ball payout device.

[0003]

As described above, during a game, a specific ball counter is accumulated each time a game ball wins a specific winning opening, and the value of the specific ball counter is generally stored in a RAM (random access). Memory).
Therefore, when a power failure occurs during a game in which the value of the specific ball counter is not zero (initial value), the value of the specific ball counter disappears. Thereafter, when the power is turned on, the specific ball counter is initialized, and a game ball having a winning in the specific winning opening is detected by a winning ball detector. However, the value of the specific ball counter is set to an initial value (zero) as a prize ball. Pay out. This means that despite the fact that a game ball wins a specific winning opening before a power failure and that 15 prize balls can be obtained, a small number of 7 prize balls are obtained, which is disadvantageous to the player. Bring.

[0004] When a winning ball is detected by a winning ball detector when the power is turned on, all of the winning balls are assumed to have won a specific winning port so as not to be disadvantageous to the player.
It is possible to pay out 15 prize balls (first prize ball number). However, if the game is restarted while the first prize ball is being paid out to the winning ball and the game ball is won in another winning opening, the specific winning ball is also given to the winning ball. As the winning of the mouth, the prize balls of the first prize ball number are paid out, which is inappropriate. In view of the above, the present invention provides a pachinko machine that takes into consideration the payout of prize balls that solves the above-described inconvenience.

[0005]

A pachinko machine according to claim 1.
Is a prize ball payout device that pays out prize balls,
A collecting passage for collecting the winning balls in the winning
Installed on a taxiway provided in communication with the
It has a prize ball detector and a prize ball discharge device that discharges the prize ball.
Prize by detecting the winning ball by the winning ball detector
Dispense prize balls and discharge prize balls, and discharge prize balls
When the prize ball is almost paid out and when the prize ball
And after the payout is completed. Therefore, game letters
Depending on the situation, change the timing of discharging the winning ball
Can be The pachinko machine according to claim 2 has a winning ball.
During the big hit, the prize ball is paid out almost simultaneously
It is after the payout of the prize ball is completed except during the big hit.
Therefore, during a big hit where many winning balls occur, the winning
Since the ball can be processed, the prize ball overflows in the collecting passage
It can be prevented and the prize ball is paid out except during the big hit
Even if a power failure occurs, the winning balls are not discharged
Players can receive prize balls
Do not hurt.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the front side of a game board of a pachinko machine, and FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine to which the game board is attached. At approximately the center of the game board 150, a symbol display L having special symbol display portions L1, L2, L3 made of liquid crystal is attached, and a pass gate 151 is provided on both sides thereof.
a and 151b are provided. In addition, this passage gate 15
The prize ball is not discharged even if the game ball passes through 1a, 151b, but when the game ball is detected by the passage detectors 152a, 152b, the symbol of the ordinary symbol display 154 attached to the passage gate 151a starts to change. I do. When it is determined that a hit has occurred, a predetermined stop symbol is displayed, and the ordinary electric accessory (winning opening) 153 is opened for a predetermined time.

When a game ball wins during the closing of the ordinary electric accessory 153 or during the opening under the above-mentioned conditions and the ordinary detector 153a installed on the back side of the game board detects, a special symbol display section is displayed. The symbols L1, L2, and L3 start to change. And if it is determined that a big hit, the special symbol display portion L1,
L2 and L3 display a predetermined symbol and open a specific winning opening (large winning opening) 155. A game ball which has been won while the specific winning opening 155 is being opened is detected by the specific ball detector 155a, and based on the signal, a memory (R) attached to the control device is provided.
AM), the specific winning port 155 is closed when the count is counted by the counter formed in AM) and reaches 10 counts. The detection of a winning ball by the specific ball detector 155a is also integrated by a specific ball counter related to the payout of the prize ball. When the game ball passes through the specific area 156 and is detected by the specific area detector 156a while the specific winning opening 155 is being opened, the specific winning opening 155 is opened after being closed, and the opening is made up to one.
Perform six times to end the jackpot process.

The winning ball that has won the specific winning opening 155 has been detected by the specific ball detector 155a, and the winning ball that has won the ordinary electric combination 153 has been detected by the ordinary detector 153a. The winning opening 15 at the top of the symbol display L
8. Winning openings 159 provided on the left and right of the specific winning opening 155
The winning balls 5a of a and 159b roll on the collecting passage 116 formed on the back side of the game board and are guided to the winning ball discharging device 120 described later. The first prize ball count (prize ball 1) is determined for the winning ball detected by the specific ball detector 155a.
5), and the second number of prize balls (seven prize balls) is paid out to the upper plate (not shown) via the prize ball payout device 1 described later for the other winning balls.

A prize ball tank 10 is provided above the mechanism plate 101.
2, a prize ball is supplied to the prize ball tank 102 from a supply machine (not shown). Prize ball tank 1
A prize ball payout device 1 is provided at the lower right of 02, and an alignment path 103 is arranged in an inclined manner therebetween. The arrangement route 103 is for supplying the prize ball payout device 1 by arranging the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 102 in a plurality of rows. At the lower part of the prize ball payout device 1, a payout passage 10 is provided.
The prize balls counted and paid out are guided to the upper plate (not shown) through the upper plate payout port 105. At the right end, a prize ball discharge gutter 135 for discharging the prize ball 5 in the prize ball tank 102 to the outside of the pachinko machine is vertically provided.

The prize balls 5a entering the respective prize holes are guided on the guide path 121 by rolling on the collecting passage 116, and are detected by a prize ball detector (proximity switch) 125 for detecting the prize balls 5a. 3 and 4 show the winning ball discharging device 120. The ball receiving device 122 has a cutout portion 122a of the size of the winning ball 5a at the front and a rotating piece 122b having a pin 127 at the rear.
Are integrally formed, and are rotatably supported on the support shaft 123. On the other hand, the electromagnet 12
An L-shaped connecting piece 128b having a long hole 124a that can be fitted to the pin 127 is formed on the rod on which the spring 128a is mounted. Note that the rotating piece 122b and the connecting piece 128b are rotatably connected via a pin 127. The prize balls 5a discharged from the ball receiver 122 are discharged through a discharge path 130 connected to the prize ball discharge gutter 135.

The prize ball discharging device 120 normally operates as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG.
The connecting piece 128b rises due to the resilience of a, and the ball receiver 122 rotates clockwise via the rotating piece 122b connected by the pin 127 with the connecting piece 128b. 5 has been blocked. In this state, when the game ball 5 is detected by the detector 125 through the guidance path 121, the electromagnet 128 is controlled via a main control device (FIG. 8) to be described later or by a separately provided control unit. When "ON", the connecting piece 128b and the rotating piece 122 overcome the force of the spring 128a.
As shown in FIG. 4, one of the winning balls 5a is received by the ball receiver 122 via the ball b. Then, again, the electromagnet 12
By turning “8” to “OFF”, the state shown in FIG. 3 is reached and the winning ball 5a is discharged to the discharge path 130. Thereafter, each time the prize ball detector 125 detects the prize ball, the same operation is performed to discharge the prize balls 5a one by one.

Next, the prize ball payout apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 5 is a front sectional view, FIG. 6 is a left sectional view of FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a right sectional view of FIG. The prize ball payout device 1 receives the prize ball 5 falling through the alignment path 103 and the meandering guide path 3. The base 4 of the prize ball dispensing device 1 is made of synthetic resin and has an H shape through a partition plate 2 in a side view. The base is pivotally supported by a pair of three-point supporting members (not shown) at the center. The fixed shaft 10 is provided with ball cutting rotators 7a and 7b that cut off odd and even numbers of the prize balls 5 at a time while being rotated by the weight of the prize balls 5 (count-out).

That is, the prize ball 5 from the taxiway 3 is received, and the odd number of ball cutting rotary members 7a are cut out (counting out) by three pieces (units) so as to have a substantially triangular section on the circumference. The ball receiving portion 6a is provided at three places by the partition wall 22a having a shape, while the even number of ball cutting rotary members 7b are received by the partition wall 22b having a substantially triangular cross section so that two (units) can be separated. Part 6
b are formed at four places, and the ball cutting rotary bodies 7a and 7b are independently and rotatably attached to the fixed shaft 10.
Note that the rotation direction of the ball cutting rotator 7a is counterclockwise (FIG. 6).
And the ball cutting rotator 7b is clockwise (FIG. 7).

The stop mechanisms of the ball cutting rotators 7a and 7b are provided at three positions at 120 ° intervals on the periphery of the side wall 23 of the ball cutting rotator 7a and at 90 ° intervals at the periphery of the side wall 24 of the ball cutting rotator 7b. Notch portions 23a and 23b formed at four places,
A projection 29a which can be brought into contact with and detached from the notches 23a, 23b;
And L-shaped stop plates 25a and 25b having a plurality of lift bars 27a and 27b of electromagnets 26a and 26b via springs 28a and 28b.
It is connected to. The stop plates 25a and 25b are installed so as to act on the notches 23a and 23b from above, and when the electromagnets 26a and 26b are "OFF", the own weight of the lift rods 27a and 27b and the stop plate 25a , 2
5b and the elastic force of the springs 28a and 28b are urged to abut against the side walls of the ball cutting rotators 7a and 7b, and the protrusions 29a and 29b contact the notches 23a and 23b to rotate the ball. The rotation of the bodies 7a and 7b is prohibited.

In this state, when the electromagnets 26a, 26b are energized (ON), the weights of the lift rods 27a, 27b, the weights of the stop plates 25a, 25b and the biasing forces of the springs 28a, 28b are overcome, and the projections 29a, 29b are overcome. Are notches 23a, 2
3b, the ball cutting rotators 7a and 7b rotate by the weight of the prize ball 5. In that state, the electromagnets 26a, 26
When b is de-energized (OFF), the projections 29a and 29b abut on the notches 23a and 23b to inhibit rotation by the same operation as described above.

The electromagnets 26a and 26b are mounted above the ball cutting bodies 7a and 7b, and stop plates 25a and 25b are provided.
Is configured to act on the notches 23a and 23b from above to prevent the rotation of the ball cutting rotators 7a and 7b.
Even if the spring force of the springs 28a and 28b decreases, the lift rod 2
The ball cutting rotators 7a and 7b can be stopped smoothly by the weights of the own weights 7a and 27b and the weights of the stop plates 25a and 25b. Reference numeral 31 denotes an operation hole formed in the partition plate 4,
The stop plate 25b is raised from the operation hole 31 by a driver or the like, and the ball cutting rotator 7b is freely rotated.
Payout of the prize ball 5 in the game.

Next, the operation of the prize ball payout apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The right part of FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of the prize ball payout device 1, and based on an input signal from the main control device, the counting control device uses the electromagnets 26a, 26
b to send out the prize balls 5 respectively. That is, based on the number of prize balls from the main control device, the counting control unit has the unit rotation number n1 of the odd-numbered (three) ball cutting rotator 7a and the unit number of even-numbered (two) unit rotations. Ball cutting rotator 7b
A combination of unit rotation speeds to pay out the unit rotation speed n2 in the shortest time is selected. For example, when the number of payouts is 7, n1 is determined as 1, n2 is determined as 2. When the number of payouts is 15, n1 is determined as 3, and n2 is determined as 3.
The numbers of conduction (ON) and non-conduction (OFF) of 6a and 26b are defined as n1 and n2.

FIG. 9 shows a time chart of "ON" and "OFF" of each electromagnet when the number of paid out prize balls 5 is 15. When the electromagnet 26a is turned "ON" (time t1), the weight of the stop rod 27a and the stop plate 25a and the spring 28a
The projection 29a of the stop plate 25a overcomes the reaction force of
After removing the ball 3a, the ball cutting rotator 7a starts rotating by its own weight of the prize ball 5 in the ball receiving portion. Immediately thereafter (time t2), the electromagnet 2
6a is set to "OFF". When the electromagnet 26a is turned "OFF", the projection 29a of the stop plate 25a is urged by the dead weight of the stop rod 27a and the stop plate 25a and the urging force of the spring 28a so as to abut the side wall rotating surface of the ball cutting rotary member 7a. When the notch 23a is reached, the projection 29
a comes into contact with the notch 23a to inhibit the rotation of the ball cutting rotary body 7a.

Thereafter, the same operation as described above is performed at times t3 and t4 and at times t5 and t6. That is, the counting control device pays out a total of 9 prize balls in 3 × 3 times by repeating “OFF” three times immediately after turning the electromagnet 26a “ON”. On the other hand, the counting control device also controls the electromagnet 26b at the same time, and turns “ON” at times t1, t3, and t5.
As a result, six prize balls are paid out two times three times. By the above operation, 9 prize balls are counted and paid out by the ball cutting rotator 7a and 6 prize balls by the ball cutting rotator 7b, and a total of 15 prize balls are paid out.

Next, the control of the winning balls after the pachinko machine start-up power is turned on, which is performed when the pachinko machine is opened or after a power failure, will be described with reference to FIG. The control flow of FIG. 10A will be described. After the power is turned on, first,
It is determined whether or not the winning ball detector (proximity switch) 125 is ON (S20). This determination cannot normally take place when a pachinko parlor is opened, but the game ball is placed in one of the winning openings (ordinary electric auditors 153, specific winning opening 155, winning opening 158,
159a, 159b, etc.), but a failure or a power failure occurs before the payout of the prize ball is completed, and thereafter, a process is performed when the power is turned on and restarted. Therefore, before the power failure, when there is no winning ball or when the payout of the prize ball is already completed, the winning ball detector 125 turns off the OF ball.
F (the winning ball is not detected), and the winning ball is processed according to the control flow shown in FIG. 11 without paying out the prize ball (S24).

Conversely, when the prize ball detector 125 is ON, there is an unprocessed prize ball before the power failure, so that the first prize is given to one prize ball so as not to be disadvantageous to the player. The prize balls of the number of balls (15 with many prize balls) are paid out.
This is because the winning balls before the power outage are counted as the second prize balls (prize balls 7).
Prize ball (normal electric accessory 153, etc.) or a specific prize port 155 for paying out the first number of prize balls (15 prize balls). Because the specific sphere counter that performs
In order not to be disadvantageous for the player, all of the winning balls are treated as the first number of prize balls (15) having a large number of prize balls. It is also conceivable to set and pay out the number of prize balls corresponding to the winning prize balls different from the first and second prize ball numbers, for example, to 13 as the processing after the power failure.

Therefore, the number of prize balls to be paid out is set to the first prize ball number (15) (S21), and the processing is performed until the payout is completed via the prize ball payout apparatus 1 (S22, S23). Then, returning to step 20, after paying out the specific prize balls (15) for one winning ball until the winning ball detector 125 no longer detects the winning ball, the winning ball shown in FIG. Is performed (S24). By the above processing,
After the power is turned on, unprocessed winning balls due to a power failure or a failure can be processed so as not to be disadvantageous to the player.

However, when the control shown in FIG. 10A is performed, after the power is turned on, while the processing of the winning ball is being performed, the player starts the game and the winning opening (the normal electric accessory 1) is started.
53), the number of prize balls for the prize ball is originally the second prize ball number (7 prize balls), but the first prize ball number (15 prize balls) is paid out. It will be. Therefore, in order to eliminate this inconvenience, the control shown in FIG. 10B is performed. Note that blocks having the same meaning as in FIG. 10A are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

After the power is turned on, when the winning ball detector 125 detects the presence of a winning ball, the firing motor is stopped,
The supply of the game balls to the firing unit is stopped to disable the game (S30). This measure aims at optimizing the number of prize balls to be paid out for the prize balls after the power is turned on by disabling the game until the payout of the prize balls for the prize balls won before the power is turned on is completed. While there is a winning ball, the game cannot be maintained, and the first number of prize balls (15) is paid out to one winning ball (S21, S2).
2, S23). Thereafter, when the winning ball detector 125 stops detecting the winning ball, the processing of the winning ball has been completed, so that the stop processing of the firing motor is released to enable the game (S31), and the next process of FIG. 11 is performed. Perform (S24). As described above, while paying out the special prize balls to the winning balls, the game is disabled, so that the number of prize balls to be paid out can be optimized.

Next, the payout control of the prize ball with respect to the winning ball will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, specific winning opening 1
When the player wins 55, the first number of prize balls (15),
For the other winning balls, the second number of prize balls (7) is paid out.

In step 1, the game ball is set to the specific winning port 15
5 is detected, that is, whether the specific sphere detector 155a detects the specific sphere. If the specific sphere is detected, 1 is added to the specific sphere counter and integrated (S1). Proceed to 3. Next, it is determined whether or not the prize ball detector 125 detects the prize ball 5a in the step 3, and if not, the process returns to the step 1 because no prize ball is paid out. Conversely, if it is detected, it is determined whether or not a big hit is being made (S21).
The winning ball 5a is discharged through the winning ball discharging device 120 (S4). By this operation, the prize balls 5a are immediately discharged and the prize balls are paid out by the processing described later, so that a large amount of the prize balls 5a at the time of the big hit can be promptly processed. That is, at the time of step 23 described below,
In other words, if the prize ball 5a is discharged after the prize ball has been paid out, extra time is required for the discharge time of the prize ball 5a, and the prize ball may overflow into the collective passage 116. Therefore, it is preferable to discharge the winning ball 5a during the big hit immediately after detecting the winning ball 5a.

On the other hand, if it is not a big hit in the step 21, the prize ball 5a is not discharged at this time, but is performed in a step 23 described later. Next, in step 5, it is determined whether or not the winning ball 5a is a specific ball by a specific ball counter.
If the specific ball counter is zero, the prize ball is not a specific prize ball, so the process proceeds to step 6, where the number of prize balls to be paid out is set to the second prize ball number (7), and the process proceeds to step 9. move on. On the other hand, if the specific ball counter is not zero in step 5, that is, if the winning ball is a specific winning ball, the first prize ball number (15 pieces) having a different payout number is set (S 7). ), And subtracts 1 from the value of the specific sphere counter, and proceeds to step 9 (S8). This subtraction process is a process corresponding to paying out the first number of prize balls for a specific ball.

In step 9, based on the number of prize balls to be paid out set in steps 6 and 7, the ball cutting rotator 7a,
After each of the rotation speeds 7b is determined, the payout is executed (S
10). Then, after the payout is completed, it is determined whether or not a big hit is being made (S22). When the big hit is being made, the process returns to the step 1 because the payout balls 5a have been completely discharged in the step 21. On the other hand, when it is not during the big hit, at this point, the winning ball 5a is discharged through the winning ball discharging device 120 (S23). At this stage, the prize balls 5a are discharged, for example, when paying out 15 prize balls, even if a power failure occurs when paying out 5 prize balls, the corresponding prize balls are still present. Since it has not been discharged, after the power failure is restored and the power is turned on, the prize ball is paid out again for the winning ball, so that the processing can be performed without giving a disadvantage to the player. Thereafter, the process returns to step 1 to sequentially pay out prize balls to the winning balls.

As described above, when a winning ball is detected,
If the specific ball counter is not zero, priority is given to paying out prize balls for the specific ball, so even if the total number of prize balls to be paid out is the same, a large number of prize balls are Can be acquired, which is favorable for players. or,
By changing the timing of discharging the winning prize ball 5a between during and not during the big hit, it is possible to expedite the discharging of the winning prize ball during the big hit. Handling can be processed so as not to be disadvantageous to the player. In order to simplify the control flow, the discharge timing of the prize ball 5a is performed almost simultaneously with the payout of the prize ball to the prize ball without discriminating whether or not it is a jackpot (at the time of S4 shown in FIG. 11). Alternatively, the payout of the prize ball may be performed after completion (at the time of S23 shown in FIG. 11).

In the above example, the operation of the prize ball discharging device 120 is performed by a flow in order to perform the operation via the main control device.
Alternatively, a processing mechanism for turning “ON” and “OFF” 28 may be separately provided. Further, the prize ball payout device may adopt a type other than the above-mentioned rotating system.

[0031]

The pachinko machine according to the first aspect of the present invention has a prize.
When the ball discharge time is almost the same as the prize ball payout
Or after the prize ball has been paid out
Can be changed,
Can be. Further, the pachinko machine according to claim 2 is configured to discharge a winning ball.
During the big hit, the payout time is almost the same as the prize ball payout.
Since the prize ball has been paid out except during the big hit,
During the big hit where many winning balls occur, the winning balls are processed quickly
Can prevent prize balls from overflowing the collective passage.
Power outage during prize ball payout except during big hits
Prize balls have not been ejected even if
It is disadvantageous for players because they can receive payout of product balls
No benefit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a back surface of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a winning ball discharging device.

FIG. 4 is a view showing another state of the winning ball discharging device.

FIG. 5 is a front sectional view of the prize ball payout apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a left side sectional view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a right side sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a control block diagram.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the prize ball payout device.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a control flow of a winning ball after power-on.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a control flow of prize ball payout corresponding to a winning ball.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 prize ball payout device 5 prize ball 5a prize ball 102 prize ball tank 116 assembly passage 120 prize ball discharge device 121 taxiway 125 prize ball detector 153 prize port 155 specific prize port 155a specific ball detector 159a, 159b prize port

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A prize ball payout device for paying out a prize ball, and a game
A set that collects the winning balls in the winning holes provided on the board
Installed in a passageway and a taxiway provided in communication with the
Placed prize ball detector and prize ball discharge to discharge the prize ball
And a device for detecting a winning ball with the winning ball detector.
Punch that pays out prize balls and discharges winning balls
A Nko machine, the winning ball discharge time of, about the same time as the payout of prize balls
And after the prize ball has been paid out,
Pachinko machine. 2. The prize ball is discharged during a big hit.
At the same time as the payout of the ball, except during the big hit
The snap-in according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing is completed.
Ko machine.