JP2948635B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a movable member which repeats a predetermined open state a predetermined number of times on condition that a hit ball wins a specific winning opening in a big hit state, and an opening of the movable member The present invention relates to a pachinko machine provided with a variable winning device having a winning increasing mechanism for increasing the possibility of hitting a hit ball received in the specific winning opening.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a movable member that repeats a predetermined open state a predetermined number of times on condition that a hit ball wins to a specific winning opening at the time of a big hit state, and a hit ball received while the movable member is opened is described as the specific winning opening. As a variable prize device having a prize increase mechanism for increasing the possibility of winning a prize, for example, a stop device (corresponding to a prize increase mechanism) for stopping a predetermined number of hit balls is provided in the variable prize device and stopped by the stop device There have been provided on the market those that guide the hit ball itself to win a specific winning opening when the parking is released, or that guide the subsequent hit ball to win the specific winning opening by the stopped hit ball. Such a stopping device has been designed to operate every time the movable member is opened a certain number of times.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-described pachinko machine, since the stopping device operates each time the movable member is opened, the movable member can easily reach the final predetermined number of times. become. For this reason, as long as the player hits the jackpot, the movable member is driven to the open state until the final round, so that the number of winning balls that can be obtained to some extent can be predicted, and the game has no problem of thrill 4. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has as its object the purpose of playing a game by not knowing whether or not the opening state of the rotating member will be continued until the final round even in the case of a big hit state. An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine capable of giving a thrill.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-described object, in the present invention, a movable member that repeats a predetermined open state a predetermined number of times on condition that a hit ball wins a specific winning opening during a big hit state, A pachinko machine equipped with a variable prize device having a prize increasing mechanism for increasing a possibility of causing a hit ball received during opening of the movable member to enter the specific winning opening; The present invention is characterized in that a prohibition control means for prohibiting the operation of the winning-enhancing mechanism is provided when the predetermined number of times of opening is established.

[Operation] Before the hit state is reached and the predetermined opening state of the movable member reaches the predetermined number of times, the winning increase mechanism is activated for each opening state of the movable member, and the hit ball is guided to the specific winning opening. Is more likely to occur. Therefore, there is a high possibility that the open state of the movable member will be continued up to the predetermined number of times. However, when the movable member is in the open state at the predetermined number of times, the winning increase mechanism does not operate, so the possibility that the hit ball received by the movable member is guided to the specific winning opening is determined when the win increasing mechanism operates. It will be lower than that. Therefore, if the hit ball is luckily led to the specific winning opening at this time and is continued to the next time, the winning increase mechanism is operated again from the next time, so that the predetermined number of times is set in the big hit state. The possibility that the open state of the movable member is continued until the last time is increased. On the other hand, when the hit ball has not been guided to the specific winning opening at the predetermined number of times, the open state of the movable member ends at that time. As described above, in the present invention, the winning increase mechanism is configured not to operate at a predetermined number of the predetermined number of times set in the big hit state, so that the open state of the movable member is continued until the last time. You can give the thrill to the player without knowing whether to do so.

Example An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, a pachinko machine to which the embodiment of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG. FIG. 7 is a front view of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 8 is a rear view thereof. In FIG. 7, a metal frame 3, a glass door frame 4, a front plate 5 and the like are attached to a front frame 2 of the pachinko machine 1, and a game board 6 is detachably attached to a back surface of the front frame 2. I have.

On the game board 6, a guide rail 8 for guiding a hit ball and defining a game area 7 is planted in a substantially circular shape. At the approximate center of the game area 7, a variable winning device 30 constituting a main part of the present embodiment is mounted. The variable winning device 30 will be described later in detail. Furthermore, in the game area 7, the normal winning openings 9a and 9b, the tulip winning openings 10a and 10b,
Starting winning prize openings 11a to 11c and jackpot status display lamps 12a and 12
b etc. are provided respectively. The starting winning opening 11a-11
Starting winning detection switches 13a to 13c corresponding to c
Is provided on the back surface.

On the surface of the front plate 5, an upper plate 14 for storing the paid-out prize balls and supplying a hit ball to a firing position is fixed,
On the front surface of the front frame 2 below the upper plate 14, an operation handle 15 for adjusting the resilience of a hit ball and a lower plate 16 for storing prize balls that could not be stored in the upper plate 14 are attached.

Next, in FIG. 8, a mechanism plate 17 is provided on the back of the pachinko machine 1 so as to be openable and closable, and the mechanism plate 17 has various winning holes provided in the gaming area 7. A well-known component, device, mechanism, or the like for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to is provided. For example, a prize ball tank 18, a prize ball payout device 19, a winning ball processing mechanism 20, and the like. At the substantially center of the mechanism plate 17, a large window opening 21 is opened, and through the window opening 21, a control circuit board case 22 attached to the back of the game board 6 and the variable winning device.
A cover case 23 covering the back surface of the projection 30 projects rearward.
In the control circuit board case 22, a drive source of the variable winning device 30 provided on the game board 6 and display lamps 12a, 12b are received in response to an input signal from an input device such as a detection switch provided on the game board 6. A control circuit board composed of a microcomputer or the like that sends an output signal to an output device such as the above and controls the entire game is stored.

Next, based on FIG. 1 to FIG.
The structure of the variable prize winning device 30 incorporating the prize will be described. First, the whole of the variable prize winning device will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of the variable winning device, FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the variable winning device, and FIG.
The figure is a sectional view taken along the line AA 'shown in FIG. In the figure, the variable winning device 30 has a mounting plate 31 mounted on the gaming board 6, and the mounting plate 31 has a vertically long window 32. An inverted U-shaped obstacle receiving portion 33 also serving as an upper decorative plate so as to cover the upper edge of the window portion 32, and a U-shaped lower receiving portion 34 also serving as a lower decorative plate so as to cover the lower edge. A pair of movable members 35a and 35b are attached to the mounting plate 31 and further slidably mounted in a horizontal direction between the obstacle receiving portion 33 and the lower receiving portion 34. The movable members 35a, 35b are fitted into projections 37a, 37b formed in lower portions of the movable members 35a, 35b in guide grooves 36a formed in the distal end of an upper ball guide plate 36 lying on the upper portion of the window portion 32. (However, 37b is not shown) is loosely fitted and guided and slid in the horizontal direction. In addition, the movable members 35a, 35b have tips 39a, 39b of rotating shafts 38a, 38b extending rearward of the mounting plate 31 (however, 39b is not shown).
Are loosely fitted, and the rear ends of the rotating shafts 38a and 38b are engaged with the operating member 40. A plunger 42 of a solenoid 41 as an electric drive source is connected to substantially the center of the operating member 40, and the operation of the solenoid 41 is controlled by the operating member 40 and the rotating shafts 38a and 38b.
Is transmitted to the movable members 35a and 35b via the. That is,
When the solenoid 41 is excited, the movable members 35a and 35b slide horizontally to open and accept a hit ball falling on the game board 6, and close when the solenoid 41 is demagnetized. Do not accept hit balls. In the case of this embodiment, the movable members 35a and 35b have a short time interval, for example, when a hit ball wins the starting winning openings 11a to 11c, approximately 0.5
Opening / closing control is performed at an interval of second, and when a specific winning opening 90a described later is won, opening and closing are controlled at an interval of about 0.75 seconds.

The mounting plate 31 has a recessed chamber peripheral wall 43 protruding rearward along the periphery of the window portion 32. A rear cover frame 44 is attached to the rear surface of the recessed chamber peripheral wall 43. The rear cover frame 44, the concave chamber peripheral wall 43, the obstacle receiving portion 33, the lower receiving frame 34, and the movable members 35a, 35b form a winning space 45 of the variable winning device 30. On the back surface of the rear cover frame 44, a drive source mounting plate 46 for mounting various driving sources of the variable winning device 30, for example, the solenoid 41 and a drive motor 59 to be described later, is attached.
Below 44, a rolling plate 49, which will be described later, includes
A lower component plate 71 to which the component 70 is attached is arranged.

Next, the configuration in the winning space 45 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. FIG. First, in FIG. 3, the upper ball guide plate 36 is laid on the upper part of the winning space 45,
The winning balls received by the movable members 35a and 35b are guided backward. The winning ball guided to the rear passes through a winning ball passing path 47 formed in the rear cover frame 44, and a winning ball exit formed at the lower end of the winning ball passing path 47.
From 48, it appears again on the rolling plate 49 disposed below the winning space 45, and flows downward. The winning balls discharged from the ball exit 48 are arranged below the flowing down thereof, and the flowing direction thereof is changed by the sorting device 50 which rotates in the left-right direction. The sorting device 50 is provided with a design in which the golfer is holding the club, and the winning ball discharged from the winning ball exit 48 is regarded as a golf ball, so that the club is sorted left and right. The sorting device 50 is fixed to one end of a rotating shaft 51 supported by the rear cover frame 44 as shown in FIGS.
An operating member 52 having upper and lower engaging pins 53, 54 is fixed to the other end of the 51. Engagement pin 53 provided on top
Is adapted to engage with a sliding member 55 provided on the drive source mounting plate 46 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. That is, the engaging pin 53 is inserted into the engaging long hole 56 formed substantially at the center of the sliding member 55, and the sliding of the sliding member 55 in the left-right direction causes the operating portion rod 52 to move about the rotation shaft 51. And turn. The sliding member 55 is connected to the drive source mounting plate 46.
The guide pins 57a, 57b implanted in the sliding member 55 are slidably supported by being inserted into guide elongated holes 58a, 58b formed on both left and right sides of the sliding member 55.

A drive motor 59 is attached to the drive source mounting plate 46,
A rotary cam 60 is fixed to the tip of the output shaft.
An eccentric pin 61 is located at an eccentric position of the rotary cam 60.
The eccentric pin 61 is inserted into the long engaging hole 56 of the sliding member 55. Therefore, the drive motor
The rotation of the rotary cam 60 by the operation of 59 causes the sliding member 55 to slide in the left-right direction. Then, the operating member 52 rotates left and right around the rotation shaft 51 within a certain angle range, and the distribution member 50 fixed to the tip of the rotation shaft 51 also rotates left and right.

On the other hand, the engagement pin 54 provided at the lower part of the operation member 52 is
It is inserted into an elongated engagement hole 63 of a decorative rotation member 62 rotatably supported by a shaft 65 at the rear of the rear cover frame 44. The decorative rotation member 62 is formed in a “U” shape,
Decorative plates 64a, 64b with a mole design at both ends
The decorative plates 64a, 64b are alternately protruded and retracted from openings 67a, 67b (see FIG. 4) formed on both sides of the rear portion of the rolling plate 49. That is, the turning operation of the operating member 52 is transmitted to the decoration turning member 62 by the engagement between the engagement pin 54 and the engagement long hole 63, whereby the decoration turning member 62 is The decorative plates 64a and 64b are hidden or appear in the rolling plate 49 because they rotate vertically when viewed, thereby enhancing the decorative effect under the winning space 45. In addition,
The illustrated decorative rotating member 62 has little effect on the flowing state of the winning ball discharged from the winning ball exit 48,
Distributing member by arranging it near the center instead of the rear part of the rolling plate 49
It may be configured to further change the flow state of the winning balls sorted by 50.

In the illustrated embodiment, a 10-count switch 66 for detecting a winning ball guided by the movable members 35a and 35b is attached to an entrance portion of the winning ball passing path 47. As shown in FIG.
It is configured to go around the rotation shaft 51 so as to avoid the above.

Next, the stopping device 70 provided on the rolling plate 49 will be described. The lowering device 70 includes a lower component plate including the rolling plate 49.
Attached to 71 and as shown in FIG. 6,
It comprises a stationary solenoid 72, a swing member 77, and a retractable member 81. At the tip of the plunger 73 of the stationary solenoid 72,
A connecting member 75 is connected, and the connecting member 75 has a lower constituent plate.
A swinging protruding piece 78 of a swinging member 77 pivotally supported by a shaft 79 to 71 is connected by a connecting pin 76. A retractable member 81 is loosely fitted to an engaging portion 80 formed at the tip of the swinging member 77, and retractable protrusions 82a and 82b formed at both ends of the retractable member 81 are attached to the rolling plate 49. It is housed in the formed sliding holes 83a, 83b.

The stationary device 70 configured as described above is in a normal state,
That is, when the stationary solenoid 72 is in the non-excited state, the projecting pieces 82a, 83b are substantially flush with the upper end positions of the sliding holes 83a, 83b by the urging force of the urging spring 74 provided around the plunger 73. When the stationary solenoid 72 is excited when the predetermined condition is achieved and the stationary solenoid 72 is excited, the plunger 73 is attracted against the urging force of the urging spring 74, so that the swing member 77 is moved. Swings and the projecting pieces 82a, 82b
A recess is formed on the rolling plate 49 by being retracted into the a and 83b. Since the concave sliding holes 83a and 83b have substantially the same diameter as the pachinko balls, the winning balls flowing down the rolling plate 49 fall and stay at the positions. The stoppage of the winning ball is maintained while the stop solenoid 72 is excited, but when the stop solenoid 72 returns to the non-excited state, the projecting and retracting projections 82a, 82
Since b rises, the winning balls stopped in the sliding holes 83a and 83b are pushed out and flow down on the rolling plate 49 again. The lower component plate 71 is provided with engaging protrusions 84a and 84b (see FIG. 4; 84a is not shown) projecting from the side wall of the rolling plate 49. (Not shown) to support the front of the lower component plate 71.
By engaging an engaging projection 85 formed at the rear end of the mounting plate with an engaging hole 86 (see FIG. 3) drilled in the drive source mounting plate 46, the rear is supported, and the mounting plate as a whole is supported. Fixed to 31. The stationary solenoid 72 is connected to the movable member 35.
Unlike the solenoid 41 for the a and 35b, the variable winning device is attached to the mounting plate 31 in the vertical direction.
In the back surface structure of 30, a design structure with a higher degree of freedom can be achieved. In other words, if the stationary solenoid 72 is to be mounted in the same direction as the solenoid 41 (parallel to the mounting plate 31), the stationary solenoid 72 must be mounted below the solenoid 41 or on one of the left and right sides due to its design. No. However, in such a case, since the solenoid 41 is located at the center in relation to the movable members 35a and 35b, there is a case where a part of the stationary solenoid 72 jumps out of the projection area range of the mounting plate 31 and is mounted. In such a case, when the set variable winning device 30 is mounted on the game board 6, it cannot be smoothly inserted into the mounting hole. In order to solve this, a small stationary solenoid 72 may be used,
This small one has the disadvantage that the life of the stationary device 70, which undergoes repeated operations, is shortened, and the stationary solenoid 72 having a certain size must be used. Therefore, if the stationary solenoid 72 is mounted vertically to the mounting plate 31 as in the illustrated embodiment, the above-mentioned problem does not occur, and the size of the stationary solenoid 72 can be freely selected. can do.

A plurality of winning ports 90a to 90c are provided below the rolling plate 49.
Are formed. The plurality of winning openings 90a to 90c are formed by a pair of winning opening partition protrusions 91a, 91b formed in the lower receiving portion 34.
The winning prize opening at the center sandwiched between the winning prize opening projecting pieces 91a and 91b is a specific winning opening 90a, and the left and right winning openings are normal winning openings 90b and 90c. Special winning opening 9
At 0a, a V winning ball detection switch 92 is provided to detect a big hit state and detect a signal for sliding the movable members 35a and 35b again from the beginning by detecting during the big hit state. Things. In the winning space 45, the movable member 35a,
8 L indicating the number of open / close cycles detailed after 35b
The ED lamp 68 and the front surface of the rear cover frame 44 are guided by the movable members 35a and 35b during one opening / closing cycle, and
A 7-segment LED 69 for displaying the number of winning balls detected by the 0 count switch 66 is also provided. Note that the LED lamp 68 is a two-color light emitting LED, and the movable members 35a, 35b
1st to 8th opening / closing cycle times (continuation times)
Illuminates in red until, and illuminates in yellow up to the ninth to sixteenth open / close cycles.

The above-mentioned stopping device 70 on the rolling plate 49 and a plurality of winning openings 90a
Referring to FIG. 4, the relationship between .about.90c will be described. In the state where the stopping device 70 is not operated as shown in FIG. 4 (a), that is, when the stopping solenoid 72 is in the non-excited state, the winning prize ball is obtained. The winning balls discharged from the outlet 48 change its flowing direction according to the rotation timing of the sorting device 50 and flow downward on the rolling plate 49, and a plurality of winning ports 90
Win one of a to 90c. In this case, multiple winning ports
Which one of the winning ports 90a to 90c is to be won is determined by the timing of contact between the sorting device 50 and the winning ball discharged from the winning ball exit 48. It is impossible to say unconditionally if the cost is high. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), when the stopping device 70 is operated, that is, when the stopping solenoid 72 is excited, some of the winning balls discharged from the winning ball outlet 48 have a concave shape. Into the sliding holes 83a and 83b, and stops at that position. Then, the winning ball discharged from the winning ball exit 48 thereafter collides with the stopped winning ball and changes the flowing direction mainly toward the center unless it is changed to the left and right ends by the sorting member 50. , Specific Winning 90
It becomes easier to win a. The winning ball flowing down on the rolling plate 49 in this way is not only the sorting device 50, but also the winning ball discharged earlier, and collides with the winning ball stopped by the stopping device 70 and flows in the downward direction. Is changed. In addition, by changing the installation position of the sliding holes 83a and 83b formed on the rolling plate 49, for example, the interval between the two sliding holes 83a and 83b, and the position in the longitudinal direction, the specific winning opening 90a is obtained. Needless to say, you can adjust the winning rate.

In the illustrated embodiment, one lamp 88a or 88b is provided on the left and right of the center of the mounting plate 31 and on the left and right of the peripheral wall 43 of the recessed chamber.
(See FIG. 2; however, 88a is not shown.) Decorated plates 87a, 87c or 87b, 87d in the form of convex lenses (see FIG. 1; a golf ball design is provided).
Are provided to enhance the decorative effect of the front of the mounting plate 31 and the winning space 45. Further, a plurality of triangular LED lamps 89 are arranged on one side of the rear cover frame 44 to decorate the winning space 45 as a wooden design.

Next, an outline of the operation of the pachinko machine 1 having the above-described configuration will be described. When the player operates the operation handle 15 and hits a ball into the game area 7 and the hit ball hits one of the start winning openings 11a to 11c,
The corresponding start winning detection switches 13a to 13c are operated, and the movable members 35a and 35b are slid once or twice for about 0.5 second.
When the ball that has won the winning space 45 during the one or two sliding operations has won the specific winning opening 90a, a big hit state is established. When the big hit state is reached, the movable member 35a,
35b starts the sliding operation. This sliding operation is performed 18 times at intervals of about 0.75 seconds.When the 10 count switch 66 detects 10 winning balls during the 18 sliding operations, the sliding operation is performed in the middle of the sliding operation. Even if there is, the operation is terminated (this operation is called an open / close cycle). Further, when the hit ball received by the movable members 35a, 35b during the opening / closing cycle wins the specific winning opening 90a, the opening / closing cycle is immediately terminated, and the next opening / closing cycle is repeated again through a predetermined time interval. The number of continuations of such an opening / closing cycle is set to a maximum of 16 times on condition that the hit ball wins the specific winning opening 90a. Further, in the present embodiment, the stop device
70 is also activated, which will be described in detail below.

Next, the operation of the stationary solenoid 72 for controlling the operation of the stationary device 70 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The subroutine processing shown in FIG. 9 is performed by a control circuit including a microcomputer provided in the control circuit board case 22.

First, the value of the opening / closing cycle continuation counter is set to “8”.
Is determined or is the last round of “16” (step S10). When the value of the continuation number counter is not “8” or “16”, the stop solenoid 72 is turned on (step S20). The ON state of the stationary solenoid 72 is maintained until the number of times of sliding of the movable member exceeds “14” (step S3).
0) or 10 counters for counting the number of winning balls are continued until the value of the counter becomes 6 or more (step S40), and when the number of sliding of the movable member exceeds “14”, or 10
When the value of the counter becomes “6” or more,
The stop solenoid is turned off (step S50). That is, when the value of the opening / closing cycle continuation number counter is not “8” or “16”, there is a possibility that the stopping device 70 operates and the hit ball accepted by the variable winning device 30 wins the specific winning opening 90a. Therefore, there is a high possibility that the open / close cycle of the movable members 35a and 35b will be continued at least from the first time to the seventh time and from the ninth time to the 16th time.

On the other hand, the value of the open / close cycle continuation counter is “8”.
Or, when the final round is "16", the above steps
The processing from S20 to step S50 is not performed, and the hit ball received by the variable winning device 30 is not stored. For this reason, the hit ball accepted by the variable winning device 30 is
The chance of winning the 90a is less likely to be continued compared to the other opening / closing cycles, and the “eighth” except for the last “16” that does not need to be continued In the opening / closing cycle, the player must play the game with a sense of tension whether or not the continuation right is generated, and can enjoy the thrill.

The embodiment has been described above. In the above-described embodiment, the upper limit of the number of continuations is “16”. However, another number may be set. In addition, the number of times the operation of the stopping device 70 is prohibited is set to a substantially intermediate “8” time, but this may be set arbitrarily. Further, a plurality of times at which the operation of the stopping device 70 is prohibited may be set.

In addition, although the stopping device 70 is shown as a winning increase mechanism, other mechanisms such as a mechanism for changing the size of the specific winning opening 90a and a mechanism for guiding a ball toward the specific winning opening 90a may be used. . In short, any mechanism that increases the possibility of winning a specific winning opening may be used. Conversely, in the normal opening / closing cycle, the hit ball is relatively easily guided to the specific winning opening, and the guiding of the hit ball to the specific winning opening is suppressed only for a predetermined number of opening / closing cycles. The same object and effect as those of the present invention can be achieved even when the suppression mechanism is activated.

Further, in the above embodiment, as the pachinko machine that makes the big hit state appear, the movable members 35a, 35b that open and close when
In the above description, the hitting ball received at the specific winning opening 90a has a big hit (a so-called Hikoki-type pachinko machine). Good. For example, when the symbol combination at the time of stop of the symbol display device that fluctuates and displays based on the winning start becomes a predetermined combination,
In a pachinko machine of the type in which a big hit is made and the variable prize device is opened for a fixed time or until a predetermined number of prize balls are present (so-called digital type pachinko machine), the variable prize device is provided with a prize increasing mechanism in the same manner as the above embodiment. Operation may be performed.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above description, in the present invention, the winning increase mechanism is configured not to operate at a predetermined number of the predetermined number of times set in the big hit state, so that it is movable. It is not known whether or not the open state of the member continues until the last time, and it is possible to give a thrill to the player.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a variable winning device provided in the pachinko machine according to the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the variable winning device, and FIG. 3 is a line AA 'shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the operation of the stopping device, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing only the sorting device, FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing only the stopping device, FIG. Fig. 8 is a front view of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment, Fig. 8 is a rear view of the pachinko machine, and Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the stopping device of the embodiment. 1 ... Pachinko machine, 30 ... Variable winning device 35a, 35b ... Movable member 70 ... Stop device (winning mechanism) 90a ... Special winning opening

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A movable member that repeats a predetermined open state a predetermined number of times on condition that a hit ball wins a specific winning opening in a big hit state, and a hit ball received while the movable member is opened wins the specific winning opening. A pachinko machine provided with a variable prize device having a prize increase mechanism for increasing a possibility of causing the prize increase mechanism to operate when the movable member is in a predetermined number of open states out of a fixed number of open states of the movable member. A pachinko machine characterized by comprising a prohibition control means for prohibiting the operation.