JP3004962B2 - Prize winning 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 winning device for a ball and ball game machine.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION For example, in a pachinko machine having a third-type starting port, a winning device used as the third-type starting port is provided with a predetermined time by a rotating operation of a rotating body driven by a motor. There is a prize device of a rotating body specification in which a game ball is guided to a prize port in a periodic cycle.

Conventionally, the winning device of the rotating body specification has a rotating body that rotates around a rotation axis in the front-rear direction and a rotatable housing of the rotating body in front of a front decorative plate mounted on the front of a game board. Prize case, and a prize opening is formed on the upper side of the prize case, and a passing opening is formed on the front plaque on the back side of the rotating body,
When the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body corresponds to the winning opening side, the winning of the game ball is prevented by the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body, and when the cutout portion of the rotating body corresponds to the winning opening, the gaming ball of the winning opening is cut off. Through the notch, it is guided from the passage opening to the back side of the front plaque to be treated as a prize.

[0004]

In the conventional prize apparatus of the rotating body type, since the rotator and the prize case are provided on the front side of the front decorative plate, the entire structure of the prize apparatus, in particular, the front side protruding from the front side of the game board. There is a disadvantage that the structure of the part becomes very large.

[0005] That is, in the conventional winning device, there is a winning opening above the winning case, and when the cutout portion of the rotating body corresponds to the winning opening, the game ball is once cut out of the rotating body in the winning case. After being received in the part, the front part of the front plaque including the winning case and the rotator is extremely shaped in shape, since it is guided from the cutout part of this rotating body to the back side of the front plaque through the passage opening. There is a disadvantage that the size of the winning device becomes large as a result.

For this reason, when a gaming machine unit is configured by using a conventional prize device of a rotating body type as a third-type starting port, the area occupied by the front portion of the prize device becomes very large. It is difficult to arrange other winning devices at the optimum positions, and it is difficult to design and arrange the positional relationship between the respective winning devices, and it is also difficult to design when arranging a large number of gaming nails near each winning device. There are problems such as.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem,
An object of the present invention is to provide a prize winning device for a ball-and-ball game machine in which a front portion can be made smaller than a front decorative plate and the whole can be miniaturized.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a ball-and-ball game machine in which a game ball is guided to a winning opening 27 at a predetermined time period by a rotating operation of a rotating body 26 driven by a motor 25. In the prize-winning device, the front plaque 28 attached to the front of the game board 5 is rotated around a rotation axis 30 in the front-rear direction.
Rotator 26 is placed close to the front plaque 28,
In the body 26, the passing part 39 through which the game ball passes and the game ball
And a blocking portion 38 for blocking the rotation of the rotating body 26.
It is provided to selectively respond to the winning opening 27 more.
You.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the entire pachinko machine. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an outer frame, and 2 denotes a front frame, which is pivotally attached to the front side of the outer frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. Front frame 2 has glass door 3 and front panel
A game board 5 is removably mounted on the back side of the front frame 2 corresponding to these.

An upper plate 6 is mounted on the front plate 4, and this upper plate
6 is provided with a ball removing lever 7. A lower plate 8 and a firing handle 10 of a firing device 9 are provided below the front frame 2. When the firing device 9 operates the firing handle 10, the game balls supplied one by one from the upper plate 6 are hit with a hitting hammer, and the game balls are fired to the game board 5 side.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 5 is formed by cutting a veneer plate or the like into a substantially square shape. A guide rail 11 for guiding a game ball fired by the firing device 9 is mounted in an annular shape. In the game area 12 inside the guide rail 11, a normal symbol display device 13, a starting gate 14, a winning device 15 to 18, a specific winning device 19, a third type starting device 20, a large winning device 21, and an out opening 22 are respectively provided. ing.

Normally, the symbol display device 13 has three symbol display portions in the left and right direction, and when the starting gate 14 detects the passing of the game ball, the display symbol of each symbol display portion fluctuates by a predetermined time by random number processing. It is configured as follows. The inside of the specific winning device 19 is divided into three parts, and the center thereof is a special device operating area 23. In this specific winning device 19, the stop symbol of each symbol display section of the ordinary symbol display device 13 is "7.7."
・ When a specific winning symbol such as “7” is reached, it becomes valid for a predetermined time, during which the game ball is moved to the special device operation area 23.
After passing through, a special device (not shown) is activated.

The big winning device 21 is an opening / closing plate that opens and closes around the horizontal axis.
It has 24. The third-type starting device 20 opens the opening / closing plate 24 of the special winning device 21 when a game ball wins during the operation of the special device, and a predetermined time elapses after the opening, or 10 game balls win. When opened, the open / close plate 24 is closed. The special device is configured to stop operating when 16 game balls win the third type starting device 20 or when the game ball passes through the special device operation area 23 again.

The third type starting device 20 is of a rotating body type,
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 8, a rotating body 26 driven by a motor 25 is provided, and the rotating operation of the rotating body 26 guides the game balls to the winning opening 27 at a predetermined time period. ing. That is, the third type starting device 20 is
A front decorative plate 28 attached to the front of the front decorative plate 28, and a winning opening 27 formed through the front side of the front decorative plate 28 through the front and rear,
A receiving portion 29 that receives a game ball on the front side of the front plaque 28 and guides it to the winning opening 27 side, and a rotating body 26 that is arranged close to the back side of the front plaque 28 and rotates around a rotation axis 30 in the front-rear direction. And a motor 25 for driving the rotating body arranged near the back side of the rotating body 26
And a guide passage 31 for guiding the game ball backward on one side of the rotating body 26 and the motor 25, and a detection switch 32 for detecting the game ball in the guide passage 31.

The front decorative plate 28 is detachably fixed to the game board 5 by two screws 33 in a diagonal direction. The winning opening 27 is a round hole or the like having a larger diameter than the game ball, and a receiving portion 29 is integrally provided on the front surface of the front decorative plate 28 so as to protrude forward corresponding to the winning opening 27. I have. The receiving part 29 has one game ball.
It is large enough to be mounted on it, has a U-shaped cross section, and is closed at the front end side by a closing portion.

The left and right sides of the receiving portion 29 are provided with a skirt portion 35 which is curved in an arc shape from the upper edge to the lower side.
Are formed, and a game ball that cannot be placed on the receiving portion 29 is guided by the skirt portion 35. On the bottom wall of the receiving portion 29, there is provided a rib-shaped inclined portion 29a which is inclined backward and downward so as to guide the game ball to the winning opening 27 side.

The rotating body 26 is formed in a part of the outer peripheral side of a cylindrical body 36 having an outer peripheral surface in a cylindrical shape so as to allow a single game ball to pass therethrough so as to be recessed in a U-shape inside. A recess 37 in the front-rear direction.
The recess 37 is a passage 39. The blocking portion 38 blocks the game ball on the winning opening 27 side, and the passing portion 39 is for passing the game ball on the winning opening 27 side to the back side of the front decorative plate 28,
These selectively correspond to the winning opening 27 by the rotation of the rotating body 26. The main part of the rotating body 26 is located below the winning opening 27, and the bottom inner surface of the passing portion 39 substantially coincides with the lower inner surface of the winning opening 27, or the bottom inner surface of the passing portion 39 wins. The front decorative plate 28 is disposed at substantially the center in the vertical direction so as to be slightly lower than the lower inner surface of the mouth 27.

The rotating body 26 is supported by a rotating shaft 30 fitted to a central boss portion 40. The rotating shaft 30 is eccentric from the center of the motor 25 and protrudes forward. The motor 25 is a motor with a speed reducer having a speed reducer therein, and drives the rotating body 26 at an appropriate speed via the rotating shaft 30.
The motor 25 is detachably fixed to the two boss portions 41 projecting from the front decoration plate 28 to the back side by screws 42 from the back side.

The guide passage 31 is provided on one side of the rotating body 26 and the motor 25 which are arranged close to each other in the front-rear direction.
The game ball is guided rearward by the motor 25 and a side wall 43 arranged in the front-rear direction with an interval between them. The side wall 43 is formed integrally with the front decorative plate 28, and the front end side of the guide passage 31 has a passage portion 39 of the rotating body 26.
A guide plate 44 is provided on the game ball to guide the game ball toward the guide passage 31 when the entered game ball is sent to the guide passage 31 side by its rotation. The guide plate 44 integrally projects rearward from the front decoration plate 28 and is integrally connected to the front end of the side wall 43.

The detection switch 32 has a through hole 45 at the rear end side of the flat main body, and is configured to electrically detect a game ball passing through the through hole 45. The detection switch 32 is detachably inserted into the switch holding portion 46 below the guide passage 31 from the back side, and is locked by a locking claw 47a that can be detachably engaged.

The rotator 26 is made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin material. A light emitting body such as an LED is provided on the outer peripheral side of the rotating body 26 so as to illuminate the rotating body 26 from the outer peripheral side.
A plurality of 47 are arranged in the circumferential direction. Each luminous body 47 is a substrate
48, and the board 48 is a boss part integrated with the front decoration plate 28.
It is detachably fixed to the screw 49 by a screw 50. The board 48 is arranged between the front decoration plate 28 and the motor 25.

The front decorative plate 28 is located below the receiving portion 29,
The portion corresponding to the front end of the light transmission portion 52 is a light transmission portion 52. Therefore, if the light emitting body 47 is made to emit light when predetermined conditions are satisfied, such as when the detection switch 32 detects a game ball, the light is transmitted to the light transmitting portion 52 side via the rotating body 26 and the illumination is performed. It is possible to exhibit the effect. The front decoration plate 28 is entirely made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin material, and has a light-shielding decorative seal 53 almost entirely except for the light-transmitting portion 52 and the peripheral portion.
Is installed.

The rotating body 26, the motor 25, the guide passage 31, the detection switch 32 and the like are removably inserted into the mounting holes 51 of the game board 5 from the front side.

When a game is played in the above-described ball game machine, the launching device is set in a state where the game ball is put in the upper plate 6.
Operate the 9 launch handle 10. Then, the game balls of the upper plate 6 are supplied one by one in conjunction with the firing operation of the firing device 9,
The game ball is hit with a hitting hammer and fired sequentially along the guide rail 11 toward the upper side of the game board 5.

The game ball fired on the upper side of the game board 5 is
While falling along the board of the game board 5, the player wins the prize-winning devices 15 to 18 or the like, or falls to the lower part of the game board 5 and enters the out port 22 to pass to the rear side of the game board 5. go.

When the game ball passes through the starting gate 14, the symbol of each symbol display section of the ordinary symbol display device 13 fluctuates for a predetermined time. If the stopped symbol after the change is a specific winning symbol, the specific prize device 19 is activated, and the specific prize device is activated.
When the game ball that wins 19 passes through the special device operation area 23, the special device operates. When the game ball wins the third type starting device 20 during the operation of the special device, the opening and closing plate of the big winning device 21
24 opens. The big winning device 21 is closed when a predetermined time elapses or when ten game balls are won.

In the third type starting device 20, when a game ball falling along the game board 5 is placed on the receiving portion 29, the game ball is guided to the winning opening 27 side. However, during the game, since the motor 25 is constantly operating and the rotating body 26 is rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow a, when the blocking portion 38 of the rotating body 26 corresponds to the winning opening 27, the blocking portion 38 The game ball is blocked by the winning opening 27 side, and when the passing portion 39 responds, the game ball is passed from the winning opening 27 to the passing portion 39.
Through the front plaque 28. Therefore, when the rotating body 26 rotates, the game balls on the receiving portion 29 can be guided to the winning opening 27 at a predetermined time period according to the rotation speed.

That is, when the blocking portion 38 of the rotating body 26 corresponds to the winning opening 27, as shown by a virtual line in FIGS. 7 and 8,
Since the blocking portion 38 contacts the game ball on the winning opening 27 side, the blocking of the game ball into the winning opening 27 can be reliably prevented by the blocking portion 38, and the game ball is in a standby state on the receiving portion 29. Therefore, during the operation of the special device, the special winning device 21 does not open even if a game ball is placed on the receiving portion 29.

A passing portion 39 is formed as a winning opening as the rotating body 26 rotates.
In response to 27, the game ball enters from the winning opening 27 to the passing section 39 side and quickly passes through the winning opening 27. Then, the game ball is sent in the direction indicated by the arrow a by the rotation of the rotating body 26 in a state of being placed on the passing portion 39, and moves from the passing portion 39 to the guide passage 31 side. It moves backward, falls downward from the passage hole 45 of the detection switch 32, and is guided along the collecting plate.

When the game ball passes through the winning opening 27 and the detection switch 32 detects the game ball, the special winning device 21
The opening / closing plate 24 is opened. Therefore, if the game balls are sequentially fired toward the upper side of the game board 5 by the firing device 9, the game balls can easily enter the big prize winning device 21 through the opening / closing plate 24, and a great profit for the player. Is reduced.

In the third type starting device 20, a winning opening 27 is provided in the front decorative plate 28, a receiving portion 29 and a rotating body 26 are provided before and after the front decorative plate 28, and the upper side of the rotating body 26 is provided. The rotating body 26 is arranged below the winning opening 27 so as to prevent the game ball in the winning opening 27 from being stopped. For this reason, the receiving portion 29 and the skirt portion 35 are provided on the front side of the front decorative plate 28 to some extent, and the front portion protruding forward from the front decorative plate 28 can be reduced.

Therefore, even when another prize winning device or the like is arranged around the third type starting device 20, the position can be easily selected, and the game parts can be easily arranged at the optimum positions. The degree of freedom is great. Also, when a large number of game nails are arranged around the third type starting device 20, the arrangement of the third type starting device 20 can be determined relatively freely without being affected by the small size of the front portion of the third type starting device 20. .

When the rotating body 26 is disposed below the winning opening 27, the blocking portion 38 on the upper side prevents the game ball from passing through the winning opening 27, and when the passing portion 39 corresponds to the winning opening 27. , Winning opening 27
Since the game ball on the side passes through the winning opening 27 to the back side of the front plaque 28, the rotating body on the back side of the front plaque 28
26 can also be reduced. For this reason, the whole device can be miniaturized together with the fact that the front side portion can be made smaller than the front decorative plate 28. Of course, the mounting hole 51 on the game board 5 side can be made small, and the hole processing becomes easy.

The rotating body 26 and the motor 25 are arranged in front and rear, and a guide passage is provided on one side of the rotating body 26 and the motor 25.
31 is provided, and after the game ball that has entered the passage portion 39 of the rotating body 26 is sent to the guide passage 31 side by the rotation of the rotating body 26, the game ball is guided backward through the guide passage 31. Therefore, the back side of the front decorative plate 28 can be downsized also in this respect. In particular, one side wall of the guide passage 31 is
And the size can be further reduced.

A switch holding portion 46 is provided below the guide passage 31.
Since the detection switch 32 is detachably inserted into the switch holding portion 46 from the rear side, the detection switch 32 can be easily and reliably mounted. Moreover, the rotating body 26 and the motor 25
Since there is a guide passage 31 on one side of the guide passage 31 and a detection switch 32 below the guide passage 31, the rotating body 26, the motor 25, the guide passage 31 and the detection switch 32 are compactly mounted on the back side of the front decoration plate 28. Can be placed.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. The receiving portion 29 on the front side of the front decorative plate 28 is desirably sized so that two or more game balls are not placed thereon at the same time, but two receiving balls may be placed at the same time. The receiving portion 29 may be any as long as it can guide the game balls placed thereon to the winning opening 27 side, and the shape and structure are not particularly important.

The rotating body 26 may have a solid shape or a disk shape. In this case, the cutout portion of the disk-shaped rotating body 26 is defined as a passing section 39, and the winning opening 27 is sandwiched between the rotating bodies 26.
The guide passage 31 may be provided so as to correspond to the rear of the vehicle. Therefore, the rotator 26 may not have a function of sending the game ball that has entered the passage portion 39 to the lateral guide passage 31 by its rotation. Although the rotation shaft 30 of the motor 25 is eccentric with respect to the motor 25 main body, it may be provided so as to coincide with the axis of the motor 25 main body.

In the embodiment, the winning device used for the third type starting device 20 has been described in detail.
It goes without saying that it can be used for various prize devices other than 20. Further, the present invention can be similarly applied to pachinko machines, arrange ball machines, and other general ball and ball game machines, and is not limited to pachinko machines and the like.

[0040]

According to the present invention, a prize winning device of a ball game machine in which a game ball is guided to a winning opening 27 at a predetermined time period by rotating operation of a rotating body 26 driven by a motor 25. , Front plaque attached to the front of the game board 5
On the back side of 28, a rotating body that rotates around the rotation axis 30 in the front-back direction
26 is arranged close to the front plaque 28,
The passing section 39 through which the game ball passes and the game ball are blocked at the winning opening 27 side
Prize by the rotation of the rotating body 26
Since it is provided so as to selectively correspond to the mouth 27, there is no need to dispose the rotating body 26 or the like on the front side of the front decorative plate 28 unlike the conventional case, and the front part can be made smaller than the front decorative plate 28, and the whole Can be reduced in size.

Also, since the rotating body 26 is arranged so that the center is located below the winning opening 27, the rotating body 26 prevents the game ball from winning to the winning opening 27. A structure or the like in which a winning game ball is received and guided by the rotating body 26 can be easily adopted.

The front decorative plate 28 is provided with a winning opening 27 through which game balls pass from the front side to the rear side of the front decorative plate 28, and the front side of the front decorative plate 28 receives game balls and is provided with a winning opening 27 side. Since the receiving portion 29 for guiding is provided, the structure of the front portion including the front decorative plate 28 can be simplified.

In addition, on the back side of the front plaque 28, a rotating body 26 that rotates around a rotation axis 30 in the front-rear direction is disposed close to the front plaque 28, and a passing portion through which a game ball passes is provided on the rotating body 26. 39
And the blocking portion 38 for blocking the game ball at the winning opening 27 side, so that these selectively correspond to the winning opening 27 by the rotation of the rotating body 26, the blocking portion 38 of the rotating body 26 wins When corresponding to the mouth 27 side, the blocking portion 38 can easily and surely prevent the winning of the game ball on the winning opening 27 side, and when the passing portion 39 corresponds to the winning hole 27, the game ball on the winning opening 27 side. Can be quickly passed. Therefore, the structure on the back side of the front decorative plate 28 can be simplified and the size can be reduced.

Further, the rotator 26 and the motor 25 are arranged in the front-rear direction, and a guide for guiding the game ball guided by the passage portion 39 of the rotator 26 to one side of the rotator 26 and the motor 25. Since the passage 31 and the detection switch 32 for detecting a game ball in the guide passage 31 are provided, the rotating body 2
6. The motor 25, the guide passage 31, and the detection switch 32 can be arranged compactly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a ball game machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a third type starting device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway front view of a third type starting device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a rear cross-sectional view of a third type starting device showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partially broken plan view showing a mounted state of a third type starting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a central side of a mounted state of a third type starting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a mounted state of a third type starting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 Game board 20 Type 3 starting device 25 Motor 26 Rotating body 27 Winning opening 28 Front decoration plate 29 Receiving part 30 Rotating shaft 31 Guide passage 32 Detection switch 38 Blocking part 39 Passing part

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotating body (26) driven by a motor (25).
In a prize winning device of a ball game machine in which a game ball is guided to a winning opening (27) at a predetermined time cycle by a rotating operation of a front decoration plate (28) mounted on the front of a game board (5). ), The rotating body (26) that rotates around the rotation axis (30) in the front-rear direction
Is placed close to the front plaque (28), and the rotating body (26)
In addition, the passing part (39) through which the game ball passes and the winning ball (27)
And a blocking part (38) for blocking the rotating body (26).
A prize winning device for a ball and ball game machine, which is provided so as to selectively correspond to a winning opening (27) by rolling . 2. The rotator (26) is arranged so that its center is located below the winning opening (27).
The prize winning device of the ball game machine described in the above. 3. A prize hole (27) through which game balls pass from the front side to the back side of the front decorative plate (28) is provided on the front decorative plate (28). 3. The prize winning device for a ball and ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving portion (29) for receiving the ball and guiding the ball to the winning port (27). 4. A game ball is provided in front of the front plaque (28).
The receiving part (29) for guiding to the (27) side is moved forward from the front plaque (28).
The winning device for a ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the winning device is provided so as to protrude . 5. A rotating body (26) and a motor (25) are arranged in the front-rear direction, and one side of the rotating body (26) and the motor (25) is provided with a passage portion (39) of the rotating body (26). a guide passage (31) for guiding the guided game balls backward by), according to claim 1-4, characterized in that a detection switch for detecting the game balls in the guide channel (31) (32) The prize winning device for a ball game machine according to any one of the above.