JP3010457B2 - Pachinko machine variable winning device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a variable winning device for a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art On a game board of a pachinko machine, various operations occur due to a winning ball entered from a winning ball entrance,
Various types of variable prize winning devices for pachinko machines that provide a predetermined profit to a player have been proposed.

[0003]

As this variable winning device, a winning case provided with an operating window hole surrounded by a peripheral wall, a winning ball entrance formed in the peripheral wall and communicating with the operating window hole, and An opening / closing wing piece for opening and closing a winning ball entrance of the case, a normal winning opening in the operation window, and a specific winning opening for generating a special driving state that gives a predetermined profit to a player by passing the ball are provided. A variable winning device has been proposed.

In this apparatus, when a ball flows into a starting port provided on a game board, an opening / closing wing piece of a winning ball entrance controlled by an opening / closing driving device is brought to an open position, and accordingly, the opening wing piece enters from the winning ball entrance. When the ball enters the specific winning opening, the open / close wing piece reciprocates and opens, thereby generating a special driving state (hit state). An object of the present invention is to provide a variable prize winning device of this type in which the winning operation is varied.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a downflow path is formed in an operating window for communicating a prize ball inlet and allowing a ball to flow downward, and a normal prize port is formed at a lower bottom of the downflow path. A special winning opening is provided, and a peripheral wall which is partially open and serves as an inflow port is provided, and a rotary distributing body for introducing a ball entering the inflow port into the specific winning opening is provided in the downflow path. When the ball flows into the special winning opening, the reciprocating opening / closing operation or the always-open operation for a predetermined time is caused in the open / close wing piece, and the rotary distributing body is first turned to the shielding position where the ball cannot flow into the inlet. And a drive control means for rotating the opening / closing wing piece to an open position for allowing a ball to flow into the inflow port upon completion of a predetermined condition such as opening or closing a predetermined number of times or inflow of a predetermined number of pieces. It is assumed that.

Alternatively, as an arrangement using such a rotary distributing body, an inclined receiving shelf for guiding a winning ball forward is formed in an operating window of a winning case to communicate with a winning ball entrance, and the inclined receiving shelf is formed. The leading edge of the receiving shelf communicates with the downflow path, a ball standby portion is formed on the back of the inclined receiving shelf, and a lifting / lowering shut-off plate is disposed between the inclined receiving shelf and the ball standby portion. An extruding plate that drives the ball in the ball waiting section to the inclined receiving shelf side by being driven in the front-rear direction on the back is provided, and a rear guide that guides the ball from the winning ball entrance to the rear on the inclined receiving shelf. It is proposed to provide a plate and to provide a drive control means for sequentially executing a series of special drive states.

The drive control means causes the opening / closing wing piece to perform a reciprocating opening / closing operation or a constant opening operation for a predetermined time by flowing the ball into the specific winning opening, and moves the lifting / lowering blocking plate upward to wait for the ball. Along with opening the part, with the first drive mode in which the rotary distributing body is in the shielding position, and with the completion of predetermined conditions such as opening and closing of the open / close wing piece a predetermined number of times or inflow of a predetermined number,
A special drive state in which the rotary distributing body is set to the open position, and the push plate is further moved forward to sequentially shift to a second drive mode in which the balls of the ball standby unit are pushed to the inclined receiving shelf side. is there.

[0008]

When the ball flows into the starting port provided on the game board, the opening / closing wing piece is converted to the open position. Then, the ball flows in from the winning ball entrance and falls to the downflow path. At this time, a rotary distributing body that reciprocates left and right is disposed in the downflow path. For this reason, when the ball that has flowed into the downflow path has fortunately flowed into the inflow port of the rotary distributing body, the ball is guided from the guide path in the rotary distributing body to the specific winning opening, and a special driving state is set. . Other balls flow into the normal winning prize entrance on the downhill,
A predetermined number of prize balls will be supplied.

In the special driving state, the opening / closing blade piece performs a reciprocating opening / closing operation or a constantly opening operation, and the rotary distributing body is sequentially converted into a shielding position and an opening position. As a result of this position conversion, after a few balls enter the blocking position, the opening position is reached, and a transition is made to the next special drive state as the balls flow into the specific winning opening. For this reason, in the conventional device of this type, when a ball entering from the winning ball entrance directly flows into the specific winning opening, the next special driving state is set, and the renewable number of the special driving state is limited. As a result, this number is rapidly being consumed and the player feels disadvantaged. However, in the above configuration,
Since the rotating body is initially in the shielding position, the number of winning balls in the special driving state increases, and the profit of the player is kept good.

Further, when the above-mentioned drive control means which generates a series of operations is used, the following operation is produced. That is, by the ball inflow of the specific winning opening, the opening and closing operation of the opening and closing wing piece or a constant opening operation of a predetermined time is caused in the opening / closing wing piece, the lifting / lowering blocking plate is moved upward, and the ball standby unit is opened. Then, the ball from the winning ball entrance is guided rearward by the rear guide plate, and further, the rotary distributing body is rotated to shift to the first driving mode of retracting the inflow port. Thereby, the winning prize ball guided by the rear guide plate flows into the ball waiting portion at the back of the inclined receiving shelf due to its inertia force against the guiding action on the inclined receiving shelf side, or the excess ball is Due to the guide action of the inclined receiving shelf, it flows into the downflow path. At this time, since the inflow port of the rotary distributing body is retracted, all of the flow goes down to the normal winning port by being guided by the peripheral wall.

[0011] When predetermined conditions such as the predetermined winning prize ball or the opening and closing of the open / close wing piece are completed, the rotary distributing body is moved to the open position at the inflow port, and the extruded plate is opened. Moves forward, and shifts to a second driving mode in which the balls in the standby section are pushed out toward the inclined receiving shelf side. As a result, since a large number of balls fall to the downflow path almost simultaneously due to the guiding action of the inclined receiving shelf, it becomes easy to enter the inflow port of the rotary distributing body, and by flowing into the inflow port, a new winning port is newly formed. A special ball is supplied, whereby the special driving state is restarted.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1, in which a ball receiving tray, a rotary handle for shooting balls, and the like are provided below a machine frame 2. A variable winning device 10 according to the present invention is provided at the center of the game board 3.

On the other hand, below the variable winning device 10, a starting port 5 provided with a ball detecting switch (see FIG. 11) is provided.
A winning case 4 including 5 and 6 is provided. The starting ports 5, 5 on both sides drive once an opening / closing drive device 18 composed of a solenoid or the like for rotating the opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 in association with the shaft 17 of the opening / closing wing pieces 16 as described below. The center starting port 6 is driven twice with the inflow of the ball. Others
The game board 3 is provided with various winning ports.

Next, the variable winning device 10 of the present invention will be described. 2 to 4, reference numeral 11 denotes a winning case, in which a rectangular operating window hole 13 surrounded by a peripheral wall 12 is provided at a central portion thereof. Winning ball entrances 15 and 15 are provided in the peripheral wall 12 at both upper positions of the operation window hole 13, and a blocking position (position shown in FIG. 2) standing upright by the shaft 17 at the winning ball entrances 15 and 15 and an outward direction. The opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 pivotally supported to be in an open position (position shown in FIG. 4) in which they lie down.
Is arranged.

On the other hand, a mounting case 20 is fixed to the back of the winning case 11. And the operating window 1
3 is formed deeper inside the mounting case 20. And in the operation window hole 13, the inclined receiving shelf 2 gently inclined forward.
2 is disposed, and further, an edge is connected to the front edge of the inclined receiving shelf 22, and a hem plate 23 is vertically disposed.
The front part 3 is formed as a flow-down path 24 that continues downward from the edge of the inclined receiving shelf 22 directly downward. At the lower bottom of the downflow path 24, there are provided left and right normal winning ports 26, 26 for discharging balls backward, and a specific winning port 27 at the center thereof, as described later. The ordinary winning opening 26, 26, specific winning opening 2
7 is provided with a count sensor (refer to FIG. 11).
A sensor (also see FIG. 11) is provided.

On the other hand, on the inclined receiving shelf 22, at the height of the winning ball entrances 15, 15, the winning ball entrances 15, 15 are located.
Receiving the ball which flows in from behind, guides it backward,
2, a rear guide plate 30 to be dropped near the rear portion is provided to extend in the width direction.

A ball waiting section 31 is provided at the rear of the inclined receiving shelf 22. The ball standby portion 31 is normally separated from the inclined receiving shelf 22 by the lifting / lowering blocking plate 32. The lifting / lowering blocking plate 32 is located at the front part of the inner depth wall 33 of the operation window hole 13 and also serves as a decorative plate that is a part of the inner depth.

The lifting / lowering blocking plate 32 is driven and controlled by a rotating motor 34 mounted on the mounting case 20, as shown in FIGS. That is, a rotary plate 35 having eccentric pins 36 is fixed to the drive shaft of the rotary motor 34, and the eccentric pins 36 are fixed to the back of the lifting / lowering shut-off plate 32 so that the guide shafts 39, 39 can only move up and down. The eccentric pin 36 revolves the lift plate 37, that is, the lift blocking plate 32, which is linked via the elongated hole 38, so that the lift plate 37 is controlled to move up and down. .

FIG. 7, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, an extruding plate 41 is provided which is controlled to move back and forth by a rotating motor 40 via a back-and-forth movement conversion mechanism using a rotating plate having eccentric pins formed in the same manner as described above.

As shown in FIG. 9, a rotary distributing member 43 is disposed on the skirt plate 23 of the flow passage 24. The rotary distributing body 43 is formed by dividing the arc-shaped peripheral walls 44, 44 divided into right and left into substrates 45.
Are formed so as to protrude from the peripheral edge of the arc-shaped peripheral walls 44, 44.
The upper opening between them is an inflow port 46, the lower part between the arcuate peripheral walls 44, 44 is an outflow port 47 communicating with the specific winning opening 27, and the inside of the arcuate peripheral walls 44, 44 is a guide path 48. The drive shaft of the rotary distributing body 43 is
From the drive case 49 and is connected to the drive shaft of a reversible drive motor 49 composed of a pulse motor.

A slit plate 51 having a slit 52 formed thereon is fixed to a drive shaft 50 of the reversible drive motor 49. The slit 52 is detected by a sensor 53 to stop and rotate the reversible drive motor 49. Is made. That is, the reading position of the slit 52 by the sensor 53 is a position where the inflow port 46 is located directly above.

On the other hand, on the left and right sides of the skirt plate 23, 10-count indicators 55a and 55b each having seven segments are provided. The left 10 count display 55a indicates the number of consecutive occurrences of the special drive state, and the right 10 count display 55b indicates the winning number.

In addition, a general winning opening 56 is provided at the top of the variable winning device 10. In addition, the operation window 1
3 has a semi-circular guideway 5 for guiding balls from both sides of the rear guide plate 30 to both sides of the inclined receiving shelf 22.
7, 57 are formed.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
In a normal state, the rotation distributing body 43 is continuously rotated left and right to the position shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B by the operation of the reversible drive motor 49, and the position of the inlet 46 is reciprocated in the width direction. Further, the lifting / lowering blocking plate 32 is held at a lowered position (see FIG. 5) that separates the inclined receiving shelf 22 and the ball standby unit 31.

The starting port 5 provided on the game board 3
When the ball hits one of the balls 5 and 6, the opening / closing drive device 18 is changed to the open position once or twice for about 0.3 seconds. When the next hit ball is guided by the opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 and the ball flows in from the winning ball entrances 15, 15, it rolls from the rear guide plate 30 to the inclined receiving shelf 22, and is caused to flow down by the inclined receiving shelf 22. It is guided to and flows down. At this time, when being caught by the inflow port 46 of the rotating and distributing body 43 that is oscillating and rotating, the specific winning port 2 is guided from the guide path 48 through the outflow port 47.
7 and the jackpot is reached, and the special driving state described below is established. Other balls flow into the normal winning openings 26, 26 from the downflow path 24, and generate only prize balls.

The manner of executing the special driving state will be described. When the V sensor detects that the ball flows down to the specific winning opening 27, the first driving mode is first executed.

That is, the opening / closing drive device 18 causes the opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 to perform a maximum of 18 reciprocating opening / closing operations in about 28 seconds with an interval time. (It may be always open.) As shown in FIG.
4 is driven, the lifting / lowering blocking plate 32 is raised, and the push-out plate 41 is retracted, so that the ball standby unit 31 is opened forward. Further, as shown in FIG.
Rotates 90 degrees and stops, reaching the blocking position. Thus, the inflow of the ball into the inflow port 46 becomes impossible.

In this embodiment, the open / close wing pieces 16,
When the balls flow in from the winning ball entrances 15 and 15 with the opening of the ball 16, the balls fall to the rear of the inclined receiving shelf 22 due to the rearward inclination of the rear guide plate 30. At this time, due to the inertial force, the ball standby portion 31 resists the forward guiding action of the inclined receiving shelf 22.
A ball flows in and waits. This ball waiting section 31 is 4
Waiting is possible. The other balls that have already flown into the position where the balls are waiting are rebounded by the waiting balls and flow down to the downflow path 24 by the guide action of the inclined receiving shelf 22. At this time, at the central portion, the rotary distributing body 43 rotates and the inflow port 46 is at the retracted position, so that the arc peripheral wall 44,
It is guided to the circumference of 44 and shifts to the side.
After passing through Nos. 6 and 26, it becomes a winning prize ball and a prize ball is discharged. Then, when three winning numbers are detected by the count sensor, the following second driving mode is performed.

First, the rotary distributing member 43 rotates and the retracted inlet 46 stops at the central position (open position) immediately above as shown in FIG. When the fourth ball is detected by the count sensor, the rotation motor 40 is driven, and the pushing plate 41 moves forward as shown in FIG. For this reason, the balls waiting in the ball waiting unit 31 are pushed forward , roll forward on the inclined receiving shelf 22, and fall almost simultaneously to the downflow path 24. For this reason, the ball located at the center of the ball waiting section 31 flows down into the inflow port 46 with a high probability. The ball flowing down to the inflow port 46 is the outflow port 4
7 flows into the special winning opening 27, and the others enter the normal winning opening 26,
26, and each prize ball is discharged. still,
In this second driving mode, the state of reciprocating between A and B in FIG. 10 may be the open position.

Then, the special driving state is restarted by the inflow into the special winning opening 27, and the first driving mode and the second driving mode are sequentially executed. This special drive state is up to 16 times including the first release. This number is displayed on the 10-count display 55a. Further, the opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 return to the closed state upon detection of about nine winnings.

Thereafter, the extruded plate 41 is returned to the normal state,
Is retracted, and the lifting / lowering blocking plate 32 is lowered, and the rotary distributing body 43 resumes the right and left swinging motion.

These operation controls can be easily executed by a control device such as a central control device CPU shown in FIG.

In the conventional apparatus of this type, when a ball won from the winning ball entrances 15 and 15 flows into the specific winning opening, the next special driving state immediately follows, and the number of times of the above 16 times increases rapidly. The player feels disadvantaged. However, in the above-described configuration, since the inflow port 46 is retracted in the first driving mode, in one special driving state, the three balls surely become prize balls and the specific prize port. The probability of inflow to 27 is improved, and the profit of the player is kept good.

As described above, during the big hit, in the first driving mode, the ball waits in the ball standby section 31 or rolls on the inclined receiving shelf 22 to flow into the normal winning opening 26, 26, In the second drive mode, the balls waiting in the ball standby unit 31 flow down from the inclined receiving shelf 22 to the downflow path 24 at the same time, and the trapping rate of the rotary sorter 43 to the inflow port 46 increases, and the like. A variety of different operations will result.

In the above-described configuration, the rotary sorter 43
Is easily implemented by changing the reversing angle of the reversible drive motor 49, so that the winning probability can be easily changed.

In the above-described configuration, the balls are guided by the inclined receiving shelf 22 to the flow-down path 24 in which the rotary distributing member 43 is disposed, and a series of operations are caused by the action of the lifting / lowering blocking plate 32 and the like. However, in the special operation state, the balls from the winning ball entrance may be sequentially and directly introduced into the downflow path 24. In this case, the rotary distributing member 43 is set as a shielding position, balls are sequentially introduced into the downflow path 24, and at the same time as predetermined conditions such as opening and closing of the open / close wing pieces a predetermined number of times or inflow of a predetermined number of pieces, flow to the inflow port. May be converted to an open position that allows the inflow of balls, and balls may be sequentially introduced into the downflow path 24.

[0037]

According to the present invention, as described above, a downflow path is formed in the operating window hole, which communicates with the winning ball entrance, and the ball flows down downward, and the downflow path is introduced into the specific winning opening. Since the rotation distributing body having the inflow port is provided and the rotation is controlled, it is possible to provide a variable winning device full of dynamism and change. Also, by simply setting the stop position of the rotary distributing body, the inlet can be easily changed, such as retracting the inlet or stopping at the center of the upper portion. Can be easily realized.

Further, a special driving state is set by using the rotary distributing body, and the opening / closing blade piece performs a reciprocating opening / closing operation or a continuous opening operation, and the rotary distributing body is firstly moved to its inflow port. Is rotated to the shielding position where the inflow of the ball cannot be performed, and is rotated to the open position where the inflow of the ball into the inflow port is possible in accordance with digestion of the predetermined condition such as opening and closing of the opening / closing wing piece a predetermined number of times or the like. It works. For this reason, in the conventional device of this type, when a ball entering from the winning ball entrance directly flows into the specific winning opening, the next special driving state is set, and the renewable number of the special driving state is limited. As a result, this number is rapidly being consumed and the player feels disadvantaged. However, in the above-described configuration, since the rotating body is initially in the shielding position, a predetermined number of winning balls are secured, the number of winning balls in the special driving state increases, and the profit of the player is kept good. It will be.

In the configuration in which the above-described first drive mode and second drive mode are sequentially generated by the above-described drive control means, an operation full of dynamism can be performed, and the second drive mode can be performed. In the driving mode, the balls are simultaneously discharged from the ball standby section to the downflow path where the inflow port of the rotary sorter is located,
There is an excellent effect that the pachinko game which is full of interest can be realized, for example, the probability of flowing into the specific winning opening is improved, and the profit of the player is kept good.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the variable winning device 10.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view of the variable winning device 10.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the variable winning device 10.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a drive mechanism of a lifting / lowering blocking plate 32 at a lowered position.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a drive mechanism of a lifting / lowering blocking plate 32 at a raised position.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a drive mechanism of the pushing plate 41 at a lowered position.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a drive mechanism of the pushing plate 41 at a raised position.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a drive mechanism of the rotary sorter 43.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the rotation sorter 43;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a central control unit CPU.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 variable winning device 11 winning case 13 operating window hole 15, winning ball entrance 16, 16 opening / closing wing piece 22 inclined receiving shelf 24 flow-down path 26 ordinary winning opening 27 specific winning opening 30 rear guide plate 31 ball standby portion 32 lifting / lowering cut-off plate 41 Extrusion plate 43 Rotating sorter 44 Circular arc wall 46 Inflow port CPU

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 7/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A winning case provided with an operating window hole surrounded by a peripheral wall, a winning ball entrance formed in the peripheral wall and communicating with the operating window hole, and an opening / closing wing for opening and closing the winning ball entrance of the winning case. A variable winning prize device comprising a piece, a normal prize port in the operation window, and a specific prize port for generating a special driving state for giving a predetermined profit to a player by passing of the ball; A downflow path is formed to communicate balls to the winning prize entrance and flow down the ball downward, and at the bottom of the downflow path, a normal winning opening,
A special winning opening is provided, a peripheral wall partially open and serving as an inflow port is provided, and a rotary separator for introducing the ball entering the inflow port into the specific winning opening is provided in the downflow path. When the ball flows into the specific winning opening, the reciprocating opening / closing operation or the always-open operation for a predetermined time is caused in the opening / closing wing piece, and the rotary distributing body is first turned to the shielding position where the ball cannot flow into the inlet. And a drive control means for rotating the opening / closing wing piece to an open position for allowing a ball to flow into the inflow port upon completion of a predetermined condition such as opening or closing a predetermined number of times or inflow of a predetermined number of pieces. Floating winning device for pachinko machines. 2. An inclined receiving shelf, which communicates with a winning ball entrance and guides the winning ball forward, is formed in an operating window of the winning case, and a front edge of the inclined receiving shelf communicates with the downflow path. Forming a ball standby portion on the back of the inclined receiving shelf, disposing an elevating and lowering blocking plate between the inclined receiving shelf and the ball standby portion, and further driving the ball standby portion on the back of the ball standby portion in the front-rear direction; Along with an extruding plate for extruding the ball of the part toward the inclined receiving shelf side, a rear guide plate for guiding the ball from the winning ball entrance rearward is disposed on the inclined receiving shelf, and to the specific winning opening. Due to the inflow of the ball, a reciprocating opening / closing operation or a constant opening operation for a predetermined time is caused to the opening / closing wing piece, and the lifting / lowering blocking plate is moved upward to open the ball standby portion, and the rotary distributing body is moved to the shielding position. With the first drive mode, and with the digestion of predetermined conditions such as opening and closing the opening and closing wing pieces a predetermined number of times or inflow of a predetermined number, The serial rotation sorting body and an open position,
Further, there is provided drive control means for executing a special drive state in which the push plate is moved forward to sequentially shift to a second drive mode in which the balls of the ball standby section are pushed out to the inclined receiving shelf side. The variable winning device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1.