JP3014905B2 - Pachinko machine winning equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an opening in the front of a mounting board, an opening and closing door which is openable and closable in the front and rear direction. The present invention relates to a prize winning device for a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a prize winning device of this type has a game board which is provided with an opening in a mounting board attached to a game board surface, and an opening / closing door which is openable and closable in the front-rear direction. It can be freely converted into a first state that is advantageous to the player and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player by closing the opening / closing door.

Further, a box frame is provided on the back side of the mounting board in communication with the opening, and a general winning opening provided with a winning ball detector for counting winning balls in the box frame, and an opening / closing door are successively provided. A special prize port provided with a prize ball detector for detecting a prize ball for opening is fixedly provided, and in a so-called big hit state, the opening / closing door is set for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of prize balls are detected. The first state that is advantageous to the player is provided on condition that at least one of the winning balls enters the special winning opening and is detected by the winning ball detector. It is configured to be repeated a predetermined number of times.

[0004]

By the way, in such a prize winning device, among the hitting balls entering from the opening, the winning prize ball of which the opening and closing door is continuously opened is taken into consideration in order to prevent the pachinko game from having a high gambling property. It is obligatory to reduce the probability of occurrence to 30% or less, which means that, for example, when the opening / closing door is opened, three or more of the ten hitting balls entering the prize device through the opening are said to be It means that you must not enter the special winning opening. For this reason, various structural devices have been devised to conform to this, but there is a problem in that the internal structure is complicated and adjustment is difficult in conformity, so that countermeasures are being taken. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a prize-winning device that has a simple configuration and can comply with regulations without requiring adjustment.

In order to achieve the above object, a winning device according to the present invention has a horizontally long opening on the front surface of a mounting board, and an opening / closing door which can be opened and closed in the front-rear direction. In a winning device of a pachinko machine having a box frame provided in communication with a general winning port and a special winning port provided in the box frame, the special winning port and the hit ball are set to the special winning port.
A cover plate having a guide portion bulging forward for guiding is provided in the box frame so as to be freely retractable, and when the opening / closing door is opened, the cover plate protrudes into the box frame by an electric driving means and a special winning opening.
And accepts a hit ball, and when the hit ball is received, it is retracted from the box frame so as not to receive the hit ball in the special winning opening . Also, the guide portion of the lid plate is
On an inclined surface that guides the hit ball to a special winning opening when the lid plate protrudes
It is desirable to form.

[0006]

In the winning device of the present invention constructed as described above, when the opening / closing door is opened, the special winning opening protrudes into the box frame by the electric driving means, so that the hit ball can be received. During this time, if the special winning opening accepts one hit ball, the special winning opening retracts from the box frame and does not accept the hit ball. Accordingly, two or more hit balls do not enter the special winning opening, and the regulation conforms to the regulation that the probability of occurrence of winning balls that continuously open the opening / closing door is suppressed to 30% or less.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a winning device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which a winning device of the present invention is applied. Front frame 2 of pachinko machine 1
, A glass door frame 3 and a front plate 4 are mounted to be openable and closable, and a hit ball supply tray 5 is mounted on the front surface of the front plate 4. A game board 6 is provided on the back side of the glass door frame 3, and a guide rail 7 is mounted on a front surface of the game board 6, and a game section 8 is formed surrounded by the guide rail 7. .

The game section 8 has a variable display device 9, starting winning ports 10a, 10b and 10c, and a winning device 11 according to the present invention.
And a general winning port 12 is provided. Reference numeral 13 denotes a winning ball detector that detects a winning ball entering each of the starting winning ports 10a, 10b, and 10c. The variable display device 9, the winning device 11, and the winning ball detectors 13 of the starting winning ports 10a, 10b, 10c are electrically connected to and controlled by a microcomputer (not shown).

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the winning device 11 according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view thereof, and FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view thereof. In the figure, reference numeral 14 denotes a mounting board mounted on the front of the game board 6, and a long rectangular opening 15 is opened in the center of the front of the mounting board 14. 16 is the opening 1
5 is a door that can be opened and closed freely in the front-rear direction. Support shafts 17, 17 protruding from the lower portions on both sides of the door 16 are supported by bearings 18, 18 provided at the lower ends on both sides of the opening 15. ing.

A box frame 19 communicating with the opening 15 and having an open back surface is mounted on the back side of the mounting board 14, and a board 19a having substantially the same shape as the mounting board 14 is mounted on the back side of the box frame 19.
Is installed. At the center of the substrate 19a, a horizontally long passage 20 smaller than the opening 15 is opened opposite to the opening 15 of the mounting substrate 14. Reference numeral 21 denotes a cover plate provided at the through hole 20 so as to be tiltable in the front-rear direction. Support shafts 22 protruding from lower portions on both sides of the cover plate 21 have bearing portions 23 provided at the lower ends at both ends of the through hole 20, respectively. 23.

Guide portions 24, 24 are provided on both sides of the back surface of the cover plate 21 so as not to hinder the tilting operation of the cover plate 21 and to cover both side portions of the opening 20 when the cover plate 21 is tilted forward. A special winning opening 25 is formed between these guide portions 24, 24 so that one pachinko ball can pass through. Thereby, the special winning opening 25 is provided in the box frame 19 so as to be able to come and go with the tilting operation of the cover plate 21. Also, the guide part 24,
24 guides the hit ball to the special winning opening 25 when the cover plate 21 projects.
It is formed on such an inclined surface. Thereby, the cover plate 2
When the ball 1 projects, the hit ball is guided by the guide portions 24, 24.
It will be led to the special winning opening 25 with extremely high probability
You. Reference numeral 26 denotes an outflow gutter attached to the back side of the substrate 19a and connected to the special winning opening 25, and is formed by a pair of left and right cover members 26a, 26a. A winning ball detector 27 is attached to the outlet of the outflow gutter 26 at the lower end. At the bottom of the box frame 19, a mountain-shaped receiving plate 28 having a raised center is stretched. General receiving holes 29, 29 are provided at both side ends of the receiving plate 28. 2
Winning ball detector 3 for detecting a winning ball in each of 9, 29
0, 30 are installed.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a solenoid for opening and closing the door 16, which is mounted on a pin 32 protruding from one side of the door 16 on the back surface of the substrate 19a. The solenoid 31
A support plate portion 34 is attached to the lower end of the plunger 33 of FIG. A forked portion 35 is provided on the front surface of the support member 34, and the pin 32 of the door 16 is engaged with the forked portion 35. When the solenoid 31 is demagnetized, the opening / closing door 16 is erected to close the opening 15 as shown by the solid line in FIG. 5, and when the solenoid 31 is excited, as shown in FIG.
The forked portion 35 moves the pin 32 upward as shown by the chain line of
Thus, the opening 15 is opened by tilting the door 16 forward.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a solenoid for tilting the cover plate 21. The solenoid 36 is mounted on a pin 37 protruding from the cover plate 21 on the back surface of the substrate 19a. A support plate 39 is attached to the lower end of the plunger 38 of the solenoid 36. A forked portion 40 is provided on one side of the support member 39, and a pin 37 projecting from one side of the cover plate 21 is engaged with the forked portion 40. When the solenoid 36 is demagnetized, the plunger 38 protrudes and the cover plate 21 is raised as shown by the solid line in FIG. 6 to draw the special winning opening 25 so as not to receive a hit ball. The plunger 38 is retracted, and the forked portion 40 moves the pin 37 upward as shown by the chain line in FIG. As a result, the cover plate 21 is tilted forward so that the special winning opening 25 projects into the box frame 19, thereby enabling the reception of a hit ball.

The solenoid 36 is a solenoid 3
As shown in FIG. 7, the special winning opening 25 projects into the box frame 19 simultaneously with the opening of the opening / closing door 16, as shown in FIG. 7. When the winning ball detector 27 of the outflow gutter 26 detects the first one winning ball, the solenoid 36 is demagnetized and the special winning opening 2 is formed.
5 is set to retract.

As shown in FIG. 8, reference numeral 41 denotes a guide member provided on the back surface of the substrate 19a on the solenoid 36 side, and guides the support member 39 of the solenoid 36. Reference numeral 42 denotes a decorative member attached to the front surface of the mounting board 14, and ball receiving ports 43, 43 are integrally provided at both left and right ends of the decorative member 42, respectively.

The winning device according to the present invention has the above-described structure, and its operation will be described below. In FIG. 1, when a hit ball hit into the game section 8 of the game board 6 flows down the game board 6 surface and, for example, wins one of the start winning ports 10 a to 10 c, the winning ball detector 13 detects the hit ball. A fixed amount of prize balls corresponding to one winning ball are paid out, and the variable display device 9 is electrically operated. Therefore, the left of the variable display section 9a,
The display of numbers, characters, symbols, etc., classified into middle and right, starts to fluctuate randomly, and after a predetermined time elapses, the fluctuation of each display stops. At the time of the fluctuation stop, when the left, middle, and right displays are stopped at the same numbers, characters, or symbols as the preset display symbols, a special game state is set.

In this special game state, the solenoid 31 is excited as shown by a chain line in FIG. 5, and the solenoid 36 is excited in synchronization with the excitation of the solenoid 31 to open the opening / closing door 18 and to move the cover plate 21 forward. To make the special winning opening 25 protrude. Then, the door 16 is opened until a predetermined time elapses or until the winning ball detectors 30 and 30 detect a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls.

In the meantime, if one of the hit balls entering the opening 15 enters the special winning opening 25, it is detected by the winning ball detector 27. As a result, the solenoid 36 is demagnetized, and the cover plate 21 stands upright, so that the special winning opening 25 is quickly retracted. Therefore, while the opening 15 is being opened, the special winning opening 2
5 would not have more than one pachinko ball. After closing the opening / closing door 16 for a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds),
The above operation is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 16
Times). Thus, the winning device 11 of the present invention has a limit of one winning ball for continuously opening the opening and closing door 16 while the opening and closing door 16 is being opened.

[0019]

As described above, since the winning device of the pachinko machine of the present invention does not generate one or more winning balls for continuously opening the opening / closing door, the probability is always suppressed to 30% or less. Thus, the pachinko game does not have a high gambling property, and has an effect that a healthy game can be enjoyed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which a winning device of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the winning device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a rear view of a main part of the winning device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the same.

FIG. 10 is a rear perspective view of a main part showing the same operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 14 mounting board 15 opening 16 opening and closing door 19 box frame 25 special winning opening 29,29 general winning opening

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An opening which is horizontally long in the front of a mounting board and is provided with an opening / closing door which can be opened and closed in the front-rear direction.
On the back side of the mounting board, a box frame is provided in communication with the opening, and in the winning device of a pachinko machine having a general winning opening and a special winning opening in the box frame, the special winning opening and the hit ball are specially won. Forward to lead to the mouth
A cover plate with a bulging guide portion is provided so as to be able to protrude and retract in the box frame, and when the opening / closing door is opened, the cover plate protrudes into the box frame by an electric driving means and receives a hit ball in a special winning opening. A winning device for a pachinko machine , wherein the hitting ball is retracted from the box frame when the hit ball is received, and the hit ball is not received in a special winning opening . 2. The guide portion of the cover plate is moved when the cover plate protrudes.
That the hit ball was formed on an inclined surface that leads to the special winning opening
The winning device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein: