JP3020935B1 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide a ball box for storing a large number of pachinko balls obtained by a player, thereby avoiding a possibility of narrowing a passage or running out of circulation balls, and improving a good game situation to other games in a game hall. Promote the advertising effect by appealing to customers more widely. SOLUTION: A plurality of electronic indicators 27a to 27e are arranged side by side on a chair 6 installed opposite to the pachinko gaming machine 1 so that the gaming status of the pachinko gaming machine is displayed by the electronic indicators. did.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is related to pachinko machines to be installed in Yu technique field.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a large number of pachinko gaming machines are arranged side by side on an island in a game arcade, and a player sits on a chair and plays a game while facing the pachinko gaming machines. Then, the prize balls obtained by the player were put in a ball box (containing about 2500 balls) and arranged behind or beside the chair. For this reason, when a large number of ball boxes are arranged, the passage becomes narrow, which hinders traffic in a narrow shop. Also, when such a large number of balls are held, there is a shortage of balls circulating in the amusement arcade, and there is a possibility that the game may be hindered.

[0003] Conventionally, when a large number of ball boxes are arranged, they are once returned as custody balls before the game is continued. However, since the presence or absence of such a custody ball cannot be known by other people, there is a problem that a game hall cannot provide an appeal (advertising effect) to other players.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention is to provide a pachinko game machine which can appeal to other players and which does not cause a narrow passage or shortage of circulation balls. It is assumed that.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention For this purpose, before
Stores the ball supply tray and game balls overflowing from the ball supply plate on the surface
Pachinko game machine equipped with a game ball storage dish
If you set up a ball payout gutter to pay out game balls on the hit ball supply tray
In addition, at the tip of the ball payout gutter, a game ball
Provide a ball detection sensor that can detect the presence or absence, the game ball storage
The shutter provided at the bottom of the dish is opened to open the game ball storage dish.
If you perform an operation to deposit a game ball full of
Counts the number of game balls and stores them as control balls in the control circuit.
Ri spheres counting switch is provided, arranged side by side a plurality of electronic display units installed at the chair so as to face to the pachinko gaming machine, before
The electric light indicator according to the number of deposited balls stored in the control circuit.
Is turned on and the ball is detected by the ball detection sensor.
When no game ball is detected on the plate,
The remembered custody ball is automatically refilled on the hit ball supply tray
By pressing the checkout button
To send the payment receipt with the number of balls printed out to the player
It is characterized by having a calculation receipt issuing machine . The present invention is in the pachinko game machine, on hitting supply tray
Setting to automatically or non-automatically switch the supply of game balls
A switching button is provided .

[0006]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko game machine with a ball rental machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 juxtaposed on an island stand of a pachinko gaming arcade and a ball lending machine 10 provided so as to be adjacent to the pachinko gaming machine. A game board provided with a display device and the like, 3 is the pachinko game machine 1
Is a game ball storage plate provided on the front surface of the game ball storage plate, and 4 is a game ball storage plate provided below the hit ball supply plate for storing game balls overflowing from the hit ball supply plate, and 5 is a hit ball firing handle. Also, 6
Is a chair in which a support post 8 is fixed by an anchor bolt 7 buried in a floor of a passage in front of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and is arranged so as to face the pachinko gaming machine 1.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an insertion slot for a prepaid card or a 1,000-yen bill provided on the front of the ball lending machine 10;
2 is a coin slot, and 13 is a ball lending request switch. Also, as shown in FIG. 2, reference numeral 14 denotes a downwardly inclined ball discharging gutter protruding from the front surface of the ball lending machine 10 and having a tip extending above the hitting ball supply tray 3. A ball detection sensor 15 that can detect the presence or absence of a game ball p on the hit ball supply tray 3
Is provided. Also, reference numeral 16 denotes a deposited ball number display provided on the front of the ball lending machine 10, 17 is a setting switching button similarly provided on the front of the ball lending machine 10, 18 is a settlement button,
19 is a payment receipt discharge port. As the sphere detection sensor 15, a magnetic detection type metal proximity sensor, a reflection type photo sensor, a CCD camera or the like is used.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an input / output signal system of a control circuit 20 and a counting circuit 21 provided in the ball lending machine 10. The ball lending request switch 13, the ball detection sensor 15, the setting The switching button 17 and the settlement button 18 are connected, a ball dispensing device 22 provided in the ball rental machine, and a settlement receipt issuing machine (printer) 23.
Is connected. When a prepaid card or cash is inserted into the ball lending machine 10 and the ball lending request switch 13 is pressed, the number of game balls to be paid out by this is stored in the control circuit 20 as "deposited balls".

The counting circuit 21 is connected to a ball count switch 24, a payout ball count switch 25, and a ball count indicator 16. The deposited ball counting switch 24 counts the game balls when the player opens the shutter provided at the bottom of the game ball storage tray 4 when the game balls are full and performs an operation of depositing the game balls. The data is displayed on the stored ball number display 16 and stored in the control circuit 20 as a stored ball. The payout ball counting switch 25 counts the number of payout balls from the ball payout device 22.

Reference numerals 27a to 27e denote a plurality of electric light indicators arranged side by side on the chair 6, each of which is semi-transparent formed so as to cover the back of the chair 6 from the back surface to both side surfaces. Lamps L1 to L1 in plastic cases, respectively
L5 is provided, and a cord 28 for supplying power to each lamp is derived from the ball lending machine 10 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the cord 28 is buried in the ground of the passage and passed through the column 8 and wired. And the counting circuit 2
1 is provided with a lighting ball number setting circuit 26.
When the number of deposited balls exceeds 2,500, the lightning indicator 27
is turned on, and when the number of deposited balls reaches 5,000 or more, the lightning indicators 27a and 27b are turned on, and the number of deposited balls becomes 7500.
When the number of balls becomes larger than the number of balls, the electric light indicator 27c is further turned on.
7d is turned on, and when the number of deposited balls reaches 12,500 or more, all the electric light indicators 27a to 27e are turned on.

In this pachinko gaming machine, by inserting a prepaid card or cash into the insertion slot 11 and operating the ball lending request switch 13, the number of game balls to be paid out by this to the control circuit 20 is set as "deposited balls". It is memorized. Then, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6, the presence or absence of a deposited ball is determined in step a, and if so, it is displayed on the deposited ball number display 16 in step b. Then, in step c, the electric light indicators 27a to 27e are turned on according to the number of the deposited balls.

At step d, the presence or absence of a game ball p on the hit ball supply tray 3 is determined by the ball detection sensor 15, and if no game ball is detected on the hit ball supply tray 3, the ball payout device 22 is activated. The ball is paid out by being activated, the number of deposited balls is decremented each time a ball is paid out in step f, and it is determined in step g whether the settlement button 18 has been pressed and the process returns to step a. Note that the number of deposited balls is also added when the number of deposited balls is counted by the deposited ball counting switch 24. Therefore, when there is a custody ball and there is no game ball on the hit ball supply tray 3, the game ball is automatically supplied to the hit ball supply tray 3 through the ball payout gutter 14.

The setting switching button 17 is provided so that the replenishment mode of the game ball, such as whether or not the game ball is automatically replenished, can be freely set automatically or non-automatically according to the preference of the player. Can be

[0014] Then, for example, the jackpot is paid out to a large amount of prize balls occurs, if the game ball storage dish 4 as pachinko ball becomes full, the game customer is provided at the bottom of the game ball storage dish 4 When the shutter is opened and the operation of depositing the game ball is performed, the game ball is transferred to the deposited ball counting switch 24.
The counted number is displayed on the deposited ball number display 16 and stored in the control circuit 20 as a deposited ball. When the number of deposited balls becomes 2500 or more, the electric light indicators 27a to 27e are turned on according to the number of deposited balls. I do. In addition, the number of deposited balls is 12
Various information can be obtained by changing the blinking state or the display color, such as blinking the all-electric display when the number of balls exceeds 500, or blinking the electric display 27a when there are less than 2500 balls. Can also be transmitted.

Since the lighting state of the chair 6 can be seen from a distance through the passage, a person playing the game at the gaming table can recognize that a great deal of profits are being obtained by other players in the store. , Or employees, etc., at a glance. In addition, since the pachinko balls are deposited in this manner, there is no need to arrange the ball boxes in the aisle, and there is no obstruction to traffic. In addition, since the deposited pachinko balls circulate in the game arcade, there is no risk of running out of circulating balls.

At the end of the game, when the settlement button 18 is depressed, the printer shifts from step g to step h to operate the printer, and the deposit ball at that time is printed on the settlement receipt and discharged from the discharge port 19 to the player. Therefore, the player can exchange prizes by this receipt.

In this pachinko game machine, a ball detection sensor 15 for detecting the presence or absence of a game ball on the hitting ball supply tray is provided on a ball payout gutter 14 extending above the hitting ball supply tray 3, so that the game is played. When a ball runs short, a game ball is automatically replenished, which is convenient for the game.

[0018]

As described above, the gaming status display device for a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention has a plurality of electric light indicators arranged side by side on a chair installed opposite to the pachinko gaming machine. Since the gaming status of the machine is displayed by the electric light indicator, the lighting status can be seen well from a distance through the aisle, and the good gaming status can be widely appealed to other players in the game hall. Can increase the advertising effect. Also,
The ball box also reduces the possibility of narrowing the passage or running out of circulation balls. Furthermore, the stored ball is stored in the control circuit.
If so, the custody ball will be automatically replenished on the ball supply tray
As soon as the payment is made, press the payment button
Receipts are discharged to improve the convenience of the player
effective.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a gaming status display device of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a gaming status display device of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an embodiment of the gaming status display device of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram showing an embodiment of a gaming status display device for a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a gaming status display device for a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko gaming machine 3 Hitting ball supply tray 4 Gaming ball storage tray 6 Chair 10 Ball rental machine 14 Ball payout gutter 15 Ball detection sensor 16 Deposited ball display17 Setting change button 20 Control circuit 23 Settlement receipt issuing machine 24 Deposited ball counting switch  26 Lighting ball number setting circuit 27a-27e Lightning indicator 28 Code

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A hitting ball supply tray on the front side and overflow from the hitting ball supply tray.
Pachinko game with a game ball storage plate to store the game balls
In a technical machine, ball payment for paying out game balls on the hitting ball supply tray
An outgoing trough is provided, and the ball
A ball detection sensor that can detect the presence or absence of a game ball on the
Opening the shutter provided at the bottom of the game ball storage dish.
And deposit the full game ball in the game ball storage dish
When operated, the game balls are counted and stored in the control circuit.
Provided is a stored ball counting switch to be stored as, a plurality of electric light indicators are arranged side by side on a chair installed opposite to the pachinko gaming machine, and the number of stored balls stored in the control circuit is
Illuminates the electric light indicator accordingly, and detects the sphere.
The game ball was not detected on the hitting plate by the sensor
When the custody ball stored in the control circuit is
Automatically replenish and press the checkout button
The balance receipt printed with the number of deposited balls
A pachinko game machine, which is provided with a payment receipt issuing machine for discharging to a technician . 2. The replenishment of a game ball on a hit ball supply tray is automatically performed.
The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a setting switching button for non-automatic switching .