JP3074542B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention fires a ball at a game
And a driving rod for driving the hitting ball
Having a hit ball launching device provided with:
For ball game machines , control the launch of hit balls, especially when hitting
Related to ball-and-ball game machines

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally , pachinko machines have been used as ball-and-ball game machines.
Oite, when predetermined Uchidome conditions such discharging certain number of prize balls to a predetermined in the game arcade is satisfied, say so-called Uchidome to end the game in the pachinko machine control
Had gone. In the hitting control as described above,
If the Uchidome condition is satisfied, or stop the forced feeding of the ball to hit ball launcher by hitting feeder <br/>, it was or stopping the driving of the ball launcher.

[0003]

However, as described above,
Such a conventional ball-shooting game machine, it is Uchidome state, when no longer able to launch of the ball, a player discharging Shinano remaining pachinko balls hitting feed pan and shot supply path to the pachinko outside
Although shall, sphere has already been supplied to the hit ball supply path and shot firing position on the downstream side of the ball vent shutter when hitting stop control is performed, the structure and it can not be discharged
I was Therefore, in the case of a hit state,
Several of pachinko balls will remain in the ball hitting supply device, this
Residual sphere such as not be returned to the player receives a punch stop control
Many players were dissatisfied and seriously detracted from the interest of the game.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and a ball game machine according to claim 1 has a shooting position.
A hitting ball firing rod (43) for firing the ball of the hitting ball firing unit (for example, the hitting ball firing unit 76) to the game unit, and firing driving means (for example, the rotary solenoid 4) for driving the hitting ball firing rod.
4 and), in including a ball striking launcher equipped with a ball-shooting game machine (e.g., a pachinko machine 1), the sphere into the firing position
Ball supply means (for example, a ball
Feeding device 68), the above-mentioned firing drive means and the above-mentioned electromagnetic ball
An operating condition for detecting an operating condition for operating the supply means.
Item detection means (for example, start switch 25, touch detection
Step 114), and the operating condition detecting means detects the operating condition.
Based on the detection of the establishment, the electromagnetic ball supply
After actuating the step to supply the ball to the firing position,
A series of controls for firing the ball by activating the firing drive means
Launch control means (for example, timing control means 108
Etc.) and the player's operation
Flying distance adjustment operator who instructs the launch control means of the adjustment value
Stage (for example, fine adjustment switch 19, variable resistor 23, etc.)
And wherein the launch control means performs the flight distance adjustment operation.
Based on the adjustment value of the flight distance of the hit ball by means,
By controlling the driving force of the firing drive means in the shooting device
Flight distance control means for adjusting the flight distance (for example, power supply voltage value
And selection means 107, etc.), a foul value storage means fired spheres stores the value corresponding to the driving force of the firing drive means such that foul ball (113), of a ball firing based on the establishment of a predetermined condition performs control of Uchidome, distance to drive the firing drive means based on the stored value stored in the foul value storage means in Uchidome state
Launch stop control means (for example, stop control means 111) for instructing the control means.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball game machine.
When the operating condition detecting means detects that the operating condition is satisfied,
The ball hit by the distance adjustment operation means adjusted by the player
The flight distance control means of the launch control means based on the flight distance adjustment value
Firing the driving means so that the distance which has been adjusted by the step drives the can <br/> firing rod, the firing position by the electromagnetic hitting supply unit
In the hitting state in which the firing stop control means of the firing control means performs the hitting control based on the satisfaction of the predetermined condition, the ball supplied to the game unit is fired to the flying distance adjustment operating means.
Flight distance control means regardless of the adjustment value of the flight distance of the hit ball
The firing stop is performed so that the driving force of the firing driving means becomes the foul value stored in the foul value storage means (a numerical value corresponding to the driving force of the firing driving means such that the shot ball becomes a foul ball). From control means to flight distance control means
Instructed and based on a series of firing controls by the firing control means
The ball which is supplied to the launch position and is bounced reaches the gaming section
Will be returned to the player as a foul ball .

[0006]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Pachinko machine 1 as a ball game machine shown in FIG.
Is provided with a game board 5 so as to cover from behind a window 4 opened in a frame-shaped front frame 3 attached to the machine frame 2 so as to be openable and closable,
On the surface of the opening / closing panel 6 below the game board 5, a ball feeding tray 7 is provided.
The ball storage tray 8 is provided on the surface of the front frame 3 below the opening / closing panel 6, and the decoration panel 9 is provided so as to surround the ball storage tray 8. A handle 11 is provided. Also, front frame 3
The stop indicator lamp 12 and the supply indicator lamp 1 are in front of
3, display lamps such as a metal frame opening display lamp 14, an overflow display lamp 15, a lock display lamp 16, and a launch display lamp 17 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, a lock switch 18 and a fine adjustment switch 19 are provided on the decorative panel 9 above the operation handle 11. The lock switch 18 is a switch for storing a flight distance adjustment value of a hit ball selected by the player in a flight distance storage unit described later or for canceling the storage, and alternately repeats setting and release each time the operation is performed. It is a toggle switch.

In order to store the flight distance adjustment value in the storage means, the operating handle 11 is turned to select a turning position at which a hit ball shot into the game section can easily enter a winning opening (not shown). The lock switch 18 is operated. Lock switch 1
By the operation of 8, the adjustment value by the flight distance adjustment unit at that time is stored in the flight distance storage unit provided in the electric control device or the like. For example, if the flight distance adjusting means is a variable resistor 23
When the firing drive means is constituted by the rotary solenoid 44, the voltage value adjusted by the variable resistor 23 and supplied to the rotary solenoid 44 is stored in the flight distance storage means. Then, when the lock switch 18 is operated again, the memory stored in the flight distance storage means is released, and the flight distance of the hit ball changes with the rotation of the operation handle 11.

The fine adjustment switch 19 is a switch for finely adjusting the adjustment value stored in the flight distance storage means. A set of an up switch 19a and a down switch 19
b. For example, when the adjustment value is a voltage value supplied to the firing drive unit, the voltage value increases by one step each time the up switch 19a is operated once, and conversely, the voltage value increases each time the down switch 19b is operated once. The value decreases by one step. The voltage supplied to the pachinko machine 1 is
And the prize mode. Therefore, the fine adjustment switch 19 can finely adjust the variation of the flight distance of the hit ball due to the change of the supply voltage. In addition, the resistance of the variable resistor 23 is
By changing the drag value , the flight distance is roughly adjusted for the time being, and by operating the lock switch 18, the adjustment value is stored in the flight distance storage means, and further fine flight distance adjustment is performed by the fine adjustment switch 19. You can also. That is, in the present embodiment, the variable resistor 23,
When the fine adjustment switch 19 is
Distance to instruct the launch control means of the adjustment value of the ball's distance
It functions as "separation adjustment operation means".

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, the hitting ball launching operation unit 10 includes an operating handle 11, a cam 21 attached to the tip of an operating shaft 20 of the operating handle 11, and a shaft hole 22 of the cam 21. A variable resistor 23, which is a flying distance adjusting means that operates in accordance with the rotation of the cam 21, is attached, a switch pressing member 24 that is operated by the rotation of the cam 21, and a start switch 25 that is turned on and off by the switch pressing member 24. .

The operating handle 11 includes a front grip 26,
It comprises a rear grip portion 27 and a firing force adjusting portion 28 as firing force adjusting means rotatably mounted between the front grip portion 26 and the rear grip portion 27. A hollow mounting portion 29 extends from the rear grip portion 27, and the operation shaft 20 extending from the firing force adjusting portion 28 is inserted into the hollow of the mounting portion 29. A screw portion 30 is provided on the outer periphery on the distal end side of the mounting portion 29. The firing force adjusting unit 28 is urged counterclockwise by a spring as viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 1.

In order to attach the operation handle 11 to the decorative panel 9, the mounting portion 29 is inserted from a surface of the decorative panel 9 into a handle mounting hole 31 opened in the decorative panel 9, and a screw protruding from the back surface of the decorative panel 9. Round nut 32 in part 30
You only have to attach. Then, a cam 21 is attached to the tip of the operation shaft 20, and a variable resistor 23 is
Operating shaft 33 is attached. In addition, the variable resistor 23
Is mounted on a variable resistor mounting portion 34 protruding from the back surface of the decorative panel 9 with screws or the like.

Therefore, when the operation handle 11 is turned, the cam 21 attached to the operation shaft 20 is turned, and the operating shaft 33 of the variable resistor 23 is turned, so that the resistance value of the variable resistor 23 is changed. . In response to this, the voltage value supplied to the rotary solenoid 44, which is a firing drive unit described later, changes, and the firing force of the hit ball firing rod 43 can be adjusted.

In the rotation range of the cam 21 on the back surface of the decorative panel 9, a switch pressing member 24 is swingably provided so that the tip of the cam 21 contacts. The switch pressing member 24 is a member having a substantially L-shaped cross section, and has a pressing portion 36 and a single-shot portion 37 extending from a bearing portion 35 having a shaft hole.
A pressing projection 38 is provided on the tip side of the pressing portion 36, and a single button 39 is provided on the tip of the single portion 37.

To attach the switch pressing member 24 to the decorative panel 9, the single button 39 is positioned in the single button hole 40 formed on the side of the decorative panel 9, and the pressing member shaft 41 projecting from the back of the decorative panel 9 is attached. What is necessary is just to insert in the shaft hole of the bearing part 35. The cam 21 normally contacts the pressing portion 36 of the switch pressing member 24 and rotates the pressing portion 36 upward. In this state, the single button 3
9 does not protrude from the side of the decorative panel 9.

An activation switch 25 is provided on the back surface of the decorative panel 9 so as to be operated by the tip of the pressing portion 36 of the pressing member 24. The activation switch 25 has a switch piece 42 which is normally rotated to open downward by the bias of a spring. In a normal state, the pressing protrusion 38 of the pressing member 24 is in contact with the switch piece 42, and the pressing protrusion 38 of the pressing portion 36 pressed by the cam 21 moves upward against the bias of the spring. Pushed up to close. In this state, the start switch 25 is off.

On the other hand, the firing force adjusting unit 2 against the bias of the spring
8, the cam 21 attached to the tip of the operation shaft 20 is rotated.
Rotates, and the tip of the cam 21 is separated from the pressing portion 36. Then, the switch piece 42, which has been pushed up by the pressing portion 36 so as to close upward, rotates so as to open downward by the bias of the spring, and the activation switch 25 is turned on. Is pressed by the switch piece 42 and pivots downward. In this state, the single button 39 projects from the side of the decorative panel 9.

Accordingly, when the single button 39 is pressed, the pressing portion 36 rotates upward, and the pressing protrusion 38 pushes the switch piece 42 upward, and the start switch 2
5 turns off. On the other hand, when the hand is released from the single-shot button 39, the pressing portion 36 is rotated back and the start switch 25 is turned on. A hitting ball launching device such as a rotary solenoid 44 for driving the hitting ball launching rod 43 is mounted substantially at the center of a base base 45 mounted on the front frame 3 as shown in FIGS. The rotary shaft 4 of the rotary solenoid 44
Attach the ball firing rod 43 to the base board 4
On the upper side and one side of 5, a stopper 47 for restricting the swing range of the hitting ball firing rod 43 is attached.

On the other side of the base substrate 45, a launch control device mounting hole 48 is opened, and the launch control device 49 is mounted with a one-touch mounting member 50. A firing rail mounting portion 52 for mounting the 51 is extended. At the four corners of the base board 45, mounting holes 53 for mounting to the front frame 3 are opened, and positioning holes 54 are opened at the periphery. After the mounting member 50 is inserted into the mounting hole 53 and then the head is pushed in, the distal end portion expands in diameter.
3, and when the head is pulled, the tip returns to its original position and can be pulled out from the mounting hole 53.

On the other hand, a mounting boss 55 for mounting the base board 45 and a positioning hole 54 are provided at the lower corner of the front frame 3.
A positioning solenoid 56 is provided at a position facing the rotary solenoid 44. A cylindrical solenoid housing 57 is provided at a position facing the rotary solenoid 44. In addition, a pair of plate-like wall members 58 are erected on the front frame 3 to serve as a wire storage portion 59 for storing the electrical wiring of the rotary solenoid 44 and the firing control device 49, and one end of the wire storage portion 59. Wiring hole 6 on the side
0 has been set up.

Therefore, in order to mount the base board 45 on the front frame 3, the positioning protrusion 56 is inserted into the positioning hole 54 to determine the mounting position of the base board 45, and the wiring of the rotary solenoid 44 and the firing control device 49 is performed. The wiring storage section 5
9, the one-touch mounting member 50 may be inserted in series through the mounting hole 53 and the mounting boss 55, and the head of the mounting member 50 may be pushed in. Since the above-described launch control device 49 and base board 45 are attached by the one-touch attachment member 50, they can be easily attached and detached.

In the above-described embodiment, the variable resistor 23 is used as the flight distance adjusting means. However, the flight distance adjusting means is not limited to this, and any type can be used as long as the driving force of the firing driving means can be changed. May be. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a rotary encoder 61 that is a rotation angle detector that rotates with the rotation of the operation handle 11 is used, and the rotary encoder 61 is transmitted to the CPU 63 of the electric control device via the low-pass filter 62. Then, the CPU 63 may calculate the driving force from the rotation angle of the rotary encoder 61 and give an instruction to the firing drive unit. As shown in FIG. 9, a plurality of light transmission windows 65 having different light transmittances are provided in the circumferential direction of the disk 64 which rotates with the rotation of the operation handle 11, and the disk 64 is a light detector. The cds cell 66 may be exposed to detect light from the LED 67, and a driving force may be instructed to the firing driving means so as to correspond to the rotation angle of the disk 64.

One hit ball is hit to the hit ball firing portion 76 which is a firing position.
Hitting ball supply device 6 serving as an electromagnetic hitting ball supply means for supplying to the target
8 is shown in FIGS. A hit ball supply frame 69 constituting the hit ball supplying device 68 is provided on the back surface of the open / close panel 6 and includes a main body 70 and a cover member 71. In the main body 70, a ball intake 72 for taking in the ball of the ball supply tray 7 is opened substantially in the middle, and a case 73 is provided so as to surround the upper part of the ball intake 72 and one side thereof. The part is provided with an upper spherical passage piece 74. A projecting piece 75 projects downward from the ball inlet 72 at the lower part of the case 73.

On the other hand, the cover member 71 has a ball outlet 7 for guiding the ball to the hitting portion 76 (FIG. 7) almost in the middle.
7 is opened, and a ball opening 78 is opened at the lower corner. A lower ball passage piece 79 is provided so as to surround one side portion and a lower portion of the ball outlet port 77, and a ball emptying passage piece 80 is provided. The ball removing passage piece 80 extends to one side of the ball removing port 78, merges with the lower ball passage piece 79, and forms a ball removing passage 81 inclined downward toward the ball removing port 78. I have. In addition, the cover member 71 is provided with a shutter mounting portion 82 so as to be located below the protruding piece 75 provided on the case 73 of the main body 70, and is provided within a space between the protruding piece 75 and the shutter mounting portion 82. A ball release shutter 83 is slidably mounted. The ball release shutter 83 is urged by a spring or the like and always projects toward the lower ball passage piece 79.

The above-described case 73, upper ball passage piece 74, ball release shutter 83, and lower ball passage piece 7
9 form the hit ball supply path 84. In addition, a spilled ball collection port 85 is opened in the case 73, and a spilled ball collection gutter 86 is provided beside the spilled ball collection port 85 so as to be inclined downward toward the spilled ball collection port 85. The spilled ball collection port 85 faces the ball emptying passage 81, and collects spilled balls generated when the metal frame is opened and closed.

At the lower end of the hit ball supply path 84, a ball feed member 87 is rotatably facing so as to be located between the upper ball passage piece 74 and the lower ball passage piece 79. The ball feed member 87 has a ball receiving portion 88 having a substantially U-shaped cross section at one end, a shaft hole 89 formed at the other end, and a magnet piece 90 attached below the shaft hole 89. .

In the main body 70, a shaft hole 89 of the ball feed member 87 is provided.
The rotating shaft 91 is inserted upright through the cover member 71.
A boss portion 92 is provided at a position opposed to the rotation shaft 91. The electromagnet 9 is provided on the side of the rotating shaft 91 of the main body 70.
3 is attached.

When the rotating shaft 91 is inserted into the shaft hole 89 of the ball feeding member 87 with the cover member 71 removed, and the cover member 71 is attached to the main body 70, the tip of the rotating shaft 91 is The ball feeding member 87 can be fitted to the boss 92 and attached to the hit ball supply frame 69.

When the electromagnet 93 is demagnetized and the magnet piece 90 is drawn to the iron core of the electromagnet 93 and the electromagnet 93 is excited, the magnet piece 90 and the electromagnet 93
0 and the electromagnet 93 are provided so as to repel each other.

Therefore, the ball feeding member 87 always has
The own weight and the magnet piece 90 are pivoted downward by the force attracted to the iron core of the electromagnet 93. In this state, the ball receiver 8
8 is placed on the lower ball passage piece 79, the ball receiving portion 88 faces the ball take-out port 77, and the tip of the upper surface of the ball receiving portion 88 is located in the hit ball supply path 84, so that the ball flows down. It is blocking.

On the other hand, when the electromagnet 93 is excited, the magnet pieces 9
0 and the electromagnet 93 repel each other, and the ball feed member 87 rotates upward. In this state, the upper surface of the ball receiving portion 88 comes into contact with the upper ball passage piece 74, and the ball receiving portion 88 is positioned in the hit ball supply path 84, and takes in one ball into the ball receiving portion 88. And
When the electromagnet 93 is demagnetized again, the ball feed member 87 rotates downward by its own weight and the force by which the magnet piece 90 is attracted to the iron core of the electromagnet 93, and picks up the ball held in the ball receiving portion 88. It is supplied from the exit 77 to the hit ball launching unit 76. By repeating the above operation, one ball in the hit ball supply path 84 can be supplied to the hit ball launching unit 76.

FIG. 14 shows the back side of the pachinko machine 1. A prize ball tank 94 is provided at the upper part of the pachinko machine 1, and a prize ball downspout 95 is connected to the prize ball tank 94.
5 is a ball feed tray 7 provided at the lower end of the pachinko machine 1
And the overflow gutter 96. The overflow gutter 96 communicates with the ball storage tray 8, and an overflow detector 97 is provided at an upper portion thereof.

The overflow gutter 96 is a ball flow path for letting a prize ball flow down to the ball storage tray 8 when the ball supply tray 7 is full of hit balls. The above-mentioned overflow detector 97 is composed of, for example, a microswitch, and the hit ball supply tray 7 and the ball storage tray 8 are filled with prize balls, and the overflow gutter 9 is used.
When the prize ball becomes full within 6, the prize ball is detected and turned on, and an overflow signal is transmitted.

In the middle of the prize ball flow down gutter 95, the state of the balls stored in the prize ball tank 94 is detected. If the balls are insufficient, the first ball shortage detection for prompting the supply of the prize balls is performed. Container 98
And a second ball shortage detector 9 for detecting the presence or absence of a ball in the ball alignment section
9 and a prize ball discharging device 100 for discharging a prize ball corresponding to a winning ball. In addition, a winning ball detector 102 is provided below the winning ball collecting gutter 101 where the hit balls that have won the winning holes on the five game boards are gathered.
Prize ball discharge device 10 based on the ball detection signal from
0 ejects the prize ball.

FIGS. 15 and 16 show the front frame 3 and the metal frame 103 attached to the front frame 3 so as to be openable and closable. The front frame 3 is provided with a metal frame opening sensor 104 composed of a photo sensor, and the metal frame 103 is provided with a detection piece 105 at a position facing the metal frame opening sensor 104. Therefore, when the metal frame 103 is closed, the detection piece 105 is detected by the metal frame opening sensor 104, and the electric control device knows that the metal frame 103 is in the closed state. on the other hand,
When the metal frame 103 is opened, the detection piece 105 is no longer detected by the metal frame opening sensor 104, so that the electric control device can recognize that the metal frame 103 is in the open state.

FIG. 17 is a schematic configuration diagram of a portion related to the firing of a hit ball in the electric control device. A drive control signal is input from a rotary solenoid drive control unit 106 to the rotary solenoid 44 that is a firing drive unit. The rotary solenoid drive control means 106 is connected to a power supply voltage value selection means 107 for selecting a voltage value to be supplied to the rotary solenoid 44, and a timing control means 108 for controlling the drive timing of the rotary solenoid 44. I have.

The power supply voltage value selecting means 107 includes a dial power supply voltage value from the variable resistor 23 serving as a firing force adjusting means, a lock signal from the firing lock control means 109, and a jump when the lock switch 18 is operated. Distance storage means 11
0 and the lock control means 111
, The initial value signal from the initial value changing means 112 for setting the initial value of the power supply voltage, and the power supply voltage value for making the firing sphere stored in the foul value storage means 113 a foul sphere. And the timing signal from the timing control means 108 is input.

The foul value storage means 113 is, for example, a RAM
And the like. Then, the foul value storage means 1
In order to store the power supply voltage value in the storage unit 13, for example,
The operating handle is operated for each gaming machine to actually fire a hit ball, a power supply voltage value such that the hit ball becomes a foul ball is measured, and a setting switch (not shown) is operated to store the power supply voltage value. It should be done.

The timing control means 108 includes a firing signal from the touch detection means 114, an overflow signal from the overflow control means 115, and the metal frame control means 1.
16 is input. The timing control means 108 includes, besides the rotary solenoid drive control means 106 and the power supply voltage value selection means 107, a hit ball supply device drive control means 117 and a firing display control means 11
8 and a timing signal.

The hit ball supply device drive control means 117 receives the timing signal from the timing control means 108 and controls the driving of the ball feed electromagnet 93 of the hit ball supply device 68.
The firing display control means 118 receives the timing signal from the timing control means 108 and
7 is controlled.

The start switch 25 is in contact with the above-mentioned touch detecting means 114. When a player or the like comes into contact with the touch plate 119 provided on the operation handle 11 or the like, the start switch 25 is activated and the start switch 25 is turned on. When the activation switch is turned on in the active state, an activation signal is transmitted to the touch detection unit 114. That is, in this embodiment,
, The activation switch 25 and the touch detection means 114 cooperate
By doing so, the firing drive means (rotary solenoid 44)
And actuates the electromagnetic ball supply means (ball supply device 68)
Operating condition detecting means for detecting operating conditions for
Function and the timing control means 108 etc.
Output means detects that the operating condition is satisfied,
The ball was supplied to the firing position by operating the magnetic ball supply means
After that, a series of controls to fire the ball by activating the firing drive means
Functioning as a “fire control means”. Also,
The firing end control unit 120 is in contact with the touch detection unit 114. When the reception of the firing signal from the touch detection means 114 is interrupted, a foul sphere signal is transmitted to the power supply voltage value selection means 107, and the power supply voltage value selection means 107 responds accordingly, and the The launch sphere is set to a foul sphere according to the voltage value. That is,
In the present embodiment, the power supply voltage value selecting means 107 and the like
"Based on the adjustment value of the flight distance of the ball
To control the driving force of the launch drive means in the ball launcher.
Control means to control the flight distance of the hit ball
Function, and the foul value storage means 113 reads “
Equivalent to the driving force of the firing drive means that becomes a ball
It functions as a `` far value storage means for storing numerical values ''
These functions are included in the above-mentioned launch control means.
You.

The above-mentioned firing lock control means 109 includes:
The lock switch 18 is in communication and controls locking and unlocking of the adjustment value. The firing lock control means 109 transmits a lock signal to the fine adjustment control means 121 and the lock display control means 122 in addition to the power supply voltage value selecting means 107 described above.

The fine adjustment control means 121 receives the lock signal from the firing lock control means 109, receives the fine adjustment signal from the fine adjustment switch 19, and stores the flight distance.
To the means 110. Then, the flight distance storage means 110
, Due to these signals and dial supply voltage value determines the lock stored value, and transmits to the power supply voltage value selecting means 107. Further, the lock display control means 122 which has received the lock signal from the firing lock control means 109 controls the lock display lamp 16 to perform lock display.

The overflow control means 115 includes an overflow detector 97 provided on the overflow gutter 96, and an accessory control circuit 123 which is a game state detecting means.
Has contacted. Then, overflow control is performed according to a game state such as a normal game or a special game. Further, the overflow display control means 124 is in communication with the overflow control means 115, and controls the overflow display lamp 15 to perform the overflow display in the overflow state.

The metal frame control means 116 includes the metal frame opening sensor 104 provided on the front frame 3 and the accessory control circuit 12.
3 is in contact. Then, the display of the metal frame opening display is controlled according to the game state such as the normal game and the special game. Also,
The frame control means 116 includes a frame open display control means 125.
Is communicated, and in the metal frame open state, the metal frame open display lamp 14 is controlled to perform the metal frame open display.

A management device 126 is in communication with the hitting control means 111 described above. Then, upon receiving the stop command signal from the management device 126, the stop condition (predetermined
It is determined that the predetermined condition has been satisfied, and a stop control signal is transmitted to the power supply voltage value selecting means 107, and the power supply voltage value selecting means 107 uses the firing sphere stored in the foul value storage means 113 as a foul sphere. select foul supply voltage is the power supply voltage value (foul value), and controls the driving of the rotary solenoid 44 via a rotary solenoid drive control unit 106, so that shot ball are all foul balls. The condition for transmitting the hit command signal from the management device 126 is, for example, that the number of award balls reaches a certain number. In addition, a hit control signal is also transmitted to the hit display control means 127, and the hit display control means 127, which has received the hit control signal, controls the hit display lamp 12 to perform the hit display.

The stop control means 111 includes the replenishment control means 1
A stop control signal is also transmitted to 28. The replenishment control means 128 receives a replenishment signal from the ball shortage detector 98, transmits a replenishment request signal to the management device 126, and transmits a replenishment control signal to the replenishment display control means 129. Supply display control means 129 which has received the supply control signal.
Controls the replenishment display lamp 13 to display replenishment. You
In other words, in this embodiment, the suspension of the ball supply is stopped.
The stop control means 111 which performs the control
Based on the control of hitting the ball,
Stored in the foul value storage means in the initial state
Flying distance control to drive firing drive means based on value
Function as a launch stop control means for instructing
It performs one function of injection control means. And the above-mentioned firing stop system
In the hitting state by the control means,
Regardless of the adjustment value of the flight distance of the hit ball by the step, the above flight distance
The control means is based on an instruction from the above-mentioned firing stop control means.
Fire with the stored value stored in the foul value storage means
It controls the driving force of the driving means.

FIG. 18 shows the start switch 25, the ball feeding electromagnet 93, the rotary solenoid 4, and the firing indicator lamp 1.
7 is a timing chart showing the operation timing of the operation No. 7; When the start switch 25 is turned on in the active state, the ball feeding electromagnet 93 of the hit ball supply device 68 is turned on at regular time intervals to supply a pachinko ball to the hit ball launching unit 76.
Then, in association with the ball feeding operation of the hit ball supply device 68, the rotary solenoid 44 is turned on at regular time intervals, and shoots a hit ball into the game section.

When the rise of the stop signal is detected, the stop indicator lamp 12 is turned on, and the power supply voltage value supplied to the rotary solenoid 44 becomes the power supply voltage value stored in the fall value storage means 113. The hit ball fired in the stopped state is always a foul ball.

The processing in the electric control device of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. When the process is started, first, the rotary solenoid 44, the ball feeding electromagnet 93, and each flag described later are reset. Then, a hitting process, an overflow process, a metal frame process, and a replenishment process are performed. If the metal frame flag is not set or the overflow flag is not set, a touch detection process is performed. On the other hand, when the gold frame flag is set or the overflow flag is set, the touch detection processing is skipped, and the firing processing, the firing lock processing, and the firing display processing are performed. Hereinafter, each process will be described.

In the striking process, when the rise of the striking signal is detected, the striking flag is set and the striking indicator lamp 12 is turned on. On the other hand, when the falling of the stop signal is detected, the stop flag is reset and the stop display lamp 12 is turned off.

In the overflow processing, when the rising edge of the overflow signal is detected, the overflow indicator lamp 15 flashes to warn that the overflow state has occurred. Then, during the normal game, that is, when the auxiliary game and the jackpot game are not performed, the firing off flag and the overflow flag are set, and the overflow indicator lamp 15 is turned on.

On the other hand, the above-described processing is not performed until the predetermined time elapses during the auxiliary game or the jackpot game, or until the jackpot wait time starts in this embodiment. Note that the above-described processing is performed after a predetermined time has elapsed even during a jackpot game. That is, even if an overflow state occurs when a big hit occurs, the firing of the hit ball is not stopped until the wait time starts. When the falling of the overflow signal is detected, the overflow flag is reset, the overflow indicator lamp 15 is turned off, and the state of the touch detection unit 114 is determined. Here, if the touch output is Hi, the touch flag is set.

In the metal frame processing, when the rising edge of the metal frame opening signal is detected, the metal frame opening display lamp 14 flashes to warn that the metal frame has been opened. Then, during a normal game, that is, when the auxiliary game and the jackpot gaming is not performed, as well as set and firing off flag, and a metal frame flag and turns on the metal frame open indicator lamp 1 4.

On the other hand, the above-described processing is not performed until a predetermined time elapses during the auxiliary game or the jackpot game, or until the jackpot wait time starts in this embodiment. Note that the above-described processing is performed after a predetermined time has elapsed even during a jackpot game. That is, even if the metal frame is released when the big hit occurs, the firing of the hit ball is not stopped until the wait time starts. When the fall of the frame opening signal is detected, the frame flag is reset, the frame opening display lamp 14 is turned off, and the state of the touch detection unit 114 is determined. Here, if the touch output is Hi, the touch flag is set.

In the replenishment process, when the rise of the replenishment signal is detected, the replenishment display lamp 13 is turned on, a stop flag is set, and a replenishment request signal is transmitted to the management device 126. When the falling of the replenishment signal is detected,
The replenishment display lamp 13 is turned off. The process of setting the stop flag may be performed by the management device 126.

In the touch detection processing, if the touch flag is set, the touch flag is reset and the state of the firing on flag is checked. If the firing on flag is reset, the ball feeding flag is set, the ball feeding electromagnet 93 is turned on, the ball feeding timer is started, the firing on flag is set, and the firing off flag is reset. On the other hand, if the firing on flag is set, the above processing is not performed. On the other hand, if the rising of the touch detection signal is detected when the touch flag is not set, the above-described processing of determining the state of the firing flag is performed.
Then, when the falling of the touch detection signal is detected, the firing off flag is set.

In the firing process, when the firing ON flag is set, the interval processing is performed when the interval flag is set, the ball feeding process is performed when the ball feeding flag is set, and the rotary flag is set. If it is, perform a rotary process. If the above-mentioned flags are not set, the rotary solenoid 44 is turned on, the firing timer is started, and the rotary flag is set.

In the interval processing, if the interval timer has expired, the interval flag is reset, and if the firing off flag, the stop flag, and the lock flag are not set, the dial power supply voltage value is selected. On the other hand, when the firing off flag or the stop flag is set, the power supply voltage value is selected, and when the flag is not set and the lock flag is set, the lock storage value is set. Select a value.

In the ball feeding process, when the ball feeding timer has expired, the ball feeding electromagnet 93 is turned off, the ball feeding flag is reset, the interval flag is set, and the interval timer is started.

In the rotary processing, when the firing timer has expired, the rotary solenoid 44 is turned off and the rotary flag is reset. Then, the state of the firing off flag is determined, and if the firing off flag is set, the firing on flag and the firing off flag are reset. Here, when the touch detection output is Hi, the touch flag is set. On the other hand, if the firing off flag is not set, the ball feeding flag is set, the ball feeding electromagnet 93 is turned on, and the ball feeding timer is started.

In the firing lock process, when the rising of the lock signal is detected, the lock flag is set, the lock display lamp 16 is turned on, and the firing power supply voltage value at that time is stored in the flight distance storage means 110 as the lock storage value. When the falling of the lock signal is detected, the lock flag is reset and the lock indicator lamp 16 is turned off. When the rising of the up signal of the fine adjustment switch 19 is detected, “1” is added to the lock storage value, and when the rising of the down signal is detected, “1” is subtracted from the lock storage value. In the firing display process, the firing display lamp 17 is turned on when the firing ON flag is set. on the other hand,
When the firing ON flag is not set, the firing display lamp 17 is turned off.

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As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the operating condition detecting means satisfies the operating condition.
Is detected, the flying distance adjustment operation hand adjusted by the player is
Launch control means based on the adjustment value of the flight distance of the hit ball by the step
Flight distance control means <br/> firing drive means so that the distance which is adjusted to drive the firing rod, the electromagnetic hitting supply means
In the hitting state in which the ball supplied to the firing position is fired to the game unit and the firing stop control means of the firing control means performs the hit control based on the satisfaction of the predetermined condition , the flight distance
Regardless of the adjustment value of the flight distance of the hit ball by the adjustment operation means,
The driving force of the firing driving means by the flight distance control means is set to the foul value stored in the foul value storage means (a numerical value corresponding to the driving force of the firing driving means such that the shot ball becomes a foul ball). From the launch stop control means
Instructed to the distance control means, a series of firings by the firing control means
The ball that is supplied to the firing position based on the firing control and fired is
Return to the player as a foul ball without reaching the gaming section
Will be done . Therefore, even if it is stopped
Regardless of the player, firing is driven by the flight distance adjustment operation means
Increase the driving force of the means and play games with the ball-and-ball game machine
Even if the flight distance control means is
Based on the instruction, the stored value stored in the foul value storage means
By controlling the driving force of the firing drive means, the flight distance can be reduced
Since it will not be changed, play with a stopped gaming machine
Techniques can be forced to be impossible. In addition, fire
Also I Do and Uchidome state by Uchidome control unit, electromagnetic punch
All the balls supplied to the launch position by the ball supply means can be collected at the player's hand by being fired as foul balls, so the player does not have to complain because he can not collect several remaining balls It does not detract from the interest of the game.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine as a ball and ball game machine .

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part below a front frame.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the hitting ball firing operation unit viewed from the back side.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the hit ball firing operation unit.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the hit ball launching operation part with a part cut away.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the hit ball firing device.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the hit ball firing device.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment of a flight distance adjusting means.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of another embodiment of a flight distance adjusting means.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a hit ball supply device.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the hit ball supply device.

FIG. 12 is a back view of the hit ball supply device.

FIG. 13 is a rear view of the hit ball supply device.

FIG. 14 is a rear view of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a front frame and a metal frame.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a front frame.

FIG. 17 is a schematic block diagram of an electric control device.

FIG. 18 is a timing chart showing the timing of hitting the ball.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing processing in a pachinko machine.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing processing in the pachinko machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine 28 Launch adjusting unit 43 Hit ball launch rod 44 Rotary solenoid 111 Strike control means 113 Fall value storage means

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ball game machine equipped with a hit ball firing device including a hit ball firing rod for firing a ball at a firing position to a game section, and firing driving means for driving the hit ball firing rod. Electromagnetic ball supply means for supplying one ball to the launch position
When, of operating the firing drive means and said electromagnetic hitting supply unit
And operating conditions detecting means for detecting an operating condition for said operating condition detecting means detects the establishment of the working conditions
Based on that, by operating the electromagnetic hit ball supply means
After supplying the ball to the above-mentioned firing position, the above-mentioned firing driving means is operated.
A launch control hand that performs a series of controls to launch the ball by moving it
The player adjusts the flight distance of the ball by operating
Comprising a distance adjustment operation means for instructing to serial firing control unit, the said launch control means, the adjustment value of the flying distance of the hit ball by the flight distance adjustment operation unit
Based, driving of the firing drive means in the hitting launchers
And distance control means for adjusting the distance of the ball to control the force, and foul value storage means for launching spheres stores the value corresponding to the driving force of the firing drive means such that foul ball, predetermined The hitting and launching is controlled based on the satisfaction of the condition, and instructed to the flight distance control means to drive the firing driving means based on the stored value stored in the foul value storage means in the hitting state. And a stop control means.