JP3292833B2 - 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 a prize winning device for a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a prize winning device for a pachinko machine having both functions of a starting means and an electric accessory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are various types of pachinko machines, for example, various types of pachinko machines provided with a game state conversion means on a game board. When this game state conversion means is roughly classified, a special symbol display device capable of displaying a plurality of symbols is provided, and a special winning opening is opened based on a combination mode of symbols displayed by the special symbol display device, One that creates an advantageous state for the player by repeatedly opening and closing the rotary wing piece when the predetermined condition is satisfied, and one that opens the big winning opening when a hit ball enters the starting port in the right state is there.

[0003] Further, as a pachinko machine in which a ball guide path is formed on a game board and a ball detector is arranged in the middle of the ball guide path,
For example, there is Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 55-72986. This pachinko machine has a safe pocket, a ball entrance,
It has a shape having a ball outlet facing the game board surface, and a ball detector is arranged between the ball inlet and the ball outlet.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-150085 discloses an example in which a hit ball flowing down a game board can be guided to another winning opening by moving a movable member.

[0005]

However, a pachinko machine simply provided with the above-mentioned game state conversion means is tired of the player, and a pachinko machine capable of playing a novel game which has never existed before. The development of is eagerly awaited. Therefore, simply providing an electric accessory, for example, in addition to the above-mentioned gaming state conversion means not only complicates the game board, but also has to arrange switches for operating the electric accessory. . Also, if a guide path is formed by nails, guide members, or the like, hit balls are unevenly distributed in the direction of the guide path. For example, when a guide path toward a start port that forms starting means of the game state conversion means is formed, Is easier to enter,
It is difficult to enter other winning ports, etc., and the balance of the game is lacking, and the interest in pachinko games does not improve.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and has a base plate attached to a game board and a front plate provided on the front side of the base plate, which is closed by an electric drive source and provided to a player. A pair of openable and closable members which can be converted into an unfavorable first state and an open second advantageous state, and which is provided between the two openable members above the pair of openable members and located on the front side of the game board. Ball detector, and a guide member for guiding the ball that has entered the open / close member and the ball detector to the back side of the game board, and has jumped into the ball detector in a first state disadvantageous to the player. Only the ball is guided to the back side of the game board by the guiding member, and in the second state advantageous to the player, the ball flying into the ball detector and the ball flying into the opening formed by the opening / closing member are guided by the guiding member. Guides to the back side of the game board, and the ball and the opening and closing member that fly from the ball detector are formed Payment between flying into spheres from opening
The number of prize balls to be put out is different.

[0007]

1 is a front view of a game board 1 of a pachinko machine, in particular, a game section 3 surrounded by guide rails 2. FIG.

The game section 3 includes a special symbol display device 4 which is a component of game state conversion means capable of converting a game development into a first state disadvantageous to the player and a second state advantageous to the player, A common symbol display device 5 constituting an operating means of a variable winning device to be described later and a central accessory 7 including a regular symbol start switch 6 of the ordinary symbol display device 5 are arranged. Electric bonus item 8 as a variable winning device that can be converted into a first state that is disadvantageous to the player and a second state that is advantageous to the player. A large winning opening 9 which is a component of a game state conversion means that can be converted into a first state disadvantageous to the player and a second state advantageous to the player is arranged. On the left and right of the special winning opening 9 are special symbol start switches 10 which constitute start means for starting the game state conversion means.
The special symbol start-up port 11 is arranged. Further, a winning opening 12, a windmill 13, various indicator lights 14, and a number of obstacle nails 15 are arranged at appropriate positions of the game section 3, and an out opening 16 is opened at the lowest position.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the central accessory 7 is provided on the upper front side of a mounting board 17 having an opening.
8, a prize hole 19 communicating with the rear side of the mounting board 17 is opened at the upper edge of the armor portion 18, and a normal symbol display device 5 and a normal symbol start storage indicator light to be described later are provided in the armor portion 18. 20
Is provided. In addition, a tubular body 21 is provided on the rear side along the edge of the opening of the mounting board 17, and a back cover 22 is attached to the rear of the body 21. A transparent front cover 23 is attached to the closed
4 is formed.

In the upper part of the closed space 24, a special symbol display device 4 is formed by disposing a display comprising seven-segment light emitting diodes in a horizontal triple. In addition, a special symbol start storage indicator light 2 is provided at a lower rear portion of the closed space portion 24.
The light-emitting diodes constituting 5 are arranged, and the starting memory of a special symbol which can store up to four winnings is displayed. Further, a shelf plate 26 which is concavely and gently curved is provided at a lower portion of the closed space portion 24, and a mortar-shaped circular concave portion 27 is provided in the shelf plate 26.
8 is established. On the upper surface of the shelf 26, a ball guide groove 29 is provided, which is gently inclined downward from the left and right corners of the trailing edge toward the circular concave portion 27. A ball guide rib 30 for guiding to 29 is provided.

A bottom plate 31 having a lower front edge is provided below the shelf plate 26, and the remaining portion with the front cover 23 attached thereto is formed as a ball outlet 32 which opens horizontally to form a front surface of the game section 3. Face.

On the other hand, the closed space 2 below the armor 18
A ball entrance 33 is opened in the left and right mounting substrates 17 on the outside of the base 4 and a ball receiving portion 34 is protruded from the ball entrance 33 toward the back cover 22 so as to pass through the upper side of the closed space 24. A guide gutter 35 is formed. Then, the lower end of the ball guide gutter 35 is opened above the ball guide rib 30 of the shelf 26 provided in the closed space 24. In addition, this ball guide gutter 35
In the illustrated embodiment, a pass-type ball detector is provided at the lower end of the ball guide gutter 35 in the illustrated embodiment. This sphere detector is a normal symbol start switch 6 for starting the variable display of the symbol of the ordinary symbol display device 5, and constitutes an operating means of the variable winning device including the ordinary electric accessory 8.

Accordingly, when a ball flowing down the game section 3 enters the ball entrance 33 and flows into the closed space 24 through the ball guide gutter 35, the ball is detected by a ball detector (a normal symbol start switch 6). ), And falls on the shelf 26. The fallen ball flows into the circular recess 27 by the ball guide rib 30 and the ball guide groove 29. Immediately after the ball has flowed, there is a sufficient downward force so that the ball orbits along the edge of the circular recess 27, but when the downward force is weakened. It falls on the bottom plate 31 from any of the falling ports 28, returns to the game section 3 again from the ball outlet 32, and flows down the game section 3.
When the ball falls from the center drop hole 28 to the bottom plate 31, it flows down from the center of the ball outlet 32 to the center of the game board 1 through the center of the bottom plate 31, and is provided below the ordinary electric accessory 8 provided below.
High probability of flowing into In the illustrated embodiment,
A ball guide piece 30 ′ is suspended from the lower edge of the ball guide gutter 35 toward the shelf 26 so that the falling direction of the ball flowing from the ball inlet 33 on the left side is stabilized.

The ordinary electric accessory 8 disposed below the central accessory 7 is constituted by a winning device according to the present invention, and has a structure as shown in FIGS. 7A to 7D, for example. ing. That is, a base plate 36 attached to the game board 1,
A pocket 37 provided on the base plate 36 as a guide member for guiding the ball to the back side of the game board 1; and an opening / closing member capable of converting between a first state disadvantageous to the player and a second state advantageous to the player. And a pair of rotary blades 38 rotatably provided on the left and right sides of the upper edge opening edge of the pocket 37, and the switch frame 5 is provided between the tips of the rotary blades 38 in the closed state.
7 has a ball detector (for example, a special symbol start switch 10).

The pocket 37 for receiving the hit ball is fixed to the lower half of the central portion of the base plate 36.
The ball that has flown into the upper ball detector and the ball that has flown into the opening formed by the rotating wing piece 38 in the open state are communicated with the through hole 39 formed in the game board 1 through the through hole 39. It is configured to guide to the back side. In the illustrated embodiment, the sphere that has passed through the sphere detector falls into the pocket 37. However, by providing the switch frame 57 with a bottom partition plate, the rotating wing piece 38 allows the pocket to be pocketed. 37
When it flows into the inside, it can be guided to the back side of the game board 1 separately from the ball.

A decoration plate 40 is attached to the front surface of the pocket 37 to cover the front surfaces of the pocket 37 and the rotary wing piece 38, and two support shafts 41 are attached to the decoration plate 40 rearward. The rotating blade 38 is rotatably supported.

The rotary wing piece 38 has a concave portion 38a at the base end portion on the shaft support side, and a swing projection 42a of a swing member 42 to be described later is loosely fitted into the concave portion 38a through a through hole formed in the base plate 36. . The operation transmitting mechanism for rotating the rotary blade piece 38 converts the linear motion of the plunger 44 that slides by the excitation of the ordinary electric solenoid 43 into the rotary motion of the rotary blade piece 38. 45 and the above-mentioned swing member 42 are pivotally connected by a pin 46. In addition, two interlocking rods 45 are arranged on the right and left sides of the ordinary electric solenoid 43, and are connected to both left and right ends of the swinging member 42.

The ordinary electric accessory 8 constructed as described above
In the normal state, the ordinary electric solenoid 43 is demagnetized, the plunger 44 is retracted by the urging of the return spring 47, the swinging projection 42a of the swinging member 42 is turned upward (FIG. 7C), and the rotary blade 38 Has its tip abutted on the side surface of the switch frame 57 (FIG. 7A). In this state, the hit ball flowing down the game section 3 can fly only into the ball detector. On the other hand, when the ordinary electric solenoid 43 is excited, the plunger 44 slides, so that the swing member 42 swings about the support shaft 48 via the interlocking rod 45 to rotate the swing projection 42a downward, and The hitting ball that is converted to the second state (the state shown by the broken line in FIG. 7A) which is advantageous to the player who releases the bucket piece 38 to allow the ball to flow easily, forms an opening, and flows down the game section 3 Without affecting the ball detector, it can fly into the pocket 37,
The game board 1 can be guided to the rear side through the through hole 39 of the base plate 36.

According to the ordinary electric accessory 8 constituted by the winning device according to the present invention as described above, the rotary wing piece 38 jumps into the ball detector in the first state disadvantageous to the closed player. It is possible to separate the ball from the ball that enters the opening formed by the rotary wing piece 38 without passing through the ball detector when the rotary wing piece 38 is opened and in the second state advantageous to the player. The function of the winning opening and the function of the starting opening can be provided in the same ordinary electric accessory 8. Since the ball detector has a function as a starting port, the starting port and a so-called electric tulip can be integrated. Therefore, the installation space on the game board 1 can be reduced, the processing of the winning ball on the back side of the game board 1, or the installation and wiring processing of the ball detector can be simplified.
Installation work, maintenance and inspection are easy, and practical value is high. Further, the number of award balls to be paid out can be set differently for a ball that has passed through the ball detector and a ball that has flown between the rotary wing pieces 38 without passing through the ball detector.

In the illustrated embodiment, the solenoid is usually built in the electric accessory 8, but this solenoid is mounted on a game board or the like, and is of an external type that communicates via a link mechanism or the like. You can also. Further, in the present embodiment, the ordinary electric accessory 8 is set as a starting port of the special symbol display device 4 described above, and the ball detector functions as the special symbol starting switch 10.

In the illustrated embodiment, a series of ball passages through which one ball can pass is provided from the ball entrance 33 of the central accessory 7 to the ordinary electric accessory 8 described above.
On the ball path, a normal symbol start switch 6 which is an operation means of the ordinary electric accessory 8 which is a variable winning device, and a special symbol start switch 10 which is a start means of the game state conversion means are located.

On the other hand, below the ordinary electric accessory 8, there are components of game state conversion means capable of converting the game development into a first state which is disadvantageous to the player and a second state which is advantageous to the player. The big winning opening 9 is arranged. The special winning opening 9 has a movable member 49 that moves when a specific condition is satisfied, and the movable member 49 is configured so that a ball does not normally enter. Further, a special area facing the continuation switch 50 is formed in the special winning opening 9, and the movable state of the movable member 49 is maintained on condition that the ball passes through the specific area. Further, a 10-count switch 51 is placed on the most downstream side so as to detect all the balls that have flowed into the special winning opening 9, and how many balls have flowed into the special winning opening 9 up to now is determined by the mounting base. 52 provided on the lower decorative portion 53
The 0 count display lamp 54 visually displays. In the illustrated embodiment, a specific area is formed in a protruding shape at substantially the center on the front side of the mounting base 52, and a pass-type sphere detector is provided in this specific area, A closing member 55 is slidably provided above the mouth so as to cover the ball passage opening, and the closing member 55 is connected to a large winning opening solenoid (SOL) as a driving source via a lever mechanism. A movable member 49 is provided on the left and right of the specific area, and the movable member 49 is connected to the drive source via a lever mechanism. According to the illustrated embodiment, the movable member 49 is provided.
Are arranged in a pantograph shape so as to move in a horizontal direction with respect to a specific area.

The special winning opening 9 is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment, but can be converted into a state advantageous to the player when specific conditions are satisfied, and at least a specific area facing the continuous switch 50 Any configuration may be used as long as it has a 10-count switch 51 capable of detecting all balls. For example, a so-called attacker type variable winning device having a horizontally long gate may be used.

When a hit ball fired by the player flows down the gaming section 3 and wins the winning opening 12, the large winning opening 9, the natural winning opening 19, etc., 15 prize balls are paid out and the special symbol starting opening 11 (normal) It is set so that seven prize balls are paid out when the player wins the electric accessory 8).

When a hit ball wins in the special symbol starting port 11,
The special symbol start switch 10 is turned on, the special symbol display device 4 starts to display the symbol change, and is displayed for a predetermined time (for example, about 6.
After a lapse of 5 seconds or more, the symbols are sequentially stopped, and when the combination of the symbols displayed by the special symbol display device 4 matches the predetermined symbol, the special winning opening 9 is, for example, about 30
Open for seconds. When the 10 count switch 51 detects ten balls that have flowed into the special winning opening 9, the special winning opening 9 is closed even before the 30 seconds have elapsed. While the big winning opening 9 is open, the ball flows into the specific area and the continuation switch 50
Is turned on, the opening of the special winning opening 9 can be repeated up to 16 times. That is, the game is developed in an advantageous manner for the player, and the player can obtain great profit.

On the other hand, the hit ball fired by the player is
When the ball enters the ball entrance 33 provided in the space, the ball falls into the closed space portion 24 through the ball guide gutter 35, and the ordinary symbol start switch 6 on the way is turned on. When the ordinary symbol start switch 6 is turned on, the ordinary symbol display device 5 starts changing display, and about 6.5 is displayed.
When more than a second elapses, the fluctuation display is stopped, and when the symbol to be displayed at this time matches the symbol set in advance, the ordinary electric accessory 8 is opened for about 5.5 seconds. In addition, the normal symbol display device 5
Is a multi-digit display device, the ordinary electric accessory 8 is opened when the combination of the symbols becomes a predetermined combination.

When the ordinary electric accessory 8 is opened, the ordinary electric accessory 8 is provided with the special symbol start switch 10, so that there is a chance to shift to the above-mentioned advantageous state for the player. In addition, since up to four ON of the special symbol start switch 10 can be stored, more chances come. When there is a special symbol start memory, the special symbol start memory display lamp 25 provided below the special symbol display device 4 visually displays the special symbol start memory to the player.

As described above, the normal symbol start switch 6
The ball in which is turned on falls into the closed space portion 24 and goes around the circular concave portion 27, thereby extending the falling time and increasing the expectation of the player. In addition, this ball is again the game section 3
There is a chance to return to any winning opening. Moreover, in this embodiment, since the ordinary electric accessory 8 constituting the special symbol starting port 11 is disposed below the drop port 28, the expectation of the player is further increased.

According to the pachinko machine having the above configuration,
Since the ordinary symbol start switch 6 of the ordinary symbol display device 5 and the special symbol start switch 10 of the special symbol display device 4 are arranged on a series of ball paths, one hitting ball can be hit by the ordinary symbol start switch 6 and the special symbol start switch 10. And may act on both switches, increasing the value of a single hit. Further, since a series of ball passages are formed, if the player can concentrate the hit ball in the direction of the ball passage, the player aims at both the special symbol starting port 11 and the normal symbol starting port 56 (ball entrance 33). This makes it easy to set up game strategies. On the other hand, in the case of a game shop, it is only necessary to make the hitting ball scatter appropriately on the board surface of the game board 1, so that the nail adjustment becomes easy. Further, since the ordinary symbol start switch 6 is provided in parallel with the central accessory 7 provided with the special symbol display device 4, it is not necessary to newly provide the ordinary symbol start port 56 in the game board 1, and the game board 1 Of the game board 1 can be simplified.
The structure of the ball guiding path and the ball shift on the back side of the simplification is simplified.

In the above-described embodiment, the ball passing through the ball detector is guided to the front side of the game board 1 through the inside of the central role 7, but the ball is once passed through the back side of the game board 1. , For example, on the front side of the game board 1, for example, above the ordinary electric accessory 8 or the like. In addition, the ordinary electric accessory 8 in the above embodiment is set to be opened when the symbol of the ordinary symbol display device 5 matches a predetermined symbol. You may make it open.

Next, an example of the control means for controlling the above-described pachinko game will be briefly described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. In FIG. 8, reference numeral 58 denotes a central processing unit (CPU) comprising a RAM or the like used for data calculation or the like;
Is a clock circuit for supplying a predetermined pulse to the CPU 58;
Reference numeral 60 denotes a reset circuit for resetting the CPU 58; 61, a power reset circuit for initializing the CPU 58 and the like when the power is turned on; 62, a frequency dividing circuit for supplying a desired pulse to the reset circuit 60; A memory (PROM) in which programs and data for storing are stored, 64 is an input / output control device, 65 is a special symbol start detection circuit, 66 is a continuous winning detection circuit, 67 is a normal symbol start detection circuit, and 68 is 10 counts. Detection circuit,
69 is a special winning opening solenoid drive circuit that drives the movable member of the special winning opening, 70 is a normal electric solenoid driving circuit that drives the rotating wing of the normal electric accessory, 71 is a lamp driving circuit that drives various indicator lights, Reference numeral 72 denotes an electronic sound circuit that emits a sound effect from a speaker (SP) according to the situation of the game.
An LED drive circuit 74 for turning on an indicator light composed of an ED is a 7-segment LED drive circuit 74 for driving the symbol display device.
The lamp drive circuit 71 and the electronic sound circuit 72 include, for example, a normal symbol start switch 6 and a special symbol start switch 10.
When the LED is turned on, each indicator light is turned on or blinked, or a different sound effect is output to distinguish the operation state.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately implemented unless the structure described in the claims is changed. .

[0033]

The prize winning device of the pachinko machine according to the present invention comprises:
A base plate attached to the game board; and a pair of base plates provided on the front side of the base plate, which are closed by an electric drive source and can be converted into a first state disadvantageous to the player and an open second advantageous state. An opening / closing member, a ball detector provided between the two opening / closing members above the pair of opening / closing members and positioned on the front side of the game board, and a ball flying into the opening / closing member and the ball detector. A guiding member for guiding the ball to the back side of the game board, and guiding only the ball which has flown into the ball detector to the back side of the game board by the guiding member in the first state disadvantageous to the player, thereby providing a second player which is advantageous to the player. In the second state, the ball that has flown into the ball detector and the ball that has flown into the opening formed by the opening / closing member are guided to the back side of the game board by the guiding member, and the ball that has flown from the ball detector and the opening / closing member the but winning balls number paid out in the opening and flying into spheres which form has to be different , Or payout of prize balls as the winning port, and or to start variable display of symbols as start hole for paying less prize balls than winning opening, it is possible to provide different prize balls by a single winning device. Therefore, the installation space on the game board can be reduced, the processing of the winning ball on the back side of the game board, or the installation and wiring processing of the ball detector can be simplified.
Installation work, maintenance and inspection are easy, and practical value is high.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a central accessory.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a central accessory.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a central accessory.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a shelf board.

FIG. 7 shows an ordinary electric accessory, (A) is a front view, (B)
Is a cross-sectional view, (C) is a longitudinal sectional view in a state where the rotating wing piece is closed, and (D) is a longitudinal sectional view in a state where the rotating wing piece is open.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a control unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 game board 4 special symbol display device as a component of game state conversion means 5 ordinary symbol display device as a component of variable winning device operating device 6 ordinary symbol start switch 8 as a component of variable winning device operating device 8 Ordinary electric accessory constituting variable winning device 9 Big winning opening as a component of game state conversion means 10 Special symbol start switch as ball detector 36 Base plate 37 Pocket as guiding member 38 Rotating wing as opening / closing member Piece

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A base plate attached to a game board, and a first state provided on the front side of the base plate and closed by an electric drive source and disadvantageous to a player, and opened to a second state advantageous to a player. A pair of convertible open / close members, a ball detector provided between the two open / close members above the pair of open / close members and located on the front side of the game board, and jumping into the open / close members and the ball detector A guiding member that guides the hit ball to the back side of the game board, and in the first state disadvantageous to the player, only the ball that has flown into the ball detector is guided to the back side of the game board by the guiding member. In the second state which is advantageous to the player, the ball that has flown into the ball detector and the ball that has flown into the opening formed by the opening / closing member are guided to the back side of the game board by the guiding member, and fly from the ball detector. payment from an opening sphere opening and closing member that is formed by the flying into spheres
A prize winning device for a pachinko machine, wherein a different number of prize balls are protruded. 2. A game board provided with game state conversion means capable of converting a first state in which game development is disadvantageous to a player and a second state advantageous to a player, and a ball detector for starting the game state conversion means. The winning device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the winning device is a means.