JP3360852B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has a winning ball having a winning space in which a specific winning area capable of giving a player a special gaming value and a normal winning area giving a normal winning value are formed. The present invention relates to a ball game machine provided with a device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a prize ball received in a prize space is guided to a specific prize area defined in the prize space, it is provided to a player with a special game value, for example, on a game board. A large number of ball game machines have been proposed which are provided with a winning ball device capable of repeatedly opening and closing a large-sized variable winning ball device and giving a chance to obtain a large amount of winning balls in a short time. In such a winning ball apparatus, a movable member is provided in the winning space, and the movable member is operated and controlled to change the flow path of the winning balls flowing down in the winning space to identify the winning ball. Some were configured to lead to either the winning area or the regular winning area.

[0003]

However, many of the movable devices provided in the above-mentioned winning ball device are always under operation control, or when the winning ball device is in a game state in which a hit ball can be won. Since the operation is controlled (for example, when the ball receiving member of the winning ball device is opened and ready for winning), the winning balls that are received and flow down into the winning space are affected by the movable member and the specific winning is achieved. Whether or not it is guided to the area depends entirely on chance, and there is another problem that it is not enough to attract the interest of the player. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to intentionally set the flow-down timing of a prize-winning ball received in a prize-winning space and the operation timing of a movable member. It is to provide a ball game machine equipped with a possible winning ball device.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a specific prize area where a special game value can be given to a player and a normal prize which gives a normal prize value In a ball game machine provided with a winning ball device having a winning space in which a region is formed, the winning ball device is a winning ball detecting means for detecting a part or all of the winning balls won in the winning space. and, setting of the winning ball detection means
It is installed in the winning space on the downstream side of the placement position and
A movable member that is operated and controlled based on a detection signal of the winning ball detection means is provided, and when the movable member is operationally controlled, a winning ball flowing down the winning space is guided toward the specific winning area direction. It is characterized by doing.

[0005]

[Function] When a hit ball is won in the winning space of the winning ball device, a part or all of the winning ball is detected by the winning ball detecting means , thereby lowering the installed position of the winning ball detecting means.
The operation of a movable member installed in the winning space on the flow side is controlled. Therefore, by presetting the timing for activating the movable member after detecting the winning ball, it is possible to maintain the flow-down timing of the winning ball and the operation timing of the movable member in a desired relationship. Then, when the winning ball is affected by the moving movable member, the winning ball is guided toward the specific winning area direction.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, a configuration of a game board 1 of a pachinko game machine as an example of a ball game machine to which a variable winning ball device 30 as a prize ball device according to an embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 13. 11 is a front view showing the front structure of the game board 1, FIG. 12 is a rear view showing the rear structure of the game board 1, and FIG. 13 is a side view provided on the rear surface of the game board 1. It is a front view and a side view of the illuminating device 19. In the figure, on the front surface of the game board 1, partition rails 2 are planted in a substantially circular shape, and the inside of the partition rails 2 is a game area 3. At the center of the game area 3, a variable winning ball device 30 which constitutes a main part of the present embodiment is arranged. The variable winning ball device 30 receives a hitting ball falling in the game area 3 of the game board 1 and receives it as a winning ball 36a,
36b, a winning space 35 in which winning balls received by the ball receiving members 36a, 36b flow down, and a movable blade 49a, 49b provided in the winning space 35 and affecting the flowing down state of the winning balls It has a member 49 and a specific winning area 40 that causes a specific game state. The detailed configuration of the variable winning ball device 30 will be described later.

Below the game area 3, a plurality of (3
Start winning openings 4, 5a, 5b are arranged. As shown in FIG. 12, in each of the starting winning openings 4, 5a, 5b,
Starting prize winning ball detector 6, 7a, 7 for detecting the hit ball
b is built in. Also, each of the starting winning openings 4, 5a, 5
A chucker lamp 17 is provided between b.

The game state when a hit ball is won in the above-mentioned starting winning opening 4, 5a, 5b will be described.
When the hit ball wins the starting winning opening 4 in the center, the ball receiving members 36a and 36b of the variable winning ball device 30 open and close twice. Also, when the ball hits the left and right starting winning openings 5a, 5b, the ball receiving members 36a, 36b will be opened and closed once. The state in which this opening / closing operation is performed is referred to as the time of the start winning. Then, the winning balls received by the variable winning ball device 30 due to the opening / closing operation at the time of starting winning is the specific winning area 40.
When the player wins a prize and turns on the specific winning ball detector 41, a specific game state (generally called a big hit game state) is entered.

When the big hit game state, ball receiving member 36
a, 36b perform opening / closing operations a predetermined number of times (eg, 18 times), or opening / closing operations until a predetermined number (eg, 10) of winning balls are generated during the opening / closing operations of the predetermined number of times (hereinafter referred to as opening / closing cycle That is). Then, when the winning balls received during the opening / closing cycle are guided to the specific winning area 40 again, the continuation right is generated, the opening / closing cycle of the current time is immediately stopped, and the next opening / closing cycle is started. Repeating such an opening / closing cycle
It is performed a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times) on condition that the continuation right is established. Therefore, when the big hit game state is reached, a large amount of winning balls can be acquired in a short time.

In the game area 3, in addition to the variable winning ball device 30 and the starting winning openings 4, 5a, 5b, a windmill lamp 8 is provided.
a, 8b, winning holes 9a, 9b, 11a, 11b, side lamps 13a, 13b, an outlet 14, a windmill and obstacle nails (both are not numbered) and the like are provided. Winning holes 9a, 9
b is arranged on the left and right sides of the variable winning ball device 30, and has shoulder lamps 10a and 10b built therein, and a winning opening 11
The a and 11b are arranged on the left and right upper portions of the starting winning openings 5a and 5b, and the sleeve lamps 12a and 12b are incorporated therein. The shoulder lamps 10a and 10b and the sleeve lamp 12
a and 12b, together with the side lamps 13a and 13b arranged at the center side end of the game area 3, are display-controlled in a predetermined manner at the time of starting winning and a big hit game state.
Further, as the display-controlled lamps, the rail decoration lamp 15 surrounding the outer periphery of the game area 3 and the game board 1 are provided.
There is a game effect lamp 16 (not shown, but shown in the block diagram of FIG. 6) and the like provided on the upper portion of the front frame of the pachinko gaming machine to which is attached. Further, the pachinko gaming machine is provided with a speaker (not shown) for notifying a sound effect according to the gaming state. Further, in front of the game board 1, two glass plates 24a, 24b (see FIG. 2)
Are arranged. The outlet 14 is provided at the bottom of the game area 3 so as to collect the out balls which have not been won.

On the other hand, on the back surface of the game board 1, as shown in FIG. 12, a winning ball collecting cover body 18 is fixed. The winning ball aggregate cover body 18 is formed with a guide path for guiding downward the winning balls that have won the variable winning ball device 30 and the winning balls that have won the winning openings 9a, 9b, 11a and 11b. Further, a side lighting device 19 for illuminating the winning space 35 of the variable winning ball device 30 from the side is attached to the side of the variable winning ball device 30 of the winning ball collecting cover body 18. As shown in FIG. 13, the side illumination device 19 is composed of a mounting plate 20 having a bowl-shaped concave reflection chamber 21 in the front portion thereof, and an accessory lamp 23 for illumination is provided in the center of the concave reflection chamber 21. Is provided. In addition, the attaching portion 23 formed on the upper and lower rear ends of the attaching plate 20 can be attached to the prize ball collecting cover body 18. In addition, as described above, the illuminating means for illuminating the winning space 35 of the variable winning ball device 30 is the winning ball aggregate cover body 1.
By separately attaching the illuminating device to the variable prize winning ball device 30, the amount of protrusion of the variable prize winning ball device 30 to the side can be suppressed, and the variable winning prize ball device 30 can be suppressed. The work of attaching 30 to the game board 1 can be easily performed.

The structure of the game board 1 has been described above. Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5, the structure of the variable winning ball device 30 as a winning ball device constituting the essential part of the present embodiment. explain. 1 is a front view of the variable winning ball apparatus 30, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the variable winning ball apparatus 30, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view in which a part of the variable winning ball apparatus 30 is cut away. 4 and 5 are perspective views showing the operation of the character member 48 as a movable member provided in the winning space 35. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the variable winning sphere device 30 has a mounting substrate 31 mounted on the surface of the game board 1. The mounting substrate 31 is
The vertically long whole is formed in a plate shape that bulges sideways, and a normal winning opening 32 is formed on the front surface of the upper part thereof. In addition, a rectangular winning opening is formed in the center of the mounting substrate 31, and a winning space 35 surrounded by a peripheral wall is formed behind the winning opening.

An obstacle receiving frame 33 is provided on the front surface of the mounting substrate 31 along the upper opening edge of the winning opening, and an upper decorative plate 34 is fixed to the front surface of the obstacle receiving frame 33 so that the winning opening 32 is formed. Is decorated in front of. In addition, the obstacle receiving frame 33
A pair of ball receiving members 36a and 36b are provided below the both ends of the rotary shaft 3
It is provided so as to be openable and closable around 7a and 37b.
The ball receiving members 36a and 36b are rotatable shafts 37a and 37b.
The rear end is engaged with a well-known link mechanism to be connected to the ball receiving member solenoids 38a, 38b (see FIG. 2), and the opening / closing operation is performed according to ON / OFF of the ball receiving member solenoids 38a, 38b. It has become.

Below the above-mentioned ball receiving members 36a, 36b, there is provided a prize ball receiving frame 39 which is provided so as to project along the lower left and right edges and the lower edge of the opening edge of the prize opening. Prize-winning ball receiving frame 39
A specific winning area 40 is formed in the center of the upper part of the coin, and the winning balls that have passed through the specific winning area 40 are detected by the specific winning ball detector 41
To be detected by. The right and left sides of the specific winning area 40 are normal winning areas 42a and 42b. In addition, a lower decorative plate 39 is provided on the front surface of the winning ball receiving frame 39.
a is fixed, and the specific winning area 40 and the normal winning area 42
It covers the front of a and 42b. In addition, specific winning area 4
The 0 and normal winning areas 42a, 42b are formed so as to face the lower end of the lower ball rolling plate 58, which will be described later, and the winning balls that have won each are joined below and guided to the back surface of the game board 1. It has become so.

As described above, the winning opening is formed on the mounting substrate 31.
Obstacle receiving frame 33 and ball receiving members 36a, 3 protruding from the front surface of the
Because it is surrounded by 6b and the winning ball receiving frame 39,
The hit ball falling in the game area 3 does not win in a normal state. However, when the ball receiving members 36a, 36b are opened, the ball hitting the game area 3 is received by the ball receiving members 36a, 36b and guided to the inside of the winning opening to reach the winning space 35, and finally. It becomes a prize ball. It should be noted that the ball receiving members 36a, 3b are not in a state in which no ball is hit when the ball receiving members 36a, 36b stand up.
It is possible to form an interval through which the hitting ball passes between 6b and the obstacle receiving frame 33 so that it is difficult to win the prize.

In the winning space 35, an upper ball rolling plate 43 which is inclined downward toward the rear is laid on the upper side thereof.
At the rear end of the upper ball rolling plate 43, there are drop ports 44 on the left and right.
a and 44b are formed, and the winning balls rolling on the upper ball rolling plate 43 are caused to fall downward. Drop port 44a,
Winning ball detectors 45a and 45b are provided below 44b to detect passing winning balls. The winning ball detectors 45a, 45b are ball receiving members 36a, 3 during one opening / closing cycle when the big hit game state is entered.
This is for counting the number of winning balls received by 6b, and for controlling the operation of movable blades 49a, 49b of the character member 48 described below.
In addition, on the rear wall of the upper rear of the upper ball rolling plate 43, the number-of-opening display LED46 that displays the number of times the opening and closing cycle is repeated when the big hit game state is reached, and the winning ball detectors 45a and 45b detect and count. The number-of-wins display LED 47 for displaying the number of winning coins is provided.

A character member 48 is provided at the center of the lower part of the winning space 35.
A pair of movable blades 49a and 49b are provided on the side of 8 so as to be freely opened and closed. The movable blades 49a and 49b are shown in FIG.
The blade solenoids 50a and 50b are driven to open and close, and the blade solenoids 50a and 50b are operated and controlled based on the detection signals of the winning ball detectors 45a and 45b. Regarding this control,
It will be described in detail later.

The character member 48 described above is given a design of a robot, and the winning balls received while the movable blades 49a and 49b are opened are guided to a ball passage 51 formed in the lower rear portion of the character member 48. Ball passage 5
1, the foot members 52a, 52a at a predetermined interval.
b is provided so that the winning balls flowing out from the ball passage 51 are guided forward along the lower ball rolling plate 58. A temporary stop plate 53 projects from the ball passage 51 from an opening 55 formed in the rear wall of the winning space 35. The temporary stop plate 53 is moved up and down by the stop solenoid 54 shown in FIG. In addition, an outflow passage 56 is formed in the body of the character member 48 so that the winning balls overflowing from the ball passage 51 roll forward as will be described below. However, since the protrusion 57 is provided at the center of the outflow passage 56, the winning balls rolling on the outflow passage 56 are sorted right and left by the protrusion 57 and fall onto the lower ball rolling plate 58.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, when the stop solenoid 54 is OFF, the above-mentioned temporary stop plate 53 is
The prize balls in the lowered position and in the ball passage 51 can pass through the space between the foot members 52a and 52b and flow down the center of the lower ball rolling plate 58 to win the specific prize area 40. It is highly likely. On the other hand, the stop solenoid 54 is ON
At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the temporary stop plate 53 is in the raised position, and the winning ball P that has entered the ball passage 51.
The temporary stop plate 53 and the stop portion 56 at the lower rear end of the outflow passage 56
It is assumed to be stopped at a and. When one winning ball is stopped in the ball passage 51, the movable blade 49
The winning balls received by a and 49b collide with the stopped winning balls and roll forward from the outflow passage 56 . That is, in this embodiment, the ball passage 51
Only one winning ball can be stopped inside, but when that one winning ball is released, the possibility of being guided to the specific winning area 40 is increased.

The structure in the winning space 35 of the variable winning ball device 30 is approximately the above-mentioned structure, but the variable winning ball device 30 has a large number of decorative LEDs 59 (see FIG. 2).
Is provided. In addition, the wiring of the decorative LED, the solenoid, the detector, and the like described above is provided on the back surface of the variable winning ball device 30 as shown in FIG.
0 is aggregated and connected.

The structure of the game board 1 of the pachinko game machine including the variable winning ball device 30 has been described above. The game device provided on the game board 1 is controlled by the game control circuit shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing a block configuration of the game control circuit formed on the control board, which is controlled by a basic circuit 70 including an MPU, ROM, RAM, and an input / output circuit. Then, the basic circuit 70
Is a start winning a prize ball detector 6, 7 via the switch circuit 71.
a, 7b, specific winning ball detector 41, winning ball detector 45
The detection signals from a and 45b are input, and the address decode circuit 72 provides a chip select signal to the basic circuit 70 and the switch circuit 71. Further, when the power is turned on, the initial reset circuit 73 gives a reset signal to the basic circuit 70, and the periodic reset circuit 74 gives a periodic reset signal to the basic circuit 70 at predetermined time intervals.

On the other hand, the basic circuit 70 provides control signals to the following devices and circuits. That is, an audio signal is given to the speaker via the sound circuit 75, and the drive signal is output to the big hit information output circuit 76 which derives the big hit signal. In addition, the number of times of opening display LED through the LED circuit 77
A display control signal is given to the 46, the winning number display LED 47, and the decoration LED 59, and the ball receiving member solenoids 38a and 38b, the blade solenoid 5 are supplied via the solenoid circuit 78.
Drive signals are given to the 0a, 50b and the stop solenoid 54. Further, via the lamp circuit 79, the windmill lamps 8a and 8b, the shoulder lamps 10a and 10b, and the sleeve lamp 12 are provided.
a, 12b, side lamps 13a, 13b, rail decoration lamp 15, game effect lamp 16, chucker lamp 1
7, and the display control signal is sent to the accessory lamp 22. Electric power having various voltages is supplied from the power supply circuit 80 to the above-mentioned devices and circuits.

Next, the operation of the variable winning ball apparatus 30 controlled by the basic circuit 70 described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10. First, with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, an operation of the variable winning ball device 30 at the time of starting winning will be described. FIG. 7 is a time chart showing the operation at the time of opening once, and FIG. 8 is a time chart showing the operation at the time of opening twice.

In FIG. 7, when a hitting ball is won in one of the starting prize winning openings 5a and 5b and the starting signal S1 is derived from the starting winning prize detectors 7a and 7b, a predetermined time (2.000 seconds) is derived from the derivation. ) Delayingly, the ball receiving members 36a and 36b (indicated as a special winning opening) are opened for a short time (0.500 seconds). Further, at the same time as the start signal S1 is derived, the movable blades 49a, 49a
b (displayed as a blade) turns on for 0.200 seconds and opens. This opening has nothing to do with winning balls. Also, the start signal S
The period from when there is 1 until the ball receiving members 36a and 36b are closed (the period marked with an asterisk in FIG. 7) is
The start reception is prohibited. This start acceptance period is
The ball hitting any of the starting winning openings 4, 5a, 5b within the period is invalidated as the starting winning function. In the illustrated time chart, the ball receiving member 36
Even after the a and 36b are closed, it takes a long time for the winning balls flowing down the winning space 35 to reach the specific winning area 40. Therefore, the ball receiving members 36a and 36b are closed for a certain time (4.0).
(00 seconds) Allows the accessory continuous operation device operation effective time. The effective operating time of the accessory continuous operation device is the ball receiving member 36.
Since a winning ball that has won a prize just before closing a or 36b may win the specific winning area 40, this is a grace time set in order to recognize the winning as valid.

On the other hand, when the hitting ball is received by the ball receiving members 36a and 36b during the above-mentioned effective working time of the accessory continuous operation device and becomes a winning ball, which is detected by the winning ball detectors 45a and 45b, the detection thereof. After a short time (0.140 seconds) from the time, the movable blades 49a and 49b are set to 1.
Open for 000 seconds. In this case, however, the winning balls that first pass through the winning ball detectors 45a and 45b fall downward before the movable blades 49a and 49b open, so that the winning balls received by the movable blades 49a and 49b are received. Is a winning ball that passes the winning ball detectors 45a and 45b within 1 second after the first winning ball passes the winning ball detectors 45a and 45b. When the winning balls are received by the movable blades 49a and 49b in this way, they are guided to the ball passage 51 and then highly likely to be guided to the specific winning area 40 by the foot members 52a and 52b. Will be more likely. However, this 1
In the case of double opening, the ball receiving members 36a and 36b are opened only once, so that a plurality of ball hitting balls are received into the ball receiving members 36a and 36b.
It is unlikely to be received at almost the same time, and as a result the probability of being in the big hit game state is relatively low, but there are cases where multiple ball hits are won by one opening of the ball receiving members 36a, 36b. However, there is a possibility that it will be in a big hit game state. Further, in FIG. 7, the movable blade 49 is moved before the effective working time of the accessory continuous operation device is finished.
a and 49b perform opening for a minute time twice to notify that the accessory effective operating device operation effective time is over.

Next, in FIG. 8, when a hitting ball enters the starting winning opening 4 and the starting signal S2 is derived from the starting winning ball detector 6, the ball receiving member 36 is delayed by a predetermined time (2.000 seconds).
a and 36b are opened twice at different short times (0.500 seconds and 0.700 seconds) with a fixed time interval (0.700 seconds). The time from when the start signal S2 is received to when the opening of the ball receiving members 36a and 36b is completed twice is the start acceptance prohibition period. In addition, since the opening time and the number of times of opening the ball receiving members 36a and 36b are larger in the double opening start than in the single opening start, winning balls are easily accepted by the variable winning ball device 30. Further, in FIG. 8 as well, a fixed time (4.
(000 seconds), the effective operating time of the accessory continuous actuator is permitted.

On the other hand, when the hitting ball is received by the ball receiving members 36a and 36b and becomes a winning ball during the operation time of the accessory continuous operation device described above, and when it is detected by the winning ball detectors 45a and 45b, the detection thereof. After a short time (0.140 seconds) from the time, the movable blades 49a and 49b are set to 2.
Open for 000 seconds. In this case, however, the winning ball that first passed through the winning ball detectors 45a and 45b drops downward before the movable blades 49a and 49b are opened, and is therefore received by the movable blades 49a and 49b. The first prize ball is the prize ball detector 45a, 45.
Winning ball detectors 45a, 45 within 2 seconds after passing b
It is a winning ball that passes b. When the winning balls are received by the movable blades 49a and 49b in this way, they are guided to the ball passage 51 and then highly likely to be guided to the specific winning area 40 by the foot members 52a and 52b. Will be more likely. And
In the case of opening twice, the ball receiving members 36a and 36b are
Since it is opened once, a plurality of ball hitting balls are received by the ball receiving members 36a, 36b.
There is a high possibility that it will be accepted by, and as a result the probability of becoming a jackpot gaming state is relatively high. Further, in FIG. 8, the movable blades 49a and 49b perform opening for a minute time twice before the end of the accessory effective operating device operation effective time, and the fact that the accessory effective operating device operation effective time is ended is notified. ing.

As described above, in this embodiment, when a hit ball is won in the winning space 35 of the variable winning ball device 30 at the time of starting winning, all of the winning balls are detected by the winning ball detectors 45a, 45.
b, and thereby the movable blades 49a, 4a
9b is operated and controlled, but at this time, the winning ball detector 45
The winning balls after being detected by a and 45b are movable blades 4.
Since it flows down toward 9a, 49b, the timing for activating the movable blades 49a, 49b after the detection of the winning balls is set in advance, so that the falling timing of the winning balls and the operation timing of the movable blades 49a, 49b can be set as desired. Relationship,
In the case of the present embodiment, it is possible to hold the relationship that the next winning ball passes within 1 second or 2 seconds after the first winning ball has passed, and therefore, the player has such a relationship. When a prize ball is generated, the jackpot game state is almost certainly achieved, so that the player can play the game with peace of mind and can enjoy the game at the time of the start winning. In the present embodiment, all the winning balls received by the ball receiving members 36a, 36b at the time of starting winning are detected by the winning ball detectors 45a, 45b, but some winning balls (for example, one of the winning balls The winning ball detected only by the winning ball detector) is detected, and the movable blade 49 is detected based on the detection signal.
It is also possible to control the operation of a and 49b.

Next, the operation during the opening / closing cycle will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. 9 shows the basic timing operation of the opening / closing cycle, and FIG. 10 shows the timing operation of the final opening / closing cycle. In the figure, the continuous object operating device shows the winning of the specific winning area 40, that is, the operation of the specific winning ball detector 41.

First, the basic operation in the opening / closing cycle will be described with reference to FIG. When the accessory continuous operation device 41 operates and the continuation signal Rn (1 ≦ n ≦ 14) is derived,
The ball receiving members 36a and 36b start the opening / closing cycle after a predetermined time (4.00 seconds) from the continuation signal Rn. In this opening / closing cycle, the opening time and the closing time of 0.700 seconds are alternately performed. Further, when the end condition of the opening / closing cycle is reached, the accessory effective operating device operation effective time (4.0000 seconds) is set as described above. Of course, in the final opening / closing cycle, the effective working time of the accessory continuous actuator is not set. Further, after the continuation signal Rn is derived, the movable blades 49a and 49b are turned on and off a plurality of times at short time intervals before the opening and closing operations of the ball receiving members 36a and 36b are started, and the ball receiving members 36a and 3b.
When the 6b starts the opening / closing operation, the movable blades 49a,
49b is turned off.

On the other hand, as the opening / closing cycle progresses, the ball receiving member 3
6a, 36b received prize ball detector 45a, 4
When the number of winning balls detected by 5b becomes 3,
Alternatively, when the seventh opening of the ball receiving members 36a, 36b is completed, the movable blades 49a, 49b are irrespective of whether the winning ball detectors 45a, 45b of the winning balls have passed, the ball receiving members 36a, 36b.
While ON / OFF is repeated in synchronization with b, the temporary stop plate 53 is turned on and one winning ball received by the movable blades 49a and 49b is stopped. The stationary state is released after a slight delay (0.500 seconds) after the completion condition of the opening / closing cycle (10 winnings, 18 opening / closing) is achieved. At this time, if the prize balls are stopped on the temporary stop plate 53,
The winning ball is likely to be guided to the specific winning area 40 by rolling in the center on the lower ball rolling plate 58 through the space between the foot members 52a and 52b, and if so, the opening / closing cycle. After the right to continue is established, the next opening / closing cycle starts.
In addition, during the effective time of the accessory continuous operation device operation, the movable blade 4
9a and 49b open and close a plurality of times at short time intervals (0.500 second intervals).

Next, the operation of the final opening / closing cycle will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, when the winning ball wins the specific winning area 40 and the continuation signal R15 is derived in the middle of the 14th opening / closing cycle, the ball receiving member 3 immediately.
The opening / closing operations of 6a and 36b and the stop state of the temporary stop plate 53 are completed. Then, the movable blades 49a and 49b are repeatedly turned on and off a plurality of times from the time the continuation signal R15 is derived until a certain time (4.00 seconds) elapses. Receiving member 36a,
The opening / closing operation of 36b is executed, and the final opening / closing cycle is started. Then, in the final opening / closing cycle, the movable blades 49a,
49b and the temporary stop plate 53 are still maintained in the OFF state.

The configuration of the pachinko gaming machine including the variable winning ball device 30 according to the embodiment has been described above. According to the present embodiment, a ball is hit in the winning space 35 of the variable winning ball device 30 at the time of starting winning. When a prize is won, all of the prize balls are detected by the prize ball detectors 45a and 45b, and thereby the movable blades 49a and 49b are operated and controlled. At this time, after the prize balls are detected by the prize ball detectors 45a and 45b. Since the winning balls flow down toward the movable blades 49a and 49b, the timing of activating the movable blades 49a and 49b after the detection of the winning balls is set in advance and the falling timing of the winning balls and the operation of the movable blades 49a and 49b. The timing can be maintained in a desired relationship, in the case of the present embodiment, a relationship in which the next winning ball passes within 1 second or 2 seconds after the first winning ball passes. Therefore, when a winning ball occurs due to such a relationship, the player can almost certainly enter the big hit game state, so that the player can play the game at ease and enjoy the game at the time of starting winning. You can taste.

In the above embodiment, the prize winning ball detectors 45a and 45b for counting the number of prize winning balls are used as the detectors for actuating the movable blades 49a and 49b, but the dedicated detectors are movable. It may be arranged upstream of the blades 49a and 49b. Alternatively, the variable display may derive the display result based on the detection signal of the prize detecting device, and the movable blades 49a and 49b may be operated and controlled based on the display result. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the winning balls that first passed through the winning ball detectors 45a and 45b are not accepted by the movable blades 49a and 49b.
The operation control may be performed at the timing when the first winning winning ball is received by the movable blades 49a and 49b. Also, although the blade type is shown as the movable member,
Any structure may be used as long as it is guided to the specific game area 40, and any driving source may be used. Further, as an operation mode of the movable member, the movable member may be stopped when the winning ball signal is derived, and the winning ball may be guided to the specific winning area 40 in the stopped state. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the variable winning ball device 30 having the ball receiving members 36a and 36b is shown as the winning ball device, but it may be a simple winning ball device having no ball receiving member. The game contents and the form of the ball game machine are not limited as long as a special game value is given by winning the prize balls in the specific prize area.

[0035]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the prize ball detecting means for detecting a part or all of the prize balls won in the prize space is provided in the prize ball device. Winning sky on the downstream side of the installation position of the ball detection means
A movable member which is installed in the space and whose operation is controlled based on a detection signal of the prize detecting means , and when the movable member is operated and controlled, the prize winning which flows down the prize space is designated as a specific winning area. Since it is configured to guide in the direction,
By presetting the timing for activating the movable member after detecting the winning ball, it is possible to maintain the flow-down timing of the winning ball and the operation timing of the movable member in a desired relationship, and therefore, for the player, When a prize ball is generated in a predetermined relationship, there is an extremely high possibility that the game state will be given a special game value, so that the player can play the game with peace of mind and enjoy the game.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a variable winning ball device as a winning ball device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a variable winning ball device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view in which a part of a variable winning ball device is cut away.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an operation of a character member as a movable member provided in a winning space.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an operation of a character member as a movable member provided in the winning space.

FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing a block configuration of a game control circuit for controlling a game operation.

FIG. 7 is a time chart showing the operation of the variable winning ball device at the time of starting by opening once.

FIG. 8 is a time chart showing the operation of the variable winning ball device at the time of double opening and starting.

FIG. 9 is a time chart showing a basic operation of an opening / closing cycle.

FIG. 10 is a time chart showing the operation of the final opening / closing cycle.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing the configuration of the front of the game board of the ball game machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a rear view showing the configuration of the rear surface of the game board.

FIG. 13 is a front view and a side view of a side lighting device provided on a back surface of a game board.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 game board 30 variable winning ball device 35 prize space 36a, 36b Ball receiving member 40 Specific prize areas 41 Specific prize ball detector 42a, 42b Normal winning area 45a, 45b prize ball detector 49a, 49b movable blades

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ball provided with a winning ball device having a winning space in which a specific winning area capable of giving a special gaming value to a player and a normal winning area giving a normal winning value are formed. In the gaming machine, the winning ball device has a winning ball detecting means for detecting a part or all of the winning balls won in the winning space, and the winning space downstream of the installation position of the winning ball detecting means. Set inside
A movable member that is placed and is operated and controlled on the basis of a detection signal of the winning ball detecting means , and when the movable member is operated and controlled, the winning ball flowing down the winning space is directed to the specific winning area direction. Ball game machine characterized by guiding toward. 2. The winning ball device, the special game value
Open until a predetermined number of prize balls are generated when
A variable winning ball device having a ball receiving member for releasing,
The prize detecting means is for detecting the predetermined number of prize balls.
2. The winning ball detector according to claim 1, wherein
Ball game machine. 3. Based on a detection signal of the winning ball detecting means
The movable member is provided with a variable display for deriving a display result by
Is controlled based on the display result of the variable display.
The ball-ball play according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
Technology .