JP3520792B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a variable winning ball device provided in a ball game machine represented by a pachinko machine or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a relatively large-sized winning device for a pachinko machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a winning device) arranged almost at the center of a gaming unit, for example, receives a pachinko ball that has been driven into the gaming unit of a gaming board. An opening, a pair of opening and closing pieces that open and close the winning opening, an electric drive device that opens and closes the opening and closing, a pachinko ball that has entered the winning opening, and a part of it is a special winning opening And, by winning the starter chucker separately provided in the game section, the electric drive device operates to open and close the opening and closing piece once or twice, and at this time, the pachinko ball jumping into the winning opening becomes the special winning opening. If you win the prize, it will become a "big hit" and open and close the opening and closing pieces up to 18 times until you win 10 pachinko balls. In addition, if you win the special winning opening during that time, the big hit state will be changed up to 8 times. There is a so-called airplane type of things, such as that allowed to. The present invention will be described below by taking an airplane type winning device as an example.

[0003]

Among the conventional prize winning devices, there is known a device in which the size of the ball entrance portion of the special prize opening can be freely varied. This conventional winning device reduces the probability of winning the special winning opening by narrowing the ball entrance part at the beginning of the big hit state and changing the ball entrance part to the wide state at the end of the big hit state. The probability of winning at the special winning opening is increased so that the player can effectively enjoy the profit of the big hit.

However, the special winning opening in the conventional prize winning device does not particularly include means for returning the ball entrance portion to a narrow state until the next update operation is switched to once the ball entrance portion expands. Therefore, even if a pachinko ball wins the special winning opening, the ball entrance portion of the special winning opening remains wide until the next update operation, so if you do not always pay attention to the special winning opening, go to the special winning opening. I don't know the prize. The time until the pachinko ball wins the special winning opening and moves to the next update operation is extremely short, but during that time, preparations are made in accordance with the operation timing of the next big hit, etc. Is important to

However, the game contents of the current pachinko machines tend to be diversified and complicated, and many players cannot fully enjoy the game if they concentrate their attention on only one point of the special prize. There was a risk of missing the prize in the winning opening. As a means for solving such a problem, there is one that is provided with a display lamp for displaying a winning at a special winning opening, but it is confused with the blinking of other lamps.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a prize winning device in which a prize at a special winning opening can be seen at a glance without paying special attention. The wide state of the ball entrance portion means that the pachinko balls can easily pass therethrough, and the narrow state means that the pachinko balls cannot pass or are difficult to pass through.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a winning device having a normal winning opening into which a winning game ball enters and a special winning opening, the winning device including an opening / closing member, and the opening / closing member being a hit. If the opening / closing operation is repeated a predetermined number of times during the game, the prize winning device is once closed , and the special winning is performed during the predetermined number of opening operations.
If there is a prize in the mouth, the winning game is continued and the opening / closing member
In a ball game machine having a ball payout function configured such that the opening operation of the predetermined number of times is repeated again , the special winning opening can be switched between a state where the game ball can pass and a state where the game ball cannot pass. When a restricting means is provided and the restricting means is switched to the impassable state, only one game ball that is going to win the special winning opening is stopped near the opening of the special winning opening, and other The game ball is configured to be guided to the normal winning opening without being stopped, and further, the restricting means is in the impassable state until the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing member is performed a fixed number of times less than the predetermined number of times. On the other hand, when the winning is detected a certain number of times, the state is switched to the passable state. Further, in the second invention, in the first invention, the fixed number of times is set to be one less than the predetermined number of times.

[0008]

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the invention, the play is controlled by the restricting means.
The ball has been switched to a state where it cannot pass through the special winning opening.
At this time, one of the game balls trying to win the special winning opening
Mimi will be stopped near the opening of the special winning opening.
On the other hand, one game ball is once stopped by the restricting means.
And other game balls will not be stopped and will be led to the regular winning hole.
Get burned. Then, during the opening operation of the opening / closing member, the winning device is
Opening and closing operations a certain number of times less than the opening and closing operations
If there is, the regulation means will release the stop and a special prize for the game ball
Pass it to the mouth. Here, if the game balls stop at the regulation means
Even if it is not open, the opening and closing operation can still close the prize winning device
Since the number has not reached the number, you may win the prize later
Depending on the trend of non-playing spheres, gaming spheres will win a special prize hole
There is a possibility that even if the game ball is stopped in the regulation means
Even if not, the possibility of winning the special winning opening is secured.
Further, in the second aspect of the invention, the stopping by the restricting means is released.
Open and close the number of winning prizes until the prize winning device is closed.
Since it is less than the number of movements only once,
When the restraint mechanism performs the release operation without a stop
In addition, the game ball that entered the winning device by the last opening and closing action is a special
This is the last chance to win the prize.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The following Example 3 corresponds to the present invention.

First Embodiment FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment. The mounting base 2 fixed to the front surface of the game board 1 has a large opening 3, a front cover 4 surrounding the lower half of the opening 3 on the front side thereof, and an eaves piece 5 protruding from the upper edge of the opening 3. Also, a pair of opening / closing pieces 7, 7 are provided so as to close the winning opening 6 on the side edge of the upper half of the opening 3.

The front cover 4 is made of a transparent synthetic resin as a whole, but a window hole 8 is formed in order to improve the visibility of the lower half of the opening 3. And the front cover 4 is
A wide winning opening 9 is formed under the window 8. The winning opening 9 is divided into three by a pair of movable pieces 10 and 10. The part sandwiched between the movable pieces 10 and 10 is a special winning opening 9V, and the upper part between the movable pieces 10 and 10 is a ball. It becomes the entrance portion 11. The movable pieces 10 and 10 are rotatably attached to the inside of the front cover 4 by shafts 12 and 12, respectively.
Switching control is performed between the standing posture of the solid line and the tilting posture of which the broken line in the figure is open. That is, the movable piece 10 is balanced by the internal weight 14 so as to rotate outward in a free state without support.

On the other hand, the actuating lever 15 has a plate-shaped body portion 15b having bifurcated claw pieces 15a, 15a at its tip, a ball receiving piece 15c hanging from one side edge of the body portion 15b, and a body portion 15b. The magnet 15d fixed to the lower surface of the rear end and the body 15b
Of the shaft 15 that pivotally attaches approximately the center of the to the back frame plate 16 of the mounting base 2.
e, a balance weight 15f for placing the center of gravity of the actuating lever 15 on the front side, and a pin 15g protruding from the rear end side surface of the body portion 15b to the outside of the back frame plate 16, and in the normal state, the horizontal line in FIG. Position the claw piece 15a to move the movable piece 1
The movable piece 10 is locked in the upright posture by engaging it below the shaft 12 of 0. Also, the operating lever 15 is
When the rear end is pushed down via the pin 15g by the excitation of the solenoid 17 provided on the outer surface of the back frame plate 16, the claw piece 15a is disengaged from the movable piece 10 to release the lock, and the movable piece 10 is tilted by its own weight. . The tilted actuating lever 15 has a rear end magnet 15d even if the solenoid 17 is demagnetized.
Is attracted to the magnetic rod 18 provided laterally on the back frame plate 16 to maintain its posture. When a pachinko ball enters between the open movable pieces 10 and 10, the ball rests on the ball receiving piece 15c while erecting the movable pieces 10 and 10, and the actuating lever 15 is forcibly rotated. The movable pieces 10 are locked in the upright posture by the actuating lever 15 which is returned to the horizontal posture in this way. In addition, a ball detection switch 19 is provided at the lower end of the back frame plate 16 at the special winning opening 9V.

The opening / closing pieces 7, 7 are provided with a long shaft 20 on the back side of the lower end.
In this configuration, the long shaft 20 is rotatably inserted into the mounting base 2 and is rotatable from the standing posture shown by the solid line in FIG. 2 to the tilting posture shown by the chain line in FIG. The opening / closing piece 7 is formed by fixing a crank member 21 to the rear end of the long shaft 20 and engaging the crank member 21 with a plunger 23 of a solenoid 22 arranged on the rear side of a back cover 24 described later. The opening / closing piece 7 stands up when the solenoid 22 is demagnetized (the plunger 23 is moved downward), and the opening / closing piece 7 is tilted when the solenoid 22 is excited (the plunger 23 is raised).

A back cover 24 is fixed to the back side of the mounting base 2 so as to surround the opening 3. The back cover 2
The inner space of 4 is divided into upper and lower chambers by a partition plate 25 fixed in an inclined downward shape from the upper edge of the front cover 4 toward the inner side. A space S through which a pachinko ball can pass is formed between the partition plate 25 and the rear wall 24r of the back cover 24, and the pachinko ball that has entered the winning opening 6 passes through the space S and is located below. Fall into the room.

The bottom wall 24f of the back cover 24 is formed in a downwardly sloping shape from the back to the front, and its front edge faces the upper edge of the winning port 9 of the front cover 4 and is separated from the intermediate partition plate 25. The dropped pachinko ball rolls on the bottom wall 24f and wins the winning opening 9. In the other drawings, 26, 26 ... Are obstruction pins for changing the ball flow-down path that are erected on the intermediate partition plate 25 and the back cover 24, 27 is a segment display for displaying the number of winnings to the winning opening 9, and 28 is a jackpot. A number display section for displaying the number of updates, and 29 is a mounting plate for the solenoid 22.

In the winning device A thus constructed, the solenoids 17, 22 and the segment display 27 are controlled by a controller (not shown). The winning device A is provided with a winning ball detection switch (not shown) for counting and limiting the number of winnings to the winning opening 9. As shown in FIG. 4, the winning device A of the present embodiment is installed and used substantially at the center of the game section 1a. On the other hand, the three starter chuckers 30, 30, 30 arranged below it are connected to the control device.

Next, the operation will be described.

First, in a normal state in which the winning device A is not operating, the solenoid 22 is demagnetized and the plunger 23 is lowered, so that the opening / closing pieces 7, 7 stand up to close the winning opening 6. There is. Further, the movable piece 10 is locked in an upright posture with the operating lever 15 in the horizontal position.

Now, the pachinko ball is the starting chucker 30,
When the player wins one of the prizes 30 and 30, the solenoid 22 operates in response to a command signal from the controller, and the plunger 2
3 rises to tilt the opening / closing pieces 7, 7 once or twice. Due to the tilting of the opening / closing pieces 7, 7, the winning opening 6 opens for a short time, and the pachinko ball can enter the winning opening 6 only in this state. When a pachinko ball enters the winning opening 6, the pachinko ball falls through the space S into the lower room, hits the obstacle pin 26, changes its course, and finally reaches one of the compartments of the winning port 9. Win a prize.

However, the pachinko ball is a special winning hole 9
When the player wins V, the winning signal is sent from the ball detection switch 19 to the controller. Upon receiving this signal, the control device executes the "big hit" program, and operates the winning device A as follows.

The solenoid 22 is intermittently operated to start the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing pieces 7, 7.

Whether the number of winnings to the winning opening 9 becomes 5,
Alternatively, the number of times the opening / closing pieces 7, 7 are opened / closed is close to the end (for example, 14
The solenoid 17 is momentarily activated when
The rear end of the actuating lever 15 is pushed down via 5g. As a result, the actuating lever 15 assumes a tilted posture in which the claw piece 15a is raised, and the movable piece 10 that has lost the support tilts by its own weight and the ball entrance portion 11 expands.

In the solenoid 22, when the number of times the opening / closing pieces 7, 7 are opened / closed 18 times, or when the number of winning pachinko balls reaches 10, or when the pachinko balls enter the special winning opening 9V. When to stop. In addition, special prize hole 9V
When a pachinko ball wins, the moving piece 1 is moved by the weight of the ball.
0 is erected, and the operating lever 15 is returned to the horizontal posture to lock the movable piece 10 in the erected posture, thereby forcibly changing the ball entrance portion 11 to the narrow state.

When a pachinko ball wins the special winning opening 9V, a winning signal is sent to the control device, the right of "big hit" is updated, and the operations of to are newly repeated. This update is possible up to 8 times. In addition, at the time of the 8th update, the movable piece 1
The operation of the winning device A ends when the number of opening / closing of the opening / closing pieces 7, 7 is 18 times or the number of winning pachinko balls reaches 10 without tilting 0.

If the special prize hole 9V is not won before the opening / closing pieces 7 and 7 are opened / closed 18 times, or if the special prize hole 9V is not won before 10 pachinko balls are won, the prize is won. When the operation of the device A is completed, the opening / closing pieces 7, 7 stand up to close the winning opening 6. Even if the operation of the winning device A is completed while the movable piece 10 is tilted and opened, the present embodiment does not include means for forcibly closing the movable piece 10 in the open state. Therefore, even if the player does not fully enjoy the right to win the jackpot, even if the operation of the winning device A is completed, the ball entrance portion 11 of the special winning opening 9V is wide open, so there is a probability of a big hit at the next opportunity. Therefore, the player's profit can be relieved.

Second Embodiment FIGS. 5 to 7 show a second embodiment. Whereas the forced switching means B of the first embodiment is the actuating lever 15 which is operated by the weight of the ball, the second embodiment exemplifies one for electrically controlling the forced switching means B.

The winning opening 9 is formed by separating the lower half portion of the front cover 4 from the upper half portion into a pocket shape, and dividing the lower half portion into left and right from the center to form slide pockets 40a and 40b. Further, the slide pockets 40a and 40b are mounted on the mounting base 2 so as to be slidable in the horizontal direction. The left and right slide pockets 40a, 4
0b is each arm piece 41 projected to the back side of the mounting base 2.
A spring 42 is stretched between a and 41b, and the tension of the spring 42 causes the springs 42 and 41 to be integrated in a butt shape in a normal state. Also, the arm pieces 41a, 41b
Is connected to the solenoid 44 via links 43a and 43b, respectively.
Are linked to. The solenoid 44 is a drive source for sliding both slide pockets 40a and 40b, and the link 43 is operated by operating the solenoid 44.
a and 43b open as shown by the chain line in FIG. 7 to widen the slide pockets 40a and 40b to the left and right (chain line in FIG. 5). Since the movable pieces 10, 10 are integrated inside the slide pockets 40a, 40b, the slide pockets 40, 40b
The sphere entrance portion 11 is expanded by expanding a and 40b.

The solenoid 44 is controlled by the control device, and starts its operation at the same timing as the solenoid 17 described in the explanation of the operation of the first embodiment, and operates until the winning ball is detected by the ball detection switch 19. Continue. The operation of the second embodiment is different from the operation of the first embodiment only in that the ball entrance portion 11 is changed to a narrow state by the weight of the ball or electrically. The operation is the same as that of the first embodiment.

In the first and second embodiments, a means for forcibly switching the ball entrance portion 11 to the narrow state when the prize winning apparatus A has finished operating with the ball inlet portion 11 in the wide state may be added.

(Third Embodiment) FIGS. 8 and 9 show a third embodiment. Example 1,
In FIG. 2, the width of the ball entrance portion 11 is changed by the movement of the movable piece 10 itself, but in the third embodiment, the partitions 50, 50 corresponding to the movable piece 10 are integrally fixed to the front cover 4. In the formula, a stopper 51 is projected and retracted between the partitions 50, and the stopper 51 switches the size of the ball entrance portion 11 between a state in which a pachinko ball can pass and a state in which a pachinko ball cannot pass. It's something I got to get.

The stopper 51 is provided on the bottom surface of the back cover 24 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction, and its tip is attached to the mounting base 2.
Penetrates through and faces the center of the partition 50, 50. In addition, the motor 5 is placed in the horizontally long groove 53 at the rear end of the stopper 51.
The two crank plates 54 are engaged, and the stopper 51 slides in the front-rear direction by the rotation of the crank plate 54. The motor 52 is controlled by the control device, and is started according to the conditions input to the program of the control device, and the micro switch 5 provided on the bottom surface of the back cover 24.
Stop at signal 5. The micro switch 55 is
The actuator piece 55a is slidably brought into contact with the upper surface of the stopper 51. The start point and the end point of the recess 51a of the stopper 51 are detected, and the stopper 51 moves to the most forward position, and the position indicated by the chain line in FIG. A stop signal for the motor 52 is issued at the position indicated by the solid line in the figure. In addition, the stopper 51
Receives the pachinko ball in the most advanced state, reserves this pachinko ball between the partitions 50, 50, and distributes the pachinko ball that flows into the special winning opening 9V in the reserved state to the left and right of the winning opening. To be

Next, the operation will be described.

First, as in the first embodiment, the winning device A
In the normal state where the
Stands up and closes the winning opening 6, but when the pachinko ball wins any of the starting chuckers 30, 30, 30, the opening / closing pieces 7, 7 tilt once or twice. When the pachinko ball that has entered the winning opening 6 wins the special winning opening 9V, the control device executes the "big hit" program, and operates the winning device A as follows.

The solenoid 22 is intermittently operated to start the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing pieces 7, 7.

The motor 52 is driven to advance the stopper 51 located at the retracted position shown by the solid line in FIG. When the stopper 51 reaches the most advanced position, the micro switch 55 operates and the motor 52 stops. Special prize hole 9 in this state
When a pachinko ball flows into V so as to enter, only the first pachinko ball is stopped by the stopper 51 and retained.

The stopper 51 is retracted by starting the motor 52 when the number of times of opening and closing the opening and closing pieces 7, 7 reaches 17, or when the number of winning pachinko balls to the winning opening 9 reaches 9. If the pachinko ball is retained on the stopper 51, it is processed as a winning ball to the special winning opening 9V.

When a pachinko ball wins the special winning opening 9V, a winning signal is sent to the control device, the right of "big hit" is updated, and the operations of to are repeated anew. This update is possible up to 8 times. At the time of the eighth update, the stopper 51 is not moved forward and the number of times the opening / closing pieces 7, 7 are opened / closed is 18 times.
The operation of the prize winning device A ends when the number of winnings of the pachinko balls reaches 10 times.

If the special prize hole 9V is not won before the opening and closing pieces 7 and 7 are opened and closed 18 times, or if the special prize hole 9V is not won before 10 pachinko balls are won, The stopper 51 is returned to the retracted position, the opening / closing pieces 7, 7 are erected to close the winning opening 6, and the operation of the winning device A is completed.

The stopper 51 for closing the special winning opening 9V
Thus, the movable member is configured so that it can be changed into a winning-blocking state in which the hitting ball cannot be won by projecting above the specific winning area and an opening state in which the hitting ball can be won by opening the specific winning area. The tip upper surface of the stopper 51 constitutes a ball storage section. Then, the movable member is configured to be able to temporarily store one ball in the ball storage portion in a winning prevention state (see FIGS. 8 and 9). The ball detection switch 19 constitutes a specific winning ball detecting means for detecting a specific winning ball that has won in the specific winning area. Then, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, balls are stored by the ball storage section at a position directly above the ball detection section of the specific winning ball detection means. As a result, the accumulated ball is released, and the released ball is immediately detected by the specific winning ball detecting means. therefore,
For example, when the stored balls are released in the vicinity of the switching of the variable winning ball device to the second state, at the time when the released ball is detected by the specific winning ball detecting means, it is already switched to the second state. It is possible to prevent the inconvenience that the detection of the specific winning ball detecting means is invalidated because the time has passed too much from the other time.

The action of the big hit explained in the first to third embodiments is one example, and needless to say, it is not limited thereto. For example, the operation timing of the movable piece 10 and the release timing of the retained ball by the stopper 51 may be freely set according to the game content.

Further, although the present embodiment has been described with respect to the airplane type, for example, it can be applied to a winning device of a type in which a big hit state is obtained by a combination of a plurality of symbols or patterns.

[0042]

As described above, according to the first invention, the regulation
The game ball cannot pass through the special winning opening due to the control means
When you switch to the
Since the ball is parked near the opening of the special winning opening,
Because the game ball immediately wins the special prize hole
You can avoid various inconveniences and
The game balls that are played will eventually win the special winning opening.
A feeling of mind can be given to the player. In particular, this invention
Then, the number of game balls stopped by the regulation means
As it is only for special purposes, it is special when the stop is released.
The confusion of the game due to the large number of game balls winning the prize hole
This can be avoided, and multiple game balls can be
There is also the inconvenience of not winning the special prize hole smoothly
It can be avoided and carelessly invalidate the player's profit status.
Almost never. In addition, multiple game balls to the special prize hole
However, only a single game ball is stopped and other game balls are
Since it is structured to be led to the regular winning openings one after another,
The game balls are awarded to the prize holes smoothly, and there are no problems such as ball clogging.
Quickly execute related processing such as payout of prize balls
There is also an advantage that you can. Also, during opening operation of the opening / closing member
The prize winning device closes once less than the number of opening and closing operations
After opening and closing a certain number of times, the restricting means releases the stop and plays.
Pass the ball to the special prize hole. Where if the regulation means
Even if the game ball is not parked in the
Since the number of opening / closing operations has not reached the
Depending on the trends of the game balls that may be awarded, the game balls are special.
There is a possibility that you will win another prize hole,
Possibility of winning at the special prize hole even if the ball is not parked
Is secured. Therefore, even if there is no stop,
The interest of the technician will not deteriorate. Not only that, but also stop
If there is no game ball that may be won afterwards
The trend has become very interesting, and the interest in games has increased.
It Further, in the second aspect of the invention, the stopping by the restricting means is released.
The number of prizes until the prize is won
Since the game was opened and closed only once, the game
If the control means performs the stop release operation without the ball being stopped
In that case, the game ball that entered the winning device by the last opening and closing action is special
It is the last chance to win the prize and play the game.
It is possible to concentrate on the game ball and further enhance the fun of the game.
Be done.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a part of the first embodiment in section.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the pachinko machine according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a part of the second embodiment in section.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a part of the third embodiment in section.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the third embodiment.

9 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

9 ... Winning mouth, 9V ... Special winning mouth, 11 ... Ball entrance part, 1
9 ... Ball detection switch, 51 ... Stopper, A ... Pachinko machine winning device, B ... Forced switching means.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A winning device having a normal winning opening into which a winning game ball enters and a special winning opening, the winning device having an opening / closing member, and the opening / closing member repeating opening / closing operations a predetermined number of times during a winning game. Then close the prize winning device once and open it a predetermined number of times.
If there is a prize at the special winning opening during the release operation, the winning game will be
The opening operation of the opening / closing member is repeated a predetermined number of times.
In a ball game machine having a ball payout function configured to be repeated once, a restriction means is provided for switching the special winning opening to a state in which a game ball can pass and a state in which the game ball cannot pass. When is switched to the above-mentioned impassable state, only one game ball trying to win the special winning opening is stopped near the opening of the special winning opening, and the other game balls are stopped. In addition, the restriction means is maintained in the impenetrable state until the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing member is performed a fixed number of times less than the predetermined number of times, while the constant amount is guided to the winning opening. A ball-and-ball game machine, characterized in that it is adapted to be switched to the passable state when the number of winnings is detected. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of times is set to be one less than the predetermined number of times.