JP3570789B2 - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a conveyor mechanism for guiding a game ball from one place to another place.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko machine is one of gaming machines using a game ball, and a gauge board 10 as illustrated in FIG. 6 is provided in the pachinko machine. In such a gauge board 10, an electric accessory 12 is generally arranged at the center, a starting port 14 is arranged below the electric accessory 12, and a special winning opening 16 is further arranged below the opening, and a large winning opening 16 is arranged below the opening. An out port 22 is provided. Further, windmills 20 for guiding the game balls 18 in various directions and dropping them in various directions above the electric accessory 12 of the gauge board 10 are arranged. The winning opening 24 is arranged.
[0003]
In a pachinko machine having such a gauge board 10, the game ball 18 fired by the launching device passes between the outer band 26 and the inner band 28, and is ejected to the upper part of the gauge board 10, so that the face of the gauge board 10 Fall from top to bottom. During this drop operation, the game ball 18 can be changed in the falling direction by the windmill 20 or wins the starting port 14 to win a big hit to open the big winning port 16, and the other game balls 18 become the big winning port. It is configured to perform various dropping operations such as winning a prize, receiving a prize in a general prize port 24, or reaching the lower portion of the gauge board 10 as it is, and entering the out port 22 to be collected.
[0004]
When the game ball 18 performing such a drop operation reaches the vicinity of the out port 22 of the gauge board 10, the possibility of winning is almost eliminated and the game ball 18 often becomes an out ball, so that the game ball 18 may win. Are only game balls located in a narrow range of about two-thirds in the middle of the gauge board 10. Therefore, the individual game balls 18 are practically used for the game only for a short time in which the game balls 18 fall a short distance of about two-thirds of the gauge board 10, so that each of the game balls 18 There was a problem that the operation was also monotonous and the game was easy to get tired of.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and aims to lengthen the time a certain game ball is provided for a game, complicate the operation of the game ball, and improve the fun of the game.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention has a gauge board into which a game ball is driven, an entrance provided to allow the game ball to enter the surface of the gauge board, and an entry port on the surface of the gauge board. A discharge port arranged at a position equal to or higher than the ball opening and provided to discharge game balls onto the surface of the gauge board, and a game ball entering the entrance port through the back side of the gauge board to discharge the game balls. And a conveyor mechanism for transporting the paper to the conveyor.
By configuring as described above, a game ball falling from above on the surface of the gauge board and entering the ball entrance from the surface of the gauge board is passed through the back side of the gauge board by the conveyor mechanism, thereby entering the ball. It is transported to a discharge port located at the same height or higher as the mouth, discharges game balls from the discharge port to the surface of the gauge board, drops on the surface of the gauge board, and is used again for games. Therefore, while a certain game ball moves on the gauge board and is used for the game, the operation of the game ball can be complicated, and the fun of the game can be improved.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the first aspect, the conveyor mechanism is configured to fit within a thickness range of the gauge board by being housed in a groove provided in the gauge board. It is characterized by.
With the above-described configuration, in addition to the functions and effects of the gaming machine according to the first aspect, it is possible to prevent the various devices attached to the back of the gauge board from obstructing.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the first or second aspect, the conveyor mechanism is configured such that a part of a game ball rides on a screw blade attached to a feed shaft to be rotated. The other portion of the game ball is located in the groove-shaped guide passage portion and is restricted so as not to rotate around the feed shaft, so that the game ball moves in the guide passage portion. I do.
With the above-described configuration, in addition to the action and effect of the gaming machine according to claim 1 or claim 2, the game ball is formed by a feed shaft with screw blades without rolling even if it is spherical. By the helical transfer operation, the sheet is transferred from the bottom to the top along the guide path. Also, the conveyor mechanism can be arranged obliquely, or even horizontally, or the conveyor mechanism can be curved.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a gauge board 30 of a pachinko machine which is a gaming machine according to the first embodiment.
[0008]
The gauge board 30 is provided with an electric accessory 32 at the center thereof, a starting opening 34 below the opening, a winning opening 36 below the opening, and an out opening 38 below the opening. Are located. Further, windmills 42 for guiding and dropping the game balls 40 in various directions are arranged above both sides of the electric accessory 32 of the gauge board 30, and winning holes 44 are respectively formed on both sides of the gauge board 30. Are located. Here, 64 is an outer band, and 66 is an inner band.
[0009]
At the upper side of both sides of the special winning opening 36 in the gauge board 30, there are provided ball entrances 46, respectively. Further, a discharge port 48 is provided at a position obliquely above each windmill 42 on both sides above the electric accessory 32.
[0010]
As shown in FIG. 1, screw conveyor mechanisms 50 are mounted on both sides of the electric accessory 32 on the rear side of the gauge board 30 from the entrance port 46 to the exit port 48, respectively.
[0011]
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the screw conveyor mechanism 50 has a feed shaft 54 with screw blades rotatably mounted in a cylindrical cover 52. The lower portion of the feed shaft 54 in the drawing is connected to the drive shaft of the motor 56 so as to be rotated.
[0012]
A groove-shaped guide passage portion 58 extending in the length direction is integrally formed in the portion of the cover 52 on the gauge board 30 side. In the lower part of the guide passage portion 58 in the figure, a through hole 60 is provided which penetrates the gauge board 30 from the entrance port 46 on the surface of the gauge plate 30 and communicates downward to the guide passage portion 58. The game ball 40 entering the ball port 46 is sent to the guide passage 58 through the through hole 60. Further, a through hole 62 that penetrates the gauge board 30 from the guide passage portion 58 side and communicates downward to the discharge port 48 on the surface of the gauge board 30 is provided at a portion corresponding to an upper portion of the guide passage portion 58 in the drawing. The game balls 40 provided to the upper portion of the guide passage portion 58 are configured to be discharged to the gauge board 30 through the discharge holes 48 through the through holes 62.
[0013]
Next, the operation of the gaming machine according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described. In this gaming machine, a game ball 40 is driven into the gauge board 30 through a space between the outer band 64 and the inner band 66 by a firing device (not shown). Then, the game ball 40 falls on the gauge board 30 while hitting a nail (not shown) or the like, and enters, for example, a ball entrance 46. The game balls 40 entering the ball entrance 46 pass through the through holes 60 and are sent to the screw conveyor mechanism 50.
[0014]
In the screw conveyor mechanism 50, the fed game ball 40 has a feed shaft 54 in which one half is located in the guide passage 58 and the other half is located in the cylindrical cover 52. On the screw blade.
[0015]
In this state, the game ball 40 can only move within the guide passage portion 58 and is restricted from rotating around the feed shaft 54. The screw conveyor mechanism 50 always drives the motor 56 to rotate the feed shaft 54.
[0016]
Therefore, the game ball 40 is transported upward from the bottom of the guide passage portion 58 in the guide passage portion 58 by the spiral transport operation by the feed shaft 54 and reaches the upper portion of the guide passage portion 58. Here, the game ball 40 exits from the guide passage 58, passes through the through hole 62, and is discharged from the outlet 48 to the upper surface of the gauge board 30. In this manner, the game balls 40 coming out of the outlet 48 are sent out in various directions around the windmill 42 immediately below the outlet 48.
[0017]
Then, the ball hits a plurality of nails on the gauge board 30, falls while changing the direction, and enters the winning opening 44, the starting opening 34, the out opening 38, or the ball opening 46 again. When the game ball 40 enters the starting port 34, the electric accessory 32 operates, and when a big hit occurs, the special winning port 36 is opened.
[0018]
When a certain game ball 40 enters the entrance 46 in this way, it is guided again to the upper part of the gauge board 30 and falls again on the gauge board 30. Therefore, the time when this one game ball 40 is used for a game is reduced. Can be long. Furthermore, by setting the discharge port 48 at a position suitable for obtaining a prize opportunity on the gauge board 30, the fun of the game can be improved. At the same time, by randomly changing the falling direction of the game ball 40 by the windmill 42 disposed below the outlet 48, the operation of the game ball 40 can be complicated and the interest of the game can be improved. In addition, by configuring the portion corresponding to the screw conveyor mechanism 50 of the gauge board 40, and the cover 52 and the guide passage portion 58 with a transparent plastic material or the like, it is possible to see the state in which the game ball 40 rises the screw conveyor mechanism 50. , Can be more interesting.
[0019]
Further, when the game ball 40 is continuously hit on the gauge board by the launching device of the gaming machine, the game being played on the gauge board 30 and being used for the game is performed in relation to the firing ability of the launching device. The number of the spheres 40 is conventionally about three, but can be increased to about five or six in the case where the screw conveyor mechanism 50 is provided. For this reason, the gauge board 30 provided with the screw conveyor mechanism 50 can be lively on the board during the game and interesting with a high winning probability.
[0020]
In the above-described first embodiment, the configuration in which the outlet 48 is provided on the windmill 42 has been described. However, the position of the outlet 48 is not limited to this, and the outlet 48 may be provided on a plurality of arranged nails. It may be arranged. Further, a plurality of game balls 40 may be stored in the outlet 48 and may be opened sequentially or at one time. Further, the screw conveyor mechanism 50 may be arranged obliquely. Further, the screw conveyor mechanism 50 may be arranged horizontally to lengthen the time that the game balls 40 stay on the gage board 30 to complicate the operation of the game balls 40.
[0021]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the second embodiment, the screw conveyor mechanism 50 is configured to be curved. For this reason, each transparent cylindrical cover 68 is arranged to be curved along the inner band 66 from the respective entrance 46 to the exit 48. The cover 68 is provided with a guide passage portion 74 integrally on a side surface portion on the side of the entrance port 46 and the exit port 48.
[0022]
In this cover 68, a spring screw 70 formed of an elastic long object in a spiral shape is rotatably mounted, and the lower end of the spring screw 70 in the figure is connected to a drive shaft of a motor 72.
[0023]
The screw conveyor mechanism 50 of the second embodiment configured as described above allows the game ball 40 entering the ball entrance 46 to pass on a spring screw 70 in the cover 68 through a passage (not shown) and a guide passage portion 74. A part of the game ball 40 is inserted so as to be guided by the game ball 40.
[0024]
Then, the inside of the guide passage 74 is transferred from the bottom to the top by the helical transfer operation of the spring screw 70 constantly rotated by the motor 72, and reaches the upper portion of the guide passage 74. Then, it is sent from the guide passage portion 74 to the discharge port 48 through a passage (not shown), and is discharged onto the gauge board 30 therefrom.
[0025]
As described above, in the second embodiment, since the screw conveyor mechanism 50 is disposed at a position corresponding to the inner band 66 deviated from the center on the back side of the gauge board 30, it interferes with various devices attached to the back of the gauge board 30. Can be prevented. In addition, if the inner portion of the inner band 66 corresponding to the position where the screw conveyor mechanism 50 of the gauge board 30 is arranged is made of a transparent member, the operation of the game ball 40 ascending the curved guide passage portion 74 can be visually checked. Can be more interesting.
[0026]
The configuration, operation, and effects other than those described above in the second embodiment are the same as those in the above-described first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.
[0027]
Further, the screw conveyor mechanism 50 described in the first and second embodiments is not limited to the above-described configuration, and a plurality of buckets having a size that allows a game ball to enter the outside of the endless belt are provided. A bucket-type conveyor mechanism attached thereto, a belt-type conveyor mechanism that sandwiches and guides game balls between two endless belts, or the like can be used. Further, the conveyor mechanism 50 is not only attached to the back side of the gauge board 30 but also provided with a groove in the gauge board 30 so that the conveyor mechanism 50 is accommodated in the groove so as to be within the thickness range of the gauge board 30. You may. It goes without saying that the gaming machine of the present invention can take various configurations without departing from the gist of the present invention.
[0028]
Further, the present invention can be used not only for pachinko machines, but also for game machines using arrangement balls and other game balls.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
The gaming machine of the present invention is a game machine that falls down from the top of the gauge board, and the game ball that has entered the entrance provided in a part of the gauge board is at least the same height as the entrance on the gauge board by the conveyor mechanism. Since it was released from the discharge port provided at the position to the surface of the gauge board and used again for games, the time for one game ball to move on the gauge board was lengthened, the operation was complicated, The fun of the game can be improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a gauge panel portion showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of a main part showing a screw conveyor mechanism of the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a main part sectional view showing a section taken along line III-III of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a main part sectional view showing a section taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a front view of a main part showing a screw conveyor mechanism according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a main part front view illustrating a gauge board of a conventional pachinko machine.
[Explanation of symbols]
30 Gauge board 40 Gaming ball 46 Entry port 48 Discharge port 50 Screw conveyor mechanism 52 Cover 54 Feed shaft 56 Motor 58 Guide passage 60 Through hole 62 Through hole 68 Cover 70 Spring screw 72 Motor 74 Guide passage

Claims (3)

Gauge board into which game balls are driven,
An entrance provided to allow the game ball to enter the surface of the gauge board,
A discharge port arranged at a position equal to or higher than the entrance of the ball on the surface of the gauge board, and provided to discharge the game balls onto the surface of the gauge board ,
A conveyor mechanism for transporting the game balls entering the entrance to the exit through the back side of the gauge board ,
A gaming machine comprising: 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the conveyor mechanism is housed in a groove provided in the gauge board so as to fit within a thickness range of the gauge board. The conveyor mechanism is moved in a state in which a part of the game ball rests on a screw blade attached to a rotating feed shaft, and another portion of the game ball is positioned in a groove-shaped guide passage portion. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming ball is configured to move in the guide passage portion by being restricted so as not to rotate around an axis.

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