JP3625854B2 - Pachinko ball organizer - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a pachinko ball organizing apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus for organizing hit balls at predetermined time intervals.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a device shown in FIG. 8 is known as a pachinko ball organizing device that organizes hit balls at predetermined time intervals. The pachinko ball organizing apparatus A is provided with a rotating body 102 that is always rotated in a fixed direction by a motor 101 on the front surface of the mounting plate 100 and an annular guide frame 103 that surrounds the peripheral surface of the rotating body 102. Is provided with a ball holding portion 104 composed of a concave portion for one ball, and a ball hitting standby portion 105 is provided at the upper center of the guide frame 103, and the ball holding portion 104 of the rotating body 102 is provided as a standby portion. If there is a hit ball waiting at the standby unit 105 when the value matches 105, the hit ball is taken into the ball holding unit 104 and carried to the lower outflow hole 106 for winning.
[0003]
On the other hand, the pachinko ball organizing apparatus A as described above is disposed on the game board in association with a start winning opening, a variable display, a large winning opening called an attacker, etc., and a hitting ball is awarded to the starting winning opening. Then, the change of the display state of the variable display is started, and if the display result of the stopped variable display is a win, the right of “big hit” is generated, and the hit ball is the ball of the pachinko ball organizer A when the right is generated. When it is taken into the holding unit 104 and wins, it is often used for a so-called right-type pachinko machine in which a big hit state is started and the big winning opening is opened for each win.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, the right type pachinko machine as described above is such that the big prize opening is opened on condition that the hit of the hit ball taken into the ball holding unit 104 of the pachinko ball organizing apparatus A in the big hit state. For the player, if the winning timing is such that the hit ball taken into the ball holding portion 104 wins and the grand prize opening is opened almost simultaneously with the closing of the big prize opening, the big prize opening is closed. Therefore, it is most preferable because it can reduce the number of hits in a situation where the probability of winning is small.
[0005]
However, in the conventional pachinko ball organizing apparatus A, when a ball hits the standby unit 105 immediately after the ball holding unit 104 of the rotary body 102 passes through the standby unit 105, the hit ball is almost the same as the rotary body 102. If the ball holding unit 104 does not match the standby unit 105 again after one rotation, the ball holding unit 104 cannot accept it. For this reason, the current situation is that the player stops and waits for the game while the rotating body 102 makes almost one turn in order to reduce useless hitting balls, and the operation rate of the pachinko machine is reduced accordingly. The pachinko parlor has a big loss.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and the object of the present invention is to provide a game condition that is advantageous to the player so that the big winning opening can be efficiently opened in the big hit state. It is intended to provide a pachinko ball organizing device that can increase the operating rate of the pachinko machine.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a pachinko ball organizing apparatus according to the present invention has an arc-shaped peripheral surface on the front surface of a mounting plate, and a rotating member provided with a ball receiving portion on a part of the peripheral surface; A guide frame that surrounds the peripheral surface of the rotating member is provided, and a lock piece and a solenoid that are detachable from the rotating member are provided on the back surface of the mounting plate, and the ball receiving portion of the rotating member is a guide. Provided to be rotatable to a first position that coincides with the ball introduction opening established in the upper center of the frame and a second position that rotates downward by the weight of the ball received in the ball receiving portion and causes the ball to flow out. And is provided so as to always rotate and return from the second position to the first position under its own weight, and the lock piece locks the rotating member at the second position and releases the lock by excitation of the solenoid. It is a thing.
[0008]
[Action]
When the rotating member is in the first position, when a hit ball enters the ball receiving portion, the rotating member rotates to the second position by the weight of the ball and causes the hit ball of the ball receiving portion to flow out, and at the same time, the second by the lock piece. Locked in position. On the other hand, the unlocking of the rotating member by the lock piece is performed by the excitation of the solenoid, and when the locking is released, the rotating member returns to the first position by its own weight.
[0009]
【Example】
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko ball organizing apparatus according to the present invention as seen from the front, FIG. 2 is a perspective view as seen from the back side, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view thereof. The pachinko ball organizing device 1 has a mounting plate 10 to be mounted on the surface of the game board, and an annular guide frame 11 is integrally provided on the front surface of the mounting plate 10. In addition, a ball introduction port 12 is opened at the upper center of the guide frame 11, and an outflow hole 13 is provided in the mounting plate 10 positioned therebelow.
[0010]
Reference numeral 14 denotes a front surface of the mounting plate 10 and a rotating member disposed inside the guide frame 11. The rotating member 14 has a transparent disk 15 on the front surface and a shaft 16 fixed to the center of the back surface of the mounting plate 10. The shaft tube portion 17 on the back surface is inserted and rotatably supported. Further, an arc-shaped peripheral surface 18 is provided on the back surface of the disc 15 along the inside of the guide frame 11, and a ball receiving portion 19 including a concave portion for one sphere is provided on a part of the peripheral surface 18. It has been. Further, a locking projection 21 having a locking portion 26b of a locking piece 24, a stepped portion 20a, and a tapered surface 20b, which will be described later, protrudes from the rear edge of the peripheral surface 18 facing the front surface of the mounting plate 10. It is installed.
[0011]
Further, the rotating member 14 is provided with a weight 22, and the ball receiving portion 19 is aligned with the ball inlet 12 of the guide frame 11 by the acting force of the weight 22 in a normal state as shown by a solid line in FIG. Then, the ball is biased to the first position where the hit ball can be received. When the hit ball enters the ball receiving portion 19, the weight of the ball overcomes the acting force of the weight 22 and rotates to a second position where the ball receiving portion 19 and the outflow hole 13 match as shown by a chain line in FIG. Further, the ball receiving portion 19 is balanced so that the hit ball flows out from the outflow hole 13. Reference numeral 23 denotes a stopper piece provided integrally with the guide frame 11 on the front surface of the mounting plate 10, and the rotation member 14 is correctly rotated to the first position or the second position by contacting the rotation member 14. Serve you.
[0012]
On the other hand, a lock piece 24 and a solenoid 25 are provided on the back surface of the mounting plate 10. The lock piece 24 is formed in a substantially L shape by a vertical portion 26a and a locking portion 26b having a tapered surface 27 at the tip. A shaft through hole 28 is formed at the upper end of the vertical portion 26a, and a long hole 29 is formed at the lower end. Each is formed. The upper end faces between the bifurcated bearing pieces 30, 30 protruding from the back surface of the mounting plate 10, and the pin 32 is inserted through the shaft hole 28 and the through holes 31, 31 of the bearing pieces 30, 30. And pivotally supported.
[0013]
The solenoid 25 is fixed by fastening the screws 35 and 35 with the mounting pieces 34 and 34 aligned with the spacing holding projections 33 and 33 protruding from the back surface of the mounting plate 10. Then, the vertical portion 26a of the lock piece 24 faces the bifurcated portion of the plunger 36, and the pin 38 is inserted into the long hole 29 and the small through holes 37, 37 formed in the bifurcated portion of the plunger 36. They are pivotally connected to each other.
[0014]
When the solenoid 25 is demagnetized, the lock piece 24 is urged to rotate forward (clockwise) as shown by a solid line in FIG. 6A by a coil spring 39 wound around the plunger 36. The front end of the locking portion 26a is projected from the long groove hole 40 formed in the mounting plate 10 to the front side. Then, when the solenoid 25 is excited and the plunger 36 is attracted, it rotates backward (counterclockwise) as shown by a chain line in FIG. 6A to retract the tip of the locking portion 26b from the front surface of the mounting plate 10. It is like that.
[0015]
In addition, in the figure, 41 is a guide rod for guiding the hit ball flowing out from the outflow hole 13 to the rear, 42 is a winning ball detector for detecting a hit ball falling from the guide rod 41, and 43 is a support frame for the winning ball detector 42. Screws are attached to the back surface of the mounting plate 10 via the holding projections 44.
[0016]
FIG. 7 is a front view showing a configuration example of a game board of a pachinko machine to which the pachinko ball organizing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment described above is applied. A gaming part surrounded by a guide rail 46 is formed on the surface of the gaming board 45 of the pachinko machine, and a variable display 47 is provided in the approximate center of the gaming part. In addition, a passing prize chuck 48 as a starting prize opening and a specific prize opening 50 having a pair of opening and closing pieces 49, 49 are provided below the variable display 47, and on the right side, the pachinko ball organizing apparatus 1 of this embodiment is provided. A large winning opening 51 called an attacker is provided above and below. The passing chucker 48 is provided with a winning ball detector 52.
[0017]
The variable display 47 is a well-known one having a three-digit digital display in the case of this embodiment. The special winning opening 51 is provided with an opening / closing door 54 that can be opened / closed in a front / rear direction in a horizontally long opening formed in the mounting plate 53. Normally, the opening / closing door 54 is closed and does not accept a hit ball. When it is driven (not shown), the door 54 is opened to convert the ball so that it can be easily received.
[0018]
Next, the operation of the pachinko ball organizing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described. In the pachinko ball organizing device 1 of the present embodiment, the ball receiving portion 19 is normally urged to the first position where the ball receiving portion 19 coincides with the ball inlet 12 of the guide frame 11 as shown by the solid line in FIG. Has stopped. On the other hand, when a hit ball that has been driven into the game portion of the game board 45 passes through the passing chucker 48 and is detected by the winning ball detector 52, the digital of the variable display 47 fluctuates according to the detection signal, and a certain time (about When 5 seconds elapses, the fluctuation is stopped. When the display at the time of stop is aligned with a preset display (for example, “1,1,1”, “7,7,7”, etc.), the open / close pieces 49, 49 of the specific winning opening 50 are displayed. The ball is opened so that it can accept a hit ball for a certain time (for example, about 6 seconds). In this state, when the hit ball enters between the open / close pieces 49, 49 of the specific winning opening 50, the hit ball wins the V winning opening 55 at the same time as the open / close pieces 49, 49 are closed. Rights are generated.
[0019]
On the other hand, when the hit ball B enters the ball receiving portion 19 of the rotating member 14 from the ball introducing port 12 of the pachinko ball organizing apparatus 1 in this right generation state, the rotating member 14 is secondly shown by a chain line in FIG. Rotate to position. At this time, as shown by a chain line in FIG. 6B, the tapered surface 20b of the locking projection 21 of the rotating member 14 comes into contact with the tapered end surface 27 of the locking portion 26b of the locking piece 24 from below, and the locking piece 24 is moved. The rotation continues while rotating backward (counterclockwise) against the bias of the coil spring 39. When the ball receiving portion 19 and the outflow hole 13 are rotated to the second position where the ball receiving portion 19 and the outflow hole 13 coincide with each other, the taper surface 27 of the lock piece 24 is disengaged from the taper surface 20b of the locking projection 21 and the lock piece 24 is shown in FIG. ) The rotation is returned to the solid line position, and the tip of this is engaged with the step portion 20a of the locking projection 21 to lock the rotating member 14 in the second position. At the same time, the hit ball B of the ball receiving portion 19 is guided from the outflow hole 13 to the guide rod 41 and flows backward to be detected by the winning ball detector 42. Then, the big hit state is started by this detection signal and the opening / closing door 54 of the big winning opening 51 is opened until a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) elapses or until a predetermined number (for example, 10) of hit balls are won.
[0020]
On the other hand, when a certain time (for example, 10 seconds) elapses after the opening / closing door 54 is opened, the solenoid 25 of the pachinko ball organizing apparatus 1 is energized and the solenoid 25 is instantaneously excited. The plunger 36 is attracted by the excitation of the solenoid 25, and the lock piece 24 rotates rearward as shown by a chain line in FIG. 6A, and the locking portion 26b of the lock piece 24 and the locking protrusion of the rotating member 14 are rotated. The lock with 21 is released. Therefore, the rotating member 14 immediately returns to the first position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 4 due to the acting force of the weight 22, repeats the operation of receiving the hit ball in the ball receiving portion 19 and rotating again to the second position. Do.
[0021]
When the rotating member 14 is locked at the second position, when a hit ball enters the ball introduction port 12, the hit ball rests on the peripheral surface 18 of the rotating member 14, and the rotating member 14 is at the first position. At the same time as the rotation is restored, it is received by the ball receiving portion 19 and immediately carried to the outflow hole 13.
[0022]
In this way, when the right is generated, the winning ball is entered on condition that the hit ball enters the ball receiving portion 19 of the rotating member 14 of the pachinko ball organizing device 1 and is carried to the outflow hole 13 and detected by the winning ball detector 42. The opening operation of the 51 open / close doors 54 is shown about a predetermined cycle (for example, 16 times). As a result, the player can obtain many prize balls.
[0023]
In the game configuration as described above, the pachinko ball organizing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment always hits the ball receiving portion 19 when the rotating member 14 is stopped at the first position, so that the ball receiving portion 19 always matches the ball inlet 12. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the waiting time until the ball holding part of the rotating body arrives at the standby part as in the conventional pachinko ball organizing apparatus.
[0024]
Further, when the rotating member 14 is locked at the second position, the hit ball waiting on the peripheral surface 18 is immediately received by the ball receiving portion 19 at the same time when the rotating member 14 returns to the first position. Therefore, the opening / closing door 54 of the big prize opening 51 is opened to the second position, so that the opening cycle of the big prize opening 51 can be updated efficiently and in a short time in the big hit state.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the pachinko ball organizing apparatus according to the present invention can win a hit ball more efficiently than conventional organs of the same kind. Therefore, the player is freed from the trouble of temporarily stopping hitting the ball in the middle of the game, and the operating rate of the pachinko machine can be remarkably increased, greatly contributing to the profit improvement of the pachinko parlor. Can do.
[0026]
In addition, since an electric drive source for constantly rotating the rotating member is not required, power consumption can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a pachinko ball organizing apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view similarly viewed from the back side.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing the same partial cross section.
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal side view of the main part of the same.
FIGS. 6A and 6B are operation explanatory views.
FIG. 7 is a configuration example of a game board of a pachinko machine to which the pachinko ball organizing apparatus of the present embodiment is applied.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a conventional pachinko ball organizing apparatus.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mounting plate 11 Guide frame 12 Sphere inlet 14 Rotating member 18 Circumferential surface 19 Sphere receiving part 24 Lock piece 25 Solenoid

Claims (2)

A rotating member having an arc-shaped peripheral surface on the front surface of the mounting plate and a ball receiving portion for receiving a sphere on a part of the peripheral surface, and a guide frame surrounding the peripheral surface of the rotating member,
On the back surface of the mounting plate, a lock piece detachably engageable with the rotating member, a solenoid coupled to the lock piece, and a winning ball detector for detecting a ball received by the rotating member ,
The rotating member rotates downward by the first position where the ball receiving portion matches the ball introducing port established at the upper center of the guide frame and the weight of the ball received in the ball receiving portion, and causes the ball to flow out. It is provided so that it can rotate to the second position, and is always provided so as to rotate and return from the second position to the first position by its own weight,
The lock piece locks the rotating member at the second position, and is provided so that a ball is detected by the winning ball detector and a solenoid is excited to release the lock when a predetermined time elapses. A pachinko ball organizing device. A concave ball receiving portion having an arc-shaped peripheral surface on the front surface of the mounting plate and receiving a sphere on a part of the peripheral surface, and a locking protrusion protruding so as to face the front surface side of the mounting plate A pivot member is provided to support the rotating member, and a guide frame that surrounds the peripheral surface of the rotating member, and a stopper piece that is integrally formed with the guide frame and restricts the rotation of the rotating member,
On the other hand, on the back surface of the mounting plate, a lock piece having an engaging portion that can be freely engaged with and disengaged from the engaging protrusion of the rotating member, a solenoid connected to the lock piece, and a ball received by the rotating member are detected. And a winning ball detector
The rotating member rotates downward by the first position where the ball receiving portion matches the ball introducing port established at the upper center of the guide frame, and the weight of the ball received in the ball receiving portion, and causes the ball to flow out. It is provided so that it can rotate to the second position, and is always provided so as to rotate and return from the second position to the first position by its own weight,
The locking portion of the locking piece engages with the locking protrusion of the rotating member to lock the rotating member in the second position, and when a ball is detected by the winning ball detector and a certain time elapses, the solenoid is A pachinko ball organizing device, which is provided to be excited to release the lock.

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