JP3948537B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pachinko machine provided with a protective cover on a game area character, and in particular, by forming a convex portion at a position below the shoulder of a protective cover such as a special character object, the falling direction of the pachinko ball is determined. The present invention relates to a pachinko machine that can change and allow a pachinko ball to stay in the game area for a long time, can be given surprisingness by a pachinko game, and can be interesting by a player.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in the center of the game area of a pachinko machine, various symbol display devices using CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), etc., and blades that change the opening and closing members within a predetermined angle range. A movable prize device such as a ceremony is attached. A protective cover is provided on the outer periphery of these symbol display devices and movable winning devices in order to protect the CRT, LCD, opening / closing member and the like. A game nail for changing the fall of the pachinko ball is placed at a predetermined position on the peripheral edge of the shoulder of the protective cover. Further, the shoulder portion of the protective cover is formed with a smooth surface that falls outward so as not to catch the pachinko ball. Therefore, pachinko balls falling from the upper side of the protective cover hit the game nail, falling irregularly in the direction of the fall, and pachinko balls that have dropped on the shoulder of the protective cover follow the shoulder surface. Fall, hit the game nail ahead of the drop direction, and change the drop direction irregularly.
[0003]
An example of the rolling trajectory of a pachinko ball dropped on the shoulder of the protective cover of a conventional pachinko machine will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing an example of a rolling trajectory of a pachinko ball dropped on the shoulder of a protective cover of a symbol display device of a conventional pachinko machine.
In FIG. 4, a symbol display device 118 formed of a synthetic resin such as an ABS resin disposed substantially at the center of the game area is provided with a video display device 119 for displaying a special symbol from the back side of the game board. . In addition, a winning opening 120 is formed at the top of the symbol display device 118 and communicates with a not-shown prize ball bowl on the back of the game board. Moreover, both shoulder parts 121 and 122 of the symbol display device 118 are inclined substantially linearly downward, and the surfaces of the shoulder parts 121 and 122 are formed substantially flat.
[0004]
Next, the trajectory of the pachinko sphere that rolls and falls on the shoulders 121 and 122 in contact with the upper positions of the shoulders 121 and 122 of the symbol display device 118 configured as described above will be described. The pachinko ball A101 falling from the upper left side of the symbol display device 118 hits the upper position of the left shoulder 121. Thereafter, the hit pachinko ball A102 slides on the left shoulder 121 downward to the left. Then, the pachinko ball A103 sliding down jumps out from the lower end of the left shoulder 121 in the lower left direction. The pachinko ball A104 that has jumped out rolls in the game area with inertia until it hits a game nail or the like placed in the pop-out direction. Further, the pachinko ball B101 dropped from the upper right side of the symbol display device 118 hits the upper position of the right shoulder 122. Thereafter, the hit pachinko ball B102 slides on the right shoulder 122 downward to the right. Then, the pachinko ball B103 sliding down jumps out from the lower end of the right shoulder 122 in the lower right direction. The ejected pachinko ball B104 rolls in the game area with inertia until it hits a game nail or the like placed in the eject direction.
Therefore, the falling speed of the pachinko ball that rolls and falls on the shoulders 121 and 122 of the symbol display device 118 is reduced to some extent by the friction with the surfaces of the shoulders 121 and 122, and is directed to the lower left direction or the lower right direction. Roll and fall.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since the falling speed of the pachinko ball falling on the game nail is hardly decelerated, the time spent in the game area of the pachinko ball is short, and the pachinko ball on the shoulder of the protective cover slides on the shoulder In the meantime, the fall speed is reduced to some extent, but there is a problem that the game performance is impaired because the fall direction can be almost predicted.
[0006]
Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. By forming a convex portion at a position below the shoulder portion of the protective cover, the pachinko ball slides on the shoulder portion of the protective cover. Pachinko machine that allows the player to enjoy more pachinko games because the falling speed of the pachinko ball hits the convex part at the lower position and the number of pachinko balls that roll in the game area increases at the same time. The purpose is to provide.
Also, since the pachinko ball slides on the shoulder of the protective cover and hits the convex part at the lower position and flies in a random direction, the pachinko ball rolls more irregularly and makes the pachinko game more surprising The purpose is to provide a pachinko machine that can be used.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a pachinko machine according to claim 1 includes: a video display device provided in the center of a game area; and a synthetic resin symbol display device provided at an outer peripheral portion of the video display device. In the pachinko machine provided, the symbol display device is inclined toward the left and right diagonally downward from the top, and a pair of shoulders formed with inclined surfaces on which pachinko balls falling from above slide down, and the shoulders And a pair of convex portions whose upper surfaces are inclined downward .
[0008]
In the pachinko machine according to claim 1 having such a feature, a symbol display device made of synthetic resin is provided on the outer periphery of the video display device provided in the center of the game area formed on the game board . In addition, the symbol display device is provided with a pair of shoulder portions that are inclined toward the left and right obliquely downward from the top portion and formed with inclined surfaces on which pachinko balls that have fallen from above slide down. The inclined surface is provided with a convex portion whose upper surface is inclined downward .
As a result, the pachinko ball slides on the shoulder of the symbol display device and hits the convexly provided portion so that the falling speed of the pachinko ball is greatly reduced. The number increases and the player can enjoy more pachinko games.
Moreover, since the upper surface of a convex part inclines downward, the fall direction of the pachinko ball which contacted the convex part is changed to a random direction by the upper surface of a convex part. As a result, the pachinko ball slides on the shoulder of the symbol display device and hits the convex part, and then flies in a random direction, so the pachinko ball rolls more irregularly and makes the pachinko game more surprising. Is possible.
[0009]
[0010]
[0011]
[0012]
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a specific embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
First, the overall configuration of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entire pachinko machine according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a game area of the pachinko machine 1.
In FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 1 is a so-called first type pachinko machine. In the pachinko machine 1, various structures such as a winning opening, a symbol display device, an electric accessory, and a gate, which will be described later, are arranged on the game board 2. Under the game board 2, an upper tray 3 for receiving a prize ball discharged through a not shown bowl is provided on the plate 4 with a built-in speaker 3 a. A lower tray 5 is disposed below the upper tray 3. The pachinko ball of the upper tray 3 is sent to a launching device (not shown) connected to the handle 6 via a ball feed mechanism (not shown) communicating with the upper tray 3.
On the other hand, around the game board 2, there are provided an error display lamp 7 for displaying an error during the game and hit display lamps 8, 8 for displaying "win". In addition, in a frame 9 surrounding the game board 2, prize balls and off-ball display lamps 10 and 10 are provided on both shoulders.
[0014]
Next, referring to FIG. 2, the configuration of the game area on the game board 2 in the pachinko machine 1 will be described. The game area 11 is configured by arranging each structure such as a prize opening on a game board 2 made of a plate material having a predetermined thickness, and an annular rail 12 standing so as to surround the structure. This rail 12 forms an overlapping guide path 13 that guides the launched pachinko ball into the game area 11, and restricts the progress of the pachinko ball driven along the rail 12 on the right shoulder. Step 14. The stepped portion 14 is provided with a return rubber 16 supported by a shaft 15.
[0015]
An opening (not shown) is opened substantially at the center of the game area 11, and a symbol display device 18 made of synthetic resin such as ABS resin is disposed on the front side of the opening. The symbol display device 18 is provided with a video display device 19 for displaying a special symbol divided into left, middle and right from the back side of the game board 2, and a variable display means on one surface above the symbol display device 18. The symbol display 20 which is is provided. In addition, the symbol display device 18 has a winning opening 21 formed at the top and communicates with a not-shown prize ball bowl on the back of the game board 2. Further, convex portions 52 and 54 are formed at positions below both shoulder portions 51 and 53 of the symbol display device 18.
On the other hand, winning openings 23 and 24 are provided on the left and right of the symbol display device 18. And the windmills 25 and 26 with an illumination lamp on both shoulder sides of the symbol display device 18, and the normal windmills 28, 29, and 27, between the both sides of the winning openings 23 and 24 and the symbol display device 18, 30 is provided.
[0016]
In addition, a start port 35 is disposed immediately below the symbol display device 18. The start opening 35 is provided with a detection switch (not shown) for detecting the winning of the pachinko ball, and the video display device 19 is operated by detecting that the pachinko ball wins the winning opening 35.
A special electric accessory 32 having a special winning opening 31 is disposed below the start opening 35. When the opening / closing door 33 having a horizontal width and the pachinko ball enters the start opening 35 and the design of the video display device 19 fluctuates, the special winning opening 31 is achieved in a predetermined state (for example, AAA Etc.) and so on. The open / close door 33 is configured to be opened by a solenoid (not shown).
[0017]
In addition, lower winning holes 42 and 43 with electric lamps are disposed above both sides of the special electric accessory 32, and an outlet 44 is provided along the rail 12 immediately below the special electric accessory 32. Has been established. Further, in such a game area 11 surrounded by the rails 12, a plurality of game nails are driven together with the above components to form a complicated flow path of pachinko balls.
[0018]
Next, based on FIG. 3, an example of a trajectory of the pachinko ball that slides on the shoulder portions 51 and 53 of the symbol display device 18 of the pachinko machine 1 configured as described above and hits the convex portions 52 and 54 will be described. explain. FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of a rolling trajectory of a pachinko ball that has fallen on both shoulder portions 51 and 53.
In FIG. 3, an example of the rolling trajectory of the pachinko ball that has fallen on the left shoulder 51 of the symbol display device 18 is shown in pachinko balls A1 to A7. The pachinko ball A1 dropped from the upper left side of the symbol display device 18 hits the upper position of the left shoulder 51. Thereafter, the hit pachinko ball A2 slides on the left shoulder 51 downward to the left. Then, the pachinko ball A3 that slides down hits the convex portion 52 formed at a position below the left shoulder 51. Next, the pachinko sphere A4 that hits the convex portion 52 slides on the upper surface 55 formed slightly downward of the convex portion 52, and then the pachinko sphere A5 that reaches the tip of the convex portion 52 has a sliding speed. Is fast, hits the game nail 57 due to inertia, the repelled pachinko ball A6 hits the game nail 56, and the hit pachinko ball A7 flies in the lower left direction due to repulsion.
Moreover, an example of the rolling locus | trajectory of the pachinko ball which fell to the right shoulder part 53 of the symbol display apparatus 18 is shown to the pachinko balls B1-B7. The pachinko ball B1 dropped from the upper right side of the symbol display device 18 hits the upper position of the right shoulder 53. Thereafter, the hit pachinko ball B2 slides on the right shoulder 53 downward to the right. Then, the pachinko ball B3 that slides down hits the convex portion 54 formed at a position below the right shoulder 53. Next, the pachinko sphere B4 hitting the convex portion 54 slides on the upper surface 56 formed slightly downward of the convex portion 54, and then the pachinko sphere B5 reaching the tip of the convex portion 54 has a sliding speed. Is slow, hits the protective cover part of the symbol display device 18 almost directly below the tip of the convex part 54, and the pachinko ball B6 that hits the protective cover part passes between the game nail 58 and the game nail 59 and moves to the lower right. To fly.
Accordingly, each pachinko ball that hits each shoulder 51, 53 of the symbol display device 18 has a collision position when it hits each shoulder 51, 53, a collision speed, a collision angle, a length of sliding on each shoulder, etc. The pop-out speeds and the like at the tips of the convex portions 52 and 54 are different, and the falling direction changes randomly. In addition, the pachinko balls that slide on the shoulder portions 51 and 53 and hit the convex portions 52 and 54 are greatly reduced in fall speed.
[0019]
As described above in detail, in the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the convex portions 52 and 54 are formed below the shoulder portions 51 and 53 of the symbol display device 18, and are slid on the shoulder portions 51 and 53. The pachinko ball hits each convex part 52, 54 and the fall speed is greatly reduced, and it jumps out from each convex part 52, 54 in a random direction and falls in the game area 11.
Accordingly, each pachinko ball hitting each shoulder 51, 53 of the symbol display device 18 has a convex portion depending on the collision speed when hitting each shoulder 51, 53, the collision angle, the length of sliding on each shoulder, etc. Since the pop-out speeds and the like at the tips of 52 and 54 are different, the pachinko ball rolls more irregularly than the repulsion by the game nail, and it is possible to make the pachinko game more surprising. Further, the pachinko ball slides on the shoulders 51 and 53 and hits the convex portions 52 and 54 formed at the lower position, and the falling speed of the pachinko ball is greatly reduced, so that the pachinko ball rolls in the game area 11 at the same time. The number of pachinko balls increases, and the player can enjoy more pachinko games.
[0020]
The present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments, and various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. May be.
(A) In the above-described embodiment, the convex portions 52 and 54 are formed by integral molding, but may be made separately and made removable.
(B) Although the convex portions 52 and 54 are fixedly formed by integral molding in the above-described embodiment, they may be formed separately and movable.
(C) In the above-described embodiment, each of the shoulder portions 51 and 53 is provided with the convex portions 52 and 54, but only one shoulder portion may be provided. Moreover, you may form two or more convex-shaped parts in the downward position of each shoulder part 51 and 53, respectively.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the pachinko machine according to the first aspect, the symbol display device made of synthetic resin is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the video display device provided in the center of the game area formed on the game board . In addition, the symbol display device is provided with a pair of shoulder portions that are inclined toward the left and right obliquely downward from the top portion and formed with inclined surfaces on which pachinko balls that have fallen from above slide down. The inclined surface is provided with a convex portion whose upper surface is inclined downward .
As a result, the pachinko ball slides on the shoulder of the symbol display device and hits the convexly provided portion so that the falling speed of the pachinko ball is greatly reduced. It is possible to provide a pachinko machine in which the number increases and the player can enjoy more pachinko games.
Moreover, since the upper surface of a convex part inclines downward, the fall direction of the pachinko ball which contacted the convex part is changed to a random direction by the upper surface of a convex part. As a result, the pachinko ball slides on the shoulder of the symbol display device and hits the convex part, and then flies in a random direction, so the pachinko ball rolls more irregularly and makes the pachinko game more surprising. Can be provided.
[0022]
[0023]
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire pachinko machine according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a front view showing a game area of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of a rolling trajectory of a pachinko ball dropped on both shoulders of the symbol display device in the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing an example of a rolling trajectory of a pachinko ball dropped on both shoulders of a protective cover of a symbol display device in a conventional pachinko machine.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Game board 11 Game area 18, 118 Graphic display device 51, 53, 121, 122 Shoulder 52, 54 Convex part A1-A7, B1-B7 Rolling locus of the pachinko ball of this embodiment A101-A104 , B101-B104 Rolling locus of conventional pachinko balls

Claims (1)

In a pachinko machine comprising a video display device provided in the center of the game area, and a synthetic resin symbol display device provided on the outer periphery of the video display device ,
The symbol display device is inclined toward the left and right diagonally downward from the top, and a pair of shoulders formed with inclined surfaces on which pachinko balls falling from above slide down,
A pair of convex portions that are provided movably on the inclined surfaces of the shoulder portions and whose upper surface is inclined downward,
Pinball machine characterized in that it comprises a.

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