JP4171826B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ball drop guiding device with a windmill attached to a game board surface of a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine.
[0002]
[Prior art and problems to be solved by the invention]
Conventionally, for example, in a pachinko gaming machine, various windmills have been used as means for diversifying the falling direction of game balls. However, in the case of a windmill, the game balls are randomly distributed and do not have a function of guiding the game balls in a specific direction. On the other hand, for example, a winning device as shown in JP-A-5-184712 is known. This winning device is provided around the game board and has a guide path in a so-called shoulder electric decoration member provided along a rail that divides the game board into a substantially circular gaming area, and is provided on the bottom plate or side plate of the shoulder electric decoration member. There is a prize opening. This winning device is effective in that it has a decorative effect due to blinking of a lamp and a possibility that a game ball can enter a winning opening while passing through a guideway. However, in this winning device, the movement of the game ball itself is constrained in the guiding path, and the mode of flowing out from the guiding path is constant, so that the visual change is poor when viewed from the outside.
[0003]
In addition, the pachinko machine lamp decoration disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-167284 has a windmill fitted into a shoulder electric decoration member, and has a decorative effect due to blinking of the lamp, and the game ball is attached to the windmill. The decoration effect by the rotation of the windmill when it hits and the effect of causing a change in the falling direction of the game ball are obtained. However, this lamp decoration only exhibits the effects of the shoulder decoration alone and the windmill alone, and the falling motion of the game ball is not different from the function of the windmill itself.
The present invention is intended to solve the above-described problem, and provides a ball drop induction device with a windmill for a gaming machine capable of causing various and predetermined regular changes in the fall of the game ball surface of the game ball. With the goal.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention]
The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 is provided between a partition rail provided on the game board and forming a game area on the game board, and between the partition rail provided on the game board and positioned outside the partition rail. A passing rail that forms a ball passing area, a mounting base provided along the partition rail in the gaming area of the game board, and a pivot shaft provided in the mounting base and directed in the front-rear direction as viewed from the player And a wind turbine member rotatable in each of a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, and the mounting base is provided between the partition rail and the wind turbine member. A first lamp case and a mounting ball that is provided on the mounting base and drops the game ball vertically toward the rotation axis of the windmill member, and the windmill member is moved by the impact force from the game ball in the first direction. And in the second direction A partition piece that forms a ball entrance to be rotated between the first lamp case and an impact from a game ball that is provided on the mounting base and the windmill member has dropped through the ball entrance A second lamp case that forms a passage between the first lamp case and a path for releasing the game ball along the partition rail to the outside of the mount when rotated in the first direction by force; The windmill member provided on the mounting base between the partition piece and the second lamp case is rotated in the second direction by an impact force from a game ball dropped through the entrance. A ball doorway for releasing the game ball to the outside of the mounting base, a lamp provided on the mounting base and inserted into the first lamp case from the rear, and the second lamp case. Lamp inserted from the rear A lamp board on which both are mounted; and a first type starting port provided in a game area of the game board at a position lower than the ball doorway, wherein the game ball is located outside the mounting base. The windmill member is allowed to collide with the windmill member above and below the pivot shaft, and the windmill member passes the ball doorway from the outside of the mounting base. It is characterized in that the game ball is released from the inside of the mounting base through the passage or pushed back to the outside of the mounting base through the ball entrance by rotation when it collides.
According to the above means, when the game ball falling on the game board surface enters the entrance, it flows out of the passage or is discharged from the ball entrance depending on the rotation direction of the windmill member. On the other hand, a game ball that tries to enter the passage from the ball entrance / exit flows out of the passage due to the rotation of the windmill member or is pushed back by the windmill member and is discharged from the ball entrance / exit to the outside of the passage again. As a result, the movement of the game ball falling on the game board surface includes predetermined regularity and various changes are given to the game, and unexpectedness is given to the game, and the windmill member selects the falling direction of the game ball. Visual interest is also obtained.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a main body 10 of a pachinko gaming machine to which the embodiment is applied.
The main body 10 supports the game board 11 on the upper frame portion 10a on the front, and the front side of the game board 11 is closed by a glass door 10b that is supported on the left inner side of the frame portion 10a so as to be opened and closed. An arc-shaped passing rail 12a is provided around the gaming board 11 from the substantially lower center to the upper right end, and is arranged concentrically from the upper left of the gaming board just inside the passing rail 12a. A partition rail 12b connected to the passage rail 12a is provided. The game board 11 is divided into a pass rail 12a and a partition rail 12b. A substantially circular game area 11a is provided at the center of the game board 11. The game board 11 is sandwiched between the pass rail 12a and the partition rail 12b. An arcuate game ball passage region 11b is formed.
[0008]
A symbol display device 13 is provided in the center of the game area 11a. In the upper part, the left and right sides, and the lower left and right sides of the symbol display device 13, winning holes 14a to 14e are provided. In addition, a lower first type start port 15a is provided directly below the symbol display device 13, a large winning port 15b is provided below it, and a pair of first type starting ports 15c are provided on the left and right sides of the large winning port 15b. Yes. Immediately below the big prize winning opening 15b is an out opening 16 for collecting the off-ball. The left and right sides of the upper winning openings 14a is provided with ramp with windmills 17, also right and left winning hole 14b, a flat disc-type windmill 18 to the left and right 14c are provided. A number of other obstacle nails are provided on the game board surface. A left windmill ball drop guiding device 20a is provided along the partition rail 12b on the left side of the left winning port 14b, and a right windmill ball drop guiding device 20b is provided on the right side of the right winning port 14c along the partition rail 12b. It has been.
[0009]
The windmill-equipped ball drop guiding device 20a (20a and 20b are symmetrical), and 20a will be described below, has a mounting base 21 attached to the front surface of the game board 11 as shown in FIGS. ing. The mounting base 21 is a thin plate made of resin in which a substantially upper half on the right side protrudes in an arc shape with a vertically long substantially arcuate shape, and a mounting piece having mounting holes for screwing to the game board surface at the upper left and lower ends. 21a and 21b are provided. The mounting base 21 is provided with a lamp case 22 which is a lid-like body having a wide upper portion and a narrow lower portion from the upper end to the lower end position of the left side portion, and is provided from the front side in a substantially vertical direction. A lamp case 23, which is a substantially oval-shaped lid extending to the lower end side, is provided so as to bulge from the front surface. As shown in FIG. 5, the lamp case 23 is lower in height from the game board surface than the lamp case 22. As shown in FIG. 4B, the back sides of the lamp cases 22 and 23 are lamp housing spaces 22a and 23a in which a lamp 43, which is a light emitting device described later, is disposed. The right side of the lamp case 22 of the mount 21 is a passage P through which game balls pass.
[0010]
A square partition piece 24 is fixed vertically and vertically to the mount base 21 on the upper right side of the mounting base 21, and a ball entrance 25 a is formed between the partition piece 24 and the lamp case 22. Yes. Furthermore, an arc-shaped portion that is the side of the mounting base 21 between the partition piece 24 and the lamp case 23 is sandwiched between the upper partition piece 24 and the lower lamp case 23 and is not provided with a partition 25b. Has been. As shown in FIG. 3, a support shaft insertion hole 26a is provided at the center of the substantially circular portion of the mounting base 21 below the entrance 25a. At a position corresponding to the support shaft insertion hole 26 a on the back surface side of the mounting base 21, a cylindrical support cylinder portion 26 is fixed vertically and integrally to the mounting base 21.
[0011]
And the windmill member 30 is arrange | positioned centering | focusing on the support shaft insertion hole 26a at the mounting base 21 front side. The windmill member 30 is a flat disk type windmill, and has a plurality of blade portions 32 extending radially around the central cylindrical portion 31 at equal intervals, and a front surface coaxially attached to the front end of the central cylindrical portion 31. The decorative plate 33 is provided, and the support tube 34 is rotatably supported by the support shaft 34 by externally fitting the center tube portion 31 to the support shaft 34 inserted into the support tube portion 26. The wing portion 32 has a triangular shape inclined in the axial direction from the front side toward the rear in the axial direction in order to smoothly move the game ball in the passage P. Further, a part of the front decorative plate 33 extends on the lamp case 23.
[0012]
The support shaft 34 prevents the wind turbine member 30 from coming off by a head 34a provided on one end side, and a retaining ring 35 is locked on the other end side as shown in FIG. 21 is held. The lower end of the passage P on the lower side of the windmill member 30 is an outlet 25c. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4B and 5, two cylindrical support rods 27 are erected on the back side of the lower passage position of the mounting base 21.
[0013]
A lamp substrate 40 is provided behind the mounting base 21. As shown in FIG. 3, the lamp substrate 40 is a V-shaped printed circuit board, provided with two mounting holes 41 for mounting to the support rod 27, and a pair of lamps at the position of the V-shaped tip. A socket 42 is erected. A lamp 43 is attached to the tip of the lamp socket 42. By fixing the mounting hole 41 of the lamp board 40 with the screw 41a in accordance with the position of the support rod 27, the lamp board 40 is fixed to the mounting base 21, and the lamp 43 is disposed in the lamp housing spaces 22a and 23a. The
[0014]
In the ball drop guiding device 20 with the windmill configured as described above, the game ball B falling on the surface of the game board 11 is, as shown in FIG. When entering the ball 25a, the wind turbine member 30 provided in the intermediate portion is reached through the passage P. Accordingly, the windmill member 30 moves to the lower side of the passage P by the left rotation and flows downward from the outlet 25c at the lower end, or is discharged out of the passage P from the ball inlet / outlet 25b on the side of the windmill member 30 by the right rotation. The On the other hand, a game ball that is about to enter the passage P through the ball entrance / exit 25b enters the passage P downward by the rotation of the windmill member 30 and flows out from the outlet 25c at the lower end or is pushed back to the windmill member 30. Then, it is discharged out of the passage P again from the ball entrance 25b.
[0015]
Therefore, various changes including predetermined regularity are given to the movement of the game ball falling on the surface of the game board 11 by the ball drop guiding devices 20a, 20b with the windmill, and unexpectedness is given to the game, and the windmill member The visual interestingness that the falling direction of the game ball is selected by 30 is also obtained. In addition, by flashing the lamps 43 provided in the lamp housing spaces 22a and 23a on the back side of the lamp cases 22 and 23 of the ball drop induction device with a windmill, the game balls passing through the passage P and the passage P are shown more clearly. And the visual interest is further enhanced. Further, by flashing the lamp 43 in addition to the decorative properties of the lamp cases 22 and 23 themselves, the decorative effect of the entire windmill ball drop guiding device can be enhanced.
[0016]
In the embodiment described above, an example in which one windmill and a ball doorway are provided in the passage P of the mount 21 has been described, but two or more windmills and a ball doorway may be provided. In that case, the same operation as described above is performed in each wind turbine member. In this case, the ball doorway can be provided in the side wall members on both sides.
[0017]
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the ball drop induction apparatus with a windmill is a shoulder electric decoration type which provided the lamp case and the lamp in the mounting base, as shown in FIG. 6, instead of the lamp case, a partition plate 28 and 29 may be provided to remove the lamp. Further, in this case, the windmill-equipped ball drop guiding device can be provided at a portion other than both ends of the game area. Moreover, instead of providing the outlet 25c at the lower end of the windmill-equipped ball drop guiding device 20a, the outlet 25c can be provided at the side thereof. In this case, the game ball that has exited from the outlet 25c is returned to the center direction of the game area 11a, and there is a possibility that a prize will be won in the winning opening.
[0018]
In addition, about the shape, arrangement | positioning, etc. of each part of the ball | bowl fall guide apparatus with a windmill shown to the said embodiment, it does not restrict to this but can change suitably. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the flat disk type windmill is used as a windmill, it can replace with this and an electric decoration windmill can also be used. In addition to the lamp shown in the above embodiment, the light emitting device may be a light emitting diode, a laser, a fluorescent light emitting device, a plasma light emitting device, an optical fiber guided from a light source, or the like.
[0019]
In the above embodiment, the case where the windmill-equipped ball drop guiding device of the present invention is applied to a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine has been described, but a windmill such as another pachinko gaming machine or an arrangement gaming machine is used. The same applies to game machines.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing a pachinko gaming machine to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing a ball drop induction device with a windmill.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view schematically showing a ball drop guiding device with a windmill.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are a front view and a rear view schematically showing a ball drop induction device with a windmill. FIGS.
FIG. 5 is a side view schematically showing a ball drop guiding device with a windmill, and a cross-sectional view in the direction of the VV line shown in FIG. 4 (a).
FIG. 6 is a front view schematically showing a windmill-equipped ball drop guiding device which is a modified example.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Main body, 11 ... Game board, 11a ... Game area | region, 12a ... Passing rail, 12b ... Partition rail, 20a, 20b ... Ball fall induction apparatus with a windmill, 21 ... Mounting stand, 21a, 21b ... Mounting piece, 22, 23 ... Lamp case, 22a, 23a ... Lamp housing space, 24 ... Partition piece, 25a ... Entrance, 25b ... Ball entrance / exit, 25c ... Outlet, 26 ... Support cylinder, 26a ... Support shaft insertion hole, 27 ... Support Shaft, 28, 29 ... partition plate, 30 ... windmill member, 31 ... center tube portion, 32 ... vane portion, 33 ... front decorative plate, 34 ... support shaft, 40 ... lamp substrate, 41 ... mounting hole, 42 ... lamp socket , 43 ... Lamp, P ... Passage.

Claims (1)

A partition rail provided on the game board and forming a game area on the game board;
A passing rail which is provided on the game board and located outside the partition rail, and forms a game ball passage region with the partition rail;
A mounting base provided along the partition rail in the game area of the game board;
A windmill member provided on the mounting base and rotatable in each of a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction around a rotation axis oriented in the front-rear direction when viewed from the player;
A first lamp case provided on the mounting base between the partition rail and the wind turbine member;
Provided on the mounting base, the game ball is dropped vertically toward the rotation axis of the windmill member, and the windmill member is moved by the impact force from the game ball in the first direction and the second direction. A partition piece that forms a ball entrance to be rotated with each of the first lamp case,
The partition rail is provided outside the mounting base when the windmill member is rotated in the first direction by an impact force from the gaming ball dropped through the entrance opening. A second lamp case that forms a passage for discharging along the first lamp case;
The windmill member is provided on the mounting base between the partition piece and the second lamp case, and the windmill member rotates in the second direction by an impact force from a game ball that has dropped through the entrance. A ball doorway for releasing the game ball to the outside of the mounting base when
A lamp board provided on the mounting base and mounted with both a lamp inserted from the rear into the first lamp case and a lamp inserted from the rear into the second lamp case;
Provided with a first type start port provided in the game area of the game board located lower than the ball entrance,
The ball entrance allows the game ball to collide with the windmill member from the outside of the mounting base above and below the rotation shaft, respectively.
The windmill member releases the game ball from the inside of the mounting base through the passage when the game ball collides from the outside of the mounting base through the ball doorway, or passes through the ball doorway. A pachinko machine characterized by being pushed back to the outside.

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