JP4314608B2

JP4314608B2 - Game machine

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Publication number: JP4314608B2
Application number: JP2002264531A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 高明市原; 宏二川口
Original assignee: Daiichi Shokai Co Ltd
Current assignee: Daiichi Shokai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2002-09-10
Filing date: 2002-09-10
Publication date: 2009-08-19
Anticipated expiration: 2022-09-10
Also published as: JP2004097557A

Description

【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
この発明は、例えばパチンコ機のような弾球遊技機等の遊技機に関する。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
従来、遊技機としてのパチンコ機において、例えば、センター役物の本体構成部材の一部に球受け棚が設けられ、その球受け棚の上面を球が転動可能な球通路として構成したものが知られている。
また、このような球受け棚は、例えば、凹湾曲状、あるいは波形状の凹凸をなして左右方向に延びている。そして、球受け棚上の球通路に転動する球は、自重によってその球受け棚の曲面に沿って左右方向に往復動（揺動）しながら、その転動速度をしだいに弱めて凹部の前側に落下するようになっているのが一般的であった（例えば、特許文献１参照）。
【０００３】
【特許文献１】
特願平１１−１８８１４６号公報（第４−５頁、図２）
【０００４】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
ところで、前記した従来のものにおいては、球受け棚の曲面に沿って球が自重によって左右方向に往復動しかつしだいに転動速度を弱めて凹部の前側に落下するようになっているため、球の動きが単調で飽きやすい、と言う問題点があった。
【０００５】
この発明の目的は、前記従来の問題点に鑑み、球通路を転動する球の動きに従来にない斬新な変化を与えることができる遊技機を提供することである。
【０００６】
【課題を解決するための手段】
遊技盤の遊技領域に、図柄表示装置を備えた役物装置と、該役物装置の直下方に始動口を有する入球装置が配置された遊技機において、
前記役物装置は、
遊技盤の遊技領域に設置される役物本体の中央部に形成された開口窓の後側に前記図柄表示装置が装着される一方、役物本体内の下部に球受け棚装置と回転振分け機構とが構成され、役物本体の下部後側に磁石を有する吸引機構が装備されており、
前記役物本体は、
前側の左右両側に形成されて遊技領域に臨む位置に配置された遊技球用の流入口と、
下部の左右両側から後方に向けて形成配置されて前記左右の流入口と連通されたワープ通路とを備え、
前記球受け棚装置は、
前記左右のワープ通路から導入された遊技球を球通路に受入れて左右方向に案内する上段の球受け棚と、
該上段の球受け棚の後側に形成されて前記球通路の後側壁を形成する通路壁と、
前記球通路の中央に山状に突設された凸部と、
該凸部の左右位置に凹設されて前方に向けて遊技球が転動放出される下り傾斜の凹部と、
前記上段の球受け棚の前側下段位置の左右横方向に亘り階段状に形成されて上段の球受け棚の凹部から転動放出された遊技球を前記回転振分け機構を介して案内面に受入れるとともに、最終的には前側縁の開口面域から前記遊技領域側に排出する下段の球受け棚と、
該下段の球受け棚の前記案内面の中央部であって前記入球装置の始動口の直上方位置に凹曲形状に形成された球放出案内部と、を備え、
前記回転振分け機構は、
前記下段の球受け棚の球放出案内部の左右位置に近接配置され、上面に円錐台テーパ形状の球受け部を形成するとともに、前記上段の球受け棚の前縁下部から前記球受け部の前周側略半分を突出させて「旋回台」形状に配置した左右一対の回転体と、
前記左右一対の回転体の各球受け部に等角度間隔で埋め込み配置された遊技球吸着用の複数個の磁石と、
前記左右一対の回転体の平面視右側の回転体を平面視時計回りに旋回転させるとともに、もう一方の回転体を反対回りに旋回転させるモータと、を備え、
さらに前記左右一対の回転体の前記球受け部が、前記上段の球受け棚の凹部の下方から外部に出て前記球通路の略中央下面に潜り込むように旋回し、その際、前記凹部から転動放出された遊技球が球受け部の磁石に吸着されたまま旋回移送される場合にその遊技球が上段の球受け棚の前縁に当たって払い落とされ最終的には前記下段の球受け棚の球放出案内部に落下するようにされたものであり、
前記吸引機構は、
前記役物本体の通路壁の後側面に当接可能な磁石装着板と、
該磁石装着板の左右位置で前記球通路の凹部に対応する後側位置に配設された遊技球吸着用の磁石と、
前記磁石装着板の後側に当接状態で回転し、その回転により磁石装着板を付勢手段の付勢に抗してゆっくり前進変位させ得る第１のカム面と、前記磁石装着板を前記付勢手段と協働して急激に後退変位させ得る第２のカム面とを有する作動カム体と、を備え、
前記作動カム体の回転力と前記付勢手段の付勢力によって、前記磁石装着板が前記通路壁の後側面にゆっくり接近しながら当接して前記磁石で前記凹部上に位置する遊技球を吸着し得る状態と、前記磁石装着板が前記通路壁の後方へ急激に離隔して前記磁石が凹部上に位置する遊技球を吸着し得ない状態とに変位させ得るようにした遊技機を提供する。
【０００７】
したがって、磁力吸引機構の磁石が通路壁の背面側に接近及び離反することで、球通路に転動する球に作用する吸引力が強くなったり弱くなる。このため、球の動きをより一層斬新に変化させることが可能となる。
【０００８】
【発明の実施の形態】
この発明の実施の形態を図面にしたがって説明する。
なお、説明の便宜上、遊技機の遊技者に対する側を前、反対側を後という。
遊技機（弾球遊技機、主としてパチンコ機）の所定位置に配置される遊技盤を正面で表した図１において、遊技盤１０前面の周縁部には、外レール１２と内レール１３とを備えた案内レール１１が装着されている。案内レール１１の内側には、遊技領域１５が区画形成されるとともに、外レール１２と内レール１３との間には、球発射装置（図示しない）によって発射された球（パチンコ球）を遊技領域１５の上部に案内する球発射通路１４が形成されている。
遊技盤１０前面の遊技領域１５の略中央部には役物装置４０が装着されている。
また、遊技盤１０前面の遊技領域１５内には、その役物装置４０の片側（図１に向かって左側）に位置して普通図柄始動用ゲート口２０が設けられている。
【０００９】
また、遊技盤１０前面の遊技領域１５内には、役物装置４０の下方中央部に位置しかつ遊技者に対し有利となる領域としての入球口、この実施の形態においては可変始動口２６（球の払い出しがなされる入賞口でもある）を備えた入球装置２５が配設されている。また、可変始動口２６には、一対の開閉部材２８が開閉可能に設けられ、これら開閉部材２８が開いて可変始動口２６が拡開されたときには球Ｂが流入し易く、開閉部材２８が閉じて可変始動口２６が狭くなったときには球Ｂが流入し難くなるように構成されている。
また、入球装置２５の可変始動口２６（入球口）に球Ｂが流入すると、後述する図柄表示装置４５が作動するようになっている。なお、球Ｂが普通図柄始動用ゲート口２０を通過することで、後述する普通図柄表示部４７が作動して普通図柄の抽選が行われる。そして、普通図柄表示部４７の抽選に基づいて、入球装置２５の開閉部材２８が所定時間（例えば、１秒間）開放し、これによって入球装置２５の可変始動口２６が拡開してその可変始動口２６に球Ｂが流入し易くなっている。
【００１０】
また、遊技盤１０前面の遊技領域１５内には、その入球装置２５の下方に位置してアタッカ装置３０が装着されている。このアタッカ装置３０には、その略中央部に開閉扉３１によって開閉される大入賞口３２が設けられている。
また、遊技盤１０前面の遊技領域１５内には、その最下端に位置しかつアタッカ装置３０の下方においてアウト口３３が形成され、さらに、アタッカ装置３０の左右両側方に位置して所定数（図１では４つ）の一般入賞口３７が設けられている。
また、遊技盤１０前面の遊技領域１５の左右両側部には発光レンズを有するサイド装飾部材３５が配設されている。また、遊技盤１０前面の遊技領域１５内の所定箇所に風車器１８が配設されるとともに、遊技領域１５内の略全域にわたって多数の釘（図示しない）が配設されている。
【００１１】
図１と図２に示すように、役物装置４０は、その主体部をなす役物本体４１と図柄表示装置４５とを備えている。
役物装置４０の本体部をなす役物本体４１は、複数の本体構成部材によって形成され、遊技盤１０の略中央部に貫設された役物装着孔の前面開口部の周縁を塞ぐようにして枠状に構成されている。そして、役物本体４１はビス等によって遊技盤１０の前面（盤面）に取り付けられている。
役物本体４１の略中央部には、四角形、円形等の開口窓が形成されている。
役物本体４１の開口窓の後側には、図柄表示装置４５が装着されている。この図柄表示装置４５の表示部４６の略全域には、特別図柄が変動表示される特別図柄表示領域が設けられている。また、表示部４６の一部には、普通図柄が変動表示される普通図柄表示部４７が設けらている。
【００１２】
図２に示すように、役物本体４１の左右両側部には、遊技盤１０の盤面（前面）上を流れる球Ｂが流入可能な流入口５１を有するワープ通路５０がそれぞれ設けられている。また、流入口５１には、遊技盤１０の盤面（前面）上を流れる球Ｂを受けその球Ｂを流入口５１に導く受口体５２が形成されている。
役物本体４１の下部には、両流入口５１からそれぞれ流入した球Ｂを受け、これら球Ｂのうち、一部の球Ｂを可変始動口２６（この発明の遊技者に対し有利となる領域に相当する）に導き、他の球Ｂを可変始動口２６から外れる方向に流下させる球通過経路を構成するための球受け棚装置６０が設けられている。
【００１３】
図２〜図５に示すように、球受け棚装置６０の主体部は、左右方向に延びる上段の球受け棚６１と、その上段の球受け棚６１の下部前側において左右方向に延びる下段の球受け棚９１とを段差状に有している。
上段の球受け棚６１上には、ワープ通路５０の流出口５５から流出した球Ｂを転動可能に受ける球通路６２が形成されている。この上段の球受け棚６１の球通路６２は、その略中央部に突設された凸部６４と、その凸部６４の左右両側部に凹設された左右の両凹部６３とをそれぞれ連続状に備えて略波形の凹凸面に形成されている。そして、この実施の形態では、左右の両凹部６３を球落下部としている。
また、左右の両凹部６３は、球Ｂを前側下方に向けて落下させるために前側に向けて下傾する傾斜状に形成されている。さらに、上段の球受け棚６１の前側縁には、左右の両凹部６３を除く部分において球Ｂの落下を阻止するための前突縁６５が上方に向けて突設されている。
また、上段の球受け棚６１には、その球通路６２の後側縁（一側縁）に沿って立ち上がる通路壁６６が所定の高さで形成されている（図５参照）。
【００１４】
上段の球受け棚６１の通路壁６６の後面側（背面側）には、その上段の球受け棚６１上の球通路６２を転動する球Ｂに吸引力を作用させてその球Ｂの動きに変化を与える吸引機構が配設されている。
この実施の形態において、吸引機構は球Ｂを磁力によって通路壁６５の前面側に吸引する磁力吸引機構７０によって構成されるとともに、通路壁６６の後面側に接近及び離反する磁石７５を有している。
すなわち、図３〜図７に示すように、磁力吸引機構７０は、揺動部材７１と、その揺動部材７１を駆動するための駆動手段としてのモータ８１と、を主体として構成されている。
揺動部材７１は、通路壁６６の後面側に沿って延びる磁石装着板７４と、その磁石装着板７４から下方に向けて一体状に延出された所定数の脚部７３と、を有している。また、磁石装着板７４には、上段の球受け棚６１の左右の凹部６３にそれぞれ対応する位置において磁石７５（永久磁石）が装着されている。
【００１５】
図６と図７に示すように、磁石装着板７４は、その脚部７３の下端部において軸７２を中心として回動可能に役物本体４１の所定位置に装着されている。そして、磁石装着板７４は、軸７２を中心として往復回動（揺動）することにより、その磁石装着板７４の磁石７５が通路壁６６の後面側に対し進退して接近及び離反するようになっている。
また、磁石装着板７４は、付勢手段によって後退方向に付勢され、モータ８１の出力軸によって回転動作される作動カム体８３のカム面８４によって、付勢手段の付勢力に抗して前進されるようになっている。また、この実施の形態において、磁石装着板７４の脚部７３下端部から後方に向けてアーム部７６が一体状に延出され、そのアーム部７６の延出端部には、磁石装着板７４を後退方向に付勢するための付勢手段を構成する錘７８が設けられている。
【００１６】
前記した球受け棚装置６０の球通過経路の一部、この実施の形態おいて下段の球受け棚９１上には、可動体としての略水平方向の円盤状をなす左右一対の回転体１００が左右方向に所定間隔を隔るとともに、互いに反対方向にかつ縦方向の軸線回りにそれぞれ回転可能に設けられている。
図３〜図５に示すように、対の回転体１００は、下段の球受け棚９１の後側縁に沿って立ち上がる後側壁９６の前側に対し、略前側半円部がそれぞれ露出された状態で設けられている。そして、対の回転体１００の相対する外周面の間には球を所定方向（前方）に指向させて放出する略三角形状の球放出案内部１１０が形成されている。
また、対の回転体１００は下段の球受け棚９１の略中央部の左右部において一対をなして配設されることで、これら対の回転体１００の外周面の間の球放出案内部１１０が下段の球受け棚９１の略中央部に設けられている。そして、球放出案内部１１０の下方には、遊技者に対し有利となる領域としての可変始動口２６が設けられている。
【００１７】
図３と図５に示すように、対の回転体１００上面には、上段の球受け棚６１から流れ落ちた球Ｂを受ける球受け部１０２がそれぞれ形成されるとともに、これら球受け部１０２には球Ｂを解放可能に保留する所定数の球保留部１０３がそれぞれ設けられている。そして、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３に保持された球Ｂは、下段の球受け棚９１の後側壁９６に当接して同球保留部１０３から解放される構成にしてある。すなわち、この実施の形態において、下段の球受け棚９１の後側壁９６がこの発明の球解放手段を構成している。
また、図４に示すように、対の回転体１００の球受け部１０２には、複数（例えば４個）の球保留部１０３が所定角度（例えば９０度）の角度を隔てて配設されている。また、対の回転体１００の各球保留部１０３には磁力によって球Ｂを保留する磁石１０５が埋め込み状に配設されている。
また、図３に示すように、対の回転体１００上の球受け部１０２は、球保留部１０３から解放された球Ｂが自重によって球放出案内部１１０に流れるように傾斜したテーパ状に形成されている。
【００１８】
また、この実施の形態において、図３に示すように、対の回転体１００は、それぞれ別のモータ１２０によって反対方向に回転駆動される場合を例示しているが、対の回転体１００を、１つのモータを駆動源とし、歯車列機構等のトルク伝達機構を介して回転駆動することもできる。
また、この実施の形態において、図８に示すように、磁石装着板７４の磁石７５の磁力作用を受けて通路壁６６の前側面に吸着された球Ｂが、図９に示すように、磁石装着板７４の磁石７５の後退によって解放されて下段の球受け棚９１に配設の回転体１００の球受け部１０２に落下する際、その球Ｂが球受け部１０２の球保留部１０３の磁石１０５の磁力作用によって吸着保持されるように、上段の球受け棚６１の通路壁６６の後側面に対する磁石装着板７４の磁石７５の進退速度（磁力吸引機構７０の揺動部材７１の軸７２を中心とする揺動速度）と、対の回転体１００の回転速度とが適宜に設定されている。
また、揺動部材７１のモータ８１及び対の回転体１００のモータ１２０は、遊技機の所定位置に設置された制御装置（例えば、主制御基板とも呼ばれている制御基板）に電気的に接続されている。このため、その制御装置から伝達される信号によって揺動部材７１のモータ８１及び対の回転体１００のモータ１２０を任意に作動制御することもできる。
【００１９】
この実施の形態に係る遊技機は上述したように構成される。したがって、遊技の際、図示しない球発射装置から球発射通路１４に発射された球Ｂ（パチンコ球Ｂ）は、遊技領域１５の上部に打ち出され、多数の釘、風車器１８等に案内されながら遊技領域１５の下部に向けて流れる。
遊技領域１５に打ち出された球Ｂのうち、一部の球Ｂは普通図柄始動用ゲート口２０を通過したり、あるいは、入球装置２５の可変始動口２６、一般入賞口３７等の入球口に流入する。また、これら入球口に流入しなかった多くの球Ｂは遊技領域１５の下部のアウト口３３に流入し、機外に排出される。
【００２０】
球Ｂが普通図柄始動用ゲート口２０を通過すると、その球Ｂがセンサによって検出され、その検出信号が遊技機の所定位置に設置された制御装置（例えば、主制御基板とも呼ばれている制御基板）に送られる。すると、その信号が図柄表示装置４５に伝達され、その表示部４６の一部に設けられた普通図柄表示部４７の図柄が変動する。そして普通図柄表示部４７には、抽選結果に基づく図柄が表示される。
普通図柄表示部４７の図柄が当たり図柄となって表示されると、入球装置２５の可変始動口２６の開閉部材２８が所定時間（例えば、１秒間）開放して閉じる。
入球装置２５の可変始動口２６に球Ｂが流入すると、その球Ｂがセンサによって検出され、その検出信号が主制御装置に送られる。すると、その信号が図柄表示装置４５に伝達され、これによって表示部４６に表示された図柄が変動し、設定時間後停止する。そして、表示部４６には抽選結果に基づく図柄が表示される。
【００２１】
表示部４６に表示された図柄が「大当たり図柄」、例えば「７・７・７」となって停止した場合、大当たりとなる。すると、アタッカ装置３０の開閉扉３１によって大入賞口３２が開かれる。大入賞口３２に球Ｂが１０個流入するか、あるいは、３０秒経過すると、開閉扉３１によって大入賞口３２が閉じられる。
大入賞口３２の開放時において、その大入賞口３２に設けられた特定領域に球Ｂが入ると、開閉扉３１によって大入賞口３２が一旦閉じられた後、再び開かれる。開閉扉３１によって大入賞口３２が所定回数、例えば、最大１６回（すなわち１６ラウンド）開閉を繰り返すことで、大当たり遊技が終了する。
【００２２】
遊技の際、図１と図２に示すように、遊技領域１５に打ち出された球Ｂのうち、一部の球Ｂは、役物本体４１の左右両側に配置されたワープ通路５０の流入口５１から流入し、そのワープ通路５０に流れる。
ワープ通路５０に流れその流出口５５から流出した球Ｂは、球受け棚装置６０の球通過経路を流れる。
この実施の形態において、図４と図５に示すように、流出口５５から流出した球Ｂは、まず、上段の球受け棚６１の球通路６２に流れて転動するとともに、その凹凸面に沿って左右方向へ揺動する。そして、上段の球受け棚６１の球通路６２に流れた球Ｂは、その球通路６２の左右の両凹部６３のいずれか一方の凹部６３から前方に向けて落下する。
上段の球受け棚６１の球通路６２のいずれか一方の凹部６３（この発明の球落下部に相当する）から落下した球Ｂは、下段の球受け棚９１に落下し、その後、球Ｂは、その下段の球受け棚９１を経てその前側放出部から落下する。
【００２３】
また、この実施の形態において、下段の球受け棚９１に落下する球Ｂのうち、一部の球Ｂは、可動体としての対の回転体１００上面の球受け部１０２に受けられる。これら対の回転体１００の球受け部１０２上に受けられた球Ｂのうち、一部の球Ｂは、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３に対し磁石１０５の磁力によって吸着保持される。そして、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３に保持された球Ｂは、対の回転体１００の回転動作によって、これら対の回転体１００と一体状をなしかつ互いに接近する方向に移送される。
図１０に示すように、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３に保持された球Ｂが球解放手段としての後側壁９６に当接する所定位置まで移送されると、引き続く対の回転体１００の回転動作によって、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３が球Ｂから遠ざかり、これによって、球保留部１０３から球Ｂが解放される。
【００２４】
図３と図１０に示すように、対の回転体１００の球受け部１０２は、球放出案内部１１０に向けて傾斜するテーパ状に形成されているため、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３から解放された球Ｂは、自重によって球受け部１０２を経て球放出案内部１１０に流れる。そして、球放出案内部１１０に流れた球Ｂは、その球放出案内部１１０において所定方向、すなわち、下方に向けて直線状に指向されて放出される。
球放出案内部１１０から下方に向けて直線状に指向されて放出された球Ｂは、それ以外の方向に流れた球Ｂよりも高い確率で可変始動口２６（遊技者に対し有利となる領域）に流入する。
【００２５】
また、対の回転体１００の対称上に位置する球保留部１０３に球Ｂがそれぞれ保留された場合、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３に対する磁力による球Ｂの保留状態の差によって、これら球Ｂの解放時期に若干のバラツキが生じる。このため、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３から解放されて球受け部１０２にそれぞれ流れた球Ｂが相互に衝突することが軽減される。
また、仮に、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３から球Ｂが略同時に解放され、これら球Ｂが相互の球受け部１０２において衝突し、跳ね返ったにおいても、これら球Ｂは、球受け部１０２の傾斜面に案内されて球放出案内部１１０に順次に流れることとなる。
このため、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３から解放された球Ｂは、高い確率で、球放出案内部１１０に流れ、その球放出案内部１１０から下方に向けて直線状に指向されて放出される。そして、球Ｂは、高い確率で可変始動口２６（遊技者に対し有利となる領域）に流入する。
【００２６】
さて、この実施の形態において、球受け棚装置６０の上段の球受け棚６１の球通路６２の一側縁（後側縁）に沿って通路壁６６が設けられ、その通路壁６６の後面側（背面側）に、球通路６２を転動する球Ｂに吸引力を作用させてその球Ｂの動きに変化を与える吸引機構としての磁力吸引機構７０が設けられている。
このため、球通路６２を転動する球Ｂが磁力吸引機構７０の磁石７５の磁力作用を受けて通路壁６６側に向けて吸引されることで、球Ｂの動きが急速に早くなった後、急激に遅くなって略停止状態となる。その後、磁石７５の磁力作用が弱くなることで、球Ｂが解放され前側に向けて転動する。このように、球Ｂの動きを従来にない斬新な動きに変化させることができる。
【００２７】
また、この実施の形態において、磁力吸引機構７０は、揺動部材７１と、その揺動部材７１を駆動するための駆動手段としてのモータ８１と、を主体として構成されている。そして、揺動部材７１は、モータ８１を駆動源とし、そのモータ８１に出力軸にトルク伝達可能に設けられた作動カム体８３の一方向の連続回転によって、所定数の脚部７３の下端部において軸７２を中心として揺動する。これによって、揺動部材７１の磁石装着板７４の磁石７５が、上段の球受け棚６１の左右の凹部６３にそれぞれ対応する位置において、通路壁６６の後面側（背面側）に対し接近したりあるいは離反する。
このため、球通路６２を転動する球Ｂのうち、一部の球Ｂは、磁石７５の接近によって通路壁６６の前側に向けて吸引された後、磁石７５の離反による吸引力の低下によって解放されて上段の球受け棚６１（球通路６２）の左右の凹部６３のうち一方の凹部６３の後側から前側に向けて略一直線状に流れる。
【００２８】
また、この実施の形態において、図８に示すように、磁石装着板７４の磁石７５の接近によって通路壁６６の前側に向けて吸引された球Ｂが、図９に示すように、磁石７５の離反によって解放される際、その球Ｂが上段の球受け棚６１の球落下部としての凹部６３を経て下段の球受け棚９１の可動体としての対の回転体１００の球受け部１０２に落下するとともに、その球受け部１０２の球保留部１０３に対し磁石１０５の磁力作用によって吸着保持されるようになっている。
そして、この条件を満たすために、磁力吸引機構７０（吸引機構）の磁石装着板７４の磁石７５の進退動作と、可動体としての対の回転体１００の回転動作とが連動されている。言い換えると、上段の球受け棚６１の通路壁６６に対する磁石装着板７４の磁石７５の進退速度（磁力吸引機構７０の揺動部材７１の軸７２を中心とする揺動速度）と、対の回転体１００の回転速度とが、前記条件を満たすように、磁力吸引機構７０のモータ８１と、対の回転体１００のモータ１２０とが制御装置によって回転制御されるようになっている。また、磁力吸引機構７０のモータ８１と、対の回転体１００のモータ１２０は、遊技機の電源スイッチがＯＮされると同時にそれぞれ設定された回転速度において連続的に回転される。
【００２９】
このため、上段の球受け棚６１の球通路６２を流れる球Ｂのうち、磁石装着板７４の磁石７５が接近し、その磁石７５の磁力作用を受けて通路壁６６の前側面に吸着された球Ｂは、その後、解放されて下段の球受け棚９１に落下すると、高い確率おいて、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３の磁石１０５の磁力作用によって吸着保持される。
その後、球Ｂは、前記したようにして、対の回転体１００の球保留部１０３から解放された後、高い確率で球放出案内部１１０に流れ、その球放出案内部１１０から下方に向けて直線状に指向されて放出された後、高い確率で可変始動口２６（遊技者に対し有利となる領域）に流入する。
【００３０】
なお、この発明は実施の形態に限定するものではない。
例えば、前記実施の形態においては、球受け棚装置６０が上段の球受け棚６１と、下段の球受け棚９１とを段差状に有し、その下段の球受け棚９１に対し左右一対をなす回転体１００が配設された場合を例示したが、図１１に示すように変更してもよい。
すなわち、球受け棚装置６０の左右方向に延びる下段の球受け棚９１を緩やかな凹湾曲状に形成し、その下段の球受け棚９１に対し対の回転体１００を配設することなく、その略中央部に球Ｂを落下案内する凹部９２を形成してもよい。
但し、この場合においても、上段の球受け棚６１上面の球通路６２の一側縁に沿って設けられた通路壁６６の後側面には、前記実施の形態と同様なモータ８１を駆動源とする作動カム体８３によって揺動される揺動部材７１の磁石装着板７４に磁石７５が装着された磁力吸引機構７０が設けられる。
【００３１】
また、球受け棚装置６０が一つの球受け棚によって構成され、その球受け棚上の球通路の一側縁（後側縁）に沿って通路壁が設けられ、その通路壁の後面側（背面側）に、球通路を転動する球に吸引力を作用させてその球の動きに変化を与える吸引機構が設けられた場合においてもこの発明を実施することが可能である。言い換えると、下段の球受け棚９１や対の回転体１００が配設されない場合においてもこの発明を実施することが可能である。
また、球受け棚の中央部に球を落下案内する一の凹部を設け、その一の凹部に対応する位置に球の動きに変化を与える磁力吸引機構７０が設けられた場合においてもこの発明を実施することが可能である。
また、球受け棚の凹部の下方に遊技者に対し有利となる領域、例えば入賞口を固定状態で配設してもよい。
また、遊技者に対し有利となる領域、例えば可動入賞口を左右方向、前後方向等に移動可能に配設してもよい。
【００３２】
また、磁力吸引機構７０の進退動作おいて、通常の遊技時以外の特定遊技時、例えば、大当たり後、再度大当たりとなる確率が変動（増大）する確率変動遊技時においてのみ、磁力吸引機構７０を通路壁の後面側（背面側）に進退動作させたり、これとは逆に、通常の遊技時においてのみ、磁力吸引機構７０を通路壁の後面側（背面側）に進退動作させるように、制御装置によって作動制御することも可能である。
また、磁力吸引機構７０に換え、球通路６２を転動する球Ｂに対し、負圧による吸引力を作用させてその球Ｂの動きに変化を与える負圧吸引機構を用いても実施可能である。
また、前記実施の形態においては、役物装置４０（第１種のパチンコ機の役物装置）における役物本体４１の下部に球受け棚装置６０が配設される場合を例示したが、第２種、第３種のパチンコ機の役物装置に対して球受け棚装置６０が配設される場合においてもこの発明を実施することが可能である。
【００３３】
【発明の効果】
以上述べたように、この発明によれば、球通路を転動する球に吸引機構の吸引力を作用させ、球通路の球を通路壁側に向けて吸引することで球の動きに従来にない斬新な変化を与えることができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】この発明の実施の形態に係る遊技機の遊技盤を示す正面図である。
【図２】同じく役物装置を示す拡大して示す正面図である。
【図３】同じく役物装置の下部に設けられた球受け棚装置を拡大して示す正面図である。
【図４】同じく球受け棚装置を示す平面図である。
【図５】同じく球受け棚装置を前側から示す斜視図である。
【図６】同じく球受け棚装置の磁力吸引機構の揺動部材に設けた磁石装着板が後退した状態を示す斜視図である。
【図７】同じく球受け棚装置の磁力吸引機構の揺動部材に設けた磁石装着板が前進した状態を示す斜視図である。
【図８】同じく球受け棚装置の上段の球受け棚の球通路の球が磁力吸引機構の磁石によって通路壁に吸引された状態を示す説明図である。
【図９】同じく球受け棚装置の上段の球受け棚の球通路の球が解放され回転体の球保留部の保留された状態を示す説明図である。
【図１０】同じく球受け棚装置の回転体の球保留部の保留された球が球放出案内部に向けて流れた後、所定方向に指向されて放出される状態を示す説明図である。
【図１１】この発明の遊技機に係る球受け棚装置の他の実施の形態を示す斜視図である。
【符号の説明】
１０遊技盤
１５遊技領域
２５入球装置
２６始動口
４０役物装置
４１役物本体
４５図柄表示装置
５０ワープ通路
５１流入口
６０球受け棚装置
６１上段の球受け棚
６２球通路
６３凹部
６４凸部
６６通路壁
７０吸引機構
７４磁石装着板
７５磁石
７８付勢手段
８３作動カム体
９１下段の球受け棚
９６後側壁（上段の球受け棚の前縁）
１００回転体
１０２球受け部
１０５磁石
１１０球放出案内部
１２０モータ [0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a pachinko machine as a gaming machine, for example, a ball receiving shelf is provided in a part of a main body constituting member of a center accessory, and the upper surface of the ball receiving shelf is configured as a ball path on which a ball can roll. Are known.
In addition, such a ball receiving shelf extends in the left-right direction, for example, having a concave curve shape or a wavy shape. The ball rolling on the ball passage on the ball receiving shelf reciprocates (oscillates) in the left-right direction along the curved surface of the ball receiving shelf due to its own weight, and gradually reduces its rolling speed to reduce the concave portion. It is common to fall to the front side (for example, refer patent document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Application No. 11-188146 (page 4-5, FIG. 2)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional one, since the sphere reciprocates in the left and right direction by its own weight along the curved surface of the sphere receiving shelf, and gradually decreases the rolling speed and falls to the front side of the recess, There was a problem that the movement of the sphere was monotonous and easy to get tired of.
[0005]
An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of giving an unprecedented novel change to the movement of a ball rolling in a ball passage in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In a gaming machine in which an accessory device provided with a symbol display device and a pitching device having a start port immediately below the accessory device are arranged in the gaming area of the gaming board,
The accessory device is:
The symbol display device is mounted on the back side of the opening window formed in the central portion of the accessory body installed in the game area of the game board, while the ball receiving shelf device and the rotation distribution mechanism are provided in the lower portion of the accessory body. And is equipped with a suction mechanism with a magnet on the lower rear side of the accessory body,
The accessory body is
An inflow port for game balls formed on the left and right sides of the front side and arranged at a position facing the game area,
A warp passage formed and arranged rearward from the left and right sides of the lower part and communicated with the left and right inlets;
The ball rack device is
An upper ball receiving shelf that receives the game balls introduced from the left and right warp passages in the ball passage and guides them in the left-right direction;
A passage wall formed on the rear side of the upper ball receiving shelf to form a rear side wall of the ball passage;
A convex portion protruding in a mountain shape at the center of the spherical passage;
A concave portion having a downward slope that is recessed at the left and right positions of the convex portion and from which a game ball rolls and releases toward the front;
A game ball that is formed in a step shape in the left-right lateral direction at the front lower step position of the upper ball receiving shelf and is rolled and released from the concave portion of the upper ball receiving shelf is received on the guide surface through the rotation distributing mechanism. , And finally the lower ball receiving shelf that discharges from the opening surface area of the front edge to the game area side,
A ball discharge guide portion formed in a concave shape at the center portion of the guide surface of the lower ball receiving shelf and immediately above the starting port of the ball entry device,
The rotational distribution mechanism is
Near the left and right positions of the ball discharge guides of the lower ball receiving shelf, a truncated cone shaped ball receiving portion is formed on the upper surface, and from the lower front edge of the upper ball receiving shelf, A pair of left and right rotating bodies arranged in a “swivel base” shape with substantially half of the front circumference protruding,
A plurality of magnets for attracting game balls embedded and arranged at equal angular intervals in each of the ball receiving portions of the pair of left and right rotating bodies;
A motor that rotates the rotating body on the right side of the pair of left and right rotating bodies in a clockwise direction in a plan view, and rotates the other rotating body in the counterclockwise direction,
Further, the ball receiving portions of the pair of left and right rotating bodies rotate so as to come out from below the concave portions of the upper ball receiving shelves and sink into the substantially central lower surface of the ball passage. When the released game ball is swung and transported while being attracted to the magnet of the ball receiving portion, the game ball hits the front edge of the upper ball receiving shelf and is eventually dropped. It is designed to fall into the ball discharge guide part,
The suction mechanism is
A magnet mounting plate capable of contacting the rear side surface of the passage wall of the accessory body;
A magnet for attracting a game ball disposed at a rear side position corresponding to the concave portion of the ball passage at the left and right positions of the magnet mounting plate;
A first cam surface that rotates in contact with the rear side of the magnet mounting plate and that can slowly move the magnet mounting plate forward against the bias of the biasing means by the rotation, and the magnet mounting plate An actuating cam body having a second cam surface that can be suddenly moved backward in cooperation with the biasing means,
Due to the rotational force of the actuating cam body and the biasing force of the biasing means, the magnet mounting plate comes into contact with the rear side surface of the passage wall while slowly approaching, and the game ball located on the recess is attracted by the magnet. There is provided a gaming machine in which the magnet mounting plate can be displaced to a state in which the magnet mounting plate is abruptly separated rearward of the passage wall and the magnet cannot attract the game ball located on the recess.
[0007]
Therefore, since the magnet of the magnetic force suction mechanism toward and away from the back side of the passage wall, the suction force acting on the sphere rolling the ball passage becomes weaker or stronger. For this reason, it becomes possible to change the movement of the sphere even more innovatively.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
For convenience of explanation, the side of the gaming machine with respect to the player is referred to as the front, and the opposite side is referred to as the rear.
In FIG. 1 in which a game board disposed at a predetermined position of a gaming machine (a ball game machine, mainly a pachinko machine) is represented in front, an outer rail 12 and an inner rail 13 are provided on the peripheral edge of the front surface of the gaming board 10. A guide rail 11 is mounted. A game area 15 is defined inside the guide rail 11, and a ball (pachinko ball) launched by a ball launcher (not shown) is placed between the outer rail 12 and the inner rail 13 in the game area. A ball launching passage 14 for guiding the upper part of the ball 15 is formed.
An accessory device 40 is mounted at a substantially central portion of the game area 15 on the front surface of the game board 10.
Further, in the game area 15 on the front surface of the game board 10, a normal symbol starting gate port 20 is provided on one side (left side in FIG. 1) of the accessory device 40.
[0009]
Further, in the game area 15 on the front surface of the game board 10, a ball entrance as an area located in the lower center portion of the accessory device 40 and advantageous to the player, in this embodiment, a variable start opening 26. A ball entry device 25 having a (a winning port through which a ball is paid out) is provided. The variable start port 26 is provided with a pair of opening and closing members 28 that can be opened and closed. When the opening and closing member 28 is opened and the variable start port 26 is expanded, the ball B easily flows and the opening and closing member 28 is closed. Thus, when the variable start port 26 becomes narrow, the sphere B becomes difficult to flow in.
Further, when the ball B flows into the variable start port 26 (entrance port) of the ball entry device 25, a symbol display device 45 described later is activated. In addition, when the ball B passes through the normal symbol starting gate port 20, a normal symbol display unit 47, which will be described later, operates to draw a normal symbol. Then, based on the lottery of the normal symbol display unit 47, the opening / closing member 28 of the pitching device 25 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, one second), and thereby the variable start port 26 of the pitching device 25 is expanded. The ball B easily flows into the variable start port 26.
[0010]
Further, an attacker device 30 is mounted in the game area 15 on the front surface of the game board 10 so as to be positioned below the ball entry device 25. The attacker device 30 is provided with a large winning opening 32 that is opened and closed by an opening / closing door 31 at a substantially central portion thereof.
Further, in the game area 15 on the front surface of the game board 10, an outlet 33 is formed at the lowermost end and below the attacker device 30, and further, a predetermined number ( In FIG. 1, four (4) general winning ports 37 are provided.
In addition, side decorative members 35 having light emitting lenses are disposed on the left and right sides of the game area 15 on the front surface of the game board 10. A windmill 18 is disposed at a predetermined position in the game area 15 on the front surface of the game board 10, and a large number of nails (not shown) are disposed over substantially the entire area in the game area 15.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the accessory device 40 includes an accessory body 41 and a symbol display device 45 that constitute a main part thereof.
The accessory body 41 that forms the body part of the accessory device 40 is formed by a plurality of body constituent members, and closes the periphery of the front opening of the accessory mounting hole that penetrates the substantially center part of the game board 10. It is structured like a frame. The accessory body 41 is attached to the front surface (board surface) of the game board 10 with screws or the like.
An opening window such as a quadrangle or a circle is formed in a substantially central portion of the accessory body 41.
A symbol display device 45 is mounted on the rear side of the opening window of the accessory body 41. A special symbol display area in which special symbols are variably displayed is provided in substantially the entire area of the display unit 46 of the symbol display device 45. A part of the display unit 46 is provided with a normal symbol display unit 47 on which normal symbols are variably displayed.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 2, warp passages 50 each having an inflow port 51 into which a sphere B flowing on the board surface (front surface) of the game board 10 can flow are provided on both the left and right sides of the accessory body 41. The inlet 51 is formed with a receiving body 52 that receives the sphere B flowing on the board surface (front surface) of the game board 10 and guides the sphere B to the inlet 51.
The lower part of the accessory body 41 receives the spheres B flowing in from both the inlets 51, and among these spheres B, a part of the spheres B are placed in the variable start opening 26 (a region advantageous to the player of the present invention). And a ball receiving shelf device 60 is provided for constituting a ball passing path that causes the other ball B to flow down in a direction away from the variable start port 26.
[0013]
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the main part of the ball receiving shelf device 60 includes an upper ball receiving shelf 61 extending in the left-right direction and a lower ball extending in the left-right direction on the lower front side of the upper ball receiving shelf 61. A receiving shelf 91 is provided in a step shape.
A ball passage 62 that receives the ball B flowing out from the outlet 55 of the warp passage 50 in a rollable manner is formed on the upper ball receiving shelf 61. The ball passage 62 of the upper-stage ball receiving shelf 61 has a convex portion 64 projecting substantially at the center thereof, and left and right concave portions 63 recessed at the left and right sides of the convex portion 64, respectively. In order to prepare for, it is formed in the uneven surface of a substantially waveform. In this embodiment, the left and right concave portions 63 are used as ball dropping portions.
The left and right concave portions 63 are formed in an inclined shape that inclines downward toward the front side in order to cause the sphere B to drop downward toward the front side. Further, a front projecting edge 65 is provided on the front side edge of the upper-stage ball receiving shelf 61 so as to protrude upward in order to prevent the ball B from dropping in a portion excluding the left and right concave portions 63.
Further, a passage wall 66 that rises along the rear edge (one side edge) of the ball passage 62 is formed in the upper ball receiving shelf 61 at a predetermined height (see FIG. 5).
[0014]
On the rear surface side (rear side) of the passage wall 66 of the upper ball receiving shelf 61, a suction force is applied to the ball B rolling on the ball passage 62 on the upper ball receiving shelf 61 to move the ball B. A suction mechanism for changing the position is provided.
In this embodiment, the attraction mechanism is constituted by a magnetic attraction mechanism 70 that attracts the sphere B to the front side of the passage wall 65 by magnetic force, and has a magnet 75 that approaches and separates from the rear side of the passage wall 66. Yes.
That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the magnetic force attracting mechanism 70 is mainly configured by a swing member 71 and a motor 81 as a drive unit for driving the swing member 71.
The swing member 71 includes a magnet mounting plate 74 extending along the rear surface side of the passage wall 66 and a predetermined number of leg portions 73 integrally extended downward from the magnet mounting plate 74. ing. Further, magnets 75 (permanent magnets) are mounted on the magnet mounting plate 74 at positions corresponding to the left and right recesses 63 of the upper ball receiving shelf 61.
[0015]
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the magnet mounting plate 74 is mounted at a predetermined position of the accessory body 41 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 72 at the lower end portion of the leg portion 73. The magnet mounting plate 74 is reciprocally rotated (swinged) about the shaft 72 so that the magnet 75 of the magnet mounting plate 74 advances and retreats with respect to the rear surface side of the passage wall 66 so as to approach and separate. It has become.
Further, the magnet mounting plate 74 is urged in the backward direction by the urging means, and moves forward against the urging force of the urging means by the cam surface 84 of the operating cam body 83 that is rotated by the output shaft of the motor 81. It has come to be. In this embodiment, the arm portion 76 is integrally extended from the lower end portion of the leg portion 73 of the magnet mounting plate 74 toward the rear, and the magnet mounting plate 74 is provided at the extended end portion of the arm portion 76. A weight 78 is provided which constitutes an urging means for urging the lens in the backward direction.
[0016]
A pair of left and right rotating bodies 100 having a substantially horizontal disk shape as a movable body are provided on a part of the ball passing path of the above-described ball receiving rack device 60, that is, on the lower ball receiving rack 91 in this embodiment. They are provided at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction and are rotatable in opposite directions and about the longitudinal axis.
As shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, the pair of rotating bodies 100 are in a state where substantially front semicircular portions are respectively exposed to the front side of the rear side wall 96 rising along the rear side edge of the lower ball receiving shelf 91. Is provided. A substantially triangular sphere discharge guide portion 110 is formed between the opposing outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of rotating bodies 100 to discharge the sphere in a predetermined direction (forward).
The pair of rotating bodies 100 are arranged in a pair at the left and right portions of the substantially central portion of the lower-stage ball receiving shelf 91, so that the ball discharge guide portions 110 between the outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of rotating bodies 100. Is provided at a substantially central portion of the lower ball receiving shelf 91. A variable start port 26 is provided below the ball discharge guide 110 as an area that is advantageous to the player.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, a ball receiving portion 102 that receives a ball B that has flowed down from the upper ball receiving shelf 61 is formed on the upper surface of the pair of rotating bodies 100. A predetermined number of ball holding units 103 for holding the ball B releasably are provided. Then, the sphere B held by the sphere retaining portion 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 is configured to be released from the sphere retaining portion 103 by contacting the rear side wall 96 of the lower sphere receiving shelf 91. That is, in this embodiment, the rear side wall 96 of the lower ball receiving shelf 91 constitutes the ball releasing means of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality (for example, four) of ball holding portions 103 are disposed at a predetermined angle (for example, 90 degrees) at the ball receiving portions 102 of the pair of rotating bodies 100. Yes. Further, magnets 105 for retaining the sphere B by magnetic force are disposed in an embedded manner in each sphere retaining portion 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the ball receiving portion 102 on the pair of rotating bodies 100 is formed in a tapered shape so that the ball B released from the ball holding portion 103 flows into the ball discharge guide portion 110 by its own weight. Has been.
[0018]
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the pair of rotating bodies 100 are illustrated as being driven to rotate in opposite directions by different motors 120, respectively. One motor can be used as a drive source, and the motor can be rotationally driven via a torque transmission mechanism such as a gear train mechanism.
Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the sphere B attracted to the front side surface of the passage wall 66 by the magnetic force action of the magnet 75 of the magnet mounting plate 74 is changed into a magnet as shown in FIG. When the ball 75 is released by the retraction of the magnet 75 of the mounting plate 74 and falls onto the ball receiving portion 102 of the rotating body 100 disposed on the lower ball receiving shelf 91, the ball B is a magnet of the ball holding portion 103 of the ball receiving portion 102. The advancing / retreating speed of the magnet 75 of the magnet mounting plate 74 with respect to the rear side surface of the passage wall 66 of the upper ball receiving shelf 61 (the shaft 72 of the swinging member 71 of the magnetic attraction mechanism 70 is made to be attracted and held by the magnetic action of 105. The center swinging speed) and the rotational speed of the pair of rotating bodies 100 are set as appropriate.
The motor 81 of the swing member 71 and the motor 120 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 are electrically connected to a control device (for example, a control board also called a main control board) installed at a predetermined position of the gaming machine. Has been. Therefore, the operation of the motor 81 of the swing member 71 and the motor 120 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 can be arbitrarily controlled by a signal transmitted from the control device.
[0019]
The gaming machine according to this embodiment is configured as described above. Therefore, during the game, the ball B (pachinko ball B) launched from the ball launching device 14 (not shown) into the ball launching passage 14 is launched at the upper part of the game area 15 and guided to a number of nails, windmills 18 and the like. It flows toward the lower part of the game area 15.
Among the balls B launched into the game area 15, some of the balls B pass through the normal symbol starting gate port 20 or enter the variable starting port 26, the general winning port 37, etc. of the pitching device 25. Flows into the mouth. Further, many of the balls B that have not flowed into the ball entrance flow into the out port 33 at the bottom of the game area 15 and are discharged out of the machine.
[0020]
When the ball B passes through the normal symbol starting gate port 20, the ball B is detected by a sensor, and a control device (for example, a control called a main control board) in which the detection signal is installed at a predetermined position of the gaming machine. Substrate). Then, the signal is transmitted to the symbol display device 45, and the symbol of the normal symbol display unit 47 provided in a part of the display unit 46 changes. The normal symbol display unit 47 displays a symbol based on the lottery result.
When the symbol on the normal symbol display unit 47 is displayed as a winning symbol, the opening / closing member 28 of the variable starting port 26 of the ball entry device 25 is opened and closed for a predetermined time (for example, one second).
When the ball B flows into the variable start port 26 of the ball entry device 25, the ball B is detected by the sensor, and the detection signal is sent to the main control device. Then, the signal is transmitted to the symbol display device 45, whereby the symbol displayed on the display unit 46 fluctuates and stops after a set time. The display unit 46 displays a symbol based on the lottery result.
[0021]
When the symbol displayed on the display unit 46 is a “big hit symbol”, for example, “7/7/7”, the game is a big hit. Then, the big prize opening 32 is opened by the opening / closing door 31 of the attacker device 30. When 10 balls B flow into the big winning opening 32 or 30 seconds elapse, the opening / closing door 31 closes the big winning opening 32.
When the big prize opening 32 is opened, if the ball B enters a specific area provided in the big prize opening 32, the big prize opening 32 is once closed by the opening / closing door 31 and then opened again. The big win game is completed when the open / close door 31 repeats opening / closing of the grand prize winning opening 32 a predetermined number of times, for example, up to 16 times (that is, 16 rounds).
[0022]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, during the game, among the balls B launched into the game area 15, some of the balls B are inlets of the warp passages 50 arranged on the left and right sides of the accessory body 41. It flows in from 51 and flows into its warp passage 50.
The sphere B that flows into the warp passage 50 and flows out of the outlet 55 flows through the sphere passage path of the sphere receiving shelf device 60.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the sphere B flowing out from the outlet 55 first flows and rolls into the sphere passage 62 of the upper sphere receiving shelf 61, and on the uneven surface. Along the left and right direction. Then, the sphere B that has flowed into the sphere passage 62 of the upper sphere receiving shelf 61 falls forward from one of the concave portions 63 of the left and right concave portions 63 of the sphere passage 62.
The sphere B dropped from one of the concave portions 63 (corresponding to the sphere dropping portion of the present invention) of the ball passage 62 of the upper sphere receiving shelf 61 falls to the lower sphere receiving shelf 91, and then the sphere B becomes Then, it drops from the front discharge part through the lower ball receiving shelf 91.
[0023]
Further, in this embodiment, some of the spheres B falling on the lower sphere receiving shelf 91 are received by the sphere receiving portion 102 on the upper surface of the pair of rotating bodies 100 as a movable body. Among the spheres B received on the sphere receiving portions 102 of the pair of rotating bodies 100, some of the spheres B are attracted and held by the magnetic force of the magnet 105 on the sphere holding portion 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100. Then, the sphere B held by the sphere holding unit 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 is transferred to the pair of rotating bodies 100 so as to be integrated with each other and to approach each other by the rotating operation of the pair of rotating bodies 100. .
As shown in FIG. 10, when the ball B held by the ball holding portion 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 is transferred to a predetermined position where it comes into contact with the rear side wall 96 as the ball releasing means, the subsequent pair of rotating bodies 100 By the rotation operation, the sphere holding unit 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 moves away from the sphere B, and thereby the sphere B is released from the sphere holding unit 103.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 10, since the ball receiving portions 102 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 are formed in a tapered shape inclined toward the ball discharge guide portion 110, the ball holding portions of the pair of rotating bodies 100. The sphere B released from 103 flows to the sphere discharge guide portion 110 through the sphere receiving portion 102 by its own weight. Then, the sphere B that has flowed to the sphere discharge guide 110 is directed and discharged in a predetermined direction, that is, downward in the sphere release guide 110.
The sphere B emitted from the sphere discharge guide portion 110 directed downward in a straight line direction has a higher probability than the sphere B flowing in the other direction with a higher probability than the variable start port 26 (an area advantageous to the player). ).
[0025]
Further, when the spheres B are held in the sphere holding portions 103 positioned symmetrically with respect to the pair of rotating bodies 100, these are caused by the difference in the holding state of the sphere B due to the magnetic force with respect to the sphere holding portions 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100. Some variation occurs when the ball B is released. For this reason, it is reduced that the spheres B released from the sphere holding part 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 and flowing to the sphere receiving part 102 collide with each other.
Even if the balls B are released almost simultaneously from the ball holding portions 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 and the balls B collide with each other at the ball receiving portions 102 and bounce back, the balls B remain in the ball receiving portions. It is guided to the inclined surface 102 and flows sequentially to the ball discharge guide portion 110.
For this reason, the sphere B released from the sphere holding portion 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 flows to the sphere discharge guide portion 110 with high probability, and is directed linearly downward from the sphere release guide portion 110. Released. Then, the ball B flows into the variable start port 26 (an area advantageous to the player) with a high probability.
[0026]
In this embodiment, a passage wall 66 is provided along one side edge (rear side edge) of the ball passage 62 of the ball receiving shelf 61 in the upper stage of the ball receiving shelf device 60, and the rear side of the passage wall 66 is provided. On the (back side), there is provided a magnetic suction mechanism 70 as a suction mechanism that applies a suction force to the sphere B rolling on the sphere passage 62 to change the movement of the sphere B.
For this reason, after the sphere B rolling in the sphere passage 62 is attracted toward the passage wall 66 side under the magnetic force action of the magnet 75 of the magnetic attraction mechanism 70, the movement of the sphere B is rapidly accelerated. , Suddenly slows down and almost stops. Thereafter, the magnetic action of the magnet 75 becomes weak, so that the sphere B is released and rolls toward the front side. In this way, the movement of the sphere B can be changed to an unprecedented movement.
[0027]
In this embodiment, the magnetic force attracting mechanism 70 is mainly composed of a swing member 71 and a motor 81 as a drive means for driving the swing member 71. The swinging member 71 has a motor 81 as a drive source, and the lower end portion of the predetermined number of leg portions 73 by continuous rotation in one direction of the operating cam body 83 provided to the motor 81 so that torque can be transmitted to the output shaft. In FIG. As a result, the magnet 75 of the magnet mounting plate 74 of the swing member 71 approaches the rear surface side (rear surface side) of the passage wall 66 at a position corresponding to the left and right concave portions 63 of the upper ball receiving shelf 61. Or they are separated.
For this reason, some of the spheres B rolling on the sphere passage 62 are attracted toward the front side of the passage wall 66 by the approach of the magnet 75, and then the attraction force is reduced due to the separation of the magnet 75. It is released and flows in a substantially straight line from the rear side to the front side of one of the concave portions 63 of the left and right concave portions 63 of the upper-stage ball receiving shelf 61 (ball passage 62).
[0028]
Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the sphere B attracted toward the front side of the passage wall 66 by the approach of the magnet 75 of the magnet mounting plate 74, as shown in FIG. 9, When released by separation, the ball B falls to the ball receiving portion 102 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 as the movable body of the lower ball receiving shelf 91 through the concave portion 63 as the ball dropping portion of the upper ball receiving shelf 61. At the same time, the ball retaining portion 103 of the ball receiving portion 102 is attracted and held by the magnetic action of the magnet 105.
In order to satisfy this condition, the advance / retreat operation of the magnet 75 of the magnet mounting plate 74 of the magnetic attraction mechanism 70 (suction mechanism) and the rotation operation of the pair of rotating bodies 100 as the movable body are linked. In other words, the advancing / retreating speed of the magnet 75 of the magnet mounting plate 74 with respect to the passage wall 66 of the upper ball receiving shelf 61 (swinging speed about the shaft 72 of the swinging member 71 of the magnetic force attracting mechanism 70) and the rotation of the pair The motor 81 of the magnetic force attracting mechanism 70 and the motor 120 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 are rotationally controlled by the control device so that the rotational speed of the body 100 satisfies the above condition. In addition, the motor 81 of the magnetic force attracting mechanism 70 and the motor 120 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 are continuously rotated at the set rotation speeds at the same time as the power switch of the gaming machine is turned on.
[0029]
For this reason, among the spheres B flowing through the sphere passage 62 of the upper sphere receiving shelf 61, the magnet 75 of the magnet mounting plate 74 approaches and is attracted to the front side surface of the passage wall 66 by receiving the magnetic action of the magnet 75. After that, when the ball B is released and falls onto the lower ball receiving shelf 91, the ball B is attracted and held by the magnetic action of the magnet 105 of the ball holding portion 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 with a high probability.
Thereafter, the sphere B is released from the sphere holding portion 103 of the pair of rotating bodies 100 as described above, and then flows to the sphere discharge guide portion 110 with a high probability, and downwards from the sphere release guide portion 110. After being directed and discharged in a straight line, it flows into the variable start port 26 (an area advantageous to the player) with a high probability.
[0030]
The present invention is not limited to the embodiment.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the ball receiving shelf device 60 has an upper ball receiving shelf 61 and a lower ball receiving shelf 91 in a stepped shape, and a pair of left and right with respect to the lower ball receiving shelf 91 is formed. Although the case where the rotating body 100 is disposed has been illustrated, it may be changed as shown in FIG.
That is, the lower ball receiving shelf 91 extending in the left-right direction of the ball receiving rack device 60 is formed in a gentle concave curved shape, and the pair of rotating bodies 100 are not disposed on the lower ball receiving shelf 91 without A concave portion 92 for dropping and guiding the sphere B may be formed in the substantially central portion.
However, even in this case, the motor 81 similar to the above embodiment is used as a drive source on the rear side surface of the passage wall 66 provided along one side edge of the ball passage 62 on the upper surface of the upper ball receiving shelf 61. A magnetic force attracting mechanism 70 in which a magnet 75 is mounted on a magnet mounting plate 74 of a swinging member 71 that is swung by a working cam body 83 is provided.
[0031]
Further, the ball receiving shelf device 60 is constituted by one ball receiving shelf, a passage wall is provided along one side edge (rear side edge) of the ball passage on the ball receiving shelf, and the rear side of the passage wall ( The present invention can be implemented even when a suction mechanism is provided on the back side) that applies a suction force to a ball rolling in the ball passage and changes the movement of the ball. In other words, the present invention can be implemented even when the lower ball receiving shelf 91 and the pair of rotating bodies 100 are not provided.
In addition, the present invention can be applied to the case where a magnetic attraction mechanism 70 for changing the movement of the sphere is provided at a position corresponding to the one concave portion provided with a concave portion for guiding the drop of the sphere at the central portion of the ball receiving shelf. It is possible to implement.
Further, an area that is advantageous to the player, for example, a winning opening, may be provided in a fixed state below the recess of the ball receiving shelf.
Further, an area that is advantageous to the player, for example, a movable prize opening may be arranged so as to be movable in the left-right direction, the front-rear direction, and the like.
[0032]
Further, in the advance / retreat operation of the magnetic attraction mechanism 70, the magnetic attraction mechanism 70 is used only at the time of a specific game other than the normal game, for example, at the probability fluctuation game in which the probability of becoming a big hit again after a big hit is changed (increased). Control is performed so that the magnetic attraction mechanism 70 is moved back and forth to the rear side (back side) of the passage wall only during normal games, contrary to the rear side (back side) of the passage wall. It is also possible to control the operation by a device.
Further, in place of the magnetic suction mechanism 70, a negative pressure suction mechanism that changes the movement of the sphere B by applying a suction force due to a negative pressure to the sphere B rolling in the ball passage 62 can be used. is there.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the case where the ball receiving shelf apparatus 60 was arrange | positioned in the lower part of the accessory main body 41 in the accessory apparatus 40 (the 1st type pachinko machine accessory apparatus) was illustrated, The present invention can be implemented even when the ball receiving shelf device 60 is provided for the accessory device of the second and third types of pachinko machines.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the movement of the sphere is conventionally achieved by applying the suction force of the suction mechanism to the sphere rolling in the sphere passage and sucking the sphere in the sphere passage toward the passage wall side. There can be no novel change.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game board of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing the accessory device.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of a ball receiving shelf device provided in the lower part of the accessory device.
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the same ball receiving shelf device.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the ball receiving shelf device from the front side.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the magnet mounting plate provided on the swing member of the magnetic force attracting mechanism of the ball receiving shelf device is retracted.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which a magnet mounting plate provided on the swing member of the magnetic force attracting mechanism of the ball receiving rack device is advanced.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the balls in the ball passage of the upper ball receiving shelf of the ball receiving shelf device are attracted to the passage wall by the magnet of the magnetic attraction mechanism.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the balls in the ball passage of the upper ball receiving rack of the ball receiving rack device are released and held in the ball holding unit of the rotating body.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a state where a ball held in the ball holding unit of the rotating body of the ball receiving rack device flows toward the ball discharge guide unit and is then discharged in a predetermined direction.
FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the ball rack device according to the gaming machine of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Game board
15 Game area
25 ball entrance device 26 start Doguchi 40 roles was 41 roles material body
45 Symbol display device 50 Warp passage
51 Inlet 60 Ball receiving device 61 Upper ball receiving device 62 Ball passage
63 recess
64 protrusion 66 duct wall 70 Aspirate mechanism 74 magnet mounting plate 75 magnets
78 Biasing means 83 Actuating cam body 91 Lower ball receiving shelf 96 Rear side wall (front edge of upper ball receiving shelf)
100 times rotary body 102 pitches receiving unit 105 magnet 110 ball release guide portion 120 motor

Claims

In a gaming machine in which an accessory device provided with a symbol display device and a pitching device having a start port immediately below the accessory device are arranged in the gaming area of the gaming board,
The accessory device is:
The symbol display device is mounted on the back side of the opening window formed in the central portion of the accessory body installed in the game area of the game board, while the ball receiving shelf device and the rotation distribution mechanism are provided in the lower portion of the accessory body. And is equipped with a suction mechanism with a magnet on the lower rear side of the accessory body,
The accessory body is
An inflow port for game balls formed on the left and right sides of the front side and arranged at a position facing the game area,
A warp passage formed and arranged rearward from the left and right sides of the lower part and communicated with the left and right inlets;
The ball rack device is
An upper ball receiving shelf that receives the game balls introduced from the left and right warp passages in the ball passage and guides them in the left-right direction;
A passage wall formed on the rear side of the upper ball receiving shelf to form a rear side wall of the ball passage;
A convex portion protruding in a mountain shape at the center of the spherical passage;
A concave portion having a downward slope that is recessed at the left and right positions of the convex portion and from which a game ball rolls and releases toward the front;
A game ball that is formed in a step shape in the left-right lateral direction at the front lower step position of the upper ball receiving shelf and is rolled and released from the concave portion of the upper ball receiving shelf is received on the guide surface through the rotation distributing mechanism. , And finally the lower ball receiving shelf that discharges from the opening surface area of the front edge to the game area side,
A ball discharge guide portion formed in a concave shape at the center portion of the guide surface of the lower ball receiving shelf and immediately above the starting port of the ball entry device,
The rotational distribution mechanism is
Near the left and right positions of the ball discharge guides of the lower ball receiving shelf, a truncated cone shaped ball receiving portion is formed on the upper surface, and from the lower front edge of the upper ball receiving shelf, A pair of left and right rotating bodies arranged in a “swivel base” shape with substantially half of the front circumference protruding,
A plurality of magnets for attracting game balls embedded and arranged at equal angular intervals in each of the ball receiving portions of the pair of left and right rotating bodies;
A motor that rotates the rotating body on the right side of the pair of left and right rotating bodies in a clockwise direction in a plan view, and rotates the other rotating body in the counterclockwise direction,
Further, the ball receiving portions of the pair of left and right rotating bodies rotate so as to come out from below the concave portions of the upper ball receiving shelves and sink into the substantially central lower surface of the ball passage. When the released game ball is swung and transported while being attracted to the magnet of the ball receiving portion, the game ball hits the front edge of the upper ball receiving shelf and is eventually dropped. It is designed to fall into the ball discharge guide part,
The suction mechanism is
A magnet mounting plate capable of contacting the rear side surface of the passage wall of the accessory body;
A magnet for attracting a game ball disposed at a rear side position corresponding to the concave portion of the ball passage at the left and right positions of the magnet mounting plate;
A first cam surface that rotates in contact with the rear side of the magnet mounting plate and that can slowly move the magnet mounting plate forward against the bias of the biasing means by the rotation, and the magnet mounting plate An actuating cam body having a second cam surface that can be suddenly moved backward in cooperation with the biasing means,
Due to the rotational force of the actuating cam body and the biasing force of the biasing means, the magnet mounting plate comes into contact with the rear side surface of the passage wall while slowly approaching, and the game ball located on the recess is attracted by the magnet. And a state in which the magnet mounting plate is rapidly separated to the rear of the passage wall so that the magnet cannot attract the game ball located on the recess. Machine.