JP4331472B2 - Pachinko machine ball dispenser - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ball payout device that uses an actuator to perform a ball payout operation for paying a ball of a pachinko machine to a player side and a ball pulling operation for discharging the ball to a game store side.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A conventional ball payout device for a pachinko machine has a sprocket arranged at the intersection of the three forks in the payout mechanism provided on the back side of the pachinko machine. Using the passage and the other passage, a ball payout operation is performed to pay out the ball from the back side of the pachinko machine to a tray on the front side of the pachinko machine, while the sprocket is rotationally driven in the other direction by the actuator, Using one passage and the other passage other than the above, the ball is discharged from the back of the pachinko machine to a game machine installation facility called a pachinko shop island where the pachinko machine is installed. On the other hand, a ball break detector is provided in one passage upstream of the sprocket to detect the presence or absence of a ball. Are (e.g., Patent Document 1; see 2).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-262700 A (FIG. 3)
[Patent Document 2]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-15187 (first page, abstract, fifth page, paragraph number 0020, FIGS. 3 and 4)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the ball pulling operation is performed on the front side of the pachinko machine by the operator inserting a control rod such as a wire through the operation hole provided in the front of the pachinko machine, and operating the ball pulling switch via the ball pulling lever. Or by directly operating the ball removal switch, the actuator is configured to rotate in the ball removal operation direction, so when the ball removal switch is operated and the ball removal operation is started, There is a problem that the ball removal operation can be stopped only by the completion of the ball removal in which the ball does not exist on the upstream side of the sprocket or the power supply to the control device is cut off. In particular, when shutting off the power to the control device, a power switch for shutting off the power is provided on the back side of the pachinko machine, and the front structure of the pachinko machine is opened to the front and the power switch is turned off. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that the balls paid out from the ball payout device during the ball pulling operation are scattered on the floor of the game store as the front structure is opened.
[0005]
Therefore, the present invention provides a ball payout device for a pachinko machine that can stop the started ball pulling operation from the front side of the pachinko machine.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the present invention, the side of the player to by Ri sphere dispensing body by winning the prize component sphere game region of the game board is disposed in the game area is fired by operation of ball firing operation mechanism An actuator for performing a ball discharging operation for discharging a ball to the amusement store side by operating a ball discharging switch for instructing a ball discharging operation that can be operated from the front side of the pachinko machine. A ball discharging device for a pachinko machine comprising a control device for electrically controlling the ball discharge device, when the ball discharge operation is started, the control device is configured to remove the ball by touching the ball discharge operation mechanism by a person or by a ball discharge operation. By providing stop processing means for instructing stop of operation, the started ball pulling operation can be stopped from the front side of the pachinko machine.
Further, in the present invention, if the payout body is formed by a sprocket arranged at the intersection of the three-way and the actuator is constituted by one step motor that rotationally drives the sprocket, Can be easily switched.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 shows a ball dispensing device of a pachinko machine 1 according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, the ball break detector 5 on the back side of the pachinko machine 1 gives the maximum set number of winning balls in a single ball payout operation to the passage 12 upstream of the sprocket 15 of the payout mechanism 4 on the back side of the pachinko machine 1. It is provided at a position set as a ball necessary for paying out. The control device 2 on the back side of the pachinko machine 1 is activated by power supply. When the ball break detector 5 outputs a ball presence signal (ON signal) indicating a ball presence state in which a ball has been detected to the control device 2, the control device 2 receives the ball presence signal and receives a ball payout permission state. Is determined. When the ball break detector 5 outputs a ball break signal (off signal) indicating a ball break state in which no ball is detected to the control device 2, the control device 2 is in a ball payout prohibited state by the input of the ball break signal. Is determined. Therefore, the control device 2 is activated by power supply, the sphere is stored in the tank 3 on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, and the ball breakage detector 5 outputs a sphere presence signal detected by the sphere to the control device 2, and the pachinko machine 1 When a ball is operated in a state in which a ball is put in the saucer 6 on the front side of the pachinko machine 1 and a ball launch operation mechanism 7 called a handle grip on the front side of the pachinko machine 1 is operated by the player, the pachinko machine 1 The ball launching mechanism 8 inside the ball launches the balls supplied from the tray 6 one by one toward the game area of the game board 9 which is the game main body inside the pachinko machine 1.
[0008]
A ball is won from any of the game areas of the game board 9 to any of the plurality of winning components 10 arranged in the game area, and a winning ball detector 11 that detects the winning ball outputs a winning signal to the control device 2. . The control device 2 identifies which winning component 10 corresponds to the winning ball detector 11 corresponding to the position of the input port based on the position of the input port, and then the three passages 12; 13 of the payout mechanism 4; The actuator 16 such as a step motor connected to the sprocket 15 disposed at the intersection of the three-way crossing 14 is controlled to be dispensed. Thereby, as the sprocket 15 is driven to pay out the ball (rotation driven in the direction of the arrow X1), the payout mechanism 4 pays out the ball to the tray 6 as an award for the game result of winning. The sprocket 15 is a payout body provided with a plurality of notches recessed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction so that one sphere can be accommodated in the rotational center direction from the circumferential surface of the rotating body.
[0009]
With the start of the ball dispensing operation in the dispensing mechanism 4, the counting detector 17 of the dispensing mechanism 4 moves through the passage 13 in the process in which the ball from the tank 3 moves from one passage 12 to another passage 13 in the three-way. A passing sphere is detected and a count signal is output to the control device 2. The control device 2 counts up the count signal and counts down the set number of payouts to be paid out with respect to the winning by the count signal when the detected number of payouts counted up coincides with the set payout number to be paid out with respect to the win When the counted down value becomes “0”, the actuator 16 is controlled to stop.
[0010]
The pachinko machine 1 includes a ball removal operation hole 18 on the front surface. Then, when a ball presence signal is input from the ball break detector 5 to the control device 2 and the control device 2 determines the ball payout permission state and does not control the payout of the actuator 16, When the operation stick 19 is pressed from the front side through the ball removal hole 18 and the button 21 of the ball removal switch 20 installed in the pachinko machine 1 is pressed, the ball removal switch 20 indicates a ball removal signal (ON signal) indicating a ball removal instruction. Is output to the control device 2. When the pressing operation on the button 21 is released, the ball removal switch 20 outputs to the control device 2 an off signal indicating that there is no ball removal instruction meaning that the output of the ball removal signal is stopped.
[0011]
In particular, in the case of the present embodiment, when a person accidentally inserts the operation rod 19 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 through the ball removal hole 18 and presses the button 21 of the ball removal switch 20, the ball removal operation starts. In this case, it is important that the ball pulling operation can be appropriately stopped from the front side of the pachinko machine 1. In order to achieve this, the control device 2 includes an open / close processing means 22 that is embodied by the microcomputer operating with a program stored in the ROM. The opening / closing processing means 22 monitors the input of an on / off signal from the ball removal switch 20, and instructs the actuator 16 to sequentially start and stop the ball removal operation each time the ball removal switch 20 is operated by a person. Output.
[0012]
In short, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, since the control device 2 includes the open / close processing means 22, the control device 2 determines the ball payout permission state and does not perform the payout control of the actuator 16. When the person inserts the operating rod 19 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 through the ball removal operation hole 18 and presses the button 21 of the ball removal switch 20 once, the open / close processing means 22 receives an ON signal from the ball removal switch 20. Thus, the actuator 16 is controlled to remove the ball. Thereby, as the sprocket 15 is driven to remove the ball (rotation driven in the direction of the arrow X2), the ball from the tank 3 is discharged from one passage 12 in the three-way through the other passage 14 to the gaming machine installation equipment. Is done.
[0013]
In the state where the ball pulling operation is started and the control device 2 determines the ball payout permission state, when the ball pulling operation started is stopped, the person again operates from the front side of the pachinko machine 1. When the rod 19 is inserted from the ball removal operation hole 18 and the button 21 of the ball removal switch 20 is pressed once, the open / close processing means 22 controls the actuator 16 to stop by the ON signal from the ball removal switch 20, and the sprocket 15. Ball removal drive stops. Thereafter, in the state where the control device 2 determines the ball payout permission state, when starting the stopped ball removal operation, the person again pushes the operation rod 19 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 into the ball removal operation hole 18. When the button 21 of the ball removal switch 20 is pressed once, the opening / closing processing means 22 controls the ball removal of the actuator 16 by the ON signal from the ball removal switch 20, and the sprocket 15 is driven to remove the ball. Further, in the state where the control device 2 determines the ball payout permission state, when stopping the started ball pulling operation, the person again inserts the operation rod 19 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 into the ball pulling operation hole 18. When the button 21 of the ball removal switch 20 is pressed once, the opening / closing processing means 22 stops the actuator 16 by an ON signal from the ball removal switch 20, and the ball removal drive of the sprocket 15 is stopped.
[0014]
As described above, when the control device 2 determines the ball payout permission state and does not perform the payout control of the actuator 16, the opening / closing processing means 22 is activated each time an ON signal is input from the ball removal switch 20. 16 is repeatedly instructed to start and stop the ball removal operation. Therefore, each time the operation rod 19 is inserted from the ball removal operation hole 18 and the ball removal switch 20 is pressed without opening the front structure of the pachinko machine 1, the ball removal operation of the actuator 16 starts and stops. Even if a person accidentally inserts the operating rod 19 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 through the ball removal hole 18 and operates the ball removal switch 20 to start the ball removal operation, Again, if the person inserts the operation rod 19 from the front side through the ball removal hole 18 and operates the ball removal switch 20 without opening the front structure of the pachinko machine 1, the ball removal operation can be stopped. There is no inconvenience that the balls paid out from the ball paying device in operation are scattered on the floor of the game shop, and the quality reliability can be improved.
[0015]
FIG. 2 shows a ball dispensing device of the pachinko machine 1 according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 2, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a stop operation hole 25 on the front surface, and a person pushes the operation rod 19 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 through the stop operation hole 25 to a button 27 of a ball removal stop switch 26 installed inside the pachinko machine 1. Is pressed, the ball removal stop switch 26 outputs a ball removal stop signal (ON signal) indicating a ball removal stop instruction to the control device 2. When the pressing operation on the button 27 is released, the ball removal stop switch 26 outputs to the control device 2 an off signal indicating that there is no ball removal stop instruction meaning that the output of the ball removal stop signal is stopped. In short, since the ball removal stop switch 26 for instructing to stop the ball removal operation is provided on the pachinko machine 1 so as to be operable from the front side, a person mistakenly operates the ball removal switch 20 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 with the operation rod 19. Then, when the ball removal operation is started, if a person operates the ball removal stop switch 26 by inserting the operation rod 19 from the front operation hole 25 from the front side without opening the front structure of the pachinko machine 1, The ball removal operation can be stopped. In the control device 2 of FIG. 2, instead of the opening / closing processing means 22 of FIG. 1, the ball removal operation of the actuator 16 is started by an on signal of the ball removal switch 20, and What is necessary is just to provide the opening / closing process means by the mutually conflicting switch which stops the extraction operation.
[0016]
FIG. 3 shows a ball dispensing device of the pachinko machine 1 according to the third embodiment. The control device 2 in FIG. 3 includes a stop processing means 28 instead of the opening / closing processing means 22 in FIG. 1 or the ball removal stop switch 26 in FIG. 2, and the stop processing means 28 starts the ball removal operation. If it is, the ball stop operation is instructed by the ball launching operation or winning detection.
[0017]
That is, as shown in FIG. 3a, the front structure 30 on which the game board 9 is mounted in the pachinko machine 1 is closed, and the front structure 30 is provided so as to cover the front side of the game board 9. When a transparent panel 31 such as glass is closed, when a person operates the ball removal switch 20 with the operation rod 19 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 to start the ball removal operation, In order to stop, the person touches the ball launching operation mechanism 7 of the pachinko machine 1 with the front structure 30 and the transmissive panel 31 closed, so that the person touches the ball launching operation mechanism 7. A structure (touch sensor) that senses the output of a touch signal to the control device 2 or when a person operates the ball launching operation mechanism 7 of the pachinko machine 1, the operation amount of the person in the ball launching operation mechanism 7 Structure that outputs The firing volume) and outputs the manipulated variable to the control unit 2, stop processing unit 28 instructs the sphere 抜動 operation stop actuator 16 in spherical firing operation by a touch signal and the operation amount.
[0018]
Further, as shown in FIG. 3a, the front component 30 on which the game board 9 is mounted in the pachinko machine 1 is closed, and the front component 30 is provided so as to cover the front side of the game board 9. When a transparent panel 31 such as glass is closed, when a person operates the ball removal switch 20 with the operation rod 19 from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 to start the ball removal operation, To stop, as shown in FIG. 3b, the person opens the transmissive panel 31 and puts a ball into the winning component 10 with the front structure 30 closed, or the operation stick from the winning opening of the winning component 10 When 19 is inserted into the winning component 10 and the winning ball detector 11 is operated, when the winning ball detector 11 outputs a winning signal to the control device 2, the stop processing means 28 wins the actuator 16 based on the winning signal. Ball removal operation stopped by detection To instruct.
[0019]
Since the actuator 16 is composed of one step motor that rotationally drives the sprocket 15 disposed at the intersection of the three-way road, forward rotation (rotation in the direction of the arrow X1) and reverse rotation (rotation in the direction of the arrow X2) , It is possible to easily switch between the ball paying-out operation and the ball pulling-out operation.
[0020]
Although not shown, the sprocket 15 is provided so as to rotate together with the sprocket 15, and the pawl that is operated by the actuator by the electromagnetic solenoid is engaged with the claw wheel to stop the ball payout. It can be similarly applied if the ball payout is started by releasing from the ratchet wheel and this actuator is controlled by the control device 2 triggered by the turning-on operation of the ball removal switch 20.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a ball payout device for a pachinko machine according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a ball payout device of a pachinko machine according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a ball payout device for a pachinko machine according to a third embodiment, in which FIG. A is a front view in which the front structure and the permeable panel are closed, and FIG. B is a transmission in which the front structure is closed and transmitted. The front view with which the sex panel was opened.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Control apparatus 4 Dispensing mechanism 12 Passage 13 Passage 14 Passage 15 Sprocket 16 Actuator 17 Counting detector 18 Ball removal operation hole 19 Operation rod 20 Ball removal switch 22 Open / close processing means 25 Stop operation hole 26 Ball removal stop switch 28 Stop processing means 30 Front structure 31 Permeable panel

Claims (2)

Operated by the game board sphere dispensing operation to pay out by Ri sphere dispensing body on the side of the player by spheres playfield to win the winning parts that are disposed in the game area is fired spheres firing operating mechanism, and An actuator that performs a ball pulling operation that discharges the ball to the amusement shop side by operating a ball pulling switch that instructs a ball pulling operation that can be operated from the front side of the pachinko machine ;
In a ball payout device for a pachinko machine comprising a control device for electrically controlling the actuator,
The pachinko machine is characterized in that the control device includes stop processing means for instructing stop of the ball pulling operation by contact with the ball shooting operation mechanism by a person or a ball shooting operation when the ball pulling operation is started. Ball dispensing device. 2. The ball payout device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the paying body is formed by a sprocket disposed at an intersection of a three-way road, and the actuator is constituted by a single step motor that rotationally drives the sprocket.

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