JP4618641B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine, and more particularly to a ball game machine in which a game board is transparent and has game areas on the front and rear surfaces of the game board.

  As is well known, in the pachinko game, various winning holes are provided in the game area of the game board surface equipped in the gaming machine. In this game area, a pachinko ball is launched and the bachinko ball flows down from the top. At this time, the pachikon balls flow down while touching or passing obstacle nails, guide nails, other objects, etc., by the movement of the pachinko balls at this time, by paying out the prize balls by winning the winning prize, etc. Interestingness is demonstrated.

In addition, some pachinko machines have a symbol change display device that uses a liquid crystal panel or the like at the center of the game board so that symbols such as lottery status and lottery results can be displayed in a variable manner according to winnings. It has become. High interest is also exhibited by such a symbol variation display device.
JP 2004-344437 A

  As represented by the gaming machine disclosed in Patent Document 1 above, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, a gaming area is provided on the front side of the gaming board, and the movement of the gaming ball is a single movement. The movement in the plane was monotonous.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine having higher interest by providing a gaming area transparent on the front and rear surfaces of the gaming board.

The present invention for solving the above problems has the following configuration.
(1) In a ball game machine in which a plurality of game members are arranged in front of the game board including a game area, and a game ball flows down in the game area.
The game board is transparent,
A game area in which a plurality of game members are arranged on the rear surface of the game board;
A ball passing portion through which a game ball passes at least from the rear surface side to the front surface side between the game region on the front surface side and the game region on the rear surface side,
Launching means for supplying a game ball to the game area on the rear side;
A ball game machine characterized in that a winning opening is provided at a position on the front side and the rear side of the game board that do not overlap each other.

(2) a ball receiving portion that is provided on the front side or the rear side and constitutes a front side winning opening by an upper opening;
A lead-out unit for guiding and discharging the game ball received by the ball receiving unit in a predetermined direction;
A passage sensor for detecting the passage of the derived game ball,
The bullet ball game machine according to (1), wherein a cover for preventing entry of a game ball from a place other than the winning opening is provided above the lead-out portion and the passage sensor.

  (3) The ball game machine according to (2), wherein the passage sensor and the cover are provided on a rear surface side.

  (4) In any one of the above (1) to (3), a cover member that covers a member of the rear winning port is provided at a position facing the winning port provided on the rear side on the front surface of the game board. Or a ball game machine according to claim 1;

  (5) The bullets according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the nails provided on the front and rear surfaces of the game board are configured by one nail that penetrates the game board in the thickness direction. Ball game machine.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the game board is made of a transparent plate, it is possible to visually recognize the game ball located on the rear surface of the game board. It became possible to provide a game area. For this reason, the area of the game area has been expanded approximately twice compared to the conventional gaming machine in which only one side surface is used as the game area. For this reason, with respect to the arrangement position of the winning a prize port and other game members, restrictions on the arrangement space have been relaxed, and the design range has been expanded. In addition, by providing a winning opening at positions that do not overlap each other on the front side and the rear side of the game board, it is possible to easily check the state of the game balls entering each winning opening.
Note that the game ball launched into the rear game area flows down to the front game area via the ball passage, so that the game ball flows down to the front game area and the rear game area at the same time. Therefore, many changes are given to the flow-down mode of the game ball, and the interest of the game machine is improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, as a result of the game area on both sides of the game board, there is a risk that the sensor that detects the ball that has entered the winning opening may be directly detected without passing through the winning opening. Therefore, by providing the cover, sensor misdetection can be prevented.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, by providing the passage sensor and the cover on the rear surface side, it becomes difficult to be visually recognized, and it is suppressed that the aesthetic appearance of the game board surface is impaired by the sensor and the cover. In addition, a conventional pass sensor for a prize opening attached to the front surface can be used as it is in the gaming machine of the present invention.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, by providing the cover member at the position on the front surface corresponding to the winning opening provided on the rear surface side, the shape of the element constituting the rear winning port is the game. It is prevented from being visually recognized by a person. Thereby, the reduction of the decoration effect is suppressed by visually recognizing the shape of the element. In addition, an effect of notifying the player that a winning opening is provided on the rear side of the position corresponding to the cover member is also exhibited.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the nails provided on the front and rear surfaces are constituted by a single nail that penetrates the game board in the thickness direction, the number of parts can be reduced. In addition, since it is possible to suppress an increase in the number of nails hitting the game board as compared with the case where there is a game area only on the front side, it is also less necessary to particularly strengthen the strength of the game board in the game area.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a gaming machine according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, in this specification, with respect to the gaming machine, the side on which the player of the gaming machine is arranged is expressed as the front surface or the front side, and the opposite side with respect to the arrangement position of the player is the rear surface or the rear side.
In FIG. 1, a pachinko gaming machine 100 is for opening and closing mounted on a front surface of an outer frame 1 that is formed in an outer rectangular frame size and constitutes a vertically long fixed holding frame, and is formed in a rectangular frame size in accordance with the outer frame 1. A front frame 2 is provided.

The front frame 2 is attached to the outer frame 1 by hinge brackets 3A and 3B attached to the front right and upper sides of the outer frame 1 so as to be openable and closable, and is further locked by a locking device 12 provided on the front left side of the outer frame 1. It is held in a closed state.
Inside the front frame 2, an inner member 20 that is fitted inside the front frame 2 is provided. The game board 3 is further accommodated and supported inside the inner member 20. A display device 61 is provided on the rear surface side of the inner member 20. The inner member 20 includes a frame portion 201 that is fitted inside the front frame 2 and a plate portion 202 that covers the entire inner surface of the frame portion 201, and an inner side defined by the frame portion 201 and the plate portion 202. The game board 3 is stored and held in the storage unit. In addition, at least the plate portion 202 of the inner member 20 is made of a transparent material, and the screen of the display device 61 is placed on this transparent portion.

  The display device 61 is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and has a configuration in which a display screen is superimposed almost on the front surface of the plate portion 202 of the inner member 20 so that the display screen can be viewed from the front side. A space is formed between the rear surface 30B of the game board 3 and the plate portion 202, and a game area 6B described later is formed. Thus, the inner member 20 functions as an insertion material (spacer) for forming a game area, and also functions as a holding member for fixing the game board 3 to the front frame 2. Further, the plate portion 202 also functions as a protective member that protects the screen of the display device 61.

  A glass frame 22 to which the transparent plate 21 is attached is provided on the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable via hinge fittings attached to the front right and upper sides. The glass frame 22 is provided with rod-like support portions 22a and 22b protruding rearward, and the transparent plate 21 is attached to and supported by the support portions 22a and 22b. A window 220 is provided in the center of the glass frame 22 so that a player can visually recognize game areas 6F and 6B described later.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the positional relationship between the game board 3, the display device 61, and the transparent plate 21. As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 3 is disposed between the transparent plate 21 of the glass frame 22 and the plate portion 202 of the inner member 20 with the glass frame 22 closed. Is supported on the inside of the front frame 2. The game board 3 may be directly supported by the front frame 2.

  The game board 3 is composed of a transparent plate, and can be viewed from the front side and the rear side of the game board 3. The game board 3 may be made of a transparent material only in portions corresponding to game areas 6F and 6B and the display device 61 described later. A front side game area 6F is formed between the front surface 30F of the game board 3 and the transparent plate 21, and a rear side game area 6B is formed between the plate portion 202 of the inner member 20 and the rear surface 30B of the game board 3. .

FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view of the game board 3. On the rear side of the game board 3, a launch ball 32 for game balls is provided. The base end of the launch rail 32 reaches the lower end of the game board 3, and the game ball fired from the launching device is thrown into the base end opening. The thrown game ball is taken into the launch rail 32, and the launch rail 32 guides the game ball to above the game area. The tip of the firing rail 32 is located above the rear game area 6B and serves as a launch port 322 for launching a game ball.
Both the front side game area 6F and the rear side game area 6B are surrounded by arcuate guide rails 63F and 63B. In each game area 6F, 6B, an accessory, a nail or the like is appropriately arranged.

On the lower side of the front surface of the front frame 2, below the glass frame 22, a dish unit 13 provided with an integrated dish or the like constituting a ball tray is supported by the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. The dish unit 13 is normally held in a closed state by a locking device (not shown). The dish unit 13 is provided not only with a dish part in which pachinko balls are present, but also with a firing handle (not shown) at the front right lower part of the dish part, and an ashtray or the like (not shown) at the lower left part of the front. Yes.
Below the display device 61, an out port 111 for collecting out balls is provided, and the out port 111 is located at a location corresponding to the lower end of the rear game area 6B.

  Next, the configuration of the game board 3 and the game areas 6F and 6B located on the front and rear surfaces thereof will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, game members made of an accessory, a nail or the like are arranged on the front surface 30 </ b> F and the rear surface 30 </ b> B of the game board 3. In addition, a through-hole penetrating the game board 3 in the thickness direction is formed in the upper part of the game board 3, and a ball passing part that guides a game ball from the rear side game area 6 </ b> B to the front side game area 6 </ b> F through the through hole. 62 is provided. An introduction device 63 is provided on the rear surface side of the ball passage portion 62. The introduction device 63 has an introduction port 631 that opens vertically upward, and receives a game ball that flows down at the introduction port 631. The game ball that has entered the introduction port 631 is guided to the ball passing portion 62. When a game ball thrown into the rear game area 6B from the launch rail 32 is thrown into the introduction port 631, it is led to the front game area 6F by the ball passing portion 62. That is, both the two game areas 6F and 6B provided on the front and rear surfaces of the game board 3 can be used by the introduction device 63 and the ball passing portion 62.

  The front and rear boards of the game board 3 are provided with obstacle nails 41, guide nails 42, road nails 44 and the like. In this embodiment, the front and rear side faces are formed by a single nail penetrating the game board 3. Nails are constructed. In this embodiment, a nail penetrating from the front side to the rear side is provided. Thus, the increase in the number of parts can be suppressed by using a single nail as a double-sided nail. Moreover, the assembly process of the game board 3 can be simplified. In addition, when the rear game area 6B is viewed from the front side, the nails provided in the rear game area 6B become a shadow of the front game area 6F and are less likely to enter the field of view. There is an effect such as not harming.

  An accessory is provided below the game areas 6F and 6B on both sides. That is, the start winning ports 5F and 5B, the winning ports 7F and 7B, and the like. The start winning ports 5F and 5B will be described. The start winning ports 5F and 5B are respectively provided in the lower central part of the front side game area 6F and the rear side game area 6B, and are located on opposite sides of the game board 3 respectively. In this embodiment, the start winning holes 5F and 5B are configured by members constituting the accessory used when only the front side of the conventional game board is the game area.

  4 is an overall perspective view showing start winning ports 5F and 5B, FIG. 5 is an overall plan view, and FIG. 6 is an overall side view. The start winning opening 5F is configured by a vertically upward opening of a ball receiving portion 51 provided to project forward in the front game area 6F. The ball receiving portion 51 is connected to a penetrating member 52 formed in a groove shape penetrating the game board 3 in the thickness direction, and is opened vertically upward at the rear surface side end portion of the penetrating member 52 which is a ball guiding member. The ball discharge member 53 that opens is connected. The ball discharge member 53, which is a lead-out member, has a discharge port 531 for discharging the game ball along the game board surface, and the discharge port 531 has a ball passing detection unit 541 with the opening directed in the vertical direction. 54 is provided. The game ball that has entered the front side start winning opening 5F rolls from the ball receiving portion 51 to the penetrating member 52, moves into the ball discharge member 53, and is discharged from the discharge port 531. At the time of this discharge, the game ball passes through the ball passing detection unit 541 and a winning is detected by the passage sensor 54. In addition, the game ball that has entered the rear side start winning port 5B is discharged from the ball discharge member 53 through the discharge port 531, and at this time, the winning is detected in the same manner.

  The start winning ports 5F and 5B configured as described above are the same as the members used for the winning port used in the conventional pachinko gaming machine provided with only the front side game area, and the rear side ball The opening of the discharge member 53 is used as a winning opening. Therefore, there is an effect that it is not necessary to prepare a part for a winning opening on the rear side again. On the rear side of the game board 3, a ball avoidance cover 542 is provided vertically above the ball passing detection unit 541 of the passage sensor 54. The ball avoidance cover 542 prevents the game ball from being thrown directly into the ball passing detection unit 541 without passing through the start winning ports 5F and 5B. Further, two life nails 43, 43 are provided above the start winning ports 5F, 5B, and nails that penetrate the front and rear surfaces are also used. The game ball that has once passed the ball passing detection unit 541 of the passage sensor 54 is collected at the lower outlet 111 without entering another winning opening.

On the other hand, other winning ports 7F and 7B are provided on both sides of the start winning port 5, respectively, the left winning port 7B is provided in the rear game area 6B, and the right winning port 7F is provided in the front game area 6F. ing.
FIG. 7 is an overall perspective view showing the configuration of the winning opening 7F in the front game area 6F. Similarly to the start winning opening 5F, the winning opening 7F includes a ball receiving portion 71 provided to protrude to the front side, a penetrating member 72 formed in a groove shape penetrating the game board 3 in the thickness direction, and a ball discharging member. 73 and a passage sensor 74 having a ball passing detection unit 741. The winning opening 7F is constituted by an opening provided vertically upward of the ball receiving portion 71, and the discharge member 73 has a discharge port 731 for discharging the game ball received by the ball receiving portion 71. Is provided with a passage sensor 74.

  Further, a ball avoidance cover 75 is provided vertically above the ball passing detection unit 741 and the opening of the discharge member 73, and a game ball is thrown into the ball pass detection unit 741 and the discharge member 73 in the rear game area 6B. Is prevented. With such a configuration, the winning opening 7F is provided as a winning opening that can receive a game ball flowing down in the front game area 6F, not in the rear game area 6B.

  FIG. 8 is an overall perspective view showing the configuration of the winning opening 7B in the rear game area 6B. The winning opening 7B has a ball receiving portion 75 on the rear side of the game board 3, and the ball receiving portion 75 includes a discharge port 751 for discharging the received game ball. The discharge port 751 is provided with a passage sensor 76 having a ball passing detector 761 that opens vertically upward. A ball avoidance cover 77 is also provided vertically above the passage sensor 76 to prevent the game ball from falling directly on the ball passing detector 761.

  Also, the ball receiving portion is not provided on the front surface of the game board 3 corresponding to the position where the ball receiving portion 75 is provided, and a blindfold 78 as a cover member is provided, and the winning opening 7B is configured from the front side. It is comprised so that the member to do may not be seen. The blindfold 78 also functions as a sign that allows the winning opening 7B to be understood from the front side. With such a configuration, the winning opening 7B is configured to receive the gaming balls flowing down the rear side game area 6B at the winning opening. In this way, the winning openings 7F and 7B are separately arranged at different positions, and the winning of the game ball is detected at each position. By providing the winning holes 7F and 7B independently in the front side game area 6F and the rear side game area 6B, the selection range of the winning hole arrangement pattern can be doubled, and more interesting games can be created. It becomes.

  At the lower end of the game board 3, a collection port 34 is formed for collecting out balls that have not entered any winning opening. The recovery port 34 is a hole that penetrates the game board 3 in the thickness direction, and the out ball that has flowed down the front game area 6F passes through the recovery port 34 and is recovered to the out port 111 on the main body side.

  In the configuration as described above, the game balls thrown into the rear game area 6B from the launch rail 32 first flow down in the rear game area 6B. Of the game balls that flow down, the game balls thrown into the introduction port 631 are guided to the front game area 6F through the ball passage portion 62. Thus, at the same time, the game balls flow down in the front side game area 6F and the back side game area 6B. Interest is improved.

  Moreover, in the ball game machine of the present invention, the game balls that have won the winning openings 5F, 5B, 7F, 7B are not discharged out of the game area, but flow down in the rear game area 6B as they are. There is no need to provide a winning ball discharge route. In addition, in order to prevent a game ball that has been won once from entering another winning opening, each winning opening 5F, 5B, 7F, 7B is arranged at substantially the same height position.

  Furthermore, since the game ball once won is not stored in the main body and flows down to the out port 111, the number of balls that can be visually recognized does not decrease, and the visual change increases, and the player is not bored. In addition, by providing a game member having a nail such as a road nail 44 or a windmill at the same position on the front and rear surfaces, it can be configured without impairing the appearance of the board surface, and a common member can be used. Thus, an increase in the number of parts can be suppressed.

It is a whole exploded perspective view of the gaming machine of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional side view of the game board portion in the gaming machine. 1 is an overall perspective view of a game board. It is a whole perspective view which shows a start winning opening. It is a whole top view of a start winning opening. It is a whole side view of a start winning opening. It is a whole perspective view which shows the structure of a front side winning opening. It is a whole perspective view which shows the structure of a rear side winning opening.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Pachinko machine 1 Outer frame 11 Open front 111 Out port 12 Locking device 13 Integrated dish 2 Front door 20 Front frame 21 Transparent plate 22a, 22b Support part 3A, 3B Hinge bracket 3 Game board 32 Launch rail 321 Connection port 41 Obstacle nail 42 Guide nails 43 Life nails 5F, 5B Start winning opening 51 Ball receiving portion 52 Penetration member 53 Ball discharge member 531 Discharge port 54 Passing sensor 541 Ball detection cover 542 Ball avoidance cover 6F Front side game area 6B Rear side game area 61 Display Part 611 cover 62 ball passage part 631 introduction port 7 winning port 71 ball receiving part 72 penetrating member 73 ball discharge member 731 discharge port 74 passing sensor 741 ball detection part 742 ball avoidance cover 75 ball receiving part 751 discharge port 76 passing sensor 761 Passing detection unit 77 Ball escape cover 78 Blindfold

Claims (5)

In a ball game machine in which a plurality of game members are arranged on the front surface of the game board including a game area, and a game ball flows down in the game area,
The game board is transparent,
A game area in which a plurality of game members are arranged on the rear surface of the game board;
A ball passing portion through which a game ball passes at least from the rear surface side to the front surface side between the game region on the front surface side and the game region on the rear surface side,
Launching means for supplying a game ball to the game area on the rear side;
A ball game machine characterized in that a winning opening is provided at a position on the front side and the rear side of the game board that do not overlap each other. A ball receiving portion which is provided on the front side or the rear side and constitutes a front side winning opening by an upper opening;
A lead-out unit for guiding and discharging the game ball received by the ball receiving unit in a predetermined direction;
A passage sensor for detecting the passage of the derived game ball,
2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a cover for preventing entry of a game ball from other than a winning opening is provided above the lead-out portion and the passage sensor.   The ball game machine according to claim 2, wherein the passage sensor and the cover are provided on a rear surface side.   The bullet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a cover member for covering a member of the prize port on the rear side is provided at a position facing the prize port provided on the rear side on the front surface of the game board. Ball game machine. The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein nails provided on a front surface and a rear surface of the game board are configured by a single nail that penetrates the game board in a thickness direction.

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