JP4812407B2 - Game machine ball winning device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball winning device used in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine.

  A game board of a pachinko machine is usually provided with a ball winning device that introduces a ball into a winning opening and generates a special game state such as a big hit. As such a ball winning device, Patent Document 1 discloses that a slide member opens and closes a ball winning opening to take a ball into a rotating body, and the rotating body includes an inlet leading to a specific area and an inlet leading to a non-specific area. The method of distributing balls is described. Further, Patent Document 2 describes a system in which a ball is taken into a sorting mechanism while the double-opening opening / closing body is opened, and this sorting mechanism sorts the ball into a specific winning port and a normal winning port. .

However, the above-described system has not been particularly satisfactory in terms of attracting the player's interest because the ball distribution mechanism is not particularly new and is surprisingly poor. There is also a problem of so-called ball biting that the slide member or the opening / closing body bites the ball when the ball is taken in.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-275411 (FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-159406 (FIG. 1)

  In view of the above-described conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a ball winning device for a gaming machine that can give unexpectedness to ball distribution and that does not cause ball biting. .

The ball winning device for a gaming machine of the present invention made to solve the above problems distributes and accepts balls dropped from above into a ball winning passage and a ball discharging passage connected to the opening at the upper end. and the swinging member, and positioned below, accept the sphere fed from the sphere winning path in the recess of the outer periphery, a rotor which delivered allocated to the particular winning passage and regular winning path, the gaming machine comprising a ball A winning device,
When the swing member sends a ball to the rotor from the ball delivery portion at the lower end of the ball winning path, the swing member is swung in the rotation direction of the rotor so that the ball delivery portion faces the recess of the rotor, It is characterized in that the occurrence of ball engagement between the swing member and the rotor is prevented .

In the above-described invention, a croon that is swung downward from the central hole after turning the sphere to make the sphere's drop timing non-uniform can be arranged above the swing member,
The swing member can be swung by a crank mechanism connected to the rotating shaft of the motor,
The rotor can be provided with a general recess capable of discharging the sphere in one direction of the rotor and a specific recess capable of discharging the sphere in the radial direction of the rotor.

Further, a gear for driving the rotor can be mounted on the rotation shaft of the motor, and one motor can be shared for the swing of the swing member and the rotation of the rotor.
In addition, a ball winning passage and a ball discharge passage are arranged side by side through a partition wall, and a communication portion that allows the passage of the ball is provided at the upper end of the partition wall, so that the ball is engaged between the croon and the swing member. Can be prevented.
Further, when the swing member sends a ball to the rotor from the ball delivery section at the lower end of the ball winning path, the swing member is swung in the rotation direction of the rotor so that the ball delivery section faces the recess of the rotor. Further, it is possible to prevent the ball biting from occurring between the swing member and the rotor.

In the invention according to claim 1, since the ball is divided into the winning ball and the non-winning ball by the swing member, and the winning ball is distributed to the general winning path and the specific winning path by the rotor, the state of the game is changed. In addition, the excitement of gaming can be raised. Further, since the swing of the swing member is linked with the timing of sending the ball to the rotor, the ball is not caught between the swing member and the rotor.

Below, the present invention is explained based on an embodiment.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a ball winning device for a gaming machine according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are views showing a ball distribution mechanism section of a non-winning gaming machine in which the ball winning device is arranged. In the figure, 2 is a rocking member and 3 is a rotor.

  Above the rocking member 2 is a crone 1. This croon 1 is provided with a hole 11 in the center of a saucer-shaped vessel, and the balls sent from the upper ball intake passage 12 are swirled an appropriate number of times so that the timing of the ball falling is uneven. After making it fall, it is dropped below the hole 11.

  The swing member 2 has an opening 21 at the upper end, and a ball winning passage 22 and a ball discharge passage 23 are provided in communication with the opening 21. The ball winning passage 22 and the ball discharge passage 23 are juxtaposed at the opening 21 with the partition wall 24 in between. The ball winning passage 22 is extended downward in the swing member 2, and the ball discharge passage 23 is formed with a bowl-shaped ball receiving portion 25 in a lateral direction so that the ball receiving portion 25 receives the ball. Sometimes, the ball is discharged through the ball discharge port 26 into the rear ball passage 27.

  The upper end of the partition wall 24 is notched, and a communication portion 20 that allows passage of a sphere is provided. Therefore, since the ball can flow into either the ball winning passage 22 or the ball discharge passage 23 at the communication portion 20, the ball engagement occurs between the bottom surface of the crune 1 and the upper end of the partition wall 24. Can be prevented.

The swing member 2 is swung by the motor 5 about the support shaft 28 at the lower end. That is, a motor gear 52 is mounted on the motor shaft 51, and the motor gear 52 has a disk 53 at the end, and the crank pin 54 protrudes at a position eccentric to the motor shaft 51. It is installed. Since the crank pin 54 is inserted into an oval engagement recess 29 formed in the middle of the swing member 2, the swing member 2 can be swung by a crank mechanism described later.
2 and 3, since the ball receiving portion 25 is located below the hole portion 11, the ball that has dropped from the crune 1 falls to the ball receiving portion 25 and passes from the ball discharge port 26 to the ball passage. 27 is discharged.

  The rotor 3 is mounted on the support shaft 28 of the swing member 2. On the outer periphery of the rotor 3, a ball receiving recess composed of four general recesses 33 and one specific recess 35 is formed in the radial direction of the rotor 3. These concave portions 33 and 35 have a side wall 32 on one side, and can receive a ball sent out from the ball winning path 22 from above. The general recess 33 is provided with an open portion 31 on the other side of the side wall 32, and the bottom of the general recess 33 is inclined downward toward the open portion 31. It is sent to the general winning path.

  In the specific recess 35, a stopper 34 is provided so as to protrude from the opening 31 to prevent the ball from being sent out. Therefore, the ball cannot be sent out from the specific recess 35 in one direction of the rotor 3, and when the specific recess 35 faces downward, the ball is sent out in the radial direction of the rotor 3 to receive the specific prize. You can win a prize in the aisle.

  Further, a driving gear 36 of the rotor 3 is attached to the other end portion of the support shaft 28 to which the rotor 3 is mounted, and this driving gear 36 meshes with the motor gear 52 described above. The motor 5 can swing the swing member 2 and rotate the rotor 3.

Next, a crank mechanism for swinging the swing member 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7 are views showing the swing member 2 from the side surface on the motor 5 side opposite to that in FIG.
In the swing member 2 shown in FIG. 4, the crank pin 54 is rotated vertically to the highest position in the engagement recess 29 above the motor shaft 51, so that the opening 21 is directed vertically upward of the support shaft 28. ing. When the crank pin 54 is rotated in the right direction in the drawing, the crank pin 54 slides down in the engagement recess 29, and the crank pin 54 is positioned on the right side of the motor shaft 51. As shown in FIG. 5, the swing member 2 is tilted to the right. Further, when the crank pin 54 is rotated clockwise, the crank pin 54 is positioned below the motor shaft 51 as shown in FIG. 6, so that the swinging member 2 is again directed vertically upward. Further, when the crank pin 54 is further rotated clockwise, the crank pin 54 is positioned on the left side of the motor shaft 51 as shown in FIG. 7, so that the swing member 2 is tilted to the left. . As described above, the swing member can swing left and right.

The ball distribution in the ball winning device will be described below.
FIGS. 8 to 11 are diagrams illustrating the flow of the sphere when the sphere has won the ball winning passage 22 and the sphere is received in the general recess 33. That is, the ball flows into the ball winning path 22 (FIG. 8), and the ball enters the general recess 33 (FIG. 9). When the rotor 3 is rotated to the state shown in FIG. 10, since the balls are discharged in one direction of the rotor 3, the balls flow into the general winning path 41 (FIG. 11).

12 to 15 are diagrams illustrating the flow of the sphere when the sphere has won the ball winning passage 22 and the sphere has been received in the specific recess 35. That is, the ball flows into the ball winning path 22 (FIG. 12), and this ball enters the specific recess 35 (FIGS. 13 and 15). Even if the rotor 3 is subsequently rotated, the stopper 34 prevents the balls from being discharged in the lateral direction, so that the balls do not flow into the general winning path 41 . When the specific recess 35 is rotated slightly downward, the ball can be discharged from the specific recess 35 in the radial direction of the rotor 3, so that this ball can be awarded to the specific winning path 42.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, when the swinging member 2 sends a ball from the ball sending unit 30 at the lower end of the ball winning path 22 to the rotor 3 , the ball sending unit 30 is used for receiving the ball of the rotor 3. The swinging of the swinging member 2 is interlocked with the rotation of the rotor 3 so that the swinging member 2 swings in the rotation direction of the rotor 3 relative to (ie, in communication with) the recesses 33 and 35. Therefore, the ball engagement does not occur between the swing member 2 and the rotor 3.

It is a perspective view of a ball winning device of a gaming machine. It is front sectional drawing of a ball distribution mechanism part. It is side surface sectional drawing of a ball distribution mechanism part. It is explanatory drawing of the rocking | swiveling member orientated vertically upward. It is explanatory drawing of the rocking | swiveling member tilted to the right. It is explanatory drawing of the rocking | swiveling member orient | assigned to the perpendicular upper direction again. It is explanatory drawing of the rocking | swiveling member tilted to the left. It is front sectional drawing of the ball distribution mechanism part which shows the state in which a ball | bowl flows in a ball winning path. It is front sectional drawing of the ball | bowl distribution mechanism part which shows the state into which a ball | bowl flows in into a general recessed part. It is front sectional drawing of the ball | bowl distribution mechanism part which shows the state into which a ball | bowl flows in a general winning path. It is side surface sectional drawing of FIG. It is front sectional drawing of the ball distribution mechanism part which shows the state in which a ball | bowl flows in a ball winning path. It is front sectional drawing of the ball | bowl distribution mechanism part which shows the state into which a ball | bowl flows in a specific recessed part. It is front sectional drawing of the ball | bowl distribution mechanism part which shows the state which a ball | bowl flows in into a specific winning path. It is side surface sectional drawing of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

    1 Kroon, 2 rocking member, 3 rotor, 21 opening, 22 ball winning passage, 23 ball discharging passage, 33 general recess, 35 specific recess, 41 general winning passage, 42 specific winning passage

Claims (1)

A swinging member that distributes and accepts a ball dropped from above into a ball winning passage and a ball discharging passage that are connected to the opening at the upper end, and a ball that is positioned below and is sent from the ball winning passage. A ball winning device for a gaming machine comprising: a rotor that is received in a concave portion on the outer periphery and is distributed to a specific winning passage and a general winning passage ;
When the swing member sends a ball to the rotor from the ball delivery portion at the lower end of the ball winning path, the swing member is swung in the rotation direction of the rotor so that the ball delivery portion faces the recess of the rotor, A ball winning device for a gaming machine of a gaming machine , wherein a ball biting is prevented from occurring between a swing member and a rotor .

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