JP5121004B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine, and more particularly to a ball tray for a pachinko gaming machine.

  The game area of the pachinko machine is provided with a plurality of winning holes. When a pachinko ball (hereinafter referred to as “ball”) that has been driven into the game area by a player wins a prize hole, The set number of balls is paid out. As for the ball tray of the gaming machine, for example, a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 exists.

Some conventional pachinko machines are provided with an upper plate and a lower plate. The balls that have been won and paid out at the winning opening are received by the upper plate and guided to the launching device as they are, and the balls that can no longer enter the upper plate are guided to the lower plate and stored. In addition, a ball (returned ball) that has been hit by the launching device but falls without reaching the game area may be guided to the lower plate. However, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, the balls are simply paid out and are not configured to visually attract the interest of the player.
JP 2006-212085 A

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention provides a pachinko gaming machine provided with a ball tray that can effectively notify a player that a ball has been paid out and can enhance the effect of paying out the ball. The challenge is to do.

Means and effects for solving the problems

The pachinko gaming machine of the present invention for solving the above problems is
A plurality of winning holes provided in the game area;
Detecting means for detecting a winning of a ball in the winning opening;
When the detection means detects a winning of a ball, a payout means for paying out a predetermined number of balls as a winning ball;
A ball tray for receiving and storing the prize balls,
The inner wall surface of the ball tray is formed in a mortar shape that continuously decreases in diameter from the upper opening toward the lower bottom,
The prize ball is discharged along the inner wall surface of the ball receiving tray from the discharge bowl facing the opening of the ball receiving tray, and circulates while rolling the inner wall surface in a spiral path for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times. The ball is stored in the bottom of the ball receiving tray, and the player can visually recognize the flow of balls through the opening.

  In this case, the cross-sectional shape at the cut end may be a pseudo-circular shape including a circular shape or an elliptical shape. Further, when the inner wall surface of the ball receiving tray is viewed at a cut parallel to the opening of the ball receiving tray, the circumference of the inner peripheral edge at the cut is formed continuously or intermittently shorter toward the bottom. May be.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, the balls paid out as prize balls to the ball receiving tray are circulated while rolling on the inner wall surface of the ball receiving tray. And the player can visually recognize a state in which the ball orbits the inner wall surface of the ball receiving tray. For this reason, the player can surely recognize that the ball has been paid out, enhance the effect when the ball is paid out, and give the player an interest not found in conventional pachinko gaming machines.

  When the inner wall surface of the ball tray is formed in a mortar shape that continuously decreases in diameter toward the bottom (or when the inner wall surface of the ball tray is viewed at a cut parallel to the opening of the ball tray) The ball discharged along the inner wall surface of the ball receiving tray from the discharge bowl facing the opening of the ball receiving tray is the inner wall surface thereof. For a predetermined period of time or a predetermined number of laps, flow down in a spiral trajectory, and is stored in the bottom of the ball tray.

  Balls released along the inner wall surface of the lower plate flow down while drawing a spiral trajectory on the inner wall surface for a predetermined time. Thereby, the player can be given an illusion that more balls are paid out than the balls actually paid out, and the player's willingness to play is increased.

  The tip opening of the discharge basket is disposed in a plane (for example, in a vertical plane) that intersects the bottom surface of the inner wall surface of the ball tray, and the tip of the discharge basket is in the ball discharge direction. Can be arranged along the tangential direction of the inner wall periphery of the ball tray.

  This makes it easier for the ball released from the release basket to draw a spiral trajectory on the inner wall surface of the lower plate, and the visual effect is enhanced.

  A pachinko gaming machine 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. 1 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine 100, FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine 100 with the front door 15 open, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of FIG. 2, and FIG. FIG. 5 and FIG. 5 are perspective views of the first and second ball supply paths 17 and 18.

  First, the pachinko gaming machine 100 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a symbol display unit 2 made up of a liquid crystal display is arranged in a substantially central part of the game area 1 a formed on the game board 1 (see FIG. 2) of the pachinko gaming machine 100. Yes. Below the symbol display section 2, a start winning opening 3 and a big winning opening 4 are arranged. The big winning opening 4 is composed of an attacker-type electric winning device. A through chucker 5 is disposed on the left side of the symbol display unit 2, and left and right speakers 6 and 7 are disposed on both sides of the lower part of the game board 1. The game board 1 is provided with an out port 8 at the lowermost center of the game board 1 for collecting out balls that have not won any winning ports.

  At the lower part of the game board 1, a launching device 9 and a ball tray (in the present embodiment, an upper plate 11 and a lower plate 12) are provided. Upper surfaces of the upper plate 11 and the lower plate 12 are opened. And the cut end of the lower plate 12 is circular. The upper plate 11 has a function of winning a start winning opening 3 or a large winning opening 4 provided in the game area 1 a of the game board 1, receiving a ball paid out as a prize ball, and guiding it directly to the launching device. ing. Further, the lower plate 12 has a function of guiding and storing the ball that has been discharged to the upper plate 11 and overflowed. The balls stored in the lower plate 12 are discharged from a lid (not shown) provided on the lower plate 12 by operating a discharge lid operation unit 10 (described later).

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the inner wall surface 13 of the lower plate 12 in the pachinko gaming machine 100 according to the present embodiment has an opening for receiving a prize ball from the upper opening 13a and storing it in the lower bottom 13b. The diameter continuously decreases from 13a toward the bottom 13b. In other words, the circumferential length of the peripheral portion of the lower plate 12 (peripheral portion when the horizontal line is formed) in a cross-sectional view has a mortar shape (bowl shape) that decreases toward the bottom portion 13b. That is, if the inner diameters of the inner wall surfaces 13 at the cut ends X1 and X2 in FIG. 3 are D1 and D2, respectively, and the peripheral lengths are L1 and L2, respectively, D1> D2 and L1> L2. And the center P of the depth direction of the lower plate 12 is arrange | positioned in the extension surface of the front surface of the front door 15 of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The ball hit by operating the launching device 9 is guided by the ball guide rail 14 and enters the game area 1a. 1 and 2, 15 is a front door of the pachinko gaming machine 100, FIG. 1 shows a state where the front door 15 is closed, and FIG. 2 shows a state where the front door 15 is opened.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in order to accept and store balls supplied from a ball supply path (not shown) provided on the island of the game store at the upper part of the back surface of the game board 1. The ball storage part 16 is attached. A rectangular tube-shaped first ball supply path 17 is attached from the end of the ball storage unit 16 substantially along the height direction. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5, the tip of the first ball supply path 17 is bent toward the front side (player side) so as to be connected to the upper plate 11, and the upper plate is connected to the bent portion. A portion 18 is formed. The inner width W1 of the upper plate connecting portion 18 is slightly larger than twice the outer diameter of the ball (indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3), and the inner height H1 is also slightly larger than the outer diameter of the ball. For this reason, the balls paid out from the ball storage unit 16 flow into the first ball supply path 17 and the upper plate connecting unit 18 in almost two rows and are discharged to the upper plate 11. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 19 denotes a payout ball counting unit for counting balls paid out from the ball storage unit 16.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the side surface portion of the lower end portion of the first ball supply path 17 is opened, and a ball distribution opening 21 is provided. And the square ball-shaped 2nd ball supply path 22 is provided along the height direction so that the ball distribution opening 21 may be covered. The distal end portion 23 of the second ball supply path 22 is bent so as to be inclined toward the front side (player side), and is disposed in the vicinity of the inner wall surface 13 in the upper portion of the lower plate 12. The inner width W2 and the inner height H2 of the tip 23 of the second ball supply path 22 are slightly larger than the outer diameter of the balls. For this reason, the balls paid out from the ball storage unit 16 flow in the second ball supply path 22 in almost one row and are discharged to the lower plate 12. In FIG. 5, the flow direction of the balls in the first ball supply path 17 and the upper plate connecting portion 18 is indicated by an arrow 24, and the flow direction of the balls in the second ball supply path 22 is indicated by an arrow 25.

  Here, the bottom side portion of the ball distribution opening 21 is provided at a position slightly higher than the bottom surface portion of the upper plate connecting portion 18. For this reason, in the normal gaming state, the balls paid out from the ball storage unit 16 flow down the first ball supply path 17, are discharged to the upper plate 11 through the upper plate connection unit 18, and are supplied with the second ball. The road 22 is not entered. However, if a large amount of balls are paid out in a big hit state, and even if the upper plate 11 is full, if more balls are paid out, the balls accommodated up to the upper plate connecting portion 18 overflow, The ball enters the second ball supply path 22 from the ball distribution opening 21, flows down the second ball supply path 22, and is discharged to the lower plate 12. Thereby, it is avoided that a ball stops at the first ball supply path 17.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the opening 23 a of the distal end portion 23 of the second ball supply path 22 is in a plane intersecting the bottom portion 13 b of the lower plate 12 at the front position of the front door 15 in the depth direction ( In the case of the present embodiment, it is arranged in the vertical plane) and in the left-right direction, it is arranged in the vicinity of the opening 13 a in the inner wall surface 13 of the lower plate 12. Further, the tip portion 23 of the second ball supply path 22 is arranged with the ball discharge direction (arrow 25) along the tangential direction of the peripheral edge of the inner wall surface 13 of the lower plate 12. For this reason, the balls flowing down the second ball supply path 22 and discharged to the lower plate 12 from the opening 23a of the tip 23 are dropped while rolling on the inner wall surface 13 of the lower plate 12 in a spiral manner. This gives the player a visual interest.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a return ball matching flow path 26 is formed in a portion on the front side of the second ball supply path 22 in the side surface portion of the upper plate connecting portion 18. The upper surface of the return ball flow path 26 is opened (opening 26a), and an opening 26b communicating with the second ball supply path 22 is provided in a portion overlapping the second ball supply path 22 on the back surface. Yes. The return ball joint channel 26 is driven by the launching device 9, but the ball that has dropped the ball guide rail 14 without reaching the game area 1a for some reason (for example, the driving strength was weak) (return ball) Is received in the return ball flow path 26 through the opening 26a, and the second ball supply path 22 is caused to flow down from the opening 26b and discharged to the lower plate 12. The balls stored in the lower plate 12 are discharged to the outside by sliding the discharge lid operation unit 10 in the left-right direction and shifting a discharge lid (not shown) provided on the bottom of the lower plate 12.

  The operation of the pachinko gaming machine 100 of this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, when a ball driven into the game area 1 a of the game board 1 by operating the launching device 9 wins the start winning opening 3 or the big winning opening 4, detection means (FIG. (Not shown), the winning of the ball is detected, and a predetermined number of balls stored in the ball storage unit 16 are paid out by the payout means (not shown). The dispensed balls (dispensed balls) flow down the first ball supply path 17 and are discharged from the upper plate connecting portion 18 to the upper plate 11. Since the bottom side of the ball distribution opening 21 is provided at a position that is a predetermined height higher than the bottom surface of the upper plate connecting portion 18, the payout ball that has flowed down the first ball supply path 17 in a normal gaming state. However, it does not enter the second ball supply path 22 (see FIG. 5).

  If the ball is further paid out when the upper plate 11 is full, the payout ball stays at the connection portion between the first ball supply path 17 and the second ball supply path 22. The payout ball that has accumulated and overflowed rides on the bottom of the ball distribution opening 21 and enters the second ball supply path 22 and is discharged to the lower plate 12. Further, the balls (return balls) that have been driven by the launching device 9 but have not reached the game area 1a fall on the ball guide rail 14 and are collected in the return ball matching flow path 26. It flows down and is discharged into the lower tray 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the balls released from the tip 23 of the second ball supply path 22 fall while spirally rolling on the inner wall surface 13 of the lower plate 12 for a predetermined time. Thus, the player can surely recognize that the ball has been paid out through the opening 13a of the lower plate 12, and recognize the situation in which the ball rolls in a spiral shape, so that a conventional pachinko gaming machine can be obtained. You can get a visual interest that is not there. In particular, if a large number of balls are continuously paid out in a big hit state, a considerable number of balls continue to rotate along the inner wall surface 13 of the lower plate 12, and the effect of delivering the balls is only enhanced. In addition, the player feels more strongly that he can acquire a large number of balls, and his willingness to play is improved.

  When the lower plate 12 is filled with the payout balls, the player can move the balls to the ball box by operating the discharge lid operation unit 10.

  When a player has a lot of spare time while playing without hitting the jackpot, he puts some balls in the lower plate 12 and slams his time by turning the momentum with his hand. can do. In particular, in recent years, pachinko gaming machines 100 with a small number of balls paid out in a single jackpot have been put on the market, and this type of pachinko gaming machine 100 is likely to be irritated by players outside the jackpot state. However, by adopting the lower plate 12 of the present embodiment, the player can be given the illusion that more balls have been paid out than the number actually paid out. Will be resolved and you will be able to enjoy the game.

  In this specification, the case where the inner wall surface 13 of the lower plate 12 is circular and the inner diameter (D1, D2) and the circumferential length (L1, L2) are gradually shortened has been described. However, not only the inner diameter and the peripheral length of the lower plate 12 but also the opening area of the lower plate 12 gradually decreases (and the peripheral length of the inner wall surface 13 does not change or conversely increases). is there. And the cross-sectional shape of the opening of the lower plate 12 may not be a circular shape but a pseudo-circular shape including an elliptical shape.

  The configuration of the ball replenishment paths 17 and 18 until the payout balls are guided to the lower plate 12 is not limited to the embodiment, and as long as the payout balls are discharged to the lower plate 12 with some momentum. Good.

  A sensor (not shown) is attached to the inner wall surface 13 of the lower plate 12, and when the ball rotates with the lower plate 12, the ball in the middle of rotation is detected and the vicinity of the lower plate 12 and other pachinko gaming machines 100 You may make it light the lamp etc. which were provided somewhere (for example, game area 1a). Moreover, the ball | bowl of the lower tray 12 may be detected with a sensor, and the color to light may be changed according to the detection amount (number of payout balls), or the blink pattern may be changed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the balls paid out to the lower plate 12 rotate around has been described, but the balls paid out to the upper plate 11 may be rotated around. In particular, in the case of the upper plate 11, it is possible to provide an effect of turning the payout ball in a normal game that is not a big hit.

1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine 100. FIG. It is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine 100 in a state where the front door 15 is opened. It is sectional drawing of the principal part of FIG. 3 is a plan view of the lower plate 12. FIG. It is a perspective view of the 1st and 2nd ball supply path 17,18. It is action | operation explanatory drawing of the state which pays out the ball | bowl to the lower plate.

Explanation of symbols

100 Pachinko machine 3 Start winning opening (winning opening)
4 grand prize winners (winners)
11 Top plate (ball tray)
12 Lower plate (ball tray)
13 inner wall surface 13a opening 13b bottom 17 first ball replenishment path (discharge rod)
22 Second ball replenishment route (release rod)
23 Tip 23a Opening (tip opening)
D1, D2 Inner diameter (reduced diameter)
X1, X2 cut

Claims (2)

A plurality of winning holes provided in the game area;
Detecting means for detecting a winning of a ball in the winning opening;
When the detection means detects a winning of a ball, a payout means for paying out a predetermined number of balls as a winning ball;
A ball tray for receiving and storing the prize balls,
The inner wall surface of the ball tray is formed in a mortar shape that continuously decreases in diameter from the upper opening toward the lower bottom,
The prize ball is discharged along the inner wall surface of the ball receiving tray from the discharge bowl facing the opening of the ball receiving tray, and circulates while rolling the inner wall surface in a spiral path for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times. The pachinko gaming machine is characterized in that it flows down and is stored in the bottom of the ball tray, and the player can visually recognize the flow of balls through the opening. The tip opening of the discharge basket is disposed on the inner wall surface of the ball receiving tray in a plane intersecting the bottom surface thereof, and the tip end portion of the discharge basket defines the ball discharge direction at the periphery of the inner wall surface of the ball receiving tray. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the pachinko gaming machine is arranged along a tangential direction.

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