JP5283318B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize an enlargement of a screen display frame body of a variable display device in a limited area of a game region in the front face of a game board. <P>SOLUTION: The screen display frame body (4) of the variable display device is located off-center in either side of right and left to a center line (x) partitioning the game region (3) right and left. The off-center location provides a hit-ball drop guiding area (7) opening in between the frame body (4) and a side boundary (6) of the game region (3), forming an extended zone for the frame body (4) in a range opened through the off-center location to enlarge the frame body (4). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine.

A variable display device is used as means for displaying the contents of a game set in a pachinko gaming machine and expressing the progress, result, and the like of the game. In this variable display device, the progress of the game, etc. is expressed through a video because the hit ball launched in the game area of the game board has won the winning opening, and the hit / miss performed inside the gaming machine In many cases, a liquid crystal display screen is used as means for informing the player of the result of the above.
The expression by moving images is extremely variable, and since the contents can be recognized intuitively through vision, the result of the game can be directly and quickly transmitted to the player. In addition, since a certain story can be added to the moving image, it is possible to entertain the change of the moving image in addition to the game result, such as allowing the player to predict the next change.

For this reason, the screen itself tends to be enlarged in order to enhance the expressive power, and the finer image and the force of increasing the size tend to be improved.
However, as is known, the game area formed on the front of the game board is limited in size as well as the size of the game board is limited.
In particular, an increase in the size of the liquid crystal display screen limits the size of the game area, and at the same time, it is necessary to form a guide area in which the hit ball falls, and the hit ball falls in this drop guide area. Since it is required that the direction can be freely changed when passing, it is necessary to secure a certain size in the game area as a formation area of the drop guide area.

  In other words, a gaming machine equipped with a liquid crystal display screen needs to be provided with a start winning opening for receiving a ball to activate the liquid crystal display screen, and a lottery is started due to the ball that won the start winning opening. When a “hit” is generated by this lottery, it is necessary to install a large winning opening for receiving a large number of winning balls in a short time in the lower game area portion below the liquid crystal display screen. For this reason, the liquid crystal display screen requires a drop guiding area for the hit ball that leads from the upper game area to the lower game area, and at the same time, the guide area is required to change freely while the hit ball is falling. Therefore, it is required to provide a space as large as possible in this passage area.

However, the increase in the size of the liquid crystal display screen in the variable display device means a decrease in the hitting area of the hitting ball. The guiding of the hitting ball to the start winning opening etc. is tightened to reduce the variability. To be monotonous.
Conventionally, in view of such a situation, a warp passage is provided around the display screen or the like as a method for realizing an increase in the size of the display screen or the like, and a hit ball that is launched above the display screen or the like is placed above the display screen or the like. Receive it at the entrance of the warp passage that opens to the stage, guide it through the passage to the stage provided at the bottom of the display screen, etc., and drop it from this stage toward the starting prize opening installed below it to create a chance to win a prize The proposed proposal is publicly known, for example, from Patent Document 1.
JP-A-10-277221

  According to the invention described in Patent Document 1, the game area is substantially divided into two parts vertically by the enlargement of the variable display device. It leads to the lower start winning opening, thereby integrating the upper and lower game areas and realizing an increase in the size of the display screen of the variable display device.

However, the communication between the upper and lower game areas through the warp passage is effective in efficiently guiding the hit ball to the start winning opening, but changes to the left and right in the middle of the hitting ball and approaches the winning opening to win the win. The pachinko gaming machine's original appeal of letting the player visually recognize and entertain the place that passes through the winning opening while being distributed to those who do or do not win by flying away, There is a drawback that makes the game itself monotonous.
In particular, the invention described in Patent Document 1 adopts a structure in which the ball guided to the stage through the warp passage is discharged immediately above the starting winning opening, so the distance from the winning opening is short. It is difficult to perform the adjustment work, and tends to be biased to either difficulty.

In view of such circumstances, the present invention makes it possible to increase the size of a display screen of a variable display device, more specifically, a screen display frame including a decorative frame, a mounting frame and the like surrounding the display screen. The present invention is to substantially eliminate the decrease in the hitting area of the hitting ball accompanying the increase in the size of the screen display frame and to enjoy the change of the hitting ball in the dropping process.
At the same time, the pachinko that allows the player to visually recognize the result through the movement of the hitting ball facing the start winning opening by freely changing the hitting ball while passing through the above-described fall guiding area, so that the best of the pachinko machine can be enjoyed. It is intended to provide a gaming machine.

The increase in the size of the display screen, that is, the screen display frame, does not extend only in the horizontal direction in the game area, but also expands in the vertical direction at the same time. As a result, the area of the lower part of the opening will be narrowed, and the setting space for the start winning opening and the large winning opening will inevitably be limited.
For this reason, in addition to a decrease in the drop guide area of the hit ball provided on the side of the display screen, the vertical drop from the guide area to the start winning opening decreases, and as a result, the ball is disposed between them. There arises a problem that it is difficult to ensure a sufficient inclination in the arrangement of nails for guiding the hitting ball.
The present invention provides a pachinko gaming machine that secures a sufficient inclination in the arrangement of the obstacle nail array arranged toward the starting winning opening for guiding the hitting ball, and guiding the falling of the hitting ball having a change. It is something to try.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, as the screen display frame body of the variable display device installed in the game area is enlarged, the screen display frame body is shifted to either the left or right side of the game area. In addition, a hitting drop drop area is formed between the screen display frame that is opened by the offset and the side boundary that surrounds the game area.
Then, the present invention faces the above-described opened drop guide area, and arranges the start winning opening arranged in the lower game area below the screen display frame body, and further arranges the big winning opening away from the center position on the left and right. By doing so, the linkage with the hit ball that changes in the drop guiding area is increased.

  The above-mentioned features of the present invention will be described in further detail. The present invention relates to the screen display frame of the variable display device installed in the game area on the front side of the game board, either left or right with respect to the central vertical line that bisects the game area. While setting up by offsetting, and forming a region that is open between one side portion of the screen display frame body and the side boundary of the game area by this offset, to provide a fall guidance area of the hit ball, A start winning opening is installed in the lower game area below the screen display frame, facing the drop guide area, and offset in the direction opposite to the direction of the screen display frame from the center perpendicular. It is in providing the pachinko machine characterized by becoming.

According to the present invention described above, the screen display frame body is arranged at one of the left and right sides of the game area, so that hitting ball drop guide areas that are conventionally distributed on the left and right are gathered in one side, so that the screen as a whole. Although the size of the display frame is reduced as the size of the display frame increases, conversely, the drop guide area can be secured with a sufficient width.
Therefore, it is possible to plant a number of obstacle nails that prevent and change the direction of the hit ball in this drop guide area, and to arrange a plurality of nails as a guide nail row. It is possible to arrange a winning opening, a passing gate, and the like, and it is possible to variously set the guidance of the hit ball while passing through the drop guiding area.

Then, the start winning opening arranged in the lower game area facing the drop guiding area formed to be shifted to the one side, and the big winning opening are arranged in the same direction, and the flow of the hit ball from the falling guiding area Since the ball can be kept in a steep state, it is possible to guide the ball without difficulty by playing it strongly against the obstacle, and during this time it is possible to change the hit ball sufficiently.
In particular, it is possible to increase the drop with respect to the left and right deflection of the hit ball by bringing the start winning opening and the big winning opening close to the lower part of the drop guiding area. A certain hitting ball can be guided.

On the other hand, the present invention is to provide a pachinko gaming machine characterized in that a large winning opening is provided at a predetermined interval between the starting winning openings installed in the lower gaming area.
The start prize opening and the big prize opening have different purposes of installation, but it is important that they are in the flow of the hit ball from the drop guide area, especially in the big prize opening opened by the big hit. It is required that the hit ball be guided.
However, as described above, the start prize opening and the big prize opening have different purposes and at the same time, since individual guidance is required for each prize opening, it is installed at a distance that does not interfere with each other, The uniqueness of induction is demonstrated by giving it uniqueness.

In addition, the present invention, in addition to the above, the start winning opening and the large winning opening to be installed in the lower game area, along the downward sloping line toward the bottom boundary of the lower game area from the ball drop induction area, Another object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko gaming machine characterized in that it is provided with a drop between them.
Although there are a plurality of hitting balls from the drop guiding area, the guiding area as a center is inevitably determined in order to guide the hitting ball within a range in which the falling speed of the hitting ball is not reduced.
The downward sloping line from the hitting fall area of the hit ball to the bottom boundary of the lower game area is correctly the central guiding area, and the starting prize opening and the big prize opening are placed with a required drop between them on this inclination line. By arranging each, efficient ball guiding can be achieved.

Further, the present invention forms a warp passage along a side edge portion of the screen display frame body of the variable display device, and opens the entrance of the warp passage at the side edge portion facing the drop guiding area of the hit ball, Is to be opened at the lower edge of the screen display frame so as to face the start winning opening.
The warp passage guides the hitting ball directly from the entrance to the exit, and does not change the hitting ball during this time, but it was opened to this guiding zone in the change of the hitting ball in the drop guiding zone. Directing the ball that has entered the entrance directly toward the start winning opening is one of many variations, and it is a constant and stable guidance. A new change will be provided by the combination.

  In the present invention, the screen display frame body installed in the game area forms a passing area that allows a ball to pass between the side of the screen display frame body and the side boundary of the game area. There are cases where the gap is closed and all hitting balls are guided to the drop guiding area of the released hitting ball, either of which can be selected.

According to the present invention according to the above configuration, in the game area, the falling area of the hit ball is arranged to be shifted to either the left or right side, but in exchange, this is a screen centered on a display screen that represents an image. Since the display frame can be enlarged without difficulty, a powerful screen can be provided, and the contents of expression can be enriched by enlarging the screen.
Moreover, although the said fall induction area will be collected by one, since sufficient width | variety can be ensured here, it is possible to give a free motion to a hit ball in the passage in this fall induction area. Can expect change.
In addition, in the present invention, the start winning opening or the large winning opening installed in the lower game area corresponding to the above-described drop guiding area is arranged to be shifted to the left and right to reduce the falling speed of the hit ball from the dropping guiding area. Therefore, it is possible to guide a hit ball with various changes to each winning opening, and to make a decision whether or not to enter.
Next, the present invention will be further described based on examples, and the features thereof will be clarified.

  The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment and FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment. In both embodiments, the same reference numerals are used for the same portions, and the description of the other embodiment is omitted in the description of one embodiment.

In FIG. 1 showing the first embodiment, reference numeral 1 is a game board, 2 is a band disposed in a substantially circular shape on the front surface of the game board 1, and 3 is a game area surrounded and formed by the band 2. Reference numeral 4 denotes a screen display frame body of a variable display device installed at a substantially central portion of the game area 3.
Note that the screen display frame 4 here is represented as a liquid crystal display screen, but in effect, a frame of the edge decoration of the liquid crystal display screen, or a mechanical part such as a mounting flange or a warp passage is integrated. In addition to the liquid crystal display screen alone, the liquid crystal display screen includes the above-mentioned accessory part. Hereinafter, this screen display frame is simply referred to as “display screen”.

  The band 2 is formed on the front face of the game board 1 so as to surround the game area 3 by being arranged in a semicircular shape about one turn clockwise from the lower edge portion thereof, and overlaps with the portion 2a on the starting end side of the hit ball. A guiding path 5 for guiding a shot ball, that is, a hitting ball is formed between the half-circumferential portion 2 b and the hitting ball shot from a launching device (not shown) can be driven into the game area 3 through the guide path 5.

The display screen 4 installed in the middle stage of the gaming area 3 has a large screen as shown in FIG. 1, and a central vertical line x that vertically divides the gaming area 3 formed in a substantially circular shape. On the other hand, it is installed to lean to the right while straddling it. Then, a hitting ball drop guide area 7 is formed between the left side edge 4a of the display screen 4 and the side boundary 6 that defines the left side of the game area, that is, the half-circumferential part 2b of the band. A narrow space 8 through which one sphere passes is formed between the right edge 4 b and the band 2.

  The hitting area 7 for hitting the ball is a space for guiding the hitting ball hit to the upper game area 3a of the game area 3 to be dropped. A large number of obstacle nails 9, passing gates 10, windmills 11 and the like are appropriately arranged in this guide area. In addition, the entrance 12a of the warp passage 12 provided along the left side of the display screen 4 is opened.

  The ball launched into the upper game area 3a collides with the obstacle nail 13 disposed above the display screen 4 and is distributed to the left and right. Here, the ball that flies to the right simply passes through the space 8 and wins a prize. You will not be blessed with the opportunity. Therefore, here, the player inevitably adjusts the launch and guides the hit ball to the left. Of course, although this hitting is generally performed conventionally, the hitting here is merely to select a course and not to a specific winning opening.

The hit ball guided to the left drop guide zone 7 collides with a group of nail rows (obstacle nail 9) in which a plurality of balls are planted, and after being hit in any direction, some of them pass gates. 10 and some jump into the entrance 12a of the warp passage 12, while others fall as they are.
A large number of obstacle nails 14 are arranged on the windmill 11 continuously from above, and below the windmill 11, nail row groups 15 and 16 are arranged in parallel over the lower game area 3 b in two stages. It is. A start winning opening 17 is located at the tip, and a large winning opening 18 is further provided.

  The obstacle nail 14 guides the hit ball that has passed through the nail row group 9 toward the windmill 11, and the hit ball guided to the windmill 11 moves above or below the nail row groups 15 and 16 by the rotation of the windmill. The hit ball that has been distributed and guided to the start winning port 17 or the big winning port 18 and then flowed down flows down to the outout port 19 as it is.

The two nail rows 15 and 16 arranged in parallel are arranged at a predetermined angle θ with respect to a horizontal line along the lower edge of the display screen 4, which is about 30 based on the support shaft of the windmill 11. Each of them is arranged with an inclination angle of degrees, and with this downward inclination, it rolls vigorously with a required falling speed and is directed toward the start winning opening 17 or the big winning opening 18. The upper nail row group 15 is provided with a gap in the middle so that it falls to the lower nail row group 16 in the middle of rolling, so that there are those that deviate from the route to the start winning opening 17.
Note that the inclination angle of 30 degrees is an angle that indicates a relatively steep rolling of the hit ball, and the fall speed of the hit ball can be increased by further tightening the angle.

As is apparent from the drawing, here, both the start winning port 17 and the large winning port 18 are located on the left side of the central vertical line x and are located in the lower game area 3b and are shifted to the left.
The deviation of this position is to guide without hitting the momentum of the striking ball that is guided to fall toward the drop guiding area 7, and in particular by not killing the momentum of the striking ball that is guided to the start winning opening 17. This makes it possible to ensure reliable sorting.
This reliable distribution works effectively also when changing the winning rate by adjusting the obstacle nail surrounding the start winning opening 17, which increases the expectation for the winning for the player and at the same time at the gaming hall side. Make management easy.

The exit 12b of the warp passage 12 is also shifted to the left side of the display screen 4 as the start winning port 17 and the big winning port 18 are moved to the left side of the lower game area 3b. Opened.
The drawing shows a structure in which the exit 12b directly faces the start winning opening 17, but a stage is installed at the lower edge of the display screen 4 so that the exit 12b faces the stage and is released. May be dropped toward the start winning opening 17 after being rolled on the stage.

From the above structure, a hit ball whose direction of dropping can be changed by the obstacle nail 9 in the widely formed drop guiding area 7 passes through the passage gate 10 in this guiding area 7, is sent to the warp passage 12, and While the nail train group 14 is guided by the windmill 11 to the nail train groups 15 and 16, it is divided into various paths, while the one guided by the nail train groups 15 and 16 is the nail train group. The ball moves toward the start winning port 17 and the big winning port 18 according to the required gradient, and the ball hitting the starting winning port 17 collides with the obstacle nail 9 guarding the entrance of the winning port, and its direction It will be distributed to those who are determined and won and those who are not.
The distribution at the start winning port 17 is performed in the same manner for the hit balls passing through the warp passage 12, and is always guided vigorously toward each winning port using a head.

By the way, the start winning opening 17 and the big winning opening 18 installed in the lower game area 3b are arranged at a predetermined interval so as not to interfere with each other. When accepting is possible, that is, when a big hit state is set in the game setting, a ball that has not entered the start winning opening 17 by being positioned below the starting winning opening 17 is also accepted in order to receive a large amount of hit balls quickly. Will be. More specifically, the big winning opening 18 is placed directly below the starting winning opening 17 so that the nail row group 16 is discharged from the ball guided to the nail row group 16 and the warp passage 12. Spheres are also acceptable.
The large winning opening 18 shown here is a winning device having an opening / closing door called an attacker, and accepts a hit ball passing through the front of the winning opening by opening the door.

With respect to the start winning opening 17 and the big winning opening 18, the function of the drop guiding area 7 can be more effectively utilized by selecting the arrangement thereof. One of them is to expect a stronger direction change due to a collision due to a sudden drop of the hit ball by moving the starting winning port 17 shown in the figure further to the left and installing it almost directly below the hit guide area 7 of the hit ball. And can win a prize by clear distribution.
In addition, the big winning opening 18 is moved in the direction of the central vertical line x, and the arrangement of the nail row groups 15 and 16 is changed along with this movement, thereby guiding the hit ball to the right in the lower game area. By slowing down the flow of the ball to 18, you can enjoy different changes in the hit ball.

Therefore, from the above configuration, the display screen 4 installed in the game area 3 is shifted to the right with the center perpendicular line x as the center, and instead of omitting one drop guiding area by this shift, the display screen 4 is moved to the other, that is, left. Since the wide drop guiding area 7 is formed, the display screen 4 can be expanded in place of the drop guiding area having a large width. Therefore, according to the present invention, the display screen 4 can be made large without difficulty for the part that can be expanded.
Then, instead of making the hitting ball drop guide area 7 unevenly distributed to one side, the drop guide area 7 is formed to have a sufficient width, and the right and left movement of the hit ball can be freely made. This makes it possible to effectively avoid monotonousness when the hit ball is dropped.

  Further, according to the present invention, in addition to the change of the hit ball in the drop guiding area, the start winning opening 17 and the large winning opening 18 installed in the lower game area face the drop guiding area 7 and are disposed below the starting winning opening 17. Accordingly, the movement distance of the hit ball in the lateral direction is not increased by increasing the size of the display screen 4, and therefore, it is possible to always guide the start winning opening 17 with a required gradient without decreasing the falling speed. As a result, it is possible to fully enjoy the change in the winning opening.

  FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, as shown in the figure, the arrangement of the respective parts in the game area 3 of the first embodiment is all changed to the left and right, and a large display screen (screen display frame) 4 is played. An example in which the hitting-ball drop-inducing area 7 is formed between the right side 4b of the display screen 4 and the right side of the band 2, that is, the side boundary 20 in the area 3 so as to be located on the left side with respect to the central perpendicular x. It is.

In this embodiment, the left-hand hit in the first embodiment is changed to a right-hand hit. Here, the hit ball is strengthened and hit toward the right drop guiding area 7 as indicated by a broken arrow. It will be.
The hit ball launched into the drop guide area 7 is guided to the start winning opening 17 through the big winning opening 18 in the lower game area 3b while freely flying in a wide space and changing the falling direction. It is as described in the first embodiment that it falls without being largely dropped and is distributed toward each other, and the effect is the same.

The front view of the game board which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a front view of the game board concerning Example 2 of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game board 2 Band 3 Game area 3a Upper game area 3b Lower game area 4 Screen display frame (display screen)
4a, 4b Side edge of the screen display frame 6,20 Side boundary of the game area 7 Drop guiding area 9,13 Obstacle nail 12 Warp passage 12a Warp passage inlet 12b Warp passage outlet 14, 15, 16 Nail row group 17 Starting prize opening 18 Big prize opening

Claims (3)

The screen display frame of the variable display device installed in the game area on the front side of the game board is placed in the middle of the game area, and the game area is shifted to the left or right with respect to the central vertical line that bisects the left and right. allowed installed in a state straddling the perpendicular line, at the same time opened hitting connecting the upper play area and a lower game region between the side boundaries of one side and the game area of the screen frame by the offset of this falling inductive area formed of, while, in the in the lower game region located below the screen frame, and the direction opposite to the offset direction of the screen frame to the central vertical line biasing allowed pachinko machine characterized by comprising an on-site at a required interval between the extraordinary-free starting winning opening and winning opening of one another to the drop induction gamut. 2. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the start winning opening and the large winning opening provided adjacent to the lower gaming area are on a downward sloping line that induces the falling of the hitting ball from the falling guiding area of the hitting ball toward the bottom boundary of the lower guiding area. along allowed, and pachinko gaming machine is characterized in that features providing the upper and lower predetermined drop between mutually. 2. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a warp passage is formed along a side edge portion of the screen display frame body of the variable display device, and the side edge portion of the warp passage facing the drop guiding area of the hit ball is formed. while open to, so that to release toward the start winning opening opened an outlet at the lower edge of the screen frame, is placed hitting from the inlet below the screen frame through the outlet A pachinko machine characterized by