JP5449830B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement in a winning device that is arranged on a game board surface that constitutes a pachinko gaming machine and that is opened at the time of a big hit.

In the pachinko gaming machine, various board parts such as a winning device (start winning device, large winning device), a windmill, a symbol display device, and an illumination device are provided on the surface of the game board in order to diversify the game contents. For example, the symbol displayed on the symbol display device in the game board starts to change due to the establishment of the start condition that the game ball wins at the start winning opening provided on the game board, and a specific symbol (for example, “777” or the like) The game is configured to shift to a big hit state, which is a special gaming state, by stopping at a three-piece design). In the big hit state, the big winning opening of the big winning device is opened, and a large number of balls are released by repeating this opened state a predetermined number of times based on a predetermined condition.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2006-345925 (Patent Document 1) discloses a prize winning device that includes a prize opening installed in a center character and a shutter that is supported by the center character so as to be able to appear and disappear and opens and closes the prize winning hole. Has been. This winning device is arranged in the upper left part of the center accessory arranged in the center of the game area. In other words, the winning device is located in the vicinity of the exit of the guide rail provided along the left edge of the gaming area in order to guide the gaming ball launched from the launching device into the gaming area. For this reason, most of the game balls from the guide rail exit are released toward the winning device, and there is a risk of hitting the shutter directly. When a game ball with a ball immediately after being launched repeatedly collides with the shutter, the durability of the shutter is likely to deteriorate early. In order to eliminate this fear, it is necessary to arrange a direct hit avoiding member such as a nail on the board surface between the guide rail exit and the winning device. However, in the current situation where the liquid crystal display device tends to increase in size, providing a nail as a direct hit avoidance member causes a problem of further reducing the effective space on the game area.

JP 2006-345925 A

In the winning device described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to arrange a nail or the like on the board for the purpose of preventing a game ball having a strong sphere immediately after being fired from directly hitting the shutter. Therefore, it is a cause of further reducing the gaming space whose effective area is limited by the enlargement of the liquid crystal display device.
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and in spite of the fact that a shutter that opens and closes a winning opening is arranged in the vicinity of a moving path of a game ball having a strong ball immediately after being launched, a direct hit of the game ball is performed. not only prevent, in advance to improve the durability of the shutter by counteracting the Tamazei, provides YU skill machine moreover you need to install additional nails or the like to be a cause of reducing the effective game space with a no winning device The purpose is to do.

In order to achieve the above object, a winning device according to the invention of claim 1 includes a game board having a game area and an outer periphery of the game area for guiding a game ball emitted from the launcher to the game area. An outer guide rail erected along the upper side of the game area, a buffer member for reducing the sphere of the game ball that has been arranged and moved, and an erection on the game board surface inside the outer guide rail A game machine having a game board unit including a guide member for guiding a game ball whose ball position is reduced by the buffer member to the lower side, wherein the game ball bounced back by the buffer member A notch is formed in a range where the notch is in contact, and a shutter for opening and closing the notch is supported in a slit provided in a game board surface corresponding to the notch so as to be able to appear and disappear. Inside game The face is disposed a ball entrance guide member, the shutter is then closed the notch by projecting onto the game board when closed a part of the guide member, the cushioning member The game ball bounced back is prevented from moving to the entrance guide member side, and the shutter retreats from the slit to the inside of the game board surface when opened, thereby opening the notch and the buffer. The game ball bounced off by the member is allowed to move to the entrance guide member side.
According to this configuration, the notch portion (winning hole) provided in the guide member portion that comes into contact with the game ball immediately after being rebounded by the buffer member is opened and closed by the shutter, and the entrance guide member is provided inside the notch portion. Therefore, a game ball with a strong sphere immediately after being launched from the launching device always comes into contact with the guide wall (shutter) in a state where the sphere is lowered by the buffer member, and the shutter is directly hit with the sphere kept strong. Absent. For this reason, it is not necessary to arrange buffer nails or the like only on the board for the purpose of preventing direct hitting on the shutter, and the gaming space whose effective area is limited due to the increase in size of the liquid crystal display device is further reduced. You can prevent problems.

  According to the present invention, a game ball having a strong sphere immediately after being launched always comes into contact with the guide wall (shutter) in a state in which the sphere is lowered by the buffer member, and directly hits the shutter while the sphere is strong. There is no. For this reason, it is not necessary to arrange buffer nails or the like only on the board for the purpose of preventing direct hitting on the shutter, and the gaming space whose effective area is limited due to the increase in size of the liquid crystal display device is further reduced. You can prevent problems.

It is a front view of a game board unit of a pachinko gaming machine provided with a board part (center accessory) having a winning device according to an embodiment of the present invention. (A) And (b) is a perspective view of the panel surface component which concerns on this invention. It is a perspective view of the board surface component which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing of an entrance guide member periphery. (A) And (b) is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a shutter drive mechanism.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board unit of a pachinko gaming machine (game machine) provided with a board part (center accessory) having a winning device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a board surface component according to the invention, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of a ball guiding member, and FIGS. 5A and 5B are explanatory views showing an example of a shutter driving mechanism.
The game board unit U according to the present invention includes a game board 1 having a game area 2 and an outside of the game area for guiding a game ball B fired from a launching device disposed below the game board to the game area. A thin plate-like outer guide rail 3 and inner guide rail 4 erected along the periphery, and arranged at the end of the outer guide rail that terminates at the upper right side of the game area, and at the upper right side along the outer guide rail The buffer member support member (back rubber) 10 that supports the buffer member 11 that reduces the momentum of the game ball that has moved, and the game ball that is erected on the board surface inside the buffer member 11 and bounces off the buffer member 11 downward A guide wall (guide member) 21 made of a thin plate to be guided, a shutter 25 that opens and closes a notch 21a from which a part of the guide wall 21 is removed, a shutter drive mechanism 30, and a winning device 40 are provided.
In FIG. 1, the main part of the winning device 40 is concealed by a board component 50 shaped like a sword.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in this example, the guide wall (guide member) 21 is a part of the outer wall of the center accessory 20, and the game ball B bounced off by the buffer member 11 is placed on the guide wall 21. A notch (award opening) 21a is formed in a range where it contacts in the process of falling, and a shutter 25 for opening and closing the notch is in and out of a slit 22 provided on the game board surface corresponding to the notch 21a. A ball guide member 27 for guiding the game ball that has entered from the notch portion 21a to the inside of the winning device is further arranged on the game board surface inside the shutter. The shutter 25, the entrance guide member 27, and the shutter drive mechanism 30 constitute a winning device (attacker) 40.
The winning device 40 has a configuration in which a duct-shaped ball guide member 27 is inserted into a through hole 1a formed in the game board 1, for example, as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 4, and the ball guide member 27 is a game ball. An entrance 27a, a game ball passage 27b, and a game ball exit 27c are provided, and a winning detection switch 28 is provided at the back of the game ball passage 27b.
The game ball inlet 27a is arranged below the lower edge of the notch 21a so that it can easily receive the game ball that has passed when the notch is opened.

As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the shutter drive mechanism 30 protrudes with the force of the spring 31b when not energized, and moves with the solenoid 31 having the plunger 31a retracted by the electromagnetic force when energized, The shutter 25 is supported by the crank 32. The shutter 25 appears and disappears from the slit 22 on the game board surface (the notch portion 21a) by the rotation of the crank 32 about the shaft 32a. The solenoid 31 operates based on a control signal from a control unit (not shown).
The shutter 25 is moved forward and backward between the protruding position shown in FIGS. 2 and 5A and the retracted position shown in FIGS. 3 and 5B by a solenoid 31 constituting the shutter driving mechanism 30. When the projecting position is projected upward from the game board surface, the notch 21a is closed, and the game ball that has become a part of the guide wall 21 and rebounds at the buffer member 11 is inside the guide wall, that is, the game ball entrance. The movement to the 27a side is prevented. Further, when the shutter 25 is in the retracted position retracted inside the game board surface, the notch 21a is opened to allow the game ball to move toward the game ball inlet 27a.
Note that the upper end portion of the shutter 25 (the upper end portion of the notch portion 21a) may be positioned above the buffer member 11. In short, there is a notch in the range of the path where the game ball bounced off by the buffer member 11 drops with a reduced force, and a shutter that opens and closes the notch may be provided. In addition, since the shutter 25 is inclined toward the diagonally lower right direction from the vertical posture, it becomes easier for the game ball to enter the notch portion 21a when the shutter is opened.
In the present invention, the guide wall provided with the notch is a part of the outer wall of the center accessory. However, this is only an example, and the guide wall is a part of the board component, part of the accessory (outer wall , A rising portion).

According to the winning device 40 (game board unit U) of the present invention having the above-described configuration, a strong game ball immediately after being launched is always guided by the guide wall 21 in a state where the ball force is lowered by the buffer member 11. It is possible to prevent direct contact with the shutter while being in contact with the (shutter 25) and having a strong sphere. This eliminates the need to place nails on the board for the purpose of preventing direct hits on the shutter, preventing the problem of further reducing the gaming space whose effective area is limited due to the increase in the size of the liquid crystal display device. it can.
As a result, according to the present invention, not only is it possible to prevent a direct hit of a game ball in spite of the fact that a shutter that opens and closes a winning opening is arranged in the vicinity of a moving path of a game ball having a strong ball immediately after being launched. In addition, the durability of the shutter can be improved by previously killing the ball, and there is no need to add a nail or the like that causes a reduction in the effective gaming space.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game board, 1a ... Through hole, 2 ... Game area, 3 ... Outer guide rail, 4 ... Inner guide rail, 11 ... Buffer member, 20 ... Center object, 21 ... Guide member (guide wall), 21a ... Cutting Notch portion (winning entrance), 22 ... slit, 23 ... crank, 25 ... shutter, 27 ... entry guide member, 27a ... gaming ball entrance, 27b ... gaming ball passage, 27c ... gaming ball exit, 28 ... winning detection switch, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 30 ... Shutter drive mechanism, 31 ... Solenoid, 31a ... Plunger, 31b ... Spring, 32 ... Crank, 32a ... Shaft, 40 ... Winning device, 50 ... Board part

Claims (1)

A game board having a game area, an outer guide rail standing along an outer periphery of the game area to guide a game ball emitted from a launcher to the game area, and an upper right portion of the game area And a guide member for standing down on the game board surface inside the outer guide rail and guiding the game ball whose sphere is reduced by the buffer member downward. And a gaming machine having a gaming board unit comprising:
The guide member has a notch formed in a range where the game ball bounced back by the buffer member comes into contact,
In a slit provided on the game board surface corresponding to the notch portion, a shutter for opening and closing the notch portion is supported so as to freely appear and retract,
The entrance guide member is arranged on the game board surface inside the shutter,
When the shutter is closed, the shutter protrudes on the surface of the game board to close the notch and become a part of the guide member, and the game ball bounced off by the buffer member is moved to the entrance guide member side. Stop moving,
When the shutter is opened, the notch is opened by retracting from the slit to the inside of the game board surface, and the game ball bounced off by the buffer member is allowed to move to the entrance guide member side. A gaming machine characterized by that .

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