JP5838407B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine capable of opening and closing a winning opening through which a game ball can enter by an open / close door.

  In this type of conventional gaming machine, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the opening / closing door falls to the front side and the winning opening is opened, and the game ball received by the opening / closing door is received in the winning room behind the winning opening, The game ball received in the winning room is discharged from a detection hole provided in the bottom of the winning room. In addition, the game ball that has passed through the detection hole is detected by a detection switch, and the opening / closing door is closed on the condition that the number of times of detection, that is, the number of balls entering the winning opening has reached a predetermined upper limit number. It was comprised (for example, refer patent document 1).

JP 2003-210779 A (paragraph [0029], FIG. 3)

  However, in the conventional gaming machine described above, for example, game balls approaching the detection hole collide in the vicinity of the detection hole and bounce back to each other, so that transfer into the detection hole may be delayed. For this reason, the time lag from entering the winning opening until it is detected by the detection switch may increase, and if it is originally open / closed that should be closed immediately after the predetermined number of game balls enter the winning opening Game balls exceeding the upper limit could enter the prize opening without closing the door. Such an event is widely known as an “over prize” among players, and in recent years, the loss incurred by game stores has increased due to an increase in the number of players aiming for an over prize.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of suppressing the number of gaming balls exceeding a predetermined upper limit from entering a winning opening.

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to the invention of claim 1 includes a game board in which a game ball flows down the front face, a winning opening through which a game ball flowing down the front face of the game board can enter, and a winning opening An open / close door that moves between a closed position that closes the winning opening and an open position that opens the winning opening, a winning room that is provided on the back side of the winning opening, and that is placed at the bottom of the winning room. In addition, in a gaming machine having a detection hole through which a game ball can pass and a detection switch for detecting the game ball that has passed through the detection hole, a depression is formed at the center in the left-right direction of the bottom of the winning room Then, a plurality of detection switches are arranged so that a plurality of detection holes are arranged side by side on the bottom surface of the depressed portion, and both sides of the depressed portion of the bottom of the winning room are inclined so as to descend toward the depressed portion, indoor rolling surface pair for guiding the game ball to the recess portion is provided, the bottom of the recess Among them, the upper surface of the intermediate wall formed between the detection holes arranged side by side is inclined downward toward the detection holes on both sides, or the intermediate wall is raised like a bowl, and the inner surface of the depression is vertically The game ball that crosses the end of the indoor rolling surface and enters the recessed portion from the indoor rolling surface or the open / close door located at the open position again enters the indoor rolling surface or open position. The height difference between the terminal end of the indoor rolling surface and the lower end of the open / close door located at the open position and the bottom of the depressed portion is greater than the radius of the game ball so that it is difficult to move to the open / close door. It has the characteristics in such a place.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the gaming machine of claim 1, the detection switch is provided at an None and pair structure having a detection hole close to one end position of the rectangular plate of the switch body, the switch body Is characterized in that the end portions on the detection hole side are arranged to face each other in the left-right direction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the second aspect , the ball discharge duct is provided immediately below the pair of detection holes, and a partition wall is provided at the center in the left-right direction in the ball discharge duct. The interior is divided into a pair of ball discharge passages communicating with a pair of detection holes.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, the depth of the winning room increases from the left and right ends toward the center of the back surface of the winning room. It is characterized by being inclined or curved.

[Invention of Claim 1]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, is the game ball that has entered the prize opening with the open / close door open, is transferred to the indoor rolling surfaces formed on the left and right sides of the prize winning room, and then falls to the depression? Or, it falls directly into the depression. The game ball that has fallen into the depressed portion passes through one of a plurality of detection holes provided side by side on the bottom surface of the depressed portion and is detected by the detection switch, and the number of balls that enter the winning opening is counted.

  Here, since the detection hole is provided in the bottom surface of the depressed portion lower than the indoor rolling surface, even if game balls approaching the detection hole collide, the game balls after the collision are placed in the depressed portion, That is, it can be kept near the detection hole, and the game ball that has entered the winning opening can be detected by the detection switch more quickly than before. Thereby, it can suppress that the game ball exceeding the predetermined upper limit number enters into a winning opening, and can reduce the loss which a game store suffers.

Further , according to the present invention, since the inner side surface of the depressed portion becomes a vertical surface and intersects the terminal end portion of the indoor rolling surface, the game ball colliding in the depressed portion gets over the vertical surface and falls into the depressed portion. It is possible to further suppress going out of the room.

[Invention of claim 2 ]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the detection switch has a structure including a detection hole at a position near one end of the rectangular plate-shaped switch body, and is provided in a pair. Are arranged so as to face each other in the left-right direction, so that the protrusion of the detection switch in the front-rear direction can be suppressed.

[Invention of claim 3 ]
According to the invention of claim 3 , since the game balls transferred into the pair of detection holes pass through the separate ball discharge passages partitioned by the partition walls, the game balls contact each other even after passing through the detection holes. Can be avoided, and game balls can be discharged smoothly.

[Invention of claim 4 ]
According to the invention of claim 4 , since the back surface of the winning room is inclined or curved so that the depth of the winning room increases from the both ends in the left-right direction toward the center, Due to the inclination of the surface and the indoor rolling surface, the game ball can be more quickly dropped into the depression.

Front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention Front view of game board Perspective view of the big prize section with the big prize opening closed Perspective view of the Grand Prize winning part with the Grand Prize opening opened Perspective view of the grand prize section with the grand prize door removed Side sectional view of the Grand Prize Winner Plan section of the Grand Prize Winner Rear view of Grand Prize Winner

  Hereinafter, an embodiment according to a pachinko gaming machine 10 to which the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes a substantially circular gaming area R1 in which a gaming ball can flow down, and the gaming area R1 is visible from the front of the pachinko gaming machine 10. In the game area R1, a liquid crystal display device 15 is arranged, and around the liquid crystal display device 15, a winning gate 16, a windmill 17, and a plurality of winning portions 18, 22, 23, and 40 are arranged.

  Below the game area R1, an upper plate 12 and a lower plate 13 capable of storing game balls are provided in two upper and lower stages. A launch operation knob 14 is provided on the right side of the lower plate 13, and by turning the launch operation knob 14, a game ball is launched from a launch device (not shown) toward the game area R 1. When game balls flowing down the game area R1 enter the various winning units 18, 22, 23, 40 arranged in the game area R1, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the upper plate 12 as prize balls. In addition, a display effect is performed on the liquid crystal display device 15 when the winning portions 18 and 23 are entered.

  FIG. 2 shows a game board 11 having a game area R1 on the front surface. The liquid crystal display device 15 is arranged so as to be biased to the upper right side toward the game area R1. The liquid crystal display device 15 includes a liquid crystal screen 15G on the back side of the display decoration frame 15W. While the upper side and both left and right sides of the display decoration frame 15W protrude from the front surface of the game board 11, the lower side of the display decoration frame 15W is recessed from the front surface of the game board 11, and a game ball is rolled on the upper surface. It is a movable stage 15S. The stage 15S is inclined downward from the left and right ends toward the center, and a game ball flowing down the side of the display decoration frame 15W is guided to the stage 15S on the left side of the display decoration frame 15W. The guide passage 15T is provided. The game ball released from the guide passage 15T reciprocates left and right on the stage 15S and then flows down from the center of the stage 15S.

  A winning gate 16 is provided on the right side of the liquid crystal display device 15. The winning gate 16 has a gate-like structure penetrating in the vertical direction, and game balls can pass one by one.

  A first start winning portion 18 is disposed below the center of the stage 15S in the liquid crystal display device 15. The first start winning portion 18 has a pocket structure with an open upper surface.

  A large winning portion 40 is provided on the right side of the first start winning portion 18. The grand prize winning section 40 includes a horizontally long prize winning opening 41A (corresponding to the “winning prize opening” of the present invention) opened on the front surface of the game board 11, and the large prize winning opening 41A is a horizontally long big prize winning door 42 (the present invention). It can be opened and closed by the “opening / closing door”. The grand prize winning door 42 is rotatable around the lower end of the grand prize winning opening 41A, and is always held in the standing posture shown in FIG. 3 (corresponding to the “closed position” of the present invention). The grand prize winning opening 41A is closed. Also, the big winning door 42 is shown when a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when winning by the big hit lottery performed at the time of winning the first starting winning portion 18 or the second starting winning portion 23 described later). It is tilted forward by the solenoid that does not, and assumes the forward tilting posture (corresponding to the “open position” of the present invention) shown in FIG. 4, and opens the big winning opening 41A. At this time, the special winning door 42 receives the game ball flowing down the game area R1 and guides it to the special winning opening 41A. The opening of the special winning opening 41A is continued until a predetermined end condition is satisfied. Specifically, either the opening time of the grand prize winning door 42 has reached 30 seconds, or the number of balls entering the grand prize winning opening 41A has reached a predetermined upper limit (for example, 10). When the condition is satisfied first, the end condition is established, and the special winning door 42 closes the special winning opening 41A. Note that side projecting walls 42A and 42A for restricting the falling of the received game ball are formed on both sides of the inner surface that receives the game ball when the pre-winning door 42 is in the forward-down position.

  As shown in FIG. 2, one normal winning portion 22 is provided on the right side of the big winning portion 40. A plurality (three) of normal winning portions 22 and 22 are arranged side by side on the opposite side of the first winning winning portion 18 from the large winning portion 40. Similar to the first start winning portion 18, these normal winning portions 22 have a pocket structure with an open upper surface.

  Below the first start winning section 18, a second start winning section 23 is provided. The second start winning section 23 includes a start winning opening 23A opened on the front surface of the game board 11, and the start winning opening 23A is always closed by a rectangular start winning door 24. The start winning door 24 falls to the front side when the predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when winning by the small hit lottery performed at the time of winning the winning gate 16), the start winning opening 23A is opened, and the start winning door 24 falls. A game ball can enter the start winning opening 23A with the start winning door 24 as a guide.

  Three independent out ports 19 are provided below the second start winning portion 23 and on the left and right sides thereof. The game balls that have reached the lower end of the game area R1 without entering any of the winning portions 18, 22, 23, 40 described above are collected on the back side of the game board 11 through these out ports 19.

  A movable decoration device 30 is provided between the first start winning portion 18 and the second start winning portion 23. The movable decoration device 30 operates when a predetermined condition is satisfied (for example, when a game ball wins the first start winning portion 18).

  By the way, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to the special winning portion 40. As shown in FIG. 5, the special winning section 40 includes a special winning room 41 (corresponding to the “winning room” of the present invention) behind the special winning opening 41A. The grand prize winning room 41 has a horizontally long structure extending in the left-right direction, and is recessed backward with respect to the front surface of the game board 11. Of the bottom part of the grand prize winning room 41, the central part in the left-right direction is a depressed part 43 that is stepped with respect to both side parts in the left-right direction. There are provided indoor rolling surfaces 44, 44 that are inclined downward toward 43. The indoor rolling surfaces 44, 44 are configured so that there is almost no step between the inner winning surface 42 and the inner rolling surface 44, 44 from the inner winning door 42 to the indoor rolling surfaces 44, 44. And game balls can be transferred smoothly.

  The inner side surfaces 43A and 43A on both the left and right sides of the depressed portion 43 are both vertical surfaces and intersect the terminal portions of the indoor rolling surfaces 44 and 44. Further, the difference in height between the indoor rolling surface 44 and the bottom surface of the depressed portion 43 is, for example, equal to or greater than the radius of the game ball, and the movement of the game ball from the depressed portion 43 to the indoor rolling surfaces 44 and 44 is not possible. It is possible.

As shown in FIG. 7, inclined surfaces 45 </ b> A and 45 </ b> A that are inclined so that the depth of the grand prize winning room 41 increases toward the center are formed on both sides in the left-right direction of the back surface of the big prize winning room 41. Has been. Further, in the back surface of the special winning room 41, the central portion in the left-right direction is a flat surface 45 </ b> B extending in parallel with the front surface of the game board 11. In addition, the boundary between the pair of inclined surfaces 45A and 45A and the flat surface 45B on the back surface is disposed behind the pair of indoor rolling surfaces 44 and 44. Furthermore, the ceiling surface 41B of the grand prize winning room 41 is horizontal in front of the middle part in the depth direction of the grand prize winning room 41 (front and rear direction of the pachinko gaming machine 10), and the rear side is inclined obliquely downward from the middle part. Intersect with the flat surface 45B .

  The depressed portion 43 is formed with a pair of ball discharge ports 43B and 43B penetrating the bottom wall in the vertical direction. The ball discharge ports 43B and 43B are arranged side by side in the left-right direction, and each has a rectangular shape through which a game ball can pass. Further, the upper surface of the intermediate wall 43C extending in the depth direction of the grand prize winning room 41 between the pair of ball discharge ports 43B and 43B among the bottom wall of the depressed portion 43 is connected to the ball discharge ports 43B and 43B on both sides thereof. Inclined gently downward (see FIG. 5). The intermediate wall 43C may be raised like a bowl.

  As shown in FIG. 6, detection switches 47 and 47 for counting the number of balls entered into the big winning room 41 are arranged below the big winning room 41. These detection switches 47 and 47 have a structure in which a circular detection hole 47B is provided at a position near one end of a rectangular plate-like switch body 47A. Each detection switch 47, 47 is fixed to the bottom wall bottom surface of the depression 43 (see FIG. 8), and the detection hole 47B and the ball discharge port 43B of the detection switch 47 are arranged in the vertical direction. Consistent. The pair of detection switches 47, 47 are arranged in a state in which the end portions on the detection hole 47B side of the switch main body 47A are butted in the left-right direction, and the other of the switch main body 47A on the opposite side to the detection hole 47B. The end side is arrange | positioned directly under the indoor rolling surface 44 (refer FIG. 8).

As shown in FIG. 6, a ball discharge duct 49 that is curved to the rear of the game board 11 just below the pair of detection holes 47 </ b> B and 47 </ b> B is provided below the prize winning room 41. The ball discharge duct 49 has a horizontally long rectangular tube shape, and includes a pair of ball inlets 49A and 49A (see FIG. 8) immediately below the pair of detection holes 47B and 47B. In addition, a partition wall 50 is provided in the middle portion in the left-right direction of the sphere discharge duct 49, and a pair of sphere discharge passages 51, 51 each having a rectangular tube shape on both sides of the partition wall 50. Is attached. Then, the game balls won in the grand prize winning room 41 are discharged to the outside of the big prize winning section 40 through the detection hole 47B and the ball discharge passage 51 communicating with the detection hole 47B.

  The configuration of the present embodiment is as described above. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The game balls that have been driven into the game area R1 come into contact with the obstacle nails, the display decoration frame 15W, the windmill 17 and the like arranged in the game area R1 and flow down along a random route. When the game ball passes the winning gate 16, a small lottery is performed. When the winning lottery is won, the start winning door 24 provided in the second start winning section 23 falls to the front side and the start winning port 23A is opened, and the game ball wins the start winning port 23A with the start winning door 24 as a guide. It becomes possible. Further, when a game ball wins the first start winning portion 18 or the second start winning portion 23, a big hit lottery is performed. When winning the jackpot lottery, the big prize door 42 provided in the big prize section 40 is changed from the standing posture shown in FIG. 3 to the forward tilting posture shown in FIG. 4, and the big prize opening 41A is opened, and the big prize door is opened. With reference to 42, a game ball can enter the grand prize winning room 41.

  The game ball guided to the grand prize winning door 42 falls on the indoor rolling surface 44 from the grand prize winning door 42 and then falls into the depression 43 or falls directly into the depression 43 from the prize winning door 42. To do. Specifically, the game ball received at the right-hand side portion of the grand prize winning door 42 is transferred to the right indoor rolling surface 44 and rolled to the left by the guidance of the indoor rolling surface 44 and the inclined surface 45A. And it falls vertically from the right edge part of the depression 43, and many move in to the detection hole 47B of the right side. On the other hand, the game ball received at the left side portion of the grand prize winning door 42 is transferred to the left indoor rolling surface 44 and then rolled to the right side, and vertically falls from the left side edge of the depressed portion 43. It moves into the detection hole 47B. In addition, the game ball received at the central portion of the big prize door 42 falls vertically from the front of the depression 43 due to the inclination of the inner surface of the big prize door 42, and in many cases, it moves into the detection hole 47A closer to the drop point. .

  The game ball that has passed through the detection hole 47B is detected by the detection switch 47, and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning room 41 is counted based on the number of detections. In addition, the game ball that has passed through the detection switch 47 is collected behind the game board 11 through each ball discharge passage 51 that communicates with each detection hole 47B. When the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning room 41 (the total number of detections by the detection switches 47 and 47) reaches a predetermined upper limit, the grand prize winning door 42 is moved from the forward-downward position shown in FIG. Returning to the standing posture shown in FIG.

  By the way, the detection holes 47B and 47B are provided side by side on the bottom surface of the recessed portion 43 that is one step lower than the inner surface of the grand prize winning door 42 and the indoor rolling surface 44. Even if a collision occurs, the game balls after the collision can be retained in the depressed portion 43, that is, in the vicinity of the detection holes 47B and 47B, and the game ball that has entered the grand prize winning room 41 is detected more quickly than before. 47 can be detected. Thereby, it can suppress that the game ball exceeding the predetermined upper limit number enters into the big winning room 41 (so-called over winning), and can reduce the loss which a game store suffers. Further, by providing the depressed portion 43 and providing the detection hole 47B on the bottom surface thereof, it is possible to prevent clogging of the ball in the detection hole 47B.

  Further, since the inner side surfaces 43A and 43A on both the left and right sides of the depressed portion 43 are vertical surfaces, it is possible to prevent the game balls that have collided from climbing over the inner side surfaces 43A and 43A and going out of the depressed portion 43.

  In addition, since the game balls transferred into the pair of detection holes 47B and 47B pass through the separate ball discharge passages 51 and 51 partitioned by the partition wall 50, even after passing through the detection hole 47B, A contact can be avoided and it can discharge smoothly. Further, since the ball discharge duct 49 constituting the ball discharge passages 51 and 51 is curved rearward just below the pair of detection holes 47B and 47B, the game ball is quickly removed from the position directly below the detection hole 47B. It is possible to prevent erroneous detection of the detection switch 47 due to the accumulation of game balls.

  Further, since the inner surface of the grand prize winning room 41 is inclined so that the depth of the winning room increases from the left and right end portions toward the central part, the inclined surfaces 45A, 45A and the indoor rolling surface 44, Due to the inclination of 44, the game ball of the indoor rolling surface 44 can be dropped to the depressed portion 43 more quickly.

  In addition, the pair of detection switches 47, 47 are arranged such that the end portions on the detection hole 47B side of the switch main body 47A abut each other in the left-right direction, so the detection switch 47 in the front-rear direction (depth direction of the big prize winning room). , 47 can be suppressed, and the large winning portion 40 can be thinned in the front-rear direction.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the embodiments described below are also included in the technical scope of the present invention, and various other than the following can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. It can be changed and implemented.

  (1) In the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to the large winning portion 40, but other winning combinations including a winning opening opened on the front surface of the game board 11 and an opening / closing door capable of opening and closing the winning opening. The present invention may be applied to a section (for example, the second start winning section 23).

  (2) In the above embodiment, two detection holes 47B are provided, but three or more detection holes 47B may be provided.

  (3) In the above embodiment, the inner side surfaces 43A and 43A on the left and right sides of the depressed portion 43 are vertical surfaces, but the inner side surfaces 43A and 43A may be relatively steep slopes or curved surfaces.

  (4) In the above embodiment, the inclined surfaces 45A and 45A are formed on both the left and right sides of the back surface of the grand prize winning room 41. However, the rear face of the big winning room 41 is directed from the left and right ends to the center. Accordingly, it may be curved so that the depth of the grand prize winning room 41 is increased.

  (5) In the above embodiment, the winning opening (large winning opening 41A) is configured to open to the front surface of the game board 11, but for example, a pocket-type ball that protrudes from the front surface of the gaming board 11 and has an open upper surface. It is also possible to provide a section in front of the winning room, and use the top opening of the pocket-shaped ball-entry portion as a winning opening, and the winning opening can be opened and closed by an open / close door that slides in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction of the game board 11.

10 Pachinko machines 11 Game boards 40 Grand prize section 41 Grand prize room (winning room)
41A Grand Prize Exit (Winner Exit)
42 grand prize winning door
43 Depressed part 43A Inner side surface 44 Indoor rolling surface 47 Detection switch 47A Switch body 47B Detection hole 49 Ball discharge duct 50 Partition wall 51 Ball discharge passage

Claims (4)

A game board with a game ball flowing down the front,
A prize opening through which a game ball flowing down the front of the game board can enter;
An open / close door that moves between a closed position that closes the winning opening and an open position that opens the winning opening;
A winning room which is provided at the back of the winning opening and receives a game ball;
In a gaming machine provided at the bottom of the winning room and having a detection hole through which a game ball can pass, and a detection switch for detecting the game ball that has passed through the detection hole
Forming a depression in the center of the left and right direction of the bottom of the winning room, and arranging a plurality of the detection switches so that a plurality of the detection holes are arranged side by side on the bottom of the depression,
A pair of indoor rolling surfaces are provided on both sides of the depressed portion of the bottom portion of the winning room so as to be inclined toward the depressed portion and guide the game ball to the depressed portion .
Of the bottom surface of the depressed portion, the upper surface of the intermediate wall formed between the detection holes arranged side by side is inclined downward toward the detection holes on both sides thereof, or the intermediate wall is raised like a bowl,
The inner side surface of the depressed portion is a vertical surface and intersects the end portion of the indoor rolling surface, and enters the depressed portion from the indoor rolling surface or the open / close door located at the open position. The open / close door positioned at the end of the indoor rolling surface and the open position so that it is difficult for the game ball to move again to the indoor rolling surface or the open / close door positioned at the open position. A gaming machine characterized in that the difference in height between the lower end of the base and the bottom surface of the depression is equal to or greater than the radius of the game ball . The detection switch has a structure having the detection hole at a position near one end of a rectangular plate-like switch body and is provided in a pair, and the ends of the switch body on the detection hole side are butted in the left-right direction. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is arranged. A sphere discharge duct is provided immediately below the pair of detection holes, a partition wall is provided at the center in the left-right direction in the sphere discharge duct, and a pair of communication holes communicated with the pair of detection holes. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the gaming machine is partitioned into a ball discharge passage. The back surface of the winning room is inclined or curved so that the depth of the winning room increases as it goes from both ends in the left-right direction toward the center. The gaming machine according to claim.

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