JPH0123149B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine, and particularly to one provided with variable display means such as a combination display.
This invention relates to a pachinko game machine improved so that pachinko balls can be fired from the upper part of the game board.

In general, a combination type in which a plurality of ball passage areas (ball sockets) are arranged below the game board, and a combination display including a plurality of display parts corresponding to each ball passage area is arranged on the game board surface. Game machines are now in practical use. A metal gaming machine (commonly known as an arrangement ball), which is an example of a conventional combination game machine, has a metal slot on the front and multiple ball slots, each with different identification information, arranged in parallel below the gaming board. , a combination display consisting of a plurality of display parts on which identification information corresponding to the identification information of each ball socket is drawn is disposed in the center of the game board. Then, when the metal borrowed from the metal rental machine is inserted into the metal slot, the metal gaming machine supplies a predetermined number (for example, 16) of pachinko balls to the ball-hitting position to enable a ball-hitting game, and the player can play the ball by hitting the ball. The ball is brought above the game board by a ball guide rail formed in an arc from the ball hitting position to the top of the game board, and a display section corresponding to the ball socket through which the ball passes as it falls along the game board. is lit and displayed, and when the display state of the combination display reaches a predetermined combination until a predetermined number of pachinko balls are hit, a metal that can be played again is paid out as a prize.

By the way, some gaming parlors have well-known pachinko gaming machines and metal gaming machines installed on the same floor. In such gaming halls, if a player wants to play pachinko, he rents pachinko balls from a ball rental machine, and if he wants to play a metal game, he borrows metal from a metal rental machine, and in the middle of the game, he changes from pachinko to metal. In the case of exchange, or vice versa, the previously acquired pachinko balls or metal must be exchanged for a prize, and then a new metal or pachinko ball must be borrowed, which is troublesome. In addition, since two types of machines, ball lending machines and metal lending machines, must be installed in the game hall, equipment costs are high and extra installation space is required, and pachinko balls and metal machines must be supplied separately. Since it is necessary to provide two systems of reducing equipment, equipment costs are high.

Therefore, recently, a combination type pachinko machine has been proposed that allows games to be played using pachinko balls lent out from a ball lending machine. This combination type pachinko machine is equipped with a ball waiting gutter that also serves as a ball storage tray for storing pachinko balls below the game board, and takes in the pachinko balls placed in the ball holding gutter in a predetermined number required for one game, and When pachinko balls are hit one by one, the ball is brought to the top of the game board from the ball hitting position using an arc-shaped ball guide rail, and when the ball falls into a certain ball socket, the corresponding display section is displayed. When the display is lit up and the combination of lit display parts is in one row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally,
Predetermined pachinko balls are paid out as prizes.

As mentioned above, the pachinko machine with a combination display, which is the background of this invention, has a ball guide rail formed in an arc shape from the ball hitting point to the top of the game board in order to fire the pachinko balls to the game board. If the hitting force is too strong, the ball will go around the rail and return, but if the hitting force is too weak, the ball will be fired. The balls return back and become Fuar balls, and the balls that return collide with the balls that are fired subsequently and accumulate in a string of beads inside the firing ball guide rail.
There were problems such as the game becoming impossible to play. In addition, in the ball hitting devices of conventional metal game machines and pachinko game machines with a combination display, the ball batting rod is provided at the lower right of the game board, so the pachinko ball is hit by the rotation of the ball rod. is approximately 1/1 inch of the guide rail provided to separate the area on the game board where the balls can pass.
Since the ball is fired along an arc of 2, it is necessary for the ball hitting spring to have a relatively strong elastic force in order to obtain the desired ball hitting force, which poses problems such as making delicate adjustments to the ball hitting the ball difficult. In particular, when a certain value is assigned based on the display state of the combination display every time a certain number of balls are hit as described above, and the display state of each display section of the combination display is then reset,
The balls that return within the ball guide rail due to weak batting force are returned to the lower ball tray provided below the batted ball waiting gutter, so the balls are also included in the number of balls that can be played in one game. There was also a problem in that the player was forced to play, causing discomfort to the player.

Therefore, in order to solve the various problems of the conventional ones as described above, a lining gutter for arranging pachinko balls horizontally, for example, is provided at the upper position of the game board, and a predetermined number of pachinko balls are placed in the arranging gutter. A possible method is to have the pachinko balls lined up and wait, and then drop the predetermined number of pachinko balls by the player's operation. but,
With this method, the pachinko balls are simply dropped from above, so the player's ball-striking skills are not reflected in the game, creating a new drawback in that the game becomes a completely uninteresting pachinko machine. come.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention makes the display section of the variable display means variably display according to the ball passing area through which the game balls are fired, and the display state of the variable display means is changed to the initial state every predetermined number of fired balls. To provide a pachinko game machine which allows players to play a game with a ball, without causing false balls, and which allows fine adjustments of the ball to be easily adjusted, while sufficiently reflecting the player's ball-hitting technique in the game.

To summarize this invention, a ball storage tray is provided in the upper part of a pachinko game machine, the outlet of the ball storage tray is guided to one side of the upper part of the game board, and a punch-like part for hitting balls is fixed below the outlet of the ball storage tray. The pachinko ball can be hit from the top of the game board by providing a rotatable batting rod and configuring the rotation of the batting rod to be operated in conjunction with the operation of the operating section at the bottom of the pachinko machine. It is composed of

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko game machine 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, pachinko machine 1
The game board 11 of No. 0 has arc-shaped guide rails 12, 12' that restrict the area through which pachinko balls can pass.
are formed on the left and right. This left guide rail 12
A vertical guide 121 is formed on the upper part of the pachinko ball to reflect balls hit with too strong a force among the pachinko balls hit by a ball hitting mechanism to be described later. Below the game board 11 is a ball socket 13 which is an example of a ball passing area.
A to 13p are arranged in parallel. Ball socket 13a~
13p contains identification information (number 1 in the illustration).
~16) are drawn. A combination display 14, which is an example of variable display means, is arranged in the center of the game board 11. This combination display 14 includes ball sockets 13a to 1.
It is composed of a plurality of indicators 14a to 14p corresponding to 3P arranged vertically and horizontally (in the illustration, four indicators are arranged vertically and horizontally), and has a built-in indicator lamp or light emitting diode on the back side, and a ball socket corresponding to the front plate thereof. The identification information (numbers) attached to each is drawn. Note that at least one ball socket 13a to 13p is provided corresponding to each display section 14a to 14p included in the combination display 14, but if necessary,
A plurality of ball sockets may be provided corresponding to appropriate display sections. In addition, if necessary, as another example of the ball passage area, a winning ball device (yakumono) 13, which is determined to award a predetermined number of prize balls in accordance with winning pachinko balls, may be arranged on the game board. You may. Also,
Along with the arrangement of the ball sockets 13a to 13p, a passage path through which the balls can pass is formed on the game board, and the balls that have passed through this passage path fall into the ball socket provided below the game board. With such a configuration, the display section corresponding to the ball passing path formed at the top of the game board may be illuminated by the passing ball passing through the ball passing path formed at the top of the game board.

At the upper front of the pachinko machine 10, an upper ball storage tray 15 is provided for storing balls borrowed by a player from a ball rental machine or prize balls. At the lower right side of the ball storage tray 15, an alignment path 151 is formed for lining up pachinko balls one by one and guiding them to one side of the upper part of the game board 11 (in the figure, the upper right side). This route 1
A ball hitting rod included in a ball hitting mechanism, which will be described later, is provided below 51.

At the bottom of the pachinko game machine 10, there is a surplus ball discharge port 16 for discharging overflowing balls when the upper ball storage tray 15 is full, and a surplus ball discharge port 16 located below the surplus ball discharge port 16. A lower ball storage tray 17 for storing balls is provided. In addition, pachinko game machine 1
An operating handle 18 for operating a ball hitting is rotatably supported below the ball.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the ball hitting mechanism 20, which is a feature of the pachinko game machine 10 of this embodiment. In this structure, at the end of the alignment path 151 of the upper ball storage tray 15, there is a ball guide rail 21 for guiding the shot balls to an area surrounded by the guide rails 12, 12'.
is placed slightly upwards from the horizontal direction. Route 1
The terminal end of 51 has a through hole 15 slightly larger than the diameter of one pachinko ball on the left side, and a punch-like part 222 described later can be inserted into the right side of the hole 15 and has a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of one pachinko ball. Slightly small diameter through hole 1
53 is drilled. A ball sensor 34 is provided on the side surface of this path 151. A ball batting rod 22 rotatably supported on a fulcrum 221 is provided below this path 151.
A pestle-shaped portion 222 is fixed to the upper end of the . Batting rod 22
The pestle-shaped portion 222 is connected to the path 151 approximately in the middle of the
One end of a ball hitting spring 23 for pulling and urging the ball to the side is connected, and the other end of this ball hitting spring 23 is hooked to a part of the game board. One end of a wire 241 is connected to the rear end of the pestle-shaped portion 222.
The other end is hung on the pulley 25 and connected to one end of the spring 242. This spring 242 is the ball hitting spring 2
The other end is connected to one end of the wire 243, and the other end is connected to one end of the wire 243. The other end of the wire 243 is brought downward and inserted into the through hole 26 formed at one end of the rotating lever 26.
It is locked at 1. The rotating lever 26 is connected to the rotating shaft of the operating handle 18 and is provided on the back side of the game board, and has a stepped portion 262 at the other end.
is formed. A game prohibition mechanism 27 for stopping a ball being hit by operating the operation handle 18 is provided in the stepped portion 262 so as to be freely engageable. This game prohibition mechanism 27 is a plunger 2 of a solenoid 271.
A stopper piece 273 is fixed to the tip of 72, and when the solenoid 271 is energized, the plunger 272 is attracted, and the stopper piece 273
and releases the engagement state between the rotary lever 26 and the stepped portion 262 to enable rotation of the operating handle 18,
When the solenoid 271 is deenergized and the stopper piece 273 is pushed out, the stopper piece 273 and the stepped portion 26
2 to lock the rotation of the operating handle 18.

FIG. 3 is a game control circuit diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the operation of this embodiment will be explained together with the specific circuit configuration shown in FIG.

After the player puts the pachinko balls borrowed from the ball lending machine into the upper ball storage tray 15, he pushes up the operating handle 18 with his finger and rotates it. At this time, in the normal state (when there is no high level output from the monostable multi 361, which will be described later), the drive circuit 362 is connected to the solenoid 271.
, the rotation lever 26 is unlocked and the operating handle 18 can be operated. Since the rotation lever 26 rotates in the x1 direction in conjunction with the rotation operation of the operating handle 18, the wire 243 is pulled in the x2 direction (that is, downward), thereby tightening the ball hitting rod 2.
2 is rotated in the x3 direction and tensioned.
Therefore, the pestle-shaped part 222 is pulled out from the end of the path 151, and one pachinko ball is positioned on the ball guide rail 21 at the end of the path 151, and one pachinko ball is delivered to the ball hitting position. Supplied. Thereafter, when the player releases the pressed state of the operating handle 18, the operating handle 18 is released by the spring 24.
2 and the restoring force of the ball-striking spring 23, the ball-striking rod 22 is simultaneously pulled by the elastic force of the ball-striking spring 23, and the pestle-shaped portion 222
is forcefully inserted into the through hole 153 at the end of the path 151. At this time, by hitting the pachinko ball with the tip of the pestle-shaped part 222, the pachinko ball is launched. The pachinko ball hit by the pestle-shaped part 222 is
Balls are brought to the upper part of the game board 11 through the ball guide rail 21, fall along the board surface of the game board 11, and enter the winning ball device 13, or fall further downward without winning a prize. The balls fall into the ball sockets 13a to 13p. On the back side of each of the ball sockets 13a to 13p arranged in parallel below the game board, ball detection switches 31a to 31p are provided, respectively, for detecting the pachinko ball corresponding to the ball socket that has fallen into the ball socket. Then, the ball detection switch corresponding to the ball socket into which the ball has fallen derives a ball detection output of a high level (hereinafter referred to as "H") signal.

For example, when a pachinko ball is hit, it is placed in the ball socket 13a.
Assuming that the ball falls into the ball, the ball detection switch 3
1a is closed, the "H" signal is sent to the flip-flop (hereinafter referred to as FF) via the ball detection switch 31a.
) 32a is set. This FF3
The set output 2a lights up the display section 14a corresponding to the ball socket 13a, and is also applied to the combination determination circuit 33. Thereafter, in the same manner, as the operating handle 18 is rotated, pachinko balls are sequentially hit one by one by the pestle-shaped portion 222 of the hitting rod 22 and dropped along the game board surface. Then, the display section corresponding to the ball socket into which the pachinko ball has fallen is lit up. At this time, the driven ball sensor 34 provided at the end of the path 151 derives a pulse output every time there is a driven ball, and provides it to the counter 35 as a step command signal. The counter 35 is an N-ary (hexadecimal) counter that derives a count-up output every time it counts the number of balls (for example, 16) that can be hit to make the combination display on the combination display 14. Each time the output of the ball-in-ball sensor 34 is given, the counted value is incremented by one. After hitting a certain number of pachinko balls, the counter 3
5 derives the count up signal (“H” signal),
It is given as a judgment command signal to the combination judgment circuit 33, and is also sent to the monostable multi 361 and the delay circuit 3.
An operation command signal is given to 9. Accordingly, the combination determination circuit 33 of the monostable multi 361
The solenoid 271 is deenergized by deactivating the solenoid drive circuit 362 by deriving the "H" signal only for a certain period of time required to judge the score based on the display state of 4, and the stopper piece 273 is deenergized. and the stepped portion 262 of the rotary lever 26, thereby prohibiting the ball-hitting operation of the operation handle 18. At this time, the combination determination circuit 33 selects the ball detection switches 3 corresponding to the ball sockets 13a to 13p.
Set when output from 1a to 31p is received.
Based on the set outputs of the FFs 32a to 32p, it is determined whether the combination display 14 is in a predetermined combination state. For example, the combination determination circuit 33
out of the FFs 32a to 32p, when it is determined that four display sections in one row of vertical, horizontal, or diagonal lines are lit based on the FF with the set output, the four display sections are turned on. The score is determined based on the number of sets given, and the score is given to the prize ball payout control circuit 381. Prize ball payout control circuit 381
Based on the number of points, the prize ball payout mechanism 382 is driven and controlled to pay out the prize balls corresponding to the number of points.

The delay circuit 39 derives an "H" signal after a predetermined period of time and resets the FFs 32a to 32p, thereby returning (ie, resetting) the display state of the combination display 14 to its initial state. After that, the monostable multi 361 is set to solenoid 2.
By issuing an energization command to 71, the locked state of the operating handle is released and the next game can be played.

As in this embodiment, by providing the ball storage tray at the top of the pachinko machine and the ball batting rod at the top, the pachinko balls hit from the top are always launched into the guide rail of the game board, and a predetermined number of balls are shot into the guide rail of the game board. It has the advantage of being able to reliably launch pachinko balls into the game board. In addition, since the ball storage tray that stores the pachinko balls used in the game is installed at the top of the pachinko machine, there is no need to install a ball waiting gutter between the game board and the lower ball storage tray, and this part can be used for games. When used as a board, the area of the game board can be expanded, the time that the pachinko balls that are hit can stay in the game board for a longer time, and the game board has many safe holes and winning ball devices. There are also advantages to being able to do so. In the above-mentioned embodiment, a so-called manual ball-hitting mechanism was described in which a ball is hit by manual operation of an operating handle, but it is also possible to adjust the pulling force of the ball-hitting command switch and the wire 243. A ball hitting strength adjustment lever is provided on the front of the game board to adjust the hitting strength, and a rotating lever 2 is provided on the back of the game board by a ball hitting cam connected to a motor.
It may be an electric ball hitting mechanism that rotates the ball 6 intermittently.

By the way, although the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 described above have the above-mentioned advantages, the players have to put the pachinko balls to be used in the game into the upper ball storage tray at the top of the pachinko machine. There is also the inconvenience of not being able to do so. Therefore, it is more preferable to configure it as in the following embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a preferred embodiment of the invention. To explain the difference between this embodiment and FIG. 1, an intermediate ball storage tray 41 is provided between the game board 11 and the lower ball storage tray 17 to hold pachinko balls necessary for the game.
will be established. A prize ball payout opening 411 is formed on the right side of this intermediate ball storage tray 41. Intermediate ball storage tray 4
The left side of the ball 1 is inclined slightly downward, and its terminal end is formed into a narrow path that guides pachinko balls one by one. A lift 42 for lifting the pachinko balls stored in the intermediate ball storage tray 41 to the upper ball storage tray 15 is installed vertically between the end of the intermediate ball storage tray 41 and the upper ball storage tray 15. provided. This lift 42 has a plurality of ball mounting plates 422 formed on the outer periphery of the belt 421 at intervals slightly larger than the diameter of one pachinko ball. Pulleys 423 and 424 are pivotally supported on the side, and these pulleys 423,
A belt 421 is wound around the belt 424, and one pulley is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown). Then, the terminal end portion of the intermediate ball storage plate 41 is opposed to the ball mounting plate forming position on one side (the right side in the figure) of the belt 421, and the pulley 423 is moved by the motor.
(or 424) is rotated to transport the belt 421, the pachinko balls placed one by one on the ball mounting board 422 are lifted to the upper part. A claw-like part 43 is formed on the right side of the pulley 424 to grasp the pachinko balls placed on the ball-mounting plate 422, and between the claw-like part 43 and the upper part of the upper ball storage tray 15, the ball is guided to be transported. A path 44 is formed.

Note that other constituent parts that are the same as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and their explanations will be omitted.

FIG. 5 is an illustrative view of the ball hitting mechanism 50 used in the embodiment of FIG. 4. The difference between this embodiment and FIG. 2 is that instead of locking the rotary lever 26 with the game prohibition mechanism 27, one pachinko ball is inserted from the insertion position near the end of the path 151. A ball-hitting prohibition mechanism 51 is provided at an upper position corresponding to the diameter. The ball-hitting inhibiting mechanism 51 has a stopper piece 513 fixed to the tip of a plunger 512 of a solenoid 511, and the stopper piece 513 is freely inserted into and removed from a through hole bored in a path 151. When prohibiting ball hitting, the solenoid 51 is deenergized and the stopper piece 513 is moved along the path 151.
This is to prevent pachinko balls that are inserted into the through holes formed in the hole and supplied through the path 151 from falling.

In addition, in other configurations, the same parts as in FIG. 2 are indicated by the same reference numerals, and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

The structure of the ball-hitting prohibition mechanism shown in FIG.
The ball hitting mechanism shown in FIG. 2 can also be applied to the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, even if it is the ball hitting mechanism shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a pachinko machine 40 of the embodiment shown in FIG.
FIG. In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the pachinko balls used in the game are mainly stored in the upper ball storage tray, but if the player wants to end the game midway through, the balls need to be removed. The structure of the ball is shown in detail. That is, a through hole is previously drilled on the back side near the end of the path 151 of the upper ball storage tray 15, and a shielding plate 61 for shielding the through hole is fixed to the plunger of the ball extraction solenoid 62. be done. An upper entrance of a ball removal path 63 is provided below the shielding plate 61, and a lower exit of this ball removal path 63 connects to the surplus ball discharge port 16 located slightly above the lower ball storage tray 17. Concatenated. A ball removal switch 64 is provided on the front surface of the game board, and when the ball removal switch 64 is pressed, the ball removal solenoid 62 is activated to suck the shielding plate 61, which is formed on the back side of the path 151. The through hole is opened to release the balls stored in the upper ball storage tray 15 to the lower ball storage tray 17 via the ball removal path 63. Although the illustration shows the case of the pachinko machine 40 shown in the embodiment of FIG. 4, it should be pointed out that the ball removing mechanism as shown in FIG. 6 can also be applied to the embodiment of FIG. 1.

In addition, in the above explanation, the case of a combination display was explained as an example of the variable display means.
Various other display means may also be used. for example,
A plurality of display parts are arranged in a linear or elliptical shape to form one variable display row, and a plurality of such variable display rows are provided, and the ball sockets arranged in parallel below the game board are variable. Divided into groups corresponding to the number of sets of display rows, the display state of the variable display row corresponding to the group of ball receptacles through which the pachinko balls have passed is lit up in increments of a predetermined number of balls, and a predetermined number of pachinko balls are hit. A score may be given to the variable display column that has successfully lit up the maximum number of display sections provided in the variable display column at the time of completion, and pachinko balls may be released based on the score. .

As described above, according to the present invention, pachinko balls can be driven into the game board by the player operating the operating member for instructing the ball hitting operation.
While the player's ball-striking technique is fully reflected in the game, there is no need to launch pachinko balls to the top of the game board through a ball guide rail, etc.
To surely shoot pachinko balls into a game board regardless of the strength of the hitting force, and to surely hit a predetermined number of playable pachinko balls by variably displaying a variable display means without causing any problems due to free balls.
Furthermore, since there is no need to launch the pachinko balls as described above, a weaker hitting force is sufficient, and the elastic member for biasing the ball does not need to be so strong, making it easier to make subtle adjustments to the hitting ball. . Furthermore, although the ball-launching position for pachinko balls is formed at the top of the game board, the operating member for commanding the ball-hitting operation is located at the lower front of the pachinko machine, which is familiar to players. In this way, the player can play the game using the hit ball operation techniques that have been cultivated in the past without feeling any discomfort, and the player's hit ball operation techniques can be easily reflected in the game.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an illustrative diagram of the ball hitting mechanism. FIG. 3 is a game control circuit diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a front view of another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 5 is an illustrative view of another embodiment of the ball hitting mechanism. FIG. 6 is a front view of the ball removal mechanism. In the figure, 11 is a game board, 12, 12' are guide rails, 13a to 13p are ball sockets as an example of a ball passing area, 14 is a combination display, 15 is an upper ball storage tray, 17 is a lower ball storage tray, 18 is an operation handle, 21 is a ball guide rail, 22 is a batting rod, 2
22 is a pestle-shaped portion, 23 is a ball hitting spring (elastic member), 2
41 to 243 are traction members, 27 and 51 are game prohibition mechanisms, 31a to 31p are ball detection switches, 32a
~32p is a flip-flop, 33 is a combination judgment circuit, 34 is a ball sensor, 35 is a counter, 4
1 is an intermediate ball storage tray, 42 is a lift, 61 is a shielding plate for ball removal, 62 is a ball removal solenoid, and 63 is a ball removal path.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. At least a device including a plurality of ball passing areas to which identification information is attached and a plurality of display parts, the display state of the display part is variably displayed by the passing balls in the corresponding ball passing areas, and the display state of the display part is variably displayed. A variable display means is arranged on the game board and is determined to give a certain value when the display state reaches a predetermined state, and each time a predetermined number of balls are fired onto the game board. In a pachinko game machine that returns the display state of the variable display means to an initial state, the pachinko game machine has a ball storage section provided at the upper front surface thereof, and an upper part formed with a path that leads an outlet of the ball storage section to the upper part of the game board. a ball storage tray; a ball-striking rod for rotating the pestle-shaped portion so as to be inserted into and removed from the outlet of the path of the ball storage tray; an elastic member for elastically biasing the ball-striking rod in the ball-launching direction; An operating member provided at the lower front of the pachinko game machine and for instructing the batting rod to operate the ball, one end of which is linked to the ball batting rod, and the other end rotates in conjunction with the operation of the operating member. By pulling the ball batting rod in a direction opposite to the ball firing direction in response to the rotation of a member that is linked to the moving part and rotates in relation to the operation of the operating member, the ball batting rod is A pachinko game machine equipped with a traction member that rotates intermittently to hit balls.