JPH02128777A - Variable prize-winning device used in pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it easy to set a prize-winning possibility that a prize-winning pinball jumps into a special prize-winning pocket compared with that of a usual prize-winning pocket by forming vertical walls on a pinball-rolling plane in front of the special prize-winning pocket with specified timing. CONSTITUTION:When solenoids S3, S4 are excited, lower movable pieces 33L, 33R are turned by their linkages, and projecting parts 35L, 35R are varied from a standby state to an operating state, and vertical walls are formed on both sides of a pinball-rolling plane 27 in front of a special prize-winning pocket 29. Connected members 37L, 37R which are integrally connected with the lower movable pieces 33L, 33R also turn their positions according to the operating state of the lower movable pieces 33L, 33R. In this way, this machine has a pair of the lower movable pieces which form the vertical walls on both sides of the pinball-rolling plane in front of the special prize-winning pocket with specified timing, and can vary the timing by varying a program. It is thus possible to easily set a prize-winning possibility that a prize-winning pinball jumps into the special prize-winning pocket compared with that of a usual prize-winning pocket.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

r Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a variable winning device for a pachinko machine, and in particular, a mounting plate attached to a game board, a convertible movable piece forming a big winning opening, a winning space, and a variable winning device for the winning space. The present invention relates to a variable winning device for a pachinko machine that includes a plurality of winning holes formed in a lower portion.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, a winning prize has a movable piece that can be converted between a closed state in which the ball is not received and an open state in which the ball is easily received, and a predetermined depth width in which the ball that is received by the ball flows down when the movable piece is in the open state. A variable winning device comprising: a space; and a plurality of winning holes formed below the winning space and consisting of a normal winning hole that accepts a hit ball as a normal winning and a special winning hole that makes a special winning. Many have been proposed. In a typical variable winning device, a special game state is started by a ball hitting the special winning hole, and a pair of movable pieces are opened and closed in a predetermined opening/closing cycle (18 opening/closing operations of the movable pieces, or During the opening/closing operation, when a ball hits the special prize opening again, the opening/closing cycle is started from the beginning, and the special prize winning hole is opened and closed. There is a device that allows the opening and closing cycle to be repeated a predetermined number of times (eight times) as long as the ball hits the player's mouth.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-described conventional variable winning device, when the upper movable piece starts to open and close and receives a batted ball, the received batted ball becomes a winning ball. However, at this point, it has not yet been determined whether the winning ball is a normal winning ball or a special winning ball. Winning is determined by the winning hole into which the winning ball flies after flowing down the winning space. A flowing state variable member is disposed within the winning space to complexly change the flowing state of the winning ball within the winning space. By the way, normally, the flow state variable member complexly changes the movement of the winning ball up to the plurality of winning holes formed on the rolling surface provided in the lower part of the winning space, and the winning ball remains constant. To make winning balls fly into a special winning hole according to a predetermined winning rate without making any movement. The present invention was created in order to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to form a wall perpendicular to the rolling surface immediately in front of the special winning opening at a predetermined timing. To easily match the winning rate of a winning ball flying into a special winning hole with respect to a normal winning hole to a predetermined winning rate.

[Means to solve the problem]

The structure of the invention for solving the above problems is that the game board of a pachinko machine is fitted from the front, and the hit ball enters the starting prize opening provided on the game board, so that the ball can be changed from the closed state where the ball does not fly into the game board. a pair of upper movable pieces that form a grand prize opening by converting at a predetermined timing into an open state where it is easy for the ball to enter, and a winning space in which a ball that flies in from the grand prize opening becomes a winning ball that is confirmed to win a prize and flows down. , a variable winning device having a rolling surface provided in the lower part of the winning space and on which the entered prize balls roll, and a plurality of winning openings formed on the rolling surface, of the plurality of winning openings, One winning hole is a special winning hole, and a wall vertical to the left and right on the rolling surface is placed in front of the special winning hole at a predetermined timing so that the entered prize ball is introduced into the special winning hole. It is characterized by having a pair of lower movable pieces that form a pair of lower movable pieces.

[Effect]

With the above configuration, the winning ball that flies into the big winning hole formed by the pair of upper movable pieces in its open state undergoes various changes in the middle of the winning space. It can be said that entry into the special winning opening or the normal winning opening is determined by the influence on the surface. Therefore, by operating the pair of lower movable pieces at a predetermined timing to form vertical walls on the left and right sides of the rolling surface, it is possible to set the winning rate at which winning balls fly into the special winning hole. becomes. The winning rate can be changed by changing the operating timing of the lower movable piece.

【Example】

The present invention will be described below based on specific examples. FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 are a front view and a perspective view showing a variable winning device (hereinafter simply referred to as "winning device") 10 for a pachinko machine, which is an embodiment of the present invention. 4 and 5 are perspective views for explaining the operating mechanism of the device of this embodiment. Furthermore, FIG. 6 is a side view of the device of this embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a central vertical sectional view of the device of this embodiment, showing the falling state of winning balls. First, this winning device 10 is attached to the game board 1 of a pachinko machine using a mounting plate 11 with screws, as shown in FIG. In addition to the winning device 10, the game board 1 of the pachinko machine is provided with a plurality of winning openings, and the winning openings according to this embodiment are the first starting winning opening 3 located at the lower center and the two winning openings. , there is one second starting prize opening 5 located between them. Next, with reference to FIG. 7 and the like, the configuration of the winning device 10 will be described in accordance with the order in which the winning balls that have entered the winning device 10 flow down. At the top of the winning device 10, a big winning hole 15 is opened, into which the ball is guided by the upper receiving part 13 and enters, and this opening communicates with a winning ball detector (not shown) on the back side of the game board l. . A pair of upper movable pieces 17L and 17R forming a big prize opening are provided on the left and right lower sides of the upper receiving part 13. And upper movable piece 1? L, 17R are connected to the solenoid S3. by the link mechanism shown in FIG. S,
When the is excited, it rotates, and the ball that flies in from the big winning hole, which is in the open state, becomes a winning ball and flows down into three winning spaces 19, 19a and 19b. 19c. First, upper movable piece 1? L,
1? An upper rolling plate 21 that partitions a winning space 19a into which winning balls that fly in from the big winning opening formed by R first flows down is provided to be inclined to the back. Cutouts 21a, 21b, and 21c are provided on the back surface of the upper rolling plate 21 for guiding the winning balls to the winning space 19b below. Here, the part of the winning ball that changes its flowing state is the member 23L. 23R (constantly rotating in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1), it flows down into the next winning space 19b from one of the notches 21a, 2lb, and 21c. The winning space 19b is divided by a lower rolling plate 25, and the lower rolling plate 25 is provided to be inclined from the back to the front. The winning balls that have rolled from the back to the front on this lower rolling plate 25 flow down to the next winning space 19c. The winning space 19c is divided by a rolling surface 27.
slopes from the front to the back. The winning balls rolling on this rolling surface 27 are placed in a special winning hole 29 located at the center of the rolling surface 27.
Alternatively, the ball enters either of the normal winning openings 31L and 31R provided on the left and right, and the winning is finally determined. Here, the part of the rolling surface 27 in front of the special prize opening 29 is set slightly higher than the other surfaces. Further, the lower movable pieces 33L and 33R are connected to the solenoid S s by the link mechanism shown in FIG.
, S4 rotates when excited, and its protrusion 35L,
35R is configured to form vertical walls on the left and right sides of the rolling surface 27 in front of the special prize opening 29 when it changes from the standby state to the operating state, and is also integrally connected to the lower movable pieces 33L and 33R. The respective connecting members 37L, 3 provided
7R, depending on the operating state of the lower movable pieces 33L and 33R,
The position is configured to be changed. others,
A 7-segment LED 39 that displays a count of 10 winning balls and an LED 41 that displays the number of consecutive activations of the big winning hole are provided on the back side of the winning space 19b. Next, its effect will be explained. FIG. 8 (a) shows the winning device 10 when a ball hits any of the first starting winning holes 3 shown in FIG. 12 above.
) Based on the time chart shown in ), the winning device 1
Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the normal state of 0, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the state in which the upper movable pieces 17L, 17R are activated, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the state in which the lower movable pieces 33L, 33R, etc. are activated. This will be explained with reference to FIG. 1M10 and FIG. 11, which are explanatory diagrams. The timer T is activated by the batted ball that enters the first starting winning hole 3, and the solenoids S+ and Ss are energized. A pair of upper movable pieces by excitation of solenoids S,, Ss!
? L and 17R are rotated at the same time, changing to an open state where a batted ball can easily enter, forming a big winning hole (Figure 3). and,
When timer T times out, solenoid S3. S
s is demagnetized, and the big winning hole formed by the pair of upper movable pieces 17L and 17R is converted into a closed state in which no batted ball enters (FIG. 2). When the timer T, the timer T started at the same time, and the longer timer T time out, the timer T is started at the same time and the solenoid Ss is energized, so that the lower movable piece 33L rotates, and its protruding portion 35L forms a wall perpendicular to the rolling surface 27 (FIG. 10). Then, when the timer T times out, the solenoid S is demagnetized, the lower movable piece 33L rotates, and its protrusion 35L returns to the position where it does not interfere with the winning ball before being rotated by the solenoid S. . At the same time, the timer T is started and the solenoid S4 is excited, so that the lower movable piece 33R rotates, and its protrusion 35R forms a wall perpendicular to the rolling surface 27 (the 11th
figure). When the timer T expires, the solenoid S is demagnetized, the lower movable piece 33R rotates, and the protrusion 135R returns to the position where it does not interfere with the winning ball before being rotated by the solenoid S4. Finish the series of operations. Therefore, in this case, the pair of upper movable pieces 17L,
1? After R operates once at the same time, the pair of lower movable pieces 33
L and 33R will operate once each alternately. still,
When the timer T, which demagnetizes the solenoids S+ and Ss and converts the big prize opening formed by the pair of upper movable pieces 17L and 17R into a closed state in which a ball does not fly in, starts the timer TV at the same time as the timer T expires, The winning ball is the timer τν
If the player enters the special winning hole 29 during that time, the valid time for a so-called V winning is maintained. The timer T continues to exist for a while even after the solenoid S is demagnetized and the operation of the pair of lower movable pieces 33L, 33R ends,
During the time when the last winning ball that flew in from the big winning hole formed by L and 17R flows down to the special winning hole ■
The winnings are set to be valid. Next, regarding the operation of the winning device 10 when a batted ball enters the second starting winning hole 5, based on the time chart shown in FIG. This will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3, 10, and 11. The timer T3 is activated by the batted ball that has entered the second starting winning hole 5, and the solenoids S, , S, are energized. Solenoid S,
The pair of upper movable pieces 17L and 17R are simultaneously rotated by the excitation of , S, and are changed to an open state in which a batted ball can easily enter, thereby forming a grand prize opening (FIG. 3). Then, when the timer To times up, the solenoids S, S, are demagnetized,
The big winning hole formed by the pair of upper movable pieces 17L and 17R is converted into a closed state in which no batted ball enters (FIG. 2). At the same time, timer T is started, and when timer T2 times up, timer T is started again and the above-described operation is repeated. On the other hand, when the timer T started by the batted ball that entered the second starting winning hole 5 and the timer T longer than the timer T$ started at the same time expire, at the same time, the timer T
, is started, and the solenoid S is energized, thereby rotating the lower movable piece 33L, and its protruding portion 35L touches the rolling surface 2.
Form a wall perpendicular to 7 (Figure 10). When the timer T1 times up, the solenoid S is demagnetized, the lower movable piece 33L rotates, and its protrusion 35L returns to the position where it does not interfere with the winning ball before being rotated by the solenoid S$. At the same time, timer T4 is started, and when timer T4 times out, timer T is started again and the above-described operation is repeated. On the other hand, at the same time as the first timer T times up, timer T starts and solenoid S
is excited, the lower movable piece 33R rotates,
The protruding portion 35R forms a wall perpendicular to the rolling surface 27 (
Figure 11). Then, when the timer T times out, the solenoid S4 is demagnetized, the lower movable piece 33R rotates, and the protrusion N35R returns to the position where it does not interfere with the winning ball before being rotated by the solenoid S. At the same time, the timer T4 is started, and when the timer T4 times out, the timer T is started again, and the above-described operations are repeated to complete the series of operations. Therefore, in this case, the pair of upper movable pieces 17L and 17R move 2 at the same time.
The pair of lower movable pieces 33L, 33R alternately operate twice.
It will operate one by one. In addition, the above solenoid S t
, Demagnetize the S s and remove the pair of upper movable pieces 17L and 17R.
The second timer T, which converts the big winning hole formed by the above into a closed state where no batted ball can fly in, starts timer Tv at the same time as the time is up, and the winning ball flies into the special winning hole 29 during timer Tv. In this case, the valid time for V-winning will be maintained. The above timer TV is solenoid S4
is demagnetized for the second time, and the pair of lower movable pieces 33L, 33H
continues for a while after the operation of the pair of upper movable pieces 1 is completed.
It is set so that ■ winning is valid also during the time when the winning ball that last flew in from the big winning hole formed by 7L and 17R flows down to the position of the special winning hole. The winning ball flies into the special winning hole 29 from the rolling surface 27, and when a prize is won, an accessory continuous operating device (not shown) is activated. Next, (1) the operation in the case of winning a prize will be explained with reference to the time chart shown in FIG. (2) When a prize is won and the accessory continuous operation device (not shown) is activated, a timer T0 is activated to stop all operations. The timer T0
Simultaneously with the time-up, the pair of upper movable pieces 17L and 17R are simultaneously rotated by energizing the solenoids S, S, between the timers T3 and demagnetizing the timers T3, and the ball that forms the big winning hole flies in. It is alternately changed up to 18 times into an open state where it is easy to hit the ball and a closed state where the ball does not fly in. Also, at the same time as the first timer TS times up, timer T
, starts, and as described above, solenoid S. is excited, and the lower movable piece 33L is activated. When timer T6 times up, solenoid S
, is demagnetized, the lower movable piece 33L rotates back to its original position where it does not interfere with the winning ball, the timer T is started, and when the timer T1 times up, the lower movable piece 33L is activated again by the timer TI. 33L is started and this operation is repeated. Further, a timer T similar to that of the lower movable piece 33L and a timer T7 are delayed by the time-up time of the timer T, which is activated at the same time as the time-up of the first timer T, for operating the lower movable piece 33L.
As a result, the solenoid S4 is energized and demagnetized, and the lower movable piece 33R is operated. In addition, the above-mentioned pair of upper movable pieces 1
If the winning ball wins a V prize again while 7L and 17R open and close 18 times, the operation returns to the beginning of ■ winning a prize. And ■
The number of consecutive activations of the grand prize opening by winning a prize is up to 8 times. Also, the pair of upper movable pieces 1 mentioned above? L, 1? When 10 winning balls are counted by a winning ball detector (not shown) while R opens and closes 18 times, at that point, all winning operations are stopped. Furthermore, after the six winning balls are counted by a winning ball detector (not shown), the pair of lower movable pieces 33L and 33R are changed to repeat operation at the same timing of the timer T1. At the timing of the above-mentioned time chart, the pair of upper movable pieces 17L, 1? R forms a special winning opening, and the protruding portions 35L and 35R of the pair of lower movable pieces 33L and 33R form vertical walls on both sides immediately in front of the special winning opening. By appropriately changing the timer setting time or timing in this time chart, it is possible to easily set the winning rate at which the winning ball flies into the special winning hole compared to the normal winning hole. Moreover, as is clear from the above-mentioned time chart, the operation of the winning device 10 when a batted ball enters either the first starting winning hole 3 or the second starting winning hole 5 is as follows: 17L and 17R form one or two big winning holes, but even if a ball happens to fly in at that time and become a winning ball, the pair of lower movable pieces 33L and 33R will only play once or twice each. Since it does not operate, the winning rate of winning balls flying into the special winning hole is smaller than that of the normal winning hole. and,
If the winning ball flies into the special prize opening at that winning rate, it will be a V prize, and the operation of the accessory continuous operation device (not shown) will start, and the pair of upper movable pieces 17L and 17R will move to 18
Open and close times. Even at this initial stage of operation, only one of the pair of lower movable pieces 33L, 33R operates, so the winning rate of the winning ball flying into the special winning hole is small compared to the normal winning hole. On the other hand, after counting the six winning balls, the pair of lower movable pieces 33L and 33R are activated simultaneously, so the winning rate of winning balls flying into the special winning hole is higher than the normal winning hole. Become. In other words, the pair of lower movable pieces 33
When L and 33R are activated one by one, the winning ball that happens to fly into the big winning hole formed by the pair of upper movable pieces ITL and 17R will easily fly into the normal winning hole, and will be activated by the pair of lower movable pieces. When 33L and 33R are activated at the same time, the winning ball will easily fly into the special winning hole. In other words, in the winning device that operates in this way, the ball enters the starting winning hole and the pair of upper movable pieces 1? L, 1? Even if a batted ball flies into the big winning hole formed by R and becomes a winning ball, the winning rate of flying into the special winning hole is small, and - after it flies into the special winning hole and becomes a winning ball. At first, it is easy to fly into the normal winning hole, and after the middle of the operation, it becomes easier to fly into the special winning hole. Therefore, it is usually easier for players to enter the starting winning slot, and the winning device can be operated more frequently. ■When a prize is won, the winning device operates for a longer period of time, and as a result, the player can enjoy the game. It can be said that it is a winning device that allows you to win. Furthermore, as in the present embodiment (a pair of lower movable pieces 33L. When protrusions are provided on the connecting members 3?L and 3?R that are integrally connected to the pair of lower movable pieces 33R, the connecting members 37L, 37R operates in conjunction with the pair of lower movable pieces 33L and 33R on the game board near the outside of the prize-winning device 10, so that the protruding portion and the ball falling near the outside of the prize-winning device 10 (path shown) and In other words, the protruding part can give unusual movements and changes to the ball near the outside of the winning device.In order to achieve the above purpose, It is only necessary that the flow state variable members such as the pair of lower movable pieces 33L and 33R provided in the prize-winning device 10 are configured to be able to simultaneously interfere with the batted balls inside and outside the prize-winning device 10, and this is not shown in the embodiment. A pair of lower movable pieces 33L, 33R, connecting members 37L, 37R
Various combinations can be considered without being limited to the protrusions. Therefore, since such a winning device can change not only the internally hit balls but also the externally hit balls, it is possible to provide a winning device for a pachinko machine that is more varied. The winner's award device is computer-controlled by the programmed contents of a control board having a separately provided micro combi coater.

【Effect of the invention】

In the present invention, one of the plurality of winning holes of the winning device is set as a special winning hole, and a rolling surface is placed in front of the special winning hole at a predetermined timing so that a winning ball is introduced into the special winning hole. It has a pair of lower movable pieces that form vertical walls on the left and right sides of the top, and the above timing can be changed by changing the program, and the winning ball flies into the special winning hole instead of the normal winning hole. This has the effect of making it easy to set the rate.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a variable winning device for a pachinko machine according to a specific embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a pair of upper movable pieces in the same embodiment device are closed. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a pair of upper movable pieces in the same embodiment device are opened to form a big winning opening. FIG. 4 shows a pair of upper movable pieces and a solenoid S5. S*
FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the relationship between the pair of lower movable pieces and the solenoids Ss and S4 of the device of this embodiment. FIG. 6 is a side view of the device of this embodiment. FIG. 7 is a central vertical sectional view of the device of this embodiment. FIG. 8(a) is a time chart when a batted ball enters the first starting winning hole. Figure 8 (b) is a time chart when a batted ball enters the second starting prize hole. Figure 9 is a time chart when winning a V prize. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the operating state of the lower movable piece 33L etc. due to the excitation of the solenoid S3. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the operating state of the lower movable piece 33R etc. due to the excitation of the solenoid S. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the variable prize winning device and the game board of the pachinko machine according to the same embodiment. 1... Pachinko machine game board 3... 1st starting winning hole 5... 2nd starting winning hole 10... Variable winning device 11... Mounting plate 15... Big winning hole Mouth 17L, 1
7R... Upper movable piece 27... Rolling surface 29... Special winning opening 31L, 31R... Normal winning opening 33L, 331
1...lower movable piece χ Fig. 6 Fig. 7 field ζr Fig. 10 Fig. 12

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] It is fitted from the front onto the game board of a pachinko machine, and by allowing a batted ball to enter the starting prize opening provided on the game board, it changes from a closed state where no batted balls can fly into an open state where it is easy for batted balls to fly in. a pair of upper movable pieces that convert at a predetermined timing to form a grand prize opening, a winning space in which a ball that flies in from the grand prize opening becomes a winning ball that confirms a winning and flows down, and a lower part of the winning space. A variable winning device having a rolling surface on which the entered prize balls roll, and a plurality of winning holes formed on the rolling surface, wherein one of the plurality of winning holes is set as a special winning hole. A pair of lower movable pieces forming vertical walls on the left and right sides on the rolling surface are arranged in front of the special winning hole at a predetermined timing to introduce the entered prize ball into the special winning hole. A variable winning device for a pachinko machine, characterized in that it has.