JPH0218866B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a pachinko machine equipped with an auxiliary game device.

<Prior art> Conventionally, this type of pachinko machine has been designed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 54-92433, to allow the player to select the profit to be brought to the player, and to select a small profit amount. There is a known pachinko machine that automatically controls the winning rate of the hit ball to be high when the player selects a large amount of profit, and to reduce the winning rate of the hit ball when the profit amount is selected to be large.

Further, according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 54-83545, an auxiliary game section is provided in the game section of a pachinko machine, and when a ball flowing down the game section passes a specific position, the auxiliary game section is activated to play an auxiliary game. Pachinko machines are known in which the player is provided with a specific profit based on the result of the auxiliary game.

<Problem to be solved by the invention> However, in the conventional pachinko machine mentioned above, the former (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 54-92433) requires the player to select the profit to be brought to the player. If only the selection operation is taken, there is no room for technological intervention that is directly related to the player's pachinko game, and no matter which selection is made, the game is just a typical pachinko game, which is monotonous and uninteresting. The problem is that it lacks.

The latter (Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 54-83545) was
After the auxiliary game section is activated, the auxiliary game is automatically played, and the player can't make any technical intervention regarding this auxiliary game, and the player just watches and enjoys it, so the game is monotonous and the player gets bored. The problem is that it is easy to get caught.

In addition, the auxiliary game section operates under the same conditions regardless of the specific position where the batted ball passes, which means that the technical intervention of the player tends to be monotonous;
There is also a lack of relevance to supplementary games, and the combination game lacks the fun.

Furthermore, the specific benefits brought about by the auxiliary game cannot be known at all until the auxiliary game has progressed to a certain extent or has ended, so the time from when it is known until the special benefit is brought is short.
It is difficult to sufficiently raise the expectations of players.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to specify a special profit in advance in connection with a ball hit by a player prior to an auxiliary game, and to identify the special profit. To provide a pachinko machine in which a player can recognize the result in advance through a display section.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and the contents thereof will be explained below using embodiments shown in the drawings.

The present invention provides in advance a special profit that is more advantageous to the player (for example, the number of prize balls that is larger than the usual number of prize balls in multiple types) than the normal profit that the player can earn by winning prizes with batted balls (for example, the number of regular prize balls). A specifying means (for example, special winning holes A to C) that is set in advance and specifies the above-mentioned special profit in relation to the ball hit by the player, and a detecting means (for example, a ball) that detects the specified result by this specifying means. Detectors 7 to 9), a display unit (for example, special prize ball count display device 10) that visually displays to the player the specific result detected by the detection means, and is started, and an auxiliary game device (for example, the roulette game board 6) that variably displays a plurality of display modes and a player who can stop and display the variable display state of this auxiliary game device so that it is visible to the player can be externally operated. A stop means (for example, stop switch 12) and a special benefit giving device (for example, special prize ball discharging device 30, etc.) for giving the special profit to the player are provided, and the special profit giving device is provided based on the stop display mode of the auxiliary gaming device. The present invention is characterized in that the device is operated to provide the player with a special profit that is more advantageous than the normal profit specified by the specifying means prior to the start of the auxiliary game.

<Function> First, a special profit (number of prize balls larger than the normal number of prize balls) is specified in relation to a batted ball by the specifying means A to C, and when the specified result is detected by the detecting means 7 to 9, the specified profit is The different results are displayed on the display unit 10, and the auxiliary game by the auxiliary game device 16 is started.

In this way, when the auxiliary game starts, the auxiliary game device variably displays a plurality of display modes, and when the player externally operates the stop means 12 during the auxiliary game, the variable display state is stopped and displayed so that the player can see it. Ru.

Then, the result mode of the auxiliary game is determined based on the stopped display mode, and the special profit giving means 30 is operated based on the result mode.

As a result, the player is given a special profit that is more advantageous than the normal profit specified by the specifying means prior to the start of the auxiliary game.

<Example> The present invention will be described below based on an example shown in the drawings.

In the figure, 1 indicates a pachinko machine, and this pachinko machine 1 has a gaming section 3 surrounded by a guide rail 2,
In this gaming section 3, a special profit that is more advantageous to the player than the normal profit that the player can earn by hitting a winning ball is set in advance, and the above-mentioned special profit is set in advance in relation to the ball hit by the player. Three special winning openings A, B, C and three variable winning openings (chulips) 4 are located approximately in the center of the gaming section 3, and are capable of variably displaying a plurality of display modes. A roulette game board 6 serving as an auxiliary game device is provided respectively.

Each special winning hole A to C as the above-mentioned specifying means is
As shown in Figure 1, the numbers ``150'' and ``100'' displayed on the front respectively indicate the number of balls awarded as special profits. And each special prize opening A
~C shows the identification result, that is, for special prize opening A, 150 special prize balls were identified as special profits, and for special prize openings B and C, 100 special prize balls were identified. Ball detectors 7 to 9 are individually provided as detection means for detecting that the object has been specified as a special interest. Also, on the top right of the front of Pachinko machine 1,
A special award pitch count display device 10 is provided as a display unit that lights up and displays the specific results detected by the ball detectors 7 to 9, that is, the specified special award pitch count.

In addition to prize balls, prizes, etc. may be directly given as special benefits.

On the roulette game board 6 as the auxiliary gaming device, a game right is generated by the detection signals from the ball detectors 7 to 9, and when this game right is generated,
Variable display status, i.e. annularly arranged blinkers 11
Speed up the blinking movement. A stop switch 12 is provided on the front left side of the pachinko machine 1 as a stop means that can be operated externally by the player to stop the flashing movement of the roulette game board 6. When the stop switch 12 is pressed by the player, ,
Stop the above blinking movement.

When the blinking movement stops and the blinker 11a displaying the character "win" lights up, prize balls equal to the particularly specified special profit, that is, the number of special prize balls are delivered to the player. On the other hand, even when the blinkers 11 displaying other numbers are lit, the special winning holes 4 corresponding to the number displayed by the corresponding blinkers 11 are opened to facilitate the entry of the ball. In the figure, reference numeral 13 indicates a converting device attached to each variable winning hole 4, and each converting device 13 operates based on an opening signal from the control section of the roulette game board 6.

On the other hand, on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, there is a regular prize ball discharge device 17 that can discharge general winning balls, which is installed in a prize ball guiding gutter 16 extending from a tank 15 disposed on the top of the machine, and the prize ball guiding gutter. A special prize ball ejecting device 30 is installed in the special prize ball guide gutter 18 branched from the special prize ball guide gutter 16, and constitutes a special prize giving device capable of ejecting special prize balls, in this case, 150 and 100 special prize balls. do.

As shown in FIG. 2, the normal prize ball ejecting device 17 is operated by a safe ball pulse generator 21 that emits a signal for each winning ball collected in the collecting gutter 20, and is activated for each winning ball. a predetermined number (e.g. 15
) of prize balls are discharged and supplied to an upper tray 25 on the surface of the pachinko machine 1 via a prize ball discharge gutter 22 and a bell gutter 23. The bell gutter 23 has a guide gutter 24 branched from it, and when the upper tray 25 is filled with game balls, the guide gutter 24 guides the prize balls to a lower tray 26. In addition, 27 is a ball outage detector provided in each of the two prize ball guidance troughs 16 and 18, and when there are no balls in these troughs, the operation of the prize ball discharge device 17 is usually stopped and a ball replenishment signal is sent. emits.

On the other hand, the special prize ball ejecting device 30 is connected to the guide gutter 24 via a special prize ball ejecting gutter 31. That is, the special prize balls from the special prize ball discharge gutter 30 are not discharged to the upper tray 25, but directly to the receiving tray 2.
It is discharged at 6. This is to prevent the upper tray 25 from becoming full too quickly, considering that the number of special prize balls is greater than the number of normal prize balls.

To explain in more detail, as shown in FIG. 2, the special prize ball discharging device 30 is provided with a meandering long counting gutter 32 following the special prize ball guiding gutter 18, and at the outlet of the counting gutter 32. A release pawl 34 that moves in and out of the gutter by a release solenoid 33 is provided, and two counting pawls 35 and 3 are similarly provided on the upstream side of the counting gutter 32.
6 is arranged. The above counting claws 35 and 36
are provided in positions to sandwich and hold 100 and 150 prize balls between the ball and the release claw 34, respectively, and are moved into and out of the counting gutter 32 by stopper solenoids 37 and 38, respectively. Therefore, when the release claw 34 is retreated from the counting gutter 32, the number of special prize balls to be ejected is set to 100 or 150, depending on which of the counting claws 35 and 36 is inserted into the counting gutter 32. be able to.

The normal prize ball discharge device 17 includes a prize ball guiding gutter 16.
A ball sheath 41 that swings around a fulcrum 40 is provided continuously to the safe ball pulse generator 21.
When the solenoid 42 is excited by the signal from
The balls 41 swing clockwise in FIG. 2, and the prize balls, which have been prevented from falling by the balls stopper 43, are released and dropped into the discharge gutter 22. Tamazaya 4 above
The fall from the guiding gutter 16 during the swinging of 1 was Tamazaya 41.
A stop wall 44 at the rear end prevents this. Next, to explain the operation, the ball fired into the gaming section 3 by the operation of the firing device 45 is used as a special winning hole A to C as a specifying means.
When the ball enters one of the balls, the ball detectors 7 to 9 serving as detection means detect this and issue a signal specifying the number of special prize balls as a special profit to 100 or 150.

For example, when a hit ball enters the special winning hole A, the stopper solenoid 38 above the special prize ball ejecting device 30 is energized to cause the counting pawl 36 to enter the counting gutter 32, while the special winning hole B Or, if the prize is C, the lower stopper solenoid 37 is energized to cause the counting pawl 35 to enter the counting gutter 32.
At the same time, the special prize pitch count display device 10 serving as a display section lights up and displays the specified special prize pitch count.

When the number of special prize balls as a special profit is specified in this way, a display game using the roulette game board 6 becomes possible, and when the player presses a stop switch 12 as a stop means, the flasher 11 that blinks and moves stops.

As a result, when "this" blinker 11a lights up,
The release solenoid 33 of the special prize ball ejecting device 30 is energized, and the release claw 34 has plunged into the counting gutter 32.
to retreat. Therefore, the special prize balls in the counting gutter 32 are discharged from the prize ball discharging gutter 31 to the receiving tray 26 via the guide gutter 24, but the counting pawl 35 is not pushed in due to the setting of the number of special prize balls. If so, the number of ejected prize balls is
100 balls, and if the counting claws 36 enter, the number is 150 balls, and if more balls are ejected, these counting claws 3
5,36 prevents it.

When the special prize ball is ejected in this manner, the release solenoid 33 and the stopper solenoid 37 or 38 are demagnetized, the release claw 34 enters the counting gutter 32, and the counting claw 35 or 36 retreats. Therefore, the counting gutter 32 is filled with prize balls again and is ready for the next operation.

On the other hand, the result of the roulette game is “win”.
If any other flasher 11 is lit, of course the release solenoid 33 will not be energized, and the energized stopper solenoid 37 or 38 will then be deenergized.

In addition, the above describes the ejection of special prize balls, but if a prize is won in the variable prize opening 4 or other prize opening 5 that opens when the blinker 11 other than "Win" lights up as a result of the roulette game. Of course, the safe ball pulse generator 21 operates the normal prize ball discharge device 17 to discharge a predetermined number of prize balls for each winning ball.

The above-mentioned special prize ball ejecting device 30 can cope with the setting of a more diverse number of special prize balls by providing another counting claw, and since the counting gutter 32 is meandering, the ejecting This has the advantage that the falling speed of the winning ball can be suppressed.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the special prize ball ejecting device 30 constituting the special profit giving device.
A sprocket 51 having a recess 50 into which a winning ball is inserted is exposed inside the sprocket 51 on its outer periphery, and by rotating these sprockets in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3A, the winning balls are dropped at intervals. And the above-mentioned guide gutter 18
A light-emitting element 52a and a light-receiving element 15b are disposed on opposing surfaces of the ball, and counting pulses are generated by continuous interruption of light beams generated by prize balls falling at intervals. Further, a stopper cam 54 is integrally provided on the shaft 53 of the sprocket 51, and is engaged with a locking pawl 57 at the tip of a stopper arm 56 that swings around a fulcrum 55 around the stopper cam 54. A locking groove 58 is bored.

When the solenoid 59 is energized, the stopper arm 56 swings as shown by the chain line in FIG. The excitation signal for the solenoid 59 is given, for example, at the same time as the blinker 11a of the roulette game board 6 is turned on.
On the other hand, the demagnetizing signal of the solenoid 59 indicates that the number of prize balls calculated by the counting device including the light emitting element 52a and the light receiving element 52b is a prize specified by a specifying means such as special winning holes A to C. The locking claw 5 of the stopper arm 56 is given when the number of pitches is reached.
7 engages with the locking groove 58 to stop the subsequent rotation of the sprocket 51.

The number of special prize balls ejected in this manner can be arbitrarily adjusted by changing the time period for applying a demagnetizing signal to the solenoid 59.

In addition, in the embodiment shown in the drawings, special winning holes A to C are illustrated as specifying means, but in addition to this, the number of special prize balls as a special profit is set by a pattern of two or more winning balls, and it is possible to The special profit may be specified by a complicated winning pattern.

In addition, a roulette game board 6 is used as an auxiliary game device.
Although exemplified above, other game display devices using a slot game device or a video device may also be used.

Furthermore, when the player operates the stop switch 12 as a stop means, the flashing movement on the roulette game board 6 is stopped. However, if the player does not operate the stop switch 12 for a certain period of time, The blinking movement may be stopped automatically.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the present invention, the special profit is specified in advance in relation to the ball hit by the player prior to the auxiliary game, so the player can By controlling the flight distance, adjusting the amount of impact of the ball, and aiming to identify a special advantage that is advantageous in a specific means, the player has a sense of motivation to obtain a large profit, and operates the auxiliary game device.
By being able to expand the special benefits that can be received depending on the outcome of this auxiliary gaming device, the player can feel satisfied with the benefits obtained.

In addition, the display section allows other players to recognize in advance the specific results of the specific means, which not only increases motivation for auxiliary games, but also allows players to aim for The player is conscious and can actively participate in the auxiliary game through external operation of the stop means.
In this way, the player plays the auxiliary game with a sense of purpose, which not only allows the player to actively enjoy the auxiliary game, but also when a special profit is awarded based on the result of the auxiliary game, the player It is possible to sufficiently satisfy the player's sense of satisfaction, and to give the player a sufficient sense of accomplishment and conquest.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view schematically showing a pachinko machine, Fig. 2 is a rear view schematically showing the back mechanism of the pachinko machine, and Figs. 3A and B are It is a schematic perspective view and principal part sectional drawing which show another Example of a special prize ball discharge device. In the figure, 1 is a pachinko machine, A to C are special winning holes as a specifying means, 6 is a roulette game board as an auxiliary game device, 7 to 9 are ball detectors as detection means, and 10 is a display unit. A special prize ball count display device, 12 a stop switch serving as a stop means, and 30 a special prize ball discharging device constituting a special profit giving means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A special profit that is more advantageous to the player than the normal profit that the player can earn by hitting a winning ball is set in advance, and the special profit is acquired in relation to the ball hit by the player. A specifying means for specifying in advance, a detecting means for detecting the specifying result by the specifying means, a display section for visually displaying to the player the specific result detected by the detecting means, and based on the detection signal from the detecting means. When the game is started, an auxiliary game device that variably displays a plurality of display modes; a stop means that can be externally operated by the player that stops and displays the variable display state of the auxiliary game device in a way that is visible to the player; and a special profit granting device that grants profits to the player, and operates the special profit granting device based on the stop display mode of the auxiliary game device to generate a profit from the normal profit specified by the specific means prior to the start of the auxiliary game. This pachinko machine is characterized in that it provides special benefits to players.