JPH0236274B2 - PACHINKOKI - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine.

A variable prize winning device consisting of at least one or more pieces;
It is equipped with a specific mode generating device that starts operating in response to a specific winning, and a mechanism that stops the operation of the specific mode generating device and ends the specific game,
The variable prize winning device further performs an opening operation according to a stop combination (specific mode) of the specific mode generating device,
Furthermore, in a pachinko machine that is equipped with a mechanism in the gaming section that performs a further opening operation if a specific prize is won in the variable winning device during this opening operation, when the upper tank runs out of balls, The ball shortage detection means installed at the bottom of the tank detects this and activates the ball supply stop device to stop the balls from falling in the saucer, making it impossible to fire them.At the same time, a signal is sent to the control room to notify the management office of the ball shortage. An employee in the room presses the replenishment button on the upper tank of the pachinko machine that is outputting the signal to replenish the tank with balls, or automatically replenishes the upper tank in response to the ball shortage signal. When re-supplementing balls are used, as the aforementioned variable winning device continues to open continuously, a large number of winning balls are generated and the winning balls are ejected, emptying the upper tank and stopping the supply of batted balls. The device is activated and cannot be fired, and for example, when the variable prize winning device is in an open state (for example, for 30 seconds), it becomes impossible to fire balls at all. Furthermore, the upper tank is empty,
Even if this signal reaches the control room, it takes a certain amount of time to manually operate the replenishment switch, and if the signal is received from multiple pachinko machines, it takes quite a while to manually operate the replenishment switch for all of them. It takes time. In addition, as a pachinko machine equipped with a function to automatically control these operations, when the upper tank is empty, the ball supply stop device is activated and balls are replenished from the supply gutter, and after the upper tank is full to a certain extent, the ball supply stop device is activated. There is a mechanism to release the ball supply stop device. However, even in this case, if a plurality of shortage signals are generated from one pachinko island, it is often not possible to replenish balls from the supply gutter to the upper tank in time.

Therefore, during the game, the player can play a hit ball winning game by continuously opening the variable winning device based on the so-called "jackpot" by stopping the specific mode generating device (specific mode) until it becomes a "stop". Nevertheless, if the upper tank becomes empty and the ball supply stop device is activated, the game becomes impossible, and the open time of this variable prize winning device ends before the ball can be fired again. Things often happened.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and includes a variable prize winning device that is opened based on a stop combination of specific mode generating devices, and a variable prize winning device that detects a shortage of balls in the upper tank and, if there is a shortage, a receiving tray. A device comprising a batted ball supply stop device that stops the supply of balls and makes it impossible to fire, and that invalidates the batted ball supply stop device regardless of whether or not there are balls in the upper tank while the variable prize winning device continues the opening operation. It is characterized by having the following.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 10 according to the present invention. The ball in the saucer 100 is the firing dial 101
It is fired by operating the guide rail 1.
The player is led into the gaming section 11 while being guided by 02.
The pachinko machine 10 includes a large number of obstacle nails, a roulette chaser 103A to E as a ball winning device, a variable winning device 104A to C, a slot game board 105 as a specific mode generating device, a normal ball winning device, and a stop switch for the slot game board 105. 106 etc. are provided.

These individual gaming mechanisms described above are configured to operate as follows.

10 out of 103 A-E Roulette Chackers
3B and D are specified as specific chuckers, and when a ball hits these specific chuckers, the roulette chuckers 103A to 103E flash and move in sequence, and the slot game board (two digital LEDs)
) 105 starts to display continuous movement from 0 to 9, respectively. When a hit ball wins a prize in the chaser 103C, the variable prize winning devices 104A to 104C sequentially open for one second each. Said roulette chaser 103
A to E and the slot game board 105 are stopped when the player presses the stop switch 106, and the variable prize winning devices 104A to C are activated according to the specific mode shown below.
opens.

(a) “Jackpot” The roulette chaser stops at 103C,
When the slot game board stops at "7" and "7": The variable prize winning devices 104A to 104C are sequentially opened to become a large slot, and this state continues for 30 seconds.

(b) “Win” When the roulette chaser stops at a position other than 103C and the slot game board 105 stops at “7” and “7”: the variable prize winning devices 104A to 104C are 10
It becomes a large socket in seconds.

(c) In the case of other combinations The variable prize winning devices 104A to 104C become large jacks for 5 seconds.

Furthermore, in the "jackpot" of (a) above, if a ball hits the specific variable winning device 104B while the variable winning devices 104A to 104C are open (for 30 seconds), the "jackpot" will be hit again after the closing operation. The condition continues. That is, when the player is in a "jackpot" state, if the specific variable winning device 104B hits a winning ball, the jackpot can be continued until the player stops hitting the ball, for example.

In addition, the roulette chasers 103A to 103E
The sequential blinking movement of the slot game board 105 is configured to automatically stop if the stop switch 106 is not pressed, for example, after 10 seconds have passed after the start of operation.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of an image control circuit of a pachinko machine according to the present invention. Roulette wheel car 103
The respective outputs of the detectors attached to B and D are input to an OR circuit 200. The output of FF 200 is input to the set terminal of a flip-flop (hereinafter referred to as FF) 202 via the winning register 201, and the output of FF 202 is further supplied to one input terminal of an AND circuit 204. The oscillator 20 is connected to the other input terminal of the AND circuit 204.
3 is connected. Therefore, AND circuit 204
When a ball hits the roulette chaser 103B or 103C, a pulse of frequency F from the oscillator 203 is outputted to the output terminal of the oscillator 203. This signal is counted by a ring counter 205, and a driver 206 connected to each output terminal 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 controls the roulette chucker 103.
Light up lamps A to E in sequence. This arrangement of lamps is such that the counter is reset by the monitor switch 240 when the output to the output terminal 5 of the ring counter 205 appears and during inspection, which will be described later.
In addition, a lamp for the roulette chucker 103C is connected to the output terminal 0 of the ring counter 205 so that the roulette chucker 103C is forcibly turned on.

On the other hand, the output of the winning register 201 is sent to another FF2.
It is input to the set terminals 10 and 220.
The outputs of FF210 and 220 are outputted by AND circuit 211,
The oscillators 212 and 222 are connected to the other input terminals of the AND circuits 211 and 221, respectively. Decimal counters 213, 223 are connected to the output sides of the AND circuits 211, 221, and the outputs of the decimal counters 213, 223 are connected to the output sides of the drivers 214, 221.
4 to numerical display elements LEDs 215 and 216 constituting the stop game board 105.
The decimal counters 213 and 223 described above are configured to display 7 by applying a preset. In addition, by setting the BCD output LSB from the decimal counters 213, 223 to the drivers 214, 224 to high level or low level, the LED 21
The probability that "7" and "7" appear on 5,216 can be changed.

In addition, the above-mentioned roulette chaser 103A~
E. Stop switch 10 which is a mechanism for stopping the "game" operation of the slot game board 105
6 is input to an OR circuit 230, and the output signal of the OR circuit 230 is connected to the reset terminal of the FF 220. Also, the prize register 201
The output of is connected to the timer 231 via the FF 220. Therefore, roulette chaser 103
If the stop switch 106 is not pressed even after a certain period of time (for example, 10 seconds) has passed after A to E and the slot game board 105 have started operating, the timer 2 is activated.
31 output signal is input to the OR circuit 230,
FF 220 is forcibly reset. Therefore,
Counting by the decimal counter 223 of the oscillator 222 via the AND circuit 221 is stopped, and the LED
216 stops at the current count display. Also
The other output signal of the FF 220 is simultaneously input to the time lag setting timer 216, and after the set time elapses, the FF 210 is reset and the AND circuit 2 is input.
11 to stop supplying the output of the oscillator 212 to the decimal counter 213. And LED21
When compared with 216, the number 5 stops at the state where the count number of the decimal counter 213 is displayed after a certain time lag. In addition, the output of the FF 210 is input to a timer 207 for time lag setting, and the output of the AND circuit 204 is stopped in the same way as described above. The lamp corresponding to the count of the counter 205 stops circulating after a certain time lag.

A monitor switch 240 is also provided,
By pressing this, FF202, 210,
The gate is opened by the reset H signal of 220, and the reset and preset are applied to force the above-mentioned "jackpot" state.

Output terminal 0 of ring counter 205 is connected to one input terminal of AND circuit 250, and 10
The BCD outputs of the advance counters 213 and 223 are input to a multi-input AND circuit 251, and the output of the multi-input AND circuit 251 is connected to the other input terminal of the AND circuit 250. Therefore, AND circuit 2
The output of 50 appears only when the roulette chaser, which is a "jackpot", stops at 103C, and the slot game board 105 stops at "7" and "7". The output of the AND circuit 250 is connected to one input terminal of the AND circuit 266,
The other input terminal of the AND circuit 266 is FF202.
The other output of is connected. Therefore, the AND circuit 266 is activated when the stop switch 106 is pressed.
After the display on the slot game board 105 has stopped, an output is supplied to the OR circuit 252 only when the signal when the FF 202 is reset because the slot game has ended matches the output signal of the AND circuit 250, that is, when there is a "jackpot". do. And FF2
53 is set, and its output signal is sent to the OR circuit 25.
4 to one input terminal of the AND circuit 255.

Further, the output of the oscillator 256 is input to the input terminal of the AND circuit 255. At this time, since the shift register 257 is reset when there is no output from the OR circuit 254, the terminal 3 of the shift register 257 is at zero level. Therefore shift register 2
Since a high-level signal is input from terminal 3 of oscillator 257 to one input of AND circuit 255 via an inverter, AND circuit 255 supplies the output signal of oscillator 256 as a clock signal to shift register 257. Terminals 1, 2, and 3 of the shift register 257 output high-level signals to excite the solenoids 259A to 259C of the variable prize winning devices 104A to 104C via the driver 258. Then, the variable prize winning device 104 becomes open. Furthermore, when the terminal of the shift register 257 becomes high level, the signal supplied to the AND circuit 255 via the inverter becomes low level.
The output of No. 5 stops at low level. Terminals 1, 2, and 3 of the shift register 257 are held at high level. On the other hand, shift register 257
The signal at terminal 3 of is connected to timer 260, and as soon as terminal 3 goes low,
0 is activated. As mentioned above, this Tyra 260
It is set to 30 seconds. Therefore, when 30 seconds have elapsed, an output signal is generated and the FF 253 is reset. Therefore, when the FF 253 is reset, this signal is connected to the reset terminal of the shift register 257 via the inverter, so the shift register 257 is reset and the solenoids 259A to 259C are reset.
is de-energized, so the variable prize winning devices 104A to 104C are closed. Further, since the output of the OR circuit 254 is connected to the reset terminal of the winning register 201 via an inverter, when the OR circuit 254 becomes low level, the winning register 201 is subtracted.

However, as described above, when a ball wins in one of the balls 104B during the opening operation of the variable winning device 104, the signal is outputted from the jackpot continuation switch 261 to one input terminal of the AND circuit 262. The output of the FF 253 is supplied to the other input terminal of the AND circuit 262. Therefore,
Since the FF 263 is set and its output signal is input to the set terminal of the FF 253 via the OR circuit 252, the set state is maintained even after the timer 260 has elapsed for 30 seconds. Therefore, when the variable winning device receives a “big hit”, it may remain open until the game stops, for example.

Further, the output of the multi-input AND circuit 251 is connected to one input of an AND circuit 264, and the other input terminal of the AND circuit 264 is connected to the AND circuit 2.
50 outputs are input via an inverter. Therefore, the AND circuit 264 supplies an output when the slot game board 105 is "7" or "7" and the roulette checker 103 is stopped at a value other than C. The output thereof is connected to one input terminal of an AND circuit 265. AND circuit 26
The other input terminal of FF 202 is connected to the other output of FF 202 as described above. Therefore, FF 267 is set, and this output signal is supplied to OR circuit 254.

Below, as mentioned in "Jackpot", solenoid 25
9A to 9C are excited, and timer 268 is activated this time. When the timer 268 set time of 10 seconds has elapsed, the FF 267 is reset and the solenoid 2
59A-C are closed. Similarly, the AND circuit 26
The output of the AND circuit 250 is inputted to one input terminal of the AND circuit 269 via an inverter, and the output of the FF 202 is connected to the other input terminal of the AND circuit 269. Therefore, the output of the AND circuit 269 supplies an output to F270 in other combinations, and excites the solenoids 259A to 259C for 5 seconds, which is the set time of the timer 271.

In the configuration described above, as detailed later,
The driver 272 is preferably a solenoid 409 (413) that responds to the output of the FF 253.
is connected via FF2, and the “jackpot” signal is connected to FF2.
When the output is from 53, solenoid 409,
413 is excited.

Next, FIG. 3 will be explained.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the back side of the gaming section 11 of the pachinko machine 10 shown in FIG. 1, and balls supplied from the supply gutter 300 are stored in the upper tank 301.
The balls in the upper tank 301 are guided to a prize ball discharge device 303 via a prize ball guide path 302. Then, in accordance with the winning result, the prize balls are ejected by the prize ball ejecting device 303 and guided onto the receiving tray 100 from the prize ball guiding path 304.

A pachinko machine 10 having such a configuration is usually provided with a ball feed/stop device 400 as shown in FIG. This device 400 has an upper tank 301
When the balls become empty, the ball shortage detection step plate 401 provided at the bottom of the tank 301 is released from the force of being pressed in the A direction by the weight of the balls and moves in the B direction. This movement causes the link lever 402 connected to the ball shortage detection step plate 401 to rotate in the B direction about the shaft as a fulcrum. and link lever 40
The rotation of the link lever 402 is transmitted to the interlocking rod 403 connected to the link lever 402.
4 in the B direction in the same way. Then, the link lever 404 rotates the coaxial link 414 with the display plate 407 by rotating its axis, moves the shutter member 405 in the direction B via the pin 415, and the ball is supplied from the inlet 406 to the firing device side. In addition, the display board 407 notifies the player that the gun cannot be fired.

On the other hand, in this state, the ball shortage detection step plate 4
A device (not shown) provided in conjunction with 01 is configured so that a signal of a shortage of balls in the upper tank is sent to the control room. However, as stated at the outset, in the pachinko machine according to the present invention, the time when the variable prize winning device is open for a "jackpot" in a slot game etc., regardless of the presence or absence of balls in the upper tank, for example,
Since the time is set to 30 seconds, even though the above ball shortage signal has reached the control room, it will take quite a while for the employee to notice and press the replenishment switch, the upper tank will be full, and it will be possible to fire again. This takes time, and in the worst case, the opening time for the "jackpot" of the variable prize winning device ends. The same applies to pachinko machines having a mechanism for automatically replenishing balls. Therefore, the ball supply device for a pachinko machine of the present invention is equipped with a device that invalidates the operation of the variable winning device when it is released due to a “big hit” in a slot game or the like. This device, for example, the inlet channel opening device 408, consists of a solenoid 409 that responds to the output signal of the FF 253 in the circuit diagram shown in FIG. The connecting rod 410 of this solenoid 409 is connected to a locking piece 416 of the shutter member 405 by a suitable locking piece 411, and when energized, moves the shutter member 405 in the direction of arrow A, and the ball of the upper tank 301 moves. Hold a position where the ball can be fed to the launcher regardless of whether it is present or not. Further, the inflow path opening device 408 is not limited to this position, but an engaging portion 412 is provided at a suitable position of the interlocking rod 403 as shown by the chain line in the figure, and the engaging portion 412 is provided at a suitable position to correspond to the engaging portion 412. A solenoid 413 may be provided at the position, and when the solenoid 413 is energized, the engaging portion 412 may be connected to the solenoid 413 by the magnetic force of the solenoid 413.

As mentioned above, the present invention connects the batted ball supply device of a pachinko machine with a device that disables the operation of the batted ball supply stop device, so that the batted ball supply stop device operates when the normal upper tank is empty. In addition, for example, when the variable prize winning device opens for a relatively long predetermined period of time for a "jackpot" operation, the control device's "jackpot"
By activating a device that disables the batted ball supply stop device in conjunction with the signal, the player can continue to fire balls that flow down from the receiving tray even when the upper tank is empty. You can play games with peace of mind without having to interrupt each time.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a control circuit diagram of the same pachinko machine, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the back side of FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the batted ball supply stop device, FIG. 5 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 4 showing another operating position, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the main part of FIG. 4. It is. 400... Batted ball supply stop device, 401... Ball shortage detection treadle, 402... Link lever, 403...
...Interlocking rod, 404...Link lever, 405
... Shutter member, 406 ... Inflow port, 407
... Display board, 408 ... Inlet opening device, 409
... Solenoid, 410 ... Connection rod, 411 ...
Locking piece, 412... engaging portion, 413... solenoid.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A variable prize winning device that is opened based on the stop combination of the specific mode generating device and detects a shortage of balls in the upper tank, and in the event of a shortage of balls, stops the supply of balls in the saucer and makes it impossible to fire. The ball supply stopping device is further provided with a device that disables the hitting ball supply stopping device while the variable prize winning device continues the opening operation, regardless of whether or not there are balls in the upper tank. Pachinko machine.