JPH03195580A - Game ball seal type pachinko (japanese pinball) machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent wrong balls such as small-diameter balls from being mixed even when a glass frame is opened by operating a branch device with the output signal of a door opening detector detecting the opened state of the glass frame openably provided on the front face of a game board, and opening an outlet to a branch path. CONSTITUTION:When a trouble such as a ball stop occurs on a game board 27, a clerk opens a glass frame 14 to process it. When the glass frame 14 is opened, a door opening detector is operated to activate a movable trough sole noid 51. If a player puts wrong balls in, they pass through a converging trough 34, a movable trough 47 is inserted into an aligning trough 37, and the wrong balls are discharged to the outside through the lower opening of the converging trough 34 and stored in a ball receiving box 54 installed below. No wrong ball enters into the aligning trough 37. The wrong balls are recovered in the ball receiving box 54 and can be secured as evidence. If the clerk gives wrong balls to a specific guest, the wrong balls are mounted on the aligning trough 37, when a fixed number of balls or more are aligned, the existence of the wrong balls can be discovered by an over-ball detector 56.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention allows a certain number of game balls to be set in a pachinko machine by circulating game balls fired by the ball hitting device of the pachinko machine inside the machine. This invention relates to a pachinko machine with game balls enclosed in it that allows you to play games.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a pachinko machine, game balls rented out by a parlor are placed on a tray provided in the pachinko machine and sequentially fired by a ball hitting device.

In recent years, pachinko machines have been developed that are equipped with a CPU and control several functions to provide a wide variety of games. In addition to executing the game program written in the memory IC, the card with a magnetic stripe stores information such as the number of balls to be loaned, the issue number, and an authenticity confirmation code, and then sets this card in the pachinko machine. Accordingly, a card-type pachinko machine has been proposed in which the CPU selects information on the card to play the game. A card to be set in a card-type pachinko machine is issued by a card issuing machine, and the card issuing machine and the pachinko machine are connected by a management device so that they can communicate.
Information for checking the authenticity of the card is transmitted from the management device to the pachinko machine.

A card-type pachinko machine is shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 1θ.

The front side of the pachinko machine 1 has a card insertion slot, and the back side thereof has a mounting part 2 for cards and a game circuit board. By setting a card here, the number of rental pitches, etc. can be read and written. A fixed number of game balls are placed on an alignment gutter 4 connected to a ball hitting device 3 of a pachinko machine 1.

Further, the safe ball passage 5 connected to the safe hole and the out ball passage 7 connected to the out hole 6 are connected to the rear of the alignment gutter 4, and the foul ball passage 8 is also connected to the rear of the alignment gutter 4. Therefore, the game balls fired by the ball hitting device 3 pass through the safe ball path 5 or the out hole 6 to the out ball path 7 and land behind the game balls lined up in the alignment gutter 4. Even in the case of a foul ball, the foul ball path 8 Only the game balls enclosed in the pachinko machine 1 that follow the game balls lined up in the alignment gutter 4 through the pachinko machine 1 move on the game board, and the increase or decrease in the number of balls held is calculated by the CPU and stored in memory.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In the pachinko machine 1, when a ball (shot by a ball hitting device) is caught on a nail and becomes stuck on the game board, the front glass frame 9 (see FIG. 9) ) to solve the problem. On the other hand, in a card-type pachinko machine, game balls circulate, so if an illegal ball with a smaller diameter than a game ball is mixed in, the probability of entering the safe hole increases. Therefore, if the player puts the illegal ball into the safe hole while the staff member is opening the glass frame 9 or the like to troubleshoot the problem, it becomes convenient for the player and the illegal game is committed. Also, if the illegal ball is large, it will get caught on the nail and the flow of subsequent balls will be made more convenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a game ball enclosed type pachinko machine that can prevent illegal balls such as small diameter balls from entering the machine even when the glass frame is open.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the second object, the present invention provides passages arranged in the safe hole, out hole, and foul hole to communicate with the alignment gutter connected to the ball hitting device of the game board. Connect the merging gutter and place a certain number of game balls on the aligned gutter! In a pachinko machine that is installed and enclosed, a branch path is connected to the alignment gutter or the merging gutter via a branching device, and a door open detector detects the open state of a glass frame that is freely openable and closable on the front surface of the game board. The branching device is actuated by the output signal of , and the exit to the branching path is opened.

Further, the pachinko machine described above is characterized in that it is provided with a switch or a timer device that can adjust the operating time of the branching device.

(Function) Since the present invention is constructed as described above, when working with the glass frame opened due to trouble with the pachinko machine,
Even if a player puts an illegal ball into a safe hole or the like without permission, since the branching device is in operation, the illegal ball will flow to another path branched from the alignment gutter and will not mix with the game balls.

Further, while the switch is operating or the timer device is operating, the staff member can put the game ball into the safe hole or the like and place it behind the game balls lined up in the alignment gutter.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 8. FIG. 5 shows a card-type pachinko machine 10. pachinko 4
The front frame 11 of 11!10 is rotatably provided with respect to the outer frame 12 via a hinge 13, and the front frame 11 and the glass frame 14 provided so as to be openable from the front frame 11 are connected to the cone installed on the front frame 11. It is opened by inserting a key into the hole 15. A door open detector 16 is attached inside the open glass frame 14, and the door open detector 1B may be a microswitch or an optical sensor. Reference numeral 17 is an open/close panel provided to be openable/closeable.

A card insertion slot 18 is provided at the lower part of the front frame 11, and by inserting a card, it is possible to play the pachinko machine 10. Also, enclosed balls (game balls enclosed in pachinko machines)
A ball hitting device 21 is provided, which is composed of a firing solenoid 19 for firing a ball, and a ball feeding device 20 that operates in conjunction with the firing solenoid 19, and a handle 22 for operating the ball hitting device 21 is attached. The ball feeding device 20 feeds the enclosed balls from an alignment gutter 37 (described later) through a hole in the mounting plate A to the firing band side where the firing solenoid 19 is located. Additionally, a display device 23 for displaying the ball held and operating status, an ashtray 24 for the player, etc. are attached.

The pachinko machine 10 enters the start state by inserting a card, and stops by pressing the interrupt switch 25 and end switch 26 provided on the front frame 11, and the interrupt lamp 28 above the game board 27 indicates this. , an end lamp 29 is attached. Also, a winning device 30 is placed on the game board 27.
A prize opening 31 is provided, and a prize ball lamp 32 is attached to the game board 27, which lights up when a winning shot ball is detected.

A foul ball passage 35 is formed below the game board 27 from a foul hole 33 to a merging machine 34, and the merging machine 34 is connected to the rear end of the alignment gutter 37 via a branching device 38. The front end of the alignment gutter 37 communicates with the ball hitting device 21. Note that a board insertion hole 38 is provided below the alignment gutter 37, so that a game circuit board, etc. can be mounted therein.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, a firing band 39 and a firing ball detector 40 for guiding the direction of game balls fired by the ball hitting device 21 are disposed at the bottom of the game board 27. A safe hole penetrates the back side of the game board 27 in the winning hole 31 of the ball, and a safe ball passage 41 is formed that communicates the safe hole and the merging machine 34. In addition, the end of the 0-shooting band 39, in which an out-ball passage 43 communicating with the merging device 34 is formed in the out-hole 42 provided at the lower part of the game board 27, faces the foul hole 33 and guides the shot ball to the opposite side. A band 44 is provided on the game board. 45 is a safe ball detector, and 4B is a foul ball detector.

The branching device 3B is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The alignment gutter 37 is arranged with an inclination facing the lower end opening of the vertically arranged merging machine 34, and one opening is provided in the alignment gutter 37. A movable gutter 47 facing toward F is slidably inserted therethrough. Movable gutter 47
is stopped at a position aligned with the opening of the merging machine 34 while protruding from the alignment trough 37, and the tip of the movable trough 47 is in contact with a stopper plate 48 fixed to the merging machine 34. A groove 49 is formed in the upper part of the alignment gutter 37 along the gutter, and a connecting piece 50 protruding from the upper part of the movable gutter 47 is provided so as to be movable within the groove 49. Further, a movable gutter solenoid 51 is fixedly installed on the upper part of the alignment gutter 37, and this rod 52 connects the connecting piece 5.
Connected to 0.

53 is a spring for extending the rod 52. Further, a ball receiving box 54 is provided below the opening of the merger 34.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the alignment gutter 37 is provided with a fixed number of balls detector 55 at a predetermined position. Further, an over-sphere detector 56 is provided behind it. Further, an irregular ball detector 57 is attached to the front part of the alignment gutter 37.

The illegal ball detector 57 uses a photosensor to detect the light that crosses the upper part of the alignment gutter 37. Normally, it is intermittently blocked by game balls rolling in time with the firing timing, and the illegal balls are detected. In the case of a small diameter light, since the light passes above the irregular ball, the timing at which the light is blocked changes and the irregular ball can be detected. The overball detector 56 detects when more than a certain number of game balls are aligned in the alignment gutter 37, that is, when the ball hitting device 21 is stopped, all the game balls are aligned and if there is an illegal ball, the overball detector 56 is activated. Detect.

Moreover, if it takes more than a certain time to pass this point, the overball detector 5B will output a detection output indicating the state, and it will be determined that there is an irregular ball mixed in, and the CPU will output an alarm signal or the machine will stop. In addition, the safe sphere detector 45
may be provided for each winning opening 31.

Next, the configuration of the electric circuit of the card-type pachinko machine IO will be explained with reference to FIG. First, a card 60 is issued from a card issuing machine 59 managed by a management device 58. Inside the pachinko machine 10, the installed CPUE II is able to communicate with the management device 58 through an interface 62, and a mounting section 63 for cards 60, circuit boards, etc. is enabled to communicate through the interface 62. In addition, a ball detector group 64 (launched ball detector 40, safe ball detector 45
, foul ball detector 4B, illegal ball detector 57, fixed number of balls detector 55, over ball detector 56) signals, door open detector 16 signal, operation switch group 65 (push button switch 6B, end switch) 26, interrupt switch 25, touch switch 67, firing switch 68) signals, amount and number of balls conversion switch 69 signals, signals related to card mounting section 63 (entry/exit detector 70, read/write position detector 71,
The stop position detector 72) and the like are transmitted to the CPU 81 through the interface 62. Here, each function 73 (firing solenoid 18, movable gutter solenoid 51, display device 23, various lamps 74, speaker 75, card transport motor 78) is activated via the interface 62 according to the program.

Next, the action will be explained.

In the first embodiment, the signal from the door open detector 16 directly activates the movable gutter solenoid 51 .

If a problem such as a ball stopping on the game board 27 occurs, an attendant opens the glass frame 14 and takes care of it. glass frame 14
When the door is opened, the door open detector 16 is activated and the movable gutter solenoid 51 is activated. At this time, when the player inserts an illegal ball, it passes through the merging machine 34, but since the movable gutter 47 is retracted into the alignment gutter 37, it is discharged to the outside from the opening at the lower end of the merging machine 34, and the ball placed below passes through the merging machine 34. It is accommodated in the receiving box 54.

Therefore, the illegal balls will not roll into the alignment gutter 37 and will be collected in the ball receiving box 54, making it possible to secure evidence. In addition, if a safe ball detector 45 is provided for each winning opening 31, when a game ball gets entangled with a nail or the like on the game board 27 and becomes stuck, the staff will send the game ball to the winning opening as a service. 31 may win a prize. In such a case, since the game ball is stored in the ball receiving box 54, the game ball can be inserted through the hole provided in the middle of the alignment gutter 37.

In addition, even if the staff tries to give an illegal ball to a specific customer, if the illegal ball is placed on the alignment gutter 37 and more than a certain number of balls are lined up,
This allows the presence of an irregular ball to be detected by the overball detector 5B.

A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

This mechanism is provided with a push button switch (not shown) that appropriately stops the movable gutter solenoid 51 from operating when it is in the operating state. The push button switch is installed on the back side of the pachinko machine 10 main body or on the board inside the glass frame 14 at a position where the player cannot touch it.

First, when the glass frame 14 is opened (step l), the door open detector 1B is activated (step 2), and the movable gutter solenoid 51 is activated (step 3). (Step 4) Door open detector 1B works (Step 5) Movable gutter solenoid 51
is stopped (step 6), and the game can be continued.

Furthermore, when the glass frame 14 is in the open state (step 4), the movable gutter solenoid 51 can be opened by pressing the push button switch.
comes to a stopped state (step 8) and is self-maintained here. Further, if the pushbutton switch is not pressed, the movable gutter solenoid 51 is activated (step 3) and the process is cycled to step 4. Therefore, when putting a stopped ball into the winning hole 31, the push button switch is pressed and the ball is put in without moving the movable gutter 47. Note that the push button switch may be either one that turns on only when it is pressed, or one that turns on and off repeatedly each time it is pressed.

A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

In the second embodiment, this mechanism includes a timer device instead of a push button switch, and a glass frame! The movable gutter solenoid 51 is not operated for a certain period of time after the solenoid 4 is opened. Additionally, a push button switch is installed to allow repairs to be made without waiting a certain amount of time. The action of this pushbutton switch is opposite to that of the second embodiment.

First, when the glass frame 14 is opened (step 1), the door open detector 16 is activated (step 2), the timer device is activated (step 9), and while the timer is operating (step 10), the ball is stopped and the glass frame is If you close 14 (step 4)
The door open detector 1B is activated (step 5), the tire device is reset (step 11), and the movable gutter solenoid 51 is activated.
is stopped (step 6), and the game can be continued.

Also, while the timer is operating (step 10), in order to fix the stuck ball and other troubles, open the glass frame 14 (step 4) and press the push button switch (
In step 12), the movable gutter solenoid 51 becomes activated (step 13), and if the trouble is dealt with in this state and the glass frame 14 is closed (step 4), the door open detector 16
is activated (Step 5), the above steps are followed, and even if the push button switch is not pressed (Step 12), if the timer time expires (Step 10), the movable gutter solenoid 5 is activated.
1 is activated (step 13), the movable gutter 47 becomes the aligned gutter 37.
The illegal balls are collected in the ball receiving box 54 without going to the alignment gutter 37.

As described above, when the ball stops, all you have to do is open the glass frame, and in case of trouble, you can press the push button switch to operate the movable gutter solenoid 51 and then proceed with the repair.

Although a movable gutter 47 as the branching device 36 is installed at the connection point between the merging gutter 34 and the alignment gutter 37, a drop opening is provided on the bottom plate of the alignment gutter 37, and an opening/closing plate is attached to close the drop opening to operate it. Alternatively, a discharge hole may be formed in the side wall of the merging gutter 34 in the middle of the merging gutter 34, and a gate valve that can close the merging gutter 34 is provided directly below the drain hole, so that when the glass frame 14 is opened. By closing the merging gutter 34 with a gate valve, the illegal balls may be allowed to pass through the discharge hole and be discharged into the ball receiving box 54.

(Effects of the Invention) Since the present invention is configured as described above, even if an attendant leaves the glass frame open during a machine trouble,
By opening the glass frame, a path for guiding the ball in another direction is formed by the branching device on the way from the first merging gutter to the alignment gutter, so that it is possible to prevent illegal balls from entering. Furthermore, if the switch is pressed, the passages are communicated, so there is no problem in dealing with stuck balls, and if the switch is not pressed, it is possible to prevent illegal balls from getting mixed in. Furthermore, if the time required for processing a ball that has stopped is set using a timer device, the operation by the staff becomes easier.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a game ball passage of a game ball enclosed type pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a branching device in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the branching device. 4 is an inward sectional view taken along the line IV-ff in FIG. Figure 7 is the third
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a pachinko machine with game balls enclosed in it. FIG. 9 is a side cross-sectional view of a conventional pachinko machine with game balls enclosed in it. It is a back view of the type pachinko machine. 14...Glass frame 16...Door open detector 21...Ball hitting device 27...Game board 34...Merge gutter 35... ... Foul ball passage 3B... Branching device 37... Alignment gutter 41... Safe ball passage 43... Out ball passage Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Zuhiro

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A merging gutter that communicates each passage arranged in the safe hole, out hole, and foul hole is connected to the alignment gutter connected to the ball hitting device of the game board, and a certain number of game balls are placed on the alignment gutter. In a pachinko machine enclosed in a pachinko machine, a branching path is connected to the alignment gutter or the merging gutter via a branching device, and the output of a door open detector detects the open state of a glass frame provided in front of the game board so as to be openable and closable. A pachinko machine containing game balls, characterized in that the branching device is actuated by a signal to open an exit to a branching path. (2) The pachinko machine according to claim 1, characterized in that it is provided with a switch or a timer device that can adjust the operating time of the branching device.