JPH0397480A - Pin ball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enjoy a tension feeling during discharge of a striking ball and to provide amusingness of a game by providing a storage position changing mechanism to change the storage position of a striking ball stored by a striking ball storage mechanism. CONSTITUTION:In a striking ball storage device 54, a motor 72 for storage is started to run simultaneously with the starting of an opening closing cycle in a big prize state to rise a rotary disc 57, and running of the motor 72 for storage is stopped in the rising position. Further, at a point of time when the rotary disc 57 rises, a motor 64 for movement is started to run. After 8 striking ball received by a ball receiving member 49a in above state is detected by a prize ball detector 53, it drops on the rotary disc 57 and is guided to the outer periphery of the rotary disc 57 by means of a slope 59. But, since the outer periphery of the rotary disc 57 is surrounded with a guide cylinder 55, the striking ball is stored by means of the rotary disc 57 and a guide cylinder 55. The position of the stored string ball is always changed along the guide cylinder 55. This constitution diversifies the flow down route of the stored striking ball and provides amusingness of a game.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention comprises a variable winning ball device having a plurality of winning holes including a specific winning hole and a winning space into which accepted balls fall, Based on the fact that a correction has been won in a specific winning opening, the variable winning ball device is changed for a predetermined period from a second state in which it is difficult to win a correction to a first state in which it is easy to win a correction, and during the first state; This invention relates to a pinball game machine which repeats the first state for a predetermined period of time based on the fact that the accepted correction has entered the specific winning hole again.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, based on a correction winning a prize in a specific winning opening, a variable winning ball device is changed for a predetermined period from a second state in which it is difficult to win a correction to a first state in which it is easy to win a correction. There is a pinball game machine on the market that repeats the first state for a predetermined period of time based on the fact that the correction accepted during the first state has entered a specific winning slot again. Some pinball gaming machines are equipped with a storage mechanism that stores corrections in the winning space of the variable winning ball device in order to make it easier to guide corrections that have won into the variable winning ball device to a specific winning hole. there were. For example, an invention described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 61-244382 is provided with a storage mechanism as described above.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional storage mechanism, the discharge port of the stored correction is almost constant, and therefore the flow path of the correction after being released is almost constant. Although the possibility of being guided to the winning slot increases, there was a problem that it was not enough from the perspective of changing the state of fall of correction.

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to release the corrections by providing a wide variety of fall paths for the corrections when releasing the corrections stored by the storage mechanism. To provide a pinball game machine that allows the user to feel a sense of tension at times and thereby gain interest in the game.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the pinball game machine according to the present invention has a plurality of winning holes including a specific winning hole and a winning space into which accepted corrections fall. and a variable winning ball device having a variable winning ball device, wherein the variable winning ball device changes for a predetermined period from a second state in which it is difficult to win a correction to a first state in which it is easy to win a correction based on a correction winning in the specific winning opening. and the first state is repeated for a predetermined period of time based on the fact that the correction accepted during the first state has entered the specified winning slot again, the upstream side of the plurality of winning slots. will be provided in the entry award space,
A correction storage mechanism capable of storing and releasing accepted corrections; and a storage position changing mechanism that changes the storage position of corrections stored by the correction storage mechanism. It is.

[Operation] Corrections accepted while the variable winning ball device is in the first state are stored by the correction storage mechanism. This stored correction is moved so that its storage position is constantly changed by the storage position changing mechanism. If storage in the correction storage mechanism is released in such a moving state,
When the correction is released, the position of the correction is in various positions, and the correction is guided from that position to multiple winning openings including the specific winning opening, so the flow path of the stored correction is diverse. Therefore, compared to the case where the ball flows down following a substantially constant flow path, you can feel a sense of tension when the correction is released, and you can gain interest in the game.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, a pinball game machine according to an embodiment will be explained based on FIGS. 7 and 8. 7 and 8 show a pachinko game machine as an example of a pinball game machine, and FIG.
It is a front view thereof, and FIG. 8 is a schematic rear view thereof.

In FIG. 7, a door holding frame 3 is provided around the opening of a front frame 2 formed in the shape of a frame of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and a glass plate 4a is attached to one side of the door holding frame 3. 4b (See Figure 2A)
A glass door frame 4 and a front door plate 5 that house the door are pivotably connected to each other so as to be openable and closable. On the back side of the front frame 2, there is a game board holding frame 22 (on which the game board 10 and a launch rail (not shown) etc. are attached).
(see Figure 8) is fixed. A batted ball supply tray 6 is attached to the front door plate 5. The ball supply tray 6 is configured to store prize balls ejected from a prize ball dispensing device 32, which will be described later, and to guide the stored pachinko balls to a ball firing rail. In addition, a speaker 7 as a sound generating device is installed in the space below the upstream side of the batted ball supply tray 6.
is stored. This subika 7 changes the atmosphere of the game when a specific gaming state (hereinafter referred to as a jackpot state) is reached, or when a winning ball occurs in the starting winning holes 13a to 13c or the specific winning opening 84, which will be described later. It is used to generate sound effects to liven things up.

At the lower part of the front face 2, an operation handle 8 for shooting pachinko balls into the game area 12 of the game board 10 and a surplus ball tray 9 for storing surplus prize balls are attached. Further, a ball launcher 36 is fixed to the lower back surface of the front frame 2 so as to correspond to the operation handle 8. This ball launcher 36 is mounted on a mounting board as shown in FIG.
A ball hitting motor 37 that rotates at a constant speed, and the ball hitting motor 3
Batting rod 38 that reciprocates and makes corrections by rotating 7.
and a ball feeding sliding rod 39 that engages with the lower end of the ball hitting rod 38 to operate a ball feeding piece of a ball feeding device (not shown).

On the surface of the game board 10, there are provided a ball guiding rail 11a that guides correction to the game area 12, a game area forming rail JLB that partitions the game area 12, a large number of obstacle nails (not shown), various winning ball devices, etc. . To explain in more detail, the game area 12 of the game board 10 has a normal winning hole 46.
14a, 14b1 Starting winning opening 13a to 13C1 Tulip type winning opening 15a, 15b, windmill (no symbol), variable winning ball device 40 having a pair of ball receiving members 49a, 49b
, game effect ramp 17a. 17b, an outro 16, etc. are provided, respectively.

When the correction entered into the gaming area 12 enters the normal winning slots 46.1 4a, 1 4b and the tulip winning slots 15a, 15b, a predetermined number (for example, 13) of prize balls will be awarded by the prize ball dispensing device 32, which will be described later. Prize balls are now being paid out.

Of these normal winning holes, the winning hole 46 is provided in the variable winning ball device 40. In addition, the starting prize opening 13a~
If the correction is won in 13c, the prize ball dispensing device 32
A predetermined number of prize balls are paid out from the starting winning holes 13a to 13c &: Balls of the variable winning ball device 40 are paid out in response to detection outputs of starting winning ball detectors 218 to 21c, which will be described later, provided in connection with the starting winning holes 13a to 13c. The receiving members 49a and 49b are opened and closed at relatively short time intervals.

That is, when a correction is won in the central starting winning opening 13a, the ball receiving members 49a, 49b perform the opening and closing operation twice, and when a correction is winning in the left and right starting winning openings 13b, 13C, the ball receiving members 49a, 49b performs one opening/closing operation. During this opening/closing operation, the ball bearing members 49a, 4
When the winning ball guided by the winning ball 9b enters a specific winning hole 84, which will be described later, provided in the variable winning ball device 40, it becomes a so-called jackpot state, and the ball receiver members 49a, 49b
The opening/closing operation is performed 18 times at relatively short time intervals, or the opening/closing operation is performed until 10 winning balls accepted into the variable winning ball device 40 are detected during the 18 opening/closing operations (hereinafter referred to as Furthermore, if a winning ball is won in the specific winning hole 84 among the plurality of winning holes formed at the bottom of the variable winning ball device 40 during the 18 opening/closing operations, the opening/closing cycle described above can be repeated. It is now possible to do so. However, every time a correction enters the special winning slot 84,
Immediately stop the opening/closing cycle and repeat the next opening/closing cycle. Further, the repetition of this opening/closing cycle is limited to a maximum of eight times on the condition that the winning ball enters the specific winning hole 84.

In addition, when a jackpot state occurs, the game effect lamp 17a
, 17b and the frame lamps 18a to t8c provided on the upper part of the front frame 2 blink to inform the player of this fact. The variable winning ball device 40 will be explained in detail later.

Corrections that do not enter the various winning holes described above are taken into the outro 16 provided at the bottom of the gaming area forming rail tib.

Next, the back side of the pachinko game machine 1 will be explained based on FIG. 8. In FIG. On the back side of this game board 10, there is a winning ball collecting cover 19 that covers the back side of each winning opening.
is installed. This winning ball collection cover 19 is formed with a guide path for distributing the winning balls to the left and right of each of the winning holes. Starting winning ball detectors 21a to 21c corresponding to the starting winning holes 13a to 13c are provided below the winning ball collecting cover 19, and these starting winning ball detectors 21a to 21c are connected to the variable winning ball device 40. A signal for starting the opening/closing operation of the ball bearing members 49a, 49b is detected and sent to a control circuit described later. Furthermore, a relay terminal board 20 is attached to the back surface of the winning ball collection cover body 19 to which wiring from the various electrical devices described above provided on the game board 10 is once connected.

On the other hand, a mechanism plate 24 is provided so as to be openable and closable so as to cover the entire back surface of the game board 10. This mechanism plate 24 has an eighth
In the figure, as shown by the two-dot chain line, a winning ball processing mechanism for processing winning balls is formed on the front side, and a prize ball dispensing mechanism for dispensing prize balls is formed on the rear side. . The winning ball processing mechanism is integrated with the above-mentioned winning ball collecting cover 1.
A winning ball collection gutter 25 receives the winning balls guided by the ball 9 and falls from side to side and the winning balls entered into the variable winning ball device 40 and collects them on one side, and the winning balls collected by the collecting gutter 25. A prize ball dispensing device 26 that processes the winning balls one by one, and a prize ball dispensing device 32 which will be described later by operating an automatic lever (not shown) upon receiving the winning balls discharged from the winning ball processing device 26.
It consists of a winning ball payout passage 27 etc. for operating the winning ball. Further, on the front side of the mechanism plate 24, an out ball discharging passage 28 for guiding out balls discharged from the outro 16 is also formed.

On the other hand, the prize ball dispensing mechanism includes a prize ball tank 29 that stores prize balls supplied from a supply mechanism (not shown), and an alignment gutter that arranges the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 29 in two lines and flows them down. 30, a bent gutter 31 that changes the downward direction of the prize balls from the alignment gutter 30 by 180 degrees and weakens the ball pressure, and receives a predetermined number (13) of prize balls from the bent gutter 31 and A prize ball dispensing device 32 dispenses a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to winning balls, and the prize balls paid out from the prize ball dispensing device 32 are delivered to the batted ball supply tray 6 via a prize ball discharging passage (not shown). A communication port 33 for dispensing and a connection gutter 3 fixed to the back side of the front frame 2.
4 and a surplus ball passage (not shown) for discharging the surplus balls to the surplus ball receiving tray 9.

Furthermore, a control board box 35 for storing a control circuit board is detachably attached to the back surface of the mechanism board 24, and a control circuit for controlling the operation of the variable winning ball device 40, etc. is configured on this control circuit board. has been done.

Next, a plurality of winning holes 8485a including the specific winning hole 84,
The configuration of the variable winning ball device 40 in which the correction storage device 54 is formed and which constitutes the main part of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. IA to 4.

The variable prize winning ball device 40 has a mounting board 41 that is attached to the game board 10, and in the center of the mounting board 41,
A rectangular window opening 42 is formed, and a winning space 43 is formed on the back side of the window opening 42. A winning regulation part 44 is protruded from the upper part of the window opening 42, and an upper decorative plate 45 is fixed to the front surface of the winning regulation part 44. The normal winning opening 46 is formed in. In addition, on the inner rear surface of the winning regulation part 44, there is a continuation number display 47 that notifies the number of continuations (8 times) of the opening/closing cycle described above, and ball receiving members 49a, 49b.
Winning balls accepted in the open state, and a winning number display 48 that displays the number of winning balls detected by a winning ball detector 53 (described later) are arranged so as to face the front.

A pair of ball bearing members 4 are located approximately at the center left and right of the window opening 42.
9a and 49b are pivotally supported so that they can be opened and closed. These ball receiver members 49a, 49b are connected to a pair of solenoids 77a arranged at the rear of the variable winning ball device 40, as shown in FIG. 2A.
, 77b. In this case, the rotating shafts (not shown) of the ball bearing members 49a, 49b and the flange +78a, 78b of the solenoids 71a, 77b
(However, 78b is not shown) The opening/closing operation is performed by engaging actuating members 79a and 79b (see FIG. 8) that are connected to each other.

By the way, the corrections accepted by the ball receiving members 49a and 49b are guided backward by the horizontal guide plate 50 lying in the prize entry space 43, and the horizontal guide plate 50 and the inclined guides provided on the left and right sides of the rear end are guided backward. The winning balls are collected at one place approximately in the center by the guiding plate 51 and the vertical wall 52 provided upright at the rear end of the inclined rust guiding plate 51, and the winning balls are detected by the falling hole formed at the gathered place. Vessel 53 is present.

This winning ball detector 53 detects the ball receiving members 49a and 4 during the opening/closing cycle of the variable winning ball device 40 in the jackpot state C.
The correction accepted in step 9b is detected, and the detection output is counted and displayed on the entered prize number display 4.

Further, in the winning space 43 below the winning ball detector 53, a correction storage device 54, which constitutes the main part of this embodiment, is provided. This correction storage device 54 includes a guide tube 55 supported by a rear wall 67 and both side walls that constitute the rear surface of the winning space 43, and a rotary plate 57 located below the guide tube 55 and provided to be vertically slidable. It is composed of.

The guide tube 55 is formed into a cylindrical shape with a width slightly larger than the radius of a pachinko ball, and has a circular opening 56 in the center thereof. And the entered prize ball detector 53
The correction that has fallen through the opening 56 is dropped into this opening 56. Further, below the opening 56, the opening 5
A rotating plate 57 having a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of 6 is arranged. As described above, this rotating plate 57 is designed to slide in the vertical direction, and when it moves upward, it closes the opening 56 as shown in FIGS. IA and 2 and detects the winning balls. It stores the corrections that have fallen after passing through the container 53, and when it moves downward, forms a gap between it and the opening 56 through which the pachinko balls can pass, as shown in FIGS. IB and 3, Corrections are prevented from being stored in the guide cylinder 55. By the way, this rotary plate 57 is rotatably supported by a bearing portion 62 of a support member 61 that projects horizontally from a vertical sliding plate 66 (described later) through a support shaft 58 provided at the center thereof. The upper surface of the rotary plate 57 is
It is configured to form an umbrella-shaped inclined surface 59, and a gear portion 60 is provided around the lower end of the outer periphery. The support member 61
The bearing part 62 is formed at the tip of the drive gear 63, which is fixed to the output shaft 65 of the moving motor 64, and the drive gear 63 is fixed to the output shaft 65 of the moving motor 64. 57 and the gear portion 60 mesh with each other. The moving motor 64 is attached to the rear surface of the vertical sliding plate 66. When the moving motor 64 is driven, the rotating plate 5
7 rotates, and the correction placed on the inclined surface 59 of the rotary plate 57 moves. Further, the moving motor 64 is set to be driven from the time when the rotary plate 57 rises until immediately after reaching the lowered position from the raised position. This means that it is on the move while it is being stored.

Therefore, the rotary plate 57 has both the function of storing corrections and the function of changing the storage position.

The vertical sliding plate 66 on which the rotary plate 57 is supported is provided so as to be slidable in the vertical direction along the back surface of the rear wall 67 that constitutes the rear surface of the prize entry space 43. A guide protrusion 6 is provided on the upper back surface of the face wall 67.
8 is provided in a protruding manner, and the guide protrusion 68 is inserted into a vertically elongated hole 69 formed in the upper part of the vertical sliding plate 66 to guide its sliding operation. Further, a fork-shaped engaging portion 70 is provided below the elongated hole 69 to protrude rearward.
An engagement pin 75 protruding from a rotary cam 74, which will be described later in FIG. 0, is loosely fitted. The rotating cam 74 is fixed to the output shaft 73 of the storage motor 72, and the storage motor 72 is attached to the back surface of a mounting plate 71 that protrudes from the back surface of the rear wall 67. It is something. Furthermore, since the engaging pin 75 of the rotating cam 74 is provided protruding from the outer circumference of the rotating cam 74 as shown in FIG. 2B, when the rotating cam 74 rotates, the locking pin 75 moves vertically and horizontally. However, since the movement in the left and right direction is absorbed in the engagement with the engagement portion 7o, only the movement in the vertical direction of the movement of the engagement pin 75 is caused by the movement in the engagement portion 7o.
It is transmitted to the upper and lower sliding plates 66 via. Further, two recesses are symmetrically formed on the outer circumference of the rotating cam 74 on a straight line connecting the engagement bin 75 and the output shaft 73, and the motor position detector 76 that contacts the outer circumference of the rotating cam 74 has two concave portions formed symmetrically. The motor position detector 76 is changed from ON to OFF or from OFF to ON through the operation of the actuator. Therefore, this change occurs every half rotation of the rotary cam 74, and occurs at the position where the engagement pin 75 is the most elevated and the position where the engagement pin 75 is the most descended. That is, by detecting the rising point and the falling point of the vertical sliding plate 66, it is possible to control the stopping of the rotary plate 57 in the raised position and the stopped position in the lowered position.

In the correction storage device 54 configured as described above, the storage motor 72 starts rotating at the same time as the start of the opening/closing cycle in the jackpot state and raises the rotary plate 57, and at the raised position, the storage motor 72 stops rotating. will be stopped. Further, when the rotating plate 57 is raised, the moving motor 64 starts rotating next. Corrections accepted by the ball receiving members 49a and 49b in such a state are detected by the winning ball detector 53, and then fall onto the rotating plate 57 and are guided to the outer periphery of the rotating plate 57 by the inclined surface 59. However,
Since the outer periphery of the rotating plate 57 is surrounded by the guide cylinder 55, the liquid is stored by the rotating plate 57 and the guide cylinder 55. In this stored state, the rotating plate 57
is rotating, the position of the stored correction is constantly changing along the guide cylinder 55. Such accumulation and movement of corrections continues while the rotary plate 57 is stopped at the raised position, but when a predetermined condition in the opening/closing cycle is met, specifically, in this embodiment, eight corrections are stored and moved. When either the winning ball is detected by the winning ball detector 53 or the ball receiving members 49a and 49b open and close 10 times, the storage motor 7 is activated again.
2 starts rotating and lowers the rotating plate 57. Rotating plate 5
7 descends and reaches the descending point, a gap is created between the guide cylinder 55 and the rotary plate 57, and the stored corrections are released from the gap into the winning space 43, but at this time, the stored corrections has changed from the position where it initially fell and was stored, and moreover, as shown in Figure 4, it can be released from any position except for the rear part, so a wide variety of correction release paths can be used. and falls with the winning space 43 facing downward. Note that when the rotating plate 57 reaches the lowering point, the driving of the moving motor 64 is stopped.

The corrections released from the correction storage device 54 as described above fall onto the ball rolling plate 80 forming the lower part of the winning space 43 and flow forward. In front of the ball transfer board 80, a winning ball receiving frame 81 protruding from the front of the mounting board 41 is divided into three winning openings separated by a pair of partition members 83, namely, a specific winning opening 84 in the center and a regular winning opening on the left and right sides. Ports 85a and 85b are arranged. The specific winning hole 84 has a built-in specific winning ball detector 86 that detects the passage of correction, and the operation of this specific winning ball detector 86 determines the occurrence of a jackpot state and the repetition of the opening/closing cycle in the jackpot state. It has become. Note that a lower decorative plate 82 is attached to the front of the winning ball receiving frame 81.

The control operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 including the variable winning ball device 40 configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

First, control of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be explained based on FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control circuit formed on a control board housed in the control board box 35. As shown in FIG. In the figure, the control circuit includes a microcomputer 90 as a control center. The microcomputer 9o is composed of, for example, several chips of LSI, and includes an MPU 91 that can execute control operations according to a predetermined procedure, a ROM 92 that stores operation program data of the MPU 91, and a ROM 92 that stores necessary data. It includes a RAM 93 that can write and read data. Furthermore, the microcomputer 9o includes a human output circuit 94 that receives an input signal and provides human data to the MPU 91, and receives output data from the MPU 91 and outputs it to the outside. The MPU 91 provides control signals to the variable winning ball device 40 and the like in accordance with program data stored in the ROM 92 and in response to input of each control signal described below.

The microcomputer 90 is given the following signals as input signals. First, starting prize openings 13a-1
Detection signals from the starting winning ball detectors 21a to 21c provided corresponding to each of the starting winning balls 3c are given to the detection circuit 95, and then to the microcomputer 90 as starting winning ball detection signals. The detection signal detected by the winning ball detector 53 is given to a detection circuit 96, and is then given to the microcomputer 90 as a winning ball counting signal. Further, the detection signal detected by the specific winning ball detector 86 is given to a detection circuit 97 and given to the microcomputer 90 as a jackpot state determination signal or a repeat signal. Furthermore, the detection signal detected by the motor position detector 76 is given to a detection circuit 98 and given to the microcomputer 90 as a rotation stop signal for the storage motor 72.

The microcomputer 90 also provides control signals to the following circuits and devices. First, a drive signal is applied to the moving motor 64 (hereinafter referred to as drive motor A) and the storage motor 72 (hereinafter referred to as drive motor B) via the drive circuit 99. A solenoid 77a that opens and closes the ball receiving members 49a and 49b of the variable winning ball device 40 via the drive circuit 100;
A drive signal is given to 77b. A fltlJ control signal is given via the control circuit 101 to light up the number of continuations display 47 and the number of winnings display 48. Via the control circuit 102, a control signal is given to turn on or blink the game effect lamps 17a, 17b and the frame lamps 18a to 18c, which are provided corresponding to the jackpot state.

A subwoofer 7 that generates sound effects via a control circuit 103
give a control signal to the Note that a predetermined DC voltage is supplied to each circuit of the above configuration from a power supply circuit (not shown).

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned control circuit will be explained with reference to the flow diagram of FIG. Note that this flowchart specifically shows the operation of the correction storage device 54 after a jackpot, and other operations have been omitted. Therefore, the state of the correction storage device 54 before hitting the jackpot is the position where the rotary plate 57 is lowered as shown in FIG. Receiving member 49a
This does not change even if 49b performs one or two opening/closing operations. Therefore, the ball receiving member 49a due to the start winning
, 49b, the corrections are passed through the winning ball detector 53 and dropped onto the rotating plate 57, and then dropped from between the rotating plate 57 and the guide cylinder 55 onto the ball transfer plate 80, where they are identified. The winning hole 84 and the normal winning hole 85a, 85b are guided. In other words, the correction storage device 54 is
Corrections are not stored at the time of starting winning.

By the way, in FIG. 6, the correction accepted by the start winning is entered into the specific winning hole 84 and the specific winning ball detector 8
6 is turned ON, it becomes a jackpot state, but it is determined whether or not the opening/closing process of the ball receiving member 49a49b has started 18 times based on this jackpot state (step S1), and when it is determined that it has started, the correction is made. The drive motor B is driven to drive the storage device 54 to the storage position (step S2). After that, the drive motor A is used to rotate the rotary plate 57.
is turned on (step S3). When the drive motor A is turned on, the correction stored in the correction storage device 54 moves so that its storage position is constantly changed.

In such a state, the value of the winning ball counter (hereinafter referred to as INCT) that counts the number of detection signals of the winning ball detector 53 becomes "8", or the ball receiving members 49a, 49b
HIM is performed until the number of openings and closings reaches "10" (
Steps S4, S5) Therefore, the value of INCT is "8"
or when the number of opening and closing of the ball bearing members 49a and 49b reaches "10", the drive motor B is driven to drive the correction storage device 54 to the storage release position (step S6), and then the drive motor B is driven. Rotating plate 5 with motor A turned off
7 is stopped (step S7). However, when the rotary plate 57 descends to release the stored corrections, since the position has changed while the rotating plate 57 is being stored, the release path is varied and the corrections after release are different. The ball does not necessarily flow down the ball rolling plate 80 toward the specific winning opening 84, and may also flow down toward the specific winning opening 84, so that the player can feel a sense of tension when releasing the correction, With this, you can gain interest in playing games.

In the above-mentioned embodiment (hereinafter referred to as the first embodiment), the correction storage device 54 has a structure in which the rotary plate 57 is moved, but the guide cylinder 55 is configured to move upward or downward. Alternatively, the rotary plate 57 may be provided with a groove-shaped ball mounting portion that allows corrections to be stored, and the ball may be moved along the groove. Further, instead of driving the drive motor A only in one direction, the drive motor A may be driven in the opposite direction at a predetermined timing, or may be rotated forward and backward at random timing. Further, although the drive motor A is always driven and the corrections are not stored at the time of starting and closing, it is also possible to give some changes to the dropped corrections, and also to store the corrections even at the time of starting and closing. You can. Furthermore, a ball receiving member 49a is attached to the correction storage device 54.
, 49b, but only some of the corrections may be stored.

Further, the correction storage device may be configured to store data in other configurations. For example, it may be a correction storage device provided in the variable winning ball device 110 (hereinafter referred to as the second embodiment) shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B. Here, the configuration of the variable winning ball device 110 will be briefly explained with reference to FIGS. 9A and 9B. In the variable winning ball device 110, as in the first embodiment, a pair of ball receiving members 111a and lllb are pivotally supported so as to be openable and closable, and corrections accepted by the ball receiving members 111a and 11lb are placed in the upper part of the winning space 112. The lying upper ball transfer plate 113 is transferred and guided to the rear. The corrections guided backward fall downward from a drop opening 114 formed at the rear end of the upper ball transfer plate 113, and fall onto the lower ball transfer plate 115 forming the bottom surface of the winning space 112. This lower ball transfer board 115 is sloped downward toward the front, and in front thereof is a specific prize opening 127 similar to the first embodiment.
and normal winning openings 128a, 128b are provided.

By the way, the lower ball transfer plate 115 includes a correction storage device that stops and stores the correction flowing down, or releases it. The correction storage device has a “v” on the lower ball transfer plate 115.
A plurality of correction storage holes 116a to 116 drilled in a ” shape
e, push-up plates 117a-117e provided corresponding to each correction storage hole 116a-116e, and push-up plate 117a.
- 117e, and solenoids 123a to 123e. More specifically, the correction storage holes 116a to 116e are selected to have a size such that the lower part of the correction flowing down the lower ball transfer plate 115 fits therein, and the correction storage hole 116C located at the apex thereof is An obstacle protrusion 115a is located immediately in front of the specific winning opening 127 and on the upstream side thereof to prevent the correction from flowing down and distribute it to the left and right. In addition, correction storage holes 116a to 116e
Protrusions 119a to 119e protruding from the tips of push-up plates 117a to 117e face below. The push-up plates 117a to 117e have a common support shaft 1 near their rear ends.
between support members 120a to 120e (however, only 120C is shown; the same applies hereinafter), which is swingably supported at 18 and is located in front of the support shaft 118 and suspended from the back surface of the lower ball transfer plate 115. Biasing springs 121a to 12
1e is extended, and the protrusions 119a to 119e, which are the tips of the push-up plates 117a to 117e, are always in the correction storage hole 11.
6a to 116e protrude from the surface of the lower ball transfer plate 115. Further, when the solenoids 1238-123e are magnetized, the plungers 124a-124e of the solenoids 123a-123e are attached to the rear end abutting portions 122a-122e of the rear ends of the push-up plates 117a-117e.
The actuating plates 125a to 125e fixed to the upper ends of the actuating plates 125a to 125e come into contact with each other. In addition, the plungers 124a to 12
Return springs 126a to 126e are provided below the plungers 124a to 124e to always urge the plungers 124a to 124e downward, and when the solenoids 1238 to 23e are in a non-energized state, the rear end abuts the operating plates 125a to 125e. 122
a to 122e are prevented from coming into contact with each other.

To explain the operation of the correction storage device configured as described above, before the jackpot state occurs, the solenoids 123a to 123e are in a de-energized state, so
Push-up plates 117a to 117e (7) Projections 119a to 119
e is in a state of protruding from the surface of the lower ball transfer plate 115. Therefore, the correction flowing down on the lower ball transfer plate 115 collides with the protrusions 119a to 119e and the obstacle protrusion 115a, and the special winning hole 127, the normal winning hole 128a,
128b. If the correction guided in this way enters the special winning hole 127, it will be a jackpot, but
In that jackpot condition, the correction storage device operates as follows.

First, the solenoids 12 except the central solenoid 123C
3a to 123e are controlled to repeat energization and de-excitation at random. In addition, the central solenoid 123C is
Always maintain an excited state. As the solenoids 123a to 123e are repeatedly turned ON and OFF, the protrusions 119a to 119e are connected to the ball storage holes 116a to 116.
Since the protruding and retracting operation is repeated from e, the protrusion 119a
~ 119e is retracted, the corrections flowing down the lower ball transfer plate 115 are stored in the correction storage holes 116a to 116e, and when the protrusions 119a to 119e are protruded, the stored corrections are stored in the correction storage holes 116a to 116e. It will be discharged from holes 116a to 116e. In this second embodiment, since the correction storage holes 116a to 116e are formed in a "■" shape, for example, as shown in FIG. 9A, the correction stored in the correction storage hole 116a is released. Sometimes it is discharged toward the correction storage hole 116b located on the downstream side, or directly toward the normal winning opening 128a. When the correction is released toward the correction storage hole 116b, if the correction storage hole 116b can be stored in a timely manner, the released correction is redirected to the correction storage hole 11.
It is stored in 6b. In other words, the storage position of the bean ball changes. Furthermore, when the correction stored in the correction storage hole 116b is released, the correction storage hole 11 located downstream thereof
6c, or directly towards the normal winning opening 128a. When discharged toward the correction storage hole 116C, as described above, the correction storage hole 1
Since 16C is always maintained in a state where it can be stored,
The released correction is stored in the correction storage hole 116C.

In this way, in the second embodiment, the lower ball transfer plate 11
Corrections flowing down 5 may change the storage position one after another, or directly affect multiple winning ports (especially normal winning ports 128a, 1
28b), but when a predetermined condition is met (8 winnings or 10 opening/closing operations as in the first embodiment), all solenoids 123a to 123e
becomes de-energized. In this case, the central solenoid 12
3C is also in a de-energized state, so if the correction is stored in the correction storage hole 116C, there is a high possibility that it will be released and guided to the specific prize opening 127, and the opening and closing cycle can be repeated. . In addition, there is a correction storage hole 11 in the center that can always store corrections that fall on the lower ball transfer plate 115.
The corrections flowing down toward 6C are often distributed to the left and right by the obstacle protrusion 115a, and therefore the corrections stored in the correction storage hole 116c are often corrections whose storage positions have been successively changed.

The correction storage device according to the second embodiment has been described above, but also in this second embodiment, the lower ball transfer plate 11
5 is released while changing the storage position, but the release route is used for a variety of purposes, and the balls after being released are directed towards the specific prize opening 127 and are released from the lower ball transfer plate 115. It may not necessarily flow down, or it may flow down toward the specific winning opening 127, and the player can feel a sense of tension when the correction is released, thereby increasing the interest of the game.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned first embodiment and second embodiment are used as correction storage devices.
The configuration may be different from the embodiment. For example, the correction flow state may be stopped and stored using a magnet (including an electromagnet), and the storage position may be changed while the correction flow is stopped and stored. For example, an electromagnet may be used, and the correction may be emitted by cutting off the current to the electromagnet at an arbitrary position. Further, the storage position may be changed in any configuration as long as the correction position is substantially changed, and the movement mode may be in the front-rear direction, up-down direction, or left-right direction. Good too. Also, in the structure of the variable winning ball device provided with the correction storage device, the ball receiver member may be of a type that opens and closes, or a type that slides, or the ball receiver member is closed. The correction may make it possible to win, or the winning ball detector may be provided downstream of the specific winning ball detector.

The pinball game machine may also be a so-called card-type pinball game machine that uses enclosed balls to play the game.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above explanation, the pinball game machine according to the present invention includes a correction storage mechanism that can store and release accepted corrections, and a correction storage mechanism that can store and release accepted corrections. and a storage position changing mechanism that changes the storage position of the stored corrections, so that when the storage of the correction storage mechanism is released, the correction positions will change to various positions at the time of release. And since it is guided from that position towards multiple winning holes including a specific winning hole, the flow paths of the stored corrections are diverse, compared to those that flow down following a nearly constant flow path. This allows the player to experience a sense of tension when the balls are released, making the game more interesting.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

8 to 8 show the first embodiment, FIG. IA is a front view of the variable winning ball device according to the embodiment, and FIG. IB is a partial front view and a partial front view of the variable winning ball device according to the embodiment. 2A and 3 are longitudinal sectional views of the entire variable winning ball device, FIG. 2B is an illustrative view showing control of the drive motor that drives the correction storage device provided in the variable winning ball device, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the correction storage device, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control circuit that controls gaming operations, FIG. 6 is a flow diagram mainly showing the operation of the correction storage device, and FIG. 7 is a pinball game FIG. 8 is a front view of a pachinko game machine as an example of the machine, and FIG. 8 is a schematic rear view of the pachinko game machine. 9A and 9B show a second embodiment, FIG. 9A is a cross-sectional view showing a correction storage device provided in a variable winning ball device according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 9B is a correction storage device. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal partial cross-sectional view showing the device. 1... Pachinko game machine (pinball game machine) 40... Variable winning ball device 43... Winning space 54... Correction storage device (correction storage mechanism) 57... Rotating plate (part of storage position changing mechanism) 84・Specific winning openings 85a, 85b ・・Normal winning opening 110 ・・Variable winning ball device 112 ・・Winning spaces 116a to 116e ・・Correction storage hole (correction storage mechanism) 117a to 117e ・・Push-up plate (storage position change mechanism) (part of) 127...Specific winning openings 128a, 128b--Regular winning openings Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A variable winning ball device is provided which has a plurality of winning holes including a specific winning hole and a winning space into which an accepted correction falls. The variable winning ball device is changed for a predetermined period from a second state in which it is difficult for corrections to win a prize to a first state in which it is easy to win a prize, and the correction accepted during the first state again enters the specific winning slot. In the pinball gaming machine which repeats the first state for a predetermined period again based on the above,
A bullet comprising: a correction storage mechanism that can store and release accepted corrections; and a storage position changing mechanism that changes the storage position of corrections stored by the correction storage mechanism. Ball game machine.