JPH04126174A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To stop the discharge operation in the case a game ball is not taken in by providing a first and a second ball detectors in the vicinity of a prize- winning ball take-in port and a prize-winning ball passage, operating a take-in device by a detecting signal of a first detector, and operating a ball feeding device by a detecting signal of a second detector. CONSTITUTION:When a game ball (seal ball) is discharged from a discharge device, a prize-winning ball in a pan 7 is taken into a take-in device 15. In that case, when a first ball detector 19 detects the prize-winning ball taken into through a prize-winning ball take-in port 12, a controller operates the take-in device 15 in accordance with its detecting signal, and the prize-winning ball is led into a prize-winning ball passage 16 from the prize-winning ball take-in port 12. In this case, when a second ball detector 20 detects the prize- winning ball, the controller operates a ball feeding device, and the next game ball (seal ball) is supplied to the discharge device. Unless both of a first ball detector and a second ball detector output the detecting signal, the controller does not operate the ball feeding device, therefore, in the case take-in of the game ball is in a bad condition, the game ball is not supplied to the discharge device, and an erroneous discharge is prevented.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to pinball game machines such as pachinko machines,
More specifically, it relates to an enclosed type pinball game machine in which a game ball is sealed inside and a prize ball in a saucer is taken in every time a game ball is fired.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as described above, each time a game ball sealed inside is fired, a prize ball (a ball that can be owned by a player) in a saucer is released.
A pinball game configured to play the same game as a normal pachinko machine by incorporating not only prize balls given to players as rewards but also balls borrowed by players for playing. machine is known. In this type of pinball game machine, it is important to find a way to ensure the exchange of game balls (enclosed balls) with prize balls while still providing the same playing feel as a normal pachinko game machine. In particular, accuracy is required to capture the prize ball in synchronization with the firing.

The intake unit of conventional enclosed pachinko game machines has a structure in which a prize ball detection unit is provided in the middle of the path for capturing prize balls from the saucer, and the enclosed balls are supplied to the firing device in response to a detection signal from the detection unit. ing.

For example, JP-A-53-69738 and JP-A-53-7
In No. 1944, a prize ball taken in from a saucer activates a switch installed in the middle of a gutter, and a detection signal from the switch sets the enclosed ball in the firing position. Also,
In Japanese Patent Publication No. 1-57588, a prize ball taken in from a saucer is detected by a sensor installed in the middle of a guide gutter, and the supply of the enclosed ball to the firing device is controlled based on the detection signal.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention J] However, in the conventional enclosed type pachinko game machine, the enclosed ball is sent to the firing device only by detecting the captured prize ball as described above. Even if a game ball cannot be taken in or the prize ball detection section malfunctions, there is a problem in that the enclosed ball is supplied to the firing device and the firing operation is performed.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and
To provide an enclosed type pinball game machine that reliably detects the capture of a game ball and immediately stops a firing operation if the game ball is not captured for some reason.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a firing device that fires a game ball sealed inside onto a game board surface, a ball throwing device that supplies the game ball to the firing device, and a ball-throwing device that is owned by a player. A bullet ball having a receiving tray for storing prize balls that can be played, a taking-in device that takes in the winning balls in the tray every time the game ball is fired, and a winning ball passage that receives the winning balls taken in by the taking-in device. In the gaming machine, there is a first ball detector installed near the prize ball intake port communicating with the tray, a second ball detector installed in the prize ball path, and a second ball detector installed in the vicinity of the prize ball intake port communicating with the receiving tray. Activate the capture device according to the detection signal,
The present invention is characterized by comprising a control device that operates the ball throwing device when the second ball detector detects a prize ball introduced from the prize ball intake port into the prize ball passage.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the first ball detector and the taking-in device be placed in a position close to the prize ball intake port, and the second ball detector be placed at the entrance of the prize ball passage.

Further, the first ball detector, the capturing device, and the second ball detector can be housed in a single case to form a unit.

Further, in the present invention, the taking-in device has a first stopping position where the winning ball coming out of the winning ball receiving port is stopped at a position detected by the first ball detector, and a second stopping position below the first stopping position. The ball locking member is configured to rotate from a first stop position to a second stop position, and a solenoid for rotating the ball locking member. It is preferable to hold the prize ball while moving, and release the prize ball and introduce it into the prize ball path while rotating from the second stop position toward the first stop position again.

[Function] In the pinball game machine of the present invention, when the game ball f (enclosed ball) is fired from the firing device, the prize ball in the saucer is taken into the taking device. At that time, when the first ball detector detects a prize ball taken in through the prize ball intake port, the control device operates the intake device according to the detection signal, and the prize ball is taken in by the first ball detector. The ball is introduced into the prize ball passage through the intake port. When the second ball detector detects a prize ball, the control device operates the ball throwing device to supply the primary game ball (enclosed ball) to the shooting device.

Thus, the next firing operation can be performed. The control device does not operate the ball throwing device unless both the first ball detector and the second ball detector output detection signals, so if the ball is not being captured properly, the ball is not in the shooting device. This prevents accidental firing.

In the present invention, when the first ball detector and the taking-in device are arranged in a position close to the prize ball intake port, and the second ball detector is arranged at the entrance of the prize ball passage, the ball is taken in from the receiving tray. Since it is possible to quickly detect the prize ball that has been thrown and operate the ball throwing device, it is possible to shoot the game ball almost simultaneously with the taking in of the prize ball, making the operation more realistic. The winning balls are also reliably captured one by one.

Moreover, by unitizing the first ball detector, the taking-in device, and the second ball detector, it becomes easy to install it in a location close to the prize ball taking-in port.

Furthermore, by configuring the intake device with the ball locking member and the solenoid, the ball locking member can rotate from the first stop position to the second stop position, and from the second stop position again to the first stop position. Since the prize balls are introduced into the prize ball path one by one while rotating to the stop position, the prize balls are reliably taken in.

[Example] The following description will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an enclosed pachinko game machine which is an embodiment of the present invention. On the surface of the game board 2 of this pachinko game machine l, there are guide rails 3 and 4 that guide game balls (enclosed balls) fired from a firing device (described later) to the top of the board, and game balls that reach the top of the board can win prizes. A winning area including a winning opening 5, a variable winning ball device 6 called tulip, etc., and a large number of obstacle nails are arranged. On the back side of game board 2,
In addition to the firing device, there is also a ball throwing device that supplies game balls to this device, which will be explained in detail later.

At the front of this embodiment, below the game board 2, there is provided a tray 7 for storing prize balls that can be owned by the player, and a stocker 8 formed below the tray 7. Further, a firing handle 9 is provided at the lower right side of the front, and when the player operates this, a game ball is fired from a firing device to be described later.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an inclined groove 1O is formed in the bottom of the saucer 7 to move the prize balls P in a line toward the game board surface. The saucer 7 and the stocker 8 are fixed to the front side of the game board 2 by mounting a mounting plate 11 in which they are positioned vertically and connected together into an opening formed in the game board 2. The mounting plate 11 has a prize ball inlet 12 for taking in prize balls from the saucer 7 to a later-described taking-in device.
, a prize ball discharge port 13 for discharging the prize balls taken therein into the stocker 8 when necessary, and a prize ball supply port 14 for feeding the prize balls into the saucer 7 from a prize ball supply device described later. is formed.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5(A) and FIG. 6(A), a shielding plate 13a is attached to the prize ball outlet 13 so as to be openable and closable in the horizontal direction by manual operation by the player. This shielding plate 13a is normally closed.

By opening it when the player cancels the pinball game, the prize balls (captured balls) remaining in the capture device, which will be described later, can be discharged to the stocker 8.

On the back side of the mounting plate 11, as described later, there is a capture device 15 that captures prize balls from the capture port 12 every time a game ball is fired.
A take-in machine 17 is provided which forms an entrance portion of a prize ball passage 16 that receives the prize balls taken in by the take-in device 15.

As shown in FIG. 4, the take-in machine 17 consists of a hollow member in the shape of an elongated rectangular parallelepiped, and has a prize ball entrance 17 on the upper surface of one end thereof.
a, and an outlet 17b in a part protruding from the side of the other end.
The internal bottom surface slopes downward from the inlet side to the outlet side. Therefore, this intake machine 17
The prize ball that enters the inside from the entrance 17a is transferred toward the exit 17b. The prize ball that came out of the exit is captured by the receiving machine 17.
A prize ball passage 16 whose bottom surface is inclined similarly to the prize ball passage 16 for transferring the prize ball.
Through the induction gutter 18 that forms the? Then, it is collected in a reducing machine (not shown). The return machine is a known device that supplies and collects prize balls from a predetermined number of pachinko gaming machines.

On the back side of the mounting plate 11, a first ball detector 19 is arranged near the prize ball intake port 12, and a first ball detector 19 is arranged near the prize ball intake port 12.
A second sphere detector 20 is arranged above a. In the embodiment, an optical sensor is used as the first ball detector 19, and a magnetic sensor is used as the second ball detector 20.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the first ball detector 19, the capture device 15, and the second ball detector 20 are housed in a single case 21 to form a unit.

To explain the taking-in device here, the taking-in device 15 of the embodiment has a first stopping position ( Fifth
(A)) and the second stopping position below it (Fig. 6 (A)).
) and a rotary solenoid 2 that rotates the ball locking member 22.
It consists of 3.

The ball locking member 22 is attached to the case 21 of the unit so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction about the horizontal shaft 24, and its shape changes from the first stop position to the second stop position as shown in FIG. 5 (Al). While rotating to the stop position, the prize ball is inserted into the prize ball intake port 12.
an arcuate portion 22a held in a position close to the sixth portion;
As shown in Figure (A), it consists of a protrusion 22b that holds the prize ball at the second stop position, and a protrusion 22c that protrudes a transmission shaft 25 that transmits the rotation of the rotary solenoid 23. The distal end of the transmission shaft 25 is swingably inserted into a bearing 26 provided at the peripheral edge of the rotary disk of the rotary solenoid 23 .

Therefore, in a non-energized state where the rotary solenoid 23 is not energized, as shown in FIG.
2 is held at a first stop position where the first prize ball P1 coming out of the prize ball intake port 12 is received by the arc-shaped portion 22a. At this time, by closing the shielding plate 13a of the prize ball discharge port 13, the prize ball P1 is stopped at a position where the first ball detector 19 detects it.

Here, when the rotary solenoid 23 is energized and its rotary disk is rotated by a predetermined angle, the ball locking member 22 is rotated from the first stop position to the second stop position by the transmission shaft 25; The prize ball P is held in a substantially fixed position by the arcuate portion 22a, and the prize ball P is received and held by the protrusion 22b at the second stop position shown in FIG. 6 iAl.

Thereafter, when the rotary solenoid 23 is de-energized and the rotary disk is returned to its original position, the ball locking member 22 is moved again toward the first stop position by the transmission shaft 25, and its protrusion 2
2b rotates so as to retract, so the prize ball P is released, falls, and enters the prize ball path. On the other hand, the next prize ball P2 is received by the arc-shaped portion 22a, and Pl in FIG.
Similarly, it is held at the first stop position.

By repeating the above-described operation, the capturing device 15 detects each prize ball that comes out of the prize ball intake port 12 one by one by the first ball detector 19.
After the balls are stopped at the position where they are detected, they can be introduced into the prize ball path one after another.

In the queen's intake device, a rotary solenoid 23 is used as a driving means for the ball locking member 22, but a normal reciprocating solenoid may be used instead. C1 and FIG. 6 (as shown in C1,
The plunger of the reciprocating solenoid 26 is connected to the transmission member 27.
A long hole 2 connected to one end of the transmission member 27 and provided at the other end of the transmission member 27
Insert the tip of the transmission shaft 25 of the ball locking member 22 into 7a.

As a result, when the reciprocating solenoid 26 is energized, the plunger that moves against the spring 26a moves the ball locking member 22 from the first stop position to the second stop position via the transmission member 27 and the transmission shaft 25. When the ball locking member 22 is rotated to the position and the energization is released, the ball locking member 22 is returned to its original position by the restoring force of the spring 26a, and the ball locking member 22 is rotated from the second stop position to the first stop position. Thus, the ball locking member 22 can perform the same operation as when using the rotary solenoid 23 described above.

In the above embodiment, when the first ball detector 19 detects a prize ball, the solenoid of the taking-in device 15 is operated once, and one of the prize balls taken in from the prize ball intake port 12 is given as a prize. When the prize ball is introduced into the ball path and detected by the second ball detector 20, the ball throwing device is activated to send the game ball (enclosed ball) to the shooting device. The configuration will be explained below.

First, as shown in FIG.
A firing solenoid 32 which is energized in response to the operation of the firing handle 9 and causes the tip of the plunger 31 to project and fire the game ball P, and a ball hitting guide provided on the plunger protruding side. It consists of part 33. As will be described later, in order to feed the game balls P supplied through the game ball supply port 34 of the game board 2 from the ball sending device disposed on the back side of the game board 2 to the firing position, the ball guide section 33 has a tip. It is made of a cylindrical member with a cutout. Note that the game ball detector 29 is arranged at the starting point of the ball guide section 33, which is the firing position.

This firing device 30 is attached to the lower front of the game board 2 shown in FIG. 1, and is covered by a front door.

Furthermore, in the game ball supply port 34 of the game board 2, there is a game ball detector 35 for detecting game balls, and a ball throwing solenoid 3, which will be described later.
6 (FIG. 9), a game ball locking plate 37 that is driven in the vertical direction is arranged.

These will be explained in detail later.

Furthermore, a handle switch 9a (FIG. 11) is provided which is turned on when the handle 9 is operated. The output is sent as a handle operation detection signal to a control device to be described later, and the control signal operates the solenoid 32 of the firing device.

The game ball P fired from the firing device 30 rises along the guide rail 3 and heads toward the game board surface, but in order to collect the returning ball that does not reach the top of the game board surface, it is placed in front of the firing device 30. A return ball receiving plate 38 is arranged near the entrance of the shot ball passage between the guide rails 3.4 located at , and a return ball type 39 is provided below it.

The return ball receiving plate 38 is attached to the lower part of the game board 2 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction, and upon firing, the return ball receiving plate 38 is rotated upward to the position shown by the broken line in FIG. The passage to the guide rail 3° 4 is opened, but after that, the ball returns to the position shown by the solid line, receives the return ball, and drops it into the return ball type 39.

The return ball type 39 has a bottom surface that slopes downward from one end located below the return ball receiving plate 38 to the other end, and a return ball discharge port 40 is formed at the other end. A return ball detector (for example, an optical sensor) 41 for detecting a return ball is disposed inside the return ball discharge port 40, and a prize ball is sent from a prize ball discharge device (described later) into the saucer 7 in accordance with the detection signal. be discharged. Furthermore, the return ball outlet 40 penetrates the game board 2 and is connected to the eighth
As shown in the figure and FIG. 10, it communicates with a storage box 42 installed on the back side of the game board 2.

The storage box 42 not only holds return balls, but also the winning slot 5 of the game board 2.
Safe balls and out openings that entered other winning areas 43
It is designed to collect even out balls that enter the ball. That is, as shown in FIG. 10, a safe ball collection gutter 44 for collecting safe balls and an out pitch type 45 for collecting out balls are provided on the back side of the game board 2. The terminal end is located above the storage box 42 and is configured to drop the safe balls and out balls into the storage box 42.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8 to FIG.
2 and a drive section 53 including a motor for rotating the same, the game balls received from the bottom opening of the storage box 42 onto the screw conveyor 52 are sequentially delivered into the game ball supply port 34 by the rotation of the screw conveyor 52. It is sent to

The driving unit 53 of this ball throwing device stops the screw conveyor 52 when there are game balls in the game ball supply port 34, that is, when the game ball detector (for example, an optical sensor) 35 is outputting a detection signal, and stops the screw conveyor 52 to stop the game ball. It is controlled by a control device, which will be described later, to drive the screw conveyor 52 when the ball detector 35 does not output a detection signal.

Further, the ball sending device 50 includes a game ball locking plate 37 located within the game ball supply port 34 to prevent the game ball from moving to the firing device 3o, and a game ball locking plate 37 that drives the locking plate 37 in the vertical direction. A ball throwing solenoid 36 is included.

The reciprocating ball throwing solenoid 36 has a locking plate 37 connected to its plunger tip, and the locking plate 37 and the solenoid 3
The spring 36a is positioned between the upper end of the spring 36a and the upper end of the spring 36a. As a result, when the solenoid 36 is de-energized, the locking plate 37 is connected to the game ball supply port 3 as shown in FIG.
While the solenoid 3 protrudes into the inside and locks the game ball
6, as shown in FIG. 9(B), the plunger that descends against the spring 36a retracts the locking plate 37 from within the game ball supply port 34 and releases the game balls into the firing device 3.
It is possible to move to 0.

In this embodiment, when the first ball detector 19 and the second ball detector 20 detect the ball as described above, the solenoid 36 of the ball throwing device 50 is activated to send the game ball to the shooting device 30. .

Further, as shown in FIG. 1θ, a prize ball supply device 60 is installed on the back side of the game board 2 for discharging prize balls into the tray 7 through the prize ball supply port 14. This prize ball supply device 60 includes a hopper 6 that stores a large number of prize balls that are automatically sent from the above-mentioned return machine or replenished by the pachinko machine manager.
1, a supply path 62 consisting of a cylindrical body extending from its outlet to the prize ball supply port 14, and a fixed number of prize balls in the hopper 61, which are stored in a rotary disk 63, and the rotary disk 63 is rotated at a predetermined angle by a motor. A rotary method feed mechanism 64 is provided for feeding the required number of prize balls into the supply path 62.

This ball feeding mechanism 64 operates when the aforementioned return ball detector 41 detects a return ball, or when any one of the plurality of ball detectors 65 (FIG. 11) arranged corresponding to each winning area detects a safe ball. When detected, the control signal from the control device described later causes the
Control is performed so that the number of prize balls corresponding to each case is discharged into the tray 7.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the control device 70 of the embodiment:
The first sphere detector 19 and the second sphere detector 20 described above. Detection signals from the game ball detector 35, handle switch 9a, return ball detector 41, and safe ball detector 65 are input, and control signals corresponding to each detection signal are sent to the above-mentioned capturing device 15,
It is composed of a CPU or a microcomputer that outputs outputs to the drive unit 53 of the ball throwing device 50, the ball throwing solenoid 36, the firing device 30, and the prize ball supply device 60, respectively.

In addition to the above, the control device 70 performs control operations necessary for the game.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.2 First, when a player throws prize balls including purchased game balls into the saucer 7, those prize balls pass through the inclined groove lO of the saucer 7.
It enters the inside of the unit case 21 through the prize ball intake port 12.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5(A), the leading pachinko ball P is received by the ball locking member 22 of the taking-in device 15 and hits the shielding plate 13a that closes the prize ball outlet 13. It touches the ball and stops at the detection position of the first ball detector 19. At this time, as shown in FIG. 12(A), the first sphere detector 1
9 is turned on.

In this state, when the player operates the firing handle 9, the handle switch 9a is turned on. At this time, the control device 7
0 energizes the solenoid 32 of the firing device 30, as shown in FIG. 12 (IE), and fires the game ball at the firing position onto the game board surface. At the same time, the control device 70 controls the solenoid 2 of the intake device 15 as shown in FIG. 12(B).
3 for a predetermined period of time, the ball locking member 22 is actuated as described above to drop the leading prize ball P into the prize ball passage 17, and as shown in FIG. The detector 20 turns on when it detects the prize ball P1. on the other hand,
The next prize ball P2 moves to the detection position of the first detector 19 and turns it on.

The control device 70 activates the ball throwing solenoid 36 in response to the ON signals from the first detector 19 and the second detector 20, as shown in FIG. Lower the board 37 and send the game balls in the game ball supply port 34 to the firing device 30. When there are no game balls in the game ball supply port 34, that is, when the game ball detector 35 does not output a detection signal, , the driving unit 53 of the ball throwing device 50 is operated to drive the screw conveyor 52 to supply game balls from the game ball supply port 34 to the shooting device 30.

Here, the control device 70 does not energize the ball throwing solenoid 36 only by the ON signal from either the first ball detector 19 or the second ball detector 20.

For example, if the solenoid 23 of the intake device 15 becomes tangled or malfunctions, and the intake ball stops at the position of the first detector 19, then
As shown by the broken line in Il), even though the first detector 19 is turned on, the second detector 20 is not turned on, so the ball throwing solenoid 36 is not activated.

This aborts the launch.

The game ball sent to the firing position is then fired onto the game board surface as described above by operating the firing handle.

If this shot ball does not reach the upper part of the game board surface and becomes a return ball (foul ball), the return ball hits the receiving plate 38 and enters the return ball type 39 as described above, and returns to the return ball discharge port. 40 and is collected into a storage box 42. At this time, when the return ball detector 41 installed in the return ball discharge port 40 detects the return ball, the control device 70 operates the ball feeding mechanism 64 of the prize ball supply bag M60 to remove the ball from the prize ball supply port 14. 1 into saucer 7
Discharge the prize balls.

On the other hand, when the fired game ball wins a prize, the control device 70 operates the ball feeding mechanism 64 of the prize ball supply device 60 in response to a detection signal from the corresponding safe ball sensor 65, and the prize ball A predetermined number of prize balls are paid out from the supply port 14 into the saucer 7. In this case, the winning balls are returned to the storage box 42 through the safe ball collection gutter 44 as described above. Further, the out ball is also returned to the storage box 42 from the out port 43 through the out pitch type 45.

In addition, the timing of sending the game ball (enclosed ball) to the firing position and the timing of firing are each delayed by one time with respect to the timing of taking in the prize ball. The timing at which the game ball is fired in response to the captured ball is when the prize ball shown by C (the third captured ball) is captured.

At the time when the last ball in the saucer 7 is taken in, there is still a signal to fire two balls, so if the firing handle 9 is continuously operated, the ball can be fired twice. Also, even if you stop firing halfway and stop operating the handle to move to another pachinko machine, you can still fire two shots. In this case, since the throwing solenoid 36 is actuated at the same time as the last shot before abort, one of the remaining two shots actually remains in the firing position, and the other shot is stored in the controller 70. There is. Therefore, by operating the handle 9 again after removing all the balls from the saucer 7, the ball can be fired twice.

Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to any pinball game machine that separates game balls to be fired and prize balls given to players.

[Effect of the Invention 1 As described above, the present invention not only detects the captured ball by the first ball detector, but also allows the ball to be thrown to send the game ball to the firing position when the second ball detector detects the ball. Since the device is configured to operate, the following effects are achieved.

If the taking-in device malfunctions or the balls are jammed for some reason, and the taking-in of the game balls is not good, the firing of the game balls can be immediately stopped.

Even if one of the detectors on the captured ball becomes undetectable due to a disconnection, firing can be stopped.

It is possible to prevent illegal game balls in which a string or the like is attached to a game ball and held in a detection part in order to play a pinball game permanently.

By installing a detector close to the intake port, it is possible to fire the toy ball almost simultaneously with the intake of the prize ball, making the operation more realistic, and also allowing the intake of the prize ball to be done in one go.
This will be done one by one.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of a pachinko game machine that is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the prize ball receiving section, Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the saucer part seen from above, Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the shape of the intake gutter, Figures 5 and 6 illustrate the structure and operation of the prize ball intake device, and Figure 7 is an explanatory diagram of the firing device and the return ball collection section. The figure is a sectional view showing the part on the back side of the game board where the ball throwing device is installed. Figure 9 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the solenoid used to control the feeding of game balls. FIG. 11 showing the configuration is a block diagram centered on the control device, and FIG. 12 is a timing chart showing the relationship between taking in the prize ball and shooting the game ball. l... Pachinko game machine, 2... Game board, 3.4
...Guide rail, 5.. Prize opening, 6.. Variable winning ball device, 7.
... saucer, 8 ... stocker 9 ... firing handle, 10 ... inclined groove, 11 ... mounting plate, 12 ... prize ball inlet, 13 ... ... Prize ball discharge port, 14 ... Prize ball supply port, 15 ... Taking-in device, 16 ... Prize ball passage, 17 ... Taking-in gutter,
18... Guidance gutter, 19... First detector, 20... Second detector, 21... Unit case, 22... Ball locking member, 23... ... rotary solenoid, 24 ... horizontal shaft, 25 ... transmission shaft, 30 ...
...Launching device, 32...Solenoid, 33...
...Ball guide section, 34...Game ball supply port, 35...
...Game ball detector, 36...Solenoid for throwing balls, 40...Return ball exit, 41...Return ball detector,
42...Storage box, 43...Out port, 5
0...Ball throwing device, 60...Prize ball supply device, 7
0...control device. Patent applicant Universal Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) a firing device that fires game balls enclosed therein toward the game board surface; a ball throwing device that supplies the game balls to the firing device; and a saucer that accommodates prize balls that can be owned by the player; A pinball game machine having a capturing device that captures a prize ball in the tray each time a game ball is fired, and a prize ball passageway that receives the prize ball captured by the capturing device, which communicates with the tray. The first ball installed near the prize ball intake port
the ball detector, a second ball detector installed in the prize ball path, and the first ball detector. A pinball game machine comprising: a control device that operates the ball throwing device when the second ball detector detects a prize ball introduced into the prize ball path from the entrance. (2) The first ball detector and intake device are installed in a position close to the prize ball intake port, and the second ball detector is installed at the entrance of the prize ball passage. A pinball game machine according to claim (1). (3) The pinball game machine according to claim (2), wherein the first ball detector, the taking-in device, and the second ball detector are housed in a single case to form a unit. (4) The taking-in device has a first stopping position where the winning ball coming out of the winning ball taking-in port is stopped at a position detected by the first ball detector, and a second stopping position below the first stopping position. and a solenoid that rotates the ball locking member, and the ball locking member moves from the first stop position to the second stop position. While rotating until
The prize ball is held and the prize ball is released and introduced into the prize ball path while rotating from the second stop position toward the first stop position again. The pinball game machine according to claim (1), (2) or (3).