JPH041965Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a winning ball device used in pinball game machines such as pachinko machines.

[Prior art]

2. Description of the Related Art A pinball game machine, for example, a pachinko machine, is equipped with a winning ball device to increase the interest of players. The most common type of winning ball device is that when a winning ball occurs in a specific safe hole,
By opening a so-called Yakumono winning section such as a chulip or an atatsuka for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of pachinko balls enter the winning section, a state in which it is easy to win a prize is created.

However, with such conventional winning ball devices, the entertainment as a so-called winning ball device tends to become uniform, and the reality is that from the player's perspective, the interest tends to fade.

[Purpose of invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and aims to provide a winning ball device that can provide new entertainment to players.

[Structure of the idea]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention accepts balls by a movable member that is moved to a position where it is easy to receive balls, and allows these balls to enter one of a plurality of winning slots. The number of times the movable member is moved is controlled depending on which of the winning holes reaches the predetermined number of winnings earliest.

[Configuration of Embodiment] In FIG. 1 showing a pachinko machine to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied, a pachinko ball 2 launched by operating a ball operating section 1 moves inside a board 3 from top to bottom. Flowing down. In this process of falling, the pachinko ball 2
The flow path is changed in various ways by means of obstacle nails, windmills, etc. (not shown), and the winning holes 4 and 5 and the tulip 6 are used to win prizes, or the winning holes are collected through the out hole 7. Further, in the center of the board surface 3, a winning ball device 10 according to the present invention is provided.

The prize ball device 10, as shown in FIG.
A board 12 that is attached to the board surface 3 so that its front surface 11 is flush with the board surface 3, a circular protrusion 13 and an arcuate protrusion 14 that are formed to protrude forward of this board 12, and these protrusions 13. ,1
4, a moving member 15 that is movable in the left-right direction below the moving member 15, a winning prize receiver 16 provided below the moving member 15, and three winning openings 17, 18, 2.
0.

On the surface of the circular protrusion 13, five light emitting diodes 22a to 22 are arranged in a large-diameter annular shape.
e, and five light emitting diodes 24a to 24e arranged in a small-diameter annular shape.

The moving member 15 is in the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2 in a normal state. Therefore, the pachinko balls 2 flowing down from above the winning ball device 10 are distributed to the left and right by the protrusions 13 and 14, and are moved by the moving member 1.
5 will never be accepted. However, the moving member 15 consists of a solenoid 25 and a moving mechanism 26 (see FIG. 3) provided on the back side of the board 3.
This allows movement between the right position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 2 and the opposite left position. For example, when the movable member 15 moves to the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
Since the right side of the ball 5 projects further to the right than the arcuate projection 14, the pachinko balls 2 flowing down from above can be received into the moving member 15 from this part. On the lower surface of the moving member 15, this moving member 15
The pachinko ball 2 accepted by the prize winner 16
An opening 27 is formed to allow the pachinko balls 2 to fall into the winning opening 17,
It is now possible to win either 18th or 20th.

Each of the above entry prize holes 17, 18, and 20 has the following:
In order to detect pachinko balls passing through each winning hole, a well-known detector consisting of, for example, a photo sensor is installed.
Each time a winning pachinko ball passes by, the detector is configured to provide a signal to the well-known prize ball dispenser and circuitry shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3 showing a circuit configuration for electrically controlling the operation of the winning ball device 10, the winning ball detection section 30 detects that the pachinko ball 2 has entered the winning hole 5. In addition, winning ball detection units 31, 3
2 and 33 are prize openings 20, 17, and 18, respectively.
The pachinko ball 2 is provided in order to detect the winning of the pachinko ball 2 in the game. The one-pulse generation circuit 34 receives the detection signal from the winning ball detection section 30 and supplies a one-pulse signal to the solenoid actuation signal generation circuit 35 to actuate the drive circuit 36.

The winning ball detection circuit 31 detects that a winning has occurred in the winning hole 20, and activates the pulse generating circuit 37. Time-series pulses generated by the pulse generation circuit 37 are input to a counter 38. This counter 38 is a subtraction counter that is set to a set value of 10 in the initial state, and every time a pulse is sent from the pulse generation circuit 37, it is subtracted by 9, 8, 7, . . .
...is subtracted. And pulse generation circuit 3
The number of pulses from 7 reaches 10, and the counter 38
When the count value becomes 0, the operation of the pulse generating circuit 37 is stopped. Further, the counter 38 changes its count value to 10 or 0 depending on set value input from comparison circuits 41 and 42, which will be described later.
It is configured to be set to .

Further, each of the winning ball detection circuits 32 and 33 outputs a detection signal every time a winning occurs in the winning holes 17 and 18, and the detection signal is counted by the respective counters 39 and 40. The count values of these counters 39 and 40 are calculated by comparator circuits 41 and 4.
2 is compared with the value 5 stored in the counter 43. When the count value of the counter 39 reaches 5, the comparison circuit 41 sets the counter 38 to 0 and resets the counter 39. On the other hand, if the count value of the counter 40 reaches 5 first, the comparison circuit 42 sets the counter 38 to the set value.
Set to 10. Incidentally, the comparison circuit 42 supplies a set signal of 10 to the counter 38, and at the same time stops the operation of the counters 39 and 40.

Count value outputs from counters 39 and 40 are output to display circuits 45 and 46, respectively.
The display circuits 45 and 46 include light emitting diodes 22a to 22a.
The display units 22 and 24 consisting of 22e or 24a to 24e (see FIG. 2) are driven to light up a number of light emitting diodes 22a to 22e or 24a to 24e equal to the count value of the counters 39 and 40, respectively. It's becoming like that.

[Effect of the embodiment]

According to the above configuration, when a winning occurs in the winning slot 5 during the process of playing the game, the well-known prize ball payout mechanism pays out the prize ball, and the detection signal from the winning ball detection unit 30 is 1. The pulse generating circuit 34 is activated. As a result,
The solenoid 25 is driven once via the solenoid actuation signal generation circuit 35 and the drive circuit 36. When the solenoid 25 is driven, the solenoid arm is retracted, and the moving mechanism 26 fixed thereto is lowered. As a result, the moving member 15 moves back and forth once in the left and right direction, and the solenoid 2
When the drive of 5 is cut off, a return spring built into the solenoid 25 causes the moving mechanism 26 to rise and return to the initial position shown.

While the moving member 15 moves back and forth in this way,
When the pachinko ball 2 is received in the moving member 15, the pachinko ball 2 falls from the opening 27 and is won in either the winning holes 17, 18 or the winning hole 20. When the pachinko ball 2 enters the winning hole 17 or 18, the prize ball is paid out, the movable member 15 is stopped after one reciprocating movement, and the winning ball device 10 returns to its initial state.

When the pachinko ball 2 received by the moving member 15 enters the winning hole 20 while the moving member 15 moves back and forth, a detection signal from the winning ball detection section 31 is transmitted to the winning ball detection section 30 and the pulse generation circuit. 3
At the same time, the count values of counters 39 and 40 are reset. As a result, the winning ball detection section 30 becomes partially prohibited from operating, operates only to pay out prize balls, and does not send a signal to the 1-pulse generating circuit 34.

When the pulse generation circuit 37 is activated in response to a signal from the winning ball detection unit 31, the time-series pulses generated there are sent to the solenoid activation signal generation circuit 35.
Then, it is delivered to the counter 38. Since the counter 38 is preset to a set value of 10, the counter 38 counts the pulses until the number of pulses from the pulse generating circuit 37 reaches 10,
When the count value becomes equal to the set value 10, the operation of the pulse generating circuit 37 is stopped. At the same time, the partial operation prohibition state of the winning ball detection section 30 is canceled, and the signal from the winning ball detection section 30 is also supplied to the 1-pulse generation circuit 34.

Since the 10 pulses generated from the pulse generation circuit 37 as described above are also supplied to the solenoid actuation signal generation circuit 35, the solenoid 25 is driven 10 times during this period, and therefore the moving member 15 is driven an additional 10 times. Performs two round trips. During this period, the pachinko ball 2 received by the moving member 15
The balls are distributed to the winning slots 17, 18, or 20 to win prizes, and prize balls are paid out each time.

Among the pachinko balls that are won in the winning holes 17, 18, and 20 in this way, the number of pachinko balls that are won in the winning holes 17 and 18 is calculated by the counters 39 and 20, respectively.
Counted by 40. This count value is displayed on the display section 22, via the display circuits 45 and 46, respectively.
The number is displayed by 24. In other words, winning opening 1
When winnings occur sequentially in 7, the light emitting diode 2
2a, 22b, 22c, etc., and the number of lit lights increases sequentially. Similarly, the number of prizes won in the prize opening 18 is determined by the number of prizes won by the light emitting diodes 24a, 24b, 24c...
It is displayed by lighting up. If a winning occurs in the winning slot 20 during this period, the counts of the counters 39 and 40 are reset to 0 from the previous counts. In addition, the pulse generation circuit 3
7 has already been activated, so it cannot be activated again.

While the number of prizes won in the prize openings 17 and 18 is counted by the respective counters 39 and 40,
When the counter 39 reaches the count value 5 first, the comparison circuit 41 outputs the set value 0 to the counter 38, so that the count value of the counter 38 becomes 0. Therefore, at that point, the counter 38
A stop signal will be output at 7. Therefore, the operation of the pulse generation circuit 37 is stopped and the operation of the solenoid actuation signal generation circuit 35 is no longer performed, so that the operation of the moving member 15 is completed and the state returns to the initial state. On the other hand, when the counter 40 reaches the count value 5 first, the comparison circuit 42 outputs the set value 10 to the counter 38, so that the count value of the counter 38 becomes 10 again.
become. Therefore, from that point on, the pulse generating circuit 37 begins to supply pulses until the count value of the counter 38 reaches 10. As a result, the solenoid 25 is driven ten more times, and the moving member 15 accordingly moves back and forth ten times.

According to the above operation, when a winning occurs in the winning opening 5 and the moving member 15 makes one reciprocating movement,
When a prize is won in the prize opening 20, the movable member 15 can move back and forth an additional 10 times. Moreover, during these 10 reciprocating movements, depending on which of the winning holes 17 and 18 wins 5 times first, the movement of the moving member 15 will end at that point, or it will continue to move 10 more times. A decision will be made as to whether round-trip travel will be possible. Since the number of winnings in these winning openings 17 and 18 can be observed by the player on the respective display sections 22 and 24, new interest can be generated.

In the embodiments described above, the shape of the movable member 15, the direction of movement, the mechanism for moving it, the number of times of movement, etc. can be changed in various ways, and the display section can be changed to, for example, a digital display. It may be configured so that

[Effect of idea]

As described above, according to the present invention, the number of times the movable member is moved to a position where it is easy to win a prize is determined based on which winning hole among several winning holes reaches the specified number of winnings the earliest. Since the ball can be changed in different directions, it is possible to create new interest that is not found in conventional winning ball devices. Moreover, by allowing the player to observe the number of prizes won at the prize opening that changes and controls the number of times the movable member moves, it becomes possible to make the game even more visually interesting.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration used in the present invention. 3... Board surface, 5... Winning slot, 10... Winning ball device, 12... Board, 13... Circular protrusion, 14...
...Arc-shaped protrusion, 15...Moving member, 16...Winning prize receiver, 17, 18...Winning opening, 20...Winning opening,
22a-22e...Light emitting diode, 24a-2
4e...Light emitting diode, 25...Solenoid,
26...Movement mechanism, 27...Opening.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A moving member that is moved to a position where it is easy to receive a ball when a winning occurs in a predetermined winning opening, and a plurality of winning openings into which the balls received by the moving member are placed. A winning ball detection unit provided in each of the plurality of winning holes and detecting winning balls in each winning hole, and a winning ball detection unit provided corresponding to each of the winning ball detection units and the number of winning balls in each winning hole. a counting section that counts each, and a control that monitors the counted value in each counting section, detects that the counted value in any of the counting sections reaches a predetermined value, and controls the number of times the moving member moves. A winning ball device characterized by comprising: means. (2) The winning ball device according to claim 1 of the utility model registration claim, further comprising a display section that displays the counted values of each of the counting sections. (3) Registration of a utility model characterized in that the movable member is moved by a solenoid, and when the solenoid is driven once, the movable member is moved back and forth once. A winning ball device according to claim 1.