JPH0419869B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a pinball game machine equipped with first and second variable winning ball devices.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in various pinball game machines, the variable winning ball device is changed to a first state based on a predetermined game state, and the player He was enjoying the game by playing a ball hitting game aiming at the variable prize winning ball device whose state was changing.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional system, since there was only one variable winning ball device, it was difficult to appropriately adjust the number of times the variable winning ball device changed to the first state. . In other words, increasing the number of times the variable prize winning ball device enters the first state will result in a significant loss for the gaming facility, and conversely, decreasing the number of times the ball device enters the first state will result in a decrease in player interest, which will reduce the popularity of the pinball game machine. It was something that would disappear.

(Means for Solving the Problems) Therefore, the present invention provides two variable winning ball devices, and provides a second variable winning ball device that is advantageous to the player on the condition that the first variable winning ball device wins a prize. Since the structure is configured to change to the first state, the number of times that the two variable prize winning ball devices are in the first state is increased, which allows for appropriate management for the gaming hall, while increasing the interest for the players. It can be used as a rolling pinball game machine.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, an outline of an embodiment of the pinball game machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show a pachinko machine 1 in which a pinball game machine according to the present invention is applied to a pachinko game machine.
A front view and a back view centering on the game board 6 are shown, respectively. In the figures, 2 is the front frame, 3 is the metal frame, 4 is the glass door frame, 5 is the front plate, and 7 is the front plate 5.
8 is a surplus ball receiving tray, 9 is attached to a batted ball supply tray,
is the operating handle. A game board 6 is provided on the back side of the glass door frame 4, and a winning ball device 10 is provided approximately at the center of the game board 6.
Prize openings 51a and 51b are arranged on both the left and right sides of the
Furthermore, a pair of winning ball devices 52a and 52b, called so-called tulips, each having a pair of movable wing pieces on both sides of the lower part are arranged, for example. Further, a variable winning ball device 53 having an opening/closing plate 54 is arranged below the winning ball device 10.

1 to 7 each schematically show a first embodiment of a winning ball device according to the present invention, and this winning ball device 10 has a mounting board 11 that is attached to the game board 6, A winning opening 12 is formed on the upper part of this mounting board 11, and a winning opening 1 is formed below the winning opening 12.
3a is formed. This winning hole 13a communicates with a second winning ball passage 13 which will be described later. Arc-shaped outer walls 15a, 15 are provided on both sides of the upper part of the mounting board 11.
b, and an inner wall 16 is provided at an appropriate interval to allow a batted ball to pass inside the outer walls 15a and 15b.
a, 16b are provided. the outer wall 15a,
Outer walls 17a and 17b are provided below the lower end of 15b at an interval that allows a batted ball to pass through.

The outer walls 15a, 15b and the inner walls 16a, 16b
The openings at the upper end serve as winning ball entrances 14a and 14b, and the lower opening/closing member 19 forms a first winning ball passage 14 in which a winning hole 21 is formed, and communicates with the entering prize hole 13a to enter a second winning ball. A ball passage 13 is formed, and this second winning ball passage 13 is formed extending toward the rear of the mounting board 11, and furthermore, the distance between the lower ends of the outer walls 15a, 15b and the upper ends of the outer walls 17a, 17b is set to a winning ball entrance 18a, 18b, and is formed in the third winning ball passage 18 in which the winning hole 22 is formed at the lower end.

An opening/closing member 19 is provided approximately at the center of the mounting board 11 between the outer walls 17a and 17b.
A rectangular hole 11a is provided at the mounting position,
Pivot pins 26a are located on both sides of the hole 11a,
26b, a pair of opening/closing wings 19a, 19b are arranged on the front side of the mounting board 11 as an example of opening/closing members. The opening/closing wing pieces 19a, 19b, a swinging member 27, etc., which will be described later, constitute a first variable winning ball device. Said opening/closing wing piece 1
9a and 19b are made to stand parallel to each other and are freely tiltable in an inverted figure eight shape, and have a so-called tulip type winning hole 21 structure, and when the opening and closing wings 19a and 19b are tilted in an inverted figure eight shape, the third winning ball is opened. Passage 1
Shielding portions 25a, 25b for shielding the winning ball entrances 18a, 18b of No. 8 are formed at the upper ends of the opening/closing wings 19a, 19b. When a winning ball hits the winning hole 21 while the ball is tilted in an inverted figure eight shape, the opening/closing wings 19a and 19b are erected and the winning ball is placed on the game board 6.
The swinging member 27 that guides the back side is attached to a fulcrum 33 at the guide walls 32a and 32b arranged on the back side of the mounting board 11.
It is supported by A magnet 40 is provided at the rear of the swinging member 27, and the guide walls 32a, 32b
It is attached by magnetic force to a fixing pin 39 fixed in between. A ball receiving piece 36 is formed at the lower part of the swinging member 27, and the winning ball is received by the ball receiving piece 36 and moved to the swinging member 2.
7 is lowered and the opening/closing wing pieces 19a, 19
Push the inclined lower side of b further downward to make it stand up. The winning ball received by the ball receiving piece 36 is attached to the mounting board 1
The ball is guided to a winning ball guide gutter 34 provided on the back side of the ball. Further, when the opening/closing wing pieces 19a, 19b are returned to the inverted figure-eight shape, the rear end of the swinging member 27 only needs to be lowered. The second winning ball passage 1 described above is located at the rear end of this swinging member 27.
3 is formed by joining.

The lower ends of the lower outer walls 17a and 17b of the mounting board 11 are connected to form a winning opening 22, and a hole 11b is formed in the mounting board 11 corresponding to this winning opening 22. A winning ball guiding gutter 35 is provided. The outer wall 17a, 1
7b and guide walls 41a, 41b provided at the lower part of the opening/closing member 19, the third winning ball passage 18 is formed.

A decorative plate 23 is attached to the front side of the winning hole 12, and a circular hole 29 is installed on the game board 6 behind the winning hole 12.
are drilled, winning opening 13, winning ball entrance 14a, 1
4b; Decorative plates 24 are attached to the front sides of 18a, 18b, the first and third winning ball passages 14, 18, and the opening/closing member 19, and the third winning ball passage 1
Guide walls 41a and 41b forming a guide wall 8 are integrally formed on the back side of the decorative plate 24, and pivot pins 26a and 26 of the pair of opening and closing wings 19a and 19b are formed integrally with each other on the back side of the decorative plate 24.
b are formed in one piece. Opening/closing wing piece 19
A pair of stoppers 42a, 42b are formed on the upper portions of the guide walls 41a, 41b, and stoppers 42a, 42b are provided on the opening/closing wings 19a, 19b.
Concave grooves 43a, 43b are formed in which the grooves 2b are respectively engaged with both ends 44a, 44b, 45a, 45b, and one ends 44a, 44b of the concave grooves 43a, 43b are engaged with stoppers 42a, 42b, respectively, when the concave grooves 43a, 43b are erected in parallel. The other end portions 45a, 45b are respectively locked by stoppers 42a, 42b when tilted in an inverted eight-shape.

A lamp 31 and a lamp cover 20 are provided between the prize opening 13a and the opening/closing member 19, and the decorative plate 24 is formed with appropriate patterns and through holes. Further, an obstacle nail insertion hole 38 is formed in the mounting board 11 between the prize opening 12 and the prize opening 13a, and the obstacle nail can be directly planted on the game board 6 using this insertion hole 38. ing. Further, an obstacle such as a windmill may be directly planted on the game board 6 using the insertion hole 38. A plurality of mounting holes 28a, 28b, and 28c are formed in the mounting board 11.

As shown in FIG. 9, guide channels 55a and 55b are provided on the back side of the game board 6 to guide the winning balls that have entered into the winning holes 51a and 51b, and the winning holes 22 of the third winning ball passage 18 are provided with guide channels 55a and 55b that guide the winning balls that have entered the winning holes 51a and 51b. A winning ball that has won a prize is detected by a winning ball detector 56, and as shown by the block in FIG.
is activated, and the opening/closing plate 54 of the second variable winning ball device 53 provided on the game board 6 is activated.

The maximum value is given to the player by the winning of the ball hit into the third winning ball path 18.
That is, from this third winning ball passage 18 to the winning hole 22
When a ball hits a prize, for example, the opening/closing plate 54 of the second variable winning ball device 53 is opened for a predetermined period of time, or a predetermined number of winning ball devices 52a and 52b called tulips are opened. or by opening the winning ball device and variable winning ball device 53 to enable winning of a predetermined number of batted balls, and by opening the winning ball for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of winning balls are won, etc., to give maximum value to the player. do.

As shown in FIG. 13, the second variable winning ball device 53 has a front member 53 attached to a mounting board 53a.
b, and an opening/closing plate 54 which shields an opening 53c formed approximately in the center of this front member 53b and which rotates forward to serve as a receiving part for winning balls, and furthermore, has an opening/closing plate 54 which serves as a receiving part for the winning ball by rotating forward. A guiding gutter 70 for guiding winning balls to the back side of the game board 6 and a predetermined winning ball number detector 71 are provided, and a predetermined winning ball number counting circuit 72 consisting of a counter or the like for counting the detection output from this detector 71 is connected. , the signal Sl and the timer 7 when a predetermined number of winning balls are received by the predetermined number of winning balls counting circuit 72.
The signal S2 when a predetermined time has elapsed from 3 is given to the OR circuit 74, and the discrimination circuit 58 is activated by the condition that the predetermined number of winning balls or the predetermined time is achieved faster, that is, the signal S1 or S2. ,
The plunger 57a of the solenoid 57 is returned to its original position, and the opening/closing plate 54 is rotated in a direction to cover the opening 53c.

In the embodiment described above, the opening/closing plate 54 of the second variable winning ball device 53 is opened until a predetermined number of winning balls or a predetermined time is reached. Detected with
A winning ball device 52a called a so-called chulip,
52b or other winning ball devices may be opened for a predetermined time or until a predetermined number of winning balls are received.

(Operation) Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, the winning ball device 1
The effect of 0 will be explained.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pair of opening/closing wings 19a, 19b of the opening/closing member 19 are inclined in an inverted eight shape, and the shielding portion 25 at the tip of the opening/closing wings 19a, 19b is
In the state where the winning ball entrances 18a and 18b of the third winning ball passage 18 are blocked by the balls 18a and 25b, it is possible to hit a winning ball into the first and second winning ball passages 14 and 13. In this state, even if a ball hits the winning hole 13a and the winning ball is guided to the second winning ball passage 13, the opening/closing wings 19a, 19b of the opening/closing member 19 will not operate at all due to this winning ball. There is no maximum value assigned. In this state, winning ball entrance 14
When a batted ball enters the first winning ball path 14 from a, 14b, it rolls on the opening/closing wings 19a, 19b from the winning ball inlets 14a, 14b, and the opening/closing wings 19a,
While the ball 19b is raised up, it is received by the ball receiving piece 36, guided to the winning ball guiding gutter 34, and processed as a winning ball. The opening/closing wing pieces 19a, 19b are maintained in an upright state by lowering the tip of the swinging member 27. Moreover, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the shielding portions 25a, 2
5b is the winning ball entrance 18 of the third winning ball passage 18
Since a and 18b are released, the third winning ball path 1
A ball hit on the 8th will be in a state where it is possible to win a prize. In this case, the first
The second winning ball passages 14 and 13 are also in a winning state, and the batted ball that wins in the first winning ball passage 14 is guided to the third winning ball passage 18 in this embodiment. The winning balls guided from the third winning ball passage 18 to the winning hole 22 are guided to the winning ball guide gutter 35 and then to the winning ball detector 56. Then, the predetermined maximum value mentioned above is given to the player. Also prize opening 13
When a winning ball is guided to the second winning ball passage 13 from a, the winning ball falls to the rear end of the swinging member 27 and raises the tip of the swinging member 27, so that the opening/closing wing piece 19
a, 19b are again tilted in an inverted figure-eight shape, and as shown in FIGS. , 18b and the third
It will be impossible to win a prize in the winning ball passage 18.

10 to 12 each schematically show a second embodiment of the winning ball device according to the present invention, and the same reference numerals are given to the parts corresponding to the first embodiment described above. Although the detailed explanation of this will be omitted,
Opening/closing wings 19a, 19b of the opening/closing member 19 mentioned above
It is characterized in that a rotating plate 60 is provided instead. The rotating plate 60 of the opening/closing member 19 has a center portion fixed to an output shaft 63 of a drive motor 62 fixed to the back side of the mounting board 11, and shielding portions 61a and 61b formed at both ends are normally connected to the As shown in the figure, the winning ball entrance 18a of the third winning ball passage 18,
18b, respectively. That is, in this second embodiment, the rotating plate 60
A first variable winning ball device is constituted by the drive motor 62 and the like. The configuration of the first variable prize winning ball device is not limited to that described above, and various conventionally known configurations may be adopted.

Further, guide surfaces 65a and 65b formed in a chevron shape when viewed from the front are formed on one side between the shielding portions 61a and 61b of the rotating plate 60, and guide surfaces 65a and 65b are formed to guide winning balls into the first winning ball path 14. is the first winning ball passage 14
The ball is guided from the lower end to the winning holes 64a, 64b, and then passes through the guide troughs 68a, 68b to the winning ball detector 6.
7a, 67b, the detectors 67a, 67
Based on the detection signal b, the drive motor 6 of the rotating plate 60
2 rotates, rotating the rotating plate 60 by 90 degrees (first
(See Figure 2). By rotating the rotary plate 60, the winning ball entrances 18a and 18b of the third winning ball path 18 are respectively opened, allowing entry into the third winning ball path 18. The rotating plate 60 is the first winning ball passage 1.
It may also be one that rotates continuously at a constant speed based on the winning number.

Winning ball entrance 18a, 1 of third winning ball passage 18
8b is in the released state, the winning ball entrance 18
The winning balls guided to the winning hole 22 from a and 18b are guided to the winning ball detector 56 from the winning ball guide gutter 35,
Similar to the embodiments described above, this system is designed to provide the maximum value to the player. A winning ball guided into the second winning ball path 13 from the winning opening 13a is detected by a winning ball detection section 66, and the rotating plate 60 is returned to its original position based on the detection signal.

Note that the other configurations and operations of the second embodiment are similar to those of the first embodiment.

Furthermore, although illustration and explanation will be omitted, the opening/closing member 19 is a pair of opening/closing wings 19 of the first embodiment.
a, 19b, in addition to using the rotary plate 60 of the second embodiment, an opening/closing plate is used to shield the winning ball entrances 18a, 18b of the third winning ball passage 18, and to prevent the entrance to the first winning ball passage 14. Open the opening/closing board based on the winning ball,
Winning ball entrances 18a, 18 of third winning ball passage 18
It may also be one that opens b.

In the first embodiment described above, the pair of opening/closing wings 19a and 19b are operated to open and close by the weight of the winning ball guided from the first winning ball passage 14 to the winning hole 21, but the winning ball cannot be moved. It may be electrically detected and, based on this detection signal, the opening/closing wings 19a, 19b of the opening/closing member 19 are opened/closed by an electric driving means as in the second embodiment.

(Effects of the Invention) The above is the configuration of an embodiment of the pinball game machine according to the present invention. According to this configuration, the number of times the variable winning ball device enters the first state advantageous to the player can be In order to obtain the first state of the second variable winning ball device that can increase the player's interest and give the player the maximum value, the first variable winning ball device Since the condition is that the ball won a prize, it is possible to obtain a pinball game machine that enables appropriate management for the game hall.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 7 schematically show the first embodiment of the pinball game machine according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a front view of the winning device, FIG. 2 is a partially cross-sectional side explanatory view,
Fig. 3 is a front view of the third winning ball passage with the winning hole opened, Fig. 4 is a partially cross-sectional side view of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a rear view of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view,
FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view, FIGS. 8 and 9 are front and back explanatory views when the present invention is applied to a pachinko game machine, and FIGS. 10 to 12 are views of the winning ball device of the present invention. 10 is a front view, FIG. 11 is a front view with the winning hole of the third winning ball passage opened, FIG. 12 is a rear view, and FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of the second embodiment. 14 is a perspective view of the second variable winning ball device, and FIG. 14 is a control block diagram of the operation of the solenoid. In the diagram, 1... Pachinko machine as a pinball game machine,
6... Game board, 10... Winning ball device, 11... Mounting board, 13... Second winning ball passage, 13a...
Winning hole, 14...1st winning ball passage, 14a, 1
4b...Winning ball entrance, 15a, 15b...Outer wall,
16a, 16b...Inner wall, 17a, 17b...Outer wall, 18...Third winning ball passage, 18a, 18b
...Winning ball entrance, 19...Opening/closing member, 19a, 1
9b... Opening/closing wing piece, 21, 22... Prize opening, 25
a, 25b... Shielding part, 34, 35... Winning ball guiding gutter, 51a, 51b... Winning opening, 52a, 52
b... Winning ball device, 53... Second variable winning ball device, 54... Opening/closing plate, 56... Winning ball detector.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. First and second variable winning ball devices that can be freely changed between a first state that is advantageous to the player and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player are provided on the game board surface. preparing, changing the first variable winning ball device to a first state based on the gaming state becoming a predetermined state, and changing the first variable winning ball device to a first state when the first variable winning ball device accepts a ball while in the first state; A pinball game machine comprising a drive control means for driving the second variable winning ball device to the first state based on the winning ball. 2. The pinball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the drive control means changes the second variable winning ball device to the first state for a predetermined period of time. 3. A plurality of the second variable winning ball devices are provided,
The pinball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the drive control means opens a predetermined number of the plurality of second variable winning ball devices. 4. Claim 1, characterized in that the drive control means changes the winning ball device to the first state until a predetermined number of winning balls enter the second variable winning ball device. The pinball game machine described. 5 The drive control means keeps the winning ball device in the first state until either a predetermined number of winning balls enter the second variable winning ball device or a predetermined time elapses. A pinball game machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the pinball game machine is changed to .