JPH04218190A - Pachinko or pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To supply a pachinko or a pinball machine by which dispensed balls discharged according to player's manipulation are fed on the upper plate without fail and to be understandable to the players. CONSTITUTION:Gift balls discharged as the result from winning prize are fed from one gift ball-discharge outlet 15a of the two discharge outlets 15 formed at the upstream side of the upper plate 14 and dispensed balls discharged as the result from player's manipulation are fed from the other dispensed ball- discharge outlet 15b. Therefore, players can securely discharge balls on the upper plate 14 only by their manipulation to use the dispensed balls and the dispensed balls and gift balls are separately discharged from the different outlets 15a, 15b. And hence, he can extremely easily understand which kind of balls are discharged.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine equipped with an upper tray for storing balls ejected as prize balls and guiding the stored balls to a ball firing position.

0002

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In a pachinko machine, a player inserts money or a card into a ball rental machine and inserts the borrowed balls into an upper tray provided at the front of the pachinko machine to start playing.
When the ball won as a result of the game, a predetermined number of prize balls were discharged into the upper tray. That is, at the beginning of the game, it is necessary to receive the rental balls borrowed from the ball lending machine with your hands and throw them into the upper tray, but until you throw them into the upper tray, the rental balls may overflow from your hand. Alternatively, there is an inconvenience that the game must be temporarily interrupted when rental balls are needed during the game. In order to eliminate this inconvenience, conventionally, a rotatable connecting gutter whose tip extends to the upper tray was provided at the discharge port of the ball lending machine, and the player could climb the connecting gutter before discharging the rented balls. There was one in which the player moved above the plate and then operated a button for the desired amount or inserted coins.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned prior art, if a player mistakenly performs an operation to eject a rented ball before accurately moving the connecting gutter to above the upper tray, the rented ball will drop to the floor. Not only is there the inconvenience of overflowing, but a player who has lost a game may hit the connecting gutter in anger, causing it to malfunction, or inserting a foreign object into the outlet of the connecting gutter and borrowing the rental balls. There was a problem of making it impossible to do so. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to reliably discharge the rental balls discharged based on the player's operation to the upper tray, and to ensure that the discharged balls are To provide a pachinko machine that allows you to easily understand that the balls are being ejected as rental balls.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides an upper tray for storing balls ejected as prize balls and guiding the stored balls to the ball firing position. In the pachinko machine equipped with the above-mentioned pachinko machine, an outlet through which balls flow out toward the upper tray is divided into a prize ball outlet and a rental ball outlet, and A rental ball connecting the prize ball outlet and a prize ball discharge passage through which the prize balls discharged by the machine, and formed on the back surface of the pachinko machine, and through which the rental balls discharged based on the player's operation flow down. It is characterized in that the discharge passage and the rental ball outlet are connected.

[0005]

[Operation] When a hit ball wins a prize, a predetermined number of prize balls are discharged from the prize ball outlet to the upper tray through the prize ball discharge passage formed on the back side of the pachinko machine. In addition, when the player performs an operation to borrow rental balls, a predetermined number of rental balls are discharged from the rental ball outlet to the upper tray through the rental ball discharge passage formed on the back of the pachinko machine. . Therefore, the player can ensure that the rented balls are ejected to the upper tray simply by performing the operation of borrowing the rented balls, and that the outflow ports for the rented balls and the prize balls that are ejected to the upper tray are formed separately. Therefore, it is easy to understand which balls have been ejected.

[0006]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 1 seen from the front, and FIG.
3 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the prize ball discharging device 33. In FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 is
A front frame 3 is attached to the front of the machine frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. A glass door frame 4 and a front plate 5 are attached to the front surface of the front frame 3 so as to be openable and closable. Moreover, on the back side of the front frame 3,
A game board 6 is removably mounted via the mounting frame. A guide rail 7 is provided on the surface of the game board 6 to guide the hit ball fired from the firing position, and a symbol display device 8 is arranged in the center of the game section surrounded by the guide rail 7, and the symbol display device 8 A variable winning device 10 having a large winning opening is arranged below the display device 8. In addition, three starting winning holes 9 are arranged horizontally between the symbol display device 8 and the variable winning device 10, and a normal winning hole 11 is arranged above the symbol display device 8. Tulip-type winning openings 12 are arranged on both the left and right sides of the player. Further, an out port 13 is provided at the bottom of the gaming section.

[0007] Each of the parts arranged on the game board 6 described above is as follows:
It operates as follows. That is, when a hit ball fired along the guide rail 7 falls on the surface of the game board 6 and wins a prize in any of the starting winning holes 9, the symbols on the symbol display device 8 are displayed in a variable manner, and from the start of the variation The fluctuation is stopped when a certain period of time (for example, 5 seconds) has elapsed or when the player operates a stop button (not shown). Then, when the combination of symbols at the time of stopping is a predetermined combination of jackpot symbols, the jackpot state is reached and the variable winning device 10 is operated until a certain period of time (for example, 30 seconds) has elapsed or a predetermined number of symbols ( For example, if the ball is opened until 10 (10) winning balls are generated, and a ball hits the V winning hole (not shown) provided in the variable winning device 10 during the opening, the above-mentioned opening state is repeated again, and such You can perform up to 16 repetitions. In addition, the number of prize balls ejected by the winning balls that have entered the variable winning device 10 is, for example, 15, and the number of prize balls that have been ejected by the winning balls that have entered the starting prize opening 9 is, for example, 7. be. In addition, the number of prize balls ejected by winning balls into the variable winning device 10, the winning holes 11 other than the starting winning hole 9, and the tulip type winning hole 12 is as follows:
For example, there are 15 pieces. In this way, in this embodiment, the game board 6 is arranged so that the number of prize balls to be ejected is two.
The winning slots on the top are divided into groups, and different sounds are generated when each number of prize balls is ejected.

[0008] An upper plate 14 is attached to the front surface of the front plate 5 for guiding the thrown rental balls or the ejected prize balls one by one to the shooting position of the guide rail 7. In the illustrated upper tray 14, prize balls and rental balls are discharged from the back of the pachinko machine 1 through the outlet 15 formed on the upstream side of the upper tray 14.
The prize ball outlet 15a based on winnings of batted balls is different from the rental ball outlet 15b which is borrowed by the player. Therefore, both the prize balls and the rental balls are automatically discharged onto the upper tray 14, which is convenient for the player and also makes it easy for the player to check whether the prize balls or the rental balls have been discharged. can be understood.

[0009] Further, at the lower part of the front frame 3, there is an operation handle 16 for launching the balls at the firing position into the game section, and an upper tray 14.
A lower tray 17 is provided to store surplus prize balls that cannot be stored. This lower tray 17 is integrally formed with an ashtray 19 and a card device 20 on a support member 18 fixed to the lower part of the front frame 3. The card device 20 includes a card insertion slot 21 into which a card purchased by a player is inserted, a card reader (not shown) provided inside the card insertion slot 21, and a card reader (not shown) that is connected to the card information recorded on the card. A remaining amount display 22, lending buttons 23a to 23c that are operated when borrowing the number of lending balls desired by the player within the range of the ball information recorded on the card, and the card inserted into the card insertion slot 21. End switch 2 to operate when returning the card
It is composed of 4. These card devices 20 are
As shown in FIG. 2, it is controlled by a card device control board 25 fixed to the lower back surface of the front frame 3.

[0010] By the way, the card contains information related to the rental balls borrowed by the player, for example, if it is 1,000 yen, the amount information is 1,000 yen (or number information is 250), and if it is 5,000 yen, it is 5,000 yen. Amount information of yen (or number information of 1250 pieces) is recorded, and after inserting the card into the card insertion slot 21 and operating one of the lending buttons 23a to 23c, a loan corresponding to the amount will be issued. Prize ball discharging device 3, which will be described later
It is discharged from 3. That is, when the lending button 23a is operated, 25 rental balls worth 100 yen are ejected from the prize ball discharging device 33, and when the lending button 23b is operated, 75 rental balls worth 300 yen are ejected as a prize. When the balls are ejected from the ball ejecting device 33 and the lending button 23c is operated, 125 rental balls worth 500 yen are ejected from the prize ball ejecting device 33. In this embodiment, different sounds are generated when each of the lending buttons 23a to 23c is operated. Further, inside the card device 20, although not shown, lending switches corresponding to the lending buttons 23a to 23c are built-in.

In the illustrated embodiment, the card device 2
0 is shown integrally formed with the support member 18 on which the upper plate 14 is formed, but it may be made detachable and detachable. When separated, the mounting position may be any of the support member 18, the front frame 3, and the machine frame 2. Furthermore, although the card device control board 25 is shown attached to the lower part of the back surface of the front frame 3, the card device control board 25 may also be housed integrally in a box that stores the parts that make up the card device 20. good.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a mechanism plate 26 is attached to the back surface of the game board 6 so as to be openable and closable. This mechanism plate 26 has a plate-shaped portion 26 facing the back side of the game board 6.
A winning ball collecting space is formed between the plate-shaped portion 26a and the back surface of the game board 6, and a gutter-shaped second winning ball collecting gutter 28 is further formed in the lower part thereof. This second winning ball gathering gutter 28 is a winning hole 10, 11 for discharging 15 prize balls among the plurality of winning holes provided on the game board 6.
, 12 are collected. On the other hand, there is a starting prize opening 9 for discharging 7 prize balls.
The rear part of the plate part 26a protrudes rearward from the plate-like part 26a,
Below that, the winning balls are collected in a first winning ball collecting gutter 27 which is stacked in the front-rear direction with a second winning ball collecting gutter 28. Then, the first winning ball collection gutter 27 and the second
A first winning ball detection switch 29 and a second winning ball detection switch 30 that detect flowing winning balls are provided at the downstream end of the winning ball collection gutter 28, respectively. The balls that have passed through the first winning ball detection switch 29 and the second winning ball detection switch 30 are discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 1. Note that the winning balls are temporarily stopped at the positions of the first winning ball detection switch 29 and the second winning ball detection switch 30, and after the ejection operation of the prize balls corresponding to the winning balls is completed, the winning balls are transferred to the pachinko machine. It is also possible to discharge it outside of 1. With this configuration, evidence balls that have not been discharged as prize balls can remain in the event of a power outage, etc., and troubles with players do not occur.

Furthermore, a prize ball tank 31 is fixed to the upper part of the back surface of the mechanism plate 26. A prize ball guide gutter 32 is formed below the prize ball tank 31 for arranging the prize balls in a line and guiding them to the prize ball discharging device 33. Prize ball ejecting device 3
3, a sprocket 34 having a concave portion formed on its outer periphery to engage with each of the prize balls flowing down in a line as shown in FIG. It is composed of a discharge solenoid 35, and a discharged ball detection switch 36 (light projection/reception type) for counting the number of prize balls discharged. However, the prize ball ejecting device 33
When there is an ejection command signal within the range of the amount information of the card or when there is an ejection command signal based on the occurrence of winning balls, the ejection solenoid 35 is energized and the sprocket 34 is allowed to rotate. When the number of detection signals of the discharge ball detection switch 36 reaches a predetermined value corresponding to the type of discharge command signal, the discharge solenoid 35 After the excitation of the sprocket 34 is completed, the sprocket 34 is engaged again to stop its rotation.

A prize ball discharge path is formed below the prize ball discharge device 33 for guiding the prize balls discharged from the prize ball discharge device 33 to the upper tray 14 or the lower tray 17 on the front of the pachinko machine. In this embodiment, as described above, one prize ball discharging device 33 performs the discharging operation of the prize balls and the discharging operation of the rental balls, and each is discharged from separate outlet ports 15a and 15b. Therefore, the structure is as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. That is,
The ball passage on the downstream side of the prize ball discharging device 33 includes a prize ball discharging passage 39 connected to the prize ball outlet 15a and a rented ball discharging passage 40 connected to the rented ball outlet 15b in parallel. The flow path switching valve 37 is installed on top of the vertically erected structure.
is rotatably provided, and a flow path switching solenoid 38 for driving the flow path switching valve 37 is provided. Therefore, in the normal state, the flow path switching valve 37 is in an inclined position as shown by the broken line in FIG. When excited, as shown by the dashed line in FIG. 3, it assumes a substantially upright position and communicates the prize ball ejecting device 33 with the rental ball ejecting passage 40. The flow path switching solenoid 38 is excited when any of the lending buttons 23a to 23c is operated.

Among the above-mentioned discharge passages, a bell 41 is provided in the middle of the prize ball discharge passage 39, which generates a sound when the discharged prize balls collide with each other, and the prize balls that collide with the bell 41 are The balls are guided in the direction of the ball outlet 15a. Then, the number of prize balls that are ejected increases and the top plate 1
When a large amount of prize balls are stored in 4 and the game is full,
Prize balls overflow from below the bell 41 and surplus ball discharge passage 42
The liquid flows out to the bottom plate 17 and is guided to the lower plate 17. Further, a speaker 43 that generates sound is attached to the rear wall forming the surplus ball discharge passage 42. This speaker 43 generates the sound when the prize balls are ejected and the rental balls are ejected, and the sound reaches the player through the opening in the lower tray 17.

[0016] Further, on the back of the pachinko machine 1, a game control board (not shown) for controlling game operations is provided behind the game board 6, and a game control board (not shown) for controlling game operations is provided at the bottom of the back of the front frame 3. A ball firing device 44, the card device control board 25, and a discharge control board 45 that mainly drives and controls the prize ball discharge device 33 are provided. The card device control board 25 and the discharge control board 45 are connected to each other and exchange necessary information.

As explained above, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, when a hit ball wins and either the first winning ball detection switch 29 or the second winning ball detection switch 30 is turned on, The ON signal is stored, and a predetermined number of prize balls are delivered to the prize ball discharging device 33 based on the stored value.
is discharged by. The prize balls discharged from the prize ball discharging device 33 are passed through the prize ball discharging passage 3 formed in the mechanism plate 26.
9 and are discharged to the upper tray 14 from the prize ball outlet 15a. On the other hand, when the player operates any of the lending buttons 23a to 23c, the flow path switching solenoid 38
is excited, rotates the flow path switching valve 37, and communicates the prize ball discharging device 33 with the rental ball discharging passage 40. Thereafter, the number of rental balls corresponding to the operated rental buttons 23a to 23c is discharged by the prize ball discharging device. The rental balls discharged from the prize ball discharge device 33 pass through the rental ball discharge passage 40 formed in the mechanism plate 26 and are discharged to the upper tray 14 from the rental ball outlet 15b. Therefore, the player can ensure that the rented balls are ejected to the upper tray 14 by simply performing an operation to borrow the rented balls, and that the prize balls and the rented balls that are ejected to the upper tray 14 are separated into separate streams. Since the balls are discharged from the outlets 15a and 15b, it is easy to understand which balls have been discharged.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 described above (hereinafter referred to as the first embodiment), the ejection operation of prize balls and the ejection operation of rental balls are performed by one prize ball ejection device 33. Although shown, the prize ball discharging device 33 may be configured to perform only the operation of discharging the prize balls, and another device may perform the operation of discharging the rental balls. For example, as shown in Figure 4,
A counting device 50 is fixed to the upper part of the back of the machine frame 2 of the pachinko machine 1, and a replenishment pipe 51 that connects to a replenishment mechanism (not shown) is connected to the upper part of the counting device 50. By adopting a configuration in which the rental ball discharge pipe 52 inserted into the mechanism plate 26 at the rear part of the outlet 15b is connected, the counting device 50 is driven based on the rental ball discharge command signal and the balls are supplied from the supply pipe 51. It is also possible to discharge the balls to the rental ball discharge pipe 52 while counting the balls, and then discharge the rental balls to the upper tray 14 from the rental ball outlet 15b.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the downstream end of the rental ball discharge pipe 54 extending from the ball rental machine 53 adjacent to the pachinko machine 1 is connected to the rear part of the rental ball outlet 15b in the same way as the rental ball discharge pipe 52. By adopting a configuration in which the ball rental machine 53 is inserted into the mechanism plate 26 of the rental ball discharge pipe 54, the ball rental machine 53 is driven based on the rental ball discharge command signal and a predetermined number of rental balls are inserted into the rental ball discharge pipe 54.
Alternatively, the rented balls may be discharged to the upper tray 14 from the rented ball outlet 15b. In this case, the rental ball discharge command signal supplied to the ball rental machine 53 is transmitted from the rental balls 23a to 23a provided in the pachinko machine 1 shown in the first embodiment.
23c, or may be derived based on the operation of a lending operation button provided on the ball lending machine 53 itself. Further, the card device 20 and the remaining amount display 22 may be provided in the pachinko machine 1 as in the first embodiment, or may be provided in the ball lending machine 53.

[0020]

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above explanation, in the pachinko machine according to the present invention, the prize balls that are ejected based on the winning of the ball are passed through the prize ball ejection path formed on the back side of the pachinko machine. The rented balls that are discharged based on the operation to borrow the rented balls pass through the rented ball discharge passage formed on the back of the pachinko machine and are discharged from the rented ball outlet to the upper tray. Since the player is configured so that the balls are ejected to the upper tray, the player can ensure that the rented balls are ejected to the upper tray by simply performing the operation of borrowing the rented balls. Since the outlet for the ball and the prize ball are formed separately, it is easy to understand which ball has been ejected.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the prize ball ejecting device.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of a pachinko machine showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine 14 Upper plate 15 Outlet 15a Prize ball outlet 15b Rental ball outlet 39 Prize ball discharge passage 40 Rental ball discharge passage 52, 54 Rental ball discharge pipe

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a pachinko machine equipped with an upper tray for storing balls ejected as prize balls and guiding the stored balls to a ball firing position, an outlet through which the balls flow out toward the upper tray. is divided into a prize ball outlet and a rental ball outlet, and is formed on the back side of the pachinko machine, and includes a prize ball discharge path through which prize balls discharged based on winning balls flow down, and the prize ball flow. The rental ball outlet is connected to an exit, and the rental ball outlet is connected to a rental ball discharge passage formed on the back side of the pachinko machine and through which rental balls discharged based on operations by a player flow down. Pachinko machine.