JPH04263885A - Management equipment device of game hall - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently execute the removing work and the replenishing work of hit balls enclosed in the inside of a pinball game machine 3 of what is called a hit ball enclosing/circulating type. CONSTITUTION:When a ball removing solenoid 211 which can be operated by a remote control from a prescribed place in a game hall is operated, a ball removing lever 207 in which a changeover valve 209 is formed integrally moves, and a hit ball holding pipe 69 and a ball removing passage 137 communicate with each other. As a result, hit balls 195 in the hit ball holding pipe 69 are guided to the ball removing passage 137 and discharged to the outside of a pinball machine. When the ball removal of the hit balls 195 is finished, new hit balls are supplied from a replenished ball guiding trough 143.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a management equipment device for a game hall in which pinball game machines such as pachinko game machines and coin game machines are installed. This invention relates to a management equipment for a game hall in which a pinball game machine is installed in which a game is played by circulating and repeatedly firing balls.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in pinball game machines such as pachinko machines, the balls are used repeatedly, so it is inevitable that the balls become dirty. If you play a game by hitting dirty balls, there will be inconveniences such as balls clogging due to the dirt and uneven hitting speed of the balls being hit into the playing area. In order to prevent this, it was necessary to wash the hitting balls.

[0003] Therefore, in a general pinball game machine in which players play a game by inserting rented balls into a pinball game machine and firing the rented balls, the fired balls are The balls are collected and automatically ejected from the machine, and the balls that are ejected from the machine are automatically cleaned using a ball cleaning device installed in the gaming hall.

[0004] On the other hand, in a so-called hit ball circulating type pinball game machine in which a game is played by circulating the balls enclosed inside and repeatedly firing them, the fired balls circulate inside the game machine. Since the ball then returns to the ball firing position again, the ball is not automatically ejected out of the machine and cleaned as described above.

[0005] Therefore, in such a circulating type pinball game machine in which the balls are enclosed, it is necessary to remove and clean the balls inside the machine periodically or when the balls become visibly dirty. Ta.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in such conventional ball-filled circulating type pinball game machines, it is difficult for the staff at the game center to remove the balls stored inside the game machine. The balls were extracted by operating the enclosed ball storage section where the enclosed balls were stored, and the complicated process of having to operate the enclosed ball storage section, an internal part of the gaming machine, to extract the enclosed balls. The disadvantage was that they were forced to do a lot of work. In addition, even when replenishing new balls after they have been removed and cleaned, there is a drawback in that the user is forced to perform the troublesome work of manipulating the internal parts of the gaming machine to replenish the balls.

[0007] In view of the above circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to improve the efficiency of the work of extracting and replenishing the balls enclosed within a circulating type pinball game machine.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention is a management equipment for a game hall in which a pinball game machine is installed in which a game is played by circulating and repeatedly firing balls enclosed inside the machine, which comprises:
A ball extracting means that can be operated by remote control from a predetermined location in the game parlor and extracts the hit balls from the pinball game machine, and a ball supply means that supplies new hit balls to the pinball game machine. It is characterized by the following.

[0009]

[Function] According to the present invention, the balls of the pinball game machine can be removed by remote control from a predetermined location in the game parlor due to the function of the ball extracting means, so that the staff at the game parlor can take the trouble to remove the balls from the pinball game machine. There is no need to go to the place where the game machine is installed and operate the internal parts of the pinball game machine to perform ball extraction work.

Furthermore, after the hit ball is removed, a new hit ball is supplied to the pinball game machine by the action of the ball supply means.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an overall schematic plan view of a game hall equipped with an embodiment of the game hall management equipment according to the present invention. In each gaming machine installation island 1 installed in the gaming hall, a plurality of pinball gaming machines are installed, such as a pachinko gaming machine 3 with a circulation type in which balls are enclosed, and an arrangement-type pachinko gaming machine 5 with a circulation in which balls are enclosed. There is.

Balls of the pachinko game machine 3 and arranged ball type pachinko game machine 5 can be borrowed using a card as described later, and ball rental card processing machines 7 and 8 process the cards at that time. is located at the playground. Further, at one end of the predetermined gaming machine installation island 1, a ball lending card vending machine 9 for selling the cards is arranged.

[0013] Ball lending card vending machine 9, ball lending card processing machine 7
, 8. The pachinko game machine 3 and the arranged ball type pachinko game machine 5 are connected to the hall management computer 11 and the terminal box 13 by wiring. This allows them to send and receive information to each other. Note that the wiring of the arranged ball type pachinko game machine 5 and the wiring of many pachinko game machines 3 are omitted from illustration.

[0014] Here, the hall management computer 11 manages information within the game hall.

The terminal box 13 is managed by a card sales company that sells the cards, and is connected to a central hall management computer and a comprehensive central management computer owned by the card sales company. The centralized hall management computer mainly manages the gaming halls within the district to which it belongs. The comprehensive central management computer mainly manages computers for central hall management.

Reference numeral 15 in the figure is a repeater for storing the number of balls held, which stores the number of balls held by each pachinko machine 3 placed on each gaming machine installation island 1 and transmits it to the hall management computer 11. be.

Reference numeral 17 in the figure denotes a prize ball counter, which is used to count the number of prize balls won by a player in a pachinko game machine (not shown) that pays out prize balls. The counted value is transmitted to the hall management computer 11 and used as business information.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the hall management computer 11. As shown in FIG. Hall management computer 1
A power switch 19, various function keys, a numeric keypad 21, a display 23, etc. are provided on the surface of the device 1, and a control circuit 24 is provided inside.

By turning on the power switch 19, electricity is supplied to the hall management computer 11.

[0020]The function key is the pachinko game machine 3.
A machine number key 25 for specifying the machine number, a profitable pitch number key 27 for displaying on the display 23 the number of profitable pitches that are profitable for the gaming parlor, and a display 23 for displaying the number of unprofitable pitches that are disadvantageous for the gaming parlor. a disadvantageous ball number key 29 to display on the display 23, a difference number key 31 to display the difference number on the display 23, a sales key 33 to display sales information on the display 23, and a gaming machine installation island 1 to be specified. an island designation key 35 for designating all pachinko machines 3; an all-machine key 37 for designating all pachinko machines 3; a ball output rate key 39 for displaying the ball output rate on the display 23; and a display 23 for displaying the number of balls held. Suta's number of balls key 41, ball removal supply key 43
including. By pressing the ball extraction supply key 43, a ball extraction means (equipped with a ball extraction solenoid 211, a ball extraction lever 207, and a switching valve 209 as shown in FIG. 5) for extracting balls from the pachinko game machine 3 is activated. Then, the replenishing device 61 (see FIG. 3), which supplies new balls to the pachinko game machine 3 after the balls have been removed, is activated.

The operation of this hall management computer 11 is performed when you want to know information for each machine, when you want to know information for each gaming machine installation island, and when you want to know information about all the gaming machines installed in the gaming hall. I will explain it separately for cases where you want to know.

If you want to know information about each machine, first press the machine number key 25 and input the desired machine number by pressing the numeric keypad 21. If you want to know the number of profit balls of the pachinko machine 3 with the entered machine number, press the number of profit balls key 27.
Press.

If you want to know the number of unprofitable balls of the pachinko game machine with the entered machine number, press the unprofitable ball number key 29.

[0024] If the player wants to know the difference between the number of profitable balls and the number of unprofitable balls of the pachinko game machine having the entered machine number, the difference number key 31 is pressed.

[0025] If the player wants to know the sales information of the pachinko game machine with the entered machine number, the sales key 33 is pressed.

If you want to know the ball payout rate of the pachinko game machine with the input machine number, press the ball payout rate key 39.

If you want to know the number of balls held by the pachinko game machine with the entered machine number, press the number of balls key 41.

[0028] If the player wants to extract balls from the pachinko game machine having the entered machine number and replenish new balls, the player presses the ball removal supply key 43.

If you want to know information for each island where each gaming machine is installed, first press the island designation key 35 and input the desired island number by pressing the numeric keypad 21. If you want to know the number of profitable balls, number of unprofitable balls, number of differences, sales information, ball output rate, and number of balls held by all pachinko machines installed on the island with the entered island number, The number of profitable balls key 27, the number of unprofitable balls key 29, the difference number key 31, the sales key 33, the ball output rate key 39, and the number of balls held key 41 are pressed, respectively.

[0030] If you want to extract balls from all the pachinko game machines installed on the gaming machine installation island of the input island number and replenish new balls, press the ball removal supply key 43.

If you want to know information about all machines, first press the all machine key 37. If you want to know the number of profitable balls, number of unprofitable balls, difference number, sales information, ball output rate, and number of balls held for all pachinko machines installed in a gaming hall, press the number of profitable balls key 27 and the number of unprofitable balls, respectively. The profit ball number key 29, the difference number key 31, the sales key 33, the ball output rate key 39, and the number of balls held key 41 are pressed.

[0032] If you want to extract balls from all the pachinko game machines installed in the game parlor and replenish new balls, press the ball removal supply key 43.

[0033] In this embodiment, the pachinko game machine 3
A ball removal supply key 43 is pressed to extract a ball from the ball and replenish it with a new ball. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and ball removal may be automatically replenished at regular intervals (for example, every day or every three days) using a timer or the like.

The numbers displayed on the display 23, from left to right, indicate the machine number of the pachinko game machine 3, the number of profitable balls, the number of unprofitable balls, the number of differences, and sales information.

Next, the outline of the control circuit 24 of the hall management computer 11 will be explained. The control circuit 24 includes a machine-specific profitable ball number storage unit 45 that stores the number of profitable balls for each machine of the pachinko game machine 3, and a machine-specific unprofitable ball number storage unit 47 that stores the number of unprofitable balls for each machine. We are prepared.

[0036] Here, the number of profit balls refers to the total number of out balls and winning balls. The number of unprofitable balls refers to the score equivalent to the prize balls paid out to the player when a hit ball wins a prize.

The machine-specific profit ball number storage unit 45 stores a signal (1) obtained by dividing the out ball signal and the winning ball signal of each pachinko game machine 3 by a predetermined value, for example, the out ball signal and the winning ball signal. When a total of 10 are measured, one pulse signal is input.

The unprofitable balls number storage unit 47 for each machine contains a signal (2) obtained by dividing the score corresponding to the number of prize balls to be added to the number of balls held based on the occurrence of winning balls etc. by a predetermined value, for example, 10. A signal of one pulse per point is input.

The information on the number of profitable pitches by machine (15) from the number of profitable pitches by machine storage unit 45 and the information on the number of unprofitable pitches by machine (16) from the number of unprofitable pitches by machine storage unit 47 are the difference numbers. The difference number is input to the calculation unit 49, the difference number is calculated, and the difference number information (17) is input to the vehicle-specific difference number storage unit 51 and stored.

Information on the number of profitable pitches by machine (15) from the number of profitable pitches by machine storage unit 45 and information on the number of unprofitable pitches by machine (16) from the number of unprofitable pitches by machine storage unit 47 are calculated based on the ball output. The ball output rate is input to the rate calculation unit 53 and the ball output rate is calculated.

The difference number information (17) calculated by the difference number calculation section 49 is also input to the stop command section 55. When the difference reaches a predetermined value such as 4000, a stop signal (4) is sent to the pachinko game machine 3 to perform stop control.

[0042]Instead of automatically performing the stopping control, the display 23 displays the machine number at which the stopping is to be performed, and the attendant at the game hall sees this and selects the pachinko machine with the displayed machine number. The game machine 3 may be discontinued.

The ball extraction command unit 57 operates the ball extraction solenoid 211 (see FIG. 5), which is a component of the ball extraction means for extracting balls from the pachinko game machine 3, based on the press of the ball extraction supply key 43. Sends a command signal (5) for removing balls. On the other hand, when the game is in progress, the game signal (6
) is sent to the ball extraction command unit 57, and the hall management computer 11 determines that the ball extraction is not possible during the game, and displays the determination result on the display 23.

After all the balls in the pachinko game machine 3 have been removed, a replenishment request signal (7) requesting replenishment of new balls is input to the replenishment command unit 59 from the pachinko game machine. Upon receiving the replenishment request signal (7), the replenishment command unit 59 sends a replenishment command signal to the replenishment device 61 (described in detail in the explanation section of FIG. 3), which is a signal instructing the pachinko game machine 3 to replenish balls. (8) Send. Upon receiving the replenishment command signal (8), the replenishment device 61 supplies a predetermined number of balls to the pachinko game machine 3. The supply device 61 constitutes a ball supply means for supplying new balls to the pinball game machine.

[0045] Furthermore, when the balls in the ball standby gutter 69 are automatically removed at the end of the game, the replenishment request signal (9) for replenishing new balls equal to the number of balls that have been removed is sent to the pachinko game. It is sent from the machine 3 to the replenishment device 61. Note that this replenishment request signal (9) is sent to the replenishment device 6 via the replenishment command unit 59.
1 may be sent.

A balance update signal (10) (described in detail in the explanation part of FIG. 3) from the ball lending card processing machine 5 (detailed explanation in the explanation part of FIG. 3) is sent to the pachinko gaming machine 3 and the sales by machine. The data is sent to the storage unit 56.

The number of balls held signal (11) is sent from the number of balls held card processing machine 63 (described in detail in the explanation section of FIG. 3) to the pachinko gaming machine 3, and the number of balls held signal (11) is processed from the pachinko gaming machine 3. The number of balls signal (12) is sent to the machine 63. The ball possession signals (11) and (12) will be explained in the explanation section of FIG.

The number of balls signal (13) is sent from the card processing machine 63 to the number of balls stored by card 65, and the ball number signal (13) is sent from the number of balls stored by card 65 to the number of balls card processing machine 63 indicating whether or not the card is appropriate. A determination signal (14) is sent. Number of balls signal (13)
, the card suitability determination signal (14) will be explained in the explanation section of FIG.

The number of balls held by each machine storage section 66 receives information on the number of balls held by each machine (3) from the number of balls held by each machine counter provided in the pachinko gaming machine 3. The backup power supply 67 is for use in the event of a power outage.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a pachinko game machine 3 managed by an embodiment of the game hall management equipment according to the present invention. The pachinko game machine 3 constitutes a pinball game machine that plays a game by circulating and repeatedly hitting balls enclosed within the machine. Although this embodiment describes a pachinko game machine, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be any type of pinball game machine that circulates balls.

[0051] Depending on the ball lending card or number of balls card,
Hit balls are supplied to a hit ball standby gutter 69 of the pachinko game machine 3. A ball rental card is a card that a player receives in exchange for cash, and the cash information or information on the number of balls equivalent to the cash is recorded, and the player can use the number of balls to be hit corresponding to the recorded information. . The number of balls held card is a card that stores the number of balls currently owned by the player at the gaming parlor or information on the amount of money equivalent to those balls, and the player can use the balls he/she owns for playing games. It is. A method of supplying hit balls to the hit ball waiting gutter 69 using the ball lending card and the number of balls held card will be described below.

First, the case where a ball rental card is used will be explained. A ball rental card processing machine 7 is provided on one side of the pachinko game machine 3 in a state that it can be separated from the pachinko game machine 3. The player inserts the card into the card insertion outlet 7 of the card reader/writer 71 provided in the ball lending card processing machine 7.
Insert the ball rental card into 3.

The recorded information recorded on this ball rental card is read by the card reader/writer 71. The card balance included in the read card information is displayed on the display 75. In this case, the number of balls hit corresponding to the remaining amount of the card may be displayed. This display 75
may be provided in the pachinko game machine 3, or may be provided in other locations such as a curtain board.

Next, the player presses the sorting operation buttons 77 and 79.
, 81 to select and designate the amount to be used for the game within the remaining amount displayed on the display 75. When the player selects and specifies the amount of money to be used for playing, the balance update signal (10) shown in FIG.
The number of balls corresponding to the selected amount is displayed on the number-of-balls display 83 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 3. Thereafter, a predetermined number (for example, 21) of balls are delivered to the ball waiting gutter 69. If a predetermined number of balls are paid out,
The number of balls held after the number of balls that have been paid out is subtracted is displayed by the number of balls display 83. Reference numeral 89 is an operation indicator lamp, which lights up to indicate that the ball rental card processing machine 7 is in operation. 90 is a return button, and by pressing the return button 90, the ball rental card is returned from the card insertion/ejection port 73.

[0055] Next, use the ball count card to enter the ball waiting gutter 69.
We will explain how to supply the ball to the player. A card processing machine 63 for the number of balls held is installed on the pachinko game machine 3. The number of balls held card is inserted into the card insertion/ejection port 95 of the card reader/writer 93 provided in the number of balls held card processing machine 63.

The recorded information recorded on the number of balls held card is read by the card reader/writer 93. and,
The number-of-balls signal (13) shown in FIG. 2 (the number-of-balls signal included in the read card information) is sent to the number-of-balls-by-card storage unit 65 shown in FIG. The number-of-balls-by-card storage unit 65 stores the number of balls recorded on the number-of-balls card at the end of the previous game. The number of balls recorded on the ball number card inserted just now is compared with the stored number of balls, and it is checked whether or not the number of balls number card has been tampered with.

[0057] After the check is completed, the card-specific ball storage unit 65
(See Figure 2) to number of balls card processing machine 63 (See Figure 2)
A card suitability determination signal (14) is sent to. If the read number of balls differs from the stored number of balls, the card suitability determination signal (14) returns the number of balls card to the player from the card insertion/ejection port 95, and sends the card from the speaker 107. This is a signal that generates an alarm sound, and if the read number of balls matches the stored number of balls, the number of balls held is displayed on the number of balls display 97 provided on the number of balls card display 63. There is a signal to display. As a result, the number of balls held is displayed on the number of balls display 97.

Furthermore, the number-of-balls-in-play signal (11) shown in FIG. , the number of balls held display 83 displays the same number as the number displayed on the number of balls held display 97.

Next, the player operates the number-of-balls-input key 99 to enter the number of balls that he/she wishes to use in the game within the range of the number of balls displayed on the number-of-balls displays 83 and 97. Select and specify. As a result, the number of balls held by the player is displayed on the number of balls display 97. Then, when the confirmation button 101 is pressed, the number of balls selected by the player is displayed on the number of balls display 8.
3. Then, the batted ball dispensing device 88 is activated, and a predetermined number (for example, 21) of batted balls are discharged to the batted ball standby gutter 69.

Note that although the number-of-balls-in-play card processing machine 63 is provided with a number-of-balls-in-use input key 99, the number-in-play-in-play number input key 99 may not be provided. In this case, the game will be played with the number of balls recorded on the ball number card.

Reference numeral 103 in the figure is an operation indicator lamp, which illuminates to indicate that the number of balls card processing machine 63 is in operation. Reference numeral 105 denotes a holding indicator lamp, which is lit when the number-of-balls-in-play card processor 63 holds the number-in-balls card at a predetermined position.

[0062] When the pachinko balls are paid out into the ball waiting gutter 69, the game becomes possible and the player can press the operation handle 109.
By operating the ball hitting device 11 including the ball hitting motor.
1 (see FIG. 4) is activated, the batting ball rod 113 is intermittently oscillated, the ball feeding device 139 is activated, and the pachinko balls are fed one by one from the batting ball standby gutter 69 to the batting ball firing position on the firing rail 115. Balls are fired in bursts.

The fired pachinko balls are driven into the game area of the pachinko game machine 3. This gaming area includes a variable display device including a drum 117 and a variable winning ball device 11.
9 and other game machines are provided.

The balls that have won in the winning area of the variable winning ball device 119 and the like are guided to the winning ball guide gutter 121. The winning balls guided into the winning ball guide gutter 121 are detected by the winning ball detector 123, and based on the detection output, a score (for example, 15 points) corresponding to the number of prize balls is displayed on the number of balls display 83. It will be added to the number of balls you have.

The balls that do not win in the variable winning ball device 119 or the like are guided from the out port 125 to the out ball guide gutter 127. The out ball guided to the out ball guiding gutter 127 is
It is detected by the out ball detector 129, and the out ball detector 12
9 outputs an out ball signal. When the total number of out ball signals and winning ball signals reaches a predetermined number, the signal (1) is sent from the pachinko gaming machine 3 to the machine-specific profit ball number storage unit 45 shown in FIG.

[0066] Hit balls that do not reach the game area due to weak batting operation force are guided to the foul ball guiding gutter 131. The foul ball guided into the foul ball guide gutter 131 is detected by a foul ball detector 133, and a foul ball signal is output. Based on the foul ball signal, 1 is added to the number displayed on the number of balls held display 83. The decrease in the number of balls in the batted ball waiting gutter 69 due to the ball firing is detected by the waiting gutter ball amount detector 87.
detected by. When the standby gutter ball amount detector 87 is activated, the hit ball dispensing device 88 is activated again, and the number of balls in possession display 8 is activated.
A predetermined number of balls (for example, 17 balls) that is within the range of the number of balls displayed in 3 and that is smaller than the number of balls supplied at the start of the game (for example, 21 balls) is hit. It is paid out to the standby gutter 69. In addition, winning ball guiding gutter 121
, out ball guide gutter 127 and foul ball guide gutter 131
is in communication with the ball collection gutter 135. Therefore, winning balls, out balls, and foul balls are guided to the ball collection gutter 135. By operating the batted ball dispensing device 88, the batted balls in the ball collection gutter 135 are guided to the batted ball waiting gutter 69. The balls in the ball collection gutter 135 are guided again to the ball waiting gutter 69 and are ejected into the game area again.

To end the game, press the end operation button 147 with a built-in switch. As a result, the ball extraction means described in FIG. 5 is activated, and the balls remaining in the ball waiting channel 69 are guided to the ball extraction passage 137. The balls guided to the ball extraction path 137 are detected by the extraction ball detector 141, and a score corresponding to the number of detected balls is added to the score displayed on the ball number display 83.

The ball count signal (12) shown in FIG. 2 corresponding to the score displayed on the ball count display 83 is sent to the ball count card processor 63, and the number of balls displayed is displayed as the number of balls held. displayed on the display 97.

[0069] After the removal of the balls is completed, the replenishing device 61
From there, new balls are guided to the ball collection gutter 135 via the supply ball guide gutter 143. The replenishing device 61 is configured to be able to replenish balls one by one. From the supply gutter 145 to the supply device 6
A hit ball is supplied to 1.

When playing a game using the number of balls held card, the number of balls displayed on the number of balls displayed on the number of balls display 97 is displayed on the number of balls held in the number of balls card processing machine 63. recorded. Then, the number of balls signal (13) shown in FIG. 2 corresponding to the number of balls recorded on the number of balls held card is inputted to and stored in the number-of-balls-by-card storage section 65 shown in FIG.

On the other hand, when playing a game using a ball lending card, the player inserts the number of balls he/she has into the card insertion/ejection slot 95.
Insert from. The number of balls in possession displayed on the number of balls in possession display 97 is recorded on the number of balls in possession card by the card reader/writer 93. The number-of-balls-in-play signal (13) corresponding to the number of balls in play recorded on the number-of-balls-in-play card is input and stored in the number-of-balls-by-card storage unit 65 shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 3. A relay terminal board 148 is attached to the mechanism plate 146 of the pachinko game machine 3. Relay terminal board 14
8, a pachinko game machine side connector A (151), a pachinko game machine side connector B (155), and a pachinko game machine side connector C (159) are detachably attached.

The pachinko game machine side connector A (151) is electrically connected to the number-of-balls card processing machine connector A (149) which is removably attached to the number-of-balls card processing machine 63. In addition, the pachinko game machine side connector B (
155) is electrically connected to the replenishment device side connector A (153) which is detachably attached to the replenishment device 61. Furthermore, pachinko game machine side connector C (159)
is electrically connected to the ball lending card processing machine side connector A (157) which is detachably attached to the ball lending card processing machine 7.

[0074] A number of balls card processing machine side connector B (161) is removably attached to the number of balls card processing machine 63, and a number of balls card processing machine side connector B (161) is connected to the hall management computer. electrically connected.

The replenishment device 61 has a replenishment device side connector B.
(163) is removably attached, and the supply device side connector B (163) is electrically connected to the hall management computer. The replenishment device 61 includes a replenishment ball detector 1.
64 are provided. Based on the replenishment command signals (8) and (9) (see FIG. 2), the replenishment device 61 detects the replenishment ball detector 164.
While counting the balls to be replenished with the replenishment ball guiding gutter 143
The balls are supplied to the ball collection gutter 135 through the ball collection gutter 135.

[0076] A ball lending card processing machine side connector B (165) is removably attached to the ball lending card processing machine 7.
The ball lending card processing machine side connector B (165) is electrically connected to the hall management computer. Further, the ball lending card processing machine side connector A (157) and the playing card processing machine side connector B (165) are electrically connected to the playing card processing machine control circuit board 167.

[0077] Pachinko game machine 3, ball lending card processing machine 7,
Since the replenishing device 61 and the ball number card processing device 63 are electrically connected using connectors, the devices can be easily separated from each other.

Furthermore, the pachinko game machine 3, the ball rental card processing machine 7, the hall management computer 11, the replenishment device 61,
By connecting the number of balls card processing machine 63 with an optical coupling element such as a photocoupler, it is possible to prevent as much as possible the failure of one of the devices (for example, short circuit) from causing a failure of the remaining devices. There is. Note that the same effect can be obtained by using a relay instead of a photocoupler.

In the figure, 117 is a drum, 173 is a starting winning hole, 175 is a starting winning ball detector that detects starting winning balls that have entered the starting winning hole, and 177 is a variable winning ball device 119 (see FIG. 3). ), the attacker solenoid 178 is a game control circuit in which a game control circuit is formed to control the game, such as operating the attacker solenoid 177 when a predetermined number is aligned after the rotation of the drum 117 is completed. It is a board.

Further, 179 is a game machine control circuit board box. The gaming machine control circuit housed in the gaming machine control circuit board box 179 displays, for example, the information on the number of balls received from the ball rental card processing machine 7 on the number of balls display 83 (see FIG. 3). It also controls sending the number of balls displayed on the number of balls held display 83 (see FIG. 3) at the end of the game to the number of balls held card processing machine 63.

The gaming machine control circuit also controls the supply of balls. Therefore, the circuit for controlling the gaming machine includes the payout motor 181, the ball removal detector 141, the ball removal solenoid 21, and the ball removal solenoid 21.
1. Exchanging signals with the hall management computer 11. The gaming machine control circuit includes an MPU, a RAM, a ROM, etc. in order to enable these controls, and the ROM stores a program shown in FIG. 10, etc.

In the figure, 145 is a supply gutter, 121 is a winning ball guiding gutter, 125 is an out port, 127 is an out ball guiding gutter, 69
131 is a foul ball guide gutter, 111 is a ball batting device, and 113 is a batting rod. Descriptions of these members are omitted since they have been described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the ball payout device 88 of the pachinko game machine 3 shown in FIG. A batted ball dispensing device 88 is provided between the ball collection gutter 135 and the batted ball waiting gutter 69. The ball dispensing device 88 includes a dispensing motor 181 and a drive gear 18.
3 and a belt 189.

A belt 189 is placed around the driving gear 183 and the driven gear 191. The drive gear 183 is rotationally driven in the direction of arrow A by the dispensing motor 181. Therefore, when the dispensing motor 181 rotates, the belt 189
moves in direction B. When the belt 189 moves in the direction B, the hit ball 195 guided from the ball assembly 135 to the hit ball dispensing device 88 rides on the ball mounting piece 193 provided on the belt 189 at a predetermined interval and waits for the hit ball. Guided to gutter 69. The number of hit balls 195 guided to the hit ball collection gutter 69 is detected by a put-out ball detector 197.

As explained earlier in FIG. 3, the ball collecting gutter 135 includes a winning ball guiding gutter 121 and an out ball guiding gutter 127.
, the foul ball guide gutter 131 and the supply ball guide gutter 143 are in communication.

A ball passage opening 22 is provided at the end of the ball waiting gutter 69.
A ball feeding device 139 is arranged to guide the hit ball 195 through the ball 1 to the hit ball firing position. The ball feeding device 139 is
Ball feed lever 199 rotatably held on the support shaft 200
It is about. The ball feed lever 199 is biased in the direction of arrow J by a spring 223. A detailed explanation of the operation of the ball feeding device 139 will be given later using FIGS. 6 to 8. 2
05 is an interlocking rod, and the interlocking rod 205 moves in conjunction with the operation of the batting rod 113.

[0087] A ball removal lever 207 having a switching valve 209 integrally provided thereon is also rotatably held on the support shaft 200. The switching valve 209 allows the batted ball waiting gutter 69 and the ball removal passage 137 to communicate with each other or to cut off the communication. The ball removal lever 207 is arranged closer to the inside of the pachinko game machine than the ball feeding lever 199. An elongated hole 217 is provided at the end of the ball removal lever 207, and a pin 219 attached to the plunger 213 of the ball removal solenoid 211 is inserted into the elongated hole 217. A ball extraction means that can be operated by operation and extracts balls from the pinball game machine is comprised of a ball extraction solenoid 211, a ball extraction lever 207, and a switching valve 209. Therefore, when the ball removal solenoid 211 operates, the switching valve 209 moves, and the ball 19 in the ball waiting gutter 69 moves.
5 is led to the ball removal passage 137. For a detailed explanation of tama-nuki,
This is done at the location shown in FIG. 9, which will be explained later.

A removed ball detector 141 is attached to the exit of the ball removal passage 137. At the end of the game, ball waiting gutter 6
If there are 195 balls remaining in the ball 9, it is necessary to add the number of balls to the number of balls in hand, but in order to count the 195 balls remaining in the ball waiting gutter 69, the detection signal of the ball sampling detector 141 is required. is used. Therefore, at the end of the game, the switching valve 209 moves, and the hit ball 195 in the hit ball waiting gutter 69 is moved to the ball removal path 13.
Guided by 7. Furthermore, when the batted ball 195 is extracted from the batted ball standby gutter 69, it is necessary to supply a new hit ball from the replenishing device 61 shown in FIG. This is the number of items.

Furthermore, when cleaning the hit balls, the balls stored in the hit ball dispensing device 88 and the ball collection gutter 135 are discharged from the pachinko machine through the ball extraction passage 137. While detecting a hit ball, the payout motor 181
continues to rotate and the ball removal process continues.

In addition, in FIG. 5, the ball collecting gutter 135 and the ball removal passage 137 are not communicated with each other, but the ball collecting gutter 13
5 and the ball removal passage 137, and the ball removal passage 137
It is also possible to have a structure in which a ball hole is opened and closed by a solenoid or the like. That is, at the end of the game, the ball extraction hole is closed, and the balls in the ball waiting gutter 69 are guided from the ball extraction passage 137 to the ball collection gutter 135, and when cleaning the balls, the ball extraction hole is opened. The balls are ejected from the pachinko machine through the ball hole. With this structure, there is no need to supply balls at the end of the game.

The operation of the ball feeding device 139 shown in FIG. 5 will be explained using FIGS. 6 to 8. As shown in FIG. 6, a ball blocking portion 201, which is an end of the ball feed lever 199, blocks the ball 195a from flowing down. In the figure, 215 is the end of the switching valve 209, and the end 215 is the ball waiting gutter 69.
is in contact with the edge of

As shown in FIG. 7, when the ball batting rod 113 is rotated in the direction C, the interlocking rod 205 moves in the direction of the arrow D.
direction, and push the ball feed lever 199 in the direction of arrow D. As a result, the hit ball 195a moves in the direction of arrow E, comes into contact with the hit ball blocking portion 203, which is the end of the ball feed lever 199, and stops moving.

As shown in FIG. 8, the arrow F on the batting rod 113
When rotation in the direction starts, the interlocking rod 205
moves in the direction of arrow G. When the interlocking rod 205 moves in the direction of arrow G, the ball feed lever 199 also moves in the G direction. As the ball feed lever 199 moves in the G direction, the unblocked ball 195a begins to move in the H direction,
The ball passes through the ball passage hole 221 and is guided to the position of the ball rod 113, where it is fired. The next hit ball 195b is prevented from moving by the hit ball blocking portion 201.

Next, the ball extraction operation will be explained using FIG. Since the structure was explained in the explanation section of FIG. 5, the explanation will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 9, when removing balls, the plunger 213 of the ball removing solenoid 211 is moved in the direction of arrow D. As a result, the switching valve 209 provided integrally with the ball removal lever 207 moves, and the ball standby gutter 69 and the ball removal passage 137 communicate with each other. The hit ball 195 flows in the I direction.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the ball extraction operation. Step S (hereinafter simply referred to as S)
1, it is determined whether or not a ball extraction command has been input from the hall management computer 11 (see FIG. 2), and the system waits until the command is received. If a ball removal command is input, a YES determination is made in S1, and the process proceeds to S2.

In S2, it is determined whether or not the pachinko game machine 3 shown in FIG. 3 is playing. If the game is in progress, a YES determination is made in S2 and the process advances to S3.

In S3, a signal indicating that the pachinko game machine 3 shown in FIG. 3 is playing is outputted to the hall management computer 11 shown in FIG. 2. This invalidates the operation of the ball removal command.

If the pachinko game machine 3 shown in FIG. 3 is not playing, a NO determination is made in S2, and the process proceeds to S4.

In S4, a ball removal timer is set. The ball extraction timer is for stopping the drive of the payout motor 181 after a certain period of time after the ball extracted at the end of the ball extraction operation is detected by the extraction ball detector 141. Then, proceed to S5.

In S5, the delivery motor 181 of the ball delivery device 88 shown in FIG. 5 rotates. Payout motor 181
As the belt 189 rotates, the belt 189 moves in the B direction. Then, proceed to S6.

In S6, the ball removal solenoid 211 shown in FIG. 5 is turned on, and the ball removal lever 207 is brought into the state shown in FIG. Then, proceed to S7.

[0102] In S7, it is determined whether or not the picked-up ball detector 141 shown in FIG. 5 has detected a hit ball. If a hit ball is detected, a YES determination is made in S7, and the process returns to S4, where the ball removal timer is set again. If a hit ball is not detected, a NO determination is made in S7 and the process proceeds to S8.

[0103] In S8, it is determined whether or not the time set in the ball removal timer described in S4 has expired. If the time set in the timer has not yet expired, a negative determination is made in S8, and the process advances to S9.

[0104] In S9, the time of the ball removal timer is subtracted, and the process returns to S5, and the control of S5 to S9 is repeated until the time set by the ball removal timer ends. If the time set in the ball removal timer has expired, a YES determination is made in S8 and the process advances to S10.

In S10, the dispensing motor 181 shown in FIG. 5 is stopped. Then, the process advances to S11.

In S11, the ball removal solenoid 211 shown in FIG. 5 is controlled to be turned off, and the ball removal lever 207 is returned from the position shown in FIG. 9 to the position shown in FIG. and S1
Proceed to step 2.

[0107] In S12, the ball collection gutter 1 shown in FIG.
A replenishment request signal (7), which is a signal requesting replenishment of new balls to the hole management computer 1 shown in FIG.
1 is output.

In this embodiment, the extracted ball detector 141
Since the payout motor 181 is stopped after a certain period of time after detecting a ball, the ball removal passage 13 is stopped during ball removal control.
Even if the hit balls flowing down the No. 7 are interrupted, the hit balls can be sufficiently detected by the picked-up ball detector 141 during the time set in the ball-picking timer, and in that case, the ball-picking timer is set again in S4. be done. Therefore, the ball removal control does not end midway.

In this embodiment, as shown in S12, a replenishment request signal is output to the hall management computer. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be output directly to the replenishment device 61 shown in FIG. 2.

In the flowchart shown in FIG. 10, the case where all the balls are removed from the pachinko game machine 3 has been explained, but when the balls are removed from the ball waiting gutter 69 at the end of the game, the operation of the payout motor 181 is necessary. After the ball extraction control is completed, the same number of balls as counted by the ball detector 141 is supplied from the replenishing device 61.

In this embodiment, the extracted ball detector 141
The ball extraction timer is reset every time a ball is detected in S, but the ball extraction timer 141 is not provided and
The time of the ball extraction timer set in step 4 may be set to a relatively long time (a time period in which all the balls can be reliably extracted). In this embodiment, the ball removal supply key 43, ball removal command section 57, and replenishment instruction section 59 for issuing a ball removal command are provided in the hall management computer 11, but these are provided separately from the hall management computer. It may be configured as a dedicated device provided. In addition, only one or two of all units, each island, or one unit may be used.
It may be composed of a device with only one function.

[0112]

[Effect] According to the present invention, the balls of the pinball game machine can be removed by remote control from a predetermined location in the game parlor due to the function of the ball extraction means, so that the staff at the game parlor can take the trouble to remove the balls from the pinball game machine. There is no need to go to the place where the game machine is installed and operate the internal parts of the pinball game machine to perform ball extraction work. Further, after the hit ball is removed, a new hit ball is supplied to the pinball game machine by the action of the ball supply means.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the work of extracting and replenishing the balls sealed inside the so-called hit ball circulation type pinball game machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic plan view of a game hall equipped with an embodiment of a game hall management equipment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of a hall management computer 11. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a pachinko game machine managed by an embodiment of the game hall management equipment device according to the present invention.

4 is a rear view showing the internal structure of the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 3. FIG.

5 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the batted ball payout device of the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 3. FIG.

6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of a ball feeding device provided in the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 3. FIG.

7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of a ball feeding device provided in the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 3. FIG.

8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of a ball feeding device provided in the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 3. FIG.

9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the ball extraction operation of the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 3. FIG.

10 is a flowchart for explaining the ball extraction operation of the pachinko game machine shown in FIG. 3. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 Pachinko machine 11 Hall management computer 43 Ball removal supply key 57 Ball removal command department 59 Supply Command Department 61 Supply device 137 Tamunuki passage 141 Extracted ball detector 207 Ball removal lever 209 Switching valve 211 Ball removal solenoid

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A management equipment for a game hall in which a pinball game machine is installed that plays a game by circulating and repeatedly firing balls enclosed within the game hall, the equipment comprising: A game hall operable by remote control, comprising a ball extraction means for extracting the hit balls from the pinball game machine, and a ball supply means for supplying new hit balls to the pinball game machine. Management equipment equipment.