JPH0441891Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] <Industrial application field> This invention consists of a rotary disk provided with a plurality of ball receivers,
This invention relates to a winning device for a pachinko machine that allocates game balls into general winnings and special winnings that can be transferred to a special game, by means of a ball feeding means that feeds the balls into the ball receiving section.

<Prior Art> For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 52-45533 discloses a winning device that allocates game balls to different winning slots. This winning device is equipped with a rotary disk rotated by a motor or the like on the front surface of a case plate having an outlet, and ball receivers each having a different depth are provided on the outer periphery of the rotary disk, and between the outlet and the bottom of the ball receiver. When the numbers match, the ball that has entered the ball receiving part is caused to flow out from the outlet, thereby changing the winning pattern.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the conventional winning device described above, the outlet through which the ball can flow out is determined when the ball enters the ball receiving portion of the rotary disk. In other words, the type of prize won, ie, whether it is a special prize or a general prize, is known as soon as the player enters the ball receiving section, which lacks fun. In addition, the conventional winning device is
Since it is possible to fire a ball at the timing of a special prize, it causes undesirable phenomena for game parlors, such as the appearance of players who stop playing until the next ball receiver that receives a special prize comes around. This has led to an increase in the profit gap between players who are skilled in gaming techniques who can aim for special prizes, and regular players, making pachinko games less attractive to regular players.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention was proposed in view of the above, and includes forming a prize waiting chamber that is almost closed on the mounting board, and a ball feeding means having a ball feeding lever in the prize waiting chamber. At the same time as providing a rotary disk having a plurality of ball receiving parts,
A winning ball guiding path is formed that can communicate individually with the ball receiving portion, and the ball feeding lever is oscillated by driving the drive source and a rotating disk is rotated, and the ball feeding lever is oscillated and the rotating disk is rotated. In this system, the ball that enters the winning waiting room is sent to one of the ball receivers on the rotary disk by the ball sending means.

<Operation> A ball enters the almost closed winning waiting room, and the ball is sent to one of the plurality of ball receivers on the rotary disk by the ball sending means that swings due to the drive of the drive source.
When the rotary disk rotates and the ball receiving portion and the winning ball guide path coincide and communicate with each other, the balls can be transferred from the ball receiving portion.

<Embodiments> The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments of the drawings.

The prize distribution device 1 according to the present invention includes a substantially cylindrical case member 4 attached to the rear surface of the mounting board 3 having an opening 2, and a front plate 5 that covers the opening 2. A winning waiting room 6, which is almost closed, is constructed by fitting the winning waiting room 6. Prize waiting room 6 is at the bottom 7
protrudes downward, and the shape in front view is so-called a keyhole shape. A notch 8 is provided in the bottom part 7, the base end of the notch 8 is used as a ball waiting position 9, and a gentle downward slope is provided so that balls gather at the ball waiting position 9. According to the embodiment shown in the drawings, the case member 4 consists of three members: a front case 4a, a middle case 4b, and a rear case 4c.

Protrusions 10, 10 are provided on the left and right sides of the upper front surface of the opening 2, and a drop opening 11 through which a ball can pass is formed between the protrusions 10, 10. It is preferable that a light emitting body such as a lamp is housed in the protrusion 10 to serve as a time waiting count indicator light 12. A receiving portion 13 protruding like a shelf is provided on the lower front surface of the mounting board 3, and a light emitting body such as a lamp may be housed in the receiving portion 13 to serve as a right indicator light 14. A guide groove 15 is provided on the upper surface of the receiving part 13 directly below the drop opening 11, which slopes gently downward toward the winning waiting chamber 6. Also,
The upper surface of the receiving part 13 is provided with a gentle downward slope by slightly lowering both left and right ends.

An introduction port 16 communicating with the guide groove 15 is provided on the front plate 5 that covers the front surface of the winning waiting room 6, and guide pins 17, 17 are provided at the left and right shoulders of the introduction port 16.
are arranged opposite to each other to guide balls passing through the drop port 11 and balls flying in from the side to the introduction port 16. still,
It is preferable that the front plate 5 is made of a transparent material so that the inside of the winning waiting room 6 can be seen through.

A communication port 18 communicating with the notch 8 of the bottom part 7 is provided at the lower end of the back plate 4b' of the middle case 4b constituting the prize waiting room 6, and a rotary disk 19 is made to face the back of the middle case 4b. A plurality of ball receiving portions 20 having different depths are provided on the outer periphery of the rotary disk 19, but according to the embodiment shown in the drawings, eight ball receiving portions 20a-h are provided, and one of the ball receiving portions 20a is The depth is shallower than the other seven ball receivers 20b-h. The rotary disk 19 has a shaft 21
is rotatably supported by a middle case 4b and a rear case 4c, a center decoration member 22 is fitted to the front end of the shaft 21 to prevent it from falling off, and a first gear of a gear mechanism 23 is attached to the rear end of the shaft 21. 24 will be provided.

The gear mechanism 23 rotates using a motor M attached to a motor mounting plate 25 as a drive source 26, and the motor mounting plate 25 is fixed to the back surface of the rear case 4c via a support 27. In this embodiment, the output of the motor M is branched by a gear mechanism 23 to serve as a drive source 29 for a ball feeding means 28.

The ball sending means 28 has a ball sending lever 30 that sends the ball waiting at the ball waiting position 9 to one of the ball receivers 20 of the rotary disk 19. Ball feed lever 30
is rotatably supported by a support pin 32 on a support portion 31 protruding from the lower surface of the rear case 4c. An interlocking boss 33 is protruded from the rear end of the ball feeding lever 30, and the interlocking boss 33 is loosely fitted into an interlocking hole 35 formed in the lower part of the slide plate 34. The slide plate 34 is supported so as to be slidable in the vertical direction by a pair of left and right slide guides 36 provided on the rear surface of the rear case 4c. Further, this slide plate 34 has a laterally long cam hole 37 in the upper part, and the cam hole 37
A cam pin 39 that projects eccentrically from the second gear 38 of the gear mechanism 23 is loosely fitted into the second gear 7 . Therefore, when the motor M rotates and the second gear 38 rotates, the slide plate 34 slides up and down, pushing down and pulling up the interlocking boss 33, and the ball feed lever 30 swings up and down.

A winning ball guide path 40 is provided in the upper part of the middle case 4b.
will be established. The bottom surface 40' of the winning ball guiding path 40 coincides with the bottom of a shallow ball receiving portion 20a (hereinafter referred to as winning hole 20a) provided on the rotary disk 19. Therefore,
When the ball enters the winning hole 20a, the rotary disk 19 rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. As a result, the ball entering the winning hole 20a can be transferred to the winning guide path 40. However, since the other deep ball receiving parts 20b-h and this winning ball guiding path 40 do not communicate, the balls that entered the other deep ball receiving parts 20b-h cannot be transferred to the winning ball guiding path 40. It further rotates together with the rotary disk 19.

A ball discharge port 41 is provided on the side surface of the rear case 4c. The ball discharge port 41 opens downward at the end point of the rotational direction of the rotary disk 19. Therefore, all the balls that have not flowed out into the above-mentioned prize ball guiding path 40 are discharged from this ball discharge port 41.

By the way, prize distribution device 1 configured as described above
In this case, if the gear ratio of the first gear 24 and the second gear 38 of the gear mechanism 23 is set to a prime ratio such as 19:11, the rotation period of the rotary disk 19 and the swing period of the ball feeding lever 30 are synchronized. The ball feeding timing of the ball feeding lever 30 and the receiving timing of the ball receiving parts 20a-h of the rotary disk 19 are different every time, and it is impossible to predict which ball receiving part 20a-h the ball will enter. It becomes impossible to aim at the ball receiving part 20a that transfers to the winning ball guide path 40, that is, the winning hole 20a.

Therefore, according to the distribution winning device 1 configured as described above, the balls cannot be distributed artificially, so there is no room for the player's technical intervention, and the balls can be distributed solely based on chance. . In other words, you can enjoy a fair game without questioning your skill at the game.

In addition, the ball feeding means 28 and the rotary disk 19 may be driven all the time, or may be driven when a predetermined condition is met, for example, when a ball enters a predetermined winning opening. . Alternatively, the rotary disk may be kept rotating at all times, and the swinging of the ball feeding means 28 may be started when the ball enters the winning waiting chamber 6.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the above embodiment, the rotary disk 19 and the ball feeding means 28 are driven by a common motor M, but the rotary disk 19 is driven by the motor M, and the ball feeding means 28 is driven by a solenoid. Alternatively, the excitation timing of the solenoid may be controlled together with the rotation period of the rotary disk 19, so that the driving of the rotary disk 19 and the driving of the ball feeding means 28 may be linked. Also, it is possible to provide a plurality of winning holes 20a, 20a of the rotary disk 19, increase the types of depths of the ball receiving portions 20, and provide individually corresponding winning ball guiding paths.
It is also possible to change the winning format, such as a jackpot, medium win, or small win.

An example of a pachinko game using the prize distribution device 1 according to the present invention will be described below.

Approximately in the center of the gaming section 44 surrounded by the guide rails 43 of the gaming board 42, there is a prize distribution device 1 as described above.
A batted ball storage device 45 is provided above, and a variable winning device 46 is provided below.

An example of the batted ball storage device 45 is shown in FIGS. 5 to 7. The batted ball storage device 45 has a horizontally long base plate 47, and an armor portion 49 with a top-open top prize opening 48 protrudes from the center of the front surface of the base plate 47.
A back cover 50 is attached to the rear surface. back cover 5
0 is provided with a ball passage 51 to communicate the above-mentioned top prize opening 48 with the back of the machine. A ball storage section 52 is formed between the substrate 47 and the back cover 50. A diving hole 53 through which a batted ball can jump is provided in a portion corresponding to the front surface of the ball storage section 52 of the base plate 47, and the lower edge of this diving hole 53 is raised slightly higher than the bottom surface 50' of the back cover 50. To prevent balls that have jumped into a ball storage part 52 from flowing out forward. The bottom surface 50' is provided with a gentle downward slope toward the center of the hit ball storage device 45, and the ball detector 54 faces the lower end of the slope.

A ball discharge chamber 55 communicating with the ball storage section 52 is provided on the lower side of the armor section 49, and the front surface is opened to form a discharge port 56. A solenoid is installed in the ball release chamber 55.
A ball release lever 58 is provided which rotates up and down using SOL1 or the like as a driving source 57. The ball release lever 58 has a U-shaped ball holding portion 59, and normally, that is, when the solenoid SOL1 is not energized, the pin 60 is
The ball holding part 5 rotates upward with the fulcrum at
Hold the ball at 9. On the other hand, when the solenoid SOL1 is energized, the plunger 61 protrudes against the spring 62, and the ball release lever 58 is moved through the communication lever 63.
rotates downward (indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 7), and releases the held ball from the release port 56 to the gaming section 44.

Next, an example of a variable prize winning device is shown in FIGS. 9 to 11. The variable prize winning device 46 is the big prize opening 64
The gate 65 is rotated using a driving source 66 such as a solenoid SOL2, and has a first state in which the gate 65 is closed and does not receive a ball, and a state in which the gate 65 is rotated forward. and a second state in which the ball is received. The grand prize opening 64 has a 10 count detector 67 facing it.
Count the winning balls. A sleeve part 69 provided with a starting port 68 is protrudingly provided on the left and right sides of the big prize opening 64, and a starting detector 70 is made to face the starting port 68. In addition, in the illustrated example, a large winning hole winning ball number display light 71 consisting of a digital display is placed below the large winning hole 64, and a large winning hole opening number display light 72 consisting of an LED or the like is placed on both sides of the large winning hole 64. The sleeve portions 69 are each provided with an indicator light 73 consisting of a lamp or the like.

In the pachinko machine configured as described above, when a ball shot by a player flows down the game section 44 and jumps into the entry port 53 of the hit ball storage device 45, the ball is accumulated in the ball storage section 52. The ball that enters the ball storage section 52 is detected by the ball detector 54, so when the ball detector 54 detects the ball, after a certain period of time, the drive source 57 such as the solenoid SOL1 is energized and the ball release lever 58 is activated. The ball may be released by rotating the ball, or a ball release switch 74 may be provided separately on the front frame, and the ball release switch 74 may be operated by the player to release the ball at any time. . In any case, if the ball discharged from the hit ball storage device 45 is lucky, it will pass through the drop port 11 of the distribution prize device 1, be received by the receiving portion 13, and enter the prize waiting room 6 through the introduction port 16.

The ball entering the winning waiting chamber 6 is guided to the ball waiting position 9 by the slope of the bottom part 7 and is placed on the ball feeding lever 30.
Since the ball feed lever 30 is swung by the motor M, the ball placed on the ball feed lever 30 is moved to any one of the ball receivers 2 of the rotary disk 19 which is also rotated by the motor M.
Send to 0a-h.

The rotary disk 19 then conveys the ball in the direction of the arrow in FIG. In this case, the ball that luckily entered the shallow ball receiving part 20, ie, the winning hole 20a, moves into the winning ball guide path 40 and activates a right generation detector (not shown). On the other hand, the balls that have entered the other ball receivers 20a-h are transported as the rotary disk 19 rotates, and are transported to the ball outlet 4.
1 to the back of the machine and become general prize balls, giving a predetermined number of prize balls to the player.

When the right generation detector is activated by the ball transferred from the winning hole 20a, the right to move to the special game is generated, but the special game is not activated by the sleeve part 6 of the variable prize winning device 46.
The gate 65 of the variable winning device 46 is rotated on the condition that a ball enters a starting port 68 provided at 9, and the first state in which no balls are accepted is changed to the second state in which balls are accepted. That is, when the starting detector 69 detects a ball and sends a detection signal to the control device, the control device excites the solenoid SOL2 to open the gate 65.
Rotate.

In the second state, every time a ball enters the variable winning device 46,
10 count detector 67 sends a signal to the control device,
The control device counts 10 balls preset, or
Or continue until the 10 seconds set in the timer have elapsed. When the above-mentioned stop condition of 10 times or 10 seconds is satisfied, the solenoid SOL2 is demagnetized by a signal from the control device, the gate 65 is rotated back, and the second state returns to the first state. Such a series of operations is considered as one cycle, and the cycle is updated every time the ball enters the starting port 68, and can be updated up to eight cycles. In addition, the time waiting count indicator light 1 for each state of the game as described above.
2. Inform the player by displaying the winning hole number of winning balls display light 71, the number of openings of the large winning hole display light 72, etc., and by generating a sound effect or the like.

In addition, in the above explanation, the ball fired by the player is temporarily stored in the hit ball storage device 45, and this stored ball is guided to the prize distribution device 1, but it is also possible to aim directly at the prize distribution device 1. However, the ball released from the ball storage device 45 may be aimed at the starting hole 68 or the big winning hole 64. Further, the batted ball storage device 45 and the variable prize winning device 46 are not limited to the above-described configuration.

As described above, according to the award winning device 1 of the present invention, it is possible to support various games and provide an interesting Pachinko game.

<Effects of the invention> The present invention first guides the ball to the winning waiting room, and then attaches the ball to one of the plurality of ball receivers of the rotating rotating disk, which swings in relation to the rotation of the rotating disk. Since the ball is sent by the sending means, which ball receiving part the ball enters is determined by the timing of entering the winning waiting room and the sending timing of the ball sending means. Therefore, it is no longer possible to aim at a specific ball receiving part artificially, and there is an equal chance of winning regardless of skill or skill of the game, thereby providing a fair and highly entertaining pachinko game.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the ball feeding means, FIG. 4 is a front view of the game board, and FIG. shows a batted ball storage device, the left side is a front view, the right side is a rear view, FIG. 6 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the right side of the batted ball storage device, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG.
Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken along the - line in Fig. 5, Fig. 9 shows the variable prize winning device, the right side is a partially cutaway front view, the left side is a back view, and Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken along the - line in Fig. 9. FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along the - line in FIG. 9. 1... Distribution prize device, 3... Mounting board, 6...
Prize waiting room, 1... rotary disk, 20... ball receiver,
26... Drive source, 28... Ball feeding means, 30...
Ball feed lever, 40... Winning ball guide path.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A winning waiting room that is almost closed is formed on the mounting board, and the winning waiting room is provided with a ball feeding means having a ball feeding lever, and faces a rotary disk having a plurality of ball receiving parts, and is arranged separately from the ball receiving parts. A prize waiting room is formed by forming a communicating winning ball guiding path, causing the ball feeding lever to swing by driving the drive source and rotating the rotary disk, and correlating the swinging of the ball feeding lever with the rotation of the rotating disk. A prize distribution device for a pachinko machine, characterized in that the balls that have entered the machine are sent to one of the ball receiving parts of a rotary disk by a ball feeding means.