JPH0453820Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine, and more specifically, the number of prize balls to be paid out in response to a safe ball is determined by the winning opening (including a variable winning device such as a so-called Chulip). This invention relates to a pachinko machine that changes according to the type and condition of the machine.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, as a pachinko machine that changes the number of prize balls to be paid out depending on the type and condition of the winning opening, the following machines are known, for example.

As shown in Special Publication No. 56-11476,
In addition to the prize ball ejecting device that dispenses a fixed number of prize balls, an additional prize ball ejecting device is installed to dispense a fixed number of prize balls or add an increment to the fixed number depending on the type of prize opening or changes in condition. Something that pays out.

As shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-166178,
Two passages are provided for passing safe balls with different numbers of prize balls to be paid out, and safe balls are detected in each passage and the corresponding prize ball discharge device is activated.

As shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-166177,
The number of payouts for all winning holes and variable winning devices can be variably set by a specific winning device.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in the case of the above-mentioned known pachinko machines, in order to change the number of prize balls to be paid out according to the type and condition of the winning opening, the above and , it is necessary to separately provide a plurality of safe ball paths and a prize ball dispensing device corresponding to the safe balls passing through each path. In addition, in the above-mentioned pachinko machine, the number of prize balls determined by the gate of the specific winning device through which the number of strokes passes is common to all winning holes, and different winning balls are paid out to specific winning holes. In order to set the number of balls, it is necessary to separately provide a safe ball passage corresponding to the specific winning hole, which causes the problem that the structure becomes complicated.

Furthermore, according to the conventional technology, as shown in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-166178, for example, it is possible to change the number of prize balls to be paid out with one prize ball payout device depending on the type and condition of the winning opening. Pachinko machines are known.

In this pachinko machine, the prize ball payout device is
The payout operation of prize balls is started in response to detection signals from a plurality of winning ball detectors corresponding to different types of winning holes, and a count-up from a counting device that counts the number of prize balls paid out corresponding to each winning hole. The action of dispensing prize balls is ended in response to the signal. That is, the number of prize balls to be paid out according to the type and state of the winning hole is determined by a value preset in the counting device corresponding to each winning hole. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a plurality of counting devices corresponding to the types of winning holes, or to prepare a counting device that can set a plurality of payout numbers corresponding to the types of winning holes. However, in the former case, there is a problem that the configuration of the circuit device is complicated and the price increases because it includes multiple counting devices, and in the latter case, at least two values are set with one counting device, and each value is The counting device itself must be configured to output a count-up signal, and the configuration of the counting device itself is troublesome, resulting in an increase in price.

Furthermore, in the above-mentioned pachinko machine, the prize ball payout device is started directly by the detection signal from the winning ball detector. If this occurs, the prize ball dispensing device that is in operation will be restarted. Therefore, there is a possibility that a predetermined number of prize balls may not be reliably paid out for each winning ball.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to be able to reliably dispense a predetermined number of prize balls from one prize ball dispensing device according to the type of winning opening, and to also be able to pay out different prize balls depending on the type of winning opening. To provide a pachinko machine with a simple configuration for controlling the payout of prize balls without using a plurality of counting devices or preparing a counting device with a complicated configuration to count the number of prize balls.

[Means for Solving Problems] The present invention consists of a plurality of winning holes provided on the game board surface, a common safe ball passage through which the safe balls that enter the winning holes pass, and a safe ball passing through the passage. A safe ball detector that detects balls, a safe ball counter that counts safe balls based on a detection signal from the safe ball detector, and a prize ball payout device that pays out prize balls in accordance with the counting signal from the safe ball counter. and,
and a prize ball counter that counts the number of prize balls ejected from the prize ball payout device and detects one payout operation from the prize ball payout device when the number of prize balls reaches a preset number. In a pachinko machine, a specific safe ball detector detects a specific safe ball that has entered a specific winning hole among the plurality of winning holes; At the same time as counting the number of balls, a skipping signal is generated to start the counting of the prize ball counter by skipping by the number of balls that is the difference obtained by subtracting the number of balls to be paid out determined for the specific winning hole from the preset number of balls. and a specific safe ball counter, the prize ball counter counting from a value obtained by adding the difference number to the preset number in response to the skipping signal.

[Function] For safe balls that enter a prize opening other than the specified prize opening, a certain number of prize balls (for example, 13) set in advance on the prize ball counter will be released in one payout operation from the prize ball payout device. paid out.

On the other hand, for specific safe balls, a skipping signal is supplied from the specific safe ball counter that skips and starts the counting of the prize ball counter by the number of balls that is the difference obtained by subtracting the number corresponding to the specific winning hole from the above-mentioned set number. Ru. In response to this jump signal, the prize ball counter counts from a value obtained by adding the above-mentioned difference number to the above-mentioned preset number. As a result, 1 ball from the prize ball dispensing device
With each payout operation, the number of coins corresponding to the specific winning hole is discharged.

For example, the number of prize balls to be paid out corresponding to the specific winning hole and other winning holes is 5 each.
In the case of 13 balls, when a specific safe ball occurs, the prize ball counter will skip over the difference number 8 obtained by subtracting 5 balls corresponding to the specific winning hole from the set 13 balls by the above jump signal. Start counting. In other words, the prize ball counter will count from the 9th ball, which is 1 plus the difference number of balls, 8.
When the set value of the 13th ball is reached, a signal is output to detect one payout operation from the prize ball payout device. As a result, five prize balls are paid out based on the count from the 9th ball to the 13th ball on the prize ball counter.

In this way, the prize ball counter is set to a predetermined number as a count-up value for normal winnings, and when a specific prize is won, the count value of the prize ball counter is skipped. , it is possible to pay out different numbers of prize balls for normal safe balls and specific safe balls without setting multiple count-up values with a single prize ball counter.

In addition, normal safe balls and specific safe balls are counted by the safe ball counter and specific safe ball counter, respectively, so even if the next safe ball occurs before the prize ball is paid out for the first safe ball, , the number of occurrences is held in each counter, and a predetermined number of prize balls are reliably paid out for each safe ball.

[Example] Fig. 1 shows the front part of a pachinko machine which is an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows the back side thereof.

On the game board surface 2 of the illustrated front part 1, winning ports including a variable winning device 3 such as a ticket, a specific winning port 4, etc. are arranged. Among these winning holes, the specific winning hole 4 is, for example, a starting hole for starting a so-called Yakumono 5 provided in the center of the game board surface 2, and when a ball is hit into this hole, a detector (to be described later) detects the hit ball ( The system detects a specific safe ball (hereinafter referred to as a specific safe ball) and operates the Yakumono 5 for a predetermined period of time. In addition, on the left side of the game board surface 2 there are 2 inner and outer parts.
Book guide rails 6 and 7 are arranged, and a hole 8 for collecting out balls is provided at the lower end of the game board surface 2, and an out ball passage 9 is provided on the back side of the hole 8 (see Fig. 2).
is formed.

A ball hitting handle 10 is provided at the lower right side of the front part 1, and when the player operates this, the guide rail 6 of the game board surface 2,
A pachinko ball is launched between 7 and 7. Game board surface 2
An upper tray 12 and an outlet 13 for discharging pachinko balls are provided below the upper tray 12, and the pachinko balls discharged to the upper tray 12 are sent one by one from a passage 14 through a ball feeding device 15 on the back side. The ball is supplied to the ball launcher 11. At the lower end of the front part 1, there is provided a lower tray 16 and an outlet 17 for discharging pachinko balls thereto. In addition, from the ball launcher to the guide rail 6,
If a pachinko ball fired during 7 does not reach the upper end of the game board surface 2 and returns, the returned ball will fall from the lower end of the guide rails 6 and 7 into the collection path below and penetrate the back side. hole 18 and passage 27a
(FIG. 2) and is collected in the lower tray 16.

On the other hand, on the back side of the front part 1, as shown in FIG. It is arranged as follows. For example, a microswitch is used as this detector. In addition, a safe ball recovery path 20 is formed that guides the safe balls that have entered not only the specific winning hole 4 but also any of the various winning holes including the variable winning device 3 downward, and below that, a common safe ball path is formed. A cylindrical passage member 21 to be formed is connected thereto. This passage member 21
is formed so that the safe balls pass one by one, and is equipped with a safe ball detector 22 that is activated each time the safe balls pass. A proximity sensor or the like is used as this safe sphere detector.

Further, on the back side of the front part 1, a prize ball payout device 25, which will be described later, is arranged at the terminal end of a ball supply path 24 extending from an upper pachinko ball container 23. At its lower end, a prize ball payout passage 27 is formed by a pair of guide plates 26 extending downward while being bent, and a bell 28 is disposed in the middle of this passage 27, and a lower part 27a of the passage
is inclined toward the center, hangs down at approximately the center of the front part 1, and communicates with an outlet 17 to a lower tray 16 on the front side. An overflow detector 30 is arranged at the exit 17 of the prize ball payout passage 27, together with a passage plate 29 that covers the lower part of the passage, to detect when a predetermined amount or more of pachinko balls have accumulated in the lower tray 16.

In addition, in order to supply pachinko balls from the prize ball payout passage 27 to the upper tray 12 on the front side, a passage 31 to the front side is provided at a position adjacent to the end of the winding part of the passage 27, opens into an outlet 13 to the upper pan 12. Therefore, as will be described later, the pachinko balls paid out as prize balls from the prize ball payout device 25 to the passageway 27 are delivered to the bell 28.
After contacting and making it ring, jump from the winding part of passage 27 into passage 31 and exit 13.
It reaches the upper plate 12 through. And upper plate 12
If more Pachinko balls are accumulated than can be accommodated in the tray, the Pachinko balls overflowing from the passage 31 are fed into the lower tray 16 through the lower part 27a of the payout passage.

Further, on the back side of the front part 1, a ball recovery passage 33 is formed by a pair of guide plates 32 inside the ball discharging passage 27, and at the upper end of the passage 33,
For example, after the pachinko machine has finished operating, the upper container 23
An opening/closing device 34 is arranged to open the ball supply path 24 in order to drop the pachinko balls remaining in the ball supply path 24 into this path 33. Ball recovery passage 3 above
3 and the out ball passage 9 are substantially Y-shaped passage members 35.
, and communicates with a pachinko ball collection container (not shown). In addition, the adjacent ball payout passage 2
7 and the ball recovery passage 33 are covered with a cover 36 made of one flat plate.

Next, FIG. 3 shows a prize ball dispensing device 25 incorporated in the pachinko machine. This is because a predetermined number of pachinko ball holding parts 4 are disposed on the circumference in order to dispense a fixed number of pachinko balls P (for example, 13 balls) each time.
1, the drum 42 has a rotating drum 42 formed with a
By rotating the shaft 43 by a predetermined angle counterclockwise in the figure by a drive mechanism including a motor 44, a certain number of pachinko balls P are fed into the entrance of the payout passage 27. Further, a ball detection lever 45 is freely drivably arranged at the ball sending position of the drum 42, and one end of this lever 45 is pulled to a position away from the detection switch 47 by a spring 46.
The other end of the drum 42 comes into contact with the pachinko balls P that are sequentially sent out from the pachinko ball holder 41 when the drum 42 rotates, and is lifted. Therefore, pachinko ball P
When releasing the spring 4, one end of the lever 45
The detection switch 47 is rotated against the tensile force of 6, and the number of times the detection switch 47 is activated is counted by a prize ball counter 48. Then, when the count reaches a certain number (for example, 13), the count signal becomes
The detection signal from the above-mentioned safe ball detector 22 is inputted as a subtraction signal to the safe ball counter 49 that counts the detection signal. In this way, the number of pachinko balls P corresponding to the number of safe balls is paid out to the passage 27, and when the number of paid out balls corresponding to all the safe balls is reached,
A motor drive circuit 50 operated by the output from the safe ball counter 49 stops driving the motor 44 and stops dispensing prize balls.

Since the prize ball payout device 25 is configured as described above, for safe balls that enter a winning hole other than the specific winning hole 4, a fixed number of prize balls (usually 13) are given out for each safe ball. is paid out.

However, in order to pay out an arbitrarily determined number of prize balls for specific safe balls, the prize ball dispensing device 2 sends a jump signal that sets the number of balls to be paid out corresponding to the specific safe balls.
A variable setting means for the number of prize balls supplied to the prize ball counter 48 of No. 5 is provided. In the illustrated embodiment, this prize ball number variable setting means counts the number of specific safe balls based on the specific safe ball detector 19 shown in FIG. 2 and the detection signal from this detector 19,
It is composed of a specific safe ball counter 51 that holds the ball. This specific safe ball counter 51
If the number of prize balls to be paid out for one specific safe ball is set to 5, for example, the prize will be counted up to the above fixed number, that is, 13, according to the detection signal from the specific safe ball detector 19. A signal that skips the contents of the ball counter 48 by 8 is output. As a result, the prize ball counter 48 skips the count from 1 to 8 and counts from 9 to 13, and as a result, the motor drive circuit 50 counts 5 prize balls for each specific safe ball. The motor 44 is driven so as to send out only the same amount. Further, the prize ball counter 48 is configured to send out a signal that subtracts the count number of the specific safe ball counter 51 by 1 each time it receives a skipping signal or counts up to 13 in response to a skipping signal. Ru.

In this way, in the illustrated embodiment, the specific safe ball counter 51 is used to skip over the contents of the prize ball counter 48 which counts a fixed number, thereby arbitrarily setting the number of prize balls to be paid out for one specific safe ball. be able to.

In addition, in FIG. 3, the safe sphere detector 22,
Specific safe ball detector 51, prize ball detection switch 4
Counter 4 operates upon receiving each detection signal from 7.
9, 51, and 48 can each be configured with separate circuits, but they may also be configured to execute these counting operations with one CPU.

In addition, as in the above example, when the start hole for starting the so-called Yakumono is used as a special winning hole, a safe ball detector is already installed corresponding to each start hole, so this is necessary. It can be used as it is for setting the variable number of prize balls, and has the advantage that there is no need to provide a separate detector.

Although the illustrated embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the prize ball dispensing device is not limited to the structure shown in the drawings, but may be of any type as long as it can discharge any number of prize balls depending on the safe balls. Further, the specific winning hole is not limited to the above-mentioned start hole, but may be any other winning hole such as a variable winning device.

[Effect of the invention] As described above, according to the invention, a preset number of normal safe balls is set as a count-up value in the prize ball counter, and By configuring the prize ball counter to start counting after subtracting the number corresponding to the specific winning slot from the set number above, the counting of prize balls can be started by skipping over the number of balls obtained by subtracting the number corresponding to the specific prize winning hole. It is possible to pay out different numbers of prize balls for normal safe balls and specific safe balls without setting an up value. This provides the effect that the configuration for controlling the payout of prize balls is simplified.

In addition, normal safe balls and specific safe balls are counted by the safe ball counter and specific safe ball counter, respectively, so even if safe balls occur continuously, the number is held in each counter and each safe ball is counted. To ensure that a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the front part of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram of the front part of Fig. 1 seen from the back, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the variable number of prize balls paid out from the prize ball dispensing device. It is an explanatory diagram of a means for setting. 1... Front part of the pachinko machine, 2... Game board surface,
3...Variable winning device, 4...Specific winning opening, 5...
Yakumono, 6, 7...Guide rail, 8...Out ball collection hole, 10...Ball handle, 11...Ball launcher, 15...Ball feeding device, 19...Specific safe ball detector, 20... Safe ball recovery path, 22...
...Safe ball detector, 23...Pachinko ball container, 2
5... Prize ball dispensing device, 27... Prize ball dispensing passage, 30... Overflow detector, 33
...ball recovery passageway, 41...pachinko ball holding section,
42... Rotating drum, 44... Motor, 45...
Ball detection lever, 48... Prize ball counter, 49...
...Safe ball counter, 50...Motor drive circuit,
51...Specific safe ball counter.

Claims (1)

[Scope of claim for utility model registration] A plurality of winning holes provided on the game board surface, a common safe ball path through which the safe balls that enter the winning holes pass, and a safe ball that detects the safe balls that have passed through the path. a detector; a safe ball counter that counts safe balls based on a detection signal from the safe ball detector;
A prize ball dispensing device that dispenses prize balls in response to a counting signal from the safe ball counter, and counting the number of prize balls ejected from the prize ball dispensing device, and when the number of prize balls reaches a preset number. In a pachinko machine that includes a prize ball counter that detects one payout operation from the prize ball payout device, a specific safe ball that detects a specific safe ball that has entered a specific winning hole among the plurality of winning holes. a detector, and counts the number of the specific safe balls according to a detection signal from the specific safe ball detector, and determines the count of the prize ball counter from the preset number to the specific prize opening. and a specific safe ball counter that generates a jump signal that causes the game to start after skipping by the number of balls that is the difference obtained by subtracting the number of balls to be paid out. A pachinko machine that counts from the added value to the preset number.