JPH0471576A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the trouble with a player about the delivery of premium balls beforehand by electrically detecting the premium balls one by one, permitting a prescribed number of premium balls to be delivered for each discharge signal and discharge-processing the premium balls after the delivery of the premium balls. CONSTITUTION:Winning balls collected in a winning ball collecting passage are arranged in one line and led to an electrical winning ball processing device 44, and the winning ball at the top edge is received by the ball receiving part 471 of a valve member 47, and detected by a winning ball detector 53. The driving source of an electrical premium ball delivery device 25 starts operation by the winning ball detection signal, and a prescribed number of premium balls are delivered. Further, when the premium ball detector 53 detects the delivery of a prescribed number of premium balls, a solenoid is operated by the detection signal, and a valve member 47 is turned, and the winning ball on a ball receiving part 471 is dropped, and at the same time, the drop of the next winning ball is suppressed by a stopper member 472. Accordingly, after a prescribed number of premium balls are delivered, the winning balls are discharge-processed one by one correctly.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention electrically detects winning balls and uses the winning ball detection signal to provide an electrical prize ball payout device! This invention relates to a pachinko machine that operates to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as this type of pachinko machine, for example, JP-A-63
-192477 publication is known. In this conventional pachinko machine, when a winning ball is generated, the winning ball detection signal is sent to a central processing unit of a microcomputer and stored in a storage section.

On the other hand, the central processing unit drives the electric drive source of the electrical prize ball payout device based on the stored winning ball detection signal to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, the above-mentioned electrically controlled pachinko machine has a simpler back structure than a boat-based pachinko machine, and can also speed up the process of ejecting winning balls and producing a prize ball detector. It has the following effects. However, on the other hand, in this type of pachinko machine, winning balls are stored in the microcomputer's central processing unit and then ejected out of the machine. If there was a complaint that the winning ball was not awarded, there was a problem in that it could not be determined whether the complaint was correct or not because there were no winning balls left that could be used as evidence, which could lead to a big problem. .

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a game in which prize balls are paid out by discharging the prize balls out of the machine after a predetermined number of prize balls have been paid out. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrically controlled pachinko machine that can prevent troubles with players.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a winning ball collection path provided on the back side of a game board, an electric prize ball dispensing device that operates an electric drive source to dispense a predetermined number of prize balls, and the In a pachinko machine comprising a prize ball detector for detecting prize balls put out one by one from an electric prize ball dispensing device, an electric prize ball processing device is provided at an end portion of the entered prize ball collection path, and the The electric winning ball processing device is a valve in which a ball receiving part and a stopper part, which alternately go in and out of a winning ball collecting passage, are integrally formed, and the winning balls collected in the winning ball collecting passage are dropped one by one by rotation. a winning ball detector that detects winning balls received in the ball receiving portion of the valve member and operates the electrical prize ball dispensing device, and a predetermined number of prize balls from the electrical prize ball dispensing device. The solenoid is activated by a signal indicating that the valve member has been discharged, and rotates the valve member.

[Effect]

The winning balls collected in the winning ball collecting path are lined up in a line and guided to the electrical winning ball processing device, and the winning ball at the tip is received by the ball receiving part of the valve member and detected by the winning ball detector. .

Then, in response to the winning ball detection signal, the drive source of the electric prize ball payout device starts operating and pays out a predetermined number of prize balls. In addition, when the prize ball detector detects the payout of a predetermined number of prize balls, the solenoid is activated by the detection signal to rotate the valve member and drop the winning ball on the ball receiver, while at the same time the stopper member moves the next prize ball. Prevent the winning ball from falling. This makes it possible to accurately discharge winning balls one by one after a predetermined number of prize balls have been paid out.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 2 is a back view thereof. A pachinko machine 1 has a front frame 11 attached to the front of a machine frame 10 so as to be openable and closable. A game board 12 is removably attached to the rear side of the front frame 11 via a mounting frame. Game board 12
A guide rail 13 having a firing position is provided on the front surface of the game machine, and a plurality of winning openings 14, variable winning openings 15, etc. are provided in the gaming section surrounded by the guide rail 13. Further, a ball supply tray 16, a surplus method receiving tray 17, an operation handle 18, and the like are provided at the lower front portion of the front frame 11.

A mechanism plate 19 is rotatably attached to the back surface of the game board 12. A winning ball gathering space is formed on the front side of the mechanism plate 19 facing the back surface of the game board, and a gutter-like winning ball gathering passage 20 is formed in the lower part thereof. Also, mechanism plate I
A prize ball tank 21 is fixed to the northern part of the back side of the ball 9. Below the prize ball tank 21, there is provided a collapsing rail 22 for leading out the prize balls in two rows.

A supply M24 is connected to the downstream end of the gutter rail 22 via a curved rail 23, and an electric prize ball payout gI25 is disposed at the downstream end of the supply gutter 24. Further, a discharge gutter 26 is formed below the electrical prize ball dispensing device 25 for guiding the prize balls dispensed from the electrical prize ball dispensing device 25 to the batted ball supply tray 16.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a rectifying mechanism 27 is provided at a position approximately midway between the vertical passages of the supply gutter 24, and the upstream side of the supply gutter 24 where the rectifying mechanism 27 is provided is It is formed as two rows of ball roads 24a and 24b communicating with the ball roads of the gutter rail 22, respectively, and the downstream side is formed by rib walls 24] and 241 as one row of merging passages 24C.

The rectifying mechanism 27 includes two sprockets 29 of the same shape and size that share one rotating shaft 28 that is rotatably supported.
A, 29b, a part of the outer periphery of one sprocket 29a faces the ball road 24a of the supply gutter 24, and a part of the outer periphery of the other sprocket 29b faces the ball road 24b.

The sprockets 29a and 29b have six concave pawls 291a and 291b formed on their outer peripheries into which prize balls flowing down the ball roads 24a and 24b can fit, respectively.
and the claw portion 291a of the sprocket 29a.

and the pawl portion 291b of the sprocket 29b are fixed to the rotating wheel 28 while being shifted relative to the rotational direction. Therefore, the prize balls guided from the prize ball tank 21 via the gutter rail 22 to the two rows of ball roads 24a and 24b of the supply gutter 24 are connected to the two sprockets 29a and 29a of the rectifying mechanism 27, respectively.
By the rotation of 29b, they alternately fall into the merging passage 24c,
The water flows down the merging passage 24c in a line.

As shown in FIG. 5, the electrical prize ball dispensing device f25 includes a mounting plate 3o attached to the mechanism plate 19, and a motor mounting plate 32 on which a drive motor 31 as an electric drive source is attached.
and has. A vertical supply passage 33 that is continuous with the merging passage 24C of the supply gutter 24 is formed in the mounting plate 30, and a lead screw 34 is disposed parallel to the supply passage 33. The lead screw 34 is horizontally rotatably mounted with the upper and lower portions of the support shaft 36 supported by the upper and lower receiving pieces 301 and 301 formed on the mounting plate 30 via hair rings 35, and A flange-shaped ball support part 37 is spirally provided facing the supply passage 33 and supporting the most advanced prize ball. Also, the lead screw 34
A curved prize ball discharge passage 38 continuous to the supply passage 33 is formed below the supply passage 33.

A drive motor 31 is mounted on the horizontal lower surface of the motor mounting plate 32.
are mounted orthogonally, and the motor shaft 39 protrudes above the horizontal portion, and a driving gear 40 is fixed to the tip thereof. Further, the driving gear 40 is meshed with a driven gear 41 fixed to the support shaft 36 of the lead screw 34.
The rotation of the drive motor 31 is transmitted to the lead screw 34. The rotation ratio of the drive motor 31 and the lead screw 34 is set so that the lead screw 34 makes one rotation for every two rotations of the drive motor 31. The ball support portion 37 of the lead screw 34 is arranged so that the most advanced prize balls continuously lined up in the supply passage 33 lose support and fall into the prize ball discharge passage 38 when the lead screw 34 rotates once. A spiral shape is chosen.

The supply passage 33 is provided with a ball breakage detector 42, and when a ball breakage occurs in the supply passage 33, the drive motor 31 is activated.
The rotation of the ball is stopped to prevent the prize ball from being put out. In addition, a prize ball detector 43 is provided in the prize ball discharge passage 38, and is capable of detecting prize balls delivered to the prize ball discharge passage 38 one by one by rotation of the lead screw 34.

An electrical winning ball processing device t44 is provided at the end of the winning ball collection path 20. This electrical winning ball processing device 44 has a base member 45 attached to the mechanism plate 19 as shown in FIGS. A waiting passage 46 is formed in which winning balls are lined up and waiting. Waiting aisle 4
A valve member 47 and a solenoid 4 for opening and closing the passage 46 are disposed on the side of the passage 46.

The valve member 47 is formed in an inverted shape integrally comprising a ball receiving portion 471 and a stopper portion 472 that alternately go in and out of the standby passage 46, and is rotatably supported on the base member 45 by a shaft 49. Further, the center of gravity of the valve member 47 is placed so that it always rotates downward.

A support member 50 is connected to the plunger 481 of the solenoid 48, and a roller 51 is provided on the side surface of the support member 50. When the solenoid 48 is in a demagnetized state, its plunger 481 is urged upwardly by the coil spring 52, and the roller 51 of the support member 50 is moved toward the ball receiving portion 47 as shown in FIG.
1 and supports the valve member 47 so as not to rotate downward. When the solenoid 48 is energized, the plunger 481 is sucked downward against the bias of the coil spring 52, and at the same time the valve member 47 loses support from the roller 51 and falls under its own weight. Turn around. That is, when the solenoid 48 is demagnetized, the ball receiving part 471 of the valve member 47 closes the standby passage 46 and receives the winning ball at the tip on its upper surface, and when the solenoid 48 is energized, the valve member 47 rotates downward. At the same time as the winning ball on the ball receiving part 471 falls, the stopper part 472 closes the waiting passage 46 to prevent the next winning ball from falling.

Further, a winning ball detector 53 is attached to the waiting passage 46, and is capable of detecting winning balls received by the ball receiving portion 471.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention will be explained.

When a ball hit by the game section of the game board 12 enters any of the winning holes such as the winning hole 14 and the variable winning hole 15, the winning balls are collected in the winning ball gathering passage 20 of the mechanism board 19 and lined up in a line. They are guided to the waiting passage 46 side by side. Then, the most advanced winning ball is received on the ball receiving portion 471 of the valve member 47 and stands by, and is detected by the winning ball detector 53 at the same time.

When the winning ball detector 53 detects a winning ball, the drive motor 31 of the electrical prize ball payout device 25 is activated based on the detection signal.
starts rotating, and the lead screw 34 horizontally rotates via the driving gear 40 and the driven gear 41. Due to the rotation of the lead screw 34, the prize balls that are continuously waiting in the supply path 33 continue to descend without interruption as the ball supporter 37 moves, and when the lead screw 34 rotates once, they are supported by the ball supporter 37. The most advanced prize ball is detached from the support by the ball support part 37 and falls into the prize ball discharge passage 38. The prize balls that have fallen into the prize ball discharge passage 38 are detected one by one by the prize ball detector 43 and guided to the batted ball supply tray 16 via the discharge gutter 26. On the other hand, when the prize ball detector 43 detects a predetermined number (for example, 13) of prize balls, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out from the microcomputer (not shown) to the drive motor 31 and the solenoid 48 of the winning ball processing device 44. A signal is given to the effect that the drive motor 31 has been stopped, and the solenoid 48 is energized at the same time. As the solenoid 48 is energized, the plunger 481 is attracted downward against the coil spring 52 as shown by the chain line in FIG. 8, and the valve member 47 loses support from the roller 51 and rotates downward. As a result, the winning ball that was received on the top surface of the ball receiving part 471 falls and is discharged outside the machine, and at the same time, the stopper part 472 of the valve member 47 enters the waiting passage 46 and the next winning ball falls. to prevent As the solenoid 48 is demagnetized, the valve member 47 is rotated upward by the push-up of the roller 51 of the plunger 481 and returns to the position shown in FIG.
The next winning ball that has been stopped by 2 falls onto the upper surface of the ball receiving portion 471 and is caught, thereby repeating the same operation as described above.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, winning balls are electrically detected one by one, a predetermined number of prize balls can be paid out for each detection signal, and after the prize balls are paid out, the winning balls can be paid out. Since the system is designed to discharge and process the prize balls, in the event that the prize ball corresponding to the winning ball is not paid out due to some trouble such as running out of balls, the winning ball can be used as evidence. Since this remains the law, it is possible to prevent troubles with players regarding the payout of prize balls.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the rectifying mechanism, and FIG. 4 is the rectifying mechanism. FIG. 5 is a front view partially showing the electrical prize ball dispensing device section; FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the electrical prize ball processing device section; FIG. 7 is its exploded perspective view, No. 8
The figure is a side view, and FIGS. 9 and 10 are action explanatory views. 12... Game board, 20... Winning ball gathering passage, 25...
...Electric prize ball dispensing device, 43...Prize ball detector,
44... Electric winning ball processing device, 47... Valve member,
48... Solenoid, 53... Winning ball detector, 47
1...Ball receiver part, 472...Stopper part. Patent applicant: Adachi Light Industries Co., Ltd. Figure 2, 1 unit, Figure 10/44

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A winning ball collecting passage provided on the back side of a game board, an electric prize ball dispensing device that operates an electric drive source to dispense a predetermined number of prize balls, and the electrical prize ball dispensing device. A pachinko machine equipped with a prize ball detector that detects prize balls paid out one by one, an electric winning ball processing device being provided at an end portion of the winning ball collection path, and the electrical winning ball processing device The valve member includes a ball receiving part and a stopper part which are integrally formed to alternately go in and out of the winning ball collecting passage, and which drops the winning balls collected in the winning ball collecting passage one by one by rotation; a winning ball detector that detects winning balls received in a ball receiving portion of the valve member and operates the electrical prize ball dispensing device; and a notification that a predetermined number of prize balls have been paid out from the electrical prize ball dispensing device. A pachinko machine comprising a solenoid that is activated by a signal from the valve member and rotates the valve member.