JPH05208065A - Japanese pinball game @(3754/24)pachinko) machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a pachinko game machine which permits a player to easily achieve purpose, permits a playing hall make service to players, secures profit balance, and permits the easy manufacture. CONSTITUTION:A start winning port 19' for starting the variable display of a special pattern display device 14 is constituted of a common motor-driven service article 15 permitting the selection between a closed state where the inflow of struck balls is difficult and an opened state where the inflow of the struck ball is easy, and a specially set port 16 for opening the common motor- driven service article 15, and the special pattern display device 14, common motor-driven service article 15, specially set port 16, and a variable winning device 17 are arranged in this order from the upper part nearly along the center vertical line of a playing part 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a special symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols in a game section where a hit ball shot by a player flows down, and a variable display of this special symbol display device is started. The starting means and the special symbol display device operate according to the display mode of the symbols stopped and displayed, which is disadvantageous to the player.
The present invention relates to a pachinko machine including a variable winning device that can be converted into a state and a second state advantageous to a player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a special symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols and a variable symbol display of this special symbol display device are started in a game section where a hit ball ejected by a player flows down. A pachinko machine provided with means and a variable winning device that is activated by a display mode of the symbols that the special symbol display device stops and displays, and can be converted into a first state that is disadvantageous to the player and a second state that is advantageous to the player. Has been variously developed.
For example, in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 3-10350, a variable winning device is provided above the outlet, a special symbol display device is provided above the variable winning device, and the variable winning device and the special symbol display device are started. There is a winning opening. Therefore,
Regardless of the state of the variable winning device, if you blast to aim at the starting winning opening, the probability of entering the starting winning opening will be high, and the special symbol display device will be activated by the ball hitting the starting winning opening,
As a result, the variable winning device can be converted into the second state which is advantageous to the player. Then, when the variable winning device is converted into the second state, most of the hit balls that are ejected toward the starting winning port and do not enter the starting winning port will enter the variable winning device, and thus the player. Will be able to win many prize balls.

[0003]

However, in this kind of pachinko machine, the special symbol display device does not operate and the variable winning device is not opened unless the starting winning opening is won. Therefore, in this kind of pachinko machine, the winning rate of the starting winning opening determines the winning or losing of the pachinko game, and the player fires aiming at the starting winning opening. Therefore, if the winning rate of this starting winning port is increased, it will lead to the improvement of the service to the player. However, if the winning rate is silently increased, the profit balance between the player and the game store cannot be achieved. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention provides a pachinko machine that is easy for a player to aim at and can obtain a large number of prize balls, a pachinko machine that enables a game store to provide a service to the player, and can easily achieve a profit balance. Aims to provide a pachinko machine that is easy to manufacture.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been proposed in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, and a special symbol display capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols on a game section where a hit ball ejected by a player flows down. The device, the starting means for starting the variable display of this special symbol display device, and the special symbol display device are operated by the display mode of the symbols stopped and displayed, the first state disadvantageous to the player and the first advantageous to the player. In a pachinko machine equipped with a variable winning device that can be converted into two states, an ordinary electric accessory capable of converting the starting means into a closed state where it is difficult for a ball to flow into a closed state and an open state where a ball is easy to flow into. , Consisting of a specific opening for opening this normal electric auditors, along the central vertical line of the game section, from above, a special symbol display device, ordinary electric auditors, a specific mouth, a variable winning device They are arranged in order.

[0005]

[Operation] Normal electric prized objects vertically functioning in the center of the game board that function as starting winning holes, a specific opening for opening this normal electric prized object, and variable prizes that can be converted into a state in which hit balls are extremely likely to flow The device allows the player to shoot a ball at the center of the game section, and it is possible to pass through a specific opening without flowing into an ordinary electric accessory. When the device is activated and the variable winning device can be opened, and the variable winning device is opened, the ball passing through the specific mouth flows into the variable winning device, and the game develops advantageously for the player.

[0006]

1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1, in which one side of a frame-shaped front frame 2 having a window portion can be opened and closed by an outer frame 3. On the butterfly,
A metal frame 4a is provided in the window portion, and a glass frame 4b with glass attached is rotatably mounted on the upper portion of the metal frame 4a.
The outer frame 3 and the glass frame 4b can be locked by the locking device 5. Further, an upper tray set 8 including a front plate 7 having an upper tray 6 and the like is provided below the glass frame 4b, and a lower tray set 10 provided with a lower tray 9 is provided below the front frame 2.

A game board 11 is made to face the window portion of the front frame 2, and a plurality of symbols are arranged along the central vertical line of the game section 13 surrounded by the guide rails 12 on the front side of the game board 11. The special symbol display device 14 that can be variably displayed, the normal electric auditors product 15, which can be converted into the closed state in which the inflow of the ball flowing down the game part 13 is difficult and the open state in which the inflow is easy, the ordinary electric auditors product 15 A specific opening 16 for opening, a variable winning device 17 that can be converted into a first state that is disadvantageous to the player and a second state that is advantageous to the player, and an outlet 18 are sequentially arranged from the top. In addition, starting winning a prize mouths 19 and 19 are arranged on the left and right sides of the special symbol display device 14, and the ordinary electric prize 15 functions as a starting winning a prize mouth 19 '. Various kinds of general prize equipment 20, ..., Indicator lights 21, ..., Windmills 22a ..., Lamp windmills 22b, etc. are provided at appropriate positions of the gaming section 13, and external indicator lights 23 are provided on the upper edge of the pachinko machine 1. Is provided.

The special symbol display device 14 may have any structure as long as it can variably display a plurality of symbols. For example, it is composed of a rotary drum type display device in which a cylindrical body having a plurality of symbols drawn on its peripheral surface is rotated by the drive of a drive source, a matrix display composed of a large number of light emitting diodes, a liquid crystal display, etc. The symbol display portions 14a, 14b and 14c are provided. Then, the variable display in each symbol display unit 14 ... Is started based on the operation of the starting means described later, and the symbol combination mode in which each symbol display unit 14 ... Is stopped and displayed after the elapse of a predetermined time matches the predetermined mode. At this time, the variable winning device 17 is converted into the second state which is advantageous to the player.

Further, in the illustrated special symbol display device 14,
A protruding winning entrance 24 that opens upward is formed at the center of the upper part of the mounting substrate, and a downward winning entrance 25 that opens forward is formed below the winning entrance 24, and the winning award A horizontally elongated armor member 26 is provided extending from the lower edge of the mouth 25. In addition, the upper part of the top prize hole 25 is the top prize member 2
4'covers. Therefore, the ball hit toward the upper center of the gaming section 13 enters the sky winning port 24, or is guided by the armor member 26 to enter the world winning port 25, or armor. It is flipped down by the member 26 and surrounding obstacle nails, and flows down through the side of the special symbol display device 14. Therefore, it is difficult to directly aim and blast the ordinary electric accessory 15 functioning as the starting winning opening 19 '. Instead of the armor member 26 of the special symbol display device 14, an obstacle member may be provided or an obstacle nail may be arranged to make it difficult to directly aim at the ordinary electric accessory 15.

In the ordinary electric accessory 15 which constitutes a part of the starting means, for example, a pair of opening / closing blade pieces 15a, 15a are driven by a solenoid (not shown) to open / close the blade pieces 15a, 1a.
The first state in which the space 5a is opened up to about the diameter of the ball and stands up, and the ball is received only from above, and the opening / closing blade piece 15a is tilted outwardly to receive the hit ball over a wide range.
It consists of a so-called electric tulip that can be converted to a state. A start switch (not shown) faces the ball passage through which the received hit ball passes.

The specific opening 16 is for creating a condition for exciting the solenoid of the ordinary electric accessory 15 to open the opening / closing wing piece 15a, and a sphere detector faces the sphere so as to detect a passing sphere. It is composed of a passing chucker. In the illustrated embodiment, it is formed integrally with a variable winning device 17 described later.

Next, a description will be given of the variable winning device 17 which can be converted into a first state which is unfavorable to the player and a second state which is advantageous to the player. FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view, FIG. 6 is a rear view with the back cover 30 removed, FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway rear view with the back cover 30 fixed, FIG. 5 is a central longitudinal sectional view, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing a drive mechanism.

The variable winning device 17 has a mounting board 31 for mounting on the game board 11, and the mounting board 31 is provided with a horizontally long opening 32 that forms a special winning opening, and the opening 32 is opened and closed. A possible opening / closing door 33 is laterally pivoted near the lower edge.

A lamp hole 34 is provided below the opening 32.
And the lamp 36 of the lamp substrate 35 fixed to the back surface of the mounting substrate 31 is exposed. A box frame-shaped lamp cover 37 is fixed to the front side of the lamp 36. The lamp cover 37 is made of, for example, colored plastic having a light-transmitting property, and is stopped by engaging an engaging claw provided on the lamp cover 37 with an engaging hole 31a formed at an appropriate position of the mounting substrate 31. You can wear it. Further, the positioning of the lamp cover 37 is performed by fitting a guide pin 38 projecting on the front surface side of the mounting substrate 31 and a guide hole provided on the rear surface side of the lamp cover 37.

The back cover 30 is provided on the back side of the mounting substrate 31.
And a ball receiving trough 39 below the opening 32 to form a special winning opening 40. The special winning opening 40 has a special switch 41 for detecting a ball flowing into the special winning opening 40 from the center of the opening 32, and a 10-count switch 42 capable of detecting all the balls flowing into the special winning opening 40. And. In the ball receiving trough 39, a guide tube 39a formed in the ball receiving trough 39 is fitted to a guide boss 31b provided on the back surface side of the mounting substrate 31. In addition, the back cover 30 includes a positioning cutout portion 30 a provided at an appropriate position and the mounting substrate 3.
The positioning claws 31c provided on the No. 1 are fitted and positioned, and screws are screwed into the guide bosses 31b and the like to be fixed.

Further, a connector board 43 is provided on the back side of the back cover 30, and the switches 16 ', 41, 42, the lamp 36, and the opening / closing described later are provided via the connectors 43 of the connector board 43. The solenoid 44 and the like are connected to the control device. The connector board 43 is fixed to the positioning / mounting boss provided on the back cover 30 with screws.

The drive mechanism for opening and closing the opening / closing door 33 is
It has an opening / closing solenoid 44 as a drive source. An operating plate 46 having an oblique hole 45 intersecting the sliding direction of the plunger 44a at an angle of about 45 degrees is fixed to the plunger 44a of the opening / closing solenoid 44, and the oblique cover 45 extends from the back cover 30. The rear end of the swing lever 47 axially attached to the projecting support portion 30b is loosely fitted. Then, the connecting shaft 48 extending to the back side of the opening / closing door 33 is loosely fitted into the long hole 47 a provided at the front end of the swing lever 47. Therefore, when the open / close solenoid 44 is excited, the plunger 44a is pulled and the swing lever 47 rotates the front end upward, and the open / close door 33 tilts forward with the support shaft 33a as a fulcrum to open the opening 32. .. At this time, both ends of the opening / closing door 33 and the end surfaces of the stopper pieces 50 provided at the center contact the stopper edge 49 provided at the lower edge of the opening 32 to regulate the opening angle of the opening / closing door 33 and flow down. The load does not affect the drive mechanism or the open / close solenoid 44.

The variable winning apparatus 1 in the illustrated embodiment
7, the ball guide members 51 are provided at the left and right ends of the opening / closing door 33. This ball guide member 51 is formed in a loose roof type on the back side of the opening / closing door 33, and when the opening / closing door 33 is open, the sphere flowing down the game part 13 is opened by the roof-shaped inclined surface 51a. It can be guided to 32 or can be flipped to the outside. Further, it is also possible to guide the ball that is in contact with the ball guide member 51 to a nearby winning port.

The variable winning device 17 as described above is provided with a specific opening 16 for exciting the solenoid of the ordinary electric accessory 15 to create a condition for opening the opening / closing blade piece 15a. The specific opening 16 is located above the opening 32, and the mounting board 31 is provided substantially at the center of the opening 32 in the width direction.
The specific switch guide 52 is extended in the front-rear direction, and a pass-through type sphere detector 53 for magnetically detecting a sphere that functions as a specific switch is mounted in the specific switch guide 52. A decorative member 54 is provided at the front end of the specific switch guide 52. Also, the sphere detector 53
The locking claw 55a provided at the tip of the locking arm 55 extending from the mounting substrate 31 is locked and fixed to the rear end surface of the ball detector 53.

As described above, the specific winning opening 16 is provided to the variable winning device 1
When it is formed integrally with 7, it is not necessary to separately provide a processing hole or the like for forming the specific port 16, so that the manufacturing process can be simplified and the pachinko machine 1 having high value for the manufacturer can be provided. ..

Next, the game of the pachinko machine 1 having the above-described structure will be described. In this pachinko machine 1, when a player hits a variable hit device 17 having a big winning opening 40, one winning ball is won. 15 prize balls will be paid out for each prize, and if one of the other general prize tools 20 ..., the winning prize hole 24, the winning prize hole 25, etc. is awarded, 7 prize balls will be paid out per winning ball. There is.

When the ball hit by the player passes through the specific opening 16 provided above the special winning opening 40 of the variable winning device 17, an ordinary electric accessory provided above the specific opening 16 is provided. 15 is opened, for example, for 0.5 seconds so that the hit ball can easily flow in. It should be noted that even if the ordinary electric accessory 15 passes through the specific opening 16 while the ordinary electric accessory 15 is open, the ordinary electric accessory 15 is not opened further. Up to four balls can be stored in the starting winning opening 19, and after the variable display of the symbols is stopped or after the opening operation of the special winning opening 40 is finished, the variable display of the symbols is newly displayed. Start.

When the hit ball hits the ordinary electric winning combination 15 functioning as the starting winning opening 19 'or the starting winning opening 19 arranged on the left and right of the special symbol display device 14, each symbol of the special symbol display device 14 is displayed. The variable display of symbols in the parts 14 ... Is started. It should be noted that each symbol display portion 14 ...
Types of designs can be displayed. And, about 5 seconds after the special symbol display device 14 starts the variable display of the symbols, the variable display stops in the order of the left symbol display part 14a, the middle symbol display part 14b, and the right symbol display part 14c. The variable display may be stopped by an external operation of the player.

Then, when the symbols to be stopped and displayed on each of the symbol display portions 14 become a predetermined combination mode, a "big hit" occurs, and the special winning opening 40 of the variable winning device 17 is opened for about 30 seconds. That is, the open / close solenoid 44 of the variable winning device 17
Is excited for about 30 seconds to rotate the opening / closing door 33 forward through the drive mechanism. When 10 hit balls flow into the special winning opening 40, the special winning opening 40 is closed even before 30 seconds have passed.

If the hit ball passes through the special switch 41 while the special winning opening 40 is open, the opening operation of that time is ended and then the opening operation is newly started. The number of times the special winning opening 40 is continuously opened is set to 16 times including the first opening.

Therefore, during the "big hit" where the special winning opening 40 is open, the player is the big winning opening 40 and the variable winning device 1
Although it will be shot aiming at 7, the specific mouth 16 is right above the special winning opening 40, and the probability of a hit ball passing through the specific mouth 16 is high, so it is easy to aim. In addition, specific mouth 16
Naturally, the ball passing through becomes the winning ball of the special winning opening 40, and since the ordinary electric accessory 15 is opened by passing through the specific opening 16, the special symbol display device 14 can also easily start the variable display. The game develops in favor of the player.

Further, since the ordinary electric accessory 15 functioning as the starting winning opening 19 'is provided above the specific opening 16,
Even if a ball that is aimed at the ordinary electric accessory 15 escapes from the ordinary electric accessory 15, the ball may pass through the specific opening 16, so that a game with a high playability is possible.

It should be noted that the number of prize balls for the prize balls can be set appropriately, and for example, seven prize balls are usually paid out for the prize balls in the ordinary electric accessory 15, but 1 during the big hit.
You may switch so that five prize balls may be paid out.

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-mentioned embodiments and can be appropriately implemented without changing the configuration described in the claims. For example, in the illustrated embodiment described above, the specific mouth is formed integrally with the variable winning device,
If the specific mouth is arranged above the variable winning apparatus, it may be provided separately. Further, the starting winning opening may be provided on both sides of the opening / closing door of the special winning opening.

[0030]

In summary, the present invention is a normal electric motor capable of converting the starting means for starting the variable display of the special symbol display device into the closed state in which it is difficult for the ball to flow into the open state and the open state in which the ball is easy to flow into the ball. It consists of a character and a specific opening for opening this ordinary electric accessory, and along the vertical center line of the gaming department, a special symbol display device, an ordinary electric accessory, a specific opening, a variable prize from above. Since the devices are arranged in this order, the player only has to hit the ball so as to collect the hit balls in the center of the game part, so that the aim is easy to narrow down. That is, if the hit ball enters the ordinary electric accessory, the special symbol display device starts the variable display and has a chance to open the variable winning device, and the special mouth does not have to enter the ordinary electric accessory. There is a possibility that it will pass through, and if you pass through a specific opening, you can open an ordinary electric accessory, and since this ordinary electric accessory functions as a starting winning opening, the special symbol display device displays a variable display. It will be easier to start, and the chances of opening the variable winning device will increase. Further, a ball that passes through the specific opening while the variable winning device is open flows into the variable winning device to become a winning ball, and since the ordinary electric auditors are opened, it is possible to obtain a larger number of prize balls. In addition, for a game store, it is possible to provide a service to the player, and it is possible to adjust the winning rate of a specific mouth by adjusting nails or the like, and it becomes a pachinko machine in which profit balance can be easily achieved. Furthermore,
For the manufacturer, it is possible to provide a pachinko machine that is easy to manufacture and easy to process and assemble during manufacturing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a front view in which a part of the variable winning device is cut away,
One half shows the open state of the open / close door, and the other half shows the closed state.

FIG. 3 is a rear view showing a state in which a back cover of the variable winning device is removed, one half of which shows an open state of the open / close door and the other half of which shows a closed state.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway rear view of the variable winning device.

FIG. 5 is a central vertical cross-sectional view of the variable winning device.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view showing a drive mechanism of the variable winning device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 13 Game department 14 Special symbol display device 15 Ordinary electric auditors 16 Specific mouth 17 Variable winning device 18 Out mouth

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A special symbol display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols on a game section where a hit ball ejected by a player flows down,
Starting means for starting the variable display of this special symbol display device, and the special symbol display device are operated by the display mode of the symbols stopped and displayed, the first state which is disadvantageous to the player and the second state which is advantageous to the player. In a pachinko machine equipped with a variable winning device that can be converted into a normal electric accessory that can convert the starting means into a closed state where it is difficult for the ball to flow into the open state and an open state where the ball is easy to flow into the ball.
It consists of a specific mouth for opening this ordinary electric accessory, along the vertical center line of the above-mentioned gaming section, from the top, a special symbol display device, an ordinary electric accessory, a specific mouth, a variable winning device in this order. A pachinko machine characterized by being installed in.