JPH0530463Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a variable winning device for pinball game machines such as pachinko machines. This invention relates to a variable winning device that includes a pair of movable wing pieces that can be converted into an upright state where it is difficult for a ball (hit ball) to win a prize and an inclined state where it is easy to win a prize.

[Prior Art] For example, in a pachinko game machine, a winning device called a chulip is configured so that a pair of movable wings repeats standing up and tilting each time a ball wins. Even if it is tilted to a state where it is easy for a batted ball to enter, it returns to an upright state when one batted ball enters the prize. Therefore, with only such a winning device, the game becomes uninteresting for players who want to have more opportunities to win prizes.

Therefore, a prize winning device is also provided in which, after the pair of movable wing pieces are tilted, the movable wing pieces do not return to the upright state until a plurality of (for example, two) batted balls win prizes.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned winning device in which the movable wing pieces return to the upright state after a plurality of hit balls win prizes, the structure is complicated and assembly is troublesome. In addition, the components and structure of the prize-winning device are determined by the number of batted balls that the movable wing pieces accept until they return to the upright state, so if you want to change the number of batted balls that can be accepted, the entire prize-winning device must be constructed with a different structure. have to replace it with something else. However, since the structure of such a winning device is limited, there was a problem that it was very difficult to change the number of winning devices. To provide a prize-winning device that realizes the operation of a movable wing piece returning to an upright state after a batted ball has won a prize using a simple and reliable mechanism, and that can change the number of batted balls accepted by simply changing a part of its structure. The purpose is to

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention includes a mounting plate mounted on the game board surface of a pinball game machine, and a pair of movable wings that are pivotally supported on the front surface of the mounting plate so as to be able to stand up and tilt freely. , a variable prize winning device comprising a box frame provided on the back side of the mounting plate, and a swinging member disposed within the box frame for raising or tilting a pair of movable wing pieces, the variable prize winning device being interlocked with the swinging member. When a predetermined number of game balls enter between a moving lever, a pin protruding from the lever, and a pair of movable wings in an inclined state, the pin is moved so that a swinging member returns the movable wings to an upright state. A first magnet is fixed to the lever, and a second magnet that attracts the first magnet and a third magnet that repel each other are arranged near the lever. It is characterized by what it did.

[Function] In the variable winning device of the present invention, when a game ball enters when a pair of movable wing pieces are in an upright state, the swinging member swings and tilts the movable wing pieces, making it easy for the game ball to win a prize. Make it. After that, when a predetermined number (for example, two) of game balls enter between the pair of movable wings, the pin moves along the groove, which activates the swinging member, returning the movable wings to the initial upright state. return. Therefore,
By arbitrarily setting the shape of the groove in which the pin moves, the pair of movable wings can be maintained in an inclined state until a predetermined number (for example, two) of game balls are won. Furthermore, the attraction and repulsion forces acting between the first magnet and the second and third magnets ensure the movement of the pin along the groove, thereby ensuring the state change of the movable blade. .

[Embodiment] FIGS. 1 and 3 show the appearance of a winning device called a chulip for a pachinko game machine as seen from the front side as an embodiment of the present invention.

This winning device 1 has a mounting plate 2 mounted on the game board surface of a pachinko game machine. A vertically long rectangular opening 3 (Fig. 3) is formed in the center of the front surface of the mounting plate 2, and on the left and right sides of the front surface, a pair of movable wing pieces 4L and 4R can be freely raised and tilted using shafts 5L and 5R as fulcrums, respectively. Supported. Further, a cover member 6 that covers the front and lower portions of the pair of movable wing pieces 4L and 4R is attached to the lower front surface of the mounting plate 2. The front part of the cover member 6 is formed as a decorative plate, and the lower part of the cover member 6 is formed as a decorative plate, and when the pair of movable wing pieces 4L and 4R is tilted as described later, the front part of the cover member 6 is formed as a decorative plate. ).

As shown in FIG. 1, when the pair of movable wing pieces 4L and 4R are standing up, a prize opening in which only one pachinko ball P can be won is formed between them.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, when the pair of movable wing pieces 4L and 4R tilt, it becomes a winning opening where the pachinko ball P can easily win. That is, a pair of movable wing pieces 4L
and 4R, the pachinko ball P hit from the ball launcher onto the game board surface is converted into an upright state where it is difficult to win a prize and an inclined state where it is easy to win a prize.

Next, on the back side of the mounting plate 2, a box frame 7 having an inverted U-shaped cross section when viewed from the back side is provided. A swinging member 8 is disposed within the box frame 7, which swings by a pachinko ball P that is placed between the pair of movable wings 4L and 4R when they are standing up.

The swinging member 8 is supported by a horizontal shaft 9 passing through its intermediate portion so as to be swingable in the vertical direction. 1st
As shown in the figure and FIG.
When a is placed between the pair of movable blades 4L and 4R from the opening 3 of the mounting plate 2, the pair of movable blades 4L and 4R will be in an upright state. At this time, the rear end portion 8b of the swinging member projects rearward from the rear opening of the box frame 7, as shown in FIG.

When a pachinko ball P enters between the pair of movable wing pieces 4L and 4R in this state, the ball P hits the tip 8a of the swinging member and passes from the opening 3 to the box frame as shown by the arrow in FIG. 7 and rolls on the upper surface of the swinging member 8. When the pachinko ball P passes over the horizontal shaft 9, the swinging member 8 rotates clockwise in FIG. 2 about the horizontal shaft 9 due to the weight of the ball P, and its tip 8a rises. The rear end 8b is in a downward position. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the pair of movable blades 4L and 4R tilt, and the recessed portions of their outer surfaces abut against the upper edge of the side portion of the cover member 6 and are held in an inclined state. On the other hand, the pachinko ball P hits the wall of the rear end 8b of the swinging member 8, as shown in FIG. Ru.

Further, magnets 11 are attached to both sides of the swinging member 8, and magnets 11 having the same polarity as the magnets 11 (thus repelling each other) are attached to both sides of the box frame 7 facing each magnet 11.
Magnet 12 is fixed. As shown in FIG. 1, when the pair of movable blades 4L and 4R are in an upright state, the magnet 11 of the swinging member 8 is at a slightly lower position than the magnet 12 of the box frame 7. Therefore, the swinging member 8 is moved to a second position around the horizontal axis 9 due to the action of the magnets 11 and 12.
In the figure, a counterclockwise rotational force is applied,
It is held in the position shown in FIG.

Furthermore, a horizontal shaft 13 is fixed to the lower rear end of the box frame 7, which receives the rear end portion when the swinging member 8 rotates clockwise due to winning of a pachinko ball. The rear end 7b of the box frame 7 is the rear end 8 of the rotating swinging member 8.
It is tilted so that b does not hit.

In this embodiment, a pin 21 that moves in conjunction with the swinging member 8 is used as a feature of the present invention.
and a groove 22 of a predetermined shape for moving this pin 21.
and first, second and third magnets 30, 3 which ensure movement of the pin 21 along the groove 22 as described below.
1 and 32 are provided.

First, the pin 21 is fixed to the upper end of a lever 24 rotatably connected perpendicularly to a horizontal shaft 23 protruding from the left side of the rear end of the swinging member 8 .

On the other hand, the groove 22 is bored in the surface of a rectangular wall 25 formed on the left side of the rear end of the box frame 7. For details, please refer to the 10th
As shown in the enlarged view, the groove 22 is formed by leaving the central part 25a of the surface of the rectangular wall 25 in a "h" shape, drilling the periphery in a substantially hexagonal shape, and protruding the lower part in a triangular shape. It is formed. In this groove 22,
As will be described later, move the pin 21 to four positions A, B, C,
A recess is provided for stopping at D.

Furthermore, the lever 24 with the pin 21 protruding has a first
A magnet 30 is fixed facing forward, and in the vicinity thereof, a second magnet 3 attracting to and repelling the first magnet 30 and a third magnet 32 repelling each other are fixed facing backward from the side of the box frame 7. It is fixed.

The positional relationship of these three magnets is such that when the pin 21 is near position A, the first magnet 30
When the pin 21 is near position B, it is set to be near the third magnet 32.

Next, on the lower side of the swinging member 8, there is a second swinging member 26 that swings by the winning pachinko ball P when the pair of movable wing pieces 4L and 4R are in the inclined state shown in FIG. provided. This is supported so as to be able to swing downward by a horizontal shaft 27 passing through its intermediate portion, and the upper end of the portion in front of the horizontal shaft 27 abuts on the swinging member 8, and the bottom surface of that portion has a pachinko It has an opening through which the sphere P is discharged. The tip portion 26a of this second swinging member faces below the pair of movable blades 4L and 4R from the opening 3 of the mounting plate 2. Further, the rear end portion 26b wraps around from below the fixed horizontal shaft 13 and extends to the vicinity of the rear end portion of the swinging member 8, and fixes a cylindrical weight 28 (see FIGS. 5 and 6).
(see figure).

As mentioned above, a pair of movable wing pieces 4 standing upright
When the pachinko ball P enters between L and 4R,
The swinging member 8 is rotated by the rolling pachinko ball P, and the second swinging member 26 is also rotated, and its tip 26a is raised as shown in FIG. state. Here, when the pachinko ball wins again, the ball does not hit the tip 8a of the swinging member 8, but hits the tip 26a of the second swinging member 26.
Therefore, the second swinging member 26 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 4 about the horizontal axis 27, and the rear end 26b raises the rear end 8b of the swinging member 8. On the other hand, the pachinko balls enter the box frame 7 through the opening 3, roll on the top surface of the second swinging member 26, and are ejected from the bottom opening.

Since the embodiment shown in the figure is constructed as described above, its operation is as follows.

First, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, when the pair of movable blades 4L and 4R are in an upright state, the pin 21 is stopped at the upper end position A within the groove 22. At this time, the first magnet 30 fixed to the lever 24 receives an attractive force from the second magnet 31.

Here, when the pachinko ball P enters between the pair of movable wing pieces 4L and 4R, the swinging member 8 rotates clockwise around the horizontal axis 9 as described above, and the rear end 8b
goes down. At the same time, the lever 24 is also pulled down, so that the pin 21 moves downward along the left part of the groove 22 in FIGS. 2 and 10 and stops at the second position B. When the pin 21 moves from position A to B in this way, the first magnet 30 fixed to the lever 24 is attracted to the second magnet 31 and then passes near it to the third magnet 32. Since the pin 21 is close to and receives a repulsive force, the pin 21 is at position A.
It moves reliably along the groove 22 from to B.

When the pin 21 stops at position B, the pair of movable blades 4L and 4R are tilted and opened as described above (FIGS. 3 and 4). Furthermore,
In this state, the magnet 11 of the swinging member 8 is at a higher position than the magnet 12 of the box frame 7. Therefore, the swinging member 8 is held in the position shown in FIG. 4 by being applied with a force to rotate clockwise about the horizontal axis 9 due to the repulsive force of the magnets 11 and 12.

After that, when a pachinko ball (the first winning ball) enters between the pair of movable wing pieces 4L and 4R that are in an inclined state, the pachinko ball P ₁ as shown in FIG.
As mentioned above, the tip 26a of the second swinging member 26
, the second swinging member 26 rotates counterclockwise about the horizontal axis 27, and the rear end 26
b tries to raise the rear end 8b of the swinging member 8 and the lever 24. However, since the pin 21 only moves within the groove 22 from the second position B to the third position C below the rectangular wall central portion 25, the rear end 8b of the swinging member 8 and the lever 24 also move only by the amount that the pin 21 moves. It doesn't rise.

After that, the pachinko ball P ₁ moves to the second swinging member 26
When it rolls on top of and is ejected from its bottom opening,
As shown in FIG. 8, the second swinging member 26 rotates clockwise again, and its tip 26a is raised. As a result, the swinging member 8 rotates and the rear end 8b is lowered, and at the same time the lever 24 is also pulled down, so that the pin 21 is moved from the third position C to the fourth position.
It descends to position D and stops. As a result, the pair of movable blades 4L and 4R are still in an open state. At this time, the force of rotating the swinging member 8 clockwise due to the repulsion of the magnets 11 and 12 is still applied to the swinging member 8, and the swinging member 8 is held at the position shown in FIG.

As mentioned above, pin 21 passes from position B to position D
During the movement, the first magnet 30 receives a repulsive force from the third magnet 32, so the movement of the pin 21 is ensured during that time.

Here, when the pachinko ball wins (second prize), as shown in FIG. 9, the pachinko ball P ₂ also hits the tip 26a of the second swinging member 26, so 26 rotates counterclockwise about the horizontal axis 27, and the rear end 26b attempts to raise the rear end 8b of the swinging member 8 and the lever 24. In this case, since the pin 21 can move upward along the right part of the groove 22, the rear end 8b of the swinging member 8 and the lever 24 rise and return to the initial position A (FIG. 2). . Also, pin 21 is at position D.
When moving from to A, as you approach position A,
Since the attraction force from the second magnet 31 to the first magnet 30 becomes stronger, the pin 21 moves reliably to position A.

As a result, the pair of movable blades 4L and 4R are returned to the upright state, and the pin 21 stops again at position A within the groove 22. At this time, the magnet 11 of the swinging member 8
returns to a position slightly lower than the magnet 12 of the box frame 7, and the swinging member 8 is again subjected to a counterclockwise rotating force due to the action of the magnets 11 and 12, thereby being held at the standby position.

In this way, the pair of movable wing pieces 4L and 4R can be tilted into an open state when a pachinko ball is won in the upright state, and then returned to the upright state when two pachinko balls are won.

Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the number of game balls accepted when a pair of movable wing pieces tilt is not limited to two,
It can be set arbitrarily (three or more or one may be used).
Further, the shape and structure of each component constituting the winning device can be arbitrarily designed within the scope of mutual relationship according to the present invention.

[Effects of the invention] As described above, according to the invention, it is possible to reliably move the pin interlocked with the swinging member that raises or tilts a pair of movable blades along a groove of a predetermined shape. After each batted ball has won a prize, the action of returning the movable wing piece from the tilted state to the upright state is realized. In addition, by simply modifying or changing the shape of the groove as appropriate, the number of balls that can be received until the movable wing pieces return to the upright state can be set arbitrarily, and the effect of being highly versatile as a winning device can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view showing a variable winning device for a pachinko game machine as an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a tilting movement of a pair of movable wing pieces of the embodiment of Fig. 1. FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view with a pair of movable wings tilted. Figures 7, 8, and 9 are longitudinal sectional views showing the action when a pachinko ball wins a prize;
The figure is an enlarged view of a portion of the groove in which the pin is moved in the embodiment. 1... Variable winning device, 2... Mounting plate, 3... Opening, 4L, 4R... Movable wing piece, 5L, 5R...
Shaft, 6...Cover member, 7...Box frame, 8...Swinging member, 9...Horizontal shaft, 11, 12...Magnet, 13...
... Fixed shaft, 21 ... Pin, 22 ... Groove, 23 ...
Horizontal axis, 24... lever, 25... rectangular wall, 26...
...Second swinging member, 27...horizontal axis.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A mounting plate mounted on the game board surface of a pinball game machine, a pair of movable wing pieces pivotally supported on the front surface of the mounting plate so as to be able to stand up and tilt freely, and the mounting plate of the mounting plate. A variable prize winning device comprising a box frame provided on the back side, and a swinging member disposed within the box frame for raising or tilting the pair of movable wings, comprising: a lever interlocked with the swinging member; When a predetermined number of game balls enter between a pin protruding from a lever and a pair of movable wings in an inclined state, the swinging member moves the pin so as to return the movable wings to an upright state. a groove, and a first magnet is fixed to the lever, and a second magnet that attracts the first magnet and a third magnet that repel each other are arranged near the lever. Features a variable prize winning device.