JPH0631042A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the pinball game machine which can improve the discharge efficiency of balls, and also, can continue a game without spoiling a player's interest since the game is not suspended on the way. CONSTITUTION:Pinballs are fed directly to a ball counting means 30 through communicating members 21, 22 from a replenishing pipe 20, balls discharged by the ball counting means 30 first pass through a front pan supply passage 61 of an overflow passage member 60 and are guided into a front pan 14, and when the front pan 14 is filled with the balls, subsequently the balls pass through a lower pan supply passage 62 and are guided into the lower pan 15, and also, when the lower pan 15 is filled with balls, it is detected by a detecting means 69 and discharge of the ball counting means 30 is stopped through a control means 40, and also, the number of remaining balls to be discharged is displayed on a holding ball display means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention pays a predetermined number of balls based on a signal from a control means for controlling each game machine from a pachinko ball supply gutter provided on a game machine island through a communication member. The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine in which balls are supplied to a ball counting means to be put out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional pachinko game machine, for example, an upper plate is arranged on an upper part of the game machine, and a pachinko ball is supplied to the upper plate from a supply gutter in a game machine island through a chute member. There is. In such a pachinko game machine, the balls are once stored in the upper plate, and then the balls are sent to the lower ball counting means as necessary to be paid out.

Further, the front plate for storing the pachinko balls paid out to the player on the lower side of the game surface of the pachinko game machine and the lower plate for storing the balls overflowing from the front plate are separate bodies. They were connected to each other by a passage, and when the lower plate was full of pachinko balls, the control means was set to stop the game so that the balls would not fall from the plate.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional pachinko game machine, the balls once lined up in a row from the supply gutter are stored in the upper plate in a scattered state, and then the balls are lined up again. Since they are aligned and sent to the ball counting means, it takes a double time to pay out the balls, and there are problems that the number of troubles such as ball clogging increases and the efficiency of paying out a large number of balls is not good. It was Further, when the lower plate is full of balls such as prize balls, the game is interrupted even in the middle of the game, which causes a problem that the player's interest is lost.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above. The ball payout efficiency is good and the interest of the player is not spoiled because the game is not interrupted on the way. It is intended to provide a pachinko game machine capable of continuing the game.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The gist of the present invention for achieving such an object is as follows: 1 From a pachinko ball supply gutter (20) arranged on a gaming machine island to a communication member (21, 22). A pachinko game machine (10) adapted to supply balls to a ball counting means (30) for paying out a predetermined number of balls based on a signal from a control means (40) managing each game machine via A front plate (14) for storing balls paid out to the player by the ball counting means (30), a lower plate (15) for storing balls overflowing from the front plate (14), and a game surface (11) ) The balls dispensed from the ball counting means (30) on the back side of the front plate (1).
4) and an overflow passage member (60) introduced into the lower tray (15), and the overflow passage member (6)
0) is branched from the front plate supply path (61) connecting the ball counting means (30) and the front plate (14), and from the middle of the front plate supply path (61) to the lower plate. (15), a lower plate supply path for introducing balls overflowing from the front plate supply path (61) into the lower plate (15) when the front plate (14) is full of balls (62) and detects the state in which the supply path (62) for the lower plate is clogged with balls overflowing from the lower plate (15), and outputs the signal to the control means (40). ), And a detection means (69) for stopping the payout of the balls by the ball counting means (30) through the control means (40) is provided, and the lower plate () is provided on the front surface side of the game surface (11). When the ball counting means (30) is stopped due to the overflow of 15), the ball counting means (30)
A pachinko game machine (10), characterized in that a ball holding display means (50) for visually displaying the remaining number of balls to be paid out is provided.

2 When the player finishes the game, the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display means (50) is recorded in a recording medium, and the recording medium issuing means (80) for paying out the recording medium to the player. ] The pachinko game machine (10) of 1 characterized by having.

3 The lower plate (15) or the lower plate (15)
Also, when there is a sufficient amount of balls stored in the front plate (14), the lower plate (1) having the number of balls displayed on the ball holding means (50) is displayed.
5) or the payout into the lower plate (15) and the front plate (14) through the control means (40), the ball counting means (3)
The pachinko game machine (10) according to 1 or 2, further comprising a ball drop switch (17) for instructing 0).
Exist in.

[0009]

The pachinko balls flowing through the supply gutter (20) arranged on the game machine island are sent to the pachinko game machine (10) through the communication members (21, 22), and the ball counting means (30) in the game machine. ) Is supplied to. In this way, the balls of the supply gutter (20) are directly supplied to the ball counting means (30) in the game machine through the communication members (21, 22). It becomes unnecessary.

The balls supplied to the ball counting means (30) are paid out through a predetermined number of overflow passage members (60) based on a signal from a control means (40) for controlling each game machine. The overflow passage member (60) is manufactured so as to be integrally and detachably attached to the back surface side of the game surface (11).

The balls dispensed from the ball counting means (30) are
First, it is discharged to the front plate (14) through the front plate supply passage (61) of the overflow passage member (60). Front plate (1
When 4) is filled with balls, the balls overflowing from the front plate supply path (61) pass through the lower plate supply path (62) branched from the middle of the front plate supply path (61) to the lower plate (15). ) Is issued to.

When the lower plate (15) is also filled with balls, the balls jammed in the lower plate supply path (62) are detected by the detection means (70). At this time, the detection means (70) is the lower plate (15).
Is sent to the control means (40) to stop the payout of balls by the ball counting means (30) via the control means (40).

When the ball counting means (30) stops due to overflow of the lower plate (15), the ball counting means (30)
The remaining number of balls to be paid out is visually displayed on the outside by the ball holding display means (50). This eliminates the need to stop the progress of the game itself in order to prevent the lower plate (15) from overflowing. That is, for example, a so-called award-winning ball can be added to the ball display means (50) and the game can be continued without actually paying out to the overflowing front plate (14) or the like, and a game can be continued. When (10) does not have the recording medium issuing means (80), when the settlement switch (18) is operated, the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display means (50) is counted as a ball counting means (30).
Thus, the subtraction is displayed on the front plate (14) or the lower plate (15) until the display becomes zero. The player can transfer the balls paid out to the front plate (14) or the lower plate (15) to a ball box and exchange them for prizes.

When the pachinko game machine (10) has a recording medium issuing means (80), when the player operates the settlement switch (18) to end the game, the front plate (14)
Then, the shutter of the lower plate (15) is opened, and the balls remaining in the front plate (14) and the lower plate (15) are poured into the ball counting means (90) to display all the balls of the customer. 50) and the recording medium issuing means (8) through the control means (40).
The number of balls is recorded on a recording medium such as 0) card or receipt, and the recording medium is paid out to the player. Thereby, the player does not need to carry extra pachinko balls.

When there is a drop ball switch (17), the lower plate (15) or the lower plate (15) and the front plate (1)
4) When there is a sufficient amount of accumulated balls, the ball drop switch (17) is operated and the balls corresponding to the number of balls displayed on the holding ball display means (50) are replaced with the lower plate (15). Alternatively, it can be dispensed into the lower plate (15) and the front plate (14).

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the pachinko game machine 10 is
It is integrated with a ball lending machine 70 for instructing the payout of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money the player has put in. In this pachinko game machine 10, balls thrown into the game surface 11 by the ball launching device 13 operated by the handle 12 are
When you enter the prize holes 19, 19 ...
It is a game machine that pays out prize balls to a player according to a predetermined winning rate.

Below the game surface 11 of the pachinko game machine 10, a front plate 14 for storing balls paid out to the player,
A lower plate 15 for storing balls overflowing from the front plate 14 is provided. Inside the pachinko game machine 10, the front plate 8
A ball counting means 30 is provided at a position above 1. The ball counting means 30 is a ball counting machine for paying out a predetermined number of balls to the front plate 14 based on a signal from a control means 40 connected to a hall computer that manages each game machine.

A large number of such pachinko game machines 10 are arranged on a game machine island, and a supply gutter 20 for supplying balls is arranged above each game machine 11. A chute member (communication member) 21 is connected to the supply gutter 20 corresponding to each game machine 10. Chute member 21
A bellows member (communication member) 22 extending in the vertical direction is connected to the lower end opening of the
Is open downwards.

The lower end 22a of the bellows member 22 is located so that the inlet of the ball guide 33 of the ball counting means 30 faces it. A shutter member 24 for stopping the flow of balls is provided in the gap between the lower end 22a of the bellows member 22 and the entrance of the ball guide 33 of the ball counting means 30.

As shown in FIG. 4, the ball counting means 30 is a ball counting machine capable of accurately and rapidly paying out an arbitrarily commanded number of pachinko balls. More specifically, a gear 31 having recesses 32 into which pachinko balls are inserted one by one is formed in a ball passage 34 formed in a ball guide 33 so that the gear 31 can be freely rotated. A ball, which is supplied from above and is about to fall under its own weight, engages with the concave portion 32 of the gear 31 and drops with rotation of the gear 31. The ball counting means 30 continuously rotates the gear 31 to the weight of the pachinko balls to continuously eject the pachinko balls until the number of paid out pachinko balls approaches the command value. When the rotation speed of the gear 31 approaches, the rotation of the gear 31 is switched to an intermittent rotation in which a minute angle rotation corresponding to one concave portion 32 of the gear 31 and a stop are alternately repeated. The intermittent rotation of 31 is stopped and the number of pachinko balls equal to the command value is paid out.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ball counting means 3
An overflow passage member 60 is connected to the outlet of the ball guide 33 of No. 0. Overflow passage member 60
Are integrally formed on the back side of the game surface 11.
The overflow passage member 60 includes a front plate supply path 61 that connects the ball counting means 30 and the front plate 14, and a front plate supply path 6
1. A lower plate supply path 62 that branches from the middle of 1 and is connected to the lower plate 15, and introduces balls overflowing from the front plate supply path 61 into the lower plate 15 when the front plate 14 is filled with balls. Consists of.

More specifically, at the upper part of the front plate supply passage 61, when the front plate supply passage 61 overflows, the pachinko balls flow to the lower plate supply passage 62, so that the lower plate supply passage 62 is provided. A communication hole 63 that communicates with the. The outlet 61a of the front plate supply path 61 is the ball supply port 1 of the front plate 14.
4a, and similarly, the outlet 62a of the lower plate supply passage 62 opens to the overflow ball drop port 15a of the lower plate 15.

In the middle of the lower plate supply path 62, a state where the inside of the supply path is clogged with balls overflowing from the lower plate 15 is detected and the signal is sent to the control means 40, and the ball counting is performed via the control means 40. Detecting means 69 for stopping the payout of balls by the means 30
Is provided.

The detecting means 69 is intermittently turned ON when the balls flow smoothly through the lower plate supply passage 62, while
A sensor that is continuously turned on when the inside of the lower plate supply passage 62 is clogged with a ball, and outputs an overflow signal to the control means 40 when the ON state continues for 0.5 seconds or more. Is.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control means 40 is composed of an interface, a CPU, a RAM and a ROM connected to a hall computer for centrally managing each pachinko game machine 10 and the ball lending machine 70 on the gaming machine island. It is composed of a micro computer. The control means 40 is set to output a stop signal to the ball counting means 30 so as to immediately stop the operation of the ball counting means 30 when the overflow signal from the detecting means 69 is input.

As shown in FIG. 5, a pachinko game machine 10
The game screen 11 is provided with ball holding display means 50. When the operation of the ball counting means 30 is stopped, the ball holding display means 50 outputs the remaining number of pachinko balls to be paid out to the front plate 14 or the lower plate 15 by the ball counting means 30 according to a command from the control means 40. It is to be visually displayed. The dice display means 50 is a 7-segment LED for digitally displaying the number of pachinko balls that cannot be paid out to the front plate 14 or the like.
Etc.

As a method of displaying the remaining number of balls to be paid out when the lower plate 15 is full on the holding ball display means 50, a method of immediately adding and displaying the remaining count and one by one There are two methods, one is to add and display while counting up. For example, if the ball counting means 30
When paying out 50 pachinko balls, up to 183 are paid out, but when the detection means 69 is activated at that time, the former method displays the remaining 67 pieces on the ball holding display means 50 as they are. To be done. On the other hand, in the latter method, when the number of pachinko balls such as the front plate 14 decreases during the addition display, the front plate 1
Since it is possible to additionally supply balls to those such as 4, the number of balls finally added to the ball holding display means 50 may be less than 67.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a ball lending machine 70
A recording medium issuing unit 80 is provided on the lower side.
The recording medium issuing means 80 receives a signal from the control means 40 when the player presses the settlement switch 18 to end the game, and uses the number of pachinko balls displayed on the ball holding display means 50 as a card, a receipt, or the like. The recording medium is recorded on the recording medium, and the recording medium is paid out to the player from the recording medium entrance 81.

Further, on the side of the settlement switch 18, when the amount of balls stored in the lower plate 15 or the lower plate 15 and the front plate 14 has a margin, the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display means 50 is below the number of balls. Plate 1
5 or a drop ball switch 17 for instructing the ball counting means 30 via the control means 40 to dispense into the front plate 14. The ball drop switch 17 is also connected to the control means 40.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a ball lending machine 70
In the front part of the, a banknote slot 71 through which a player inserts banknotes
a and a coin slot 72a are provided. Further, the ball lending machine 70 identifies the amount of money inserted from the banknote insertion slot 71a and the coin insertion slot 72a, and sends a signal corresponding to the amount to the control means 40.
have.

The control means 40 inputs the signal from the ball lending machine 70 to the control means 40 so as to output to the ball counting means 30 a signal instructing the payout of a predetermined number of pachinko balls corresponding to the signal. Is also connected. Further, the control means 40, when a ball enters the winning opening 19 of the game surface 11,
It is set to output a signal based on a predetermined winning rate to the ball counting means 30 so that the ball counting means 30 pays out a predetermined number of prizes.

Next, the operation will be described. As shown in Figure 1,
The pachinko balls flowing through the supply gutter 20 arranged on the gaming machine island are
Shoot member 21 and bellows member 22 which are communicating members
It is sent to the pachinko game machine 10 through and is supplied to the ball counting means 30 in the game machine. At this time, the shutter member 24 is in the open state. In this way, the balls of the supply gutter 20 are directly supplied to the ball counting means 30 in the game machine through the chute member 21 and the bellows member 22, so that an upper plate or the like for temporarily storing the balls in the upper part of the game machine is unnecessary.

The balls supplied to the ball counting means 30 are discharged to the front plate 14 and the lower plate 15 while counting a predetermined number based on various signals from the control means 40 managing each game machine.
More specifically, the balls paid out from the ball counting means 30 are first paid out to the front plate 14 from the ball supply port 14a through the front plate supply passage 61 of the overflow passage member 60. When the front plate 14 is filled with balls, the balls overflowing from the front plate supply path 61 are introduced into the lower plate supply path 62 through the communication holes 63 in the middle of the front plate supply path 61, and the lower plate supply path 62 is inserted. Through the overflow ball outlet 15a to the lower plate 15.

When the lower plate 15 is also filled with balls, the balls that cannot fit in the lower plate 15 are clogged in the lower plate supply passage 62.
When the ball is clogged in this way, it is detected by the detecting means 69. That is, when the detection means 69 is continuously turned on for 0.5 seconds or more due to a ball clogging in the lower plate supply passage 62, an overflow signal is sent to the control means 40. The control means 40 receives the overflow signal and the ball counting means 3
A stop signal is output to 0 to immediately stop the payout of the balls by the ball counting means 30.

When the ball counting means 30 is stopped due to the overflow of the lower plate 15 as described above, the remaining number of balls to be paid out by the ball counting means 30 is visually displayed on the held ball display means 50 by a command from the control means 40. Digitally displayed as possible. This eliminates the need to stop the progress of the game itself in order to prevent the lower plate 15 from overflowing.

That is, for example, the number of balls can be displayed on the ball display means 50 and the game can be continued without actually paying out so-called prize balls to the overflowing front plate 14 or the like. As a method of displaying the number of balls on the ball holding display means 50,
There are two methods, one is to display the remaining count immediately and the other is to display the count while incrementing by one.
There is a street.

When the balls in the front plate 14 are consumed while the game is in progress, and there is a margin in the amount of balls stored in the lower plate 15 or the front plate 14, the player pushes the ball drop switch 17 to control means 4
A signal corresponding to the number of balls displayed by subtracting from the number of balls displayed on the dice display unit 50 can be sent to the lower plate 15 or the front plate 14 by the ball counting unit 30 by sending a signal to 0.

On the other hand, when the pachinko game machine 10 does not have the recording medium issuing means 80 when the player finishes the game, when the settlement switch 18 is operated, the ball holding display means 5 is displayed.
The number of balls displayed at 0 is paid out by the ball counting means 30 while the subtraction is displayed on the front plate 14 or the lower plate 15 until the display becomes zero. The player can transfer the balls dispensed to the front plate 14 or the lower plate 15 to a ball box and exchange them for a prize.

When the pachinko game machine 10 has the recording medium issuing means 80, when the player presses the settlement switch 18 to end the game, the front plate 14 and the lower plate 15 are opened, and the front plate 14 is opened. Then, the balls remaining in the lower plate 15 are poured into the ball counting means 90, all the balls of the customer are displayed on the ball display means 50, and the cards or receipts of the recording medium issuing means 80 are displayed through the control means 40. The number of balls is recorded on the recording medium and is paid out from the recording medium entrance 81. The player takes the card or receipt to the prize exchange area and exchanges it for a prize. Thereby, the player does not need to carry extra pachinko balls.

Incidentally, a trouble or the like occurs inside the pachinko game machine 10 and the game surface 11 of the pachinko game machine 10
When opening the front door including, the balls may spill if the ball counting means 30 is in operation. Therefore, when the front door is opened, the lever 24a of the shutter member 24 operates together with the door to automatically close the shutter member 24 and stop the flow of balls.

[0041]

According to the pachinko game machine of the present invention, the pachinko balls are sent directly from the replenishment gutter to the ball counting means through the communication member, so that the balls can be paid out efficiently and the ball counting can be performed. The balls discharged by the means are first introduced into the front plate through the front plate supply passage of the overflow passage member, and when the front plate is filled with balls, the balls are next introduced into the lower plate through the lower plate supply passage, and further. When the lower tray is full of balls, the detection means detects it and the payout of the ball counting means is stopped via the control means, and the remaining number of balls to be paid out is displayed on the ball holding display means. Since it is not necessary to stop the progress of the game itself on the way to prevent the above, it is possible to continue the game interestingly without spoiling the interest of the player.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic rear view of a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an overflow passage member that constitutes a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a ball counting means that constitutes a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Pachinko game machine 11 ... Game surface 14 ... Front plate 15 ... Lower plate 17 ... Ball drop switch 20 ... Supply trough 21 ... Shoot member (communication member) 22 ... Bellows member (communication member) 30 ... Ball counting means 40 ... Control Means 50 ... Ball display means 60 ... Overflow passage member 61 ... Front plate supply path 62 ... Lower plate supply path 69 ... Detecting means 80 ... Recording medium issuing means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ball counting means for paying out a predetermined number of balls based on a signal from a control means for controlling each game machine from a pachinko ball supply gutter provided on a game machine island through a communication member. A pachinko game machine adapted to supply a front plate for storing balls paid out to a player by the ball counting means, a lower plate for storing balls overflowing from the front plate, and a back side of the game surface. And an overflow passage member that introduces the balls paid out from the ball counting means into the front plate and the lower plate, and the overflow passage member connects the ball counting means and the front plate to the front plate supply. A path and a branch from the middle of the front plate supply path to connect to the lower plate, and when the front plate is full of balls, the balls overflowing from the front plate supply channel are introduced into the lower plate. And the lower plate supply path, Detecting a state in which the inside of the feed passage is clogged with balls overflowing from the lower plate, sending a signal to the control means, and providing a detecting means for stopping the payout of the balls by the ball counting means via the control means, On the front side of the game surface, when the ball counting means is stopped due to the overflow of the lower plate, ball holding display means for visually displaying the remaining number of balls to be paid out by the ball counting means is provided. A pachinko game machine characterized by that. 2. A recording medium issuing means for recording the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display means on a recording medium and paying out the recording medium to the player when the player finishes the game. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, which is characterized in that. 3. When the amount of balls stored in the lower plate or the lower plate and the front plate is sufficient, the number of balls displayed on the ball holding means is stored in the lower plate or the lower plate and the front plate. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a drop ball switch for instructing the ball counting means to pay out through the control means.