JPH0641584Y2 - Game ball distribution mechanism - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a game ball distribution mechanism that allows a game ball flowing down on a game board surface of a pachinko machine to be guided in a prospective direction of the game board. .

<Prior art> As is well known, the game board of the game machine is provided with obstacle nails, windmills, etc. to give the flowing down game balls up, down, left and right on the game board surface. Since it is only flat, it is lacking in interest because of its lack of change. Therefore, Japanese Patent Publication Sho 57-397
In the 84 publication, a part of the front glass is cut out, a guide plate having a bulge portion is attached to the cutout part, and a jump base and a safe hole are arranged at opposing positions on the game board.
There is a game ball that is guided to a safe hole from a falling ball path formed in the bulging portion. Further, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 54-22879 proposes a pachinko machine in which a transparent plate provided with a recess for changing the falling direction of a rolling ball and guiding to a winning opening is placed opposite a game board. Further, in the conventional winning device, a front decorative plate is provided to decorate the winning device.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> However, in the pachinko machine having the above-mentioned conventional jumping table or the pachinko machine having the recess, it is possible to change the prospective direction of the game ball. Since it is necessary to cut out the holes and make holes, it is troublesome to make.

In addition, the decorative plate provided on the front surface of the winning device only presents a blindfold or a decorative effect.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and between the game board and the glass plate facing the game board, the ball of the ball is attached to the front side of the base plate attached to the game board. A front decorative plate having a guiding portion is provided in a facing manner so as to form a sphere passage region that is slightly larger than the diameter and allows the sphere to flow down, and a base plate is provided with a flight entrance facing the sphere passage region. The ball flowing down from above the ball passage area is guided to the entrance by the guide portion of the front decorative plate.

<Operation> Between the game board and the glass plate facing the game board, a hit ball can flow down between the base plate and the front decorative plate, and the hit ball flowing down near the glass plate guides the front decorative plate. When hitting a part, the hitting ball changes the flow-down direction to the expected direction of the game board, and the hitting ball flowing down near the game board continues to flow down without hitting the front decorative plate.

<Embodiment> Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to embodiments of the drawings.

1 to 3 are basic explanatory views of the distribution mechanism 1 of the present invention. This distribution mechanism 1 has a mounting plate 3 provided on a game board 2 and a base plate 5 having a jump-in port 4. Along with mounting the game board 2 and the glass plate 10 on the front side of the base plate 5.
Front pallet plates 7 are provided facing each other with a distance D so as to form a sphere passage region 6 which is slightly larger than the diameter 2r of the sphere and allows the sphere to flow down. Further, when the distribution mechanism 1 is attached to a pachinko machine, the dimension 1 from the rear surface of the front decorative plate 7 to the rear surface of the glass plate 10 is configured to be smaller than the radius r of the sphere (FIG. 1). Therefore, the ball is the front decorative plate 7.
Not only does it not flow between the glass plate 10 and the glass plate 10, but the ball that collides with the front decoration plate 7 is splashed toward the game board 2 side. The front decoration plate 7 may be in close contact with the back surface of the glass plate 10.

The front decoration plate 7 may be flat as shown in FIG. 1, but as shown in FIG. 2, guides the game balls flowing down from above the ball passage area 6 to the entrance 4. You may provide the guide part 8 for facilitating. According to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, this guiding portion 8 positions the upper edge 7a of the front decorative plate 7 below the upper edge 4a of the entrance 4, and tilts the upper edge 7a of the front decorative plate 7. Let me configure it. Further, in the embodiment of FIG. 3, a protrusion 9 whose upper end edge 9a is located below the upper end edge 4a of the entrance 4 is provided on the back surface of the front decorative plate 7,
The protruding portion 9 is used as the guiding portion 8. Both upper edges 7a,
9a has a downward slope facing the entrance 4.

By the way, there is a sufficient space for the game balls to flow down between the front surface of the game board 2 and the back surface of the glass plate 10, and even if the appearance is the same, the flow path closest to the game board 2 is taken. There are many paths from the case to the case where the downflow path closest to the glass plate 10 is taken. Therefore, there is a difference in the movement of the game ball in the portion where the distribution mechanism 1 is provided as described above.
That is, the hit ball flowing down near the game board 2 continues to flow as it is without being affected by the front decoration plate 7, but the game ball flowing down near the glass plate 10 is outside the center (the glass plate side part). ), It collides with the front decoration plate 7 and is reflected in the direction of the entrance 4. Therefore, a change in the prospective direction, that is, the Z-axis direction, occurs with respect to the game board 2 in the hit ball flowing down near the glass plate 10, and a game with a three-dimensional movement which has never been possible becomes possible. It should be noted that if the above-mentioned entrance 4 is set as a winning opening of a winning device or an entrance of a holding device, a more specific game will be realized.

Next, the central winning device 12 having the holding device 11 to which the distribution mechanism 1 of the present invention is applied will be described.

The central winning device 12 has a holding device 11 on the left and right and another game device 13 at the center, and the sorting mechanism 1 is applied to the holding device 11.

The holding device 11 is an angle-shaped turning plate that can be turned inside a box-frame-shaped entry portion 15 (the entry port 4 in the distribution mechanism 1) that opens to the mounting substrate 14 (base plate 5) of the central winning device 12. The rotary plate 16 has a lever mechanism 18 using a solenoid as a drive source 17.
It is possible to rotate about 90 degrees via. Further, on the front surface of the mounting substrate 14, front decorative plates 7 which are slightly larger than the diameter of the balls and constitute the ball passage area 6 are formed so as to allow the balls to flow down. The part 8 is provided. The guide portion 8 is a protrusion 9 provided on the back surface of the front decorative plate 7. The upper edge 9a of the protrusion 9 is located below the upper edge 15a of the jump-in portion 15 and A downward slope is provided on the upper edge 9a.

On the other hand, the rotary plate 16 rotatably housed in the jump-in section 15 is the first
It has a plate part 16a and a second plate part 16b, and both plate parts 16a, 16b are gently inclined downward toward the center of the central winning device 12.
Further, a fan-shaped closing plate 19 is provided on the side surface portions of the plate portions 16a, 16b on the inclined lower end side. Therefore, in the state where the first plate portion 16a rotates forward and the second plate portion 16b hangs downward, the game ball that has jumped in from the upper half portion of the jumping-in portion 15 is on the upper surface of the first plate portion 16a. It rolls and is discharged to the front of another game device 13 from a passage outlet 22 provided in the mounting substrate 14 through a communication port 21 provided in the side wall 20 of the jump-in section 15. When the second plate portion 16b hangs down, the regulation boss 24 provided on the rear wall 23 of the jump-in portion 15 comes into contact with the back surface of the second plate portion 16b, and the rotation plate 16 is further rotated. Are regulated. On the other hand, when the solenoid is excited to rotate the rotating plate 16 upward, the first plate portion 16a is erected and the second plate portion 16b is positioned forward, the closing plate 19 closes the communication port 21. Therefore, in this state, the jump-in section 15
The game ball that jumps in is supported on the upper surface of the second plate portion 16b,
It can be reserved in the jump-in section 15. Then, when the solenoid is demagnetized, the rotating plate 16 rotates forward and the retained ball is discharged from the lower half of the entry portion 15 to the front surface of the game board.

Another gaming device 13, the center plate behind the mounting board 14
In the cylindrical concave portion 26 formed by providing 25, the distribution rotation member 27
Is rotatably housed, and a plurality of notches 28 having different depths into which balls can be fitted are provided on the outer peripheral portion of the distribution rotating member 27. Further, each notch 28 has a different width, and a cover portion is provided on the front side of each notch 28 to make the apparent depths the same.

Above the center plate 25, there is a special device operating port 29 in the center.
And opening the left and right sides of the special device operating port 29
Open 30. The special device operating port 29 is provided with one of the shallowest notches 28 (hereinafter referred to as the first notch H1) provided in the sorting / rotating member 27.
That is, one of the release ports 30, that is, the release port 30l on the left side of FIG. 4 in the illustrated embodiment.
Is located on a cylinder shallower than the other two contact cutouts 28 (hereinafter referred to as second contact cutouts H2 and H3) provided in the distribution rotation member 27, and when the distribution rotation member 27 rotates clockwise, It is possible to transfer the balls fitted in the notches H2 and H3 per 2 to the special device operating port 29 without dropping the balls into the left side removal port 30l. Also, the right outlet 30r corresponds to the remaining notch 28,
When the distribution rotating member 27 rotates counterclockwise, the ball fitted in the portion other than the first contact notch H1 is discharged to the rear of the center plate 25 from the outlet 30r.

Further, the front surface of the distribution rotating member 27 is covered with a front cover 31. The front cover 31 has a specific winning opening 32 formed on the lower side thereof, and on the front surface thereof, protruding guide pins 33 are arranged in a substantially V shape so as to be discharged from the passage outlet 22 of the ball holding device 11. It is possible to guide the ball to the specific winning opening 32.
Further, the front cover 31 is transparent so that the states of the spheres fitted into the distribution rotating member 27 and the notches 28 can be visually confirmed.

A specific winning detection means 34 is provided behind the specific winning opening 32.
According to the embodiment shown in the drawings, the specific winning combination detecting means 34 causes the front end portion 35a of the swingable swinging plate 35 to face the rear of the specific winning port 32, and the rear end portion 35 of the swinging plate 35. It is arranged between the optical sensors 36. Further, the magnet 37 is embedded in the swing plate 35, and the attraction plate 38 is provided on the center plate 25.
In a normal state, the front end portion 35a of the oscillating plate 35 is projected forward, and when the ball enters the specific winning opening 32, the oscillating plate 35 is pushed backward and oscillates, and the optical sensor 36 detects at this time. It is like this.

Further, an eaves-shaped ball guide shelf 39 is provided at the lower edge of the specific winning opening 32. The upper surface of the ball guide shelf 39 is provided with a downward slope which guides the ball placed in the center of the shelf 39 to the specific winning port 32, and removes the ball slightly deviated from the center in the left and right directions. There is a downward slope.

A skylight 40 is provided above the mounting board 14. A lamp 41 is provided behind the rear wall 23 of the holding device 11.
And the entry part 15 is illuminated with transmitted light.

Next, a pachinko machine provided with the above-described central winning device 12 will be explained along with a game. The pachinko machine is a guide rail.
The central winning device 12 is provided at approximately the center of the gaming section 43 surrounded by 42, the accessory 45 having the special winning opening 44 is formed below, and the outlet 46 is provided below the accessory 45. There is. The accessory 45 has a movable member 48 that is rotatable on a substrate 47 with a solenoid (SOL) as a drive source. The movable member 48 faces the special winning opening 44 provided on the substrate 47, and a hit ball is a big prize. Big 1 that is hard to win in mouth 44
It is possible to convert the state to the second state in which winning is extremely easy.
In addition, the illustrated accessory 45 is provided with a starting opening 49 on the left and right substrates 47 of the special winning opening 44, and a starting switch (not shown) at the starting opening 49.
Is facing.

In the initial state of the pachinko machine, the distribution rotation member 27 of the central winning device 12 is rotated counterclockwise in 5 seconds with the motor M as a drive source, and the solenoid of the holding device 11 is demagnetized, so that the rotating plate 16 is positioned such that the first plate portion 16a extends substantially at right angles to the game board 2, and the second plate portion 16b is in a suspended state.

The hit ball shot by the player flows down through the game unit 43 while hitting an obstacle nail (not shown). At this time, when the hitting ball that has flowed down from above the holding device 11 passes near the glass plate 10, the hitting ball collides with the guiding portion 8 provided on the front decoration plate 7 and is reflected, so that the downflow direction is directed to the game board 2. On the other hand, change to the prospective direction and enter the jump-in section 15. The hit ball entering the jump-in section 15 is the first plate section 16
Due to the inclination of a, the upper surface of the first plate portion 16a rolls and the ball passage exit
It is ejected from 22 to the front of another gaming device 13, and the front cover
Run down the front of 31. When this hit ball is guided by the guide pin 33 and is fortunately placed on the ball guide shelf 39, it enters the specific winning opening 32. The hit ball entering the specific winning opening 32 is one of the cutouts of the sorting / rotating member 27.
Fit in 28. The hit ball fitted in the notch 28 activates the specific winning detection means 34 facing the rear of the specific winning opening 32 through the notch 28, and turns on or blinks the light emitting member 50 such as a lamp facing the rear side of the distribution rotating member 27. The hit ball is a specific prize hole 32
The player is visually displayed that he / she has entered.

And the notch 28 in which the hit ball is inserted is lucky and the first hit notch H1
In the case of, the hit ball is carried upward and enters the special device operating port 29. On the other hand, the hit ball fitted in the other notch 28 enters the right side outlet 30r. When a ball hits the special device operating port 29, the special device operation detection switch 51 facing the special device operating port 29 is turned on to activate a special device (not shown) such as an MPU. When the special device operates and hits a ball in the starting port 49, the starting switch facing the starting port 49 is turned on, and the special winning opening 44 provided in the accessory 45 is opened for about 10 seconds. In addition, the number of hit balls to be won in the special winning opening 44 is counted by a 10-count switch (not shown), and when 10 hit balls are won in the special winning opening 44, the operation is finished and the big winning opening 44 is closed. . After the big winning opening 44 is closed, when the winning opening 49 is won again, the above operation is restarted. When a plurality of hit balls wins the starting hole 49 while the special winning opening 44 is open, the winning is regarded as a time waiting winning, and the special winning opening 44 is continuously opened for a predetermined time after the end of the opening operation. In addition, the above waiting time is the mounting board
Indicator light 5 consisting of LEDs facing the rear side of the upper part of 14
Display with 2

The operation of the special device is stopped when there are eight winnings in the starting port 49 provided in the accessory 45 while the special device is operating or when the special device enters the special device operating port 29 again while the special device is operating.

When the operation of the special device is stopped, the rotation direction of the distribution rotation member 27 is reversed and becomes clockwise. In this rotation direction, if the ball is fitted into any one of the three notches 28, the first hitting notch H1 and the second hitting notches H2, H3, the hit ball is hit to the left side opening 30.
It becomes possible to transfer to the special device operating port 29 without discharging to the l, and the operation of the special device can be started. However, the hit ball fitted in the remaining notch 28 is discharged from the left removal port 30l. The operation during operation of the special device is the same as that in the counterclockwise rotation described above.

After performing the clockwise movement of the distribution rotation member 27 twice, the rotation direction of the distribution rotation member 27 returns to the original counterclockwise direction, and the above-described operations are repeated. If the special winning opening 44 is open when the operation of the special device is stopped, the opening of the special winning opening 44 is maintained until the remaining time or 10 winning balls. However, if there is a waiting ball on time,
Regardless of the number of long-awaited prize balls, the special winning opening 44 is opened only once.

On the other hand, when the player operates the holding device drive switch 53 provided on the front surface of the front frame (not shown), the holding device 11 operates. That is, when the drive switch 53 is operated, the solenoid is excited to rotate the rotating plate 16 upward so that the first plate portion 16a is erected and the second plate portion 16b is substantially perpendicular to the game board 2. Rotate upwards until In this state, the hit ball that jumps into the jumping portion 15 can be held on the upper surface of the second plate portion 16b. And again, the holding device drive switch 53
When is operated, the solenoid is demagnetized and the rotary plate 16 rotates downward to drop the hit ball held on the upper surface of the second plate portion 16b. Even if the holding device drive switch 53 is operated while the special winning opening 44 is open, the holding device 11 does not operate and the held ball cannot be dropped. The ball that has jumped into the jump-in portion 15 while the holding device 11 is not operating rolls on the upper surface of the first plate portion 16a and is discharged to the front surface of the front cover 31 via the passage outlet 22 and the specific winning opening. I will aim for 32.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a pachinko game as described above, and FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of a circuit.

When the power is turned on, the power reset circuit 54 resets the T flip-flop circuit 55, the latch circuit 56, and the register circuit 57, respectively, and the motor M starts rotating counterclockwise via the motor drive circuit 57. This counterclockwise rotation is the rotational direction in which only the first contact notch H1 of the notches 28 provided in the distribution rotating member 27 can transfer the ball to the special device operating port 29. Then, when the ball hit by the player enters the special device operation opening 29 and the special device operation detection switch 51 is turned on, the detection circuit 59 outputs a detection signal. With this detection signal as a trigger, the T flip-flop circuit 55 enters the "H" state and the special device is activated, which is the so-called right state. In this right state, the "H" output of the T flip-flop circuit 55 is applied to the AND circuit 60. On the other hand, when a ball hits the starting port 49, the ball hits the start detection switch 61 and the detection circuit 62 sends an "H" output to the AND circuit 60. The AND circuit 60 takes the AND of the "H" output of the T flip-flop circuit 55 and the "H" output of the detection circuit 62 of the start detection switch 61, sends the "H" output to the latch circuit 56, and the latch circuit 56
To the “H” state. Then, the "H" output of the latch circuit 56 activates the solenoid drive circuit 63 to operate the solenoid SOL.
To open the special winning opening 44 so that the ball can easily enter. Therefore, if it is not in the right state, the special winning opening 44 will not be opened even if a hit ball is won in the starting opening 49. Also, AND circuit 60
The "H" output of the counter increments the counter circuit 64 by one. When there are a plurality of winning balls in the starting port 49 during the right state, up to eight winning balls are stored in a storage circuit (not shown) as time-waiting winning balls.

When the opening of the special winning opening 44 is started, that is, when the latch circuit 56 is in the “H” state, the timer circuit 65 is activated to start the timing. Then, when a predetermined time, for example, 10 seconds has elapsed,
The timer circuit 65 sends the "H" output to the latch circuit 56 to reset the latch circuit 56, stop the excitation of the solenoid SOL, and close the special winning opening 44.

In addition, even before the above 10 seconds have passed
10 count switch 66 and detection circuit for hitting ball to 44
The detection signal is detected by 67, the detection signal is counted by the 10 count control circuit 68, and when the count number reaches 10, the 10 count control circuit 68
Sends the "H" output to the latch circuit 56 to reset the latch circuit 56, stop the excitation of the solenoid SOL, and win the prize hole 44
Close. The "H" output of the timer circuit 65 resets the latch circuit 56 and resets the 10-count control circuit 68 at the same time.

When the hit ball enters the special device operating port 29 again when the T flip-flop circuit 55 is in the “H” state, that is, in the right state, the T flip-flop circuit 55 is inverted to the “L” state and the right state is changed. Disappear. When the winning opening 44 is repeatedly opened and the count value of the counter circuit 64 reaches 8, the counter circuit 64 issues an end signal in the "H" state. This end signal resets the T flip-flop circuit 55 via the OR circuit 69, so that the T flip-flop circuit 55 is inverted and becomes the "L" state, and the right state disappears. The "L" output of the T flip-flop circuit 55 resets the counter circuit 64. On the other hand, the "L" output of the T flip-flop circuit 5 is inverted by the inverter 70 and input to the register circuit 57, and the register circuit 57
The rotation direction control counter inside is incremented by one. When the counter is 1, the motor rotation direction control circuit 71 is operated by the Q1 output of the register circuit 57 to reverse the rotation direction of the motor M, and the distribution rotating member 27 is rotated clockwise.
When the distribution rotation member 27 rotates clockwise, the first contact notch
H1 and 2nd cutouts H2 and H3 are enabled and these cutouts
Since the hit balls fitted in H1, H2, and H3 can be transferred to the special device operating port 29, the probability of entering the special device operating port 29 is tripled, which is advantageous for the player.

Next, when the hit ball wins the special device device operating port 29, it becomes the right state and each circuit operates in the same manner as above. After the game, when the right state disappears, that is, when the T flip-flop circuit 55 inverts from "H" to "L", the "L" output of the T flip-flop circuit 55 is inverted by the inverter 70 " The H "signal increments the control counter by 1 and sets the count value to 2. In this state, the register circuit 57 does not output the Q1 output, the motor M does not reverse the rotation direction, and continues the clockwise rotation of the distribution rotation member 27.

Further, when a hit ball enters the special device operating port 29 and enters the right state, each circuit operates in the same manner as described above. After the game, when the right state disappears, the "H" signal obtained by inverting the "L" output of the T flip-flop circuit 55 increments the control counter circuit 64 by +1 and the count value of the control counter circuit 64 becomes 3.
The Q3 output of the register circuit 57 resets the register circuit 57 via the OR circuit. At this time, the register circuit 57
The Q1 output operates the motor rotation direction control circuit 71 to reverse the rotation direction of the motor M to make the distribution rotation member 27 rotate counterclockwise. The motor M is wound with two types of coils, a left-handed coil and a right-handed coil, and has two input terminals. Therefore, the rotation direction is reversed by switching the input.

By doing so, it is possible for the player to favorably continue the clockwise rotation of the sorting / rotating member 27 twice, and it is possible to provide a pachinko machine with great interest.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments of the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and can be appropriately implemented without changing the configuration described in the scope of claims for utility model registration.

<Effect of the Invention> The present invention allows the ball to flow down between the game board and the glass plate facing the game board on the front side of the base plate attached to the game board, which is slightly larger than the diameter of the ball. Front decorative plates having guide portions are provided to face each other so as to form a sphere passage region, a base plate is provided with a flight entrance facing the sphere passage region, and a sphere flowing down from above the sphere passage region is formed. Since it was guided to the entrance by the guide part of the front decorative plate, without changing the notch of the glass plate, while changing the expected direction of the game board to the hit ball flowing down between the glass plate and the game board,
It is possible to take various routes depending on the flow-down position, and it is possible to provide a new pachinko game with a variety of changes that has never been seen before.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a distribution mechanism, FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of another embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of yet another embodiment. 4 is a front view of a central winning device provided with a distribution mechanism of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a rear view of the same, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 4, and FIG. 7 is FIG. VII-VII line sectional view of Fig. 8, Fig. 8 is a front view of the distribution rotating member,
9 is a front view of the game board, FIG. 10 is a flowchart,
Figure 11 is a block circuit diagram. 1 ... distribution mechanism, 2 ... game board, 3 ... entrance, 5 ...
Base plate, 6 ... ball passing area, 7 ... front decorative plate, 8 ...
Guidance section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. Between the game board and a glass plate facing the game board, on the front side of a base plate attached to the game board,
To form a sphere passage area that is slightly larger than the diameter of the sphere and allows the sphere to flow down, front decorative plates having guide portions are provided in an opposed manner, and the base plate is provided with a flight entrance facing the sphere passage area. A distribution mechanism for gaming balls, which is set up so that a ball flowing down from above the ball passage area is guided to the entrance by the guide portion of the front decorative plate.