JPH067520A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a game apparatus, in which a decrease in cost can be contrived and pinballs can be cleared out efficiently and the balls are automatically supplied when the balls in a ball tray are insufficient so that a game is not interrupted but can be continued as it is and a charm and interest are not impaired. CONSTITUTION:A game machine part 40 has a ball-counting means 60 for receiving a lending signal outputted by a controller 50 on the basis of an amount-of- money signal from a ball-lending machine part 30 and a prize-giving signal outputted on the basis of a predetermined rule and for reckoning the number of balls corresponding to each signal and clearing out the balls to a ball tray 11. Also, the machine part 40 has a ball quantity-detecting means 71 for detecting the state of pinballs in a ball tray 11 being insufficient, forwarding a ball-insufficiency signal to the controller 50 at that time, causing the ball- counting means 60 to clear out pinballs via the controller 50 and a display for balls in customer's hand 80 to subtract and indicate the number of cleared out balls.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to a ball lending machine section installed in a pachinko game hall or the like for paying out pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money a player has inserted, and a game machine section using the pachinko balls as a game medium ( In particular, the present invention relates to a game device including a pachinko ball type slot machine) and a control unit for centrally managing the ball lending machine section and the game machine section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko ball type slot machine (hereinafter referred to as a pachi-slot machine), coins are inserted into a ball lending machine separately installed next to the pachi-slot machine and provided inside the ball lending machine. The game was started by paying out a ball equivalent to the amount of money that the player entered by the ball rental counter, and manually moving the ball to the bowl provided on the front side of the pachi-slot machine. A prize counter for paying out a predetermined number of prizes is provided inside the pachi-slot machine.

A predetermined amount of balls used for the game are stored in advance in an upper plate attached to the back side of the upper portion of the pachi-slot machine, and the balls are used for prizes. The prizes are supplied by a chute, which arranges the balls flowing in a supply gutter inside the gaming machine island in a row, and then uses a pipe-shaped member called a bellows to a supply counter mounted on the island above the pachi-slot machine. Send,
By the supply counter, when the upper plate of the pachi-slot machine became empty, it was supplied to the upper plate based on a command from the hall computer.

Then, the balls in the upper plate are sent to the prize counting machine in the pachi-slot machine again in a line, and as the game progresses, the prize counting machine follows the predetermined rules. It was paid out to the bowl on the front side of the pachi-slot machine.
On the other hand, when the number of balls to be used for the game in the ball dish becomes insufficient, the player again pays out the ball from the ball lending counter and replenishes the ball tray by himself.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional technique, the ball rental counter and the prize ball counter are separately provided, and therefore each counter is supplied with balls from the supply trough. It is necessary to dispose a chute or bellows for this purpose, and it is also necessary to install another supply counter together with the upper plate on the upper side of the pachi-slot machine, which increases the number of assembly steps and causes a cost increase. It was

Further, when paying out the pachinko balls with a prize ball counter, the pachinko balls once lined up with a chute from a supply gutter are stored in the upper plate in a scattered state, and then the pachinko balls are lined up again. Since it is sent to the prize ball counting machine, it takes double time to pay out the pachinko balls, the number of troubles such as ball clogging increases, and the efficiency of paying out a large number of balls is not good. There was a problem.

Further, when the number of balls to be used for the game in the bowl becomes insufficient as the game progresses, the player must once interrupt the game and supply new balls to the bowl. As a result, there is a problem that the progress of the game is hindered, the game cannot be played smoothly, and the interest is lost.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above. By paying out the pachinko balls by one ball counting means, the cost can be reduced and the pachinko balls can be efficiently used. You can pay well, and when there are insufficient balls in the bowl, balls are automatically replenished,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device that can be continued as it is without interrupting the game and the interest of the game is not impaired.

[0009]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide a ball lending machine section (30) for instructing payout of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money inserted by a player. A game device (10) comprising a game machine section (40) using a pachinko ball as a game medium, and a control section (50) for centrally managing the ball lending machine section (30) and the game machine section (40). In, the ball lending machine section (3
0), identifying means (31) for identifying the inserted amount and sending an amount signal corresponding to the amount to the control part (50), and the game machine part (40), the control means. The lending signal that the section (50) outputs based on the money amount signal from the identifying means (31) and the control section (5).
0) receives a prize signal output based on a predetermined rule, and counts the number of pachinko balls corresponding to each signal and pays out to a bowl plate (11) for a player. The state in which the pachinko balls paid out from the ball counting means (60) are full in the bowl (11) of the game machine section (40) is detected, and at that time, a quantitative detection signal is sent to the control section (50). ) To the ball counting means (6) through the control unit (50).
0) the pachinko ball payout is stopped by the overflow detection unit (70) and the ball counting means (60) stops the ball counting means (60) whenever the ball tray (11) becomes full and the payout by the ball counting means (60) stops. The remaining number of balls, which is obtained by subtracting the number of balls actually delivered to the bowl (11) from the number of balls originally to be delivered to the bowl (11), is visibly added to the outside based on a command from the control unit (50). Ball holding display (80)
And when the number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section (80), a state in which the number of pachinko balls in the bowl (11) is insufficient is detected, and at that time, a ball shortage signal is sent to the control section ( 50), and the ball counting means (6) through the control unit (50).
0) is provided with a pachinko ball, and the game device (10) is provided with a ball amount detecting means (71) for displaying the number of the paid-out balls by subtracting it on the ball display section (80). Exist.

[0010]

The pachinko balls are paid out from the ball counting means (60) by a signal from the control section (50). That is, when the ball counting means (60) receives a lending signal or a prize signal from the control unit (50), a corresponding number of pachinko balls are counted based on each signal and a bowl plate (1) for a player is provided.
Pay out to 1).

The number of pachinko balls paid out by the ball counting means (60) based on each signal can be arbitrarily set by the control unit (50). For example, the ball lending unit (3
When the amount signal from the identification means (31) of (0) corresponds to 1000 yen, 250 shots, and when it corresponds to 500 yen, 1
25 shots, 25 shots are paid out in the case of 100 yen, and the number of pachinko balls paid out corresponding to a prize signal based on a predetermined rule depending on the result of the game is 5, 10, 1.
It can be set arbitrarily, such as 5 or 20.

As a result, a pachinko ball for lending to the player by the ball lending unit (30) and a pachinko ball as an award based on a predetermined rule are used as one ball counting means (6).
0) can be counted and paid out, and the ball lending unit (3
0) and the game machine section (40) separately for the ball counting means (6
It is not necessary to provide a member for supplying 0) or balls. Therefore, the flow of extra pachinko balls can be eliminated.

Pachinko balls that do not fit into the bowl (11) are detected by the overflow detector (70).
The overflow detection unit (70) sends a quantitative detection signal to the control unit (50) when the ball dish (11) is full of pachinko balls, and the ball counting means via the control unit (50). The payout of pachinko balls by (60) is stopped.

Every time the ball tray (11) becomes full and the payout by the ball counting means (60) is stopped, the actual ball tray is calculated from the number of balls originally to be paid out to the ball tray (11) by the ball counting means (60). The remaining number of balls after subtracting the number of balls paid out in (11) is additionally displayed on the ball holding display section (80) based on a command from the control section (50) (for example, by digital display).

On the other hand, when the number of balls is displayed on the dice display section (80), if the number of pachinko balls to be used in the game in the ball dish (11) becomes insufficient as the game progresses, the amount of balls is detected. It is detected by the means (71). The ball amount detecting means (71) sends a ball shortage signal to the control section (50) when the number of pachinko balls in the bowl (11) is insufficient, and the ball counting means via the control section (50). (60) causes the pachinko balls to be paid out, and the number of paid-out balls is subtracted and displayed on the holding ball display section (80).

As described above, as long as the predetermined number of balls is displayed on the dice display section (80), even if the number of pachinko balls in the bowl (11) becomes insufficient, the ball amount detecting means (71) is produced each time. And the pachinko balls are automatically replenished to the bowl (11) within the range of the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display section (80). As a result, when a player runs out of balls from the bowl (11), the player does not have to interrupt the game and supply the balls into the bowl (11) by himself, and the game can be continued smoothly. .

[0017]

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 2, the game device 1 according to the present embodiment.
0 is a ball lending machine unit 30 for instructing to pay out a pachinko ball corresponding to the amount of money the player has inserted, a game machine unit 40 which is a pachinko ball type slot machine using a pachinko ball as a game medium, and a ball lending machine unit. The control unit 50 is a controller for centrally managing the game machine unit 40 and the game machine unit 40. Although the ball lending machine section 30 and the game machine section 40 are separate bodies in this embodiment, they may be integrated.

On the front surface of the ball lending machine section 30, there are provided a bill insertion slot 32 and a coin insertion slot 33 through which a player inserts bills. Further, the ball lending machine unit 30 has an identification unit 31 that identifies the amount of money inserted from the bill insertion slot 32 or the coin insertion slot 33 and sends an amount signal corresponding to the amount to the control unit 50.

Specifically, the identification means 31 outputs an amount signal to the control unit 50 to instruct the payout of 25 pachinko balls when 100 yen is thrown into the ball lending machine unit 30, and 5
It is connected to the control unit 50 so as to output an amount signal to the control unit 50 instructing the payout of 125 coins in the case of 00 yen and 250 coins in the case of 1000 yen.

The control unit 50 inputs the money amount signal from the identification means 31 of the ball lending machine unit 30, and a predetermined number corresponding to the money amount signal (25 for 100 yen, 1 for 500 yen).
It is connected to the ball counting means 60 so as to output to the ball counting means (ball counter) 60 a lending signal for instructing the payout of 25 pachinko balls (in the case of 1000 yen, 25 pieces). Further, the control section 50 is set to output a prize signal based on a predetermined rule of the game machine section 40 to the ball counting means 60 to cause the ball counting means 60 to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls.

The game machine section 40 is constructed so that pachinko balls are supplied by the supply gutter 1 arranged on the game machine island. That is, the chute member 2 is provided at a predetermined position of the supply gutter 1.
Is attached to the chute member 2 and the ball counting means 60.
Means a bellows member 3 which is a pipe-shaped member, and a meandering pipe member 4 which reduces the speed of a pachinko ball flowing down.
Connected by. As described above, the upper plate for storing the pachinko balls is not provided above the game machine unit 40. Also, no pachinko balls are supplied to the ball lending unit 30.

The ball counting means 60 is a pachinko ball counting machine capable of accurately and rapidly paying out an arbitrarily commanded number of pachinko balls. Specifically, as shown in FIG.
A gear 61 having a recess 62 into which one pachinko ball is fitted is formed in the ball guide 63, and the gear 61 is rotatably arranged in the ball passage 64 and is supplied into the ball passage 64 from above. The balls that are being dropped due to their own weight are gears 61
The gear 62 is configured to be engaged with the concave portion 62 and fall with the rotation of the gear 61.

The ball counting means 60 rotates the gear 61 continuously to leave the number of pachinko balls to eject the pachinko balls continuously until the number of paid out pachinko balls approaches the command value. Approaches the command value, the rotation of the gear 61 is switched to the intermittent rotation in which the minute angle rotation corresponding to one concave portion 62 of the gear 61 and the stop are alternately repeated, and when the number of payout reaches the command value. The intermittent rotation of the gear 61 is stopped, and the number of pachinko balls according to the command value is paid out. As shown in FIG. 1, the ball guide 63 of the ball counting means 60 is provided with a ball tray 11 via a pipe member 5 such as a bellows.
It is connected to the prize payout exit 12.

At a midway portion of the pipe member 5 which connects the ball counting means 60 and the ball tray 11, it is detected that the pachinko balls paid out from the ball counting means 60 are full in the ball tray 11, and At this time, an overflow detection unit 70 is provided which sends a quantitative detection signal to the control unit 50 and stops the payout of the pachinko balls by the ball counting means 60 via the control unit 50.

The overflow detector 70 has a sensor for detecting a pachinko ball that has been jammed in the pipe member 5 without being discharged from the prize payout outlet 12 when the ball tray 11 is full of pachinko balls. It is connected to the control unit 50 in order to detect a jam and output a quantitative detection signal to the control unit 50. The control unit 50 receives the quantitative detection signal from the overflow detection unit 70 and receives the ball counting means 60.
It is set to output a stop signal to the ball counting means 60 in order to immediately stop the operation of.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the game machine section 40.
A ball holding display section 80 is provided on the front surface of the. When the operation of the ball counting unit 60 is stopped, the ball holding display unit 80 is paid out to the ball plate 11 from the number of pachinko balls to be paid to the ball plate 11 by the ball counting unit 60, according to a command from the control unit 50. The remaining number of pachinko balls after subtracting the number of pachinko balls is visually displayed on the outside. The ball holding display 80
It is configured by a 7-segment LED or the like so as to digitally display the number of pachinko balls that cannot be paid out to the ball tray 11.

As a method of displaying the remaining number of balls to be paid out when the bowl 11 is full on the ball holding display section 80, a method of immediately adding and displaying the remaining count and one by one There are two methods, one is to gradually add and display while counting up. For example, when the ball counting means 60 tries to pay out 250 pachinko balls to the ball tray 11, up to 183 have been paid out, but if the overflow detection unit 70 is activated at that time, the former method will result in remaining. Are displayed on the dice display section 80 as they are. On the other hand, in the latter method, when the number of pachinko balls in the bowl 11 decreases during the addition display, balls can be additionally supplied to the bowl 11, so that the ball is finally added to the ball holding display section 80. The number of balls played may be less than 67.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the game machine section 40.
A ball amount detecting means 71 is provided in the ball tray 11.
The ball amount detecting means 71 is composed of a general magnetic sensor or the like that can detect the amount of balls in the bowl 11. The ball amount detecting means 71 detects a state in which the number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 is insufficient when the number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section 80,
At that time, as shown in FIG. 2, it is connected to the control unit 50 so as to send a ball shortage signal to the control unit 50. The control unit 50 is set to cause the ball counting unit 60 to pay out the pachinko balls based on the ball shortage signal from the ball amount detection unit 71, and to subtractly display the number of paid-out balls on the ball display unit 80. .

As shown in FIG. 3, the game surface portion 41 includes
A screen portion 41a for displaying a large number of various patterns is provided. The screen portion 41a is changed by pressing the starting lever 42. The screen portion 41a can be stopped individually by the corresponding screen stop switches 45.

The game console section 40 has a screen stop switch 45.
If the various patterns of the screen portion 41a stopped by the above-mentioned combinations become a predetermined combination on a certain number of hit lines according to a predetermined rule, the control unit 50 can win a prize according to a predetermined payout rate (game rule). It is set to command payout. The control unit 50 is set to output a prize signal according to a predetermined payout rate to the ball counting means 60. Further, below the game surface portion 41, the ball counting means 60
The number-of-prize display section 81 for digitally visually displaying the number of prizes paid out by the outside is provided.

In addition, on the front surface of the game machine section 40, a take-in ball selection switch 4 for taking in a pachinko ball into the game machine section 40 from a ball intake 13 provided in the bowl 11 is provided.
4 and a taken-in ball number display section 82 for digitally visually displaying the number of taken-in pachinko balls to the outside.

Inside the ball intake port 13 of the ball tray 11, there is provided an intake ball counting means (four counters) 20 capable of quickly counting the number of pachinko balls inserted by the player into the game machine section 40. . The taken-in ball counting means 20 has a taken-in stage 21.
, An introduction path 22 whose start end is connected to the intake stage 21, alignment rails 23, 23 ... Which are arranged side by side in four rows inside the introduction path 22, and an end side of each alignment rail 23. Each of them is provided with a counting sensor 24 and a payout stage 25 connected to the end of the introduction path 22.

The exit of the intake stage 21 and the introduction path 22
A shutter member 26 that can be opened and closed is provided between the start end and the start end. The shutter member 26 is provided so as to be openable and closable by a rotary solenoid (not shown) that is a drive means, and plays a role of blocking the pachinko balls in the take-in stage 21 from flowing into the introduction path 22 when closed. is there.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ball lending unit 3
A recording medium issuing unit 90 is provided below 0.
The recording medium issuing unit 90 controls the control unit 50 when the player presses the settlement switch 46 (shown in FIG. 3) to end the game.
The number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 added to the number of pachinko balls displayed in the ball holding display section 80 is recorded on a recording medium such as a card or a receipt,
The recording medium is paid out to the player. At this time, the number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 is set to be counted by the taken-in ball counting means 20.

Next, the operation will be described. When a player throws money into the ball lending machine section 30 corresponding to the game machine section 40, an amount signal corresponding to the inserted amount, that is, 1 in the ball lending machine section 30.
A monetary amount signal for instructing the payout of 25 coins is output to the control unit 50 when 00 yen is input, and a monetary amount signal for instructing the payout of 125 coins is output to the control unit 50 when the amount is 500 yen and 250 coins when the amount is 1000 yen.

When the control section 50 receives the amount signal from the identification means 31 of the ball lending machine section 30, the control section 50 outputs a lending signal for instructing the payout of a predetermined number of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount signal.
It outputs to the ball counting means 60 and causes the ball counting means 60 to pay out a predetermined number of pachinko balls. The number of pachinko balls paid out by the ball counting means 60 based on the amount signal can be arbitrarily set by the control unit 50.

As shown in FIG. 1, an overflow detecting section 70 is provided in the middle of the pipe member 5 connecting the ball counting means 60 and the prize payout outlet 12 of the bowl 11 to the ball lending machine section. 250, like when you put a 1000-yen bill in 30
In some cases, individual pachinko balls do not get on the bowl 11. In such a case, the pachinko balls paid out by the ball counting means 60 cannot fit into the ball tray 11 and are packed in the pipe member 5 on the side of the ball counting means 60 from the prize payout outlet 12.
The overflow detection unit 70 detects the jammed pachinko balls and sends a quantitative detection signal to the control unit 50. Thereby, the control unit 50 sends a stop signal to the ball counting means 60 to immediately stop the operation of the ball counting means 60.

When the operation of the ball counting means 60 is stopped, the ball counting means 60 causes the ball tray 1 to be operated by a command from the control section 50.
The remaining number of balls obtained by subtracting the number of pachinko balls paid out to the bowl 11 from the number of pachinko balls to be paid out per 1 is the dice display section 8
Digitally displayed at 0. Ball display section 80 with the remaining number of balls
There are two methods of displaying the remaining counts: a method of immediately adding and displaying the remaining count and a method of gradually adding and displaying while counting up by one count.

Specifically, the ball counting means 60 sets 250
When trying to pay out individual pachinko balls to the bowl 11,
I paid out up to three, but at that point the overflow detector 7
When 0 is activated, the former method causes the remaining 67 balls to be immediately displayed on the ball holding display section 80. Therefore, the player can instantly recognize how many remaining balls are not paid out to the bowl 11 in total.

On the other hand, in the latter method, if the number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 decreases during the addition display, balls can be additionally supplied to the ball tray 11, so that the ball holding display section is finally displayed. The number of balls added to 80 may decrease with time, and eventually the number of balls added to the dice display unit 80 may be less than 67.

The pachinko balls supplied into the ball tray 11 are connected to the ball intake 13 and enter the intake stage 21 of the intake ball counting means 20 mounted inside the game machine section 40. Shutter member 2 of incorporated ball counting means 20
Stopped by 6. When the player starts the game and turns on the ball take-in switch 43, a rotary solenoid (not shown) is activated and the shutter member 26
Opens, and the ball on the intake stage 21 is 4 in the introduction path 22.
It flows into a series of alignment rails 23.

The counting sensor 24 attached to the tip of each alignment rail 23 counts the number of pachinko balls that flow, and the signal is digitally displayed on the taken-in ball number display section 82 via the control section 50. The pachinko balls counted by the taken-in ball counting means 20 are sent to the payout stage 25, and flowed through a deceleration damper or the like to a collecting gutter (dough).

After the appropriate number of balls has been taken into the game machine section 40, when the ball take-in switch 43 is turned off, the rotary solenoid returns to its original state and the shutter member 26 is closed to stop the flow of balls from the take-in stage 21. . The player presses one of the three take-in ball selection switches 44. When 1 is pressed, 5 shots, 2 is pressed, 10 shots, and 3 is pressed, 15 shots of pachinko balls are subtracted from the taken-in ball number display section 82, and the game is ready for play. .

Depending on the number of pachinko balls selected, the game line is displayed on the game surface portion 41 according to a predetermined rule, and it becomes possible to know which line the game can be played on. The start lever 42 is operated to continuously change the design of the screen portion 41a, and then the screen stop switches 45 are operated one by one to stop the change of the design of the screen portion 41a. Is determined by the control unit 50, and the control unit 5
0 sends a prize signal to the ball counting means 60 to instruct the ball counting means 60 to pay out the number of prize balls matching the pattern, and the ball counting means 6
0 pays out a predetermined designated number of balls to the bowl 11 according to the prize signal from the control unit 50.

As a result, one ball counting means 60 can count and pay out a pachinko ball to be lent to the player by the ball lending unit 30 and a pachinko ball as an award based on a predetermined rule. It is not necessary to separately provide the ball lending machine section 30 and the game machine section 40 with a ball counting means 60 or a member for supplying pachinko balls.

When the number of balls to be taken in display 82 is 0 or less than the number of balls for one game, the game cannot be played.
The game can be continued by counting the number of pachinko balls in 1 and counting them by the taken-in ball counting means 20 and displaying them on the taken-in ball number display section 82.

The game ends when there are no pachinko balls in the ball plate 11. At this time, if the number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section 80, the game can be continued. That is,
When the number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section 80, if the number of pachinko balls to be used in the game in the bowl 11 becomes insufficient as the game progresses, the ball amount detection means 71 detects it.

The ball amount detecting means 71 sends a ball shortage signal to the control section 50 when the number of pachinko balls in the bowl 11 is insufficient, and pays out the pachinko balls to the ball counting means 60 via the control section 50. Then, the supply of balls to the ball tray 11 is started. The number of replenished balls is counted on a one-to-one basis, and the amount paid out from the ball holding display 80 is subtracted and displayed until the display becomes zero.

As described above, as long as the predetermined number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section 80, even if the number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 becomes insufficient, it is detected by the ball amount detecting means 71 each time, Pachinko balls are automatically supplied to the bowl 11 within the range of the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display section 80.

As a result, when a player runs out of balls from the bowl 11, the player does not have to interrupt the game once to replenish the bowl 11 with balls and can continue the game smoothly. When the bowl 11 is full and the overflow detection unit 70 is activated in the middle, the dispensing to the bowl 11 is immediately stopped. Therefore, the subtraction display on the ball holding display unit 80 is also stopped at that time.

When the player finishes the game, there may be a case where the number of balls held becomes small and the player moves to another base, or there is a case where the player wants to exchange the prize balls with a prize. First, a case will be described in which the number of balls held is reduced and it is desired to move to another table. In this case, when a ball box is placed under the ball payout outlet 14 under the ball dish 11 and the ball payout lever 15 is operated, the take-in stage 21 shown in FIG. The balls on the take-in stage 21 and the balls in the bowl 11 are transferred from the ball payout outlet 14 to the ball box.

Although the bowl 11 is empty, the ball holding display 80
When the display of the number of balls remains, the ball counting means 60 is operated until the display of the number of balls on the holding ball display unit 80 becomes zero due to the detection of the presence or absence of balls in the bowl 11 by the sensor provided in the bowl 11. All the pachinko balls can be transferred to the ball box by operating and sending the pachinko balls to the ball tray 11 and further introducing the pachinko balls to the ball payout outlet 14. With this ball box, the player can move to another table and restart the game.

On the other hand, when the player exchanges the accumulated balls for a prize, the settlement switch 46 below the game surface portion 41.
When is pressed, the shutter member 26 of the taken-in ball counting means 20 operates so as to open, the pachinko balls in the bowl 11 flow to the four alignment rails 23, and the flowed-down pachinko balls are counted by the counting sensor 2.
After being counted by 4, it enters the payout stage 25 and is flown to a collecting gutter (dough).

The number of balls counted here is the ball holding display section 80.
When the counting display is completed, the display number displayed in the taken-in ball number display section 82 is added to the internal ball number and displayed, and the display in the taken-in ball number display section 82 is cleared. Next, a signal is sent to the recording medium issuing unit 90 via the control unit 50, and based on the signal, the data of the total number of balls owned by the player at the end of the game and other necessary data are stored in a card, a receipt, or the like. It is recorded on a recording medium, and the recording medium is paid out to the player. The player takes the card or receipt to the prize exchange area and exchanges it for a prize. Thereby,
Players do not need to carry around pachinko balls.

[0055]

According to the game device of the present invention, in the game machine section, the control section outputs the lending signal based on the amount signal from the ball lending machine section and the control section also based on a predetermined rule. Receiving the prize signals to be output, it has a ball counting means for counting the number of pachinko balls corresponding to each signal and paying it out to the bowl for the player, so the payout of the pachinko balls is done by one ball counting means. As a result, the number of assembling steps can be reduced and the cost can be reduced, and the number of troubles such as ball clogging can be reduced, so that pachinko balls can be efficiently paid out, and the player can play the game smoothly. be able to.

Further, even when the number of pachinko balls in the ball dish becomes insufficient, it is detected by the ball amount detecting means, and the ball plate is automatically replenished with pachinko balls within the range of the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display section. Therefore, when a player runs out of balls, the player does not have to interrupt the game and replenish the balls in the bowl by himself, and the game can continue smoothly. Can be made.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a ball counting means (ball counter) incorporated in a game machine unit that constitutes a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the taken-in ball counting means (four-series counter) incorporated in the game machine unit that constitutes the game device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Game device 11 ... Ball dish 30 ... Ball lending machine section 31 ... Identification means 40 ... Game machine section 50 ... Control section 60 ... Ball counting means (ball counter) 70 ... Overflow detection section 71 ... Ball amount detection means 80 Ball display unit 90 ... Recording medium issuing unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball lending machine section for instructing payout of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money inserted by a player, a game machine section using pachinko balls as a game medium, and the ball lending machine section and the game machine section. A game device comprising a control unit for managing the game, an identification unit provided in the ball lending machine unit, for identifying the inserted amount and sending an amount signal corresponding to the amount to the control unit, Corresponding to each signal, which is provided in the machine section, receives the lending signal that the control section outputs based on the amount signal from the identifying means, and the prize signal that the control section also outputs based on a predetermined rule. A ball counting means for counting the number of pachinko balls to be paid out and paying it out to a player's bowl, and detecting a state in which the pachinko balls paid out from the ball counting means are full in the bowl of the game machine section. At that time, the quantitative detection signal is An overflow detection unit for sending to the control unit and stopping the payout of the pachinko balls by the ball counting unit via the control unit; and the ball counting unit each time the ball tray becomes full and the payout by the ball counting unit is stopped. With a holding ball display section that displays the remaining number of balls after subtracting the number of balls actually paid out to the ball tray from the number of balls originally to be paid out to the outside visually based on a command from the control section. When the number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section, it detects a state where the number of pachinko balls in the bowl is insufficient, and at that time sends a ball shortage signal to the control section, and through the control section. And a ball amount detecting means for causing the ball counting means to pay out the pachinko balls and subtracting and displaying the number of paid-out balls on the ball holding display part.