JPH071187Y2 - Variable winning device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> In the present invention, a first movable member capable of guiding a sphere to an opening portion and a second movable member for changing a downward direction of the sphere are provided on a surface of a substrate. The present invention relates to a variable winning device for a pachinko machine.

<Prior Art> A conventional variable winning device is provided with a movable member rotatably on the left and right of an opening of a substrate, and a first state in which the movable member is erected so that a ball does not enter the opening. It has a configuration that can be converted into a second state in which it is easy to open and let the sphere flow into the opening, and when the movable member was converted to the second state, it was invited from the opening into the variable winning device recess chamber. The ball wins either the general winning opening or the special winning opening in the concave chamber. Then, when a special winning opening in the variable winning device is won, it is set so that a game advantageous to the player is performed, and by giving a possibility to obtain a great game profit, a game given to the player. It enhances the interest in the above.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the above-described conventional variable prize winning apparatus, the movable member is simply converted into the first state and the second state to change the winning probability to the variable prize apparatus. However, if there is no ball that has been invited into the variable winning device, the player cannot obtain the expectation for the game profit. There was also a point that it could not be said that the interest was raised sufficiently. In other words, generally, the number of balls to be introduced into the variable prize device by the conversion operation of the movable member is relatively small, and many other game balls flow down on the game board surface without being guided into the variable prize device. The opportunity to increase the player's expectations through the conversion operation of the movable member is rare.

Therefore, the present invention is a variable winning device for a pachinko machine, which can give a player a sense of expectation and enhance amusement in the game even if a game ball cannot be invited into the variable winning device. The purpose is to provide.

<Means for Solving Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and an opening (12) is provided in a board (11) attached to the surface of a game board (1), and a back side of the board is provided. A concave chamber (20) having a general winning opening (23) and a special winning opening (22) is formed inside, and an armor portion (13) is projectingly provided on the upper edge of the opening on the surface of the substrate, A first movable member (15) which can be converted into a first state in which the sphere does not flow into the opening and a second state in which the sphere easily flows into the vicinity.
A second movable member (18) is provided below the first movable member to change the ball downward so that the ball faces a predetermined winning opening (eg, the first specific winning opening 7) located below. It is provided so that it can be converted.

<Operation> Since the sphere is not guided to the opening when the first movable member is in the first state, it does not win either the general winning opening or the special winning opening in the concave chamber, but the first moving member is in the second state. When converted to, the ball is guided from the opening into the concave chamber, and the ball wins either the general winning opening or the special winning opening.

On the other hand, the spheres that have not been invited into the variable winning device by the first movable member will flow down the game board surface as they are, but some of these flow-down balls are located below the first movable member. By the conversion operation of the second movable member, the flow direction is changed so as to be directed to the predetermined winning opening provided on the game board surface, and the probability of winning the predetermined winning opening increases.

<Embodiment> An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, on the surface of the game board 1 of the pachinko machine, a game board 3 surrounded by guide rails 2 is formed, and innumerable obstacle nails are planted in the game section 3, and a windmill 4 is also installed. ... and winning prizes 5 are arranged, and a variable winning a prize device 6 according to the present invention is arranged almost in the center of the game section 3, and a so-called tulip-type first specific winning hole 7 is provided below the variable winning a prize device 6. The first
The second specific winning openings 8 and 8 are arranged side by side on the left and right of the specific winning opening 7, and the first flow path through which the ball that has entered the first specific winning opening 7 flows down.
The second specific prize detector 10 and the second specific prize detector 10 are provided in the flow paths through which the balls entering the second specific prize opening 8 flow down.

The variable winning device 6 opens an opening 12 in the upper half of the board 11 attached to the surface of the game board 1, and projects a horizontally elongated box-shaped armor 13 on the surface of the board 11 above the opening 12. , The armor part 13
The entrance hole 14 is formed on the upper surface of the, and the first state in which the sphere standing upright on the left and right of the opening 12 is prevented from flowing down into the opening 12 and the upper end is tilted outward. A pair of first movable members 15, 15 capable of receiving a ball that has flowed down and converting it into a second state in which it is made to flow into the opening 12 are rotatably attached by the first support shafts 16, 16, and the above-mentioned first A shelf board 17 is provided between the base ends of the movable members 15 and 15 so as to project downward toward the opening 12 with a slight downward inclination. The first state in which the spheres that have flowed down flow in a substantially vertical direction and the spheres that have flowed down with the lower end close to the first state are collected
A pair of second movable members 18, 18 that can be converted into a second state in which the downward direction is changed in the direction of the specific winning opening 7 are provided as second support shafts 19, 19.
It is rotatably attached by a shaft.

The substrate 11 is composed of an edge member 11a and a translucent front plate member 11b fitted to the edge member 11a.
It is configured so that a player can see the inside of the recessed chamber 20 provided on the back side of the substrate 11 through 1b. A step portion 21 is formed at the bottom of the recessed chamber 20, and the front plate member 11 of the substrate 11 is formed.
A special winning opening 22 is formed substantially in the center of the front surface of the stepped portion 21 that is separated from the b by a distance larger than the ball diameter, and general winning opening 23, 23 are opened on the left and right of the special winning opening 22 respectively, and The entrance of the special winning opening 22 is enlarged to the upper surface of the stepped portion 21 by cutting out the front edge in the substantially center, and a stage-shaped winning rate control member 24 is provided on the stepped portion 21 so as to be movable back and forth, and in front of the concave chamber 20. The doll 25 is fixed as a decorative member so that the doll 25 looks like standing on the winning rate control member 24.

Further, the first solenoids 26, 26 and the second solenoid 27 are provided on the back side of the recess chamber 20, and the first crank 28 and the second crank 28 are provided at the ends of the first support shafts 16 protruding from the back surface of the recess chamber 20, respectively. The second cranks 29 are attached to the ends of the support shafts 19, the pins of the first cranks 28 are placed in the holes of the first actuating member 30 of the first solenoid 26, and the pins of the second cranks 29 are placed in the second solenoid 27. Second actuating member
It fits loosely into each of the 31 holes. Therefore, the first solenoid
When 26 is demagnetized, the first solenoid 26's first
By the biasing of the return spring, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 6, the first movable members 15 and 15 stand up substantially vertically and do not receive the ball that has flowed down, that is, the first state in which the ball does not flow into the opening 12. Becomes

Then, when the first solenoids 26, 26 are excited, the first actuating member 30 rises, so that the first support shafts 16, 16 rotate and
The movable members 15 and 15 are rotated in the directions in which the upper ends thereof fall outward. Therefore, the first movable members 15 and 15 stop in a state of slightly descending toward the shelf plate 17 as shown by the chain line in FIG. 6, receive the ball that has flowed down, and open through the shelf plate 17. It is converted into the second state in which it is made to flow into the section 12. In addition, in this embodiment, the shelf board 1 is provided between the shaft-attaching base ends of the first movable members 15, 15.
When the first movable members 15 and 15 are converted into the second state and receive the ball, the ball 7 is guided by the shelf plate 17 so that it can be securely inserted into the recessed chamber 20 through the opening 12 to go into.

On the other hand, when the second solenoid 27 is demagnetized, the second return spring of the second solenoid 27 biases the second movable members 18, 18 to stop substantially vertically as shown by the solid line in FIG. It is in the first state in which the ball that has flowed down is allowed to flow down as it is. Then, when the second solenoid 27 is excited, the second actuating member 31 rises, so that the respective second support shafts 19 and 19 rotate to rotate the second movable members 18 and 18 in the directions in which the lower ends approach the inner side, respectively. To do. Even if the second movable members 18 and 18 are converted into the second state and stopped in the inverted V shape, the lower ends of the second movable members 18 and 18 are separated from each other by the distance that the sphere can pass.

Further, both the second movable members 18 and 18 have the second support shaft 1 in the middle of their length.
Since 9 is connected, the interval at the upper end expands when converted to the second state. Therefore, the second movable members 18, 18 are
As shown by the chain line in FIG. 6, the ball is stopped in an inverted C-shape, and the falling balls are collected and flowed down from the lower end of the tilt, that is, the balls flowing down from the upper and diagonal directions are collected and flowed down. Is converted into a second state.

That is, by the second movable members 18, 18 provided below the first movable members 15, 15, the downward movement of the falling ball that has not been invited into the variation winning device 6 is changed, and the second movable members 18 and 18 are changed. It is directed to the first specific winning opening 7 located below 18,18. By doing so, not only the winning probability to the variable winning device 6 can be changed, but also the winning probability to the first specific winning port 7 as a predetermined winning port different from the variable winning device 6 can be changed. Since it can be realized as the variable winning device 6 of a possible pachinko machine, it becomes possible to play a variety of games as never before, and it is possible to sufficiently enhance the enjoyment of the game given to the player.

The changing direction and the changing amount when changing the downward direction of the game ball by the conversion operation of the second movable members 18, 18 are not particularly limited, and the second movable member of the variable winning device 6
It suffices if the flow direction can be changed to any of the winning openings located below 18,18.

In addition, a first drive mechanism for driving the winning rate control member 24 and a second drive mechanism for driving the doll 25 are provided on the back side of the recessed chamber 20.

The first drive mechanism has a drive pin on the output shaft of the motor 32 with a reducer.
33 is eccentrically provided upright, and the drive pin 33 is loosely fitted in a groove 34 formed in the lower surface of the winning rate control member 24. Therefore, when the motor 32 with a decelerator is operated to rotate the drive pin 33 about the output shaft, the winning rate control member 24 moves in the front-back direction on the upper surface of the stepped portion 21 in the recess chamber 20. Then, when the winning rate control member 24 advances, as shown in FIG. 9, the front end portion of the winning rate control member 24 closes the upper opening portion 22 'of the special winning opening 22 and the ball from the upper opening portion 22'. Is in the first state in which is prevented from flowing in.

On the other hand, when the winning rate control member 24 is retracted, as shown in FIG. 10, the second opening opening 22 'of the special winning opening 22 is opened.
Convert to state. Therefore, the winning rate control member 24 is the second
When converted into a state, the spheres can not only flow into the special winning opening 22 from the opening on the front surface of the stepped portion 21, but also the spheres can flow into the special winning opening 22 from the opened upper surface opening 22 '. obtain. Therefore, when the winning rate control member 24 is converted into the second state, the winning area of the special winning opening 22 is expanded, and thus the winning probability of the special winning opening 22 is increased.

A position detector 35 including a photocoupler is provided on the speed reducer-equipped motor 32, and whether or not the action piece 36 protruding from the rear end of the winning rate control member 24 acts on the position detector 35. The position of the winning rate control member 24, that is, whether or not the upper opening 22 'of the special winning opening 22 is opened is detected.

In addition, the second drive mechanism is provided with a third solenoid 37 on the back side of the recessed chamber 20, a locking member 38 is attached to the plunger of the third solenoid 37, and extends rearward from the hem of the skirt 39 of the doll 25. The tip end of the rocking rod 40 is rotatably mounted on the back side of the recessed chamber 20, and a locking member 38 is locked in the middle of the rocking rod 40. Therefore, when the third solenoid 37 is demagnetized, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 5, the oscillating rod 40 is lowered by the biasing of the third return spring of the third solenoid 37, and the skirt 39 has a natural hem. It hangs down in a state. Then, when the third solenoid 37 is excited, the locking member 38 rises in the middle of the swing rod 40, so that the swing rod 40 swings around the shaft-attaching base end, as shown by the chain line in FIG. Then, lift the skirt of the skirt 39.

Next, a game in a pachinko machine provided with the variable winning device 6 having the above-described configuration will be described. In addition, the first movable members 15, 15 of the variable winning device 6 always stand up and stop in the first state in which the sphere is prevented from flowing into the opening 12,
Further, the second movable members 18, 18 always stop in a substantially vertical state and stop in the first state in which the downward direction of the ball that has flowed down is allowed to flow downward as it is. Further, the winning rate control member 24 is always advanced and stopped in the first state in which the upper opening portion 22 'of the special winning opening 22 is closed.

In this state, the ball flowing down in the game section 3 is the second specific winning opening 8
When entering, the second specific prize detector 10 detects this sphere and sends a signal to a control device (not shown), and when entering the first specific prize hole 7, the first specific prize hole 7 receives the ball. Open the pieces 7 ', 7'to the left and right to convert them into a state in which they can easily receive the ball, and
The specific prize detector 9 detects this sphere and sends a signal to the control device. When the control device receives the signal from the second specific winning award detector 10, it excites the first solenoids 26, 26 of the variable winning award device 6 for a short time (for example, 0.3 seconds after the 0.8 second wait time has elapsed). , When the signal from the first specific winning award detector 9 is received, the first solenoids 26, 26 are excited only twice for a predetermined time (for example, 0.8 seconds after the wait time of 0.8 seconds has elapsed).

Therefore, when the ball enters the first specific winning opening 7, the first movable members 15, 15 convert from the first state to the second state only twice for 0.8 seconds, and when the ball enters the second specific winning opening 8, the first Movable member 15,15
Changes from the first state to the second state for 0.3 seconds. Even if the ball moves into the first and second specific winning openings 7 and 8 and the first movable members 15 and 15 are changed from the first state to the second state, the second movable members 18 and 18 are in the first state. Is maintained.

In this way, when the first movable member 15, 15 of the variable winning device 6 is converted from the first state to the second state, the ball flowing down in the game section 3 flows down on the first movable member 15, 15. , The ball rolls on the shelf board 17, and then passes through the opening 12 to form the concave chamber 20.
Get in Since the upper surface opening 22 'of the stepped portion 21 is blocked by the winning rate control member 24, the ball that has entered the recessed chamber 20 does not enter the special winning opening 22 from this upper surface opening 22'. The general winning opening 23 or the special winning opening 22 is entered from the opening portion opened on the front surface of the stepped portion 21.

Here, when the ball enters the general winning opening 23, this ball flows out to the back side of the game board 1 and becomes a winning ball, but there is no change in the gaming state. On the other hand, when the ball is lucky to enter the special winning opening 22, the special winning detector 41 provided in the flow path extending from the special winning opening 22.
Detects this ball and sends a signal to the control device to the effect that the right to the special game has been generated. The ball that has acted on the special prize detector 41 flows out to the back side of the game board 1 and becomes a prize ball.

When the control device receives a signal from the special prize detector 41, the third
Exciting the solenoid 37 for a predetermined time, the skirt of the doll 25
Raise the hem of 39 and visually display to the player that the special game right has occurred.

In the special game in this embodiment, the first movable members 15, 15 of the variable winning device 6 are first for a predetermined number of times for a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 seconds for 0.8 seconds after a wait time of 2 seconds has elapsed).
The second movable member 1 while converting from the second state to the second state
8,18 is a predetermined number of times for a predetermined number of times (for example, the first 2 seconds the second
After converting to the state, after that, the first movable member 15 is in the first state for 0.8 seconds while the first movable member 15 is in the second state, and 0.8 seconds while the first movable member 15 is returning to the first state. Is converted to the second state, that is, in synchronization with the state conversion of the first movable member 15 to the opposite state for a total of 18 times), the first state is converted to the second state as one cycle, and during this cycle The cycle is updated on the condition that the ball enters the special winning opening 22
If the ball does not enter the special winning opening 22 even if the first movable member 15, 15 is changed from the first state to the second state in the cycle up to the 18th time, the special game is executed in the cycle regardless of the number of remaining cycles. Ends.

On the other hand, in the first state where the first movable members 15 and 15 do not guide the sphere to the opening 12, the second movable members 18 and 18 are converted into the second state, and the first movable members 15 and 15 cause A part of the sphere that has not been invited into the variable winning device 6 is changed by the second movable members 18 and 18 in the flowing direction, and flows down toward the first specific winning port 7. That is, in this state, the balls flowing near the variable winning device 6 are the first specific winning opening 7
The probability of entry is increased by the second movable member 18,18. In this way, in addition to the gaming profit received by the player by winning in the variable winning device 6, the gaming profit based on the winning in the first specific winning port 7 is added, so that the player is in the special game. The game profit that can be obtained is further expanded, and the interest in the game given to the player can be further enhanced.

The first specific winning opening 7 in this embodiment functions as a starting opening for intermittently converting the variable winning device 6 to the second state before the start of the special game, but the special game continues. The function as the starting port is set to be invalid during the period. However, the ball whose downward direction is directed to the first specific winning port 7 by the conversion operation of the second movable members 18, 18 performed immediately before the end of the special game is detected as the specific winning ball immediately after the end of the special game. In this case, the first movable members 15, 15 of the variable winning device 6 are intermittently converted to the second state only twice based on the occurrence of the specific winning ball.

In this way, if the balls that have been introduced into the variable winning device 6 by the conversion operation of the first movable members 15 and 15 enter the special winning opening 22, special games will continuously occur,
The game profit that the player obtains is doubled. That is, as in the present embodiment, if the second movable member 18, 18 is used to change the downward flow direction of the ball to the first specific winning port 7, it is possible to increase the probability that special games will occur consecutively. The interest in the game given to the player can be further enhanced.

In addition, in each cycle of special games
The number of spheres entered is detected by the counting detector 42,
When the counting detector 42 sends a signal to the control device and the control device counts that a predetermined number (for example, 10) of balls have won, a special game is executed at that time regardless of the number of remaining cycles. It is set to end. That is, the special game ending condition is the first movable member 15,1 in one cycle.
Number of times the second state of 5 has reached a predetermined number
It is said that the number of winning balls to 3 reaches a predetermined number or one of the earliest conditions is satisfied, and if a winning ball to the special winning opening 22 is detected before this end condition is achieved, At that point, the cycle is ended and the special game is updated to the next cycle.

Further, when a preset state is reached in a certain cycle (in the present embodiment, five balls enter the general winning opening 23 or when 10 seconds have elapsed from the start of the cycle), the control device causes the motor with a speed reducer. 32 to activate the winning rate control member 24
As a result, the upper opening 22 'of the stepped portion 21 is opened, and the winning area of the special winning opening 22 is expanded. Therefore, the ball that has entered the concave chamber 20 can enter the special winning opening 22 also from the upper surface opening portion 22 ', and the probability of winning the special winning opening 22 is increased. That is, in the preset state, the probability that a ball will enter the special winning opening 22 is increased to facilitate the next cycle, so that the special game advantageous to the player can be continued easily.

Then, in a certain cycle, when the ball enters the special winning opening 22 from the front opening portion or the upper opening portion 22 'of the step portion 21 and the right to continue the special game is generated, the control device is activated by the signal from the special winning detector 41. In addition to shifting to the next cycle, the third solenoid 37 is excited for a predetermined time and the doll
The skirt of the skirt 39 of 25 is lifted to visually display the fact to the player, and the operation of the speed reducer motor 32 is stopped to stop the forward / backward movement of the winning rate control member 24. The winning rate control member 24 stops in the first state in which the upper surface opening 22 'of the stepped portion 21 is closed by the action of the position detector 35.

It should be noted that the first movable members 15 and 15 in the present invention can be rotated as in the above embodiment as long as the first movable members 15 and 15 can be converted into a first state in which the sphere is not guided into the concave chamber 20 and a second state in which the sphere is guided. However, the configuration is not limited to this, and may be, for example, a reciprocating slide. Further, the second movable members 18, 18 can be changed in the flowing direction of the falling ball so that they can be directed to a predetermined winning port. The configuration is not limited to the configuration of rotating as a center), and any configuration may be used.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the present invention, one of the balls which is not invited into the variable winning device having the general winning opening and the special winning opening inside by the conversion operation of the first movable member. When the portion flows down the game board surface, the downward movement direction is changed so as to be directed to a predetermined winning opening provided on the game board surface by the conversion operation of the second movable member located below the first movable member, The probability of winning in a predetermined winning opening increases.

Therefore, not only can the winning probability of the variable winning device be changed, but also the winning probability of a predetermined winning port different from the variable winning device can be changed. As a result, it becomes possible to play games that are rich in variety than ever before, and the interest in pachinko games can be enhanced as never before.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board, and FIG. 2 is a first state in which the first and second movable members on the right side are in a first state, and first and second movable sides on the left side. The front view of the variable prize winning device in a state in which the members are converted into the second state, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the variable prize winning device seen from the back side, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the variable prize winning device, and FIG. A sectional view of the device, FIGS. 6 to 8 are partially cutaway perspective views of the variable winning device, FIG. 9 and FIG.
Figure 10 is a perspective view of the winning rate control member and special winning openings, etc.
The figure is a time chart of the variable winning device. In the figure, 1 is a game board, 6 is a variable winning device, 7 is a first specific winning opening, 11 is a substrate, 12 is an opening, 13 is armor, 15 is a first movable member, 18 is a second movable member, 20 is a concave room, 22 is a special prize hole,
23 is a general winning opening.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An opening is formed in a board to be mounted on the surface of a game board, a recess chamber having a general winning opening and a special winning opening is formed inside the back side of the board, and the opening is formed on the surface of the board. An armor portion is provided so as to protrude from the edge, and a first movable member that can convert between a first state in which the sphere does not flow into the opening and a second state in which the sphere easily flows into the opening is provided near the opening, A variable winning device for a pachinko machine, which is provided below the first movable member so as to be convertible and provided with a second movable member that changes a ball in a downward direction so as to face a predetermined winning opening located below. .