JPH07178218A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a prize ball with high harmony, to expect the occurrence of the prize ball even when a ball passes a start gate, and to generate a prize mode with high variety in a PACHINKO machine in which a pattern display device can be fluctuated when the ball passes the start gate. CONSTITUTION:The ball passing the start gate 40 displays the fluctuation of the pattern display device 9, and also, it is put in a safe ball or an out ball by a distribution device 60. Therefore, the oppotunity of winning a prize can be provided even when the ball passes the start gate 40.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention, when a ball passes through a starting gate, the symbol display device fluctuates, and when the symbol display portion is a predetermined combination, an operation that is beneficial to the player on the game board surface. It relates to a pachinko machine that is designed to generate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A starting gate having a ball detection sensor,
In the case of a combination of a symbol display device consisting of a plurality of symbol display parts that variably displays various symbols predetermined in accordance with the passage of balls to the starting gate, and the symbol of each symbol display part is a predetermined symbol (big hit) ), Various pachinko machines provided with control means adapted to generate an operation beneficial to the player on the game board surface have been proposed. As a mode of generating this profit, so-called one type of pachinko machine that opens the big winning opening when it becomes a big hit, and when it becomes a big hit, a condition device is driven to open the big winning opening when the condition is satisfied. There are so-called three types of pachinko machines.

[0003]

In the pachinko machine described above, as the starting condition of the symbol display device, as described above,
There are two modes, one is to use a starting gate that simply passes the balls and does not pay out the prize balls, and the other is to use a starting winning opening that serves as a safe ball and pays out a predetermined number of prize balls. It is possible to adjust the prize balls paid out per minute. Therefore, in the above-mentioned three types of pachinko machines, it is common to pay out a large amount of prize balls when compared to the one type when a big hit condition occurs. There is.

By the way, when the former starting gate is used, the ball holding is usually poor and there is a risk of leaving customers. However, if the starting winning port is adopted, the number of prize balls at the time of a big hit will be increased. If you do not reduce it, you cannot adjust the number of balls.

On the other hand, when the starting gate is adopted, since there is no prize ball, the expectation of the player is diminished, and when the starting winning opening is adopted, the prize ball is always a prize, which is rather a stimulus. There are drawbacks such as poor prize winning.

The present invention, which has the above-described structure, enables prize balls in harmony with the number of coins to be paid out, and expects the generation of prize balls even after passing through the starting gate. It is intended to be provided.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a ball descending passage communicating with an exit of a starting gate is formed, and a ball passing through the starting gate is formed in a lower portion of the ball descending passage as a safe ball and an out ball. It is characterized in that a sorting device for sorting is provided.

Here, in the distribution device, for example, a rotary guide having a safe ball guide hole having a permanent magnet on the inner bottom and an out ball guide hole on the peripheral surface is fitted to the ball flow path at the top. It is installed in an annular peripheral wall with a ball entrance formed and a ball exit formed in the lower part, and the rotation guide is continuously rotated in one direction by a drive mechanism, and each guide hole is sequentially aligned with the ball entrance and the ball exit. In addition, a safe ball hole is provided in which the safe ball guide holes are aligned at the front and rear at an angular position past the ball exit, and a separable piece that blocks the magnetic force of the permanent magnet is provided inside the safe ball hole. Provided and configured to guide the ball, which is held by the permanent magnet in the safe ball guide hole and has arrived at the position of the safe ball hole, to the safe ball hole by releasing the holding force of the magnet by the separating piece. To be done.

Further, a ball flow down passage communicating with the outlet of the starting gate is formed, and the outlet of the ball flow down passage is an out ball outlet,
In addition to branching to a safe ball outlet that communicates with the winning opening, a distributing operation piece is provided at the branching point to sequentially open and close both ball outlets by a drive mechanism.

Examples of the distribution operating piece include a distribution mechanism rotating continuously in one direction by a drive mechanism, a distribution rotating piece repeatedly repeating opening and closing of a safe ball outlet, and a continuous reciprocating swing by a drive mechanism. It consists of a distribution rocker that repeats the opening and closing of both ball outlets.

[0011]

The balls passing through the starting gate are variably displayed on the symbol display device, and are sorted into safe balls and out balls by the sorting device or sorting operation piece. Therefore, even if the player passes through the starting gate, he / she is given a chance to win a prize, and various operation modes occur on the game board.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1.
At the lower part (not shown) of the machine frame 2, a ball tray, a rotary handle for firing balls, etc. are provided. At the center of the board surface of the game board 3, a variable winning device 4 is arranged as shown in an enlarged view in FIG.

As shown clearly in FIG. 2, the variable winning device 4 has a winning case 5 as a base body, and an operation window hole 6 is formed in an upper half of the winning case 5 by being surrounded by a peripheral wall 7. A ball passage 8 that is inclined to the right in the figure is formed in the lower portion of the operation window hole 6.

On the other hand, on the main surface of the operation window hole 6 on the ball passage 8, a symbol display comprising three 7-segment indicators, a dot matrix indicator, a liquid crystal indicator, etc. which constitute the symbol display device 9. The parts 10a, 10b and 10c are arranged in parallel. The symbol display portions 10a, 10b, 10c are
Symbols such as numbers and pictorial symbols such as "0" to "9" are displayed. A standby recording lamp row 11 including four pilot lamps is provided at the upper edge of the operation window hole 6.

A ball inlet 12 is formed on the left wall of the peripheral wall 7. The ball inlet 12 is supported at the lower end of the ball inlet 12 by a rotating shaft 13 so as to shield the ball inlet 12 in a standing state and to lie down. An opening / closing operation piece 14 for opening the ball entrance 12 is pivotally supported.
The opening / closing operation piece 14 is controlled to rotate the support shaft 13 by an opening / closing drive device formed of a solenoid or the like, and is converted into an open position and a closed position.

A substantially circular working space 16 is formed in the lower portion of the display window hole 6. The working space 16 communicates with the ball passage 8 through the ball inlet 15 at a position deviated from the center by about 60 ° on the right side in the drawing. A ball detection device 15a is provided at the ball inlet 15 so that the passage of a ball can be detected.

A normal winning hole 17 is formed immediately below the working space 16, and a specific winning hole 18 is formed on the front wall surface at a position deviated by 60 ° from the center to the left. The specific winning hole 18 communicates with a ball passage (not shown) equipped with a ball detection device. Furthermore, the balls that have flown into the normal winning holes 17 and the specific winning holes 18 become winning balls, and a predetermined number of prize balls are discharged by a known mechanism.
When a ball flows down into the specific winning hole 18, the ball is detected by the ball detecting device, a special operation state is established, and the player is given the right to receive a required gain.

Further, in the working space 16, a guide port 2 is provided.
A disk-shaped rotary distributor 20 provided with 6 is disposed with its center supported by a support shaft 21, and when three or more balls flow into the ball inlet port 15 from the opening 12, the rotary distributor 20 causes
One of them is supplied from the guide port 26 to the specific winning hole 18, and the rest is supplied to the normal winning hole 17. Such a rotary distributor 20
The detailed description of is omitted. In addition, a winning opening 35 is arranged above the variable winning device 4.

Below the variable winning device 4, there is provided a starting gate 40 having a ball detection sensor (not shown) composed of a photoelectric switch, a limit switch and the like. When the game ball passes through the starting gate 40 and a ball detection signal is generated by the ball detection sensor, the symbol display device 9 is driven. A distribution device 60 according to the main part of the present invention, which will be described later, is disposed below this.

On the other hand, on the right side of the variable winning device 4, as shown in FIG. 3, a rotating body 46 having a catching hole 47 formed in the peripheral portion for allowing the rotating body 46 to hold one ball is built-in. A rotary chucker 45 is provided. This rotating chucker 45
A special starting port 48 is provided therein, and the balls that have entered the capturing holes 46 are supplied to the special starting port 48 as the rotating body 46 rotates.

As shown in FIG. 4, an opening / closing winning device 50 having a special winning opening 52 whose opening / closing plate 53 is actuated by a solenoid 51 to be opened / closed is disposed further below.

Then, in a special operation state caused by a ball flowing down into the specific winning hole 19, the rotary chucker 4
When the balls flow into the catch hole 47 of No. 5 and the balls are supplied to the special starting port 48 as the rotary chucker 45 rotates, the opening / closing plate 53 of the special winning port 52 opens for about 10 seconds. When about 10 balls have flown into the special winning opening 52, the opening operation is completed even during the opening operation. Also, every time a game ball is won in the range of the effective limit number (normally 16) to the rotary chucker 45, the special winning opening 52 is opened, and after that, the special operation state is finished.

The operation of the above-described variable winning apparatus 4 will be described.

When a game ball is hit on the game board 3 and passes through the starting gate 40, the control means constituted by a microcomputer (not shown) determines the hit or the hit. Then, the symbol display device 9 is driven through the symbol display drive circuit together with the supply of the prize sphere, and the symbol display portions 10a, 10b, 10c are started to fluctuate, and after about 5 seconds, it is judged whether the hit or the hit. Originally, the symbols of the symbol display portions 10a, 10b, 10c are determined from the random number table, and the symbols are stopped sequentially. And the symbol display portions 10a, 10
When the symbols b and 10c are the same symbol, it is a "big hit", the opening / closing operation piece 14 is in an inclined state (open state), and the operation proceeds to enable the following predetermined gain. still,
When the game balls continuously flow into the starting gate 40, the standby recording lamp row 11 is sequentially turned on and is held up to four times.

That is, the opening / closing operation piece 14 is opened for about 5.9 seconds, and during this opening, several hitting balls flow from the opening 12. On the other hand, the rotation distributor 20 rotates counterclockwise at a low speed in the closed state of the opening / closing operation piece 14, but rotates at a high speed with a big hit, and three or more balls enter from the opening 12 to the ball inlet 15. When flowing, one of them is supplied to the specific winning hole 18 and the rest is supplied to the normal winning hole 17 by the rotary distributor 20. The distribution operation by the rotary distributor 20 is omitted.

Then, when a ball flows down into the specific winning hole 18, it is detected by a ball detection device arranged in the flow passage, a special operation state is established, and a big hit right is generated.
That is, even if the symbol display device 9 is a combination of a predetermined big hit, it is not effective unless three or more balls flow from the opening 12. Then, a winning condition for generating a big hit is added.

During this special operation state, when the balls flow into the catching holes 47 of the rotary chucker 45 and the balls are supplied to the special starting port 48 as the rotary distributor 46 rotates, the special winning opening 52 is formed. The open / close plate 53 of is opened for about 10 seconds. When about 10 balls flow into the special winning opening 52, the opening operation is completed even during the opening operation. Then, the special operation state is ended as the effective number of exhaustion is exhausted.

Next, the main part of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, below the starting gate 40, a ball flow down passage 41 communicating with the outlet of the starting gate 40.
a is formed by the nail rows 42, 42. Then, a distribution device 60 for distributing balls that have passed through the starting opening 40 into safe balls and out balls is disposed below the ball flow-down path 41a.

The configuration of the distribution device 60 will be described.

The disc-shaped substrate 61 is provided with an annular peripheral wall 62 having a ball inlet 63 formed at the upper portion thereof and coinciding with the ball flow-down passage 41a and having a ball outlet 64 formed at the lower portion thereof. In addition, a safe ball hole 65 is formed at an intermediate position on the left side of the inner peripheral portion in the annular peripheral wall 62, and a magnetic separation piece 66 is formed on the inner portion of the safe ball hole 65. The separating piece 66 is integrally formed with the substrate 61, the annular peripheral wall 62 and a synthetic resin material.

Inside the annular peripheral wall 62, the annular peripheral wall 62 is
A rotation guide 67 having an outer diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of the shaft is rotatably supported by the shaft 72. A safe ball guiding hole 68 and an out ball guiding hole 69, which are open to the outside, are provided at point symmetrical positions on the peripheral portion of the rotation guide 67. A permanent magnet 70 is fixed to the inner bottom of the safe ball guide hole 68. Further, an annular groove 71 into which the magnetic separation piece 66 is fitted is formed concentrically so as to isolate the inner bottom portions of the guide holes 68 and 69, and the permanent magnet 70 is located inside the annular groove 71.
Is located. Then, the rotating guide 67 having such a configuration is supported by inserting the separating piece 66 into the annular groove 71 as described above. The rotation guide 67 is a rear surface of the game board 3, and a drive mechanism including a motor is linked to the shaft 72, and continuously rotates clockwise as shown in FIG. By this rotation operation, the guide holes 68 and 69 are sequentially aligned with the ball inlet 63 and the ball outlet 64.

The operation of this structure will be described.

The ball that has passed through the starting gate 40 drops through the ball flow path 41a and is temporarily supported by the peripheral surface of the rotating guide 67 at the ball inlet 63, and its rotation causes safe ball guiding holes 68 and 69.
It will flow into either of them. Then, the balls that have flowed into the out-ball guiding holes 69 are discharged downward at the position where the out-guide balls 69 are aligned with the ball outlets 64 by the rotation guide 67 rotating.

On the other hand, the balls captured in the safe ball guide hole 68 do not fall even when they reach the ball outlet 64 due to the permanent magnet 70. And the safe ball guide hole 68
When it reaches the safe ball hole 65, the separation of the magnet piece 66 from the permanent magnet 70 interrupts the flow, and it flows into the safe ball hole 65. As a safe ball, a predetermined number of prize balls are generated. In order to secure the inflow of balls into the safe ball hole 65, a guide surface for inclining the ball toward the safe ball hole 65 may be formed at one side edge of the safe ball guide hole 68. . Safe ball guide hole 68, out ball guide hole 69
It is also possible to provide a plurality of the above to accelerate the digestion number or change the number ratio thereof to adjust the safe ball generation rate.

Next, another structure of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

With such a construction, a wide ball flow path 41 slightly wider than the width of two balls communicating with the outlet of the starting gate 40 is provided.
b is formed by the nail rows 42, 42, and only one nail row is continuous with the nail row 80a, and the ball flow path 41b is formed.
The nail row 80b is arranged in parallel with the nail row 80a from the middle position of the lower end of the nail row 80a, whereby a safe ball path 81 is generated between the nail rows 80a and 80b, and the safe ball path 81 communicates with the prize winning device 83. , The right half of the ball flow path 41b in the figure is the safe ball path 81
The safe ball outlet 43 is continuous with. Also, an out ball outlet 44 is provided between the upper end of the nail row 80b and the other nail row 42.
Thus, the lower end of the ball flow path 41b is formed with a branch portion that divides into a safe ball outlet 43 and an out ball outlet 44.

Then, in FIG. 6, at the branch portion,
Sorting rotating piece 85 that continuously rotates in one direction by the drive mechanism
Are supported by a support shaft 86.

The distributing rotary piece 85 is formed of a rectangular plate piece, and the opening and closing of the safe ball outlet 43 and the out ball outlet 44 are sequentially repeated with the rotation thereof.
Since the distribution rotating piece 85 rotates counterclockwise in the figure, when the distribution rotating piece 85 is in a substantially vertical position and a ball that has passed through the starting gate 40 flows into the safe ball outlet 43. Flows into the prize winning device 83 and becomes a safe ball, but the other balls x are sent to the out ball outlet 44 side by the sorting rotary piece 85.

Further, in FIG. 7, the driving mechanism continuously oscillates reciprocally at the branching portion, so that the balls 43, 4 at both outlets are
The oscillating piece 90, which repeats opening and closing of No. 4 in sequence, is supported by the spindle 91. The distribution swing piece 90 has a fan shape, and an arcuate guide bottom portion 92 is formed on the peripheral portion thereof, and a guide passage 93 is provided between the support shaft 91 and the guide bottom portion 92.
Are formed.

When the safe ball outlet 43 is shielded as shown in FIG. 7 due to the swing, the guide bottom portion 9 can be moved even if the safe ball outlet 43 enters the left side of the support shaft 91.
2 is guided through the guide passage 93 and the balls flow into the out-ball outlet 44. With this configuration, the winning device 8
The probability of balls flowing into 3 is 1/2.

[0043]

As described above, the present invention causes the balls that have passed through the starting gate 40 to cause the symbol display device 9 to variably display, and also the distribution device 60 or the distribution operation piece (distribution rotation piece 85, distribution swing). The piece 90) sorts the balls into safe balls and out balls. Therefore, the starting gate 40
After passing through, it becomes a safe ball, it becomes an out ball and a variety of operating modes occur on the game board, and it is possible to generate prize balls in harmony with the number of balls There is an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a variable winning device 4.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a rotary chucker 45.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a special winning opening 47.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the distribution device 60.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view of a main part showing a distribution mechanism including a distribution rotating piece 85.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of a main part showing a distribution mechanism including a distribution swing piece 90.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 4 Variable winning device 9 Combination display device 10a, 10b, 10c Symbol display unit 40 Starting gate 41a, 41b Ball flow down path 43 Safe ball exit 44 Out ball exit 45 Rotating chucker 48 Special starting port 50 Opening / closing prize 52 Special Winning hole 60 Sorting device 62 Annular peripheral wall 63 Ball inlet 64 Ball outlet 65 Safe ball hole 66 Separating piece 67 Rotating guide 68 Safe ball guiding hole 69 Out ball guiding hole 70 Permanent magnet 81 Safe ball path 83 Winner 85 Sorting rotating piece 90 Sorting swing piece 91 Spindle 92 Guide bottom

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A starting gate provided with a ball detection sensor, a symbol display device comprising a plurality of symbol display portions for variably displaying various symbols predetermined with the passage of balls to the starting gate, and each symbol display. In a pachinko machine provided with control means adapted to generate an operation beneficial to the player on the game board surface when the display symbols of the parts are a combination of predetermined symbols, a ball communicating with the exit of the starting gate A pachinko machine characterized in that a distribution device that forms a flow-down path and distributes balls that have passed through the starting gate into safe balls and out-balls is provided below the ball flow-down path. 2. A ball which has a safe ball guide hole provided with a permanent magnet on an inner bottom thereof and an out ball guide hole on a peripheral surface of the distribution device, and which has a rotating guide on an upper part thereof and which matches the ball flow path. Installed in an annular peripheral wall with an inlet formed and a ball outlet formed in the lower part, the rotation guide is continuously rotated in one direction by a drive mechanism, and each guide hole is sequentially aligned with the ball inlet and the ball outlet. , A safe ball hole is provided in which the safe ball guide holes are aligned in the front and rear at an angular position past the ball exit, and a separable piece that blocks the magnetic force of the permanent magnet is provided inside the safe ball hole. In the safe ball guide hole, a ball that has been held by a permanent magnet and has arrived at the safe ball hole position is guided to the safe ball hole by releasing the holding force of the magnet by the separating piece. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, which is characterized in that. 3. A starting gate provided with a ball detection sensor, a symbol display device comprising a plurality of symbol display parts for variably displaying various symbols predetermined with the passage of balls to the starting gate, and each symbol display. In a pachinko machine provided with control means adapted to generate an operation beneficial to the player on the game board surface when the display symbols of the parts are a combination of predetermined symbols, a ball communicating with the exit of the starting gate Forming a downflow path,
The outlet of the ball flow down path is branched into an out ball outlet and a safe ball outlet communicating with the prize winning device, and at the branch point, a distribution operation piece for sequentially repeating opening and closing of both ball outlets by a drive mechanism is provided. A pachinko machine characterized by that. 4. The distribution operating piece is a distribution rotating piece which is continuously rotated in one direction by a drive mechanism to sequentially open and close the out ball outlet and the safe ball outlet. Pachinko machine. 5. The distribution operating piece is a distribution oscillating piece that is continuously reciprocally oscillated by a drive mechanism to sequentially open and close the out ball outlet and the safe ball outlet. The pachinko machine described in 3.