JPH0724152Y2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Prior art and its problems) In this type of ball game machine, it is necessary to inform the player of the progress of the game, but in the conventional display device of this type, the progress is It was difficult to understand, and this hindered us from concentrating on the game, and there was a problem that we could not engage in it.

The present invention aims to solve such problems.

(Means for Solving Problems) As a means for achieving the above object, the present invention is a variable display device (20) capable of variably displaying a plurality of pieces of identification information.
And a specific winning signal generating means (34) for detecting a hit ball that has won a specific winning opening (11, 12) for operating the variable display device (20) and generating a specific winning signal, and for the player. In a ball game machine having a variable winning device (40) that can be converted into a disadvantageous first state and a second state advantageous to a player, the variable display device (20) includes the specific winning port. Memory display means (31) for temporarily storing and displaying the winning of the hit ball to (11, 12), and operation display means (29) for displaying that the variable display device (20) is in operation. A continuous display means (28) for displaying that a hit ball has been won in the continuous winning opening (47) of the variable winning device (40) is provided.

(Embodiment) The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment of a pachinko machine which is one of the ball game machines.

1 to 3, a pachinko machine 1 of the embodiment has a front frame 4 that can be opened and closed on the front of a box-shaped machine frame 2, and a game board 3 on the back side of the front frame 4. , The front frame 4 in front of the game board 3 has a front glass 5 through a glass storage frame 5 ',
The game board 3 and the front glass 5 form a game space 6 in which a hit ball flows down between them.

In this game space 6, a guide rail 7 for guiding a hit ball
Form a game area 8 that largely surrounds the central area of the game board 3, and an out hole 9 is provided at the bottom of this game area 8.
Is provided.

At the center of the game area 8, there is provided a variable display device 20 capable of displaying a plurality of pieces of identification information while changing them.

Below the variable display device 20, there is provided a variable winning device 40 which normally forms a part of the game area 8 but which is converted into a winning area depending on the occurrence of a specific display mode of the variable display device 20. .

That is, the variable winning device 40 is arranged above the out hole 9, and the variable display device 20 is individually arranged further above the variable winning device 40.

The variable display device 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

Mounting board 21 of the variable display device 20 that is mounted on the game board 3
Has an armor part 22 on its upper part, and a second game area is formed on the mounting substrate 21 below the armor part 22.

The second game area of the embodiment is such that the substantially central portion of the mounting board 21 is projected to the rear of the mounting board 21, for example, the surface of the mounting board 21 is depressed to form a recess, and the front surface is opened. A concave chamber 23 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rear portion of the recessed chamber 23 penetrates the insertion hole 3A formed in the game board 3 and reaches the back surface side of the game board 3.

A part of the edge region of the mounting substrate 21 existing around the recessed chamber 23, that is, a part excluding the edge region where the armor portion 22 is formed in the embodiment, as shown in FIG. A slope portion that gently rises from the game board 3 to reduce the contact resistance with the second game area, that is, to promote the inflow of the hit ball into the concave chamber 23.
Formed as 3B.

Then, the hit ball that has flowed into the concave chamber 23 appropriately sways in the concave chamber 23, and then relatively quickly flows out to the surface of the game board 3,
The bottom surface of the recessed chamber 23 is a slope inclined downward from the inner side of the recessed chamber to the front side so that the next prize can be expected by flowing down the surface of the game board 3 again.

In this example, as will be described later, the second specific winning port 12 is arranged below the concave chamber 23 so that a relatively large profit can be expected for the hit ball flowing out from the concave chamber 23.

Reference numeral 21A in the drawing denotes a mounting hole which is a fastening portion of the mounting substrate 21, and in this embodiment, it is provided at four positions, that is, two positions on the lower side of the mounting substrate 21 and two positions on the side of the armor portion 22.

The upper part of the armor part 22 is formed into an arched curved surface in order to prevent the hitting ball from entering from above the game board 3 and reduce the impact received from the falling hitting ball, and to smoothly distribute the hitting ball to the left or right. Has been done.

Further, the front surface of the armor portion 22 is similarly formed in an arch shape along the armor portion 22 in order to prevent a hit ball that has fallen on the outer peripheral surface of the armor portion 22 from colliding with the front glass 5 (Fig. 3). The front panel 24
The armor portion 22 is provided integrally with the armor portion 22 so as to have a substantially T-shaped cross section.

The hitting ball hitting the armor portion 22 is prevented from rebounding in the direction of the front glass 5 by the portion of the front decorative plate 24 protruding outward (above) from the outer peripheral surface of the armor portion.

In addition, in order to straighten the hit balls hitting the armor portion 22 in one line and smoothly flow them down to the left or right, it is preferable to form a ball guide groove on the outer peripheral surface of the armor portion 22 from the arched top to both sides.

If the ball guide groove is formed with a relatively shallow curved cross section in order to reduce the rebound of the hit ball hitting the armor portion 22 to the front glass 5, it also serves to further strengthen the structure of the armor portion 22.

In FIG. 6, on the front side of the back of the recessed chamber 23, there are provided three windows 26 facing the variable display 25 in which a plurality of pieces of identification information can be sequentially changed, in a horizontal row. Mounting board below armor 22
In the area 21 there is also one window 27 facing the variable display 25.

In this example, the variable display 25 is a 7-segment numeric display LED in the shape of a "day".

On both sides of the window 26, a continuous display part 28 having a lens made of a semitransparent coloring member is attached, and on both sides of the window 27 in the lower region of the armor part 22, a lens made of a semitransparent coloring member is attached. A visible display unit 29 is provided.

The continuous display unit 28 is an example of a unit that functions as a continuous display unit that displays that a hit ball has been won in the continuous winning opening 47 of the variable winning device 40 as described later.

In addition, the visible display unit 29 is also a variable display device as described later.
Conversion display means for functioning as an operation display means for displaying that 20 is in operation, or for displaying that the variable winning apparatus 40 is being converted into a second state advantageous to the player in a specific game state. Function as.

On the back surface of the recessed chamber 23, the number of memory balls that have won the specific winning openings 11 and 12 is further displayed.
A horizontally long window 20 is provided in which one memory number display 31 is faced in one row.

By arranging the display devices 25 and 31 in a recessed position in this manner, the display devices are protected from a hit ball flowing down, their damage is prevented, and at the same time, the taste of the game is enhanced.

In order to widen the field of view for the variable display 25 facing the interior of the recessed chamber 23, the side wall of the recessed chamber 23 and the window 26 are slanted toward the front side from the back, and are colored black. The display contents of the variable display 25 are made clear.

Further, the inner surface of the recessed chamber 23 can prevent the ambient light of the lighting fixtures on the ceiling of the game shop from being reflected and entering the eyes of the player to make it difficult to see the display of the variable display 25.

It should be noted that it is easy for the player to see if it has a slight upward inclination (about 8 to 10 °) with respect to the vertical surface.

In FIG. 5, the first specific winning openings 11, 11 are provided on the sides (both sides in this embodiment) of the variable display device 20, and the concave portions between the variable display device 20 and the variable winning device 40 are provided. A second specific winning opening 12 is provided at a position where a hit ball flowing down from the chamber 23 can win a prize.

Of these, the first specific winning opening 11, 11 is a winning tool 13, 13 having a concave portion penetrating the game board 3 in the present embodiment, and the concave portion of the winning tool 13, 13 is used as the specific winning opening 11, 11. I am trying.

The opening of this penetrating recess, that is, the specific winning opening 11, 11 existing on the same surface as the surface of the game board 3, has a diameter of about 2 of the sphere when viewed from the front.
It is composed of an upper part composed of a double arc and a bottom composed of a chord shorter than the diameter of the arc, and a prize hole deriving hole (not shown) is provided in the bottom of the bottom.

The second specific winning opening 12 is provided in the game space 6 by the winning frames 14 and 14 so as to open upward.

Above the variable display device 20, a general winning a prize 1 having three winning openings 15A, 15B and 15C of "heaven", "heaven left" and "heaven right".
5, and a hitting ball winning device 16 is arranged in the form of "left-sleeved tulip" and "right-sleeved tulip", respectively, on the diagonally lower outside of each specific winning opening 11, 11.

The variable winning device 40, as can be seen from FIG. 8 and FIG.
Mounting board 41 having a relatively large opening 42 as a winning opening
And an opening / closing plate 43 for opening and closing the opening 42, and further, on the left and right sides of the opening 42, "left man" and "right man".
Two winning openings 45, 45 and indicators 46, 46 are provided.

Further, in the opening 42 of the variable winning device 40, a continuous winning opening 47 is provided in the center thereof, and normal winning openings 48, 48 are provided on both sides thereof.

In FIG. 4, the specific winning openings 11, 11 and the specific winning openings described above.
When winning 12, the winning balls flow down into the collecting trough 34 via the winning ball lead-out path 32 on the back surface of the game board 3.

On the other hand, "heaven""heavenleft""heavenright" winning openings 15A, 15B,
If you win 15C, the winning opening of the ball hitting prize winning device 16 (“left sleeve tulip” “right sleeve tulip”) or the winning openings 45, 45 of “Left Otoshi” “Right Otoshi”, the winning ball is either directly or It flows down into the gathering gutter 34 via the lead-out path 33.

In the specific winning opening 11, 11 and the winning ball deriving path 32 of the specific winning opening 12, a micro switch 34 for detecting the winning ball and starting the variable display device 20, and in the opening 42 of the variable winning device 40. The continuous winning opening 47 is provided with a micro switch 49.

Among them, the micro switch 34 functions as a specific winning signal generating means for detecting the hit ball hitting the specific winning openings 11, 11 and operating the variable display device 20.

Returning to FIG. 5 again, at the side of the variable display device 20
The first windmill 17, 17 is diagonally above the specific winning opening 11, 11.
Is provided.

In this example, the first windmill 17, 17 is one on the left half of the surface of the game board 3 diagonally to the upper right of the specific winning opening 11, 11 and the game board 3
One is provided diagonally to the upper left of the specific winning openings 11, 11 for the right half of.

Therefore, the hit balls dropped to the left and right of the surface of the game board 3 by the left and right first windmills 17, 17 are the first specific winning openings 11,
You can aim for 11.

Specific winning openings 11, 11 and specific winning openings 12 and general winning openings 16, 1
In order to improve the winning rate for 6, 45, 45, the second windmills 18, 18 and the third windmills 19, 19 are provided below the first windmills 17, 17.

The second windmills 18, 18 are located above the second specific winning opening 12 and the hitting ball winning devices 16, 16 and are also the second specific winning opening 12
It is located between the hit ball winning devices 16 and 16.

In this example, the second windmills 18, 18 are the first specific winning openings 1
It is provided in the vicinity of 1, 11 and, more precisely, diagonally below the specific winning opening 11, 11.

Therefore, the hit ball dropped by the first windmills 17, 17 to the inside of the game board 3 surface further hits the second windmills 18, 18, whether directly by the second windmills 18, 18, or Alternatively, after once flowing into the concave chamber 23, it is guided in the direction of the specific winning opening 12 or in the direction of the hitting winning devices 16, 16.

That is, the player can aim not only at the hitting ball winning devices 16, 16 but also at the specific winning opening 12, and the player can expect a winning.

The third windmills 19, 19 are located above the hitting ball winning device 16 and on the left and right sides of the surface of the game board 3 with respect to the hitting ball winning devices 16, 16.

Therefore, the hit ball dropped to the side of the game board 3 by the first windmill 17, 17 will hit the third windmill 18, 18 further, and the hitting ball will be awarded by the third windmill 18, 18. Device 16,
Guided in 16 directions. That is, it is possible to aim at the hit ball winning devices 16, 16.

In this example, two windmill groups consisting of three windmills 17, 18, and 19 are arranged in line symmetry with respect to the center line X of the game board 3, and the left and right three windmills 17, 18, and 19 are Specific prize hole 12
It is located at each vertex of the triangle surrounding the
The two vertices are directed to the special prize hole 12,
The expectation for winning the 12th prize is increasing.

Here, the reason why they are made to be substantially line-symmetrical is to make the winning probabilities on the left and right with the center line X as a reference, considering that the dropping position of the hit ball can be adjusted by the player's intention with the operation dial 51. .

In addition, the winning probability of hitting balls is not limited to the above-mentioned windmills, and the specific winning openings 11, 11 and the specific winning openings 12, "heaven", "heaven left", "heaven right" winning openings 15A, 15B, 15C, etc. , The winning opening of the hitting ball winning device 16 (“left sleeve tulip” “right sleeve tulip”),
It is also influenced by the control nails provided near the "Left Otoshi" and "Right Otoshi" winning openings 45, 45.

In FIG. 5, this control nail is represented by a small circle.

Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 2, by slightly turning the operation dial 51 provided on the lower portion of the front frame 4, the motor 52 (rotary sonorade in this embodiment) 52 of the ball-striking launcher is turned on to launch. A punch (not shown) swings intermittently.

The launched hit ball is guided by the guide rail 7,
Enter the play area of the game board 3.

The falling position of the hit ball entering this game area is the operation dial 51
Although it can be adjusted by adjusting the amount, that is, depending on the intention of the player, it usually falls a lot on the left half and the right half of the surface of the game board 3.

In the left and right halves of the game area, as described above, a set of three wind turbines 17, 18 and 19 are arranged in line symmetry.

Therefore, the winning probability is almost the same on the left half and the right half of the game board.

On the other hand, the three windmills 17, 18, and 19 of each set are arranged in a triangle, and one vertex of the triangle is directed to the specific winning opening 12, and then the first specific winning opening is placed in the triangle. 11 and 11 are located.

Therefore, the winning probability of hitting the ball is higher than that in the case of one windmill.

More specifically, when the hit ball is dropped inside the surface of the game board 3 by the first windmill 17, 17, it becomes difficult for the hit ball to aim at the first specific winning opening 11, 11, but Windmill 1
8 and 18, it is possible to aim at the specific winning opening 12, the hitting openings 45, 45 of the hitting winning devices 16, 16 and the variable winning device 40.

On the other hand, when the hitting ball is dropped by the first windmill 17, 17 to either the left or right side of the surface of the game board 3, the hitting ball is
You can aim at the first specific winning opening 11,11, but if you do not win the specific winning opening 11,11, the second windmill
According to 18, 18, when flowing out from the concave chamber 23 and then flowing out therefrom, or passing through the front surface of the concave chamber 23 without flowing into the concave chamber 23, the flow path is determined again. You can aim for 12 winning holes.

In FIG. 2, normally, the prize balls in the upper tank 35 on the back side of the pachinko machine flow out from there and the tank chute 3 shown in FIG.
6, the guide path 37 and the prize ball discharging device 38 to the ball case are filled.

When a hit ball is won in any of the winning openings, the winning ball rolls down while rolling on an inclined guide shelf that forms the bottom surface of the collecting gutter 34 provided on the back surface of the game board 3, and the winning ball processing device 39 to go into.

The prize winning ball processing device 39 takes out one prize winning ball flowing down on the guide shelf, and the taken prize winning ball moves the crank lever by its own weight to tilt the ball case of the prize ball discharging device 38 interlocking with this. .

As a result, a specified number of prize balls will be placed on the ball supply plate on the front of the pachinko machine
Emitted to 10.

On the other hand, when the specific winning opening 11, 11, 12 is won, the micro switch 34 (fourth
), The variable display device 20 starts to operate, and the number displayed on the variable display 25 starts cyclically changing.

Then, when the fixed time has elapsed or the stop button 53 is pressed, each variable display 25 is moved to “left”, “middle”, “right”, “up”.
Stand still in order.

From this one start of the variable display device 20 to the rest,
Furthermore, if the hit ball wins the specific winning opening 11, 11, 12,
The storage indicator 31 as a storage display means for temporarily storing the number up to, for example, four and displaying the number corresponding to the stored number is turned on.

When stationary, if the display content of each variable display 25 matches a predetermined combination, the electromagnetic solenoid 44 is activated for a time length corresponding to the weight of the combination, and the variable winning device 40 The opening / closing plate 43 converts the first state, which is disadvantageous to the player, that is, the closed state shown in FIG. 8, to the second state, which is advantageous to the player, that is, the open state.

For example, when the specific display mode occurs, it is opened for about 30 seconds, and for a small hit, it is opened for about 0.6 seconds.

In the case of other combinations, if there is a memory sphere, the variable display device 20 is started.

The lamp of the visible display unit 29 blinks while the variable display device 20 is started, and blinks while the opening / closing plate 43 of the variable winning a prize device 40 is open.

That is, the visual display unit 29 is used as an operation display means indicating that the variable display device 20 is in operation, or the variable winning device 40 is in the second state. It functions as a conversion display means for visually displaying to a person.

After the occurrence of the specific display mode, that is, the opening / closing plate 43 of the variable winning device 40
When the batting ball enters the continuous winning opening 47 in the center while is open for about 30 seconds, the continuation indicator 28 lights up and the continuation condition of the special prize mode is satisfied, that is, it continues at the present time. It is visually displayed to the player that the opening / closing plate 43 is opened again for a predetermined time even after completion of the opening operation for about 30 seconds.

Thereafter, this operation is repeated, and the opening / closing plate 43 is opened 10 times in total, and the operation is finished.

At the last time this can be continued, the continuous display unit 28 does not light up,
Notify that the special prize mode has ended.

A sound effect is generated during operation of the variable display device 25 and while the variable winning device 40 is open.

Further, the shape of the wind turbine and the number of blades shown in the figure are not limited to these, and in addition to the usual three blades, a shape in which a lamp is arranged in a triangular solid may be used.

(Effect of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the memory display means, the operation display means, and the continuous display means are centrally arranged on the variable display device, so that the player can perform variable display. You can know the progress of the game just by putting the device in the field of view, and be absorbed in the game to concentrate the ball at the desired flight point of the ball, which is the most important point in the ball game. You can

In particular, conventionally, the player had to confirm whether or not the hit ball was won at the continuous winning opening of the variable winning device by following the whereabouts of each hit ball. Since it is possible to put in view the transition to the next specific mode by means etc., it is not necessary to follow the batting ball one by one to the winning opening, and it is possible to concentrate on the game while aiming at the desired flight point of the firing batting ball .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine showing an example of a ball game machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is its rear view, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, and FIG. 4 is a rear view with a collecting gutter removed, FIG. 5 is a front view of the game board portion, FIG. 6 is a front view of the variable display device, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the variable display device, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the variable winning device in which the opening / closing plate is closed. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the variable winning device with the opening and closing plate opened. 1 …… Pachinko machine, 3 …… Game board 11, 12 …… Specific winning port 28 …… Continuous display (continuous display means) 29 …… Visible display (operation display means / operation display means) 31 …… Memory display Device (memory display means) 34 …… Micro switch (specific winning signal generation means) 40 …… Variable winning device 47 …… Continuous winning hole

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A variable display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of identification information, and a specific winning signal generation for generating a specific winning signal by detecting a hit ball hitting a specific winning opening for operating the variable display device. In a ball game machine having means and a variable winning device that can be converted into a first state that is disadvantageous to the player and a second state that is advantageous to the player, the variable display device includes the specific winning port. Memory display means for temporarily storing and displaying the winning of the hit ball to the ball, operation display means for displaying that the variable display device is in operation, and the hit ball has been awarded to the continuous winning opening of the variable winning device. A continuation display means for displaying that, and a ball game machine characterized by being provided.