JPH0780132A - Pinball game pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically release ball biting by deciding the existence/absence of ball biting according to a detection signal from a rotating operation detection means in an honor hole provided with a rotor, and giving a command of rotating operation for releasing the ball biting condition to a motor when it is decided that a ball is bitten. CONSTITUTION:When the ball receiving part 26 of a rotor 25 is turned right under a prize winning port and a rotating operation detecting switch 45 is turned on, a first timer is turned on to start counting the detection time. At this time, when a prize winning ball dropped in the prize winning port is bitten between the ball receiving part 26 and a ball holding cover, and ball biting is caused, the rotor 25 comes to an abnormal stop, with the rotating operation detecting switch 45 turned on. When it is decided that ball biting is caused in the lapse of two seconds, for example, since the rotating operation detecting switch 45 is turned on, an output signal for reversing a motor 36 is transmitted to a motor drive control part, and the rotor 25 is reversed for the time specified by a second timer to release ball biting.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine in which an accessory with a rotating body is mounted on a game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an accessory with a rotating body having a rotating body having a ball receiving portion capable of receiving, turning transfer and discharging a pachinko ball that has been hit on a game board surface, the pachinko ball is a rotating ball of the rotating body. When the ball falls into the receiving portion, a ball biting state may occur and the rotating body may stop abnormally.

[0003]

When a ball catch occurs in a winning device with a rotating body and the rotating body stops abnormally, an excessive load is applied to the motor that rotationally drives the rotating body and the motor overheats or malfunctions. There is a problem to do. An object of the present invention is to deal with an abnormal stop state of a rotating body due to ball biting in a pachinko machine equipped with a rotating accessory.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a rotary body having a rotary body having a ball receiving portion, a motor for rotationally driving the rotary body, and a rotary motion detecting means for detecting a rotary motion of the rotary body. A ball biting determination means for determining the presence or absence of ball biting based on a detection signal from the rotational movement detection means in the body-attached accessory, and for releasing the ball biting state in response to the determination signal from the ball biting determination means. And a motor drive control means for instructing a rotation operation to the motor.

[0005]

When the rotating body of the accessory with the rotating body is driven to rotate by the motor, the rotation motion detecting means for detecting the rotating operation of the rotating body emits a detection signal, and based on this detection signal, the ball bite judging means. Determines whether or not the ball is bitten. When the ball bite determination means determines that ball ball biting has occurred, the motor drive control means performs a rotation operation for releasing the ball bite state on the motor based on the determination signal from the ball bite determination means. Order.

[0006]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, even if the rotating body abnormally stops due to ball catching in the accessory with the rotating body, the motor drive based on the determination signal of the ball catching determining means. Since the motor performs the rotation operation for releasing the ball biting in accordance with the command from the control means, it is possible to automatically eliminate the abnormal stop state of the rotating body. Therefore, it is possible to improve the durability of the motor by solving the problem that the motor is abnormally overheated or malfunctions due to excessive load being applied to the motor due to ball biting, and the pachinko game can be smoothly continued. Further, according to the second aspect, the ball biting state is immediately released by the timer means, so the ball biting can be automatically released without any special operation.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Game board surface 1 of the game board 1 of the pachinko machine
In the center of a, the center winning hole 2a, the left symbol, the middle symbol,
Design display 2 that specifies the design after variably displaying the design on the right
b, an upper plate passage port 2c, and seven passage ports 2e through which the winning balls that have passed through the upper plate passage port 2c selectively fall, and one gate 2f, which are always rotated counterclockwise. A central winning device 2 including a middle rotating body 2d and four memory number display LEDs 2g is installed.

At the lower part of the game board surface 1a, a big winning opening 3a which is arranged below the central winning device 2 and is opened and closed by a movable door 3b, a starting opening winning number display LED 3c, and a large winning opening winning number display LED 3d. The middle-lower prize winning device 3 equipped with is installed.

Above the game board surface 1a is arranged above the central winning device 2 and a winning device 4 having a winning port 4a is installed.

On the left side of the game board surface 1a, an upper fixed type accessory 5 having an upper left winning opening 5a, a lower fixed type accessory 6 having a lower left winning opening 6a, and an interlocking combination having an openable / closable symbol operating opening 7a. Objects 7 and 7 are installed in order from the top.

On the right side of the game board surface 1b is installed an ordinary electric winning accessory 8 having a specific winning opening 8a that can be opened and closed. Special device operating area 9 where balls are introduced alternatively
Adjacent is a lower right winning device 9 including a and left and right passage openings 9b, 9b, and a retaining member 9c capable of retaining up to three pachinko balls.

In the present embodiment, the rotation on the right side of the game board surface 1a has a function of detecting a pachinko ball passing above the ordinary electric accessory 8 and a function of transmitting symbol information related to the game. The body accessory 10 is installed.

The base body 11 of the accessory 10 with a rotating body is screwed to the game board surface 1a and is formed by a translucent synthetic resin material. It is formed by a ball holding cover 13 installed at the front end of the accessory 10 and formed of a translucent synthetic resin material, and a back plate 14 that is joined to the rear end of the base plate 12 and formed of a transparent synthetic resin material. ing.

A base piece 15 is formed at the front end of the base plate 12 of the base body 11 so as to stand upright along with the game board surface 1a. A ball passing port 16 through which a single pachinko ball can pass is formed in the base plate, and a horizontally elongated lead wire inserting port 39 is formed in the lower end of the base piece 15.

In the vicinity of the central portion of the back surface of the base piece 15 of the base plate 12, a lens surface having a large number of fine irregularities for diffusing and irregularly reflecting the light rays passing through the central portion is formed.

A cylindrical bearing piece 17 protruding rearward is connected near the center of the back surface of the base piece 15 of the base plate 12, and near the lower end of the back surface of the base piece 15 below the bearing piece 17 and rearward. A switch support piece 18 having a flat inverted U-shaped cross-section is projected and is connected to the switch support piece 18.

On the back surface of the base piece 15, a bottom plate 19a extending rearward slightly above the switch support piece 18 and having an upper surface inclined rearward and downward, and lower end edges are connected to both side edges of the bottom plate 19a. A guide gutter 19 having a pair of left and right side wall plates 19b is connected, and a front end edge of an upper surface of a bottom plate 19a of the guide gutter 19 is aligned with a lower opening edge of the ball passing opening 16 and is located behind the bottom plate 19a of the guide gutter 19. The edge is almost aligned with the back surface of the game board 1.

On the guide trough 19, a ball guide path 20 for guiding the pachinko ball passing through the ball passing port 16 to the back side of the game board 1.
Are formed.

Two pairs of left and right back plate attachment pieces 21 horizontally extending rearward are provided on the left and right portions of the back surface of the base piece 15, and the rear plate attachment pieces 21 have a length shorter than the length of the back plate attachment pieces 21 to the rear side. The pair of left and right substrate receiving pieces 22 that are projected are connected.

The sphere holding cover 13 of the base body 11 is erected at its front end, has a circular hole-shaped opening 13d in the upper part thereof, and has a rectangular hole-shaped window 13e in the lower part thereof.
a and a sphere holding wall 13 which is connected to the upper portion of the back surface of the front plate 13a and is curved in a cylindrical shape along the opening edge of the opening 13d.
b, and a housing wall 13c connected to the lower edge of the rear surface of the front plate 13a and the lower portions of both side edges are formed.

The sphere holding wall 13a of the sphere holding cover 13 extends in the front-rear direction and is arranged in parallel in the circumferential direction except for the lower end of the inner wall surface 13a to diffuse and diffusely reflect light rays. Fine ridges are formed.

At the upper end of the ball holding wall 13a of the ball holding cover 13, there is provided a winning opening 24 through which one pachinko ball can be inserted, and at the upper end of the ball holding wall 13a, a winning opening 24 is formed.
Partition pieces 13f connected to the opening edges on both sides are formed to project.

Inside the ball holding wall 13a of the ball holding cover 13, there is a rotating body 25 which rotates about a rotation axis perpendicular to the game board surface 1a. The outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 25 and the ball holding wall 13a of the ball holding cover 13 are the same. It is inserted with a slight gap formed between it and the inner wall surface.

A shaft 27 is horizontally inserted into the center of the rotary body 25, and a cylindrical peripheral body 25b surrounding the shaft insertion portion 25a and a conical surface are concavely curved. The lens wall 2 having a shape, the inner peripheral edge of which is connected to the rear end edge of the shaft insertion portion 25a and the outer peripheral edge of which is connected to the front end edge of the peripheral barrel portion 25b.
5e are formed. On the back surface of the lens wall 25c, there is formed a lens surface having a large number of fine projections and grooves which are radially arranged around the center of the lens wall 25c and diffuse and diffusely reflect light rays passing through the lens wall 25c.

The rotating body 25 is provided with a ball receiving portion 26 capable of receiving, turning transfer and discharging one pachinko ball and turning around the rotation axis of the rotating body 25 along the game board surface 1a. .

When the rotating ball receiving portion 26 of the rotating body 25 turns to the top dead center and moves to the position just below the winning opening 24, the pachinko ball can be received in the ball receiving portion 26 and passes through the winning opening 18. The pachinko ball that has fallen into the ball receiving portion 26 of the rotating body 25 is constrained by the ball receiving portion 26 and the ball holding cover 13 while the ball receiving portion 26 turns 180 ° from the top dead center to the bottom dead center. While being held in the receiving portion 26, the ball receiving portion 26 revolves and transfers, and when the ball receiving portion 26 revolves to the bottom dead center, it is discharged from the inside of the ball receiving portion 26 and guided through the ball passage opening 16. Road 2
Introduced to zero.

A window plate 40 made of a semitransparent synthetic resin, which is attached to the back surface of the front plate 13a and closes the window portion 13e, is erected inside the accommodation wall 13c of the ball holding cover 13, and stands upright behind the window plate 40. And the containing wall 1
In 3c, a symbol display body 42 that is installed on the front surface of the relay board 41 so as to face the window plate 40 and is adjacent to the lower side of the rotating body 25 and displays symbol information related to the game is inserted.

The back plate 14 of the base body 11 is attached to the rear end of each back plate attachment piece 21 of the base plate 12 with screws.
A pair of left and right switch locking claws 28 are horizontally extended rearward at the lower end of 4 so as to be elastically deformable in the left and right directions, and claw portions 28a are projected on the inner surface of the rear end so as to face each other. Are formed in parallel with each other, and a motor receiving piece 29 having a U-shaped planar shape is formed slightly above the both switch locking claws 28.

At the lower end of the base body 11, the front end is a base plate 12
Is supported by the switch support piece 18 of the rear part of the back plate 1
4 is clamped between both switch locking claws 28, and both claw portions 28a
A passing ball detection switch (proximity switch) 30 that detects a pachinko ball that has been prevented from coming off and is discharged from the ball receiving portion 26 of the rotating body 25 and passed through the ball guiding path 20 is installed horizontally.

A base plate 1 is provided at the rear of the passing ball detection switch 30.
A detection opening 30a is provided diagonally below the rear edge of the bottom plate 19a of the second guide trough 19 and through which the winning balls passing through the ball guide path 20 fall.

When the pachinko ball wins the specific winning opening 8a that is open, the special device operates, and the pachinko ball that has fallen into the winning opening 24 and is introduced into the ball receiving portion 26 while the special device is operating. When it is released from the ball receiving portion 26 and detected by the passing ball detection switch 30, the special winning opening 3 of the special winning device 3
a is opened for a certain time.

On the back plate 14, a board mounting piece 31 is connected to the center of the upper end of the front surface in the left-right direction and protrudes forward.
Is formed, and is connected to the back plate 14 near the vertical center of the left and right end portions of the front surface of the back plate 14 and protrudes forward.
A pair of left and right board locking pieces 32, which are concentrically arranged opposite to each other, are formed on both board receiving pieces 22 of the base plate 12.

An LED board 33, which is formed in a substantially horseshoe shape on the front side and stands upright behind the base piece 15 of the base plate 12, is joined to the front end of the back plate 14, and the LED board 33 has its upper end taken as a board. Behind the rotator 25 in a state of being screwed to the receiving piece 31, the left and right end portions being locked by the both board locking pieces 32 and being sandwiched between the both board locking pieces 32 and the two board receiving pieces 22. It is installed in.

Six decorative LEDs 34 are arranged on the front surface of the LED substrate 33 in a planetary pattern around the rotation axis of the rotating body 25, and irradiate the vicinity of the central portion of the base piece 15 of the base plate 12 and the rotating body 25 from behind. Is installed.

Each decorative LED 34 starts lighting and extinguishing at the same time when the power of the pachinko machine is turned on. 6 decorative LEDs
The number 34 is 1, 2, 3, clockwise from the upper right corner.
Assuming 4, 5 and 6, 1 is turned on for each decorative LED 34 →
1, 2 is lit → 1, 2, 3 is lit → 1, 2, 3, 4 is lit → 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 is lit → 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6 is turned on in the order of all-off, the switching time is set to 1.024 seconds, and one cycle is set to 7.168 seconds to repeatedly control lighting.

The back plate 14 is formed with a pair of left and right motor mounting pieces 35 connected to the left and right ends of the back surface thereof and extending rearward. A step motor type motor 36 for rotationally driving is coupled in a forward direction with screws.

The output shaft 36a of the motor 36 is the output shaft 3
A joint shaft 38 that connects the shaft 6a and the support shaft 27 of the rotating body 25 is concentrically coupled to the support shaft 27 so as to be rotatable.

In this example, when the power switch 51 of the pachinko machine is turned on, the motor 36 is driven to rotate at the same time, so that the rotating body 25 continues to rotate in the counterclockwise or clockwise direction during the game, or the motor 36 detects a passing ball. It is set to start or stop by a detection signal of the switch 30.

Two pairs of left and right lead wire insertion grooves 37, into which the lead wires connected to the passing ball detection switch 30 and the lead wires connected to each decorative LED 34 are inserted in the converged state, are formed at the left and right ends of the back plate 14. Are formed by notches, and lead wire insertion / removal portions 37a are formed at the outer ends of the respective lead wire holding grooves 37 for lateral insertion and insertion / removal of the lead wire bundle. Lead wire holding portions 37b, which are connected to the lead wire inserting / removing portion 37a in a bent state and hold a lead wire bundle, are formed at the ends, respectively.

At the rear end of the joint shaft 38 connecting the rotating body 25 and the output shaft 36a of the motor 36, the joint shaft 38 is disposed behind the ball receiving portion 26 of the rotating body 25 so as to rotate in the same manner as that of the ball receiving portion 26. A detected terminal 44 is provided so as to rotate around the axis of the joint shaft 38 in this manner.

At the upper end of the back surface of the back plate 14, the joint shaft 3 is provided.
8 has a detection groove 45a through which the detected terminal 44 of 8 passes,
A rotary motion detection switch (photosensor) 45 is attached which detects the rotary motion of the rotary body 25 by blocking light rays and intermittently transmits a detection signal for each rotation of the rotary body 25. When the ball receiving portion 26 of the rotating body 25 turns to the ball receiving position at the top dead center, the detected terminal 44 moves the rotation operation detection switch 45.
Of the rotary motion detection switch 45
Sends a detection signal to specify the standby position of the ball socket 26 of the rotating body 25, and the rotation angle and the number of rotations of the rotating body 25 are detected by the rotation operation detection switch 45.

When the pachinko ball falling into the rotating body starting ball receiving opening of the game board surface 1a is detected by, for example, a starting ball detecting switch 46 shown in FIG. 7, the motor 36 is started to rotate the rotating body 25. When the ball receiving portion 26 starts to turn from the top dead center, the rotating body 25 continues to rotate for a time preset by the timer, and the ball receiving portion 26 turns to the top dead center, the motor 36 and The rotating body 25 stops rotating.

Further, the number of rotations of the motor 36 may be counted by the detection signal of the rotation operation detection switch 45, and the rotation of the rotor 25 may be stopped when the count value coincides with a preset value.

In the present embodiment, the symbol display body 42 specifies the symbol after a predetermined time has elapsed by starting the variable display of the symbol at the time of ball detection by any of the starting ball detection switch 46, the winning ball detection switch 47 and the passing ball detection switch 30. Alternatively, the count value detected and counted by the starting ball detection switch 46, the winning ball detection switch 47, and the passing ball detection switch 30 is displayed, or the starting ball detection switch 46, the winning ball detection switch 47, and the passing ball are displayed. The time counted based on the detection signals of the detection switch 30 and the rotation operation detection switch 45 is displayed.

A means for activating the function of the passing ball detection switch 30 may be provided when the symbol specified by the symbol display body 42 after the variable display of the symbol matches the predetermined symbol.

After the passing sphere detection switch 30 detects the passing sphere, when the symbol is specified after the symbol display 42 variably displays the symbol and the specified symbol matches the predetermined symbol, rotation is performed. The rotator 25 may be rotated on the basis of the detection signal from the operation detection switch 45 until the ball receiving opening 26 turns to the ball receiving position at the top dead center, and the ball receiving opening 26 may be made to stand by at the ball receiving position.

In the control circuit 50 for detecting and repairing the ball bite generated in the accessory 10 with the rotating body, the rotation operation detecting switch 45 is turned on and is turned on when the detection signal is transmitted to start the operation. A first timer 51 that counts the detection time that has passed since the rotation operation detection switch 45 was turned on, and whether the detection time counted by the first timer 51 exceeds a preset determination time. The presence or absence of ball clogging is determined, and at the time of ball clogging detection, a ball clogging determination signal is transmitted at the first stage when the detection time coincides with the first determination time, and the detection time exceeds the first determination time. And a determination unit 52 that transmits an error signal at the time of the second stage that coincides with the second determination time and a reset signal when the first timer 51 is turned off.
When an output signal of 2 is input, an output signal for rotating the motor 36 in the forward and reverse directions is transmitted, and a reverse rotation operation for releasing the ball biting state according to the ball biting determination signal is performed on the motor 36. At the time when the motor drive control unit 53 for instructing and the determination unit 52 transmit the ball bite determination signal, the ball bite determination signal turns ON to start the operation.
6 is provided with a second timer 54 for designating the reverse rotation time, and the control circuit 50 is actuated by this error signal when the determination unit 52 issues an error signal to recover the abnormal state by voice or lamp. A ball bite informing unit 55 for informing the user by means such as the above is connected.

The ball receiving portion 26 of the rotating body 25 is swung right below the winning opening 24 and the detected terminal 44 is rotated by the rotation detecting switch 4.
5 into the detection groove 45a, and the rotary motion detection switch 4
When 5 is turned ON, the first timer 51 is turned ON to start counting the detection time.

At this time, the winning ball falling into the winning opening 24 is caught between the ball receiving portion 26 of the rotating body 25 and the ball holding cover 13, and when the ball is caught, the rotation operation detecting switch 4
The rotating body 25 abnormally stops in the state where 5 is turned on.

For example, when two seconds have passed since the rotation operation detection switch 45 was turned on, that is, the first timer 5
When the detection time counted by 1 becomes 2 seconds, it is determined that ball catching has occurred based on the count value of the first timer 51, and the determining unit 52 sends a ball catching determination signal to the motor drive control unit 53. Output.

When the ball bite determination signal is transmitted, the second timer 54 is turned on to start the operation, and at the same time, the motor drive control section 53 transmits an output signal for rotating the motor 36 in the reverse direction, so that the motor 36 reverses. The rotation starts and the second timer 54
Rotate backwards for the time specified by, for example 0.512 seconds.

The rotating body 25 is temporarily rotated in the reverse direction by the reverse rotation of the motor 36, and the ball biting state is restored, so that the rotating body 25 is rotated.
When the abnormal stop state of is eliminated, the detected terminal 44 escapes from the detection groove 45a of the rotation operation detection switch 45, the rotation operation detection switch 45 is turned off, and the first timer 5
The first and second timers 54 are turned off.

When the first timer 51 is turned off, it is determined that the ball bite has been repaired, the determination unit 52 outputs a reset signal to the motor drive control unit 53, and the motor drive control unit 53 rotates the motor 36 forward. The motor 36 starts the forward rotation and the rotating body 25 continues the forward rotation operation, or the rotating body 25 rotates normally until the ball receiving portion 26 turns right below the winning opening 24. It stops, and the accessory 10 with the rotating body is restored to the normal state before the occurrence of ball catching.

Even if the motor 36 rotates in the reverse direction, the stopped state of the rotating body 25 continues, and if the state in which the ball biting state is not restored and the rotation operation detection switch 45 and the first timer 51 continue to be ON, 1 When the detection time by the timer 51 is, for example, 4 seconds and 4 seconds have elapsed from the start of detection,
The determination unit 52 outputs an error signal to the ball catching notification unit 55 to operate the ball catching notification unit 55, and the ball catching notification unit 55 notifies that the abnormal state due to the ball catching has been repaired.

Next, the operation and effect of the embodiment having the above-mentioned structure will be described. In this example, the rotating body 25 and the motor 3
In the control circuit 50 for detecting and repairing the ball biting in the accessory 10 with the rotating body, which is provided with the first embodiment, the control circuit 50 that counts the detection time elapsed after the rotation operation detection switch 45 is turned on.
A timer 51, a determination unit 52 that determines whether or not a ball is bitten depending on whether a detection time counted by the first timer 51 exceeds a prescribed time, and outputs a ball biting determination signal when a ball bite is detected; A motor drive control unit 53 that outputs an output signal that causes the motor 36 to rotate in the reverse direction when the bite determination signal is input, and a second timer 54 that specifies the time for rotating the motor 36 in the reverse direction are provided.

Therefore, the rotating body 2 of the accessory 10 with the rotating body
Even if 5 stops abnormally due to ball biting, the determination unit 52 sets the first
According to the ball bite determination signal transmitted at the stage, the rotating body 25 can be temporarily rotated in the reverse direction to automatically eliminate the abnormal stop state of the rotating body 25 due to the ball biting, and the pachinko game can be smoothly continued. .

Further, even if a strong ball bite that is not repaired by the reverse rotation of the motor 36 occurs, the determination unit 52 makes the second determination.
Since an error signal can be transmitted at a stage and the ball biting informing unit 55 can notify the end of the ball biting state, it is possible to deal with the abnormal state caused by the ball biting in the accessory 10 with the rotating body.

Therefore, it is possible to improve the durability of the motor 36 by eliminating the problem that the motor 36 is overheated due to the ball biting and the motor 36 is abnormally overheated or fails.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an accessory with a rotating body.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an accessory with a rotating body.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of an accessory with a rotating body.

5 is a view taken along line X1-X1 of FIG.

6 is a view taken along line X2-X2 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a main part of an accessory with a rotating body.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a ball bite detection and repair control circuit.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of ball bite detection and repair processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Accessories with Rotating Body 25 Rotating Body 36 Motor 44 Detected Terminal 45 Rotation Operation Detection Switch 50 Control Circuit 51 First Timer 52 Judgment Section 53 Motor Drive Control Section 54 Second Timer 55 Ball Bit Informing Section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. The rotating operation of an accessory with a rotating body, comprising: a rotating body having a ball receiving portion; a motor for rotationally driving the rotating body; and a rotating operation detecting means for detecting a rotating operation of the rotating body. With respect to the motor, a ball bite determination unit that determines the presence or absence of ball bite based on a detection signal from the detection unit, and a rotation operation for canceling the ball bite state according to the determination signal from the ball bite determination unit are given to the motor. A pachinko machine which is provided with a motor drive control means for instructing. 2. The ball bite determination means determines that the ball bites on the basis of a signal from the timer means when the rotation operation of the rotating body is stopped for a predetermined time or more after the rotation operation detection means detects the rotation operation. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the motor drive control means is configured to output a signal for temporarily rotating the motor in a reverse direction in order to release the ball biting state.