JPH0788228A - 'generator' device of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a 'generator device' of pachinko machine which gives a great fun to a pachinko player even outside of the generator formed in the center of the game board by equipping it with a new developed variation, for example the warp movement of a struck ball being made upward against the action of the gravitational force. CONSTITUTION:A struck pachinko ball having hit a warp inlet 21 on a game board 12 is sensed by a sensing means 30 when it is to be exhausted, and in response to the output of the sensing means 30, a ball delivery means is actuated so that a ball is anew sent to the game board 12a via a ball guide path out of a warp outlet 22 which is located above the warp inlet 21.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is provided on a game board of a pachinko machine, and after a ball hit on the board enters a warp entrance provided at a predetermined location, a ball is discharged from a warp exit provided at another location. The present invention relates to a accessory device for a pachinko machine, which is configured to send out again to the board surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a so-called warp device, which is a kind of accessory device of a pachinko machine, introduces a launch ball once to the back side of the board of the pachinko machine, and simply drops the moving ball on the back side of the board to move it again to the board surface. It had a structure to send it up.

[0003]

However, in the conventional warp device, since the ball is moved on the back side of the board by utilizing the drop of the hitting ball due to gravity, only the movement of the ball from the upper side to the lower side, that is, the warp is realized. This is not possible, and the player's interest is thin and rustic, and there has been a demand for a player and a store side to have a variety of novel accessory devices.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above, and brings about a novel change such that the movement between the warps of the launch ball is changed from downward to upward against gravity. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine accessory device which is rich in pachinko entertainment other than the accessory in the center of the board.

[0005]

The gist of the present invention for achieving such an object is as follows: 1 Provided on a game board (12) of a pachinko machine (10),
After the balls hit on the board surface (12a) enter the warp entrance (21) provided at a predetermined location, the balls are again sent to the board surface (12a) from the warp exit (22) provided at another location. A pachinko machine (10), which is an accessory device for a pachinko machine (10), after entering the warp entrance (21).
Detecting means (30) for detecting balls discharged to the outside, and ball paying means (40) for newly paying balls on the board surface (12a).
And the warp exit (2) from the ball payout means (40).
And a ball guiding path (50) communicating with 2), and in response to the output of the detecting means (30), the ball paying-out means (40).
Is activated and the detection means (30) is connected to the ball payout means (40) in order to send the balls from the warp outlet (22) to the board surface (12a) through the ball guiding path (50). It exists in the accessory device of the pachinko machine (10) which is a feature.

2. The pachinko machine (1) according to claim 1, wherein the warp outlet (22) is provided at a position higher than the warp inlet (21) on the board surface (12a).
It exists in the accessory device of 0).

[0007]

When a ball hit on the board surface (12a) enters the warp entrance (21), the ball is discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine (10) in the same manner as a ball missing a prize. This is detected by the detection means (30), and the detection means (30)
In response to the output of the ball, the ball payout means (40) is activated, and a new ball different from the ball entering the warp entrance (21) is warped from the ball payout means (40) via the ball guideway (50). Exit (2
It is sent from 2) onto the board surface (12a).

Therefore, the balls appearing to move like warping are actually sent to the board surface (12a) by the operation of the ball payout means (40), so that the balls (12a) drop the balls due to gravity. ) It is not limited to the warp movement route on the back side. Thereby, for example, the warp outlet (22) can be provided at a higher position than the warp inlet (21) on the board surface (12a), and by introducing a novel change in the movement like the warp, the role of the center of the board surface can be improved. It is possible to enrich pachinko with something other than just things.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. The pachinko machine 10 equipped with the accessory device according to the present invention is one in which a player operates a handle 11 to shoot a pachinko ball on a board surface 12a of a game board 12 and compete for winning the hit ball. On the board surface 12a, in addition to a large number of nails 13 for flipping balls, a central accessory (main accessory) 14 called a feather is provided particularly in the approximate center of the board surface 12a.

The accessory device is provided on the game board 12.
In this accessory device, after the balls hit on the board 12a enter the warp entrances 21 and 21 provided on both sides of the central accessory 14, the balls are ejected from the warp exit 22 provided above the central accessory 14. It is sent again onto the board surface 12a. As shown in FIG. 1, the warp outlet 22 is provided at a position higher than the warp inlet 21 on the board surface 12 a.

A ball entering the warp entrance 21 is detected beside the warp entrance 21, and at that time, the pachinko machine 10 is detected.
Detection unit 3 for outputting a signal to the control unit 60 that centrally manages
0 is provided. The detection means 30 is configured by a sensor that detects that the ball has reached a specific position inside the warp entrance 21, for example, a proximity relay such as a contact relay or a photo relay, or a magnetic sensor that detects the approach of the ball. It is something.

The control unit 60 shown in FIG.
Centrally manages the interface, CP
It is composed of a micro computer composed of U, RAM, ROM and the like. The control unit 60 is set to operate the ball payout unit 40 described below in response to the output from the detection unit 30.

As shown in FIG. 2, a prize tank 41 for storing prize balls to be paid out to the player is attached to the back side of the upper part of the game board 12 in accordance with a predetermined rule. In addition to an ordinary prize-ball counting machine (not shown) for paying out the prize balls to the ball tray 15, a ball-discharging means 40 for newly-discharging balls is provided on the board surface.

The ball payout means 40 has the same structure as a normal ball counter, operates in response to the output of the detection means 30, and pays out the balls in the prize tank 41 one by one. . As shown in FIG. 3, the ball payout means 40 includes a control unit 60.
A signal line is connected to the detection means 30 via.

The ball payout means 40 is connected to the upper end of a ball guide path 50 for guiding the balls paid out one by one to the warp exit 22, and the lower end of the ball guide path 50 is open to the warp exit 22. . The ball guiding path 50 may be formed by bending a thin plate-shaped material such as stainless steel, or may be a pipe material as it is.

Next, the operation will be described. When a ball hit on the board surface 12a enters the warp entrance 21, the ball is detected by the detection means 30, which detects the pachinko machine 1.
A signal is output to the control unit 60 that centrally manages 0. After the ball that has entered the warp entrance 21 is detected, it is discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 10 like the ball that has missed the prize.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control section 60 sends a drive signal to the ball payout means 40 in response to the output of the detection means 30, whereby the ball payout means 40 is provided with the prize tank 41.
Get one ball out. The balls paid out from the ball payout means 40 are sent out from the warp outlet 22 onto the board surface 12a through the ball guiding path 50 shown in FIG.

As described above, the balls that appear to move to the warp exit 22 as if they were warped are the warp entrance 21.
It is a new ball different from the entered ball, and is actually sent to the board surface 12a by the operation of the ball payout means 40. Therefore, the warp moving path on the back side of the board 12a where the balls fall due to gravity is not limited, and the warp outlet 22 can be provided at a position higher than the warp inlet 21 on the board 12a as in the present embodiment. .

As a result, for the movement like a ball warp,
By making a new change, it is possible to make pachinko entertaining other than the central accessory 14 at the center of the board.
Further, the warp exit 22 is arbitrarily provided at a position directly above the central accessory 14 regardless of the vertical positional relationship with the warp entrance 21, so that the warp exit 22 is guided to the chucker (winning hole) of the central accessory 14. You can also do it. Then, the player once thought that he had missed the prize for the central accessory 14, and by warping it to the upper position of the game board 12,
You can enjoy the thrill of whether or not the ball will enter the central character 14 chucker again.

In the above embodiment, two warp inlets and one warp outlet are provided on the game board, but the number and location of these can be set freely. Further, the number of balls sent out from the warp exit onto the board is not limited to one, and a plurality of balls may be set to be sent out.

[0021]

According to the accessory device of the pachinko machine of the present invention, the detecting means detects the ball entering the warp entrance of the game board, and the ball paying-out means operates in response to the output of the detecting means. ,
Since a new ball is sent from the warp exit onto the board via the ball guideway, the ball that seems to move as if warping from the warp entrance to the warp exit is actually sent to the board by the operation of the ball payout means. It is not limited to the warp movement path on the back side of the board where the balls fall due to gravity, and therefore, by introducing a novel change in movement such as warp from low place to high place, it is possible to use other than the central role of the board. Pachinko can be enriched. Also, if the player once thought that he had missed the prize for the central character etc., the ball was warped to the upper position of the game board to see if the ball would enter the central character etc. chucker again. You can enjoy the thrill.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an accessory device of a pachinko machine which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing an accessory device of a pachinko machine which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of an accessory device of a pachinko machine that is an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Pachinko machine 12 ... Game board 21 ... Warp entrance 22 ... Warp exit 30 ... Detection means 40 ... Ball payout means 41 ... Prize tank 50 ... Ball guideway 60 ... Control section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A game board of a pachinko machine, a ball hit on the board surface enters a warp entrance provided at a predetermined location, and then a ball is again sent to the board surface from a warp exit provided at another location. In the accessory device of the pachinko machine, detecting means for detecting balls discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine after entering the warp entrance, and ball discharging means for newly discharging balls on the board surface, And a ball guide path communicating from the ball payout means to the warp exit, and in response to the output of the detection means, the ball payout means is activated, and the balls pass through the ball guideway to move from the warp exit to the board surface. A accessory device for a pachinko machine, characterized in that the detecting means is connected to the ball payout means in order to send it upward. 2. The accessory device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the warp outlet is provided at a position higher than the warp inlet on the board surface.