JPH0817845B2 - Amusement machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a technique effectively applied to a pachinko game machine having a hitting ball winning device having a movable member and a variable display and an auxiliary game device in a game section. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko game machine, a hit ball winning device that can convert a hit ball into two states, that is, an easy-to-accept state and a hard-to-accept state, has been used. A so-called tulip-type hitting ball winning device is known in which two movable wing pieces are axially mounted opposite to each other, and the rotation of both movable wing pieces changes the interval between the upper ends to change the receiving condition of the hit ball. Has been.

Further, there is a tulip type hitting ball winning device in which a movable wing piece is opened and closed by a rotary member provided on the back surface of a mounting substrate and operated by an electric drive source such as a solenoid. By the way, in recent years, a pachinko gaming machine provided with an auxiliary gaming device having a plurality of variable indicators and capable of generating a special profit state called a jackpot has been provided, and in this kind of pachinko gaming machine, By using the hit ball winning device that is opened and closed by an electric drive source like this, the open state time of the movable wing piece and the number of times of opening and closing are changed according to the special profit state generated during the game. Some have been designed to enhance the interest.

[0004]

Since the conventional hitting ball winning device has only a function of simply opening and closing the movable wing piece for changing the winning probability, a comparison using the above auxiliary game device is made. Only games with simple contents can be provided. In addition, the conventional auxiliary game device has a plurality of variable display devices, and thus becomes large in size, and its mounting position is limited to the center of the game part.
The object of the present invention is to reduce the space inside the game unit
It is intended to realize a pachinko gaming machine that provides a game with complicated contents and thereby enhances the interest of the game.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is operated by winning a hit ball through a specific winning opening provided in a game section, and is capable of generating a game state advantageous to a player. A gaming device, a pair of movable members that can be converted into a first state that is disadvantageous to the player and a second state that is advantageous to the player, an electric drive source for converting and driving the movable members, and a single digit It consists of a segment type variable display capable of displaying numbers and a mounting board for holding these together and mounting them on the game section. The movable member and the variable display are provided on the front side of the mounting board, and By providing an electric drive source on the back side of the mounting substrate, a hitting ball winning device that is smaller in size than the auxiliary gaming device is provided in the gaming section, and the variable display is used to convert the movable member. The movable member on the basis of the game information by the occurrence of a predetermined condition gaming information in the variable display allowed during a game causes displayed by arbitrarily determining the gaming information to be displayed on the variable display, which is displayed according to a second
It is designed to be converted into a state.

[0006]

According to the above-mentioned means, the ball hitting prize winning device with the movable member and the variable display and the auxiliary game device are provided in the game part without narrowing the space in which the ball can flow down in the game part. The game can be provided, and the interest of the game can be further enhanced. In addition, since the movable member and the variable display related to the winning action are integrally provided in the hitting ball winning device, the player can put the conversion operation of the movable member and the display of the variable display into the visual field at the same time. However, compared to those provided in different devices, it is not necessary to move the line of sight during the game, and it is hard to get tired even if the game is continued for a long time.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are perspective views showing an embodiment of a hitting ball winning apparatus suitable for use in a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention,
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view thereof. The hitting ball winning device has a substantially T-shaped introduction port 1 in the center of a mounting board 1 for mounting the device on a game board (not shown) of a pachinko game machine.
a is formed, and a pocket 2 opened upward is attached to the front surface of the mounting substrate 1 so as to close the inlet 1a.

The pocket 2 is formed in a substantially box shape without a rear wall and an upper wall, and hits a ball that has entered from above to the rear surface of the front wall 2a corresponding to the opening. A guide piece 2b formed so as to be inclined downward toward the rear is provided in order to change the flow direction of the winning ball) and quickly guide it from the introduction port 1a toward the back surface of the game board. Although not particularly limited, the upper end of the guide piece 2b is curved downward.

A rectangular window portion 2c is formed in the lower portion of the front wall 2a of the pocket 2, and a semitransparent member 3 is joined to the window portion 2c to make the display of the segment type display clear. It is supposed to be done. And this window 2
A storage recess 2d is formed behind c and below the guide piece 2b, and a segment type display 4 such as a 7-segment display is inserted from the rear into the storage recess 2d to be stored. There is. The indicator 4 housed in the housing recess 2d is inserted into the fastening holes 4b on both sides of the mounting plate 4a, which are integrated with the housing 4, by inserting screws 5 into the pocket 2
By being screwed into the boss portion 2e protruding from the inside, it is fixed in the storage recess 2d.

A pair of support shafts 2f projecting rearward are provided on both sides of the upper end of the front wall 2a of the pocket 2. A pair of movable wing pieces 6 are rotatably attached to the support shafts 2f by inserting the support shafts 2f into shaft holes 6a provided therein. Further, at the lower part of the movable wing piece 6, an operation protrusion 6b protruding rearward is provided, respectively. Then, the pocket 2 is inserted by being inserted into the support shaft 2f.
The pair of movable wings 6 rotatably held by joining the pocket 2 to the front surface of the mounting board 1 so as to cover the inlet 1a, and inserting the screw 7 from the rear side of the mounting board 1. , Mounted on the mounting substrate 1. At this time, the operating projection 6b at the lower end of the movable wing piece 6 is positioned so as to face a recess (notch) continuously formed at the upper end of the inlet 1a at the center of the mounting substrate 1. .

On the other hand, a box frame 8 having front and rear walls opened is mounted on the rear surface of the mounting substrate 1 so as to close the upper portion of the inlet 1a. In this box frame 8, a screw 9 is inserted into a fastening hole 8b provided in a flange portion 8a on the periphery of the box frame 8, and the screw 9 is inserted into the boss portion 1b.
It is fixed by screwing it to c. Mounting board 1
A pair of position regulating pieces 1d for positioning the box frame 8 is formed on the back surface of the. Box 8 above
The lead wire 4c fused to the back surface of the segment type display 4 held by the pocket 2 is inserted into the lower portion of the introduction port 1a of the mounting substrate 1 which is not covered by, and is drawn out to the rear of the game board. It is like this.

A rotating member 11 is rotatably supported in the box frame 8 by a pin shaft 10 inserted in a through hole 8c formed in the side wall of the box frame 8. Further, the pin shaft 10 inserted into the through hole 8c has a vertical retaining piece 1e in which the head of the pin shaft 10 is integrally formed with the boss portion 1b when the box frame 8 is attached to the attachment substrate 1. By coming into contact with the inner surface, it is prevented from coming off. The rotating member 1 supported by the pin shaft 10.
1, a shaft hole 11a for inserting the pin shaft 10 is formed, and both ends of the shaft hole 11a project from the inlet 1a of the mounting substrate 1 and an operating projection 6b under the movable wing piece 6 is formed. The respective operating pieces 11b that can be engaged with are provided.

Further, a projection 11c is provided on the rear portion of the rotating member 11 so as to project outward from the rear end of the box frame 8 in a state of being attached to the box frame 8, and a side portion of the projection 11c. An engagement piece 11d is formed. Then, an engaging portion 12b consisting of two discs at the tip of the plunger 12a of the solenoid 12 is engaged with the engaging piece 11d, and the rotating member 11 is reciprocally rotated by the solenoid 12. . When the solenoid 12 is excited, the plunger 12a is moved downward, and when demagnetized, the plunger 12a is inserted at the upper end of the return spring 1.
It is adapted to be moved upward by the restoring force of 2c. The solenoid 12 as an electric drive source may be fixed to the back surface of the game board or the like, for example, corresponding to the mounting position of the hitting ball winning device having the above configuration.

Therefore, in the hitting ball winning apparatus of the above embodiment, when the solenoid 12 is excited, the plunger 12a moves downward and the rotating member 11 is rotated clockwise. Therefore, the operating piece 11b pushes up the operating protrusion 6b upward, which causes the pair of movable wing pieces 6 to fall outward so that a so-called tulip is opened (see FIG. 2).

On the other hand, when the solenoid 12 is de-energized by de-energizing it, the plunger 12a moves upward and the rotating member 11 is rotated counterclockwise. Therefore, the actuating piece 11b pushes down the actuating projection 6b, whereby the pair of movable wing pieces 6 rise up to approach each other, and the tulip is closed (see FIG. 1). Moreover, in the above embodiment, in the closed state of this tulip,
The lower part of the side surface of the movable wing piece 6 abuts on the inner side of the upper end of the side wall of the pocket 1 to regulate the position, whereby the pair of movable wing pieces 6 face each other with an interval of one ball. As a result, the hitting ball winning apparatus of this embodiment can win the hitting ball with a low probability even in the closed state.

On one side of the inner surface of the bottom wall of the box frame 8, the winning balls guided into the box frame 8 from the introduction port 1a of the mounting substrate 1 are quickly guided to the other side. In addition, a guide piece 8d is provided to prevent a plurality of winning balls from staying at the same time. Since the guide pieces 8d can collect hit balls on one side, they are also effective when detecting hit balls that have won the hit ball winning apparatus of the above-described embodiment. In that case, a detector such as a micro switch may be disposed behind the box frame 8 so as to be displaced on the side opposite to the guide piece 8d.

Next, FIG. 4 shows an example of the structure of a pachinko gaming machine using the hitting ball winning device constructed as described above. On the front surface of the game board 20, a lower hitting ball launching device 21 is provided.
A guide rail 22 for guiding the hit ball fired by the upper part of the game board 20 and a large number of obstacle nails 23 for randomly changing the direction of the hit ball falling from above are fixed,
In addition, the sky prize hole 24 as a specific prize hole at an appropriate position on the board
Along with the auxiliary game device 25, four hitting ball winning devices 26 of the above embodiment are provided, and a game section surrounded by the guide rails 22 is formed on the surface of the game board 20.

In the lower part of the game part, the ball which cannot be accidentally won in the ball hitting device 26 or the winning hole 24 while being dropped from above is collected to the rear of the game board 20. A hole 28 is provided. Although not shown, a windmill that controls the flow velocity and direction of the hit ball is provided at an appropriate position on the board. Also, corresponding to each of the above-mentioned winning entrance 24 and hitting ball winning device 26, on the back surface of the game board 20, winning ball detectors 31 and 32 for detecting winning balls, and auxiliary game devices based on detection signals from these detectors. An electric control device 30 for generating a control signal for activating 25 or opening the tulip type hitting ball winning device 26 for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times is provided.

Further, a holding frame 29 for holding the entire game board
Is provided with a stop switch 33 for stopping the operation of the auxiliary gaming device 25. The auxiliary game device 25 is, for example, a roulette type game device in which a plurality of (eight in the drawing) display portions (lamps) having different numbers to be displayed are arranged along a circle. next,
A specific example of the game contents on the game board having the above configuration will be described.

(Specific Example 1) The auxiliary game device 25 is activated by winning a ball hitting a specific winning opening such as the sky winning opening 24, and one of the display units is designed to blink in sequence. Then, after the auxiliary game device 25 is activated, the stop switch 33 on the side of the game board is pressed, or when a certain period of time has elapsed after the activation, the blinking movement of the display section is stopped and any one of the displays is displayed. Only the part remains illuminated. Along with this, the movable wing pieces of the four hitting ball winning devices 26 are opened according to the number indicated by the lighted display section, and a special profit state in which a hitting ball is easily won occurs.

For example, when the number indicated by the display portion where the blinking and moving lamp is stopped is "3", each of the hit ball winning devices 26 maintains the open state until three hit balls are won. Controlled. In addition, the number “3” indicating the number of prizes that can be won is displayed on the segment type display 4 in each of the hitting ball winning devices 26. Further, the number displayed on each display 4 is decremented by one each time a hit ball is won in the hit ball winning device 26. Then, when the number indicated by the display device 4 becomes "0", the movable wing piece of the hit ball winning device is closed. However, in the above-mentioned auxiliary game device 25, when the number shown on the display portion of the position where the blinking lamp is stopped is "0", all the hit ball winning devices 26 are not opened, and a special profit is obtained. No condition occurs.

Incidentally, instead of allowing the number of winning balls in each hit ball winning device 26 to be generated according to the game result in the auxiliary game device 25, the movable wing pieces of each hit ball winning device 26 are opened and closed regardless of the number of winning balls. It is operated and the movable wing piece is opened and closed a number of times according to the game result in the auxiliary game device 25, and the number of times is displayed on the display 4, or moved for a predetermined time according to the game result. Alternatively, the winglet may be opened and the open state time may be displayed on the display 4. (Specific Example 2) When a ball hits the winning opening 24, the display content of the display 4 on the front surface of any one (or all) of the ball winning devices 26 is changed, and the display content is stopped after a certain time. .
When the stopped display content matches a preset predetermined state, the movable wing piece of the hitting ball winning device 26 is opened. When a batted ball is won in the batted ball winning device 26 in this state, the auxiliary game device 25 is activated. The display content is stopped after a certain period of time. When the stopped display content matches a preset predetermined state, the movable wing pieces of the hit ball winning devices 26 other than (or all of) the variable display driven hit ball winning devices 26 are opened, and A special profit state (big hit) with a very high winning rate occurs. The movable wing pieces of the hitting ball winning device 26 that have been opened are temporarily closed when the number of winning balls reaches 10 or 10 seconds elapse, whichever comes first. Then, if the continuation condition (for example, the winning of the hit ball to any one of the specific hit ball winning devices 26) is established during that time, the movable wing piece of the hit ball winning device 26 is opened again, and this is repeated up to 16 times. The special profit state (big hit) disappears. In the above specific example,
Although the game contents of the game board in which the four hitting ball winning devices 26 are arranged in the game part have been described, instead of arranging four hitting ball winning devices 26 in the playing part, the hitting ball winning device 26 is provided.
A large variable winning device called an attacker is provided instead of the other three ball winning devices 26, and when the above special profit state (big hit) occurs, a predetermined number or a predetermined time of these variable winning devices are provided. You may make it control so that it may be opened.

FIG. 5 shows a block configuration example of a control system for performing control according to the game contents as described above. Signals from the winning ball detectors 31 and 32 and the stop switch (or timer) 33 provided corresponding to the sky winning opening 24 and the tulip type ball hitting device 26 are input to the electric control device 30. In the electric control device 30,
The drive control unit 30a that controls the solenoid 12 that is the drive source for the auxiliary game device 25 and the hitting ball winning device 26 and the segment type display 4 on the front surface thereof, and the display 4 and the auxiliary game device 25 on the front surface of the hitting ball winning device 26. It is configured by a determination unit 30b that determines the state of the stopped state after activation and outputs a signal corresponding to it to the drive control unit 30a.

The drive control section 30a includes a winning ball detector 3
When the detection signals from 1 and 32 are input, the variable display is started according to a predetermined sequence, and when the signal from the timer (or the stop switch 33) is input, the variable display is stopped. Then, the determination unit 30b checks the output state at the time of the stop, and outputs the drive control signal to the drive source (solenoid) 12 such as the hitting prize winning device 26, the display 4, and the auxiliary game device 25 according to the game result. Output.

In the above embodiment, the auxiliary game device 25
Although the roulette type game device is used as an example, the auxiliary game device is not limited to that, and may be a so-called slot type game device that generates a special profit state by matching numbers on a plurality of display units. It may be. Further, the hit ball winning device 26 is also shown in FIGS.
The present invention is not limited to the configuration as shown in (1), and various modifications can be considered. For example, in the above-described embodiment, even if the movable wing piece 6 is closed, as shown in FIG. 6, since there is an interval of one ball, it is not in a state in which no ball can be hit at all. However, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper ends of the pair of movable wing pieces 6 may be curved in a direction in which they approach each other so that no ball can be hit in the closed state. It is possible.

[0026]

As described above, the present invention is an auxiliary gaming device that is operated by winning a hit ball at a specific winning opening provided in a gaming section and is capable of generating a gaming state advantageous to a player. A pair of movable members that can be converted into a first state that is disadvantageous to the player and a second state that is advantageous to the player; and an electric drive source for converting and driving the movable members,
It consists of a segment type variable display capable of displaying a one-digit number and a mounting board for holding these together and mounting them on the game section. The movable member and the variable display are on the front side of the mounting board. , And a ball hitting device configured to be smaller than the auxiliary game device by mounting the electric drive source on the back surface side of the mounting board, respectively, are provided in the game section, and the variable display is provided with the movable member of the movable member. The game information relating to the conversion operation is variably displayed, and the game information to be displayed on the variable display is arbitrarily determined and displayed by the establishment of a predetermined condition during the game, and the movable member is displayed based on the displayed game information. Since the state is changed to the second state, the hit ball winning device and the auxiliary game with the movable member and the variable display can be provided without narrowing the space in which the hit ball can flow down in the game section. Provided a device in the gaming unit able to provide a game of complex content, there is an effect that it is possible to further enhance the interest of the game.

Further, since the movable member relating to the winning operation and the variable display are integrally provided in the hitting ball winning apparatus, the player can put the conversion operation of the movable member and the display of the variable display into the visual field at the same time. Compared to those provided on different devices, it is possible to reduce the need to move the line of sight during the game, and to keep the game for a long time without getting tired easily. Combined with the fact that the game is used, there is an effect that even beginners unfamiliar with the game can easily understand the game content. Further, it is possible to provide a plurality of hitting ball winning devices with movable members and a variable display in the game section, and by combining a plurality of these hitting ball winning devices and an auxiliary gaming device, diversification of game contents As a result, a more varied prize-winning mode can be made to appear, and the player's motivation for the pachinko game can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment (closed state) of a hitting ball winning device having a variable display used in a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a movable wing piece open state of the hitting ball winning device;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the hitting ball winning device,

FIG. 4 is a front view showing an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, which uses the hitting ball winning device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a control system for a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention,

FIG. 6 is a front view showing another configuration example of a hit ball winning device having a variable display,

FIG. 7 is a front view showing still another configuration example of a hit ball winning device having a variable display.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Mounting Substrate 1a Inlet 2 Pocket 2c Window 4 Segment Display 6 Moving Wing Piece 11 Rotating Member 12 Drive Source (Solenoid) 20 Gaming Board 24 Specific Prize Winner 25 Auxiliary Game Device 26 Hitting Ball Prize Winner 31, 32 Detector

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An auxiliary gaming device that is operated by winning a hit ball at a specific winning opening provided in a gaming section and can generate a gaming state that is advantageous to a player, and a first state and a game that are disadvantageous to the player. A pair of movable members that can be converted into a second state that is advantageous to a person, an electric drive source for converting and driving the movable members, a segment-type variable display that can display a one-digit number, and these. integrally holds Ri <br/> such from the mounting substrate for mounting to the gaming portion, the movable member and a variable display device on the front side of the mounting substrate and the electric driving source of the mounting substrate provided a ball hitting winning apparatus constructed in smaller than said auxiliary gaming machine by allowed to attached to the back side, to each game unit, the variable display allowed during a game the game information relating to the conversion operation of the movable member in the variable display To The establishment of that prescribed conditions
The game information to be displayed on the variable display is arbitrarily determined.
The game machine is characterized in that the movable member is converted to the second state based on the displayed game information .