JPH0824740B2 - Prize winning ball distribution device in prize winning device of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a prize winning ball allocating device in a prize winning device mounted on a gaming board of a pachinko machine.

[Prior Art] Various types of winning devices for pachinko machines have been put to practical use, from those that accept individual balls to those that allow a large number of winning balls to be accepted by setting winning conditions. Allows a large number of balls to jump in by opening the winning hole, and at the same time, selects the winning balls inside the device and guides them to different winning ball passages, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new sorter in a prize winning device having an equal sorter for giving more advantageous win conditions to the balls entering the prize ball passage.

The sorting means that has been practically used in the past is provided with a graded sorting plate facing the winning opening, and a plurality of drop openings are provided in the back of this sorting board, and one of the drop openings is placed while rolling on the sorting board. Inducing and giving a certain advantageous condition to the winning ball guided to a specific drop port, or selecting the drop port while rolling with an obstacle on the sorting plate The one that puts on, or the one that distributes the obstacle itself as a movable object has been put into practical use.

These distribution means are mainly by a static means centering on a selection plate, and the operation is simple despite the fact that there is little change and the device is large, the player is simple. The impression given to was also weak.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been developed in order to solve the above problems in view of the poorness and simplicity of distribution of prize balls in the prize winning apparatus as described above. Random movement is added to the multiple winning ball passages set inside the device without guiding the winning balls, giving a completely different movement to the transfer flow We would like to provide a prize winning device that makes a choice that is completely unpredictable from the movement of the ball to give a great interest to the player, and gives a new action to the choice itself so that the player can visually enjoy the game. To do.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned object, and is characterized in that the inner and outer cases having a cylindrical shape are fitted by aligning the openings, and the shaft of the inner case is fitted. A first motor is connected to a support shaft extending along the center, and a second motor is connected to the outer case via a transmission means so that they can be individually rotationally driven, while the opening of the inner case is provided. A rotary shaft is rotatably laid in the diametrical direction so that the inside is hollow, and a rotary sphere that opens a sphere entrance / exit window on the sphere wall is fixed by a shaft and a gear is attached to the shaft end protruding outward. The gear is meshed with a ring gear portion formed along the edge of the opening of the outer case, and one or both of the inner and outer cases are rotated by rotational driving of one or both of the first and second motors. The patch that rotates the rotating sphere by In winning ball sorting apparatus in the winning device handset.

[Operation] The device of the present invention receives the winning ball, which is inside the winning device through the entrance of the winning device, into the inside of the sphere through the ball entry / exit window provided on the sphere wall surface of the rotating sphere, and rotates the rotating sphere. In accordance with the above, the ball is emitted again from the ball entrance / exit window, thereby changing the flight path of the winning ball, and the rotating sphere is one of the first and second motors,
Alternatively, both of them rotate in the same direction or in different directions, which causes one or both of the inner and outer cases to rotate, and the gear provided on the rotating shaft that mounts the rotating sphere rotates in mesh with the ring gear that meshes with this. To be rotated. The rotation of the rotating sphere is rotation in two directions orthogonal to the rotation by the gear about the rotation axis and the rotation by the rotation of the inner case that spans the rotation axis.
The sphere entrance / exit window opened on the sphere wall will be turned in all directions.

Hereinafter, the device of the present invention will be described in detail based on the illustrated embodiments, and the features thereof will be clarified.

[Embodiment] Drawing FIG. 1 is a front view of a winning device incorporating the device of the present invention mounted on a game board, FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view with the right half being a cross section, and FIG. 3 is a right side view of a central longitudinal section. is there.

In the drawings, 1 is a mounting board for mounting the winning device on a game board 2, 3 is a winning port of the winning device opened to the left and right in the central portion of this mounting substrate, and 4 is a support shaft 5 for each of the flying ports. An opening / closing door pivotally mounted so as to swing around a fulcrum, 6 is a guide plate part of which protrudes in front of the entrance 3 and which is shelved downward to the rear, and 7 surrounds this guide plate. A box-shaped frame body protrudingly provided behind the mounting substrate 1,
Is a connecting board which is provided at the rear end of the frame body so as to be opposed to the mounting board 1, and 9 is a sorting device which is provided behind the frame plate 7 via the connecting board 8.

The mounting board 1 is attached to the front surfaces of the two game boards, and the outer frame portion 10 is fitted into a mounting window (not shown here) opened in this game board, and the frame body 7 is placed behind the game board 2. After being projected, it is attached by passing a screw through a through hole 11 provided in the peripheral portion, and by this attachment, the entrance 12 provided in the upper part of the mounting substrate and the opening / closing door 4 are projected to the front of the game board. ing.

The entrance 3 is provided with an opening / closing door 4 and is opened toward both sides so that a ball received by the opening / closing door when opened can be won. When the door is closed, no prize can be won.

The guide plate 6 is formed wide according to the lateral width of the laterally widened entrance 3, so that a ball won through the entrance can be guided backward according to the slope of the upper surface.

The distribution device 9 distributes the winning balls that are guided by the guide plate 6 and rolls to the left and right. The first and second rotating devices drive the inner and outer cases 13 and 14, the rotating sphere 15, and the inner and outer cases 13 and 14. Motor 16 and second motor 17.

The inner and outer cases 13 and 14 are cylindrical, and the inner case 13 is fitted inside the outer case 14 so that the openings are aligned, and a support shaft 19 extending from the center of the bottom 18 that closes one end of the inner case is attached to the outer case. This support shaft 19 is penetrated through the bearing portion 21 provided on the bottom portion 20 of the shaft 14.
The outer case can be freely rotated outside the inner case around the fulcrum.

An output shaft 22 protruding from the first motor 16 is connected to the shaft end of the support shaft 19, while a gear 23 is provided on the bottom portion 20 of the outer case 14, and this gear has an output shaft of the second motor 17. The outer case is rotated by driving the second motor by engaging a gear 25 axially mounted on 24.

The first and second motors 16 and 17 are fixed to a plate 26, and the plate 26 is fixed to a support 27 extending rearward from the connecting board 8 and assembled to the rear portion of the apparatus. Is done.

As described above, the inner and outer cases 13 and 14 to which the different first and second motors are connected rotate independently of each other, and the rotating shaft 28 is passed through in the diametrical direction to the opening of the inner case whose openings are aligned. The rotating sphere 15 is axially attached.

The rotating shaft 28 is rotatably supported in the opening of the inner case,
The rotating sphere 15 has this rotating shaft 28 attached in a skewered shape so as to penetrate through the central portion thereof, and is rotated together with the rotating shaft. A gear 29 is provided at the shaft end of the rotating shaft protruding outside the inner case, and the gear 29 is meshed with a ring gear portion 30 formed over the entire circumference along the opening edge of the outer case.

The rotating sphere 15 has a hollow interior and has a large number of sphere entrance / exit windows 31 opened on the sphere wall surface. The sphere entrance / exit window 31 receives and discharges pachinko balls.

The inner case 13 that supports the rotary sphere 15 through the rotary shaft 28 is formed into a hemispherical cavity suitable for receiving the sphere, and substantially covers the spherical wall surface of the sphere that projects into the case. The ball entrance / exit window 31 is closed.

The rotating sphere mounted in the opening of the inner case in this way
The plate 15 is fixed to the plate 26 via the support 27 so as to face the circular rear opening 32 of the box-shaped frame body 7, and the first half hemisphere portion is inserted into this frame body to guide the guide plate 6. Will be faced to the trailing edge of.

In the figure, 33 is a bottom plate of the frame 7, which is a guide plate inclined forward and downward, and 34 is a falling plate equipped with a ball detection switch 35 provided at the center of the front edge of the guide plate 33. Mouth, 36 is a winning ball passage connected to the drop port.

Two drop ports are provided on the left and right sides of the center drop port 34, and the center drop port 34 is defined as a specific drop port.

In the figure, 37 is a solenoid for opening and closing the opening and closing door 4,
When the rack gear 39 provided on the plunger 38 is meshed with the fan gear 40 provided on the support shaft 5 of the door, the solenoid 37 is excited by a winning command as appropriate, and when the plunger 38 descends against its spring 41, the fan gear is rotated. The opening / closing door 4 is opened.

The device of the present invention is configured as described above. Next, the actual operation will be described. When the winning device is in the normal state, the opening and closing door 4 is closed by the action of the spring 41 provided on the plunger 38, and the winning opening 3 is opened. It is placed in a condition that prevents the entry of a hit ball.

In this state, if the solenoid 37 is set to be excited on the condition that the hit ball has entered the specific entrance, for example, the winning opening 42 provided on the game board, the opening / closing door 4 opens and the opening / closing door 4 opens as described above. The hit ball received is transferred into the inside of the frame from the entrance 3 and becomes a winning ball. When the motors 13 and 14 are driven in association with this opening, the rotary sphere 15 rotates, and the winning ball is guided on the guide plate 6 to face the rotary sphere, and the sphere from one of the ball entrance / exit windows 31. I will move in.

The rotating sphere 15 is rotated by the driving of the first and second motors 16 and 17 as described above, and if only the first motor 16 is driven while the second motor 17 is stopped, The case 13 starts rotating, so that the sphere 15 axially attached to the rotating shaft 28 rotates in the same direction as the rotating direction of the rotating shaft 28. By this rotation, the gear 29 meshes with the ring gear portion 30 and rotates to rotate the rotary shaft 28 itself, so that the spherical body 15 also rotates in the vertical direction about the shaft 28.

Therefore, the spherical body 15 facing the frame body 7 faces not only its one hemispherical wall surface but all spherical surfaces in accordance with the above-mentioned rotation, and the ball entrance / exit windows 31 provided therein are directed one after another.

In this state, when the second motor 17 is driven next, the outer case 14 rotates, but when this rotation rotates in the same direction as the inner case and at a constant speed, the rotation of the gear 29 stops and the rotating sphere is rotated. Stops rotation in the axial direction and continuously directs the same hemispherical surface toward the frame body 7. When the rotation is delayed or accelerated, a slow rotation is given, and the rotating sphere 15 changes the direction of the spherical surface.

On the other hand, if the rotation of the second motor 17 is set reversely,
The rotation of the rotating sphere 15 will be accelerated. Figure 7 shows this
It shows a case where the first and second motors 16 and 17 are rotated in the same direction and the rotation directions of the inner and outer cases 13 and 14 are reversed by the intervention of the gear 23.

The driving of the motors 16 and 17 is interlocked with the opening of the opening / closing door 4, but whether both motors are driven simultaneously, one of them is driven, or the rotation direction is different is a change in the subsequent conditions for the winning ball. Since it is directly connected to, it will be set individually. For example, the drive relationship of the motor may be controlled by selecting the winning opening provided on the game board, and the condition for the winning ball may be set accordingly.

As one of the control methods after the rotating operation of the rotating sphere 15, the switch 43 is installed corresponding to the shaft end of the rotating shaft 28 as shown in the figure, and when the protruding bearing portion 44 of the shaft end and the switch 43 come into contact with each other. Either one of the motors may be stopped to change or stop the rotation of the rotating sphere.

In this way, by driving the motors 16 and 17, the inner and outer cases 13,
As the rotary ball 14 rotates and the rotary sphere 15 rotates, the ball entrance / exit window 31 faces the trailing edge of the guide plate 6 one after another, and the winning balls that guide the guide plate are received inside the sphere.
Then, the winning balls that have moved into the inside rotate and are discharged to the outside from the downward facing window, roll on the bottom plate 33 of the frame body and be guided to one of the drop openings 34 and enter the winning ball passage 36. become.

As described above, when the winning ball moves into the sphere 15, the winning direction can be changed first, and when the winning ball moves out and is discharged onto the bottom plate 33, the direction can be further changed. It becomes unpredictable which of the mouths 34 it will fall into, and the course will be varied.

Therefore, the drop hole 34 in the central portion is set as a specific hole, and the winning combination can be detected by the switch 35 to set the game combination. For example, the opening / closing door 4 can be reopened with this set combination. It becomes possible to control the driving of the motor.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in the above embodiments, the present invention rotates the rotating sphere by the rotating motion of the inner and outer cases which are rotated by the drive of the motor, and thereby the sphere entrance / exit windows opened on the sphere wall face one after another. It faces the entrance of the winning device to allow the winning ball to be received, and after receiving the winning ball inside the rotating sphere, roll it inside and again through one of the ball entrance and exit windows facing downward. It is possible to distribute spheres that are extremely rich in variation because they are discharged to the outside and irregularly splayed, and at the time of this distribution, the rotating sphere rotates in multiple directions intricately and opens on the sphere wall surface. The ball entrance / exit window is directed substantially in all directions, and therefore, there is an advantage that the player can be visually satisfied.

In addition, it is natural that the rotating sphere that gives a change in the rolling direction of the winning ball has a ball entrance 31 opened on the sphere wall surface larger than the sphere diameter, but in addition to changing the size, a circle, a trough, etc. It is possible to further change the flow of the sphere by changing it. In addition, if a pattern or the like is applied to the surface of the rotating sphere 15, the rotation can be made clearer, which is effective in enhancing the decorative effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the device of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a front view of a state in which it is installed on a game board, Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view with a right half section, and Fig. 3 is a right side of a central longitudinal section. FIG. 4 is a rear view of the winning device with the distribution device removed from the connection board, and FIG. 5 is a right side view of the distribution device in the central longitudinal direction.
FIG. 7 is a front view of the sorting apparatus, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 13 …… Inner case, 14 …… Outer case, 15 …… Rotating sphere, 16
...... First motor, 17 …… Second motor, 19 …… Spindle,
28 …… Rotary shaft, 29 …… Gear, 30 …… Ring gear, 31…
… Ball entrance / exit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cylindrical inner and outer case is fitted with its openings aligned, a first motor is connected to a support shaft extending along the axis of the inner case, and a transmission means is connected to the outer case. A second motor is connected via the so as to be able to individually rotate and drive, while a rotating shaft is rotatably provided in the opening of the inner case in a diametrical direction so as to make the inside hollow and to form a spherical wall surface. The rotary sphere for opening the ball entrance / exit window is fixed by shaft attachment, and a gear is provided at the shaft end protruding outward, and the gear is meshed with a ring gear part formed along the edge of the opening of the outer case. 1,
A winning ball distribution device in a winning device of a pachinko machine, which rotates one or both of the inner and outer cases by rotating one or both of the second motors, thereby rotating the rotating sphere.