JPH10277208A - Multi-throw ball inlet device and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable common use of a frame device between a combination type ball bouncing game machine and a pachinko machine. SOLUTION: In this device, each ball inlet 60 and each rear receiving port 62 corresponding to one another of a 16 throw chucker 50 communicate with a common convergent path 64 and an outlet 68 of the convergent path 64 is opened to a drop path 72 formed between a drop guide plate 70 at the front part 52 and the front of the body 12. A game ball entering a lower ball inlet 60 or a rear receiving port 62 flows into the convergent path 64 to be detected by a passage sensor 66 and drops down on the front side of a game board passing through the drop path 72. The game ball dropped is guided by a guide rail 21 and flows into a recovery port 24 to be discharged to the rear side of the game board 10 from the recovery port 24. When the recovery port 24 is located at the same position of a fail hole of a pachinko machine, a frame device of the pachinko machine can be used.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multiple ball input device and a game board for a combination ball game machine represented by an arrangement ball type pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Ball game machines are broadly divided into pachinko machines capable of acquiring game balls as prize balls when winning, and combination-type ball game machines capable of acquiring prize balls when a score is established by a combination of a ball entry position. Arranged ball-type pachinko machines are a typical example of a combination-type ball game machine (for example, the actual fairness 6).
-6861).

[0003] The arrangement ball type pachinko machine has a series of 16 entrances (16 holes) arranged in a horizontal line at the bottom of the game board.
If there is a ball in the entrance and the guidance system, which are distributed on the game board, and the 16-chucker and other entrances or the guidance system, there is a prize corresponding to the entrance. A combination display device that displays a symbol (also referred to as a number or a ball-in symbol) is provided, and when a score is established by a combination of winning symbols displayed by the combination display device, a game ball or the like according to the score is paid out. In addition, it is usual to pay out a game ball as a prize ball for a score, but there is also a case where a coin-shaped metal piece is paid out. In addition, a configuration in which a piece of paper or a card on which the number of points or the number of balls is simply recorded is delivered has been proposed.

The conventional 16-unit chucker has a structure illustrated in FIG. 10, in which the first to sixteenth entrances 202 are arranged on the front side of the game board 200, and the entrances 202 are paired with the entrances 202 on the back side. A rear receiving port 204 was disposed. Further, a merging passage 206 is provided below the rear receiving port 204,
The game ball that entered the entrance 202 and the game ball guided to the rear receiving port 204 by the guide gutter (not shown) passed through the merging passage 206 and were discharged to the rear side of the game board 200. An operation plate 210 (or a sensor such as a magnetic sensor) of a switch 208 for detecting the passage of a game ball is installed in the merging passage 206, and the ball entry lamp 212 is turned on based on a signal from the switch 208 (or a sensor). By turning on the light, a winning symbol is displayed on the combination display device. There is a combination display device in which winning symbols are arranged in a 4 × 4 matrix.

[0005]

In a ball-and-ball game machine, a game ball used for a game (a game ball collected from a game board) is generally discharged outside the machine. A mechanism for discharging is provided. The combination ball game machine uses a multi-ball device as shown in FIG. 10 due to the characteristics of the game, and thus the mechanism for collecting the game balls is different from that of the pachinko machine. Therefore, it was difficult to share the frame device (provided with a mechanism for collecting game balls) of the combination ball game machine with the pachinko machine.

[0006] By replacing the attachment for guiding the game ball, the frame device (provided with a mechanism for collecting the game ball) of the combination ball game machine can be shared with the pachinko machine. Since it requires a special attachment, a mechanism for attaching and detaching the attachment, etc.
The structure was complicated.

According to the present invention, a special attachment or the like is provided by making the structure of a multi-entry ball device of a combination ball game machine suitable for a mechanism for collecting game balls employed in a pachinko machine. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to share the frame device of a combination ball game machine with a pachinko machine without using a game machine, and to rationalize the manufacture of the ball game machine.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multi-entry ball device, comprising: a lower ball inlet juxtaposed to a front side of the game board along a direction crossing the game board surface; A rear entrance provided on the rear side of the game board corresponding to the lower entrance to receive a game ball entered into another entrance other than the lower entrance, and the lower entrance A multi-entry ball device comprising: a merging path for merging game balls that have entered the ball and game balls received from the rear receiving port; and a discharge port for discharging game balls that have passed through the merging path. Is arranged on the front side of the game board, so that all the game balls hit on the game board surface can be discharged to the front side of the game board.

If the discharged game balls are guided to the rear side of the game board from the same recovery hole as the pachinko machine out hole, the mechanism for collecting the out ball of the pachinko machine can be used as it is. Therefore, the frame device of the combination ball game machine can be shared with the pachinko machine, and the production of the ball game machine can be rationalized.

In order to share the frame device with a pachinko machine,
The game board according to the fourth aspect may be used together with the multiple ball entry device. By the way, in the combination type ball game machine, a switch or a sensor is installed in each merging passage, and a game ball entering a lower ball entrance connected to the merging passage and a different entrance from the lower ball entrance. Since the game balls that entered the ball opening or the like were detected, the merging passage was sized to allow the game balls to pass one by one. Further, in a ball-and-ball game machine, it is necessary to incorporate many components in a limited space, and a multi-ball device is required to be downsized. Therefore, for example, it is necessary to avoid making the passage of the game ball unnecessarily large, and it is difficult to increase the sectional area of the merging passage. For this reason, in the conventional multiple ball input device, there is a possibility that the game ball from the lower ball entrance and the game ball from the rear entrance mesh with each other near the entrance of the merging passage and become clogged.

However, the multiple-entry ball device according to claim 2 is
The multi-entry ball device according to claim 1, wherein a height difference between a connecting position between the front passage from the lower ball entrance and the merging passage and a connecting position between the rear passage from the rear inlet and the merging passage. Is provided, even if the game ball from the front passage and the game ball from the back passage flow into the merging passage almost at the same time, one is ahead and the other is delayed by the height difference of the connection position (one of the game balls The other game ball overlaps the other)
As a result, there is no engagement between the two, and there is no ball clogging at this location.

Further, in the case of the structure described in claim 1 or 2, there is a problem in securing a place for installing an illumination source (lamp) for displaying the incoming ball. For example, if the lower entrance, merging passage, and outlet are arranged in a series along the vertical direction, the illumination source must be installed on the back side of the merging passage, for example, so that the distance from the illumination source to the winning symbol And the winning symbol may not be sufficiently illuminated (the display may be unclear).

[0013] Therefore, in the multiple ball entry device according to the third aspect of the present invention, an illumination source for displaying a ball entry indicating that the ball has entered the lower ball entry port is provided between the lower ball entry port and the discharge port. And, it is arranged on the front side with respect to the merging passage, and the winning symbol for the ball entry display is arranged on the front of the illumination source. In this way, the distance between the illumination source and the winning symbol can be reduced, and the winning symbol can be sufficiently illuminated (the winning symbol can be clearly displayed).

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game board of a ball game machine, wherein the game board is formed so as to penetrate from a front surface to a rear surface. A ball-entry device accommodation hole for accommodating a part of the multiple-entry ball device with the mouth on the front side and the rear receiving port on the rear side, and a discharge port of the multiple-entry ball device attached to the game board. A collecting hole formed penetrating from the front surface to the back surface of the game board below, and a guide member for guiding a game ball falling from the ball entry device housing hole side to the collecting hole are provided. 1
It is suitable for sharing the frame device of the combination ball game machine with the pachinko machine by using the multiple ball input device according to any one of (3) to (3).

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A game board 10 of this embodiment is for an arrangement ball type pachinko machine (the whole illustration is omitted), and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a substantially rectangular laminated plywood (plywood) main body 12 is provided.
It is configured by attaching various parts to the device.

First, the structure on the front side of the game board 10 will be described with reference to FIG. On the front upper part of the game board 10,
A lamp cover 18 including a lucky display section 14, a double display section 16 and the like is attached, and a passing sphere display section 20 and a score display section 22 each composed of two 7-segment LEDs are provided on the lower right side thereof. Is provided.

On the lower side of the lamp cover 18, the firing device 1
A guide rail 21 that guides a game ball fired by 32 (not shown in FIG. 1), serves as an outer edge of the game area 19, and also functions as a guide member is provided.
The lowermost portion of the guide rail 21 is provided with a concave portion 26 corresponding to the collecting hole 24 formed through the main body 12, and the game balls rolling and falling along the guide rail 21 are placed in the collecting hole 24. It has a structure to guide.

The game area 19 formed inside the guide rail 21 includes an upper entrance 28, a windmill 30, a guide symbol display device 32, a side decoration 34, a lucky entrance 36, a score increasing device 38, and a gate 40. , An accessory increasing device 42, a right accessory guiding device 44, and the like, and a 16-unit chucker 50 as a multiple-entry ball device is installed along a direction crossing the lower portion of the game area 19.

The guide symbol display device 32 is 000-999.
The liquid crystal panel 33 that displays the three-digit number is provided, and the display of the liquid crystal panel 33 is fluctuated due to the passing of the game ball through the gate 40, and then the three-digit number is statically displayed. If there is a game ball (holding ball) that has not been hit yet even after passing through the gate 40, the number of the holding balls can be displayed by the holding display 35 below the liquid crystal panel 33. .

The score increasing device 38 is a ball-entering device provided with a well-known rotating body 39, and can make one ball enter per rotation of the rotating body 39. The accessory increasing device 42 is opened by lowering the open / close plate 43 disposed on the front side toward the player (toward the player), and can receive game balls.
Normally, the open / close plate 43 is closed as shown. The right accessory guiding device 44 is a tulip-type ball-entering device including a pair of blade members 45, and an obstruction member 47 is disposed above the blade members 45. The state where the blade member 45 is closed (FIG. 1)
In the state shown in (2), the passage formed between the blade members 45 is blocked by the obstruction member 47, so that the game ball cannot enter the right role guiding device 44, but the blade member 45 is tilted right and left. At times, the wing member 45 functions to introduce a game ball, so that the right accessory guidance device 44 is in a state where the ball easily enters.

The 16-unit chucker 50 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, the front part 52 and the rear part 54 are attached to the main body 12 so as to pass through the ball-entering device housing hole 13 provided in the main body 12 as shown in FIG. The rear portion 54 of the 16-stage chucker 50 has a pair of end plates 56 which also serve as a connecting member with the front portion 52, and fifteen partition plates 58 disposed therebetween.
The front end 52 is screwed into the front end of the end plate 56.
And the rear part 54 are connected. As shown in FIG. 4 (a), on the front side of the game board 10, 16 lower entrance holes 60 are formed in cooperation with each partition plate 58 or end plate 56 and the front part 52, and the game board 10 On the rear side, 16 rear receiving ports 62 are formed between the partition plates 58 or between the end plate 56 and the partition plate 58.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower entrance port 60 and the rear entrance 62 formed by the common partition plate 58 or the end plate 56 communicate with a common junction passage 64. Each of the passage sensors 66 is arranged while being held by a holding section 65 provided on the front section 52. The outlet 68 of the merging passage 64 is connected to the drop guide plate 70 of the front portion 52 and the main body 1.
2 is open to a falling passage 72 formed between the front surface of the second member 2 and the front surface of the second member. With such a configuration, a game ball that has entered the lower ball entrance 60 or the rear entrance 62 flows into the merging passage 64, is detected by the passage sensor 66 when passing through the merging passage 64, and passes through the falling passage 72. Will fall. However, as shown in FIG. 1, since the guide rail 21 is arranged along the lower end of the drop passage 72,
The dropped game balls are guided by the inclination of the guide rails 21 and flow into the collection holes 24, from which the game boards 10
It is discharged to the back side of.

As shown in FIG. 4, at the junction with the junction passage 64, there is a difference in height between the bottom surface 53 of the front portion 52 and the bottom surface 55 of the rear portion 54 (the rear portion 54 is high). , Game ball from lower entrance 60 and rear entrance 6
Even if the game balls from 2 enter the merging passage 64 almost simultaneously, the game balls from the lower entrance 60 precede. For this reason, the game ball from the lower entrance 60 and the game ball from the rear entrance 62 do not clog the ball near the junction.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the front part 52 of the 16-piece chucker 50 has 16 pieces corresponding to the lower ball entrance 60 and the rear entrance 62 (more precisely, each passage sensor 66). Ball entry lamp (light emitting diode in this embodiment) 7
1, and is covered by a ball entry display board 76 on which ball entry numbers 75 (ball entry symbols) of 1 to 16 are drawn corresponding to each ball entry lamp 74 as shown in FIG. .
As will be described later in detail, when a game ball is detected by the passage sensor 66, a ball entry lamp 74 corresponding to the passage sensor 66 is turned on, whereby the ball entry number 75 is specified. Hereinafter, in order to clarify the explanation, the lower entrance 60
And entrance numbers corresponding to the rear entrance 62 (1 to 16)
For example, the first entrance 60 (the lower entrance 60 corresponding to the first entrance number 75) or the third entrance 62
(The rear entrance 62 corresponding to the third entry number 75).

Next, the structure of the back side of the game board 10 will be described with reference to FIG. A plurality of lamps such as a lucky lamp 80 and a double lamp 82 corresponding to the lucky display unit 14 and the double display unit 16 (see FIG. 1) also serve as a wiring board on the upper portion on the back side of the game board 10. It is held and attached to a lamp holding plate 84. Further, a windmill lamp 86 is mounted behind the windmill 30 (see FIG. 1), and a panel lamp 88 is mounted behind the side decoration 34 (see FIG. 1).

On the back side of the game board 10, an upper entrance 28
(See FIG. 1) 16 game balls that enter the game ball
No. 10 guiding gutter 90 leading to the No. 10 receiving port 62 is provided. A branch gutter 92 that branches off from the 10th guiding gutter 90
Is a structure that leads to the score increasing device 38 (see FIG. 1), and guides the game ball entered here to the 10th guiding gutter 90. The branch gutter 92 is provided with a passage sensor 94 through which a game ball or score increasing device 38 passes.
The game ball which entered the ball can be detected. Similarly, a game ball that has entered the lucky entrance 36 (see FIG. 1) is placed in the third entrance 62.
Sensor 98 interposed in the third guiding gutter 96 leading to
Thus, the game ball that has entered the lucky entrance 36 can be detected, and the game ball that has entered the right role guide device 44 (see FIG. 1) is guided through the 15th guide gutter 100 that guides the game ball to the 15th reception port 62. Right accessory guidance device 4 by passing sensor 102 mounted
It is possible to detect a game ball that has entered the ball 4.

An opening / closing plate 43 is provided on the back side of the accessory increasing device 42.
104 for opening and closing the solenoid and a passage sensor 10 for detecting a game ball that has entered the accessory increasing device 42
The game ball that has passed through the passage sensor 106 is guided to the ninth reception port 62 by the ninth guidance gutter 108.

Further, the game board 10 is provided with a start sensor 110 for detecting a game ball passing through the gate 40, and a groove-shaped out passage 112 is provided continuously with the collection hole 24. Since the game board 10 of the present embodiment has the above-described structure, the game balls having entered the lower entrance 60, the upper entrance 28, the lucky entrance 36, the score increasing device 38, and the additional items Device 42 and right character guiding device 44
The game ball which has entered the rear entrance 62 enters the merging passage 64, is detected by the passage sensor 66 when passing through the merging passage 64, passes through the falling passage 72, and faces the front side of the game board 10. To the collection hole 24 by the guide rail 21.
And is discharged to the back side of the game board 10 from the collection hole 24. That is, as in a general pachinko machine,
The game board 1 is collected from a collecting hole 24 provided at a lower portion of the game board 10.
Since the game balls are ejected to the back side of 0, the mechanism for collecting the out balls of a general pachinko machine can be used as it is. Therefore, the frame device of the combination ball game machine can be shared with the pachinko machine, and the production of the ball game machine can be rationalized.

At the junction with the junction passage 64, a height difference is provided between the bottom surface 53 of the front portion 52 and the bottom surface 55 of the rear portion 54. Even if the game ball from the entrance 62 flows into the merging passage 64 almost at the same time, the game ball from the lower entrance 60 precedes. For this reason, the game ball from the lower entrance 60 and the game ball from the rear entrance 62 do not clog the ball near the junction.

Next, a control system of an arrangement ball type pachinko machine using the game board 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The output signals of the passage sensors 66, 94, 98, 102, 106 and the start sensor 110 are transmitted to the game control device 12.
This is a configuration that is input to 0. The game control device 120 is configured as a microcomputer including a well-known CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output ports, and the like. The game control device 120 includes a ball entry lamp 74 and a double lamp 8.
2, the lucky lamp 80, the guide symbol display device 32, the passing ball display portion 20, the score display portion 22, and the like are connected.
2. It is possible to control the blinking of the lamps such as the lucky lamp 80, and to control the display contents of the passing ball display section 20 and the score display section 22, and it is possible to instruct the guide symbol display device 32 on a symbol to be displayed statically. it can. Although not shown in FIG. 5, the game control device 120 includes the accessory increasing device 4.
2. The right accessory guidance device 44 and the like are also connected, and the game control device 120 can control opening and closing operations of these accessories and the like.

Further, to the game control device 120, an inner frame control device 130 which is a microcomputer similar to the game control device 120 is connected. This inner frame control device 1
Reference numeral 30 denotes an apparatus for performing control processing relating to launching and paying out of game balls. From the game control device 120 to the inner frame control device 130, voice data for voice output performed according to the game state, 16-ball data that is data of the number of game balls detected by the passage sensor 66, Score data, which is data of the established score, is transmitted.

The inner frame control device 130 has a firing device 132 for firing game balls, and a firing counter 13 for counting game balls fired by the firing device 132.
4. A foul counter 136 for counting game balls that have been fired but have failed to reach the game area but have failed, a card unit 138 for reading and writing prepaid cards, and the player instructing lending of game balls, etc. Ball lending operation panel 140, speaker 142, and a payout device 1 for paying out game balls as prize balls or ball lending.
44, a payout counter 146 for counting the game balls paid out from the payout device 144, a tank switch 148 for detecting the presence or absence of a game ball in the prize ball tank, and the game balls are normally transferred from the prize ball tank to the payout device 144. Relay gutter switch 150 for detecting whether or not inflow, full switch 152 for detecting whether or not the lower plate is full of game balls, causes such as a prize ball tank being empty, etc. And a ball shortage lamp 154 or the like which is turned on when the payout of the game balls cannot be normally performed. Inner frame control device 130
The game controller 120, counters such as the launch counter 134, switches such as the tank switch 148, the card unit 138, the ball rental operation panel 140, and the like, based on inputs from the launcher 132, the payout device 144, the speaker 142, The operation of the ball shortage lamp 154 and the like can be controlled.

The accessory increasing device 42 using such a control system
, Control of the right character guidance device 44, etc., launching of a game ball, lighting of the entry lamp 74 corresponding to the entry of the ball into the lower entrance 60 of the 16-unit chucker 50, calculation of the score and display of the score, The payout of the corresponding prize balls and the like are the same as those of the conventional arrangement ball type pachinko machine, but the main processing executed by the game control device 120 in relation to the control thereof will be briefly described with reference to FIG. This main processing is executed when the power is turned on, and thereafter is repeatedly executed every time the power is reset by the interrupt timer. However, the contents stored in the RAM and the like do not volatilize during the reset.

When the system is started, if it is not reset by the interrupt timer (step 301: NO, step is abbreviated as S hereinafter), the game control device 120 sets the initial value of the system. Initialization processing is performed (S302), and it is determined whether or not the settlement flag is set (S303). The settlement flag is a flag indicating that one game has ended and a new game has started, and is set in a game ball counting process described later. If the settlement flag is set (S303: YE
S), the game control device 120 sets the initial value of the game (one game), resets the settlement flag, and prepares for the start of the game (that is, acceptance of the first ball) (S304). If the settlement flag is not set (S303: N
O) Since the game is in progress, no initial value is set.

In the following S305, the game control device 120
Counts the number of game balls received by the 16-piece chucker 50 based on a 16 count signal whose level changes when there is a pass signal from any of the pass sensors 66. If the game ball count reaches 16, Set the settlement flag. The reset of the game ball count is performed as a part of the process of S304 described above.

Next, the game control device 120 executes a process related to the display of the guide symbol display device 32 (S30).
6). More specifically, if a start signal is input from the start sensor 110 of the gate 40, it is a process of determining whether or not a hit has occurred, and instructing the guide symbol display device 32 to display a symbol indicating the determination result. Then, the subsequent jackpot processing (S30)
In 7), as a result of the process of S306, the guide symbol display device 3
If a special symbol (for example, 777) indicating a hit in 2 is displayed, the accessory increasing device 42 is opened, and the game ball that has entered the accessory increasing device 42 during the opening is passing through the specific area (V area). Then, the game goes into the jackpot mode up to 14 games including that game, and a known jackpot-related process is executed, such as opening the right role guiding device 44 every time the player enters the score increasing device 38.

In the next score increasing process (S308), if there is a ball in the score increasing device 38, a process of doubling the score established during the game and if there is a ball in the lucky entrance 36 until that time. A process of adding one point to the score established in the above is performed. Therefore, in S308, a substantial process is executed only when a score has been established by then.

Subsequently, the game control device 120 includes pass sensors 94 other than the pass sensor 66 of the 16-unit chucker 50,
98, 102, 106 and the like are read, and if there is a pass signal, the pass sensors 94, 98, 102, 10
A switch switch input detection process for setting the switch flag of the accessory increasing device 42 or the like corresponding to No. 6 is executed (S3).
09).

Next, the game control device 120 reads the input from each pass sensor 66 of the 16-unit chucker 50,
A 16-switch input detection process is executed (S310), and a 16-lamp lighting process for lighting the entry lamp 74 is executed according to the result (S311). This S310 to S3
By the processing of 11, for example, if the player enters the first entrance 60, the first entry number 75 of the entry display board 76 is displayed, enters the lucky entrance 36, and enters the third entrance 62. If there is a guided game ball, the third ball number 75 is displayed, and so on, the ball number 75 corresponding to the position of the passage sensor 66 that has detected the game ball.

Next, the game control device 120 executes a bonus item 1 lamp lighting process (S312) for lighting the entry lamp 74 in response to the entry into the bonus item increasing device 42, and subsequently, the right role. Lighting process of the accessory 2 lamp related to lighting of the entry ball lamp 74 when there is a ball in the object guidance device 44 (S31)
Execute 3).

Subsequently, the game control device 120 performs a decoration lamp blinking process (S314) for controlling blinking of lamps such as a lucky lamp 80, a double lamp 82, a windmill lamp 86, and a board lamp 88 (S314). Score calculation processing for calculating a score based on the combination of the entry numbers 75 displayed by the lighting of 74 (S315), and voice data generation processing for generating voice data for outputting voice according to the progress of the game (S316) For example, a data transfer process (S317) for transferring various data to the inner frame control device 130 for paying out a prize ball or outputting a voice is executed, and the process is waited for being reset by an interrupt timer.

The main processing executed by the game control device 120 has been briefly described above. However, during the processing, the processing related to the lighting of the entry ball lamp 74 when the accessory increasing device 42 receives a ball (the accessory The one lamp lighting process) and the process related to the lighting of the entry lamp 74 when the right accessory guiding device 44 receives a ball (the two accessory lamp lighting process) are different from the related art and will be described in detail.

First, the lighting process of the accessory 1 lamp will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, when starting the accessory 1 lamp lighting process, the game control device 120 first determines whether or not the lighting flag of the accessory increasing device 42 is set (S401). This lighting flag is a processing for sequential lighting described below (S4) even if there are two or more balls in the accessory increasing device 42 during one game.
02 to S411) are not repeated.
The setting of the lighting flag is executed in the accessory 1 lamp lighting process (S411), and the reset is performed in the game initial value setting process (S304) shown in FIG.

If the lighting flag is not set (S
401: NO), the game control device 120 determines whether or not the count of the lighting interval timer is 0 (S402). The setting of the count of the lighting interval timer is performed in S405 described later.
, But the initial value is 0. If the count of the lighting interval timer is 0 (S402: YES), the game control device 120 determines whether or not the switch flag of the accessory increase device 42 is set (S403), and the above-described accessory switch input detection processing. If the switch flag of the accessory increasing device 42 is set (S403: YES) by (see FIG. 6, S309), the entry lamp 74 corresponding to the 11th entry number 75 is turned on (S404) and turned on. The count of the interval timer is set (S405). Next, the game control device 120 decrements the count of the lighting interval timer by 1 (S406), and determines whether or not the value has become 0 (S407). If the count of the lighting interval timer is 0 (S407: YES), the game control device 120
Determines whether the No. 13 ball entry lamp 74 is lit (S408), and if not already lit, turns on the No. 13 ball entry lamp 74 (S409), and returns to S405. Then, when a positive determination is made in S407, a negative determination is made in S408 (the thirteenth entry lamp 74 has already been turned on).
Is turned on (S410). In this way, number 9, 1
The No. 3 and No. 15 entry lamps 74 are sequentially turned on.

Since the game ball that has entered the accessory increasing device 42 is guided to the ninth receiving port 62, when the game ball is detected by the passage sensor 66, the ninth entry lamp 7
4 is turned on (see S310, S311 in FIG. 6). That is, if there is a ball in the accessory increasing device 42, the ninth and eleventh
The No. 13, No. 15 and No. 15 entry lamps 74 are turned on, and each entry number 75 is displayed. However, a game ball enters the accessory increasing device 42, is detected by the passage sensor 106, passes through the ninth guidance gutter 108, and passes through the third reception port 62.
It takes a certain amount of time (normally about 0.5 seconds, depending on the length of the No. 9 guide gutter 108, etc.) before the passage sensor 66 detects the lighting interval timer. If it is set to correspond to about 1/3 of the time from when the game ball is detected by the passage sensor 106 to when it is detected by the passage sensor 66, the eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth,
They can be displayed at appropriate intervals in the order of No. 9.

Conventionally, when displaying a plurality of entering symbols due to the entry into one entrance (ball entry device) as described above, it is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-6861. As a result, a plurality of ball-in symbols (ball-in lamps) are simultaneously lit and displayed simultaneously. However, such simultaneous lighting has disadvantages in that it is difficult for the player to understand why the light-on display is performed, and that since the light-on display is completed instantaneously, the excitement is not much greater.

However, if the plurality of entry lamps 74 are sequentially turned on as in this embodiment, the joy of the player is increased together with the lighting display, and the interest in the ball game can be enhanced. In addition, at the end of a series of lighting (the method of this embodiment) or at the beginning, the entrance where the ball was entered (ball entry device)
Is displayed so that the player can understand the reason why the player can surely recognize why a plurality of the ball entry numbers 75 are displayed.

Returning to the description of the accessory 1 lamp lighting process, the game control device 120 sets the lighting flag following the lighting of the 15th entry lamp 74 (S410) (S410).
411), the count of the blinking interval timer is set (S4).
12) After setting the number of blinks (S413), the process proceeds to the process shown in FIG. Also,
An affirmative determination in S401, a negative determination in S403 or S4
Also in the case of a negative determination in 07, the process proceeds to the process shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, in the process of S414 following the connector A or B, the game control device 120 determines again whether or not the lighting flag is set. The determination here is a process for determining execution or non-execution of the following process related to blinking. If the lighting flag is set (S414: YES), the game control device 120 determines whether the blinking flag is set (S41).
5). The blinking flag is set in the process of S425 described later. If the blinking flag is not set here (S
415: NO), the game control device 120 determines whether or not the count of the blinking interval timer is 0 (S4).
16).

If the count of the blinking interval timer is 0 (S416: YES), the game control device 120 proceeds to S417, otherwise proceeds to S419. Game control device 12
In the case of 0, in steps S417, the ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, and thirteenth entry lamps 74 are turned off, and then in S418, the blinking interval timer is set again.

Then, the game control device 120 sets the number 9, 1
If the first, thirteenth, and fifteenth incoming ball lamps 74 are on (S421: YES), the process returns to S417, turns off these incoming ball lamps 74, and repeats S418 and subsequent steps.
In addition, the game control device 120 determines these (the ninth, eleventh,
If Nos. 13 and 15 are turned off (S421: N
O), the entry lamps 74 are turned on (S42).
2), subtract 1 from the number of blinks (S423). Next, the game control device 120 determines that the number of blinks is not 0 (S42).
4: NO) Return to S418, and if the number of blinks is 0, set the blink flag and return to the main processing (S425).

When the processes of S416 to S424 are arranged,
The game control device 120 sets the ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, and one at time intervals corresponding to the set value of the count of the blink interval timer.
The fifth entry lamp 74 is caused to blink, and when the number of blinks reaches the set number, the blinking is stopped and the lighting is continued. By this series of processing, the 9th, 11th, 13th
Since the No. 15 and No. 15 entry lamps 74 blink, the player can clearly recognize the entry number 75 illuminated by the entry into the accessory increasing device 42. This blinking further improves the effect of confirming the lighting display position by the above-described sequential lighting display.

In the accessory 2 lamp lighting process, when there is an incoming ball to the right accessory guiding device 44, a plurality of incoming lamps 74 (No. 9, No. 11, and No. 13) as in the accessory 1 lamp lighting process. Is turned on, and furthermore, a process of blinking four lamps in addition to the No. 15 ball entry lamp 74 is performed. Since the processing content is almost the same as that of the accessory 1 lamp lighting process, detailed description is omitted. I do. However, since the game ball that has entered the right role guiding device 44 is guided to the No. 15 receiving port 62, FIG.
In the process corresponding to S404 shown in (4), the No. 9 ball entry lamp 74 is turned on, in the process corresponding to S408, the No. 11 ball lamp 74 is turned on, and in the process corresponding to S410, the No. 13 ball entry lamp 74 is turned on. Is different from the accessory 1 lamp lighting process in that the.

As described above, when there is a ball in the accessory increasing device 42 or the right accessory guiding device 44, a plurality of incoming lamps 74 are sequentially turned on by the accessory 1 lamp lighting process or the accessory 2 lamp lighting process. Since the light is turned on, the joy of the player is increased together with the lighted display, and the interest in the ball game can be enhanced. In addition, at the end of a series of lightings, the ball entry number 75 is displayed to inform the player of the role that the ball has entered, so that the player can be sure why multiple ball numbers 75 are displayed. It can also be recognized.

Then, the ninth, eleventh, 1
The No. 3 and No. 15 entry lamps 74 flash several times,
The player can use the accessory increasing device 42 or the right accessory guiding device 44
The entry number 75 illuminated and displayed by entering the ball can be clearly recognized, and this blinking further improves the effect of confirming the illuminated display position by the sequential illumination display. (Modification) A 16-unit chucker shown in FIG. 9 can be used as a multiple-entry ball device. This is an example in which a switch is used as a detecting means of a game ball passing through a merging passage.

The basic structure of this 16-unit chucker 180 is the same as that of the 16-unit chucker 50 described above.
2 and the rear part 184, the lower entrance 186,
A rear receiving port 188 and a merging passage 190 are formed, and an outlet (discharge port) 192 is open on the front side of the game board 194. However, this embodiment differs from the embodiment in that the switch 196 is used to detect a game ball passing through the merging passage 190. The operation plate 198 of the switch 196 is
0, and this operating plate 198 is
The switch 196 is turned on and off by being rocked and changed by the game ball passing through 0. If the on / off state of the switch 196 is extracted as a signal, the passage of the game ball can be detected.

The same effect as that of the embodiment can be obtained by using the 16-stage chucker 180. As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described according to the examples and the modifications. However, the present invention is not limited to such examples and the modifications, and various modifications may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say, it can be implemented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the game board of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a 16-unit chucker mounted on the game board of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the structure of a 16-unit chucker of the embodiment, and FIG. 4 (a) is a partial sectional view of a lower portion of the game board;
(B) is an exploded view of a 16-unit chucker.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a control system of an arrangement ball type pachinko machine equipped with the game board of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a main process executed by the game control device shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an accessory 1 lamp lighting process executed by the game control device shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an accessory 1 lamp lighting process executed by the game control device shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of a structure of a 16-unit chucker of a modified example, where FIG. 9A is a sectional view and FIG. 9B is an exploded view.

FIG. 10 is a view showing an example of the structure of a conventional 16-unit chucker. FIG. 10 (a) is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the conventional 16-unit chucker is mounted on a game board, and FIG. 10 (b) is a transverse sectional view. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game board 12 ... Main body 13 ... Ball entry device accommodation hole 19 ... Game area 21 ... Guide rail (guide member) 24 ... Recovery hole 26 ... Recess (guide member) 28 ... Upper ball entrance 32
... Guided symbol display device 33 ... Liquid crystal panel 36 ... Lucky ball entrance 38 ... Score increasing device 40 ... Gate 42 ... Position object increasing device 44 ... Right object guiding device 50 ... 16-unit chucker (multi-entry ball device) 56 ... End plate 58 ... Partition plate 60 ... Lower entrance port 62 ... Back entrance 64 ... Confluence passage 66 ... Passage sensor 68 ... Exit (discharge port) 70 ...
Fall guide plate 72 ... Fall passage 74 ... Ball entry lamp 75 ... Ball entry number 76 ... Ball entry display panel 112 ... Out passage (collection hole) 1
Reference Signs List 20 game control device 130 inner frame control device 132 firing device 138 card unit 140 ball rental operation panel 144 payout device

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takahiro Uchigashima 2-51 Tsutamotocho, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Prefecture Takaonai Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A lower entrance which is juxtaposed to a front side of the game board along a direction crossing a game board surface, and a lower entrance which is arranged on a rear side of the game board corresponding to the lower entrance. A rear receiving port for receiving a game ball that has entered a ball entry port or the like different from the entrance port, and a game ball that has entered the lower ball entry port and a game ball that has been received from the rear receiving port are merged. A multi-entry ball device comprising a merging passage and an outlet for discharging game balls passing through the merging passage, wherein the outlet is arranged on a front side of a game board. 2. The multiple ball entry device according to claim 1, wherein a connection position between the front passage from the lower entrance and the junction passage, and a connection between the rear passage from the rear inlet and the junction passage. A multi-entry ball device characterized by a height difference between the position and the position. 3. The multiple ball input device according to claim 1, wherein the lower ball inlet and the outlet are provided as illumination sources for displaying a ball that indicates that the ball has entered the lower ball inlet. And a winning symbol for the entry display is arranged on the front side of the illumination source. 4. A game board of a ball-and-ball game machine, which is formed so as to penetrate from a front surface to a rear surface, wherein a lower ball entrance of the multiple ball input device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is directed to the front side. A ball entry device receiving hole for receiving a part of the multiple ball input device with the receiving inlet on the back side, and a lower portion of the game board below the outlet of the multiple ball device attached to the game board; A game board comprising: a collection hole formed penetrating from a front surface to a back surface; and a guide member for guiding a game ball falling from the ball entry device housing hole side to the collection hole.