JPS58192563A - Pinball type combined game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a pachinko-type combination game machine that cyclically uses a predetermined number of game balls stored in advance.

An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko-style combination game in which the presence or absence of a predetermined number of spare balls can be confirmed by providing a spare ball detection switch for detecting spare balls in one of the spare ball storage paths branched from the game ball collection path. We are here to provide you with a machine.

Hereinafter, the general functions of a pachinko-type combination game machine equipped with a changing device that can use spare balls for changing will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and other appropriate drawings. The game machine main body 1 consists of a fixing #2 and a front frame 3 that is supported by the fixing rod 2 so that the door can be opened and is always locked. A game board 6 on which a spiral guide rail 5 is laid is fixed.

Coins 8 (see Figure 7) inserted from the coin slot 1 are sorted by the selector S, and coins 8 deemed defective are returned to the return slot 1o, and genuine coins 8 are sent to the middle of the coin flow path 11. Turn on the coin detection switch 12 provided in
do. The signal from the coin detection switch 12 operates the computer section 13 to drive the game ball supply device 14 (see FIG. 4).

The game ball 16 is fed to the ball firing section 15 by this drive, and this feeding mechanism will be explained below.

As shown in FIG. 4, game balls 16 are stored in a line in one game ball storage path 1B, which is formed by branching off from a recovery path 17 for game balls 16. 18 is stopped at the tip of a stopper rod 19 that is rotatable about a support shaft 19a. A game ball supply solenoid 20 is attached to the base end of the stopper rod 19, and the stopper rod 19 normally acts to stop the game balls 16 by the bias of the spring 21, and the game balls are stopped by the signal from the coin detection switch 12. Supply solenoid 2
0 is activated and the stopper rod 19 is rotated, the game balls 16 are released and sent to the ball firing section 15 (see FIG. 1) from the discharge port 22 formed at the end of the game ball storage path 18. be provided. In this case, the game ball supply solenoid 20 operates only for the time set by the program in the computer part 13, that is, the time required to feed a predetermined number of game balls 16, for example, 16 balls, to the ball launcher 15. and return to its original state.

The game balls 16 supplied to the well-known ball launcher 15 are transferred one by one onto the launch rail 15a by operating the handle 23, and are launched toward the game board 6 by the handle mallet 23a (see FIG. 2). be done. After the fired game balls 16 roll on the game board 6, the winning holes 24a of the chutzker 24 provided below the game board 6 (16, the same number as the game balls 16)
The ball passes through and falls into the recovery path 17 and is returned to the game ball storage path 18.

Also, replay holes 25 are provided at both ends of the chutzker 24, and game balls 1 that have fallen into these replay holes 25 are
6 is returned to the ball ejecting section 15 again. A winning hole switch 26 (see FIG. 5) is arranged in each of the 16 winning holes 124a provided below the game board 6, and the winning hole switch 26 is activated by the passage of the game ball 16. Then, the computer part 13 lights up the game display lamp 27a corresponding to the entered prize hole 24a on the display board 21 at the center of the surface of the game board 6 and memorizes its position.

When the fired game ball 16 passes through a plurality of passing-type winning holes 28 arranged on the game board 67, the passing-type microswitch 29 (see FIG. 2) is activated, and the computer part 13 is activated. Corresponding game display lamp 27 on display board 27
Light up a and memorize its position.

As the game progresses, when the pattern lit and displayed on the display board 21 matches the arrangement state (for example, a square) predetermined by the program set in the computer part 13, the computer part 13 determines it as a winning prize. At the same time, the winning state is added and memorized according to the type of predetermined arrangement state (for example, one horizontal row lit, one vertical row lit, square lit), and the winning display lamp 3° provided on the game board 6 is lit. .

Next, when the fired game ball 16 passes through any of the plurality of lucky holes 31 provided on the game board 6, the lucky hole microswitch 32 is activated, and the detection signal is input to the computer part 13. Ru. The computer part 13 determines this to be a lucky state, lights up the corresponding lucky indicator lamp 33, and turns on only one of the plurality of lucky push buttons 35 on the switch board 34 corresponding to the lit lucky indicator lamp 33. Set to enable input operations. The lucky push button 35 is programmed so that the number of input operations allowed is limited to two times per game. Then, the computer part 13 receives only the first operation signal of the lucky push button 35 corresponding to the lucky hole 31 through which the game ball 18 has passed, as a regular operation signal. It is determined that the game ball 16 has fallen into the winning hole 24& corresponding to the selected lucky push button 35, and the corresponding game display lamp 27a on the display board 27 is lit and its position is memorized. Therefore, 1
If the lighting patterns of the game display lamps 27 & on the display board 27 do not form a predetermined arrangement after firing the six game balls 16, the game balls 1 to the lucky hole 31
If 6 winners are achieved, a predetermined arrangement state can be formed by selecting the lucky push button 35, and the winning display lamp 30 can be turned on.

Furthermore, when one game ball 16 is fired and passes through the present hole 36 provided on the game board 6, the passing type micro switch 37 is activated, and the detection signal is sent to the computer part 13.
is input. The computer part 13 determines this as a winning prize, adds and stores it, and lights up one present display lamp 38. A program set in the computer part 13 allows a person to win a prize by dropping the game ball 16 into the present hole 36 up to four times in one game.

When the player has fired all the balls supplied to the ball firing section 15, if a predetermined game display lamp 27a on the display board 27 is lit, the desired game display lamp 27a is turned on. When the changeover button 39 corresponding to is operated, the contact of the changeover button 39 is closed and a signal is transmitted to the computer part 13. When the computer section 13 turns off the game display lamp 27a corresponding to the change button 39, the stored contents of the computer section 13 are cleared accordingly. At the same time, the computer part 13 issues an operating signal for the spare ball supply device 40 (see FIG. 4). Note that the predetermined game display lamp 27a on the display board 27 is determined based on the program set of the computer part 13.

When the spare ball supply device 40 is operated, the spare balls 41 are fed to the ball launcher 15, and this feeding mechanism will be explained below. As shown in Figures 4 and 5, Chutka 2
A branch port 17& is provided at the lowest part of the slope of the recovery channel 17 below the branch port 17a. A town has been formed. This reserve ball storage path 42
At the lowest end of the ball launcher 150, there is provided an outlet 43 that communicates upward with the launcher rail 11, and the position where the spare ball 41 is fed out into the outlet 43 is always adjusted to the position where the subsequent spare ball is placed by the bias of the spring 44a. A feed-out rod 44, which can take a position to stop the ball 41, is actuated by a spare ball supply solenoid 45.

When the spare ball supply solenoid 45 is operated, the spare balls 41 (five in this embodiment) stored in the spare ball storage path 42 are ejected from the ball launcher 150 to the launch rail 15.
Eight balls are rolled out at a time and instantaneously returned to the roll-out prevention state to restrain and hold the subsequent spare balls 41. The transferred spare balls 41 reach the firing rail 158, and the player can shoot the supplied spare balls 41.

By the way, in this embodiment, only a preset number of five balls can be stored in the spare ball storage path 42, and only 13 game balls 16 can be stored in the game ball storage path 18. The game balls 16 pass through the upper end of the spare ball storage path 42, pass through the branch port 11a, and are held in line in the recovery path 11. Therefore.

There are two types of balls stored before the start of the game: those stored in the game ball storage path 18 and those held in the preliminary ball storage path 42.

The spare balls 41 stored in the spare ball storage path 42 are transferred to the feeding rod 44.
The spare ball supply solenoid 45 is opened one by one from the refill outlet 43, or the number of times the spare ball supply solenoid 45 is driven is determined based on the flash program set in the computer section 13, thereby limiting the number of spare balls supplied. I can do that.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the spare ball storage path 42 is provided with an opening groove 46, and the tip of the operating rod 47a of the spare ball detection switch 41 is connected to the spare ball 41 of the spare ball storage path 42 through the opening groove 46. It is in contact with the In this embodiment, the operating rod 47a is in contact with the uppermost reserve ball 41a (fifth ball counted from the bottom), and when one or more balls are replaced, this reserve ball 41a is moved to the operating lever. 47a, and the spare ball detection switch 4T generates a spare ball decrease signal. Lucky hole 31 regardless of the change operation as described below
The same is true when the program routine is such that when the ball falls, the spare ball 41 is immediately sent out.

This spare ball decrease signal serves to detect a decrease in the number of spare balls 41 to be stored in the spare ball storage path 42 and to always store and maintain 5 spare balls 41 as in this embodiment, and also as follows. As will be explained, after the batting operation in which the spare balls 41 in the spare ball storage path 42 are sent to the ball firing section 15 by the batting button 39, the coin detection switch 12 is operated by inserting Nicoin 8 and the game ball storage path 42 is sent to the ball firing section 15. The game balls 16 at 18 are fed to the ball launcher 15 and merge with the spare balls 41 and remaining game balls 16 already in the ball launcher 15, making it possible to play the game with a number of balls hit exceeding the original number of balls hit at the start of the game. The role is to prevent this from happening. The same is true when the program routine is such that when a ball falls into the lucky hole 31 without a batting change operation as will be described later, a spare ball 41 is immediately fed out.

That is, the spare ball decrease signal from the spare ball detection switch 47 is transmitted to the flow path opening/closing member 4B that closes the coin insertion path 11a in the coin flow path 11, as shown in FIG. This flow path opening/closing member 48 has a blocking rod 48a that directly contacts the coin 8, and a blocking rod 48a that receives the preliminary ball reduction signal.
It consists of a flow path opening/closing solenoid 48b that operates a flow path opening/closing solenoid 48b, and a blocking rod 4B& prevents the coin 8 from being inserted.

Therefore, even if a coin is inserted during the preliminary ball firing state, the coin is prevented from being inserted, thereby preventing the game from being started with more balls than the original number of game balls. Further, the circuit of the coin detection switch 12 installed in the middle of the coin flow path 11 is cut off by the spare ball decrease signal from the spare ball detection switch 41, and the game balls 16 are sent from the game ball storage path 18 to the ball firing section 15 by inserting a coin. It is also possible to prevent the above-mentioned fraud by disabling the payment. Furthermore, the presence or absence of spare balls or the reduced number of spare balls may be displayed to the player using a display means such as a lamp based on a spare ball decrease signal from the spare ball detection switch 47.

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The general operation of the portion 13 will be explained with reference to FIG. 6 and the like.

Now, when the player operates the change button 39, the detection signal is input to the computer part 13, and this detection signal is converted into computer data. This computer data is determined according to a preset program. That is, it is confirmed that the ball has landed in any of the preset winning holes 24B, and the batting change control is ended according to the preset number of operations of the batting changing button 39.

When the player shoots the supplied spare ball 41 and the ball falls into any of the winning holes 24a or the passing winning holes 28-, a corresponding display is lit on the display board 2T as described above. and the computer part 13 stores its location. Therefore, even if the display board 27 does not display the last winning condition, that is, the predetermined arrangement state in the game progress process up to the above, the winning condition is determined by the ball falling into the winning hole 248 etc. due to this batting operation. can be satisfied, and the computer part 13 counts and stores this as a winning prize.

In this way, one game ends when the player hits all the balls supplied at the beginning and completes the batting change if possible. When the player operates the settlement push button 49, a game clear signal is manually inputted to the computer part 13 by the operation of the contact portion of the settlement push button 49. If the coin 8 is inserted into the coin insertion path 11a again without operating the payment pushbutton 49, the coin detection switch 12 is activated after passing through the selector 9, and the coin detection switch 12 is activated by the command from the computer part 13 as described above. While operating the game ball supply solenoid 20, a game clear signal is input to the computer part 13.

When the game clear signal is input to the computer part 13, a coin ejection solenoid 50 operation signal is outputted according to the number of winnings counted and stored in the computer part 13, and as shown in FIG. The coins are discharged one by one into a coin discharge port 52 provided at the lower end of the coin discharge cylinder 51. Then, the released coins 8 are sent to the winning coin receiving tray 53.

The coins 8 stored in the coin ejection tube 51 are as follows.

When the number of coins 8 in the coin ejection tube 51 becomes less than a predetermined number, the coin cut-off switch 54 is activated and the game ends. The lamp 55 is turned on to notify the end of the game or the lack of coins. The end of the coin channel 11 is open, and the coins 8 inserted from the coin input lower into the coin collecting box 56 provided below the open end or the upper end of the coin ejecting cylinder 51 are passed through the coin channel 11.
Coins 8 overflow and fall.

Further, reference numeral 57 denotes an input/output meter, which is provided adjacent to the coin ejecting tube 51. This input/output meter 57 counts and stores the number of coins inserted according to the number of times the coin detection switch 12 is actuated, and displays the contents. 57&, and an output meter 51b that counts and stores the number of times the microswitch is operated by the drive of the coin discharge solenoid 50 and displays the contents. Based on the number of coins in and out of the in/out meter 51, it is possible to accurately grasp the operating status.

When the game clear signal is input to the computer part 13, the previous game contents, that is, the lighting states of the winning display lamp 30, the display board 27, and the present display lamp 3B are erased, but at this time, the contents of the game are not memorized. The memory contents are retained. Therefore, when the memory switch 58 shown in FIG.
etc. will light up depending on the content of the previous game, and memory switch 5
8, the winning display lamp 30, present display lamp 3B, display board 27, etc. will be lit according to the storage status of the game currently in progress. Furthermore, when the next coin 8 is inserted or the settlement push button 49 is operated, the game content from the previous game is erased and the previous game content is stored and retained.
As can be understood from the previous explanation, the functions of the game machine and the content of the game are controlled by a program stored in the computer part 13, and by changing this program, the display board 2 sets the winning conditions.
7, change the type and number of reversible winning holes 24a, or change the winning hole 24a corresponding to the lucky hole 31.

It can be seen that it is possible to change the number of presents won and the contents of the various Noh games.

For example, if a ball falls into the lucky hole 31, the computer part 1 controls the operation of the lucky hole microswitch 32.
3 and press the change button 39 from the computer part 13.
A start signal is immediately issued to the spare ball supply device 40 without going through the operation, and the supply device 40 operates to supply the spare balls 41 to the ball launcher 15, with the number of balls equal to the predetermined number plus the number of spare balls. Given the structure of the present invention, it is naturally possible to create a program routine that follows the steps for playing a game.

As detailed above, according to the present invention, the game ball collection path is branched, and one side has a game ball storage path for storing a predetermined number of game balls, and the other side has a reserve path for storing a predetermined number of secondary balls. A ball storage path is provided, and the game ball storage path is provided with a game ball supply device that simultaneously feeds all the predetermined number of game balls to the ball firing section, and the spare ball storage path is provided with a game ball supply device that simultaneously sends all the game balls to the ball firing section, and the spare balls are sent one by one to the ball firing section in the spare ball storage path. A spare ball supply device is provided to feed the spare balls, and a spare ball detection switch is provided to detect the spare balls, and when the switch confirms the existence of a predetermined number of spare balls, a new coin is inserted into the spare ball detection switch. In a pachinko-style combination game machine in which the number of balls that can be played changes depending on the winning status of the game, by electrically connecting the coin insertion and removal means to be removed, when the number of balls that can be played is less than the predetermined number of balls that can be played. It has the effect of preventing players from inserting new coins and ending the game, or using spare balls discharged in the next game to play a game with more than a predetermined number of balls.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is an overall view of the front frame seen from the front, Figure 2 is a diagram showing the structure of the front frame seen from the back, Figure 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the fixed frame seen from the back, and Figure 4 is a diagram showing the structure of the front frame seen from the back. An enlarged view showing the feeding structure for game balls and spare balls, Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line X-X in Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is a block diagram centered on a part of the computer, and Fig. 7 is a coin insertion path. It is a figure which shows the flow path opening-and-closing member provided. Coin channel 11. Coin input path 11a, return path 11b,
Coin detection switch 12, computer part 13, game ball supply device 14, ball launcher 15, game ball 16, recovery path 1
7, Game ball storage path 1B, release port 22% Chutzker 24,
Replacement button 39, spare ball supply device 40, spare ball 41, spare ball storage path 42, outlet 43, spare ball detection switch 47
, Channel opening/closing member 48° Patent applicant Dai-Shokai Co., Ltd. Agent
Patent Attorney Hironobu Onda Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] l In a game machine that cyclically uses a predetermined number of game balls stored in advance, the game ball collection path is branched and a game ball storage path for storing a predetermined number of game balls is installed on one side, while the other side is provided with a game ball storage path that stores a predetermined number of game balls. A spare ball storage path is provided to store a predetermined number of spare balls, a game ball supply device is provided in the game ball storage path to simultaneously feed all the predetermined number of game balls to the ball launcher, and a spare ball storage path is provided to store a predetermined number of spare balls. A spare ball supply device is provided for feeding the balls one by one to the ball launching section, and a spare ball detection switch is provided for detecting the spare balls.
Furthermore, the preliminary detection switch is electrically connected to a coin insertion exclusion means that excludes the insertion of new coins when the switch confirms the existence of a predetermined number of secondary balls. Machine.