JPS5822783Y2 - Pachinko machine prize ball ejection device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a prize ball ejecting device for a pachinko machine, and particularly to a prize ball ejecting device that can selectively eject a different number of prize balls for each operation.

Generally, some existing pachinko machines require a different number of prize balls to be ejected for each operation.

For example, if the winning devices installed on the board have different values, and a game ball that bounces onto the board lands in a specific winning device, a larger number of winning balls will be awarded than when winning in another winning device. In some cases, the prize winning device is arranged to eject the ball, or goes even further and distributes the winning device into a plurality of groups each having a different number of prize balls to be ejected in multiple stages.

In addition, in recent years, one game unit is defined as a certain number of game balls being fired, and the board is equipped with multiple ball passing detectors or checkers and an existing winning device. The winning balls are discharged in the same manner as above, while the combinations of balls that have passed through the checkers are compared with several predetermined combinations (called winnings) on the machine side.
Some systems are designed to eject the corresponding number of prize balls if they match even one of them.

In these pachinko machines, the number of prize balls ejected for each winning device is different from the number of prize balls due to the formation of a winning combination, and even when a winning combination is formed, the number of prize balls ejected by each winning device is different, and even when a winning combination is formed, , the number of prize balls is added to the standard number of prize balls corresponding to the standard combination, depending on the number and difficulty of the compound combination.

Therefore, this proposal discloses a configuration that is compact and allows for a reasonably wide variety of combinations of the number of prize balls to be ejected as a discharge device for a pachinko machine that requires the ejection of prize balls for each different number of balls. This was done with the main purpose of

When explaining the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, if we follow the flow path of the prize balls 1, we can see that the prize balls are generally fed from the prize ball storage section 2 (supply gutter 2a) provided at the top of the pachinko machine as needed. is supplied to the player) via the downstream path 3a, and then reaches the prize ball discharging device 4 via the subsequent downstream path 3b. In order to do this, the ball supply tray that holds the balls also serves as this).

For convenience, if the downstream path 3a before the prize ball ejecting device 4 is defined as the leading downstream path, and the downstream path 3b behind it is defined as the trailing downstream path,
The prize ball discharging device has an inlet 5 and an outlet &.
The respective inlet openings constitute an outlet 6.

What is characteristic is that at least the population 5 is divided into two adjacent entrance sections 5a and 5b, as can be clearly seen on the second factor plane.

The partition wall 7 in the preceding inflow path 3a for separating this is
In this case, the prize balls are sent to each entrance portion 5a and 5b, respectively.
In order to improve the alignment function, the inflow path 3a is extended up to an appropriate length (FIG. 1) so that the inflow path 3a can be directed in a line.

Each separate or juxtaposed inlet section 5a.

5b, a dedicated prize ball ejecting means 4a, respectively.

4b is coming.

The physical structure of the prize ball ejecting means 4a and 4b used here may be the same as that used in known pachinko machines, and the one shown has an opening 9 centered around the fulcrums 8a and 8b.
It can be rotated or tilted so that a, 9 b can selectively face the inlet 5 and the outlet 6, respectively, and has a sheath-like interior that can accommodate the number of prize balls to be ejected for each operation. It has become a thing.

It is convenient in practice for the fulcrums 8a, 8b to be constituted by a common axis 8.

At a position away from these fulcrums 8a and 8b, there is an action point 11a>11b on which the electromagnets 10a and 10b as dedicated driving means act, and in the case shown in the figure, the tips of the operating frames of the electromagnets are directly connected to this point. ing.

Therefore, when the electromagnet is not excited, 6 sheaths 13
a, 13b have their openings 9a, 9b as inlets 5aj5
b, the prize balls in the preceding inflow path 3a can be taken into the interior by a predetermined number of each, and when each electromagnet is excited, it tilts downward and communicates with the exit 6, opening the exit relatively. becomes equivalent and releases the inner sphere into the subsequent downstream flow path 3b (FIG. 1).

At this time, a stopper 12a is placed on the tip of the shaft to close the inlets 5a and 5b to prevent the balls from overflowing.

12b are provided respectively.

The excitation of the electromagnets is released after a time sufficient for all the balls in each sheath 13a, 13b to be discharged into the subsequent downstream flow path 3b, and the sheath material is restored by the action of springs 14a, 14b. A circuit is appropriately constructed using a known timer circuit or the like.

The exit 6 may be divided into two parts like the entrance, or it may be a single common opening, but in this way, the two prize ball ejecting means 4a.

By arranging the balls 4b closely adjacent to each other, it is possible to adopt a plurality of types of prize ball ejection forms with an overall compact mechanism.

Now, the number of prize balls ejected per operation of the first prize ball ejecting means 4a, that is, the number of balls taken into the sheath 13a at one time, is n1.
If the second prize ball ejecting means 4b is m, then the electromagnet 1
It will be appreciated that by driving 0a and iob one at a time or both at the same time, it is possible to eject prize balls of three types, n, m, and n+m.

Taking the illustrated case as an example, there are 5 (n
= 5), and if 10 balls (m = 10) are put into the second sheath 13b at a time, if only the first prize ball ejecting means 4a is driven, five prize balls will be placed in the subsequent downstream path 3b, If only the prize ball ejecting means 4b is driven, 10 prize balls can be discharged, and if both are driven simultaneously, 15 prize balls can be discharged.

Therefore, by selecting the electromagnet to be driven when a prize is won for each prize-winning device, the value of the prize-winning device can be easily set to a desired value.

In addition, even when the above-mentioned combination depends on the establishment of the winning combination, it is only necessary to select whether to drive one or both of the electromagnets depending on the number of winning combinations and the degree of difficulty.

Of course, how to use it is completely arbitrary, and it is possible to make only two types of movements, one and both, determined (for example, in the above n and m balls, only n balls or n + m balls), and furthermore, the prize ball ejecting means 4 The number of rows of balls may be increased by increasing the number of rows of three or more, and the manner in which prize balls are ejected may be made more varied.

Alternatively, the number of pieces taken into the sheaths 14at 14b may be the same for both the eleventh and second sheaths (n=m), and the above-described selection (n or 2n) between one side and both sides may be made.

The prize ball ejecting means 4a and 4b themselves may be of the known type as described above, but as an example, the illustrated one uses a sheath 1 to relatively alternately open and close between the population 5 and the exit 6.
Figures 3 and 4 show a system in which the inlet and outlet are selectively protruded and retracted, respectively, by the protrusion and retraction of stoppers, instead of the movable ones 4a and 14b.

Similarly, the inlet leading to the leading downstream path 3a is 5a.

5b, which communicates with the sheath i3at13b, which is used only for care, but the sheath is fixed, and in addition to stoppers 12a and 12b for selectively opening and closing this inlet, in this case, each outlet 6a, Stoppers 15a and 15b are provided for selectively opening and closing also 6b.

Each stopper protrudes in and out through a wall defining an inlet and an outlet communicating with the sheath and each of the flow paths 3a, 3b, but the inlet stopper 128j12b and the outlet stopper 15a, 15b move in opposite directions.

That is, when the inlet stop flanges 122-12b are open, the skewer lost flanges 15a j
When 15b is closed and the prize ball is ejected,
On the other hand, the outlet stopper is opened for the predetermined period of time to allow a predetermined number of balls in the sheath to fall into the trailing downstream path 3b, and the inlet and exit stops are closed again to prevent any more balls from falling from the leading downstream path 3a. Until then, it will be closed.

This operation may be performed using electromagnets dedicated to the entrance and exit, but both stoppers 12a, 12b; 15a, 15b
They are connected by connecting plates 17a and 17b that rotate like seesaws around fulcrums 15a and 16b, and electromagnets 10a and
It would be reasonable to connect 10b continuously so that the slope changes during excitation.

The number of balls accommodated in each axis may be the same as described above, but if they are different, the sheath that accommodates the larger number will be longer (for example, 13b).
) can be curved so that the entrance and exit positions are closer to the shorter sheath, the overall size can be reduced.

Of course, even when using this example, the number of prize ball ejecting means 4 arranged in parallel is arbitrary.

In any case, according to the present invention, the device or mechanism for ejecting prize balls of different numbers depending on the situation can be configured to be compact and allow for rational combinations, and it is possible to provide something extremely useful. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a side view of the main part of the first embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a side sectional view of the main part of the second embodiment.
FIG. 4 is also a rear view. In the figure, 1 is a prize ball, 2 is a prize ball storage part, 3a is a leading downstream path, 3b is a trailing downstream path, 4 is a prize ball discharge device, 4a, 4b
are the prize ball discharging means arranged in parallel, 5 is its entrance, and 6 is its exit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] From the prize ball storage section to the entrance of the prize ball ejecting means that discharges a predetermined number of prize balls for each selective operation via a pre-flowing path,
A device including the above-mentioned prize ball ejecting means of a pachinko machine having a discharge path from the exit of the prize ball ejecting device to a prize ball providing part to the player side via a subsequent downstream path, the device having a plurality of said entrances. In addition, the same number of prize ball ejecting means communicating with each entrance portion are arranged in parallel, and the outlet of each prize ball ejecting means is communicated with the following flow path, and each prize ball ejecting means is provided with the prize balls of the prize ball ejecting means. A prize of a pachinko machine, characterized in that dedicated driving means for ejecting the balls are connected to each other, and at least one of the plurality of prize ball ejecting means ejects a different number of prize balls than the others. Ball ejector.