JPS60142875A - Pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] A game section is formed by fitting the guides along the opening of the glass frame on the surface of the game board, and this game section is divided into a game section for games and a game section for guidance. This relates to a pachinko machine configured with.

Conventional pachinko machines have a firing device on one side of the lower part of the game board, and the fired game balls are guided by a loop-shaped guide installed above the game board and rise, moving inside the game part while hitting obstacle nails. It is made to flow downward. For this reason, even though the front panel has an opening for fitting a large glass frame and a game board is attached, the game part is only a roughly circular part surrounded by a loop-shaped guide, and the game board is The four corners cannot be used as a gaming area. Therefore, not only are the mounting positions of winning devices, windmills, accessories, etc. very limited, but it is also not possible to enlarge the playing area where the game balls flow down while hitting the obstacle nails, and for this reason Diversification of games was restricted.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and a game section is formed by a guide that is opened along the opening of the surface lath frame of the IftJ board, and the game section is such that the game balls fired by the firing device flow down. The game part consists of a game part for playing, and a game part for guiding the game ball to an outlet provided below the game, and a game part for guiding the game ball fired by the firing device to the top of the game part. The objective is to provide a pachinko machine that allows the surface of the game board to be used widely and effectively by allowing water to flow down from the guide game section.

Furthermore, by arranging the firing device to face above the game section, the purpose is not only to make the lower game section of the game board widely usable, but also to make the firing device smaller and less bulky. Furthermore,
By placing the detection means facing the gutter extending from the circulation tray below the game, and in conjunction with the detection of the ball by the detection means, by activating the firing device provided above the game section, the player can enter the circulation tray. To provide a pachinko machine which can match the number of balls inserted and the number of game balls actually fired by a firing device to play the game with just the right amount.

The present invention will be explained below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

The pachinko machine has a glass frame 3 fitted in an openable and closable manner to the window part of the front plate 2, and the opening part of the glass frame 3 is attached to the surface of the game board which is attached so as to close the window part of the front plate 1 from the back side. A roughly rectangular guide along the lines! By opening the game section 6, a gaming section 6 surrounded by a guide S is formed. In this gaming section, there is a gaming section 6α for playing games where a game ball flowing down while hitting an obstacle nail enters the prize winning device 7... or not, and a gaming section 6α for playing games, which is continuous to the lower side of the gaming section for playing games. The guide game part 6b guides the game balls flowing down from the game part 6α to the main f outro zone.

The guide S is a gently arc-shaped upper guide Sα that guides the game ball so that it easily falls to the desired position, and left and right horizontal guides that prevent the game ball from jumping out of the game part B! ;b,
! c, and a lower guide Sd that guides the game ball to the outlet r at the lower end of the slope.

Then, near one end of this upper guide 5α, a firing chute // formed by providing a firing device and a supplying device 10 and tilting an L-shaped strip plate is struck, and the upper guide Sα
A collision rubber 12 for bouncing the game ball toward the game section is provided inside the other end.

The launcher has a launch chute// as shown in Figure 2.
A game ball supplied to the firing position /3 is fired by a firing rod /S operated by a solenoid /g. This solenoid/lI consists of a coil/6, a core 17 to which the filter is attached, and a stator/I rotatably provided within the end of the core 17. When the coil/6 is energized, the tip of the core 17 9: f6 K magnetic field is generated and stator/r rotates. The firing rod /S is the rotation axis of the stator /I'
The upper part is attached to the stator and rotates integrally with the stator.
Normally, it stops against the 2011C rubber of the stock/guchi due to the bias of the return spring/q. When the solenoid /g is energized, the firing rod 15 is activated by the spring /9.
=J rotates vigorously together with the stator/If against the force,
The resilient portion 15' at the tip enters the firing position /3. When the firing part 15' of the firing rod/S enters the firing position 1i''1/3, the game ball supplied to the firing position 1u13 is released into the firing shoe)
It is fired from //, flows down the gaming section 6, and is played. When the solenoid ltA is demagnetized, the firing rod tS that fired the game ball is pulled by the return sgel ring/9 and returns to the position where it hits the stopper rubber 20.

A ball supply port 2/ connected to a supply bag provided on the back side of the game board 2 is opened above the firing position /3, and game balls are ejected from the ball supply port 21 to the firing position each time the firing rod 15 is operated. Supply to 13.

The supply device 10 includes a circulation plate 22 provided at the front of the pachinko machine.
The ball in the storage tank 3 provided at the upper part of the back side of the game board 2 is supplied to the firing position/3 one by one, corresponding to the ball in the storage tank 23. /ni′e,
It is installed so that it faces the stepped part that is formed halfway outside the ball-hitting machine.

This supply device 10 is a ball supply rod 2 with one end attached at 1lqlI, which lifts and transports game balls one by one by the operation of a ball supply solenoid 2S.
and a spring 27 that urges the ball supply rod 2B downward.
It consists of The ball supply solenoid 25 is connected to a detection means 2t for detecting one ball in the circulatory system n, and is energized by a signal from the detection means 2.1'.The ball supply solenoid 2S is demagnetized. When the ball supply rod 2B is in a lower state due to the bias of the spring 27, the inner lower surface of the ball hitting gutter 211 and the upper surface of the lifting portion 26α of the ball supply rod 26 are approximately at the same height. - The first game ball inside and outside of the ball hitting machine is placed on the lifting part 26α of the supply rod, and stops against the stop piece 29 of the step part.Then, when the ball supply solenoid 2S is energized, the ball supply rod is 2. The first game ball is cut into small pieces and raised to the lifting section 26a.At this time, the lifting section, 26a
The side surface portion 26b of , blocks the second and subsequent game balls in the batting gutter from flowing down. The upper surface of the lifting section 2a rises to the same height as the stopper.

Then, the game ball on the top surface has the slope of the downstream part of the batting ball.
The ball flows down from the ball supply port 2/ and the ball is fired from the shoe)
// and is supplied to the firing position 73. When the ball supply solenoid 2S is demagnetized, the ball supply rod 2B is activated by the spring 27.
It descends under the force of , and places one game ball on the lifting section 26α. In this manner, the supply device 10 supplies one ball stored in the storage tank 23 in advance to the firing position 13 each time the ball supply solenoid 2 is operated, but due to the ball being in the circulatory system n. Since inconvenience will occur even if a larger amount is supplied or less counter pressure is supplied, it is necessary to supply one bulb in the storage tank 23 in correspondence to one bulb in the circulator n. Therefore, a ball feeding device 'i 3/ and a detection means 2g are installed in the middle of the gutter 30 extending from the circulator, and the ball feeding device 3/ sends out the balls in the circulator n to one ball. The detection means 2g detects the ball 1 of the circulatory system 22.
The proof supply device (iio) is activated to supply one ball from the storage tank 23 to the firing position /3 for each ball.

As shown in FIG. 4, the ball feeding device 3/ is provided with the lifting portion 32α of the ball feeding rod 32 facing a stepped portion in the middle of the gutter 3o extending from the circulator 22, and the ball feeding rod 32 is urged downward by a spring 33 and raised by the excitation of the ball feed solenoid 3g. This ball feed solenoid 3Ll is the same as the pulse signal of the oscillator 36 that is activated when the firing operation section 35 on the front of the pachinko machine is operated! Excite with iL. When the ball feed lever/id 3 is demagnetized, the connected ball feed rod 32 is in a lowered state due to the bias of the spring 33, and the inner lower surface 30' of the gutter 30 and the lifting portion 3j of the ball feed rod 32 are in a lower state.
Since the upper surface of α is almost at the same height, the first ball in the comb 3Q rests on the lifting portion 3.2a and stops when it hits the stop piece 37 in the stepped portion. Then, when the ball feed solenoid 3 is energized, the ball feed rod 32 moves upward while leaving the first ball in place. At this time, the side gauge 12b of the lifting section 32α blocks the second and subsequent balls from flowing down. Therefore, the lifting section 32α
The upper surface is the inner lower surface 30'' of the gutter 30 on the downstream side of the stop piece 37.
When the ball rises up to 1, the upper surface of the lifting section 32α and the gutter 30 are inclined toward the downflow gutter 3g, so the balls placed on the elevating portion 32α flow down toward the downflow gutter 3g according to the inclination.

The detection means i-1 and 2 installed on the downstream side of the ball feeding device 3/ detect each ball sent out and send a signal, and are, for example, a photoelectric switch or a proximity switch. Note that the detection means 2g may be a mechanical detection means in which an actuation plate is rotated by the ball sent out by the ball feeding device 3/, and the firing device 9 and the supply device 10 are actuated by the rotation of this actuation plate. .

When you play a game with such a pachinko machine, the following happens.

When a player puts balls into the circulator n on the front of the pachinko machine, the balls are lined up in a line inside the gutter 30, and the first ball is sent to the lifting section 32σ.
It rests on the stopper piece 37 and stops. Then, when the player operates the firing operation unit 35 provided in the pachinko machine row rn1, the start switch 39 is turned on. The firing operation unit 35 is turned on and off by external operation.
As shown in FIG. Connect to the tH gas. When the start switch 39 is turned on, the oscillator 3B emits a pulse signal. This pulse signal is ``Ni Force GH 1 Department Hiroshi/
The force is amplified by the KN force amplifying section Q to excite the solenoid /≠, and simultaneously amplified by the KN force amplifying section Q to excite the ball feeding solenoid 3'l.

When the solenoid /≠ is energized, the firing rod /S rotates and fires the game ball at the firing position /3, but since the game ball is not supplied to the firing position 13 during the first energization, the game ball is released only by a missed swing. will not fire. And ball feed solenoid 3! When , is excited, the ball feed rod 32 moves the first ball 1
Raise the piece and send it towards the downflow gutter 3g. Since the ball feed solenoid is demagnetized after a certain period of time, the ball feed rod 32 is lowered by the spring 33 and waits to place the next ball. The detection means 21r detects the sent out ball,
Transmit the signal to 1-shot pulse generator Miyako 3. The one-shot pulse generator v3 that receives the IHA signal instantaneously energizes the ball supply solenoid 2S. When the ball supply solenoid 25 is energized, the ball supply rod 26 chops the first ball into small pieces and rises to supply the ball to the firing position /3. By the time the game ball is supplied to the firing position /3, the next pulse signal is transmitted from the trap and oscillator 3 as shown in Figure 7, so the solenoid /Hiro is energized and the firing rod 15 is rotated vigorously. The ball is moved to eject the game ball supplied from the firing position 13. The fired game ball leaves the launch chute // and first flows down the game part 6a while hitting the obstacle nail in the game part 4, and in the process enters the tribute device 7 and contributes the tribute, or continues to do so. The guide game part 2 flows down and falls onto the lower guide d, and is discharged from the out mouth to the back side. When a game ball wins, a power detector (not shown) on the front side of the JFI game board detects it and activates the prize ball ejecting device. The prize ball ejecting device extends from the lower part of the storage tank 23 and is connected to the circulator n and the awarding trays q and s on the front of the pachinko machine. A certain number of prize balls are discharged into the circulator 22 or into the tray getter.

The pachinko machine has a circulating surface n and an inner ball, and as long as the player operates the firing operation section 3.5', the above operation is repeated. Then, when the planned number was completed and it was discontinued,
Alternatively, if there is a shortage of balls in the storage tank 23 and either the ball shortage detector II7 or ψ7 facing the ball batting machine J or prize ball gutter B detects a lack of balls, the gutter will interrupt the game. 3
A stopping device q provided in the middle of the ball is activated to stop sending out the ball, or the oscillator 3 is stopped to stop the shooting of the game ball. When there is a shortage of balls in the storage tank 23 before the ball is stopped, a ball replenishing device installed above the row of pachinko machines operates to replenish balls from the replenishment gutter SO. Also, if you want to stop the game midway through, you can use the R-! / is operated to discharge the balls in the circulator 22 to the saucer ψS.

Incidentally, the intensity at which the game balls are ejected can be adjusted by electrically controlling the intensity at which the solenoid is excited.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a firing force regulator S/A section dial S2 consisting of an adjustment dial S2 and a variable resistor 53 may be provided on the front of the pachinko machine, and the firing force regulator 5H may be operated. Accordingly, the gravity control unit S/ can adjust the firing force of the game ball by changing the strength with which the solenoid lv is excited.

Further, the number of balls fired per unit time can be changed by electrically adjusting the pulse signal from the oscillator 36 by operating the number of shots adjuster S5 provided on the front of the Noguchinko machine.

The firing device is not limited to one that is energized by a solenoid that rotates the firing rod, but may be one that is electrically operated by operating a firing operation section. For example, a solenoid consisting of a coil and an iron core, a cam provided on the output shaft of an Li-motor, and the rotation of the cam tilts a firing rod biased by a spring, or a plurality of coils provided around a guide, Even a firing device that fires game balls using a magnetic field moved by the fill does not impede implementation of the present invention.

In addition, the firing operation section must be electrically operated only as shown in the drawings.
It may be a push button or a remote control type device as long as the N-OFF operation can be performed. Further, the balls in the circulator n are sent out one by one by the ball feeding device 31, and after being detected by the detection means 2g, they are lifted by the ball return machine S and temporarily stored in the storage tank 23.
Thereafter, it may be ejected into the gaming section 6, or may be discharged as a prize ball into the circulatory system n and the saucer tlS, or it may be ejected into the downflow gutter 3.
r may be directly discharged into a retractable gutter (not shown) provided at the bottom of the row of pachinko machines.

As explained above, according to the present invention, a game section is formed on the surface of the game board by a guide provided along the opening of the glass frame, and a game ball ejected by a firing device flows down the game section. It consists of a game part for games and a guide game part that guides the game balls continuously received from the game part to the outlet provided in the game part. Since the guide game part can be guided upward and flowed down from the game part, the four corners of the game board, which were not used in the past, can be effectively used as a game part. Therefore, it is possible to place a large number of prize-winning equipment, etc. in the left and right lower parts of the gaming section, where it was not possible to install winning prizes, etc. in the past. The player can be guided to the exit by a guiding game part that is continuous with the game part. Therefore, even if the ball falls to either the left or right side of the gaming section or the center, the game can be played under the same conditions. It is possible to eliminate the disadvantage that the possibility of winning a prize is almost eliminated and the game cannot be enjoyed. In addition, even if the ball falls from either the left or right side or the center of the game part, it can be guided to the exit in the same way while being visible to the player by the guiding game part, so the player can rest assured. You can play games.

In addition, in the case where a firing device that can sequentially fire the game balls supplied from the feeding device is installed above the game section, the firing force is lower than that of the conventional firing device K that fires from the bottom of the game board. Since it is weaker, even if the launcher has the same structure, it can be made smaller than a conventional pachinko machine that is launched from below, reducing gravity consumption and noise. Further, since no 7-are balls are generated, a 7-are treatment device is not required, which is effective in reducing manufacturing costs.

Further, a firing device is provided above the gaming section, and a 4iJ1 detection means extending from a circulator located below the gaming section into which a player can insert a ball is activated, and the detecting means is connected to the circulatory system. When a ball flowing down from the play area is detected, the firing device is actuated to eject the game ball supplied from the supply device and guide it above the game section so that it can flow down from the game section to the guide game section. The player can fire the balls in a one-to-one correspondence with the balls they put into the circulation] ■, and the number of balls thrown in by the player and the number of game balls actually played can be over or under. Moreover, it is possible to play a more interesting padzinf game in a larger game area than before.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the ball launcher, Figure 3 is a front view of the ball feeder, Figure 4 is a front view of the ball feeder, Figure 5 is a side view of the launcher, and Figure 6 is the electrical wiring. 7 is a chart showing the timing of each part, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the firing force regulator. l...Pachinko machine, 2...Front plate, 3...Glass frame, l...Game board, S...Guide, 6...Game part, 6a...Game part for games, 6b...guiding game part, ri...launch device, 10...supply device, n...
Circulatory system, 23... Storage tank, Review... Ball hammer, U.
... detection means, 30 ... gutter, 31 ... ball feeding device,
35... Launch operation section. Patent applicant: Sophia Denki Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A glass frame is fitted into the window part of the front panel so that it can be opened and closed, and a game part is formed on the surface of the game board by a guide set along the opening part of the glass frame, and this game part is connected to a firing device. There is a game section where the fired game balls flow down, and the game balls that are continuously received from the game section are mainly placed below the game so that the game balls that flow down this game section can be received. The game part is made up of a guiding game part that leads to a provided exit port, and the game part having the game part and the guiding game part faces the front, and the game ball fired by the firing device is directed above the game part. A pachinko machine characterized by being able to flow down from a game part for guiding to a game part for guiding. (2) A glass frame is fitted to the window part of the front panel so that it can be opened and closed. On the surface of the game board, a game part is formed by a guide that is opened along the opening part of the glass frame, and a game part is formed above the game part. A firing device capable of sequentially firing the ejected game balls supplied from the supplying device is faced, and the above-mentioned game portion is connected to a gaming part for a game where the game balls fired by the firing device flow down, and this gaming part for the game. The game part consists of a guiding game part that guides the game balls that are continuously received from the game part to the outlet provided at the bottom of the game so that the game balls flowing down can be received. A game section having a guide game section and a guide game section is faced to the front, and the game ball fired by the above-mentioned firing device is guided upwards of the game section so that it can flow down from the game section to the guide game section. A pachinko machine featuring (3) When the glass frame is fitted into the window part of the front panel to open and close 6 pieces, the surface of the game board forms a game area with a guide that is opened along the opening of the glass frame, and the upper part of this game area is A firing device capable of successively firing game balls supplied from the supply device is placed on the side, and a gutter extending from a circulation tray located below the game section and into which a player can put balls is provided. A game part for games, in which a detection means for activating the firing device in connection with the detection of the ball and causing the game ball to bounce is exposed, and the game ball that is fired by the firing device flows down the gaming part; In order to be able to accept the game balls flowing down this game part, there is a guiding game part that mainly guides the game balls received from the game part continuously to the exit at the bottom of the game (W configuration). It is characterized in that the game part having both the game parts is faced to the front, and the game ball fired by the above-mentioned firing device is guided above the game part so that it can flow down from the game part to the guiding game part. Pachinko machine.