JPS631071B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a pachinko machine equipped with a game ball launcher that launches game balls waiting at a launch position, and particularly relates to a pachinko machine that launches game balls in response to a player's operation of a bounce force operating means. This invention relates to a pachinko machine that clearly indicates the flight distance of a ball.

Conventionally, when starting a game on a pachinko machine, the player has to use a dial for adjusting the repulsion force in order to know the repulsion force of the game ball launcher, or in other words, to know how far the ball will fly. It is often the case that at least a few game balls are shot on a trial basis while operating the spring force operating means to determine the falling course of the game balls. However, if the player can know in advance to what position on the game board the ball will fly when the ball is operated, the player will be able to aim from the first shot at the start of the game. To prevent game balls from being wasted by allowing game balls to flow down a vine course, and to enhance the interest of the game.

The present invention provides a pachinko machine that can fully satisfy the above requirements.

An example of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates a pachinko machine as a whole, in which game balls are fed from a game ball supply device 5 to a shooting position 6 by a punch tip 4 provided at the tip of a shooting lever 3 of a game ball shooting device 2. Explode. The game ball thus launched jumps to the upper area of the game board 8 along the guide rail 7, but the jumping position is set at the upper center of the game board 8 if the rebound force of the launch device 2 is strong. Obstacle nail 9 and specific prize opening 10
It will fly to an area farther from the position (ie, the right half area), and if it is weak, it will fly to an area closer to the obstacle nail 9 and the specific winning opening 10 (ie, the left half area).

In this embodiment, the game ball firing device 2 uses a rotary solenoid 11 as a driving source, as shown in FIG. 2, without using a long coil spring. The rotary solenoid 1 has a substantially U-shaped core 12 and a coil 1 wound around the central core.
3, and magnetic poles 14A and 14B at the tip of the core 12.
A rotor 16 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 15 in between. A firing lever 3 is fixed to the rotor 16, and is rotated by a return spring 18 mounted between a fixing pin 17 and the lever 3 to a retracted position where the firing lever 3 is stopped by a stopper 19 shown in solid lines. At this time, the rotor 16 is in a non-excited position not facing the magnetic poles 14A and 14B. From this state, coil 1
When a pulse excitation current flows through 3, the rotor 16 is attracted to the magnetic poles 14A and 14B and rapidly rotates to a position facing the magnetic poles 14A and 14B. Rotate to firing position.

When the lever 3 comes to this firing position, the punch tip 4 at its tip fires the trick ball at the firing position 6. In this case, the firing position 6 is formed by the bent portion of the rear end of the firing rail 21 whose upwardly inclined tip is connected to the guide rail 7 and is bent upward. This bent part has a crack 22 in the center, and the punch tip 4 projects into the crack 22 to shoot the game balls in the bent part to the guide rail 7 along the shooting rail 21.

Here, the coil 13 of the rotary solenoid 11
A pulse excitation current is applied to the rotor 16, that is, the firing lever 3 is applied with rotational torque every time the pulse excitation current is applied, causing it to rotate, and during the subsequent rest period, the return spring 18 is activated. The firing lever 3 then returns to the return position, and thus the firing lever 3 continuously fires the game ball at the same number of repetitions per unit time as the frequency of the pulse excitation current.

However, the rotational torque generated in the rotor 16, that is, the elastic force of the firing lever 3, is determined depending on the magnitude of the pulsed power applied to the coil 13.

In this way, the number of bullets and the firing force of the firing device 2 can be controlled by the frequency and power of the excitation pulse given to the rotary solenoid 11.

In this embodiment, a bending rod 26 that engages with one end of the L-shaped rotation link 25 of the ball supply device 5 is fixed to the firing lever 3, and protrudes from an operating rod 27 that is rotatable in the vertical direction. The other end of the rotating link 25 engages with the pin 28, and the lever 3 moves to the stopper 19.
When the actuating rod 27 is in the return position where it is locked, the actuating rod 27 is held in the downward rotating position. At this time, the tip of the game balls 32 arranged in the guide gutter 31 from the supply tray 30 provided on the front plate surface of the pachinko machine 1 is placed on the bent piece 29 at the tip of the operating rod 27. be done. When the firing lever 3 rotates in this state, the operating rod 27 rotates to the upward rotation position, thus lifting the game ball on the bent piece 29 at the tip upward, and eventually firing this game ball through the opening 33. It is designed to fall onto the rail 21. In this way, the ball supply device 5 is moved to the shooting rail 21 immediately after the game ball is shot by the shooting lever 3.
Supply game balls one by one to the top.

The firing force of the firing device 2 against the game ball and the number of bullets per unit time (hereinafter simply referred to as the number of bullets) are the third
As shown in the figure, a player operates a spring force selector 36 and a shot number selector 37 as a spring force operating means provided on an operating section 35 provided at the lower surface of the top plate of the pachinko machine 1. is selected by a selection operation. That is, the bullet number selector 37 includes a plurality of, for example, four bullet number selection pushbutton switches 40A, 4 as frequency selection elements for the frequency control type pulse oscillator 40, as shown in the drive circuit 38 of FIG.
0B, 40C, and 40D, and when pressed sequentially in the arrangement order, the oscillation frequency of the pulse oscillator 40 can be increased in sequence, so that, for example, 70, 80, 90, and 100 game balls can be fired per minute. is being done.

Touch circuits 41A to 41D are connected to the output sides of the pushbutton switches 40A to 40D, and the outputs of the pushbuttons 40A to 40D are connected to the touch circuit 41A only when the player is actually touching the pushbutton switches 40A to 40D. ~41D.

The selection outputs obtained via the touch circuits 41A to 41D are output from the switches 40A to 40D of the operation section 35.
Bullet number indicators 42A to 42 provided corresponding to
D's driver 43, and thus the currently selected number of bullets is visually displayed.

Also, an elastic force selector 36 as an elastic force operating means
As shown in FIG. 4, a controllable power supply unit 44 receiving output pulses from a pulse oscillator 40 is provided with a plurality of, for example, six elastic force selection pushbutton switches 45A, 45B, 45C, 45D, as pulse power setting elements.
45E and 45F, and when pressed sequentially in the arrangement order, increases the power of the excitation current pulse output from the power supply section 44 to the rotary solenoid 11, and also increases the power of the excitation current pulse outputted from the power supply section 44 to the rotary solenoid 11, and the elastic force selection push button switches 45A to 45F. Each zone indicator light 48A to 48 of the flight distance indicator 46 which is a corresponding display means
It is designed to light up F. That is, the pushbutton switches 45A to 45F are turned on in response to a pressing operation, and each of the pushbutton switches 45A to 45F is turned on in response to a pressing operation.
Zone indicator lights 48A to 48F, each corresponding to 5F
lights up.

In this case as well, touch circuits 47A to 47F are provided on the output sides of the pushbutton switches 45A to 45F, and the output of the pushbutton switches 45A to 45F is provided on the condition that the player is actually touching the pushbutton switches 45A to 45F. Touch circuit 47A~
47F.
However, the push button switches 40A to 40D described above
Alternatively, when any one of the push button switches 45A to 45F is operated, an output may be sent to the rotary solenoid.

The selection output obtained via the touch circuits 47A to 47F is transmitted to the switches 45A to 45F of the operation section 35.
Drivers 49A to 49 of each zone indicator light 48A to 48F of the flight distance indicator 46 provided corresponding to
F is given respectively. As shown in FIG. 1, the flying distance indicator 46 is provided with a third zone indicator 48C along the guide rail portion facing the obstacle nail 9 provided at the upper center of the game board 8, and a third zone indicator 48C on the left side thereof. 2, in order to divide into planned zones.
It has a configuration in which first zone indicator lights 48B and 48A are arranged, and fourth, fifth, and sixth zone indicator lights 48D, 48E, and 48F are similarly provided in order on the right side.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, each zone indicator lamp serving as a display means has a display frame portion 5 having translucent display windows 51A to 51F corresponding to each zone.
2 and an indicator light 54 such as a heat lamp or LED inserted into a through hole 53 provided in the game board 8 on a board 55.
and an indicator light section 56 attached to the.

On the other hand, the outputs of the touch circuits 49A to 49F are D-A.
The signal is applied to a conversion circuit 58. Here, the output terminals of the series of touch circuit paths 47A to 47F represent digital codes corresponding to the pressed elastic force selection switches 45A to 45F, which are converted into analog values in the D-A conversion circuit 58. The signal is input to the power supply section 44 as a power control signal.

In addition, the outputs of the touch circuits 47A to 47F are passed through the OR circuit 59 to the driver 61 of the display 60 during selection.
is given as a drive signal, and when any one of the resilient force selection switches 45A to 45F is pressed, the in-game display 60 is turned on. Note that the drive signal is given to the pulse oscillator 40 as an oscillation condition signal.

In the above configuration, the player selects and presses one of the elastic heat generation selection switches 40A to 40D of the operation section 35, and selects one of the elastic force selection switches 45A to 45F as the elastic force operation means. and press. At this time, the pulse oscillator 40 oscillates at the oscillation frequency corresponding to the number of shots selection switch pressed, the corresponding number of shots display lights up, and the output of the pulse oscillator 40 causes the power supply unit 4 to oscillate.
A pulse output having a power level corresponding to the elastic force selection switch pressed in step 4 is generated, and the corresponding zone indicator light of the flight distance indicator 46 lights up.

Therefore, the player can easily know before or during the game that the game ball will jump to the position of the lit zone indicator light on the flight distance display 46, and thus can try the game as a trial at the start of the game. This eliminates the need to bounce the ball.

Furthermore, since the outputs of the force selection switches 45A to 45F and the number of shots selection switches 40A to 40D are obtained via the touch circuits 47A to 47F and 41A to 41D, the player does not have to manually operate these switches. A jig is used to obtain the selection state without the player having to leave the pachinko machine in question and it is not possible to operate multiple pachinko machines at the same time.

In the case of the above-mentioned embodiment, the elastic force selector 36 as an elastic force operating means is replaced by a plurality of push button switches 45.
A to 45F are configured, but instead of this, the rotation selection knob 70 may be configured to align with the zone display scale 72 drawn on the operation surface 71, as shown in FIG. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the spring force operating means has a rotation shaft 73 having a rotation selection knob 70 fixed to its tip, and a rotary switch 74 for displaying flight distance on this rotation shaft 73. A power control variable resistor 75 is provided, and the output of the variable resistor 75 is connected to the touch circuit 7 provided in relation to the rotating shaft 73.
6. Each contact point of the rotary switch 74 functions as a detection switch for detecting the amount of operation of the elastic force operating means, and when the detection switch is turned on, the zone indicator lights 48A to 48F for displaying flight distance are lit.

In the configurations shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the rotation selection knob 70 is rotated to the zone display scale 72 corresponding to the zone indicator lights 48A to 48F, the rotary switch 74 detects this and selects the corresponding zone indicator light. When the zone indicator light is lit, a power control output corresponding to the amount of rotation of the knob 70 can be obtained from the power control variable resistor 75 within the rotation range in which the zone indicator light is lit.

Therefore, the effects of the above-described embodiments can be obtained, and according to the configurations shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the rebound force of the firing device 2 can be finely adjusted within the range of each flight distance zone. Can be done.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a player operates the spring force operating means of the game ball launcher to start a pachinko machine game, the display means corresponding to the operation of the spring force operating means is turned on. By displaying the display to clearly indicate the flight distance of the game ball,
The player can quickly make the game ball bounce on a falling course according to his/her preference. Therefore, there is no need for the conventional trial play when starting a game, game balls are not wasted, and the player can become absorbed in the game as soon as the game starts. Also,
Since it becomes easy to distinguish the flight distance position of each game ball when the game balls are continuously fired under the same adjustment condition, it becomes easy to adjust the punch tip 4 at the tip of the firing lever 3,
Further, it becomes easier to judge whether the game ball firing device 2 is good or bad in the game ball firing state.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention was applied to a game ball firing device using an electric drive source driven by pulsed power, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the case of having an elastic force operating means that adjusts the elastic force by winding a coil spring wire with one end fixed to the firing lever with an elastic force adjustment dial, for example, , a flight distance display rotary switch 74 as described with reference to FIG. 7 is provided,
When this switch is turned on, the display means corresponding to the operation is turned on. In this embodiment, as in the above-mentioned embodiment, it is possible to know the flight distance without making a trial shot, and game balls are not wasted when starting a game, and the same effect as in the above-mentioned embodiment is achieved. can be obtained.

Furthermore, the guide rail 7 serves as a flight distance indicator 46.
Although the case has been described in which it is extended along the upper part of the game board, it can be modified in various ways, such as being embedded in the upper part of the game board so as to extend in the left and right direction.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine to which an example of the control operation device for a launching device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention is applied; FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the launching device and game ball feeding device of FIG. 1; Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the detailed configuration of the operating section in Figure 1, Figure 4 is a systematic connection diagram showing the drive circuit in Figure 1, and Figure 5 shows a part of the flight distance indicator in Figure 1. FIGS. 6 and 7 are perspective views showing other embodiments of the operating section. 1... Pachinko machine, 2... Launch device, 3... Launch lever, 5... Game ball supply device, 6... Launch position, 7... Guide rail, 8... Game board, 9...
Obstacle nail, 10...Specific winning device, 11...Rotary solenoid, 35...Operation unit, 36...Bullet force selector, 37...Number of bullets selector, 38...Drive circuit, 40A to 40D... ...Number of bullets selection switch,
42A to 42D...Display unit, 45A to 45F...
Ballistic force selection switch, 46...Flight distance indicator, 4
8A to 48F... Zone indicator light, 74... Rotary switch for flight distance display, 75... Variable resistor for power control.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a pachinko machine equipped with a game ball launcher that launches game balls waiting at a launch position, the front surface of the pachinko machine is provided with a device that allows the game ball launcher to be launched by a player's operation. In addition to providing an elastic force operating means that can vary the force, a plurality of display means having indicator lights are provided, and the elastic force operating means includes a plurality of detection switches that are switched on in response to the operation of the elastic force operating means. is arranged so that when the player operates the spring force operating means and turns on the detection switch, the display means corresponding to the operation lights up to clearly indicate the flight distance of the shot game ball. A pachinko machine characterized by: