JPS636229B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a winning ball device for a pinball game machine, and more particularly to a winning ball device in which the shape of the opening and closing wings is improved.

Generally, a pachinko machine is known as an example of a pinball game machine in which games are played using pachinko balls (hereinafter referred to as balls). Conventional pachinko machines have been designed to increase the interest of the pachinko game by disposing a ball called a chulip and various other winning ball devices on the game board. By the way, pachinko machines equipped with new winning ball devices are more popular among players. Therefore, in the pachinko game industry, there is a demand for the development of a new winning ball device.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a winning ball device for a pinball game machine that is novel, rich in variety, easy to attract players' interest, and that can improve services to players. It is to be.

In summary, this invention is such that two winning areas are formed with steps in the falling direction of the balls, and a wing piece that can be opened and closed is rotatably provided in relation to each winning area.

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, in the following explanation,
A pachinko machine will be described as an example of a pinball game machine.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine equipped with a winning ball device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
A pachinko machine 10 is equipped with a front frame 11 that can be freely opened and closed, and a game board 1 that is detachably attached to the front frame 11. In the game area surrounded by the guide rails of the game board 1, passing areas 2a to 2c and Yakumono (so-called tulips) 3a and 3b are formed.
Furthermore, a winning ball device 20, which is a feature of this embodiment, is installed approximately in the center of the game board 1.

2A and 2B are front views of a winning ball device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention, in particular, FIG. 2A shows a closed state of the opening/closing wing, and FIG. 2B shows a state of the opening/closing wing of the winning ball device 20. shows.

3A and 3B are rear views of the winning ball device, particularly FIG. 3A shows the winning ball device in a closed state, and FIG. 3B shows the winning ball device in an open state.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the winning ball device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the winning ball device in an assembled state.

Next, the detailed configuration of the winning ball device 20 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2A to 5. The winning ball device 20 includes a mounting board 21. The mounting board 21 includes a winning hole 21a that becomes a first winning area, a winning hole 21b that becomes a second winning area, and a safe hole 21.
c is drilled. The mounting board 21 has a winning hole 21
A horizontally elongated guide hole 211 is located between a and 21b on both sides of the center in the vertical direction.
212 is drilled. Winning hole 21b and guide hole 2
11, a guide hole 213 is bored along the expanding direction of the left side portion of the protruding wall 241, which will be described later. Between the winning hole 21b and the guide hole 212,
A guide hole 214 is formed along the expanding direction of a right side portion of a protruding wall 241, which will be described later. Furthermore, mounting holes 215 are bored at appropriate locations on the mounting board 21. Furthermore, insertion holes 216 and 217 for inserting light emitting diodes 27c and 27d are formed in a part of the mounting board 21.

A pair of first opening/closing wings 22a and 22b are rotatably mounted on both the left and right sides sandwiching the prize entry hole 21a. On both sides of the winning hole 21b,
The second opening/closing wing pieces 23a, 23b are rotatably attached as a pair. To explain more specifically, the first opening/closing wings 22a and 22b form a cover 222 on the front surface of the ball receiving part 221, a fulcrum part 223 at the lower end of the ball receiving part 221, and an upper part of the cover 222. A pin 224 is formed on the back surface. This first
The opening/closing wing pieces 22a and 22b have a symmetrical shape or structure. First opening/closing wing piece 22a, 2
Each fulcrum part 223 of 2b is attached to the mounting board 21
It is rotatably supported by a shaft hole 218 bored in the shaft hole 218 . The pins 224 of the first opening/closing wings 22a, 22b are inserted into arcuate guide holes 219 formed in the mounting board 21. The second opening/closing wing pieces 23a, 23b each have a ball receiving portion 23.
A cover 232 is formed on the front surface of the ball receiving part 231.
A pin 233 serving as a fulcrum is formed on the back surface of the lower end of the ball receiving portion 231, and a pin 234 is formed on the back surface approximately at the center in the longitudinal direction of the ball receiving portion 231. Note that the second opening/closing blades 23a and 23b have the same structure and are bilaterally symmetrical. Pin 233 of second opening/closing wing piece 23a
is inserted into the guide hole 213 and the guide hole 21
1, it is held movably. Similarly, the pin 233 of the second opening/closing wing piece 23b is inserted into the guide hole 214 and supported movably. The pin 234 of the second opening/closing wing piece 23a is inserted into the hole of the sliding support member 235. The sliding support member 235 is connected to the guide hole 2
11 and is slidably supported. Similarly, the pin 234 of the second opening/closing wing 23b is inserted into the hole of the sliding support member 235. A sliding support member 235 corresponding to the second opening/closing wing piece 23b is slidably supported while being inserted into the guide hole 212.

A cover member 24 is provided on the front surface of the prize entry hole 21b.
is formed. This cover member 24 covers the winning hole 2
A protruding wall 241 surrounds the periphery except for the upper part of 1b.
A cover 242 is formed on the front surface of the protruding wall 241. This protruding wall 241 is formed in an inclined shape so that the upper ends on both left and right sides expand obliquely upward.

A protruding member 25 is formed on the mounting board 21 above the first opening/closing wing pieces 22a, 22b. This protrusion member 25 is connected to the first opening/closing wing piece 22
It functions to prevent balls from entering the winning hole 21a from the upper position when a and 22b are closed, and to house a segment display 26, which will be described later. A cover 252 is formed on the front surface of the protruding wall 251 . A window 253 is formed in the cover 252 to allow the segment display 26 to be seen through. The cover 252 also has holes 254 for inserting the light emitting diodes 27a and 27b,
255 is drilled. Surrounded by the protruding wall 251 is a mounting plate 26 on which a segment display 26 and light emitting diodes 27a and 27b are attached.
1 is stored. The upper side 256 of the protruding wall 251 is
It is formed in an inclined shape to guide falling balls to the safe hole 21c.

A mounting plate 28 for mounting an opening/closing drive means 30, which will be described later, is attached to the back surface of the mounting board 21.
A ball detection switch 29 for detecting a winning ball in the winning hole 21a is mounted on the mounting plate 28.

An opening/closing drive means 30 is provided on the back side of the mounting plate 28.
is installed. This opening/closing drive means 30 includes a first opening/closing drive mechanism 30a and a second opening/closing drive mechanism 3.
Contains 0b. The first opening/closing drive mechanism 30a drives the first opening/closing wing 22a and the second opening/closing wing 23a to open/close. Second opening/closing drive mechanism 30
b is for driving the first opening/closing wing 22b and the second opening/closing wing 23b to open and close. Note that the first opening/closing drive mechanism 30a and the second opening/closing drive mechanism 30b
are constructed in the same way, except that each is symmetrically constructed. Therefore, in the following, the first blades 22a and 23a are
The detailed configuration of the second opening/closing drive mechanism 30a will be explained, and the second opening/closing drive mechanism 30b will only be shown in the drawings and the explanation of the configuration will be omitted. However, in the configuration of each part of the second opening/closing drive mechanism 30b, the parts corresponding to the first opening/closing drive 30a are indicated by b instead of a at the end of the reference numeral.

The first opening/closing drive mechanism 30a includes a solenoid 31a for opening the opening/closing wings 22a, 23a in response to electrical bias. The plunger of the solenoid 31a is connected to the lever 33a via the plate 32a.
Connected to the pin. One end (left side in the illustration) of the lever 33a is a pin 28 fixed to the mounting plate 28.
It is rotatably supported at 1a. A hole is formed at the other end (right side in the figure) of the lever 33a. This hole is engaged with a pin 341 formed on the short side of the L-shaped lever 34a. A shaft 342 is formed at the intersection of the short and long sides of the lever 34a. This shaft 342 is a pin 3 formed on the back surface of the mounting board 21.
45 so as to be rotatable. Lever 34
An engagement hole 343 is formed in a part of the long side of a.
The pin 351 of the lever 35a is engaged with the engagement hole 343. This lever 35a has a long hole 352.
is drilled. The pin 224 of the first opening/closing wing 22a is engaged with the long hole 352. Lever 3
A long hole 344 is bored at the tip of the long side of 4a. This elongated hole 344 is engaged with the pin 234 of the second opening/closing wing 23a. Then, the lever 34a and the lever 34b are resiliently biased by the spring 36.

The solenoids 31a and 31b are fixed to the metal fittings 37, and the upper portions thereof are covered with a cover 38. The metal fitting 37 is attached to the back surface of the mounting plate 28.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. For example, when the ball passes through the passing area 2a, the opening/closing wings 22a and 23a are opened, when the ball passes through the passing area 2b, the opening/closing wings 22b and 23a are opened, and when the ball passes through the passing area 2c, the opening/closing wings 22a, 22
Assume a case in which it is determined to open b, 23a, and 23b. For example, when a ball passes through the passing area 2a, a detection switch (not shown) provided in association with the passing area 2a detects the passing ball. In response to this, the solenoid 31a is excited. Therefore, the solenoid 31a attracts the plunger and rotates the lever 33a. In response, the short side of the lever 34a is pushed down, so the long side of the lever 34a rotates in a direction opposite to the center of the winning ball device 20. Accordingly, the sliding support member 2
35 slides to the left of the guide hole 211. Due to the sliding of the sliding support member 235, the pin 234 of the second opening/closing blade 23a moves to the left when viewed from the front, so that the pin 233 moves into the guide hole 2.
13 in a diagonally upward direction. As a result, the second opening/closing wing piece 23a is opened as if the hand is wide open. At the same time, the lever 35a moves in accordance with the movement of the lever 34a, causing the pin 224 of the first opening/closing wing 22a to rotate diagonally downward along the guide hole 219. Therefore, the first opening/closing wing piece 22a is also opened.

On the other hand, when the ball passes through the passage area 2b, the ball is detected by a detection switch (not shown). Accordingly, the solenoid 31b is energized, so that the right opening/closing blades 22b, 23 are opened in the same manner as the opening/closing blades 22a, 23a on the left side.
b is opened.

When a ball passes through the winning area 2c, a detection switch (not shown) detects the ball. In response, solenoids 31a and 31b are excited. Therefore, all the opening/closing wing pieces 22a, 22
b, 23a, 23b are opened as shown in FIGS. 2B and 5.

In addition, if necessary, the left opening/closing wing piece 22a,
The light emitting diode 27c may be caused to emit light when 23a is opened, and the light emitting diode 27d may be caused to emit light when the right wing pieces 22b and 23b are opened.

Furthermore, the conditions for opening only the left opening and closing wing, only the right opening and closing wing, or opening and closing the left and right opening and closing wings are not limited to those described above, and various conditions may be selected. Needless to say.

As mentioned above, in this embodiment, two winning holes are provided with a step above and below, and opening/closing wings are provided on both left and right sides of the two winning holes, so that players do not have to enter the winning area above. Also, when the first and second opening/closing wings are opened, the area for receiving the ball by the second opening/closing wing on the lower side is larger than that of the first opening/closing wing on the upper side. Since the area of the wing pieces is much larger than the area that receives the ball, it has the advantage of increasing the winning probability.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, a case was explained in which a pair of opening/closing wings were provided on the left and right sides of the first winning area and the second winning area, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to other areas. Various modified structures may be used. For example, the winning ball device is divided into left and right parts at the center, and the left opening/closing wing pieces 22a and 2
3a and the first opening/closing drive mechanism 30a are arranged on the right side of the center of the game board, and the right opening/closing wing 2
2b and 23b and the second opening/closing drive mechanism 30b may be provided on the left side of the center of the game board.

In addition, as another modification, the number of prize balls to be released according to the number of winning balls may be changed from the winning hole 21a to the winning hole 21b.
You may increase the number of . Furthermore, it may be determined that four opening/closing wings are opened based on a certain game state, and the opening/closing wings are closed in accordance with a winning ball in the winning hole 21a.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is a novel winning ball device that can easily attract the interest of players, can improve the fun of the pinball game, and can provide unique features such as being able to improve the service to the players. The effect is produced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which a winning ball device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIGS. 2A and 2B are front views of a winning ball device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figures 3A and 3B are rear views of the winning ball device. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the winning ball device. FIG. 5 is an assembled perspective view of the winning ball device. In the figure, 10 is a pachinko machine, 20 is a winning ball device, 21 is a mounting board, 21a is a first winning area (winning hole), 21b is a second winning area (winning hole),
22a, 22b are first opening/closing wing pieces, 23a, 23
24 is a cover member, 25 is a projection member, 28 is a segment indicator, 30 is an opening/closing drive means, 30a is a first opening/closing drive mechanism, 30b
indicates the second opening/closing drive mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A winning ball device disposed on a game board of a pinball game machine, which forms a first winning area and has a second winning area below the first winning area. The formed mounting board is rotatably provided at a position on at least one side next to the first winning area, and due to the rotation, when the ball is opened, the ball received by the ball receiving part is transferred to the first winning area. a first opening/closing wing that guides the ball; and a rotatably provided at a position on at least one side next to the second winning area, and when the ball is opened by the rotation, the ball received by the ball receiving part is transferred to the second winning area. a second opening/closing blade that prevents the ball from entering the second winning area when the ball is closed by rotating in a direction opposite to the opening direction; The length of the ball receiving part of the opening/closing wing piece is the first length.
A winning pinball game machine, which is selected to be larger than the length of the ball receiving part of the opening/closing wing of the machine, and further comprising an opening/closing driving means for driving the first opening/closing wing and the second opening/closing wing to open and close. Ball device. 2. The first opening/closing wings are provided in pairs on both left and right sides surrounding the first winning area, and the second opening/closing wings are provided on both left and right sides surrounding the second winning area. Two opening/closing drive means are provided in pairs, and the opening/closing drive means are: a first opening/closing drive means that drives the left first opening/closing wing and the left second opening/closing wing to open/close; and the right opening/closing drive means. A winning ball device for a pinball game machine according to claim 1, comprising a first opening/closing wing and a second opening/closing drive means for driving the right second opening/closing wing to open or close. 3. The mounting board is provided with a protruding member for preventing a ball from winning in a portion that becomes an upper position of the first opening/closing wing when the first opening/closing wing is closed. A winning ball device for a pinball game machine according to scope 1. 4. The second winning area is formed by: a winning hole drilled in the mounting board through which a ball can pass; surrounding the front surface of the winning hole except for the upper part thereof, and protruding from the surface of the mounting board; The left and right wall surfaces sandwiching the winning hole include a protruding wall formed to expand laterally at the upper part of the wall surface, and the second opening/closing wing includes a supporting portion at the lower end of the second opening/closing wing that extends from the protruding wall by an opening operation. A winning ball device for a pinball game machine according to claim 2, which is supported so as to move in the direction of expansion of the wall surface on both left and right sides of the wall.