JPS639338Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention is different from the ball hitting device that fires the balls supplied to the ball firing rail upwards on the game board surface. The present invention relates to a pachinko machine equipped with an auxiliary ball hitting device that can give the ball an opportunity to hit the ball upward again and become a safe ball.

In conventional pachinko machines, all of the balls fired onto the game board, except for those that enter the prize opening and become safe balls, fall into the out hole provided at the bottom of the board and become out balls. It was hot. Therefore, once a flowing ball enters the out route, there is no chance of it becoming a safe ball again, and the interest of the active player is limited to the moment just before it enters the out route.
This did not satisfy the demands of players who wanted to fully enjoy every ball they hit.

The present invention, in view of the above-mentioned shortcomings of conventional machines, aims to provide a pachinko machine that can double the player's enjoyment by giving even a ball that should be an out ball a chance to be hit upwards and become a safe ball again. It is something.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on FIGS. 1 to 6B, but the ball hitting device for firing the balls supplied to the ball firing rail above the game board surface is the same as the conventional one. Since no changes are required, the explanation thereof will be omitted.

In the figure, M indicates the entire pair of auxiliary ball hitting devices installed on the back side of the game board 1, and the device M is used to push the ball B guided to the out hole 3 by the inner rail 2 upward again. It has a structure that allows you to hit back. To explain the details, 4 is a drive motor fixedly installed on the back surface of the game board 1 via a pedestal 5, and a drive shaft 6 protruding from the back surface in the direction of the game surface 1 has an S-shaped drive motor 4. A circular arc cam 7 is attached.

Reference numeral 8 denotes an operating rod rotatably attached to a shaft 9 on the back surface of the game board 1, and a roller 1 at the tip thereof engages with a cam surface 7a formed on the outer periphery of the arcuate cam 7.
0 is attached to the shaft 11. Reference numeral 12 denotes a spring that always biases the base end side of the operating rod 8 in one direction, and the biasing force thereof can be adjusted by a tension adjustment device H. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the device H includes a fixing member 13 having an L-shaped cross section fixed to the back surface of the game board 1, and is supported by the fixing member 13 and one end of the spring 12 is engaged. It consists of a male screw 14 that is fixed, a nut 15 that engages with the male screw 14, and a knob 16 that rotates the nut 15 integrally.
When the knob 16 is turned in either the left or right direction, the male screw 14 is screwed into or out of the nut 15, thereby increasing or decreasing the tension of the spring 12.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a shock absorbing body attached to one side of the operating rod 8, and 18 denotes a stopper made of an elastic material for receiving the shock absorbing body 17.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a guide hole formed in an arc shape through the game board 1 centering on the axis 9 of the operating rod 8. Reference numeral 20 denotes a screw 21 at the base end of the operating rod 8 so as to move counterclockwise along the guide hole 19. As shown in FIG. 4, a ball batting element 24 is attached to the integrally formed tubular tip attachment portion 22 of the ball batting rod through a threaded screw 23.
It is firmly attached.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a pocket with a square cross section that is installed on the inner rail 2 at an appropriate distance from the out hole 3 so as to cover the guide hole 19, and the pocket 25 has a square cross section and is attached to the inner rail 2 at an appropriate distance from the out hole 3. A space chamber S is formed into which B can enter and exit, and the ball hitting element 24 is made to face within the space chamber S. Note that 26 is a cover glass attached to the front of the game board 1.

Now, to describe the operation of the embodiment configured as described above, the ball is hit by a ball hitting device (not shown).
When the ball B is fired onto the game board 1, either the ball B enters the winning hole and becomes a safe ball, or it flows downward and enters the out hole 3 and becomes an out ball, but the ball B enters the winning hole and becomes an out ball. As shown in FIG. 1, the ball B guided along the direction of the out hole 3 does not flow into the out hole 3 but instead reaches the ball hitting head 24 facing into the pocket 25.
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On the other hand, the auxiliary ball hitting device M is also driven in conjunction with or independently of the driving of the ball hitting device, and the cam 7 attached to the drive shaft 6 of the drive motor 4 drives the first ball hitting device M.
When rotating in the direction of arrow P in the figure, the roller 10 of the operating rod 8 engages with the cam 7a of the cam 7, and the operating rod 8
In order to rotate the ball against the tension of the spring 12, the batting rod 20 connected to the actuating rod 8 moves its batting ball 24 backward, and the batted ball B follows it and enters the pocket 25. When the cam 7 further rotates, the cam surface 7a and the roller 10 are disengaged, and the operating rod 8 and the ball-striking rod 20 connected thereto are rapidly returned to their original positions by the restoring force of the spring 12. The hit ball B inside is bounced off by the ball hitter 24 and is hit back above the game board 1, giving it a chance to become a safe ball again. As long as the motor 4 is driven, the ball hitting rod 20 repeats the above-mentioned repetitive operation, but the elastic force of the ball hitting rod 20 may be arbitrarily adjusted by operating the tension adjusting device H.

However, if the knob 16 of the tension adjustment device H is provided at a location on the front of the Pachinko machine that is easy to operate, for example, slightly above the mounting position of the operating handle 27 as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is also possible to arbitrarily adjust the elasticity of the ball hitting rod 20. That is, in the figure, 28 is a through hole provided through the machine frame 29, and 30 is a fixing member fixed near the opening in the through hole 29, and a fixing member 30 is provided in the center of the fixing member to allow rotation of the knob 16. Therefore, the through hole 2
An actuating pin 31 that moves laterally within the machine frame 29 is attached to the base end thereof, and a cable 33 connected to the spring 12 side via a roller 32 attached to the back surface of the machine frame 29 is locked. Note that 34 is cable 33
35 is an upper ball receiver, and 36 is a lower ball receiver.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the difference from the previous embodiment is that the driving of the auxiliary ball hitting device M is related to the winning of the hit ball B. That is, in FIG. 1A, 37 is a winning jack attached to the game board 1, 38 is a guide hole communicating with the jack 37, and a guide member 39 and a micro switch 40 are provided below. A timer 41 is interposed between the drive motor 4 of the auxiliary ball striking device M and the switch ₄₀ , as shown in the electrical circuit diagram of FIG.

With this configuration, the auxiliary ball hitting device will be activated for a certain period of time only when hitting ball B wins and becomes a safe ball.
Since only _T1 can be activated, it is possible to provide even more interest to the player.

Furthermore, FIGS. 6C and 6C show another embodiment of this invention, in which, as shown in FIG.
In addition, a time 43 is provided for closing the power circuit of the motor ₄ for a certain period of time T2 in response to the operation of the switch 42, and the auxiliary ball hitting device M is provided in response to the operation of the switch 42 by the player. can be driven for a certain period of time T ₂ .

Further, in FIG. D, when the hit ball B enters the prize checker 37 and the switch 40 is turned on and the timer 41 is activated, if the player operates the switch 42 only within the fixed time _T1 , the same operation is performed. Timer 4 accordingly
3 is configured to turn on the power to the motor ₄ for a time T2, which is shorter than the time _T1 , and the auxiliary ball hitting device M can be driven for a certain time _T2 according to the player's will only when winning a prize.

As described in detail above, the pachinko machine of this invention can hit the ball B that has flown to the out path again to the top of the game board using the auxiliary ball hitting device M, creating an opportunity for it to become a safe ball. Since the auxiliary ball hitting device M operates only for a certain period of time with a timer whose operation is started based on the operation of the start setting means,
It exhibits an excellent effect that can provide even more interest to the players.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 6A show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view of a tension adjustment device in the pachinko machine; Fig. 4 is an exploded enlarged side view of the attachment part of the tip of the batting rod in the same pachinko machine, Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the attachment position of the operation handle, and Fig. 6A is the attachment position of the micro switch that constitutes the start setting means. , and FIGS. 6B to 6D each show another example, and are electric circuit diagrams each showing a connection state between the start setting means and the motor. Game board...1, Inner rail...2, Out hole...
...3. Pocket...25. Hit ball...B.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] 1. A pocket 25 is provided on the inner rail 2 at an appropriate distance from the out hole 3 to receive the hit ball B fired onto the game board 1, and the received hit ball B is returned to the In a pachinko machine equipped with an auxiliary ball hitting device M above the game board 1,
A pachinko machine characterized by being provided with timers 41 and 43 for operating the auxiliary ball hitting device M only for a predetermined time, and also provided with a start setting means for setting the start of the operation of the timer. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the start setting means is a micro switch operated by a safe ball won in a winning chuck. 3. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the start setting means is a switch that can be operated by a player. 4. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the start setting means is a micro switch operated by a safe ball won in a winning chuck, and a switch that can be operated by a player.