JP2611766B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a pachinko machine including a variable winning ball device provided on a game board, and more particularly, to a pachinko machine provided on a game board.
The present invention relates to a pachinko machine including a variable winning ball device that can be changed between a first state which is advantageous to a player and a second state which is disadvantageous to the player.

[Prior Art] In a conventional pachinko machine of this type, a pachinko ball wins in a specific winning area among a plurality of winning areas provided in a variable winning ball apparatus, thereby changing the second state. There has been known an apparatus in which a winning ball device is controlled to the first state.

In such a conventional pachinko machine, it is of great interest to the player whether or not a pachinko ball wins in the specific winning area of the variable winning ball device.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in a conventional pachinko machine, although various proposals have been made on how to make a variable prize ball device win a pachinko ball, the pachinko ball is once changed into a variable prize ball. When the pachinko ball enters the device, there is hardly any device that allows the pachinko ball to fall naturally in the variable winning ball device and applies a predetermined control to the pachinko ball.

Also, even if the pachinko ball in the variable winning ball device is controlled, it only changes the falling direction of the pachinko ball in the variable winning ball device, for example, and has little appeal to the player, It could not be said that the fun of the game was brought out enough.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and provides a pachinko machine that can apply a predetermined control to the pachinko balls that have entered the variable prize ball device and make the game development interesting. The purpose is to provide.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a variable winning prize ball device disposed on a game board and capable of changing between a first state advantageous to the player and a second state disadvantageous to the player. A pachinko machine including the variable winning ball device, wherein the hit ball that has entered the variable winning ball device wins and the variable winning ball device in the second state is brought into the first state. A specific prize area determined to be controlled, a normal prize area other than the specific prize area, and a stay mechanism provided in the variable prize ball device and capable of retaining a hit ball that has entered the variable prize ball device; And control means for controlling the holding mechanism to change between a staying state in which the hitting ball can stay and a releasing state in which the hitting ball is released, wherein the variable prize accompanying the prize of the hitting ball in the specific winning area. Synchronized with the start of control of the ball device to the first state. And a stagnant mechanism control means for starting control to change to the stagnant state, wherein the stagnation mechanism is located at a position on the ball flow lower side with respect to any of the specific prize area and the normal prize area. It is characterized by releasing staying balls.

[Operation] According to the present invention, if the ball hits a specific winning area,
The variable winning ball device in the second state is controlled to the first state. Further, by the action of the staying mechanism control means capable of controlling the staying mechanism to change the hitting ball between a staying state in which the hitting ball can be held and a release state in which the hitting ball is released, the hitting of the hitting ball into the specific winning area is performed. Control for changing to the staying state is started in synchronization with the start of the control for the variable winning prize ball apparatus to the first state. Further, the staying ball is released by the staying mechanism at a position which is on the ball flow lower side with respect to both the specific winning area and the normal winning area.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a variable winning ball device 12 as an example of a winning ball device provided in the pachinko machine 10 shown in FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 1, first, the pachinko machine 10
Will be briefly described.

Based on the fact that a pachinko ball (not shown) fired on the game board 14 has won the starting winning opening 16a, 16b or 18,
A pair of open / close wing pieces 20a and 20b of the variable winning ball device 12 are opened and closed from the closed state shown in FIG. 1 to the open state shown in FIG. 2 and returned to the closed state shown in FIG. The operation is performed once or twice.

While the opening and closing wing pieces 20a and 20b open and close, the variable winning ball device 12
Pachinko balls enter the prize space 22, and the balls enter the prize space
When it is detected that a winning has been made to the V pocket winning opening 24 provided in the lower central portion of the 22, the opening / closing wing pieces 20a and 20b are continuously opened and closed up to 18 times based on the detection signal.

In the meantime, when the number of winning balls to the variable winning ball device 12 becomes 10, even if the number of opening and closing of the opening and closing wing pieces 20a, 20b is less than 18, the opening and closing wing pieces 20a, 20b are forcibly closed. To be.

As described above, in the opening / closing control of the opening / closing wing pieces 20a and 20b (control of the V winning state) accompanying the pachinko ball winning in the V pocket winning opening 24, the maximum opening / closing frequency of the opening / closing wing pieces 20a and 20b or An upper limit is set for the number of pachinko balls to be won in the meantime, so that the gaming value given by one V winning control state is not separated for each gaming machine.

While the opening / closing wing pieces 20a and 20b are opened and closed with the win of the pachinko ball in the V pocket winning opening 24, it is detected that the pachinko ball entering the winning space 22 wins the V pocket winning opening 24. Then, the opening / closing control (V winning control) of the opening / closing wing pieces 20a, 20b is updated.

For example, when the opening / closing wing pieces 20a and 20b enter the opening / closing operation for the tenth time, when the sixth pachinko ball entering the prize space 22 wins in the V pocket winning opening 24, from that time, that is, the opening / closing wing piece Even though the opening and closing of 20a and 20b has not been performed 18 times, and 10 pachinko balls have not been won in the meantime, the opening and closing wing pieces 20a and 20b have been changed up to 18 times or 10 It opens and closes until the pachinko ball wins, whichever comes first.

Up to eight renewals of the opening / closing control (V winning control) of the opening / closing wing pieces 20a and 20b in accordance with the winning of the pachinko ball into the V pocket winning opening 24 are allowed.

Controlling the number of updates in this manner limits the maximum value of the game that can be obtained by the player, makes it easier to manage and manage the game arcade where the pachinko machines are located, and provides fairer services to the player. There are advantages.

Next, the features of the variable winning ball device 12 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The variable winning ball device 12 includes a winning space 22 and the winning space 22
And a plurality of winning ports 24, 26a, 26b provided in the lower part of the prize. The plurality of winning openings are, as described above, a V pocket winning opening in which a specific game value can be given as described above.
24, and the right and left sides thereof are normal winning openings 26a and 26b.

The feature of the variable winning ball device 12 is that, in the winning space 22, a rocking plate 28 whose inclination angle changes gradually and steeply is provided, and a stopper piece that cooperates with the rocking plate 28 to retain pachinko balls.
30a and 30b (30b is omitted in FIG. 1).

A staying mechanism constituted by the swinging plate 28 and the stopper pieces 30a and 30b, which can hold the pachinko balls, will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3, 4, 5 and 6. I do.

First, as shown in the front view of the variable winning ball device 12 shown in FIG. 3 and the longitudinal sectional view shown in FIG.
In the state of the gentle inclination, the distance between the stopper pieces 30a, 30b and the rocking plate 28 becomes narrower than the diameter of the pachinko ball P,
Pachinko balls P rolling on both ends of the stopper pieces 30a, 30b
The rolling is stopped by this and stays on the rocking plate 28.

On the other hand, as shown in the front view of the variable winning ball device 12 shown in FIG. 5 and the longitudinal sectional view shown in FIG. 6, when the rocking plate 28 is in a steeply inclined state, the stopper pieces 30a, 30b and the rocking plate 28 Is larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball P, and the pachinko ball P rolling on the rocking plate 28 falls toward one of the V pocket winning opening 24 and the normal winning opening 26a, 26b. Therefore, the pachinko balls P do not stay on the rocking plate 28.

A further feature of this embodiment is that the swing plate 28 and the stopper
The stagnation mechanism constituted by 30a and 30b is further devised as follows.

That is, the upper surface of the rocking plate 28 is gently inclined downward toward the left and right sides, and a guide groove 32 is formed at the center thereof so as to extend from the rear to the front. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, when the rocking plate 28 is in a slightly inclined state, the pachinko balls P roll on the rocking plate 28 relatively slowly, and move from the rear to the front, and from the center. Since the pachinko balls P also roll toward both ends, the pachinko balls P eventually roll to a position where they are locked by the stopper pieces 30a and 30b.

The pachinko ball P rolling in the guide groove 32 is
With 32, it is guided to win the V pocket winning opening 24 with a relatively high probability.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, FIG. 8, and FIG. 9, a method of retaining the pachinko balls P and a state of the retention will be described. FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 are cross-sectional views of the central portion of the variable prize ball device 12 drawn for this explanation, showing the swinging plate 28, the stopper pieces 30a and 30b, and the open / close wing pieces. 20a, 20b
The winning path of the pachinko balls P guided on the rocking plate 28 is shown.

First, when the rocking plate 28 is in a gently inclined state, as shown in FIG. 7, the pachinko ball P is moved by the left and right stopper pieces 30a, 30b due to the downward and leftward tilt formed on the upper surface of the rocking plate 28. One by one is relatively easily retained.

In that state, if the next pachinko ball P2 wins,
When the motor power of the pachinko ball P2 is small, that is, when the pachinko ball P2 spreads relatively slowly into the winning area, the pachinko ball P2 is locked behind the pachinko ball P1 and stays.

On the other hand, when two pachinko balls P1 are staying,
Next, when the pachinko ball P3 that has won the prize has a strong kinetic power, as shown in FIG. 8, the pachinko ball P3 collides with the staying pachinko ball P1 and further rolls on the rocking plate 28. While falling, it falls in the normal winning opening 26a direction.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, when two pachinko balls P1 and P2 are already staying on one side of the winning space, the pachinko ball P4 that subsequently wins collides with the pachinko ball P2 and remains as it is. The guide groove 32 reaches the central area of the swing plate 28.
Inside, and guided by the guide groove 32 to enter the V pocket winning opening 24 in many cases. As described above, the flow of the pachinko balls may change depending on the state of the pachinko balls staying.

As described above, when the rocking plate 28 is in a gentle inclination state and the pachinko balls can stay therein, the left and right stopper pieces 30a, 30
Each pachinko ball is easily retained by b, and the subsequently won prize balls are further retained depending on the exercise power of the pachinko ball,
Or drop in the direction of the winning opening.

As described above, in this embodiment, up to four pachinko balls can be retained, and when the pachinko balls are retained, a change is made to the falling path of the winning prize balls. 24, 26a and 26b are won, and the fun of the game is increased.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the variable winning ball device 12. Here, the configuration of the variable winning ball device 12 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

The variable prize ball device 12 has a main body 34 that is open at the front and has a prize space 22 inside. The main body 34 has a mounting board 36 that is mounted on the surface of the game board that protrudes outward. In front of the mounting board 36, a ball guiding gutter is formed so as to cover the winning space 22, and the upper edge of the winning space 22 is defined by the upper ball guiding gutter 38, and the mounting board 36
At the same time, a winning opening 40 is formed.

Depending on the ball guide gutter 42 on the lower side, the V pocket winning opening 24,
Normally, three winning ports 26a and 26b are formed. A winning opening forming member 44 is provided as an auxiliary member for forming the three winning openings 24, 26a, 26b.

In the mounting board 36 that protrudes to the left and right of the winning space 22, support shaft insertion holes 46a and 46b are formed, and behind the mounting board 36, bearing cylinders 48a and 48b that follow the support shaft insertion holes 46a and 46b. (48
a is not shown in the figure). These shaft insertion holes 46a, 46b and bearing sleeves 48a, 48b
The rotation support shafts 50a and 50b attached to the a and 20b and extending rearward are inserted. The rear ends of the pivot shafts 50a, 50b protrude rearward from the rear ends of the bearing cylinders 48a, 48b, and the link members 52a, 5b
It is connected to the tip of 2b. The rear ends of the link members 52a, 52b are engaging pins 54a, 54b, which are actuating members 56a, 5b.
6b are engaged with the long engagement holes 58a and 58b.

Actuating members 56a and 56b are plungers 62 of solenoids 60a and 60b.
a, 62b, and when the solenoids 60a, 60b are turned on, they slide upward and return springs 64a, 64b
Is provided, and the solenoid 60
When a and 60b are turned off, they slide downward.

Therefore, the pivot members 50a, 50b are rotated via the link members 52a, 52b by the vertical sliding of the operating members 56a, 56b, and the opening / closing blade pieces 20a, 20b are opened and closed.

In addition, pivot collars 66a, 66b and 68a, 68b are provided at the rear ends of the spindle insertion holes 46a, 46b and the bearing cylinders 48a, 48b so that the pivots 50a, 50b can rotate smoothly. Mated.

In the winning space 22, there is a V pocket winning opening 24 at the lowest part,
Rocking plate 28 for guiding winning balls to normal winning opening 26a or 26b
Is provided. The rocking plate 28 has a body 34 on both left and right sides.
Is rotatably mounted on the side wall of the vehicle. More specifically, a bearing hole 70 extending in the left-right direction is formed on the lower surface side of the swinging plate 28, and a rotation support shaft 72 is inserted into the bearing hole 70, and both ends of the rotation support shaft 72 are It is attached to the side wall of the main body 34.

The swing plate 28 has an upper surface inclined downward toward the left and right sides as described above, and a guide groove 32 extending from the rear to the front is formed at the center thereof. An engagement piece 74 protrudes from the rear.

The engagement piece 74 is engaged with an engagement hole 78 formed in a sliding plate 76 on which a picture is drawn, which is provided slidably in the vertical direction behind the main body 34.

In the winning space 22, an obstacle member 80 is further disposed above the rocking plate. Obstacle member 80 includes members 80a and 80b
And 80c are combined. The obstacle member 80
Is to change the falling of the winning ball in the winning space 22.

The rear end of the obstacle member 80 is fixed to substantially the center of the sliding plate 76 described above. Therefore, as described later, the sliding plate
As 76 slides up and down, obstruction member 80 also slides up and down accordingly.

Stopper piece insertion holes 82a and 82b (82b are not shown in the drawing) are formed on both side walls of the main body 34 forming the winning space, and the stopper pieces 30a and 30b protrude into the winning space 22 therefrom. .

In this embodiment, the stopper pieces 30a and 30b
Transparent protective plate 84a that is fitted into the part that protrudes to the left and right of
It is formed integrally with 84b.

However, the stopper pieces 30a, 30b are thus
It is not formed integrally with the transparent protective plates 84a and 84b, and
Instead of forming the stopper piece insertion holes 82a and 82b on the left and right side walls, the stopper pieces may be directly erected on the side walls.

The sliding plate 76 is provided so as to be slidable in the vertical direction as described above. More specifically, on the back of the body 34,
Engagement pins 86a, 86b (86a is not shown in the figure) are provided on the left and right above the engagement pin, and an engagement pin 88 protrudes from the center thereof. At the upper left and right sides and at the lower center of the sliding plate 76, vertically extending engagement slots 90a, 90b, 92 are formed, and these engagement slots 90a, 90b, 92 are provided with the engagement pins 86a described above. ,
The sliding plate 76 is capable of moving up and down by the length of the long hole by engaging with 86b, 88.

The back of the main body 34 has an opening in which the upper half is cut out, and the pattern drawn on the surface of the sliding plate 76 attached behind the main body 34 can be seen from the front of the winning space 22. Of the rocking plate 28 and the obstruction member 80
Can be engaged with or attached to the sliding plate 76.

An engagement gutter 94 protruding rearward is formed on the rear surface of the slide plate 76, and the engagement gutter 94 is engaged with a projection 100 of a rotating cam 98 rotated by a motor 96.

The motor 96 is attached to the rear of the operation cover 102 attached to the back side of the main body 34. The operation cover 102 is attached to the rear surface of the main body 34 at a predetermined interval so that the sliding plate 76, the cam 98, and the like can be disposed in front of the operation cover 102.

When the motor 96 rotates, the rotating cam 98 connected to the output shaft 97 rotates. A projection 100 is provided at a position eccentric with respect to the rotation center of the rotating cam 98.
And the engagement gutter 94 are engaged.

On the other hand, the sliding plate 76 is guided by the engagement elongated holes 90a, 90b, 92 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction.

Therefore, the sliding plate 76 reciprocates in the vertical direction by the rotation of the rotary cam 98. As the sliding plate 76 slides, the swinging plate 28 swings between the gentle inclination state and the steep inclination state since the engagement piece 74 is moved up and down.

Further, the obstacle member 80 connected to the swing plate 76 moves up and down.

Below the rotary cam 98, a rotary position detection switch 104 whose on-off is controlled by the peripheral surface of the rotary cam 98 is provided. By the output of the rotation position detection switch 104, the swing plate 28 can be stopped in the steeply inclined state or the gentlely inclined state.

Here, the relationship between the rotation cam 98 and the rotation position detection switch 104 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b), the peripheral surface of the rotary cam 98 includes an arc-shaped peripheral surface 106a and a concave peripheral surface 106b formed by cutting off the arc-shaped peripheral surface. The roller 110 attached to the tip of the operating rod 108 of the rotation position detection switch 104 is
The rotary cam 98 rolls along the arc-shaped learning surface 106a and the concave peripheral surface 106b.

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
Moves from the arc-shaped peripheral surface 106a to the concave peripheral surface 106b, the operating rod 108 opens upward, and the rotational position detection switch 104 is turned off.

At this time, the projection 100 of the rotating cam 98 is located at the top. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, the sliding plate 76 slides upward and is positioned at the uppermost position, and the rocking plate 28 is in a steeply inclined state.

On the other hand, when the rotating cam 98 is in the state shown in FIG. 11 (b), the roller 110 moves from the recessed peripheral surface 106b to the arc-shaped peripheral surface 106a, and the operating rod 108 is opened (in FIG. 11 (a)). State) to the closed state, and the rotation position detection switch 10
8 turns on.

At this time, the projection 100 formed on the rotating cam 98 is at the lowest position, and therefore, referring to FIG.
The slider 76 slides to the lowermost position, the rocking plate 28 is in the gentlest inclined state, and the pachinko balls can stay.

Therefore, by detecting the on / off state of the rotation position detection switch 104 or a change in switching thereof, and controlling the motor 96 accordingly, the tilt state of the rocking plate 28 can be controlled to a desired state.

Now, returning to FIG. 10, the variable winning ball device 12 incorporates a display lamp for raising various game atmospheres and a lamp for displaying information. To enumerate, a digital display 112 for displaying 10 counts for displaying the number of balls won in the variable winning ball device, eight light emitting diodes 114 for displaying the number of times the V winning control state is continued, and enlivening the atmosphere of the game. Light emitting board 116a, 1 on which diodes for
16b, lamps 118a, 118b (118a is not shown in the figure),
120a, 120b, 122a, 122b are provided.

Further, the upper decorative plate 124, the decorative plates 126, 128a, 128b, 130a, and 130 for effectively displaying the light of the light emitting diode and the lamp, and for attaching the light emitting diode and the lamp and the like.
b, lamp orientation frames 132a, 132b, etc. are provided.

Further, a lower front decorative plate 134 is provided below the forefront, and a winning ball guiding gutter 136 is protruded inside (lower side of) the lower front decorative plate 134.

The lower front decorative plate 134 is provided with locking projections 138a, 138b, 140
a, 140b make it detachable from the main body 34.

Further, the specific winning opening forming member 142 is engaged with the lower ball guiding gutter 42 formed in the main body 34, and the specific winning opening 24 is formed in a desired shape.

In the drawing, 144 is a winning ball guiding gutter for guiding a pachinko ball that has won the winning opening 40, 146 is a solenoid mounting plate, 147 is a storage ball regulating plate, 148 is a light emitting diode, a lamp, a motor 96, etc. Is a wiring relay board that temporarily collects the wirings and serves as a collective relay point with the external wiring.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of a control circuit of the above-described pachinko machine 10. FIG. 13 is a timing chart for explaining the operation timing of the characteristic part of this embodiment in the control circuit shown in FIG. next,
The control operation of the pachinko machine 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 12 and FIG.

First, based on FIG. 12, the pachinko ball fired by the player wins the starting winning opening 16a, 16b or 18 (see FIG. 2). For example, a pachinko ball wins in the starting winning opening 16a. The winning pachinko ball is the starting winning ball detection switch 15
Detected at 0a. In addition, when the other winning prize openings 16b and 18 (see FIG. 2) are won, they are also detected by the corresponding starting prize ball detecting switches 150b and 152, respectively.

The output of the start winning ball detection switch 150a, that is, the pulse signal, is given to the holding circuit 156 via the OR gate 154.

The holding circuit 156 is a circuit that holds an input signal until a release signal is given, and its output is given to a solenoid driver 160 via an OR gate 158 and the solenoid 6
0a and 60b are turned on. Accordingly, the opening / closing wing pieces 20a and 20b (see FIG. 2) of the variable winning ball device 12 are opened.

The output of holding circuit 156 is also provided to timer 162 as a start signal. In response, the timer 162 is activated, and a time-up output is derived after 0.5 seconds, for example. Since the timer 162 measures such a very short time, a delay circuit may be used instead.

The output of timer 162 is provided to release pulse generating circuit 168 via OR gate 164 and AND gate 166. In this case, the other input of the two-input AND gate 166 is supplied with a high-level signal obtained by inverting the low-level signal.
Therefore, the output of the timer 162 causes the release pulse generation circuit 168 to operate, and the release pulse generation circuit 168 generates a pulse.

The generated release pulse is supplied to the holding circuit 156 as a release signal. Therefore, the output of the holding circuit 156 returns from the high level to the low level. For this reason, the solenoids 60a, 60
b is turned off, and the opening / closing wing pieces 20a, 20b are closed.

As described above, when a pachinko ball wins in the starting winning opening 16a or 16b, the starting winning ball detection switch 150a or 150b detects the winning ball and a predetermined short time set by the timer 162, for example, the solenoid 60a, 60b for 0.5 second. Is turned on to control the opening and closing blade pieces 20a and 20b to be opened.

When the pachinko ball fired by the player enters the start winning port 18, it is detected by the start winning ball detection switch 154, and the holding circuit 170 is held.

The holding output of the holding circuit 170 is supplied to the
It is provided to one input terminal of input AND gate 174. The other input terminal of the AND gate 174 is provided with the D1 output of a frequency divider 178 that performs a frequency division operation based on the output of the clock oscillator 176. Therefore, the output of the AND gate 174 becomes an output that changes between a high level and a low level in the D1 output cycle of the frequency divider 178, and the output is the OR gate 158.
Through to the solenoid driver 160. Therefore, the solenoids 60a and 60b are turned on and off at the above-mentioned fixed cycle,
The opening / closing wing pieces 20a and 20b are opened and closed.

The output of the holding circuit 170 is also provided to the binary counter 180 as a set signal. Therefore, binary counter 180
Performs a counting operation by the D1 'output of the frequency divider 178 (an output having the same cycle as that of the output D1 and having the timing shifted).

The output of the binary counter 180 derives a count-up output when the output D1 'of the frequency divider 178 is counted for two cycles, and the output is supplied to the release pulse generation circuit 168 via the OR gate 164 and the AND gate 166.

In response, a release pulse is provided from release pulse generating circuit 168 to holding circuit 170, and the output of holding circuit 170 returns to a low level. Therefore, the solenoids 60a and 60b are turned off, and the open / close wing pieces 20a and 20b are closed.

During the period when the output of the holding circuit 170 is at the high level, the display driving circuit 182 operates based on the output D2 of the frequency divider 178,
The light emitting boards 116a, 116b (see FIG. 10) and the like blink so that the atmosphere of the game is enhanced.

During the opening or closing operation of the opening / closing wing pieces 20a, 20b,
Pachinko balls can enter the winning space 22 (see FIG. 1) of the variable winning ball device 12.

When the pachinko ball that has entered the winning space 22 wins in the V pocket winning opening 24 below it, the winning is detected by the V winning ball detection switch 184, and the output pulse is held via the special state inhibition circuit 186 and the holding circuit. Provided to 188 and retained.

The prize state prohibition circuit 186 is a circuit that simply passes a signal when an output from the octal counter 190 is not provided, as described later.

The output of the holding circuit 188 is applied to one input terminal of a two-input AND gate 174 via an OR gate 172. Therefore, based on the high level output of the holding circuit 188, the solenoids 60a and 60b are turned on and off in the cycle of the output D1 of the frequency divider 178, and the opening and closing blade pieces 20a and 20b are opened and closed.

The output of the holding circuit 188 is also applied to an 18-digit counter 192 as a set signal. Therefore, in response to the holding circuit 188 deriving the high-level signal, the 18-digit counter 192
Starts a count operation in response to the output D1 'of the frequency divider 178, and derives a count-up output when the output D1' has been output for 18 cycles.

The output is given to the release pulse generation circuit 168, and the output of the release pulse generation circuit 168 puts the holding circuit 188 into the release state. Therefore, the solenoids 60a and 60b are turned off after being turned on and off 18 times, and the open / close wing pieces 20a and 20b are closed after being turned on and off 18 times.

Note that the high level output of the holding circuit 188 is
And 170 as well as being supplied to the inverting input terminal of the two-input AND gate 166, after the holding circuit 188 is in the holding state (that is, V
After entering the winning control state), the pachinko ball starts
Even if any one of 16a, 16b, and 18 is won, the holding circuits 156 and 170 do not operate, or the input signal to the release pulse generating circuit 168 is not supplied via the OR gate 164 and the AND gate 166. ing.

Therefore, during this time, the winning of the pachinko balls into the starting winning prize ports 16a, 16b, 18 does not cause any prize balls to be paid out by itself, and does not cause any control value.

Further, the output of the holding circuit 188 is provided to the display drive circuit 194. Therefore, the display drive circuit 194 operates the display lamps 118a, 118b, 120a, 120b, 12 in the cycle of the output D3 of the frequency divider 178.
2a, 122b flashes and the atmosphere of the game is raised.

Pachinko balls win the V pocket winning opening 24 and open / close wings
While the 20a and 20b are repeatedly opened and closed 18 times, the total number of pachinko balls which have won the normal winning ports 26a and 26b or the V pocket winning port 24 of the variable winning ball device 12 is determined by a winning ball number detecting switch (so-called switch).
10 count detection switch) 196 and counted by the winning ball counting circuit 198.

The counted value is given to the display drive circuit 200, and is displayed on a digital display (so-called 10-count display) 112 for displaying the number of winnings.

The winning ball counting circuit 198 determines a predetermined number, for example, 1
When 0 is counted, a count-up output is supplied to the release pulse generation circuit 168.

In response, release pulse generating circuit 168 provides a release pulse to holding circuit 188.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when the pachinko ball wins in the V pocket winning opening 24, the opening and closing wing pieces 20a and 20b start opening and closing continuously, and whether the opening and closing wing pieces 20a and 20b finish opening and closing 18 times, In the meantime, the number of winning balls in the winning space 22 of the variable winning ball device 12 (strictly speaking, the normal winning opening 26a, 26b or the V pocket winning opening 24) reaches 10 pieces, whichever comes first. Thereby, the open / close wing pieces 20a, 20b are closed.

The output of the V winning ball detection switch 184 is also provided to the octal counter 190 as a count-up pulse. That is, the octal counter 190 counts “+1” when the V winning ball detection switch 184 is turned on. This count value is given to the display drive circuit 202, and the eight light emitting diodes 114 (see FIG. 10) are turned on, blinked or turned off by the count value of the octal counter 190.

As a result, the player can know the number of wins of pachinko balls in the V-pocket winning opening 24, and can know what number of V-win control states.

The output of the V winning ball detection switch 184 resets the 18-digit counter 192 and the winning ball counting circuit 198. Therefore, in the V winning state, when a pachinko ball enters the V pocket winning opening 24 of the variable winning ball device 12, 18
When the pachinko ball enters the V-pocket winning opening 24, that is, when the pachinko ball has entered the V-pocket winning opening 24, that is, even when the V winning state has not expired, the V winning state starts from that point. Will be updated.

The octal counter 190 derives a count-up output when its count value becomes “8”. This output is given to the special state prohibition circuit 186. Special state prohibition circuit 186
Is a circuit that simply passes the winning signal when no high-level signal is supplied from the octal counter 190 as described above, but the high-level signal from the octal counter 190 is supplied. In the state, it is a type of gate circuit configured to take in an input signal and not derive an output.

Therefore, when the octal counter 190 counts “8”, in other words, the number of winning balls in the V pocket winning opening 24 is eight.
After that, the special prize state prohibition circuit 186 is activated, and the output of the V winning ball detection switch 184 thereafter is invalidated.

Therefore, in the 8th V winning state, be sure to
192 counts up or the winning ball counting circuit 198 counts up, and the release pulse generation circuit 168 derives a release pulse based on one of the outputs. And
The output releases the holding circuit 188 from the holding state.

This state is a state in which the so-called V winning control state has been continued eight times. In this state, when the pachinko ball wins the starting winning opening 16a, 16b or 18, the starting winning ball detection switch 150a, 150b or 154 is turned on, and the holding circuit 156
Alternatively, a high-level signal is derived from 170. This signal is supplied to the AND gate 206 via the OR gate 204.

The AND gate 206 is a two-input gate, and the other input terminal is supplied with an inverted high-level signal in this state.

Therefore, the AND gate 206 is connected to the holding circuit 156 or 170
, Derives a high level signal and resets the octal counter 190.

Therefore, the special state prohibition circuit 186 activated in response to the high level output of the octal counter 190 also stops operating.

Therefore, thereafter, the output of the V winning ball detection switch 184 is effectively given to the holding circuit 188 and the like.

Thus, in the control according to this embodiment, the octal counter 19
To reset 0, after the V winning control state has expired,
The pachinko ball is reset based on the fact that the pachinko ball has won one of the start winning ports 16a, 16b and 18.

A feature of the control of this embodiment is that a circuit for performing the following control is added in addition to the above control.

That is, in this embodiment, the V winning ball detection switch 18
A motor drive circuit 208 that starts driving based on the output of 4 is provided, and the motor 96 (see FIG. 10) is driven by the motor drive circuit 208. As described above, the motor 96 rotates the rotary cam 98, slides the slide plate 76, and swings the swing plate 28.

Further, the motor drive circuit 208 is provided with an output when the winning ball counting circuit 198 counts “6” or an output when the octal counter 192 counts “8” through the OR gate 210. The drive is stopped by the output of.

An example of the above operation will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

When the start winning ball detection switch 150a or 150b is turned on, the solenoids 60a and 60b are turned on for a predetermined time in accordance with the fall, and the opening and closing wing pieces 20a and 20b are opened and closed once.

If a pachinko ball does not win in the winning space 22 during that time, the operation ends.

Next, it is assumed that a pachinko ball has entered the starting winning opening 18. In response, the start winning ball detection switch 152 is turned on, and the solenoids 60a, 60b are continuously turned on twice in response to the fall of the pulse. Therefore, the opening / closing wing pieces 20a and 20b perform two opening / closing operations.
Repeat several times. Such control of the solenoids 60a and 60b
This has already been described with reference to FIG.

A pachinko ball enters the winning space 22 while the opening / closing wing pieces 20a and 20b are opened and closed twice, and the pachinko ball wins the V pocket winning opening 24 (see FIG. 1), as shown in FIG. Thus, the V winning ball detection switch 184 is turned on.

In response to the falling edge of the pulse of the V winning ball detection switch 184, the solenoids 60a and 60b start the on / off control continuously 18 times.

In addition, the motor 96 starts rotating in response to the falling edge of the pulse of the V winning ball detection switch 184.

Before the start of rotation, the motor 96 is driven by the rotating cam 98
It stops in the state shown in FIG. Therefore, the motor 96
When the rotation starts, the rotating cam 98 starts rotating, and the rocking plate 28 is moved from the steepest inclined state to the gentlest inclined state.

The motor 96 rotates, and the rotation position detection switch 104 switches from the OFF state shown in FIG. 11A to the ON state shown in FIG. 11B according to the rotation state of the rotation cam 98.

When the rotation position detection switch 104 is switched from off to on, the switching is triggered to stop the motor 96, as shown in FIG.

Accordingly, the motor 96 stops in the state shown in FIG. 11 (b), and the rocking plate 28 stops in the gentlest inclination state, and the winning space 22
The pachinko balls can stay in the interior (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

Thus, in this embodiment, the V winning ball detection switch
When the 184 turns on and the V winning control state starts, the swing plate 28
Changes from the steeply inclined state to the gentlely inclined state, and the pachinko balls can stay in the winning space 22.

Next, before the 10-count switch 196 detects six winning balls, the solenoids 60a and 60b are turned on eight times (that is, when the open / close wing pieces 20a and 20b are opened and closed eight times), and the eighth turn-on is performed. In response to the fall of the signal, the motor 96 starts rotating again. Therefore, the rotating cam 98 rotated by the motor 96 starts rotating from the state shown in FIG. 11 (b). Then, when the rotating cam 98 is brought into the state shown in FIG. 11A, the rotational position detection switch 104 is turned off from the on state, and the motor 96 is stopped by the inversion signal.
Therefore, the rotating cam 98 stops in the state shown in FIG.

At this time, the rocking plate 28 is in the steepest state, and the pachinko balls staying in the winning space 22 are released.

As described above, when the solenoids 60a and 60b are turned on eight times, the motor 96 starts rotating again, and the rocking plate 28 changes from the gentle inclination state to the steep inclination state, and the staying pachinko balls are released. In addition, the rotation control of the motor 96
This is also done by the count switch 196. For example, the start winning ball detection switches 150a and 150b are turned on, the solenoids 60a and 60b are turned on for a predetermined time, and the open / close wing pieces 20a and 20b are set to 1
When the pachinko ball enters the winning space 22 during the opening and closing, and the V winning ball detecting switch 184 is turned on, the solenoids 60a and 60b
Starts turning on and off 18 times. Further, the motor 96 starts rotating and rotates until the rotation position detection switch 104 is turned on, so that the swinging plate 28 allows pachinko balls to stay in the winning space 22.

In this V winning control state, the 10 count switch 19
When 6 detects six pachinko balls, that is, when the number of pachinko balls that have won the normal winning ports 26a and 26b reaches six, even if the solenoids 60a and 60b have not yet turned on and off eight times, 10 In response to the falling of the sixth pulse of the count switch 196, the motor 96 starts rotating. Then, the rotation position detection switch 104 is rotated until it is turned off, the rocking plate 28 is changed from the gentle inclination state to the steep inclination state, and the retained pachinko balls are released.

As described above, when the variable prize ball device 12 is in the V prize control state, the pachinko ball that has won firstly stays in the winning space 22, and the pachinko ball that subsequently wins due to the stay of the pachinko ball becomes the winning space 22. The path of rolling inside is changed to make it easy for a pachinko ball to win in the V pocket winning opening 24, so that the player can fully enjoy the V winning control state, and Since the continuation can be carried out, the interest given to the player is doubled.

In the above control, the rotation of the motor 96 is
The control may be performed by controlling the rotation time of the motor 96 using a timer instead of the control by the rotation position detection switch 98 and the rotation position detection switch 104.

Further, the swing plate 28 can be controlled to a desired state by controlling the rotation angle by a step motor or the like.

In the above embodiment, the start of the V winning control state enables the pachinko balls to stay in the winning space 22. When the number of winning balls reaches six, or when the open / close wing pieces 20a and 20b open and close eight times. Pachinko balls that have sometimes stayed can now be released.

As shown in FIG. 13, the rotational drive start timing of the motor 96 for driving the retaining mechanism for retaining the balls and the excitation start timing of the solenoids 60a and 60b associated with the big hit state are synchronized. The motor drive circuit 208, the winning ball counting circuit 198, the 18-digit counter 192, and the OR gate 210 can be controlled to change the staying mechanism between a staying state in which the hitting ball can stay and a releasing state in which the staying ball is released. Control means for starting the control for changing to the stagnant state in synchronization with the start of the control of the first state of the variable prize ball device in accordance with the winning of the ball in the specific prize area. Control means is configured.

Further, the pachinko ball is kept in a state in which the pachinko ball can always be kept by the staying mechanism, and is temporarily released after a lapse of a certain period of time after the output of the start winning ball detection switch 150a, 150b or 152, or after the start of the V winning control. You may make it release temporarily after a lapse of time.

Next, various modifications of the winning ball retaining mechanism will be described.

FIG. 14 shows an embodiment in which a stopper plate 212 is provided instead of the stopper pieces 30a and 30b described in FIG. 3 and the like.

The stopper plate 212 is a horizontally long plate, and extends from the left end to the right end in front of the winning space 22. Stopper plate
The lower side of 212 has a central portion cut out in an upwardly convex shape.
Therefore, a pachinko ball rolling on the center of the swinging plate 28 can drop toward the V pocket winning opening 24 and the normal winning openings 26a and 26b even when the swinging plate 28 is in a gently inclined state.

The notch in the lower center portion of the stopper plate 212 may be a triangular upward convex notch as shown by a dashed line or a rectangular notch. In short, the pachinko ball which rolls in the central portion of the rocking plate 28 may be cut out so as not to hinder the rolling of the pachinko ball so that the ball can roll into the winning opening.

FIG. 15 shows another modification of the pachinko ball retaining mechanism.
In this embodiment, the stopper plate 214 has a laterally long plate shape with both left and right sides rising upward as shown in the figure, and the stopper plate 214 is slidable up and down.

With this configuration, when the stopper plate 214 is slid upward, the pachinko ball can be locked at both ends thereof, and when the stopper plate 214 is slid downward, the pachinko ball cannot be locked and falls down as it is.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the swinging plate 28 is a fixed pachinko ball rolling plate that does not swing, and the stopper plate 21
The pachinko balls can be retained or released only by sliding up and down 4.

Further, the swinging plate 28 can be swung in conjunction with the sliding of the stopper plate 214 in the vertical direction, so that the pachinko balls can be more effectively retained and released.

FIG. 16 shows the stopper piece 216 in the winning ball retaining mechanism.
a, 216b is made movable.

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the stopper pieces 30a, 30b
However, the stopper pieces 216a and 216b are rotatable between a state in which the stopper pieces 216a and 216b protrude from the left and right side surfaces forming the winning space 22, and a state in which the stopper pieces are flush with the side surfaces.

When the stopper pieces 216a and 216b are made movable, pachinko balls can be more effectively retained and released.

In this case, as in the embodiment of FIG. 15,
The pachinko balls can be retained and released only by the stopper pieces 216a and 216b, or the pachinko balls can be retained and released in conjunction with the rocking plate 28.

In the description of FIG. 16, the stopper pieces 216a and 216b rotate to change into a state of protruding into the winning space 22 and a state of not protruding.
May slide in the horizontal direction, and may change between a state in which they slide inward and project into the winning space 22 and a state in which they slide outward and do not project into the winning space 22.

FIG. 17 and FIG. 18 are side side views showing a variable winning prize ball device and a retaining mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention.

First, with reference to FIG. 17, the variable winning ball device 218 according to this embodiment includes an upper winning space 220 and a lower winning space 222, and between the two winning spaces, the back of the winning space. Are connected by a communication portion 224 provided at

Accordingly, in the variable winning ball device 218, the pachinko ball first wins in the upper winning space 220, and the winning pachinko ball falls through the communication portion 224 to the lower winning space 222, and the winning opening 226 (one winning in the drawing). Although only the mouth is shown, as in the variable winning ball apparatus 12 shown in FIG. 1, the winning is divided into a V pocket winning opening and a normal winning opening.)

Incidentally, the variable winning ball device 218 is provided with a rotation distribution member 228 in association with the communication portion 224.

The rotation distributing member 228 is a rotatable member in a drum shape or a disk shape, for example, and has a winning ball guiding protrusion 230 and a stop protrusion 232 formed on a peripheral surface thereof.

The rotation distribution member 228 is rotatable by a motor 234, and is provided with a rotation position detection switch (not shown).

As a result, by controlling the rotation of the motor 234,
A state in which the rotation distribution member 228 is rotated to a desired state, and the stop projection 232 faces the communication portion 224, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 18, it is possible to select a state in which the winning ball guiding projection 230 faces the communication portion 224.

As shown in FIG. 17, in a state where the stop protrusion 232 faces the communication portion 224, the pachinko ball P which is going to fall from the upper winning space 220 to the lower winning space 222 through the communication portion 224,
It is locked by the stop projection 232, cannot fall into the lower winning space 222, and is in a staying state.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 18, in a state where the winning ball guiding protrusion 230 faces the communicating portion 224, the pachinko ball P winning in the upper winning space 220 passes through the communicating portion 224 and the lower winning space 222
To fall.

More preferably, at this time, the rotation distributing member 228 is rotated, and the pachinko ball P falling down the communication portion 224 collides with the winning ball guiding protrusion 230 that is rotating and moving, and the lower winning space 222
The falling direction into the inside may be changed so that the player wins the V pocket winning opening (not shown) with a desired probability.

19 and 20 are diagrams for explaining a winning ball retaining mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 19 is an illustrative perspective view, and FIG. 20 is a side sectional view thereof. is there.

As shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, in this embodiment,
A ball rolling plate 236 for rolling the pachinko balls P is arranged in the winning space 235, and a pair of sliding pieces 238a and 238b that slide in the left and right direction along the leading edge thereof are arranged. I have.

The left and right side walls 239a, 239b (23
The ball stop pieces 242a and 242b (242b are not shown) are provided on 9b (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 19 (a) and 20 (a), when the sliding pieces 238a, 238b are gathered to the center, the ball rolling plate 2
Pachinko balls falling on both left and right ends of the 36 fall directly into the winning ports 240a, 240b or 244 below.

This is because the distance between the ball rolling plate 236 and the ball stop pieces 242a and 242b is wider than the diameter of the pachinko ball P as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 19 (b) and FIG. 20 (b), when the sliding pieces 238a, 238b slide to the left and right sides, respectively, the ball is formed by the thickness of the sliding pieces 238a, 238b. The distance between the stop pieces 242a and 242b is smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball P, and the pachinko ball P is locked between the sliding pieces 238a and 238b and the ball stop pieces 242a and 242b.

With the above-described configuration, by controlling the sliding pieces 238a and 238b, the winning ball can be retained or released.

FIG. 21 is a schematic sectional view showing a configuration of a winning ball retaining mechanism according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 21, the sliding plate 2 is placed on the ball rolling plate 244.
The sliding plate 246 is slidable by a solenoid 248.

Therefore, between the state in which the sliding plate 246 slides forward and the state in which the sliding plate 246 slides backward, the height of the rolling surface of the pachinko ball P changes, and the ball stop piece 250 and the ball The gap between the moving surface and the pachinko ball P changes, and the pachinko balls P are in a staying state or in a released state.

FIG. 22 is a schematic sectional view for explaining the structure of a winning ball retaining mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 22, an operating member 252 that moves up and down is provided. The operating member 252 has a cylindrical shape protruding forward from a rear wall 253 that forms a winning space, and includes a ball rolling plate 254 extending like a blade of an airplane extending to both left and right sides.

The winning space is divided into an upper winning space 256 and a lower winning space 258 by the operating member 252 and the ball rolling plate 254, and is formed between the rear edge of the ball rolling plate 254 and the rear wall 253. Is a communication part 260.

As shown in FIG. 22 (a), when the operating member 252 is slid upward, the pachinko ball P which has won the upper winning space 256 rolls on the ball rolling plate 254, and is formed at the back of the winning space. It falls into the lower winning space 258 through the established communication part 260, and falls into any of the plurality of winning openings 262 formed below the lower winning space 258.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 22 (b), when the operating member 252 slides downward, the width of the communication portion 260 becomes smaller than that of the pachinko ball P.
Is smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball P, and the pachinko ball P is locked at the communicating portion and stays there.

FIG. 23 is a view for explaining a configuration of a winning ball retaining mechanism according to still another embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment shown in FIG. 23 differs from the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 22 only in the following points.

That is, the operating member 252 is not slidable up and down, but is rotatable.

Then, a ball stop piece 264 is formed at the rear end edge of the ball rolling plate 254, and the width of the communication portion 260 is changed by the ball stop piece 264 by rotating the operating member 252 by 180 degrees. The pachinko ball P is switched between a staying state and a released state.

As described above, the winning ball retaining mechanism can be variously modified.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, a ball that has entered the variable winning ball apparatus can be retained or released, thereby giving the content of the game a width and a depth. further,
Since the staying ball is released at a position on the ball flow lower side with respect to both the specific winning area and the normal winning area, when the staying ball is released, it wins in the specific winning area. It is possible to continuously give the player a sense of expectation. In addition, since the staying mechanism changes to the staying state in synchronization with the start of the control of the first state of the variable winning ball device accompanying the hitting of a ball into a specific winning region, the first state of the variable winning ball device is changed. From the beginning of the control to the state of, it is possible to provide the player with a variety of interesting changes due to the stay of the hit ball.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a variable winning ball device used in a pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a front view of the variable winning ball device 12. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the variable winning ball device in the state shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view of the variable winning ball device. FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of the variable winning ball device in the state shown in FIG. FIG. 7, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are schematic plan views for explaining the staying state of pachinko balls retained by the winning ball retaining mechanism. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the variable winning ball device 12. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the rotation cam 98 and the rotation position detection switch 104. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of a control circuit of the pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the characteristic part of this embodiment in the control circuit of FIG. FIG. 14, FIG. 15, FIG. 16, FIG. 17, FIG. 18, FIG. 19, FIG.
20, FIG. 21, FIG. 22, and FIG. 23 are diagrams showing various modifications of the winning ball retaining mechanism according to the present invention, respectively. In the figure, 10 is a pachinko machine, 12 is a variable winning ball device, 20
Reference numerals a and 20b denote opening / closing wing pieces, reference numeral 22 denotes a winning space, reference numeral 24 denotes a V pocket winning opening, reference numerals 26a and 26b denote ordinary winning openings, and reference numeral 28 denotes a swing plate.

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko machine including a variable winning ball device disposed on a game board and capable of changing between a first state advantageous to the player and a second state unfavorable to the player, A specification provided in the variable prize ball device, wherein the variable prize ball device in the second state is controlled to the first state by a hit ball entering the variable prize ball device. A prize area, a normal prize area other than the specific prize area, a stagnant mechanism provided in the variable prize ball device, and a stagnant mechanism capable of retaining the hit ball that has entered the variable prize ball device; A control means capable of controlling to change between a staying state in which the ball can stay and a releasing state in which the staying ball is released, to a first state of the variable prize ball device in accordance with the winning of the ball in the specific winning area. Synchronized with the start of the control of
A stagnant mechanism control means for initiating control to change to the stagnant state, wherein the stagnant mechanism is configured such that the stagnant ball is at a position on the ball flow lower side with respect to any of the specific prize area and the normal prize area. Pachinko machine characterized by releasing. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein said staying mechanism control means sets said staying mechanism to said staying state and sets said staying state to said released state after a predetermined period. 3. The predetermined period, when the number of winning balls to the variable prize ball device reaches a predetermined number, or when the variable prize ball device is in the first state for a predetermined time. 3. The pachinko machine according to claim 2, wherein the time is reached whichever is earlier.