JP2856155B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game is started by circulating a predetermined number of game balls enclosed in a pachinko machine body and inserting a card in which various signal elements such as game ball number data are recorded into a card slot. The game device calculates and stores the game result of the circulating game ball fired at the game unit by the firing device, and, based on the calculation result, relates to the fact that the content of the game ball number data of the card returns to zero. Card-type pachinko machines that make it impossible to launch the ball, for example,
This is known from Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-27829. on the other hand,
For example, as described in JP-A-01-175880,
Pinch the ball receiver within the range of the game information stored on the card.
Release the ball, and release the released pachinko ball on the game board.
To play a game, and when a prize is won, a predetermined number of
A pachinko machine that discharges a dick ball to the ball receiver is known.
Have been.

[0003]

Of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, in the former, even if a pachinko ball fired at the game section wins, all of the pachinko balls are electronically controlled and actually pachinko balls as prize balls. Is not released, so that the number of balls required for business can be significantly reduced. However, since the game is played by circulating a predetermined number of game balls enclosed in the pachinko machine main body, dust and the like adhere to the ball while the game ball is circulated for a long time, and the ball loses its luster and loses its luster. For this reason, it is inconvenient that the game balls must be taken out of the pachinko machine body at regular intervals and the balls must be polished. In addition, when returning the game balls into the pachinko machine main body, if the number of balls is insufficient or too large, there is a problem that the game may be hindered. Also after
Wins a pachinko ball shot on the game board
Then, as in a general pachinko machine, a predetermined number of
Since many balls are released to the ball receiving part, there are always many balls
Requires a number and overflows from the ball receiver.
The cost is increased because the dick ball is processed electronically.
There was a problem that. The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to pay out a pachinko ball to be supplied to a pachinko machine by a card as a hit ball to a hit ball supply unit, and pay the ball. The game is played by hitting the hit ball on the game board and paying out the pachinko ball when the hit ball wins
The processing is performed electronically without using the ball, so that a beautifully polished game ball can always be used, and the number of balls required for sales can be greatly reduced. Another object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine that can be easily changed to a general pachinko machine that does not use a card.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a prize ball detecting means for detecting a prize ball which has won a prize area, and an electronic ball based on an output of the prize ball detecting means. electronically prize ball dispensing means pays out the prize balls,
And the ball detection means for detecting that reaches a predetermined number the remaining counts are predetermined in droplet spherical supply tray, an automatic ball to be paid out to the hitting supply dish a predetermined number of game balls based on the output of the sphere detector And a payout control means.

[0005]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the card-type pachinko machine of the present invention as viewed from the front, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower portion of the pachinko machine. This card-type pachinko machine 1
Has a front frame 11 mounted on the front of the machine frame 10 so as to be freely opened and closed. A glass door frame 12 and a front plate 13 are mounted on the front surface of the front frame 11 so as to be freely opened and closed. On the back surface of the front plate 13, a game board 14 is detachably mounted via a mounting frame. On the surface of the game board 14, a guide rail 15 having a hit ball launching device 15a is provided.
A plurality of winning openings 16, a variable winning device 17, a variable display device 18, an out opening 19, and the like, which constitute a winning area, are provided in the gaming section surrounded by. Also, the guide rail 15
A foul ball passage 20 is formed halfway.

On the front surface of the front plate 13, there is provided a hit ball supply section 21 as a dish-shaped storage section. The upper portion of the hit ball supply unit 21 is covered by a transparent cover 211, so that the external supply and take-out of the hit ball cannot be performed. A hit ball supply unit 21 is provided on the back surface of the front plate 13.
An automatic hitting ball supply mechanism 51 for supplying the hitting balls to the firing position 15a of the guide rail 15 one by one is provided.

A decorative panel 22 is provided at a lower portion of the front of the front frame 11, and an operation handle 2 for firing a hit ball at a firing position 15a to the game section on the decorative panel 22.
3, a card insertion slot 24, a digital display 25 as a display means for visually displaying record information of the card, a digital display 26 as a display means for visually displaying the ball held by the player, a settlement switch 27, etc. An operation unit when using the card is provided.

FIG. 3 is a back view of the pachinko machine. A mechanism plate 28 is rotatably mounted on the back of the game board 14. A winning ball collecting space is formed on the front side of the mechanism plate 28 opposite to the back of the game board 14, and a gutter-shaped winning ball collecting passage 29 is formed below the winning ball collecting space. Also, the mechanism plate 28
A ball storage tank 30 into which a ball polished ball is introduced from a replenishing source above the pachinko machine is fixed to an upper portion of the back surface of the machine. Below the hitting ball storage tank 30, a hitting ball payout means 32 is disposed via an outlet gutter 31. A discharge gutter 33 is formed below the hitting ball payout means 32 to guide the discharged hitting ball to the hitting ball supply unit 21. Further, below the discharge gutter 33, a foul ball collection path 4 communicating with the foul ball path 20 is provided.
9 are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the hitting ball payout means 32 includes a ball passage 321 communicating with the lower end of the lead-out gutter 31.
321, a motor 322, a worm 323 rotated by the motor 322, a worm gear 324 meshing with the worm 323, and a gear-shaped ball cutting disk 326,
26. The ball cutting disk 326, 326
Are formed at regular intervals on the outer periphery of each of the recesses 327, 327 into which the hit balls can be fitted one by one, facing the ball passages 321 and 321. Then, the worm 323 and the worm gear 324 are rotated by the rotation of the motor 322, and the spherical passage 321 and the worm gear 324 are rotated.
321 is discharged to the discharge passage 33. The ball cutting disks 326 and 326 are fixed to the shaft 325 so as to be relatively displaced from each other in the rotation direction, so that the hitting balls in the ball passages 321 and 321 can be discharged one by one. Have been.

At the exit of the winning ball collecting passage 29, there is formed a lead-out passage 34 for leading winning balls in a line. Outgoing route 3
The ball receiving shelf 35 is formed at the lower end of 4. Ball tray 35
An opening 36 is formed in the side of the opening 36.
A prize ball discharge path 37 for discharging the prize ball out of the machine is formed below the prize ball. In addition, a prize ball discharge processing device 38 for discharging prize balls one by one in association with the ball receiving shelf 35 is provided.

The winning ball discharge processing device 38 is shown in FIGS.
, A motor 40, a cam 40 fixed to an output shaft of the motor 39, a ball feed member 42 whose lower end is pivotally supported by a shaft 41, and is opposed to the ball feed member 42. The swinging member 43 provided is roughly constituted. The ball feed member 42 has a blade 40 of the cam 40 at the upper end.
1 has a lateral arm 422 integrally provided with a roller 421 that engages with and disengages from the roller 421.
And the blade 401 of the cam 40 are kept in contact.
The swing member 43 is pivotally supported near the upper end by a shaft 45, and integrally has a ball contact portion 431 hanging down from the shaft 45 and facing the opening 36.

When the motor 39 is driven, the cam 40 rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 6, and the blades 401 of the cam 40 engage with the rollers 421 of the ball feeding member 42, thereby causing the ball feeding member 4 to rotate.
2 is swung as shown by the chain line in FIG. 7 against the bias of the tension spring 44. Thereby, the lateral arm 422 of the ball feed member 42
Pushes out the winning prize which enters into the lead-out path 34 and waits on the ball receiving shelf 35 from the opening 36 to the prize-ball discharging path 37. The winning ball extruded into the winning ball discharge path 37 contacts the ball contact portion 431 of the swinging member 43 and falls into the winning ball discharging path 37 while swinging the swinging member 43 as shown by a chain line in FIG. Is discharged outside the aircraft.

The hit ball supply unit 21 is provided with a remaining ball number detector 46 as a hitting ball payout command means. The number-of-remaining-spheres detector 46 is, for example, a direct-reflection type photoelectric switch in which a projector and a receiver are built in the same case.
As shown in (1), a passage portion 212 in which hit balls of the hit ball supply section 21 are arranged in a line is provided. When there is a hit ball in the passage portion 212, light emitted from the projector is reflected on the hit ball, and the reflected light is incident on the light receiver, and the passage portion 212
Is set so that when the ball is no longer hit, the light emitted from the light emitter does not enter the light receiver and turns on. The position of the remaining ball number detector 46 is selected so that the ON operation is performed when the number of hit balls of the hit ball supply unit 21 becomes, for example, about five. It should be noted that the remaining ball number detector 46 may use high frequency oscillation in addition to the photoelectric switch.

The hitting and dispensing means 32 includes a ball passage 32
A hit ball payout detector 47 is provided at a position below the first and second hitters 321, and is activated by the passing of the hit ball. Further, the winning ball discharge processing device 38 is provided with a winning ball detection switch 48 as a winning ball detecting means for detecting a winning ball. The winning ball detection switch 48 is connected to the swinging member 4
Each time the winning ball 3 is pushed by the winning ball and swings as shown by the chain line in FIG.
8 is activated. It should be noted that adopting the above-described configuration as the winning ball detecting means means that the winning balls collected in the winning ball collecting passage 29 at the time of a power outage will
This is very suitable because the sphere is left as it is by stopping the ninth.

The winning ball detection switch 48 may directly press the actuator 481 by a winning ball falling on the winning ball discharge path 37 without being associated with the swinging member 43. Further, it may be a proximity switch that operates when a winning ball passes. Further, the foul ball recovery path 49 is provided with a foul ball detector 50 that operates each time a foul ball passes.

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the automatic hit ball supply mechanism 51 includes a ball passage 5 communicating with the hit ball supply section 21.
2 has a box-shaped case 53 formed therein. On the front surface of the case 53, a firing position 15a of the guide rail 15 is provided.
Is formed. In addition, case 53
Inside, a ball feed member 55 is rotatably mounted on a horizontal shaft 56. The ball feeding member 55 includes a first ball receiving portion 551 facing the ball passage 52 and receiving a hit ball, and a second ball receiving portion 552 corresponding to the supply port 54 and concaved in an arc shape.

The ball feed member 55 has an engaging pin 553 projecting to the side of the case 53.
3 serves as a weight and is always urged to rotate downward and is placed at the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. In this state, the hit ball in the ball passage 52 rides on the first ball receiving portion 551, abuts on the front wall of the case 53, and is held at that position. Below the engagement pin 553, a shaft 65 is attached to the front of the game board 14.
And the arm 5 is attached to the catching rod 571 of the ball-hitting hammer 57.
The engagement portion 60 of the interlocking lever 59 that swings by engagement of the engagement lever 8 is located.

The operation of the automatic hitting ball supply mechanism 51 is as follows. The driving hammer 5 is driven by the driving motor 69 for hitting the ball.
When the ball 7 is pulled as shown by the chain line in FIG. 11 to perform a preparation operation for hitting a ball, the interlocking lever 59 is rotated upward by the hooking rod 571 with the shaft 65 as a fulcrum. Push up. As a result, the ball feed member 55 rotates upward as shown by the chain line in FIG.
Is dropped to the second ball receiving portion 552 and received. Then, when the hammer 57 is released and the firing operation is performed, the hammer 57 returns to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 11 and the interlocking lever 59 is lowered.
Is released.

For this reason, the ball feeding member 55 rotates downward by its own weight, and the second ball receiving portion 552 corresponds to the supply port 54,
The hit ball that rides on the launch position 15a of the guide rail 15
Thereafter, the hitting balls of the hitting ball supply unit 21 are automatically supplied one by one to the firing position in conjunction with the firing operation of the hitting ball 57. Then, the supply port 54 of the automatic hit ball supply mechanism 51
And a launching ball detector 61 for detecting hitting balls sent one by one to the launching position 15a one by one.

On the other hand, on the back of the pachinko machine 1, there is provided a card reader 62 which can read and write recorded information of the card inserted into the card insertion slot 24. Further, an information storage means 63 for storing the record information recorded on the card, a payout command means 64 for outputting a payout signal of the hit ball when the hit ball of the hit ball supply unit 21 becomes equal to or less than a predetermined remaining number of balls, An operation of adding the number of hit balls fired from the hit ball firing position as an input of “−”, and adding the number of converted prize balls and the number of foul balls per winning ball winning in the prize area as an input of “+” to perform an addition / subtraction operation. The means 66, when the calculated value of the calculating means 66 is equal to or less than a predetermined number, subtracts the number of balls corresponding to a predetermined amount from the value stored in the information storage means 63, and calculates the subtracted number of balls. A microcomputer 68 including a control means 67 for adding the calculated value to the operation value 66 is provided.

The microcomputer 68 includes:
As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 12, a remaining sphere number detection signal generated each time the remaining sphere number detector 46 operates is provided. Further, a hit ball payout detection signal from the hit ball payout detector 47 is given. Further, detection signals from the winning ball detection switch 48, the foul ball detector 50, and the shooting ball detector 61 are given. Further, a settlement command signal is provided in response to the settlement switch 27 being pressed and turned on. On the other hand, from the microcomputer 68, a drive signal for driving the motor 322 of the hit ball payout means 32, a display signal for visually displaying recorded information of the card on the digital display 25, and a hand-held ball of the player are displayed on the digital display 26. Is displayed in real time.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described. That is, when the player inserts a card in which record information such as the amount of money or the number of hit balls is recorded into the card insertion slot 24, the card is taken into the card reader 62 and the internal reading mechanism reads the information, and the recorded information, for example, If the card amount is 1,000 yen, the card amount is displayed on the digital display 25, and the number of hit balls corresponding to the card amount is stored in the information storage means 63. In addition, a predetermined amount of money, for example, 100 yen is subtracted from the value stored in the information storage means 63, and the number of spheres corresponding to the predetermined amount of money, for example, 25, is added and stored in the arithmetic means 66 and displayed on the digital display 26. You. Further, the remaining ball number detector 46 determines whether or not there is a hit ball in the hit ball supply unit 21. If it is determined that there is no hit ball, a hit ball payout signal is given to the microcomputer 68.

On the other hand, the microcomputer 68 drives the motor 322 of the hit ball payout means 32 through the payout command means 64 in response to the hit ball payout signal, and supplies a predetermined number, for example, 25 hits corresponding to 100 yen. Payout to the unit 21. The number of payouts by the hit ball payout signal and the predetermined amount to be reduced from the card may be freely set by a select switch or the like.

In this state, when the player rotates the operation handle 23, the hitting hammer 57 and the automatic hitting ball supply mechanism 51 are operated by driving the hitting ball firing motor 69, and the hitting balls of the hitting ball supply unit 21 are fired one by one. While being detected by the detector 61, it is supplied to the firing position 15 a of the guide rail 15 and is fired at the game section of the game board 14. And the launching ball detector 61
Is sent to the calculating means 66 as a "-" signal, and 1 is subtracted from the stored value, and the number obtained by subtracting 1 is displayed on the digital display 26.

On the other hand, the hit ball fired at the gaming section is the winning opening 1
When a prize area such as the prize ball 6 or the variable prize device 17 is won, the prize balls are collected in the prize ball collecting passage 29, guided to the prize ball discharge processing device 38, and detected outside by the prize ball detection switch 48 to go out of the machine. Is discharged. If the number of prize balls to be paid out per prize ball is, for example, 13, the signal from the prize ball detection switch 48 is sent to the arithmetic means 66 as a "+13" signal converted to the prize ball. "13" is added to the stored value and displayed on the digital display 26. The prize ball guided from the foul ball passage 20 to the foul ball collection path 49 is discharged out of the machine after being detected by the foul ball detector 50. Then, the signal from the foul sphere detector 50 is sent to the calculating means 66 as a "+" signal, and "1" is added to the stored value and displayed on the digital display 26.

In this manner, the game is continued, and each time the number of hit balls in the hit ball supply unit 21 decreases and the remaining ball count detector 46 is turned on, the output of the hit ball payout command means is sent out. Is operated to pay out a predetermined number of hit balls to the hit ball supply unit 21. Then, the control means 67 determines whether or not the calculated value of the calculating means 66 displayed on the digital display 26 has become a predetermined set number, for example, zero. If it is determined that the calculated value is zero, information is displayed. Storage means 63
A predetermined amount is subtracted from the stored value, and the number of balls corresponding to the predetermined amount is added and stored in the arithmetic means 66 and displayed on the digital display 26.

As described above, when the number of hit balls of the hit ball supply unit 21 becomes equal to or less than the predetermined number of remaining balls, the hit balls are automatically paid out and the game is continued. When the stored value of 63 becomes zero, an end signal is sent out and the card is returned. To stop the game halfway, the settlement switch 27 is pressed. As a result, after the operation value of the operation means 66 is written on the card, the card is returned.

In the above-described embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with the hit ball supply section 21 on the front face, but for example, as shown in FIG. And a prize ball paid out from the hitting ball payout means 32 may be guided to the automatic hitting ball supply mechanism 51.

FIG. 14 shows the hitting ball payout means 32.
As shown in (1), the electric prize ball dispensing means of a general pachinko machine that discharges a predetermined number of hit balls stored in the ball passage 72 of the fixed case portion 71 at a time can be used as it is. For this reason, the ball hitting supply unit 21 is provided on the front of the pachinko machine, and the decorative panel 22 is replaced with a lower ball tray in place of the card reader 62. The model can be easily changed.

[0030]

As is clear from the above description, the pachinko machine according to the present invention, as in a general pachinko machine that does not use a card, always sends a clean ball polished to the hit ball supply section as a regular hit ball. A conventional card that plays a game by circulating a predetermined number of game balls enclosed in a pachinko machine body because the game is performed by firing the hit ball paid out to the hitting ball supply unit onto a game board. This eliminates the hassle of taking out game balls at regular intervals and polishing the balls as in a pachinko machine. Also fired on the game board
If the game ball wins, pay out the pachinko ball directly.
The number of prize balls paid out for one winning ball
Whether the numerical value converted to is stored and calculated
Can greatly reduce the number of balls required for sales
It will be very economical. Also, with a slight structural change, it can be used for both card-type pachinko machines and general pachinko machines.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower portion of the pachinko machine with a front face opened.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a hit ball payout means.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the hit ball payout means.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a winning ball discharge processing device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the operation of the winning ball discharge processing device.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a main part of a hit ball supply unit.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an automatic hitting ball supply mechanism.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the operation of the automatic hit ball supply mechanism.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the operation of the automatic hit ball feeding mechanism.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card-type pachinko machine 14 Game board 15 Guide rail 15a Firing position 16 Winning hole 17 Fluctuating winning device 20 Foul ball passage 21 Hitting supply unit 24 Card insertion slot 26 Digital display 32 Hitting / dispensing means 46 Remaining ball count detector 47 Hitting ball Payout detector 48 winning ball detection switch 50 foul ball detector 61 launching ball detector 63 information storage means 64 payout command means 66 arithmetic means 67 control means 68 microcomputer

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A and winning ball detection means for detecting a winning ball which was finished in the winning area, the electronic prize ball dispensing means to pay out electronically prize balls based on the output of the winning ball detection means, hitting balls supplied Ball detection means for detecting that the number of remaining balls in the dish has reached a predetermined number, and automatic ball payout control means for paying out a predetermined number of game balls to the hitting ball supply dish based on the output of the ball detection means And a pachinko machine.