JP3021677B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball tank, which communicates with the ball tank and operates a lending button of a card device.
Player and Ball discharge device for discharging the prize balls based on winning and lending ball borrow, discharged from該玉discharge device by
An upper plate for guiding lending or prize balls one by one to the firing position
And a lower plate for storing excess prize balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate
And a pachinko machine having the following.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ball discharging device for discharging a predetermined number of prize balls based on the occurrence of a prize ball and discharging a borrowed ball borrowed by a player when starting a game is provided on a mechanism plate of a pachinko machine. A pachinko machine that drives a ball discharging device to discharge a prize ball or a lending ball when a winning signal or a lending request signal is received is being proposed.

[0003]

In the above-described pachinko machine, when the winning signal and the lending request signal are successively derived, the prize ball and the lending ball are continuously discharged. There was a problem that it was not possible to confirm whether the prize ball based on the winning was correctly paid out, or whether the loaned ball paid out by the loan request signal was correctly paid out. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine capable of confirming payout of a prize ball and paying out a loaned ball.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a ball tank, which is connected to the ball tank and operates a lending button of a card device.
And Ball discharge device the player is to discharge the prize ball based on winning a loan ball borrow Ri, loans that have been discharged from the該玉discharge device
An upper plate for guiding balls or premium balls one by one to the firing position,
And a lower plate for storing excess prize balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate , wherein the lending balls and the prize balls are discharged to the upper plate via separate passages. It is assumed that.

[0005]

With the above construction, the lending ball and the prize ball are discharged to the upper plate through separate passages, so that the payout of the prize ball based on the winning is confirmed and the lending ball is determined based on the lending request. Payment can be confirmed accurately.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an overall configuration of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
2 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 1 as viewed from the front, and FIG.
Is a rear view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the prize ball discharging device 33. In FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1
Has a front frame 3 attached to the front of the machine frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed. On the front surface of the front frame 3, a glass door frame 4 and a front plate 5 are mounted so as to be freely opened and closed. On the back surface of the front frame 3, a game board 6 is detachably mounted via a mounting frame. On the surface of the game board 6, there is provided a guide rail 7 for guiding a hit ball fired from a firing position, and in a game section surrounded by the guide rail 7, a symbol display device 8 is provided at the center thereof.
And a variable winning device 10 having a large winning opening is arranged below the symbol display device 8. Further, between the symbol display device 8 and the variable winning device 10, three starting winning openings 9 are arranged in the horizontal direction, and a normal winning opening 11 is arranged above the symbol display device 8. The tulip-type winning opening 12 is arranged on each of the left and right sides. Also, at the bottom of the gaming section,
Is provided.

[0007] Each component arranged on the game board 6 described above includes:
It operates as follows. That is, when a hit ball shot along the guide rail 7 falls on the surface of the game board 6 and wins one of the start winning prize holes 9, the symbol of the symbol display device 8 is variably displayed. When a certain time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses or when the player operates a stop button (not shown), the change is stopped. Then, when the combination of the symbols at the time of stopping is a predetermined combination of the big hit symbols, a big hit state is established and the variable winning device 10 is set for a predetermined time (for example, 30 hits).
Seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10)
When a hit ball wins a V winning opening (not shown) provided in the variable winning device 10 during the opening, the above-described open state is repeated again, and such repetition is repeated up to 16 times. You can do it many times. In addition, the number of prize balls discharged by the winning prize winning in the variable prize winning device 10 is, for example, 15 pieces,
The number of prize balls ejected by the winning prize in the starting winning prize opening 9 is, for example, seven. In addition, the variable winning device 10
For example, the number of prize balls discharged by prize balls to the prize holes 11 other than the start prize hole 9 and the tulip type prize hole 12 is fifteen. As described above, in the present embodiment, the winning ports on the game board 6 are grouped so that the number of prize balls to be discharged is two types, and different voices are output when the number of prize balls is discharged. Is generated.

An upper plate 14 is attached to the front surface of the front plate 5 for guiding inserted lending balls or discharged prize balls one by one to the firing positions of the guide rails 7. Thus, in the illustrated upper plate 14, the prize ball and the lending ball are discharged from the back of the pachinko machine 1 through the outlet 15 formed on the upstream side of the upper plate 14,
The prize ball outlet 15a based on the winning of the hit ball is different from the lending ball outlet 15b borrowed by the player. Therefore, the player can automatically check whether the prize ball has been discharged or the lent ball has been discharged, since the prize ball and the lending ball are automatically discharged to the upper plate 14 together. Can be understood.

An operation handle 16 for hitting a ball at the firing position into the game section and an upper plate 14 are provided below the front frame 3.
There is provided a lower plate 17 for storing surplus prize balls that cannot be stored in the lower plate 17. The lower tray 17 is formed integrally with an ashtray 19 and a card device 20 on a support member 18 fixed to a lower portion of the front frame 3. The card device 20 includes a card insertion slot 21 for inserting a card purchased by a player, and a card reader (not shown) provided inside the card insertion slot 21.
And a balance indicator 22 associated with the ball information recorded on the card, and a lending button 23a operated when borrowing a desired number of lending balls by the player within the range of the ball information recorded on the card. 23c and an end switch 24 operated when the card inserted into the card insertion slot 21 is returned. These card devices 20
Is controlled by a card device control board 25 fixed to the lower rear surface of the front frame 3 as shown in FIG.

By the way, the card contains information on the borrowed ball borrowed by the player, for example, the amount information of 1000 yen for 1000 yen (or the number information of 250 pieces) and 5000 yen for 5000 yen. The amount information of yen (or the number information of 1250 pieces) is recorded, and after inserting the card into the card insertion slot 21 and operating any of the lending buttons 23a to 23c, the lending corresponding to the amount corresponding thereto is performed. The ball is discharged from a prize ball discharging device 33 described later. That is, when the lending button 23a is operated, 25 lending balls corresponding to 100 yen are discharged from the prize ball discharging device 33, and when the lending button 23b is operated, 75 lending balls corresponding to 300 yen are prize. When the ball is discharged from the ball discharging device 33 and the lending button 23c is operated, 125 lent balls corresponding to 500 yen are discharged from the prize ball discharging device 33. In this embodiment, different voices are generated when the respective lending buttons 23a to 23c are operated. Although not shown, a lending switch corresponding to the lending buttons 23a to 23c is built in the card device 20.

In the illustrated embodiment, the card device 2
Although 0 is formed integrally with the support member 18 on which the lower plate 17 is formed, it may be detachably detachable. When separated, the mounting position may be any of the support member 18, the front frame 3, and the machine frame 2. Although the card device control board 25 is shown attached to the lower portion of the back surface of the front frame 3, the card device control board 25 may be integrally housed in a box for storing the components constituting the card device 20. good.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a mechanism plate 26 is mounted on the back of the game board 6 so as to be openable and closable. The mechanism plate 26 has a plate-like portion 26 facing the back surface of the game board 6.
a, a winning ball collecting space is formed between the plate-shaped portion 26a and the back surface of the gaming board 6, and a gutter-shaped second winning ball collecting gutter 28 is formed below the winning ball collecting space. The second prize ball collecting gutter 28 has prize holes 10 and 1 for discharging 15 prize balls among a plurality of prize holes provided in the game board 6.
The winning balls that have won 1 and 12 are collected. On the other hand, the rear of the starting winning opening 9 for discharging the seven prize balls protrudes rearward from the plate-shaped portion 26a, and is stacked below the second winning prize ball collecting gutter 28 in the front-rear direction. The first winning prize ball collecting gutter 27 is provided. A first winning ball detection switch 29 and a second winning ball detection switch 30 for detecting a flowing winning ball are provided at the lower ends of the first winning ball collecting gutter 27 and the second winning ball collecting gutter 28, respectively. ing. The ball that has passed through the first winning ball detection switch 29 and the second winning ball detection switch 30 is discharged out of the pachinko machine 1. The first winning ball detection switch 29 and the second winning ball detection switch 3
The prize ball may be temporarily stopped at the position of 0, and after the operation of discharging the prize ball corresponding to the prize ball is completed, the prize ball may be discharged out of the pachinko machine 1. With this configuration, it is possible to leave a proof ball that has not finished discharging the prize ball at the time of a power failure or the like, and no trouble occurs with the player.

A prize ball tank 31 is fixed to the upper portion of the rear surface of the mechanism plate 26. Below the prize ball tank 31, there is formed a prize ball guiding gutter 32 for arranging the prize balls in a line and guiding them to the prize ball discharge device 33. As shown in FIG. 3, the prize ball discharging device 33 includes a sprocket 34 having a concave portion formed on the outer periphery for engaging with each of the prize balls flowing down in a line, and engaging with the outer periphery of the sprocket 34. The discharge solenoid 35 includes a discharge solenoid 35 that allows the rotation, and a discharge ball detection switch 36 (light emitting and receiving method) for counting the number of discharged prize balls. Then, the prize ball discharging device 3
3 indicates that when there is a discharge command signal within the range of the amount information of the card or when there is a discharge command signal based on the occurrence of a winning ball, the discharge solenoid 35 is excited and the rotation of the sprocket 34 is permitted. The discharge ball is detected and discharged by the discharge ball detection switch 36. When the number of detection signals of the discharge ball detection switch 36 reaches a predetermined value corresponding to the type of the discharge command signal, the discharge solenoid is discharged. 35
Is terminated, and the sprocket 34 is engaged again to stop its rotation.

A prize ball discharge passage is formed below the prize ball discharge device 33 for guiding the prize ball discharged from the prize ball discharge device 33 to the upper plate 14 or the lower plate 17 in front of the pachinko machine. In the present embodiment, as described above, one prize ball discharging device 33 performs a prize ball discharging operation and a lending ball discharging operation, and discharges the prize balls from separate outlets 15a and 15b. Therefore, the structure is as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. That is, a ball passage on the downstream side of the prize ball discharge device 33 includes a prize ball discharge passage 39 connected to the prize ball outlet 15a,
Lent ball discharge passage 4 connected to the lending ball outlet 15b
0 are arranged in parallel with each other, and a flow path switching valve 37 is rotatably provided on the upper part thereof.
Is provided with a flow path switching solenoid 38 for driving the solenoid. Thus, the flow path switching valve 37 is in a normal state as shown in FIG.
As shown by a broken line in FIG. 3, the prize ball discharge device 33 communicates with the prize ball discharge passage 39 at an inclined position, and when the flow path switching solenoid 38 is excited, as shown by a dashed line in FIG. It is located almost upright and the prize ball discharging device 3
3 and the lending ball discharge passage 40 are communicated with each other. The passage switching solenoid 38 is excited when any one of the lending buttons 23a to 23c is operated. In this way, by discharging the prize ball and the lending ball through the prize ball discharging passage 39 and the lending ball discharging passage 40, respectively, the payout of the prize ball based on the winning and the payout of the lending ball based on the lending request are performed. Confirmation can be performed accurately.

In the above-described discharge passage, a bell 41 is provided in the middle of the prize ball discharge passage 39, and the bell collides with the discharged prize ball to generate a sound. The ball is guided in the direction of the ball outlet 15a. Then, the number of prize balls to be discharged increases and the upper plate 1
4. When a lot of prize balls are stored and full,
A prize ball overflows from below the bell 41 and a surplus ball discharge passage 42
And is guided to the lower plate 17. Also, on the rear wall constituting the surplus ball discharge passage 42,
A speaker 43 for generating sound is attached. The loudspeaker 43 generates sound when the prize ball is discharged and when the lent ball is discharged, and the sound reaches the player through the opening of the lower plate 17.

On the back of the pachinko machine 1, a game control board (not shown) for controlling a game operation is provided behind the game board 6, and a hit ball is fired on a lower portion of the back of the front frame 3. A hit ball launching device 44, the card device control board 25, and a discharge control board 45 for mainly driving and controlling the premium ball discharging device 33 are provided. The card device control board 25 and the ejection control board 45 are connected to each other and exchange necessary information.

As described above, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, when a hit ball is won and either the first winning ball detection switch 29 or the second winning ball detection switch 30 is turned on, The ON signal is stored, and a predetermined number of prize balls are discharged based on the stored value.
Is discharged by. The prize ball discharged from the prize ball discharge device 33 is transferred to the prize ball discharge passage 3 formed in the mechanism plate 26.
9 and is discharged to the upper plate 14 from the prize ball outlet 15a. On the other hand, when the player operates any of the lending buttons 23a to 23c, first, the flow path switching solenoid 38
Is excited to rotate the flow path switching valve 37 to connect the prize ball discharging device 33 and the lending ball discharging passage 40. Thereafter, the number of lending balls corresponding to the operated lending buttons 23a to 23c is discharged by the premium ball discharging device. The lending ball discharged from the prize ball discharging device 33 is discharged to the upper plate 14 from the lending ball outlet 15b through a lending ball discharging passage 40 formed in the mechanism plate 26. Therefore, the player can reliably perform the operation of merely borrowing the lent ball, and the lent ball is reliably discharged to the upper plate 14, and the prize ball and the lent ball discharged to the upper plate 14 are separated from each other. Since the balls are discharged from the separate outlets 15a and 15b through the holes 39 and 40, it is possible to easily understand which ball has been discharged.

[0018]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, since the lent ball and the prize ball are discharged to the upper plate through separate passages, the prize ball is paid out based on the winning. It is possible to accurately confirm the payout of the lending ball based on the confirmation and the lending request.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the premium ball discharging device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko Machine 14 Upper Plate 15 Outlet 15a Premium Ball Outlet 15b Lent Ball Outlet 33 Premium Ball Discharge Device (Ball Discharge Device) 39 Premium Ball Discharge Path 40 Lending Ball Discharge Path 52, 54 Lending Ball Discharge Pipe

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 7/02

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] And 1. A ball tank, and mosquito communicates with該玉tank
A ball discharging device for discharging a borrowed ball borrowed by a player and a prize ball based on a prize by operating a lending button of a loading device, and a lent ball or a prize ball discharged from the ball discharging device.
Plates for guiding the pieces one by one to the firing position, and stored in the plates
A lower plate for storing excess prize balls that cannot be collected , wherein the lending balls and the prize balls are discharged to the upper plate via separate passages. Pachinko machine.