JP4394099B2 - Game machine winning device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a winning device for a gaming machine that is mounted on a game board surface and is capable of generating a large number of winning balls at a time under certain conditions by opening a ball entrance when a big hit state occurs. It is.

  Conventionally, as for a pachinko gaming machine which is a kind of gaming machine, a so-called “fever” type of the second kind has long been popular. In this pachinko gaming machine, a variable display device having a display unit is arranged at the center of the game board, and information such as numbers and symbols displayed on the display unit when a game ball flowing down the game board surface wins below it. A start winning opening is variably displayed. In addition, below the start winning opening, when the information stopped and displayed on the display unit is aligned with specific information, for example, “777” and a big hit state is opened, an open / close lid provided at the ball entrance is opened. A winning device is arranged that closes the open / close lid when a predetermined time or a predetermined number of game balls have been won, and opens the open / close lid multiple times as described above under certain conditions to generate many winning balls at once. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  The winning device will be described in more detail. In the winning device, a ball entrance is opened in a mounting board attached to the surface of the game board, a box frame is provided on the back side of the mounting board, and the ball frame is provided inside the box frame. An effective area is formed which communicates with the entrance and processes a game ball entered from the entrance as a winning ball. In addition, an opening / closing lid that freely tilts forward to the sphere entrance to open and close the sphere entrance is pivotally mounted, and a solenoid as an electric drive means for operating the opening / closing lid is mounted on one side of the box frame. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-230051 (page 2-4, FIG. 1, FIG. 3, FIG. 11)

  By the way, the winning device has a structure in which an opening / closing lid can be easily opened from the front side. The current situation is that there is no end to fraudulent acts such as hooking the cheating tool to open the ball opening and deliberately generating many winning balls.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and even if a ball entrance is illegally opened and a game ball enters from the ball entrance, all of these game balls are processed as non-winning balls and the illegal act is suppressed. At the same time, it is an object of the present invention to provide a winning device for a gaming machine that hardly causes any disadvantage for pachinko halls.

  In order to achieve such an object, a winning device for a gaming machine according to the present invention includes a mounting board that is attached to a game board surface and opens a ball entrance, and extends substantially horizontally rearward from the lower edge of the ball entrance, An effective area for processing a game ball entered from the ball entrance as a winning ball is formed and a support plate on which an ineffective area for processing a game ball entered from the ball entrance as a non-winning ball is formed, An opening / closing lid that opens and closes the ball inlet is provided at the front end of the mounting board so as to surround the effective area and the ineffective area on the upper surface of the support plate and to freely slide back and forth. When the opening and closing lid opens the ball entrance by sliding forward, the ball drop port formed in the ineffective area is opened, and when sliding the rear and the opening and closing lid closes the ball entrance An open / close receiving member for closing the ball drop opening and the ball entrance A resilient means for always urging the open / close receiving member rearwardly, and provided separately from the open / close receiving member, and freely slide back and forth on the upper surface of the support plate on the rear side of the open / close lid. A guide member that is disposed and slides forward in the same manner against the elastic means as it slides forward, and an electric drive source that operates the guide member, When the guide member is actuated by a general driving source and the open / close receiving member is slid forward to open the ball entrance, the ball drop opening is blocked by the guide member and the game ball entered from the ball entrance is made effective. When the ball opening is opened by sliding only the opening / closing receiving member forward, the ball drop opening is opened and the game ball entered from the ball entrance is led to the ball drop opening. And

  In the present invention, the guide member is provided separately from the open / close receiving member, and when the guide member is slid forward by the operation of the electric drive source, the open / close receiving member slides forward to open the ball inlet. At the same time, the ball drop opening is closed by the guide member, and the ball drop opening is opened when the electrical drive source does not operate and the open / close receiving member slides forward. As a result, even if the open / close receiving member is slid forward by fraud and the ball entrance is opened to intentionally obtain a winning ball, all the game balls that have entered the ball entrance fall to the ball exit. In addition, since these game balls are processed as non-winning balls, no winning balls are paid out. Therefore, this has the effect that fraud is suppressed and there is almost no penalty for pachinko halls.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of a gaming machine winning device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present invention, the gaming machine refers to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine, an arrangement ball machine, or a sparrow ball machine. As an example, a case where the gaming machine is applied to a pachinko gaming machine will be described.

  1 is a perspective view of a winning device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view thereof, FIG. 3 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 4 is a view taken along line XX in FIG. The winning device A has a mounting board 1 attached to the surface of a game board 32 to be described later, and a horizontally long ball entrance 2 is opened on the mounting board 1. In addition, mounting holes 3 are formed in the upper and lower, left and right corners of the mounting substrate 1 for screwing to the surface of the game board 32.

  On the back side of the mounting substrate 1, a substantially horizontal support plate 4 extends backward from the lower edge of the ball inlet 2. The support plate 4 is formed in a horizontally long rectangular shape, and a rib 5 protruding upward is provided on the periphery thereof. The upper surface of the support plate 4 is formed with an effective area 6 for processing a game ball entered from the ball entrance 2 on the rear side as a winning ball, and a game ball entered from the ball entrance 2 is not disposed on the front side. An invalid area 7 to be processed as a winning ball is formed.

  In the center of the support plate 4 on the effective area 6 side, first and second winning ports 8a and 8b are opened at the front and rear. A ball detector 9 is disposed in the first and second winning ports 8a and 8b, and the game balls that have entered the first and second winning ports 8a and 8b are detected by the ball detector 9 and processed as winning balls. Then, game balls as prize balls corresponding to the winning balls are paid out. On the other hand, the support plate 4 on the invalid area 7 side is provided with a ball drop opening 10 in which a game ball can fall almost full width, and the game ball dropped into the ball drop opening 10 is processed as a non-winning ball, and is left as it is. It will be discharged out of the gaming machine P.

  An open / close receiving member 11 is arranged on the rear side of the mounting substrate 1 and on the upper surface of the support plate 4 so as to surround the effective area 6 and the ineffective area 7 and to freely slide back and forth. The open / close receiving member 11 is formed of a substantially plane frame member having both upper and lower surfaces open, and slides in the front-rear direction so as to be in sliding contact with the inner surface of the rib 5. The space between the front sides of the left and right side plates 12 and 12 is slightly narrowed, and an open / close lid 13 that stands up at the tip of the left and right side plates 12 and 12 to match the ball inlet 2 and opens or closes the ball inlet 2 is integrally provided. .

  Step portions 14, 14 are provided at the rear ends of the narrowed portions 12a, 12a on the front side of the side plates 12, 12, and the ball receiving plate portion 15 is integrated from the lower edge of the opening / closing lid 13 to the step portion 14. Is provided. The upper surface has a longitudinal dimension that is set slightly longer than the diameter of the game ball, and is gently curved backward. The portions 12a and 12a protrude forward from the ball inlet 2, and the outer surfaces 14a and 14a of the stepped portions 14 and 14 come into contact with the back surface of the mounting substrate 1 to receive a game ball. When the open / close receiving member 11 slides backward to close the ball inlet 2, the ball drop opening 10 is closed by the ball receiving plate 15, and slides forward to protrude from the ball inlet 2. When it is in the position, the ball outlet 10 is opened.

  Receiving plates 16, 16 are provided on the outer surfaces of the left and right side plates 12, 12 of the open / close receiving member 11, respectively, and compression springs 17, 17 as elastic means are interposed between the both receiving plates 16, 16 and the mounting substrate 1. It is disguised. As a result, the open / close receiving member 11 is always urged rearward so as to block the ball inlet 2.

  Inside the opening / closing receiving member 11, a guide member 18 capable of closing the ball drop opening 10 is disposed. The guide member 18 is formed in a front concave shape, and both side walls 19 a, 19 a are in sliding contact with the inner surfaces of both side plates 12, 12 of the open / close receiving member 1, and are arranged on the rear side of the open / close lid 13 and on the upper surface of the support plate 4. It is arranged so as to slide freely. An operation plate portion 20 is provided on the outer side of one side wall 19a so as to straddle the side plate 12 on one side of the open / close receiving member 11 and to face the lower side. A slit is formed on the lower edge of the operation plate portion 20. An engaging recess 21 is provided. On the other hand, a solenoid 22 as an electrical drive source is attached to the back surface of the mounting substrate 1 so that the plunger 23 protrudes substantially horizontally rearward so as to face the engaging recess 21. Then, the connecting plate 23 a at the tip of the plunger 23 is fitted into the engaging recess 21.

  Next, a pachinko gaming machine to which the winning device A of the present invention is applied will be described. In the pachinko gaming machine P, as shown in FIG. 5, a game board mounting frame 31 is mounted on the front surface of a vertically long rectangular outer frame 30 so that the game board mounting frame 31 is openable and closable. . On the front surface of the game board mounting frame 31, a front frame 33 having a window opening 34 facing the game portion 32a on the front surface of the game board 32 is mounted on the front surface of the game board mounting frame 31 so as to be freely opened and closed. The front frame 33 has substantially the same size as the game board mounting frame 31. The window opening 34 is covered with a transparent plate 35 made of two glass plates or synthetic resin plates. In addition, a ball receiving tray 36 for storing game balls to be supplied to a hitting ball launching unit (not shown) is attached to the lower part of the front face of the front frame 33, and a ball hitting force of the hit ball is adjusted on one side thereof. The hitting ball adjustment handle 37 is attached.

  The game portion 32a of the game board 32 is surrounded by a rail 38, and a large variable display device 39, which is a center accessory, is disposed at the center thereof. Below that, there is provided a start winning opening 40 for operating the variable display device 39 when a game ball wins. Further, when a special symbol predetermined on the display unit 39a of the variable display device 39 is displayed in a specific stop mode at a position below the start winning opening 40, a special gaming state, that is, a big hit state, At this time, the winning device A of the present invention is arranged so that the ball entrance 2 is opened and a lot of winning balls are likely to be generated at once.

  A general winning opening 41 is arranged on both sides of the variable winning device 39, and a windmill 42 that randomly changes the flow direction of the game ball flowing down the surface of the game board 32 is provided at a predetermined position. In addition, an out ball opening 43 for discharging an out ball, which is a game ball driven into the game unit 32a and does not become a winning ball, to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine P is opened below the game unit 32a.

  When the information on the display section 39a of the variable display device 39 is not aligned with the specific information and the solenoid 22 is demagnetized, the open / close receiving member 11 is connected to the compression springs 17 and 17 as shown in FIGS. The ball slides backward by the urging force and stops in a state where the ball inlet 2 is closed. Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), the guide member 18 comes into contact with the inner surfaces 14b of the step portions 14 and 14 on both sides of the open / close receiving member 11 and stops. At this time, the bottom plate 19 b of the guide member 18 closes the first winning opening 8 a on the front side of the effective range 6.

On the other hand, when the information on the display unit 39a of the variable display device 39 is stopped and displayed together with a specific number, for example, “777” and the special game state, that is, the big hit state, the solenoid 22 is excited. That is, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the plunger 23 of the solenoid 22 contracts and the guide member 18 slides forward. Accordingly, the open / close receiving member 11 is pushed by the step portions 14 and 14 and slides forward against the urging force of the compression springs 17 and 17. Thereby, the opening / closing lid 13 protrudes forward from the ball inlet 2 and stops, and the game ball B flowing down the surface of the game board 32 is received.

  At this time, the ball drop opening 10 is closed by the bottom plate 19b of the guide member 18, and the second winning opening 8b is erected rearward from the open / close receiving member 11 so that the game ball cannot flow in. Yes. Therefore, the game ball B entered from the ball entrance 2 rolls on the upper surfaces of the ball receiving plate portion 15 and the bottom plate 19b, is guided to the effective range 6, and flows down to the first winning port 8a. The game ball flowing down to the first winning opening 8a is detected by the ball detector 9 and processed as a winning ball. Every time a game ball is detected by the ball detector 9, a predetermined number (for example, 10) of game balls as prize balls are paid out. Such opening / closing operation of the ball entrance 2 by the opening / closing lid 13 is repeated continuously for a maximum of 15 times according to a predetermined condition, and the player can acquire many prize balls at a time.

  Note that the second winning opening 8b is provided in the effective area 6 of the support plate 4 because, for example, the game ball enters the ball entrance 2 immediately before the opening / closing lid 13 slides backward and the ball entrance 2 is closed. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), since the first winning opening 8b is already blocked by the bottom plate 19b of the guide member 18, the game ball cannot flow into the first winning opening 8a. Because.

  Therefore, the player puts an unauthorized tool such as a wire or a cell plate on the surface of the game board 32, slides the opening / closing receiving member 11 forward as shown in FIG. Even if the ball entrance 2 is won, only the open / close receiving member 11 slides forward. On the other hand, the guide member 18 is supported by the solenoid 22 and stops at that position, and the first winning opening 8a remains blocked, and the ball drop opening 10 is opened.

Therefore, the game ball B that has entered the ball entrance 2 rolls on the upper surface of the ball receiving plate portion 15 and falls to the ball drop opening 10 on the rear side. Since these game balls B are processed as non-winning balls and are not detected by the ball detector 9, the game balls as the winning balls are not paid out by the winning. Therefore, the player's cheating ends in a laborious manner, and this prevents cheating. For pachinko halls, there is almost no disadvantage.

1 is a perspective view of a winning device according to the present invention. The exploded perspective view. The front view. FIG. 4 is an XX line view of FIG. 3. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. (A) is a cross-sectional plan view of the winning device part, (b) is a cross-sectional side view of the same. (A) is a cross-sectional plan view showing the action of the winning device part, (B) is a cross-sectional side view. (A) is a cross-sectional plan view showing an illegal act of the winning device, (b) is a side cross-sectional view.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mounting board 2 Sphere entrance 4 Support plate 6 Effective area 7 Invalid area 10 Ball drop 11 Opening / closing receiving member 13 Opening / closing lid 17 Bounce means (compression spring)
18 Induction member 22 Electrical drive source (solenoid)
32 Game board A Prize-winning device B Game ball P Game machine (Pachinko game machine)

Claims (1)

A mounting board that is attached to the surface of the game board and opens the ball entrance;
An effective area extending substantially horizontally from the lower edge of the ball entrance to the rear and processing the game ball entered from the ball entrance as a winning ball is formed on the rear side, and the game entered from the ball entrance on the front side. A support plate on which an ineffective area for processing the ball as a non-winning ball is formed;
An opening / closing lid that opens and closes the ball entrance is provided at the front end with the upper and lower surfaces open, and a ball receiving plate portion that extends rearward is provided at the lower edge of the opening / closing lid. Is arranged so as to surround the effective area and the ineffective area on the upper surface of the lens, and is always urged rearward by the elastic means , and when the opening / closing lid is in a position closing the ball inlet, When a ball drop port formed in the ineffective area is closed by a ball receiving plate portion, slides forward against the biasing force of the elastic means, and the opening / closing lid is in a position where the ball inlet is opened. An open / close receiving member for moving the ball receiving plate portion forward to open the ball drop opening ;
It is arranged to slide freely back and forth by the previous SL-off receiving member and electric driving source to the upper surface of the support plate a rear side of the lid with provided separately, after the ball receiving plate portion A bottom plate located on the side, and when the open / close receiving member slides forward against the urging force of the resilient means, it is supported by the electric drive source and stops at that position to open the ball outlet is allowed, and a guide member for closing the ball Ochiguchi similarly by the bottom plate push forward in anti the bias of said resilient means said closing receiving member along with the slide forward by the electric driving source Prepared,
Entered from the ball inlet the balls Ochiguchi is closed by a bottom plate of the guide member when opening the ball inlet the opening receiving member slides forward to actuate the guide member by the electric driving source The game ball is guided to the effective range by rolling the ball receiving plate portion and the bottom plate upper surface, and only the open / close receiving member is operated forward against the biasing of the elastic means without operating the electric drive source . When the ball entrance is opened by sliding, the ball drop opening opens and the game ball entered from the ball entrance rolls on the upper surface of the ball receiving plate portion and is guided to the ball drop opening. An award-winning device for gaming machines characterized by

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