JP4556006B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention includes a slide member that receives a game ball flowing down a game area of a game board and guides it to different flow paths in an open state and a closed state, an electric drive source that opens and closes the slide member, and the electric The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a ball guidance device comprising a link mechanism comprising a plurality of link members for converting a drive operation of a general drive source into a slide movement of the slide member.

Conventionally, in a game machine such as a pachinko machine, in a winning ball apparatus or the like having an open / close member that opens / closes or slides open / close by receiving a game ball flowing down the game area of the game board, the game ball is A number of techniques have been proposed in order to prevent the pinching of the balls. However, many of these ball biting prevention technologies have a structure that prevents the ball biting state from occurring in advance, so that when the ball biting state actually occurs, the opening / closing member and its opening / closing member are driven via a link mechanism. Therefore, a large load is applied to the electrical drive source. For example, in the ball biting state prevention technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-275411, the ball biting of the slide member, which is an opening / closing member, is provided in a stepped shape with a tip portion of the slide member and a portion facing the slide member, or Oscillation when the slide member is in a ball-engaged state reduces the occurrence of the ball-engaged state.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-275411 (FIGS. 6 and 7)

  However, even if the structure that reduces the occurrence of the ball engagement state as described above, only the occurrence frequency of the ball engagement state is reduced. There was a risk of damage to the mechanism, electrical drive source, and the like. In view of the above-described circumstances, the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that reduces a load on a mechanism for opening and closing a slide member even when a ball-engaged state occurs and does not cause damage to the mechanism.

In order to achieve the above object, the means adopted in claim 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 to 7, a game ball flowing down the game area 15 of the game board 10. a slide member 62b to divert to the different flow paths between the by receiving open state and the closed state, the slide member 62b and a motor 8 0 for opening and closing, the sliding of the slide member 62b the rotation of the output shaft of the motor 80 In a gaming machine including a ball guidance device including a link mechanism including a plurality of link members 81, 95, and 98 that convert to movement, the motor 80 repeats the sliding member 62b between an open state and a closed state. In this manner, the output shaft of the motor 80 is continuously rotated at a predetermined cycle so as to engage with the connecting pin 101 protruding from the back surface of the slide member 62b in the link mechanism. The final link member 98 is slidably provided and is urged in a direction in which the slide member 62b is closed by a biasing member 100 (for example, a spring) at a position where the slide member 62b is in the closed state. When the slide member 62b shifts from the open state to the closed state, the final link member 98 slides against the urging force of the urging member 100 when the ball nips the game ball. Thus, a force corresponding to the urging force of the urging member 100 is loaded as a load on the output shaft of the motor 80 through the link mechanism .

The “predetermined cycle” may be a “fixed cycle” or a “predetermined cycle”. In the case of “predetermined period”, for example, in the normal game state, the game is controlled to repeat the open state and the closed state, and a special game state such as a probability change or a short time well known to those skilled in the art is obtained. Sometimes, the drive control may be performed so as to repeat the open state and the closed state in which the time of the closed state is longer than the time of the open state.

  In the invention according to claim 1, when the slide member 62 b shifts from the open state to the closed state and enters the ball-engaged state in which the game ball is sandwiched, the final link member 98 serves as the biasing force of the biasing member 100. In order to slide against the force, the load applied to the slide member 62b, the plurality of link members 81, 95, 98 constituting the link mechanism, and the electric drive source 80 is a force corresponding to the urging force of the urging member 100. They are not damaged.

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a game board 10 of a gaming machine (pachinko machine) to which the ball guidance device according to the embodiment is applied, and FIG. 2 is a symbol display device 50 provided with the ball guidance device according to the embodiment. It is the perspective view seen from the front of the front decoration board 52 of.

  In FIG. 1, a guide rail 11 including an outer outer rail 12 and an inner inner rail 13 is attached to the game board 10, and a region surrounded by the guide rail 11 is a game region 15. Further, the outer rail 12 and the inner rail 13 overlap with each other to form a ball launching passage 14, and a game ball launched from a ball launching device (not shown) passes through the ball launching passage 14 and the game region 15. To reach and flow down.

  In addition, a symbol display device 50 is disposed substantially at the center of the game area 15. The symbol display device 50 has a front decoration in which a square symbol display 51 (in the case of illustration, a liquid crystal display) on which a plurality of special symbols are variably displayed is attached to the surface of the game board 10. It faces the display window 55 of the plate 52. In addition, an electric start winning opening 20 having a pair of opening and closing blades 21 is disposed substantially below the center of the symbol display device 50. When the display result of the normal symbol display part displayed in a part of the display area of the symbol display 51 is “winning”, the opening / closing wing 21 has a predetermined time (for example, normal Time 0.5 seconds or probability improvement 3 seconds). Further, just below the electric start winning opening 20, a large winning opening device 30 having an opening / closing plate 31 for opening and closing a horizontally long large winning opening 32 is disposed. Further, at the lowermost part of the game area 15 below the big prize opening device 30, there is provided an out port 40 through which the game balls that have flown down the game area 15 and have not won any prize winning devices or winning devices are taken in. Furthermore, side decorations 41 a and 41 b are arranged from the side of the out port 40 to the side center of the game board 10. In addition, you may provide the winning opening which a game ball wins in the arbitrary positions of the side decorations 41a and 41b.

  The game realized by various winning devices provided on the game board 10 will be described. A game ball launched by a ball launching device (not shown) and released from the ball launch path 14 to the game area 15 shows the game area 15. It flows down toward the out port 40 while colliding with a failure nail or the like. When a game ball flowing down the game area 15 is detected by a passage detector (not shown) (for example, provided in the middle of a warp passage 53, 54 described later), it is displayed on a part of the display area of the symbol display 51. When the normal symbol of the normal symbol indicator is displayed in a variable manner and the display result is “winning”, the opening / closing blade 21 of the electric start winning opening 20 is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds). Of course, when the display result of the normal symbol display is “disengaged”, the opening / closing wing 21 is not opened, but the game ball can win the electric start winning opening 20 even if the opening / closing wing 21 is not opened. It is like that.

  And when a game ball wins in the electric start winning opening 20, the special symbol displayed on the symbol display 51 starts to change and stops after a predetermined time has passed. When the plurality of symbols at the time of stopping become a specific display mode (combination), it becomes a “hit game state (specific game state)”, and the open / close plate 31 of the big prize opening device 30 falls to the near side. The big prize opening 32 is opened, and the big prize opening 32 is kept open until a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, ten) of prizes. Thereafter, even after the grand prize opening 32 is closed by the standing of the opening / closing plate 31, the game balls (winning balls) received through the big prize opening 32 pass through the internal V prize opening (not shown). Then, the open / close plate 31 is tilted to the near side again, so that the open / close cycle in which the special winning opening 32 is opened is repeated up to 16 times. Note that a predetermined number (for example, four) of game balls won in the electric start winning opening 20 during the change of the special symbol is stored.

  Next, the front decorative plate 52 of the symbol display device 50 to which the ball guidance device according to the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. As described above, the front decorative plate 52 attached to the surface of the game board 10 is provided with a rectangular display window 55 in the center thereof so that the symbol display 51 including a liquid crystal display faces the display window 55. Is installed. Since the rear end portion of the display window 55 is located behind the surface of the game board 10, the display surface of the symbol display 51 is recessed.

  Further, a warp passage 53 is formed from the upper center of the front decorative plate 52 to the lower right side when viewed from the front, and a game ball entered from the warp inlet 53a at the upstream end of the warp passage 53 is placed on the lower right side of the front decorative plate 52. When a game ball bounced back by the collision enters a diving port 53c formed in the upper part of the rear surface of the windmill 53d, the warp outlet 53b is passed to the front of the right side of the lower side of the display window 55. It guide | induces to the right side edge part of the upper stage 57 of the upper stage member 56 mentioned later from the exit channel | path 53e formed. The game ball that has collided with the windmill 53d and did not jump into the jump-in port 53c falls down and is released again into the game area 15. On the other hand, a warp passage 54 is also formed from the left side of the front decorative plate 52 to the lower left side of the display window 55 when viewed from the front, and game balls entered from the warp inlet 54a at the upstream end of the warp passage 54 are displayed on the display window 55. It is guided to the left end portion of the upper stage 57 of the upper stage member 56 described later through the warp outlet 54b on the left side of the lower side.

  An upper stage member 56 is attached along the lower side of the display window 55. The upper stage member 56 has a mechanism mounting box 66 shown in FIG. 3 attached to the rear thereof, and a pair of lower stage mounting bosses 67a and 67b projecting from the lower portion of the mechanism mounting box 66. 2) is attached. Accordingly, the upper stage member 56 and the lower stage member 68 constitute a stage member for making it easier to guide the game ball guided by the above-described warp passages 53 and 54 toward the electric start winning prize port 20. . Therefore, the stage member will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the upper stage member 56 as viewed from the front.

  In FIG. 3, the upper stage member 56 is formed with a horizontal upper stage 57 at the uppermost portion thereof. The upper stage 57 is formed so as to be inclined downward from the left and right ends toward the center, and has a slightly mountain shape at the center, and a guide recess 58 is formed at the center of the mountain-shaped center and opens backward. ing. An upper entrance 59 of the drop passage 60 is formed behind the guide recess 58. The drop passage 60 extends in the vertical direction, and a lower end thereof serves as a lower outlet 65 that extends forward at the lower end of the mechanism mounting box 66. In addition, guide recesses 61a and 61b that open forward are formed on both sides of the mountain-shaped central portion of the upper stage 57. Slide members 62a and 62b are slidably provided below the guide recesses 61a and 61b. Thus, the game balls guided by the warp passages 53 and 54 roll from the left and right ends of the upper stage 57 toward the center, respectively, and are guided to the upper entrance 59 by the center guide recess 58 or left and right. The guide recesses 61a and 61b may drop downward and be received by the slide members 62a and 62b. The game ball that has entered the upper entrance 59 is guided to the lower exit 65 and released from a discharge port 73 described later, so that it is easy to win the electric start winning port 20. In addition, since the fall prevention wall is erected on the front end piece of the upper stage 57 except for the guide recesses 61a and 61b, the game ball does not fall forward except for the guide recesses 61a and 61b. rare.

  The slide members 62 a and 62 b provided below the upper stage 57 are configured to be slidable along the horizontally long slide holes 63 a and 63 b drilled in the mechanism mounting box 66. Then, connecting pins 93 and 101 (described later) project from a holding plate integrally fixed to the rear surface side of the slide members 62a and 62b, and the connecting pins 93 and 101 are assembled inside the back side of the mechanism mounting box 66. The sliding members 62a and 62b are driven so as to be slidable by a mechanism. When the slide members 62a and 62b are opened, the distance between the inner tips of the slide members 62a and 62b is larger than the diameter of the game ball, and the game ball falls downward and is closed. When in the state, the inner tip is almost in contact with the game ball, and the game ball is guided to the intake port 64 described below. Note that a mechanism for driving to open and close the slide will be described in detail later.

  In addition, an intake port 64 is opened at the substantially central rear surface of the interval between the inner tip portions when the slide members 62a and 62b are in an opened state, and the intake port 64 is located at a substantially intermediate position of the drop passage 60. Communicating with For this reason, the game ball taken into the take-in port 64 is easily discharged from the release port 73 to the game area 15 through the lower passage 65 from the drop passage 60 and easily wins the electric start winning port 20. Therefore, in order to take the game ball into the take-in port 64, it is necessary that the slide members 62a and 62b are in a closed state. As described above, the slide members 62a and 62b can be changed to a flow path that guides the received game ball downward and a flow path that leads to the intake port 64.

  A lower stage member 68 is attached below the slide members 62a and 62b as shown in FIG. The lower stage member 68 is attached to the lower stage attachment bosses 67a and 67b (see FIG. 3) protruding from the lower part of the mechanism attachment box 66 as described above. Therefore, the lower stage member 68 will be described with reference to FIG. 2. The lower stage member 68 is positioned below the pair of slide members 62a and 62b, and an intermediate stage 69 on which a game ball rolls, and the intermediate stage. The lower stage 71 on which the game ball rolls is located below the front of 69, and the discharge port 73 is opened in the vertical surface at the substantially center of the front end piece of the lower stage 71. The middle stage 69 has a slightly higher center at the center and a downward slope on the left and right sides, and a sudden upward slope from the lowest point of the downward slope toward both ends. And the guidance recessed part 70a, 70b opened toward the front is formed in the position of the lowest point. The lower stage 71 is formed to be curved so as to be inclined downward from both ends toward the center, and a guide recess 72 is formed at substantially the center and above the discharge port 73 so as to open forward. . In addition, along the front end edges of the middle stage 69 and the lower stage 71, a fall prevention wall for preventing the game ball from falling forward is not provided or is formed extremely low, so from which position However, it falls to the front, and the rate of dropping from the guide recesses 70a, 70b, 72 is slightly higher.

  Thus, in the lower stage member 68 configured as described above, the game ball dropped from the interval at the time of opening of the slide members 62a and 62b rolls from the center of the middle stage 69 to the left and right, and the rolling The moved game ball falls to the lower stage 71 from any front end side of the guide recesses 70 a and 70 b or the middle stage 69. Similarly, the game ball dropped on the lower stage 71 rolls from the left and right sides of the lower stage 71 toward the center, and the rolled game ball enters the game area 15 from the guide recess 72 or an arbitrary front end of the lower stage 71. Released. When the game ball is released from the guide recess 72, it is released from almost the same position as the discharge port 73, so that it is easy to win the electric start winning port 20. However, the ratio discharged from the guide recess 72 is not so high. Note that the game balls guided to the middle stage 69 and the lower stage 71 of the lower stage member 68 are not only the game balls guided from the warp passages 53 and 54 and the upper stage 57, but also the left and right sides of the front decorative plate 52. There is also a game ball that jumps inward from the game area 15.

  Next, a mechanism for driving the above-described slide members 62a and 62b will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a mechanism for opening and closing the slide members 62a and 62b. In FIG. 4, a mechanism for opening and closing the slide members 62a and 62b converts a motor 80 as an electric drive source and a drive operation (rotational motion) of the motor 80 into a slide movement of the slide members 62a and 62b. And a link mechanism including a plurality of link members 81, 86, 89, 95, and 98. The link mechanism including the slide members 62a and 62b, the motor 80, and the link members 81, 86, 89, 95, and 98 constitutes a ball guiding device. Hereinafter, these mechanisms will be described in detail.

  A motor 80 is fixed to one side inside the back surface of the mechanism mounting box 66, and the rotary motion of the motor 80 is converted into a slide motion by a conversion mechanism (not shown), and the converted slide motion is transmitted as a main link member. A slide rod 81 is slidably provided. The slide rod 81 slides in the horizontal direction shown in the drawing by inserting guide pins 83a and 83b fixed to the back surface of the mechanism mounting box 66 into guide long holes 82a and 82b formed in the slide rod 81. It can be attached. In addition, the second engagement pin 84 is fixed to the tip of the slide rod 81 on the side opposite to the motor 80, and the tip of the branch rod 81a integrally formed so as to branch from the base of the slide rod 81 is also first. One engagement pin 85 is fixed. The two engaging pins 84 and 85 are provided so as to protrude at a predetermined interval.

  The first engagement pin 85 is provided with a first rotation rod 86 and a second rotation rod 89 which are left link members for sliding one slide member 62a. That is, the first rotation rod 86 is pivotally supported by the shaft pin 87 fixed to the mechanism mounting box 66 between the slide rod 81 and the branch rod 81a, and is supported on both sides of the shaft pin 87. Of the formed engagement long holes 88a and 88b, the first engagement pin 85 is passed through one engagement long hole 88b, and the other engagement long hole 88a is fixed to the lower end of the second rotary rod 89. The engaging pin 91 is penetrated. The second turning rod 89 is pivotally supported by the shaft pin 90 fixed to the mechanism mounting box 66 between the slide rod 81 and the slide hole 63a, and is supported above the shaft pin 90. The connection pin 93 fixed to the back surface side of the slide member 62a is passed through the engagement long hole 92 formed in the above.

  On the other hand, the second engagement pin 84 is provided with a first turning rod 95 and a sliding rod 98 which are right link members for sliding the other slide member 62b. That is, the first rotation rod 95 is pivotally supported by the shaft pin 96 fixed to the mechanism mounting box 66 between the slide rod 81 and the slide hole 63b, and is supported below the shaft pin 96. The connection pin 101 fixed to the back surface side of the slide member 62b is passed through the engagement long hole 102 formed in. Further, the first rotating rod 95 is integrally formed with a sliding rod mounting piece 97 obliquely downward from the upper portion, and a sliding hole formed at the lower end of the sliding rod mounting piece 97. A slide rod 98 is slidably attached to the forming portion 97a. A U-shaped engagement receiving portion 99 that engages with the connecting pin 101 fixed to the back surface side of the slide member 62b is integrally formed at the upper end of the sliding rod 98, and the urging member As a spring 100 is wound. The spring 100 is configured to urge the slide member 62b in the closed state at a position where the slide member 62b is in the closed state. The sliding rod 98 constitutes a final link member.

  The operation of the mechanism for driving the slide members 62a and 62b configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a rear view showing the state of the link mechanism when the slide members 62a and 62b are opened, and FIG. 6 is a rear view showing the state of the link mechanism when the slide members 62a and 62b are closed. 7 is a rear view showing the state of the link mechanism when the slide members 62a and 62b are in a spherical engagement state.

  In the state where the slide rod 81 is moved most to the right side as shown in FIG. 5 by the rotation drive of the motor 80, first, the left slide member 62a (FIG. 5 is a rear view, and therefore left and right are reversed. The operation of the left link member corresponding to will be described. The lower end of the first rotary rod 86 that engages with the first engagement pin 85 is positioned on the right side of the shaft pin 87 and the upper end of the first rotation rod 86 is positioned on the left side of the shaft pin 87. Therefore, the second rotating rod 89 engaged with the first rotating rod 86 by the engaging pin 91 has a lower end portion located on the left side of the shaft pin 90 and an upper end portion thereof than the shaft pin 90. Located on the right side. And since the upper end part of the 2nd rotation rod 89 is located in the right side rather than the shaft pin 90, the connection pin 93 also exists in the right side, and the left slide member 62a is an open state. Further, in the operation of the right link member corresponding to the right slide member 62b, the lower end portion of the first rotating rod 95 that engages with the second engagement pin 84 is located on the right side of the shaft pin 96. The engagement receiving portion 99 of the sliding rod 98 slidably attached to the sliding rod attachment piece 97 formed integrally with the first rotating rod 95 is positioned on the left side of the shaft pin 96. . Since the engagement receiving portion 99 of the sliding rod 98 is located on the left side of the shaft pin 96, the connecting pin 101 is also on the left side, and the right slide member 62b is in an open state. When the left and right slide members 62a and 62b are in the open state, the game ball passes through the inner space of the slide members 62a and 62b.

  Next, in the state in which the slide rod 81 is moved to the leftmost as shown in FIG. 6 by the rotational drive of the motor 80, the upper ends of the first rotation rod 86 and the second rotation rod 89, which are left link members, Since the lower end portion is moved in the direction opposite to that in FIG. 5, the left slide member 62a is closed, and similarly, the upper end portion of each of the first rotation rod 95 and the slide rod 98, which are right link members, and Since the lower end is moved in the direction opposite to that shown in FIG. 5, the right slide member 62b is closed. Note that the sliding rod 98 of the right link member is substantially horizontal in the closed state, and urges the connecting pin 101 in the closing direction by the spring 100. When the left and right slide members 62a, 62b are in the closed state, the inner tip portions of the slide members 62a, 62b are in contact with each other, so that the game balls received by the slide members 62a, 62b Is taken into the intake port 64.

  By the way, when the game ball happens to be sandwiched between the slide members 62a and 62b during the transition from the opened state shown in FIG. 5 to the closed state shown in FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. In addition, a first rotation rod 86 and a second rotation rod 89 that are left link members corresponding to the left slide member 62a, and a first rotation rod 95 and a slide that are right link members corresponding to the right slide member 62b. The hooks 98 are in the same state as the closed state shown in FIG. At this time, the sliding rod 98 corresponding to the right slide member 62b urges the connecting pin 101 in the closing direction, but the right slide member 62b does not move in the closing direction due to the holding of the game ball. It is guided by the sliding hole forming portion 97a against the urging force and slides in the left direction. That is, even when the ball is in the ball-engaged state when shifting from the open state to the closed state, the sliding rod 98 slides against the urging force of the spring 100, so that the slide member 62b and the left link member are configured. The load applied to the slide rod 81, the first rotation rod 95, the slide rod 98, and the motor 80 is only a force corresponding to the urging force of the spring 100, and these mechanisms are not damaged. Of course, in this case, the load on the first rotating rod 86 and the second rotating rod 89 constituting the right link member is also extremely weak.

  In the above description, the operation of the slide members 62a and 62b is not described in the game. However, in this embodiment, after the power is turned on, the motor 80 rotates at a constant cycle. Therefore, the slide members 62a and 62b are always controlled to repeat the opened state and the closed state. Of course, it is not limited to such control. For example, in the normal gaming state, control is performed so that the open state and the closed state are repeated at a predetermined cycle, and the probability change and time reduction well known to those skilled in the art When the special game state is entered, drive control may be performed so as to repeat the open state and the closed state in which the time of the closed state is longer than the time of the open state.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment which concerns on this invention has been described, in the said embodiment, it was set as the structure which absorbs a ball | bowl engagement state by an urging member only to one link member (right link member) among right and left link members. However, you may employ | adopt the absorption structure by an urging | biasing member for a right and left link member. For example, in the illustrated embodiment, by replacing the second pivot rod 89 of the left link member with “a pivot rod having a sliding rod” having the same structure as the first pivot rod 95 of the right link member, The link member can have an absorption structure using a biasing member. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the symbol display which consists of a liquid crystal display was used as the symbol display device which faces the display window 55, it is not restricted to this, Other electrical and mechanical symbol display devices may be sufficient. Moreover, although the electric start winning opening 20 is shown as the starting winning opening, it may be a normal chucker type winning opening. Furthermore, although the motor 80 is shown as an electrical drive source and the spring 100 is shown as an urging member, a solenoid or other elastic member may be used.

In addition, there are the following inventions that can be grasped from the above-described embodiment.
(1) The symbol display 51 arranged substantially at the center of the game area 15 of the game board 10, and the display result of starting the symbol variation of the symbol display 51 below the vertical center of the symbol display 51 In a gaming machine equipped with a start winning opening 20 for obtaining
The symbol display 51 is attached to the display window 55 of the front decorative plate 52 to be attached to the surface of the game board 10, and the game ball received at the upper position on the front decorative plate 52 is displayed on the display window 55. Warp passages 53 and 54 leading to an upper stage 57 provided along the lower side are formed,
Further, the front decoration plate 52 receives the game ball flowing down the game area 15 of the game board 10 and guides the game ball guided from the upper stage 57 to the lower stage when the game ball is opened. At this time, slide members 62a and 62b that are guided to the discharge port 73 positioned directly above the start winning port 20, an electric drive source 80 that drives the slide members 62a and 62b to open and close, and the electric drive source 80 A ball guiding device comprising a link mechanism comprising a plurality of link members 81, 86, 89, 95, 98 for converting the driving operation of the slide member 62a, 62b into a sliding movement,
In the link mechanism, a final link member 98 that engages with the connecting pin 101 protruding from the back surface of the slide member 62b is slidably provided, and the urging member is provided at a position where the slide member 62b is closed. When the slide member 62b is energized in the direction to be in a closed state by 100 and the slide member 62b is in a ball-engaged state in which a game ball is sandwiched when shifting from the open state to the closed state, the final link A gaming machine, wherein the member 98 slides against the biasing force of the biasing member 100.

  In the invention that can be grasped from the embodiment as described above, the game balls guided in the warp passages 53 and 54 can be distributed not by simple rolling but by a movable member. There is an advantage that can be performed.

It is a front schematic diagram of a game board of a gaming machine to which a ball guidance device according to an embodiment is applied. It is the perspective view seen from the front of the front decoration board of the symbol display apparatus provided with the ball guidance device concerning an embodiment. It is the perspective view seen from the front of an upper stage member. It is a perspective view which shows the mechanism for opening and closing a slide member. It is a rear view which shows the state of the link mechanism in the open state of a slide member. It is a rear view which shows the state of the link mechanism in the closed state of a slide member. It is a rear view which shows the state of the link mechanism in the ball engagement state of a slide member.

10 game board 15 playfield 20 electric start winning opening 30 winning opening 50 symbol display device 51 symbol display device 52 the front decorative panel 53 warps passage 54 warp path 57 upper stage 62a, 62b slide member 69 middle stage 71 the lower stage 80 motor
8 1 Slide 杆
8 6 first rotating rod
8 9 The second pivot rod
9 3 connecting pin 95 first rotation rod
9 8 sliding rod
1 00 Spring (biasing member)
101 Connecting pin

Claims (1)

A slide member that receives the game ball flowing down the game area of the game board and guides it to different flow paths in the open state and the closed state, a motor that drives the slide member to open and close, and the rotation of the output shaft of the motor In a gaming machine equipped with a ball guide device comprising a link mechanism comprising a plurality of link members that convert to slide movement of a slide member,
The motor continuously rotates the output shaft of the motor at a predetermined cycle so that the slide member repeats an open state and a closed state,
Of the link mechanism, a final link member that engages with a connecting pin protruding from the back surface of the slide member is slidably provided, and the slide member is urged by a biasing member at a position where the slide member is closed. Energize in the direction of closing,
When the slide member is in a ball-engaged state in which a game ball is sandwiched when shifting from the open state to the closed state, the final link member slides against the biasing force of the biasing member, thereby A gaming machine , wherein a force corresponding to an urging force of the urging member is loaded as a load on the output shaft of the motor via a link mechanism .

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