JP4640385B2 - Pachinko machine management device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention comprises a plurality of pachinko machines arranged in a row, a ball lifting device for lifting balls, a replenishment basket for replenishing the plurality of pachinko machines with balls lifted by the ball lifting device, A management device for a game arcade comprising a plurality of pachinko islands, each of which has at least a collection basket for collecting balls discharged from a plurality of pachinko machines toward the ball lifting device, and storing a predetermined amount of balls inside It is about.

Conventionally, as a management device for a plurality of pachinko machine platforms installed at amusement halls, the management of pachinko machine sales, sales, etc. based on the pachinko machine's appearance and entrance of balls, etc. Recently, there has been proposed a monitoring management device that displays and monitors the operational status of balls circulating in pachinko islands and abnormalities on various devices (for example, special management devices). (Kaihei 8-84845). And this monitoring management apparatus is the amount of storage of the storage tank in each pachinko island stand in operation, the operation state or control of the ball feeding device (lift, transport conveyor, etc.), the ball between adjacent pachinko island stands The situation of AC operation or those controls were performed.
JP-A-8-84845

However, at the amusement hall, the ball amount of each pachinko island stand could not be adjusted in advance corresponding to the time when the ball amount becomes insufficient or excessive. The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and the object of the present invention is to adjust the ball amount of each pachinko island stand in advance in response to the shortage time of the ball amount or the excessive time of the ball amount. It is to provide a management device for a pachinko amusement park.

In order to achieve the above object, specific means adopted by the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 12, FIG. 16B, FIG. 37 and FIG. 38, a plurality of pachinko machines 2 are arranged in a row, and a ball lifting device 5 for lifting balls and the ball lifting device A replenishment basket 18 for replenishing the balls lifted by 5 to the plurality of pachinko machines, and a collection basket 10 for collecting the balls discharged from the plurality of pachinko machines 2 toward the ball lifting device 5. At least in the game hall management devices 104 and 105 in which a plurality of pachinko islands 1 storing a predetermined amount of balls are arranged, the pachinko islands 1 exchange balls between adjacent pachinko islands 1 comprises a ball exchange apparatus for performing management terminal-board management server 105 of the management device 104 and 105, a plurality of pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth and the ball AC devices installed in a game hall as well as schematic diagram displaying Island knowledge to identify each pachinko island stand A monitor for displaying at least information (island number area number displayed image 131) and the Isle of Eternal Youth image 127 to be displayed in association with each pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth processing and history selected image 124,150, is stored in the pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth A ball amount storage means for storing the amount of balls over time, a status storage means for storing the operating status and abnormality of each device provided on each pachinko island stand over time, and a numerical value stored in the ball amount storage means Graphing display means for graphing the ball quantity history over time based on the display and displaying on the monitor together with the island identification information to be graphed, the processing history selection image on the monitor by selecting a ball weight history selection image 166 along with the full processing history image 164 is displayed, the ball weight history selected image 166 on the graph display means based on the selected Graph the relationship between time and Tamaryou level I, the total processing history image 164 on the basis of selecting the targeted actuation status history and error history is stored in the status storage unit device installation It is displayed with the said island stand identification information (island number in the processing history content display image 228) .

With this configuration, it is possible to check the balls amounts history of each pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth specifiable by Isle of Eternal Youth identification information on the screen, when introduced pachinko machines new shelf model of the model Since the time-dependent movement of the ball amount can be accurately grasped, it is possible to adjust the ball amount of each pachinko island stand in advance corresponding to the time when the ball amount is insufficient or the time when the ball amount is excessive.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, with reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, schematic structure of the pachinko island stand 1 monitored and controlled by the management apparatuses 104 and 105 which concern on this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the internal structure of the pachinko island stand 1, and FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the relationship between the plurality of pachinko island stands 1.

  In FIG. 1, as is well known, a pachinko island platform 1 has a rectangular parallelepiped frame structure, and a pachinko machine 2 is arranged in the back side at the center in the longitudinal side surface. The pachinko island platform 1 is also provided with a ball return device 3 in parallel with the pachinko machine 2 for returning the pachinko balls acquired by the pachinko machine 2 to one side of the ball lifting device storage unit 4 in the center. However, the ball return device 3 is desirably provided on the row side of the pachinko machine 2 in which a non-priority side storage tank 12 described later is built. This is because it is possible to reliably return the prize balls from the ball return device 3 to the non-priority storage tank 12 that is almost full in a normal business state. The ball return device 3 is provided with a return port, and the pachinko ball (prize ball) returned from the return port is guided to the upstream side (right side in the drawing) of the storage tank 12 and then the bottom surface of the storage tank 12. It is to be stored in. Further, the return port of the ball return device 3 is driven to open and close by an electric drive source (for example, a motor or a solenoid) although not shown.

  In addition, a ball lifting device storage unit 4 is configured in the approximate center of the pachinko island stand 1, and a ball lifting device 5 is stored and installed in the ball lifting device storage unit 4. The ball lifting device 5 according to the present embodiment lifts pachinko balls by a belt-shaped transport belt 63, which will be described in detail later, and the belt-shaped transport belt 63 extends in the vertical direction with respect to the pachinko island platform 1. It is installed to lift pachinko balls to the top. An upper tank 6 for temporarily storing the pachinko balls that have been lifted is provided at the top of the ball lifting device 5. From the upper tank 6, replenishment rods 18 are provided on the left and right in an inclined manner so that pachinko balls flow down from the upper tank 6.

  The supply basket 18 is provided with a distribution chute (not shown) corresponding to each pachinko machine 2 so as to take in pachinko balls flowing down the supply basket 18. Pachinko balls taken in by the distribution chute are counted by a counting device (not shown) provided at the lower portion of the distribution chute, and then supplied to a prize ball tank (not shown) provided at the upper back of the pachinko machine 2 to play the game. Is used as a prize ball to be paid out to the player. Further, a heater wire (not shown in FIG. 1 but on the monitor of the management terminal / table management server 105 of the management devices 104 and 105 is shown as a heater image 211 as shown in FIG. (Represented) is embedded (the replenishing rod 18 is formed of an aluminum alloy), and the heater wire is used to supply the replenishing rod 18 based on the operation signal from the management devices 104 and 105 during the pre-opening preparation processing period. It removes the moisture adhering to the surface of the ball that is warmed and flows down to make the ball flow smoothly. Further, the end of the replenishing rod 18 is opened during the pre-opening preparatory process to allow the ball to flow from the replenishing rod 18 toward the recovery rod 10 and closed during the business process and the closing process to prevent the ball from flowing down. An unacceptable ball removal stopper device 19 is provided. Although the detailed structure of the ball stopper device 19 will be described in detail later, this is also controlled based on commands from the management devices 104 and 105.

  In FIG. 1, the pachinko island stand 1 without a pedestal ball lending machine is shown, but in the case of a configuration in which a pedestal ball lending machine is provided so as to be sandwiched between each pachinko machine 2. The distribution chute 18 is provided with a distribution chute so as to correspond to this inter-ball ball lending machine. In this case, an independent distribution chute may be provided corresponding to the inter-ball ball lending machine, but it may be a distribution chute that divides the pachinko machine 2 and the inter-ball ball lending machine by one distribution chute.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the above-described upper tank 6 is provided with an AC tank 7 that constitutes a ball AC device passed between a plurality of pachinko islands 1. The ball AC device includes the AC tank 7, an upper inclined rod 24 that is gently inclined and connected from the AC tank 7 toward the AC tank 7 of the adjacent pachinko island 1, and the AC tank 7 of the adjacent pachinko island 1. It is comprised from the arch-shaped lower arch ridge 25 which receives the AC ball from the lower part of the AC tank 7. And it connects so that a ball may flow in the shape of a cross in the central part of upper slope rod 24 and lower arch rod 25, and opening and closing control of opening and closing device 26 attached to the exit portion of upper slope rod 24 of each AC tank 7 is carried out. Thus, whether or not the ball is exchanged and whether or not the ball is actually exchanged is detected by a ball passage confirmation sensor 27 provided at the end of the lower arch rod 25 (a connection portion with the AC tank 7). . Furthermore, control of the ball AC device is performed based on detection outputs of ball amount detection sensors S1 to S9 described later on the own island or an adjacent island. The upper tank 6 and the AC tank 7 described above are covered with a cover body 8, and it is desirable that the cover body 8 is detachably attached.

  On the other hand, storage tanks 11 and 12 are provided on both sides of the ball lifting device 5 below the pachinko island platform 1. The storage tanks 11 and 12 are formed so large that a large amount of pachinko balls are stored. Specifically, the number of pachinko balls stored in the storage portions of the storage tanks 11 and 12 can sufficiently cope with various gaming states of the plurality of pachinko machines 2 installed on the pachinko island platform 1 (for example, The size is designed to be 1 to 200,000 pieces each).

  Thus, the used balls discharged from each pachinko machine 2 are discharged downward from a ball discharge nozzle (not shown) of the out ball box 9 having a counting function. In the pachinko machine 2 at a position facing the storage tanks 11 and 12, the ball discharge nozzle is inclined downward from the downstream end (island center side) toward the upstream end at the center of the storage tanks 11 and 12. In the pachinko machine 2 that is arranged facing the out ball guide inner pit provided and out of the storage tanks 11, 12, it is arranged facing the collection basket 10 that is inclined downward from the island edge toward the storage tanks 11, 12. It has come to be. And the recovery ball | bowl 10 merges with the said out ball | bowl induction | guidance | derivation internal rod, and the out ball | bowl induction | consolidation rod 13 provided along the one side wall lower part of the storage tanks 11 and 12 (this also comprises the downstream part of a recovery ball | bowl). Thus, it is guided preferentially toward the introduction rod 15 of the ball lifting device 5. However, the out ball guiding / merging rod 13 of the priority storage tank 11 in which balls are preferentially stored is provided slightly above the bottom surface, and its end is led to the non-priority storage tank 12 side via the connecting rod 14. It is guided to the introduction rod 15.

  The storage tanks 11 and 12 are connected to an overflow box 20 for returning a pachinko ball overflowing from the upper tank 6 and an AC ball flowing from the AC tank 7 to the lower part. The overflow box 20 is a rectangular parallelepiped box provided so as to use the adjacent space of the ball lifting device 5, and the inside thereof is partitioned in the vertical direction by a branching partition 21. This branching partition 21 is provided close to one side of the overflow box 20, and a plurality of falling plates are alternately provided in steps in one side passage communicating with the wide area to constitute a box priority passage 20a. The box non-priority passage 20b is configured by alternately providing a plurality of descending plates in a step shape in the other passage communicating with the narrow region.

  Thus, the pachinko balls overflowing from the upper tank 6 and the AC balls flowing from the AC tank 7 are preferentially guided to the box priority passage 20a, and when the box priority passage 20a is full, the box non-priority passage 20b. It has come to overflow. The box priority passage 20a and the box non-priority passage 20b include a left storage tank 11 (hereinafter may be referred to as priority storage tank 11) and a right storage tank 12 (hereinafter may be referred to as non-priority storage tank 12). It has come to communicate with. Thus, in this embodiment, since the overflow mechanism is configured in a box shape instead of the conventional flexible pipe, the generation of noise due to the recirculated pachinko balls can be extremely reduced and not only the recirculation function. Since there is also a storage function for storing a considerable amount of pachinko balls (in this embodiment, about 2 to 30,000 balls), it is effective as a storage space inside the pachinko island stand 1 using a space that has not been used conventionally. Can be used.

  In FIG. 1, the overflow box 20 is drawn on the front side of the ball feeding device 5, but this is for showing the structure of the overflow box 20 in detail. It is formed on the back side of the ball lifting device 5. An overflow sensor 22 is disposed above the box non-priority passage 20b, and when the overflow sensor 22 detects a stored ball, the driving of the motor 62 of the ball feeding device 5 is urgently stopped. It is like that. This is the upper limit where no more balls can be stored inside the pachinko island stand 1, and normally, the ball return device 3 is prohibited from being returned when the ball amount sensor S8 described below is turned on. , The ball is transferred to the adjacent pachinko island platform 1, so that the overflow sensor 22 is not turned on, but when an abnormal return is made (for example, when the return prohibition device of the ball return device 3 breaks down). Alternatively, it may be turned ON when a clogging occurs in the overflow box 20, so that it can cope with such an emergency.

  A plurality of storage level detection sensors S1 to S8 for detecting the amount of stored balls are provided on the inner side walls of the storage tanks 11 and 12, respectively. According to the experiments by the present applicants, it was found that the change in storage of the pachinko balls in the storage tanks 11 and 12 stays from the upstream side of the storage tanks 11 and 12. For this reason, the storage level detection sensors S1 to S8 are arranged in a substantially horizontal straight line, and the storage level detection sensor S1 disposed on the upstream side of the priority storage tank 11 detects the lower limit of the storage amount, while non-priority. The upper limit of the storage amount is detected by a storage level detection sensor S8 arranged on the downstream side of the storage tank 12. And based on the detection signal of these detection sensors S1-S8, while the storage level alerting | reporting device 23 attached to the both ends exterior of the pachinko island stand 1 notifies the storage amount in the storage tanks 11 and 12, The opening / closing control of the opening / closing device 26 of the ball alternating current device is performed to equalize the ball storage amount of the plurality of pachinko islands 1.

  By the way, as described above, the priority storage tank 11 and the non-priority storage tank 12 have slightly different structures. That is, since the introduction rod 15 of the ball lifting device 5 is arranged toward the bottom surface of the non-priority storage tank 12, the balls stored in the priority storage tank 11 are communicated with the bottom surface of the priority storage tank 11. It is led from the lower connecting rod 16 to the small lifting device 17 and supplied to the non-priority storage tank 12 by the small lifting device 17. In this way, the priority storage tank 11 does not lead the pachinko balls received and stored directly to the ball lifting device 5 but sends them to the non-priority storage tank 12 via the small lifting device 17. That is, in the pachinko island stand 1 of the present embodiment, the pachinko balls received in the storage tanks 11 and 12 are collectively guided from the non-priority storage tank 12 side to the ball lifting device 5. In this way, the introduction rod 15 of the ball lifting device 5 is directed only in the direction of the one storage tank 12 so that the flow of the ball into the ball lifting device 5 is made smooth and the lifting capacity of the ball lifting device 5 is increased. This is for the purpose of fully exhibiting and for forming the pachinko island platform 1 so that the island width is narrow.

  Furthermore, in the priority storage tank 11, the reason why the upper and lower two contact rods communicated with the non-priority reservoir tank 12 are provided is that the contact rod 14 communicated with the upper out ball induction junction rod 13 is used and becomes dirty. In order to preferentially lead the pachinko balls to the ball lifting device 5 without storing them in the priority storage tank 11, it is necessary to provide them at a relatively high position, specifically, higher than the bottom surface of the non-priority storage tank 12. There is. Otherwise, the out ball flowing down the out ball guiding junction 13 cannot be naturally flowed down to the non-priority storage tank 12 side. On the other hand, if the bottom surface of the priority storage tank 11 is made to coincide with the height position of the out ball merging basket 13, the pachinko balls stored in the priority storage tank 11 will naturally flow to the non-priority storage tank 12 side via the contact rod 14. However, since the position of the bottom surface is increased, there is a disadvantage that the storage amount in the priority storage tank 11 is reduced accordingly. For this reason, the height position of the bottom surface of the priority storage tank 11 is lowered to increase the storage amount, the lower connecting rod 16 communicating with the bottom surface is connected to the small lifting device 17, and the small lifting device 17 does not give priority. It is sent to the storage tank 12.

  As described above, the schematic configuration of the pachinko island stand 1 has been described. As the configuration of the pachinko island stand 1, in addition to the above-described configuration, for example, the pachinko island stand 1A having the configuration shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and FIG. There is a pachinko island stand 1B having the configuration as shown in FIG. These will be briefly described. First, with reference to FIG.3 and FIG.4, the structure of the pachinko island stand 1B is demonstrated. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the internal structure of the pachinko island platform 1A, and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the plurality of pachinko island platforms 1A. Thus, the pachinko island platform 1A shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 has almost the same internal structure as the pachinko island platform 1 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. It is only the composition of the ball exchange device between.

  That is, in the pachinko island platform 1A shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the AC tank 7 is not provided, and the balls lifted to the upper tank 6 are supplied to the replenishment rod 18 or to the overflow box 20. The arch transfer device 30 provided on the upstream side of the replenishment rod 18 is configured to transfer the balls to the adjacent pachinko island platform 1A. The arch transfer device 30 forcibly moves a ball taken in from a distribution chute attached to the replenishment rod 18 from a take-in tube 31 toward an arch-shaped adjacent pachinko island platform 1A toward a transfer rod 33. To send. As a mechanism for forcibly sending, a transfer motor 32 provided between the intake pipe 31 and the transfer rod 33 is arranged in a line from the intake pipe 31 by a rotating disk fixed to the output shaft of the transfer motor 32. The balls to be supplied are pushed out to the transfer rod 33 in a line. The transfer rod 33 for the adjacent pachinko island platform 1A becomes a receiving rod 35 for receiving balls for the own island. Accordingly, one pachinko island platform 1A is provided with a pair of transfer rods 33 and receiving rods 35 toward the left and right pachinko island platforms 1A, but these are adjacently integrated as shown in FIG. It is handed over between the pachinko island stand 1A as the arch ridge 36. The end of the receiving rod 35 is provided so as to face the non-priority storage tank 12 described above, and the base of the transfer rod 33 confirms whether or not balls are being transferred (the number of balls passed is detected). A ball passage confirmation sensor 34 is also provided.

  The difference between the arch transfer device 30 of the pachinko island platform 1A described above and the ball AC device shown in FIGS. Control is good. Incidentally, the transfer amount by the arch transfer device 30 is about 1/6 of the transfer amount by the ball AC device. Specifically, the transfer amount of the arch transfer device 30 is 500 pieces / minute, while the transfer amount of the ball AC device is 3000 pieces / minute.

  In addition, as a modification of the pachinko island platform 1 and 1A shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4, either one of the storage tanks 11 and 12 is used in order to increase the storage amount of the storage tanks 11 and 12. Alternatively, some auxiliary tanks are arranged outside both, but these are provided only for increasing the storage amount, and there are no major mechanical differences.

  Further, the configuration of the pachinko island platform 1B shown in FIG. 5 is that there are a pachinko island platform with a large storage tank and a pachinko island platform without a pachinko island platform as the difference in the configuration inside the pachinko island platform. There is a difference in appearance in that the pachinko islands where these are mixed are connected by long and short AC poles. Explaining in detail with the example shown in FIG. 5, among the pachinko islands 1B installed at the left and right ends, the left pachinko island 1B at the left end has a large sub-base tank 42 incorporated therein and a ball return. A device 41 is also provided, and a larger main base tank 40 is provided on the back surface of the right pachinko island platform 1B at the right end. In many cases, when the pachinko island platform is placed on the pachinko island platform 1B, the main base tank 40 is used for the right pachinko island platform 1B. A return rod 50 and an outflow rod 51 are passed between the right pachinko island platform 1B and the main base tank 40. The main base tank 40 is also provided with a ball return device 41. In addition, the middle two pachinko island platforms 1B are not provided with a large tank, and only a small tank 43 is provided. A device 41 is provided. In the main base tank 40 and the sub base tank 42, ball amount sensors S1 to S5 for detecting a storage amount are provided.

By the way, between the left and right left pachinko islands 1B and right pachinko islands 1B, long AC poles 44 and 46 are crossed, and the left pachinko islands 1B and the left middle pachinko islands 1B. between 1B, and also provided to short alternating trough 48, 49 is inclined downward toward the pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth of their respective ends between the right slingshot Isle of Eternal Youth and right in pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth 1B ing.

  Thus, a first opening / closing device 45 is provided at the end of the first AC rod 44 that is inclined downwardly from the right pachinko island platform 1B toward the left pachinko island platform 1B. When the upper limit ball amount sensor S5 of the main base tank 40 satisfies the condition that the upper limit ball amount sensor S5 is not ON and the upper limit ball amount sensor S5 of the main base tank 40 is turned ON, the ball amount sensor S4 that is one lower than the upper limit of the main base tank 40 is turned OFF. It is designed to close when Further, the first opening / closing device 45 satisfies the condition that the ball amount sensor S2 that is one higher than the lower limit ball amount sensor S1 of the main base tank 40 is not OFF, and the lower limit ball amount sensor S1 of the sub base tank 42 is OFF. Is also opened, and is also closed when the ball amount sensor S2 of the sub base tank 42 is turned on. In the state where the first opening / closing device 45 is closed, the balls jammed in the first AC cage 44 will fall naturally when the balls on the left middle and right middle pachinko islands 1B are insufficient. ing.

  In addition, a second opening / closing device 47 is provided at the end of the second AC rod 46 that is slanted from the left pachinko island platform 1B toward the main base tank 40 of the right pachinko island platform 1B. Opened when the upper limit ball amount sensor S5 of the base tank 40 satisfies the condition that the upper limit ball amount sensor S5 is not ON and the upper limit ball amount sensor S5 of the sub base tank 42 is turned ON, and the ball amount sensor S4 is one lower than the upper limit of the sub base tank 40. It is designed to close when is turned off. Further, the second opening / closing device 47 satisfies the condition that the ball amount sensor S2 that is one higher than the lower limit ball amount sensor S1 of the sub base tank 42 is not OFF, and the lower limit ball amount sensor S1 of the main base tank 40 is OFF. Is also opened, and is also closed when the ball amount sensor S2 of the main base tank 40 is turned on. In the state where the second opening / closing device 47 is closed, the balls jammed in the second AC rod 46 will fall naturally when the balls on the left middle and right middle pachinko islands 1B are insufficient. ing.

  Furthermore, the third AC pad 48 that slopes downward from the left middle pachinko island platform 1B toward the left pachinko island platform 1B flows when the ball of the left middle pachinko island platform 1B is full, and the right middle pachinko platform 1B. The fourth AC rod 49 that inclines downward from the island platform 1B toward the right pachinko island platform 1B flows when the ball of the right middle pachinko island platform 1B is full. In addition, the ball filled with the right pachinko island platform 1B is returned to the main base tank 40 via the return basket 50, and the ball stored in the main base tank 40 is stored in the right pachinko island platform 1B via the outflow basket 51. It is supplied to the tank 43. The first to fourth AC poles 44, 46, 48, 49 are passed between the upper tanks 6 of the pachinko island platform 1B, and in this type of pachinko island platform 1B, the ball return device 41 is provided. There are many that are provided on the island edge.

  As described above, the structure of the three pachinko island platforms 1, 1A, 1B has been described. The pachinko island platforms 1 and 1A have arch-shaped ball exchange devices, and have large storage tanks 11, 12 and ball return devices, respectively. In principle, each pachinko island base 1,1A has a large storage tank so that it can continue to operate independently. The pachinko island stand 1B supplements such a state with the ball ball exchange device, while the pachinko island stand 1B assumes the balance of the receipt of balls among a plurality of pachinko island stands. This simplifies the internal structure (particularly the structure of the storage tank), and each pachinko island has its advantages and disadvantages. However, any type of pachinko islands 1, 1 </ b> A, 1 </ b> B has a ball lifting device 5 with a cloth belt automatic winding device, a ball removal stopper device 19, a replenishment rod 18 with a heater, and a recovery rod 10. There is no change. Therefore, hereinafter, the ball lifting device 5 and the ball stopper device 19 will be sequentially described.

  First, with reference to FIG.6 and FIG.7, the ball | bowl lifting apparatus 5 with a cloth belt automatic winding apparatus is demonstrated in detail. 6 is a side view of the ball lifting device 5 in a state of being housed inside the pachinko island platform 1, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the ball lifting device 5. In the drawing, the ball lifting device 5 is driven by a motor built-in pulley 62 in which a lifting cylinder main body 61 is erected vertically on an upper portion of a support base 60 and the inside of the lifting cylinder main body 61 is supported on the lower portion. The conveyance belt 63 is configured to circulate. A ball inlet 64 into which the pachinko balls before the ball polishing flows is formed in the lower part of the lifting cylinder main body 61, and a ball from which the pachinko balls after the ball polishing are discharged in the upper part of the lifting cylinder main body 61. A discharge port 65 is formed. Accordingly, the pachinko balls that have flowed in from the ball inlet 64 are lifted by the conveyor belt 63 and discharged from the ball discharge port 65. In the process of being lifted, the pachinko balls are caused by the frictional force with the cloth belt 75 described later. The dirt adhering to is wiped off, and the cleaned pachinko balls are discharged from the ball discharge port 65.

  A bent round hook 66 is provided immediately before the ball discharge port 65, and an upper end pulley around which the conveying belt 63 is stretched is provided inside the round hook 66. In addition, a reduction machine sensor 67 is provided between the round rod 66 and the guide rail cover body 68 described below to detect the balls lifted in a plurality of rows by the guide rail cover body 68 for each row. ing. The reduction machine sensor 67 detects the presence or absence of a ball to be lifted as will be described in detail later, but can also be used to count the number of balls to be lifted. Further, a shutter device 64a that is closed at the end of business and opened during pre-opening preparation processing is also provided immediately before the ball inlet 64. In the illustrated example, the shutter device 64 a is provided at the downstream end of the introduction rod 15, but the storage tank 12 is closed so as to close the outlet portion of the non-priority storage tank 12 that is the upstream end of the introduction rod 15. It may be attached to. In this way, the shutter device 64a can be attached very easily.

  On the other hand, a guide rail cover body 68 is pivotally supported by a hinge 69 on one side and attached to the back side of the above-described feed cylinder main body 61 so as to be freely opened and closed. The guide rail cover body 68 is opened when the conveying belt 63 or the cloth belt 75 is mounted on the ball feeding device 5, and the cloth belt 75 itself circulates around the guide rail cover body 68. Installed. When the conveying belt 63 and the cloth belt 75 are attached, the guide rail cover body 68 is maintained in a state of facing the feeding cylinder body 61 by the fastening lever 70. However, although not described in detail, a gap is formed between the lifting cylinder main body 61 and the guide rail cover body 68. The dimension of the gap is set by the fastening lever 70. The pressure applied to the pachinko balls being lifted can be changed according to the set value. In addition, on the front side of the guide rail cover body 68 (the side facing the conveyor belt 63), a plurality of rows (for example, 4 to 7 rows) of vertical grooves for partitioning and feeding the balls in one row are formed. Has been.

  Incidentally, a tension unit 71 and a chucking unit 72 are attached to the back surface of the guide rail cover body 68 described above. The tension unit 71 is attached to the upper part of the guide rail cover body 68 and pulls the used cloth belt 75 by the driving force of a motor (not shown). The chucking unit 72 is attached to the lower part of the guide rail cover body 68. Thus, the movement of the cloth belt 75 is stopped. Further, a mounting unit 73 for storing and placing the cloth belt 75 before use in a roll shape is provided at the bottom of the chucking unit 72 and on the bottom surface of the ball feeding device storage unit 4. And the winding unit 74 which winds up the used cloth belt 75 in roll shape with the drive force of a motor is attached to the side surface of the ball feeding apparatus accommodating part 4. FIG. The pulling unit 71, the chucking unit 72, the mounting unit 73, and the winding unit 74 described above constitute the cloth belt automatic winding device.

  Thus, in the cloth belt automatic winding device configured as described above, when the automatic winding signal derived from the management devices 104 and 105 is derived, first, the chucking unit 72 electrically performs the chucking operation. Then, the fabric belt 75 is pulled by driving the motor of the tension unit 71 and simultaneously the motor of the winding unit 74 is driven to wind up the used fabric belt 75. After driving the motors described above for a period of time during which the cloth belt 75 before use is positioned on the front surface of the guide rail cover body 68, first, the electric drive source of the chucking unit 72 is operated to chuck the cloth belt 75. By king and stopping the driving of the motors slightly thereafter, the used cloth belt 75 can be wound up and the cloth belt 75 before use can be mounted on the front surface of the guide rail cover body 68. In order to detect whether or not such a winding operation has been performed normally, a sensor for counting the number of rotations of the driven roller that is fed while holding the cloth belt 75 is provided in the tension unit 71. Further, the chucking unit 72 is provided with a limit switch for detecting whether or not there is tension of the cloth belt 75 stretched between the chucking unit 72 and the mounting unit 73. This limit switch is used for deriving a replacement signal for the cloth belt 75 by determining that the cloth belt 75 attached to the attachment unit 73 has run out when it is detected that there is no tension, as will be described in detail later. Is.

  Next, the configuration of the ball removal stopper device 19 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the ball removal stopper device 19. In the figure, the ball removal stopper device 19 is centrally formed in a shunt main body 80 in which a meandering inclined passage 83 for guiding the branched pachinko balls in a meandering manner is formed. That is, the shunt main body 80 can be detachably attached to the replenishing rod 18 by means of an attachment piece 81 formed on the front surface side thereof, and is formed on the front surface side in a state of being attached to the replenishing rod 18. The pachinko balls that flow down the replenishment rod 18 from the intake port 82 are naturally taken into the upstream portion of the meandering inclined passage 83. The serpentine inclined passage 83 is formed in a serpentine shape with a width that aligns the balls in a row, and a ball with a weight embedded in the lower part in the upper part of the middle to release the vertical overlap of the pachinko balls. The shim member 84 is suspended so as to be swingable. Further, the downstream end of the meandering inclined passage 83 is bent downward, and a connecting bellows pipe 88 is connected to the bent outlet portion via a connecting tool 86. A ball passing sensor 87 for detecting the passing and presence of a ball is attached to the connection tool 86. In addition, the lower end of the connection bellows pipe 88 faces the upper part of the collection basket 10 as shown in FIG.

  Further, in the middle of the meandering inclined passage 83, a flow prevention pin 85 and a stopper device 89 for manually stopping the flow of balls are provided. The flow-down prevention pin 85 is forcibly inserted into the meandering inclined passage 83 at the time of failure or inspection, and is not inserted into the meandering inclined passage 83 in a normal state. On the other hand, the stopper device 89 is attached to the bottom surface side of the meandering inclined passage 83 and includes a keep solenoid 90 and an L-shaped stopper member 91 driven by the keep solenoid 90. The keep solenoid 90 has a permanent magnet integrally provided on an upper part of an electromagnet wound with a coil, and the plunger is attracted downward and the current is not conducted. It has an action of being attracted by a permanent magnet so as to hold the lower position against the force. In addition, a current in the reverse direction is passed through the electromagnet to repel the plunger and raise it, and when the current is not conducted, the permanent magnet is not affected by the plunger, and the plunger is held at the raised position. The position holding is assisted.

  That is, the keep solenoid 90 can move the plunger up and down by passing a current in the direction of attracting the plunger (hereinafter referred to as a positive current) and a current in a direction of repulsion (hereinafter referred to as a reverse current) through a coil constituting the electromagnet. It is configured as follows. For this reason, for example, by causing a positive current and a reverse current to flow at a predetermined frequency (for example, normal alternating current of 50 Hz and 60 Hz), control for vibrating the plunger can be performed very easily. A control program is created so that the vibration vibration control is executed on the side where the plunger is sucked (a state where the tip of the stopper member 91 has entered the meandering inclined passage 83). It is also possible to perform such vibration with a normal solenoid (electromagnet only in the attraction direction and spring in the repulsion direction), but when using this normal solenoid, the spring of the spring Strict accuracy is required for factors such as the coefficient and length, which is extremely expensive and has a drawback that it cannot ensure operation accuracy over a long period of time.

  As described above, the detailed configuration of the ball removal stopper device 19 has been described. However, in the ball removal stopper device 19 according to the present embodiment, a meandering inclined passage 83 that guides the branched pachinko balls in a meandering manner in a row, A ball passage detection sensor 87 provided in the downstream portion of the meandering inclined passage 83, a stopper member 91 that can be moved forward and backward in the meandering inclined passage 83, and a keep solenoid 90 that drives the stopper member 91 are managed. When there is a pre-opening preparatory processing instruction by the devices 104, 105, the keep solenoid 90 is controlled so as to vibrate and vibrate in a state where the stopper member 91 is inserted into the meandering inclined passage 83, and then the ball flows down. Is acceptable. For this reason, even if a ball clog occurs in the meandering inclined passage 83, vibration that is not a slow impact is applied to the meandering inclined passage 83, so that the serpentine inclined passage 83 and the pachinko that is clogged inside thereof. The ball does not vibrate synchronously, and the ball is made to flow down after the vibration is reliably eliminated by vibration, so that the ball in the pachinko island stand 1 can be reliably circulated in the pre-opening preparation process. it can.

  As described above, the pachinko island platforms 1, 1A, 1B monitored and managed by the management devices 104, 105 according to the embodiments and the respective devices provided in the pachinko island platform 1, 105 have been described. Are managed by the management terminal / table management server 105 via the table management computer 104 as shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the relationship between various management devices for managing a game arcade and a plurality of pachinko islands 1 installed in the game arcade and the islands.

  In the figure, inside the pachinko island stand 1 described above, there are a ballroom lending machine, a safe, a ball return device 3 and representative lamps provided on the pachinko island stand 1 (both ends of the island stand for notifying big hits and frauds). Island end B unit 102 to which the wiring such as the above is relayed, the above-described ball lifting device 5, cloth belt automatic winding device, ball AC device such as arch, stopper device 19, island such as heater The island-facing island end B unit 103 to which the wiring of the electrical equipment for facilities is relayed is provided, and the pachinko machine 2 of the pachinko machine 2 arranged in parallel with the island end B unit 102 and the island-facing island end B unit 103 An island end A unit 100 that relays wiring from the substrate 101 is provided. Then, a wire is connected from the island end A unit 100 to the stand management computer 104, and a wire is connected from the stand management computer 104 to the management terminal / stand management server 105 (sometimes abbreviated as LPU). The management terminal / stand management server 105 is connected to a counter terminal 108 for inputting / outputting prize exchange information installed in a prize exchange place and a card reader 109 used for prize exchange and managing customer management. A server 106 and a security server 107 that manages in-store cameras and the like are connected. In addition, the stand management computer 104 manages individual data of each pachinko machine 2 based on a driving ball signal and a supply ball signal to the pachinko machine 2 or various signals derived from the pachinko machine board 101. Conventionally, it is installed in all game halls, and the management computer 104 and the management terminal / management server 105 constitute the management device of the present invention.

  10 shows only the relationship among the management terminal / table management server 105, the table management computer 104, and the pachinko island table 1, the management terminal / table management server 105 includes the display operation unit 105a (monitor, keyboard). Including a mouse) and a communication control unit 105b, and exchange of signals is performed between the communication control unit 105b and the communication control unit 104c of the stand management computer 104. The stand management computer 104 includes a setting unit 104a that performs setting based on a setting command from the communication control unit 105b of the management terminal / stand management server 105, an all-island control unit 104b that controls all the pachinko islands 1 in the amusement hall, and pachinko machines. A communication control unit 104c for exchanging signals between the island table 1 and the management terminal / table management server 105; Then, signals are exchanged between the communication control unit 104 c and the communication control unit 100 c provided in the island end A unit 100 in the pachinko island platform 1. That is, the command signal from the table management computer 104 is output from the communication control unit 100c to the various devices 101 in the pachinko island table 1 via the signal output unit 100a, and conversely, the various devices in the pachinko island table 1 A signal emitted from 101 or the like is sent from the signal input unit 100 b to the communication control unit 100 c and input to the table management computer 104.

  In other words, it is the stand management computer 104 that derives commands to various devices provided in the pachinko island stand 1 or receives signals from various devices, but performs certain operations. Therefore, the management terminal / base management server 105 is provided for performing display based on certain types of data, and the base management computer 104, the management terminal / base management server 105, Are connected by signal wiring. Note that the wiring connection between the pachinko island platform 1 and the platform management computer 104 and between the platform management computer 104 and the management terminal / base management server 105 may be performed by a normal wiring (twisted pair wire). Alternatively, they may be connected by wiring using optical communication lines.

  The operations and states controlled by the above-described table management computer 104 and the management terminal / table management server 105 will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 is a front view of the initial screen of the monitor screen 105a of the management terminal / stand management server 105. FIG. 12 is a diagram for clicking the business management selection image 110 in the initial screen of FIG. FIG. 13 is a front view of the island monitoring menu screen 120 of the arched pachinko islands displayed when the monitoring is clicked, and FIG. 13 is a front view of the island monitoring menu screen 120 when the pachinko islands are in the ball exchange device format. 14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a display mode of the ball storage amount of the island stand image 127 displayed in FIGS. 12 and 13, and FIG. 15 is a display method different from FIGS. 12 and 13. 16 is a front view of the island monitoring menu screen 120 displayed in FIG. 16, and FIG. 16 is a processing image displayed when the monitoring facility selection image 123 and the menu selection image 124 of FIG. 12 are clicked. FIG. 17 is a front view of the processing mode windows screen 167 displayed when the processing mode selection image 147 of FIG. 16B is clicked, and FIG. 18 is displayed in FIG. FIG. 19 to FIG. 22 are flowcharts showing operations performed when the pre-opening preparation process is selected from among the processing modes, and FIG. FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing an operation executed when a business process is selected from among processing modes, and FIGS. 24 to 30 are flowcharts showing an operation executed when a store closing process is selected from the processing modes. FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an all-area operation instruction windows screen 178 displayed when the operation display selection image 148 in FIG. 16B is clicked and the all-area instruction selection image 154 is executed. FIG. 32 is a front view of the designated block operation instruction window screen 188 displayed when the operation display selection image 148 in FIG. 16B is clicked and the designated block instruction selection image 155 is executed. Yes, FIG. 33 is an arch-shaped pachinko island stand island detail screen that is displayed when the island detail display selection image 149 and the island designation selection image 159 of FIG. 16B are clicked and executed. FIG. 34 is a front view of the island detail screen 203a of the pachinko island stand equipped with a ball exchange type base tank when the same operation is performed, and FIG. 35 is a ball exchange when the same operation is performed. FIG. 36 is a front view of an island detail screen 203b of a pachinko island stand that does not have a base tank of the format, and FIG. 36 is a diagram showing that the processing history selection image 150 in FIG. FIG. 37 is a front view of the entire processing history display windows 226 displayed when the selection image 164 is clicked, and FIG. 37 is a diagram illustrating that the processing history selection image 150 in FIG. FIG. 38 is a front view of a ball amount history display window 232 displayed when clicked. FIG. 38 is a ball amount displayed when the graph key image 238 in FIG. 37 is clicked and the graph call key image 239 is clicked. FIG. 39 is a front view of the transition graph display windows screen 241. FIG. 39 is a front view of the initial setting screen 250 displayed when the setting image 118 of FIG. 11 is clicked and the initial setting is executed. , The detailed setting window of the arch-type pachinko island stand displayed when the detailed setting column in the setting content display image 251 of FIG. 39 is clicked. FIG. 41 is a front view of the detailed setting window 259 of the ball-interchange type pachinko island stand displayed when the detailed setting column in the setting content display image 251 of FIG. 39 is clicked. 42 is a front view, and FIG. 42 is a front view of a task setting screen 261 displayed when the setting image 118 in FIG. 11 is clicked and task setting is executed.

  First, when the power of the base management computer 104 and the management terminal / base management server 105 is turned on, an initial screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the monitor 105 a of the display operation unit of the management terminal / base management server 105. The initial screen includes a business management selection image 110 for selecting an operation for executing the processing according to the present embodiment, an opening / closing store processing selection image 111 for selecting an operation for executing processing related to security such as an in-store camera, Table data selection image 112 for selecting an operation for displaying data related to the balance of each pachinko machine 2, sales data selection image 113 for selecting an operation for displaying sales data of the game hall, a message regarding management strategy, etc. Management strategy selection image 114 for selecting an operation to display, an input selection image 115 for selecting an operation for installing other software, and a communication selection image 116 for selecting an operation for performing communication processing Maintenance selection screen for selecting operations for displaying maintenance related to computers 117, ending the selected image 119 to be selected when the operation ends due to setting the selected image 118 and a management terminal-board management server 105, for selecting an operation to perform various settings are to be displayed, respectively.

  Of the selection images 110 to 119 described above, the business management selection image 110 and the setting selection image 118 for performing operations related to the present invention will be described. First, processing executed when the setting selection image 118 is selected will be described with reference to FIGS. 39 to 42. First, when the initial selection screen 118 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed and the setting selection image 118 is designated and clicked with the mouse, the initial setting screen 250 shown in FIG. Is done. This initial setting is for entering the island number, area number, wiring connection number, island type, detailed settings of each island, etc. of multiple pachinko islands installed in the amusement hall. A setting content display image 251 is displayed. Therefore, when the setting content display image 251 is displayed, a necessary setting value may be input using a keyboard or the like. In addition, scroll key images 252 are displayed above and below the right end of the setting content display image 251. When the user places a mouse on the scroll key image 252 and clicks, the screen scrolls up and down and many pachinko islands are displayed. Can be initialized. The initial setting screen 250 includes a help key image 253 for explaining the screen operation, a registration key image 254 for registering the setting value, a cancel key image 255 for canceling the set value, and the initial setting screen 250. Each of the end key images 256 for ending is displayed, and each process is executed by clicking the mouse on each image.

  Furthermore, in order to make detailed settings for each pachinko island stand 1, the detailed settings shown in FIGS. 40 and 41 can be performed by clicking the detailed setting column of the setting content display image 251 with the mouse. For example, when the detailed setting field of the island number 20 is clicked, a detailed setting window 257 shown in FIG. 40 is displayed. This detailed setting window 257 is a detailed setting of the pachinko island platform 1 in the arch form (displayed as “Benley box”), the position of the ball return device 5, the capacity of the storage tanks 11 and 12, the presence or absence of a ball stopper, A setting content display image 258 on which presence / absence and usage mode can be set is displayed. For example, when the detailed setting field of island number 1 is clicked, a detailed setting window 259 shown in FIG. 41 is displayed. This detailed setting window 259 is a detailed setting of the pachinko island stand 1 in the ball exchange format (displayed as almighty), the position of the ball return device 5, the capacity of the base tanks 40 and 42, the presence or absence of a ball removal stopper, and opening and closing A setting content display image 260 capable of setting the presence / absence of the devices 45 and 47, operating conditions, and the like is displayed. 40 and 41 may be shifted to the detailed setting automatically after the island number two is entered in order from the island number on the initial setting screen 250.

  The screen is displayed when the process selected in the business management selection image 110 is executed based on the initial setting value set as described above. Although this initial setting can be easily set even after it is installed in the amusement hall, it is desirable that the setting operation be performed by a professional engineer.

  Next, when the business setting is specified and clicked with the mouse while the initial setting screen 250 shown in FIG. 39 is displayed, the business setting screen 261 shown in FIG. 42 is displayed on the monitor 105 a of the management terminal / base management server 105. Is done. This business setting includes a setting content display image 262 that can set a setting value of a timer controlled by a timer among various electrical devices in the pachinko island platform 1, and whether or not to stop various devices. A setting content display image 263 for setting is displayed. In addition, a help key image 264 for explaining this screen operation, a registration key image 265 for registering setting values, and the task setting screen 261 are ended. Each end key image 266 is displayed, and each process is executed by operating the mouse on each image and clicking. In the setting content display image 263, “detection” is used to select whether or not the occurrence of an abnormality is transmitted from the LPC 104 to the management terminal 105, and “sound” is output to the income device. “Display” is used to select whether or not the occurrence of abnormality is displayed in a pop-up window on the management terminal 105, and “Print” is used to print various occurrence information on the printer. Whether to perform or not. Further, the above-described job setting can be changed even when the program of the management terminal / stand management server 105 is executed.

  Next, processing executed when the sales management selection image 110 is selected will be described with reference to FIGS. First, when the initial screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed and the business management selection image 110 is designated and clicked with the mouse, the island monitoring menu screen 120 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the monitor 105a of the management terminal / base management server 105. Is displayed. The island monitoring menu screen 120 has a processing title / year / month / day / time display image 121 displayed at the top of the island monitoring menu screen 120, and an island table image schematically showing a plurality of pachinko islands 1 installed in a pachinko game center in the center of the screen. 127 is displayed. The island stand image 127 displays a schematic diagram corresponding to the island type and detailed setting values set on the initial setting screen 250 described above.

  In addition, a plurality of operation selection images 122 are displayed below the processing title / year / month / day / time display image 121. By selecting one of the operation selection images 122, the island monitoring menu screen 120 is not terminated. However, sales operation, machine data, and sales data screens can be displayed. The island monitoring menu screen 120 also includes a monitoring facility selection image 123 for selecting and displaying a facility to be monitored, a menu selection image 124 for performing various operations, and a plurality of the most recent histories. A history display image 125 to be displayed and a scroll key image 126 for scrolling the history image to the past are displayed.

  Further, in relation to the island image 127, an arch image 128 is displayed in close contact with the adjacent island image 127 at the upper part of the island image 127, and at the lower part of the island image 127, The ball return device image 129 is displayed in close contact. In addition, a unit number display image 130 for displaying a unit number assigned to the pachinko machine 2 is displayed a little apart at the upper and lower parts of each island unit image 127, and further, the above unit number display image 130 is displayed above the unit number display image 130 above. The island number / area number display image 131 set on the initial setting screen 250 is displayed, and whether the devices in each pachinko island stand are set to the automatic mode below the unit number display image 130 at the bottom or manually. A control mode display image 132 that displays whether or not the mode is set is displayed.

  Further, at the bottom of the island monitoring menu screen 120, a display area designating image 133 for designating an area of the island stand image 127 displayed on the island monitoring menu screen 120 and the island monitoring menu screen 120 are horizontally scrolled on the previous screen. Operation for displaying a processing mode that is selected and executed among a previous screen designation image 134 for displaying, a next screen designation image 135 for causing the island monitoring menu screen 120 to be scrolled horizontally on the next screen, and a processing mode described later. Each mode display image 136 is displayed.

  In the above-mentioned island stand image 127, as shown in FIG. 12, it is divided into a plurality (seven) by horizontal lines, but this division is stored in the corresponding pachinko island stand 1. The ball amount detected by the ball amount sensors S1 to S8 is displayed. In the illustrated case, as shown in FIG. 14, when the storage amount is below the lowermost segment (less than level 1), The lower section is colored and flashes (colored and uncolored), and when the storage volume is less than the next section (level 1 or more and less than level 2), the area below that part is colored The In the following, a predetermined division according to the ball quantity sensors S1 to S8 is colored and displayed (in different colors other than red and blue) by the detection outputs of the ball quantity sensors S1 to S8, and finally the uppermost part. Even when the storage amount is greater than or equal to the sorting portion (level 5 or more), the uppermost sorting portion is displayed blinking. When the storage amount is lower than level 1 and higher than level 5, the arch transfer device 24, 25, 26, 30 is generally forcibly driven and transferred from or to the adjacent pachinko island platform. It is like that. At this time, since the movement of the ball is confirmed by the ball passage confirmation sensors 27, 34, the arch image 128 corresponding to the confirmed arch transfer devices 24, 25, 26, 30 is colored and is in operation. This is displayed (see FIG. 12). Also, in the ball return device image 129, when the ball return operation is prohibited, it is colored and displayed to that effect.

  In addition, on the island monitoring menu screen 120, as described above, the ball storage amount of each pachinko island platform 1, whether the arch transfer device is operating, and whether the ball return device 3 is open can be understood. In addition, the operating status and failure status of other devices inside the pachinko island 1 are not known. However, in the illustrated case, if one device in the pachinko island platform 1 fails, the entire island platform image 127 is colored red and displayed in the history display image 125. And the failure state can be understood from the island monitoring menu screen 120. As will be described later, it is also possible to perform an operation for selecting the monitoring equipment selection image 123 and the menu selection image 124 and knowing the operation status and the failure state of the whole or individual devices. Further, when an abnormality occurs, the abnormality may be notified (characters or the like) with a pop-up window having a size of about 1/10 of the entire island monitoring menu screen 120.

  In the island monitoring menu screen 120 shown in FIG. 12, the arched pachinko islands 1 and 1A are schematically shown as the island stand image 127. However, the island set on the initial setting screen 250 described above is shown. When the pachinko island platform 1B of the ball exchange format is set in the type and detailed settings, an island monitoring menu screen 120a shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. The island monitoring menu screen 120a is almost the same as the island monitoring menu screen 120 shown in FIG. 12, except that the base tanks 40 and 42 are provided in the column of the island number / area number display image 131. The base tank display area image 137 is provided, and there is no arch image 128 in the upper portion of the island stand image 127, and instead of the ball exchange device in the upper portion of the island stand image 127 having the base tanks 40 and 42. The open / close device images 138 corresponding to the open / close devices 45 and 47 are displayed. When the opening / closing devices 45 and 47 are in operation, the opening / closing device image 138 is colored and displayed to that effect.

  In addition, in the island monitoring menu screens 120 and 120a shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, an example is shown in which the island stand image 127 and the other images 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132 are visually separated and displayed. In such a display, the number of pachinko islands 1 displayed on one screen is reduced. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 127 may be displayed. More specifically, a single pachinko island stand 127 is displayed by stacking a plurality of rectangles, a rectangle representing the arch image 128 (or an opening / closing device image) is displayed in close contact with the left and right, and a ball return device is displayed below the rectangle. The image 129 and the unit number display image 130 are displayed in close contact with each other in a superposed manner, and the control mode display image 132 is displayed in close contact therewith. Then, the island number / area number display image 131 is displayed in combination with a plurality of divided rectangles of the island stand image 127. Therefore, the island number / area number display image 131 is displayed in characters, and the amount of balls can be distinguished by coloring a plurality of rectangles. Further, when the arch transfer device 24, 25, 26, 27 or the opening / closing device 30 is in operation, when the ball return device 3 is closed, the arch image 128 (or the opening / closing device image) and the ball return device image 129 are colored. Then, the fact is displayed and can be known. Eventually, the same information as in FIGS. 12 and 13 can be obtained from the island monitoring menu screen 120b.

  In the island monitoring menu screen 120b shown in FIG. 15, a storage level notification image 139, a help key image 140, an end key image 141, and a guide display image 142 are displayed at the lower left of the screen as images that are not displayed in FIGS. is there. Among these, the storage level notification image 139 displays the storage amount by the difference in the overall color or density of the illustrated island stand image 127, and therefore displays the relationship between the reference storage level and coloring. Yes, the help key image 140 is for explaining this screen operation, the end key image 141 is for ending the island monitoring menu screen 120b, and the guide display screen 142 is a description of the screen. Or it is an area | region where the description in operation is displayed by a character. Although not shown, it goes without saying that the history display image 125 may also be displayed on the island monitoring menu screen 120b.

  Next, an operation when the monitoring facility selection image 123 and the menu selection image 124 among the images displayed on the island monitoring menu screen 120 in FIG. First, an operation when the monitoring facility selection image 123 is clicked will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the monitoring equipment selection image 123 is designated and clicked with the mouse, a main reduction machine selection image 143, a cloth belt winder selection image 144, a ball stopper device selection image 145, and a heater selection image 146 shown in FIG. The integrated windows screen is displayed at any position on the island monitoring menu screen 120. Then, for example, when the main reduction machine selection image 143 in the window screen is designated and clicked with the mouse, the island stand image 127 in the island monitoring menu screen 120 corresponding to the pachinko island stand 1 in operation of the ball lifting device 5 is clicked. Is colored with a predetermined color (for example, blue), so it is displayed in the island monitoring menu screen 120 which pachinko island platform 1 corresponds to the pachinko island platform 1 when it is clicked. I can understand at a glance. Similarly, when the cloth belt winder selection image 144 in the Windows screen is designated and clicked with the mouse, the island stand image 127 in the island monitoring menu screen 120 corresponding to the pachinko island stand 1 in operation of the cloth belt automatic winder is operated. The whole is colored in blue, and if you select and click the ball stopper device selection image 145 in the Windows screen with the mouse, the island monitoring corresponding to the pachinko island stand 1 when the ball stopper device 19 is in operation (opening) The whole island stand image 127 in the menu screen 120 is colored in blue. When the heater selection image 146 in the Windows screen is designated and clicked with the mouse, the island monitoring corresponding to the pachinko island stand 1 in which the heater is operating (ON) is performed. The entire island stand image 127 in the menu screen 120 is colored blue. In this way, by clicking on the monitoring facility selection image 123, it is possible to know on the island monitoring menu screen 120 the currently operating display of the devices inside the pachinko island platform 1 at that time. In addition to the equipment shown in FIG. 16A, for example, a selection image for the small transport device 17 may be included as a selection image on the Windows screen displayed when the monitoring equipment selection image 123 is clicked. .

  Next, an operation when the menu selection image 124 is clicked will be described with reference to FIG. When menu selection image 124 is designated and clicked with a mouse, processing mode selection image 147, operation display selection image 148, island-specific detailed display selection image 149, processing history selection image 150, help key selection image shown in FIG. 151, a windows screen in which the end key selection image 152 is integrated is displayed at any position on the island monitoring menu screen 120. The processing mode selection image 147 is for executing processing that is a main part of the present invention. Specifically, the processing mode selection image 147 is for executing pre-opening preparatory processing, in-business processing, and closing processing by simple operations. The operation display selection image 148 is used to execute a setting process for performing various devices in the pachinko island stand 1 in the automatic mode or the manual mode. The island-specific detailed display selection image 149 is used for each island stand. Is displayed on the monitor screen 105a to execute processing for monitoring the operating status of various devices in each island platform. The processing history selection image 150 displays a list of history and the like on the monitor screen 105a. The help key selection image 151 is used to execute processing for explaining the processing when each of the selection images is selected, and the end key selection image 152 is executed. Is for executing processing for terminating the island monitoring menu screen 120. Therefore, hereinafter, processing when the processing mode selection image 147, the operation display selection image 148, the island-specific detailed display selection image 149, and the processing history selection image 150 are each instructed and clicked will be described.

First, an operation when the processing mode selection image 147 is clicked will be described with reference to FIGS. First, when the processing mode selection image 147 is clicked, a processing mode windows screen 167 shown in FIG. 17 is displayed at any position on the island monitoring menu screen 120. A processing title display image 168 is displayed at the top of the processing mode windows screen 167, and a normal processing selection image 170, a pre-opening preparation processing selection image 171, a business processing selection image 172, and a closing processing selection image 173 are displayed below the processing title display image 168. An operation instruction title display image 169, a help key image 174, an execution key image 175, an end key image 176, and a guide display image 177 are displayed. The normal process selection image 170, the pre-opening preparation process selection image 171, the operating process selection image 172, and the closing process selection image 173 included in the process title display image 168 will be described in detail below. This is for executing the processing for explaining the processing when each of the selected images is selected, and the execution key image 175 is for executing the processing when each of the selected images is selected, The end key image 176 is used to execute a process for ending the Windows screen, and the guide display image 177 is an area where the description of the Windows screen or the description executed by the help is displayed in characters. These images are executed by designating them with the mouse and clicking them.
By the way, of the normal process selection image 170, the pre-opening preparation process selection image 171, the operating process selection image 172, and the closing process selection image 173 displayed on the process title display image 168, the normal process selection image 170 will be described later. It is also a state that is executed at the end of the processing that is executed when the pre-opening preparatory processing selection image 171 is selected, and maintains the control signal state immediately before the pachinko island platform 1 from the management terminal / table management server 105 Is. Of course, the normal process selection image 170 can be selected even during the store opening preparation process, the business process, and the store closing process. Further, normally, when the process title display image 168 is displayed, as shown in FIG. 18, first, a pre-opening preparation process is executed, then a business process is executed, and a store closing process is executed when the store is closed. Is done. The pre-opening preparation process includes a reduction machine process for starting driving the ball lifting device 5, a ball stopper process for opening the ball stopper device 19, and a heater process for turning on the heater for a certain period of time. Includes a ball stopper process for closing the ball stopper device 19, and the store closing process includes a reduction machine process for stopping the driving of the ball feeding device 5 and a cloth belt automatic winding for driving the cloth belt automatic winding device. Processing.

  The operation when the pre-opening preparation process selection image 171 is clicked and the execution key image 175 is clicked will now be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In FIG. 19, first, when the execution key image 175 is clicked, a start instruction is derived in step 10 to the ball lifting device 5 (displayed as a reduction machine; hereinafter may be referred to as a reduction machine). It is determined whether or not a predetermined time (for example, 10 to 20 seconds) has elapsed. After the predetermined time has elapsed, the shutter device 64a is opened in step 12 and the ball lifting is actually started. Then, the ball removal stopper device 19 is opened (opened after vibration). After the shutter device 64a and the ball stopper device 19 are started, it is determined in step 13 whether or not a predetermined time (for example, 30 to 60 seconds) has elapsed. It is determined whether there is a signal and a ball stopper error signal. If it is determined that either signal is present, in step 16, the fact is notified by voice from the stand management computer 104 and the management terminal / stand management That fact is displayed on the monitor 105a of the server 105. Then, in step 17, the pre-opening preparation process is interrupted. On the other hand, when neither the reduction machine abnormality signal nor the ball removal stopper abnormality signal is present, the heater process instruction is derived in step 18 and then the process proceeds to normal process in step 19. When the process shifts to the normal process, the display indicating that the process is automatically executed is transferred to the normal process selection image 170 on the process mode windows screen 167.

  Here, the derivation of the reducer abnormality signal in step 14 will be described with reference to FIG. 22. When the abnormality detection by the reducer sensor 67 in step 40, the overtime in step 41, and the overflow sensor 22 in step 42 are turned on. When it is determined that there is a reduction machine abnormality signal is derived in step 43. Abnormality detection by the reduction machine sensor 67 is when the driving signal of the pulley 62 with a built-in motor is derived and there is no ball lifting detection in any row, but the ball is detected but the movement of the ball is not detected. Detected when the number of pumps per unit time is less than a predetermined number, etc., and overtime abnormality detection means that the motor built-in pulley 62 is stopped even though the drive signal of the motor built-in pulley 62 is stopped. This is detected when the pulley 62 is driven after a certain time. Thus, the reduction machine abnormality signal is derived in various abnormal states. Further, although not shown in the drawing, the derivation of the ball stopper stopper abnormality signal in step 15 is performed when the ball passage detection sensor 87 is not turned on while the keep solenoid 90 of the ball stopper device 19 is driven open, or when the keep solenoid 90 is blocked. This is derived when the ball passage detection sensor 87 is ON in the driven state.

  Next, the heater process executed when the heater process instruction in step 18 is issued will be described with reference to FIG. 20. After the heater process instruction is derived, the heater timer is reset in step 20 In step 21, the heater timer starts. The heater timer uses the value set on the job setting screen 261 described above. Accordingly, it is determined in step 22 whether or not the set predetermined time has elapsed. When the predetermined time has elapsed, the heater is stopped in step 23. In other words, this heater process is performed when the heater is turned on when the pre-opening preparation process is executed, and the heater may actually be turned off depending on the set timer length. Since it is controlled, forgetting to cut can be surely prevented.

  Further, the normal processing in step 19 will be described with reference to FIG. In the normal process, first, in step 30, it is determined whether or not an abnormal signal is derived from each device. As each device, in addition to the above-described abnormality detection device by the reduction device sensor 67, a reduction device shutter device 64a, a reduction device system (abnormality detection device around the power supply), a cloth belt automatic winding device, a ball removal stopper device 19, Abnormal signals detected in connection with each device, such as a small lifting device 17 (displayed as a mini-reduction machine), arch devices 24-27, 30 and opening / closing devices 45, 47 (displayed as an LC stopper). Is controlled to be derived. If there is an abnormal signal from each device, the fact is notified by voice from the base management computer 104 in step 31 and displayed on the monitor 105 a of the management terminal / base management server 105. Thereafter, normal processing is interrupted at step 32. In addition, abnormality of each apparatus is put in the state detected at any time.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step 30 that there is no abnormal signal, the current drive signal from the management terminal / stand management server 105 to the pachinko island stand 1 is maintained. The process is executed until whether or not the island monitoring automatic process is selected, that is, until one of the business process selection image 172 and the closing process selection image 173 on the process mode windows screen 167 is selected.

  As described above, the pre-opening preparation process in the present embodiment starts driving the ball lifting device 5 and opens the ball removal stopper device 19 so that the ball circulates inside the pachinko island 1 and its state. This is a process for creating a state in which the heater is operated for a certain period of time in a circulating state to remove moisture and dirt and smooth the flow of balls. It should be noted that the processing mode at the time of occurrence of an abnormality may be displayed with characters or the like in order to make it possible to know in which process period of the pre-opening preparation process or the normal process. By doing so, the cause of the abnormality can be identified smoothly.

  Next, an operation when the in-service process selection image 172 is clicked and the execution key image 175 is clicked will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 23, when the business process selection image 172 is clicked, in step 50, the driving of the doffing stopper device 19 is stopped. The vibration is also performed at the time of the stop so that the ball alignment state at the time of the stop becomes normal. Thereafter, after a predetermined time has elapsed (not shown), it is determined in step 51 whether or not a ball removal stopper abnormality signal has been derived. As described above, this ball removal stopper abnormality signal is derived when the ball passage detection sensor 87 detects a ball even though the ball removal stopper device 19 is stopped. When it is derived, in step 52, the fact is notified by voice from the base management computer 104 and is displayed on the monitor 105 a of the management terminal / base management server 105. Thereafter, the business process is interrupted at step 53. On the other hand, if the abnormal signal of the ball stopper device 19 is not derived, whether or not another island monitoring automatic processing is selected in step 54, that is, the normal processing selection image 170 on the processing mode windows screen 167, the closing processing selection It is determined whether or not any of the images 173 (which is not normally selected but may be the pre-opening preparatory processing selection image 171) is selected, and if not selected, the process returns to step 51 and steps 51 to 54 are repeated. When the automatic island monitoring process is selected, the business process is terminated.

  Thus, the business process in this embodiment is a process for creating a state in which the ball stopper device 19 is closed.

  Next, an operation when the closing process selection image 173 is clicked and the execution key image 175 is clicked will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In FIG. 24, when the store closing process selection image 173 is clicked, it is determined in step 60 whether or not to wind the cloth belt. This determination is made by displaying an automatic winding selection image (not shown) for selecting whether or not winding is to be performed on the monitor 105a of the management terminal / base management server 105, and selecting one of them. In this embodiment, in the automatic winding selection image of the cloth belt, the following description will be given on the assumption that all the pachinko island stand winding devices are collectively instructed. It may be possible to designate a pachinko island stand for winding. In this case, for the pachinko island platform 1 that does not designate automatic winding, the same processing as the next step 61 is performed, and for the pachinko island platform 1 that designates automatic winding, almost the same as step 62. The same processing may be performed.

  If it is determined in step 60 that the fabric belt is not to be wound, the post-store closing process 1 is executed in step 61. Conversely, if it is determined that the fabric belt is to be wound, the post-store closing process in step 62 is performed. 2 is executed. Therefore, first, after-store closing process 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 25 to 27. First, after an instruction to stop the reduction machine 5 is executed in step 70 (actually, the shutter device 64a is closed before that). After a predetermined time has elapsed (not shown), it is determined in step 71 whether or not a reducer abnormality signal has been derived. The reduction machine abnormality signal in this case is considered to be derived mainly by the above-described overtime abnormality. If there is a reduction machine abnormality signal, the fact is notified by voice from the base management computer 104 in step 72 and displayed on the monitor 105 a of the management terminal / base management server 105. After that, in step 73, the post-closing process 1 is interrupted. On the other hand, when it is determined in step 71 that the reducer abnormality signal has not been derived, the stop state check process subroutine of step 74 is executed, and the post-store closing process 1 is terminated.

  As shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, the stop state check process subroutine process is started in step 80, and in step 81, each of the ball removal stopper device 19, the heater, the reduction machine 5, and the cloth belt automatic winding device is started. A check is made as to whether or not it is in a stopped state, and as a result of the check, it is determined in step 82 whether or not there is an operating device. If not, the loop ends and the next pachinko island 1 is obtained. The above steps 80 to 83 are executed. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is a device in operation in step 82, a device that is moving in the pachinko island platform is displayed on the monitor 105a of the management terminal / table management server 105 as shown in step 84 in FIG. When a stop selection image is displayed and a stop instruction image (YES) is selected, a stop instruction is derived to the moving device in step 85, and the process returns to step 83. Thus, the stop state check processing subroutine checks whether all the devices are stopped, and is looped in order for each pachinko island. In the illustrated stop state check processing subroutine processing, the ball stop stopper device 19, the heater, the reduction machine 5, and the cloth belt automatic winding device are checked for stop states. As the device, in addition to the devices described above, for example, any device provided inside the pachinko island platform 1 such as the small lifting device 17, the power source of the pachinko machine 2, the power source of the ball return device 3, the arch transport device, etc. Such a device may be used.

  On the other hand, in the post-store closing process 2 in which the fabric belt is automatically wound, as shown in FIG. 28, after the reducing machine 5 is executed in step 90 (actually, an instruction to close the shutter device 64a is issued before that. After a predetermined time has elapsed (not shown), it is determined in step 91 whether or not a reducing machine abnormality signal has been derived. The reduction machine abnormality signal in this case is considered to be derived mainly by the above-described overtime abnormality. If there is a reduction machine abnormality signal, the fact is notified by voice from the base management computer 104 in step 92 and displayed on the monitor 105 a of the management terminal / base management server 105. Then, after the closing process 2 is interrupted at step 93. On the other hand, if it is determined in step 91 that the reduction machine abnormality signal has not been derived, a cloth belt winding instruction is executed in step 94, and then a winding time or winding number (step 95) determined in advance is determined. When it is determined that the winding time has been reached (step 96), a cloth belt winding stop instruction is derived in step 96, and then a winding abnormality signal is issued in step 97 (after a predetermined time, not shown). It is determined whether or not it has been derived. If the winding abnormality signal is derived, the fact is notified by voice from the base management computer 104 at step 98 and is displayed on the monitor 105 a of the management terminal / base management server 105. After that, in step 99, the post-closing process 2 is interrupted. On the other hand, if the winding abnormality signal is not derived, the stop state check process described above is executed in step 100 and the post-closing process 2 is terminated.

  As shown in FIG. 29, the winding abnormality signal in step 97 described above is detected when it is determined in step 110 that the roller of the feeding portion (tensile unit 71) has fallen below the specified rotational speed (if the cloth belt is slipping). When it is determined that it is an overtime state in which the tension unit 71 is driven even though the stop signal is derived in step 111, the stop signal is derived in step 112. When it is determined that there is an overtime state in which the winding unit 74 is driven, an automatic winding abnormality signal is derived in step 113 respectively.

  As for the cloth belt automatic winding device, as described above, the chucking unit 72 is provided with a limit switch for detecting the presence or absence of the tension of the cloth belt 75. By this limit switch, A detection signal indicating whether or not all of the first volume has been used is derived. As shown in FIG. 30, in this derivation process, it is determined whether or not the limit switch is ON in step 120, and ON. When it is determined that it is not, a one-roll end signal is derived in step 121. This one-roll end signal control process is an interrupt process.

  As described above, the post-closing process in the present embodiment is a process for generating a state of stopping the driving of the ball lifting device 5 and driving the cloth belt automatic winding device as necessary.

  The operation executed when the processing mode selection image 147 is selected by clicking on the menu selection image 124 has been described above. In this embodiment, the management terminal / base management server 105 includes a ball. The driving of the lifting device 5 is started and the ball stopper mechanism 19 is opened to circulate the balls through the ball lifting device 5, the replenishing rod 18, and the recovery rod 10, and the heater is operated during the circulating state. Pre-opening processing that creates a state where the flow of the balls is smoothed, processing during business that creates a state where the ball stopper mechanism 19 is closed, and the operation of the ball lifting device 5 is stopped and cloth is used as necessary. A store closing process for creating a state for driving the automatic belt take-up mechanism 71 to 74, and a pre-opening preparation process selection image 171 as an operation means for selecting and executing any one of the processes. Since the process selection image 172 and the closing process selection image 173 are provided, any one of the pre-opening preparation process selection image 171, the operating process selection image 172, and the closing process selection image 173 on the monitor of the management terminal / stand management server 105 is displayed. The process shown in FIGS. 19 to 22 (starting the operation of the ball lifting device 5 and opening the ball removal stopper mechanism 19 to open the ball lifting device 5, the replenishing rod 18, and the collection are performed simply by clicking with the mouse. The pre-opening preparation process for creating a state in which the reed 10 is circulated and a state in which the heater means is operated to smooth the flow of the ball during the recirculation state), and the process shown in FIG. 23 (the ball removal stopper mechanism 19 is closed) 24) to FIG. 30 (the driving of the ball lifting device 5 is stopped and the cloth belt automatic winding mechanisms 71 to 74 are driven as necessary. Since the closing process to create a state) is executed, there is an excellent effect unprecedented that the clerk of the game field may not be performed at all the complicated work from the preparation before opening up to, during, and after sales and closed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 25 to 28, in the store closing process executed by clicking the store closing process selection image 173, the ball lifting device 5 provided in each pachinko island stand 1 is used. A stop state in which a stop command signal is automatically derived when there is a device that is not stopped by checking whether or not the devices such as the cloth belt automatic winding mechanism 71 to 74, the heater means, and the ball stopper mechanism 19 are stopped. By including the check process, it is possible to reliably perform the stopping operation of the device provided in each pachinko island stand 1 after the store is closed.

  Next, an operation when the operation display selection image 148 in FIG. 16B is clicked will be described with reference to FIGS. 16, 31, and 32. FIG. First, when the operation display selection image 148 is clicked, an operation instruction range windows screen 153 shown in FIG. 16B is displayed at any position on the island monitoring menu screen 120. This operation instruction range windows screen 153 displays an all area instruction selection image 154, a designated block instruction selection image 155, an execution key image 156 (displayed as OK), and an end key image 157 (closed and displayed). When the instruction selection image 154 is clicked and the execution key image 156 is clicked, an all-area operation instruction windows screen 178 shown in FIG. 31 is displayed. This all-area operation instruction windows screen 178 gives an instruction to manually operate a specific device of all pachinko islands 1 installed in the game hall. A stopper device 19 and a heater are set. Thus, the all-area operation instruction windows screen 178 includes a ball stopper device selection image 179, a heater selection image 182, ON key images 180 and 183 for manually turning them on, and an OFF key image 181 for stopping manual operation. 184, an operation instruction key image 185 for executing a manual operation, a help key image 186 for explaining the contents and operation of the all area operation instruction, and an end key image 187 for ending the all area operation instruction windows screen 178. Therefore, for example, after clicking the ball stopper device selection image 179 on this screen and then clicking the ON key image 180 and the operation instruction key image 185 in sequence, the ball stopper devices of all pachinko islands 1 in the game hall 19 can be opened.

  On the other hand, when the designated block instruction selection image 155 on the operation instruction range windows screen 153 is clicked and the execution key image 156 is clicked, a designated block operation instruction windows screen 188 shown in FIG. 32 is displayed. The designated block operation instruction windows screen 188 is used to issue an instruction for manually operating a device installed in each pachinko island base 1 installed in the game hall. Thus, on the designated block operation instruction windows screen 188, the designated block selection image 189 for identifying the pachinko islands 1, the scroll key image 190 for scrolling the designated block, and the execution key image for confirming the designated designated block are displayed. 191, an end key image 192 for ending the designated block operation instruction windows screen 188 and a selected block operation instruction image 193 for giving operation instructions to various devices of the selected block are displayed. Among these, the selected block operation instruction screen 193 includes a selected block display image 194 for displaying the selected block, a scroll key image 195 for scrolling the block to be selected, and an automatic mode key image 196 for selecting the mode of each device. And the manual mode key image 197, the ON key image 198 for driving the corresponding device when the manual mode is selected, the OFF key image 199 for stopping the driving of the corresponding device, and the operation instruction key image 200 for executing the manual operation. A help key image 201 for explaining the contents and operation of the designated block operation instruction and an end key image 202 for ending the selected block operation instruction image 193 are displayed. Therefore, on this screen, for example, in the designated block selection image 189, the pachinko island stand with the island number “A-1” is selected and the execution key image 191 is clicked, and then the main reduction machine (the ball feeding device 5). When the manual mode key image 197, the ON key image 198, and the operation instruction key image 200 are sequentially clicked, the main reduction machine 5 of the pachinko island platform 1 having the island number “A-1” can be forcibly driven.

  31 and 32, when any one of the devices is selected in the manual mode, “MANUAL” is displayed on the control mode display image 132 in FIG. 12, and when neither of the manual modes is selected. , “AUTO” is displayed.

  Next, an operation when the island-specific detailed display selection image 149 in FIG. 16B is clicked will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 33 to 35. First, when the island-specific detailed display selection image 149 is clicked, an island designation block windows screen 158 shown in FIG. 16B is displayed at any position on the island monitoring menu screen 120. In this island designation block windows screen 158, an island designation selection image 159 for displaying an island to be selected, a scroll key image 160 for scrolling the island designation selection image 159, and an instruction for displaying details of the selected island are displayed. The execution key image 161 and the end key image 162 for ending the island designation block windows screen 120 are displayed. In this screen, the island designation screen 159 is pointed and clicked on the island to be selected, and then the execution key image 161 is clicked. As a result, the island detail screen 203 shown in FIG. 105 is displayed on the monitor 105a.

  The island detail screen 203 has a processing title display image 204 displayed at the top thereof, a designated island number display image 205 for displaying the selected island stand at the bottom thereof, and a scroll for scrolling the designated island number display image 205. A scroll key image 206, a selection mode display image 207 for displaying the control mode, a history display image 208 for displaying the history on the island, and a scroll key image 209 for scrolling the history display image 208 are displayed. Is done. Then, the selected island stand image 210 is displayed at the center of the island detail screen 203. Here, the island stand image 210 displays an image corresponding to the island type set on the initial setting screen 250 and the detailed setting windows 257 and 259 described above. For example, in FIG. 33, an arch form (Benley box) is used. An island stand image 210 having a main tank, a sub tank, and an auxiliary tank is displayed. In FIG. 34, an island stand image 210a having a base tank is displayed in a ball interchange format (almighty). In FIG. The island stand image 210b which is not (almighty) and has no base tank is displayed.

  Thus, in the island stand image 210 shown in FIG. 33, an image schematically showing the pachinko island stand 1 is displayed, and a heater image 211 having a shape along the replenishing rod 18 is displayed on the upper portion thereof. A ball stopper device image 212 is displayed at the end, a storage level display image 213 (which also displays a storage tank and an auxiliary tank at the same time) is displayed below the island stand image 210, and a doffing is displayed in the center. A feeding device image 214 and a cloth belt automatic winding image 215 are displayed, and further, small lifting device images 216 and 217 are displayed between the respective storage amount level display images 213. Further, a ball return device image 218 is displayed at a position adjacent to the ball lifting device image 214, and this ball return device image 218 is also used as a ball return device image 219 in an image representing a side view of the island stand image 210. It is displayed. In the side view image, an arch image 220 is also displayed.

  Also, below the island stand image 210, a selection mode display image 221 that is lit and displayed when the control mode of each device is automatic, and an operation status that is lit and displayed when each device is operating A display image 222 is displayed, and a help key image 223 and an end key image 224 are displayed beside the island table image 210.

  In the island stand image 210 displayed as described above, the images 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, and 220 are displayed in blue during normal operation, and red when there is a failure. Is displayed. Further, the storage amount level display image 213 has the color area increased or decreased in accordance with each storage amount, and the ball return device image 218 is displayed in red when the return is prohibited to notify that.

  The island detail screen 203a shown in FIG. 34 is a ball exchange-type island base image 210a having a base tank, but is different from the island detail screen 203 in FIG. It is the same except that the opening / closing device image 225 displaying the opening / closing devices 45 and 47 is displayed on the left and right sides, and there is no side view. In the island detail screen 203b shown in FIG. The ball exchange type island base image 210b without the base tank is exactly the same as the island base image 210a shown in FIG. Accordingly, the storage level display image 213 and the opening / closing device image 225 corresponding to the base tank are also displayed in the screen, but these do not operate and thus there is no color change.

  As described above, the operation when the island-specific detailed display selection image 149 in FIG. 16B is clicked has been described. In this embodiment, for example, the island shown in FIG. The island detail screens 203, 203a, and 203b similar to those shown in FIGS. 33 to 35 can be displayed on the monitor 105a by pointing and clicking the desired island image 127 of the table images 127 with the mouse. It has become.

  Next, an operation when the processing history selection image 150 in FIG. 16B is clicked will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 36 to 38. When the processing history selection image 150 is clicked, a history menu windows screen 163 shown in FIG. 16B is displayed. This history menu windows screen 163 includes an all process history selection image 164, an abnormality history selection image 165, and a ball amount history selection image 166. When the all process history selection image 164 is clicked, the all process history display windows 226 shown in FIG. 36 is displayed, and when the abnormality history selection image 165 is clicked, only a history regarding abnormality is listed although not shown. When the table image is displayed and the ball quantity history selection image 166 is clicked, a ball quantity history display window 232 shown in FIG. 37 is displayed.

  First, the total process history display windows 226 in FIG. 36 will be described. The total process history display windows 226 includes a period display image 227 showing the period of the history to be displayed, an occurrence date / time / island number. A processing history content display image 228 for displaying the history content, a scroll key image 229 for scrolling the processing history content display image 228, and a print for deriving a command for printing out the content displayed on the processing history content display image 228 A key image 230 and an end key image 231 for ending the processing history content display image 228 are displayed. The history displayed on the processing history content display image 228 includes all of the operation status history and abnormality history of each device, and the operation status of each device can be determined by viewing the contents of the processing history content display image 228. In addition to being able to confirm, it is possible to trace back the cause of the failure.

  Next, the ball quantity history display window 232 of FIG. 37 will be described. The ball quantity history display window 232 includes a date display image 233 showing the date of the displayed quantity of ball history, and a corresponding pachinko island stand. A designated island number display image 234 for displaying one island number, a scroll key image 235 for scrolling the designated island number display image 234, and a ball quantity history content display image 236 for displaying the correspondence between the time and the ball quantity level A scroll key image 237 for scrolling the ball amount history content display image 236, a graph key image 238 for deriving an instruction for graphing the ball amount history displayed on the ball amount history content display image 236, and its graph key The graph call key image 239 for calling the graph designated by the image 238 on the screen and the end of the ball amount history content display image 236 are ended. And over the image 240 is displayed.

  When the graph key image 238 is clicked and the graph call key image 239 is clicked, a ball amount transition graph display windows screen 241 shown in FIG. 38 is displayed on the monitor 105a. This ball amount transition graph display windows 241 is displayed so that it can be understood at a glance how the ball amount has changed over time, and a date display showing the date of the displayed ball amount history An image 242, a designated island number display image 243 that displays the island number of the corresponding pachinko island stand 1, a ball amount transition graph display image 244 that displays the correspondence between the time and the ball amount level, and the ball amount transition A print key image 245 for printing a graph displayed on the graph display image 244, a help key image 246, and an end key image 247 for ending the ball amount transition graph display image 244 are displayed.

  By checking the ball amount history on the screen or printed paper information, the ball can be manually averaged in advance via the arch device or ball AC device, and a new model of pachinko machine can be installed. When introduced, it is possible to accurately grasp the movement of the ball amount of the model over time, so the ball amount of each pachinko island stand is adjusted in advance according to the time when the ball amount is insufficient or the ball amount is excessive Is possible.

  Although the embodiment has been described above, according to the present embodiment, a plurality of pachinko machines 2 are arranged in a row, and the ball lifting device 5 that lifts the balls and the ball lifting device 5 lift the ball. A pachinko island provided with at least a replenishing bowl 18 for replenishing a plurality of pachinko machines with a ball and a collection bowl 10 for collecting the balls discharged from the plurality of pachinko machines 2 toward the ball lifting device 5 In the game hall management devices 104 and 105 in which a plurality of tables 1 are arranged, each pachinko island table 1 has cloth belt automatic winding mechanisms 71 to 74 provided in association with the ball lifting device 5, and A heater means provided in association with the replenishing rod 18; and a ball removal stopper mechanism 19 capable of selecting whether or not to allow the ball to flow from the end of the replenishing rod 18 toward the recovery rod 10; Out of 104,105 The physical terminal / base management server 105 starts driving the ball lifting device 5 and opens the ball removal stopper mechanism 19 so that the balls circulate through the ball lifting device 5, the replenishing rod 18, and the recovery rod 10. Pre-opening preparation process for creating a state and a state in which the heater means is operated during the circulation state to smooth the flow of the ball, a business process for creating a state for closing the ball removal stopper mechanism 19, and As an operation means for selecting and executing any one of the closing process for stopping the driving of the ball lifting device 5 and creating a state for driving the cloth belt automatic winding mechanisms 71 to 74 as necessary. Since the pre-opening preparation process image 171, the operating process image 172, and the close process image 173 are provided, the pre-opening process on the monitor of the management terminal / table management server 105 of the management apparatuses 104 and 105 The processing shown in FIG. 19 to FIG. 22 (the driving of the ball lifting device 5 is started and the ball stopper mechanism is simply clicked on any one of the processing image 171, the business processing image 172, and the closing processing image 173 with a mouse. 19 before opening the store to create a state in which the ball circulates through the ball lifting device 5, the replenishing rod 18 and the recovery rod 10 and a state in which the heater means is activated during the circulation to smooth the flow of the ball. Preparation process), the process shown in FIG. 23 (in-business process for creating a state in which the ball stopper mechanism 19 is closed), and the process shown in FIGS. Store closing process for creating a state for driving the cloth belt automatic take-up mechanisms 71 to 74 is executed, so that the store clerk at the amusement hall does not have to perform any complicated work from preparation before opening the store to during and after closing. .

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 25 to 28, in the store closing process executed by clicking the store closing process selection image 173, the ball lifting device 5 provided in each pachinko island stand 1 is used. A stop state in which a stop command signal is automatically derived when there is a device that is not stopped by checking whether or not the devices such as the cloth belt automatic winding mechanism 71 to 74, the heater means, and the ball stopper mechanism 19 are stopped. By including the check process, it is possible to reliably perform the stopping operation of the device provided in each pachinko island stand 1 after the store is closed.

In addition, there exist the following as invention which can be grasped | ascertained from illustrated embodiment. (1) As shown in FIG. 12, in the monitoring management device 105 having a monitor 105a that displays an island monitoring menu screen 120 that schematically illustrates the operation status of the pachinko islands, a plurality of histories are displayed on the island monitoring menu screen 120. A pachinko game hall monitoring and management device characterized by displaying a history display image 125 to be displayed. By configuring in this way, it is possible to check the history of the device failure in the pachinko island stand with the history display image 125 while monitoring the operation status of the pachinko island stand with the island stand image 127, so that an abnormality occurs. The cause of the abnormality can be known smoothly without switching to the history screen. In addition, as an image which illustrated the operation | movement condition of the pachinko island stand, the image which a several pachinko island stand is displayed simultaneously as shown in FIG. 12 may be sufficient, and one pachinko island stand shown in FIG. Only the displayed image may be displayed.
(2) As shown in FIG. 38, in the management device for a pachinko island stand that stores a predetermined amount of balls therein, the management device stores the amount of balls stored in the pachinko island stand over time. Graphing display means for graphing the ball quantity history based on the numerical value stored in the storage means and displaying it on the monitor 105 of the management device; and graph printing means for printing the graph displayed by the graphing display means A pachinko island stand management device. With this configuration, the ball amount history can be confirmed on the screen or with printed paper information, so that the ball can be manually averaged in advance via the arch device or the ball AC device. When a new model of a pachinko machine is introduced, it is possible to accurately grasp the movement of the ball amount of that model over time, so each time in advance corresponding to the time when the ball amount is insufficient or the ball amount is excessive It is possible to adjust the amount of balls on the pachinko islands.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the internal structure of a pachinko island stand. It is the schematic which shows the relationship of several pachinko island stand. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the internal structure of the pachinko island stand from which the exchange format of a ball differs from the pachinko island stand of FIG. It is the schematic which shows the relationship of the some pachinko island stand shown in FIG. It is the schematic which shows the relationship of the several pachinko island stand from which the alternating current form of a ball differs from FIG.1 and FIG.3. It is a side view of the ball feeding apparatus of the state accommodated in the inside of a pachinko island stand. It is a perspective view of a ball lifting device. It is a disassembled perspective view of a stopper apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the relationship between various management apparatuses for managing the game hall and the plurality of pachinko island stands installed in the game hall, and the island stands. It is a block diagram which shows only the relationship between a management terminal and stand management server, a stand management computer, and a pachinko island stand. It is a front view of the initial screen of the monitor screen of the management terminal / base management server. It is a front view of the selection process display screen of the arch type pachinko island stand displayed when clicking the business management selection image in the initial screen of FIG. 11 and clicking the island monitoring on the island monitoring menu screen. It is a front view of an island surveillance menu screen when a pachinko island stand is a ball exchange device form. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the display mode of the ball storage amount of the island stand image displayed in FIG.12 and FIG.13. FIG. 14 is a front view of a selection processing display screen displayed by a display method different from that in FIGS. It is explanatory drawing of the process image displayed when the monitoring equipment selection image and menu selection image of FIG. 12 are clicked. It is a front view of the processing mode windows screen displayed when the processing mode selection image of FIG. 16 (B) is clicked. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the operation over time of the processing mode displayed in FIG. 17. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement performed when the preparation process before a shop opening is selected among process modes. It is a flowchart which shows the process performed corresponding to the process contained in FIG. Similarly, it is a flowchart which shows the process performed corresponding to the process contained in FIG. Similarly, it is a flowchart which shows the process performed corresponding to the process contained in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement performed when the process in business is selected among process modes. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement performed when a store closing process is selected among process modes. FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. 24. FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing details of processing included in FIG. 25. FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. 26. FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. 24. It is a flowchart which shows the process which is contained in FIG. 28 and is performed corresponding to a logical process. Similarly, it is a flowchart which shows the process which is contained in FIG. 28 and is performed corresponding to a logical process. FIG. 17 is a front view of an all area operation instruction windows screen displayed when the operation display selection image of FIG. 16B is clicked and the all area instruction selection image is executed. FIG. 17 is a front view of a designated block operation instruction windows screen displayed when the operation display selection image of FIG. 16B is clicked and a designated block instruction selection image is executed. It is a front view of the island detail screen of the pachinko island stand of the arch form displayed when clicking the island specific display selection image of FIG. 16 (B) and clicking and executing the island designation selection image. It is a front view of the island detailed screen of the pachinko island stand equipped with the ball tank of the ball exchange type when the same operation is performed. It is a front view of the island detailed screen of the pachinko island stand which does not have a base tank of the ball exchange type when the same operation is performed. FIG. 17 is a front view of an entire processing history display windows screen displayed when the processing history selection image of FIG. 16B is clicked and the entire processing history selection image is clicked. FIG. 17 is a front view of a ball amount history display window that is displayed when the processing history selection image of FIG. 16B is clicked and the ball amount history selection image is clicked. FIG. 38 is a front view of a ball amount transition graph display windows screen displayed when the graph key image of FIG. 37 is clicked and the graph call key image is clicked. It is a front view of the initial setting screen displayed when the setting image of FIG. 11 is clicked and initial setting is executed. It is a front view of the detailed setting windows screen of the arch form pachinko island stand displayed when the column of the detailed setting in the setting content display image of FIG. 39 is clicked. FIG. 40 is a front view of a detailed setting windows screen for a ball-interchange type pachinko island stand displayed when the detailed setting field in the setting content display image of FIG. 39 is clicked. FIG. 12 is a front view of a job setting screen that is displayed when the setting image of FIG. 11 is clicked and job setting is executed.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko island stand 2 Pachinko machine 3 Ball return device 5 Ball lifting device 6 Upper tank 7 AC tank 10 Recovery rod 11 Storage tank 12 Storage tank 17 Small lifting device 18 Supply rod 19 Dip stopper device 24 Upper inclined rod 25 Lower portion Arch cage 26 Opening and closing device 27 Ball passage confirmation sensor 30 Arch transfer device 32 Transfer motor 34 Ball passage confirmation sensor 40 Base tank 41 Ball return device 42 Sub-base tank 44 First AC rod 45 First switching device 46 Second AC rod 47 Second 2 Opening / Closing Device 62 Motorized Pulley 63 Conveyor Belt 64a Shutter Device 67 Reduction Machine Sensor 71 Pulling Unit 72 Chucking Unit 73 Mounting Unit 74 Winding Unit 75 Fabric Belt 104 Unit Management Computer 105 Management Terminal / Base Management Server 120 Island Monitoring Menu Screen 124 menu selection image 147 processing mode selection image 169 operation instruction title display image 171 before opening preparation process selection image 172 sales in the process selection image 173 closed process selection image

Claims (1)

A plurality of pachinko machines arranged in a row, a ball lifting device for lifting balls, a replenishing bowl for replenishing the plurality of pachinko machines with balls lifted by the ball lifting device, and the plurality of pachinko machines In a management device for a game hall comprising at least a collection basket that collects balls discharged from the ball feeding device, and a plurality of pachinko islands that store a predetermined amount of balls inside.
Each pachinko island stand comprises a ball exchange device that exchanges balls between adjacent pachinko island stands,
The management device schematically displays a plurality of pachinko islands installed in a game arcade and the ball exchange device, and associates the island platform identification information for identifying each pachinko island platform with each pachinko island platform A display that displays at least the island stand image and the processing history selection image, a ball amount storage means for storing the amount of balls stored in the pachinko island stand over time, and each pachinko island stand provided Status storage means for storing the operation status and abnormality of the device over time, and the island stand to be graphed by graphing the ball quantity history over time based on the numerical values stored in the ball quantity storage means Graphing display means for displaying on the monitor together with identification information ,
Together with the processing history selection image and by Ri Ball amount history selected image to select all processing history image on the monitor is displayed, the graph displaying the ball amount history selected image based on the selected A means for displaying the correspondence relationship between the time and the ball amount level by means and displaying the operation status history and abnormality history stored in the status storage means based on selecting the all processing history image is installed. A pachinko amusement park management apparatus, which is displayed together with the island stand identification information .

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