JP4952382B2 - Ball distribution structure of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball distribution structure of a pachinko machine that distributes game balls that have entered a winning device to any of a plurality of entrances.

  The pachinko machine according to the first conventional technique is a so-called two-type pachinko machine (feather), which includes a big prize device and has a ball sorter in the big prize device. The ball sorter has a rotating body with a plurality of holes, one of which is a V hole, on the outer periphery. When a game ball that reaches the rotating body after winning a prize winning device enters the V hole, It is configured to provide an advantageous jackpot game (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Further, as in the first conventional technique, in a structure in which all the game balls won in the grand prize winning device reach the rotating body, the game is monotonous, and the appearance is also stochastic, giving an unpleasant impression. In order to solve such a problem, in the pachinko machine of the second conventional technology, another ball sorting device is arranged on the upstream side of the rotating body. This ball distribution device is configured to distribute the game balls won in the grand prize winning device into a game ball passage that reaches the rotating body and a game ball passage that is disadvantageous for a player who does not reach the rotating body. In this way, if another ball sorting device is arranged upstream of the rotating body, if the game ball is not distributed to the game ball passage leading to the rotating body, the game will be awarded at the time of allocation, that is, the big winning device. There is a problem that the player feels sorry at an early point in time.

  In order to solve such a problem, the pachinko machine according to the third prior art is similar to the second prior art in that the ball sorting device is arranged on the upstream side of the rotating body and the first reaching the rotating body. A striking member that strikes a game ball at a predetermined timing is disposed on a second game ball path that is disadvantageous for a player provided separately from the game ball path. As a result, the timing of the hitting member to the game ball rolling on the second game ball passage matches the timing of the game ball, so that the hit ball is directed to the rotating body by hitting (see, for example, Patent Document 2). .

JP 2006-230883 A JP 2006-204725 A

  If the above-described third conventional technique is simply applied to the first conventional technique, a game ball that reaches the rotating body through the first game ball passage and a game ball that hits the hitting member and reaches the rotating body are obtained. There is a risk of collision, whereby an advantageous game ball that should reach the rotating body by the first game ball passage is bounced from the first game ball passage by colliding with the hit game ball, and the outside of the rotating body. May lead to. Therefore, there is a problem from the viewpoint of the player's impression and from the aspect of setting the big hit probability of the big winning device.

  In order to solve such a problem, the game ball reaching the rotating body by the first game ball passage and the game ball reaching the rotating body by the striking member are configured to reach the rotating body at different entrances, or A configuration is conceivable in which a game ball reaching the rotating body by the first game ball passage and a game ball reaching the rotating body by the striking member reach different rotating bodies. However, since the primary existence significance of the hitting member is to restore the game ball in the game ball passage which has become disadvantageous to an advantageous game ball passage, the hit ball by the hit member is the first game ball. It is preferable to adopt a structure in which a game ball is guided by a passage and a structure that is introduced to the same entrance of the same rotating body because the so-called revival philosophy is more effective from the aspect of the jackpot probability and appearance. .

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to change the course of a game ball from a game ball passage disadvantageous to the player to a game ball passage advantageous to the player by giving an impact to the game ball, and to the player. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine capable of preventing the flow of a game ball passing through a game ball passage from being obstructed by a game ball whose course has been changed.

  In the present invention, the ball distribution structure of the pachinko machine distributes the game balls that have entered the winning device to any of a plurality of entrances, and includes a rotating body, an entrance, a first game ball passage, and a second game ball. A passage, an inclined surface, and a course changing means are included. The rotating body is provided to be rotatable about an axis inclined with respect to the vertical. The rotating body has a plurality of recesses in the outer peripheral portion, and the game ball received in the first recess is led to the first entrance that is advantageous for the player, and the game ball received in the second recess is It leads to the 2nd entrance which is disadvantageous rather than the 1st entrance. Therefore, the game balls that have reached the recesses of the rotating body are distributed to the first entrance or the second entrance by the plurality of recesses. The entrance is provided around the rotating body so as to correspond to the descending end of the rotating body, and guides the game ball into the recess of the rotating body. Therefore, the game ball reaching the entrance can be rolled into the recess of the rotating body.

  The first game ball path has a virtual plane including the lower end of the rotating body and the axis of the rotating body as a boundary, extends along the outer periphery of the rotating body in a region on one side of the boundary, and the lower end is at the entrance. Connected. The first game ball passage guides at least a part of the game balls that have entered the winning device to the entrance. Therefore, the game ball can be guided to the rotating body through the entrance by passing through the first game ball passage.

  In addition, the second game ball passage extends along the outer periphery of the rotating body in the other region with the virtual plane as a boundary, and the lower end is connected to the entrance. Therefore, the first game ball passage is provided on the opposite side of the second game ball passage with the virtual plane as a boundary. Accordingly, a game ball that has entered the winning device has a route that leads to the entrance via the first game ball passage and a route that leads to the entrance via the second game ball passage.

  The inclined surface is provided along the outer periphery of the rotator in the other region with the virtual plane as a boundary, and the game ball that has not been led to the first game ball passage and / or the one that passes through the first game ball passage is rotated. A game ball that has not reached the first entrance of the body is guided to a third entrance that is more disadvantageous than the first entrance. Therefore, the inclined surface is provided in the same area as the second game ball passage with respect to the virtual plane, and is provided on the outer periphery of the rotating body rather than the second game ball passage.

  The course changing means changes the course of a part of the game balls that roll on the inclined surface so as to be directed toward the outer peripheral side of the rotating body. By such a course changing means, the course of the game ball rolling toward the third entrance can be made to enter the second game ball path by being directed toward the outer peripheral side of the rotating body. Therefore, the course changing means can change the course of the game ball from the course toward the third entrance, which is disadvantageous to the player, to the advantageous course leading to the rotating body. Further, since the first game ball passage and the second game ball passage have different paths to the entrance, the game ball rolling in the first game ball passage collides with the game ball whose course has been changed by the course changing means. This can be surely prevented.

  Thus, it is possible to change the course of the game ball that is disadvantageous toward the third entrance to the same entrance of the same rotary body as the rotary body to which the game balls are guided by the first game ball passage. Therefore, the so-called revival philosophy can be further utilized from the aspect of the probability of jackpot and the appearance.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game board 1 of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The game board 1 is attached to a game board mounting frame (not shown) of the pachinko machine, and a front door (not shown) is attached to the front side of the game board mounting frame. The front door is provided with a glass plate (not shown) as a transparent window plate, and the glass plate is substantially parallel to the game board 1 when the front door is closed. The glass plate is provided so as to cover the front Y1 side of the game area 2 where the game ball can roll, and the player can see the movement of the game ball in the game area 2 from the front Y1 side through the glass plate. Hereinafter, the thickness direction of the glass plate is referred to as the front-rear direction Y with the front door closed. The direction extending along the long side of the surface of the game board 1 when projected onto a projection plane perpendicular to the thickness direction out of the directions perpendicular to the thickness direction of the glass plate is referred to as the up-down direction Z. A direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction Y and the up-down direction Z is referred to as a left-right direction X. When the pachinko machine is installed in a store or the like and can be played, the up-down direction Z is set to be substantially parallel to the vertical direction, and the left-right direction X and the front-rear direction Y are set to be substantially parallel to the horizontal direction.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a guide rail 3 for guiding a launched game ball is provided on the front side of the game board 1, and the game ball is guided above the game area 2 surrounded by the guide rail 3. Is done. In the game area 2, nails 4 for rolling the game ball are placed, and various structures such as a passing chucker 5 and an out port 6 are disposed.

  Further, when the gaming board 1 shown in FIG. 1 is viewed from the front Y1 in the front-rear direction Y, a winning device 7 is provided on the upper Z1 side in the up-down direction Z from the center of the game area 2. The winning device 7 is formed with a winning region 9 which is partitioned from the normal region 8 through which the launched game ball normally passes, and is provided in the gaming ball inflow portion 10 above the winning device 7 under predetermined winning conditions. When the opening / closing part 11 is opened, a game ball can enter the winning area 9 in the winning device 7. The winning condition in the case of the winning device 7 shown in FIG. 1 is that the game ball passes through the passing chucker 5. When the game ball passes the passing chucker 5, the winning device 7 opens the opening / closing part 11, and the game ball is switched from a state where it is difficult to enter the winning area 9 to a state where the game ball is easy to enter. Only maintained for seconds.

  The winning device 7 will be described. The internal configuration of the winning device 7 varies depending on the model of the pachinko machine. The pachinko machine of the present embodiment has an analog lottery function. In such a pachinko machine, the winning device 7 is provided with a special winning opening (not shown) called “V zone” in the winning area 9. The pachinko machine generates a big hit when the game ball enters a special winning opening which is a first entrance that is advantageous to the player. The jackpot means that the operation mode of the pachinko machine is in an advantageous state for the player. The operation mode of the pachinko machine when it is a big hit varies depending on the model, but in the pachinko machine of the present embodiment, the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing unit 11 provided in the game ball inflow unit 10 is repeated a plurality of times. The state in which the ball can flow into the winning device 7 is repeated intermittently, and the game ball again enters the special winning port, so that it becomes possible to obtain many winning balls.

  The winning device 7 guides the game ball to the rotating body 13, the first game ball passage 40, the second game ball passage 39, the ball discharge passage 14 for discharging the game ball from the winning area 9, and the first game ball passage 40. 1 passage 15, a second passage 16 that guides the game ball to the outside of the rotating body 13, a seesaw type sorting device 17 that sorts the game balls into the first passage 15 and the second passage 16, and a seesaw type sorting device 17 The game ball inflow unit 10 for dropping the game ball, the hitting unit 31 for impacting the game ball, and a drive unit (not shown) for driving each unit. The seesaw type distribution device 17 is provided in the lower Z2 of the game ball inflow portion 10. The game balls that have flowed in from the game ball inflow portion 10 are first distributed to the left and right first passages 15 or the second passages 16 by the seesaw type sorting device 17 provided above the winning area 9. The seesaw type sorting device 17 is flat and swings around a swing axis L1 extending in the front-rear direction Y, thereby distributing the game balls in the left-right direction X. A game ball distributed to the left side X2 from the liquid crystal display device (not shown) provided in the center passes through the first passage 15 and rolls from the rear Y2 of the rotating body 13 toward the front Y1. One game ball passage 40 is reached. The game balls distributed to the right side X1 from the liquid crystal display device provided in the center pass through the second passage 16 and are dropped to the right side X1 of the rotating body 13 and reach the outside of the rotating body 13.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the winning device 7 as viewed from the upper Z1 side of the front Y1, and is an enlarged perspective view showing the vicinity of the rotating body 13. As shown in FIG. The rotating body 13 is provided on the support body 32 that protrudes upward Z1 from the bottom wall 28 that forms the lower Z2 side of the winning area 9. The bottom wall 28 is an inclined surface, and is provided along the outer periphery of the rotating body 13 in a region on the other side of the virtual plane 45 described later. The bottom wall 28 specializes game balls that have not been guided to the first game ball passage 40 and / or game balls that have passed through the first game ball passage 40 but have not reached the special winning opening and discharge port of the rotating body 13. It leads to the discharge port 25 which is more disadvantageous than the winning port. The bottom wall 28 is inclined so as to advance downward Z2 as it advances forward Y1. Further, the front Y1 of the bottom wall 28 is provided with a ball discharge passage 14 which is another ball passage which is disadvantageous for the player, and one end thereof opens as a discharge port 25 facing the upper Z1. The outlet 25 is a third entrance, which is a disadvantageous entrance than the special prize opening. The game balls that have spilled to the front Y1 due to the inclination of the bottom wall 28 enter the discharge port 25 as described above, and are discharged to the outside of the game area 2 from the rear Y2 side of the winning device 7 through the ball discharge passage 14.

  A striking portion 31 is provided on the right side X <b> 1 of the support body 32. The hitting unit 31 is a course changing means, and changes the course of a part of the game balls that roll on the bottom wall 28 to be directed toward the outer peripheral side of the rotating body 13. The striking portion 31 is displaceable in the present embodiment, and comes into contact with the game ball rolling toward the ball discharge passage 14 which is a disadvantageous ball passage for the player, so that the game ball is removed from the support 32. It is possible to change the course so as to go from the direction toward the support body 32. The striking portion 31 passes through the second passage 16 and is dropped to the right side X1 of the rotating body 13 and falls to the outside of the rotating body 13, that is, to the right side of the support body 32. It is configured to be able to contact a game ball rolling to Y1. The striking portion 31 is configured to be periodically slidable in the left-right direction X. When the striking portion 31 is displaced from the right side X1 toward the left side X2, it comes into contact with the game ball rolling on the bottom wall 28. The game ball can be impacted and directed toward the support 32.

  The drive unit drives the opening / closing unit 11, the hitting unit 31, and the rotating body 13 provided in the game ball inflow unit 10. The drive unit includes an opening / closing part solenoid (not shown), a striking part solenoid (not shown), and a rotating body motor (not shown). To drive. The striking part solenoid is driven so that the striking part 31 reciprocates along the left-right direction X. The rotator motor is a rotator driving means and is driven so that the rotator 13 rotates around a predetermined axis L2. The rotation period of the rotator 13 is set to be a predetermined period. Further, the cycle of the hitting unit 31 is set to be a predetermined cycle. The drive unit is appropriately configured by actuators such as a motor and an electromagnetic solenoid, and transmission means such as a rack, a pinion, and a gear. Such a drive unit is controlled to perform a predetermined operation by a main board for controlling each unit.

  The support body 32 is formed with a central recess 33 opening in a circular cross section in the upper Z1. The floor surface 36 of the central recess 33 is inclined so as to advance upward Z1 as it advances forward Y1. On the floor 36 of the central recess 33, a plurality of, in the present embodiment, two special winning openings (not shown) and discharge openings (not shown) are formed as two entrances. The special winning opening is a ball entrance that is advantageous to the player, and the discharge port is a second entrance that is disadvantageous for the player. A rotating body 13 having a thick disk shape is accommodated in the central recess 33. The rotating body 13 is provided so as to be rotatable about an axis L2 inclined with respect to the vertical. The axis L2 of the rotating body 13 is inclined so as to go forward Y1 as it goes upward Z1. The rotating body 13 has a plurality of (four in this embodiment) receiving recesses 34 and 35 formed on the outer peripheral portion. The housing recess 34 and the housing recess 35 are different in shape and can each accommodate a game ball. In this embodiment, each accommodation recessed part 34 and 35 is formed in the outer peripheral part at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.

  Further, in the present embodiment, one accommodation recess 34 is formed, which becomes a first recess (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “V accommodation recess 34”) that is an accommodation recess that is advantageous for the player. Three accommodation recesses 35 are formed, and serve as second recesses (hereinafter also referred to as “discharge accommodation recesses 35”) that are disadvantageous for the player. Each of the accommodating recesses 34 and 35 is formed so as to penetrate the outer peripheral edge of the rotating body 13 in a thickness direction with a substantially constant cross section, in this embodiment, a U-shaped cross section. In other words, each of the accommodating recesses 34 and 35 has a notch shape in which the outer peripheral edge of the rotating body 13 is notched with a substantially constant U-shaped cross section. The depth dimension (the dimension in the radial direction of the rotating body 13) of the V accommodating recess 34 is larger than the depth dimension (the dimension in the radial direction of the rotating body 13) of the discharge accommodating recess 35.

  The rotating body 13 having such a structure is provided on the central axis thereof, and a drive gear having a boss portion (not shown) protruding downward Z2 disposed on the back side of the floor surface 36 of the central recess 33. It is accommodated in the central recess 33 in a state of being integrally assembled with (not shown). Thus, the rotational driving force from the output shaft of the rotating body motor is transmitted to the drive gear connected to the boss portion of the rotating body 13 via various transmission means. Thereby, the rotational driving force of the rotating body motor is transmitted to the rotating body 13. As a result, the rotating body 13 can be rotated in one circumferential direction.

  When the rotary body 13 is rotated, the discharge accommodating recess 35 passes through the upper Y1 of the discharge port positioned radially outward on the floor surface 36 of the central recess 33 among these two entrances. It is like that. Therefore, in the state where the game ball is accommodated, when the discharge accommodation recess 35 passes the upper Y1 of the discharge port, the stored game ball passes through the discharge path (not shown) from the discharge port of the winning device 7 It is discharged to the outside of the game area 2 from the rear Y2 side.

  When the rotating body 13 is rotated, the V-accommodating recess 34 is located above the special winning opening Y1 positioned radially inwardly on the floor surface 36 of the central recess 33 among these two entrances. It has come to pass. Therefore, when the V-accommodating recess 34 passes above the special winning opening Y1 in a state where the gaming ball is accommodated, the accommodated gaming ball passes through the discharge path (not shown) from the special winning opening, 7 from the rear Y2 side to the outside of the game area 2. Thus, the game ball received in the V-accommodating recess 34 is guided to a special winning opening advantageous to the player, and the game ball received in the discharge-accommodating recess 35 is guided to the discharge port.

  A first game ball passage 40 and a second game ball passage 39 extending along the side wall 37 of the central recess 33 are provided outside the central recess 33. The first game ball passage 40 has a virtual plane 45 including the descending end 44 of the rotating body 13 and the axis L2 of the rotating body 13 as a boundary, and extends along the outer periphery of the rotating body 13 in a region on the left side that is one side of the boundary. The lower end 44 is connected to the entrance 38 and guides at least a part of the game balls that have entered the winning device 7 to the entrance 38. The second game ball passage 39 extends along the outer periphery of the rotating body 13 in the region on the right side that is the other side with the virtual plane 45 as a boundary, and the descending end 44 is connected to the inlet 38.

  The inlet 38 is provided around the rotating body 13 so as to correspond to the descending end 44 of the rotating body 13, and guides the game ball into the housing recesses 34 and 35 of the rotating body 13. The inlet 38 is a lower end 44 of the rotating body 13 and is provided at the front Y1 of the lowermost Z2 portion of the rotating body 13. The second game ball passage 39 is an area on the other side of the virtual plane 45 as a boundary, and is located on the right side, which is the striking portion 31 side, from the entrance 38 of the front Y1 of the rotating body 13 to the central recess 33. The support body 32 extends to the vicinity of the center in the front-rear direction Y. The first game ball passage 40 is a region on one side of the virtual plane 45 as a boundary, and a region on the left side opposite to the hitting portion 31 from the entrance 38 of the front Y1 of the rotating body 13 to the central concave portion. It extends along the side wall 37 of the place 33 to the vicinity of the rear Y2 of the support body 32. The first game ball passage 40 and the second game ball passage 39 are inclined so that the game ball rolls toward the entrance 38. The bottom surfaces of the first game ball passage 40 and the second game ball passage 39 are inclined so as to advance downward Z2 as it proceeds forward Y1. The bottom surface of the entrance 38 is provided to be recessed downward Z2 from the bottom surfaces of the first game ball passage 40 and the second game ball passage 39.

  The second game ball passage 39 is formed with a receiving portion 41 that can receive a game ball from the hitting portion 31 toward the rotating body 13. In the present embodiment, the receiving portion 41 is realized by the receiving surface 41 that is inclined from the right side of the support body 32 toward the bottom wall 28. Such a receiving surface 41 allows the game ball to roll, and when the hitting portion 31 provided on the right side of the support 32 hits the game ball, the hit game ball is passed through the second game ball path. 39 can be guided.

  Since the first game ball passage 40 and the second game ball passage 39 are thus configured, after passing through the first passage 15, the first game ball passage 40 is located in a portion of the rear Y2 from the central recess 33. The dropped game ball is rolled along the first game ball passage 40 from the rear Y2 toward the front Y1 to the entrance 38. In addition, after passing through the second passage 16, the game ball hit by the hitting portion 31 while being rolled forward Y1 by the bottom wall 28 is moved along the second game ball passage 39 by the receiving portion 41. Rolls from the rear Y2 toward the front Y1 to the inlet 38. In addition, the game ball rolled to the entrance 38 is prevented from reaching either one of the first game ball passage 40 and the second game ball passage 39 by the step on the bottom surface of the entrance 38, and the central concave Rolls backward Y2 toward the rotating body 13 at the point 33.

  The game ball guided toward the central recess 33 passes through the entrance 38 and enters one of the four receiving recesses 34 and 35 formed in the rotating body 13 rotated in the central recess 33. It is to be accommodated. Then, the game balls accommodated in any of the four accommodation recesses 34 and 35 formed in the rotating body 13 are discharged to the back side of the game board 1 from either of the two entrances. As a result, if the V-accommodating recess 34 is entered in a timely manner, a prize is won and a big hit is achieved.

  Each ball discharge passage 14 is provided with a sensor for detecting whether or not a game ball has passed. Therefore, the number of game balls that have passed through the special winning opening, the number of game balls that have passed through the discharge port, and the number of game balls that have passed through the out port 6 can be counted. Thereby, at the time of big hit, the game balls that have entered the winning device 7 can be detected by summing the counts of the game balls that have passed through each sensor.

  As described above, the rotary body 13, the entrance 38, the first game ball passage 40, the second game ball passage 39, the bottom wall 28, and the hitting unit 31 provided in the winning device 7 have entered the winning device 7. It functions as a ball distribution structure of a pachinko machine that distributes the ball to any of a plurality of entrances. In the winning device 7 of the present embodiment, the first game ball passage 40 is provided along the outer periphery of the rotating body 13 and is configured to be able to guide the game ball to the rotating body 13. Accordingly, the game ball that has entered the winning device 7 reaches the first game ball passage 40 through the first passage 15 and is guided to the rotating body 13 by the first game ball passage 40. The inlet 38 is provided around the rotating body 13 so as to correspond to the descending end 44 of the rotating body 13, and guides the game ball into the housing recesses 34 and 35 of the rotating body 13. Therefore, the game ball reaching the entrance 38 can be rolled into the housing recesses 34 and 35 of the rotating body 13.

  The first game ball passage 40 continues to the entrance 38 along the outer periphery of the rotator 13 on the left side of the virtual plane 45, and the second game ball passage 39 is formed on the rotator 13 on the right side of the virtual plane 45. Continue to the inlet 38 along the circumference. The first game ball passage 40 and the second game ball passage 39 are inclined so that the game ball rolls toward the entrance 38. Accordingly, the route from which the game ball reaches the entrance 38 includes a route T1 from the left side to the entrance 38 by the first game ball passage 40 and a route T2 from the right side to the entrance 38 by the second game ball passage 39. . The second game ball passage 39 is formed with a receiving portion 41 for receiving a game ball from the hitting portion 31 toward the rotating body 13.

  The striking portion 31 is driven by a striking portion solenoid and is displaceable. The striking portion 31 is rotated from the outside of the rotating body 13 by coming into contact with the gaming ball rolling toward a disadvantageous ball passage for the player. The course is changed so as to go to the body 13, that is, the course can be changed so as to go to the second game ball passage 39. The game ball that is changed in course by the hitting unit 31 and is on the path T3 from the hitting unit 31 to the support body 32 is received by the receiving unit 41. The game ball received in the second game ball passage 39 rolls toward the inlet 38 through the second game ball passage 39 and reaches the rotary body 13 through a path T2 that reaches the inlet 38. Therefore, it is possible to change the course of the game ball from the path T4 rolling to the front Y1 of the bottom wall 28 to the path T3 toward the rotating body 13 by applying an impact to the game ball by the hitting unit 31. Further, the second game ball passage 39 differs from the first game ball passage 40 in the route to the entrance 38, so that the game ball rolling in the first game ball passage 40 and the game ball whose course has been changed by the hitting unit 31. Can be reliably prevented from colliding with each other.

  The game ball that has been disadvantageous in this way can be changed to the entrance 38 of the rotating body 13. Therefore, the so-called revival philosophy can be further utilized from the aspect of the probability of jackpot and the appearance.

  The above-described embodiment is merely an example of the present invention, and the configuration can be changed within the scope of the present invention. The special winning opening may be formed in the rotating body 13. A movable part that is displaced at a predetermined cycle and changes the course of the game ball may be further provided on the path from the hitting part 31 to the support body 32. The movable portion is provided on the bottom wall 28, for example, and is realized by an obstacle that reciprocates along the vertical direction Z. As a result, the probability that the game ball whose course has been changed by the hitting unit 31 will reach the rotating body 13 can be changed. The period during which the hitting unit 31 is displaced may be always constant, or may be driven for a certain period of time by a predetermined condition, for example, detection of the passing chucker 5. The hitting unit 31 may be realized by an obstacle that is fixedly provided without being displaced. The winning device 7 may be configured such that a game ball that has entered the second entrance is led to the bottom wall 28.

  The game ball accommodated in the discharge accommodating recess 35 and discharged from the discharge port as the second entrance may be discharged to the bottom wall 28 again.

  The third recess is provided in the rotating body 13, the fourth entrance into which the game ball received in the third recess is guided is provided in the floor surface 36, and the game ball entered in the fourth entrance is again placed on the bottom wall 28. May be released.

  In addition, a switch for detecting a game ball is provided in the receiving unit 41. When the game ball passes through the receiving unit 41 and the V-accommodating concave portion 34 of the rotating body 13 is positioned at the front Y1, a big hit is given to the liquid crystal display device. An image to be notified may be displayed. Thereby, the player can visually recognize the moment when the revived game ball enters the special winning opening.

The front view which shows the game board 1 of a pachinko machine. The perspective view which expands and shows the rotary body 13 vicinity of the winning device 7. FIG.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game board, 2 ... Game area | region, 7 ... Winning device, 13 ... Rotating body, 28 ... Bottom wall, 31 ... Strike member, 38 ... Entrance, 39 ... 2nd game ball path, 40 ... 1st game ball path, 41 ... receiving part, 45 ... virtual plane

Claims (1)

A ball distribution structure of a pachinko machine that is provided in a winning device into which a game ball that rolls in a game area can enter, and distributes the game ball that has entered the winning device to any of a plurality of winning holes,
A game ball that is provided so as to be rotatable about an axis that is inclined with respect to the vertical and has a plurality of recesses in the outer peripheral portion, and that is received in the first recess, becomes a first entrance that is advantageous to the player. A rotating body guided and guided to the second entrance, which is disadvantageous to the first entrance, and the game ball received in the second recess;
Around the rotating body, provided corresponding to the descending end of the rotating body, an entrance for introducing a game ball into the concave portion of the rotating body;
The virtual plane including the descending end of the rotating body and the axis of the rotating body is a boundary, and extends along the outer periphery of the rotating body in a region on one side of the boundary, and the descending end is connected to the inlet, A first game ball passage for guiding at least a part of the game balls that have entered the winning device to the entrance;
The game ball that is provided along the outer periphery of the rotating body in the other region with the virtual plane as a boundary and is not guided to the first game ball passage and / or that passes through the first game ball passage, An inclined surface that guides a game ball that has not reached the first entrance of the rotating body to a third entrance that is more disadvantageous than the first entrance;
A course changing means for changing a course of a part of the game balls rolling on the inclined surface and directing it toward the outer peripheral side of the rotating body;
A second game ball path extending along the outer periphery of the rotating body in the other region with the virtual plane as a boundary and having a descending end connected to the inlet;
A ball distribution structure of a pachinko machine characterized by comprising

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