JP5216282B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko machine installed in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor.

  The pachinko machine is equipped with an accessory that can be opened and closed by a movable blade, and when a game ball that has entered the accessory further enters a winning opening in the accessory, a shuttle that shifts to a hit mode that is advantageous to the player ( There is a model called the former second type). The hit mode is a round system, and one round is ended when, for example, a predetermined number of game balls are included in the accessory or when the blades are opened and closed a predetermined number of times. Further, when the game ball enters the winning opening during the round, for example, the upper limit is set to 15 times and the next round is entered. The player can obtain many prize balls by digesting many rounds.

  In this way, with a slinging pachinko machine, it is advantageous for the player by entering the game ball into the prize opening in the bonus game, so the process until the game ball enters the prize opening is very interesting for the player. It is a part to have. For this reason, it is a point for producing a game to make the game ball in an accessory make an unexpected movement.

For example, in the pachinko machines described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, a game ball is leap using a jumping table to increase the game. In other words, the parabola drawn by the game ball is driving the player's curiosity.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-000198 JP 2006-174959 A

  In the above pachinko machine, the game ball jumps along the game board, but in the case of a pachinko machine that has a depth in the role, the game ball introduced into the role may also jump to the depth of the role. Is possible. However, when a game ball jumps to the back of an accessory, a winning opening is provided at the back of the accessory, and the visibility of the gaming ball winning in the winning opening is deteriorated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a pachinko machine that produces a game by using the depth of an accessory without causing a problem in the visibility of a game ball that wins a prize opening. The purpose is to do.

In order to achieve the above object, a pachinko machine according to the present invention includes an accessory having a game space visible in the depth direction of a game board surface on which a game ball is launched, and an introduction opening for introducing the game ball inside the accessory. In the pachinko machine equipped with, the guide ball to be dropped after guiding the game ball introduced from the introduction opening to the back of the accessory, and disposed at the fall position of the game ball falling from the guide channel, A jump base having a rolling surface for rolling the game ball dropped from the guide path toward the front side of the game space, and a winning opening is provided on the front side of the game space, and the game ball from the jump base A transparent structure that makes it possible to visually recognize that the winning opening is won , and the guide path is inclined so that the tip on the back side of the accessory is downstream, and inside the accessory It is provided to partition up and down It has a guide plate, and the guide plate has a curved shape with the tip on the back side of the accessory facing downward so that the slope becomes steeper toward the tip on the back side of the accessory. The game ball is formed such that the speed of the game ball increases toward the tip of the guide plate, and the game ball falls from the guide plate in an accelerated state.

It is preferable that the guide path is formed from a transparent member and can be visually recognized when the flow trajectory of the game ball on the guide plate provided so as to partition the inside of the accessory vertically is viewed from below the guide plate.

The guide plate is parallel to the rolling trajectory toward the winning opening and is equivalent to one gaming ball so that the rolling trajectory of the gaming ball rolling on the jumping base becomes a rolling trajectory toward the winning opening. The guide path having a pair of left and right ribs provided on the guide plate with a space of the rib, and the ribs are formed in a Y shape so that the distance between the ribs increases toward the upstream end of the ribs. It is preferable to provide a receiving opening for guiding the game ball to the guide path.

The guide plate is supported by an elastic body so that the back side of the accessory swings up and down with the support shaft on the introduction opening side as a fulcrum, and the game ball may flow down on the top surface of the guide plate. preferable.

  The pachinko machine of the present invention can visually recognize a jumping game ball having a jumping base that jumps from the back of the role toward the front side of the game space and a winning opening that allows a game ball jumping on the jumping base to win a prize. Therefore, it is possible to produce a game without causing a problem in the visibility of the game ball to be won in the winning opening.

  A pachinko machine 2 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a game board 4 provided inside a main body frame 3, and a front door 5 is assembled to the front surface of the main body frame 3 so as to be freely opened and closed. Below the front door 5, a handle 8 for adjusting the firing strength of the supply tray 6 for supplying the hit ball and the game ball 7 is provided. An accessory 9 is provided in the approximate center of the game area 4a where the game ball 7 of the game board 4 is launched.

  The accessory 9 is formed so that the outer periphery is rectangular. An accessory opening 9a is formed on the front surface of the accessory 9, and an internal game space can be visually recognized through the accessory opening 9a.

  A left introduction opening 9b for introducing the game ball 7 into the inside of the accessory 9 is formed at the left upper end portion of the accessory 9, and the game ball 7 is provided inside the accessory 9 at the upper right end portion of the accessory 9. A right introduction opening 9c to be introduced is formed, and the game ball 7 flowing down the game area 4a is introduced into the accessory 9 through the introduction openings 9b and 9c.

  The left upper end of the accessory 9 is a left blade member that can be opened and closed between a shielding position for shielding the left introduction opening 9b (see FIG. 1) and an opening position for opening the left introduction opening 9b (see FIG. 2). 11 is attached. The right upper member of the accessory 9 has a right blade member that can be opened and closed between a shielding position for shielding the right introduction opening 9c (see FIG. 1) and an opening position for opening the right introduction opening 9c (see FIG. 2). 12 is attached. The left blade member 11 and the right blade member 12 are controlled to be opened and closed by a blade opening / closing motor 18 (see FIG. 5). The blade opening / closing motor 18 is connected to the CPU 51 (see FIG. 5) of the control board 50, and the drive is controlled by the CPU 51.

  Below the accessory 9, a left open chucker 13, a central open chucker 14, a right open chucker 15, and an out port 16 are provided. The player throws the game ball 7 into the supply tray 6 and guides the game ball 7 to the ball launching device 17 (see FIG. 5) through a guide path provided in the supply tray 6, and the rotary handle The game ball 7 is fired toward the upper side of the game area 4a of the game board 4 by controlling the drive of the ball launcher 17 by rotating the ball 8 by a predetermined amount. The launched game ball 7 enters the inside of the accessory 9 and each of the open chuckers 13 to 15 or is collected from the out port 16 while flowing down from above the game area 4 a. Since structures such as a plurality of nails and windmills provided in the game area 4a of the pachinko machine 2 are known, illustration and description are omitted.

  A left winning detection sensor 23 is provided inside the left opening chucker 13, a central winning detection sensor 24 is provided inside the central opening chucker 14, and a right winning detection sensor 25 is provided inside the right opening chucker 15. (See FIG. 5). Each winning detection sensor 23-25 detects a winning of the game ball 7, and outputs a chucker winning signal to the CPU 51 (see FIG. 5) in response to detecting the winning of the gaming ball 7.

  As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, a guide plate (guide for guiding the game ball 7 introduced from each introduction opening 9 b, 9 c from the side of the accessory opening 9 a to the back of the accessory 9 is provided inside the accessory 9. (Path) 31, a box made of a transparent material (for example, acrylic resin) in which a game platform 7 guided to the back of the accessory 9 jumps to the accessory opening 9 a side and a winning opening 33 is formed. (Transparent structure) 34 and a coil spring 35 that elastically supports the guide plate 31 are provided.

  The guide plate 31 is arranged so as to partition the inside of the accessory 9 into two upper and lower stages by inclining so that the distal end portion 31a on the back side of the accessory 9a is downstream. The guide plate 31 has a plurality of protrusions 36 on the surface thereof, and the distal end portion 31a swings in the vertical direction with a support shaft 37 on the side of the accessory opening 9a as a fulcrum. The distal end portion 31a has a shape curved downward, and the game ball 7 rolling on the guide plate 31 falls from the distal end portion 31a. In other words, the guide plate 31 has a gentle inclination that the side of the accessory opening 9a (front side) gently flows down the game ball 7, and the inclination becomes steeper as it advances toward the back side of the accessory 9a. Is to increase. This makes it easier for the player to follow the movement of the game ball 7 flowing down the front side of the guide plate 31.

  The jump base 32 is disposed at a position where the game ball 7 falls from the tip 31 a of the guide plate 31. The jump base 32 has a curved inclined surface 32a on which the game ball 7 rolls toward the accessory opening 9a. The front end portion 32b of the inclined surface 32a is slightly inclined upward, and the game ball 7 flowing down the inclined surface 32a jumps obliquely upward from the front end portion 32b toward the accessory opening 9a.

  The box 34 is a hollow right triangular prism formed of a transparent material, and has a winning opening 33 through which a game ball 7 can win a prize at a substantially central portion on the back side forming the inclined surface 34a. This is a ball housing space for housing the winning game balls 7. The box 34 is provided near the front side of the accessory opening 9a so as to reciprocate in the front-rear direction.

  The box 34 can visually recognize the game ball 7 jumping from the jump base 32 through the slope 34a and the opposing surface 34b. Further, the slope 34 a of the box 34 is a surface on which the jumping game ball 7 can collide, and the game ball 7 that has collided with an area above the winning port 56 and attenuated the momentum is received in the winning port 56. Can be guided to.

  The winning opening 33 is located above the bottom surface of the accessory 9, and the game ball 7 jumping from the jump base 32 and the game ball 7 falling from the through hole 39 formed in the guide plate 31 are won. .

  The lower surface of the box body 34 in the ball housing space is a funnel-shaped taper surface inclined toward the center. At the center of the lower surface of the box body 34, there is formed a discharge port 41 that collects the game balls 7 that are won from the winning port 33 and discharges them from the box body 34. Further, a recovery port 42 is formed on the bottom surface of the accessory 9 at a position that overlaps with the discharge port 41 when the box 34 moves closest to the accessory opening 9a. Inside the collection port 42, a winning prize detection sensor 46 (see FIG. 5) is provided. The winning winning detection sensor 46 detects the winning of the game ball 7 and outputs a winning winning detection signal to the CPU 51 (see FIG. 5) in response to detecting the winning of the game ball 7.

  The coil spring 35 is interposed between the lower surface of the guide plate 31 and a pedestal 40 provided so as to protrude in the horizontal direction from the left and right side walls of the accessory 9, and is elastic while lifting the guide plate 31 from the bottom to the top. Supportive. The coil spring 35 retracts when the guide plate 31 swings, and biases the guide plate 31 when the guide spring 31 retracts.

  Further, on the lower surface of the accessory 9, an out port 43 for collecting the game balls 7 that have not won the winning port 33 is formed, and a slope that flows down toward the out port 43 is formed.

  The CPU 51 shown in FIG. 5 controls the drive of the blade opening / closing motor 18 in response to the input of the chucker winning signal from either the left winning detection sensor 23 or the right winning detection sensor 25, and each blade member is controlled. 11 and 12 are opened and closed for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds) and closed. While the blade members 11 and 12 are open, the player fires the game balls 7 so that the game balls 7 roll on the blade members 11 and 12 and enter the introduction openings 9b and 9c. . The opening / closing operation that opens and closes the blade members 11 and 12 for 0.5 seconds refers to the time until the blade members 11 and 12 located at the shielding position are displaced to the opening position and then displaced to the shielding position. Is 0.5 seconds. Each blade member 11 and 12 is driven by the blade opening / closing motor 18 so that it takes 0.1 second to move from the shield position to the open position, and 0.1 second to move from the open position to the shield position. Has been. Therefore, when the blade members 11 and 12 are opened and closed for 0.5 seconds, the blade members 11 and 12 are positioned at the open position for 0.3 seconds.

  In response to the input of the chucker winning signal from the central winning detection sensor 24, the CPU 51 controls the driving of the blade opening / closing motor 18 to open and close the blade members 11 and 12 for 0.5 seconds. Repeat twice.

  In the accessory 9, an accessory winning detection sensor 45 (see FIG. 5) for detecting the game ball 7 that has passed through the introduction openings 9 b and 9 c is provided. The prize winning detection sensor 45 outputs a prize winning detection signal to the CPU 51 of the control board 50 in response to detecting the game ball 7. Then, in response to the input of the prize winning detection signal, the CPU 51 performs control for paying out a predetermined quantity (for example, 10 shots) of the game balls 7 to the supply tray 6 and also moves the box movement mechanism 38 ( The driving of the box 34 is reciprocated in the front-rear direction for a predetermined number of times (for example, five times).

  As shown in FIG. 5, a CPU 51 and a ROM 52 are provided on the control board 50 arranged inside the pachinko machine 2. The ROM 52 stores control data related to the control in the pachinko machine 2, and the CPU 51 reads the control data stored in the ROM 52 and controls the pachinko machine 2. The blade opening / closing motor 18, the box moving mechanism 38, and the ROM 52 are connected to the CPU 51, and the drive is controlled by the CPU 51. In addition, the control board 50 is provided with a RAM 53 for temporarily storing data and the like calculated by the CPU 51.

  The CPU 51 controls the driving of the blade opening / closing motor 18 to open and close the blade members 11 and 12 in response to input of the chucker winning signals from the winning detection sensors 23 to 25.

  When the game ball 7 wins the winning opening 33, it becomes a win, and the CPU 51 opens or closes each blade member 11, 12 for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) and then closes or opens 18 times, or the game ball 7 Is introduced 10 times from each introduction opening 9b, 9c (the bonus winning detection signal is input 10 times from the bonus winning detection sensor 45 to the CPU 51), and 15 rounds as the upper limit. Switch to mode.

  In the hit mode, the CPU 51 ends the round in response to the opening / closing operation of the blade members 11 and 12 being performed 18 times or in response to 10 game balls 7 being introduced from the introduction openings 9b and 9c. To control. Further, in response to the game ball 7 winning the winning opening 33 during the round, the CPU 51 controls to shift to the next round.

  In the 15th round, regardless of whether or not the game ball 7 has won the winning opening 33, each of the blade members 11 and 12 is opened and closed 18 times, or the game ball 7 is introduced 10 times from the introduction openings 9b and 9c. In response to this, the CPU 51 ends the hit mode.

  Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 2 configured as described above will be described. When the game ball 7 wins each open chucker 13 to 15, a chucker winning signal is output from each winning detection sensor 23 to 25 and input to the CPU 51. In response to the input of the chucker winning signal, the CPU 51 controls the driving of the blade opening / closing motor 18 and opens and closes the blade members 11 and 12.

  If the game ball 7 rolls on each of the blade members 11 and 12 and is introduced into the accessory 9 from each of the introduction openings 9b and 9c while each of the blade members 11 and 12 is open, the winning combination winning detection is performed. A prize winning detection signal is output from the sensor 45 and input to the CPU 51. In response to the input of the prize winning detection signal, the CPU 51 controls the drive of the box moving mechanism 38 and performs the reciprocating movement of the box 34 in the front-rear direction a predetermined number of times.

  The game ball 7 introduced into the accessory 9 from each introduction opening 9b, 9c rolls on the guide plate 31 and is guided to the back of the accessory 9. The game ball 7 on the guide plate 31 rolls while changing direction by hitting a plurality of protrusions 36 formed on the surface of the guide plate 31. The guide plate 31 oscillates about the support shaft 37 as a fulcrum by urging the coil spring 35 with the weight of the game ball 7 rolling on its surface. As the guide plate 31 swings, the momentum of the game ball 7 changes.

  The game ball 7 guided to the back of the accessory 9 falls from the tip 31 a of the guide plate 31 to the jump base 32. The game ball 7 that has fallen on the jumping base 32 rolls on the inclined surface 32a and gains momentum, and leaps obliquely upward from the tip 32b toward the accessory opening 9a.

  The game ball 7 leaping toward the accessory opening 9a is placed in a winning opening 33 formed on the back side of the box 34 according to the momentum and direction of jump and the position of the box 34 reciprocating in the front-rear direction. Winning a prize or collecting the winning opening 33 without winning the winning opening 33.

  Further, a part of the game ball 7 introduced into the accessory 9 from the introduction openings 9 b and 9 c falls from the through hole 39 formed in the guide plate 31. The game ball 7 that has fallen from the through hole 39 wins a winning opening 33 formed on the back side of the box 34 according to the position of the box 34 or enters the out opening 43 without winning the winning opening 33. It is collected.

  In this way, the game ball 7 introduced into the accessory 9 jumps from the jump stand 32 disposed in the back of the accessory 9 toward the winning opening 33 located in the vicinity of the accessory opening 9a. The winning opening 33 is located in the vicinity of the accessory opening 9a, and there is no problem in the visibility. A game is produced by making the game ball 7 leap in the depth direction of the accessory 9, and the player's interest is maintained.

  Further, as another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the top surface of a transparent guide plate 61 that can be seen even when the flow path of the game ball 7 is viewed from below is directed toward the winning hole 33. Thus, a guide path 62 that allows the game ball 7 to flow down may be formed. The guide path 62 is a pair of left and right games provided at intervals of one game ball 7 so as to be a flow axis 64 parallel to a leap locus 63 for winning the game ball 7 from the jump base 32 to the winning port 33. The rib 65 is formed. The tip of the rib 65 forms a Y-shaped receiving opening 65 a in order to increase the possibility that the game ball 7 is guided to the guide path 62. Further, on the upstream side of the receiving opening 65 a, a cylindrical obstacle 66 is provided that becomes an obstacle for the game ball 7 flowing down toward the guide path 62. The obstacle 66 makes the subsequent flow direction of the game ball 7 colliding with the obstacle 66 irregular.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the winning opening 33 is formed on the back side of the box 34, but it is only necessary to be provided in a structure made of a transparent material. For example, as shown in FIG. A winning opening 56 may be provided on the back side of the (transparent structure) 55 and above the bottom surface of the accessory 9. The winning hole 56 of this embodiment is a passing hole through which the game ball 7 is passed as it is, and is shifted to the winning mode based on the V winning ball detection by a ball detecting sensor (not shown) provided in the passing hole. . In addition, the out port 43 provided in the tapered bottom surface of the accessory 9 also collects the ball game ball 7 detected by the ball detection sensor as a V winning ball.

  In addition, the transparent plate 55 can visually recognize the game ball 7 jumping from the jumping table 32, and the jumping game ball 7 can collide with the transparent plate 55 in a region above the winning opening 56. It is possible to guide the game ball 7 whose momentum has been attenuated by the collision to the winning opening 56. Further, the transparent plate 55 is formed with scales 55a in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction so that the player can predict whether or not the jumping game ball 7 will win the winning opening 56. In addition, on the front side opposite to the surface on which the winning opening 56 of the transparent plate 55 is provided, a communication path that communicates with the winning opening 56 and the collection opening 42 (see FIG. 4) provided on the bottom surface of the accessory 9. May be provided.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, since the jump base 32 is in the position behind the accessory 9, the game ball 7 at the timing of jumping from the jump base 32 is difficult to be visually recognized. In order to notify the timing at which the game ball 7 jumps, a ball detection sensor (for example, a photo sensor) for detecting the game ball 7 is provided in the vicinity of the tip 32b of the inclined surface 32a of the jump base 32. You may connect with a predetermined alarm device (not shown). Thereby, the ball detection sensor detects the game ball 7 at the timing of jumping, and the alarm device that has received the detection signal from the ball detection sensor can notify that fact.

  In each of the above embodiments, the guide plate 31 is elastically supported by the coil spring 35 and swings by the weight of the game ball 7. However, the guide plate 31 may swing using the power of the motor.

  In each of the above embodiments, the through hole 39 formed in the guide plate 31 is always open, but a shutter that opens and closes the through hole 39 may be provided. For example, the game is further produced by opening the shutter for a predetermined time when the game ball 7 wins the winning openings 33 and 56.

  Moreover, in each said embodiment, you may make it the inclination angle of the front-end | tip part 32b of the inclined surface 32a which the jump stand 32 has become variable.

  Moreover, in each said embodiment, although the induction | guidance | derivation board 31 was provided in the inside of the accessory 9, the game ball 7 introduce | transduced in the accessory 9 should just be able to be guided to the back of the accessory 9, and it replaces with the induction | guidance | derivation board 31 instead. Pipes and channels may be provided.

  Moreover, in each said embodiment, although this invention was implemented to the pachinko machine 2 called a feather thing, you may implement to the pachinko machine called a one-shot stand, or the pachinko machine called a digital pachi.

It is an external appearance perspective view of a pachinko machine. It is an external appearance perspective view of a pachinko machine when a blade member is located in an open position. It is a partially broken perspective view which shows the structure of an accessory. It is a partially broken side view of the accessory which shows the motion of a game ball. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. It is a partially broken perspective view which shows the structure of the accessory of another embodiment. It is a perspective view of the transparent board in which the winning opening was formed.

Explanation of symbols

2 Pachinko machines 7 Game balls 9 Accessories 31, 61 Guide plates (guide paths)
32 Jump stand 33,56 Prize opening 34 Box (transparent structure)
55 Transparent plate (transparent structure)

Claims (4)

In a pachinko machine equipped with an accessory having a game space visible in the depth direction of the game board surface on which the game ball is launched, and an introduction opening for introducing the game ball inside the accessory ,
A guide path that drops after the game ball introduced from the introduction opening is guided to the back of the accessory ,
A jump base having a rolling surface that is arranged at a fall position of the game ball falling from the guide path and rolls the game ball dropped from the guide path toward the near side of the game space;
A winning opening provided on the front side of the gaming space, and a transparent structure that makes it possible to visually recognize that the game ball from the jumping table wins the winning opening ,
The guide path has a guide plate provided so as to be inclined so that a distal end portion on the back side of the accessory is downstream and to partition the inside of the accessory vertically.
The guide plate is formed in a curved shape with the tip on the back side of the accessory facing downward so that the inclination becomes steeper toward the tip on the back side of the accessory,
The pachinko machine is characterized in that the speed of the game ball increases toward the tip of the guide plate and falls from the guide plate in an accelerated state . The guide path is formed of a transparent member so that the flow trajectory of the game ball on the guide plate provided so as to partition the inside of the accessory up and down can be seen when viewed from below the guide plate. The pachinko machine according to claim 1. The guide plate is
Parallel to the rolling trajectory toward the winning port and with an interval corresponding to one gaming ball so that the rolling trajectory of the game ball rolling on the jump platform becomes the rolling trajectory toward the winning port. A guide path having a pair of left and right ribs provided on the guide plate;
The rib includes a receiving opening for guiding the game ball to the guide path by forming the rib in a Y-shape so that the distance between the ribs increases toward the leading end on the upstream side of the rib. The pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2. The guide plate is supported by an elastic body so that the back side of the accessory swings up and down with the support shaft on the introduction opening side as a fulcrum, and the game ball flows down on the upper surface of the guide plate. The pachinko machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3 .

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