JPS6334753B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a slot machine using steel balls for pachinko.

Conventional slot machines use coins to play games, so when a large number of slot machines are installed in an amusement park, it is difficult to automatically process coins, making it difficult to save labor.

The main object of the present invention is to be able to play a slot machine by using steel balls for pachinko, and to be able to automatically supply and collect steel balls to a large number of slot machines. To provide a slot machine that allows you to enjoy a desired type of game with extremely simple operation.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a new slot machine that allows the use of a common steel ball to play both the conventionally popular pachinko game machine and the slot machine according to the present invention in a single amusement facility. .

Still another object of the present invention is to replace a pachinko game machine with a slot machine by effectively utilizing the pachinko ball compensation device, counting device, and central control device in a pachinko game parlor that has been in operation for a long time without disposing of it. The objective is to provide a new slot machine that can.

The slot machine of the present invention has a plurality of rotating drums with predetermined figures and symbols displayed on the outer periphery and one side facing the front, and a start lever that is effectively operated by inserting pachinko balls from the input slot. a stop button for instructing to stop the rotating drum; and a means for dispensing steel balls for pachinko as prize balls according to a predetermined rule depending on the stopped state of the rotating drum. The apparatus comprises: a setting device for setting bet points; a counting device for counting pachinko steel balls inserted from the slot; and a storage device for storing a plurality of game programs corresponding to the bet points;
a selection means for selecting a game program according to the bet points from among the plurality of game programs; It features a lid that closes when the value matches.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

One side of three rotating drums 1A, 1B, 1C with predetermined figures and symbols displayed on the outer periphery is displayed on the front display windows 2A, 2B, 2C, and three horizontal and two Indicator lamp 3 that displays the diagonal direction...
3 are arranged in parallel on both sides of the display window, and stop buttons 4A, 4B, and 4C are arranged for each rotating drum. Furthermore, a bet point setting button 5 for setting a bet point is provided at the bottom. This setting button 5
For example, 1 point, 2 points, 3 points, 4 points, 5 points, 10 points,
The player can select one of several types, such as 15-point cancellation C, and the lamp of the selected button lights up. The start button 6 is a button for instructing the start of the game, and is activated when pachinko steel balls serving as game balls are being thrown in to rotate the three rotating drums 1A, 1B, and 1C all at once. The ball tray 7 has a payout port 8 for prize balls in its upper part, and its lower end communicates with a game ball slot 9. Overflowing balls in the ball receiving tray 7 are transferred to an overflowing ball reservoir 10. A numerical display 11 is provided at the top, and numerically displays the number of balls thrown in by the player, the number of balls paid out as prize balls, and the winning points after deduction.
In addition, display lamps arranged around the display device can be used to light up the number of lamps depending on the number of inputs, or to flash all the lamps when a prize is won.

FIG. 2 shows a rear view of the embodiment of the present invention.

The rotating drums 1A, 1B, and 1C are rotationally driven by motors 14A, 14B, and 14C, respectively.
A prize ball gutter 16 is provided from a prize ball tank 15 provided at the top to a prize ball payout port 8, and a payout solenoid 17 and a payout counter 18 for controlling the number of payouts are provided at the lower end thereof. In addition, the game ball slot 9
A charging ball trough 19 is provided from the ball to above the ball reservoir 20, and a charging solenoid 21 and a charging counter 22 for controlling the number of balls to be thrown are provided at the upper end thereof, and a charging lid solenoid 28 is provided at the charging port. The lower end of the ball reservoir 20 communicates with the entrance of a return machine 23, and when the amount held in the prize ball tank 15 becomes less than a predetermined number, steel balls for pachinko are returned from the ball reservoir 20 to the prize ball tank 15. Furthermore, by opening the on-off valve 29, the balls can be collected into the collection path 24 provided below the play table. A distribution gutter 25 is provided above the game table, and when the prize ball tank 15 is empty, a supplementary ball solenoid 26 is activated to supply the supplementary ball gutter 2.
Pachinko steel balls are replenished through 7.

FIG. 3 shows a circuit block diagram of the electrical control system of the above embodiment.

Microprocessor 31 controls all operations in conjunction with non-volatile memory 32 which stores programs. A setting signal from the setting button 5 is input to the bus 33 via the setting interface 34. Input signals from the payout counter 18 and input counter 22 are input to interfaces 35 and 36, respectively.
The signal is input to the bus 33 via the . Stop button 4
Operation signals of A, 4B, 4C and the start button 6 are input to the bus 33 via the interface 37. Each of these input signals is taken into the microprocessor 31 via the bus 33. motor 14
The rotation and stopping of A, 14B, and 14C are controlled by a motor control section 38. The lamp display 3 and the numerical display 11 are controlled by a display interface 39. The dispensing solenoid 17, the closing solenoid 21, the closing lid solenoid 28, and the supplementary ball solenoid 26 are controlled via a solenoid control section 40. These control units 38, 40 and interface 39 operate when receiving the output of the microprocessor 31 via the bus 33.

Next, the operation will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When any of the setting buttons 5 is selected, the charging lid solenoid 28 is activated to open the charging port, and at the same time, the charging counter 22 counts the number of passing balls, and when the selected set number is reached, the charging lid solenoid 28 is activated. The input port closes. At this time, if there are balls in the ball tray 7, they will automatically flow down, and if there are no balls, if the player throws them into the ball tray 7, they will flow down to the slot. The counted value of the input counter 22 is displayed numerically in the input field of the display 11, or by lighting the same number of lamps as the number of input items. Furthermore, when the number of inputs is less than the number set on the setting button 5, the player can press the setting button equal to the number of inputs again, and in that case, conversely, if the number of inputs becomes greater than the set number. For example, if you initially set "15" and changed the setting to "10" because the number of inputs was "12", the dispensing solenoid 17 and dispensing counter 18
is activated automatically, and the balls corresponding to the difference number "2" can be paid back. Even when a cancel key C of the setting button 5 is pressed after a setting button is selected and the corresponding game balls have been inserted, all balls equal to the number of balls inserted can be returned in the same manner.

When the slot 9 is closed in this manner, the bet points are determined, the type of game is determined, and the program is transferred from the non-volatile memory 32 to the temporary memory in the microprocessor 31. The type of game determined by the betting points is predetermined, for example, as shown in FIG. 5. What should be noted here is that when the bet point is "1", the first drum 1A
The states of the second drum 1B and the third drum 1C are not related to the game, and when the bet points are "2", "3", and "4", the second drum 1A and the second drum 1B rotate.
Only the third drum 1C rotates, and the state of the third drum 1C has no bearing on the outcome.

When the start button 6 is pressed, one or more of the rotating drums 1A, 1B, 1C rotates depending on the type of game, and each time the stop button 4A, 4B, 4C is pressed, the corresponding drum rotates. When the rotary drum stops and all rotating drums stop, the calculation section of the microprocessor automatically calculates the payout point, that is, the number of prize balls, based on the output signal of the drum condition detector, and displays this value as a number in the payout field of the display 11. display,
At the same time, among the line indicators 3...3, those corresponding to the lines that are the basis for scoring are displayed blinking. At the same time, the score obtained by subtracting the number of inputs from the number of payouts is displayed in the win point column of the display 11 as the profit seen from the player's side. The payout solenoid 17 opens based on the calculation of the number of payouts, the payout counter 18 counts the number of payouts, and when a predetermined number of payouts are completed, the solenoid 17 closes.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to play a slot machine using steel balls for pachinko as is, and the effect is that a conventionally installed pachinko ball distributing device can be used as is. There is. What's more, just by setting the bet points, the lid installed on the pachinko steel ball inlet opens automatically, and when the inserted pachinko steel balls are counted and the number reaches the set number of bet points, Since the lid is automatically closed and a game program corresponding to the set bet points is automatically selected, the player can enjoy the desired game program with extremely simple operations. In other words, if a predetermined number or more of pachinko balls are placed on the ball tray, the player can enjoy the corresponding game program by simply setting the bet points and operating the start button, without having to count the number of balls thrown. It turns out.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a rear view of the embodiment of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an electric circuit block diagram of the embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 4 is a program of the embodiment of the invention. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the types of games according to the embodiment of the present invention. 1A, 1B, 1C...Rotating drum, 4A, 4B,
4C...stop button, 3...line indicator, 5...
Betting point setter, 6...start button, 7...ball tray, 8...payout port, 9...input port, 11...display device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A plurality of rotating drums with predetermined figures and symbols displayed on their outer peripheries and one side facing the front, and a start button activated by inserting pachinko steel balls through the input slot, causing the above-mentioned rotation. An apparatus comprising a game start means for rotationally driving a drum, a stop button for instructing to stop the rotating drum, and a means for paying out pachinko steel balls as prize balls according to a predetermined rule depending on the stopped state of the rotating drum, A setting device for setting bet points, a counting device for counting steel balls for pachinko inserted from the slot, a storage device for storing a plurality of game programs corresponding to the bet points, and a storage device for storing the plurality of game programs. a selection means for selecting a game program according to the above-mentioned bet points, and a selection means disposed in the above-mentioned slot and opened by the setting of the bet points by the above-mentioned setting device, and in which the counted value of the above-mentioned counting device matches the set bet point value. A slot machine characterized by having a lid that closes when the slot machine is opened.