JPH0412155B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a ball winning device for a pachinko machine.

(Prior art and its problems) Conventionally, in a pachinko machine, a chulip-type first winning tool (first winning area) is provided on the game board surface, and the ball receiving piece, which is the movable wing of the first winning tool, is turned upside down. When opened in a "C" shape, the falling balls received by the ball receiving piece are guided diagonally downward by the slope of the ball receiving piece, and all of the balls enter the second winning device (second winning area). A batted ball winning device is known.

However, in this known hit ball winning device, the ball receiving piece slightly changes the direction of the ball and guides it down to the central winning device, so most of the balls become winning balls and the balls fly sideways in the left and right direction. It is almost impossible not to win a prize, and pachinko games lack surprises.

In addition, the ball receiving piece of the first winning tool is just an obsolete structure that changes in a plane that is parallel to the mounting board of the winning tool, that is, the game board surface.
Pachinko games lack interest.

Then, opening and closing the ball receiving piece in a direction parallel to the mounting board of the winning tool and the game board surface results in the first winning tool being relatively large and restricting the playing area of the game board.

The present invention has been made in view of these points,
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a batted ball winning device that is based on an unprecedented and novel idea and is rich in surprise and interest.

(Means for Solving Problems) The present invention provides the mounting board 10 with the prize openings 31, 41.
The prize winning tools 30 and 44 are opened and arranged in a disadvantageous state for the player, and a protruding and retracting member 50 that protrudes from and retracts from the opening 11 on the surface of the mounting board 10 is provided, and the protruding and retracting member 50 is provided. is placed in a position where a falling ball that collides with the protruding/submerging member 50 and is rebounded can win a prize in the above-mentioned prize implements 30, 44 when the protruding/submerging member 50 is protruding. The prize winning devices 30 and 44 are arranged so as to be in an advantageous state for the player and increase the probability of winning a prize.

(Function) According to the present invention, there is a prize-winning device having a prize-winning hole in which normally it is difficult for a batted ball to win a prize, or the ball does not win a prize at all;
A protruding and retracting member that can be freely protruded and retracted in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the mounting board for the game board is provided, and when this protruding and retracting member is protruded into the gaming area, a falling ball collides with the protruding and retracting member. Only the batted ball that bounces back and flies towards the winning hole will be the winning ball.

Therefore, the ball winning device adds surprise to the expectation of winning and doubles the joy when a ball wins.

(Examples) The present invention will be described below based on illustrated examples.

1 to 3, the batted ball winning device 1 of this embodiment includes a mounting board 10 that is attached to the game board 2 as shown in FIG. Convex portion 20 and main prize winning device 30
and two auxiliary winning tools 4 on both sides.
0 and 40, and two protruding and recessing members 50 and 50 respectively provided in the ball passage area between the main winning tool 30 and the auxiliary winning tools 40 on both sides thereof.

The obstacle convex portion 20 is provided directly above the main winning tool 30 at an appropriate distance away from the main winning tool 30, and is placed in a disadvantageous state for the player to enter the winning hole 31 of the main winning tool 30. It serves to obstruct the flow of batted balls that are about to fly into the tool 30 from directly above, and to scatter the falling batted balls to the left and right.

Incidentally, the obstacle convex portion 20 of the embodiment is constituted by a hollow semi-transparent member, and has a lamp 21 (FIG. 5) as a light source inside, and thus has an illumination function. This lamp 21 is mounted on a lamp mounting plate 22 (FIG. 5) provided on the back surface of the substrate 10.

The main winning tool 30 includes a ball receiving frame 32 forming an upward main winning hole 31, a ball introduction port 33 provided on the base plate 10 to guide the winning balls that have entered the main winning hole 31 to the back of the game board, and It consists of a translucent lamp display section 34 formed at the lower part of the receiving frame 32.

As shown in FIG. 5, a lamp 35 as a light source is provided in the lamp display section 34, and the lamp is attached to a lamp holder 36 on the back surface of the substrate 10.

In order to smoothly guide the ball to the ball introduction port 33, the ball receiving frame 3
The bottom of the board 10 is inclined toward the ball introduction port 33, and the back side of the board 10 is provided with a guide portion 37 (FIG. 5) for allowing the balls that have entered the ball introduction port 33 to fall onto the back surface of the game board.
is provided.

The auxiliary winning tools 40, 40 are formed in the guide frame 42 so as to be oriented horizontally toward the main winning tool 30, so that the winning hole 41 is disadvantageous to the player. A ball introduction port 43 is provided in the board 10 to guide the entered winning balls to the back side of the game board 2.

In this embodiment, the guide frame 42 consists of a frame body having a C-shaped cross section, and a decorative plate 44 is provided on the front side of the frame body.

The two left and right auxiliary winning tools 40, 40 are arranged symmetrically with the main winning tool 30 as the center, and are located at the height position of each winning opening 41, more precisely at the guide frame 4.
The height position of the lower edge 42A of the socket 2 is the main winning tool 30
The height position of the main prize opening 31 is approximately equal to or higher than the upper edge 32A of the ball receiving frame 32 (see FIG. 3).

Since the prize opening 41 is oriented horizontally, the auxiliary prize winning device 4
0 is more difficult to win with a falling ball from above than the main winning tool 30, and is arranged in a disadvantageous state for the player.

In addition, in order to smoothly guide the winning ball to the ball introduction port 43,
The bottom of the guide frame 42 is inclined toward the ball introduction port 43, and on the back side of the board 10 there is a winning ball guide section 45 (see FIG. ) is provided.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, protruding and recessing members 50, 50
In order to allow the ball to freely protrude and retract into the two surfaces of the game board, openings 11 are provided in the ball passage areas between the main winning tool 30 and the auxiliary winning tool 40 of the board 10, through which the projecting and retracting members 50 enter and exit, respectively. There is.

In this embodiment, two protruding and recessing members 50, 5 on the left and right
A bar with a circular cross section is used for each of the bars, and the bar is projected and retracted by rotating the bar about its base so that it is tilted forward.

Therefore, the opening 11 through which the projecting and retracting member 50 enters and exits is provided vertically.

A pair of ears 12 are protruded from the bottom side of each opening 11 on the back surface of the mounting board 10, and a base 51 of a projecting and recessed member 50 is rotatably supported by the ears by a shaft 52. There is.

In addition, the ears 12 in the area of each vertically long opening 11 are
The upper part of the side wall 1 provided around the opening 11
3 and a bottom wall 14 that covers between the side walls, it is configured as a bottomed groove 15.

The depth of this bottomed groove 15 corresponds to the diameter of the protruding and recessing member 50, so the bottom wall 14
When the number 0 protrudes, it eliminates the inconvenience that the back mechanism of the pachinko machine is visible to the player through the opening 11, and at the same time functions as a stopper for regulating the depth to which the protruding and recessing member 50 sinks into the opening 11.

The protruding and retracting member 50 has an arm 53 that extends rearward in a dogleg shape from a base 51, and the distal end side of the arm 53 is pivotally connected to one end of an actuation lever 55 via an engagement pin 54.

The actuating lever 55 has a long hole 56 provided in its middle part.
The other end of the operating lever 55 is connected to a plunger 59 of an electromagnetic solenoid 60 attached to the game board 2 via a connecting member 58.

Therefore, by energizing the electromagnetic solenoid 60 and pulling down the rear end of the operating lever 55, the protruding and retracting member 50 is moved from the retracted state in FIG. 1 (solid line position in FIG. 4) to the protruded state in FIG. 4).

In this embodiment, when the protruding and retracting member 50 is in the protruding state, the height position of its upper surface is higher than that of the auxiliary prize opening 40.
Although it is within the range of the winning hole 41, it can be provided below the winning hole 41 depending on the circumstances.

In order to detect the protruding state and retracted state of the protruding and retracting member 50, a permanent magnet 61 is provided at the rear end of the arm 53, and when the protruding and retracting member 50 rotates to the protruding state, it cooperates with this magnet 61. A reed switch 62 is provided at the operating position.

The magnet 61 also functions as a weight that gives the projecting and retracting member 50 a rotational habit in the direction of returning it into the opening 11 (clockwise in FIG. 4).

In order to install the reed switch 62 as a protrusion/contraction sensor at a predetermined position, a holding part 63 is provided on the back surface of the base plate to protrude above the opening 11 for protrusion/contraction, and a reed switch mounting board is mounted on the holding part. The reed switch mounting board 66 is fixed to the holding part 63 with the screws 65 by placing the base of the reed switch 65 and placing the holding member 64 thereon.

The reed switch 62 is attached to a mounting board 66 and is located near the top of the opening 11 for ejection and retraction.
In order to adjust the position of the reed switch 62 with respect to the magnet 61, the screw 65 is inserted into a slot 63A provided in the holding portion 63 in the front-rear direction of the board.
The mounting board 66 is made to be able to be slightly shifted relative to the holding part 63.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a pachinko machine equipped with the ball winning device 1 of the present invention.

A batted ball winning device 1 is placed in the center of a game board 2, with a top winning device 3 above it, specific winning devices 4 on the left and right sides, and some general winning devices 5 below. Furthermore, side lamps 6 are provided on both sides of the game board 2.

When the projecting and retracting member 50 is in the retracted state shown in FIG. 1, the ball that has come into the area of the ball winning device 1 simply flows downward between the main winning tool 30 and the auxiliary winning tool 40.

When a specific condition occurs, for example, when a ball hits the specific winning device 4 or a specific game result is obtained with a game device (not shown) provided on the game board and the specific condition is satisfied, the control shown in FIG. 7 is performed. The electromagnetic solenoid 60 is energized by the device, and the protruding and retracting member 50 changes from the retracted state shown in FIG. 1 to the protruded state shown in FIG. 2.

Also, at this time, lighting members such as the lamps 6 and 35 are lit, and a sound effect is generated from an audio device (not shown) to notify that a special game state has occurred.

When the projecting and submerging member 50 protrudes onto the game board surface, most of the balls that flow down between the main winning tool 30 and the auxiliary winning tool 40 collide with the projecting and submerging member 50 and bounce back, and the direction of flight is towards the main winning tool 30 or the auxiliary winning tool. Head toward the tool 40.

The prize openings 31 and 41 of the main and auxiliary prize winning tools are arranged at positions where they can receive this bouncing and flying ball.

In this case, how much of the falling balls that collide with the plunge and sink member 50 and bounce back are to be considered as winning balls or not depends on how the plunge and sink member 50 is connected to the main winning tool 30 and the auxiliary winning tool 40. Depends on how you place it.

Note that normally, the ball that does not hit the protruding and retracting member 50 will simply flow downward.

In this way, in the batted ball winning device of the present invention, even if the ball is hit, which would normally be difficult to win in the winning opening 31 of the main winning tool 30 or the winning opening 41 of the auxiliary winning opening 40, it will collide with the protruding and retracting member 50. Depending on the trajectory of the bounce, the ball may fly into the winning hole 31 or 41 and become a valid ball, giving you a chance to win a prize.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the control device for the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 6, and reference numeral 67 in the figure indicates a drive control section for controlling the thrusting and retracting member 50 of the ball winning device 1.

This drive control section 67 includes a flip-flop 68 that is set when the switch 4' belonging to the specific prize-winning tool 4 is turned on, a timer 69 that is triggered by the set output of this flip-flop and resets the flip-flop 68 after a certain period of time, and a flip-flop 68 that is triggered by the set output of this flip-flop and resets the flip-flop 68 after a certain time. is set, the number of winning balls detected by the winning sensor 40' of the auxiliary winning tool 40 is counted, and when a predetermined number, for example 10 balls, is reached, the flip-flop 68 is reset.
advance counter 70 and flip-flop 68
The electromagnetic solenoid 60 is in the set state.
It has a driver 71 that energizes.

Therefore, the submersion member 50 enters the submersion state when the timer time of the timer 69, for example 10 seconds, arrives or the counter 70 counts up a predetermined number of winning balls, whichever comes first. I will be going back.

By the way, when the protruding and retracting member 50 protrudes, the winning rate improves, so there is a fraudulent act of forcibly holding the protruding and retracting member 50 in the protruding state with a piano wire or the like to unfairly win a large number of prize balls. There is a possibility that

Reference numeral 72 indicates a fraud detection circuit for preventing this fraud.

The fraud detection circuit 72 detects when a fraud occurs.
Since the protruding and retracting member 50 is forcibly maintained in the protruding state during the period when the protruding and retracting member 50 should be in the retracted state, this is used to determine whether or not there is a fraudulent act.

The reed switch 62 generates a protrusion operation confirmation signal 62A while the protrusion/retraction member 50 is in the protrusion state.

This protruding operation confirmation signal 62A is transmitted to the fraud detection circuit 7.
It becomes one input of the AND gate 73 of 2. AND
The other input terminal of the gate 73 is provided with a projecting and recessing member 50.
A complement (inverted signal) to the actuation signal 67A for protruding the projecting/retracting member 50 is input from the drive control unit 67 of the controller 67 .

Therefore, the actuation signal 6 from this drive control section 67
AND gate 73 which has two inputs: complement of 7A and protrusion operation confirmation signal 62A from reed switch 62.
produces an output when the projecting and retracting member 50 of the variable prize winning device is protruded during a period when it should be in the retracted state if it is normal.

Reference numeral 74 denotes a flip-flop which is set by the output of the AND gate 73, and the set output is taken out as a fraud detection signal to activate the relay 76 via the driver 75 and stop the batted ball ejecting motor 77.

A timer 78 is started by the set output of the flip-flop 74, and resets the flip-flop 74 after a certain period of time to eliminate the fraud detection signal.

This is to prohibit the operation of the ball firing device 77, which is the game disabling means, only while the fraud detection signal is generated in the fraud detection circuit 72.

Reference numeral 79 is a reset switch for resetting the flip-flop 74. For example, it is linked to the opening/closing operation of the locking device on the front frame of a pachinko machine, and the clerk unlocks the locking device with a key and locks the front frame. When opened, it resets the flip-flop 74.

The above control device is an example of the usage of the batted ball winning device of the present invention, and the thrusting and retracting operation of the thrusting and sinking member 50 is controlled only by time, only by the number of winning balls, and also by other conditions. can be arbitrarily controlled by adding .

For example, the auxiliary winning tool 40 on the right side facing the game board
When a predetermined number of balls hit the prize, the projecting member 5 on the right side
0 returns to the retracted state, and when a predetermined number of balls hit the auxiliary winning tool 40 on the left side toward the game board wins, the left protruding member 50 returns to the retracted state.

Therefore, the protruding and recessing member 50 can maintain its protruding state unless a prize is won in the left and right auxiliary winning tools 40.

Furthermore, the number of winning balls for the left and right auxiliary winning devices 40 is determined to be 10, for example, and when 10 winning balls hit each, the left and right protruding and retracting members 50 are respectively converted to the protruding state, but the main When a prize is won in the prize-winning tool 30, the left and right protruding and retracting members 50 may be returned to the retracted state at the same time.

In the above embodiment, the protruding and retracting member 50 is protruded and retracted in a rotational manner, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be protruded and retracted in any other arbitrary manner.

For example, when the protruding and retracting member 50 is protruding and retracting,
It can be arranged so that it is displaced along a straight line perpendicular to the surface of the game board, or it can be arranged such that a rotating body having a plurality of bars with different cross-sectional shapes arranged radially is rotated at a predetermined angle so that each bar protrudes and retracts. Alternatively, a desired curved surface can be made to protrude from the substrate 10 by rotationally displacing a cube having an arbitrary shape around an axis extending in the vertical direction. The protruding and retracting member itself may be three-dimensional.

In the above embodiment, a solenoid is used as a driving source for pushing and retracting the protruding and retracting member 50, but the solenoid is not limited to this, and a link mechanism that uses the weight of a winning ball that has entered another winning device can be used to directly Alternatively, it may be driven indirectly using the attractive and repulsive force of a permanent magnet.

In the above embodiment, the main winning tool 30 and the auxiliary winning tool 40 are made to correspond to one projecting and retracting member 50, but the present invention is not limited to this. A configuration may be adopted in which either one of the prize winning implements 30 or the auxiliary prize winning implements 40 is made to correspond.

Further, the prize winning device 30 may be a so-called tulip type winning device having two movable wings that can be opened and closed, or a winning device of a type that flips up and down every time one prize is won.

As described above, the batted ball winning device 1 of the present invention
is arranged to be able to receive a falling ball that collides with at least one protruding and retracting member 50 and is bounced back by colliding with the protruding and retracting member 50, which is disposed at an arbitrary position within the game area of the game board 2. It consists of one winning tool (winning tool 30 and winning tool 40), and is normally submerged within the game board 2 and does not affect the falling ball, but under certain conditions it protrudes from the second surface of the game board. The projecting and retracting member 50 rebounds the falling ball,
This is intended to increase the winning probability by flowing into the winning prize devices 30 and 40.

(Effects of the Invention) The projecting and retracting member in the batted ball winning device of the present invention changes in the Z-axis direction when the game board surface is the X-Y plane of the orthogonal coordinate system, so it not only increases the interest of pachinko games, but also This has the practical effect of not restricting the playing area of the game board compared to the case where the change is made within the XY plane as in the case of a ticket type batted ball winning device or the like.

In addition, a projecting and submerging member suddenly appears in a mere flowing area that did not exist at all until then, and the ball that hits it bounces back into the winning hole of the winning device and becomes a winning ball. Therefore, compared to conventional batted ball winning devices, it is possible to provide an extremely entertaining batted ball winning device that doubles the joy when a batted ball enters the winning hole.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the batted ball winning device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 showing a state in which the projecting and retracting member is protruded, and Fig. 3 is a decoration of the auxiliary winning device. 4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the batted ball winning device shown in FIG. 1, a perspective view showing the rear side of the batted ball winning device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. A front view of a pachinko machine having a ball winning device,
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the circuit of the control device. 1... Hit ball winning device, 2... Game board, 4... Specific winning tool, 10... Mounting board, 11... Opening,
30...Winning tool, 31...Winning hole, 40...Auxiliary winning tool, 41...Winning hole, 50...Plunging member, 5
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Base, 55... Operating lever, 60... Electromagnetic solenoid, 67... Drive control section, 72... Fraud detection circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A winning device that has a winning opening opened on the mounting board and is placed in a disadvantageous condition for the player, and a projecting and recessing member that protrudes from or sinks into the opening on the surface of the mounting board. The protruding and submerging member is placed in a position where, when the protruding and submerging member is in a protruding state, a falling ball that collides with the protruding and retracting member and is bounced can enter the prize item, and when the protruding and submergible member is protruding, . A batted ball winning device, characterized in that the entered prize equipment is arranged so as to be in an advantageous state for the player and increase the winning probability.