JPH0691907B2 - Pachinko machine winning device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a winning device that captures a hit ball on a play board surface of a pachinko machine and causes the movable piece to have various driving forms due to the capture.

<Prior Art> A movable piece that is converted into a closed state that does not receive a hit ball and an open state that easily accepts a hit ball on the play board, and a general winning opening and a continuous prize that allow the hit ball to win in the open state of the movable piece. A variable winning device consisting of a mouth is provided, and when a hitting ball is won at the linked winning port on the playing board surface related to the variable winning device, the movable piece is brought into an open state, and further, the variation released by this open state. A winning device in which a hit ball enters from the inlet of the winning device and flows down into the continuous winning port causes continuous opening operation of the movable piece is known as disclosed in JP-A-60-34480. is there.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> In the present invention, the opening and closing aspect of the opening and closing blade piece caused by the ball passing through the continuous winning port is changed, and the present invention is made to be more interesting. It is intended.

<Means for Solving Problems> According to the present invention, a movable piece that can be converted into a closed state that does not receive a hit ball and an open state that easily accepts a hit ball, and a hit ball that is received in the open state of the movable piece is a normal prize. A variable winning device having a general winning opening and a continuous winning opening that is a special winning, and a special game state is started by a ball hit into the continuous winning opening, and during the special playing state, the continuous winning is performed again. In a winning device of a pachinko machine provided with a control means for controlling to start the special game state when there is a hit ball in the mouth, the special game state, the movable piece, the predetermined time period of the timer. The first drive mode that keeps the open state until the count of the predetermined number of winning prizes to the variable winning device by the digestion or the counter expires, and the predetermined number of times of winning the number of winning prizes to the variable winning device by the counter A winning device pinball machine, characterized in that is made of a special driving cycle constituted by a combination of the second driving mode for performing the continuous opening and closing operations to.

<Operation> When the hit ball passes through the link prize hole, the movable piece is brought into an open state in which the hit ball is easily received. When in this open state, a series of opening / closing drive consisting of the above-mentioned first drive mode and second drive mode is performed. During such driving, the winning balls can be captured with the movable piece in the open state.

<Embodiment> An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Reference numeral 1 is a pachinko machine, and a variable winning device 3 is provided at the center of a play board surface 2 thereof, and first linked winning a prize openings 4, 4 are provided at both lower sides thereof.
4 is the second winning prize hole 5 between the winning prize holes 4 and 4.
Are provided respectively.

The configuration of the variable winning device 3 will be described.

A ceiling frame 7 is provided on an upper portion of a substrate 6 to be attached to the surface of the play board surface 2, and a lower receiving frame 8 is provided at a lower portion of the substrate 6 at intervals so that an interval between left and right ends thereof serves as an inflow port communicating with the inside. Movable pieces 9 and 9 are supported by shafts 10 and 10 so as to face each other at the left and right inlets. An inner surface of a side end of the lower receiving frame 8 abuts a lower end of the movable pieces 9, 9 in an upright state to define an upright position thereof.

Further, between the shafts 10 and 10, a rolling ball chamber 11 is provided by recessing a substantially central portion of the substrate 6, and a ball ball chamber 11 is provided immediately below the ball rolling chamber 11.
A continuous winning opening 18 in the center and general winning openings 19, 19 located on both sides of the opening are provided. The side portions and lower portions of the winning openings 18, 19, 19 are surrounded by the lower receiving frame 8.

A guide plate 12 which is gently inclined rearward is provided at a substantially intermediate position of the rolling ball chamber 11 in the left and right directions, and the movable piece 9, 9 is tilted at the lower end thereof at the center of the tip thereof. Abut,
Control projection for positioning in the open state with a gentle inward incline
13 are provided. Further, in the ball rolling chamber 11,
At the rear of the guide plate 12, there is formed a communication opening 14 through which the balls flow downward, and further, the lower bottom of the rolling ball chamber 11 is a guide surface 15 which is inclined forward, and the front end of the guide surface 15 is formed. Communicates with the above-mentioned winning holes 18, 19, 19. With the above configuration, a ball passage is formed in the ball-storing chamber 11 from the upper surface of the guide plate 12 through the communication opening 14 to the winning opening 18, 19, 19 by the guide surface 15.

The movable pieces 9 and 9 are controlled to be opened and closed by a solenoid 21 which is vertically attached to a back plate of the ball rolling chamber 11. The control mechanism, via the conversion mechanism 23 for converting the lower end of the drive rod 22 of the solenoid 21 and the rearward projecting end of the shaft 10,10 of the movable piece 9,9 into a vertical motion into a rotational motion. And the driving rod 22 is biased downward by a spring 24. As a result, when the drive rod 22 rises due to the excitation of the solenoid 21, the shafts 10 and 10 rotate to move the movable pieces 9 and 9 to the recumbent position, respectively, and the inflow port between the ceiling frame 7 and the lower receiving frame 8 is closed. When the ball is released, the ball can flow into the ball rolling chamber 11, and the open state is made so that the ball can be easily received.The demagnetization of the solenoid 21 causes the movable pieces 9 and 9 to stand up by the urging force of the spring 24. In the position, the inflow port is blocked, and the ball is not closed to receive a hit ball.

Also, ball detection switches S ₁ and S ₂ are provided in the passages of the above-mentioned winning a prize openings 4 and 5, respectively, as shown in FIG. Further, the continuous winning opening 18 is provided with a ball detection switch S ₃ .

First, the functions of the above-mentioned prize winning openings 4, 5 and the winning openings 18, 19, 19 will be described.

When a prize is generated at the prize winning port 4, the ball detection switch S ₁
The general winning openings 19,19 are opened once with the detection of the ball. When a prize is generated in the link prize hole 5, the general prize holes 19 and 19 are opened twice in accordance with the ball detection by the ball detection switch S ₂ . The number of times of opening can be arbitrarily set by changing the number of times of setting of the counter 36 as described later. When the movable prizes 9 and 9 are opened in association with the winning of the prize winning openings 4 and 5, the inflow port between the ceiling frame 7 and the lower receiving frame 8 is opened, and the ball can flow into the rolling ball chamber 11. The balls that enter the ball-turning room 11 are the general prize holes 19,19
If you fall into, the ball will only be a winning ball. However, when it is lucky enough to flow into the continuous winning port 18, a predetermined special drive cycle is executed. The drive cycle is a first drive mode in which the open state is maintained until a predetermined time limit or a predetermined number of hit balls flows into the general winning opening 19,19, and the movable piece 9,9.
It is configured by a combination with the second drive mode in which the continuous opening and closing operation is performed a plurality of times.

As the drive cycle, specifically, a first drive mode in which an open state is maintained for 15 seconds, and then a second drive mode is performed in which continuous opening and closing operations are performed 10 times. When a hit ball flows into the continuous winning hole 18 during execution of the cycle, the cycle being executed is interrupted and the cycle is repeated again from the beginning. Note that this repetition is limited to, for example, 8 times in order to prevent an excessive number of balls.

An example of the configuration of the control means that enables such a driving form will be described with reference to FIG.

The solenoid 21 is energized by a rectangular pulse oscillator 30 and a switching circuit 31 including an npn transistor. That is, the solenoid 21 is inserted between the collector of the switching circuit 31 and the power source P, and the output side of the oscillator 30 is connected to its base. Therefore, every time the oscillator 30 sends out a rectangular wave pulse, the switching circuit 31 is turned on, the solenoid 21 is driven each time, the movable pieces 9 and 9 are opened, the inlet is opened, and the ball is rolled. It is possible to flow into the chamber 11.

Except when the movable pieces 9, 9 of the first drive form are opened for a long time (15 seconds), the energization time to the solenoid 21 per time,
That is, the opening time of the movable pieces 9, 9 per one time is determined by the pulse width of the oscillation pulse. The opening time is, for example, about 0.7 seconds. In the case of repeating opening and closing a plurality of times (10 times) in the second drive mode, the time from once closing to reopening is determined by the pulse repetition cycle.

In order to stop the oscillator 30 when it oscillates a predetermined number of pulses, in this embodiment, an oscillator that causes the oscillation when the Hi level is applied to the input terminal at the digital level is used. Is counted by the counter circuit 35, and when the set number is exhausted, the input to the oscillator 30 is set to Lo.
It is realized by setting the level.

This will be described in more detail.

1st prize winning opening 4 for opening and closing the movable pieces 9, 9 only once
If a ball is hit at, the detection signal is emitted from the ball detection switch S ₁ . Since this detection signal is generally impulse-like, it is converted into a pulse waveform of a required width by an appropriate waveform shaping circuit 32 and applied to the set input terminal of the RS flip-flop 33 which outputs the oscillator drive signal.

With the set input, the Q output terminal of the flip-flop 33 is connected to the OR gate 34 so that its output is buffered and sent to the oscillator 30. The OR gate is connected to the output terminals from the ball detection switch S ₂ and the ball detection switch S _{3 in} parallel with the terminal.

With this connection, the oscillator 30 pulse-oscillates due to the Hi input from the OR gate 34, the solenoid 21 is energized through the switching circuit 31 as described above, and the movable pieces 9 and 9 are opened. It is input to the CK terminal of the counter circuit 35. That is, as described above, the pulse oscillator 30 oscillates and sends a pulse, the solenoid 21 is energized for a time corresponding to its pulse width, and the movable pieces 9, 9 are opened for a predetermined time, while the counter 35 counts the number of pulses. Count "1". By the way, the Q output terminal corresponding to the count number “1” is connected to the reset terminal of the flip-flop 33. Therefore, one pulse signal is generated from the oscillator 30, and the Q output of the flip-flop 33 is
Since it becomes the Lo level, the oscillator 30 finally emits one pulse and stops, and when the prize is paid to the link prize hole 4,
The movable pieces 9 and 9 are opened only once.

When the output from the OR gate 34 becomes Lo level, the OR gate 34 is inverted and connected to the reset terminal of the counter 35, so that the counter 35 returns to the initial state. After that, the above operation is reproduced every time there is a winning in the first winning combination winning port 4.

The signal processing for the second winning combination winning port 5 is also the same as the above in principle, and the ball detection switch S ₂ is connected to the RS from the waveform shaping circuit 36.
Type flip-flop 37, oscillator 30 via OR gate 34
The wiring to the input terminal of is made.

That is, the reset input terminal of the flip-flop 37 is
Since it is connected to the Q output terminal corresponding to the count number "2" of the counter 35, the oscillator 30 oscillates by the drive signal from the OR gate 34, two pulses are sent out, and the solenoid 21 is energized twice. And the flip-flop 37 is reset.

In this way, when the ball is hit into the second prize hole 5, the movable pieces 9 and 9 are released twice.

By the way, when a ball enters the continuous winning opening 18 when the movable pieces 9, 9 are in the open state in association with the winning of the linked winning openings 4 and 5, the special drive cycle, which is the main part of the present invention, is executed.

First, the first driving mode will be described.

Reference numeral 40 is a first drive mode execution circuit, and the ball detection switch S ₃ is connected to an AND gate 42 via a waveform shaper 41. This AND gate 42, as described later,
When the final special drive cycle is reached, the signal from the ball detection switch S ₃ is prevented from passing thereafter. The output side of the AND gate 42 is connected to the set input terminal of the flip-flop 44 and the input terminal of the timer 43.
The timer 43 has a set time limit of 15 seconds. The output terminal of the timer 43, which produces a Hi level output when the set time is exhausted, is connected to the reset input terminal of the flip-flop 44. The flip-flop 44
The Q output terminal of is connected immediately before the switching circuit 31. It should be noted that the timer 43 has a function of advancing the time again when the set time is reset to zero if there is an input to the set input terminal before the expiration of the set time.

With such a connection, when there is a winning in the continuous winning hole 18, the output from the AND gate 42 sets the flip-flop 44, and the movable pieces 9 and 9 are opened,
The timer 43 is ignited as a trigger signal. When 15 seconds have passed since the ball detection switch S ₃ detected the hit ball, the set time limit of the timer 13 expires and a Hi level signal is input to the reset terminal of the flip-flop 44. For this reason, the output from the flip-flop 44 becomes Lo level due to the completion of the enacted time limit, and the first drive mode execution circuit 40
The drive of the solenoid 21 due to is stopped.

Next, the second driving mode will be described.

Reference numeral 46 is a second drive mode execution circuit, and the output terminal of the timer 43 is also connected to the set input terminal of a flip-flop 47 which gives a drive signal to the oscillator 30. When the set input from the timer 43 is applied to the flip-flop 47 as described above, the Q output terminal produces a Hi level oscillator drive signal, which is immediately transmitted to the oscillator 30.
Will not be sent to. That is, the output signal from the timer 43 is also applied to the monostable multivibrator 48 having a constant time constant. This multi vibrator 48
And the Q side output of the flip-flop 47 are input to the AND gate 23 in parallel. Therefore, when the Hi level signal is input to the multivibrator 48, the Q level output is generated at the Lo level only for the fixed time corresponding to the time constant. That is, when the output from the timer 43 is generated based on the time-up, the AND gate 49 always outputs the Lo level signal once, and the Hi level signal is output only after the predetermined time elapses.
A level signal is generated. Therefore, the Lo output signal causes the counter 35 to be temporarily reset as the time is up.

When a drive signal is sent to the oscillator 30 after a fixed time after the counter 35 is reset, the oscillator 30 starts oscillating again, the solenoid 21 is energized at each oscillation pulse, and the opening / closing operation of the movable pieces 9 and 9 is repeated. . At the same time, the number of pulses is counted by the counter 35. The Q output terminal corresponding to the count number "10" of the counter 35 is connected to the reset input terminal of the flip-flop 47, so that the movable piece is
When 9,9 have completed the opening and closing operation 10 times, the flip-flop 47 is reset and a Lo level output is generated from the Q output terminal.

Then, the special drive cycle associated with the ball detection of the ball detection switch S ₃ is completed, and the circuit returns to the initial state.

By the way, if there is a winning ball in the continuous winning hole 18 again with the movable pieces 9, 9 that are opening and closing in the special driving cycle as a guide, it will be shifted to a new special driving cycle.

That is, when the ball detection switch S ₃ again outputs a detection signal during the special drive cycle, the set input signal is sent to the flip-flop 44 and the timer 43 via the AND gate 42, respectively. In addition, the movable piece 9, 9 1 with the set time limit of the timer 43
When the first driving mode in which the opening for 5 seconds expires is executed, the set input signal is sent to both the flip-flop 47 and the monostable multivibrator 48. Flip-flop at this time
Since 47 has already been set, the state does not change even if the set signal is received again here, and the Q output remains at the Hi level, but the monostable multivibrator 48 receives the set signal for a predetermined time, Lo Generates a level signal. For this reason,
The output from the AND gate 49 is temporarily inverted to Lo level,
The oscillator 30 is stopped and the counter 35 is reset at the same time. After that, the AND gate 49 opens again, a drive signal is sent to the oscillator 30 to drive the oscillator, and the counter
35 will count the number of oscillation pulses again from zero.

Ball detection switch again during this new special drive cycle
If S ₃ detects and operates, this special drive cycle also shifts to the next special drive cycle by the same operation as described above. When the counter 35 counts the number of pulses 10, the circuit ends the special driving cycle as described above and returns to the initial state.

However, for the execution of the special drive cycle by detecting the ball detection switch S _{3 in the} cycle, for example, a limit of eight times is set in order to regulate the number of balls. Circuitry for implementing this limitation is described next.

The output side of the timer 43 is connected to the counter 44. Further, the Q output terminal corresponding to the count number "8" is connected to the input terminal of the AND gate 42 by being inverted.
Further, the reset input terminal of the counter 44 is connected to the Q output terminal of the flip-flop 47. Therefore, each time the ball detection switch S ₃ detects a ball, the counter
An input signal is added to the CK terminal of 44, and the number of that signal is measured. When this signal is counted eight times, the predetermined number is completed
A Hi level output signal is generated and inverted, and a Lo level output is applied to the AND gate 42. Therefore, the signal input to the second drive mode execution circuit 46 is cut off, and the special drive cycle is not executed regardless of how many winning balls are generated in the continuous winning hole 18. The second drive form execution circuit 46
When the input to the flip-flop 47 is cut off, a high level output is generated from the Q output terminal of the flip-flop 47, and the counter 44 is reset.

<Modification> In the above embodiment, the movable piece 9, 9 of the first drive mode is opened for a long time by the timer 43.
It may be set depending on the number of winning balls. In this case,
A ball detection switch may be provided in the ball passage of the general winning opening 19, 19 and a counter for counting the number of balls detected by the ball detection switch may be provided instead of the timer 43.

In the above embodiment, the special drive cycle is completed when the movable pieces 9 and 9 are opened and closed 10 times in the second drive mode.
It is also possible that the individual balls are completed even if they win the general winning openings 19,19. As a configuration in this case, a ball detection switch is provided in the ball passage communicating with the general winning opening 19, 19.
The number of opening / closing operations of the switch may be integrated by a counter, and the flip-flop 47 may be reset when it is measured 10 times.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example of the special drive cycle including the first drive mode and the second drive mode has been described, but the cycle may have various modes by appropriately combining the two drive modes. To be For example, you may make it open for 10 seconds and then close it once, and then open it for another 10 seconds, and then perform the continuous opening and closing, which is the second drive mode. Further, the order of the first drive mode and the second drive mode may be reversed. These changes can be easily realized by slightly changing the configuration of the control means shown in FIG.

Further, the control means for executing each drive driving cycle may be constituted by a microprocessor into which a suitable program is input.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, the present invention is capable of converting the movable piece 9 and the movable piece 9 and 9 which can be converted into a closed state in which the hit ball is not received and an open state in which the hit ball is easily received, and the movable piece 9 and 9 in the open state. Ordinary winning hole 17 that gives a normal hit to a hit ball and a continuous winning hole 18 that gives a special prize
In the pachinko machine equipped with the variable winning a prize device 3 having, the special drive cycle executed by entering the continuous winning hole 18 when the movable pieces 9, 9 are in the open state is left open for a long time. Since it is configured by combining the drive form and the second drive form in which the opening and closing operations are continued a plurality of times,
In this pachinko machine, the open / close operation of the movable pieces 9 and 9 changes, which has an excellent effect of increasing the enjoyment of pachinko games.

[Brief description of drawings]

The attached drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 shows a pachinko machine 1
2 is a front view of the variable winning device 3, FIG. 3 is a vertical side view of the same, FIG. 4 is a vertical side view of the linked winning port 4 (5), and FIG. 5 is a block showing a control means. It is a figure. 3; Variable prize winning device, 4,5: Coordination prize hole, 9,9; Movable piece, 11: Ballroom, 18: Continuous prize hole, 19,19; General prize hole, 21; Solenoid, 40; First drive Form execution circuit, 46; Second drive form execution circuit, S ₁ , S ₂ , S ₃ ; Ball detection switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A movable piece that can be converted into a closed state that does not accept a hit ball and an open state that easily accepts a hit ball, a general winning opening and a special prize in which the hit ball accepted when the movable piece is open is a normal prize. There is a variable winning device having a continuous winning opening, and a special game state is started by a hit ball that jumps into the continuous winning hole, and there is a hit ball that jumps into the continuous winning hole again during the special playing state. At this time, in the winning device of the pachinko machine provided with the control means for controlling so as to start the special game state, the special game state, the movable piece, the predetermined time limit of the timer digested to the variable winning device by the counter or counter. A first drive mode in which the open state is maintained until the count of a predetermined number of winning prizes is completed, and a continuous opening / closing operation is performed until a predetermined number of times of counting the number of winning prizes to a variable winning device by a counter is completed Winning device pachinko, characterized in that by a combination of the drive mode is made of special driving cycle constituted.