JPH07110293B2 - Pachinko machine winning device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a winning device for a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a winning device used for a pachinko machine of a property type that gives a great profit to a player when a right is generated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A game board is provided with a starting winning opening, a winning device, a variable display and a large winning opening, and when a ball hits the starting winning opening, the display state of the variable display starts to fluctuate, and after a certain period of time. If you stop, and the display result of the stopped variable display is a hit, the right will be generated as a big hit, and if the hit ball wins the winning device when the right hit occurs, the big hit is confirmed and the big winning opening is held for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times. There is known a so-called right-type pachinko machine which converts a hit ball into an easily acceptable state.

[0003]

In the conventional prize winning device used in the pachinko machine of the property type, the prize winning modes are almost the same and standardized, and it is monotonous and hardly changes and is interesting. Since it lacks, there is a problem that the player is getting tired of having less interest and impression.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art. The object of the present invention is to make the game contents of a pachinko machine of the above-mentioned property type interesting. In addition, it is intended to provide a new winning device for a pachinko machine that attracts the interest of the player.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in a winning device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention, a transparent guide frame having a ball entrance opened at the center of the upper portion is provided on the front surface of the mounting substrate. A rotating body is arranged in the guide frame, and a U-shaped sphere holding portion that can store a plurality of balls arranged in a line toward the center is provided at one position on the peripheral surface of the rotating body. The mounting board is provided with a specific sphere outlet through which only specific spheres stored in the sphere holder of the rotating body flow out, and a general sphere outlet through which spheres other than the specific sphere flow out.

[0006]

[Operation] The rotating body provided in the guide frame normally rotates in a fixed direction, and when the predetermined game condition is achieved, the rotation is stopped when the ball holding portion comes directly under the ball entrance of the guide frame. To do. Then, after a lapse of a certain period of time, it rotates and guides a specific winning ball among a plurality of winning balls stored in the ball holding portion to a specific ball exit to generate, for example, a jackpot right, and other winning balls are simply winning prizes. As a sphere, lead to the general sphere exit.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the winning device according to the present invention as seen from the front, FIG. 2 is a perspective view as seen from the back, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view. The winning device 1 is provided on the mounting substrate 3 that is also common to the variable display 2. The mounting substrate 3 includes a plate portion 3a and a window frame portion 3 below the plate portion 3a and surrounding the opening 3b.
It consists of c and.

The winning device 1 has a transparent guide frame 4 having a rear opening attached to the front surface of the plate portion 3a. The guide frame 4 is
A substantially semicircular introduction part 6 with a sphere entrance 5 opened in the upper center
And passage portions 7a, 7b extending laterally from the introduction portion 6 in the lateral direction.
The rotary body 8 is disposed inside the introduction portion 6.

The rotating body 8 is provided with a central shaft 10 projecting rearward from the through hole 9 of the plate portion 3a on the back surface thereof, and a disc 11 is integrally fixed to the projecting end thereof. In addition, a U-shaped sphere holder 12 that can store three winning balls arranged in a line toward the center is provided at one location on the peripheral surface of the rotating body 8, and the rear surface of the rotating body 8 is provided. Of the three winning balls stored in the ball holding portion 12, only a specific winning ball located at the uppermost part is formed with a notch 13 for guiding the backward.

On the plate portion 3a, the ball holding portion 1 of the rotating body 8 is provided.
Specified sphere outlet 14 for letting out only the specific winning sphere housed in 2, and a winning sphere and a sphere holding part that falls from the sphere inlet 5 of the guide frame 4 to the peripheral surface of the rotating body 8 and flows down the passage portions 7a, 7b. General ball outlets 15a and 15b for letting out winning balls other than the specific winning balls stored in 12 are provided, respectively.
Further, a pair of left and right gate pieces 16, 16 is provided at the center of the upper portion of the plate portion 3a and located at the ball entrance 5 of the guide frame 4 to guide the hit ball to fall directly below the center.

On the other hand, in the center of the back surface of the plate portion 3a, a motor mounting frame 17 and a cylindrical lead-out portion 18 for guiding the specific winning ball flowing out from the specific ball outlet 14 to the rear are formed. Cylindrical lead-out parts 19a and 19b for guiding the general winning balls flowing out from the ball outlets 15a and 15b to the rear are formed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the motor 20 is mounted on the motor mounting frame 17 with screws, and the motor shaft 21 of the motor 20 is connected to the center of the disk 11 of the rotating body 8.
As a result, the rotating body 8 is rotatably supported on the front surface of the plate portion 3a.

A U-shaped optical sensor 22 including a light emitting element and a light receiving element is attached to the motor mounting frame 17, and a part of the disk 11 of the rotating body 8 faces the U-shaped portion. Has been done. The optical sensor 22 is circuit-set so as to stop the rotation of the motor 20 when the through groove 23 formed in the disk 11 is located in the U-shaped portion under the condition of a big hit, for example.

On the other hand, the variable display 2 includes a transparent cover plate 24 which is fitted into the opening 3b of the window frame portion 3c from the rear surface side,
A frame plate 26 having a window portion 25 abutting on the back surface of the cover plate 24, a box frame 28 having a window portion 27 abutting on the back surface of the frame plate 26, and an LCD display housed inside the box frame 28. And part 29.

Box-shaped portions 3 are provided on the left and right sides of the frame plate 26.
0 and 30 are formed, and inside each of them, a total of four starting prize winning memory display lights 31 are housed. Also, the frame plate 2
A plurality of decoration indicators 32 are attached to the lower part of 6. The indicator lights 31 and 32 are visible through the cover plate 24.

[0016] The L C D display unit 29, the liquid in this embodiment
In the display mode of the crystal display structure, it is possible to display numbers "0-9" or patterns by changing the display mode.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the winning device 1 according to the present embodiment described above is applied. A game section surrounded by guide rails 34 is formed on the surface of the game board 33 of the pachinko machine, and the winning device 1 according to the present invention is provided in the approximate center of the game section. In addition, a tulip-type winning opening 35 is provided above the winning device 1, and a rotary start winning opening 36 and a special winning opening 37 are arranged vertically below. Further, passing chuckers 39, 39 having a winning ball detector 38 are provided on the left and right sides of the winning device 1. In addition, 40 is a windmill and 41 is a general winning hole.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the rotary start winning opening 36 is a rotary disc 43 which is constantly rotated horizontally by a motor 42, and a transparent guide frame which faces a part of the peripheral edge of the rotary disc 43. 44, and a semicircular cutout portion 45 is provided at one peripheral edge of the turntable 43. Also, the guide frame 4
A ball entrance 46 is provided at the center of the upper part of the ball.

The rotation speed of the turntable 43 is set so as to rotate 6 times per minute, for example, and the cutout recess 4
When 5 passes through the ball entrance 46 of the guide frame 44, the hit ball on the upper surface of the turntable 43 and waiting at the ball entrance 46 is accommodated in the notch recess 45 and carried to the back side of the mounting plate 47. The winning ball detector 50 detects the winning ball by dropping it from an opening 49 provided in a bottom plate 48 that receives the lower surface of 43.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the special winning opening 37 is a horizontally long opening 52 formed in the mounting substrate 51, and a recessed chamber provided on the back side of the mounting substrate 51 and continuous with the opening 52. 53 and an opening / closing door 54 whose lower end is pivotally supported so as to open / close the opening 52.

The opening / closing door 54 is connected to a solenoid 56 via a link mechanism 55, and is normally closed as shown by the solid line in FIG. 10 and is in a first state in which it does not accept a hit ball. As described above, the ball is opened and converted into the second state in which it is easy to receive a hit ball. A winning ball detector 57 is provided at the exit of the recessed chamber 53. Reference numeral 58 is a cycle indicator provided on the front surface of the decorative plate 59.

Next, the operation of the winning device 1 of this embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the rotating body 8 is normally rotated by the motor 20 in a fixed direction (clockwise direction shown by an arrow in FIG. 4 in this embodiment). Further, the open / close wing pieces 35a, 35a of the winning opening 35 are placed upright as shown by a solid line in FIG. In this state, when the hit ball passes either of the passing chuckers 39, 39 and is detected by the winning ball detector 38, the display portion 29 of the variable display 2 is changed by the detection signal, and stops after a lapse of a certain time. .
And the display at the time of the stop is a preset display (for example, "1,1,1", "7,7,7", etc.)
After that, the opening / closing wings 35a, 35a of the winning opening 35 are opened for a certain period of time (for example, about 6 seconds) so as to easily accept a hit ball as shown by the chain line in FIG. In addition, the rotating body 8 of the winning device 1 stops with the ball holding portion 12 positioned directly below the ball entrance 5.

Therefore, the opening / closing wing pieces 35a of the winning opening 35,
The winning ball received between 35a is guided from the ball entrance 5 of the winning device 1 to the introducing portion 6 and drops onto the peripheral surface of the rotating body 8, and is stored in the ball holding portion 12 with a high probability. And the ball holding unit 1
When 3 winning balls are accommodated in 2, the winning balls after that are spilled to the left and right and pass through the passage portions 7a, 7b, and the general ball exits 15a, 1
The outflow is guided to 5b.

In this state, when a certain time elapses, the rotor 8
4 rotates in the clockwise direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 4, and guides the top winning ball out of the three winning balls housed in the ball holding portion 12 to the specific ball outlet 14 and guides the remaining two winning balls. Is passage 7
It is discharged to a and is guided to flow out to the general ball outlet 15a. Then, the specific winning ball guided outflow to the specific ball outlet 14 is detected by the winning ball detector 60, and thereby the right as a "big hit" is generated.

On the other hand, in this right generation state, the hit ball waiting at the ball entrance 46 of the rotary start winning port 36 is accommodated in the notched concave portion 45 of the turntable 43 and carried to the rear, and falls from the opening 49. When it is detected by the winning ball detector 50, the solenoid 56 of the special winning opening 37 is excited, and the opening / closing door 54 thereof is opened.
Until a certain time (for example, 29 seconds) has elapsed, or until a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls are won.

In this way, when the "right is generated" state, the special winning opening 37 is provided on condition that the ball is hit into the rotary start winning opening 36.
The opening operation of the opening / closing door 54 is performed in a predetermined cycle (for example, 16
Times) promised. As a result, a large number of winning balls are generated, and the player can obtain a great profit.

[0027]

As described above, according to the winning device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention, a ball holding portion capable of storing a plurality of winning balls is formed on the peripheral surface of the rotating body, and the ball holding portion is formed. It is designed to guide only a specific winning ball out of the plurality of winning balls stored in the above to generate a right of big hit, so that a plurality of winning balls can be played within a limited fixed time. You can enjoy the thrill and excitement accumulated in the ball holding part,
It can attract the interest of the player and make the pachinko game more interesting.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a winning device according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the front.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view seen from the back surface.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the same portion in section.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a rotary start winning opening.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a section of the same portion.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a special winning opening.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a main part of a special winning opening.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 winning device 3 mounting substrate 4 guide frame 5 ball inlet 8 rotating body 12 ball holding portion 14 specific ball outlet 15a, 15b general ball outlet

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A front surface of the mounting substrate is provided with a transparent guide frame having a sphere entrance opened at the center of the upper part, and a rotating body is arranged in the guide frame, and one portion of the peripheral surface of the rotating body is provided. , A U-shaped sphere holder that can store a plurality of spheres arranged in a line toward the center is provided, and only the specific spheres stored in the sphere holder of the rotating body flow out to the attachment substrate. A winning device for a pachinko machine, which is provided with a specific ball outlet and a general ball outlet through which balls other than the specific ball flow out.