JPH0755246B2 - A device for capturing the number of unit balls of a game machine using a pachinko ball - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of use) The present invention is a format in which a predetermined number of Pachicon balls are used as a unit in a game, and a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid according to the weight of the game result. Game machine, in particular, a device for capturing the number of unit balls thereof.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, the idea of configuring a throttle machine using a pachinko ball has already been proposed.

To enable the playing of a throttle machine using a pachinko ball is to be able to use the same hard ball as a pachinko machine that has been widely used in the past in a single playground. Therefore, the pachinko ball replenishing device in the pachinko ball store can be used. Also, there is an advantage that the counting device and the centralized control device can be shared without being discarded, and therefore, a pachinko machine and a throttle machine can be mixed in the same island facility.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in order to put the game machine into practical use, some problems different from those of a game machine using coins must be solved.

One of them is how to take in a predetermined number of pachinko balls as one unit and continuously take them into the game machine.

In addition, it is desirable that the unit ball number capturing device has a form in which a plurality of units can be applied to one game, that is, a game player can select a grade of a unit to be applied to the game.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a unit ball number taking-in device suitable for taking a predetermined number of pachinko balls as one unit into a game machine.

(Means for Solving Problems) A unit ball number capturing device according to the present invention includes a downflow gutter from an upper plate provided on the front surface of a game machine and an uptake gutter connected to the downflow gutter. A ball take-in device that takes in and releases a predetermined number of balls in the middle of the downflow gutter is provided, and the ball take-in device is operated by an electric drive means to take in balls for the number of unit balls It was configured.

In this ball intake device, for example, as shown in the following embodiment, a seesaw piece is provided tiltably on the upstream side and the downstream side of a downflow gutter, and an upstream claw and a downstream claw are provided on the seesaw piece with respect to each other. Separately by a distance and formed so that the flow of the ball in the downflow gutter can be blocked alternately, the tilting position of this seesaw piece is switched by the electric drive means so that the downstream claw prevents the ball from flowing down. The downstream claw is changed to a state in which the downward flow of the ball is opened to take in the balls for the number of unit balls.

(Function) The pachinko ball that has flowed down from the upper plate on the front of the game machine into the downflow gutter is prevented from flowing down by the ball uptake device provided in the middle of the downflow gutter, and is temporarily taken in and retained. It will be in the state of being.

The number of spheres retained by the sphere capturing device is set to correspond to a predetermined number of unit spheres.

When the ball driving device is operated by the electric driving means in this way, the ball that has been temporarily held is released and goes downstream,
As many pachinko balls as the number of unit balls are taken from the downflow gutter into the intake gutter, and a single number of pachinko balls can be taken in by a single operation of the ball take-in device. Is possible.

Further, since the number of times the electric drive means is controlled coincides with the number of units played in the game on the gaming machine, the control becomes easy.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on an example of the slot machine shown in the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a hollow box-shaped machine frame, 2 is a front reinforcing plate fixed to the opening end face of the machine frame 1, and 3 is openably and closably attached by upper and lower hinges 2A and 2B. It is the front frame,
The front frame 3 includes a receiving metal fitting 5A on the machine frame 1 side, a hook piece 5B corresponding thereto, and a locking device 5 that can be unlocked by sliding the hook piece 5B in a vertical direction with a lock 5C. A case 10A of the game apparatus 10 is attached to the front surface frame 3 from the back surface at a position slightly near the center thereof. In the case 10A, three rotary drums 6 are juxtaposed so as to be rotatable around a rotary shaft 7, and one side thereof partially enters the opening 3A of the front frame 3. In addition, 8 shows a control apparatus.

Front Frame Front The front of the front frame 3 is provided with a front cover 12 having a window frame 12A, a visible window 12B and an operation panel 12C.
Covers the opening 3A of the front frame 3. A portion of the front frame 3 above the window frame 12A on the front side is covered with the display cover 11.

(B) Front cover In FIGS. 1 and 2, the operation panel 12 of the front cover 12 is shown.
In part C, a start lever 13 that can start the game device 10 at a fixed bet point (an integral multiple of the number of unit balls), a stop button 14 and a stop indicator 15 assigned to each rotating drum 6, and a speaker. 9 is provided.

Just below the operation panel 12C of the front cover 12, there is an upper plate 16 for supplying pachinko balls to the ball capturing device 30, and on the right side thereof, the betting point grade, that is, the number of unit balls. For selecting a constant (integer) to be multiplied by
Third grade selection switches 17A, 17B and 17C and first, second and third grade indicators 18A, 18B and 18C indicating that they are selectable are arranged. In this embodiment, the minimum number of unit balls to be played in the game is 5, and the bet grades are 1 unit (5 balls), 2 units (10 balls), 3
It is one of the units (15 balls). When the number of pachinko balls in the upper plate 16 is 1 unit or more and less than 2 units, the first grade indicator 18A, and when the number of pachinko balls is 2 units or more and less than 3 units, the first and second grade indicators 18A And 18B are 3 units or more, the first, second and third grade indicators 18A, 18B, 18C
Lights up. When the first button "5" of the three grade selection switches 17 is pressed in the selectable state, the unit of the ball capturing device 30 (5 balls) is the second button "10". When is pressed, 2 units (10 balls) are taken in, and when the third button “15” is pressed, 3 units (15 balls) are taken in.

When the start lever 13 is pushed, the three rotary drums 6 rotate simultaneously. By pressing any stop button 14, the corresponding rotating drum 6 is stopped. Various symbols (predetermined figures, symbols, numbers, etc. as shown in FIG. 10) are continuously attached to the outer peripheral surface of each rotary drum 6 in the circumferential direction. Of the codes, for each rotary drum 6, the upper stage, the middle stage, and the lower stage, three in total, that is, nine in total, are simultaneously displayed from the front visible window 12B. In order to specify the combination direction of these nine display codes, in the visible window 12B,
A directional line 19 (see FIG. 4) consisting of three horizontal lines and two diagonal lines is provided at the top and bottom of the visible window 12.
Next to B, a bet line display lamp 20 is provided next to the visible window 12B to indicate whether or not a combination on each direction line is to be bet. These bet line display lamps 20 collectively constitute a "bet rate indicator". Reference numeral 21 is a digital display type score indicator, and when one of predetermined combinations (prize mode) of the rotary drum 6 is lined up on the line bet by the player, promised according to the weight of the combination. The obtained score is displayed on the score indicator 21, and the prize ball discharging device 40 discharges the number of prize balls corresponding to the upper plate 16 from the upper plate outlet 16A.

Below the front cover 12, a lower tray 22 having an ashtray 22A and a ball pulling lever 22B is provided. When the upper plate 16 is full, the prize balls from the prize ball discharging device 40 are discharged to the lower plate 22 from the lower plate outlet 22C. On the plate, when the storage balls of the lower plate 22 become excessive, the storage excessive indicator 23 lights up and issues a warning,
Sliding the ball pulling lever 22B encourages to reduce the storage amount. 24 is a return button (return switch) for allowing the player to return a fraction less than the minimum unit number of balls from the upper plate 16 to the ball capturing device 30. This is a return button 24 that is also operated when it is desired to return the ball in the upper plate 16 to the lower plate 22 (payment) when it is desired to cancel.

(B) Display Cover The display cover 11 is provided with a prize mode list 11A that displays a predetermined combination of the rotary drum 6 and its score, and is provided so that it can be illuminated from the inside. (See Fig. 4). The prize mode is 2, 7,
There are two main categories: payment of 10, 14, and 15 units of prize balls, and payment of 15 units of prize balls under "Large Bonus Game" and "Bonus Game." It The combination that shifts from the general game state to the "large bonus game" is
In this embodiment, three diamond patterns "*" shown in FIG. 10 are prepared, and a combination for shifting to "bonus game" is when three numbers "7" are prepared. Reference numeral 25 is a large bonus display for displaying the acquisition of the right of the "big bonus game", and 26 is a bonus display for displaying the acquisition of the right of the "bonus game". 27 is a profit and loss indicator for displaying the difference between the number of balls or units of the player and the number of prize balls or units paid out. Further, the profit / loss display machine 27 may display the number of times of right transferred to the big bonus game of this game machine today. 28 is a stop indicator (completion lamp) that is turned on when the number of prize balls paid reaches a predetermined number, and 29 is a pilot lamp.

Front frame back side In FIGS. 3 and 4, a mounting board is provided on the back side of the front frame 3.
31 is provided and the game device is opened from the central opening of the mounting substrate.
Ten cases 10A are protruding. The mounting substrate 31 includes a ball capturing device 30, a downflow gutter 32 to the ball capturing device, and an intake gutter 33 for capturing a unit number of rigid balls captured by the ball capturing device.
And a ball pulling trough 34 (FIGS. 4 and 5) for guiding a hard sphere having a fraction less than the number of unit spheres downward.

Further, on the mounting substrate 31, there are an upper tank 37 provided with a ball break detector 38, a discharge chute 39 from the upper tank 37, a prize ball discharging device 40, a prize ball discharging gutter 41, an overflow device 42, and an overflow gutter 43. It is provided. Above the machine casing 1, in order to receive a ball from a common supply gutter 35 provided as an island facility, a chute 35A, a supply device 36, and a downflow gutter 35B are provided for each game machine.
The lower end of the downflow gutter 35B faces the upper hole 1a formed in the upper plate 1A of the machine frame 1. The upper tank 37 is drained from the replenishing device 36.
The balls are replenished through 35B, and the balls in the upper tank 37 are guided to the prize ball discharging device 40 by the lead-out chute 39. The prize balls discharged from the prize ball discharging device 40 at the time of scoring flow out to the upper plate outlet 16A through the prize ball discharge trough 41, and when the upper plate 16 becomes full and the overflow device 42 operates, the overflow balls overflow. Gutter
It flows through 43 to the lower plate outlet 22C.

Further, the mounting board 31 is provided with an upper tank ball removing device 44 adjacent to the prize ball discharging device 40, and all the balls from the upper tank 37 to the prize ball discharging device 40 are required when the store is closed. It is pulled out and guided downward through the ball drop trough 45. The balls drawn out from the ball gutter 45 and the intake gutter 33 of the ball intake device 30 are discharged into a confluent gutter 46 provided below the inside of the machine casing 1, and the lower plate 1B of the machine casing 1,
It is collected in the collection gutter 48 through the drop gutter 46A facing the lower hole 1b formed in the base 47. Also, the fractional number of balls led out of the ball pulling trough 34 of the ball capturing device 30 is returned to the lower tray 22.

Ball Intake Device FIG. 5 shows a specific example of a ball ingestion device 30 of a type in which a predetermined number of pachinko balls are taken in. The ball take-in device 30 has a seesaw piece 50 provided in the upper middle part of the downflow gutter 32 so as to be tiltable between the upstream side and the downstream side.
Alternately, the downstream claw 50B and the downstream claw 50B are put into the downflow gutter 32, and the ball downflow blocking position is changed to take in a predetermined number of pachinko balls (5).

The seesaw piece 50 extends along the downflow gutter 32.
Immediately above 32 is swingably supported by a shaft 51 orthogonal to the flow direction, and the lower end of a plunger 52A of an intake solenoid 52 located above is pivotally mounted on the upper surface on the downstream side. Therefore, when the ball capturing device 30 is in the normal non-operating state, the seesaw piece 50 is pushed down by the weight of the plunger 52A and is in the "ball blocking state" shown in FIG. That is,
The upstream side claw (upstream claw) 50A is located outside the downflow gutter 32 at a release position allowing passage of a ball, and the downstream side claw (downstream claw) 50B enters the downflow gutter 32 to prevent the ball from flowing down. It is in the blocking position. Then, when the take-in solenoid 52 is energized and the ball take-in device 30 is activated, the seesaw piece 50 is pulled up on its downstream side to be in the "take-in state". That is, the upstream claw 50A enters the downflow gutter 32 to a blocking position to prevent the ball from flowing down, and the downstream claw 50B exits the downflow gutter 32 to a release position to allow the ball to flow down.

In the normal ball blocking state (FIG. 5), the aligned ball row in the downflow gutter 32 passes under the upstream claw 50A and reaches the downstream claw 50B.
The leading ball is blocked from flowing down by the downstream claw 50B. Whether or not a predetermined number of pachinko balls are present is determined by a unit ball number detector provided at each length position corresponding to the number of unit balls along the downflow gutter 32, that is, the first sensor 53 (5 balls are detected). detection),
It is confirmed by the second sensor 54 (detecting 10 spheres) and the third sensor 55 (detecting 15 spheres). In this example, the sensor 53
Reference numerals 55 to 55 are reflection type photosensors each including a pair of light emitting and receiving elements.

Next, when the tilting position of the seesaw piece 50 is switched to the take-in state, the upstream claw 50A enters between the fifth and sixth pieces, which are the breaks of the number of unit balls, and the sixth piece At the same time as blocking the flow of pachinko balls after the eyes, the downstream nail 50B is the first
Leave the second pachinko ball. Therefore, the five pachinko balls located between the upstream claws 50A and the downstream claws 50B are divided as the unit number of balls, and are taken from the downflow gutter 32 into the intake gutter 33. The number of pachinko balls actually taken in is 33
It is confirmed by a passing ball detector 56 provided on the way. If the number of passing balls actually taken in is less than the number of unit balls, some accident in the section where the seesaw piece 50 exists,
For example, it is judged that there is a defective flow-down due to dust on the flow-down gutter 32 or a corrective action by a piano wire, and the switching valve 57 of the intake gutter 33 is switched from the intake side to the return gutter 58 side. By deenergizing the intake solenoid 52, the seesaw piece 50 returns from the intake state to the blocking state.

When the number of balls in the ball capturing device 30 is less than the minimum unit number of balls,
In order to enable removal of this fractional number of pachinko balls, a ball outlet 32A is provided on the bottom plate of the downflow gutter 32 at a position corresponding to the leading position of the row of balls parked on the downflow gutter 32. The ball outlet 32A is normally closed by a slide plate 59 arranged along the lower surface of the bottom plate of the flow gutter 32, but by activating a ball discharge solenoid 60 arranged below the flow gutter 32, the flow gutter 32A. Slide along 32 to open the ball outlet 32A. Ball outlet 32A
When the is opened, the fractional balls in the ball capturing device 30
It is returned from 32A to the lower tray 22 through the ball trough 34.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the ball drop solenoid 60 is provided to automatically return the fractional balls to the lower plate 22, so that the player has to operate the return button 24 to return the fractional balls. There is no. The passing ball detector 56 detects the "ball light" by the first sensor even if the player can manually open the ball outlet 32A, and therefore immediately after the operation of the ball capturing device 30 that has operated. When the player performs a ball-pulling operation, some of the pachinko balls that should be taken in (for example, 5) are in the order of the number of pachinko balls (for example, the fourth,
The fifth ball) is to prevent fraudulent acts that are profitable to the play point from being returned to the player from the ball drop gutter 34 without being taken in by the downflow gutter 33. After confirming the number of balls actually taken in, the game machine can be operated.

In FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 of the game device, reference numeral 61 is an assembly frame of the game device main body housed in the case 10A. The rotating shaft 7, which is rotatably supported by the assembly frame 61, serves as a play power drive device.
A motor 62 provided on the lower portion of the side surface of 61 is rotationally driven via a pulley 63A, a belt 63B and a pulley 63C. Three boss members 64 are fixed to the rotary shaft 7 at intervals in the axial direction, and a spring 66 is fitted between the boss members 64, 64. Further, the central base portion 6A of the drum 6 is rotatably fitted on the cylindrical peripheral surface of each boss member 64. On one side surface of the drum 6, a ratchet 65 that rotates about the rotation shaft 7 is fixed by screws, and normally, each boss member 64 is provided.
The drum 6 is adapted to rotate together with each drum 6 on its peripheral surface.

In FIG. 6 to FIG. 8, 67 is a play stopping device provided for each drum 6, and includes a stop solenoid 68 and a stop claw 69 that meshes with ratchet teeth when the stop solenoid is energized.
It consists of and. When the stop pawl 69 falls into the ratchet 65 and meshes with the ratchet teeth, the rotation of the ratchet 65 and thus the drum 6 is constrained at the position at that time and becomes immobile, and the central base portion 6A of the drum 6 and the cylindrical upper circumferential surface of the boss member 64 are It will be in a slipping state. With such a configuration, it is possible to individually stop each drum 6 without stopping the rotation of the common rotating shaft 7 using the common motor 62.

In order to individually detect the stop position of the drum, the side surface of each rotary drum 6 is an encoder disk provided with a 6-bit code hole 70, and the light emitting element 71A for this code hole 70 is provided.
And the stop position detector 71 composed of the light receiving element 71B and the mounting frame 61
It is provided in. The stop position detector 71 is located at a position 90 degrees apart from the central directional line 19 to be exact, but the order of the marks (graphics, symbols, numbers, etc.) continuously attached to the outer peripheral surface of the drum 6 is determined. Therefore, a static figure etc. can be specified on the central direction line 19, and if this can be specified, the visible window 12
It is possible to specify a total of 9 figures, such as the top, middle, and bottom displayed from B. FIG. 10 shows the number of the same patterns as the code attached to each drum 6.

Table 1 below shows the encoding code of the stop position.

In the columns of "1" to "5" in the table, the bits belonging to tracks 1 to 5 of the encoder disk shown in FIG.
The "S" column shows the strobe bits belonging to the outermost track S. As shown in FIG. 9 (B), there are 21 stop positions "A" to "U" to be detected, and "1" is output from the strobe bit S every time the drum 6 passes the detection position. There is. In other words, if the strobe signal is generated from this strobe bit, the drum 6 is rotating,
If the strobe signal is not generated, the drum 6 has stopped rotating. Therefore, it is used as a means for confirming the rotation of the drum 6 and a fraud detecting means. For example, when the drum 6 is rotating (with strobe signal), the stop button 14
When is pressed, it is “normal operation”, but when the stop button 14 is pressed while the drum 6 is stopped (no strobe signal), it can be judged as “abnormal operation”. it can. The latter abnormal state occurs when the store clerk manually holds the rotation of the drum 6 in a combination of the specific prize modes and presses the stop button 14, that is, when an illegal act is performed. It is a thing.

Prize Ball Ejecting Device FIG. 11 shows a specific example of the prize ball ejecting device 40 for ejecting prize balls with an arbitrary number of pachinko steel balls (here, five) as the unit number of balls.

The prize ball discharge device 40 includes a bent downflow gutter 73 that connects the lead-out chute 39 and the prize ball discharge gutter 41 (see FIG. 3), a blocking position for blocking the ball downflow of the downflow gutter 73, and a ball downflow. It has a fan-shaped cam 74 that can be converted into an allowed release position, and a discharge solenoid 75 that rotates the cam 74 around a shaft 74B provided at a required position of the fan to switch from the blocking position to the release position.

The flow-down gutter 73 includes an inclined guide gutter part 73A facing the cam 74, a flow control gutter part 73B continuing to the upstream side of the guide gutter part 73A, and a rectifying gutter bent at about 90 degrees from the flow control gutter part 73B. The pressure reducing portion 73D is provided by a step in the middle of the rectifying gutter portion 73C. Further, in the curved passage portion of approximately 90 degrees which is the boundary between the flow regulating trough portion 73B and the flow regulating portion 73C, a turning portion 73E for changing the flowing down prize ball by approximately 90 degrees is provided at the outer corner. is there.

The length of the guide trough portion 73A and the flow regulating portion 73C is the turning portion at the unit prize ball number (fifth) B5 counting from the prize ball B1 blocked by the cam 74.
It is set to contact the 73E. Further, the relationship with the alignment portion 73C is such that the position where the fifth prize ball B5 contacts the sixth prize ball B6 occurs above the center of the fifth prize ball B1. . With this structure, the ball pressure of the prize ball on the upstream side of the sixth prize ball B5 is the fifth prize ball B5 in contact with the turning portion 73E.
Acts to push down vertically. Therefore, when the cam 74 reaches the release position shown by the dotted line, the first to fifth series of prize balls continuously and smoothly flow down,
The sixth prize ball collides with the deflecting portion 73E and the downflow direction is changed by about 90 degrees, so that it takes time to pass. That is, the sixth prize ball B1 is delayed with respect to the fifth prize ball B1, and the interval between them becomes longer. Therefore, when paying an integral multiple of the number of unit prize balls, each time the unit number of prize balls (5) passes, a break can be made in the flow of the prize balls, and the cam 74 can surely operate in time. It is possible to return to the blocking position.

Reference numeral 76 is a photoelectric type count sensor provided at the position of the second prize ball B2, and 76A indicates its detection position. When the first to seventh prize balls are blocked by the cam 74 as shown in FIG. 11, the count sensor 76 detects the second prize ball B2 and its output is in a rising state. It is in. First
The sensor 77 is a sensor for confirming whether or not there are spheres having the number of unit prize spheres, and detects the fifth prize sphere B5 in the figure.

The prize ball from the guide gutter portion 73A of the prize ball discharge device 40 is released to the prize ball discharge gutter 41 (see FIG. 3). As shown in FIG. 12, a switching valve 78, which is a component of the upper tank ball removing device 44, is provided in the middle of the prize ball discharge gutter 41. The switching valve 78 normally opens the prize ball discharge gutter 41 side as shown in FIG. 13 (A), and switches to the ball discharge gutter 45 side as shown in FIG. 13 (B) when removing the ball. To be A rotary rod 79 is fixed to the rotary shaft 78A of the switching valve 78 on the outer surface of the prize ball discharge trough 41.
The tip pin 79A of the is an operating rod 80 that can swing around the support shaft 80A.
It is loosely fitted in the slit 80B. The operating rod 80 is usually
It is pulled by the spring 81, and holds the switching valve 78 in a position where the prize ball discharge gutter 41 side shown in FIG. 13 (A) is opened. When the operating rod 80 is rotated against the spring 81 by urging the ball-removing solenoid 79 fixed to the side surface of the prize ball discharge trough 41, the switching valve 78 causes the ball-removing valve shown in FIG. 13 (B). Switched to gutter 45 side.

FIG. 14 shows a portion of an overflow gutter 43 which follows the prize ball discharge gutter 41, and a standing wall 42A for constituting an overflow device is provided at a portion of the upper tray outlet 16A. The height of the standing wall 42A is equivalent to one ball, and normally the prize ball is guided to the upper plate outlet 16A. However, when the upper plate is full, the prize balls flow over the standing wall 42A to the overflow gutter 43 side and are discharged to the lower plate 22. When the lower tray 22 is also full, the overflow detector 82 attached to the lower end of the overflow gutter 43 is activated, and the excessive storage indicator 23 (refer to FIG. 1).
May be turned on and the operation of the prize ball discharging device 40 may be stopped.

Control Device FIG. 15 is the control device 8 (FIG. 2) of the above-mentioned embodiment using a microcomputer.

Microcomputer is basically CPU200, ROM201 and
It consists of RAM202. A non-volatile memory is used for the RAM 202. A program for controlling the CPU 200 is written in the ROM 201, and the CPU 200 fetches external data required from the input port 203 in accordance with this program, or while exchanging data with the RAM 202. The data that has been subjected to arithmetic processing and, if necessary, processed is output to the output port 204 or the voice IC (voice circuit) 205.

16 to 28 show programs written in the ROM 201.

The main routine is shown in FIG. 16, and includes "input detection process", "grade selection process", "ball loading process", "game start process", "drum rotation process", "drum stop process", "judgment process", and "prize ball". Ejection process "Stopping process""Processing mode update"
Each process is defined. Also, as shown in FIG.
The "general game" and "special game" processes are defined in the subroutine of the judgment process, and the "prize ball number calculation" process is defined in the general game and special game processes. .
Each of the "grade selection process", "ball loading process", "game start process", "drum rotation process", "drum stop process", "judgment process", and "prize ball discharge process" is performed in process mode 1 to process mode 7. It is done sequentially. When the "update flag" becomes "1" in any of the subroutines from "input detection processing" to "stop processing", the processing mode is updated to the next processing mode (processing mode update) The update flag is set to "0" to return to the first "input detection process".

Confirmation of existence of minimum unit sphere number In FIG. 16, when the program starts, the microcomputer enters "input detection processing" (step). First, the microcomputer is the input port
A port designation signal is given to 203, and it is checked whether the first sensor 53 of the ball capturing device 30 has a pachinko ball for a predetermined time. That is, in step 1.04 of FIG. 17, when the first sensor 53 detects a sphere and rises, the rising timer is set (1.08) and it is checked whether the sphere exists for a predetermined timer time. (1.03, 1.09), if the presence of a sphere can be confirmed, the rising timer is reset and the "sphere present flag" is set.
To “” (1.09, 1.11, 1.12).

On the other hand, when the first sensor 53 does not detect a sphere, it is determined whether it is a temporary one based on the operation of the sphere capturing device 30 or a continuous one caused by the absence of the sphere. To make the determination, the CPU sets the fall timer when the sphere is no longer detected (1.06, 1.13). When the sphere is detected within this timer time, the fall timer is canceled as a temporary one (1.14, 1.15). If no sphere is detected even after the timer time has elapsed and the first sensor 53 is off, it means that there is no sphere, so the "no ball flag" is set to "1" and the "ball presence flag" is set to " Set it back to 0 "(1.16 to 1.18).

Steps 1.19 to 1.27 are for removing the ball when the player or the clerk presses the return switch 24 (Fig. 1) during a period other than the ball capturing process (process mode 2) described later. ) Is a program that activates 60 to remove the ball of the intake device 30. That is, when the return switch 24 is pressed and it is confirmed that the operation mode is other than the processing mode 2, the "ball removal flag" is set to "1" to activate the ball removal solenoid 60 (1.0
2, 1.19 to 1.21). Then set the "ball removal timer" (1.0
1, 1.22 to 1.24), and after the ball removal timer ends, the ball non-ball flag and the ball removal flag are reset to "0" to stop the operation of the ball removal device (1.22, 1.25 to 1.27).

Grade Selection Processing Subsequently, the grade selection processing of processing mode = 1 is entered (16th
Figure step).

In Fig. 18, CPU "ball presence flag" and "no ball flag"
See if is "1" (3.02, 3.03).

(A) In the case of no ball When the "no ball flag" is "1", the "no ball timer" is set, and the "update flag" is set to "1". Return to the routine (3.03 to 3.05).

(B) When there is a ball If the "ball presence flag" is "1", the grade display of the betting rate starts (3.02). In this way, the state of the "sphere flag" is "1",
That is, the grade selection process is performed after checking the sphere in the steps (1.09, 1.11, 1.12) of FIG. 17 described above when the pachinko sphere flows down the downflow trough 32, the first, second, third
This is because the output of each of the sensors appears as a pulse train that is a repetition of ON-OFF, and the judgment as to whether a sphere actually exists is erroneously made instantaneously. In addition, the first sensor
Only in 53, the presence or absence of a sphere is identified, and the other second and third sensors do not take such means.
This is because the 32 balls are aligned and arranged in a line, and if the presence or absence of the sphere is determined by the first sensor 53, the presence or absence of the sphere for the remaining second and third sensors is also determined.

If the sphere capturing device 30 has 3 units of spheres, the first to third sensors 53, 54, 55 have only 2 units of spheres, and only the first and second sensors 53, 54 have 1 unit. If there are only unit balls, only the first sensor 53 is ON.

When the third sensor 55 is ON, the grade indicator 18C is turned on (3.06, 3.12 to 3.14), and it is displayed that a bet of 3 units, that is, "wager rate 3" can be selected. Second sensor
When 54 is ON, the grade indicator 18B is turned on (3.07, 3.15 to 3.17) to display that "wager rate 2" can be selected. If the first sensor 54 is ON, the grade indicator 18A is turned on (3.08, 3.18 to 3.20) to display that "wager rate 1" can be selected. Therefore, the player can select any one of the three grade selection switches if all three grade indicators 18A, 18B, and 18C are lit.
You can press one to bet on the game for the desired number of units or betting rate.

Assuming that only one unit is bet by pressing the grade selection switch 17A, the CPU sets the number of times of capturing by the ball capturing device 30 to "1" and sets the "bet percentage display 1", that is, the bet line display lamp 20.
Center one of them is lit and the center horizontal line 19
Informs the player that is the betting line targeted for betting (3.11, 3.21 to 3.23). Then, the capture timer is set, the "ball presence flag" is returned to "0", the "update flag" is set to "1", and the subroutine in FIG. 18 returns to the main routine in FIG. 16 (3.24 to 3.26). ).

When the grade selection switch 17B is pressed and two units are bet, the number of times of taking-in is set to "2" and the "bet ratio display 2", that is, the two bet line display lamps 20 belonging to the upper and lower horizontal lines 19
Lights up and proceed to step 3.23 (3.10, 3.27 ~ 3.2
9). At step 3.23, the bet line display lamp 20 in the center is turned on, and as a result, it is displayed that the three horizontal lines 19 at the upper, middle, and lower sides are to be bet. The "flag" is returned to "0", the "update flag" is set to "1", and the process returns (3.24 to 3.26).

When the grade selection switch 17C is pressed and three units are bet, the number of times of taking in is set to "3" and the "bet percentage display 3", that is, the two bet line display lamps 20 belonging to the diagonal line are lit. Proceed to step 3.29 (3.09, 3.30 to 3.32). In step 3.29, the bet line display lamps 20 of the two upper and lower directional lines are turned on, and the process proceeds to step 3.23. In step 3.23, the central bet line display lamp 20 is turned on. That is, the upper, middle, and lower three horizontal lines 19 and the two diagonal lines 19 make up a total of 5
Display that all lines are eligible for betting. Then, set the capture timer, set the "sphere flag" back to "0",
Set "Update flag" to "1" and return (3.24 to 3.2
6).

In this way, when any grade selection switch is pressed, there is a bet rate. If there is a bet rate, the start switch (start lever 19) will be ON.
Waiting for this to be done, set the processing mode to "3" and jump to the game start processing (Fig. 20) described later (3.01, 3.3).
3, 3.34).

Ball Capture Processing When the betting rate is determined in the processing mode = 1, the ball capture processing in the processing mode = 2 is subsequently performed (step in FIG. 16).

In FIG. 19, the CPU executes step 3.22 of grade selection processing.
Check to see if the number of spheres set in is greater than "0" (5.03). If it is larger than "0", the intake solenoid 52 of the ball intake device 30 is energized (5.03), and the number of balls actually taken into the intake gutter 33 is determined by the count sensor, that is, the passing ball detector 56. Check whether the number of spheres (5) has been detected (5.08). When you can confirm the acquisition of the predetermined 5 pieces,
Decrement the number of captures by -1 and set the "ball capture timer" and return (5.09, 5.10).

The step of the program is the start switch (lever 19)
Unless is turned on, the process returns to step 5.03 again, and steps 5.03-5.06-5.07-5.08-5.09-5.10 are repeated, and each time, the number of fetches is decreased by -1. The number of captures is returned to "0" when the bet rate is 1, the first round, and the bet rate 2 is 2.
Since the third round and the betting rate 3 are the third round, the capturing device 30
Is only once when the bet rate is 1, and twice when the bet rate is 2,
When the bet rate is 3, it operates only 3 times in total (5.03, 5.06-5.0
9). That is, the pulling-up operation of the downstream claw 50B of the seesaw piece 50 by the intake solenoid 52 is performed a corresponding number of times,
5 bets, 10 bets, 15 bets
The individual is taken in.

The set time of the "ball take-in timer" set in step 5.10 is set as one unit in the seesaw piece 50 (5
This is to confirm the normal uptake into the uptake gutter 33, and in the normal case, from the time when the first ball is ejected from the ball uptake device 30, the last ball passes the passing ball detector 56. It defines the time it takes to pass. As long as the normal ball capture for each unit is repeated, the ball capture timer is set again before the timer time expires and the time does not expire (5.1
0).

When the spheres have been successfully captured for a specified number of units, the number of captures becomes "0" (5.03). When the import count becomes “0”,
The CPU releases the capture timer, sets the processing mode to "1", and returns (5.04, 5.05). Therefore, the start lever 13
Wait until is pressed, and jump to the game start process (FIG. 20) for process mode = 3 (3.01, 3.33, 3.34).

If the specified number of balls does not flow within the specified time due to dust on the downflow gutter 32 or due to misconduct by inserting the piano wire, the ball capture timer is not reset in step 5.10. The judgment of "whether the ball capture timer has ended" in step 5.07 is YES. In the case of YES, the operation of the ball capturing device 30 is stopped, the "return timer" is set, and the switching valve 57 of the returning device is switched to the return trough 58 side (5.11 to 5.13). As a result, the number of balls less than the number of unit balls once flowing into the intake gutter 33 is returned from the return gutter 58 to the lower tray 22 via the ball gutter 34, and then the switching valve 57 is returned from the return gutter 58 side. It is returned to the intake gutter 33 side (5.01, 5.18, 5.19).

Game start When the start lever 13 is pressed, the processing mode becomes 3 (3.01, 3.33, 3.34) and the game start processing is started (
). In FIG. 20, the CPU operates the motor M to rotate the three drums 6 all at once, sets the "update flag" to "1", and returns (7.01, 7.02).

Drum rotation processing Subsequently, the drum rotation processing is entered (). In Figure 21,
The CPU waits for the stop button 14 to be pressed while confirming that the "auto stop time" has not elapsed (9.01, 9.
02). When the stop switch (stop button 14) is turned on, the "update flag" is set to "1" and the process returns (9.04).
When the automatic stop time has elapsed without pressing the stop button 14, the "stop flag" is set to "1", the "update flag" is set to "1", and the process returns (9.03, 9.04).

Drum stop process Check whether the stop flag is "1" (11.01). If it is not "1", it means that the player has stopped by operating the stop button. Therefore, the drum 6 corresponding to the operated stop button
To stop. The drum is stopped by energizing the stop solenoid. When the drum 6 is stopped, the "stop flag is returned to" 0 "and the [update flag" is set to "1" and the process returns (11.03 to 11.05).

If the stop flag is "1", it means that the player has not operated the stop button and the automatic stop time has elapsed. Therefore, the drum 6 is stopped in a certain order, and the step 11.0
Return to 3 (11.06).

Judgment Processing In the processing mode = 6, the judgment processing shown in FIG. 23 is started. CPU
See if the "bonus flag" described below is "1",
If it is not "1", see "General Game" in Fig. 24. If it is "1", it is shown in Fig. 26.
Jump to the special game "Bonus Game" in the figure.

In the general game in FIG. 24, the CPU first determines whether or not it is a winning combination (14.01). As a special form of “hit combination”, in the present embodiment, the first special display (special display 1), the second special display
Special display (Special display 2), 3rd special display (Special display 3)
There are three types. Here, "special display 1" means the diamond pattern "☆", "special display 2" means the number "7", and "special display 3" means "AAA". It refers to the case where three are lined up on the betting line. The special display 1 is the combination that is most unlikely to occur, then the special display 2 and the special display 3 are likely to occur in that order, both of which are combinations that can escape from general play.

As another form of "winning combination", when three same patterns such as "orange", "bell", "lemon", and "blue" are prepared, or when "cherry" is on the betting line of the left side drum 6 There is a general combination that is impossible to escape from general play.

The CPU sets the update flag to "1" in the case other than the winning combination and returns (14.01 to 14.03). However, in the case of "winning combination" in both special and general combinations, the "award ball number calculation process" described below is performed to obtain the total amount of award balls to be paid (14.04).

In the case of a general winning combination, this "prize ball number calculation process"
After doing nothing, set the update flag to "1" and return (14.04 to 14.07; 14.03), "Prize ball discharge process" described later.
to go into.

"Special display 2" or "Special display 1" among special combinations
If it is determined that, the following processing is performed.

(B) Special display 2 When the special display 2, that is, "777" is prepared, a bonus game can be played. That is, it is not whether the patterns of the three drums 6 are aligned, but the specific pattern of one drum 6 to be stopped, "AAA" (overlapping with other patterns) in the present embodiment, matches the center bet line. If there is a match, for example, it is a game in which 15 units of prize balls (75) are paid. This bonus game can be performed each time one drum 6 is stopped, and three drums 6 can be stopped one time.
A maximum of 4 times, so a total of 12 stops can be performed. However, 6 drums that matched "AAA" 6 times in total
When the stop of the drum 6 has been completed, the bonus game ends at that time even if the four stops of the drum 6 have not been completed. The “special display 4” described later refers to a case where a pattern with “AAA” is added to the bet line in the center of one stopped rotating drum 6.

If the determination in step 14.06 is "special display 2", first, the number of times in special display 4 described below is returned to the initial state of "0", the number of bonuses is set to "4", and the bonus flag is set to " Set the update flag to "1" to "1" and return (14.15 to 14.17, 14.03). Since the bonus flag is 1, jump to the special game in FIG. 23 (13.01, 1
3.03).

(B) Bonus game Only the "bet rate 1" is valid for the grade selection process in bonus game, and by turning on the start switch, 3
Two drums 6 rotate simultaneously (3.33, 7.01). The player stops any one of the rotating drums 6. In FIG. 25, the CPU checks whether or not the picture "AAA" of the drum 6 is stationary on the central bet line (15.01).
When it is "AAA", the prize ball calculation processing is performed to store the promised prize ball total (75), and then the memory area for the fourth special display count (4 special display counts) is rewritten and the contents thereof are stored. Is incremented by 1 (15.03). Then, it is checked whether or not the fourth special display count is greater than 6. If the number of occurrences of "special display 4" is less than 6, wait for the drum to stop, and then calculate the "bonus count" including the total number of stopped drums 6 (15.05, 15.07). .

When the drum is stopped four times, the bonus game is over, the "bonus flag" is returned to "0", and the "update flag" is set.
Set "1" and return (15.08-15.09, 15.06).
If "Special display 4" occurs 6 times, step 1
Since the judgment of 5.04 is YES, all the rotating drums 6 are stopped and the "bonus flag" is returned to "0" (15.1
(1.15.12), set the "update flag" to "1" and return (15.06).

(C) Special display 1 Now, returning to FIG. 24, when the judgment “special display 1” in step 14.07, that is, when three diamonds “☆☆☆” are lined up, it becomes “a big bonus game”. The right to a big bonus occurs after the transfer.

The "big bonus game" is a game in which the above "bonus game" can be entered up to K times (K = 3 in this case) under certain conditions. Here, the "certain condition" for entering the bonus game means that in the same play state (general game with rights) as the general game that comes before the bonus game after the right of the big bonus occurs. Each of the three drums 6 until the game is played 30 times in total
The specific pattern, "AAA" (overlapping with other patterns) in this example, is aligned with one of the 1-5 bet lines bet by the player. The program enters "Bonus Game" by having three "AAA", and if K = 3 times has not been reached yet after the "Bonus Game" ends, it returns to the general game with rights again, up to K = 3 times. Repeat. The maximum K = 3 times is expressed in the general game with rights (30 times)
Unfortunately, if "AAA" is not available at all (or even if it is less than the maximum number of times K (K = 3)), the right of the big bonus is lost at that point, and the game returns to normal play. Because.

By the way, when the judgment in step 14.07 is "special display 1", first, the "number of times of losing" in the general game with rights,
In other words, the data of the number of games where three “AAA” are not collected is returned to the initial state of “0”, and the number of rights of the big bonus is set to “3”,
After setting the right flag to "1" (14.08 to 14.10), step
Return to 14.03, set the update plug "1" and return.

General game with rights The right flag is "1" but the bonus flag is still "0", so jump to the general game in Fig. 23 (13.0
1, 13.02). In FIG. 24, the CPU pays the corresponding prize ball when a general winning combination occurs (14.0
On the other hand, it waits for a combination of three "special display 3", that is, "AAA", as one of the combinations (14.05, 14.14).

Until "Special display 3" occurs, the "number of loses" in the general game with rights (if the game result is lost) is incremented by 1 (14.02, 14.11, 14.12), and the number of lost When it reaches 30 times, the right flag is reset to "0".

Fortunately, "Special display 3" before the number of loses reaches 30
If it occurs, proceed from step 14.14 to 14.15, set the bonus count to “4” and the bonus flag to “1” (14.15 to 14.17), as in the case where the above “777” is complete.
Enter "Bonus Game" in Figure 25.

In this embodiment, the right flag is returned to "0" when the number of losing times reaches 30 as described above, but the right flag is set to "0" when the number of games in the general game with right reaches 30 times. You may control so that it may return to.

Bonus game In the bonus game, each rotating drum 6 is stopped at "wager rate 1", and if the pattern "AAA" of the drum 6 stands on the betting line in the center, the prize promised each time. A total of 75 balls will be paid (15.01, 15.02). Is drum stop 4 times with 3 drum stops as one unit (1
5.04), or if "Special display 4" occurs 6 times (1
5.07), the bonus game is over, so reset the "bonus flag" to "0" (15.09, 15.12). Next, the CPU confirms that the right flag is "1" (15.06) and performs an operation of subtracting -1 from the right count K (15.13). As a result of the calculation, if the right of the big bonus (K times) has not ended,
Set "1" in the "update flag" and return (15.06).
Therefore, the game returns to the general game with rights again and shifts to the bonus game under the same conditions as above. When the Kth bonus game is over, the determination in step 15.14 is "right end", so the right flag is returned to "0" and the process returns (15.15, 15.06).

Prize ball number calculation processing In general games, bonus games and general games with rights,
This is a process of calculating the total prize balls to be paid according to the winning combination (14.04, 15.02).

In FIG. 26 (A), the CPU returns the prize ball total area of the RAM 202 to “0”, and sequentially checks whether “bet line 3”, “bet line 2”, and “bet line 1” is a win ( 16.02, 16.03, 1
6.04). "Bet line 3" means five directional lines
Two diagonal lines out of 19, "Bet line 2" refers to the upper and lower two horizontal lines of the upper, middle, and lower 3 lines, and "Bet line 1" refers to the central horizontal direction. Refers to the line. “Bet rate 3”, “bet rate 2” and “bet rate 1” shown in FIG. 26 (A) mean this direction line,
"Bet rate 3""Bet rate 2" explained in grade selection
The meaning is different from "bet rate 1". The reason for distinguishing the "bet line 3", "bet line 2", and "bet line 1" in this way is to gently discharge the prize balls for each of these bet lines.

When the "wager line 3" is a hit, the CPU outputs "sound effect A".
Is set, and the number K1 corrected by -1 from the promised number of prize balls corresponding to the winning combination is written in the "prize ball storage area I" (16.02, 16.07, 16.08). However,
This corrected prize ball number K1 determines the timing of returning the cam 74 from the release position to the blocking position so as to block the ball next to the unit ball number counted from the cam 74.The count sensor 76 is counted from the cam 74. If it is provided at the position for sensing the nth position, the number smaller than the number of prize balls by n-1 is written as K1. Here, the "prize ball storage area I" is a dedicated storage area for the number of prize balls in "bet line 3". Similarly, the "award ball storage area II" described later is "bet line 2".
Is a dedicated storage area for the number of award balls, and "Award Ball Storage Area III" is a dedicated storage area for the number of award balls in "Bet Line 1". When the number of prize balls corresponding to the hit is stored in the prize ball storage area I, the prize ball storage area is updated and the process proceeds to step 16.03.

If "Bet Line 2" is won in step 16.03, C
The PU sets the "sound effect B" which is different from the sound effect A, and the corrected prize which is corrected in the "prize ball memory area II" by -1 from the promised number of prize balls corresponding to the winning combination. ball
K2 (When the sense position is the nth, the number is reduced by n-1)
To update the prize ball storage area and proceed to step 16.04 (16.10, 16.11, 16.12).

If "Bet Line 1" is won in step 16.04, C
The PU sets the "sound effect C" different from the sound effects A and B, and the number "K3" (sense position) minus the promised number of prize balls corresponding to the winning combination in the "award ball memory area III". Is the nth, the number is decreased by n−1), the prize ball storage area is updated, and the process proceeds to step 16.05 (16.13,
16.14, 16.15).

Next, "Bet Line 3", "Bet Line 2" and "Bet Line 1"
The original number of award balls obtained for is added to calculate the award ball total P, and the corrected award ball total (P-1) corrected by -1 from the award ball total P is calculated (16.05). However,
When the count sensor 76 is provided at a position where the nth sensor is counted from the cam 74, the number (P-n-1) smaller than the total number P of prize balls by n-1 is calculated. Then, the prize ball total P is displayed on the score display 21 and then the process returns (16.0
6). The corrected total award ball number here defines the timing for returning the cam 74 to the blocking position with respect to the total award ball number to be paid.

In addition, when giving the maximum valuation value, for example, when it is desired to set the maximum number of prize balls to 75 even if the hits overlap, as shown in FIG. 26 (B), the total prize ball calculation (P- After 1), check whether P exceeds the maximum number of prize balls (75) (16.16), and if it exceeds the maximum number of prize balls, set the maximum number of prize balls (75) -1 The prize ball total P is displayed (16.17, 16.18).

Prize Ball Ejection Processing When the determination processing including the above-described arithmetic processing is completed, the program enters the processing mode “7” prize ball ejection processing. For the sake of convenience of explanation, the number of hit balls of “bet line 3”, “bet line 2”, and “bet line 1” is “5”, “15”, and “0”. Therefore, the stored data of the prize ball storage areas I, II, and III are It is assumed that they are "4", "14", and "0".

In FIG. 27, the CPU is the discharge solenoid 7 of the prize ball discharge device 40.
Energize 5 to place cam 74 in release position (18.04). Prize balls flow down from the prize ball discharging device 40 to the ball discharge gutter 41. The first ball B3 seen from the count sensor 76 in FIG. 11 (the third prize ball seen from the cam 74) is detected by the count sensor 76, and the output of the count sensor 76 rises. If the output of the count sensor 76 rises, the corrected prize ball total (P-1) to -1
Yes (18.06). In this example, the corrected prize ball total is decremented by "19" to "18". Then, the content (4) of the prize ball storage area I is decremented by 1 and it is checked whether the content of the prize ball storage area I is "0" (18.07, 18.08). Since it is not "0", the process returns to step 18.01 and steps 18.01 to 18.08 are repeated for the prize ball storage area I.

The prize balls are sequentially discharged from the leading ball B1 when viewed from the cam 74, and the display 21 displays the number of prize balls discharged up to the present time, for example, by the subtraction method (18.01). The count sensor 76 detects the fourth ball B6 (sixth from the cam 74) when viewed from the count sensor, and its output rises. Count sensor
The output of 76 rises and the contents of the prize ball storage area I is “0”.
When it becomes, the prize ball discharge solenoid 75 is turned off and the cam 74 is returned to the blocking position (18.09). Since there is a time lag for the sphere to flow down between the count sensor 76 that has detected the sphere B6 and the cam 74, the third sphere B5 (cam 74 is seen from the count sensor 76).
The ball B6 (sixth ball as seen from the cam 74) that causes the prize ball discharge solenoid 75 to be turned off is blocked by the cam 74. This means that the five prize balls for "Bet Line 3" have been discharged.

Next, the CPU sees the count sensor 76 from the fifth ball B7.
Wait until the count sensor 76 detects (7th sphere seen from the cam 74) (18.10). When detected, the storage area is updated from I to II (18.11, 18.09). This is the next storage area for counting the ball B7 by the count sensor 76.
This is because it does not affect the processing for II. Then, the sound effect A is audibly displayed to inform the player that the prize ball discharge in the prize ball storage area I is completed, and a wait time of 0.5 seconds as a break of prize ball discharge is taken and the process returns to step 18.01 ( 18.12, 18.13).

Steps 18.05 to 18.08 are repeated for the prize ball storage area II and the discharge of prize balls and the subtraction display of the discharged prize balls are continued. When the content (14) of the prize ball storage area II becomes "0", the storage area is updated from II to III (18.08 to 18.11). Then, the sound effect B is audibly displayed, the player is informed that the prize ball discharge in the prize ball storage area II is finished, the prize ball discharge is separated, and the process returns to step 18.01.

This completes the discharge of a total of 20 awarded balls.
At the same time that the count sensor 76 detects the 19th ball (21st ball when viewed from the cam 74) when viewed from the count sensor 76,
The judgment in step 18.02 is YES, and the update flag is "1".
Is set, the discharge solenoid 75 of the prize ball discharge device 40 is turned off.
It remains as it was (18.14, 18.15). The cam 74 holds the blocking position shown in FIG.

When the ball in the upper tank 37 is exhausted and the out-of-ball detector 38 is turned on, the judgment in step 18.03 becomes YES, and step 18.15
Then, the operation of the prize ball discharging device 40 is stopped.

Stop processing CPU checks whether the difference between the total number of prize balls and the total number of balls captured has reached a predetermined stop set value with respect to the total number of prize balls grasped by the centralized management device of the amusement store. (19.01). Y
In the case of ES, the ball removing device 60 is operated to remove the balls in the falling trough 32 and the seesaw piece 50 from the ball removing trough 34 to the lower tray 22 (19.0
2) Turn off all indicators (15, 18, 20, 21, etc.) (1
9.03), and turn on the completion lamp 28 (19.04). Next, it waits for the first sensor 53, which is the unit sphere number detector, to turn off (19.05). When it is turned off, the ball removal solenoid 60 is turned off after waiting the time until the five balls for one unit flow into the ball removal trough 34 (19.06, 19.07).

The CPU waits for an instruction to cancel cancellation from the centralized control device at the instruction of the staff (19.08). When canceling the cancellation, the completion lamp 28 is extinguished, and the inside of the control device is initialized for the first time. Return to the state (19.09, 19.10).

Other specific examples of ball pick-up device (a) Ball pick-up device in FIG. 29 In FIG. 29, as in the case of FIG. 5, only one unit of pachinko ball can be taken in per pick-up operation. Another specific example of the sphere loading device 30 of the type (quantity loading type) will be shown.

In the ball intake device 30 of FIG. 29, a vertical intake cylinder 84 is arranged following the downward downstream end of the downflow gutter 32, and the intake cylinder 84 can be tilted about a shaft 84A provided on the abdomen. Is supported by. FIG. 29 shows a state in which the intake tube 84 is stable in the “non-operating position” due to its own weight. That is, in the "non-operating position", the inlet (upstream end) of the intake pipe 84 is connected to the outlet (downstream end) of the downflow gutter 32, and the outlet (downstream end) is the inlet of the intake gutter 33 (upstream end). ) Located off of 33A. In this example, a receiving opening for the ball removing trough 34 is provided adjacent to the receiving opening 33A of the intake gutter 33, and the discharge port (downstream end port) of the intake cylinder 84 is a slide plate.
It is at the entrance of the ball gutter 34, which is closed at 59.

At this non-operating position, a pachinko ball flows down into the intake tube 84,
The leading ball is blocked from falling by the slide plate 59, and the intake tube 84
A predetermined number of spheres (5) determined by the length of the sphere are stored. Whether or not a predetermined number of pachinko balls are present is confirmed by the first sensor 53, the second sensor 54, and the third sensor 55 provided along the flow-down gutter 32 at each length position corresponding to the number of unit balls. To be done.

By energizing the intake solenoid 52, the intake cylinder 84 tilts and switches to the "operating position", which is the intake state. That is,
The inlet of the intake pipe 84 is located outside the outlet of the downflow gutter 32, the outlet of the downflow gutter 32 is closed by a blocking piece 84B extending from the inlet of the intake pipe 84, and the outlet of the intake pipe 84 is closed. Comes over the entrance 33A of the intake gutter 33. Therefore, when the tilting position of the intake cylinder 84 is switched to the “operating position”, the five pachinko balls located in the intake cylinder 84 are taken into the intake gutter 33 as the unit number of balls, The sixth and subsequent pachinko balls are blocked from flowing down by the blocking piece 84B. The number of pachinko balls actually taken in is confirmed by a passing ball detector 56 provided in the middle of the intake gutter 33. If the number of passing balls actually taken in is less than the number of unit balls for some reason, the switching valve 57 of the prospect gutter 33 is switched to open the return gutter 58 side. By deenergizing the intake solenoid 52, the intake cylinder 84 returns from the intake state to the blocking state.

FIG. 30 shows a conversion mechanism of this switching valve 57. A rotary rod 86 is fixed to the rotary shaft 57A of the switching valve 57 on the outer surface of the intake gutter 33, and a pin 86A at the tip of the rotary rod 86 swings around a support shaft 87A. It is loosely fitted in the slit 87B of the possible operating rod 87. The operating rod 87 is usually pulled by a spring 88, holds the switching valve 57 at the position shown by the dotted line in FIG. 30, and opens the intake gutter 33 side. Energize the return solenoid 85 and spring
When the operating rod 87 is rotated against 88, the switching valve 57 is returned to the return gutter.
The 58 side can be switched to the open position.

When removing the ball from the ball capturing device 30, the ball removing solenoid 60 is urged to open the inlet of the spherical gutter 34, and the ball capturing device is opened.
The ball in 30 is returned from the ball gutter 34 to the lower plate 22.

(B) Ball take-in device in FIG. 31 FIGS. 31 and 32 show another specific example of the constant-volume take-in type ball take-in device 30. It is configured such that a predetermined number of unit balls (5) of pachinko balls are pulled out laterally at right angles to the flow direction of the gutter 32.

In this example, the pull-out member 90 is a bottom open-type sheath member that is arranged in the downflow gutter 32 so as to be movable in the lateral direction perpendicular to the downflow direction of the sphere. To be precise, the drawing member 90 has a lateral U-shaped cross-sectional shape as can be seen from FIG. 32, and the back wall 91B on the side of the intake gutter 33 juxtaposed on one side of the falling gutter 32 is a ball. In order to facilitate the release, the flow-down gutter 32 is notched from the bottom surface side, and the drawing member 90 has a cross section close to an inverted L shape as a whole. The upstream end of the pulling member 90 is opened as a ball receiving port, and the downstream end is also opened as a ball discharging port. However, the discharge port of the pull-out member 90 is normally indirectly closed by a ball-slide slide plate 59 provided in the vicinity of the downstream end of the pull-out member 90. Therefore, the number of pachinko balls that flow down the flow tool gutter 32 is a predetermined number of unit balls (5) corresponding to the length of the pulling member 90.
Are held in the pulling member 90.

On the other hand, in order to allow the extraction member 90 holding the ball to come in and out, one side wall of the downflow gutter 32 is provided with an inlet / outlet port 91 that is open over the length of the extraction member 90. Also the downflow gutter 32
On the other side wall of the drawing member 90, the front wall 90A of the drawing member 90 is housed within the thick wall of the side wall 32 of the downflow gutter 32, and the opening 32B corresponding to the front wall 90A is provided in order to smoothly flow down the balls in the drawing member 90. Is provided.
U-shaped intermediate member 9 provided on the front surface of the front wall 90A of the pulling member 90
2 is to uniformly apply the force of the plunger 52A of the intake solenoid 52 to the extraction member 90 to stabilize the moving direction of the extraction member 90 in and out.

Reference numeral 93 is a stopper for blocking the flow of the ball on the upstream side of the pull-out member 90. By energizing the stopper solenoid 94, it is rotated about the shaft 93A and released from the ball flow blocking position shown in FIG. Pulled up to position.

When the intake solenoid 52 is biased, the extraction member 90 moves from the non-actuated position shown by the solid line in FIG. 32 to the actuated position shown by the dotted line in FIG. Five balls inside the pulling member 90 are pulled out at the same time and fall into the intake gutter 33 located behind. When the intake solenoid 52 is assisted to return to the actuated position by the force of the return spring 94A, the stopper solenoid 94 is energized, the stopper 93 is pulled up to the release position, and the next five pieces flow down into the extraction member 90. . The positions of the first sensor 53, the second sensor 54, and the third sensor 55 for confirming the existence of a predetermined number of pachinko balls are the same as in the case of FIG. When removing the ball from the ball capturing device 30, the ball removal solenoid 60 is urged to move the ball.
While opening the receiving port of 34, the stopper solenoid 94 is urged to allow the ball to flow down, and the ball in the ball capturing device 30 is moved to the ball gutter 34.
Return to lower plate 22.

Although the stopper 93 is provided in the embodiment of FIG. 31 and FIG. 2, as in the case of FIG. 29, by providing the blocking piece in the direction opposite to the pushing direction from the upstream end opening of the pulling member 90,
The stopper 93 and the stopper solenoid 94 associated therewith can also be omitted.

(C) Ball take-in device of FIG. 33 FIG. 33 is a specific example of the ball take-up device 30 capable of taking in one to three units of pachinko balls per one take-in operation.

In the middle of the vertically or horizontally long flow-down gutter 32, four sphere flow-down blocking members 95 are arranged so as to be able to move in and out of the flow-down gutter 32, separated from each other by an interval corresponding to the number of one unit of intake unit spheres. The entrance and exit of the blocking member 95 is controlled by the intake solenoid 52 provided for each blocking member 95. Regarding the blocking member 95, the gates 951, 952, 953, and 954 are distinguished in order from the upstream side, and regarding each intake solenoid 52, SOL1, SOL2, and SOL1 in order from the upstream side.
We will call them SOL3 and SOL4. Upstream blocking pieces 951, 9
52 and 953 are plate-shaped, but the most downstream blocking member 9
As for 54, a strong fan-shaped one is used in consideration of the fact that a large impact load may be applied. S1, S2, S3,
S4 is a sensor, and sensor S1 (ball passing detector 5
6) is the first sensor, sensor S2 (first sensor 53) is the fifth sensor (end of the first unit), and sensor S3 (second sensor 54) is the tenth sensor (end of the second unit). ) To sensor S4 (3rd sensor
55) senses the 15th item (the end of the 3rd unit).

The control procedure is as follows.

In the case of 3-unit grade selection (wager rate 3). In this case,
When SOL1 is OFF and gate 951 is closed, that is, the flow of spheres upstream is blocked, then the other SOL2, SOL3, and SOL4 are turned ON.
Then the gates 952, 953 and 954 are opened. This allows gate 9
A total of 3 units of balls (15) from 51 to 954 will be captured. Next, if the sensor S1 that was on until then is turned off (or after a certain time when the capturing of the balls for 3 units is completed), SOL4 is turned off, the gate 954 is closed, and SO
Turn on L1 to open gate 951 and fill up to gate 954 with a ball. Turn off SOL2 and SOL3, turn off SOL1 on the dish and return to the initial state.

In the case of 2-unit grade selection (bet rate 2). In this case, first, SOL2 is turned off to close the gate 952, and the spheres upstream of it are prevented from flowing down, and then SOL3 and SOL4 are turned on to open the lower gates 953 and 954. This allows the gate 952
From 2 to 954, a total of 2 units of balls (10 balls) will be captured.
Next, if sensor S1 that was on until then turns off, SOL4
Back to OFF, close gate 954, then turn on SOL1 and SOL2
Then open gates 951 and 952 and fill up to gate 954 with a ball. S
Turn off OL1 and SOL2, and then turn off SOL1 to return to the initial state.

In the case of 1 unit grade selection (bet rate 1). In this case, first turn off SOL3 and close gate 953, block the flow of spheres upstream of it, then turn on SOL4 and turn on gate.
Open 954. As a result, one unit of balls (five) from gates 953 to 954 is captured. Next, if the sensor S1 that was on until then turns off, turn SOL4 back off and set the gate 95
4 is closed, SOL1, SOL2, and SOL3 are turned on, gate 951 is opened, and gate 954 is filled with a ball. O for SOL1, SOL2, SOL3
Return to FF, turn off SOL1 and return to the initial state.

(D) Ball capture device in FIG. 34 FIG. 34 shows a format in which any N (N ≧ 1) pachinko balls (5 in this case) can be taken as the unit number of balls (unit variable). A specific example of the capturing device 30 of the formula) is shown.

This ball reading device 30 has a fan-shaped cam 96 downstream of the downflow gutter 32, which can be converted into a “blocking position” for blocking the ball downflow of the downflow gutter 32 and a “release position” for allowing the ball downflow. The cam 96 is rotatably supported by a shaft 96A which is orthogonal to the downward direction of the sphere, and a plunger 52A of an intake solenoid 52 located above is supported via levers 97 whose ends are pivotally supported by pivot shafts 97A on both sides thereof.
Is connected to the bottom edge of. Thus, when the ball capture device 30 is in its normal, inactive condition, the cam 96 will engage the plunger 52A.
It is pushed down by its own weight to the blocking position shown in FIG. Then, the intake solenoid 52 is energized and the ball intake device is activated.
When 30 is activated, cam 96 is pulled up into a release position that allows the ball to flow.

In the normal blocking position (FIG. 34), the aligned spheres in the downflow gutter 32 are blocked from flowing down because the leading ball is blocked by the cam 96. Whether or not there are a predetermined number of pachinko balls is determined by three reflection type optical sensors (unit ball number detectors) 53, 54 provided along the flow-down gutter 32 at each position corresponding to the number of unit balls. , 55 (55 is not shown in FIGS. 34-37).

In the downflow gutter 32, a pressure reducing portion 33C is provided by a step at the boundary between the fifth ball and the sixth ball counted from the leading ball blocked by the cam 96, that is, the boundary between the first unit and the second unit, The height center of the sphere row of the first unit is set lower than the height center of the sphere row of the second unit. According to this structure, the ball pressure of the balls on the upstream side of the sixth ball is reduced by the pressure reducing unit 33C, and the reduced ball pressure acts to push down the first row of balls. For this reason, the pressure applied to the shaft 96A of the cam 96 is also reduced, so that the cam 96 is smoothly rotated to the release position shown by the dotted line, and the series of balls from the first to the fifth is continuously smooth and prompt. It flows down, but the sixth and subsequent balls are the decompression unit 32C.
It takes time to pass by the amount of change in the flow direction due to collision with. That is, the ball rows after the sixth ball row are delayed with respect to the ball row of the first unit, and a slight interval is generated between them. Therefore, when the number of balls is an integral multiple of the number of unit balls, if the cam 96 is moved up and down once for each unit, one unit of balls (5)
A break is formed in the flow of the sphere each time the ball passes, and the cam 96 can surely return to the blocking position in time.

More specifically, when the cam 96 reaches the release position, the pachinko ball row is divided by the decompression unit 32C as a unit ball number and flows down,
The first unit is taken from the downflow gutter 32 into the intake gutter 33. cam
By deenergizing the intake solenoid 52, 96 is returned to the blocking state at a good timing at the time when the first unit and the second unit arrive. This operation is repeated twice or three times when two or three units are taken in. In addition, at the turning angle from the downflow gutter 32 to the intake gutter 33, a slanted guide portion 33B is provided.
Is formed to improve the flow of the sphere.

The actual number of pachinko balls taken in is confirmed by a count sensor (passing ball detector) 56 provided in the downflow gutter 32. The count sensor 56 can be provided in the intake gutter 33 as in the case of FIGS. 5 and 29. When the count sensor 56 is provided in the downflow gutter 32, it may be located at any position in the region where the first unit of sphere row exists. Considering the problem of wrongdoing described in FIG. 5, it is preferable that the count sensor 56 be detected from the first ball when the ball is taken in, but its mounting is difficult in terms of space. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the sphere is taken in, the second sphere is detected. Even when set to this position, the first one is counted when the ball is first dropped on the upper plate 16, so it does not affect the calculation result of whether or not the number of unit balls can be captured. . Incidentally, the photoelectric detection positions of the count sensor 56 and each of the sensors 53, 54, 55 are located off the center of the sphere, and each sphere can be detected even if the sphere row passes integrally. .

If the number of passing balls actually captured is less than the number of unit balls, it may be due to a run-down failure due to dust or a misconduct due to a piano wire in the section where the first unit of the ball row exists. is there. In this case, as explained in Fig. 5 and Fig. 29,
A switching valve 57 in the middle of the intake gutter 33 switches from the intake side to open the return gutter 58 side.

As another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 34, the switching valve 57 may not be provided, and the number of actually passed balls may be returned to the player from the prize ball discharging device. This also applies to the ball capturing device shown in FIGS. 36, 37, 38 and 40 described later.

When the number of balls in the ball capturing device 30 does not reach the minimum unit series or when performing pachinko ball removal at the time of payment, the ball removal solenoid 60 is energized and the slide plate 59 is pulled to remove the ball. Mouth 32
Release A. The balls in the ball capturing device 30 and the balls of the upper plate 16 are
From the top ball, pass through the ball outlet 32A, and follow the ball gutter 35.
Returned to.

(E) Ball capturing device shown in FIG. 35 The ball capturing device 30 has substantially the same configuration as that shown in FIG.
The difference is that a ball storage chamber 98 is formed on the upstream side of the intake gutter 33,
The bottom plate 99 is opened and closed by the second intake solenoid 100. The reason why the ball storage chamber 98 is provided is as follows.

As already mentioned, if there is a flow-through failure due to dust or an illegal act due to a piano wire in the section where the first row of balls exists, it is actually taken into the inlet 33A of the intake gutter 33. The number of passing balls is the number of unit balls according to the bet rate (5 per 1 unit,
It should happen that there should be 2 units, 10 units, 3 units, 15 units, but less than that (eg 3, 6, 12 units). This inconvenience can be corrected by providing a switching valve 57 in the middle of the intake gutter 33 and switching from the intake side to the return gutter 58 side, as described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 29. I can solve it.

However, with this method, the count sensor
The switching operation of the switching valve 57 cannot be determined until the last ball of 1 unit, 2 units, and 3 units that determines that 56 has been taken in is checked. The time at which the count sensor 56 checks the last ball must come earlier in time than the time at which the captured first ball reaches the switching valve 57. Therefore, the above method is effective only when the flow path to the switching valve 57 can be set to be relatively long.

When the ball storage chamber 98 shown in FIG. 35 is provided, the balls that flow down from the receiving port 33A are temporarily stored in all the ball storage chambers 98 in any of the bet rates 1 to 3. Then, after a lapse of time until the last one of the ball rows corresponding to the maximum bet rate 3 should be checked by the count sensor 56, the bet rate 1
It is possible to confirm whether or not there is the number of balls to be taken in corresponding to the bet rate 3, and if it is correct, operate the second take-in solenoid 100 to open the bottom plate 99 of the ball storage chamber 98. That is, fraud and the like can be prevented, and the flow path to the switching valve 57 of the prospect gutter 33 can be short.

(F) Ball take-in device of FIG. 36 This ball take-in device 30 is provided with a tilting member 101 in which a horizontal U-shaped ball catching portion 102 is provided on a receiving port 33A of a take-in gutter 33, and the tilting member 101 By transferring the balls from the downstream end opening of the downflow gutter 32 to the ball receiving portion 102 of the member 101, the taking-in operation is performed one by one. When the number of unit spheres to be taken in is one or more and the number of unit balls is two or more, the taking-in operation is performed a corresponding number of times.

The tilting member 101 is supported by a shaft 103 so as to be tiltable, and normally, the side (front side) of the ball receiving portion 102 is in a "non-actuated position" in which it is lowered by its own weight. The horizontal U-shaped ball receiving portion 102 has a blocking piece 102A in an upward direction from the tip of its upper wall.
Thus, in the non-operating position, the downstream end opening of the downflow gutter 32 is closed.

The intake solenoid 52 is connected to a pivot 101A provided on the front side of the shaft 103 of the tilting member 101 via a rod 104.

By biasing the intake solenoid 52, the tilting member 101
The front side is pushed up to the stopper 105, and the ball receiving portion 102
Is the "operating position" that coincides with the downstream end opening of the downflow gutter 32.
Only one ball is received from the downflow gutter 32 in the ball receiving port 102.
At the completion of receiving this ball, the intake solenoid
52 is OFF, and the tilting member 101 returns to the non-actuated position by the weight of the ball receiving portion 102 of the tilting member 101 and the weight of the received ball. At the time of this returning operation, the ball in the ball receiving portion 102 flows down into the intake gutter 33 and is taken in.

The ball receiving portion 102 can be deepened so as to receive a plurality of balls in its axial direction. For example, the unit series may be configured to accept five, and in this case, as shown in the figure, the weight 106 is provided on the rear side of the tilting member 101.
It is preferable to attach and balance.

(G) Ball take-in device of FIG. 37 This take-in device 30 can take any N (N ≧ 1) pachinko balls (here, five) as a unit number of balls ( Another specific example (variable unit) will be shown.

Reference numeral 107 denotes a take-in rotating body arranged at the downstream end of the downflow gutter 32.
Individual) semicircular sphere receiving recesses 107A. Intake rotating body 107
Is attached to the output shaft 106A of the pulse motor 106 that runs laterally orthogonal to the flow-down direction of the flow-down gutter 32, and the lower part thereof faces the flow-down gutter 32 from above. The sphere of the downflow gutter 32 is configured so that it cannot flow into the intake gutter 33 unless the upper part thereof enters into the semicircular sphere receiving recess 107A.

In this example, the convex portions 10 remaining between the adjacent ball receiving concave portions 107A, 107A
7B is stationary in a position that blocks downward flow of the ball and is rotated from one blocking position to the next. During this time, the ball receiving concave portion 107A and the convex portion 107B alternately pass through the inside of the downflow gutter 32, and the ball receiving concave portion 107A receives the leading ball and sends it out in the axial direction of the downflow gutter 32. The rotational angular position of the intake rotating body 107 is determined by the number of pulses input to the pulse motor 106, and therefore, by rotating the pulse motor 106 by a predetermined angle, a desired number of balls are made to flow down from the downflow gutter 32 to the intake gutter 33. be able to. In this example, when the output shaft 106A is rotated once, five units for one unit are taken in.

(H) Ball capture device of FIG. 38 This capture device 30 is also one specific example of the unit variable type, but the rotation center axis of the capture rotor 107, that is, the output shaft 10 of the pulse motor 106.
It differs from FIG. 37 in that 6A is directed toward the downflow direction of the downflow gutter 32.

Reference numeral 108 denotes a downflow blocking plate that also functions as a mounting frame for the pulse motor 106, and is located downstream from the downstream end opening of the downflow gutter 32 with a space of about half a ball. Intake rotating body 107
Is in contact with the downstream end opening of the downflow gutter 32 and slides. Normally, as shown in FIG. 39 (a), the take-in rotary member 107 is stationary at the “blocking position” in which the convex portion 107B remaining between the adjacent ball receiving concave portions 107A and 107A coincides with the axis of the ball flow. And
It is rotated from one blocking position to the next. During this time, the ball receiving concave portion 107A and the convex portion 107B alternately pass through the inside of the downflow gutter 32, and when the ball receiving concave portion 107A coincides with the axis of the ball flowing downward as shown in FIG. The leading ball is received and dropped in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the downflow gutter. Therefore, in the case of the take-in rotating body 107 in which six or more ball receiving recesses 107A are arranged in the periphery like this example, in the embodiment, the pulse motor 106 is 6/360 = 1/60, therefore 60 °. × 5 = 5 balls for 1 unit in the state rotated by 300 ° are taken in from the downflow gutter 32.
Captured by 33. Incidentally, 109 is a case for preventing spillage for dropping a ball laterally blown from the rotating intake rotating body 107 into the receiving port 33A of the lower intake gutter 33.

(B) Ball take-in device of FIG. 40 This ball take-in device 30 is also of a unit variable type, and in that a cam 96 is used, it is the same as that of FIGS. 34 and 35. However, unlike the cases shown in Figs. 34 and 35, the ball gutter 34
Is branched from the middle of the passage of the intake gutter 33, and there is no slide plate 59 for ball games or ball game solenoid 60. When performing a ball game, the switching valve 57, which normally closes the receiving port of the ball gutter 34, is switched from the intake gutter 33 side to the ball gutter 34 side. That is, the return solenoid 85 shown in FIG. 30 functions as a ball removing device.

The flow-down gutter 32 has the same structure as the prize ball discharging device 40 described in FIG. 11, and includes an inclined guide gutter 320A facing the cam 96, a flow control gutter 320B following the guide gutter 320A, and the adjustment gutter 320B. From the trough 320B
A rectifying gutter section 320C that is bent at 90 degrees is provided, and a pressure reducing section 320D is provided by a step in the middle of the rectifying gutter section 320C.
320E indicates a turning portion that changes the flowing ball by about 90 degrees. The cam 96 has a disk shape of 1/4 and has a shaft at the upstream end of the intake gutter 33.
Supported by 96A. The cam 96 usually has its axis 9
By the return spring 96B provided in 6A, it is stationary at the ball downward blocking position shown in FIG. When the intake solenoid 52 is energized, the cam 96 is raised, and the release position is allowed under the flow of the ball. still,
The count sensor 56 is provided at the tip end of the downflow gutter 32 so that it can be detected from the first ball.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 34 to 40, in the unit variable type loading device, the structure should be changed even if the value of the pachinko ball fluctuates as the price rises. You can respond quickly without.

Example of control of unit variable type ball uptake device An example of control of the unit variable type ball uptake device will be described with reference to FIGS. 41 to 43. As the ball capturing device 30, the one shown in FIG. 40 is taken as an example.

(A) Input detection process (Fig. 41) It is checked whether the first sensor 53 of the ball capturing device 30 has a pachinko ball for a predetermined timer time (1.04, 1.
08; 1.03, 1.09), if the presence of a sphere can be confirmed, the rising timer is reset and the "sphere presence flag" is set to "1" (1.09,
1.11, 1.12). On the other hand, if the first sensor 53 does not detect the sphere, the fall timer is set when the sphere is no longer detected (1.06, 1.13), and if the sphere is detected within this timer time, it is regarded as temporary. Release the fall timer (1.14, 1.15). If the sphere is not detected even after the timer time has elapsed and the first sensor 53 is off, there is no sphere continuously, so the "no ball flag" is set to "1" and the "ball presence flag" is set. Returns to "0" (1.16 to 1.18). Thus, the procedure to confirm whether there are spheres with the number of spheres taken in (1.01 to 1.
18) is the same as the case of FIG. The difference from FIG. 17 is steps 1.19 to 1.29.

In steps 1.19 to 1.29, when the return switch 24 (Fig. 1) is pressed during the period other than the ball capturing process (process mode 2), the return solenoid 85 is operated to remove the ball from the capturing device 30. It is a program to be carried out. That is, the return switch
When 24 is pressed in a mode other than the processing mode 2, the "ball removal flag" is set to "1" to activate the intake solenoid 52 and the return solenoid (return device) 85 (1.02, 1.19 to 1.22). As a result, the cam 96 is switched to the release position and the switching valve 57 is switched to the ball trough 34 side, and the ball of the downflow gutter 32 starts to flow down from the intake trough 33 to the ball trough 34 (1.02, 1.19 to 1.22). . Then, set the "ball removal timer" to determine when the ball removal ends (1.01, 1.23 ~
1.25), after the completion of the ball removal timer, the no-ball flag and the ball removal flag are returned to "0" to stop the operation of the intake device 30 and the return device (1.23, 1.26 to 1.29).

(B) Grade selection process (Fig. 42) In the case of no sphere Unlike in Fig. 18, when "no sphere flag" is "1" in step 3.03, just in case "sphere capture timer" Is set, the "update flag" is set to "1", and the process returns to the main routine of FIG. 16 (3.03 to 3.05).

When there is a ball If the "ball presence flag" is "1", the grade display of the betting rate starts as in the case of Fig. 18 (3.02).

When the third sensor 55 is ON, the grade indicator 18C is turned on (3.06, 3.12 to 3.14), and it is displayed that a bet of 3 units, that is, "wager rate 3" can be selected. Second tensor
When 54 is ON, the grade indicator 18B is turned on (3.07, 3.15 to 3.17) to display that "wager rate 2" can be selected. If the first sensor 53 is ON, the grade indicator 18A is turned on (3.08, 3.18 to 3.20) to display that "wager rate 1" can be selected. Therefore, the player can select any one of the three grade selection switches if all three grade indicators 18A, 18B, and 18C are lit.
You can press one to bet on the game for the desired number of units or betting rate.

If the grade selection switch 17A is pressed and only one unit is bet (3.11, 3.21), the CPU sets the "ball loading number" by the ball loading device 30 to "5" and the "ball loading timer".
Set (3.21, 3.23). Further, the center of the "bet percentage display 1", that is, the bet line display lamp 20 is turned on to inform the player that the center horizontal line 19 is the bet line targeted for betting ( 3.24). And
The "ball presence flag" is returned to "0", the "update flag" is set to "1", and the process returns (3.25 to 3.26).

When the grade selection switch 17B is pressed and two units are bet (3.10, 3.27), the number of balls taken is set to "10" and the ball take-in timer is set to "betting rate indicator 2" The two betting line display lamps 20 belonging to the horizontal line 19 of are turned on and the process proceeds to step 3.24 (3.28 to 3.30). Step
At 3.24, the bet line display lamp 20 in the center is turned on, and as a result, the three horizontal lines 19 above, below, above, and below are displayed as targets for betting, and then the capture timer is set and the "ball presence flag" is set. Is reset to "0", the "update flag" is set to "1", and the process returns (3.24 to 3.26).

When the grade selection switch 17C is pressed and 3 units are bet (3.09, 3.31), the number of times of capturing is set to "15" and the ball capturing timer is set, and the "bet ratio display 3", that is, the diagonal line Turn on the two bet line display lamps 20 belonging to
Proceed to step 3.30 (3.32 to 3.34). In step 3.30, the two bet line display lamps 20 on the vertical line are turned on, and the process proceeds to step 3.23. In step 3.24, the central bet line display lamp 20 is turned on. That is, it is displayed that all 5 lines including the upper, middle, lower 3 horizontal lines 19 and the two diagonal lines 19 are the targets for betting. Then, set the capture timer, set the “ball presence flag” back to “0”, and set the “update flag”.
Set to "1" and return (3.24 to 3.26).

In this way, when any grade selection switch is pressed, there is a bet rate. If there is a bet rate, the start switch (start lever 19) will be ON.
Wait until it is played, set the processing mode to "3", and jump to the game start processing (Fig. 20) (3.01, 3.35, 3.3).
6).

(C) Ball take-in process (Fig. 43) When the betting rate is determined in the process mode = 1, the ball take-in process in process mode = 2 is performed (Fig. 16 is a step).

The CPU checks whether the "number of balls captured" set in step 3.22 of the grade selection process is larger than "0" (5.0
3). If it is larger than "0", the intake solenoid 52 of the ball intake device 30 is energized (5.07). Each time one ball is actually taken into the intake gutter 33 and the passing ball detector 56 rises, step 3.22,
"Number of balls captured" set in 3.28 and 3.32 (5, 10, 15
It returns -1 from (number of pieces) (5.09, 5.10).

Program is step 5.03-5.07-5.08-5.09-5.10.
By repeating the above, each time the count sensor 56 is turned on, -1 is subtracted from the number of balls taken in. The number of balls captured is returned to "0" depending on the number of times the count sensor 56 is turned on (5.09). When the bet rate is 1, the fifth round, the bet rate 2, the tenth round, and the bet rate 3 Is 15
It is a round. That is, while the cam 96 is being pulled up by the take-in solenoid 52, five bets, one bet two, and three bets are taken.

The time required for the last ball to pass the passing ball detector 56 from the time when the first ball is ejected from the ball capturing device 30 in a normal case is defined. As long as the normal ball capture for each unit is repeated, the ball capture timer is set again before the timer time has elapsed and does not time up (5.10).

The set time of the "ball capture timer" set in steps 3.23, 3.29 and 3.33 in Fig. 42 is the predetermined number of balls captured (5 bets, 1 bet, 10 bets, 3 bets). (15 pieces) for confirming the normal intake into the intake gutter 33. In the normal case, the last ball passes the side of the switching valve 57 from the time when the first ball is released from the cam 96. The time required to finish is set.

When the spheres have been successfully captured for a specified number of units, the number of captures becomes "0" (5.03). When the import count becomes “0”,
The CPU stops the operation of the capture device 30, releases the capture timer (5.04, 5.05), sets the processing mode to "1", and returns (5.06). Therefore, after waiting for the start lever 13 to be pressed, the game start processing of the processing mode = 3 (20th game mode)
Jump to (Figure) (3.01, 3.35, 3.36).

If a predetermined number of balls do not flow down within a predetermined time due to dust on the downflow gutter 32 or due to a fraudulent act by inserting a piano wire, the release timer of the ball is not canceled in step 5.05. Therefore, the ball take-in timer expires, and the judgment "whether the ball take-in timer has ended" in step 5.08 is YES. In the case of YES, the operation of the ball intake device 30 is stopped, the "return timer" is set, and the switching valve 57 of the return device is switched to the side gutter 58 side (5.11 to 5.13). As a result, spheres with a fractional number less than the number of unit spheres that once flowed into the intake gutter 33 are returned from the return gutter 58 to the lower tray 22. Then, the return flag is set to "1" and the non-sphere flag is set to "0", and the process returns.

When the return flag becomes "1", the CPU waits until the return timer expires, that is, until the ball is removed (5.01, 5.18), and when the time is up, the return valve 58, which is the return device, is taken in from the return gutter 58 side. Back to the side, set the return flag to "0" and step 5.
Proceed to 06 (5.19, 5.20).

When the no-ball flag = "1" (5.02), it is checked at this time whether the captured-ball timer has expired (5.
16). If the take-in ball timer is operating, it means that any of the first sensor 53, the second sensor 54, and the third sensor 55 is turned off during the take-in operation due to the take-in operation. Therefore, when the take-in ball timer is in operation, the operation of the take-in device 30 is continued (5.16, 5.17) for the purpose of completing the taking-in of the predetermined number of balls currently taken in. Further, when the take-in ball timer has expired, it means that there is no more balls in the upper tray 16 or the downstream gutter 32, so the procedure proceeds to step 5.11 to stop the operation of the ball take-in device 30, The processing is performed in the same manner as in the case of “end of ball capture timer”.

Other specific examples of prize ball discharging device (a) Prize ball discharging device of FIG. 44 This prize ball discharging device 40 is a two-row type in which two prize ball discharging devices 40 of FIG. 11 are arranged side by side. Here is an example. The outflow chute 39 and the flow-down gutter 73 of the prize ball discharging device 40 following the discharge chute 39 are configured in two lines, and the prize ball discharging device 40 itself is configured as a unit that can be detached independently as shown in FIG. 45. In cam 74
And a discharge solenoid 75. Prize ball discharging device
In order to prevent the balls from spilling out of the lead-out chute 39 when the 40 is removed as necessary for cleaning or the like, the lead-out chute 39 has a ball 110 having an L-shaped claw 110A at its tip. A downflow blocking plate 110 is pivotally attached by a shaft 110B. The ball flow stop plate 110 is normally located at a release position (solid line position in FIG. 44) that allows the ball to flow down, and when this is switched to the dotted line position beyond the axis 110B, the claw 110A enters the guides of the lead-out chute 39 and the ball. Stop the flow. The spring 111 has a function of stably holding the ball downward blocking plate 110 at the blocking position and the releasing position.

In this way, the advantage of using the two-row system is that by alternately ejecting the prize balls of each row, even if the balls of one row are exhausted, If it is possible to start supplying balls to the tank 37, and if only one side is used if necessary, it is the same as in the case of the one-row type, and it is necessary to prepare different parts for the prize ball discharging device depending on the model. There is no.

(B) Prize ball discharging device shown in FIG. 46 This prize ball discharging device tiltably supports a ball shell 112 having a length for accommodating a unit number of balls in one row, and an elution solenoid 75
The ball in the ball shell 112 is tilted by means of which the ball is ejected. The ball shell 112 is normally in a non-actuated position where its end opening coincides with the downstream end opening of the downflow gutter 73 as shown in FIG. The spheres from the downflow gutter 73 are held in a predetermined number of unit spheres in the sphere shell 112 in the non-actuated position. By urging the discharge solenoid 75, the ball shell 112 is tilted so that its end opening is in the lower position, all the balls held in the ball shell 112 are dropped into the discharge trough 41, and the count sensor 76 is used. The number of balls is counted.

Relationship between Ball Intake Device and Prize Ball Ejecting Device The ball intake device 30 shown in FIGS. 5 and 29 to 40 above can be applied as the prize ball ejecting device 40, and conversely the eleventh item.
The prize ball discharging device 40 shown in FIGS. 44 to 46 can also be applied as the ball capturing device 30. Therefore, basically, any combination can be used, but the unit number of balls of the prize ball discharging device 40 is the minimum unit regarding the "weight" of the combination that can be obtained by the game device in one game. Should be determined and does not necessarily correspond to the number of unit balls taken in by the ball taking-in device 30. That is, the unit number of balls of the ball capturing device 30 and the prize ball discharging device
The number of unit spheres of 40 may be different. Further, while the prize ball discharging device 40 must be configured to automatically discharge a plurality of units of prize balls, the ball capturing device 30 is
As shown in FIGS. 51 and 52, the player may manually insert the minimum number of balls.

In the amusement machines shown in FIGS. 51 and 52, instead of providing the upper plate 16 capable of storing more than the unit number of balls as shown in FIG. 1, the number of taken-in unit balls (5 in this example) Quantitative loading plate that fills up with
113 is provided, and the ball capturing device 30 is configured as a fixed volume ball capturing device. The ball outlet 113A of the fixed quantity take-up plate 113 is closed by a shutter plate 114 rotatable about a shaft 114A. By biasing the intake solenoid 52 and opening the shutter plate 114, the balls of the fixed amount intake tray 113 flow down from the ball outlet 113A to the intake trough 33. All 5 balls are taken in, ball exit 11
When the count sensor 56 provided in 3A is turned off, the shutter plate 1
14 is returned to the closed position.

It should be noted that the grade selection switch 17 is composed of one switch, and each time it is operated, the ball in the constant maximum tray 113 is taken in, and by repeating this a plurality of times, any grade can be selected. . In this case, how many points are currently bet is displayed by turning on one of the corresponding grade indicators 18A, 18B, 18C (see FIG. 62).

Another control example of the prize ball discharging device (a) Batch discharge Here, the prize balls of the “bet line 3”, “bet line 2”, and “bet line 1” described in FIG. 26 (A) are collectively discharged. The case will be described.

Award ball number calculation processing In FIG. 47, the CPU is "bet line 3""bet line 2"
Check in sequence whether "Bet Line 1" is a win (16.0
1, 16.02, 16.03). As already mentioned, "bet line 3" has two diagonal lines of the direction line 19, "bet line 2" has two horizontal lines, and "bet line 1" has a horizontal line at the center. Refers to.

When the "wager line 3" is a win, the CPU adds the promised number of prize balls corresponding to the winning combination,
The calculated number of prize balls is written in the "prize ball storage area I" (16.04, 16.05). When the number of prize balls corresponding to the hit is stored in the prize ball storage area I, the prize ball storage area is updated (1
6.06), and display the number of prize balls on the corresponding display (not shown) for "wager line 3" and proceed to step 16.02 (16.0
7). When the "bet line 2" is a win, a process of adding the number of award balls per hit is performed, the calculated number of award balls is written in the "award ball storage area II", and the award ball storage area is updated. The number of prize balls is displayed on the corresponding display (not shown) for "wager line 2" and the process proceeds to step 16.03 (16.08 to 16.11).
When "Bet Line 1" is a win, the number of prize balls per hit is calculated and written in "Award Ball Storage Area III", the award ball storage area is updated, and a corresponding indicator for "Bet Line 1" (Fig. Display the number of prize balls (not shown) (16.12 to 16.15). Then, the total prize ball number P of the prize ball storage areas I, II, and III is calculated, and the corrected total prize ball number minus -1 from the total prize ball number P is calculated and the process returns (16.16).

Prize Ball Ejection Processing When the determination processing including the above-described arithmetic processing is completed, the program enters the processing mode “7” prize ball ejection processing. For convenience of explanation, the stored data in the prize ball storage areas I, II, and III are “5” and “1”.
It is assumed to be 5 "" 0 ".

In FIG. 48, the CPU is the discharge solenoid 7 of the prize ball discharge device 40.
Energize 5 to place cam 74 in release position (18.03). Prize balls flow down from the prize ball discharging device 40 to the ball discharge gutter 41. The first prize ball B3 (cam) seen from the counter sensor 76 in FIG.
The third prize ball seen from 74) is first detected by the counter sensor 76, and the output of the counter sensor 76 rises. When the output of the counter sensor 76 rises, the corrected total prize ball number (P-1) is decremented by -1 to determine whether or not it has become "0" (18.04 to 18.06). In this example, the corrected total number of prize balls (P-1) is changed from "19" to "18", so the determination is NO. Hereafter, prize balls are sequentially discharged from the first ball B1,
Every time each prize ball flowing down passes the count sensor 76,
Repeat steps 18.01-18.06. During this time, the display device 21 displays the number of prize balls discharged up to the present time, for example, by the subtraction method (18.01).

Eventually, the 19th (Cam 74
The 21st ball seen from) is detected by the counter sensor 76, and the output of the counter sensor 76 rises. Since the corrected prize ball total has been subtracted from "19" to "0", step 18.06
The decision at is YES. The CPU displays "0" on the display 21 and also displays it audibly (18.07, 18.08) to inform the player that the prize ball discharge is completed.

Returning to step 18.01, the determination here becomes YES, the update flag "1" is set, and the discharge solenoid 75 of the prize ball discharging device 40 is turned off (18.9, 18.10). The cam 74 returns to the blocking position in FIG. 11 and blocks the 21st ball as seen from the cam 74.
A total of 20 prize balls that have been scored will be completed.

When the balls in the upper tank 37 are exhausted and the out-of-ball detector 38 is turned on, the determination in step 18.02 becomes YES, the process proceeds to step 18.9, and the operation of the ball discharging device 40 is stopped.

(B) Discharge for each constant This discharge control is to discharge by the number of unit spheres (5) using the discharge device 40 as shown in FIG.

Award ball number calculation processing In FIG. 49, the CPU is "bet line 3""bet line 2"
Check in sequence whether "Bet Line 1" is a win (16.0
1, 16.02, 16.03). "Bet line 3""Bet line 2"
The meaning of "bet line 1" is the same as already described. In addition, the method of the arithmetic processing is as follows:
It is the same as FIG. 47 except that the number of times the prize ball discharging device 40 should be operated is stored (16.01 to 16.12).

For the sake of convenience of explanation, it is assumed here that the stored data in the working storage areas I, II, and III are "5", "15", and "0".

In FIG. 50, the CPU displays the total number of prize balls (20) to be discharged on the score indicator 21 and sets the "operation timer" (1
8.01 and 18.06), and activates the discharge solenoid 75 of the prize ball discharging device 40 (18.04, 18.13, 18.14). The ball ball 112 tilts downward and the five balls held inside are released. Then, when the "operation timer" ends after waiting for the time required to discharge the five balls held inside, the discharge solenoid 75 of the prize ball discharging device 40.
Deactivate and set the "stop timer" (18.13, 18.1
5, 18.16). When the stop timer time, which is the time required for the ball shell 112 to return to the original position, has elapsed, the content of the operation memory area I (one time) is decremented by 1 (18.05, 18.07, 18.0).
8). When the content of the working memory area becomes "0", the working memory area is updated from I to II, the number of prize balls is subtracted, and the content displayed on the display (20) is changed to -5, and the audible display of the sound effect is displayed. Go and go back to step 18.01 (18.10-18.12).

Next, steps 18.01 to 18. for the working memory area II.
Repeat 08. In the operation memory area II, the number of operations "2 times"
Is stored, the ball timer 112 of the prize ball discharging device 40, which is a constant discharging device, is operated by the operation timer and the stop timer.
(Fig. 46) tilts twice. When the content (15) of the working memory area II becomes "0", the working memory area is updated from II to III (18.08, 18.09). Since the contents of the working memory area III are "0" from the beginning, the number of prize balls immediately becomes "0" (18.02). The determination in step 18.02 is YES, the update flag "1" is set, and the discharge solenoid 75 of the prize ball discharging device 40 is turned off (18.17, 18.18).

This completes the discharge of a total of 20 scoring prize balls.

Other Specific Examples of Game Device In the game device 10 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the three rotary drums 6 are rotated by the common one motor 62 via the belt 63B, and independent by the ratchet 65 and the sliding mechanism. Although it is possible to stop the rotation, it is also possible to perform the rotation drive and the independent stop by other driving means.

FIG. 53 and FIG. 54 show the case where the pulse motor 116 is built in each rotary drum 6 to enable individual rotation control. The pulse motor 116 is mounted on the vertical mounting plate 117,
The output shaft 116A of the pulse motor 116 cantilevers the center of the rotary drum 6.

Each rotary drum 6 has a film-shaped cylindrical body 118 carrying a code, an outer ring 118A on both sides thereof, a reinforcing frame 118B axially connecting the outer ring frame 118A, and an outer ring frame on one side of the cylindrical body 118. Spokes that extend from 118A toward the central boss 118C
With 118D. The other side of the cylinder 118 is open.
In order to reduce the weight of the rotary drum 6 with this structure,
This is to reduce the load on the pulse motor 116.

The central boss 118C is disc-shaped, and its center is fixed to the output shaft 116A of the pulse motor 116. Rotating drum 6
Therefore, in order to know the rotation reference position of the pulse motor 116, one of the spokes 118D is provided with a detection piece 119, and the detection piece 119 is fixed to the mounting plate 117 by the photoelectric interrupter 120.
Is configured to pass through and block light.

The pulse motor 116 of each rotary drum 6 is connected to the start lever 13
To stop the pulse motor 116 of the rotary drum 6 whose stop button 14 is turned on. The rotation and stop are performed by turning on and off the drive pulse to the pulse motor 116. The position at which each rotary drum 6 should be stopped depends on the current rotation position from the reference position detected by the photoelectric interrupter 120, which is the characteristic of the pulse motor, that is, the rotation angle depends on the number of input pulse signals. It is distinguished from the characteristic of being proportional.

Although all of the above have been described by taking the game device 10 of the type in which the rotary drum 6 is rotated as an example, the game device 10 can be a liquid crystal display device, an LED display device, a fluorescent display panel (Digitron), a variable cathode ray tube, or the like. A display device can be used. It can also be configured as a game device other than the rotating type.

The game device 301 shown in FIG. 55 has nine 7-segment L
An example in which the ED displays 121 are arranged in a matrix and is equivalent to the gem device of FIG. 1 is shown.

The gaming machine of FIG. 56 is an example in which a large number of variable displays are concentrically arranged in multiple stages to form a so-called roulette type game device 302 which can be viewed through the window frame 12A.
In this gaming machine, the start lever 13 is changed from a lever type to a button type, and the stop button 14 is changed from a button type to a lever type. Also a large bonus indicator
26, the bonus indicator 25, the pilot lamp 29, and the stop indicator 28 are centrally arranged in a horizontal row.

Another specific example of the prize ball discharging system The gaming machine shown in FIG. 57 eliminates the lower plate 22 of the gaming machine shown in FIG.
A box storage space 123 capable of storing a large-capacity ball storage box 122 is formed in an arch shape in the lower part of a game machine, and can be freely taken in and out. 124 is a ball storage box 122 is a box storage space
It is a box detector that detects whether it is set in 123. A flange portion 122A for facilitating holding is formed on the upper edge of the ball storage box 122, and an elastic member 122B such as rubber or sponge is laid on the bottom of the ball storage box 122 to provide a sound deadening effect. In this amusement machine, the first one in the ball capturing device 30
A visible 1240 is provided so that the presence or absence of a unit sphere can be confirmed.

The amusement machine of FIG. 58 is greatly different from that of FIG. 3 in that the prize ball discharging system is installed on the machine frame 1 side instead of the front frame 3 side. Explaining in detail, except for the prize ball discharging device 40, the upper tank 37,
The lead-out chute 39, the prize ball discharge gutter 41, and the ball discharge gutter 45 are integrally formed with the mounting substrate 125 and are unitized.
The prize ball discharging unit is fixed to the machine frame 1 by mounting the mounting substrate 125 on the top of the support column 126 with an appropriate mounting member 127 such as a screw. By mounting the prize ball discharging system on the machine frame side 1 in this way, the load on the front frame 1 is lightened and the front frame can be opened and closed smoothly. Further, by unitizing the prize ball discharging system, it becomes possible to replace the front frame in the model change of the game machine or the like while leaving the prize ball discharging system. Incidentally, 128 is a reducing machine for returning the balls collected in the confluent gutter 46 to the upper tank 37 again.

FIG. 59 shows an example in which the prize ball discharging system is made permanent. That is, the prize ball ejecting device 40 is located above the outside of the machine frame 1, receives the ball replenishment directly from the replenishment gutter 35 of the island equipment via the derivation chute 39, and the prize ball from the prize ball ejecting device 40 is a derivation gutter. It is guided to the ball discharge gutter 41 in the machine frame 1 through 129.
The advantage of this configuration is that the replenishing device 36 and the tank 37 can be omitted and the cost can be reduced.
Is unnecessary, the front frame 3 can be made lighter, and opening and closing is smoother, and a large space is created in the machine frame 1,
For example, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 59, it is possible to house the game device 10 in the machine frame side, and further, the discharging device 40
Is outside the machine frame 1, and therefore, the misconduct regarding the prize ball discharging device 40 is eliminated.

Another specific example of grade selection device Fig. 60 shows a grade selection unit mounted on the operation panel 12C of the front cover 12, and is a unit panel.
130, lever type grade selection switch 17A, 17B, 17C
3 side-by-side and grade indicators 18A, 18 above them
B, 18C, and above that, stop indicators 15A, 15B, 15C
The above grade selection switches 17A, 17
It is a dual-purpose type that has a stop function by B and 17C. As shown in FIG. 61, the lever type grade selection switches 17A, 17B and 17C are configured such that a shaft 1 is attached to a U-shaped support base 131.
A rear end of a lever 134 is fixed to an inverted U-shaped swing piece 132 supported by 33, and the lever 134 is pushed down against a return spring 135 provided between the support 131 and the swing piece 132. As a result, the shield piece 132A extending from the rear edge of the swing piece 132 blocks the photo interrupter 136, which is a detector, and presses down to detect the operation. Such a lever type switch can be used not only as a grade selection switch or a start switch but also as a stop switch.

Reference numeral 62 indicates a grade selection position at which only one lever-type grade selection switch shown in FIG. 61 is horizontally provided in the unit pulse 130 to enable grade selection from 1 unit to 3 units. However, the lever 134 of this grade selection switch has a lamp 137 at its tip, and the spherical lever operating portion 134A is formed of a semitransparent member. This lamp 137
Can be used to enhance the visual effect for players and encourage grade selection. Above the unit panel 130,
A grade selection operation number indicator 138 composed of one digital indicator and grade indicators 18A, 18B and 18C are provided. Since the grade selection operation number display 138 has only one grade selection switch, the grade display 18
It serves to visually display to the player which grade position is currently among A, 18B and 18C. However, depending on the number of times the grade selection switch is activated, the grade indicator 18
You may erase A, 18B, and 18C. Further, a lever type grade selection switch may be arranged vertically or a button type one may be used.

The grade selection device shown in FIG. 63 is constructed by using push button type switches for the grade selection switches 17A, 17B and 17C of the operation panel 12C, and the grade indicators 18A, 18B and 18C are provided above.
Is also an example in which the number of captured balls display 139 composed of a digital display is provided on the right side of the operation panel 12C. The taken-in ball number display 139 is effective for displaying the number when the ball taking-in device 30 has a ball clogging or a semi-end ball. FIG. 64 is a cross-sectional view of this grade selection device. Each grade selection switch 17A, 17B, 17C has a microswitch 130 and a movable piece 131 which allows the actuator to be externally pressed. The movable piece 131 is centered on the upper shaft portion 131A,
The lower flange portion 131B can be swung to a position where it abuts on the mounting member 132 of the microswitch 130. In addition, 133 is a lamp of each grade indicator 18A, 18B, 18C.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, as many pachinko balls as the number of unit balls are taken from the downflow gutter into the intake gutter, and the pachinko balls having the unit number of balls can be obtained by operating the ball intake device once. Since it can be loaded, a quick and error-free uptake of the sphere is possible.

Further, since the number of times the electric drive means is controlled coincides with the number of units played in the game on the game machine, the control becomes easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a gaming machine to which the unit ball number capturing device of the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view, FIG. 3 is a perspective view with a front frame opened, and FIG. 4 is a front view. FIG. 5 is a view showing an embodiment of a ball take-in device, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a unit of a game device, FIG. 7 is a partial sectional view thereof, and FIG. 8 is a front view of a stop mechanism of the game device. Fig. 9, Fig. 9 (a) and (b) are diagrams showing the code alignment bit and the code position of the encoder, Fig. 10 is a diagram showing the alignment pattern and number on the drum, and Fig. 11 is an implementation of the prize ball discharging device. FIG. 12, FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the upper tank-like ball removing mechanism partially cut away, FIGS. 13 (A) and (B) are views showing the switching state of the switching valve, and FIG. 14 is an overflow. FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing an apparatus portion, FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a computer system as a control device, FIGS. 16 to 28 are drawings showing an example of a program, and FIG. Diagram showing another embodiment of a capture device, FIG. 30 shows the middle of the flow path changing mechanism of the take trough, the
Figure 31, Figure 32, Figure 33, Figure 34, Figure 35, Figure 36, Figure 37
FIG. 38 and FIG. 38 are views showing another embodiment of the ball capturing device, and FIGS. 39 (a) and (b) are diagrams showing the non-operating position and the operating position of the ball capturing device of FIG. FIG. 40 is a diagram showing still another embodiment of the ball capturing device, FIGS. 41 to 43 are specific examples showing another control method of the ball capturing device, and FIG. 44 is a prize ball discharging device. 45 is a perspective view showing another embodiment, FIG. 45 is a perspective view showing the prize ball discharging device unit portion, FIG. 46 is a view showing still another embodiment of the prize ball discharging device, FIG. 47 and FIG. Is a concrete example showing another control method of the prize ball discharging device, FIGS. 49 and 50 are concrete examples showing still another control method of the prize ball discharging device, and FIG. 51 is a fixed amount capturing device of the ball collecting device. A drawing similar to FIG.
FIG. 52 is a view showing the configuration of the quantification uptake type sphere uptake device,
FIG. 53 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the rotary drum of the game apparatus and its rotation driving means, FIG. 54 is a sectional view thereof, and FIGS. 55 and 56 show other embodiments of the game apparatus. Fig. 57 is the same as Fig. 1, Fig. 57 is a concrete example exemplifying the case where the lower plate is composed of a ball storage box, and Fig. 58 is the same as Fig. 3 in which the prize ball discharging system is provided on the machine frame side. Fig. 59 is a diagram showing a concrete example in which the prize ball discharging device is provided outside the machine frame, Fig. 60 is a concrete example of the grade selecting device section of bar type, Fig. 61 is a perspective view of the lever switch, 62 and 63 are other specific examples of the grade selecting device unit, and FIG. 64 is a sectional view of the grade selecting device unit of FIG. 63. 1 ... Machine frame, 3 ... Front frame 13 ... Start switch, 14 ... Stop switch 15 ... Stop indicator, 16 ... Upper plate 17 ... Grade selection switch 18 ... Grade indicator, 19 ... Direction line 20 …… Bet line display lamp, 21 …… Score indicator 22 …… Lower plate, 23 …… Excessive storage indicator 25 …… Large bonus indicator, 26 …… Bonus indicator 28 …… Stop indicator , 30 ...... Ball capture device 31 ...... Mounting board, 32 ...... Flow down gutter 32A ...... Ball discharge port, 32B …… Opening 32C …… Decompression part, 33 …… Capture gutter 34 …… Ball discharge gutter, 37 …… Upper tank 38 …… Ball burnout detector, 40 …… Award ball discharge device 41 …… Ball discharge gutter, 43 …… Overflow gutter 44 …… Upper tank removal device, 45 …… Ball removal gutter 46 …… Join Gutter, 50 ...... Seesaw piece 51 …… Axis, 52 …… Intake solenoid 53 …… First sensor, 54 …… Second sensor 55 …… Third sensor, 56 …… Count sensor 57 …… Off Valve, 58 …… Return gutter 59 …… Slide plate, 60 …… Ball removal solenoid 62 …… Motor, 65 …… Ratchet 68 …… Stop solenoid, 71 …… Stop position detector 73 …… Flow down gutter, 74 …… Cam 75 …… Ejection solenoid, 76 …… Count sensor 77 …… First sensor, 78 …… Switching valve 84 …… Intake cylinder, 84A …… Shaft 84B …… Blocking piece, 85 …… Return solenoid 90 …… Withdrawal Material, 98 ... Sphere storage chamber 112 ... Sphere sheath, 116 ... Pulse motor 200 ... CPU, 201 ... ROM 202 ... RAM

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A unit ball number capturing device of a game machine, wherein a predetermined number of pachinko balls are used as a unit to play a game, and a predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid according to the weight of the game result. A gutter from the upper plate provided on the front of the machine and an intake gutter connected to the down gutter are provided inside the game machine, and a ball to be released by taking in a predetermined number of balls in the middle of the gutter A unit ball number capturing device for a game machine using a pachinko ball, characterized in that a ball capturing device is provided and the ball capturing device is actuated by an electric drive means to capture balls for the number of unit balls.