JPH0790052B2 - Ball hitting stop device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is capable of retaining a predetermined number of hit balls that fall in a game area on the surface of a game board, and discharges the stopped hit balls toward a winning ball device located below. The present invention relates to a hit ball stopping device for a pachinko machine.

[Prior art]

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, various hit ball stopping devices have been provided which hold a predetermined number of hit balls that fall in a game area on the surface of a game board and discharge the hit hit balls toward a winning ball device located below. In general, these hit ball stopping devices merely change the hit ball falling in the game area alternately to a stopped state and a non-stopped state.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

For this reason, when the stop device is in the state of stopping the hit ball, the expectation that the hit ball that is stopped thereafter will win the winning ball device increases, while in the state where the hit ball is not stopped, only the normal game is played. There was a problem that the change in the winning state was poor between the state of staying just by continuing and the state of not staying. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a hitting ball retention device in a pachinko machine capable of imparting a change in a winning state between a stopped state and a non-stopped state. Especially.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the hitting ball stopping device according to the present invention is a flow path in which a hitting ball stopping portion capable of holding a predetermined number of hitting balls and a hitting ball dropping in the game area collide with each other to change its falling direction. The hitting ball retaining member integrally formed with the changing portion is provided, and the hitting ball retaining member and the flow passage changing portion alternately appear in the game area on the game board surface by the operation of the electric driving source. It is characterized by doing so.

[Action]

When the hitting ball stopping part appears in the game area on the surface of the game board due to the operation of the electric drive source, a certain number of hitting balls that fall in the playing area may be stopped at the hitting ball stopping part, and the hitting ball stopping part plays the game. The hit ball stopped when it does not appear in the area is discharged again to the game area toward the winning ball device located below. Then, instead of the hitting ball stopping portion not appearing in the game area, the flow path changing portion appears in the game area, so a hit ball falling in the game area collides with the flow path changing portion,
The downflow direction is positively changed. In other words, in the present invention, the winning state is greatly different when the hitting ball retention device makes the hitting ball retention part appear in the game area and when the flow path changing part appears in the game area. Therefore, it is possible to give a change to the winning state.

【Example】

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of a game board to which the hit ball retention device according to the embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIG. The game board 1 is
It is provided on a pachinko machine (not shown) and is formed into a substantially square shape. On the game board 1, a guide rail 2 for guiding a hit ball is planted in a substantially circular shape, and the area enclosed by the guide rail 2 constitutes a game area 3 where the hit ball falls. A symbol display device 4 is arranged at a slightly upper center of the game area 3. This symbol display device 4 is variably displayed when a hit ball is won at the start winning openings 5a to 5c provided at the center and lower left and right of the game area 3, and the symbol is variably displayed, and is stopped and displayed when stopped. The hit ball stopping device 11 and the winning ball device 6 which will be described later are driven according to the type of the symbol. The hit ball stopping device 11 is arranged below the symbol display device 4, and the winning ball device 6 is arranged below it. The winning ball device 6 is a so-called tulip type winning opening, and in this embodiment, it is driven by an electric drive source (not shown). The hit ball stopping device 11 will be described in detail later. In addition, in the upper part of the game area 3, the normal winning holes 8a to 8c and the windmill 9 that changes the flow direction of the hit ball that falls in the game area 3.
a and 9b are provided, and the winning ball devices 7a and 7b are provided on the left and right slightly below the center of the game area 3. The winning ball devices 7a and 7b are tulip type winning openings similar to the winning ball device 6, and are not electric drive sources, but mechanically open and close the blades alternately. Further, a large number (200 to 300) of obstacle nails 10 are erected in the game area 3 to change the flow direction of the falling hit ball. In addition, at the lowermost part of the game area 3, there is an out port 24 into which the hit balls that have not won any of the above various winning ports are taken in.
It is provided. By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, the hitting ball retention device 11 has a mounting board 12 mounted on the surface of the game board 1, and a rectangular opening 13 is formed in the mounting board 12. A hit ball stopping member 14 is rotatably provided in the opening 13. The hit ball retaining member 14 is formed of a semi-cylindrical member, and the flat surface portion thereof constitutes a hit ball retaining portion 15 capable of retaining a predetermined number of hit balls, and the semicircular curved surface on the outer periphery thereof is the flow path changing portion 16. Are configured. The hit ball stopping portion 15 is formed in a concave shape so that a predetermined number of hit balls can be stopped, and the flow path changing portion 16 is formed in a curved shape, so that when the hit ball collides, its downflow direction can be changed. ing. Also, in the upper center of both end faces of the hit ball stopping member 14,
17a and 17b are provided so as to project, and the support shafts 17a and 17b are supported by the mounting substrate 12. Then, since the hitting ball retaining member 14 is supported by the support shafts 17a and 17b at the centers of both end faces as described above, half of the hitting ball retaining member 14 is always in a state of protruding forward from the surface of the game board 1, When the flat surface portion faces upward, the hit ball falling in the game area 3 is stopped in the hit ball stopping portion 15, and when the flat surface portion is inverted and the flat surface portion faces downward, that is, the curved surface portion faces upward. Occasionally, a hit ball that falls in the game area 3 collides with the flow path changing portion 16 so that the flow direction thereof is changed. By the way, as shown in FIG. 2 as a mechanism for reversing and rotating the hitting ball retaining member 14, a semicircular spur gear 18 is fixed to one end surface of the hitting ball retaining member 14, and the spur gear 18 is elongated. The formed bar-shaped gear 19 is adapted to be engaged. The rod-shaped gear 19 is formed in an "L" shape, an engaging portion which engages with the spur gear 18 is formed on a vertical side of the rod-shaped gear 19, and an end portion of the horizontal side thereof is a plunger of a solenoid 20 as an electric drive source. It is connected to the lower end of 21. A spring 22 is provided around a plunger 21 of the solenoid 20 and constantly urges the plunger 21 downward. A wiring 23 for supplying a current to the solenoid 20 is connected to the solenoid 20. The relationship between the solenoid 20 as the electric drive source and the hit ball retaining member 14 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. When the solenoid 20 is in the non-excited state,
As shown in FIG. 2, the plunger 21 is in the lowered position by the urging force of the spring 22. Therefore, the bar gear 19 is also in the lowered position, and the spur gear 18 engaging with the bar gear 19 is in a state in which the hit ball stopping portion 15 faces upward,
That is, the hit ball stopping portion 15 is engaged in such a state as to appear in the game area 3. Therefore, the hit ball falling in the game area 3 can be stopped at the hit ball stopping portion 15. On the other hand, when the solenoid 20 is excited, the plunger 21 ascends against the biasing force of the spring 22 as shown in FIG. 3, and therefore the rod gear 19 is also in the ascended position.
When the rod gear 19 rises, the spur gear that engages with it
Since 18 is rotated, the hitting ball retaining member 14 formed integrally with this is also inverted and the flow path changing portion 16 appears in the game area 3. For this reason, while the solenoid 20 is excited, the hit ball that falls in the game area 3 collides with the flow path changing portion 16 and is forced to change its downward direction. An example of a specific operation of the hitting ball retention device 11 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 5 to 7. First, in a normal game state, the hitting ball retention device is first described. 11, the solenoid 20 is in a non-excited state, and therefore, the hit ball stopping portion 15 is in a state where it has appeared in the game area 3. When a game is played in such a state, the hit balls falling in the game area 3 are received by the hit ball stopping device 11 and are stopped at the hit ball stopping portion 15 (the state shown in FIG. 5). Then, the hit ball wins the starting winning openings 5a to 5c and the symbol display device 4
Variably displays, and when the symbol when the variable display is stopped displays the first jackpot symbol among the predetermined symbols, the winning ball device 6 is driven to open for a fixed time (for example, 30 seconds). At the same time, the solenoid 20 is excited to reverse the hit ball stopping member 14 and release the hit hit ball toward the winning ball device 6 (state of FIG. 6). When the hit ball stopping member 14 is completely inverted, the flow path changing unit 16
Since the ball has appeared in the game area 3, the hit ball is the flow path changing unit 16
And is not guided to the winning ball device 6 (state of FIG. 7). However, in this embodiment, when the first big hit symbol is displayed, the time during which the flow path changing unit 16 appears in the game area 3 is extremely shortened, and thereafter, it returns to the non-excited state again and the hit ball stopping portion 15 Is made to appear in the game area 3, and the hit ball is stopped, and after a certain time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses, the operation of exciting the hit ball that has been stopped again toward the winning ball device 6 is repeated. In this case, the above operation is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 5 times). Therefore, in the winning ball device 6, both the hit ball which is won regardless of the hit ball stopping device 11 and the hit ball which is stopped and released by the hit ball stopping device 11 during the open time is a large amount in a short time. You can get a prize ball. On the other hand, when the ball hits the starting winning openings 5a to 5c and the symbol display device 4 variably displays, and the symbol at the time of the stop is the second jackpot symbol different from the first jackpot symbol, the same as above. When the solenoid 20 is excited, the winning ball device 6 is also opened for a certain period of time (for example, 30 seconds), and the hit ball that has been stopped is released toward the winning ball device 6.
In order to maintain the excited state for a certain period of time, the hit ball stopped by the hit ball stopping device 11 is released only once, and thereafter, the winning ball device 6 is opened. During this time, the flow path changing unit 16 appears in the game area 3, so that the hit ball that drops toward the winning ball device 6 collides with the flow path changing unit 16 so that its flow direction can be changed. Has become. Therefore, only the hit ball that wins the winning ball device 6 regardless of the stopping device 11, in this case, the hit ball reflected by colliding with the flow path changing unit 16 drops toward the winning ball device 6. There is also a case where the ball hits the hit ball and interferes with the winning of the winning ball device 6. Therefore, in the case of the second big hit symbol, the winning ball device 6
The winning rate of hitting the ball is lower than that in the case of the first big hit symbol. That is, the winning state is changed by the operation of the hit ball stopping device 11. In the above embodiment, the flow path changing unit 16 is the game area 3
In the state of appearing in, the hitting balls that have collided with the flow path changing portion 16 are located, for example, in the vicinity of the obstacle balls so that the hitting balls 5b, 5c arranged on the right and left sides of the winning ball device 6 are guided. If you adjust 10, you can get a different interest of game. In the embodiment described above, the tulip type winning opening is shown as the winning ball device 6, but a winning ball device 31 in which a rectangular opening 32 is opened / closed by an opening / closing plate 33 may be applied as shown in FIG. . In this case, the hitting ball stopping device 30 is also made large in size in proportion to the size of the opening 32. The operation of the hit ball retention device 11 in the above-described embodiment is an example, and may be controlled by another operation. Further, the number of hitting ball stopping devices 11 is not limited to one, but a plurality of hitting ball stopping devices 11 may be provided so as to double the interest of the game.

【The invention's effect】

As is clear from the above description, the hitting ball stopping device according to the present invention has a hitting ball stopping portion capable of holding a predetermined number of hitting balls, and a hitting ball dropping in the game area on the surface of the game board colliding with each other in the falling direction. Is provided with a hitting ball retention member integrally formed with a flow path changing portion, and the hitting ball retention member and the flow path changing portion are alternately formed on the game board surface by the operation of an electric drive source. Since it is configured to appear in the game area, you can enjoy the chance that the hitting ball stop part holds the hit ball and wins the prize, and the flow path changing part repels the hit ball and does not win. The state can be changed greatly, so that the interest of the game can be fully excited.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko machine to which a hitting ball retaining device according to an embodiment is applied, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are cross-sectional views showing an operating state of the hitting ball retaining device. FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of the hit ball stopping device, FIGS. 5 to 7 are front views showing the relationship between the hit ball stopping device and the winning ball device located below the hit ball stopping device, and FIG. It is a front view of the game board showing the embodiment. 1 …… Game board 3 …… Game area 6 …… Winning ball device 11 …… Striking ball stopping device 14 …… Striking ball stopping member 15 …… Striking ball stopping part 16 …… Flow path changing part 20 …… Solenoid (electric drive source ) 30 ... hitting ball stop device 31 ... prize winning ball device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A hit ball stop in a pachinko machine in which a predetermined number of hit balls that fall in a game area on the surface of a game board can be retained, and the stopped hit balls are discharged toward a winning ball device located below. In the device, the hitting ball retaining device is integrally formed with a hitting ball retaining portion capable of retaining a predetermined number of hitting balls and a flow path changing portion capable of changing a falling direction of a hitting ball falling in the game area. A hitting ball retaining member, wherein the hitting ball retaining member and the flow path changing portion alternately appear in the game area on the game board surface by the operation of an electric drive source. Hitting ball stop device in the machine.