JPH0798092B2 - Pachinko machine winning device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial application] The present invention relates to a winning device mounted on a game board surface of a pachinko machine.

[Prior Art] The winning device serves as a central part of a game in a pachinko machine, and since the structure of the device influences entry conditions, it is the most interesting part for the player.

There have been many proposals and many implementations regarding conventional prize winning devices, but the present invention, among these many prize winning devices, opens the door provided for the device in particular by combining with a timer etc. The present invention relates to an improvement of a winning device with a door that enables the entry of many hit balls.

As is well known, in recent pachinko machines, when a ball hits a specified entrance, or when a preset combination of hits is completed, the prize-winning device with a door is opened as a reward, and it is usually constant. Many things that have been able to win many prizes by continuing this open state are adopted.

The prize winning device with a door is equipped with a switch that detects the number of jumping balls in combination with a timer to count the number of jumps, and either the set time has elapsed or the set number of jumps has occurred. When it is achieved, the door is closed and the player wins. For example, the winning devices described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-34277, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-218771, and the like are winning devices with a door of this kind.

In this prize winning device, the door provided at the entrance of the device is opened by exciting a solenoid or the like under the set opening condition, for example, when a hit ball has entered the specified entrance. As described in each publication and disclosed in the device, the door that opens the entrance is a mere plate-like door, and when it is opened, it is tilted horizontally toward the front, and when it hits a falling ball, it is guided to the entrance. In addition, it is designed to stand up and close the entrance when closed.

In this way, the conventional device is related to the structure in which the plate-like door is pivotally connected to the lower end and the upper end is rocked back and forth to open and close. Especially, when the door is opened, all balls received by the door are used as winning balls. However, as this kind of prize winning device is kept open for the required time by combining with the timer as described above, all balls received by this door are prizes. When it becomes a sphere, the set number of spheres is achieved quickly and it closes for a long time, while all the spheres that approach this area are collected at the entrance of this prize device and jumped to other prize holes. There was a drawback that the game became extremely monotonous because the opportunity to enter was taken away.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been improved in view of the defect in the conventional winning device with a door as described above, that is, the monotonous condition at the time of relaxing the entry condition associated with the opening of the door. It was researched and developed in order to open all the hit balls that dropped on this door when the door was opened, and randomly distributed to the entrance and non-entrance depending on the individual falling state of the hit ball. In addition to eliminating the monotonousness of the device, it is intended to provide an improved winning device that can guide a ball that has become a non-jumping ball to another winning port and give another chance of winning. is there.

[Means for Solving the Problem] The present invention has been made on the basis of the above-mentioned object, and is characterized in that the opening / closing can be freely opened and closed via a support shaft along the lower edge of the opening of the entrance formed in the mounting substrate. Provide a door to be worn,
A winning device for a pachinko machine is characterized in that a ball distribution table having a required lateral width with an upper surface having an inclined surface is erected on both side ends of the back surface of the door.

The prize winning device in the present invention is to open and close the door by a solenoid and to keep the open state for a required time at the time of opening, and at the time of this opening, a sorting table is provided at both end portions of the back side of the door which falls forward and faces upwards, Directly receive the falling hit ball on the back of the door and guide it to the entrance, and make it a hit ball, that is, a prize ball, and the hit ball dropped on the distribution table can be a prize ball and a non-prize ball here. The non-prize ball is guided to the prize hole provided in the vicinity of the prize winning device of the present invention to give a chance of re-jumping while improving the monotony of the conventional device. It was done. Hereinafter, an embodiment showing a winning device of the present invention will be described in detail.

[Embodiment] An embodiment shown in the drawings is an example of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a usage state of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view with a part thereof cut away, and FIG. Fig. 3 is a side view taken along the line III-III, Fig. 4 is a side view taken along the line IV-IV, and Fig. 5 is a side view taken along the line V-V. is there.

In the drawings, 1 is a mounting substrate of the winning device of the present invention, and 2
Is a box-shaped frame integrally provided on the rear surface of the mounting board, 3 is a horizontally long entrance formed so as to penetrate the mounting board, 4
Is a door that opens and closes the entrance, and 5 is a solenoid that opens and closes the door.

The prize winning device of the present invention is mounted with the frame body 2 fitted in the mounting hole portion 7 formed in the game board 6 with the mounting substrate 1 attached to the front surface. Next, there is a passage 8 that receives the winning balls and guides them to the winning ball passage behind the game board, and a detection switch 9 for counting for detecting the winning balls faces this passage.

The door 4 is a horizontally long plate that is substantially the same as the entrance 3, and bearing plates 10a, 10b for pivotally attaching to the openings of the entrance 3 on both side edges.
It is equipped with support shafts 11, 11 which horizontally project from the lower part of the left and right opening edges of the entrance 3, and are pivotally attached to the support shafts so as to freely open and close in the front-rear direction. .

Ball distribution bases 12, 12 are provided at both ends of the back surface of the door 4 so as to be continuous with the bearing plates 10a, 10b, and occupy a part of the back surface which is a ball receiving surface of the door.

The distribution table has a height and a width that are substantially equal to the diameter of the pachinko ball, and its upper surface 12a, that is, the surface parallel to the back surface of the door, is formed as an inclined surface with a gentle slope toward the inside.

The distribution table 12 is integrated with the door 4, and when the door is closed, the distribution table 12 enters into the frame body 2 through the entrance 3. In addition, a wall 13 is provided inside the frame body 2 so as to define a space between the distribution table and the passage 8 so that a ball passing through the passage does not enter the space.

The door 4 having the distribution table 12 has left and right bearing plates 10a, 10b.
Each of which is provided with engaging pieces 14 and 15 protruding rearward,
A biasing hook piece 17 to which a spring 16 is hooked is engaged with one engaging piece 14, and an interlocking piece operated by an action rod 18 extending from the plunger of the solenoid 5 is engaged with the other engaging piece 15. 19
Are engaged.

One end of the biasing hook piece 17 is pivotally attached by a shaft 20 and is constantly pulled upward by a spring 16 to engage with a free end.
Is urged upward, which urges the door 4 in the opening direction. On the other hand, the other interlocking piece 19 is swingably attached to a shaft 21 having one end pivotally supported as a fulcrum, and is always pushed down by the repulsion of a contracted spring 22 wound around the plunger of the solenoid 5. Is pushed down by the upper edge of the door, and the engaging piece 15 that engages with the swinging free end is pushed down to urge the door 4 in the closing direction. The spring 22 here is the hook piece.
Door 4 in the normal state by making it stronger than the spring 16 that pulls up 17
Is closed.

As a preferred example, the winning device of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure is attached just below the display device 23 arranged substantially in the center of the game board 6 as shown in FIG. The obstacle nails 24 to be arranged are arranged, and the lowermost ends thereof are exposed above the left and right side portions of the entrance 2. In addition to this arrangement, another winning opening 25 is arranged on the lower left and right sides of the winning device, and an obstacle nail 24 is appropriately planted above this winning opening and attached.

In such a use, when the hit ball hits one winning opening 26 installed on the game board 6, it is set so that the solenoid 5 is excited by the detection of a detection switch (not shown) provided in this winning opening. As shown in FIG. 5, the plunger is lifted against the spring 22 and the action rod 18 is separated from the interlocking piece 19, so that the door 4 pressed by the interlocking piece moves the support shaft 11
Tilt forward with the fulcrum as the fulcrum and open the entrance 2.

FIG. 8 shows the opened state of the door 4, and in this state, the hit ball guided and dropped by the obstacle nail 24 drops toward the distribution table 12 of the door 4 located in the guiding direction, and its upper surface 12a. At this time, depending on the momentum or rotation of the ball, the direction of the collision, etc., the course is decided to either the left or right of this sorting table, and the one that rolls inward jumps on the door. While being guided to the entrance to become a winning ball, and rolling to the outside become non-winning balls, some of these are guided again to other winning holes 25 arranged below it, giving a chance of winning. Will be done.

The overwriting prize device of the present invention is usually provided in association with a timer device (not shown) like the conventional prize winning device, and is also provided in conjunction with a prize number counting device connected to a detection switch 9 provided in the passage 8. And when the open state has passed for a certain time, or when there is a predetermined number of winning balls,
The door 4 which is opened due to demagnetization of the solenoid 5 is closed.

When the solenoid 5 is demagnetized, the action rod 18 descends due to the action of the spring 22, and the interlocking piece 19 is pushed down, and the door 4 is pushed up freely through the engaging piece 15 with the support shaft 11 as a fulcrum, and the entrance 2 is opened. Close.

7 and 6 show the closed state of this door,
The biasing hook piece 17 is pushed down, and the spring 16 biasing in the opening direction is stretched. Then, the left and right distribution tables of the door 4 are stored inside the frame body 2.

In the figure, 27 is a winning opening provided below the entrance 3 of the winning device of the present invention, and 28 is a frame 2 for displaying the open state of the door.
It is a display lamp that also serves as the illumination provided inside the.

[Effects of the Invention] The winning device of the present invention is configured and used as described above. For example, the door 5 is excited by exciting the solenoid 5 set to operate when a hit ball hits a specific winning opening. It is possible to open and receive a falling ball to facilitate the entry of the entrance 3 to increase the winning rate, while closing the door 4 due to demagnetization to disable the entry and reliably change the winning conditions. Of course, the winning device of the present invention, when the door is opened, is provided on the rear surface of the door in such a manner that the base projects toward the front surface of the mounting substrate and receives the ball hitting the door 4 to distribute it inside and outside. Therefore, it is possible to enjoy a variety of games without simply changing all the balls that can be received by the door into winning balls as in the conventional device.

In addition, when the device of the present invention is provided in the vicinity of another winning port and is combined, the ball distributed to the outside by the distribution table can be given a chance of winning again, so that it is far more uniform than the conventional device. It is possible to provide a variety of devices.

In the above-described embodiment, the door 4 is opened by exciting the solenoid 5 and closed by demagnetization. However, the solenoid for the door 4 is inversely related and may be opened when demagnetized. And can be arbitrarily selected by the practitioner.

Further, although the upper surface 12a of the distribution table 12 provided on the rear surface of the door is inclined inward, it may be inclined outward or the upper surface 12a may be inclined.
The ball may be formed into an arcuate convex curved surface and the dropped hit ball may be distributed to the left and right. Although the inclination of the upper surface affects the winning probability, the inclination toward the inside and the outside and the magnitude of the inclination can be selected by an arbitrary player.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the winning device of the present invention.
The figure is a front view of the state of use, FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view with some parts cut away, FIG. 3 is a side view of the main part taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2, and FIG. -IV sectional view, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 2 when the door is closed. FIG. 7 and FIG. 7 are sectional views taken along the line VV in FIG. 2 when the door is closed, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a specific arrangement example of the winning device of the present invention. 1 ... Mounting board, 2 ... Frame, 3 ... Inlet, 4 ...
Door, 11 …… 12 …… sorting table, 12a …… top of sorting table.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A fly hood which is opened in a mounting board, is pivotally attached to a lower edge of an opening of a fly hood via a support shaft, and is opened by tilting a swingable upper end forward, and is also raised by standing up. A door for closing the entrance is provided, and at the both end portions of the back surface of the door, a ball distribution table having a required lateral width is provided so that the upper surface is an inclined surface inclined in the left-right direction or the left-right direction. A winning device for a pachinko machine that features. 2. The entrance is formed horizontally long, the door is formed into an oblong shape adapted to the entrance, and the ball distribution tables provided on both side ends of the door are passed through the entrance when closing and behind the mounting substrate. Claim 1 characterized in that it is stored in
The prize winning device for the pachinko machine described in the item. 3. The winning device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the sphere distribution table has a lateral width of an upper surface which is approximately the width of one pachinko sphere. 4. The winning prize for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball distribution table is formed with an inclined plane having an upper surface facing the rear surface of the door and having an inward gentle slope. apparatus.