JPH0318392A - Electronic control type pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a player from receiving an unexpected disadvantage due to a fact fall run-out occurs suddenly by providing a ball run-out previous warning means for raising an alarm sound, etc., and warning beforehand ball run-out, when the data of the number of holding balls of the player becomes the number of remaining quantity set in advance. CONSTITUTION:In the case the number of remaining quantity of holding balls of a storage device of a computer 44 becomes, for instance, 20 pieces, a ball run-out previous warning means raises an alarm sound from a loudspeaker 46, and also, flickers an alarm lamp 47 of a decorated panel part 5. As for the ball run-out previous warning means, either only the alarm sound or only flickering of the alarm lamp 47 will suffice. The player who perceives a fact that the number of holding balls is small by the ball run-out previous warning means can execute an appropriate means such as a game is continued after replenishing his own holding balls by pushing a lead ball purchase select button 9, in the case there is the balance in a magnetic card.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an electronically controlled pachinko machine that circulates game balls and digitally displays the current number of balls held by the player.

[Conventional technology] Conventionally, a predetermined number of game balls are sealed inside a pachinko machine and used for circulation, and data on the number of balls held is read from a magnetic card etc. and stored in the memory device of the pachinko machine. Based on the data, the game ball is fired to one ball, and the number of fired balls, the number of prize balls, the number of foul balls, etc. are added/subtracted from the ball number data, and the current number of balls held by the player is digitally displayed. The electronically controlled pachinko machine was developed in 1983, for example.
No. 27829.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machine, the balls held by the player are shot and consumed indifferently, and the player may run out of balls without realizing it. Therefore, if the special prize ball receiver is released when there are only a few balls remaining, a situation may occur where the ball cannot be fired with rQJ, which may cause an unexpected disadvantage to the player. It was intended to give

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the second problem, the present invention reads data on the number of balls held from the magnetic cars 1 to 1, etc., stores them in the storage device of the pachinko machine, and stores the data on the number of balls held on the pachinko machine. The electronically controlled pachinko machine is configured to digitally display the number of balls currently held by the player by firing the game balls one by one and adding or subtracting the number of balls fired, etc. from the number of balls held by the player. To provide an electronically controlled pachinko machine that is equipped with a ball-out warning means that issues an alarm sound or the like when the number of balls held by a player reaches a preset number of balls remaining. It is something to do.

[Function] Since a warning sound or the like is emitted when the data on the number of balls held by the player reaches a preset number of remaining balls, it is possible to prevent a situation where the player suddenly runs out of balls.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the overall structure of an electronically controlled pachinko machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a pachinko machine) suitable for applying the present invention and its structure will be explained below. The operation will be explained, and the characteristic parts of the present invention will be explained in the latter part.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine, and FIG. 2 is a front view.

A pachinko machine 1 has a front frame 3 mounted on the front side of a side frame 2. A glass frame 4 fitted with a glass plate is attached to the upper front surface of the front frame 3. A decorative panel part 5 is formed at the lower front of the front frame 3, and on the decorative panel part 5 there is a rotary handle 6 for adjusting the firing strength of game balls, and a rotary handle 6 for controlling the number of balls held by magnetic recording or the like. A card insertion slot 7 for a recorded magnetic card, a digital display section 8 for displaying the number of balls held, a rental ball purchase selection button 9, a payment button 10, etc. are provided.

A game board 11 is attached to the rear surface of the glass frame 4, and a game ball launcher @12 is provided on the upper side of the game board 11. Also, the guide rail 13 on the surface of the game board 11
Game club surrounded by]. A plurality of winning ball sockets 14, an outro 15, and a foul ball outlet 29 are provided in 1a.

FIG. 3 is a back view of the pachinko machine of the present invention, and the game board]
A game ball collecting section 16 is formed in the front of the l.

The game ball gathering section 16 is constructed in the form of a cover with a composite resin material such as plastic, and a partition wall 6b is provided inside the plate-like section 16a facing the back surface 3 of the game board 11 to collect winning balls in the upper part. The path 17 is divided into an outer 1 and a ball collection path 18 at the bottom. The entering prize ball collection path 17 and the out ball collection path 18 are communicated by a lead-out path l9 established in the partition wall 16b, and a winning ball detection sensor 20 is provided in the lead-out path 19, which is activated each time a winning ball passes. There is. Further, a guide passage 30 is provided to guide foul balls flowing out from the foul ball discharge port 29 to the game ball collecting section 16, and a foul ball detection sensor 43 is provided in the guide passage 30, which is activated when a foul ball flows down. In addition, on one side of the side frame 2 on the back side of the game board 11, there is a return machine 2 for transporting the game balls flowing out from the exit 16b of the winning ball collecting section 1G upward.
, a spiral tank rail 22 for accommodating the game balls lifted by the return machine 21 in a single line spirally arranged, and a game in which the game balls lined up on the spiral tank rail 22 are supplied one by one to the firing device l2. A ball supply device 23 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 6, and 8, the firing device 12 includes a game ball firing position 121, a firing ball detection sensor 127 that detects the game ball supplied to the firing position 121, and a firing ball detection sensor 127 that detects the game ball supplied to the firing position 121. 12] game ball to the game section 1]. It is roughly composed of a batting rod 122 that fires the ball at the target a, and a motor 123 for late movement of the batting rod. The firing position 121 is located at the guide rail 13
The end portion of the ball is bent into a substantially L-shape, and a through hole 121a through which the ball hitting portion 122a of the ball hitting rod 122 faces is bored in its horizontal lower surface. The batting rod 122 is connected to the device plate 1 by a shaft 124.
The ball hitting portion 122a faces the through hole 121a at the firing position 121 from below. Further, a locking pin 122b is provided protruding from the side surface of the ball hitting rod 122.

A cam 126 is fixed to the output shaft 123a of the motor 123, and the cam 1 rotates by the drive of the motor 123.
26 engages or disengages from the engagement pin 122b to repeatedly rotate the ball hitting rod 122, and during the return movement shown by the solid line in FIG. 6, the game ball at the firing position 121 is fired into the game section 11a. Further, one end of a tension spring 25 is locked to the ball batting rod 122 via a wire 24, and the other end of the tension spring 25 is connected to a wire 26.
It is fixed to a take-up pulley 27 which is fixed to the shaft 6a of the rotating handle 6 via. Therefore, by rotating the rotating handle 6, the wire 26 is wound around the take-up pulley 27, and the tension spring 25 is expanded. The repulsive force of the game ball by the ball rod 122 can be freely adjusted. Further, a switch 28 is provided on the circumferential surface of the take-up pulley 27, which is turned on when the rotary handle 6 is rotated to drive the motor 123.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the reduction machine 21 includes a helical rotary body 32 that stands up vertically and has a groove 31 spirally provided on its circumferential surface into which a game ball can fit, and the helical rotary body 32. A guide plate 33 provided in the axial direction of 32 and parallel to the side surface thereof.
and has. The helical rotating body 32 is rotatably supported at its upper and lower ends by a U-shaped support plate 34 fixed to the side frame 2, and a motor 35 for rotating the helical rotating body 32 is provided at its lower end. On the other hand, the guide plate 33 is shaped like a gutter having a U-shaped cross section, and is detachably attached to the support plate 34 via a frame member 36. Then, a suitable ball polishing surface 37 is formed by pasting polishing cloth on the inner surface facing the side surface of the spiral rotor 32, and game balls are formed one by one using this ball polishing surface 37 and the groove 31 of the spiral rotor 32. It takes the form of a lifting path 38 that transports the material upward. The lower end of the transport path 38 communicates with the outlet 16c of the game ball collecting section 16 via the introduction path 39, and the upper end communicates with the outlet path 40.
It communicates with the spiral tank rail 22 via.

The spiral tank rail 22 has a spiral ball flow path 22a in which game balls are lined up in a row downward from two sides, and the distance of the ball flow path 22a is at least fi in this embodiment. The balls are selected so that all of the game balls (approximately 50) used are lined up.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the game ball supply device 23 is rotatably supported by a shaft 41 on the side of the firing position 121, and is always supported by a coil spring 42 as shown by the solid line in FIG.
The helical tank rail 22 is rotated counterclockwise by the bias of
A supply lever 232 that integrally has a ball receiving part 231 that receives and holds the first game balls lined up in the ball flow path 228.
and a solenoid 233, and when the solenoid 233 is energized, the plunger 234 protruding downward as shown by the chain line in FIG. Individual firing position 1
21.

On the other hand, inside the decorative panel section 5, there is a card reader 45 that can read the recorded information on the magnetic card inserted into the card insertion slot 7, and data on the number of balls held etc. recorded on the magnetic card. A storage device that stores the winning ball detection sensor 20
A computer 44 is provided, which includes a calculation device, etc., which adds the signal from the foul ball detection sensor 43 as a (+) input, and adds the signal from the launched ball detection sensor 127 as a (-) input to perform addition/subtraction calculations.

Next, the operation of a pachinko machine will be explained. When a player inserts a magnetic card with a predetermined number of balls recorded into the card insertion slot 7, the card is taken into a card reader 45, and the ball number data recorded on the card is checked. The data on the number of balls held is sent to the storage device of the computer 44 and stored therein, and the digital display section 8
is sent to and displayed. Further, the game stopping state of the firing device 12 and the game ball supply device 23 is released to enable firing of game balls, and the motor 35 for the return machine is driven.

Therefore, when the player rotates the rotary handle 6, the switch 28 is turned on, the motor 123 for driving the ball batting rod is moved, and the solenoid 233 is energized. Game balls lined up are detected one by one by a firing ball detection sensor 127 and supplied to a firing position 121. Then, the game ball supplied to the firing position 121 is driven by the ball hitting rod 1 as the motor 123 is driven.
22 is fired into the game section 11a of the game board 11. The ejection signal from the ejected ball detection sensor 127 is sent as a (-) signal to the arithmetic unit of the computer 44, where 1 is subtracted and stored from the number of memories in the storage device, and 1 is also subtracted from the digital display section 8. The numbers will be displayed.

On the other hand, the gaming department]. ]a When the game ball launched into the winning ball slot 14 enters the winning ball socket 14, the winning ball is guided to the winning ball collecting path l7 of the winning ball collecting part 16 on the back side of the game board 11,
While passing through the winning ball detection sensor 20, they are collected in the out 1 ball collection path 18. The out balls are collected from the outro 15 into the out ball collection path 18 of the winning ball collecting section 16, and are introduced into the transport path 38 of the return machine 21 through the introduction path 39 from the exit 16c along with the winning balls.

The signal from the winning ball detection sensor 20 is a number converted into the number of prize balls for one winning ball, for example (+1
3) sent as a signal to the arithmetic unit of the computer 44;
13 is added for each winning ball to the number stored in the storage device, and the added number is displayed on the digital display section 8. Also, launch position 1. 2. When the rebound force of the game ball fired from 1 is weak and the game ball is misfired and is received by the foul ball outlet 29, the game ball is guided as a foul ball to the guide path 30 directly in front of the game board 11, While being detected by the foul ball detection sensor 43, the outs 1 of the winning ball collecting section 16 are collected in the ball collecting path 18 and introduced into the transport path 38 of the return machine 21 in the same way as winning balls and out balls. The signal from the foul ball detection sensor 43 is sent as a (+) signal to the arithmetic unit of the computer 44, and the number of memories in the storage device is increased by one.
are added and stored, and the number obtained by adding 1 is displayed on the digital display section 8. Therefore, the foul ball is determined by the signal from the shot ball detection sensor 127, and the number of foul balls is reduced to 1 from the stored number.
Although it is subtracted, 1 is added by the signal from the foul ball detection sensor 43, so it is not actually a 1 subtraction.

The game balls thus fired into the gaming section 11a are either winning balls, out balls, or foul balls, and are all collected in the winning ball collecting section 16 and introduced into the transport path 38 of the return machine 21. The game balls introduced into the pumping path 38 are
As the helical rotating body 32 rotates, it rises along the inner surface of the guide plate 33 while being held in place by the groove 31 on its circumferential surface and the guide plate 33. At this time, since the ball polishing cloth 37 is shaped by pasting an abrasive cloth on the inner surface of the guide plate 33, the game balls are brought into frictional contact with the ball polishing surface 37, removing dirt from the surface and thoroughly cleaning the ball. While being polished, the balls rise one after another, are pumped from the upper outlet to the outlet passage 40, and are further led to the spiral tank rail 22 for circulation use.

During the game, if the number of balls held in the storage device becomes zero or the settlement button 10 is pressed, a stop signal is sent, making the game impossible, and the number of balls held on the magnetic card is reset by pressing the settlement button 10. If the above is written, the card should be moved to car 1<
It is discharged from the closet 7 and returned to the player.

11 However, the characteristic part of the present invention is that a pitch warning means is provided.

The ball cut notification means is configured to send a message to the speaker 46 when the number of balls remaining in the storage device of the computer 44 reaches, for example, "20".
The alarm lamp 47 of the decorative panel section 5 emits an alarm sound. 47 blinks.

As this warning means, the warning sound may be used only, or the warning lamp 47. Even if only 47 is blinking, the combination is arbitrary. Further, the number of remaining capacity settings and the operating conditions for activating the ball cutting warning means may be arbitrarily determined. For example, when the number of remaining capacity is "20," the alarm lamp 47. Only 47 will flash, and if the number of balls in possession reaches 10, an alarm will sound. It is conceivable to create a condition that prevents it from being activated a second time unless it exceeds the number of individuals.

In the latter case, an effect can be expected to prevent the inconvenience of the ball cut notification means being activated too much when the number of balls held increases and decreases repeatedly near the remaining number of "20 balls".

As described above, the player who perceives that he has only 2 balls due to the out-of-ball notification means presses the rental ball purchase select button 9 to replenish the number of balls he has if there is any remaining amount on the magnetic card. Appropriate measures can be taken, such as continuing the game.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a ball out warning means that emits an alarm sound etc. when the data on the number of balls held by the player reaches a preset number of remaining balls, thereby preventing unexpected ball outage. It is possible to prevent situations where players suffer unexpected disadvantages due to balls running out, and it is also possible for game arcades to avoid unnecessary troubles with players due to balls running out. There is real benefit.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show a practical example of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an electronically controlled pachinko machine, Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, Fig. 3 is a back view partially cut away, and Fig. 4 The figure is a perspective view of the firing device section, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the return machine section, FIG. 6 is a front view of the firing device section, and FIG. 7 is a front view of the game ball supplying device section.
FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the state of supply of game balls to the firing device;
FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the state in which game balls are introduced into the redemption machine. 1... Pachinko machine, 46. Speaker forming part of ball cut notification means, 47. 47 A warning lamp that forms part of the ball cutting warning means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Data on the number of balls held is read from a magnetic card, etc., and stored in the storage device of the pachinko machine, and based on this data on the number of balls held, the game ball is fired to one ball, and the number of balls fired and the prize ball are calculated. In an electronically controlled pachinko machine that digitally displays the current number of balls held by a player by adding or subtracting the number of foul balls, etc. from the number of balls held by the player, the data on the number of balls held by the player is An electronically controlled pachinko machine is provided with a ball-out warning means that sounds an alarm or the like when a preset number of remaining balls is reached.