JPH03210284A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To unnecessitate the carrying action of an out ball and a ball box in which the out ball is housed by forming an exhaust port at every lower pan of plural pinball game machines, respectively, and providing a pinball counter which counts the number of out balls falling naturally from the exhaust port to a count reception part. CONSTITUTION:The exhaust port 13 is formed at every lower pan 9 of the plural pinball game machines, respectively. The number of out balls falling naturally from the exhaust port 13 to the count reception part 16 is counted with the pinball counter 15. As a result, it is possible to dispense with the carrying action of the out ball and a large number of ball boxes in which the out ball is housed, and also, to recognize the count result of the out ball at every pinball game machine, which facilitates the management of the out ball.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a pachinko game machine equipped with a lower tray (prize ball tray) for storing balls (prize balls) including foul balls.

(B) Conventional technology Traditionally, the number of balls played at a pachinko parlor was counted by the player, who first transferred the balls stored in the lower tray of the pachinko machine to a ball box, and then at the counter where a ball counting machine was installed. The above-mentioned ball box was transported to the counter, and this reception was carried out using a ball counter at the counter.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention However, with this type of ball counting means, the player does not have to go to the place where the ball counting system is installed with the ball box, regardless of the number of balls that are played. Particularly when there are a large number of balls to be dispensed, heavy items must be transported within a relatively narrow store.

As described above, there is a problem in that transporting the balls and a large number of ball boxes in which the balls are placed are indispensable.

This invention eliminates the need for transporting balls and a large number of ball boxes in which the balls are placed, and also allows the counting of balls to be obtained for each pachinko machine, making it easy to manage the balls. The purpose is to provide machines.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems This invention provides a pachinko game machine in which a plurality of pachinko game machines each have an ejection port formed in each lower tray, and the balls that fall naturally from the ejection port into the counting tray. According to this invention, the balls released into the lower tray are:
The balls naturally fall through the outlet formed in the lower tray and are thrown into the counting receiver, and the number of balls released is counted at any time by the above-mentioned pachinko ball counting device, and such counting is performed for each pachinko machine during play. It will be done.

(f) Effects of the invention As a result, the act of transporting the balls and the multiple ball boxes in which the balls are placed are completely unnecessary, and the results of counting the balls played for each pachinko machine can be obtained to manage the balls played. This has the effect of making it easier.

Note that prizes can be exchanged with players easily by printing out the counting results of the pachinko ball counting device on, for example, a card or receipt.

(g) Examples An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawings show a pachinko game machine, and as shown in FIGS. is hanging horizontally.

Each of the pachinko gaming machines 1 described above is configured as follows.

That is, a transparent inner frame 6 is arranged in the main part of the outer frame 4 so that the game board 5 can be seen, and an internal device is provided with a prize ball ejection mechanism etc. on the back side of each of these elements 4.5.6. 7 is attached, and a hit ball tray 8 serving as a shot ball receiving tray and a lower receiving tray 9 serving as a winning ball receiving tray are attached to the front outside of the above-mentioned outer frame 4 in a vertically spaced manner.

Further, on the right side between the above-mentioned ball tray 8 and lower tray 9, an operating knob 10 of an electric hammer for firing balls is arranged, and an outer frame 4 between the lower tray 9 and table 3 is provided. is provided with a sensor 11 for detecting the presence or absence of a player, and is further provided with the above-mentioned game board 5.
A display 12 for displaying, for example, a ball count value is attached to the upper panel 2.

Note that a display push button may be provided near the display 12 if necessary.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 2, the above-mentioned lower tray 9 is provided with a discharge port 13, and the table 3 facing this discharge port 13 is provided with a discharge port 13 as shown in FIG.
The ball introduction port 14 is opened.

In addition, each pachinko ball counting device 15 provided corresponding to the above-mentioned ball introduction port 14 and each internal device 7...
... are connected to each other through one gutter 17.

Furthermore, on the front side corresponding to the above-mentioned pachinko ball counting device 15, there is a receipt outlet 18 and a printout push button 1.
9 is arranged, and when this printout push button 19 is turned on, the number of balls dispensed counted by the above-mentioned pachinko ball counting device 15 is printed on a receipt 20 and discharged from the receipt discharge port 18. .

The CPU 20, which will be described later, is configured to print the number of balls to be paid only when the printout button 19 is pressed once after the end of the game, and to prohibit fraudulent activity by pressing it again.

On the other hand, an intermission ball lending machine 21 is arranged between the adjacent left and right pachinko machines 1, 1, and when a predetermined coin is inserted into the coin slot 22, the intermission ball lending machine 21 dispenses a predetermined number of pachinko balls. It is configured to emit.

The CPU 30 receives a player detection signal from the sensor 11, a ball output signal from the pachinko ball counting device 15, an output command signal from the printout push button 19, and a ball lending number signal from the inter-machine ball lending machine 21. , drives and controls the receipt issuing device 24 and the display 12 according to the program stored in the ROM 23 based on the out ball number signal from the internal device 7,
Further, the RAM 25 stores necessary data.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the above-mentioned CPU 30 generates a game start signal C and a game end signal d by AND logic and OR logic of the player detection signal a and the out ball count signal S.
At the same time, the playing time and the number of players are calculated based on these signals C and d, and necessary data such as number of balls played, playing time data, number of players data, sales data of intermission ball rental machines is calculated. etc. are stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 25 mentioned above in a data output-enabled state, and further data is sent and received to and from a host computer (not shown) via a communication device.

The illustrated embodiment is constructed as described above, and its operation will be explained below.

When the player inserts a predetermined amount of coins into the coin slot 22, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are released by the intermission ball lending machine 21 below, and the player places the pachinko balls into the ball tray 8. Afterwards, the player can play the game by holding the operation knob 10.

The balls hit by the electric hammer are either out balls, foul balls, or safe balls. Out balls are stored in the out ball tank in the internal device 7, while 7 round balls are returned to the lower saucer 9. If the ball is a safe ball, the prize ball discharging mechanism in the internal device 7 operates to discharge a predetermined number of prize balls into the lower tray 9 described above.

In this way, the balls discharged into the lower tray 9 mentioned above are discharged from the discharge port 13, and then naturally fall into the ball introduction port 14 opened directly below the discharge port 13, and then the balls are further passed through one gutter 17.
It reaches the counting receiving section 16 of the pachinko ball counting device 15 via. The pachinko ball counting device 15 described above sequentially counts the number of balls dispensed from the counting receiving section 16, and this counted value is sequentially stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 25 via the CPU 30.

When the player turns on the printout button 19 at the end of the game, the final number of balls put out is displayed on the display 12, and the CPU 30 drives the receipt issuing device 24 to print the above-mentioned final number of balls on the receipt 20. After the visible printing, the printed receipt 20 is discharged from the receipt discharge port 18, and the player takes the above-mentioned receipt 20 and exchanges prizes.

In this way, the balls released into the lower tray 9 fall naturally from the outlet 13 formed in the lower tray 9, are thrown into the counting receiver 16, and are counted by the pachinko ball counting device 15. The number of balls is counted at any time, and such counting is performed for each pachinko machine during play, so the act of transporting the balls,
There is no need for a large number of ball boxes in which the balls are put in, and the result of counting the balls put out is obtained for each pachinko game machine 1, which has the effect of facilitating the management of the balls put out.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a system diagram of a pachinko gaming machine, Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of main parts along line A-A in Fig. 1, and Fig.
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Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A pachinko game machine is equipped with a pachinko ball counting device that forms a discharge port in each of the lower trays of a plurality of pachinko game machines and counts the number of balls that fall naturally from the discharge port into a counting tray. Pachinko machine.