JPH0321283A - Pinball playing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure the paying motion of premium balls by providing a payment frequency setting means for setting the premium ball paying frequency by a second premium ball paying means less than the premium ball paying frequency per unit time by a first premium ball paying means. CONSTITUTION:Starting prize winning holes 18a to 18c allowing the rotation of rotating drums 14a to 14c are provided on the both upper and lower sides of a variable prize winning ball device 15, and among the starting prize winning holes 18a to 18c, the premium ball number to be paid when a hitted ball is entered into the starting prize winning hole 18a as a second prize winning hole provided on the upper part of the variable prize winning ball device 15 is set less than the premium ball number to be paid when a hit ball is entered into the other prize winning areas. When balls are continuously entered into the first and second prize winning holes, the premium ball paying frequency by a second premium ball paying means is less than the premium ball paying frequency per unit time by a first premium ball paying means. The receiving motion of premium balls to the second premium ball paying means can be certainly conducted, and the regulated premium ball number can be certainly paid.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to a game in which a first winning hole and a second winning hole are arranged so that the number of prize balls paid out to a player is different. This invention relates to a pinball game machine equipped with a board.

[Conventional technology] Conventionally, a plurality of winning slots provided on a game board have been divided into two fffi
A pinball game machine that is divided into two types, and the number of prize balls that are paid out when a ball hits a prize in a different type of winning hole is different (
For example, 13 pieces and 7 pieces) were offered on the market. In such a pinball game machine, two prize ball paying-out devices and two prize ball processing devices are provided as prize ball paying-out means, and of the two prize ball paying-out devices, the first prize ball paying-out device is used as a predetermined prize ball paying-out device. The system is formed in two rows to store prize balls of different numbers (for example, 7 and 6), and the second prize ball dispensing device is arranged in one row to store a predetermined number of prize balls (for example, 7). It is configured to pay out the formed and housed prize balls by the operation of the electric drive sources of the two winning ball processing devices, and the number of times the prize balls can be paid out per unit time of the two winning ball processing devices. were set to the same number.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In the conventional prize ball dispensing means having the above configuration,
The maximum number of prize balls that can be stored in one row of the first prize ball dispensing device (7 pieces) is approximately the same as the maximum number of prize balls that can be stored in one row of the second prize ball dispensing device (7 pieces). In some cases, the number of prize balls that can be paid out per unit time may be the same, but if the second prize ball dispensing device is replaced with one that can accommodate a larger number of prize balls (for example, 8 or 9 ), and in a state where a large number of winning balls are continuously generated, the operation of storing the prize balls into the second prize ball dispensing device, which has a large number of stored prize balls in one row, cannot be done in time, and finally the second prize balls are There has been a problem in that the prescribed number of prize balls in the ball dispensing device is no longer dispensed.

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to ensure the dispensing operation of prize balls even when the device is replaced with a prize ball dispensing device that dispenses a large number of prize balls. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a pinball game machine that allows players to play pinball games.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the pinball game machine according to the present invention has the following features:
In a game board equipped with a first winning hole and a second winning hole, the pachinko balls are arranged in two rows by actuation of an electric drive source in response to pachinko balls entering the first winning hole. a first prize ball dispensing means for dispensing the stored prize balls; and a first prize ball dispensing means from the first prize ball dispensing means by actuation of an electric drive source in response to a pachinko ball winning into the second winning opening. a second prize ball dispensing means for dispensing the prize balls stored in one row which is smaller than the number of prize balls to be paid out; and a payout number setting means that can be set in relation to the electric drive source so that the number of prize balls paid out per unit time by the second prize ball payout means is reduced.

[Function] If a large number of winning balls are consecutively generated in the first winning hole and the second winning hole, the number of prize balls paid out per unit time by the first prize ball paying out means will be The number of times prize balls are paid out per unit time by the second prize ball payout means is smaller. In other words, there is ample time for storing the prize balls in the second prize ball dispensing means. Therefore, if the number of prize balls stored in the second prize ball dispensing means is replaced with one that can accommodate more prize balls than the number of prize balls stored in one row of the first prize ball dispensing means. , a large number of winning balls are generated, k
Even in this state, the operation of storing the prize balls in the second prize ball dispensing means can be performed reliably, and the number of prize balls specified by the company can be reliably paid out.

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, refer to Figures 7 and 8 to see how to implement this! A b pachinko game machine will be described as an example of a pinball game machine to which the example is applied. FIG. 7 is a front view of the pachinko game machine, and FIG. 8 is a schematic rear view of the pachinko game machine. In the figure, a frame-shaped front frame 2 of a barchinko game machine 1 is surrounded by a folding holding frame 3, and the door holding frame 3 has glass plates 4a and -4b (see Fig. 4). A glass door frame 4 and a front door plate 5 are pivotally supported on one side and are attached to be openable and closable. The game board 10 is attached to the game board holding frame 32 (see Figure 388) on the rear side of the glass door frame 4 and on the back side of the front frame 2 with game board fixing members 33a to 33c (however, 33
(c is not shown) so that the burial mound can be freely removed. Further, on the surface of the front screen plate 5, a batted ball supply tray 6 is fixed that stores the ejected prize balls and supplies them one by one to the ball firing position. A speaker 7 for generating sound effects related to the claw game is built in the internal space on the upstream side of the ball supply tray 6. Furthermore, a batted ball supply device 34 (see FIG. 4) that supplies batted balls guided from the batted ball supply tray 6 to a firing position is fixed to the back surface of the front door plate 5.

A lower portion of the front frame 2 is provided with an operation handle 8 that constitutes a part of the ball firing mechanism, and a surplus ball tray 9 for storing prize balls that cannot be stored in the ball supply tray 6. There is. Of these, a ball launcher 26 is attached to the back surface of the front frame 2 so as to correspond to the operating handle 8, as shown in FIG. Ball launcher 26
are integrated into the mounting board 27, and include a ball-striking motor 28 as a drive source, a tentacle detection circuit 29 constituting a drive circuit for the ball-striking motor 28, and a ball-striking motor that rotates back and forth due to the rotation of the ball-striking motor 28. A ball supply device 3 that moves up and down in conjunction with the reciprocating rotation of the ball rod 30.
4 and a ball-feeding sliding rod 31 that operates the ball.

On the surface of the game gio, a guide rail 11 is set up in a substantially circular shape for guiding the hit balls guided from a firing rail (not shown). The area surrounded by the guide rail 11 constitutes a gaming area 12.

At approximately the center of the game area 12, a plurality of rotating drums 14a are installed.
- 14c is provided, and below the variable display device 13 is provided a variable winning ball device 15 having opening/closing #16. The opening/closing door 16 of this variable winning ball device 15 is connected to the rotating drum 14a of the variable display device 13.
When the combination of ~14c becomes a predetermined display state (for example, when the numbers "7" are lined up horizontally or diagonally), a specific game state is entered, and the display continues for a predetermined period of time (for example, until 20 seconds have elapsed). , or until 10 winning balls are generated). And opening and closing 5i! When a prize is won in the specified person prize hole 17 provided in
This can be repeated up to 10 times each time a winning ball occurs.

Further, on both the upper and lower sides of the variable winning ball device 15, starting winning holes t8a to 18C are provided to allow rotation of the rotating drums 14a to 14c. This starter prize 1
When a ball is hit into the starting prize hole 18a as a second winning hole provided at the upper part of the variable prize ball device 15 among 8a to 18C, the number of prize balls paid out is equal to the first prize winning hole. The number of prize balls is set to be smaller than the number of prize balls that are paid out when a ball hits another prize winning area. Further, the starter openings 18b and 18c are opened and closed 5i!
When the screen 16 is in the open state, the ball hitting the side of the closed screen 16 is guided and easily hit. Therefore, when the above-mentioned specific game state is entered and the opening/closing door 16 is opened for a predetermined period of time, the hit ball is not only guided into the opening/closing door 16, but also hits the side of the opening/closing door 16 and starts the prize opening!
8b and 18c, a large amount of winning balls will be generated in a short period of time.

Further, in the gaming area 12, winning holes 19a, 19b are provided on the left and right sides of the variable player prize ball device 15, and winning holes 20a, 20b are provided on the left and right sides of the variable display device 13. There is.

Of the above-mentioned individual prize areas, only the starting prize opening i8a is set to have a smaller number of prize balls paid out than the other winning openings or winning areas as described above, but this is due to the following. Depends on the reason. That is, the starting person's prize opening 18a~
1. The expectation is that the number of rotations of the rotating drums 14a to 14c will be increased by allowing more players to hit more balls than 80, thereby increasing the probability of a specific game state, and winnings in all starting player prize holes 18a to 18C. This setting was made in order to balance the dissatisfaction that if the number of prize balls is set to a small number, the number of prize balls paid out will be small compared to the ratio of winnings. In this embodiment, as will be described later, when the ball hits the starting hole 18a, the
13 prize balls are paid out, and when a ball is hit in another winning area, 13 prize balls are paid out. Of course, the setting of the number of prize balls to be paid out may be changed depending on the probability of receiving a prize in the starting prize hole 18a.

Further, the game area 12 is provided with game effect lamps 21a and 2lb that light up or blink to notify the player when the specific game state is entered. Frame lamps 22a and 22b are also provided on the upper part of the front frame 2 to provide the same effect as the game effect lamps 21a and 2lb. Furthermore, an outro 23 is provided at the bottom of the game area 12, through which balls that do not win in any of the winning areas described above are guided to the rear of the game board 10. Further, on the outside of the gaming area 12 and on the upper left side of the gaming board 10, a detection switch 122a, which will be described later. Prize ball payout notification lamp 2 that lights up when 122b is activated
5, and an operation detection switch described later. A ball-out notification lamp 24 is provided which lights up when the switch 55a is activated.

Next, the structure 7 of the mechanism plate 40 arranged on the back side of the pachinko game machine 1 will be explained with reference to FIG.

The mechanism board 40 is provided with various mechanisms for processing winning balls from the winning opening provided on the game board 10 and discharging a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to the winning balls. The mechanism plate 40 is made up of a roughly rectangular mechanism plate wooden body 41 made of synthetic resin and various mechanisms assembled thereon, and one side of the mechanism plate main body 41 is attached to the game board holding frame 32. It is supported by a shaft so that it can be opened and closed freely.

Further, on the back surface of the mechanism plate main body 41, fixing members 42a to 42c that lock the mechanism plate 40 in a closed state are provided. Furthermore, a window opening 43 is provided approximately in the center of the mechanism plate main body 41.
A first prize ball collection gutter 44a and a second prize ball collection gutter 44b are formed below the window opening 43, as shown in FIG. 4C. The first winning ball gathering gutter 44a is formed on the front side of the mechanism board main body 41 to guide the winning balls that have entered the winning holes other than the starting winning hole 18a among the various winning holes described above. In addition, the second winning ball collecting gutter 44b corresponds only to the starting winning hole 18a,
This guides the winning balls that have entered the starting winning hole 18a. The second winning ball collection gutter 44b is formed on the rear side of the S structure plate body 41 along the lower edge of the window opening 43.

First winning ball collecting gutter 44a and second winning ball collecting gutter 44
b&: The guided winning balls are sent to the winning ball processing device 1, which will be described later.
00.

On the rear side of the mechanism plate main body 41, various mechanisms are provided for dispensing prize balls to the player, which are supplied from a supply mechanism (not shown) of the pachinko game machine installation stand. Below, to explain these mechanisms, on the upper part of the mechanism plate 40,
A prize ball tank 45 is attached to an attachment recess 46 formed in the upper part of the mechanism plate main body 41. The prize ball tank 45 is
As shown in Figures 5 and 6, it is made of synthetic resin or the like into a box shape with an open top, and a rectangular prize ball outlet 47 is provided on one side of the bottom. ing. This prize ball outlet 47 is opened at a position corresponding to the upper part of a prize ball guiding gutter 49, which will be described later, and its width D1 in the front and back direction is as follows.
As shown in FIG. 6, it is set to be slightly larger than the total width D2 of the prize ball guide gutter 49 in the front and back direction.

This is to ensure that the prize balls fall from the prize ball tank 45 into the prize ball guiding gutter 49. Note that the above width DI may be DI=02. Further, below the prize ball outlet 47, there is actually a prize ball guide channel 49.
A prize ball amount sensing plate 53a, which will be described later, is swingably provided on the
, 53b and the bulging guideway 52 are arranged.

The right opening edge (the right side in FIG. 5) of the prize ball outlet 47 is formed diagonally to have a width D, as shown in FIG. An acting force acts on the prize ball that is in contact with the opening and moves it forward along the right opening edge.

In addition, a ball breaking part 48 is protrudingly provided on one side of the prize ball outlet 47, and this ball breaking part 48 disrupts the balance of ball pressure in the prize ball tank 45, thereby causing the prize ball outlet. 4
This prevents balls from clogging in the 7th section.

A prize ball guiding gutter 49 is provided below the prize ball tank 45 for arranging the prize balls.

The prize ball guiding gutter 49 is installed at an angle so that the prize balls can flow down naturally. In addition, inside the prize ball guide channel 49, as shown in FIG. 5, alignment walls 50a and 50b which are shaped so as to become higher as they go downward are erected to form guideways 51a to 51C. The guideway 51a~
The prize balls flow down the 51c in three rows. The reason why the prize ball guiding gutter 49 is configured so that the prize balls flow down in three rows is because the number of prize balls of two types can be distributed by winning into the winning area provided on the game board 10 as described above. This is because it is configured to pay out. Therefore, in this case, the prize balls flowing down the taxiway 51a51b are used to pay out a relatively large number of prize balls (13), and the prize balls flowing down the taxiway 51c are used to pay out a relatively small number of prize balls. It is used to pay out the number of balls (8 pieces).

Further, a bulging rust guide path 52 is formed on the upstream side surface of the prize ball guide gutter 49 and communicates with the outermost guide path 51c. This bulging guideway 52 is formed in a stepped shape so that its bottom surface is approximately one ball higher than the bottom surface of the guideway 51c. Further, the side surface of the bulging guide path 87 is formed in an arc shape so as to merge with the guide path 51c on the downstream side.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, prize ball amount sensing plates 53a and 53b are swingably supported on the bottom surface of the upstream side of the prize ball guiding gutter 49. One prize ball amount sensing plate 53a is arranged on the upstream side of the guide paths 51a, 51b, and the other prize ball amount sensing plate 53b is arranged on the upstream side of the guide path 51c.

Therefore, when the prize balls are placed on the prize ball amount sensing plates 53a and 53b and the prize balls are full, the prize ball amount sensing plates 53a and 53b are filled with prize balls.
, 53b is in a depressed state. On the other hand, when there is a shortage of prize balls and no prize balls are placed on the prize ball amount sensing plates 538, 53b, the prize ball amount sensing plates 53a, 53b are pressed down.
The upper end of 3b will be in a raised state. When there is a shortage of prize balls and the upper ends of the prize ball amount sensing plates 53a, 53b jump up, the operation of the batted ball supply device 34 is stopped via the link mechanisms 54a, 54b, and no batted balls are supplied. That's what I do. Also, at the same time, there is a 2.
The two operation detection switches 55a and 55b are activated to light the ball-out notification lamp 24 to notify the player that there is a shortage of prize balls, and to display this on a central control computer (not shown). A replenishment command is issued from the centralized computer to the replenishment mechanism, and a predetermined number of prize balls are supplied to the prize ball tank 45.

Bent gutter 56 formed in three rows is attached to the downstream side of prize ball guiding gutter 49 so as to be connected thereto. This bent gutter 56 is provided to change the direction of the prize balls flowing down the prize ball guide gutter 49 by 180 degrees, and to weaken the pressure of the prize balls that are continuously flowing down. Bent gutter 56
A ball extraction device 57 is provided at the bent portion of the ball tank 45, and by operating the ball extraction device 57 after closing, the prize ball tank 45 can be removed.
The prize balls stored in the prize ball guide gutter 49 are discharged into a ball extraction passage 58 and guided outside the pachinko game machine 1.

Further, a ball deficiency sensing plate 59 is swingably provided in a substantially downwardly inclined passageway downstream of the bent part of the bent gutter 56. This ball deficiency sensing plate 59 flips up the hook portion 60 at the rear end when a prize ball is placed on its tip, and conversely, when there are no prize balls in the bent gutter 56, the hook portion 60 flips up. 60 hangs down in a substantially vertical direction.

When the control protrusions 77a and 77b, which will be described later, rise in such a hanging state, the control protrusions 77a and 77b rise.
, 77b engage with the hook portion 60 and act to hold the control protrusions 77a, 77b in the raised position, ultimately preventing prize balls from being paid out. There is. It should be noted that the ball deficiency sensing plates 59 are, as a matter of course, provided in correspondence with the bent gutter 56 formed in three rows. Further, the downstream part of the bent gutter 56 is formed in a substantially vertical shape, but at the end of the vertical part 61,
A stepped portion is formed, and this stepped portion weakens the ball pressure so that upper ball stoppers 72a and 72b of a prize ball dispensing device 70, which will be described later, operate smoothly.

A prize ball dispensing device 70, which constitutes the main part of this embodiment, is connected to the downstream side of the bent gutter 56. This prize ball dispensing device 70 accepts a fixed number of prize balls and pays out the received prize balls in conjunction with the operation of the winning ball processing device 100, which is activated when a winning ball is generated. be. Therefore, the prize ball dispensing device 70 and the prize ball processing device 100 constitute a prize ball dispensing means, and as described above, one for dispensing "13" prize balls and one for dispensing "8" prize balls.
'' and a separate one for paying out prize balls. The prize ball payout device 70 and the winning ball processing device 100 will be described in detail later. The prize balls paid out from the prize ball dispensing device 70 are discharged into the prize ball discharge passage 62. A guiding opening 63 is provided at the lower end of the prize ball discharging passage 62, and this guiding opening 63 communicates with the batted ball supply tray 6.

Further, on one side of the guide opening 63, a communication gutter 64 for communicating with the surplus ball passage 65 is provided to guide surplus prize balls to the surplus ball passage 65. Surplus ball passage 6
5 is a connection gutter 6 whose lower end is attached to the back side of the front frame 2;
8 to guide surplus prize balls to the surplus ball receiving tray 9. Further, a prize ball fullness detection plate 66 is provided on an example side wall of the surplus ball passage 65 so as to be able to swing freely around the upper end. However, the prize ball fullness detection board 6
6, when the surplus ball passage 65 is filled with prize balls, it is pressed by the prize balls and swings, and the slide wire rod 67 connected to the prize ball fullness detection plate 66 moves, and the above-mentioned batted ball is The operation of the supply device 34 is fixed to prevent the ball from being supplied to the ball launch position. In addition, a fullness detection switch is provided at a position opposite to the prize ball fullness detection plate 66, and when the prize ball fullness detection plate 66 is swung, the fullness detection switch is activated and the winning ball processing device 100 is driven as described later. The rotation of the motor 119 may be stopped. In addition to the above-mentioned configuration, the mechanism plate wooden body 41 includes the outro 23
An out ball guiding gutter 69 is provided which is connected to the rear end of the ball. Next, the prize ball dispensing device 70 and winning ball processing device 100, which are the main parts of this embodiment, will be explained with reference mainly to FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, the prize ball dispensing device 70 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3. The prize ball dispensing device 70 includes prize ball storage tubes 71a to 71c, and prize ball storage tubes 71a to 71c.
Upper ball stoppers 72a, 72 arranged at the upper and lower positions of
b and the lower ball stoppers 83a, 83b, the upper ball stoppers 72a, 72b and the lower ball stoppers 83a,
Vertical sliding member 76 that engages to open and close 83b
a, 76b, and actuating members 91a, 9lb for vertically moving the vertical sliding members 76a, 76b.The prize ball dispensing device 70 also includes a mounting plate formed on the front side thereof as shown in FIG. 89 is removably attached to the mechanism plate body 41 by a fixing member 90 that is pivotally supported. The upper ball stoppers 72m and 72b have stopper portions 73a and 73b formed at their front ends and abutment pieces 74a and 74b formed at their rear ends, respectively, and are rotatably supported around a support shaft 75 to support the stoppers. The parts 73a and 73b always open and close the entrances of the prize ball storage cylinders 71a to 71c by their own weight.

On the other hand, the lower ball stoppers 83a and 83b are connected to the support shaft pin 8.
It is pivotably supported around 6.

Further, the lower ball stoppers 83a, 83b have contact rollers 85a, 85a, 85b, which also serve as a weight on their upper parts. 85b, and stopper portions 84a to 84C protruding from the lower part thereof to retract into the prize ball storage tubes 718 to 71c. These stopper parts 84a to 84c are the prize ball storage cylinder 71a.
The prize ball can enter into the notch grooves 88a to 88C (however, 88a and 88b are not shown) formed in the side wall of the prize ball storage cylinders 71a to 71c.
The lower ball stoppers 83a and 83b always have parts 84a to 84c of the stoppers 84a to 84c attached to the prize ball storage tube 71 due to their own weight.
a to Tie, and by protruding the stopper portions 84a to 84c in a stepped manner, the vertical entry positions to the prize ball storage cylinders 71a to 71c are made to be different. ．． Therefore, two stopper portions 84a and 84b among the three stopper portions are protruded from one lower ball stopper 83a&:, and
The other stopper part 84C is provided to protrude from the other lower ball stopper 83b and opens and closes the outlet of the prize ball storage tube 71c. It works like this. The specific positions where the stopper portions 84a to 84c protrude are such that the stopper portion 84a is such that six prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage tube 71a, and the stopper portion 84a is located at a position where six prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage tube 71a, and the stopper portion 84a is located at a position where six prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage tube 71a.
is the position where seven prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage tube 71b, and the stopper part 84c is located in the prize ball storage tube 7.
The position is such that eight prize balls are stored in 1c.

Further, since the lower ball stoppers 83a and 83b have a structure that can be easily removed by a fixing pin 87 that is locked to one end of the spindle pin 86, the lower ball stoppers 83a and 83b
The number of prize balls to be paid out can be easily changed by replacing stoppers a and 83b with ones having different protruding positions from the stopper parts 84a to 84c. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, by replacing the lower ball stopper 83b with a lower ball stopper 96 in which a stopper part 97 protrudes corresponding to the position where seven prize balls are stored, The number of prize balls stored in the prize ball storage cylinder 71c can be easily changed from eight to seven.

Next, the vertical sliding member 7 controls the opening and closing of the upper ball stoppers 72a, 72b and the lower ball stoppers 83a, 83b.
6a, 76b, the vertical sliding members 76a, 76b have control protrusions 77a, 7 extending upward.
7b, and contact convex portions 82a, 8 that protrude laterally from the lower part.
2b are integrally formed. control protrusion 77
Engagement parts 78a, 78b that engage with the ball deficiency sensing plate 59 are formed at the tips of the a, 77b, and abutment pieces 74a, 7 of the upper ball stoppers 72a, 72b are formed in the middle of the engagement parts 78a, 78b.
Abutting recesses 79a and 79b are formed to engage with 4b. Also, weights 80a, 80b are fixed to the bases of the control protrusions 77a, 77b, and vertical sliding members 76a, 7
6b is always biased downward C. The abutment convex portion 82a,
82b is adapted to engage with the contact rollers 85a, 85b of the lower ball stoppers 83a, 83b. That is, when the vertical sliding members 76a, 76b are in the lowered position, the contact rollers 85a, 85b of the lower ball stoppers 83@, 83b are in contact with the contact protrusions 82a, 82b, so that a portion of the stopper The state in which the prize ball storage cylinders 71a to 71c are maintained is maintained. At this time, in the upper ball stoppers 72a, 72b, the contact pieces 74a, 74b of the upper ball stoppers 72a, 72b are in contact with the upper ends of the contact recesses 79a, 79b of the control protrusions 77a, 77b, and the upper ball stoppers 72a, 72b are in contact with each other. Parts 73a and 73b of the stoppers 72a and 72b are held at positions retracted from the entrances of the prize ball storage tubes 71a to 71c. Therefore, the prize balls are transferred from the bent gutter 56 to the prize ball storage tubes 71a~? i
c, and is in a first state where it is stopped by the stop flange portions 84a to 84c of the lower ball stoppers 83a and 83b. On the other hand, when the vertical sliding members 76a, 76b are in the raised position, the contact protrusions 82a, 82b and the contact rollers 85a, 85b do not contact each other, so the lower ball stoppers 83a, 83b can rotate. It becomes a free state. When the lower ball stoppers 83a and 83b are in a free state, the stoppers 84a to 84c are pressed and rotated by the ball pressure of the prize balls stored in the prize ball storage tubes 71a to 7tc, and the prize ball storage tubes 71a to 7tc are rotated. The prize balls stored in 71a to 71c are paid out to the prize ball release passage 62. At this time, the upper ball stoppers 72a, 72b are
Since the control projections 77a, 77b are raised, the upper ball stoppers 72a, 72b close the entrances of the prize ball storage cylinders 71a to 71C by their own weight, and the contact recesses 79a,
The lower end of the upper ball stopper 79b engages with the contact pieces 74a, 74b of the upper ball stopper 72a, 72b, and the upper ball stopper 72
Parts 73a and 73b of the stoppers 73a and 72b are held at positions where they enter the entrances of the prize ball storage tubes 71a to 71c. Therefore, the prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage tubes 71a to 71.
The second state is stopped just before the population of c.

In this way, the prize ball dispensing device 70 has upper ball stoppers 72a, 72b and lower ball stoppers 83a, 83b.
By opening and closing alternately, a first state in which prize balls are supplied into the prize ball storage cylinders 71a to 71c and a second state in which prize balls are discharged from the prize ball storage cylinders 71a to 71c are repeated. It has become. By the way, prize ball storage tube 7
The supply time and discharge time of the prize balls to 1a to 71C are longer as the number of prize balls stored in the prize ball storage cylinders 71a to 71c increases. Therefore, in this example,
It takes the longest time to supply and discharge prize balls to the prize ball storage cylinder 71c that stores "8" prize balls, and
It takes the least amount of time to supply and discharge prize balls to the prize ball storage cylinder 71a that stores 6" prize balls. In general, when a winning ball occurs, it is normal to set the prize ball corresponding to the winning ball to be paid out as soon as possible, and moreover, as in this example, "
If the winning slot that pays out 13" prize balls is the mainstream, it is necessary to design the winning slot to pay out the "13" prize balls quickly. Therefore, in this example, "13"
It is possible to sufficiently supply and discharge prize balls to and from the prize ball storage cylinder 71b that stores "7" prize balls among the prize ball storage cylinders 71a and 71b corresponding to the number of winning balls, and at intervals as much as possible. The upper ball stopper 72a and the lower ball stopper 83 are set to shorten the time interval.
It is designed to drive a. Therefore, when the upper ball stopper 72b and the lower ball stopper 83b of the prize ball storage cylinder 71c corresponding to "8" winning balls are driven at the same time interval as the time interval set as above, Especially when a large number of winning balls are generated and the ball is driven continuously, the "8" prize balls may no longer be stored in the prize ball storage cylinder 71C, or all "8" prize balls may be paid out. There is a risk that it will not be possible. In order to eliminate such inconvenience, in this embodiment, the prize ball storage cylinder 71c
The upper ball stopper 72b and the lower ball stopper 83 are designed to allow sufficient time for supplying and discharging prize balls.
The number of operations per unit time of b is the same as that of the prize ball storage tubes 71a and 7.
The number of operations per unit time of the upper ball stopper 72a and the lower ball stopper 83a corresponding to lb is made smaller. This number of operations is set by the winning ball processing device 100 described later.

By the way, in order to operate the above-mentioned vertical sliding members 76a, 76b, the vertical sliding members 76a, 76b are provided with control protrusions 77a, ? ? ．． Fitting recesses 81a and 81b are formed between the contact convex portions 82a and 82b. The distal ends of the actuating members 91a, 91b are adapted to engage with the fitting recesses 81a, 8lb. The rear end portions of the actuating members 91a and 91b are rotatably supported on a support shaft 92 extending between the mechanism plate main body 41 and the support plate 93.

The support plate 93 has mounting bosses 9 protruding from the mechanism plate main body 41.
4a and 94b. In addition, the operating member 91a
, 91b, the upper ends of interlocking rods 95a, 95b are connected, and these interlocking rods 95a, 95b are moved vertically by rotating members 107a, 107b which are operated by winning balls, which will be described later. In response to being moved, the actuating member 91a
, 9lb is rotated. Moreover, the operating members 91a, 9
The vertical sliding members 76a and 76b slide in the vertical direction in response to the rotation of lb.

Next, the winning ball processing device 100 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 4. This winning ball processing device 1
00 is the first winning ball collection gutter 4 as shown in FIG.
4a and the second winning ball collection gutter 44b ■
They are provided overlappingly in the front-rear direction. First, at the ends of the winning ball guide paths 101a and 101b connected to the first winning ball collecting gutter 44a and the second winning ball collecting gutter 44b, there is a first
As shown in the figure and FIG.
2b is formed. This winning ball placement part 102a, 1
Openings are formed on the left and right sides of 02b, and one opening has stopper members 103a, 103b and rotating member 10.
7a and 107b are facing, and the extrusion member 11 is in the other opening.
2a. 112b is approaching. Stopper member 103a
, 103b are rotatable about the spindle 104, and have engaging portions 105a, 105b formed at one end thereof to engage with the rotating members 107a, 107b, and the other end thereof formed with the aforementioned winning ball guide path. Contact portions 106a and 106b facing the ends of Iota and 101b are formed. The rotating members 107a and 107b have a substantially "T" shape and can freely rotate around the support shaft 108. Further, engagement convex portions 109a and 109b that engage with the engagement portions 105a and 105b are formed on the upper part of the support shaft 108, and the support shaft 1,
Winning ball contact surface part 110a that comes into contact with the winning ball at the bottom of 08
, 110b are formed at the rear of the support shaft 108, and a connecting portion 111a. 1
11b is formed. In addition, the winning ball contact surface part 110
The rear portions of a and 110b are detection switches 122a and 122a, which will be described later.
The actuators 123a and -123b of the actuator 122b are arranged opposite to each other.

Moreover, the extrusion member 112a. 1t2b has an inverted "L" shape, and is rotatably provided within a predetermined angular range by having its lower end supported by a support shaft 113.

Further, pressing surfaces 115a, 115b for pushing out winning balls are formed at the upper front ends of the extruding members 112a, 112b, and rotating rollers 114a, 114b are provided at the upper rear ends. A first rotating cam 117 and a second rotating cam 118 fixed to a motor shaft 120 of a drive motor 119 are engaged with the rotating rollers 114a and 114b. The extrusion members 112a and 112b are configured to rotate in the left-right direction. Note that a return spring 116a,
1t6b is locked and the pushing member 112a. 112
b is biased in the opposite direction to the winning ball placement parts 102a and 102b.

Further, the two rotating cams 117 and 118 constitute the most important main part in this embodiment, and serve as a payout number setting means. That is, the first rotary cam 117 has three blades, whereas the second rotary cam 118 has only two blades. Therefore, while the drive motor 119 makes one rotation, the first rotating cam 1
17, the corresponding extrusion member 112a is reciprocated three times, whereas the second rotary cam 118 causes the corresponding extrusion member 112b to reciprocate twice. Considering that the extrusion members 112a and 112b are members that process the generated winning balls one by one as described later, the number of winning balls per unit time processed by the extrusion members 112a and 112b is smaller than that of the one. The number of winning balls processed by the extrusion member 112a is higher than that of the other extrusion member 112.
This is greater than the number of winning balls processed by b.

This means that the number of driving times per unit time of the upper ball stopper 72a and the lower ball stopper 83a, which operate in correspondence with the pushing member 112a, is lower than that of the pushing member 112a, as will be described later.
2b, the number of times the upper ball stopper 72b and the lower ball stopper 83b are driven is greater than the number of times per unit time.

On one side of the winning ball placing parts 102a, 102b, winning ball discharge passages 121a, 121b are formed through which the winning balls pushed out by the pushing members 112a, 112b are discharged. Detection switches 122a, 122b are arranged on the outside of the side walls of the winning ball discharge passages 12la, 121b, and the actuators 12 of the detection switches 122a, 122b
3a and 123b detect the operation of the rotating members 107a and 107b and light up a prize ball payout notification lamp 25 formed on the front surface of the game board 10. In addition, two prize ball payout notification lamps 25 are provided, each with 8
The number of prize balls may be divided into those for discharging one prize ball and those for discharging 13 prize balls, and which number of prize balls has been discharged may be notified.

In addition, at the ends of the winning ball discharge passages 121a and 12lb,
Winning ball detectors 1 24a and 1 24b are attached. This winning ball detector 124a. 124b is for sending a signal to a central control computer installed in the gaming parlor, and is provided for creating business data for the pachinko gaming machine 1. Winning ball detector 124a,
The winning balls that have passed through 124b are guided from the winning ball payout port 125 to the ball extraction passage 58, and are discharged to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

The operation of the winning ball processing device 100 configured as above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Note that Figure 1 mainly shows the front side, that is, the mechanism by which 8 prize balls are paid out (the broken line is for 13 prize balls).
FIG. 2 mainly shows the back side, that is, the mechanism by which 13 prize balls are paid out (the one-dot chain line is for 8 prize balls). By the way, since the two mechanisms described above operate in the same way, only the mechanism by which the eight prize balls on the near side are paid out will be explained. Therefore, first, the state before the operation of the prize ball dispensing device 70 is such that the upper ball stopper 72b is opened, a predetermined number (8) of prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage tube 71c, and a portion of the lower ball stopper 83b is stopped. 84c is a prize ball storage tube? The state in which it has entered the IC is maintained (the state shown in FIG. 8). In such a state, the nine winning balls that flow down the second winning ball collection gutter 44b and are guided to the winning ball guiding path 10lb are placed on the winning balls while rotating the stopper member 103b counterclockwise as shown in the figure. It is placed on the section 102b. Then, the rotating cam 118, which is constantly rotating, comes into contact with the rotating roller 114b of the pushing member 112b, and rotates the pushing member 112b so as to push it forward. As the extrusion member 112b rotates, the winning balls on the winning ball mounting portion 102b move in the extrusion direction, but at this time, the winning balls are transferred between the pressing surface portion 115b of the extrusion member 112b and the winning balls on the rotating member 107b. At this time, the engagement portion 105b of the stopper member 103b and the engagement convex portion 109b of the rotation member 107b are disengaged, so that the rotation is supported by the contact surface portion 110b. The member 107b rotates counterclockwise as shown. As the rotating member 107b rotates, the front end of the engaging convex portion 109b rotates the stopper member 103b clockwise and enters the contact portion 106 so as to close the end of the winning ball guiding path 101b. Then, the next winning ball is not placed on the winning ball placement section 102b. At the same time, the interlocking rod 95b rises to rotate the actuating member 91b upward. Then, the vertical sliding member 76b rises, so that the contact piece 74b of the upper ball stopper 72b contacts the lower part C of the contact recess 79b of the control protrusion 77b, and the stopper part 73 of the upper ball stopper 72b
Does b enter the entrance of the prize ball storage tube 71c and the prize ball enters the prize ball storage tube? Lock it so that it does not flow into the IC. Also, since the contact convex portion 82b of the vertical sliding member 76b and the contact roller 85b of the lower ball stopper 83b are disengaged,
The lower ball stopper 83b becomes free, and the stopper part 84c is pressed and rotated by the pressure of the prize balls in the prize ball storage tube 71c, and a predetermined number of prize balls stored in the prize ball storage tube Tic are released. The prize balls are discharged into the prize ball release path 62 (the state shown in FIG. 1). When a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out as described above, the winning balls supported by the rotating member 107b and the pushing member 112b are moved to the pushing member 112b.
12b further rotates, the winning ball placement section 102b
It comes off and falls into the winning ball discharge passage 1zrb. Then, the rotating member 107b rotates clockwise and returns to its original position. Then, the interlocking rod 95b and the vertical sliding member 76b descend to fix the lower ball stopper 83b again, open the upper ball stopper 72b, and place the prize ball into the prize ball storage cylinder 71c. Guide me in. Also, at this time, the stopper member 1o3b also returns to its original state by the rotation of the rotating member 1071llI'', so the winning ball guiding path 10lb
The next winning ball that was waiting at the end of the ball is allowed to flow down, moves to the winning ball placement part i' 0 2 b, and the above-mentioned operation is repeated to perform the payout operation of the prize ball.

Prize balls are paid out as described above, but according to this embodiment, in a state where a large number of winning balls corresponding to "1*3" and "rg" are generated, the drive motor 119
During one rotation, the upper ball stopper 72a and lower ball stopper 83a corresponding to the prize ball storage tubes 71a and 71b for "1+6 snow 13" are operated three times, and the prize ball storage tubes for "white" are activated three times. Upper ball stopper 72 corresponding to 71c
b and lower ball stopper 83b are activated twice.

In other words, since the number of payouts per unit time by the prize ball storage tube 71c, which stores a large number of prize balls in one prize ball storage tube 71c, is small, there is sufficient time to supply and discharge prize balls from the prize ball storage tube 71c. occurs, and even if the rotational speed of the drive motor 119 is set to maximize the payout speed of the prize ball storage cylinders 71a, 7lb for "13" balls, "8"
The operation of dispensing prize balls using the individual prize ball storage tube 71c is performed accurately and reliably. In this embodiment, the lower ball stopper 83b corresponding to the prize ball storage cylinder 71c is replaced with the lower ball stopper 9 for "7" balls.
Even if it is replaced with 6, it will work without any problem.

In the above-described embodiment, the prize ball dispensing device is one that dispenses a predetermined number of prize balls by opening and closing the top and bottom of the prize ball storage tube with stoppers, but the prize ball storage tube itself can be tilted. Alternatively, a predetermined number of prize balls may be paid out.

In addition, as the payout number setting means, the number of operations of each prize ball payout means was made different depending on the number of blades formed on the rotating cam, but the same rotating cam was fixed to a separate drive motor, and the drive motor The number of operations may be varied depending on the number of rotations per unit time. Further, instead of the rotary cam, a rotating disk rotated by a drive motor may be used, winning balls may be stored in the rotating disk, and the prize ball dispensing device may be driven by the stored winning balls.

In this case, two rotary disks, each containing a different number of rotary disks, may be fixed to the same detent motor. Furthermore, a solenoid may be used as the electric drive source instead of the drive motor. In this case, the number of excitation signals applied to the solenoid per unit time may be varied.

[Effect of the invention] As is clear from the above explanation, this invention C
Such a pinball game machine uses an electric drive source so that the number of prize balls paid out per unit time by the second prize ball paying out means is smaller than the number of prize balls put out per unit time by the first prize ball paying out means. Since the number of prize balls to be paid out can be set in relation to the number of prize balls to be paid out, the number of prize balls stored in the second prize ball putting out means can be set in relation to the number of prize balls stored in one row in the first prize ball putting out means. Even if you replace it with one that can hold more than the number of winning balls and a large number of winning balls have been generated, the second
The operation of storing the prize balls in the prize ball dispensing means can be reliably performed, and thereby the prescribed number of prize balls can be reliably paid out.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the relationship between the prize ball dispensing device and the winning ball processing device that constitute the prize ball dispensing means according to the embodiment, and FIG. 2 mainly shows the configuration of the first winning ball processing device. The front view, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the prize ball dispensing device, and FIG. 4 is a
Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the winning ball processing device of the pinball game machine.
FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the relationship between the prize ball tank and the prize ball guiding gutter, FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the relationship between the prize ball tank and the prize ball guiding gutter, and FIG. A front view of the pachinko game machine, FIG. 8 is a schematic rear view of the pachinko game machine. 1. Pachinko game machine (pinball game machine) 10. As the first prize opening on the game board, 16. Opening/closing screen 18b, 18c. Starter prize opening 19a, 19b, 20a, 20b-. Prize. 18a as the second winning opening 18a...Starting winning opening as the first prize ball dispensing means 71a, 71b...Prize ball storage cylinder 72a...Upper ball stopper 83a...Lower ball stopper 1 07a...Rotating member 112a... Pushing member as second prize ball dispensing means 71c... Prize ball storage tube 72b... Upper ball stopper 83b... Lower ball stopper 1 07b... Rotating member 112b... 117 as pushing member dispensing number setting means ...First rotating cam 118...Second rotating cam

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A pinball game machine equipped with a game board in which a first winning hole and a second winning hole are arranged so that the number of prize balls to be paid out to a player is different, a first prize ball dispensing means for paying out prize balls stored in two rows by actuation of an electric drive source in response to a pachinko ball entering the first winning opening; and a pachinko ball entering the second winning opening. A second prize ball that pays out prize balls stored in one row smaller than the number of prize balls paid out from the first prize ball payout means by activation of an electric drive source in response to a winning ball. a payout means, and the electrical drive source so that the number of prize balls paid out per unit time by the second prize ball payout means is smaller than the number of prize balls paid out per unit time by the first prize ball payout means. A pinball game machine comprising: a payout number setting means that can be set in relation to the payout number setting means.