JPH03231Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to an additional ball supply device for a pachinko game machine, which supplies additional balls to a tank provided in the pachinko game machine via a supplementary ball passage as necessary.

Conventionally, in this type of device, balls often get clogged in the supplementary ball passage.
If such a situation occurs, the smooth operation of the pachinko hall will be hindered due to problems such as not being able to supply the required number of additional balls to the tank, so balls may become clogged in the supplementary ball passage. It is desirable to be able to resolve this quickly.

The present invention was developed in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to solve the problem of ball clogging in the supplementary ball passageway for supplying additional balls as needed to the tank provided in the pachinko game machine. To provide an additional ball supply device for a pachinko game machine, which can immediately eliminate clogging of balls in the case of a pachinko game machine, smooth the operation of a pachinko hall, and suppress the complexity of the structure. There is something to do.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, in FIG. 1, which schematically shows the state of pachinko game machines 1, ... viewed from the back, 2 is a prize ball storage tank attached to the upper part of the back of each pachinko game machine 1, and 3 is inside this tank 2. This detection switch 3 is configured to detect when there are no prize balls in the tank 2 and turn it on. 4 is each pachinko game machine 1
A supplementary ball passage provided in the upper part includes a main passage 5 through which game balls for additional balls from a ball supply source flow, and a passage corresponding to each tank 2 from this main passage 5. It consists of branch pipes 6,... which are branched so as to extend downward, and supplementary ball devices 7,... provided in each branch pipe 6, respectively. The supplementary ball device 7 includes an electromagnetic solenoid 7a and a counter 7b, and allows additional balls to pass only when the electromagnetic solenoid 7a is energized, and counts the additional balls passing in this manner by the counter 7b. However, it is configured to output a numerical signal S7 indicating the count value.

In FIG. 2 showing the electrical configuration, 8 is a pulse generation circuit that outputs a pulse signal S8 that rises only while the detection switch 3 is turned on, and its output is applied to the set input terminal S of the R-S flip-flop 9. It will be done. Reference numeral 10 denotes a storage unit in which a preset reference value N (for example, 400) is stored. Reference numeral 11 denotes a first comparison circuit that compares the reference value N and the numerical signal S7 from the counter 7b, and this circuit outputs a high level signal to reset the R-S flip-flop 9 when the relationship S7≧N is established. Give it to input terminal R. Note that the counter 7b is R-
The count value is cleared to "0" when the output of the set output terminal Q of the S flip-flop 9 is inverted to a high level signal.
Reference numeral 12 denotes an amplifier that receives the output from the set output terminal Q of the R-S flip-flop 9, and when it receives a high level signal, it energizes the electromagnetic solenoid 7a to switch the supplementary ball device 7 to an additional ball supply state. 13
is a timer, which starts its timer operation in synchronization with the start of counting by the counter 7b, and outputs a pulse signal P when a predetermined timer operation time T has elapsed.
Outputs 13. In this case, the timer operating time T of the timer 13 is the time required to supply N (400) additional balls into the tank 2 through the supplementary ball passage 4 when there is no ball clogging in the supplementary ball passage 4. It is set to be greater than time. 14 is timer 1
A second comparison circuit, which together with 3 constitutes the detection means 15, compares the reference value N and the numerical signal S7 in synchronization with the pulse signal P13 when it receives the pulse signal P13 at the terminal φ, and determines if the relationship S7<N. Only when the error occurs, an abnormality signal S14 consisting of a high level signal is output. 16
An oscillator is an oscillator that starts operating when it receives the above-mentioned abnormal signal S14, and its output, a relatively high frequency oscillation signal S16, is sent to an amplifier 1 that is a driving means.
7 to the excitation coil 7a, thereby vibrating the excitation coil 7a and imparting vibration to the supplementary ball passage 4. Further, this oscillator 16 is configured to stop operating when receiving a high level signal from the first comparator circuit 11 at the stop terminal T.

Although FIG. 2 shows a circuit configuration for controlling only one pachinko game machine 1, it is of course possible to actually control a large number of pachinko game machines. Also, R-S
Flip-flop 9, storage section 10, first and second
The functions of the comparison circuits 11 and 14, the timer 13, etc. are actually configured to be obtained by a microcomputer.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained. Now, when there are no prize balls in the tank 2 and the detection switch 3 is turned on, a pulse signal S is sent from the pulse generation circuit 8.
8 is output, the R-S flip-flop 9 is set, and a high level signal is output from the set output terminal Q of the R-S flip-flop 9. Then, due to the high level signal, the counter 7
The count value of b is cleared to "0", and
The amplifier 12 energizes the electromagnetic solenoid 7a to switch the ball supplement device 7 to an additional ball supply state. Therefore, additional balls are started to be supplied from the branch pipe 6 into the tank 2, and the counter 7b cleared as described above.
now performs an additional ball counting operation,
At the same time, the timer 13 executes a timer operation. In this way, when 400 additional balls are normally supplied into the tank 2 before the timer operating time T of the timer 13 elapses and the count value of the counter 7b reaches "400", the first comparison circuit 11 Since a high level signal is output and the R-S flip-flop 9 is reset, its set output terminal Q
The output of the solenoid 7a is reversed to a low level signal, the electromagnetic solenoid 7a is cut off, and the supply of additional balls by the ball supplementary device 7 is accordingly stopped. Therefore, under normal conditions without ball clogging in the supplementary ball passage 4, 400 additional balls are automatically supplied into the tank 2 when it becomes empty. On the other hand, when the supplementary ball device 7 is switched to the additional ball supply state as described above and a ball is clogged in the supplementary ball passage 4, the count value of the counter 7b reaches the reference value within the timer operation time T of the timer 13. Since it does not reach N, when the pulse signal P13 is output from the timer 13, the comparison input of the second comparison circuit 14 becomes S7<
The abnormal signal S from the comparator circuit 14 is
14 is output. Then, an oscillation signal S16 is output from the oscillator 16, which imparts vibration to the excitation coil 7a and eventually to the supplementary ball passage 4, and this vibration eliminates the ball clogging in the supplementary ball passage 4. In this way, the blockage is cleared and the ball enters tank 2.
400 additional balls are supplied to the first comparator circuit 11
When a high level signal is output from the oscillator 16, the excitation coil 7a is cut off as described above, and the oscillator 16 receives the high level signal at the stop terminal T.
stops its oscillation operation, thereby stopping the vibration of the excitation coil 7a.

As explained above, the present invention consists of a supplementary ball device using an electromagnetic solenoid as a driving source, which is interposed between a supplementary ball path through which game balls flow and a tank of a pachinko game machine, and the electromagnetic solenoid is driven. In the additional ball supply device for a pachinko game machine, which allows game balls to pass from the supplementary ball passage to the tank in a state where the ball is clogged in the supply passage, the ball jam is immediately resolved. This has the excellent effect of smoothing the operation of the pachinko hall.

In addition, according to the present invention, the electromagnetic solenoid originally included in the supplementary ball device is used as a means for applying vibration to the supplementary ball passage in order to eliminate ball clogging as described above, so that the structure is not complicated. It is also possible to achieve the practical effect of being able to suppress the amount of heat and reduce costs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko game machine etc. showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the electrical configuration of the same embodiment. In the diagram, 1 is a pachinko game machine, 2 is a tank, and 4
1 is a supplementary ball passage, 7 is a supplementary ball device, 7a is an electromagnetic solenoid, 15 is a detection means, 16 is an oscillator (oscillation means),
17 is an amplifier (driving means).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A auxiliary ball device using an electromagnetic solenoid as a driving source is interposed between a auxiliary ball path through which game balls flow and a tank of a pachinko game machine, and when the electromagnetic solenoid is driven, the ball is removed from the auxiliary ball path to the tank. a game machine that allows a game machine to pass through the tank, the detection means detecting when additional balls are not being normally supplied to the tank and generating an abnormal signal; an additional ball for a pachinko game machine, comprising: an oscillating means for outputting an oscillating signal when the oscillating signal is generated; and a driving means for imparting vibration to the supplementary ball path by intermittently driving the electromagnetic solenoid using the oscillating signal. Feeding device.