JPH034236B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a pinball game machine, and particularly relates to an improvement of a winning ball storage section provided on the back side of a game board, for example.

[Prior Art] In general, pachinko gaming machines that use pachinko balls to play games are widely used and are popular among players as one of the convenient cash registers. As is well known, pachinko machines have multiple safe holes and winning ball devices (Yakumono, commonly known as tulips) on the game board.
is set up, and when a player hits a pachinko ball,
When a pachinko ball lands in a safe hole or a yakumono with a certain probability, a certain number of prize balls are paid out. Conventional pachinko machines, for the purpose of providing services to players, open a predetermined number of yakumono or hold a certain yakumono for a predetermined time when a ball hits a certain safe hole or winning area. It was only developed. For this reason, conventionally, even if prize balls are awarded depending on the gaming state, a predetermined number of prize balls are only created based on the winning balls in a specific winning area, so the player can hit the pachinko machine. If you want to win a large amount of prize balls by playing until the game stops, you need excellent gaming skills and the patience to play for a long time. For this reason, many experienced pachinko players, known as pachinko players, were able to win a large amount of prize balls on a single pachinko game machine until it was controlled to stop. Therefore, there is a demand for gaming halls to provide many players with the opportunity to win a large amount of prize balls.

Therefore, the applicant of this application particularly
No. (JP-A-56-68474) and JP-A-54-
No. 145644 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 56-68475) discloses that the display mode of a variable display device is variable for a relatively long period of time based on a specific gaming state that occurs in response to a predetermined specific combination. To propose a pachinko game machine in which a winning ball device is in a state where it is easy to win a prize, and a large amount of prize balls can be won at once. However, in the previously proposed pachinko game machine, when the variable winning ball device is set in a state in which it is easy to win for a relatively long time, the winning ball processing device that activates the prize ball dispensing means with one winning ball is set to a predetermined value. A much larger number of winning balls were generated than could be processed within a time, and a large amount of winning balls were sometimes stored in a winning ball storage part provided on the back side of a game board. In such a case, the balls will come out of the winning hole of the variable winning ball device, preventing you from winning a prize. In addition, there are also cases where the winning balls that are guided to the winning processing machine become stuck together, causing the winning balls that should be actually drawn to the winning processing machine to stop, and the prize ball dispensing means not being able to operate. Ta.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, on the back side of the game board, there is provided a winning ball guiding gutter for guiding winning balls to a winning ball processing device. This winning ball guiding gutter is usually used as a winning ball storage section (for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 1983-135925 filed by the applicant of the present application, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-36574)
No., Utility Model Application No. 1987-167878, Utility Model Application No. 56-84881)). In this way, in a pachinko game machine in which the winning ball guide gutter is used as a winning ball storage part, the number of balls that can be stored can be increased by making the winning ball guiding gutter longer or wider. It is possible to solve the problem. However, various devices and mechanisms are provided on the back side of the game board, and due to structural constraints caused by these devices, it has been difficult to lengthen or widen the winning ball guide channel. Even if it were possible to lengthen or widen the winning ball guide gutter, the mold of the mechanism plate would have to be changed to modify the shape, which would be expensive.

Moreover, the winning ball guiding gutter must meet the original required function of gathering winning balls from various winning holes and smoothly guiding them to a predetermined location. If the storage function is also required, it will not be possible to create an optimal design that only considers the originally required function, and there is a risk that the originally required function of the guide trough will be neglected.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The pinball game machine according to the present invention includes a game board in which a winning area is formed, and a game board provided on the back side of the game board to collect winning balls that have entered the winning area. a winning ball collection cover body; a variable display device provided on the game board and capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of classification information; and a first variable display device provided on the game board that is advantageous for the player
a variable winning ball device that can freely change between a state and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player; an out hole for guiding balls that do not land in the entered prize area as out balls; an out hole that guides the hit balls as out balls; a winning ball storage section that is provided on the back side of the game board between the variable winning ball device and the out hole and includes a recess that stores winning balls; and the winning ball storage section. and a winning ball processing device that is provided on the downstream side of the winning ball processing device and processes the winning balls one by one, and the entered prize storage section is provided with a guiding surface of a winning ball guiding gutter that leads to the entered winning ball processing device against the bottom surface of the recessed portion. It is characterized by a low structure.

[Function] A variable display device and a variable winning ball device are provided,
In a type of pinball game machine that produces many winning balls, the recess formed in the winning ball storage section allows
To be able to store a large number of winning balls, to prevent winning balls from leaking out from a winning ball storage part or a winning opening even when a large amount of winning balls are generated, and to prevent blockage of winning due to balls clogging and failure of internal devices. Can be done.

Further, the recessed portion can be formed with almost no restrictions on the structure. Therefore, the present invention can be applied to most types of pinball game machines.

Furthermore, the present invention does not require any major design changes to existing pinball game machines or the need to remake molds. Therefore, this invention can be implemented easily and inexpensively.

Furthermore, since the guiding surface of the winning ball guiding gutter leading to the winning ball processing device is configured to be low with respect to the bottom surface of the recess, the balls on the bottom surface of the recess are likely to roll onto the guiding surface side of the winning ball guiding gutter. Since the recessed portion is provided, it is possible to prevent as much as possible the inconvenience that balls remain in the recessed portion and the balls are difficult to be discharged from the winning ball storage portion to the winning ball processing device side. Further, configuring the guiding surface of the winning ball guiding gutter to be lower than the bottom surface of the recess does not require as high manufacturing precision as compared to aligning the two icicle surfaces.

Moreover, since the storage capacity of the winning ball storage section has been increased, there is no need to add the winning ball storage function to the winning ball guiding gutter, which is the original required function of gathering winning balls and guiding them to a predetermined location. The prize ball collection cover body is optimally designed with emphasis on this, and the winning balls can be guided smoothly without ball clogging.

[Example] Next, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the configuration, the pachinko game machine 1 has a front frame 2 attached to the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and a game board 3 attached to the front frame 2 in a detachable manner. A variable display device 4 is disposed approximately in the center of the game board 3. Further, an out ball entrance 9 is formed at the lowest part of the game board 3. A variable winning ball device (so-called electric ball device) 5 is disposed at a slightly upper position of the out ball entrance 9. Furthermore, the game board 3 has starting winning holes 6a to 6c with defined conditions for changing the variable display device 4 depending on winning balls, safe holes 7a to 7c, and a plurality of Yakumono (commonly known as chulips) 8a and 8b. It is formed. In addition, this pachinko game machine 1 includes the same configuration as a general pachinko game machine, such as a ball standby gutter 10, a prize ball tray 11, and a ball handle 12.

Here, the operation of the above-mentioned pachinko gaming machine will be briefly explained. First, when a pachinko ball hit into the game board 3 enters one of the starting winning holes 6a to 6c, the variable display device 4 starts variable display.
The variable display device 4 of this embodiment includes a segment display and a rotating drum type display. Accordingly, the segment display starts variable display and the rotating drum of the rotating drum display starts rotating.
The variable display of the variable display 4 is stopped under certain conditions. For example, the variable display may be stopped after a certain period of time after the start of the variable display, or a stop switch may be provided and the player may press the stop switch to stop the variable display. When the variable display of the variable display device 4 is stopped and the display state becomes a predetermined specific display state, the drive of the variable winning ball device 5 is started. That is,
Opening/closing plate 51 provided on the front of the variable winning ball device 5
is held for a relatively long time (for example, 30 seconds) or until 10 balls are won in the variable winning ball device. And, during that time, the V provided in the variable winning ball device 5
By winning the pocket, the opening/closing plate 51
Up to 10 controls to open the opening/closing plate again after closing.
Do this for a limited number of times. When the opening/closing plate 51 is opened, all the balls that fall into this part will fall onto the opening/closing plate 5.
1 and guided to the back of the game board 3 as a winning ball. While the opening/closing board 51 is open, the probability of winning a pachinko ball hit on the game board 3 is very high, so a large amount of winning balls are generated in a short period of time. Therefore, the player can win a large amount of prize balls in a short period of time. In addition, various modes may be considered for the drive control of the variable winning ball device 5. For example, the opening/closing plate 51 may be opened and closed many times for short periods of time.

FIG. 2 is an illustrative view of the back structure of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Next, the back structure of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be specifically explained.

Approximately in the center of the back surface of the game board 3 is a rotary drum type display (ACB in the figure) of the variable display device 4.
A rotating drum mechanism 41 is provided, which constitutes a display (display display). Note that the variable display device 4 is
The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and only an electrically variable display device such as a digital display device may be used. Further, a mechanism plate 13 is attached to the back surface of the game board 3 so as to be openable and closable. At the top of this mechanism plate 13, there is a prize ball tank 1.
4 is fixed. Replenishment balls are supplied to the prize ball tank 14 from a supply gutter 15. Prize ball tank 14
A prize ball payout mechanism 17 is formed below.
A ball supply gutter 16 is provided at an angle between the prize ball payout mechanism 17 and the prize ball tank 14. The ball supply gutter 16 arranges the balls stored in the prize ball tank 14 in a plurality of rows and supplies them to the prize ball payout mechanism 17. The prize balls put out from the prize ball payout mechanism 17 are guided along a predetermined path formed on the mechanism plate 13 and are guided to the prize ball payout port 1 shown in FIG.
Emitted from 0a. In addition, when the batted ball standby gutter 10 is full of prize balls, the prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout mechanism 17 are guided to the surplus prize ball payout port 11a and released into the prize ball tray 11.

Further, on the mechanism plate 13, a winning ball guide gutter 1 is provided in the lower peripheral part of the opening/closing plate 51 of the variable winning ball device 5.
8a and 18b are formed. The winning ball guiding troughs 18a and 18b guide winning balls that have won into any of the variable winning ball device 5, the starting winning holes 6a to 6c, the safe holes 7a to 7c, and the Yakumono 8a and 8b to the winning ball processing device 19. It is. The winning ball processing device 19 is provided on the mechanism board 13, and intermittently drops winning balls guided through the winning ball guiding troughs 18a and 18b one by one. When the winning balls dropped by the winning ball processing device 19 pass through the gutter 20, the weight of the balls actuates the actuating lever 21 connected to the prize ball payout mechanism 17, and one winning ball is collected. One prize ball payout operation is performed.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing details of the vicinity of the opening/closing plate 51 on the back side of the game board 3. As shown in the figure, a winning ball collection cover 22 is provided around the rotating drum mechanism 41. Also, near the rotating drum mechanism 41, a solenoid 5 connected to the opening/closing plate 51 is provided.
2 is provided. When this solenoid 52 is energized, the plunger 53 is pulled up and the opening/closing plate 51 is opened. Here, the above-mentioned winning ball guide gutter 18a
and 18b cooperate with the back surface of the game board 3 to form a winning ball storage section. This winning ball storage section stores the winning balls as shown in the figure until the winning balls are processed by the winning ball processing device 19.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are perspective views showing details of the vicinity of the storage section. As shown in the figure, a recess 23 is formed by cutting out a part of the game board 3 in a portion where the storage section is formed on the back surface of the game board 3.
A protective cover 24 is attached to the recess 23 so as to cover the bottom surface 23a (see FIG. 5).

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a storage section in a conventional pachinko game machine. FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the storage section of the above embodiment.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7, the differences between the storage section of this embodiment and the storage section of a conventional pachinko game machine, and the features and effects of this embodiment will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the conventional pachinko game machine, the back surface of the game board 3 is not provided with a recess. Therefore, the distance d1 between the mechanism plate 13 and the back surface of the game board 3 is narrow. As shown in the figure, this distance d1 was slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball. On the other hand, in the pachinko game machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, a recess 23 is formed on the back surface of the game board 3 in a portion that will serve as the storage section. Therefore,
In the part where this recess is formed, the distance d2 between the mechanism plate 13 and the back surface of the game board 3 is the distance d1 shown in FIG.
becomes wider than Preferably, this distance d2 is selected to be larger than twice the diameter of the pachinko ball. As a result, the storage section of this embodiment can store approximately twice as many winning balls as the storage section of a conventional pachinko game machine. Therefore, even if a large amount of winning balls are generated in a short period of time, winning balls can be prevented from overflowing from the storage section.

By the way, the game board 3 is usually made of wood. When such a wooden game board 3 is used, if a falling winning ball directly hits the bottom surface 23a of the recess 23, wood chips may be generated from that part. This wood chips scatter every time a winning ball collides with the ball, and the wood chips may cause the winning balls to stop. Therefore, as mentioned above, the bottom 2
A protective cover 24 is attached to cover 3a,
Although it is desirable that the winning balls do not directly hit the ball 23a, the protective cover 24 is not necessarily necessary since the generation of wood chips can be suppressed if the bottom surface 23a is properly processed. This prevents the generation of wood chips,
Failures such as those mentioned above can be prevented. Note that the protective cover 24 is made of metal, synthetic resin, or the like.

In addition, although the above-mentioned embodiment explained the case of a pachinko game machine, the present invention can be widely applied to other pinball game machines such as coin game machines.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the winning ball storage section was provided immediately below the variable winning ball device 5, but
This winning ball storage section may be provided in other parts. For example, the variable winning ball device 5 may be provided at a relatively upper portion of the game board 3, and the winning ball storage portion may be provided at a relatively lower portion. Further, a winning ball storage section may be provided in relation to another winning area.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention having the above configuration increases the winning ball storage volume by forming a recess in the winning ball storage part, so it is a pinball game with a variable display device in which the number of winning balls is particularly increased. In the machine, it is possible to store a large number of winning balls and avoid the situation where winning balls leak out from the winning ball storage part or the winning opening as much as possible, and prevent problems caused by ball leakage such as blocking of winnings due to ball clogging and malfunction of internal devices. can be prevented as much as possible. In addition, since the formation of the recess is a simple structural improvement, there is little need to significantly change the design of existing pinball game machines or remake the mold, and it is suitable for most types of pinball game machines. This is a method that can be easily adopted.

Furthermore, since the guiding surface of the winning ball guiding gutter is configured to be lower than the bottom surface of the recess, it is possible to prevent as much as possible the problem of balls remaining in the recess and being difficult to be ejected.

Moreover, since the storage capacity of the winning ball storage section has been increased, it is no longer necessary to have a winning ball storage function on the winning ball guidance route side, and the winning ball collection cover focuses on the originally required function of smooth guidance of winning balls. The body allows the winning balls to be guided smoothly without causing ball jams.

In summary, the various technical problems that arise from the characteristic of pinball game machines with variable display devices, such as the large number of guided balls, can be eliminated by a simple structural improvement of forming recesses. It has now been possible to solve the new problem of poor ball ejection that occurs with this process.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an illustrative view showing the back structure of the pachinko game machine. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing details of the vicinity of the winning ball storage section. FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are perspective views showing details of the vicinity of the winning ball storage section. FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a winning ball storage section in a conventional pachinko gaming machine. FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a winning ball storage section in a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a pachinko game machine, 3 is a game board, 4 is a variable display device, 5 is a variable winning ball device, and 6
A to 6c are starting winning holes, 7a to 7c are safe holes,
8a and 8b are Yakumono, 13 is a mechanism plate, 23
indicates a recess, and 24 indicates a protective cover.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A game board in which a winning area is formed; a winning ball collection cover body provided on the back side of the game board to collect winning balls that have entered the winning area; provided on the game board; A variable display device that can variably display multiple types of identification information, and a first display device installed on the game board that is advantageous for players
a variable winning ball device that can freely change between a state and a second state that is disadvantageous to the player; an out hole that guides batted balls that do not enter the winning area as out balls; the variable winning ball device; A winning ball storage section that is provided on the back side of the game board between the out hole and includes a recess for storing winning balls, and a winning ball processing section that is provided downstream of the winning ball storage section and processes the winning balls one by one. A pinball game machine, characterized in that the entered prize ball storage section has a guiding surface of a winning ball guide gutter that leads to the entered prize ball processing device lower than the bottom surface of the recessed portion.