JPH0411233B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention converts the state of a movable ball receiving member by an electric drive source such as an electromagnetic solenoid into a first state in which it does not accept or is difficult to accept a batted ball, and a second state in which it easily accepts a batted ball. In a pachinko machine equipped with a variable batted ball winning device that converts to This relates to a pachinko machine that can prevent players from continuing.

Various pachinko machines have been proposed that are equipped with a variable hit ball winning device that uses an electric drive source to change the state of a movable ball receiving member to change the ease with which a ball can be accepted. However, conventional pachinko machines simply control the operation and stopping of the electric drive source, and it is necessary to check whether the movable ball receiving member is changing the state appropriately in response to the operation of the electric drive source. Can not do it. For this reason, fraudulent acts such as piano wire or the like are inserted into the inside of a pachinko machine and the movable ball receiver is left open, and players may be harmed due to malfunctions in the state changing operation of the movable ball receiver due to balls clogging, etc. It causes inconvenience such as giving an unfair advantage or giving a disadvantage.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and includes providing a detector for detecting the state of the movable ball receiving member in a variable batted ball winning device, and receiving a state signal based on a signal from the detector and an operation of an electric drive source. A proper operation determination section is provided which receives a reference signal based on the control signal and electrically determines whether or not the movable ball bearing member is appropriately changing its state in response to the operation of the electric drive source. By preventing the continuation of the game using an inappropriate signal output from the determination unit, it is possible to prevent fraudulent acts and ensure that the player is given an appropriate profit, allowing him or her to play pachinko with peace of mind. The aim is to provide a pachinko machine that can.

The present invention will be explained below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 4, the pachinko machine 1 has a game section 4 surrounded by a guide rail 3 on the surface of a game board 2, and inside the game section 4 are numerous obstacle nails (not shown),
A winning device 5, a specific winning hole 6, a variable hit ball winning device 7, etc. are provided. Further, the front of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a supply tray 8, a saucer 9, a firing operation section 10, etc. When a player operates the firing operation section 10, a batted ball firing device 11 whose driving source is a motor or solenoid is activated. After starting, the balls introduced from the supply tray 8 can be fired one by one. The fired ball enters the game section 4 via the guide rail 3, hits an obstacle nail, and flows down while being bounced. If it enters the winning device 5..., the specific winning hole 6, or the variable batted ball winning device 7 while flowing down, it becomes a winning ball.On the other hand, if it does not enter any of the winning holes, the ball enters the out hole 12.
The ball goes in and becomes an out ball. Note that when a batted ball enters any of the winning holes, a prize ball discharging device (not shown) provided on the back side of the game board 2 is activated, and the prize ball is discharged into the supply tray 8 or the receiving tray 9.

The variable hit ball winning device 7, as shown in FIG.
A horizontally long ball inlet 14 is provided on the mounting board 13 that is attached to the surface of the game board 2, and a horizontally long movable ball receiver 15 is rotatably attached to the ball inlet 14 by a shaft 16 in the lower part. An engaging arm 17 projecting laterally from the lower rear end of the member 15 is engaged with an operating lever 19 of an electric drive source 18 attached to the back side of the mounting device 13. The movable ball receiving member 15 has a horizontally long plate shape, and has a partition piece 20 extending rearward at one end.
As shown in FIG. 3, the ball normally stands still in the first state where it stands up due to the bias of the return spring 18' of the electric drive source 18 and closes the ball inlet 14, and when the electric drive source 18 is activated. The upper end is rotated about the shaft 16 in a direction in which the ball is tilted forward to convert to the second state in which the ball entrance 14 is opened. Further, a box frame 21 with an open front is provided on the back surface of the mounting board 13, and a horizontally long shelf-shaped ball passage 22 communicating with the ball inlet 14 is formed in the middle of the inside of the box frame 21. The slanted lower end of the ball outlet 23 is connected to the ball outlet 23 on the back side of the box frame.

A winning ball detector for detecting winning balls is placed on the downstream side of the ball outlet 23.

Further, inside the box frame 21, as shown in FIG. 5, a photocoupler 24 consisting of a light emitting source 24a and a light receiver 24b is provided as a state detector of the movable ball receiver member 15, and the partition piece 20 is connected to the movable ball receiver member. Corresponding to the state change of 15, the light emitting source 24a and the light receiver 24b are made to face into the gap 24c.

Therefore, in the first state where the movable ball receiving member 15 closes the ball entrance 14, the partition piece 20 closes the light emitting source 24.
Since the light emitted from a is blocked, the photocoupler 24 is turned off, and the first state of the movable ball receiving member 15 can be electrically detected. When the ball enters the specific winning hole 6 and a specific winning state is formed, a specific winning detector placed facing the ball path from the specific winning hole 6 detects the ball, and the signal from the specific winning detector generates an electric signal. The target drive source 18 is activated to rotate the movable ball receiving member 15 forward and convert it into the second state.
When the movable ball receiver 15 changes to the second state, the partition piece 20 comes off from the gap 24c of the photocoupler 24, so the light receiver 24b receives the light from the light source 24a and the photocoupler 24 is turned on, and the movable ball receiver 15 second states can be electrically detected.

A status signal based on a signal emitted from a status detector shown as a photocoupler 24 in this embodiment;
Using a reference signal based on the operation control signal of the electric drive source 18, the proper operation determination section 25 determines whether the movable ball bearing member 15 is changing its state in response to the operation of the electric drive source 18. judge.

The embodiment of the proper operation determination section 25 shown in FIG.
The operation control signal of the electric drive source 18 is used as a reference signal, and the signal from the photocoupler 24 is used as a status signal, and proper operation is determined based on this reference signal and the status signal. The first signal is inverted and becomes the other input.
It consists of an AND game 26 and a first flip-flop 28 which inputs the output of the first AND game 26 as a set signal via a second AND game 27. The proper operation determination section 25 shown in FIG. 6 detects an improper operation when the reference signal obtained by inverting the operation control signal of the electric drive source 18 and the status signal from the photocoupler 24 are ANDed. This is what I did.

In the first state in which the electric drive source 18 stops operating and the movable ball receiving member 15 closes the ball inlet 14,
Since the Q output of the second flip-flop 29 that controls the electrical drive source 18 is at L level or "0", one input of the first AND gate 26 is inverted and becomes H level or "1". However, the other input side of the first AND gate 26 is at the L level because the partition piece 20 of the movable ball receiving member 15 blocks the light from the light emitting source 24a, and the output side of the first AND gate 26 is at the L level.
level. Therefore, the Q output of the first flip-flop 28 becomes L level and does not generate an inappropriate signal.

When the batted ball enters the specific winning opening 6 and the specific winning detector 30 detects the hitting ball and issues a signal, an H level signal enters one input side of the third AND gate 32 via the differentiating circuit 31. Since the third AND gate 32 has the output of the second flip-flop 29 as its other input, an AND operation is performed between the L level signal of this output and the H level signal from the differentiating circuit 31, and a set signal is sent to the second flip-flop 29. send. The second flip-flop 29 is
When receiving the set signal, the Q output becomes H level,
The H level signal activates the electric drive source 18 via the driver 33 and sets one input side of the first AND gate 26 to the L level. When the electric drive source 18 is activated, in the normal state, the movable ball receiving member 15 is tilted forward, so the variable hit ball winning device 7 is in the second state, and at the same time, the partition piece 20 is removed from the gap 24c, so the photo coupler 2
4 is turned ON. When the photocoupler 24 is turned on, it sets the other input side of the first AND gate 26 to the H level via the integrating circuit 34, so the output of the first AND gate 26 maintains the L level and no inappropriate signal is transmitted.

In this second state, when the hit balls flowing down inside the game section 4 fall onto the movable ball receiving member 15, these hit balls roll due to the downward slope of the upper surface of the movable ball receiving member 15, pass through the ball entrance 14, and enter the box. It flows down into the ball passage 22 within the frame 21. The batted balls aligned in a line by the ball passage 22 are discharged from the ball outlet 23 to the back side of the game board 2, activate the winning ball detector 35, and become winning balls.

When the winning ball detector 35 detects a single batted ball,
As shown in FIG. 6, the signal waveform-shaped by the differentiating circuit 36 enters the N-ary counter 37 and is counted by the N-ary counter 37. N-ary counter 3
7 outputs an H level signal when it receives a preset number (for example, 10) of signals, and this signal resets the second flip-flop 29 via the first OR gate 38. Further, in this embodiment, the duration of the second state is limited to a certain period of time (for example, 30 seconds). That is, even before the number of winning balls exceeds a certain number, when the second flip-flop 29 is set, the timer 39 is started by the Q output, and after a certain period of time has passed, the first OR gate 3 is started by the output from the timer 39.
8 to reset the second flip-flop 29.

When the second flip-flop 29 is reset by the output of the N-ary counter 37 or the timer 39 described above, the Q output becomes L level, the operation of the electrical drive source 18 is stopped, and the first flip-flop is reset via the delay circuit 40. One input side of the AND gate 26 is converted to H level later than when the electric drive source 18 is stopped. Note that the delay circuit 40 is connected to the movable ball receiving member 15.
This takes into account the time required to convert from the second state to the first state.

When the electric drive source 18 stops operating, the movable ball bearing member 15 returns to the first state with a slight time lag. When the movable ball receiving member 15 appropriately changes its state in this manner, the output from the photocoupler 24 becomes L level, and this L level signal enters the other input side of the first AND gate 6.

Therefore, the first AND gate 26 does not open.

That is, when the movable ball bearing member 15 is restored from the second state to the first state in response to the stoppage of the electric drive source 18, no inappropriate signal is generated.

However, even if the operation of the electric drive source stops, as shown in FIG. If the state conversion of the movable ball bearing member is inappropriate, such as when the member 15 does not return to the first state, the output from the photocoupler 24 becomes H.
Since the level is maintained, the first AND gate 26 performs an AND operation, and the output from the first AND gate 26 sets the first flip-flop 28. When the first flip-flop 28 is set, the Q output becomes H level and generates an inappropriate signal. Then, this inappropriate signal activates the game interrupting means to interrupt the game.

In the embodiment of the game interrupting means shown in FIG. 6, a relay 42 which is activated by an inappropriate signal is connected to the first flip-flop 28, and the operation of the relay 42 stops the power supply to the motor 11' of the ball launcher 11. However, the firing device 11 is forcibly stopped regardless of the operation of the firing operation section 10. Therefore, the movable ball receiving member 15 is connected to the piano wire 41 or the like.
If the ball is opened illegally, the ball launcher 11 will stop due to the above-mentioned inappropriate signal, making it impossible to continue the game.

Note that an inappropriate signal may cause a warning lamp in a pachinko machine or a central control room to light or flash, or a warning buzzer to sound.

The proper operation determination section 25 continues to output the improper operation signal until the first flip-flop 28 is reset.

Therefore, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, when the clerk operates the reset switch 43, the first flip-flop 28 is reset by the signal from the reset switch 43 via the second OR gate 44. In addition, it may start due to an inappropriate signal,
The game may be reset automatically by a reset signal from a timer 45 which outputs a reset signal after a certain period of time has elapsed, so that the game can be restarted. In this way, when the timer 45 is provided, the game is interrupted in the event of a fraudulent act and does not automatically return until a certain period of time has elapsed, which is effective as a means for preventing fraudulent acts.

In addition, in response to the above-mentioned inappropriate signal, the power to the electric control section of the variable batted ball prize winning device 7 may be stopped so that subsequent games cannot be played. By stopping the operation of the electrical control unit in this way, all that is required is to incorporate the necessary electrical circuits onto the base of the control unit.
It is easy to manufacture and effective as a fraud prevention measure.

In the above description, the game interrupting means stops the motor 11', but any structure may be used as long as the game can be interrupted by an inappropriate signal. For example, in another embodiment of the game interrupting means shown in FIG.
A blocking rod 47 passing through the upper ball path 3' is connected, and when an inappropriate signal is generated, the ball path 3' is blocked by the blocking rod 47, forcing the ball to become a foul ball and preventing the game from continuing. It was designed to do so.

Therefore, the relay 42 is connected to the solenoid 46, so that when the first flip-flop 28 sends an inappropriate signal and the relay 42 is activated, the solenoid 46 is energized so that the blocking rod 47 blocks the ball passage 3'. Bye.

Another embodiment of the game interrupting means shown in FIG.
A shutter 50 is provided, which is operated by a shutter 50, and movement of the shutter 50 opens and closes a ball passage port 51 communicating between the supply tray 8 and the ball firing position at the lower end of the guide rail 3. Therefore, when an inappropriate signal is generated from the first flip-flop 28, the solenoid 49 is energized, and the ball passage opening 51 is closed by the shutter 50 to prevent the balls in the supply tray 8 from being supplied to the ball firing position, thereby preventing the game from being supplied. Continuation can be prevented.

A second embodiment of the proper operation determination section 25 shown in FIG. It is designed to determine whether the state conversion is appropriate or not, and the photocoupler 24
a fourth AND gate 53 having one input as the output from the oscillator 52 and the other input as the output from the oscillator 52;
A first counter 55 counts the output of the fourth AND gate 52 and outputs the result as a state signal to the first comparator 54. One input is the Q output of the second flip-flop 29, and the output from the oscillator 52 is used as one input. The fifth AND gate 55 serves as the other input.
6. A second gate that counts the output of the fifth AND gate 56 and outputs it to the first comparator 54 as a reference signal.
It consists of a counter 57 and a third flip-flop 58 which is set by the output from the first comparator 54.

In the first state in which the electric drive source 18 stops operating and the movable ball receiving member 15 closes the ball inlet 14,
Since the Q output of the second flip-flop 29 is at L level, the output of the fifth AND gate 56 is at L level. Further, since the output from the photocoupler 24 is also at L level, the output from the fourth AND gate 53 is also at L level, and no inappropriate signal is generated.

The batted ball enters the specific winning hole 6 and the specific winning prize detector 30
When the second flip-flop 29 is set by a signal from A signal is sent to the second counter 57 in synchronization with the oscillation of. The second counter 5 that receives this signal counts the sequentially sent signals and sends a signal corresponding to the counted value to the comparator 54 as a time signal.

When the electric drive source 18 is activated as described above, the movable ball bearing member 15 is tilted forward in the normal state, and the photocoupler 24 is turned on.

Therefore, the input side of the fourth AND gate 53 from the photocoupler 24 becomes H level and sends a signal to the first counter 55 in synchronization with the oscillator 52.
When the first counter 55 receives these signals, it counts and sends a signal corresponding to the counted value to the comparator 54 as a time signal. Therefore, when the movable ball bearing member 15 immediately changes to the second state after the electric drive source 18 is activated, the counted value by the first counter 55 and the counted value by the second counter 57 are almost the same value. Become.

A certain period of time preset in the timer 39 has elapsed,
Alternatively, when a preset number of balls hit the N-ary counter 37, a reset signal is output from the timer 39 or the N-ary counter 37, and the second flip-flop 29 is reset, as in the previous embodiment.
When the second flip-flop 29 is reset,
As the operation of the electric drive source 18 stops, the output of the fifth AND gate 56 continues to go to the L level, the second counter 57 stops counting, and the count value input to the comparator 54 is the same as the previous value. becomes. Furthermore, when the electric drive source 18 stops, the movable ball bearing member 15 is restored to the first state in the normal state, so the signal from the photocoupler 24 goes to the L level, and the output of the fourth AND gate 53 continues to go to the L level. level. Therefore, the count value sent to the comparator 54 is the value until the movable ball bearing member 15 is restored to the first state. The reset signal output from the timer 39 or the N-ary counter 37 described above is sent to the comparator 54 as a comparison command signal.

When the comparator 54 receives this command signal, it compares the numerical value from the first counter 55 and the numerical value from the second counter 57. Receiving member 15
This is a comparison with the time t during which the second state was maintained. Therefore, when the movable ball bearing member 15 is restored to the first state immediately after the electric drive source 18 is stopped, the first state is restored.
Since there is no significant difference between the value counted by the counter 55 and the value counted by the second counter 57 (T≒t),
Comparator 54 does not output. That is, no inappropriate signal is generated.

However, even if the operation of the electric drive source 18 is stopped, as shown in FIG. The output from the fourth AND gate 53 is continuously counted by the first counter 55 while maintaining the H level. and comparator 5
4 receives the comparison command signal and compares the signal from the first counter 55 with the signal from the second counter 57. Since there is a large difference (T<<t) between the two signals, the signal from the comparator 54 The third flip-flop 58 is set and an invalid signal is generated.
Relay 42 is activated. Since this relay 42 has the same function as the relay 42 shown in FIG. 6, when an inappropriate signal is sent from the second flip-flop 58, the pachinko game is interrupted or stopped.

In this way, the proper operation determination section 25 shown in FIG.
is the operating time T of the electric drive source 18 by the oscillator 52
The second state duration time t of the movable ball bearing member 15 is replaced with the number of signals from the oscillator 52, and the number of signals at the time when the electric drive source 18 stops operating is compared, and the difference at that time is calculated. This system is designed to issue an inappropriate signal when the value is extremely large.

Note that if an inappropriate signal is issued, the motor 11' of the ball launcher 11 is activated as in the previous embodiment.
The game is forcibly interrupted by a game interrupting means such as stopping the game. When the game is to be restarted, the third flip-flop 58 may be reset by the operator operating the reset switch 43, or the return may be automatically performed by a timer as in the previous embodiment.

Further, in order to reset the first counter 55 and the second counter 57 to zero, the comparison command signal to the comparator 54 is delayed by a predetermined time by the delay circuit 59, and this signal is used as a reset signal to reset the first and second counters 55, 57,
You can send it to 57.

A third embodiment of the proper operation determination unit 25 shown in FIG. 10 converts the variable batted ball winning device 7 into the second state for a certain period of time when a specific prize mode in which a batted ball enters the specific winning hole 6 is established, If a ball enters the continuous winning hole during this second state, the variable hit ball winning device 7 can be changed from the first state to the second state again, and this continuous rotation is limited to a predetermined number of times. used, the number of times N of operation of the electric drive source 18,
By comparing the number n of state changes of the movable ball receiving member 15, it is determined whether the state change of the movable ball receiving member 15 is appropriate or inappropriate. The proper operation determining unit 25 here includes a third counter 61 that calculates the number of state conversions from the state signal from the photocoupler 24 and outputs the counted value to the second comparator 60, and an operating time of the electrical drive source 18 (for example,
30 seconds) from the timer 39 as the number of times N of operation of the electric drive source 18, and outputs the counted value to the second comparator 60.
A fourth flip-flop 63 compares the number of times n from the counter 62 and the third counter 61 with the number N from the fourth counter 62 and outputs an inappropriate signal based on the signal output from the second comparator 60 when the two are different. Consists of etc.

In the first state where the operation of the electric drive source 18 is stopped and the movable ball receiving member 15 closes the ball entrance 14, when a batted ball enters the specific winning hole 6 and a specific winning mode is formed, the specific winning prize detector 30 detects the hit ball and outputs a specific award mode establishment signal, which resets the repetition counter 64 and sets the second flip-flop 29 via the third OR gate 65 and the sixth AND gate 66. The repetition counter 64 regulates the maximum number of repetitions of the variable batted ball winning device 7 that changes from the first state to the second state when a specific prize mode is established, and the number of repetitions (for example, 10 times) is set in advance. I'll keep it.

When the second flip-flop 29 is set,
Since the Q output becomes H level, the electrical drive source 18
At the same time, the timer 39 starts.

The movable ball receiving member 1 is moved by the operation of the electric drive source 18.
5 converts from the first state to the second state, the third counter 61 that receives the state signal from the photocoupler 24 sends a signal corresponding to the first time (n=1) to the second comparator 60. When the predetermined time set in the timer 39 has elapsed, the timer 39 outputs an H level signal, which causes the second flip-flop 2
9 and repeat counter 64.
Set to "1". Further, the signal from the timer 39 is counted by the fourth counter 62 and sent to the second comparator 60.
A signal corresponding to the first time (N=1) is sent. The second comparator 60 receives the signal from the timer 39 that is delayed via the delay circuit 67 as a comparison command signal, and compares the signal (n) from the third counter 61 and the signal (N) from the fourth pachinko machine 62. Compare with. The fourth flip-flop 63 outputs an H level signal when both signals are compared differently (N≠n), but when both signals are compared the same (N=n).
Maintain L level. Therefore, as described above, the fourth flip-flop 63 is set to issue an inappropriate signal only when the operational rotation N of the electric drive source 18 and the number of state changes n of the movable ball bearing member 15 do not match. There is.

When a batted ball enters the continuation winning hole when the variable batted ball winning device 7 is in the second state, the continuation detector 68 detects the hit ball and sends an H level continuation signal to one of the seventh AND gates 69. Since the seventh AND gate 69 inverts the output from the repetition counter 64 and uses it as the other input, the seventh AND gate 69 inverts the output from the repetition counter 64 and uses it as the other input.
When the level signal is input, an H level signal is generated and the second flip-flop 29 is set again via the third OR gate 65 and the sixth AND gate 66.

When the second flip-flop 29 is set,
As before, the electric drive source 18 and the timer 39
starts the second operation, and the movable ball receiving member 15 performs the second state change.

Therefore, the second comparator 60
While receiving the signal from 1 to n=2, when the predetermined time of the timer 39 has elapsed, the fourth counter 62 receives the signal N=2.
After receiving the signal 2, N and n are compared using the signal from the delay circuit 67. Further, the repetition counter 64 stores the second repetition based on the output from the timer 39.

The above operation is repeated, and the continuation detector 68 detects the 9th ball (counting from the batted ball that entered the specific winning hole 6).
10th ball) is detected, the second flip-flop 29 is set, and the electric drive source 18 and timer 3 are activated.
9 starts the 10th operation, the movable ball receiving member 15 performs the 10th state change, and the second comparator 6
0 receives a signal of n=10 from the third counter 61. When the predetermined time set in the timer 39 has elapsed, the second comparator 60 receives the signal N=10 from the fourth counter 62 based on the output from the timer 39, and then the signal from the delay circuit 67 causes N and n
Compare with. Also, the output of the timer 39 is sent to the repetition counter 64, so when the repetition counter 64 counts the predetermined number of repetitions "10",
The H level signal is sent to the seventh AND gate 69 as a specific award privilege end signal. When this specific award privilege end signal is inverted and input to one input side of the seventh AND gate 69, the seventh AND gate 69 outputs an H level signal even if it receives the signal from the continuation detector 68. Never. Therefore, even if the ball hits the continuation winning hole, the subsequent repetition will not be performed.

The above-described operation is a proper state in which the number of times N of electric drive source 18 is operated and the number of state changes n of movable ball bearing member 15 is equal. Therefore, the second comparator 6
0 maintains the L level, and the fourth flip-flop 63 does not generate an inappropriate signal.

However, the number of times N of operation of the electric drive source 18 is
If the number n of state changes of the movable ball bearing member 15 is different, the second comparator 60 outputs an H level signal, and the fourth flip-flop 63 outputs an inappropriate signal. For example, if the movable ball bearing member 15 is rotated using a piano wire or the like to maintain the second state illegally after the tenth state conversion described above is completed, the second comparator 60 will change the state from the third counter 61 to n. =
11 signals are received. In this state, since the repetition counter 64 has not yet been reset, the output from the repetition counter 64 is sent to the second comparator 60 as a comparison command signal. The second comparator 60 receives the signal n from the third counter 61 and the fourth
When compared with the signal N from the counter 62, N≠n
Therefore, an H level signal is output, and the fourth flip-flop 63 is set by this signal. Fourth
When the flip-flop 63 is set, the Q output becomes H level and is output as an inappropriate signal.
When an inappropriate signal is issued, the relay 42 causes the game interrupting means to stop the operation of the ball launcher 11, thereby preventing the game from continuing, as in the previous embodiment.

The above description is for the case where a predetermined number of repetitions have been completed, but the second comparator 60
Each time the operation of the movable ball receiving member 15 is stopped, a comparison command signal is received and N and n are compared each time, so that it is possible to determine whether the state change of the movable ball receiving member 15 is appropriate or inappropriate each time.

The continuous winning opening is the variable batted ball winning device 7 itself,
For example, the ball path within the box frame 21 may be divided into a plurality of sections, and one of them may function as a continuous winning hole.
Alternatively, the winning hole in the gaming section 4 may be used as a continuous winning hole.

Further, the detector for detecting the state of the movable ball receiving member 15 is not limited to the photocoupler 24, but may be configured as shown above as long as the state of the movable ball receiving member 15 can be electrically detected. For example, a known detector such as a micro switch or a reed switch may be used.

Note that the variable hit ball winning device 7 is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and may have any configuration as long as it changes the state of the movable ball receiving member 15 by driving the electric drive source 18, thereby changing the state of accepting the hit ball. But that's fine.

As explained above, according to the present invention, a detector is provided for detecting the state of the movable ball bearing member, and
Upon receiving a state signal based on the signal from the detector and a reference signal based on the operation control signal of the electric drive source, the movable ball receiving member performs an appropriate state change in response to the operation of the electric drive source. A proper motion determining section is provided that electrically determines whether the proper motion is correct, and an improper signal emitted from the proper motion determining section activates a game interrupting means to prevent the continuation of the game, thereby preventing fraudulent activity by the player. This can be prevented, and it is also possible to prevent unfair benefits or disadvantages from being given to players. Therefore, players can play pachinko games with peace of mind, and pachinko parlors will not suffer undue disadvantages.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the variable batted ball winning device, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the variable batted ball winning device in the first state, and FIG. The figure is a perspective view of the variable batted ball winning device in the second state, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the photocoupler, and FIG. 6 is a block wiring diagram of the proper operation determination section.
FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a main part of a game interrupting means that prevents the continuation of the game by blocking the running of the shot ball, and FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the game interrupting means that prevents the supply of balls. Schematic perspective view, Figures 9 and 10
The figure is a block wiring diagram of another embodiment of the proper operation determining section. 1... Pachinko machine, 7... Variable hit ball winning device, 15
...Movable ball bearing member, 18...Electric drive source, 24...Photocoupler, 25...Proper operation determination section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine equipped with a variable hit ball winning device capable of changing the state of a movable ball receiving member using an electric drive source to a first state in which it is difficult to accept a batted ball or does not accept a batted ball, and a second state in which it is easy to accept a batted ball. In the machine, the variable hit ball winning device is provided with a detector for detecting the state of the movable ball receiving member, and receives a state signal based on the signal from the detector and a reference signal based on the operation control signal of the electric drive source. hand,
A proper operation determining section is provided that electrically determines whether the movable ball receiving member is appropriately changing its state in response to the operation of the electric drive source, and the game is played based on an inappropriate signal output from the proper operation determining section. A pachinko machine characterized by operating an interrupting means to prevent the continuation of a game.