JPH0431108Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention includes a movable piece that can change between a state in which it does not accept a batted ball and a state in which it easily accepts a batted ball, and a batted ball that is received by the movable part and is guided by the movable piece. A winning device having a plurality of winning holes including a continuous winning hole that is played, and when a ball is guided to the continuous winning hole,
The present invention relates to a pachinko machine including a drive control means for driving and controlling the movable piece in a predetermined manner.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a movable piece that can be changed between a state in which it does not accept a batted ball and a state in which it easily accepts a batted ball, and a plurality of winning holes including a continuous winning hole to which a batted ball accepted by the movable piece is guided. and a winning device having the following.
Pachinko machines are provided on the market that include a drive control means for driving and controlling the movable piece in a predetermined manner when a ball is guided to the continuous winning hole. Such pachinko machines are generally set so that the movable piece can be driven in a predetermined manner a predetermined number of times (for example, eight times) on the condition that the ball is continuously guided to the winning hole. ing. In this case, the guidance of the batted ball to the continuous winning hole simply depended on the natural flow of the accepted batted ball.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] For this reason, the repetition of the movable piece in a predetermined manner is influenced only by the falling state of the batted ball received by the movable piece, and is controlled only by accidental factors. There was a problem.

The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a pachinko machine in which the repetition of the movable piece in a predetermined manner is not controlled solely by accidental factors. It is in.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the pachinko machine according to the present invention includes a movable piece that can be converted between a state in which it does not accept a ball and a state in which it easily accepts a ball, and a movable piece in the movable piece. a winning device having a plurality of winning holes including a continuous winning hole through which the accepted hit ball is guided; and when a hit ball is guided to the continuous winning hole, the movable piece is driven and controlled in a predetermined manner. and a drive control means for temporarily holding the hit ball accepted by the movable piece, and causing a subsequent hit ball to enter the continuous winning slot due to the held hit ball. It is characterized by being provided with a holding device that increases the possibility of being guided.

[Operation] The batted ball accepted by the winning device is held in the holding device. And, since this holding device is configured so that the subsequent hit ball is easily guided to the continuation prize opening by the held hit ball, the possibility of the movable piece repeating in a predetermined manner increases.

[Example] Hereinafter, a winning device according to an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the overall configuration of a pachinko machine 1 to which a winning device 8 according to an embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, a pachinko machine 1 has a ball tray 3, a ball firing operation section 4, etc. on the surface of a front frame 2, and a game board 5 is exposed through a window of the front frame 2. A game section 7 surrounded by a guide rail 6 is formed on the surface of the game board 5. The gaming section 7 includes:
A winning device 8 that includes a large number of obstacle nails (not shown) and a big winning opening that changes a state in which a hit ball is not accepted into a state in which it is easily accepted (open state) by tilting a pair of movable opening/closing pieces in an inverted eight-letter shape. , starting prize openings 9, 10, etc.

When the player supplies a ball to the ball tray 3 and operates the firing operation section 4, the batted ball firing device 12 is activated and each batted ball guided from the ball tray 3 is sent to the game via the guide rail 6. It is fired into part 7. The ball fired into the gaming section 7 will flow down while hitting the obstacle nails, and if it does not enter any of the winning holes on the way down, it will be sent from the outro 13 established at the lowest position of the gaming section 7. The ball is discharged to the back side of the game board 5 as an out ball.

On the other hand, when the batted ball enters the starting winning hole 9 or the starting winning hole 10 while flowing down inside the gaming section 7, the starting winning prize detectors 14 and 15 facing the ball path of each starting winning hole 9 and 10 detect the target ball. A batted ball is detected, a signal is sent to the electric control device 11, and the electric control device 11 receives the signals from each of the detectors 14 and 15, and operates so that the big prize opening of the winning device 8 is in a state where it is easy to accept the batted ball ( open state).

Next, the winning device 8 that operates as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.
The winning device 8 has a substrate 16 attached to the surface of the game board 5. On the left and right sides of the surface of this board 16,
Movable pieces 17, 17 constituting the big prize opening are pivoted to face each other. A count controller sensor 18 is provided below between both movable pieces 17, 17. This count control sensor 18 is connected to the movable piece 1
In order to immediately detect all batted balls received by players 7 and 17, they are placed facing the path of the batted balls. Further, below the count control sensor 18, a rotating disk 19 that constantly rotates is provided, and the rotating disk 19 is provided with a continuous winning hole 20 and a general winning hole 21.

A support shaft 22 is insert-molded in the middle of the movable pieces 17, 17, and the movable pieces 17, 17 are attached to the support shaft 2.
2, it is rotatably supported on the surface of the substrate 16. Further, the support shaft 22 protrudes from the back surface of the substrate 16, and is connected to an electric drive source, such as an electromagnetic solenoid 24, via a link mechanism 23.

When the electromagnetic solenoid 24 is demagnetized, both movable pieces 17, 17
Due to the bias of the spring 25 of No. 4, it is stopped in an upright position as shown by the solid line in the figure. In this state, the cover part 26 formed on the upper part of the board 16 closes the upper ends of both the movable pieces 17, 17, so that the big prize opening is in a state where it does not receive the batted ball flowing down the gaming part 7.

On the other hand, when the electromagnetic solenoid 24 is energized, the iron core 27 moves and applies rotational force to the support shaft 22 via the link mechanism 23, and the movable pieces 17, 17 forming the big prize opening are moved by the dashed-dotted line in the figure. As shown in the figure, it tilts in an inverted eight-shape shape, and is converted into a state (open state) where it can easily receive a batted ball. When converted to a state where it is easy to accept a batted ball (open state),
The batted ball received by the movable pieces 17, 17 constituting the grand prize opening is guided to the rotary disk 19.
The batted ball guided to the rotating disk 19 enters the general winning hole 21 or the continuous winning hole 20 provided on the rotating disk 19, and is temporarily held by the support plate 28 provided on the back side of these winning holes 20, 21. ing.

In such a state, the movable piece 1 that constitutes the big prize opening
When the detector 31 detects that the operations of 7 and 17 have stopped, that is, the opening operation of the big prize opening has ended, and that the rotary disk 19 has reached a predetermined position, in this case, the continuous winning opening 20 has reached the lowest value, the detection A signal from the device 31 is sent to the electrical control device 11. Upon receiving the signal, the electric control device 11 excites the electromagnetic solenoid 33 and moves the support plate 28 as shown by the chain line in FIG. At this time, the batted ball that enters the general winning hole 21 passes through the winning ball bucket that is discharged to the back side of the game board 5 and is processed as a winning ball. On the other hand, the batted ball that enters the continuation winning hole 20 activates the continuation detector 30 provided in the continuation winning ball bucket 29 and is processed as a winning ball. When this continuation detector 30 is activated, the electrical control device 11 electrically connected to the detector 30 continuously switches the big winning hole from a state where it does not accept batted balls to a state where it is easy to accept batted balls (open state). ). In addition, when a batted ball does not enter the continuation winning a prize opening 20, the continuation detector 30 does not operate as a matter of course.

When the electromagnetic solenoid 33 is demagnetized after the ball is ejected from the general prize opening 21 or the continuous prize opening 20 to the back surface of the game board 5, the support plate 28 is moved by the solid line in FIG. 3 due to the bias of the spring 32. It returns to the position shown in . In other words, the rotary disk 19, the support plate 28, and the electromagnetic solenoid 3 explained above.
3 and the spring 32 constitute a holding device that holds the batted ball.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 1 including the winning device 8 configured as described above will be explained. The detector 14 detects the batted ball and sends a signal to the electric control device 11, and the electric control device 11 that receives the signal excites the electromagnetic solenoid 24, and the big winning hole accepts the batted ball only once. The state is changed from a state in which there is no opening to a state in which it is easy to receive a batted ball (open state). At this time, the time during which the big winning hole maintains a state where it is easy to accept the batted ball (open state) is a predetermined time set in advance by the electrical control device 11,
For example, it is 0.7 seconds. On the other hand, when the batted ball enters the starting prize hole 10 located at the lower center of the gaming section 7, the electric control device 11 controls the big winning hole 2 times for the predetermined period of time based on a signal from the starting prize detector 15.
To convert a state in which a batted ball is not accepted into a state in which it is easily accepted (open state).

When a batted ball enters the starting winning holes 9, 10 in this way, the big winning hole is converted from a state in which it does not accept a batted ball to a state in which it can easily accept it (open state) within a range regulated by time and number of times. Then, when the batted ball accepted by this conversion enters the specific winning hole 20 formed in the rotary disk 19, the batted ball activates the continuation detector 30. The electric control device 11 receiving the signal from the detector 30 continuously changes the big winning hole from a state in which it does not accept a batted ball to a state in which it easily accepts a batted ball (open state). In the case of this embodiment, the continuous open state refers to the operation of opening and closing the movable pieces 17, 17 constituting the big prize opening a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times) for the predetermined time (0.7 seconds) described above. There is. The batted ball received during the continuous opening and closing operations of the movable pieces 17, 17 passes through the count control sensor 18 and is guided to the rotary disk 19. When the batted ball passes the count control sensor 18, a detection signal is emitted, and when the detection signal is sent to the electrical control device 11 and a predetermined number (for example, 10) of detection signals are counted. The operation of the movable pieces 17, 17 constituting the big prize opening is completed. By the way, the batted ball guided to the rotary disk 19 is
It enters the general winning opening 21 or the continuous winning opening 20 provided on the rotary disk 19 and is temporarily reserved. Then, when the operation of the movable pieces 17, 17 that constitute the big winning opening stops, that is, when the opening operation of the big winning opening ends,
The electromagnetic solenoid 33 is energized to move the support plate 28, and the batted ball that enters the general winning hole 21 or the continuous winning hole 20 is processed as a winning ball. At this time, if the batted ball is held in the continuation winning hole 20, the signal from the continuation detector 30 is used again under the control of the electrical control device 11.
A predetermined number of times (for example,
18 times) repeating the opening and closing operation of the movable pieces 17, 17,
That is, a continuous opening/closing operation of the big prize opening is performed. During this continuous opening/closing operation, when the number of batted balls received by the movable pieces 17, 17 and detected by the count control sensor 18 reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10), the predetermined number of balls is reached. Even in the middle of (18 times), the output of the drive signal from the electrical control device 11 to the electromagnetic solenoid 24 is stopped in order to immediately stop the opening/closing operation. In this case, since the time from when the predetermined number of batted balls is received by the movable pieces 17, 17 until it reaches the count control sensor 18 is extremely short, the predetermined number of batted balls enters the winning device 8 almost at the same time. Since the movable pieces 17, 17 are closed, there is almost no case in which more than a predetermined number of balls are accepted, and the number of winnings in the winning device 8 can be accurately counted.

In addition, in this embodiment, the batted ball guided to the big winning hole is placed in the general winning hole 2 provided on the rotary disk 19.
1 and the continuation prize opening 20. At this time, it is not known whether the initially hit ball will be held in the general winning hole 21 or the continuous winning hole 20, but if the initial hit ball is not held in the continuous winning hole 20 and the general winning hole 21 Even if the ball is held in the general winning hole 21, the subsequent ball collides with the batted ball held in the general winning hole 21 and is held in the next winning hole sequentially, and finally, it is held in the continuous winning hole 20. That is,
Rotary disk 19 and support plate 2 provided in prize winning device 8
The holding device consisting of 8 etc. is configured to easily guide subsequent batted balls to the continuous winning hole 20, and the possibility of repeating the continuous opening/closing operation is extremely high.

In addition, when the ball enters the continuous winning hole 20, the opening operation of the big winning hole will be repeated, but in this embodiment, the above-mentioned continuous opening operation (opening and closing of the movable pieces 17, 17 18 times) will be repeated. The operation or winning of 10 batted balls during the opening/closing operation) can be repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 8 times). In addition, general prize opening 21 and continuous prize opening 2
One cycle is the state in which all 0 balls are hit.
It is also possible to restrict this cycle to a certain number (for example, 8 times) and to limit the ejection of prize balls.

In the embodiment described above (hereinafter referred to as the first embodiment), the rotary disk 19 constituting the holding device is arranged vertically, but it may also be arranged horizontally. As an example in which this rotary disk is arranged horizontally, there is an embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 (hereinafter referred to as a second embodiment). In the figure, turntable 3
9 is provided with a continuous winning hole 40 and a general winning hole 41. At the top of the winning device, there is a cover section 36.
is provided. Movable pieces 37, 37 constituting the big prize opening are pivoted on both sides thereof. Movable piece 3
7 and 37 are tilted in an inverted eight-letter shape, similar to the above-mentioned winning device 8, by the excitation of the electromagnetic solenoid 44, and are converted from a state in which they do not accept a batted ball to a state in which they are easily accepted (open state). There is.

A count control sensor 38 is provided in the passage path below both movable pieces 37, 37. This count control sensor 38 is for controlling the opening and closing operations of the movable pieces 37, 37 to be stopped when a certain number (for example, 10) of batted balls have won a prize, as in the first embodiment. .

The rotary disk 39 constituting the holding device is powered by a motor 42.
The ball is driven by the movable pieces 37, 37 constituting the big winning hole and guides the ball received by the movable pieces 37, 37 to the general winning hole 41 or the continuous winning hole 40. The batted ball guided to the rotary disk 39 is temporarily held by a support plate 48 provided at the bottom of these winning holes 40, 41.

In addition, a detector 51 is provided inside the holding device, and this detector 51 determines whether the operation of the movable pieces 37, 37 constituting the big winning opening stops, or continues after the opening operation of the big winning opening ends. It is sensed that the winning hole 40 has come to a predetermined position, that is, above the continuous winning ball bucket 47. Specifically, it is possible to detect that the continuation prize opening 40 has come to a predetermined position by bringing the drive shaft 43 that rotates the rotary disk 39 into contact with the detector 51. Upon detection by the detector 51, the signal is sent to an electric control device (not shown), which excites the electromagnetic solenoid 45 to move the support plate 48 as shown by the dashed line in FIG. It's becoming like that. As a result, the batted ball that enters the general winning hole 41 passes through the winning ball bucket 49 and is processed as a winning ball. On the other hand, the batted ball that entered the continuation winning hole 40 passes through the continuation winning ball bucket 47 and passes through the continuation detector 5.
0 is activated and it becomes a winning ball and is processed.

When the continuation detector 50 is activated, the movable pieces 37, 37 forming the big prize opening repeat the opening/closing operation 18 times in a row again. This continuous opening/closing operation is limited to a certain number of times (for example, eight times).

Also in the second embodiment configured as above, the movable piece 3 as a big winning opening is activated by starting a winning.
7, 37 opens and closes once or twice, and when a batted ball accepted during the opening and closing operation is guided to the specific winning hole 40, the movable pieces 37, 37 open and close a predetermined number of consecutive times (for example, 18 times). It is designed to open and close. During the continuous opening/closing operation, when the number of batted balls received by the movable pieces 37, 37 and detected by the count control sensor 38 reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10), the predetermined number of balls (for example, 10) is reached. 18 times), the output of the drive signal from the electrical control device to the electromagnetic solenoid 44 is stopped in order to immediately stop the opening/closing operation. In this case, since the time from when the predetermined number of batted balls are received by the movable pieces 37, 37 to when they reach the count control sensor 38 is extremely short, the movable balls can be moved almost at the same time as the predetermined number of batted balls enter the winning device. Since the pieces 37, 37 are closed, it is almost impossible to receive more than a predetermined number of balls, and the number of winnings in the winning device can be accurately counted.

Further, in the second embodiment as well, the batted ball guided to the big winning hole is held in the general winning hole 41 and the continuous winning hole 40 provided on the rotary disk 39. On this occasion,
Although it is not known whether the initially reserved batted ball will be reserved in the general prize opening 41 or the continuous prize opening 40,
Even if the initial ball is not held in the continuous winning hole 40 and is held in the general winning hole 41, subsequent balls collide with the ball held in the general winning hole 41 and are sequentially transferred to the next winning hole. It is kept on hold, and finally, it comes to be held on the continuation prize opening 40. That is,
Rotating disk 39 and support plate 48 provided in the winning device
The holding device consisting of the above is configured to easily guide subsequent batted balls to the continuation winning hole 40, and the possibility of repeating the continuous opening/closing operation is extremely high.

[Effect of the invention] As is clear from the above explanation, the pachinko machine according to the invention temporarily holds the batted ball received by the movable piece in the winning device, and
Since we have installed a holding device that increases the possibility that a subsequent hit ball will be guided to the continuation prize opening by the held batted ball, the possibility of repeating the continuous opening and closing operation becomes extremely high, and the received batted ball simply falls into the winning hole. You can enjoy the interest of the game more deeply than when you are guided to the continuous winning slot depending only on the state.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the pachinko machine according to the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 4 show the winning device of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.
Its front view, Figure 3 is its rear view, and Figure 4 is
Partial side sectional views, FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 show another winning device, and FIG. 5 is a front view thereof, and FIG.
The figure is a partial side sectional view, and FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the structure of the rotating disk portion. 1...Pachinko machine, 8...Winning device, 17,3
7... Movable piece, 18, 38... Count control sensor, 20, 40... Continuous winning opening, 30, 50...
As a continuation detector and a holding device, 19, 39... rotating disk, 28, 48... supporting plate, 32... spring, 33... electromagnetic solenoid, 42... motor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Utility Model Registration Claim] A movable piece that can be changed between a state in which it does not accept a batted ball and a state in which it easily accepts a batted ball, and a plurality of winning prizes including a continuation prize opening through which the batted ball accepted by the movable piece is guided. A pachinko machine comprising: a winning device having a slot; and a drive control means for driving and controlling the movable piece in a predetermined manner when a batted ball is guided to the continuous winning slot, wherein the winning device comprises: , a holding device is provided which temporarily holds the hit ball accepted by the movable piece and increases the possibility that the held hit ball will guide subsequent hit balls to the continuous winning hole. Features of pachinko machines.