JPH0473078A - Pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable play while counting and confirming balls by incorporating a central calculation process unit, supplied ball counter, cast ball counter, taken-in ball counter, etc., in a machine body and disposing a ball number indicator, liquidating switch, front tray, etc., in front of the machine body. CONSTITUTION:A central calculation process unit CPU, supply ball counter 1 communicating to a relenishing pipe 19, cast ball counter 2, taken--in ball counter 3, etc., are disposed in a machine body A and a guide 21 for balls taken in an island is provided connectively to the lower rear of the machine body A. Also on the front face of the machine body are disposed a ball number indicator 4, gauge B, cast ball number indicator 9, liquidating switch 5, front tray 6 provided with a ball casting lever 7 and ball pouring lever 8, lower tray 11 provided with a ball guide 10 and ball projecting handle 22. While a changeover device 13 is operated to open a shutter part 23 by operating a ball casting lever 7 in the front tray 6 and introduce balls from the front tray 6 to an island through the cast ball counter 2, data counted by the cast ball counter 2 are indicated on a cast ball number indicator 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine that allows players to play games while counting and checking the balls.

[Prior Art] Conventional pachinko machines have an upper tray above the back of the machine, and prize balls are temporarily stored in the L tray to be given out to customers. In addition, a system was adopted in which the balls in the device were rearranged into a single line and sent into the firing device.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the balls that have been arranged in a single line by the replenishing device are put into the upper tray via the counting controller, and the balls accumulated in the tray are arranged again using the alignment mechanism, and then the balls are placed in the chamber. It is connected to the upper mechanism and mechanically pays out prize balls based on the weight of the safe balls.

Due to this structure, the device is complicated and large-scale.

Furthermore, the front side had to be lined up in a single line in order to feed the balls one by one into the firing device, which required a high level of skill and was also limited by the size of the plate, making it impossible to create large ones.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention solves such problems and provides functions beyond those of conventional pachinko machines with a simple structure. In addition to being equipped with a processing device, supply ball counter, thrown ball counter, incoming ball counter, etc., the front of the machine is equipped with a royal number display,
It consists of a payment switch, a front panel, etc., respectively.

In addition, the ball input lever, ball sink lever, number of balls inserted display, lower tray, rail, switching device, firing ball/indoor switching device, safe ball passage, out ball passage, sensor, etc. are combined as appropriate. This is what I did.

[Function] Therefore, the upper tray above the back of the pachinko machine is eliminated, and the conventional indoor dispensing mechanism that operates based on the weight of the pachinko balls is also eliminated. It is now possible to pay out the top number, and the balls placed in the front do not have to be in a single line.
Take the balls into the island while counting them in multiple rows, display the number of balls on the display, connect the balls arranged in one row from the supply device to the ball launcher, and match the number of balls displayed on the number display. , Also, the projectile is designed to supply the projectile according to the timing of the projectile handle. Finally, all the balls on the plate are brought into the island, the number of balls in front is displayed, and by pressing the settlement switch, a receipt or cart is issued and the customer takes it to the prize exchange place and exchanges it for a prize. . Therefore, customers no longer have to worry about carrying their balls around as much as before.

[Example〕 Next, the embodiment shown in the drawings will be described.

In Figures 1 to 5, Figure 1 shows a front view of pachinko machines installed in parallel on an island inside the store. A ball counter 1, a thrown ball counter 2, a ball counting machine 3, etc. are installed, and an upper guide 21 is installed at the rear of the lower part of the machine A, and a king system is installed on the front of the machine A. A number display 4, a gauge B, a ball input number display 9, a settlement switch 5, a front face 6 equipped with a ball input lever 7 and a ball sink lever 8, a lower tray 11 equipped with a ball sink lever 10, and a ball launch handle 22. Deploy and configure each.

On the front surface 6, when the ball sink lever 8 is operated,
The switching device 18 operates as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 4, and the ball part 23 opens, and the balls in the front surface 6 roll on the plurality of rows of rails 12 and pass through the ball counter 2 to the lower tray 1. However, in that case, the count of the ball input counter 2 is cut so that it does not output, and when the ball input lever 7 is operated, the switching device 3 is set between the fourth and fourth positions. The Nyatta part 23 opens as shown by the solid line, and the king in the front face 6 is introduced into the island through the thrown ball counter 2. At that time, the thrown ball counter 2 counts the number of balls. The data is displayed on the thrown ball number display 9.

The structure is such that when the ball sink lever 0 of the lower tray 11 is operated, the dried pieces in the lower tray j1 can be taken into the island and counted. In this method, a ball that leaves one island is guaranteed to be returned to the same island.

Moreover, when the balls entering from the ball supply port 24 are completely on the front surface 6, they are configured to automatically flow through the overflow passage 25 to the lower side.

Next, when the balls in the lower tray 11 become full, they overflow and automatically flow into the island. All the balls that flow are counted and displayed on the ball number display 4.

The lower plate 11 not only naturally overflows, but also
By operating the ball sinking lever 10 of the lower tray 11, the shutter part 23 of the lower tray 11 is opened and balls can be taken into the island while being counted by the taken-in ball counter 3.

The counted number of balls is displayed on the ball number display 4.

When the payment switch 5 is pressed, a receipt or card is dispensed from a ticket issuing machine installed in, for example, an intermission ball rental machine installed between two pachinko machines, and the customer takes it to the prize exchange area to receive a prize. exchange with.

Also, the overflow on the lower plate 11 and the ball sink lever]
Eliminate the 0, prepare a ball box and transfer the balls to it as usual,
You can also take it to the prize exchange office.

Note that FIGS. 6 and 7 show another embodiment, in which only the front plate 6 is attached without the lower plate. There are cases where balls are taken in and cases where balls are taken in for prize exchange using the ball sinking lever 8, but in both cases there is no need to limit the number of balls to one row (you can cast them in multiple rows such as 4 rows or 8 rows, In any case, the number of balls taken in is counted and displayed, so the sooner the ball can be processed, the better for both the customer and the store.When counting balls in multiple rows, there is a slight pressure to line them up in one row. Since no adjustment is required, the capacity of the tank can be increased and it can be carried out suitably.

When playing a game, when the balls in the front tray 6 are taken in by operating the water injection lever 7, the number of balls thrown in is displayed on the thrown ball number display 9, and when the ball firing handle 22 is operated, the balls are fired.
You can play the game until the number on the thrown-in ball count display 9 reaches 0, and when it reaches 0, or even before that, if you operate the water injection lever 7 again, the number of balls thrown in will be displayed. The game can be continued while displaying the number of balls, and the number of balls captured by operating the Ball Nagashi Reno\-8 will be displayed on the ball number display 4, but if you have won - When the water is full, you operate the ball sink lever 8 to take in the balls, but then you lose and the balls are gone.If you want to continue playing the game, you can press the water input lever 7. While counting down the number on the ball number display 4, it is possible to pay out the corresponding number of balls to the front tray 6, and it is possible to pay out the balls until the number on the ball number display 4 reaches O.
You will be able to restart the game. Alternatively, the number from the ball number display 4 may be transferred to the thrown-in ball number display 9 without putting out the balls. Furthermore, it is also possible to eliminate the display of the number of balls thrown in for playing the game and use the ball number display 4 instead of displaying the number of balls thrown.

Furthermore, on the back side of the gauge B, as shown in FIG.
The out holes each have sensors 17 and j8,
Since the configuration was configured so that all the numbers of balls that entered those holes were transmitted to CP LJ, the balls that entered the safe holes were sent to sensor 1.
After passing through 7, it can be simply returned to the island (by eliminating all the complicated mechanisms found in current pachinko machines, it is possible to create a thin, light, and simplified pachinko machine.

In addition, balls that enter the out tank are counted by passing through the -degree tank, and balls counted in the safe hole are also introduced into the out tank, and the number counted in the out tank is treated as an in ball. You can also do it. The counter passage at this time can also be configured in multiple rows.

As shown in No. 3 Ca, an indoor sprocket 28,
A supply ball counter 1 consisting of a governor 29, a solenoid 30, a stone t<-31, etc. is installed in series, and between the replenishment vibrator 19 and the launch standby vibe 32, a ball can be placed and moved. - An indoor switching device 14 is installed, and the device 14 is made of a disk with a thickness equal to the ball dimensions, as shown in Figure 3, or a plate or pillar with a thickness equal to the ball dimensions. Lower limit sensor 3 of forming and launching standby pipe 32
3 detects a shortage of balls, the launching ball/indoor switching device 14 operates to guide the balls in the replenishment vibe 19 route to the launching waiting vibe 32, and instantly stop the flow even if the ball is being dispensed indoors. When the upper limit sensor 34 is activated, the firing ball/chamber top switching device ff114 is stopped. The configuration is such that it can send one shot at a time to the launch pad in synchronization with the speed of the

Therefore, the balls in the gutter are lined up in a row with a nut and connected to the supply ball counter 1 through a guide path such as a bellows, and the ball counter 1 is controlled by the CPU so that balls can be freely dispensed from one ball to ■. , and it is possible to pay out the chambers corresponding to the number of chambers corresponding to each safe hole. The replenishment vibrator connected to the supply poll counter 1 also functions as a ball counter for the fired balls, allowing the customers to supply the fired balls used in the game through this route.

However, of course, the supply of balls from the supply device is limited to supply vibe 1.
It is also possible to separately prepare one for connecting to 9 and the other for connecting to the launch standby pipe 32.

The captured ball counter 3 is activated when the ball input lever 7 or the ball sink lever 10 is operated, and the counted value is displayed on the secondary number display 4. When counting the balls, it is possible to increase the counting speed of the balls and reduce the probability of ball jams by using a multi-row method such as 4 rows or 8 rows instead of placing the balls in a single row.

In other embodiments shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the thrown-in ball counter 2 and the taken-in ball counter 3 can be used as a common counter.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention provides the ball loading lever 7 and the ball sinking lever 8.
While taking in and discharging balls by operating the , the number of balls can be displayed on the child side number display 4 and the thrown ball number display 9 each time, and the customer can check the number of balls while checking the balls at all times. It is now possible to operate the pachinko machine using a unique method not found in conventional pachinko machines, making it possible to provide a new type of pachinko machine, as well as being able to create a structure that can increase counting and eliminate jammed balls. Moreover, by combining various parts, it is possible to create a thin, light, and simplified pachinko machine instead of the complicated mechanism of conventional pachinko machines, which does not take up much space on pachinko islands. It has a structure that makes it easy to attach and detach, making it easy to manage, and has the advantage of being suitable for implementation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine that is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side sectional view thereof, Fig. 3a shows a portion of a supply ball counter, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a part thereof. Figure 4 shows the front perspective view, Figure 5 shows the back side of the gauge,
FIG. 6 shows another embodiment, and FIG. 7 shows a side sectional view thereof. A... Machine body CPU - Central processing unit 1... Supply ball counter 2... Input ball counter 3-... Incoming ball counter 4...
・Sub side number display 5...Settlement switch 6...Front 7...Ball loading lever 8...Ball sink lever 9...Ball number display lO-...Ball sink lever 11...・Lower plate 12...Rail 13
...Switching device] 4... Launch ball/indoor switching device 15... Safe ball passage 16... Out ball passage 1
718...Sensor patent applicant: A-S Denken Co., Ltd. Agent: Ken Aihara, patent attorney

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Inside the body A, a central processing unit CPU, a supply ball counter 1, a thrown ball counter 2, an incoming ball counter 3, etc. are installed, and on the front of the body A, teeth,
A pachinko machine characterized in that it is configured by respectively disposing a number of balls display 4, a payment switch 5, a front plate 6, etc. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the front tray 6 is equipped with a ball throwing lever 7 and a ball sinking lever 8. 3. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, further comprising a thrown-ball number display 9 which can be operated by a ball throwing lever 7 on the front of the machine body A. 4. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein a lower tray 11 equipped with a ball sink lever 10 is connected and connected below the front tray 6. 5. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of rows of rails 12 and a switching device 13 inside the front tray 6. 6. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the supply ball counter 1 is provided with a shot ball/prize ball switching device 14. 7. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the safe ball passage 15 and the out ball passage 16 provided in the machine body A are provided with sensors 17 and 18, respectively. 8. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein receipts or cards can be dispensed from the ticket issuing machine by operating the settlement switch 5.