JPH0514598B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention is arranged in a game area surrounded by guide rails, and lights up or blinks a lamp or light emitting diode when a game ball wins a prize. This invention relates to a ball winning device for a pachinko machine that increases the interest of the game.

<Prior Art> A ball winning device for a pachinko machine is conventionally known, which increases the interest of the game by lighting up or blinking a lamp or light emitting diode when the game machine wins a prize.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in order to assemble the above-mentioned ball winning device for a pachinko machine, a large number of lamps and light emitting diodes must be manually and accurately installed in predetermined positions, which requires a great deal of labor and time. is necessary.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention was proposed in view of the above, and includes a pair of flexible conductive wires extending from the rear end of a light emitting source that emits light when power is supplied, and a pair of independent A lighting member is constructed by inserting each of the conductive wires into the through holes of the insulator provided with the through holes, and the rear end of the lighting member is fastened to the fastening portion of the lighting member mounting board provided on the batted ball winning device. At the same time, the light emitting source at the tip faces the translucent display section of the batted ball winning device.

<Function> According to the present invention, with the above-described configuration, simply by manually moving the light emitting source of the lighting member fixed to the lighting member mounting board, the conducting wire is bent accordingly, and the light emitting source can be easily adjusted to a predetermined position. I can do it.

<Example> The present invention will be described below based on an example shown in the drawings.

The game board 1 shown in Fig. 1 is made by pasting plastic sheet-like cells on the surface of plywood, and the surface has an outer guide rail 2 and an inner guide rail 3 made of steel strips curved into an arc shape. By fixing it in a substantially circular shape, a game area 4 surrounded by both guide rails 2 and 3 is formed, and in this game area 4, countless obstacle nails are planted, and a central ball winning device 5 is installed in the game area. It is arranged approximately in the center of area 4.

The central batted ball winning device 5 shown in the drawing has an eaves portion 8 projecting above the central opening 7 of a mounting board 6 attached to the surface of the game board 1, which also serves as a general winning opening.
A recessed chamber 9 is provided on the back side of the board so as to close the central opening 7 from the back side, a decorative body 10 imitating a rider is provided within the recessed chamber 9, and a guide plate is provided to support the decorative body 10. 11 are provided. In order to illuminate the inside of the concave chamber 9, an opening is formed in a part of the top and side surfaces, and a lens plate 12 is attached as a light-transmitting display section so as to close the opening. First lighting members 13 are provided on the back side of the recessed chamber 9, and second lighting members 15 are arranged in two rows in the front-rear direction on the oblique ball flow lower plate 14 forming the bottom surface of the recessed chamber 9.

The lens plate 12 is made of translucent plastic, and has a large number of grooves 16 with a triangular cross section as shown in FIG. 4, so it has the function of diffusing light and emphasizing its spread. . Therefore,
If this lens plate 12 is attached in an inclined state with respect to the player's line of sight, the sense of depth can be enhanced.

As shown in FIG. 5, the first illumination member 13 provided on the back side of the lens plate 12 includes a first light source 17 such as an incandescent lamp, and a holder-shaped second light source provided at the rear end of the light source 17. 1 insulator 18. The first light emitting source 17 has two long conductive wires 19, 19 having flexibility, such as copper wires, extending from the rear end, and the conductive wires 1
When power is supplied to 9 and 19, the bullet-shaped tips emit light. On the other hand, the first insulator 18 is made of an insulator such as synthetic rubber or plastic.
Two through holes 2 opened at approximately the same interval as 9 and 19
A wall portion 21 is integrally formed on the front periphery of a round-shaped main body portion having a diameter of 0.0, 20 to form a light emitting source storage chamber 22. Therefore, the first light emitting source 1
The rear end portion of 7 is connected to the light emitting source storage chamber 2 of the first insulator 18.
2, and the conductor wires 19, 19 are inserted into the first insulator 1.
When inserted into the through holes 20, 20 of No. 8, the tip portions of the conductive wires 19, 19 protrude from the through holes 20, 20, and the tip portions are turned toward the outside of the first insulator 18 and folded back in a J shape. I can do it.

In order to attach the first lighting member 13 having the above-described configuration to the batted ball winning device 5, the first lighting member mounting board 24 is attached to the tip of the support protrusion 23 protruding from the recessed chamber 9.
is fixed with fastening members 25 such as screws, and attached to the fastening portion 26 of the first lighting member mounting board 24. The first lighting member mounting board 24 is made of an insulating plate material such as Bakelite, and has two pins 2 on the front surface of the upper end.
7 and 27 are implanted at intervals of the through holes 20 and 20 of the first insulator 18, and a fixing part 26 is provided in which an insulating plate 28 having an insulating property is fitted to the base end of the pin 27, 27. There is. Note that lead wires 29, 29 are provided on the back side of the first lighting member mounting board 24.
is soldered and connected to a power supply source such as an electrical control device 30.

In order to attach the first lighting member 13 to the first lighting member mounting board 24, the first lighting member mounting board 24 is
Through-holes 20, 20 with the rear end facing the fastening part 26
All you have to do is insert the pins 27, 27 inside. In this way, the solid part of the first insulator 18
9, 19 from contact with each other, and pins 27,
27 firmly supports the first lighting member 13, and the pins 27, 27 contact the conductive wires 19, 19 in the through holes 20, 20. Therefore, when the lead wires 29, 29 are energized, the first light emitting source 17 emits light, and this light is diffusely reflected through the lens plate 12, so that the inside of the concave chamber 9 can be beautifully illuminated. Note that if the first lighting member 13 breaks down, it can be easily removed by pulling out the faulty first lighting member 13, so it can be easily replaced with a new one. Furthermore, in this embodiment, even if printed wiring is provided on the first lighting member mounting board 24, the pins 27, 2
7 is fitted with an insulating plate 28, which prevents contact between the conductive wires 19, 19 and a printed wiring portion (not shown). Therefore, troubles such as shots can be prevented.

On the other hand, the second illumination member 15 includes a second light emitting source 3 such as a light emitting diode, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.
Two long flexible conductor wires 3 from the rear end of 1
The conductive wires 32, 32 are inserted into the through holes 33, 33 of the second insulator 34, in which through holes 33, 33 are opened at the same intervals as the conductive wires 32, 32.
are inserted through each. In order to attach this second lighting member 15 to the batted ball winning device 5, the second lighting member mounting board 36 is fixed to the support portion 35 on the lower surface of the ball flow lower plate 14 with a fastening member 25 such as a screw. The conductive wires 32, 32 pass through two through holes 37, 37, which are provided as fastening parts in the lower end portion of the lighting member mounting board 36, respectively, and are fastened thereto. Note that in this case, the second light emitting source 3
1 and the tip of the second insulator 34.
D ₁ is fixed with a gap D ₂ provided between the rear end of the second insulator 34 and the second lighting member mounting board 36 . As described above, by providing the gaps D ₁ and D ₂ at the front and rear ends of the second insulator 34, the degree of adjustment can be made into two stages and the range of adjustment can be increased. Even after the second light emitting source 31 is fixed at a position slightly deviated from the position, by pressing the second light emitting source 31 by hand, the conductive wires 32, 32 in the gaps D ₁ and D ₂ are bent appropriately, and the second light emitting source 31 is pressed. The position of the light emitting source 31 can be moved, and at this time, the second insulator 34 can prevent the conductors 32, 32 from contacting each other, and the through holes 33, 33 of the second insulator 34 can be moved.
The supporting strength can be ensured by preventing the conductive wires 32, 32 inside from bending. Therefore,
Even if there is some error in the fixed position of the second illumination member 15 during assembly work, the operator can simply press the second light emitting source 31 with his or her finger and the light transmission provided as a light transmission display section on the lower bulb plate 14 can be activated. Since the second light emitting source 31 can be accurately positioned at a predetermined position facing the hole 38, the installation work becomes easy and the work can be done quickly. The second illumination member 15 is connected to a power supply source such as the electrical control device 30 via lead wires 39, 39, so that it emits light when energized and emits light from the respective light-transmitting holes 38. do. Therefore, by appropriately setting the energization state from the power supply source, the second lighting members 15 arranged in a row on the ball flow lower plate 14 can be sequentially turned on or turned on or off.

A guide plate 11 provided in the concave chamber 9 formed in this way
The front end portion having the standing portion 40 is connected to the central opening 7.
It is shaped like a shelf and has a rear part that projects forward from the bottom and is slightly inclined downward toward the back of the recessed chamber 9, and has a tire-like shape inside the penetration part 41 opened at the center in the width direction. The guide portion 42 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 43. The guide part 42 is a hollow columnar part with a ball inlet/outlet 44 formed by cutting out a part thereof, and is rotated by driving of a drive source 45 on the back side of the mounting board 6.

The sorting means 46 has three ball winning holes partitioned by partition plates arranged side by side in a state of protruding from the surface of the mounting board 6, and the center ball winning hole is separated from the special winning hole 4.
7. The left and right ball winning holes are designated as general winning holes 48, 48. In addition, on the left and right upper sides of the sorting means 46, there are blocking plates 49, which protrude from the surface of the mounting board 6, in order to prevent game balls from directly flowing in from the gaming area 4.
49 are provided.

Further, the central batted ball winning device 5 shown in the drawings has conversion winning devices 50, 50 integrally provided on the left and right sides of the central opening 7. In the conversion prize winning device 50, a door plate 52 is rotatably attached to a ball passing opening 51 provided on the right and left extending portions of the mounting board 6 by a shaft 53, and a passive member 54 extending from the door plate 52 is attached. The tip of an operating lever 57 that locks the operating member 55 and rotates by the operation of a solenoid 56 faces the operating member 55 from above. Therefore, the above conversion winning gear 50
When the solenoid 56 is demagnetized,
Due to the bias of the spring 58, the tip of the operating lever 57 presses the operating member 55 downward, and the operating member 5
The tip of the ball 5 presses against the tip of the passive member 54 to make the door plate 52 stand up, and the door plate 52 closes the ball passing opening 51 to maintain the first state in which no game balls are won. On the other hand, when the solenoid 56 is energized, the operating lever 57 resists the bias of the spring 58.
As the distal end portion of the actuating member 55 rises, the operating member 55 is rotatably released. As a result, the door plate 52 rotates forward due to its own weight and opens the ball passage opening 51.
The game balls flowing down are converted into a second state where they can be easily accepted. Note that the left and right conversion winning tools 50 have the same structure, except for the mounting positions.

Further, on the back side of the mounting board 6, as shown in FIG. 2, a right back board 59 and a left back board 60 are attached.

The right back board 59 has a special detector 62 installed in a channel 61 that communicates with the special prize opening 47, and a counting detector 64 installed in a channel 63 that communicates with the conversion winning device 50 on the right side. is equipped with a solenoid 56 that drives the conversion winning tool 50 on the right side,
The central batted ball winning device 5 can be mounted at a predetermined position by engaging a locking protrusion 65 protruding from the back surface of the mounting board 6 of the central batting ball winning device 5 into a locking hole 66. Therefore, the right back board 59
When attached to the back side of the central batted ball winning device 5, the flow path 61 communicates with the special winning hole 47, the flow path 63 communicates with the conversion winning device 50 on the right side, and the tip of the operating lever 57 communicates with the conversion winning device 50. It is located at a predetermined position above the member 55.

On the other hand, the left back substrate 60 has a counting detector 64 installed in a flow path 67 communicating with the conversion winning tool 50 on the left side of the conversion winning tool 50, and a drive source such as a geared motor that rotationally drives the induction body 42 on the back side. 45 and a solenoid 56 that drives the conversion winning tool 50 on the left side. Therefore, when the locking protrusion 65 on the back side of the mounting board 6 is fitted into the locking hole 66 of the left back board 60 and the left back board 60 is installed at a predetermined position on the back side of the central batted ball winning device 5, the flow path 67 is the conversion prize item 5 on the left
0, and the tip of the operating lever 57 is connected to the operating member 55.
gear train 68 of the drive source 45
The tip of the guide member 42 meshes with the gear 69 of the support shaft 43 of the guiding portion 42 .

In this embodiment, the central batted ball winning device 5 having the above-mentioned configuration is provided approximately in the center of the gaming area 4, while special conversion winning openings 70, 70 are provided on the left and right sides of the lower part of the gaming area 4. Conversion prize opening 7
A special conversion winning detector 71 for detecting winning game balls is placed in the channel extending from 0,70.

The above-mentioned detectors 62, 64, 71, solenoid 56, drive source 45, etc. are controlled by an electric control device 30 provided as a control means on the back side of the game board 1.
are electrically connected to each other and operated under the control of the electrical control device 30.

The game played in such a pachinko machine will be explained below.

When the player activates the batted ball firing device by operating the firing operation section on the front of the pachinko machine and fires one game ball in the supply tray into the gaming area 4, the game ball that has entered the gaming area 4 hits a nail in the way and is bounced down the river.

In the first control state in which the game ball does not enter the central batted ball winning device device 5, the driving source 45 rotates the guiding part 42, and the second
The lighting members 15 blink slowly and sequentially from the upper part to the lower part by power supply from the electric control device 30. In addition, in this first control state, the conversion prize winning tool 50 remains closed.

Then, if the game ball luckily passes over the inclined upper end of the blocking plate 49 of the batted ball winning device 5 and flows down into the central opening 7, the game ball falls onto the guide plate 11.
Furthermore, even if the game ball falls onto the guide plate 11, the game ball will not damage the glass because the upright part 40 stands up at the tip of the guide plate 11. Guidance plate 11
Since the upper surface of the guide plate 11 is slightly sloped downward, the game ball that has fallen upward will fall into the concave chamber 9 due to this slope.
The ball slowly rolls toward the inner depths and falls from the inclined lower end of the guide plate 11 onto the ball flow lower plate 14. The game ball that has fallen onto the ball flow lower plate 14 rolls forward by the area of the ball flow lower plate 14 and enters the special winning hole 47 or the general winning hole 48 of the sorting means 46. However, as mentioned above, most of the game balls that have fallen directly onto the ball flow lower plate 14 from the guiding plate 11 have already fallen near the left and right side walls of the concave chamber 9 when they fall onto the ball flow lower plate 14. The ball continues to roll on the side of the lower plate 14 and enters the general winning slots 48, 48 opened on the left and right sides of the sorting means 46. When a game ball enters the general winning hole 48, the game ball flows out to the back side of the game board 1 and becomes a winning ball, and this winning ball activates a prize ball ejecting device (not shown), which releases the ball on the front of the pachinko machine. A predetermined number of prize balls are discharged into the supply tray.

On the other hand, the ball inlet/outlet 44 of the rotating guiding part 42
As shown in FIG.
When the game ball is opened facing the ball, it luckily falls onto the guide plate 11, and when this game ball enters the guide part 42 from the ball opening 44, the game ball quietly enters the guide part 42. As shown in FIG. 11, when the ball opening 44 faces downward, the ball falls from the ball opening 44 onto the lower ball flow plate 14. Since this game ball falls almost to the center of the ball flow lower plate 14 and falls silently, it flows down to the approximate center of the ball flow lower plate 14 and enters the special winning hole 47 with a high probability. In this way, the guide plate 11 has the function of auxiliary guiding the downward direction of the game ball at a value close to a predetermined rate;
The game ball that enters the guide board 42 will definitely enter the special winning hole 4.
7, and there is a possibility that a game ball that falls without entering the guide plate 42 may enter the special prize opening 47, so it is possible to always make the player feel the expectation of winning a profit, and to implement it. In the example, since the game ball is made to roll slowly on the guide plate 11, it is possible to give the player a greater sense of anticipation.

When a game ball enters the special winning hole 47, the game ball activates a special detector 62 and then flows out to the back side of the game board 1 as a winning ball. Therefore, the prize ball discharge device discharges the prize balls into the ball supply tray using the winning balls.
Further, when the special detector 62 detects a game ball, the electric control device 30 converts it into a special game state based on a signal from the special detector 62.

The special game state in the embodiment is indicated by the special detector 6.
When the player 2 detects a game ball, the 1D flip-flop 72 is set to convert the first control state to the second control state. In addition, in the second control state in which the special conversion winning detector 71 of the special conversion winning opening 70 can effectively detect the game ball, the special conversion winning detector 71
detects a game ball, the 2D flip-flop 7
3. The third flip-flop 74 is actuated to energize the solenoids 56 and 56, opening the conversion winning device 50 and converting it to a third control state in which a game ball can be won.
Then, after converting to the third control state, the timer 7
5, or the first counter 76 receives the signal from the counting detector 64 and reaches 10 seconds.
The stop condition is satisfied when either one of the two counts is satisfied, and the second counter 77 sets this stop condition to 8.
If one cycle is counted until the number of times is counted, that is, until 10 seconds elapse after the conversion winning tool 50 is opened or until 10 game balls are entered during that period, the game can be played repeatedly up to 8 cycles. In addition, when a game ball enters the special conversion winning hole 70 and the special conversion winning detector 71 detects the game ball, the above cycle is updated each time, but in the special game state, the game ball enters the central batted ball winning device 5. When a prize is won in the special winning slot 47, the 1D flip-flop 72 is reset to end the special game state at that point regardless of the number of remaining cycles. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the special conversion winning hole 70
When a game ball wins and the third counter 78 counts 8 balls, the special game state is ended at that point regardless of the effective number of updates of the cycle.

In this embodiment, in order to make the player aware of the conversion of the control state, when the control state is changed to the second control state, the second illumination member 15 of the central batted ball winning device 5...
The blinking movement of is made faster than in the first control state, and the first lighting member 13 provided in the concave chamber 9 of the central batted ball winning device 5 and the third lighting member provided in the conversion winning device 50
The lighting member 79 and the lamp display section 80 provided at the upper end of the game board 1 are turned on or off. Note that the third lighting member 79 has the same configuration as the first lighting member 13.

In the second control state in which the first lighting member 13 and the like are blinking or lit, a game ball luckily enters the special conversion prize opening 70, and the special conversion prize detector 71 detects the game ball and generates an electrical signal. When the signal is transmitted to the control device 30, the electric control device 30 operates the solenoid 5.
6 is excited to convert the conversion winning device 50 into a second state in which game balls can easily enter, and all of the second lighting members 15 of the central batted ball winning device 5 blink at the same time based on the output of the 3D flip-flop 74. .

In addition, the number of cycle updates is displayed on the digital first display means 81 provided on the eaves part 8 of the central batted ball winning device 5.
The digital second display means 82 provided at the upper left corner of the game board 1 displays the number of winning balls on the converted winning device 50 on the game board 1.
The number of special conversion winning balls is visually displayed on a digital third display means 83 provided at the upper right corner of the ball.

In this way, in this embodiment, even if the game balls that enter the central batted ball winning device 5 are sorted into special prizes and the right to the special game is acquired, the size of the profit will differ depending on the subsequent prize winning mode. Therefore, after starting the special game, the player must be careful not to let the game ball enter the central opening 7 of the central batted ball winning device 5, and first of all, the player must be careful not to let the game ball enter the central opening 7 of the central batted ball winning device 5. When the game ball enters the special conversion prize opening 70, perform the firing operation so that as many game balls as possible enter the opened conversion prize tool 50, 50, and when the conversion prize tool 50, 50 closes. In order to update the cycle, a firing operation is performed aiming only at the special conversion prize openings 70, 70, and the benefits of the special game are utilized as much as possible. In this way, the player can play the game according to the progress of the game and can fully enjoy the original fun of pachinko games.

Although the special conversion winning hole 70 is arranged in the lower part of the gaming area 4 in the above embodiment, the winning hole of the sorting means 46 of the central batted ball winning device 5 may be used as the special conversion winning hole 70. In this case, a special conversion winning detector 7 is installed in the flow path of the back board of the central batted ball winning device 5.
1 is provided to detect game balls entering the special conversion prize opening 70 and send a signal to the electrical control device 30.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the present invention, the lighting member can be attached by a simple installation operation, and the position of the light emitting source of the lighting member can be easily adjusted to a predetermined position. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the assembly work of the batted ball winning device.

Furthermore, the present invention not only prevents interference between conductive wires using the insulator, but also increases the mounting strength compared to the conventional one, so troubles related to the illumination member of the batted ball winning device can be significantly reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view of the game board, FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of the central batted ball winning device, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the central batted ball winning device. Figure 4 is a perspective view of the lens plate, Figure 5 is the first lens plate.
6 is a perspective view of the first lighting member, FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the second lighting member, FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the second lighting member, and FIG. 9 is a diagram of the conversion prize tool. An exploded perspective view, FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the guiding means with the ball opening of the guiding section facing the penetrating section, and FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the guiding means with the ball opening of the guiding section facing downward and the game balls inside the guiding section flowing into the lower plate. FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the guiding means in a state where it is falling upward, and FIG. 12 is a wiring diagram of the electrical control device. 1 is a game board, 2 is an outer guide rail, 3 is an inner guide rail, 4 is a game area, 5 is a batted ball winning device, 7
is a central opening, 9 is a concave chamber, 12 is a lens plate, 13
15 is a first lighting member, 15 is a second lighting member, 16 is a groove, 17 is a first light emitting source, 18 is a first insulator, 19
20 is a conducting wire, 20 is a through hole, 24 is a first lighting member mounting board, 27 is a pin, 28 is an insulating plate, 31 is a second light emitting source, 32 is a conducting wire, 33 is a through hole, 34 is a second insulator, 36 is the second lighting member mounting board, 38
is a transparent hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a ball winning device disposed in a game area surrounded by guide rails, a pair of flexible conducting wires extends from the rear end of a light emitting source that emits light when power is supplied, A lighting member is constructed by inserting each of the above-mentioned conductive wires into the through-holes of an insulator having a pair of independent through-holes, and the rear end of the above-mentioned lighting member is attached to the fixing portion of the lighting member mounting board provided on the batted ball winning device. A ball winning device for a pachinko machine, characterized in that a light emitting source at the tip faces a transparent display section of the ball winning device. 2 Construct the fastening part with pins protruding from the front surface of the lighting component mounting board, and insert each of the above pins into the through holes of the insulator with the rear ends of the conductors protruding from the rear surface of the insulator folded back. A batted ball winning device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, which is fixedly attached. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein a gap is provided between the rear end of the light emitting source and the front end of the insulator, and between the rear end of the insulator and the lighting member mounting board. Ball winning device for pachinko machines.