JPH0621507Y2 - Ball storage device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a hitting ball winning device of a pachinko machine capable of temporarily storing hitting balls flowing down through a game section and discharging the stored balls at appropriate times.

<Prior art> A hit ball storage device of a pachinko machine that can temporarily store hit balls flowing down the game section and discharge the stored balls at a time, or various winning devices having a function of storing hit balls are proposed. Has been done. For example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-38212, a pawl piece portion protruding by a drive device is provided in a passage of a passage chucker through which a hit ball passes, and the hit ball is stored in the passage chucker by protruding the pawl piece portion. It is configured to allow Also, JP-A-63-10
In the pachinko machine of Japanese Patent No. 9887, a slide plate that slides by driving a drive source to open and close the open lower surface is provided on the open lower surface of a mounting frame that includes a ball storage portion that is open in the vertical direction. A ball storage device is provided in the ball storage portion so as to store hit balls. It should be noted that this ball holding device is capable of storing a plurality of balls, and the player can visually recognize these stored balls. Further, in the winning device of Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-9831, a ball released after being temporarily stored is guided to a winning opening to give a profit to a player.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in any of the above-described conventional hit ball storage devices, balls are stored on the front surface of the game board. That is, in the conventional device, in the game part surrounded by the guide rails formed on the front surface of the game board, in the space where the ball formed between the surface of the game board and the back surface of the glass flows down, in other words, the surface of the game board. The sphere is stored on the side. Therefore, in the pachinko machine provided with the above-described conventional hitting ball storage device, since the hitting ball storage device projects toward the front surface side of the substrate, the space of the game part in which the ball flows down is reduced, and the ball is in the above space. When flowing down, the hitting ball storage device hinders the movement of the falling ball. Therefore, in the conventional pachinko machine equipped with a hit ball storage device, the movement of the ball becomes slow, and since there is no movement in the depth direction of the pachinko machine in the gaming ball flowing down the gaming part, there is little dynamic change of the ball. , The visual interest of pachinko games is low. Also, since the ball can move only in a limited narrow space, there are few elements that change the ball, the chance of the game is low, and the pachinko game's functional interest is low.

Therefore, a ball striking ball storage device for a pachinko machine that can dynamically change the balls and increase the chances to provide an entertaining game is desired.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and is a hitting ball storage device of a pachinko machine arranged in the gaming section of the pachinko machine,
It has a slot into which a hit ball flowing down the gaming section can jump, and a board mounted on the gaming section, and a plurality of balls communicating with the board and arranged horizontally in a cross section of the game board. A storable sphere storage part, a see-through means for allowing the player to visually see the sphere stored in the sphere storage part, and a sphere releasing means for releasing the sphere stored in the sphere storage part to the game part again as a game sphere. The sphere discharging means is provided with drive control means for discharging the stored spheres at appropriate times.

<Operation> A game ball can jump into the slot provided on the board mounted on the game board, the flow direction of the game ball changes to the depth direction of the pachinko machine, and the ball storage formed in the cross section of the game board In the section, the game balls are stored in a line in the horizontal direction, and the movement of the game ball is temporarily stopped. Further, the stored balls can be discharged again onto the game board as game balls by the ball discharging means. Furthermore, the sphere can freely flow down on the front side of the substrate having the opening.

<Embodiment> Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to embodiments of the drawings.
The figure is a front view of the game board 1. The hitting ball storage device 4 according to the present invention is provided in the upper middle part of the game part 3 surrounded by the guide rails 2 of the game plate 1, and the distribution winning device 5 is provided in the middle part. Provided,
A variable winning device 6 is provided in the lower stage, and an outlet 7 is provided at the lowest position of the game section 3.

An embodiment of the hitting ball storage device 4 is shown in FIGS. The hit ball storage device 4 has a horizontally long substrate 8 to be mounted on the game part 3, and an armor part 10 provided with a top opening opening 9 is projectingly provided at the center of the front surface of the substrate 8. A back cover 11 is attached to the rear surface of the substrate 8. A ball passage 12 is provided in the back cover 11 so that the skylight winning port 9 communicates with the back of the machine. Then, between the substrate 8 and the back cover 11, there is formed a ball storage portion 13 capable of storing a plurality of balls in a state of being laterally aligned in the cross section of the game board 1. Furthermore, in the portion corresponding to the front surface of the ball storage portion 13 of the substrate 8, the hit ball flowing down the game portion 3 is the ball storage portion 1
The opening 14 is opened so that the ball can jump into the ball 3, and the lower edge of the opening 14 is slightly raised above the bottom surface 11 'of the back cover 11 so that the ball that has jumped into the ball storage portion 13 does not flow forward. To The bottom surface 11 'is provided with a gentle downward slope toward the center of the hit ball storage device 4, and the ball detector 15 is exposed at the lower end of the slope.

The ball storage section 13 is provided with a see-through means so that the player can see the stored balls. For example, in the illustrated embodiment, the jump-in port 14 is formed to be relatively large in the lateral direction so that the inside can be seen. However, a part of the jump-in port 14 is covered with a transparent plate to jump in. The mouth 14 may be formed to be narrow.

Then, in the ball storage unit 13, the ball discharging means 16 is provided so that the stored balls can be discharged to the game unit 3 one by one or continuously.
To provide. According to the illustrated embodiment, the sphere discharging means 16 is provided with a sphere discharging chamber 17 communicating with the sphere storing portion 13 on the lower side of the armor portion 10 and opening a front surface to serve as a discharge port 18 to discharge the sphere. Drive source 1 such as solenoid SOL1 in chamber 17
As a reference numeral 9, a ball discharging lever 20 which rotates up and down is provided. The ball releasing lever 20 is a U-shaped ball holding portion 2
In the normal state, that is, in the state where the solenoid SOL1 is not excited, the pin 22 is rotated upward with the pin 22 as a fulcrum, and the ball holding portion 21 holds the ball. On the other hand, when the solenoid SOL1 is excited, the plunger 23 slides against the spring 24,
The ball discharging lever 20 rotates downward via the connecting lever 25 (state of the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 4), and the held balls are discharged from the discharging port 18 onto the game section 3 in order.

The drive source 19 is connected to an electric control device (not shown) that constitutes drive control means, and by driving the drive source 19, the stored sphere can be discharged at a proper time.
For example, when a ball shot by a player flows down through the game unit 3 and jumps into the hitting hole 14 of the hitting ball storage device 4, the ball is stored in the ball storage unit 13 and is detected by the ball detector 15. Alternatively, after a lapse of a fixed time after the sphere detector 15 detects the sphere, the solenoid SOL1 as the drive source 19 may be excited to rotate the sphere release lever 20 to release the sphere. A separate ball discharge switch 26 is provided on the front frame so as to constitute a part of the drive control means,
The ball discharging switch 26 may be operated by the player to discharge at any time. Alternatively, a release signal may be appropriately issued from the electric control device according to the game state.

In the above embodiment, the sphere storage portion 13 and the like are provided symmetrically.

According to the hit ball storage device 4 having the above-described configuration, the ball can freely flow down the front surface of the substrate 8, and the hit ball flowing down the game unit 3 from the dip opening 14 formed in the substrate 8 is the game board 1.
When jumping into the sphere storage portion 13 located in the cross section of, the sphere is temporarily stored in the sphere storage portion 13. And timely,
By driving the ball discharge means 16 by driving the driving source 19,
For example, it is possible to release one ball. Therefore, the flow-down direction of the balls flowing down the game unit 3 changes in the depth direction of the pachinko machine and is stored in a state of being aligned in the lateral direction,
By the operation of the ball discharging means 16, the ball is again discharged to the front surface side of the game unit 3, and the movement of the ball changes statically and dynamically, and the change in the depth direction is added, so that an unprecedented interest can be obtained. . In addition, the player can visually confirm the stored balls, and since the stored balls can be released at a proper time, the game can be advantageously developed, and the interest of the pachinko game is significantly improved. Further, since the spheres are stored in an array, they can be delivered to one at a time or continuously at a time.

Therefore, the hit ball storage device 4 having the above-described configuration is provided with the substrate 8
Since only about the thickness of the game board 1 is projected onto the game board 1, the game section 3
It does not block the flow of spheres that flow down. Therefore, the ball flowing down the gaming section 3 can freely pass through the front surface of the hitting ball storage device 4, and the substantial area of the gaming section 3 does not decrease, so that the interest of pachinko gaming does not decrease.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 7, in the distribution winning apparatus 5 arranged almost at the center of the game section 3, a substantially cylindrical case member is provided on the rear surface of the mounting substrate 28 having the opening 27. 29
And a front plate 30 that covers the opening 27 is fitted to the opening 27 to form a winning waiting chamber 31 that is almost closed. A bottom portion 32 projects downward in the prize-winning waiting chamber 31, and the front view has a so-called keyhole shape. The bottom portion 32 is provided with a cutout portion 33, the base end portion of the cutout portion 33 is set as a ball standby position 34, and a gentle downward slope is provided so that the balls gather at the ball standby position 34. According to the embodiment shown in the drawings, the case member 29 is composed of three members, a front case 29a, a middle case 29b and a rear case 29c.

Protrusions 35, 35 are provided on the left and right sides on the upper front surface of the opening 27, and a drop port 36 through which a ball can pass is formed between the protrusions 35, 35. A luminous body such as a lamp may be housed in the raised portion 35 to form a time waiting count indicating lamp 37. A receiving portion 38 protruding in a shelf shape is provided on the lower front surface of the mounting substrate 28, and a light emitting body such as a lamp may be housed in the receiving portion 38 to form a right indicating lamp 39. A guide groove 40 is provided on the upper surface of the receiving portion 38, just below the drop opening 36, and the guide groove 40 gently inclines toward the prize waiting room 31. Further, on the upper surface of the receiving portion 38, the left and right ends are slightly lowered to provide a gentle downward slope.

The front plate 30 covering the front of the winning waiting room 31 is provided with an introduction port 41 communicating with the guide groove 40, and guide pins 42, 42 are provided opposite to the left and right shoulder portions of the introduction port 41, respectively. A ball that has passed through the drop port 36 or a ball that jumps in from the lateral direction is guided to the introduction port 41. It is preferable that the front plate 30 is made of a transparent material so that the inside of the prize waiting chamber 31 can be seen through.

The back plate 29 of the middle case 29b that constitutes the winning waiting room 31
A communication port 43 communicating with the cutout portion 33 of the bottom portion 32 is opened at the lower end of b ', and the rotary disk 4 is provided on the back surface of the middle case 29b.
Face 4. Although a plurality of ball receiving portions 45 ... Having different depths are provided on the outer periphery of the turntable 44, eight ball receiving portions 45a-h are provided according to the embodiment of the drawing, and one of them is a ball receiving portion 45a.
Is shallower than the other seven ball receiving portions 45b-h. The turntable 44 has a shaft 46 rotatably supported by a middle case 29b and a rear case 29c. A center decoration member 47 is fitted to the front end of the shaft 46 to prevent the shaft from falling off, and the rear end of the shaft 46 has a gear. The first gear 49 of the mechanism 48 is provided.

The gear mechanism 48 rotates using a motor M or the like mounted on the motor mounting plate 50 as a drive source 51, and the motor mounting plate 50 is fixed to the rear surface of the rear case 29c via columns 52.
In this embodiment, the output of the motor M is branched by the gear mechanism 48 and used as the drive source 54 for the ball feeding means 53.

The ball feeding means 53 sends the ball waiting at the ball waiting position 34 to one of the ball receiving portions 45 of the turntable 44.
Have five. The ball feed lever 55 is rotatably supported by a support pin 57 on a support portion 56 provided on the lower surface of the rear case 29c. An interlocking boss 58 is provided at the rear end of the ball feed lever 55, and the interlocking boss 58 is loosely fitted in an interlocking hole 60 formed in a lower portion of the slide plate 59. Slide plate 5
9 is supported by a pair of left and right slide guides 61 on the rear surface of the rear case 29c so as to be vertically slidable. Further, the slide plate 59 has a cam hole 62 which is long in the lateral direction at the upper portion thereof, and the cam mechanism 62 is provided in the cam hole 62.
The cam pin 64 eccentrically provided on the second gear 63 of No. 8 is loosely fitted. Therefore, when the motor M rotates and the second gear 63 rotates, the slide plate 59 slides in the vertical direction,
When the interlocking boss 58 is pushed down or pulled up, the ball feed lever 55 swings up and down.

A winning ball guiding path 65 is provided on the upper side of the middle case 29b. A bottom surface 65 ′ of the winning ball guide path 65 coincides with the bottom of a shallow ball receiving portion 45 a (hereinafter, referred to as a winning hole 45 a) provided on the turntable 44. Therefore, in the ball entering the winning opening 45a, the turntable 44 rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
When 5a is located above the winning ball guiding path 65, the winning opening 4
5a and the winning ball guiding path 65 communicate with each other, and the ball in the winning opening 45a can be transferred to the winning ball guiding path 65. However, since the other deep ball receiving portion 45b-h and the winning ball guiding path 65 do not communicate with each other, the other deep ball receiving portion 45b-h.
The ball entering h cannot be transferred to the winning ball guide path 65, and further rotates together with the turntable 44.

A ball discharge port 66 is opened on the side surface of the rear case 29c. The ball discharge port 66 is opened downward at the end point of the rotating plate 44 in the rotation direction. Therefore, all the balls that have not flown into the winning ball guide path 65 are discharged from the ball discharge port 66.

By the way, in the distribution winning apparatus 5 having the above-described configuration, when the gear ratio between the first gear 49 and the second gear 63 of the gear mechanism 48 is a prime ratio such as 19:11, the rotation of the turntable 44 is reduced. The cycle is not synchronized with the swing cycle of the ball feeding lever 55, and the ball feeding timing of the ball feeding lever 55 and the receiving timing of the ball receiving portions 45a-h of the turntable 44 are different each time, and which ball receiving portion It is not possible to predict whether or not it will enter 45a-h, and it will not be possible to aim at the ball receiving portion 45a of the winning ball guiding path 65, that is, the winning opening 45a.

Therefore, according to the distribution winning apparatus 5 having the above-described configuration, the balls cannot be artificially distributed, so that there is no room for the technical intervention of the player, and the balls can be distributed only by chance. In other words, a fair game can be enjoyed without questioning the skill of the game.

The ball feeding means 53 and the turntable 44 may be always driven, or may be driven when a predetermined condition is satisfied, for example, when a ball enters a predetermined winning opening. . Alternatively, the turntable 44 may be constantly rotated and the swinging of the ball feeding means 53 may be started when the ball enters the winning waiting chamber 31.

The distribution winning apparatus 5 is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and for example, the rotating disk 44 is driven by the motor M,
The ball feeding means 53 is driven by another driving means such as a solenoid, and the excitation timing of the solenoid is controlled together with the rotation period of the turntable 44 so that the drive of the turntable 44 and the drive of the ball feed means 53 are associated with each other. Alternatively, a plurality of winning openings 45a, 4 may be provided on the turntable 44.
5a may be provided, or the type of the depth of the ball receiving portion 45 is increased and a corresponding winning ball guiding path is provided to change the winning pattern such as big hit, medium hit, small hit. Is also possible.

Further, a variable display device or the like capable of displaying a plurality of symbols may be provided in place of the distribution prize winning device 5.

Next, an example of the variable winning apparatus 6 arranged in the lower stage of the game section 3 is shown in FIGS. 9 to 11. The variable winning device 6 has a rotatable gate 68 that covers the special winning opening 67. The gate 68 is rotated by using a solenoid SOL2 or the like as a drive source 69, and the gate 68 is closed to set a first state in which a ball is not accepted. ,
The gate 68 is rotated forward to create a second state of receiving a ball. 10 count detector 70 in the special winning opening 67
The number of balls that have won the special winning opening 67 is counted. On the left and right of the special winning opening 67, a sleeve portion 72 provided with a starting opening 71 is projected, and a starting detector 73 is made to face the starting opening 71. still,
In the illustrated example, below the special winning opening 67, there is a special winning opening winning ball number indicator lamp 74 made of a digital type display, and on both sides of the special winning opening 67, a special winning opening opening number indicator lamp 7 made of LED or the like.
5, the sleeve 72 is provided with an indicator light 76 such as a lamp.

An example of a pachinko game in which the hitting ball storage device 4 according to the present invention described above is arranged will be described below. A ball shot by a player flows down the game section 3 and the entry port 14 of the hitting ball storage device 4 is described.
When the ball jumps into, the balls are aligned and stored in the ball storage portion 13. Then, by the drive control means, for example, the sphere storage section 13
Since the sphere that has entered is detected by the sphere detector 15, when the sphere detector 15 detects the sphere, the drive source 19 such as the solenoid SOL1 is excited after a certain time to rotate the sphere release lever 20 to move the sphere. The ball may be discharged, or a ball discharging switch 26 may be separately provided on the front frame or the like so that the player can operate the ball discharging switch 26 to discharge at any time. In any case, the ball discharged from the hit ball storage device 4 again flows down as a game ball through the game section 3 and, if lucky, passes through the drop opening 36 of the sorting prize winning apparatus 5 and is received by the receiving section 38. And enters the prize waiting room 31 through the introduction port 41.

The ball that has entered the prize waiting chamber 31 is guided to the ball waiting position 34 by the inclination of the bottom portion 32, and is placed on the ball feed lever 55. Since the ball feed lever 55 is swung by the motor M, the ball placed on the ball feed lever 55 is sent by the motor M to one of the ball receiving portions 45a-h of the turntable 44 which is also rotated.

Then, the turntable 44 conveys the ball in the direction of the arrow in FIG. In this case, the lucky ball receiving portion 45, that is, the winning opening 45, is lucky.
The ball that entered a moves out to the winning ball guide path 65 and activates a right generation detector (not shown). On the other hand, the other ball receiving unit 4
The balls entered in 5a-h are conveyed in accordance with the rotation of the turntable 44, fall from the ball discharge port 66 to the back of the machine, become general winning balls, and give a predetermined number of winning balls to the player.

When the right generation detector is activated by the ball that has moved out of the winning opening 45a, the right to shift to the special game occurs, but the special game is that the ball wins at the starting opening 71 provided in the sleeve 72 of the variable winning device 6. The condition is that the gate 68 of the variable winning device 6 is rotated to convert the first state in which the sphere is not accepted into the second state in which the sphere is accepted. That is, when the starting detector 70 detects a sphere and sends a detection signal to the controller, the controller excites the solenoid SOL2 to rotate the gate 68.

In the second state, the 10-count detector 70 sends a signal to the control device every time a ball enters the variable winning device 6, and the control device counts 10 balls set in advance, or 10 seconds set in a timer in advance. Will continue until. And
When the stop condition of 10 or 10 seconds described above is satisfied, the solenoid SOL2 is demagnetized by a signal from the control device, the gate 68 returns and rotates, and the second state returns to the first state. Such a series of operations as one cycle,
The cycle is updated each time the ball enters the starting port 71, and up to 8 cycles can be updated. It should be noted that each state of the game as described above is displayed by a time waiting number display lamp 37, a special winning opening winning ball number displaying lamp 74, a special winning opening opening number displaying lamp 75, and the like, and at the same time, a sound effect is generated to play the game. Inform the person.

In the above description, the balls accumulated in the hit ball storage device 4 are guided to the distribution winning device 5, but the balls discharged from the hit ball storage device 4 may be aimed at the starting opening 71 and the special winning opening 67. . Further, the hit ball storage device 4 and the variable winning device 6 are not limited to the above-described configurations.

<Effects of the Invention> In short, according to the present invention, the hitting ball that flows down the game part jumps into the ball storage part formed in the cross section of the game board on the back surface of the board from the entry hole formed in the board, Of the pachinko machine is changed to the depth direction of the pachinko machine, and the balls are stored in the ball storage portion in a state of being aligned in the lateral direction. The stored balls are discharged to the game section again by the operation of the ball discharging means. Therefore, the movement of the sphere changes between static and dynamic, and the change in the depth direction is added to increase the number of factors that are influenced by the chance, and it is possible to obtain an unprecedented interest. Moreover, the hitting ball storage device does not hinder the movement of the ball, and the ball can freely flow down the front surface of the hitting ball storage device. In addition, the player can visually check the balls stored in an array by the see-through means, and the drive control means can release the balls one at a time or continuously, so that the game can be advantageously developed. it can. Therefore, the interest in pachinko games is significantly improved, and there is an opportunity to win the prize equally regardless of skill of the game, and the pachinko games are fair and entertaining.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board, FIG. 2 is a hitting ball storage device, a left side is a front view, a right side is a rear view, and FIG. 3 is a right side part of the ball hitting storage device. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 2, and FIG. 6 is a front view of a hitting ball winning device. FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view of the same as above, FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the ball feeding means, FIG. 9 shows a variable winning device, the right side is a partially cutaway front view, the left side is a rear view, and FIG. 9 XX
11 is a sectional view taken along line XI-XI in FIG. 1 is a game board, 3 is a game section, 4 is a hit ball storage device, 8 is a substrate, 13 is a ball storage section, 14 is a flight slot, and 16 is a ball discharging means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A hitting ball storage device for a pachinko machine, which is disposed in the gaming section of the pachinko machine, and has a board into which a hitting ball flowing down through the game section can jump, and a board mounted on the gaming section. , A perspective view that allows the player to visually see the balls stored in the ball storage part and a ball storage part that communicates with the entry port and can store a plurality of balls in a laterally aligned shape in the cross section of the game board Means and ball releasing means for releasing the balls stored in the ball storing portion to the game portion again as game balls, and the ball releasing means is provided with drive control means for discharging the stored balls at a suitable time. A hit ball storage device for pachinko machines.