JPH0634850B2 - Ball hitting device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial field of application> The present invention includes a large-sized opening / closing door, and by opening / closing the opening / closing door, a first state in which a hit ball is not accepted and a second state in which a hit ball is easily accepted. The present invention relates to a batting ball winning device for a pachinko machine that can be converted into and.

<Prior Art> A ball hitting prize winning apparatus having a relatively large-sized opening / closing door and opening and closing the opening / closing door to generate a first state in which a ball is not accepted and a second state in which a ball is easily received is Commonly called a large-scale attacker, when a special gaming state occurs in pachinko games, the opening and closing doors are opened to convert from the first state to the second state, giving the player a relatively large gaming profit. It is used in cases such as

As such a hit ball winning device, for example, a device described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 57-24381 is known. This hitting ball winning device,
The door is opened by driving the solenoid, the ball hit through the opening is detected by the ball detector, the signal from the ball detector is counted by the electric control device, and this count value is set to a preset value. When they match, the solenoid is demagnetized to close the opening / closing door.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the above-described conventional hitting ball winning device, it is necessary to use an electrical component for detecting a winning ball hitting and converting the opening / closing door and an electric control device for controlling these. Therefore, the structure related to the operation control of the hit ball winning device becomes complicated, and the back side of the pachinko machine becomes complicated due to the electric wiring.

In addition, the electric control device consisting of electric parts, the sphere detector, etc. may malfunction due to the influence of static electricity or external noise, and if these electric parts fail, the cause of the trouble may be investigated at a pachinko parlor. It is difficult to repair or repair.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a hitting ball winning device for a pachinko machine which automatically returns to a first state in which a hitting ball is not accepted when a predetermined number of hitting balls are won, without using electrical parts.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and a horizontal opening (3) is provided in the substrate (2) and a horizontal opening / closing door (4) is provided in the opening. In the hitting ball winning device (1) of the pachinko machine, which is pivotally mounted on the front side and changes the receiving state of the hitting ball based on the rotation of the opening / closing door, the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing door is performed on the back side of the board. An opening / closing control member (14) for controlling is provided, and a plurality of ball receiving grooves (11 '...) Are provided on the outer circumference, and each time a ball is received in the ball receiving groove, a grooved wheel (11) that turns to a predetermined angle is received. ) And a cam wheel (12) that rotates in conjunction with the grooved wheel are located below the opening, and the downflow path (8) through which the hit ball received in the groove flows down. ) Facing the exit, and the cam wheel is operated by the weight of the ball hit from outside the opening. It converts the cam wheel into a rotatable state and acts on the opening / closing control member to open the opening / closing door, restricts the rotation of the cam wheel when the cam wheel rotates by a predetermined angle, and acts on the opening / closing control member. The cam rotation restricting mechanism (15) for closing the opening / closing door is faced.

<Operation> In addition to the opening of the substrate, the cam rotation restricting mechanism is operated by the weight of the hit ball guided from the special winning opening to make the cam wheel freely rotatable, and the opening / closing door is opened by the opening / closing control member. Then, when the hitting balls flowing down in the gaming section are received by the opening / closing door and enter the opening, the hitting balls are accepted one by one into the ball receiving grooves of the grooved wheels facing the downflow path, and the grooved wheels are rotated to a predetermined angle, When a predetermined number of hit balls enter through the opening and rotate the groove wheel by a predetermined angle, the cam rotation restriction mechanism facing the cam wheel that rotates in conjunction with the groove wheel acts on the opening / closing control member to close the opening / closing door. At the same time, the rotation of the groove wheel is restricted.

<Examples> The present invention will be described below based on Examples of the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the hitting ball winning device 1 opens a horizontally long opening 3 in a substrate 2 attached to the game board surface of a pachinko machine, and a horizontally long opening / closing door 4 in the opening 3 by means of shafts 5 and 5. As shown in FIG. 2, it is rotatably attached to the shaft, and general winning holes 6 and 6 are provided on the left and right substrate surfaces of the opening 3 in a back box 7 provided on the back surface of the substrate 2. , 1 ball hit through the opening 3
A downflow path 8 that flows down in line is formed, and a downflow controller 10 is swingably attached to the lower inclined end of a bottom portion 9 of the downflow path 8, and the downflow path is folded back at the downflow controller 10. At the exit of the road 8, a grooved wheel 11 and a cam wheel 12 are fixed and axially mounted by a shaft 13, and an opening / closing control member 14 for restricting the opening / closing of the opening / closing door 4 is provided on the back surface of the back box 7, and a cam is provided. A vehicle rotation restriction mechanism 15 is provided.

That is, the hitting ball winning device 1 according to the present invention includes the opening / closing door 4 configured to be relatively large, and by opening / closing the opening / closing door 4, the first state in which the ball is not accepted and the second state in which the ball is easily accepted. It is what is commonly called a large-scale attacker that causes

The opening / closing door 4 has stopper pieces 16, 16 protruding from the left and right sides of the front surface, and the weight 1 of the stopper pieces 16, 16 is provided.
It is a plate-shaped body made of synthetic resin provided with 7, 17, and the tip of the arm rod 18 extending from one side of the rear surface is engaged with the lower portion of the pressing rod 14 ′ of the opening / closing control member 14. Therefore, as shown by the chain line in FIG. 3, when the arm rod 18 is pushed downward by the pushing rod 14 ', the opening / closing door 4 stands up and closes the opening 3 to enter the first state in which the hit ball is not received, and the pushing rod is pushed. When the pressing of 14 'is released, as shown by the solid line in FIG.
The opening / closing door 4 is rotated in a direction in which the upper end thereof is tilted forward by the urging force of 7, 7, and the stopper pieces 16, 16 are brought into contact with the surface of the substrate 2 to be converted into a second state in which the stopper pieces 16, 16 stop. When the opening / closing door 4 is converted to the second state, the opening 3 is opened, and the upper surface of the opening / closing door 4 is slightly inclined downward toward the opening 3, so that the ball hitting down is opened by the opening / closing door 4. The ball is received and guided to the opening 3, so that the ball can be easily received. The hit balls that have fallen onto the opening / closing door 4 and have entered the opening 3 are aligned in one line in the upper flow path 8 and flow down to the flow-down controller 10.

The downflow controller 10 is for moving down one hitting ball to the grooved wheel 11 at a predetermined interval, and has a ball receiving portion 19 at one end for receiving one hitting ball and a weight 20 at the other end. The shaft 21 is pivotally attached midway along its length. Therefore, the downflow controller 10 always descends on the weight side by the urging force of the weight 20 and ascends the ball receiving portion 19 to stop in a state of facing the inclined lower end of the bottom portion 9 of the upper downflow passage 8.

When a plurality of hit balls flow down in the downflow path 8, only the first hit ball is put into the ball receiving portion 19. When the hit ball enters the ball receiving portion 19, the downflow controller 10 is driven by the weight of the hit ball.
When the ball receiving portion 19 communicates with the lower flow path 8, the ball hits the ball receiving portion 19 and is discharged to the lower flow path 8. When the hit ball in the ball receiving portion 19 is discharged to the lower flow passage 8, the weight controller 20 urges the flow-down controller 10 to swing back, and the raised ball receiving portion 19 communicates with the upper flow passage 8. Accepting the hit ball in the ball receiving portion 19,
Swing like the above.

In this way, the downflow controller 10 sends the hitting balls that are continuously downflowing to the single grooved sheave 11 at predetermined time intervals. Even when the downflow controller 10 swings and the ball receiving portion 19 descends, the ball downflow blocking portion 22 formed on the upper end of the ball receiving portion 19 faces the inclined lower end of the bottom portion 9 of the upper downflow passage 8. The hit ball in the upper flow path 8 is blocked by the ball flow blocking portion 22 and stands by in the upper flow path 8 as it is.

The grooved wheel 11 that is rotated by a hit ball from the downflow controller 10 is
There are a predetermined number (for example, 10) of ball receiving grooves 11 ′ ... And, in this grooved wheel 11,
Rotate with a certain angle for one hit ball,
In order to prevent over-rotation, as shown in FIG. 2, one end of the swinging member 23 biased by weight or its own weight can be freely engaged with and disengaged from the ball receiving groove 11 ′ on the side opposite to the outlet of the downflow passage 8. It is engaged.

The cam wheel 12 that rotates together with the groove wheel 11 is the groove wheel 1
It has a cylindrical shape integrally formed on one side surface, and has an engaging groove 24 formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof and a release protrusion 25 having a smooth inclined surface.

The cam rotation restricting mechanism 15, which restricts the rotation of the cam wheel 12 and acts on the opening / closing control member 14 to restrict the opening / closing of the opening / closing door 4, as shown in FIG.
A control lever 26 that allows the cam wheel 12 to rotate by being rotated by a ball hit from a prize opening other than the above, for example, a special prize opening.
A lock lever 27 for holding the turning state of the control lever 26, and a release lever 28 for releasing the locked state of the lock lever 27 when the cam wheel 12 makes one rotation.

The control lever 26 has the ball mounting portion 29 at the tip of the left arm portion 26a and the opening / closing control member 1 described above at the tip of the right arm portion 26b.
4 has a pressing portion 30 for pressing the pressing rod 14 'and a weight, and a laterally extending pawl 32 is formed on an extending portion 31 extending downward from the base end and a weight 33 is provided. With the ball mounting portion 29 facing the outlet of the ball guide trough 34, the pressing portion 30 above the pressing rod 14 ′ of the opening / closing control member 14, and the locking claws 32 facing the outer peripheral surface of the cam wheel 12, respectively. A support shaft 35 is pivotally attached to the back surface of 7.

The lock lever 27 that locks the control lever 26 is
The control lever 26 has a notch-shaped pin receiving portion 37 and a release receiving portion 38 for engaging the pin 36 implanted in the extending portion 31 of the control lever 26 on one side and a weight 39 on the other side. Is attached to the back surface of the back box 7 by a shaft 40 midway. In addition, a release lever 28 for releasing the locked state of the lock lever 27
Is a downward cam follower 41 facing the outer peripheral surface of the cam wheel 12.
And weight 42 on one side and lock lever 2 on the other side.
A release arm 43 for pressing the release receiving portion 38 of 7 is provided, and the middle of the length is pivotally attached to the back surface of the back box 7 by a shaft 44.

In the hitting ball winning device 1 having the above-described configuration, as shown in FIG. 7, the control lever 26 always raises the ball placing portion 29 and lowers the pressing portion 30 by the bias of the weight, and the locking claw 32.
Is fitted into the engaging groove 24 of the cam wheel 12 and stands still. In this state, the lowered pressing portion 30 presses the pressing rod 14 ′ of the opening / closing control member 14 downward, so that the opening / closing door 4 stands up and closes the opening portion 3 to enter the first state in which the hit ball is not received.

In this first state, a ball hitting another winning port, for example, a specific winning port (not shown) provided at the upper part of the game section is guided by the ball guide gutter 34, and this ball is hit as shown in FIG. When mounted on the mounting portion 29, the control lever 26 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 7 due to the weight of the hit ball. When the control lever 26 is rotated, as shown in FIG. 8, the pressing portion 30 of the right arm portion 26b is raised, so that the opening / closing door 4 is rotated forward to open the opening 3 and easily hit the ball. At the same time as changing to the two states, the locking claw 32 is disengaged from the engagement groove 24 and the cam wheel 12 is made rotatable.

When the control lever 26 rotates, the pin 36 pushes the tip of the pin receiving portion 37 of the lock lever 27, and the lock lever 27 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 7 against the bias of the weight 39. While retreating. Then, the control lever 26
When is retracted to some extent, the pin 36 is disengaged upward from the tip of the pin receiving portion 37. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the lock lever 27 is returned and rotated by the urging force of the weight 39, and the pin 36 is engaged with the pin receiving portion 37 to cause the control lever 2 to rotate.
6 is locked, and the tilted state of the control lever 26 is maintained.

When the lock lever 27 holds the control lever 26 in this way, the pressing portion 30 remains elevated, so that the opening / closing door 4 falls forward and maintains the second state in which it is easy to receive a hit ball.
The ball hit by rotating the control lever 26 descends from the ball mount 29 as shown in FIG. 8 and is discharged to the back side of the game board through the discharge path 45 to become a winning ball.

When the hit ball winning device 1 is converted to the second state, the hit ball that has flowed down in the game section falls on the opening / closing door 4, and the hit ball wins the opening 3. These hit balls are 1 in the upper flow path 8
They are arranged in a row, and by the operation of the flow-down controller 10, one by one is sequentially flowed down to the grooved wheels 11 at predetermined intervals. When the first hitting ball that has flown down in this way fits into the ball receiving groove 11 'of the grooved wheel 11, the grooved wheel 11 rotates due to the weight of the hitting ball. And
When the grooved wheel 11 rotates by about 36 degrees, the hit ball is hit by the ball receiving groove 1
It goes out of 1 ', passes through the outflow path 46, is discharged to the back side of the game board, and becomes a winning ball. Next, the second hit ball is the ball receiving groove 1
When fitted in 1 ', the sheave 11 rotates about 36 more degrees. In this way, the grooved wheel 11 rotates about 36 degrees with respect to one ball hit in the opening 3, and accordingly, the cam wheel 12 also rotates by the same angle.

When the tenth hit ball rotates the grooved wheel 11, the release projection 25 of the cam wheel 12 moves up the cam follower 41, and the release lever 28 is rotated clockwise in FIG. When the release lever 28 rotates, the release arm 43 descends to press the release receiving portion 38 of the lock lever 27, and the lock lever 27 is moved to the sixth position.
Rotate counterclockwise. When the lock lever 27 rotates counterclockwise, the pin 36 is disengaged from the pin receiving portion 37, so that the control lever 26 returns to the clockwise direction in FIG. 6 and rotates by the bias of the weight.

When the control lever 26 is returned and rotated, the locking claw 32 engages with the engagement groove 24 of the cam wheel 12 and the cam wheel 12 and the groove wheel 1.
1 is prevented from rotating and the pressing portion 3 of the right arm portion 26b is
0 presses the pressing rod 14 ′ of the opening / closing control member 14. Therefore, the opening / closing door 4 stands up, and the second state in which the hit ball is easily accepted returns to the first state in which the hit ball is not accepted.

As described above, in the above-described embodiment, when a hit ball is won through the opening 3, the grooved wheel 11 and the cam wheel 12 are rotated by about 36 degrees with respect to one ball, and the tenth ball is hit by the grooved wheel 11. When the cam wheel 12 is rotated, that is, when the groove wheel 11 and the cam wheel 12 are rotated once, the control lever 26 is unlocked, the opening / closing door 4 is closed, and the second state is returned to the first state.

As described above, according to the hitting ball winning device 1 for a pachinko machine according to the present invention, when a predetermined number of hit balls are received in the second state in which the opening / closing door 4 is opened, the opening / closing door 4 is closed by pure mechanical means. It is possible to return to the first state in which the hit ball is not accepted.

Therefore, it is not necessary to provide complicated electric parts such as a ball detector and an electric control device, the structure related to the operation control of the hitting ball winning device 1 can be simplified, and the back side of the pachinko machine becomes complicated due to electric wiring. Nothing. In addition, by eliminating the electric control device composed of electrical parts, the ball detector, and the like, it is possible to prevent the ball hitting prize winning device 1 from malfunctioning due to the influence of static electricity and external noise, and the ball hitting prize winning device 1 fails for some reason. Even if a problem occurs, it is easy to investigate the cause of the failure and to repair it, because the defect is based on the physical structure.

In the second state in which the opening / closing door 4 is opened, 10 or more hit balls may enter the opening 3. In this case, when the control lever 26 is rotated back, the flow path switching member 47 extending downward from the tip of the left arm portion 26a is raised and the lower flow path 8 is provided.
Communicate with the bypass 48. Further, when the tenth hit ball rotates the grooved wheel 11, the locking claw 32 locks the cam wheel 12 to prevent the rotation of the grooved wheel 11 as described above. Therefore, when the eleventh hitting ball flows down into the grooved wheel 11, this hitting ball once comes into contact with the groove of the grooved wheel 11 and is immediately discharged through the bypass path 48 to the back side of the game board to become a winning ball. . Then, the eleventh and subsequent hit balls are similarly discharged to the back side of the game board through the bypass 48 and become winning balls. The groove 11 ″ with which these hit balls abut is
By making the ball wider than the other grooves, the hit ball can be bypassed 4
It is desirable to make it easy to guide to No. 8.

The number of ball receiving grooves 11 'provided in the grooved wheel 11 and the shape of the grooves can be set appropriately. Further, although the cam wheel 12 is provided integrally with the grooved wheel 11 in the above-described embodiment, it may be separately provided as long as the cam wheel 12 is interlocked with the grooved wheel 11.
By interposing a reduction mechanism such as a gear between the 2 and the grooved wheel 11,
For example, the cam wheel 12 may be locked when the grooved wheel 11 rotates twice. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the rotation of the cam wheel 12 is locked by engaging the locking claw 32 with the engaging groove 24 of the cam wheel 12. However, if the rotation of the cam wheel 12 can be locked, the engagement between the protrusion and the pin is increased. Any configuration such as a combination may be used.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the hitting ball winning device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention, the cam rotation restricting mechanism operates to make the cam wheel freely rotatable, and the opening / closing control member opens and closes the door. When you open, the ball hitting the inside of the game department is received by the opening and closing door and enters the opening, and this ball is received one by one in the ball receiving groove of the groove wheel facing the flow path, and the groove wheel is rotated to a predetermined angle. When a predetermined number of hit balls enter through the opening and rotate the groove wheel by a predetermined angle, the cam rotation restriction mechanism that is desired for the cam wheel that rotates in conjunction with the groove wheel acts on the opening and closing control member to close the opening and closing door. At the same time, it regulates the rotation of the groove wheel.
That is, when a predetermined number of hit balls are received in the second state in which the open / close door is opened, the open / close door can be closed to return to the first state in which the hit ball is not accepted by pure mechanical means.

Therefore, it is not necessary to provide complicated electric parts such as a ball detector and an electric control device, the structure related to the operation control of the hitting ball winning device can be simplified, and the back side of the pachinko machine becomes complicated due to electric wiring. Nor. Moreover, by eliminating the electrical control device consisting of electrical parts, the ball detector, etc., it is possible to prevent malfunction of the ball hitting prize winning device due to the influence of static electricity and external nozzles, and for some reason the ball hitting prize winning device malfunctions. Even in the case of failure, since the defect is based on the physical structure, it becomes easy for the gaming shop side to investigate the cause of the failure and to repair it.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a perspective view, Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view seen from the back side, Fig. 3 is a sectional view of an opening / closing door, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view. FIG. 5 is a front view of the downflow controller, FIG. 6 is a front view of the cam rotation restricting mechanism, FIG. 7 is a front view of the cam rotation restricting mechanism when the locking claw locks the cam wheel, and FIG. It is a front view of a cam rotation restricting mechanism in a state where the cam wheel is rotatable. In the figure, 1 is a hit ball winning device, 2 is a substrate, 3 is an opening, 4 is an opening / closing door, 8 is a downflow path, 11 is a sheave, 11 'is a ball receiving groove,
Reference numeral 12 is a cam wheel, 14 is an opening / closing control member, and 15 is a cam wheel rotation restricting mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A horizontally long opening is formed in a substrate, and a horizontally long opening / closing door is pivotally mounted on the opening so as to be rotatable frontally, and a state of receiving a hit ball is converted based on the rotation of the opening / closing door. In the hitting ball winning device of the pachinko machine, the opening / closing control member for controlling the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing door is provided on the back side of the substrate, and a plurality of ball receiving grooves are provided on the outer periphery, and the ball is received in the ball receiving groove. A grooved wheel that rotates to a predetermined angle for each and a cam wheel that rotates in conjunction with the grooved wheel are provided below the opening, and the grooved ball is received in the groove. Facing the exit of the downflow route where
The cam wheel is actuated by the weight of the ball hit from outside the opening to convert the cam wheel into a rotatable state, and it also acts on the opening / closing control member to open the open / close door, and the cam wheel rotates by a predetermined angle. When hitting, a batting ball winning device for a pachinko machine that restricts the rotation of the cam wheel and faces a cam rotation restriction mechanism that acts on the opening / closing control member to close the opening / closing door.