JPH0669502B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a variable winning ball device for a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, a coin game machine, or a smart ball game machine, and more specifically, to a game area formed on the surface of a game board. The present invention relates to a ball game machine in which a ball is hit and a game is performed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Among conventional variable winning ball devices provided in a ball game machine of this type, there has been one generally known in the art, for example, the one described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 55-667. . In the variable winning ball device of the conventional ball-shooting game machine, as well as attached to the game board via a mounting substrate, a pair of opening and closing member driven it is provided by an electrical drive source, the opening and closing member By being moved in the opening direction by the driving force of the electric drive source, the winning area in the variable winning ball device is opened and the first state advantageous to the player is set, and the pair of opening / closing members is moved in the closing direction. Thus, the second state is disadvantageous to the player. In the conventional variable winning ball device, the winning area is formed in a plurality of winning areas.

[0003]

However, in the conventional variable winning ball device of this type of ball game machine, although a plurality of winning regions are provided in the variable winning ball device, a plurality of winning regions are provided. Among them, there is not much difference in the difficulty of winning, such as the winning area where special winning is difficult or the winning area where it is relatively easy to win, so for the player, whether the hit ball enters the variable winning ball device or not However, once the ball has entered, it loses interest in which winning area the ball has entered, and once the ball has entered the variable winning ball device, it is less interesting. There was a drawback that it became a game without.

Therefore, a plurality of winning areas are divided into a specific winning area in which a ball is relatively hard to win and another winning area in which a ball is relatively easy to win, and the difficulty of winning is different. It is conceivable to configure so that. With such a configuration, for the player, if a ball hitting the inside of the variable winning ball device wins a specific winning area in which it is difficult to win, the player feels satisfaction and satisfaction because the winning is difficult. It is possible to provide an interesting game that can attract the player's interest even after the ball has entered the variable winning ball device.

However, even if the hit ball wins the specific winning area, if the ball-ball game machine does not perform any control in accordance with it, the player may feel unsatisfactory. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a prize ball detector that detects a prize ball that has won a prize in the specific prize area.

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a winning area formed in a winning space in a variable winning ball device with a winning area in which it is difficult for a hitting ball and a hitting ball. It is an object to provide a ball game machine that is classified into a winning area that is easy to win and a winning ball detector that detects that a hit ball has won in a winning area that is hard to win is provided in a reasonable place.

[0007]

The present invention is a ball-and-ball game machine in which a ball is struck in a game area formed on the surface of a game board to play a game. Along with being attached, a prize area is formed, and the prize area can be opened and closed.
A member is provided on the front side of the mounting substrate, and the opening and closing member opens the first state, which is advantageous to the player, and the opening and closing member closes the second state, which is disadvantageous to the player. Including a variable winning ball device in a state and a starting winning area in which a ball hit into the game area can win, the variable winning ball device is provided on the back surface side of the mounting substrate, and the opening / closing member And an electric drive source for opening and closing, and transmitting the driving force of the electric drive source to the opening and closing member.
And a power transmission mechanism for the opening and closing member opening and closing, the
Prerequisite as a prerequisite that a hit ball has won in the start winning area
The electric drive source is activated and the variable winning ball device is the first
In the state, the winning area is classified into a specific winning area where ball hitting is relatively difficult to win, and another winning area where ball hitting is relatively easy to win, and the winning areas that have won in the specific winning area The prize winning ball detector for detecting a ball is integrally provided in the variable winning prize ball device.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the variable winning ball device is mounted on the game board of the ball game machine by the mounting board, and
In the variable winning ball device, a winning area is formed, and an opening / closing member capable of opening / closing the winning area is provided on the front side of the mounting substrate, which is advantageous for the player by opening the opening / closing member. The first state is established, and the opening / closing member is closed, resulting in a second state that is disadvantageous to the player. In addition, a start winning area is formed in which a ball hit into a game area formed on the surface of the game board can win. The variable winning ball device is provided with an electric drive source for opening and closing the opening / closing member on the back side of the mounting substrate, and the driving force of the electric drive source is applied to the opening / closing member by the power transmission mechanism. The opening / closing member is transmitted and opened / closed. Then, a hit ball is won in the start winning area.
As a necessary condition, the electric drive source is activated.
The open / close member is opened and the variable winning ball device is in the first state.
It Furthermore, the winning area is classified into a specific winning area in which a ball is relatively difficult to win, and another winning area in which a ball is relatively easy to win. The prize winning ball detector for detecting is provided integrally with the variable prize winning ball device.

That is, the winning area in the variable winning ball device is
Since the ball is classified into a specific winning area in which it is relatively difficult to win and other winning areas in which it is relatively easy to win,
By hitting a ball that has entered the variable winning ball device into a specific winning area, the player can feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. Furthermore, since the prize winning ball detector for detecting the prize winning balls that have won in the specific prize winning area is provided integrally with the variable winning prize ball device, by attaching the variable winning prize ball device to the game board surface. At the same time, the prize ball detector is also attached, which can prevent the installation work from becoming complicated. Further, the prize ball detector is provided in a place other than the variable prize ball device, for example, in the case where the prize ball guide path on the side of the ball game machine to which the prize balls won in the specific prize area are guided, The winning balls won in a specific winning area are guided by the winning ball guiding path and reach the place where the winning ball detector is installed before they are detected, and there is a delay in detecting the winning balls When performing some kind of control according to the occurrence of balls, the control may be delayed, but in the ball game machine according to the present invention, the variable winning ball device is integrally provided with a winning ball detector. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the detection delay of the winning ball as much as possible.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, as an example of a ball game machine, a case of a pachinko game machine will be described, but the present invention is not limited to a pachinko game machine, but a coin game machine, a smart ball game machine, or the like. It is clearly stated in advance that it can be applied to a ball game machine.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a winning ball device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the pachinko gaming machine 10 has a front frame 11 that is openably and closably mounted, and the game board 1 is detachably mounted on the front frame 11. In the game area surrounded by the guide rails of the game board 1,
Passage areas 2a to 2c and yakmono (so-called tulips) 3a and 3b, which are an example of a start winning area, are formed.
In addition, a variable winning ball device 20, which is a feature of this embodiment, is attached to almost the center of the game board 1. 2 and 3
FIG. 2 is a front view of a variable winning ball device 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In particular, FIG. 2 shows a closed state of the open / close blade, and FIG. 3 shows an open state of the open / close blade.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are rear views of the variable winning ball device 20, particularly FIG. 4 shows the variable winning ball device 20 in a closed state, and FIG. 5 shows the variable winning ball device 20 in an open state. .

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the variable winning ball device 20.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a state in which the variable winning ball device 20 is assembled.

Next, the detailed structure of the variable winning ball device 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. The variable winning ball device 20 includes a mounting substrate 21. The mounting board 21 is provided with a winning hole 21a which is a specific winning area, a winning hole 21b which is another winning area, and a safe hole 21c. The mounting board 21 is provided with elongated guide holes 211 and 212 in the horizontal direction between the prize holes 21a and 21b and at positions symmetrical with respect to the vertical center line. A guide hole 213 is formed between the winning hole 21b and the guide hole 211 along the expansion direction of the left side portion of the protruding wall 241 described later. Between the winning hole 21b and the guide hole 212, a guide hole 214 is formed along the spreading direction of the right side portion of the protruding wall 241 described later. The winning hole 21b
Divide into a plurality of, and the specific one of the divided
It may be set to 1a. Further, mounting holes 215 are formed at appropriate locations on the mounting substrate 21. Further, the light emitting diodes 27c and 27d are provided on a part of the mounting substrate 21.
Insertion holes 216 and 217 for inserting the are inserted.

Open on both left and right sides of the winning hole 21a.
The first opening / closing wing pieces 22a, 22b, which are an example of a closing member , are rotatably mounted in pairs. The second opening / closing wing pieces 23a, 23, which are examples of opening / closing members , are provided on the left and right sides of the winning hole 21b.
b are paired and are rotatably mounted. More specifically, the first opening / closing blade pieces 22a and 22b are the ball receiving portions 2
A cover 222 is formed on the front surface of 21, a fulcrum portion 223 is formed on the lower end of the ball receiving portion 221, and a pin 224 is formed on the back surface of the upper portion of the cover 222. This first opening / closing wing piece 2
2a and 22b have symmetrical shapes or structures. The respective fulcrum portions 223 of the first opening / closing blade pieces 22a and 22b are rotatably supported by shaft holes 218 formed in the mounting substrate 21. The pins 224 of the first opening / closing blade pieces 22 a and 22 b are inserted into the arc-shaped guide holes 219 formed in the mounting substrate 21. First opening / closing wing piece 22
The a and 22b are configured as described above, and the pachinko balls that win the variable winning ball device 20 at a fixed ratio are the winning holes 21a.
It leads to. In other words, the first opening / closing wing piece 22
The functions of a and 22b are as follows.
Of the pachinko balls to be won in the space defined by the tip of 23b, a predetermined proportion of the pachinko balls are guided to the winning hole 21a, and the winning hole 21b is not won. It can be said that it is functioning as.

Each of the second opening / closing blade pieces 23a, 23b has a cover 232 formed on the front surface of the ball receiving portion 231, and a pin 233 serving as a fulcrum formed on the back surface of the lower end of the ball receiving portion 231 to form the ball receiving portion. A pin 2 is provided on the back surface of the center of the 231, approximately in the longitudinal direction.
34 are formed. The second opening / closing blade pieces 23a and 2
3b has the same structure and is symmetrical. The pin 233 of the second opening / closing blade piece 23a is inserted into the guide hole 213 and movably held in the guide hole 211. Similarly, the pin 233 of the second opening / closing blade piece 23b is connected to the guide hole 21.
4 and is movably held. The pin 234 of the second opening / closing blade piece 23 a is inserted into the hole of the sliding support member 235. The slide support member 235 is inserted into the guide hole 211 and is slidably supported. Similarly, the pin 234 of the second opening / closing blade piece 23b is inserted into the hole of the sliding support member 235. A sliding support member 235 corresponding to the second opening / closing member 23b is slidably supported in a state of being inserted into the guide hole 212. In addition, the first opening / closing blades 22a, 22
b may be eliminated and only the second opening / closing blade pieces 23a, 23b may be used, or the opening / closing blade pieces may be rotated around a fixed shaft or may be slid in the same posture without being rotated. Alternatively, the opening and closing blade pieces may be formed into a plate shape, and the opening and closing blade pieces may be laid down on the front surface to open. A cover member 24 is formed on the front surface of the winning hole 21b. The cover member 24 is formed with a projecting wall 241 so as to surround the periphery except the upper side of the winning hole 21b, and a cover 242 is formed on the front surface of the projecting wall 241. The protruding wall 241 is formed in a slanted shape so that the upper ends on the left and right sides spread obliquely upward.

The protruding wall 251 and the cover 2 are provided on the mounting substrate 21 above the first opening / closing blade pieces 22a and 22b.
The protruding member 25 including 52 is formed. This protruding member 2
5 functions to prevent the ball from entering from the upper position when the first opening / closing wing pieces 22a and 22b are closed, and to house a segment indicator 26 described later. A cover 252 is formed on the front surface of the protruding wall 251. A window 253 for seeing through the segment display 26 is formed in the cover 252. Also, cover 2
Holes 254 and 255 for inserting the light emitting diodes 27a and 27b are formed in the hole 52. And the protruding wall 2
An enclosure plate 261 having the segment display 26 and the light emitting diodes 27a and 27b mounted therein is housed in the area surrounded by 51. The upper side 256 of the projecting wall 251 is formed in an inclined shape in order to guide a falling ball to the safe hole 21c.
As described above, the projecting member 25 including the projecting wall 251 not only partially blocks the winning of the pachinko balls from the upper side into the winning holes 21a or 21b, but also provides another safe hole 21c thereon. , Prize hole 21a or 2
Part of the balls whose winning in 1b is blocked is guided to the safe hole 21c, which is advantageous for the player.
It is easy to attract the interest of the player.

The segment display 26 is utilized as follows. For example, when the variable winning ball device 20 is incorporated in a pachinko gaming machine, the period during which the second opening / closing wing pieces 23a and 23b of the variable winning ball device 20 are in the open state or the number of times of repeating opening / closing is, for example, 30. Seconds or 1
Limited to 8 times. During such a limited period,
The number of all the pachinko balls that have won in the winning holes 21a and 21b of the variable winning ball device 20 can be used so as to be displayed on the segment display 26. Alternatively, the second opening / closing wing pieces 23a and 23b of the variable winning ball device 20 can be repeatedly opened and closed for a fixed period limited as described above, but the second opening / closing is repeatedly performed for such a fixed period. When the wing pieces 23a and 23b are opened, the number of continuations can be displayed.

The segment display 26 is replaced by a digital display using segments, as shown in the figure.
It can be a digital display using liquid crystal,
Alternatively, a predetermined number of LEDs or the like may be provided side by side, and the LEDs may be turned on for the desired numerical value.

On the back surface of the mounting substrate 21, a mounting plate 28 for mounting the opening / closing drive means 30 described later is mounted. A ball detection switch 29, which is an example of a winning ball detector for detecting a pachinko ball that has won the winning hole 21a, is attached to the mounting plate 28.

An opening / closing drive means 30 is mounted on the back surface of the mounting plate 28. The opening / closing drive means 30 includes a first opening / closing drive mechanism 30a and a second opening / closing drive mechanism 30b. The first opening / closing drive mechanism 30a includes the first opening / closing blade piece 22a.
The second opening and closing blade piece 23a is opened and closed. The second opening / closing drive mechanism 30b includes the first opening / closing blade piece 22b.
The second opening / closing blade piece 23b is driven to open / close. The first opening / closing drive mechanism 30a and the second opening / closing drive mechanism 30b are configured in the same manner except that they are configured symmetrically. Therefore, the detailed configuration of the first opening / closing drive mechanism 30a for driving the opening / closing blades 22a and 23a to open / close will be described below. Regarding the second opening / closing drive mechanism 30b, the first opening / closing drive mechanism 30a will be described. The same reference numerals are assigned to the portions corresponding to the respective portions, and the reference numeral a is b, and the description of the configuration is omitted.

The first opening / closing drive mechanism 30a includes a solenoid 31a for opening the opening / closing blades 22a, 23a in response to an electric bias. The plunger of the solenoid 31a is connected to the pin of the lever 33a via the plate 32a. One end (left side in the figure) of the lever 33a is rotatably supported by a pin 281a fixed to the mounting plate 28. A hole is formed at the other end (right side in the drawing) of the lever 33a. This hole is engaged with a pin 341 formed on the short side of an L-shaped lever 34a which is an example of a rotating member. A shaft 342 is formed at the intersection of the short side and the long side of the lever 34a. The shaft 342 is rotatably supported by a pin 345 formed on the back surface of the mounting substrate 21. Lever 34
An engagement hole 343 is formed in a part of the long side of a. The pin 351 of the lever 35a is engaged with the engagement hole 343.
A long hole 352 is formed in the lever 35a. The pin 224 of the first opening / closing blade piece 22a is engaged with the long hole 352. The long hole 34 is provided at the tip of the long side of the lever 34a.
4 is drilled. This long hole 344 is used for the second opening / closing wing piece 23.
It is engaged with the pin 234 of a. Then, the lever 34a and the lever 34b which is an example of the rotating member are elastically urged by the spring 36.

The solenoids 31a and 31b are metal fittings 37.
The upper portion is covered with the cover 38 in the state of being fixed to the. The metal fitting 37 is attached to the back surface of the mounting plate 28. In addition,
A motor may be used instead of the solenoids 31a and 31b.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. For example, when the driven ball passes through the passage area 2a, the opening / closing blade 2
2a, 23a is opened, and opening / closing blade pieces 22b and 23b are opened when passing through the passage area 2b, and opening / closing blade pieces 22a, 22b, 23a and 23b are opened when passing through the passage area 2c. . For example, when a pachinko ball passes through the passing area 2a, a detection switch (not shown) provided in association with the passing area 2a detects the passing ball.

In response to this, the solenoid 31a is excited. Therefore, the solenoid 31a attracts the plunger to rotate the lever 33a. Accordingly, the lever 34
Since the short side of a is pushed downward, lever 34a
The long side of is rotated in the direction opposite to the center of the winning ball device 20.
In response to this, the sliding support member 235 slides to the left of the guide hole 211. By the sliding of the sliding support member 235, the pin 234 of the second opening / closing blade piece 23a moves leftward when viewed from the front, and accordingly the pin 233 moves diagonally upward along the guide hole 213. . As a result, the second opening / closing blade piece 23a is opened as if the user's hand was widened.

At the same time, the lever 35a is replaced by the lever 34.
The pin 224 of the first opening / closing blade piece 22a is rotated obliquely downward along the guide hole 219 along with the movement of a. Therefore, the first opening / closing blade piece 22a is also opened.
On the other hand, when the pachinko ball passes through the passage area 2b, the pachinko ball is detected by the detection switch (not shown). In response to this, the solenoid 31b is excited, so that the right opening / closing blade pieces 22b, 23b are opened similarly to the opening operation of the left opening / closing blade pieces 22a, 23a.
When the pachinko ball passes through the winning area 2c, a detection switch (not shown) detects the pachinko ball. In response to this, the solenoids 31a and 31b are excited.
Therefore, two pairs of open / close blades 22a, 22b and 23
a and 23b are opened as shown in FIGS.
The solenoids 31a and 31b are provided on the back surface side of the mounting substrate and constitute an electric drive source for opening and closing the opening / closing blade pieces. In addition, the levers 33a, 33
b, 34a, 34b, 35a, 35b and the pin 233
More, motion-transmitting mechanism for opening and closing the closing member the driving force of the electric driving source reaches transferred to the closing member is constructed. In addition, if necessary, the opening / closing wing piece 22 on the left side
The light emitting diode 27c may be caused to emit light when the a and 23a are opened, and the light emitting diode 27d may be caused to perform light emission and display when the right and left wing pieces 22b and 23b are opened. Further, for example, based on the ball hit in the starting winning area, the variable display device provided separately is variably displayed and then stopped, or the variable display device which is already variably displayed is stopped, and the stop symbol is specified. The variable winning ball device may be brought to the first state when the display result of “1” is displayed. Further, the variable winning ball apparatus may be set to the first state after a predetermined period has elapsed since the hitting ball was won in the starting winning area. Further, the conditions for opening only the left and right opening and closing wings, or only the right and left opening and closing wings, and the conditions for opening the left and right opening and closing wings are not limited to the above description, and various conditions can be selected for each pachinko machine. Needless to say.

As described above, in this embodiment, two winning holes are provided so as to have a step on the upper and lower sides, and opening / closing wing pieces are provided on the left and right sides of the two winning holes, respectively, and the lower opening / closing wing pieces are provided. Is set to be larger than that of the upper side, so that the pachinko balls that enter the variable winning ball device 20 include those that enter the upper winning area and those that enter the lower winning area. Since the area of the ball received by the lower second opening / closing blade is much larger than the area of receiving the ball by the upper first opening / closing blade when opening the opening / closing blade of (see Fig. 3), Other winning areas 21a than the other winning areas 21a
The winning probability of b increases.

In the above embodiment, the case where a pair of opening and closing blades is provided on the left and right of the specific winning area and the other winning area has been described, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to this. Other various modified structures may be used. For example, the winning ball device is divided into left and right along the center line thereof, and the one including the left opening / closing wing pieces 22a and 23a and the first opening / closing drive mechanism 30a is arranged on the right side of the center of the game board, and the right side. What includes the opening / closing wing pieces 22b and 23b and the second opening / closing drive mechanism 30b may be provided on the left side of the center of the game board. Further, when the other winning area is composed of a plurality of winning openings, the total winning probability of the plurality of winning openings is made larger than that of the specific winning area 21a.

Further, as another modification, the number of prize balls to be discharged according to the prize balls may be larger in 21a than in the prize hole 21b. Also, 4 based on a certain game state
Alternatively, it may be determined that one opening / closing blade is opened and the opening / closing blade is closed according to the ball that has won the winning hole 21a. Such various driving methods can be appropriately selected according to the control method of the pachinko gaming machine.

[0031]

According to the present invention, the winning areas formed in the variable winning ball device are a specific winning area in which a ball is relatively difficult to win and another winning area in which a ball is relatively easy to win. Since the balls are classified, it is possible to give the player a sense of achievement and satisfaction by hitting the ball hitting the inside of the variable winning ball device in a specific winning area, and the ball hitting inside the variable winning ball device. Even after entering, the player can be provided with a game of interest. Moreover, since the prize winning ball detector that detects the prize winning balls that have won in the specific prize area is provided integrally with the variable prize winning ball device, the variable prize winning ball device is attached to the game board surface at the same time. Since the detector will also be installed, the work to install the prize-winning ball detector separately will not be required, and compared to the case where the prize-winning ball detector is provided in a place other than the variable prize-winning ball device, the specific winning area It is possible to detect a prize-winning ball that has won a prize as early as possible and prevent delay in detecting a prize-winning ball as much as possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine provided with a variable winning ball device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a variable winning ball device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a variable winning ball device.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the variable winning ball device.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the variable winning ball device.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a variable winning ball device.

FIG. 7 is an assembled perspective view of a variable winning ball device.

[Explanation of Codes] 10 is a pachinko gaming machine, 20 is a variable winning ball device, 21 is a mounting substrate, 21a is a specific winning area (winning hole), 21b is another winning area (winning hole), 21c is a safe hole, 22a and 22b are first opening and closing blade pieces, and 23a and 2a.
3b is a second opening / closing wing piece, 24 is a cover member, 25 is a protruding member, 26 is a segment indicator, 30 is an opening / closing drive means,
29 is a detection switch, 31a and 31b are solenoids, 3
Reference numeral 0a is a first opening / closing drive mechanism, and 30b is a second opening / closing drive mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball-and-ball game machine in which a ball is hit in a game area formed on the surface of the game board to play a game. The ball is attached to the game board by a mounting board and a winning area is formed. It is openable and closable opening and closing the the winning area
Member is provided on the front side of the mounting substrate, the opening and closing member is in the first state advantageous for the player by being opened, the opening and closing member second disadvantageous for the player by is closed Including a variable winning ball device in a state and a starting winning area in which a ball hit into the game area can win, the variable winning ball device is provided on the back surface side of the mounting substrate, and the opening / closing member And an electric drive source for opening and closing, and transmitting the driving force of the electric drive source to the opening and closing member.
And a power transmission mechanism for the opening and closing member opening and closing, the
Prerequisite as a prerequisite that a hit ball has won in the start winning area
The electric drive source is activated and the variable winning ball device is the first
In the state, the winning area is classified into a specific winning area where ball hitting is relatively difficult to win, and another winning area where ball hitting is relatively easy to win, and the winning areas that have won in the specific winning area A ball game machine characterized in that a winning ball detector for detecting a ball is integrally provided in a variable winning ball device.