JPH067521A - Game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] By paying out the pachinko balls with one ball counting means, it is possible to reduce the cost and efficiently pay out the pachinko balls, and also the movement amount of the balls used for the game. (EN) Provided is a game device capable of reducing the number of troubles caused by moving a large number of balls. [Structure] A pachinko ball for lending to a player by a ball lending unit 30 and a pachinko ball as an award based on a predetermined rule can be counted and paid out by one ball counting means 60. Furthermore, even if there are not enough balls in the bowl 11,
When the number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section 80, the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display section 80 is fetched by operating the ball loading switch 43 without actually moving the ball. The game can be continued by moving to the display unit 82.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to a ball lending machine section installed in a pachinko game hall or the like for paying out pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money a player has inserted, and a game machine section using the pachinko balls as a game medium ( In particular, the present invention relates to a game device including a pachinko ball type slot machine) and a control unit for centrally managing the ball lending machine section and the game machine section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko ball type slot machine (hereinafter referred to as a pachi-slot machine), coins are inserted into a ball lending machine separately installed next to the pachi-slot machine and provided inside the ball lending machine. The game was started by paying out a ball equivalent to the amount of money that the player entered by the ball rental counter, and manually moving the ball to the bowl provided on the front side of the pachi-slot machine. A prize counter for paying out a predetermined number of prizes is provided inside the pachi-slot machine.

A predetermined amount of balls used for the game are stored in advance in an upper plate attached to the back side of the upper portion of the pachi-slot machine, and the balls are used for prizes. The prizes are supplied by a chute, which arranges the balls flowing in a supply gutter inside the gaming machine island in a row, and then uses a pipe-shaped member called a bellows to a supply counter mounted on the island above the pachi-slot machine. Send,
By the supply counter, when the upper plate of the pachi-slot machine became empty, it was supplied to the upper plate based on a command from the hall computer.

Then, the balls in the upper plate are sent to the prize counting machine in the pachi-slot machine again in a line, and as the game progresses, the prize counting machine follows the predetermined rules. It was paid out to the bowl on the front side of the pachi-slot machine.
On the other hand, when the number of balls to be used in the game in the ball tray becomes insufficient, the player again pays out balls from the ball lending counter, supplies the balls to the ball tray, and loads the balls in the ball tray into the pachislot machine. I was playing games.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional technique, the ball rental counter and the prize ball counter are separately provided, and therefore each counter is supplied with balls from the supply trough. It is necessary to dispose a chute or bellows for this purpose, and it is also necessary to install another supply counter together with the upper plate on the upper side of the pachi-slot machine, which increases the number of assembly steps and causes a cost increase. It was

Further, when paying out the pachinko balls with a prize ball counter, the pachinko balls once lined up with a chute from a supply gutter are stored in the upper plate in a scattered state, and then the pachinko balls are lined up again. Since it is sent to the prize ball counting machine, it takes double time to pay out the pachinko balls, the number of troubles such as ball clogging increases, and the efficiency of paying out a large number of balls is not good. There was a problem.

Furthermore, when the bowl plate becomes empty as the game progresses, the player pays out balls from the ball rental counter to the bowl plate,
I will take that ball inside the pachislot machine and play the game,
A large amount of balls always traveled along the route from the ball rental counter to the ball tray to the inside of the pachi-slot machine, and the amount of balls moved was large, which could cause troubles such as ball clogging.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above. By paying out the pachinko balls by one ball counting means, the cost can be reduced and the pachinko balls can be efficiently used. An object of the present invention is to provide a game device that can be paid out well and that can reduce the amount of movement of balls used in the game to reduce the number of troubles caused by the movement of a large number of balls.

[0009]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide a ball lending machine section (30) for instructing payout of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money inserted by a player. A game device (10) comprising a game machine section (40) using a pachinko ball as a game medium, and a control section (50) for centrally managing the ball lending machine section (30) and the game machine section (40). In, the ball lending machine section (3
0), identifying means (31) for identifying the inserted amount and sending an amount signal corresponding to the amount to the control part (50), and the game machine part (40), the control means. The lending signal that the section (50) outputs based on the money amount signal from the identifying means (31) and the control section (5).
0) receives a prize signal output based on a predetermined rule, and counts the number of pachinko balls corresponding to each signal and pays out to a bowl plate (11) for a player. The state in which the pachinko balls paid out from the ball counting means (60) are full in the bowl (11) of the game machine section (40) is detected, and at that time, a quantitative detection signal is sent to the control section (50). ) To the ball counting means (6) through the control unit (50).
0) the pachinko ball payout is stopped by the overflow detection unit (70) and the ball counting means (60) stops the ball counting means (60) whenever the ball tray (11) becomes full and the payout by the ball counting means (60) stops. The remaining number of balls, which is obtained by subtracting the number of balls actually paid out to the ball dish (11) from the number of balls originally to be paid out to the ball dish (11), can be visually checked to the outside based on a command from the control unit (50). Ball holding display (80)
And when the pachinko balls stored in the jade plate (11) are thrown into the game machine section (40) for use in a game, the control section (50) instructs the number of thrown balls. Introduced ball display section (8
2) and, when there are a predetermined number or more of pachinko balls in the ball plate (11), a command to insert the pachinko balls in the ball plate (11) into the game machine section (40). On the other hand, when the number of pachinko balls in the bowl (11) is insufficient and the number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section (80),
A subtraction display signal is sent to the ball holding display section (80) through the control section (50), and the ball holding display section (8) is sent.
0) the number of balls subtracted from the addition ball display switch (43) to send a signal to display the addition ball (43)
And a game device (10) characterized by having:

[0010]

The pachinko balls are paid out from the ball counting means (60) by a signal from the control section (50). That is, when the ball counting means (60) receives a lending signal or a prize signal from the control unit (50), a corresponding number of pachinko balls are counted based on each signal and a bowl plate (1) for a player is provided.
Pay out to 1).

The number of pachinko balls paid out by the ball counting means (60) based on each signal can be arbitrarily set by the control unit (50). For example, the ball lending unit (3
When the amount signal from the identification means (31) of (0) corresponds to 1000 yen, 250 shots, and when it corresponds to 500 yen, 1
25 shots, 25 shots are paid out in the case of 100 yen, and the number of pachinko balls paid out corresponding to a prize signal based on a predetermined rule depending on the result of the game is 5, 10, 1.
It can be set arbitrarily, such as 5 or 20.

As a result, a pachinko ball for lending to the player by the ball lending unit (30) and a pachinko ball as an award based on a predetermined rule are used as one ball counting means (6).
Since it is possible to count and pay out by means of 0), it is not necessary to separately provide the ball lending machine section (30) and the game machine section (40) with a ball counting means (60) or a member for supplying balls.

Pachinko balls that do not fit into the bowl (11) are detected by the overflow detector (70).
The overflow detection unit (70) sends a quantitative detection signal to the control unit (50) when the ball dish (11) is full of pachinko balls, and the ball counting means via the control unit (50). The payout of pachinko balls by (60) is stopped.

Every time the ball tray (11) becomes full and the payout by the ball counting means (60) is stopped, the actual ball tray is calculated from the number of balls originally to be paid out to the ball tray (11) by the ball counting means (60). The remaining number of balls after subtracting the number of balls paid out in (11) is additionally displayed on the ball holding display section (80) based on a command from the control section (50) (for example, by digital display).

When there are a predetermined number or more of balls in the bowl (11), the balls in the bowl (11) can be thrown into the game machine section (40) so as to be used in the game. 43) may be operated (for example, ON / OFF). The balls stored in the bowl (11) are thrown into the game machine section (40) through the control section (50) by operating the ball take-in switch (43), and at that time, the number of thrown balls Is the control unit (50)
Is added and displayed on the taken-in ball display portion (82) based on the instruction from (from, for example, digital display).

On the other hand, even if there are not enough balls in the bowl (11),
If the number of balls is displayed in the dice display section (80),
The player can continue the game without supplying new balls to the ball tray (11). That is, the bowl (1
When the number of balls in 1) is insufficient, and the number of balls is displayed on the held ball display section (80), if the ball take-in switch (43) is operated, the number of balls held is changed via the control section (50). Ball display (8
The number of balls displayed in 0) is subtracted, and the corresponding number of subtractions is displayed in addition on the incorporated ball display section (82).

As a result, when a player runs out of balls in the bowl (11), the player once replenishes the bowl with new balls, and then throws the balls into the game machine section (40) again. Without
Within the range of the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display (80), the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display (80) is directly acquired without actually moving the balls. You can move on to and continue the game. Therefore, the flow of extra pachinko balls can be suppressed as much as possible.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the game device 1 according to the present embodiment.
0 is a ball lending machine unit 30 for instructing to pay out a pachinko ball corresponding to the amount of money the player has inserted, a game machine unit 40 which is a pachinko ball type slot machine using a pachinko ball as a game medium, and a ball lending machine unit. The control unit 50 is a controller for centrally managing the game machine unit 40 and the game machine unit 40. Although the ball lending machine section 30 and the game machine section 40 are separate bodies in this embodiment, they may be integrated.

On the front surface of the ball lending machine section 30, there are provided a bill insertion slot 32 and a coin insertion slot 33 through which a player inserts bills. Further, the ball lending machine unit 30 has an identification unit 31 that identifies the amount of money inserted from the bill insertion slot 32 or the coin insertion slot 33 and sends an amount signal corresponding to the amount to the control unit 50.

Specifically, the identification means 31 outputs an amount signal to the control unit 50 to instruct the payout of 25 pachinko balls when 100 yen is thrown into the ball lending machine unit 30, and 5
It is connected to the control unit 50 so as to output an amount signal to the control unit 50 instructing the payout of 125 coins in the case of 00 yen and 250 coins in the case of 1000 yen.

The control unit 50 inputs the money amount signal from the identification means 31 of the ball lending machine unit 30, and a predetermined number corresponding to the money amount signal (25 for 100 yen, 1 for 500 yen).
It is connected to the ball counting means 60 so as to output to the ball counting means (ball counter) 60 a lending signal for instructing the payout of 25 pachinko balls (in the case of 1000 yen, 25 pieces). Further, the control section 50 is set to output a prize signal based on a predetermined rule of the game machine section 40 to the ball counting means 60 to cause the ball counting means 60 to pay out a predetermined number of prize balls.

The game machine section 40 is constructed so that pachinko balls are supplied by the supply gutter 1 arranged on the game machine island. That is, the chute member 2 is provided at a predetermined position of the supply gutter 1.
Is attached to the chute member 2 and the ball counting means 60.
Means a bellows member 3 which is a pipe-shaped member, and a meandering pipe member 4 which reduces the speed of a pachinko ball flowing down.
Connected by. As described above, the upper plate for storing the pachinko balls is not provided above the game machine unit 40. Also, no pachinko balls are supplied to the ball lending unit 30.

The ball counting means 60 is a pachinko ball counting machine capable of accurately and quickly paying out a commanded number of pachinko balls. Specifically, as shown in FIG.
A gear 61 having a recess 62 into which one pachinko ball is fitted is formed in the ball guide 63, and the gear 61 is rotatably arranged in the ball passage 64 and is supplied into the ball passage 64 from above. The balls that are being dropped due to their own weight are gears 61
The gear 62 is configured to be engaged with the concave portion 62 and fall with the rotation of the gear 61.

The ball counting means 60 allows the gear 61 to continuously rotate, leaving the weight of the pachinko balls to continuously eject the pachinko balls until the number of paid out pachinko balls approaches the command value. Approaches the command value, the rotation of the gear 61 is switched to the intermittent rotation in which the minute angle rotation corresponding to one concave portion 62 of the gear 61 and the stop are alternately repeated, and when the number of payout reaches the command value. The intermittent rotation of the gear 61 is stopped, and the number of pachinko balls according to the command value is paid out. As shown in FIG. 1, the ball guide 63 of the ball counting means 60 is provided with a ball tray 11 via a pipe member 5 such as a bellows.
It is connected to the prize payout exit 12.

At a midway portion of the pipe member 5 connecting the ball counting means 60 and the ball tray 11, it is detected that the pachinko balls paid out from the ball counting means 60 are full in the ball tray 11, and At this time, an overflow detection unit 70 is provided which sends a quantitative detection signal to the control unit 50 and stops the payout of the pachinko balls by the ball counting means 60 via the control unit 50.

The overflow detector 70 has a sensor for detecting a pachinko ball that has been jammed in the pipe member 5 without being discharged from the prize payout outlet 12 when the ball tray 11 is full of pachinko balls. It is connected to the control unit 50 in order to detect a jam and output a quantitative detection signal to the control unit 50. The control unit 50 receives the quantitative detection signal from the overflow detection unit 70 and receives the ball counting means 60.
It is set to output a stop signal to the ball counting means 60 in order to immediately stop the operation of.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the game machine section 40.
A ball holding display section 80 is provided on the front surface of the. When the operation of the ball counting unit 60 is stopped, the ball holding display unit 80 is paid out to the ball plate 11 from the number of pachinko balls to be paid to the ball plate 11 by the ball counting unit 60, according to a command from the control unit 50. The remaining number of pachinko balls after subtracting the number of pachinko balls is visually displayed on the outside. The ball holding display 80
It is configured by a 7-segment LED or the like so as to digitally display the number of pachinko balls that cannot be paid out to the ball tray 11.

As a method for displaying the remaining number of balls to be paid out when the bowl 11 is full on the dice display section 80, a method of immediately adding and displaying the remaining count and one by one There are two methods, one is to gradually add and display while counting up. For example, when the ball counting means 60 tries to pay out 250 pachinko balls to the ball tray 11, up to 183 have been paid out, but if the overflow detection unit 70 is activated at that time, the former method will result in remaining. Are displayed on the dice display section 80 as they are. On the other hand, in the latter method, when the number of pachinko balls in the bowl 11 decreases during the addition display, balls can be additionally supplied to the bowl 11, so that the ball is finally added to the ball holding display section 80. The number of balls played may be less than 67.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the front surface of the game machine section 40, a ball intake for inserting a pachinko ball into the game machine section 40 from a ball intake 13 provided in the bowl 11. A switch 43 and a taken-in ball number display section 82 for visually displaying the number of inserted pachinko balls to the outside are provided.

The taken-in ball display section 82 displays the number of balls thrown into the game machine section 40 to be used in the game in a visually observable manner every time the command is issued from the control section 50. It is connected to the control unit 50. In addition, the taken-in ball display section 82 is configured by a 7-segment LED or the like so as to digitally display the number of balls thrown into the game machine section 40.

The ball take-in switch 43 issues a command to insert the pachinko balls in the bowl 11 into the game machine section 40 via the control section 50 when the number of pachinko balls in the bowl 11 is more than a predetermined number. It is sent to the taken-in ball counting means 20 described later.
More specifically, if the ball take-in switch 43 is turned on when the number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 is a predetermined number or more, the shutter of the take-in ball counting means 20 to be described later based on a command from the control unit 50. The member 26 is set to open. In this case, the amount of balls in the bowl 11 is detected by a magnetic sensor (not shown) provided in the bowl 11.

Furthermore, when the number of balls for pachinko balls in the bowl 11 is insufficient and the number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section 80, the ball loading switch 43 is operated via the controller 50 to display the ball holding display section 80. It is also set to send a signal for subtraction display to and to send a signal for adding and displaying the subtracted number of balls to the incoming ball display portion 82. Adjacent to the ball intake switch 43, three buttons (“1”, “2”) that allow the player to arbitrarily select the number of balls to be used in the game from the balls inserted in the game machine section 40. , "3") is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game surface portion 41 includes
A screen portion 41a for displaying a large number of various patterns is provided. The screen portion 41a is changed by pressing the starting lever 42. The screen portion 41a can be stopped individually by the corresponding screen stop switches 45.

The game machine section 40 has a screen stop switch 45.
If the various patterns of the screen portion 41a stopped by the above-mentioned combinations become a predetermined combination on a certain number of hit lines according to a predetermined rule, the control unit 50 can win a prize according to a predetermined payout rate (game rule). It is set to command payout. The control unit 50 is set to output a prize signal according to a predetermined payout rate to the ball counting means 60. Further, below the game surface portion 41, the ball counting means 60
The number-of-prize display section 81 for digitally visually displaying the number of prizes paid out by the outside is provided.

Inside the ball intake port 13 of the ball tray 11, there is provided an intake ball counting means (four-series counter) 20 capable of quickly counting the pachinko balls inserted by the player into the game machine section 40. . The taken-in ball counting means 20 has a taken-in stage 21.
, An introduction path 22 whose start end is connected to the intake stage 21, alignment rails 23, 23 ... Which are arranged side by side in four rows inside the introduction path 22, and an end side of each alignment rail 23. Each of them is provided with a counting sensor 24 and a payout stage 25 connected to the end of the introduction path 22.

The exit of the intake stage 21 and the introduction path 22
A shutter member 26 that can be opened and closed is provided between the start end and the start end. The shutter member 26 is provided so as to be openable and closable by a rotary solenoid (not shown) that is a drive means, and plays a role of blocking the pachinko balls in the take-in stage 21 from flowing into the introduction path 22 when closed. is there.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ball lending machine section 3
A recording medium issuing unit 90 is provided below 0.
The recording medium issuing unit 90 controls the control unit 50 when the player presses the settlement switch 46 (shown in FIG. 3) to end the game.
The number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 added to the number of pachinko balls displayed in the ball holding display section 80 is recorded on a recording medium such as a card or a receipt,
The recording medium is paid out to the player. At this time, the number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 is set to be counted by the taken-in ball counting means 20.

Next, the operation will be described. When a player throws money into the ball lending machine section 30 corresponding to the game machine section 40, an amount signal corresponding to the inserted amount, that is, 1 in the ball lending machine section 30.
A monetary amount signal for instructing the payout of 25 coins is output to the control unit 50 when 00 yen is input, and a monetary amount signal for instructing the payout of 125 coins is output to the control unit 50 when the amount is 500 yen and 250 coins when the amount is 1000 yen.

When the amount signal from the identification means 31 of the ball lending machine unit 30 is input, the control unit 50 outputs a lending signal for issuing a predetermined number of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount signal.
It outputs to the ball counting means 60 and causes the ball counting means 60 to pay out a predetermined number of pachinko balls. The number of pachinko balls paid out by the ball counting means 60 based on the amount signal can be arbitrarily set by the control unit 50.

As shown in FIG. 1, an overflow detecting section 70 is arranged in the middle of the pipe member 5 connecting the ball counting means 60 and the prize payout outlet 12 of the bowl 11 and the ball lending machine section. 250, like when you put a 1000-yen bill in 30
In some cases, individual pachinko balls do not get on the bowl 11. In such a case, the pachinko balls paid out by the ball counting means 60 cannot fit into the ball tray 11 and are packed in the pipe member 5 on the side of the ball counting means 60 from the prize payout outlet 12.
The overflow detection unit 70 detects the jammed pachinko balls and sends a quantitative detection signal to the control unit 50. Thereby, the control unit 50 sends a stop signal to the ball counting means 60 to immediately stop the operation of the ball counting means 60.

When the operation of the ball counting means 60 is stopped, the ball counting means 60 causes the ball tray 1 to be operated by a command from the control section 50.
The remaining number of balls obtained by subtracting the number of pachinko balls paid out to the bowl 11 from the number of pachinko balls to be paid out per 1 is the dice display section 8
Digitally displayed at 0. Ball display section 80 with the remaining number of balls
There are two methods of displaying the remaining counts: a method of immediately adding and displaying the remaining count and a method of gradually adding and displaying while counting up by one count.

Specifically, the ball counting means 60 sets 250
When trying to pay out individual pachinko balls to the bowl 11,
I paid out up to three, but at that point the overflow detector 7
When 0 is activated, the former method causes the remaining 67 balls to be immediately displayed on the ball holding display section 80. Therefore, the player can instantly recognize how many remaining balls are not paid out to the bowl 11 in total.

On the other hand, in the latter method, when the number of pachinko balls in the bowl 11 decreases during addition display, balls can be additionally supplied to the bowl 11 so that the ball holding display section is finally displayed. The number of balls added to 80 may decrease with time, and eventually the number of balls added to the dice display unit 80 may be less than 67.

The pachinko balls supplied into the ball tray 11 enter into the intake stage 21 of the intake ball counting means 20 which is connected to the ball intake 13 and installed inside the game machine section 40. Shutter member 2 of incorporated ball counting means 20
Stopped by 6. When the player starts the game and turns on the ball take-in switch 43, a rotary solenoid (not shown) is activated and the shutter member 26
Opens, and the ball on the intake stage 21 is 4 in the introduction path 22.
The number of pachinko balls that flowed to the series of alignment rails 23 and flowed by the counting sensor 24 attached to the tip of each alignment rail 23 is counted, and the signal is digitally displayed on the intake ball number display unit 82 via the control unit 50. . The pachinko balls counted by the taken-in ball counting means 20 are sent to the payout stage 25, and flowed through a deceleration damper or the like to a collecting gutter (dough).

After the appropriate number of balls is taken into the game machine section 40, when the ball take-in switch 43 is turned off, the rotary solenoid returns to its original state and the shutter member 26 is closed, and the flow of balls from the take-in stage 21 is stopped. It The player presses one of the three take-in ball selection switches 44. "1"
If you press, 5 shots, if you press “2”, 10 shots, and if you press “3”, 15 shots of pachinko balls are subtracted from the intake ball number display section 82 and the game is played. It becomes a state.

Depending on the number of pachinko balls selected, the game line is displayed on the game surface portion 41 according to a predetermined rule, and the line on which the game can be played can be known. The start lever 42 is operated to continuously change the design of the screen portion 41a, and then the screen stop switches 45 are operated one by one to stop the change of the design of the screen portion 41a. Is determined by the control unit 50, and the control unit 5
0 sends a prize signal to the ball counting means 60 to instruct the ball counting means 60 to pay out the number of prize balls matching the pattern, and the ball counting means 6
0 pays out a predetermined designated number of balls to the bowl 11 according to the prize signal from the control unit 50.

As a result, the pachinko balls for lending to the player by the ball lending unit 30 and the pachinko balls as prizes based on a predetermined rule can be counted and paid out by one ball counting means 60. It is not necessary to separately provide the ball lending machine section 30 and the game machine section 40 with a ball counting means 60 or a member for supplying pachinko balls.

When the number of balls to be taken in display 82 is 0 or less than the number of balls for one game, the game cannot be played.
The game can be continued by counting the number of pachinko balls in 1 and counting them by the taken-in ball counting means 20 and displaying them on the taken-in ball number display section 82.

The game ends when there are no pachinko balls in the ball tray 11. At this time, if the number of balls is displayed on the ball holding display section 80, the game can be continued. That is, when the number of pachinko balls in the ball tray 11 is insufficient and the number of balls is displayed in the ball holding indicator 80, when the ball intake switch 43 is turned on, the ball 11 is replenished with new balls. Without displaying, the display of the dice display section 80 is subtracted and displayed at a constant speed, and the subtracted amount is the number of taken-in balls display section 8
It is added to 2 and displayed.

As a result, when a player runs out of balls in the bowl 11, the player temporarily replenishes the bowl with new balls and does not throw the balls into the game machine section 40 again. Within the range of the number of balls displayed on the ball display section 80, the number of balls displayed on the ball holding display section 80 is directly transferred to the incoming ball display section 82 without actually moving the balls, and the game is continued. can do. Therefore, the flow of extra pachinko balls can be suppressed as much as possible.

When prizes are paid out as the game continues,
When the next ball taking-in switch 43 is operated, the number of taken-in balls counted by the taken-in ball counting means 20 is added and displayed in the taken-in ball number display portion 82. As a method for determining the presence or absence of a ball in the bowl 11, a method of mounting a sensor in the bowl 11 and a method of operating a timer (not shown) without mounting the sensor and pressing the ball loading switch 43 for several seconds If the counting by the taken-in ball counting means 20 is not performed within this range, a method of automatically subtracting the display of the held ball display section 80 and additionally displaying it in the taken-in ball number display section 82 is considered. To be

When the player finishes the game, there may be a case where the number of balls held is reduced and the player moves to another base, or there is a case where the player wants to exchange the prize balls with a prize. First, a case will be described in which the number of balls held is reduced and it is desired to move to another table. In this case, when a ball box is placed under the ball payout outlet 14 under the ball dish 11 and the ball payout lever 15 is operated, the take-in stage 21 shown in FIG. The balls on the take-in stage 21 and the balls in the bowl 11 are transferred from the ball payout outlet 14 to the ball box.

Although the bowl 11 is empty, the ball holding display 80
When the display of the number of balls remains, the ball counting means 60 is operated until the display of the number of balls on the holding ball display unit 80 becomes zero due to the detection of the presence or absence of balls in the bowl 11 by the sensor provided in the bowl 11. All the pachinko balls can be transferred to the ball box by operating and sending the pachinko balls to the ball tray 11 and further introducing the pachinko balls to the ball payout outlet 14. With this ball box, the player can move to another table and restart the game.

On the other hand, when the player exchanges the accumulated balls for a prize, the settlement switch 46 below the game surface portion 41.
When is pressed, the shutter member 26 of the taken-in ball counting means 20 operates so as to open, the pachinko balls in the bowl 11 flow to the four alignment rails 23, and the flowed-down pachinko balls are counted by the counting sensor 2.
After being counted by 4, it enters the payout stage 25 and is flown to a collecting gutter (dough).

The number of balls counted here is the ball holding display section 80.
When the counting display is completed, the display number displayed in the taken-in ball number display section 82 is added to the internal ball number and displayed, and the display in the taken-in ball number display section 82 is cleared. Next, a signal is sent to the recording medium issuing unit 90 via the control unit 50, and based on the signal, the data of the total number of balls owned by the player at the end of the game and other necessary data are stored in a card, a receipt, or the like. It is recorded on a recording medium, and the recording medium is paid out to the player. The player takes the card or receipt to the prize exchange area and exchanges it for a prize. Thereby,
Players do not need to carry around pachinko balls.

[0056]

According to the game device of the present invention, in the game machine section, the control section outputs the lending signal based on the amount signal from the ball lending machine section and the control section also based on a predetermined rule. Receiving the prize signals to be output, it has a ball counting means for counting the number of pachinko balls corresponding to each signal and paying it out to the bowl for the player, so the payout of the pachinko balls is done by one ball counting means. As a result, the number of assembling steps can be reduced and the cost can be reduced, and the number of troubles such as ball clogging can be reduced, so that pachinko balls can be efficiently paid out, and the player can play the game smoothly. be able to.

Even if the number of balls in the ball tray is insufficient, if the number of balls is displayed in the ball holding display section, the ball loading switch is operated to move the balls without actually moving them. Since the number of balls displayed on the ball display can be transferred to the incoming ball display and the game can be continued, the flow of extra pachinko balls can be suppressed as much as possible, and the amount of movement of the balls used for the game can be reduced. It is possible to reduce the number of troubles such as ball clogging that occurs due to the movement of a large number of balls, and to play the game smoothly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a ball counting means (ball counter) incorporated in a game machine unit that constitutes a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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FIG. 5 is a plan view of the taken-in ball counting means (four-series counter) incorporated in the game machine unit that constitutes the game device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Game device 11 ... Ball plate 30 ... Ball lending machine section 31 ... Identification means 40 ... Game machine section 43 ... Ball loading switch 50 ... Control section 60 ... Ball counting means (ball counter) 70 ... Overflow detection section 80 ... Ball display unit 82 ... Imported ball display unit 90 ... Recording medium issuing unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball lending machine section for instructing payout of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money inserted by a player, a game machine section using pachinko balls as a game medium, and the ball lending machine section and the game machine section. A game device comprising a control unit for managing the game, an identification unit provided in the ball lending machine unit, for identifying the inserted amount and sending an amount signal corresponding to the amount to the control unit, Corresponding to each signal, which is provided in the machine section, receives the lending signal that the control section outputs based on the amount signal from the identifying means, and the prize signal that the control section also outputs based on a predetermined rule. A ball counting means for counting the number of pachinko balls to be paid out to a ball dish for a player, and detecting a state in which the pachinko balls paid out from the ball counting means are full in the game machine bowl. At that time, the quantitative detection signal is An overflow detecting section for stopping the payout of the pachinko balls by the ball counting means via the control section, and the ball counting means stopping the payout by the ball counting means each time the ball tray becomes full. Holding ball display section that displays the remaining number of balls, which is the number of balls actually delivered to the bowl, after subtracting the number of balls actually delivered to the bowl, immediately and visually on the outside based on a command from the control section. And, when the pachinko balls stored in the ball tray are thrown into the game machine unit for use in a game, the number of thrown balls is visually displayed in addition to the outside based on a command from the control unit. When the number of pachinko balls in the bowl is a predetermined number or more, a command for inserting the pachinko balls in the bowl into the game machine section is sent to the control section while the number of pachinko balls in the bowl is in the bowl. Not enough pachinko balls When the number of balls is displayed on the display unit, a signal for subtracting display is sent to the ball holding display unit through the control unit, and the number of balls subtracted from the ball holding display unit is used for the loaded ball. A game machine comprising: a ball take-in switch that sends a signal for additional display to the display unit.