JPH07114836B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine, and more specifically, it will be described in more detail. A game mode change means provided on a game board for changing a game mode, and the game mode change means. The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine provided with a starting area defined so that it can be changed.

[Conventional technology]

Recently, a game board of a pachinko game machine is provided with various game mode changing means. For example, as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-103665, a plurality of rotating drums are arranged side by side or digitally displayed. Devices arranged side by side, which actuate the variable winning ball device when these display predetermined identification information, and as shown in JP-A-58-143782, a specific device provided on the variable winning ball device. It has been proposed that a predetermined game is performed when a pachinko ball is won in the winning area.

These game mode changing means are set so that it can change by detecting that a pachinko ball has won or passed in the starting area provided on the game board.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, it is difficult to win or pass the pachinko ball to the starting area, and the player's taste cannot be sufficiently satisfied.
In addition, when the starting area is always easy to win, for example, when adjusting an obstacle nail or the like, or when it is guided by a fixedly provided guide member, the change in the game state is lacking and There was a risk of problems in management.

The object of the present invention is to enable the pachinko ball to be guided in the direction of the starting area and not to be guided by a fixed guide member or the like. It is intended to provide a new pachinko gaming machine which has no problem in ball management and can sufficiently satisfy a player's taste.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is provided on a game board and has a game mode changing means for changing a game mode, a starting area defined so that the game mode changing means can be changed, Based on the drop path changing means provided on the game board and changing the drop path of the falling pachinko ball, and the game state becoming a predetermined game state, the drop path changing means is operated, It is characterized in that the pachinko ball is guided toward the starting area.

[Action]

According to the present invention, the fall path of the pachinko ball that falls from the game board is changed by the fall path changing means that operates based on the game state becoming a predetermined game state, and the fall When the path changing means is activated, the pachinko ball is guided toward the starting area, and the chances of winning or passing through the starting area are increased compared to when the falling path changing means is not operating, and the game mode changing means is operated to change. The number of times of playing is increased, and the taste of the player can be improved.

〔Example〕

An outline of one embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

1, 2 and 3 respectively show an outline of a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. The pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a front frame 2, a metal frame 3 and a glass. It has a door frame 4, and a game board 5 is arranged on the back side of the glass door frame 4. A front plate 6 is attached below the glass door frame 4 so as to be openable and closable, and a hitting ball supply tray 7 and a stop button 9 for a variable display member 22 described later are attached to the front side of the front plate 6. A speaker 8 is incorporated in the hit ball supply tray 7.

A surplus ball tray 11 is provided at the center of the lower part of the front frame 2,
When the prize payout opening 10 behind the hitting ball supply tray 7 is filled with the prize hit balls, the surplus ball payout opening 12 guides the prize hit balls to the surplus ball receiving tray 11. An operation handle 14 is provided on the lower right side of the front frame 2, and a rotation of the operation handle 14 activates a hitting ball firing mechanism (not shown) including a hitting motor and a hitting rod.

The game board 5 is provided with a hitting ball guide rail 18 and a game area forming rail 19 provided in association with the hitting ball launching mechanism, and the game area 5a of the game board 5 surrounded by the game area forming rail 19 is abbreviated. A variable display member 22 as a game mode changing means 21 for changing the game mode is arranged at the central position. This variable display member 22 comprises three rotating drums 23, 2 in this embodiment.
Although shown as the mechanical variable display member 22 in which 4,25 are rotatably arranged, an electrically variable display member using a digital display such as a segment display can also be used.

A digital display 27 is provided above the variable display member 22 so that the number of times the opening / closing plate 42 is opened in a big hit state described later can be displayed. A starting area 29 is provided below the variable display member 22 and is formed as a starting winning area in the present embodiment, but may be a starting passing area for detecting that a pachinko ball simply passes. A start detector 31 for detecting that the player has won the start area 29 is provided on the back side of the game board 5.

A variable winning ball device 41 is provided at an appropriate position on the game board 5, and the variable winning ball device 41 is formed by having an opening / closing plate 42 that can be opened and closed. In this embodiment, it is separate from the variable display member 22. However, it is also possible to use one integrally formed. Further, although the opening / closing plate 42 is configured such that the upper part thereof is opened forward, it may be formed so as to move laterally or to rotate the pair of movable wing pieces.

A pair of starting areas 45, 46 are provided on both sides of the opening / closing plate 42, and the winning balls winning in the starting areas 45, 46 are the start detectors 4
They are detected by 8,49 respectively. A digital display 51 as a ten-count display is provided below the opening / closing plate 42, and when the opening / closing plate 42 is open, the winning opening 42a is formed.
It is designed to show the number of winning balls. The code
33 is an out ball entrance. A V-pocket winning port 35 is formed at the winning port 42a. In this embodiment, in a so-called big hit state in which the variable display member 22 displays predetermined identification information and the opening / closing plate 42 is opened, it is possible that the opening / closing plate 42 causes the pachinko ball to win the V pocket winning opening 35. It is a condition for opening and closing the opening and closing plate 42 again after closing after a certain period of time.

Then, the game board 5 is provided with drop path changing means 52, 53, and the drop path changing means 52, 53 are operated based on the fact that the game state has become a predetermined game state. This is different from the obstacle members such as the obstacle nail 55 and the windmill 56 which are fixedly provided on the No. 5.

In this embodiment, the fall path changing means 52, 53 are shown to be formed of tulip as a winning ball device each having a pair of movable blades 52a, 52b; 53a, 53b as movable members. The movable member is a pair of movable blades 52a, 52
It is not limited to b; 53a and 53b, and any one can be used as long as it can freely move in and out of the falling path. In this embodiment, the movable blades 52a, 52b; 53a, 53b are configured to be movable by the weight of the pachinko ball, but they may be configured to be movable by an electric driving means using a solenoid or the like. It is a thing.

In the structure of the first embodiment, the game state becomes a predetermined game state, that is, in the present embodiment, the pair of movable blades 52a, 52b; 5 as the drop path changing means 52, 53.
In the state where 3a, 53b are in the parallel upright state, a pair of movable blades 52a, 52b as the drop path changing means 52, 53 by winning a pachinko ball between the pair of movable blades 52a, 52b or 53a, 53b; 53a and 53b are tilted in the shape of an inverted figure by the weight of the pachinko ball, and the tips of the movable blades 52b and 53a change the drop path of the pachinko ball, as shown in FIG. Thus, the pachinko ball can be guided toward the starting regions 45 and 46. In this embodiment, the guide blades are guided in the directions of the starting areas 45, 46, but on the contrary, in the normal state, the movable blades 52a, 52b, 53a, 53b are provided in the falling path which is easily made to enter the starting areas 29, 45, 46. It is also possible to project the tip of such as to act as an obstacle member.

When the pachinko ball guided to the starting area 29 or the movable blades 52b and 53a as the fall path changing means 52 and 53 wins the starting areas 45 and 46, the winning ball is detected by the start detector 3
The rotary drums 23, 24, 25 of the variable display member 22 as the game mode changing means 21 are rotated and detected by 1, 48, 49 respectively, and the stop button 9 is pressed, or after 5 seconds, the rotary drum 2
The rotation of 3,24,25 stops and the rotating drum 23,24,2 at this time
5 is predetermined identification information set in advance, for example, “7”,
When "7" and "7" are displayed, the opening / closing plate 42 of the variable winning ball device 41 is opened for 30 seconds or until 10 pachinko balls are won in the winning opening 42a. This open / close plate
By opening a pachinko ball into the V-pocket winning hole 35 during the opening of 42, the open / close plate 42 repeats the open state up to 10 times.

FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 respectively show the outline of the second embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, and the portions corresponding to those of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals. The detailed description will be omitted here.

In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the second embodiment, a variable winning ball device 61 as a game mode changing means 21 for changing the game mode is arranged at a substantially central position of the game area 5a of the game board 5. This variable winning ball device 61 is provided with a pair of movable wing pieces 62a, 62b in the second embodiment, and the pair of movable wing pieces 62a, 62b shields the prize space 63 at normal times and holds it in a closed state. It is done like this.

A specific winning area 65 is formed at the center of the lower part of the winning space 63, and a pair of normal winning areas 66, 67 are formed on the left and right sides of the specific winning area 65.

Starting regions 45 and 46 are formed at appropriate positions on the game board 5, which are left and right positions below the variable winning ball device 61 in the present embodiment,
The pachinko balls that win the start areas 45 and 46 are the start detectors 4
Detected at 8,49. In this embodiment also, the starting area 4
Although 5,46 are formed as the starting winning area, they can be formed as the starting passing area.

And, like the first embodiment, the game board 5 is provided with a drop path changing means 52, and the drop path changing means 52 is from a tulip as a winning ball device having a pair of movable blades 52a, 52b as movable members. Has been formed. In this embodiment as well, the movable member is not limited to the movable blades 52a and 52b which are integrated, and any member can be used as long as it can freely move in and out of the drop path.

In the configuration of the second embodiment, since the game state becomes a predetermined game state, that is, in the present embodiment, the pair of movable blades 52a, 52b as the drop path changing means 52 are in the parallel standing state. In the state, a pair of movable blades 52a, 52
When the pachinko ball wins between b, the pair of movable blades 52a, 52b as the fall path changing means tilts in an inverted eight shape due to the weight of the pachinko ball, and as shown in FIG. The tip of 52b is adapted to change the path of the pachinko ball, and the change of the path allows the pachinko ball to be guided toward the starting regions 45 and 46 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. .

By the movable blades 52a, 52b as the falling path changing means 52,
When the guided pachinko ball wins the starting areas 45, 46, the winning balls are detected by the starting detectors 48, 49, respectively, and the pair of movable wing pieces 62 of the variable winning ball device 61 as the game mode changing means 21.
The a and 62b rotate once or twice to open the winning space 63, and in this open state, the pachinko ball is the normal winning area 66 and 67.
If you win, it will be processed as a normal winning ball,
When the specific winning area 65 is won, the variable winning ball device
As an example, the pair of movable wing pieces 62a and 62b of 61 are opened and closed 18 times or until 10 pachinko balls are won in the variable winning ball device 61. And this movable wing piece 62a, 62b
When the pachinko ball wins again in the specific winning area 65 in the open / closed state, the pair of movable wing pieces 62 again from the time of the winning.
a, 62b 18 times, or a variable winning ball device 61 with 1 pachinko ball
It is designed to repeat opening and closing until 0 prizes are won. This repetition is allowed up to 8 times.

FIG. 7 shows the outline of a third embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the front main part showing the operating state of the drop path changing means 52. . The pachinko gaming machine according to the third embodiment is provided with a winning ball device 70 provided on a game board and two starting areas 45, 46, and a game mode changing means is provided below the winning ball device 70. A variable winning ball device 72 as 21 is integrally arranged on a mounting substrate 74 of the winning ball device 70. Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the structure and operation of the pachinko gaming machine in the third embodiment will be described.

The winning ball device 70 includes a ball distributing member 76 provided at the center of the front surface of a mounting board 74 attached to the game board surface, and a specific winning port 78 is formed at the center of the upper side of the ball distributing member 76. .
As shown in FIG. 7, the pachinko ball dropped from the diagonally upper side of the winning ball device 70 and jumping into the specific winning port 78 is a ball distributing member 76.
And is dropped into the right winning hole 80 or the normal winning hole 82 formed in the mounting substrate 74.

When a pachinko ball is dropped into the right winning hole 80 and is detected, the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine shown in FIG. 7 becomes a so-called right generation state. In the right generation state, the starting area 45,46
The start detectors 48, 49 for detecting the winning or passage of a pachinko ball to or from are activated, and in response to the outputs of the start detectors 48, 49, the movable pieces 84a, 84b are shown by the solid lines in FIG. It will be in the open state. In this state, the pachinko ball falling from above is received by the movable pieces 84a and 84b, and can easily win the variable winning area 86. When the number of winning pachinko balls to the variable winning area 86 reaches 10,
Or, 10 seconds after the movable pieces 84a, 84b are opened, the movable pieces 84a, 84b are opened as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 7, and the pachinko ball cannot be won in the variable winning area 86. Becomes At this time, if the right is still generated, the movable pieces 84a and 84b are further opened in response to winning or passing of the pachinko ball to the starting area 45 or 46. This open state can be repeated up to 8 times.

In the right generation state, when a pachinko ball wins the specific winning opening 78 and is guided by the ball distribution member 76 and drops into the right winning hole 80 again, the right generated thereby disappears. When the pachinko ball that has won the specific winning opening 78 is guided to the normal winning hole 82 by the ball distribution member 76, only the winning process is performed regardless of the generation and disappearance of the right.

The ball distributing member 76 is a front disk-shaped member, and is, for example, always rotating clockwise, and has three ball receiving portions 88a, 88b and 90.
Is provided. When a ball-receiving part that has come down to the specific winning opening 78 is a ball-receiving part 90 of these three ball-receiving parts when the pachinko-ball enters the specific winning port 78, the pachinko ball is transferred to the right-winning hole 80. Be guided. On the other hand, the other two ball receiving portions 88a, 88
When the pachinko ball is received in b, the received pachinko ball is normally guided to the winning hole 82.

Reference numeral 91 denotes a right winning hole winning ball passage provided corresponding to the back side of the right winning hole 80, and a right generation detector 92 is provided in the middle of the right winning hole winning ball passage 91. In addition, the right winning hole winning ball passage 91 is connected to the back side of the falling path changing means 52, and the falling path changing means 52 is activated by the pachinko ball winning the right winning hole 80. Incidentally, 48,4
Reference numeral 9 is a starting detector provided corresponding to each of the starting areas 45 and 46, and 94 is a winning ball detector for detecting a winning ball in the variable winning area 86 of the winning ball device 70.

In the configuration of the third embodiment, because the game state has become a predetermined game state, that is, in the present embodiment, the pair of movable blades 52a, 52b of the drop path changing means 52 are the same as those of the first embodiment. When the pachinko ball wins the right winning hole 80 in the state of the parallel standing state as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 5 of the second embodiment, or the pair of movable blades 52a, 52.
When a pachinko ball wins between b, the pair of movable blades 52a, 52b of the drop path changing means 52 tilt in an inverted eight shape due to the weight of the pachinko ball, and as shown in FIG.
The tips of the balls 52a, 52b are adapted to change the falling path of the pachinko ball, and due to the change of the falling path, the pachinko ball is started in the starting regions 45, 46 as in the first and second embodiments described above.
It is designed so that it can be guided in the direction. In the present embodiment, as described above, since 45 and 46 are configured to function as the starting area only in the right generation state, the fall path changing means 52 only when the pachinko ball wins the right winning hole 80. Can also be configured to operate. Further, in this embodiment, in addition to the pachinko ball winning between the pair of movable blades 52a, 52b of the drop path changing means 52, the pachinko ball winning in the right winning hole 80, that is, the fall path due to the right generation. Since the changing means 52 is operated to guide the pachinko ball toward the starting regions 45, 46, the variable winning ball device 72 can be efficiently opened in the right generation state.

Fall path changing means in the first to third embodiments
Although a pair of movable blades 52a, 52b, 53a, 53b, which are so-called tulips, are used as the 52, 53, the movable member is not limited to the pair of movable blades, and can freely appear and disappear in the fall path. As described above, it suffices if it is.

Next, with reference to FIG. 8, the structure and operation of the embodiment using another structure as the movable member will be described.

In FIG. 8, a variable winning ball device 100 as a game mode changing means 21 is provided at a central portion of a front surface of a mounting substrate 102 mounted on a game board surface, and an opening / closing plate 104 which can be opened and closed in front of the game board.
The opening / closing plate 104 is provided with shielding plates 52c and 52d integrally with the opening / closing plate 104, respectively. In addition, a starting area 45 is disposed below the variable winning ball device 100, and the start detector 48 detects the winning or passage of a pachinko ball to the starting area 45.

The open / close plate 104 of the variable winning ball device 100 is changed from the closed state shown by the solid line in FIG. 8 to the opened state shown by the one-dot chain line in response to the output of the start detector 48. In this state, the pachinko ball falling from above is received by the opening / closing plate 104 and can easily win the variable winning area 106. The pachinko balls that have won in the variable winning area 106 are detected by a winning ball detector 94 similar to that shown in FIG. 7 although not shown in FIG. When the number of winning pachinko balls to the variable winning area 106 reaches 10, or 30 seconds after the opening / closing plate 104 is opened, the opening / closing plate 104 is closed as shown by the solid line in FIG. Therefore, it is impossible to win a pachinko ball to the variable winning area 106.

By the way, when the opening / closing plate 104 is in the closed state shown by the solid line in FIG. 8, the lower ends 52c ', 52d' of the shield plates 52c, 52d and the obstacle nails 55a, 55 are.
The distance from b is selected to be equal to or larger than one pachinko ball that can pass, and the pachinko ball falling from above as shown by the solid arrow A is between the lower end 52c 'of the shielding plate and the obstacle nail 55a. , Or between the lower end portion 52d 'of the shield plate and the obstacle nail 55b, and winning or passing through the starting area 45 is possible. However, when the opening / closing plate 104 is in the open state shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG.
Since the intervals between the pachinko balls and the obstacle nails 55a, 55b are set such that the pachinko balls cannot pass through, the pachinko balls falling from above collide with the shield plates 52c, 52d and the dashed-dotted line arrow B
As shown by, the fall path changes, and winning or passing through the starting area 45 becomes impossible.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the pachinko ball is not allowed to win in the starting area 45 when the opening / closing plate 104 is opened.
Installed in the direction indicated by, and when the opening / closing plate opens, the starting area
It may be configured to facilitate winning or passing of a pachinko ball to 45. Further, in the first to third embodiments, the pair of movable blades 52 as the fall path changing means 52, 53.
When a, 52b, 53a, 53b tilts in the shape of an inverted figure, the pachinko ball is guided toward the starting area, making it easier to win or pass through the starting area. By changing the arrangement of the obstacle nail, the starting area, or the fall path changing means, it is possible to easily win or pass through the starting area when the pair of movable blades are in the parallel standing state.

〔The invention's effect〕

The above is the configuration of one embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. According to such a configuration, a pachinko ball that guides a pachinko ball toward a starting area that changes the game mode changing means provided on the game board. Since the drop path changing means for the ball is provided and the drop path changing means is operated based on the fact that the game state has reached the predetermined game state, when the predetermined game state is obtained. The pachinko ball is guided toward the starting area, and the number of winnings or passing of the pachinko ball to the starting area increases. Since there is still a change in the gaming state, it is possible to obtain a pachinko gaming machine that can significantly improve the player's taste and can be sufficiently satisfied.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 3 show a first pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a front view and FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an embodiment.
FIG. 3 and FIG. 3 are front views of the dropping path changing means before and after the operation, and FIGS. 4 to 6 are schematic views of a second embodiment of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is a front view, FIGS. 5 and 6 are front views before and after the operation of the drop path changing means, FIG. 7 is a front view showing an outline of a third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a book. It is a front view which shows the modification of the movable member of invention. In the figure, 1 ... pachinko gaming machine, 21 ... game mode changing means, 22 ... variable display member, 23, 24, 25 ... rotating drum, 29
...... Starting area, 31 ...... Starting detector, 35 ...... V pocket winning opening, 41 ...... Variable winning ball device, 42 ...... Opening and closing plate, 42a ......
Winning hole, 45,46 …… Starting area, 48,49 …… Starting detector, 5
2,53 …… Falling path changing means, 52a, 52b, 53a, 53b …… Movable blades, 52c, 52d …… Shielding plates, 55a, 55b …… Failure nails, 61 ……
Variable winning ball device, 62a, 62b ... movable wings, 63 ... winning space, 65 ... specific winning area, 66, 67 ... normal winning area, 70
…… Winning ball device, 72,100 …… Variable winning ball device, 74,102…
… Mounting board, 76 …… Spherical distribution member, 78 …… Specific winning port, 80
…… Right winning hole, 82 …… Normal winning hole, 84a, 84b …… Movable piece, 86,106 …… Variable winning area, 88a, 88b, 90 …… Ball receiving part,
91 …… Right winning hole Winning ball passage, 92 …… Right occurrence detector,
94 …… Winning ball detector, 104 …… Open / close plate.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A game mode changing means provided on a game board for changing a game mode, a starting area defined so that the game mode changing means can be changed, and a starting area provided on the game board and falling. Based on the fall path changing means for changing the fall path of the pachinko ball and the game state being in a predetermined game state, the fall path changing means is operated,
A pachinko gaming machine characterized in that the probability of passage of the pachinko ball to the starting area is changed. 2. The game mode changing means includes a variable display member, and the pachinko gaming machine has a starting area passing ball detecting means for detecting a passing ball passing through the starting area, and the starting area passing ball detecting means. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising variable display control means for variably displaying the variable display member in response to an output. 3. The game mode changing means is provided with a specific winning area and a normal winning area, and is a variable winning ball which is changeable between a first state advantageous to the player and a second state disadvantageous to the player. A pachinko gaming machine, the pachinko gaming machine, in response to an output of the starting area passing ball detecting means for detecting a passing ball passing through the starting area, and the starting area passing ball detecting means, The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising drive means for driving to a state of 1. 4. The drop path changing means comprises a movable member provided on the drop path, and the movable member is movable by the weight of a pachinko ball. The pachinko gaming machine according to any one of items 1, 2 and 3. 5. The drop path changing means comprises a movable member provided in the drop path, and the movable member is movable by an electric drive means. The pachinko gaming machine according to any one of items 2, 3, and 4.