JPH08308992A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a pachinko machine being equipped with a constitution by which the interest of a variable prize device can be improved by providing various profit results when a game ball enters a closed operation area. CONSTITUTION: In a closed operation area 13 of a variable prize device 10, a special passing port which generates a profittable content to a player, being different from a big prize operation, accompanying the running in of a game ball is formed separating from a specified passing port. Therefore, the game ball which enters the closed operation area receives profits or disadvantage corresponding with either one of a normal passing port, specified passing port or special passing port, and the profit configuration can be multiplied.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A normal passage opening and a specific passage opening are provided in a closing operation area in which a ball can be flown in only from a winning ball entrance controlled by opening and closing blade pieces, and the opening and closing blade pieces are in an open position and a shielding position. Various types of pachinko machines (so-called two-class pachinko machines) equipped with a variable winning device having an opening / closing drive device for converting into and have been proposed. In this variation winning device, when a ball flows into the starting port provided on the game board surface, the opening / closing drive device is driven to convert the opening / closing wing piece to the open position, and the ball flows into the specific passage port. Then, the opening / closing drive device causes a reciprocating opening operation of the opening / closing wing piece or a big hit operation of opening operation for a predetermined time, thereby providing a predetermined benefit to the player.

[0003]

In a pachinko machine equipped with the above-described variable winning device, when a ball enters the closing operation area, the ball enters only one of the normal passage port and the specific passage port, and the specific passage port. When it enters, it becomes a big hit operation, and a predetermined profit is given to the player, but when it enters the normal passage opening, it is processed as a simple winning ball, and the difference is large. Therefore, the operation mode becomes an alternative,
In addition to being monotonous, the content of profit given in the case of a big hit is large, so in order to maintain the balance of the number of prize balls, it has to be relatively difficult to enter the specific passage, For the player, it will be uninteresting.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine having a structure in which the profit result is diversified when a ball enters the closed operation area and the interest of the variable winning device is improved. To do.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in addition to the specific passage opening, in the closing operation area of the variable winning apparatus, contents which are beneficial to the player different from the big hit operation due to the ball inflow are generated. It is characterized in that a special passage opening is provided. Incidentally, the state in which the contents that are profitable to the player are generated is hereinafter referred to as a special operation state.

[0006]

With the above-described structure, the balls that enter the closing operation area enter the normal passage opening, the specific passage opening, or the special passage opening. For this reason, even when a ball enters the special passage opening, a profitable content for the player, which is different from the big hit, is generated, so that the profit result is diversified and the operation is varied.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1, and a ball tray and a rotary handle for firing balls are provided at a lower portion of the machine frame 2 not shown. Further, a variable winning device 10 according to the present invention is arranged at the center of the board surface of the game board 3.

On the other hand, below the variable winning device 10, a winning case 4 having starting ports 5, 5, 6 is arranged. The start ports 5 and 5 on both sides drive the opening / closing drive device 18 (see FIGS. 3 and 4), which is composed of solenoids of the opening / closing blades 16 and 16 described later, once with the inflow of the balls, and the center start ports 6
Drives the opening / closing drive 18 twice with the inflow of the balls. Further, an opening / closing wing piece 7 is provided at the starting opening 6, and the opening thereof is converted into a state in which balls can easily enter. In addition, the game board 3 is provided with various winning holes. A general winning opening is also provided at the top of the variable winning device 10.

Next, the variable winning device 10 will be described.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a winning case, in which a deep rectangular closing operation area 13 surrounded by side walls 12 and 12 and a peripheral wall such as a bottom retaining portion 22 is disposed in the center thereof.
On the closing operation area 13, there are provided prize winning ball entrances 15 which are inclined guides on the ceiling piece 14, and on both sides of the prize winning ball entrance 15 there are a shield position (a chain line position in FIG. 2) standing upright by a shaft 17 and an outward direction. Opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 pivotally supported in a tilted open position (solid line position in FIG. 2) are disposed. The open / close wing pieces 16, 16 are conversion-controlled to the above-described two positions by an open / close drive device 18 including a solenoid provided on the back of the winning case 11.

A liquid crystal display device, a 7-segment display device having a single or a plurality of display portions, and a determination symbol display device 19 including a dot matrix LED are arranged on the winning ball entrance 15. This judgment pattern display 19
With the start of the big hit operation, the symbols are changed and stopped to display one of the symbols, and the number of consecutive big hits and the maximum number of winning balls in each big hit are determined depending on the contents of the symbols.
Also, during the big hit, the number of consecutive times is displayed.

Further, at the bottom of the winning case 10, a normal symbol display 50 for displaying two symbols is arranged.
This normal symbol display 50 starts to fluctuate when balls enter the normal symbol starting gates 51, 51 located on both sides of the variable winning device 10, and becomes a predetermined number combination such as "7.7". The opening / closing wing pieces 7, 7 are driven to open so that the balls easily flow into the starting opening 6.

On both sides of the board portion of the winning case 11,
Side passages 20, 20 communicating with the winning ball entrance 15 are provided, and an opening 20a (see FIGS. 2 and 3) serving as an outlet of the side passages 20, 20 faces a bottom retention portion 22 of the closing operation area 13. No Therefore, the balls flowing into the winning ball entrance 15 will be guided to the bottom retention portion 22 by the side passages 20, 20.

On the other hand, a mounting case 23 is fixed to the back of the winning case 11. As shown in FIG. 3, the closing operation area 13 is formed deep inside the mounting case 23, and the bottom transfer portion 22 is located substantially along the lower tangential direction in the inside of the mounting case 23. The body 25 is supported by the shaft 26 in the left-right direction. Five permanent magnets 27 are incorporated inside the peripheral surface of the transfer body 25. That is, the width of the transfer body 25 is equivalent to 5 times the diameter of the ball, and two and three magnets 27 are arranged in rows at positions where the opening / closing drive device is 180 degrees out of phase. The magnet 27 can attract the balls flowing in the direction.

In the bottom retaining portion 22, there is formed a ball winning hole 28 which communicates with a ball outflow gutter which produces prize balls.
The ball winning hole 28 is shielded by a lower movable stopper 30.

An upper shelf 31 is formed inside the closing operation area 13 substantially along the upper tangential direction of the transfer body 25, and a distribution table 36 is formed further inside the upper shelf 31. A horizontal groove-shaped normal passage port 32 is formed between the table 31 and the distribution table portion 36. The normal passage port 32 communicates with a ball outflow gutter that generates a prize ball. In addition, the distribution stand section 3
A distribution gutter 33 (movable guide member) which moves across the normal passage port 32 and moves in the left-right direction is disposed on the 6 and a specific passage port 34 for causing a ball flowing into the distribution gutter 33 to generate a big hit operation. , A special passage opening 35 that causes a special operation,
Distribute to any of 35.

That is, the distribution gutter 33 has a passage hole 33a formed in the lower surface thereof, and a specific passage opening 34 is provided at the center of the distribution table portion 36, and special passage openings 35, 35 are provided on the left and right sides thereof. Is opened, and the distribution gutter 33
While supporting the balls that have flowed into the passage holes 33a with the distribution table portion 36 in accordance with the reciprocating movement in the left-right direction shown by the arrow in FIG.
The specific passage port 34 or the special passage ports 35, 35 is guided. The specific passage port 34 and the special passage ports 35, 35 are equipped with sensors, respectively. Then, the ball passing detection causes a big hit operation and a special operation according to the main part of the present invention, which will be described later. Further, the balls that have passed through the respective regions 34, 35, 35 flow down to the back surface side of the game board via the normal passage port 32 below the balls.

Further, behind the transfer body 25, an upper movable stopper 38 is supported by a shaft 37 on the ceiling surface of the mounting case 23, and the hanging state of the upper stopper 38 is used as a blocking state to prevent backward movement of the balls, as shown in FIG. As described above, the ball waiting area s is formed on the upper portion of the transfer body 25 so that only one row of five balls can be retained in the left-right direction.

Next, each drive mechanism will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, the transfer body 25 is always rotated clockwise as indicated by the arrow by applying the driving force of the drive motor 40 through the gear train 41. This rotation speed is, as will be described later,
It can be converted into a low speed rotation and a high speed rotation in response to 16 opening / closing operations, a big hit operation and the like.

The lower movable stopper 30 is driven by
As shown in FIG. 3, the lower movable stopper 30 is fixed to the end of the rod of the solenoid 43 fixed to the bottom surface of the mounting case 23, and the ball 43 is driven by the solenoid 43.
It is controlled by converting 8 into the open position and the closed position (FIG. 3).

The movement of the sorting gutter 33 in the width direction is shown in FIG.
As shown by 8, the drive shaft of the drive motor 44 fixed to the rear surface of the mounting case 23 is eccentric to the drive shaft and the rotating shaft 4 is provided.
6 is provided to move the rotating shaft 46 in one direction around the drive shaft, and the rotating shaft 46 is formed in the central portion of a slide plate 47 that is movable in the left-right direction along the guide shafts 45, 45 The vertical shaft 48 is inserted into the vertical hole 48,
Is converted into the movement of the slide plate 47 in the width direction. Then, when the sorting gutter 33 is positioned at the center by the photo sensor 49, the drive motor 44 is stopped. That is, the photo sensor 4
By detecting the detection part formed on the slide plate 47 by 9 and setting the distribution gutter 33 to be located at the center at the time of the detection, the central position stop control of the distribution gutter 33 is enabled.

The upper movable stopper 38 connects the tip of a rod of a solenoid 50 fixed on the top plate of the mounting case 23 to a linking shaft 51 which is slightly eccentric from the shaft 37, and moves forward and backward to center the shaft 37. By tilting the upper movable stopper 38, the vertical position (shielding position) in FIG. 3 is converted to the open position moved in the direction of the arrow in FIG. Then, in the vertical position, as described above, the transfer body 25
A ball waiting area s in which five balls can stay is formed in the upper part of.

The operation of this structure will be described.

In the normal state, the lower movable stopper 30 and the upper movable stopper 38 are in the third position, which is the open position, and the transporting body 25 rotates at a low speed to cause the front portion of the transporting body 25 to rotate upward, causing clockwise rotation. Further, the distribution gutter 33 is reciprocally moved in the width direction by the drive of the drive motor 44.

Then, the starting opening 5, provided on the game board surface 3,
When the ball hits any one of 5 and 6, the opening / closing drive device 18 is converted to the open position once or twice for about 0.3 seconds. Then, when the next beating ball is guided by the opening / closing blades 16, 16 and flows in from the winning ball entrance 15, the bypasses 20, 20
The ball is detected by the 10-count switch via the, and accordingly, the solenoid 43 is driven to move the lower movable stopper 30 to the first position where it blocks the ball winning hole 28, and the ball moves to the bottom of the closing operation area 13. It is guided on the lower movable stopper 30 of the retaining portion 22. At this time, the transfer body 25 rotates at a high speed, and when the magnet 27 coincides with the ball position, the ball x is attracted to the outer peripheral surface of the transfer body 25 by the permanent magnet 27 and transferred upward with the rotation. It

At this time, the upper movable stopper 38 is in the open position and further rolls rearward to enter either the normal passage port 32 or the reciprocating distribution gutter 33.
When the balls flow into the distribution gutter 33, the balls are distributed to either the specific passage opening 34 or the special passage openings 35, 35 by the left and right reciprocating movement of the balls. Then, the specific passage port 34
When a ball hits, it hits big and the big hit operation is started as follows. In addition, when balls enter the special passage openings 35, 35, as will be described later, contents other than the big hit operation associated with the specific passage opening 34, which are beneficial to the player, are generated.

When it becomes a big hit, first, the determination symbol display device 19
One of the symbols is displayed on, and depending on the content of the symbol,
The number of consecutive big hit operations and the maximum number of winning balls during each big hit operation are selected.

That is, the opening / closing drive device 18 causes the opening / closing blades 16, 16 to perform a reciprocating opening operation. (It may be opened for a predetermined time.) During this big hit, the lower movable stopper 30 is maintained at the shielded position, and the solenoid 50 is driven to move the upper movable stopper 38 to the shielded position hanging from the ceiling. The second position is reached, and the rotational speed of the transfer body 25 is low. At this time, the distribution gutter 3
3 stops in the central position.

The balls x flowing in during the opening / closing operation are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, it temporarily stands by on the lower movable stopper 30, is attracted by the magnet 27 as the transfer body 25 rotates, and is prevented from rolling backward by the upper movable stopper 38, and is moved to the ball standby area s. Stay. Further, this operation is repeated with the inflow of the ball x, and the ball waiting area s has a maximum of 5
Individual balls will stay. Then, the ball transferred on the surface of the cylindrical transfer body 25 subsequently loses its place because the ball waiting area s has already been occupied by another ball x, falls, returns to the lower movable stopper 30, and returns again. It is adsorbed on the peripheral surface of the transfer body 25 and rises again. That is, as described above, until the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing blades 16, 16 is completed, the transfer body 2
On the front surface of No. 5, a variety of movements such as rising and falling of the ball x will be repeated.

When the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing blades 16, 16 is completed, the rotation of the transfer body 25 is stopped, and at the same time, the lower movable stopper 30 is retracted, the ball winning hole 28 is opened, and the upper movable stopper 38 is opened. Also tilts rearward to the open position (third position). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the balls retained on the lower movable stopper 30 all flow down the ball winning hole 28 at the same time, and a maximum of five balls waiting in the ball waiting area s move backward all at once. Moving. Then, it will flow into the distribution gutter 33 stopped at the center or fall into the normal passage port 32. At this time, the balls are almost lined up and roll backward, so that the catching rate on the distribution gutter 33 is improved.

When a ball flows into the distribution gutter 33, the distribution gutter 33 is stopped at the center at this time, so that the ball flows into only the specific passage port 34 and the big hit operation occurs again. The continuous operation of this big hit is determined by the display symbol of the determination symbol display device 19 displayed for the first time as described later.

The special passage openings 35 and 3 during the big hit
In order to avoid the inflow of balls to the 5 side, the distribution gutter 33 is stopped at the center only during this big hit,
The sorting gutter 33 may be moved back and forth from side to side.
In this case, if the balls enter the special passage openings 35, 35 without entering the specific passage opening 34, the big hit is not updated,
The jackpot operation will end, but instead,
With the inflow of the special passage openings 35, 35, profitable contents will be provided to the player described later.

At the final opening / closing operation of the open / close blades 16, 16, the lower movable stopper 30 maintains its shielded state, but the transfer body 25 rotates at high speed, and each device returns to the normal operation. It will be.

Next, with the display pattern of the determination pattern display 19,
The relation between the maximum number of continuous operations of big hits and the maximum number of winning balls during each big hit operation is described.

When a ball flows into the specific passage opening 34, a big hit occurs, and the judgment symbol display device 19 is 10 symbols, and cyclically fluctuates in a predetermined order, and stops after about 2.1 seconds to 2.5 seconds. This symbol includes a "V" symbol, and when this hit symbol "V" is selected, the jackpot operation continues 15 times (16 times including the first jackpot). In addition, at the time of this big hit operation, whether the number of winning balls is counted 10 (the winning ball limit number),
Alternatively, when the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing blades 16, 16 is completed 18 times, the big hit operation is once ended and the next big hit operation is started.

On the other hand, in the case of other than the "V" symbol, the big hit operation is only twice including the first big hit, and the number of winning balls is counted at the time of the big hit operation (the maximum number of winning balls), or When the opening / closing blades 16, 16 have completed 18 times of opening / closing operation, the jackpot operation ends.

In this way, the number of consecutive big hits is determined by the symbol content of the judgment symbol display device 19, and the winning prize limit number in each big hit is changed to change the manner of providing profits. .

The manner in which profits are provided according to the symbol content of the determination symbol display device 19 includes a small winning symbol "X" (example) in addition to the winning symbol "V", and the winning symbol "V" is as described above. In the case of the small hit pattern "X", the big hit operation is continued 5 times, and the number of winning balls is counted 8 (the winning number limit), or the opening and closing blade pieces 16, 16 are 18 pieces. The opening / closing operation may be performed, and in the case of other symbols, it may be similar to the above.

These operation controls can be easily executed by a control device such as a central control device.

Next, in each of the above-mentioned configurations, the contents that are beneficial to the player due to the ball inflow, which is different from the specific passage port 34, accompanying the ball inflow into the special passage ports 35, 35 (special operation state ) Examples will be described.

First example: As described above, the starting ports 5, 5,
With the opening and closing of the opening and closing blades 16, 16 due to the inflow of balls to 6,
Normally, the distribution gutter 33 (movable guide member) reciprocates left and right, but when balls enter the special passage ports 35, 35, the distribution gutter 3 is opened in the next opening operation accompanying the ball inflow to the starting ports 5, 5, 6.
3 is fixed to the center position, and when the ball enters the distribution trough 33, the ball always flows down to the specific passage opening 34 so as to be a big hit. In addition, a separate symbol display is provided (ordinary symbol display 50
Alternatively, the determination symbol display device 19 may be used), and when the special flow openings 35, 35 flow into the symbol, the symbol is drawn, and the distribution gutter 33 may be fixed at the central position only when the predetermined symbol is obtained. Further, in this example, when a big hit occurs, the initial state may be restored.

Second example: Each time a ball enters the special passage openings 35, 35, the opening / closing drive device 18 is driven to open / close the opening / closing blade pieces 16,
16 opens and closes once or multiple times. That is, the special passage ports 35, 35 are made to have a function as a starting gate for the opening / closing blades 16, 16.

Third example: When balls enter the special passage openings 35, 35, the hit probability of the ordinary symbol display 50 for opening the opening / closing wing piece 7 with the hit is improved. In this case, only the probability may be changed without changing the winning combination pattern, or the number of winning combination patterns may be increased. With this configuration, the opening frequency of the opening / closing blades 7 is improved, and with the ball flowing into the starting opening 6,
The open / close blades 16, 16 are opened, and the number of balls flowing into the closed operation region 13 is increased. Therefore, the special passage openings 35, 35
The inflow of balls into the will increase the chances of a big hit. Also in this case, when a big hit occurs, the initial state may be restored.

Fourth example: When a ball enters the special passage openings 35, 35, a "V" symbol is displayed on the determination symbol display 19 which is activated when a ball enters the specific passage opening 34 next time and becomes a big hit. Improve the probability of becoming. Or increase the figure that the jackpot operation continues 15 times (16 times including the first jackpot). With this configuration, the gain during the big hit is improved. Further, in this case, the balls enter the special passage openings 35, 35, and at the same time, the display of the determination symbol display 19 is "V".
It is fixed to (or the figure of the same effect), and the next specific passage 3
You may make sure that a 16-round jackpot is executed when a ball enters 4. Also in this case, when a big hit occurs, the initial state may be restored.

Fifth Example: A prize switch is provided on the board surface, and each time a ball enters the special passage openings 35, 35, the prize switch is opened to increase the prize balls.

Next, a variable winning device 6 having another configuration of the present invention.
0 will be described. In FIGS. 9 to 12, reference numeral 61 denotes a winning case, and a rectangular closing operation area 63 surrounded by a peripheral wall 62 is arranged in the center of the winning case. In addition, on both sides of the upper part of the closing operation area 63, prize wall entrances 65, 65 are provided in the peripheral wall 62, and the prize ball entrances 65, 65 are provided with shafts 6
The opening / closing blades 66, 66 pivotally supported in a shielded position that is erected by 7 (the position indicated by the chain line in FIG. 9) and an open position that lies outward (the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 9) are tiltably supported.

On the other hand, a mounting case 70 is fixed to the back of the winning case 61, and as shown in FIG. 10, the closing operation area 63 is formed deep inside the mounting case 70. Further, an inclined receiving shelf 72 that is gently inclined forward is arranged in the closing operation region 63, and further, a hem plate 73 is vertically arranged by connecting an end edge to the front edge of the inclined receiving shelf 72. The front portion of the hem plate 73 is a downward flow path 74 that extends downward from the edge of the inclined receiving shelf 72 and extends downward. On the lower bottom of the flow-down path 74, as will be described later, there are provided a normal passage opening 76 on the left side for discharging balls backward, a special passage opening 78 on the right side, and a specific passage opening 77 at the center thereof. . The normal passage port 76,
Each of the special passage port 78 and the specific passage port 77 is provided with a sensor for detecting an inflow of a ball and causing an operation corresponding to each passage port.

On the other hand, on the inclined receiving rack 72, at the height position of the prize winning ball inlets 65, 65, the balls flowing in from the winning ball inlets 65, 65 are received and guided to the rear, and the rear portion of the inclined receiving rack 72 is received. A rear guide plate 80 to be dropped near is arranged across the width direction.

At the rear of the inclined receiving rack 72, a ball standby portion 81 is arranged. The ball standby portion 81 is normally separated by the inclined receiving rack 72 and the lift blocking plate 82. The elevating and blocking plate 82 is located in front of the inner back wall 83 of the closing operation area 63 and also serves as a decorative plate which is a part of the inner back.

On the back of the ball standby portion 81, there is a push-out plate 91 whose front-back movement is controlled via a front-back movement conversion mechanism 90.
Is provided.

On the skirt plate 73 of the flow-down path 74, a rotary distributor 93 is arranged as shown in FIG. The rotary distributor 93 includes circular arc peripheral walls 94, 94, which are divided into left and right, on a substrate 95.
Is formed by projecting from the peripheral edge of
An ordinary inlet 96a having a small width and a special inlet 96b having a large width are formed in a point-symmetrical position between the circular arc peripheral walls 94, 9
The inside of 4 is a guideway 98. The drive shaft of the rotary distributor 93 projects from the skirt plate 73 toward the mounting case 70,
As shown in FIG. 11, it is linked to the drive shaft of a reversible drive motor 99 which is a pulse motor.

The operation of this structure will be described.
The rotation distributor 93 is moved by the operation of the reversible drive motor 99 to the position in FIG. 12A where the normal inlet 96a is directly above, or in the special operation state described later, to the left and right around the position in FIG. Rock. In addition, the lift blocking plate 8
2 is held in a lowered position (see FIG. 10) that separates the inclined receiving rack 72 and the ball standby portion 81.

When the balls flow into the starting ports (see the starting ports 5, 5 and 6 in FIG. 1) provided on the game board surface 3, the opening / closing drive device 68 is converted to the open position once or twice and When the hitting balls are guided by the opening / closing wing pieces 66, 66 and the balls flow into the closing operation area 63 from the winning ball entrances 65, 65, they roll from the rear guide plate 80 to the inclined receiving shelves 72 and the inclined receiving shelves 72. It is guided to the downflow path 74 and flows down. At this time, if it is caught by the inflow port 96a or the inflow port 96b of the rotary sorting body 93, it flows into the specific passage port 77 from the guide path 98, becomes a big hit, and enters the special drive state described below. Further, the other balls flow into the normal passage ports 76, 76 from the downflow path 74 to generate only prize balls.

Next, the big hit operation mode will be described. When the sensor detects the ball flowing down to the specific passage port 77, the first driving mode is first executed.

That is, the opening / closing drive unit 68 causes the opening / closing blades 66, 66 to perform a maximum of 18 reciprocating opening / closing operations in about 28 seconds. Further, the elevating and lowering blocking plate 82 rises to push the pushing plate 9
Since 1 is retracted, the ball standby portion 81 is opened forward. Furthermore, as shown in FIG.
3 rotates about 90 degrees and stops, and becomes the shield position. And
As a result, balls cannot flow into the inflow ports 96a and 96b.

In this mode, the opening / closing blade pieces 66,
When a ball flows in from the prize winning ball inlets 65, 65 with the opening of 66, the rear guide plate 80 is inclined rearward and drops to the rear of the inclined receiving rack 72. At this time, due to the inertial force, the ball waiting portion 81 is resisted against the forward guiding action of the inclined receiving rack 72.
A ball flows in and stands by. This ball standby part 81 is 4 in the width direction.
It is possible to stand by. Then, the other balls that have flowed into the position where the ball is already on standby bounce back to the standby ball and flow down to the downflow path 74 by the guiding action of the inclined receiving rack 72. At this time, since the inlets 96a and 96b are in the retracted position in the central portion thereof, they are guided by the peripheral surfaces of the arcuate peripheral walls 94 and 94, move laterally, and pass through the normal passage openings 76 and 76. Will be won and the prize balls will be discharged. Then, when the count sensor detects three prizes,
The following second drive mode is provided.

First, the rotary distributor 93 rotates, and either the inflow port 96a or the inflow port 96b, which has been retracted, is located at the center position immediately above as shown in FIG. 12A (FIG. 12B in the special operating state). Stop at the open position). When the fourth ball is detected by the count sensor, the rotation motor 90
Is driven, and the push-out plate 91 moves forward as shown in FIG. Therefore, the ball waiting in the ball waiting portion 81 is pushed forward and rolls upward on the inclined receiving shelf 72,
Almost all of them fall to the downflow path 74. Therefore, the ball located in the center of the ball standby portion 81 flows down into the inflow port 96 with a high probability. Then, the balls flowing down to the inflow port 96 flow into the specific passage port 77 from the outflow port 97, the others flow into the ordinary passage ports 76, 76, and the prize balls are discharged respectively.

The special drive state is restarted again by the inflow to the specific passage port 77, and the first drive mode and the second drive mode are sequentially executed. This special drive state is up to 16 times including the first opening. This number is displayed on the 10-count display 55a. Further, the opening / closing blades 66, 66 are returned to the closed state by detecting the winning of about 9 pieces.

After that, the normal condition is restored and the extruded plate 91 is
Is retracted, and the elevation blocking plate 82 is lowered, so that the rotary distributor 93 resumes the left and right swinging motions.

Next, the main part of the present invention will be described. As described above, the special passage port 78 is disposed on the lower bottom of the downflow passage 74 in addition to the ordinary passage port 76 and the specific passage port 77. Then, due to the inflow of balls at the starting port, the opening / closing wings 66, 66
When the ball that has been opened and rolled on the inclined receiving shelf 72 flows into the special passage port 78, a special state (special operation state) that gives a profit to the player, which is different from the jackpot operation, is generated. appear. This state is achieved by rotating the rotary distributor 93 so that the wide inlet 96b is located immediately above.

Further, since the inlet 96b is located at the upper position, when a ball comes in next with the opening / closing blades 66, 66, the capturing rate at the specific passage opening 77 at the center thereof is improved. However, this makes it easy to hit the jackpot. In addition, in this case, also in the second drive mode associated with the big hit operation, the wide width inlet 96b may be located directly above, whereby the big hit operation of the next round is started. There is a benefit of becoming easier.

In this structure, therefore, even if the balls that have entered the closing operation area 63 due to the inflow of balls at the starting port do not enter the specific passage port 77 via the rotary sorting body 93, special passage is possible. If it flows into the port 78, the probability of the ball flowing into the specific passage port 77 at the next time is improved, and the closing operation region 63
With the inflow of balls into the game, the player's expectations will be enhanced.

There are the following modes of returning to the initial state in which the rotation sorting body 93 makes a half rotation and the narrow inlet 96a is located immediately above after the special operation state is completed. 1) When the balls flow into the normal passage port 76, the process ends. 2) When the balls flow into the special passage port 78, the process ends. Therefore, in this case, the special passage port 78 causes a switching action, and the start and end of the special operation state occur with the inflow thereof. 3) Continue until the big hit occurs, and return to the initial state when the big hit occurs.

In the above structure, the special passage port 7
When it flows into 8, the rotary distribution body 93 is rotated so that the wide inlet 96b is located directly above, but the wide inlet 96b may be located directly above via the lottery means. . That is, a separate symbol display device may be provided, and when it flows into the special passage port 78, the symbol lottery may be performed, and the wide inlet 96b may be positioned immediately above only when the predetermined symbol is obtained.

In addition, also in the present embodiment, the special operation states of the second to fifth examples, which have already been described in the first embodiment, are executed in accordance with the ball inflow through the special passage port 78. good.

[0067]

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to the specific passage opening in the closing operation area of the variable winning device, there is a benefit to the player different from the big hit operation due to the ball inflow. Since the special passage for generating is provided, the balls that enter the closing operation area will receive the profit or the disadvantage corresponding to either the normal passage, the specific passage, or the special passage, and the variety of profit modes. In addition, by creating a special passage opening, it is possible to create a new expectation for the player, and a new operation associated with the special passage opening is created. There is an excellent effect that the interest of the pachinko machine provided can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a main part of a pachinko machine 1 of the present invention.

2 is a front view of the variable winning device 10. FIG.

3 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of the variable winning device 10. FIG.

4 is a perspective view of the variable winning device 10. FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing separately the winning case 11 and the mounting case 23 of the variable winning device 10.

6 is a perspective view showing a drive mechanism in the mounting case 23. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a drive mechanism of a distribution gutter 33.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the above.

9 is a front view of the variable winning device 60. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of the variable winning device 60.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a drive mechanism for a rotary distributor 93.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the rotary distributor 93.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Variable winning device 13 Closed operating area 15 Winning ball inlet 16, 16 Opening / closing blade piece 19 Judgment pattern indicator 32 Normal passage port 33 Sorting gutter (movable guide member) 34 Specific passage port 35 Special passage port 50 Normal symbol display device 60 Fluctuation Winning device 63 Closed operating area 65,65 Winning ball inlet 66,66 Opening / closing blade piece 76 Normal passage opening 77 Specific passage opening 78 Special passage opening 93 Rotating distribution body (movable guide member) 96a, 96b Inlet opening

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A normal passage opening and a specific passage opening are provided in a closing operation area in which a ball can be introduced only from a winning ball entrance controlled to be opened and closed by an opening and closing blade piece, and the opening and closing blade piece is in an open position and a shielding position. When a ball enters the starting opening provided on the game board surface and a variable winning device equipped with an opening and closing driving device that converts into and out, the opening and closing driving device is driven to convert the opening and closing wing piece to the open position and the closing operation is performed. When a ball flows into a specific passage in the area,
In a pachinko machine equipped with a control device having a control content that causes a reciprocating opening operation of the opening and closing wing piece by the opening and closing drive device, or a big hit operation consisting of an opening operation for a predetermined time, in a closing operation area of the variable winning device, In addition to the specific passage opening, a pachinko machine characterized by being provided with a special passage opening that produces a profitable content for a player, which is different from the big hit operation when a ball flows in. 2. A mode in which a ball is guided to a specific passage opening in the closing operation area, which is a normal state and a special state in which the ball easily flows into the specific passage opening as compared with the normal state. With a movable guide member that is converted into, the contents that are beneficial to the player when the ball flows into the special passage opening are those that convert the movable guide member to a special state, or The pachinko machine according to claim 1, which drives a lottery means having an option of converting to a special state. 3. A content that is beneficial to the player that accompanies the inflow of balls into the special passage opening is that the opening / closing wing piece provided at the winning ball entrance of the variable winning device is caused by the ball inflow into the special passage opening. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine is opened a predetermined number of times. 4. An opening / closing wing piece that facilitates winning in the starting opening when the opening state is provided on any of the starting openings provided on the game board surface, and the opening / closing wing piece is converted to the open state when a predetermined hit pattern is achieved. It is equipped with a symbol display, and the content that is beneficial to the player that accompanies the inflow of balls into the special passage opening is such that the probability of becoming a predetermined hit symbol of the normal symbol is improved. The pachinko machine according to claim 1. 5. According to the content of the display symbol, a determination symbol display for selecting a big hit operation mode such as the number of continuous big hits during the big hit operation or a duration time is provided on the game board surface, and the ball flows into the special passage opening. 2. The content that is beneficial to the player that accompanies it is such that the probability of becoming a predetermined hit symbol that favors the big hit operation mode of the determination symbol display is improved. Pachinko machine. 6. The content beneficial to the player that accompanies the inflow of balls into the special passage opening is that the opening / closing winning device provided on the game surface is opened. Pachinko machine.