JPH09155016A - Game ball guidance device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [PROBLEMS] To make it easy for a game ball hit aiming at a starting opening to fall into the starting opening. SOLUTION: A guiding unit is provided downstream of a ball contact member 12 in which a game ball hit at the right end of a game area 2 collides and is rebounded downward in a constant rebound state in a state where the repelled game ball is easily received. 15 is installed, and the guiding unit 15 is formed with an internal flow path 24 for discharging the received game ball toward the starting opening 10. The game ball repelled by the ball contact member 12 falls toward the guide unit 15, and the game ball introduced into the guide unit 15 passes through the internal flow path 24 and is introduced into the starting opening 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game ball guide device for guiding a game ball hit in a game area of a game board in a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko machine equipped with a specific winning opening, a right generating area, a starting opening, a variable winning opening, etc., the driving strength of a game ball operated by a player is usually specified in the center of the playing area. Adjusted to the driving strength aiming at the winning opening, when the winning ball winning the specific winning opening passes the right generation area and the right is generated, the driving strength of the game ball is aimed at the starting opening at the right end of the game area. It can be switched to driving strength.

[0003]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention makes it easy for a loose ball hit aiming at a starting opening for validating the generated right to fall into the starting opening, and also at an upstream side of the starting opening. It is an object to simplify the fall route setting structure of the game ball.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the invention, when a game ball hit at a specific position in the game area collides with the game area of the game board, the game ball moves in a certain direction. A ball hitting member formed so as to be repelled is installed, and a game ball hit by the ball hitting member is provided downstream of this ball hitting member, and the right generated by winning in the right generation area is activated. It has a configuration in which a guiding unit having an internal flow path for guiding to the mouth is installed.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the game ball hit at a specific position in the game area collides with the ball contact member and is repelled in a certain direction by the ball contact member, and the repelled game ball is guided. When introduced into the internal flow path of the unit, the game ball is guided by the internal flow path and introduced into the starting opening, and the right generated by winning the prize in the right generation area becomes effective.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the guide unit is installed along the rail surface at the right end edge of the game area, and the guide unit is incorporated with a lighting controllable display member. Is characterized by.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the guiding unit is provided with a decorative function for decorating the right end of the game area in addition to a guiding function for guiding the game ball repelled by the ball abutting member to the starting opening. The parts configuration near the right end is simplified.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In the invention of claim 1, an upper sphere flow path for introducing a game sphere repelled by the sphere contact member into the sphere inlet of the internal flow path is provided between the sphere contact member and the internal flow path. Formed, between the internal flow path and the starting port, a lower ball flow path for introducing the game ball discharged from the ball outlet of the internal flow path into the starting port is formed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a circuit board having a plurality of controllable lighting LEDs and a plurality of display lamps is connected to the guiding member of the guiding unit.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. On the front surface of the game board 1 of the pachinko machine, a substantially circular game area 2 is formed, which is surrounded by a rail surface curved in an arc shape and through which game balls pass, and a symbol is formed in the center of the game area 2. A variable display device 3 having a symbol display portion 3a that variably displays and specifies the symbol after the variable display of the symbol is installed.

A little below the variable display device 3, a symbol actuating device 4 having a symbol actuating port 5 for actuating the variable display device 3 when a game ball hit in the game area 2 falls is installed. .

Below the symbol actuating device 4, there is a specific winning opening 7 that can be controlled to be opened and closed, and a right-generating area in which a special right is generated when a winning ball that has fallen into the specific winning opening 7 passes through. The winning device 6 is installed.

A variable winning a prize device 8 having a variable winning a prize opening 9 which can be controlled to be opened and closed is installed diagonally below the variable display device 3 in the lower right part of the game area 2.

At the upper part of the variable winning device 8, a starting opening 10 is provided for validating the right generated by opening the variable winning opening 9 for a specified time when a game ball falls.

In the variable winning system 8, a pair of left and right variable winning openings 9 and a starting opening 10 are arranged at positions associated with three apexes of an isosceles triangle as shown in FIG. The starter units which are collectively installed on the upper part of the device 8 and have the starter ports 10 opened are arranged so as to bite into the central portion of the variable winning area opened between the left and right variable winning holes 9. .

Therefore, while the variable winning device 8 is made compact, the game ball that collides with the outer wall surface of the starting port unit and falls into the variable winning port 9 bounces off in a state where its impact force is attenuated. Since it is introduced in 9, it is possible to prevent the opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the variable winning port 9 from being damaged or damaged.

When the game ball driven into the game area 2 falls into the symbol operating port 5, the symbol display portion 3a of the variable display device 3 starts the variable display of the symbol and the variable display of the symbol after a predetermined time has elapsed. Stop and identify the symbol.

When the variable display device 3 wins the symbol specified when the variable display of the symbol is stopped, the specific winning opening 7 of the specific winning device 6 is opened, and the specific winning is held while the specific winning opening 7 is opened. When the winning ball that has entered the mouth 7 passes through the right generation area of the specific winning device 6, the right is generated.

Until the right is generated, the game ball is driven into the vicinity of the center of the game area 2 with a driving force aimed at winning the symbol working opening 5 and the specific winning opening 7, and after the right is generated. The game ball is driven to the right end of the game area 2 with its driving strength switched to a driving strength aimed at winning the start opening 10.

When the game ball falls into the starting port 10 after the right is generated, the generated right becomes effective and the variable winning port 9 is 9.8.
Released for seconds. However, when 10 game balls fall into the variable winning port 9 while the variable winning port 9 is open, the variable winning port 9 is closed at that time.

When the winning ball that has fallen into the specific winning opening 7 passes through the right generation area again while the right is generated, the right disappears at that time.

At the upper right end of the game area 2, there is a ball hitting member 12 that repels the game ball in a certain direction when a game ball hit at the right end of the game area 2 collides with the aim of winning the start opening 10. Installed, on the inner end surface of the ball contact member 12, a collision surface 12a is formed so that the game ball that has collided with the ball contact member 12 is repelled downward at a constant angle.

The game board 1 is installed along a rail surface near the left end edge and a rail surface near the right end edge of the game area 2, and has a guiding function of passing a game ball and guiding it to a predetermined position, and a game area. A pair of left and right guiding units 15 having a decorative function of decorating 2 with light is attached.

The guiding unit 15 on the right side is driven into the right end of the game area 2 and collides with the ball contact member 12, so that the ball contact member 1
It is installed downstream of the ball contact member 12 for the purpose of accepting the game ball that has been bounced back by 2 and has fallen toward the guiding unit 15 and guiding it to the starting opening 10.

The guide unit 15 is provided with a synthetic resin guide member 16 attached to the game board 1 and a circuit board 17 screwed to the guide member 16 and installed on the rear side of the guide member 16. There is.

The guide member 16 of the guide unit 15 includes a base 18 screwed to the game board 1, and a lens wall 19 screwed to the base 18 together with the circuit board 17.
It is formed by a passage wall 20 which is detachably coupled to an upper portion of the front surface of the base 18, and a lamp cover 21 which is detachably coupled to a lower portion of the front surface of the base 18.

The base wall 18a of the guiding member 16 is superposed on the game board surface 1a and has a plurality of upper window portions 18f formed at the upper portion and a lower window portion 18g formed at the lower portion thereof.
And the game area 2 connected to the outer edge of the rear wall plate 18a
A side wall plate 18b curved in an arc shape along the right end edge of the rear wall plate 18c, and a partition plate 18c which is connected to the central portion of the front surface of the rear wall plate 18a and the lower portion of the inner side surface of the side wall plate 18b and is bent into a substantially V shape. A board mounting rod 18d and a positioning rod 18e that are connected to the rear surface of the rear wall plate 18a and project rearward are formed.

The base 1 is attached to the lens wall 19 of the guiding member 16.
No. 8 base piece 19a overlapped on the rear surface of the rear wall plate 18a
And a plurality of upper lens pieces 19b projecting from the front surface of the base piece 19a and fitted into the upper window portion 18f of the base 18.
A lower lens piece 19c which is connected to the lower portion of the base piece 19a and protrudes forward, and which is fitted between the side wall plate 18b and the partition plate 18c of the base 18, and between the adjacent upper lens pieces 19b. A plurality of partition pieces 19d, which are connected to the rear surface of the piece 19a and project rearward, are arranged in the vertical direction, and a base piece 19d.
A pair of upper and lower substrate receiving pieces 19e, which are connected to the vicinity of the upper and lower ends of a and project rearward, and into which the substrate mounting rods 18d of the base 18 are inserted, are formed.

A base 18 is provided on the passage wall 20 of the guiding member 16.
Outer wall plate 20a superimposed on the inner surface of the side wall plate 18b
An inner wall plate 20b installed inside the outer wall plate 20a in parallel with the outer wall plate 20a; an outer wall plate 20a and an inner wall plate 2;
0b is formed in front of the rear wall plate 18a of the base 18 and connected to the front edge of 0b, and the front wall plate 20c is installed in parallel with the rear wall plate 18a. The outer wall plate 20a and the inner wall plate 20b have rear end edges. Two pairs of upper locking holes 18 recessed in the upper part of the base 18
A pair of locking claws 20d that engage with h to detachably lock the passage wall 20 to the base 18 are connected.

On the lamp cover 21 of the guide member 16, an outer wall plate 21a, which is superposed on the inner side surface of the partition wall plate 18c of the base 18, an inner wall plate 21b installed inside the outer wall plate 21a, an outer wall plate 21a, and The lower wall plate 21c connected to the lower edge of the inner wall plate 21b, the outer wall plate 21a, and the inner wall plate 21.
b, a front wall plate 21d connected to each front edge of the lower wall plate 21c
Are formed, and the lamp cover 21 is disengaged from the base 18 by engaging the lower locking holes 18i penetrating the rear wall plate 18a of the base 18 at the rear edge of the outer wall plate 21a and the lower wall plate 21c. Locking claws 21e that lock as much as possible are connected to each other.

The circuit board 17 is connected to the board mounting bar 18d of the base 18 together with the lens wall 19 by screws 30.

On the upper part of the circuit board 17, a plurality of display LEDs (display members) 22 which are installed on the rear side of the upper lens pieces 19b of the lens wall 19 and arranged vertically are individually controlled to be lit. Has been.

Below the circuit board 17, three display lamps (display members) 23, which are covered by a lower lens piece 19c of the lens wall 19 and a lamp cover 21 and whose lighting is controlled individually, are attached.

The guiding unit 15 is surrounded by the rear wall plate 18a of the base 18, the upper lens piece 19b of the lens wall 19 and the passage wall 20, and is repelled by the ball contact member 12 toward the guiding unit 15. An internal flow path 24 is formed along the rail surface of the right end edge of the game area 2 over the upper portion and the central portion of the guide member 16 to receive and flow down the falling game ball and discharge it toward the starting opening 10. .

At the upper end of the internal flow path 24, a ball entrance 24a is formed near the upper end of the guide member 16 to receive a game ball, and at the lower end of the internal flow path 24, the inner end near the center of the guide member 16 is formed. A ball outlet 24b that discharges the game ball that has been opened to the inside and passed through the internal flow path 24 toward the starting opening 10 to the outside of the guide member 16 is formed.

At the upper right end of the game area 2, the ball contact member 12
And the ball inlet 24a of the internal flow path 24, the upper ball flow path that guides the game ball that collides with the collision surface 12a of the ball contact member 12 and is repelled downward to the ball entrance 24a of the internal flow path 24. Two
5 is formed in a state of being partitioned by the nail rows 27 arranged in the extension direction of the inner wall plate 20b of the passage wall 20 of the guide member 16 obliquely above.

At the right end of the game area 2 near the center in the vertical direction,
Between the ball outlet 24b of the internal flow path 24 and the starting opening 10, the lower ball flow path 26 that guides the game balls discharged from the ball outlet 24b to the starting opening 10 by passing through the internal flow path 24, the ball outlet. 24
It is formed in a state of being partitioned by the nail rows 28 and 29 arranged between the lower edge of b and the outer edge of the starting opening 10.

The game ball hit at the right end of the game area 2 collides with the collision surface 12a of the ball contact member 12 and hits the ball contact member 12.
The ball is repelled downward in a constant bounce state where the ball is attenuated by the ball, falls toward the guiding unit 15, passes through the upper ball channel 25, and is introduced into the ball inlet 24a of the internal channel 24. Pass through the ball exit 24b,
It is introduced into the starting port 10 through the lower spherical channel 26.

According to the above-described embodiment, the game ball hit at the right end of the game area 2 collides with the ball contact member 12 and is repelled in a certain direction, and is introduced into the internal flow path 24 of the guiding unit 15 Since it is guided by the internal flow path 24 and introduced into the starting port 10, the game ball that is driven into the ball hitting member 12 at the starting port 10 is provided at any position in the game area 2. It is possible to form a starting mouth winning passage for falling toward the player, and it is possible to win a game ball to the starting mouth 10 with a stable probability after the right is generated to digest the right, and the starting mouth in the game area 2 The arrangement mode of 10 can be diversified.

Further, it is possible to simplify the ball falling path setting structure when the falling path of the game ball between the ball contact member 12 and the starting opening 10 is set by an obstacle.

Further, since the guiding unit 15 has both the game ball guiding function and the game area decoration function, the parts structure in the vicinity of the right end of the game area 2 can be simplified and the game area 2 Since the ball fall path setting mechanism near the right end can be made compact, the variable display device 3 installed in the center of the game area 2 can be made large.

Next, the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 6 will be described. In this example, the game area 2A of the game board 1A has a variable display device 3A having a symbol display portion 3aA and a symbol operation port 5A. 4A with a symbol actuation device, and a special winning opening 7A
And a specific winning device 6A having a right generation area, and a variable winning device 8 having a variable winning opening 9A and a starting opening 10A.
A and are installed.

Downstream of the ball hitting member 12A for the purpose of guiding the game ball hit by the right end of the game area 2A, hitting the hitting surface 12aA of the ball hitting member 12A, and repelled by the ball hitting member 12A to the starting opening 10A. In the guiding unit 15A installed at the upper right part of the game area 2A, the ball entrance opened below the collision surface 12aA of the ball contact member 12A so that the game ball repelled by the ball contact member 12A is introduced. An upper passer 31 which has 32 and is formed so that the game ball introduced into the ball entrance 32 is guided to the back side of the game board 1A and passes through is provided.

A ball outlet 34 opened immediately above the starting opening 10A is provided in the vicinity of the central portion in the vertical direction on the right side of the game area 2A, and a game ball introduced from the back side of the game board 1A is guided forward. A lower passer 33 formed so as to roll to the game area 2A is installed.

Between the upper passer 31 and the lower passer 33,
The game balls are arranged on the back side of the game board 1A with the upper end connected to the upper passer 31 and the lower end connected to the lower passer 33, and the game balls that have fallen into the ball entrance 32 of the upper passer 31 are played. A guide member 1 for passing the back side of 1A and guiding it to the lower passer 33.
6A is installed.

The guiding unit 15A includes a ball contact member 12
The internal flow path 24A for guiding the game ball repelled by A to the starting opening 10A is in the upper passer 31 and the guiding member 16A.
It is formed over the inside and the inside of the lower passer 33.

A ball contact member 12A is provided above the upper passer 31.
The game ball repelled by the ball entrance 3 of the upper passer 31
Upper ball flow path 25A partitioned by a row of nails 35 is formed so as to be introduced into 2, and a lower ball that allows all game balls that have passed through the ball outlet 34 to fall into the starting opening 10A below the lower passage 33. The flow path 26A is formed.

[0048]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the game ball which is driven into the game area and collides with the ball contact member is bounced back in a certain direction and falls toward the guiding unit, and the internal flow path of the guiding unit. Since the game ball introduced in is guided by this internal flow path and introduced into the starting port, the starting game port is aimed at the ball hitting member regardless of the position of the starting port provided in the game area. It is possible to form a starting mouth winning passage that falls toward the mouth, and after winning the right, you can play the game ball in the starting mouth with a stable probability to digest the right,
It is possible to diversify the arrangement of the starting ports in the game area.

Further, it is possible to simplify the ball falling path setting structure when the falling path of the game ball between the ball contact member and the starting opening is set by an obstacle.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the guiding unit has both the game ball guiding function and the game area decoration function, the parts configuration installed near the right end of the game area is simplified and made compact. At the same time, the ball fall path setting structure near the right end of the game area can be made compact, so that the center accessory installed in the center of the game area can be enlarged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the vicinity of a guiding unit.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the induction unit showing a state in which a circuit board is removed.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a guide unit.

5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a variable winning device.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a main portion of a game board showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,1A game board 2,2A game area 10,10A starting opening 12,12A ball contact member 15,15A guiding unit 16,16A guiding member 24,24A internal flow path 22 display LED (display member) 23 display lamp (display member) )

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A game area of a game board is provided with a ball abutting member formed so as to be repelled in a certain direction when a game ball hit at a specific position in the game area collides. An internal flow path was formed downstream of the ball contact member that guides the game ball repelled by the ball contact member to the starting opening that validates the right generated by winning the right generation area. A game ball guidance device for a pachinko machine, which is characterized by installing a guidance unit. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the guide unit is installed along a rail surface at a right end edge of a game area, and a display member capable of controlling lighting is incorporated in the guide unit. Game ball guidance device in.