JPH09215816A - Amusement machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To preliminarily inform stoppage of shooting action of a game medium before the shooting action of the game medium is stopped because of the game mediums filled in a discharge passage by providing a shooting stoppage warning means to inform of the game medium shooting action being stopped. SOLUTION: When winning balls are filled in an overflow passage 6 to put an overflow switch on, an overflow informing lamp 32 is lighted, overflow informing letters are displayed in a special pattern changeable display part 15, and an overflow informing warning is started. After this overflor informing warning is started, after elasping a specified effective time, shooting action of balls by a shooting device is stopped, overflow informing warning is stopped, and by lighting a completion lamp 33 or the like, an overflow condition is informed. As the winning balls are eliminated from the overflow passage 6 to put the overflow switch off, then ball shooting action is restarted, and by lighting of the completion lamp 33 or the like, warning of the overflow condition is ended.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine, and more particularly, when a game medium discharged as a prize is filled in a game medium discharge path, the state of the game medium is notified before the game medium emission operation is stopped. It was made possible.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional game machine will be described by taking a pachinko machine, which is a typical example, as an example. Conventional pachinko machines are
A game section is provided on the surface of the game board, and a plurality of winning openings are provided in the game section. Then, when a batted ball is shot into the game section and the batted ball enters the winning opening, a predetermined number of prize balls are discharged by the prize ball discharging device. On the surface of the pachinko machine, in addition to storing the balls to be used for playing games, the upper plate that receives the discharged prize balls and the upper plate communicates with this upper plate through the overflow ball passage, and stores the prize balls that overflow from the upper plate. There is a lower plate to do this. The prize balls discharged from the prize ball discharging device are guided to the upper plate through the prize ball discharging passage. When the prize balls are further discharged and the prize balls are filled with the prize balls, the prize balls are
It is stored in the lower plate via the overflow ball passage.

As described above, the prize balls are stored in the upper plate and the lower plate, but when the discharged prize balls reach a predetermined amount or more, they are in the overflow ball passage for connecting the upper plate and the lower plate. The prize balls are filled up, and the prize balls are clogged in the overflow ball passage, so that there is a problem that the prize ball discharging device malfunctions, or the prize balls fall out. Therefore, in a conventional pachinko machine, a detector for detecting a predetermined amount or more of prize balls is provided in the overflow ball passage, and when the detector detects a predetermined amount or more of prize balls, the launch device emits a hit ball. It had stopped working.

[0004]

However, in the conventional pachinko machine described above, when the detector for detecting the overflow state detects a prize ball of a predetermined amount or more, the firing operation of the hit ball is immediately stopped. Then, until the prize balls filled in the overflow ball passage are removed by, for example, removing the prize balls from the lower plate, the ball hitting operation remains stopped.

By the way, a beginner or the like who is unfamiliar with a game on a pachinko machine may not know that the ball hitting operation cannot be restarted unless the prize ball is removed from the lower plate and the overflow state is released. In addition, even a skilled player can concentrate on the game, for example, by always paying attention not to fill the overflow ball passageway with prize balls and frequently pulling them out from the lower plate. There wasn't. In particular, when a large amount of prize balls are discharged in a short time, that is, when a so-called big hit occurs, it is necessary to frequently perform the operation of extracting the prize balls from the lower plate, so that you can fully enjoy the big hit game. In addition to being unable to play, the first problem is that if the ball hitting operation is stopped in time for the prize ball withdrawal operation, the benefits of the jackpot game cannot be fully enjoyed.

Further, a detector for detecting an overflow is attached to the back side of the pachinko machine, and a discharge board or the like is assembled around the detector. Then, when assembling the pachinko machine, it is necessary to inspect whether or not the detector operates normally.

However, there is a second problem that it is difficult to confirm the operation of the detector because there is not enough space around the detector for manually operating the detector.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the problems of the above-mentioned conventional gaming machine, and has the following objects. The inventions according to claims 1 to 5 and claims 8 and 9 are proposed in view of the above-mentioned first problem, in which the game media discharged as a prize are filled in the game medium discharge path,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can notify in advance that the operation of ejecting the game medium will be stopped before the operation of ejecting the game medium is stopped.

The inventions of claims 6 and 7 are proposed in view of the above-mentioned second problem, and the operation check of the detector for detecting that the game medium discharge path is filled with the game medium is confirmed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game machine that can be easily played.

[0010]

The present invention is to achieve the above object, and the invention according to claim 1 is
The game section provided on the surface of the game board, the winning opening provided in the game section, the game medium ejecting means for ejecting the game medium into the game section, and the game medium ejected into the game section are the prizes. When winning in the mouth, a game medium ejecting device that ejects a predetermined number of game media as a prize, a game medium storing section that stores the game medium ejected by the game medium ejecting device, and the game medium ejecting device. A game medium discharge path that communicates with the game medium storage section, and an excessive game that is provided in the game medium discharge path and detects that the amount of game media existing in the game medium discharge path has reached a predetermined amount In a gaming machine provided with a medium detecting means, and a game medium emission stopping means for stopping the emission operation of the game medium by the game medium emitting means based on the detection output from the excess game medium detecting means, Wherein the firing motion of the medium with the firing stop warning informing means for warning notification to become stopped.

Specifically, when the game machine is a pachinko machine, the game medium is composed of a game ball, the game medium ejecting means is composed of a launching device, and the game medium ejecting device is composed of a prize ball ejecting device. Is configured, the game medium storage unit,
It is composed of an upper plate or a lower plate provided on the surface of the pachinko machine, the game medium discharge path is composed of a prize ball discharge path or an overflow flow path, and the excess game medium detection means is
It is composed of an overflow switch provided in the overflow channel.

Further, the game medium emission stopping means and the emission stop advance notice notifying means are composed of a discharge control circuit, a emission control circuit and a display control circuit for electrically controlling the game machine.

Further, the overflow warning lamp and the special symbol variable display portion are constituent elements of the firing stop notification means.

The invention according to claim 2 is the above-mentioned claim 1.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described above, the firing stop advance notice notifying means gives advance notice of the fact that the game medium firing operation is in a stopped state based on the detection output from the excess game medium detecting means, and the detection is performed. It is characterized in that a firing stop preliminary means for operating the game medium firing stop means is provided after a lapse of a predetermined time from the generation of the output.

Specifically, the firing stop preliminary means is composed of a discharge control circuit for electrically controlling the game machine.

The invention according to claim 3 is the above-mentioned claim 1.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described, the launch stop advance notice notifying unit detects a smaller amount of game medium, that is, a lower level than the predetermined amount of game medium detected by the excessive game medium detecting unit. Equipped with excessive game medium notice detection means,
Based on the detection output from the excess game medium notice detecting means, a notice is given that the game medium emitting operation is stopped.

Specifically, the excessive game medium notice detecting means is composed of, for example, an overflow notice switch provided on the downstream side of the overflow switch in the downward direction of the hit ball.

The invention according to claim 4 is the above-mentioned claim 3.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described above, the game medium emission stop means outputs a detection output from the excess game medium detection means after giving advance notice of the fact that the emission operation of the game medium is stopped by the emission stop advance notice means. Based on the above, when the output operation of the game medium is stopped and the detection output from the excessive game medium detection means is stopped, the operation of emitting the game medium is restarted, and the emission stop advance notification means is used to release the game medium. Before the game medium ejection operation is stopped by the stop means, based on the detection output from the excess game medium announcement detection means, a notice is given that the game medium emission operation will be in a stopped state, and the excess game It is characterized in that the advance notice is continued until the detection output from the medium advance detection unit is stopped.

The invention according to claim 5 is the above-mentioned claim 1.
In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 4 to 5, the launch stop advance notification means may perform advance notification by a display unit provided in the game unit and capable of displaying an identification symbol. Characterize.

The display unit is composed of a special symbol variable display unit including a variable display device such as a liquid crystal display device.

The invention according to claim 6 is the above-mentioned claim 1.
In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 5 to 7, the excess game medium detection means presses the game medium when the game medium existing in the game medium discharge passage reaches a predetermined amount. And a detection switch for detecting the movement of the movable member. The movable member is provided with an operation unit for operating the movable member by a manual operation.

Specifically, the detection switch is composed of, for example, an overflow switch.

The invention according to claim 7 is the above-mentioned claim 3.
In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 6 to 6, when the excess amount of game media in the game medium discharge passage reaches a predetermined amount, the excess game medium notice detection means changes the game medium to a game medium. It is characterized in that it is provided with a movable member that is pressed and operates, and a detection switch that detects the operation of the movable member, and that the movable member is provided with an operation unit that operates the movable member by manual operation.

Specifically, the detection switch is composed of, for example, an overflow advance notice switch.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the constitutions of the first to seventh aspects, the game medium storage section is provided with a first game medium storage section provided above and below the first game medium storage section. It is configured with a second game medium storage section arranged, and the second game medium storage section overflows the game medium overflowing from the first game medium storage section to form a part of the game medium discharge path. And the excess game medium detection means is arranged in the middle of the overflow passage.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the structure according to the eighth aspect, an excessive game medium advance notice detecting means is provided downstream of the excessive game medium detecting means provided in the overflow passage. Is characterized by.

Therefore, according to the above-mentioned invention, the following operation is achieved.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the game medium is ejected by the game medium ejecting means into the game section provided on the surface of the game board. When the launched game medium wins the winning opening, the game medium ejecting means ejects a predetermined number of game media as a prize. The game medium discharged as this award is stored in the game medium storing section via the game medium discharge path.

Then, when the excess game medium detecting means detects that the game medium existing in the game medium discharge path has reached a predetermined amount (level) set in advance, the emission stop advance notice notifying means emits the game medium. Advance notice is given that the operation will be stopped, and the game medium emission stopping means stops the game medium emitting operation by the game medium emitting means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the firing stop preliminary means gives advance notice of the fact that the firing operation of the game medium is in a stopped state based on the detection output from the excess game medium detecting means, and the detection output. After a lapse of a predetermined margin time from the occurrence of, the game medium emission stopping means is operated.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the excessive game medium advance notice detecting means detects a smaller amount of game medium, that is, a lower level than the predetermined amount of game medium detected by the excessive game medium detecting means. To be done. Then, based on the detection output from the excessive game medium notice detecting means, a notice is given that the operation of launching the game medium will be stopped.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, after the advance notice of the stop of the emission of the game medium is given by the emission stop advance notice notifying means, the game medium is detected based on the detection output from the excess game medium detecting means. When the ejection operation is stopped and the detection output from the excess game medium detection means is stopped, the ejection operation of the game medium is restarted.

Further, before the game medium emission stopping means stops the game medium emitting operation, based on the detection output from the excess game medium announcement detecting means, it is announced that the game medium emitting operation is stopped. The notice is continued and the notice is continued until the detection output from the excessive game medium notice detecting means is stopped.

That is, prior to stopping the operation of launching the game medium, the notice information is given by the notice means, and even after a part of the excessive game medium is removed, the excessive amount of the game medium becomes equal to or less than a predetermined amount. Until that time, the advance notice is continued.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the firing stop advance notice notifying means displays a letter or the like to the effect that the emission operation of the game medium is stopped on the display section provided in the game section to give advance notice.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when the game medium existing in the game medium discharge passage reaches a predetermined amount, the movable member is pressed by the game medium and acts on the detection switch to cause the game medium discharge passage. It is detected that the amount of game media present therein has reached a predetermined amount.

When testing the operation of the excess game medium detecting means, the movable member is operated by manually operating the operating portion to operate the detection switch.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when the game medium existing in the game medium discharge path has a smaller predetermined amount than the predetermined amount of game medium detected by the excess game medium detecting means, The movable member is pressed by the game medium and acts on the detection switch to detect that the game medium existing in the game medium discharge path has reached a predetermined amount.

When testing the operation of the excessive game medium notice detecting means, the movable member is operated by manually operating the operating portion to operate the detection switch.

[0040]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the embodiments described below, a pachinko machine is described as an example of a typical game machine. 1 to 16 show a first embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine and FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine.

In the pachinko machine 1 according to the present invention, a game board 3 is attached so as to close the window portion of the frame-shaped front frame 2 from the rear side. In addition, below the game board 3 on the front of the pachinko machine 1, an upper plate 5 that stores balls as a game medium and receives the prize balls discharged from the prize ball discharge port 4 is provided below the plate 5. A lower plate 8 is provided on the lower plate 8 that communicates with the upper plate 5 through the overflow channel 6 and receives a ball overflowing from the upper plate 5 from an overflow ball discharge port 7 that is the lower end of the flow channel 6 at the downstream side.

The upper plate 5 arranged above serves as a first game medium storage section, and the lower plate 8 arranged below the upper plate 5.
Functions as a second game medium storage section, and the overflow channel 6 functions as a part of the components of the game medium discharge path.

Further, on the front surface of the upper plate 5, a ball discharging lever 9 for discharging the balls stored in the upper plate 5 into the lower plate 8 by the operation of the player is provided as an operating portion, and is described above. On the front surface of the lower plate 8, a ball removing lever 1 for extracting the balls stored in the lower plate 8 from a ball removing port formed on the bottom surface of the lower plate 8.
0 is provided as an operation unit.

Further, on the right side of the lower plate 8 on the front of the pachinko machine 1, a firing operation handle 1 for performing a ball firing operation.
1 is provided.

The game board 3 described above, as shown in FIG.
Openable and closeable metal frame 12 with a glass plate etc.
The game part 14 surrounded by a partition member such as a guide rail 13 is provided on the surface of the game part 14, and a special symbol variable display part including a variable display device such as a liquid crystal display device in the center thereof is provided in the game part 14. 15 is provided, the special symbol variable display unit 1
5, a starting port 16 for starting display conversion of symbols in the special symbol variable display portion 15 is provided, and the starting port 1
6 is a normal variation winning device capable of converting into a first state in which the pair of wing members is closed and it is difficult to receive a hit ball in the starting port 16 and a second state in which the pair of wing members is opened to easily receive a hit ball into the starting port 16. 17, and below the starting opening 16, the stop symbol mode in the special symbol variable display portion 15 is a combination of predetermined jackpot symbols, and when the special game is started,
A special variable winning device 18 (large winning opening) capable of opening a door to receive a large number of hit balls is provided, and below the special variable winning device 18, the normal variable winning device 17 is changed from the first state to the second state. Perform a game to convert, provided with a normal symbol variable display 19 consisting of a 7-segment display, etc., on the left and right of the special symbol variable display portion 15, based on the winning of the hit ball, the symbol in the normal symbol variable display 19 Normal symbol starting port 20 for starting the conversion display of
At the lower part of the game section 14, an out port 21 is provided for collecting balls that have not won any winning port as out balls.

The special symbol variable display section 15 described above
Functions as a display unit that is a component of the firing stop notification unit.

In addition, around the normal symbol variable display 19 described above, a general figure starting memory display comprising an LED (light emitting diode) or the like capable of storing and displaying the number of winnings to the normal symbol starting port 20 up to four. 22 is provided.

Further, inside the above-mentioned starting port 16, a special figure starting switch 2 for detecting the winning of a hit ball into the starting port 16 is provided.
3 is provided, inside each of the above-mentioned ordinary symbol starting ports 20,
Each of the ordinary symbol starting ports 20 is provided with a universal symbol starting switch 24 for detecting a winning of a hit ball, and inside the above-described special variable winning device 18, the number of winning balls to the special variable winning device 18 is counted. A count switch 25 and a continuation switch 26 for continuing the special game based on the passage of winning balls are provided.

Further, in the other game section 14, a general winning opening 27, a large number of obstacle nails 28, obstacle members 29, windmills 30 for changing the flow direction of the hit ball, and decoration by light are provided. A decoration device 31 including a decoration lamp and a decoration LED (decorative light emitting diode) is provided. Also,
On the surface of the game board 3 around the game unit 14, an overflow warning lamp 32 for notifying the overflow state of the prize ball and a completion lamp 33 for notifying the stop state are provided.

The overflow warning lamp 32 described above functions as a component of the firing stop warning notification means.

The above-mentioned pachinko machine 1 is configured to lend a ball by using a game card that stores a valuable value, and the ball is lent out by inserting the game card on the left side of the pachinko machine 1. A ball lending machine 34 is provided for this purpose. This ball lending machine 34 has a card insertion port 35 for inserting a game card on its front surface, and reads the valuable value stored in the game card at a position communicating with the card insertion port 35 inside. A card reader / writer 36 for subtracting the valuable value used and re-storing it in the game card is provided.

Further, on the front surface of the above-mentioned upper plate 5, there is provided 7 for displaying the balance of the game card inserted in the ball lending machine 34.
A balance display unit 37 including a segment display, a ball lending switch 38 for instructing a ball lending operation, and a ball lending machine 3
A card return switch 39 for instructing the ejection of the game card inserted in 4 is provided side by side.

On the back surface of the pachinko machine 1, as shown in FIG. 2, a ball storage tank 40 for storing balls is provided on the upper side thereof.
In the middle of the ball discharge path 41 through which the balls are made to flow down from the ball storage tank 40, a predetermined number of balls that are predetermined based on the winning of the hit ball to the winning opening (general winning opening 27 etc.) A ball discharging device 42 for discharging is provided. The ball ejecting device 42 is provided with a first ejecting solenoid 43 and a second ejecting solenoid 44 for aligning the balls in two rows and ejecting a predetermined number of balls from each row. Also,
Each article is provided with a first ejection sensor 45 and a second ejection sensor 46 for detecting the balls to be ejected.

A half end sensor 47 for detecting a shortage of balls to be supplied to the ball discharging device 42 is provided in the ball discharging path 41 ′ on the upstream side of the ball discharging device 42.
In the middle of the ball discharge path 41 communicating from the downstream side of 2 to the upper plate 5, the ball downflow path is switched to switch the ball removal solenoid 48 and the ball removal solenoid 48 for extracting the ball out of the pachinko machine 1. A ball removal solenoid detection switch 49 for detecting the direction and a ball removal sensor 50 for detecting the ball removal state are provided.

On the back side of the firing operation handle 11,
A launching device 51 is provided which is in electrical communication with the launching operation handle 11 for launching a ball.

On the back side of the game board 3, there is attached an accessory control circuit 52 for electrically controlling the accessory such as the special variation winning device 18, the normal variation winning device 17, etc., and the ball discharge path 41. A discharge control circuit 53 for electrically controlling the ball discharge device 42 is attached to the back side of the, and a discharge control circuit 54 for electrically controlling the discharge device 51 is attached above the launch device 51. is there. Further, below the back side of the game board 3, the winning balls that have won the winning holes (general winning holes 27 etc.) are temporarily held, and the winning ball discharging operation from the ball discharging device 42 is performed for each winning ball. When is finished, a safe solenoid 55 for discharging the winning ball is attached.

On the back surface of the upper plate 5 and the lower plate 8 described above, an overflow channel 6 for connecting the upper plate 5 and the lower plate 8 to each other is provided.
An award ball box 60 having is attached.

The above-mentioned ball discharge path 41 functions as one component of the game medium discharge path, and the ball discharge device 42,
The ejecting device 51 functions as a game medium ejecting means, the ejecting control circuit 53 and the ejecting control circuit 54 function as one component of the game medium ejecting stopping means, and the ejecting control circuit 53 functions as a game medium ejecting device. , Functions as one component of the firing stop advance notice means and the firing stop preliminary means.

The prize ball box 60 described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 show the prize ball box as viewed from the front side of the pachinko machine.
Is a perspective view of the prize ball box, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the prize ball box, and FIG. 5 is a front view of an overflow switch attached to the overflow passage.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the prize ball box 60 is provided with a substrate 61 attached to the back surface of the overflow ball outlet 7 provided in the lower plate 8, and on the back surface of the substrate 61, there is a rear portion from the substrate 61. A gutter-shaped overflow box 62 that constitutes the lower surface, the left and right side surfaces, and the back surface of the overflow channel 6 is provided toward the rear side of the overflow box 62. A gutter-shaped out-ball passing box 6 that constitutes the back and left and right sides of the out-ball passing path 63 for guiding to the outside
4 is provided.

The overflow box 62 has a tubular foul box 66 in which the front upper surface is closed and a foul ball passage 65 is formed therein.
Is attached.

On the left side of the foul box 66,
A plate-shaped wall member 67 that closes the front surface of the out-ball passing box 64 is provided.

Therefore, the overflow box 62
By assembling the foul box 66 and the foul box 66 together, the overflow passage 6 for communicating the ball discharge path 41 for discharging the prize balls and the lower plate 8 is formed in the upper plate 5, and the foul generated by the ball striking operation is generated. It is possible to form a foul ball passage 65 for guiding the ball to the overflow channel 6. Further, by integrally assembling the overflow box 62 and the foul box 66, the front surface of the out-ball passing box 64 is closed by the wall member 67, and the out-ball passing path 63 for guiding the out-ball to the outside of the pachinko machine 1 is formed. be able to.

An opening 68 is provided on the right side surface on the upstream side of the overflow box 62. The opening 68 is always closed on the right inside of the opening 68, and when the overflow ball 6 near the opening 68 is filled with the prize ball, the prize ball is pressed and moves toward the right outside of the opening 68. A movable member 69 that can be rotated is attached.

The movable member 69 is made of a plate-like member, has a pivot shaft 70 provided in the width direction at the lower end, and has an action of protruding toward the outside of the opening 68 at the upper end. A protrusion 71 is provided, and a spring mounting protrusion 73 that supports one end of a spring 72 that biases the movable member 69 toward the inside of the opening 68 is provided on the side surface facing the outside of the opening 68.
Is provided.

Bearings 74 for rotatably supporting both ends of the rotary shaft 70 of the movable member 69 are provided on the inside of the back surface of the overflow box 62 and the outside of the back surface of the foul box 66. A spring support boss 75 that supports the other end of the spring 72 is provided on the inner surface of the right side below the opening 68 of the overflow box 62.
Further, on the outside of the opening 68 of the overflow box 62, as shown in FIG.
An overflow switch mounting portion 77 for mounting the overflow switch 76 is provided across the rotation range of the above. As shown in FIG. 5, the overflow switch mounting portion 77 is provided with a withdrawal port 78 for allowing the action projection 71 of the movable member 69 to project and retract. Further, on the outside of the opening 68 of the overflow box 62, a canopy 79 is provided which closes the upper outside of the opening 68 within the rotation range of the upper end of the movable member 69.

Therefore, in order to attach the movable member 69 to the overflow box 62, first, the movable member 69 is attached.
Is located inside the opening 68 of the overflow box 62, one end of the rotating shaft 70 is attached to the bearing portion 74 provided inside the back surface of the overflow box 62, and the space between the spring attachment projection 73 and the spring support boss 75 is provided. Attach a spring 72 to the front of the overflow box 62, and face the foul box 66 to the front of the overflow box 62.
The other end of the rotating shaft 70 may be attached to the bearing portion 74 provided on the outside of the back surface of the.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the movable member 69
Always closes the opening 68 by the bias of the spring 72, and the overflow switch 76 is in the off state.

On the other hand, when the overflow channel 6 is filled with spheres and the level of the spheres rises and the spheres reach the vicinity of the movable member 69, the movable member 69 is pressed by the spheres. For this reason, the movable member 69 resists the bias of the spring 72 and the opening 6
8 is rotated outward (rotated in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG. 5), the action projection 71 enters the withdrawal opening 78 and pushes against the overflow switch 76, and the overflow switch 76 is turned on.

When the level of the sphere is lowered by removing the sphere from the lower tray 8 and the sphere in the overflow passage 6 which pressed the movable member 69 disappears, the movable member 69 is provided with the spring 72. The return switch is rotated by the force to return to the state in which the opening 68 is closed, and the overflow switch 76 is turned off.

The movable member 69 rotates to open the opening 68.
In the open state, the upper portion of the movable member 69 is closed by the eaves 79, and the front side surface of the movable member 69 is closed by the back surface of the foul box 66. Overflow box 62
Does not spill outside of.

The movable member 69 and the overflow switch 76 constitute an excessive game medium detecting means.

As described above, a discharge control circuit 53 for electrically controlling the ball discharge device 42 is provided on the back side of the pachinko machine 1. The discharge control circuit 53 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the emission control circuit.

The discharge control circuit 53, as shown in FIG.
CPU (Central Processing Unit) 100
The U100 includes a RAM (random access memory) 101 electrically connected to each other and a ROM (read only memory) 102 storing a control program and the like. Further, the CPU 100 is supplied with the operation clock from the clock generator 103.

The payout control circuit 53 has a first filter 105 on the input side and a second filter 105 via a gate 104.
The filter 106 is in electrical communication with the output side of which the driver 107 is in electrical communication.

To the first filter 105 described above, the safe signal 109 transmitted from the safe switch for detecting the winning ball via the photo coupler 108 and the data of the number of winning balls from the accessory control circuit by the winning ball detection. The prize ball data 110 and the transmission clock 111 for generating the reception timing of the prize ball data are input. Further, the first filter 105 is electrically connected to a first discharge sensor 45 and a second discharge sensor 46 provided in the ball discharge device 42, and a ball removal solenoid detection switch 49 that detects switching of the ball discharge path 41. doing.

In the above-mentioned second filter 106, the overflow switch 76 provided in the overflow passage 6 is provided.
And the half-end sensor 47 and the ball removal sensor 50 provided in the ball discharge path 41 are electrically connected to each other, and the firing permission signal 112 from the management device is input.

In the driver 107, the overflow warning lamp 32 provided on the surface of the game board 3, the first discharge solenoid 43 and the second discharge solenoid 44 provided in the ball discharge device 42, and the ball discharge path 41 are provided. Ball removal solenoid 48 and completion lamp 33 provided on the surface of the game board 3
And the safe solenoid 55 provided on the downflow path of the winning ball are electrically connected to each other, and the gold frame signal 113 for detecting the opening of the metal frame 12 and the prize ball discharging to the management device. And a launch signal 115 for instructing the launching device 51 to launch a hit ball. This firing signal 115 is a 24V operating power supply 11
6 is output to the launching device 51 via the relay 117 supplied with power.

Next, the control procedure in the discharge control circuit 53 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10, with emphasis on the advance notice processing for overflow. 7 to 9 show a control procedure in the discharge control circuit, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a main routine of processing in the discharge control circuit, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the main routine shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the plug-in routine, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the overflow switch monitoring process shown in FIG. Also, FIG.
0 is an explanatory diagram showing the correspondence between the display content of the special symbol variable display portion and the output data.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the pachinko machine 1 is powered on and the process in the discharge control circuit 53 is activated (S1), first, the initial setting process (S2) such as clearing the RAM 101 is performed. .

Next, the first discharge solenoid 43 and the second discharge solenoid 44 are driven, and the ball removal solenoid 48 is driven.
An output process (S3) for outputting a signal for driving the is performed, and an illegality monitoring process (S4) for monitoring an illegal state such as opening of the metal frame 12 is performed.

Next, a branch judgment is made based on the branch processing counter (S5), and based on the branch judgment, normal processing (S6) which is control in a normal state, discharge for controlling prize ball discharging operation by the ball discharging device 42. Process (S7), ball removing process for controlling the ball removing operation by the ball removing solenoid 48 (S7)
8), safe ball discharge processing (S9) for controlling the sequential discharge operation of winning balls by the safe solenoid 55, the ball discharge device 4
The ejection device fraudulent process (S10) is performed.

Next, a data transmission process (S11) for transmitting the data to be displayed on the special symbol variable display section 15 is performed, and the process returns to the output process (S3).

In the main routine of the processing in the discharge control circuit 53 described above, an interrupt processing (S
20) is performed.

In this interrupt processing (S20), as shown in FIG. 8, the register is saved (S21) in preparation for an interrupt,
An interrupt timer that generates an interrupt timing is set (S22).

Next, an input process (S23) for inputting information used in each subsequent process is performed, and a timer used in each subsequent process is set (S24).

Next, an overflow switch monitoring process for monitoring the state of the overflow switch 76 (S25)
Then, a gold frame switch monitoring process (S26) for monitoring whether or not the gold frame 12 is opened is performed, and a switch monitoring process (S27) for monitoring the states of other switches is performed, whereby the prize balls can be discharged. A condition determination process (S28) for determining whether or not it is performed. The procedure of the overflow switch monitoring process (S25) described above will be described in detail later.

Next, it is judged whether or not the stop signal has been transmitted (S29). Here, when the stop signal is transmitted, the launching operation of the hitting ball by the launching device 51 is stopped (S30), and in the above-described condition determination processing (S28), the setting is made when the winning ball can be discharged. The "condition completion flag" is cleared so that prize balls cannot be discharged (S29), the register save is canceled, the register is restored (S32), and the process is returned.

On the other hand, when the stop signal is not transmitted, the above-mentioned firing stop processing (S30) and condition completion flag clear processing (S31) are skipped.

In the overflow switch monitoring process (S25), first, as shown in FIG. 9, it is determined whether or not the overflow switch 76 is turned on (S25a).

Here, when the overflow passage 6 is filled with prize balls and the overflow switch 76 is turned on, the overflow notice lamp 32 is turned on and the special symbol variable display section 15 gives an overflow notice. The advance notice transmission data for performing is set (S25b).

The data set in this overflow advance notice transmission data process (S25b) consists of 4-digit binary data.
As shown in, the character information is displayed on the special symbol variable display portion 15. This binary data is, for example, “000
In the case of "0", the notice is not displayed, and in the case of "0010", the display "The firing will soon stop. Please remove the ball from the lower plate." In the case of "0011", "The firing has stopped.
Please pull the ball out of the bottom plate. "Is displayed overlaid, and in the case of" 0100 "," The gold frame is open.
Please close the gold frame. Is displayed.

Next, it is determined whether or not the timer (A) of the timer set to give advance notice of overflow has timed out (S25c). The timer counter (A) set here functions as a firing stop preliminary means.

If the counter (A) is up, the counter (A) is cleared (S25
d) The transmission data for determining the overflow is set (S25e), the OFF information for stopping the firing operation is set in the firing signal 115 for the launching device 51 (S25f), and the process is returned.

On the other hand, if the counter (A) has not timed out, the firing signal 115 to the firing device 51 is sent.
Set the on information for the firing operation to (S
25h), the process is returned.

In addition, the overflow switch 7 described above
In the state determination processing (S25a) of 6, when it is determined that the overflow switch 76 is off, overflow clear information indicating that the overflow state is not set is set (S25g), and ON information for performing the firing operation is set. Set (S25h) and return the process.

As described above, on the back side of the pachinko machine 1, the accessory control circuit 52 for electrically controlling the game machine provided in the pachinko machine 1 is provided. This accessory control circuit 5
2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the accessory control circuit.

As shown in FIG. 11, the accessory control circuit 52 has an accessory IC (integrated circuit) 122 having a RAM (random access memory) 120 and a CPU (central processing unit) 121 electrically connected to each other. Is equipped with.

The accessory IC 122 includes a power supply circuit 123.
Power supply from the frequency divider circuit 124 and an operation clock from the frequency dividing circuit 124. Also, IC1 for accessory
2233 is in electrical communication with a ROM (Read Only Memory) 125 storing a control program and controls the accessory based on the control program stored in the ROM 125.

Further, the accessory IC 122 is a bus 126.
A sound generator 127 for voice control and an output port 128 are electrically connected to the output side via the output port 128, and a buffer gate 129 is electrically connected to the input side via the bus 126. I am in touch.

The sound generator 127 described above is
The speaker 131 is electrically connected to the speaker 131 via the amplifier 130, and the audio information generated by the sound generator 127 is amplified by the amplifier 130 and generated from the speaker 131.

An external information terminal 13 for relaying an electrical connection with the management device 133 installed in a management room or the like in the game shop via the driver 132 is connected to the output port 128 described above.
4, a special variation winning device 18, the normal symbol variable display 1
9, ordinary figure starting memory display 22, ordinary variation winning device 1
7 and a decoration device 31 including a decoration lamp, a decoration LED, etc.
And the discharge control circuit 53 are electrically connected to each other, and the accessory IC 122 electrically controls these devices.

The buffer gate 129 is connected to the special figure starting switch 23 through the low pass filter 135.
, Universal figure start switch 24, count switch 25
The continuation switch 26 and the safe sensor 136 for detecting a winning ball are electrically connected to each other, and the signals from these devices are taken into the accessory IC 122.

Further, to the accessory IC 122, a display control circuit 140 which electrically communicates with the special symbol variable display unit 15 (LCD) and controls the symbol conversion in the special symbol variable display unit 15 is electrically. Have been contacted. Further, the display control circuit 140 is in electrical communication with the discharge control circuit 53.

Next, based on FIG. 12, a display control circuit 1 for performing display control of symbols and the like in the special symbol variable display section 15.
40 will be described. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the display control circuit.

As shown in FIG. 11, the display control circuit 140 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 141 and the CPU 14
ROM (Read Only Memory) that was in electrical contact with 1
42 and a RAM (random access memory) 143.

The display control circuit 140 is electrically connected to the accessory control circuit 52 and the discharge control circuit 53 via the interface 144.

Further, the CPU 141 of the display control circuit 140
The display control unit 144 and the voice control unit 145 are electrically connected to each other.

The display control unit 144 described above has the CPU 14
1, a video display controller 146 in electrical communication with the video display controller 146, a VRAM (video memory) 147 in electrical communication with the video display controller 146, and a font ROM 148 for controlling display data.

Then, the video display controller 146 is in electrical communication with the special symbol variable display section 15 (LCD) and is controlled by the display control circuit 140,
The symbols and the like are displayed on the special symbol variable display portion 15.

The voice control unit 145 described above has the CPU 14
A sound generator 146 in electrical communication with 1.
And an amplifier 147 electrically connected to the sound generator 146. The speaker 148 is electrically connected to the amplifier 147, and the audio information generated by the sound generator 146 is amplified by the amplifier 147 and generated from the speaker 148.

Next, based on FIGS. 13 to 14, the special symbol variable display section 15 is performed by the above-mentioned display control circuit 140.
The display control procedure of symbols and the like in FIG. FIG.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing procedure in the display control circuit, and FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an interrupt processing procedure with respect to the processing shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 13, the display control circuit 140
When the process is started in step 1, the RAM is first initialized (S40), the I / O register is set (S41), and the system internal register is set (S42).

Next, it is determined whether or not the V_SYNC flag is set, and the process waits until the V_SYNC flag is set (S43).

If the V_SYNC flag is set, branch processing for each mode is performed (S4
4), a symbol rotation process that is a symbol variation process in the special symbol variable display unit 15 is performed (S45), a frame information process is performed to process the opening information of the gold frame 12 (S46), and a plurality of symbol data are prioritized. The pattern data sort process (S47) for superimposing based on V_SYNC is performed.
The process returns to the flag determination process (S43).

An interrupt process (S50) is performed in the main routine (S40 to S47) of the process in the display control circuit 140 described above.

In this interrupt processing (S50), as shown in FIG. 14, first, further interrupts are prohibited (S51),
The register is saved in preparation for the interrupt process (S52).

Next, it is judged whether or not the communication is interrupted (S53). Here, if it is not a communication interrupt, V_S
It is determined whether it is a YNC interrupt (S54). This V_S
The YNC interrupt is performed, for example, every 16 msec.

Then, in the case of V_SYNC interruption, the image data is transferred (S55), the V_SYNC interruption flag is set (S56), and the frame signal processing for processing the opening information of the metal frame 12 is performed (S57). ).

Next, the register that was saved is restored (S
58), the prohibited interrupt is permitted (S59), and the process is returned.

In addition, the above-mentioned communication interrupt judgment processing (S5
In 3), when it is determined that the communication is interrupted, the communication process (S60) is performed, and then the register restoration process (S5).
8) The subsequent processing is performed.

In the V_SYNC interrupt determination process (S54), if it is determined that the V_SYNC interrupt is not generated, the image data transfer process (S55) to the frame signal process (S57) are skipped.

Next, with reference to FIG. 15, the notice of overflow notice of the special symbol variable display section 15 controlled by the display control circuit 140 will be described. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of overflow advance notice in the special symbol variable display portion.

In the processing in the discharge control circuit 53 described above (FIG. 9), when the overflow occurs, the overflow notice lamp 32 is turned on and the overflow notice transmission data for the special symbol variable display section 15 is set. (S25b).

If the advance notice transmission data is set, the process by the display control circuit 140 (see FIG. 13,
In FIG. 14), the display content based on the notice transmission data is displayed by being superimposed on the display of the special symbol in the special symbol variable display section 15.

The warning notification of the overflow state in the special symbol display portion is not performed when the binary data is "0000", as shown in FIG. 15, for example (FIG. 15 (A)), binary The data is "0010"
In the case of, the display "The launch will soon stop. Please pull out the ball from the lower plate." Is displayed over the special design (Fig. 15 (B)), and the binary data is "001.
In the case of "1", the display "The firing has stopped. Please remove the ball from the lower plate." Is superimposed on the special design (Fig. 15 (C)).

Next, with reference to FIG. 16, the relationship between the operation of the overflow switch 76, the overflow notification, the overflow notification, and the stopping of the ball hitting operation will be described. FIG. 16 is a time chart showing the relationship between the operation of the overflow switch, the notification of overflow notice, the notification of overflow, and the stop of the ball hitting firing operation.

As shown in FIG. 16, when the overflow passage 6 is not filled with prize balls, the overflow switch 76 is off, and the firing signal 115 is in the firing ready state. No overflow notification is given.

When the overflow passage 6 is filled with prize balls and the overflow switch 76 is turned on,
The overflow warning lamp 32 is turned on, or characters for warning the overflow are displayed on the special symbol variable display portion 15, and the overflow warning is started.

After the overflow advance notice is started,
When the predetermined effective time has passed, the firing signal 11
5 is set in a non-firing state, the firing operation of the batting ball by the launching device 51 is stopped, the overflow advance notice is stopped, and the completion lamp 33 is turned on to inform that the overflow state is present.

Then, the prize balls are removed from the lower plate 8,
When the prize ball is removed from the overflow flow path 6 and the overflow switch 76 is turned off, the firing signal 115 is set to the firing state, the firing operation of the hitting ball by the firing device 51 is restarted, and the completion lamp 33 is turned on to cause the overflow state. The notification ends.

Next, a gaming machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 to 20. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a front view of an overflow switch and an overflow warning switch attached to the overflow passage.

As shown in FIG. 17, the gaming machine according to the second embodiment has an overflow advance switch attached to the overflow passage 6 as compared with the gaming machine according to the first embodiment described above. Since the other configurations are the same as those of the gaming machine according to the first embodiment described above, members having similar functions are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted. .

As shown in FIG. 17, the overflow box 62 always forms the right side wall of the overflow channel 6, and when the overflow channel 6 is filled with prize balls, it is pressed by the prize balls. The first movable member 15 that rotates toward the right side wall of the overflow box 62.
0, which is located on the downstream side of the first movable member 150, always constitutes the right side wall of the overflow channel 6, and
A second movable member 151, which is pressed by the prize ball and rotates toward the right side wall of the overflow box 62 when the overflow passage 6 is filled with the prize ball, is attached. Further, a partition wall 152 is provided between the first movable member 150 and the second movable member 151 to vertically partition the right side of the overflow box 62.

The above-mentioned first movable member 150 is made of a plate-shaped member, and the lower end portion thereof has the first rotating shaft 15 in the width direction thereof.
3 is provided, and a first action protrusion 154 protruding toward the right side surface of the overflow box 62 is provided at the upper end portion,
The first movable member 150 is provided on the side surface of the overflow box 62 facing the right side surface of the overflow box 62.
Is provided with a first spring attachment protrusion 156 that supports one end of the first spring 155 that is biased toward the right side surface of the.

Similarly, the second movable member 151 described above is
It is made of a plate-like member, and a second rotating shaft 157 is provided at the lower end in the width direction thereof, and a second action protrusion 158 protruding toward the right side surface of the overflow box 62 at the upper end.
And a second spring attachment protrusion 160 that supports one end of a second spring 159 that biases the second movable member 151 toward the right side surface of the overflow box 62 on the side surface facing the right side surface of the overflow box 62. It is provided.

Further, on the right side surface of the overflow box 62, a first withdrawal opening 161 through which the first action protrusion 154 appears and disappears is provided at a position where the first action protrusion 154 of the first movable member 150 faces, and a second moveable portion is provided. Second action protrusion 1 of member 151
A second projecting / retracting opening 162 through which the second acting protrusion 158 projects / retracts is provided at a position where 58 is opposed.

On the right side surface of the overflow box 62, there are provided a first spring support boss 163 supporting the other end of the first spring 155 and a second spring support boss 164 indicating the other end of the second spring 159. It is provided.

The overflow switch 7 is provided outside the first withdrawal opening 161 of the overflow box 62.
6 is attached, and an overflow advance notice switch 165 is attached to the outside of the second entrance 162.

Then, as shown in FIG. 17, the first movable member 150 is always separated from the right side surface of the overflow box 62 by the bias of the first spring 155, and the overflow switch 76 is It is off.

Similarly, the second movable member 151 is constantly urged by the second spring 159 to constantly cause the overflow box 6 to move.
2, the overflow advance notice switch 165 is in an off state.

On the other hand, when the overflow channel 6 is filled with spheres and the level of the spheres reaches near the second movable member 151, the second movable member 151 is pressed by the spheres. Therefore, the second movable member 151 rotates toward the right side surface of the overflow box 62 against the bias of the second spring 159, and the second action protrusion 158 enters the second withdrawal opening 162 and overflows. When the notice switch 165 is pressed, the overflow notice switch 165 is turned on.

Furthermore, the overflow channel 6 is filled with spheres, the level of the spheres rises, and the spheres are moved by the first movable member 1.
When reaching about 50, the first movable member 150 is pressed by the sphere. Therefore, the first movable member 150 has the first spring 1
The first actuating protrusion 154 enters the first withdrawal opening 161 and pushes against the overflow switch 76 to turn on the overflow switch 76 by rotating toward the right side surface of the overflow box 62 against the bias of 55. .

When the sphere level is lowered by removing the sphere from the lower plate 8 and the like, and the sphere in the overflow passage 6 which pressed the first movable member 150 disappears, the first movable member 150 is removed. Turns back by the bias of the first spring 155, and the overflow switch 76 is turned off.

Furthermore, by removing the ball from the lower plate 8
When the sphere in the overflow passage 6 that pressed the second movable member 151 disappears, the second movable member 151 turns back by the bias of the second spring 159, and the overflow advance notice switch 165 is turned off. .

The above-mentioned first movable member 150 and overflow switch 76 constitute excess game medium detection means, and the second movable member 151 and overflow notice switch 165 constitute excess game medium notice detection means. ing.

Next, with reference to FIG. 18, a second embodiment of the discharge control circuit for electrically controlling the ball discharging device 42 in the pachinko machine equipped with the above-mentioned overflow warning switch 165 will be described.

The members having the same functions as those of the discharge control circuit 53 according to the first embodiment described above will be described with the same reference numerals. FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the second embodiment of the discharge control circuit.

Emission control circuit 170 according to the second embodiment.
Is a CPU (central processing unit) 10 as shown in FIG.
The CPU 100 includes a RAM (random access memory) 101 and a ROM (read only memory) 102 storing a control program and the like. Further, the CPU 100 has a clock generator 103.
The operation clock is supplied from.

In the discharge control circuit 170, the input side thereof is electrically connected to the first filter through the gate 104 and the second filter 106, and the output side thereof is electrically connected to the driver 107. I am in contact with you.

The first filter 105 has a safe signal 109 transmitted from a safe switch or the like via the photo coupler 108 and a prize ball which is data of the number of prize balls from the accessory control circuit upon detection of a prize ball. Transmission clock 1 for generating the reception timing of data 110 and prize ball data
11 and are input. Further, the first filter is electrically connected to a first discharge sensor 45 and a second discharge sensor 46 provided in the ball discharge device 42, and a ball removal solenoid detection switch 49 that detects switching of the ball discharge path 41. ing.

In the above-mentioned second filter 106, the overflow switch 76 provided in the overflow passage 6 is provided.
(Overflow SW1) and overflow notice switch 165 (Overflow SW2), and ball discharge path 41
The half-end sensor 47 and the ball removal sensor 50 provided in the vehicle are electrically connected to each other, and the firing permission signal 112 from the management device is input.

The driver 107 is provided with an overflow warning lamp 32 provided on the surface of the game board 3, a first discharge solenoid 43 and a second discharge solenoid 44 provided on the ball discharging device 42, and a ball discharging path 41. Ball removing solenoid 48, completion lamp 33 provided on the surface of the game board 3,
The safe solenoid 55 provided on the downflow path of the winning ball is electrically connected, and the gold frame signal 113 for detecting the opening of the gold frame 12 and the notification that the winning ball is discharged to the management device are communicated. The winning ball signal 114 and the launch signal 115 for instructing the launching device 51 to launch the ball are output. This firing signal 115 is transmitted to the firing device 5 via the relay 117 which is powered by the 24V operating power supply 116.
It is output to 1.

Of the control procedures in the discharge control circuit 170 according to the second embodiment described above, the first procedure described above is used.
The overflow switch monitoring processing different from the control procedure in the discharge control circuit 170 according to the embodiment of FIG.
9 will be described. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the procedure of overflow switch monitoring processing.

Overflow switch monitoring process (S7
In 0), as shown in FIG. 19, first, it is determined whether or not the overflow warning switch 165 is turned on.

Here, when the overflow passage 6 is filled with prize balls and the overflow warning switch 165 is turned on, the overflow warning lamp 32 is turned on and the special symbol variable display section 15 overflows. Set advance notice transmission data for (S
70b).

Next, the overflow switch 76 is further added.
It is determined whether or not is turned on (S70c).

Here, when the overflow passage 6 is further filled with prize balls and the overflow switch 76 is turned on, the transmission data for determining the overflow is set (S70d), and the launch device 51 is set. The off information for stopping the firing operation is set in the firing signal 115 (S70e), and the process is returned. On the other hand, when the overflow switch 76 is not turned on, the firing signal 115 to the firing device 51 is set with on information for performing the firing operation (S70g), and the process is returned.

When it is determined that the overflow notification switch 165 is off in the above-described status determination process (S70a) of the overflow notification switch 165, overflow clear information indicating that the overflow status is not set is set (S70f). , ON information for setting the firing operation is set (S70g), and the process is returned.

Next, referring to FIG. 20, the relationship between the operation of the overflow warning switch 165 and the overflow switch 76, the overflow warning notification, the overflow notification, and the stopping of the ball hitting operation will be described. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a time chart showing the relationship between the operation of the overflow notice switch and the overflow switch, the notice of overflow, the notice of overflow, and the stop of the ball hitting operation.

As shown in FIG. 20, when the overflow passage 6 is not filled with prize balls, the overflow warning switch 165 (overflow switch 1) and the overflow switch 76 (overflow switch 2) are off, The firing signal 115 is in a firing ready state, and neither the advance warning notification nor the overflow notification is issued.

When the overflow passage 6 is filled with prize balls and the overflow warning switch 165 (overflow switch 1) is turned on, the overflow warning lamp 32 is turned on or the special symbol variable display portion 15 is notified of the overflow. Is displayed, and the overflow advance notice is started.

Further, when the overflow passage 6 is filled with the prize balls and the overflow switch 76 (overflow switch 2) is turned on, the firing signal 115 is set to the non-firing state and the firing operation of the batting ball by the firing device 51 is stopped. , While stopping the overflow notice,
The completion lamp 33 is turned on to notify that the overflow state is present.

Then, the prize balls are removed from the lower plate 8,
When the prize ball is removed from the overflow flow path 6 and the overflow switch 76 (overflow switch 2) is turned off, the firing signal 115 is set to a ready state, the firing operation of the firing device 51 is restarted, and the completion lamp 33 is turned on. When the notification of the overflow state due to, for example, is finished, the overflow warning lamp 32 is turned on, or a character for warning the overflow is displayed on the special symbol variable display portion 15 to give the warning of the overflow.

Furthermore, the prize balls are removed from the lower plate 8,
When the prize ball is removed from the overflow passage 6 and the overflow advance notice switch 165 (overflow switch 1) is turned off, the overflow advance notice is stopped.

Next, another embodiment of the movable member constituting the excessive game ball detecting means will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 21 is an exploded perspective view of the overflow passage seen from the back side of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 22 is a front view of the movable member and the overflow switch attached to the overflow passage.

The movable member 180 according to another embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, is the movable member 69 described above.
Further, a lever 181 for operating the movable member 69 is provided as an operating portion.

The spherical flow path such as the overflow flow path 182 to which the movable member 180 is attached is as shown in FIG.
A ball flow path substrate 183 that is a part of a mechanical base attached to the back side of the pachinko machine 1, a plurality of partition walls 184 provided on the front surface of the ball flow path substrate 183, and a closing plate 185 that closes the front surface of the ball flow path substrate 183. It consists of and.

The overflow channel 182 is partitioned by partition walls 184 and 184, the upstream side of which communicates with the ball discharge channel 186, and the downstream side of which communicates with the lower tray 8.

On the left side surface on the inlet side of the overflow passage 182, there is provided a ball inlet 187 which communicates from the prize ball outlet 4 to the upper plate 5, and the overflow passage 182 above the ball inlet 187 is provided. On the right side surface, there is provided a downwardly curved flow-down direction changing portion 188 for guiding the prize ball flowing down the overflow channel 182 to the ball intake port 187.

The movable member 180 described above is attached to the right side surface on the downstream side of the overflow passage 182. As shown in FIG. 21, the overflow passage 182 is always located on the right side of the overflow passage 182. When the overflow passage 182 is filled with prize balls, the prize balls are pressed to the overflow passage 182. 18
A movable member 180 that rotates toward the right side wall of 2 is attached.

The above-mentioned movable member 180 is made of a plate-like member, and an action protrusion 189 projecting toward the right side wall of the overflow channel 182 is provided at the upper end portion thereof, and the right side wall of the overflow channel 182 is provided. A spring mounting protrusion 191 for supporting one end of a spring 190 for urging the movable member 180 toward the right side wall of the overflow box 62, and a lower end portion thereof in the width direction of the movable member 180. A rotary shaft 192 is provided on the opposite side of the rotary shaft 192, and a lever 181 for manually operating the movable member 180 is provided on the side opposite to the action protrusion 189 with the rotary shaft 192 interposed therebetween.

On the right side wall of the overflow channel 182, a projecting / retracting port 193 for projecting and retracting the projecting projection 189 is provided at a position facing the projecting projection 189 of the movable member 180. A lever insertion hole 194 for inserting the lever 181 is provided.

A bearing portion 19 for rotatably supporting both ends of the rotating shaft 192 of the movable member 180 is provided on the front surface of the spherical flow path substrate 183 and the rear surface of the closing plate 185.
5 is provided, and a spring support boss 196 that supports the other end of the spring 190 is provided on the right side wall of the overflow channel 182.

Further, as shown in FIG. 21, an overflow switch 197 is attached to the outer right side of the entrance / exit 193 of the overflow channel 182 with the right side wall of the overflow channel 182 interposed therebetween.

Therefore, in order to attach the movable member 180 to the spherical flow path substrate 183, first, the movable member 180 is positioned inside the spherical flow path substrate 183, and one end of the rotating shaft 192 is attached to the spherical flow path substrate 183. The spring attachment protrusion 191 and the spring support boss 1 are attached to the bearing portion 195 provided on the front surface.
A coiled spring 190 may be attached between the spring 96 and 96, the obstruction plate 185 may be faced to the front surface of the overflow channel 182, and the other end of the rotating shaft 192 may be attached to the bearing portion 195 provided on the back surface of the obstruction plate 185.

Then, as shown in FIG. 22, the movable member 1
80 is always located in the overflow passage 182 by the bias of the spring 190, and the overflow switch 197 is in the off state.

On the other hand, the overflow channel 182 is filled with the sphere, the level of the sphere rises, and the sphere moves.
When reaching the vicinity, the movable member 180 is pressed by the sphere.
Therefore, the movable member 180 rotates toward the right side wall of the overflow passage 182 (rotates in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG. 22) against the bias of the spring 190, and the action protrusion 18
9 goes into the entrance 193 and overflow switch 1
Upon hitting 97, the overflow switch 197 is turned on.

When the sphere level is lowered by removing the sphere from the lower tray 8 and the sphere in the overflow flow path 182 pressing the movable member 180 disappears, the movable member 18 is removed.
0 is returned and rotated by the bias of the spring 190, and the overflow switch 197 is turned off.

Further, when performing an operation test in an assembly factory or a game shop, if the lever 181 as an operating portion protruding from the lever insertion hole 194 is manually operated and rotated in the direction shown by the arrow in FIG. The movable member 180 includes a spring 190.
Against the urging force of the overflow channel 182, the action protrusion 189 enters the withdrawal opening 193 and pushes against the overflow switch 197, and the overflow switch 197 is turned on.

On the other hand, when the lever 181 is released, the movable member 180 is returned and rotated by the bias of the spring 190,
The overflow switch 197 is turned off.

The movable member 180 and the overflow switch 197 constitute the excessive game medium detecting means. The configurations of the movable member 180 and the overflow switch 197 according to the other embodiments described above can also be applied to the overflow advance notice switch.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, a pachinko machine was described as an example of a typical game machine, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described pachinko machine, but an arrangement ball type game machine and a sparrow ball game machine are also provided. It can also be applied to game machines such as. Further, in the above-described embodiment, two game medium storage units, the upper plate and the lower plate, are provided, but one may be provided.

[0184]

Since the present invention has the above-described structure,
The following effects can be obtained. According to the invention described in claim 1, when the game medium discharge path is filled with a game medium such as a prize ball and the excess game medium detecting means detects the excess game medium, before the emission operation of the game medium is stopped. The firing stop advance notice means can give advance notice of the overflow state in which the firing operation is stopped.

Therefore, it is not necessary to always pay attention to excessive storage and overflow of the game medium, and it is possible to concentrate on the game. Especially, when a so-called big hit occurs and a large amount of prize balls are discharged in a short time, the ejecting operation of the game medium may stop because the extracting operation of the game medium such as the prize ball cannot be performed in time. Without, it is possible to fully enjoy the game of jackpot and to fully enjoy the profit of the game.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the shooting stop preliminary means stops the shooting operation of the game medium after a lapse of a predetermined time after the excess game medium detecting means detects the excess game medium. ing.

Therefore, by providing only one excess game medium detecting means, the overflow state is set between the time when the excess game medium detecting means detects the excess game medium and the time when the operation of actually ejecting the game medium is stopped. A notice can be given.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the excess game medium advance notice detecting means can give advance notice that the overflow state will occur before the excess game medium detecting means detects the excess game medium.

Therefore, the excessive game medium detection means can detect the excessive game medium and give an advance notice of the overflow state before actually stopping the emission operation of the game medium, so suddenly during the game. The shooting operation of the game medium is not stopped.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, before the game medium emission stopping means actually stops the game medium emitting operation, the emission stop advance notice means gives advance notice of the overflow state and the overflow state. Until it is completely resolved, the overflow condition is reported.

Therefore, the player can surely deal with the overflow condition.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the advance notice of the overflow is issued by using the display unit capable of displaying the identification symbol.

Therefore, since the overflow state can be notified in advance by the identification symbol such as characters, the overflow state can be surely recognized. Also,
The special symbol variable display portion including the variable display device can be used as the display portion, and the special symbol variable display portion can be used in various ways.

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, by operating the lever, the excessive game medium detection means can be operated manually.

Therefore, even if there is not enough space around the excess game medium detection means, the operation confirmation test of the excess game medium detection means can be easily performed.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, by operating the lever, the excessive game medium notice detecting means can be manually operated.

Therefore, even if there is not enough space around the excessive game medium notice detecting means, the operation confirmation test of the excessive game medium notice detecting means can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a prize ball box.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a prize ball box.

FIG. 5 is a front view of an overflow switch attached to an overflow channel.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an emission control circuit.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a main routine of processing in the discharge control circuit.

8 is a flowchart showing an interrupt routine with respect to the main routine shown in FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of overflow switch monitoring processing shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the correspondence between the display content of the special symbol variable display section and the output data.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an accessory control circuit.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a display control circuit.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an outline of a processing procedure in the display control circuit.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a procedure of interrupt processing for the processing shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of overflow advance notice in a special symbol variable display portion.

FIG. 16 is a time chart showing the relationship between the operation of the overflow switch, the notification of overflow notice, the notification of overflow, and the stop of the ball hitting firing operation.

FIG. 17 is a front view of an overflow switch and an overflow warning switch attached to the overflow passage.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a second embodiment of an emission control device.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a procedure of overflow switch monitoring processing.

FIG. 20 is a time chart showing the relationship between the operation of the overflow notification switch and the overflow switch, the notification of overflow notification, the notification of overflow, and the stopping of the ball hitting operation.

FIG. 21 is an exploded perspective view of an overflow channel.

FIG. 22 is a front view of a movable member and an overflow switch attached to the overflow channel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 2 Front frame 3 Game board 4 Prize ball discharge port 5 Upper plate 6 Overflow channel 7 Overflow ball discharge port 8 Lower plate 9 Ball discharge lever 10 Ball removal lever 11 Launching operation handle 12 Gold frame 13 Guide rail 14 Game section 15 Special symbol variable display section 16 Starting port 17 Ordinary variation winning device 18 Special variation winning device 19 Ordinary symbol variable display 20 Ordinary symbol starting port 21 Out port 22 General figure starting memory indicator 23 Special figure starting switch 24 Normal figure starting switch 25 Count switch 26 Continuation switch 27 General prize hole 28 Obstacle nail 29 Obstacle member 30 Windmill 31 Decorative device 32 Overflow warning lamp 33 Completion lamp 34 Ball lender 35 Card insertion slot 36 Card reader / writer 37 Balance display section 38 Ball lending switch 39 Card Return switch 40 ball storage Rank 41 Ball discharge path 42 Ball discharge device 43 First discharge solenoid 44 Second discharge solenoid 45 First discharge sensor 46 Second discharge sensor 47 Half-end sensor 48 Ball removal solenoid 49 Ball removal solenoid detection switch 50 Ball removal sensor 51 Firing device 52 Accessory control circuit 53 Emission control circuit 54 Launch control circuit 55 Safe solenoid 60 Award ball box 61 Substrate 62 Overflow box 63 Out ball passage path 64 Out ball passage box 65 Fal ball passage path 66 Fal box 67 Wall member 68 Opening 69 Movable Member 70 Rotating shaft 71 Action protrusion 72 Spring 73 Spring attachment protrusion 74 Bearing portion 75 Spring support boss 76 Overflow switch 77 Overflow switch attachment portion 78 Exit slot 79 Eave portion 100 CPU 101 RAM 102 R OM 103 clock generator 104 gate 105 first filter 106 second filter 107 driver 108 photocoupler 109 safe signal 110 prize ball data 111 transmission clock 112 launch permission signal 113 gold frame signal 114 prize ball signal 115 launch signal 116 operating power supply 117 relay 120 RAM 121 CPU 122 Power Supply IC 123 Power Supply Circuit 124 Frequency Division Circuit 125 ROM 126 Bus 127 Sound Generator 128 Output Port 129 Buffer Gate 130 Amplifier 131 Speaker 132 Driver 133 Management Device 134 External Information Terminal 135 Low-pass Filter 136 Safe Sensor 140 Display Control circuit 141 CPU 142 ROM 143 RAM 144 Display control unit 145 Voice control unit 146 Sound generator 147 Amplifier 148 Speaker 150 First movable member 151 Second movable member 152 Partition wall 153 First rotating shaft 154 First acting protrusion 155 First spring 156 First spring mounting protrusion 157 Second rotating shaft 158 Second acting protrusion 159th 2 spring 160 2nd spring mounting protrusion 161 1st withdrawal port 162 2nd withdrawal port 163 1st spring support boss 164 2nd spring support boss 165 overflow notice switch 170 discharge control circuit 180 movable member 181 lever 182 overflow flow path 183 ball flow Road base plate 184 Partition wall 185 Closure plate 186 Ball discharge path 187 Ball inlet 188 Downflow direction changing portion 189 Working protrusion 190 Spring 191 Spring mounting protrusion 192 Rotating shaft 193 Exit hole 194 Lever insertion hole 195 Bearing portion 196 Spring support boss 197 Overflow Switch Chi

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A game section provided on the surface of a game board, a winning opening provided in the game section, a game medium ejecting means for ejecting a game medium into the game section, and a game medium ejected into the game section. When a game medium wins the winning opening, a game medium ejecting device that ejects a predetermined number of game media as a prize, a game medium storing section that stores the game medium ejected by the game medium ejecting device, A game medium discharging path that connects the game medium discharging device and the game medium storing section, and a game medium provided in the game medium discharging path and existing in the game medium discharging path has reached a predetermined amount. Excess game medium detection means for detecting, based on the detection output from the excess game medium detection means,
In a gaming machine including: a game medium emission stopping means for stopping the game medium emitting operation by the game medium emitting means; and an emission stop advance notice notifying means for giving advance notice that the game medium emitting operation is in a stopped state. A gaming machine characterized by that. 2. The launch stop advance notification means is based on the detection output from the excess game medium detection means,
A preliminary stop notification is provided to notify that the game media launching operation will be stopped, and a launch stop preliminary means for operating the game medium launching stop means is provided after a lapse of a predetermined time from the occurrence of the detection output. The gaming machine according to claim 1. 3. The launch stop advance notice notifying means includes excess game medium advance notice detecting means for detecting a smaller amount of game medium compared to the predetermined amount of game medium detected by the excess game medium detecting means, 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a notice is given that the launching operation of the game medium will be stopped based on the detection output from the excessive game medium notice detecting means. 4. The game medium emission stop means, after the advance notice of the stop of the game medium emission operation by the emission stop advance notice means, based on the detection output from the excess game medium detection means. When the output of the medium is stopped and the detection output from the excessive game medium detection means is stopped, the operation of emitting the game medium is restarted, and the emission stop advance notice means is the game medium emission stop means for playing the game. Before the ejection operation of the medium is stopped, based on the detection output from the excessive game medium advance notice detecting means, a notice is given that the emitting operation of the game medium will be in a stopped state, and the excessive game medium advance notice detecting means. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the advance notice is continued until the detection output from is stopped. 5. The launch stop advance notice device is configured to give advance notice by a display unit provided in the game unit and capable of displaying an identification symbol. The game machine according to item 1. 6. The excess game medium detection means, when the game medium existing in the game medium discharge path reaches a predetermined amount, a movable member that is pressed by the game medium to operate, and an operation of the movable member. 6. A detection switch for detecting the movement of the movable member, and the movable member is provided with an operation section for operating the movable member by a manual operation.
A gaming machine according to the item. 7. The excess game medium advance notice detecting means, when the game medium existing in the game medium discharge path reaches a predetermined amount, a movable member that is pressed by the game medium to operate, and a movable member of the movable member. 7. A detection switch for detecting an operation, wherein the movable member is provided with an operation unit for operating the movable member by a manual operation.
A gaming machine according to the item. 8. The game medium storage section includes a first game medium storage section disposed above and a second game medium storage section disposed below and below the first game medium storage section. The game medium storage section allows the game medium overflowing from the first game medium storage section to flow down through an overflow flow path forming a part of the game medium discharge path, and the excess game is provided in the middle of the overflow flow path. The game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a medium detecting means is provided. 9. The gaming machine according to claim 8, wherein an excessive game medium notice detecting means is arranged downstream of the excessive game medium detecting means arranged in the overflow passage.