JPH10165576A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent invalid ball generation and to improve interest by temporarily retaining ones other than a first ball when the balls continuously enter a start port and setting shortest ON interval time longer than an opening operation cycle based on the temporary retaining. SOLUTION: When the ball enters the start port, an operation switch is turned ON and an opening/closing blade piece continuously performs an opening/ closing operation, the ball (x) made to flow in during the opening/closing operation is made to temporarily stand by on a lower movable stopper 30. Then, it is attracted by the magnet 27 of a moving body 25, moved, abutted to an upper movable stopper 36, stopped and retained in a ball standby area (s.) The maximum of five pieces are retained. Along with the completion of the opening/closing operation of the opening / closing blade piece, the lower and upper stoppers 30 and 31 are opened and the retained ball (x) is moved. Even when a start switch is turned ON during the opening operation cycle, an ON operation is invalidated. For the prevention, a start delay device generates the shortest ON interval time longer than opening operation cycle time, the ON of the start switch is prevented even when the ball enters the start port during the opening/closing operation and a waste ball is prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a working space surrounded by a peripheral wall, a normal winning area and a specific winning area are provided, and a large winning opening communicating with the working space is formed in the circumferential wall, and the large winning opening is opened and closed. A winning case including a winning device having an opening / closing drive device and having a large winning opening communicating with an operating gap formed in a peripheral wall of the winning case is covered with the opening / closing wing piece, and the opening / closing wing piece is opened. Various proposals have been made to provide a winning device having an opening / closing drive device for converting between a position and a shielding position. In this winning device, when a ball flows into a starting port provided on the game board surface, the opening / closing drive device is driven to convert the opening / closing wing piece to an open position, and the opening activates from the big winning port. When the ball that has flowed into the gap passes through the specific winning area, the opening / closing drive device causes a continuous opening / closing operation of the opening / closing wings or a jackpot operation including an opening operation for a predetermined time, thereby providing a predetermined benefit to the player.

[0003]

In a pachinko machine equipped with the above-mentioned winning device, the opening and closing operation of the opening / closing wing pieces and the passing operation of the ball to a specific winning area or a normal winning area can be performed reliably. An opening operation cycle is set in advance, and during this opening operation cycle, even if the start switch is turned on, it is not effective. The opening operation cycle includes the interval time from when the ball enters the starting port and the starting switch is turned on to when the opening / closing wing is opened, the opening time, and the specific area after the closing of the opening / closing wing. The time is made valid for the ball to pass through.

By the way, if the ON operation of the start switch during the opening operation cycle is invalidated, the prize device often does not open and close even if a ball enters the starting port, and the game is frequently performed. The disappointment of the elderly,
This results in a loss of interest in the game. In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable that the number of times the start switch is turned on is stored and executed sequentially, but such a method is not permitted by law. An object of the present invention is to prevent the occurrence of the above-mentioned invalid ball and improve the interest of the game.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the present invention, at least one of the game balls continuously entering the starting port during the opening operation cycle of the opening / closing drive device and entering the starting port. , After a temporary stagnation, a ball is supplied to the start switch side to provide a start delay device, the start delay device, when the start switch is continuously turned on, the shortest on-interval time T, the opening operation cycle It is characterized in that it is made longer than the time.

In such a configuration, when balls continuously enter the starting opening, the second and subsequent balls are temporarily retained by the starting delay device. The shortest ON interval time T is determined by the temporary stay, and the ON interval time T is set longer than the open operation cycle, so that a new ON operation of the start switch occurs during the open operation cycle. Therefore, the ON operation is always effective, and the useless ball is eliminated.

[0007] Here, the starting delay device is provided with a rotating body having a ball support hole on the periphery between a starting port and a starting switch, and continuously or intermittently rotates the rotating body in one direction. ,
With the rotation, the ball support hole is configured to circulate from a capturing position that vertically coincides with the starting port through a discharge position that coincides with the communication port to the start switch in the front-rear direction, It is proposed that the minimum on-interval time T is defined by the moving time from the discharge position of the ball support hole to the next discharge position.

In such a configuration, the shortest ON interval time T can be adjusted by the rotation speed of the rotating body, and the shortest ON interval time T can be easily made longer than the opening operation cycle.

[0009] The starting port communicating with the starting delay device may be constituted by the winning port of the prize apparatus in which the winning port is converted into a position where the ball easily enters and a position where the ball is difficult to enter.

[0010] By the way, when a ball continuously enters the starting port, the second and subsequent balls are temporarily retained by the starting delay device to generate the shortest ON interval time T.
In order to speed up the progress of the game, it is desirable that the first ball be turned on as soon as possible to open the big winning opening.

Therefore, the discharging position is set to an angular position deviated from the capturing position in the rotation direction within an angle range of 0 ° to 90 °, and the rotating body is always in a position where the ball support hole is aligned with the capturing position. The ball support hole is rotated until the winning ball enters the starting port until the ball support hole returns to the capture position. In addition, when winning balls enter continuously,
It will rotate continuously. Thus, the ball that has entered first reaches the discharge position relatively quickly because the angle from the capture position is 90 ° or less. And the ball that entered next,
During this time, it is supported on the peripheral surface of the rotating body. For this reason, the next start switch will not be turned on until the previous ball makes one rotation from the discharge position and reaches the discharge position again.

In this configuration, the capture position and the discharge position may be matched. In this case, the first winning ball is released as it is, and the start switch is turned on. In this configuration, the rotating body may be rotated in accordance with the ball detection by the start switch.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1, in which a ball tray, a rotary handle for shooting a ball, and the like are provided at a lower portion (not shown) of a machine frame 2. A winning device 10 according to the present invention is provided at the center of the game board 3.

On the other hand, a start delay device 60 having a start port 61 is provided below the winning device 10. The starting port 61 is provided with the opening / closing wing piece 1 described later with the inflow of the ball.
The open / close drive device 18 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) composed of 6, 16 solenoids is driven once. This start delay device 60
Constitute a main part of the present invention and will be described later. In addition, the game board 3 is provided with various winning ports. A general winning opening 5 is also provided at the top of the winning device 10.

Next, the winning device 10 will be described. 11
Is a winning case, and has a deep cubic working space 13 at the center surrounded by peripheral walls such as the side walls 12 and 12 and the bottom stagnant portion 22. A large winning opening 15 is provided on the working space 13 so that the ceiling piece 14 is inclined and guided.
Opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 pivotally supported on both sides of the special winning opening 15 by a shaft 17 so as to be tiltable between a shielding position (indicated by a chain line in FIG. 2) and an open position (in solid line in FIG. 2).
Is arranged. The opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 are converted and controlled to the above-described two positions by an opening / closing drive device 18 including a solenoid or the like provided on the back of the winning case 11.

On the large winning opening 15, a judgment symbol display device 19 composed of a liquid crystal display device or the like is provided.
The determination symbol display device 19 changes the symbol with the start of the big hit operation, stops and displays one of the symbols, and determines the number of consecutive big hits based on the symbol content. During the big hit, the number of consecutive times is displayed.

On both sides of the substrate portion of the winning case 11,
Sideways 20, 20 communicating with the special winning opening 15 are provided, and the outlets of the sideways 20, 20 communicate with the bottom stagnation portion 22 of the working space 13 through an opening 20a (see FIG. 3). Therefore, the ball that has flowed into the special winning opening 15 is the bypass 20,
20 guides it to the bottom staying portion 22. A 10-count switch 21 is provided in each of the bypasses 20.

On the other hand, a mounting case 23 is fixed to the back of the winning case 11. And the working space 1
3 is formed deeply, and the cylindrical transfer member 25 is formed so that the bottom stagnation portion 22 is substantially located in the lower tangential direction inside thereof.
Are supported in the left-right direction by the shaft 26. This transfer body 25
The five permanent magnets 27 are built in the inside of the peripheral surface of. That is, the width of the transfer body 25 is equivalent to five times the diameter of the sphere, and two and three magnets 27 are arranged alternately at positions 180 degrees out of phase, and flowed in the width direction as described later. The sphere can be attracted by the magnet 27.

A ball winning hole 28 is formed in the bottom stagnation portion 22 and communicates with a ball outflow trough for generating a prize ball.
The ball winning hole 28 is shielded by a lower movable stopper 30.

A transfer body 25 is located inside the working space 13.
The upper shelf 31 is formed substantially along the upper tangent direction of the upper part, and a horizontal groove-shaped ordinary winning area 32 is further formed behind the upper shelf 31. The normal winning area 32 communicates with a ball outflow gutter for generating a prize ball. On the ordinary winning area 32, a trough-shaped specific winning area 33 that moves in the left-right direction so as to partially cover the ordinary winning area 32 is provided. The ball is guided to a ball flow inlet that creates a winning state.

Further, behind the upper part of the transfer body 25,
The upper movable stopper 36 is provided on the ceiling surface of the
7, the hanging state of the ball is blocked and the backward movement of the ball is prevented. As shown in FIG. 2, only five balls in a row in the left and right direction can be retained on the upper part of the transfer body 25.
A ball waiting area s is formed.

Next, each drive mechanism will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the transfer body 25 is constantly rotated clockwise as indicated by an arrow by applying a driving force of a drive motor 40 via a gear train 41. This rotation speed is
As will be described later, the rotation can be converted into a low-speed rotation and a high-speed rotation in accordance with the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 and the jackpot operation.

The driving of the lower movable stopper 30 is shown in FIG.
The lower movable stopper 30 is fixed to the end of the rod of the solenoid 43 fixed to the bottom surface of the mounting case 23 as shown by the arrow.
8 is controlled by converting it into a position to open and a position to shield (FIG. 3).

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the specific winning area 33 is moved in a width direction by a drive shaft of a drive motor 44 fixed to the rear surface of the mounting case 23 and eccentrically with the drive shaft. The pivot shaft 46 is moved in one direction around the drive shaft, and the pivot shaft 46 is
The slide plate 47 is inserted into a vertical hole 48 formed at the center of the slide plate 47 which can be moved in the left-right direction along 5 and 45. It is performed as follows. Then, the photo sensor 49
Accordingly, when the specific winning area 33 is located at the center, the driving of the drive motor 44 is stopped.

The upper movable stopper 36 connects the distal end of a rod of a solenoid 50 fixed on the top plate of the mounting case 23 to a linking shaft 51 slightly eccentric from the shaft 37, and moves around the shaft 37 by moving back and forth. By tilting the upper movable stopper 36, the upper movable stopper 36 is moved to the vertical position (shielding position) in FIG. Then, in the vertical position, as described above, the transfer body 2
A ball waiting area s in which five balls can stay is formed on the upper part of the ball 5.

The operation of this configuration will be described.
In a normal state, the lower movable stopper 30 and the upper movable stopper 36 are in the third position where they are open, and the transfer body 25 rotates clockwise to cause clockwise rotation in which the front part moves upward, and By the driving of the drive motor 44, the specific winning area 33 reciprocates in the width direction.

When a hit ball flows into a starting port 61 of a starting port provided on the game board surface 3, the opening / closing drive device 18
Is converted to the open position for about 0.5 seconds according to the open operation cycle described below. And the next hit ball is the opening and closing wing piece 16,
When the ball is guided by 16 and flows in from the special winning opening 15, the 10 count switch 21 is passed through the bypasses 20 and 20.
In response, the ball is detected, and the solenoid 43 is driven to move the lower movable stopper 30 to the first position where the ball winning hole 28 is shut off, and the ball moves on the lower movable stopper 30 of the bottom stagnant portion 22 of the working gap 13. Will be guided to. At this time, the transfer body 25 rotates at a high speed, and when the magnet 27 matches the position of the sphere, the ball x is attracted to the outer peripheral surface of the transfer body 25 by the permanent magnet 27 and is transferred upward with its rotation. . Then, the upper movable stopper 36 is in the open position, further rolls rearward, and enters either the normal winning area 32 or the specific winning area 33 that is reciprocating. And if it is captured in the specific winning area 33, it will be a big hit, and the big hit operation will be started as follows. In addition, at this time, any symbol is displayed on the judgment symbol display device 19, and the number of continuous big hit operations is selected according to the content of the symbol.

That is, the opening / closing drive device 18 causes the opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 to perform a continuous opening / closing operation. During the big hit, the lower movable stopper 30 is maintained at the shielding position, and the solenoid 50 is driven to move the upper movable stopper 36 to the shielding position in which the upper movable stopper 36 is suspended from the ceiling. Second position and transfer body 2
The rotation speed of No. 5 is a low speed rotation. At this time, the specific winning area 33 stops at the center position.

The ball x flowing during this opening / closing operation is shown in FIG.
As shown by 5, the robot once waits on the lower movable stopper 30, is further attracted by the magnet 27 with the rotation of the transfer body 25, is prevented from rolling backward by the upper movable stopper 36, and moves to the ball waiting area s. Stay. This operation is repeated with the inflow of the ball x, and a maximum of 5
Individual balls will stay. Subsequently, the ball transferred on the surface of the cylindrical transfer body 25 loses its place to go, falls and returns on the lower movable stopper 30 because the ball waiting area s is already occupied by another ball x, and is transferred again. It is adsorbed on the peripheral surface of the body 25 and rises again. That is, as described above, the transfer body 25 is closed until the opening and closing operation of the opening and closing blade pieces 16 and 16 is completed.
In the front of the sphere, a variety of movements of rising and falling of the ball x are repeated.

When the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 is completed, the rotation of the transfer body 25 is stopped, and at the same time, the lower movable stopper 30 is retracted, the ball winning hole 28 is opened, and the upper movable The stopper 36 also tilts rearward to the open position (third position). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the balls staying on the lower movable stopper 30 flow down the ball winning hole 28 at the same time, and up to five balls waiting in the ball waiting area s simultaneously move backward. Moving. Then, it flows into the specific winning area 33 stopped at the center or falls into the normal winning area 32. At this time, since the balls are almost aligned and roll backward, the specific prize area 33
Thus, the capture rate to the target is improved.

When the ball flows into the specific winning area 33, a jackpot operation is performed again. The continuous operation of the big hit is determined by the display symbol of the determination symbol display device 19. The description is omitted.

In the last round of the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing wings 16, 16, the transfer body 25 rotates at a high speed while the lower movable stopper 30 maintains its closed state, and each device returns to the normal operation. It will be.

These operation controls are easily executed by a control device including a central control device and the like, and the timing of an opening operation cycle is controlled by the control device. The timing control will be described with reference to the time chart of FIG.

That is, when a ball enters the starting port 61, a starting switch communicating with the starting port 61 is turned on. Immediately after this ON, an opening operation cycle is executed. In this opening operation cycle, the interval time t ₁ , the opening time t _2, and the effective time after the opening time t ₂ elapses from when the ball enters the starting port and the start switch is turned on to when the opening / closing wing piece is opened. constructed is divided into time t _3. Note that the time when the ball passes through the specific area is made effective (open time t ₂ + effective time t ₃ ). Where, for example,
t ₁ = 1.5 seconds, t ₂ = 0.5 seconds, t ₃ = 3.5 seconds, and the time t _c of the opening operation cycle is 5.5 seconds.

Note that these time settings are set according to legal regulations and the like, and therefore, there is a possibility that the interval time t ₁ = 0.

If the start switch is turned on during the opening operation cycle, the on operation is invalidated because the hitting operation is performed stably or in accordance with laws and regulations. Becomes

Therefore, in the present invention, the shortest on-interval time T is generated by the starting delay device 60 so that even if a ball enters the starting port 61 during the opening operation cycle, the ball is made to stand by. The start switch is not turned on. In other words, the relationship is established such that the shortest ON interval time (T) ≧ opening operation cycle time (t _c ).

Next, the configuration of the start delay device 60 will be described with reference to FIG.
It will be described according to. The start delay device 60 is provided with an actuator 62 including a mounting case 63 and a rotating body 65, and is arranged on the actuator 62 to guide the ball to the actuator 62 and to have an upper end thereof as a start port 61. And a ball guide path 70.

Here, the mounting case 63 of the actuator 62 has an annular surrounding portion 64, the inside of which is defined as a mounting space, and the rotating body 65 is pivotally supported in the mounting space. An opening is formed in the upper part of the surrounding portion 64. The surrounding portion 64 is vertically folded on both sides of the opening, and a ball standby portion 66 is formed between the folded ends. Further, nail rows 71, 71 are provided on both sides above the ball standby section 66, and a ball guide path 70 for guiding the ball to the ball standby section 66 is provided between the nail rows 71, 71, and an upper end of the ball guide path 70 Is the starting port 61.

Further, the rotating body 65 has a spherical support hole 67 formed on the peripheral surface thereof. The mounting case 6
A communication port 68 is formed inside the mounting gap 3.
The communication port 68 communicates with a winning passage, and a start switch is provided in the winning passage. The rotating body 65 is constantly rotated clockwise at a constant speed by a drive motor (not shown), and the ball waiting in the ball standby unit 66 at the position where the ball support hole 67 matches the ball standby unit 66 is moved. The ball is captured by the ball support hole 67. The sphere that has entered the sphere support hole 67 has one rotating body 6.
When the ball support hole 67 coincides with the communication port 68 with the rotation of 5, the ball support hole 67 is discharged to the communication port 68. That is, the ball standby portion 66 is a ball capture position in the present invention, and the communication port 68 is also a ball discharge position.

For this reason, the ball entering the starting port 61 is
The start switch is not turned on immediately, but is turned on at least after a lapse of time from the ball standby section 66 to the time when the ball enters the ball support hole 67 and is transferred to the communication port 68. That is, the shortest ON interval time T is defined by the rotation speed of the ball support hole 67. Therefore, by appropriately selecting the rotation speed and adjusting the time required for the ball support hole 67 to move from the position of the ball support hole 67 to the position of the communication port 68, the relationship of T ≧ t _c is established. To do.

The start switch is not turned on during the opening operation cycle, and when a large number of balls enter the start port 61, the ball support hole 6 is provided as shown in FIG.
At 7, while being supported by the peripheral surface of the rotating body 65 and waiting,
The ball that has entered thereafter will also wait in the ball guide path 70 on the ball y.

In the start delay device 60 having such a configuration,
As described above, the time of the open operation cycle t _c = 5.5.
The time required for one rotation of the rotating body 65 (the shortest ON interval time T) is set to, for example, 6 seconds or more. after time t _c has surely passed in, it is possible to first sphere supply to the communication port 68. Therefore, no invalid sphere is generated.

In the starting delay device 60 having such a configuration, by adjusting the rotation speed of the rotating body 65,
Minimum on interval time T a can be set at will, even in case of changing the time t _c of this for opening operation cycle, it is possible to maintain the relationship T ≧ t _c easily.
As described above, since the rotating body 65 generates the shortest on-interval time (T) by one rotation, the rotating body 65 does not necessarily need to rotate at a constant speed, and various speeds during one rotation. Fluctuations are allowed.

Since the ball is supported by the peripheral surface of the rotating body 65 and stands by at the ball standby section 66, the mounting case 6
By making the front surface of 3 transparent, the ball located in the ball standby portion 66 can be confirmed, and the opening operation of the opening / closing wing pieces 16, 16 can be reliably caused by the ball entering the starting port 61. This is easily understood, and the player can be given a sense of trust. In addition, the operation becomes dynamic due to the delivery and transfer of the sphere in accordance with the rotation of the rotating body 65, so that a varied starting ball generation mode can be realized.

FIGS. 10 and 11 show a start delay device 80 having another configuration. That is, in this configuration, a prize winning device 82 is provided on the actuator 62 so that the winning prize port is converted into a state where the ball is easy to enter and a state where the ball is difficult to enter, and the starting port 81 is configured by the winning port. It is. The actuator 62 has the same configuration as described above, and the same reference numerals are given to the common parts, and the description will be omitted.

In such a configuration, the folded ends located on both sides of the ball support hole 67 of the surrounding portion 64 are extended upward, and the inner surface thereof is expanded upward to form the introduction portion 83. . Further, the pivoting shaft is positioned just above the turning end to support the opening / closing wing pieces 85, 85.
The winning device 82 is constituted by 5, 85. The open / close wing pieces 85, 85 are converted into an open position (solid line position) in which the winning opening is inclined outward so that the ball easily enters, and a vertically standing steady position where the ball is difficult to enter. And the opening / closing wing piece 85,
The winning port between 85 is the starting port 81.

In such a configuration, the opening / closing wing pieces 85, 85
When the ball enters and the start switch is turned on in a state where is upright, the open / close wing pieces 85 and 85 are opened. In addition, the opening / closing wing pieces 85 may be opened for other factors.

Even in the start delay device 80 having such a configuration, the shortest ON interval time T
Can be made longer than the time t _{C of the} open operation cycle to prevent the start switch from being turned on during the open operation cycle. For this reason, there is no ON operation during the opening operation cycle that does not cause the opening operation, and wasteful balls can be eliminated.

In the starting delay device 80 of this embodiment, in addition to the advantages of the starting delay device 60, a variable operation mode due to the opening and closing operation of the winning device 82 can be realized, and the ball easily enters in the open state. There is an advantage that it is possible to give the player a sense of gain and increase interest in the game.

By the way, in each of the above-described embodiments, when balls continuously enter the starting ports 70 and 81, the second and subsequent balls are moved after a time equal to or longer than the shortest on-interval time T.
The start switch is turned on. In order to speed up the progress of the game, the ball (first ball) that first enters the start port turns on the start switch as soon as possible, and the big winning port. Is desirably opened.

To respond to this request, FIG.
3, 14 start delay devices 90, 95 are proposed. still,
The same components as those in the above-described embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

In the starting delay device 90 according to FIG. 13, a communication port 68 is provided immediately below the ball standby section 66. Further, in this configuration, the rotating body 65 is stopped with the ball support hole 67 vertically aligned with the ball standby portion 66 in a normal state. Then, when a start switch arranged in a winning passage communicating with the communication port 68 is turned on, the rotating body 6
5 is rotated. In order to start the rotation of the rotating body 65, a ball detection switch _St may be separately provided as shown in the following configuration in FIG.

As a result, when the ball enters first, the start switch is turned on as it is, and the rotating body 65 is rotated by this on operation, so that the ball support hole 67 reaches the position of the ball standby portion 66. Until then, the next winning ball is supported by the peripheral surface of the rotating body 65 and stays in the ball waiting section 66. Therefore, the start switch of the second ball is turned on only after the shortest on-interval time T (≧ t _c ), which is substantially equivalent to one rotation time of the rotating body 65, has elapsed. Thus, in such a configuration, 1
As for the second ball, the start switch is immediately turned on as in the conventional configuration, and there is no delay in the game.

The starting delay device 95 shown in FIG. 14 is configured such that the communication port 68 is set at an angle of 90 ° or less (about 3
0 °), and is deflected in the rotation direction. In the this configuration, the ball detection switch S _t is provided at a position of the ball standby portion 66, the spherical waiting section 66 by spherical detection switch S _t
When it is detected that there is a ball, the rotating body 65 is rotated. Even in this configuration, in a steady state, the ball support hole 67
Is stopped in accordance with the position of the ball standby unit 66. Then, when the rotating body 65 rotates a little (approximately 30 ° in the figure), the ball support hole 67 coincides with the communication port 68, a winning ball is discharged to the winning path, and the start switch is turned on.

In this configuration, the ball standby unit 66
Since the ball is temporarily retained in the ball standby portion 66, when a plurality of balls are simultaneously retained in the ball standby unit 66,
As a result, the ball remains in the ball standby portion 66, and only the first ball is transported in the ball support hole 67. This has the advantage that each operation can be performed reliably.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the rotating body has been described. However, the starting delay device temporarily stops at least the game balls entering the starting opening at the rear of the game balls continuously winning the starting opening. After that, the ball may be fed to the start switch side. For example, a standby plate, which is converted into an open position and a shield position by a solenoid, is disposed in a passage communicating with the starting port, and the standby plate is set to the open position in a normal state.
When the second ball enters, the solenoid is driven to convert the standby plate to the shielding position. When the second ball enters, the ball stays on the standby plate, and when the shortest ON interval time T elapses, the shielding plate is again closed. Various proposals have been made, such as a configuration for converting a plate to an open position.

[0057]

According to the present invention, even if the start switch is turned on during the opening operation cycle of the opening / closing drive device,
In a pachinko machine in which a detection ineffective time that does not make this invalid is provided, a start delay device for temporarily retaining a game ball that has won a prize in the starting port is provided, and the shortest ON interval time T is set to a time of an opening operation cycle by the start delay device. Since it is set to be longer than t _c , when a ball enters the starting port, the opening / closing drive device is reliably opened, and the useless ball is eliminated, and the reliability of the player is increased. Can be improved,
The interest in pachinko games can be increased.

Further, a rotating body having a sphere support hole on the periphery is disposed between the starting port and the starting switch, and the rotating body is always rotated in one direction. Along with this, the ball support hole is configured to circulate between a catching position that vertically matches the start port and a discharge position that matches the communication port to the start switch in the front-rear direction. When the minimum on-interval time T is defined by the movement time from the capture position to the release position, the relationship of T ≧ t _c can be easily and reliably adjusted by adjusting the rotation speed of the rotating body. In addition, the operation until the start switch is turned on is dynamic, realizing a variety of board operation, and stimulating the player's expectation for the next opening You can play pachinko games further Can Kusuru,

Further, in the case where the starting port communicating with the starting delay device is constituted by the winning port of the winning apparatus which converts the winning port into a state where the ball is easy to enter and a state where the ball is difficult to enter, By the opening and closing operation of the winning device, a variable operation mode can be realized, and in the open state, the ball can easily enter, giving the player a sense of gain and further increasing the interest in the game.

On the other hand, the discharge position is set to an angular position deviated from the capture position in the rotation direction within an angle range of 0 ° to 90 °, and the rotating body is always in alignment with the capture position by the ball support hole. In such a configuration, when the winning ball enters the starting port and the ball support hole rotates until the ball support hole returns to the capturing position, the ball that entered first is at an angle from the capturing position. Is less than or equal to 90 °, it reaches the discharge position relatively quickly. Therefore, the quickness of the game can be ensured while setting the shortest on-interval time T having the above significance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

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

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the winning device 10.

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

5 shows a winning case 11 and a mounting case 2 of the winning device 10. FIG.
It is a perspective view which shows 3 in isolation.

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

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a drive mechanism of a specific winning area 33.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view showing the start delay device 60.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a main part of the pachinko machine 1 provided with the start delay device 80.

11 is an enlarged view showing a start delay device 80. FIG.

FIG. 12 is a time chart.

13 is an enlarged view showing a start delay device 90. FIG.

14 is an enlarged view showing a start delay device 95. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 winning device 11 winning case 13 working gap 15 large winning opening 16, 16 opening / closing wing piece 18 opening / closing drive device 32 normal winning region 33 specific winning region 60 starting delay device 61 starting opening 62 actuator 65 rotating body 66 ball standby unit 67 ball Support hole 68 Communication port 70 Ball guideway 80 Starting delay device 82 Winning device 85, 85 Opening / closing wing piece

Claims (4)

[Claims] An operating space surrounded by a peripheral wall has a normal winning region and a specific winning region, and a large winning opening communicating with the operating space is formed on the peripheral wall, and the large winning opening is opened and closed. A winning device having an opening and closing drive device,
When a ball flows into a starting port provided on the game board surface and a start switch provided in a passage communicating with the starting port is turned on, the opening / closing drive device is driven to open for a predetermined time to open a special winning opening. When the ball entering the working gap passes through the specific winning area, the opening / closing drive device generates a big hit operation such as a continuous opening / closing operation or a predetermined time opening operation,
Even in the open operation cycle, even if the start switch is turned on, in a pachinko machine in which a detection ineffective time occurs in which the start switch is not activated, at least the game ball that has consecutively won the start port has entered the start port. After the game ball is temporarily retained, a start delay device for feeding the ball to the start switch side is provided, and when the start switch is continuously turned on by the start delay device,
A pachinko machine wherein the shortest on-interval time T is longer than the opening operation cycle time. 2. The start delay device according to claim 1, further comprising: a rotating body provided with a ball support hole on a peripheral edge between the starting port and the starting switch, and continuously or intermittently rotating the rotating body in one direction. With the rotation, the ball support hole is configured to circulate from a capturing position that vertically matches the start port through a discharge position that matches the communication port to the start switch in the front-rear direction. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the shortest on-interval time T is defined by the moving time from the discharge position of the ball support hole to the next discharge position. 3. A start port communicating with the start delay device, wherein the start port of the prize device is converted into a state where a ball is easy to enter and a state where a ball is difficult to enter. The pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The discharge position is set to an angular position deviated from the capture position in the rotation direction within an angle range of 0 ° to 90 °, and the rotator is always in a position where a sphere support hole coincides with the capture position. The pachinko machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the pachinko machine stops at a position where the winning ball enters the starting port, and rotates until the ball supporting hole returns to the catching position.