JPH10263143A - Device for game - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent increasing and decreasing of the number of sealed balls compared to a prescribed number by repeatedly performing ball supply motion by an inner supply means and equipping a supply control means to control the supply of a prescribed number of balls to the inside of a Pachinko game machine. SOLUTION: After a ball stopper 609 is one-shot-driven, a switching arm 601b is rocked downward to discharge balls P laid on a dent part 601c and the balls are guided toward the inside of a Pachinko game machine. When the balls P pass through a detecting position of a supply ball detector 605 to be detected, the switching arm 601b is immediately rocked under a supply chute 508b. Balls P are supplied into the Pachinko game machine one by one and the motion is repeated until the supply ball detector 605 detects a prescribed number of balls. Thus the prescribed number of balls P can be supplied to the inside of the Pachinko game machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine provided in a game arcade or the like, and more particularly, to a ball game in which a game is performed by repeatedly firing a ball enclosed in a ball game machine. The present invention relates to a game device capable of replenishing balls inside the machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A ball game machine in which a game is performed by repeatedly firing an enclosed ball sealed inside a ball game machine is known as a conventional game device of this kind. There was a gaming device capable of replenishing balls inside.

[0003] In such a ball-and-ball game machine using an enclosed ball, the enclosed ball is repeatedly used inside the ball-and-ball game machine, but the enclosed ball becomes dirty due to repeated use. For this reason, in the conventional gaming machine, after discharging the old enclosing ball from the inside of the ball game machine, a predetermined number of polished balls are guided by the replenishment gutter and supplied to the inside of the ball game machine. Is done.
Then, in the ball-and-ball game machine, the replenished ball is newly used for the game as an enclosed ball.

In such a gaming machine, the number of balls to be supplied to one ball game machine is set in advance.
For this reason, in such a game device, the set number of balls are sent from the ball sending device to the supply gutter. The number of balls delivered from the ball delivery device has been adjusted by controlling the delivery operation amount of the ball delivery device. The ball thus sent out to the supply gutter is guided by the supply gutter, and is taken into the replenishment target ball game machine from the supply gutter. In a ball-and-ball game machine using enclosed balls, the number of enclosed balls needs to be a preset number so as not to hinder the game. For this reason, in the conventional gaming machine, as described above, when the ball is supplied to the ball game machine, the ball sending device side adjusts the number of balls to be supplied to the set number.

[0005]

However, in the conventional game apparatus, the number of balls to be replenished is adjusted on the side of the ball sending device, so that if the sending accuracy of the ball sending device is poor or the ball is supplied to the supply gutter. If there is a problem such as when clogging occurs, the set number of balls may not be supplied to the ball game machine, and in such a case, the number of enclosed balls may not be set to the set number. there were.

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game capable of preventing the number of balls enclosed in a ball game machine from increasing or decreasing from a predetermined number. To provide a device for use.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, there is provided a ball game machine in which a game is performed by repeatedly firing an enclosed ball filled in a ball game machine. A game device capable of replenishing, wherein a replenishing gutter from which a ball to be replenished to the ball game machine is guided, and a ball to be replenished when the ball is replenished to the ball game machine. Ball sending means for sending out to the supply gutter, and inside for supplying a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter toward the inside of the ball game machine when the ball is replenished to the ball game machine. Supply means, and replenishment control means for controlling the supply of the predetermined number of balls toward the inside of the ball game machine by repeatedly executing the supply operation of the balls by the internal supply means. And

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the internal supply means is provided in the supply gutter and a guiding direction of a ball guided by the supply gutter. Guiding direction switching means capable of switching from the guiding direction by the supply gutter to the guiding direction toward the ball game machine, and the guiding direction of the ball is changed by the guiding direction switching means to the guiding direction toward the ball game machine. And a supply operation means for performing an operation of supplying a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter toward the inside of the ball game machine when the switching is performed, the guidance direction switching means, and the supply operation It is characterized in that at least a part of the means is shared.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the internal supply means is provided in the supply gutter and a guiding direction of a ball guided by the supply gutter. Guiding direction switching means capable of switching from the guiding direction by the supply gutter to the guiding direction toward the ball game machine, and the guiding direction of the ball is changed by the guiding direction switching means to the guiding direction toward the ball game machine. And a supply operation means for performing an operation of supplying a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter toward the inside of the ball game machine when the switching is performed, the guidance direction switching means, and the supply operation The means is provided separately.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first or third aspect, a ball supplied from the internal supply means toward the inside of the ball game machine. A supply ball discharge passage capable of discharging the ball to the outside of the ball game machine, and a flow path of a ball supplied from the internal supply means toward the inside of the ball game machine. Further comprising an internal supply flow path switching means capable of switching to one of a flow path toward the inside and a flow path toward the supply ball discharge passage, wherein the supply control means is guided by the supply gutter. When the number of balls exceeds the predetermined number, even if the number of balls supplied toward the inside of the ball game machine by the internal supply means exceeds the predetermined number, the internal supply is performed. The execution of the ball supply operation by means is further continued In addition, the control of switching the flow path of the ball supplied from the internal supply means from the flow path toward the ball game machine to the flow path toward the discharge guide path by the internal supply flow path switching means is further performed. It is characterized by the following.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, a discharge command for instructing when a sealed ball inside the ball game machine is discharged to the outside. Discharging command signal generating means for generating a command signal, and further comprising ball discharging means for performing an operation of discharging an enclosed ball inside the ball game machine to the outside when the discharging command signal is generated, The discharge command signal generating means generates the discharge command signal again when a predetermined number of enclosed balls have not been discharged to the outside of the ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated. It is characterized by the following.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, a discharge command for instructing when a sealed ball inside the ball game machine is discharged to the outside. Discharging command signal generating means for generating a command signal; ball discharging means for performing an operation of discharging a sealed ball inside the ball game machine to the outside when the discharging command signal is generated; and A notifying unit for notifying that an abnormal state relating to the discharge of the enclosing ball has occurred when a predetermined number of enclosing balls have not been discharged to the outside of the ball game machine within a predetermined period after the signal is generated; and Is further included.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, a discharge command for instructing when a sealed ball inside the ball game machine is discharged to the outside. Discharging command signal generating means for generating a command signal; ball discharging means for performing an operation of discharging a sealed ball inside the ball game machine to the outside when the discharging command signal is generated; and Notification means capable of notifying that an abnormal state related to the discharge of gas has occurred,
The discharge command signal generating means generates the discharge command signal again when a predetermined number of enclosed balls have not been discharged to the outside of the ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal was generated. , The notification means, the number of balls discharged to the outside of the ball game machine by the operation of the ball discharge means,
If the predetermined number is less than the predetermined number within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated again, a notification that the abnormal state has occurred is provided.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the ball to be supplied to the ball game machine is guided by the supply gutter. When the ball is supplied to the ball game machine by the action of the ball sending means,
The ball to be replenished is sent to a replenishing gutter. When balls are supplied to the ball game machine by the function of the internal supply means, a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter are supplied toward the inside of the ball game machine. By the operation of the replenishment control means, the control of causing the internal supply means to repeatedly execute the ball supply operation to supply a predetermined number of balls toward the inside of the ball game machine is performed. In this way, the operation of supplying the balls guided by the supply gutter toward the inside of the ball game machine by a predetermined number is repeatedly executed, and a predetermined number of balls are supplied to the inside of the ball game machine. Since such control is performed, it is possible to prevent the number of balls replenished inside the ball game machine from increasing or decreasing from a predetermined number.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, the following operation is performed.
The internal supply means includes guidance direction switching means and supply operation means. By the function of the guidance direction switching means provided on the supply gutter, it is possible to switch the guidance direction of the ball guided by the supply gutter from the guidance direction by the supply gutter to the guidance direction toward the ball game machine. By the action of the supply operation means, when the guiding direction of the ball is switched to the guiding direction toward the ball game machine by the guiding direction switching means, a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter are placed inside the ball game machine. The operation of supplying the liquid to the air is performed. The guidance direction switching means and the supply operation means are at least partially shared. In this manner, the operation of supplying a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter toward the inside of the ball game machine is performed by a combination of the operations of the guidance direction switching means and the supply operation means.
Since at least a part is shared by the guidance direction switching unit and the supply operation unit, it is possible to prevent the structure of the internal supply unit from becoming complicated.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, the following operation is performed.
The internal supply means includes guidance direction switching means and supply operation means. By the function of the guidance direction switching means provided on the supply gutter, it is possible to switch the guidance direction of the ball guided by the supply gutter from the guidance direction by the supply gutter to the guidance direction toward the ball game machine. By the action of the supply operation means, when the guiding direction of the ball is switched to the guiding direction toward the ball game machine by the guiding direction switching means, a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter are placed inside the ball game machine. The operation of supplying the liquid to the air is performed. The guidance direction switching means and the supply operation means are provided separately. In this way, the operation of supplying a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter toward the inside of the ball game machine is performed by a combination of the operation of the guidance direction switching means and the supply operation means provided separately. Done.

According to the present invention described in claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 or 3, the following operation is performed. The replenishment ball discharge passage allows the balls supplied from the internal supply means toward the inside of the ball game machine to be discharged to the outside of the ball game machine. By the function of the internal supply flow path switching means, the flow path of the ball supplied from the internal supply means toward the inside of the ball game machine is changed into a flow path toward the inside of the ball game machine and a flow toward the supply ball discharge path. It is possible to switch to either one of the roads. By the further operation of the supply control means, when the number of balls guided by the supply gutter exceeds a predetermined number, the number of balls supplied toward the inside of the ball game machine by the internal supply means is predetermined. Even if the number exceeds the number, the execution of the ball supply operation by the internal supply means is further continued, and the flow path of the ball supplied from the internal supply means is changed from the flow path toward the ball game machine by the internal supply flow path switching means. Control for switching to the flow path toward the discharge guide path is further performed. As described above, when the number of balls guided by the supply gutter exceeds a predetermined number, the execution of the ball supply operation by the internal supply unit is continued even when the number of balls exceeds the predetermined number. The surplus balls are discharged to the outside of the ball game machine. For this reason, the surplus balls are disposed without being further guided by the supply gutter.

According to the present invention described in claim 5, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the following operation is performed.
By the function of the discharge command signal generating means, a discharge command signal for instructing when the enclosed ball inside the ball game machine is discharged to the outside is generated. When a discharge command signal is generated by the operation of the ball discharging means, an operation of discharging the enclosed ball inside the ball-and-ball game machine to the outside is performed. By the further action of the discharge command signal generating means,
If a predetermined number of enclosed balls have not been discharged to the outside of the ball game machine within a predetermined period since the discharge command signal was generated,
The discharge command signal is generated again. As described above, when an abnormality occurs in which a predetermined number of enclosing balls are not discharged to the outside of the ball-and-ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated, the discharging operation of the enclosing ball is attempted again. Such abnormalities may be resolved. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the work load on the staff in dealing with such abnormalities.

According to the present invention described in claim 6, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the following operation is performed.
By the function of the discharge command signal generating means, a discharge command signal for instructing when the enclosed ball inside the ball game machine is discharged to the outside is generated. When a discharge command signal is generated by the operation of the ball discharging means, an operation of discharging the enclosed ball inside the ball-and-ball game machine to the outside is performed. By the action of the notification means, if a predetermined number of the enclosed balls have not been discharged to the outside of the ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated, an abnormal state regarding the discharge of the enclosed balls has occurred. Is notified. As described above, when a predetermined number of balls are not discharged within a predetermined period despite the generation of the discharge command signal, a notification that an abnormal state has occurred is given. It becomes possible to grasp the occurrence of an abnormal state, and it is possible to easily and quickly deal with the abnormal state.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the following operation is performed in addition to the operation of the first aspect.
By the function of the discharge command signal generating means, a discharge command signal for instructing when the enclosed ball inside the ball game machine is discharged to the outside is generated. When a discharge command signal is generated by the operation of the ball discharging means, an operation of discharging the enclosed ball inside the ball-and-ball game machine to the outside is performed. By the function of the notifying means, it is possible to notify that an abnormal condition relating to the discharge of the enclosed ball has occurred. By the further function of the discharge command signal generating means, when a predetermined number of enclosed balls are not discharged to the outside of the ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated, the discharge command signal is generated again. . By the further action of the notification means, when the number of balls discharged to the outside of the ball game machine by the operation of the ball discharge means is less than the predetermined number within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated again. , A notification that an abnormal state has occurred is issued. As described above, when an abnormality occurs in which a predetermined number of enclosing balls are not discharged to the outside of the ball-and-ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated, the discharging operation of the enclosing ball is attempted again. Such abnormalities may be resolved. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the work load on the staff in dealing with such abnormalities. Further, if the predetermined number of the enclosed balls are not discharged to the outside of the ball game machine even if the operation of discharging the enclosed balls is tried again, it is notified that an abnormal state has occurred,
By the notification, the occurrence of the abnormal state can be easily grasped, and the abnormal state can be easily and promptly dealt with. In addition, if the operation of discharging the enclosing ball is tried again and the number of the enclosing balls discharged is still less than the predetermined number, a notification that an abnormal state has occurred is given. It is possible to know that an abnormal condition that cannot be caused has occurred.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, a gaming machine capable of replenishing balls inside a ball game machine in which a game is performed by repeatedly firing and firing an enclosed ball sealed inside a ball game machine. As a ball game machine where this gaming device replenishes the enclosed ball,
An example of a pachinko gaming machine will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the ball game machine is not limited to a pachinko game machine, but may be another ball game machine such as a coin game machine or an arrangement type pachinko game machine. That is, the present invention is a gaming device capable of replenishing balls inside a ball game machine in which a game is performed by repeatedly firing a sealed ball sealed inside a ball game machine, and performing a game. It can be applied to any gaming device.

First Embodiment

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a game machine installation island provided with a game device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1A is a plan view of the gaming machine installation island 500, and FIG. 1B is a front view of the gaming machine installation island 500.

Referring to FIG. 1, gaming machine installation island 500
It is provided in a game store (game room). Game machine installation island 500
Includes a representative unit 500a having a unit-type mounting structure and a plurality of continuous units 500b having a unit-type mounting structure arranged on both left and right sides thereof. Each unit of the representative unit 500a and the continuous unit 500b has two
A total of four pachinko gaming machines 1 are provided on the back side of FIG.

The representative unit 500a is a game machine installation island 5
This unit is installed at the center of the unit 00, and the left and right sides are configured to be connectable to the continuous unit 500b.
The connecting unit 500b is a unit that is provided on both the left and right sides of the representative unit 500a, and the left and right sides are configured to be connectable to the representative unit 500a and another connected unit 500b.

The gaming machine installation island 500 having such a configuration is as follows.
An arbitrary number of the connected units 500b may be replaced with the representative unit 500.
It is possible to connect them on the left and right of a. Therefore, the gaming machine installation island 500 is connected to the connected unit 500.
It is possible to arbitrarily select the number of pachinko gaming machines 1 installed and the length of the gaming machine installation island 500 in the longitudinal direction according to the number of installations of b. An island edge decorative plate 510 is attached to both sides of the continuous unit 500b at both left and right ends of the gaming machine installation island 500.

In each of the representative unit 500a and the continuous unit 500b, a space (hereinafter referred to as an internal space) is provided between the pachinko gaming machine 1 on the front side in the figure and the pachinko gaming machine 1 on the back side in the figure. Is formed. Therefore, in the gaming machine installation island 500, the pachinko gaming machines 1 arranged on the front side in FIG.
An internal space is formed between the pachinko gaming machines 1 arranged on the rear side in the figure.

Above the central portion of the internal space of the representative unit 500a, there is provided a supply unit 507 for supplying refillable balls to all the pachinko gaming machines 1 in the gaming machine installation island 500. Above the internal space of the gaming machine installation island 500, on the left side of the supply unit 507 in the figure, a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 (the pachinko gaming machine 1 on the front side in the figure and on the left side of the figure) of the supply unit 507 A replenishing gutter 508a is provided in the back side pachinko gaming machine 1 (including the pachinko gaming machine 1) to guide refillable balls for replenishment. Further, above the internal space of the gaming machine installation island 500, on the right side of the supply unit 507 in the drawing, a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 (the pachinko gaming machines 1 and A replenishing gutter 508b is provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1 on the rear side in the figure for guiding refillable balls for refilling the enclosed balls.

The supply gutter 508a extends from the position of the supply unit 507 to the position of the left end of the gaming machine installation island 500 in the drawing, and descends from the supply unit 507 to the gaming machine installation island end. It is inclined. The supply gutter 508b is connected to the supply unit 5
07 to the right end of the gaming machine installation island 500 in the drawing, and is inclined in such a manner as to descend from the supply unit 507 side to the gaming machine installation island end side. Supply balls are individually sent from the supply unit 507 to the supply gutter 508a and the supply gutter 508b.

In each of the supply gutters 508a and 508b, a plurality of connecting pipes 606 are connected in the middle of the path. The connecting pipes 606 are provided corresponding to the respective pachinko gaming machines 1, and a passage for introducing the ball guided by the connected supply gutter is formed inside the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1. Tube.

Below the central part of the internal space of the representative unit 500a (below the supply part 507), the supply part 5 is provided.
A lifting / polishing unit 505 is provided for lifting the pachinko balls to the 07 and polishing the pachinko balls. Between the pumping / polishing unit 505 and the supply unit 507, there is provided a pumping gutter 506 through which pachinko balls to be pumped from the pumping / polishing unit 505 toward the supply unit 507 are guided. .

Below the internal space of the gaming machine installation island 500, on the left side of the lifting / polishing unit 505 in the figure, a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 (front in the figure) arranged on the left side of the lifting / polishing unit 505 in the figure. (Including the pachinko gaming machine 1 on the side and the pachinko gaming machine 1 on the back side in the figure) is provided with a collecting gutter 509 a for collecting the balls discharged and guiding the balls to the lifting / polishing unit 505. Further, below the internal space of the gaming machine installation island 500, on the right side of the lifting / polishing unit 505 in the drawing, a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 arranged on the right side of the lifting / polishing unit 505 in the drawing.
A collecting gutter 509 b for collecting balls discharged from the pachinko gaming machine 1 on the front side in the figure and the pachinko gaming machine 1 on the back side in the figure and guiding the balls to the lifting / polishing unit 505 is provided. .

The collection gutter 509a extends from the left end portion of the gaming machine installation island 500 in the figure to the position of the lifting / polishing unit 505, and from the end of the gaming machine installation island 500 to the lifting / polishing unit 50.
It is inclined in a manner descending toward 5. Also, the collection gutter 50
9b extends from the right end in the figure of the gaming machine installation island 500 to the position of the lifting / polishing unit 505, and descends from the gaming machine installation island end to the lifting / polishing unit 505. It is inclined. A circulation passage 511a, which is a passage connecting between the supply gutter 508a and the collection gutter 509a, is provided at the left end of the gaming machine installation island 500 in the drawing. The supply gutter 508b and the collection gutter 50 are provided at the right end of the gaming machine installation island 500 in the drawing.
A circulation passage 511b is provided, which is a passage connecting between the first passage 9b and the second passage 9b.

Next, the flow of balls in the gaming machine installation island 500 will be described. An enclosed ball discharge / supply process for exchanging enclosed balls inside the pachinko gaming machine 1 is performed. The game is performed at a predetermined timing that does not hinder the game, such as after the end of the business hours of the game store (game room) in which the pachinko gaming machine 1 is installed. At the time of replacement (discharge supply) of the enclosed balls, first, the enclosed balls inside the pachinko gaming machine 1 are discharged to the outside as discharged balls. Basically, such balls are discharged simultaneously from all the pachinko gaming machines 1 in the gaming machine installation island 500. The discharged balls discharged from the pachinko gaming machine 1 are guided by the collection gutter 509a and the collection gutter 509b, and collected by the lifting / polishing unit 505. The balls thus collected are polished for a predetermined time in the lifting / polishing unit 505. When the polishing is completed, the polished balls are pumped to the supply unit 507 through a pumping gutter 506 provided between the pumping / polishing unit 505 and the supply unit 507.

When the polishing of the balls is completed, the supply balls are simultaneously sent from the supply section 507 to the supply gutter 508a and the supply gutter 508b. In this case, the supply gutter 508a and the supply gutter 508 are set as the number of the supply gadgets as a unit of sending out a predetermined number as the number of balls enclosed in the pachinko gaming machine 1.
b. And such a supply gutter 50
The supply balls guided by each of the supply gutter 8a and the supply gutter 508b are arranged in a predetermined order (for example, the order in which the connection position of the connecting pipe 606 in the flow path of the supply gutter 508a and the supply gutter 508b is closer to the supply unit 507). Then, one unit of the transmission is guided into each pachinko gaming machine 1 through the connection pipe 606.

In each of the supply gutter 508a and the supply gutter 508b, a portion to which each connecting pipe 606 is connected is provided with a flow path switching device 600 as described later. That is, in each of the supply gutter 508a and the supply gutter 508b, a plurality of flow path switching devices 600 are provided.
These flow path switching devices are configured not to switch the flow path of the supply ball to the corresponding connection pipe 606 side in the normal state, and are driven in a predetermined order,
The flow path of the ball is switched to the corresponding connection pipe 606 side. Thereby, the supply balls guided by each of the supply gutter 508a and the supply gutter 508b are supplied into each pachinko gaming machine 1 in a predetermined order, one unit at a time. In addition, when the flow paths of all the flow path switching devices are not switched to the side of the connection pipe 606, the ball guided by the supply gutter 508a is guided to the collection gutter 509a through the circulation passage 511a, and the ball is guided by the supply gutter 508b. The guided ball is a circulation passage 5
It is led to the recovery gutter 509b via the 11b.

Next, the configurations of the representative unit 500a and the continuous unit 500b will be described in detail. Here, the representative unit 500a will be described as an example.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the representative unit 500a. A discharge ball receiver 52 for receiving a discharge ball discharged from the inside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided at a lower portion of each pachinko gaming machine 1.
5 are provided. Discharge ball receiver 525 and recovery gutter 50
9a (or the collection gutter 509b), discharge balls in the discharge ball receiver 525 are collected by the collection gutter 509a (or the collection gutter 50).
A connecting pipe 607 for guiding to 9b) is provided. A connecting pipe 607 for detecting and counting the number of discharged balls
A discharged ball counter 525a for detecting discharged balls entering the inside is provided. With such a configuration, the discharged ball discharged from the inside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is received by the discharged ball receiver 525, and is guided to the collection gutter 509a (or the collection gutter 509b) via the connection pipe 607. Then, at that time, the discharged balls are detected by the discharged ball number counter 525a. The number of discharged balls of each pachinko gaming machine 1 can be counted based on the detection of the discharged ball counter 525a. Such a discharged ball receiver 525, the connecting pipe 607, and the discharged ball number counter 525a are similarly provided in the continuous unit 500b.

The collection gutter 509a and the collection gutter 509
At a predetermined position on each upstream side of b, a passing ball detector 200 for detecting passage of a ball guided by each collecting gutter is provided. In the case of the continuous unit 500b, the passing ball detector 200 is connected to the collecting gutter 509a or the upstream side of the collecting gutter 509b provided in the continuous unit 500b (the connecting portion of each connecting pipe 607 of the four pachinko gaming machines 1). Upstream). As described above, the passing ball detector 200 is provided in each unit, but it is checked whether there is a passing ball detector 200 that does not detect the passage of the ball for a predetermined period or more when the ball is discharged from the pachinko gaming machine 1. By doing so, it is possible to recognize that clogging has occurred on the upstream side of the passing ball detector 200.
Here, the flow path switching device 600 and the connecting pipe 606 described above are omitted.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the representative unit 500a. Referring to FIG. 3, representative unit 500a
The underframe 513b is attached to the upper portions of the lower supports 516a and 516b that support the lower part of the vehicle. The underframe 513b extends over the front of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Underframe 513b
The base plate 513a is mounted thereon.

On the lower supports 516a and 516b, a middle support 518a, which supports an intermediate portion of the representative unit 500a, is provided.
518b and 518c are attached. Middle column 51
8a is attached to the left side of the representative unit 500a in the figure. The middle column 518c is a representative unit 500a.
Is attached to the right side in the drawing. Middle pillar 518b
Is located at the center of the internal space of the representative unit 500a. A spacer fixing portion 514 for attaching a spacer 515 for partitioning the pachinko gaming machines 1 arranged sideways is attached to each of the middle supports 518a, 518b, 518c.

On the middle supports 518a, 518b, 518c, an upper support 5 supporting the upper part of the representative unit 500a is provided.
19a and 519b are attached. Upper column 519
Outside the upper pillars 519a and 519b, upper pillars 520a and 520b that support portions of the representative unit 500a that extend beyond the upper pillars 519a and 519b are provided.
A curtain plate 512 is attached to the outside of the upper overhang columns 520a and 520b. The base of the lifting gutter support member 506a that supports the lifting gutter 506 is attached to the middle support 518b. A part of the midway of the lifting gutter 506 is fixed to the lifting gutter support member 506a.

The pachinko gaming machine 1 is mounted between a lower portion of each of the upper overhang columns 520a and 520b and an upper portion of the underframe 513b. Tilt adjusting legs 517 are attached to the four sides (four corners) of the back surface of the members constituting the legs provided below the lower supports 516a and 516b. By adjusting the length of each of the four tilt adjusting legs 517, the tilt of the representative unit 500a can be adjusted. Such a configuration is the same in the continuous unit 500b.

Next, the pachinko gaming machine 1 provided on the gaming machine installation island 500 will be described in detail. FIG. 4 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine 1 provided on the gaming machine installation island 500.

FIG. 4 shows a pachinko gaming machine 1 that is a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a ball game machine, and a payout display device 560 capable of displaying the number of balls possessed by the player as the number of payouts. Are shown. As described above, in the gaming machine installation island 500, a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 are horizontally arranged in parallel, and a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 are similarly horizontally arranged in parallel on the back side. I have.

The pachinko gaming machine 1 is a ball-enclosed pachinko gaming machine of a type in which pachinko balls (enclosed balls) enclosed therein are circulated and used for games. Therefore,
A player playing a game with the pachinko gaming machine 1 does not directly hold a pachinko ball, but plays a game based on a score displayed at a predetermined position on the pachinko gaming machine 1. This score is called the number of balls or the number of balls. In the following embodiments, the number of balls and the number of balls are the same, but their names differ depending on where they are displayed. In addition, each of the number of possessed balls and the number of payout balls in this embodiment includes a score obtained by the player as a result of the game and a score obtained before the start of the game. In this embodiment, the number of balls or the number of payouts is scored, and the score is based on the same concept as in the case of a conventional pachinko game machine in which a prize ball (payout) is paid out according to a game result. Is represented as the number of balls so that the player can play the game.

A payout display device 560 is provided for each pachinko gaming machine 1. Payout display 56
0 is arranged in the upper part of the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1. On the payout display device 560, various displays are made according to the gaming status of the pachinko gaming machine 1. For example, the display mode of the payout display device 560 becomes a specific display mode every time the number of payouts acquired by the player in the game reaches a predetermined number. In addition, with the occurrence of a big hit or the occurrence of a probability change described later, the display mode changes to a display mode that can recognize the change.
As a result, a player other than the player playing the game with the pachinko gaming machine 1 can easily grasp the gaming situation at a certain pachinko gaming machine 1. The payout display device 560 is mounted on the upper portion of the pachinko gaming machine 1 so that the gaming situation can be displayed in various display modes and the pachinko gaming machine 1 can easily catch the line of sight of the patrol patrons. is there. The player's willingness to play is further improved by taking the eyes of many players by displaying the payout display device 560.

In order to play a game with this pachinko gaming machine 1, an I / O having an information storage unit for storing various information is provided.
A membership card consisting of a C card is required. In the member card, various information such as member information, card balance information, information on the number of balls held, information on the amount of accumulated balls, and security information are stored in the information storage unit. That is, various information is recorded on the membership card by storage in the information storage unit. Here, the member information is information for specifying a player who is a member. The card balance is the balance of the amount owned by the player, and the amount can be used for the game. The number of possessed balls is information on the number of possessed balls including the possessed balls converted from the card balance to the possessed balls and the possessed balls obtained as a result of the game. The security information is information for improving the security of the information on the member card.

[0049] Further, the term "ball savings amount" refers to the amount equivalent to the possessed ball possessed by the player deposited in the game hall. The amusement arcade allows a player holding a membership card to deposit a ball held as one of the services. In this way, a player depositing a possessed ball into a game hall is called a ball storage. This coin can be exchanged for a prize later, and can also be reused for a game.

In the upper part of the pachinko gaming machine 1, a card individual processing device 501 (FIG. 1) for processing a membership card is provided.
1) is provided. This individual card processing device 5
01 is provided individually corresponding to each pachinko gaming machine 1. On the front frame 3 of the pachinko gaming machine 1, there is provided an operation unit 5 having an operation panel 6 capable of performing the operations of dropping and storing balls as described above.

As described above, since the pachinko gaming machine 1 is a point-giving pachinko gaming machine, it is necessary for a player to withdraw a predetermined number of balls from the card balance using a membership card when playing a game. is there. That is, the amount of the card balance is converted into a possessed ball at a predetermined conversion rate. Such conversion to a ball is called withdrawal. Such debits are also called ball rentals. The ball that has been withdrawn in such a manner can be used by a player of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Such withdrawal of a ball is performed by a player inserting a membership card into a card insertion / ejection port provided in the individual card processing device 501 and performing a predetermined operation on the operation panel 6 by the player. Can be. In addition, the above-mentioned savings can also be performed by the player performing a predetermined operation on the operation panel 6 in a state where the membership card is inserted into the individual card processing device 501.

When the member card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port of the individual card processing device 501, the information stored in the member card is read. The card balance included in the read information is displayed on the amount display section 7 provided on the operation panel 6. In addition, the number of possessed balls deducted from the card balance is displayed on the possessed ball display unit 8. The ball count displayed on the ball display unit 8 in this way can be used for a game, and is updated and subtracted during the game.

The operation panel 6 is provided on the upper surface of the operation unit 5. The operation panel 6 has a display changeover switch 9,
Ball lending switch 10, interruption switch 11, return switch 1
2, and various LEDs (not shown). These various display units, various switches, and various LEDs are mounted on an operation board (not shown) which is a circuit board mounted on the back side of the operation panel 6.

Various amounts are digitally displayed on the amount display section 7. The amount display unit 7 displays the amount in units of, for example, 100 yen. A plurality of display modes for displaying the amount on the amount display unit 7 are provided. As the display mode, three types of modes are set, a card ball lending mode, a ball lending mode, and an automatic ball lending mode. These display modes are sequentially switched each time the display changeover switch 9 is pressed. Therefore, the display changeover switch 9
Is pressed to select a display mode. The selected display mode is displayed by turning on a predetermined LED on the operation panel 6.

When the card ball lending mode is selected, the card balance is displayed on the amount display section 7. When the savings mode is selected, the savings amount is displayed on the amount display section 7. When the automatic ball lending mode is selected, the card balance is displayed on the amount display section 7.

When performing a ball lending operation in the pachinko gaming machine 1, it is possible to select one operation mode from two modes, a manual ball lending mode and an automatic ball lending mode. The manual ball lending mode is an operation mode in which ball lending is performed in units of a predetermined amount (a predetermined number of balls) each time the player operates the ball lending switch 10. The manual ball lending mode is set when the card ball lending mode is selected by operating the display changeover switch 9. When the ball lending switch 10 is operated, ball lending is executed.

The automatic ball lending mode is an operation mode in which ball lending is automatically performed in units of a predetermined amount (predetermined number of balls) when the number of possessed balls decreases to a predetermined value. The automatic ball lending mode is set when the automatic ball lending mode is selected by operating the display changeover switch 9. When the ball lending switch 10 is operated once, automatic ball lending is started.
Is operated again, automatic ball lending ends.

When the ball lending is performed by executing the manual ball lending mode or the automatic ball lending mode, a predetermined card balance amount (for example, 500 yen) is withdrawn and a predetermined number of withdrawn balls (for example, 125 points) ) Is given to the player. The number of withdrawn balls is added and updated and displayed on the held ball display unit 8. The display of the number of balls by the ball display unit 8 is performed by digital display. At this time, the card balance amount is subtracted and updated and displayed on the money amount display unit 7 by the number of withdrawn balances.

The ball display section 8 displays the normal ball number or the total ball number. The type of the number of balls displayed on the ball display unit 8 is indicated by lighting of a predetermined LED by the operation of the operation panel 6. The type of the number of balls to be displayed is switched by a display changeover switch 9. Here, the number of possessed balls means the number of points that can be used for the game at the target pachinko machine, and specifically, refers to the number before being stored on the member card for the exchange of prizes. The number of balls indicates all the points obtained by the player and still stored on the member card, including those stored on the member card for prize exchange (cannot be used for games).

When the storage mode is selected by operating the display changeover switch 9, it is possible to store the ball. When the player operates the ball lending switch 10 in such a state in which the ball storage mode is selected, the number of balls held displayed on the ball holding display unit 8 is stored.

When the return switch 12 is pressed, the game in the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be completed.
In this case, the number of ball positions displayed on the ball position display section 8 is added to the number of ball positions recorded on the member card before the game is started, updated and stored, and displayed on the amount display section 7. The remaining balance is updated and recorded on the member card as the card balance. Then, the membership card for which the update record has been completed is ejected.

When the interruption switch 11 is pressed, the game in the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be interrupted.
The pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with a function for interrupting a game, similarly to a well-known game machine. That is, when the player operates the interruption switch 11, the information on the current number of balls held in the inserted membership card, and
Predetermined interruption information such as information on the machine number of the pachinko gaming machine 1 in which the game has been interrupted and information indicating that the game has been interrupted is written, and the member card is ejected. When such an operation of the interruption switch 11 is performed, the pachinko gaming machine 1
, The acceptance of another member card is prohibited, so that the game using the member card other than the member card in which the interruption information is stored as described above is prohibited.
That is, the game can be resumed in the pachinko gaming machine 1 in which the game is interrupted only after the member card storing the interrupt information as described above is used. Note that a predetermined display indicating that the game is being interrupted may be performed using the payout display device 560.

When the player operates the hit ball operation handle 4 in a state where the ball is present, the pachinko balls enclosed in the pachinko gaming machine 1 are fired one by one and the game area 1
It is driven into 00. The hit pachinko balls are detected one by one by a hitting ball sensor 37d described later, and the number of held balls displayed on the held ball display unit 8 is decremented and updated by one each time there is a detection.

The foul ball, which is a pachinko ball that does not reach the game area 100 because the firing momentum is too weak, is collected from a foul ball inlet 47c shown in FIG.
It is detected by a foul ball detector 304b shown in FIG. Each time a foul ball is detected, the ball display unit 8
Are added and updated one by one. Thus, the player can effectively use the ball that has been subtracted and updated by the detection of the hit ball sensor 37d again without having an opportunity for the hit ball to reach the game area 100.

When a ball hit into the game area 100 wins the starting port, it is detected by the starting winning ball sensor 117 (see FIG. 10), and the variable display device 101 starts variable display of symbols. In addition, the fact that the hit ball wins the starting port 105 is particularly called a starting winning.

Variable display device 1 based on occurrence of start winning
At 01, variable display of symbols such as numbers is started. And
If the variable stop result of the variable display device 101 becomes a predetermined specific display mode (for example, 777), a so-called big hit occurs. If a big hit occurs, the solenoid 130
Is excited, the open / close plate 111 provided in the variable winning ball device 109 is opened, and the big winning opening 110 is opened,
This is the first state that is advantageous for the player. The first state is established when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of the pachinko balls in the variable winning ball apparatus 109 is won or a predetermined period (for example, 30 seconds) elapses, whichever is earlier. A second state that is terminated and disadvantageous to the player,
That is, the opening / closing plate 111 is closed and the special winning opening 110 is closed.

If the ball hits the starting port 105 again while the variable display device 101 is variably displaying, the start prize is stored and the variable display device 101 is variably stopped and then waits until the variable display device 101 can be variably started again. The variable display device 101 is variably started again based on the winning start. The upper limit of the start winning prize memory is set to “4”, and the starting prize storing number at the present time is displayed on the start winning prize number display 104.

A pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball device 109 while the variable winning ball device 109 is in the first state is detected by the 10-count sensor 116 or the specific winning ball sensor 115. If the pachinko ball is detected by the specific winning ball sensor, the repetition continuation control of controlling the variable winning ball device 109 to the first state again after the first state of the variable winning ball device 109 for that time is completed. Is performed. The upper limit number of executions of the repetition continuation control is set to, for example, 16 times. The number of times such repetition continuation control is executed is called the number of rounds. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, when the big hit state occurs, the continuous control can be repeatedly executed from the first round to a maximum of the 16th round. The numerical value indicating the first round number is displayed on the round number display 103 including a 7-segment LED display.

After the repetition continuation control ends, the so-called big hit state ends, and the open / close plate 111 does not open unless a big hit occurs again. In addition, when the state shifts to such a state, if the big hit that occurred before the state shift is caused by a particular combination of special symbols, the probability of the big hit occurring increases. Such a gaming state in which the jackpot probability has fluctuated is particularly called a probability fluctuation state (abbreviation, probable change). Such a state in which the jackpot probability fluctuates continues, for example, until the jackpot occurs twice thereafter. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, a predetermined symbol (numerical value) is determined as a lucky number among combinations of symbols (numerical values) in which a big hit occurs. When the display result of the symbol (numerical value) when the big hit occurs matches the lucky number determined by the game hall, a certain privilege is given to the player as a special service. For example, this privilege can be used continuously for a game without exchanging valuables given in connection with the occurrence of the jackpot.

Variable hitting ball device 109, starting port 10
5. If a prize is won in a prize area such as the normal prize port 108 or the normal prize port 112, a predetermined number of balls held according to the prize are given to the player. The number of balls held to the player is
The added ball is updated and displayed on the ball display section 8. Pachinko balls that did not win any of the winning areas are collected by the out port 113 provided below the gaming area 100.

The front frame 2 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 has
A game effect lamp 14, which performs a predetermined lighting display or a predetermined blinking display according to a game state such as occurrence of a big hit,
15 are provided. Speakers 13, 13 for generating predetermined sound effects such as voices according to the gaming state are provided on the left and right sides of the front frame 2 of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Further, in the game area 100, a game effect lamp 10b is provided above the variable display device 101, and a predetermined lighting display or a predetermined blinking display is performed according to a game state such as occurrence of a big hit. Further, at the left and right ends in the game area 100, there are provided game effect lamps 107 for performing a predetermined lighting display or a predetermined blinking display according to a game state such as occurrence of a big hit.

On the other hand, on the payout display device 560, various displays are performed according to the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine 1. For example, each time a player has a predetermined number of balls (for example, 1000 points (pieces), 2000 points (pieces), 3
Lamps (not shown) provided on the payout display device 560 are sequentially turned on at 000 points (pieces). Also,
With the occurrence of a big hit or the transition to the probability variation state, a specific blinking display is performed.

Further, a saucer 16 having a saucer shape is provided below the operation unit 5. The tray section 16 is provided with an ashtray 16a and an accessory case 16b.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine 1. The pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided with a frame-shaped intermediate frame 46. The intermediate frame 46 is rotatably supported on one side by a wooden frame 1 a constituting an outer frame of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and is fixed on the opposite side by a frame lock mechanism 38. The game board fixing levers 2 are provided at a plurality of positions on the edge of the
0a, 20b, and 20c are provided. On the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1, the game board 114 is accommodated in the intermediate frame 46 and is fixed by the game board fixing levers 20a, 20b, 20c. By the game board fixing lever 20c,
One end of a rear circulation path unit 25 described later is also fixed.

An upper mechanism plate 40a and a lower mechanism plate 40b are provided at the center of the game board 114 on the back of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and the variable display device 101 is mounted at the center. A relay board 41 for relaying signals is attached near the variable display device 101 in the upper mechanism plate 40a.

At the upper end of the game board 114 on the back of the pachinko game machine 1, a game control board 39 on which a game control circuit composed of a microcomputer for controlling the game of the pachinko game machine 1 as described above is formed. Installed. The game control board 39 is provided with connectors 39a to 39h to which wires for inputting and outputting signals are connected.

The normal winning opening 108, 1 of the pachinko gaming machine 1
The winning ball that has entered the 12, the starting port 105, or the variable winning ball device 109 is guided to the back side of the game board 114.
At a position below the variable display device 101 on the back surface of the game board 114, a rear circulation path unit 25 constituting a part of a circulation path of pachinko balls in the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided. The rear circulation path unit 25 is made of a transparent resin member, and is unitized so that the circulation paths of the pachinko balls provided on the rear side (rear side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be collectively removed. Yes, game board 1
Further on the back side of 14, the game board 114 is provided separately.

The winning ball guided to the back of the game board 114 is
The winning balls are collected by the winning ball collecting cover 25b formed in the rear circulation path unit 25. Winning ball set cover 25
The winning balls collected by b are guided by the winning ball passage 25a formed in the rear circulation path unit 25. The winning ball passage 25a is formed to be inclined in one direction. In the winning ball passage 25a, the winning ball moves from the upper side of the channel to the lower side of the channel by its own weight. A winning ball processing device 29 for performing processing for detecting one winning ball is provided on the downstream side of the winning ball passage 25a.

From the winning ball passage 25a to the winning ball processing device 29
A prize ball sensor 34 (see FIG. 10), which is a detector for detecting a prize ball, is provided on the path of the prize ball reaching inside. The winning ball that has been processed by the winning ball processing device 29 is led to the winning ball contact 29a.

On the other hand, the out ball collected from the out port 113 is guided to the back side of the game board 114 from the out ball communication port 36. The out ball guided to the back side of the game board 114 is an out ball passage 27c, an out ball passage 27b, and an out ball communication port 2 formed in the rear circulation path unit 25.
7a. Out ball passage 27c, 27b
Are connected in the order of 27c and 27b from top to bottom.

The upper side of the flow path of the out ball passage 27c is connected to the out ball communication port 36, and the lower side of the flow path of the out ball path 27b is connected to the out ball communication port 27a.
Therefore, the out ball collected from the out port 113 moves by its own weight and passes from the out ball communication port 36 to the out ball communication port 27a via the out ball paths 27c and 27b.
Guided to. Out ball passage 27c and out ball passage 2
An out ball sensor 35, which is a detector for detecting an out ball, is provided at a connection portion with 7b. Therefore, out balls collected from the out port 113 are detected one by one by the out ball sensor 35.

When a predetermined condition is satisfied, pachinko balls are supplied from outside the pachinko game machine 1 to the pachinko game machine 1. A pachinko ball that is replenished in such a manner is called a replenishment ball. The rear circulation path unit 25 has a supply ball passage 2 for guiding a supply ball supplied from the outside.
8 are provided. The replenishment ball passage 28 extends in the up-down direction, and the replenishment ball supplied through the connection pipe 606 described above is guided in from the upper end. The lower end of the supply ball passage 28 is connected to a supply ball communication port 29a. The replenishment ball guided from the outside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 into the replenishment ball passage 28 via the connection pipe 606 described above moves downward by its own weight and is guided to the replenishment ball communication port 29a. Supply ball passage 2
A supply ball sensor 49, which is a detector for detecting a supply ball, is provided in the middle of 8. Therefore, the replenishment balls replenished inside the pachinko gaming machine 1 are detected one by one by the replenishment ball sensor 49.

The above-described out ball contact port 27a, winning ball contact port 29a, and replenishment contact port 28a are provided side by side, and are connected to an enclosed ball contact port (not shown). Accordingly, the winning prize ball, the outgoing ball, and the replenishment ball, which have been guided as described above, merge at the enclosed ball communication port. And the ball which joined is game board 1 without distinction
14 is guided to the surface side.

Further, the foul balls collected from the above-described foul ball inlet 47c are not guided to the back side of the game board 114, but are guided to the front circulation path unit 300 provided on the front side of the game board 114 for processing. After that, it is merged with other balls. Therefore, in the gaming machine 1, winning balls, out balls, and foul balls are all circulated inside. The configuration of the front circulation path unit 300 will be described later with reference to FIGS.

Before replenishing the above-mentioned replenishing balls,
The enclosed balls inside the pachinko gaming machine 1 are discharged to the outside.
Such discharge of the enclosing ball is performed by exciting the flow path switching solenoid 315 (see FIG. 9) provided in the front circulation path unit and operating the flow path switching plate 314 to change the flow path of the enclosing ball.
This is performed by switching from a flow path leading to a hitting device 37 described later to a flow path leading to a discharge ball communication port 32a described later. Such a ball discharged to the outside is called a discharged ball.

At the lower end of the rear circulation path unit 25,
A discharge ball communication port 32a for guiding the discharge balls to the back side of the game board 114 is provided. In the discharge ball contact 32a,
One end of the discharge ball passage 31 is connected. The other end of the discharge ball passage 31 is connected to an outlet of the discharge ball in the pachinko gaming machine 1. The discharged balls are discharged from the pachinko gaming machine 1 through the discharge passage 31 from the discharged ball communication port 32a by its own weight.
Is discharged to the outside. The discharged balls discharged from the discharged ball outlet of the pachinko gaming machine 1 are discharged to the discharged ball receiver 5 described above.
25. A discharge ball sensor 33 as a detector for detecting a discharge ball is provided in a middle portion of the discharge passage 31. Therefore, the discharged balls discharged to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 are detected one by one by the discharged ball sensor 33.

At the lower end of the intermediate frame 46, a ball hitting device 37 for projecting and firing a pachinko ball is mounted. The hitting device 37 includes a hitting hammer 37a,
b, a hitting motor 37c, and a hitting sensor 37d. The pachinko balls joined as described above are
It is guided to a predetermined hitting ball firing position along the inclination of the firing ball guide passage formed in the front circulation path unit.

The ball guided to the hit ball firing position is fired by the hit ball hammer 37a. The hit ball hammer 37a is intermittently swung by the driving force of the hit ball motor 37c. In conjunction with the intermittent swing of the hitting hammer 37a, an interlocking elevating rod 37b is interlocked.
Moves up and down, the ball feeder (ball feeder 305 in FIG. 8)
The pachinko balls are supplied one by one to the hit ball firing position by the firing ball feeder in accordance with the vertical movement of the ball. Then, the pachinko ball supplied to the hit ball firing position is hit by the hitting hammer 37a and is hit into the game area 100. As described above, the pachinko balls enclosed in the pachinko gaming machine 1 are repeatedly circulated and used for the pachinko gaming machine 1.

At the base of the hitting ball hammer 37a, a hitting ball sensor 37d for detecting that a hitting ball has been fired is provided. The hit ball sensor 37d includes a hit ball hammer 37.
The light sensor that detects the swing of d detects that the hit ball has been fired by detecting the light blocking state of the detection light due to the swing of the hitting hammer 37d for firing the hit ball. The detection output of the hit ball sensor 37d is provided to a table control device 42, which will be described later, and used for calculating the number of balls.

At the lower end of the above-mentioned rear circulation path unit 25, a table controller 42 is mounted. The stand control device 42 is composed of a microcomputer, and mainly calculates and manages the number of balls held in the pachinko gaming machine 1 and controls the operation of the operation panel 6 of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

The interface section 23 is provided adjacent to the game control board 39 described above. The interface unit 23 includes a printed board and a plate-shaped member to which the printed board is attached. The interface unit 23 includes an information input / output terminal 23a for connecting a signal line between the outside (for example, a management computer) and the pachinko gaming machine 1, a power socket 23b to which an external power supply line is connected, a power switch 23c, Further, a connector 23d is provided. The wiring 43 connects between the connector 23d and the connector 39h of the game control board 39.

The unit / interface connecting member 21 extending vertically along the frame of the intermediate frame 46 is mechanically connected between the interface section 23 and the rear circulation path unit 25. ing. Therefore, the interface section 23 and the rear circulation path unit 25 are connected by the unit / interface connecting member 21.

Units in the interface unit 23
A part of the side to which the interface connecting member 21 is connected and a part of the rear circulation path unit 25 to which the unit / interface connecting member 21 is connected are provided in the intermediate frame 46. Shaft support member 30
a. The unit / interface connecting member 21 is formed by using the shaft supporting members 30a and 30a as a rotation axis.
The interface portion 23 and the rear circulation path unit 25 which are connected to each other are simultaneously rotatable. That is, the interface unit 23 and the rear circulation path unit 25 can rotate around the unit / interface connecting member 21. The interface unit 23 and the rear circulation path unit 25 thus configured are fixed by fixing levers 22 provided on the interface unit 23 side and the rear circulation path unit 25 side, respectively.

When the interface section 23 and the rear circulation path unit 25 are fixed by the fixed lever 22, the rotation described above becomes impossible, and the fixed lever 22
The rotation described above is possible in a state where the fixing by the above is released.

Further, a wiring space 24 for extending wiring is provided at the right end of the rear circulation path unit 25.
b is provided. The wiring space 24b is formed to extend vertically from the lower end to the upper end of the rear circulation path unit 25. Further, a wiring space 24a, which is a space for extending the wiring over the entire length, is formed in the unit / interface connecting member 21 so as to extend in the vertical direction. These wiring spaces 2
4b and the wiring space 24a are connected at the ends. Therefore, the wiring space 24b and the wiring space 24a provide a continuous wiring space between the lower end of the rear circulation path unit 25 and the interface unit 23.

The stand controller 42 is provided with a connector 42a for inputting and outputting various information.
Further, a connector 24c is provided at the lower end of the wiring space 24b.
Is provided. Connector 42a and connector 24c
Are connected by a wiring 45. Wiring space 2
In the space formed by the wiring space 4b and the wiring space 24a, a wiring 44 is provided, and the connector 24c and the connector 23d are connected by the wiring 44. Therefore, the base controller 42 and the game control board 39 are connected by wiring, and the base controller 42 and the game control board 39 respond to the winning of the game ball via the wiring. Information (signal) relating to the magnitude of the application to the ball is transmitted.

According to the configuration of the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 described above, the following effects can be obtained. A path for circulating pachinko balls on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is unitized by a rear circulation path unit 25. For this reason, in a case where a problem such as clogging occurs in a path for circulating the pachinko balls, the rear circulation path unit 25 is separated from other components to thereby provide a rear side (back side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1. , The circulation path of the pachinko balls can be collectively separated from other parts. The term “separable” in this case is a concept that includes the meanings of detachable, openable, and removable. According to such a configuration, the pachinko ball circulation path on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be easily maintained.

Further, since the path for circulating the pachinko balls on the rear side (back side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is unitized by the rear circulation path unit 25, the rear side (back side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided. In (2), the path for circulating the pachinko balls can be made compact.

Further, since the path for circulating the pachinko balls on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is unitized by the rear circulation path unit 25, the rear side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 during the production of the pachinko gaming machine 1 In the work of assembling the components on the side (back side), a path for circulating the pachinko balls can be assembled collectively. Therefore, the operation of assembling the components on the rear side (back side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 at the time of manufacturing the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be facilitated, and the working time can be shortened.

Further, since a path for circulating pachinko balls on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is unitized by the rear circulation path unit 25, as described above, the back side (back side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided. In addition to facilitating the work of assembling the parts of (1), the work of removing the parts on the rear side (back side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 can also be facilitated. That is, the work of attaching and detaching components on the rear side (back side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is facilitated. For this reason, maintenance work of components on the rear side (rear side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be facilitated.

Further, the rear circulation path unit 25 is rotatable about the vertical axis, and can be easily separated from other components and rotated simply by releasing the fixing by the fixing lever 22. . Therefore, if the rear circulation path unit 25 is rotated, the rear circulation path unit 25
Can be maintained from the back side, so that it is not necessary to remove the rear circulation path unit 25 for maintenance, and maintenance can be performed extremely easily.

Further, the rear circulation path unit 25 includes:
The table controller 42 is attached, and the table controller 4
2 is connected to the game control board 39 via a plurality of wires, but the rear circulation path unit 25 and the interface unit 23 are mechanically connected, and the wires are housed (buried) in the wiring space of the connecting portion. ) Has been. For this reason, when performing the maintenance described above, the wiring 43 connected between the game control board 39 and the interface unit 23 is simply removed from the connector 23d or the connector 39h, and the rear circulation is performed as described above. Path unit 25
Can be rotated. Therefore, maintenance of the rear circulation path unit 25 can be easily performed without the need for complicated removal and installation work of the wiring provided on the rear side (back side) of the pachinko gaming machine 1. That is, the wiring process for the control device is facilitated.

Further, since most of the wiring is housed (buried) in the wiring space of the connecting portion, the wiring processing is easy even when performing an exchange operation for replacing the game board 114 with another game board. Therefore, such replacement work can be facilitated, and as a result, such replacement work can be shortened.

Further, since the wiring processing is easy as described above, it is possible to reduce the possibility of the wiring being broken during the maintenance work and the replacement work of the game board 114 as described above.

Next, the internal configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 1 on the front side will be described. FIG. 6 is a partially developed view showing an internal configuration on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Specifically, in FIG. 6, in the pachinko gaming machine 1, the front frame 2, the front door plate 3, the front circulation path unit 300, and the intermediate frame 46 are provided.
(The game board 114 is attached) is shown in a state where each is opened.

Space in intermediate frame 46 and operation unit 5
The front side circulation path unit 300 is disposed in the internal space of. Each of the front frame 2, the front door plate 3, the front circulation path unit 300, and the intermediate frame 46 has its left end viewed from the front of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and is supported by the shaft. Is configured so as to be rotatable around. Further, in each of them, a locking member for locking the rotation thereof is provided at each right end or the like, and when the locked state by the locking member is released, as shown in FIG. It becomes possible to rotate them.
Specifically, the intermediate frame 46 is locked by the locking hook 38.

The front frame 2, the front door plate 3, the front circulation path unit 300, and the intermediate frame 46 are provided in the pachinko game machine 1.
From the front side, a front frame 2, a front door plate 3, a front circulation path unit 300, and an intermediate frame 46 are provided in the depth direction in this order. Therefore, each of them can be rotated and opened by releasing the locked state in order from the near side.

Here, with reference to FIG. 6, a part of the circulation path of the sealed ball will be described. A firing rail 47a and a guide rail 47b are provided at a position on the intermediate frame 46 corresponding to the back side of the central portion of the front circulation path unit 300 to guide the shot enclosing ball to the game area 114. The fired ball has a firing rail 47a and a guiding rail 47b.
Through the game area 114. Firing rail 47a
A fur ball inlet 47c for collecting and flowing down the fur ball is provided between the guide rail 47b and the guide rail 47b. The foul ball collected by the foul ball inlet 47c is guided to a foul ball passage 304a (see FIG. 8), which will be described later, and is then transferred by a foul transfer mechanism, which will be described later, and merged with other enclosed balls.

[0109] Below the foul ball inlet 47c, there is provided a discharge ball communication port 32b which is an inlet through which the discharge balls are guided to the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1. The discharged ball is guided to the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 through the discharged ball communication port 32b. At a position corresponding to the back side of the left end portion of the front circulation path unit 300 in the intermediate frame 46, the above-described winning ball communication port 29a, out ball communication port 36, and supply ball communication port 29a ( FIG.
An enclosed ball communication port 48 is formed as an outlet through which the enclosed balls merged through the pachinko gaming machine 1 are guided to the surface side of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

When the front circulation path unit 300 is locked to the intermediate frame 46, the sealed ball communication port 48 is
6 is connected (communicated) with an enclosed ball receiving port 301 formed on the back side of the left end portion of the front circulation path unit 300. Therefore, the rear circulation path unit 25 is connected via the sealed ball communication port 48 and the sealed ball receiving port 301.
And the front circulation path unit 300 are communicated. As a result, the encapsulated ball guided from the rear circulation path unit 25 is inserted into the encapsulated ball communication port 48 and the encapsulated ball receiving port 301.
Through the front circulation path unit 300.

A ball feeder communication port 302d for guiding a ball fired by the ball hitting device 37 to a predetermined hitting ball firing position is formed on the rear side of the right end portion of the front circulation path unit 300. The enclosed ball that has come out of the front circulation path unit 300 from the ball feeder communication port 302d is guided to the hit ball firing position.

As described above, the front circulation path unit 300
Is rotatable about a vertical axis, and can be easily separated from other components such as other components of the circulation path simply by opening the front portion of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and releasing the locked state. Can be rotated. Therefore, if the front circulation path unit 300 is rotated, the maintenance of the front circulation path unit 300 can be performed from the rear side.
It is not necessary to remove the front circulation path unit 300 for maintenance, and maintenance can be performed extremely easily. Here, the front circulation path unit 300 is separable, and the separable in this case is a concept that means detachable, openable, and detachable openable. That is, the term “separable” includes not only the meaning of simply removing, but also the meaning of moving a component in a remountable manner as described above.

Next, the configuration of the front circulation path unit 300 will be described. FIG. 7 shows the front circulation path unit 30.
0 is a front perspective view of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 7, front circulation path unit 3
Reference numeral 00 denotes a transparent resin member. Therefore, the ball passing through the inside of the front circulation path unit 300 can be visually recognized from all directions. The front circulation path unit 300 is configured in a layered manner by three layers from a front side to a front side layer, an intermediate layer, and a rear side layer.

At the front left end of the front circulation path unit 300, a unit shaft support hole 307 into which a shaft for supporting the front circulation path unit 300 is inserted is provided. The front circulation path unit 300 includes the unit shaft support hole 3
It is rotatable around 07 as a rotation center. A unit locking lever 310 is provided at the right front end of the front circulation path unit 300. Unit locking lever 3
10, the front circulation path unit 300 is
The front circulation path unit 300
Of the front circulation path unit 30 is locked.
0 is mounted on the intermediate frame 46. When the locked state by the unit locking lever 310 is released, the front circulation path unit 300 can freely rotate.

The enclosing ball is received from the rear circulation path unit 25 into the front circulation path unit 300 through the enclosing ball receiving port 301. The enclosed balls received in the front circulation path unit 300 are fired ball guiding paths 302a and 302.
b, 302c, and is led to the ball feeder communication port 302d shown in FIG. The firing ball guide passage 302a is provided in a rear layer of the front circulation path unit 300,
It is composed of a vertical portion for vertically dropping the ball received from the sealed ball receiving port 301 and an inclined portion for guiding the ball dropped by the vertical portion to the downstream side through an inclined passage.

The shooting ball guide passage 302c is provided in the front layer of the front circulation path unit 300. The shot ball guiding passage 302c is inclined with the ball feeder communication port 302d formed at the downstream end of the ball in the downstream direction downstream. Launching ball guide passage 302a provided in the rear layer
A shooting ball guide passage 302b is provided so as to communicate with the shooting ball guide passage 302c provided in the front layer. Therefore, the firing ball guide paths 302a, 302
In b and 302c, the passage is bent.

In the middle part of the launching ball guide path 302c,
A foul ball return port 302e shown in FIG. 10 to be described later is formed. After the foul ball collected from the foul ball inlet 47c is transferred by the foul ball transfer mechanism, it is merged into the firing ball guide passage 302c through the foul ball return port 302e.

In the intermediate layer of the front circulation path unit 300, the foul balls collected below the firing ball guide path 302c are discharged above the firing ball guide path 302c, and are further discharged into the firing ball guide path 302c. A rotator 311 is provided for transferring and discharging. Rotating body 311
Has a disc shape, and is formed with a plurality (five in this case) of game ball holding holes 311a penetrating in the thickness direction (axial length direction). The game ball holding hole 311a is
Are formed at predetermined intervals on a concentric circle centered on the center of the axis. Further, gear teeth are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating body 311. That is, the rotating body 311 has a gear shape having a plurality of game ball holding holes 311a.

The rotating body 311 having such a configuration is provided on the intermediate layer 300b in such a manner that the game ball holding hole 311a faces the front layer and the rear layer 300c. Rotating body 311
Is rotated about the center of the disk as an axis, and holds a foul ball in the game ball holding hole 311a. The foul ball held in the game ball holding hole 311a is transferred upward by the rotation of the rotating body 311. The foul ball conveyed upward is dropped from the foul ball return port 302e into the firing ball guide path 302c.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the rear side of the front circulation path unit 300. Referring to FIG. 8, on the rear side of rotating body 311 is provided a foul ball passage 304a for receiving foul balls collected by foul ball inlet 47c. The foul ball passage 304a is inclined, and a foul ball sensor 304b for detecting a foul ball is provided below the downstream end of the ball. The foul ball sensor 304b is a passage sensor that detects passage of the ball. In the lower part of the foul ball sensor 304b, the foul ball that has passed through the foul ball sensor 304b is
A foul ball passage 304c is provided to guide the ball into the first game ball holding hole 311a. The above-mentioned discharge port 303
d is formed below the foul ball passage 304c. The foul ball passage 304a, the foul ball sensor 304b, and the foul ball passage 304c are provided in the rear layer of the front circulation path unit 300. The foul ball collected by the foul ball inlet 47c is received by the foul ball path 304a or the like and passes through the foul ball sensor 304b. In response, foul ball sensor 304b detects a foul ball. The foul ball that has passed through the foul ball sensor 304b is
4c.

A ball feeder 305 is provided at a position behind the ball feeder communication port 302d in the front circulation path unit 300. The ball feeding device 305 is a device that performs an operation of sending a shot ball to a hitting ball firing position, and the ball guided to the ball feeding device communication port 302d is a ball feeding device 305.
Supplied within. The ball supplied into the ball feeder 305 is sent to the hit ball firing position by the vertical movement of the ball feeder 305. The ball feeder 305 is a ball feeder holding member 3
06 is pressed down to the front side. Ball feeder 30
5 is positioned by the ball feeder positioning hole 305a and attached to the intermediate layer and the rear layer of the front circulation path unit 300.

Next, the foul ball transfer mechanism and the flow path switching mechanism will be described in detail. The foul ball transfer mechanism refers to a mechanism that causes the foul ball to merge with another enclosed ball.
The rotating body 311 described above is included. The channel switching mechanism is a mechanism capable of switching the channel of the enclosed ball between a state in which the enclosed ball is circulated in the gaming machine 1 and a state in which the enclosed ball is discharged out of the gaming machine 1. Good, flow path switching solenoid 3
15 and a flow path switching plate 314 are included.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the foul ball transfer mechanism and the flow path switching mechanism in detail. In FIG.
A perspective view mainly showing a ball passage from the rotator 311 to the discharge ball opening 303d via the discharge ball guiding passage and the discharge ball passage is shown.

A rotating body driving motor (not shown) for rotating the rotating body 311 is provided near the rotating body 311. A rotator driving gear 312 is attached to the motor shaft of the rotator driving motor, and the teeth of the rotator driving gear 312 mesh with the teeth of the rotator 311. Therefore, the rotating force of the rotating body drive motor 313 is transmitted to the rotating body 311 via the rotating body drive gear 312, so that the rotating body 311 is rotated. The driving of the rotating body drive motor is controlled by the above-described table control unit 42.

The bottom surface of the foul ball passage 304c is inclined toward the rotating body 311. The foul balls in the foul ball passage 304c are rotated by the rotating body 311.
It is led toward 11. When a foul ball is detected by the above-described foul ball sensor 304b, the rotating body 311 is rotated by a driving force of the rotating body drive motor 313 for a predetermined period (for example, while the rotating body 311 makes two revolutions), and its rotation is performed. When the game ball holding hole 311a faces the foul ball passage 304c, the foul ball enters the game ball holding hole 311a. The foul ball that has entered the game ball holding hole 311a is held in the game ball holding hole 311a, and is transferred upward by the rotation of the rotating body 311.

The front and rear surfaces of the rotating body 311 in which the game ball holding holes 311a are formed are connected to the front circulation path unit 30.
0 faces the side wall portions of the front layer and the rear layer. Therefore, the foul ball that has entered the game ball holding hole 311a is prevented from spilling out of the game ball holding hole 311a during the upward transfer.

The inner peripheral surface of each game ball holding hole 311a is inclined such that a portion of the rotating body 311 closer to the rotation axis is directed toward the rotation axis. Game ball holding hole 3 holding foul ball
When the ball 11a reaches the ball return port 302e, the ball in the game ball holding hole 311a falls from the ball return port 302e into the shooting ball guide path 302c. This is because the inner peripheral surface of the game ball holding hole 311a is inclined, and the foul ball rolls toward the foul ball return port 302e along the inclination.

The fall ball that has fallen into the launch ball guide passage 302c joins with the other enclosed balls guided to the launch ball guide passage 302c, and flows down in the launch ball guide passage 302c. Discharge ball passages 303a, 303b, and 303c are provided below the firing ball guide passage 302c. The discharge ball passage 303a is provided in a front layer of the front circulation path unit 300. When the flow path switching plate 314 described later operates, the ball that has flowed down in the shot ball guide passage 302c is received in the discharge ball passage 303a as a discharge ball. The discharge ball passage 303a is provided with a firing ball guide passage 302c.
At the downstream end of the ball in the downstream direction, and communicates with the discharge ball passage 303b.

The discharge ball passage 303b is provided in an intermediate layer of the front circulation path unit 300. Further, a discharge ball passage 303c is provided in the rear layer of the front circulation path unit 300.
The discharge ball passage 303c communicates with the discharge ball passage 303b. These discharge ball passages 303
Each of a, 303b, and 303c has a crank shape when viewed from above from above. A discharge ball port 303d is formed on the downstream side of the discharge ball passage 303c in the downflow direction of the ball. The discharge balls guided inside the discharge ball passages 303a, 303b, 303c are guided to the outside of the front circulation path unit 300 through the discharge ball port 303d.

A discharge ball communication port 302f is provided on the bottom surface at the downstream end of the discharge ball guide path 302c. The discharge ball communication port 302f is located above the end of the discharge ball passage 303a and the ball feeder communication port 302 shown in FIG.
It is open upstream of d.

The discharge ball communication port 302f is opened and closed by a flow path switching plate 314 driven by a flow path switching solenoid 315. The flow path switching plate 314 is made of a plate-like member,
It is swung in the same plane as the bottom surface of the shooting ball guide passage 302c. The swing center (swing axis) of the flow path switching plate 314 is provided in the front layer, and the flow path switching plate 314 is located in the front layer with the discharge ball communication port 302f closed.

The flow path switching solenoid 315 is provided in a portion where the ball passage is not provided, that is, in the intermediate layer of the front circulation path unit 300, and is provided in the front layer of the front circulation path unit 300. It is operatively connected to the plate 314. Thus, the flow path switching solenoid 315
However, the dead space in the front circulation path unit 300 can be effectively used because the ball passage is provided in the intermediate layer using the portion where the ball passage is not provided. Therefore, the dead space in the front circulation path unit 300 can be reduced by such an arrangement of the flow path switching solenoid 315.

When the flow path switching solenoid 315 is in the non-excited state, the flow path switching plate 314 closes the discharge ball communication port 302f, and the flow path switching plate 314 moves from the firing ball guide passage 302c to the above-described ball. It becomes a passage of the sealed ball toward the feeder communication port 302d. On the other hand, the flow path switching solenoid 31
5 is in the excited state, the channel switching plate 314 opens the discharge ball communication port 302f, and the discharge ball guide path 30
The ball flowing down 2c is guided into the discharge ball passage 303a through the discharge ball communication port 302f.

As described above, the flow path of the enclosing ball is switched by the flow path switching plate 314 driven by the flow path switching solenoid 315, and the enclosing ball is circulated in the gaming machine 1 or the enclosing ball is The state is switched to the state of being discharged outside.

Next, the configuration of the rear circulation path unit 25 will be described in detail. FIG. 10 shows the rear circulation path unit 25.
1 is a perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine 1 as viewed from the back side.

Referring to FIG. 10, a specific winning ball sensor 115, a count sensor 116, and a starting winning sensor 117 are provided on the back side of game board 114 at a position facing winning ball collecting cover 25b. ing. The winning ball that has won each winning area is guided to the winning ball processing device 29 through the winning ball passage 25a. The winning ball processing device 29 includes:
A winning ball sensor 34 is provided, and the winning ball is detected by the winning ball sensor 34. On the other hand, the out ball which did not win is sent from the out ball communication port 36 to the out ball sensor 3
5 and is led to the out ball passage 27b.

The winning ball passage 25a and the out ball passage (especially the out ball passage 27c) are formed in layers in the front-rear direction. That is, when viewed from the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1, the winning ball passage 25a is formed on the near side, and the out ball passage 27c is formed on the back side. Thus, the winning ball passage 25a and the out ball passage 2
7c are formed in layers in the front-rear direction.
Allows room for vertical design. For this reason, the design of the ball path in the rear circulation path unit 25 can be facilitated. Further, if the winning ball passage 25a and the out ball passage 27c are formed in layers in the front-rear direction as described above, it is not necessary to detour up and down in order to avoid one passage from the other passage. Since there is no need to avoid such a situation (e.g., a crank shape), it is possible to suppress the ball jamming in the passage that tends to occur in that case.

At the upper end of the supply ball passage 28, a tubular connecting pipe connecting portion 606a connected to the connecting pipe 606 is provided. The supply ball passage 28 is connected to the connecting pipe connection portion 60.
It is connected to the connecting pipe 606 via 6a. Therefore, the supply ball guided by the connection pipe 606 is guided into the supply ball passage 28 through the connection pipe connection portion 606a.

Next, a description will be given of a system in a game arcade where the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided. FIG. 11 is a system block diagram showing a configuration of a system of a game device including a pachinko gaming machine 1 provided in a game arcade.

Referring to FIG. 11, gaming machines in the game arcade include a card management computer 400 and a form output device 4.
01, card issuance and payment processing device 402, card premium exchange processing device 403, and hall computer 404
A game control board 39 and a table control device 42 provided on the pachinko gaming machine 1; a card individual processing device 501, a table management device 504, a signal transmission adapter 502 provided on the game machine installation island 500; Control device 503,
A supply unit 507 and a pumping / polishing unit 505 are included.

The supply section 507 provided on the gaming machine installation island 500 is a device for supplying a supply ball to the pachinko gaming machine 1 as described above. The lifting / polishing unit 505 provided on the gaming machine installation island 500 is used for the game of the pachinko gaming machine 1 as described above, and the surface of the surface discharged from the pachinko gaming machine 1 after the amusement store closes or the like. This is a device that grinds and recycles dirty discharge balls as supply balls.

The card management computer 400 is a device for comprehensively managing the membership card, and mainly manages personal information such as the card balance of each member. The card issuance and payment processing device 402 is a device used for depositing a membership card, and a player inserts the membership card into the card issuance and payment processing device 402 and performs a predetermined operation, whereby the membership card is added to the membership card. It is possible to make a deposit and rewrite the balance. The card issuance / payment processing device 402 performs processing relating to such payment to the member card.

When a player receives money, the card issuance / payment processing device 402 sends the card management computer 400
The player's membership information, membership card security information, and sales information are supplied. The sales information in this case is a deposit amount. Card management computer 400
Checks the received member information and security information against the member information and security information of the managing member, and if the received information is valid, calculates the managing member's card balance as sales information Update based on Then, the updated card balance and information permitting rewriting of the information are stored in the card management computer 400.
To the card issuance and payment processing device 402. Upon receiving the information, the card issuance and payment processing device 402 recognizes the payment and rewrites the card balance of the member card.

In the pachinko gaming machine 1, various game control information and various management information are transmitted between the game control board 39 and various sensors and various driving units related to the game control. From the game control board 39 to the table controller 4
2, winning prize information (information indicating that there is a valid prize), jackpot information (information indicating that a jackpot has occurred),
In addition, information such as probability variation information (information indicating that a probability variation state has occurred) is provided. Information for generating various game sound effects such as voices from the speaker 13 is given from the stand control device 42 to the game control board 39.

In the pachinko gaming machine 1, the number of winning balls (the number of safe balls) detected by the winning ball sensor 34.
, Information on the number of out balls detected by the out ball sensor 35, information on the number of foul balls detected by the foul ball sensor, information on the number of shot balls detected by the hit ball sensor 37d, and information detected by the replenishment ball sensor 49 The table control device 42 receives the information on the number of supplied balls and the information on the number of discharged balls detected by the discharged ball sensor 33.

The table control device 42 performs an operation for obtaining the number of held balls based on information on the number of pachinko balls detected by each sensor. The information on the number of balls possessed by such an operation is used as the sales information as the table controller 42.
To the table management device 504, and further information on the number of replenished balls and the information on the number of discharged balls are also supplied to the table control device 42.
To the table management device 504.

Further, the platform controller 42 operates the operation panel 6
The information for generating a game effect sound such as a voice according to the operation of the game machine is given to a predetermined speaker of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

[0149] Further, the platform control device 42 gives game information to the platform management device 504 provided on the gaming machine installation island 500. The game information in this case is composed of effective winning information, big hit information, and probability change information. Also,
Operation information of the operation panel 6 is provided from the operation board 19 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 to the table management device 504.

In the gaming machine installation island 500, a card individual processing device 501 and a stand management device 504 are provided for each pachinko gaming machine 1. The card individual processing device 501 is a device for individually processing the stored information of the membership card of the player who intends to play a game with the pachinko gaming machine 1 in correspondence with the pachinko gaming machine 1. Further, the individual card processing device 501 can transmit various types of information to and from the card management computer 400 and to the stand management device 504, respectively. For example, card information such as a card balance is provided from the individual card processing device 501 to the stand management device 504.

The stand management device 504 is a device mainly for managing the number of balls held by the player using the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1. Specifically, in the stand management device 504, the card balance and the accumulated ball amount sent from the individual card processing device 501, the information on the number of balls to be sent from the stand control device 42, and the information sent from the operation board 19 are sent. Based on the operation information of the operation panel 6 that comes, the calculation for updating the card balance, the accumulated ball amount, and the number of possessed balls is performed. And the table management device 50
4 controls the individual card processing device 501 such as updating the stored information of the membership card based on the operation information of the return switch 12 sent from the operation board of the operation panel 6.

Further, based on the information managed by the table management device 504, the display units such as the amount display unit 7 and the number of balls display unit 8 provided on the operation panel 6 and the payout display device 560 are respectively displayed. As a result, it is possible to display the amount display section 7, the number-of-balls display section 8, and various LEDs on the operation panel 6, and the display of the payout display apparatus 560 is performed.

The card management computer 400 provides the individual card processing device 501 with setting information which is information for setting business contents such as information for setting the date and time and information for setting the lucky number.
The setting information is provided from the individual card processing device 501 to the table management device 504 and used for various managements in the table management device 504, and is also provided to the table control device 42 via the table management device 504. The setting information given to the table controller 42 is used for various controls in the table controller 42.

The card management computer 400 sends the card balance, the number of balls held, the number of balls
And, the game information is given via the individual card processing device 501. The card management computer 400 updates the member's management information such as the card balance, the number of balls held, and the number of balls saved based on the information given from the individual card processing device 501, and updates the member based on the given game information. The management information on the game such as the game status is updated.

[0155] The hall computer 404 is a computer that manages various information in the game arcade. Table controller 4
2 to the hall computer 404, the sales information and the game information as described above are given, and the table management device 504 is provided.
, The hall computer 404 is provided with information on the number of possessed balls. The hall computer 404 manages predetermined information based on sales information and game information. Also, the game control board 39 and the table control device 42 are provided with the game prohibition command information for prohibiting the game by the pachinko game machine 1 from the hall computer 404. The game prohibition instruction information is output when the hall computer 404 determines that an illegal act has occurred. Upon receiving the game prohibition command information, each of the game control board 39 and the stand control device 42 causes the pachinko game machine 1
The processing for prohibiting the game by is performed.

The reducing machine control device 503 is a device for performing a sealed ball discharging and replenishing control for replenishing replenishing balls into the pachinko gaming machine 1 after discharging the enclosed balls in the pachinko gaming machine 1. A card exchange signal and supply setting information are given from the card management computer 400 to the reduction machine control device 503 via the signal transmission adapter 502. The enclosed ball exchange signal is a signal for instructing execution of the enclosed ball discharge / supply control for exchanging the enclosed ball in the pachinko gaming machine 1. The replenishment setting information is information for setting the control contents of the enclosing ball discharge replenishment control of the reduction machine control device 503. The setting information of the number of refill balls to be supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 at the time of replacement of the enclosed balls is included. The replenishment setting information determines the control content such as the number of discharged balls and the number of replenished balls in the enclosed ball discharge and replenishment control of the reduction device control device 503. In this manner, the card management computer 400 can set the number of discharged balls and the number of refilled balls in the enclosed ball discharge / supply control.

When the control for discharging and supplying the enclosed ball is performed,
The supply setting information is not always given to the card management computer 400. The replenishment setting information is given to the reduction machine control device 503 only when it is desired to set the control contents of the enclosing ball discharge replenishment control by the card management computer 400. By providing the replenishment setting information from the card management computer 400 to the reduction machine control device 503, the control contents of the enclosing ball discharge replenishment control can be collectively set by the card management computer 400.

Upon receiving the enclosed ball exchange signal, the reduction machine control device 503 supplies a drive current for driving the above-described channel switching solenoid 315 for discharging the enclosed ball of the pachinko gaming machine 1 to the channel switching solenoid 315. After that, a drive signal is supplied to each of the supply unit 507 and the lifting / polishing unit 505.

When the flow switching solenoid 315 is excited by the driving current supplied from the reduction device control device 503, the flow of the sealed ball is switched to the discharge side by the operation of the flow switching plate 314. As a result, the gaming machine installation island 50
The enclosed balls in the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the area 0 are simultaneously discharged to the outside. When the discharge of the enclosed balls is completed, the flow path of the enclosed balls is switched to the side toward the ball hitting device 37 (circulation side) by demagnetizing the flow path switching solenoid 315. Thereafter, each of the supply unit 507 and the lifting / polishing unit 505
It operates according to the received drive signal. In the operation, after the supply balls are polished by the lifting / polishing unit 505, they are pumped to the supply unit 507, and the polished supply balls are supplied from the supply unit 507 into the pachinko gaming machine 1 from which the balls have been discharged. Will be replenished.

The control contents such as the setting of the number of discharged balls and the number of replenished balls in the control of discharge and replenishment of the enclosed balls by the reduction device control device 503 are input and set by the operator in the reduction device control device 503 as described later. Alternatively, the setting is made based on the supply setting information which may be given from the card management computer 400 described above.

When the replenishment of the replenishment balls is completed, a replenishment completion signal indicating that fact is given to the card management computer 400 via the signal transmission adapter 502. If an abnormal state occurs during the replenishment operation of the replenishment ball, a replenishment abnormality signal indicating this is provided to the card management computer 400 via the signal transmission adapter 502. When receiving the replenishment completion signal, the card management computer 400 determines that the replenishment operation has been completed. When the card management computer 400 receives the replenishment abnormality signal, the card management computer 400 determines that an abnormality has occurred in the replenishment operation, and performs a predetermined abnormality coping process.

[0162] The card premium exchange processing device 403 is a device for exchanging the number of balls and the value of the stored coins stored in the membership card for premiums. When a prize exchange is performed, the card prize exchange processing device 403 reads the member information and the security information from the member card, and supplies the information to the card management computer 400.

In the card management computer 400, the received member information and security information are collated with the member information and security information of the managing member. If the information received is determined to be legitimate as a result of the collation, the card management computer 400 sends, from the card management computer 400, information for permitting the managed member to exchange the number of balls and the amount of accumulated balls. It is provided to the card premium exchange processing device 403.

When the card prize exchange processing device 403 receives the information for permitting the prize exchange, the prize exchange is executed, and the prize exchange information indicating the number of balls and the amount of accumulated coins exchanged for the prize is stored in the card management computer 400. Given to. Upon receiving the prize exchange information, the card management computer 400 manages the member who has exchanged the prize by subtracting and updating the number of balls held and the amount of accumulated coins by the amount of the exchange of the prize.

The card management computer 400 sends the form output device 401 to the card management computer 40.
0, form output information for outputting the information managed in a form in a predetermined format. When receiving the form output information, the form output device 401 outputs a form in a predetermined format.

Further, a foul ball transfer mechanism for circulating foul balls, a winning ball processing device 29, and a flow path switching solenoid 315 for discharging an enclosed ball from the pachinko gaming machine 1, which will be described later, are provided with the aforementioned platform control device. 42 are individually controlled.

Next, the configuration of the supply section 507 will be described in detail. FIG. 12 is a perspective view illustrating a detailed configuration of the supply unit 507.

Referring to FIG. 12, supply section 507 includes supply tub 507a, alignment passage 507b, and broken-out detector 507.
c, ball supply pipes 507d, 507e, ball delivery device 507
f and a ball delivery device support plate 507g.

In addition, the lifting gutter 506 is used to supply balls to the supply trough 507.
and a lifting end 506b for guiding the ball guided to below the supply gutter 507 to above the supply trough 507a and then discharging the ball into the supply trough 507a. The lifting main portion 506a extends linearly in the vertical direction, and the lifting end portion 506b is curved such that the discharge end (exit) of the ball faces downward.

The supply tub 507a has a saucer shape.
The balls discharged from the lifting end 506b of the lifting gutter 506 are stored. In the lower part of the supply tub 507a, a ball is
A ball sending device 507f for sending the ball to the balls 08a and 508b is provided. The ball sending device 507f supplies the ball with a supply gutter 508.
a, a ball sending unit 5071f for sending the ball to a
b. a ball sending unit 5072f for sending the ball to the b.

[0171] Two alignment passages 507b and 507b (only one is shown) are provided on the side of the supply tub 507a. Each of the alignment passages 507b is a passage that aligns the balls stored in the supply tub 507a in a line and guides the balls to the outside of the supply tub 507a, and is provided one by one across the supply tub 507a. A ball supply pipe 507e that guides the ball toward the ball sending-out portion 5071f is connected to the end of the one of the alignment passages 507b in the downstream direction of the ball. At the end of the alignment passage 507b in the downflow direction of the balls,
A ball supply pipe 507d for guiding toward 072f is connected.

Further, a ball-break detector 507c for detecting a ball in the alignment passage 507b is provided at a downstream end of the alignment passage 507b. This burnout detector 507
c indicates that the ball is no longer present in the supply tub 507a,
Alternatively, when the balls in the alignment passage 507b are deficient due to clogging of the balls in the alignment passage 507b, the balls are not detected. Therefore, by judging the state of the detection output of the cutout detector 507c, the cutout state of the supply unit 507 can be determined for each alignment passage 507b.

Each of the ball sending portions 5071f and 5072f has a screw shaft (not shown) having a spiral groove formed on the outer periphery thereof, and a motor (not shown) for rotating the screw shaft. ing. Ball sending part 5071f, 5
In each of 072f, the ball guided from the corresponding ball supply pipe is guided along the spiral groove by the rotation of the screw shaft, and is sent out to the corresponding supply gutter. Ball sending section 5071
The number of balls to be sent from each of f and 5072f to the corresponding supply gutter is determined by the rotation amount of the screw shaft. In this embodiment, the number of balls to be supplied to each pachinko gaming machine 1 at the time of replenishment of the balls is predetermined, and the predetermined number of balls is supplied by rotating the screw shaft by the rotation amount at the time of replenishing the balls. Is sent from the ball sending units 5071f and 5072f. Each of the ball delivery units 5071f and 5072f is provided with a delivery ball number counter that counts the number of balls delivered to the corresponding supply gutter by detecting the rotation amount of the screw shaft. The information on the count value of the number-of-sending-balls counter is provided to the reduction machine control device 503. Thereby, in the reduction machine control device 503, the ball sending section 50
The number of balls sent by each of 71f and 5072f can be recognized.

In this embodiment, the ball sending device 507f is connected to two ball sending units 5071f and 5072f.
However, the present invention is not limited to this. The ball sending device 507f may be configured with one ball sending unit, and the ball sending unit may send the ball to both the supply gutter 508a and the supply gutter 508b. Further, in this embodiment, an example has been described in which the ball delivery device 507f is configured by a ball delivery unit having a screw shaft and a motor, but is not limited thereto.
The ball sending device 507f may adopt another configuration as long as it can send a predetermined number of balls.

Next, the flow path switching device 600 will be described in detail. FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 are cross-sectional views of the flow path switching device 600 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 13 and FIG.
The operation mode of the flow path switching device 600 according to the operation state of 00 is shown. 13 and 14, the flow path switching device 6 in the case where one ball is supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1
The operations of 00 are shown in FIG. 13 (a), FIG. 13 (b), and FIG.
(A) and (b) of FIG.

Here, the flow path switching device 600 provided in the supply gutter 508a is a representative example, and the flow path switching device 6
00 will be described. The channel switching device 600 includes a channel switching member 601, a channel switching bottom plate 601a, and a channel switching arm 6.
01b, a rotary solenoid 602, a rotary solenoid mounting portion 603, a ball stopper 609, a rotary solenoid 608, a rotary solenoid mounting portion 607,
And a supply ball detector 605.

The channel switching device 600 is provided for the pachinko gaming machine 1
It is provided corresponding to each. Channel switching device 600
13A, when the ball is not supplied to the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1 and the flow path of the ball P is switched to the supply gutter 508a side and the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1 is supplied with the ball, As shown in FIG. 14B and FIGS. 14A and 14B, the flow path of the ball P is switched to the pachinko gaming machine 1 side.

A gaming machine direction passage 604 for guiding a ball toward the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided for each pachinko gaming machine 1. This gaming machine direction passage 604 is
The supply gutter 508a is formed on the bottom side of the supply gutter 508a so as to communicate the supply gutter 508a and the connection pipe 606 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 side. For this reason, the supply gutter 508a is provided with a flow path switching port that is an introduction port to the gaming machine direction passage 604. The channel switching port is opened and closed by a channel switching member 601. In the gaming machine direction passage 604, a supply ball detector 605 for detecting a supply ball supplied through the gaming machine direction passage 604 and supplied to the inside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided. Based on the detection output of the supply ball detector 605, the number of supply balls actually supplied into the pachinko gaming machine 1 is recognized. Thus, the supply ball detector 605
Is not the pachinko machine 1 side, but the machine installation island 50
It is provided on the 0 side.

The flow path switching member 601 is connected to the gaming machine direction passage 6.
The flow path switching bottom plate 601a which constitutes a part of the bottom surface of the supply gutter 508a when the flow path switching port to 04 is closed, and a switching arm 601b for operating the flow path switching bottom plate 601a. The switching arm 601b has a bent shape, and a flow path switching bottom plate 601a is attached to the tip of the switching arm 601b. Switching arm 601
A concave portion 601c on which a pachinko ball can be placed is formed at the tip of the bent portion b. Switching arm 60
The base end of 1b is attached to the rotary solenoid 602. The rotary solenoid 602 is connected to the supply gutter 5
The rotary arm 601b is mounted on a rotary solenoid mounting portion 603 provided below the flow path 08a, and swings the switching arm 601b in accordance with the excitation state.

When the switching arm 601b is swung upward, as shown in FIG.
01a is lifted into the internal space of the supply gutter 508a, and a flow path switching port to the gaming machine direction passage 604 is opened at the supply gutter 508a. In the supply gutter 508a, the flow path switching bottom plate 60
A bottom plate escape for releasing the upper end portion of the flow switching bottom plate 601a to the outside of the supply gutter 508a so that the upper end portion of the flow path switching bottom plate 601a does not contact the upper wall of the supply gutter 508a when the 1a is lifted into the internal space of the supply gutter 508a. A portion 508c is provided. The bottom plate relief portion 508c is formed in a manner in which a part of the upper wall of the supply gutter 508a is bent upward.

Further, a ball stopper 609 is provided upstream of the flow path switching member 601 in the flow direction of the ball.
The ball stopper 609 is a rod-shaped member that can appear and disappear in the internal space of the supply gutter 508 a, and has a base end attached to the rotary solenoid 608. Rotary solenoid 6
Reference numeral 08 is attached to a rotary solenoid attachment 607 provided above the flow path of the supply gutter 508a, and swings the ball stopper 609 according to its excitation state.

When the ball stopper 609 is swung downward, as shown in FIG.
9 enters the internal space of the supply gutter 508a, the ball stopper 609 prevents the ball from flowing down, and the ball cannot pass through. On the other hand, when the ball stopper 609 is swung upward, the ball stopper 609 retreats upward from the internal space of the supply gutter 508a, as shown in FIG.
The ball is ready to pass.

When the flow path of the ball is switched to the supply gutter 508a side, the switching arm 601b swings downward,
The flow path switching bottom plate 601a moves on the same plane as the bottom surface of the supply gutter 508a, and at the supply gutter 508a, the game machine direction passage 6
The channel switching port to 04 opens. Thus, the supply gutter 508
When the channel switching port to the gaming machine direction passage 604 is opened at a, the channel switching bottom plate 601a forms a part of the bottom surface of the supply gutter 508a. At the same time, the ball stopper 60
9 is swung upward and retracts upward from the internal space of the supply gutter 508a. In this way, the flow path of the ball is
When it is switched to the 8a side, the flow path switching port is opened and the ball stopper 609 is retracted, so that the ball can flow down the supply gutter 508a.

On the other hand, when the flow path of the ball is switched to the pachinko gaming machine 1 side, first, the state is as shown in FIG. The ball stopper 609 is swung downward to enter the internal space of the supply gutter 508a, and the ball stopper 609 prevents the ball from flowing down on the upstream side of the flow path switching port. Simultaneously with the operation of the ball stopper 609, the switching arm 601b is swung upward, and the flow path switching bottom plate 601a is lifted into the internal space of the supply gutter 508a as shown in FIG. The channel switching port to 604 opens.
As a result, in a state where the switching arm 601b is able to receive the ball in the recess 601c, the ball stopper 609 is set.
As a result, the ball is locked on the upstream side.

Next, the state shown in FIG. 13A is changed from the state shown in FIG. 13A for a short time to the state shown in FIG. 14A. That is, as shown in FIG. 13B, the ball stopper 609 is swung upward while the operation state of the switching arm 601b is maintained, and the ball stopper 609 is moved.
Is retracted upward from the internal space of the supply gutter 508a. As a result, the first ball locked by the ball stopper 609 flows down. Then, immediately after that, the ball stopper 609 returns to the original state as shown in FIG. 14A, and the subsequent ball is locked. That is, the ball stopper 609 is driven upward for a very short time when one ball flows down. Such a driving method is referred to as one-shot driving in the following description.

When such one-shot driving of the ball stopper 609 is performed, as shown in FIGS. 13B and 14A, only one ball is switched through the flow path switching port. It enters the concave portion 601c of the arm 601b.

When the one-shot driving is completed, the state of FIG. 14A changes from the state of FIG. 14A to the state of FIG. That is, after the ball stopper 609 is driven by one shot,
The switching arm 601b is swung downward, and the recess 601c is formed.
The ball placed inside is released, and the ball is guided toward the inside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 through the gaming machine direction passage 604 and the connection pipe 606. When the ball passes the detection position of the supply ball detector 605, the ball is detected by the supply ball detector 605. Then, the switching arm 601b
Is rocked downward immediately after being rocked downward as described above. That is, the switching arm 601b is driven downward for a very short time. Such a driving method is also referred to as one-shot driving in the following description.

As described above, when replenishing balls, balls are replenished one by one into the pachinko gaming machine 1. When the one-shot driving of the switching arm 601b is completed, the state returns to the state of FIG. Then, the above-described operation is repeated until the number of balls is detected by the supplied ball detector 605 by the number of the predetermined number of supplied balls. As a result, the balls are replenished into the pachinko gaming machine 1 by the predetermined number of replenished balls. The contents of the control of such a supply operation will be described later.

As described above, the flow path switching device 600 can switch the flow path of the replenishment balls to the flow direction of the supply gutter 508a or the direction of the gaming machine direction passage 604 (toward the pachinko gaming machine 1). is there. Therefore, the flow path switching device 60
0, the flow path of the replenishment balls is switched to the direction of the gaming machine direction passage 604 (the side of the pachinko gaming machine 1),
The balls sent from the ball sending device 507f can be supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1. By switching the flow path of the replenishing balls by such a flow path switching device 600 sequentially in a predetermined order, the balls are sequentially supplied to the pachinko gaming machines 1.

In such a flow path switching device 600, the flow paths of the balls guided by the supply gutter 508a are switched, and the balls are supplied one by one to the pachinko gaming machine 1. In the flow path switching device 600, a part of the means for switching the flow path of the ball guided by the supply gutter 508a and a part of the means for supplying the balls one by one to the pachinko gaming machine 1 are shared. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the structure of a portion for switching the flow path of the balls and supplying the balls from becoming complicated. And, as a result, the gaming machine installation island 500
Manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Next, the configuration of the lifting / polishing unit 505 will be described in detail. FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the lifting / polishing unit 505.

Referring to FIG. 15, in lifting / polishing section 505, the end of recovery gutter 509a and recovery gutter 509 are formed.
The end of b is connected to the collection ball collecting part 509c.
Further, an end of a polishing circulation switching path 505f described later is also connected to the collected ball collecting section 509c. As a result, the balls guided by the collection gutter 509a, the collection gutter 509b, and the polishing circulation switching path 505f are collected and collected in the collection ball collecting unit 509c. A collection ball outlet 509d for deriving a collection ball is provided in a part of the collection ball collecting unit 509c.
The ball inside the collection ball collection part 509c is derived from 9d.

A collecting tub 505b is provided below the collecting ball outlet 509d. In addition, the collection ball outlet 5
Near the outside of 09d, a rectifying plate 505m for rectifying the flow of the balls led out from the collected ball outlet 509d is provided. The balls led out from the collected ball outlet 509d are rectified by the rectifying plate 505m and then collected by the collecting tub 505.
b.

In the vicinity of the collecting tub 505b, there is provided a lifting / polishing motor 505h for feeding the balls to a lifting gutter 506 for lifting and polishing the balls. The ball guided into the collection tub 505b is guided toward the lifting polishing motor 505h. The lifting polishing motor 505h includes a motor support plate 505.
i, and performs an operation of sending a ball guided into the collection tub 505b to a lifting gutter 506 for lifting and polishing the ball. Specifically, the lifting polishing motor 505h
Rotates the lifting sprocket and rotates the lifting sprocket to sequentially push up the balls sent from the collecting tub 505b one by one. As a result, the balls are lifted in a manner of being continuously pushed up in the lifting gutter 506.

In the lifting gutter 506, the collected ball collecting section 50
A polishing cassette mounting portion 505c for detachably mounting a polishing cassette 550 for polishing balls is provided above the position 9c. The polishing cassette 550 includes a polishing cloth 553 for polishing a ball and a cassette reel 551,
552 is a cassette wound around. Here, the polishing cloth 55
Numeral 3 is a tape-shaped cloth coated with silicone oil, which has a function of polishing the ball and at the same time giving silicon oil to the surface of the ball to improve the flow of the ball. Apart from this, for example, the polishing cloth 553 itself may be made of the same material as nylon pellets used for ordinary ball polishing, or the same effect can be obtained by using Teflon or the like. In the polishing cassette 550, the cassette reel 5
When the cassette 51 is rotated at a predetermined speed by a cassette winding motor (not shown), the polishing cloth 553 wound on the cassette reel 552 is sequentially sent to the polishing position.

The polishing cassette 5 is provided in the internal space of the lifting gutter 506.
50 polishing positions are facing, at which polishing cloth 553 is fed at a predetermined speed from top to bottom. The ball guided in the pumping gutter 506 is the polishing cloth 55 at the polishing position.
3 and is lifted upward. By the contact with the polishing cloth 553 at such a polishing position, the ball passing through the pumping gutter 506 is polished. The polishing cloth 553 used for polishing in the polishing cassette 550 is sequentially wound around a cassette reel 551.

In the middle of the lifting gutter 506, the lifting gutter 50
A ball circulating path 505f for circulating the ball for polishing by returning the ball guided and polished by 6 to the collected ball collecting part 509c halfway is provided. The polishing circulation path 505f is provided between a predetermined location above the polishing position of the polishing cassette 550 in the pumping gutter 506 and the collection ball collecting section 509c, and forms a passage connecting them.

Above the upper end of the polishing circulation path 505f, a flow path of the ball guided by the lifting gutter 506 is formed along a flow path toward the supply section 507 along the lifting gutter 506, and a polishing circulation path. A polishing circulation switching motor 505e is provided as a driving source for performing an operation of switching to one of a flow path toward the collection ball collecting portion 509c along the 505f.
In the middle of the lifting gutter 506, an entrance of the polishing circulation path 505f is open. The opening is provided with a switching plate (not shown) for performing an operation of opening or closing the opening. The switching plate is a polishing circulation switching motor 50.
5e. In the ball polishing operation, the opening is opened by the switching plate, and the ball is circulated through the polishing circulation path 5054. Such a polishing operation is called a circulation polishing operation. During the lifting operation, the opening is closed by the switching plate,
The ball goes to the supply unit 507.

FIG. 16 is a longitudinal surface view of the recovery gutter 509a. FIG. 16 shows a cross section of the supply gutter 509a near the portion where the connecting pipe 607 is connected. Referring to FIG. 16, a bottom plate fixing notch 594 a, which is an I-shaped (a long hole) notch, and a bottom plate fixing notch 5, which is an L-shaped notch, are provided on both side surfaces of the recovery gutter main body 594.
94b are formed.

The notch 594a for fixing the bottom plate is located
94 has a shape linearly cut upward from the lower end of the side surface. On the other hand, the bottom plate fixing notch 594b has a shape cut out upward from the lower end of the side surface of the collection gutter main body 594, and further cut along the longitudinal direction of the collection gutter 509a. Above the position where the bottom plate fixing notch 594a is formed in the collecting gutter main body 594, a bottom plate fixing hook attaching portion 594a is provided facing the side surface of the collecting gutter main body 594. A bottom plate fixing hook 595, which is a hook for fixing the collection ball passage bottom plate 592, is rotatably attached to the bottom plate fixing hook mounting portion 594a along the side surface of the collection gutter main body 594.

[0202] The notch 594a for fixing the bottom plate and the notch 594b for fixing the bottom plate are provided separately with the collecting gutter 50.
In the collection gutter body 594 of FIG.
Are formed at a predetermined distance from each other in the extending direction of the supply gutter 509a with the position provided therebetween. In the collecting gutter main body 594 of the collecting gutter 509a divided, two collecting ball passage bottom plate joining pins which are respectively inserted in the bottom plate fixing notch 594a and the bottom plate fixing notch 594b are provided at a predetermined distance. ing.

The collecting ball passage bottom plate 592 is connected to the collecting gutter main body 594.
When mounting on one of the collecting ball passage bottom plate joining pins 5
93b into the bottom plate fixing notch 594b as far as it will go,
The other collecting ball passage bottom plate joining pin 593a is inserted into the bottom plate fixing notch 594a. And the bottom plate fixing hook 595
Is hooked on the collecting ball passage bottom plate joining pin 593b. Thus, one collection ball passage bottom plate joining pin 593b is supported in the bottom plate fixing notch 594b, and the other collection ball passage bottom plate joining pin 593a is supported by the bottom plate fixing hook 595. It is attached to the recovery gutter main body 594. Here, for example, the recovery gutter 509
When it is not necessary to completely remove the collection ball passage bottom plate 592, for example, in order to eliminate clogging or foreign matter intrusion in the a, the collection ball passage bottom plate joining pin 593a is inserted through the bottom plate fixing notch 594b.
Without removing it, rotate it down around it,
It is also possible to open the collecting ball passage bottom plate 592 only at one end. This facilitates work in trouble.

Next, the configuration of the reduction unit control device 503 will be described in detail. FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the reduction device control device 503.

Referring to FIG. 17, reduction device control device 503
Is a control unit 503a including a microcomputer;
A display unit 503b including a display device such as a liquid crystal display device. The control unit 503a includes a CPU 5031, a RAM 50
32 and the ROM 503. The ROM 503 stores various data such as a control program and control data. The CPU 5031 includes a ROM 503
The control program and the control data are read from the CPU and the control program is executed, and the control as described above and the control as described later are performed using the RAM 5032 as a work area.

The control section 503a is provided with a discharge ball number counter 525.
a, passing ball detector 200, and replenishment ball detector 605
And other various sensors. Further, the control unit 503a gives a control signal for controlling each of the pumping polishing motor 505h, the cassette winding motor, and the polishing circulation switching motor 505e to the flow path switching solenoid lifting / polishing unit 505, By controlling the driving of these, control relating to ball polishing and ball lifting is performed. Further, the control unit 503a controls the supply unit 507 to
A control signal for controlling each of the motors of the ball sending units 5071f and 5072f is given, and by controlling the driving of the motors, the control regarding the sending of the replenishing balls is performed. In addition, the control unit 503a provides a control signal for controlling the rotary solenoid 602 to the flow path switching device 600, and controls the driving of the control signal so as to control the supply of the balls. Further, the control unit 503a controls the flow path switching solenoid 3
A control signal is supplied to the control unit 15 to control the discharge of the ball by driving the control signal.

Next, the control contents of the reduction unit control device 503 will be described. First, the main routine of the control of the reduction device control device 503 will be described.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a main routine for control of the reduction unit control device 503. First, in step S (hereinafter simply referred to as S) 1, processing for initializing (initializing) data used for controlling various flags and the like is performed. Next, a display process is executed in S2. This display process is a process for performing various types of display, which will be described later, on the display unit 503b of the reduction unit control device 503 according to the progress of the control process.

[0209] Next, in S3, an enclosed ball discharging and replenishing process is executed. The enclosed ball discharge and replenishment process is a process relating to the enclosed ball discharge and replenishment control of the pachinko gaming machine 1. By this enclosed ball discharge and replenishment processing, it is possible to set various control data used for the ball discharge and replenishment control and to execute the discharge and replenishment of the enclosed ball. This enclosed ball discharge and replenishment process is performed by the reduction machine controller 5
This process is executed when 03 receives the enclosed ball exchange signal or when a predetermined operation is performed in the reduction machine control device 503. After the end of S3, the process returns to S2, and the processes of S2 and S3 are repeatedly executed. As a result, a display is made in S2 according to the progress of the enclosed ball discharge and replenishment process in S3. The contents of the display will be described later.

Next, the processing contents of the enclosed ball discharge and replenishment processing in S3 of FIG. 18 will be described. FIG. 19 is a flow chart showing the processing contents of the enclosed ball discharge and supply processing.

First, in step SA (hereinafter simply referred to as SA) 1, it is determined whether or not an enclosed ball exchange signal has been received. If it is determined in SA1 that the received ball replacement signal has been received, the process proceeds to SA2, and the automatic mode is executed. Thereafter, the enclosed ball discharge / supplement process ends. Here, the automatic mode refers to an operation mode in which the discharge, polishing, and replenishment of the enclosed balls are sequentially performed to automatically control the discharge and replenishment of the enclosed balls.

On the other hand, if it is determined in SA1 that the enclosed ball exchange signal has not been received, the flow advances to SA3 to determine whether an operation mode has been selected. The operating modes in this case include automatic mode, manual mode, and
Configuration mode is included. Here, the manual mode is
This refers to an operation mode in which operations related to discharge and replenishment of the enclosed balls, such as discharge, polishing, and replenishment of the enclosed balls, are executed in accordance with the operation of the operator. The setting mode refers to an operation mode for setting various control data related to the control of discharge and replenishment of the enclosing ball executed in the automatic mode or the manual mode.

In SA3, a display unit 503 described later is used.
b, determining whether any of the automatic mode, the manual mode, and the setting mode has been selected;
The operation mode in which the selection operation has been performed is determined. S
If it is determined in A3 that the operation mode has not been selected, the enclosed ball discharging / supplying process ends.

If it is determined in SA3 that the automatic mode has been selected, the flow advances to SA4 to perform processing for executing the automatic mode. If it is determined in SA3 that the manual mode has been selected, the process proceeds to SA5, and processing for executing the manual mode is performed. Also, by SA3,
If it is determined that the setting mode has been selected, the process proceeds to SA6, and processing for executing the setting mode is performed. SA4 ~
After the completion of each processing of SA6, this enclosed ball discharge and supply processing is performed.

Next, the contents of processing in the automatic mode executed by SA2 and SA4 will be described. FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the processing content of the automatic mode.

First, in step SB (hereinafter simply referred to as SB) 1, a ball discharging process is executed. By executing the ball discharging process, the flow path switching solenoid 315 provided in the front circulation path unit of each pachinko gaming machine 1 in the gaming machine installation island 500 is excited, and the enclosed ball is discharged from each pachinko gaming machine 1. You. In that case, the flow path switching solenoid 315 is operated until the time required for the number of balls set as the number of discharged balls in the setting mode described above to be discharged from each pachinko gaming machine 1 to the outside. The details of the ball supply process will be described later. When such a ball discharging process is completed, a polishing request flag which is a flag requesting execution of a polishing process as a next process is set.

Next, a ball polishing process is performed in SB2. In this ball polishing process, if the above-mentioned polishing request flag is set, the following process is executed. The lifting / polishing motor 505h of the lifting / polishing section 505, the cassette winding motor, and the polishing circulation switching motor 50
A control signal is given to each of 5e to drive and control them. In this case, by the polishing circulation switching motor 505e,
The flow path of the ball guided by the lifting gutter 506 is switched along the polishing circulation path 505f to the flow path toward the collection ball collection part 509c. Thereby, the lifting polishing motor 505
The ball lifted in the pumping gutter 506 by the driving of the h is polished by the polishing cassette 550, and furthermore, the polishing circulation path 50.
Circulated through 5f. That is, the ball is polished while being circulated.

The polishing of the ball is performed for the ball polishing time set in the setting mode described above. When the ball polishing time set in such a ball polishing process elapses, the polishing request flag is cleared and a replenishment request flag which is a flag for requesting execution of the replenishment process as the next process is set.

Next, a ball supply process is executed by SB3. In the ball supply process, the supply unit 50 described above is used.
By supplying control signals to the respective drive motors of the ball sending unit 5071f and the ball sending unit 5072f of No. 7, the supply balls are sent out to the supply gutters 508a and 508b, and the control signals are sequentially given to the flow path switching device 600. A process of introducing a supply ball into each pachinko gaming machine 1 is performed. The details of the ball supply process will be described later. After the end of SB3, the processing in the automatic mode ends.

Next, the details of the above-described SB1 ball discharging process will be described. FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the ball discharging processing.

First, in step SC (hereinafter simply referred to as SC) 1, it is determined whether or not the discharge request flag is set. If SC1 determines that the discharge request flag has not been set, the ball discharge processing ends. On the other hand, if it is determined by SC1 that the discharge request flag has been set, the process proceeds to SC2, and processing for reading various data necessary for executing the ball discharge processing is performed. Next, the process proceeds to SC3, and it is determined whether or not the discharging flag is set. The discharging flag is a flag indicating that the operation of discharging the enclosed ball from the pachinko gaming machine 1 to the outside is being performed, and is set by SC7 described later.

If it is determined by SC3 that the discharging flag is set, the flow advances to SC8 described later. That is, when the ball is being discharged, SC4 to SC7
The processing directly proceeds from SC3 to SC8 without performing the processing of. On the other hand, if it is determined by SC3 that the discharging flag is not set, the process proceeds to SC4, and a process of confirming the set discharging unit number is performed. The set discharge number refers to the number of the pachinko gaming machine 1 that discharges balls.
It can be set by the setting mode described above. This SC4
The following control is performed on the pachinko gaming machine 1 confirmed in the above.

Next, proceeding to SC5, for the pachinko gaming machine 1 confirmed in SC4, the passage switching solenoid 315, which is a discharge passage switching solenoid, is excited to operate the passage switching plate 314, and the pachinko game is performed. A process for discharging the enclosed balls inside the machine 1 to the outside is performed, and then the process proceeds to SC6, and a process for starting counting by the timer 1 is performed. Here, the timer 1 is a timer for counting a time during an operation of discharging the enclosed ball from the pachinko gaming machine 1 to the outside.

Then, the flow advances to SC7, where a process of setting a discharging flag is performed, and then the flow advances to SC8. In SC8,
For each pachinko gaming machine 1 from which the enclosed balls are to be discharged, it is determined whether or not the discharged balls are detected by the discharged ball number counter 525a. When it is determined by SC8 that the discharged ball is not detected, SC10 described later is used.
Proceed to. On the other hand, when it is determined by SC8 that the discharged ball is detected, the process proceeds to SC9, and a process of adding and updating the value of the ball discharged number counter corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 in which the discharged ball is detected by "1" is performed. . Here, the ball discharge number counter is a counter for counting the discharge balls discharged from the pachinko gaming machine 1 to the outside by software, and is provided corresponding to each pachinko gaming machine 1 and individually counted. Is performed.

After SC9, the flow advances to SC10. In SC10, it is determined whether or not the timer 1 has reached a predetermined value. In this case, the predetermined value is set to a time sufficient to discharge a predetermined number of balls to be discharged in the pachinko gaming machine 1 in a predetermined number of discharged balls. If it is determined by SC10 that the timer 1 has not reached the predetermined value, the ball discharging process ends. On the other hand, when it is determined by SC10 that the timer 1 has reached the predetermined value, the process proceeds to SC11,
After the process of clearing the timer 1 (stopping the time measurement) is performed, the process proceeds to SC12. Thus, timer 1
Is stopped by the SC11 when a time sufficient to discharge all the enclosed balls from the pachinko gaming machine 1 is reached, and the time counted corresponds to the number of discharged balls set for the target pachinko gaming machine 1. Is determined in advance.

In SC12, the flow path switching solenoid 315
Is demagnetized, the flow path switching plate 314 is returned to the original state, and a process of stopping the discharge operation of the sealed ball is performed. Next, SC1
The process proceeds to step S3, where the discharging flag is cleared.
As described above, the operation of discharging the enclosed balls is stopped when a sufficient time has elapsed to discharge a predetermined number of the discharged balls from the start of the discharging of the enclosed balls.

Next, the flow proceeds to SC14, where it is determined whether or not the values of all the ball discharge number counters have become equal to or greater than the ball discharge number set value set for the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1. The set value of the number of discharged balls is set based on the input setting by the reduction machine control device 503 described later or the supply setting information given from the card management computer 400.

If it is determined by SC14 that the number is not equal to or greater than the set number of discharged balls, it means that the discharging operation of the balls has not been normally performed, and the process proceeds to SC20 described later. On the other hand, if it is determined by SC14 that the value is equal to or greater than the set value of the number of discharged balls, it means that the discharging operation of the balls has been performed normally, and the process proceeds to SC15, where a process of clearing the discharged ball number counter is performed. Next, proceed to SC16,
It is determined whether or not the value of the restart counter is "1". Here, the re-operation counter is used to count the number of re-operations in order to execute the operation of discharging the ball again when a failure occurs in the operation of discharging the ball by the above-described SC6. As will be described later, the number of re-operations for discharging the ball is limited to one.

When the SC16 determines that the value of the re-operation counter is not "1" (when the value of the re-operation counter is "0"), the flow proceeds to SC18 described later. On the other hand, if the SC 16 determines that the value of the re-operation counter is “1”, the process proceeds to SC 17, where the process of clearing the value of the re-operation counter to “0” is performed, and then the SC 18
Proceed to. As a result, when the ball discharging operation is normally performed due to the re-operation of the ball discharging operation, the value of the re-operation counter counted at the time of the re-operation is cleared.

Next, the flow proceeds to SC18, in which a polishing request flag is set to execute the above-mentioned ball polishing process next. As described above, when the ball discharging operation is performed normally, execution of the ball polishing process is required. Next, the process proceeds to SC19, and a process of clearing the discharge request flag is performed to end the ball discharge process.
Thereafter, the ball discharging process ends.

As described above, when it is determined by the SC 14 that the normal ball discharging operation has been performed, it is considered that the ball discharging process has been normally performed, and the execution of the ball discharging process is terminated, and the next ball polishing process is performed. It goes to. In contrast, SC1
If it is determined in step 4 that the data is not normal, the following processing is performed.

In SC20, which is executed when it is determined by SC14 that the number is not equal to or greater than the set number of balls to be discharged, the value of the re-operation counter is set to "0" in order to restart the operation of discharging balls. A determination is made whether there is.
That is, it is determined whether or not re-operation has been performed yet. The value of the restart counter is set to "0" by SC20.
If it is determined that this is not the case (when the value of the re-operation counter is “1”), it means that the re-operation has already been executed, and the process proceeds to SC22 described later.

On the other hand, if it is determined by SC20 that the value of the re-operation counter is "0", the process proceeds to SC21, and
After the process of adding the value of the re-operation counter by "1" is performed, the process returns to SC3 described above, and the above-described processes after SC3 are executed again. Thus, the operation of discharging the ball is performed again. By such a re-operation, the aforementioned SC
When the condition of No. 14 is satisfied, the ball discharging process is terminated according to the above-described procedure.

In SC22, which is executed when the value of the re-operation counter is determined not to be "0" by the above-described SC 20, since the re-operation has already been performed, the re-operation is performed without executing the re-operation. A process of clearing the value of the operation counter to “0” is performed. Next, the process proceeds to SC23, in which it is determined that an abnormal discharge state has occurred in which the discharge operation of the balls has occurred due to a failure of the flow path switching solenoid 315 or clogging of the discharge path of the balls. Next, SC24
The processing is performed to set a discharge abnormality flag which is a flag indicating that an abnormal discharge state has occurred. afterwards,
Proceed to SC19 described above. When the discharge abnormality flag is set, a notification that an abnormal discharge state has occurred is displayed on the screen in response to the setting, as described later. The notification that the abnormal discharge state has occurred may be performed by sound, in addition to the display.

After the discharge abnormal flag is set by SC24, the process proceeds to SC17, where the discharge request flag is cleared, and the ball discharging process ends. In this case, since the ball discharging process ends without setting the polishing request flag, neither the discharging request flag nor the polishing request flag is set. In that case, neither the ball discharging process nor the ball polishing process is executed due to the setting relationship of the flag, and the process in the automatic mode is interrupted.

In this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained by executing the ball discharging process.
If the number of balls discharged within the predetermined time is less than the set number of discharged balls, it is determined that an abnormal discharge state of the balls has occurred. You can figure out. If it is possible to grasp that an abnormal state related to the discharge of the ball has occurred, it is possible to take a measure to resolve the abnormal state, and thus the discharge of the ball can be performed properly. For this reason,
The balls remaining in the pachinko gaming machine 1 when the enclosed balls are discharged can be eliminated, and as a result, the number of enclosed balls can be prevented from increasing or decreasing from a preset number.

Further, when the number of balls discharged within a predetermined time is less than the set value of the number of discharged balls, the discharging operation of the balls is performed again under the predetermined conditions. There is a possibility that the problem will be solved by restarting the ball discharging operation. For this reason, there is a possibility that the abnormal state of the discharge of the balls can be resolved without depending on the work of the attendant, so that the work load of the attendant when the abnormal state of the discharge of the balls occurs can be reduced.

Further, if the number of balls discharged within a predetermined time is less than the set value of the number of discharged balls, an abnormality is notified under predetermined conditions. The attendant can easily and quickly grasp. For this reason, it is possible to quickly cope with the abnormal state of the discharge of the balls, and it is possible to quickly eliminate such abnormal state. In addition, such an abnormality notification indicates that the number of balls discharged within a predetermined time period is less than the set value of the number of discharged balls. Is performed when the number of pieces is less than the set number of discharged balls. For this reason, it is possible to know from the notification that an abnormal state that cannot be easily resolved has occurred.

Next, the detailed contents of the above-described SB3 ball supply process will be described. FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the ball supply processing.

First, in step SD (hereinafter simply referred to as SD) 1, it is determined whether or not the replenishment flag is set. The replenishing flag is a flag indicating that the ball is being replenished, and is set by SD3 described later. If it is determined in SD1 that the replenishment flag is set, the process proceeds to SD4 described later. On the other hand, if it is determined in SD1 that the replenishment flag is not set, the process proceeds to SD2, and it is determined whether the replenishment request flag is set.

If it is determined in SD2 that the replenishment request flag has not been set, the ball replenishment process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in SD2 that the replenishment request flag has been set, the process proceeds to SD3, and a process of setting the replenishment flag is performed. After SD3, SD4
Proceed to. In SD4, a first supply process is performed. First
The replenishment process is a process of replenishing balls to the pachinko gaming machine 1 connected to the replenishment gutter 508a that is set to receive replenishment of balls from the replenishment gutter 508a. This first
The details of the replenishment process will be described later.

After SD4, the flow advances to SD5. In SD5,
The second supply process is performed. The second replenishment process includes replenishing gutter 5
This is a process of supplying balls to the pachinko gaming machine 1 connected to the supply gutter 508b that is set to receive the supply of balls from 08b. The detailed processing contents of the second supply processing are the same as those of the first supply processing.

After SD5, the process proceeds to SD6, and it is determined whether or not the supply of the ball is completed. Here, a replenishment completion flag (a flag indicating that replenishment is completed), which will be described later, is set in the above-described first replenishment process (the first replenishment completion flag is set) and is set in the second replenishment process (the second replenishment process). It is determined whether or not replenishment has been completed by checking whether or not the replenishment has been set in the replenishment completion flag setting). If it is determined in SD6 that the replenishment of the balls has not been completed, the ball replenishment process ends. On the other hand, S
If it is determined by D6 that the replenishment of the balls has been completed, S
Proceeding to D7, processing is performed to clear both the first supply completion flag and the second supply completion flag.

Next, the flow advances to SD8, where processing for clearing the replenishing flag is performed. Next, the process proceeds to SD9, and a process of outputting a replenishment completion signal to the card management computer 400 is performed. Proceeding to SD10, next, processing for clearing the supply request flag is performed. Thereafter, the ball supply process ends.

Next, the above-described first replenishment process of SD4 will be described. FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the first supply processing.

First, in step SE (hereinafter simply referred to as SE) 1, it is determined whether or not the first replenishment completion flag is set. The first replenishment completion flag is a flag indicating that the first replenishment process has been completed, and is set by SE21 described later. If it is determined in SE1 that the first supply completion flag is set, the first
Since there is no need to execute the replenishment process, the first replenishment process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in SE1 that the first supply completion flag is not set, the process proceeds to SE2.

In SE2, it is determined whether or not the timer 2 is counting time. Here, the timer 2 is a supply unit 5
When the supply ball is sent from 07 and the flow path switching device 600 is driven, the timer is used to define the timing at which the ball stopper 609 is driven one-shot first.

If it is determined by SE2 that the timer 2 is counting, the first time the ball stopper 609 is to be driven by one-shot is to wait for the timing of SE8 to be described later.
Proceed to. On the other hand, when it is determined by SE2 that the timer 2 is not counting, the process proceeds to SE3, and it is determined whether the timer 3 is counting. Here, the timer 3 is a timer used for determining occurrence of an abnormal state of replenishment of balls.

If it is determined in SE3 that the timer 3 is counting, the process proceeds to SE10 described later. Meanwhile, SE
If it is determined by the timer 3 that the timer 3 is not counting, the process proceeds to SE4, and a process of confirming the supply table number is performed. The replenishment stand number is a consecutive number assigned to each of the pachinko gaming machines 1 in the gaming machine installation island 500, and is supplied from the pachinko gaming machine 1 provided in the representative unit 500a as a starting point. The gutters 508a are provided in order from the upstream side to the downstream side. The processing described below is sequentially executed for each pachinko gaming machine in the order of the supply table number.
Therefore, in SE4, the pachinko gaming machine 1 to be processed in the following is specified.

Next, the flow proceeds to SE5, and a process is performed for setting the flow path switching device 600 corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 confirmed by SE4 to a supply operation state. Specifically, SE
5, the ball stopper 609 and the flow path switching member 601
Are operated in a state as shown in FIG.
As a result, the ball stopper 609 corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 to be supplied is in a state where the ball can be locked.

Next, the flow advances to SE6, where a control signal is supplied to the ball sending section 5071f of the supply section 507 to send the ball sending section 5071f.
Is driven to send the number of replenishing balls set in the setting mode to the resupply gutter 508a.
Next, the process proceeds to SE7, in which a process of starting time measurement of the timer 2 is performed, and then the process proceeds to SE8.

In SE8, it is determined whether or not the value of the timer 2 has reached a predetermined value. The predetermined value in this case is set to a time required for the ball sent from the supply unit 507 to reach the ball stopper 609 corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 to be supplied. Therefore, the predetermined value serving as a criterion in SE8 is determined for each supply table number (for each pachinko gaming machine 1) according to the distance from the supply unit 507 to each ball stopper 609.
And a value corresponding to the supply table number confirmed by SE4 is used. Thus, in SE8, it is determined whether or not the ball sent from the supply unit 507 has reached the ball stopper 609 based on the value of the timer 2.

If it is determined in SE8 that the value of the timer 2 has not reached the predetermined value, the first supply process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in SE8 that the value of the timer 2 has reached the predetermined value, the process proceeds to SE9, where the process of clearing the value of the timer 2 is performed, and then the process proceeds to SE10.

In SE10, a process of one-shot driving of the ball stopper 609 corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 confirmed in SE4 is performed. Thereby, the flow path switching device 600 is brought into the state shown in FIG. 13B and FIG. 14A, and the ball is set in the concave portion 601 of the flow path switching member 601.
c. Next, proceeding to SE11, the flow path switching member 6 corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 confirmed by SE4.
01 is driven by one shot. As a result, the balls placed on the concave portion 601c of the flow path switching member 601 are supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 side.

Next, the flow proceeds to SE12, and it is determined whether or not the timer 3 is counting time. If it is determined that the timer 3 is counting, the process proceeds to SE14 described later. On the other hand, if it is determined that the timer 3 is not counting time,
Proceeding to E13, processing for starting the time measurement of the timer 3 is performed. Thereafter, the flow advances to SE14.

In SE14, it is determined whether or not a replenishment ball has been detected by the replenishment ball detector 605 corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 confirmed in SE4. SE1
If no replenishment ball is detected in step 4, the process proceeds to SE16 described later. On the other hand, when the supply ball is detected by SE14, the process proceeds to SE15, and the processing of adding the count value of the supply ball number counter by “1” is performed.
Proceed to SE16. The replenishment ball number counter is a counter for counting the number of replenishment balls detected by the replenishment ball detector 605.

Next, in SE16, it is determined whether or not the value of the replenishment ball number counter matches a ball replenishment number set value set as described later. That is, it is determined whether or not the balls for the set number of balls to be supplied are actually supplied. SE
If it is determined by 16 that the value of the number-of-supply-balls counter does not match the set value of the number-of-supplied-balls, the supply of the number-of-supplied-balls has not been completed, and the process proceeds to SE22 described later. On the other hand, if it is determined in SE16 that the value of the replenishment ball number counter matches the replenishment number setting value, the timer 3
In this case, the supply of the ball is normally performed during the execution of the clocking by the timer. In that case, the process proceeds to SE17, and a process of clearing the timer 3 (a process of terminating the time measurement of the timer 3) is performed.

Next, the flow proceeds to SE18, where the flow path switching device 600 corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 confirmed in SE4 is used.
The processing for canceling the replenishment operation state is performed. Specifically, due to SE5, the ball stopper 609 moves the supply gutter 508a.
Is retracted upward from the internal space of the
b is swung downward, the channel switching bottom plate 601a moves on the same plane as the bottom surface of the supply gutter 508a, and the channel switching port to the gaming machine direction passage 604 is opened at the supply gutter 508a. You. Thus, the ball can be passed. In this case, if there are too many balls sent from the supply unit 507, the surplus balls flow down the supply gutter 508a, are sent to the circulation passage 511a, and are collected. The surplus balls at the time of replenishment may be supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the next replenishment order.

Next, the flow proceeds to SE19, and it is determined whether or not the current supply board number is the last supply board number. S
If it is determined in E19 that the current replenishment platform number is not the last replenishment platform number, the process advances to SE20, and the replenishment platform number is incremented by "1" in order to replenish the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the next order. Is done. Thereafter, the first supply process ends. Thus, in the next first replenishment process, replenishment of balls to the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the next order is performed.

On the other hand, if it is determined by SE19 that the current supply table number is the last supply table number,
Since the supply of the balls to all the pachinko gaming machines 1 that should receive the supply of the balls from 08a is completed, the process proceeds to SE21, and the processing of setting the first supply completion flag is performed.
Thereafter, the first supply process ends.

In SE22, where it is determined in SE16 that the value of the replenishment ball number counter does not match the set value of the replenishment ball number, in SE22, it is determined whether or not the timer 3 has reached a predetermined value. The predetermined value used in the determination in SE22 is set to a time sufficient for replenishing the balls of the set value of the number of replenished balls when the replenishment of the balls is normally performed. If it is determined by SE22 that the timer 3 has not reached the predetermined value, the first replenishment process ends to continue replenishment. On the other hand, when it is determined by SE22 that the timer 3 has reached the predetermined value, the process proceeds to SE23, where the process of clearing the timer 3 (the process of terminating the time measurement of the timer 3) is performed, and then the process proceeds to SE24.

In SE24, since a state has occurred in which the number of balls to be replenished has not been replenished even though the timer 3 has reached the predetermined value, it is determined that an abnormal replenishment state has occurred. After SE24, the process proceeds to SE25, in which processing is performed to set a supply abnormality flag indicating that an abnormal supply state has occurred. When the replenishment abnormality flag is set, a notification that a replenishment abnormality state has occurred is displayed on the screen in response to the setting, as described later. Thereafter, the first supply process ends. The notification of the occurrence of the abnormal supply condition may be performed by a sound other than the display.

In the second replenishment process, the same process as the above-described first replenishment process is performed in the pachinko gaming machine 1 in which the ball is supplied from the resupply gutter 508b.
Is executed for When the second supply process is completed, the second supply completion flag is set as in the case of the first supply completion flag.

The following effects are obtained by executing the above-described replenishment processing. Supply device 50
7 are supplied one by one toward the inside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 by the flow path switching device 600, and the supplied balls are detected by the supply ball sensor 605 by the set value of the number of discharged balls. In this case, the supply of the balls by the flow path switching device 600 is stopped. For this reason, pachinko machine 1
Can be prevented from increasing or decreasing the number of balls replenished in the inside of the ball with respect to the ball replenishment number set value. As a result, it is possible to prevent the number of balls enclosed in the pachinko gaming machine 1 from increasing or decreasing from a preset number.

Next, the contents of the display processing in S2 of FIG. 18 will be described. FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating the processing content of the display processing.

First, in step SF (hereinafter simply referred to as SF) 1, input setting display processing is executed. By this input setting display process, a process of displaying various screens on the display unit 503b at the time of inputting various information and setting operation of selection on the display unit 503b of the reduction unit control device 503 as described later is performed.

Next, a progress display process is executed by SF2. In this progress status display process, the progress status of the above-described ball discharge process, ball polishing process, and ball supply process control program is recognized to grasp the progress status of the encapsulated ball discharge / supply control. A process of displaying the progress of the control on the display unit 503b of the reduction unit control device 503 is performed as described later. Next, an abnormal display process is executed by SF3. By this abnormal display processing, when an abnormal state occurs in the enclosed ball discharge / supply control, processing for displaying that an abnormal state has occurred is performed as described later.

Next, the processing contents of the abnormal display processing of SF3 in the display processing of FIG. 24 will be described in detail. FIG.
It is a flow chart which shows the contents of processing of abnormal display processing.

First, in step SG (hereinafter simply referred to as SG) 1, processing for reading various data used in the abnormal display processing is performed. Next, it is determined by SG2 whether or not an abnormal discharge state has occurred. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the above-described discharge abnormal flag is set. If the discharge abnormal flag is set, it is recognized that the discharge abnormal state has occurred.

If SG2 determines that an abnormal discharge state has not occurred, the process proceeds to SG4 described later. on the other hand,
If SG2 determines that an abnormal discharge state has occurred, the process proceeds to SG3, where processing is performed to display an abnormal discharge screen indicating that the abnormal discharge state has occurred. afterwards,
Proceed to SG4. A specific example of the discharge abnormality screen will be described later.

At SG4, it is determined whether or not an abnormal ball polishing state has occurred. The abnormal ball polishing state refers to an abnormal state in the polishing function of the lifting / polishing unit 505. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value of the load of the cassette winding motor is an abnormal value exceeding a predetermined value. When the value of the load of the cassette winding motor is an abnormal value, it is recognized that an abnormal ball polishing state has occurred.

When it is determined by SG4 that the abnormal ball polishing state has not occurred, the process proceeds to SG6 described later. On the other hand, if it is determined by SG4 that an abnormal ball polishing state has occurred, the process proceeds to SG5, and processing for displaying an abnormal ball polishing screen indicating that an abnormal ball polishing state has occurred is performed. After that, it proceeds to SG6. A specific example of the ball polishing abnormal screen will be described later. In SG6, a determination is made as to whether or not an abnormal freight state has occurred. What is abnormal ball polishing?
It refers to an abnormal state in the lifting function of the lifting / polishing unit 505. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value of the load of the lifting / polishing motor 505h is an abnormal value exceeding a predetermined value, and whether or not the motor is detected by a rotation sensor built in the lifting / polishing motor 505h. It is determined whether or not the rotational speed has an abnormal value. If any one of the load value and the rotation speed value is an abnormal value, it is recognized that an abnormal pumping state has occurred.

If it is determined by SG6 that the abnormal transporting state has not occurred, the process proceeds to SG8 described later. on the other hand,
If it is determined by SG6 that an abnormal freight state has occurred, the process proceeds to SG7, and processing for displaying a freight abnormal screen indicating that an abnormal freight state has occurred is performed. afterwards,
Proceed to SG8. A specific example of the unloading screen will be described later.

At SG8, it is determined whether or not a ball sending abnormal state has occurred. The ball sending abnormal state refers to an abnormal state in the supply unit 507. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the load value of each motor of the ball sending units 5071f and 5072f of the ball sending device 507f has an abnormal value exceeding a predetermined value, and the motor is built in the motors. It is determined whether or not the rotation speed of the motor detected by the rotation sensor has an abnormal value. If either of the load value and the rotation speed value is an abnormal value in one of the ball sending units, it is recognized that an abnormal ball sending state has occurred. You.

When it is determined by SG8 that the abnormal ball delivery state has not occurred, the process proceeds to SG10 described later. On the other hand, if it is determined by SG8 that a ball sending abnormal state has occurred, the process proceeds to SG9, and processing for displaying a ball sending abnormal screen indicating that the ball sending abnormal state has occurred is performed. After that, it proceeds to SG10. A specific example of the ball sending abnormal screen will be described later.

At SG10, it is determined whether or not an abnormal replenishment state has occurred. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the above-described replenishment abnormality flag is set,
If the supply abnormality flag is set, it is recognized that an abnormal supply state has occurred.

If it is determined by SG10 that the abnormal supply state has not occurred, the abnormality display processing ends. On the other hand, if SG10 determines that an abnormal replenishment state has occurred, the process advances to SG11 to perform a process of displaying an abnormal replenishment screen indicating that an abnormal replenishment state has occurred. Thereafter, the abnormality display processing ends. A specific example of the replenishment abnormality screen will be described later.

By performing the above-described abnormality display processing, if an abnormality occurs in the enclosing ball discharge / supply control, a display indicating that the abnormality has occurred is displayed. It is easy to know that an abnormality has occurred. For this reason, it is possible to quickly perform a measure for eliminating the abnormal state.

Next, an operation method of the reduction unit control device 503 will be described. FIG. 26 to FIG.
FIG. 13 is a display screen diagram showing display contents of a display screen of a display unit 503b of No. 03. 26 to 34, components having common functions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

The control performed in accordance with the operation of the reduction unit control unit 503 described below is performed in accordance with the execution of the control program read from the ROM 5033 of the reduction unit control unit 503 into the CPU 5031.

Display unit 503b of reduction unit control device 503
Is a touch-panel display unit. On various screens displayed on the display unit 503b, an operator touches a switch or the like displayed on the screen with a finger to perform operation.
It is possible to input and select various information.

In FIG. 26, (a) shows the main menu screen, and (b) shows the setting menu screen. Referring to FIG. 26A, an initial screen is displayed on display screen 700 of display unit 503b as a basic display screen. The initial screen includes an automatic mode selection switch 701 for selecting an automatic mode, a manual mode selection switch 702 for selecting a manual mode, and a setting mode selection switch 703 for selecting a setting mode.
Is displayed.

Here, as described above, the automatic mode is a sequence of discharging, polishing, and replenishing the enclosed balls in the enclosed ball discharge / supply control for replacing the enclosed balls on the gaming machine installation island 500. Is an operation mode in which the above operation is automatically executed. The manual mode is, as described above, a manual operation of discharging, polishing, and replenishing the enclosed balls in the enclosed ball discharge / supply control for replacing the enclosed balls on the gaming machine installation island 500. This is an operation mode executed based on an operation. As described above, the setting mode is used to set control parameters such as a time related to a series of operations of discharging, polishing, and replenishing the enclosing ball in the enclosing ball discharging and replenishing control for exchanging the enclosing ball. Mode.

When the setting mode selection switch 703 is operated on the initial screen, a setting menu screen shown in FIG. 26B is displayed. On the setting menu screen, a ball discharge time setting switch 704, a ball polishing time setting switch 705, a polishing interval time setting switch 706, an automatic setting switch 707, a ball refilling number setting switch 708, a replenishing table / supplying order setting switch 709, and The initial screen return switch 710 is displayed.

[0285] The ball discharge number setting switch 704 is a switch for calling a screen for setting the discharge number in the case of simultaneously discharging the enclosed balls from each of the pachinko gaming machines 1 (hereinafter referred to as a ball discharge number setting screen). The ball polishing time setting switch 705 is a switch for calling a screen (hereinafter, referred to as a ball polishing time setting screen) for setting a ball polishing time which is a ball polishing time to be performed before the replenishment after the discharge of the balls. A polishing interval time setting switch 706 is a screen for setting a polishing interval time, which is a polishing interval time when a setting for polishing a ball at a predetermined time interval during business hours of a game store (hereinafter, a polishing interval time setting screen). Switch).

The automatic setting switch 707 sets the ball discharging time,
A switch for calling a screen for automatically performing various settings such as the ball polishing time and the number of replenished balls (hereinafter, referred to as an automatic setting screen). A ball supply number setting switch 708 is a screen for setting the number of balls to be supplied to each of the pachinko gaming machines 1 (hereinafter, referred to as a pachinko game machine)
This is a switch for calling a ball supply number setting screen). A replenishment stand / supply order setting switch 709 is used to set a replenishment stand (hereinafter referred to as a resupply stand setting screen) for setting a replenishment stand that is a pachinko gaming machine 1 to which a ball is to be replenished. This is a switch for calling a screen for setting a supply order (hereinafter, referred to as a supply order setting screen). The initial screen return switch 710 is a switch for returning the screen displayed on the display screen 700 to the above-described initial screen.

FIG. 27A shows a screen for setting the number of discharged balls, and FIG. 27B shows a screen for setting the ball polishing time.

When the ball discharge number setting switch 704 is operated on the above-described setting menu screen, the ball discharge number setting screen shown in FIG. 27A is displayed. On the ball discharge number setting screen, the current setting value 712a (“
), The longest time 712b (“「 second ”), a numeric input key switch 711, a section ball discharge number setting switch 713a, 713b, 713c, 713d, and an initial screen return switch 710 are displayed.

Here, the section will be described. The pachinko gaming machine 1 provided on the gaming machine installation island 500 has four installation positions in the gaming machine installation island 500 (for example, a right side section on the front side, a left side section on the front side, a right side section on the back side, Back section on the left). One section includes a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1. Game machine installation island 50
There are cases where a plurality of types of pachinko machines are installed in the area 0. In such a case, pachinko gaming machines of the same model are installed in one section. Pachinko gaming machines differ in the number of balls enclosed for each model. For example, a second-type pachinko gaming machine has a different number of required balls than a second-type pachinko gaming machine.

Section ball discharge number setting switch 713
By selectively operating any of a, 713b, 713c, and 713d, the operated section is selected, and the number of discharged balls of the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the selected section can be input. . The numeric input key switch 711 is a switch for inputting numeric data, and is used for various display screens.

Section ball discharge quantity setting switch 713
When any one of a, 713b, 713c, and 713d is operated, the operated section is selected. As a result, the section ball discharge number setting switch of the selected section is lit and displayed, and the current set value (pieces) of the pachinko gaming machines 1 in the section is displayed as the current set value 712a. Each section ball discharge number setting switch is provided with an area for displaying a section number (SECT1 or the like) and an input set value (pieces) of the ball discharge number of the section. By operating the numeric input key switch 711 in such a state, the set value of the number of discharged balls of the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the selected section is input. That is, the number of discharged balls can be input for each section, and is set for each section in accordance with the input.

For the selected section, before the new set value of the number of discharged balls is input by the numerical input key switch 711, the current set value 712 is set.
In a, the set value of the number of discharged balls before the change of the section is displayed. In the area for displaying the input set value of the number of ball discharges in the section ball discharge number setting switch of the selected section, the set value (piece) of the new ball discharge number input by operating the numerical value input key switch 711 is displayed. Is displayed. For the selected section, the new set value of the number of discharged balls is set to a numerical value input key switch 711.
The display of the current set value 712 is changed to the new set value of the number of discharged balls for the selected section.

When the number of balls to be discharged is set, the ball discharge time is determined by a predetermined calculation according to the number. The ball discharging time is a time for performing an operation of discharging the ball of the set number of discharged balls from the pachinko gaming machine 1,
The time is set to a time sufficient to discharge the enclosed balls for the set value of the number of discharged balls, and is used for stopping the timer 1 of the above-described ball discharging process. The longest time among the ball discharge times calculated for each section is the longest time 712b
Will be displayed as Also, an initial screen return switch 710
Is operated, the screen returns to the initial screen.

When the ball polishing time setting switch 705 is operated on the setting menu screen described above, a ball polishing time setting screen shown in FIG. 27B is displayed. On the ball polishing time ball setting screen, a numeric input key switch 71 is displayed.
1, a current set value 714, a ball polishing time set value 715, and an initial screen return switch 710 are displayed.

By operating the numerical input key switch 711, the set value of the ball polishing time can be input. The current setting value 714 displays the current setting value (second) of the ball polishing time. Before a new ball polishing time set value is input by the numerical value input key switch 711,
The set value of the ball polishing time before the change is displayed in the current set value 714. In the ball polishing time set value 715, a new ball polishing time set value (second) input by operating the numerical value input key switch 711 is displayed. When the input set value of the new ball polishing time is determined by operating the numeric input key switch 711, the display of the current set value 714 is changed to the new set value of the ball polishing time. When the initial screen return switch 710 is operated, the screen returns to the initial screen.

In FIG. 28, (a) shows a polishing interval time setting screen, and (b) shows a ball supply number setting screen.

When the polishing interval time setting switch 706 is operated on the setting menu screen described above, a polishing interval time setting screen shown in FIG. 28A is displayed.
Here, the polishing interval time, during the operation of the game store,
This is a time for defining an interval for polishing excess balls in the collection tub 505b. On the polishing interval time setting screen, a numeric input key switch 711, a current setting value 716, a polishing interval time setting value 717, and an initial screen return switch 710 are displayed.

By operating the numeric input key switch 711, a set value of the polishing interval time can be input. The current setting value 716 displays the current setting value (minutes) of the polishing interval time. At a stage before a new set value of the polishing interval time is input by the numerical value input key switch 711, the set value of the ball polishing time before the change is displayed in the current set value 716. In the ball polishing time setting value 717, a new polishing interval time setting value (minute) input by operating the numerical value input key switch 711 is displayed. The input value of the new polishing interval time is set to a numerical value input key switch 7
When the setting is confirmed by the operation 11, the display of the current set value 716 is changed to a new set value of the polishing interval time. Also,
When the initial screen return switch 710 is operated, the screen returns to the initial screen.

When the ball supply number setting switch 708 is operated on the above-described setting menu screen, the ball supply number setting screen shown in FIG. 28B is displayed. The ball refilling number setting screen includes a numeric input key switch 711, a current setting value 718, and a section ball refilling number setting switch 719.
a, 719b, 719c, 719d and an initial screen return switch 710 are displayed.

Section ball supply number setting switch 719
a, 719b, 719c, or 719d is selectively operated to select the operated section and to input the number of balls to be replenished for the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the selected section. .

Section ball supply number setting switch 719
When any one of a, 719b, 719c, and 719d is operated, the operated section is selected. As a result, the section ball replenishment number setting switch of the selected section is lit and displayed, and the current set value (pieces) of the pachinko gaming machines 1 in that section is displayed as the current set value 718. Each section ball supply number setting switch is provided with an area for displaying a section number (SECT1, etc.) and an input set value (piece) of the ball supply number of the section. By operating the numeric input key switch 711 in such a state, the set value of the ball refill number of the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the selected section is input. That is, the ball supply number can be input for each section, and is set for each section in accordance with the input.

For the selected section, the current set value 718 is set before the new set value of the ball supply number is input by the numerical value input key switch 711.
Shows the set value of the number of replenished balls before the section is changed. In the area for displaying the input set value of the ball replenishment number in the section ball replenishment number setting switch of the selected section, the set value (piece) of the new ball replenishment number input by operating the numerical value input key switch 711 is displayed. Is displayed. When the input set value of the new ball supply number for the selected section is determined by operating the numeric input key switch 711, the display of the current set value 718 is changed to the new ball for the selected section. It is changed to the set value of the number of supplies. When the initial screen return switch 710 is operated, the screen returns to the initial screen.

[0303] In Fig. 30, (a) shows a supply table setting screen, and (b) shows a supply order setting screen.

In the above-described setting menu screen, when the supply table / supply order setting switch 709 is operated, first,
The replenishment stand setting screen shown in FIG. 30A is displayed.

The game console selection key switch 720, game machine display section 721, clear all switch 7
22, cancel switch 723, all-unit selection switch 72
4 and a confirmation switch 725 are displayed.

The gaming machine selection key switch 720 is a switch for individually selecting the pachinko gaming machines 1 in the gaming machine installation island 500, and includes a key switch corresponding to each pachinko gaming machine 1. The gaming machine display unit 721 is an area for individually displaying the pachinko gaming machines 1 to be controlled or set. In the gaming machine display section 721, a display frame corresponding to each pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided, and by changing the color of the display frame corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1,
The pachinko gaming machine 1 to be controlled or set is shown.

[0307] The all clear switch 722 is a switch for canceling the selection of all the refill tables set on the refill table setting screen. The cancel switch 723 is a switch for canceling the selection of the pachinko gaming machine 1 selected immediately before. The confirm switch 725 is a switch for confirming the setting made on the refill stand setting screen.

When the all-unit selection switch 724 is operated,
All the pachinko gaming machines 1 in the gaming machine installation island 500 are set as replenishment stands. Gaming machine selection key switch 720
Is operated, the pachinko gaming machines 1 selected by the operation are individually set as replenishment stands. In that case, it is possible to select a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 continuously. When the all-unit selection switch 724 or the gaming machine selection key switch 720 is operated, the selected pachinko gaming machine 1 is displayed on the gaming machine display unit 721.
If the confirmation switch 725 is operated after the all-unit selection switch 724 or the gaming machine selection key switch 720 is operated, the setting up to that point is confirmed.
If the clear all switch 722 or the cancel switch 723 is operated before is operated, the setting is canceled according to the function of those switches.

In the replenishment stand setting screen, the enter switch 72
When the button 5 is operated, the settings up to that point are determined, and the replenishment order setting screen shown in FIG. 30B is displayed. The game machine selection key switch 7 appears on the replenishment order setting screen.
20, gaming machine display section 721, automatic selection switch 726,
A cancel switch 723 and a confirm switch 725 are displayed. The automatic selection switch 726 is a switch for automatically selecting a supply order of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

When the automatic selection switch 726 is operated,
With respect to the supply table set on the supply table setting screen, the supply order of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is automatically selected and set according to a predetermined selection procedure. When the gaming machine selection key switch 720 is operated and the pachinko gaming machines 1 are sequentially selected, the supply order of the pachinko gaming machines 1 is set in accordance with the selection order of the refill tables set on the refill table setting screen. You. When the set switch 725 is operated on the refill stand setting screen, the settings up to that point are settled, and the screen returns to the initial screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 30A shows the first screen of the automatic setting screen, and FIG. 30B shows the second screen of the automatic setting screen.

When the automatic setting switch 707 is operated on the above-described setting menu screen, first, the first screen of the automatic setting screen shown in FIG. 30A is displayed. The first screen is a screen for setting the number of pachinko gaming machines 1 for performing discharge / supply control of enclosed balls. On the first screen, a numeric input key switch 711, a number setting value 727, and an initial screen return switch 710 are displayed.

By operating the numeric input key switch 711, it is possible to input the number of pachinko gaming machines 1 for controlling the discharge and replenishment of the enclosed balls. In the number setting value 727,
The number entered by operating the numeric input key switch 711 is displayed. When the entered number is determined by operating the numeric input key switch 711, a second screen shown in FIG. 30B is displayed. When the initial screen return switch 710 is operated, the setting is canceled and the screen returns to the initial screen.

[0314] The second screen is a screen for setting the model of the pachinko gaming machine 1 for controlling the discharge and replenishment of the enclosed balls. On the second screen, the section selection switch 72
8, a two-type switch 729, a non-two-type switch 730, and a confirmation switch 725 are displayed.

[0315] The section selection switch 728 is a switch for selecting a section of the pachinko gaming machine 1 for controlling discharge and replenishment of enclosed balls in the gaming machine installation island 500. The section selection switch 728 is a switch for selecting each section (the first section selection switch 7).
28a, a first section selection switch 728b, a first section selection switch 728c, and a first section selection switch 728d), and a section can be selected by operating these switches.

The two-type switch 729 is a switch for setting that the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the section selected by the section selecting switch 728 is a second-type pachinko gaming machine. The non-two-type switch 730 is a switch for setting that the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the section selected by the section selection switch 728 is a non-second-type pachinko gaming machine.

On the second screen, a model is set for each section. Section selection switch 72
After selecting the section by the operation of No. 8 and operating the two-type switch 729 or the non-two-type switch 730,
According to the operation, the model of the selected section is set to the second
It is set to a pachinko gaming machine other than the second type. When the confirmation switch 725 is operated after performing such an operation for all sections, the settings up to that point are confirmed, and the screen returns to the initial screen shown in FIG.

[0318] The ROM 5033 stores a calculation program for calculating various setting data required for controlling the discharge and replenishment of the enclosing balls based on the data of the number of refills and the model input on the automatic setting screen. When the setting of the number of replenishers and the model set on the first screen and the second screen described above are determined, the number of discharged balls required for execution of the automatic mode is calculated by the calculation program in the CPU 5031 based on those settings. Data such as ball polishing time, ball supply number, supply table, and supply order are automatically set. Therefore, if such automatic setting is used, the operation of setting various data can be simplified.

When the automatic mode selection switch 701 is operated on the initial screen shown in FIG. 26 (a), the control for automatically discharging the enclosed balls is automatically performed in the automatic mode based on the setting in the setting mode described above. Is executed. In the automatic mode, the process of discharging the ball, the process of polishing the ball, and the process of supplying the ball are sequentially performed.

In FIG. 31, (a) shows a ball discharging screen showing that the ball is being discharged in the automatic mode.
(B) shows a ball polishing screen indicating that the ball is being polished in the automatic mode.

By executing the process of discharging the balls after the execution of the automatic mode is started, the passage switching solenoid 315 of each pachinko gaming machine is excited to discharge the enclosed balls. When the ball is being discharged, a ball discharging screen shown in FIG. 31A is displayed. Ball discharge is performed only for the longest time corresponding to the set ball discharge number set value. On the ball discharging screen, a message “ball discharging” indicating that the ball is being discharged, the remaining time of the ball discharging time set on the ball discharging time setting screen “remaining XX seconds”, a pause switch 731, continue Switch 732, end switch 73
3 and the emergency stop switch 734 are displayed.

When the pause switch 731 is operated,
Execution of the automatic mode is suspended. Continue switch 73
When the button 2 is operated, the temporary stop state is released and the execution of the automatic mode is continued. When the end switch 733 is operated, after the process of the process currently being executed (in this case, the process of discharging the ball) is completed, the execution of the automatic mode is terminated without shifting to the next process. . When the emergency stop switch 734 is operated, the execution of the automatic mode is interrupted at that time, and the screen returns to the initial screen shown in FIG.

When the ball discharging process is completed in the automatic mode, the process proceeds to the ball polishing process, in which the polishing circulation switching motor 505e, the cassette winding motor, and the lifting polishing motor 505h are driven. Is performed. When the process proceeds to the ball polishing process, a ball polishing screen shown in FIG. 31B is displayed. In this case, the polishing of the ball is performed for the set ball polishing time. On the ball polishing screen, a message “ball polishing” indicating that the ball is being polished, the remaining time of the ball polishing time set on the ball polishing time setting screen “remaining XX seconds”, a pause switch 731, continue Switch 732, end switch 73
3. Emergency stop switch 734 and additional switch 7
35 is displayed.

Each of the temporary stop switch 731 to the emergency stop switch 734 has the same function as that of the ball discharging screen. When the additional switch 735 is operated, the ball is polished for a predetermined time in addition to the ball polishing time set on the ball polishing time setting screen described above.

In FIG. 32, (a) shows a ball replenishing screen showing that the ball is being replenished in the automatic mode.
(B) shows a manual selection screen which is the first display screen in the manual mode.

When the ball polishing process is completed in the automatic mode and the process proceeds to the ball replenishment process, the process shown in FIG. 22 and FIG. , In the order of the set refueling table,
The set number of supplied balls is supplied. When the process proceeds to the ball replenishment process, a ball replenishing screen shown in FIG. 32A is displayed. On the ball replenishing screen, a message “ball polishing” indicating that the ball is being replenished, a gaming machine display unit 721 having the same function as that shown in FIG. 29,
A temporary stop switch 731, a continue switch 732, an end switch 733, and an emergency stop switch 734 are displayed.

[0327] In this case, the gaming machine display section 721 shows the pachinko gaming machine 1 whose ball is currently being supplied. The temporary stop switch 731 to the emergency stop switch 734 have the same function as that of the ball discharging screen. When the replenishment to all the pachinko gaming machines 1 to be replenished is completed while the ball replenishing screen is displayed, the automatic mode ends, and the screen returns to the initial screen shown in FIG.

By displaying the screens shown in FIGS. 31A and 31B and FIG. 32A, the following effects can be obtained.

Since the name of the currently executed process is displayed, it is possible to easily confirm the progress of the discharge and replenishment of the balls in the automatic mode. In addition, since the remaining time is displayed on the ball discharging screen and the ball polishing screen, the progress of the corresponding process can be accurately grasped. Also,
On the ball replenishing screen, the pachinko gaming machine 1 being replenished is displayed by the gaming machine display unit 721, so that the progress of the ball replenishment process can be easily grasped.

In the ball discharging screen, the ball polishing screen, and the ball replenishing screen, the end switch 733 allows the automatic mode to be terminated halfway after the end of the corresponding stroke. The switch 734 allows the automatic mode to be terminated at that point. For this reason, when troubles such as clogging of the ball and trouble of the drive unit occur in the ball discharge route and the ball replenishment route, the automatic mode can be terminated halfway to cope with the trouble. Further, the end mode of the automatic mode is indicated by an end switch 733 and an emergency stop switch 7.
Since it is possible to selectively use the automatic mode in the automatic mode depending on the degree of the problem when the above-described problem occurs. As described above, since the automatic mode can be terminated halfway in each process, it is possible to easily cope with the case where the above-described problem occurs.

Further, in the ball polishing screen, by operating the additional switch 735, the ball can be further polished in addition to the set polishing time. Accordingly, the polishing of the ball can be sufficiently performed.

When the manual mode selection switch 702 is operated on the initial screen shown in FIG. 26A, a manual selection screen shown in FIG. 32B is displayed. The manual selection screen includes a polishing open switch 736 and a polishing close switch 73.
7, ball feed switch 738, tape winding switch 73
9, ball counter switch 740, discharge setting switch 74
1. A supply port open / close setting switch 742 and an initial screen return switch 710 are displayed. On this manual selection screen, by operating various displayed switches, it is possible to execute the operation of discharging and refilling the enclosed balls in the manual mode.

When the polishing open switch 736 is operated, the polishing circulation switching motor 505e is driven and the polishing circulation path switching plate 505g is operated, whereby the opening 5 is opened.
06c is opened. As a result, the flow path of the balls guided by the lifting gutter 506 is switched to the flow path toward the collection ball collecting section 509c along the polishing circulation path 505f. When the polishing circulation path switching plate 505g is operated, the polishing open switch 736 is lit.

When the polishing-close switch 737 is operated, the polishing circulation switching motor 505e is driven to operate the polishing circulation path switching plate 505g, so that the opening 5 is opened.
06c is closed, and the flow path of the ball guided by the lifting gutter 506 is switched to the flow path toward the supply unit 507 along the lifting gutter 506. When the polishing circulation path switching plate 505g is operated, the polishing close switch 737 is lit.

When the ball feed switch 738 is operated, the lifting polishing motor 505h is driven, and the balls are pumped in the lifting gutter 506. When the ball feed switch 738 is operated once, the lifting polishing motor 505h is driven, and thereafter, when the ball feeding switch 738 is operated again, the lifting polishing motor 50h is driven.
5h is stopped. When the lifting polishing motor 505h is driven, the ball feed switch 738 blinks and is displayed. When the lifting polishing motor 505h is stopped, the ball feeding switch 738 is stopped.
38 is turned off.

When the tape take-up switch 739 is operated, the cassette take-up motor is driven and the polishing cassette 55
The polishing cloth 553 of 0 is sent out and wound up. When the tape winding switch 739 is operated once, the cassette winding motor is driven, and thereafter, the tape winding switch 739 is operated.
Is operated again, the cassette winding motor is stopped.
When the cassette winding motor is driven, the tape winding switch 739 blinks, and when the cassette winding motor is stopped, the tape winding switch 739 is turned off.

Therefore, when the ball feed switch 738 is operated in a state where both the polishing open switch 736 and the ball feed switch 738 are operated, the balls are circulated and polished. When the ball feed switch 738 is operated in a state where the polishing close switch 737 is operated, the polished ball is fed to the supply unit 507.

When the ball counter switch 740 is operated,
The motor is driven in the ball sending units 5071f and 5072f of the supply unit 507 to operate the screw shaft, so that the balls are sent from the supply unit 507 to the supply gutters 508a and 508b. When the motor is driven in the ball sending units 5071f and 5072f, the ball counter switch 740 is displayed blinking, and when the motor is stopped in the ball sending units 5071f and 5072f, the ball counter switch 740 is turned off.

When the discharge setting switch 741 is operated,
A discharge setting screen shown in FIG. 33A to be described later is displayed, and it becomes possible to discharge the enclosed balls inside the pachinko gaming machine 1. When the supply port opening / closing setting switch 742 is operated, a supply port opening / closing setting screen shown in FIG. 33B to be described later is displayed, and the flow path switching bottom plate 601a of the flow path switching apparatus 600 is opened / closed (supply port opening / closing). ) Is possible.
When the initial screen return switch 710 is operated, the screen returns to the initial screen shown in FIG.

In FIG. 33, (a) shows a discharge setting screen, and (b) shows a supply port opening / closing setting screen.

When the discharge setting switch 741 is operated,
The discharge setting screen shown in FIG. 33A is displayed.
In the discharge setting screen, the gaming machine selection key switch 72
0, a gaming machine display section 721, a stop switch 743, a batch discharge switch 745, and a manual selection screen return switch 746 are displayed.

When the batch discharge switch 745 is operated,
The channel switching solenoids 315 of all the pachinko gaming machines 1 in the gaming machine installation island 500 are driven, and all the pachinko gaming machines 1 discharge the enclosed balls at the same time. When the gaming machine selection key switch 720 is operated, the passage switching solenoid 315 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 selected by the operation is excited, and the enclosed ball is discharged from the selected pachinko gaming machine 1. The pachinko gaming machine 1 from which the enclosed balls are being discharged is displayed on the gaming machine display unit 721. When the stop switch 743 is operated, the excitation of the selected flow path switching solenoid 315 is released, and the discharging operation of the sealed ball is stopped. When the manual selection screen return switch 746 is operated, the screen returns to the manual selection screen described above.

When the supply port opening / closing setting switch 742 is operated, a supply port opening / closing setting screen shown in FIG. 33B is displayed. On the discharge setting screen, a gaming machine selection key switch 720, a gaming machine display section 721, a stop switch 7
43 and a manual selection screen return switch 746 are displayed.

When the gaming machine selection key switch 720 is operated, the rotary solenoid 60 of the flow path switching device 600 corresponding to the pachinko gaming machine 1 selected by the operation is operated.
2 is excited to open the flow path switching bottom plate 601a. The pachinko gaming machine 1 with the flow path switching bottom plate 601a opened is displayed on the gaming machine display unit 721. Stop switch 743
Is operated, the excitation of the selected rotary solenoid 602 is released, and the opened flow path switching bottom plate 6 is opened.
01a is closed. Manual selection screen return switch 746
Is operated, the screen returns to the manual selection screen described above.

Therefore, the game machine selection key switch 72
When the ball counter switch 740 is operated while the flow path switching bottom plate 601a is opened by the operation of 0, the replenishment balls are supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 selected by the gaming machine selection key switch 720. You.

FIG. 34 (a) shows a replenishment abnormality screen which is displayed when the above-described discharge abnormality has occurred, and FIG. 34 (b) shows a case where the above-described replenishment abnormal state has occurred. Shows a discharge abnormality screen displayed in the "A."

In the automatic mode, when it is determined that the abnormal discharge state described in the ball discharging process shown in FIG. 21 has occurred, the abnormal discharge screen shown in FIG. 34A is displayed. On the discharge abnormality screen, a message “discharge abnormality” indicating that a discharge abnormality has occurred, a display “discharge abnormal position” indicating that a pachinko gaming machine having a discharge abnormality has been displayed, a gaming machine display unit 721, and a return to the discharge screen Switch 74
8, and a display indicating a method of coping with the abnormal discharge state, "Please check the discharge ball number counter of the discharge passage of the gaming machine."

In the gaming machine display section 721, the pachinko gaming machine 1 in which the discharge abnormality has occurred is displayed in a predetermined color.
Thereby, it is possible to easily recognize the pachinko gaming machine 1 from which the discharge has occurred. Eject screen return switch 74
When the button 8 is operated, the screen returns to the above-described ball discharging screen of FIG. When the screen returns to the ball discharging screen, the emergency stop switch 734 is operable, so that the automatic mode can be stopped to eliminate the discharging abnormality. Also,
A display showing how to deal with the abnormal discharge condition is displayed.
It is possible to easily cope with the abnormal discharge state. Also, in the manual mode, if a similar replenishment abnormality occurs during the replenishment of the balls, the discharge abnormality screen shown in FIG. 34A is displayed.

In the automatic mode, if it is determined that the abnormal supply state described in the first supply processing shown in FIG. 23 has occurred, the abnormal supply screen shown in FIG. 34B is displayed. . On the replenishment abnormality screen, a message "supplemental abnormality" indicating that a replenishment abnormality has occurred, a display indicating that the pachinko gaming machine in which the current ball is being replenished is displayed "current ball replenishment position", a gaming machine display section 721 and a supply screen return switch 747 are displayed.

In the gaming machine display section 721, the pachinko gaming machine 1 in which the supply abnormality has occurred is displayed in a predetermined color.
Thereby, the pachinko gaming machine 1 in which the supply abnormality has occurred can be easily recognized. When the supply screen return switch 747 is operated, the screen returns to the above-described ball supply screen of FIG. When the display returns to the ball replenishing screen, the emergency stop switch 734 can be operated, so that the automatic mode can be stopped to eliminate the replenishment abnormality. Also, in the manual mode, if a similar replenishment abnormality occurs during the replenishment of balls, a replenishment abnormality screen similar to that shown in FIG. 34B is displayed.

The following effects can be obtained by displaying the screens shown in FIGS. 33 (a) and 33 (b) and FIG. 34 (a).

The reduction unit control device 5 shown in FIGS. 26 to 34
The following effects can be obtained by performing the operation on the display screen 03.

Number of balls discharged, ball polishing time, polishing interval time,
Since the control data required for the control of the discharge and replenishment of the enclosed balls, such as the number of replenished balls, the supply table, and the replenishment order, can be arbitrarily set, the enclosed balls corresponding to the environment of the gaming shop where the gaming machine installation island 500 is installed. Discharge supply control can be performed. Specifically, since the set number of ball discharges can be set arbitrarily,
It is possible to set an appropriate number of set balls to be discharged according to the type of a pachinko game machine in which the number of balls to be enclosed differs depending on the type of the machine. Further, since the ball polishing time can be set arbitrarily, an appropriate ball polishing time can be set according to the degree of dirt on the balls depending on the environment in the game store such as the installation state of the air conditioner. Further, since the number of balls to be replenished can be set arbitrarily, it is possible to set an appropriate number of balls to be replenished in accordance with the type of pachinko gaming machine in which the number of enclosed balls differs depending on the model. Also,
Since the supply table can be set arbitrarily, the table to be refilled can be set according to the number of pachinko game machines of the enclosed ball type installed on the gaming machine installation island. In addition, since the supply order can be set arbitrarily, the supply order can be set according to the management policy of the game store.

Further, since it is possible to control the discharge and replenishment of the enclosed balls in accordance with the environment of the game store,
Operational convenience in a game arcade can be improved.

Also, in this embodiment, an example has been described in which information for setting various control data required for the above-described enclosed ball discharge / supply control is input by an operator's manual input. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the setting of such various control data may be performed using a recording medium such as a setting card in which the setting values of the various control data are recorded (stored). Specifically, a reading device such as a card reader for reading recorded information from a recording medium such as a setting card is replaced with a reduction machine control device 503 or a card management computer 4.
00, and a recording medium such as a setting card in which the setting information of the various control data described above is pre-recorded is inserted into the reading device, and the reading device reads various control data from the recording medium, The setting of various control data may be automatically performed. By doing so, the operation of setting various control data described above can be simplified, and as a result, the operation of setting various control data can be facilitated.

In the gaming machine described above, the discharged ball counter 525a for detecting the discharge of balls to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is provided on the side of the gaming machine installation island 500 for controlling the discharge of the enclosed balls. And a supply ball detector 605 for detecting supply of a ball into the pachinko gaming machine 1
Is also provided on the gaming machine installation island 500 side. Therefore, the detection of the discharge of the ball to the outside of the ball game machine and the detection of the replenishment of the ball to the inside of the ball game machine are performed on the side of the game machine installation island. For this reason, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine in which a game is performed using an enclosed ball, a pachinko gaming machine that does not have a function of detecting the number of discharged balls and a function of detecting the number of replenished balls is added to the gaming machine installation island 500. Even if it is provided, it will be possible to detect the discharge of balls and the replenishment of balls, so if it is a pachinko game machine that uses enclosed balls, pachinko games of more models from more game machine manufacturers It is possible to control the discharge and replenishment of the enclosed balls according to the machine. Therefore, it is possible to improve the operational convenience of the enclosed ball discharge / supply control in the game arcade.

[0357] As described above, the control for discharging the balls to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and the control for supplying the balls to the inside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 are performed by executing the enclosed ball discharging and replenishing control in the automatic mode. Are sequentially executed in accordance with the control contents set by the reduction device control device 503.
For this reason, if the enclosed ball discharge / supply control is started in the automatic mode, the ball discharge / supply operation is automatically terminated. This simplifies the operation required for controlling the discharge and replenishment of the enclosed balls.
Therefore, it is possible to further improve the convenience in the operation of the enclosed ball discharge / supply control in the game arcade.

[0358] In this embodiment, an example is shown in which the payout machine control device 503 is provided on the gaming machine installation island 500. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be provided in a place other than the island 500. For example, in a predetermined place such as a control room in a game arcade, all the reduction machine control devices 503 corresponding to each gaming machine installation island are centrally arranged, and the sealed ball discharge / supply control is executed from a place other than such a gaming machine installation island. You may make it do.

In this embodiment, ball discharge detecting means (discharge ball counter 525a) for detecting discharge of balls to the outside of pachinko gaming machine 1; A ball supply detecting means (supply ball detector 605) for detecting discharge is provided on the gaming machine installation island 500 side. Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is also provided with a discharged ball sensor 33 having the same function as the ball discharge detecting means and a replenishing ball sensor 49 having the same function as the ball replenishing detecting means. As described above, when the ball discharge detection means and the ball replenishment detection means are provided on both the gaming machine installation island 500 side and the pachinko gaming machine 1 side, the ball discharge detection means and the ball on the gaming machine installation island 500 side are provided. The detection output of the replenishment detection means and the detection outputs of the ball discharge detection means and the ball replenishment detection means of the pachinko gaming machine 1 may be selectively used for the control of discharge and replenishment of the enclosed balls. That is, it may be possible to switch between which of the ball discharge detecting means and the ball replenishment detecting means the detection output of the ball discharge detecting means is used for the enclosed ball discharge replenishment control. Further, the detection outputs of the ball discharge detecting means and the ball supply detecting means on the side of the notification may be used for the enclosed ball discharge and supply control.

Also, as described above, the reduction machine control device is provided for the purpose of making it possible to use the detection outputs of the ball discharge detection means and the ball supply detection means of the pachinko gaming machine 1 for the control of discharge and supply of the enclosed balls. 503 may be provided with an external input terminal for inputting the detection output of the detection means.

Also, in this embodiment, the progress status of the enclosing ball discharging and replenishing control such as the name of the currently executed process and the remaining time is displayed in the enclosing ball discharging and replenishing control in the automatic mode. In the status display, for example, the number of balls replenished and the number of replenished balls (the number of pachinko gaming machines for which replenishment has not been completed) are displayed on the ball replenishing screen. The status may be displayed. By doing so, the progress can be grasped more finely.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, another example of the above-described flow path switching device 600 will be described.

FIGS. 35 and 36 are sectional views showing the structure of a flow path switching device 600a according to the second embodiment. 35 and 36, the same parts as those in FIG. 14 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 35 and FIG.
The operation mode of the flow path switching device 600 according to the operation state of 00a is shown. FIG. 35 shows the operation of the flow path switching device 600a when one ball is supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1. FIG. 36 shows the operation of the channel switching device 600a when one ball passes through the channel switching device 600a and is guided by the supply gutter 508a.

Here, the flow channel switching device 600a provided on the supply gutter 508a will be described as a representative example of the flow channel switching device 600a. The channel switching device 600a includes a channel switching rotator 630, a stepping motor 631, and a supply ball detector 605.

[0366] The channel switching device 600a is provided for each pachinko gaming machine 1. Channel switching device 600
When the ball is not supplied to the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1, the flow path of the ball P is supplied to the supply gutter 508 as shown in FIG.
When the ball is switched to the side a and the ball is supplied to the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1, the flow path of the ball P is switched to the pachinko gaming machine 1 as shown in FIG.

The replenishing gutter 508a is formed with a rotating body housing 632 having a circular cross section. Rotating body storage unit 63
At the lower part of 2, there is opened a flow path switching port which is an introduction port of the ball into the gaming machine direction passage 604. A flow switching rotator 630 is rotatably stored in the rotator housing 632. A ball holding hole 630 a capable of receiving and holding one ball P guided by the supply gutter 508 a is provided in the rotating body housing 632 in the circumferential direction of the rotating body housing 632.
It is formed at two places separated by 0 degrees. Rotating body storage section 632
Is driven to rotate in the circumferential direction by a stepping motor 631.

When a supply ball is supplied from the supply unit 507 to the supply gutter 508a, as shown in FIG. 35A, the ball guided by the supply gutter 508a is rotated by the flow switching rotator 630. The ball is received and held in the ball holding hole 630a.

When the ball channel is switched to the pachinko gaming machine 1 side, as shown in FIG. 35 (b), the channel switching rotator 630 moves in the arrow direction (clockwise) in the figure. Rotated. Thereby, the ball holding hole 63 holding the ball P
0a goes downward, and the ball P is discharged at a position where the ball holding hole 630a is directly below, and the ball is directed to the inside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 through the gaming machine direction passage 604 and the connection pipe 606. Is induced. When the ball passes the detection position of the supply ball detector 605, the ball is detected by the supply ball detector 605. When the flow path of the ball is switched to the pachinko gaming machine 1 side, by rotating in such a direction, the balls P are sequentially held in the ball holding holes 630 and guided toward the inside of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Is done.

On the other hand, when the flow path of the ball is switched to the supply gutter 508a side, as shown in FIG. 36, the flow path switching rotator 630 is rotated in the arrow direction (counterclockwise) in the figure. Can be That is, the ball is rotated in the opposite direction to the case where the ball channel is switched to the pachinko gaming machine 1 side. As a result, the ball holding hole 630a holding the ball P goes upward, and the ball holding hole 630a is connected to the downstream supply gutter 508.
The ball P is released at a position facing the a.
8a.

As described above, in the flow path switching device 600a, by switching the rotation direction of the flow path switching rotator 630, the flow path of the ball is switched between the pachinko gaming machine 1 side and the supply gutter 508a side. . When the ball channel is switched to the pachinko gaming machine 1 side, the supply gutter 508 is provided.
The ball that has been guided by a is 1 by the ball holding hole 630a.
The pachinko gaming machine 1 is guided toward the inside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 by one.

In such a flow path switching device 600a, when replenishing balls to the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1, the replenishment ball detector 605 supplies balls for the set value of the number of replenished balls set as described above. The rotation of the flow path switching rotator 630 is switched to the opposite direction at the time point detected by, so that the supply of the balls to the pachinko gaming machine 1 is terminated. Then, by such switching of the rotation direction of the flow switching rotator 630, the surplus balls flow down the supply gutter 508a, are sent to the circulation passage 511a, and are collected. The surplus balls at the time of replenishment may be supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 in the next replenishment order.

In the case of the second embodiment, the balls sent from the supply device 507 are supplied one by one into the pachinko gaming machine 1 by the flow path switching device 600b.
When the supplied balls are detected by the supply ball sensor 605 by the set number of discharged balls, the supply of the balls to the pachinko gaming machine 1 by the flow path switching device 600b is stopped. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the number of balls replenished inside the pachinko gaming machine 1 from being increased or decreased with respect to the ball replenishment number set value. As a result, it is possible to prevent the number of balls enclosed in the pachinko gaming machine 1 from increasing or decreasing from a preset number.

Further, in the flow path switching device 600b,
Since the means for switching the flow path of the balls guided by the supply gutter 508a and the means for supplying the balls one by one to the pachinko gaming machine 1 are shared, the flow path switching for such balls and It is possible to prevent complication of the structure of a portion for supplying the balls. As a result, the manufacturing cost of the gaming machine installation island 500 can be reduced.

Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment will be described. In the third embodiment, still another example of the above-described flow path switching device will be described. Particularly, in the third embodiment, an example is described in which the guide direction switching unit and the supply operation unit are mechanically separated from each other, and the surplus balls at the time of replenishment are taken in by the flow path switching device and discharged to the outside. I do.

FIGS. 37 and 38 are cross-sectional views showing the structure of a flow path switching device 600b according to the third embodiment. 37 and 38, the same parts as those in FIG. 14 described above are denoted by the same reference numerals. FIG. 37 and FIG.
FIG. 8 shows an operation mode of the flow path switching device 600b for each operation state of the flow path switching device 600b.

The flow path switching device 600b includes a flow path switching member 6
010, channel switching bottom plate 601a, channel switching arm 601
d, rotary solenoid 602, ball processing device 620,
Supply / discharge switching member 626, rotary solenoid 62
7 and a supply ball detector 605.

The flow path switching member 6010 performs an operation similar to that of the flow path switching member 601 described above.
d is not formed with the concave portion 601c. When a supply ball is supplied from the supply unit 507, the flow path switching member 6010 operates the flow path switching arm 601d upward to open the flow path switching port. Thereby, the supply gutter 5
08a is directed to the gaming machine direction passage 604.
Get in. In this case, the flow path switching member 6010 opens the flow path switching port continuously for a predetermined period after the ball is sent from the supply unit 507.

[0379] Between the gaming machine direction passage 604 and the connecting pipe 606, a first downflow passage 604a bent in a substantially L shape is provided.
A second downstream passage 604b having a straight pipe shape is formed.
The ball flowing down in the gaming machine direction passage 604 can flow toward the second downflow passage 604b via the first downflow passage 604a, and can flow down into the connection pipe 606 from the second downflow passage 604b.
An external discharge passage 604c for discharging the ball to the outside is branched and connected in the middle of the second downstream passage 604b. At a branch position of the external discharge passage 604c, a supply / discharge switching member 626 that is rotated by a rotary solenoid 627 is provided.

When the supply / discharge switching member 626 performs an operation of closing the external discharge passage 604c, the ball flows down from the second flow-down passage 604b into the connecting pipe 606, and the supply / discharge switching member 626 moves to the second position. When the operation of closing the downflow passage 604b is performed, the ball moves to the second downflow passage 604b.
b flows into the external discharge passage 604c and is discharged to the outside.

The replenishment sensor 605 is connected to the first downstream passage 604.
a and the second downstream passage 604b. Therefore, the ball that has flowed down the first flow-down passage 604a flows down through the detection hole of the replenishment sensor 605 toward the second flow-down passage 604b.

The ball processing device 620 includes a solenoid 621,
It includes a movable member 622, a first stopper 623, and a second stopper 624, and processes the balls detected by the supply sensor 605 one by one. The first stopper 623 and the second stopper 624 are pivotally supported on support shafts 623a and 624a, respectively, so as to sandwich the supply ball sensor 605. The rear end of the first stopper 623 is connected to a movable member 622 which is a plunger of the solenoid 621. The solenoid 621 is mounted on the mounting base 628. The movable member 622 is urged by a predetermined urging member in a direction away from the solenoid 621.

On the other hand, on the tip side of the first stopper 623,
A ball stop 623b is formed on the upper part, and a second part is formed on the lower part.
An engagement piece 623c that engages with the stopper 624 is formed. The second stopper 624 has a ball stop 624b formed in the upper front part thereof, and an engagement recess 624c that engages with the engagement piece 623c in the middle thereof.

Next, the operation of the ball processing device 620 will be described. First, in the normal state where the solenoid 621 is in the OFF state (non-excited state), as shown in FIG. 37, the ball stop 623b of the first stopper 623 does not protrude into the first downflow passage 604a. Second stopper 62
The fourth stop portion 624b is in a state of protruding into the second downstream passage 604b. When the ball flows down in such a state, the leading ball P1 is temporarily stopped by the ball stopping portion 624b in a state where the leading ball P1 enters the passage hole of the supply ball sensor 605. Therefore, the ball P1 is detected by the supply ball sensor 605.

In the state where the leading P1 is stopped at the ball stop 624b, the ball pressure of all the balls including the subsequent balls is applied to the ball stop 624b of the second stopper 624. Is received by the 624a located almost directly below the ball stop portion 624b, the engagement recess 62
4c and the first stopper 6 by engagement with the engagement piece 623c.
As a result, the movable member 622 cannot rise against the urging force.
In other words, the first stopper 623 is caused by the load of many balls.
In addition, the second stopper 624 does not blind, and reliably processes the winning balls one by one.

Then, after a predetermined period from the detection of the ball by the replenishment ball sensor 605, a drive signal is sent to 621 to turn on the solenoid 621 (excitation state). When the solenoid 621 is turned on, as shown in FIG. 38, the bead portion 624b enters the second downflow passage 604b to prevent the next ball P2 from entering the replenishment ball sensor 605, and the 624b is the second downstream passage 604
Since the ball P1 is retracted from the position b, the head ball P1 is released and flows downward. Then, after a certain period of time, the solenoid 621 is turned off, and returns to the state shown in FIG. 37 again to detect the next ball.

Thus, the flow path switching device 600b
Performs an operation of sending out balls one by one, and detects a ball along with the operation. Specifically, the flow path switching device 600b
Performs the operation of temporarily stopping the flowing ball, detecting the ball in that state, and sending out the ball after a lapse of a predetermined period after the detection.

The replenishment / discharge switching member 626 performs an operation of closing the external discharge passage 604c until the replenishment ball sensor 605 detects balls by the set number of replenishment balls. Thus, the balls are supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 until the number of the supplied balls is detected by the supplied ball sensor 605. Then, when the replenishment ball sensor 605 detects the replenishment number of balls by the set value, the replenishment / discharge switching member 626 thereafter performs an operation of closing the second downstream passage 604b. As a result, surplus balls at the time of replenishment are discharged to the outside via the external discharge passage 604c, specifically, the collection gutter 509
a, 509b.

In the case of the third embodiment, the balls sent from the supply device 507 are supplied one by one into the pachinko gaming machine 1 by the flow path switching device 600b.
When the supplied balls are detected by the supply ball sensor 605 by the set number of discharged balls, the supply of the balls to the pachinko gaming machine 1 by the flow path switching device 600b is stopped. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the number of balls replenished inside the pachinko gaming machine 1 from being increased or decreased with respect to the ball replenishment number set value. As a result, it is possible to prevent the number of balls enclosed in the pachinko gaming machine 1 from increasing or decreasing from a preset number.

Further, when the number of balls supplied from the supply unit 507 exceeds the set value of the number of supplied balls, the surplus balls are discharged to the outside of the ball game machine. For this reason, the surplus balls can be disposed of without being further guided by the supply gutter, so that the control of the supply of the balls can be simplified.

In the first to third embodiments, an example has been described in which balls are supplied one by one to the pachinko gaming machine 1 by the flow path switching device. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The apparatus may be configured to supply two or more balls to the pachinko gaming machine 1 at a time. That is, the ball is
What is necessary is just to supply a predetermined number to the pachinko gaming machine 1.

In the first to third embodiments, the pachinko gaming machine 1 employs a configuration in which the number of balls to be replenished inside the pachinko gaming machine 1 matches the set number of refilled balls. Is prevented from increasing / decreasing the number of enclosed balls from a preset number. further,
To obtain the same effect, the following configuration may be adopted. That is, a ball amount detection switch for detecting the amount of balls is provided in the ball circulation path inside the pachinko gaming machine 1, the amount of enclosed balls is detected by the ball amount detection switch, and the enclosed balls are detected based on the detection result. May be detected. Specifically, for example, the front circulation path unit 30
A ball amount detection switch for detecting the presence of a ball is provided at a predetermined position in the path of the ball No. 0. The detection position of the ball quantity detection switch is a predetermined number of balls rearward from the position where the last part of the enclosing balls lined up in the ball passage is located when the balls corresponding to the ball replenishment number set value are supplied. At a distance only. That is, a ball quantity detection switch is provided at a position where a row of enclosed balls cannot be detected when replenishment of balls corresponding to the set value of the number of replenished balls is performed. Then, it is determined whether or not a ball is present at the detection position of the ball amount detection switch, and the presence of an extra ball of the enclosed ball may be detected. In such a configuration, when the presence of the surplus balls is detected, control may be performed such that the enclosed balls are discharged to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 until the surplus balls are no longer detected by the ball amount detection switch. . With this configuration, even if an excessive ball is supplied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 due to a failure of the flow path switching device or the like, after the supply, the number of balls enclosed in the pachinko gaming machine 1 becomes a preset number. It can be prevented from increasing or decreasing.

[0393]

[Specific example of means for solving the problem]

(1) The pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 and the like constitutes a ball-and-ball game machine in which a game is performed by repeatedly firing bullets enclosed in a ball-and-ball game machine. The supply gutter 508a and 508b shown in FIG. 1 and the like constitute a supply gutter through which balls to be supplied to the ball game machine are guided. When a ball is supplied to the above-mentioned ball game machine by the supply unit 507 shown in FIG. 12, a ball sending means for sending the supplied ball to the supply gutter is configured. The flow path switching device 600 shown in FIGS.
5 and FIG. 36, the flow switching device 600a shown in FIG.
When balls are supplied to the ball game machine by the flow path switching device 600b shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 38, a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter are directed toward the inside of the ball game machine. An internal supply means for supplying the pressure is provided.
The control for causing the predetermined number of balls to be supplied toward the inside of the ball game machine by repeatedly executing the ball supply operation by the internal supply means by the reduction machine control device 503 shown in FIG. The replenishment control means is configured.

(2) The internal supply means includes a guidance direction switching means and a supply operation means. The supply gutter is connected to the supply gutter by the flow path switching member 601, the rotary solenoid 602, the ball stopper 609, the rotary solenoid 608 shown in FIG. 13 and the like, and the flow path switching rotating body 630 and the stepping motor 631 shown in FIG. Guidance direction switching means is provided, which is capable of switching a guidance direction of a ball guided by the supply gutter from a guidance direction by the supply gutter to a guidance direction toward the ball game machine. The guide direction switching is performed by the flow path switching member 601, the rotary solenoid 602, the ball stopper 609, the rotary solenoid 608 shown in FIG. 13 and the like, and the flow path switching rotating body 630 and the stepping motor 631 shown in FIG. When the guiding direction of the ball is switched to the guiding direction toward the ball game machine by the means, an operation of supplying a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter toward the inside of the ball game machine is performed. Supply operation means is configured. At least a part of the guidance direction switching unit and the supply operation unit are shared.

(3) The internal supply means includes a guidance direction switching means and a supply operation means. Flow path switching member 601 and rotary solenoid 602 shown in FIG.
Thereby, guidance direction switching means provided in the supply gutter and capable of switching the guidance direction of the ball guided by the supply gutter from the guidance direction by the supply gutter to the guidance direction toward the ball game machine is configured. ing. When the guiding direction switching means switches the guiding direction of the ball to the guiding direction toward the ball game machine, the ball processing device 620 shown in FIG. Supply operation means for performing an operation of supplying the number of pieces to the inside of the ball game machine is configured. The guidance direction switching means and the supply operation means are provided separately.

(4) The balls supplied from the internal supply means toward the inside of the ball game machine are discharged to the outside of the ball game machine through the external discharge passage 604c shown in FIG. 37 and the like. A replenishment ball discharge passage capable of performing the replenishment is formed. By the supply / discharge switching member 626 and the rotary solenoid 627 shown in FIG. 37 and the like, the flow path of the ball supplied from the internal supply means toward the inside of the ball game machine is set inside the ball game machine. An internal supply passage switching means is provided which can be switched to one of a passage toward the supply ball discharge passage and a passage toward the supply ball discharge passage. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 38, when the number of balls guided by the supply gutter exceeds the predetermined number, the supply control means sets the supply inside the ball game machine by the internal supply means. Even if the number of balls supplied toward the ball exceeds the predetermined number, the execution of the ball supply operation by the internal supply unit is further continued, and the flow path of the balls supplied from the internal supply unit is The control for switching from the flow path toward the ball game machine to the flow path toward the discharge guide path is further performed by the internal supply flow path switching unit.

(5) A discharge command signal (drive current) for instructing the enclosed ball inside the ball game machine to be discharged to the outside by the reduction machine control device 503 shown in FIG. 17 and the like. Is generated. The flow path switching solenoid 315 shown in FIG.
When the discharge command signal is generated by the flow path switching plate 314, a ball discharging means for performing an operation of discharging the enclosed ball inside the ball game machine to the outside is configured. The discharge command signal generating means generates the discharge command signal again when a predetermined number of enclosed balls have not been discharged to the outside of the ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated. (Step S shown in FIG. 21)
(See steps C14, SC20, SC21, etc.).

(6) A discharge command signal (driving current) for instructing, when the refilling machine control device 503 shown in FIG. Is generated. The flow path switching solenoid 315 shown in FIG.
When the discharge command signal is generated by the flow path switching plate 314, a ball discharging means for performing an operation of discharging the enclosed ball inside the ball game machine to the outside is configured. Step SC24 shown in FIG. 21, steps SG2 and SG3 shown in FIG. 21, and display unit 503b shown in FIG. 17, a predetermined number of sealed balls are generated within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated. The notification means is configured to notify that an abnormal state relating to the discharge of the enclosed ball has occurred when is not discharged to the outside of the ball game machine.

(7) A discharge command signal (driving current) for instructing the enclosed ball inside the ball game machine to be discharged to the outside by the reduction machine control device 503 shown in FIG. 17 and the like. Is generated. The flow path switching solenoid 315 shown in FIG.
When the discharge command signal is generated by the flow path switching plate 314, a ball discharging means for performing an operation of discharging the enclosed ball inside the ball game machine to the outside is configured. Step SC24 shown in FIG. 21, steps SG2 and SG3 shown in FIG. 25, and display section 503b shown in FIG. 17 can notify that an abnormal state related to the discharge of the sealed ball has occurred. Notification means is configured. The discharge command signal generating means generates the discharge command signal again when a predetermined number of enclosed balls have not been discharged to the outside of the ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal was generated. (See steps SC14, SC20, SC21, etc. shown in FIG. 21). The notifying means, when the number of balls discharged to the outside of the ball game machine by the operation of the ball discharging means is less than the predetermined number within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated again To notify that the abnormal state has occurred (steps SC14 and SC14 shown in FIG. 21).
C20 to SC24, steps SG2 and SG2 shown in FIG.
See steps such as SG3).

[0400]

The effect of the concrete example of the means for solving the problems.
With respect to, the operation of supplying a predetermined number of balls directed toward the inside of the ball game machine by the supply gutter is repeatedly executed, and a predetermined number of balls are supplied to the inside of the ball game machine. Since the control is performed, it is possible to prevent the number of balls supplied to the inside of the ball game machine from increasing or decreasing from a predetermined number. As a result, it is possible to prevent the number of balls enclosed in the ball game machine from increasing or decreasing from a preset number.

Regarding claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, the following effect can be obtained. That is, an operation of supplying a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter toward the inside of the ball game machine is performed by a combination of operations of the guidance direction switching means and the supply operation means.
Since at least a part is shared by the guidance direction switching unit and the supply operation unit, the structure of the internal supply unit can be prevented from becoming complicated. As a result, the manufacturing cost of the gaming machine can be reduced.

Regarding the third aspect, the following effect can be obtained in addition to the effect of the first aspect. That is, the operation of supplying a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter toward the inside of the ball game machine is performed by a combination of the operation of the guiding direction switching means and the supply operation means provided separately. Can be.

Regarding claim 4, in addition to the effects of claim 1 or claim 3, the following effects can be obtained. When the number of balls guided by the supply gutter exceeds a predetermined number, even if the number of balls exceeds the predetermined number, execution of the ball supply operation by the internal supply means is continued, and the surplus Is discharged out of the ball-and-ball game machine. For this reason, the surplus balls can be disposed of without being further guided by the supply gutter, so that the control of the supply of the balls can be simplified.

Regarding claim 5, in addition to the effect according to claim 1, the following effect can be obtained. If an abnormality occurs in which a predetermined number of enclosed balls are not discharged to the outside of the ball-and-ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated, the discharging operation of the enclosed balls is tried again. May be resolved. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the work load of a staff member who deals with such an abnormality.

Regarding claim 6, in addition to the effect of claim 1, the following effect can be obtained. If a predetermined number of balls are not discharged within a predetermined period despite the generation of a discharge command signal, a notification that an abnormal condition has occurred is given. Can be grasped, and an abnormal state can be easily and promptly dealt with.

Regarding the seventh aspect, the following effect can be obtained in addition to the effect of the first aspect. If an abnormality occurs in which a predetermined number of enclosed balls are not discharged to the outside of the ball-and-ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated, the discharging operation of the enclosed balls is tried again. May be resolved. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the work load of a staff member who deals with such an abnormality. Further, if a predetermined number of the encasing balls are not discharged out of the ball game machine even if the operation of discharging the enclosing balls is attempted again, a notification that an abnormal state has occurred is given. It is possible to grasp the occurrence of the abnormal state, and to easily and quickly deal with the abnormal state. In addition, if the operation of discharging the enclosing ball is tried again and the number of the enclosing balls discharged is still less than the predetermined number, a notification that an abnormal state has occurred is given. It is possible to know that an abnormal condition that cannot be caused has occurred.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a gaming machine installation island.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a representative unit.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a representative unit.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine provided on a gaming machine installation island.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 6 is a partial development view showing the internal configuration of the front side of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the front side of the front circulation path unit.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the rear side of the front circulation path unit.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a foul ball transfer mechanism and a flow path switching mechanism in detail.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the rear circulation path unit as viewed from the back side of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 11 is a system block diagram showing a configuration of a system of a gaming machine including a pachinko gaming machine provided in a game arcade.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view illustrating a detailed configuration of a supply unit.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view of the flow path switching device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of a flow path switching device.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a lifting / polishing unit.

FIG. 16 is a longitudinal surface view of a collection gutter.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a reduction device control device.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a main routine of control of the reduction machine control device.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing processing contents of an enclosing ball discharge and supply processing.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating processing in an automatic mode.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of a ball discharge processing.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing processing contents of a ball supply processing.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the contents of a first supply process.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing processing contents of a display processing.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the abnormality display processing.

FIG. 26 is a display screen diagram showing display contents of a screen displayed in the reduction device control device.

FIG. 27 is a display screen diagram showing display contents of a screen displayed in the reduction device control device.

FIG. 28 is a display screen diagram showing display contents of a screen displayed in the reduction device control device.

FIG. 29 is a display screen diagram showing display contents of a screen displayed in the reduction device control device.

FIG. 30 is a display screen diagram showing display contents of a screen displayed in the reduction device control device.

FIG. 31 is a display screen diagram showing display contents of a screen displayed in the reduction unit control device.

FIG. 32 is a display screen diagram showing display contents of a screen displayed in the reduction unit control device.

FIG. 33 is a display screen diagram showing display contents of a screen displayed in the reduction unit control device.

FIG. 34 is a display screen diagram showing display contents of a screen displayed in the reduction device control device.

FIG. 35 is a sectional view of a flow path switching device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 36 is a sectional view of a flow path switching device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 37 is a sectional view of a flow path switching device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 38 is a sectional view of a flow path switching device according to a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a pachinko machine, 500 is a game machine installation island, 508
a, 508b are supply gutters, 507 is a supply unit, 600, 60
0a and 600b are flow path switching devices, 503 is a reduction device control device, 503a is a control unit, 503b is a display unit, 601, 6
010 is a flow path switching member, 602, 608, and 627 are rotary solenoids, 609 is a ball stopper, 630 is a flow path switching rotating body, 631 is a stepping motor, 620 is a ball processing device, 604c is an external discharge passage, and 626 is supply and discharge. It is a switching member.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A game device capable of replenishing balls inside a ball game machine in which a game is performed by repeatedly firing bullets enclosed in a ball game machine, wherein the ball is fired. A supply gutter through which balls to be supplied to the ball-and-ball game machine are guided; and a ball sending means for sending the balls to be supplied to the supply gutter when the balls are supplied to the ball-and-ball game machine; When a ball is supplied to the gaming machine, an internal supply unit that supplies a predetermined number of balls guided by the supply gutter toward the inside of the ball game machine, and a supply operation of the ball by the internal supply unit. A replenishing control means for performing control to repeatedly execute and supply a predetermined number of balls toward the inside of the ball game machine; 2. The internal supply means is provided in the supply gutter, and switches a guiding direction of a ball guided by the supply gutter from a guiding direction by the supply gutter to a guiding direction toward the ball game machine. Possible guidance direction switching means, and when the guidance direction of the ball is switched to the guidance direction toward the ball game machine by the guidance direction switching means, a predetermined number of the balls guided by the replenishing gutter are used for the ball. 2. A supply operation means for performing an operation of supplying the inside of the gaming machine, wherein at least a part of the guidance direction switching means and the supply operation means are shared.
A gaming device according to the preceding claims. 3. The internal supply means is provided in the supply gutter, and switches a guiding direction of a ball guided by the supply gutter from a guiding direction by the supply gutter to a guiding direction toward the ball game machine. Possible guidance direction switching means, and when the guidance direction of the ball is switched to the guidance direction toward the ball game machine by the guidance direction switching means, a predetermined number of the balls guided by the replenishing gutter are used for the ball. The supply operation means for performing an operation of supplying the inside of the gaming machine, wherein the guidance direction switching means and the supply operation means are provided separately. Gaming equipment. 4. A replenishment ball discharge passage capable of discharging a ball supplied from the internal supply means toward the inside of the ball game machine to the outside of the ball game machine; and the internal supply means. Switching the flow path of the ball supplied toward the inside of the ball game machine from one of a flow path toward the inside of the ball game machine and a flow path toward the supply ball discharge path. Further comprising a possible internal supply flow path switching means, wherein the supply control means, when the number of balls guided by the supply gutter exceeds the predetermined number, allows the internal supply means to provide the ball game machine. Even if the number of balls supplied toward the inside exceeds the predetermined number, the execution of the supply operation of the balls by the internal supply unit is further continued, and the flow of the balls supplied from the internal supply unit is continued. Switch the internal supply flow path Further characterized in that to perform control for switching from the flow path toward the bullet ball game machine by stages toward the flow path toward the discharge guide channel, the game device according to claim 1 or claim 3. 5. A discharge command signal generating means for generating a discharge command signal for instructing when a sealed ball inside the ball game machine is discharged to the outside, and when the discharge command signal is generated. And ball discharging means for discharging an enclosed ball inside the ball game machine to the outside thereof, wherein the discharging command signal generating means, within a predetermined period after the discharging command signal is generated 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the ejection command signal is generated again when a predetermined number of balls are not ejected out of the ball game machine. 6. A discharge command signal generating means for generating a discharge command signal for instructing when a sealed ball inside the ball-and-ball game machine is discharged to the outside, and when the discharge command signal is generated. A ball discharging means for discharging an enclosed ball inside the ball-and-ball game machine to the outside thereof; and a predetermined number of enclosed balls within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a notifying unit for notifying that an abnormal state relating to the discharge of the sealed ball has occurred when the ball is not discharged to the outside. 7. A discharge command signal generating means for generating a discharge command signal for instructing when a sealed ball inside the ball game machine is discharged to the outside, and when the discharge command signal is generated. Ball discharging means for performing an operation of discharging an enclosed ball inside the ball-and-ball game machine to the outside, and a notifying means capable of notifying that an abnormal state regarding the discharge of the enclosed ball has occurred. Further, the discharge command signal generating means, when a predetermined number of enclosed balls have not been discharged to the outside of the ball game machine within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal was generated, the discharge command signal The notifying means, the number of balls discharged to the outside of the ball game machine by the operation of the ball discharging means, the predetermined number within a predetermined period after the discharge command signal is generated again Less than The case, the abnormal state and performs a notification to the effect that occurs, the game apparatus according to claim 1.