JPH11299990A - Winning device of pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a pachinko game interesting by attracting the interest of players. SOLUTION: Ball receiving holes 5, 5 are provided in the upper part of the front surface of a mounting base 2 mounted on the surface of a game board, and a fluctuating winning hole 7 having a pair of opening/closing wing pieces 11, 11 which freely stand up and incline is provided in the lower part of the front surface. A forwardly-open recessed chamber 3 is provided in the center of the mounting base 2, and a basket member 9 which is rotated upward by an electrical driving source 22 as seen from the front and which is received into the ball receiving holes 5, 5 to store shot balls guided into the recessed chamber 3, and a guide passage part 32 which guides the balls between the opening/closing wing pieces 11, 11 of the fluctuating winning hole 7, are provided in the recessed chamber 3, the basket member 9 having a freely inverting bucket 29 which rotates integrally with the basket member 9 and an opening 28 for discharging the balls. The balls stored in the basket member 9 are scooped up and transferred by the bucket 29 and dropped into the guide passage part 32 by inversion of the bucket 29.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize winning device for a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a novel prize winning device used as a central prize winning device for a general pachinko game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various prize machines are provided on a game board of a general pachinko game machine in order to enhance the interest of the game. As a typical example, a so-called tulip or airplane or the like, which has a pair of open / close wing pieces pivotally supported on the front and both sides of a ball entrance formed on a mounting plate so as to be capable of standing and tilting, and a variable winning opening and a front-rear direction. A so-called attacker having a door plate that can be opened and closed is known.

[0003]

However, since the above-mentioned variable winning prize has been used for many years and lacks interest, it is becoming less and less interesting to give the player a feeling of excitement. It is the current situation.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a prize winning device for a pachinko gaming machine that can draw interest from a player using a conventional variable winning opening and can make pachinko gaming interesting.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a ball receiving port on an upper front surface of a mounting board mounted on a surface of a game board, and a pair of openable and closable opening and closing members on a lower front surface. In addition to providing a variable winning opening having a wing piece, a concave chamber having a front opening is provided in the center of the mounting board, and the concave chamber includes:
The electric drive source rotates upward when viewed from the front, and hits the ball between the basket member that houses the hit ball that is received by the ball receiving hole and guided inside the concave chamber and the opening and closing wing piece of the variable winning opening. A guiding passage portion is provided, and the basket member has a reversible bucket that rotates integrally with the basket member, and an opening for discharging a ball, and the hit ball stored in the basket member is bucketed. In addition to being scooped up and transferred, the hit ball is caused to fall into the guide passage by inverting the bucket.

It is preferable to provide an electric member reciprocating in the left-right direction on the bottom surface of the concave chamber in order to provide a chance of winning a hit ball into the variable winning opening.

[0007] The basket member is formed in a barrel shape having an arc-shaped body portion whose central portion is expanded by extending a plurality of wires in the lateral direction between the left and right side plates with an interval width smaller than the diameter of the hit ball. Is preferred.

Preferably, the opening for discharging the ball is formed by making the width of the interval between the wires larger than the diameter of the hit ball.

[0009]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a winning device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view. The winning device 1 has a mounting board 2 attached to the surface of the game board. A large opening is formed at the center of the mounting substrate 2, and a concave chamber 3 is formed behind this opening. An enclosure 4 is formed on the front surface of the mounting substrate 2 and at the periphery of the opening, and ball receptacles 5 and 5 having an upper surface opening are formed at left and right positions above the enclosure 4. Further, a hitting ball passage 6 communicating with the opening is formed at a lower portion of the surrounding frame 4, and a variable winning opening 7 is provided at a center position of the hitting ball passage 6.

On the other hand, the basket member 9 which receives the ball hit by the passage members 8, 8 entering the ball receiving openings 5, 5 into the concave chamber 3 and guiding the ball into the concave chamber 3, and the variable winning opening 7; An electric member 10 is provided for providing a chance of winning a hit ball.

The variable winning opening 7 is provided with a pair of openable / closable wing pieces 11, 11 which can be raised and tilted, an electromagnet 12 and the electromagnet 1
2 has a well-known structure composed of an operating plate 13 for controlling the standing and tilting of the opening / closing blade pieces 11, 11 by an adsorbing action accompanying the excitation. The lower ends of the pair of opening / closing wing pieces 11, 11 are pivotally supported by shafts 14, 14 extending to the central portion of the hitting ball passage 6, so that a ball can be hit between the wing pieces 11, 11 when standing. It is adapted to be received and guided to the rear of the mounting board 2 via the receiving portion 15. When the open / close wing pieces 11, 11 are in an upright state, both sides thereof are passing areas 6a, 6a through which a hit ball can pass on the game board surface (see FIG. 6).

When the electromagnet 12 is in a demagnetized state, the operating plate 13 engages the engaging pieces 13a, 13a on both sides of the leading end with the engaging recesses 11a, 11a of the opening / closing wing pieces 11, and holds the operating plate 13 in an upright state. When the electromagnet 12 is excited as shown by the chain line in FIG. 4, it rotates upward and pushes the engaging recesses 11a, 11a inside the open / close wing pieces 11, 11 outward with the engaging pieces 13a, 13a. Then, the opening / closing wing pieces 11, 11 are tilted, thereby closing the passage areas 6a, 6a and receiving all the hit balls flowing out from the opening of the concave chamber 3.
Reference numeral 16 denotes a winning ball detector that detects a hit ball received in the opening / closing wing pieces 11, 11.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bottom surface of the concave chamber 3 is inclined downward from the rear to the front, and the inclined lower end faces the hit ball passage 6. In the center of the bottom surface of the concave chamber 3 on the back side, an inclined guide passage portion 32 is formed along the bottom surface. The guide passage portion 32 has an upper end located behind the concave chamber 3 opened to form a ball drop-in portion 33, and a lower end facing upward between the opening and closing wing pieces 11, 11 of the variable winning opening 7.

On the other hand, the basket member 9 includes left and right side plates 17,
A plurality of wires 18 are stretched in the lateral direction between the balls 17 at an interval width smaller than the diameter of the hit ball to form a barrel having a cylindrical body with a central portion inflated. Further, the basket member 9 has a horizontal axis 19 provided at the center in a penetrating manner,
Bearing holes 2 whose both protruding ends are formed on both side walls of the concave chamber 3
0 and 20 are inserted and supported rotatably. The horizontal shaft 19 has a central portion excluding both ends and is formed in a rectangular cross section, and this square portion is fitted into central square holes 17a, 17a of the left and right side plates 17, 17, so that the basket member 9 and the horizontal shaft 19 are connected to each other. Are designed to rotate together. A movable gear 21 is fixed to one end of the horizontal shaft 19, and the movable gear 21 and a small gear 24 fixed to an output shaft 23 of a motor 22 as an electric drive source form intermediate gears 25 and 26. Are meshed through.

The side plates 17, 17 of the basket member 9 are formed with introduction openings 27, 27 for accommodating hit balls guided to the passage members 8, 8, respectively. An opening 28 is formed in the body of the basket member 9 so that the distance between the wires 18 is larger than the diameter of the hit ball so that the hit ball accommodated therein falls on the bottom surface of the concave chamber 3. A ball transport bucket 29 is provided at the center of the body. The bucket 29 has a hemispherical ball receiving concave portion 30 capable of holding one hit ball and a weight portion 31, and both sides of the ball receiving concave portion 30 are supported by wires 18 so as to be capable of reversing. I have. When the ball rotates integrally with the basket member 9 to approach the bottom surface of the concave chamber 3, one hit ball stored in the basket member 9 can be scooped and held in the ball receiving recess 30. The center of gravity is provided so that the ball hitting the ball receiving concave portion 30 is inverted and falls into the ball drop-in portion 33 of the guide passage portion 32 when moving from the upper position to the lower position.

As shown in FIG. 7, shelves 34, 34 whose upper surfaces are inclined downward toward the side plates 17, 17 of the basket member 9 are provided on the left and right inner side surfaces of the concave chamber 3, respectively. This shelf 3
4, 34 regulate the movement of the basket member 9 in the axial direction,
It serves to guide the hitting ball guided to the passage members 8, 8 into the introduction openings 27, 27 of the side plates 17, 17.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the electric member 10 is formed as a three-dimensional shape having a triangular distribution surface 10a at the rear, and the concave chamber 3 located in front of the basket member 9.
The guide rod 35 is provided movably in the left-right direction on both sides of the guide rod 35. Further, a cylindrical cam 37 having a right-hand spiral and left-hand spiral continuous groove 36 provided on its surface is provided in parallel with the guide rod 35, and a pin 38 protruding from the electric member 10 is engaged with the continuous groove 36 of the cylindrical cam 37. Have been combined.

The cylindrical cam 37 has shafts 39 protruding at both ends, is inserted through bearing holes 40 formed on both side walls of the concave chamber 3 and is rotatably supported. One end of the shaft 39 is provided at one end of the shaft 39. The fixed movable gear 41 and the gear 43 fixed to the output shaft of the drive motor 42 are meshed via an intermediate gear 44. For this reason, the cylindrical cam 37 rotates by the rotation of the drive motor 42, and the electric member 10 reciprocates continuously in the left-right direction by the pin 38 engaging with the continuous groove 36.

Next, the operation of the winning device 1 of this embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, the motor 22
, The basket member 9 and the bucket 29 are integrally rotated with the basket member 9 through the small gear 24, the intermediate gears 25 and 26, and the movable gear 21 in the upward direction (the direction of the arrow in FIG. 4) as viewed from the front. . In addition, the electric member 10 reciprocates in the left-right direction by driving the drive motor 42. In this state, when a ball hit into the game board enters the ball receptacles 5, 5, it is guided to the shelves 34, 34 through the passage members 8, 8, and is introduced into the side plate 17 of the basket member 9. 27, 27 are shelves 34, 3
The ball on the shelves 34, 34 falls into the basket member 9 when passing the side of the basket member 4. At this time, the basket member 9 continues to rotate, but the hit ball overcomes the pushing operation by the wire 18 due to the weight of the ball and stays at the lower position in the center of the trunk without moving in the rotating direction as shown in FIG. Will continue to do so.

When the bucket 29 passes the lower position in a timely manner, the ball continues to rotate while scooping and holding the hit ball in the ball receiving recess 30 as shown in FIG.
As shown in (c), the ball is inverted by the weight of the ball at the position above the guiding passage portion 32 and the hit ball in the ball receiving concave portion 30 is dropped into the ball drop-in portion 33 of the guiding passage portion 32. On the other hand, after the bucket 29 has passed the lower position as shown in FIG.
When the opening 28 passes through the lower position as shown in FIG. 10 (b), the hit ball falling into the inside is discharged from the opening 28 onto the bottom surface of the concave chamber 3 and flows down toward the hit ball passage 6. I do.

The hit ball that has fallen into the guiding passage portion 32 is guided between the open / close wing pieces 11, 11 of the variable winning opening 7 and detected by the winning ball detector 16, and the electromagnet 12 is excited by the detection signal. Then, the opening / closing blade pieces 11, 11 are tilted for a predetermined number of times (for example, 10 times) or for a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds). During this operation, the passage areas 6a, 6a of the hit ball passage 6 are closed by the open / close wing pieces 11, 11 tilted as shown by the chain line in FIG.
All the hit balls ejected from the opening 28 on the bottom surface of the concave chamber 3 are received by the opening / closing wing pieces 11, 11 and become winning balls.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
When the ball 11 is upright, the hit ball discharged from the opening 28 of the basket member 9 onto the bottom surface of the concave chamber 3 depends on the movement timing of the electric member 10 reciprocating in the left-right direction in FIG.
As shown in (a), the wing pieces 11, 11 erected luckily
It stops in the space or falls downward after passing through the passage areas 6a, 6a of the hit ball passage 6 as shown in FIG.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the opening / closing wing piece of the variable winning opening is changed by the timing of the hit ball accommodated in the basket member and the passing timing of the bucket rotating integrally with the basket member. Is tilted or cannot be tilted, so that it is possible to provide a prize-winning device that attracts the player's interest and has a variety of unprecedented changes.

Further, by using the basket member, it is possible to add dynamic fun and visual change, and it is possible to remarkably enhance the fun of the pachinko game.

Further, a hit ball is guided between the up-and-down wing pieces by the movement timing of the electric member reciprocating in the left-right direction to tilt the wing pieces, or to pass through the passing area of the hitting ball passage as it is. Can be accompanied by contingency, whereby the player can be thrilled and excited, and the game can be made more interesting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a winning device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the winning device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the winning device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a main part of the winning device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sectional plan view of a main part of the winning device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a plan sectional view of a bottom portion of the concave chamber.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a passage member.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a related configuration of an electric member and a cylindrical cam.

FIGS. 9A, 9B, and 9C are explanatory diagrams of the operation when the hit ball wins a variable winning opening. FIG.

FIGS. 10 (a) and (b) are explanatory diagrams of the operation when a hit ball is discharged to the bottom of a concave chamber.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the electric member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Winning apparatus 2 Mounting board 3 Recessed chamber 5,5 Ball receiving port 7 Variable winning port 9 Basket member 10 Electric member 11,11 Opening / closing wing piece 22 Motor (electric drive source) 28 Opening 29 Bucket 32 Guide passage

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A ball receiving port is provided at an upper portion of a front surface of a mounting board to be mounted on a surface of a game board, and a variable winning port having a pair of openable and closable wing pieces is provided at a lower portion of the front surface. A concave chamber having a front opening is provided. The concave chamber accommodates a hit ball that rotates upward when viewed from the front by an electric drive source, is received by the ball receiving port, and is guided into the concave chamber. A guide path portion for guiding a hit ball is provided between the basket member and the opening / closing wing piece of the variable winning opening. The basket member has a reversible bucket that rotates integrally with the basket member and an opening for discharging the ball. Then, while scooping up and transferring the hit ball stored in the basket member with a bucket,
A winning device for a pachinko game machine, wherein the hit ball is dropped into a guide passage by inverting the bucket. 2. The prize winning device of a pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein an electric member reciprocating in a left-right direction is provided on a bottom surface of the concave room.