JPS5838191B2 - Vertical pinball game machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Detailed Description of the Invention] This release system arranges several winning devices as a group on the ball rolling surface, which have the characteristic that the winning level does not change even when a batted ball is captured, and the winning level changes only by driving the drive device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vertical pinball game machine which has a structure in which a unique movement occurs under the structure and adds new interest to the pinball game.

An embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of the front view of a vertical pinball game machine 1, which captures a ball on a rolling surface 3 surrounded by a ball guiding rail 2, and a pair of opening/closing blades 6 that stand parallel to each other or tilt. A number of known winning devices 4 and 5 are installed which make it difficult to catch the ball, and the front ends of the winning devices 5 are installed between the opening and closing blades 6 as shown in FIG. A solenoid S is attached to the rear end of the lever 7 that projects to
A group includes OL2 to SOL4.

The group of winning devices 5 is configured to catch the ball a between the opening and closing blades 6 and cause it to flow behind the lever 7, but the plunger 8
Since the rear end portion is pulled up by When the rear end is pushed down, the front end is flipped up and the opening/closing wing plate 6 is tilted to produce a fluctuation that improves the winning level.

Such a group of prize-winning devices 5 can be manufactured by adding solenoids SOL2 to SOL4 to known prize-winning devices with almost no modification.

The solenoid described above is an example of the driving device of the present invention, and it is also possible to use only one solenoid and connect an interlocking rod branching from the plunger 8 to each lever.

The rear end of the lever 7 may be always pushed down by the plunger 8 and raised when the solenoids SOL2 to SOL4 are driven.

In this case, the opening/closing wing plate 6 always tilts so as to make the winning level excellent, and as the solenoid is driven, the winning level changes so that it becomes difficult to capture the hit ball.

On the back side of the ball rolling surface 3, there is a first ball forming a holding section for storing winning balls a1 that have been captured by a group of winning devices 5 and flowed to the back side.
A collection gutter 11 is provided, and an outflow control mechanism 12 is installed in the outflow river 1a.
will be established.

An example of this mechanism is a plunger 130) which advances when the solenoid SOL1 is driven, and a ball cutting plate 14 at the tip.
Plunge? It has a ball stop plate 16 that is pivotally supported at the tip of a lever 15 connected to the ball 13, and when the solenoid SOL1 is not driven, the ball stop plate 16 advances into the outlet 11a to prevent the leading ball from flowing out. When the ball is driven in the same manner, the ball cutting plate 14 advances to the lower part of the second ball from the top, and at the same time the ball stopping plate 16 retreats to let the first ball flow out.

A second collecting gutter 17 is provided around the outside of the first collecting gutter to collect the winning balls a2 captured by the winning device 4 other than the winning device 5 or other chuckers, and to collect the winning balls a2 and collect the outflow group 7.
It is provided with a known structure for causing the prize balls to flow one by one in the direction of the prize ball discharging mechanism 19 from a.

Solenoid SOL1 from the outlet 11a of the first collecting gutter 11
The balls a1 flowing out as the ball a1 is driven enter the second collection gutter 17 and flow in the direction of the discharge mechanism 19 from the outlet 17a.

Each of the winning devices 5-1.5-2.5-3 is equipped with switches MS1, MS2, and MS3 that generate a detection signal every time a ball entering the first collection gutter 11 passes, as shown in FIG. establish.

In addition, push button switches PB1 and P, which constitute an example of the manual drive device of the present invention, are placed at any position on the front of the pinball game machine 1.
B2 and PB3 are installed subordinate to each winning device 5.

FIG. 4 shows an example of an electrical connection block diagram, in which addition signals of switches MS, -MS3 and subtraction signals of push button switches PB1 - PB3 via delay circuits T1 - T3 are shown as storage devices respectively subordinate to each winning device. Addition/subtraction circuits COU1 to COU3 to which COU1 to COU3 are applied, and those circuits COU1 to COU
Judgment circuits LOG1 to LOG3 that judge the addition/subtraction results of 3 and output a yes signal when the result is (0<), the yes signals of these judgment circuits LOG, to LOG3, and the push button switch PB.
Two-terminal AND circuits AND, ~AND3, which input the subtraction signals of 1 to PB3 separately, and each judgment circuit LOG, ~LOG
A three-terminal AND circuit AND which inputs the yes signal of No. 3 is connected, and a delay circuit T is connected to the output terminal of the three-terminal AND circuit AND.
The clear circuit 21 in which the
is connected to the clear one terminal of the addition/subtraction circuits COLI to COU3, and the energizing circuit 23 and the two-terminal AND circuit AN. The energizing circuits 24-26 on the output side of D1-AND3 are connected to the solenoid SOL1, and the energizing circuit 27 that continuously outputs a high potential signal while the timer TIME is being driven is connected to the solenoids SOL2-SQL.

One shot tie? - The intermittent energization of the solenoid SOL1 by the energizing circuit 23 of TIME needs to stop at the same time as the indeterminate number of winning balls a1 in the first collection gutter 11 finishes flowing out, and for this reason, the solenoid SOL1 is supported by the ball stopping plate 16. first ball a
1 is connected to control the driving stop of the timer TIME by a switch element SW which detects whether the ball a1 supported on the ball cutting plate 14 falls.

When the energizing circuit 27 of the solenoids SOL2 to SQL4 is connected so as to be live only during the intermittent driving of the timer TI, as described above, these are timed to the time required for the outflow of an indeterminate number of winning balls a1. Solenoid SOL2~SQ
When you want to control the tilting of each opening/closing wing plate 6 of the winning devices 5-1 to 5-3 by energizing L4 for a certain period of time, use the three-terminal AND circuit A.
A timer starting circuit 28 different from the one described above is drawn out from the output terminal of the ND, and a timer 29 (
Solenoids SOL2 to SOL
4. Determine the energization time.

The operation of the above embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. 4. In the group of winning devices 5- to 5-3, the opening and closing wings 6 are erected in parallel to make it difficult to capture the ball a.

When the batted ball a flowing down the gaming surface 3 is captured by any of the winning devices 5-1 to 5-3 and flows into the first collecting gutter 11 on the rear surface, the switches MS1 to MS3 are turned on. Addition and subtraction circuits COU1-CO add and subtract the addition signal each time.
A signal is applied to either side of U3 to store the number, and a yes signal is output to any of the associated determination circuits LOG1 to LOG3.

At this time, it is often convenient to display the pushbuttons of the pushbutton switches PB1 to PB3 by internally illuminating them with a yes output.

In this way, when any of the winning devices 5-1 to 5-3 captures the batted ball a1, the three-terminal AND circuit AND becomes conductive, and the one-shot timer TIME operates to intermittently drive the solenoid SO L1 at a fixed timing. An indefinite number of winning balls a1 are held in the first gutter 11.
The balls flow out one by one from the outlet 11a into the second collecting gutter 17, and the outlet 17a of the collecting gutter 17 sequentially flows out the balls one by one in the direction of the prize ball discharging mechanism 19, as is known in the art. On the other hand, the clear circuit 21 controls the addition/subtraction circuits COU1 to
The memory of COU3 is slowly canceled all at once, and the judgment circuit L
In order to erase the yes signal outputs of OG, to LOG3, the output of the three-terminal AND circuit AND changes to a low potential.

However, the one-shot timer T I ME is the starting circuit 2.
2, so the intermittent output of the energizing circuit 23 continues to drive the solenoid SOL1 intermittently until all of the winning balls a1 in the first collecting gutter 11 have flowed out one by one, and all of them flow out. When the timer TIME is detected by the switch SW, the driving of the timer TIME is stopped.

Further, while the timer TIME is being driven, the energizing circuit 27 continues to drive the solenoids SOL2 to SOL4, and the rear ends of the levers 7 are pushed down by the respective plungers 8 to operate the opening/closing vanes 6.

As described above, it is optional that the solenoids SOL2 to SQL can be driven for a certain period of time regardless of the one-shot timer TIME to make the opening/closing vane 6 tiltable for a certain period of time.

If the hit ball supplements by the winning devices 5-1 to 5-3 are not complete, the player presses any of the push button switches PB1 to PB3 to select the winning device 51 to 5-3 to which those switches belong.
The same number of winning balls a1 captured by -3 can flow out from the first collecting gutter 11 through the second collecting gutter 17 in the direction of the prize ball discharging mechanism 19.

That is, when any of the pushbutton switches PB1 to PB3 is pressed, the subtraction signal causes the two-terminal AND circuits AND1 to AND3.
It generates an output in one of the energizing circuits 24 to 26 and drives the solenoid SOL1 of the outflow control mechanism 12 to cause the leading winning ball a1 to flow out, and at the same time, the subtraction signal is sent to the delay circuit T.
Addition and subtraction circuits COU1 to COU3 pass through the collapse of T1 to T3.
Since it is applied to either side, the numerical value stored in the adder/subtractor circuit is subtracted.

Press the push button switches PB1 to PB3 several times until the memory of the addition/subtraction circuit becomes zero, and each time press one winning ball a1.
Is it necessary to drain it?

If the memory becomes zero, the relevant judgment circuit LOG1~LOG3
The yes signal output of the two-terminal AND circuit AND
Since 1 to AND3 become non-conductive, the subtraction/addition circuit COU1
~ Winning balls a1 exceeding the number stored in COU3 will not flow out.

The present invention has the above-mentioned configuration and action, and can add a very different taste to the vertical pinball game machine without making any changes to the conventional prize winning device that changes the winning level in relation to the batted ball that is caught. have an effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The accompanying drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a vertical pinball game machine, FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view cut along the line A-A in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a back view. FIG. 4 is a wiring block diagram. 1 → Vertical pinball game machine, 3 → Rolling ball surface, 5 → Prize winning device, 6
→ Opening/closing wing plate, 7 → Lever, 8 → Plunger, 11 → First collecting gutter, 11a → Outlet, 12 → Outflow control mechanism, 13
→ plunger, 17 → second collecting gutter, 17a → outlet,
MS1 to MS3 → switch, PB, -ψB3 → push button switch, 22 → starting circuit, 23. 24 to 26 → energizing circuit, 27 → energizing circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A group of winning devices whose winning levels are varied by a driving device are arranged on the rolling surface, and a retaining section for retaining winning balls that have fallen into the winning devices in front of a prize ball ejecting device; and a retaining section attached to the retaining section. Equipped with an outflow control mechanism, a winning ball number storage device for each winning device, and a manual drive device for the outflow control mechanism,
When all of the winning balls in a group of winning devices fall, the drive device is activated to change the winning level, and at the same time, the reserved balls in the reservation section are flowed out and the number of winning balls for each is canceled, while the individual winning balls are The vertical pinball game machine is characterized in that the device is configured such that the number of winning balls generated in the winning device is caused by the manual drive device to flow out from the storage section and the memory of the winning device is deleted.