JPS6034481A - Pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

Detailed Description of the Invention This invention generates a special mode that is electrically controlled when a ball hits a specific winning hole, and when a predetermined condition set in the electrical control device is achieved in the special mode, When the variable winning device is converted into a special state where special technology can be performed, and a ball enters the continuous winning hole in the variable winning device during the special game,
This invention relates to a pachinko machine that allows this special game to be played repeatedly and visually displays the number of times the special game has been played.

Pachinko machines have been known for a long time, in which when a ball hits a specific winning slot, a different game such as a roulette game is played, and a variable winning device changes the state in which the ball is easily accepted depending on the result of the game. The game is simply a competition for winning percentages of winnings and safes, and the content tends to be monotonous and repetitive.

In addition, even if the variable prize winning device is changed to a state where it is easy to accept batted balls under certain conditions as a result of another game, the profit obtained by this state is not that much, and therefore the player has no expectation of a large profit that can be obtained. There was little satisfaction when the game was obtained, and it did not sufficiently enhance the interest of pachinko games.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and has a general winning hole and a continuous winning hole in the gaming section, and has a movable member that converts the first state in which the ball is not accepted and the second state in which the ball is easily accepted. A variable winning device capable of winning a prize and a specific winning hole are provided, a special mode is generated when a batted ball wins a prize in the specific winning hole, and when a predetermined condition is achieved in this special mode,
The variable prize winning device is converted into a special state that allows the special game to be repeated multiple times, and during this special game, if the ball hits the continuous winning hole, the special game can be repeated repeatedly, and this special game can be repeated. The number of games played is visually displayed, and the profit given to the player is gradually increased as the game progresses, so that the progress status of the game can be seen at a glance.

The present invention will be explained below based on drawings of embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 has a ball feeder 3, a ball firing operation part, etc. on the surface of a frame-shaped front frame,
The surface of the game board 5, which is provided so as to close the window of the front frame 2 from the rear, has a game section 7 surrounded by a guide rail 6, and the game section 7 has countless obstacle nails IO, variable prizes, etc. device g1
Specific prize opening? , 9.9, etc., and a game board! On the back side, there is a prize ball ejecting device (not shown) for ejecting prize balls, an electric control device, and/or the like.

When the player supplies balls to the ball supply device 3 and operates the firing operation section, the ball launch device is activated and the ball supply device 3 is activated.
One ball guided from the game section 7 via the guide rail 6.
Fire inside.

The ball fired into the game section 7 will flow down from the deer to the obstacle nail lθ, and if it does not enter any of the winning holes on the way down, it will go to the out hole / 3 opened at the lowest position of the game section.
The ball is then discharged to the back side of the game board S as an out ball.

On the other hand, as the ball was flowing down the inside of the game club, the ball hit the specified winning hole 9.
When the batted ball enters the ball, the specific winning detector/lI facing the flow path of each specific winning opening 9 detects the batted ball, and the electric control device l/ receiving the signal from the detector/g activates the variable winning prize device. t is electrically controlled to convert the special mode into a state where it is easy for a batted ball to win a prize.

The variable prize winning device g shown in the embodiment of the drawings has movable members /l, , /l, on the left and right sides of the surface of the board 73 attached to the surface of the game board 5.
are pivoted to face each other, and a concave chamber /7 is formed by recessing a substantially central portion of the substrate 15 located between both rotating members 1b and /A;
In the recessed chamber 17, there is provided an inclined plate /g whose inclined upper end is located within the gap between both rotating members /b, /& and whose inclined lower end is located in the middle of the recessed chamber /7. Slanted bottom surface/9 Below the lower end is a movable member/6. A continuous winning loco θ which can win the batted ball accepted by /6 and a general winning opening 2/... are opened side by side.

The movable member 16 has two support shafts insert-molded in the middle of its length, and is rotatably attached to the surface of the board 75 by the support shafts 22. An electric drive source, such as an electromagnetic solenoid 2da, is connected to the shaft end 22' of the shaft 22 via a link mechanism.

Therefore, when the electromagnetic solenoid 2'l is demagnetized, the spring SS of the electromagnetic solenoid is biased.
Both movable members/6. /A, as shown by the solid line in the figure,
It stops almost upright. In this state, the flange λ6 formed on the upper part of the board 15 closes the gap between the upper ends of both rotating members/6°16, so the variable prize winning device g enters the first state in which it does not accept any falling batted balls.

On the other hand, when the electromagnetic solenoid is energized, the link mechanism
transmits the movement of the iron core J' to the support shaft 22 as rotational force, and the movable member /6. # is tilted in a V-shape as shown by the chain line in the figure, converting it to a second state where it can easily receive a batted ball. When the variable prize-winning device g changes to the second state, the movable members it, , ib catch the falling ball and guide it onto the inclined plate 1g. The ball guided onto the inclined plate 1g rolls to the back of the concave chamber/7 due to the downward slope of the upper surface, and then passes through the gap between the lower end of the inclined plate Ig and the inner surface of the concave chamber/7 to the bottom surface lq. It falls upward, appears again on the surface of the substrate 75 due to the downward slope of the bottom surface 19, and enters the continuation prize opening 20 or general prize winning loco k... from the lower end of the slope of the bottom surface /q. Bracelet, flange, 26, both rotating members/6. A variable winning device consisting of H, concave chamber/7, continuation winning opening 20, general prize Loco/, Ko1, etc. functions as a winning device and as a separate gaming device in a special mode. It has integrally.

The batted ball that enters the general prize winning loco/goes to the back of the game board S. On the other hand, the ball that enters the continuation prize opening - 〇 is the game board! When the ball is ejected to the back side of the ball, it activates the continuation detector 2q provided on the continuation pitch bar, and then flows down to become a winning ball.

In the illustrated embodiment, when a batted ball enters the specific winning hole 9, the specific winning detector llI detects the batted ball and sends a signal to the electric control device /l, which receives the signal.
By electrically controlling the electromagnetic solenoid 1, l generates a special mode by the variable prize winning device g. As this special aspect, for example, the movable members /A and /6 are converted from the first state to the second state in a predetermined manner.

When the variable winning device t is in the above-mentioned special mode, when the ball enters the continuous winning hole-lO and the continuous detector-19 detects the ball, it receives a signal from the detector 29 and then controls the electric control device. When the predetermined conditions set by // are achieved, the variable prize winning device g is converted into a special state in which it is possible to repeat the special game a plurality of times. In the example of the special game of the variable prize winning device according to the drawing, the above-mentioned predetermined time (0.7 seconds)
The movable members /b and /A are repeatedly opened and closed a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times) each time to convert to the second state. And until this special game ends, the ball continues to be hit -
If the ball hits 〇, it returns to the initial state, and on the other hand, if the ball hits the continuation prize opening 20, the electric control device // causes the variable prize device g to operate based on the signal from the continuation detector 2q. The special game is played again. And the batted ball continues to win 0
．． 20, the variable prize winning device g enters a special state in which it is possible to repeat the special game a plurality of times. If this is done, the pachinko machine 1 will eject the planned number of prize balls (number of stops) in a short period of time, resulting in a so-called stoppage. Therefore, in this embodiment, the number of repetitions of the special game is set in advance,
We strive to balance the interests of game parlors and players. Further, the number of repetitions of the special game is visually displayed on the display device 30 so that the player can see it at a glance.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the block wiring diagram shown in FIG.

Specific winning opening 9. Q, ? When a ball hit wins a prize, a winning pulse is emitted from specific winning detectors ilI, ly, 7+ (consisting of microswitches, electronic ball detectors, etc.). This winning pulse is stored in the winning storage circuit 3/ and acts as a starting signal for the special mode generating circuit 3.

The three special mode generation circuits that received the activation signal from the winning pulse send a command signal to the drive circuit 33 to cause the variable winning device t to generate a special mode as a separate game, and the drive circuit 33, which is composed of switching transistors, etc. When the command signal is input and the command signal is logically at H level, the drive element becomes energized and operates the electric drive source of the variable prize winning device t. As a result, the variable prize winning device is converted into a special mode as a separate game. A special aspect of this embodiment is the movable member H of the variable prize winning device g.
, , /4 are converted from the first state to the second state for a predetermined period of time.

In this special mode, when the batted ball accepted by the variable winning device wins a continuation prize of 0.20, a winning pulse is emitted from the continuation detector 9 and a special pulse is output from the gate 31I.

The winning pulse is logically defined as H level and
Game),? It is configured so that no special pulse is generated when the other input of lI is at L level.

This AND game)? When the predetermined condition determination circuit 33 determines that the predetermined electrical condition that the special pulse output from the II and the special mode command signal are both at H level has been achieved, the predetermined condition determination circuit 35 , a special signal as a jackpot is outputted in order to convert the variable prize winning device t into a special state in which the special game can be repeated a plurality of times.

The special signal output from the predetermined condition determination circuit 3S is input to the continuation circuit 36, and the output signal of the continuation circuit 36 is sent to the special mode generation circuit 3U and the drive circuit 33 to generate variable winnings in order to play the special game multiple times. Convert device g to a special state.

The special game with the variable prize winning device t of this embodiment is a movable member/
6. /6 is maintained from the first state to the first state a predetermined number of times.

The other output signals led from the continuation circuit 36 to the reset terminal of the counter 3 are set to be logically L level during the special state, and to be H level otherwise.
The counter 3 is in a reset state (zero display state) due to the H level.

When the reset terminal of the counter 37 changes from the H level to the L level by the other output signal of the continuation circuit 36 described above, the reset state of the counter 37 is released, and a signal delayed from the reset release signal is released by the timer circuit IIO. It is input to the preset terminal of the counter 37.

Basically, when the reset signal goes from H level to L level, the preset signal goes from H level to L level with a delay, and the time difference between the H level is used to set the counter 3 from the number setter lI/. It is configured to read the setting contents of the number setting device 3 at the same time, and input the setting contents to the counter 3 in the form of a binary signal. If you want to display ' on the tb display device 30, set the number of times setter t/ to P4 = H.
It is sufficient to operate the number setting device ll/ so that 1Ps=L, P2=L, P1=L level.

The counter 37 in this embodiment is configured such that the maximum number of times the special game can be repeated in the special state is read into the number setting device, and the counter 37 counts down every time the special game is repeated. However, it may be configured to count up from 1 to the maximum number of times that can be repeated. In this way, when a predetermined condition is achieved in a special mode and it is converted into a special state, the maximum number of repetitions of the special game in this special state is set in the number setter group/
The data is read into the counter 37 and converted by the decoder 3g to be displayed in the display format of the display device 30, and the contents of the counter 3 are displayed on the display device 3θ.

During the first special game, when a ball hits the continuation winning slot 20, a continuation signal is issued from the predetermined condition determination circuit 35 and input to the continuation circuit 36 in the same manner as described above. Continuation circuit 3
6 sends an output signal to the special mode generating circuit 32, and the special mode generating circuit 3a derives a drive signal for playing the special game, thereby making the variable prize winning device g play the special game again.

Further, the continuation circuit 36 sends a clock pulse to the clock terminal of the counter 3, which acts as a subtraction signal for the counter 37, and subtracts 1 from the contents of the counter 37. Therefore, if the display on the display device 30 is ``gate'', %7'' will be displayed.

The continuation signal may be generated immediately when a batted ball enters the continuation prize slot -〇 during a special game within a predetermined time, or after a predetermined time has elapsed, or when a fixed number of consecutive prizes are sent to the variable prize winning device g. It may be made to occur after the batted ball has won a prize.

If the ball continues to land in the winning slot 20 during the special game, the special game ends for that time.Stain thermal control device//
is returned to its initial state by the action of the continuation circuit 36.

As mentioned above, the ball continues to be hit during the special game winning slot -2
By winning 0, the special game is sequentially repeated and the special state continues. And the contents of counter 37 are -
When the number of repetitions of the 11-tsumashi special game reaches the final time set in the number setting device lI/, 4-man negative logic R Gate 3
9's output is L level),? Since the logical product is calculated by lI, even if the hit ball wins the continuation prize 0.20 during the special game in the final round, the minute game), ? The output of II becomes L level, and as a result, the continuation winning signal is not received.

Therefore, the final special game is in a state where the special pulse does not arrive and the winning continuation circuit 36 does not operate, and ends after the predetermined operation of the variable prize winning device g, which is the special game, is executed by the three special mode generating circuits. Therefore, the special state also ends. The electric control device /l also returns to its initial state.

In this embodiment, the special mode is performed using the variable winning device t, but components other than the variable winning device may also be used. For example, a game device or the like is provided in the gaming section 7, and a specific winning hole 9 is installed in the special mode.
As explained above, according to the present invention, an electric drive source is connected to the movable member to control the first state in which the ball is not accepted and the first state in which the ball is not received. can be converted into an acceptable second state,
A variable winning device having a general winning hole for making a hit ball received by the movable member in the second state a normal winning and a continuous winning hole for making a special winning, and a specific winning hole are provided in the gaming section, and the specific winning hole is A special prize detector is placed in the flow path, and a continuation detector is placed in the flow path of the continuation prize opening, and a signal from the specific prize detector is supplied to an electrical control device to create a special mode that is electrically controlled. When a predetermined condition set in the electric control device is achieved in the special mode, the variable prize winning device converts into a special state in which a preset special game can be repeated a plurality of times, and During special games,
When the batted ball accepted by the variable prize winning device enters the continuation prize opening, a signal from the continuation detector is supplied to the electric control device to enable the continuation of the special game, and to display the continuation state of the special game on the game board. Since the display is visually displayed on the display device, the player has a sense of expectation for achieving the predetermined conditions that will generate the special state that allows the player to repeat the special game multiple times, and a feeling of expectation due to the large amount of profits obtained from the special state. Instead of being a satisfying experience, the continuation of the special game in the special state is gradually transitioned to when the ball hits the winning hole during the special game, so the pachinko game is even more exciting. Due to the diversification of pachinko games, it is possible to significantly increase the interest compared to conventional pachinko games.

In addition, the number of repetitions of the special game is visually displayed on the display device, so the player can check the continuation status, and the player can feel secure about the transition to the special game. Increased motivation to continue until the end.

Furthermore, by appropriately setting the number of repetitions of the special game, it is possible to provide a healthy pachinko game while maintaining a balance between the profits of the players and the game parlor.

Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently increase the interest of the pachinko game.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view, FIG. 2 is a front view of the variable winning device, FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the variable winning device, and FIG. 4 is a diagram of a specific winning opening. The sectional view, FIG. 5, is a block wiring diagram of the electrical control device. l...Pachinko machine, 7...gaming section, g...variable winning device, 9...special winning opening, /l...electrical control device, /l...specific winning prize detector, /6...movable member,
20... Continuous winning opening, 2/... General winning opening, 29.
... Continuation detector.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) The game section surrounded by guide rails can be converted into a first state in which it does not accept a batted ball and a second state in which it easily accepts a batted ball. A variable winning device is provided with a general winning opening for winning a prize and a continuous winning opening for special winning, and a specific winning opening. Continuation detectors are respectively provided, and a signal from the specific winning detector is supplied to an electrical control device to generate an electrically controlled special mode, and in the special mode, a predetermined value set in the electrical control device is generated. When the condition is achieved, the variable winning device converts the special game into a special state in which it is possible to repeat the special game multiple times, and during the special game, the batted ball accepted by the variable winning device enters the continuous winning hole. B. The signal from the continuation detector is supplied to the electrical control device to enable repetition of the special game, and the number of times the special game has been played is visually displayed on a display device facing the game board. Pachinko machine. (2. In the pachinko machine according to claim 1, the number of special games is set in advance, and even if the electrical control device detects the signal from the continuation detector during the final special game, the number of special games is A pachinko machine characterized by ending with a special game.