JPS63257587A - Winning ball distributor in winning apparatus of pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a winning ball distribution device in a winning device installed on a game board of a pachinko machine.

[Prior Art] A wide variety of winning devices for pachinko machines have been put into practical use, ranging from those that receive one ball at a time to those that allow a large number of winning balls to be received by setting winning conditions. However, the present invention allows many balls to enter by opening the winning hole, and at 11η, the winning balls are further sorted inside the device and guided to different winning ball paths, thereby giving the winning balls a value. To provide a new sorting means in an entry 11: device, which is equipped with an equal sorting means for giving more advantageous winning conditions to balls that enter a specific winning ball path.

The sorting means that has been put into practical use in the past includes a sorting board facing the prize opening with a slope, and multiple drop openings are provided at the back of this sorting board, so that while the prize rolls on the sorting board, it falls into any of the openings. We will give you certain advantageous conditions for the winning balls that are guided to the #certain falling hole! Some devices have been put into practical use, such as placing an obstacle on the sorting board and selecting a drop point as it rolls to determine the difference in conditions, or using the obstacle itself as a movable object to sort it out. There is.

These sorting means are rather static means, mainly based on a sorting board, and although there is virtually no change and the device is large, the operation is simple and it is difficult for players to The impression received by the students was also weak.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention was developed in view of the poor and simple distribution of winning balls within the winning device as described above. By adding irregular movements to the winning balls that fly into the plurality of winning ball paths set inside the device without guiding them as they are, a completely different movement is added to the flow of the ball entering the ball, and a prize is won when the ball flies in. To provide a prize-winning device in which a selection that is completely unpredictable from the movement of the ball is made, thereby attracting great interest in the U-branch groove, and in which the selection itself is given a new motion so that the game can be visually enjoyed. That is.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned object, and is characterized by fitting the inner and outer cases of cylindrical shape with their openings aligned, and the axis of the inner case being aligned. A first motor' is connected to the support shaft extending along the center, and a second motor is connected to the outer case via a transmission means so that they can be driven individually. A rotary shaft is freely rotated in the diametrical direction in the opening, making the inside hollow, and a rotating sphere with a ball entrance/exit window is fixed on the sphere wall surface, and a shaft end protruding outward is fixed to the rotating sphere. A gear is provided, the gear is meshed with a ring gear portion formed along an opening edge of the outer case, and one or both of the inner and outer cases are rotated by the rotational drive of one or both of the first and second motors. Thereby, there is provided a winning ball distribution device in a winning device of a pachinko machine which rotates the rotating sphere.

[Function] The device of the present invention is located inside the winning device, and receives the winning balls that have flown in through the entry port of the winning device into the inside of the sphere through the ball entry/exit window provided on the spherical wall surface of the rotating sphere. As the ball rotates, it is released again from the L notation entrance/exit window, thereby changing the flight path of the winning ball.
1- The rotating sphere is the first. either one of the second motors,
Alternatively, both rotate in the same direction or in different directions, and as a result, one or both of the inner and outer cases rotates, and the gear provided on the rotating shaft that houses the rotating sphere rotates by meshing with the ring gear that meshes with the gear. It is rotated by The rotation of this rotating sphere is rotation in two orthogonal directions: rotation around the rotation axis caused by the gear, and rotation due to the rotation of the inner case that spans this rotation axis.
The spherical entrance/exit window opened on the spherical wall surface will change direction in all directions.

Below, the device of the present invention will be explained in detail based on an illustrative example,
Clarify its characteristics.

[Example] Figure 1 is a front view of a winning device equipped with the device of the present invention installed on a game board, Figure 2 is an enlarged front view with a half section taken as a cross-section, and Figure 3 is a right side view of the center longitudinal section. It is a diagram.

In the drawing, l is a mounting board for attaching the winning device to the game board 2, 3 is a entry hole for the winning device that opens left and right in the center of this mounting board, and 4 is a spindle 5 in each of the entry ports. An opening/closing door pivoted so as to swing around the fulcrum, 6 a guide plate with a part protruding in front of the entrance 3 and a shelf facing backwards and a downward slope, 7 surrounding this guide plate. 8 is a box-shaped frame protruding from the back of the mounting board l, 8 is a connecting board protruding from the rear end of this frame so as to face the mounting board 1, and 9 is a connecting board. This is a sorting device provided behind the frame 7 via the connecting board 8.

The mounting board 1 is placed on the front side of the two game boards, the outer frame part 10 is fitted into the salt +1 window (not shown here) to be opened on the game board, and the frame body 7 is attached to the back of the game board 2. It can be installed by passing a screw through a through hole 11 provided on the peripheral edge after protruding from the plate. It protrudes from the front of the board.

The entry hole 3 is equipped with opening/closing doors 4, which are open on both sides, and balls that are received by the opening/closing doors on the open side can be won, and when the doors are closed, no winnings can be made. .

The guide plate 6 is formed to be wide in accordance with the width of the horizontally expanding entry hole 3, and is designed to guide the ball that has entered the prize through the entry hole to the rear following the slope of this one surface.

Now, the sorting device 9 is for sorting the winning balls that are guided by the guide plate 6 and rolled into the left and right, and rotates the two inner and outer cases 13.14, the rotating sphere 15, and the 1L-oriented outer case 13.14. It includes a first motor IG and a second motor 17.

The inner and outer cases 13 and 14 are cylindrical, and the inner case 13 is fitted inside the outer case 14 so that the openings are aligned, and a support shaft 1 is connected from the center of the bottom part 18 that closes one end of the inner case.
8 is passed through a bearing part 21 provided at the bottom 20 of the outer case [4], so that the outer case can freely rotate outside the inner case using this support shaft 19 as a fulcrum.

An output shaft 22 protruding from the first motor 1G is connected to the shaft end of the support shaft 19, a gear 23 is provided at the bottom 20 of the one-sided case 14, and a gear 23 is connected to the second motor 17.
This second
The outer case can be rotated by the drive of the motor.

In addition, L, No. 1. Both second motors 1G and 17 are plate 2
6, and furthermore, this plate 26 is fixed to a support 27 connected rearward from the connection board 8 so that it can be assembled at the rear of the device.

As mentioned above, the first one is different. The inner and outer cases 13 and 14 to which the second motor is connected rotate independently, and the rotating sphere 15 is attached to the rotating shaft 2, which is passed diametrically to the opening of the inner case whose openings are aligned. do.

The rotating shaft 28 is rotatably supported in the opening of the inner case,
The rotating sphere 15 is mounted on the rotating shaft 28 in a skewer-like manner so that the rotating shaft 28 does not pass through the center, and is configured to rotate together with the rotating shaft. A gear 29 is provided at the shaft end of the rotating shaft protruding outside the inner case, and this gear 23 is meshed with a ring gear portion 30 formed along the entire circumference along the opening edge of the outer case.

The rotating sphere 15 has a hollow interior and has a large number of ball entry/exit windows 31 on its spherical wall surface.
Pachinko balls are received and ejected through 1.

In addition, the inner case 13, which supports the rotating sphere 15 via the rotating shaft 28, has a hemispherical cavity shape suitable for receiving the sphere, so that the inner case 13 has a spherical shape that substantially penetrates into the inside of the case. It covers the wall surface and closes the ball entrance/exit window 31.

The rotating sphere 1 installed in the opening of the inner case in this way
Reference numeral 5 denotes a rear opening 32 which is formed into a circular shape in the box-shaped frame 7 by fixing the plate 26 through the support 27.
The hemispherical portion of the first half is inserted into the frame and faces the rear edge of the guide plate 6.

In Figure 1, numeral 33 is the root of the frame 7, which is a downwardly sloping guide plate, and numeral 34 is a drop plate equipped with a ball detection switch 35 located at the center of the front edge of the guide plate 33. The opening 36 is a winning ball passageway connected to the falling opening.

Two drop ports are provided on the left and right sides with the center drop port 34 in between, and the center drop port 34 is used as a specific drop port.

In the figure, 37 is a solenoid that opens and closes the opening/closing door 4,
The rack gear 39 provided on the plunger 3 is meshed with the fan-shaped gear 40 provided on the support shaft 5 of the door, and when the solenoid 37 is energized by an appropriate winning command and the plunger 38 descends against its spring 41, the fan-shaped gear 40 shown above is formed. The gear is rotated to open/close 1F #4.

The device of the present invention is constructed as a series.

Next, the actual operation will be explained. When the winning device is in a normal state, the opening/closing door 4 is closed by the action of the spring 41 provided in the plane jack 38, and the ball is prevented from entering the entry hole 3.

In this state, the solenoid 37 should be energized on the condition that the ball enters a specific entry hole, for example, the winning ball 42 that is thrown into the game board. The batted ball received by the door 4 transfers into the frame from the entry hole 3 and becomes a winning ball.Then, when the motors 13 and 14 are driven in conjunction with this opening, the rotating ball 15
rotates, and the winning ball faces this rotating sphere guided by the guide plate 6L, and enters the interior of the sphere through one of the ball entrance/exit windows 31.

As mentioned above, the rotating sphere 15 is the first. second motor 1B,
It is rotated by the drive of +7, and now the second motor 1
7 is stopped and only the first motor 16 is driven, the inner case 13 starts rotating, and the sphere 15 pivoted on the rotating shaft 28 rotates in the same direction as the rotating direction of the rotating shaft 28. It will rotate to . Due to this rotation, the gear 29 meshes with the ring gear portion 30 and rotates, thereby rotating the rotating shaft 28 itself, so that the sphere 15 also rotates in the vertical direction about the shaft 28.

Therefore, the spherical body 15 facing the frame 7 does not face only one hemisphere wall surface, but faces the entire spherical surface along with the above rotation, and the ball entry/exit windows 31 provided therein are faced one after another.

In this state, when the second motor 17 is driven next, the outer case 14 rotates, but when this rotation rotates in the same direction as the inner case and at a constant speed, the gear 29 stops rotating. , the rotating sphere rotates in the axial direction so that the same hemisphere surface is continuously directed toward the frame 7. When the rotation is delayed or accelerated, a slow rotation is applied, and the rotating sphere 15 changes the direction of its spherical surface.

On the other hand, if the rotation of the second motor 17 is set in the opposite direction,
The rotation of the rotating sphere 15 will be accelerated. Figure 7 shows this first example. This figure shows a case where the second motors te and t7 are rotated in the same direction and the rotation directions of the inner and outer cases 13 and 14 are reversed by the intervention of the gear 23.

The driving of the motors I6 and 17 is linked to the opening of the opening/closing door 4, but subsequent changes in conditions for winning balls will determine whether both motors are driven at the same time, one at a time, or the direction of rotation is different. Since it is directly connected to the above, it can be set individually.

For example, it is preferable to control the drive relationship of the motor by selecting a winning hole provided on the game board, and thereby set conditions for winning balls.

In addition, as one of the control methods after the rotating sphere 15 is rotated, the switch 4 is connected to the shaft end of the rotating shaft 28 as shown in the figure.
3, one of the motors may be stopped when the protruding bearing portion 44 at the shaft end comes into contact with the switch 43, thereby changing or stopping the rotation of the rotating sphere.

In this way, the inner and outer cases 13 and 14 are rotated by the drive of the motors 16 and 17, and the sphere 15 rotates once, so that the ball entry/exit window 31 faces the rear edge of the guide plate 6 one after another, and the guide plate is guided. The winning ball will be placed inside the sphere. Then, the prize ball that entered the interior rotates and is ejected outside through the downward facing window, and is released from the bottom plate of the frame body.
3 and is guided to one of the falling holes 34 and enters the winning ball passage 36.

As described above, when the winning ball enters the inside of the sphere 15, its winning direction is first changed, and when it is transferred out and released onto the bottom plate 33, its direction is further changed. It is impossible to predict in which part of the mouth 34 the particles will fall, and the course of the particles will vary widely.

Therefore, by setting the drop opening 34 in the center as a specific opening and detecting the ball passing through it with the switch 35, the role of the game can be set. For example, with this set role, the opening/closing door 4
The turning section is responsible for re-opening the motor and controlling the drive of the motor.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained in the above-mentioned embodiments, in the present invention, the rotating sphere is rotated by the rotation of the outer case while being rotated by the drive of the motor, and as a result, the sphere entry/exit windows opened on the wall surface of the sphere are opened one after another. Facing the entry hole of the prize-winning ball, the receiver of the winning ball is inserted into the rotating sphere, and after the receiving ball is inserted into the rotating sphere, it is rolled inside, and the ball is turned downward again. By releasing the ball outside through the ball entry/exit window and swinging it out irregularly, it is possible to perform a very varied distribution of balls, and in this distribution, the L.
The rotating sphere rotates in a complicated manner in multiple directions, and the ball entry/exit windows provided on the spherical wall face can be directed in almost all directions, which has the advantage of fully satisfying the player visually.

In addition, for a rotating sphere that changes the rolling direction of the winning ball, it is prohibited to make the ball entrance/exit 31 opened on the ball wall surface larger than the ball diameter.
Of course, in addition to changing the size, QT fi can further change the flow of the sphere by changing its shape, such as circular or sluice-shaped. When applied, the rotation can be made even more clear, and it is effective for creating a decorative effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the device of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is a front view of the device designed on a game board, Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view with the right hand in section, and Fig. 3 is the right side of the center longitudinal section. 4 is a rear view of the winning device with the sorting device removed from the connection board, FIG. 5 is a right side view of the center longitudinal section of the sorting device, and FIG.
The figure is a front view of the sorting device, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line ■--■ in FIG. 13...Inner case, +4...Outer case, 15...
・Rotating sphere, 16...if motor, 17...second
Motor, 19... Support shaft, 28... Rotating shaft, 29.
...Gear, 30...Ring gear part, 31...Ball entrance/exit window. Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] The inner and outer cases are fitted into a cylindrical shape with the openings aligned,
A first motor is connected to a support shaft extending along the axis of the inner case, and a second motor is connected to the outer case via a transmission means so that they can be driven individually. A rotary shaft is installed in the opening of the inner case so that it can rotate freely in the diametrical direction.
A rotating sphere having a hollow interior and a ball entry/exit window provided on the wall surface of the sphere is fixed by a shaft, and the shaft end protruding outward is provided with a gear, and the gear is formed along the edge of the opening of the outer case. A winning device for a pachinko machine, in which one or both of the inner and outer cases are rotated by the rotational drive of one or both of the first and second motors, thereby rotating the rotating sphere. Winning ball sorting device.