JPH04212393A - Hit ball prize-winning device of pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To sufficiently enhance the interest of a game by lengthening the time when a hit ball subjected to prize-winning in a recessed chamber of a hit ball prize-winning device goes into a general prize-winning port or a special prize-winning port, and also, giving a variation to motion of the hit ball. CONSTITUTION:In a hit ball prize-winning device 1 in which prize-winning of a hit ball becomes possible, when a movable member 8 is converted, a first prize-winning area 18 which can receive the hit ball which becomes prize- winning by conversion of the above movable member, and also, is provided with a first general prize-winning port 17, and a second prize-winning area 25 which is positioned in the rear of the upper part of a first prize-winning area concerned 18, and also, provided with a special prize-winning port 23 and a second general prize-winning port 24 are constituted, and by a rotary drum 21 having a permanent magnet 21' in the inside, a part of hit balls subjected to prize-winning in a first prize-winning area 28 is fed to a second prize-winning area.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a recessed chamber on the back side of a mounting board that has a movable member on the front surface that can be converted between a first state in which it does not accept a batted ball and a second state in which it easily accepts a batted ball, and a recessed chamber in the recessed chamber. This invention relates to a ball winning device for a pachinko machine in which a first winning area and a second winning area are provided above and below.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional batted ball winning device having a movable member that can be changed between a first state in which it does not accept a batted ball and a second state in which it easily accepts a batted ball has a concave chamber provided on the back side of a mounting board, and an opening in the front surface of the concave chamber. A special prize opening and a general prize opening were formed at the front lower part of the section or at the bottom.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, in the conventional batted ball winning device, the time required for the batted ball introduced into the concave chamber by the movable member to enter the special prize opening or the general prize opening is short, and the movement of the batted ball within the concave chamber is short. There is little change in For this reason,
It is difficult to impress players with the joy of winning, and it is not possible to sufficiently increase the interest of the game.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and includes a mounting board provided with a movable member on the front surface that can be converted into a first state in which it does not accept a batted ball and a second state in which it accepts a batted ball. A concave chamber is provided on the back side, and a first chamber is provided at the bottom of the concave chamber.
A second winning area is formed above the winning area, and a transfer means is provided that can transport the ball hit in the first winning area to the second winning area.

[0005]

[Operation] When the movable member converts to the second state and accepts a batted ball into the concave chamber, if the batted ball is not transferred by the transfer means, it will win in the first winning area at the lower part of the concave chamber, and by the transfer means The transferred batted ball wins a prize in the upper second prize winning area. Therefore, the time required from the time the ball is introduced into the concave chamber by the movable member until the ball is won is longer than that of the conventional hit ball winning device.

[0006]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be explained based on the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the batted ball winning device 1 has a large main opening 3 at approximately the center of a mounting board 2 that is attached to the surface of the game board of a pachinko machine, and a large main opening 3 on the left and right sides of the main opening 3. Open small secondary openings 4, 4, and open main opening 3.
The main opening 3 is provided with an armored portion 5 projecting from the upper half of the opening edge.
A ball inflow prevention part 6 is protruded from the lower half of the opening edge, and a door plate-shaped movable member 8 having a fan-shaped projection 7 is rotatably attached to the left and right sub-openings 4, 4. A recessed chamber 9 is provided on the back side of the mounting board 2. In addition, it is desirable that the bottom of the above-mentioned ball inflow prevention part 6 be inclined slightly downward toward the ball mounting part which will be described later.

The above-mentioned movable member 8 has an arm portion 10 extending from the base end of the shaft, and the tip portion of the operating rod 11 faces the tip portion of the arm portion 10 from above. Further, a plunger of a first solenoid 12 provided as a driving source is made to face the operating rod 11 from above. When the first solenoid 12 is demagnetized, the plunger presses the operating rod 11 due to the urging force of the return spring of the first solenoid 12, so that the tip of the operating rod 11 pushes the arm 10 downward. Therefore, each movable member 8 stands up as shown in FIG. 1, closes the sub-opening 4 of the mounting board 2, and maintains the first state in which it does not receive a batted ball. On the other hand, when the first solenoid 12 is energized, the plunger rises and the operating rod 1
1 is stopped, so the movable member 8 becomes freely rotatable. When this state is reached, the protrusion 7 is rotated forward by the bias of the weight provided to open the sub-opening 4.
The protrusion 7 comes into contact with the surface of the mounting board 2 and stops. Therefore, the movable member 8 stops in a slightly downwardly inclined state toward the sub-opening 4, accepts the ball that has flown down, and converts it into the second state in which it is easier to hit the ball into the sub-opening 4. Movable member 8
The batted ball received when the ball changes to the second state is introduced into the concave chamber 9 through the sub-opening 4.

The recessed chamber 9 includes a main recessed chamber 13 whose front opening communicates with the main opening 3 of the mounting board 2, and a main recessed chamber 13 located on the left and right sides of the main recessed chamber 13 whose front opening communicates with the mounting board 2. It consists of sub-recessed chambers 14, 14 communicating with the sub-opening 4 of the main recessed chamber 13, and a rear recessed chamber 15 protruding rearward from the upper end portion of the front wall of the main recessed chamber 13. As shown in FIG.
A ball placing part 16 is formed at the back of the front wall approximately at the center, and a first winning area 18 is formed by opening the first general winning openings 17, 17 on the left and right sides of the ball placing part 16, and at approximately the center of the front wall. A first notch 19 is formed in the vertical direction, and a second notch 20 is formed on the bottom surface of the rear concave chamber 15 in communication with the first notch 19;
A rotary drum 21 functioning as a transfer means is rotatably supported in the first and second notches 19 and 20 by a support shaft 22, and a part of the rotary drum 21 protrudes forward from the front wall. At the same time, the lower part of the outer peripheral surface of the rotating drum 21 is made to face the ball mounting section 16. In addition, the above-mentioned rear concave chamber portion 15
A special winning opening 23 is formed in front of the special winning opening 23, and second general winning openings 24, 24 are formed on the left and right sides of the special winning opening 23 to form a second winning area 25.

The above-mentioned rotating drum 21 is a hollow body made of a non-magnetic material such as plastic, and permanent magnets 21 are arranged on the back side of the outer peripheral surface at approximately 120 degree intervals around the support shaft 22.
As shown in FIG. 5, the gear 26 of the output shaft of the motor 27 with a reducer
8 are engaged. Therefore, when the motor 27 is activated, the rotating drum 21 rotates slowly clockwise in FIG. . When a ball is hit on the ball mounting portion 16, the ball is attracted to the outer peripheral surface of the rotary drum 21 by the magnetic action of the permanent magnet 21' in the rotary drum 21, and rises as the rotary drum 21 rotates.

When the ball that has risen in this manner hits the edge of the second notch 20 of the second winning area 25, the second notch 2
It is scooped up by the edge of the rotary drum 21 and separated from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating drum 21, and rolled by the downward slope of the bottom of the rear concave chamber 15 to become the special prize opening 23 or the second general prize opening 24, 24.
Win one of the following. On the back side of the concave chamber 9, as shown in FIG. 3, there is a special winning ball flow lower passage 29 whose upper end entrance communicates with the special winning hole 23, and a second general winning ball flow passage 29 whose upper end entrance communicates with the special winning hole 23.
A winning ball flow lower channel 31 is provided which is partitioned halfway between the general winning ball flow lower channel 30 which communicates with the special winning ball flow lower channel 29.
The lower end where the and the general winning ball flow lower path 30 merge is the first exit.
It opens near and below the first general winning holes 17, 17 in the winning area 18, and a special winning detector 32 is placed in the middle of the special winning ball flow path 29.

[0012] Therefore, the batted ball that enters the special winning hole 23 of the second winning area 25 is detected by the special winning detector 32 while flowing down the special winning ball flow path 29, and then flows into the counting gutter 33 from the exit. do. Further, the batted ball that enters the second general winning hole 24 of the second winning area 25 flows down the general winning ball flow path 30 and then flows into the counting gutter 33. The counting gutter 33 merges the winning balls that won in the second winning area 25 and flowed down in the winning ball flow down gutter 31 with the winning balls that won in the first winning area 18, and a counting detector installed on the way down. 34, one destination is detected.

Further, in this embodiment, elongated holes 35 are formed in the left and right directions of the first notch 19 in the front wall of the main recessed chamber 13.
... are opened, and the obstacle member 37 is rotatably fixed to the tip of the support rod 36 inserted into each elongated hole 35, and as shown in FIG. The rear end portion of the second solenoid 39 is connected to the interlocking rod 38, and the plunger of the second solenoid 39 is connected to the interlocking rod 38 via a connecting member 40. Therefore, when the second solenoid 39 is repeatedly energized and demagnetized, each support rod 36 moves left and right within the elongated hole 35, and each obstacle member 37 appears and disappears in front of the rotating drum 21. When a batted ball rises while being attracted to the outer peripheral surface of the rotating drum 21, and at this time the above-mentioned obstacle member 37 moves forward of the rotating drum 21, the obstacle member 37 comes into contact with the batted ball and causes the batted ball to fall. There is. Therefore, the hit ball attracted to the outer peripheral surface of the rotating drum 21 does not necessarily reach the second winning area 25.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, the second winning area 2
A movable rod 41 is provided on the upper part of the front wall of the rear concave chamber 15 in which the movable rod 41 is movable in the front and back directions, and a decorative display member 42 is attached to the tip inside the rear concave chamber 15 of the movable rod 41. The plunger of the third solenoid 43 faces the rear end of the chamber 9 that projects outside. The movable rod 41 normally moves backward and stops due to the bias of the spring 44, and the third solenoid 43
When excited, it is pressed by the plunger and moves forward within the rear concave chamber 15. Therefore, when the third solenoid 43 is repeatedly energized and demagnetized, the decorative display member 42 is
Move back and forth within 5.

Next, a game played in a pachinko machine equipped with the hit ball winning device 1 having the above-described configuration will be explained.

A game board 45 of a pachinko machine shown in FIG. 7 has a game section 47 surrounded by a guide rail 46 formed on its surface, and the above-mentioned ball winning device 1 is arranged approximately in the center of the game section 47.
First, second, and third starting ports 48 are provided below the batted ball winning device 1.
a, 48b, and 48c are arranged.

When a batted ball flowing down inside the gaming section 47 luckily enters the tulip-type first starting port 48a, the first starting port 48a changes to a state where it can easily receive the batted ball, and
A first ball detector 49a provided at the starting port 48a detects the hit ball and sends a signal to a control device (not shown). Upon receiving the signal from the first ball detector 49a, the control device controls each first solenoid 12 for a predetermined period of time (for example, 0.8 seconds).
Energize only once. Therefore, the left and right movable members 8, 8 of the batted ball winning device 1 change twice from the first state in which they do not accept a batted ball to the second state in which they easily accept a batted ball for a predetermined period of time.

Note that when a batted ball enters the second starting port 48b or the third starting port 48c, the control device sets the first solenoids 12, 12 to a predetermined position based on a signal from the second ball detector 49b or third ball detector 49c. Since it is energized only once for a period of time (for example, 0.5 seconds), each movable member 8 converts from the first state to the second state only once. Further, when the movable member 8 is converted to the second state, among the batted balls that are not guided into the recessed chamber 9 by the movable member 8, those that hit the side end of the movable member 8 change their flowing direction and become the target. The arrangement of the winning tool 50 is adjusted so as to be guided to the winning tool 50 arranged next to the ball winning winning device 1, and the positions of obstacle nails and the like are appropriately arranged.

When the movable member 8 changes to the second state, the batted ball that has flown down onto the movable member 8 is introduced into the sub-recessed chamber 14 through the sub-opening 4 . Due to the slight inclination of the bottom surface, it rolls into the first winning area 1 in the main concave chamber 13.
It flows down to 8. A batted ball that enters the first winning area 18 is
The ball enters the general winning hole 17 or stops on the ball mounting section 16. The batted ball that entered the first general winning hole 17 is detected by the counting detector 34 while flowing down the counting gutter 33, and then sent to the winning ball collection gutter (not shown) located on the back side of the game board. ) is discharged.

On the other hand, the batted ball that has stopped on the ball placement section 16 is
Since the rotating drum 21 is always rotating, when the internal permanent magnet 21' reaches the ball placement part 16, the rotating drum 21
is attracted to the outer circumferential surface of and transferred to the second winning area 25. It should be noted that the batted ball adsorbed to the outer circumferential surface of the rotating drum 21 is not necessarily transferred to the second winning area 25, and may be dropped by the obstacle member 37 during the transfer, and the ball may fall to the first winning area 18. The hit ball enters the first general winning hole 17 in the same manner as described above, or stops on the ball placement section 16 again.

The batted ball transferred to the second winning area 25 by the rotation of the rotating drum 21 enters the special winning hole 23 or the second general winning hole 24. The batted ball that enters the special winning hole 23 is detected by the special prize detector 32 while flowing down the special winning ball flow path 29 of the winning ball flow downstream gutter 31, and then enters the counting gutter 33, and then enters the second general winning ball flow path 31. The batted balls that enter the mouth 24 are guided into the counting gutter 33 through the winning ball flow down gutter 31, and are detected by the counting detector 34 while flowing down the counting gutter 33, and then sent to the winning ball collection gutter. be discharged.

When the batted ball enters the special prize opening 23, the right to a special game is generated, and the control device that receives the signal from the special prize detector 32 repeatedly energizes the third solenoid 43 to move the decorative display member 42 back and forth. By doing so, it is visually displayed to the player that a special right has occurred, and each first solenoid 12 is energized to start a special game.

In the special game, each first solenoid 12 is excited a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times) to convert each movable member 8 from the first state to the second state a predetermined number of times (for example, 18 times). This predetermined number of conversions is defined as one cycle, and when a batted ball enters the special winning hole 23 during this cycle, the cycle is updated each time, and the third solenoid 43 is energized to move the decorative display member 42 back and forth to play the game. Provides a visible indication to the user that the cycle has been updated. This cycle update is performed for up to eight cycles. If the number of winnings in the batted ball winning device 1 reaches a predetermined number (for example, 10) during a certain cycle and there is no winning in the special winning hole 23, the special game ends at that point.

Note that the movable member 8 in the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned door-like member, and can be converted into a first state in which it does not accept or is difficult to accept a batted ball, and a second state in which it easily accepts a batted ball. Any structure may be used as long as it can be used, for example, a wing-like structure or a shutter-like structure may be used.

[0025] The transfer means also has a permanent magnet 21' inside.
The rotary drum 21 is not limited to the rotary drum 21, but any structure may be used as long as it has the function of transporting the hit ball from the first winning area 18 to the second winning area 25. It is also possible to transfer one piece at a time.

[0026]

Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, the first state in which the ball is not accepted is changed to the second state in which the ball is easily accepted.
A batted ball introduced into the concave chamber by the movable member that has been changed into a state first enters the first winning area, and among the batted balls that entered the first winning area, only the batted ball that was transferred by the transfer means enters the second winning area. Go inside. When the ball hits the special winning hole in the second winning area, the player is given the right to play the game advantageously. The time required from when the ball is introduced into the concave chamber by the movable member until it enters the general winning hole or the special winning hole is significantly longer than that of conventional winning devices. Therefore, the player can feel the joy of winning a prize over a long period of time from when the ball is caught by the movable member until it enters one of the winning slots, and when the ball enters the special winning slot, the player can receive a special profit. You can hold onto that hope for a longer period of time than before. Therefore, it is possible to make the pachinko game more interesting than the conventional ball winning device 1. In addition, if a special winning hole is formed in the second winning area, only when the batted ball is transported from the first winning area to the second winning area, and in addition, if an obstacle is placed on the way, the obstacle will be removed. the second without being blocked by the member.
A chance of winning a prize in a special prize opening occurs only when the ball is carried to the winning area, and it is possible to change the pachinko game and significantly increase the interest of the game.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a batted ball winning device in a first state in which a movable member closes a sub-opening and does not accept a batted ball.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the batted ball winning device in a first state.

FIG. 3 is a central vertical cross-sectional view of the batted ball winning device.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a first winning area and a second winning area.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a rotating drum.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view schematically showing a mechanism for moving an obstacle member.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko machine to which a ball winning device is attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Ball winning device 2 Mounting board 3 Main opening 4 Sub-opening 8 Movable parts 9 Concave chamber 16 Ball placement part 17 1st general prize opening 18 1st winning area 21 Rotating drum 23 Special prize opening 24 2nd general prize opening 25 2nd winning area 45 Game board 48 Starting port

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A concave chamber is provided on the back side of a mounting board provided with a movable member on the front surface that can be converted between a first state in which it does not accept a batted ball and a second state in which it accepts a batted ball, and a first prize is placed in the lower part of the concave chamber. 1. A hit ball winning device for a pachinko machine, characterized in that a second winning area is formed above the winning area, and a transfer means capable of conveying the ball hit in the first winning area to the second winning area is provided.