JPH0780141A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need of a game player's transferring foul balls one by one to an upper dish with hands by discharging each foul ball to the outside of a game machine while detecting the foul ball, and dispensing another pachinko ball on the upper dish on every detection to return the foul ball to the upper dish in pseudo. CONSTITUTION:This pin ball game (pachinko) machine comprises a foul trough 70 for guiding a foul ball thrown in a foul hole 29 to a ball outlet 55, a foul ball detecting device 71 disposed in the midway of the foul trough 70 for detecting a foul ball and outputting a detection signal, and a dispenser control circuit 80 to which a detection signal from the foul ball detecting device 71 is inputted to output a control signal for dispensing pachinko balls one by one to a flow trough 50 to a ball dispenser 60 every time a detection signal is inputted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine,
In particular, the foul ball thrown into the foul hole is returned to the upper plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a combination game machine, an arrange ball, or a sparrow ball game machine, a foul ball which is not supplied to a game board but is thrown into a foul hole is It was supposed to be returned to the plate.

[0003]

Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional ball game machine, the player has to move the foul balls returned to the lower plate to the upper plate by hand, which is troublesome. There was a point. In the case of the above problem, it may be considered that the foul hole and the upper plate payout opening opened in the upper plate are communicated with each other to directly return the foul ball to the upper plate by spontaneous flow. However, for that purpose, the upper plate payout outlet must be located below the foul hole, and it is necessary to dispose the upper plate some distance from the game board.

However, if the height of the entire gaming machine is determined and the area of the gaming board is to be as large as possible within that range, there is a limit in the arrangement space for separating the upper plate from the gaming board. On the other hand, the pachinko balls collected in the upper plate are supplied to the hammer side end of the launch rail by natural flow, so the launch rail is installed with the hammer side end lower than the bottom bottom surface of the upper plate. Must. Therefore, if you try to install the upper plate away from the game board, the hammer side end of the launch rail will also move away from the game board in conjunction with this, and as a result, the launch rail will become longer or the angle will become steeper and the pachinko machine will move. The launch of the ball becomes unstable. Also in this sense, there is a limit to separating the upper plate from the game board, and it was difficult to return the foul ball directly to the upper plate.

Therefore, the ball-and-ball game machine according to claim 1 is made in view of the problems of the above-mentioned conventional technique, and the purpose thereof is to put a foul ball thrown into a foul hole. While discharging to the outside of the gaming machine while detecting, another pachinko ball is paid out to the upper plate each time this foul ball is detected, so that the foul ball is returned to the upper plate in a pseudo manner, and the player Aims to provide a ball-and-ball game machine in which it is not necessary to manually transfer foul balls to the upper plate.

[0006]

The present invention is to achieve the above-mentioned object, and the contents thereof will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the foul ball extending from the foul hole (29) and connected in the middle of the recovery gutter (52) and throwing the foul ball into the foul hole (29) is a ball outlet.
A fal gutter (70) leading to (55) and a fal ball detector (71) provided in the middle of the fal gutter (70) to detect a fal ball flowing down the fal gutter (70) and output a detection signal. When,
The detection signal from this foul ball detector (71) is input, and each time the detection signal is input, one pachinko ball is dropped into the falling gutter.
And a payout device control circuit (80) for outputting a control signal for paying out to the (50) to the ball payout device (60).

[0007]

[Operation] Therefore, according to the bullet-ball game machine according to claim 1, the foul ball thrown into the foul hole (29) flows down the foul gutter (70) and is provided in the middle of the fal gutter (70). While being detected by the foul sphere detector (71), the sphere exit
It is discharged to the outside of the gaming machine from (55). Foul ball detector
The (71) outputs a detection signal to the dispensing device control circuit (80) each time a foul ball is detected.

When the above detection signal is input to the payout device control circuit (80), a control signal is output from the payout device control circuit (80) to the ball payout device (60). The control signal is a ball dispensing device
When input to (60), one pachinko ball is discharged from the ball payout device (60) to the downflow gutter (50) one by one based on the control signal, and the pachinko ball is then discharged from the upper plate payout outlet (33). From the plate
It is paid out to (32).

[0009]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a wiring diagram of a ball payout device and a foul ball detector and a payout device control circuit, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine. Figure,
FIG. 3 is a front view of the pachinko machine with the front door removed. In this embodiment, among the ball game machines, a pachinko machine is described in particular, but the ball game machine is not limited to a pachinko machine, and may be another ball game machine, for example, a combination game machine.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a pachinko machine. The pachinko machine 10 is attached to a pachinko machine body 20 and a front surface of the pachinko machine body 20 so as to be openable and closable via a pair of hinges. It consists of 30 front doors. On the front surface of the front door 30, as shown in FIG. 2, a game window 31 is largely opened. In the pachinko machine body 20 on the back side of this game window 31,
As shown in, a game board 21 is provided.

On the lower front door 30 of the game window 31, as shown in FIG. 2, an upper plate 32 is provided so as to be integral with the front door 30 and project toward the front. Further, at the left corner in the upper tray 32, an upper tray outlet 33 is opened to the front as shown in FIG. 2 and communicates with the inside of the pachinko machine body 20 as shown in FIG. Pachinko machine body below the upper plate 32
As shown in FIG. 2, the lower plate 22 is provided on the 20 so as to be continuous with the upper plate 32 with the front door 30 closed.
In addition, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a lower plate outlet 23 is opened near the center of the lower plate 22, and the pachinko machine body is opened.
It is provided in communication with the inside of 20.

2 and 3 of the lower plate 22 on the right side of the pachinko machine main body 20 is provided with an operation handle 24 for the player to operate to shoot a pachinko ball.
Also, inside the pachinko machine body 20 behind the operation handle 24,
As shown by a broken line in FIG. 3, a launcher 25 is attached. Further, a launch rail that guides the pachinko ball launched from the launching device 25 to the game board 21 is arranged with an upward slope from the launching device 25 toward the game board.

Around the game board 21, as shown in FIG. 3, a guide rail 27 made of metal is arranged in a substantially circular shape when viewed from the front. Further, from the lower side of the game board 21 diagonally upward to the left, the guide rail 27 is doubled,
As a result, a guide passage 28 for pachinko balls launched from the launch rail 26 is formed. Between the open lower end of the guide rail 27 and the firing rail 26, as shown in FIGS.

On the back side of the front door 30, as shown from the back side in FIG. 1 and as shown by the broken line in FIG. 3, the ball tank 40 is provided substantially horizontally above the back side of the front door 30 and has an open upper surface.
And a lead-out gutter 41 that communicates with the bottom surface of the ball tank 40 on one end side and is inclined downward from the bottom surface on the other end side of the ball tank 40, and extends substantially vertically from the lower end side of the lead-out gutter 41. A drain gutter 50, and a payout gutter 51 and a recovery gutter 52 that branch from the lower end of the gutter 50 and are inclined downward toward the center of the pachinko machine body 20 are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a ball payout device 60 is provided at the connecting portion between the above-mentioned outflow gutter 41 and the downflow gutter 50. Although not shown, the ball payout device 60 has, for example, a cam having an outer peripheral shape into which one pachinko ball fits, and a motor. This ball payout device 60 is
By rotating the cam by a constant angle by the motor, the pachinko balls that flow down the derivation gutter 41 and are taken into the ball discharging device 60 can be discharged to the downflow gutter 50 side one by one.

A ball switching solenoid 53 is provided in the branch path at the lower end of the downflow gutter 50, as shown in FIGS. In addition, the blade part is provided above the ball path switching solenoid 53.
54 is rotatably attached to the ball switching solenoid 53 side end. The ball switching solenoid 53 has its blade
By axially rotating 54 in either forward or reverse directions, it is possible to close the inlet of either the discharge gutter 51 or the recovery gutter 52 and guide the pachinko ball to the other side that does not close the inlet.

The payout gutter 51, as shown in FIGS.
It communicates with the upper plate outlet 33 on the upstream side and with the lower plate outlet 23 on the downstream side. The pachinko ball flowing down the payout gutter 51 is normally paid out to the upper plate 32 through the upper plate payout outlet 33, but when the upper plate 32 is full,
It is paid out to the lower plate 22 through the lower plate outlet 23. At the open lower end of the recovery gutter 52, as shown in FIGS.
Are formed. The pachinko balls flowing down the recovery gutter 52 are discharged from the ball outlet 55 to the outside of the pachinko machine 10 through another ball passage (not shown), polished, circulated, and again supplied to the ball tank 40 from the upper part of the pachinko machine 10. To be done.

Below the foul hole 29, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a foul gutter 70 connected in the middle of the recovery gutter 52.
Is provided. The foul ball thrown into the foul hole 29 flows down the foul gutter 70 and is discharged from the ball exit 55 to the outside of the pachinko machine 10. A foul ball detector 71 for detecting foul balls flowing down the foul hole 29 is provided in the middle of the foul gutter 70 as shown in FIGS. The foul ball detector 71 is connected to the input side of the dispensing device control circuit 80, as shown in FIG.

Although not shown, the dispensing device control circuit 80 is provided in a control circuit board attached to the back side of the front door 30, and the output side of the dispensing device control circuit 80 is the ball dispensing device 60.
Is connected to. The payout device control circuit 80 outputs a control signal for paying out one pachinko ball from the ball tank 40 to the upper plate 32 side each time the detection signal from the foul ball detector 71 is input. Output to.

Next, regarding the operations of the above-described foul ball detector 71, ball dispensing device 60, and dispensing device control circuit 80,
This will be described with reference to FIG. Pachinko balls for prize balls at the time of playing,
Although not shown, it is supplied to the ball tank 40 from a ball supply device located above the ball tank 40. The pachinko balls supplied to the ball tank 40 are supplied from the one end side of the ball tank 40 to the lead-out gutter 41.
After entering, it flows down according to the inclination of the outlet gutter 41, and is restrained by the ball dispensing device 60. Then, although not shown, when the bulk of the pachinko balls accumulated from the lowermost end of the outflow gutter 41 reaches a sensor position provided on the inner wall of the ball tank 40, the ball supply device stops. On the other hand, when the accumulated pachinko balls are dispensed and the volume of the pachinko balls is reduced, the ball supply device operates again to supply new pachinko balls, and the pachinko balls in the ball tank 40 are always kept at a constant amount.

In the branch path at the lower end of the downflow gutter 50, the blade 54 extending from the ball path switching solenoid 53 closes the inlet of the recovery gutter 52 during the game, and the pachinko that flows down the downflow gutter 50. The ball is designed to flow into the payout gutter 51 side. On the other hand, when the game is finished and the ball is removed, the entrance of the payout gutter 51 is closed, and the pachinko ball accumulated in the ball tank 40 flows down the recovery gutter 52 and the ball exit.
Emitted from 55.

Now, if a foul ball (no symbol) flows down the foul hole 29 during a game, the foul ball flows down the foul gutter 70, and the foul ball detector provided in the middle of the foul gutter 70. Detected by 71. The detected foul ball further flows down the foul gutter 70, enters the recovery gutter 52 from the middle of the recovery gutter 52, and then flows down the recovery gutter 52 and is discharged to the outside of the gaming machine from the ball outlet 55. .

On the other hand, a detection signal is output from the foul ball detector 71 that has detected a foul ball to the dispensing device control circuit 80. The payout device control circuit 80, which has input the detection signal,
A control signal is output to the ball dispensing device 60. Then, the ball dispensing device 60 dispenses one pachinko ball (no symbol) to the downflow gutter 50 side based on the control signal. The pachinko ball delivered to the side of the flow-down gutter 50 flows down the flow-down gutter 50 and enters the pay-out gutter 51, and then is paid out to a top plate 32 from a top plate payout outlet 33 provided on the way.

As described above, each time a foul ball is detected by the foul ball detector 71, one pachinko ball is paid out to the upper plate 32, and the foul ball is directly simulated for the player. It means that it was paid out to the upper plate 32.

[0025]

Since the present invention is constituted as described above, it has the following effects. Claim 1
According to the ball game machine described, while discharging the foul ball thrown into the foul hole while discharging it to the outside of the game machine, another pachinko ball is paid out to the upper plate each time the foul ball is detected. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a ball-ball game machine in which the foul ball is returned to the upper plate in a pseudo manner and the player does not need to manually move the foul ball to the upper plate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a wiring diagram of a ball dispensing device, a foul ball detector, and a dispensing device control circuit.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the pachinko machine with a front door removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Pachinko machine 20 Pachinko machine body 29 Foul hole 30 Front door 32 Upper plate 33 Upper plate outlet 40 Ball tank 41 Outlet gutter 50 Downflow gutter 51 Outlet gutter 52 Recovery gutter 53 Ball path switching solenoid 54 Wing part 55 Ball outlet 60 Ball out Device 70 Fal gutter 71 Fal ball detector 80 Discharge device control circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball tank, a discharge gutter in which the pachinko balls stored in the ball tank flow down, a ball discharging device capable of discharging one pachinko ball flowing in the discharge gutter, and the ball. A downflow gutter through which the pachinko balls paid out from the payout device flow down, a discharge gutter and a recovery gutter that branch down from the lower end of the downflow gutter and extend downward, and a tray discharge opening that opens inside the gutter in the middle of the discharge gutter And, a ball game machine provided at the lower end of the collection gutter, having a ball outlet for discharging a pachinko ball flowing down the collection gutter to the outside of the game machine, and a foul hole opened upward below the game board. In the above, the ball game machine is provided in the middle of the foul gutter, which extends from the foul hole and is connected in the middle of the recovery gutter, and which guides the foul ball introduced into the foul hole to the ball exit. Down the foul gutter A ball sensor that detects a ball and outputs a detection signal, and each time a detection signal from this ball sensor is input, a control signal for paying out one pachinko ball to the downflow trough is provided. A ball game machine, comprising: a payout device control circuit for outputting to a payout device.