JPS63234990A - Pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a pachinko machine that can immediately respond to various changes in gaming conditions.

(Prior Art) As is well known, in a pachinko machine, a ball bounced by a hammer travels on the board surface, hits a nail, or is guided by the nail and enters the winning hole, or does not enter and goes out of the lower ball hole. When a 0 ball enters the winning hole on the board,
A device commonly called a yakumono (yakumono) is activated to announce the winnings.

The most common ornament is the so-called tulip. The tulip petals are designed to move when the ball enters the winning slot, and this movement is driven by a solenoid installed on the back of the board.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In this way, in order to manage the operation of the accessories and to operate the pachinko machine smoothly, it is necessary to manage the payout of balls when winning a prize, manage the supply for ball payout, It is necessary to perform statistical management of winning balls and paid-out balls, but this management has conventionally been performed mechanically. However, recently, due to the need to make the back side of the board smaller and lighter, these controls have been changed to be performed by a microcomputer. In this case, the microcomputer will be mounted on the back of the pachinko machine, but if this is done, the purpose of reducing the size and weight will not be fully achieved.The present invention has been designed in consideration of this point. It was made by

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides, as means for solving the above-mentioned problems, management of paying out balls when winning, supply management for paying out balls, statistical management of winning balls and paid balls, Furthermore, a program for controlling the operation of board accessories is stored in a ROM and mounted on a cartridge, and the cartridge is detachably connected to the back of the gaming machine.

(Function) ~ With such a configuration, one pachinko machine can have various characteristics by preparing multiple types of programs to meet various specifications and selecting and replacing them as appropriate. This makes the game more interesting. Also, since it is a cartridge, you can change the game program by simply installing and removing it.
There is no risk of making a mistake like changing the wiring.

(Embodiment) Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.
In the figure, l is the back plate of the pachinko machine, and shows the back side thereof. 2 is a control mechanism for an accessory provided on the board, and 3 is an opening for receiving an out ball. Although various devices are further provided on the back surface, illustration thereof is omitted since they have no direct relation to the present invention. The back plate l has a box body 4 in the bottom corner.
The box body 4 is provided with two cartridge insertion ports (hereinafter simply referred to as insertion ports) 5 and 6. A cartridge 7.8 is attached to the insertion opening 5.6. The cartridge 7 is loaded with a ROM containing a program for controlling the accessory, and the cartridge 8 is loaded with a ROM containing a program for controlling the ball. Therefore, the RO of cartridge 8
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Various programs are also written for managing the payout of balls when winning a prize, managing supplies for paying out balls, and managing statistics of winning balls and paid-out balls.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the insertion opening 5 of the cartridge 7. This structure is exactly the same for the cartridge 8, so to explain only the cartridge 7, a socket 9 is provided inside the box body 4 toward the rear of the back plate l, and the cartridge 7 is installed at the rear of the pachinko machine. It is designed to be inserted in a direction perpendicular to the main body (back plate l) of the pachinko machine. This also allows pachinko halls with a large number of pachinko machines.

The cartridge 7 (same as the cartridge 8) can be attached and detached without any problem. In FIG. 1, the reference numeral 10 indicates a power supply section. This power supply section 10 supplies current to the cartridge 7.8 and the accessories on the board. If this power supply unit 1O is connected when installing the pachinko machine, it will rarely be disconnected, so it should be connected or disconnected from which side of the pachinko machine. Note that the power supply section 10 may be housed inside the pachinko machine main body instead of being provided separately from the pachinko machine and connected by a cord.

FIG. 3 shows the internal structure of the cartridge 7.

In this figure, the reference numeral 11 is a board on which, although not shown, is loaded with a ROM in which each of the programs described above is written, and a terminal board 12 with a large number of connection terminals arranged in parallel is provided on the negative side. ing. Reference numerals 13 and 14 denote side plates that form the cartridge 7 when combined, which house the board 11 therein and are connected using screws 15. Side plate 1
3. At the center of one end of 14, recesses 13a and 14a are provided in the portion corresponding to the terminal plate 12 of the board 11,
The connection terminals of the terminal board 12 should face outward.
The above structure is exactly the same for the cartridge 8 as well.

This pachinko machine configured in this way has a power supply section 1.
0 (as mentioned above, this power supply unit may be housed in the pachinko machine itself instead of being provided externally), which supplies the power to the cartridge 7.8 and the power to the accessories on the board. Use it to cover the following. By connecting the power supply in this way, the influence of switching noise on the ROM can be avoided, and the thermal problem and space saving problem can be solved at the same time. When changing the content of the game as necessary, for example, changing the number of prize balls when a ball enters a certain winning hole, or changing the number of prize balls that come out when a ball enters a winning hole or not depending on the day. , Furthermore, when you want to change the number of prize balls for each winning hole, or change the way the role moves, etc. (Friend, you can just replace the cartridge 7.8. Since it is only necessary to do this from the direction perpendicular to 1, the work is extremely simple, and there is no need to make mistakes in wiring.

(Effect of the invention) Since the present invention is configured as explained above,
It becomes possible to change the pachinko game, which has traditionally been fixed, to a variety of contents with great ease. In this case, the program can be replaced by simply installing and removing the cartridge, so there is no risk of problems such as wiring mistakes, and unlike installing a program circuit in the main body of a pachinko machine, , it becomes much easier to deal with failures.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the main parts in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the cartridge in an exploded state. l... Back plate 4... Box body 5.6-... Insertion slot 7.8-... Cartridge 9.
...Socket 10-...Power supply section 12...Terminal board 13.14...Side plates 13a, 14a
・・・Concave tooth 1 Figure 13a, +4a=・Concave tooth 2 Figure 3

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) Programs for managing the payout of balls when a prize is won, supply management for paying out balls, statistical management of winning balls and paid-out balls, and operation management of board accessories are stored in a ROM and loaded into a cartridge. A pachinko machine characterized by a cartridge removably attached to the back of the game machine. (2) A recess is provided in the center of one end of the cartridge, and a terminal board having connection terminals arranged side by side is mounted in the recess so that the connection terminals face outward. The pachinko machine mentioned. (3) A cartridge insertion opening is provided at the back of the pachinko machine main body so as to face the rear, and the cartridge is inserted from the rear of the main body in a direction perpendicular to the main body. The pachinko machine mentioned. (4) A power supply for supplying the ROM of the cartridge is provided on the main body side of the pachinko machine, and the power supply is also used for supplying power to parts of the pachinko machine board that require power. The pachinko machine mentioned.