JP3594353B2

JP3594353B2 - Pachinko ball hitting equipment

Info

Publication number: JP3594353B2
Application number: JP05258195A
Authority: JP
Inventors: 卓也佐藤
Original assignee: Heiwa Corp
Current assignee: Heiwa Corp
Priority date: 1995-03-13
Filing date: 1995-03-13
Publication date: 2004-11-24
Anticipated expiration: 2019-11-24
Also published as: JPH08243221A

Description

【０００１】
【産業上の利用分野】
この発明は、パチンコ機、アレパチ機、アレンジボール機などと通称されるパチンコ機において、遊技板の遊技領域に打球領域を区画し、その打球領域に入った遊技球を打球部材で打って出口に入れる打球装置に関する。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
パチンコ機の役物の中には、例えば、特公昭５６−４６８６７号公報、特開平６−２２５９６５号公報、実公平４−４６７８３号公報などに開示されているように、打球領域に入った遊技球を打球部材で打って出口に入れることにより、打球部材で打たれた遊技球としての打球の流れを見せる視認性および飛球方向の意外性に訴える遊技性を有する打球装置が知られている。
【０００３】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
しかし、上記従来の打球装置では、パチンコ機の電源投入により、打球部材の打球動作を開始して継続させるか、または打球領域に入った遊技球の検出により、打球部材の打球動作を開始し、所定の経過時間後に上記打球動作を停止する構成であるので、その所定の経過時間内に遊技球を遊技領域から外部に打ち出せず、打球領域内に遊技球が残留する可能性があって、遊技性に欠ける問題を内在する。
【０００４】
そこで、この発明は、打球領域内に遊技球が存在する間は打球部材の打球動作を行わせて、遊技性を向上できる打球装置を提供しようとするものである。
【０００５】
【課題を解決するための手段】
請求項１の発明は、前方を開放しかつ左右上下裏側を閉鎖した箱体がパチンコ機の遊技板に形成された開口に前方より挿入され、箱体の左右上下側を閉鎖する左右側壁と上壁および底板から外側に突出したフランジが遊技板の開口周りの前面に取り付けられることによって、上記箱体が遊技盤の前面の遊技領域内に前後方向に奥行きの有る打球領域を遊技領域から遊技球の入らないように区画形成し、箱体の下側を閉鎖する底板の上面が打球領域の底面を構成し、この底面は前部よりも後部の位置が高い前傾状と中央部よりも左右部の位置が高い傾斜状とを合成した摺鉢状の斜面に形成され、底面の後部より立ち上がって箱体の後側を閉鎖する後壁には複数の出口が最下部に位置して形成され、底面の前部の上には箱体の外側に設けられたアクチュエータで前後方向への打球動作を行う打球部材が配置され、箱体の上側を閉鎖する上壁には遊技領域から打球領域内に遊技球を取り込む入口が設けられ、この入口には遊技領域から当該入口を経由して打球領域に向かう遊技球を検出する入球検出器が設けられ、上記箱体の複数の出口には打球領域から出口を経由して打球領域の外部に向かう遊技球を検出する出球検出器が個別に設けられる一方、入球検出器が箱体の入口から箱体内の打球領域に遊技球の入ることを検出して制御装置に出力するごとに、制御装置が打球部材のアクチュエータに打球動作を開始させるとともに打球領域に入った遊技球の数としての入球数をカウントアップし、上記打球部材で打たれた遊技球が箱体の複数の出口のうちの一つに入り、その遊技球が出口から打球領域の外部に出ることを出球検出器のうちの当該出口に対応する一つの出球検出器が検出して制御装置に出力するごとに、制御装置が打球領域から出た遊技球の数としての出球数を上記カウントアップされた入球数からカウントダウンし、そのカウントダウンした値がゼロになると、制御装置が上記打球部材のアクチュエータによる打球動作を停止することを特徴とする。請求項２の発明は、前方を開放しかつ左右上下裏側を閉鎖した箱体がパチンコ機の遊技板に形成された開口に前方より挿入され、箱体の左右上下側を閉鎖する左右側壁と上壁および底板から外側に突出したフランジが遊技板の開口周りの前面に取り付けられることによって、上記箱体が遊技盤の前面の遊技領域内に前後方向に奥行きの有る打球領域を遊技領域から遊技球の入らないように区画形成し、箱体の下側を閉鎖する底板の上面が打球領域の底面を構成し、この底面は前部よりも後部の位置が高い前傾状に形成され、底面の後部より立ち上がって箱体の後側を閉鎖する後壁には複数の出口が最下部に位置して形成され、底面の前部の上では打球部材の上部が箱体の左右側を閉鎖する左右側壁に回転可能に支持され、この打球部材は箱体の外側に設けられたアクチュエータで打球部材の箱体の左右側壁に回転可能に支持された部分を中心として前後方向に揺動して打球動作を行うように底面の前部の上に配置され、箱体の上側を閉鎖する上壁には遊技領域から取り込んだ遊技球を打球領域の打球部材の箱体の左右側壁に回転可能に支持された部分よりも後側に落下させる入口が設けられ、この入口には遊技領域から当該入口を経由して打球領域に向かう遊技球を検出する入球検出器が設けられ、上記箱体の複数の出口には打球領域から出口を経由して打球領域の外部に向かう遊技球を検出する出球検出器が個別に設けられる一方、入球検出器が箱体の入口から箱体内の打球領域に遊技球の入ることを検出して制御装置に出力するごとに、制御装置が打球部材のアクチュエータに打球動作を開始させるとともに打球領域に入った遊技球の数としての入球数をカウントアップし、上記打球部材で打たれた遊技球が箱体の複数の出口のうちの一つに入り、その遊技球が出口から打球領域の外部に出ることを出球検出器のうちの当該出口に対応する一つの出球検出器が検出して制御装置に出力するごとに、制御装置が打球領域から出た遊技球の数としての出球数を上記カウントアップされた入球数からカウントダウンし、そのカウントダウンした値がゼロになると、制御装置が上記打球部材のアクチュエータによる打球動作を停止することを特徴とする。請求項３の発明は、請求項１または請求項２に記載した入口は遊技領域から当該入口に入る遊技球を前側から見えるように開放された形態に形成されたことを特徴とする。請求項４の発明は、請求項１または請求項２に記載した制御装置は、入球検出器による遊技球の検出しない連続した時間が所定時間経過しても入球数と出球数との加減算による遊技球の球数がゼロにならない場合、遊技者や店員に異常を知らせるためのエラー信号を発生することを特徴とする。
【０００６】
【作用】
請求項１の発明によれば、遊技球が箱体の入口より打球領域に入ると、制御装置が打球部材の打球動作を開始させ、その打球部材が打球領域に入った遊技球を出口に向けて打ち、その打たれた遊技球が出口より打球領域外に出ることで、制御装置が打球領域に現存する遊技球の数を算出し、その数がゼロになると、制御装置が打球部材の打球動作を停止する。しかも、請求項１の発明によれば、打球領域において、打球部材で打ち出された遊技球が、前部よりも後部の位置が高い前傾状と中央部よりも左右部の位置が高い傾斜状との合成された摺鉢状の斜面に沿い変化に富んだ流れをしながら、底面を後部に向けて駆け上って、複数の出口のうちのいずれかに入る。請求項２の発明によれば、打球領域において、打球部材が入口から落下してくる遊技球を前側から後側に打ち出す。請求項３の発明によれば、遊技領域から入口に入る遊技球の移動形態が前側から見える。請求項４の発明によれば、入球検出器による遊技球の検出しない連続した時間が所定時間経過しても入球数と出球数との加減算による遊技球の球数がゼロにならない場合、遊技者や店員に異常を知らせる。
【０００７】
【実施例】
以下、この発明の一実施例を図面とともに同一部分に同一符号を付して説明する。
図１は実施例の打球装置の外観をその一部を切欠して示す斜視図、図２は実施例の打球装置の正面図、図３は実施例の打球装置を遊技板に取り付けた状態でその中央部より縦方向に断面した断面図、図４は図２に示すＡ−Ａ線断面図、図５は実施例の表示器の正面図である。
【０００８】
図１において、この実施例の打球装置は、箱体１、一つの入球検出手段を構成する入球検出器２、複数の出球検出手段を構成する出球検出器３，４，５、打球部材６、表示器７、マイクロコンピュータからなる制御装置８を備え、入球検出器２が箱体１の上部に形成した入口１ａから箱体１内の打球領域１ｂに遊技球９の入ることを検出して制御装置８に出力するごとに、制御装置８中の打球動作開始手段８ａが打球部材６に打球動作を開始させるとともに打球領域１ｂに入った遊技球の数としての入球数をカウントアップ（加算）し、上記打球部材６で打たれた遊技球が箱体１の下部に形成された複数の出口１ｃ，１ｄ，１ｅのうちの一つに入り、その遊技球が出口から打球領域１ｂの外部に出ることを出球検出器３〜５のうちの当該出口に対応する一つが検出して制御装置８に出力するごとに、制御装置８中の打球動作停止手段８ｂが打球領域１ｂから出た遊技球の数としての出球数を上記カウントアップされた入球数からカウントダウン（減算）し、そのカウントダウン値がゼロになると、上記打球部材６の打球動作を停止する。
【０００９】
この実施例では中央の出口１ｃを特定入賞領域に設定してあることから、上記出球検出器３〜５から制御装置８に送られた検出信号が中央の出球検出器３からの場合は、制御装置８中の図柄作動手段８ｃが乱数などを用いて図柄組み合わせ信号を発生し、その発生された図柄組み合わせ信号が予め設定された当たり図柄であるか否かを判定するとともに、上記発生された図柄組み合わせ信号に応じた回転角度を以て表示器７を矢印で示す方向に回転駆動して停止し、その停止した表示器７が予め当たり図柄を指示した後に、図柄表示手段８ｃは上記図柄判定の結果が当たり図柄である場合、つまり、見かけ上は、停止した表示器７が当たり図柄を指示したときには、当たり信号を図外のアタッカ、電動チューリップおよび第３種始動口などの役物に出力して、遊技者に有利な当たり遊技を発生し、上記図柄判定の結果が当たり図柄以外の外れ図柄である場合、つまり、見かけ上は、停止した表示器７が外れ図柄を指示したときには、役物への出力を行わない。
【００１０】
また、遊技球が入口１ａより打球領域１ｂに入らなくなった最終カウントアップ動作から例えば３０秒などのような所定時間経過してもカウントダウン値がゼロにならない場合は打球部材６やそれを動かすアクチュエータなどの打球機能部品などに異常が発生したと判定し、制御装置８中の異常検出手段８ｄがエラー信号を発生して上記異常を遊技者や店員に報知する。
【００１１】
上記箱体１は合成樹脂からなる前後方向に開放された角筒状に形成されたフロントボックス１ｆの後部の外面に形成された凸部１ｇに、合成樹脂からなる前方開放で後方閉鎖の角筒状に形成されたリヤボックス１ｈの前部の内面に形成された凹部１ｉを、後方より挿入してフロントボックス１ｆとリヤボックス１ｈとを位置合わせした後に、フロントボックス１ｆとリヤボックス１ｈとを図４に示すねじ１０で一体に結合したことにより樹脂成形のしやすい構成で、上記打球領域１ｂを前方開放で後方閉鎖の前後方向に奥行きの有る領域に形成している。
【００１２】
上記フロントボックス１ｆおよびリヤボックス１ｈの下壁１ｊの上には別体の底板１１を固定し、この底板１１の上面が打球領域１ｂの底面１ｋを構成し、この底面１ｋは前部よりも後部の位置が高い前傾状に形成されているとともに中央部よりも左右部の位置が高い傾斜状に形成され、底面１ｋの後部中央には段部１ｍを底面１ｋに沿う偏平状に突設し、底面１ｋの前部の上には打球部材６を配置し、底面１ｋの後部より立ち上がる後壁１ｎには最下部に位置する複数の出口１ｃ〜１ｅ、それらの出口１ｃ〜１ｅの上方に位置する表示器７、左右の出口１ｄ，１ｅの横方向外側に位置する三角形の膨出部１ｐを設けてある。
【００１３】
また、箱体１の外周面にはフランジ１ｑを突出し、このフランジ１ｑの上部には入口１ａの上方に位置する天入賞口１ｒを設けてあり、箱体１の後部および天入賞口１ｒの後部を図３に示す図外のデサイン図を有する遊技板３０に形成された開口３０ａに前方より挿入し、フランジ１ｑを遊技板３０の開口３０ａまわりの前面に図外の木ねじのようなねじで取り付けることにより、箱体１が遊技板３０のデザイン図の描かれた前面に図外のバンドで囲まれた遊技領域内に前後方向に奥行きの有る打球領域１ｂを区画形成し、箱体１内の打球領域１ｂ、打球部材６、出口１ｃ〜１ｅが遊技板３０の前面より視認可能に配置される。
【００１４】
入球検出器２は箱体１の入口１ａから打球領域１ｂに入る遊技球を無接触に検出し、その電気信号に変換した検出信号を制御装置８に出力する近接スイッチを内蔵した構造であって、これは入口１ａから打球領域１ｂへの通路内に設置されて一つの遊技球の通過を許容する貫通孔２ａを有する。
【００１５】
複数の出球検出器３〜５は箱体１の複数の出口１ｃ〜１ｅから打球領域１ｂの外部に出る遊技球を無接触に検出し、その電気信号に変換した検出信号を制御装置８に出力する近接スイッチを内蔵した構造であって、これらは各出口１ｃ〜１ｅから打球領域１ｂの外部への通路内に設置されて一つの遊技球の通過を許容する貫通孔３ａ，４ａ，５ａを個別に有する。
【００１６】
打球部材６は横長な長方形の透明または半透明な光透過性を有する合成樹脂からなる横長な長方形に形成され、これの左右両側上部にはフロントボックス１ｆの左右側壁に形成された軸受け部１ｓに回転可能に挿入嵌合された軸６ａを有し、これの下部には底板１１の前縁より後方に向けて切り込まれた上下に貫通する逃げ溝１ｔを経て底板１１と下壁１ｊとの間の隙間に向けて延設するレバー６ｂを有し、このレバー６ｂの延設端に連結された図３に示すアクチュエータとしての単動スプリングを有する電磁駆動自己復帰タイプのソレノイド１２の駆動で、軸６ａを回転中心として、前後方向に揺動して打球動作を行う一方、この打球部材６の後面つまり打面には頂部を図４に示す底面１ｋの中央部よりも右側に位置をずらして配置された山形の突起６ｃを設けてある。
【００１７】
図２において、１４は前方よりタッピングねじ１５でフロントボックス１ｆの前縁上部に取り付けられて入口１ａの前縁を縁取りする天蓋形の上前板、１６は前方よりタッピングねじ１７でフロントボックス１ｆの前縁下部に取り付けられて打球領域１ｂの前縁を縁取りするコ字形の下前板、１８は前方よりタッピングねじ１９で天入賞口１ｒにその前面を塞ぐように取り付けられた天前板である。なお、図２では底面１ｋを示す点線をその両側で箱体１の外形を示す点線から離れているように図示してある。
【００１８】
図３において、上記打球部材６を駆動するソレノイド１２は箱体１の下壁１ｊの下面に図外のねじで取り付けられており、箱体１の後壁１ｎに設置された表示器７は、デサイン化された指針７ａを前面に配置した回転板７ｂ、回転板７ｂの中央部で後方に一体回転可能に結合された軸７ｃ、後壁１ｎに設けられて軸７ｃを回転可能に支持する軸受け部７ｄ、この軸受け部７ｄより後方に突出する軸７ｃを一体回転可能に結合された出力軸を有するアクチュエータとしてのモータ７ｅ、回転板７ｂの周縁部で後方に突出する被検出部７ｆ、後壁１ｎに取り付けられ被検出部７ｆを回転板７ｂの一回転ごとに検出して電気信号に変換して出力する原点検出器７ｇ、および回転板７ｂの背部において軸７ｃおよび被検出部７ｆと干渉しないようにリヤボックス１ｈに固定的に取り付けられた図柄表示板７ｈを備え、制御装置８からの出力によるモータ７ｅの駆動で指針７ａが軸７ｃを介して回転板７ｂと一緒に回転し、原点検出器７ｇからの電気信号を基準とする回転角度に応じた位置でモータ７ｅの駆動が停止し、その停止位置において、指針７ａが図柄表示板７ｈに描かれた図５に示す複数の図柄７ｉのうちの一つを指示する。
【００１９】
上記モータ７ｅはリヤボックス１ｈの背面に支柱２０を介して固定された合成樹脂からなる背面板２１に取り付けられており、指針７ａの前部上方に位置する箱体１の上壁には透明または半透明の光透過部２２を設け、この光透過部２２の外側にはフィラメント電球または発光ダイオードなどの照明バルブ２３を設置し、この照明バルブ２３から発光される光が光透過部２２を透過して指針７ａの前面やその周囲を照明し、図柄表示板７ｈと後壁１ｎとの間に形成された空間には図柄表示板７ｈの図柄７ｉを照明するための照明バルブ２４を設置してある。
【００２０】
また、遊技板３０には樋２５を箱体１の下方に位置して取り付けてあり、この樋２５は図１に示す左右の出口１ｄ，１ｅから出球検出器４，５の貫通孔４ａ，５ａを通過した遊技球を遊技板３０の裏面から前方に導出する。
【００２１】
図４において、複数の出球検出器３〜５を並設した合成樹脂板２６がリヤボックス１ｈの下部後面に一体に結合してある。
【００２２】
図５において、図柄表示板７ｈの板面に設けられた複数の図柄７ｉは仮想線で示すように区分表示されている。
【００２３】
したがって、この実施例によれば、パチンコ機の電源投入により制御装置８が起動して遊技が可能な状態になり、その状態において、遊技者が図外の発射装置を操作して遊技球を遊技板３０の遊技領域内に弾き、その遊技球が入口１ａから打球領域１ｂに入って底面１ｋ上に落下した後に底面１ｋの前傾により底面１ｋの上を前方に向けて転落すると、上記入球検出器２による入球検出により打球部材６が打球動作を既に開始し前後方向に往復動作しているので、打球部材６が上記底面１ｋの上を転落してくる遊技球を出口１ｃ〜１ｅに向けて打つ。この打たれた遊技球は底面１ｋが前傾および左右からの傾斜の合成された摺鉢状の斜面に沿い変化に富んだ流れをしながら底面１ｋを後部に向けて上り出口１ｃ〜１ｅのうちのいずれかに入るか、または段部１ｍに接触してその流れの方向が変えられるか、さらには膨出部１ｐに衝突して前方に跳ね返されるなど、意外性の大きな動きをする一方、上記段部１ｍに接触したり、膨出部１ｐに衝突して出口１ｃ〜１ｅに入らず跳ね返された遊技球は底面１ｋ上を変化に富んだ流れを以て転落して再び打球部材６で打ち返される。
【００２４】
上記遊技球が打たれたり打ち返される場合、打球部材６の打面の中央部付近に設けられた突起６ｃに衝突すると、打球部材６から打ち出される遊技球は打球領域１ｂの左右方向に飛ぶこともあることから、遊技球の弾道方向は野球の広角打法のような変化に富むものとなる。
【００２５】
そして、打たれたり打ち返された遊技球が中央の特定入賞領域に設定された出口１ｃに入ると、出球検出器３による出球検出により表示器７の指針７ａが原点検出器７ｇによる被検出部７ｆの検出位置を回転角度の原点とし制御装置８で決定された回転角度を以て回転して停止し、その指針７ａの図５に示す尖端７ａ−１が図柄表示板７ｈに描かれた複数の図柄７ｉのうちの一つを指示し、その指示された図柄が当たり図柄である場合には、制御装置８が当たり信号を図外の役物に出力し、遊技者に有利な遊技が発生する一方、指針７ａで指示された図柄７ｉが当たり図柄以外の外れ図柄である場合には、制御装置８は図外の役物への出力を行わない。
【００２６】
上記打たれたり打ち返された遊技球が左右の出口１ｄ，１ｅのいずれかに入ると、その遊技球は樋２５により遊技板３０の前面に導出されて下方に転がる。
【００２７】
また、上記入口１ａへの遊技球の入りに伴う入球検出器２からの入球検出および出口１ｃ〜１ｅへの遊技球の入りに伴う出球検出器３〜５からの出球検出により、制御装置８は入口１ａから打球領域１ｂへの入球数と出口１ｃ〜１ｅから打球領域１ｂの外部への出球数との加減算を行って打球領域１ｂに現存する遊技球の球数を検出し、その現存する遊技球の球数がゼロになると、打球部材６の打球動作を停止するから、打球領域１ｂ内に遊技球が存在する間は打球部材６の打球動作が継続し、打球領域内に遊技球が取り残されることがなく、遊技性が向上する。
【００２８】
しかも、この実施例によれば、打球領域１ｂの底面１ｋを前傾状に形成し、その高さの低い前部上に打球部材６を配置し、高さの高い後部より立ち上がる後壁１ｎに出口１ｃ〜１ｅを形成したので、底面１ｋの前後方向の全域を打球領域１ｂとして広範囲に活用できるうえ、遊技者が遊技球の流れおよび出口１ｃ〜１ｅへの入りの瞬間を遊技板３０の前方より的確に見ることができる。
【００２９】
また、遊技球が入口１ａより打球領域１ｂに入らなくなった時間が例えば３０秒などのような所定時間経過しても上記入球数と出球数との加減算による遊技球の球数がゼロにならない場合、制御装置８はエラー信号を発生して当該打球装置を有するパチンコ機または島に設けられたブザーなどのような図外の発音装置を鳴らしたり、または当該打球装置を有するパチンコ機に設けられたランプ風車やサイドランプなどのような発光装置を通常とは異なる状態に点滅して、遊技者や店員に異常を知らせることが可能であるから、打球装置の保守点検を迅速かつ適切に行うことができる。
【００３０】
上記打球部材６は光透過性の材料で形成されているから、打球領域１ｂの前部に配置した打球部材６を図１に示すように遊技球を打ち損じることのないような大形に形成しても、打球領域１ｂ内における遊技球の流れや遊技球が出口１ｃ〜１ｅに入る瞬間は打球部材６を通して的確に見えるので、打球の流れを見せる視認性および飛球方向の意外性に訴える遊技性を向上することができる。
【００３１】
この実施例では表示器７として図柄指定方式を採用した場合を図示して説明したが、図柄を可変表示して停止しその停止図柄が予め設定された組み合わせに揃うと当たりを発生するドラムタイプやリーフタイプあるいは画像表示タイプの図柄可変表示方式を採用しても同様の効果がある。
【００３２】
【発明の効果】
この発明は次のような効果を有する。
請求項１によれば、遊技球が打球領域に入ることで、打球部材が打球動作を開始し、打球領域に遊技球が存在する間、打球部材が打球動作を継続し、打球領域に遊技球が存在しなくなることで、打球部材の打球動作が終了するから、打球領域内に遊技球が残留する不都合を解消し、遊技性を向上することができ、しかも、打球部材で打ち出された遊技球が摺鉢状の底面で意外性の大きな動きをする。請求項２によれば、打球領域において、打球部材が入口から落下してくる遊技球を前側から後側に打ち出し、打球部材が後側から前側に底面を流下してくる遊技球を打ち出す機会を少なくする。請求項３によれば、遊技者が遊技領域から入口を経由して打球領域内に入る球を確認し安心して遊技を行える。請求項４によれば、遊技球が入口より打球領域に入らなくなってから所定時間経過しても、加減算した入球数がゼロにならない場合、打球装置の異常を検出するから、打球装置の保守点検を迅速かつ適切に行える。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】実施例の打球装置の外観斜視図。
【図２】実施例の打球装置の正面図。
【図３】実施例の打球装置を遊技板に取り付けた状態での縦断面図。
【図４】図２に示すＡ−Ａ線断面図。
【図５】実施例の表示器の正面図。
【符号の説明】
１箱体
１ａ入口
１ｂ打球領域
１ｃ〜１ｅ出口
１ｋ底面
２入球検出器
３〜５出球検出器
６打球部材
６ｃ突起
７表示器
８制御装置
８ａ打球動作開始手段
８ｂ打球動作停止手段
８ｃ図柄作動手段
８ｄ異常検出手段[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to a pachinko machine generally called a pachinko machine, an arepachi machine, an arrangement ball machine, etc., which divides a hitting area into a game area of a game board, and hits a game ball entering the hitting area with a hitting member and puts it into an exit. The present invention relates to a hitting device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Some of the pachinko machines have, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-46867, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-225965, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-46783, etc. 2. Description of the Related Art There is known a ball hitting device which has a visibility that shows a flow of a hit ball as a game ball hit by a hitting member and is surprising in a direction in which a ball is hit by hitting a ball with a hitting member and entering an exit.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-described conventional hitting device, by turning on the power of the pachinko machine, the hitting operation of the hitting member is started and continued, or the hitting operation of the hitting member is started by detecting a game ball entering the hitting area, Since the configuration is such that the hitting operation is stopped after a predetermined elapsed time, the game ball cannot be launched from the game area to the outside within the predetermined elapsed time, and the game ball may remain in the hitting area, There is an inherent problem.
[0004]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a ball hitting device that allows a ball hitting operation of a ball hitting member to be performed while a game ball is present in a ball hitting area, thereby improving playability.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the invention of claim 1, a box body having a front side opened and left, right, top, and bottom sides closed is inserted from the front into an opening formed in a game board of a pachinko machine, and left, right, top and bottom sides of the box body are closed. A flange protruding outward from the wall and the bottom plate is attached to the front surface around the opening of the game board, so that the above-mentioned box moves a ball hitting region having a depth in the front-rear direction within the game region on the front surface of the game board from the game region. The bottom surface of the bottom plate that closes the lower side of the box constitutes the bottom surface of the ball hitting area, and the bottom surface is higher than the front part in the forward tilted shape and left and right than the center part. The position of the part is formed on a mortar-shaped slope that combines a high slope and a plurality of outlets are formed at the bottom at the rear wall that rises from the rear of the bottom and closes the rear side of the box. On top of the front of the bottom A hitting member that performs a hitting operation in the front-rear direction with the tutor is arranged, and an entrance that takes in a game ball from the game area into the hitting area is provided on the upper wall closing the upper side of the box, and this entrance is from the game area. An incoming ball detector that detects a game ball heading toward the hitting area via the entrance is provided, and a plurality of outlets of the box detect a game ball heading from the hitting area to the outside of the hitting area via the outlet. Each time the incoming ball detector detects that a game ball enters the ball hitting area in the box from the entrance of the box and outputs the same to the control device, the control device uses the hitting member. Actuator starts the ball hitting operation and counts up the number of balls entered as the number of game balls entering the ball hitting area, and the game ball hit by the hitting member becomes one of a plurality of exits of the box. Enter the game ball or exit Each time one of the outgoing ball detectors corresponding to the exit detects that the ball is out of the hitting area and outputs the same to the controller, the number of game balls that have come out of the hitting area by the control device. The number of outgoing balls is counted down from the counted number of incoming balls, and when the counted down value becomes zero , the control device stops the hitting operation by the actuator of the hitting member . According to the invention of claim 2, a box body having a front side opened and left, right, top, and bottom sides closed is inserted from the front into an opening formed in a game board of a pachinko machine, and left, right, top, and bottom sides of the box body are closed. A flange protruding outward from the wall and the bottom plate is attached to the front surface around the opening of the game board, so that the above-mentioned box moves a ball hitting region having a depth in the front-rear direction within the game region on the front surface of the game board from the game region. The bottom surface of the bottom plate that closes the lower side of the box constitutes the bottom surface of the hitting area, and this bottom surface is formed in a forward inclined shape in which the position of the rear part is higher than the front part, A plurality of outlets are formed at the lowermost part of the rear wall which rises from the rear part and closes the rear side of the box, and the upper part of the hitting member closes the left and right sides of the box on the front part of the bottom surface. The ball is rotatably supported on the side wall. An actuator provided on the outside is arranged on a front portion of the bottom surface so as to swing in the front-rear direction around a portion rotatably supported on the left and right side walls of the box body of the hitting member to perform a hitting operation, The upper wall closing the upper side of the body is provided with an inlet for dropping a game ball taken from the game area behind a portion rotatably supported by the left and right side walls of the box of the hitting member in the hitting area, An entrance detector is provided at the entrance for detecting a game ball heading from the game area to the hitting area via the entrance, and a plurality of exits of the box body are located outside the hitting area via the exit from the hitting area. Each time an outgoing ball detector that detects a game ball heading for is provided separately, while the incoming ball detector detects that a game ball enters the ball hitting area in the box from the entrance of the box and outputs it to the control device each time , The control device becomes the actuator of the hitting member The ball movement is started and the number of balls entered as the number of game balls entering the hitting area is counted up, and the game balls hit by the hitting member enter one of a plurality of exits of the box, and the Each time one of the outgoing ball detectors corresponding to the exit detects that the game ball is out of the hitting area from the exit and outputs the same to the controller, the control device exits the hitting area. Counting out the number of outgoing balls as the number of game balls that have been counted up from the counted up number of incoming balls, and when the counted down value becomes zero, the control device stops the hitting operation by the actuator of the hitting member. I do. The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the entrance described in claim 1 or 2 is formed in a form in which a game ball entering the entrance from the game area is opened so as to be seen from the front side. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the control device according to the first or second aspect , the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls are determined even if a continuous time during which a game ball is not detected by the ball-in detector is passed for a predetermined time. When the number of game balls does not become zero due to addition and subtraction, an error signal for notifying a player or a clerk of an abnormality is generated.
[0006]
[Action]
According to the invention of claim 1, when the game ball enters the ball hitting area from the entrance of the box, the control device starts the ball hitting operation of the ball hitting member, and the ball directs the game ball entering the hitting area to the exit. When the hit ball goes out of the hitting area from the exit, the control device calculates the number of existing game balls in the hitting area, and when the number becomes zero, the control device hits the hitting ball of the hitting member. Stop operation . In addition, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the hitting ball region, the game ball hit by the hitting member has a forward inclined shape in which the rear portion is higher than the front portion and an inclined shape in which the left and right portions are higher than the central portion. While diverging along the sloping sloping slope combined with the above, it runs up the bottom toward the rear and enters one of a plurality of exits. According to the invention of claim 2, in the hitting ball area, the hitting ball hits the game ball falling from the entrance from the front side to the rear side. According to the third aspect of the invention, the movement form of the game ball entering the entrance from the game area can be seen from the front side. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the number of game balls does not become zero due to addition and subtraction of the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls even if a predetermined time has elapsed after a continuous time in which no game balls are detected by the incoming ball detector. , Inform the player or clerk of the abnormality.
[0007]
【Example】
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, in which the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the hitting device of the embodiment with a part thereof cut away, FIG. 2 is a front view of the hitting device of the embodiment, and FIG. 3 shows the hitting device of the embodiment attached to a game board. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the display device of the embodiment.
[0008]
In FIG. 1, the ball hitting apparatus of this embodiment includes a box 1, an incoming ball detector 2 constituting one incoming ball detecting means, outgoing ball detectors 3, 4, 5 constituting a plurality of outgoing ball detecting means, A hitting member 6, a display 7, and a control device 8 including a microcomputer are provided, and the incoming ball detector 2 allows the game ball 9 to enter the hitting area 1 b in the box 1 from the entrance 1 a formed in the upper part of the box 1. Is detected and output to the control device 8 each time the hitting operation start means 8a in the control device 8 causes the hitting member 6 to start a hitting operation and the number of incoming balls as the number of game balls entering the hitting area 1b. The game ball hit by the hitting member 6 is counted up (added) and enters one of a plurality of outlets 1c, 1d, 1e formed in the lower portion of the box 1, and the game ball is hit from the outlet. Out of the area 1b, the exit of the out-of-ball detectors 3 to 5 Each time a corresponding one is detected and output to the control device 8, the hitting operation stopping means 8b in the control device 8 counts the number of outgoing balls as the number of game balls that have come out of the hitting area 1b and counts up the incoming balls. Counting down (subtraction) from the number, and when the countdown value becomes zero, the hitting operation of the hitting member 6 is stopped.
[0009]
In this embodiment, since the central exit 1c is set to the specific winning area, the detection signal sent from the above-mentioned ball-out detectors 3 to 5 to the control device 8 is not The symbol operating means 8c in the control device 8 generates a symbol combination signal using a random number or the like, determines whether the generated symbol combination signal is a predetermined winning symbol, and determines whether the generated symbol combination signal is a hit symbol. The display 7 is rotationally driven in the direction shown by the arrow with the rotation angle corresponding to the symbol combination signal and stopped, and after the stopped indicator 7 instructs a symbol in advance, the symbol display means 8c performs the symbol determination of the symbol determination. When the result is a hit symbol, that is, when the stopped display 7 indicates the hit symbol, a hit signal is output from an attacker, an electric tulip, a third type start port, and the like outside the figure. Output to the object to generate a winning game that is advantageous to the player, and when the result of the symbol determination is a missing symbol other than the winning symbol, that is, the apparently stopped display 7 is instructed to be the missing symbol. Occasionally, the output to the accessory is not performed.
[0010]
If the countdown value does not become zero after a predetermined time, such as 30 seconds, has elapsed since the last count-up operation in which the game ball did not enter the hitting area 1b from the entrance 1a, the hitting member 6 or an actuator for moving the hitting member 6 It is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the hit ball functional component or the like, and the abnormality detecting means 8d in the control device 8 generates an error signal to notify the player or the clerk of the abnormality.
[0011]
The box body 1 is formed of a synthetic resin and has a convex portion 1g formed on an outer surface of a rear portion of a front box 1f formed in a front and rear direction and opened in a front-rear direction. After the recess 1i formed in the front inner surface of the rear box 1h is inserted from the rear to align the front box 1f and the rear box 1h, the front box 1f and the rear box 1h are illustrated. 4, the ball hitting area 1b is formed in a front opening area and a rear closing area having a depth in the front-rear direction.
[0012]
A separate bottom plate 11 is fixed on the lower wall 1j of the front box 1f and the rear box 1h, and the upper surface of the bottom plate 11 forms a bottom surface 1k of the hitting area 1b, and the bottom surface 1k is more rearward than front. Is formed in a forwardly inclined shape with a high position, and the left and right portions are formed in an inclined shape higher than the central portion, and a step portion 1m is protruded in a flat shape along the bottom surface 1k at the rear center of the bottom surface 1k. The ball striking member 6 is arranged on the front portion of the bottom surface 1k, and a plurality of outlets 1c to 1e located at the lowermost portion of the rear wall 1n rising from the rear portion of the bottom surface 1k and located above the outlets 1c to 1e. The display 7 is provided with a triangular bulge 1p located laterally outside the left and right outlets 1d and 1e.
[0013]
A flange 1q protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the box 1, and a top prize opening 1r located above the entrance 1a is provided at an upper portion of the flange 1q, and a rear portion of the box 1 and a rear portion of the top prize opening 1r are provided. Is inserted from the front into an opening 30a formed in a game board 30 having an unillustrated design shown in FIG. 3, and the flange 1q is attached to a front surface around the opening 30a of the game board 30 with a screw such as a wood screw (not shown). As a result, the box 1 defines a hitting area 1b having a depth in the front-rear direction in a game area surrounded by a band (not shown) on the front of the game board 30 on which the design drawing is drawn. The hitting area 1b, the hitting member 6, and the exits 1c to 1e are arranged so as to be visible from the front of the game board 30.
[0014]
The incoming ball detector 2 has a built-in proximity switch that detects a game ball entering the hitting area 1b from the entrance 1a of the box 1 without contact, and outputs a detection signal converted to an electric signal to the control device 8. This has a through hole 2a which is provided in the passage from the entrance 1a to the hitting area 1b and allows one game ball to pass therethrough.
[0015]
The plurality of outgoing ball detectors 3 to 5 detect, without contact, game balls that go out of the hitting area 1b from the plurality of outlets 1c to 1e of the box 1 and contact the control device 8 with a detection signal converted into an electric signal. It has a built-in proximity switch for outputting, and these are provided in through holes 3a, 4a, and 5a that are provided in passages from the outlets 1c to 1e to the outside of the hitting area 1b and allow one game ball to pass. Have individually.
[0016]
The striking member 6 is formed in a horizontally long rectangular transparent or translucent rectangular rectangle made of a synthetic resin having light transmissivity, and on the left and right upper portions thereof, a bearing portion 1s formed on the left and right side walls of the front box 1f. It has a shaft 6a rotatably inserted and fitted, and a lower portion of the shaft 6a is formed between the bottom plate 11 and the lower wall 1j through a vertically extending clearance groove 1t cut rearward from the front edge of the bottom plate 11. The electromagnetically driven self-return type solenoid 12 having a lever 6b extending toward the gap therebetween and having a single-acting spring as an actuator shown in FIG. 3 connected to the extending end of the lever 6b, While swinging in the front-rear direction with the shaft 6a as the center of rotation, the ball is hit, and the top of the hitting surface of the hitting member 6 is shifted to the right from the center of the bottom surface 1k shown in FIG. Placed It is provided in the form of projections 6c.
[0017]
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 14 denotes a canopy-shaped upper front plate which is attached to an upper portion of the front edge of the front box 1f with a tapping screw 15 from the front and borders the front edge of the entrance 1a. A U-shaped lower front plate which is attached to the lower portion of the front edge and borders the front edge of the hitting area 1b, and 18 is a front plate which is attached to the prize hole 1r with a tapping screw 19 from the front so as to close the front surface thereof. . In FIG. 2, the dotted line indicating the bottom surface 1k is illustrated as being separated from the dotted line indicating the outer shape of the box 1 on both sides thereof.
[0018]
In FIG. 3, a solenoid 12 for driving the hitting member 6 is attached to a lower surface of a lower wall 1j of the box 1 with a screw (not shown), and a display 7 installed on a rear wall 1n of the box 1 A rotating plate 7b having a designated pointer 7a disposed on the front surface, a shaft 7c integrally and rotatably coupled rearward at the center of the rotating plate 7b, and a bearing provided on the rear wall 1n to rotatably support the shaft 7c. Part 7d, a motor 7e as an actuator having an output shaft in which a shaft 7c protruding rearward from the bearing part 7d is integrally rotatably coupled, a detected part 7f protruding rearward at the periphery of the rotating plate 7b, a rear wall. 1n, which detects the detected portion 7f for each rotation of the rotating plate 7b, converts it into an electric signal and outputs it, and does not interfere with the shaft 7c and the detected portion 7f at the back of the rotating plate 7b. Like A symbol display plate 7h fixedly attached to the box 1h is provided, and when the motor 7e is driven by an output from the control device 8, the hands 7a rotate together with the rotary plate 7b via the shaft 7c, and the origin detector 7g The driving of the motor 7e is stopped at a position corresponding to the rotation angle with reference to the electric signal of FIG. 5, and at the stopped position, the pointer 7a is one of the plurality of symbols 7i shown in FIG. Instruct one.
[0019]
The motor 7e is attached to a back plate 21 made of a synthetic resin fixed to the back of the rear box 1h via a support 20. The upper wall of the box 1 located above the front of the hands 7a is transparent or transparent. A translucent light transmitting portion 22 is provided, and an illumination bulb 23 such as a filament bulb or a light emitting diode is installed outside the light transmitting portion 22. Light emitted from the illumination bulb 23 passes through the light transmitting portion 22. A light bulb 24 for illuminating the front and the periphery of the pointer 7a and illuminating the pattern 7i of the symbol display panel 7h is installed in a space formed between the symbol display panel 7h and the rear wall 1n. .
[0020]
Further, a gutter 25 is attached to the game board 30 below the box 1, and the gutter 25 passes through the left and right outlets 1d and 1e shown in FIG. The game ball that has passed through 5a is led forward from the back surface of the game board 30.
[0021]
In FIG. 4, a synthetic resin plate 26 having a plurality of outgoing ball detectors 3 to 5 arranged side by side is integrally connected to the lower rear surface of the rear box 1h.
[0022]
In FIG. 5, a plurality of symbols 7i provided on the plate surface of the symbol display plate 7h are displayed separately as indicated by virtual lines.
[0023]
Therefore, according to this embodiment, when the power of the pachinko machine is turned on, the control device 8 is activated to enter a state in which a game can be played, and in this state, the player operates a firing device (not shown) to play a game ball. When the player hits the ball 30 in the game area of the board 30, enters the ball hitting area 1b from the entrance 1a, drops on the bottom 1k, and falls down forward on the bottom 1k by the forward inclination of the bottom 1k, the ball enters. Since the hitting member 6 has already started the hitting operation by the detection of the incoming ball by the detector 2 and has reciprocated in the front-back direction, the hitting ball 6 drops the game ball falling on the bottom surface 1k to the exits 1c to 1e. Hit towards. The struck game sphere has a bottom surface 1k flowing forward and a variety of flows along a sloping slope formed by inclining from the left and right while the bottom surface 1k faces the rear and rises and exits out of the exits 1c to 1e. , Or makes contact with the stepped portion 1m to change the direction of the flow, or furthermore, collides with the bulging portion 1p and rebounds forward, so that a large unexpected movement occurs. A game ball that touches the stepped portion 1m or collides with the bulging portion 1p and rebounds without entering the exits 1c to 1e falls down on the bottom surface 1k with a varied flow and is hit again by the hitting member 6.
[0024]
When the game ball is hit or hit back, if the ball hits a projection 6c provided near the center of the hitting surface of the hitting member 6, the game ball hit from the hitting member 6 may fly in the left-right direction of the hitting area 1b. For this reason, the trajectory direction of the game ball is varied as in the wide-angle hitting method of baseball.
[0025]
Then, when the hit or bounced game ball enters the exit 1c set in the central specific winning area, the indicator 7a of the display 7 is detected by the origin detector 7g by the ball detection by the ball detector 3. The detection position of the portion 7f is set as the origin of the rotation angle, the rotation is stopped at the rotation angle determined by the control device 8, and the pointer 7a has a plurality of points 7a-1 shown in FIG. When one of the symbols 7i is instructed and the instructed symbol is a hit symbol, the control device 8 outputs a hit signal to an unusual accessory, and a game advantageous to the player is generated. On the other hand, when the symbol 7i indicated by the pointer 7a is a hit symbol other than the hit symbol, the control device 8 does not output to the accessory other than the symbol.
[0026]
When the hit or returned game ball enters one of the left and right exits 1d and 1e, the game ball is led out to the front of the game board 30 by the gutter 25 and rolls downward.
[0027]
In addition, by detecting the incoming ball from the incoming ball detector 2 when the game ball enters the entrance 1a and detecting the outgoing ball from the outgoing ball detectors 3 to 5 accompanying the entering of the game ball to the outlets 1c to 1e, The control device 8 performs addition and subtraction between the number of incoming balls from the entrance 1a to the hitting area 1b and the number of outgoing balls from the exits 1c to 1e to the outside of the hitting area 1b to detect the number of game balls existing in the hitting area 1b. When the number of existing game balls becomes zero, the hitting operation of the hitting member 6 is stopped. Therefore, the hitting operation of the hitting member 6 continues while the game ball exists in the hitting region 1b, and the hitting region There is no game ball left inside, and the playability is improved.
[0028]
Moreover, according to this embodiment, the bottom surface 1k of the hitting area 1b is formed to be inclined forward, the hitting member 6 is arranged on the front part having a low height, and the rear wall 1n rising from the rear part having a high height. Since the exits 1c to 1e are formed, the whole area in the front-rear direction of the bottom surface 1k can be widely used as the hitting area 1b, and the player can determine the flow of the game ball and the moment of entering the exits 1c to 1e in front of the game board 30. You can see it more accurately.
[0029]
Further, even if a predetermined time such as 30 seconds elapses when the game ball does not enter the hitting area 1b from the entrance 1a, the number of the game balls becomes zero by adding and subtracting the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls. If not, the control device 8 generates an error signal and sounds a pachinko machine having the hitting device or a sounding device (not shown) such as a buzzer provided on an island or a pachinko machine having the hitting device. It is possible to flash the light emitting device such as the lamp windmill or side lamp in an unusual state to notify the player or the clerk of the abnormality, so that the maintenance and inspection of the ball hitting device can be performed quickly and appropriately. be able to.
[0030]
Since the hitting member 6 is formed of a light transmissive material, the hitting member 6 arranged in front of the hitting area 1b is formed in a large size as shown in FIG. 1 so as not to damage the game ball. Even so, the flow of the game ball in the hitting area 1b and the moment when the game ball enters the exits 1c to 1e can be accurately seen through the hitting member 6, appealing to the visibility of the flow of the hitting ball and the unexpectedness in the direction of the flight. Playability can be improved.
[0031]
In this embodiment, the case where the symbol designating method is adopted as the display 7 is illustrated and described. However, a drum type that variably displays the symbols and stops and generates a hit when the stopped symbols are arranged in a preset combination, The same effect can be obtained even if a leaf type or image display type symbol variable display method is adopted.
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention has the following effects.
According to the first aspect, when the game ball enters the hitting area, the hitting member starts the hitting action, and while the game ball exists in the hitting area, the hitting member continues the hitting action, and the game ball enters the hitting area. Is no longer present, the hitting operation of the hitting member is completed, so that the inconvenience of the game ball remaining in the hitting area can be eliminated , and the playability can be improved , and the game ball hit by the hitting member can be improved. Makes a surprising movement on the bottom of the mortar. According to claim 2, in the hitting ball area, the hitting ball member hits the game ball falling from the entrance from the front side to the rear side, and the hitting ball member has an opportunity to hit the game ball flowing down the bottom surface from the rear side to the front side. Reduce. According to the third aspect, the player can confirm the ball entering the ball hitting area via the entrance from the game area and play the game with peace of mind. According to the fourth aspect, even if a predetermined time elapses after the game ball does not enter the hitting area from the entrance, if the added / subtracted number of hitting balls does not become zero, an abnormality of the hitting device is detected. Inspection can be performed quickly and properly.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a ball hitting device according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the hitting device of the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view in a state where the hitting device of the embodiment is attached to a game board.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a front view of the display device of the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Box 1a Entrance 1b Hitting area 1c-1e Exit 1k Bottom 2 Incoming detector 3-5 Outgoing detector 6 Hitting member 6c Projection 7 Display 8 Controller 8a Hitting action start means 8b Hitting action stopping means 8c Means 8d Abnormality detection means

Claims

A box with its front open and its left, right, top and bottom closed is inserted from the front into the opening formed in the game board of the pachinko machine, and protrudes outward from the left and right side walls, the top wall, and the bottom plate closing the left, right, top and bottom sides of the box. The above-mentioned flange is attached to the front surface around the opening of the game board, so that the above-mentioned box defines a hitting area having a depth in the front-rear direction within the game area on the front face of the game board so that game balls do not enter from the game area. The upper surface of the bottom plate that closes the lower side of the box constitutes the bottom surface of the hitting area, and this bottom surface is inclined forward with the rear part higher than the front part and inclined with the left and right parts higher than the center part. A plurality of outlets are formed at the bottom of the rear wall that rises from the rear of the bottom and closes the rear side of the box. The front and rear actuators provided on the outside of the box A hitting member that performs a hitting operation in the direction is arranged, and an upper wall closing the upper side of the box is provided with an entrance for taking in a game ball from the game area into the hitting area, and this entrance is connected to the entrance from the game area. An incoming ball detector is provided for detecting a game ball heading toward the hitting area via a ball, and a plurality of outlets of the box detect outgoing balls detecting a game ball heading out of the hitting area via the outlet from the hitting area. While the detector is provided separately, each time the incoming ball detector detects the entry of a game ball into the ball hitting area in the box from the entrance of the box and outputs it to the control device, the control device applies the actuator to the ball hitting member. Start the hitting operation and count up the number of balls entered as the number of game balls entering the hitting area, the game balls hit by the hitting member enter one of a plurality of exits of the box, and the The game ball is outside the hitting area from the exit Each time one of the outgoing ball detectors corresponding to the exit detects the outgoing ball detector and outputs it to the control device, the control device outputs the number of game balls as the number of game balls that have left the hitting area. the count down from the incoming balls number of the count-up, when the countdown value reaches zero, the control device hitting device of the pachinko machine characterized by a Turkey to stop hitting operation by the actuator of the hitting member.

A box with its front open and its left, right, top and bottom closed is inserted from the front into the opening formed in the game board of the pachinko machine, and protrudes outward from the left and right side walls, the top wall, and the bottom plate closing the left, right, top and bottom sides of the box. The above-mentioned flange is attached to the front surface around the opening of the game board, so that the above-mentioned box defines a hitting area having a depth in the front-rear direction within the game area on the front face of the game board so that game balls do not enter from the game area. Then, the upper surface of the bottom plate closing the lower side of the box constitutes the bottom surface of the hitting area, and this bottom surface is formed in a forward inclined shape in which the position of the rear portion is higher than the front portion, rises from the rear portion of the bottom surface, and A plurality of outlets are formed at the lowermost part of the rear wall that closes the rear side, and the upper part of the hitting member is rotatably supported on the left and right side walls that close the left and right sides of the box on the front part of the bottom surface. , This hitting member was provided outside the box body It is placed on the front of the bottom surface so that it swings in the front and rear direction around the part rotatably supported by the left and right side walls of the box of the ball member with the cutuator and performs the ball hitting operation, closing the upper side of the box An upper wall is provided with an entrance for dropping a game ball taken in from the game area behind a portion rotatably supported on the left and right side walls of the box of the hitting member in the hitting area. A ball-in detector is provided for detecting a game ball heading toward the hitting area via the entrance from the entrance, and a plurality of outlets of the box are provided with game balls heading from the hitting area to the outside of the hitting area via the outlet. While the outgoing ball detector to be detected is separately provided, the control device hits the ball every time the incoming ball detector detects that a game ball enters the ball hitting area in the box from the entrance of the box and outputs it to the control device. Let the actuator of the member start hitting the ball At the same time, counting up the number of entering balls as the number of game balls entering the hitting area, the game balls hit by the hitting member enter one of a plurality of exits of the box, and the game balls are exited from the exits Each time one of the outgoing ball detectors corresponding to the exit detects that the ball is out of the hitting area and outputs the same to the controller, the number of game balls that have come out of the hitting area by the control device. the number ball out of the countdown from the incoming balls number of the count-up, when the countdown value reaches zero, the control device features and to Rupa dick machine to stop the hitting operation by the actuator of the hitting member Hitting equipment.

3. The ball hitting device of a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the entrance is formed so that a game ball entering the entrance from the game area is opened from the front side .

If the number of game balls does not become zero due to the addition and subtraction of the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls even after a predetermined time has elapsed after a predetermined period of time during which a game ball has not been detected by the ball detector, The ball hitting device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein an error signal for notifying the abnormality is generated .