JP3994085B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a game board surface for each game ball that is supplied from the island platform to the launch position via the launch ball dedicated passage each time the game balls thrown into the upper plate are discharged to the outside of the ball game machine one by one. This is related to a ball game machine which is designed to be driven into the game.

First of all, the applicant of this type of ball game machine is a game in which a game ball is thrown into the upper plate and the game ball in the upper plate is guided and discharged to the outside of the ball game machine by the throw-in ball discharge device. A ball guide passage, a ball guide passage having a gently sloping portion inclined gently downward and supplying a game ball from the supply port at the lower end to the ball payout device; It consists of a launch ball dedicated passage that supplies the game balls to the launch position and a supply bowl that replenishes the game balls from the island platform to the ball guide passage via the replenishment port. Each time, a pachinko machine in which game balls supplied from a ball guide path to a launch position through a dedicated launch ball path are shot one by one into the game board surface, and a patent application has been filed (see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-420090 (page 4-8, FIG. 2)

  For example, if a special game state that is advantageous to a player, that is, a “hit”, occurs on a plurality of pachinko machines on the same island stand almost simultaneously, a large number of prize balls are required for these pachinko machines. There is a risk that a game ball to be supplied to the game will not be in time. However, in the pachinko machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, the ball guiding port at the upper end of the passage exclusively for the launch ball for supplying the game ball to the launch position is simply provided on the bottom surface of the gently inclined portion of the ball guide passage. The ball guide port has only a passage width of the passage exclusively for the launch ball, that is, one game ball. For this reason, when the number of game balls flowing down the ball guide passage is small in the above-described state, the number of game balls guided to the launch ball dedicated passage is further reduced because the ball guide port is narrow, and the game ball to the launch position is reduced. The player will not be in time, and the big hit at the corner will end in the middle, causing the player to suffer a disadvantage. Furthermore, there remains a point to be improved such that a trouble occurs between the player and the pachinko hall.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned improvements, and it is always possible to preferentially supply gaming balls from the ball dispensing device to the launch position, and the player suffers disadvantages due to a lack of gaming balls. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine that avoids the above.

  In order to achieve such an object, the ball game machine of the present invention includes an upper plate for throwing a game ball and a game ball chain for guiding the game ball on the upper plate and discharging it to the outside of the ball game machine by a throw ball discharge device. A ball guiding passage having a gently sloping portion inclined gently downward and supplying a game ball to the ball dispensing device from the supply port at the lower end of the flow; a game branched from the gently sloping portion of the ball guiding passage; It consists of a launch ball dedicated passage that supplies the ball to the launch position and a replenishment bowl that replenishes the game ball from the island platform to the ball guide passage through the replenishment port. A ball ball game machine in which game balls supplied to a launch position from a ball guide passage through a dedicated launch ball passage to a game board surface one by one are supplied to a bottom surface of a slowly inclined portion in the ball guide passage. The ball inlet is opened on the more upstream side than the replenishment port. The ball guide port is expanded so that the upper part can easily receive the game ball, and when the game ball is not filled in the exclusive passage for the shot ball, the game ball flowing down is received from the ball dispensing device to the launch position. The configuration is such that game balls can be supplied preferentially.

  The present invention establishes a ball guide opening on the bottom surface of the gently inclined portion in the ball guide passage, upstream from the supply port and from the position directly below the supply port of the supply rod to the downstream side. The game ball is expanded so that it can be easily received, and when the game ball is not filled in the passage dedicated to the launch ball, the game ball can be preferentially supplied from the ball dispensing device to the launch position by receiving the game ball flowing down. As a result, it is possible not only to avoid a situation in which a player suffers a disadvantage due to a lack of game balls, but also to have a beneficial effect that troubles between the player and the pachinko hall do not occur.

  Embodiments of a ball game machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Of the ball game machines such as a pachinko machine, an arrange ball machine, and a sparrow ball game machine, the present invention will describe a pachinko machine as an example. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view seen from the front.

  In the pachinko machine P, a frame-shaped front frame 2 is detachably mounted on the front surface of an outer frame 1 formed into a vertical rectangular frame shape, and the transparent plate holding frame 3 and the front plate 4 are the same on the upper and lower portions of the front surface. It can be opened and closed. A game board 5 is arranged on the front frame 2, and a game part 5 a on the front face thereof faces the window opening 6 which is opened in the transparent plate holding frame 3 and is covered with the transparent plate. Further, an upper plate 7 for inserting a pachinko ball, which is a game ball, is attached to the front surface of the front plate 4 and a lower plate 8 for storing the pachinko ball overflowing from the upper plate 7 is integrated therebelow. Is provided. Reference numeral 9 denotes an operation handle protruding from the front surface of the front plate 4.

  An outer guide rail 10a and an inner guide rail 10b are spirally laid on the front surface of the game board 5, and various board surface parts are mounted on the game portion 5a surrounded by the inner and outer guide rails 10a and 10b. . For example, the variable display device 11 having the display unit 11 a is arranged in the center of the game board 5. In addition, a start winning opening 12 is provided below the variable display device 11 for displaying information such as numbers and symbols displayed on the display unit 11a of the variable display device 11 in a variable manner when a pachinko ball wins. Further, when the changed display stops below a certain time and shows a specific display (for example, “777”), and enters a special gaming state advantageous to the player, it opens and closes under certain conditions. A winning device 13 is provided in which the door 13a is opened a predetermined number of times so that many winning balls can be obtained at one time. Further, general winning openings 14 are mounted on both sides of the variable display device 11. An out ball opening 15 for discharging the out ball to the outside of the pachinko machine P along the inner side of the inner guide rail 10b is provided at the lower end of the game unit 5a.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the upper plate 7 has an inner bottom surface that is slanted downward, and a game ball communication passage 16 that communicates with the upper plate 7 is disposed at the lower end of the upper plate 7. Further, on the downstream side of the game ball communication path 16, there is disposed a throwing ball discharge device 17 which is a pachinko ball aligned with the game ball communication path 16 and discharges the earliest pachinko balls one by one. . The throwing ball discharge device 17 is disposed on the back surface of the front plate 4 and outside the bent portion of the game ball communication path 16, and substantially supports the center portion on the back surface of the front plate 4 as shown in FIG. A ball-slicing member 19 that is pivotally supported by a shaft 18, and a ball receiving member 21 that is positioned below and is pivotally supported by a support shaft 20 at the lower end of the front plate 4. And a discharge solenoid 22 for operating the ball cutting member 19. Furthermore, a throwing ball detection switch 23 is provided at a predetermined position of the game ball communication path 16 and a discharge ball check switch 24 is provided at a proximity position downstream thereof.

  A substantially U-shaped connecting member 25 is supported on the support shaft 18. A pin 27 protruding from the side surface of the ball receiving member 21 is fitted into the through hole 26 on one side of the connecting member 25, and the other side is pivotally supported by a lower end of a plunger 22 a extending downward from the discharge solenoid 22. The ball-cutting member 19 is rotated so that the tip claw portion 19 a can intervene in the game ball communication path 16 through the insertion port 28 opened outside the bent portion of the game ball communication path 16. The base end portion 19b is pivotally supported by the lower end of the plunger 22a. Further, the ball receiving member 21 is formed in an inverted L shape, and is rotated so that the tip claw portion 21 a can intervene in the game ball communication path 16 through the insertion port 28. Then, the throwing ball detection switch 23 is disposed in the game ball communication path 16 between both tip claws 19a and 21a.

  When the discharge solenoid 22 is demagnetized as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the plunger 22a protrudes downward, the ball cutting member 19 rotates rearward, and the tip claw 19a is inserted. It is in a position to retreat from the mouth 28. At the same time, the ball receiving member 21 is rotated to the front side, and the tip claw portion 21 a is in a position where it has intervened in the game ball communication path 16 from the insertion port 28. At this time, of the pachinko balls aligned with the game ball communication path 16, the earliest pachinko ball B 1 is supported and stopped by the upper surface of the tip claw portion 21 a of the ball receiving member 21 and detected by the throwing ball detection switch 23.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), when the discharge solenoid 22 is excited in this state, the plunger 22a contracts upward, the ball cutting member 19 rotates forward, and its tip claw portion 19a is inserted into the insertion port 28. Enter the game ball communication path 16 and intervene between the first pachinko ball B1 and the next pachinko ball B2 to stop the next pachinko ball B2. At the same time, the ball receiving member 21 rotates rearward, and the tip claw portion 21a retracts from the insertion port 28, and the first pachinko ball B1 that has lost its support is allowed to flow downward. The earliest pachinko ball B1 is then discharged to an out ball tank (not shown) outside the pachinko machine P while being detected by the discharge ball check switch 24.

  Further, when the discharge solenoid 22 is demagnetized again, the plunger 22a protrudes downward and the ball cutting member 19 rotates to the rear side, and the tip claw portion 19a of the ball cutting member 19 is moved as shown in FIG. Retreating from the slot 28, the tip claw portion 21 a of the ball receiving member 21 enters the game ball communication path 16 from the slot 28 at the same time. Accordingly, the next pachinko ball B2 is supported on the upper surface of the tip claw portion 21a of the ball receiving member 21 and is simultaneously detected by the throwing ball detection switch 23. Thereafter, the same operation as described above is repeated every time the discharge solenoid 22 is excited and demagnetized. Then, the pachinko ball detected by the throwing ball detection switch 23 is detected by the discharge ball check switch 24. Thus, by detecting again the pachinko ball after being detected by the throwing ball detection switch 23 by the discharge ball check switch 24, the hitting ball launching device 31 is actuated and the launch position from the launch ball dedicated passage 43 as will be described later. The pachinko ball supplied to 32 is driven into the game board 5 surface.

  A ball striking rail 29 is attached to the front surface of the front frame 2 covered by the front plate 4. The tip of the hitting ball launching rail 29 is connected to the lower end of the outer guide rail 10 a via the foul ball return port 30, and a hitting ball launching device 31 is mounted on the base end side of the hitting ball launching rail 29. . The hitting ball launching device 31 is rotatably supported as a launching solenoid coupled to a hitting ball rod 33 that hits a pachinko ball that is pivotally supported and located at a launching position 32 of the hitting ball launching rail 29, and a shaft 33a of the hitting ball rod 33. A solenoid 34. Then, the ball ball 33 is reciprocated by the operation of the rotary solenoid 34 so that pachinko balls can be launched one by one. A foul ball discharge rod 35 is provided below the foul ball return port 30, and the foul ball is detected by a foul ball switch 36 provided in the middle thereof and discharged from the lower end opening to an out ball tank outside the pachinko machine P. Is done.

  On the back side of the front frame 2, as shown in FIG. 3, a ball tank 37 as a replenishing rod is disposed at the upper portion thereof, and a tank rail 38 as a ball guide passage is disposed therebelow. The tank rail 38 has a gently inclined portion 38a that gently inclines downward to one side, and a ball dispensing device 39 is connected to the lower end of the tank rail 38 via a supply port 38b, and a prize ball guide rod 40 is provided below the ball dispensing device 39. A predetermined number of pachinko balls that are disposed and dispensed from the ball dispensing device 39 flow down the prize ball guide rod 40 and are stored in the upper plate 7 through the ball outlet 41 at the lower end. Although not shown, in the ball payout device 39, a rotating body that rotates by a payout drive motor to pay out a predetermined number of pachinko balls, and a payout ball detection switch that detects the number of pachinko balls to be paid out are arranged. The ball payout device 39 can also be used for rental balls.

  On the other hand, a ball guide port 42 is opened on the bottom surface of the upstream end of the tank rail 38, and a launch ball dedicated passage 43 is provided in the ball guide port 42 as a separate path from the prize ball guide rod 40 as shown in FIG. Arranged. The firing ball passage 43 is preferably formed by meandering back and forth in order to reduce the ball pressure, although not shown. The lower end of the ball faces the launch position 32 of the hitting ball launch rail 29, and the ball feed device 44 attached to the back surface of the front frame 2 causes the pachinko balls in the launch ball dedicated passage rod 43 to be placed one by one in the launch position. 32 is supplied. In addition, a launch ball confirmation switch 55 for confirming that there is a predetermined number of pachinko balls in the launch ball dedicated passage rod 43 is provided in the middle of the launch ball dedicated passage rod 43. The tank rail 38 may be connected directly to the foot of the island without connecting its upper end to the ball tank 37, and a pachinko ball may be obtained therefrom.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7A, the ball feeding device 44 is located immediately below the lower end opening 45 of the firing ball dedicated passage 43 and is opposed to the firing position 32 of the hitting ball launching rail 29. A member 46 and a flapper-type solenoid 47 for operating the ball feeding member 46 are schematically configured. The ball feed member 46 is supported by a support shaft 48 that is lateral to the hitting ball launching rail 29 and parallel to the hitting ball launching rail 29 in a plan view, and in a plane perpendicular to the hitting ball launching rail 29 in plan view. It can be rotated. On the side of the ball feed member 46 facing the firing position 32, a concave recess 49 is provided that pivots to receive a pachinko ball from the lower end opening 45, and an engagement pin 50 projects from one side. .

  The solenoid 47 is disposed close to the ball feeding member 46, and a metallic movable plate 51 is pivotally supported on one side of the lower end. The movable plate 51 is always urged to rotate downward by a spring 52 on one side, and is connected to an engagement pin 50 that protrudes to one side of the ball feeding member 46 at its tip. The pieces 53 are linked. When the solenoid 47 is demagnetized, the movable plate 51 is rotated downward by the urging of the spring 52 to lower the engaging pin 50, and as shown in FIG. The earliest pachinko ball B3 is received by the upper surface of the ball feeding member 46.

  When the solenoid 47 is energized for a predetermined time, the movable plate 51 rotates upward against the bias of the spring 52, and as a result, as shown in FIG. Is raised. As a result, the ball feeding member 46 rotates upward to receive the earliest pachinko ball B3 in the recessed portion 49, and the ball feeding member 46 reverses in accordance with the demagnetization of the solenoid 47 so that the pachinko ball B3 in the recessed portion 49 is received. It discharges to the launch position 32. Further, when the solenoid 47 is energized again, the ball feeding member 46 rotates as described above to accept the next pachinko ball B4 in the firing ball dedicated passage 43 and discharge it to the firing position 32. In this way, the pachinko balls in the launch ball dedicated passage 43 are supplied to the launch position 32 one by one.

  The out ball discharged from the out ball port 15 is discharged to the out ball tank outside the pachinko machine P through the out ball passage 54. Although not shown, in order to collect the remaining balls remaining on the upper plate 7 after the game is finished, for example, a switching valve is provided on one side of the upper surface of the tip claw portion 19a of the ball receiving member 21 in the game ball communication path 16. The remaining ball may be made to flow out to the lower plate 8 by opening the switching valve.

  In the present invention, the ball guide port is located on the bottom surface of the gently inclined portion 38a of the tank rail 38, upstream of the supply port 38b and downstream from the position directly below the supply port supply port 56 of the ball tank 37. 42 is opened, and the ball guide opening 42 is expanded and shaped so that the upper part can easily receive a game ball.

  Therefore, when the number of game balls in the ball tank 37 decreases, the game balls B are supplied from the island platform as shown in FIG. The game ball B falls from the supply port 56 to the gently inclined portion 38a of the tank rail 38 and flows down, but first falls to the ball guide port 42 and fills the inside of the shot ball dedicated passage 43. Then, after the inside of the shot ball dedicated passage 43 is filled with the game ball B, as shown in FIG. 8B, the remaining game ball B flows downstream and fills the gently inclined portion 38a. Eventually, as shown in FIG. 8 (c), both the launch ball dedicated passage 43 and the gently inclined portion 38 a are filled with the game ball B.

  Therefore, even when the so-called “big hit” state, which is a special game state advantageous to the player, is reduced and the game balls replenished via the ball tank 37 from the island stand, When the ball is not full, the game ball flowing down can be received and the ball can be preferentially supplied from the ball dispensing device 39 to the launch position 32. This avoids a situation in which a player suffers a disadvantage due to a lack of game balls.

Here, a block diagram of the pachinko machine P according to the present invention is shown in FIG. In the figure, 60 is a game control board, 61 is a main body control board, 62 is a symbol control board, 63 is a lamp control board, and 64 is an audio control board. Each control board is a CPU, ROM, RAM, I / O. Consists of.
A switch of the start winning opening 12 mounted on the game board 5 on the game control board 60, a solenoid of the start winning opening 12, a switch of the winning apparatus 13, a continuation switch for opening a predetermined number of the opening and closing doors 13a, and the opening and closing doors 13a. And a switch for the general winning port 14 are connected. Also, on the main body control board 61, a payout drive motor of the ball payout device 39, a payout ball detection switch, a solenoid 47 of the ball feed device 44, a fire solenoid 34 of the hit ball launch device 31, a fire ball check switch 55, a foul ball switch 36, a discharge solenoid 22, a throw-in ball detection switch 23, and a discharge ball check switch 24 are connected to each other, and these are controlled.

  Next, the control operation will be described using the flowchart of FIG. When the player is not playing a game, the discharge solenoid 22 of the throwing ball discharge device 17, the solenoid 47 of the ball feed device 44, the launch solenoid 34 of the ball hitting device 31, etc. are demagnetized. Therefore, when the player inserts a plurality of pachinko balls into the upper plate 7, these pachinko balls are aligned and flow down the game ball communication path 16, and the foremost pachinko ball B1 is the tip claw portion 21a of the ball receiving member 21. And is detected by the throwing ball detection switch 23. When the player grasps and rotates the operation handle 9 in this state, it is determined in step S1 whether or not the firing ball check switch 55 of the firing ball dedicated passage 43 is in the ON state, and the ON state (that is, the pachinko ball). If it is OFF, the process proceeds to step S2.

  In step S2, it is determined whether or not the throwing ball detection switch 23 is in the ON state. If the throwing ball detection switch 23 is in the ON state, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, the discharge solenoid 22 of the throwing ball discharge device 17 is turned on, the tip claw portion 19a of the ball cutting member 19 intervenes in the game ball communication path 16 to receive the next pachinko ball B2, and the earliest pachinko ball B1 is discharged. At the same time, in step S4, if the throwing ball detection switch 23 is in the OFF state, the process proceeds to steps S5 and S6, where the ball feeding device 44 is actuated and the foremost pachinko ball B3 in the firing ball dedicated passage 43 While being supplied to the position 32, the rotary solenoid 34 is actuated to hit and fire the pachinko ball B3 by the hitting ball rod 33. The launched pachinko ball B3 flies along the outer guide rail 10a and is driven into the game portion 5a on the five game boards.

  If the discharge ball check switch 24 is turned on in step S7, the process proceeds to step S8, and one shot ball is incremented. On the other hand, if the discharge ball check switch 24 is in the OFF state, the process proceeds to step S12. When the pachinko ball B3 that flies along the outer guide rail 10a and faces the game board 5 surface is weak because of its weak momentum and enters the foul ball discharge basket 35 through the foul ball return port 30 In step S9, the foul ball detection switch 36 is turned on, and the process proceeds to step S10. Since the player has lost one foul ball, one pachinko ball is paid out to the upper plate 7 from the ball payout device 39, and in step S10, it is negatively counted accordingly. If the foul ball switch 36 is in the OFF state in step S9, the process proceeds to step S11, and the shot ball information is output, and then the process returns to step S1.

  In step S12, since the discharge ball confirmation switch 24 is not detected, it is stored as throwing ball error information, and the process proceeds to step S13. In step 13, if the error information is a predetermined value, for example, the number of pachinko balls hit or shot and thrown into the surface of the game board is different from the number detected as the thrown pachinko balls that are thrown balls. In step S14, the rotary solenoid 34 of the ball striking device 31 is stopped. In step S15, an error is displayed and a reset is awaited. In step 13, if the error information is a predetermined value, that is, there is no discrepancy, the process returns to step S7.

  In this way, the pachinko ball detected by the throwing ball detection switch 23 (the throwing ball detection switch 23 is in the OFF state) is again detected by the discharge ball checking switch 24 (the discharge ball checking switch 24 is in the ON state). As a result, the hitting ball launching device 31 is actuated so that a pachinko ball can be driven into the game board 5 to play a game. Therefore, even if a metal wire such as a piano wire is inserted into the game ball communication path 16 from the upper plate 7 and passed through the throwing ball detection switch 23 to reach the discharge ball check switch 24, the throwing ball is turned on. Since the detection switch 23 remains in the ON state and is not detected, it is processed as error information and the pachinko ball is not fired. Thereby, the above-mentioned fraud is prevented.

  Actually, there are a thrown-in ball that has been collected and an out-ball that has been driven into the game board 5 and has not won a prize. Since double pachinko balls flow, there is a risk that the current island facility will detect that there were double launch balls. Therefore, it is preferable that the collected throwing balls flow from another route to the island. Further, since the number of thrown balls collected by the collecting device−the number of foul balls = the number of shot balls, this can be solved by counting this with the game control device and outputting it to the hall computer.

  Similarly, since the pachinko balls to be paid out and the pachinko balls to be fired are replenished from the island stand, there is a risk that the current island facilities will recognize the number of pachinko balls actually fired + the number of shot balls as the number of balls to be paid out. Therefore, instead of replenishing the launch ball from the ball tank, a structure may be adopted in which the launch ball is replenished directly from another route to the hitting ball launching device. This can also be solved by outputting the paid-out pachinko ball and launch ball information to the hall computer.

  Since the hitting ball launching device 31 can be separately moved to an appropriate place, the hitting ball launching device 31 may be arranged immediately before the game area, and in this way, the firing force is fine and no foul ball is generated. There are benefits.

The front view of the pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied. The perspective view seen from the same front. A perspective view seen from the left side. A perspective view seen from the right side. (A) is an enlarged front cross-sectional view of the throwing ball discharge device part. (B) is an enlarged front sectional view showing the same action. The enlarged front view of a hit ball launching device part. (A) is an enlarged side sectional view of a hitting ball launching device part. (B) is an enlarged side sectional view showing the same action. (A), (B), and (C) are cross-sectional views illustrating a flow state of a game ball at a ball guide portion. Block diagram of a pachinko machine. The flowchart figure which shows the launch control of a pachinko machine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 Game board 7 Top plate 16 Game ball communication path 17 Throwing ball discharge apparatus 31 Hitting ball launching apparatus 32 Launching position 38 Ball guide path 38a Slowly inclined part 38b Supply port 39 Ball delivery apparatus 42 Ball guide port 43 Launch ball exclusive path 56 Supply port B game ball (pachinko ball)
P bullet ball machine (pachinko machine)

Claims (1)

An upper plate for throwing in game balls, a game ball communication path for guiding the game balls on the upper plate and discharging them to the outside of the ball game machine by a throw-in ball discharge device, and a gently inclined portion that gently tilts downward A ball guiding path for supplying the game ball from the supply port at the lower end of the flow to the ball dispensing device, a dedicated path for the shooting ball that is branched from the gently inclined portion of the ball guiding path and supplies the game ball of the gently inclined portion to the firing position; A replenishment bowl for replenishing game balls from the island platform to the ball guide passage through a supply port, and each time the game balls in the game ball communication passage are discharged one by one from the ball guide passage to the launch ball dedicated passage A ball game machine in which the game balls supplied to the launch position via the ball are driven one by one into the game board surface,
A ball guide port is opened on the bottom surface of the gently inclined portion in the ball guide passage, upstream from the supply port and from the position directly below the supply port to the downstream side, and the ball guide port has a game ball at the top. The game ball is expanded so as to be easily received, and when the game ball is not filled in the dedicated passage for the shot ball, the game ball can be preferentially supplied to the launch position from the ball dispensing device so as to receive the game ball flowing down. A ball game machine characterized by the above.

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