JPS62266085A - Winning apparatus of pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a winning device for a pachinko machine, and more specifically to a winning device equipped with a special winning opening that gives a specific value when a winning ball is found. It is.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, for example, a movable piece that can change between a first state in which a ball is difficult to enter and a second state in which a ball can easily enter is provided on the front left and right sides of a mounting board, and a movable piece is provided below the movable piece. In the second state, the receiver is provided with a general prize opening and a special prize opening for winning the entered balls, and when the special winning ROM hits the ball, the movable piece continues in the second state regulated by a predetermined time and number of times. A prize-winning device is known that gives an advantage to a player by providing a specific value.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, this type of conventional winning device has been used for many years and is becoming tired of it, and its popularity is decreasing. Also, since the special prize opening is fixed, there are few changes.

Pachinko games have not sufficiently given players the interest of playing pachinko.

Therefore, one object of the present invention is to provide a new winning device for a pachinko machine that attracts players' interest and is useful for greatly increasing the interest of pachinko games.

[Means for solving the problem] The winning device of the first invention of this application has a front surface of a mounting board.
A ball receiving opening is provided at the top, and a plurality of winning holes are provided at the lower front of the mounting board. Further, above the plurality of winning holes, there is provided a sorting device that allows the hit balls that have entered the hit ball receiving hole to enter one of the winning holes. The plurality of winning openings are always designated as special winning openings to which a specific value is given when one of them has a winning ball, and when the special winning opening ends the specific value granting state, the special winning opening is It is configured to move to any winning slot.

In the prize winning device of the second invention of this application.

Further, an obstacle plate is provided above the sorting device and faces the guiding path of the hit balls entering the hit ball receiving opening so as to be able to protrude and retreat.

[Function] In the device configured in this way, when the balls enter the ball receiving opening, they are guided to the sorting device by the guiding path, and are sorted to the left, center, or right side, and are distributed to multiple winning holes. Win one of them. When a ball hits the winning hole set in the special winning hole, a specific value that is advantageous to the player is given, and when the specific value granting state ends, the special winning hole moves to one of the other winning holes. do. As a result, a winning device with a wide variety of variations can be obtained.
In addition, by providing an obstacle plate above the sorting device, when the obstacle plate protrudes into the ball guidance path, the balls that enter the ball receiving opening are sorted left and right by the obstacle plate. You will be led to a sorting device. As a result, it is possible to obtain a prize-winning device with even more varied prize-winning modes.

[Example] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine equipped with a winning device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A winning bag W3 according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached to a substantially central portion of a game board 2 of a pachinko machine 1. Start openings 4, 4 and a tulip-type variable winning opening 5.5 are provided at the left and right -E lower positions of the winning bag W3, and a large winning opening 6 is installed below the winning device 3.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the prize-winning device 3 of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a partially sectional front view, and FIG. 4 is a central vertical sectional side view.

The winning bag W3 has a vertically elongated mounting board 7. A winning hole 8.8 is drilled in the upper part of the mounting board 7, and a cover member 9 is provided on the front surface of the mounting board 7 to receive the ball into the winning hole 8.8.
is formed.

Further, an opening is formed approximately in the center of the mounting board 7, a frame member 10 is formed on the front surface of the mounting board 7 surrounding the periphery of the opening, and a recessed chamber 11 is formed at the rear of the opening. Ru. The upper part of the frame member 10 is formed into a saucer shape so that a ball can be received from the side, and a ball receiving hole 12 is formed on the mounting board 7 located at the center thereof. In addition, frame member 1
The part located below the concave chamber 11 of 0 has a prize opening 13~
15 are formed side by side. Detection switches 1.3a to 15a are provided in the winning holes 13 to 15 to detect winning balls.
is provided.

A decorative plate 16 is provided in the recessed chamber 11 at a substantially intermediate position, and a starting opening prize winning number display 17 is provided on the upper back wall of the recessed chamber 11 partitioned by the decorative plate 16.

A plurality of light emitting diodes 1.8a-18d are mounted around it. The ball that has entered the ball receiving hole 12 is guided onto the inclined bottom surface 20 of the recessed chamber 11 via a passage 19 formed on the back surface of the mounting board 7.

Therefore, a ball outlet 21 communicating with the passage section 19 is formed at the center of the lower part of the back wall of the recessed chamber 11. Further, a distribution device 22 is disposed between the lower end of the inclined bottom surface 20 of the concave chamber 1 and the award openings 13 to 15.

The distribution device 22 enters the ball receiving population 12 and enters the concave chamber 11.
The ball guided onto the inclined bottom surface 2Q of the ball is distributed and guided to one of the hostage ports 13 to j5. This distribution device 22, as shown in FIG.
Two impellers 22a and 22b are rotatably provided on the left and right sides of the front surface of the mounting board 7, which are located on the sides.

It is composed of a motor 23 for constantly rotating the impellers 22a and 22b in an outward direction. The impellers 22a and 22b are.

It is formed by arranging three blades 24 radially outward from the center. The impellers 22a, 22b are provided at their centers with support shafts 25a, 25b that protrude rearward.
a, 25b are bearing tubes 26, 2 formed on the mounting base Fi7.
6 and is rotatably supported. Also.

Gears 27a, 2 with the same diameter are provided at each end of the support shafts 25a, 25b.
7b are fixed and interlocked with each other. The motor 23 is fixed to the support Fi 28, and its motor shaft 29
The disk 30 fixed to and the one gear 27a are concentrically connected.

The blades 24 of the impellers 22a, 22b are as shown in FIG. 6, and when one impeller 22a, 22b is in the state shown in FIG. The ball that was guided to the left prize opening 14 and flowed to the center is driven by the impeller 22a.
, 22b, the ball is guided to the center prize opening 13, and flows to the right blade surface C. The ball passes through the right prize opening 1.
It leads to 5. Also, in the states shown in FIGS. 6(b)'-(d), the left blade faces B and C.

The balls that flowed to A are guided to the winning hole 14 on the left side, and the balls that flowed to the blade surfaces A, B, and B on the right side are guided to the winning hole 15 on the right side.

A low guide protrusion 3, 31 is formed in the center of the inclined bottom surface 20 of the recessed chamber 11, which allows the balls to be hit into the center winning hole 13, the left winning hole 14, and the right winning hole I5.
Guidance paths 32a to 32c are formed to lead to. Further, a horizontal transparent structure 33 is provided on the inclined bottom surface 20 located above the central guide path 32a, and an obstacle plate 3.1 is provided below this transparent groove 33.

As shown in FIG. 5, the obstacle plate 34 has a horizontal portion 34a and an engaging portion 34b that protrudes laterally, and is formed in a "" shape. It is pivoted so that it can rotate freely in the direction. Further, the engaging portion 34b is brought into contact with the cam 36 fixed to the spindle 25a of the impeller 22a from above under its own weight, and as the cam 36 rotates, the through-groove 3
3 onto the inclined bottom surface 20 and can freely move back and forth. Incidentally, the obstacle plate 34 is.

When the impellers 22a and 22b are in the state shown in FIG. 6(A), they protrude onto the inclined bottom surface 20 as shown by the chain line in FIG.
In the states shown in FIGS. 6(b) to 6(d), it is set to retreat from above the inclined bottom surface 2o as shown by the solid line in FIG.

The upper inner wall of the recessed chamber 11 is formed of a colored transparent member,
A plurality of lamps 37a to 37d are provided in the inner cavity. Furthermore, lamps 38a to 38c are provided above the entry prize holes 13 to 15 so as to correspond to the respective ones. The front surface of the sorting device 22 is covered with a transparent plate.

As shown in FIG. 7, the big prize opening 6 has a mounting board 39, and an opening 40 into which a ball can be won is formed in the center thereof. An opening/closing plate 41 is provided on the front side of the opening 40 so as to be openable and closable. The lower sides of both sides of the old opening/closing plate are supported by shafts 42 and 42, and there is an engaging piece 4 at the lower end of the back side of the opening/closing plate 41.
3 are integrally formed. The other end of a lever 45 whose one end is pivotally supported by a shaft 44 is linked above the engagement piece 43, and a plunger 47 of a solenoid 46 faces the second position of the lever 45 in contact with it. In operation, the opening/closing plate 4
1, when the solenoid 46 is demagnetized, the retaining piece 43 is pushed down via the lever 45 by the coil spring 48 attached to the plunger 47 to close the opening 40, and the solenoid 46 is energized and the plunger 47 is attracted upward. As a result, the opening 40 opens toward the front side as shown in the figure, and a ball can be received into the opening 40. The central part of the opening/closing plate is formed to be transparent so that the inside can be seen through, and at the back of the opening 40 corresponding to the transparent part, there is a segment display for displaying the number of openings of the grand prize opening and the number of prizes won. vessel 49
is provided.

In this embodiment, the impeller 22 of the distribution device W22
a and 22b rotate at a speed of 6 revolutions per minute, and the obstacle plate 3
4 is during one rotation of the impellers 22a and 22b, that is, 1
It moves up and down once every 0 seconds.

Further, the time from when the obstacle plate 34 starts to rise to when it comes down is about 3.5 seconds, and its protrusion height is about 4III at the highest level.
! It is about 11.

One of the entry prize holes 13 to 15 is always set as a special prize hole. In this example, at the start of the game.

The center winning hole 13 is set to be the special winning hole, and when the special winning ROM hit ball wins, a specific value is given. This specific value may be, for example - starting port 4,
On the condition that 47\ hit balls win a prize, the opening/closing plate 4I of the grand prize opening 6 is opened for about 10 seconds or until 10 hit balls win a prize.

This operation is performed every time a ball hits the starting hole 4.4, and ends when eight balls hit the starting hole 4.4 or when it lands in the special winning hole again. When such a specific value imparting state ends, the special winning hole moves to the winning hole 14 on the left side, then moves to the winning hole 15 on the right side, then to the winning hole 13 in the center, and returns, and this operation is repeated. It is like that. The detection switches 13a to 15a
As mentioned above, the system is set to detect the balls that win into the special winning slots 13 to 15 set in the special winning slots and give a specific value to them, and also detect the balls that are hit during the setting. Then, it is provided for the purpose of canceling the specific value imparting state.

The set position of the special winning hole is displayed by lighting the lamps 38a to 38c. In addition, the special winning hole is the center winning hole 13.
When set to , the light emitting diodes 18a to 18d
lights up in green, and flashes when a specific value is assigned. In addition, when the special prize [1 is the left prize opening 14 or the right prize opening I5], the light emitting diodes 18a to 1
8d lights up in red and flashes when a specific value is given.

The number of winnings in the starting openings 4, 4 is displayed on the starting opening winning number display 17 as a number from O to 8. In addition, the number of times the opening/closing plate old of the big prize opening 6 has been opened is displayed as a number from 0 to 8 on the display 49 when the opening/closing plate 41 is closed,
Further, the display 49 counts and displays the number of winning balls that enter the big winning hole 6 at the same time as the opening/closing plate 41 opens. All of this is done in circuitry.

When the hit ball enters the hit ball receiving hole 12, the hit ball passes through the passage section 19 and from the ball outlet 21 to the inclined bottom surface 2 of the concave chamber 11.
Flows upwards to 0. At this time, if the obstacle plate 34 protrudes to its maximum extent, the robot collides with the obstacle plate 34 and heads toward the sorting device 22 while passing through the left guide route 321) or the right guide route 32c. On the other hand, when the obstacle plate 34 is at the lowest position b't and retreats from above the inclined bottom surface 20, most of the obstacle plate 34 flows through the central guide path 32a and passes through the sorting device 2.
You will be led to the center of 2. In addition, when the obstacle plate 34 is located in the middle, depending on the state of the ball, the ball may either climb over the obstacle plate 34, or pass on the left or right side and reach the sorting device 2.
I'll be heading to 2.

The balls guided to the distribution device 22 are impeller 22a.

22b flows to the center when it is in the state shown in Fig. 6 (a).

The central prize opening 13 passes between the impellers 22a and 22b.
is detected by the detection switch 13a.

This results in a state in which a specific value is given, which is very advantageous for the player. However, the impeller 22a,
22b is in the state shown in FIG.
It is difficult to enter. However, on the other hand, when a certain value is awarded, the particular value is rarely canceled by the ball hitting the prize again, which greatly increases the interest. In addition, especially when the center winning hole 13 is set as a special winning hole, the obstacle board 34
If the hit ball flows onto the inclined bottom surface 20 at the right time just before it reaches the top or just before it begins to retreat from the top, it will easily overcome the obstacle plate 34 and have many chances to win a prize, making it very thrilling. Become rich.

On the other hand, when the special winning hole moves to the left winning hole 14 or the right winning hole 15, the winning ball is detected by the detection switch 14a.
or 15a, respectively, and a specific value is assigned. In addition, when a hit ball enters a winning hole that is not set as a special winning hole among the winning holes 13 to 15, it is treated as a mere winning ball.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the winning device of the present invention has a plurality of winning holes on the mounting board, a sorting device is provided on one side of the mounting board, and furthermore, any one of the plurality of winning holes is always Because it is set as a special winning opening to which a specific value is given, and the setting position of the special winning opening is moved,
The ways in which prizes are won are varied and can make the game more interesting and thrilling to the player.

In addition, since an obstacle board is provided above the sorting device to change the direction of the ball being hit, it is possible to add a greater degree of chance to winnings, which attracts players' interest. It is possible to provide a winning device that can significantly increase the interest of the game.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine equipped with a winning device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the winning device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a front view partially cut away. Figure 4 is a central vertical cross-sectional side view, Figure 5 is a transparent perspective view of the main parts, Figures 6 (a) to (d) are illustrative views showing the distribution device, and Figure 7 is a perspective view of the grand prize opening. It is a diagram. 3... winning device, 7... mounting board, 12...
・Ball receiving opening, 13-15... Prize opening, 22...
・Distribution device, 22a, 22b... impeller, 23
...Motor, 32a to 32C...Guidance path, 3
4...Obstacle board. Patent applicant Kyoraku Sangyo Co., Ltd. Figure 6 (a) Figure 6 (b) Figure 6 (c) Figure 6 (d)

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A ball receiving port provided at the upper front of the mounting board, a plurality of winning ports provided at the lower front of the mounting board, and a ball receiving port provided above the plurality of winning ports that enters the ball receiving port. a sorting device for placing the hit balls into any of the winning holes, and the plurality of winning holes are always designated as special winning holes to which a specific value is given when one of the winning balls is received, and the above-mentioned. A winning device for a pachinko machine, characterized in that the special winning opening moves to any other winning opening when a specific value imparting state ends. (2) A ball receiving opening provided at the upper front of the mounting board, a plurality of winning openings provided at the lower front of the mounting board, and a ball receiving opening provided above the plurality of winning openings for receiving balls that enter the hitting ball receiving opening. comprising a sorting device that allows balls to be won into any of the winning holes, and an obstacle plate that is provided above the sorting device and is provided so as to be able to protrude and retreat into a guiding path for balls that enter the hit ball receiving hole; The plurality of winning openings are always designated as special winning openings to which a specific value is given when a winning ball is received, and the special winning opening is set as a special winning opening where a specific value is awarded when a winning ball is received. A winning device for a pachinko machine, characterized in that it moves to a winning opening. (3) The sorting device is equipped with two impellers on the left and right sides that are constantly rotated outwardly by a motor, and the blades of the two impellers direct the hit balls that enter the ball receiving opening into the left side, the center, and the left side. A winning device for a pachinko machine according to claims 1 and 2, which is configured to distribute prizes in either direction on the right side. (4) A patent claim in which the obstacle plate is associated with the blades of the two impellers so as to protrude into the guidance path of the hit ball when the blades of the two impellers are distributing the hit ball into the center. A winning device for a pachinko machine according to item 2.