JPH0621512Y2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine, and more specifically, to the number of prize balls to be paid out corresponding to safe balls (including a variable winning device such as a so-called tulip). It relates to a pachinko machine that is adapted to change according to the type and state of.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, for example, the following is known as a pachinko machine that changes the number of prize balls to be paid out according to the type and state of a winning opening.

In addition to a prize ball discharging device that discharges a certain number of prize balls, an additional prize ball discharging device is installed, and a fixed number is paid out according to the type and state change of the winning hole or the number obtained by adding an increment to the fixed number. What pays out (Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-11476).

Two passages are provided through which safe balls with different payout numbers of prize balls are provided, and the safe balls are detected for each passage and the corresponding prize ball discharging device is operated (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-16).
No. 6178).

The number of payouts for all the winning openings and the variable winning device is variably set by a specific winning device (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-166177).

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, in the known pachinko machine as described above, in order to change the number of prize balls to be paid out in accordance with the type and state of the winning hole, as described above and , It is necessary to separately provide a plurality of safe ball passages and a prize ball payout device corresponding to the safe balls passing through each passage. Further, in the above-mentioned pachinko machine, the number of prize balls determined by the gate of the specific winning device through which the hit ball passes is common to all winning holes, and the payout number of different winning balls is different for a specific winning hole. In order to set, similar to the above and above, it is necessary to separately provide a safe ball passage corresponding to the specific winning opening, and there is a problem that the structure becomes complicated accordingly.

Therefore, in addition to detecting safe balls that have entered multiple winning openings and discharging the number of prize balls corresponding to this, when detecting specific safe balls that have won a specific winning opening of the above winning openings. Is equipped with a prize ball payout device that changes the number of prize balls to be paid out to a number corresponding to the specific winning port, so that the prize balls can be distributed according to the type and state of the winning port without providing a special safe ball passage. The applicant has provided a pachinko machine in which the number of payouts can be variably set.

In such a pachinko machine, when a specific safe sphere occurs, a detector that detects the specific safe sphere operates, but when it does not operate due to a failure or the like, the specific safe sphere is detected as a normal safe sphere. On the other hand, due to the nature of the specific winning opening, the number of prize balls to be paid out to a specific safe ball is set to be smaller than the number to be paid out to a normal safe ball, so if the specific safe ball is detected as a normal safe ball, the prize is that much. Many balls will be paid out. Since this is considerably advantageous to the player, it is regulated as a gaming machine, whereas it is difficult to deactivate the detector because it can be easily realized by breaking the circuit. There was a problem.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine in which the payout number of prize balls for a specific safe ball can be appropriately variably set even if the circuit unit for detecting the specific safe ball is disconnected due to an accident or an artificial operation. Is.

[Means for Solving Problems] The present invention has a plurality of winning openings provided on a game board surface, and a safe ball detector for detecting safe balls entering the winning openings,
A plurality of pachinko machines having a safe sphere counter that counts the number of safe spheres based on a detection signal from the safe sphere detector and a prize sphere payout device that discharges a prize sphere in response to a signal from the safe sphere counter. A specific safe sphere detector that detects the characteristic safe sphere that has entered the specific winning sphere of the winning hole, and a specific safe sphere counter that counts the number of the specific safe spheres by the detection signal from the specific safe sphere detector, A disconnection detection circuit whose output changes when the specific safe ball detector is disconnected, and the number of prize balls discharged from the prize ball dispensing device according to the output from the specific safe ball counter or the output change of the disconnection detection circuit. Is configured to be changed.

[Operation] With respect to the normal safe balls that have entered the winning openings other than the specific winning opening, a predetermined number (for example, 13) of winning balls are paid out by one payout operation from the prize ball payout device.

On the other hand, when a specific safe sphere is generated, the specific safe sphere counter counts the specific safe sphere, and the output thereof changes the number of prize spheres discharged from the prize sphere dispenser, which is different from the predetermined number (for example, 5). The prize balls will be paid out.

Further, when the specific safe ball detector is disconnected, the output of the disconnection detection circuit changes. Due to this output change, the number of prize balls discharged from the prize ball payout device is changed, and the number of prize balls (for example, 5) for the specific safe balls is paid out, as in the case where the specific safe balls are generated.

Therefore, even if the specific safe sphere detector is broken due to a failure or an artificial operation, the inconvenience that a predetermined number (for example, 13) of prize balls are paid out to the specific safe sphere Can be eliminated.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows a front portion of a pachinko machine which is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a back side thereof.

On the game board surface 2 of the front portion 1 shown in the figure, there are arranged winning a prize openings including a variable winning a prize device 3 such as a tulip and a specific winning a prize opening 4. Of these winning holes, specific winning holes 4
Is a start hole for activating the so-called yakmono 5 provided in the center of the game board surface 2, for example, and when a hit ball enters the hole, the detector to be described later detects the hit ball (hereinafter referred to as a specific safe ball). The yakmono 5 is operated for a predetermined time. Also, two guide rails 6 and 7 inside and outside are arranged on the left side of the game board surface 2 and the game board surface 2
An out-ball collecting hole 8 is provided at the lower end of the, and an out-ball passage 9 (FIG. 2) is formed on the back surface side thereof.

A ball hitting handle 10 is provided on the lower right side of the front portion 1,
When the player operates this, a pachinko ball is launched between the guide rails 6 and 7 of the game board surface 2 via the ball launching device 11. An upper plate 12 and an outlet 13 for discharging the pachinko balls are provided below the game board surface 2, and the pachinko balls discharged to the upper plate 12 are fed from the passage 14 one by one on the back surface side. Is supplied to the ball launching device 11 via. A lower plate 16 and an outlet 17 for discharging a pachinko ball are provided at the lower end of the front portion 1. In addition, when the pachinko ball shot from the ball launching device between the guide rails 6 and 7 returns without reaching the upper end of the game board surface 2, the return ball is downward from the lower ends of the guide rails 6 and 7. And is collected in the lower tray 16 through the hole 18 penetrating to the back side and the passage 27a (FIG. 2).

On the other hand, on the back surface of the front part 1, as shown in FIG. 2, a specific safe ball detector 19 for detecting a specific safe ball that has entered the specific winning opening 4 of the game board surface 2 is provided in each specific winning opening 4. Correspondingly arranged. As the specific safe sphere detector 19, for example, a detection switch whose contact state changes due to passage of the specific safe sphere is used. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, a predetermined voltage (+ V) is applied to one end 19a of the detection switch 19 having three terminals, and the specific safe sphere of the other two terminals 19b and 19c is The terminal 19c, which is open (OFF) in a state where it does not occur, is used to detect the specific safe ball. That is, the detection switch 19
Is normally in a state shown by a solid line, but when a specific safe sphere occurs, it becomes a state shown by a broken line. Therefore, the detection terminal 19
By changing the voltage of c from 0 to + V, the specific safe sphere is detected.

Further, not only the specific winning opening 4, but also a safe ball collecting path 20 for guiding the safe ball into any of the various winning openings including the variable winning device 3 downward is formed, and a common safe ball passage is provided below it. The tubular passage member 21 to be formed is connected. The passage member 21 is formed so that one safe sphere (including a specific safe sphere) passes through, and includes a safe sphere detector 22 that operates each time it passes. A proximity sensor or the like is used as the safe sphere detector 22.

On the back side of the front part 1, a pachinko ball container 23 on the upper side is further provided.
A prize ball payout device 25, which will be described later, is arranged at the end of the ball supply path 24 extending from the. Below that,
A pair of guide plates 26 extending while bending downward
The prize ball payout passage 27 is formed by this passage 2
A bell 28 is arranged in the middle of 7, and a lower portion 27a of the passage is inclined toward the central portion and hangs down at a substantially central position of the front portion 1 to communicate with an outlet 17 to a lower tray 16 on the front side. ing. At the outlet 17 portion of the prize ball payout passage 27, a passage plate 29 that covers the lower portion of the passage and an overflow detector 30 that detects when a predetermined amount of pachinko balls are accumulated in the lower tray 16 are arranged.

Further, since the pachinko balls are supplied from the prize ball payout passage 27 to the upper plate 12 on the front side, the front passage 31 is provided at a position adjacent to the end of the winding portion of the passage 27.
Is provided, and the end thereof leads to an outlet 13 to the upper plate 12. Therefore, as will be described later, the pachinko ball dispensed as a prize ball from the prize ball dispensing device 25 to the passage 27 contacts the bell 28 and rings the bell 28, and then jumps into the passage 31 from the winding portion of the passage 27. The upper plate 12 is reached through the outlet 13. When the amount of pachinko balls that exceeds the capacity that can be accommodated in the upper plate 12 is accumulated, the pachinko balls that overflow from the passage 31 are sent to the lower plate 16 through the lower portion 27a of the payout passage.

Further, on the back side of the front portion 1, a ball recovery passage 33 is formed inside the ball delivery passage 27 by a pair of guide plates 32, and the upper end of the passage 33 has, for example, an upper container 23 after the operation of the pachinko machine is completed. In order to drop the pachinko balls remaining in the ball supply path 24 into this path 33, the ball supply path 24
An opening / closing device 34 for opening the door is arranged. The ball recovery passage 33 and the out-ball passage 9 described above are provided with a substantially Y-shaped passage member 35.
Are joined and communicated with a pachinko ball collection container (not shown). The adjacent ball payout passage 27 and the ball collecting passage 33 are covered with a cover 36 made of a single flat plate.

Next, FIG. 3 shows a prize ball payout device 25 incorporated in the pachinko machine. This is because the fixed number (for example, 13) of pachinko balls P is paid out each time, so the rotary drum 4 having a predetermined number of pachinko ball holding portions 41 formed on the circumference thereof.
2, the shaft 43 of the drum 42 is rotated counterclockwise in the figure by a predetermined angle by a drive mechanism including a motor 44, so that a fixed number of pachinko balls P are delivered to the payout passage 27.
It is configured to feed to the entrance of. A ball detection lever 45 is swingably arranged at the ball delivery position of the drum 42. One end of the lever 45 is pulled to a position separated from the detection switch 47 by a spring 46. The other end is brought into contact with and raised by the pachinko balls P sequentially sent from the pachinko ball holding portion 41 when the drum 42 rotates. Therefore, when the pachinko ball P is paid out, one end of the lever 45 is attached to the spring 46.
The detection switch 47 is operated by rotating against the pulling force of, and the number of times of operation is counted by the prize ball counter 48. Then, when the count number reaches a certain number (for example, 13), the count signal is input as a subtraction signal to the safe sphere counter 49 which counts the detection signal from the safe sphere detector 22 described above. Thus, when the number of pachinko balls P corresponding to the number of safe balls is paid out to the passage 27 and the number of payouts corresponding to all the safe balls is reached, the motor drive circuit 50 which is operated by the output from the safe ball counter 49. Stops driving the motor 44 and stops paying out the prize balls.

Since the prize ball payout device 25 is configured as described above, a fixed number (usually 13) per safe ball is provided for safe balls that have entered the winning holes other than the specific winning hole 4.
The prize balls will be paid out.

However, for specific safe spheres, the number can be arbitrarily determined within the range less than the above fixed number (for example, 5)
In order to allow the prize balls to be paid out, a jump signal generating circuit 51 for supplying a jump signal for changing the payout number corresponding to the specific safe ball to the prize ball counter 48 is provided. This jump signal generating circuit 51
Is a specific safe sphere counter 52 that counts and holds the number of specific safe spheres according to the detection signal from the specific safe sphere detector 19 described above, or a disconnection detection circuit 53 that detects a disconnection of the specific safe sphere detector 19. It is configured to generate the interlaced signal in response to the signal.

Here, the specific safe sphere counter 52 is connected to the detection terminal 19c of the specific safe sphere detector 19 shown in FIG. 4 and counts when the detection voltage (+ V) is generated. If the sphere detector 19 is broken, the specific safe sphere will activate only the safe sphere detector 22 described above. However, since the number of prize balls to be paid out for a normal safe ball is set to be larger than the number of payouts for a specific safe ball, when the specific safe ball detector 19 does not operate due to disconnection, even for the specific safe ball, The same number of prize balls will be paid out as for other safe balls. As described above, this is regulated from the viewpoint of making the character of the specific winning opening, that is, the variable winning device, advantageous to the player. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the specific safe ball detector 19 is disconnected due to an accident or an artificial operation, a small number of prize balls are paid out, and the disconnection detection circuit 53 is provided as a means for that. is there.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the non-power source side terminals 19b and 19c of the specific safe sphere detector 19 are used for detecting disconnection. That is, if the circuit section including the specific safe sphere detector 19 is normal, the voltage of one of these two terminals is + V, but if the circuit section is disconnected, a specific safe sphere occurs. However, the voltage at both terminals 19b and 19c is zero. Therefore, by connecting this to the interlaced signal generating circuit 51 as the output section of the disconnection detection circuit 53, the interlaced signal can be generated.

In the above jumping signal, if the payout number of prize balls for one specific safe ball is set to, for example, five,
The content of the prize ball counter 48 that counts the number of payouts (13) for one normal safe ball is skipped by 8. The prize ball counter 48 skips the count from 1 to 8 when it receives this jump signal. 9 to 13 are counted and the aforementioned count signal is output. As a result, the motor drive circuit 50 causes the specific safe sphere 1
The motor 44 is driven so as to send out only five prize balls for each item. The "13" count signal from the prize ball counter 48 is input to the specific safe ball counter 52 as a signal for subtracting 1 from the count number, and the jump signal generation circuit 51 is reset by the count signal. Is entered as.

As described above, in the illustrated embodiment, the number of prize balls to be paid out is changed by skipping the contents of the prize ball counter 48 that counts a fixed number according to the signal from the specific safe ball counter 51 or the disconnection detection circuit 53. can do.

In the case where the start hole for activating the so-called yakmono is the specific winning opening as in the above embodiment, the safe ball detector is already provided corresponding to each start hole. It can be used as it is for changing the number of prize balls, and there is an advantage that a separate detector is not required.

Although the illustrated embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this.

First, the prize ball payout device is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG.
It is only necessary to discharge an appropriate number of prize balls according to the safe balls. As an example, a fixed number (eg 13)
There is a ball storage room that can store the prize balls and a stopper that prevents some of the prize balls stored in this room from being discharged.For normal safe balls, place the stopper outside the ball storage room. By positioning it, all prize balls are discharged from the ball storage room, while for the specific safe ball, the stopper prevents the discharge of some of the prize balls in the ball storage room, so that less prize balls than normal prizes are won. When the wire is broken, the stopper is set to the same state as when the specific safe ball was detected. As a result, the same effect as that of the illustrated embodiment can be obtained.

The specific winning opening is not limited to the above-mentioned start hole, but may be a variable winning device or any other winning opening.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the output from the specific safe ball counter that counts the specific safe balls entering the specific winning opening or the disconnection detection circuit that detects the disconnection of the specific safe ball detector. In accordance with the output change of, since the number of prize balls discharged from the prize ball payout device is changed, in a pachinko machine configured to change the number of prize ball payouts with a specific safe ball and other safe balls, When the specific safe ball detector is disconnected, the number of prize balls discharged from the prize ball dispensing device is changed as in the case of the occurrence of the specific safe ball. Therefore, even if the circuit part that detects the specific safe ball is disconnected due to an accident or an artificial operation, it is possible to prevent the disadvantage that the prize ball is unjustly paid out to the specific safe ball, and to provide a pachinko machine that can properly play. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a front part of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view of the front part of FIG. 1 seen from the back side, and FIG. 3 is a variable number of payouts from a prize ball payout device. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the setting means, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a specific safe sphere detection and disconnection detection circuit. 1 ... Front of pachinko machine, 2 ... Game board surface, 3 ... Variable winning device, 4 ... Specific winning port, 5 ... Yakumono, 6, 7 ... Guide rail, 8 ... Out ball collection hole, 10 ... Hitting ball handle, 11 ... Ball launching device, 15 ... Ball feeding device, 19 ... Specific safe ball detector, 20 ... Safe ball collecting path, 22 ... Safe ball detector, 23 ... Pachinko ball Container, 25 ... Prize ball dispensing device, 27 ... Prize ball dispensing passage, 30 ... Overflow detector, 33 ... Ball collecting passage, 41 ... Pachinko ball holding part, 42 ... Rotating drum, 44 ... Motor, 45 ... Sphere detection lever, 48 ... Prize ball counter, 49 ... Safe ball counter, 50 ... Motor drive circuit, 51 ... Specific safe ball counter. 52 ... jump signal generation circuit, 53 ... disconnection detection circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of winning openings provided on a game board surface,
A safe sphere detector that detects a safe sphere that has entered the winning opening, a safe sphere counter that counts the number of safe spheres based on a detection signal from the safe sphere detector, and a prize according to the signal from the safe sphere counter In a pachinko machine having a prize ball payout device for discharging a ball, a specific safe ball detector for detecting a specific safe ball entering a specific winning opening of the plurality of winning openings, and a specific safe ball detector A specific safe sphere counter for counting the number of specific safe spheres by the detection signal of, and a disconnection detection circuit whose output changes when the specific safe sphere detector is disconnected, the output from the specific safe sphere counter or the disconnection A pachinko machine characterized in that the number of discharged prize balls from the prize ball payout device is changed according to a change in the output of the detection circuit.