JPH0730044Y2 - Bingo game machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a bingo game machine installed in, for example, a game center.

(Prior Art) As a roulette game machine installed in a game center, it has a rotary disc provided with a plurality of ball pockets and a launching device for launching a ball toward the rotary disc. It is known that a ball enters one of a plurality of ball pockets of a rotating disk to give a predetermined number of medals to a person who has selected the ball pocket containing the ball.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) This type of roulette game machine is to put a ball hit from a hitting device into a ball pocket provided in a rotating disk, and the color of the ball used is not taken into consideration. In addition, it is not configured to detect the position of the ball that has entered the ball pocket provided on the rotating disk.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a wide range of games using a turntable device for detecting the position of a ball in a ball pocket provided in a rotating disk and balls of a plurality of colors. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bingo game machine capable of performing.

[Constitution of device]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The bingo game machine of the present invention comprises a rotating disk provided with a plurality of ball pockets, and a ball holder located below the rotating disk for holding balls in the ball pockets. A turntable device having a ball guide path and a sensor device for selecting a ball according to the color of the ball, and a ball selecting device for selecting balls of the same color in the ball guide path, and a ball selected by the ball selecting device. It is composed of a ball launching device for feeding onto a rotating disc of a turntable device.

The turntable device of the present invention has a rotating disk having a plurality of ball pocket rows concentrically provided and a ball holder for holding balls in the ball pockets of the rotating disk and arranged below the rotating disk. The reset table is configured to rotate in synchronization with the rotating disk, and an optical sensor unit that is located below the reset table and detects the position of the ball held by the ball holder of the reset table.

(Operation) In the bingo game machine of the present invention, the balls selected by the ball selection device are put into one of a plurality of ball pockets provided on the rotating disk of the turntable device through the ball hitting device, The balls in the pockets are held by the holder balls, and a predetermined number of metals are given to the user according to the arrangement of the balls in the plurality of ball pockets provided on the rotating disk.

In the turntable device of the present invention, a ball that is placed in one ball pocket of a rotating disc that has a plurality of concentric circles of ball pockets is moved by a ball holder provided on a reset table that rotates in synchronization with the rotating disc. The position of the ball held and held by the ball holder of the reset table is detected by the optical sensor unit.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a bingo game machine as an arcade medal game machine designed to be installed in, for example, a game center. In this bingo game machine, a coin device is provided so as to surround the bingo game machine 1 provided in the central portion. 2 and monitor 3
A plurality of game machines 4 composed of and are arranged, and a bingo table is arbitrarily displayed on the monitor device 3. Then, a person who uses the game is positioned in front of the game machine 4, puts a coin (not shown) into the coin device 2 to stand by, and the game is started by operating the bingo game machine 1. .

The bingo game machine 1 is essentially 3 as shown in FIG.
It is composed of one mechanism, that is, a turntable device 5, a ball selection device 6 and a ball launching device 7.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the turntable device 5 includes a rotating disk 9 provided with a plurality of ball pockets 8 on which contiguous ball numbers are randomly attached on three concentric circles, and a ball running. A ball 8a, which has a tube 10 and a guide circle 11 located above the rotating disk 9 and a ball holder 12 corresponding to the ball pocket 8 and located below the rotating disk 9 and which has entered the ball pocket 8 ( (FIG. 5), a reset disk 13 for holding the ball, a ball recovery tray 15 for collecting the ball in the ball pocket 8 and an optical sensor unit 14 for detecting the ball in the ball pocket 8,
And a drive unit 16 for driving the rotating disk 9, and a ball invalid hole 17 is provided at the center position of the rotating disk 9 for the reset disk 13, the ball recovery tray 15, and the driving unit 16. At the center position, a ball falling from the ball ineffective hole 17 is arranged below the drive unit 16 in an inclined manner, and a recovery ball guide 18 is provided.
Holes 13a, 15a, 16a for leading to are formed respectively. Further, the drive unit 16 is provided with a detection disk 19 for detecting the rotation angle of the rotation disk 9. The optical sensor unit 14 is configured by providing four sensors corresponding to the ball pocket 8 with an angular interval of 90 degrees. The rotating disk 9 and the reset disk 13 are the rotating disk 9
The claw portion (not shown) provided on the reset disk 13 is engaged with an engaging hole (not shown) provided on the reset disk 13 to integrally rotate. The drive motor 20 provided in the drive unit 16 rotates in the forward and reverse directions, and the ball pocket 8 of the rotary disk 9 is rotated.
When the optical sensor unit 14 detects that a predetermined number of balls have entered, the rotation is reversed, and at the same time, the stop device 16b of the reset disk 13 operates to stop the reset disk 13. When the rotating disk 9 is reversed and the reset disk 13 is stopped, the balls that have entered the ball pocket 8 of the rotating disk 9 are separated from the ball holder 12 and collected in the ball collecting tray 15. When the ball is collected in the ball collection tray 15, the drive motor 20 provided in the drive unit 16 is returned to the normal rotation.

As shown in FIG. 5, the ball selection device 6 is provided with a cutout portion 21 for inserting the ball 8a, and the cutout portion 21 is located in the vicinity of the recovery port 15b of the ball recovery tray 15 and the distribution disk 22. A drive unit (not shown) for rotating the disc 22 counterclockwise or clockwise 1/4 and a ball detection switch 23 provided directly below the cutout portion 21 of the distribution disk 22 and the cutout portion 21 of the distribution disk 22. Ball in
Optical color sensor 24 for distinguishing 8a colors such as red or blue
And two ball guide paths 25, which are connected to ball descending holes 26a and 26b provided at positions where the sorting disk 22 is rotated 1/4 counterclockwise or clockwise. A rotatable stopper 27 is arranged at the outlet end. Further, an optical sensor 28 is provided at a portion of the ball guide path 25 near the ball descending holes 26a, 26b,
When the number of balls 8a accommodated in 25 reaches a predetermined number, the drive unit of the sorting disk 22 is stopped. The stopper 27 is controlled to open and close by a solenoid 29.

The ball launching device 7 is a ball holder as shown in FIG.
An endless belt device 31 provided with 30 and a ball launching device 32 are provided, and a ball receiver 33 provided on the introduction side of the endless belt device 31 is provided with an optical sensor 34 for detecting the presence of a ball. The ball launching device 32 uses pressurized air as a drive source, and is connected to the ball traveling pipe 10 of the guide circle 11. An optical sensor 35 is provided at the ball launching position of the ball launching device 32 so that the ball at the ball launching position
When the presence of 8a is detected, the driving of the endless belt device 31 is stopped.

Next, the operation will be described.

Prior to the operation of the bingo game machine 1, the player stands in front of one of the plurality of game machines 4 arranged and looks at the monitor device 3 on which the bingo table is projected, When a coin that does not exist is inserted into the coin device 2, the coin device 2 stands by, the bingo game machine 1 operates, and the game starts.

In the ball selection device 6, the ball 8a falling from the recovery port 15b of the ball recovery tray 15 is adapted to enter the cutout portion 21 of the sorting disk 22, and the presence of the ball 8a in the cutout portion 21 The color is detected by the ball detection switch 23, and the color of the ball 8a is detected by the optical color sensor 24. Depending on these detection signals, the sorting disk
22 rotates counterclockwise or clockwise 1/4, and sends, for example, red ball 8a and blue ball 8a into separate ball guide paths 25. An optical sensor 28 is provided in each ball guide path 25, and when the number of balls 8a accommodated in the ball guide path 25 reaches a predetermined number, the drive unit of the sorting disk 22 is stopped.

When a predetermined number of balls 8a are housed in the ball guide path 25 of the ball selection device 6, the stopper 27 is opened by the solenoid 29, and the balls 8a housed in the ball guide path 25 are sent to the ball hitting device 7. The balls 8a accommodated in each ball guide path 25 are sequentially sent out to the ball striking device 7 by selectively operating the solenoid 29 attached thereto.

In the ball launching device 7, the ball 8a is placed in the ball receiver 33.
Is detected by the optical sensor 34, the endless belt device 31 operates, the ball 8a of the ball receiver 33 is received by the ball holder 30, and the ball 8a is sent to the ball firing position of the ball firing device 32. The ball launching device 32 is provided with an optical sensor 35. When the presence of the ball 8a at the ball launching position is detected, the driving of the endless belt device 31 is stopped, and the ball launching device 32 is
Operate. By the operation of the ball launching device 32, the ball 8a in the ball launching position is accelerated by the pressurized air, passes through the ball traveling pipe 10 of the guide circle 11 of the turntable device 5, and rotates in one direction. Sent on. The rotating disk 9 and the reset disk 13 rotate integrally by engaging a claw portion (not shown) provided on the rotating disk 9 with an engaging hole (not shown) provided on the reset disk 13, The rotating disk 9 is provided with a plurality of ball pockets 8 in which consecutive ball numbers are randomly given on three concentric circles. The balls 8a sent to the rotating disk 9 are provided with a plurality of ball pockets 8. Into one of the ball pockets 8 or a ball ineffective hole 17 provided in the center. The ball 8a that has entered the ball invalid hole 17 is discharged to the recovery ball guide 18.

The ball 8a that has entered one of the plurality of ball pockets 8 of the rotating disk 9 is held by the ball holder 12 of the reset disk 13 and the number of the ball pocket 8 that contains the ball 8a is monitored by the optical sensor unit 14. It is displayed on the device 3.

When a predetermined number of balls 8a are hit, the rotating disk 9
The rotation of the reset disk 13 is stopped, and it rotates in the opposite direction. At the same time, the stop device of the reset disk 13 operates, and the reset disk 13 stops. When the reset disk 13 is stopped and the rotating disk 9 is rotated in the reverse direction, the balls that have entered the ball pocket 8 of the rotating disk 9 are separated from the ball holder 12 and collected in the ball collecting tray 15. The balls 8a collected in the ball collection tray 15 are returned to the ball selection device 6.

A predetermined medal is given to the player by associating the number of the ball pocket 8 containing the ball 8a among the plurality of ball pockets 8 of the rotating disk 9 with the bingo table.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the present invention, two-colored balls can be used to selectively hit each ball, so that a wide range of games can be played and the ball can be placed in the ball pocket provided on the rotating disk. The position of the ball can be detected during rotation of the rotating disc.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example in which the bingo game machine of the present invention is applied to a bingo game machine installed in a game center, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a main part of the bingo game machine of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a turn. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a table device with a part cut away, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a turntable device, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a ball sorting device, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a ball hitting device. 5 ... Turntable device, 6 ... Ball sorting device, 7 ... Ball launching device, 8 ... Ball pocket, 9 ... Rotating disk, 12
... Ball holder, 13 ... Reset disk, 14 ... Optical sensor unit, 25 ... Ball guide path, 28 ... Optical sensor device.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A turntable device having a rotating disk provided with a plurality of ball pockets and a ball holder located below the rotating disk for holding balls in the ball pocket, a ball guide path and a ball. A ball sorting device that sorts balls of the same color in the ball guide path, and a ball that sends the balls sorted by the ball sorting device onto the rotating disc of the turntable device. A bingo game machine equipped with a launching device. 2. A rotating disk having a plurality of rows of ball pockets concentrically provided on the concentric circle, and a ball holder for holding balls in ball pockets of the rotating disk. A reset table that rotates in synchronization with the disk,
A turntable device having an optical sensor unit located below the reset table for detecting the position of a ball held by a ball holder of the reset table.