GAME MACHINE

• Main Author: FUJIWARA JUNPEI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 23.03.2015
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine for sufficiently decelerating a game ball rolling in a game ball guide passage to allow a player to easily view a flow-down mode of the game ball and for making detection of the game ball reliable.SOLUTION: A game machine comprises: a game board 4 having a game area 41 for allowing a game ball to flow down; and a game ball guide passage 19 inclined to receive and guide the game ball flowing down in the game area 41, in a predetermined direction. The game ball guide passage 19 includes ridges 191 and 191 opposed to each other while extending in a guiding direction of the game ball so that the game ball can be guided into the predetermined direction while being supported at two points on the inner face. The spacing between the two ridges 191 opposed to each other is made smaller than the diameter of the game ball. In the vicinity of an exit of the game ball guide passage 19, there is disposed a detection sensor 24 for detecting the passage of the game ball to be discharged from the game ball guide passage 19 to the back side of the game board 4. 【課題】遊技球誘導路内を転動する遊技球を十分に減速させて、遊技者に遊技球の流下態様を目視しやすくすると共に、当該遊技球の検出を確実なものする。【解決手段】遊技球が流下可能な遊技領域４１を形成した遊技盤４と、遊技領域４１を流下する遊技球を受け入れて所定の方向へ誘導するように傾斜した遊技球誘導路１９とを備えた遊技機において、遊技球誘導路１９は、内面に遊技球を２点支持した状態で前記所定の方向へ誘導し得るように遊技球の誘導方向へ延伸する互いに対向する突条部１９１、１９１を有し、前記互いに対向する両突条部１９１の間隔を、遊技球の直径よりも小とし、遊技球誘導路１９の出口付近に、遊技球誘導路１９から遊技盤４の裏側へ排出される遊技球の通過を検出する検出センサ２４を設ける。【選択図】 図５