JP2000135316A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine equipped with a glass-holding frame that is possible to use an usual inexpensive square glass board without spoiling decorations when the shape of window opening is not square. SOLUTION: Window opening is formed in a glass-holding frame 4, hiding at least a part of the perimeter of the game domain in a game board 40. As well, a glass-holding rail material, which holds a square glass board 39, is formed in the reverse side of the glass-holding frame 4. In addition, a lens member 34 transmitting light is disposed at the position overlapped on the glass board 39 in front and behind and LED 18 is disposed at the rear of the lens member 34 and the glass board 39. Then it is possible for the usual inexpensive, square glass board 39 to be equipped to the glass-holding frame 4 without being obstructed by LED 18. Also, as the lens material 34 reflects light, decorations of the glass-holding frame 4 are not spoiled.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine in which a glass holding frame is openably and closably mounted on the front side of a front frame on which a game board can be detachably mounted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a glass plate is detachably attached to a glass holding frame attached to the front side of a front frame to which a game board can be detachably attached so that the game board can be seen through. In the glass holding frame, a square (substantially square) window opening is formed so that not only the game area formed in the circular shape of the game board but also the outer portion of the game area can be visually recognized. Therefore, the glass plate mounted on the glass holding frame is also formed in a rectangular shape. However,
In recent years, in order to make the impression seen from the front of the ball game machine different, the shape of the window opening formed in the glass holding frame is circular or the ball game machine is formed in an inverted U shape. Is being proposed.

[0003]

When the window opening is formed in a non-square shape as described above, the area outside the window opening of the glass holding frame increases, so that the area outside the window opening (especially Although it is proposed to provide a lens member decorated with a light emitting member on the back surface of the glass holding frame at the (corner part), in the case of such a structure, if a square glass plate is used, the light emitting member and Since the corner portion of the glass plate overlaps and it is difficult to attach and detach the glass plate, the shape of the glass plate is also circular or inverted U-shaped in accordance with the shape of the window opening. However, as compared with the conventional square glass plate, a circular or inverted U
The letter-shaped glass plate has a disadvantage that it is expensive. The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages, and an object thereof is to provide a conventional inexpensive square without sacrificing its decorativeness when the shape of the window opening is made non-square. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball-and-ball game machine provided with a glass holding frame that can use a glass plate of a shape as it is.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a glass holding frame is attached to the front side of a front frame to which a game board can be detachably attached. In the ball-and-ball game machine, the glass holding frame has a window opening that hides at least a part of the outer periphery than the game area of the game board, and a glass holding member that holds a square glass plate on the back surface thereof. Forming, furthermore,
A lens member that transmits light is provided at a position outside the window opening and overlaps the glass plate held by the glass holding member in the front-rear direction, and a light emitting member is disposed at a position behind the lens member and the glass plate. It is characterized by having done. With this configuration, the light emitting member that irradiates light to the lens member disposed outside the window opening of the glass holding frame is disposed at the rear position of the glass plate held by the glass holding member. The conventional inexpensive rectangular glass plate can be mounted on the glass holding frame without being disturbed by light, and the lens member is irradiated with light, so that the decorativeness of the glass holding frame is not sacrificed. .

[0005] In the invention of claim 2, the light emitting member is attached to the front frame, so that a conventional inexpensive square glass plate can be attached to the glass holding frame without being disturbed by the light emitting member. In addition to this, there is an advantage that the wiring connected to the light emitting member is not cut between the glass holding frame and the front frame when the glass holding frame is opened and closed.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3, since the light emitting member is attached to the game board, a conventional inexpensive square glass plate can be attached to the glass holding frame without being disturbed by the light emitting member. Since the light emitting member can be exchanged with the exchange of the game board, there is an advantage that the decorativeness of the glass holding frame can be changed.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an overall schematic configuration of the ball game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine 1 according to the embodiment,
FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ball game machine 1.

The ball game machine 1 has an outer frame 2 formed in a vertically elongated rectangular shape, and is pivotally supported by one side of the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and has substantially the main components of the ball game machine 1. It is composed of a front frame 3 which is provided in an integrated manner, and a glass holding frame 4 which is provided on the front upper portion of the front frame 3 so as to be freely opened and closed. The main components provided on the front frame 3 include:
The above-mentioned glass holding frame 4, game board 40, upper plate 6, ashtray 9
, The operating handle 10, the mechanism plate 60, and the hit ball firing device 29.

The schematic configuration of the ball game machine 1 is generally as described above, but each component of the ball game machine 1 will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the front frame 3 and the glass holding frame 4,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the glass holding frame 4 is attached to the front frame 3 and opened, and FIG. 5 is a view showing a lens member 34, a glass plate 39 provided on the glass holding frame 4, and the LED 18 as a light emitting member. FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the relationship of FIG.

First, the structure of the front frame 3 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a glass holding frame 4 is attached to the front upper half of the front frame 3 so as to be openable and closable. An upper plate 6 is arranged below the holding frame 4.
The upper plate 6 is configured by fixing a plate member combining a plurality of synthetic resin members to the surface of the synthetic resin upper plate opening / closing plate 5. The upper plate opening / closing plate 5 is rotatably supported on one side of the front frame 3 so as to be openable and closable, and a cylinder lock 28a for unlocking a locking device 28 to be described later is provided on the other open side. ing.

The lower plate 8 attached to the lower portion of the front frame 3 is a prize sphere overflowing from the upper plate 6 and surplus discharged through a surplus ball passage formed in a mechanism plate 60 described later. The prize balls are stored in the lower plate decorative plate 7 made of synthetic resin and attached to the lower part of the front frame 3. An ashtray 9 is also integrally attached to the lower plate decorative plate 7, and an operation handle 10 is provided on the right side of the lower plate 8. The operation handle 10
It has a built-in single-shot firing switch and a touch sensor (both not shown) for starting driving of a hitting motor of a hitting ball shooting device 29 described later, and adjusts the resilience.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper part of the front frame 3 corresponding to the glass holding frame 4 is a concave plate portion 13 formed lower than the front side of the front frame 3 and has a concave shape. In the center of the plate portion 13, an opening 11 of an inverted U-shape (an upper portion is an arc and a lower portion is a square) is opened. Further, the reinforcing ribs 12 are formed integrally along the opening 11 toward the front. When a game board 40 described later is mounted on the front frame 3, a game area 4
The outer rail 41 which partitions the 4 is closely attached.

A plurality of LEDs 18 as light emitting members are provided on the right and left upper portions of the opening 11 and on the front surface of the concave plate portion 13.
The LED board 17 on which is mounted is mounted. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, a mounting projection 16 is provided on the front surface of the concave plate portion 13, and the LED substrate 17 is brought into contact with the mounting projection 16 and is fixed with a screw 20, so that the mounting is performed. ing. A connector 19 is mounted on the upper back surface of the LED substrate 17, and a wiring 21 connected to the connector 19 is pulled out from a wiring through opening 22 formed on both upper sides of the front frame 3 to the back side to be dispensed later. It is connected to a payout control board (not shown) housed in the control board box 66. The left LED 18 among the LEDs 18 mounted on the left and right LED boards 17 is illuminated when the prize ball to the prize ball dispensing device provided on the mechanism plate 60 described below runs short, to notify the user of the shortage. And L on the right
The ED 18 is lit when a prize ball is paid out to notify that fact.

As shown in FIG. 2, a rib-shaped game board storage frame section 14 for housing a game board 40 is integrally formed on the back surface of the front frame 3, and the game board storage frame section is formed. When the game board 40 is mounted on the game board 40, the game board 40 is rotated in one direction by pressing the game board fixing lever 15 provided appropriately outside the game board storage frame portion 14 to press the back surface of the game board 40.
Are attached in close contact with the back surface of the concave plate portion 13. Of course, the game board 40 can be easily removed from the game board storage frame portion 14 by rotating the game board fixing lever 15 in the other direction. That is, the game board 40 can be detachably attached to the front frame 3.

Further, a game effect lamp board 2 on which a game effect lamp 24 for notifying that the game state has become a big hit game state is mounted on the upper central front surface of the front frame 3.
3 is screwed.

At the upper and lower positions on one side of the front frame 3 configured as described above, shaft brackets 25a and 25b for supporting the front frame 3 to be openable and closable with respect to the outer frame 2 are fixed. (Note that the lower bracket 25b shown in FIGS.
The lower members are members constituting the outer frame 2), and the shaft supporting members 26 and 27 for supporting the glass holding frame 4 to be freely opened and closed are fixed thereto. Specifically, the upper support member 26 (hereinafter, referred to as the upper support member 26) is fixed from below on the lower side of the support bracket 25a, and a support pin 36 of the glass holding frame 4 to be described later is inserted therethrough. Shaft support hole 26a
And a lower support member 27 (hereinafter referred to as a lower support pin 27).
) Is used also as a pivot pin 27 for pivotally supporting the upper plate opening / closing plate 5. That is, the lower pivot pin 27 is fixed slightly below the middle of the front frame 3,
First, the lower pivot pin 27 pivotally supports the upper part of the upper plate opening and closing plate 5 to project the pivot pin 27 upward from the upper surface of the upper plate opening and closing plate 5. This is inserted through a shaft support hole (not shown in detail) formed in the shaft support member 37 fixed to the rear surface of the lower side.

Thus, the support pin 36 of the glass holding frame 4
And the supporting member 37 are respectively supported on the upper supporting member 26 and the lower supporting pin 37 of the front frame 3 so that the glass holding frame 4 is supported on the front frame 3 so as to be freely opened and closed. is there. Note that a pair of engaging pieces (not shown) that engage with a locking device 28 (see FIG. 2) fixed to one side of the back surface of the front frame 3 are provided above and below the back surface of the open side end of the glass holding frame 4. The lock between the glass holding frame 4 and the front frame 3 is unlocked by rotating the cylinder lock 28a in one direction, and the cylinder lock 28a is rotated in the other direction by rotating the cylinder lock 28a in the other direction. And the outer frame 2 is unlocked.

As shown in FIG. 2, a mechanism plate 60 provided with various mechanisms for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls based on the occurrence of a prize ball is provided on the back surface of the front frame 3 as shown in FIG. A hitting ball launching device 29 having a hitting motor and a hitting hammer is fixed to the back surface corresponding to the operation handle 10, and a prize ball flowing down the surplus ball passage of the mechanism plate 60 beside the hitting launching device 29. A connection gutter (not shown) for guiding the front frame 3 to the lower plate 8 is fixed, and further, the front frame 3 is locked to the outer frame 2 on the open back surface of the front frame 3 to the outer frame 2, and the glass holding frame to the front frame 3. 4 is provided with a locking device 28 for performing locking. Further, an illumination control board that controls various decorative light emitting members (such as lamps and LEDs) provided on the game effect lamp 24 and the game board 40 in accordance with a game operation is accommodated in a lower portion of the rear surface of the front frame 3. An illumination control board box 67 is attached.

The glass holding frame 4, the game board 40, and the mechanism plate 60 attached to the front frame 3 having the above-described configuration will be sequentially described below. First, the glass holding frame 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5. In the glass holding frame 4, an inverted U-shaped window opening 30 that can substantially see through a game area 44 of a game board 40 described later is opened. Have been. The shape of the window opening 30 is an inverted U shape, that is, the upper half is a circle,
Since the lower half is rectangular, the glass holding frame 4 is
Game area 44 of the game board 40 when attached to the
The upper part of the outer periphery is hidden by the glass holding frame 4. A glass holding rail member 31 as a glass holding member is fixed to the back surface of the glass holding frame 4 so as to surround both sides and a lower side of the window opening 30. The glass holding rail member 31 can insert and hold a quadrangular double-layer glass plate 39 from above.
The multi-layer glass plate 39 is formed by integrally bonding two glass plates from before and after a square glass frame 39a (formed of synthetic resin), and has a size of The same size (approximately 405 mm square) as a conventional glass plate from which the outer periphery of the game area 44 of the game board 40 can be visually recognized is used. That is, the game board 40
(Approximately 483 mm long × 424 mm wide and the game area 44 has a diameter of about 380 mm). Therefore, when the multi-layer glass plate 39 is mounted on the glass holding rail member 39, the overlapping area range of the glass holding frame 4 and the multi-layer glass plate 39 in the upper right and left portions of the window opening 30 increases. The glass holding rail member 31
As the glass plate to be mounted on the glass frame, two glass plates may be separately inserted into the glass holding rail member 31 without being integrated by the glass frame 39a, or one glass plate may be inserted. It may be something. Further, as a material equivalent to the glass plate 39, a see-through synthetic resin plate may be used.

Since the distance between the front surface of the multilayer glass plate 39 and the back surface of the glass holding frame 4 is extremely small, the portion where the glass holding frame 4 overlaps the glass holding frame 4 A decorative component (e.g., a light-emitting member that irradiates light) that protrudes from the back surface cannot be attached. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the LED 18 as the light emitting member is connected to the concave plate portion 1 of the front frame 3 as described above.
3 is attached to the front side. And the glass holding frame 4
And the multi-layer glass plate 39 overlap each other,
8, a glass holding frame 4 corresponding to the front of
2 have been established. A lens member 34 is detachably attached to the decorative opening 32 from the front so as to close the front. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the outer peripheral surface of the lens member 34 is set so that an engagement step (not shown) formed on the outer periphery of the lens member 34 contacts the peripheral end surface of the opening 32 of the glass holding frame 4. The plurality of locking claws 34a protruding at appropriate positions are elastically deformed and inserted along the inner peripheral edge of the ornamental opening 32 so that the glass holding frame 4 is formed by the engaging step portions and the locking claws 34a. It can be easily attached by being pinched. The lens member 34 is formed of a synthetic resin that transmits light. Further, a decoration opening 33 slightly larger than the game effect lamp substrate 23 is opened at a position corresponding to the front of the game effect lamp 24 at the upper center of the glass holding frame 4. A translucent lens member 35 is detachably attached in the same manner as the lens member 34 so as to cover the front thereof.

As described above, the glass holding frame 4 configured as described above is provided with a pivot pin 36 and a pivot member 37 on one side thereof, and these are attached to the upper pivot member 2 of the front frame 3.
The glass holding frame 4 is supported on the front frame 3 so as to be freely openable and closable by being inserted into the lower shaft support pins 6 and the lower support pins 27, respectively. However, the pivot pin 36 is urged by a spring so as to be vertically slidable so that the glass holding frame 4 can be attached and detached. When the glass holding frame 4 is attached and detached, it is opposed to the urging force of the spring. Pivot pin 36
May be pulled down to engage and disengage with the shaft support hole 26a of the upper shaft support member 26. When the glass holding frame 4 is closed, a notch 38 is formed at a position where the pivot pin 36 is provided so that the outer periphery of the glass holding frame 4 is in close contact with the outer periphery of the front frame 3. The concave plate portion 13 is formed so as not to overlap with the material 26, and to prevent the gaming effect lamp substrate 23 from entering the decoration opening 33 and to easily guide and disperse the wiring 21.
Then, the glass holding rail member 31 is inserted into a wiring laying groove (not shown in detail) communicating with the wiring passage opening 22, and the glass holding rail member 31 enters the concave plate portion 13.

Next, the structure of the game board 40 detachably attached to the back surface of the front frame 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, and 4. The game board 40 is mounted on the back side of the front frame 3. An outer rail 41 for guiding a shot hit and a terminal end of the outer rail 41 are formed on the surface of the plywood in a substantially square shape so as to be stored and fixed in the game board storage frame portion 14 formed integrally. A ball stop member 43 fixed to the upper right portion, which is a part, and an inner rail 42 formed in an arc shape from the ball stop member 43 toward the upper left side of the game board 40 are attached. The inside of the area surrounded by the upper part of the rail 41 is the game area 44, and the shot ball that is fired falls. In the illustrated example, the game area 44 is provided with a variable display device 45, a starting winning port 46, a variable winning ball apparatus 47, and the like. A windmill or a large number of obstacle nails are provided, and an out opening 48 is provided at the lowermost part of the game area 44 to take in a ball that does not win any of the winning areas. At the end of the inner rail 42, a backflow prevention member 49 is attached so that a ball hitting once in the game area 44 does not flow back.

The variable display device 45, the starting winning opening 46, and the variable winning ball device 47 provided in the game area 44.
The game content embodied by is a so-called fever type game content, and when a hit ball wins the starting winning opening 46, the variable display device 45 starts variable display and derives a display result after a predetermined time, When the display result becomes a predetermined combination of big hit symbols, the big hit game state is set and the variable winning prize ball device 47 is set to a predetermined time (for example, 25 seconds) or a predetermined time before the certain time elapses. The ball is released until the number of (for example, 10) winning balls is generated, and the variable winning ball device 47 is opened again under the above-described conditions based on the fact that the hit ball received during the opening has won the V winning opening. Such opening can be repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 16 times) on condition that the ball hits the V winning opening.

Further, outside the game area 44 of the game board 40 and on the lower left and right sides, a certificate stamp 50 and a model explanation seal 51 are provided.
And are affixed. The certificate stamp 50 is like a quality assurance certificate issued by a regulatory agency or an arbitrary organization, and the model explanation sticker 51 has a text or the like that describes the game content embodied by the game device provided on the game board 40. It has been described. However, the certificate stamp 50 and the model explanation sticker 51 are not always attached (for example, an advertisement sticker).

When the gaming board 40 constructed as described above is mounted on the front frame 3 and viewed from the front of the ball game machine 1, as shown in FIG. The game area 44 and the game area 44 that can be viewed from the window opening 30
It is a part of the certificate stamp 50 and the model explanation sticker 51 at the lower part on the outside. For this reason, it is possible to obtain an impression considerably different from the frontal impression of the conventional ball game machine in which not only the game area of the game board but also the outer peripheral front face of the game area can be seen through the square window opening. In particular, in the case of the inverted U-shaped window opening 30 as in the present embodiment, the user can visually recognize the lower right and left positions of the game board 40. There is no need to form an opening for visually recognizing the name seal in the glass holding frame 4, and there is an advantage that it is easy to see like the conventional square window opening.

Next, the structure of the mechanism plate 60 attached to the back side of the front frame 3 will be described with reference to FIG. As is well known, the mechanism plate 60 mainly includes a prize ball tank 61 serving as a ball supply unit for storing a prize ball, and a prize ball guide rail for guiding the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 61 while aligning them on the downstream side. 62, a curve rail 63, a prize ball payout section 64 for paying out balls from the curve rail member 63 into a predetermined number of prize balls based on winning, and a prize ball paid out from the prize ball payout section 64. Is formed to the upper plate 6 and the lower plate 7 and a winning ball processing device for processing generated winning balls is provided. In the case of the illustrated embodiment, a game control board box 65 for accommodating a game control board (not shown) for controlling the operation of the various gaming machines provided on the game board 40.
And a payout control board box 66 that houses a payout control board that controls the operation of the prize ball payout control section, and supplies power to each control board, the hitting ball launching device 29, and the like, and between the outside of a management computer and the like. A power supply unit substrate box 68 having terminals to which signal lines for exchanging signals are connected is detachably attached.

Although the overall configuration of the ball game machine 1 according to the embodiment has been described above, according to this embodiment,
In the ball game machine 1 in which the glass holding frame 4 is openably and closably mounted on the front side of the front frame 3 on which the game board 40 can be detachably mounted, the glass holding frame 4 includes a game area 44 of the game board 40. A window opening 30 is formed in an inverted U shape so as to cover at least a part of the outer periphery more than the outer periphery, and a glass holding rail member 31 as a glass holding member for holding a square glass plate 39 is formed on the back surface thereof, Further, a lens member 34 for transmitting light is provided at a position outside the window opening 30 and in a position overlapping the glass plate 39 held by the glass holding rail member 31 in the front-rear direction, and the lens member 34 and the glass plate By arranging the LED 18 as a light emitting member at a position behind the 39, the LED 18 that irradiates light to the lens member 34 arranged outside the window opening 30 of the glass holding frame 4 becomes Because it is arranged behind the position of the glass plate 39 held in Las retaining rail members 31, LED1
8, the conventional inexpensive square glass plate 39 can be mounted on the glass holding frame 4 and the lens member 34 is irradiated with light, so that the decorativeness of the glass holding frame 4 is sacrificed. I do not want to. Further, in the present embodiment, the LED 18 as the light emitting member is attached to the front frame 3 so that the conventional inexpensive square glass plate 3 is not disturbed by the LED 18.
9 can be mounted on the glass holding frame 4, and when the glass holding frame 4 is opened and closed, the wiring 21 connected to the LED 18 may be caught and cut between the glass holding frame 4 and the front frame 3. There is an advantage that there is no.

In the above-described embodiment, the LED board 17 on which the LED 18 as a light emitting member is mounted is mounted on the front side of the concave plate portion 13, but the light emitting member is mounted on the glass plate. Any position may be used as long as it does not interfere with the mounting of the 39. An embodiment in which the mounting positions of the light emitting members are different will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a perspective view when the LED board 17 is fixed to the back side of the front frame 3, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view when the LED board 17 is attached to the surface of the game board 40. 5 is a perspective view when the LED board 17 is mounted on the back surface of the glass holding frame 4 and behind the glass holding rail member 31. FIG. In the drawings, the same components as those in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 6, a triangular opening 7 is formed in a concave plate portion 13 corresponding to the upper corner of the opening 11 of the front frame 3.
0 (corresponding to the position of the lens member 34 of the glass holding frame 4), and the LED board 17 is moved from the back of the concave plate 13 so that the LED 18 mounted on the LED board 17 faces the opening 70. Fasten with screws. In this case, the front surface of the game board 40 is in close contact with the back surface of the concave plate portion 13,
Game board 40 corresponding to the position where LED board 17 is provided
Is formed with a notch 71. Thus, also in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the LED as the light emitting member
By being attached to the back surface of the front frame 3, the conventional inexpensive rectangular glass plate 39 can be mounted on the glass holding frame 4 without being disturbed by the LEDs 18, and the glass holding frame 4 When opening and closing LED1
There is an advantage that the wiring 21 connected to 8 is not likely to be cut between the glass holding frame 4 and the front frame 3.

In FIG. 7, the LED board 17 on which the LED 18 is mounted is provided on the surface of the upper right corner of the game board 40.
(Not shown, which is also provided at the upper left corner), and connects the wiring connected to the LED board 17 to the game board 40.
The upper right opening edge of the opening 11 of the front frame 3 is not also formed in an arc shape, but the game board 40 is formed as a notch opening 72 as a notch opening 72. 3 when the LED is closely attached to the back surface
It is notched so that the substrate 17 faces. The notch opening 72 naturally corresponds to the position of the lens member 34 of the glass holding frame 4. Thus, also in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the LED as the light emitting member
18 is attached to the game board 40,
The conventional inexpensive rectangular glass plate 39 can be mounted on the glass holding frame 4 without being disturbed by the LEDs 18, and the LEDs 18 can be replaced when the game board 40 is replaced. There is an advantage that the decorativeness of No. 4 can be changed.

As a modification of FIG. 7, an opening or notch is formed in the game board 40 in which the LED 18 faces, and the LED board 17 having the LED 18 is fixed to the mechanism plate 60 at a position corresponding to the opening or notch. It may be.

Further, in FIG. 8, one end of an LED mounting plate 73 formed in a step shape along the glass holding rail member 31 so as to correspond to a position behind the lens member 34 of the glass holding frame 4 is connected to the glass holding frame. An opening 75 facing the LED 18 is formed in a portion of the LED mounting plate 73 corresponding to the rear position of the lens member 34, and the LED board 17 is screwed around the opening 75. A mounting boss 74 for fastening at 20 is provided to project rearward. Further, the LED mounting plate 73 is integrally provided with a wiring hooking piece 76 so as to easily route the wiring 21 connected to the connector 19 to the LED board 17 along the glass holding rail member 31. Thus, also in the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the LED 18 that irradiates light to the lens member 34 disposed outside the window opening 30 of the glass holding frame 4 is behind the glass plate 39 held by the glass holding rail member 31. Position, so that the conventional inexpensive rectangular glass plate 39 can be held in the glass holding frame 4 without being disturbed by the LED 18.
In addition, since the lens member 34 is irradiated with light, the decorativeness of the glass holding frame 4 is not sacrificed.

As a modification shown in FIG. 8, for example,
The LED 18 has a lens member 34 as a structure for hooking the LED mounting plate 73 to the upper side of the glass plate 39 so as not to move.
Alternatively, it may be located on the back surface of the glass plate 39.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. In the above embodiment, the LED 18 is shown as the light emitting member. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
Other light emitting members such as a fluorescent lamp may be used. Also, in the present embodiment, the function of emitting light from the LED 18 has been described as a ball-out notification and a prize-ball payout notification. However, it may have a function of lighting only in a simple decoration or a special game state. Further, the shape of the window opening 30 may be not only an inverted U-shape but also a shape that hides at least a part of the outer periphery of the game area 44 of the game board 40, for example, a circle, a polygon, or the like. Furthermore, as long as the ball game machine 1 can fire a ball, it may have a card-type ball lending device at a provided position, or play the ball by circulating the ball inside the game machine. It may be an enclosed game machine or the like.

[0035]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a sphere in which a glass holding frame is openably and closably mounted on the front side of a front frame on which a game board can be removably mounted. In the gaming machine, the glass holding frame includes:
A window opening that covers at least a part of the outer periphery of the game board from the game area is formed, and a glass holding member that holds a square glass plate is formed on the back surface thereof. A lens member that transmits light is provided at a position overlapping the glass plate held by the glass holding member in the front-rear direction, and a light-emitting member is disposed at a position behind the lens member and the glass plate. is there. With this configuration, the light emitting member that irradiates light to the lens member disposed outside the window opening of the glass holding frame is disposed at the rear position of the glass plate held by the glass holding member. The conventional inexpensive rectangular glass plate can be mounted on the glass holding frame without being disturbed by light, and the lens member is irradiated with light, so that the decorativeness of the glass holding frame is not sacrificed. .

Further, in the invention according to claim 2, since the light emitting member is attached to the front frame, a conventional inexpensive rectangular glass plate can be attached to the glass holding frame without being disturbed by the light emitting member. In addition to this, there is an advantage that the wiring connected to the light emitting member is not cut between the glass holding frame and the front frame when the glass holding frame is opened and closed.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the light emitting member is attached to the game board, the conventional inexpensive rectangular glass plate can be held in the glass holding frame without being disturbed by the light emitting member. Since the light emitting member can be exchanged with the exchange of the game board, there is an advantage that the decorativeness of the glass holding frame can be changed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ball game machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a front frame and a glass holding frame.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where a glass holding frame is attached to a front frame and opened.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a relationship between a lens member provided on a glass holding frame, a glass plate, and an LED as a light emitting member.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the case where the LED substrate is fixed to the back side of the front frame.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view when an LED board is attached to the surface of a game board.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the case where the LED substrate is mounted on the back surface of the glass holding frame and behind the glass holding rail member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 ball game machine 3 front frame 4 glass holding frame 17 LED board 18 LED (light emitting member) 30 window opening 31 glass holding rail member (glass holding member) 34 lens member 39 multi-layer glass plate (glass plate) 40 game board

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ball game machine in which a glass holding frame is openably and closably mounted on a front side of a front frame to which a game board can be detachably mounted, wherein the glass holding frame is larger than a game area of the game board. A window opening that hides at least a part of the outer periphery is formed, and a glass holding member that holds a square glass plate is formed on the back surface thereof.The glass holding member is further positioned outside the window opening and held by the glass holding member. A ball member that transmits light at a position overlapping with the glass plate in the front-rear direction, and a light-emitting member is disposed at a position behind the lens member and the glass plate. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting member is attached to the front frame. 3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting member is attached to the game board.