JP2000262706A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense with a clamp and the like for closely fastening a mechanism board to a rear surface of a game board, and to reduce the manufacturing cost and the working cost. SOLUTION: A plurality of hooks 17 are mounted on a game board mounting frame 2, the slots 18 are formed on a mechanism board corresponding to the hooks 17, an engagement portion 22 is mounted on one of the game board mounting frame 2 and the mechanism board 4, an elastic engagement piece 23 is mounted on the other, the upper edges of the slots 18 of the mechanism board 4 are locked on the locking recesses 19 of the hooks 17 to closely attach the mechanism board 4 to the rear surface of the game board 3, and the engagement portion 22 and the elastic engagement piece 23 are engaged with one another to prevent the upward movement of the mechanism board 4, whereby the mechanism board 4 is demountably mounted on the rear surface of the game board 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine, and more particularly, to a pachinko game machine which facilitates and simplifies the attachment of a synthetic resin mechanism plate mounted on the back of a game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachinko gaming machine, a game board mounting frame is provided on the back side of a front frame as is well known, and a game board is detachably mounted on the game board mounting frame. On the back of the game board, a mechanical plate made of synthetic resin on which back parts such as a ball tank and a prize ball payout device are disposed is mounted.
This mechanism plate is attached to one side of the game board mounting frame by upper and lower fixed brackets and movable brackets so as to be detachable and openable,
Further, a fixing member fixed to the game board mounting frame and a fastening member provided on the mechanism plate are closely attached and fixed to the back surface of the game board.

[0003]

In a conventional pachinko game machine having such a structure, a mechanism plate is mounted on a mechanism board so as to be openable and closable by upper and lower fixing brackets and a movable metal fitting, and furthermore, a game board is formed by a fixing member and a fastening metal fitting. Since it is designed to be closely adhered to the back surface, there is a problem that the number of parts is increased due to the need for a fixing bracket, a movable bracket, a fixing member and a fastening bracket, and the manufacturing cost and the working cost are high. .

Further, since the mechanism plate is merely mounted to be freely opened and closed by inserting a shaft hole of one movable metal fitting into a shaft pin of the other fixed metal fitting from above, for example, a pachinko game machine is manufactured. If the pachinko gaming machine is laid down or turned upside down when it is shipped from the market or installed in a hall, a situation may occur in which the mechanical plate comes off and the back parts are damaged.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to eliminate the need for a fastener for tightly fixing a mechanism plate to the back surface of a game board, thereby reducing manufacturing costs and work costs. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine capable of reducing the cost and preventing the mechanical plate from coming off when the pachinko machine is transported or installed in a hall.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a game board mounting frame provided on a back side of a front frame, on which a game board is detachably mounted.
In a pachinko gaming machine having a synthetic resin mechanism plate mounted on the back surface of the game board, a plurality of hook pieces are provided on the game board mounting frame, and the mechanism plate is elongated in a shape facing the hook pieces. A hole is provided, and an engaging portion is provided on one of the game board mounting frame and the mechanism plate, and an elastic engaging piece is provided on the other, and the upper edge of the elongated hole of the mechanism plate is provided in the locking recess of the hook piece. By locking and bringing the mechanism plate into close contact with the back surface of the game board, by engaging the engaging portion and the elastic engagement piece, the mechanism plate is configured to prevent upward movement, thereby the mechanism plate is It is characterized by being detachably attached to the back of the game board.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game board mounting frame provided on a back side of a front frame, on which a game board is detachably mounted, and a synthetic resin mounted on a back face of the game board. In a pachinko game machine equipped with a mechanism plate, a plurality of hook pieces are provided on the game board mounting frame, and an elongated hole is provided on the mechanism board in opposition to the hook piece, and the game board mounting frame and the mechanism board are provided on the mechanism board. An engaging portion is provided on one of the rear parts disposed, an elastic engaging piece is provided on the other, and the upper edge of the elongated hole of the mechanism plate is locked in the locking concave portion of the hook piece. Is configured to prevent the upward movement of the mechanical plate by making the engagement portion and the elastic engagement piece engage with each other, thereby attaching and detaching the mechanical plate to and from the reverse surface of the game board. It is characterized by being freely attached.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the mechanism plate is played by a simple operation of locking the upper edge of the elongated hole of the mechanism plate into the locking recess of the hook piece provided on the game board mounting frame. In addition to being able to be mounted on the back of the board, there is no need for fasteners or the like for tightly fixing the mechanism board to the back of the game board, so that manufacturing costs and work costs can be reduced.

The invention according to claim 2 is economical because it only requires replacing the back part when the engaging portion or the elastic engaging piece is broken.

[0010]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko gaming machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the pachinko game machine with a mechanism plate opened. In the present embodiment, the front frame and the game board mounting frame are illustrated as being formed separately from each other, but the front frame and the game board mounting frame are integrally formed of synthetic resin. Is also good. In the figure,
1 is a front frame of a pachinko gaming machine, 2 is a game board mounting frame fixed to the back side of the front frame 1, 3 is a game board detachably mounted on the game board mounting frame 2, 4 is a back face of the game board 3 This is a mechanism plate made of a synthetic resin attached to the device. The game board mounting frame 2 includes:
As shown in FIG. 2, the lower frame 2 supporting the lower end of the game board 3
a and an upper frame portion 2b formed in a gate shape above both sides of the lower frame portion 2a are integrally formed of synthetic resin. A winning ball set cover 5 is fixed to the back surface of the game board 3, and a box-like shape surrounding an electric drive mechanism such as a variable display device and a large winning opening disposed on the front side of the game board 3 on the back side. A cover 6 and a board box 7 containing a game control circuit board are attached.

On the other hand, the mechanical plate 4 has a prize ball set space having a depth width slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball formed on the front side opposite to the back side of the game board 3, and substantially at the center of the prize ball set space. An opening window 8 slightly smaller than the winning ball set cover 5 is opened. Then, the box-shaped cover 6 and the board box 7 are made to protrude rearward from the opening window 8. A storage ball tank 9 is fixed on the rear side of the mechanism plate 4 and above the opening window 8. A ball guiding rail 10 is provided below the storage ball tank 9 for guiding the winning balls stored in the storage ball tank 9 while aligning them on the downstream side, and the downstream end of the ball guidance rail 10 is a bent rail. 11 is connected to a prize ball payout device 12. Under the prize ball payout device 12, the paid prize balls are displayed on the front frame 2.
There is provided a discharge passage 13 leading to the hitting ball supply tray on the front surface of the ball and a surplus ball passage 14 leading the surplus balls of the hitting ball supply tray to the lower ball receiving tray. Further, a gutter-shaped winning ball collecting portion 15 is provided below the winning ball collecting space.
Winning prize balls collected by the prize ball processing device 16
Each piece is discharged.

According to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, substantially the center of the lower frame 2a of the game board mounting frame 2, the substantially center of the upper side of the upper frame 2b, and the upper frame 2b.
Hook pieces 17 are orthogonally projecting rearward at upper and lower positions on the left and right sides. On the other hand, in the mechanism plate 4, an elongated hole 18 is formed to face the hook piece 17. As shown in FIG. 3, the hook piece 17 has a locking recess 19 formed on the upper side of the base end, and the upper end and the tip of the locking recess 19 are inclined downward toward the locking recess 19. A guide portion 20 and a guide portion 21 inclined downward toward the tip are formed. In addition, the hook piece 17 is the elongated hole 1.
8 are formed as tapered surfaces 21a, 21a which are thinner from the base end to the front end so as to be able to be smoothly inserted into the end portion.

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
4 is inserted into the hook piece 17 of the game board mounting frame 2 to bring the mechanism plate 4 into close contact with the back surface of the game board 3.
As shown in (b), the mechanism plate 4 is pressed down and the upper edge of the elongated hole 18 is locked in the locking recess 19 of the hook piece 17 so that the mechanism plate 4 is detachably attached to the back surface of the game board 3. be able to. The width of the hook recess 17 in the front-rear direction of the locking recess 19 is set substantially equal to the thickness of the mechanism plate 4 so that the mechanism plate 4 is in close contact with the back surface of the game board 3.

On the other hand, in order to prevent the mechanism plate 4 from unnecessarily moving upward and coming off the hook piece 17, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a horizontally long groove-shaped engaging hole 22 as an engaging portion is formed in the upper side of the upper frame portion 2b of the game board mounting frame 2, and the upper edge portion of the mechanism plate 4 is elastic. An engagement piece 23 is provided. The elastic engagement piece 23 is provided with a U-shaped through-groove 24 in the mechanism plate 4 to provide resilience, and an engagement claw 25 is formed on the front side facing the game board mounting frame 2. Have been. The lower end portion of the elastic engagement piece 23 is integrally formed with a knob 26 projecting downward and inclined downward.

When the mechanism plate 4 is pushed downward while the elongated holes 18 of the mechanism plate 4 are fitted into the hook pieces 17 of the game board mounting frame 2, the elastic engagement pieces 23 shown in FIG.
(A) As shown by the chain line, the engaging claw 25 is pressed rearward by abutting on the front surface of the upper piece portion of the game board mounting frame 2, and FIG.
When the upper edge of the elongated hole 18 is completely locked in the locking recess 19 of the hook piece 17 as shown in FIG. As a result, the mechanism plate 4 does not needlessly move upward, and the locked state between the hook pieces 17 and the elongated holes 18 can be firmly maintained. The upper corner of the upper side of the game board mounting frame 2 has a beveled surface 2 chamfered so that the engaging claw 25 of the elastic engaging piece 23 is pressed smoothly.
7 is formed.

In order to remove the mechanism plate 4 from the back surface of the game board 3, the elastic engagement pieces 24 as shown by a chain line in FIG.
Is pressed rearward with a finger to engage the engaging claw 25 with the engaging hole 2.
The mechanism plate 4 can be easily removed by lifting the mechanism plate 4 upward while removing the hook from the hook 2 to release the locked state between the hook pieces 17 and the elongated holes 18.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment in which an engaging hole 22 as the engaging portion is formed in the mechanism plate 4 and an elastic engaging piece 23 is formed in the upper side of the game board mounting frame 2. In the case of this embodiment, the mechanism plate 4 can be removed by lifting the mechanism plate 4 upward while pressing the elastic engagement piece 23 forward with a finger or an appropriate tool as shown by a chain line in FIG. do it.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show the elastic engagement pieces 23.
Ball 9 as a back part mounted on the mechanism plate 4
This shows another embodiment integrally formed with the above. In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
An opening 28 is provided in the mechanism plate 4 corresponding to
5 protrudes forward from the opening 28.

As in this embodiment, the elastic engaging piece 23 is formed integrally with the storage ball tank 9 as a back part mounted on the mechanism plate 4 so that the elastic engaging piece 23 is provided on the mechanism plate 4. Resin molding is easier than in the case of the above, and even if the elastic engaging piece 23 may be broken when the mechanism plate 4 is attached or detached, it is sufficient to replace and replace only the storage ball tank 9 and replace the entire mechanism plate. It is less wasteful and economical. As shown in FIG. 8, an elastic engaging piece 23 is formed in the game board mounting frame 2, and an engaging hole 22 as an engaging portion with which the elastic engaging piece 23 is engaged is formed in the storage ball tank 9. You may do so.

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description, the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention has a plurality of hook pieces provided on a game board mounting frame, an elongated hole provided on a mechanism plate, and a hooked recess for a hook piece. The mechanism plate is attached to the back of the game board by locking the upper edge of the elongated hole to the mechanism board. There is no need for a fastener or the like for closely fixing to the back surface of the game board, so that manufacturing costs and work costs can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 1 in a state where a mechanism plate is removed from a back surface of the game board.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a game board mounting frame and a mechanism plate.

FIG. 4A is a side cross-sectional view of a main part in a state where the mechanism plate is in close contact with the back surface of the game board, and FIG. 4B is a side cross-sectional view of a main part in a state in which the mechanism plate is pressed down and fixed in close contact; .

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a main part of another embodiment in which an elastic engagement piece is provided on a game board mounting frame.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a game board mounting frame and a mechanism plate of an embodiment in which an elastic engagement piece is provided in a storage ball tank.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of a main part of the embodiment of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of a main part of another embodiment in which an engagement hole as an engagement portion is provided in a storage ball tank.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front frame 2 Game board mounting frame 3 Game board 4 Mechanism board 9 Storage ball tank (back part) 17 Hook piece 18 Slender hole 19 Locking concave part 22 Engagement hole (engagement part) 23 Elastic engagement piece

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko game comprising: a game board mounting frame provided on a back side of a front frame, on which a game board is detachably mounted; and a synthetic resin mechanism plate mounted on the back of the game board. In the machine, a plurality of hook pieces are provided on the game board mounting frame, an elongated hole is provided on the mechanism plate in a shape facing the hook pieces, and an engagement portion is provided on one of the game board mounting frame and the mechanism board. In addition to the above, an elastic engagement piece is provided on the other side, and the upper edge of the elongated hole of the mechanism plate is locked in the locking recess of the hook piece so that the mechanism plate is in close contact with the back surface of the game board, A pachinko game machine characterized in that a mechanism plate is prevented from moving upward by engaging with an engagement piece, whereby the mechanism plate is detachably attached to the back surface of the game board. 2. A pachinko game comprising: a game board mounting frame provided on the back side of the front frame, on which the game board is detachably mounted; and a synthetic resin mechanism plate mounted on the back of the game board. In the machine, the game board mounting frame is provided with a plurality of hook pieces, the mechanism plate is provided with an elongated hole facing the hook pieces, and any of the game board mounting frame and the back part disposed on the mechanism plate An engaging portion is provided on one side, and an elastic engaging piece is provided on the other side. The upper edge of the elongated hole of the mechanism plate is locked in the locking concave portion of the hook piece to bring the mechanism plate into close contact with the back surface of the game board. At the same time, by engaging the engagement portion and the elastic engagement piece, the upward movement of the mechanism plate is configured to be prevented, whereby the mechanism plate is detachably attached to the back surface of the game board. Characterized pachinko machine.