JP2000312740A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure such that wiring between right and left wiring boards is not caught by a clear ornamental member when mounting the member on a game board. SOLUTION: A clear ornamental member 2 having translucency and being open on its back is provided outside the playing area of a game board. Right and left wiring boards 12 having lamps are separately disposed inside the ornamental member 2 and are electrically connected together by wiring, and a flexible jutting-prevention member 24 is attached to the portion of the inside of the ornamental member 2 closer to the back than to the wiring. The jutting- prevention member 24 prevents the wiring from jutting out toward the game board from between the wiring boards 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a clear decoration member which shines outside a game area on the surface of a game board. It is related to a gaming machine arranged.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional gaming machines, for example, pachinko machines,
A substantially circular game area is formed on the surface of a substantially square game board by a partition member such as a firing rail with a size inscribed on four sides to form a substantially circular game area, and outside the game area, light from a lamp is transmitted. A bright decorative member is provided. Conventionally, various lamps for notifying and displaying a game related to the game on the outer periphery of the game area are built in the clear decoration member. As one of these lamps, there is a complete prize lamp for notifying the discharge and stopping of the prize ball. This prize lamp is
Usually, two are provided in the left and right substantially triangular portions in the upper left and right portions which form a substantially circular game area on the surface of the game board. That is, the wiring board having the lamp is disposed separately in the interior of the decorative member.

On the other hand, a control device for controlling the lamps in the clear decoration member is provided on the back of the game machine, and a front frame (inner frame) to which the game board can be attached is provided with a machine frame (outer frame, main body). The frame is rotatably supported on one side. For this reason,
The wiring for controlling the lamp in the clear decoration member is connected between the left and right wiring boards, extends from one of the wiring boards, penetrates the game board, and is connected to the control device.

[0004]

When the wiring between the left and right wiring boards is connected by wiring, it is difficult to perform the wiring work if there is no margin in the length of the wiring with respect to the interval between the wiring boards.
However, if the wiring margin is made large, that is, long enough to facilitate the wiring work, the slack becomes large after the wiring board is attached to the clear decorative member, and the loose wiring protrudes from the rear opening of the clear decorative member. For this reason, when attaching the clear decorative member to the game board, there is a possibility that the protruding wiring may be sandwiched between the game board and the clear decorative member. If the wiring is sandwiched, a gap is formed between the clear member and the surface of the game board, which not only impairs the appearance, but also may cause disconnection of the sandwiched wiring.

Also, since the wiring extending from one of the wiring boards to the control device is long, it is difficult to handle the clear member when attaching the clear decorative member to the game board. However, there is a possibility that the player will be caught between the game board and the clear decoration member.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned inconvenience, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method in which wiring between right and left separated wiring boards and wiring extending from one wiring board to a control device are provided with clear decoration. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine which is configured not to be caught when attaching a member to a game board.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made to achieve the above-mentioned object, and the invention according to claim 1 has a light-transmitting property outside a game area of a game board, A decorative member having an open rear surface is provided, and a wiring board having a light emitting source is separately arranged on the left and right inside the decorative member, and the left and right wiring boards are electrically connected by wiring. In the decorative member on the back side, a protrusion preventing member having flexibility is additionally provided, and the protrusion preventing member prevents the wiring from protruding from between the two wiring boards to the game board side. Gaming machine.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the protrusion preventing member is made of a flexible horizontally long plate, and both end sides are inserted between the end of each wiring board and the front part of the decorative member. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a game machine.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a positioning boss having a tip projecting rearward from a rear opening is protrudingly provided inside the decorative member, and a loose fitting portion for loosely fitting the boss is prevented from protruding. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the moving range of the protrusion preventing member is regulated by loosely fitting the play fitting portion to the boss.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the wiring extending to electrically connect the wiring board and the control device is put together in the interior space of the decorative member, and the wiring is placed in this state. A wiring holding member capable of holding the wiring inside the internal space is provided in the decorative member on the back side, and after the decorative member is fixed to a game board having a wiring through hole, the wiring is connected to the wiring through hole from the back side of the game board. A gaming machine characterized in that it can be pulled out through a game machine.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on the illustrated embodiment. 1 is a front view of a game board 1 of a typical pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is a front view of a clear decorative member 2 attached to the surface of the game board 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the clear decorative member 2.

As shown in FIG. 1, the game board 1 has a substantially square shape, and its surface is divided by a partition member such as a guide rail 3 in such a size as to be inscribed on four sides. In this game area 4, prize-winning tools such as a special symbol display device 5, a start-up opening 6, a large winning opening 7, and a general winning opening 9 are arranged, and countless obstacle nails are planted. The clear decorative member 2 is provided in a non-game area outside the game area 4.

The clear decorative member 2 is a plastic molded member having translucency. As shown in FIG.
A notification unit 10 using a winning lamp is provided on the upper right and left sides, and a license sticking member 11 composed of a plate inserted in a plug-in manner is provided on the lower right, and the license sticking member 11 has a license sticker. A sticker is attached. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the clear decorative member 2 is
The rear surface is largely open with a storage space 14 in which the wiring 13 can be stored, and a positioning boss 15 having a front end projecting rearward from the rear opening protrudes substantially at the center in the left-right direction. . A wiring board 12 having a lamp 16 as a light emitting source is disposed in the storage space 14 in a state of being separated to the left and right in order to arrange the winning lamp apart from the left and right inside the clear decoration member 2. ing. That is, two so-called perfect prize lamps are usually provided using a substantially triangular area formed on the left and right of the game area 4 in the game board 1.

The left and right wiring boards 12 each carry a plurality of lamps 16 as shown in FIG. 4, and as shown in FIG. A hole 21 provided in the wiring board 12 is provided in the boss 20.
Is loosely fitted, and is fixed by the washer 22 and the screw 23. This is because the impact from the outside is hardly transmitted to the lamp 16 by making the mounting of the wiring board 12 loose. The diameter of the hole 21 is set to be larger than the small diameter portion of the boss 20 with a margin, and the length of the small diameter portion is set longer than the thickness of the wiring board 12. That is, the stepped boss 20 having a small diameter portion
And a wiring board mounting structure for fastening the wiring board 12 having a hole 21 into which a small diameter portion of the boss 20 is loosely fitted.
The diameter of the hole 21 is set to be larger than the small diameter portion of the boss 20 so as to have a margin, and the length of the small diameter portion is set to be longer than the thickness of the wiring board 12 so as to have a margin. When a shock-absorbing member such as a washer 22 larger than the hole 21 is fixed to the inner surface of the hole 21 and the opening edge of the hole 21 is loosely fitted with a buffer gap, when an impact is transmitted to the wiring board 12, Thus, the electric components or the electronic components such as the lamp 16 mounted on the wiring board 12 can be protected.

The wiring 13 for electrically connecting the left and right wiring boards 12 has a sufficient length to facilitate the mounting work at the time of assembly. However, on the other hand, it is easy to protrude to the game board 1 side as it is. Therefore, in order to prevent the wiring 13 stored in the storage space 14 from protruding rearward from the rear opening of the clear decorative member 2 between the two wiring boards 12, a horizontally long flexible protrusion prevention member 24 is provided. The flexible protrusion prevention member 24 is made of a transparent, horizontally long thin plastic plate material, and a concave portion 25 for loosely fitting to the positioning boss 15 of the decorative member is formed as a loose fitting portion at the center thereof.

To attach the protrusion prevention member 24,
As shown in FIG. 6, first, the entirety of the protrusion prevention member 24 is bent by hand so that the central portion is formed in a bow shape protruding rearward. A storage space 14 between the end of the wiring board 12 and the front surface of the clear decorative member 2, that is, the storage space 14 in front of the wiring board 12.
Let go inside. At this time, the protrusion prevention member 24
Is located behind the wiring 13, that is, on the back opening side,
The boss 1 of the clear decorative member 2 is located in the recess 25 formed in the upper edge.
5 is loosely fitted, and movement in the left-right direction is prevented.

Next, when the flexure is released by releasing the hand, the state returns to a flat state as shown in FIG. The protrusion is prevented by being held in the storage space 14. In order to surely prevent the protrusion prevention member 24 from detaching to the back side, a projection 26 as shown in FIG. 6B is formed on the inner wall of the storage space 14 of the clear decoration member 2, A locking step or a projection (not shown) may be formed on the outer peripheral surface of the boss 15.

On the other hand, from one of the left and right wiring boards 12, a wiring 30 for electrically connecting to a control device (not shown) extends. This wiring 30
Is stretched when connected to the control device, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the small decorative member 2 is rolled up and bundled with a rubber band 31 or the like until it is attached to the game board 1. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, a flexible wiring holding member 32 which is accommodated in the storage space 14 on the back surface of the clear decoration member 2 in this assembled state and is fixed to the back surface side of the clear decoration member 2 with screws. Thereby, it is suppressed so as not to protrude from the rear opening. The flexible wiring holding member 32 also functions as a protrusion prevention member, is made of a transparent thin plastic plate, and has a U-shaped notch for facilitating the lead-out of the wiring 30 at the time of connection. .

When the clear decorative member 2 having the above-described structure is mounted on the surface of the game board 1, the wiring 13 connecting the wiring boards 12 separated to the left and right is suppressed in the storage space 14 by the protrusion preventing member 24. The wiring 30 from one of the wiring boards 12 is also prevented from protruding from the rear opening.
4 and is prevented from protruding from the rear opening, and there is no fear of protruding to the game board 1 side. Therefore,
When attaching the clear decorative member 2, there is no inconvenience that the wires 13, 30 are sandwiched between the clear decorative member 2 and the game board 1. For this reason, a gap is generated between the clear decorative member 2 and the surface of the game board 1 to impair the appearance, or the wirings 13, 3
There is no possibility of disconnection caused by the 0 being pinched.

When the clear decorative member 2 is attached to the surface of the game board 1, the game board 1 has a wiring holding member 32.
Since the wiring through hole (not shown) is opened at the position corresponding to the above, the hand is put into the wiring through hole from the back side of the game board 1, and the assembled wiring 30 is released and easily pulled out for control. Can be connected to the device. It should be noted that an easy-to-removable code binder may be used to combine the wirings 13 so that the wiring 30 can be easily released, but it is preferable to use the rubber band 31 as described above.

In the above-described embodiment, the protrusion preventing member 24 and the wiring holding member 32 are made of a transparent thin plastic plate. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is only necessary to have a function of suppressing the wirings 13 and 30 by using the same. The clear decorative member 2 may be any material that allows light to pass through, such as the lamp 16 and the light emitting element.

Although the description has been given by taking a pachinko machine as an example, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a sparrow ball type game machine, an arrangement ball type game machine and the like may be used.

[0023]

According to the present invention as described above, the following effects can be obtained. According to the first aspect of the present invention, a decoration member having a light-transmitting property and having an open back surface is provided outside the game area of the game board, and a wiring board having a light emitting source is provided inside the decoration member. Are separated from each other on the left and right sides, the left and right wiring boards are electrically connected by wiring, and a flexible protrusion prevention member is additionally provided in the decorative member on the back side of the wiring. By preventing the above wiring from protruding from between both wiring boards to the game board side by the protrusion prevention member, the length of the wiring between the left and right wiring boards is set to a length that allows a certain margin to improve workability. Even if it does, there is no possibility that the wiring will be caught in the work of attaching the decorative member to the game board by protruding the wiring. Therefore, it is possible to easily perform the work of attaching the decorative member without paying extra attention, and it is possible to improve work efficiency. Further, there is no possibility of disconnection caused by pinching of the wiring.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the protrusion preventing member is made of a flexible horizontally long plate material,
Since the configuration in which the protrusion is inserted between the end of each wiring board and the front surface of the decorative member is employed, the operation of bending the protruding member is extremely easy, and the workability can be further improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a positioning boss having a front end projecting rearward from the rear opening is protruded from the interior of the decorative member, and the loose fitting portion that loosely fits into the boss protrudes. Since the moving range of the protrusion prevention member is regulated by loosely fitting the loose fitting portion to the boss, the position of the protrusion prevention member can be easily regulated to a predetermined range to prevent the protrusion prevention. The structure for preventing the dropout also serves as the positioning boss of the decorative member, so that the structure is also simple.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the wiring extending to electrically connect the wiring board and the control device is put together in the interior space of the decorative member in a state where the wiring extends. A wiring holding member capable of holding the wiring in the internal space is provided in the decoration member on the back side, and after fixing the decoration member to a game board having a wiring through hole, the wiring is wired from the back side of the game board. Since it can be pulled out through the through hole, even if the wiring connecting to the control device is long, it does not become an obstacle during the work of attaching the decorative member, and there is no possibility of being caught between the game board. Then, since the decorative member can be easily pulled out from the back side of the game board after being attached to the game board, the wiring connection work can be performed reliably and efficiently in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a clear decorative member attached to the surface of the game board.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the clear decorative member.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a clear decorative member.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the wiring board in an attached state.

FIG. 6A is a perspective view of a state in which a protrusion prevention member is bent, and FIG. 6B is a perspective view of a state in which the protrusion prevention member is returned to a flat state.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a clear decorative member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gaming board 2 Clear decoration member 3 Guide rail 4 Gaming area 5 Special symbol display device 6 Start-up opening 7 Big winning opening 9 General winning opening 10 Informing unit 11 License sticking member 12 Wiring board 13 Wiring 14 Storage space 15 Positioning Boss 20 Stepped boss 21 Hole 22 Shirt 23 Screw 24 Extrusion prevention member 25 Recess 26 Projection 30 Wiring to control device 31 Rubber band 32 Wiring holding member

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A decoration member having a light-transmitting property and having an open rear surface is provided outside a game area of a game board, and a wiring board having a light emitting source is separated into right and left inside the decoration member. The wiring board is electrically connected between the left and right wiring boards by wiring, and a flexible protrusion preventing member is additionally provided in the decorative member on the back side of the wiring. A gaming machine characterized in that the wiring is suppressed so as not to protrude from between the two wiring boards to the game board side. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion preventing member is formed of a flexible horizontally long plate material, and both ends of the member are inserted between an end of each wiring board and a front portion of the decorative member. The gaming machine described. 3. A positioning boss having a front end projecting rearward from a rear opening in the interior of the decorative member, and a play fitting portion for loosely fitting the boss is formed in the protrusion preventing member.
3. The moving range of the protrusion preventing member is restricted by loosely fitting the loose fitting portion to the boss.
A gaming machine according to claim 1. 4. The wiring extending to electrically connect the wiring board and the control device is put together in the interior space of the decorative member, and the wiring is held in the interior space in this state. A possible wiring holding member is provided in the decoration member on the back side, and after the decoration member is fixed to a game board having a wiring through hole, the wiring can be drawn out from the back side of the game board through the wiring through hole. A gaming machine characterized by: