JP2000342808A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of respectively individually guiding balls, which flow in a plurality of ball entering holes, to required positions on the rear side of a play panel without using a guide conduit member in the shape of flat box sized over a plurality of through holes corresponding to the ball entering holes of various prize winning devices or prize winning instruments. SOLUTION: On the front face of a play panel 10 a plurality of ball entering holes, where balls can flow in, are provided and these ball entering holes area respectively opened through a plurality of through holes 43, 44 and 45, which are arranged through the play panel 10, to the rear side of this play panel 10. On the rear side of the play panel 10, a plurality of ball guide pipes 70, 71 and 72 are connected for respectively individually guiding the balls, which flow in the ball entering holes, to the required positions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a pachinko machine as a game machine, various prize machines, prize machines and the like are arranged in a game area in front of a game board. These winning devices,
The prize winning device or the like is formed with a ball entrance through which a ball can flow. The plurality of entrances are respectively opened on the back surface of the game board through a plurality of through holes formed through the game board. On the other hand, a flat box-shaped guide gutter member having a size extending over the plurality of through holes is mounted on the back surface of the game board. The balls respectively flowing into the plurality of entrances flow through the through holes to the back side of the game board, and then flow into the flat box-shaped guiding gutter members. Thereafter, the ball is guided to an inclined guiding portion provided below the guiding gutter member and flows to a ball processing device (for example, a safe ball counting portion). On the back side of the game board, various back side attachment members such as a lamp board, a relay board, a main control board, and connection lines connecting these boards are provided.

[0003]

By the way, the above-mentioned conventional guiding gutter member is formed in a flat box shape having a size extending over a plurality of through holes with respect to the entrance of a prize winning device or a prize winning device. For this reason, when the guide gutter member is attached to the back surface of the game board, the guide gutter member covers a wide area of the back surface of the game board. In some cases, it may be difficult to secure a space for disposing various backside attachment members with respect to the backside of the game board due to the guide gutter member. In this case, a mounting portion for a required back side attachment member is formed on the back surface of the guide gutter member, and the back side attachment member is assembled to the attachment portion.

[0004] In the case of pachinko machines, different types of pachinko machines may have different positions of the entrances of various prize devices and prize devices with respect to the front of the game board. In this case, it is difficult to use a common guide gutter member for different types of pachinko machines, and it is necessary to manufacture and manage different guide gutter members for each model. For this reason, not only the manufacturing cost and management cost of different guide gutter members are increased, but also the manufacturing cost of the molding die corresponding to each of these guide gutter members becomes enormous. Further, the guide gutter member mounted on the back surface of the game board is formed in a flat box shape with a depth dimension appropriately larger than the diameter dimension of the ball. For this reason, when, for example, a lamp board as a back side attachment member is attached to the attachment portion on the back side of the guide gutter member, various prize devices arranged on the front of the game board from the lamp board, decorations provided on the prize machine. The distance to the lens becomes longer. For this reason,
There is a case where the decorative lens cannot be efficiently illuminated by the illumination lamp (including the LED or the like) provided on the front surface of the lamp substrate.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a plurality of winning devices without using a flat box-shaped guiding gutter member having a size extending over a plurality of through holes with respect to a ball opening of various prize devices and prize machines. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of individually guiding a ball flowing into a ball opening to a required position on the back side of a game board.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to a first aspect of the present invention has a gist as described in claim 1. Accordingly, the balls flowing into the plurality of entrances on the front of the game board are guided to a required position by a plurality of ball guide tubes individually connected to the back of the game board. For this reason, the necessity of disposing a flat box-shaped guide gutter member having a size covering each through hole corresponding to a plurality of entrances on the back surface of the game board is eliminated. As a result, it is possible to easily secure a space for disposing a backside attaching member such as a lamp board on the backside of the game board. Further, in the gaming boards of gaming machines of different models, even when the arrangement positions of the through holes corresponding to a plurality of entrances are different, the same ball guiding tube can be used. For this reason, there is no need to manufacture and manage the guide gutter member for each different model, so that the manufacturing cost and management cost of the guide gutter member are unnecessary.

A game machine according to a second aspect of the present invention has a gist as described in claim 2, wherein the plurality of ball guide tubes are flexible and can be bent to required positions in the longitudinal direction. Part. For this reason, since the plurality of sphere guide tubes are arbitrarily bent at the flexible portion, the sphere guide tubes can be bent and piped without interfering with the back side attached member such as a lamp substrate. Such a ball guide tube constituted by a flexible tube having a flexible portion that can be bent at a required position in the longitudinal direction has, for example, a bellows portion as a flexible portion that can be bent at a required position in the longitudinal direction. It is easy to configure.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a gaming machine having a gist as set forth in claim 3, wherein the plurality of ball guide tubes are formed by a flexible tube having flexibility over substantially the entire length thereof. You. For this reason, when connecting a plurality of ball guide tubes, the plurality of ball guide tubes can be easily connected to each other by bending them into an arbitrary shape without interfering with a rear side attachment member such as a lamp substrate. The ball guide tube constituted by such a flexible tube is constituted by, for example, a bellows-shaped pipe formed over substantially the entire length thereof, or a flexible synthetic resin pipe, or a metal wire rod wound in a coil shape. It is easily configured by pipes and the like.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 5 showing a game board of a pachinko machine as a game machine from the front (front), a ball guide rail 11 having an outer rail 12 and an inner rail 13 is mounted on the front of the game board 10. A substantially circular game area 15 is defined inside the ball guide rail 11 on the front of the game board 10.

At a substantially central portion of the game area 15 of the game board 10, a center accessory device 20 is provided. The center accessory device 20 includes a decorative frame 21 and a display device 23 mounted on an opening window at the center of the decorative frame 21, and a desired pattern fluctuates on a display surface of the display device 23. It is displayed. Further, in the game area 15 of the game board 10, windmills 24 are disposed on both left and right sides of the upper part of the center accessory device 20. Further, the general prize winning device 2 is located at the lower left and right sides of the center role device 20.
The general prize winning device 26 includes a decorative lens 2.
6a is provided. The game area 1 of the game board 10
5, a start winning device 27 is provided immediately below the center role device 20, and an attacker device 30 is provided below the starting winning device 27. The attacker body 31 of the attacker device 30 has a large winning opening that is opened and closed by an opening and closing member 33.

On the left and right sides of the game area 15 of the game board 10, side decorative members 35 are disposed continuously above and below the right and left sides of the attacker body 31. Each of these side decorative members 35 is provided with a side winning opening 36 and a decorative lens 35a. At the lower end of the game area 15, a base having an out port 34 for discharging the ball out of the machine is provided, and a large number of guide nails (not shown) for guiding the ball are provided in substantially the entire area of the game area 15. Are arranged.

In FIG. 1 showing the game board from the back (back side) and FIG. 2 showing a vertical section based on the line II-II in FIG. 1, the game board 10 has the center accessory device 20 described above.
, A through hole 42 corresponding to the windmill device 24, a through hole 43 corresponding to the general winning device 26, a through hole 44 corresponding to the starting winning device 27, and the side decorative member 3.
5 and through-holes 45 corresponding to the respective through-holes 5.
The respective entrances of the general prize winning device 26, the starting prize winning device 27, and the side winning prize hole 36 are connected to the through holes 43, 44,
The game board 10 has an opening through the back surface 5.

On the back of the game board 10, a general prize machine 26,
A plurality of ball guide tubes 70, 71, 72 for individually guiding the balls flowing into each of the ball entrances of the start winning prize device 27 and the side winning opening 36 to required positions are connected. In this embodiment, the back surface of the game board 10 has a position corresponding to the through holes 43 and 45 located on the left side in FIG. 1 and a position corresponding to the through holes 43 and 45 located on the right side in FIG. And the position corresponding to the through hole 44 at the center,
Plate-shaped support members 50 and 57 are respectively attached at the locations.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, the left and right support members 50 have cylindrical connection ports 51, 52 which communicate with the respective ball openings of the general winning device 26 and the side winning hole 36. Are protruded from each other. And these connection ports 51, 5
One end of each of the ball guide tubes 70 and 72 is inserted into the plug 2 so that it can be inserted and removed, and is fastened by tightening bands 75 and 77, respectively. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a required number of spacer projections 53 are provided on the back sides of the left and right support members 50.
The lamp substrate 60 is mounted via the. The decorative lens 26 of the general prize winning device 26 is provided on the front surface of the lamp substrate 60.
Illumination lamps (including LEDs, etc.) 61 and 62 for illuminating the decorative lens 35a around the side winning opening 36 of the side decorative member 35 and the side decorative member 35 are provided (see FIGS. 1 and 3). As shown in FIG. 4, the tip of the illumination lamp 61 (or 62) is inserted into the through-hole 43 (or 45), respectively, and the decorative lens 26a of the general winning device 26 (or the decorative lens around the side winning opening 36). 35a). Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a cylindrical connection port 58 that communicates with a ball entrance of the starting prize winning device 27 is projected from the support member 57 at the center. And this connection port 5
8, one end of a ball guide tube 71 is inserted so as to be able to be inserted and removed, and fastened by a fastening band 76.

Each of the above-mentioned ball guiding tubes 70, 71, 72
For example, it is constituted by a rigid or semi-rigid thermoplastic synthetic resin pipe, or is constituted by a bent tube having a flexible portion which can be bent at a required position in the longitudinal direction, or a flexible tube which can be bent over substantially the entire length. It is composed of a flexible tube or the like having a property.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a collecting member 80 for holding the lower end of each of the ball guide tubes 70, 71, 72 is attached to the lower portion of the back of the game board 10. The assembly member 80 includes a required number (a pair of right and left in the figure) of mounting pieces 81 fixed to the back surface of the game board 10 with screws, nails, and the like, and a support plate 82 projecting substantially horizontally from the mounting pieces 81. And are integrally provided. Each ball guide tube 7 is provided on this support plate 82.
The holding holes into which the lower ends of 0, 71 and 72 are individually inserted are penetrated, and the ball guiding tubes 70 and 7 are inserted into these holding holes.
The lower ends of 1, 72 are inserted and held. In addition, a ball processing device 90 is disposed below the collecting member 80 at the lower end of the back surface of the game board 10. The spheres discharged from the lower end portions of the sphere guide tubes 70 flow into the sphere processing device 90 via the respective sphere guide tubes 70, 71, 72.

In this embodiment, the game board 1
0, the lamp substrate 60 and each of the ball guide tubes 70, 7
A back cover (not shown) is provided so as to be openable and closable so as to cover 1, 72, etc., and a board storage box in which a main control board is provided is mounted on the back cover.

The gaming machine according to this embodiment is configured as described above. Therefore, the ball fired from the ball launching device (not shown) into the ball launching passage 14 is launched into the upper part of the game area 15 and flows while being guided by the guide nail (not shown). Some of the balls hit into the game area 15 flow into the entrance of the general winning device 26, the entrance of the starting winning device 27, or the entrance of the side winning opening 36.

The general prize winning device 26, the starting prize winning device 27 and the side winning prize hole 36 are respectively inserted into the game board 10 through respective through holes 43, 44, 45 through the back face of the game board 10. At the required position, that is, the ball processing device 90 on the back of the game board 10
A plurality of sphere guide tubes 70, 71, 72 for guiding to the sphere are connected. For this reason, the ball that has flowed into the ball entrance of the general winning device 26 falls through the channel of the ball guiding tube 70 from the lower end opening of the ball guiding tube 70 to the ball processing device 90. Further, the ball that has flowed into the entrance of the start winning device 27 falls through the channel of the ball guiding tube 71 from the lower end opening of the ball guiding tube 71 to the ball processing device 90. Further, the ball that has flowed into the ball entrance of the side winning opening 36 falls through the channel of the ball guiding tube 72 from the lower end opening of the ball guiding tube 72 to the ball processing device 90. Then, in the ball processing device 90, the balls are detected by detectors (not shown). A ball payout device (not shown) is operated by the ball detection signal of the detector, and a required number of balls are paid out to an upper plate (not shown) on the front of the pachinko machine.

As described above, the balls that have flowed into the respective entrances of the general prize winning device 26, the starting prize winning device 27, and the side winning prize hole 36 are provided with a plurality of ball guiding tubes 70, 71 individually connected to the back of the game board 10. , 72 to the required position, that is, the ball processing device 90. For this reason, a flat box-shaped induction gutter member having a size extending over the through holes 43, 44, and 45 corresponding to the respective ball entrances of the general prize winning device 26, the starting prize winning device 27, and the side winning prize hole 36 is attached to the back of the game board 10. Can be eliminated. As a result, it is possible to easily secure a space for disposing the backside attaching member such as the lamp board 60 on the backside of the game board 10.

A game board 1 of a pachinko machine of a different model.
At 0, each through hole 43 corresponding to each of the general prize device 26, the starting prize device 27 and the side prize hole 36,
Even when the arrangement positions of 44 and 45 are different, it is possible to use the same ball guide tube 70, 71 and 72. For this reason, the effect is extremely large when a large number of pachinko machines are produced in small quantities. Further, since there is no need to manufacture and manage a flat box-shaped guiding gutter member for each different type of pachinko machine, the production cost and management cost of the guiding gutter member are unnecessary.

Also, unlike the case where the ramp substrate 60 is attached to the back surface of the guide gutter member larger than the diameter of the ball, the ramp is directly attached to the back surface of the game board 10 or via the spacer projection 53 of the support member 50. The substrate 60 can be mounted. For this reason, the tips of the illumination lamps 61 and 62 on the front surface of the lamp substrate 60 are made to protrude into the through holes 43 and 45, respectively, to approach the decorative lens 26a of the general winning device 26 and the decorative lens 35a around the side winning opening 36. It becomes easier. And these decorative lenses 26a, 35
a lighting lamp 6 at a position where the light can be efficiently illuminated.
1, 62 can be provided.

When the sphere guide tube 70 (or 71 or 72) is made of a hard or semi-rigid thermoplastic synthetic resin pipe, the sphere guide tube 70 (or 71 or 7) is used.
Since the predetermined portion of 2) is easily bent by heating and softening, the ball guide tube 70 (or 71 or 72) can be formed in a desired bent shape. Therefore, the ball guide tube 70 (or 71 or 72) can be bent and piped without interfering with the back side attached member such as the lamp board 60 mounted on the back side of the game board 10.

The ball guide tube 70 (or 71 or 7)
When 2) is constituted by a flexible tube having a flexible portion that can be bent at a required position in the longitudinal direction, the ball guide tube 70 (or 71 or 72) is arbitrarily bent at the flexible portion. Therefore, the ball guide tube 70 (or 71 or 72) can be bent and piped without interfering with the back side attached member such as the lamp substrate 60 or the like. As shown in FIG. 6, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a ball guide tube 70 (or 71 or 72) constituted by a flexible tube having a flexible portion which can be bent at a required position in the longitudinal direction is used. It is easily configured by forming a bellows portion as a flexible portion that can be bent at a position.

When each of the ball guide tubes 70, 71, 72 is constituted by a flexible tube having flexibility over substantially the entire length thereof, the respective ball guide tubes 70, 7
When connecting 1, 72, it is possible to bend into an arbitrary shape and easily connect. For this reason, the ball guide tube 70
(Or 71 or 72) can be bent without interfering with the rear-side attached member such as the lamp substrate 60, so that piping can be performed more favorably, and the piping work can be facilitated.
The ball guide tube 70 (or 71 or 72) constituted by such a flexible tube is constituted by, for example, a bellows-like pipe formed over substantially the entire length thereof as shown in FIG. It is constituted by a resin pipe or a pipe in which a metal wire is wound in a coil shape.

In the above embodiment, the support members 50, 57 are attached to the back surface of the game board 10, and the ball guide tubes 70, 71, 72 are connected to the connection ports 51, 52, 58 of the support members 50, 57. Was connected by inserting one end of
It is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a mounting flange 70a is integrally formed at one end of the ball guiding tube 70 (or 71, or 72), and the ball guiding tube 70 (or 71, or 72) may be attached to the attachment flange 70a with screws or nails.

Also, in the above embodiment, the lamp board 60 and the ball guide tubes 70 and 7 are provided on the back of the game board 10.
A back cover body (not shown) is provided so as to be openable and closable so as to cover 1, 72 and the like, and a board storage box in which a main control board is provided is mounted on the back cover body. As shown, the board storage box 96 in which the main control board 95 is provided may be directly mounted on the back surface of the game board 10. Also, the relay board 97 may be directly mounted on the back surface of the game board 10. That is, the plurality of ball guide tubes 70, 71 and 72 individually connected to the back of the game board 10 respectively allow the balls flowing into the respective winning openings of the general winning device 26, the starting winning device 27 and the side winning opening 36 to be respectively. The player can be guided to the ball processing device 90 on the back of the game board 10. For this reason, unlike a structure in which a flat box-shaped guiding gutter member is provided over a wide area on the back surface of the game board 10, a back side attachment member such as the board storage box 96 or the relay board 97 is provided on the back surface of the game board 10. Space can be secured. Further, by appropriately bending the plurality of ball guide tubes 70, 71, 72,
The plurality of ball guide tubes 70, 71, 72 can be piped without interfering with the backside attached members such as the substrate storage box 96 and the relay substrate 97.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Various prize devices, it is possible to eliminate the need to use a flat box-shaped guide gutter member of a size that covers a plurality of through holes for the entrance of a prize winning device, etc., the various back side attached members to the back side of the game board The degree of freedom in arrangement can be increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view showing the entire back surface of a game board of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the game board based on the line II-II of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a game board, a support member, a lamp substrate, and a ball guide tube separately.

4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the game board based on the line IV-IV of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the entire front of the game board.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment in which a flexible bellows portion is formed at a required position in the longitudinal direction of the ball guiding tube.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment in which the ball guide tube is constituted by a flexible tube having flexibility over substantially the entire length thereof.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment in which a mounting flange is formed at a terminal portion of the ball guiding tube.

FIG. 9 is a rear view showing the entire rear surface of a game board according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Game board 26 General prize winning device 27 Starting prize winning device 36 Side winning opening 43, 44, 45 Through hole 50, 57 Supporting member 51, 52, 58 Connection opening 60 Lamp board (backside attached member) 61, 62 Illumination lamp 70, 71 , 72 Ball guide tube 80 Assembly member 90 Ball processing device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A front face of a game board is provided with a plurality of ball entrances into which balls can flow, and the plurality of ball entrances are formed through a plurality of through holes formed in the game board. A gaming machine having a plurality of ball guide tubes connected to a plurality of ball guide tubes, each of which is opened on a back surface of the game board, and each of which guides a ball flowing into each of the plurality of entrances to a required position on the back surface of the game board. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball guide tube has a flexible portion which can be bent at a required position in the longitudinal direction. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball guiding tube is constituted by a flexible tube having flexibility over substantially the entire length thereof.