JP2001025565A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine where connecting work for assembling and exchanging is easily and efficiently executed and troublesomeness such as attaching/detaching external connection terminals when exchanging a game panel is eliminated. SOLUTION: A game machine main body 1 is provided with a game panel having game components, a shooting means 43 for shooting a game ball to the upper side of a game panel and a ball payout means 49 for paying out the game ball. External connection terminals 62 and 63 connected to devices such as the means 43, the means 49 on the side of the main body 1 and external connection terminals 73, 74 connected to game components on the side of the game panel are divided form each other. The former terminals 62 and 63 are provided on a substrate 61 in rear of the main body 1 and the latter terminals 73, 74 are provided on a substrate 36 in rear of the game panel, respectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball and ball game machine such as a pachinko machine and an arrange ball machine having an external connection terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball machine and the like includes an outer frame and a front frame which is pivotally supported by the outer frame via a hinge at one end in the left-right direction. In the front frame, a game board having a game component, and an upper plate, a lower plate and a firing handle arranged below the game board,
A prize ball tank behind the front frame, ball payout means for paying out the game balls of the prize ball tank to the upper plate as a prize ball, and one game ball from the upper plate when operating the firing handle. The game machine includes a launching means for launching on the upper side of the board and a game ball collecting means for collecting game balls passing through the game board.

[0003] In this kind of ball game machine, firing control when a shooting ball is fired by a firing means, prize control when the shot game ball enters a ball entrance of a game board, a prize winning means, etc. Most controls are electronically controlled such that microcomputers etc. perform electronic control at high speed, such as replenishment control when refilling game balls to ball tanks, payout control when paying out game balls with ball payout means, etc. Has been For this reason, on the back side of the front frame, a large number of control lead wires and the like are arranged in a complicatedly interlaced manner so as to connect between the boards or to connect the boards to the electrical components.

On the other hand, in recent years, in a game hall in which a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine is installed, information from each of the ball-and-game machines is transmitted to an external device such as a computer, and information from an external device such as a computer is transmitted. Is transmitted to each ball game machine, and the state of each ball game machine, for example, whether or not it is necessary to supply game balls to the prize ball tank, the number of game balls to be paid out by the ball payout means as prize balls, It has been considered that all information such as the presence / absence, the ball entry rate of a game ball with respect to a ball entrance, and the like is centrally grasped by a computer or the like, and is used for business management or management of each ball game machine.

[0005] Therefore, each information from the ball-and-ball game machine is taken out to an external device such as a computer, or connected to an external device such as a computer so that the information from the external device such as a computer is sent to the ball-and-ball game machine side. External connection terminals are provided on the substrate on the rear side of the front frame in advance.

[0006]

In a conventional ball-and-ball game machine, necessary external connection terminals are simply provided on a substrate or the like, and the external connection terminals are not classified according to information. When installing a ball game machine on the island side of the game hall, as well as connecting work when assembling the game machine,
Lead wire on the island side to the external connection terminal on the ball game machine side,
There is a disadvantage that the connection of the connector is very complicated and troublesome.

[0007] In addition, even with a single ball-and-ball game machine, information related to the prize ball tank, ball payout means, launching means, etc. on the front frame side, and variable symbol display means on the game board side, game parts such as entrances, etc. , And the handling is different between the front frame side and the game board side.

That is, usually, the game board is detachable from the front frame, and there is a case where only the game board is replaced by using the game machine main body such as the outer frame and the front frame as they are. When replacing the game board, it is necessary to remove and replace the external connection terminal connected to the game component such as the variable symbol display means on the game board side. Therefore, if the external connection terminal on the front frame side and the external connection terminal on the game board side are provided on a common substrate fixed to the rear side of the front frame, each time the game board is attached or detached, the external connection terminal is attached or detached. There is a problem that the number of external connection terminals is different depending on the configuration of the game board side.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and can easily and efficiently perform connection work at the time of assembling and replacing, and can eliminate complication such as attachment and detachment of external connection terminals due to replacement of a game board. It is intended to provide a ball game machine.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine body 1 having a gaming board 7 having gaming components, and a launching means 43 for launching a game ball on an upper side of the gaming board 7. A ball game machine provided with ball payout means 49 for paying out game balls.
External connection terminals 62 and 63 connected to devices such as 49 and game board 7
The external connection terminals 73 and 74 connected to the game components on the side are separated from each other, and the external connection terminals 62 and 63 of the former are connected to the board 61 on the rear side of the gaming machine body 1 and the external connection terminals 73 and 74 are connected to the game board. 7 are provided on the rear substrate 36, respectively.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the game machine main body 1 is pivotally supported by the outer frame 2 and the outer frame 2 via a hinge 3 so as to be freely opened and closed. 4, and the substrate 61 on the rear side of the front frame 4 is arranged so as to be displaced toward the hinge 3 at the corner of the front frame 4.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, information exchange with devices such as the ball dispensing means 49 and the launching means 43 of the gaming machine main body 1 is performed by an external device provided on the rear substrate 61 of the gaming machine main body 1. Information is transmitted and received through the connection terminals 62 and 63, and information is transmitted and received to and from the game components on the game board 7 via external connection terminals 73 and 74 provided on the board 36 on the rear side of the game board 7.

By dividing the external connection terminals 62, 63, 73, 74 into a board 61 on the game machine body 1 and a board 36 on the game board 7 according to the object to which they are connected, When replacing the whole, connect the external connection terminals 62, 63, 73, 74
And each lead wire 132,133,138,139 connector 133,135,
It is easy to judge the correspondence with 136 and 137, and connection work at the time of assembly and replacement can be performed easily and efficiently.

Moreover, since the external connection terminals 73 and 74 related to the game components on the game board 7 are on the board 36 on the game board 7 side,
Even if the number of external connection terminals 73 and 74 changes depending on the game content, the required number of external connection terminals 73 and 74
May be provided on the substrate 36.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a game machine main body is provided.
The substrate 61 on the rear side of the front frame 4 constituting a part of
Of the hinge 3 and the hinge 3
When opening and closing front frame 4 around
4 does not hinder opening / closing and inspection, and the front frame 4 can be easily opened / closed or the rear inspection of the front frame 4 can be easily performed.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

The drawings illustrate a case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a pachinko machine main body (game machine main body). The pachinko machine main body 1 has a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2 and a pair of upper and lower hinges 3 on the left end side.
And a front frame 4 pivotally supported so as to be openable and closable. A glass door 4a and a front plate 5 are openably and closably mounted on the front frame 4 corresponding to the window holes for mounting the game board, and a game board 7 is attached to and detached from the rear side of the front frame 4 via a gate-shaped three-way frame 6. It is freely attached.

An upper plate 8 for storing game balls for firing is mounted on the front plate 5, and a ball sweeping lever 9 is provided on the front edge of the upper plate 8.
Is provided. At the top of the front frame 4 is a jackpot indicator light 10
In addition, a lower plate 11 for receiving game balls overflowing from the upper plate 8 and a firing handle 12 for a firing operation are provided at a lower portion.

On the front of the game board 7, as shown in FIG.
A guide rail 13 for guiding the launched game balls is provided, and a variable symbol display means 14 is provided substantially at the center thereof.In addition to a large number of obstacle nails, a ramp windmill 15 is provided around the variable symbol display means 14. , Prize winning opening 16, starting opening 17-19, tulip type winning means 20,21, big winning means 22, out opening 23,
And a corner lamp.

The fluctuating symbol display means 14 is an LED display type having three dot-type symbol display portions on the left, right, and center in the horizontal direction, and a game ball enters one of the starting ports 17 to 19. At this time, the symbols in each symbol display section are changed for a predetermined time, and a natural winning prize opening 16 is provided above the variable symbol display means 14.

As shown in FIG. 4, the big prize winning means 22 is pivotally supported so as to be openable and closable about a horizontal axis and guides a game ball falling from the upper side of the game board 7 when opened. A solenoid 25 for opening and closing the opening / closing plate 24 and a specific area switch 27 for detecting a game ball entering a central specific area 26 divided into three parts, and a stop symbol for each symbol display section of the variable symbol display means 14. When a predetermined winning symbol combination is obtained, the solenoid 25 is excited to open the opening / closing plate 24.

If the specific area switch 27 detects a game ball that has entered the specific area 26 inside the open / close plate 24 while the open / close plate 24 is being opened, the big win means 22 reopens the open / close plate 24 after the opening is completed. It is designed to open.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, on the rear side of the game board 7, a natural winning prize port 16, starting ports 17 to 19, prize means 20, 21 and
A plurality of guide passages 28 to 33 for guiding the game balls that have entered the large winning means 22 and passed to the back of the game board 7 downward, a relay board 34, and a back cover 35 covering these are mounted, A game board 36 and a control board 38 provided in a protective case 37 are attached to the back cover 35.

In the guide passages 29 to 31, detection switches 39 to 41 for detecting game balls which have entered the starting ports 17 to 19 are attached. An IC for controlling the game operation of the entire pachinko machine and other electric parts are mounted on the control board 38 by printed wiring.

Each of the electric components incorporated in the game components, such as the variable symbol display means 14, the prize winning means 20, 21 and the special prize winning means 22, is electrically connected to the relay board 34 via a lead wire and a connector. I have.

On the rear side of the front frame 4, a back mechanism plate 42 for detachably holding a game board 7 fitted to the three-way frame 6 from the rear side, and near the lower side of the back mechanism plate 42 and opposite to the hinge 3. And a three-sided frame substrate 44 disposed below the three-sided frame 6 and on the side of the hinge 3 opposite to the emitting means 43.

The firing means 43 includes a hammer 45, a firing motor 46 for driving the hammer 45, and a firing control board 47 for controlling the firing motor 46 when the firing handle 12 is operated. When this occurs, the firing motor 46 operates to drive the hitting hammer 45, and the game balls supplied to the firing portion one by one from the upper plate 8 are hit by the hitting hammer 45 and fired on the guide rail 13 side of the game board 7. It has become.

On the back mechanism plate 42, a prize ball tank 48 for storing game balls to be paid out as prize balls, a distribution board 61, ball payout means 49 for paying out game balls as prize balls, and a prize ball tank
A tank rail that guides 48 game balls to the ball payout means 49
A guide duct 51 for guiding the game balls paid out by the ball payout means 49 to the upper plate 8; an overflow duct 52 for guiding the game balls overflowing from the upper plate 8 to the lower plate 11; Passage 28
A ball-collecting case for collecting prize balls falling downward from ~ 33 and out-balls passing from the out port 23 to the back side of the game board 7
53, a collecting chute 54 for collecting an out ball from the ball collecting case 53 to the island side, a power transformer 55 arranged so as to correspond to the front and rear of the three-sided frame board 44, and the like.

The prize ball tank 48 is provided with an out-of-supply switch 56 for detecting the out-of-supply of the game ball, and a ball-out switch 57 for detecting the out-of-ball of the game ball below the tank rail 50. The ball payout means 49 includes a rotating body 58 having a feeding concave portion formed on the outer periphery, a payout motor 59 for driving the rotating body 58, and a ball payout switch 60 for detecting a game ball paid out by rotation of the rotating body 58. Have.
Note that the payout motor 59 is configured by a stepping motor.

The ball collecting case 53 detects a winning ball receiving portion 64 for receiving a winning ball falling from each of the guide passages 28 to 33 and a winning ball falling from the winning ball receiving portion 64 to the collecting chute 54 below. And a prize ball switch 65 are provided. The overflow duct 52 is provided with a full switch 66 for detecting whether the lower plate 11 is full of gaming balls.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a protective case 37 is removably mounted on the back cover 35 by a locking portion 67 and a locking claw 68 so as to cover the rear opening 35a. A board storage case 69 is integrally formed near the upper side of the protection case 37. The game board 36 is housed and fixed in the board storage case 69, and the opening / closing lid 70 is mounted on the pivot 71 and the locking claw 72 so as to be openable and closable.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the distribution board 61 is provided with an external connection terminal 62 for supply information and an external connection terminal 63 for emission control information. The distribution board 61 is detachably fixed to a rectangular board mounting frame portion 75 formed on the back mechanism plate 42 by screws 76 from the rear side thereof, and is protected by a detachable protection cover 77.

The substrate mounting frame portion 75 is disposed at a corner of the back mechanism plate 42 at a position substantially at the same height as the winning ball tank 48 and at a position deviated to the hinge 3 side opposite to the winning ball tank 48. It is integrally formed so as to protrude from the front and rear sides of the back mechanism plate 42 so as to surround the wiring hole 78 on the inside. And this board mounting frame part 75
A front cover 79 is detachably fixed to the front side by screws 80.

The protective cover 77 includes a hook portion 82 which engages with a pair of hinge portions 81 so as to be detachable and rotatable, and an engaging portion 84 which engages with a locking claw 83 so as to be detachable. It is detachably attached to the mechanism plate 42. Note that the hinge portion 81 and the locking claw 83 are formed integrally with the back mechanism plate 42.

Each of the boards 34, 36, 38, 44, 47, 61 is wired as shown in FIG. That is, the power plug 85 and the speaker 86 are connected to the three-sided frame substrate 44. The three-sided frame board 44 is connected to the launch control board 47 via a connector 87, a lead wire 88 and a connector 89, and the connector 9
0, connected to the distribution board 61 via a lead wire 91 and a connector 92. A firing motor 46 and a firing switch 93a are connected to the firing control board 47 via a lead wire and a connector.

The distribution board 61 has a winning ball indicator 93, a ball out indicator 94, a lower plate full indicator 95, a ball out switch 57, a full switch 66, a big hit indicator 10, a game indicator 96, and a supply out switch 56. Etc. lead wire 97-104, connector 105-112
And so on. The distribution board 61 includes the connector 11
3,114 are connected to the control board 38 via lead wires 115,116 and connectors 117,118.

On the control board 38, a payout motor 59, a ball payout switch 60, and a winning ball switch 65 are provided with lead wires 119 to 119.
121, and are connected via connectors 122 to 124. The control board 38 includes the connector 124a, the lead wire 125, and the connector 12
6 to the relay board 34 and the connector 12
7, connected to the variable symbol display means 14 and the like via a lead wire 128 and a connector 129. Relay board 34 is connector 13
0, an external connection terminal 73 for symbol operation information of the game board 36 and an external connection terminal for jackpot information via the lead wire 131.
74 and connected to.

External connection terminals 62 and 63 having a connector structure are fixed to the distribution board 61. External connection terminal for supply information
Reference numeral 62 is connected to the replenishment switch 56, and a lead wire 132 connected to the external replenishing means is detachably connected via a connector 133. When the supply replenishment switch 56 detects the replenishment of the game balls in the prize ball tank 48, the external replenishment means is automatically operated from the external connection terminal 62 via the lead wire 132, etc. A game ball is supplied to the tank 48.

The external connection terminal 63 for the emission control information is connected to the connectors 92 and 113 on the distribution board 61, and a lead wire 134 from an external computer or the like is detachably connected via the connector 135. . When a firing stop command is received from an external computer or the like, a stop signal is sent to the control board 38, the firing control board 47, etc.
Stops the game by stopping 46.

External connection terminals 73 and 74 having a connector structure are fixed to the game board 36. The external connection terminal 73 for symbol operation information and the external connection terminal 74 for jackpot information are connected to an external computer or the like via connectors 136, 137 and lead wires 138, 139, and each symbol display section of the variable symbol display means 14 has changed. The symbol operation information at the time and the jackpot information at the time of the jackpot in which the stop symbols of each symbol display section of the variable symbol display means 14 are a combination of a predetermined symbol are sent to a computer or the like.

Each connector is composed of a detachable male connector and a female connector, and the male connector is fixed to each of the substrates 34, 36, 38, 44, 47, 61, etc. Is provided on the lead wire side. The correspondence between the external connection terminals 62, 63, 73, 74 and the leads 132, 134, 138, 139 or their connectors 133, 135, 136, 137 can be easily determined by changing the color and the like.

In the pachinko machine having the above structure, when playing the game, when the firing handle 12 is rotated about the front-rear axis, the firing motor 46 of the firing means 43 is operated, and the hammer 45 is driven. The game balls supplied to the firing unit are hit and fired one by one from 8. Then, the launched game ball is guided along the guide rail 13 to the upper side of the game board 7, flies from the upper end of the guide rail 13 to the upper side of the game board 7, and The player falls down along the game board 7 while colliding with an obstacle nail or the like.

When a game ball falling downward along the game board 7 enters one of the starting ports 17 to 19, the detection switches 39, 4
Since either 0 or 41 detects a game ball, the display symbol of each symbol display section of the variable symbol display means 14 fluctuates for a fixed time. Therefore, the control board 38, the relay board 34, the game board 36
The symbol operation information is sent to an external computer or the like via the external connection terminal 73 for the symbol operation information, the lead wire 138, etc.
The number of symbol operations is counted by a computer or the like.

When each symbol display section of the variable symbol display means 14 fluctuates for a predetermined time, it then stops in the order of, for example, left, right, center, and the like. If the stop symbol at this time is a combination of a predetermined winning symbol, the open / close plate 24 of the special winning means 22 is opened for a certain period of time.
Since the game balls 24 guide the game balls falling from above along the game board 7, a large number of the game balls can easily enter the special winning means 22 and are returned to the player as great profit.

On the other hand, when the symbol display section of the variable symbol display means 14 stops at the symbol and the open / close plate 24 of the special winning means 22 is opened, a large hit state occurs. , The external connection terminal 7 of the game board 36
4. The jackpot information is sent to an external computer or the like via the lead wire 139, and the number of jackpots is counted by the computer or the like.

At this time, the control board 38 is connected to the distribution board 61.
, The jackpot information is sent to the three-sided frame substrate 44, the jackpot indicator lamp 10 flashes, and a sound effect or the like is generated from the speaker 86.

When the open / close plate 24 of the special winning means 22 is in the open state,
When the game ball enters the specific area 26, the specific area switch 27 detects the game ball, the opening / closing plate 24 opens again, and the same operation is repeated.

When a game ball enters the starting ports 17 to 19, the special winning means 22, or the like, the game ball enters the winning ball receiving portion of the ball collecting case 53.
After gathering at 64, they are collected from the ball collecting case 53 to the island side. Then, when falling downward from the winning ball receiving portion 64, the winning ball switch 65 detects the winning ball,
Each time the prize ball switch 65 detects a prize ball, the firing motor 46 of the ball payout means 49 operates to drive the rotating body 58 to play a game ball supplied from the prize ball tank 48 via the tank rail 50. A predetermined number of winning balls are paid out to the upper plate 8 for each winning ball.

When the number of game balls in the prize ball tank 48 decreases and the supply runs out, the supply replenishment switch 56 operates to operate the distribution board 61.
A replenishment signal is sent to the replenishing means via the external connection terminal 62 for replenishment information and the lead wire 132, so that the replenishing means operates to automatically replenish game balls to the prize ball tank.

During a game, there is a player's misconduct, etc.
When a fire stop command is issued from an external computer or the like, the fire stop command is input to the external connection terminal 63 of the distribution board 61 via the lead wire 134, and thus the fire stop command is transmitted through the three-sided frame board 44, the fire control board 47, etc. Then, a stop signal is sent to the firing motor 46, and the firing motor 46 is automatically stopped.

When replacing the game board 7, the front frame 4 is opened around the hinge 3, the back mechanism plate 42 on the rear side is removed, the game board 7 is removed from the three-way frame 6, and another game board is removed. 7 is attached. At this time, since the relay board 34, the back cover 35, the game board 36, the control board 38, etc. are all integrally mounted on the rear side of the game board 7, these may be integrally removed together with the game board 7. Can be.

Then, after the new game board 7 is mounted, the lead wires 138, are connected to the external connection terminals 73, 74 of the game board 36.
139 connectors 136 and 137, and the control board 38 and the distribution board 61 may be connected by lead wires 115 and 116 or the like.

As described above, when the game content is changed,
Just replace the game board 7 side, the front frame of the pachinko machine 1
The ball payout means 49, the launch means 43, etc. on the 4 side are used as they are.

Then, external connection terminals 62 and 63 related to the ball payout means 49 and the firing means 43 mounted on the front frame 4 side,
The external connection terminals 73 and 74 related to the game components such as the variable symbol display means 14 mounted on the game board 7 are separated from each other, and the former external connection terminals 62 and 63 are connected to the distribution board 61 of the back mechanism plate 42. Since the latter external connection terminals 73, 74 are provided on the game board substrate 36 of the back cover 35, respectively, there is no trouble in attaching and detaching the external connection terminals 73, 74 related to the game parts when replacing the game board 7. The replacement work can be performed easily and quickly.

External connection terminals related to game parts such as the variable symbol display means 14 mounted on the game board 7 side of the game board 7.
Since 73 and 74 are on the game board 36 fixed to the back cover 35, even if the number of the external connection terminals 73 and 74 changes depending on the game content, the necessary number of external connection terminals
73 and 74 may be provided on the game board 36, and there is no problem. Therefore, the external connection terminals 73, 7
It is very convenient when the number of terminals of 4 changes.

Further, since the game board 36 having the external connection terminals 73 and 74 is provided on the back cover 35 mounted on the rear side of the game board 7, each lead between the relay board 34 and the control board 38 is provided. There is an advantage that the connection work of the lines 125, 128, 131 can be easily performed.

Each of the external parts on the distribution board 61 side which is only attached / detached when replacing the whole pachinko machine or performing maintenance and inspection, does not need to attach / detach the connectors 133/135 of the lead wires 132/134 when replacing the game board 7. The connection terminals 62 and 63 are arranged at the upper corner of the back mechanism plate 42 at the corner on the hinge 3 side. Therefore, even when the front frame 4 is opened and closed around the hinge 3, the lead wires 132, 134 and the like do not interfere with opening and closing, inspection, etc.
Opening and closing of the front frame 4 or inspection of the rear side of the front frame 4 can be easily performed. Further, it is not necessary to make the lengths of the lead wires 132 and 134 unnecessarily long, so that problems such as disconnection can be prevented.

Further, external connection terminals 62 and 63 related to the ball payout means 49 and the firing means 43 mounted on the front frame 4 side,
The external connection terminals 73 and 74 related to the game components such as the variable symbol display means 14 mounted on the game board 7 are separated from each other, and the former external connection terminals 62 and 63 are connected to the distribution board 61 of the back mechanism plate 42. Since the latter external connection terminals 73 and 74 are respectively provided on the game board 36 of the back cover 35, the entire pachinko machine is exchanged, and the external connection terminals 62, 63, 73 and 74 are respectively attached to the island side. Lead wire 132,13
4, When connecting the connectors 133, 135, 136, 137 of 138, 139, also connect each external connection terminal 62, 63, 73, 74 and each lead wire.
The correspondence between the connectors 132, 134, 138, 139 and the connectors 133, 135, 136, 137 can be easily determined, and the occurrence of connection errors can be prevented.

Each external connection terminal 62, 63, 73, 74 and each lead wire 132, 134, 138, 139 or its connector 133, 135,
136 and 137 are arranged so that the correspondence can be easily determined and distinguished by changing the color or the like.
Since it is divided into two sides, the number of types to be distinguished by its color or the like can be reduced.

Further, the external connection terminals 62, 63, 73, and 74 are divided into symbol operation information, jackpot information, supply information, and firing control information for each type of information.
Is divided into a distribution board 61 and a game board 36 according to a connection target, while separate external connection terminals 62 and 63 are provided for each information.
, 73, 74, the number of types of information can be easily increased or decreased, and the local concentration of the external connection terminals 62, 63, 73, 74 and the leads 132, 134, 138, 139 can be prevented.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

For example, in the embodiment, as the type of information,
Launch control information and supply information on the distribution board 61 side, the game board 36
The jackpot information and the symbol operation information are illustrated on the side, respectively.In addition to these information, ball lending information of the CR-type pachinko machine which is lent to the upper plate 8 from the ball dispensing means 49 in accordance with a command from the ball lending machine, or Information on the number of prize balls to be paid out to the upper plate 8 as prize balls from the ball payout means 49 may be added to the distribution board 61 side, and prize information may be added to the game board board 36 side.

The structure for mounting the distribution board 61 and the game board 36 may be any other than the embodiment.
Further, in the embodiment, the pachinko machine has been described, but the present invention can be similarly applied to various ball game machines other than the pachinko machine.

The gaming machine body 1 is composed of an outer frame 2 and a front frame 4 pivotally supported by the outer frame 2 via a hinge 3 so as to be openable and closable. Since the front frame 4 is arranged so as to be deviated at the corners and on the hinge 3 side, the following remarkable effects are obtained.

That is, the board 61 which does not require the attachment and detachment of the connectors 133 and 135 of the lead wires 132 and 134 except for exchanging the entire ball and ball game machine is arranged at the corner on the hinge 3 side. 4 When opening and closing
The front frame 4 can be easily opened and closed, or the rear inspection of the front frame 4 can be easily performed without the 132, 134, etc. obstructing opening / closing and inspection. Further, since the substrate 61 is deviated to the hinge 3 side, it is not necessary to make the length of the lead wires 132, 134 connected to the outside longer than necessary, and the problem such as disconnection can be prevented beforehand.

[0066]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the gaming machine body 1 has a gaming board 7 having gaming components, a launching means 43 for launching a game ball on the upper side of the gaming board 7, In a ball game machine equipped with a ball payout means 49 for paying out a ball,
The external connection terminals 62 and 63 connected to devices such as the launching means 43 and the ball payout means 49 on the gaming machine body 1 and the external connection terminals 73 and 74 connected to gaming components on the game board 7 are separated. Of the external connection terminals 62 and 63 of the
The latter external connection terminals 73 and 74 are provided on the rear substrate 36 of the game board 7, respectively, and have the following remarkable effects. The external connection terminals 62 and 63 connected to devices such as the ball dispensing means 49 and the launching means 43 on the gaming machine main body 1 side and the external connection terminals 73 and 74 connected to gaming components on the game board 7 side are separated. The external connection terminals 62 and 63 of the
The external connection terminals 73 and 74 are connected to the board on the back of the game board 7.
36, the external connection terminals 62, 63 for assembling the ball game machine and replacing the ball game machine.
, 73, 74 to the connectors 133, 135, 136, 137 of the island side leads 132, 134, 138, 139, the external connection terminals 62, 63, 73, 74 and the leads 132, 134, 138, 13 respectively.
It is possible to easily determine the correspondence with the connectors 133, 135, 136, and 137 of FIG. 9, and to easily and efficiently perform the connection work, and to prevent the occurrence of the connection error. Since the former external connection terminals 62 and 63 are provided on the rear substrate 61 of the gaming machine main body 1 and the latter external connection terminals 73 and 74 are provided on the rear substrate 36 of the game board 7, the At the time of replacement, there is no need to attach and detach the external connection terminals 73 and 74 related to the game component, and the replacement operation can be performed easily and quickly. Since the external connection terminals 73 and 74 related to the game components mounted on the game board 7 are on the board 36 on the game board 7 side, the number of the external connection terminals 73 and 74 varies depending on the game content. However, connect the required number of external connection terminals 73 and 74 to the board 36.
Therefore, it is very convenient when the number of the external connection terminals 73 and 74 changes according to the contents of the game and the like. Since the board 36 having the external connection terminals 73 and 74 is located on the rear side of the game board 7, there is an advantage that the work of connecting the lead wires 132 and 134 of the game board 7 can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the rear side of the game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the rear side of the game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a distribution board mounting portion showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of a distribution board mounting portion showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a wiring diagram of each board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine (game machine) 2 Outer frame 3 Hinge 4 Front frame 7 Game board 8 Upper plate 11 Lower plate 12 Launch handle 36,61 Board 43 Launch means 48 Prize ball tank 49 Ball payout means 62,63,73, 74 External connection terminal

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine body (1), a gaming board (7) having gaming components, a launch means (43) for launching a gaming ball on an upper side of the gaming board (7), and a payout of the gaming ball. In a ball-and-ball game machine provided with ball payout means (49), external connection terminals (62) (62) connected to devices such as launch means (43) and ball payout means (49) of the game machine body (1). 63) and the external connection terminals (73) and (74) connected to the game components on the gaming board (7) side, and connect the former external connection terminals (62) and (63) to the rear side of the gaming machine body (1). The external connection terminals (73) and (74) are connected to the board (61) of the game board (36).
Ball game machine, each of which is provided with a ball game machine.