JP2001062121A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent such an unfair practice as opening a glass plate holding frame by using a piano wire, etc. SOLUTION: This pachinko game machine 1 is so constructed that the glass plate holding frame 4 is fitted to the front of a front frame 3 to be opened and closed, and engagement parts 73, 73 provided on the open side surface of the glass plate holding frame 4 are locked by a locking device 75 provided in the front frame 3. In this case, unfair preventing pieces 93, 93 are provided on the open side surface of the glass plate holding frame 4 outside the engagement parts 73, 73.

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 in which a glass plate holding frame is attached to the front of a front frame so as to be openable and closable, and more particularly to a pachinko game machine in which illegal opening of the glass plate holding frame is prevented. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a glass plate holding frame is provided on the front of a front frame of a pachinko gaming machine so as to be openable and closable, and is normally locked by a locking device so as not to be opened. By the way, the above-described locking device locks the glass plate holding frame by engaging the engaging portion provided on the glass plate holding frame with the locking portion of the vertically movable locking rod provided on the front frame, and locks the key. The glass plate holding frame is opened by moving the locking rod downward by the turning operation of.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional pachinko game machine, a small gap is inevitably formed between the opening of the front frame and the open side surface of the glass plate holding frame. There has been a problem that an illegal act of inserting a piano wire or the like, hooking the locking rod of the locking device, moving the locking rod down, and opening the glass plate holding frame is performed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has as its object to provide a pachinko game in which it is impossible to use a piano wire or the like to open a glass plate holding frame. To provide machines.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a glass frame holding frame which is openably and closably mounted on a front surface of a front frame, and which is provided on an open side surface of the glass plate holding frame. In a pachinko game machine in which a joint portion is locked by a locking device provided on a front frame, a fraud prevention piece is provided on the open side surface of the glass plate holding frame and outside the engaging portion.

For this reason, even if a piano wire or the like is inserted through a gap formed between the opening of the front frame and the open side surface of the glass plate holding frame, the piano wire hits the fraud prevention piece and is hooked on the locking rod of the locking device. It is no longer possible to prevent the illegal operation of opening the glass plate holding frame.

[0007]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a state in which a game board is removed from a front frame and a glass plate holding frame is opened. The pachinko gaming machine 1 includes an outer frame 2 framed in a vertical rectangular shape, a front frame 3 pivotally supported on one side of the outer frame 2, and an openable and closable upper front surface of the front frame 3. And a glass plate holding frame 4 to be formed.

The front frame 3 is integrally formed of a synthetic resin, and has a substantially square opening 5 formed at an upper portion thereof, and a lower portion formed in a plate shape. Also, on the back surface of the front frame 3 and around the opening 5,
A game board mounting frame 6 is integrally formed, and a game board 7 is removably mounted and fixed to the game board mounting frame 6. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, hinges 8a, 8b, 8c are provided at the upper and middle portions of the front frame 3 on the pivot side, and the upper hinge 8a and the middle hinge 8b and the middle hinge 8b and the lower hinge 8c. Between them, a glass plate holding frame 4 and a front door plate 10 having a hit ball supply tray 9 are provided to be openable and closable, respectively. A lower plate 11 and an operation handle 12 are fixed to a lower portion of the front frame 3 formed in a plate shape.

As shown in FIG. 1, a guide rail 13 for guiding a game ball fired by rotating the operation handle 12 is disposed on the front surface of the game board 7 in a substantially circular shape. The area defined by the rails 13 is configured as a game area. A variable display device 1 having two variable displays 14 and 15 above and below the center of the game area.
6 are provided. On both sides of the variable display device 16, passing start ports 17 are provided, and below the variable display apparatus 16, a variable start port 18 and a special winning port 19 are provided. Further, a general winning opening 20 and a windmill 21 are provided in the game area.

Also, as shown in FIGS.
A plurality of gaming effect lamps 22 are arranged side by side on the upper side of the opening 5, and the front surface is covered by a light-transmitting cover member 23. The game effect lamp 22 is turned on or blinks when the game state becomes a specific game state (big hit state). FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, a concave surface portion 24 is formed on the right side of the opening 5 of the front frame 3 so as to have a stepped lower portion leaving an upper portion above the upper edge and a lower portion below the lower edge. A lamp display device 25 is provided on the concave surface portion 24.

The lamp display device 25 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, a rectangular box-shaped frame 26 integrally molded with an opaque synthetic resin, a translucent cover body 27, and a plurality of lamp substrates 28a, 28b, 28c are integrally unitized. . The box-shaped frame 26 has a concave portion 2
The base plate portion 29 joined to the surface of the base plate 4 and the cover portions 30a and 30b provided at the upper and lower positions on the front surface of the base plate portion 29 are integrally provided, and each of the upper and lower cover portions 30a and 30b faces outwardly. Claw-shaped elastic locking pieces 31a and 31b are provided. The cover portions 30a and 30b are
The upper surface is formed so as to be substantially coplanar with the front surface of the front frame 3 in a state where the lens insertion hole 3 is in contact with the concave surface portion 24, and the oblong lens insertion hole 3 is formed in the upper cover portion 30 a.
Transparent lens members 33a, 33b colored in different colors are fitted into the respective lens fitting holes 32a, 32b from the inside. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the lamp substrate 28a is housed in the hollow portion of the upper cover portion 30a, and the screw 34 is fixed to the box-like frame 26 by screwing the screw 34 into the mounting projections 35, 35 projecting from the inside. The lamp substrate 28
By fixing a, the rear end surfaces of the lens members 33a and 33b are pressed so that the lens members 33a and 33b are held so as not to come off. The lamp substrate 28a is provided with a ball breaking lamp 36 so as to be located behind the upper lens member 33a, and a prize ball lamp 37 is provided so as to be located behind the lower lens member 33b. The ball out lamp 36 is lit when the amount of balls stored in the ball tank provided on the back of the game board is insufficient, and the prize ball lamp 37 is lit when the prize ball is paid out. Things.

On the other hand, on the upper surface of the base plate portion 29 of the box-shaped frame 26,
A lamp board 28b provided with a locking lamp 38 and a lamp board 28c provided with a plurality of display lamps 39 are fixed by screws 41 via attachment protrusions 40. The locking lamp 38 is lit and displayed when the glass plate holding frame 4 is opened, and the display lamp 39 is lit or blinked when the gaming state becomes a big hit. Also,
The upper side edge of the base plate portion 29 is fitted into through holes 42, 42 formed in the lamp substrates 28b, 28c, and
Positioning projections 43, 43 for positioning b, 28c are provided in a protruding manner.

The cover body 27 is mounted in a space between the upper and lower cover parts 30a, 30b of the base plate part 29, and has elastic engaging projections 44, 44 at its upper and lower ends. And engagement recesses 45, 4 formed in the base plate 29.
By engaging the elastic engaging projections 44, 44 with the respective members 5, they are fixed to cover the front surface of the base plate portion 29. Then, when the cover body 27 is attached to the front surface of the base plate part 29, the cover body 27 and the cover parts 30a, 30b
Are continuous on the same plane. In addition, a positioning piece 47 that fits into the notch groove 46 of the cover body 27 and that correctly determines the mounting position of the cover body 27 is protruded below the base plate portion 29. The base plate portion 29 and the cover body 27 are provided with through holes 48 and 49 through which a cylinder lock 90 of a locking device 75 described later faces.

In order to mount the lamp display device 25 unitized as described above on the front frame 3, the base plate 29 is joined to the surface of the concave portion 24 of the front frame 3, and the elastic locking pieces 31 are attached.
The a and 31b can be attached by one-touch by engaging the engaging holes 50 formed in the upper and lower positions of the concave portion 24. At this time, the lamp display device 25 is attached to a correct position by fitting a positioning piece 51 projecting below the concave portion 24 with a notch groove 52 formed at the lower end of the box-shaped frame 26. Is available.

2 and 3, an arc-shaped decorative plate portion 53 is provided integrally with the opening 5 of the front frame 3 so as to surround the upper outside of the game area of the game board 7. On the both sides of the front surface of the decorative plate portion 53, square lamp recesses 54, 54 are formed. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a frame-shaped mounting wall 57 having a stepped portion 56 in contact with the lamp substrate 55 is formed in the lamp housing recesses 54, 54. Lamp substrate 55 at 57
Are mounted via a locking member 58.
The locking member 58 is formed in a square frame shape that can be superimposed on the peripheral edge of the lamp substrate 55,
9 and an elastic engagement piece 60 bent in a U-shape are provided integrally. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the protruding piece 59 is fitted into a slot 61 formed in the lamp accommodating recess 54, and the lamp substrate 55 is pressed and fixed to the step 56 of the mounting wall 57. The lamp board 55 can be detachably attached to the lamp accommodating recess 54 by engaging the claw 62 of the 60 with the engagement notch 63. The lead wire 64 drawn out from the lamp board 55 is drawn out from the cord insertion hole 65 formed in the lamp accommodating recess 54 to the back side of the decorative plate section 53 and is connected to a relay board (not shown). . As a result, when the glass plate holding frame 4 is opened, the lamp substrate 55 is exposed to the front of the front frame 3, so that the decorative lamps 66, 66 mounted on the lamp substrate 55 need to be replaced when the ball is broken. It can be done easily.

The glass plate holding frame 4 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the main frame 65 is made up of a synthetic resin main body frame 65 formed in a substantially square shape and a metal groove frame member 66 mounted on the back side of the main body frame 65. The upper portion of the opening of the main body frame 65 is formed in an arc shape so as to cover the upper outer side of the game area of the game board, and the glass frame holding frame 4 is closed on both sides of the arc shape portion. Through holes 67, 67 corresponding to the lamp recesses 54, 54 are formed. The transparent lens members 68, 68 are mounted in the through holes 67, 67, respectively. On the other hand, the groove frame member 66 is formed in a U-shape so as to surround the left and right sides and the lower side except for the upper side of the glass plate holding frame 4, and is provided with two strips provided at intervals in the front and rear. Grooves 69, 6
9, two outer glass plates 70,
70 (see FIG. 2) is inserted from above and held. Further, a reinforcing metal plate 71 is attached to an upper portion of the back surface of the main body frame 65 so as to cover the arc-shaped portion. The reinforcing metal plate 71 has through holes 7 corresponding to the lens members 68, 68.
2, 72 are provided, and the indicator lamps 66, 66 are provided.
The light of the front is made to pass. The groove frame member 6
Metal fittings 74, 74 having locking engagement portions 73, 73 formed thereon by bending are fixed to the upper and lower positions on the open side surface of 6.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a locking device 75 for the glass plate holding frame 4 is attached to the opening 5 of the front frame 3 and the inner edge located on the open side of the glass plate holding frame 4. I have. As shown in FIG. 11, the locking device 75 includes a metal fixing plate 76, a locking rod 77, an opening operation plate 78, an opening lever 79, and the like. The fixing plate 76 includes a groove 80 having a U-shaped cross section into which the outer peripheral edge of the glass plate holding frame 4 is fitted, a folded part 81 for security, and a groove 8.
A reinforcing piece 8 bent outwardly at a right angle from the upper edge of the outer wall 8
2 are formed, and engagement notches 83, 83 are formed vertically on the inner wall of the groove 80. As shown in FIG. 3, the fixing plate 76 has the reinforcing piece 82 abutted against the front surface of the right side of the opening 5 and is screwed, thereby increasing the strength of the front frame 3. On the other hand, the locking rod 77 has long slots 84, 8 formed at upper and lower positions.
4 is a pin 8 erected on the outer surface of the inner wall of the fixing plate 76.
5 and 85, and are mounted so as to be slidable up and down. At the positions corresponding to the engagement notches 83, 83 of the fixed plate 76, the front locking portions 86, 86 are notched so that the upward locking portions 86, 86 are formed. Is formed. Also, the opening operation plate 7
Numeral 8 is attached to the outer surface of the inner wall of the fixed plate 76 by a pin 87 so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction, and is connected to an opening lever 79 via a coil spring 88. In addition,
The release lever 79 is rotatably attached to the locking rod 77 by a pin 89.

When the glass plate holding frame 4 is closed, as shown in FIG. 12, the locking device 75 having the above-described configuration is configured so that the locking rod 7 urged to the upper position by the coil spring 88 as shown in FIG.
7 and the engaging portion 7 of the glass plate holding frame 4
3, 73 are engaged to lock the glass plate holding frame 4,
As shown in FIG. 13, the rotation of the cylinder lock 90 provided on the right side of the opening 5 or the downward operation of the release lever 79 causes the locking rod 77 to move downward against the bias of the coil spring 88. Then, the locking of the glass plate holding frame 4 is unlocked by releasing the engagement between the locking portions 86, 86 of the locking rod 77 and the engaging portions 73, 73 of the glass plate holding frame 4. ing. In addition, the opening operation plate 7 is
13, the glass plate holding frame 4 is pushed forward by the contact portion 91 so that the glass plate holding frame 4 can be easily opened.

As shown in FIG. 2, stopper pieces 92, 92 projecting horizontally forward are formed integrally at the upper edge of the opening 5 of the front frame 3 and at two places on the left and right sides thereof. ing. The stopper pieces 92, 92 face the upper and lower two glass plates 70, 70 in a state where the glass plate holding frame 4 is closed.
The protruding length is selected so as to prevent the upward movement of 0,70. For this reason, even if the glass plates 70 are pushed upward with the glass plate holding frame 4 closed, the glass plate 7
Since the upper ends of 0, 70 abut against the lower surfaces of the stop pieces 92, 92, it is possible to reliably prevent the wrongdoing that is performed by pushing up the glass plates 70, 70 without using the glass holding rod as in the related art. be able to.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 10, the engaging portion 7 of the groove frame member 66 is located on the open side of the glass plate holding frame 4 and at the upper and lower positions of the main body frame 65.
3 and 73, a thin plate-shaped fraud prevention piece 9
3, 93 are protruded integrally. This fraud prevention piece 9
3 and 93 are the engaging portions 7 as shown in FIGS.
The protrusion length is selected so as to completely cover the side surfaces of the base plates 3 and 73 and to protrude to the depth of the groove 80 of the fixing plate 76 when the glass plate holding frame 4 is closed.

According to the pachinko gaming machine 1 configured as described above, even when a piano wire or the like is inserted from the gap between the opening 5 of the front frame 3 and the main body frame 65 with the glass plate holding frame 4 closed. Since the piano wire cannot abut on the locking rod 77 of the locking device 75 because it strikes against the fraud prevention pieces 93, 93, the locking portions 86,
It is possible to reliably prevent an unauthorized act of releasing the glass plate holding frame 4 by releasing the engagement between the engaging portions 73 and 73 of the glass plate holding frame 4.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the glass plate holding frame is attached to the front surface of the front frame so as to be openable and closable, and the engagement provided on the open side surface of the glass plate holding frame. In a pachinko game machine in which the part is locked by a locking device provided on the front frame, the fraud prevention piece is provided on the open side surface of the glass plate holding frame and outside the engaging part, It is possible to reliably prevent a fraudulent act of opening the glass plate holding frame by inserting a piano wire or the like from a gap generated between the opening of the front frame and the open side surface of the glass plate holding frame.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine in a state in which a game board is removed from a front frame and a glass plate holding frame is opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a front frame with a lamp display device removed.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of a front frame of the lamp display device.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional side view of the lamp display device.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a concave portion for storing a lamp.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan sectional view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a rear perspective view of the glass plate holding frame.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the locking device.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the locking device portion with the front frame closed.

FIG. 13 is a side view of the locking device portion with the front frame opened.

FIG. 14 is a plan sectional view of an engagement portion of the glass plate holding frame.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of an engagement piece portion of the glass plate holding frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko gaming machine 3 Front frame 4 Glass plate holding frame 73, 73 Engaging part 75 Locking device 93, 93 Fraud prevention piece

Claims (1)

[Claims] A pachinko machine wherein a glass plate holding frame is openably and closably mounted on a front surface of a front frame, and an engaging portion provided on an open side surface of the glass plate holding frame is locked by a locking device provided on the front frame. In a gaming machine, a pachinko gaming machine is provided with an anti-fraud piece provided on an open side surface of the glass plate holding frame and outside an engaging portion.