JP2001120733A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko machine that has high-grade designed decoration members in the periphery of the playing zone, and can be used continuously without throwing away when the playing board is replaced. SOLUTION: A decorative door 40 that opens and shuts, and puts on and takes off easily to the front frame 2 is formed. The periphery of an opening of the decorative door 40 is formed as an outer rail 42 of the playing board 4. As the result, the decoration member need not be thrown away with the playing board 4 as before, when the playing board 4 is replaced. And the high- grade decoration member can be designed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a frame-shaped front frame to which a game board can be detachably mounted on the back side thereof, and a glass door is openably and closably provided, and a periphery of a game area of the game board is decorated. The present invention relates to a pachinko machine decorated with members.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an outer rail has been implanted in a substantially circular shape on the surface of a game board of a pachinko machine, and an area surrounded by the outer rail has been constituted as a game area in which a prize winning device and the like are arranged. . In addition, the periphery of the game area, that is, the outer area of the outer rail is not an area directly involved in the game, so in such an outer area, an indicator light for notifying a prize or a set number of ball payouts. The decorative member provided with the display plate etc. was provided.

[0003]

By the way, the decorative member provided with the above-mentioned indicator light, display plate, and the like has a large number of parts and requires labor for assembling, so that it has been a high-priced member. Further, since such a decorative member is integrally attached to and fixed to the game board, when the game board is replaced, the decorative member is inevitably disposed of. Therefore, there has been a problem that a high-grade design cannot be applied to a decorative member for decorating the periphery of the game area in terms of cost. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a decorative member for decorating a perimeter of a game area with a high-grade design without being discarded even when replacing a game board. It is to provide a pachinko machine equipped with it.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, a glass door is attached to a frame-shaped front frame on the back side of which a game board can be detachably attached. In addition, in the pachinko machine for decorating the periphery of the game area of the game board with a decorative member, the decorative member is openably and closable with respect to the front frame between the glass door and the game board. It is characterized by being provided with a door shape.

[0005] In addition, by opening the central portion of the decorative member in a substantially circular shape and forming the peripheral portion of the opening as an outer rail portion of the game board, the number of parts is reduced and the assembling process is facilitated. This is advantageous in that it can be performed.

Further, the pachinko machine includes a hit ball launching device for hitting a hit ball in a game area of the game board, a prize winning device arranged in the game area and capable of winning a hit ball, A prize ball payout device that pays out a prize ball in accordance with the above, wherein the decorative member includes a launch display unit that simulates and emits light to display a ball trajectory of a hit ball that is sent based on the hit ball launch device; By forming a prize ball payout display unit that simulates and displays the prize ball payout from the ball payout device, it is advantageous in that the periphery of the game area can be further decorated with a high-grade design.

[0007]

[Function] The decorative member has a door shape which can be freely opened and closed with respect to the front frame between the glass door and the game board, so that even when the game board is replaced, the decorative member is discarded at the same time. No need to do. For this reason, the luxury design of the decorative member is possible, and the periphery of the game area of the game board can be decorated with the luxury design. Furthermore, by making the decorative member door-shaped, there is no need to provide a mounting area for the decorative member on the game board side, so that the game board can be downsized accordingly. Further, such a door structure of the decorative member and downsizing of the game board can be replaced from the front of the game board to improve workability.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 has a frame-shaped front frame 2, and a window opening of the front frame 2 has a glass door 3 and a decorative door (decorative member) 40 which is a main part of the present invention. And are provided to be freely openable and closable individually. As is well known, a glass plate is set on the glass door 3 so that the game board 4 located behind can be seen through. On the surface of the game board 4, the inside of a substantially circular outer rail portion 42 formed on the decorative door 40 is configured as a game area, and various winning ports, winning devices, and the like are arranged. On the left side of the upper end of the game board 4, a hit ball launching device 20 is provided. The configurations of the hit ball firing device 20 and the decorative door 40 will be described later in detail.

A front plate 5 is fixed to the surface of the front frame 2 below the glass door 3. On the surface of the front plate 5, an upper plate 6 for storing a prize ball paid out from a prize ball payout device (not shown) or a game ball purchased by a player and guiding it as a hit ball, and the upper plate 6 cannot be completely stored in the upper plate 6. A lower plate 7 for storing a prize ball is provided. Also, beside the lower plate 7,
An operation handle 8 for adjusting the firing force of the hit ball is provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the operation handle 8 turns on a handle motor switch 8a by its rotation operation. In addition, the operation handle 8 is connected to an adjustment unit 28 of the hitting ball firing device 20 described below via a connecting wire 10 wound around each of the pulleys 9a and 9b, and the amount of rotation thereof is transmitted to the hitting ball firing device 20. It has become so.

The hit balls stored in the upper plate 6 flow down the game ball guide path 11 formed in the upper plate 6 in one row, and one ball is dropped by a ball cutting device 12 provided in the middle thereof. It is separated and flowed down one by one. Ball cutter 12
Is a ball cutting solenoid 13 and the ball cutting solenoid 13
And a ball cutting member 14 swinging about a support shaft. In addition, below the ball cutting member 14,
A ball sensor 15 is provided to detect whether or not there is a ball flowing down the game ball guiding path 11. In addition, the ball cutting device 1
2 passes through the discharge passage 16 and the pachinko machine 1
It is discharged as an out ball on the back side. As will be described in detail later, the ball cutting solenoid 13 is turned ON each time a hit ball is fired one by one by the hit ball firing device 20, and the hit ball actually fired by the hit ball firing device 20 And the ball stored in the upper plate 6 are exchanged.

On the other hand, a ball tank 17 is mounted on the upper rear surface of the pachinko machine 1, and a ball guiding gutter 18 extends from the ball tank 17 to one back surface of the game board 4. Is provided at the lower end of the ball. Therefore, the balls stored in the ball tank 17 are supplied to the hit ball firing device 20 as hit balls to be actually fired. The ball tank 17 may be used also as a ball tank for storing prize balls, or may be configured separately.

Next, the configuration of the hit ball firing device 20 will be described with reference to FIG. The hit ball launching device 20 is fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2 and provided collectively on a base 21 on which the game board 4 is mounted.
It is composed of The rotation drive unit 22 includes a firing motor 23 fixed to the back surface of the base 21, and a rotating body 24 located on the front side of the base 21 and fixed to a motor shaft 23 a of the firing motor 23. The rotating body 24 includes the base 2
A ball receiving concave portion 24a for receiving the ball is formed in a substantially semicircular shape with the side facing 1 open, and the rear end (rear end in the rotation direction) of the ball receiving concave portion 24a locks the ball. It is a locking portion 24b. Further, a sensing portion 24c made of, for example, a metal material is attached to the front flange portion at a position substantially corresponding to the center of the ball receiving concave portion 24a.

The rotating body 24 is housed in an arc-shaped surrounding frame 25 projecting from the base 21.
The upper portion of the surrounding frame 25 bulges outward to form a ball standby portion 25a. The base 2 at a position corresponding to the ball standby section 25a
1, a ball entrance 26 is opened, and the hitting guide gutter 18 is connected to the ball entrance 26. When the ball 24 located at the head of the ball guiding gutter 18 rotates and the ball receiving recess 24a coincides with the ball inlet 26, the ball waiting portion 25
a, and is waiting at that position. When the rotating body 24 further rotates and the ball locking portion 24b comes to the ball standby portion 25a, the hit ball that has been waiting moves while being locked by the ball locking portion 24b. The lower part of the surrounding frame 25 is formed in a rectangular hollow shape, and houses a motor fixed position sensor 27 operated by the sensing unit 24c.

On the other hand, an adjusting portion 28, which is the other component of the hitting ball launching device 20, is a support that moves along a moving groove 29 formed in an arc shape on the base 21 above the rotating body 24. The table 30 and a biasing spring 31
And a movable member 32 elastically supported by the movable member 32. The support base 30 is an elliptical plate located on the front surface of the base 21, and is movably attached to the movement groove 29 by projecting a pin (not shown) penetrating the movement groove 29 on the back surface. I have. The other end of the coil spring 33 whose one end is locked to the back of the base 21 is locked to the back of the support 30. Thus, the support 30 is constantly urged forward by the urging force of the coil spring 33. Further, one end of the connection wire 10 is locked to a rear end of the support base 30. For this reason, the support base 3 is proportional to the amount of rotation of the operation handle 8.
0 moves from the front to the rear against the urging force of the coil spring 33. The movable member 32 is swingable about a pivot pin 34 protruding from the front surface of the support base 30, and a firing roller 35 made of synthetic resin is rotatably attached to the tip of the movable member 32. I have. The firing roller 35 is
It is always urged downward by the urging force of the urging spring 31 provided around the support pin 34.

The hit ball, which has been moved while being locked by the ball locking portion 24b of the rotating body 24, comes into contact with the firing roller 35 and pushes up the movable member 32 against the urging force of the urging spring 31. The firing roller 35 presses the rear surface of the hit ball by the restoring force of the urging spring 31 immediately after passing, and pushes the hit ball in the tangential direction of the rotating body 24 at that time. Thus, the hit ball firing device 20 hits the hit ball into the game area.

Next, the structure of the decorative door 40 which is a main part of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Decorative door 4
0 has a square door body 41 as shown in FIG. The door main body 41 has a substantially circular opening at a central portion, and a peripheral portion of the opening is formed as an outer rail portion 42. Further, hinge portions 43 for attaching the decorative door 40 to the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable are formed at two upper and lower portions on one side end of the door body 41.
Is provided with a hinge hole 43a for inserting the hinge pin 19 shown in FIG. 1 (see FIG. 7). Thus, the decorative door 40 is connected to the hinge pin 43 by the hinge pin 1.
9 can be freely attached to and detached from the front frame 2 with insertion and release of 9. In addition, since the hinge part 43 is directly attached to the front frame 2, the decorative door 40 opens and closes separately from the glass door 3, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. .

As shown in FIG. 7, concave portions 44 are formed on both right and left sides of the door body 41 (only the left side portion is shown in FIG. 7). ,
A plurality of light emitting LEDs 45 are arranged along the outer rail portion 42. A light-transmitting light-emitting case 46 is attached to a portion of the concave portion 44 where the light-emitting LEDs 45 are arranged, and a cover member 47 is attached to other portions of the concave portion 44. Thereby, the decorative door 4
The left part of the light emitting diode 45 includes a plurality of light emitting LEDs 45 and a light emitting case 46.
The right side of the decorative door 40 is configured as a prize ball payout display 49 including a plurality of light-emitting LEDs 45 and a light-emitting case 46. The electric wiring of the light emitting LED 45 is connected to a control circuit (not shown) on the game board 4 side from the back of the decorative door 40 via a connector. Also, the decorative door 40
An accommodation space for accommodating the hitting ball launching device 20 is provided on the left side of the upper end portion, and a part of the outer rail portion 42 corresponding to the receiving space is notched as a launching hole of the hitting ball.

Next, the firing display unit 48 by the above control circuit
The control operation of the prize ball payout display 49 will be described. First, the control operation of the launch display unit 48 will be described. When the handle motor switch 8a is turned on by the rotation of the operation handle 8, the control circuit controls the lighting of the light emitting LED 45 in accordance with the ON operation. At this time, the control circuit controls the number of light-emitting LEDs 45 to be lit according to the amount of rotation of the operation handle 8. That is, as the amount of rotation of the operation handle 8 increases, the respective light-emitting LEDs 45 are sequentially turned on from the lower end to the upper end, and a ball trajectory is formed as if a game ball on the upper plate 6 had flew. Light emission is displayed.

Next, the control operation of the prize ball payout display section 49 will be described. When a prize ball is dispensed from the prize ball dispensing device, the control circuit causes each of the light emitting LEs to be dispensed with this dispensing operation.
The lighting control of D45 is sequentially performed from the upper end to the lower end. At this time, the control circuit controls the lighting number of the light emitting LEDs 45 according to the amount of the prize ball paid out by the prize ball payout device. That is, a large amount of prize balls are paid out (for example, 15 pieces).
In the case of, the light emission L of the entire section from the upper end side to the lower end side
When the ED 45 is turned on and the payout amount of the prize ball is small (for example, 7), the light emitting LED 45 in the half section is turned on to visually notify the payout amount of the prize ball. . The display operation of the prize ball payout display section 49 is performed by using a two-color light emitting LED 45.
It is also possible to change the emission color according to the amount of the prize ball paid out.

As described above, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with the decorative door 40 which can be opened and closed and which can be freely attached to and detached from the front frame 2 as a decorative member for decorating the periphery of the game area of the game board 4. ing. Therefore, when the game board 4 is replaced, the decorative member does not need to be disposed at the same time as in the related art, and a high-grade design of the decorative member becomes possible. In addition, since the decorative member has a door shape (decorative door 40), there is no need to provide a mounting area for the decorative member on the game board 4 side.
The gaming board 4 can be reduced in size accordingly. The structure of the decorative door 40 and the miniaturization of the game board 4 can be replaced from the front of the game board 4 to improve workability.

The periphery of the opening of the decorative door 40 is
Since it is formed as the outer rail portion 42 of the game board 4,
This can lead to a reduction in the number of components of the pachinko machine 1 as a whole and facilitation of the assembling process. Further, the decorative door 40 has a launch display section 48 for illuminating and displaying the trajectory of the ball being hit by the hit ball firing device 20 in a simulated manner, and a prize ball payout from the prize ball payout device. Since the prize ball payout display portion 49 for displaying light emission is formed, it is possible to further decorate the periphery of the game area with a high-grade design,
It is designed to excite the interest of games.

In the above embodiment, the hit ball launching device 2
0 is illustrated on the left side of the upper side of the game board 4, but the present invention is not particularly limited to such a configuration. It may be a pachinko machine provided to directly hit a game ball on the upper plate 6 into a game area. In this case, the decorative door 4
The launch display unit 48 of 0 is configured to sequentially turn on the light emitting LED 45 along a hit ball hit by the hit ball firing device. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, a plurality of sensors 5 corresponding to each light emitting LED 45 are provided on the outer rail portion 42 of the decorative door 40.
0 is provided. Thereby, each sensor 50 is turned on along the flying ball on the outer rail portion 42, and the light emitting LEDs 45 are sequentially turned on from the lower end to the upper end.

[0023]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the decorative member has a door shape which is provided between the glass door and the game board so as to be openable and closable with respect to the front frame. Therefore, even when the game board is replaced, there is no need to simultaneously dispose of the decorative member. For this reason, the luxury design of the decorative member is possible, and the periphery of the game area of the game board can be decorated with the luxury design. Furthermore, by making the decorative member door-shaped, there is no need to provide a mounting area for the decorative member on the game board side, so that the game board can be downsized accordingly. Further, such a door structure of the decorative member and downsizing of the game board can be replaced from the front of the game board to improve workability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine as viewed from the front.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a hit ball launching device constituting the pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a decorative door of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a state where the decorative door and the glass door are individually opened and closed.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a state where the decorative door and the glass door are individually opened and closed.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing the decorative door.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing a decorative door according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Front frame 3 Glass door 4 Game board 20 Hitting and launching device 40 Decorative door (decorative member) 41 Door main body 42 Outer rail part 43 Hinge part 45 Light emitting LED 46 Light emitting case 48 Fire display part 49 Prize ball payout display part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which a glass door is openably and closably attached to a frame-shaped front frame to which a game board can be detachably attached on its back side, and a periphery of a game area of the game board is decorated with a decorative member. The pachinko machine, wherein the decorative member is a door-shaped member provided between the glass door and the game board so as to be openable and closable with respect to the front frame. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein a center portion of the decoration member is opened in a substantially circular shape, and a peripheral portion of the opening is formed as an outer rail portion of the game board. 3. The pachinko machine includes: a hit ball launching device that hits a ball in a game area of the game board; a prize winning device that is arranged in the game area to be able to win a hit ball; A prize ball payout device that pays out a prize ball with the
The decoration member, a launch display unit that simulates light emission display of the ball trajectory of the hit ball that is sent based on the hit ball launch device,
3. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a prize ball payout display unit for illuminating and displaying a prize ball payout from the prize ball payout device.