JP2001149597A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine, with which production is facilitated and the production cost can be reduced by decreasing the number of parts, and which is equipped with a ball passage capable of smoothly guiding a game ball. SOLUTION: A lid member 13 is provided for covering the back side of a play panel, and a passage member 14 for guiding a game ball which wins a prize in a prize winning hole provided on the surface of the play panel and is guided to the back side of the play panel is provided on the front side of this lid member 13 integrally with this lid member 13 so that a ball passage 16 can be formed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine which gives a profit to a player when a game ball hit on the surface of a game board wins a winning opening.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko machine has been known as this type of game machine. A conventional pachinko machine is provided with a plurality of winning ports on the surface of a game board, and pays out a predetermined number of prize balls when a game ball hit on the surface of the game board wins the winning port.

[0003] By the way, a game ball which has won a winning opening needs to be guided to the back side of the game board and discharged out of the pachinko machine. For this reason, a ball passage is formed on the back of the game board for guiding game balls winning the winning opening. Such a ball passage is constituted by a passage member having a gutter structure, and this passage member is attached to the game board by a lid member that covers the back side of the game board.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machine, since the passage member for forming the ball passage is formed separately from the lid member, the number of parts increases and the assembling work is performed. There is a problem that it is troublesome and the manufacturing cost increases.

In recent years, a game board made of plastic has become mainstream, and such a game board has a boss portion for supporting an obstacle nail or the like protruding from the back side thereof. For this reason, when trying to form a ball passage on the back side of the game board, the boss protrudes everywhere in the ball passage.

As described above, in order to prevent the boss portion from protruding from the rear side of the game board, the game board may be formed thick.
In the case of a plastic game board, it is technically difficult to mold the game board to have a thickness including the boss portion.

When the passage member is formed so as to secure the depth of the ball passage in consideration of the projection amount of the boss portion, the depth of the ball passage differs between the portion where the boss portion exists and the portion where the boss portion does not exist. Thus, the game ball passing through the ball passage collides with the boss and rebounds, and the boss and the passage member may be damaged. Further, there is a possibility that the game ball may be clogged in the ball passage, and it is difficult to guide the game ball smoothly.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described circumstances, and has a ball passage capable of easily manufacturing and reducing the manufacturing cost by reducing the number of parts and further smoothly guiding game balls. It is intended to provide a gaming machine.

[0009]

A gaming machine according to the present invention comprises:
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the following features are provided. That is, the gaming machine according to the present invention described in claim 1 is:
A gaming machine having a plurality of winning ports, a gaming machine that gives a profit to a player when a game ball repelled on the surface of the gaming board wins the winning port, a back side of the gaming board; A cover member is provided on the front side of the cover member, and a passage member for guiding a game ball guided to the rear side of the game board by winning the winning opening is provided integrally with the cover member. It is characterized by the following.

A game machine according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in addition to the features of the game machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, the gaming machine is formed on the back surface of the game board by the passage member. A rib protruding into the ball passage is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the features of the gaming machine according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, the lid member and the passage member have a light-transmitting property. Characterized by being formed by a member having:

Here, the members forming the lid member and the passage member are made of, for example, ABS resin, polycarbonate, acrylic, polystyrene, polymethyl methacrylate, or the like.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment described below, a pachinko machine will be described as an example of a typical gaming machine.

<Pachinko Machine> FIGS. 3 to 5 show a game board used in a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a front view of the game board, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a right side view of the game board to which the cover member is attached.

A game board 1 used in a pachinko machine according to one embodiment of the present invention has a front surface as shown in FIG.
A substantially circular game section 3 surrounded by a guide rail 2 is provided. Further, in the gaming section 3, obstacle members including a plurality of obstacle nails 4 and windmills 5, a plurality of winning ports such as a general winning port 6, a starting port 7, and a large winning port 8 are provided. An out port 9 for guiding game balls that have been fired and have not won any of the winning ports to the rear side of the game board 1 and a decorative member 10 in which a decorative lamp or the like is disposed are provided. In the figure, a transparent window member 11 is attached in a region indicated by a broken line,
The screen of the liquid crystal display device 12 attached to the back side of the game board 1 faces.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a liquid crystal display device 12 is mounted on the back side of the game board 1 so as to face a transparent area, and below the liquid crystal display device 12, a plurality of winning openings are provided. The lid member 13 is attached to the cover.

<Cover Member> The cover member 13 is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view of the lid member 13. As shown in FIG. 1, the cover member 13 is a box-shaped member whose front side facing the game board 1 is open. Lid member 13
A wall-shaped passage member 14 facing the game board 1
Are set up in a plurality of places, so that a plurality of ball passages 1 for communicating between a back side exit of a winning hole provided in the game board 1 and a ball discharge port 15 for discharging game balls out of the pachinko machine.
6 are provided.

The ball passage 16 is connected to an upstream entrance 16a provided opposite to the exit on the back side of each winning opening.
3 is formed to bend toward the ball discharge port 15 provided on the lower side. In addition, the ball passage 16 from each winning opening,
It flows toward the downstream side while merging, and finally gathers at the ball discharge port 15 provided below the lid member 13.

The cover member 13 and the passage member 14 are made of ABS.
It is integrally molded from a light-transmitting plastic such as resin, polycarbonate, acrylic, polystyrene, and polymethyl methacrylate. In this way, by integrally molding the lid member 13 and the passage member 14, the number of parts can be reduced. The cover member 13 and the passage member 1 are made of a light-transmitting plastic.
By forming the ball 4, the game balls passing through the ball passage 16 can be confirmed from the back side of the pachinko machine, and even if the ball is clogged or the like, the location where the ball is clogged can be checked. It can be easily confirmed.

In the ball passage 16, a game ball detection sensor 17 for detecting a game ball winning each winning opening is mounted. The position at which the game ball detection sensor 17 is attached is not limited to the position shown in FIG. 1, and may be attached to another position of the ball passage 16 according to the detection mode of the game ball.

<Back of Game Board> The structure of the back of the game board 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a rear view of the gaming board 1. The game board 1 shown in FIG.
Although the shape is slightly different from the game board 1 shown in FIGS.

On the back side of the game board 1, a liquid crystal display 12
A window member 11 made of a transparent plastic is provided in a region where a plurality of winning openings and a decorative member 10 are to be mounted.

In the area where the cover member 13 is attached,
A rib 19 protrudes along substantially the center of the spherical passage 16 formed by the passage member 14. This rib 19
May be replaced by a boss (not shown) for implanting the obstacle nail 4 provided on the back side of the game board 1, or may be provided integrally with the boss.

The amount of protrusion of the rib 19 is substantially the same as the amount of protrusion of the boss. By forming the ribs 19 in this manner, the depth of the ball passage 16 becomes the same in all the paths of the ball passage 16 regardless of the presence or absence of the boss portion, and the game ball can pass smoothly.

In the above-described embodiment, a pachinko machine has been described as an example of a typical gaming machine. However, the present invention is applicable to other gaming machines such as pachislot gaming machines, arrange ball gaming machines, and sparrow ball gaming machines. Can also be applied.

[0026]

Since the gaming machine according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, the following effects can be obtained. Claim 1
In the gaming machine according to the present invention described above, on the front side of the lid member attached to the back side of the gaming board, a passage member for guiding a game ball guided to the back side of the gaming board by winning a winning opening is covered. It is provided integrally with the member. Therefore, it is not necessary to form the lid member and the passage member separately as in the conventional game machine, and the number of components is reduced, so that the assembling work becomes easy and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In the gaming machine according to the second aspect of the present invention,
A rib protruding into the ball passage formed by the passage member is provided on the back surface of the game board. Therefore, the depth becomes the same over the entire path of the ball passage, and the game ball passing through the ball passage does not collide with the boss portion or the passage member, so that the game board and the passage member can be prevented from being damaged. Also, the game balls can be smoothly guided without the ball being clogged in the ball passage.

In the gaming machine according to the present invention,
The lid member and the passage member are formed by a member having a light transmitting property. Therefore, from the back side of the gaming machine, it is possible to check the game balls passing through the ball passage, and even in the event of a ball jam or the like, it is possible to easily check the location where the ball jam has occurred. it can. For this reason, the error processing can be performed easily and quickly, and the fun of the game can be enhanced without giving the player a feeling of frustration.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a lid member used in a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of a game board used in the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a game board used in the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of a game board provided with a lid member used in the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of a game board with a lid member used in the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gaming board 2 Guide rail 3 Gaming part 4 Obstacle nail 5 Windmill 6 General winning opening 7 Starting opening 8 Big winning opening 9 Outing opening 10 Decorative member 11 Window member 12 Liquid crystal display device 13 Lid member 14 Passage member 15 Ball outlet 16 Ball Passageway 16a Upstream entrance 17 Game ball detection sensor 18 Insertion hole 19 Rib

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine comprising: a gaming board having a plurality of winning ports, wherein a gaming ball provided on the surface of the gaming board gives a profit to a player when a game ball hits the winning port. A cover member is provided for covering the back side of the game board, and a passage member for guiding a game ball guided to the back side of the game board by winning the winning opening is provided on the front side of the cover member. A gaming machine characterized by being provided integrally with the game machine. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a rib protruding into a ball passage formed by said passage member is provided on a back surface of said gaming board. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the cover member and the passage member are formed of a member having a light transmitting property.