JP2001178940A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable easily and surely finding illicit alternation of all the control substrates in constitution where a game control substrate, an effective sound control substrate, an illumination control substrate and a payout control substrate are individually arranged. SOLUTION: A main substrate 120, the effective sound control substrate 95, the illumination control substrate 87 and the payout control substrate 191 covered with substrate boxes 110, 94, 86 and 190 respectively constituted so as to make the respective control substrates 120, 95, 87 and 191 visible and connector parts provided on the respective control substrates 120, 95, 87 and 191 are arranged visibly in the state of opening a frame base body 3 to an outer frame 2. Thus, the illicit alternation of the connector parts of the main substrate 120, the effective sound control substrate 95, the illumination control substrate 87 and the payout control substrate 191 is easily discovered and illicit actions to all the control substrates 120, 95, 87 and 191 are surely prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an outer frame, a front frame openably and closably mounted on the outer frame, a game control board for controlling a game operation, and an effect for controlling the generation of sound effects according to the game operation. Games such as ball game machines and slot machines equipped with a sound control board, an illuminated control board for controlling illuminated components for electrically decorating the gaming machine, and a payout control board for controlling payout of game media. It is about the machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game machine has a game control board for controlling a game operation, a sound effect control board for generating and controlling a sound effect according to the game operation, and an illuminated component for electrically decorating the game machine. And a dispensing control board for controlling the dispensing of the balls, which are provided separately from each other, have been proposed.

[0003]

However, in a configuration in which the game, sound effect, illumination, and payout control boards are individually provided as in the above-described conventional case, the connector portions provided on these control boards are: All were not always visible. For this reason, if tampering is performed on the connector located on the back side of the opaque member, it is difficult to detect the tampering, and it is easy to perform the wrongdoing for a long period of time. Was. In addition, even when performing maintenance and inspection work on a control board in which the connector portion is not visible, it is difficult to attach and detach the connector unless a number of parts are removed, resulting in poor work efficiency. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a game control board, a sound effect control board, an illumination control board, and a payout control board in a configuration in which all of these are provided. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can easily and surely detect unauthorized modification of a control board.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an outer frame, a front frame openably and closably attached to the outer frame, and a game control for controlling a game operation. A board, a sound effect control board for generating and controlling a sound effect in accordance with a game operation, an electric control board for controlling an electric component for electrically decorating the gaming machine, and a payout control board for controlling the payout of the game medium. And the game control board, the sound effect control board, the illumination control board, and the payout control board, while covering each control board with a cover body configured to be visible and The connector portion provided on each of the control boards is disposed so as to be visible when the front frame is opened to the outer frame. With this configuration, it is possible to easily find unauthorized modifications to the connector portions of the game control board, the sound effect control board, the illumination control board, and the payout control board, and thus to reliably prevent any unauthorized use of all of these control boards. can do. Further, according to this configuration, the maintenance and inspection work of the game control board, the sound effect control board, the illumination control board, and the payout control board becomes easy.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a variable display device capable of changing a display state, and a display control board for controlling a display operation of the variable display device. The board is covered with a cover member configured to be visible, and the connector portion provided on the display control board is arranged so as to be visible when the front frame is opened to the outer frame. With this configuration, unauthorized modification of the display control board can be easily and surely found, thereby preventing the display control board from being tampered with and facilitating maintenance and inspection work.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a firing control board for controlling the firing of the ball, wherein the firing control board is covered with a cover body configured to make the firing control board visible, and In a state where the frame is opened to the outer frame, a connector portion provided on the firing control board is disposed so as to be visible. With this configuration, unauthorized modification of the launch control board can be easily and surely found, thereby preventing the launch control board from being tampered with and facilitating maintenance and inspection work.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a power generation board for generating a power supply, wherein the power generation board is covered with a cover body configured to make the power generation board visible, and the front frame is formed. The connector portion provided on the power generation substrate is arranged to be visible in a state where the connector portion is open to the outer frame. With this configuration, unauthorized modification of the power generation board can be easily and surely found, thereby preventing the power generation board from being fraudulent and facilitating maintenance and inspection work.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the game control board is mounted on a back surface of a game board in which a game area is formed. With this configuration, when the game board is replaced, the game control board can be replaced at the same time, so that the game control board replacement work is facilitated.

Further, in the invention of claim 6, the game control board is mounted on a rear surface of the game machine other than a game board where a game area is formed.
With such a configuration, the game control board can be mounted over a wide area on the back surface of the gaming machine, so that a sufficient space for mounting the game control board can be secured.

[0010] In the invention of claim 7, the game control board is arranged at a substantially central position on the back surface of the game machine. With such a configuration, it is possible to shorten the total length of wiring to each substrate disposed at various positions on the back surface of the gaming machine, which can lead to cost reduction and noise reduction.

Further, according to the invention of claim 8, the game control board further comprises a winning ball detecting means provided on the game board for detecting a hit of the hit ball, and the game control board is provided with a detecting signal from the winning ball detecting means. When input, a payout ball count signal is output to the payout control board, and the payout control board controls payout of the prize ball based on the winning ball count signal. With this configuration, there is no need to provide a prize ball detecting device for collecting the balls entering the prize holes on the back side of the game board and detecting them one by one. Can be easily secured. Also, the time from winning to detection is shortened, and a smooth game development becomes possible.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the cover is provided with an opening at a position corresponding to the connector of the board covered by the cover. With this configuration, the workability of the connector wiring can be improved, and even during the wiring work, the board portion excluding the connector portion is entirely covered with the cover body, so that the board can be more securely connected. Can be prevented.

Further, in the invention according to claim 10, the cover body is provided with a suggestion means for suggesting a substrate covered by the cover body. With this configuration, it is possible to easily determine which type of substrate the substrate is, to improve wiring workability and prevent erroneous connection.

Further, according to the invention of claim 11, there is provided a harness having a connector connected to a predetermined control board of the plurality of control boards and attached to ends of a plurality of wirings. It is characterized by including a harness having a suggestion means for suggesting that the predetermined control board is a connection destination. With this configuration, the connection wiring (harness) for each control board can be easily determined, so that when the gaming machine is assembled and maintenance is performed,
Incorrect wiring connection can be avoided, and the wiring connection work efficiency can be improved.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, an overall configuration of a ball game machine 1 as a game machine will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of the ball game machine 1 and FIG.
3 is an enlarged front view of the game board 40 provided in the ball game machine 1, and FIG. 3 is a rear view of the ball game machine 1.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the ball game machine 1
An outer frame 2 formed in a vertically elongated rectangular shape, and a front frame 3 supported on one side of the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and substantially all of the main components of the ball game machine 1 are collectively provided. And a glass plate holding frame 4 which is provided on the front upper part of the front frame 3 so as to be openable and closable. The main components provided in the front frame 3 include the glass plate holding frame 4, the game board 40, the upper plate 19, the lower plate 27 including the ashtray 29, the operation handle 30, the mechanism plate 150, and the hitting device 124. There is. Further, in the illustrated embodiment, a card unit device 3 for renting a game ball to a player beside the ball game machine 1.
1 is attached.

The glass plate holding frame 4 has a game board 4 to be described later.
A circular see-through window 5 capable of substantially seeing through the 0 game area 41 is opened, and a glass plate is mounted from the back of the circular see-through window 5. Decorative lamps 6 to 8 are provided on the glass plate holding frame 4 along the outer periphery of the circular see-through window 5, and a decorative LED 11 is provided above the central decorative lamp 7. The decorative lamps 6 to 8 and the decorative LED 11 are lit or flashed in accordance with the game state, and inform the player when a special game state occurs or when the special game state is continued, and enliven the atmosphere of the game. . In addition, a ball cutout lamp 9 (note that a ball cutout switch 158) is provided on the upper side of the glass plate holding frame 4 to inform the player that there is not enough prize balls to be paid out (when a ball cutout switch 171 described later is operated). May also be informed by the broken-out lamp 9).
A prize ball lamp 10 is provided for notifying that a predetermined number of prize balls have been paid out based on the occurrence of a prize ball, and further, sound effects according to the progress of the game are generated on the upper left and right sides of the glass plate holding frame 4. Speakers 12a and 12b are provided. A decorative LED 1 is provided around the speakers 12a and 12b.
3 and 14 are provided.

The decorative lamps 6 to 8, the broken-out lamp 9, the prize ball lamp 10, and the decorative LEDs 11, 13, and 14 are:
As shown in FIG. 4, the lamp boards 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a and the LEs, each of which is formed by a printed wiring board, are provided.
It is mounted on the D boards 11a, 13a and 14a and attached to the front side of the front frame 3 and the back side of the glass plate holding frame 4. Then, each of the lamp substrates 6a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 1
0a is the illumination relay board 15 (in FIG. 4, the illumination relay board B
And the LED boards 11a, 13a, 1
4a is an electric relay board 16 (in FIG. 4, the electric relay board C
And display). Illuminated relay boards 15, 16
The decorative lamps 6 to 8, the ball cutout lamp 9, the prize ball lamp 10, and the decorative LEDs 11, 1 according to the type of information signal from the main board 120 as a game control board to be described later.
3, 14 are connected to an illumination control board 87 for controlling the display. The illuminated relay board 15 is attached to the front side of the front frame 3 (corresponding to this, the lamp board is also attached to the front side of the front frame 3).
The LED board is attached to the back side of the glass plate holding frame 4 (corresponding to this, the LED substrate is also attached to the back side of the glass plate holding frame 4). Although not shown, a door switch may be provided to detect that the glass plate holding frame 4 has been opened. In this case, the wiring of the door switch is temporarily attached to a sun pack relay board 189 described later. After being connected, the glass plate holding frame 4 is input to the main substrate 120 and the lighting control of some or all of the lamps 6 to 10 is performed by the illumination control substrate 87 based on the information signal from the main substrate 120. It informs that it has been released.

The wires extending from the speakers 12a and 12b are connected to sound effect relay boards 17a and 17b (shown as sound effect relay boards B and C in FIG. 4) mounted on the upper and lower back surfaces of the glass plate holding frame 4. Once connected, it is then connected to a sound effect control board 95 described below.
The sound effect control board 95 drives and controls the speakers 12a and 12b according to the type of the information signal from the main board 120.

Next, the structure of the upper plate 19 which can be freely opened and closed below the glass plate holding frame 4 will be described.
The upper plate 19 is configured by fixing a plate member combining a plurality of synthetic resin members to the surface of the synthetic resin upper plate opening / closing plate 18. The upper plate opening / closing plate 18 is provided with a ball removal operation lever 21 at the upper end on the open side. The ball removal operation lever 21 is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and moves in one direction against the urging force of a spring (not shown) to move the balls stored in the upper plate 19 to the upper plate opening / closing plate 18. The ball-dropping path (not shown) formed on the back surface is caused to flow down to the lower plate 27. The upper plate 19 has a built-in piezoelectric buzzer 22 therein. The piezoelectric buzzer 22 is called a beep when a game ball lending abnormality occurs (for example, a beep, a beep, a continuous beep) or when a game ball is lent (for example, every time a game ball worth 100 yen is paid out). Sound), a notification sound for notifying that effect is generated.

The above-mentioned upper plate 19 will be described in further detail. The upper plate 19 temporarily stores a prize ball paid out from a prize ball payout port 20 formed on the upstream side thereof, and then sets a launch position (not shown). To supply the ball. In addition, the upper plate 19 is provided with an operation unit that is operated when borrowing a game ball via a card unit device 31 provided adjacent to the ball game machine 1. Although not shown in FIG. 1 as an operation unit, a ball lending switch 24, a return switch 25, and a balance display board 23 on which a balance indicator is mounted as shown in FIG. 6 are provided so as to face the upper surface of the upper plate 19.

The ball lending switch 24 is operated when borrowing a game ball by the card unit device 31, and the return switch 25 is operated when the card is inserted into the card insertion slot 34 of the card unit device 31 at the end of the game. It is for returning. The balance display displays the remaining amount of the card inserted into the card insertion slot 34 of the card unit device 31. The upper plate 19
The upper wire extending from the ball lending switch 24, the return switch 25, and the balance display substrate 23 on which the balance indicator is mounted is provided at a lower portion of the front frame 3 on the pivotal support side. (Not shown) to the back of the front frame 3 and is connected to a payout control board 191 described later.

Further, on the open side upper part of the upper plate opening and closing plate 18,
A cylinder lock 26 for operating the locking device 121 (see FIG. 3) for locking the glass plate holding frame 4 to the front frame 3 and locking the front frame 3 to the outer frame faces.

The lower plate 27 attached to the lower part of the front frame 3 is a prize ball overflowing from the upper plate 19 and is a surplus discharged from the lower plate opening 129 through a surplus ball passage 183 described later. The prize balls are stored in the lower plate 27.
A ball-pulling operation lever 28 is slidably mounted on the front wall. By operating the ball-pulling operation lever 28, the prize balls stored in the lower plate 27 can be balled down and transferred to a portable ball-box. On the left side of the lower plate 27, an ashtray 29
And an operation handle 30 is provided on the right side. The operation handle 30 is used for the hitting ball firing device 12 described later.
4 single-shot firing switch 127 and touch sensor 128 to start driving of motor 125 (motor)
A hit ball adjusting unit 132 (see FIG. 7) having a built-in (both indicated only by reference numerals in FIG. 5) is provided to adjust the resilience.

The front structure of the ball game machine 1 is substantially as described above, but in the illustrated embodiment, the card unit device 31 is adjacent to the ball game machine 1. The card unit device 31 is operated by operating the operation units such as the ball lending switch 24 and the return switch 25 provided on the upper surface of the upper plate 19. Thus, the card unit device 31 has a usable indicator 32 for displaying whether or not the card unit device 31 is in a usable state, and whether the card unit device 31 is compatible with the ball game machine 1 on which side. A link stand direction indicator 33 for displaying information and a card insertion slot 34 for inserting a magnetic card as a recording medium are provided. The card unit device 31 configured as described above is controlled by a unique control circuit, and is connected to a payout control board 191 described later via a card unit wiring 35. Note that the card unit device 31 may be incorporated in the ball game machine 1. Further, in the present embodiment, the card unit device 31 is exemplified as a unit device for renting out game balls to a player, but may be a unit device into which coins and / or bills can be inserted, for example. In addition, the card unit device 31 has a power cord 162a (see FIG.
Independent power cord 31b (see FIG. 5)
Is powered by

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a mechanism plate 150 equipped with various mechanisms for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls based on the occurrence of a prize ball is provided on the back surface of the ball game machine 1. At the same time, on the back surface corresponding to the operation handle 30, a firing device motor 125, a hit ball adjusting unit 132, and a hitting device 124 having a hitting hammer (not shown) are fixed. Is the mechanism plate 15
A connecting gutter (not shown) for guiding a prize ball flowing through a surplus ball passage 183 to be described below to the lower plate 27 is fixed to the lower plate 27. A locking device 121 that locks the front frame 3 with respect to the stopper 122 and the glass plate holding frame 4 with respect to the front frame 3 is provided.

Of the above-described configuration, the hitting ball firing device 124
As shown in FIG. 7, the firing device motor 125 and the mounting substrate 133 mounted on the back side of the operation handle 30
A hitting adjustment unit 132 and a hitting hammer (not shown) are attached, and on the back side of the mounting board 133, a firing control board box 131 for housing a firing control board 126.
A screw hole (not shown) for screwing and attaching the boss-shaped leg portion 134 to be provided upright is formed.
The launch control board box 131 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin so that the launch control board 126 housed inside can be visually recognized from the outside. Then, this launch control board 126
Accordingly, the driving of the hit ball launching device 124 is controlled. The firing control board 126 is connected to a payout control board 191 described below, as shown in FIG.
When a predetermined state is attained, it is not possible to fire a hit ball in response to a stop signal from the payout control board 191.
The connection gutter (not shown) is fixed to the lower plate opening 129 corresponding to the rear of the lower plate 27. When the connection gutter is fixed, the ground conductive wire 130 is connected to the front frame 3 with respect to the outer frame 2. It is attached so as to be laid between the opening and closing metal fittings.

The schematic configuration of the entire ball game machine 1 has been described above, and the detailed configuration of the game board 40 and the mechanism plate 150 among the elements constituting the ball game machine 1 will be sequentially described below. I do.

First, referring to FIG. 2 and FIG.
Will be described. FIG. 2 shows the front structure of the game board 40.
This will be described with reference to FIG. The game board 40 is formed of a substantially square plywood so as to be housed and fixed in a game board housing frame 38 integrally formed on the back surface side of the front frame 3, and has a circular spiral guide rail on its surface. 42 is attached, the inside of the guide rail 42 is set as the game area 41, and the shot ball shot falls. In the illustrated example, the game area 41 is provided with a special variable display device 44, a special variable prize ball device 48, a normal variable prize ball device 58, a normal variable display device 61, and the like, and a prize port for simply hitting a ball. In addition, a windmill or a number of obstacle nails for changing the flow direction and speed of the hit ball are provided, and an out port 103 is provided at the lowermost portion of the game area 41 for receiving a hit ball which does not win any winning area. Have been. At the end of the guide rail 42, a backflow prevention member 43 is provided so that a ball hitting once in the game area 41 does not flow back to the guide rail 42.
Is attached.

The structure of the game area 41 will be described in more detail in accordance with the game operation. The normal variable display device 61 provided on the left side slightly below the center of the game area 41 passes a ball hitting the game area 41. A passing ball detector 62 to detect, a normal symbol display 63 variably displaying based on a detection signal of the passing ball detector 62 to derive a display result, and a passing ball detection during the variable display of the normal symbol display 63 Ordinary symbol storage LED 64 for storing and displaying the number of hit balls that have passed through the box 62
(Up to four are stored and displayed). Thus, the display result of the normal symbol display 63 is a predetermined hit symbol (in the variable display of numbers from 0 to 9, 7
Is displayed), the normally variable winning prize ball device 58 is opened for a predetermined time. In addition, the normal symbol display 63
Is set relatively long (for example, 30 seconds) in the normal probability mode and relatively short (for example, 3 to 5 seconds) in the probability variation mode.

The normal variable winning ball device 58 is provided in the game area 41
The electric tulip type, which is arranged between the special variable display device 44 arranged substantially in the center of the game and the special variable winning ball device 48 arranged above the out port 103 in the game area 41 and is driven to open and close by a solenoid 59 Is a variable winning ball device. The normal variable winning ball device 58 has a built-in starting ball detector 60 for detecting a winning ball received during opening or closing. Thus, when a hit ball is detected by the starting ball detector 60, the special variable display device 44 starts variable display. The opening time of the ordinary variable winning prize ball device 58 is set to be relatively short (for example, 0.5 seconds) in the normal probability mode and to be relatively long (for example, 2 seconds) in the probability variation mode. ing. In addition, even when the normal variable prize ball device 58 is not opened, a hit ball is accepted.

The special variable display device 44 is disposed substantially at the center of the game area 41, and a plurality of variable display members (drum-type variable display members in the illustrated case) variably display. A plurality of symbols are formed on the surface of the drum-type variable display member, and the combination of symbols at the time of stop is a predetermined combination of big hit symbols (for example, when the same symbol is aligned with one of the hit lines) In the case of, the big hit game state is set and the special variable winning ball device 48 is driven to open and close in a predetermined manner described below. However, a part of the combination of the big hit symbols is set as a probability change symbol, and when the big hit game state is established with the probability change symbol, the appearance probability of the hit symbol on the ordinary symbol display 63 after the big hit game state ends. And a probability variation mode in which the appearance probability of the big hit symbol on the special variable display device 44 is increased. The special variable display device 44 includes a decorative board (no symbol) attached to the front side of the game board 40 and a drum housing box 68 attached to the back side of the game board 40 and containing a drum type variable display member. A normal winning opening 47 is formed on the upper part of the decorative substrate.
The decorative LED 45 is attached to the lower part of the special symbol display memory. Further, the special symbol start storage LED 46 (up to four) for storing and displaying the number of balls detected by the starting ball detector 60 during the variable operation of the special variable display device 44 in the lower center. (Which is memorized and displayed), and a decorative lamp or the like, which is not given a code, is also provided.

The special variable prize ball device 48, which is driven and controlled when the big hitting game state is reached, has an opening / closing plate 49 driven to be opened and closed by a solenoid 50, and detects a hit ball received by the opening / closing plate 49. A specific ball detector 51 and a winning number detector 52 are provided. The opening and closing plate 49
Below the opening and closing plate 49 when the big hit game state
The number-of-times indicator 53 is provided for displaying the number of times of opening and the number of winning balls accepted during one opening of the opening / closing plate 49. In the case of the jackpot game state, the open / close plate 49 is opened until a predetermined time (for example, 28 seconds) elapses or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls is won within the predetermined time. Opening (hereinafter, this opening is referred to as an opening cycle), and when the hit ball received during the opening cycle is detected by the specific ball detector 51, the continuation right is established, and the above-described opening cycle is executed again. The opening cycle can be repeated up to 16 times (this rotation may be set to any number of times) provided that the continuation right is established in each opening cycle. The number-of-times indicator 53 displays the number of times the opening / closing plate 49 is opened during the interval time between the opening cycle and the opening cycle, and displays the winning balls received by the opening / closing plate 49 during the opening cycle. Has become. Further, the special variable winning ball device 48 is provided with a decorative lamp which is not provided with a symbol but indicates that the normal winning opening and the opening / closing plate 49 are open, and a decorative lamp which indicates that the continuation right is established. , And a decorative lamp and a decorative LED for notifying that the player is in the jackpot game state.

In the game area 41, in addition to the above configuration,
A winning lamp 54 containing a decorative lamp 54b and a winning ball detector 54a is arranged at a symmetric position of the ordinary variable display device 61. Further, a windmill 55 with a decorative lamp 55a is provided on the left and right of the special variable display device 44, a special variable display device. A normal windmill 57 is provided on the left and right sides of the lower part of the 44, and side decorations 56 with built-in side decoration lamps 56a are provided on both left and right sides of the game area 41.

In the game area 41 of the game board 40, a large number of electrical components such as switches and solenoids, decorative lamps and decorative LEDs are provided as described above. It is connected to the main board 120 and the illumination control board 87 via the relay boards 73a and 73b attached to the back surface of the cover body 65. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, each of the switches 51, 52, 62, 54a, 107a, 107 provided on the game board surface.
b, each solenoid 50,59, storage display LED46,6
4, the number-of-times display 53 and the normal design display 63
Main board 1 via relay board 73a (represented as relay board A)
20. However, among the detection switches provided on the game board, only the starting ball detector 60 is directly connected to the main board 120. A decorative lamp substrate 104 on which a decorative lamp provided on a game board surface is mounted.
(In FIG. 4, only one decorative lamp substrate is shown, but in reality, there are a plurality of decorative lamp substrates corresponding to each decorative lamp) and a decorative LED provided on the game board surface is mounted. The decorative LED board 105 (only one decorative LED board is shown in FIG. 4, but there are actually a plurality of decorative LED boards corresponding to each decorative LED) is a relay board 73 b (the relay board B and Display) is connected to the illumination control board 87.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a drum housing box 68 for housing the drum type variable display member of the special variable display device 44 protrudes from the back surface of the game board 40, as shown in FIG. A plurality of drum units each including a drum-type variable display member, a stepping motor that rotationally drives the drum-type variable display member, and an illumination lamp that illuminates the picture of the drum-type variable display member from behind are fixed in the drum housing box 68. The drum housing box 68
A heat radiating plate 69 for radiating the heat generated inside to the outside is fixed to the back surface of the heat sink. A display control board box 70 accommodating a display control board 71 therein is attached to the back surface of the heat sink 69. Display control board box 70
Is formed of a transparent synthetic resin. The display control board 71 drives and controls the variable display operation of the drum-type variable display member of the special variable display device 44 according to the type of the information signal from the main board 120. For this reason, the display control board 71 is provided with a connector 72 for wiring connection with the main board 120.

A guide path for guiding a winning ball that has won a winning opening (winning opening 47 in the present embodiment) located above the special variable display device 44 is provided around the drum housing box 68 except for the lower portion thereof. A first winning ball guiding cover body 65 formed on the front surface thereof is attached, and a second winning ball guiding cover body 66 is mounted below the first winning ball guiding cover body 65 so as to communicate with the first winning ball guiding cover body 65.

The first winning ball guide cover body 65 is formed with a window hole 67 through which the drum housing box 68 penetrates in the center thereof, and relay boards 73a and 73b are provided on one rear surface.
And an information terminal board 74. The relay boards 73a and 73b are provided with the switches, lamps, solenoids, L provided in the game area 41 of the game board 40 as described above.
Electrical components such as ED and main board 120 or illumination control board 87
And the information terminal board 74 is
As shown in FIG. 4 (indicated as an information terminal board 2), game information necessary for the business management of the ball game machine 1 (for example, one big hit that informs that the big hit game is being played, a big hit with a probability variation symbol) In the gaming state, the jackpot 2 information (a signal that is continuously output during the jackpot and the probability change) that informs that the jackpot is in the jackpot state and the probability change due to the jackpot, and the probability change after the jackpot state ends by the probability change symbol Information, the start opening information for notifying the number of hit balls for which the starting ball detector has been turned on, the symbol determination number 1 information for notifying the variable operation number of the special variable display device, and the normal variable display device. External connection for outputting to the management computer installed in the amusement arcade) the symbol determination number 2 information for notifying the variable operation number, and the official number 2 information for notifying the opening / closing number of the normal variable winning ball device. Has a child, the information is the main substrate 1
20. Further, information such as which symbol has a big hit and which symbol has stopped may be output.

On the rear side of the second winning ball guide cover 66, an illumination control board box 86 accommodating an illumination control board 87 therein, and a main board 120 as a game control board accommodated therein. A mounting board 78 as a mounting member to which the sound effect control board box 94 accommodating the sound effect control board 95 accommodating the main board box 110 is detachably attached to the rear surface of the second winning ball guide cover body 66. It is detachably attached to a mounting base bearing member 75 (see FIG. 3) provided. The main board 120 mainly controls a game operation, but in the present embodiment,
Various information signals are output not only to the game operation but also to various control boards provided in the ball game machine 1. The various control boards perform control according to the type of the information signal received from the main board 120. This will be described in detail later. Illumination control board 8
7, a game area 41 of the game board 40 as shown in FIG.
Decorative lamps and LEDs provided on the game board 40 (not necessarily provided inside the game area 41 and provided on the game board 40), and decorative lamps provided on the front frame 3 and the glass plate holding frame 4. Main board 1
Drive control is performed collectively according to the information signal from the control unit 20. The sound effect control board 95 is provided with the speaker 1.
2a and 12b are driven and controlled.
A sound effect corresponding to the game content is generated in accordance with the information signal from the player. The sound effect control board 95 includes:
A sound changeover switch 100 for changing the volume is provided.

Here, the mounting table 78 as a mounting member and the illumination control board box 8 mounted on the mounting table 78
6, sound effect control board box 94, main board box 11
0 will be described with reference to FIG. The pair of mounting base bearing members 75 shown in FIG.
Are fixed with screws 77 at predetermined intervals, and a bearing hole 75 is formed in the mounting base bearing member 75. on the other hand,
The mounting base 78 to which the three substrate boxes 86, 94, 110 can be removably mounted is formed in a rectangular plate shape.
A pair of rotating shaft pieces 79 are integrally formed on the upper surface of the back surface, and the rotating shaft 80 is attached to the rotating shaft piece 79 so as to face the rotating shaft piece 79. The rotating shaft 80 is fitted into the bearing hole 76 from the outside, and rotatably supports the mounting base 78. At the upper end of the mounting base 78, three locking pieces 81 are provided at predetermined intervals to project rearward. Each locking piece 81 has a locking claw 8 in the shape of a single arrow at the lower end.
2 is formed, and an operation protruding piece 83 is protrudingly formed at the upper end of the tip. A bent wall 84 is formed integrally at a right angle along the lower side of the mounting base 78. 85 have been established.

The mounting table 78 configured as described above includes
The main board box 110 is removably attached to the center locking piece 81 and the engagement hole 85, and the left locking piece 8
1 and an illumination control board box 86 corresponding to the engagement hole 85.
The sound effect control board box 94 is removably attached to the right locking piece 81 and the engagement hole 85. When the main board box 110, the illumination control board box 86, and the sound effect control board box 94 are mounted on the mounting base 78,
The board boxes 86, 94, 110 do not overlap, and therefore the boards 87, 95, 120 housed therein do not overlap with each other.

The illumination control board box 86 is made of a transparent synthetic resin box main body 86a for supporting the illumination control board 87.
And a cover 86b made of a transparent synthetic resin that covers the upper surface of the illumination control board 87. The cover 86b is supported and fixed to the box main body 86a.
The locking claws (not shown) extending from both side walls of the box main body 86 are engaged with locking holes 86c formed in the side wall of the box main body 86a to accommodate and cover. Also,
A connector connection area is opened above the illumination control board box 86, and a plurality of board-side connectors 88a to 88c are mounted in a connector mounting area of the illumination control board 87 facing the connector connection area. I have. In this embodiment, three board-side connectors 88a to 88c are mounted. As shown in FIG. 3, the connector 89a of the wiring board wiring 89 connected to the relay board 73b is connected to the board-side connector 88a on the left side of the drawing. And a connector 90a of a power supply line 90 for a display control board connected to the connector 72 of the display control board 71 and supplying power to the board connector 88b at the center in the figure.
The connector 91a of the main board wiring 91 connected to the main board 120 is connected to c. Further, the illumination control board box 86 has a notch formed at the center of the upper end thereof to be locked with the locking claw 82, and an engagement projection fitted to the engagement hole 85 at the center of the lower end. A piece 93 is projected.

Similarly, the sound effect control board box 94
A box body 94a made of a transparent synthetic resin that supports the sound effect control board 95 and a cover body 94b made of a transparent synthetic resin that covers the upper surface of the sound effect control board 95, and the sound effect control board 95 is attached to the box body 94a. In a state of being supported and fixed, locking claws (not shown) extending from both side walls of the cover body 94b are engaged with locking holes 94c formed in the side wall of the box main body 94a to accommodate and cover. I have. A connector connection area is opened above the sound effect control board box 94, and a plurality of board side connectors 96a to 96c are mounted in a connector mounting area of the sound effect control board 95 facing the connector connection area. Have been. In the present embodiment, three board-side connectors 96a to 96c are mounted. As shown in FIG. 3, the wiring 97 for the relay board connected to the electric relay board 16 is connected to the board-side connector 96a on the right side in the drawing. The connector 97a is connected, the connector 98a of the relay board power line 98 also connected to the illumination relay board 16 is connected to the board side connector 96b in the center of the figure, and the main board 120 is connected to the board side connector 96c on the left side in the figure. The connector 99a of the main board wiring 99 is connected. The sound effect control board 95 includes:
A sound switch 100 for adjusting the volume so as to face the connector connection region is also provided. Further, the sound effect control board box 94 is formed with a notch formed at the center of the upper end thereof to be locked with the locking claw 82, and is formed at the center of the lower end thereof with an engaging projection fitted into the engaging hole 85. A piece 102 protrudes. In addition, the sound effect synthesized by the sound effect control board 95 may be not only a recorded sound but also a music, a sampled sound, a digital sound, etc. In short, the sound effect is any sound including a sound. It is a sound.

The main board box 110 is used for the main board 1.
The main body 120 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin box main body 111 supporting the main substrate 120 and a transparent synthetic resin cover body 112 covering the upper surface of the main substrate 120. Locking claws (not shown) extending from both side walls of the
The housing is covered by engaging with a locking hole 113 formed in the side wall of the first side. However, the main board box 110 is significantly different from the electric decoration control board box 86 and the sound effect control substrate box 94 because the electric decoration control board box 86 and the sound effect control board box 94 remove the locking claws so that the box main body 86a is removed. , 94a and the cover bodies 86b, 94b can be separated.
In the main board box 110, the locking claws are
The box main body 111 and the cover body 112 cannot be separated from each other even if they are removed from the box.

That is, the box main body 111 and the cover 1
12 is connected by a one-way screw (not shown) fixed to the one-way screw fixing hole 114,
Once fastened with a one-way screw, the one-way screw cannot be loosened even by using a driver tool or the like. However, the main board 120 that mainly controls the game operation may be inspected by a regulatory agency.
1 and the cover body 112 must be separable. For this reason, a plurality of one-way screw holes 114 are formed on the left and right sides of the main board box 110, a cutting groove is formed so as to surround the plurality of fixing holes 114, and a cutting portion is formed so as to straddle the cutting groove. 115 are formed on the side surface and the upper surface. First, a one-way screw is fastened to the pair of left and right one-way screw holes 114 at the top, and the upper and side cut portions 114 of the tightened stop hole 114 are cut when it is necessary to separate them. By doing so, the connection state between the box main body 111 and the cover body 112 is released with the part surrounded by the cutting groove (the part fastened with the one-way screw) fixed to the box main body 111. For this reason, the box main body 111 and the cover body 112 can be separated by releasing the locking state between the locking claw and the locking hole 113. Then, after the inspection or the like is completed, the box main body 111 and the cover body 112 are fitted at a predetermined position, and then a one-way screw is fastened to the second pair of left and right one-way screw holes 114 from the top. The box main body 111 and the cover body 112 cannot be separated unless the cutting section 115 is cut. As described above, the main board box 110 in the present embodiment cannot be easily separated, but the separation can be easily understood from the cutting state of the cutting section 114. Therefore, it is possible to easily find out whether or not they have been separated by an illegal act. It should be noted that the number of cuts for separation can be made a plurality of times (three in the illustrated embodiment).

The connection and separation structure of the box main body 111 and the cover body 112 as described above is described in detail in Japanese Patent Application No. 9-108196 previously filed by the present applicant. Is similar to Japanese Patent Application No. 9-789 filed earlier by the present applicant.
No. 68 and Japanese Patent Application No. 10-131080, and the same structure as these may be adopted in the present embodiment.

In the upper part of the main board box 110,
The connector connection area is open, and a plurality of board-side connectors 116a to 116f are mounted in the connector mounting area of the main board 120 facing the connector connection area. In the present embodiment, the six board-side connectors 11
6a to 116f are mounted, and as shown in FIG.
7 is connected, the wiring from the display control board 71 is connected to the board-side connector 116b at the upper center in the figure, and the wiring 99 from the sound effect control board 95 is connected to the board-side connector 116c at the upper right in the figure. The payout control board 1 described later is connected to the board-side connector 116d on the lower right side in the figure.
A wiring from a sun pack relay board 189, which will be described later, is connected to the board-side connector 116e at the lower center in the figure.
The wiring from the relay board 73a and the information terminal board 74 is connected to 6f. The main board box 110 has a locking portion 1 at the center of its upper end for locking with the locking claw 82.
A notch 17 is formed in the center of the lower end of the engaging hole 8.
An engagement protrusion 118 that fits into the projection 5 protrudes.

Each of the control boards 87, 95, 1
A power connector (not shown) is also mounted on the power supply 20. The power supply 20 is connected to a power generation substrate 160, which will be described later, by wiring, and is supplied with power. In addition, the surface of the cover body 86b constituting the above-described illumination control board box 86, the cover body 94b constituting the sound effect control board box 94, and the cover body 112 constituting the main board box 110,
Display stickers 197, 198, 199 indicating the types, handling instructions, and handling precautions of the substrates 87, 95, 120 housed in the boxes 86, 94, 110, respectively.
(See FIG. 3).

In order to attach the illumination control board box 86, the sound effect control board box 94, and the main board box 110 configured as described above to the mounting base 78, the board boxes 86, 94, 110 Engaging projection 9
The locking pieces 81 are naturally deformed by inserting the 3, 102, 118 into the engaging holes 85 and pushing the upper ends rearward, so that the locking claws 82 and the locking portions 92, 101, 117 are locked. . Conversely, when detaching, the operation projection 83 is pressed to release the locking state of the locking claw 82 and the locking portions 92, 101, 117, and the upper portions of the board boxes 86, 94, 110 are brought forward. Side, and then the engaging projections 93, 102,
By pulling out the 118 from the engagement hole 85, the individual substrate boxes 86, 94, 110 can be easily removed individually. In addition, the mounting base 78 is configured such that the rotating shaft 80 of the rotating shaft piece 79 formed on the back side thereof is mounted on the mounting base bearing member 75.
Is rotatably supported by being inserted into the bearing hole 76, for example, by rotating the rotating shaft piece 79 outward or expanding the mounting base 78 strongly rearward, Since the engagement between the shaft 80 and the bearing hole 76 can be released, the three board boxes 8
6, 94, 110 can be removed from the mounting base bearing member 75 while being mounted on the mounting base 78, or conversely, the three board boxes 86, 94, 110 can be removed from the mounting base bearing member 75 while mounted on the mounting base 78. It can also be pivoted. Also, three board boxes 86, 94, 11
0 can be transported (for example, from a manufacturer to a game arcade) while attached, so that the mounting table 78 serves as a reinforcement for the substrate boxes 86, 94, and 110 during transport, and is made of a transparent synthetic resin substrate. Box 86, 94, 110
This has the advantage of preventing breakage of the device.

Further, the mounting base 78 is rotatably supported by inserting a rotary shaft 80 formed on the rear surface thereof into a bearing hole 76. Therefore, for example, the second
When a trouble such as clogging occurs inside the winning ball guiding cover body 66, the mounting table 78 is rotated while the illumination control board box 86, the sound effect control board box 94, and the main board box 110 are mounted. ,
The inside of the winning ball guide cover 66 can be easily visually recognized (the winning ball guide cover 66 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin). The mounting base 78 is supported by a support rib 119 protruding from the second winning ball guiding cover body 66, and when the mounting base 78 is supported by the mounting base bearing member 75, the mounting base 78 is maintained in a substantially vertical state. It is supposed to.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the main board box 110 accommodating the main board 120 for controlling the game operation and the sound effect control board 95 for generating and controlling a sound effect corresponding to the game operation are provided. A ball game including a sound effect control board box 94 to house therein and an electric control board box 86 to house an electric control board 87 for controlling display of an electric component for electrically decorating the ball game machine 1. In machine 1,
Main board box 110 and sound effect control board box 9
The second winning ball guiding cover body 66 (of the game board 40) is mounted on one mounting base 78 so that the mounting board 4 and the illuminated control board box 86 can be attached and detached together in a separable manner from each other. By being detachably attached to the (back side), the three board boxes 110, 94, and 86 can be collectively attached at the same time by attaching the attachment base 78 at the time of assembling. Even when replacing the boards 120, 95, and 87, the three board boxes 110, 94, and 86 can be collectively removed and simultaneously attached and detached by attaching and detaching the mounting base 78, so that the workability is easy. Become. In addition, since they can be attached and detached collectively by the attachment base 78, the work of connecting the wiring to each of the boards 120, 95, and 87 becomes easy. Further, the individual substrate boxes 110, 94, 8
6 can be individually attached to and detached from the mounting base 78, so that only the board boxes 110, 94, and 86 in which a failure or the like has occurred can be removed and replaced.

Further, in this embodiment, in a state where the frame base 3 as the front frame is opened to the outer frame 2,
Main board 120, sound effect control board 95, illumination control board 8
7. The connector sections (connector mounting areas) of the payout control board 191, the display control board 71, the emission control board 126, and the power generation board 160 are arranged so as to be visible. Thereby, each substrate 120, 95, 87, 191, 71, 12
Unauthorized alterations to the 6,160 connector portions can be easily found, and thus all these substrates 120, 95, 87,
191, 71, 126, 160 are reliably prevented from being fraudulent. Also, according to this configuration, each of the substrates 120, 95, 87, 191, 71, 126, 16
0 maintenance work becomes easy. In addition, the main board box 110 is arranged substantially at the center of the back surface of the ball game machine 1 and the sound effect control board box 94 and the illumination control board box 86 are arranged on both sides thereof. In the area, a connector 116c for connecting to the sound effect control board 95 is mounted on the sound effect control board box 94 side, and the electric decoration control board 8 is mounted on the electric sound control board box 86 side.
By mounting the connector 116a for connecting to the control board 7, the work of connecting the wiring between the main board 120 and the sound effect control board 95 and the work of connecting the wiring between the main board 120 and the illumination control board 87 can be easily performed. There is an advantage that the length of wiring from each substrate is shortened and the unity of wiring is improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, the main board box 110, the sound effect control board box 94, and the illumination control board box 86 include the main board 120 housed therein.
Since the sound effect control board 95 and the illumination control board 87 are formed so as to be visible from the outside, and the boards are not overlapped with each other while being attached to a predetermined portion, the three board boxes 110, With the 94 and 86 attached, it is possible to easily confirm whether or not each of the control boards 120, 95 and 87 accommodated therein has been tampered with.

Although the structure for locking the lower part of the mounting table 78 is not shown in the drawing, a locking projection for locking the lower part of the mounting table 78 is integrated with the winning ball guiding cover body 66. May be formed. Alternatively, the mounting base 78 to which the illumination control board box 86, the sound effect control board box 94, and the main board box 110 can be mounted by mounting the mounting base bearing member 75 to the mechanism plate 150 may be rotatably provided. That is, the predetermined portion of the ball game machine 1 to which the mount 78 is attached may be the back surface of the mechanism plate 150.

The structure of the game board 40 has been described in detail above.
The game board housing frame 38 formed on the back side of the front frame 3 houses and is fixed. As is well known, the game board housing frame 38 is formed in a step shape on the back surface of the front frame 3 so as to house the game board 40 having a substantially square shape, and presses and fixes the back surface of the housed game board 40. Board locking lever 123 is attached to an appropriate portion of the game board housing frame 38. The lower portion of the game board housing frame 38 is a flat support plate on which the lower side of the game board 40 is placed, and the out ball guides the out ball to substantially the center of the support plate. A guide passage is formed. In the state where the game board 40 is housed and fixed by the game board locking lever 123, the mechanism plate 150 is covered from the back surface thereof.
8 can be freely opened and closed by locking a shaft support pin 195 fixed to one side of the mechanism plate 150 to a shaft pin 37 projecting above and below a bearing member 36 fixed to one side surface of the shaft 8. By engaging a locking pin (not shown) which is pivotally supported on the game board accommodating frame 38 at an appropriate position with the mechanism plate locking lever 196 provided on the mechanism plate 150,
The mechanism plate 150 can be held in a closed state.

Next, the structure of the mechanism plate 150 provided on the back of the ball game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, a mechanism plate 150 mainly includes a prize ball tank 154 as a ball supply unit for storing a prize ball and the prize ball tank 15.
4 is provided with a ball alignment rail member 157 and a curve rail member 167 for guiding the prize balls stored in the downstream while aligning the prize balls, and a ball lending passage 169 for guiding balls from the curve rail member 167. And prize ball passage 17
An intermediate component provided with a ball payout device 172 that pays out a prize ball based on 0 and a winning, and a lower component provided with a processing mechanism that mainly processes a hit ball including a winning ball driven into the game board 40; Are integrally formed on the mechanism plate main body 151 so as to form the U-shaped opening window 152 when viewed from the back. For this reason, since one side of the game board 40 is opened when the mechanism plate 150 is closed, the back surface structure of the game board 40 is, as described above, the drum housing box 68 and the main board box 110, Even a complicated one having the illumination control board box 76 and the sound effect control board box 94 can smoothly open and close the mechanism plate 150. In the illustrated embodiment,
In order to increase the strength of the mechanism plate 150, a U-shaped opening window 152 is used.
A reinforcement connecting member 153 for connecting the upper component and the lower component is attached to the open side of the.

The configuration of the mechanism plate 150 will be described below for each component. First, a plurality of prize ball tanks 154 for storing a large amount of prize balls and a plurality of prize balls supplied from the prize ball tank 154 are arranged in a plurality of rows (three rows in the present embodiment) by partition walls (not shown). Ball alignment rail member 157 to be aligned and flow down, and ball alignment rail member 15
7 to be described later.
And a power supply unit box 159 provided above the curve rail member 167 are provided at predetermined positions.

The prize ball tank 154 is formed in a box shape having an open upper surface, and has a part of the bottom surface which is pivotally supported so as to be pivotable and is urged upward by a spring (not shown). An information detection lever 155 is provided.
56 is fixed. This ball out information switch 156
As shown in FIG. 5, an information terminal board 165 described later
(Displayed as information terminal board 1) and connected to prize ball tank 15
When a prize ball runs short in 4, a ball breaking signal is output to a management computer (not shown).

The ball alignment rail member 157 disposed on the downstream side of the prize ball tank 154 is attached in an inclined manner from one end of the upper component to the other end thereof. Align in three rows and guide downstream. One of the three rows of rail sections defined by the partition wall is a ball rental rail section, and the two front rows are prize ball rail sections. On the downstream side of the ball lending rail portion, a ball cutout detection lever (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of a ball flowing down the ball lending rail portion is pivotally supported so as to be swingable. An out-of-ball switch 158 for detecting the swinging operation of the lever is attached to the back side of the mechanism plate main body 151. ON / OFF of this ball out switch 158
As shown in FIG. 5, the signal is input to a payout control board 191 via a payout unit relay board 180 described later. This will be described in detail later. The ball-out detection lever for operating the ball-out switch 156 is provided in a row of ball lending ball passages (configured by a ball lending passage portion 169 and a curve rail member 167 described later) from the ball payout device 172. It is rotatably attached to a position for detecting the 27th to 30th balls. This is to secure one lending ball.
This is in order to be able to pay out the one time. A curve rail member 167 is connected to the downstream side of the ball alignment rail member 157.
Since 67 is configured so as to straddle the upper component and the intermediate component, it will be described in detail in the following description of the intermediate component.

A power supply unit box 159 is attached to the upper part of the ball alignment rail member 157 on the downstream side. The power supply unit box 159 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin and houses a power supply unit (power generation board) 160 (see FIG. 4) therein. The power supply unit 160 has a power switch 161 and an external power supply switch 161. Power connector 16 to which power cord 162a is connected
2. Each control board 120, 87, 95, 19 described in detail later
An electric element and a fuse 164 are provided for supplying power to the components 1 and 126 (the display control board 71 is supplied from the main board 120). Further, in the power supply unit box 159, an information terminal board 165 having an external connection terminal 166 to which an external signal line is connected is provided separately from the power supply unit 160. An external connection terminal 166 provided on the information terminal board 165 includes a ball cutout information output terminal, a ball lending information output terminal, and award ball information that connect a signal line between the outside (for example, a management computer) and the ball game machine 1. An output terminal, etc., and a terminal to which the ball out information switch 156 is connected;
1 is provided with a terminal for connection.

In addition to the above-described configuration, a mechanism plate locking lever 196 having one end supported at its open end and a position corresponding to the upper portion of the power supply unit box 159 is rotatably provided on the upper component. I have. Mechanism plate locking lever 196
A groove is formed at the predetermined position of the game board housing frame 38 for engaging with a tip end of a locking pin (not shown) which is fixedly mounted. The engagement between the groove and the locking pin is determined. By rotating to release, the fixed state of the mechanism plate 150 to the game board housing frame 38 can be released. The mechanism plate locking lever 196 is provided at the open end of the upper component and the open end of the lower component as shown in FIG. The fixed state can be firmly stabilized.

By the way, among the members constituting the upper component, in the present embodiment, an antistatic persistent resin is used as a synthetic resin constituting the winning ball tank 154 and the ball alignment rail member 157. This antistatic persistent resin is obtained by mixing a polyetheresteramide elastomer (7 to 20% by weight) composed of polyethylene glycol and polyamide (for example, nylon 6, nylon 6-6, etc.) with A
A thermoplastic resin that is obtained by blending with a styrene-based resin (93 to 80% by weight) such as a BS resin, and has improved antistatic performance, and is excellent in rigidity, molded product surface appearance, and impact strength. It is provided as a composition. It is considered that the reason why such a thermoplastic resin composition has antistatic performance for a long period of time is that components that increase the hygroscopicity are collected on the surface of a molded article.

Conventionally, such an antistatic persistent resin is
It is obvious that the antistatic property is improved as compared with a normal ABS resin or the like used for the prize ball tank 154 and the ball alignment rail member 157. However, there is an advantage that a ground wire is not required, and the duration of antistatic is greatly extended as compared with a resin in which an antistatic agent is kneaded.
In the present embodiment, the prize ball tank 154 and the ball alignment rail member 157 are illustrated as members to which the antistatic persistent resin is applied. It may be a member of all or a part of the resin (preferably, a part at which a prize ball flows down). Further, the ball alignment rail member 157 and the like may be formed of a transparent synthetic resin. By doing so, it is possible to easily confirm clogging and the like.

Next, the configuration of the intermediate component will be described. A curved rail member 167 is provided in a bent shape above the intermediate component. This curve rail member 167
Are bent into a hairpin shape so as to reduce the ball pressure of the prize ball flowing down the ball alignment rail member 157, and are divided into three rows of rail portions similarly to the ball alignment rail member 157. Of the three rows of rails, one row is a rail section for lending a ball and the second row is a rail section for a prize ball. Further, the upper end of the ball ejection passage 168 faces the bent portion of the curve rail member 167, and when a ball extraction valve (not shown) provided in the bent portion is opened by operation from the front side of the ball game machine 1, The prize balls retained on the upstream side of the bent portion are discharged to the outside of the ball game machine 1 through the ball-passing passage 168.

Downstream of the above-mentioned curve rail member 167, one row of ball lending passages 169 and two rows of prize ball passages 170, which are vertically arranged, communicate with each other. Of these, a ball cutout switch 171 is provided above the two-prize ball passage 170 in correspondence with each passage.
The ball out switch 171 has a ball passing hole through which the ball passes, and detects the presence or absence of a prize ball in the prize ball passage 170 by passing the ball through the ball passing hole. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 4, the ball out switch 171 is connected to the payout control board 191 via the payout unit relay board 180.
When one of the ball out switches 171 is no longer detecting a prize ball, the operation of a prize ball motor 174 of a ball payout device 172 described later is stopped to disable the prize ball payout. To be mobilized. Note that the ball out switch 171 is connected to the ball payout device 172.
Are removably attached to the positions for detecting the 17th to 18th prize balls in the prize ball passages 170 in two rows. This is to secure one prize ball, so that even if the ball breaks in the middle of the prize ball, the one ball can be paid out.

A ball payout device 172 is disposed downstream of the ball lending passage 169 and the prize ball passage 170 described above. The ball dispensing device 172 is housed inside a rectangular parallelepiped case, and is detachably attached to the front side of the mechanism plate main body 151. The structure of the ball dispensing device 172 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 3. In the case, a ball lending guiding passage portion (not shown) communicating with the ball lending passage 169 and the prize ball passage are provided. The ball rental motor 173 is divided into two prize ball guide passages (not shown) communicating with the ball 170 and is provided on one side of the single ball rental guide passage.
A rotating member driven by a stepping motor is used, and a rotation driven by a prize ball motor 174 (using a stepping motor) is provided in the middle of the two prize ball guiding passages. The member faces. By rotating each of the motors 173 and 174, the balls are paid out one by one. Since the balls are alternately paid out from the prize ball guiding passage section of Article 2, the payout speed is higher than the payout speed of the rental ball. In addition, count switches 175 and 176 face each of the guide passages to detect the paid-out balls. Further, in order to reliably perform the payout operation, the stop positions of the motors 173 and 174 (exactly). Are provided with motor position sensors 177 and 178 (see FIG. 5) for detecting the stop position of the rotating member. The rotating member may be a screw member in which a spiral groove is formed or a sprocket member in which a plurality of concave portions that engage with balls on the outer periphery are formed. In the case where the rotating member is a sprocket member, the rotating member may be spontaneously rotated by engagement with a ball, and may be stopped or the like by operating a solenoid. Further, as a count switch, a proximity switch, a photo switch, or the like is used, and in any case, a switch that detects a ball to be paid out is desirable.

The motor 17 is provided in the case.
3, 174, count switches 175, 176, and a payout unit relay board 180 to which motor position sensors 177, 178 are connected. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the payout unit relay board 180 is connected to the payout control board 191 and is connected to the sunpack relay board 189.
Is also connected to the main substrate 120 via the. Note that the motor position sensors 177 and 178 are
Is connected to the payout unit relay board 180 via the.

The description of the intermediate components of the mechanism plate 150 has been completed above. Next, the lower components of the mechanism plate 150 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, a prize ball passage 181 is formed at an upper portion of one side, and an upper plate communication port 182 is formed at a lower end of the prize ball passage 181. This upper plate communication port 182
Is for guiding a prize ball to the upper plate 19 provided on the front face of the ball game machine 1. An extra sphere passage 183 is connected to one side of the upper plate communication port 182. Thus, when a large number of prize balls based on the winning are paid out and the upper plate 19 is full of prize balls and finally reaches the upper plate communication port 182 and the prize balls continue to be paid out, the prize balls become surplus. It is guided to the spherical passage 183 and then discharged to the lower plate 27 via the connection gutter (not shown). When the prize balls are further paid out, the lower plate 27 is also full, but when the lower plate 27 reaches the full tank switch 184 provided on one side wall of the surplus ball passage 183, the full tank switch 184 is turned on. Then, the driving of the motors 173 and 174 of the ball payout device 172 is stopped to inactivate the prize ball and ball lending payout operations, and the driving of the launching motor 125 of the hit ball launching device 124 is stopped as necessary. You. In addition, the above-mentioned prize ball passage 1
The rear surfaces of the ball passage 81, the ball removal passage 168, and the surplus ball passage 183 are closed by a lower passage cover body (no reference numeral). On the other hand, on the front side (the side in contact with the game board 40) of the lower component, a prize ball collecting gutter 185 for collecting the winning balls generated in the game board 40 is provided in an inclined shape. The collected winning balls are released to the outside of the ball game machine 1. In addition, various winning areas 47,
The payout of the prize balls accompanying the prize to the 48, 54, 58, 106a, 106b is performed by the detectors 47a, 51, 52, 54.
The detection signals at a, 60, 107a, and 107b are sent to the main board 120 housed in the main board box 110, and the presence and type (for example, 7 payouts, 15 payouts) of the winning balls on the main board 120 are sent. ) Is determined, and thereafter, a prize ball number signal is sent from the main board 120 to the payout control board 191. Thereby, the ball payout device 172 is driven and controlled to perform a payout operation of a predetermined number of prize balls. At this time, the payout operation is not executed unless the prize ball possible signal is input.

At a position adjacent to the winning ball collecting gutter 185, a payout control board box 190 containing a payout control board 191 is attached. The payout control board box 190 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin.
The payout control board 191 performs a prize ball payout operation based on the information signal from the main board 120 and a payout ball payout operation based on the ball lending request signal. Others
The control relating to the ball lending is executed independently by the payout control board 191 without being restricted by the main board 120. This point will be described later in detail. The dispensing control board 191 includes an error indicator 192 for displaying an abnormality of an electric component connected to the dispensing control board 191 by a number according to the type of abnormality, and a reset switch 193 operated after the abnormal state is eliminated. Is provided.

The display control board box 7 shown in FIG.
0, the illumination control board box 86, the sound effect control board box 94, the main board box 110, and the payout control board box 190 are configured so that a part or the whole thereof can be seen through a transparent synthetic resin. And heat dissipation holes are formed. Also, the sound effect control board box 9
4 is a ROM (in particular, an RO storing sound effect data)
M) Even if it is replaced, it can be easily recycled. The display control board box 70 and the illumination control board box 86 can also be recycled by replacing the ROM unless the board surface configuration and the number of lamps are changed. That is, if the boxes are collected when the game board 40 is replaced, and the ROM is taken out and rewritten or replaced, it can be used for a new model with different contents. Various changed control boxes can be delivered again and reused.

The configuration of the ball game machine 1, the configuration of the game board 40, and the schematic configuration of the mechanism board 150 have been described above. However, mutual interaction with various control boards provided on the mechanism board 150 and the game board 40 has been described. Relationship, various control boards and mechanism board 15
0, the game board 40, the front frame 3, and the electrical components provided on the glass plate holding frame 4 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the relationship between the main board 120 and various control boards and electrical components, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the relationship between the payout control board and various control boards and electrical components.

In FIG. 4, the main board 120 has switches 51, 52, 62, 54 provided on the game board 40.
a, 107a, and 107b are input via the relay board 73a, a signal from the starting ball detector 60 is directly input, and a signal from the full tank switch 184 is input to the sun pack relay board 189. Is entered via Further, the main board 120 has a ball-out switch 171 and a ball-out switch 171 related to the prize ball via the sun pack relay board 189 described above.
158 and signals from the award ball count switch 176 are input.

Of the input signals described above, the switches 51, 52, 60, 62, 54a,
The main substrate 1 based on input signals from 107a and 107b
20 is a solenoid 50, 5 provided on the game board 40.
9. Drive control of the memory display LEDs 46 and 64, the number-of-times indicator 53, and the like, output an illumination signal according to the game state to the illumination control board 87, and control the sound effect signal according to the game state by sound effect control. It outputs the large hit display control signal, the reach display control signal, or the off display control signal to the display control board 71, and outputs various game information to the information terminal board 74. The illumination control board 87 is a main board 1
The display control of the decorative lamps 6 to 10 and the decorative LEDs 11, 13 and 14 is performed according to the type of the illumination signal input from the main unit 20. Drive control of the loudspeakers 12a and 12b according to. Further, the display control board 71 is
Control is performed so as to derive the display result of the symbol display 44 according to the type of the display control signal input from 0.

Further, the main board 120 outputs a full signal to the payout control board 191 based on the input signal from the full tank switch 184, and the prize ball motor 174 or the ball rental motor 173 based on the full signal. The driving is stopped, or the driving of the firing device motor 125 is stopped. When there is an input signal from the full tank switch 184, the main board 120 does not output the prize ball possible signal described below. In addition, full tank switch 1
When there is an input signal from 84, the main board 120
It is also possible to output a full signal to the illumination control board 87 to display and drive a predetermined lamp or LED to notify that effect. Further, since the main board 120 outputs the full-state signal to the payout control board 191, the fact may be notified by, for example, an error indicator 192 on the board 191.

When a detection signal from each winning ball detection switch is inputted, the main board 120 receives the payout control board 191.
The payout control board 191 controls the payout of the prize ball based on the prize ball number signal. Further, based on the input signal from the award ball count switch 176, the main board 120 outputs a clear signal for clearing the award ball number signal to the payout control board 191 when the number of award balls to be paid out is detected. Further, based on the input signal from the winning ball count switch 176, the main board 120 outputs a winning ball number signal to the information terminal board 165 (see FIG. 5),
This signal is output from the information terminal board 165 to an external management computer. Further, based on the input signal from the winning ball detection switch, the main board 120 outputs a winning ball signal to the illumination control board 87 (and the sound effect control board 95), and the winning ball lamp 10 (or the speakers 12a and 12b). Is displayed to notify the user of the fact.

Further, based on the input signal from the ball out switch 171, the main board 120 does not output the prize ball enable signal to the payout control board 191, or controls the illumination control board 8.
7, a prize ball out signal is output, and the ball out lamp 9 is displayed and driven in a predetermined manner. Similarly, the main board 120 is moved to the illumination control board 87 based on an input signal from the ball cut switch 158.
The ball-out lamp 9 may be outputted in a predetermined manner to display and drive the ball-out lamp 9 in a predetermined manner. Alternatively, a ball-out lamp 9 (for example, the error indicator 192 or the like may be substituted) may be used. It may be arranged so that the out-of-sphere lamp is driven for display. Further, the signal from the ball out switch 158 is
An input to the payout control board 191 may be made so that the payout control board 191 directly or the illumination control board 87 controls the ball cut lamp. Also, instead of controlling the ball-out lamp 9 or the ball-out lamp separately provided by the main board 120 or the payout control board 191, power is supplied to the ball-out lamp 9 or the ball-out lamp separately provided, and the ball-out switch 158 is supplied. , 171 may be simply turned on / off by turning on / off.

As described above, the switch input for controlling the game operation, the switch input for controlling the payout operation of the prize ball, the decoration lamp, and the decoration L are provided on the main board 120.
Only the switch input for driving and controlling the ED and the speakers 12a and 12b is input. 87, 95, 12
The communication relationship is one-way toward 6. For this reason, there is an advantage that even if an illegal processing program is incorporated in the other control boards 191, 87, 95, and 126 to perform an unauthorized process on the main board 120, the processing cannot be executed. A part of the control is performed on another control board 191,
87, 95, and 126, the main board 120
Burden on the main board 12
It is also possible to facilitate the inspection of 0.

Next, in FIG. 5, the payout control board 191
, Signals from the motor position sensors 177 and 178, the count switches 175 and 176, and the ball out switches 158 and 171 are input via the payout unit relay board 180, and the ball rental switch 24 and the return switch 25 of the balance display board 23 are input. From the card unit device 31
Various information is input from the card unit 31a, which is a control board of the PC. Further, as described above, the prize ball possible signal, the prize ball number signal, and the full tank signal are input from the main board 120.

The payout control board 191 performs the payout control board 191 based on the input signals from the motor position sensors 177 and 178 among the above input signals in the operation of paying out the ball lending and the prize ball.
It is possible to accurately control the stop positions of 73 and 174, that is, the stop positions of the rotating members, and detect whether the rotating members are rotating.

Also, based on the input signals from the count switches 175 and 176, the payout control board 191 controls the motors 173 and 173 so as to pay out the correct number of balls to be paid and the prize balls.
In addition to controlling the drive of 174, the control unit 174 outputs the information on the number of balls to be loaned to the information terminal board 165. In addition, you may make it output prize ball number information.

Also, based on the input signal from the ball out switch 158, the payout control board 191 controls the ball rental motor 173.
Is stopped so that the ball-lending operation cannot be performed.
However, when the signal from the ball-out switch 158 is input during the ball-lending operation, the ball-lending operation is stopped after the payout operation is completed.

Further, based on an input signal from the ball lending switch 24, the payout control board 191 sends the card unit 31a
When the remaining amount information has a margin, the ball control request signal is allowed to drive the ball lending motor 173, and the payout control board 191 is controlled based on the input signal from the return switch 25. A card return signal is output to the card unit 31a.

Also, based on various information inputs from the card unit 31a, the payout control board 191 outputs balance information to the balance display on the balance display board 23 and outputs a trouble signal to the buzzer board.

Further, a prize ball possible signal from the main board 120,
Payout control board 1 based on the prize ball number signal, the full tank signal, etc.
As described above, 91 causes the payout unit relay board 180 to execute the payout operation of the prize ball, and outputs a stop signal of the firing motor 125 to the firing control board 126.

The input signal from the ball out information switch 156 connected to the information terminal board 165 is not input to the payout control board 191 but is output as it is to the external management computer as ball out information. .

The various control boards 120, 1 described above
The power supplies 91, 71, 87, 95, and 126 are connected so that desired power is input from a power supply unit (power generation board) 160. However, power is supplied to the display control board 71 via the main board 120 instead of the power supply unit (power generation board) 160. This is because the power supply voltage used is different between the case where the device used as the special variable display device is the drum type variable display member as in the present embodiment and the case where the electric variable display member (liquid crystal or CRT, etc.) is used. When it is necessary to change the type or number of power supply terminals of the power supply unit (power generation board) 160 in accordance with the replacement of the game board 40, the power supply line is changed from the main board 120 changed in accordance with the replacement of the game board 40. When the input is branched and input to the display control board 71, the power supply terminals of the power supply unit (power generation board) 160 and the power supply of the main board 120 are maintained without changing the type or number of the power supply terminals of the power supply unit (power generation board) 160. This is because if the terminals are connected only to wires of a required voltage, it is not necessary to change the type or number of the power supply terminals of the power supply unit (power generation board) 160.

As described above, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, the outer frame 2, the frame base 3 as a front frame which is openably and closably attached to the outer frame 2, and the game control board for controlling the game operation are provided. Main board 120, a sound effect control board 95 for generating and controlling a sound effect according to a game operation, and an electric control board 87 for controlling an electric component for electrically decorating the ball game machine 1.
And a payout control board 191 for controlling payout of balls (game media), the main board 120, the sound effect control board 95, and the illumination control board 8
7 and the dispensing control board 191, each of the board boxes 110, 94, 86, as cover bodies configured to allow the control boards 120, 95, 87, 191 to be visible.
Each of the control boards 120 and 9 is covered with a cover 190 while the frame base 3 is open to the outer frame 2.
The connector part provided in 5,87,191 is arrange | positioned so that visual recognition is possible. With such a configuration, it is possible to easily find unauthorized modifications to the connector portions of the main board 120, the sound effect control board 95, the illumination control board 87, and the payout control board 191. As a result, all of the control boards 120, 95 , 87, 191 can be reliably prevented. Further, according to this configuration, the maintenance work of the main board 120, the sound effect control board 95, the illumination control board 87, and the payout control board 191 becomes easy. The opening and closing of the frame base 3 with respect to the outer frame 2 is performed by using a pair of upper and lower shaft supports 400 shown in FIG.

Further, the display device includes a special variable display device 44 as a variable display device whose display state can be changed, and a display control board 71 for controlling a display operation of the special variable display device 44. The display control board 71 is covered with a display control board box 70 as a cover body configured to be visible, and provided on the display control board 71 in a state where the frame base 3 is opened to the outer frame 2. The connector portion is disposed so as to be visible. With this configuration, the display control board 7
1 can be easily and surely found, thereby preventing the display control board 71 from being fraudulent and facilitating maintenance and inspection work.

A firing control board 1 for controlling the firing of the ball
26, the firing control board 126 is covered with a board box 131 serving as a cover body which is configured to be visible, and the firing control board 126 is attached to the firing control board 126 in a state where the frame base 3 is opened to the outer frame 2. The connector portion to be provided is arranged so as to be visible. With this configuration, unauthorized modification of the launch control board 126 can be easily and surely found, and as a result, fraud prevention of the launch control board 126 and simplification of maintenance and inspection work can be brought about.

A power generation board 160 for generating a power supply
And the power generation board 160 is
0 is covered with a power supply unit box 159 as a cover body configured to be visible, and a connector portion provided on the power generation substrate 160 is visible when the frame base 3 is opened to the outer frame 2. It is characterized by being arranged in. With such a configuration, unauthorized modification of the power generation board 160 can be easily and reliably found, and thus prevention of fraud on the power generation board 160 and simplification of maintenance and inspection work can be brought about.

The main board 120 is mounted on the back of the game board 40 in which the game area 41 is formed. With this configuration, when the game board 40 is replaced, the main board 120 can be replaced at the same time, so that the replacement work of the main board 120 is facilitated.

Further, the main board 120 is arranged at a substantially central position on the back surface of the ball game machine 1. With such a configuration, each of the substrates 120, 95, 87, 191, arranged at various positions on the back surface of the ball game machine 1
The total length of wiring to 126, 71, and 160 can be shortened, which leads to cost reduction and noise reduction.

Also, a prize ball detector 47 provided on the game board 40 as a prize ball detection means for detecting a prize ball hit.
a, 54a, 60, 107a, and 107b, and the main substrate 120 is provided with a winning ball detector 47a, 54a.
When the detection signals from a, 60, 107a, and 107b are input, a prize ball number signal is output to the payout control board 191.
The payout control board 191 controls the payout of the prize balls based on the prize ball number signal. With this configuration, it is not necessary to provide a prize ball detecting device for collecting the balls entering the prize holes on the back side of the game board and detecting them one by one. It can be easily secured. Also, the time from winning to detection is shortened, and a smooth game development becomes possible.

In each of the board boxes 86, 94, and 110 as the cover body,
Display seals 197 to 199 are provided as suggesting means for suggesting the substrates 87, 95, and 120 to be covered by 94 and 110. With this configuration,
By displaying the type of the substrate with the display seals 197 to 199, it is possible to easily determine which type of the substrate 87, 95, or 120 is the substrate 87, 95, or 120. Can be prevented. Also,
By displaying the instructions for handling the boards 87, 95, and 120 on the display seals 197 to 199, the operability of maintenance and inspection can be improved, and by displaying the precautions for handling, the safety during work can be improved. In the embodiment, the substrates 87, 9
Cover body (substrate box 86, 9)
4,110) (display stickers 197-19)
Although the configuration 9) is provided, the present invention is not limited to this, and such a suggestion means may be provided for a cover body covering any substrate. Further, the suggesting means is not limited to the seal attached to the cover body, may be directly printed or engraved on the cover body, furthermore,
The content of the suggestion is not limited to the three items of the type of the board, the instruction for handling, and the notes on handling, but may be any one of the items or two items combining any of them. Further, the cover body is not limited to a box-shaped body, and may simply cover the upper surface of the substrate. Further, as the suggestion contents of the suggestion means, the capacity and type of the fuse may be displayed, or an error code table may be displayed for a substrate provided with an error indicator.

As described above, each of the board boxes 110, 94, 86, 190, 131, 1
Each of the substrates 120, 95, 87, 191, 126, 160, 160, 59, 70, and in which the connector portion is disposed so as to be visible when the frame base 3 is opened to the outer frame 2.
The arrangement position of 71 is not limited to the arrangement position described in the first embodiment. Hereinafter, other embodiments will be described as second to fourth embodiments. However, in the following description, constituent members having functions similar to those of the above-described embodiment (first embodiment) are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

First, various substrates provided on the back surface of the ball game machine 1 'of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. On the back of the game board 40 constituting the ball game machine 1 ',
As in the first embodiment, a drum housing box 68 for housing the drum-type variable display member of the special variable display device 44 is provided so as to protrude. And a display control board 71 is attached. Ball game machine 1 '
The relay boards 73a and 73b and the information terminal board 74 are attached to the back surface of the first winning ball guide cover body 65 constituting the above. On the other hand, on the back surface of the second winning ball guide cover body 66, an illumination control board 87 accommodated in an illumination control board box 86 and a sound effect control board 95 accommodated in a sound effect control board box 94 are provided. , Is attached.

Also, the mechanism plate 1 constituting the ball-and-ball game machine 1 '
50, the main board 120 housed in the main board box 110, the payout control board 191 housed in the payout control board box 190, and the power supply unit box 1
The power generation board 160 housed in the inside 59 is attached. A launch control board 126 housed in a launch control board box 131 is attached to the back surface of the ball game machine 1 'to which the hit ball launching device 124 is attached.

As described above, in the configuration of the second embodiment,
Main board 120 as a game control board for controlling a game operation
Instead of attaching it to the back of the game board 40,
50. That is, the main substrate 12
0 is attached to the back surface of the ball-and-ball game machine 1 ', other than the game board 40 where the game area 41 is formed. With this configuration, the main board 120 can be mounted over a wide area on the back surface of the ball game machine 1 ′, so that a sufficient mounting space for the main board 120 can be secured. In the second embodiment, the configuration in which the arrangement position of the main substrate 120 is different from the arrangement position of the first embodiment has been described, but the substrates 120, 95, 87, 19
Similarly, the frame bases 3
Each substrate 120,
Any position may be used as long as the connector portions 95, 87, 191, 126, 160, and 71 can be viewed.

In the first and second embodiments, the power generation board 160 is covered with the power supply unit box 159 as a cover which is configured to be visible, and the power generation board 160 is mounted on each of the substrates 120 and 95. , 87,1
Although they are arranged so as to be visible from the back side of the ball game machines 1, 1 'without overlapping with 91, 126, 71, FIG.
As shown in the ball game machine 1 ″ according to the third embodiment, the substrate box 220 accommodating the power generation substrate 160 is arranged so as to overlap the main substrate box 110 accommodating the main substrate 120 (main substrate box 110). Board box 2 on the front side of
20 may be arranged so that the power generation board 160 cannot be seen from the back side of the ball game machine 1 ″. However, also in the configuration of the third embodiment,
As in the first and second embodiments, the main board 120, the sound effect control board 95, the illumination control board 87, and the payout control board 19
1. The emission control board 126 and the display control board 71 are respectively boards 120, 95, 87, 191, 126, 7
1 is covered with each substrate box 110, 94, 86, 190, 131, 70 as a cover body configured to be visible, and each substrate 120, 95, Since the connector portions of 87, 191, 126, and 71 are arranged so as to be visible, each substrate 12
0, 95, 87, 191, 126 and 71 can be easily detected as a tampering, and all the substrates 12
It is possible to prevent fraud on 0, 95, 87, 191, 126 and 71. Note that the accommodation state of each substrate in the substrate box may be an accommodation state in which the substrate is completely sealed, or an accommodation state in which a part of the substrate is exposed.

Further, in the present embodiment, the main board (game control board) is arranged at a substantially central position on the back surface of the game machine, but this center position is, for example, in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction) of the game machine. Is divided into three equal parts, this indicates the center area, and does not strictly indicate the center of the gaming machine. Further, the main board is mounted at the above-mentioned position, and the sound effect control board, the illumination control board, the payout control board, the emission control board, the display control board, and the power generation board further remove the frame base around the main board. It is arranged at a position where the connector portion can be viewed from the back side of the ball game machine in a state where it is opened to the frame.

The main board, sound effect control board, illumination control board, payout control board, emission control board, display control board, and power generation board are each covered by a transparent synthetic resin board box. A plurality of boards may be accommodated in one board box, and the connector part of each board may be arranged so as to be visible in a state where the frame base is opened to the outer frame. Hereinafter, such a configuration will be described as a fourth embodiment with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13. The back surface of the game board 40 that constitutes the ball game machine 1 '''of the fourth embodiment (the back surface of the special variable display device 44 (in the fourth embodiment, the special variable display device 44 is constituted by an LCD)). As shown in FIG. 10, a display control board 71 accommodated in a display control board box 70 is attached to the display control board box 70. Relay boards 73a and 73b and an information terminal board 74 are attached to the back surface of the first winning ball guiding cover body 65 constituting the ball-and-ball game machine 1 "". On the other hand, the second winning ball guiding cover body 6
An electric decoration control board 87 and a sound effect control board 95 housed in the board box 300 are attached to the back surface of the board 6. In addition, the mechanism plate 1 constituting the ball-and-ball game machine 1 '''
50, the main board 120 housed in the main board box 110, the payout control board 191 housed in the payout control board box 190, and the power supply unit box 1
The power generation board 160 housed in the inside 59 is attached. Further, a launch control board 126 housed in a launch control board box 131 is attached to a back surface portion of the ball game machine 1 '''to which the hit ball launching device 124 is attached. It should be noted that the ball game machine 1 ′ ″ of the fourth embodiment has a relay board terminal block 2
25 is attached, and the relay board terminal block 225 has an electric relay board 221 connected to the electric control board 87.
And sound effect relay board 2 connected to sound effect control board 95
22, a firing control relay board 223 and a generation control power relay board 224 connected to the firing control board 126 are fixedly provided. Also, in the ball game machine 1 '''of the fourth embodiment, similarly to the ball game machine 1, each control board 120, 95, 87 with the frame base 3 opened to the outer frame 2. , 191 are arranged so as to be visible.

Next, the board box 300 will be described with reference to FIG. The board box 300
The box-shaped main body 310 supporting the illumination control board 87 and the sound effect control board 95, and the cover body 32 covering the electronic component mounting surfaces of the illumination control board 87 and the sound effect control board 95.
0. On the bottom surface of the box-shaped main body 310, a mounting boss 311 for fixing the illumination control board 87 and the sound effect control board 95 is formed in a projecting manner. In addition, a step-shaped engagement piece 312 inserted into an insertion groove of a mounting table (not shown) mounted on the second winning ball guiding cover body 66 protrudes from an upper portion of the box-shaped main body 310 and has a cover body. A locking claw 313 for locking the engaging flange portion 324 of 320 is formed. Step-shaped engagement piece 312
Is a stepped portion 312b whose bottom is wide when viewed from the side.
And an engagement piece 312a having a narrow upper portion. On the other hand, an engagement protrusion 315 inserted into an engagement hole (not shown) formed in the mounting base protrudes from the lower outer wall of the box-shaped main body 310, and the engagement hole 321 of the cover body 320 is formed. An engaging projection 314 to be engaged is formed, and positioning projections 317a and 317b for positioning the illumination control board 87 and the sound effect control board 95 are formed on the lower inner wall of the box-shaped main body 310. An engagement piece 317 is formed on the bottom surface of the box-shaped main body 310 to engage with a locking hole (not shown) formed in the mounting base.

The illumination control board 87 fixed to the box-shaped main body 310 has a large number of connectors 87 on its upper part.
a to 87d are mounted, and the lower part is an area where an IC chip such as an MPU or a ROM is mounted. Further, mounting holes 301 are formed at the upper two corners of the illumination control board 87, and the mounting bosses 311 correspond to the mounting holes 301 and are fixed with conductive screws 303. This conductive screw 303
When it is exposed to the back side of the mounting boss 311 and mounted on the mounting base, it comes into contact with an elastic contact piece formed on the mounting base to exhibit a grounding function. Therefore, the conductive screw 30
The tip of 3 also has a flat tip contact surface. On the other hand, also on the sound effect control board 95, similarly to the illumination control board 87, a number of connectors 95a to 95c are mounted on the upper part, and the lower part is an area where an IC chip such as an MPU or a ROM is mounted. . At the upper two corners of the sound effect control board 95, mounting holes 302 for fixing the sound effect control board 95 to the mounting boss 311 via the conductive screws 303 are formed.

The cover body 320 covering the mounting surfaces of the illumination control board 87 and the sound effect control board 95 supported by the box-shaped main body 310 is formed in a box shape with an open lower surface, and the lower side wall is formed on the lower side wall. An engagement hole 321 that engages with the locking projection 314 is formed. On the other hand, the cover body 320
Connectors 87a-87d, 95a-9
A pattern covering plate 322 for covering the pattern wiring of the portion 5c is formed projectingly. Pattern coating plate 322
Are formed with connector through holes 323 for passing through the connectors 87a to 87d and 95a to 95c, respectively. Also, on the upper side of the pattern covering plate 322,
An engagement flange portion 324 that engages with the locking claw 313 is formed.

The substrate box 30 configured as described above
First, the illumination control board 87 and the sound effect control board 95 are attached to the mounting boss 31 of the box-shaped main body 310.
1, the locking projections 314 of the box-shaped main body 310 are placed in an oblique state with the top of the cover body 320 facing forward.
Is inserted into the engaging hole 321 of the cover body 320, and then the upper part of the cover body 320 is pressed forward to
24 is engaged with the locking claw 313. At this time, the connectors 87 a to 87 d and 95 a to 95
c. This makes it easy to assemble. When the cover body 320 is opened, the locking claw 313 is pressed upward with a finger to release the engagement between the locking claw 313 and the engaging flange portion 324 and pulled out rearward, and then pushed down obliquely downward. By this, the cover body 32 can be easily formed.
0 can be removed.

Next, in order to mount the board box 300 assembled as described above to the mounting base 176, first,
Stepped portion 31 of stepped engagement piece 312 of substrate box 300
The base 2b is inserted into the insertion groove of the mounting base, and then the engaging projection 315 is inserted into the engaging hole of the mounting base and dropped. In this state, only the engagement piece 312a of the step-shaped engagement piece 312 is engaged with the insertion groove. Then, in this state, the board box 300 is slid to the right in FIG. 11 to engage the engaging pieces 312a with the insertion grooves of the mounting base and the engaging pieces 317 with the locking holes of the mounting base, respectively. The substrate box 300 can be mounted on a mounting base. vice versa.
To remove the board box 300 from the mounting table, the board box 300 is slid in the opposite direction in a state where the engagement pieces 317 are disengaged from the locking holes of the mounting table, and the engagement protrusions 315 are lifted upward. The board box 300 can be easily removed by releasing the engagement between the board box and the engagement hole of the mounting base and then pulling the board box obliquely downward.

Next, wirings for connecting the above-described substrates will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the basic structure of the wiring is configured as a harness 200 having connectors 202 at both ends of a wiring bundle 201 as shown in FIG. The wiring bundle 201 includes a plurality of wirings 2 of the same color.
01a and one wiring 20 different in color from the wiring 201a.
1b. One wiring 201b is a wiring bundle 201
Of the connector 20 so that the connector 20
The left and right of 2 can be distinguished at a glance. Also,
Portions of the wiring bundle 201 except for both ends are bound by a cylindrical protective tube 203 made of a transparent synthetic resin (soft vinyl chloride or the like), whereby the wirings 201a, 201
1b are bundled as a wiring bundle 201 and are protected from the outside. In this embodiment, the protective tube 203 is made transparent so that the wiring bundle 2
01 is visible from the outside so as to prevent the wires 201a and 201b from being tampered with, but the protective tube 203 does not necessarily need to be transparent. On the other hand, the connectors 202 have wires 201a, 2a.
01b for the connector 20b and the connector 20 for the connector 20b.
2 and a pair of left and right positioning projections 205a, 20 that fit into grooves (not shown) formed in the mating connector.
5b. The positioning projections 205a and 205b are provided only on one side, and are formed so as to correspond to the positioning portions of the connector (receiving side) to which the connection is made. ing. Note that the wiring bundle 201 described above is used.
The wiring 201b arranged at one end of the connector 20
2 is a wiring to which the connector pin 204 arranged at the end of the plurality of connector pins 204 arranged in parallel is connected. For example, in the case where a total of 16 connector pins 204 are provided from No. 1 to No. 16, The wiring 201b may be connected to the first connector pin 204,
Alternatively, it may be connected to the 16th (final) connector pin 204.

By the way, the wirings 201a, 201
b has a different set color depending on the board to be connected. Specifically, it is as shown in the list of FIG. 13 (wiring color between A and B 1). In the illumination control board 87, the wiring 201a (wiring 201b) to which the illumination relay board 221, the relay board 73b, the power supply unit board (described as a power generation board in FIG. 13) 160, and the main board 120 are connected.
Are set to red (only one is white).
In the sound effect control board 95, the sound effect relay board 222,
The wiring 201a (wiring 201b) to which the power supply unit board 160 and the main board 120 are connected is yellow (1
(Only books are white). In the payout control board 191, the emission control signal relay board 223, the card unit device 31, the balance display board 23, the buzzer board 22a (the board on which the piezoelectric buzzer 22 is mounted), the information terminal board 165, the payout unit relay board 124, the power supply unit board 160,
And the wiring 201a (wiring 20) to which the main substrate 120 is connected.
1b) are each set to green (only one is white). In the main board 120, the wiring 201a (wiring 201) to which the relay board 73a, the information terminal board 74, the sun pack relay board 189, and the power supply unit board 160 are connected.
b) is set to blue (only one is white). However, the wiring bundle of the main board 120 and the starting ball detector 60 is set to have pink and yellow fluorescent colors for all the wirings. In the launch control board 126, the launch control signal relay board 22
3, single fire switch 127, touch sensor 128, firing device motor 125, and fire control power supply relay board 224
Are set to white (only one line is black). In the display control board 71, the wiring 201a (wiring 201b) to which the special variable display device (described as a special symbol display in FIG. 13) 44 and the main board 120 are connected is brown (1
(Only books are white). Power supply unit board 16
At 0, the wiring 201a (wiring 201b) to which the power supply cord (power supply line) 162a is connected is set to black (only one white).

In setting the wiring colors according to the control board to be connected, the color of the connector 202 constituting the harness 200 and the color of the connector on the control board to which the connector 202 is connected are also changed. It is set to the same color as 201a. Specifically, for example, the harness 2 connecting the illumination control board 87 and the illumination relay board 221 is connected.
00, and the color of the connector 87b of the illumination control board 87 to which the connector 202 is connected is set to the same red color as the wiring color, and the harness connecting the sound effect control board 95 and the sound effect relay board 222 is connected. The color of the connector 202 of the connector 200 and the connector 95b of the sound effect control board 95 to which the connector 202 is connected are set to the same yellow as the wiring color. In the present embodiment,
Wiring 201a and connector 20 constituting harness 200
Although the two colors are set to the same color according to the control board to which they are connected, they may be set to similar colors instead of completely the same color. Further, the entire connector may be adjusted to the wiring color, or only a part of the connector may be adjusted to the wiring color. Further, only the wiring 201a may be set to a color according to the control board to which the wiring is connected. Further, as described above, only one wiring 201b is different from the other wiring 201a for determining the right and left of the connector 202. However, it is not always necessary to provide the wiring 201b for determining the left and right, and A- As shown in the wiring color 2 between B, all wiring colors may be unified.

As described above, according to the configuration of the fourth embodiment, the connector (connectors 87a to 87) of the substrates 87 and 95 covered by the cover 320 is attached to the cover 320.
d, 95a to 95c), a connector through hole 323 as an opening is provided at a position corresponding to (d, 95a to 95c). With this configuration, the workability of the connector wiring can be improved, and even during the wiring work, the board portion excluding the connector portion is entirely covered with the cover body 320, so that it is more reliable. It is possible to prevent fraud on the substrate. Note that such a configuration is not limited to the cover body 320 that covers the substrates 87 and 95, and may be applied to a cover body that covers any of the substrates.

A plurality of control boards 87, 95, 19 for controlling predetermined electric components of the ball-and-ball game machine 1 as a game machine.
1, 120, 126, 71 and the plurality of control boards 87,
95, 191, 120, 126, 71, a harness 200 having a connector 202 connected to a predetermined control board and attached to ends of a plurality of wires 201 a. 200 is
A harness having a suggestion means for suggesting that the predetermined control board is a connection destination is included. With this configuration, the control boards 87, 95, 191,
Since the connection wiring (harness) for each of 120, 126, and 71 can be easily determined, incorrect wiring connection can be avoided at the time of assembling the ball game machine 1 and at the time of maintenance. Work efficiency can be improved.

The plurality of control boards include a main board 120 as a game control board for controlling game contents, an illumination control board 87 for controlling electric decoration components, and a sound effect control board for controlling output of sound effects. 95, a payout control board 19 for controlling the payout of game media (game balls in the present embodiment)
1, and a launch control board 126 for controlling the launch of a game ball,
And each control board 87, 95, 191, 12
For 0 and 126, incorrect wiring connection can be avoided, and the work efficiency of the wiring connection can be improved.

Further, the suggesting means includes the harness 20.
0, control boards 87, 95, 191, 12
A wiring color in the harness 200 is set for each of 0, 126, and 71, and at least a part of the wiring color is made different to indicate a connection destination. With such a configuration, the control board to which the connection is made can be easily determined based on the wiring color. Therefore, it is possible to avoid making an erroneous wiring connection when assembling the ball game machine 1 and during maintenance. It is possible to increase the efficiency of wiring connection work. In addition, with such a configuration, the wiring color of the harness 200 has regularity, and the appearance is improved.

Further, the wiring colors of the harness 200 are at least two or more, and the arrangement order of the wirings 201a and 201b having different wiring colors in the harness 200 is left-right asymmetric. With this configuration, the left and right of the connector 202 can be determined at a glance,
The work efficiency of wiring connection can be further increased.

Further, at least a part of the connector 202 constituting the harness 200 includes the control board 87,
95, 191, 120, 126, and 71. With this configuration, the control boards 87, 95, 191, 120, 12
Since the connector 202 on the side connected to 6, 71 can be seen at a glance, the work efficiency of wiring connection can be further improved.

The control boards 87, 95, 191,
At least a part of the connector 202 to which the harness 200 is connected at 120, 126, 71 has the same color as the wiring color of the harness 200 connected to the control boards 87, 95, 191, 120, 126, 71. Features. With this configuration, the control boards 87, 95, and 191 can be seen at a glance without having to remember the wiring colors set for the control boards 87, 95, 191, 120, 126, and 71 or referring to materials. , 120,
Since the wirings 126 and 71 and the wirings connected thereto are known, the work efficiency of the wiring connection can be further improved.

The starting ball detector 60 for detecting the winning of the game ball into the starting area is provided.
It is characterized in that the wiring color is different from 0. With this configuration, it is possible to avoid erroneous wiring connection with respect to the starting ball detector 60 that detects a winning of a game ball that largely determines the game content, and of course, improves the work efficiency of the wiring connection. Can be enhanced. In addition, with such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the starting ball detector 60 from being fraudulent.

In the above-described embodiment, the power is directly supplied from the power generation board (power supply unit board 160) to each control board. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Power may be supplied to each control board from. In the case of such a configuration, the setting of the wiring color is as shown in the list diagram (A-B wiring color 1) of FIG. That is, in the illumination control board 87, the wiring 201 to which the illumination relay board 221, the relay board 73b, the power relay board 230, and the main board 120 are connected.
a (wiring 201b) is red (only one is white)
Is set to In the sound effect control board 95, the sound effect relay board 222, the power relay board 230, and the main board 120
Are connected to each other are set to yellow (only one of them is white). Dispensing control board 1
At 91, the launch control signal relay board 223, the card unit device 31, the balance display board 23, the buzzer board 22
a, information terminal board 165, payout unit relay board 12
4. The wiring 201a (wiring 201b) to which the power supply relay board 230 and the main board 120 are connected is green (1
(Only books are white). In the main board 120, the wiring 20 to which the relay board 73a, the information terminal board 74, the sun pack relay board 189, and the power relay board 230 are connected
1a (wiring 201b) is set to blue (only one white). However, the wiring bundle of the main board 120 and the starting ball detector 60 is set to a pink and yellow fluorescent color for all the wirings.

In the firing control board 126, the wiring 201a (wiring 201b) to which the firing control signal relay board 223, the single firing switch 127, the touch sensor 128, the firing device motor 125, and the firing control power supply relay board 224 are connected is connected. Are set to white (only one is black). In the display control board 71, the wiring 201a (wiring 201b) to which the special variable display device (shown as a special symbol display in FIG. 14) 44 and the main board 120 are connected
Are set to brown (only one is white). In the power supply unit board 160, the power supply cord (power supply line) 1
Wiring 201 to which 62a and power supply relay board 230 are connected
a (wiring 201b) is black (only one is white)
Is set to When the wiring 201b for left / right discrimination is not provided, as shown by the wiring color 2 between A and B in FIG.

Further, the wiring structure is not limited to a structure in which a single wiring is bound by a protective tube as described above, and a flat cable structure is used as shown in FIGS. It may be. Specifically, FIG.
The harness 210 shown in (A) is a flat cable 21 in which a plurality of wirings 211a are juxtaposed by integral molding.
1 and a connector 202 provided with a connector pin 204 and a pair of left and right positioning protrusions 205a and 205b, similarly to the harness 200. However, in the harness 210 shown in FIG. 15A, a plurality of wirings 211a constituting the flat cable 211 are all unified to the same color. However, as in a harness 210 ′ shown in FIG. A plurality of wires 211a unified to the same color;
The flat cable 211 'may be constituted by one wiring 211b which is different in color from a and is arranged at one end of the wiring 211a. With this configuration, the left and right of the connector 202 can be determined at a glance, as in the case of the harness 200. Thus, FIGS. 15A and 15B
In the case of adopting the flat cable structure shown in (1), the work of preparing wires one by one is omitted because a plurality of wires are attached in parallel by integral molding. Therefore, the workability in manufacturing the harness can be improved.

In the first to fourth embodiments, the special variable display device 44 is constituted by a drum or an LCD. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
Display with T, LED, VFD, EL, plasma,
It is also possible to configure a reel type. In addition, as a configuration of the ball-and-ball game machine, the change of the identification information on the variable display device is started in accordance with the detection of the winning ball of the starting ball detector, and when the identification information has a predetermined display result, a specific game state occurs. A ball game machine (commonly referred to as a first type) that opens a variable winning ball device is illustrated as an example, but is not particularly limited to this, and is associated with detection of a winning ball by a starting ball detector. To open a variable winning prize ball device to generate a specific game state by hitting a ball into a specific area in the variable prize ball device (commonly referred to as a second type), or to detect a starting ball. The change of the identification information on the variable display device starts in accordance with the detection of the winning ball of the container, and when the identification information has a predetermined display result, a right generation state is established. A ball-game machine where the condition occurs (this is commonly referred to as a type 3) It may be. Further, the present invention is not limited to the ball-and-ball game machine, and a game machine such as a slot machine and a coin game may be used as the game machine of the present invention. Specifically, in the embodiment, in the configuration of the ball game machine, a front frame is attached to the outer frame so as to be openable and closable, and a control board is provided on a back surface portion of the front frame,
Although the case where the connector portion provided on the control board is visibly arranged is illustrated, when applied to the configuration of the slot machine, the front frame is attached to the housing-shaped outer frame so as to be openable and closable, A control board may be provided on each of the back surface portion of the frame and the inner wall surface of the outer frame (housing), and the connector portions provided on each control board of the front frame and the outer frame may be arranged so as to be visible. When a gaming machine including a ball game machine or a slot machine is installed in a game arcade or the like, an outer frame is fixed. Therefore, the maintenance and inspection work of the gaming machine is performed with the front frame opened. Therefore, by configuring as in the present embodiment, the workability of maintenance and inspection is improved.

Further, the harness in the present invention may have any structure as long as it has at least a wiring and a connector connected to the wiring. For example, only one end may be processed with a connector and the other end may be directly connected to an electric component, may be soldered to a substrate, or may be a terminal processed and screwed. Further, by forming the connector constituting the harness with a transparent member, it is possible to prevent improper installation of the small circuit board on the connector portion. Further, in the embodiment, as a harness suggestion means for indicating that a predetermined control board is a connection destination, a wiring color according to the control board of the connection destination is set in the embodiment, but instead of this, a number is assigned to the wiring portion. May be displayed to indicate the connection destination. In addition, the color or number indicating such a connection destination is not limited to the wiring part, but when the wiring is bound by the protective tube to form a harness as described above, the wiring is applied to the protective tube. Is also good. Also, the board name may be specified on the board box that accommodates the control board, or at a position where the display of the wiring color or the number set using the list as shown in FIGS. It may be displayed. By doing so, the connection workability of the harness is further improved.

In some cases, the board box may have a plurality of divided structures. In this case, the portion visible from the back side of the gaming machine must be transparent, but the other portions are not limited to this. . However, since the substrate box may have a detachable structure, it is desirable that all the components of the substrate box be transparent so that the back surface of the substrate can be viewed when the substrate box is removed. The cover body may be opaque or may have been subjected to mesh processing or hole processing. In short, any structure may be used as long as the substrate to be covered is visible from the outside. Note that the cover body does not have to be a box-like one that completely accommodates the substrate inside, as in the present embodiment. For example, the board may be attached to the gaming machine first, and the cover may be attached so as to cover the board, or only the important portion of the board may be covered. However, from the viewpoint of fraud prevention, the cover is desirably a box.

The following can be grasped from the embodiments described above. (1) The cover body accommodating the game control board therein is constituted by a plurality of covering members, and the plurality of covering members are assembled by a fixing means which cannot be released unless it is destroyed. And With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent an illegal act on the game control board housed in the cover body. (2) The cover body that individually accommodates the game control board, the sound effect control board, and the illumination control board is mounted on a single mount, and the mount is mounted on the back side of the ball game machine. It is characterized by being attached to. With this configuration, the workability at the time of assembling and replacing the boards can be improved, and the wiring work between the boards can be easily performed. (3) The cover body that individually accommodates the game control board, the sound effect control board, and the illumination control board is detachably attached to the attachment base. With such a configuration, the individual covers can be individually attached to and detached from the mounting base, so that only the board (cover) having a failure or the like can be removed and replaced. In the embodiment, the game control board, the sound effect control board, and the illumination control board are attached to the mount,
The present invention is not limited to this, and each substrate may be detachably attached to a predetermined portion on the back surface of the ball game machine. Also, not limited to the game control board, sound effect control board, and illumination control board,
Similarly, other substrates may be detachably attached to the back surface of the ball game machine. (4) The wiring color of the harness is at least two or more, and the arrangement order of the wirings having different wiring colors in the harness is left-right asymmetric. With this configuration, since the right and left sides of the connector can be determined at a glance, the work efficiency of wiring connection can be further improved. (5) At least a portion of the connector constituting the harness is similar in color to a wiring color corresponding to the control board. With this configuration, the connector on the side connected to the control board can be identified at a glance, so that the work efficiency of wiring connection can be further increased. (6) In the control board, at least a part of the connector to which the harness is connected has a color similar to the wiring color of the harness connected to the control board. With this configuration, the control board and the wiring connected to it can be identified at a glance without having to remember the wiring color set for each control board or referring to materials, etc. Can be further enhanced. (7) A starting ball detector for detecting a winning of a game ball in the starting area is provided, and a wiring color of a harness connected to the starting ball detector is different from a wiring color of another harness. . With this configuration, it is possible to avoid erroneous wiring connection with respect to the starting ball detector that detects winning of a game ball that largely determines the game content, and of course increases the work efficiency of the wiring connection. be able to. With such a configuration, it is also possible to prevent the starting ball detector from being fraudulent. (8) a variable display device whose display state can be changed, and a display control board for controlling a display operation of the variable display device;
The display control board is one of the plurality of control boards. With this configuration,
Incorrect wiring connection to the display control board can be avoided, and the work efficiency of the wiring connection can be improved. (9) A plurality of harnesses in which a plurality of wirings are bundled by a connector, a plurality of control boards to which the plurality of harnesses are individually connected, and various constituent members to which the harnesses are connected and provided in a game machine And a power supply board for supplying power to the power supply board, wherein the harness connected to the power supply board is configured to be visually distinguishable from the harnesses connected to the plurality of control boards. Features. With this configuration, the wiring (harness) connected to the power supply board can be easily determined.
Incorrect wiring connection to the power supply board can be avoided, and the wiring connection work efficiency can be improved. (10) The suggesting means for suggesting a substrate to be covered by the cover body displays an instruction for handling the substrate. With this configuration, the workability of maintenance and inspection of the board can be improved. (11) The suggesting means for suggesting a substrate to be covered by the cover body displays a precaution in handling the substrate. With this configuration, it is possible to improve the safety at the time of handling the substrate.

[0125]

As apparent from the above description, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an outer frame, a front frame openably and closably attached to the outer frame, and a game control board for controlling a game operation. A sound effect control board that generates and controls a sound effect according to a game operation, an electric decoration control board that controls an electric decoration component that electrically decorates the gaming machine, and a payout control board that controls the payout of the game medium, In the gaming machine provided with, the game control board, the sound effect control board, the illumination control board,
And the payout control board, respectively, is covered with a cover body configured to allow each control board to be visually recognized, and a connector portion provided on each control board is visually recognized in a state where the front frame is opened to the outer frame. It is characterized by being arranged as possible. With this configuration, it is possible to easily find unauthorized modifications to the connector portions of the game control board, the sound effect control board, the illumination control board, and the payout control board, and thus to reliably prevent any unauthorized use of all of these control boards. can do. Further, according to this configuration, the maintenance and inspection work of the game control board, the sound effect control board, the illumination control board, and the payout control board becomes easy.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, there is provided a variable display device whose display state can be changed, and a display control board for controlling a display operation of the variable display device, wherein the display control board is provided with the display control board. The board is covered with a cover member configured to be visible, and a connector portion provided on the display control board is disposed so as to be visible in a state where the front frame is opened to the outer frame. With this configuration, unauthorized modification of the display control board can be easily and surely found, thereby preventing the display control board from being tampered with and facilitating maintenance and inspection work.

[0127] Further, in the invention of claim 3, there is provided a firing control board for controlling the firing of the ball, and the firing control board is covered with a cover body configured so that the firing control board can be visually recognized. In a state where the frame is opened to the outer frame, a connector portion provided on the firing control board is disposed so as to be visible. With this configuration, unauthorized modification of the launch control board can be easily and surely found, thereby preventing the launch control board from being tampered with and facilitating maintenance and inspection work.

Further, in the invention according to claim 4, a power generation board for generating a power is provided, and the power generation board is covered with a cover body configured to make the power generation board visible so that the front frame is formed. The connector portion provided on the power generation substrate is arranged so as to be visible in a state where the connector portion is open to the outer frame. With this configuration, unauthorized modification of the power generation board can be easily and surely found, thereby preventing the power generation board from being fraudulent and facilitating maintenance and inspection work.

[0129] Further, in the invention of claim 5, the game control board is mounted on the back of a game board in which a game area is formed. With this configuration, when the game board is replaced, the game control board can be replaced at the same time, so that the game control board replacement work is facilitated.

Further, according to the invention of claim 6, the game control board is mounted on a rear surface of the gaming machine other than the gaming board where the gaming area is formed.
With such a configuration, the game control board can be mounted over a wide area on the back surface of the gaming machine, so that a sufficient space for mounting the game control board can be secured.

Further, in the invention of claim 7, the game control board is arranged at a substantially central position on the back surface of the game machine. With such a configuration, it is possible to shorten the total length of wiring to each substrate disposed at various positions on the back surface of the gaming machine, which can lead to cost reduction and noise reduction.

Further, according to the invention of claim 8, the game control board further includes a winning ball detecting means provided on the game board for detecting a winning of a hit ball, and the game control board is provided with a detecting signal from the winning ball detecting means. When input, a payout ball number signal is output to the payout control board, and the payout control board controls payout of award balls based on the winning ball number signal. With this configuration, there is no need to provide a prize ball detecting device for collecting the balls entering the prize holes on the back side of the game board and detecting them one by one. Can be easily secured. Also, the time from winning to detection is shortened, and a smooth game development becomes possible.

[0133] In the invention of claim 9, the cover is provided with an opening at a position corresponding to the connector of the board covered by the cover. With this configuration, the workability of the connector wiring can be improved, and even during the wiring work, the board portion excluding the connector portion is entirely covered with the cover body, so that the board can be more securely connected. Can be prevented.

Further, in the invention of claim 10, the cover body is provided with a suggestion means for suggesting a substrate to be covered by the cover body. With this configuration, it is possible to easily determine which type of substrate the substrate is, to improve wiring workability and prevent erroneous connection.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a harness having a connector connected to a predetermined control board of the plurality of control boards and attached to ends of a plurality of wirings. It is characterized by including a harness having a suggestion means for suggesting that the predetermined control board is a connection destination. With this configuration, the connection wiring (harness) for each control board can be easily determined, so that when the gaming machine is assembled and maintenance is performed,
Incorrect wiring connection can be avoided, and the wiring connection work efficiency can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a game board provided in the ball game machine.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the ball game machine.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a relationship between a main board, various control boards, and electrical components.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a relationship between a payout control board, each control board, and electric components.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an attached state of an illumination control board box, a sound effect control board box, and a main board box.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the hitting ball firing device.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the ball game machine according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the ball game machine according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the ball game machine according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing an electric decoration control board, a sound effect control board, and a board box accommodating the same, in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a wiring according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a list showing wiring colors of various substrates according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a list showing wiring colors of various substrates according to a modification of the fourth embodiment.

FIGS. 15A and 15B are front views showing wirings according to a modification of the fourth embodiment. FIGS.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 ball game machine 2 outer frame 3 frame base (front frame) 40 game board 44 special variable display device (variable display device) 48 special variable winning ball device 51 specific ball detector (winning ball detecting means) 52 winning number detector (Winning Detector) 54a, 107a, 107b Winning Detector (Winning Detector) 60 Starting Detector (Winning Detector) 65 First Winning Induction Cover 66 Second Winning Induction Cover 70 Display Control board box (cover) 71 Display control board 86 Illumination control board box (cover) 87 Illumination control board 94 Sound effect control board box (cover) 95 Sound effect control board 110 Main board box (cover) 120 Main board (game control board) 126 Launch control board 131 Launch control board box (cover) 150 Mechanical board 159 Power supply unit box 160) Power generation board 190 Discharge control board box (cover) 191 Discharge control board 197 to 199 Display seal (indicative means) 200, 210, 210 'Harness 201 Wiring bundle 201a, 201b, 211a, 211b Wiring 202 Connector 203 Protection tube 204 Connector pin 205a, 205b Positioning protrusion 211, 211 'Flat cable 300 Board box 310 Box-shaped main body 320 Cover body 322 Pattern coating plate 323 Connector through hole (opening)

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat II (reference) A63F 7/02 326 A63F 7/02 326Z

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. An outer frame, a front frame openably and closably attached to the outer frame, a game control board for controlling a game operation, a sound effect control board for generating and controlling a sound effect according to the game operation, An electric decoration control board for controlling an electric decoration component for electrically decorating the machine, and a payout control board for controlling the payout of the game medium, wherein the game control board, the sound effect control board, Each of the illumination control board and the payout control board is covered with a cover body configured to make each control board visible, and provided on each of the control boards in a state where the front frame is opened to the outer frame. A gaming machine characterized by arranging a connector portion to be visible. 2. A variable display device capable of changing a display state,
A display control board for controlling a display operation of the variable display device,
A connector portion provided on the display control board in a state where the display control board is covered with a cover body configured to make the display control board visible, and the front frame is opened to the outer frame. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is arranged so as to be visible. 3. A firing control board for controlling the firing of the ball, wherein the firing control board is covered with a cover body configured to make the firing control board visible, and the front frame is arranged with respect to the outer frame. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a connector portion provided on the launch control board is arranged so as to be visible in an open state. 4. A power generation board for generating a power supply, wherein the power generation board is covered with a cover body configured to make the power generation board visible, and the front frame is opened to the outer frame. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a connector portion provided on the power generation board is arranged so as to be visible in the state. 5. The game control board according to claim 1, wherein said game control board is attached to a back surface of a game board in which a game area is formed.
A gaming machine according to any one of claims 4 to 4. 6. The game control board according to claim 1, wherein the game control board is mounted on a back surface of the game machine and at a place other than the game board where a game area is formed. Gaming machine. 7. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming control board is arranged at a substantially central position on a back surface of the gaming machine. 8. A game control board provided on a game board for detecting a winning of a hit ball, and said game control board is provided with said payout control board when a detection signal from said winning ball detecting means is inputted. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a prize ball number signal is output to the game machine, and the payout control board controls the payout of the prize ball based on the prize ball number signal. 9. The game according to claim 1, wherein an opening is provided in the cover at a position corresponding to a connector of a board covered by the cover. Machine. 10. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the cover body has a suggestion means for indicating a substrate covered by the cover body. 11. A harness connected to a predetermined control board of the plurality of control boards and having a connector attached to an end of a plurality of wirings, wherein the harness is connected to the predetermined control board at a connection destination. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising a harness having a suggestion means for suggesting that there is a game machine.