JP2001232014A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine capable of reducing the backward projection amount of a payout means as much as possible, preventing the damage of the payout means at the time of opening and closing a back mechanism plate and easily inspecting the payout means from the back side of the back mechanism plate. SOLUTION: This machine is provided with a game panel 6 freely attachably and detachably mounted on a front frame 4, the back mechanism plate 15 arranged on the back side of the game panel 6 and the payout means 29 for paying out game balls from a game ball tank 31. The payout means 29 is freely attachably and detachably mounted on the back side of the front frame 4 separately from the back mechanism plate 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a request for paying out a premium ball due to a game ball winning a prize means of a game board or a request for ball lending from an automatic ball lending machine has been made. In this case, the payout means operates under the control of the payout control means, and pays out game balls supplied from the game ball tank through the ball supply passage to the upper plate of the front frame.

In a conventional ball game machine, a game ball tank, a ball supply passage, a payout means, and a ball guide passage relating to the payout of game balls are provided on a back mechanism plate pivotally attached to the back side of the front frame so as to be openable and closable. I am wearing it.

[0004]

When inspecting the back side of the game board or the like, the front frame which is pivotally attached to the outer frame so as to be openable and closable around the pivot portion is opened to the front side, and then the back mechanism plate is pivoted. It is performed by opening to the back side around the fitting part.

However, in the conventional ball game machine, since the payout means is mounted on the back side near the pivotal portion of the back mechanism plate, there is a problem that the amount of the payout means protruding backward is large. is there. Also, since the amount of protrusion of the dispensing means to the rear is large, if the back mechanism plate is opened to the back side in a state where the front frame is not sufficiently opened, there is a possibility that the dispensing means contacts the outer frame and may be damaged. is there.

In view of such a conventional problem, the present invention can minimize the amount of protrusion of the dispensing means to the rear, minimize damage to the dispensing means when opening and closing the back mechanism plate, and furthermore, dispose the dispensing means. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine that can be easily inspected from the back side of a back mechanism plate.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a game board 6 detachably mounted on a front frame 4, a back mechanism plate 15 disposed on the back side of the game board 6, and a game ball tank 31. In a ball game machine provided with payout means 29 for paying out game balls,
The dispensing means 29 is detachably mounted on the back side of the front frame 4 separately from the back mechanism plate 15.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawings illustrate one embodiment of the present invention. In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a game machine main body, which is formed by a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2 and a pair of upper and lower pivotal joints 3 at one end in the left-right direction. And a front frame 4 pivotally attached to the front side of the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. On the front frame 4, a game board 6 is detachably mounted from the back side via a game board mounting frame 5 on the back side, and a glass door 7 and a front panel 8 are arranged on the front side of the game board 6 so as to be openable and closable. ing. The front plate 8 is provided with an upper plate (hit ball supply plate) 9 for storing game balls for firing.

A lower plate for storing surplus spheres is provided below the front frame 4.
10 and a firing handle 12 of the firing means 11 are provided respectively. On the back side of the front frame 4, a back mechanism plate 15 is pivotally attached to the game board mounting frame 5 via a pair of upper and lower pivoting portions 13, 14 so as to be openable and closable. Game board 6
Is pressed from behind and fixed. The back mechanism plate 15,
In the closed state, it is fastened to the game board mounting frame 5 by a plurality of fastening means 16.

On the game board 6, a guide rail 17 is mounted on the front side, and a game area 18 in the guide rail 17 is provided.
In addition, a liquid crystal display means 20, a special symbol starting means 21, a special winning means 22, and other game parts constituting the special symbol display means 19 are arranged, and on the back side, game parts such as the liquid crystal display means 20 are covered from the back side. The back cover 23 is attached.

On the back side of the back cover 23, main control means 24 for mainly controlling the game operation of the game board 6 side, and a lamp for controlling light emission of display lamps of game parts and the like on the game board 6 side in accordance with a game state. Control means 25 and voice control means 26 for controlling sound effects from a speaker according to a game state are provided. Each of the control means 24 to 26 has a control board housed in a board case through which the inside can be seen, and the board case is detachably provided on the back cover 23.

The game board mounting frame 5 has a gate shape,
6 is provided on the inner peripheral side with a receiving portion 27 detachably fitted from the back side, and is fixed to the back side of the front frame 4 so as to surround the window hole 28 of the front frame 4 from the outside. Attachment parts 13 and 14 of game board mounting frame 5
On the side, a payout means 29 is attached to the middle part in the vertical direction from the back side. On the back side of the front frame 4, a passage unit 39 is provided from near the lower side of the payout means 29 of the game board mounting frame 5 to the upper plate 9 and the lower plate 10.
The lower part of the game board mounting frame 5 is connected to a game board support plate fixed to the back side of the front frame 4, and the game board 6 is supported from below by the game board support plate.

An opening 30 into which the back cover 23 is fitted is formed at a substantially central portion of the back mechanism plate 15, and a game ball tank 31 and a lateral passage 33 of a ball supply passage 32 are formed above the opening 30. ,Aperture
A cutout portion 34 and a vertical passage portion 35 of the ball supply passage 32 are provided on the side of the pivotal connection portions 13 and 14 on the side of 30, and an installation portion 40 is provided below the opening portion 30.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the game board mounting frame 5 has a positioning portion 42 formed in a recessed shape at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the vertical frame portion 41 on the pivotal connection portions 13 and 14 side. And game board mounting frame 5
The dispensing means 29 is detachably attached to the positioning portion 42 from the back side so as to protrude rearward from the back mechanism plate 15. Therefore, the payout means 29 is a game board mounting frame.
It is detachably attached to the back side of the front frame 4 via 5.

The dispensing means 29 includes a positioning portion of the vertical frame portion 41.
A payout case 43 fitted to and detachably fixed with screws or the like, a rotating body 45 rotatably supported in the payout case 43 via a horizontal shaft 44, and a rotary shaft 44
And a payout motor 46 that is driven through the motor.

The dispensing case 43 includes a dispensing chamber 47 for accommodating the rotating body 45, a supply passage 48 communicating with the upper side of the dispensing chamber 47, a dispensing passage 49 communicating with the lower side of the dispensing chamber 47, and a supply chamber 49. Collection passage communicating with the lower side of passage 48
With 50.

The supply passage portion 48 and the collection passage portion 50 are provided vertically in front of the payout chamber 47, and a game ball is provided below the supply passage portion 48 with the payout chamber 47 side and the collection passage portion 50.
Switching means 51 for switching and connecting to the side is provided. The payout passage portion 49 is located on the back side of the collection passage portion 50, and below the payout passage portion 49 is provided payout ball detection means 52 for detecting game balls paid out by the rotation of the rotating body 45.

The upper end side of the supply passage section 48 is a payout case.
An opening is provided on the upper surface side of 43, and the upper end thereof is detachably fitted to the pivotally attached cylindrical body 53 from below. The lower end sides of the collection passage portion 50 and the payout passage portion 49 are opened downward on the lower surface side of the payout case 43.

On the outer periphery of the rotating body 45, a plurality of concave portions 54 are provided in the circumferential direction so as to receive one game ball, and the game balls supplied from the supply passage portion 48 are received by the concave portions 54. It pays out to the payout passage 49 side. The payout motor 46 is fixed to the inner side surface of the payout case 43.

The game ball tank 31 is for storing game balls, is disposed on the upper end side of the back mechanism plate 15, and is detachably attached to the back mechanism plate 15 from the back side via engaging means or the like. Have been. In addition, the game ball tank 31 has a game board mounting frame.
5 may be attached to the back side of the front frame 4, or may be configured to receive the load on the game ball tank 31 side on the front frame 4 side in a state of being disposed on the back side of the back mechanism plate 15.

The ball supply passage 32 is for supplying the game balls in the game ball tank 31 to the payout means 29, and has an opening 30.
A horizontal passage portion 33 disposed in the left-right direction along the upper side of the vehicle, and a vertical passage portion 35 bent downward along the opening 30 from an end of the horizontal passage portion 33, on the back side of the back mechanism plate 15. Installed. The lower end of the vertical passage portion 35 corresponds to the supply passage portion 48 of the dispensing means 29 up and down, and is removably fitted to the pivoting cylinder 53 from the upper side, and is pivoted around the vertical axis by the pivoting cylinder 53. It is supported rotatably.

The pivoting cylinder 53 allows the ball supply passage 32 and the vertical passage 35 of the dispensing means 29 to communicate with each other up and down, and together with the lower end of the ball supply passage 32, the pivoting attachments 13 for the back mechanism plate 15, 14, which is detachably fixed to the back side of the vertical frame portion 41 of the game board mounting frame 5 via the mounting portion 53a near the upper side of the payout means 29. Therefore, the ball supply passage 32 and the dispensing means 29 are relatively rotatably connected on the axes of the pivots 13, 14. At the lower end of the vertical supply passage portion 48, a tubular body rotatably fitted to the pivotally attached tubular body 53 is fixed.

The passage unit 39 includes a ball guide passage 36 for guiding the game balls paid out from the payout means 29 to the upper plate 9.
In addition to the ball collection path 38 for guiding the game balls from the collection path section 50 to the collection device on the island side, when the game balls on the upper plate 9 are full, Game ball lower plate 10
The front frame 4 includes an overflow passage (not shown) that overflows
It is attached to the back side of.

The ball guide passage 36 is provided with a vertical passage portion 37, which is located below the payout means 29 and which is a vertical frame portion of the game board mounting frame 5.
Along the ball collection passage 38, it is arranged along the front and rear 41. The lower portions of the ball guide passage 36 and the ball collection passage 38 are bent toward the center in the left-right direction of the front frame.

The notch 34 is provided at a pivoted portion of the back mechanism plate 15 so as not to interfere with the payout means 29 when the back mechanism plate 15 is opened and closed.
The notch 34 is formed in a recessed shape from the edge on the 13, 14 side toward the opening 30, and the pivoting portions 13, 14 for the back mechanism plate 15 are arranged on the upper and lower sides of the notch 34. A pair of upper and lower pivots 13,14
Among them, the upper pivot portion 13 is disposed near the upper side of the payout means 29, and the lower pivot portion 14 is disposed at the lower end of the back mechanism plate 15. The pivot portions 13 and 14 are fixed to the lower end portion of the back mechanism plate 15 and are detachably fitted to the pivot shaft 55 from above from the upward pivot shaft 55 fixed to the game board mounting frame 5 side. And a pivoting cylinder 56.

The upper and lower pivot portions 13 and 14 are connected to the back mechanism plate 15.
When opening / closing, the ends of the pivoting portions 13 and 14 are
In order to avoid interference with the game board mounting frame 5, it is separated rearward by a predetermined distance from the game board mounting frame 5.

The installation section 40 is for installing frame-side control means for controlling frame-side devices including the front frame 4 and the like, and is constituted by a mounting plate 62 provided on the back side of the back mechanism plate 15. I have. And the payout control means 57 is attached to the mounting plate 62.
And a power supply means 58 are provided detachably from the back side.
The back mechanism plate 15 may be provided with a passage unit 39 on the front side thereof, and the back side of the passage unit 39 may be directly used as the installation unit 40. Therefore, the installation section 40 may be provided integrally with the back mechanism plate 15. Further, the installation unit 40 may be provided with a launch control unit for controlling the launch unit 11 as one of the frame side control units.

The payout control means 57 is for analyzing the command when there is a payout command from the main control means 24 and controlling the payout motor 46 of the payout means 29, and includes a payout board 59. ing. Power supply means
Reference numeral 58 denotes a power supply board for supplying necessary power to each of the required parts. The payout board 59 and the power supply board 60 are housed in a board case 61, and the board case 61 is detachably mounted on the back side of the mounting plate 62.

The operation of the above-structured ball game machine will be described.
Normally, game balls supplied from the game ball supply device are stored in the game ball tank 31, and the game balls are supplied to the ball supply passage 32.
Are supplied to the supply passage portion 48 of the dispensing means 29 through the horizontal passage portion 33 and the vertical passage portion 35, and are in a state of being filled with these.

In the game, the firing handle 12 of the firing means 11
Is operated, the firing means 11 is operated, and the game balls supplied one by one from the upper plate 9 are fired toward the guide rail 17 side. This launched game ball is guided to the upper part of the game board 6 via the guide rail 17 and enters the game area 18,
Fall along the board surface.

When the game ball wins the big prize winning means 22 or the like during the fall, the payout motor 46 of the payout means 29 is operated by the prize ball payout command from the payout control means 57, and the rotating body
45 rotates around the horizontal axis 44 in the payout direction, and pays out a predetermined number of game balls in the supply passage 48 toward the payout passage 49 by the rotation of the rotating body 45. The paid out game balls are guided to the upper plate 9 through the ball guide passage 36 of the passage unit 39, and if the game balls in the upper plate 9 are full,
You will be guided to the lower plate 10.

The payout means 29 is provided on the back side of the front frame 4 separately from the back mechanism plate 15, especially on the back side of the game board mounting frame 5 on the back side thereof, so that it is mounted on the back side of the conventional back mechanism plate 15. In comparison with the case, the amount of protrusion of the payout means 29 to the rear can be reduced.

Further, since the payout means 29 is provided on the back side of the game board mounting frame 5, the payout means 29 is provided on the back side of the front frame 4 outside the game board mounting frame 5 as compared with the case where it is provided directly on the back side of the front frame 4. There is no need to secure a dedicated space. Therefore, even when the space between the game board mounting frame 5 and the outer frame 2 is relatively narrow, the payout means 29 can be easily provided on the front frame 4 side.

Further, when inspecting the back side of the game board 6, the front frame 4 is opened to the front side around the pivot portion 3, and then the back mechanism plate 15 is opened.
To the back side around the pivots 13 and 14,
Since the rear frame 29 is located on the front frame 4 side, there is no problem that the dispensing means 29 is damaged by contacting the outer frame 2 or the like when the back mechanism plate 15 is opened and closed.

Since the back mechanism plate 15 has a cutout portion 34 corresponding to the payout means 29, the payout means 29 and the back mechanism plate are provided despite the payout means 29 being on the game board mounting frame 5 side.
The back mechanism plate 15 can be easily opened and closed without interference with the back mechanism plate 15. Further, when the back mechanism plate 15 is closed, the payout means 29 projects rearward from the notch 34, so that when checking the trouble of the payout means 29 itself, the back mechanism is used. Even when the plate 15 is closed, it can be easily performed from the back side.

Pivot portions 13 and 14 are provided on both upper and lower sides of the cutout portion 34 of the back mechanism plate 15, and the back mechanism plate 15 is connected to the game board mounting frame on the front frame 4 side through the respective pivot portions 13 and 14. Because it is pivoted to 5,
The back mechanism plate 15 can be reliably supported via the pivotal attachment portions 13 and 14, and a decrease in the strength of the back mechanism plate 15 due to the formation of the notch 34 can be suppressed as much as possible. Thereby, the notch 34 of the back mechanism plate 15
There is no need to provide a complicated reinforcing structure in the peripheral portion of, and the structure on the back mechanism plate 15 side can be simplified.

Among the components related to the payout of the game balls, the payout means 29 is provided on the back side of the game board 6, and the other game ball tank 31 and the ball supply passage 32 are provided on the back mechanism plate 15 side. If the back mechanism plate 15 is opened as in the conventional case, the rear side of the game board mounting frame 5 is opened, and the game board 6 can be easily attached to and detached from the game board mounting frame 5 from the back side. Moreover,
Since the payout means 29 is located on the back side of the game board mounting frame 5 on the side of the pivots 13 and 14 of the back mechanism plate 15, the game ball tank 31 and the ball supply passage 32 are located on the back mechanism plate 15 side. The burden on the back mechanism plate 15 can be reduced, and the component price of the back mechanism plate 15 can be reduced. .

Although the payout means 29 is on the game board mounting frame 5 side and the ball supply passage 32 is on the back mechanism plate 15 side,
Since the dispensing means 29 and the ball supply passage 32 are relatively rotatably connected on the axes of the pivots 13, 14, the two can always be kept in communication. Therefore, even if the back mechanism plate 15 is opened with the game balls in the game ball tank 31, the game ball tank
The back mechanism plate 15 can be opened and closed with the game balls in the game ball tank 31 without the game balls in the ball 31 passing through the ball supply passage 32.

A passage unit including a ball guide passage 36 for guiding the game balls paid out by the payout means 29 to the upper plate 9 and the like.
Since 39 is behind the front frame 4, it is possible to guide the game balls more reliably than when this passage unit 39 is provided on the back mechanism plate 15 side, and that the payout means 29 is behind the front frame 4. In combination, the structure of the passage unit 39 can be simplified.

The installation section 40 is provided below the back mechanism plate 15, and the payout control means 57 and the power supply means 58 are arranged in this installation section 40, so that the lower side of the back mechanism plate 15 can be used effectively. In addition, if the installation section 40 is formed integrally with the back mechanism plate 15, the installation section 40
The structure can be simplified as compared with the case where the back mechanism plate 15 is provided in another structure.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the game board 6 detachably mounted on the front frame 4, the back mechanism plate 15 arranged on the back side of the game board 6, the game ball tank 31
In the ball game machine provided with the payout means 29 for paying out game balls from the player, the payout means 29 is detachably mounted on the back side of the front frame 4 separately from the back mechanism plate 15, so that the payout means 29 The amount of protrusion to the rear can be made as small as possible, and damage to the payout means 29 when opening and closing the back mechanism plate 15 can be prevented.

Further, a game board mounting frame 5 for mounting the game board 6 on the back side of the front frame 4 is provided, and the payout means 29 is provided on the game board mounting frame 5, so that the payout means is provided on the back side of the front frame 4. There is no need to reserve any special space for 29.

Further, the payout means 29 is provided on the pivotal attachment portions 13 and 14 of the back mechanism plate 15 and on the back side of the game board mounting frame 5 so as to protrude from the back mechanism plate 15 to the back side. Even if the components related to are provided on the back mechanism plate 15 side, the burden on the back mechanism plate 15 side can be reduced and the back mechanism plate
It is also possible to easily configure so that the payout means 29 side can be inspected from the back side of 15.

Further, the back mechanism plate 15 is provided with a game ball tank 31 and a ball supply passage 32 for supplying game balls from the game ball tank 31 to the payout means 29.
29 is connected to the pivots 13 and 14 of the back mechanism plate 15 so as to be relatively rotatable on the axes thereof, so that the back side of the game board mounting frame 5 can be largely opened by opening the back mechanism plate 15 to play the game. The board 6 can be easily attached and detached, and the game ball tank 31 can be opened and closed when the back mechanism plate 15 is opened and closed.
There is no need to remove the game ball on the side, and the back mechanism plate 15 can be easily opened and closed.

A notch 34 corresponding to the payout means 29 is formed in the back mechanism plate 15, and the pivotal attachment portions 13, 14 of the back mechanism plate 15 are arranged on at least one of the upper and lower sides of the notch 34. As a result, interference between the back mechanism plate 15 and the dispensing means 29 can be prevented, and the back mechanism plate 15 can be securely pivoted by the pivoting portions 13 and 14.

Further, a ball guide passage 36 for guiding the game balls paid out from the payout means 29 to the hitting ball supply tray 9 on the front side of the front frame 4 is provided on the front frame 4 side. The structure can be simplified as compared with the case where the ball guide passage 36 is provided.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.
It is sufficient that the payout means 29 can be used for paying out game balls, and a means other than the method using the rotating body 45 may be adopted. For example, the payout means 29 is a screw type that pays out game balls by rotating a screw,
An intermittently actuated ball or the like for intermittently paying out a specified number of game balls collectively may be employed. Further, the payout means 29 may be of a double-row payout type.

In the embodiment, the connecting portion between the supply passage portion 48 of the dispensing means 29 and the vertical passage portion 35 of the ball supply passage 32 is pivotally connected.
Although they are arranged concentrically on the axes of the joints 13 and 14, this connecting portion may be provided at a position off the axis of the pivots 13 and 14.

The payout means 29 is connected to the vertical frame portion of the game board mounting frame 5.
When it is attached to 41, it is desirable to provide within the left and right width. However, a part of the payout means 29 may protrude outward from the left and right width of the vertical frame part 41, or may be provided outside from a middle part of the left and right width of the vertical frame part 41 so as to partially protrude outward. May be. Further, the payout means 29 may be mounted on the outer surface of the vertical frame portion 41. The payout means 29 may be provided on the vertical frame portion 41 of the game board mounting frame 5 opposite to the pivotal portions 13 and 14.

When the ball guide passage 36 and the ball collection passage 38 are provided along the vertical frame portion 41 of the game board mounting frame 5, the ball guide passage 3
6. The whole or a part of the ball collection passage 38 may be formed integrally with the vertical frame portion 41 of the game board mounting frame 5. Pivot part 1 of back mechanism plate 15
3 and 14 may be provided only above or below the notch 34. In addition, the present invention can be similarly implemented not only in pachinko machines but also in various ball game machines such as arrange ball machines and sparrow ball game machines.

[0051]

According to the present invention, the game board 6 removably mounted on the front frame 4, the back mechanism plate 15 disposed on the back side of the game board 6, and the game balls from the game ball tank 31 are dispensed. In a ball-and-ball game machine provided with payout means 29,
29 is detachably attached to the back side of the front frame 4 separately from the back mechanism plate 15, so that the amount of protrusion of the payout means 29 to the rear can be made as small as possible, and the payout means 29 for opening and closing the back mechanism plate 15. Damage can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the ball game machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the ball game machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a payout unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a paying-out means side showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a passage portion showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of a payout unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Front frame 5 Game board mounting frame 6 Game board 9 Upper plate (hitting ball supply plate) 13,14 Pivot frame 15 Back mechanism plate 29 Payout means 31 Game ball tank 32 Ball supply passage 34 Notch 36 Ball guide passage 40 Installation Part 57 Payment control means

Claims (1)

[Claims] A game board detachably mounted on a front frame (4).
(6) and a back mechanism plate (15) arranged on the back side of the game board (6)
And a payout means (29) for paying out game balls from the game ball tank (31), the payout means (29) is separated from the back mechanism plate (15) by a front frame ( 4) A ball game machine characterized by being detachably mounted on the back side of.