JP2001269466A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable adaptation to growing size of a display device by securing a specified space below a guide gutter. SOLUTION: In the game machine provided with a guide gutter 14 which is arranged on a rear mechanism board 10 installed on the back side thereof and gently inclined downward to guide balls toward an ejection part on the downstream side rectifying them from a storage tank 13, a retaining part 34 is erected in the direction vertical to the board surface from the rear mechanism board 10 to directly support the undersurface of the guide gutter 14 and the retaining part 34 is allowed to be retained on a protruded part 40 sticking downward from the undersurface of the guide gutter 14 almost at the central part in the longitudinal direction of the guide gutter 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a gaming machine,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a structure on the back side of a gaming machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional pachinko gaming machine has a storage tank for storing balls supplied from an island facility side of a game store and a rectifying ball for the storage tank on a back mechanism panel provided on the back side of the gaming machine. A gently descending guide gutter (chute) for guiding to the ball discharge device on the downstream side is provided, and the ball discharge device supplies the ball to the upper plate or the lower plate in front of the gaming machine. .

[0003] By the way, foreign substances such as dust easily enter the guide gutter, and it is necessary to remove the gutter from time to time to clean the ball in the gutter smoothly. The present applicant has proposed a device in which a mounting structure is devised so that the device can be easily attached and detached.

[0004] This is a fixing means for detachably locking the guide gutter to the back mechanism board from its vertical direction, a rib-shaped projection means along the gutter at the center of the lower surface of the guide gutter, and a projection on the back mechanism board. Mounting means for mounting the means and supporting the guide gutter at a predetermined inclination angle (JP-A-5-92074).

[0005]

However, in recent years, a display device for a special map game (variable display game) provided on a game board has been increased in size (for example, 10 inches). The rear side has a structure protruding toward the back side of the game board. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a large opening in the back mechanism panel. The portion of the display device protruding from the back side of the game board is located below the guide gutter provided on the back mechanism board. Therefore, the larger the display device, the more
The space below the guide gutter will be reduced.

Therefore, when the size of the display device is increased,
In the above, there is a problem that a space cannot be taken below the guide gutter, and it is difficult to cope with an increase in the size of the display device.

An object of the present invention is to solve such problems and to obtain high practicality.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gradual arrangement of a back mechanism panel provided on the back side of a gaming machine for guiding a ball from a storage tank to a discharge section on the downstream side while rectifying the ball. In a gaming machine equipped with a downwardly inclined guide gutter, a locking portion that stands upright from the back mechanism board in a direction perpendicular to the board surface and directly supports a lower surface of the guide gutter is provided, and the locking portion is a longitudinal direction of the guide gutter. Can be engaged with a protruding portion projecting downward from the lower surface of the guide gutter at a substantially central portion of the guide gutter.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the guide gutter has two channels formed therein, and a groove for dust removal is provided along the channels at the bottom center of each channel. Can be

In a third aspect based on the second aspect, a gutter reinforcing portion for reinforcing a bottom of the flow passage with respect to the groove is formed on a lower surface of the guide gutter in a width direction of the guide gutter. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first to third aspects, a required wiring is provided between the back mechanism board and the guiding gutter only from a back side of the gaming machine with the guiding gutter removed. A storage recessed chamber capable of storing is provided.

In a fifth aspect based on the first aspect, the locking portion and the projecting portion have a positioning function.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the locking portion that stands upright from the back mechanism board in the direction perpendicular to the board surface protrudes downward from the lower surface of the guide gutter substantially at the center of the guide gutter in the longitudinal direction. The guide gutter is directly engaged with the lower surface of the guide gutter, so that a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction of the guide gutter can be firmly held.
In addition, a predetermined space can be secured below the guiding gutter, so that the opening of the back mechanism board is enlarged, and the size of the display device arranged on the game board for performing a variable display game or the like is increased. It becomes possible to do.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from accumulating in the flow path of the guide gutter and causing clogging of the ball.

[0015] In the third aspect of the present invention, even if a groove is provided in the flow path of the guide gutter by the gutter reinforcement, a sufficient strength of the guide gutter can be obtained.

According to the fourth aspect, the wiring does not jump out to the back side of the gaming machine, and the wiring processing can be performed clearly. Also, if the guiding gutter is removed, wiring can be performed from the back side of the gaming machine, so that wiring work is easy.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the guide gutter is mounted, positioning can be easily performed and mounting can be easily performed.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the back side of a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine) 1. The back side of a gaming board (not shown) mounted in a frame 2 of a machine front frame is provided in a gaming area of the gaming board. A winning ball set cover (not shown) for guiding the winning balls of the respective winning devices, a variable display device 3 for performing a variable display game or the like, a display control device 4 for controlling the variable display device 3, a game board and a front frame of the machine. A decoration control device 5, a sound control device 6, a board external connection terminal board (for outputting a signal such as a sensor from the game board side) 7 for controlling a decoration lamp and the like are attached.

On the back side of the frame 2 of the front frame of the machine, a winning ball set cover on the back side of the game board is provided in the center,
Back mechanism panel 10 provided with opening windows 8 for inspection such as
A terminal board 11 for taking in power from the outside, a frame external connection terminal board (for outputting signals from various control devices and the like, and for receiving signals from a management device of an amusement store) 12 are provided above the back mechanism board 10. A storage tank 13 for storing the game balls supplied from the island facility side of the game store, and a guiding gutter 14 for guiding the balls in the storage tank 13 to the downstream discharge unit (gutter unit 15 and payout unit 16) while rectifying the balls. It is attached.

A gutter unit 15 is provided on the right side of the back mechanism panel 10.
A payout unit 16 for paying out the ball guided to the upper and lower plates on the front of the machine, and a power supply device 17 for supplying power to each control device and the like are mounted on the left side of the back mechanism panel 10. A discharge control device 18 for controlling the payout unit 16, a game control device 20 for managing the progress of the game, and a firing control device 21 for controlling the hit ball firing device are attached to a lower portion of the back mechanism panel 10.

The back mechanism board 10 includes a variable display device 3 on the back side of the game board and the back side of the game board, a winning ball set cover,
A protective cover 22 that covers each of the control devices 4 to 6 and the like is attached. The upper surface of the protective cover 22 is formed obliquely along the lower surface of the guide gutter 14.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a card ball lending unit.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG.
4 is a side view of the guide gutter 14, and FIG. 5 shows a mounting portion of the guide gutter 14 to the back mechanism panel 10.

The guiding gutter 14 is formed in two flow paths 24a and 24b which are gently inclined downward.
A groove 25 for removing dust is formed along the flow paths 24a and 24b in the center of the bottoms of the a and 24b.

On the lower surface of the guiding gutter 14, in the width direction of the guiding gutter 14, the flow path 24
The gutter reinforcement part 26 which reinforces the bottom part of a, 24b is integrally formed. The gutter reinforcing portions 26 are formed in a thin plate shape so as not to protrude much below the guide gutter 14, and are formed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the guide gutter 14.

A flange 27 is formed at the upstream end of the guide gutter 14, and a one-touch type stopper 28 is attached to the flange 27. A flange portion 30 extends upward from the gutter side wall on the downstream side of the guide gutter 14, and a one-touch type stopper 28 is attached to the flange portion 30.

The mounting portion of the guiding gutter 14 of the back mechanism panel 10 is provided between the lower portion of the storage tank 13 and the opening window 8 of the back mechanism panel 10.

Immediately below both ends of the storage tank 13 of the back mechanism panel 10, mounting bosses 31 and 32 of one-touch type stoppers 28 mounted on the guide gutter 14 are provided upright.

At the upper edge of the opening window 8 of the back mechanism panel 10,
Partition wall 33 erected from back mechanism panel 10 in the vertical direction of the panel surface
And a locking portion 34.

The partition wall 33 is formed such that the upstream portion of the guide gutter 14 (the left side of the back mechanism panel 10) is formed horizontally and rises slightly upward from the horizontal portion, and then the lower part of the gutter side wall of the guide gutter 14 is inclined downward. Is formed along the slope.

The locking portion 34 is formed at a substantially central portion of the upper edge portion of the opening window portion 8 so as to be inclined along the lower surface of the guide gutter 14 at the downward slope. The locking portion 34 is formed of a U-shaped locking plate in which the tips of a pair of arms 35 erected from the back mechanism board 10 in the direction perpendicular to the board surface are connected. A downwardly bent guide portion 36 is formed, and a reinforcing rib 37 is formed on each of the arm portions 35 on the upper surface side.

The lower surface of the guiding gutter 14 is engaged with the central hole 38 of the locking portion 34 at a predetermined position substantially at the center in the longitudinal direction of the guiding gutter 14 corresponding to the locking portion 34. Protrusion 40
Project downward.

On the other hand, the storage tank 1 in the back mechanism panel 10
3 and the partition wall 33 and the locking portion 34 of the opening window 8
And the storage recessed chamber 4 in which the required wiring 41 can be stored from the back side of the gaming machine only when the guide gutter 14 is removed (FIG. 5).
2 is formed.

As the wiring 41, the terminal board 1
A power line from the power supply device 1 to the power supply device 17 and a signal (award ball data and the like) line from the discharge control device 18 to the frame external connection terminal board 12 are provided. Reference numeral 43 denotes a tank ball detection sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a ball in the storage tank 13, and its signal line is also provided. A plurality of wiring stoppers 44 for locking the wiring 41 at predetermined intervals are provided in the storage concave chamber 42.

When the guide gutter 14 is attached to the back mechanism board 10 with such a configuration, the projecting portion 40 formed at a predetermined position on the substantially central lower surface in the longitudinal direction of the guide gutter 14 is attached to the opening window of the back mechanism board 10. The lower surface of the guide gutter 14 is supported by the locking portion 34 by engaging the center hole 38 of the locking portion 34 raised from the back mechanism panel 10 at a substantially central portion of the upper edge of the portion 8. When the protrusion 40 on the lower surface of the guiding gutter 14 is engaged with the central hole 38 of the locking portion 34, the protrusion 4
The position of the guide gutter 0 in the longitudinal direction is regulated, whereby the guide gutter 14 is positioned at the mounting position. Then, in this state, the one-touch type stoppers 28 on the upstream end and the downstream gutter side wall of the guide gutter 14 are respectively engaged with the engagement holes of the mounting bosses 31 and 32 below the storage tank 13 of the back mechanism panel 10. , The guide gutter 14 is fixed at the mounting position.

Therefore, the installation of the guide gutter 14 is easy. In this case, since the protrusion 40 on the lower surface of the guide gutter 14 is engaged with the central hole 38 of the locking portion 34, the positioning of the guide gutter 14 is easy.

The guide gutter 14 is supported on the upstream side and the downstream side, and is directly supported on the substantially central lower surface in the longitudinal direction by the locking portion 34, so that the guide gutter 14 is firmly held in a well-balanced manner.

In this case, since the locking portion 34 is erected from the back mechanism panel 10 and the locking portion 34 is formed in a plate shape, no extra space is taken below the guide gutter 14.

Therefore, the size of the opening window 8 of the back mechanism panel 10 can be increased, and it can be applied to a large-sized variable display device 3 for a variable display game or the like. That is, even if the rear side of the variable display device 3 projects to the back side of the game board, a predetermined space can be secured below the guide gutter 14, and the large variable display device 3 is provided on the game board. can do.

Further, the guide gutter 14 can be easily removed, and the guide gutter 14 can be easily cleaned.

Further, since the grooves 25 for removing dust are formed in the flow paths 24a, 24b of the guide gutter 14, the flow paths 24a, 24b are formed.
There is no possibility that dust or the like accumulates in 24b and causes clogging of the ball. Note that dust and the like falling from the flow paths 24a and 24b are prevented from entering the variable display device 3 and the control devices 4 to 6 by the protective cover 22 provided along the lower surface of the guide gutter 14.

Further, since a gutter reinforcing portion 26 for reinforcing the bottom of the flow passages 24a and 24b is formed on the lower surface of the guide gutter 14 in the width direction of the guide gutter 14, a groove 25 is provided in the flow passages 24a and 24b. Also, sufficient strength of the guide gutter 14 can be obtained.

On the other hand, a recess 42 for accommodating the wiring 41 is formed between the back mechanism panel 10, the lower part of the guide gutter 14 and the lower part of the storage tank 13 and the partition wall 33 and the locking part 34 of the opening window 8. The wiring 41 does not jump out to the back side of the gaming machine, and a neat wiring process can be performed.

Further, if the guiding gutter 14 is removed, wiring can be performed from the back side of the gaming machine, so that wiring work is easy.

It should be understood that the embodiments disclosed this time are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a back view of a gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view of a guide gutter.

FIG. 5 is a partial front view showing a mounting portion of a guiding gutter of the back mechanism panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gaming machine 3 Variable display device 4 Display control device 8 Opening window 10 Back mechanism panel 13 Storage tank 14 Guide gutter 16 Dispensing unit 22 Protective cover 24a, 24b Channel 25 Groove 26 Gutter reinforcement 28 One-touch type stopper 31, 32 Mounting Boss 33 Partition Wall 34 Locking Portion 36 Guide Portion 37 Reinforcement Rib 38 Center Hole 40 Projection 41 Wiring 42 Storage Recess Chamber 44 Wiring Stopper

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A game machine provided with a back mechanism panel provided on the back side of the game machine and having a gentle downwardly inclined guide gutter for guiding a ball from a storage tank to a downstream discharge portion while rectifying the ball. A locking portion that stands upright from the back mechanism board in a direction perpendicular to the board surface and directly supports the lower surface of the guide gutter is provided. The locking portion is provided at a substantially central portion in a longitudinal direction of the guide gutter,
A gaming machine characterized in that it can be engaged with a protruding portion projecting downward from a lower surface of a guide gutter. 2. The guide gutter according to claim 1, wherein two flow paths are formed, and a dust removing groove is provided along the flow path at the bottom center of each flow path. The gaming machine described. 3. A gutter reinforcing portion formed on a lower surface of the guide gutter, in a width direction of the guide gutter, for reinforcing a bottom of the flow channel with respect to the groove. Gaming machine. 4. A space between the back mechanism panel and the guide gutter,
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a storage recessed chamber capable of storing required wiring from the back side of the gaming machine is provided only in a state where the guiding gutter is removed. 5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the locking portion and the projecting portion have a positioning function.