JP2002102440A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine which can prevent the generation of noises associated with the shooting of game balls in a type with a shooting rail and outer and inner rails. SOLUTION: In the pachinko game machine which is provided with a shooting rail 39 for shooting the game balls to a playing region 22 formed on a playing board 16, an outer rail 30 for guiding the game balls shot from the shooting rail 39 to the playing region 22, an innter rail 31 forming the playing region 22 together with the outer rail 30, the shooting rail 39 and the outer rail 30 are connected electrically together with an electroconductive connection piece 50. With such an arrangement, the shooting rail 39 and the outer rail 30 can be made equal in potential to hinder the generation of noises in the moving of the game balls to the outer rail 30 from the shooting rail 39 thereby eventually preventing malfunctioning of a control circuit board (game control board or the like) otherwise associated with the generation of noises.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a firing rail for firing a game ball to a game area formed on a game board, and an outer rail for guiding the game ball fired from the firing rail to the game area. The present invention relates to a ball game machine including a rail and an inner rail that forms the game area together with the outer rail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, on the surface of a game board of a ball game machine,
A guide rail (consisting of an outer rail and an inner rail) is attached in a circular spiral shape, and the inside of the guide rail is set as a game area, so that a shot ball fired falls. The hit ball sent to the guide rail is sent to the guide rail by hitting a game ball on the firing rail with a hit ball firing device.

[0003]

By the way, the above-mentioned conventional configuration of the launch rail and the guide rail (outer rail and inner rail) does not particularly make the potential of the launch rail and the guide rail constant. For this reason, when a game ball is fired, noise due to static electricity is generated when the charged game ball moves from the shooting rail to the guide rail. Also,
Due to the generation of such noise, a control circuit board such as a game control circuit board for controlling a game operation may malfunction. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to prevent the generation of noise due to the firing of a game ball in a ball game machine having a firing rail, an outer rail, and an inner rail. The object of the present invention is to provide a ball-and-ball game machine capable of performing such operations.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a firing rail for firing a game ball to a game area formed on a game board, and a firing rail for firing from the firing rail. An outer rail for guiding the game ball to the game area, and an inner rail that forms the game area together with the outer rail, in a ball game machine, the firing rail and the outer rail, or The launch rail and the inner rail are electrically connected by a conductive launch rail conductive member. With this configuration, the firing rail and the guide rail (outer rail or inner rail) can be set to the same potential, so that it is possible to prevent generation of noise when a game ball moves from the firing rail to the guide rail. Further, malfunction of the control circuit board due to noise generation can be prevented.

[0005] In the invention of claim 2, there is provided a front frame for accommodating and fixing the game board, and the game board is attached to the front frame, so that the firing rail conductive member is connected to the outer rail or the inner rail. And electrically connected to the With this configuration, the electrical connection work between the firing rail and the guide rail (outer rail or inner rail) is facilitated.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the outer rail and the inner rail are electrically connected by conductive inner and outer rail members. With this configuration, the outer rail and the inner rail can be set to the same potential, so that noise can be prevented even when the game ball moves from the outer rail to the inner rail.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the inner and outer rail conductive members are constituted by conductive sheet members provided on the game board. With this configuration, electrical connection between the outer rail and the inner rail can be easily performed simply by attaching the outer rail and the inner rail to the game board.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a decorative member attached to the game board, wherein the decorative member houses and fixes the inner and outer rail conductive members. With this configuration, the connection between the outer rail and the inner rail via the inner and outer rail conductive members can be firmly fixed, and the connection can be protected from the outside.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the ball game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
2 is a front view of the ball game machine 1 according to the embodiment, and FIG.
Is a rear view of the ball and ball game machine 1. FIG.

The ball game machine 1 has an outer frame 2 formed in a vertically elongated rectangular shape, and is pivotally supported on one side of the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. The front frame 3 is provided in a collective manner, and includes a front frame 3 in which a game board 16 described later is accommodated and fixed, and a front opening / closing frame 4 provided on the front surface of the front frame 3 so as to be freely opened and closed. The main components provided in the front frame 3 include the above-mentioned front opening / closing frame 4, a game board 16, an upper plate 6 having a prize ball opening 6a, a lower plate 7 including an ashtray 8, an operation handle 9, a mechanism plate. 40 and others. Also,
In the illustrated embodiment, a card unit device 11 as a unit device for renting out game balls to a player is attached to the side of the ball game machine 1.

The front opening / closing frame 4 is provided with a circular see-through window 5 capable of substantially seeing through a game area 22 of a game board 16 to be described later, and a transparent glass plate 10 from the back of the circular see-through window 5 on which the multilayer glass plate 10 is mounted. The plate holding portion 4a and the upper plate portion 4b to which the hit plate to be fired is stored and to which the upper plate 6 for supplying to the firing position is attached are integrally formed of synthetic resin. Also, various lamps 21 are provided along the outer periphery of the circular see-through window 5 of the front opening and closing frame 4, and speakers 23 for generating sound effects according to the progress of the game are provided on the left and right of the front opening and closing frame 4. Is provided.

The card unit 11 is operated by operating an operation unit (not shown) provided on the upper surface of the upper plate 6. Thus, the card unit device 11 has a usable indicator 12 for displaying whether the card unit device 11 is in a usable state and whether the card unit device 11 is compatible with the ball game machine 1 on which side. A link table direction indicator 13 for displaying information and a card insertion slot 14 for inserting a magnetic card as a recording medium are provided.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a mechanism plate 40 provided 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. And on the back surface corresponding to the operation handle 9,
A ball firing device 24 having a stepping motor 25 and a ball hammer (not shown) is fixed. A prize ball payout device 26 for paying out a prize ball mainly based on a prize is attached to the back surface of the mechanism plate 40. Below the mounting position of the prize ball payout device 26, a prize ball payout device is provided. 26
An upper plate communication port 27 is formed to guide the ball paid out from the upper plate 6 to the winning ball opening 6a of the upper plate 6. A game control board box 28 that accommodates a circuit board for controlling a game operation is attached to the back surface of the mechanism plate 40.

Next, the front structure of the game board 16 will be described with reference to FIG. The game board 16 has a game board housing rib (not shown) formed integrally on the back side of the front frame 3.
A decorative veneer 16a (see FIGS. 4 (A) and 4 (B)) for decorating an illustration or the like is laid on the entire surface, and is formed of a substantially square plywood. A guide rail (consisting of an outer rail 30 and an inner rail 31) is attached on the face of the decorative plate 16a in a circular spiral shape, and the inside of the guide rail is formed as a game area 22, and a shot ball shot falls. Things. The ball fired from a firing rail 39 described later is the outer rail 3
It is guided along the inside of 0 to the game area 22 divided by the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31. In the illustrated example, the game area 22 is provided with a start winning port 19 that allows the variable display of the drum type variable display device 17, the variable prize ball device 18, and the drum type variable display device 17, and the hit ball is simply set to win. Winning area (no sign), a windmill or a number of obstacle nails for changing the direction of flow of the hit ball and the speed of the ball, and a game area 2
At the bottom of 2, there is provided an out opening 20 into which a shot that does not win any winning area is taken. Also,
A back ball preventing member for preventing a ball once driven into the game area 22 from re-entering the guide rail (between the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31) by rebounding at an upper left portion of the inner rail 31. A decorative member 33 for decoratively covering the connecting portion between the upper right end portion of the inner rail 31 and the right end portion of the outer rail 30 is provided. In addition, ball receiving rubber or the like is provided in the decoration member 33.

The front frame 3 on which the game board 16 is mounted.
Is integrally molded from a synthetic resin.
As shown in the figure, the front opening / closing frame corresponding plate portion 3a corresponding to the upper front opening / closing frame 4 and the lower plate corresponding plate 3b corresponding to the lower tray 7, the ashtray 8 and the operation handle 9 are constituted.
The front opening / closing frame corresponding portion 3a and the lower plate corresponding plate portion 3b are formed with a slight step, and the opening 34 facing the game area 22 of the game board 16 is provided substantially at the center of the front opening / closing frame corresponding portion 3a. Has been established.

A lamp substrate 21a on which the various lamps 21 described above are mounted is mounted on the front side of the front opening frame corresponding portion 3a and around the opening 34. A hinge storage recess 36 for storing and fixing the connection hinge 35 is formed on one side of the front opening / closing frame corresponding plate portion 3a. The connection hinge 35 pivotally supports the front opening / closing frame 4 so as to be freely opened and closed. The lower portion of the front opening / closing frame corresponding plate portion 3a is formed as a plate-like support plate portion 37, and the support plate portion 3
7, a guide box member 38 and a firing rail 39 are provided.
And are attached. Further, on one side of the support plate portion 37 (the side on which the guide box member 38 is attached), the prize ball opening 6a of the upper plate 6 and the upper plate communication port 2 of the mechanism plate 40 are provided.
An upper plate outflow opening 29 communicating with the upper plate 7 is formed.

The guide box member 38 has an overflow ball inlet 41 for receiving a prize ball overflowing from the upper plate outflow opening 29 when the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened, and a foul ball mouth 42.
And a ball removal inlet 43 for receiving a ball removed from the upper plate 6. Balls flowing from the respective inlets 41 to 43 are taken into a discharge port 44 formed in the support plate portion 37, and The guide is guided to the lower plate 7 via a guide gutter part of a connection gutter (not shown) fixed to a lower portion of the back surface of the frame 3.

The shooting rail 39 places hitting balls supplied from the upper plate 6 and supplied one by one from a ball feeding member (not shown) at a firing position at a downstream end thereof. The ball hitted by a hitting hammer (not shown) is guided to a guide rail of the game board 16. In addition, it is the bottom surface which constitutes the step part of the support plate part 37,
A hitting hammer opening 45 facing the hitting hammer described above is formed in a corresponding portion on the downstream side of. In addition, launch rail 3
9 is provided between the upstream end of the game board 9 and the downstream end of the guide rail of the game board 16, and the ball that runs backward on the guide rail without reaching the game area 22 passes through the foul ball mouth 42. The guide box member 38 is guided through the guide box member 38. On one side of the upper side of the guide box member 38, a triangular firing ball guide plate 46 is provided so as to protrude therefrom.
6 running on the downstream end of the guide rail is a double-glazed glass plate 1
It is guided so as not to collide with 0.

The front structure of the front opening / closing frame corresponding plate portion 3a of the front frame 3 is substantially as described above, but the lower plate corresponding plate portion 3b is provided.
, A surplus ball discharge port 47 is opened substantially in the center, a recess 48 for an ashtray is formed on the pivot side, and a wiring hole 49 is formed on the open side. The surplus ball discharge port 47 is an opening for paying out extra prize balls to the lower plate 7, and the ashtray concave portion 48 is for allowing the ashtray 8 to rotate, and has a wiring through hole. Reference numeral 49 denotes an opening through which wiring of various switches provided inside the operation handle 9 passes through the back side of the front frame 3.

Next, the outer rail 3 which is a main part of the present embodiment will be described.
0, inner rail 31, and firing rail 39, FIG.
A description will be given with reference to FIGS. Outer rail 3
0, the inner rail 31, and the firing rail 39 are each made of a conductive member (metal in the embodiment), and each of the rails 30 and 39 is located between the outer rail 30 and the firing rail 39.
Are provided between the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31 between the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31. The conductive metal connecting piece 51 connects the rails 30 and 31 to each other. Is provided. Specifically, the outer rail 30
3 has a substantially C-shape, as shown in FIG. 3, and its lower end portion extends to the position where the firing ball guide plate 46 is disposed, and is bent in an inverted shape to form a contact surface portion 30a. Have been. As shown in FIG. 4A, the contact surface portion 30a is disposed at a boundary between the game board 16 and the support plate portion 37 of the front frame 3, and is in contact with the upper contact surface portion 50a of the metal connecting piece 50. Is done. The metal connection piece 50 has a base 50c extending vertically, an upper contact surface 50a bent at an angle of slightly more than 90 ° to the left from the upper end of the base 50c, and extends rightward from the lower end of the base 50c. And a lower contact surface portion 50b. Then, the outer rail 30 and the firing rail 39 are connected via the metal connecting piece 50 by fastening the lower contact surface 50b of the metal connecting piece 50 together with the left end portion of the firing rail 39 with the screw 52.

The contact surface 30a of the outer rail 30 is
The game board 16 is horizontally extended with the game board 16 attached to the front frame 3. For this reason, the base 50c of the metal connection piece 50
Is attached along the vertical direction so that the upper contact surface portion 50a bent at an angle of slightly more than 90 ° from the base portion 50c surely comes into contact with the contact surface portion 30a. However,
The metal connection pieces 50 are attached to the front frame 3 in advance before the game board 16 is attached to the front frame 3. For this reason, the contact surface portion 30a of the outer rail 30 and the upper contact surface portion 50a of the metal connection piece 50 come into contact at the same time by performing the work of attaching the game board 16 to the front frame 3. I have.

On the other hand, the right end portion of the outer rail 30 is connected to the upper right end portion of the inner rail 31 by the decorative member 33, as described above. As shown in FIG.
1 are provided. The metal connecting piece 51 is formed by bending a metal piece into a U-shaped cross section, and the left and right bent portions become contact surface portions 51a and 51b with the rails 30 and 31. And each rail 3
The outer rail 30 and the contact surface 51a are in contact with each other while the metal connecting piece 51 is interposed in the portion where the first and second 0.31 oppose each other, while the inner rail 31 and the contact surface 51b are in contact with each other. Thereby, the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31 are connected via the metal connecting piece 51. In addition, the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31 are respectively set up vertically on the game board 16 surface. On the other hand, the contact surface 51a of the metal connection piece 51
51b is bent in a C-shape slightly inclined outward. Therefore, the metal connecting piece 51 is provided between each of the rails 30 and 31.
, The contact surface portion 5 bent in a C-shape
1a and 51b surely contact the rails 30 and 31. In the connection state between the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31, the decorative member 33 is provided in the accommodation recess 33 a formed on the rear surface side (the game board 16 surface side).
The rails 30 and 31 and the metal connection piece 51 are accommodated and fixed in the inside in a fitted state. Thus, the connection between the rails 30 and 31 via the metal connection piece 51 can be firmly fixed, and the connection can be protected from the outside.

The outer rail 30, the inner rail 31, and the firing rail 39 are connected to the respective metal connecting pieces 50/5.
1 and are electrically connected to each other, ie, at the same potential. As shown in FIG. 3, a ground wire 60 is connected to the right end of the firing rail 39, whereby the rails 30, 31, and 39 are grounded (grounded). However, such a ground wire 60
Need not necessarily be provided. The back ball prevention member 32 attached to the upper left end of the inner rail 31 is
It is made of a conductive member (in the embodiment, metal) and has a tip portion in contact with the outer rail 30.
In this way, electrical conduction between the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31 is performed.

As described above, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, the firing rail 39 for firing the game ball to the game area 22 formed on the game board 16 and the game ball fired from the firing rail 39 Rail 30 for guiding the player to the game area 22 and the game area 2 together with the outer rail 30.
In the ball-and-ball game machine 1 provided with the inner rail 31 forming the outer rail 2, the firing rail 39 and the outer rail 30 are connected by a metal connecting piece 50 as a firing rail conductive member having conductivity.
It is characterized by being electrically connected by. With this configuration, the firing rail 39 and the guide rail (outer rail 30) can be set to the same potential, so that the occurrence of noise when a game ball moves from the firing rail 39 to the outer rail 30 can be prevented. This can prevent a malfunction of a control circuit board (game control board or the like) caused by noise. In the embodiment, the launch rail and the outer rail are configured to be directly connected. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The firing rail and the inner rail may be directly connected. That is, it is sufficient that the firing rail is electrically connected to at least one of the outer rail and the inner rail. Further, the configuration may be such that the firing rail conductive member is provided integrally with the firing rail or the guide rail (outer rail or inner rail).

The game board 16 is provided with a front frame 3 for accommodating the game board 16, and the metal connection piece 50 is electrically connected to the outer rail 30 by attaching the game board 16 to the front frame 3. It is characterized by the following. With this configuration, the electrical connection work between the firing rail 39 and the outer rail 30 is facilitated. In the case where the launch rail and the inner rail are directly connected as described above, by attaching the game board to the front frame, the firing rail conductive member is electrically connected to the inner rail. You may.

The outer rail 30 and the inner rail 3
1 and 2 are electrically connected by a metal connecting piece 51 as a conductive member for the inner and outer rails having conductivity. With this configuration, the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 3
Since 1 can be set to the same potential, noise can be prevented even when the game ball moves from the outer rail 30 to the inner rail 31. The inner and outer rail conductive members may be provided integrally with the outer or inner rail. Alternatively, the inner rail, the outer rail, and the firing rail may be electrically connected to each other by a metal outer ornament, and the firing rail conductive member and the inner / outer rail conductive member may be formed of one conductive member.

The game device 16 further includes a decorative member 33 attached to the game board 16.
1 is accommodated and fixed. With such a configuration, the outer rail 3 via the metal connection piece 51 is formed.
The connection between the 0 and the inner rail 31 can be firmly fixed,
Of course, the connection can be protected from the outside.

Next, a modification of the connection configuration between the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31 will be described with reference to FIG. In the configuration of the modified example, as shown in FIG. 5, the inner and outer rail conductive members that electrically connect the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31 are formed by a conductive sheet member 72 provided on the game board 16. The conductive sheet member 72 is made of a plated synthetic resin film sheet, and is laid on the entire surface of the game board 16 in a state interposed between the game board 16 and the decorative board 16a. The conductive sheet member 72 is attached by bonding in the same manner as the method of attaching the decorative board 16a to the surface of the game board 16. Thus, on the surface of the game board 16, the conductive sheet member 72 and the decorative board 16a are provided in a laminated state in order from the bottom. The outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31 are connected to the game board 16 by the respective mounting pins 70 and 71.
Plant on the surface. Thus, the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31 are electrically connected via the conductive sheet member 72. That is, the inner and outer rail conductive members are constituted by conductive sheet members 72 provided on the game board 16. With this configuration, the electric connection between the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31 can be easily performed simply by attaching the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31 to the game board 16.

According to the configuration of the above-described modification, the guide nails set on the game board 16 are also electrically conductive sheet members 7.
2 and is electrically connected to the outer rail 30 and the inner rail 31. For this reason, the guide nail is connected to the guide rail (outer rail 3).
0, the inner rail 31) to the firing rail 39 can be set to the same potential. The shape and material of the conductive sheet member are not particularly limited, and may be a conductive sheet member such as a metal mesh woven sheet (cloth). Also,
In the modified example, the conductive sheet member is provided separately from the decorative board, but the decorative board (mainly made of a synthetic resin such as celluloid) is subjected to conductive processing to have conductivity, so that the decorative board is provided with the conductive sheet member. The function of the conductive sheet member may be provided. Further, the inner and outer rail conductive members and the firing rail conductive member may be configured by connection lines. In this case, as a connection portion at both ends of the connection line, a metal fitting for screwing may be provided integrally, or a connector may be provided. However, when a connector is provided, it is necessary to provide a connector for connection on the guide rail (outer rail, inner rail) or the launch rail side. Further, the inner and outer rail conductive members and the firing rail conductive member are not limited to those made of metal, and may be a synthetic resin having conductivity. That is, the inner and outer rail conductive members and the firing rail conductive member may have any configuration as long as they have conductivity. The hitting hammer of the hitting / launching device may be electrically connected to a firing rail or a guide rail (outer rail, inner rail). Further, the configuration of the hit ball launching device is not particularly limited. For example, the drive source is not limited to a motor,
The ball may be fired without directly firing the ball, such as a solenoid or a linear type guided by a magnetic force.

[0030]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a firing rail for firing game balls to a game area formed on a game board, and a firing rail fired from the firing rail. A ball game machine comprising: an outer rail for guiding a game ball to the game area; and an inner rail that forms the game area together with the outer rail, wherein the firing rail and the outer rail, or the firing A rail and the inner rail are electrically connected by a conductive firing rail conductive member having conductivity. With this configuration, the firing rail and the guide rail (outer rail or inner rail) can be set to the same potential, so that it is possible to prevent generation of noise when a game ball moves from the firing rail to the guide rail. Further, malfunction of the control circuit board due to noise generation can be prevented.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2, a front frame for accommodating and fixing the game board is provided, and the game rail is attached to the front frame, so that the firing rail conductive member is connected to the outer rail or the inner rail. And electrically connected to the With this configuration, the electrical connection work between the firing rail and the guide rail (outer rail or inner rail) is facilitated.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, the outer rail and the inner rail are electrically connected to each other by conductive inner and outer rail conductive members. With this configuration, the outer rail and the inner rail can be set to the same potential, so that noise can be prevented even when the game ball moves from the outer rail to the inner rail.

Further, in the invention of claim 4, the inner and outer rail conductive members are constituted by conductive sheet members provided on the game board. With this configuration, electrical connection between the outer rail and the inner rail can be easily performed simply by attaching the outer rail and the inner rail to the game board.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a decorative member attached to the game board, wherein the decorative member houses and fixes the inner and outer rail conductive members. With this configuration, the connection between the outer rail and the inner rail via the inner and outer rail conductive members can be firmly fixed, and the connection can be protected from the outside.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ball game machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a front frame.

FIG. 4A is a longitudinal sectional view showing a contact state between an abutting surface portion of an outer rail and an upper abutting surface portion of a metal connecting piece, and FIG. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the connection state of an outer rail and an inner rail.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a connection state between an outer rail and an inner rail in a modified example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 ball game machine 2 outer frame 3 front frame 4 front opening / closing frame 6 upper plate 16 game board 16 a decorative board 22 game area 24 hitting and firing device 26 prize ball payout device 28 game control board box 30 outer rail 30 a contact surface 31 Rail 33 Decorative member 33a Housing recess 39 Fire rail 40 Mechanism plate 50 Metal connection piece (fire rail conductive member) 50a Upper contact surface 50b Lower contact surface 51 Metal connection piece (inner / outer rail conductive member) 51a / 51b Contact surface 60 Ground wire 72 Conductive sheet member

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A firing rail for firing a game ball to a game area formed on a game board, an outer rail for guiding a game ball fired from the firing rail to the game area, and an outer rail. And an inner rail forming the game area, wherein the firing rail and the outer rail, or the firing rail and the inner rail are electrically connected by a conductive firing rail conductive member. A ball game machine characterized by the following. 2. The game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a front frame for housing and fixing the game board, wherein the game rail is attached to the front frame so that the conductive member of the firing rail is electrically connected to the outer rail or the inner rail. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the outer rail and the inner rail are electrically connected by an inner / outer rail conductive member having conductivity. 4. The ball game machine according to claim 3, wherein said inner and outer rail conductive members are constituted by conductive sheet members provided on said game board. 5. The ball game machine according to claim 3, further comprising a decorative member attached to the game board, wherein the decorative member accommodates and fixes the inner and outer rail conductive members.