JP2002166009A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a playing board for pachinko game machines which improves easily carrying performance without impairing the design of the playing board nor providing any separate part. SOLUTION: In the pachinko game machine constituted of a playing board 3 in which various game parts making up the playing region are mounted on the front part of flat-structured playing board body 8 while various parts 10 and 11 are mounted on the rear part thereof and rear part unit bodies 4A and 4B, openable and closable backward from the playing board 3, which are detachably mounted on the front frame 2, a knob hole 20 so formed in such a size and a shape enough to let several fingers thereinto is arranged at a position that is outside the paying region of the playing board body 8 which is not visually recognizable from the front side when the playing board 3 is mounted on the front frame 2. The knob hole 20 is formed near the upper end of the playing board body 8 and at the central part across the width thereof. As a game ball tank 12 exists at a position facing the knob hole 20 when the playing board 3 and the rear part unit body 4A are closed together, a through part 21 is formed at the game ball tank 12 to match the position, size and shape of the knob hole 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine, and more particularly, to a pachinko game machine with improved portability of a game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a game board of a pachinko game machine has a guide rail for guiding a game ball fired from a hitting device to a game area on a front portion of a game board body having a flat structure, and an obstacle disposed in the game area. Attach various game parts such as nails, various prize devices, various illumination devices that blink according to the game state, and various designs such as a symbol variation display device using an LCD that displays various symbols in a color image. It is configured by attaching various components such as an LCD board protective cover and a main board. Therefore, the game board has a considerable weight. Moreover, in recent years, diversification of various game parts, increase in the number of parts,
With the increase in the size of the symbol variation display device and the like, the weight of the game board tends to increase more and more.

[0003]

As described above, the game board of a pachinko game machine is quite heavy. Nevertheless, the conventional game board has not been provided with a handle for hanging a finger when carrying the game board. For this reason, when assembling a pachinko machine in a factory or performing maintenance at a game arcade, it is not only difficult to carry the game board, but also a situation occurs in which parts provided on the game board are carried with fingers. As a result, parts may be damaged and workers may injure their fingers. JP-A-9-2
Japanese Patent No. 62352 discloses an invention in which a handle is provided at the upper end of the front surface of a game board. The handle in the invention described in this publication aims to make it possible to quickly and safely attach and detach the game board. Because of its size, shape and installation form, it cannot be stably held by hand when carrying the game board. In addition, the position of the front upper end of the game board that is easily visible from the player,
That is, since it is provided at the upper end of the game area, the design of the game board is impaired. In addition, since a separate component is required to provide the handle, there is a disadvantage that the number of components constituting the game board is further increased, and the manufacturing cost of the pachinko game machine is increased. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object the game of a pachinko game machine having improved portability without impairing the design of the game board and without providing additional parts. To provide a board.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a game board body having a flat plate structure, in which various game parts constituting a game area are mounted on a front part and various parts are also mounted on a back part. Game machine, and a back part unit body that can be opened and closed rearward with respect to the game machine, in a pachinko game machine configured to be detachably attached to a holding frame, in a state outside the game area of the game machine body. In addition, a handle hole having a size and a shape into which several fingers of a hand can be formed is formed at the front side, that is, at a position invisible from the player side when the game board is attached to the holding frame. The handle hole is preferably formed near the upper end of the game board main body and at the center in the width direction. The handle hole is formed through the game board main body, or a groove having a depth capable of holding a finger of a hand on the front side or the back side of the game board main body is formed. It is desirable to be formed by this. When the gaming board and the back part unit body are in a state of being closed to each other, if there is a back part at a position facing the handle hole of the game board, the back part is located at the position of the handle hole. It is desirable that a penetrating portion or a notch is formed in accordance with the size and shape. When the back part located at a position facing the handle hole is a game ball tank, it is preferable that the through portion or the notch is formed in the side wall of the game ball main body side of the game ball tank.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part illustrating the structure of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an outer frame of the pachinko gaming machine. The outer frame 1 has a horizontal direction (arrow A in the figure).
A front frame (holding frame) 2 is hinged so that it can be opened and closed freely and detachably (in the direction), and on the back side of the front frame 2, a back panel unit body 4A, 4B having a structure divided vertically into two with a game board 3 And are detachably attached. The game board 3 is fitted to a substantially U-shaped game board holding frame 5 fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2 and is locked by pressing and locking devices 6 provided at four places of the game board holding frame 5. It is held detachably.
The back component unit bodies 4A and 4B are attached to the front frame 2 via hinges 7, respectively, and are configured to be openable and closable behind the front frame 2. The game board 3 guides a game ball fired from the hitting device 9 to an upper portion of a game area or to an out ball collection port on a front portion of a game board body 8 formed of a vertically long rectangular wooden plywood. Outer rails and inner rails, numerous obstacle nails, various prize devices (large prize entrances, general prize entrances), various illumination devices that blink according to the game state (side lamps, lamp windmills, stop lamps, prize ball lamps) , LC
Various game components such as a symbol variation display device (center role) using D are attached, and various components such as an LCD substrate protection cover 10 and a main substrate 11 are attached to the back surface. The back part unit body 4A is constituted by a game ball tank 12, a prize ball payout device 13, and the like, and the back part unit body 4B is constituted by a prize ball gathering part 14 and the like.

The game board 3 configured as described above is a heavy object. Nevertheless, the conventional game board has not been provided with a handle for hanging a finger when carrying the game board. Therefore, when assembling a pachinko machine in a factory or performing maintenance in a game arcade, it is not only difficult to carry the game board, but also a situation occurs in which a finger is provided to carry a part provided on the game board, As a result, parts may be damaged and workers may injure their fingers. In order to solve such a problem, the gaming board 3 of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention is provided with a gaming board body 8.
And a handle having a size and shape that allows several fingers to enter the front side, that is, a position invisible from the player side when the game board 3 is attached to the game board holding frame 5 of the front frame 2 outside the game area. A hole 20 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the handle hole 20 is formed near the upper end of the game board main body 8 and at the center in the width direction. The handle hole 20 is a through hole or a dent used for mounting a game function component such as a symbol change display device, a large winning opening, a general winning opening, an out opening, and a control box on the game board 8 by using a router machine. It is formed by router processing when cutting an opening such as. The handle hole 20 is provided in the game board body 8.
Is a substantially rectangular or long hole-shaped through hole along the width direction of the hand, and has three fingers (the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger) or four fingers.
The game board 1 is designed so that it can hold the game board 1 stably by inserting books (index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger). Further, when the game board 3 and the upper back part unit body 4A are closed to each other, the game ball tank 12 exists at a position facing the handle hole 20 of the game board body 8, so that the game ball is provided. The tank 12 has a through portion 21 formed in accordance with the position, size, and shape of the handle hole 20. The penetrating portion 21 is formed on the side wall 12a of the game ball tank 12 on the game board 3 side.

By providing the handle hole 20 in the game board main body 8 as described above, the game board 3 can be easily carried. That is, it is possible to stably carry the game with the fingers of the hand in the handle hole 20 without holding the various parts attached to the game board 3 as in the related art. Therefore, there is no danger of damaging parts or injuring an operator's finger. The work of packing the game board 3 and the work of attaching and detaching the game board can be performed safely and easily. In addition, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-262
Unlike the invention described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 352, no separate parts are required for providing the handle, so that the number of parts constituting the game board 3 is not increased, and the game board 3 which can be easily carried at low cost. Can be realized. Further, the position of the handle hole 20 is outside the game area of the game board main body 8 and cannot be visually recognized from the player side when the game board 3 is attached to the game board holding frame 5 of the pachinko game machine.
By providing the handle hole 20, the design of the game board 3 is not impaired. Also, it is attached to the front frame 2 of the pachinko gaming machine together with the game board 3 so as to be openable and closable,
By forming the through portion 21 in the back part unit body 4A at a position facing the handle hole 20 of the game board 3 in the closed state in accordance with the position, size and shape of the handle hole 20, the game board 3 Not only when the game board 3 is carried alone, but also when the game board 3 is attached to the front frame 2 (when the game board 3 is attached to the game board holding frame 5), or further, the back part unit bodies 4A, 4A,
Even when B is attached to the front frame 2, it can be easily carried.

The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and the handle holes 20 may be formed at a plurality of locations, for example, at two locations near both ends in the width direction near the upper end of the game board body 8. Good. The handle hole 20 may be formed at a side portion or a lower end portion of the game board main body 8. In short, the position and the number of the handle holes 20 are arbitrary, and it is only necessary that the handle holes 20 are not visible from the player when the game board 3 is attached to the game board holding frame. In the above example, the handle hole 20 is a through hole. However, the handle hole 20 may be a groove having an appropriate depth formed by router processing on the front side or the back side of the game board main body 8. In the above example, the through-hole 21 is formed on the side wall 12a of the game ball tank 12 on the side of the game board 3 in accordance with the position, size, and shape of the handle hole 20, but instead of the through-hole 21 A notch may be formed in the hole. In addition, not only in the game ball tank 12, but also in the back part overlapping the handle hole,
It is desirable to form a penetrating part or a notch in accordance with the position, size and shape of the handle hole. Further, in the above example, the back part unit body has a structure in which the back part unit body is vertically divided into two parts.

[0010]

As described above, the present invention is applicable to a position outside the game area of the game board main body and invisible from the front side when the game board main body is mounted on the game board holding frame of the pachinko game machine. Extremely simple, with a handle hole of a size and shape that allows several fingers to enter, but with a new structure that is not found in any conventional game board, it does not impair the design of the game board and separate parts Without providing
This has a remarkable effect that the portability of the game board can be improved. In addition, the position and size of the handle hole of the game board are attached to the back part unit body, which is openably and closably and detachably attached to the holding of the pachinko game machine together with the game board and faces the handle hole of the game board when closed. By forming a penetration or notch according to the shape, not only when playing the game board alone, but also with the game board attached to the holding frame, or even with the back part unit body attached to the holding frame Can be easily carried around.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an essential part perspective view illustrating the structure of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view mainly illustrating the position and structure of a handle hole of the game board main body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Outer frame 2: Front frame (holding frame) 3: Game board 4A: Back part unit body 4B: Back part unit body 5: Game board holding frame 8: Game board body 10: LCD board protective cover (back part) 11 : Main board (back part) 12: Game ball tank (back part) 13: Prize ball payout device (back part) 14: Winning ball collecting part (back part) 20: Handle hole (back part) 21: penetration part or cutout Department

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A game board configured by attaching various game parts constituting a game area to a front portion of a game board main body having a flat plate structure and attaching various components to a back portion thereof, and opening and closing the game panel rearward with respect to the game board. A pachinko gaming machine configured to detachably attach a possible back part unit body to a holding frame, wherein the front surface is outside the gaming area of the gaming board body and the gaming board is attached to the holding frame. A pachinko gaming machine characterized in that a handle hole having a size and shape that allows several fingers of a hand to be formed is formed at a position where it cannot be seen from the side. 2. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the handle hole is formed near the upper end of the game board main body and at the center in the width direction. 3. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the handle hole is formed so as to penetrate the game board main body. 4. The handle hole is formed by engraving a groove having a depth capable of holding and holding a finger of a hand on a front side or a back side of the game board main body. Item 7. The pachinko gaming machine according to any one of Items 1 to 3. 5. The back part unit body so that when the game board and the back part unit body are closed to each other, the back board unit body matches the position where the handle hole of the game board is formed. The pachinko gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a penetrating part or a notch part whose size and shape substantially match the handle hole is formed in the pachinko machine. 6. The pachinko game machine according to claim 5, wherein the penetrating portion or the cutout portion is formed in a game ball tank which is a component of the back part unit body.