JP2002191819A - Mechanism panel for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the technique on a hinge mechanism for stabilizing the opening/closing shaft of a mechanism panel and facilitating attachment and detachment further. SOLUTION: The hinge mechanism provided on the mechanism panel 28 and the plate 49 (front surface frame 12) of the front surface frame is provided on the upper part and lowest stage of the mechanism panel 28. A core shaft is turned to a spherical body for the hinge of the lower stage and the hinge composed of a push-in latch mechanism is provided on the upper part. The lower side of an axis connected to the upper hinge and the lower hinge is set to a player side. Thus, at the time of installing the mechanism panel 28 to the plate 49 (front surface frame 12), it is turned to the position of the line of the sight of an operator and is easily attached. Further, since the mechanism panel 28 is opened at all times at the time of maintenance, the work for maintenance, etc., is facilitated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improved technical field of a hinge mechanism provided on a front frame and a mechanism board provided in a ball-and-ball game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko machine typified by a ball game machine has a structure as shown in FIG. A mechanism panel (also called a set plate) is attached from behind. In recent years, the number of control devices installed on the mechanism panel has also increased, and the weight of the entire mechanism panel has also increased. Here, the back of the conventional pachinko machine will be described with reference to FIG. 5. A mechanical board 81 is provided on the pachinko machine 80, a ball tank 82 and a tank rail 83 are mounted on the upper part, and a dotted line is shown downstream of the tank rail 83. Dispensing device 84
Built-in. Game board 90 that cannot be visually recognized in this figure
Is inserted into a plate 92 attached to the front frame 91, and the game board fixing lever 93 attached to the plate 92 is further rotated and fixed.

[0003] Two female hinges (not shown) are provided substantially at the center of the right side of the plate 92, and two male hinges made of a round bar (not shown) are also provided on the mechanism panel 81 at positions corresponding to the female hinges on the plate 92 side. . Of these two male hinges,
The upper side is about 5 mm longer than the lower side, and each end is chamfered. The plate 92 is provided with two hook hooks (not shown) on the upper side and two on the left side.
On the side, a total of four hooks 85 are also provided at the same positions as the hook hooks. On the lower side of the plate 92, a butterfly hook 86 is provided.
A butterfly hook insertion hole 88 is provided at the same position on the mechanism panel 81 as well. The upper hinge is inserted into the front frame 91 by slightly fitting the female hinge of the mechanical panel from the lower hinge. After this,
The mechanism board is closed and the butterfly hook is inserted vertically into the butterfly hook insertion hole provided in the mechanism board. Furthermore, since the mechanism board 81 is inclined leftward with the right side as a fulcrum, the left side is lifted, pressed in parallel with the front frame 91 and behind the game board 90, and fixed by four hooks 85 and butterfly hooks 86. The gazette that can open and close the mechanism panel is a known technique as described in Japanese Utility Model Application No. Sho 51-120878.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 of 52544, when the mechanism panel is loaded, it is not possible to confirm unless the hinge mechanism is hidden and peeped from the operator's eyes. Furthermore, if there is a game ball in the ball tank, the handle feels heavy and the handle shakes, making it difficult to fit the hinge. What is difficult is that there are usually two hinges, and only one of the hinges has to be fitted or fitted with only one of the ends, and then the rest is inserted. The number of game balls held in the ball tank of a pachinko machine installed in a game arcade varies from 350 to 75, depending on the replenishment method and the size of the ball tank.
I have zero. The weight of the game balls held in the ball tank is about 2 kg if the number is 350 and the weight is 4 kg if the number is 750. In addition, the weight added to this is a mechanical board (each control device) + a game ball, and the handling of elderly clerks and female clerks is very useless.

At present, the weight of the game ball and the weight of each control device are not considered in designing the mechanical panel. From the above, it is desired that anyone can easily install a mechanism board holding game balls in a game arcade, whereas Japanese Patent Application No. 63-218454 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
There are many other such as 1-4949, and as described above, since the hinge is not at the line of sight, it is necessary to look in with an unnatural body, fit either male and female of one of the hinges, and insert the remaining hinge. You have to work two steps halfway.

In the above description, the weight related to the holding of the game ball in the ball tank will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. First, the embodiment of FIG. 6 will be described.
FIG. 6 shows a state in which the mechanical panel 81 of the pachinko machine 80 (illustration of the outer frame and the like is omitted) shown in FIG.
1, a plate 92 is provided, two hook hooks 89 are provided on the upper and left sides of the plate 92, and a butterfly hook 86 is mounted on the lower portion. The mechanism board 81 is pivotally supported by a hinge mechanism 87 (not shown) on the plate 92 to show an open state.

As described above, the mechanism board 81 is provided with the ball tank 82, the hook 85, the tank rail 83 and the like at the upper part. Assuming that the ball tank 82 and the tank rail 83 of the mechanism board 81 are refilled with game balls, the upper part is inclined inward as indicated by a broken arrow θ1. This inclination is determined by, for example, the hinge mechanisms 29a, 29b and 43a, 4a, 4a described in JP-A-1-284278.
3b, it is equivalent to the structure shown in FIG. 3b. In the case of the insertion type, a margin is provided for the shaft and the bearing, so that the inclination is generated as described above, and the inclination is further increased because this mounting is almost at the center. .

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2 of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-182043, the upper position and the lower position can be changed as a method of reducing the inclination. Occurs. Next, as shown in FIG. 7, it is a view of the front frame 91 of the pachinko machine 80 shown in FIG. 5 as viewed from the side. When the above-described inclination is viewed from the side, the front frame 91 is opened outward and inclined by the load with respect to the imaginary standing line of the front frame 91. When the pachinko machine 80 is installed on a gaming machine installation island, it is usually installed with an inclination of about 3 degrees on the inside (anti-game side), and in addition to this inclination, by the respective inclinations described above. Even if the mechanism board 81 is opened, the weight acts in the direction of closing and the mechanism board 81 and the game board 90 during maintenance are operated.
It is probable that there will be injuries at the corners of each part provided in the machine or at the cutting point of the metal plate, etc.In addition, if the mechanical panel works to close during work, You may accidentally cut the wire. In view of the above drawbacks, the inventor makes the following proposal.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention
According to the invention, various mechanisms are provided on the front frame of the gaming machine, mounted on the back side of the game board, and for paying out prize balls by winning, and supported on the front frame by a support member so as to be openable and closable.
Hinge mechanism mechanism, the upper side of the hinge mechanism is provided at a position above the surface of the game ball supplied to the ball tank, and the lower side of the hinge mechanism is at the bottom of the mechanism panel. A gaming machine mechanism panel characterized by being provided. Thereby, the kinking of the mechanism board is reduced by the load of the game ball. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the mechanical panel of the gaming machine according to the first aspect, the vertical supporting portion of the hinge mechanism is set to a lower side. The mechanical panel can be stabilized from kinking.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the mechanical panel of the gaming machine according to the second aspect, the lower end of the hinge mechanism is formed as a spherical body at the lower end of the hinge mechanism. The center is at one position, and a constant axial center can be maintained at all times even if there is wear over time. Claim 4 claims 1 to 3
In the mechanical panel of a gaming machine described in the above, the two hinge mechanisms are a mechanical panel of a gaming machine, characterized in that a lower side with respect to the imaginary line of the front frame is a player side. In general, an opened mechanism board works in the direction of closing from the relation of the axis, but is always opened when the mechanism board is opened by this method. In addition, when the mechanism panel is mounted, the lower hinge mechanism which is held vertically extends to the left because the hinge mechanism on the lower side of the mechanism panel is on the left side, so that the lower side can be easily fixed.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiment of the present invention
It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, and can take various forms within the technical scope of the present invention.

[0012]

As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 10 as a ball game machine of the present embodiment has a rectangular outer frame 11 and a front frame 1.
It consists of two. The outer frame 11 and the front frame 12 of the pachinko machine 10 are pivotally supported by upper and lower hinge mechanisms provided on each of them (not shown) so that the front frame 12 can be opened and closed with respect to the outer frame 11 on the player side. . A metal frame (not shown) is attached to the front frame 12, and a glass frame 13 pivotally supported by upper and lower glass frame hinge mechanisms is mounted on one left side of the metal frame so as to be openable and closable on the player side. I have.
In a state where the glass frame 13 is closed (the state shown in the drawing), the plate glass held by the glass frame 13 is double-loaded.
Gaming board 1 shown with dotted lines inside through this glass sheet
The game board 14 is provided with a known symbol display device 15 shown by a dotted line.

A plate 17 is provided substantially below the center of the pachinko machine 10.
An upper plate 16 is provided inside which includes various mechanism units which are omitted in detail and whose surface constituting members are covered with a transparent body. The upper plate 16 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable with the left side as a support shaft. Below the upper plate 16, a lower plate 20 whose surface is made of a transparent body like the upper plate 16 is attached.
Is open. Also on the inner surface of the upper plate 16 with respect to the plate portion 17, a game ball discharge port 18 serving as an outlet for game balls from inside the pachinko machine 10 is opened. A cylinder lock 19 is attached to the right center of the front frame 12.
Inserting a key (not shown) into 9 and turning it to the right opens the front frame 12, and turning it to the right opens the glass frame 13.

A firing handle 23 is attached to the right side of the lower plate 20. The firing handle 23 has a touch plate 2
4 and a firing stop button 25 are provided, and the touch plate 24 is rotatable, urged in a counterclockwise direction, and can be rotated clockwise by hand to fire a game ball. If the operation is performed during firing, the firing is temporarily stopped, and after the operation is completed, the firing is started again. Inside the right side of the lower plate 20, a speaker and a sound control device (details are omitted) are integrated, and a sound output unit 22 mainly including a CPU and including a sound generator is provided. It is well known that the audio output unit 22 generates a lot of complicated electromagnetic noise in synchronization with the output of the audio, but this electromagnetic noise adversely affects various control devices mounted on the back of the pachinko machine 10. Is not affected.
By mounting at this position, noise is reduced and muddy tones disappear, and high-quality sound is emitted, and at the same time, abnormal operation of the game which occurs suddenly is reduced. On the right side of the pachinko machine 10, a card reader 26 for renting out game balls is provided.
Is provided with a card insertion slot 27. Since the description of the card reader 26 is publicly known, the description is omitted.

Next, the back side of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows the back side of the pachinko machine 10, in which the outer frame 11 and the card reader 26 adjacent thereto are provided side by side as described in FIG. Looking at the inside of the outer frame 11, a mechanism board 28 is provided, and the game board 14 (not shown) can be opened and closed by a mechanism board hinge mechanism and a hook mechanism, which will be described in detail later, from the back to the front frame 12 by the mechanism board 28. Has been enabled. The game board 14 has a frame-shaped plate 49 attached to the front frame 12, and the game board 14 is accommodated in the plate 49. The cylinder lock 19 illustrated in FIG. 1 has a functional unit connected to a slide lock whose illustration is omitted.
The slide lock allows the front frame 12 and the glass frame 13 to be opened and closed by two sticks.

A ball tank 29 for storing prize balls and lending game balls is provided above the mechanism board 28. Below the ball tank 29, a tank rail 30 for guiding the game balls flowing out of the ball tank 29 while aligning them is arranged.
A prize ball payout device 31 and a ball rental ball payout device 32 are connected to the downstream side of the tank rail 30. The prize ball dispensing device 31 will not be described in detail, but when a prize is provided in a prize opening provided in the game board 14, the prize ball dispensing device 31 is activated and a game ball is discharged from the game ball discharge port 18 shown in FIG. The payout is performed as a ball, and when the lending button (not shown) is pressed when the lending condition is satisfied, the lending ball payout device 32 operates and the predetermined number of games are played from the game ball discharge port 18. The ball is paid out. A game board lid 33 is attached to the back of the game board 14, and an input connection cord 34 and an output connection cord 35 are drawn out of the game board lid 33.

The back of the symbol display device 15 is displayed below the tank rail 30, and an output distribution terminal plate 37 is provided on the back of the symbol display device 15. Various solenoids and decorative lamps provided on the game board 14 and the symbol display device 15 and the like are provided. Output signal is distributed. Output to the game board 14 is performed via an output connection cord 35, and input signals from an attacker, a tulip, a passing chucker, and the like provided on the game board 14 can be input to a main control device 36 described later via the input connection cord 34. It has been like that. As described above, since the pachinko machine 10 is connected by the input connection cord 34 and the output connection cord 35, complicated wiring equipment as in the related art is not required. An overflow path 39 is provided at the lowermost portion of the mechanism panel 28, and the overflow path 39 is indirectly connected to the overflow outlet 21 of the lower plate 20. When a large hit or the like occurs during the game and many prize balls are ejected to the dish portion 17, the dish portion 17 overflows as the prize balls continue to be ejected, and the overflowing prize balls overflow. The lower plate 20 can be led out through the ball passage 39.

Below the symbol display device 15, there is provided a main control device 36 with an output control device 40 for driving a lamp, a solenoid, and the like. A power supply control device 41 is attached to the lower part of the main control device 36 to supply power to each control device and transmit a signal relating to set reset.
A firing control device 42 and a firing device 43 are provided below the power control device 41, and the firing device 43 is fixed to the front frame 12. This allows the firing handle 23
By operating the touch plate 24, the launch control device 42 can drive the launch device 43. Overfill passage 39
A payout control device 38 is attached to the left side of the player, and controls the payout of game balls as prize balls and the lending of game balls according to winning. A full detector 44 is attached to the overflow path 39, and when the lower tray 20 is full, the full detector 44 operates to control payout and firing.

A mechanical panel stability detector 45 is provided on the left side of the symbol display device 15. The mechanical panel stability detector 45 detects whether the mechanical panel 28 is set at a fixed position with respect to the game board 14. Thus, it is possible to early detect an abnormality such as biting of an electric wire or spilling of a winning prize ball due to improper installation of the mechanism board 28. When the mechanical panel stability detector 45 is operated, the fact is notified by voice or a symbol display device.

A power connector 48 is provided above the card reader 26 provided on the left side of the pachinko machine 10, and serves as a power supply port for the pachinko machine 10. Card reader 2
A heat radiation port 47 is provided at the lower part of the card reader 26, and an AC power regulator which incorporates a leakage detection device is provided inside the card reader 26 although not described in detail.
And an AC power supply to the card reader 26. A
A power cord 50 is connected to the C power regulator, and a power plug (not shown) is attached to an end of the power cord 50. This power plug is a normal AC
Power is supplied from a power supply. The power supply plug is provided with a ground terminal 51 for wiping out noise such as static electricity generated from the pachinko machine 10 and the card reader 26. Can be connected to a ground line that is grounded. The power supplied from the power plug is AC10, which is a general lamp power supply.
0 V is supplied, and the earth leakage and the AC 100 can detect the electric leakage suitably. This system has an excellent configuration that can detect electric leakage that may cause a fire, and can supply average power of 10 AC 24 V to a pachinko machine.

The mechanism board 28 is provided with hooks 46 as the above-mentioned mechanism board fixing mechanism at two positions on the left side of the mechanism board 28, and a mechanism board hinge mechanism is provided at the upper right and lower right portions of the mechanism board. Plate 49 of front frame 12 and mechanism panel 28
Is an opening / closing axis by the mechanism panel hinge mechanism as described above. In this mechanism panel hinge mechanism, an upper plate base 52 is mounted on the upper side of the plate 49 and a plate shaft base 55 is mounted on the lower side.
3 and a mechanism board shaft base 54 are attached below. Therefore, the mechanism panel hinge mechanism functions as an axis so that the mechanism panel 28 can be opened and closed and closed and fixed by the hook 46. The hook 46 has a conventional structure and will not be described in detail. However, since the mechanism panel hinge mechanism is a component of the present invention, it will be described below.

The above has described the structure of the front side and the structure of the back side of the pachinko machine 10 according to the present invention. Next, the upper part of the hinge mechanism which facilitates opening and closing and mounting of the mechanism panel 38 provided in the pachinko machine 10 will be described. The latch type hinge provided will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3A is a plan view of the mechanism board latch base 53, and FIG. 3B is a side view thereof. A pivot hole 5 having one open side is provided in the mechanism board latch base 53.
6, a rotatable latch piece 57 is attached so as to reduce the diameter of the turning hole 56, and a spring 58 is attached to the latch piece 57 to urge the latch piece 57 in the direction opposite to the arrow G. Since the mechanism board latch base 53 has six mechanism board mounting holes 59 in a U-shaped portion, it can be mounted so as to cover the upper right portion of the mechanism board 28.
(C) is a perspective view of fitting the upper plate base 52 provided with the above-mentioned mechanism board latch base 53 and the latch shaft 60 fitted to the mechanism board latch base 53. Since three plate mounting holes 61 are provided in the upper plate base 52, the plate mounting hole 61 can be mounted on the upper right portion of the plate 49. Latch shaft 60
Is mounted on the upper plate base 52 so that it can be fitted into the pivot hole 56 of the upper plate base 52 by pushing it in the direction of the dashed arrow R.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are explanatory diagrams of the lower hinge mechanism of the mechanism board 28 and the plate 49. FIG. 4A is a plan view of the mechanism board shaft base 54, and FIG. 4B is a plan view of the plate shaft base 55. is there.
(C) shows the mechanism board shaft base 54 with respect to the plate shaft base 55.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which is fitted. The plate shaft base 55 is provided with three plate mounting holes 61 on the side surface and two on the bottom surface (not shown), and can be mounted on the lower right portion of the plate 49 with screws. The mounting portion has a substantially U-shape and has a structure capable of withstanding weight. further,
As shown in the figure, a part is extended, and a plate load shaft 63 is attached to the extended part. The mechanism board shaft base 54 is provided with three mechanism board mounting holes 59, and screws are inserted into the mechanism board mounting holes 59 to remove the mechanism board 28.
It can be attached to the lower right side of. Mechanical panel shaft base 5
4 is formed in an L-shape, a part of the L-shape is extended, and a pipe-shaped rotating bearing 62 that does not penetrate is attached to the extended portion. The distal end of the plate load shaft 63 is processed into a spherical shape, and this spherical distal end is inserted into the rotation bearing 62 of the mechanical base shaft base 54.
Because of the spherical shape, it can be moved freely at a free angle around the tip.

When the mechanism board 28 is mounted on the front frame 12, the rotation bearing 62 of the mechanism board 28 is inserted into the plate load shaft 63, and the rotation hole 56 of the mechanism board latch base 53 is formed on the upper plate base 52. When the latch piece 57 is pushed into the latch shaft 60, the latch piece 57 moves freely, and the turning hole 56 is fitted to the latch shaft 60. The hinge mechanism having the structure shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is provided at the uppermost and lowermost stages of the mechanism panel 28, and has a deformation distortion which is a disadvantage of the related art as compared with a conventional one provided at a substantially central portion. No uprights can be maintained. When the pachinko machine 10 is located on an amusement machine installation island (not shown), the upper portion is inclined about 3 degrees toward the amusement machine installation island side. Therefore, when the mechanical panel 28 is opened, the pachinko machine 10 remains open at 90 degrees with respect to the front frame 12. . This causes a trouble on the back side of the game board 14 or on the game board side of the mechanism board 28, and at the time of maintenance such as repair, the maintenance can be easily handled without injury.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a view showing the back of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.

3A is a plan view of a mechanism base latch base of an upper hinge attached to the mechanism board of the embodiment, FIG. 3B is a side view of the mechanism base latch base, and FIG. It is a perspective view in which a latch base and an upper plate base are fitted and inserted.

4A is a side view of a mechanism base shaft base of a lower hinge attached to the mechanism board of the embodiment, FIG. 4B is a side view of a plate shaft base, and FIG. It is a perspective view explaining insertion of a shaft base and a plate shaft base.

FIG. 5 is a view showing the back of a conventional pachinko machine.

FIG. 6 is a view of a conventional pachinko machine in which a mechanism panel is opened from the back.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a conventional pachinko machine in which a mechanical panel is opened from the back.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Pachinko machine, 11 ... Outer frame, 12 ... Front frame, 13 ...
Glass frame, 14 ... Game board, 15 ... Symbol display device, 16 ...
Upper plate, 17: plate portion, 18: game ball discharge port, 19: cylinder lock, 20: lower plate, 21: overflow ball discharge port, 22: sound output portion, 23: firing handle, 24: touch plate, 25
… Launch stop button, 26… Card reader, 27… Card slot, 28… Mechanical panel, 29… Ball tank, 30… Tank rail, 31… Prize ball payout device, 32… Ball ball payout device, 3
3 ... game board cover, 34 ... input connection cord, 35 ... output connection cord, 36 ... main controller, 37 ... output distribution terminal board, 3
8 ... mechanical panel, 39 ... overflow path, 40 ... output control device, 4
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Power supply control device, 42 ... Launch control device, 43 ... Launch device, 44 ... Full detection part, 45 ... Mechanical panel stability detector, 46
... Hook, 47 ... Heat radiation port, 48 ... Power connector, 49 ...
Plate, 50: Power cord, 51: Ground terminal, 52
… Upper plate base, 53… Mechanical board latch base, 54… Mechanical board shaft base, 55… Plate shaft base, 56… Rotating hole, 5
7 Latch piece, 58 Spring, 59 Panel mounting hole, 60 Latch axis, 61 Plate mounting hole, 62 Rotation bearing, 63 Plate load axis.

Continued on front page F-term (reference) 2C088 BA27 BA34 BA37 BA41 BA88 BA89 BB21 BC48 BC63 EA09 EA26

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A mechanism provided on a front frame of a gaming machine, mounted on the back side of a game board, for paying out a prize ball by winning, and supported by a support member to be openable and closable on the front frame. In the mechanism board of a gaming machine having a hinge mechanism mechanism, an upper side of the hinge mechanism is provided at a position above a surface of the game ball supplied to the ball tank, and a lower side of the hinge mechanism is provided at a lowermost stage of the mechanism board. A gaming machine mechanism panel characterized by being provided. 2. The mechanism panel for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the upper and lower load portions of said hinge mechanism are located on the lower side. 3. The game machine mechanism panel according to claim 2, wherein a lower end of said hinge mechanism has a spherical end. 4. The mechanism panel of a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the two hinge mechanisms are arranged such that a lower side of the imaginary line of the front frame is a player side. The machine panel of a gaming machine.