JP2003053003A - Game machine frame - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the intrusion prevention of an illegal operation member. SOLUTION: When a ball put-out device 21 is closed, a ball put-out passage 48 on a front side corresponds to a front-side put-out ball receiving portion 38, a ball put-out passage 49 on a rear side corresponds to a rear-side put-out ball receiving portion 39, and a ball receiving gutter 14 is separated from the ball receiving port 38 and the ball receiving port 39. Thus, in the case that a player inserts the illegal operation member 50 to the rear side of a game machine frame 1 along the ball receiving gutter 14 from the front side of an upper tray device 7, the illegal operation member 50 cannot intrude into the ball receiving port 38 and the ball receiving port 39 in the posture of passing through such a maze as is folded at a right angle upward through a gap H though the member 50 intrudes into the overflow path 40 of a ball guiding body 31 as the result of being guided by the gutter 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine frame used for a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine, which uses a ball as a game medium, and in particular, a ball paid out as a prize ball or a rental ball is played. The present invention relates to a structure of a passage that guides a machine frame from the back side to the front side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional gaming machine frame, balls such as prize balls or rented balls are dispensed from a ball dispensing device provided on the back side of the gaming machine frame to an upper plate device provided on the front side of the gaming machine frame. It has become.

[0003]

However, since the passage for guiding the ball from the conventional ball dispensing device to the upper plate device has a simple winding structure, such as a piano wire or a belt-shaped synthetic resin plate is used. There has been a problem that it was easy to illegally operate the ball dispensing device by inserting the illegal operation member from the ball entrance of the upper plate device.

Therefore, the present invention provides a gaming machine frame in which the structure of the passage for guiding the ball from the ball dispensing device to the upper plate device is improved and the intrusion prevention of the tampering member can be improved.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a ball dispensed from a ball dispensing device provided on the back side of a frame body is guided to a ball trough of a tray device provided on the front side of the frame body. By forming a pay-out ball receiving opening arranged at a predetermined distance from the ball receiving trough in the ball guiding, the tampering member is inserted from the front side of the upper plate device along the ball receiving trough to the back side of the gaming machine frame. However, it becomes impossible for the ball derivative to enter the payout ball receiving port.
Further, in the present invention, if the predetermined interval is larger than the diameter of one ball, the overflow ball overflowing from the upper plate device can be taken into the inside of the ball guide through the clearance. Further, in the present invention, if the payout ball receiving port is formed with a labyrinth that is bent at a right angle upward from the ball receiving trough, it is even more difficult for the manipulation member to enter the payout ball receiving port of the ball guide. It will be possible.

[0006]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention.
4 shows a cross section of FIG. 4 taken along the line BB, FIG. 2 shows the appearance from the back side of the gaming machine frame 1 disassembled, and FIG. 3 shows the appearance from the front side of the relay passage for the upper plate device 7. 4 shows a plane in which a relay passage is combined with the upper plate device 7, and FIG. 5 shows a cross section of FIG. 4 taken along the line AA.

The gaming machine frame 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, as the gaming machine frame 1, a movable frame that is attached to the fixed frame (not shown) that is fixed to an island of a game store such as a pachinko parlor in a single opening in the front lateral direction is illustrated. Amusement machine frame 1
Is fixedly provided with a mechanism frame 3 called a rear plate on the back side of the frame main body 2 formed in a frame shape, and constitutes a frame for accommodating a game board, which is a game main body (not shown). A hinge 4 for rotatably attaching the gaming machine frame 1 to a fixed frame is provided on one side of the frame body 2, and a glass or a synthetic material that covers the front side of the game board housed in the gaming machine frame 1 is provided on the front side of the frame body 2. A panel frame 6 and a tray device 7 in which a transparent panel 5 made of resin is fitted
Is provided so that it can be opened in the lateral direction on the front side. The mechanism frame 3 includes an upper tank 9 and a lower tank 10 at an upper edge portion surrounding the central opening portion 8, and an out ball hole 11, a foul ball hole 12, and a payout ball hole 13 at a lower edge portion surrounding the central opening portion 8. . Then, when the upper tray device 7 is closed, the ball receiving gutter 14 extending to the back side from the upper tray device 7 projects to the back side of the mechanism frame 3 via the payout ball hole 13. A lower portion of the frame body 2 protruding below the mechanism frame 3 is provided with a ball firing operation body 15 and a lower tray device (not shown) on the front side, and an overflow ball hole 16 in the front-rear direction at the center. A support 17 for mounting the ball dispensing device 21 is provided on one side of the mechanism frame 3. In this embodiment, a structure in which a plurality of ball payout devices 21 formed in the same structure are provided so as to be overlapped in the front-rear direction is illustrated. Ball delivery device 21 on the front side
Is attached to the support 17 on the side of the gaming machine frame 1 so that the mounting portion 22 provided on one side is fitted so that it can be opened in the lateral direction on the back side, and the ball payout device 21 on the rear side is mounted on the one side. By fitting the provided mounting portion 22 into the support body 23 provided in the front ball payout device 21, the mounting portion 22 is mounted so as to be able to open in the lateral direction on the back side. Each ball payout device 21 includes a ball payout body 24 such as a sprocket.

The ball delivery body 24 is stopped and controlled by a control device (not shown) to retain the balls individually supplied from the lower tank 10. In this state, the ball payout body 24 is controlled by the control device to start payout and pays out the ball. A sphere detector (not shown) that detects the sphere to be dispensed outputs a sphere detection signal to the control device, and the control device counts (counts up) the input sphere detection signal, and the count value is the above-mentioned payout start control. When the number of payouts, which has become the trigger, is reached, the control device stops and controls the ball payout body 24. The balls dispensed from each ball dispensing device 21 are discharged to the upper plate device 7 from the ball trough 14 protruding to the back side of the mechanism frame 3 via the ball guide 31. The ball guide 31 is formed by combining the front box 32, the rear box 33, the passage cover 34, and the passage piece 35 into a single unit to form a front side ball receiving port 36, a rear side ball receiving port 37, and a front paying ball port 3
8 and a rear payout ball receiving port 39, which is fixedly attached to the lower edge of the mechanism frame 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front box 32 and the rear box 33 are overlapped with each other in the front-rear direction to form an overflow passage 40 between the front box 32 and the rear box 33. When the passage piece 35 is combined with the front box 32 and the rear box 33, the front payout ball receiving opening 38 of FIG. 2 is formed between the passage piece 35 and the vertical groove 41 formed in the front box 32. Since the passage cover 34 having the rear side ball receiving port 37 and the rear side delivery ball receiving port 39 is overlapped with the back side of the rear box 33, the rear side delivery ball receiving port 39 is formed at the rear side opening of the passage piece 35. Connected. Front box 32 and rear box 3
The front side opening of the passage piece 35 combined with 3 is connected to the overflow passage 40 in the same manner as the front side paying ball receiving opening 38. A payout ball hole 13 penetrating in the front-rear direction is formed in the front box 32 at a position avoiding the front payout ball receiving opening 38. A sink 43 is arranged on the front side of the extending portion 42 protruding downward from the rear box 33 combined with the front box 32. The sink 43 is attached to the frame body 2 of FIG. 1 so as to be located below the foul ball hole 12 of the mechanism frame 3. Then, the foul balls discharged from the front side of the frame body 2 to the back side of the mechanism frame 3 via the foul ball hole 12 are collected in the sink 43 via the front box 32 and overflow from the upper plate device 7. The overflow ball has an overflow passage 4
It is collected in the sink 43 via 0. The balls collected in the sink 43 are discharged from the sink 43 to the lower tray device via the overflow ball holes 16 in FIG.

With reference to FIG. 4, the relationship between the ball receiving trough 14 of the upper tray device 7 and the ball guide 31 attached to the back side of the mechanism frame 3 will be described. As the upper tray device 7 is closed, the ball receiving gutter 14 penetrates the payout ball holes 13 of the mechanism frame 3 and the ball guide 31 from the front side to the back side and is taken into the overflow passage 40 of FIG. It is arranged directly below the mouth 38 and the rear payout ball receiving opening 39.

Referring to FIG. 5, the ball removing passages 45; 4 in the front and rear ball discharging devices 21 attached to the mechanism frame 3 are shown.
The relationship between 6 and the front side ball removal receiving port 36 and the rear side ball removal receiving port 37 of the ball guide 31 attached to the mechanism frame 3 will be described. For the mechanism frame 3, see FIG. 2 or FIG. Each ball payout device 21
Is closed, the front side ball removal passage 45 corresponds to the front side ball removal receiving port 36, and the rear side ball removal passage 46 corresponds to the rear side ball removal receiving port 37. Therefore, each ball payout device 2 is accompanied by the ball removal operation at the end of business at the game store.
The ball removed from 1 passes through the ball removal passage 45; 46 through the front ball removal port 36, the rear ball removal port 37, and the ball removal channel 47 formed inside the ball guide 31. Is discharged to.

Referring to FIG. 1, the ball payout passage 48 in the front and rear ball payout devices 21 attached to the mechanism frame 3;
The relationship between 49 and the front payout ball receiving opening 38 and the rear payout ball receiving opening 39 of the ball guide 31 attached to the mechanism frame 3 and the ball receiving trough 14 of the closed tray device 7 will be described. Ball receiving gutter 1
4, a gap H larger than the diameter of at least one sphere is formed between the front payout ball receiving opening 38 and the rear payout ball receiving opening 39. When each ball payout device 21 is closed, the front side ball payout passage 48 corresponds to the front side payout ball receiving port 38, and the rear side ball payout passage 49 is the rear side paying ball receiving port 39.
Corresponds to. Therefore, with the progress of the game, the balls paid out from the respective ball payout devices 21 are provided in the ball payout passages 48; 49.
Then, it falls on the ball gutter 14 and is discharged to the upper tray device 7. Then, when the upper plate device 7 becomes full, it is discharged from the gap H into the overflow passage 40 of the ball guide 31 via the opening on the back side of the ball receiving trough 14.

According to the structure of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, since the ball receiving trough 14 is separated from the front payout ball receiving opening 38 and the rear payout ball receiving opening 39, the player can draw a virtual line. Unauthorized operation member 50 such as piano wire or belt-shaped synthetic resin plate shown in
The game machine frame 1 along the ball gutter 14 from the front side of the upper plate device 7.
When inserted in the back side of the tampering member 50
Of the sphere guide 31 entering the overflow passage 40 of the sphere guide 31 and passing through the labyrinth that bends upward through the gap H at a right angle.
It becomes impossible to enter the rear payout ball receiving port 39.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a gaming machine frame of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a relay passage according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a plan view in which a relay passage is combined with the upper tray device of the embodiment.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 game machine frame 2 frame body 7 Upper plate device 14 ball receiving gutter 31 sphere derivative 38 front payout ball outlet 39 Rear side payout socket

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine frame provided with a ball guide that guides balls delivered from a ball delivery device provided on the back side of a frame body to a ball gutter of an upper plate device provided on the front side of the frame body.
A gaming machine frame characterized in that a pay-out ball receiving opening arranged at a predetermined distance from a ball receiving gutter is formed in the ball guiding body. 2. The gaming machine frame according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined interval is larger than the diameter of one sphere. 3. The gaming machine frame according to claim 1, wherein the payout ball receiving port is formed with a labyrinth that is bent at a right angle upward from the ball receiving gutter.