JP2003126475A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of constantly maintaining a distance between a game board surface and a perspective plate of a game board. SOLUTION: This game machine is provided with a game machine main body 2 and a door body 20. The game machine main body 2 is provided with the game board 7. The door body 20 is provided in the game board main body 2 freely to be opened and closed. The perspective plate 32 is supported by the door body 20 through a perspective plate installation frame 26. A game board surface 7a of the game board 7 can be visually confirmed through the perspective plate 32 by closing the door body 20. The perspective plate 32 is provided in the door body 20 in a condition possible to be moved in the plate thickness direction and energized by an elastic means 40 in a direction coming close to the game board 7. A spacer member 50 is provided between the game board 7 and the perspective plate 32. When closing the door body 20, the game board 7 and the perspective plate 7 indirectly abut on each other through the spacer member 50 by utilizing elastic deformation of the elastic means 40.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine and an arrangement ball.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional example will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the game board and the glass plate of the pachinko machine. The pachinko machine includes a gaming machine main body (not shown) in which a gaming board 107 having a gaming board surface 107a on the front is fixedly provided, and a front side of the gaming machine main body via a hinge mechanism (not shown) (see FIG. And a door body 120 that can be opened and closed on the left side in FIG. On the door body 120,
Two glass plates 132, which can be seen through (ie, right and left in FIG. 18), are supported through a glass plate mounting frame 126. Due to the closing of the door body 120 (the state of FIG. 18), the player in front of the game board 107 is allowed to play both glass plates 132.
The game board surface 107a can be visually recognized through.

[0003]

By the way, each glass plate 132 is attached to each of the mounting grooves 12 inside and outside of the glass plate mounting frame 126.
The glass plate mounting frame 126 is supported by inserting the peripheral portions into the respective 6a. Further, the groove width 126w of each mounting groove 126a is set to a size obtained by adding a predetermined clearance C to the plate thickness 132t of the glass plate 132 in consideration of workability of inserting the glass plate 132 and the like.

Therefore, each glass plate 132 is in the front-rear direction within the clearance C, that is, in the plate thickness direction (see FIG. 1).
8 causes a rattling in the left and right direction, which is so-called rattling. Therefore, due to the rattling of the glass plate 132, especially the inner glass plate (referred to as the inner glass plate) 132 facing the game board surface 107a, the game board surface 107a of the game board 107 and the inner glass plate 132 when the door body 120 is closed. The distance d between them will change.

The glass plate mounting frame 126 rattles due to rattling in the door body hinge mechanism (see reference numeral 22 in FIG. 1) which is attached to the main body of the gaming machine so as to be openable and closable. By this, game board 1
The distance d (see FIG. 18) between the game board surface 107a of 07 and the inner glass plate 132 may be different for each pachinko machine, or may be different between the upper part and the lower part of the door body 120 even on the same table. there were. Further, a locking device for the door body 120 (see FIG.
Also, the glass plate mounting frame 126 rattles under the influence of rattling in No. 24, and the action of pulling the door 120 of an inexperienced person, so that the game board surface 107a of the game board 107 and the inner glass plate It was difficult to keep the distance d with 132 (see FIG. 18) constant.

The distance d between the game board surface 107a of the game board 107 and the inner glass plate 132 is usually set to a dimension determined by experience, tests, and the like. For example, the ball diameter of the game ball so-called pachinko ball is 11 mm, the game board surface 107a
When the maximum height of the nail (also referred to as a guiding nail) 117 protruding to the side is 18 mm, the distance d is a reference value,
For example, it is set to 19 mm. In this case, if the distance d is too smaller than the reference value of 19 mm or conversely too large,
The flow of pachinko balls becomes unstable. For example, the distance d
When is too small, the frequency with which the pachinko balls hit the inner glass plate 132 increases. On the other hand, if it is too large, a so-called “ball biting phenomenon” such as a pachinko ball clogged on the game board surface 107a is likely to occur. When such a ball biting phenomenon is extreme, it is necessary to keep the distance d constant because the game is forced to be interrupted.

An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of keeping a constant distance between the gaming board surface of the gaming board and the see-through board.

[0008]

The problems to be solved by the present invention can be solved by a gaming machine having the structure described in the claims. That is, according to the gaming machine described in claim 1 of the claims, the front side of the gaming machine main body is opened and closed by the door body that supports the see-through plate through the see-through plate mounting frame. Further, by closing the door, the game board surface of the game board can be seen through the see-through plate. By the way, when the door body is closed, the elastic deformation of the elastic means is utilized to indirectly abut the game board and the see-through plate through the spacer member, so that the gap between the game board surface and the see-through board of the game board is increased. The distance can be kept constant.

Further, according to the gaming machine described in claim 2, the elastically deforming portion of the elastic means provided in the see-through plate mounting frame is limited to the inside of the mounting groove of the see-through plate mounting frame. The see-through plate is biased in the open space.
Therefore, the elastic means can be easily and compactly arranged on the see-through plate mounting frame.

Further, according to the gaming machine described in claim 3 of the invention, the door support provided with the see-through plate mounting frame can move together with the see-through plate with respect to the member on the support side of the door body. Further, it is provided in a state of being biased by the elasticity of the elastic means. Therefore, it is possible to set the movement amount of the door support and thus the movement amount of the see-through plate in a wide range.

[0011]

[First Embodiment] The first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Embodiment 1
Illustrates a pachinko machine, which is one of the gaming machines, to which the present invention is applied. Also, after describing the basic configuration of the pachinko machine, the main parts will be described in detail.

First, the basic structure of a pachinko machine will be described. The basic structure of the pachinko machine is almost the same as that disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-277232 previously proposed by the same applicant, and therefore only a brief description will be given. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pachinko machine with a door body opened. For convenience of explanation, the side of the pachinko machine facing the player side is referred to as the front side, and the opposite side is referred to as the rear side. Note that the orientation in the drawings is determined as indicated by the arrow in each drawing.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 is roughly provided with a gaming machine main body 2 and a door body 20. The gaming machine body 2 will be described first. The gaming machine main body 2 includes an outer frame 3 and a base frame 5. The outer frame 3 is formed in a substantially rectangular frame shape. A base receiving plate 3A is provided on the lower part of the front surface.

The base frame 5 is formed in a substantially rectangular frame shape. The base frame 5 is rotatable with respect to the outer frame 3 via a base frame hinge mechanism 6, that is, the outer frame 3
It is supported on the front side of the so that it can be opened and closed. The base frame 5
A game board 7 having a substantially rectangular plate shape and having a game board surface 7a on the front surface is supported by. A guide rail 8 having a substantially flat belt shape is mounted on the game board surface 7a. Guide rail 8
The game area and the launch guideway are formed by. Although not shown, in the game area in the guide rail 8 of the game board surface 7a, various winning devices, accessory devices, symbol display devices, attacker devices, gate openings, windmills, guide nails, etc. are arranged. There is.

A front plate 11 is rotatably supported by a lower portion of the base frame 5 via a hinge mechanism (not shown), that is, is openable and closable on the front side of the base frame 5. On the back surface of the front plate 11, a locking metal fitting 12 that holds the front plate 11 in a closed state with respect to the base frame 5 is provided. An upper plate 13 is provided on the front surface of the front plate 11. Also, the base frame 5
A ball firing handle device 14, a lower plate 15 and the like are provided at the lower end of the. Although not shown, the base frame 5
On the back of the, back set member, ball tank, tank rail,
A ball payout device, a control board box, a panel cover and the like are arranged.

Next, the door body 20 will be described. The door body 20 is
The base frame 5 is rotatably supported by a door hinge mechanism 22, that is, is supported on the front side of the base frame 5 of the gaming machine body 2 so as to be openable and closable. The door body 20 roughly includes a door support body 21 made of metal and a door decoration body 35 made of resin, for example. The door hinge mechanism 22 is arranged on the door support 21.

A substantially circular opening window 23 is formed in the center of the door support 21 so as to expose the game area of the game board surface 7a of the game board 7. Further, on the back surface of the door support body 21 on the free end side, for example, a door body locking device 24 in which a total of three upper, middle and lower door locking hooks 25 are vertically slidably assembled is mounted. . The base frame 5
On the other hand, when the door body 20 is closed, the door locking hook 25 engages with the engagement hole 5a formed in the base frame 5, so that the door body 20 is locked in the closed state with respect to the base frame 5. . A key (not shown) is inserted into the key hole 5b provided in the base frame 5, and the key is pivotally operated to release the engagement of the door locking hook 25 with the engagement hole 5a. It can be locked.

A glass plate mounting frame 26 is provided on the back surface of the door support 21. The glass plate mounting frame 26 includes a metal lower frame member 27 extending in the left-right direction below the opening window 23, and left and right metal side frame members 28 extending upward from both left and right ends of the lower frame member 27. The upper frame member 29 is installed between the upper ends of the frame members 28 on both sides. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine shown with the door omitted, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III of FIG. 2, and FIG.
IV-IV line sectional drawing of is shown.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the game board 7 is detachably supported by a support frame 9 provided on the back surface of the base frame 5. Further, in the lower frame member 27 and both side frame members 28 of the glass plate mounting frame 26, two mounting grooves 27a inside and outside (that is, left and right in FIG. 3),
28a is formed. The upper end opening between the side frame members 28 (see FIG. 4) is a glass plate insertion port 39 (see FIG. 3).

The glass plate mounting frame 26 supports two front and rear transparent glass plates 32 each having a substantially rectangular plate shape. That is, in a state where the glass plate insertion port 39 (see FIG. 3) is opened by the upper frame member 29 (described later), each glass plate 3 is inserted from the glass plate insertion port 39.
The left and right edges of 2 are the mounting grooves 28a of the frame member 28 on both sides.
(See FIG. 4), and the lower edge of each glass plate 32 is inserted into each mounting groove 27a (see FIG. 3) of the lower frame member 27. Further, although each glass plate 32 is, for example, a colorless and transparent glass plate, it can be replaced by a transparent plate material made of resin. The glass plate 32 corresponds to the “transparent plate” in this specification, and the glass plate mounting frame 26 corresponds to the “transparent plate mounting frame” in this specification. Further, the glass plate 32 arranged on the rear side, that is, on the game board side (the left side in FIG. 3) is referred to as an “inner glass plate”, and the glass plate 32, which is arranged on the front side, the opposite game board side (the right side in FIG. 3). It is called an "outer glass plate".

As shown in FIG. 1, the glass plate mounting frame 2
An upper frame member 29 made of resin for opening and closing the glass plate insertion port 39 is provided on the upper ends of the both side frame members 28 of No. 6 as described below. Since the upper frame member 29 is provided symmetrically with respect to the both side frame members 28 of the glass plate mounting frame 26, the left side portion will be described and the right side portion will not be described. FIG. 5 is a left side view showing the upper frame of the glass plate mounting frame partially broken away.

As shown in FIG. 5, a support pin 31 is projected on the outer surface of the upper end of the side frame member 28. On the other hand, at the left and right ends of the upper frame member 29, elongated slide holes 3 are formed.
An arm piece 30 having 0a is provided. The slide hole 30 a of the arm piece 30 is slidably and rotatably engaged with the support pin 31. Further, the upper frame member 29 is provided with respective mounting grooves 29a (see FIG. 3) which are continuous with the respective mounting grooves 28a of the both side frame members 28.

When the upper frame member 29 is arranged at the closed position shown by the solid line 29 in FIG. 5, the glass plate insertion port 39 is closed and the upper edge portion of each glass plate 32 is received in each mounting groove 29a. (See Figure 3). Further, after the upper frame member 29 is slid and pulled up as shown by the chain double-dashed line 29 (1) in FIG. 5, it is rotated around the support pin 31 and shown by the chain double-dashed line 29 (2) in FIG. The glass plate insertion port 39 (see FIG. 3) can be opened by disposing the glass plate in the open position.

As described above, the door body 20 supporting the two glass plates 32 through the glass plate mounting frame 26 is closed by the gaming machine main body 2 (see FIG. 1), so that the game of the gaming board 7 is played. The board surface 7a is visible through the two glass plates 32 (see FIGS. 3 and 4). Therefore, the player in front of the game board 7 can see the game board surface 7a through both glass plates 32.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the door decoration 35 of the door 20 is attached to the front side of the door support 21. The door decoration 35 is arranged so as to surround the opening window 23 (see FIG. 1) of the door support 21. Irregular decorations are provided on the front surface side of the door decoration body 35. 9 is a perspective view of the door body viewed from the back side, and FIG. 10 is a rear view of the door body.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a portion of the door decoration 35 that projects inside the both side frames of the glass plate mounting frame 26, that is, inside the opening window 23 (reference numerals 36 in FIGS. 9 and 10). Attached), the protrusion 3 of a predetermined height
7 are formed symmetrically and in a substantially zigzag shape. The ridge 37 is formed so as to restrict the movement of the outer glass plate (the right glass plate in FIG. 3) 32 held by the glass plate mounting frame 26 to the front (right side in FIG. 3). The protruding end surface of the protrusion 37 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, the front side of the upper frame member 29 (the left side in FIG. 8).
Front wall surface of the mounting groove 29a (reference numeral 2 in FIG. 8).
9a1) and a flat surface located on the same plane.

Next, the configuration of the main parts of the above-mentioned pachinko machine 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, in the respective mounting grooves 27a, 28a, 29a of the respective frame members 27, 28, 29 of the glass plate mounting frame 26, as shown in FIG. It is movably supported with predetermined clearances (that is, movement amounts) C1 and C2 in the thickness direction (left and right direction in FIG. 8). Therefore, the rear clearance C2 is set to a value larger than the front clearance C1.

As shown in FIG. 10, on both side frame members 28 of the glass plate mounting frame 26, for example, a total of three elastic members 40 of upper, lower and middle are arranged respectively. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a mounting portion of the elastic member, and FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the same. The elastic member 40 is formed of, for example, a metal leaf spring material. This elastic member 40
As shown in FIG. 12, the two side plate portions 4 are formed in front of and behind the substrate portion 41 by being bent in a substantially channel shape.
2, 43 are formed. Furthermore, the rear side plate portion 43
A substantially L-shaped cut groove 44 is formed from to the substrate portion 41, whereby the elastic piece 45 formed on the rear side plate portion 43 is bent outward in an inclined shape. Further, a mounting hole 41a is formed in the board portion 41. Support holes (not shown) corresponding to the mounting holes 41a of the elastic member 40 are formed in the intermediate plate portion 28A between the mounting grooves 28a of the side frame member 28.

As shown in FIG. 10, the elastic member 40 is attached to the both side frame members 28 prior to inserting the glass plate 32 into the glass plate mounting frame 26. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, the elastic member 40 is attached to the side frame member 28 by caulking with a rivet 48 using a support hole (not shown) and an attachment hole 41a. The elastic member 40 at the uppermost portion is attached by using the rivet 48 for attaching the support pin 31 (see FIG. 5).

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, the base plate portion 41 of the elastic member 40 is the intermediate plate portion 2 of the side frame member 28.
It is in surface contact with 8A. Further, the side plate portion 42 on the front side of the elastic member 40 is in surface contact with the groove wall surface 28a2 on the rear side of the mounting groove 28a on the front side (left side in FIG. 11) of the side frame member 28. Further, the rear side plate portion 43 of the elastic member 40 excluding the elastic piece 45 is in surface contact with the groove wall surface 28a1 on the front side of the mounting groove 28a on the rear side (right side in FIG. 11) of the side frame member 28. Then, the elastic piece 45 is
The side frame member 28 is arranged in the rear side mounting groove 28a in a substantially free state. The elastic member 40 corresponds to “elastic means” in the present specification, and the elastic piece 45 corresponds to “elastically deformable portion” in the present specification. Further, the elastic member 40 is
In addition to caulking with rivets, the frame members 28 on both sides can be attached by attaching means such as adhesion, screwing, or clips.

Each glass plate 32 is mounted on the glass plate mounting frame 26 (see FIGS. 9 and 10) to which the elastic member 40 is mounted as described above (see FIGS. 3 and 4). ). Then, by inserting the outer glass plate 32 into the side frame member 28 of the glass plate mounting frame 26, the elastic piece 45 of the elastic member 40 is elastically deformed in the tilting direction by the glass plate 32 (see FIG. 8). Due to the elasticity of the elastic piece 45, that is, the elastic restoring force, the inner glass plate 32 is mounted on the rear side (right side in FIG. 8) of the side frame member 28 in the mounting groove 2.
8a is brought into surface contact with the groove wall surface 28a2 on the rear side. In this way, the elastic piece 45 of each elastic member 40 supports the inner glass plate 32 in a floating manner with respect to the glass plate mounting frame 26.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, on the game board surface 7a of the game board 7, the door body 20 (see FIG. 1).
A substantially plate-shaped spacer member 50 is provided in a portion which is hidden by, that is, a portion outside the game area.
In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
One spacer member 50 that is vertically continuous is arranged on the right side. On the front surface 50a of each spacer member 50,
A total of four substantially hemispherical convex portions 51 located at the upper left portion, the lower left portion, the upper right portion, and the lower right portion are projected (see FIG. 8). Further, the wall thickness 50t including the convex portion 51 of each spacer member 50
(See FIG. 8) is set to a size that matches a predetermined distance d (see FIG. 7) between the game board surface 7a of the game board 7 and the inner glass plate 32.

In the above-mentioned game board 7, when the door body 20 is closed from the state shown in FIG. 8 as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the inner glass is formed on the convex portion 51 (see FIG. 7) of each spacer member 50. After the plate 32 (specifically, the rear side surface of the right glass plate in FIG. 7) comes into contact, the inner glass plate 32 is moved forward (see FIG. 11) by utilizing the elastic deformation of the elastic piece 45 of the elastic member 40 (see FIG. 11). 6 and the left side in FIG. 7). As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, by utilizing the elastic deformation of the elastic piece 45 of the elastic member 40 (see FIG. 11), the game board 7 and the inner glass plate 32 are separated from each other by the spacer member 50.
By indirectly contacting each other via the, the distance d between the game board surface 7a of the game board 7 and the inner glass plate 32 can be kept constant over the entire board surface. The distance d
Can be kept constant within a clearance C2 (see FIG. 8) on the rear side of the glass plate mounting frame 26. Therefore, the flow of the pachinko balls between the game board surface 7a of the game board 7 and the inner glass plate 32 can be stabilized, and as a result, the frequency with which the pachinko balls hit the glass plate 32 increases and the occurrence of the ball biting phenomenon occurs. Such a problem can be prevented.

Further, the elastic piece 45 (see FIG. 11) of the elastic member 40 provided on the side frame member 28 of the glass plate mounting frame 26 (see FIG. 9) is located behind the side frame member 28 (see FIG. 11). The inner glass plate 32 (see FIG. 8) is urged in a limited space inside the mounting groove 28a on the right side. Therefore, the elastic member 40 can be easily and compactly arranged on the side frame member 28 of the glass plate mounting frame 26.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the projections 51 of the spacer members 50 and the inner glass plate 32 are configured to be in point-contact with each other, so that the spacer members 50 associated with the opening and closing of the door body 20. The area where the inner glass plate 32 and the inner glass plate 32 rub can be reduced, and the door 20 can be opened and closed smoothly.

In the glass plate mounting frame 26 (see FIG. 7), the rear side of the side frame member 28 (right side in FIG. 7).
The groove wall surface 28a1 on the front side (on the left side in FIG. 7) of the mounting groove 28a of FIG.
It is formed at a position lower than the position 1 (to the left in FIG. 7) by a predetermined amount Q. As a result, the rear side plate portion 43 (see FIG. 11) including the elastic piece 45 of the elastic member 40 can be housed in the space portion formed by the predetermined amount Q, so that the inner glass plate (right side in FIG. 7). Glass plate 32) can be moved until it comes into contact with the front wall surface 29a1 of the rear mounting groove 29a of the upper frame member 29 and the groove wall surface (not shown) of the lower frame member 27.

[Second Embodiment] A second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the second embodiment is a modification of the first embodiment described above, the modified part will be described in detail and duplicated description will be omitted. 13 is a side sectional view showing the relationship between the gaming board, the glass plate and the spacer member of the pachinko machine, FIG. 14 is a sectional view showing the main part when the door body is closed, and FIG. 15 is the door body when opened. 16 is a sectional view showing the main part, FIG.
Is a perspective view of the door body seen from the rear side, and FIG. 17 is a rear view of the door body. Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the elastic member 40 in the first embodiment is eliminated.

As shown in FIG. 13, the glass plate mounting frame 26
The door support body 21 provided with is in the same direction as the thickness direction of both glass plates 32 with respect to the door decoration body 35 (left and right direction in FIG. 13).
It is provided to be movable. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, the door body hinge mechanism 22 (see FIG. 1) and the door body locking device 24 are arranged in the door decoration body 35.

As shown in FIG. 15, a boss portion 35a is integrally formed on the back surface of the door decoration body 35. A small diameter shaft portion 35c is formed at the protruding end of the boss portion 35a via a step surface 35b. Small diameter shaft portion 35 of boss portion 35a
A screw insertion hole 21a formed in the door support 21 is fitted in c. Furthermore, a set screw 60 is fastened to the boss portion 35a from the end surface side (the left end surface in FIG. 15) of the small diameter shaft portion 35c to prevent the door support body 21 from coming off. As a result, the door support 21 is moved to the boss portion 35.
Between the step surface 35b of "a" and the head portion 6a of the set screw 60, the glass plate 32 is movably supported in the same thickness direction (horizontal direction in FIG. 15) as the glass plates 32 with a predetermined movement amount M. .

Between the step surface 35b of the boss portion 35a of the door decoration 35 and the door support 21, a spring 62, which is a coil spring fitted to the small diameter shaft portion 35c of the boss portion 35a, is in a compressed state. Is intervened in. Due to the elasticity of the spring 62, that is, the elastic restoring force, the door support body 21 is rearward (to the right in FIG. 15) with respect to the door decoration body 35.
The head support 60a of the set screw 60 is urged toward the door support 21.
Is pressed (see FIG. 15). Note that, as shown in FIG. 17, a total of four elastic support portions including the spring 62 (reference numeral 64 is provided) are provided in the upper left portion, the lower left portion, the upper right portion, and the lower right portion. Against the door support 2
1 is supported in a floating manner. The spring 6
2 corresponds to the "elastic means" in this specification. The door decoration 35 corresponds to the "member on the support side of the door" in the present specification.

In the game board 7 described above, when the door body 20 is closed from the state shown in FIG. 15 as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the inner glass plate 32 (more specifically, the convex portion 51 of each spacer member 50). After contacting the rear side surface of the right glass plate in FIG. 14, the inner glass plate 32 is moved to the front groove wall surface 29 of the rear mounting groove 29a of the upper frame member 29.
a1 and the groove wall surface in the lower frame member 27 (not shown)
Move until it touches. Further, by utilizing the elastic deformation of the spring 62, the door support 21 including the inner glass plate 32.
Is pushed forward (to the left in FIG. 14). As a result, as shown in FIG.
By utilizing the elastic deformation of the game board 7 and the inner glass plate 32 to indirectly contact each other via the spacer member 50, the distance between the game board surface 7a of the game board 7 and the inner glass plate 32. d can be kept constant. The distance d
Can be kept constant within the range of the movement amount M (see FIG. 15) of the door support 21 with respect to the door decoration 35.

Therefore, also in the second embodiment, substantially the same operational effects as in the first embodiment can be obtained. Further, the door support 21 provided with the glass plate mounting frame 26 is provided so as to be movable with the glass plate 32 with respect to the door decoration 35 and biased by the elasticity of the spring 62 (see FIG. 15). . Therefore, it is possible to set the movement amount M of the door support 21 and thus the movement amount of the inner glass plate 32 in a wide range.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the present invention can be applied to gaming machines other than the pachinko machine 1. Further, the number of the transparent plates supported by the transparent plate supporting frame may be one or three or more. Further, the spacer member 50 (see FIGS. 8 and 15) may be provided on the inner glass plate 32 instead of the game board 7. Further, the spacer member 50 can be provided on both the game board 7 and the inner glass plate 32.
Further, the elastic member 40 (see FIG. 12) may be provided on the inner glass plate 32 instead of the glass plate mounting frame 26. Further, the elastic member 40 is attached to the glass plate mounting frame 26.
It is also conceivable to integrally form an elastic piece corresponding to the elastic piece 45 (see FIG. 12). In addition to the elastic member 40 and the spring 62 made of a leaf spring, an elastic member made of rubber can be used as the elastic means.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the door is closed, the elastic deformation of the elastic means is used to indirectly abut the game board and the see-through plate through the spacer member, and thus the distance between the game board surface of the game board and the see-through board. Can be kept constant.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pachinko machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention with a door body opened.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine with the door body omitted.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a left side view showing an upper frame of the glass plate mounting frame with a part thereof cut away.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view showing a relationship between a game board, a glass plate and a spacer member of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part when the door body is closed.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part when the door body is opened.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the door body as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the door body.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a mounting portion of an elastic member.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view showing a mounting portion of an elastic member.

FIG. 13 is a side sectional view showing the relationship between the game board, the glass plate and the spacer member of the pachinko machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part when the door body is closed.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing a main part when the door body is opened.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the door body as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 17 is a rear view of the door body.

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view showing a relationship between a game board and a glass plate of a pachinko machine according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine (gaming machine) 2 gaming machine body 7 game board 7a Game board surface 20 door 21 Door support 26 Glass plate mounting frame (transparent plate mounting frame) 27 Lower frame material 27a mounting groove 28 Side frame material 28a mounting groove 29 Upper frame material 29a mounting groove 32 glass plate (transparent plate) 35 Door decoration (member on the side supporting the door) 40 Elastic member (elastic means) 50 Spacer member 62 spring (elastic means) 45 Elastic piece (elastic deformation part)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game machine main body and a door body, wherein the game machine main body is provided with a game board having a game board surface on a front surface, and the door body is openable and closable on a front surface side of the game machine main body. A see-through see-through plate is provided on the door body through a see-through plate mounting frame, and the game board surface of the game board can be seen through the see-through plate by closing the door body. In the machine, the door plate is provided in the door body in a state of being biased in a direction approaching the game board by elasticity of elastic means that is movable and elastically deformable with a predetermined movement amount in the plate thickness direction, A spacer member is provided between the game board and the see-through plate to keep the distance between the game board surface and the see-through plate constant, and when the door is closed, elastic deformation of the elastic means is used. Then, the game board and the see-through board are Gaming machine is characterized in that the indirect contact with each other configurations via the support member. 2. The transparent plate mounting frame includes a mounting groove into which the transparent plate can be inserted, and the elastic means is provided in the transparent plate mounting frame and biases the transparent plate in the mounting groove. The game machine according to claim 1, further comprising an elastically deformable portion. 3. A door support provided with the see-through plate mounting frame,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is provided so as to be movable together with the see-through plate with respect to a member on the support side of the door body and biased by the elasticity of the elastic means.