JP2003159435A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Pachinko game machine

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JP2003159435A
JP2003159435A JP2002298107A JP2002298107A JP2003159435A JP 2003159435 A JP2003159435 A JP 2003159435A JP 2002298107 A JP2002298107 A JP 2002298107A JP 2002298107 A JP2002298107 A JP 2002298107A JP 2003159435 A JP2003159435 A JP 2003159435A
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winning ball
ball passage
pipe member
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pachinko game
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Makoto Hoya
誠 保谷
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Sanyo Bussan Co Ltd
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce burdens such as costs of dies and inventory control which become cost increasing factors, because a conventional winning ball passage needs to be manufactured for each model machine in a manner to meet a layout of a winning ball receptacle or the like, considering the fact that a size growing tendency of a display device in the present pachinko game machine pushes away an area for mounting the winning ball passage, whereby the winning ball passage formed by conventional die molding becomes difficult in handling owing to a configurational restriction. <P>SOLUTION: The pachinko game machine has a winning ball passage 8 mounted on the back face of a game plate 4, which is made up of a flexible pipe member 8a with a bellows structure. The winning ball passage 8 of this pachinko game machine can be handled in any form by bending/unbending in a manner to meet the layout of the winning ball receptacle, thereby having high versatility. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

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【発明の詳細な説明】 【0001】 【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、パチンコ機に関す
る。 【0002】 【従来の技術】遊技板表面の入賞球受口器に入賞したパ
チンコ球(以下入賞球という。)は、遊技板裏面の入賞
球集合カバーに集められ入賞球処理装置を通ってパチン
コ機設置島に戻る。遊技板の裏面には、入賞球受口器に
連通する球孔が開口していたり表示装置の後部が突き出
ていたりするため、それらを避けて入賞球を流すべく遊
技板の裏面に樋形態の入賞球通路が設けられている。し
かして従来の入賞球通路は、合成樹脂の型成形品であっ
て、入賞球受口器などの配置に合わせて機種毎に製造す
るようにしていた。 【0003】 【発明が解決しようとする課題】現在、パチンコ機は、
表示装置が大型化する傾向にある。その影響で入賞球通
路を設置する領域が圧迫され、従来の型成形による入賞
球通路では形態上の制約があって対応が困難になりつつ
ある。また、従来の入賞球通路は、入賞球受口器などの
配置に合わせて機種毎に製造する必要があるため、金型
代と在庫管理が大きなコストアップ要因になっていた。 【0004】 【課題を解決するための手段】本発明は上記に鑑みなさ
れたもので、遊技板の裏面に設ける入賞球通路を、蛇腹
構造でフレキシブルなパイプ部材で構成したパチンコ機
を提供する。 【0005】本発明の入賞球通路は、蛇腹構造でフレキ
シブルなパイプ部材で出来ているため、入賞球受口器な
どの配置に合わせて曲げ伸ばしして如何様にも対応する
ことができるから、汎用性が非常に高い。また、蛇腹構
造にしたことで径方向の剛性が増して潰れ難くなるた
め、パイプ部材の肉厚を薄くすることができる。そのた
め従来の型成形品に較べて外形をスリム化することがで
き、狭いスペースにも十分対応できる。 【0006】 【発明の実施の形態】以下に本発明の実施の形態を図面
を参照しつつ説明する。なお、図1は要部の斜視図、図
2は要部の縦断面図、図3は要部の横断平面図、図4は
遊技板の裏面図、図5は他の留め具を示す要部の斜視
図、図6はパチンコ機の裏面図、図7は他のパイプ部材
を示す要部の横断平面図である。 【0007】図6に示したようにパチンコ機Pは、骨格
となる四角い外枠1に、球皿(図示せず)や機構板2を
設けた前枠3を開閉自在に取り付けてなる。前枠3には
遊技板4が着脱自在に嵌め込まれていて、その遊技板4
の裏面に入賞球集合カバー5が装着されている。なお、
入賞球集合カバー5は、遊技板4の入賞球受口器6など
に入った入賞球を集めて機構板2にある入賞球処理装置
7に送り出すためのものである。 【0008】しかして、入賞球集合カバー5の内側に
は、入賞球の流路となる入賞球通路8が設けられてい
る。入賞球通路8は、図1〜図3に示したように蛇腹構
造でフレキシブルなパイプ部材8aにより構成し、少な
くとも始端と終端に留め具8bを嵌め、その留め具8b
を介して遊技板4に取り付けられる。前記パイプ部材8
aの蛇腹構造は、大径部と小径部が交互に繰り返すひだ
形態の他、一本の合成樹脂製又は金属製の線材をコイル
状に巻いた螺旋形態のものでもよい。なお、パイプ部材
8aは、透明、不透明のどちらでもよいが、好ましくは
透明にするのがよい。そうすることにより、球詰まりの
ようなトラブルが発生した場合に詰まったポイントが外
部から迅速に発見できる。 【0009】また、留め具8bは、図3に示したように
アーチ形の保持部81bの先端に止め片82bを形成し
てなり、その止め片82bに設けた貫通孔83bにネジ
9を通して遊技板4に固着する。保持部81bのサイズ
は、遊技板4に固着した状態でパイプ部材8aが適度に
締まる程度の大きさにするのがよい。また、図示しない
が保持部81bの内周にパイプ部材8aの蛇腹の凸凹に
係合する凹凸を形成しておけば、パイプ部材8aとの嵌
め合いを緩やかにしても抜けるおそれがない。 【0010】留め具8bの止め片82bには、遊技板4
に接する面に位置決め手段84bが設けてある。実施形
態の位置決め手段84bは、前記ネジ止め用の貫通孔8
3bと同心的な円形の凸部であり、この凸部を遊技板4
に穿った凹状の位置決め部10に嵌めて位置決めする。
なお、位置決め手段84bは、ネジ止め用の貫通孔83
bと同心的に形成するのが止め片82bの強度アップ
(位置決め手段84b分の厚みが増してネジ締め時に割
れにくい。)やコンパクト化(貫通孔83bと位置決め
手段84bを別々に設けると止め片82bが大型化す
る。)などの観点から好ましいが、貫通孔83bと別の
離れた場所に設けるようにしても構わない。 【0011】また、留め具8bは最低限、遊技板4にパ
イプ部材8aを固定する機能があればよいのであるが、
図5に示したように遊技板4の球孔11を覆うカバー部
材85bを一体に設けるようにするとよい。そうするこ
とにより、球孔11に対して斜めに入賞球通路8を配置
する場合でも、球孔11から出る入賞球を確実にパイプ
部材8a内に導き入れることができる。 【0012】図4は本発明のパチンコ機Pの入賞球通路
8の一例を示したものである。遊技板4には球孔11等
を穿設する工程で予め位置決め部10を所定の場所に形
成し、その位置決め部10に留め具8bの位置決め手段
84bを嵌めてネジ9で止める。従って、留め具8bの
取付位置は正確で作業性もよい。留め具8bとパイプ部
材8aを一体にして取り扱う場合は、始端側と終端側の
留め具8bを固着した段階で入賞球通路8が出来上が
る。また、留め具8bとパイプ部材8aを別体にして取
り扱う場合は、留め具8bを遊技板4に先付けしてから
その留め具8bにパイプ部材8aを適宜撓ませながら差
し込むようにする。 【0013】長いパイプ部材8aを使用する場合やパイ
プ部材8aの安定性を高める必要がある場合には、第
三、第四など他の一つ又は複数の留め具8bを使ってパ
イプ部材8aの中間点も固定する。また、複数の短いパ
イプ部材8aを、留め具8bをジョイント代わりにして
連結させるようにすることもできる。この場合、ジョイ
ント用の留め具8bとして幅広のものを使用するとよ
い。なお、図4ではパイプ部材8aの始端側にカバー部
材85b付きの留め具8bを使用したが、図1〜図3に
示したカバー部材85bのない留め具8bを使用するよ
うにしてももちろんよい。また、図4では遊技板4に密
着させてパイプ部材8aを固定するようにしたが、遊技
板4の裏面と直交する向きにパイプ部材8aを湾曲させ
るようにすることもできる。そうすることにより、表示
装置等を乗り越える立体的な入賞球通路8ができる。 【0014】その他、図4において符号12は照明等の
付属品、13はアウト球口である。また、符号6Wは入
賞球の入賞確率が変化する構造の入賞球受口器であり、
この入賞球受口器6Wの球出口に前記入賞球通路8を接
続するようにしてもよい。また、入賞球通路8はフレキ
シブルで汎用性が高いため、仕様済みのものでも遊技板
4から外して別のパチンコ機Pに再利用することができ
る。 【0015】以上本発明を実施の形態について説明した
が、もちろん本発明は上記実施形態に限定されるもので
はない。例えば、入賞球通路8で複数の入賞球受口器
6,6W同士を連結して両者を遊技板4の裏側でパチン
コ球を介して連動させるようにしてもよい。また、実施
形態ではパイプ部材3aの形状を断面円形に形成した
が、例えば図7に示したように断面半円形にするなど、
パチンコ球の通過が可能であればどのような形状であっ
てもよい。また、実施形態ではパイプ部材8aと留め具
8bを別体としたが、両者を一体化するようにしてもよ
い。 【0016】また、本発明の入賞球通路8は、従来の型
成形品の入賞球通路と組み合わせて使用するようにして
もよい。例えば、複数の機種で共通化できる部分を型成
形品の入賞球通路で形成し、共通化できない部分に本発
明の入賞球通路8を使用するのである。 【0017】上記の説明から明らかなように本発明は、
遊技板の裏面に設ける入賞球通路を、蛇腹構造でフレキ
シブルなパイプ部材とそのパイプ部材を遊技板に固着す
るための留め具で構成し、留め具に位置決め手段を設け
ると共に遊技板の留め具設置位置に前記位置決め手段に
対応する位置決め部を形成してなるパチンコ機、という
技術的思想を含んでいる。 【0018】 【発明の効果】本発明のパチンコ機の入賞球通路は、蛇
腹構造でフレキシブルなパイプ部材で構成したため、入
賞球受口器などの配置に合わせて曲げ伸ばしして自由に
対応することができるから汎用性が非常に高く、従っ
て、入賞球通路を機種毎に製造する必要がなくなり、金
型代や在庫管理に要する負担が大幅に削減できる。 【0019】また、蛇腹構造にしたことで径方向の剛性
が増して潰れ難くなるため、パイプ部材の肉厚を薄くす
ることができる。そのため従来の型成形品の入賞球通路
に較べて外形をスリム化することができ、狭いスペース
にも十分対応できる、等の優れた効果を発揮する。
Description: TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine. 2. Description of the Related Art Pachinko balls (hereinafter referred to as "winning balls") that have won a winning ball receiver on the surface of a game board are collected on a winning ball collecting cover on the back of the game board and passed through a winning ball processing device. Return to the machine installation island. On the back of the game board, a ball hole communicating with the prize ball receptacle is open or the rear of the display device protrudes, so that a gutter-like shape is formed on the back of the game board to avoid them and to flow the prize ball. A winning ball passage is provided. The conventional winning ball passage is a molded product of a synthetic resin, and is manufactured for each model in accordance with the arrangement of the winning ball receiving device and the like. [0003] Currently, pachinko machines are
Display devices tend to be larger. Due to this influence, the area where the winning ball passage is set is pressed, and it is becoming difficult to cope with the conventional winning ball passage formed by molding because of the limitation in form. In addition, since the conventional winning ball passage needs to be manufactured for each model in accordance with the arrangement of the winning ball receiving device and the like, the cost of the mold and the management of the inventory have been a major cost increase factor. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a pachinko machine in which a winning ball path provided on the back of a game board is formed of a bellows structure and a flexible pipe member. Since the winning ball passage of the present invention is made of a flexible pipe member having a bellows structure, it can be bent and stretched in accordance with the arrangement of the winning ball receiving device and the like, so that it can respond in any manner. Very versatile. Further, since the bellows structure increases the rigidity in the radial direction and makes it difficult to collapse, the thickness of the pipe member can be reduced. Therefore, the outer shape can be made slimmer than that of a conventional molded product, and it can sufficiently cope with a narrow space. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view of the main part, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of the main part, FIG. 4 is a rear view of the game board, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a rear view of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part showing another pipe member. As shown in FIG. 6, the pachinko machine P has a square outer frame 1 serving as a skeleton and a front frame 3 provided with a ball plate (not shown) and a mechanism plate 2 which can be freely opened and closed. A game board 4 is removably fitted into the front frame 3.
The winning ball set cover 5 is attached to the back surface of. In addition,
The prize ball collecting cover 5 is for collecting the prize balls entered into the prize ball receiver 6 of the game board 4 and sending the prize balls to the prize ball processing device 7 in the mechanism plate 2. Thus, inside the winning ball collecting cover 5, there is provided a winning ball passage 8 serving as a flow path of the winning ball. The winning ball passage 8 is constituted by a flexible pipe member 8a having a bellows structure as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and a fastener 8b is fitted at least at a start end and an end, and the fastener 8b
Is attached to the game board 4 via. The pipe member 8
The bellows structure a may have a pleated shape in which a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion are alternately repeated, or a spiral shape in which one synthetic resin or metal wire is wound in a coil shape. The pipe member 8a may be transparent or opaque, but is preferably transparent. By doing so, when a trouble such as ball clogging occurs, a clogged point can be quickly found from the outside. As shown in FIG. 3, the fastener 8b is formed by forming a stop piece 82b at the tip of an arch-shaped holding portion 81b, and the screw 9 is passed through a through hole 83b provided in the stop piece 82b. It is fixed to the plate 4. The size of the holding portion 81b is preferably set to such a size that the pipe member 8a is appropriately fastened in a state where the pipe member 8a is fixed to the game board 4. Further, although not shown, if the unevenness which engages with the unevenness of the bellows of the pipe member 8a is formed on the inner periphery of the holding portion 81b, there is no danger that the fitting may be loosened even if the fitting with the pipe member 8a is loosened. The game plate 4 is attached to the stopper 82b of the fastener 8b.
The positioning means 84b is provided on the surface in contact with. The positioning means 84b of the embodiment includes the through hole 8 for screwing.
3b is a circular projection concentric with the game board 4
The positioning is performed by fitting into the concave positioning portion 10 formed in the hole.
The positioning means 84b is provided with a through hole 83 for screwing.
The stop piece 82b is formed concentrically with b to increase the strength of the stop piece 82b (the thickness of the positioning means 84b is increased so that it is difficult to break when tightening the screw) and to make it compact (if the through hole 83b and the positioning means 84b are provided separately, the stop piece is formed 82b is increased in size). However, it may be provided at a location separate from the through hole 83b. The fastener 8b only needs to have at least a function of fixing the pipe member 8a to the game board 4.
As shown in FIG. 5, a cover member 85b that covers the ball hole 11 of the game board 4 may be provided integrally. By doing so, even when the winning ball passage 8 is arranged obliquely with respect to the ball hole 11, the winning ball coming out of the ball hole 11 can be reliably guided into the pipe member 8a. FIG. 4 shows an example of the winning ball passage 8 of the pachinko machine P of the present invention. The positioning portion 10 is formed in a predetermined place in advance in the step of forming the ball hole 11 and the like on the game board 4, and the positioning means 84 b of the fastener 8 b is fitted to the positioning portion 10 and fixed with the screw 9. Therefore, the attachment position of the fastener 8b is accurate and workability is good. When the fastener 8b and the pipe member 8a are handled integrally, the winning ball passage 8 is completed at a stage where the fastener 8b on the start end side and the end end side are fixed. When the fastener 8b and the pipe member 8a are handled separately, the fastener 8b is first attached to the game board 4 and then inserted into the fastener 8b while appropriately bending the pipe member 8a. When a long pipe member 8a is used or when it is necessary to increase the stability of the pipe member 8a, one or more other fasteners 8b, such as a third or fourth fastener, are used to secure the pipe member 8a. The midpoint is also fixed. Further, a plurality of short pipe members 8a can be connected by using the fasteners 8b as joints. In this case, it is preferable to use a wide fastener 8b for the joint. In FIG. 4, the fastener 8b with the cover member 85b is used on the starting end side of the pipe member 8a. However, the fastener 8b without the cover member 85b shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 may be used. . Further, in FIG. 4, the pipe member 8a is fixed in close contact with the game board 4, but the pipe member 8a may be curved in a direction orthogonal to the back surface of the game board 4. By doing so, a three-dimensional winning ball passage 8 that surmounts the display device or the like is formed. In addition, in FIG. 4, reference numeral 12 denotes accessories such as lighting, and reference numeral 13 denotes an out port. Reference numeral 6W is a winning ball receiver having a structure in which the winning probability of the winning ball changes.
The winning ball passage 8 may be connected to the ball outlet of the winning ball receiver 6W. In addition, since the winning ball passage 8 is flexible and has high versatility, even if it is already specified, it can be removed from the game board 4 and reused for another pachinko machine P. Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, a plurality of winning ball receptacles 6 and 6W may be connected to each other in the winning ball passage 8 and may be linked to each other via a pachinko ball on the back side of the game board 4. Further, in the embodiment, the shape of the pipe member 3a is formed to have a circular cross section, but, for example, as shown in FIG.
Any shape may be used as long as the pachinko ball can pass through. Further, in the embodiment, the pipe member 8a and the fastener 8b are separate bodies, but they may be integrated. The winning ball passage 8 of the present invention may be used in combination with a winning ball passage of a conventional molded product. For example, a portion that can be shared by a plurality of models is formed by a winning ball passage of a molded product, and the winning ball passage 8 of the present invention is used in a portion that cannot be shared. As is apparent from the above description, the present invention provides
The winning ball path provided on the back of the game board is composed of a flexible pipe member having a bellows structure and a fastener for fixing the pipe member to the game board, and a positioning means is provided on the fastener, and a fastener for the game board is provided. The technical concept of a pachinko machine in which a positioning portion corresponding to the positioning means is formed at a position is included. Since the winning ball passage of the pachinko machine of the present invention is formed of a flexible pipe member having a bellows structure, it can be freely bent and extended in accordance with the arrangement of the winning ball receiving device and the like. Therefore, the versatility is very high, and therefore, it is not necessary to manufacture the winning ball passage for each model, and the burden required for the mold cost and inventory management can be greatly reduced. Further, since the bellows structure increases the rigidity in the radial direction and makes it harder to collapse, the thickness of the pipe member can be reduced. Therefore, the outer shape can be slimmed down as compared with the winning ball passage of the conventional molded product, and excellent effects such as being able to sufficiently cope with a narrow space are exhibited.

【図面の簡単な説明】 【図1】 要部の斜視図である。 【図2】 要部の縦断面図である。 【図3】 要部の横断平面図である。 【図4】 遊技板の裏面図である。 【図5】 他の留め具を示す要部の斜視図である。 【図6】 パチンコ機の裏面図である。 【図7】 他のパイプ部材を示す要部の横断平面図であ
る。 【符号の説明】 P …パチンコ機 4 …遊技板 8 …入賞球通路 8a…パイプ部材
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part. FIG. 4 is a rear view of the game board. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part showing another fastener. FIG. 6 is a rear view of the pachinko machine. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part showing another pipe member. [Description of Signs] P: Pachinko machine 4: Gaming board 8: Winning ball passage 8a: Pipe member

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】 【請求項1】 遊技板の裏面に設ける入賞球通路を、蛇
腹構造でフレキシブルなパイプ部材で構成したことを特
徴とするパチンコ機。
Claims 1. A pachinko machine wherein a winning ball passage provided on a back surface of a game board is constituted by a flexible pipe member having a bellows structure.
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