JP2003181084A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the strength of a glass frame made of a synthetic resin in a Pachinko game machine. <P>SOLUTION: A frame body 32 made of a synthetic resin is provided with an upper side sheet metal 50, a lower side sheet metal 52, a right side sheet metal 54, and a left side sheet metal 56, all of which are bent in a L shape, and attached to a flat part 32A, being joined to the frame shape. This structure prevents the frame body 32 from being bent or strained. Also, since the reinforced surfaces of the upper side sheet metal 50 and the lower side sheet metal 52 are arranged close to the side surface 32B of the frame body 32, it can reduce the deformation or the damage due to external pressure on the side surface 32B. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko machine,
Specifically, the present invention relates to a pachinko machine having a structure in which a glass frame, which covers the front surface of a game board, is made of synthetic resin.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a general pachinko machine, a frame-shaped front frame to which a game board is attached is hinged to the front side of an outer frame so that the frame can be opened and closed.

A game board is attached to the front frame, and a glass frame is rotatably mounted on the front frame.

In recent pachinko machines, the glass frame is often a synthetic resin molded product in order to improve the appearance quality and design.

[0005]

However, since the glass frame is large and heavy, it is necessary to increase the rigidity.

As a conventional technique, an independent reinforcing sheet metal is provided on the outer periphery of the glass frame, or a rail reinforcing portion is formed on the reinforcing sheet metal of the glass frame (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-94650). Was enough.

For example, a glass frame of a pachinko machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-94650 has a frame member made of synthetic resin as a main constituent member, and a plane portion of the frame member made of synthetic resin is made of metal. The reinforcing plate is fixed with screws.

Although it is necessary for the glass frame to suppress bending and twisting as a whole, it is also desired that the outer edge portion is not deformed or damaged by an external force.

In the pachinko machine disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-94650, the reinforcing plate does not reinforce the outer edge portion, and the strength of the outer edge portion is particularly insufficient.

Further, in the conventional pachinko machine, the hinge of the glass frame, the key and the like are attached as separate parts, the number of parts is large and the attaching work is complicated.

In consideration of the above facts, the present invention has a first object to improve the strength of a glass frame in a pachinko machine as compared with the conventional one, and a second object to reduce the number of parts in the pachinko machine.

[0012]

A pachinko machine according to claim 1 is provided with a main body portion provided with a game board, a glass covering a front surface of the game board, and a frame-shaped glass frame for mounting the glass. And a glass unit, which is provided on the front side of the main body part so as to be openable and closable via a hinge member, has an opening in the center, and is made of a synthetic resin in which the glass unit is mounted on the inner side surface so as to close the opening. A glass frame, and a frame-shaped reinforcing sheet metal that is arranged on the back side of the glass frame and extends along the outer periphery of the glass frame, and the reinforcing sheet metal is arranged along the upper edge of the glass frame. A sheet metal, a lower sheet metal arranged along the lower edge of the glass frame, a right sheet metal arranged along the right edge of the glass frame, and a left side arranged along the left edge of the glass frame. Sheet metal and connecting members are connected to each other And is fixed to the glass frame, and any one of the upper sheet metal, the lower sheet metal, the right sheet metal, and the left sheet metal is arranged at least along the front surface of the glass frame. And a second portion arranged along the side surface of the glass frame are integrally connected at an angle, and the second portion is provided close to the side surface of the glass frame. It is characterized by suppressing the deformation of the side surface of the glass frame.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine according to claim 1 will be described.

In the pachinko machine according to the first aspect, the overall deformation of the synthetic resin glass frame can be suppressed by the frame-shaped reinforcing sheet metal arranged on the back side.

An upper sheet metal, a lower sheet metal, which constitute the reinforcing sheet metal,
In any one of the right side sheet metal and the left side sheet metal, since the first portion and the second portion are integrally connected at an angle, bending rigidity can be increased. In addition, the bending rigidity is further improved by making the cross-sectional shape of the reinforcing sheet metal as a whole into an L-shape formed by the first portion and the second portion, or by further bending a part thereof into a U-shape. Can be raised.

Further, by providing the second portion close to the side surface of the glass frame, it is possible to suppress deformation and damage of the side surface of the glass frame due to external force. The side surface of the glass frame and the second portion may be in contact with each other.

Further, the glass frame of the pachinko machine has a relatively large size, but it is also possible to press-mold a reinforcing sheet metal for reinforcing the same with the glass frame having substantially the same size. However, the press die becomes large, and the press machine also needs to be large.

For this reason, the manufacturing cost can be kept low when the reinforcing sheet metal is divided into the upper sheet metal sheet, the lower sheet metal sheet, the right side sheet metal sheet and the left side sheet metal sheet and press-formed.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the pachinko machine according to the first aspect, the reinforcing sheet metal is integrally provided with a part of the hinge member.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine according to claim 2 will be described.

In the pachinko machine according to the second aspect, since the reinforcing sheet metal is integrally provided with a part of the hinge member, the reinforcing sheet metal is attached to the main body portion as compared with the case where the reinforcing sheet metal is attached via a hinge. The work is reduced and the accuracy of the relative positional relationship between the main body and the glass frame is improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the pachinko machine according to the first or second aspect, the reinforcing sheet metal has a glass unit supporting portion that supports the glass unit in an openable and closable manner. There is.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine according to claim 3 will be described.

In the pachinko machine according to the third aspect, since the reinforcing sheet metal has the glass unit supporting portion that supports the glass unit so that the glass unit can be opened and closed, the hinge is a separate component.
Since it is not necessary to support the glass unit by using the above, the mounting work is reduced, and the accuracy of the relative positional relationship between the main body portion and the glass frame is improved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the pachinko machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, the reinforcing sheet metal is arranged below the glass unit and the load of the glass unit is placed. It is characterized by having a load supporting portion capable of supporting the.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine according to claim 4 will be described.

In the pachinko machine according to the fourth aspect, the load supporting portion provided on the reinforcing sheet metal can support the load of the glass unit from below. Thereby, the durability of the portion supporting the glass unit can be improved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the pachinko machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the reinforcing sheet metal is provided on the main body portion and the glass frame is provided on the main body portion. It is characterized in that it has a receiving portion to which a locking member for locking to is locked.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine according to claim 5 will be described.

In the pachinko machine according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the lock member provided on the main body portion can be locked by the receiving portion to fix the glass frame in the closed state.

Further, since it is not necessary to attach the receiving portion for locking the locking member as a separate component from the reinforcing sheet metal, the attaching work is reduced and the relative positional relationship between the locking member and the receiving portion is accurate. improves.

[0032]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 is provided with an outer frame 12, and a frame-shaped front frame 14 having a window portion is attached to the front surface of the outer frame 12 so as to be opened and closed.

A glass frame 20 is attached to the front frame 14 so as to be openable and closable.

The glass frame 20 and the front frame 14 are the front frame 1
A lock (cylinder) 22 provided at 4 is used for locking.

In the window portion of the front frame 14, a special symbol display device,
Various prizes such as big winning mouth (variable winning device), starting mouth and various winning mouths, windmills, decorative windmills, out mouths (these are not shown)
The game board 28 on which is arranged is replaceably installed.

In the lower position of the glass frame 20, a ball receiving assembly 24 for storing pachinko balls, and a firing handle 26A for adjusting the flight distance of a ball hit into the game section of the game board 28 by a hitting ball launching device (not shown). , And ashtray 26
An integral dish assembly 26 having B integrally provided is attached to the front frame 14 so as to be openable and closable (in FIG. 2, the closed state is shown).

The glass frame 20 is roughly divided into a frame body 32 made of synthetic resin, and a synthetic resin which is provided on the front side of the frame body 32 and which has a built-in light source, a speaker (not shown) and the like and which transmits light. It is composed of a lens 36 and the like.

Since the lens 36 has a light source, a speaker (not shown) and the like built therein, a concave portion is formed on the back surface side, and the lens 36 as a whole projects from the front surface of the front frame 14.

The frame main body 32 is provided with a flat surface portion (a portion facing the game board 28) 32A having a large opening 31 in the center, and a side surface 32B which is perpendicular to the flat surface portion 32A is integrally formed on the outer periphery of the flat surface portion 32A. It is provided.

On the inner surface side (game board side) of the flat portion 32A of the frame body 32, a glass unit 38 is detachably arranged.

The glass unit 38 is formed by fixing two glasses 42 in parallel with each other at a fixed interval to a frame-shaped glass frame 40 made of synthetic resin with an adhesive or the like.

The glass frame 40 has pins 46 and 47 protruding downward on one side in the width direction and two locking pieces 48 protruding on the other side in the width direction.

The method of attaching the glass unit 38 to the frame body 32 will be described later.

On the inner surface of the flat surface portion 32A of the frame body 32, the upper sheet metal 5 arranged along the upper edge of the frame body 32.
0, the lower sheet metal 5 arranged along the lower edge of the frame body 32
2, the right side sheet metal 5 arranged along the right side edge of the frame body 32
4, the left side metal plate 5 arranged along the left side edge of the frame body 32
6 are arranged.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper sheet metal 50
Is pressed to have an L-shaped cross-section, and a portion of the frame main body 32 arranged in parallel with the plane portion (a portion facing the game board 28) 32A is the frame attachment surface 50A,
Side surface 32B of the frame body 32 that is perpendicular to the frame mounting surface 50A
A portion parallel to is a reinforcing surface 50B.

The upper plate 50 has a frame mounting surface 50A.
Mounting hole 58 is formed on the right side sheet metal 54 side of the left side sheet metal 5
A mounting hole 60 is formed on the 6 side.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, the lower sheet metal 52 is press-worked so as to have an L-shaped cross section, and is arranged in parallel with the plane portion 32A of the frame body 32. The frame mounting surface 52A is a right angle with the frame mounting surface 52A, and the portion parallel to the guide plate 32C that horizontally projects from the flat surface portion 32A of the frame body 32 is the reinforcing surface 52B.

The guide plate 32C is partially tapered so as to guide the lower surface of the glass unit 38 when the glass unit 38 is closed.

The reinforcing surface 52B is in close contact with the lower surface of the guide plate 32C in order to suppress the deformation and damage of the guide plate 32C.

The lower metal plate 52 has a frame mounting surface 52A.
Mounting hole 62 is formed on the right side sheet metal 54 side of the left side sheet metal 5
A mounting hole 64 is formed on the 6 side.

As shown in FIG. 2, the right side metal plate 54 is pressed so that its cross-sectional shape is L-shaped (partially U-shaped), and is arranged in parallel with the plane portion 32A of the frame body 32. That portion is the frame mounting surface 54A.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the frame mounting surface 54
A portion that is provided at a right angle to A and in parallel with the side surface 32B of the frame body 32 in close proximity (may be in contact with it) is a reinforcing surface 54B.

Further, the right side sheet metal 54 is press-worked with a mounting hole 66 on the upper sheet metal 50 side and a key receiving portion 68 bent in an L shape, and a mounting hole 70 and an L shape on the lower sheet metal 52 side. The bent key receiving portion 72 is pressed.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front frame 14 has
A hook-shaped key portion 71 that can be locked to the key receiving portion 68 and a hook-shaped key portion 75 that can be locked to the key receiving portion 72 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, triangular rib-shaped beads 73 are pressed at the corners between the key receiving portion 68 and the frame mounting surface 54A for reinforcement. The key receiving part 7
A similar bead 73 is also press-formed on No. 2 (FIG. 2).
reference).

As shown in FIG. 2, the left side metal plate 56 is pressed to have an L-shaped cross section, and a portion of the left side metal plate 56 arranged in parallel with the plane portion 32A of the frame body 32 is the frame mounting surface 56A. It is said that.

The frame main body 32 is at right angles to the frame mounting surface 56A.
The portion provided in parallel with and close to the side surface 32B is a reinforcing surface 56B.

Further, on the frame mounting surface 56A of the left side metal plate 56, a hinge bearing portion 74 and a hinge bearing portion 76 are formed vertically on the upper side metal plate 50 side, with a space therebetween.
A hinge bearing portion 78 is formed on the second side.

Hinge bearing portion 74 and hinge bearing portion 7
A hinge shaft 80 is supported by 6 so as to be vertically slidable.

This hinge shaft 80 is used for the coil spring 8
It is inserted in 2.

The coil spring 82 has an upper end abutting on a retaining ring 84 attached near the upper end of the hinge shaft 80, and a lower end abutting a lower hinge bearing portion 76, and biases the hinge shaft 80 upward. is doing.

Normally, the retaining ring 84 abuts on the upper hinge bearing portion 74, and a part of the upper end of the hinge shaft 80 projects from the hinge bearing portion 74, and a part of the upper end of the hinge shaft 80 is attached to the front frame. Hole 9 of bearing 88 mounted on top of 14
It is inserted at 0.

A lever 86 is integrally provided at the lower end of the hinge shaft 80 so as to project in a right angle direction.

On the other hand, a hole 91 is formed in the lower hinge bearing portion 78.
The hinge shaft 93 attached to the lower portion of the front frame 14 is inserted into the hole 91.

A bearing 92 on which the pin 46 of the glass frame 40 is rotatably supported is provided at an intermediate portion of the frame mounting surface 56A.
Is pressed, and a bearing 94 for rotatably supporting the pin 47 is formed near the lower end of the frame mounting surface 56A.

In the glass unit 38, the pin 46 is supported by the bearing 92, and the pin 47 is supported by the bearing 94, so that the glass unit 38 can be opened and closed inside the frame main body 32.

A pair of lock levers 95 are rotatably attached to the inner surface of the plane portion 32A of the frame body 32, and the glass lever 40 is locked by rotating the lock levers 95 downward. The piece 48 can be clamped between the lock lever 95 and the inner surface of the frame body 32 to fix the glass unit 38 in the closed state.

Further, the frame mounting surface 56A has a mounting hole 96 near the upper end and a mounting hole 98 near the lower end.

The upper side sheet metal 50, the lower side sheet metal 52, the right side sheet metal 54, and the left side sheet metal 56 are connected to each other in a rectangular frame shape at a plane portion 32A which is an inner surface of the frame body 32.

Here, the upper sheet metal 50 and the right sheet metal 54 are partially superposed, and the superposed portion is formed by the screws 100 passing through the mounting holes 66 and 58.
It is fixed to the flat surface portion 32A.

The upper side sheet metal 50 and the left side sheet metal 56 are partially overlapped with each other, and the overlapped portion is fixed to the flat surface portion 32A of the frame body 32 by the screw 102 passing through the attachment hole 96 and the attachment hole 60.

The right side metal plate 54 and the lower metal plate 52 are partially overlapped with each other, and the overlapped part is fixed to the flat surface portion 32A of the frame body 32 by the screw 104 passing through the mounting hole 62 and the mounting hole 70.

Further, the left side metal plate 56 and the lower side metal plate 52 are partially overlapped with each other, and the overlapped part is fixed to the flat surface portion 32A of the frame body 32 by the screw 106 passing through the mounting hole 98 and the mounting hole 64. .

Further, the upper sheet metal 50 is further fixed to the plane portion 32A of the frame body 32 by the screw 108 and the screw 110 at the intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction.

In the right side metal plate 54, the middle portion in the longitudinal direction is a screw 112, the key receiving portion 68 is a screw 114, and the key receiving portion 72 is a screw 116.
It is fixed to.

The lower sheet metal 52 is further fixed to the plane portion 32A of the frame body 32 with a screw 118 at the middle portion in the longitudinal direction.

Further, the left side metal plate 56 is further fixed to the flat surface portion 32A of the frame body 32 with a screw 120 at an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction.

(Operation) Next, the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment
The action of 0 will be described.

In the pachinko machine 10 of this embodiment, an upper sheet metal 50, a lower sheet metal 52, a right sheet metal 54, which are pressed into an L-shape (partially U-shape) on a frame body 32 made of synthetic resin, Further, since the frame shape including the left side metal plate 56 is reinforced, it is possible to suppress the overall deformation (bending, twisting, etc.) of the frame body 32.

Further, in the upper sheet metal 50, the reinforcing surface 50B suppresses the deformation and damage of the side surface 32B on the frame body 32 due to the external force.

In the right side metal plate 54, the reinforcing surface 54B is the frame body 3
The deformation and damage of the right side surface 32B of 2 due to an external force are suppressed.
Further, since the right metal plate 54 is integrally formed with the key receiving part 68 for locking the key part 71 and the key receiving part 72 for locking the key part 75 by press working, the number of parts can be reduced and the mounting can be improved. The work is reduced, and the key receiving portion 68
The positional accuracy between the key portion 71 and the key portion 71 and the positional accuracy between the key receiving portion 72 and the key portion 75 are improved.

Since the left side metal plate 56 is provided with the hinge shaft 80 and the hinge bearing portion 78 forming a part of the hinge, the number of parts and the mounting work can be reduced, and the frame main body 32 and the outside can be reduced. The positional accuracy with the frame 12 is improved.

By sliding the hinge shaft 80 downward and pulling out the hinge shaft 80 from the hole 90, the glass frame 2
The 0 can be easily removed from the front frame 14.

The left side metal plate 56 is the glass unit 3
Since the bearing 92 and the bearing 94, which form part of the hinge for supporting the opening / closing and the detachable support of 8, are integrally formed by press working, the number of parts can be reduced.
And the installation work is reduced, and the glass unit 38
The positional accuracy between the frame body 32 and the frame body 32 is improved.

When the glass unit 38 is closed, the weight of the glass unit 38 is the guide plate 32C of the frame body 32.
However, the reinforcing surface 52B of the lower sheet metal 52 supports the guide plate 32C from below.

The glass unit 38 is lifted to remove the pin 46 from the bearing 92, and the pin 47 is attached to the bearing 9.
The glass unit 38 can be easily removed from the glass frame 20 by pulling it out from the glass frame 20.

[0089]

As described above, since the pachinko machine according to claim 1 is configured as described above, it is possible to improve the strength of the entire glass frame and to prevent the side surface of the glass frame from being deformed or damaged. It has an excellent effect that it can be prevented.

Since the pachinko machine according to claim 2 has the above-mentioned configuration, the mounting work is reduced and the main body is reduced as compared with the case where the glass frame is attached to the main body via a hinge member which is a separate component. It has an excellent effect that the accuracy of the relative positional relationship between the portion and the reinforcing sheet metal can be improved.

Since the pachinko machine according to claim 3 has the above-mentioned structure, it is not necessary to support the glass unit by using a hinge member which is a separate component, and the mounting work is reduced, and the main body portion and the glass unit are It has an excellent effect that the accuracy of the relative positional relationship of can be improved.

Since the pachinko machine according to claim 4 has the above-mentioned structure, it has an excellent effect that the durability of the portion supporting the glass unit can be improved.

Further, since the pachinko machine according to claim 5 has the above-mentioned configuration, it is not necessary to attach the receiving portion for locking the lock member as a separate component from the reinforcing sheet metal, and the attaching work can be reduced. This has an excellent effect that the accuracy of the relative positional relationship between the lock member and the receiving portion can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine showing a state in which a front frame, a glass frame, and a saucer set are opened and a game board is attached.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an upper sheet metal, a lower sheet metal, a right sheet metal, and a left sheet metal.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a right side metal plate and a frame body.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a key receiving portion.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a lower metal plate and a guide plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Pachinko machines 14 Front frame (main body) 28 game board 31 opening 32 frame body (glass frame) 38 glass units 42 glass 50 Upper sheet metal (reinforcing sheet metal) 50A frame mounting surface (first part) 50B Reinforcing surface (second part) 52 Lower sheet metal (reinforcing sheet metal) 52B Reinforcing surface (load support part) 54 Right side sheet metal (reinforcing sheet metal) 54A Frame mounting surface (first part) 54B Reinforcing surface (second part) 56 Left metal plate (reinforcing metal plate) 68 key receiving part (receiving part) 71 Key (lock member) 72 key receiving part (receiving part) 74 Hinge bearing part (hinge member) 75 key part (lock member) 76 Hinge bearing (hinge member) 78 Hinge bearing part (hinge member) 80 Hinge shaft (hinge member) 88 Bearing (Hinge member) 92 Bearing (glass unit support) 93 Hinge shaft (hinge member) 94 Bearing (glass unit support)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A main body part provided with a game board, a glass unit provided with a glass covering a front surface of the game board, a front side of the main body part which is openably and closably provided via a hinge member and has an opening in the center. And a glass frame made of a synthetic resin in which the glass unit is attached to the inner surface of the game board side so as to close the opening, and a frame arranged on the back side of the glass frame and extending along the outer periphery of the glass frame. -Shaped reinforcing sheet metal, the reinforcing sheet metal, the upper sheet metal arranged along the upper edge of the glass frame, the lower sheet metal arranged along the lower edge of the glass frame, the glass The right side sheet metal arranged along the right side edge of the frame and the left side sheet metal arranged along the left side edge of the glass frame are connected to each other by a connecting member, and are fixed to the glass frame, the upper side sheet metal. , The lower sheet metal, the right sheet metal And at least one of the left side metal plate has an angle between at least a first portion arranged along a front surface of the glass frame and a second portion arranged along a side surface of the glass frame. A pachinko machine, wherein the pachinko machine is integrally connected, and the second portion is provided adjacent to a side surface of the glass frame to suppress deformation of the side surface of the glass frame. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing sheet metal is integrally provided with a part of the hinge member. 3. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing sheet metal has a glass unit supporting portion that supports the glass unit so that the glass unit can be opened and closed. 4. The reinforcing sheet metal has a load supporting portion arranged below the glass unit and capable of supporting a load of the glass unit, according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Pachinko machine described in. 5. The reinforcing sheet metal has a receiving portion which is provided in the main body portion and which is locked by a lock member for locking the glass frame to the main body portion. The pachinko machine according to any one of 1.