JP2003290524A - Fixing structure for game board in pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the fixing structure of game board in a pachinko game machine whose attaching/detaching operating is simple by making it unnecessary to perform any independent operation to fix a game board holding frame at the time of attaching/detaching the game board from the front side. <P>SOLUTION: This pachinko game machine is provided with an external frame and a front frame pivotally supported by one side part of the external frame so as to be freely opened/closed where a game board holding frame 10 for supporting the game board at a prescribed position is integrally formed on the front frame, and a decorative frame 20 having a transparent board holding frame is pivotally supported on the front face of the front frame so as to be freely opened/closed, and a game board 1 is configured so as to be attachable/detachable from the front (player) side. In this case, a pressing member 25 is disposed on the back side of the decorative frame 20 as necessary, and when the decorative frame 20 is put in a closed state, a board face 1a of the game board 1 supported by a game board holding frame 10 is depressed by the pressing member 25 so that the game board 1 can be fixed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game board fixing structure for a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional method for fixing a game board in a pachinko machine is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-216320, which is a back surface of a frame base (inner frame) which can be opened and closed from a back surface of the game machine to an outer frame. There is disclosed a structure in which a game board is housed on the side and fixed by pressing the back surface of the game board with a plurality of fixing levers.

In addition, with the decorative frame opened from the inner frame, the game board is mounted on the game board holding frame from the front side of the game machine, and the fixing lever provided on the holding frame is operated to operate the game board. You can also see the structure of fixing.

[0004]

In the conventional fixed structure of the game board of the former ball game machine, the decorative frame to which the transparent glass plate which substantially covers the front of the game area is attached is released from the frame base body. In order to attach and detach the game board after operating the fixing lever provided on the game board holding frame to open the mechanism plate equipped with the ball tank, the prize ball payout device, the ball hitting processing mechanism, etc. The work is extremely complicated.

Regarding the latter game board fixing structure, the trouble of opening and closing the mechanism plate from the rear side of the game machine is omitted, but the game board mounting and dismounting work is considerably simplified, which is convenient. Does not have.

An object of the present invention is to attach and detach a game board from the front side without requiring an independent operation for fixing the game board holding frame, and to easily attach and detach the game board in a pachinko machine. To provide a fixed structure.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention described in claim 1 supports a game board at a predetermined position on an outer frame formed in a vertically long rectangular shape and its front frame. A game board holding frame is integrally provided, and further, a decorative frame provided with a transparent plate holding frame is pivotally supported on the front surface of the front frame so as to be openable and closable, and the game board is detachable from the front (player) side. In the pachinko machine described above, a pressing member is appropriately arranged on the back side of the decorative frame, and when the decorative frame is in a closed state, the pressing board supports a game board supported by the game board holding frame. It is characterized in that the game board is fixed by pressing the board surface.

In order to achieve the same object, the invention described in claim 2 is an outer frame formed in a vertically long rectangular shape, and a front face which is pivotally supported by one side portion of the outer frame and can be opened and closed. A frame is provided integrally with a game board holding frame for supporting the game board at a predetermined position on the front frame, and a decoration frame provided with a transparent plate holding frame is provided on the front surface of the front frame so as to open and close freely. In a pachinko machine supported by the front side (player) side of the game board, a holding member is appropriately disposed on the board surface outside the game area of the game board, and the decorative frame is closed. When the game board is in the state, the holding board provided on the game board supported by the game board holding frame is pressed by the decorative frame so that the game board is fixed.

According to a third aspect of the invention for achieving the same object, in the game board fixing structure for a pachinko machine according to the first or second aspect, the pressing member is a spring material or a rubber-like elastic piece. It is characterized by being.

[0010]

(Advantages and effects of the invention) (Invention of claim 1) The game board is applied from the front (player) side to the game board holding frame integrally fixed to the front frame, and the left and right and the height direction are positioned. Support, then close the decorative frame. As a result, the decorative frame is closed with respect to the game board holding frame, and the pressing member provided on the decorative frame presses the board surface of the game board, so that the game board is securely fixed.

(Invention of Claim 2) The game board is applied from the front side to the game board holding frame integrally fixed to the front frame so that the game board is supported so as to be positioned in the left and right and in the height direction. Close the decorative frame. As a result, the decorative frame is closed with respect to the game board holding frame, and the pressing member provided on the game board is pressed by the decorative frame, so that the game board is securely fixed.

(Invention of Claim 3) The pressing member is an elastically deformable spring material or a rubber-like elastic piece. For this reason, when the decorative frame and the front frame are closed, the game board is elastically fixed to the game board holding frame by the pressing member, and rattling does not occur.

The game board fixing structure in this pachinko machine does not require an independent special operation for fixing the game board holding frame when attaching or removing the game board from the front side, and thus the game board holding frame There is an advantage that the game board is securely fixed in accordance with the opening and closing operation of the decorative frame with respect to the game board, and the game board can be attached and detached very easily.

[0014]

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 schematic diagram illustrating a state in which the decoration frame is opened with respect to the game board holding frame according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the decoration frame is closed with respect to the game board holding frame. Schematic diagram, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which the decorative frame is opened with respect to the game board holding frame in the second embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a state in which the decorative frame is closed with respect to the game board holding frame. It is a schematic diagram explaining.

(Embodiment 1) In this pachinko machine, a left-side portion, which is one side portion of an outer frame (not shown) formed in a vertically long rectangular shape, is pivotally supported by a metal fitting (not shown) in the horizontal direction. A front frame made of metal or plastic that can be freely opened and closed is provided similarly to a known pachinko machine.
The front frame has a game board 1 made of almost square veneer.
The game board holding frame 10 that supports the is integrally provided.
Further, on the front surface of the front frame, a decorative frame 20 provided with a transparent plate holding frame (not shown) to which a multi-layered transparent plate arranged so as to cover the front of the game area of the game board 1 is provided can be opened and closed. Is supported by.

The present invention assumes a pachinko machine of a type in which the game board can be attached and detached from the front side (player) side. Further, the front frame with respect to the outer frame and the decorative frame 20 with respect to the front frame have a known structure in which they can be restrained or released freely by an ordinary locking device (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 1, the game board holding frame 10 made of metal or plastic has a depth slightly larger than the thickness of the game board 1 along the peripheral edge of the front surface 10a. The side wall portion 11 is integrally formed to have an inner dimension slightly larger than the width of the game board 1. In addition, the side wall 1
The inner dimension between the lower side 11a and the upper side 11b of 1 is set to be slightly larger than the height dimension of the game board 1.

Reference numeral 12 is a temporary fixing member provided at the end of the lower side 11a of the side wall 11. The temporary fixing member 12 may be configured to be capable of projecting and retracting in the vertical direction and always biased in the advancing direction by a spring. In short, when the game board 1 is applied to the game board holding frame 10 and pushed in, the tip 12a of the temporary fixing member 12 is retracted once to allow the game board 1 to pass therethrough, and then the spring elastic force immediately returns to the original position. Shall have. Reference numeral 13 denotes a temporary fixing member provided at the end of the upper side 11b of the side wall 11, and the structure thereof is similar to that of the temporary fixing member 12. Further, on the back surface 20a side of the decorative frame 20, an elastic rubber piece 25 as a pressing member is appropriately arranged.

Thus, as shown in FIG. 2, when the decorative frame 20 is in a closed state with respect to the game board holding frame 10, its rubber piece 25 causes the board surface of the game board 1 outside the game area. A game board fixing structure in the pachinko machine of the first embodiment is configured in which the game board 1 is reliably fixed by elastically pressing 1a.

(Embodiment 2) In this pachinko machine, a front frame which is pivotally supported by a metal fitting (not shown) and can be opened and closed horizontally is provided on one side of the outer frame, that is, on the left side. Is the same as the configuration of the first embodiment described above. Then, on the front surface of the front frame, a game board holding frame 110 that supports the substantially square veneer game board 101 is integrally provided. Further, on the front surface of the front frame, a decorative frame 120 provided with a transparent plate holding frame (not shown) to which a multilayer transparent plate arranged so as to cover the front of the game area of the game board 101 is provided is opened and closed. Freely supported.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game board holding frame 11 is provided.
0 has the same configuration as the game board holding frame 10 described in the first embodiment. Therefore, for the same components as those, the reference numerals used in the description of the game board holding frame 10 are shown in the drawings as reference numerals in the hundreds and the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the back surface 120a side of the decorative frame 120, a spring member 125 as a pressing member is appropriately arranged. The spring material 125 in this embodiment is 2 to 2 on the mounting plate 126.
The four coil springs 127 are fixed in a state where the expansion / contraction direction is substantially horizontal, and the pressing plate pieces 128 are attached to the tips of the coil springs 127. In addition to the coil spring 127, a leaf spring or a disc spring can be used as the spring material.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the decorative frame 120 is closed with respect to the game board holding frame 110, the board surface 101a of the game board 101 is pressed by the spring material 125. As a result, the game board 101 is reliably fixed, and the game board fixing structure in the pachinko machine according to the second embodiment is configured.

By the way, the positioning of the game board 1 with respect to the game board holding frame 10 in the first embodiment and the game board 1 with respect to the game board holding frame 110 in the second embodiment.
Regarding the positioning of 01, it is also possible to use a general technical means using a dowel and a dowel hole. Further, in each of the first and second embodiments, the pressing member is provided on the decorative frame side, but it is also possible to provide this on the board surface outside the game area of the game board.

As described above, the game board fixing structure in this pachinko machine fixes or opens the game board in accordance with the opening / closing operation of the decorative frame with respect to the game board holding frame, and the game is performed from the front side of the pachinko machine. The work of attaching and detaching the board can be performed extremely easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which a decorative frame is opened with respect to a game board holding frame according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which the decorative frame is closed with respect to the game board holding frame.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which a decorative frame is opened with respect to a game board holding frame according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which the decorative frame is closed with respect to the game board holding frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Game board 1a ... Board surface 10 ... Game board holding frame 10a ... Front surface 11 ... Side wall part 12, 13 ... Temporary fixing member 20 ... Decorative frame 20a ... Back side 25: Rubber piece (pressing member) 101 ... Game board 101a ... Board surface 110 ... Game board holding frame 110a ... Front 111 ... Side wall 112, 113 ... Temporary fixing member 120 ... Decorative frame 120a ... Back side 125 ... Spring material (pressing member)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An outer frame formed in a vertically long rectangular shape, and a front frame that is pivotally supported on one side of the outer frame and is openable and closable, and a game board is located at a predetermined position on the front frame. Is integrally provided with a game board holding frame, and a decoration frame provided with a transparent plate holding frame is rotatably supported on the front surface of the front frame so that the game board can be attached and detached from the front (player) side. In a pachinko machine that can be configured, a pressing member is appropriately arranged on the back side of the decorative frame, and when the decorative frame is in a closed state, the pressing member supports the gaming board holding frame. A structure for fixing a game board in a pachinko machine, wherein the game board is fixed by pressing the board surface of the game board. 2. An outer frame formed in a vertically long rectangular shape, and a front frame which is pivotally supported on one side of the outer frame and is openable and closable, and a game board is located at a predetermined position on the front frame. Is integrally provided with a game board holding frame, and a decoration frame provided with a transparent plate holding frame is pivotably supported on the front surface of the front frame so that the game board can be attached and detached from the front (player) side. In a pachinko machine configured as possible, a pressing member is appropriately disposed on the board surface outside the game area of the game board, and is supported by the game board holding frame when the decorative frame is closed. A structure for fixing a game board in a pachinko machine, characterized in that a pressing member arranged on the game board is fixed by being pressed by the decorative frame. 3. The game board fixing structure for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pressing member is a spring material or a rubber-like elastic piece.