JP2005034232A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a cost during the production by enabling the sharing of parts. <P>SOLUTION: A support member 50 is constituted of a base part 51 adapted to be shared irrelevant to the structure of the game board and replacing parts 52 and 53 which can be altered with the structure of the game board. In the assembling of the support member 50, the replacing parts 52 an 53 are assembled on the base part 51 to match the structure of the surface of the game board and then, mounted on the game board. In the re-use of the support member 50, the support member 50 is disassembled into the base part 51 and the replacing part 52 and if the base part 51 is re-usable, the replacing parts coinciding with the structure of the surface of the game board is assembled on the base part 51. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine that is installed and used in a game hall such as a pachinko shop.
[0002]
[Prior art]
One of the gaming machines installed in the amusement hall is a ball game machine including a pachinko machine. In this pachinko machine, a game board provided with a game area in which a game medium such as a game ball is launched is assembled to the main body base, and the front surface of the game board is covered with an openable front door having a window part. It has become. Rails for defining the game area or guiding the game ball are attached to the game board surface, and in addition to obstacle nails and windmills, prize-winning devices such as electric tulips, prize-winning chuckers, and attackers are arranged in the game area. It is installed.
[0003]
On the rear side of the game board opposite to the game area, a guide member such as a guide rib for guiding a game ball that has entered a winning opening such as a winning chucker or an attacker to a predetermined receiving portion is provided. The supported support member is assembled. In addition to the control circuit board (control device) such as a main control circuit board (device), a lamp control circuit board (device), and a sound control circuit board (device) for controlling the pachinko machine, For example, a symbol display device or the like for stopping and displaying after variably displaying identification information such as symbols is assembled. As a result, when the game board is removed, the support member can be removed from the main body base at the same time, so that the workability at the time of assembly can be improved.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since the gaming machine has a configuration in which a game board that configures a different game area for each model or a winning device corresponding to various game controls is arranged, a dedicated support member is manufactured. For example, when the arrangement of the guide member and the control circuit board is different, it is necessary to manufacture a support member having a shape corresponding to a new model. For this reason, since a part that can be used regardless of the shape change of the predetermined part of the support member assembled to the game board, that is, a part that can be shared, is newly manufactured, there is a waste that cannot be efficiently shared. In addition, there is a problem that it is not possible to efficiently control the cost of manufacturing a pachinko machine. Also, depending on the game board, there is a case where a circuit board provided with a light emitting element such as an LED that emits light depending on the gaming state is assembled, and there is a problem that the work process at the time of the assembly work is complicated.
[0005]
The present invention divides the common part that does not depend on the configuration of the game board and the part that depends on the configuration of the game board, and integrates the part that depends on the configuration of the game board, thereby facilitating the work at the time of manufacture. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ball game machine that can be used as a game machine.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To achieve the above object, a ball game machine of the present invention comprises a game board having a through hole for attaching a structure having an opening for receiving a game medium, and a support member for mounting a control device, the support member A base that holds the control device, a member that is provided according to the position of at least one of the structure and the through-hole, and that has a passage that allows the game medium received at the opening to flow, and a lighting device, And an exchanging part provided with. Note that the structure having an opening includes a winning opening for receiving a game medium launched by the launching device. In addition, the control device is a main control circuit device for performing operation control of a device that operates at the time of a game, and a variable display and stop display of identification information that is operated based on processing of the control circuit device. Sub-control circuit devices such as a symbol display device, a lamp device, and an audio device are included. In addition, the passage through which the game medium flows includes a ball passage that guides the game medium received at the winning opening to a predetermined receiving portion.
[0007]
Moreover, it is preferable that the member which has the said channel | path is provided with the reflective surface which reflects the light based on the said illuminating device. It is preferable that the structure includes a decoration portion that transmits light based on the lighting device through the through hole. The game board and the support member are preferably detachable. In addition, a game area partition member in which a frame section that divides the game board surface as a game area and a guide passage that guides the game medium to the game area is integrally attached to the game board. Is preferred.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a main body base 3 constituting the pachinko machine 2 is provided with a front door 4 so as to be freely opened and closed via a hinge (not shown) provided on the side. An opening 4 a is formed at the center of the front door 4, and the opening 4 a is shielded by a light-transmitting member such as a glass plate 7 attached to the back side of the front door 4. Below the front door 4, the supply tray 9 for supplying the game ball 83 (see FIG. 10) to the launching device 8 and the game ball 83 are launched by the launching device 8, and the operation handle for adjusting the launch strength. 10 is provided. When the player inserts (stores) the game ball 83 into the supply tray 9, the game ball 83 is guided to the launching device 8 through a passage provided inside the tray. Then, the operation handle 10 is operated to launch a game ball 83 on the game board. When the front door 4 is closed, a player, an operator of the game hall, or the like can play the game area 15a of the game board 15 and the game area through the glass plate 7 attached to the back side of the front door 4. The game ball 83 flowing down 15a is visually recognized. The game board 15 is a member constituting a game board unit 20 that is integrated with a support member 50 described later. The game board unit 20 is detachably attached to the assembly space 3 a of the main body base 3. .
[0009]
As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 15 is provided with a center combination 25 provided with a stage for causing the launched game ball 83 to jump, as well as a start winning opening 26 and normal winning openings 27 to 30. A winning opening for receiving a game ball 83 such as an attacker 31 and receiving a winning state is provided. In addition to this, obstacle nails, windmills and the like are assembled on the surface of the game board 15. In addition, since these structures are well-known, the detail is abbreviate | omitted here. In addition, a guide rail 32 that guides a game ball that has been launched, and a guide rail 33 are arranged on the outer periphery of these structures, and an inner area defined by the guide rail 32 and the guide rail 33 is a game area 15a. Become. In the game, the game ball 83 guided by the guide rail 32 flows down from the upper side of the game area 15a and wins the start winning port 26, the normal winning ports 27 to 30 or the attacker 31 or wins them. Without flowing down, it is recovered from the outlet 34.
[0010]
Two decorative members (structures having openings) 35 and 36 are assembled to the board surface of the game board 15 so as to be symmetrical with each other. The decorative members 35 and 36 are assembled so as to shield the openings (through holes) 15b and 15c. These decorative members 35 and 36 are made of acrylic resin or the like. Although the configuration of the decorative member is symmetrical, the function is the same, so only the decorative member 35 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the decorative member 35 is formed of two normal winning opening forming portions 40 and 41 and a decorative portion 42.
[0011]
Usually, the winning opening forming portions 40 and 41 are colored and provided so as to protrude with respect to the decorative portion 42. Moreover, the shape of this normal winning opening formation part 40,41 is formed in the box shape which the upper surface side and the rear surface side opened. When the decorative member 35 is assembled to the opening 15b of the game board 15, the areas surrounded by the upper surfaces of the normal winning opening forming portions 40 and 41 and the board surface of the gaming board 15 become the normal winning openings 27 and 28. In addition, the space on the rear surface side of the normal winning opening forming portions 40 and 41 is a passage for the game ball 83 received in the normal winning ports 27 and 28. On the rear surfaces of the normal winning opening forming portions 40 and 41, substantially U-shaped receiving portions 43 and 44 are provided. The receiving portions 43 and 44 are provided to allow the game balls 83 that have won the normal winning openings 27 and 28 to flow toward the ball passages 74 and 75 described later. In addition, the passage formed continuously with the normal winning ports 27 and 28 is substantially L-shaped. In addition, detection sensors 45 and 46 such as a magnetic sensor are attached above the receiving portions 43 and 44, and the game balls 83 that have won the normal winning holes 16 and 17 are detected.
[0012]
The decoration part 42 is formed from colored or colorless having translucency. Although the details of the rear surface (surface on the opening 15b side) of the decorative portion 42 are not shown, a diffusion surface 47 (a region indicated by hatching in FIG. 5) having a sawtooth cross section is provided. The diffusing surface 47 diffuses the irradiation light from the LED 65 described later, thereby causing the decoration portion 42 to emit light brightly.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 6, a support member 50 is detachably attached to the surface of the game board 15 opposite to the board surface. The support member 50 is composed of a plurality of members. The support member 50 includes a so-called commonly used base 51 that is not involved in the configuration of the game board 15, and exchange parts 52 and 53 that are changed depending on the configuration of the game board 15.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 7, the base 51 has a shape having an opening 54 in the approximate center thereof. In addition to control devices such as a main control circuit board (device) 60, a sound control circuit board (device) 61, and a lamp control circuit board (device) 62, a symbol display device 63 is detachable on the rear surface of the base 51. Assembled. These substrates and devices are assembled to the base 51 in a state of being stored in the storage case. A plurality of ribs 55 to 57 are provided below the opening 54 provided in the base 51. Note that the gap formed between the rib 55 and the rib 57 and the gap 58 formed between the rib 56 and the rib 57 allow the game ball 83 won in the start winning opening 26 to enter the pachinko machine 2. It becomes a guide passage that leads for recovery.
[0015]
As described above, the exchange parts 52 and 53 are members that are changed depending on the configuration of the game board 15 and are assembled to the front surface of the base part 51 with screws 64 or the like. The replacement unit 52 includes a bracket 65 and an LED (Light Emitting Diode) circuit device (lighting device) 66. The LED circuit device 66 includes an LED 67 and a circuit board 68, and the light emission control of the LED 67 is performed by the lamp control circuit board 62. Similarly, the replacement unit 53 includes a bracket 69 and an LED circuit device 70. The LED circuit device 70 includes an LED 71 and a circuit board 72, and the lamp control circuit board 62 performs light emission control of the LED 71. These LEDs 67 and 71 emit light in accordance with a gaming state such as achievement of a predetermined winning condition such as when winning a winning opening, when a big win state is reached, or when reaching a reach state. The surfaces of the circuit boards 68 and 72 are plated with a resist film, for example, so that the light from the LEDs 67 and 71 can be easily reflected.
[0016]
Since the bracket 65 and the bracket 69 are formed symmetrically and have the same function, only the bracket 65 will be described below. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, an assembly portion 65 a for assembling the LED circuit device 66 is provided on the front surface of the bracket 65. Ribs 65b to 65d are provided so as to surround the outer peripheral edge of the assembly portion 65a. The ribs 65b to 65d are inserted into the opening 15b provided in the game board 15 when the support member 50 is assembled to the game board 15. The inner wall surfaces A to C of the ribs 65b to 65d are plated, for example, with a resist film, and function as a reflecting surface that reflects the light emitted from the LED 67 forward when the LED 67 emits light. have.
[0017]
A plurality of ribs 75 to 78 are provided on the surface opposite to the assembly portion 65a. Among these ribs, the gap D 1 between the rib 75 and the rib 76 and the gap D 2 between the rib 77 and the rib 78 have a width wider than the diameter R of the game ball 83. When the replacement part 52 is assembled to the base 51, the ribs 75 to 78 come into contact with the front surface 51a of the base 51, and the ball passages 79 and 80 are formed. In addition, the shape of a bracket is changed according to the decoration member changed according to game property and a design, and the shape of opening.
[0018]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In addition to the center role 25, the start winning opening 26, the attacker 31, and the like, the decorative members 35 and 36 are assembled to the game board 15. In addition, among the plurality of exchange parts, exchange parts 52 and 53 that match the openings 15b and 15c of the game board 15 are assembled to the part that becomes the base 51 of the support member 50. Ribs 75 to 78 (shown as ribs 76 in FIG. 10) provided on the rear surface side of the replacement parts 52 and 53 abut against the front surface 51 a of the base 51, and the gaps between the ribs 75 and the ribs 76 and the ribs 77. The gaps between the ribs 78 become ball passages 79 and 80, respectively.
[0019]
The support member 50 assembled in this way is detachably assembled to the game board 15. At this time, the brackets 65 and 69 are inserted into the openings 15 b and 15 c of the game board 15 and then come into contact with the ribs 48 surrounding the outer periphery of the diffusion surface 47 of the decorative members 35 and 36. Thereafter, the main control circuit board (device) 60, the sound control circuit board (device) 61, the lamp control circuit board (device) 62, and the symbol display device 63 are detachably assembled to the support member 50. Thereby, the game board unit 20 is completed. In this way, the support member 50 is composed of the base 51 that is not related to the configuration of the game board 15 that varies depending on the model, and the exchange units 52 and 53 that are changed depending on the configuration of the game board 15 depending on the model. The number of common parts can be increased. Further, since the LED circuit devices 66 and 70 are assembled together with the brackets 65 and 69 so as to be electrically connectable to the base 51 and then assembled to the game board 15, work man-hours during manufacturing can be reduced and workability can be improved. .
[0020]
When a game is played with the pachinko machine 2 to which such a game board unit 20 is assembled, the operation handle 10 is operated to launch the game ball 83. The launched game ball 83 is guided by the guide rail 32 and flows down from the upper side of the game area 15a, and wins the start winning port 26, the normal winning ports 27 to 30 or the attacker 31, or is collected at the out port 33. Is done. Then, when the winning prize opening 26, the normal winning openings 27 to 30, or the attacker 31 is won, the game ball 83 to be a prize ball is paid out to the supply tray 9. As shown in FIG. 10, for example, the game ball 83 that has won the normal winning opening 27 flows toward the ball passage 79 by the receiving portion 43 and flows down in the ball passage 79. Thereby, the game ball 83 is guided to be collected into a predetermined receiving portion inside the pachinko machine 2.
[0021]
When a game is being performed, for example, when winning at the start winning opening, the main control circuit device 60 is processed, and the winning is performed by a lottery to shift to a “hit” state advantageous to the player, and the symbol display device 63 The winning is notified by the symbol stop mode. At this time, the lamp control circuit board 62 operates to enhance the effect, and each LED 67 of the LED circuit device 66 emits light. Irradiation light from the LED 67 is transmitted to the front surface while being diffused by the diffusion surface 47 provided on the rear surface of the decorative portion 42 of the decorative member 35. In addition, the light irradiated toward the rib 65c of the bracket 65 or the surface of the circuit board 68 is reflected by the reflecting surface provided on the side wall of the rib 65c or the reflecting surface provided on the surface of the circuit board 68. Irradiation toward the diffusion surface 47. Thus, since the decoration part 42 shines by irradiating the irradiation light from the LED 67 directly or after being reflected by the side wall surfaces A to C, the light of the LED 67 can be used efficiently. Further, since the rear surface of the decorative portion 42 is a diffusing surface, the brightness of the decorative member 35 can be increased. The same applies to the decorative member 36.
[0022]
When the game board unit is switched to a new type of game board unit, the support member 50 is removed from the game board 15 after the control device such as the main control circuit board 60 is removed from the support member 50. Then, if the support member 50 is disassembled into the base 51 and the replacement parts 52 and 53 and the base 51 can be reused, the shape of the through hole, structure, etc. is changed depending on the gameability or design. A new replacement unit that matches the configuration is assembled to complete the support member. And a support member is assembled | attached to the game board which has a board surface structure which changes with models. As a result, the base 51 that can be shared can be reused, and the cost for manufacturing a new type of game board unit can be reduced.
[0023]
In the present embodiment, the normal winning opening forming portion is integrally provided on the decorative member, but the normal winning opening forming portion may not be provided integrally. In addition, the shape of the decorative member, the shape of the normal winning opening forming portion, and the arrangement location can be appropriately set according to the board surface configuration that differs depending on the model.
[0024]
In the present embodiment, the game board unit is composed of a game board and a support member composed of a plurality of members fixed to the game board and assembled with a control device such as a main control circuit board. As shown in FIG. In addition, a game area partition frame (member) 85 integrally provided with a frame section that partitions the game area, a guide passage for guiding the game medium to the game area, a game board 86, and each control device are assembled. Also in the case of a game board unit in which the support member 87 is detachably integrated, a support member composed of a base portion and an exchange portion can be used.
[0025]
In addition, the game board and the support member may be individually assembled or held on the main body base. By doing in this way, when the replacement part of the support member is damaged or the like, it is possible to perform the work by removing only the game board, so that maintenance is facilitated.
[0026]
In the present embodiment, the game board unit is directly assembled to the base of the main body. However, the present invention is not limited to this. As shown in FIG. 12, the pachinko machine includes, for example, a front door 90 and a game board unit 91. And an exchange unit 93 composed of a holding frame 92 on which these are detachably assembled, and a stationary unit 94 which is stationary in the game hall, and the game board unit 91 is configured via the retaining frame 92 as a stationary unit 94. You may make it assemble | attach to the main body base part 95. FIG.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the ball game machine of the present invention, it is provided with a game board having a through hole for attaching a structure having an opening for receiving a game medium, and a support member for mounting a control device, the support member being A base that holds the control device, a member that is provided according to a position of at least one of the structure and the through-hole, and that has a passage for flowing the game medium received at the opening, and a lighting device. Since it is composed of the exchange part provided, even if the arrangement structure of the structure or through hole provided in the game board changes, it can be handled by changing only part of the members constituting the support member, so it takes at the time of manufacturing Costs can be reduced, and members constituting the support member can be shared and recycled as necessary.
[0028]
Moreover, since the member which has the said path | route is provided with the reflective surface which reflects the light based on the said illuminating device, it becomes possible to use the said light efficiently. In addition, since the structure includes a decorative portion that transmits light based on the lighting device through the through hole, the light from the lighting device is efficiently projected from the decorative portion provided in the structure. it can.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a pachinko machine embodying the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a main body base and a game board unit.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing configurations of a game board and a decorative member.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a front surface of a decorative member.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a rear surface of the decorative member.
FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a game board and a support member.
FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing a support member.
FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the front surface of the bracket.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a back surface of the bracket.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing the vicinity of a normal winning opening.
FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of the configuration of the game board unit.
FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of the configuration of a pachinko machine.
[Explanation of symbols]
2 Pachinko machine 3 Main body base 15 Game board 20 Game board units 27-30 Normal winning opening 35, 36 Decoration member 42 Decoration part 47 Diffusion surface 50 Support member 51 Base 52, 53 Replacement part 65, 69 Bracket 66, 70 LED circuit device 67, 71 LED
75-78 rib 79,80 ball passage 83 game ball

Claims (5)

A game board having a through hole for attaching a structure having an opening for receiving a game medium, and a support member for mounting the control device;
The support member;
A base for holding the control device;
An exchange unit provided with a member having a passage for flowing a game medium received at the opening, provided according to the position of at least one of the structure or the through-hole, and a lighting device;
A ball game machine characterized by comprising The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the member having the passage includes a reflection surface that reflects light based on the lighting device. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the structure includes a decorative portion that transmits light based on the lighting device through the through hole. The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the game board and the support member are detachable. The game board is detachably assembled with a game area partition member integrally provided with a frame section for partitioning the game board surface as a game area and a guide passage for guiding game media to the game area. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 4.

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