JP2005349010A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine for reducing the number of components and a production cost. <P>SOLUTION: The pachinko game machine 1 with a game area 13 formed at the front surface side of a game board 6 comprises an image display device 7 for allowing a display part 8 to face the game area 13; prize-winning devices 10, 11, 12 for discharging a game ball which is received in the game area 13 to the back surface side of the game board 6; a controller 69 for controlling the game machine 1; relay boards 43, 62 to which control wiring is freely attachably/detachably connected; and an integrally molded cover body 32 which is arranged to cover the back surface side of the prize-winning devices 10, 11, 12. The cover body 32 includes attachment parts 44, 63, 70 for respectively attaching the image display device 7, the controller 69, and the relay boards 43, 62; and spaces 42, 55, 58 for allowing the game ball, which is discharged to the back surface side of the game board 6 by the prize-winning devices 10, 11, 12, to naturally fall. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine in which a game area is formed on the front side of a game board, and in particular, a game ball that has entered a winning device disposed in the game area naturally falls on the back side of the game board. The present invention relates to a ball game machine including a cover body configured as described above.

  Conventionally, in a ball and ball game machine represented by a pachinko game machine, a game area is formed on the front side of the game board, and in this game area, a prize such as a display unit of an image display device or a double winning prize opening is provided. A device is provided. Further, a back set board, a cover body, and the like are attached to the back side of the game board, and the cover body is detachably provided on the back side of the game board so as to cover the back side of the winning device.

This cover body is an upper and lower separate type, an image display device and various substrates are attached to the upper cover body, and the lower cover body is led to the back side of the game board by a winning device. A ball processing path for collecting game balls is formed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-33518 A

  However, in the conventional ball game machine described above, since the cover body is composed of a plurality of members of the upper cover body and the lower cover body, the number of parts increases and it is difficult to reduce the manufacturing cost. was there.

  In addition, since the cover body has a ball processing path for collecting the game balls won in the winning device corresponding to the installation position of the winning device, the shape of the cover body has to be changed for each gaming machine. . Therefore, it is necessary to replace the cover body every time the game machine model is changed, which increases the cost.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of reducing the number of parts and manufacturing cost.

  The present invention is a ball and ball game machine 1 in which a game area 13 is formed on the front side of the game board 6, an image display device 7 that faces the display section 8 in the game area 13, and a game received in the game area 13 Prize-winning devices 10, 11, 12 for discharging the balls to the back side of the game board 6, a control device 69 for controlling the gaming machine 1, a relay board 43, 62 to which control wiring is detachably connected, and a prize-winning device 10, 11, and 12, and an integrally formed cover body 32 provided to cover the back side of the image display device 7, the control device 69, and the relay boards 43 and 62, respectively. And the spaces 42, 55, 58 for naturally dropping the game balls discharged to the back side of the game board 6 by the winning devices 10, 11, 12 are formed. To do.

  According to the present invention, since the cover body is integrally molded, the number of parts can be reduced, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  Also, since the game balls discharged to the back side of the game board by the winning device are allowed to fall naturally, the ball processing path for collecting the winning game balls in the winning device is made to correspond to the installation position of the winning device. There is no need to form the cover body. Therefore, it is not necessary to replace the cover body every time the model of the ball and ball game machine is changed, the cover body can be reused, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Can be obtained.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, a case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine will be described as an example.

  First, a schematic configuration of a pachinko gaming machine will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 1 is a front view showing the pachinko gaming machine in a state where the glass door and the ball tray are opened, FIG. 2 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine, and FIG. 3 is a game with the main control device removed in the pachinko gaming machine. FIG. 4 is a rear view showing the game board 6 with the cover body 32 removed in the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2 and a front frame 3 that is a machine body of the gaming machine. The front frame 3 is a hinge bracket 4a provided on the upper left and right sides of the front of the outer frame 2. , 4b is attached to the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and is held closed by a locking device 5 provided on the front right side of the outer frame 2. A game board 6 is accommodated in the front frame 3, and on the front side of the game board 6, a display unit 8 of the image display device 7, a central decoration 9, a double winning port 10, a start winning port 11, and a grand prize. A winning device such as a mouth 12 is provided, and a game area 13 is formed. The double winning port 10 and the starting winning port 11 are respectively equipped with ball detection switches 33 and 34, and the large winning port 12 is divided into a specific area (V zone) and a general area, and the identification is made. A specific area passage detection switch 35 is attached to the area. In addition, at the bottom of the game area 13, there is provided an out port 14 for discharging the out balls that have fallen without winning in each of the winning devices 10, 11, 12, and the out balls collected at the out port 14. Is discharged to the outside through the back side of the game board 6.

  A glass door 15 and a ball tray 16 are detachably attached to the front side of the front frame 3 and are held in a closed state by a locking device 5 and a ball tray locking device (not shown). It is like that. A launch handle 17 is provided at the lower right side of the front surface of the ball tray 16, and a game assisting board 18 is formed in the lower region of the front frame 3 whose front side is covered by the ball tray 16. A speaker 19 is disposed at the center of the game assisting board 18, and a ball feeding device 20 is disposed on the left side of the speaker 19 in front view.

  On the other hand, on the back side of the front frame 3, a back set board 21 is detachably provided by a plurality of (five in FIG. 2) levers 22. And, in each part of the back set board 21, a storage tank 23 for storing preliminary prize balls from a ball storage device (not shown) on the game island, and preliminary prize balls stored in the storage tank 23 are arranged and flowed down. A preliminary award ball guide flow path 24 for causing the preliminary award ball to flow downward by reducing the ball pressure, a ball paying device 26 for paying out the winning ball, and a winning ball paid out from the ball paying device 26 A prize ball discharge path 27 that guides the ball to the ball tray 16, various control devices, a power supply device 28 that supplies electric power to electronic components, a payout control device 29 that controls the ball payout device 26, and the like are provided.

  Further, on the rear side of the front frame 3, a required number of routers 30 (four places in FIG. 3) are formed in the peripheral portion, and the game board 6 is attached to the front frame 3 by attaching a fixing tool 31 to the router 30. It is supposed to be fixed. A cover body 32 is detachably provided on the back side of the game board 6 through an opening formed in the back set board 21.

  Next, the cover body 32 in the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 5 is a front perspective view showing the cover body 32 of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view showing the cover body 32 of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

  The cover body 32 is made of synthetic resin, and when viewed from the back side (hereinafter, the left and right directions are all viewed from the back side), the game board 6 on which the display unit 8 of the image display device 7 faces. The opening 36 is formed in a substantially concave shape by hanging downward from both the left and right sides, the left cover body upper first portion 37, the right cover body upper second portion 38, and the cover body lower side. The portion 39 is integrally formed and configured. A mounting portion 40 is formed in a flange shape on the outer peripheral portion of the cover body 32, and the cover body 32 is screwed on the back surface of the game board 6 through each screw insertion hole 41 formed in the mounting portion 40. It has come to be stopped. Thus, since the cover body upper side first portion 37, the cover body upper side second portion 38, and the cover body lower side portion 39 are integrally formed, the cover body 32 can reduce the number of parts and can be manufactured. Cost can be reduced.

  The cover body upper side first portion 37 is formed so as to bulge rearward, and a ball drop space 42 is formed between the back surface of the game board 6. Further, a first relay board mounting portion 44 is formed on the back side of the cover body upper first portion 37, and a control wiring is detachably connected to the first relay board mounting portion 44. The relay board 43 can be attached.

  The first relay board mounting portion 44 includes a pedestal portion 45 formed on the upper, lower, left and right sides, a locking portion 49 formed on the upper and lower left corners, and an attachment boss portion 51 formed on the upper and lower sides of the right pedestal portion 45. And a required number (9 in the figure) of heat radiation holes 52 having a vertical slit shape are formed. And the corner | angular part of the 1st relay board | substrate 43 is latched by each latching | locking part 49, the peripheral part of the 1st relay board | substrate 43 is mounted in each base part 45, and a screw is screwed in to the attachment boss | hub part 51. Accordingly, the first relay board 43 is fixed to the first relay board mounting portion 44 in a state of being separated from the back surface of the cover body upper side first portion 37 by a predetermined distance. For this reason, the heat generated from the first relay substrate 43 is efficiently transferred to the outside through the gap formed between the first relay substrate 43 and the back surface of the cover body upper first portion 37 and the heat radiation hole 52. To be released.

  Further, on the back side of the first upper portion 37 of the cover body, an image display device mounting boss portion 54 protrudes vertically on the right side of the first relay board mounting portion 44. The image display device 7 can be attached. More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the image control device 46 is attached to the back side of the image display device 7 in a state accommodated in a case 47, and the case 47 side The image display device 46 is fixed to the cover body upper side first portion 37 by aligning the fixing portion 48 protruding from the portion with the image display device mounting boss portion 54 and screwing it. Further, a wiring assembly hook mounting portion 53 is formed above and below the image processing apparatus mounting boss portion 54, and a wiring assembly hook (not shown) can be attached to the wiring assembly hook mounting portion 53. .

  The cover body upper side second portion 38 is formed so as to bulge rearward, and a ball drop space 55 is formed between the back surface of the game board 6. Then, an image display device mounting boss portion 56 projects vertically on the back side of the cover body upper second portion 38, and the image display device 7 can be attached to the image display device mounting boss portion 56. ing. More specifically, as in the case of the image display device mounting boss portion 54 of the cover body upper first portion 37, the image display device 7 uses the fixing portion 48 of the case 47 that houses the image control device 46 as the image display device. It is fixed to the cover body upper side second portion 38 by being aligned with the mounting boss portion 54 and screwed. A wiring assembly hook mounting portion 57 is formed below the lower image processing apparatus mounting boss portion 56, and a wiring assembly hook (not shown) can be attached to the wiring assembly hook mounting portion 57. ing.

  The cover body lower portion 39 is formed so as to bulge rearward larger than the cover body upper first portion 37 and the cover body upper second portion 38, and a ball receiving space 58 is formed between the back surface of the game board 6. It has come to be. Further, on the bottom side of the lower part 39 of the cover body, a ball discharge port 59 is formed at a substantially central portion, and a ball approaching portion 60 that is inclined toward the ball discharge port 59 is formed. The game balls discharged from the consecutive winning award port 10 to the back side of the game board 6 are naturally dropped onto the ball gathering unit 60.

  On the back side of the cover body lower portion 39, a recess 61 is formed at the center of the upper portion. A second relay board mounting portion 63 is formed in the recess 61. A second relay board 62 (see FIG. 3) to which control wirings for the winning a prize opening 10, the big winning award opening 12 and the like are detachably connected can be attached. The second relay board mounting portion 63 includes a pedestal portion 64 formed on the upper, lower, left and right sides, a locking portion 65 formed on the lower left and right corner portions, and an engagement formed between the upper pedestal portion 64. A pawl portion 66 protrudes, and a corner portion of the second relay substrate 62 is locked to each locking portion 65, and a peripheral portion of the second relay substrate 62 is placed on each pedestal portion 64. The second relay board 62 is fixed to the second relay board mounting portion 63 in a state of being separated from the back surface of the recess 61 by a predetermined distance by being locked to the pawl portion 66. Further, stepped portions 67 are formed on both sides of the recessed portion 61, and wiring collective hooks 68 are formed on the back surfaces of the stepped portions 67, respectively.

  Further, a main control device mounting portion 70 to which a main control device 69 for comprehensively controlling the operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be mounted is formed on the back side of the cover body lower portion 39. In order to prevent unauthorized modification such as replacement with a counterfeit ROM, the main control device mounting portion 70 in a state in which the control board 77 to which the control wiring such as the start winning port 11 is detachably connected is accommodated in the case 71. Can be attached to. The main controller attaching portion 70 has a positioning engaging portion 72 projecting in a horizontal strip shape at the center and an engaging convex portion 73 projecting from the left end portion of the case 71 (see FIG. 3). A mating engagement recess 74, a pair of locking piece portions 75 capable of sandwiching the case 71 vertically in the vicinity of the right end portion, and a flange portion 76 extending rearward at the left upper end portion are formed. Then, when the engagement convex portion 73 is engaged with the engagement concave portion 74 and the case 71 is engaged with the positioning engagement portion 72, the case 71 is held by the locking piece portion 75, and the main portion is below the flange portion 76. The control device 69 is fixed to the lower part 29 of the cover body.

  In this way, the main controller 69 is attached to the rear of the second relay board 62, and both are arranged so as to overlap in the depth direction, so that the space on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be used effectively. It becomes possible to plan.

  Next, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the operation when a game ball wins the winning device will be described.

  When the game ball launched into the game area 13 by the operation of the launch handle 17 wins, for example, the left double winning port 10 in the winning device, the game ball is won by the ball detection switch 33. Detected and discharged to the back side of the game board 6. Then, the game ball passes through the ball drop space 42 of the cover body upper first portion 37 and the ball receiving space 58 of the cover body lower portion 39 and naturally falls on the ball approaching portion 60, and then the ball discharge port 59 is opened. And is guided to a predetermined ball discharge path.

  Further, when the game ball wins a specific area of the start winning port 11 or the big winning port 12 in the winning device, the game ball is won by the ball detection switch 34 or the specific area passage detection switch 35. Detected and discharged to the back side of the game board 6. Then, the game ball passes through the ball receiving space 58 of the lower part 39 of the cover body, naturally falls to the ball discharge port 59, and is guided to a predetermined ball discharge path through the ball discharge port 59.

  Thus, since the ball drop space 42, 55 and the ball receiving space 58 are formed in the cover body upper first portion 37, the cover body upper second portion 38, and the cover body lower portion 39, respectively, The game ball discharged to the back side of the game board 6 by the winning device such as the winning opening 10 naturally falls through the ball dropping space 42 or 55 and the ball receiving space 58 to the ball gathering portion 60 or the ball discharging port 59. It is like that. That is, it is not necessary to form a ball processing path for collecting the game balls discharged from the winning device in the cover body 32 in correspondence with the installation position of the winning device, so that every time the model of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is changed, It is not necessary to replace the body 32, the cover body 32 can be reused, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  Further, when the game board 6 is to be replaced, first, the wiring such as the start winning opening 11 is removed from the control board 77 and removed from the cover body 32 together with the main controller 69, and then the two consecutive prizes are given from the second relay board 62. It becomes possible to remove the cover body 32 from the game board 6 in such a state by removing the respective control wires of the mouth 10 and the special winning opening 12. The removed cover body 32 can be attached to the new game board 6 without removing the first relay board 43 and the second relay board 62 from the cover body 32. Therefore, the replacement work of a new type of game board 6 referred to as board change is simplified, and not only the cover body 32 but also the first relay board 43, the second relay board 62, and the main controller 69 are reused. Therefore, the manufacturing cost can be further reduced.

  In addition, in the said embodiment, although the cover body 32 is being fixed to the back surface of the game board 6, you may be fixed to other members, such as the back surface of the front frame 3, the back set board 21, etc. FIG.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine has been described. However, this is merely an example, and the present invention is a ball game machine other than a pachinko gaming machine, such as an arrangement ball gaming machine. Needless to say, this is also applicable.

1 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a rear view which shows the pachinko game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a rear view which shows the game board of the state which removed the main controller in the pachinko gaming machine concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a rear view which shows the game board of the state which removed the cover body in the pachinko gaming machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a front perspective view which shows the cover body in the pachinko game machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a back perspective view showing a cover body in a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 6 Game board 7 Image display apparatus 8 Display part 10 2 consecutive prize opening 11 Start prize opening 12 Large prize opening 13 Game area 32 Cover body 42 Ball fall space 43 1st relay board 44 1st relay board attachment part 55 Ball falling space 58 Ball receiving space 62 Second relay board 63 Second relay board mounting part 69 Main controller 70 Main controller mounting part

Claims (1)

A ball game machine in which a game area is formed on the front side of the game board,
An image display device having a display unit facing the game area;
A winning device for discharging the game ball received in the game area to the back side of the game board;
A control device for controlling the gaming machine;
A relay board to which control wiring is detachably connected;
An integrally formed cover body provided so as to cover the back side of the winning device, and the cover body can be attached to the image display device, the control device, and the relay board, respectively. A ball game machine characterized in that a space for naturally dropping the game ball discharged to the back side of the game board by the winning device is formed.

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