JP2006051129A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily carry out maintenance and check of a ball put-out apparatus and an image display device. <P>SOLUTION: The image display device 56 having an image display 67 corresponds to the game area 212 of a game board 210. A tank structure 47 and a ball put-out mechanism 48 for a ball put-out apparatus 46 are arranged above the image display device 56. A vertical gutter 49 for the ball put-out apparatus 46 is arranged on the left side compared with the image display device 56. With the ball put-out apparatus 46 fixed to the rear surface of a movable frame 5, the image display device 56 can be opened swung singly in a lateral direction on a rear side with respect to the movable frame 5 with hinges consisting of a display-side hinge 70 and a frame-side hinge 85 as a center, and the image display device 56 opened swung singly can be closed in a lateral direction on a front side with respect to the image display device 56. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko machine in which a ball payout device and an image display device are provided on the back of a gaming machine frame for easy maintenance and inspection.

Pachinko machines are known to have a projector mounted on the back of a gaming machine frame. The projection device irradiates light from the projection light source of the projector onto the liquid crystal display on which the image is displayed, expands the projection light with the projection lens of the projector, and projects the enlarged projection light to the front side with a reflector. In this structure, the image reflected and displayed on the liquid crystal display is enlarged and projected. Instead of this projection device, a 20-inch liquid crystal display mounted on the back of a gaming machine frame has been put into practical use. However, the 20-inch liquid crystal display is oriented horizontally such that the horizontal width of the display screen is directed in the horizontal direction and the vertical length of the display screen is directed in the vertical direction, and a ball payout device and a control device required for the pachinko machine Is attached to the back of the 20-inch liquid crystal display placed horizontally. For this reason, when performing maintenance and inspection of the liquid crystal display attached to the gaming machine frame, it is necessary to remove the ball payout device and the control device from the liquid crystal display, and much labor and time are required for maintenance and inspection of the liquid crystal display. There is a disadvantage that it takes.
JP 2003-220194 A

  The problem to be solved by the invention is that the maintenance and inspection of the liquid crystal display is troublesome because the ball dispensing device and the control device are carried on the back surface of the liquid crystal display.

  In the pachinko machine according to the present invention, an image display device having an image display composed of a planar display is provided at the center of the game main body storage structure on the back side of the game main body storage structure that stores the game board of the movable frame from the front side. The tank structure and the ball payout mechanism in the ball payout device are provided above the image display device, and the vertical rod in the ball payout device is located on the left side of the image display device. The main feature is that In the pachinko machine according to the present invention, the horizontal width of the display screen in the image display device is directed in the horizontal direction, and the horizontal width of the display screen in the image display device is directed in the vertical direction. A device is provided on the back side of the game main body storage structure, the image display device is attached to the back side of the game main body storage structure by a hinge so that it can be opened in the rear lateral direction, or the horizontal width of the vertical raft is It may be formed in a thin dimension that guides the spheres in a row from top to bottom.

  In the pachinko machine according to the present invention, an image display device having an image display composed of a planar display device corresponds to the central opening of the game main body storage structure on the back surface of the game main body storage structure. Since the payout mechanism is located above the image display device and the vertical gutter is located on the left side of the image display device, when maintenance and inspection of the image display device is performed, the operator can use the tank structure or ball payout mechanism and There is an advantage that the image display device can be detached from the game main body storage structure, and the maintenance and inspection work of the image display device can be easily performed without removing the ball payout device composed of the vertical basket from the movable frame. The horizontal position of the display screen in the image display is directed horizontally, and the vertical width of the display screen in the image display is directed vertically. The image display is provided on the back side of the game main body storage structure. If this is the case, the image display device corresponds to a wide range in the center of the game area of the game board, so that an image that can be electrically changed in display form displayed on the image display device can be shown to the player over a wide range. There is. If the image display device is attached to the back side of the game main body storage structure so as to be able to be opened in the rear lateral direction by a hinge, when the image display device is inspected and maintained, the image display device is not removed from the game main body storage structure. There is an advantage that the game main body storage structure can be opened one side rearward around the hinge. If the horizontal width of the vertical gutter is formed with a narrow dimension that guides the balls from top to bottom in a row, there is an advantage that the vertical gutter is provided corresponding to the ball launching passage of the game board.

  1 to 8 show the best mode for carrying out the invention. 1 shows a front view of the positional relationship among the ball payout device 46, the image display device 56, and the game board 210. FIG. FIG. 1b shows a cross section of the arrangement relationship among the gaming machine frame 1, the vertical rod 49, the image display device 56, and the gaming board 210 cut along a cutting line corresponding to the AA line shown in FIG. Show. FIG. 2 shows the external appearance from the front side of the gaming machine frame 1 and the game board 210 in which the panel frame 9, the ball tray structure 10 and the image display device 56 are opened. FIG. 3 shows an appearance from the back side of the movable frame 5 with the image display device 56 opened. FIG. 4 shows an appearance of the movable frame 5, the image display device 56, and the parting structure 76 disassembled. FIG. 5 shows the front of the movable frame 5 to which the image display device 56 and the parting structure 76 are attached. The a figure of FIG. 6 shows the external appearance which decomposed | disassembled the fixing tool 90. FIG. 6 shows a cross section in which the fixing device 90 is attached to the attached member 105. FIG. FIG. 7A shows a cross section in which the fixture 90 is inserted into the counterpart member 108. FIG. 7b shows a cross section in which the fixture 90 is attached to the mating member. FIG. 8 shows the appearance of the three types of game boards 210; 250; 270 from the front side. In this specification, the directions of “front”, “rear”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “upper”, “lower” indicate that the gaming machine frame 1 and the game board 210 are in the state of FIG. This is the direction specified when viewed from the front side. “Back” and “back” are in the same direction.

  With reference to FIG. 1a, the arrangement relationship when the game board 210, the ball payout device 46, and the image display device 56 are viewed from the front will be described. The inner side surrounded by the inner guide rail 216 and the outer guide rail 217 on the front surface of the game board 210 is a game area 212 where the balls fly, between the left side of the inner guide rail 216 and the left side of the outer guide rail 217. The gap is the launch passage 215. The ball dispensing device 46 includes a tank structure 47, a ball dispensing mechanism 48, and a vertical rod 49. The tank structure 47 and the ball payout mechanism 48 correspond to the upper part of the game board 210 separately from the left and right, and the vertical rod 49 corresponds to the launch passage 215 of the game board 210 immediately below the ball payout mechanism 48. The image display device 56 corresponds directly below the tank structure 47 and the ball payout mechanism 48 and to the right side of the vertical rod 49. The image display 67 of the image display device 56 is configured by a planar display including a liquid crystal display that displays an image whose display form can be electrically changed on a display screen 68. The display screen 68 has a size of 17 inches in which the dimensional ratio between the horizontal width and the vertical width is 4: 3. The display screen 68 has a horizontal orientation in which the horizontal width of the display screen 68 is directed in the horizontal direction of the game board 210, and the vertical width of the display screen 68 is directed in the vertical direction of the game board 210. And facing in the front-rear direction. 17 inches of the display screen 68 means that the maximum horizontal width of the game area 212 in the left-right direction is L1, and the horizontal width of the display screen 68 is L2, the horizontal width L2 of the display screen 68 is almost the same as the maximum horizontal width L1 of the game area 212. It is a measure corresponding to the size, and it may not be just 17 inches. That is, 17 inches of the display screen 68 is a range in which the image displayed on the display screen 68 can be seen from the front side of the game board 210 even in the portion of the maximum horizontal width L1 of the game area 212, and the vertical gutter 49 displays the image. It is a size that means a size that is located on the left side of the device 67 and that can be attached to the back surface of the game main body storage structure 8 of FIG.

  With reference to FIG. 1b, the arrangement relationship when the game board 210, the vertical gutter 49, and the image display 67 are viewed from above will be described. When the game board 210 is stored in the game main body storage chamber 26 of the game main body storage structure 8 from the front side, a ball guide body 234 called a set board or a set cage on the back surface of the game board 210 is located in the center of the game main body storage structure 8. Arranged in the opening 27. When the panel 9 is closed after the game board 210 is mounted in the game main body storage chamber 26, the front side of the inner guide rail 216, the outer guide rail 217, the center decoration, the game nail, and the winning parts of the game board 210 are closed. A part called a pachinko ball passing through the launch passage 215 and the game area 212 is covered with the front panel 13, which is covered with a front panel 13 made of glass such as colorless transparent glass having light transmittance of the panel frame 9. It will not jump out to the front side of the panel 13. In this state, when a person views the game board 210 from the front side of the panel frame 9, the front parts and balls of the game board 210 can be seen through the window 12 and the front panel 13 of the panel frame 9. The ball guide 234 is a back side component for guiding the ball taken into the winning component from the game area 212 of the game board 210 and discharged to the back side of the game board 210 downward. The front part and the back part of the game board 210 are collectively referred to as game parts.

  The dimension D2 of the space formed between the design board surface where the game area 212 exists in the game board 210 and the front panel 13 is larger than the diameter of one sphere, but the two balls are brought into contact with each other before and after. The dimension is set to be smaller than the dimension arranged in series in the direction. The dimension D3 of the space formed between front parts such as the inner guide rail 216, the outer guide rail 217, the center decoration 226, and the game nail 231 in the game board 210 and the front panel 13 shown in FIG. The dimension is set smaller than the diameter of one sphere.

  In FIG. 1, the image display device 56 having the image display 67 corresponds to the game area 212 of the game board 210, and the tank structure 47 and the ball payout mechanism 48 in the ball payout device 46 are disposed above the image display device 56. Since the vertical rod 49 in the ball paying device 46 is arranged on the left side of the image display device 56, the image display device 56 is fixed to the back surface of the movable frame 5 and the image display device 56 is connected to the display side hinge 70. The image display device 56 can be closed in the front lateral direction with respect to the movable frame 5. The image display device 56 can be closed in the front lateral direction with respect to the movable frame 5. Therefore, when the image display device 56 is inspected and maintained, the operator opens the image display device 56 rearward without removing the ball payout device 46 from the movable frame 5 and performs the maintenance and inspection of the image display device 56. Since the image display device 56 can be closed, there is an advantage that maintenance and inspection work of the image display device 56 can be easily performed.

  The vertical gutter 49 is attached to the back surface of the game main body storage structure 8. Since the game main body storage structure 8 and the launch passage 215 are formed of a material such as a light-shielding synthetic resin, the game board 210 is mounted in the game main body storage chamber 26 and the panel frame 9 is closed. In this state, even if a person looks at the game board 210 from the front side of the panel frame 9, the vertical gutter 49 cannot be seen. The image display device 56 is disposed on the back side of the game main body storage structure 8 and is attached to the game main body storage structure 8 by a hinge including a display side hinge 70 and a frame side hinge 85 so as to be able to be opened in the rear side direction. . In the image display device 56, a parting structure 76 is provided on the front side of the display screen 68 in the image display 67. The parting structure 76 is formed in a cylindrical shape surrounding a rectangular opening 77 penetrating in the front-rear direction from a material such as a synthetic resin having light shielding properties. Therefore, for example, when the game area 212 of the game board 210 is formed of a material such as a synthetic resin having light permeability of the game board 210, the game board 210 is mounted in the game main body storage chamber 26, and the panel frame 9 is When a person looks at the game board 210 from the front side of the panel frame 9 in a state where the image is displayed on the display screen 68 of the image display 67, the synthetic board having light transmittance of the game board 210 is The image displayed on the display screen 68 of the image display 67 can be viewed through the portion formed of the material and the rectangular opening 77 of the parting structure 76.

  With reference to FIG. 2, the structure of the front side of the gaming machine frame 1 in the pachinko machine will be described. The gaming machine frame 1 includes a fixed frame 2 made of any material of metal, wood, or synthetic resin, which is called an outer frame for attaching to an unillustrated gaming machine installation structure called a game store island. . The fixed frame 2 has a frame shape surrounding a vertically long rectangular space opened in the front-rear direction. The curtain plate portion 3 provided on the lower front surface of the fixed frame 2 is provided with sound emission holes 4 on the left and right sides for emitting bass sounds of a low-frequency speaker (not shown) from the back side to the front side of the curtain plate portion 3. A low-frequency speaker is individually attached to the back surface of the sound emission hole portion 4. A movable frame 5, called a front frame or an intermediate frame, is attached to the fixed frame 2 so as to be openable and detachable (replaceable) in the front lateral direction by a left metal hinge 6. Therefore, when the fixed frame 2 is made of either wood or synthetic resin, the metal hinge 6 is fixed to the fixed frame 2 with a set screw. When the fixed frame 2 is made of metal, the hinge 6 and the fixed frame 2 may be formed separately, and the hinge 6 may be fixed to the fixed frame 2 with a set screw, but the fixed frame 2 is manufactured with a mold. In this case, the hinge bracket for supporting the structural member such as the hinge pin or the hinge hole of the hinge 6 can be formed integrally with the fixed frame 2 by forming the fixed frame 2 with the molding die.

  The movable frame 5 includes a movable frame body 7 made of a light-blocking synthetic resin, which is a frame-shaped electrical insulating material surrounding a vertically long rectangular space opened in the front-rear direction, and extends from the movable frame body 7 to the inside. And a game main body storage structure 8 made of a light blocking synthetic resin which is an electrical insulating material. The movable frame body 7 and the game main body storage structure 8 are formed as a single object using a mold. A panel frame 9 and a ball dish structure 10 are attached to the movable frame body 7 so as to be able to be opened in the front lateral direction by a hinge 11 provided on the left side. The panel frame 9 has a frame shape surrounding the window 12 opened in the front-rear direction. A front panel 13 is attached to the back surface of the panel frame 9 so as to close the window 12. On the upper surface of the back surface of the panel frame 9, middle and high frequency speakers, not shown, are attached to the left and right. The portion of the panel frame 9 where the speakers are provided is provided with a sound emitting hole (not shown) that emits the middle / high sound of the middle / high tone speaker from the back side to the front side of the panel frame 9.

  A locking device 15 and a lock mechanism 16; 17; 18 are provided on the right side of the movable frame body 7. When the movable frame 5 is closed, it is supported by the fixed frame 2 so that it cannot be opened and closed by the lock mechanism 16. When the panel frame 9 is closed, it is supported by the movable frame body 7 by the lock mechanism 17 so that it cannot be opened and closed. When the ball tray structure 10 is closed, it is supported on the movable frame body 7 by the lock mechanism 18 so that it cannot be opened and closed. In a state where the movable frame 5, the panel frame 9, and the ball tray structure 10 are closed and supported by the lock mechanisms 16; 17; 18 so that they cannot be opened and closed, the store clerk of the game store holds the key plate (key) outside the figure. When the key plate is inserted into the keyhole 19 of the locking device 15 from the front side of the gaming machine frame 1 and is rotated 90 degrees to the right, for example, the support form by the locking mechanism 16 between the fixed frame 2 and the movable frame 5 is released. After the release of this support mode, the store clerk pulls the movable frame 5 forward, whereby the movable frame 5 is opened to the front with the hinge 6 as the center.

  When the key plate inserted into the key hole 19 of the locking device 15 is rotated 90 degrees to the left by a person, for example, the support form by the lock mechanism 17 between the movable frame 5 and the panel frame 9 is released. After the release of the support form, the store clerk pulls the panel frame 9 to the front side, whereby the panel frame 9 is opened to the front side around the hinge 11. Thus, when the store clerk operates the unlocking operation body 20 on the front surface of the movable frame 5 in a state where the panel frame 9 is opened to the front side, the lock mechanism 18 between the movable frame 5 and the ball tray structure 10 is used. The support form is released. After the release of this support mode, the store clerk pulls the ball tray structure 10 forward, whereby the ball tray structure 10 is opened to the front about the hinge 11. The front surface of the ball tray structure 10 includes a ball tray portion 22 and a firing operation mechanism 23. The ball tray portion 22 has a shape opened upward to receive a ball used for a game. On the back surface of the ball tray structure 10, a ball inlet 24 that receives the ball discharged from the ball dispensing device 46 into the ball tray portion 22, and a ball supply port 25 that supplies the ball from the ball tray portion 22 to the launching mechanism 40. Is provided.

  The game main body storage structure 8 includes a game main body storage chamber 26 opened to the front side, a central opening 27 penetrating in the front-rear direction formed in the rear wall of the game main body storage chamber 26, and a rear edge portion of the central opening 27. The cover part 28 which protrudes inside is provided with the image see-through opening part 29 which is surrounded by the cover part 28 so as to penetrate forward and backward. On the left side of the game main body storage chamber 26, the game main body pressing portion 31 configured by a leaf spring that presses the game board 210 from the back side to the front side, and the game board 210 pressed frontward by the game main body pressing portion 31 are front side. And a game main body receiving unit 32 for receiving from the game. A game main body lock member 33 is provided on the right side of the game main body storage chamber 26. The game main body lock member 33 includes a lock operation portion 34 that is rotatable at the center of a pedestal that protrudes forward from the game main body storage structure 8. The lock operation part 34 is a horizontally long form fixed to the end part of the operation shaft protruding forward from the pedestal.

  The lower edge portion of the game main body storage chamber 26 constitutes a game main body shelf 35 as a flat surface in the left-right direction on which the lower part of the game board 210 is mounted. In the game main shelf 35, the notch 36 is located on the back side of the game main shelf 35 at a position corresponding to a position directly below the outlet for discharging the ball in the ball guide 234 of the game board 210 attached to the gaming machine frame 1. To the front side. In the cutout portion 36, a protruding piece 38 of the ball machine discharge basket 37 is fitted. The ball outside discharge bowl 37 has a passage through which the balls discharged downward from the ball guide body 234 are discharged from the movable frame 5 toward the ball collecting mechanism in the gaming machine installation structure outside the figure. To form. On the front surface of the front wall 39 that extends downward from the front edge of the game main shelf 35, a launch mechanism 40, a launch rail 41, a foul ball inlet 42, and a front reed 43 are provided.

  The launch mechanism 40 fires one ball supplied from the ball tray 22 to the launch rail 41 toward the game area 212 of the game board 210 by alternately receiving power supply and interruption. The launch rail 41 receives one ball supplied from the ball supply port 25 of the ball tray structure 10, and when the received ball is launched by the launch mechanism 40, the launched ball is used as the game board 210. To the entrance of the launch passage 215. The foul ball inlet 42 takes in a ball that falls from the launch passage 215 of the game board 210. The front horizontal bar 43 discharges the balls discharged from the ball payout device 46 attached to the back of the movable frame 5 and the balls discharged from the foul ball intake 42 from the back side of the gaming machine frame 1. As a sphere, a path for guiding to the sphere intake 24 for discharging to the ball tray structure 10 on the front side of the gaming machine frame 1 and removing static electricity charged to the sphere is formed. On the back surface of the image display device 56, a main control device 62, a composite control device 63, and a display drive circuit device 64 are attached. The main control device 62 is located at the bottom, the composite control device 63 is located above the main control device 62, and the display drive circuit device 64 is located on the side of the main control device 62 and the composite control device 63.

  The structure on the back side of the movable frame 5 will be described with reference to FIG. On the back of the movable frame 5, specifically, on the back surface of the game main body storage structure 8, a ball payout device 46, an image display device 56, a power supply device 57, a launch / payout control device 58, an external relay terminal device 59; Is provided. The ball dispensing device 46 includes a tank structure 47, a ball dispensing mechanism 48, and a vertical rod 49. The tank structure 47 and the ball payout mechanism 48 are arranged side by side at a position above the central opening 27 in the game main body storage structure 8 and are attached to the back surface of the game main body storage structure 8. The tank structure 47 has a ball storage chamber 50 opened upward for storing the balls supplied from the ball supply mechanism of the gaming machine installation structure, and a ball dispensing operation of the ball dispensing mechanism 48 for the balls stored in the ball storage chamber 50. Accordingly, a dispensing ball passage 51 for guiding the ball storage chamber 50 to the ball inlet of the ball dispensing mechanism 48 is provided. The ball payout mechanism 48 includes a payout body 52 such as a sprocket and a payout ball detector (not shown) inside the housing of the ball payout mechanism 48, and a step motor that rotationally drives the payout body 52 outside the housing. When a ball is supplied to the ball paying mechanism 48 from the tank structure 47, the paying member 52 rotates the ball in one direction by the motor. The balls are paid out as prize balls or rental balls while being separated one by one, and the ball that is paid out from the payout body 52 is detected by the payout ball detector, and the payout ball detection signal is sent to the main controller 62 and the launch payout controller 58. Output to.

  The vertical gutter 49 is vertically disposed along the left edge of the central opening 27 at a position on the left side of the central opening 27 in the game main body storage structure 8, and is attached to the back surface of the game main body storage structure 8. The ball passage 53 provided in the vertical rod 49 is a passage through which the ball passing through the discharge ball detector and discharged from the ball discharge mechanism 48 to the lower part is discharged to the lower full tank detection device 54. When the ridge 49 is viewed from the rear, the spheres flow from the top to the bottom in a row, and when the vertical ridge 49 is viewed from the side in the left-right direction, the spheres flow from the top to the bottom while meandering back and forth. That is, the horizontal width of the vertical rod 49 is a thin dimension that guides the sphere from top to bottom in a row. The full tank detection device 54 is attached to the back surface of the game main body storage structure 8 just below the vertical gutter 49 and at a position below the central opening 27 in the game main body storage structure 8. The outlet of the full tank detection device 54 is connected to the front reed 43. Therefore, the balls paid out from the ball paying device 46 are paid out to the ball receiving portion 22 of the ball tray structure 10 shown in FIG.

  The full tank detection device 54 includes a full tank detection mechanism (not shown) inside the housing of the full tank detection device 54. The full tank detecting mechanism is not shown in the full tank detecting mechanism in order to stop the paying-out operation by the ball paying mechanism 48 when the ball is full from the ball tray 22 shown in FIG. When the full tank detector is turned on with a full ball, the electric full detection signal is output to the main control device 62, and the main control device 62 that has received the full detection signal launches a ball discharge stop signal. Output to the device 58, and the firing / dispensing control device 58 stops driving the motor of the ball dispensing mechanism 48. As a result, the payout operation by the ball payout mechanism 48 is stopped.

  The image display device 56 is attached to the back side of the game main body storage structure 8 by a hinge including a display side hinge 70 and a frame side hinge 85 so as to be able to be opened in the rear lateral direction. The power supply device 57 converts the 24 volt AC power supply supplied from the island power supply device provided in the gaming machine installation structure into a DC power supply having a voltage of 5 volts, 12 volts, 24 volts, etc. used in the pachinko machine. It has a function of outputting a 24 volt AC power source as it is, and is positioned on the right side of the back side of the game main body storage structure 8 and attached to the back surface of the front wall 39 shown in FIG. The firing / dispensing control device 58 is attached to the back surface of the front wall 39 so as to cover the power supply device 57 from the back side. The external relay terminal device 59 has a plurality of connectors for connecting wires from a ball lending machine control device called a card sand provided in a gaming machine installation structure and a launch and payout control device 58 that are arranged next to the pachinko machine. And located on the left side of the back side of the game main body storage structure 8 and attached to the back surface of the front wall 39. The external relay terminal device 60 is provided with a plurality of connectors for connecting wiring from the hall computer that manages the business of the pachinko parlor and the main control device 62, and is located at the upper part on the back side of the game main body storage structure 8, It is attached to the dispensing device 46.

  The structure of the image display device 56 will be described with reference to FIG. The image display device 56 stores a non-illustrated image control device and an image display 67 in a housing 66 made of a light blocking synthetic resin having a square opening on the front side, and displays a display screen 68 of the image display 67. This is a structure in which an image control device (not shown) and an image display 67 are fixed to the housing 66 with a set screw (not shown) such as a tapping screw toward the opening of the housing 66. When the image display 67 is a liquid crystal display, the image display 67 includes a backlight mechanism member that totally illuminates the display screen 68 of the image display 67 such as a backlight, a light guide member, and a diffusion member. It is. A display frame 69 made of a ferromagnetic material such as iron is provided around the display screen 68. A metal display-side hinge 70 is provided on the right side of the housing 66 protruding forward from the image display 67.

  The display-side hinge 70 includes a hinge pin that protrudes downward from a hinge bracket fixed to the housing 66 with a set screw such as a tapping screw (not shown). The hinge pin of the display-side hinge 70 is located on the outer side in the right direction with respect to the right side portion of the housing 66. Fixing fixture mounting portions 71 are individually provided on the upper and lower portions of the housing 66 protruding forward from the image display 67. The fixture attachment portion 71 provided on the upper portion of the housing 66 is located at the center in the left-right direction of the housing 66 and protrudes upward from the upper portion of the housing 66. The fixture attachment portion 71 provided at the lower portion of the housing 66 is located at the left end portion of the housing 66 and protrudes downward from the left end portion of the housing 66. A fixture 72 is provided in the fixture attachment portion 71. A parting attachment portion 73 for fixing the parting structure 76 is provided at the lower part of the housing 66 protruding forward from the image display 67. In the upper right portion of the housing 66, a receiving portion 74 is located directly above the display-side hinge 70 and provided as a recess. The casing 66, the fixture attachment part 71, the parting attachment part 73, and the receiving part 74 have a structure formed integrally with a light blocking synthetic resin.

  The parting structure 76 is provided in the rectangular tube portion 78 surrounding the rectangular opening 77 penetrating in the front-rear direction, the side cover portions 79 provided on the left and right sides of the rectangular tube portion 78, and the lower center of the rectangular tube portion 78. Each of the fixture attaching portions 81 projecting downward from the lower portion of the square tube portion 78 between the central cover portion 80, the side cover portions 79, and the central cover portion 80 is integrally formed of a light blocking synthetic resin. It is a structure. The side cover 79 positioned on the left side has a shape that opens forward, downward, and leftward. The side cover 79 positioned on the right side has a shape that opens forward, downward, and rightward. The central cover 80 has a shape that opens forward and downward. Permanent magnets 82 are fixed to the upper left and right sides of the front surface of the rectangular tube portion 78. A fixture 83 is provided in the fixture attachment portion 81. The rectangular opening 77 has the same size and shape as the opening surrounded by the inner peripheral edge of the display frame 69 in the image display 67.

  Then, the rectangular tube part 78 of the parting structure 76 is inserted into the inside from the front side of the housing 66 of the image display 67, and the permanent magnet 82 is attached to the display frame 69 of the image display 67 by magnetic force, and the fixture 83. Is pushed into the parting attachment 73 by the person, the parting structure 76 is attached to the image display device 56. Thus, when the parting structure 76 is attached to the image display device 56 and a person views the image display 67 from the front side of the parting structure 76, the side cover 79 and the center cover 80 in the parting structure 76. The display screen 68 can be seen through the rectangular opening 77 closed by the. The permanent magnet 82 and the fixture 83 constitute a member for attaching the parting structure 76 to the image display device 56.

  A metal frame-side hinge 85 is provided on the back surface of the game main body storage structure 8 on the right side of the central opening 27. The frame-side hinge 85 includes a hinge hole penetrating upward and downward in a hinge bracket fixed to the game main body storage structure 8 with a set screw such as a tapping screw (not shown). Image display mounting portions 86 are individually provided above and to the left of the central opening 27 in the game main body storage structure 8. The image display mounting portion 86 provided on the upper portion of the game main body storage structure 8 is located at the center in the left-right direction with respect to the central opening 27. The image display attachment portion 86 provided at the lower portion of the game main body storage structure 8 is located at the lower left corner with respect to the central opening 27. A stopper 87 for restricting the upward movement of the closed image display device 56 is located directly above the frame-side hinge 85 on the back side of the game main body storage structure 8, and from the back side to the back side of the game main body storage structure 8. Protruding and provided.

  Then, the hinge pin of the display side hinge 70 in the image display device 56 to which the parting structure 76 is attached is fitted into the hinge hole of the frame side hinge 85 from above, so that the image display device 56 is behind the game main body storage structure 8. (See FIG. 3 for a form in which the image display device 56 is attached to the game main body storage structure 8 by the display side hinge 70 and the frame side hinge 85 and is opened on the back side). In FIG. 4, after that, as the image display device 56 is closed so that the display screen 68 of the image display device 56 faces the image see-through opening 29 of the game subject storage structure 8, the image in the parting structure 76 is displayed. The front portions of the rectangular tube portion 78, the side cover portion 79, and the central cover portion 80 that protrude frontward from the housing 66 of the display device 56 are taken into the image see-through opening 29, and the receiving portion 74 of the housing 66. Is disposed directly below the stopper 87, and the fixture 72 is mounted on the image display mounting portion 86, whereby the image display device 56 is fixed to the game main body storage structure 8 (the image display device 56 is connected to the game main body storage structure). (See FIG. 5 for the form of the movable frame 5 viewed from the front, fixed to the body 8).

  In FIG. 4 again, in a state where the image display device 56 is fixed to the game main body storage structure 8, even if the fixture 72 is pulled out from the image display mounting portion 86, the receiving portion 74 is disposed directly below the stopper 87. As long as the image display device 56 is lifted upward by a person, the receiving portion 74 and the stopper 87 collide with each other, and the hinge pin of the display side hinge 70 is pulled upward from the hinge hole of the frame side hinge 85. The display-type hinge 70 and the frame-side hinge 85 support the openable and closable support form for the game main body storage structure 8 of the image display device 56.

  The range in which the receiving portion 74 is disposed directly below the stopper 87 is, for example, until the closed image display device 56 is opened to the rear side until the parting structure 76 comes out from the image see-through opening 29 to the back side. Set to range. By setting in this way, the image display device 56 is opened to the rear side, and the person moves the image display device 56 upward in a state where the parting structure 76 is not pulled out from the image see-through opening 29 to the back side. Even when lifted, the receiving part 74 and the stopper 87 collide with each other, so the parting structure 76 does not collide with the upper part of the game main body housing structure 8 surrounding the image see-through opening 29, and the parting structure 76 displays the image. The inconvenience of falling off the device 56 is prevented. Then, when the image display device 56 is opened to the rear side more than the parting structure 76 is pulled out from the image see-through opening 29, the receiving portion 74 moves from the position just below the stopper 87 to the back side. When the image display device 56 is lifted upward, the hinge pin of the display side hinge 70 comes out of the hinge hole of the frame side hinge 85 and the image display device 56 is removed from the game main body storage structure 8.

  The structure of the fixture 90 corresponding to the fixtures 72 and 83 shown in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG. The fixture 90 is a commercially available product, and includes an engagement tool 91 and an operation tool 92. The engaging tool 91 and the operating tool 92 are formed separately from each other. The engaging tool 91 includes a receiving portion 95 at one end of a cylindrical main body 94 having a central hole 93 penetrating in the front-rear direction, and a latching portion 96 at the other end of the cylindrical main body 94. The receiving portion 95 has a dish shape that opens from one end of the cylindrical main body 94 to one outer side in the axial direction. The outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical main body 94 between the receiving portion 95 and the hooking portion 96 is formed as a constricted portion 97 that is thinner than both the outer diameter of the receiving portion 95 and the outer diameter of the hooking portion 96. The latching portion 96 is formed as an elastic piece such as a plurality of cantilever beams independent in the circumferential direction by the dividing groove 98. The split groove 98 is notched in the axial direction and the diametrical direction between the other end portion of the hook portion 96 and the constricted portion 97.

  A protrusion 99 protrudes in the axial direction on the inner surface surrounding the center hole 93 of each elastic piece constituting the latching portion 96. The operation tool 92 includes a rod 101, a constricted portion 102, and a knob 103 at one end of the rod main body 100, and an engagement groove 104 at the other end of the rod main body 100. The rod body 100 is inserted into the center hole 93 from the direction of the receiving portion 95, and when inserted into the center hole 93, the rod 99 pushes the protrusion 99 outward in the radial direction of the center hole 93 to widen the latch portion 96. That's it. The flange 101 has an outer diameter that is larger than the outer diameter of the rod body 100 and is sized to be taken into the interior of the receiving portion 95 surrounded by the peripheral wall. The constricted part 102 protrudes coaxially from the hook 101 and is thinner than both the hook 101 and the knob 103. The knob 103 protrudes coaxially from the knob 103 and has a disk shape that is thicker than both the constricted portion 102 and the hook 101.

  A structure in which the fixture 90 is attached to the attached member 105 will be described with reference to FIG. The attached member 105 corresponds to the fixture attachment portion 71 of the housing 66 and the fixture attachment portion 81 of the parting structure 76 shown in FIG. A mounting hole 106 is formed in the mounted member 105. Then, when the constricted portion 97 of the engaging tool 91 is fitted into the mounting hole 106 of the mounted member 105, the receiving portion 95 and the latching portion 96 sandwich the mounted member 105 around the mounting hole 106. Thus, the engaging tool 91 is attached to the attached member 105, and the latching portion 96 protrudes from the surface 107 of the attached member 105. Then, the rod main body 100 of the operation tool 92 is inserted into the center hole 93 from the direction of the receiving portion 95 of the engagement tool 91, so that the engagement groove 104 is fitted into the protrusion 99, and the operation tool 92 is formed. Is attached to the engagement tool 91. As a result, the fixture 90 is attached to the attached member 105.

  A structure in which the fixture 90 is attached to the mating member 108 on the attached member 105 will be described with reference to FIG. The counterpart member 108 corresponds to the parting attachment part 73 of the housing 66 and the image display attachment part 86 of the game main body storage structure 8 shown in FIG. The mating member 108 is formed with a cylindrical mounting hole 110 that is open on the surface 109 of the mating member 108. And the latching part 96 in the engaging tool 91 as a front-end | tip part protruded from the to-be-attached member 105 of the fixing tool 90 attached to the to-be-attached member 105 is inserted in the inside of the attachment hole 110 in the other party member 108. Then, the surface 107 of the attached member 105 around the engagement tool 91 is brought into contact with the surface 109 of the mating member 108 around the attachment hole 110.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 7b, when the person pushes the knob 103 of the operation tool 92 in the direction indicated by the arrow X1, the engagement between the protrusion 99 and the engagement groove 104 is released, The rod body 100 enters the inside of the center hole 93 deeply. Along with this, the outer peripheral surface of the rod main body 100 pushes the protrusion 99 outward in the radial direction of the center hole 93 and pushes the latching portion 96 wide. The latching portion 96 that is spread outward in the radial direction of the center hole 93 contacts the mounting hole 110 so as to stretch the mounting hole 110 outward in the radial direction. As a result, the fixture 90 is pushed into the attachment hole 110, and the attached member 105 is attached to the mating member 108 with the fixture 90.

  When the attached member 105 is attached to the counterpart member 108 with the fixture 90 in this manner, the person pulls the knob 103 of the operation tool 92 in the direction indicated by the arrow X2, so that the rod main body 100 is moved. Retreat from the back of the center hole 93 to the front. Along with this, the pushing force of the central hole 93 to the radially outer side of the protrusion 99 by the outer peripheral surface of the rod body 100 is weakened, the latching portion 96 returns to the radially inner side by its own elasticity, and the protrusion 99 is engaged. 7 is fitted into the mating groove 104, the latching portion 96 is separated from the mounting hole 110, and the state shown in FIG. As a result, the engagement between the fixture 90 and the attachment hole 110 is released, and when a person moves in a direction away from the counterpart member 108 while supporting the member 105, the fixture 90 remains attached. The attached member 105 is removed from the counterpart member 108.

  Referring to FIG. 8, there are three types of structures, game board 210 shown in FIG. A, game board 250 shown in FIG. B, and game board 270 shown in FIG. Will be described. The three types of game boards 210; 250; 270 have the same dimensions in the front-rear thickness T, the horizontal width W, and the vertical height H, and have the same structure for mounting in the game main body storage chamber 26. It is. However, the game board 210 shown in FIG. A is configured to show the player the image displayed on the display screen 68 of the image display 67 through the entire game area 212 from the front side of the game board 210, and the game board shown in FIG. 250 is a structure that allows the player to view an image displayed on the display screen 68 of the image display 67 through a part of the game area 212 from the front side of the game board 250, and the game board 270 shown in FIG. Is different in that the image displayed on the display screen 68 of the image display 67 is not shown to the player.

  A structure on the front side of the game board 210 will be described with reference to FIG. The game board 210 includes a peripheral decorative structure 211 made of a light blocking synthetic resin that forms a non-game area, and a light transparent synthetic resin board that forms an inner game area 212 surrounded by the peripheral decorative structure 211. And a structural body 213. The peripheral ornament structure 211 has a round opening 214 penetrating in the front-rear direction in the center of a square plate stored in the game main body storage chamber 26, and a front open vertical groove shape on the left side of the round opening 214. And a launch passage 215. A metal strip-like outer guide rail 217 such as stainless steel is attached to the left side surface of the launch passage 215 and the upper arc side surface of the round opening 214 extending in an arc shape from the left side surface to the right side. .

  The right side surface of the launch passage 215 and the lower arc-shaped side surface of the round opening 214 extending in an arc shape from the right side to the right side are a vertical bottom portion of the launch passage 215 and an inner guide rail 216 projecting forward from the round opening 214. Form. At the bottom of the lower arc-shaped side surface of the inner guide rail 216, an out port portion 219 that surrounds the out port 218 and discharges the ball from the front side to the back side of the game board 210 protrudes inward from the inner guide rail 216. It is connected with appearance. The inner guide rail 216 and the out opening 219 are formed of synthetic resin together with the peripheral decoration structure 211. Therefore, the outer guide rail 217 and the inner guide rail 216 other than the firing passage 215 are the round opening 214 surrounding the game area 212. The out mouth part 219 is arranged at the lowermost part of the game area 212. The launch passage 215 is a passage that guides the ball launched from the launch mechanism 40 of FIG.

  A return ball prevention valve 220 is provided at the exit of the launch passage 215 that discharges the ball fired from the launch mechanism 40 from the launch passage 215 to the game area 212. The attachment portion of the return ball prevention valve 220 is attached to the peripheral decoration structure 211 along the end portion of the inner guide rail 216. The return ball prevention valve 220 is a leaf spring formed of a thin strip-shaped stainless steel or a synthetic resin that is thinner than the outer guide rail 217 and the inner guide rail 216, and is fired from the launch passage 215 to the game area 212. Then, the inflow of the ball from the game area 212 to the launch passage 215 is prevented. A fraud prevention band 221 is linearly attached to the lower edge of the peripheral ornament structure 211. The fraud prevention band 221 is formed of an elastic synthetic resin. When the panel frame 9 in FIG. 2 is closed, the fraud prevention band 221 is moved to the back of the front panel 13 (on the game board 210 side). 2) and the player moves an unauthorized operation member such as a piano wire or a synthetic resin strip from the front side of the gaming machine frame 1 shown in FIG. 2 below the gaming area 212. When trying to insert into the game area 212 via the gap between the front components, the tamper-proof band 221 that contacts the inner surface of the panel receives the unauthorized operation member and prevents the unauthorized operation member from entering the game area 212. To prevent.

  An attachment portion 222 for fixing the game board 210 to the gaming machine frame 1 is provided at the upper and lower portions on the right side of the peripheral ornament structure 211. The attachment portion 222 includes a lock insertion hole 223 that engages with the game main body lock member 33 provided in the game main body storage chamber 26 of FIG. A stamp stand 224 is provided at the lower right side of the peripheral ornament structure 211 so as to be openable and closable in the front-rear direction. The card holder 224 is opened forward around a hinge (not shown), which is a connecting portion with the peripheral ornament structure 211, so that the lower attachment portion 222 can be seen from the front side of the peripheral ornament structure 211. When the certificate stand 224 is closed rearward with the hinge as the center and is received by the certificate stand receiving portion 225, the attachment portion 222 is covered with the certificate stand 224 and cannot be seen from the front side of the peripheral decorative structure 211. On the front face of the closed certificate stand 224, a certificate stamp (not shown) is pasted to indicate that the game board 210 has been inspected and approved for sale.

  A plate-like structure 213 made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin forming the game area 212 includes a center ornament 226, a general prize component 227, an operation prize component 228, a start prize component 229, a variable prize component 230, a game nail 231, a windmill. A front part such as 232 is attached to a light-transmitting gaming area 212 surrounded by a round opening 214 excluding the launch passage 215 of the peripheral ornament structure 211. The general winning component 227 is a take-in type that takes a ball from the game area 212 and discharges the taken ball to the back side of the game area 212. A general winning ball detector (not shown) is provided inside the general winning component 227. The operation winning component 228 is a passing type in which a ball is taken from the game area 212 and discharged to the game area 212 without being taken into the back side of the game area 212. An operation winning ball detector (not shown) is provided inside the operation winning component 228. The start winning component 229 has a structure called an electric tulip that opens and closes the pair of blades in the left-right direction with a starting drive source (not shown) centering on the lower part of the pair of blades that open and close to the left and right. The start winning component 229 is a take-in type that takes a ball from the game area 212 and discharges the taken ball to the back side of the game area 212.

  Even when closed, the pair of left and right blades of the start winning component 229 can be applied in either a form capable of accepting a ball or a form not accepting a ball. A start winning ball detector (not shown) is provided inside the start winning component 229. The variable prize component 230 has a structure called an attacker or a big prize opening that opens and closes the opening / closing body 233 in the front-rear direction with a variable drive source (not shown) centering on the lower part of the horizontally long rectangular opening / closing body 233. Inside the hollow ball receiving portion that is closed or opened by the opening / closing body 233 of the variable winning component 230 is an ordinary winning ball detector (not shown) called a count switch and a V-switch or continuation switch (not shown). A special winning ball detector. The balls taken into the ball receiving portion of the variable winning component 230 are discharged to the back side of the game board 210 after passing through the normal winning ball detector or the specific winning ball detector. Therefore, the variable winning component 230 is a take-in type.

  The center ornament 226 has an arc shape that is formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin and protrudes upward. The center ornament 226 has a set screw such as a tapping screw (not shown) from the back surface of the plate-like structure 213. Mounted on the front. The general winning component 227, the operation winning component 228, the starting winning component 229, and the variable winning component 230 are components formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin, and are like tapping screws not shown from the back of the plate-like structure 213. It is attached to the front surface of the plate-like structure 213 with a simple set screw. The game nail 231 is a nail also called a failure nail formed of brass, and is driven into the inside from the front surface of the plate-like structure 213. Therefore, when a person sees the game board 210 having these front parts from the front side, the general prize component 227, the operation prize component 228, the start prize component 229, the variable prize component 230, and the game nail 231 in the game area 212 are used. The back side of the portion other than the covered portion can be visually recognized.

  A game board 250 shown in FIG. 8b includes a square plate-like structure 251 having a light blocking property, which is made of plywood such as veneer. The front surface of the plate-like structure 251 is a design board surface on which a fixed image such as a design is displayed. On the design board surface of the plate-like structure 251, the peripheral decoration structure 211, the inner guide rail 216, the outer guide rail 217, the out port portion 219 surrounding the out port 218, the card stand 224, the general winning component 227, the operation winning component 228, Front parts such as the start winning part 229, the variable winning part 230, the game nail 231, and the center decoration 252 are attached. The center ornament 252 has a center window 253 penetrating in the front-rear direction at the center of the front portion made of a light blocking synthetic resin disposed on the design board surface of the plate-like structure 251, and the center window 253 is the back surface of the center ornament 252. The plate-like structure 251 is closed by a center panel 254 made of light-transmitting synthetic resin fixed to the center, and the center panel 254 is formed so as to penetrate the plate-like structure 251 in the front-rear direction. It is inserted from the front side to the back side. Therefore, when a person views the game board 250 provided with these front parts from the front side, the back side can be visually recognized through the center panel 254 in the game area 212.

  A game board 270 shown in FIG. 8c has a peripheral decorative structure 211, an inner guide rail 216, an outer guide rail 217, an out mouth part 219 surrounding the out mouth 218, and a cardboard stand on the design board surface of the plate-like structure 251. Front parts such as H.224, general prize-winning parts 227, operation prize-winning parts 228, starting prize-winning parts 229, game nails 231 and variable prize-winning parts 271 are attached. The variable winning component 271 is a component provided in place of the center ornament 226 in FIG. 8 a and the center ornament 252 in FIG. 8 b, and is a light shielding property arranged on the design board surface of the plate-like structure 251. The front part made of synthetic resin has a box-shaped ball floating chamber 272 that opens to the front and has a depth from the front side to the back side, and a pair of blades 273 that open and close to the left and right. The ball floating chamber 272 has a plate-like structure. The plate-like structure 251 is inserted into an unillustrated escape hole formed so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction of the body 251 from the front side to the back side. Therefore, when a person views the game board 270 provided with these front parts from the front side, the back side cannot be visually recognized through the game area 212.

  The operation of the pachinko machine in the best mode will be described. In FIG. 2, the image display device 56 attached to the movable frame 5 is closed, the game area 212 of the game board 210 is directed to the front side, and the game board 210 is moved from the front side of the game machine frame 1 to the game main body storage chamber 26. The lower part of the game board 210 is put on the game main body shelf 35, and the left side part of the game board 210 is inserted between the game main body receiving part 32 and the game main body pressing part 31 and sandwiched from the front and rear direction. Thereafter, the right side portion of the game board 210 is pushed rearward by the operator, and the lock operation portion 34 of the game main body lock member 33 is inserted into the lock insertion hole 223 of the attachment portion 222 from the rear side and protrudes to the front side. When the operator rotates the lock operation portion 34, for example, 90 degrees clockwise, the lock operation portion 34 engages with the attachment portion 222 around the lock insertion hole 223, and the game board 210 is moved to the movable frame 5. Ri attached. As a result, as shown in FIG. 1b, the game board 210 and the ball guide body 234 are arranged in a non-contact manner on the front side of the image display device 56. When the image display device 56 is closed, the rectangular tube portion 78 of the parting structure 76 shown in FIG. 3 passes through the inside of the image see-through opening 29 and comes into contact with the back surface of the game board 210. The operator approaches the fixing tool 72 to the image display mounting portion 86. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 1b, the back surface of the game board 210 and the display screen 68 of the image display 67 are separated in the front-rear direction. Further, the back sides of the general winning component 227 and the start winning component 229 in the gaming board 210 shown in FIG. 2 are individually covered by the side cover 79 and the central cover 80 in the parting structure 76 shown in FIG. Further, the variable winning component 230 and the ball guide body 234 in the game board 210 shown in FIG. 2 are arranged in a lower space surrounded by the parting structure 76, the game main shelf 35 and the central opening 27 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, after the game board 210 is attached, the ball tray structure 10 is closed and the movable frame 5 is closed. In this state, the AC power supplied from the power supply device 57 shown in FIG. 3 is converted into a DC power supply, and the converted DC power is converted into a discharge / dispensing control device 58, the main control device 62, the composite control device 63 shown in FIG. The drive circuit device 64 is supplied to a symbol control device (not shown). As a result, the symbol control device drives the image display 67 shown in FIG. 3 according to an instruction from the main control device 62, and the image display 67 electrically displays the image on the display screen 68, and the front side of the gaming machine frame 1. 2 is a plate-like structure made up of the closed front panel 13 of the panel frame 9 of FIG. 2, the round opening 214 of the game board 210 and the light-transmitting synthetic resin. You can see through 213.

  Further, when the player puts a ball into the ball tray 22 of the ball tray structure 10 of FIG. 2 and operates the firing operation mechanism 23, the firing / dispensing control device 58 operates the firing mechanism 40 output from the firing operation mechanism 23. The game board 210 is driven one by one with a launch force corresponding to the amount, for example, at a predetermined number of intervals from 1 to less than 100 shots per minute, and the launch mechanism 40 supplies the balls supplied to the launch rail 41 from the ball tray portion 22 one by one. Fire toward the launch passage 215. In the process of the ball launched into the launch passage 215 returning from the launch passage 215 and opening the ball prevention valve 220 to reach the game area 212 and then flowing down the game area 212, the general winning component 227, the start winning component 229 or the When winning the variable winning component 230, the balls that have won the general winning component 227, the starting winning component 229 or the variable winning component 230 are discharged to the back side of the game board 210, and the balls as the winning balls corresponding to the respective winnings. Is dispensed from the ball dispensing mechanism 48 to the ball tray 22. The ball that has flowed to the bottom of the game area 212 without winning the general winning component 227, the starting winning component 229, or the variable winning component 230 is discharged to the back side of the game board 210 taken into the out port 218. Thereby, the player can see the movement of the sphere that goes to and from the game area 212 while viewing the image displayed on the display screen 68 of the image display 67 over the entire area of the game area 212.

  According to the best mode, as shown in FIG. 3, the horizontal width of the vertical rod 49 is a narrow dimension that guides the spheres from top to bottom in a row, and the image display 67 has a size of 17 inches. The display screen 68 has a horizontal orientation in which the horizontal width of the display screen 68 is directed in the horizontal direction of the game board 210, and the vertical width of the display screen 68 is directed in the vertical direction of the game board 210. It faces the game area 212 of the game board 210 in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 1, the vertical rod 49 is disposed on the back side of the launch passage 215. Therefore, since the image display device 56 corresponds to a wide range of the central portion in the game area 212, there is an advantage that an image that can be electrically changed in display form displayed on the image display device 56 can be shown to the player.

  If the thickness T in the front-rear direction of the three types of game boards 210; 250; 270 shown in FIG. 8 is set to the same dimension as the thickness of the game board used in the existing pachinko machine, for example, 19 mm, the three types Instead of the game boards 210; 250; 270, there is an advantage that an existing game board can be used by being mounted on the gaming machine frame 1 shown in FIG. For this reason, in the best mode, the dimension D1 between the display screen 68 of the image display 67 and the design board surface where the game area 212 exists in the game board 210 shown in FIG. From the dimension in which five balls are brought into contact with each other and arranged in series in the front-rear direction, the range of the dimension in which six balls are brought into contact with each other in the front-rear direction and arranged in series is set. That is, since the diameter of one sphere is 11 mm, the dimension D1 is a dimension in the range of 11 × 5 = 55 mm and 11 × 6 = 66 mm. By setting the dimension D1 in this way, the game board 270 provided with the variable prize component 271 having a portion protruding from the back surface to the back surface of the plate-like structure 251 as shown in FIG. Even when attached to the gaming machine frame 1 shown in FIG. b, there is an advantage that the variable winning component 271 does not interfere with the image display 67.

  FIGS. 9 to 11 show different forms for carrying out the invention in which the parting structure 76 is detachably attached to the movable frame 5 from the front side of the movable frame 5 instead of being attached to the image display device 56. FIG. 9 shows an appearance from the front side in which the gaming machine frame 1 to which the parting structure 76 and the image display device 56 are attached and the game board 210 are disassembled. FIG. 10 shows an appearance from the front side in which the parting structure 76 and the movable frame 5 are disassembled. FIG. 11 shows the front of the movable frame 5 to which the image display device 56 and the parting structure 76 are attached.

  As shown in FIG. 10, in the rear wall of the game main body storage chamber 26 in the game main body storage structure 8 of the movable frame 5, a parting engagement hole 120 penetrating in the front-rear direction is provided on the left and right sides above the central opening 27. It is formed in the position. On the cover 28 in the game main body storage structure 8, a fixture attachment portion 122 is formed below the image see-through opening 29. A support portion 123 is provided on the front upper portion of the rectangular tube portion 78 in the parting structure 76 so as to be positioned on the left and right. The support 123 includes a vertical piece extending upward from the rectangular tube 78, a horizontal piece projecting from the upper end of the vertical piece toward the back side, and a regulating piece bent downward from the rear end of the horizontal piece. With. At the front lower portion of the rectangular tube portion 78 in the parting structure 76, the fixture attaching portions 124 are provided on the left and right sides and protrude downward from the rectangular tube portion 78. In the fixture attachment portion 124, a fixture 125 corresponding to the fixture 90 of FIG. 6 is individually provided. A side wall portion facing the left and right sides of the rectangular tube portion 78 and an upper wall portion connected to the side wall portion are inclined toward the square opening 77 side from the front side to the rear side. On the front upper part of the rectangular tube portion 78, a design plate portion 126 is provided between the left and right support portions 123. The side cover 79 in FIG. 4 is removed from the parting structure 76.

  Then, at least when the panel frame 9 is opened and the game board 210 of FIG. 9 is not attached, the rectangular tube portion 78 of the parting structure 76 is opened from the front side of the game main body storage structure 8 through the image see-through opening 29. The restriction piece portion of the support portion 123 is inserted into the parting engagement hole 120. Then, after the regulating piece portion protrudes from the parting engagement hole 120 to the back side, the parting structure 76 is moved downward, and the lateral piece part of the support part 123 is brought into contact with the lower edge part of the parting engagement hole 120. Accordingly, the vertical piece portion and the restriction piece portion of the support portion 123 are arranged to sandwich the game main body storage structure 8 around the parting engagement hole 120 in the front-rear direction, and the parting structure 76 is stored in the game main body by the support portion 123. The fixture attachment portion 124 is supported while being suspended from the structure 8, and the fixture attachment portion 124 is disposed on the front side of the fixture attachment portion 122 of the cover portion 28 in the game main body storage structure 8. Thereafter, when the fixture 125 is pushed into the fixture attachment portion 122 by a person, the parting structure 76 is attached to the game main body storage structure 8 (see FIG. 9). In this way, the parting structure 76 is attached to the game main body storage structure 8 from the front side, and the image display device 56 is centered on the hinge including the display side hinge 70 and the frame side hinge 85 with respect to the back surface of the game main body storage structure 8. When closed, as shown in FIG. 1, the rectangular tube portion 78 of the parting structure 76 is in contact with or close to the image display 67. When a person views the image display 67 from the front side of the parting structure 76, the display screen 68 can be viewed through the rectangular opening 77 closed by the central cover 80 in the parting structure 76.

  According to this different form, the parting structure 76 can be attached to or removed from the game main body storage structure 8 on the front side of the game main body storage structure 8. Therefore, in the state where the gaming machine frame 1 shown in FIG. 9 is attached to the gaming machine installation structure of the pachinko parlor, the game board 210 is exchanged for another type. It is easy to replace the parting structure 76 with a form suitable for the type of game board 210. The reason for this is that when replacing the parting structure 76, at least the panel frame 9 is opened forward and the game board 210 is removed from the movable frame 5 without opening the movable frame 5 forward. This is because 76 can be exchanged.

  The image display 67 is not limited to a liquid crystal display, but may be a plasma display or other planar display. In the image display 67, the horizontal width of the display screen 68 is directed in the vertical direction, and the vertical width of the display screen 68 in the image display 67 is directed in the horizontal direction. If attached to the back surface of the storage structure 8, the horizontal width of the vertical gutter 49 is formed so that the ball passages 53 are formed in two rows when viewed from the rear side of the vertical gutter 49 inside the vertical gutter 49 with the increased horizontal width. Can be formed.

FIG. 4A is a front view showing the positional relationship among the ball payout device, the image display device, and the game board, and FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view showing the positional relationship between the gaming machine frame, the downarm, the image display device, and the game board ). The perspective view (best form) which shows a gaming machine frame and a game board from the front side. The perspective view which shows a movable frame from the back side (best form). The disassembled perspective view which shows a movable frame, an image display apparatus, and a parting structure (best form). The front view which shows a movable frame (best form). a figure is an exploded perspective view which shows a fixture, and b figure is a sectional view (best form) which shows the attachment structure to a member to which a fixture is attached. a figure is sectional drawing which shows the form which inserted the fixing tool in the other party member, b figure is sectional drawing which shows the form which attached the fixing tool to the other party member (best form). The perspective view which shows three types of game boards from the front side (best form). The disassembled perspective view (different form) which shows a gaming machine frame and a game board from the front side. The disassembled perspective view (different form) which shows a movable frame and a parting structure. The front view which shows a movable frame (different form).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine frame 5 Movable frame 8 Game main body storage structure 26 Game main body storage chamber 46 Ball payout apparatus 47 Tank structure 48 Ball payout mechanism 49 Vertical gutter 56 Image display apparatus 67 Image display 210 Game board

Claims (4)

  An image display device having an image display composed of a planar display is provided on the back surface of the game main body storage structure for storing the movable frame game board from the front side, corresponding to the central opening of the game main body storage structure. The tank structure and the ball payout mechanism in the ball payout device are provided above the image display device, and the vertical rod in the ball payout device is provided on the left side of the image display device. Pachinko machine to do.   The horizontal position of the display screen in the image display is directed horizontally, and the vertical width of the display screen in the image display is directed vertically. The image display is provided on the back side of the game main body storage structure. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine is provided.   2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the image display device is attached to the rear surface of the game main body storage structure so as to be able to be opened in the rear lateral direction by a hinge.   2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the lateral width of the vertical hook is formed to have a thin dimension that guides the sphere in a line from top to bottom.

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