JP2007007070A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which facilitates the transportation of a game panel having a heavy weight, and is equipped with a handle which is attached with a high strength and does not become an obstacle. <P>SOLUTION: A game panel unit 11 is equipped with the game panel 18, a rail frame 19 which partitions a game region, and a rear mechanism plate 28. The game panel 18 is provided with a plurality of through holes 33. A latch member 32 which is provided on the rail frame 19 is inserted in a fitting section 34 provided on the rear mechanism plate 28 through the through holes 33. The game panel 18 is pinched by the rail frame 19 and the rear mechanism plate 28, and is integrally fixed. The rear mechanism plate 28 is formed into an approximately square frame shape which surrounds the periphery of the opening section 18a of the game panel 18. One edge at the upper section of the rear mechanism plate 28 is integrally formed as a grip section 43 which is gripped when the game panel unit 11 is carried. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a back mechanism plate having a passage for taking out a game ball that has entered a winning opening is attached to the back of a game board.

  Pachinko machines play games by launching game balls toward a game board provided with a winning opening and an out opening. The game ball falls on the board surface of the game board and enters either the winning opening or the out opening. When the game balls enter the winning opening, the game is won and a predetermined number of game balls can be obtained as prize balls. When a game ball enters the out mouth, the prize ball is not paid out, and the number of game balls that can be used for the game decreases. On the front surface of the game board, there is formed a game area provided with obstacle nails that change the path of the game ball, a winning device that makes it easy to win the game ball at the winning opening, and the like. On the back of the game board, a circuit board for controlling a back mechanism board having a collecting bowl for collecting the game balls entering the winning opening and dropping the game balls from a predetermined position, a winning device, or the like is attached. .

In addition to the weight of the plate material itself, the game board is provided with a winning device, a circuit board and the like as a unit, so that its weight is considerably large. Conventionally, when carrying the game board in the manufacturing process of the pachinko gaming machine, the left and right sides of the game board or the outer and upper edge portions of the game board are gripped with both hands. For this reason, if an operator mistakes the position where the game board is gripped and the hand touches the front part of the game board in which the game area is formed, the parts constituting the game board are deformed by the force of gripping the game board. And sometimes injured the fingertips. For this reason, it has been proposed to provide a handle so that an operator can easily hold the game board (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-9-262352

  However, in recent pachinko machines, the weight of circuit board boxes and liquid crystal display devices that house circuit boards attached to the rear part of the game board increases, and the center of gravity of the game board is located behind the center part of the plate material. A lot of things. For this reason, when the handle is located on the front side of the game board, the lower end portion of the lifted game board is greatly inclined toward the front side of the game board, and there is a disadvantage that the balance is poor and it is difficult to carry. A conventional game board in which a metal rail that guides a game ball to the game area at the time of launching the game ball is fixed with a side edge fixed with a split pin, etc. May cause injury to the hand or deform the metal rail, which may affect the accuracy of game balls. Further, in order to carry a heavy game board such as a game board provided with a large-screen liquid crystal display device or the like, a handle attached to the game board with high strength is required. In addition, due to the complexity of game control, there is a circumstance that the number of components provided on the back of the game board has increased and the space that can be gripped has decreased.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can easily carry a heavy game board and has a handle that does not interfere with the mounting with high strength. .

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a game board in which a game area for playing a game ball in a prize opening is formed on the front side and an opening for attaching an image display device is provided. A gaming machine comprising a back mechanism plate attached to a back surface of the game board, wherein the back mechanism board is an opening of the game board. It is formed in a frame shape surrounding the part, and a fitting part that fits into a mounting hole provided in the game board and receives a force in a direction parallel to the surface of the game board is provided. The grip portion for gripping is integrally formed on the upper portion. Since the grip part extends approximately the same as one side of the upper part of the game board and a space for inserting a finger is provided in the lower part, the position of the grip part can be grasped immediately even on the back of the game board. Can prevent danger of injury due to contact with other parts

  The grip portion is formed in a box shape, and has a reinforcing rib that suppresses deformation when gripped.

  A rail frame that defines the game area is attached to the game board, and the rail frame has a position that can be inserted into the fitting portion of the back mechanism plate fitted in the attachment hole, and the fitting portion. A displacement member that displaces to a position where it cannot be removed from the rail is provided, and the rail frame and the back mechanism plate are moved by inserting the displacement member into the fitting portion and displacing the displacement member to a position where it cannot be removed. It is fixed to a game board.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, the back mechanism plate attached to the back of the gaming board is formed in a frame shape surrounding the opening of the gaming board provided for attaching the image display device, and on the upper part, Since the grip portion that is gripped when carrying the game board is provided, it is not necessary to retrofit special parts, and the arrangement of other components of the game board is not disturbed. Further, even if the game board has a center of gravity located rearward due to the weight of the circuit board box, the inclination of the game board when it is lifted is reduced and can be easily carried. Even when a heavy circuit board box or the like is provided on the game board, a grip portion capable of supporting the weight of the game board can be provided by attaching the back mechanism board to the game board with sufficient strength. it can. Also, in order to attach the back mechanism board to the game board with high strength, it is fitted with an attachment hole provided in the game board, and a fitting part is provided that receives a force in a plane direction parallel to the surface of the game board. The weight of the game board when the game board is lifted and the weight of the back mechanism board when the game board is assembled in the gaming machine are received by the fitting part, and the weight when the back mechanism board is gripped and lifted. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the back mechanism plate from being detached from the game board or the game board from being damaged. In addition, positioning when attaching the back mechanism plate to the game board is facilitated by the fitting portion. Compared to the case where a screw hole is provided in the game board and the back mechanism plate is fixed to the game board only by screwing, it is possible to prevent providing many screw fixing points to prevent the screw hole from spreading due to the weight of the back mechanism plate. The game board manufacturing process is simplified and the cost can be reduced.

  Further, by forming the grip portion in a box shape, it is possible to reduce the material used for forming the back mechanism plate and make it easy to grip. In addition, reinforcing ribs are provided to compensate for the lack of strength of the box-shaped grip body, and distortion and deformation of the grip portion are suppressed, so that even if the weight of the game board is heavy, carrying of the game board may be hindered. Absent.

  Since a rail frame that demarcates the game area is provided on the front surface of the game board, a displacement member that displaces the rail frame to a position where it can be inserted into the fitting portion of the back mechanism plate and a position where it cannot be removed is provided. The game board is sandwiched between the rail frame and the back mechanism board, and the rail frame, game board, and back mechanism board can be fixed together. The displacement member holds the rail frame and the back mechanism board in the thickness direction of the game board, and the fitting part of the back mechanism board supports the weight of the game board. Power is not applied and play is unlikely to occur between the back mechanism board and the game board. Therefore, the back mechanism plate is stably held on the game board. Further, the rail frame, the game board, and the back mechanism plate can be easily disassembled without screws, and the rail frame and the back mechanism plate can be easily reused. In addition, when discarding a rail frame, game board, and back mechanism plate that cannot be reused, a separation process can be easily performed according to the difference in material.

  In FIG. 1, a pachinko gaming machine (game machine) 10 includes a game board unit 11 and a main body frame 12 to which the game board unit 11 is detachably attached. A glass door 13 that covers the front surface of the game board unit 11 is rotatably provided on the main body frame 12. A lower part of the main body frame 12 is provided with a supply tray 14 for supplying game balls to a launching device for launching game balls, and a handle 15 that is operated when adjusting the strength for launching the game balls.

  In FIG. 2, the game board unit 11 includes a game board 18 made of plywood and a rail frame 19 attached to the front surface of the game board 18. The game board 18 is formed with a game area 18a provided with a plurality of winning holes on the front surface thereof. The game area 18a is provided with obstacle nails, windmills and the like that change the path when the game ball falls. The game area 18a is provided with a start winning port 20, a normal winning port 21, a passing port 22, and an out port 23. An attacker device 24 is provided between the start winning port 20 and the out port 23. The attacker device 24 includes an opening / closing plate 24a having a horizontal axis. The opening / closing plate 24a receives the game ball falling toward the out port 23 when opened, and causes the attacker device 24 to win the game ball.

  When a game ball enters the start winning port 20, the normal winning port 21, and the attacker device 24, the game is won, and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the supply tray 14 as prize balls. When a game ball enters the out port 23, the prize ball is not paid out, and the number of game balls that can be used for the game decreases. When a game ball enters the start winning opening 20, a prize ball is paid out, and a jackpot lottery using an electronic lottery for determining a jackpot is performed. When the big hit lottery is won, the attacker device 24 is operated, and it is easy to make the game ball that has been launched win the winner, so that a large number of prize balls can be obtained.

  A liquid crystal display device (image display device) 25 is provided almost at the center of the game area 18a. The liquid crystal display device 25 displays the result of the jackpot lottery performed when the game ball wins the start winning opening 20 according to how the symbols are aligned. For example, if three identical symbols are aligned in a row, it will be a big hit, and if the symbols are arranged in other ways, it will be lost. The game board 18 is provided with a center accessory 26 that covers the periphery of the liquid crystal display device 25. The center accessory 26 prevents the game ball from falling down in front of the screen of the liquid crystal display device 25, thereby preventing the symbol indicating the result of the big win lottery from becoming difficult to see. Further, a stage 26 a for making it easy to win a game ball in the start winning opening 20 is formed in the center accessory 26. The stage 26a is formed of an inclined curved surface for allowing the game ball introduced from the introduction port provided on the upper part or the side part of the center accessory 26 to roll left and right and then falling, and the game ball rolling the stage 26a is in the center. When the game ball stops at the position of the groove of the part, the game ball falls so as to win at a high rate in the start winning opening 20 located immediately below the game ball.

  In FIG. 3, the game board unit 11 includes a game board 18, a rail frame 19, and a back mechanism plate 28. The back mechanism plate 28 is attached to the back surface of the game board 18. The back mechanism plate 28 includes a liquid crystal storage box 30 in which the liquid crystal display device 25 and its drive circuit board are stored, and a control board storage in which a control circuit board and the like for managing winning detection and prize ball payout are stored. A box 31 is attached. A center accessory 26 is attached to an opening 18 b provided in the game board 18, and a liquid crystal display device 25 is disposed at the rear of the center accessory 26. The back mechanism plate 28 is formed in a substantially rectangular frame shape that surrounds the opening 18b of the game board 18 and forms a space. The liquid crystal storage box 30 is attached in the space of the frame of the back mechanism plate 28, and the control board storage box 31 is attached outside the space of the back mechanism plate 28.

  The rail frame 19 is provided with a plurality of latch members (displacement members) 32 at four positions, ie, an upper left and right position and a lower left and right position. In the game board 18, corresponding to the position of the latch member 32, through holes (attachment holes) 33 into which portions serving as knobs of the latch member 32 are fitted are provided at four locations outside the game area 18 a. Fitting portions 34 that are fitted into the through holes 33 are provided at four positions on the left and right positions of the upper and lower portions of the back mechanism plate 28 corresponding to the positions of the through holes 33.

  In FIG. 4, the latch member 32 includes a columnar portion 35 serving as an insertion portion to be fitted into the through hole 33 of the game board 18 and a substantially rectangular parallelepiped rotating portion 36 serving as a knob. The rotation part 36 is rotatable with respect to the cylindrical part 35, and is stable in a state of being displaced to a horizontal position or a vertical position. The fitting portion 34 of the back mechanism plate 28 is formed to project in a cylindrical shape toward the front surface of the game board 18. The fitting portion 34 is provided with an insertion hole 34b through which the rotating portion 36 of the latch member 32 is inserted into the bottom surface 34a of the protruding tip. The insertion hole 34 b has a rectangular shape that is long in the horizontal direction in accordance with the shape of the rotating portion 36.

  In FIG. 5, when the latch member 32 in a state where the rotating portion 36 is maintained in the horizontal position is fitted into the through hole 33 from the front side of the game board 18 and the fitting part 34 is fitted from the back side of the game board 18 to the through hole 33. The moving part 36 is inserted through the insertion hole 34b. When the rotating portion 36 is rotated after the rotating portion 36 is inserted into the insertion hole 34b and the rotating portion 36 is displaced to the vertical position, the rotating portion 36 is caught by the peripheral portion of the insertion hole 34b, and the latch member 32 and the fitting are fitted. It becomes impossible to extract the joint portion 34 from the through hole 33 of the game board 18. As shown in FIG. 6, the rail frame 19 and the back mechanism plate 28 are in close contact with the front and back surfaces of the game board 18, respectively, and the rail frame 19 and the back mechanism board 28 are fixed to the game board 18. That is, three members are integrated as the game board unit 11.

  In FIG. 7, in the lower part of the back mechanism plate 28 outside the square space, the game balls that have entered the start winning opening 20 and the normal winning opening 21 are inserted into the game board 18 through the through holes provided in the game board 18. A collecting rod 40 is provided for collecting in a predetermined fall range on the back side of the. The guide rib 41 for guiding the game ball is in contact with the back surface of the game board 18 and forms a space serving as a path for the game ball. The collective basket 40 collects the game balls that have entered each winning opening in the vicinity of the out opening 23. The game balls that have entered the winning holes, the game balls that have entered the out port 23, and the game balls that have entered the attacker device 24 fall below the out port 23 and are collected from the pachinko gaming machine 10. (Not shown).

  In FIG. 8, a grip portion 43 having a reinforcing rib 42 protruding toward the rear of the game board 18 and a box surrounding the outer periphery of the reinforcing rib 42 is provided on the upper portion of the back mechanism plate 28. The grip portion 43 has a structure including honeycomb-shaped ribs in the hollow portion. The grip portion 43 has a dimension in the depth direction so that the fingertip does not come into contact with the game board 18 when gripping, and it is difficult to grip.

  In FIG. 9, a gap for inserting a finger when the game board unit 11 is lifted is formed between the grip portion 43 and the liquid crystal storage box 30. By pushing the fingertip and palm against the bottom and front of the grip portion 43 and lifting the back mechanism plate 28, the game board 18, the rail frame 19, the liquid crystal storage box 30 and the like fixed to the back mechanism plate 28 are lifted together. Since the rigidity of the grip portion 43 is enhanced by the reinforcing rib 42, the grip portion 43 is hardly deformed by the weight of the game board unit 11. When the game board unit 11 is lifted, the weight of the game board 18 and the rail frame 19 is mainly applied to the fitting portion 34 of the back mechanism plate 28, and the force in the direction of gravity is applied to the latch member 32 with a small force. Since the grip part extends approximately the same as one side of the upper part of the game board and a space for inserting a finger is provided in the lower part, the position of the grip part can be grasped immediately even on the back of the game board. Can prevent danger of injury due to contact with other parts

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine 10 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and appropriate modifications can be made. For example, the structure is not limited to a structure in which the latch member 32 of the rail frame 19 is inserted into the fitting portion 34 provided on the back mechanism plate 28 and the game board 18 is sandwiched between the rail frame 19 and the back mechanism plate 28. 19 and the back mechanism board 28 are directly attached to the front and back of the game board 18 by screwing or the like, the screws are secured by fitting the fitting portions of the back mechanism board 28 into the mounting holes provided in the game board 18. The number of places can be reduced. As long as the mounting holes are not formed through the front and back surfaces of the game board 18, any number of mounting holes can be provided not only outside the game area 18a but also at the back side of the game area 18a.

It is a perspective view of the state which isolate | separated the main body frame and the game board unit. It is a perspective view of a game board unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of the back side of a game board unit. It is a perspective view of a latch member and a fitting part. It is a front view which shows the state which penetrated the latch member to the fitting part. It is sectional drawing of the state which latched the latch member and the fitting part in the through-hole of the game board. It is a front view of a gathering pot. It is a perspective view of a grip part. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the game board unit was lifted.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machines (game machines)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Game board unit 12 Main body frame 18 Game board 18a Game area 18b Opening part 19 Rail frame 25 Liquid crystal display device (image display device)
28 Back mechanism plate 30 Liquid crystal storage box 31 Control board storage box 32 Latch member (displacement member)
33 Through hole (Mounting hole)
34 Fitting part 34b Insertion hole 36 Turning part 40 Assembly rod 42 Reinforcement rib 43 Grip part

Claims (3)

A game area for playing a game ball in a prize opening is formed on the front side, an opening for attaching an image display device is provided, and a game ball that has entered the prize opening is externally provided. In a gaming machine having a passage for taking out and having a back mechanism plate attached to the back of the gaming board,
The back mechanism plate is formed in a frame shape surrounding the opening,
A fitting portion that fits into a mounting hole provided in the game board and receives a force in a direction parallel to the surface of the game board;
A gaming machine characterized in that a grip portion for gripping is integrally formed at an upper portion thereof.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the grip portion is formed in a box shape and has a reinforcing rib that suppresses deformation when gripped. A rail frame that defines the game area is attached to the game board,
The rail frame is provided with a displacement member that is displaced to a position where it can be inserted through the fitting portion of the back mechanism plate fitted into the mounting hole, and a position where it cannot be removed from the fitting portion,
3. The rail frame and the back mechanism plate are fixed to the game board by inserting the displacement member through the fitting portion and displacing the displacement member to a position where it cannot be removed. Game machines.

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