JP2008086439A - Tray unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tray unit facilitating a confirmation of a grounding state. <P>SOLUTION: This tray unit 40 of a Pachinko machine 10 is openably/closably provided. The back face of the tray unit 40 is disposed with a side plate 102 and a locking member 106 in the exposed state, and the side plate 102, the locking member 106, a speaker 35, a ball feed device 45 and an alignment passage 46 are connected with earth wires G1-G4. Static electricity generated in the alignment passage 46 and the speaker 35 moves to the side plate 102 via the locking member 106, passes through a support pin 110 and a bottom plate 38 and is grounded in the grounding side of a power wire of the Pachinko machine 10. This tray unit 40 is the opening/closing type and, when the tray unit 40 is opened, the locking member 106, the side plates 102 and 104, and the earth wires G1-G4 are exposed, so that the grounding state is easily confirmed without disassembling the tray unit 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a tray unit for storing game balls of a gaming machine.

Conventionally, in gaming machines such as pachinko machines, a conductive member is provided on the bottom surface of the storage part for the purpose of protecting the control circuit or discharging static electricity of the game ball stored in the storage part, and further providing a conductive member. Some are grounded. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-28333 A

  However, in the gaming machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, when an acoustic device such as an upper plate, a lower plate, a handle for launching a game ball, and a speaker, such as a speaker, is provided as a single unit in the gaming machine main body so that it can be opened and closed, In this case, a plurality of ground wires are randomly processed and it is not easy to check the ground state.

  An object of this invention is to provide the saucer unit which the confirmation of a grounding state is easy in view of the said fact.

  The saucer unit according to claim 1 of the present invention is provided on the front surface of the gaming machine main body so as to be openable and closable, and is provided in a saucer unit including a saucer for storing game balls. A grounding member connected to a main body grounding member provided in the gaming machine main body is provided.

  According to the above configuration, since the tray unit is openable and the grounding member is exposed when the tray unit is opened, and the grounding state can be confirmed without disassembling the tray unit, it is easy to check the grounding state of the tray unit. It becomes.

  The saucer unit according to claim 2 of the present invention is a conductive unit connected to the main body grounding member at one or both of the hinge part of the saucer unit and the lock part on the open free end side of the saucer unit. A member is provided, and the grounding member and the conductive member are electrically connected.

  According to the said structure, since the electroconductive member connected with the main body grounding member is collected by either one or both of a hinge part and a lock | rock part, an assembly of a saucer unit becomes easy. Also, it is easy to check the grounding state of the tray unit.

  In the saucer unit according to claim 3 of the present invention, the ground wires of the plurality of electric motors provided in the saucer unit are connected, and the relay grounding member connected to the ground member is exposed on the back surface of the saucer unit. It is characterized by being arranged.

  According to the above configuration, since the ground wires of the plurality of electric motors are gathered and connected to the ground member by the relay ground member, the wiring process is simplified and the assembly is facilitated.

  The saucer unit according to claim 4 of the present invention is characterized in that an opening is provided on the back surface of the saucer unit to collect and draw out the ground wires of the electric motor.

  According to the above configuration, since the grounding wires of the electric motor are gathered and drawn out from the opening provided on the back surface of the saucer unit, the grounding wires are not drawn individually, and the assembling of the saucer unit becomes easy.

  Since the present invention has the above configuration, it is easy to check the grounding state of the tray unit.

  Hereinafter, a saucer unit according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Configuration of pachinko machine)
1 and 2 show a pachinko machine 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 10 includes a rectangular outer frame 12 that constitutes an outline of the pachinko machine 10 and is installed in an island facility of the pachinko hall.

  An inner frame 14 formed of a synthetic resin in a rectangular frame shape is disposed on the front surface of the outer frame 12, and the front lower end portion of the outer frame 12 on the lower side of the inner frame 14 is disposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10. A synthetic resin undergarment 16 constituting the lower end is attached.

  The inner frame 14 is attached to a pair of hinge portions 18 and 20 provided at the upper left corner portion of the outer frame 12 and the upper left corner portion of the lower decoration 16 so that the left end portion is pivotally supported and can be opened and closed.

  A glass frame 22 that constitutes an upper front portion of the pachinko machine 10 is disposed on the upper front portion of the inner frame 14. The glass frame 22 has a glass plate 26 attached to a vertically long and oval window 24 and a left end supported by the inner frame 14 so as to be opened and closed.

  A rectangular opening 15 is formed in the front upper portion of the inner frame 14 which is the back side of the glass frame 22. A game board G is set in the opening 15 of the inner frame 14 so as to be detachable (exchangeable).

  The game board G is covered with a glass frame 22 that is closed with respect to the inner frame 14. In addition, a game area PA provided on the board surface of the game board G is visible from the front side of the pachinko machine 10 through the glass plate 26 of the window 24.

  A plurality of lamps 28 that are turned on, turned off, and blinking according to the progress of the game to produce effects by illumination are disposed on the left and right side ends of the front surface of the glass frame 22. In addition, in the vicinity of the upper left and upper right corners of the glass frame 22, middle and high tone speakers 30L and 30R for outputting sound effects in stereo according to the progress of the game are incorporated.

  On the other hand, a dish unit 40 that constitutes the lower front portion of the pachinko machine 10 is disposed at the lower front portion of the inner frame 14.

  The dish unit 40 is attached so that the left end of the base 41 constituting the main body of the dish unit 40 is pivotally supported by the inner frame 14 and can be opened and closed.

  An upper plate 42 that protrudes and supplies the pachinko ball to the game board G and supplies it to the launching device 60 is provided on the upper front surface of the base 41. Further, a lower plate 44 for storing pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 protrudes from the lower left of the upper plate 42 in the lower front surface of the base 41.

  The upper plate 42 has a bottom surface inclined downward from the right side to the left side when viewed from the front. An alignment passage 46 that aligns pachinko balls stored in the upper plate 42 in a row and guides them to a ball feeding device 45 attached to the back surface of the base 41 is provided downstream of the bottom surface of the upper plate 42 in the inclination direction. Is provided.

  Lending balls and prize balls that are paid out from a payout device 62 (see FIG. 3) provided on the back surface of the inner frame 14 are discharged to the right end of the inner wall surface of the upper plate 42 formed by the base 41. A ball discharge port 48 is formed.

  A ball discharge port 49 through which pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 are discharged is formed at the right end of the rear wall surface of the lower plate 44.

  A firing handle 54 that is electrically connected to the launching device 60 and adjusts the launching force (flying distance) of the hit ball is attached to the lower right portion of the front surface of the base 41. An ashtray 56 is provided adjacent to the lower plate 44 at the lower left portion of the front surface of the base 41.

  In addition, the center of the front surface of the base 41 swells in a rectangular box shape, and a heavy bass speaker 35 (see FIG. 4) that outputs a sound effect according to the progress of the game is provided inside. The sound output from the speaker 35 is output from an opening 58 formed on the front surface of the base 41.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a ball passage 70 is provided at a substantially central portion on the back surface of the base 41 to allow pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 to flow down to the lower plate 44.

  The ball passage 70 has a passage inlet 72 formed at the upper end portion, and a passage outlet formed at the lower end portion communicates with the ball discharge port 49. A ball feeding device 45 is attached to the side closer to the rotation support shaft than the ball passage 70.

  On the other hand, on the rear side of the dish unit 40, a launching device 60 is disposed at the lower left of the game board G. When the game board G is hung from the substantially lower center to the lower right, the storage tank 74 can be attached to and detached from the inner frame 14. Is attached.

  The storage tank 74 has a box shape with an open top surface, and the bottom surface of the tank is inclined downward from the left side to the right side in a front view.

  A tank outlet 76 communicating with the ball discharge port 48 of the upper plate 42 is formed on the front surface on the right side which is the downstream side in the inclination direction of the bottom surface of the storage tank 74. In addition, an overflow portion 78 is formed at the front left end of the storage tank 74 so that the pachinko balls overflow when the stored amount of the pachinko balls in the storage tank 74 becomes full.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a locking device 64 for locking the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22 is attached to the side end of the inner frame 14 on the open side (the left side in the rear view). .

  A locking device 68 for locking the dish unit 40 is attached to the lower side of the locking device 64. Thereby, the plate unit 40 is locked by the locking device 68 in a state where it is closed by the inner frame 14, and is locked by the locking device 64 while the glass frame 22 is closed by the inner frame 14.

  The locking device 64 is provided with a cylinder lock 66, and the cylinder lock 66 is exposed on the upper right of the front surface of the dish unit 40.

  Here, when a key (not shown) is inserted into the key hole of the cylinder lock 66 and the unlocking operation is performed, the inner frame 14 locked to the outer frame 12 is unlocked and can be opened. Further, the glass frame 22 locked to the inner frame 14 is unlocked and can be opened.

  Furthermore, when the unlocking lever 69 of the locking device 68 exposed by opening the glass frame 22 is operated, the dish unit 40 locked to the inner frame 14 is unlocked and can be opened.

  When the dish unit 40 is locked by the locking device 68, the ball feeding device 45 is disposed on the front side of the launching device 60. A passage inlet 72 of the ball passage 70 is disposed on the lower front side of the overflow portion 78, and the storage tank 74 and the upper plate 42 communicate with each other via the tank outlet 76 and the ball discharge port 48.

  As shown in FIG. 3, an upper tank 80 and a lower tank 82 for storing pachinko balls supplied from the island facility are provided on the upper part of the back surface of the inner frame 14.

  An upper sphere passage through which the pachinko balls stored in the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82 flow down to the storage tank 74 (see FIG. 2) side at the side end of the inner frame 14 on the rotation support shaft side (the right side of the rear surface). A unit 84 and a lower sphere passage unit 86 are extended.

  A payout device 62 for paying out a predetermined number of pachinko balls is attached between the upper ball passage unit 84 and the lower ball passage unit 86. A launching device 60 is attached below the lower sphere passage unit 86.

  On the left side of the launching device 60, a payout control board 88 that controls the payout device 62 to execute and stop the payout of the pachinko balls is provided.

  The payout control board 88 is provided so as to be able to execute payout stop control and payout execution control.

  In the case of payout stop control, the payout control board 88 stops the payout device 62 to stop paying out the pachinko balls.

  On the other hand, in the case of the payout execution control, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the payout control board 88 drives the payout device 62 to flow down the upper ball passage unit 84 from the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82. The pachinko balls guided to 62 are paid out to the lower ball passage unit 86 as rental balls or prize balls.

  The pachinko ball guided to the storage tank 74 through the lower ball passage unit 86 rolls in the storage tank 74 from the upstream side (left side) to the downstream side (right side) and is discharged from the ball discharge port 48. And stored in the upper plate 42.

  Further, the pachinko balls are aligned in a row by the alignment passage 46 while flowing down in the upper plate 42 to the downstream side (left side). Is sent to.

  The pachinko balls sent to the launching device 60 are launched by the launching device 60 into the game area PA of the game board G (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2). A game using the pachinko ball is performed on the game board G by winning or losing in the process of the pachinko ball falling on the game area PA by its own weight.

  As the game progresses, a large number of pachinko balls are paid out as prize balls, and when the upper plate 42 becomes full, pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 are stored in the storage tank 74.

  Furthermore, when the storage tank 74 is full, the pachinko balls overflow from the overflow portion 78. Pachinko balls overflowing from the storage tank 74 fall to the passage inlet 72 and flow down the ball passage 70, are discharged from the ball discharge port 49, and are stored in the lower plate 44.

  Further, when the game is finished, if the upper plate ball removal lever 50 provided on the left side of the front surface of the upper plate 42 is operated, the most downstream portion of the alignment passage 46 is opened, and the pachinko stored in the upper plate 42 is opened. The sphere is discharged to the ball passage 70 and flows down to the lower tray 44.

  Furthermore, when the lower pan 44 is filled with pachinko balls or when the game is over, the lower pan ball removing lever 52 provided on the lower front side of the lower pan 44 is operated to remove the bottom plate 44 from the bottom. The part is opened, and the pachinko balls stored in the lower plate 44 are discharged into a ball box (not shown) arranged below the lower plate 44.

  On the other hand, a pair of shutter plates 90, 92 that are slidable in the vertical direction are located below the tank outlet 76 on the front surface of the inner frame 14 and below the ball outlet 48 on the back surface of the base 41 of the dish unit 40. Is attached.

  When the plate unit 40 is closed, the shutter plates 90 and 92 respectively move downward to open and communicate the tank outlet 76 and the ball outlet 48. When the dish unit 40 is opened, each moves upward, the shutter plate 90 on the inner frame 14 side closes the lower edge side of the tank outlet 76, and the shutter plate 92 on the dish unit 40 side is below the ball discharge port 48. Block the edge.

  The shutter plates 90 and 92 prevent the pachinko balls from flowing out from the storage tank 74 and the upper plate 42 when the dish unit 40 is opened.

(Configuration of dish unit)
Next, the configuration of the dish unit 40 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the dish unit 40 has a support portion 32 formed on the left side of the front surface.

  A concave portion 108 is formed on the upper surface side of the support portion 32, and a support pin 110 that protrudes in the vertical direction by a biasing force of a spring (not shown) on the lower surface side and is accommodated in the support portion 32 by an external pressing force. Is provided.

  On the other hand, a lock member 106 for fixing the dish unit 40 to the pachinko machine 10 is provided on the rear surface of the right front portion of the dish unit 40.

  In addition, the above-described alignment passage 46 is provided above the inside of the dish unit 40, and a speaker 35 for outputting sound is provided below. On the alignment passage 46, pachinko balls PB are aligned.

  Here, each of the support pin 110, the lock member 106, and the alignment passage 46 is made of a metal material such as iron and has conductivity.

  FIG. 5 shows a state in which the dish unit 40 is viewed from the back side.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an engagement portion 34 having a size substantially equal to the outer shape of the support portion 32 is formed on the left side of the inner frame 14 of the pachinko machine 10.

  The engaging portion 34 is provided with a projecting pin 36 and a bottom plate 38.

  The protruding pin 36 protrudes downward from the upper end of the engaging portion 34, and the plate unit 40 is positioned by engaging the protruding pin 36 with the recess 108 of the support portion 32.

  The bottom plate 38 is made of a metal material such as iron and is conductive, and is connected to the ground side of a power line (not shown) of the pachinko machine 10 via the inner frame 14. Further, the bottom plate 38 has a recess (not shown) formed in the vertical direction.

  Here, the pan unit 40 is slid in the direction of the arrow X, positioned by the projecting pin 36, and the concave portion of the bottom plate 38 and the support pin 110 are engaged with each other, so that the pan unit 40 rotates the support portion 32 at the rotation center. As described above, the pachinko machine 10 can be opened and closed on the front surface.

  Further, the side plates 102 and 104 are disposed so as to be exposed on the right side of the back surface of the dish unit 40, and are respectively fastened to the base 41 with screws.

  The side plates 102 and 104 are both made of a metal material such as iron and have conductivity. The side plates 102 and 104 and the support pin 110 are electrically connected inside the base 41. The side plate 102 is provided with fastening portions 118 and 120 using screws.

  One end of a conductive ground wire G3 is connected to the fastening portion 118, and one end of a conductive ground wire G4 is connected to the fastening portion 120. The other end of the ground wire G4 is connected to the ball feeder 45.

  On the other hand, the dish unit 40 is fixed to the pachinko machine 10 by the locking member 106 being locked in a locking hole (not shown) of the inner frame 14.

  Here, the lock member 106 is a substantially L-shaped flat plate except for the portion to be locked, and is disposed to be exposed on the left side of the back surface of the dish unit 40 and fastened to the base 41 with a plurality of screws. ing.

  Fastening portions 114 and 116 using screws are provided on the right side of the lock member 106.

  Here, one end of the conductive ground wire G1 is connected to the fastening portion 111 provided in the lower portion of the alignment passage 46, and one end of the conductive ground wire G2 is connected to the speaker 35. . Further, a ground wire (not shown) connected to the firing handle 54 is connected to the lock member 106.

  A substantially rectangular opening 112 is formed on the back surface of the base 41, and the ground wire G1 and the ground wire G2 are drawn out from the opening 112. The other end of the ground wire G1 is connected to the fastening portion 114 and the other of the ground wire G2. The ends are connected to the fastening portions 116, respectively.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  When the pachinko ball flows down the upper ball passage unit 84 and the dispensing device 62 (see FIG. 3) and is stored on the alignment passage 46, or when the player throws the pachinko ball into the alignment passage 46, the pachinko ball The surface may be charged by static electricity.

  This static electricity moves to the lock member 106 through the ground wire G1, and further moves to the side plate 102 through the ground wire G3. The static electricity that has moved to the side plate 102 is grounded to the ground side of the power line of the pachinko machine 10 via the support pins 110 and the bottom plate 38. Thus, since the static electricity of the pachinko ball is removed using the lock member 106 as a relay member, the player does not feel uncomfortable even if he touches the pachinko ball.

  Similarly, static electricity generated in the speaker 35 moves to the lock member 106 through the ground wire G2, and grounds the power supply line of the pachinko machine 10 through the ground wire G3, the side plate 102, the support pins 110, and the bottom plate 38. Grounded to the side. Thereby, noise generation of the speaker 35 is suppressed.

  Further, the static electricity generated in the ball feeding device 45 moves to the side plate 102 through the ground wire G4, and is grounded to the ground side of the power supply line of the pachinko machine 10 via the support pin 110 and the bottom plate 38.

  As described above, when the dish unit 40 is openable and the dish unit 40 is opened, the lock member 106, the side plates 102 and 104, and the ground wires G <b> 1 to G <b> 4 are exposed, and the dish unit 40 can be disassembled. Since the grounding state can be confirmed, the grounding state of the dish unit 40 can be easily confirmed.

  Further, since the lock member 106, the side plate 102, and the ground wires G1 to G4 are integrated into one or both of the support part and the lock part (lock member) of the dish unit 40, the dish unit 40 can be easily assembled. The confirmation of the grounding state of the dish unit 40 is facilitated.

  Furthermore, since the ground members for grounding such as the speaker 35 and the launching handle 54 are gathered using the lock member 106 as a relay ground member, the wiring process is simplified and the assembly is facilitated.

  Further, since the ground wires G1 and G2 are gathered and pulled out from the opening 112 provided on the back surface of the tray unit 40, the ground wires G1 and G2 are not pulled out individually, and the tray unit 40 can be easily assembled.

  Further, since the ground wires G1 and G2 are connected to the lock member 106 close to the alignment passage 46 and the speaker 35 instead of the side plate 102, and the lock member 106 is connected to the side plate 102 as a relay member, the length of the ground wires G1 and G2 is increased. Thus, the ground wires G1 to G4 are not randomly arranged.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment.

  The lock member 106 may have a U shape, a flat plate, or the like in addition to the L shape.

  The connection of the ground wires G1 to G4 in the fastening portions 111, 114, 116, 118, and 120 may be by soldering other than fastening by screws.

  The position of the opening 112 may be at any position of the dish unit 40 as long as the ground wires G1 and G2 can be shortened.

1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view showing the state where the glass frame and tray unit of the pachinko machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention were opened. It is the perspective view which looked at the pachinko machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention from the back. It is the top view and front view of the dish unit which concern on embodiment of this invention. It is a rear view of the dish unit concerning the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machine 14 Inner frame (main body of gaming machine)
32 Supporting part (hinge part)
35 Speaker (electric motor)
38 Bottom plate (main body grounding member)
40 dish unit (dish unit)
42 Top plate
44 Lower tray
45 Ball feeder (electric motor)
54 Launch handle (electric motor)
102 Side plate (grounding member, conductive member)
104 Side plate (grounding member)
106 Lock member (conductive member, relay grounding member, lock part)
110 Support pin (grounding member)
112 opening (opening)
G1 Ground wire (ground wire)
G2 Ground wire (ground wire)
G3 Ground wire (ground wire)
G4 Ground wire (ground wire)
PB Pachinko ball (game ball)

Claims (4)

In the saucer unit provided with a saucer that can be opened and closed on the front surface of the gaming machine main body and stores a game ball,
A saucer unit comprising a grounding member that is exposed on the back surface of the saucer unit and connected to a main body grounding member provided in the gaming machine body.   A conductive member connected to the main body grounding member is provided on one or both of the hinge portion of the tray unit and the lock portion on the open free end side of the tray unit, and the grounding member and the conductive member are connected. The tray unit according to claim 1, wherein the member is electrically connected.   The grounding wires of a plurality of electric motors provided in the tray unit are connected, and a relay grounding member connected to the grounding member is disposed so as to be exposed on the back surface of the tray unit. Or the saucer unit of Claim 2.   The saucer unit according to claim 3, wherein an opening is provided on the back surface of the saucer unit to collect and draw out the ground wires of the electric motor.

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