JP2008104796A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of preventing a fraudulent implement such as a piano wire from forcibly entering from the gap of an inner frame and a glass frame. <P>SOLUTION: A sheet member 100 is disposed so as to cover the gap of the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22. The sheet member 100 is composed a sheet material 102, a sheet metal 104 for attachment, which is provided on one end side of the sheet material 102 and attached to the glass frame 22, and a sheet metal 110 for fixation, which is provided on the other end side of the sheet material 102 and attached to the inner frame 14. In this case, after the sheet member 100 is attached, when the glass frame 22 is closed, the sheet member 100 covers the gap 136 of the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22. Thus, even when the fraudulent implement such as a piano wire is made to forcibly enter the gap 136 by the fraudulent action, since the end of the fraudulent implement is brought into contact with the sheet material 102 and forcible entrance is stopped, the fraudulent implement does not forcibly enter into the inside of a Pachinko game machine 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including an inner frame in which a game board is assembled and a glass frame attached to the inner frame so as to be openable and closable.

Conventionally, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine equipped with an inner frame in which a game board is assembled and a glass frame attached to the inner frame so as to be openable and closable, fraud such as piano wire from a gap in the glass surface of the glass frame In order to prevent a fraudulent act from being performed by inserting a tool, there is a game board provided with a fraud prevention member on a rail portion. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP-A-8-164248

  However, the gaming machine of Patent Document 1 only prevents the unauthorized tool from entering the gap between the glass surfaces, and cannot prevent the unauthorized tool entering from the gap between the inner frame and the glass frame.

  In consideration of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can prevent an unauthorized tool such as a piano wire from entering through a gap between an inner frame and a glass frame.

  A gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention includes an inner frame in which a gaming board is assembled, a glass frame that is attached to the inner frame so as to be openable and closable, and the gaming board can be visually recognized, A sheet member is provided between the frame and the glass frame, and covers a gap on the hinge portion side of the inner frame and the glass frame.

  According to the above configuration, even if a piano wire or the like is invaded from the gap between the inner frame and the glass frame due to fraud, the sheet member covers the gap between the inner frame and the glass frame. Intrusion into the gaming machine is prevented.

  The gaming machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is a flexible sheet in which the sheet member can be elastically deformed, and one end of the flexible sheet is fixed to an inner frame side mounting member that is attached to the inner frame. The other end of the flexible sheet is fixed to a glass frame side attachment member attached to the glass frame.

  According to the above configuration, the flexible sheet is elastically deformed according to the open / closed state of the glass frame, so that the flexible sheet can be easily attached.

  Further, since the flexible sheet is attached to the inner frame and the glass frame via the inner frame side attaching member and the glass frame side attaching member, the flexible sheet is hardly damaged and is securely attached.

  In the gaming machine according to claim 3 of the present invention, a receiving hole is formed in one or both of the inner frame and the glass frame, and either the inner frame side mounting member or the glass frame side mounting member. One or both of them are characterized in that an insertion hole is formed together with the flexible sheet, and a snap latch is provided which is inserted into the insertion hole and the receiving hole portion to be expanded and engaged.

  According to the said structure, the attachment operation | work of a sheet | seat material becomes easy by using a snap latch. Further, even if the sheet material is damaged by an illegal act, the work of removing and replacing the sheet material by the snap latch becomes easy.

  Since this invention was set as the said structure, it can prevent that unauthorized tools, such as a piano wire, penetrate | invade from the clearance gap between an inner frame and a glass frame.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the gaming machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Configuration of pachinko machine)
FIG. 1 shows a pachinko machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 includes a wooden and 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 rigid synthetic resin in a rectangular frame shape is disposed on the front surface of the outer frame 12, and the pachinko machine 10 is disposed on the lower end of the front surface of the outer frame 12, which is the lower side of the inner frame 14. A synthetic resin undergarment 16 that constitutes the lower end portion of the front surface of the front 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 constituting the 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 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 (see FIG. 2) and supplies it to the launching device 60 (see FIG. 2) protrudes from the front upper portion 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. Further, an upper dish ball removing lever 50 is provided on the left side of the front surface of the upper dish 42.

  On the downstream side in the inclination direction of the bottom surface of the upper plate 42, pachinko balls stored in the upper plate 42 are aligned in a row and guided to a ball feeding device 45 (see FIG. 2) attached to the back surface of the base 41. An alignment passage 46 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. Further, a lower plate ball removal lever 52 is provided on the lower side of the front 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.

  The center of the front surface of the base 41 bulges out in a rectangular box shape, and a loudspeaker (not shown) that outputs sound effects as the game progresses is provided inside. Sound output from the speaker is output from an opening 58 formed in the front surface of the base 41.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a rectangular opening 15 is formed in the upper part of the front surface of the inner frame 14 that 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 made of a transparent resin plate such as acrylic, and a nail and a liquid crystal display unit (not shown) are attached to the front side. Thereby, the liquid crystal display panel LP (see FIG. 4) disposed on the back side of the game board G is visible.

  The game board G is covered with a glass frame 22 that is closed with respect to the inner frame 14, and the game area PA provided on the board surface of the game board G is opened from the front side of the pachinko machine 10 to the window portion 24. It can be visually recognized through the glass plate 26.

  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.

  In the spherical passage 70, a passage inlet 72 is formed at the upper end, and the passage outlet formed at the lower end communicates with the ball discharge port 49 (see FIG. 1). 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 right front surface which is the downstream side in the inclination direction of the bottom surface of the storage tank 74. Further, an overflow portion 78 is formed at the front left end portion of the storage tank 74 where 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 that launches a pachinko ball to the game board G (see FIG. 2) is attached below the lower ball 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, 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, and rents the pachinko balls guided to the payout device 62. Or, it is paid out to the lower ball passage unit 86 as a prize ball.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pachinko balls guided to the storage tank 74 through the lower sphere passage unit 86 are transferred from the upstream side (left side) to the downstream side (right side) in the storage tank 74. It 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). The pachinko ball is won or missed in the process of falling by its own weight in the game area PA, and a game using the pachinko ball is performed on the game board G.

  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 upper plate ball removal lever 50 is operated at the end of the game or the like, the most downstream portion of the alignment passage 46 is opened, and the pachinko balls stored in the upper plate 42 are discharged to the ball passage 70 and the lower plate 44. Flow down.

  Further, when the lower tray ball removal lever 52 is operated when the lower tray 44 is full of pachinko balls or at the end of the game, a part of the bottom plate bottom surface is opened and stored in the lower tray 44. The pachinko balls are discharged to 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.

  FIG. 4 shows a state in which the game board G is removed from the inner frame 14.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a substantially rectangular liquid crystal display panel LP is attached to the back side of the inner frame 14 (the back side of the game board G). The liquid crystal display panel LP is supported by a pair of upper and lower rail portions (not shown) arranged in a substantially horizontal direction. With the inner frame 14 opened, the rail portion extends from an opening (not shown) on the side wall of the inner frame 14. It can be exchanged by sliding along.

(Configuration of sheet member)
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the sheet member 100 is constructed so as to cover the gap between the inner frame 14 and the hinge portions 18 and 22 of the glass frame 22.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the sheet member 100 includes a sheet material 102, a mounting sheet metal 104 provided on one end side of the sheet material 102 and attached to the glass frame 22, and an inner frame provided on the other end side of the sheet material 102. 14 and a fixing metal plate 110 attached to 14.

  The sheet material 102 is made of a sheet-like resin having elasticity and heat resistance such as a polyurethane sheet.

  The mounting sheet metal 104 has a substantially L shape, and the sheet material 102 is sandwiched between the mounting sheet metal 104 and the auxiliary sheet metal 106, and is fixed to the sheet material 102 with a plurality of rivets 114.

  Further, the mounting sheet metal 104 is formed with a clearance hole 116 at the time of mounting and an insertion hole 109 through which the snap latch 108 is inserted. The snap latch 108 is configured such that the tip expands when pressed and the tip contracts when pulled.

  The fixing sheet metal 110 is bent at an end in a substantially L shape to form a fixing part 112, and is fixed to the sheet material 102 with an adhesive. Further, the fixing sheet metal 110 is formed with notches 118 at two locations, and the sheet material 102 is also cut in accordance with the notches 118.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, fixing portions 130 are provided at two upper and lower positions in front of the inner frame 14 on the left side of the liquid crystal panel LP.

  A fixing fitting 132 for fixing the fixing portion 112 to the inner frame 14 is positioned on the end surface of the fixing portion 130 and is loosely fastened by screws 131. In addition, the fixing bracket 132 is formed with a pressing portion 134 that presses the sheet member 100 toward the glass frame 22 when the glass frame 22 is closed.

  Near the end of the glass frame 22 on the support shaft side (hinge 18 side), a substantially L-shaped sheet metal 120 is fixed with screws 124.

  The sheet metal 120 is formed with relief holes 128 for preventing contact with the rivets 114 described above, and attachment holes 126 for attaching the sheet member 100 are formed at two locations on the upper and lower sides.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  First, the fixing portion 112 of the fixing metal plate 110 is sandwiched between the fixing portion 130 of the inner frame 14 and the fixing bracket 132. Subsequently, the fixing bracket 132 is fastened to the fixing portion 130 with screws 131, and one end of the sheet member 100 is fixed to the inner frame 14.

  On the other hand, in the sheet metal 120 and the mounting sheet metal 104, the snap latch 108 is inserted into the insertion hole 109 and the mounting hole 126 in a state where the insertion hole 109 and the mounting hole 126 are aligned. Subsequently, the tip of the snap latch 108 is expanded in diameter, the sheet metal 120 and the attachment sheet metal 104 are engaged, and the other end of the sheet member 100 is attached to the glass frame 22.

  Here, the sheet material 102 is sandwiched between the mounting sheet metal 104 and the wall part 122 of the sheet metal 120, and a curved part 119 is formed so as to cover the gap 136 between the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22. Accordingly, the sheet material 102 is not stretched when the glass frame 22 is opened and closed.

  When the snap latch 108 is pulled forward, the diameter of the tip is reduced and the snap latch 108 is detached from the mounting hole 126. Accordingly, when the glass frame 22 is removed from the inner frame 14, the snap latch 108 is pulled forward and one end of the sheet member 100 is removed, and then the glass frame 22 is removed.

  The sheet member 100 is attached to the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22 by the above method.

  At this time, since the sheet material 102 has elasticity and can be elastically deformed according to the open state of the glass frame 22, the attachment of the sheet member 100 is facilitated.

  Further, since the sheet member 100 can be attached to the glass frame 22 simply by pressing the snap latch 108, the attachment becomes easy.

  Furthermore, since both ends of the sheet material 102 are not fixed to the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22 as they are, but are attached via the fixing sheet metal 110 and the attachment sheet metal 104, the sheet material 102 is hardly damaged and is securely attached.

  On the other hand, when the glass frame 22 is closed after the sheet member 100 is attached, the sheet member 100 covers the gap 136 between the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22.

  Accordingly, even if an unauthorized tool such as a piano wire enters the gap 136 due to an unauthorized act, the unauthorized tool does not enter the pachinko machine 10 because the tip of the unauthorized tool comes into contact with the sheet material 102 to stop the entry.

  Even if the sheet material 102 is damaged by an unauthorized tool, the sheet member 100 can be easily removed simply by pulling the snap latch 108 and loosening the screw 131.

  Note that in the sheet member 100, two mounting sheet metals 104 may be used without using the fixing sheet metal 110, and both ends of the sheet member 100 may be attached to the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22 by the snap latches 108.

  Further, the mounting sheet metal 104 is provided on the inner frame 14 side, the fixing sheet metal is provided on the glass frame 22 side, and the sheet member 100 is first fixed on the glass frame 22 side, and then the snap latch 108 is attached to the inner frame 14. You may make it attach.

  As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, even if a piano wire or the like is invaded from the gap between the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22 due to fraud, the gap between the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22 is set to the sheet member 100. Therefore, the piano wire or the like comes into contact with the sheet material 102 of the sheet member 100, and the intrusion into the pachinko machine 10 is prevented.

  In addition, since the sheet material 102 is elastically deformed according to the open / close state of the glass frame 22, the attachment of the sheet material 102 is facilitated.

  Furthermore, since the sheet material 102 is attached to the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22 via the fixing sheet metal 110 and the attachment sheet metal 104, the sheet material 102 is hardly damaged and is securely attached.

  Further, the use of the snap latch 108 makes it easy to attach the sheet member 100. Furthermore, even if the sheet material 102 is damaged by an illegal act, the work of removing and replacing the sheet member 100 by the snap latch 108 becomes easy.

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

  The mounting sheet metal 104 may have a plate shape as well as an L shape. Further, the attachment sheet metal 104 may be fixed to the sheet material 102 by an adhesive.

  The snap latch 108 may be provided in a plurality of places of three or more places in the mounting sheet metal 104.

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 a perspective view which shows the state which removed the game board of the pachinko machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a lineblock diagram of a sheet member concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a fragmentary figure which shows the attachment method of the sheet | seat member which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machine 14 Inner frame (inner frame)
18 Hinge part (hinge part)
20 Hinge part (hinge part)
22 Glass frame (glass frame)
26 Glass (glass)
100 Sheet member (sheet member)
102 Sheet material (flexible sheet)
104 Sheet metal for mounting (glass frame side mounting member)
108 Snap Latch (Snap Latch)
109 Insertion hole (insertion hole)
110 Fixing sheet metal (inner frame side mounting member)
126 Mounting hole (receiving hole)
G game board (game board)

Claims (3)

An inner frame in which a game board is assembled,
A glass frame that is attached to the inner frame so as to be openable and closable, and has a glass that the game board can visually recognize,
A sheet member that is installed between the inner frame and the glass frame and covers a gap on the hinge part side of the inner frame and the glass frame;
A gaming machine characterized by comprising: The sheet member is a flexible sheet capable of elastic deformation;
One end of the flexible sheet is fixed to an inner frame side attachment member attached to the inner frame,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the other end of the flexible sheet is fixed to a glass frame side attachment member attached to the glass frame. A receiving hole is formed in either one or both of the inner frame and the glass frame,
An insertion hole is formed together with the flexible sheet in one or both of the inner frame side mounting member and the glass frame side mounting member,
The gaming machine according to claim 2, further comprising a snap latch that is inserted into the insertion hole and the receiving hole portion to be expanded and engaged.

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