JP2008264279A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine, even if forgetting to fix a panel body, scarcely resulting in a trouble caused thereby. <P>SOLUTION: This Pachinko game machine is disposed with a mechanism board 100 in the back of a game machine body 14 equipped with a game board 27 and, when a large-scale rotating locking device 34 for closely fitting and fixing the game board 27 to the game machine body 14 is not worked and the game board 27 is not closely fitted and fixed to the game machine body 14, a press bar 127 of a game ball recovery case 117 in front of the mechanism board 100 pushes the game board 27 from the back face in closing, to retain the close-fitting property of the game board 27 to the game machine body 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction.

Conventionally, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a slot machine, a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction. As an example of such a gaming machine, the pachinko gaming machine of Patent Document 1 is shown. In Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 12, a gaming machine main body 12 is attached to an outer frame 11 so as to be openable and closable. Are arranged in duplicate. These panel bodies are connected to each other by fixing means such as a rotary locking fixture or a push-in type fixing pin called Nylatch (registered trademark).
For example, the game board 30 is fixed (engaged) to the gaming machine main body 12 by a plurality of locking fixtures 211 and 212 arranged in a scattered manner on the periphery as shown in FIG. In the state of being placed on the shelf portion on the gaming machine main body 12 side, it is held so as not to fall backward.
JP-A-2005-415

However, since a plurality of such locking fixtures 211 and 212 are provided, the game board 30 will not drop out even if all of them are not fully functioning. For this reason, some locking fixtures 211 and 212 may be forgotten to rotate in the engaging direction, or may be assembled while the amount of rotation is insufficient and the engaging action cannot be exhibited. .
In this case, although the gaming board 30 does not fall off as described above, the gaming board 30 is slightly displaced from the position where it should be originally set without being firmly pressed against the gaming machine body 12, and the gaming board 30 is not in contact with the gaming machine body 12. There was a possibility of being placed slightly tilted. Such a symptom is considered to be a potential cause of various problems. Particularly, the problem is the cooperation between the game board 30 and the mechanism on the front side of the gaming machine main body 12.
The gaming board 30 is provided with a gaming surface including a rail unit 50 on the front side thereof. When the gaming board 30 is set on the gaming machine main body 12, the gaming surface is exposed to the front side from the opening of the gaming machine main body 12 and the rail unit 50. Is projected to the gaming machine main body 12 side. Since the outer rail 52 of the rail unit 50 has a function of receiving a pachinko ball that is launched obliquely upward from the launching mechanism of the gaming machine body 12, a slight inclination of the game board 30 prevents the pachinko ball from sliding. It is because it may become.

For example, in Patent Document 1, such a problem is particularly likely to occur when the locking fixture 212 illustrated in FIG. 14 is in an unfixed state (disengaged). That is, this is because the periphery of the locking fixture 212 corresponds to the back of the base position of the outer rail 52 arranged on the front surface of the game board 30. Further, as shown in FIG. 11 of Patent Document 1, the locking fixture 212 is hidden by the control board unit 202, and the locking fixture 212 is in a state where all the panel bodies are pumped up. It will be difficult to see from the back side. For this reason, the fact that it is in a non-fixed state is difficult to confirm at the stage of completion of assembly, which is another cause of difficulty in finding defects.
Such a malfunction occurs because the gaming machine is configured by combining a plurality of panels. For this reason, there has been a demand for a game machine of this type so that even if one panel body is forgotten to be fixed, troubles caused by the panel body are less likely to occur.
The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which even if one panel body is forgotten to be fixed, a malfunction caused by the failure is unlikely to occur.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in a gaming machine in which a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction, one panel selected from the plurality of panel bodies is assembled. The body is closely fixed to the front panel body disposed adjacent to the front of the one panel body by a fixing means, and the rear panel body disposed adjacent to the rear of the one panel body is the one panel body. The gist of the invention is that it comprises pressing means for pressing the front panel body against the front panel body.

In the configuration as described above, when one panel body is firmly fixed to the front panel body by the fixing means, the fixing means does not act and the one panel body may not be closely contacted to the front panel body. It is possible. Even in such a case, since the rear panel body presses the one panel body against the front panel body by the pressing means, the adhesion of the one panel body to the front panel body is maintained.
Here, the “front panel body” refers to a panel body disposed forward (player side) relative to one panel body, and the “rear panel body” refers to a relative panel body. A panel body that is arranged rearward (opposite to the player side).

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 2, in addition to the structure of the invention of claim 1, one or more of the pressing means are scattered and selected at the front position of the rear panel body. It is the gist that it is arranged.
In this way, the pressing means is formed pinpointed at a selected position suitable for pressing at the front surface position of the rear panel body. Can be selected and arranged. Moreover, the pressing force is distributed evenly as a whole by arranging the plurality of pressing means in a balanced manner.

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 3, in addition to the configuration of the invention of claim 1 or 2, the pressing means is on the back side of the one panel body and in the vicinity of the fixing means. The gist is to press the position.
Generally, the fixing means is arranged in consideration of a balance for fixing one panel body. Therefore, in particular, when the pressing means presses the position in the vicinity of the fixing means, the fixing balance of one panel body is maintained when the fixing means does not act.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a fourth aspect of the invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, the rear panel body is fixed to the front panel body by a fixing means. This is the gist.
As a result, the rear panel body is pressed by the pressing means while being fixed to the front panel body by the fixing means. Therefore, when the rear panel body is fixed, it becomes possible to automatically press one panel body.

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 5, in addition to the configuration of the invention of claim 1, the pressing means projects forward from the front surface position of the rear panel body. It is a gist of the above-described projection body, and the projection body abuts on the one panel body with elasticity.
In such a configuration, the projection body presses a predetermined position of one panel body in a pinpoint manner, and the projection body has elasticity, so that the impact when it abuts against the one panel body is alleviated, and the one panel body In addition, damage to the rear panel body or the projection body hardly occurs.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 6, in addition to the structure of the invention of any one of claims 1 to 5, the one panel body is a game divided into a substantially circular shape by a rail member. The front panel is a gaming machine main body having a placement portion for placing the gaming board, an opening for exposing the gaming region, and a game ball launching mechanism on the front side. The game area is arranged so as to face the opening, and the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism is configured to jump to the rail member side after running, and at least one of the fixing means. One is a pressing and fixing means that presses the gaming board toward the gaming machine main body at a position near the lower end on the back side, and the gist is that the pressing means presses a position in the vicinity of the pressing and fixing means.
If one panel body is such a game board, there is a possibility that a state in which the game board is not firmly adhered in a state where it is placed on the game machine body when the pressing and fixing means is not acting. is there. In particular, the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism on the gaming machine body side jumps to the rail member on the gaming board side after sliding up and slides on the rail member, but the gaming board is not firmly attached to the gaming machine body The pachinko ball may not slide as designed, and so-called “pachinko” of the pachinko ball may occur.
However, because the game board is pressed toward the gaming machine main body in the position near the lower end on the back side in this way, even if you forget to apply the pressing and fixing means, the gaming board firmly adheres to the gaming machine main body, Pachinko ball “flying spots” based on poor sex will no longer occur.

  In the inventions described in the first to sixth aspects, since one panel body is pressed by the pressing means of the rear panel body even if the one panel body is forgotten to be fixed, the one panel body is not fixed. Therefore, it is difficult for problems based on the above to occur.

Hereinafter, each embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the pachinko gaming machine 11 includes an outer frame 12 as a support frame body and a panel body. The outer frame 12 is attached to a so-called island facility when installed in the game hall. The outer frame 12 is a wooden frame framed in a quadrangular shape by upper, lower, left and right frame plates 12a to 12d. A curtain plate 13 is disposed on the upper surface of the lower frame plate 12d.
A gaming machine main body 14 is mounted in the outer frame 12. The gaming machine main body 14 as a front panel body is a panel-shaped component member having a rectangular shape in a front view that forms the structural core of the pachinko gaming machine, and is disposed on the curtain plate 13 in the outer frame 12. Yes. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the gaming machine main body 14 is an ABS panel having a substantially rectangular outline when viewed from the front. The gaming machine main body 14 has an opening / closing bracket 15a that is arranged vertically on the left side when viewed from the front, and is pivotally supported by the opening / closing bracket 15b on the outer frame 12 side so that the opening / closing axis P (see FIG. 3) is an axis. It can be opened to the front side. As shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4 or the like, the gaming machine main body 14 is provided with latch mechanisms L1 at three positions with a vertical gap on the side edge opposite to the opening / closing axis P side. When the gaming machine main body 14 is closed with respect to the outer frame 12, the latch mechanism L1 is inserted into the insertion groove D1 on the outer frame 12 side to be engaged and locked. Release of the locked state (that is, release of the gaming machine body 14 from the outer frame 12) is performed by key operation of the key device K on the front surface of the gaming machine body 14.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, a gaming machine main body side mechanism 16 is formed in a lower region of the gaming machine main body 14. A game ball launching unit 17 as a game ball launching mechanism is disposed on the right side of the gaming machine main body side mechanism unit 16 when viewed from the front. The game ball launching unit 17 is composed of a launching unit 18 composed of a solenoid or the like, a ball-sending unit 19 and an auxiliary rail 20 that sequentially supply pachinko balls to the launching unit 18. An upper pachinko ball inflow passage 21 and a lower pachinko ball inflow passage 22 are respectively arranged on the left side when viewed from the front of the gaming machine main body side mechanism portion 16. A bypass passage 23 is formed between both pachinko ball inflow passages 21 and 22. A foul ball passage 24 is formed above the lower pachinko ball inflow passage 22. The bypass passage 23 and the foul ball passage 24 are unitized.

A gaming board mounting space 25 is formed above the gaming machine main body side mechanism portion 16, and a gaming board 27 is disposed in the space 25. The space 25 includes a shelf portion 28 on which the game board 27 is placed, a window hole 29 as an opening formed in a substantially elliptical shape, and an outline of the game board 27 into which the game board 27 is fitted. And a recess 30 substantially matching the shape. The front surface of the recess 30, that is, around the window hole 29, is a front plate portion 30 a with which the front portion of the game board 27 is brought into contact with the recess 30.
As shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 9, the outline of the wooden game board 27 has a deformed rectangular shape, and is placed on the shelf 28 by six rotating fixtures 32 to 34 as fixing means. It is fixed with respect to the gaming machine main body 14. The game board 27 is brought into close contact with the front plate portion 30a in a state where the fixtures 32 to 34 are acting (that is, engaged).
FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing the arrangement positions of the fixtures 32 to 34 when viewed from the back of the gaming board 27 placed on the gaming machine main body 14. As shown in the figure, rotation locking metal fittings 32 a to 32 d are arranged on the left and right sides of the gaming machine main body 14 at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction, and engage with the left and right edge portions of the game board 27. A plastic rotation lock 33 is disposed above the gaming machine main body 14 and engages the upper edge of the gaming board 27 with a mechanism board 100 described later in a co-tightened state. Below the gaming machine main body 14, a plastic large-sized rotation locking tool 34 is disposed and engages with the lower edge of the gaming board 27. Since the large rotation locking device 34 is disposed on the lower edge side of the game board 27 at the base position of the game board 27 to be erected, it is necessary to firmly adhere to the front plate part 30a so that there is no deviation in the front-rear direction. This is because the load applied to the lower side is greater.

  The game board 27 constituting the panel body has a plurality of large and small openings penetrating from the game surface 27a to the back surface, and each opening is provided with various decorative panels according to the purpose. A variable display unit 35 is disposed substantially at the center of the game board 27. The variable display unit 35 includes a large liquid crystal display 36. As shown in FIG. 8, the variable display unit 35 includes a display control device 37 disposed on the back of the game board 27. A start opening 38 is disposed directly below the variable display unit 35, and a variable winning device 39 called a so-called big winning opening is further disposed below the starting opening 38. Through gates 40 are arranged on both the left and right sides of the variable display unit 35, and a plurality of general winning ports 41 are arranged on both the left and right sides of the starting port 38, respectively. An out port 42 is provided at the lowest position of the game board 27, and pachinko balls that have not entered various winning holes etc. are guided through the out port 42 to a ball discharge path (not shown). ing. A large number of game nails are planted on the surface of the game board 27 in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the pachinko balls. In addition, various members (acts) such as the windmill 43 are disposed.

On the game surface 27a of the game board 27, an outer rail 51 and an inner rail 52 are mounted as rail members. In a state where the gaming board 27 is disposed in the gaming board mounting space 25 of the gaming machine body 14, the rails 51 and 52 and a part of the wall surface 31 surrounding the gaming machine body 14 side window hole 29 form the gaming surface 27 a. A gaming area is defined.
As shown in FIG. 8, the outer rail 51 is obliquely left upward as viewed from the front of the auxiliary rail 20 of the game ball launching unit 17, and separates the space above the foul ball passage 24 in the extending direction of the auxiliary rail 20. The base end is arranged at the position. The outer rail 51 extends upward in a circular arc shape in the clockwise direction from the base end and is slightly advanced from the apex of the game surface 27a (approximately 2 o'clock position when the game surface 27a is regarded as a clock dial). The tip is arranged.

  The base end of the inner rail 52 is arranged in the direction of about 4 o'clock when the game surface 27a is regarded as a watch dial. The inner rail 52 extends downward in a circular arc shape in the clockwise direction from the base end, extends substantially horizontally across the front surface of the out port 42, and then extends upward on the inner peripheral side of the outer rail 51. The tip is arranged at a position before the apex of the surface 27a (approximately 10 o'clock direction position when the game surface 27a is regarded as a dial of a watch). At the front end of the inner rail 52, a reverse movement preventing member 55 in which a cantilever tongue for preventing the reverse movement of a pachinko ball launched on the game surface 27a is mounted. The lowest position of the arc-shaped inner rail 52 is a position that intersects the out port 42. Both the rails 51 and 52 are arranged adjacent to each other from the left position of the out port 42 to the position of the reverse movement preventing member 55 (that is, the tip of the inner rail 52) when viewed from the front, and a pachinko ball launch passage 49 is formed.

  The outer rail 51 and the inner rail 52 are made of a stainless steel thin strip formed in the same width. As shown in FIG. 6, a nail 53 protrudes from one side of both rails 51 and 52 with an appropriate interval. Both rails 51 and 52 are fixed by nail 53 biting into the edge of the game surface 27a. Both rails 51 and 52 are erected substantially perpendicularly toward the front with respect to the game surface 27a. The rails 51 and 52 are not disposed between the distal end of the outer rail 51 and the proximal end of the inner rail 52, and a game area is defined by the inner peripheral wall 56 of the window hole 29. The inner wall 56 is configured as an arcuate wall surface with a curvature that substantially responds to the curvature of the rails 51 and 52.

When the pachinko ball is launched by the game ball launching unit 17, the pachinko ball slides on the auxiliary rail 20, then moves to the outer rail 51 and further slides on the outer rail 51, while passing through the pachinko ball launching passage 49 between the outer rail 51 and the inner rail 52. It progresses upward and jumps out to the game surface 27a. At this time, the launch force by the game ball launching unit 17 is weak, and the pachinko ball that could not be transferred from the auxiliary rail 20 to the outer rail 51 or did not reach the game area even if transferred to the outer rail 51 falls and falls into the foul ball path 24.
The pachinko balls released to the game area fall while being dropped while interfering with game nails, decorative panels, or various objects, etc., and enter the starting port 38, the variable winning device 39 and the general winning port 41. All of the other parts fall on the inner rail 52 and are guided through the inner rail 52 to the out port 42 at the lowest position. The winning ball that has won and the out ball that has been guided to the out port 42 are gathered in a discharge passage 125 of a game ball collection case 117 on the mechanism panel 100 side, which will be described later, via a discharge passage 44 (see FIGS. 2 and 5). Once released.

Next, the back configuration of the game board 27 will be described with reference to FIGS.
A center cover 61 that surrounds the variable display unit 35 from behind is disposed on the back side of the variable display unit 35, and a display control device 62 is disposed at the rear end position of the center cover 61. The substrate box 63 of the display control device 62 includes a bearing portion 64, which is pivotally supported with respect to a support pin 65 on the center cover 61 side and is fixed by a ny latch 66.
A main controller 68 is disposed below the display controller 62 via an under cover 67. The main control device 68 is a main CPU that controls the entire control, a ROM that stores a game program, a RAM that stores necessary data according to the progress of the game, a sub CPU that controls voice and display lamps, and clock pulse generation It consists of a circuit and various ports. The board box 71 of the main control device 68 includes a bearing portion 72, which is pivotally supported with respect to the support pin 73 on the under cover 67 side and is fixed by a ny latch 74. The display control device 62 and the main control device 68 are detachable. As shown in FIG. 10, when viewed from the back side, the display control device 62 is opened left about the rotation axis A, and the main control device 68 is opened right about the rotation axis B.

As shown in FIG. 1, a door frame 81 and a door panel 82 are disposed on the front surface of the gaming machine body 14 as panel bodies. The door frame 81 is a press-formed alloy plate, and the door panel 82 is an ABS resin panel. The door frame 81 and the door panel 82 are joined by screws (not shown) to form a front door 83. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the outer shell of the front door 83 has a rectangular front shape substantially matching the outer shell seen from the front of the gaming machine main body 14. The front door 83 is attached to the gaming machine body 14 so as to be openable and closable. The front door 83 (door frame 81) can be opened to the front side with an opening / closing bracket 84 attached coaxially to the opening / closing axis P of the opening / closing brackets 15a, 15b, like the gaming machine main body 14. Therefore, the gaming machine main body 14 can be opened and closed with respect to the outer frame 12, and the front door 83 can be opened and closed independently with respect to the outer frame 12 and the gaming machine main body 14.
As shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine main body 14 is provided with latch mechanisms L2 at three positions on the side edge opposite to the opening / closing axis P side with a space in the vertical direction. When the front door 83 is closed with respect to the gaming machine main body 14, the latch mechanism L2 is inserted into the insertion groove D2 on the gaming machine main body 14 side to be engaged and locked. The lock state is released by operating a release device (not shown) from the back side of the gaming machine main body 14.

  The front door 83 is formed with a viewing window hole 85 as a window portion for allowing a player to visually observe the gaming surface 27a. A window glass 86 is disposed on the back side of the visual window hole 85. On the front side of the front door 83, a decorative panel 87 bulging forward is disposed on the left and right and above the visual window hole 85. A speaker device 88 and a decorative lamp 89 are disposed on the door frame 81. A first bulging portion 90 that bulges to the front side is provided at a position below the visual window hole 61, and an inner side of the first bulging portion 90 is an upper tray 91. The upper tray 91 is paid out from a payout device 104, which will be described later, and the pachinko balls that flow in from the upper pachinko ball inflow passage 21 and are supplied through the inflow passage 96 (see FIG. 3) are temporarily stored and arranged in a row. It is a sphere reservoir for guiding to the sphere launch unit 17.

A second bulging portion 92 that bulges to the front side is provided at a position below the first bulging portion 90, and an inner side of the second bulging portion 92 is a lower tray 93. A lower outlet 94 through which pachinko balls flow down from the bypass passage 23 and the foul ball passage 24 is disposed in the lower tray 93. The lower tray 93 is an auxiliary sphere storage section for storing pachinko balls that have flowed down from the upper tray 91 when the amount of pachinko balls stored in the upper tray 91 is too large or based on the player's active operation. .
The decorative panel 87 and the first and second bulging portions 90 and 92 are designed to be unified as a whole. An ashtray 95 is disposed on the left side of the lower tray 93 when viewed from the front. A pachinko ball launching handle 97 that interlocks with the game ball launching unit 17 is formed on the right side of the lower tray 93 so as to protrude forward. A through hole 98 is formed above the handle 97, and the key hole on the front surface of the key device K is exposed when the front door 83 is closed.

Next, the structure of the mechanism panel 100 as a rear panel body disposed on the back side of the gaming machine main body 14 will be described.
The mechanism board 100 is detachably attached to the gaming machine body 14, and the gaming board 27 is disposed so as to be sandwiched between the gaming machine body 14 and the mechanism board 100 from the front and rear.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 and 6, the mechanism panel 100 is based on a polycarbonate frame 101 having a rectangular shape that is slightly smaller than the gaming machine body 14, and various components are fixed to the frame 101. Configured. The frame 101 is integrally formed by connecting an upper frame 101a, a side frame 101b, a lower frame 101c, and a connecting frame 101d, and has a large rectangular opening S at the center.
A tank 102 is disposed at the uppermost position of the mechanism panel 100, that is, at a position adjacent to the upper frame 101a. A new pachinko ball is supplied to the tank 102 from the island facility of the game hall. A tank rail 103 is disposed at a position adjacent to the lower portion of the tank 102. On the downstream side of the tank rail 103 (the right side in FIG. 2 and the left side in FIG. 6), a case rail 105 extending in the vertical direction along the back surface of the side frame 101b is disposed. A payout device 104 is disposed in the middle of the case rail 105. The pachinko balls are guided from the tank rail 103 to the case rail 105 and are appropriately paid out based on the control of the payout device 104 by the payout control device 110 described later. An external power supply substrate 106 is disposed at a lower position of the dispensing device 104 and overlapping the case rail 105. The external power supply board 106 is a main board for supplying power supplied through the transformer to the entire gaming machine.

A protective cover 107 that covers all of the display control device 62 and the upper portion of the main control device 68 is disposed at a position below the tank rail 103 and at a side position of the case rail 105, the dispensing device 104, and the external power supply board 106. ing. At the lowermost position of the mechanism panel 100, that is, the position of the lower frame 101d, a payout control unit 109 is disposed on the back side thereof. The payout control unit 109 includes a payout control device 111, a launch control device 112, an internal power supply board 113, and the like stored in the board box 110. The payout control device 111 controls the payout of prize balls. The launch control device 112 controls the launch mode of the pachinko ball based on the player's operation of the handle 97. The internal power supply board 113 controls a predetermined power supply voltage on various control boards.
A payout relay board 114 is disposed at a side position adjacent to the payout control unit 109 (below the external power supply board 106). The payout relay board 114 serves to relay the output of the payout signal from the payout control device 111 to the payout device 104. An external terminal connection board 115 is disposed on the upper frame 101a on the side of the tank rail 103 (right side in FIG. 2). In a position adjacent to the substrate 115, an oblong long hole 116 is disposed in which the rotation locking tool 33 is locked.

As shown in FIG. 6, a game ball collecting case 117 is detachably disposed on the front side of the lower frame 101d. As shown in FIGS. 6, 11, and 12, the game ball collecting case 117 has a flat box shape with a thin thickness before and after the back plate 118 serving as a reinforcement portion 118 a reinforced by ribs 119. ing. The top 120 of the game ball collection case 117 is inclined so as to be lowered rearward, and guides the game ball dropped from the game ball discharge passage 44 rearward. The rib 119 plays a role of making it difficult to prevent unauthorized access by an external wire or the like at the same time as reinforcement. A projecting plate portion 120a projecting upward is formed at a side position of the top plate 120, and a relay duct 121 is connected to a rear position of the projecting plate portion 120a. As shown in FIGS. 16 (a) and 16 (b), the relay duct 121 has a relay passage 121a bent therein and communicates with an opening 126 formed in the overhanging plate portion 120a. The pachinko balls supplied from the case rail 105 are guided through the relay duct 121 toward the upper pachinko ball inflow path 21 on the gaming machine main body 14 side and supplied to the upper tray 91 or the lower tray 93.
As shown in FIG. 6, a recess 122 is formed on the reinforcing portion 118 a side to accommodate the large-sized rotation locking device 34 on the game board 27 side. First and second inclined passages 123 and 124 for collecting the dropped game balls in the center direction are formed on the back side 118b with the back plate 118 as a boundary. The first inclined passage 123 is connected to the second inclined passage 124 and communicated with the discharge passage 125. The pachinko balls guided to the discharge passage 125 are once discharged to the outside.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 6, and 13 (a) to 13 (c), the crossing position of the rib 119 that forms the recess 122 on the front side of the game ball collection case 117 and the top plate 120. A press bar 127 is integrally formed as a pressing means protruding forward. The press bar 127 has a substantially T-shaped outer shape as viewed from the front, and has bulged portions 127a as stoppers on both sides near the tip. A cap 128 made of synthetic rubber is attached to the tip of the press bar 127.
The mechanism panel 100 is provided with a mounting bracket 129 along the side frame 101b, and a support pin 133 projects downward at a predetermined vertical position of the mounting bracket 129. The mechanism board 100 is pivotally supported by a support pin 133 with respect to a bearing part 134 formed on the back side of the gaming machine main body 14. As shown in FIG. 10, the mechanism panel 100 is opened rightward about the rotation axis C as viewed from the back side. The mechanism panel 100 is fixed to the gaming machine main body 14 by a ny latch 130, a rotation locking member 33, and a rotation locking member 131. First, the mechanism panel 100 is rotated about the rotation axis C and pressed against the gaming machine body 14 side, and the ny latch 130 is inserted into and engaged with the pin hole 132 (see FIGS. 4 and 5) of the gaming machine body 14. In this state, the rotary locking member 33 is engaged on the upper side in the temporarily fixed state, and the rotation locking metal member 131 is engaged on the lower side, thereby being completely fixed. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 10, when the mechanism board 100 is fixed to the gaming machine main body 14, the lower side rotation locking bracket 131 and the large-sized rotation locking tool 34 are on the back side because the mechanism board 100 becomes an obstacle. Cannot be seen from.

Next, an operation based on the configuration around the gaming board 27, the mechanism board 100, and the gaming machine main body 14 in the pachinko gaming machine 11 configured as described above will be described.
It is assumed that the gaming board 27 is placed on the shelf 28 of the gaming machine main body 14 and the gaming board 27 is fixed to the gaming machine main body 14 by the rotation fixtures 32 to 34. At this time, as shown in FIG. 14, when the large-sized rotation locking tool 34 is not engaged with the game board 27, the lower position of the game board 27 is not in close contact with the front plate portion 30a, and a gap S is formed. May end up. Thus, if the game board 27 is not correctly arranged in the game board mounting space 25, the outer rail 51 on the front side of the game board 27 is slightly offset from the auxiliary rail 20 of the game ball launch unit 17 on the game machine main body 14 side. Will be placed. Also, the outer rail 51 itself is disposed slightly downward. If the game board 27 is placed in such a state, the pachinko ball that was launched due to that contact with the sliding surface with excessively strong friction or colliding with the window glass 86 is the original movement. The behavior will be hindered by showing different behavior. This is the so-called “flying spot”.
However, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, when the mechanism board 100 is fixed to the gaming machine main body 14 in association with the assembly of the pachinko gaming machine 11, the cap 128 at the tip of the press bar 127 is shown in FIG. And the press position PS shown in FIG. 9 is to be pressed. Therefore, even if a gap S is formed between the front board 30a and the lower position of the game board 27, the game board 27 is pushed and corrected and arranged at the original position as shown in FIG.

With the configuration as described above, the above embodiment has the following effects.
(1) Even if the large-sized rotation locking device 34 is forgotten to be engaged with the game board 27 and the lower position of the game board 27 is not in close contact with the front plate portion 30a, or even the game board 27 Even if the large-sized rotation locking device 34 is not provided, the game board 27 whose position is automatically corrected by being pressed by the press bar 127 with the setting of the mechanism board 100 is placed on the front plate portion 30a which is the original correct arrangement position. Because of the close contact, the pachinko ball launched from the game ball launch unit 17 does not cause a problem of causing a “jumping spot” and hindering the game.
(2) The large-sized rotation locking device 34, which is a fixing means that has the most influence on the adhesion of the game board 27 to the front plate portion 30a, is normally not visible from the back when the mechanism board 100 is disposed in a closed state. Therefore, it is difficult to confirm whether or not the large-sized rotation locking device 34 is in the engaged state once the mechanism panel 100 is closed. However, since it is configured in this way, no trouble occurs even if the large-sized rotation locking device 34 cannot be seen.
(3) Since the elastic cap 128 is attached to the tip of the press bar 127, this has a buffering action, and the base of the press bar 127 is damaged, or the game board 27 on the contact side is damaged. Less to do.
(4) The press bar 127 is located in the vicinity of the large-sized rotation locking device 34 and does not interfere with the large-sized rotation locking device 34 as the press position P. That is, since the large-sized rotation locking device 34 does not hit any rotation state, the pressing action is not hindered by the large-sized rotation locking device 34. In addition, since the position close to the engagement position of the large-sized rotation locking tool 34, which is the original fixing means, is pressed, the corrective movement of the game board 27 to the correct position is promptly executed.
(5) Since the press bar 127 as the pressing means is formed in the game ball collecting case 117 that is detachable from the frame 101 of the mechanism panel 100, only the press bar 127 needs to be replaced even if it is damaged. Excellent cost.

The present invention can be implemented with the following modifications.
It is also possible to implement the press bar 127 by changing it to a fixing means as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18A and 18B. As shown in FIG. 17, a box body 136 is integrally formed in the reinforcing portion 118 a of the game ball collecting case 117, in the tub 135 adjacent to the concave portion 122, with the lower side opened to the lower surface of the top plate 120. A first through hole 138 is formed in the front wall 137 of the box body 136, and a second through hole 139 is formed at a corresponding position of the back plate 118. A press bar 140 is disposed in the box body 136. The press bar 140 includes a bar main body 141 and an elastic cap 142 that is larger than the bar main body 141 at the tip. A drop-off prevention ring 143 and a coil spring 144 are disposed on the outer periphery of the press bar 140. A lid member 145 is fastened with screws 146 behind the second through hole 139. The lid member 145 has a third through-hole 147 smaller than the second through-hole 139. The press bar 140 is suspended in the first and third through holes 138 and 147 so as to be able to advance and retreat in the front-rear direction so that the elastic cap 142 is disposed forward.
In such a configuration, a buffering action of the coil spring 144 is added in addition to the elastic cap 142, so that the press bar 140 and the box body 136 are less likely to be damaged and the game board 27 on the contact side is not damaged. Further, since the amount of advancement / retraction of the press bar 140 is large, damage can be prevented by retreating the press bar 140 when a very large load is applied to the press bar 140 for some reason.

In the above embodiment, only one press bar 127, 140 is provided, but a plurality of press bars 127, 140 may be provided at predetermined intervals as shown in FIG. In FIG. 19, it is particularly arranged to press the lower side of the game board 27, which is more desirable for correcting the inclination of the game board 27.
In the above embodiment, the mechanism panel 100 is adopted as the rear panel body, but it can be freely applied to panel bodies having other functions.
In the above-described embodiment, the vicinity of the large-sized rotation locking tool 34 of the game board 27 is pressed through the game ball collection case 117 of the mechanism board 100. However, when the mechanism panel 100 is not integrated as described above and the mechanism panel is configured as a plurality of divided bodies, the mechanism panel 100 is not a mechanism panel or a mechanism panel directly facing the press position P but has another panel body. It is also free to use a rear panel body.
-The game board 27 does not necessarily need to be provided with the large-sized rotation locking tool 34.
In the above embodiment, the mechanism panel 100 that is the rear panel body is fixed to the gaming machine main body 14 that is the front panel body, but the rear panel body must be fixed to the front panel body. is not.
As the fixing means, it is possible to use insertion-type fixing means such as the latch mechanisms L1, L2 and the insertion grooves D1, D2 in addition to the rotary mechanism.
-The shape of the pressing means is not limited to a rod-like shape such as the press bars 127 and 140 described above.
-It is also free to apply to models other than the pachinko gaming machine 11 of the above embodiment. It can also be applied to so-called pacilot machines other than pachinko machines.
In addition, it is free to implement in a mode that does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.

Other technical ideas of the present invention that can be grasped from the above-described embodiments that can be appropriately added to the above claims will be described as additional notes below.
(1) In the above claim, the rear panel body surrounds the entire outer periphery of the one panel body.
In other words, since the rear panel body extends all around the one panel body, the rear panel body itself is very firmly fixed, and as a result, the one panel body pressed against the rear panel body. Will be pressed stably.
(2) In the above-mentioned claim or supplementary note, the rear panel body is fixed to the front panel body together with the one panel body by a fixing means at an upper position, and the fixed state of the fixing means is the back surface of the rear panel body. In addition to being visible from the side, the same panel body is pressed by the pressing means at the lower position.
That is, the rear panel body and the one panel body are fixed together at an upper position with respect to the front panel body. In the above-described embodiment, the rotation locking device 33 corresponds. As a result, the adhesiveness on the upper side is improved, and the adhesiveness is also increased by the pressing means at the lower position. Therefore, even if the locking means other than the upper position is forgotten to be locked, the adhesiveness of the one panel body to the front panel body is maintained. Is done. (3) In the above claims or appendices (including the configuration of claim 6), the pressing and fixing means cannot be viewed from behind the rear panel.
In such a configuration, if the pressing and fixing means is not visible from behind the rear panel, the operator cannot know that the pressing and fixing means is not functioning in the locking direction. Although it is conceivable, since the pressing means presses the position in the vicinity of the pressing and fixing means, the gaming board is firmly attached to the main body of the gaming machine, and the “flying unevenness” of the pachinko ball based on the poor adhesion is not generated.
(4) In the above-mentioned claim or supplementary note (when the configuration of claim 6 is included), the pressing means abuts on the vicinity of the rear surface position near the lower end of the rail member.
This is because the base portion of the rail member is disposed near the lower end of the game board, so that pressing the vicinity of the game board is most effective in bringing the game board into close contact. Further, the lower end of the game board is also difficult to see the fixing means by the rear panel body.
(5) In the above claim or the appendix (when the configuration of claim 6 is included), the plurality of pressing means abuts near the lower end of the game board at a substantially horizontal interval.
This is because it is preferable from the viewpoint of adhesion of the entire gaming board that the portion along the placement portion of the gaming machine body on which the gaming board is placed is firmly attached to the gaming machine body side.
(6) In the above claim or the supplementary note, the pressing means abuts on the one panel body by an abutting member that advances and retreats by the biasing force of the coil spring.
This is because the coil spring is not bulky and is suitable for being arranged in a narrow place such as a panel body. In addition, since the advance / retreat amount is large, the member is not damaged when a large load is applied. It is possible to use other urging means (plate spring, cushion material).
(7) An elastic body is detachably attached to the protrusion.
As a result, when the elastic body deteriorates, it is possible to replace only the elastic body.

1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The back view of the same pachinko machine. The exploded perspective view of the same pachinko gaming machine. The perspective view of the state which opened the mechanism panel of the same pachinko gaming machine. The rear view of the state which set the game board to the game machine main body in the same pachinko game machine. The front view of the mechanism board in the same pachinko gaming machine. The front view of the gaming machine main body in the same pachinko gaming machine. The front view of the state which set the game board to the game machine main body in the same pachinko game machine. The schematic explanatory drawing explaining the adhering state of the game board with respect to the game machine main body. The schematic explanatory drawing explaining the adhering state of the mechanism board with respect to a game machine main body. The rear view of a game ball collection case. Sectional drawing of the game ball collection | recovery case in the AA line of FIG. (A) And (b) is an expansion perspective view of press bar vicinity, (c) is an enlarged plan view similarly. An explanatory view of a state where the press bar on the mechanism board side has not yet pressed the press position when the game board is inclined and set in the gaming machine main body. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a state in which the game board is moved to the original set position on the gaming machine main body by the press bar on the mechanism board side pressing the game board. (A) is a perspective view of a relay duct, (b) is sectional drawing. The expansion perspective view near the press bar of other embodiments. (A) in other embodiment is sectional drawing in the middle of mounting | wearing of a press bar, (b) is sectional drawing of the mounting completion state of a press bar. The partial front view of game ball collection case vicinity in the mechanism board of other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Pachinko machine, 14 ... Main body of game machine as front panel body, 27 ... Game board, 32-34 ... Rotation fixture as fixing means, 127, 140 ... Press bar as pressing means, 100 ... Back panel body As a mechanism board.

Claims (6)

  In a gaming machine in which a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction, one panel body selected from the plurality of panel bodies is a front that is disposed adjacent to the front of the one panel body The rear panel, which is closely fixed to the panel body by the fixing means and is arranged adjacent to the rear of the one panel body, has a pressing means for pressing the one panel body against the front panel body. A gaming machine characterized by comprising.   3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein one or more of the pressing means are arranged in a scattered manner and selectively at a front surface position of the rear panel body.   The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the pressing means presses a position in the vicinity of the fixing means on the back side of the one panel body.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the rear panel body is fixed to the front panel body by a fixing means.   The said pressing means is a projection projecting forward from the front surface position of the rear panel body, and the projection body abuts on the one panel body with elasticity. 4. The gaming machine according to any one of 4. The one panel body is a game board having a game area partitioned in a substantially circular shape by a rail member on the front surface thereof, and the front panel body exposes a placement section for placing the game board and the game area. A gaming machine body equipped with a game ball launching mechanism on the opening and the front side,
The game area is arranged to face the opening, and the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism is configured to jump to the rail member side after running,
At least one of the fixing means is a pressing fixing means for pressing the game board toward the gaming machine main body at a position near the lower end on the back side, and the pressing means presses a position in the vicinity of the pressing fixing means. A gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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