JP2009034339A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a practical game machine which can display powerful performance with a large-sized symbol control device installed in the backside of a transparent game board, keep installed condition of guide rails from changing even when the symbol control device or the like generate heat due to a long-time operation and prevent game balls from being stuck between double winding sections of the guide rail or between the guide rail and obstacle spikes. <P>SOLUTION: The Pachinko game machine has a game board 3 installed in the upper front face, the game board 3 comprises a surface material 10 comprised of transparent synthetic resin and a base material 11 which is higher heat-resistant than the surface material 10 laminated in the thickness direction. Then, a metallic belt-like guide rail 6 is connected to the base material 11 without being connected to the surface material 10 of the game board 3 with hairpin-like engaging parts 17, 17, and is arranged on the surface of the game board 3 in a circle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to gaming machines such as pachinko machines and smart ball machines.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, has a gaming board installed above the front surface, and a guide rail for guiding the gaming ball launched by the launching device upward is installed in an arc shape on the gaming board surface. ing. And the inside of the guide rail is divided as a game area, various winning devices are installed, and a number of obstacle nails are planted.

  Conventional game machines for pachinko machines have been made by attaching a synthetic resin sheet to the surface of a wooden board, but for the purpose of reducing manufacturing costs and when cutting the game board, For the purpose of solving the problem of entering between the synthetic resin sheets, a game board made of synthetic resin may be used (Patent Document 1). In addition, with the recent increase in the size of symbol control devices, a large symbol control device is installed on the back side of a game board made of transparent synthetic resin, and the pachinko machine that makes the effect display by the symbol control device powerful. A machine has also been developed. In these gaming machines, the guide rail is installed on the surface of the game board made of synthetic resin by a method such as adhesion by an adhesive or engagement by an engagement pin.

JP 2006-149836 A

  However, in a game machine using a game board made of synthetic resin, when the symbol display device or the like provided on the back side of the game board generates heat due to a long time operation, the game board may be thermally deformed. And when the game board is thermally deformed in this way, the installation state of the guide rail installed on the game board surface also changes with the thermal deformation, and the game is smoothly played between the double winding portions of the guide rail. There may be a situation in which the ball stops rolling or the space between the guide rail and the obstacle nail becomes narrow in the game area and the game ball is blocked. Further, when the installation state of the guide rail changes, the rail surface is inclined, and the accuracy (launch accuracy) that the game ball launched by the launch device reaches the target point may be reduced.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional pachinko machine, and can display powerful effects by a large symbol control device installed on the back side of a transparent game board, which is highly attractive and has a long time. Even if the symbol control device etc. generates heat by operating it, the installation state of the guide rail does not change, and there is a situation where the game ball is clogged between the double winding part of the guide rail or between the guide rail and the obstacle nail An object of the present invention is to provide a practical game machine that does not cause a situation in which the firing accuracy decreases.

  Among the present inventions, the invention described in claim 1 is such that a gaming board on which a number of obstacle nails and various winning devices are installed is provided on the front surface, and the launching board is launched on the surface of the gaming board. A game machine to which an arc-shaped guide rail for guiding the game ball to the upper side of the game board surface is fixed, wherein the game board is made of a transparent synthetic resin and is more heat resistant than the surface material. In addition, the guide rail is fixed to the base material without being fixed to the surface layer material.

  The invention described in claim 2 is the invention described in claim 1, wherein the guide rail has an engagement hole formed at the edge of the game board side, and is inserted into the engagement hole. The hairpin-shaped engaging member is fixed to the base material by being pushed into the base material.

  In the gaming machine according to claim 1, since the guide rail is fixed to the base material having high heat resistance, the guide rail is generated even when the operating device provided on the back side of the game board generates heat due to long-time operation. Thus, the situation where the game ball is clogged between the double winding portions of the guide rail or between the guide rail and the obstacle nail and the situation where the launch accuracy is lowered do not occur.

  Since the gaming machine according to claim 2 is fixed to the base material by pushing the hairpin-shaped engaging member inserted through the engaging hole into the base material, the guide rail is It can be installed on the game board very easily.

  Hereinafter, a pachinko machine that is an embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<Structure of pachinko machine>
FIG. 1 shows a pachinko machine according to the present invention. The pachinko machine 1 is surrounded by a machine frame 2, and a transparent synthetic resin game board 3 is installed at the top of the front surface. Has been. In addition, a front door 4 is installed at the left end edge of the machine frame 2 so as to be able to open one side. When the front door 4 is closed, the glass plate 5 fitted in the front door 4 covers the front of the game board 3. It has become. Furthermore, on the board surface of the game board 3, metal (stainless steel) guide rails 6 are installed in an arc shape (circumferential shape), and the inside thereof is partitioned into a substantially circular game area R. It has become. In the game area R, a large number of obstacle nails 7, 7,... Are installed, and various winning devices 8a, 8b, 8c,. On the other hand, a symbol display device 9 having a large liquid crystal screen is installed on the back side of the game board 3 so that the symbols displayed on the symbol display device 9 can be seen from the front of the transparent game board 3. .

  2 to 4 show the front, back and left sides of the game board 3 (with the obstacle nails 7, 7,..., The winning devices 8a, 8b, 8c, etc. removed), respectively. The game board 3 is formed by laminating a transparent plate-shaped surface material 10 on the surface (front side surface) of a transparent and flat base material 11. The surface layer material 10 is formed by cutting a transparent plate made of acrylic resin having a thickness of about 5.0 mm into a predetermined size, and forming notches 12, 12,... For installing a winning device or the like inside. Is formed by.

  On the other hand, FIG. 5 shows the base material 11, and the base material 11 is formed in a ring shape by combining four parts P1, P2, P3, and P4 on the upper left, lower left, upper right, and lower right. The central part is a substantially circular cavity. The parts P1 to P4 are integrally formed in a shape in which lattice-shaped reinforcing ribs 14, 14,... Are erected on the back surface of a plate-like portion (thickness of about 2.0 mm) 13 by injection molding of polycarbonate. And has a thickness of about 15 mm. Further, substantially cylindrical mounting ribs 15, 15... For mounting the guide rail 6 are provided around the central hollow portion.

  The game board 3 is formed by laminating the surface layer material 10 on the front side of the base material 11 (lamination so that the front surface of the base material 11 and the back surface of the surface layer material 10 are joined) and screwing them (not shown) 1) and are integrally formed by screwing. Note that the screwing between the base material 11 and the surface layer material 10 is not strong, and is gentle so that the base material 11 and the surface material 10 can slide relative to the board surface direction of the game board 3. Yes.

  And the guide rail 6 is installed in the circular arc shape on the surface of the game board 3 assembled | attached integrally as mentioned above. The guide rail 6 is formed by rolling a strip-shaped metal plate having a constant width into an arc shape. In addition, a plurality of engagement holes 16 for attaching to the game board 3 are formed on the base end side. The guide rail 6 is installed on the game board 3 by means of the engaging members 17, 17... Using these engaging holes 16, 16.

  FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion where the guide rail 6 is installed on the game board 3. The engaging member 17 for installing the guide rail 6 on the game board 3 is formed of a metal in a hairpin shape. When the shaft portion 18 excluding the looped bent portion is joined, a cylinder having a diameter of about 2.0 mm is formed. Further, the end portion of the shaft portion 18 is thinner than the proximal end. On the other hand, fixing ribs 15, 15... Provided on the outer periphery of the hollow portion at the center of the base material 11 are fixed holes having a slightly smaller diameter (about 1.8 mm in diameter) than the shaft portion 18 of the engaging member 17. 22 is drilled. Further, an insertion hole 24 having a width sufficiently larger than the width of the bent portion of the engaging member 17 is formed in a portion of the surface layer material 10 positioned in front of the mounting rib 15.

  The guide rail 6 has a surface layer material 10 at the shaft portion 18 of the engaging member 17 through which the engaging hole 16 is inserted at the installation position of the plurality of mounting ribs 15, 15. After being inserted through the insertion hole 24, it is fixed to the base material 11 by being pushed into the fixing hole 22 of the mounting rib 15 of the base material 11.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, below the game area R, a supply tray 19 and a storage tray 20 for storing game balls are connected vertically, and on the right side of the supply tray 19, A launching device (not shown) for launching a game ball is built in the game area R. Further, on the right side of the storage tray 20, a firing handle 21 for operating the launching device is projected. In addition, although not shown, on the back side of the board surface of the game board 3, various operations for operating the various winning devices 8a, 8b, 8c,. The device is installed.

<Operation details of pachinko machine>
In the pachinko machine 1 configured as described above, when the launch handle 21 is rotated by a player or the like, a game ball is launched by the launch device, and the launched game ball is moved along the guide rail 6 ( It is guided to the upper part of the game area R (through the double winding portion of the guide rail 6). The guided game balls flow down on the board surface of the game board 3 while colliding with the obstacle nails 7, 7... Planted on the board surface of the game board 3 one after another. When a game ball flowing down on the surface of the game board 3 wins various winning devices 8a, 8b, 8c,... (For example, when entering the inside of the established big winning opening 8c), a prize ball A predetermined number of game balls are paid out by a game ball payout device (not shown). In addition, when a game ball that has been driven into the game area R wins the variable winning opening 8a, the symbol display device 9 performs powerful presentation display (fluctuation display of the symbol by a moving image or the like), and lottery ( If a predetermined result is obtained, a “hit” is generated, a predetermined “hit symbol” is displayed on the symbol display device 9, and the big prize opening 8 c is set to a predetermined value. Is repeated intermittently.

  In addition, when used for a long time, the symbol display device 9 generates heat, but the base material 11 of the game board 3 is made of polycarbonate having high heat resistance as described above. Since the guide rail 6 is directly installed, even if the surface layer material 10 of the game board 3 is deformed due to the heat generated by the symbol display device 9, the effect of the deformation does not reach the guide rail 6. The position of is maintained at the position at the time of manufacture.

<Effect of pachinko machine>
In the pachinko machine 1, as described above, the game board 3 is obtained by laminating the surface layer material 10 formed of a transparent synthetic resin and the base material 11 having higher heat resistance than the surface layer material 10 in the thickness direction. Since the guide rail 6 is fixed to the base material 11 without being fixed to the surface layer material 10, even when the symbol display device 9 or the like provided on the back side of the game board 3 is heated due to long-time operation, The situation where the installation state of the guide rail 6 does not change and the game ball is clogged between the double wound portions of the guide rail 6 or between the guide rail 6 and the obstacle nails 7, 7,. Does not occur.

  Further, in the pachinko machine 1, the guide rail 6 has engagement holes 16, 16,... At the edge of the game board 3 side, and is inserted into these engagement holes 16, 16,. Since the hairpin-like engagement members 17, 17,... Are fixed to the base material 11 by being pushed into the base material 11, the guide rail 6 can be installed on the game board 3 very easily during manufacture. .

<Change example of pachinko machine>
The configuration of the gaming machine of the present invention is not limited to the aspect of the above embodiment, and the configuration of the game board (base material, surface layer material), guide rail, engaging member material, shape, structure, etc. Can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  For example, the game board is not limited to those in which the base material and the surface layer material are bonded (adhered to each other) as in the above-described embodiment, and those in which a gap is formed between the base material and the surface material, It is also possible to change to a structure in which the base material and the surface layer material are arranged in parallel at a predetermined distance (the base material and the surface material are not in contact with each other). As a method for forming a gap between the base material and the surface layer material as described above, a method of standing ribs on the back surface of the surface material to be joined or the surface of the base material can be employed. Further, as a method for arranging the base material and the surface layer material in parallel at a predetermined distance, a frame member in which two grooves are engraved in parallel on the inner surface at a predetermined distance is used. A method of fitting the edge of the substrate and the edge of the surface layer material into each groove of the member can be employed. As described above, when the gaming board is formed with a gap between the base material and the surface layer material, or the base material and the surface layer material are arranged in parallel, the surface layer material to the base material Since heat conduction is efficiently suppressed, there is an advantage that the base material is not easily deformed and the installation state of the guide rail is maintained with high accuracy.

  The material of the base material is not limited to polycarbonate, but can be changed to a high heat resistant resin other than polycarbonate, such as polyimide, PEEK, and PPS. Further, the material of the surface layer material is not limited to the acrylic resin, and can be appropriately changed according to the material of the base material.

  Further, the method of installing the guide rail on the game board is a method of pushing the hairpin-like engagement member into which the engagement hole of the guide rail is inserted into the engagement hole formed in the base material as in the above embodiment. Without limitation, it is possible to change to another method such as a method of pushing a nail-like engagement member having the head portion engaged with the guide rail into an engagement hole formed in the base material. In addition, the method of installing the guide rail on the game board is not limited to the method of fixing the engaging member engaged with the guide rail to the base material, and a boss-like or rib-like protrusion provided on the base material is used. Engage with the guide rail (engage with the guide rail in a state where the surface layer material is penetrated) or screw the screw member pushed from the substrate side into the guide rail (guide with the surface layer material penetrated) It is also possible to change to a method of screwing on the rail).

  Since the gaming machine of the present invention has excellent effects as described above, it can be suitably used as various gaming machines using gaming balls such as pachinko machines and smart balls as gaming media.

It is a perspective view of a pachinko machine (a state where the front door is opened). It is a front view of a game board (state which removed the obstacle nail). It is a rear view of the game board (with the obstacle nails removed) It is a left view of a game board. It is a front view of a base material. It is explanatory drawing which shows the installation site | part of a guide rail (a is expanded and showed the A section in FIG. 4, b is the AA line cross section in a, c is c. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of portion B in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  1 .. Pachinko machine, 3 .. game board, 10. .. surface layer material, 11 .. base material, 16 .. engagement hole, 17 .. engagement member, R.

Claims (2)

A game board on which a number of obstacle nails and various winning devices are installed is provided on the front surface, and an arc-shaped guide is provided on the surface of the game board to guide the game ball fired by the launcher to the upper side of the game board surface. A gaming machine with a fixed rail,
The game board is formed by laminating a surface layer material formed of a transparent synthetic resin and a base material having higher heat resistance than the surface layer material in the thickness direction,
A gaming machine, wherein the guide rail is fixed to a base material without being fixed to a surface material.   The guide rail has an engagement hole formed at the edge of the game board side, and is fixed to the base material by pushing a hairpin-like engagement member inserted through the engagement hole into the base material. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein:

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