JP2009153647A - Game machine island and pachislot machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine island constituted to allow an existing Pachinko island to be converted into a Pachislot machine island as is, and a Pachislot machine. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine island 1 can be utilized as the Pachislot machine island 30 by loading the Pachislot machine 4 in space in which a Pachinko machine 2 and a ball dispensing machine 3 are removed from the Pachinko island 10 and a token recovery device 31, the Pachislot machine 4, and a token supply device 32 are incorporated in order from the lower part on the table plate 11 of the Pachinko island 10. Thus, the Pachislot machine 4, in which the height of a main body part 42 is lower than hitherto, is employed. Moreover, about front width, the Pachislot machine 4, of which the front width is narrower than those of conventional machines, is employed so that the Pachislot machine 4, a token dispensing machine 5, and a panel strip 40 may be all housed. By such a constitution, the Pachinko island 10 can be comparatively easily converted into the Pachislot machine island 30 by employing a sort of a retrofitting method. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine island configured to convert an existing pachinko island into a pachislot island as it is, and a pachislot machine incorporated into the gaming machine island.

  The management of the amusement hall is based on the management strategy such as whether to install pachinko machines in the amusement hall, whether to install pachislot machines, or to juxtapose them, and how much to juxtapose. I have decided. However, the preference of the player is fluid, and changing the sales form at an appropriate time after the installation once is also an extremely important management issue. Pachislot and pachislot machines manufacturers are able to respond to such changes in the tastes of players without pachinko to pachislot, or from pachislot to pachinko without major construction that is almost completely replaced. Several island structures that can be converted have been proposed.

  One of the problems when exchanging pachinko machines and pachislot machines with each other is that although the height of these gaming machines themselves is the same, the gaming machine island where these gaming machines are built This means that the height of the slats from the floor differs between the two. That is, the height of the pachinko board from the floor surface is normally set to be about 100 mm higher than the height from the floor surface of the pachislot board. This is because the pachinko machine is equipped with a game control unit with handles and lower trays, and the pachislot machine has a medal slot, start lever, stop button, etc., without changing the seat height of the player. This is because the game operation unit is positioned at a height at which it can be most easily operated by hand. Normally, Pachinko Island and Pachislot Island are designed separately as dedicated game machine islands, so there is no inconvenience.

  However, when the pachinko machine and the pachislot machine can be shared on one gaming machine island, the height from the floor of the board of the gaming machine island is fixed to either one, By simply exchanging the gaming machine, the height of the game operation unit will be different from the previous one. Such a problem can be dealt with by changing the height of the chair on which the player sits, but there is a problem that it is necessary to introduce a chair with an adjustment function or the unified view of the game hall is impaired. A pachislot machine that uses pachinko balls instead of medals has been devised, but there is a problem that the amount of pachinko balls handled in the pachislot machine is abnormally large in order to match the values of medals and pachinko balls. Also, as in Patent Document 1 (see FIG. 8), a dollar box shelf having a height corresponding to the difference in installation height of the slats is arranged below the pachinko machine in Pachinko Island, and in Pachislot Island There has also been proposed a method of securing the height of the game operation unit that is not different from existing pachinko islands and pachislot islands by disposing it above the pachislot machine.

  Another problem in exchanging pachinko machines and pachislot machines with each other is that the front width and depth dimensions of these gaming machines are different. This problem is solved in Patent Document 2 as follows. In other words, the gaming machine island is roughly composed of an assembly of a lower back unit, a saddle board unit, an island pillar unit, and an upper unit. The island pillar unit and the upper unit are for pachinko machines and pachislot machines. Are prepared individually, and these are appropriately combined to form a gaming machine island. As for the board unit, the height for the pachinko machine is set higher than that for the pachislot machine, and the difference in the depth dimension of the gaming machine is absorbed by the depth dimension of the board. Furthermore, the island pillar unit is formed to be slidable in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island so that it matches the front width dimension of the gaming machine and the front width dimension of the medal lending machine (pachinko ball lending machine) arranged between the gaming machines. The distance between island pillar units is adjusted.

JP 2001-224826 A JP 2007-68991 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a pachislot machine that can be incorporated into an existing pachinko island as it is, and a gaming machine island that has been converted into a pachislot island having an automatic medal replenishment function as a result of the incorporation of this pachislot machine. is there. Since the occupancy rate at the game hall is overwhelmingly higher for pachinko machines than for pachislot machines, we will convert pachinko islands to pachislot islands based on pachinko islands. In addition, in the pachinko machine, the movement of the pachinko ball is directly related to the winning or losing of the game, so it is not preferable to change the size of the pachinko machine body because it affects the interest. On the other hand, medals on pachislot machines only determine the number of bets, and the game content is determined by internal control, so there is no loss of interest even if there are some size changes in the pachislot machine body Is one of the reasons for being based on Pachinko Island.

  The installation of pachislot machines that are currently in use on existing Pachinko islands, as described above, has the problem of differences in the height of the board from the floor. Also, when installing the pachislot machine, the front width of the medal lending machine juxtaposed with it is larger than the front width of the pachinko machine and the ball lending machine juxtaposed with it. Is required. For this reason, there is a problem that the pachislot machine cannot be accommodated without increasing the spacing between the pachinko islands because it interferes with the pachinko island pillars. As shown in Patent Document 2, if the struts are configured to be slidable in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island, existing pachislot machines can be installed, but the problem that the total number of installed machines is not solved. Furthermore, it is necessary to move the installation positions of call lamps, curtains, chairs, and the like.

  Furthermore, the gaming machine island disclosed in Patent Document 1 requires that a pachinko ball replenishing device and a medal replenishing device be arranged in the upper part of the island, and a pachinko ball collecting mechanism and a medal collecting mechanism in the lower part of the island. It becomes. If a medal supply device is installed on an existing Pachinko island, it will be necessary to remove the pachinko ball supply device. Furthermore, it is very difficult to install a medal recovery device on an existing pachinko island in the form of retrofitting. The present invention has been made in consideration of such problems.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems as described above, and the invention of claim 1 is a pachislot machine incorporated in a gaming machine island configured to be used by converting a pachinko island into a slot island. The front width of the pachislot machine is the sum of the front width of the pachislot machine, the front width of the medal lending machine, and the front width of the faceplate, and the front width of the existing pachinko machine and the front width of the ball lending machine The pachislot machine is characterized in that the pachislot machine is formed to be substantially the same as the sum of the values, and the height of the pachislot machine is lower than that of the existing pachinko machine.

  The front widths of existing pachinko machines and pachislot machines are approximately 520 mm for pachinko machines and 480 mm for pachislot machines. However, due to differences in the shape, size and handling of pachinko balls and medals, which are the respective game media, the front width of one unit, including peripheral equipment such as game media rental machines, is greater for pachinko units than for pachinko units. Will also be wider. In other words, in the ball lending machine, the pachinko ball only has to be flowed down from the replenishing device provided above, so that the front width of the ball lending machine is only about 40 mm. On the other hand, the medal lending machine houses a bill identification device that accepts bills and a hopper device that stores a predetermined amount of medals and pays out in response to a lending request, so the front width needs to be about 100 mm. To do. Furthermore, in the case of the pachislot machine, when the front door attached to the main body is opened by a hinge, a play space that is blindfolded by the eye plate is provided so that the thick front door does not interfere with the others. This eye plate requires a front width of about 50 mm. Therefore, the pachislot machine of the present invention has been dealt with by making the front width narrower than the current one so that the pachislot machine can be incorporated into the existing pachinko island as it is. More specifically, the front width of the pachislot machine is set to 400 to 450 mm so that one unit of the pachislot machine can be accommodated in one unit of the pachinko machine as it is.

  Also, with regard to the height dimension, the existing pachinko machine and the pachislot machine are unified at the same height, but the pachislot machine of the present invention is set lower than that. That is, the height of the pachislot machine of the present invention is set to a height obtained by subtracting the height of the medal replenishing device and the height of the medal collection device described below from the height of the existing pachislot machine.

  The invention of claim 2 is a gaming machine island in which the pachislot machine according to claim 1 is incorporated, wherein a medal replenishing device is disposed above the pachislot machine, and a medal collecting device is disposed below the pachislot machine. And the sum of the height of the medal supply device, the height of the pachislot machine, and the height of the medal collection device is formed so as to be substantially the same as the height of the existing pachinko machine. It is a characteristic gaming machine island.

  This is because the total value of each height of the medal supply device, the pachislot machine of the present invention, and the medal collection device matches the height of the existing pachinko machine, and the height of the existing pachinko machine is also medaled. It can be converted directly into a gaming machine island having a circulation mechanism. Since the medal supply device and the medal collection device are installed at the upper and lower portions of the space where the pachinko machine is removed from the pachinko island, it becomes possible to deal with it when it is necessary to convert the island. .

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the pachislot machine, the height of the game operation unit from the floor of the game arcade when the pachislot machine is incorporated in the gaming machine island is the same as that in the existing slot island. 2. The pachi-slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachi-slot machine is formed so as to be substantially the same as the height of the game operation portion of the pachi-slot machine from the floor of the game hall.

  Pachislot Island converted from Pachinko Island has a medal recovery device placed on the existing board of Pachinko Island, which was originally set at a high position from the floor, and a pachislot machine was placed on it. Therefore, in the case of a pachislot machine that is simply reduced in size as a conventional type that is generally popular, the height of the game operation unit does not match. Therefore, in order to ensure the same operability as that of the conventional type, the pachislot machine of the present invention is adapted to have a special shape with a game operation unit provided below.

  The gaming machine island of the present invention is a pachislot island having an automatic medal replenishment function by installing a medal replenishment device in the upper part of the space where the pachinko machine and ball lending machine are removed from the existing pachinko island, and a medal recovery device in the lower part. Can be easily converted. The pachislot machine of the present invention has a narrower front width than a conventional pachislot machine, so that one unit formed together with the medal lending machine and the faceplate can be accommodated in the space from which one unit of the pachinko machine is removed. The number of installed pachislot machines is not reduced. Further, the pachislot machine of the present invention can be set in a space in which one unit of the pachinko machine is removed as it is, including the medal replenishing device and the medal recovery device, by setting the height lower than that of the conventional pachislot machine. it can.

As a result, the existing pachinko island can be directly converted to a pachislot island having an automatic medal replenishment function. In addition, the medal supply device and the medal collection device can be installed in a retrofitted manner, and only need to be dealt with when island conversion is necessary.

It is economical without waste. In addition, the pachislot machine of the present invention is formed so that the height of the game operation unit from the floor surface when installed is almost the same as that of the conventional pachislot machine, so the operability of buttons at the time of game is , Ensuring the same operability as before.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a gaming machine island and a pachislot machine according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. FIG. 3 is a side view of a conventional pachinko island. FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the framework of Pachinko Island. FIG. 6 is a side view of a conventional pachislot island. FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG. FIG. 8 is a side view showing an example of a conventional gaming machine island that is compatible with a pachinko machine and a pachislot machine. In the present embodiment, the gaming machine island is exemplified on both islands, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is similarly applied to a wall island.

  3 and 4, the pachinko island 10 as one of the gaming machine islands 1 is configured such that the pachinko machine 2 and the ball lending machine 3 are arranged side by side in parallel, and the similar ones are arranged backward on the opposite side, Both islands are formed. The pachinko machine 2 and the ball lending machine 3 are placed on a shelf-like board 11 formed horizontally on the pachinko island 10. The lower side of the cover 11 is closed from the front and back sides of the pachinko island 10 forming both islands by the waist plate 12 and the upper part of the pachinko island 10 by the lamp plate 13 and the curtain plate 14. The lamp plate 13 is equipped with a calling lamp unit 15 having a display for displaying numerically the number of balls acquired by the player.

  A lifting polishing tower (not shown) is erected in the longitudinal center of the pachinko island 10. A pachinko ball collecting device 16 and a pachinko ball storage tank (not shown) are housed in the lower part of the pachinko island 10 closed by the waist plate 12. A pachinko ball replenishing device 17 is housed in the upper part of the pachinko island 10 covered by the lamp plate 13 and the curtain plate 14. Further, both end portions of the pachinko island 10 are blocked by a not shown wife plate. An end hose is disposed inside the end plate, and a pachinko ball circulation mechanism is formed by the devices and the end hoses. Pachinko balls circulating through the pachinko ball circulation mechanism are appropriately supplied to the pachinko machine 2 and the ball lending machine 3 through a supply chute attached to the pachinko ball supply device 17.

  The front surface of the pachinko machine 2 is roughly constituted by a game board surface 18 formed at an upper portion thereof and a lower game operation portion 19. The game operation unit 19 includes an upper plate 20 that sends out pachinko balls to the ball hitting device, a lower plate 21 that stores pachinko balls that overflow from the upper plate 20, and a handle 22 that operates the ball hitting device. The player usually rotates the handle 22 with the right hand, and with the left hand, the pachinko ball stored in the lower plate 21 is transferred to the upper plate 20 or discharged into a ball box placed on the slab 11. . Therefore, the game operation unit 19 is arranged at a position where such hand movement is easy.

  Here, the height of the pachinko machine 2 is PH1. The height of the upper surface of the saddle plate 11 from the floor surface 23 is PH2. The front width of the pachinko machine 2 is PW1. The front width of the ball lending machine 3 is PW2. The total value of the front widths of the pachinko machine 2 and the ball lending machine 3 is PW.

  In FIG. 5, the framework of the pachinko island 10 is composed of a lower frame 24 as a base, a pair of support columns 25 erected at a predetermined interval XW in the longitudinal direction of the lower frame 24, and an upper frame supported by the support columns 25. 26 and a reinforcing beam 27 spanned between the pair of support columns 25. The saddle plate 11 is provided so as to project horizontally on the upper part of the lower frame 24. The waist plate 12 is attached to both the front and back sides of the lower frame 24 so as to be openable and closable, and the gap between the waist plate 12 and the floor surface 23 is closed with a baseboard 28.

  6 and 7 show a pachislot island 30 as one of the gaming machine islands 1, and the same parts as the pachinko islands 10 are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the pachislot island 30, the pachislot machine 4 and the medal lending machine 5 are arranged side by side in parallel, and the similar ones are arranged in the opposite direction on the opposite side to form both islands. The pachislot machine 4 and the medal lending machine 5 are placed on a shelf-like board 11 formed horizontally on the pachislot island 30. The lower side of the cover 11 is closed by the waist plate 12 and the upper part of the pachislot island 30 is blocked by the lamp plate 13 and the curtain plate 14 from both the front and back sides of the pachislot island 30 forming both islands. The lamp plate 13 is provided with a calling lamp unit 15 having a display for displaying numerically the number of medals obtained by the player.

  One end of the pachislot island 30 is closed by a not-shown gable plate, and a lifting tower (not shown) containing a medal washing device, a medal storage tank, a medal lifter, and the like is attached to the opposite end. The medal recovery device 31 is stored in the lower part of the pachislot island 30 closed by the waist plate 12, and the medal replenishing device 32 is stored in the upper part of the pachislot island 30 closed by the lamp plate 13 and the curtain plate 14. ing. An end hose is disposed inside one end blocked by the end plate, and a medal circulation mechanism is formed by the devices and the end hoses. The medals circulating through the medal circulation mechanism are appropriately supplied to the pachi-slot machine 4 and the medal lending machine 5 through a supply chute attached to the medal supply device 32.

  The pachislot machine 4 includes a main body 33 and a front door 34, and an upper part of the front door 34 is provided with a display window for visually recognizing a liquid crystal panel 35 and three reels 36 housed inside the main body. Has been. A game operation unit 37 is disposed almost in the middle of the front door 34, and a medal tray 38 is disposed below the front door 34. In addition, a hopper device for paying out medals is accommodated inside the lower body. The game operation unit 37 includes a medal insertion slot 39 into which a player inserts medals, a start lever 40 that starts rotation of the reels 36, and three stop buttons 41 that individually stop the three reels 36 that rotate. And a configuration including a 1BET button, a MAXBET button, etc. (not shown) for determining the number of bets. The player enjoys the game by pressing these levers and buttons. Therefore, the game operation unit 37 is disposed at a position where such an operation is easy.

  Here, the height of the pachi-slot machine 4 is SH1. The height from the floor surface 23 of the upper surface of the saddle plate 11 is SH2. The front width of the pachislot machine 4 is SW1. The front width of the medal lending machine 5 is SW2. An eye plate 42 is further attached to the pachislot island 30. The eye plate 42 is disposed to close a space provided so that the front door 34 does not interfere with the island portion when the front door 34 of the pachislot machine 4 attached by a hinge is opened. . The front face width of the eyeplate 42 is SW3. The total value of the front widths of the pachislot machine 4, the medal lending machine 5, and the eyeplate 42 is SW.

  Conventionally, the height PH1 of the pachinko machine 2 and the height SH1 of the pachislot machine 4 are unified to the same height. However, the installation heights of the gaming machines are different due to differences in how the hands are moved in the gaming operation unit. That is, by setting the height PH2 from the floor surface 23 of the upper surface of the saddle plate 11 in the pachinko island 10 to about 100 mm higher than the height SH2 from the floor surface 23 of the upper surface of the saddle plate 11 in the pachislot island 30, Game machines can also be operated easily by the game operation unit.

  By the way, the front surface width PW1 of the existing pachinko machine 2 is approximately 520 mm. The front width PW2 of the ball lending machine 3 is about 40 mm. Therefore, if these numbers are adopted as fixed values, the total value PW is 560 mm. Therefore, the longitudinal interval XW between the support posts 25 in the pachinko island 10 shown in FIG. 5 is formed with the same or slight allowance as the total value PW. On the other hand, the front surface width SW1 of the existing pachislot machine 4 is 480 mm. The front face width SW2 of the medal lending machine 5 is approximately 100 mm. The front face width of the eye plate 42 is approximately 50 mm. Therefore, if these numbers are employed as fixed values, the total value SW is 630 mm. Therefore, in this calculation, the total value SW related to the pachislot is 70 mm larger than the total value PW related to the pachinko, and the distance XW in the longitudinal direction of the pillars 25 of the existing pachinko island 10 is directly related to the pachislot. The total value SW of the front width cannot be adapted.

  1 and 2 show the gaming machine island 1 and the pachislot machine 4 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the left half of the figure is the pachinko island 10, and the right half shows the pachislot island 30 after conversion from the pachinko island 10. Since the gaming machine island 1 uses the framework of the pachinko island 10 as it is, the height from the floor surface 23 of the board 11 is PH2 on both islands. 2 is a front view of the pachislot island 30 side, and the front view of the pachinko island 10 side is the same as FIG.

  The pachislot machine 4 of the present invention is housed together with the medal lending machine 5 and the face plate 42 in a space after the pachinko machine 2 and the ball lending machine 3 are removed, that is, a space having a height PH1 and a front width XW (substantially PW). ing. A medal recovery device 31 is placed on the base plate 11 of the pachislot island 30, a pachislot machine 4 is placed thereon, and a medal replenishment device 32 is placed thereon. Therefore, the height SH1 of the pachislot machine 4 is set to a height obtained by subtracting the heights of the medal collection device 31 and the medal replenishing device 32 from the height PH1 of the space. The medal lending machine 5 is also a conversion island dedicated machine having a low height, like the pachislot machine 4.

  The medal collection device 31 and the medal replenishment device 32 are installed horizontally along the longitudinal direction of the pachislot island 30, and convey medals in a certain direction by a conveyor belt built in these devices. A small lifting device is disposed at one end of the pachislot island 30 and an end hose disposed at the other end forms a medal circulation mechanism. Such a medal circulation mechanism can be attached relatively easily in the form of being retrofitted after the pachinko machine 2 and the ball lending machine 3 are removed. If the medal collecting device 31 and the medal replenishing device 32 are unlocked and opened to the front side, maintenance and inspection work of these devices can be easily performed.

  Assuming that the front widths of the medal lending machine 5 and the face plate 42 do not change, the difference 70 mm between the total value SW of the front widths related to the pachislot determined above and the total value PW of the front widths related to the pachinko is the pachislot Since the light is absorbed by the front width SW1 of the machine 4, the front width SW1 of the pachislot machine 4 is 410 mm. However, this is a trial calculation with a numerical value temporarily fixed, but in reality, the front face widths SW2 and SW3 of the medal lending machine 5 and the face plate 42 have a certain range to the numerical values adopted in this calculation. Therefore, the front surface width SW1 of the pachislot machine 4 of the present invention is in a range in which approximately 400 to 450 mm is preferable.

  In the pachislot machine 4 of the present invention, the height from the floor surface 23 of the gaming operation unit 37 when incorporated in the gaming machine island 1 is the floor surface 23 of the gaming operation unit 37 of the existing pachislot machine 4 shown in FIG. It is formed so as to be almost equal to the height from. As a result, the pachislot machine 4 of the present invention has a special design in which the game operation unit 37 is provided below the main body unit 33. The hopper device or the like housed inside the main body is a compact size that is slightly smaller than the conventional one. With the configuration as described above, the player can enjoy the game comfortably as in the conventional machine without changing the height of the chair.

It is a side view of the gaming machine island and pachislot machine of the present invention. It is a front view of FIG. It is a side view of the conventional Pachinko island. FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. 3. It is a perspective view which shows the framework of Pachinko island. It is a side view of the conventional pachislot island. FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG. 6. It is a side view which shows an example of the conventional game machine island in which a pachinko machine and a pachislot machine are compatible.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine island 2 Pachinko machine 3 Ball lending machine 4 Pachislot machine 5 Medal lending machine 10 Pachinko island 11 Plate 16 Pachinko ball collection device 17 Pachinko ball supply device 19 Game operation part 23 Floor 25 Strut 30 Pachislot island 31 Medal collection device 32 Medal replenishment device 37 Game control section 42 Eye plate PH1 Height of pachinko machine PH2 Height from the floor of pachinko island PW1 Front face width of pachinko machine PW2 Front face of ball lending machine Width PW (PW1 and PW2) combined value XW Front width (between the struts in Pachinko Island) SH1 Height (from pachislot machine) Height SH2 (From the floor of the plinth board) SW1 (Pachislot machine) Front face width SW2 Front face width (for medal lending machine) SW3 Front face width (for faceplate) SW (Sum of SW1, SW2, and SW3)

Claims (3)

It is a pachislot machine built into a gaming machine island configured to be used by converting pachinko island into slot island,
The front width of the pachislot machine is the sum of the front width of the pachislot machine, the front width of the medal lending machine, and the front width of the faceplate, and the front width of the existing pachinko machine and the front width of the ball lending machine. It is formed to be approximately the same as the summed value,
The pachislot machine is characterized in that a height of the pachislot machine is lower than that of an existing pachinko machine. A gaming machine island in which the pachislot machine according to claim 1 is incorporated,
A medal supply device is disposed above the pachislot machine, a medal collection device is disposed below the pachislot machine, and the height of the medal supply device, the height of the pachislot machine, and the height of the medal collection device The gaming machine island is characterized in that the sum of the values is formed to be substantially the same as the height of an existing pachinko machine.   In the pachislot machine, the height of the game operation unit from the floor of the game arcade when the pachislot machine is incorporated in the gaming machine island is the same as the game operation unit of the existing pachislot machine incorporated in the existing slot island. The pachi-slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachi-slot machine is formed so as to be substantially the same as the height from the floor of the game hall.

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