JP2009172206A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine capable of efficiently installing a plurality of game components adjacent to each another to a game panel. <P>SOLUTION: The pinball game machine is freely removably/attachably provided with a first game component 17 and a second game component 18 adjacent to each other to a game panel 5. In the second game component 18, a part to be pressured 77 on one end side is held to be pressed against the game panel 5 by a guard part 48 on the side of the first game component 17 and the other end side is fixed to the game panel 5 with a fixing screw. Near an end part on the side of the first game component 17 of the second game component 18, a positioning projection 82 engaged with a positioning hole on the side of the game panel 5 is provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine in which a first game part and a second game part adjacent to each other are detachably attached to a game board from the front side.

  In a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a large number of game nails are arranged on the front side of the game board, and winning means are provided in a plurality of mounting holes formed on the game board so as to avoid the position of the game nails. The game parts such as the image display means and the lamp means are mounted and detachably fixed by screwing or the like.

  By the way, for example, in a ball ball game machine provided with side lamp means arranged along the inner periphery of the game area, the light emitting area is arranged in the game nail while avoiding large erosion of the game nail arrangement area. In order to bite into a part of the area, there is known one in which an elongated inner ramp means is arranged from the outer peripheral side of the side lamp means toward the inside of the game area (see Patent Document 1).

In the ball and ball game machine described in Patent Document 1, the side lamp means and the inner lamp means are formed as one game part and are integrally attached to the game board, or the side lamp means and the inner lamp means are combined. It is formed as two game parts which are independent from each other, and is individually screwed and fixed to the game board.
JP 2004-283246 A

  When there are a plurality of game parts arranged adjacent to each other like the side lamp means and the inner lamp means of the ball game machine described in Patent Document 1, they are formed as one game part, and the game board It is most desirable in terms of cost and assembling work efficiency if it can be integrally attached to the housing. In practice, however, integration is often difficult due to strength problems and other reasons.

  In addition, when a plurality of game parts arranged adjacent to each other are formed as independent game parts, and they are individually attached to the game board by screwing or the like, although the problem of strength can be solved, Each of the game parts must be screwed at a plurality of locations, and there is a problem that the efficiency of the assembly work is very poor.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a ball game machine capable of efficiently mounting a plurality of adjacent game parts on a game board. It is to provide.

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine in which a first game component 17 and a second game component 18 which are adjacent to each other are detachably attached to the game board 5 from the front side, and the second game component 18 has one end thereof. The side is pressed and held on the game board 5 by the first game component 17.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to increase the efficiency of the assembly work as compared with the case where the first game component 17 and the second game component 18 are each fixed to the game board 5 alone.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1-10 has illustrated 1st Embodiment which employ | adopted this invention for the pachinko machine. In FIG. 1, a gaming machine main body 1 is an inner frame that is pivotally attached to a rectangular outer frame 2 and a left and right side of the outer frame 2, for example, a left hinge 3 so as to be openable and detachable around a longitudinal axis. And a frame 4.

  The game board 5 shown in FIG. 2 is arranged on the upper side of the inner frame 4 and the launching means (not shown) is arranged on the lower side. The game board 5 is located on the front side of the inner frame 4. A glass door 6 that covers the front side and a lower opening / closing door 7 that covers the front side of the launching unit and the like below the glass door 6 are pivotally mounted by a hinge 8 on the same side as the hinge 3 so as to be openable and detachable. The glass door 6 is provided with a glass window 9 corresponding to the game area 5a on the game board 5 side, and the lower opening / closing door 7 has a storage tray 10 for storing game balls to be supplied to the launching means, and launching means. A firing handle 11 or the like is provided for operating the.

  On the front side of the game board 5, as shown in FIG. 2, a guide rail 12 that guides the game ball fired by the launching means is arranged in a substantially annular shape. In the game area 5a in the guide rail 12, The game unit such as the display unit 13, the gate unit 14, the open / close prize unit 15, the big prize unit 16, the lower prize unit (first game part) 17, the light emitting unit (second game part) 18 and the like are detachably mounted. A large number of game nails are arranged.

  The display unit 13 is disposed substantially at the center of the game area 5a, and includes, for example, a liquid crystal display means 21 mounted on the back side of the game board 5 and a display window 22 for the liquid crystal display means 21, and is provided in the game board 5. A display frame 23 is detachably mounted from the front side in a display unit mounting hole (not shown). In the display frame body 23, a stage 23a is disposed in the left-right direction below the display window 22. For example, a game ball that has entered a ball entrance 23b provided on the left side of the display frame body 23 is freely rolled. After moving it, it will drop to the front side. The liquid crystal display means 21 displays various effect images in addition to symbol variations such as normal symbols and special symbols.

  The gate unit 14 constitutes a normal symbol starting means, and is arranged on the left side of the display unit 13, for example, and detects a passing gate 24 through which a game ball can pass and a game ball passing through the passing gate 24. The passage detection switch 25 is provided. The gate unit 14 is detachably mounted from the front side to a gate unit mounting hole (not shown) provided in the game board 5, and is fixed to the front side of the game board 5 by screwing or the like.

  The open / close winning unit 15 constitutes a starting means for a special symbol, and is arranged, for example, below the display unit 13, and includes an upper winning port 26 and a lower winning port 27 through which a game ball can win, And a pair of left and right opening / closing claws 28 that are swingably provided to open and close the lower winning opening 27, and winning detection switches 29, 30 for detecting game balls that have won the winning openings 26, 27. The open / close winning unit 15 is detachably mounted from the front side to an open / close winning unit mounting hole (not shown) provided in the game board 5 and is fixed to the front side of the game board 5 by screws or the like.

  The big winning unit 16 constitutes an attacker that opens when a special symbol is a big hit. For example, the big winning unit 16 is arranged below the open / close winning unit 15 and has a big winning opening 31 through which a game ball can win, An opening / closing plate 32 that is swingably provided around the horizontal axis on the lower side and opens / closes the big prize opening 31 and a winning detection switch 33 that detects a game ball won in the big prize opening 31 are provided. The large winning unit 16 is detachably mounted from the front side to a large winning unit mounting hole (not shown) provided in the gaming board 5 and is fixed to the front side of the gaming board 5 by screwing or the like.

  The lower winning unit 17 has both a function as a normal winning means and a function as a side lamp. For example, the lower winning unit 17 is arranged along the inside of the guide rail 12 on the left side of the large winning unit 16 and is provided on the game board 5. The lower winning unit mounting hole (first mounting hole) 34 (FIG. 4) is detachably mounted from the front side and fixed to the front side of the game board 5 by screwing.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6 and the like, the lower winning unit 17 includes a front case body 41, a winning opening member 42 and a front decoration member 43 attached to the front side of the front case body 41, and the front case body 41. A back cover member 44 mounted on the rear side, and an LED substrate 45 disposed between the front case body 41 and the back cover member 44 and having a plurality of LEDs mounted on the front side thereof are provided.

  The front case body 41 has a front abutting plate 46 disposed along the front side of the game board 5 so as to close the lower winning unit mounting hole 34 from the front side, and an inner peripheral surface of the lower winning unit mounting hole 34. The front abutting plate 46 is integrally provided with a fitting wall 47 provided so as to protrude rearward on the back side of the front abutting plate 46. The fitting wall 47 is fitted into the lower winning unit mounting hole 34 from the front side, and the front abutting plate 46 is played. In a state of being in contact with the front side of the board 5, it is fixed to the front side of the game board 5 with a fixing screw.

  The front abutting plate 46 has a flange portion 48 that protrudes outward from the fitting wall 47, and the flange portion 48 is outside the lower winning unit mounting hole 34 and is on the front side of the game board 5. It comes to contact with. The flange 48 is provided with a plurality of screw insertion holes 49 for fixing screw insertion and rearwardly protruding positioning projections 51 corresponding to the positioning holes 50 on the game board 5 side. 17 is fixed by screwing a fixing screw into the game board 5 from the screw insertion hole 49 in a state where the positioning protrusion 51 is fitted in the positioning hole 50 and positioned at a predetermined position of the game board 5.

  Further, at least a part of the front contact plate 46, for example, a portion inside the fitting wall 47 is a light emitting lens portion 52 that receives and diffusely reflects light from the LED substrate 45 on the rear side. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of, for example, four entrance holes 53 are arranged in the front contact plate 46 at substantially equal intervals along the inner edge side corresponding to the inside of the game area 5 a. The entrance hole 53 has a size corresponding to approximately one game ball and is formed to penetrate in the front-rear direction. Further, on the front side of the front abutting plate 46, an inclined guide plate 54 that guides the game ball toward the inside of the game area 5 a is provided from the outer edge side along the guide rail 12 toward the inner edge side near the upper end portion thereof. Are arranged in an inclined manner.

  The fitting wall 47 is provided corresponding to substantially the entire circumference of the inner peripheral surface of the lower prize winning unit mounting hole 34, and a rear guide passage for guiding the game ball that has passed through the ball entry hole 53 to the inside thereof. 55 is provided corresponding to the rear side of each of the entrance holes 53. The LED board 45 is disposed on the rear end side of the fitting wall 47, and the inside of the fitting wall 47 serves as a light guide space that guides light emitted from the LED board 45 to the light emitting lens portion 52 side. Yes.

  The winning opening member 42 constitutes a normal winning opening 61 having an upward opening shape, and is detachably fixed to the front abutting plate 46 corresponding to the front side of each of the winning holes 53. The entered game ball is guided backward to flow into the entrance hole 53.

  The flange portion 48 of the front abutting plate 46 has a lateral edge portion 48a whose inner edge side is formed substantially horizontally in the left-right direction corresponding to the upper portion side of the winning hole member 42, and one end of the lateral edge portion 48a. A vertical edge portion 48b formed in the vertical direction from the side along the side portion of the winning prize opening member 42, a lower end side of the vertical edge portion 48b, and a horizontal edge portion 48a on the adjacent winning edge opening member 42 side, for example, are slanted. A plurality of inclined edge portions 48c connected to each other are connected in a stepped shape.

  The front decoration member 43 covers at least a portion of the front contact plate 46 on the guide rail 12 side from the front side. For example, a bottom wall portion disposed along the inner surface of the guide rail 12 below the inclined guide plate 54. 62 and a front wall portion 63 extending from the front edge side of the bottom wall portion 62 toward the inside of the game area 5a, and the rear end side of the bottom wall portion 62 is disposed outside the front contact plate 46. It is detachably fixed to the front abutting plate 46 in a state along the edge side.

  The back cover member 44 substantially closes the rear end side of the fitting wall 47 and is detachably fixed to the rear end side of the fitting wall 47 so as to hold the LED board 45 from the rear side. The back side of the back cover member 44 is substantially flush with the back side of the game board 5. Further, the back cover member 44 passes through the drop guide passage 64 and the drop guide passage 64 that guides the game ball guided backward by the rear guide passage 55 downward along the back side of the game board 5. A winning detection switch 65 for detecting a game ball is provided corresponding to the rear side of the rear guide passage 55.

  The light-emitting unit 18 is for performing a light-emitting effect. For example, the light-emitting unit 18 is arranged in an elongated shape from the inner edge side of the lower prize-winning unit 17 toward the center side of the game area 5a, and the light-emitting unit mounted on the game board 5 is mounted. A hole (second mounting hole) 71 is detachably mounted from the front side, and an end portion (hereinafter referred to as an outer end portion) 18a side on the lower winning unit 17 side among the both ends in the longitudinal direction is provided by the lower winning unit 17 The game board 5 is pressed and held, and the other end (hereinafter referred to as an inner end) 18b side is fixed to the front side of the game board 5 by screwing. The light emitting unit mounting hole 71 communicates with the lower winning unit mounting hole 34 at the communication portion 72.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, 7, 8, etc., the light emitting unit 18 includes a front case body 73, a back cover member 74 attached to the rear side of the front case body 73, and the front case body 73. And a back cover member 74, and an LED substrate 75 on which a plurality of LEDs are mounted on the front side.

  The front case body 73 has a front contact plate 76 disposed along the front side of the game board 5 so as to close the light emitting unit mounting hole 71 from the front side, and a lower prize along the back side of the front contact plate 76. A pressing portion 77 protruding toward the unit 17 side and a fitting wall 78 provided in a rearward protruding manner on the back side of the front contact plate 76 along the inner peripheral surface of the light emitting unit mounting hole 71 are integrally provided. The joint wall 78 is fitted to the light emitting unit mounting hole 71 from the front side, and the front abutting plate 76 is fixed to the front side of the game board 5 in a state of abutting on the front side of the game board 5.

  The front abutting plate 76 has a flange 79 that protrudes outward from the fitting wall 78 on the outer peripheral side, and this flange 79 contacts the front side of the game board 5 outside the light emitting unit mounting hole 71. It comes to touch. The flange portion 79 is provided with a screw insertion hole 80 for inserting a fixing screw and a positioning protrusion 82 that protrudes backward corresponding to the positioning hole 81 on the game board 5 side. One screw insertion hole 80 is provided, for example, on the inner end 18 b side of the flange 79, and one positioning protrusion 82 is provided, for example, on each end of the flange 79.

  Further, at least a part of the front contact plate 76, for example, a part inside the fitting wall 78 is a light emitting lens part 83 that receives and diffusely reflects light from the rear LED board 75. Further, an inclined guide plate 84 for guiding the game ball to one side in the left-right direction is integrally formed on the front side of the front contact plate 76 so as to protrude forward. On the left and right sides of the light emitting unit 18 in the game area 5a, as shown in FIG. 8, a large number of game nails 70 are arranged in a substantially aligned manner, for example, in a direction intersecting the light emitting unit 18, and the inclined guide plate 84 is It arrange | positions so that between the right and left game nail rows may be connected.

  Further, the front abutting plate 76 has an outer end portion 18a side formed in a shape along the outer shape of the flange portion 48 on the lower prize winning unit 17 side. In this embodiment, the outer end 18a side of the light emitting unit 18 has one vertical edge 48b in the collar portion 48 on the lower winning unit 17 side, and an inclined edge 48c connected to the lower side of the vertical edge 48b. The end portion on the outer end 18a side of the front abutting plate 76 is formed in the shape of “<” along the outer shape of the press portion 85. It is formed in a letter shape.

  The pressed portion 77 is disposed on the outer end 18a side of the light emitting unit 18, and for example, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, within the communication portion 72 between the light emitting unit mounting hole 71 and the lower prize winning unit mounting hole 34, The front abutting plate 76 protrudes from the back side along the back side of the collar portion 48 (pressing portion 85) on the lower winning unit 17 side toward the lower winning unit 17 side with a substantially constant width. Thereby, the light emitting unit 18 is fixed to the game board 5 by screwing a fixing screw into the game board 5 from the screw insertion hole 80, and the outer end 18a side lowers the pressed part 77 of the light emitting unit 18. It is held on the game board 5 side by pressing from the front side with the collar portion 48 on the winning unit 17 side.

  The fitting wall 78 is provided corresponding to, for example, substantially the entire circumference of the inner peripheral surface of the light emitting unit mounting hole 71 except for the communication portion 72 side, and the inner side is emitted from the rear LED board 75. The light guide space guides the light to the light emitting lens portion 83 side.

  The back cover member 74 substantially closes the rear end side of the fitting wall 78 and is detachably fixed to the rear end side of the fitting wall 78 so as to hold the LED substrate 75 from the rear side. The back cover member 74 is provided with a wiring hole 88 and the like for drawing out a harness from the LED substrate 75 side.

  When the lower winning unit 17 and the light emitting unit 18 described above are mounted on the game board 5, the rear side of the light emitting unit 18 is first inserted into the light emitting unit mounting hole 71 from the front side, and the positioning protrusion 82 is placed on the game board 5 side. The front abutting plate 76 is brought into contact with the front side of the game board 5 while being fitted into the positioning hole 81, and a fixing screw is screwed into the game board 5 through the screw insertion hole 80, so that the inner end 18b side is first moved. Secure to the game board 5 side. At this time, the pressed portion 77 on the outer end portion 18a side is present in the communication portion 72 between the light emitting unit mounting hole 71 and the lower winning unit mounting hole 34, and the front surface 77a is substantially the same as the front side of the game board 5. In one state.

  Subsequently, the rear side of the lower winning unit 17 is inserted into the lower winning unit mounting hole 34 from the front side, and the front contact plate 46 of the gaming board 5 is fitted with the positioning protrusion 51 fitted into the positioning hole 50 on the gaming board 5 side. The game board 5 is fixed to the game board 5 side by being brought into contact with the front side and screwed into the game board 5 through the screw insertion hole 49. At this time, the pressing portion 85 corresponding to the communication portion 72 in the flange portion 48 on the lower winning unit 17 side substantially contacts the front surface 77a of the pressed portion 77 on the light emitting unit 18 side. Thereby, the movement to the front side of the to-be-pressed part 77 is controlled, and the light emission unit 18 is fixed to the game board 5 in the both ends side.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine of the present embodiment, one end side of the light emitting unit 18 mounted on the game board 5 adjacent to the lower prize unit 17 is fixed to the game board 5 by the fixing screw, and the other end side is fixed. Since the lower prize-winning unit 17 is pressed and held on the game board 5, it is possible to increase the efficiency of the assembly work as compared with the case where the light emitting unit 18 and the lower prize-winning unit 17 are each fixed to the game board 5 alone.

  Further, the game board 5 has a lower winning unit mounting hole 34 into which the lower winning unit 17 is fitted and a light emitting unit mounting hole 71 into which the light emitting unit 18 is fitted in communication with each other. The light emitting unit 18 is provided with a collar portion 48 that protrudes to the outside of the lower prize winning unit mounting hole 34 along the front side of the game board 5, and the light emitting unit 18 is within the communication portion 72 between the lower prize winning unit mounting hole 34 and the light emitting unit mounting hole 71. Since the pressed portion 77 that protrudes along the back surface side of the portion 48 is provided, the pressed portion 77 can be completely hidden on the back side of the flange portion 48, and there is an advantage that it looks good.

  Further, since the positioning projection 82 that fits into the positioning hole 81 on the game board 5 side is provided on the outer end portion 18a side of the light emitting unit 18, the pressed portion 77 on the outer end portion 18a side is connected to the lower winning unit 17 side. The outer end 18 a side of the light emitting unit 18 can be completely fixed to the game board 5 simply by pressing from the front side with the collar portion 48.

  11 and 12 illustrate a second embodiment of the present invention, in which a positioning hole 91 is formed in the pressed portion 77 of the light emitting unit 18 and a positioning projection 92 corresponding to the positioning hole 91 in the collar portion 48 of the lower winning unit 17. The example which each provided is shown.

  Further, the front contact plate 76 of the light emitting unit 18 is provided with a positioning projection 82 corresponding to the positioning hole on the game board 5 side only at one location near the inner end 18b side. About the others, the completely same composition as a 1st embodiment is employable.

  With this configuration, the outer end 18a side of the light emitting unit 18 can be positioned with respect to the lower winning unit 17, and the relative positional relationship between the lower winning unit 17 and the light emitting unit 18 can always be constant. There are advantages.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, according to the present invention, the second game component 18 adjacent to the first game component 17 is formed in an elongated shape that protrudes from the outer edge side of the first game component 17 toward the inside of the game area 5a as in the above embodiment. However, it is most desirable to form the first game component 17 integrally with the first game component 17 when there is a problem in terms of strength and other aspects.

  Further, the first game component 17 and the second game component 18 are not limited to the lower winning unit 17 and the light emitting unit 18, and any combination of various game components as long as two game components are arranged adjacent to each other. Can be supported.

  In the embodiment, the flange portion 48 on the first game component 17 side is formed in a flat plate shape without unevenness, and the pressed portion 77 is within the communication portion 72 between the first mounting hole 34 and the second mounting hole 71. However, the pressed portion 77 is arranged along the front side of the game board 5, for example, a portion of the flange 79 on the light emitting unit 18 side is used as the pressed portion 77. And you may form the collar part 48 by the side of the 1st game component 17 so that the front side of the to-be-pressed part 77 may be covered.

  In the embodiment, the case where the first game component 17 and the second game component 18 are adjacent to each other is illustrated, but for example, the first game component is adjacent to both sides of the second game component (the first game at both ends). In the case where the parts are not necessarily the same), both end sides of the second game parts may be pressed and held by the game board 5 by the first game parts. . For example, in the case of the first embodiment, the light emitting unit 18 is configured such that the outer end 18a side is pressed and held by the lower winning unit 17 and the inner end 18b side is pressed and held by the display board 13 respectively. Also good. In this case, it is not necessary to use a single fixing means for the second game component 18.

  Moreover, although the example which applied this invention to the pachinko machine was shown in embodiment, it cannot be overemphasized that it can implement similarly in other ball game machines, such as an arrangement ball machine.

1 is an overall perspective view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of a game board. It is a front view of a lower winning unit and a light emitting unit. It is a front view of the lower winning unit mounting hole and the light emitting unit mounting hole of the game board. It is a rear view of a lower winning unit and a light emitting unit. It is a perspective view of a lower prize unit. It is a perspective view of a light emitting unit. It is a front view of a light emitting unit. It is an AA end elevation in FIG. It is front sectional drawing of the engaging part vicinity of a lower winning unit and a light emission unit. It is a front view of the light emission unit which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a BB end view in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

5 Game board 17 Lower prize unit (first game part)
18 Light-emitting unit (second game part)
34 Lower winning unit mounting hole (first mounting hole)
48 collar 71 light emitting unit mounting hole (second mounting hole)
72 communicating portion 77 pressed portion 81 positioning hole 82 positioning projection 91 positioning hole 92 positioning projection

Claims (5)

In the ball game machine in which the first game component (17) and the second game component (18) adjacent to each other are detachably attached to the game board (5) from the front side, the second game component (18) The ball game machine is characterized in that one end side thereof is pressed and held on the game board (5) by the first game component (17). The second game component (18) has one end side pressed against the game board (5) by the first game component (17) and the other end side fixed to the game board (5) by a fixing screw. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein: The gaming board (5) has a first mounting hole (34) into which the first gaming component (17) is fitted and a second mounting hole (71) into which the second gaming component (18) is fitted. The first game component (17) is formed in a communication shape, and includes a collar portion (48) projecting outside the first mounting hole (34) along the front side of the game board (5). The second game component (18) is projected along the back side of the flange (48) in the communication portion (72) between the first mounting hole (34) and the second mounting hole (71). The ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a pressing portion (77). A positioning projection (82) that fits into the positioning hole (81) on the gaming board (5) side is provided in the vicinity of the first gaming component (17) side end portion of the second gaming part (18). The bullet ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A positioning hole (91) or a positioning projection is provided in the pressed portion (77) of the second gaming component (18), and the positioning hole (91) or the positioning projection (48) in the flange portion (48) of the first gaming component (17). 4. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein a positioning protrusion (92) or a positioning hole corresponding to the positioning protrusion is provided.

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