JP2009226022A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure suitable for mounting an illumination function for forming combination patterns of light on a display stand frame. <P>SOLUTION: A rear lens member 47 and a front lens member 57 are each fixed to the display stand frame 35 at once by threadedly engaging a screw 55 in an inner boss part 63 of the display stand frame 35 through a co-fastening hole 54 of the rear lens member 47. In this state, a hollow lens box 66 is constituted of both the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57. The display stand frame 35 is thus reinforced by the lens box 66 so as to be assembled to the interior of an opening part 34 of a game board 22 in a reinforced state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine configured to determine whether or not a big hit is based on a game ball entering a start opening.

Some pachinko gaming machines are configured to display an image of a symbol game in the display area of the symbol display based on the game ball entering the starting port. This graphic game video displays each of a plurality of symbol elements in a variable state and a variable stop state in order, and the player has a plurality of symbol symbols in a state where all of the plurality of symbol elements are variably stopped. It is notified whether or not it is determined to be a big hit according to the combination of elements. The display area of the symbol display is visually recognizable from the front through the opening of the decorative frame. This decorative frame surrounds the display area of the symbol display as viewed from the front, and is fixed to the game board.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-10408 JP 2001-112935 A

  Patent Document 1 describes that two translucent plates are arranged opposite to each other with a gap in the front-rear direction when viewed from the player. Each of these two light-transmitting plates is formed with different uneven patterns, and the light projected from the light source is transmitted through each of the two light-transmitting plates so that the two patterns are mutually connected. It becomes a combination pattern combined with. In Patent Document 1, an electric decoration function for forming a combination pattern of light is mounted on a ball passage through which a game ball passes, and a corresponding device is required for mounting on a decorative frame.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a pachinko gaming machine having a structure suitable for mounting an electric decoration function for forming a light combination pattern on a decorative frame of a game board. It is intended.

1. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that it is provided with [1] game board to [12] screw threaded portion.
[1] The game board has a game area in which a game ball can roll. Reference numeral 22 in FIG. 3 corresponds to a game board, and reference numeral 27 in FIG. 3 corresponds to a game area.
[2] The starting port is provided in the game board, and a game ball that rolls in the game area of the game board can enter. Reference numeral 29 in FIG. 3 corresponds to a starting port.
[3] The variable entrance is provided in the game board, and an open state in which a game ball rolling in the game area of the game board can enter and a closed state in which it cannot enter It can be switched between each other. The special winning opening 30 in FIG. 3 corresponds to a variable entrance.
[4] The main control circuit determines whether or not it is a big hit to open the variable entrance, based on the game ball entering the start entrance.
[5] The decorative frame is provided on the game board. This decorative frame is arranged so as to be visually recognizable from the front side on the player side, and has a frame shape having an opening. 4 corresponds to a decorative frame, and reference numeral 35a in FIG. 4 corresponds to an opening.
[6] The symbol display has a display area for displaying an image of a symbol game for notifying the player of the determination result of the main control circuit, and the display region is visually recognized from the front through the opening of the decorative frame. It is arranged to be possible. Reference numeral 37 in FIG. 3 corresponds to a symbol display, and reference numeral 38 in FIG. 3 corresponds to a display area.
[7] The rear electrical decoration member is provided on the decorative frame, and is disposed in the opening of the decorative frame as viewed from the front. This rear illumination member is provided with a rear translucent plate having an uneven pattern and a rear frame surrounding the rear translucent plate, and the rear lens member 47 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the rear electrical illumination member. 5, the rear lens 48 corresponds to a rear translucent plate, and the rear lens frame 49 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a rear frame.
[8] The front electrical decoration member is provided in the decorative frame so as to be positioned in front of the rear electrical decoration member, and is disposed in the opening of the decorative frame as viewed from the front. The front electrical decoration member has a front translucent plate having an uneven pattern different from the rear translucent plate of the rear electrical decoration member and a front frame surrounding the front translucent plate, and the front lens member of FIG. 57 corresponds to a front illumination member, the front lens 58 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a front translucent plate, and the front lens frame 59 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a front frame.
[9] The light source projects light through the rear light transmitting plate of the rear light emitting member to the front light transmitting plate of the front light emitting member, and corresponds to both the pattern of the rear light transmitting plate and the pattern of the front light transmitting plate. Form a light pattern. The LED 45 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a light source.
[10] The rear screw insertion piece is provided on the rear frame of the rear electric decoration member, and has a screw inserted from the rear. Each of the upper mounting piece 49a, the lower mounting piece 49b, and the middle mounting piece 49c in FIG. 7 corresponds to a rear screw insertion piece, and reference numeral 55 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a screw.
[11] The front screw insertion piece is provided on the front frame of the front electrical decoration member. The front screw insertion piece comes into contact with the rear screw insertion piece of the rear illumination member from the front, and the screw of the rear screw insertion piece is inserted from the rear. Each of the upper mounting piece 59a, the lower mounting piece 59b, and the middle mounting piece 59c in FIG. 8 corresponds to a front screw insertion piece.
[12] The screw screwing portion is provided on the decorative frame, and the rear screw insertion piece and the front screw insertion piece are commonly fixed based on the screwing of the rear screw insertion piece from behind. It has been done. In a state where each of the rear illumination member and the front illumination member is fixed to the decorative frame via a common screw, the rear frame of the rear illumination member and the front frame of the front illumination member are in contact with each other, and the rear The rear translucent plate of the decorating member and the front translucent plate of the front decorating member are opposed to each other in the front-rear direction through a gap, and a hollow box is configured from the rear illuminated member and the front illuminated member. The inner boss portion 63 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a screwed portion, and the lens box 66 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a box.
2. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 2 is characterized in that it includes [1] fitting portion to [2] fitted portion.
[1] The fitting portion has a cylindrical shape provided on one of the rear illumination member and the front illumination member. The rear boss portion 53 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a fitting portion.
[2] The fitted portion is provided on the other of the rear electrical decoration member and the front electrical decoration member. This fitted part is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the fitting part, and is for fixing each of the rear electrical decoration member and the front electrical decoration member to the decorative frame in a combined state. is there. The front boss portion 65 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a fitted portion.

1. Description of the effect of the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 Rear electrical decoration by screwing a screw from a rear thread insertion piece of the rear electrical decoration member through a front thread insertion piece of the front electrical decoration member to a screw threaded portion of the decorative frame Each of the member and the front electric decoration member is fixed at once in the opening of the decorative frame. Since each of the rear electrical decoration member and the front electrical decoration member is fixed in the opening of the decorative frame, a hollow box is formed from both the rear electrical decoration member and the front electrical decoration member. Based on the fact that the box is interposed in the opening, the rigidity of the decorative frame is increased as compared to when the box is not present.
2. Description of the effect of the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 2 The combination of the rear illumination member and the front illumination member based on fitting between the fitting portion and the fitted portion, the rear illumination member and the front Each of the illumination members can be fixed in the opening of the decoration frame in a combined state.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the outer frame 1 has a rectangular tube shape in which each of a front surface and a rear surface is opened, and is directed to a left side plate directed in the vertical direction, a right side plate directed in the vertical direction, and a right side plate. The upper plate and the lower plate oriented in the left-right direction are joined to each other. The outer frame 1 is installed on the Taijima island of the pachinko hall, and the upper metal fitting 2 and the lower metal fitting 3 are fixed to the left side plate of the outer frame 1. A columnar upper shaft 4 oriented in the vertical direction is fixed to the upper metal fitting 2, and a columnar lower shaft 5 oriented in the vertical direction is fixed to the lower metal fitting 3. Each of the upper shaft 4 and the lower shaft 5 has an axial center line CL arranged on a common vertical line. The outer frame 1 is positioned below the lower metal fitting 3 and has a horizontally long rectangular makeup. The plate 6 is fixed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an inner frame 7 is mounted on the outer frame 1 so as to be positioned above the decorative plate 6. The inner frame 7 is operated to rotate between the closed state and the open state around both the upper shaft 4 and the lower shaft 5, and the closed state of the inner frame 7 means that the inner frame 7 is moved from the front to the outer frame. The state which contacted 1 is called. The open state of the inner frame 7 refers to a state in which the inner frame 7 is rotated forward with respect to both the upper shaft 4 and the lower shaft 5 as compared with the closed state. The inner frame 7 is an inner frame locking mechanism. It is locked in a closed state via.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a front frame 8 is attached to the inner frame 7. The front frame 8 is operated to rotate between the closed state and the open state about both the upper shaft 4 and the lower shaft 5, and the closed state of the front frame 8 is the front frame 8 from the front to the inner frame. 7 refers to the state of contact. The open state of the front frame 8 refers to a state in which the front frame 8 rotates forward with respect to both the upper shaft 4 and the lower shaft 5 as compared with the closed state. The front frame 8 is a front frame locking mechanism. It is locked in a closed state via. An opening 9 is formed in the front frame 8. The opening 9 refers to a circular through-hole, and a transparent glass window 10 that closes the opening 9 is fixed to the front frame 8. An upper plate 11 is fixed to the front frame 8 below the window 10. The upper plate 11 receives a game ball to be paid out as a prize, and has a container shape with an upper surface opened.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a lower plate 12 is fixed to the inner frame 7 below the front frame 8. The lower plate 12 has a horizontally long rectangular shape, and a lower plate 13 is fixed to the lower plate 12. The lower tray 13 receives a game ball overflowing from the upper tray 11 and has a container shape with an upper surface opened. A handle base 14 is fixed to the lower plate 12 on the right side of the lower plate 13, and a firing handle 15 is attached to the handle base 14. The firing handle 15 is operated by a player with fingers from the front, and is rotatable about a shaft 16 that is directed in the front-rear direction between the firing stop position and the firing limit position.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a mechanism plate 17 is fixed to the inner frame 7. The mechanism plate 17 is opposed to the front frame 8 from the rear when the front frame 8 is closed, and a firing solenoid 18 formed of a rotary solenoid is fixed to the mechanism plate 17. The firing solenoid 18 is electrically turned off when the firing handle 15 is held at the firing stop position, and the firing handle 15 is rotated from the firing stop position to the firing limit position. It is turned on electrically in the gaming state. A ball striking rod is connected to the output shaft of the firing solenoid 18, and the firing solenoid 18 reciprocates and moves the ball striking rod between the standby position and the ball striking position in an electrically on state.

  A firing rail 19 is fixed to the mechanism plate 17 of the inner frame 7 as shown in FIG. The firing rail 19 is configured such that a game ball is transferred from the upper plate 11 in units of one when the firing solenoid 18 is electrically turned on, and has an inclined shape that rises from right to left. A ball stopper plate 20 is formed at the right end of the launch rail 19, and the ball stopper plate 20 is formed with a through hole having a size that prevents a game ball from passing therethrough. The ball stop plate 20 prevents the game ball transferred from the upper plate 11 to the firing rail 19 from falling from the right end of the firing rail 19, and the hitting ball moves from the standby position to the hitting position. Based on the above, the game ball supported by the ball stopper plate 20 so as not to fall is struck from right to left through the through hole of the ball stopper plate 20 and rolled from right to left along the launch rail 19.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a game board storage portion 21 is formed in the inner frame 7 so as to be positioned above the mechanism plate 17. The game board storage unit 21 has a concave shape with an open front, and a vertical plate-like game board 22 is stored in the game board storage unit 21 as shown in FIG. An inner rail 23, an outer rail 24, and a ball stopper rubber 25 are fixed to the game board 22. The inner rail 23 has an arc shape whose upper surface is open, the outer rail 24 has an arc shape arranged on the outer peripheral portion of the inner rail 23, and the ball stopper rubber 25 has a right end portion of the inner rail 23 and A gap between the right end portions of the outer rail 24 is closed. A firing passage 26 is formed between the inner rail 23 and the outer rail 24 on the left side. The launch passage 26 has an arc shape in which each of a lower end portion and an upper end portion is opened. A game ball launched from the left end portion of the launch rail 19 passes through an entrance at the lower end portion of the launch passage 26 and is then launched into the launch passage 26. Enter inside. The game ball that has entered the launch passage 26 rises while drawing an arc-shaped trajectory along the launch passage 26 and is discharged from the outlet at the upper end of the launch passage 26.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a game area 27 is formed in the game board 22 adjacent to the right side of the launch passage 26. This game area 27 refers to the remaining circular area excluding the firing passage 26 in the area surrounded by the inner rail 23, the outer rail 24, and the ball stopper rubber 25, and is released from the exit of the firing passage 26. This corresponds to the maximum range in which the game ball can roll. A plurality of obstacle nails 28 are fixed to the game board 22 so as to be located in the game area 27, and the game balls released into the game area 27 from the outlet of the launch passage 26 hit the obstacle nails 28 while playing the game area 27. Fall inside. The game area 27 is such that the window 10 of the front frame 8 faces from the front when the front frame 8 is closed, and is visually recognizable through the window 10 from the front when the front frame 8 is closed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 22 has a start port 29 fixed in the game area 27. The starting port 29 has a pocket shape whose upper surface is open, and a game ball that rolls in the gaming area 27 can be awarded in the starting port 29 from the upper surface of the starting port 29. A start port sensor is fixed in the start port 29. This start port sensor is composed of a proximity switch whose oscillation state changes when a metal object enters the detection area of the start port sensor. When a game ball wins in the start port 29, the start port sensor A start signal is output from the start port sensor based on the change in the oscillation state.

  The start port sensor is connected to the main control circuit. The main control circuit includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and detects the current measured value of the big hit counter based on the determination that the start signal is output from the start port sensor. The jackpot counter is updated only by a unit value (for example, “1”) every time a predetermined time (for example, 4 msec) elapses. The jackpot counter is updated by a predetermined lower limit value (for example, “0”). ”) Is added to a predetermined upper limit value (for example,“ 100 ”), and then returned to the lower limit value and performed cyclically. This main control circuit compares the detection result of the big hit counter with a predetermined big hit value (for example, “7”). If the detection result of the big hit counter is the same as the big hit value, it is determined that the big hit counter is a big hit. When the detection result of the big hit counter is different from the big hit value, it is determined that the hit is not a big hit.

  A display control circuit is connected to the main control circuit. When the main control circuit determines that it is a big hit, it sends a big hit command to the display control circuit, and when it judges that it is a big hit, it sends a out command to the display control circuit. To do. This display control circuit has a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM. When a jackpot command is received, the decoration symbol is set to a jackpot combination, and when a detach command is received, the decoration symbol is set to a combination of losing. This decorative design consists of a combination of the left row of design elements, the middle row of design elements, and the right row of design elements. The jackpot combination is the left row of design elements, the middle row of design elements, and the right row of design elements. Each of the elements refers to the same combination as each other, and an outlier combination refers to a combination in which the symbol elements in the left column, the symbol elements in the middle column, and the symbol elements in the right column are not mutually identical.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a special winning opening 30 is fixed to the game board 22 in the game area 27. The special prize opening 30 has a horizontally long box shape with an open front, and a door 31 is mounted on the special prize opening 30 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 32 oriented in the left-right direction. This door 31 is connected to the output shaft of the special prize opening solenoid, and the game ball cannot win the front of the special prize opening 30 based on the vertical closing state when the special prize opening solenoid is electrically off. Close to. The door 31 is rotated in an open state in which the special prize opening solenoid is turned on in a horizontal state when the special prize opening solenoid is electrically turned on. In the open state of the door 31, a game ball rolling in the game area 27 is rotated. It is allowed to roll into the special winning opening 30 on the board. FIG. 3 shows the door 31 in an open state. The game board 22 is formed with a through hole-like outlet 33. This out port 33 is arranged at the lowest part of the inner rail 23, and a game ball that has not won any of the start port 29 and the special winning port 30 rolls along the inner rail 23. Based on this, the vehicle enters the out port 33 and is discharged from the front to the rear of the game board 22 through the out port 33.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the game board 22 has an opening 34 formed in the game area 27, and a display frame 35 is inserted into the opening 34 from the front. As shown in FIG. 4, the display frame 35 has a frame shape having an opening 35 a that opens on the front surface and the rear surface, and is formed of a synthetic resin that is colored and opaque. As shown in FIG. 5, the display frame 35 is formed with a flange portion 36 located at the center portion in the front-rear direction, and the flange portion 36 is in contact with the game board 22 from the front. The flange portion 36 has an annular shape surrounding the display frame 35, and the display frame 35 is front-to-front based on screwing screws into the game board 22 from the front through the flange portion 36. It is fixed to the game board 22 so that it can be visually recognized through the window 10 of the front frame 8 when the frame 8 is closed.

  A display frame cover is fixed to the game board 22 at the rear of the display frame 35. This display frame cover has a frame shape having an opening facing the opening 35a of the display frame 35 from the rear. The display frame cover has a symbol display 37 as shown in FIG. It is fixed. The symbol display 37 is a color liquid crystal display and has a horizontally long rectangular display region 38. The display area 38 is composed of a liquid crystal panel, and the symbol display 37 has a display area 38 in a closed state of the front frame 8 and the window 10 of the front frame 8, the opening 35a of the display frame 35 and the display frame from the front. It arrange | positions so that it can recognize visually through each of the opening part of a cover. The symbol display 37 is connected to a display control circuit, and when the decoration control is set, the display control circuit starts displaying a decorative symbol game video in the display area 38 of the symbol display 37.

  The decorative symbol game video is displayed in the display area 38 of the symbol display 37 in order of the left row of symbol elements, the middle row of symbol elements, and the right column of symbol elements in a variable state and a variable stop state, respectively. The variable display of each of the symbol elements in the left column to the right column has eight types of symbol elements “1” “2” “3” “4” “5” “6” “7” “8” determined in advance. This is done by cyclically changing the order “1” → “2” → “3” → “4” → “5” → “6” → “7” → “8” → “1”. . In the video of the decorative symbol game, the symbol elements in the left column are variably stopped first, the symbol elements in the right column are variably stopped second, and the symbol elements in the middle column are variably stopped third. The stop display of each of the symbol elements in the left column to the middle column is performed so that the decorative symbols are combined in accordance with the setting result. When the main control circuit determines that it is a big hit, the final display is performed. When the middle row of symbol elements is stopped and displayed, the decorative symbols are displayed in the jackpot combination in the display area 38 of the symbol display 37, and when it is determined that the main control circuit is disconnected, the final middle row of symbol elements is displayed. When the symbol is stopped and displayed, the decorative symbols are displayed in the display area 38 of the symbol indicator 37 in a combination of detachment.

  The special prize opening solenoid of the special prize opening 30 is connected to the main control circuit, and when the main control circuit determines that it is a big hit, the special prize opening solenoid is switched from the electrical OFF state to the electrical ON state. Based on this, the door 31 of the special winning opening 30 is rotated from the closed state to the open state. The opening operation of the door 31 is started at a timing after the decorative symbols are displayed in the combination of jackpots in the display area 38 of the symbol display 37, and is special when it is determined that the main control circuit is disconnected. The door 31 of the special winning opening 30 is held in a closed state without switching the winning opening solenoid from the electrical OFF state to the electrical ON state.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a decorative member 39 is fixed to the display frame 35 so as to be positioned in the opening 35 a. The decorative member 39 is a vertically long model imitating a high-rise building, and is arranged on the right side of the symbol display 37 as viewed from the front. The decorative member 39 is made of a colored and opaque synthetic resin and is covered with a display frame cover from the rear. The decorative member 39 is formed with an electrical decoration portion 40 located at the center in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 6, the front and rear surfaces of the electrical decoration unit 40 are opened, and an electric bulletin board 41 is fixed in the electrical decoration unit 40. This electric bulletin board 41 is made of a transparent synthetic resin, and has a plate shape that divides the internal space of the electric decoration part 40 in the front-rear direction. An LED is disposed behind the electronic bulletin board 41. This LED is fixed to the display frame cover, and the electric bulletin board 41 is illuminated based on the fact that the rear LED is lit.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the display frame 35 is formed with a gap region 42 located in the opening 35 a. The gap area 42 refers to a gap-like space on the right side of the decorative member 39, and an electric decoration device 43 is mounted on the display frame 35 so as to be located in the gap area 42. This electric decoration device 43 decorates the image of the decorative symbol game with light, and has a function of increasing the rigidity of the display frame 35 by mechanically filling the gap region 42. The illumination device 43 is covered with a display frame cover from the rear, and is configured as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an electrical decoration substrate 44 is fixed to the display frame cover. The electrical decoration board 44 is formed of a printed wiring board, and is disposed in the gap region 42 of the display frame 35 as viewed from the front as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of LEDs 45 are mounted on the front surface of the electrical decoration board 44, and each of the plurality of LEDs 45 is connected to the connector 46 via the wiring pattern of the electrical decoration board 44. The connector 46 is mounted on the rear surface of the electric decoration board 44, and a pair of connectors are electrically and mechanically connected to the connector 46 from the rear. The pair of connectors applies driving power to each of the plurality of LEDs 45 from the connector 46 through the wiring pattern of the electric decoration board 44, and is connected to an electric decoration control circuit. This electric decoration control circuit applies a driving power to each of a plurality of LEDs 45 in a decorative design game in a predetermined electric decoration pattern, and each of the plurality of LEDs 45 is applied with a driving power from an electric decoration control circuit. Based on that, the light is projected forward with the content corresponding to the illumination pattern.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a rear lens member 47 is fixed to the display frame 35. Thereafter, the lens member 47 is made of a transparent synthetic resin, and is disposed behind the game board 22. The rear lens member 47 is located in the gap region 42 of the display frame 35 when viewed from the front, and has a rear lens 48 and a rear lens frame 49. The rear lens 48 refers to a plate-like portion parallel to the game board 22, and each of the plurality of LEDs 45 of the electrical decoration board 44 is disposed opposite to the rear lens 48. The rear lens 48 allows light projected from each of the plurality of LEDs 45 to pass therethrough, and the rear surface of the rear lens 48 is set to a smooth surface with no unevenness.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of light diffusion portions 50 are formed on the front surface of the rear lens 48. Each of the plurality of light diffusing portions 50 is directed in the left-right direction and is arranged in parallel to each other. As shown in FIG. 5, each of the plurality of light diffusing portions 50 has a cross section along a vertical line having an arc shape, and light projected from each of the plurality of LEDs 45 passes through the rear lens 48. Is diffused in a pattern corresponding to the shape of the light diffusing unit 50. That is, the rear lens 48 has an uneven pattern on the front surface for diffusing light.

  The rear lens frame 49 has a frame shape surrounding the rear lens 48 as shown in FIG. The rear lens frame 49 has an open front surface, and the rear lens 48 closes the rear surface of the rear lens frame 49. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7, an upper mounting piece 49a is formed on the lens frame 49 at the upper end. The upper mounting piece 49 a protrudes upward from the rear lens frame 49 and has a plate shape parallel to the game board 22. A temporary fixing hole 51 and a co-fastening hole 54 are formed in the upper mounting piece 49a. As shown in FIG. 5, the temporary fixing hole 51 has a temporary fixing screw 52 inserted from the rear, and the temporary fixing screw 52 is accommodated in the rear boss portion 53. Thereafter, the boss portion 53 is formed on the upper mounting piece 49a and has a cylindrical shape protruding forward from the upper mounting piece 49a.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the rear lens frame 49 is formed with a lower mounting piece 49b and a middle mounting piece 49c. Each of the lower mounting piece 49b and the middle mounting piece 49c has a plate shape parallel to the upper mounting piece 49a. The lower mounting piece 49b protrudes downward from the rear lens frame 49, and the middle mounting piece 49c Projecting from the lens frame 49 to the right. Each of the lower mounting piece 49b and the middle mounting piece 49c is formed with a co-fastening hole 54, and the upper mounting piece 49a, the lower mounting piece 49b, and the middle mounting piece 49c have respective co-tightening holes 54 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, a screw 55 for fastening is inserted from the rear.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a front lens member 57 is fixed to the display frame 35. The front lens member 57 is made of a transparent synthetic resin, and is directly interposed in the gap region 42 of the display frame 35 so as to be positioned in front of the rear lens member 47. The front lens member 57 has a front lens 58 and a front lens frame 59. The front lens 58 faces the rear lens 48 through a gap from the front, and as shown in FIG. 6, has a plate shape inclined backward from right to left. The front lens 58 transmits light projected from each of the plurality of LEDs 45 after passing through the rear lens 48, and is inclined with respect to the rear lens 48.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the front surface of the front lens 58 is composed of an assembly of a plurality of light diffusion surfaces 60. Each of the plurality of light diffusing surfaces 60 intersects with the adjacent light diffusing surface 60, and is composed of a twisted surface that is different from both a flat surface and an arc surface. A texture pattern 61 is formed on the rear surface of the front lens 58. The embossed pattern 61 has a concave-convex shape formed by forming concave portions between adjacent convex portions, and the light transmitted through the rear lens 48 is transmitted through the front lens 58 based on the embossed pattern 61 and the light diffusion. It diffuses with the pattern according to each shape of the surface 60. FIG. That is, the front lens 58 has concave and convex patterns for diffusing light on the front surface and the rear surface, respectively.

  The front lens frame 59 has a frame shape surrounding the front lens 58 as shown in FIG. The front lens frame 59 has an open rear surface, and the front lens 58 blocks the front surface of the front lens frame 59. As shown in FIG. 8, the front lens frame 59 is formed with an upper mounting piece 59a, a lower mounting piece 59b, and a middle mounting piece 59c. Each of the upper mounting piece 59a, the lower mounting piece 59b, and the middle mounting piece 59c has a plate shape parallel to the game board 22, and the upper mounting piece 59a protrudes upward from the front lens frame 59 and is attached to the lower mounting piece. The piece 59b protrudes downward from the front lens frame 59, and the middle attachment piece 59c protrudes rightward from the front lens frame 59.

  As shown in FIG. 8, an outer boss portion 62 is formed on each of the upper mounting piece 59a, the lower mounting piece 59b, and the middle mounting piece 59c of the front lens frame 59. As shown in FIG. 5, each of the three outer boss portions 62 has a cylindrical shape with both the front surface and the rear surface opened, and is fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the inner boss portion 63. Each of these three inner boss portions 63 is formed on the flange portion 36 of the display frame 35, and the inner peripheral surface of each of the three outer boss portions 62 of the front lens member 57 is the inner boss portion 63. Is held at a target position that closes the gap region 42 of the display frame 35 based on the fitting to the outer peripheral surface of the display frame 35.

  As shown in FIG. 5, each of the three inner boss parts 63 of the display frame 35 has a cylindrical shape that protrudes rearward of the game board 22 through the opening 34 of the game board 22. 63a. The large diameter portion 63a of each of the three inner boss portions 63 is larger in diameter than the portion of the inner boss portion 63 into which the outer boss portion 62 is fitted, and the three front lens frames 59 have three diameters. Each of the outer boss portions 62 is in contact with the large diameter portion 63a of the inner boss portion 63 from the rear. Each of the three inner boss parts 63 is screwed with a screw 55 for tightening from the rear to each inner peripheral surface, and the upper mounting piece 49a of the rear lens member 47 and the upper mounting piece 59a of the front lens member 59. Are fastened to the large-diameter portion 63a of the inner boss portion 63 via a common co-fastening screw 55, and the lower mounting piece 49b of the rear lens member 47 and the lower mounting piece 59b of the front lens member 59 are common to each other. Are fastened to the large-diameter portion 63a of the inner boss portion 63 via the joint fastening screw 55, and the middle mounting piece 49c of the rear lens member 47 and the middle mounting piece 59c of the front lens member 59 are respectively used for common fastening. The inner boss 63 is fastened to the large-diameter portion 63a via the screw 55.

  As shown in FIG. 4, each of the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 fills the gap region 42 of the display frame 35 based on being fixed to the display frame 35. When the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 are fixed to the display frame 35, the upper mounting piece 49a of the rear lens frame 49 and the upper mounting piece 59a of the front lens frame 59 are in contact with each other in the front-rear direction. The lower mounting piece 49b of the rear lens frame 49 and the lower mounting piece 59b of the front lens frame 59 are in contact with each other in the front-rear direction, so that the middle mounting piece 49c of the rear lens frame 49 and the middle mounting piece 59c of the front lens frame 59 are between each other. Contacts in the front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a spacer 64 is formed on the rear lens frame 49 of the rear lens member 47 so as to be positioned on the upper mounting piece 49a. The spacer 64 projects forward from the rear lens frame 49 and has a cylindrical shape with an open front surface. The spacer 64 is one in which one of the upper ends of the three co-tightening screws 55 is inserted, and the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 are fixed to the display frame 32, respectively. It contacts the upper mounting piece 59a of the front lens frame 59 from behind.

As shown in FIG. 5, a front boss portion 65 is formed on the front lens frame 59 of the front lens member 57 so as to be positioned on the upper mounting piece 59a. The front boss portion 65 has a cylindrical shape in which each of the front surface and the rear surface is open, and is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the rear boss portion 53 of the rear lens frame 49. A temporary fixing screw 52 is screwed onto the inner peripheral surface of the front boss portion 61 from the rear through a temporary fixing hole 51 of the rear lens frame 49, and the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 are temporarily fixed to each other. It is joined via a screw 52 for use. The three members of the temporary fixing screw 52, the rear boss portion 53, and the front boss portion 65 are fixed to the display frame 35 in a state where the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 are temporarily fixed to each other at the target positions. Each of the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 is fixed to the display frame 35 in the following steps 1) to 2), and the display frame 35 is fixed to the game board 22 in the following 3) procedure. Is done.
1) The front boss portion 65 of the front lens member 57 is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the rear boss portion 53 of the rear lens member 47, and the front lens member 57 is centered around the rear boss portion 53 and the front boss portion 65. Each of the three outer boss portions 62 of the front lens member 57 is opposed to the joint fastening hole 54 of the rear lens member 47 based on the relative rotation operation with respect to the lens member 47. In a state of positioning between the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57, the temporary fixing screw 52 is screwed from behind to the inner peripheral surface of the front boss portion 65 of the front lens member 57 through the temporary fixing hole 51 of the rear lens member 47. The rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 are joined together. In a state where the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 are joined, the rear lens 48 of the rear lens member 47 and the front lens 58 of the front lens member 57 are opposed to each other in the front-rear direction with a gap therebetween. The rear lens frame 49 of the member 47 and the front lens frame 59 of the front lens member 57 are in contact with each other, and a hollow lens box 66 is constructed from the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 as shown in FIG. Is done. As shown in FIG. 6, the lens box 66 has a cutout portion 67, and the internal space of the lens box 66 is inserted through the cutout portion 67 in a state where the lens box 66 is not fixed to the display frame 35. Connected to external space.
2) The outer boss portion 62 of the front lens member 57 is fitted to the outer peripheral surface of each of the three inner boss portions 63 of the display frame 35 from the rear, and each of the three co-tightening holes 54 of the rear lens member 47 is fitted. Then, the lens box 66 is fixed to the display frame 35 by screwing a screw 55 for fastening together with the inner peripheral surface of the inner boss portion 63. When the lens box 66 is assembled, the decorative member 39 is fixed to the display frame 35, and the cutout portion 67 of the lens box 66 has three outer boss portions based on the lens box 66 hitting the decorative member 39. Each of 62 is formed in order to avoid being unable to fit into the inner boss portion 63. In a state where the lens box 66 is fixed to the display frame 35, as shown in FIG. 6, the lens box 66 is based on the decorative member 39 coming into contact with the lens box 66 and closing the notch 67 of the lens box 66. 66 is sealed. When the lens box 66 is fixed to the display frame 35, the lens box 66 is interposed in the gap area 42 of the display frame 35, and the gap area 42 of the display frame 35 is filled with the lens box 66.
3) Display based on inserting the display frame 35 into the opening 34 of the game board 22 from the front and screwing each of the plurality of screws to the game board 22 through the flange 36 of the display frame 35 from the front. The frame 35 is fixed to the game board 22. With the display frame 35 fixed, the display frame cover is fixed to the game board 22 from behind. A symbol display 37 is fixed to the display frame cover in advance, and a display area 38 of the symbol display 37 is an opening of the display frame 35 based on the display frame cover being fixed to the game board 22. It is fixed at a position where it can be visually recognized through 35a.

According to the said Example 1, there exists the following effect.
A screw 55 is screwed into the inner boss portion 63 of the display frame 35 from the upper mounting piece 49a of the rear lens member 47 through the upper mounting piece 59a of the front lens member 57, and from the lower mounting piece 49b of the rear lens member 47 to the front lens. A screw 55 is screwed into the inner boss part 63 of the display frame 35 through the lower mounting piece 59b of the member 57, and the display frame 35 is passed from the middle mounting piece 49c of the rear lens member 47 through the middle mounting piece 59c of the front lens member 57. Each of the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 is fixed to the display frame 35 at once by screwing the screw 55 into the inner boss portion 63. In a state where each of the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 is fixed to the display frame 35, a hollow lens box 66 is constituted by both the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57. A lens box 66 is interposed in the gap region 42. For this reason, since the gap area 42 of the display frame 35 is reinforced by the lens box 66, the display frame 35 can be assembled into the opening 34 of the game board 22 in a reinforced state.

  The rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 are combined with each other based on fitting between the rear boss portion 53 of the rear lens member 47 and the front boss portion 65 of the front lens member 57. Each of the members 57 can be fixed to the display frame 35 in a combined state. In addition, each of the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 is rotated about both the rear boss portion 53 and the front boss portion 65 to align the rear lens member 47 and the front lens member 57 with the target position. be able to.

  Since the lens box 66 is fixed to the display frame 35 and brought into contact with the decorative member 39, and the notch 67 of the lens box 66 is closed by the decorative member 39, the lens box 66 is fixed to the display frame 35. Sealed based on that. For this reason, dust that has fallen off from the game ball rolling in the game area 27 of the game board 22 during the game is prevented from entering the lens box 66, so the rear lens 48 and the front lens of the rear lens member 47 are prevented. It is possible to prevent the electric decoration effect from being lowered based on the dust adhering to each of the front lenses 58 of the member 57.

The figure which shows Example 1 (The figure which shows a pachinko game machine from the front) Figure showing the pachinko machine from the front with the front frame removed Figure showing the game board from the front Figure showing the display frame from the front Sectional view along line X5 in FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view taken along line Xa in FIG. 4, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view taken along line Xb in FIG. View of the rear lens from the front (A) is a figure which shows the external appearance of a front lens from the front, (b) is a figure which shows the external appearance of a front lens from back.

Explanation of symbols

22 is a game board, 27 is a game area, 29 is a start opening, 30 is a special prize opening (variable entrance), 35 is a display frame (decoration frame), 35a is an opening, 37 is a symbol display, and 38 is Display area, 45 LED (light source), 47 rear lens member (rear illumination member), 48 rear lens (rear translucent plate), 49 rear lens frame (rear frame), 49a upper mounting piece (rear) 49b is a lower mounting piece (rear screw insertion piece), 49c is a middle mounting piece (rear screw insertion piece), 53 is a rear boss portion (fitting portion), 55 is a screw, 57 is a front lens member ( Front illumination member), 58 is a front lens (front translucent plate), 59 is a front lens frame (front frame), 59a is an upper mounting piece (front screw insertion piece), and 59b is a lower mounting piece (front screw insertion piece). 59c is a middle mounting piece (front screw insertion piece), 63 is an inner boss part (screw threaded part), 65 is a front boss part (fitted part), and 66 is a lens box. It shows a scan (box).

Claims (2)

A game board having a game area in which a game ball can roll;
A start opening provided in the game board and capable of entering a game ball rolling in a game area of the game board;
A variable entrance that is provided on the game board and is switched between an open state in which a game ball rolling in a game area of the game board can enter and a closed state in which the game ball cannot enter the game board; ,
A main control circuit for determining whether or not the game ball is a big hit to open the variable ball opening based on the ball entering the starting port;
A decorative frame provided on the game board and arranged so as to be visually recognizable from the front side on the player side, and having an opening;
It has a display area in which a picture game image for informing the player of the determination result of the main control circuit is displayed, so that the display area can be visually recognized from the front through the opening of the decorative frame. A symbol indicator arranged in
A rear light-transmitting member provided on the decorative frame and positioned in the opening of the decorative frame as viewed from the front, having a rear translucent plate having an uneven pattern and a rear frame surrounding the rear translucent plate When,
The decorative frame is provided in front of the rear electric decoration member, is located in the opening of the decorative frame as viewed from the front, and has an uneven shape different from the rear translucent plate of the rear electric decoration member A front light-transmitting plate having a pattern and a front illumination member having a front frame surrounding the front light-transmitting plate;
Light is projected onto the front translucent plate of the front electrical decorating member through the rear translucent plate of the rear electrical decorating member, and according to both the pattern of the rear translucent plate and the pattern of the front translucent plate A light source that forms a pattern of light,
A rear screw insertion piece provided on the rear frame of the rear electrical decoration member, and a screw inserted from behind,
A front screw insertion piece that is provided on the front frame of the front electrical decoration member, contacts the rear screw insertion piece of the rear electrical decoration member from the front, and the screw is inserted from the rear,
Provided on the decorative frame, comprising a screw threaded portion in which each of the rear screw insertion piece and the front screw insertion piece is fixed in common based on the screw being screwed from behind.
The rear electrical decoration member and the front electrical decoration member are configured such that the rear electrical decoration member and the front electrical decoration member are fixed to the decorative frame via the common screws, respectively. A pachinko gaming machine characterized in that it forms a hollow box that is in contact with each other and in which the rear translucent plate and the front translucent plate oppose each other with a gap therebetween. A cylindrical fitting portion provided on one of the rear electrical decoration member and the front electrical decoration member,
It is provided in the other of the said back electrical decoration member and the said front electrical decoration member, and was fitted by the inner peripheral surface of the said fitting part, Comprising: Each of the said back electrical decoration member and the said front electrical decoration member mutually The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a fitted portion for fixing to the decorative frame with the screw in a combined state.

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