JP2010022438A - Pinball game machine and game board - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To discharge static electricity from a charged game ball to prevent destruction of an electronic control part and malfunction of a control board, or the like, of a pinball game machine caused by the electrostatic charge of the game ball. <P>SOLUTION: In the Pachinko machine 1, an electrostatic charge preventive film 8 is surface-formed on the front surface 121 of a ball movable zone 12 in the inside 11 of the Pachinko machine to which a game ball 9 is fed. The electrostatic charge preventive film 8 is a transparent conductive film, and the transparent conductive film is surface-formed on the front surface of a game board 4. The ball movable zone 12 includes the game board 4 and a guide rail 42 for feeding the game ball 9 to a play zone 43 of the game board 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine and a game board.

  Conventionally, in a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, friction with the game ball occurs in a passage (guide rail) or game board through which the game ball passes, and as a result, static electricity is generated and the ball game ball is charged.

  This charging of the game ball induces destruction of electronic control parts of the ball game machine or malfunction of the control board.

Therefore, as a method of discharging the charge of the game ball, there is a conventional technique in which the obstacle nail as shown in Patent Document 1 is grounded and the game ball is brought into contact with the obstacle nail to discharge the static electricity charged in the game ball. .
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-17984

  However, according to the configuration of the prior art as shown in Patent Document 1, since the static electricity charged on the game ball due to contact with the obstacle nail is discharged, the game ball remains charged while not in contact with the obstacle nail. It becomes. For this reason, the conventional technique as shown in Patent Document 1 cannot sufficiently discharge the game ball.

  Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine and a game board that discharge static electricity from a charged game ball.

  In order to achieve the above object, a bullet ball game machine according to the present invention is a ball movable region to which a game ball in the machine is sent, and an antistatic film is formed on the surface thereof. . In particular, in the present invention, it is preferable that an antistatic film is formed on the entire surface of the ball movable region where game balls in the machine are sent.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to discharge static electricity from a charged game ball. Specifically, according to the present invention, since the antistatic film is formed on the surface of the ball movable area to which the game ball in the machine is sent, the surface of the ball is movable on the ball movable area. During the movement, the game ball is always in contact with the antistatic film, and static electricity charged in the game ball is discharged by the antistatic film that is always in contact. As a result, it is possible to prevent damage to the electronic control components of the ball game machine due to charging of the game ball, malfunction of the control board, and the like. Further, according to the present invention, when designing the ball game machine, it is not necessary to separately design an electric circuit for preventing charging, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In the above configuration, the antistatic film may be a transparent conductive film.

  In this case, since the antistatic film is a transparent conductive film, the antistatic film can be formed on any surface without limiting the shape of the surface of the sphere movable region. Specifically, compared with an antistatic film as a comparative example, it is difficult to form a surface in a three-dimensional (three-dimensional) curved surface shape or a fine shape with an antistatic film due to its thickness and hardness. On the other hand, since the transparent conductive film shown in the present invention is thin and is a soft and flat material, the surface can be easily formed into a three-dimensional curved surface shape or a fine shape.

  In the above configuration, the antistatic film may have a thickness of 5 to 50 nm.

  In this case, since the thickness of the antistatic film is 5 to 50 nm, for example, when forming a surface into a three-dimensional (three-dimensional) curved surface shape or a fine shape such as processing a hole, after processing such as cutting or punching The antistatic film can be formed, and the degree of freedom in manufacturing can be increased. For example, a hole is formed through which the obstacle nail is inserted into the game board, and the diameter of this hole is currently 1.5 to 2.0 mm. Even in this case, it is possible to form the surface of the antistatic film after drilling. As a comparative example, in the case of an antistatic film, an antistatic film cannot be formed after punching, so an antistatic film is formed on the game board before punching. There is a possibility of damage such as peeling or tearing of the film during processing.

In the above configuration, the resistance value per area of the antistatic film may be 0.5 to 2.0 kΩ / m ² .

In this case, the resistance value of the antistatic film is 0.5 to 2.0 kΩ / m ² , which makes it possible to prevent the game ball from being charged.

  The said structure WHEREIN: The hole for allowing an obstacle nail to penetrate is formed in the said game board, and the diameter of the said hole may be 1.5-2.0 mm.

  In this case, even if the ball movable area includes a game board and the hole has a diameter of 1.5 to 2.0 mm, the antistatic film can be formed on the surface without filling the hole. It becomes.

  Specifically, it is preferable that the game board and the guide rail are included in the ball movable area.

  In order to achieve the above object, a game board of a ball game machine according to the present invention is characterized in that a transparent conductive film as an antistatic film is formed on the surface of the game board.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to discharge static electricity from a charged game ball. Specifically, according to the present invention, the surface of the game board is formed with a transparent conductive film as an antistatic film, so that the game ball moves while the game ball moves (moves) on the game board. The antistatic film is always in contact with the antistatic film, and the static electricity charged in the game ball is discharged by the antistatic film that is always in contact. As a result, it is possible to prevent the electronic control component of the bullet ball game machine provided with the game board from being charged, the malfunction of the control board, and the like due to charging of the game ball. Further, according to the present invention, when designing the game board, it is not necessary to separately design an electric circuit for preventing charging, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Further, since the antistatic film is a transparent conductive film, the antistatic film can be formed on any surface without limiting the shape of the surface of the game board. Specifically, compared with an antistatic film as a comparative example, it is difficult to form a surface in a three-dimensional (three-dimensional) curved surface shape or a fine shape with an antistatic film due to its thickness and hardness. On the other hand, since the transparent conductive film shown in the present invention is thin and is a soft and flat material, the surface can be easily formed into a three-dimensional curved surface shape or a fine shape.

  According to the bullet ball game machine and the game board according to the present invention, it is possible to discharge static electricity from the charged game ball.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, in the Example shown below, the case where this invention is applied to a pachinko machine as a bullet ball game machine is shown. In addition, it can be applied to a game machine using a sphere such as a smart ball as a bullet ball game machine.

  The pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with an outer frame portion 2 having a rectangular frame shape and a front frame portion 3 provided on the front surface of the outer frame portion 2 so as to be freely opened and closed.

  A game board 4 is detachably mounted on the front frame part 3 from the back side, and a door part 5 having a window glass part 51 is provided on the front side of the game board 4 so as to be opened and closed. The front frame 3 is provided with a ball tray 61 for storing (supplying) and waiting for the game balls 9 to be launched, and the game overflowed or removed from the ball tray 61 at the lower portion of the front frame 3. A storage unit 62 for storing the ball 9 and an operation unit 7 for operating the launch of the game ball 9 are provided.

  The game board 4 is made of an acrylic base material of an insulating material, and the game board 4 is provided with a guide rail 42 made of a metal outer rail 421 and an inner rail 422 as shown in FIGS. ing. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the game board 4 is formed with a hole 49 through which the obstacle nail 48 is inserted, and the diameter of the hole 49 is 1.5 to 2.0 mm.

  In the game area 43 inside the guide rail 42, a display unit 44 (color display), a symbol starting means (symbol starting and winning means) 45, an open / close type winning means (large winning means) 46, two gate portions 47 (passing) Etc.) are arranged at predetermined positions.

  The display unit 44 functions as a display for displaying a variation pattern and a background image, moving images of various characters, and the like. The display unit 44 displays the background image and the character as a moving image, and displays, for example, three symbols (left, middle, and right) in the left-right direction, and the game ball 9 wins the symbol starting means 45. Under the condition, each display symbol is scroll-displayed for a predetermined time, and the symbol to be scroll-displayed is stopped based on the lottery result corresponding to the winning timing of the game ball 9 to the symbol starter 45.

  In the interior 11 (inside the machine) of the pachinko machine 1 configured as described above, a ball movable area 12 through which the game ball 9 is sent is provided. An antistatic film 8 is formed on the surface 121 (specifically, the entire surface) of the sphere movable region 12, and the antistatic film 8 is grounded by a conduction portion (not shown).

The antistatic film 8 in this embodiment is a transparent conductive film, and the thickness of the antistatic film 8 is about 10 nm, and the resistance value per area of the antistatic film 8 is about 1.5 kΩ / m ^2. It is. Specifically, in this embodiment, an ITO film is used as the transparent conductive film. However, the transparent conductive film is not limited to the ITO film, and may be another film such as an IZO film, a ZnO-based film, or a SnO ₂ -based film.

  In the ball movable area 12 according to the present embodiment, the game board 4 shown in FIG. 3 (specifically, the game area 43 inside the guide rail 42) and the game ball 9 in FIG. A guide rail 42 is included. Specifically, a transparent conductive film as the antistatic film 8 is formed on the surface 41 of the game board 4, and the transparent conductive film as the antistatic film 8 is formed on the outer rail 421 of the guide rail 42 and the surface 423 of the inner rail 422. The surface is formed.

  In the present embodiment, the game board 4 and the guide rail 42 are included in the ball movable area 12, but the ball movable area 12 is not limited to this, and the game board 4 and the guide rail 42. Or either one of them. Moreover, any area may be used as the ball movable area 12 as long as the game ball 9 inside the pachinko machine 1 (in the machine) is movable.

  In the present embodiment, the guide rail 42 made of a metal outer rail and an inner rail is used. However, if the material of the guide rail is an insulating material, the configuration of the present embodiment (means of the present invention) is used. It has a further effect.

  As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment, static electricity can be discharged from the charged game ball 9. Specifically, according to the present embodiment, the ball movable area 12 to which the game ball 9 inside (in the machine) of the pachinko machine 1 is sent and its surface 121 (for example, the surface 41 of the game board 4 in this embodiment) Since the antistatic film 8 is formed on the surface 423) of the guide rail 42, the game ball 9 is always in contact with the antistatic film 8 while moving (moving) on the ball movable region 12. The static electricity charged on the game ball 9 is always discharged by the antistatic film 8 that is in contact therewith. As a result, it is possible to prevent the electronic control parts of the pachinko machine 1 from being damaged or the control board from malfunctioning due to the game ball 9 being charged. Moreover, according to the present embodiment, when designing the pachinko machine 1, it is not necessary to separately design an electric circuit for preventing charging, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. In particular, the antistatic film 8 is formed on the entire surface of the ball movable region 12 to which the game ball 9 inside (in the machine) of the pachinko machine 1 is sent. Appears more prominently.

  Further, since the antistatic film 8 is a transparent conductive film, the antistatic film 8 can be formed on any surface without limiting the shape of the surface 121 of the sphere movable region 12. Specifically, compared with an antistatic film as a comparative example, it is difficult to form a surface in a three-dimensional (three-dimensional) curved surface shape or a fine shape with an antistatic film due to its thickness and hardness. On the other hand, since the transparent conductive film shown in this embodiment is thin and soft and flat, the surface can be easily formed into a three-dimensional curved surface shape or a fine shape.

  Further, since the thickness of the antistatic film 8 is about 10 nm, for example, when the surface is formed into a three-dimensional (three-dimensional) curved surface shape or a fine shape such as processing the hole 49 for providing the obstacle nail 48, cutting or The antistatic film 8 can be formed after processing such as drilling, and the degree of freedom in manufacturing the pachinko machine 1 can be increased.

  For example, a hole 49 through which the obstacle nail 48 is inserted into the game board 4 is formed, and the diameter of the hole 49 is currently 1.5 to 2.0 mm. Even in this case, the surface of the antistatic film 8 can be formed after the perforating process. As a comparative example, in the case of a conventional antistatic film, since the antistatic film cannot be formed after punching, an antistatic film is formed on the game board before punching. There is a possibility of damage such as peeling or tearing of the film during drilling. On the other hand, in this embodiment, there is no damage such as peeling or tearing of the antistatic film 8.

The resistance value per area of the antistatic film is about 1.5 kΩ / m ^2, which is a suitable resistance value for preventing the game ball 9 from being charged.

  Further, even if the game board 4 is included in the ball movable region 12 and the diameter of the hole 49 formed in the game board 4 is 1.5 to 2.0 mm, the antistatic film 8 is not filled without filling the hole 49. The surface can be formed.

  Further, as shown in the present embodiment, it is preferable that the game board 4 and the guide rail 42 are specifically included in the ball movable region 12.

  Further, as described above, according to the game board 4 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to discharge static electricity from the charged game ball 9. Specifically, according to the present embodiment, the surface 41 of the game board 4 is formed with the transparent conductive film as the antistatic film 8, so that the game ball 9 moves on the game board 4 (while moving). The game ball 9 is always in contact with the antistatic film 8, and the static electricity charged in the game ball 9 is discharged by the antistatic film 8 always in contact. As a result, it is possible to prevent destruction of the electronic control components of the pachinko machine 1 provided with the game board 4 due to charging of the game ball 9 or malfunction of the control board. Further, according to the present embodiment, when designing the game board 4, there is no need to separately design an electric circuit for preventing charging, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Further, since the antistatic film 8 is a transparent conductive film, the antistatic film 8 can be formed on any surface without limiting the shape of the surface 41 of the game board 4.

In this embodiment, the resistance value per area of the antistatic film 8 is about 1.5 kΩ / m ² , which is a preferable example. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to this, and the resistance value per area of the antistatic film 8 may be 0.5 to 2.0 kΩ / m ² .

  In this embodiment, the antistatic film 8 has a thickness of about 10 nm, which is a preferable example. Therefore, it is not limited to this, The thickness of the antistatic film 8 should just be 5-50 nm.

  It should be noted that the present invention can be implemented in various other forms without departing from the spirit, gist, or main features. For this reason, the above-described embodiment is merely an example in all respects and should not be interpreted in a limited manner. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims, and is not restricted by the text of the specification. Further, all modifications and changes belonging to the equivalent scope of the claims are within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is suitable for a pachinko machine as a ball game machine.

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing a schematic configuration of a pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the game board showing the relationship between the guide rail and the antistatic film provided on the game board according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the game board showing the relationship between the holes formed in the game board according to the present embodiment and the antistatic film.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine 11 Inside of the pachinko machine (in-flight)
12 ball movable area 121 surface 2 outer frame part 3 front frame part 4 game board 41 surface 42 guide rail 421 outer rail 422 inner rail 423 surface 43 game area 44 display part 45 design starting means 46 open / close-type winning means 47 gate part 48 Obstacle nail 49 Hole 5 Door 51 Window glass 61 Ball tray 62 Storage part 7 Operation part 8 Antistatic film 9 Game ball

Claims (8)

In bullet ball machines,
An ambulatory ball game machine characterized in that an antistatic film is formed on a surface of a ball-movable region to which game balls are sent in the machine. In the ball game machine according to claim 1,
The bullet ball game machine, wherein the antistatic film is a transparent conductive film. In the bullet ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2,
A bullet ball game machine, wherein the antistatic film has a thickness of 5 to 50 nm. In the bullet ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A bullet ball game machine, wherein a resistance value per area of the antistatic film is 0.5 to 2.0 kΩ / m ² . In the bullet ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A ball game machine characterized in that a game board is included in the ball movable area. In the bullet ball game machine according to claim 5,
The game board is formed with a hole through which the obstacle nail is inserted,
A diameter of the hole is 1.5 to 2.0 mm. In the bullet ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
A ball game machine characterized in that a guide rail for sending a game ball to the game area of the game board is included in the ball movable area. In the game board of the ball game machine,
A game board of a ball game machine, wherein a transparent conductive film as an antistatic film is formed on the surface of the game board.

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