JP2011067332A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine configured to eliminate insufficiency in the strength on an opening side of a transparent plate holding frame and to prevent fraudulence performed from above a game machine body or fraudulence to a cylinder lock. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine body 1 is formed of a machine frame 5 and a body frame 6 which is turnably attached on the front surface of the machine frame and on which a game board 7 is disposed. The transparent plate holding frame 3 disposed and layered on the front surface of the game machine body 1 to cover the front surface of the game board 7 is turnably attached to the game machine body 1, and a locking device 22 for locking/unlocking the body frame 6 and the transparent plate holding frame 3 is disposed at a side end on the opening side of the body frame 6. The cylinder lock 25 to be operated by inserting a key into a key hole 25a from the front of the body frame 6 is incorporated in the locking device 22. An overhanging member 21, which projects forward from the front surface of the upper end edge of the game machine body 1 to cover all of the space S between the upper end surface 3a and rear end surface 3b of the transparent plate holding frame 3 and the body frame 6, is attached to the front surface of the upper end edge of the game machine body 1, and the cylinder lock 25 is disposed within the overhanging member 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine designed to prevent illegal acts by a player.

  Conventionally, there is a pachinko gaming machine as a representative type of gaming machine. The pachinko gaming machine includes a machine frame, a main body frame that is pivotally mounted on the front surface of the machine frame so that the game board is mounted, and a front frame that is pivotally mounted on the front surface of the main body frame. A transparent plate holding frame for covering, and a locking device disposed on the open side end of the main body frame for locking and unlocking the main body frame and the transparent plate holding frame. By the way, recent pachinko machines are provided with a variable display device that displays variable information such as letters, numbers, and symbols at the center of the game board, and the information of the variable display device is changed by winning a pachinko ball below it. When a start winning opening to be placed is arranged, and information stopped after the lapse of the predetermined time is aligned with specific information (for example, “777”) below, the opening / closing door is moved forward for a predetermined time under a predetermined condition. The mainstream is a type in which a large winning device that rotates and repeats a plurality of times to generate a large number of winning balls at once is arranged. In this type of pachinko machine, recently, the size of the variable display device has been increased in order to enhance the interest of the game, and accordingly, the expansion of the game board and further the transparent plate holding frame has been advanced. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-86700 A (paragraph 0026 on page 7, FIGS. 1 and 2)

  However, the pachinko gaming machine is set to have a predetermined lateral width and cannot be further expanded in the lateral direction. For this reason, in a frame-shaped transparent plate holding frame having a window opening, it is necessary to enlarge the window opening as much as possible in order to make the game board surface as wide as possible. Therefore, there is a demand to make the vertical frame on the left and right sides as thin as possible. Also, on the right side of the pachinko gaming machine as viewed from the front, a locking device for unlocking / locking the transparent plate holding frame and the main body frame is located at the side end of the main body frame, and the keyhole at the front end of the cylinder lock is Because of the relationship exposed on the front surface, the positional relationship between the vertical frame on the right side of the transparent plate holding frame and the cylinder lock overlaps in the front-rear direction. For this reason, even though there is a desire to make the transparent plate holding frame thinner, it is necessary to secure a space for placing the cylinder lock inside the transparent plate holding frame. The part where the lock is provided becomes thinner and there is a risk of insufficient strength. Such parts are prone to intrusion for unauthorized purposes, and for this reason, it is necessary to reinforce by adding sheet metal, so it is difficult to select the location of the cylinder lock. Currently.

  Further, the transparent plate holding frame is arranged so as to overlap the front surface of the main body frame, and the upper end surface of the transparent plate holding frame and the upper end surface of the main body frame are substantially the same, and the transparent plate holding frame is held. A slight gap is formed between the rear end face of the frame and the main body frame. For this reason, by inserting a flat tool into the gap from above, there is a risk that the gap will be widened and fraudulent acts may be performed. Also, if the cylinder lock of the locking device is located relatively close to the batting force adjustment handle and its keyhole is exposed on the front surface, for example, the player tries to open the main body frame illegally by inserting the key into the keyhole. In this case, the arm holding the key crosses with the arm holding the batting force adjusting handle, and it is difficult to understand from the side, and there is also a problem that it is difficult to determine the illegal opening action of the transparent plate holding frame.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and solves the lack of strength on the open side of the transparent plate holding frame, and prevents illegal acts from above the gaming machine main body and illegal actions on the cylinder lock. The purpose is to provide a gaming machine.

  In order to achieve such an object, the gaming machine of the present invention forms a gaming machine body by a machine frame and a main body frame that is pivotally mounted on the front surface of the machine frame and is provided with a gaming board, and the gaming machine body A transparent plate holding frame that is disposed so as to overlap the front surface of the game board and that covers the front surface of the game board is pivotally mounted so as to be openable and closable, and the main body frame and the transparent plate holding frame are attached to the open side end of the main body frame. A gaming machine in which a locking device for locking and unlocking is provided, and a cylinder lock that is operated by inserting a key into a key hole from the front side of the main body frame is incorporated in the locking device. A protruding member that protrudes forward from the front surface of the upper end edge portion of the transparent plate holding frame and covers all gaps between the upper end surface and the rear end surface of the transparent plate holding frame and the main body frame from above is mounted on the front surface of the upper end edge of the locking device, The cylinder lock is arranged in the projecting member.

  The gaming machine according to the present invention projects forward from the front surface of the upper edge of the gaming machine main body to cover the gaps between the upper end surface and rear end surface of the transparent plate holding frame and the main body frame from above. Since the overhang member is mounted, the gap between the upper end surface and the rear end surface of the transparent plate holding frame, which has been pointed out as a relatively weak portion, and the main body frame is completely hidden. Therefore, there is an effect that the player cannot insert a flat tool from above into the gap between the transparent plate holding frame and the main body frame and widen the gap to perform fraud.

  In addition, since the cylinder lock of the locking device is disposed in the overhanging member mounted on the front surface of the upper edge of the gaming machine main body and its position is high, a tool is inserted into the keyhole of the cylinder lock and the body frame or Even if the transparent plate holding frame is to be opened, the action is relatively conspicuous because the action must be performed with the arms extended upward. Therefore, it is difficult for the player to cheat, and this has the effect of preventing such cheating.

  Further, in the transparent plate holding frame, since the cylinder lock is disposed in the overhanging member attached to the front surface of the upper edge of the gaming machine body as described above, the right side of the transparent plate holding frame as viewed from the front side. The vertical frame can be stretched without any interruption. Therefore, even if the vertical frame is thinned, there is an effect that the strength does not extremely decrease.

The perspective view of the pachinko machine which concerns on this invention which opened the transparent board holding frame. The front view of a pachinko machine. The same side view. The perspective view of the pachinko machine of the state which opened the main body frame and was seen from the back. (A) is a perspective view of a locking device, (B) is the same side view. The exploded perspective view of an overhang member. XX sectional drawing of FIG. The YY sectional view taken on the line of FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line ZZ in FIG. 2.

  Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the gaming machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention is applied to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine, an arrangement ball gaming machine, a sparrow ball gaming machine, a parrot machine (a revolving gaming machine using a pachinko ball as a playing medium), and as an example, A case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko gaming machine will be described. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention with a transparent plate holding frame opened, FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine, and FIG. 3 is a side view thereof.

  The pachinko gaming machine P includes a gaming machine main body 1, a transparent plate holding frame 3 that is pivotally mounted on the front surface of the gaming machine main body 1 by upper and lower shaft support portions 2a and 2b, and a shaft disposed on the same side. And a ball tray 4 pivotally attached by the support portions 2b and 2c. The gaming machine main body 1 has a vertically long rectangular machine casing 5, and a main body frame 6 is mounted on the front surface of the machine casing 5 so as to be freely opened and closed. A game board 7 is detachably attached to the gaming machine body 1, that is, the body frame 6. A gaming portion 7a, which is a gaming area, is formed on the front surface of the gaming board 7 so as to be surrounded by the inner and outer guide rails 8a and 8b laid in a spiral shape.

  The game unit 7a of the game board 7 is provided with a variable display device 9 for variable display of symbols such as letters and numbers at the center. In addition, a starting winning opening 10 is provided for changing the symbol displayed on the variable display device 9 when a game ball driven into the game unit 7a wins, and further, a lot of winning balls are placed below that. A large winning device 11 that generates Then, when the pachinko ball wins the start winning opening 10, the information on the variable display device 9 fluctuates for a certain time and stops. When the information at this time is aligned with specific information (for example, “777”), the large winning device 11 opens for a certain period of time under a certain condition and repeats this several times to generate many winning balls at once. I try to let them. In the figure, 12 is a general winning opening. An out ball opening 13 for discharging a pachinko ball that has been driven into the game portion 7a and has not won any winning opening to the rear side of the game board 7 as an out ball at the lower central edge of the gaming portion 7a. Is provided.

  The transparent plate holding frame 3 is formed in a frame shape by opening a window opening 14 facing the game portion 7a of the game board 7 at the center. Further, a transparent plate unit 15 is attached to the window opening 14 so as to cover the window opening 14 with a transparent glass plate or a transparent synthetic resin plate arranged in parallel at a certain distance from each other. Engagement rods 17, 17 that can engage engagement protrusions 28, 28 of the locking device 22, which will be described later, are provided on the back side of the vertical frame 16 on the open side. The width dimension seen from the front of the transparent plate holding frame 3 is set to be substantially the same as the width dimension seen from the front of the main body frame 6, but the position of the upper end surface 3 a of the transparent plate holding frame 3 in the axially attached state is It is set below the upper end surface 6 a of the main body frame 6.

  The ball tray 4 is mainly composed of a mounting substrate 18 that is pivotally mounted on one side of the main body frame 6 and a ball tray portion 19 that is mounted on the front surface thereof. Pachinko balls paid out from a ball payout device (not shown) disposed on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine P are stored in the ball tray portion 19, and the stored pachinko balls are mounted on the lower front portion of the main body frame 6. Supplied to a ball hitting device (not shown). A ball striking force adjusting handle 20 for adjusting the ball striking force of the pachinko ball launched from the ball striking device is attached to one side, that is, the open side of the ball tray portion 19.

  An overhang member 21 is mounted on the front surface of the upper edge of the main body frame 6 that is the gaming machine main body 1 so as to protrude forward from the front surface. All the gaps S between the upper end surface 3a and the rear end surface 3b of the transparent plate holding frame 3 and the main body frame 6 are covered by the projecting member 21 from above. The overhang member 21 is mounted on the front surface of the upper end edge of the main body frame 6, but the overhang member 21 may be mounted on the front surface of the upper end edge of the machine frame 5. The overhang member 21 will be described in detail later.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a locking device 22 that locks and unlocks the main body frame 6 and the transparent plate holding frame 3 is disposed on the open side edge of the main body frame 6. As shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b), the locking device 22 includes a vertically long fixing plate 23 fixed to the side wall of the main body frame 5, and slides up and down so as to overlap the outer surface of the fixing plate 23. A movable plate 24 that moves is provided. The fixed plate 23 and the movable plate 24 are both arranged along the front-rear direction. A cylinder lock 25 is arranged and fixed at the upper end of the fixing plate 23 so that the keyhole 25a faces the front side. The cylinder lock 25 is disposed in the overhang member 21. A lock shaft 25b of the cylinder lock 25 projects rearward, and a substantially crescent-shaped cam piece 26 is fixed to the rear end of the lock shaft 25b. On the other hand, an arm piece 27 that protrudes outward from the fixed plate 23 is provided on one side of the upper end of the movable plate 24, and the upper end of the cam piece 26 in the cylinder lock 25 on the outside of the fixed plate 23. The arm piece portion 27 intervenes between the portion 26a and the lower tip portion 26b. Then, the cam piece 26 rotates in either direction, and the arm piece portion 27 is pushed down by the upper tip portion 26a or pushed up by the lower tip portion 26b, so that the movable plate 24 slides upward or downward. It is supposed to be.

  A pair of engaging protrusions 28 having an upward claw at the front end at the front end edge side of the fixed plate 23 and always urged upward by a spring or other resilient means (not shown). , 28 are attached. These engaging protrusions 28 and 28 are adapted to engage with the movable plate 24 as the movable plate 24 moves down, and lower the tip portion against the elastic means. On the other hand, a pair of engagements having an upward claw at the front end at the upper and lower positions on the rear end edge side of the fixing plate 23 and whose front end is always urged upward by a spring or other resilient means (not shown). The pieces 29 and 29 are axially attached. These engaging pieces 29, 29 engage with the movable plate 24 as the movable plate 24 moves upward, and lower the tip portion against the elastic means.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pair of front-side engaging protrusions 28 and 28 can be freely engaged and disengaged with engaging rods 17 and 17 provided at the upper and lower positions of the back surface of the vertical frame 16 on the transparent plate holding frame 3. Engage with. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the pair of engagement pieces 29, 29 on the rear side are detachably engaged with locking rods 30, 30 provided on the inner surface on the release side of the machine casing 5. Therefore, in a state where the main body frame 6 is closed, the pair of rear engagement pieces 29 and 29 in the locking device 22 on the main body frame 6 side are engaged with the pair of locking rods 30 and 30 of the machine frame 5. Yes. On the other hand, in a state where the transparent plate holding frame 3 is closed, the pair of front engaging protrusions 28, 28 in the locking device 22 on the main body frame 6 side are paired with the pair of engaging rods 17 provided on the transparent plate holding frame 3, 17 is engaged.

  Therefore, for example, when a key (not shown) is inserted into the key hole 25a of the cylinder lock 25 and rotated in the clockwise direction, the tip 26a on the upper side of the cam piece 26 is moved as shown by the arrow in FIG. The arm piece 27 is pushed down from above to move the movable plate 24 of the locking device 22 downward. As a result, the engagement between the pair of front engaging protrusions 28 and 28 and the pair of engaging rods 17 and 17 on the transparent plate holding frame 3 side is released, and the transparent plate holding frame 3 can be opened. On the other hand, when the key inserted into the keyhole 25a is rotated counterclockwise, the lower end 26b of the cam piece 26 pushes up the arm piece 27 from below to move the movable plate 24 of the locking device 22 upward. Let Thereby, the engagement between the pair of engagement pieces 29, 29 on the rear side and the pair of locking rods 30, 30 on the machine frame 5 side is released, and the main body frame 6 can be opened. Incidentally, when the main body frame 6 and the transparent plate holding frame 3 are opened, the engagement protrusions 28 and the engagement pieces 29 are automatically moved to the engagement rods 17 and the engagement rods 30 simply by pushing them back as they are. To be engaged.

  The overhanging member 21 includes a pair of left and right electric decoration members 33a and 33b formed in a horizontally long shape, a front cover member 34 that is positioned on the front side and covers the electric decoration members 33a and 33b, and the electric decoration members. A wiring board 35 disposed on the back side of 33a, 33b, a rear cover member 36 covering the back side of the wiring board 35, a control board 37 attached to one side of the back side of the rear cover member 36, and the control The second rear cover member 38 covers the back surface of the substrate 37.

  The electric decoration members 33a and 33b are provided with light-transmitting lamp decorations 39a and 39b on the front side, and the lamp decorations 39a and 39b emit light on the rear side to emit light in a desired color. Illuminated. A large number of LEDs 40 are attached to the front surface of the wiring board 35 corresponding to the lamp decorations 39a and 39b. The front cover member 34 has a front side wall 34a formed of a transparent or translucent light-transmitting material, and is curved so as to wave back and forth to improve design. Further, the rear end face is open. A through hole 41a is formed on one side of the front side wall 34a, that is, on the open side, so that the key hole 25a on the front end surface of the cylinder lock 25 faces. Similarly, a second through hole 41b communicating with the through hole 41a is opened on the same side of the wiring board 35, and a third through hole communicating with the second through hole 41b on the same side is similarly formed in the rear cover member 38. 41c is established. Reference numeral 43 denotes a horizontally long through hole formed on one side of the front cover member 34, that is, the through hole 41 a side, and the lamp decoration 39 b of the one electric decoration member 33 b is inserted into the through hole 43.

  Then, the front cover member 34 is attached to the front side of the electrical decoration members 33a and 33b, and the wiring board 35 having a large number of LEDs 40 arranged on the rear surfaces of the electrical decoration members 33a and 33b is applied. Further, the rear cover member 36 is attached to the rear side, the control board 37 is attached to one side of the rear side, and the control board 37 is attached from the rear side by the second cover member 38. The overhang member 21 assembled in this way is attached to the front surface of the upper edge of the body frame 6 as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 7. A concave hole 6b is formed at a required position on the front surface of the upper end edge of the main body frame 6, so that the second rear cover member 38 and the cylinder lock 25 can be put into the concave hole 6b. . The overhang member 21 has the same length as the width in the left-right direction when viewed from the front of the main body frame 6. There is only a slight gap between the lower end surface 21a of the overhanging member 21 and the upper end surface 3a of the transparent plate holding frame 3, and the upper end surface 3a of the transparent plate holding frame 3 extends in the left-right direction when viewed from the front. Covered by the member 21 from above. At the same time, all the gaps S between the rear end surface 3 b and the main body frame 6 in the transparent plate holding frame 3 are also covered from above by the protruding members 21.

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine P according to the present invention protrudes forward from the front surface of the upper edge of the main body frame 6 that is the gaming machine main body 1 and projects from the front surface to the upper end surface 3a and the rear end surface of the transparent plate holding frame 3. Since the overhanging member 21 that covers all the gaps S between the body frame 6 and the main body frame 6 is mounted, the upper end surface 3a and the rear end surface of the transparent plate holding frame 3 that have been pointed out as relatively weak portions The gap S between 3b and the body frame 6 is completely hidden. Therefore, it becomes impossible for the player to perform an illegal act by inserting a flat tool from above into the gap S between the transparent plate holding frame 3 and the main body frame 6 to widen the gap S.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the cylinder lock 25 of the locking device 22 is disposed in the overhanging member 21 mounted on the front surface of the upper end edge of the main body frame 6 which is the gaming machine main body 1, and the position thereof becomes higher. Even if a tool is inserted into the keyhole 25a of the cylinder lock 25 and the body frame 6 or the transparent plate holding frame 3 is illegally opened, the action must be performed with the arms extended upward, and thus is relatively conspicuous. . Therefore, it is difficult for a player to cheat and to find it easily.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a recess 44 is formed on the lower end surface 21 a of the projecting member 21 so that the front end surface is opened along the left-right direction when the front cover member 34 is viewed from the front and is recessed rearward. A ridge side portion 45 that is formed and protrudes backward at the upper end of the transparent plate holding frame 3 and loosely fits into the ridge portion 44 is provided. Then, when the transparent plate holding frame 3 is closed, the ridge side portion 45 is loosely fitted into the concave ridge portion 44 of the projecting member 21. As a result, the gap between the lower end surface 21a of the overhang member 21 and the upper end surface 3a of the transparent plate holding frame 3 is closed, and if a fraudulent tool such as a thin line or a thin cell plate is inserted into the gap from the front side, Even if it is intended to be brought to the front of the game board 7, the illegal tool passes through the gap on the crank between the concave stripe portion 44 and the convex stripe side portion 45, which is extremely difficult. Is prevented.

  Furthermore, in the transparent plate holding frame 3, since the cylinder lock 25 is disposed in the overhanging member 21 mounted on the front surface of the upper edge of the gaming machine body 1, as described above, the transparent plate holding frame 3 The vertical frame 16 on the right side when viewed from the front can be stretched without being obstructed at all, and even if the vertical frame 16 becomes thin, its strength does not extremely decrease.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine body 3 Transparent board holding frame 3a Upper end surface 3b Rear end surface 5 Machine frame 6 Main body frame 7 Game board 21 Overhang member 22 Locking device 25 Cylinder lock 25a Key hole P Game machine (pachinko game machine)
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Claims (1)

A gaming machine body is formed by a machine frame and a body frame that is pivotally attached to the front surface of the machine frame and is provided with a gaming board, and is arranged so as to overlap the front surface of the gaming machine body and the game. A transparent plate holding frame that covers the front surface of the board is pivotally mounted so as to be openable and closable, and a locking device that locks and unlocks the main body frame and the transparent plate holding frame is disposed at an open side end of the main body frame, The locking device is a gaming machine in which a cylinder lock that is operated by inserting a key into a keyhole from the front side of the main body frame is incorporated,
At the front surface of the upper edge of the gaming machine main body, an overhang member that protrudes forward from the front surface and covers all the gaps between the upper end surface and the rear end surface of the transparent plate holding frame and the main body frame from above is attached. A gaming machine, wherein a cylinder lock of the locking device is disposed in the overhanging member.

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