JP2011067697A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pinball game machine capable of accurately positioning a front structure and a rear structure so that large movable presentation means can be mounted without interference thereof with the front structure. <P>SOLUTION: The pinball game machine includes a center case including the front structure 21 detachably mounted on a game board 5 from the front side, the rear structure 23 detachably mounted on the rear side of the game board 5 corresponding to the front structure 21, and the movable presentation means 32 disposed between the front structure 21 and the rear structure 23 and provided on the rear structure 23 side. The pinball game machine includes a first positioning means 54 for positioning the front structure 21 relative to the game board 5, and second positioning means 55 for positioning the rear structure 23 relative to the front structure 21. The second positioning means 55 includes a positioning hole 59a or the like provided on the back structure 23 side, and a positioning projection 58a or the like provided on the front structure 21 side and fitted to the positioning hole 59a or the like in the front-back direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, and more specifically, a front structure that is detachably mounted from the front side to a mounting hole formed in the game board, and an image display that is disposed on the rear side. A rear structure having a display window of the means and detachably attached to the back side of the game board corresponding to the front structure, and disposed between the front structure and the rear structure and provided on the rear structure side The present invention relates to a ball game machine having a center case constituted by a movable member.

  Many ball-ball game machines represented by pachinko machines are equipped with a center case having a display window for image display means in the approximate center of the game area. In addition, the center case may have been increased in size with an increase in the screen size of the image display means, etc., and at present, a front structure mounted on the front side of the game board and a corresponding front structure. The mainstream is composed of two units of the rear structure mounted on the back side of the game board (for example, Patent Document 1). In this type of ball game machine, the front structure and the rear structure are individually positioned and fixed with respect to the game board.

  In addition, recently, a ball game machine described in Patent Document 1 has been described in order to further enhance the effect by combining the mechanical operation with the effect of only the virtual image displayed on the image display means. As described above, for example, there are many cases where a movable effect means is provided on the rear structure side.

JP 2007-29420 A

  As described above, in the conventional ball game machine, since the front structure and the rear structure constituting the center case are indirectly positioned through the game board, the clearance with the front structure is particularly sufficient. In the case where a large movable production means that cannot be secured is mounted on the rear structure side, the positional relationship between the front structure or the rear structure and the game board is slightly shifted due to a manufacturing error. There was a problem that the movable effect means and the front structure interfered with each other.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to provide a movable effect means and a front structure even when a large-size move effect means that cannot sufficiently secure a clearance is mounted. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ball game machine in which the front structure and the rear structure are accurately positioned so as not to interfere with each other.

  The present invention includes a front structure 21 that is detachably mounted from the front side with respect to a mounting hole 20 formed in the game board 5, and a display window 25 of the image display means 22 disposed on the rear side. A rear structure 23 detachably mounted on the back side of the game board 5 corresponding to the front structure 21, and disposed between the front structure 21 and the rear structure 23 and the rear structure 23. In the ball game machine including the center case 13 having the movable effect means 32 provided on the side, the first positioning means 54 for positioning the front structure 21 with respect to the game board 5, and the front structure 21, the second positioning means 55 for positioning the rear structure 23 with respect to the positioning holes 59 a to 59 a provided on the rear structure 23 side or the front structure 21 side. 59c and the front structure 21 Or those which are constituted by the positioning protrusion 58a~58c to be fitted in the longitudinal direction with respect to and the positioning hole 59a~59c provided in the rear structure 23 side.

  According to the present invention, even when the large movable effect means 32 that cannot sufficiently secure the clearance is mounted on the rear structure 23 side, the positional relationship between the front structure or the rear structure and the game board due to a manufacturing error. Even if there is a slight deviation, the interference between the movable effect means 32 and the front structure 21 can be prevented.

1 is an overall perspective view of a pachinko machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of a game board. It is a front view of the back structure which constitutes a center case. It is principal part side surface sectional drawing of a game board. It is an exploded side sectional view of a center case. It is a perspective view of the front structure which constitutes a center case. It is a perspective view of the back structure which constitutes a center case. It is an enlarged front view near the upper positioning hole of the rear structure. It is an enlarged front view of the lower positioning hole vicinity of a rear structure. It is explanatory drawing which shows the correspondence of an upper positioning protrusion and an upper positioning hole. It is explanatory drawing which shows the correspondence of a lower positioning protrusion and a lower positioning hole. It is explanatory drawing of guidance operation | movement by a fitting guide means. It is explanatory drawing which shows the fitting state of the protrusion by the side of a rear structure, and the recessed part by the side of a game board.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1-13 has illustrated 1st Embodiment which employ | adopted this invention for the pachinko machine. In FIG. 1, a gaming machine main body 1 is an inner frame that is pivotally attached to a rectangular outer frame 2 and a left and right side of the outer frame 2, for example, a left hinge 3 so as to be openable and detachable around a longitudinal axis. And a frame 4.

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

  On the front side of the game board 5, a guide rail 12 for guiding a game ball fired by the launching means is mounted in a substantially annular shape, and the game case 5a in the guide rail 12 has a center case 13 at its substantially center. Is arranged, and a passing gate 14 is arranged on the left side of the center case 13, and an open / close winning means 15 and a large winning means 16 are arranged on the lower side, and various game parts such as a normal winning means 17 are mounted. .

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 7, the center case 13 includes a front structure 21 that is detachably mounted from the front side with respect to a mounting hole 20 formed in the game board 5, and a liquid crystal display unit or the like on the rear side. An image display means 22 is mounted, and a rear structure 23 is detachably mounted on the back side of the game board 5 corresponding to the front structure 21.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 to 7, the rear structure 23 is formed in a substantially box shape whose front side is open and has a rectangular display corresponding to the display screen 22 a of the image display means 22 on the back wall 24. A main body case 26 in which a window 25 is formed, a fixed wall 27 provided in a bowl shape from the front edge side of the main body case 26 along the back surface of the game board 5, and presentation means 28 disposed in the main body case 26 In the state where the image display means 22 is mounted on the rear side of the back wall 24 of the main body case 26, the fixed wall 27 is fixed to the back side of the game board 5 to be detachably mounted on the game board 5. .

  A plurality of, for example, circular protrusions 29 are provided on the front surface side of the fixed wall 27, and the rear structure 23 fits these protrusions 29 into the recesses 30 provided on the back surface side of the game board 5. In this state, it is fixed to the back side of the game board 5 by screwing or the like. As shown in FIG. 13, the recess 30 on the game board 5 side is formed in, for example, a circular shape that is slightly larger than the protrusion 29 on the rear structure 23 side. It is designed to fit loosely.

  The rendering means 28 is a partially movable modeled object, for example, with the bow part of a battleship as a motif, and is arranged on the front side of the display window 25 and is driven by a pair of drive motors 31 through an interlocking mechanism (not shown). A pair of movable effect means 32 that can move in the left-right direction between a covering position (shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 3) and a retracted position (shown by a solid line in FIG. 3) on both the left and right sides of the display screen 22a. And a fixed effect means 33 arranged on the upper side of the display window 25, and when the left and right movable effect means 32 are in the covering position on the front side of the display screen 22a, the movable effect means 32 and the fixed effect means on the upper side thereof. The bow portion is formed by 33.

  Further, the production means 28 forms a bow portion, so that it gradually approaches the front side from the lower side to the upper side, and a part of the upper side, for example, a part of the upper side of the movable production means 32, As shown in FIG. 4, the entire vertical direction of the fixed effect means 33 protrudes in front of the fixed wall 27, that is, into the mounting hole 20 of the game board 5. In addition, the rendering means 28 is provided with an opening 34 representing a muzzle in the center of a portion corresponding to the movable rendering means 32, for example, and an LED disposed in the movable rendering means 32 along the opening 34, for example. The cannon is fired by emitting light such as a light emitter.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4 to 6, the front structure 21 includes a decorative frame 35 disposed so as to surround the display window 25 on the rear structure 23 side along the mounting hole 20, and the decorative frame 35. For example, a transparent cover 36 attached to the decorative frame 35 from the rear side is provided so as to close the inner window hole 35a. In addition, the window hole 35a is formed in the shape along the external shape of the production | presentation means 28 when the movable production | presentation means 32 exists in a covering position, and substantially the whole production | presentation means 28 when the movable production | presentation means 32 exists in a covering position. However, it is visible from the front side of the game board 5 through the transparent cover 36 in the window hole 35a.

  The decorative frame 35 includes a fitting wall 37 disposed along the inner surface of the mounting hole 20, and a front abutting plate 38 provided in a bowl shape along the front side of the game board 5 from the front end side of the fitting wall 37. And a flange 39 arranged in a forward projecting manner from the upper side to the left and right sides of the front contact plate 38, and the rear side of the lower front contact plate 38 along the lower side of the display window 25. And a stage 40 arranged in the direction. The front abutting plate 38 is screwed to the game board 5 from the front side, for example, and is detachably fixed to the game board 5.

  On the side of the decorative frame 35, for example, on both the left and right sides, there are provided a entrance 41 through which a game ball can enter and a guide passage 42 for guiding the game ball that has entered the entrance 41 to the stage 40. ing. The entrance 41 is provided, for example, corresponding to the lower end side of the flange 39 and is disposed obliquely upward along the front side of the front contact plate 38.

  The guide passage 42 is connected to the downstream side of the entrance 41 and is disposed substantially vertically along the inside of the window hole 35a, and the discharge ports 42a provided on the downstream end side thereof are the left and right ends of the stage 40. It communicates with the side. The back wall 43 of the guide passage 42 is constituted by a transparent cover 36.

  The front abutting plate 38 is formed in a substantially V shape with its lower side slightly lower than the left and right ends, and a stage 40 is disposed in a rearward projecting manner on the rear side of the lower abutting plate 38a. Yes. The stage 40 freely rolls the game ball that has entered the entrance 41 and drops it to the front side. For example, the stage stage 44 disposed at the center in the left-right direction and the exit 42a on the guide passage 42 side. And a pair of left and right guide stage portions 46 provided with guide passages 45 for guiding the game balls discharged from the air to the croon stage portion 44.

  The croon stage section 44 is a dish-shaped one-stage lower than the left and right guide passages 45 by rolling the game ball in a spiral shape and dropping it into a plurality of, for example, three drop holes 47 provided in the center. Is formed. The lower contact plate 38a has a discharge hole 48 corresponding to the lower side of the croon stage portion 44, and a guide rod connecting the drop hole 47 and the discharge hole 48 on the lower side of the stage 40. 49 is provided, and the game ball dropped into the drop hole 47 is guided forward by the guide rod 49 and discharged from the discharge hole 48 to the front side.

  The guide stage portion 46 is formed with a substantially constant width in the front-rear direction along the rear side of the lower abutting plate 38a and is inclined so that the left and right end sides are higher than the center end side. For example, a groove-shaped guide passage 45 that connects the discharge port 42a and the croon stage portion 44 is provided in the left-right direction.

  The transparent cover 36 covers the front side of the rendering means 28 so as to divide the movable area of the movable rendering means 32 and the movable area of the game ball, and substantially corresponds to the window hole 35a of the decorative frame 35 with a transparent synthetic resin. It is formed in a shape and is detachably fixed to the decorative frame 35 from the rear side.

  The transparent cover 36 includes an intermediate cover portion 36a that is substantially in the vertical direction covering the front side of the movable effect means 32, an upper cover portion 36b that is provided above the intermediate cover portion 36a and covers the front side of the fixed effect means 33, and an intermediate cover portion 36a. A lower cover portion 36 c provided under the cover portion 36 a and covering the rear side of the stage 40 is integrally provided.

  The intermediate cover part 36a is formed in a substantially flat plate shape that is arranged in a downwardly inclined manner so as to follow the shape of the front edge side of the movable effect means 32 and its movement locus. In addition, in order to avoid the interference at the time of movement of the movable production | presentation means 32, although the intermediate | middle cover part 36a needs to make a plane cross section into a substantially linear shape in the left-right direction, it does not necessarily need to be a linear shape about a side surface cross section, For example, a curved shape may be used in accordance with the front edge shape of the movable effect means 32. In addition, an extended portion 51 that protrudes outward from the window hole 35 a along the back side of the decorative frame 35 is integrally provided on both left and right ends of the intermediate cover portion 36 a. The portion constitutes the back wall 43 of the guide passage 42.

  The upper cover portion 36b extends upward from the upper edge side of the intermediate cover portion 36a and is formed in a gently curved shape along the front side of the fixed effect means 33, and the outer edge portion is located behind the window hole 35a. It is fitted from the side. On the outer edge side of the intermediate cover portion 36a, a rearward folded portion 52 is integrally provided at a portion protruding forward from the inner edge side of the window hole 35a, and the rear edge side of the folded portion 52 is the inner side of the window hole 35a. Is fitted.

  The lower cover portion 36c is extended from the lower edge side of the intermediate cover portion 36a along the rear edge side of the guide stage portion 46 and the decorative frame 35 of the stage 40, for example, to the outer edge side of the fitting wall 37. The part is formed with a rearward recessed portion 53 into which the rear side of the croon stage portion 44 is fitted.

  When the front structure 21 and the rear structure 23 are mounted on the game board 5, the front structure 21 is first fixed while being positioned at a predetermined position with respect to the game board 5 by the first positioning means 54. The rear structure 23 is fixed to the game board 5 while being positioned at a predetermined position with respect to the front structure 21 by the second positioning means 55.

  Here, the first positioning means 54 includes a positioning hole 56 (FIG. 5) provided on the front side of the game board 5 and a positioning protrusion 57 provided on the front structure 21 side corresponding to the positioning hole 56. It consists of and. For example, a plurality of positioning protrusions 57 are arranged on the back side of the front contact plate 38.

  The second positioning means 55 is provided on the rear structure 23 side corresponding to a plurality of, for example, three positioning protrusions 58a to 58c provided on the front structure 21 side, and the positioning protrusions 58a to 58c. The plurality of positioning holes 59a to 59c.

  The positioning protrusions 58a to 58c on the front structure 21 side are, for example, cylindrical or columnar, and are provided in a rearward protruding shape on the back side of the front structure 21, and a pair of left and right on the upper side of the front structure 21. Upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b are disposed on the lower side of the front structure 21, and lower positioning protrusions 58c are respectively disposed. The lower positioning protrusion 58c is provided, for example, on the back side of the transparent cover 36, and is disposed on a protrusion 61 that protrudes downward from the center of the lower end of the transparent cover 36.

  The upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b are disposed on the upper side rear surface 62 of the decorative frame 35 and at a substantially symmetrical position at a predetermined distance in the left-right direction from the center thereof, and the upper side rear surface 62 is, for example, the rear surface of the game board 5 It is almost the same. Further, first and second reinforcing ribs 63 and 64 are integrally provided on the upper side rear surface 62 along the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b. The first reinforcing ribs 63 are provided, for example, on both the left and right sides of the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b, and are arranged along the decorative frame 35 in a slanted shape on the outer side in the left-right direction. The second reinforcing rib 64 is disposed, for example, on the upper side of the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b in a direction orthogonal to the first reinforcing rib 63.

  The projecting height of the first and second reinforcing ribs 63 and 64 is lower than that of the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b, and the first and second reinforcing ribs on the distal end side of the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b. A portion protruding from 63 and 64 is a front end fitting portion 65 that fits into the upper positioning holes 59a and 59b. The first reinforcing rib 63 is connected to the upper positioning holes 59a and 59b and the upper positioning protrusion 58a when the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b are fitted into the upper positioning holes 59a and 59b together with the guide protrusion 71 described later. , 58b are guided to each other toward the mating side.

  The positioning holes 59a to 59c on the rear structure 23 side have, for example, a circular cross section into which the positioning protrusions 58a to 58c can be fitted, and are provided on the front side of the rear structure 23. A pair of left and right upper positioning holes 59a and 59b corresponding to the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b are respectively disposed in the lower center of the rear structure 23, and a lower positioning hole 59c corresponding to the lower positioning protrusion 58c is disposed.

  The upper positioning holes 59a and 59b are provided in an upper mounting member 67 that is detachably mounted on the upper front side of the rear structure 23. The upper mounting member 67 integrally includes a horizontal plate portion 68 disposed along the inner surface side of the upper peripheral wall 26 a of the main body case 26 and a vertical plate portion 69 extending upward from the front edge side of the horizontal plate portion 68. In preparation, the upper plate holes 69 are provided with upper positioning holes 59a and 59b.

  In addition, the fixed wall 27 on the upper side of the rear structure 23 is formed with a recessed portion 70 facing rearward along the lower edge side, and the vertical plate portion 69 of the upper mounting member 67 is the back wall of the recessed portion 70. Along the front side of 70a, it is arranged behind the fixed wall 27 by a predetermined distance. Here, the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b on the front structure 21 side protrude rearward from the upper surface rear surface 62 which is substantially flush with the rear surface of the game board 5, so as shown in FIG. Only the distal end fitting portion 65 is fitted into the upper positioning holes 59a and 59b.

  In addition, guide projections 71 are provided on the vertical plate portion 69 of the upper mounting member 67 so as to protrude forward in the vicinity of the upper positioning holes 59a and 59b. The guide projecting portion 71 is disposed so as to correspond to one surface side, for example, the upper side, of the first reinforcing rib 63 on the front structure 21 side, and as shown in FIGS. It is composed of one or a plurality of vertical ribs 72 arranged in an orthogonal direction and one or a plurality of horizontal ribs 73 substantially orthogonal to the vertical ribs 72.

  At the end of the vertical rib 72 on the first reinforcing rib 63 side, there is provided an inclined guide portion 74 that constitutes the fitting guide means 66 together with the first reinforcing rib (an example of an upright portion) 63 on the front structure 21 side. 12, when the positioning protrusions 58a to 58c are fitted in the positioning holes 59a to 59c, the first reinforcing rib 63 is slid to cause the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b and the upper positioning holes 59a and 59b to be slid. Are guided in the direction of approaching each other.

  The lower positioning hole 59c is provided in the lower mounting member 75 that is detachably mounted on the lower front side of the rear structure 23. The lower mounting member 75 is disposed in the main body case 26 and below the display window 25, and is provided with a lower positioning hole 59c on the lower center front side, and on the upper side, a guide for guiding the movable effect means 32 in the left-right direction. The rail portion 76 is provided with the LED board 77, the drive motor 31 and the like on the front side.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 11, the lower mounting member 75 has a guide rail that guides the lower positioning protrusion 58c on the front structure 21 side toward the lower positioning hole 59c on the front side of the lower positioning hole 59c. 78 projects. The guide rail 78 has a substantially horizontal bottom wall portion 79 provided along the lower edge side of the projecting portion 61 on the front structure 21 side, and upwards from the bottom wall portion 79 along the left and right sides of the projecting portion 61. A pair of extended side wall portions 80 is provided, and an inclined lower guide portion 81 is provided on the upper front end side of the side wall portion 80. Thereby, when fitting positioning positioning part 58a-58c to positioning hole 59a-59c, among the lower edge part 82 of the transparent cover 36 in which the lower positioning projection 58c is provided, both right and left sides of the protrusion part 61 This portion is guided by the inclined guide portion 81 and pushed upward, and then the projecting portion 61 is guided forward along the guide rail 78.

  Two sets of the first reinforcing rib 63 and the inclined guide portion 74 constituting the fitting guide means 66 are arranged in the vicinity of the upper edge portion of the center case 13, and each inclined guide portion 74 has the first reinforcing rib 63 in the center. Since it is provided so as to be guided toward the inside of the case 13, when the rear structure 23 is brought closer to the game board 5 side in accordance with the guidance of the fitting guide means 66, the upper positioning holes 59 a and 59 b become the upper positioning protrusions. In addition to being guided to the 58a and 58b sides, the lower positioning hole 59c is also guided to the lower positioning projection 58c side, and the positioning projections 58a to 58c can be easily fitted into the positioning holes 59a to 59c.

  Further, when the rear structure 23 is mounted on the game board 5, the protrusion 29 provided on the fixed wall 27 on the rear structure 23 side is aligned with the recess 30 on the game board 5 side as a guide for the mounting position. You can do it.

  As described above, the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment has the first positioning means 54 that positions the front structure 21 with respect to the game board 5 and the second that positions the rear structure 23 with respect to the front structure 21. The second positioning means 55 includes positioning holes 59a to 59c provided on the rear structure 23 side and fitted on the front structure 21 side and fitted to the positioning holes 59a to 59c from the front side. Since the positioning protrusions 58a to 58c are combined, the front structure 21 and the rear structure 23 are directly and accurately positioned by the second positioning means 55. As a result, the position of the front structure or the rear structure and the game board due to manufacturing errors despite the fact that the large movable effect means 32 for which sufficient clearance cannot be secured is mounted on the rear structure 23 side. Even if the relationship is slightly deviated, interference between the movable effect means 32 and the front structure 21 can be prevented.

  In addition, since the rear structure 23 is provided with a protrusion 29 that fits into a recess 30 provided on the back side of the game board 5, the protrusion 29 on the rear structure 23 side is used as a guide for the mounting position. If it matches with the concave portion 30 on the side, the positioning protrusions 58a to 58c can be easily fitted into the positioning holes 59a to 59c. In addition, since the protrusion 29 is loosely fitted to the recess 30 with a predetermined play, the positional relationship between the front structure 21 or the rear structure 23 and the game board 5 due to manufacturing errors can be absorbed. .

  Further, the front structure 21 is provided with a transparent cover 36 that covers the front side of the movable effect means 32, and a positioning projection 58 c that fits in the lower positioning hole 59 c on the rear structure 23 side is provided on the back side of the transparent cover 36. Therefore, for example, even when a large movable rendering means 32 is arranged and sufficient clearance cannot be obtained between the transparent cover 36, the interference between the movable rendering means 32 and the transparent cover 36 is more effectively prevented. it can.

  Further, when the positioning protrusions 58a to 58c are fitted into the positioning holes 59a to 59c, fitting guide means 66 for guiding the positioning holes 59a to 59c and the positioning protrusions 58a to 58c toward the fitting side is provided. Therefore, the positioning protrusions 58a to 58c can be easily fitted into the positioning holes 59a to 59c.

  The fitting guide means 66 includes a first reinforcing rib 63 provided on the back side of the front structure 21 and an inclined guide portion provided on the front side of the rear structure 23 corresponding to the first reinforcing rib 63. 74, and the inclined guide portion 74 slides the first reinforcing rib 63 when the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b are fitted in the upper positioning holes 59a and 59b, and the upper positioning protrusions 58a and 58b. Since the upper positioning holes 59a and 59b are provided so as to be guided in a direction approaching each other, the positioning protrusions 58a to 58c can be easily and reliably fitted to the positioning holes 59a to 59c with a simple structure.

  Further, two sets of the inclined guide portion 74 and the first reinforcing rib 63 are arranged in the vicinity of the outer edge portion of the center case 13, and the inclined guide portion 74 guides the first reinforcing rib 63 toward the inside of the center case 13. Therefore, if the rear structure 23 is brought closer to the game board 5 according to the guidance of the fitting guide means 66, the upper positioning holes 59a and 59b are not only guided to the upper positioning projections 58a and 58b. The lower positioning hole 59c is also guided to the lower positioning protrusion 58c side, and the positioning protrusions 58a to 58c can be more easily and reliably fitted into the positioning holes 59a to 59c.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, the second positioning means 55 may be provided with a positioning hole on the front structure 21 side and a positioning protrusion on the rear structure 23 side, or a positioning hole and a positioning protrusion on the front structure 21 side. A positioning projection and a positioning hole may be provided on the rear structure 23 side.

  Any number of the positioning holes and positioning protrusions constituting the second positioning means 55 may be provided as long as they are two or more. The same applies to the positioning holes and positioning protrusions of the first positioning means 54.

  The fitting guide means 66 may be provided with an upright portion on the front side of the rear structure 23 and an inclined guide portion on the back side of the front structure 21. The standing portion is not limited to a rib shape as long as it can slide along the inclined guide portion, and may be, for example, a wall surface in the front-rear direction. Further, in the embodiment, the reinforcing rib provided integrally with the positioning protrusion that constitutes the second positioning means 55 is used as the standing part, but the standing part may be provided at a position away from the positioning protrusion. Further, the fitting guide means 66 may be omitted.

  In the embodiment, a pachinko machine has been illustrated, but it goes without saying that it can be similarly applied to other ball game machines such as an arrangement ball machine and a sparrow ball game machine.

5 gaming board 13 center case 20 mounting hole 21 front structure 22 image display means 23 rear structure 25 display window 29 protrusion 30 recess 32 movable effect means 36 transparent cover 54 first positioning means 55 second positioning means 58a upper positioning protrusion Portion 58b Upper positioning projection 58c Lower positioning projection 59a Upper positioning hole 59b Upper positioning hole 59c Lower positioning hole 63 First reinforcing rib (standing portion)
66 Fitting guide means 74 Inclination guide part

Claims (6)

A front structure (21) detachably mounted from the front side to a mounting hole (20) formed in the game board (5), and a display window (25) of the image display means (22) disposed on the rear side And a rear structure (23) detachably mounted on the back side of the game board (5) corresponding to the front structure (21), the front structure (21) and the rear structure In the ball game machine comprising a center case (13) having a movable effect means (32) disposed between the body (23) and provided on the rear structure (23) side, the game board ( 5) first positioning means (54) for positioning the front structure (21) and second positioning means (55) for positioning the rear structure (23) with respect to the front structure (21). ), And the second positioning means (55) is arranged on the rear structure (23) side or The positioning holes (59a to 59c) provided on the front structure (21) side, and the positioning holes (59a to 59c) provided on the front structure (21) side or the rear structure (23) side. A ball-ball game machine comprising a positioning protrusion (58a to 58c) that fits in the front-rear direction. The rear structure (23) is provided with a protrusion (29) that is loosely fitted with a predetermined play to a recess (30) provided on the back side of the game board (5). 1. A ball game machine according to 1. The front structure (21) is provided with a transparent cover (36) that covers the front side of the movable effect means (32), and the positioning protrusion (58c) or the positioning hole ( The ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 59c) is provided. When the positioning protrusions (58a to 58c) are fitted into the positioning holes (59a to 59c), the positioning holes (59a to 59c) and the positioning protrusions (58a to 58c) are guided to the fitting side. The bullet ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising fitting guide means (66). The fitting guide means (66) includes an upright portion (63) provided on the rear side of the front structure (21) or the front side of the rear structure (23), and the rear structure (23). An inclination guide part (74) provided corresponding to the upright part (63) on the front side or the back side of the front structure (21), and the inclination guide part (74) When the positioning protrusions (58a, 58b) are fitted to the positioning protrusions (59a, 59b), the standing part (63) is slid to locate the positioning protrusions (58a, 58b) and the positioning holes (59a, 59b). The ball game machine according to claim 4, wherein the ball game machines are provided so as to guide them in directions close to each other. A plurality of sets of the inclined guide portion (74) and the upright portion (63) are arranged in the vicinity of the outer edge portion of the center case (13), and the inclined guide portion (74) places the upright portion (63) in the center case. 6. The ball game machine according to claim 5, wherein the ball game machine is provided so as to be guided toward an inner side of (13).

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