JP2011224304A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko machine for performing push-in operation by touch typing without visually confirming a ball lending button.SOLUTION: An extension unit 18a is provided at a lower portion of an upper tray 6 provided at an upper side of a lower tray 9, and a step portion 24, which is found by feeling by lightly touching an inner side 23 on a peripheral wall 11 for moving upward, is provided at a part in which an inner side 22 of the extension unit 18a and the inner side 23 of a storage recess 12 formed in the lower tray 9 continue. The ball lending button 27 is provided near the step portion 24 on an upper surface of the peripheral wall 11 of the lower tray 9, and the ball lending button 27 is operated by touch typing.

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko machine in which game balls are lent out by pressing a ball rental button.

  In a CR pachinko machine that plays a game by inserting a prepaid card into the card insertion slot formed in the prepaid card unit, a ball lending button and a card return button are provided, and by pushing the ball lending button, Game balls are rented out, and a prepaid card is returned by pressing a card return button.

  In a pachinko machine with a ball rental button or a card return button as described above, in consideration of operability and visibility, it is common to provide a ball rental button or a card return button at the lower front of the pachinko machine. is there.

  For example, in the pachinko machine described in Patent Document 1, a glass storage frame that can be opened and closed on the front side of the front frame and an upper plate unit that can be opened and closed on the lower side are provided, and a ball is placed on the upper side of the upper plate unit. A lending button and a card return button are provided at intervals in the left-right direction.

  Moreover, in the pachinko machine described in Patent Document 2, a pair of design frames that can be opened and closed with respect to the outer frame are arranged vertically, and an upper plate and a lower plate are provided in the lower design frame, and the upper surface of the lower plate Has a ball rental button and a card return button.

JP 2002-224377 A JP 2009-11661 A

  In general, a player operates a handle with a right hand while gazing at a symbol display device such as a liquid crystal display device, and in a normal game state except for a jackpot gaming state where special symbols are aligned on the symbol display device, There is a strong tendency to play pachinko games with the left hand.

  For this reason, since the ball lending button is provided on one side upper part of the upper plate unit as in the pachinko machine described in Patent Document 1, there is a large gap between the ball lending button and the lower plate. It is difficult to find a ball rental button by groping. For this reason, when pushing the ball lending button, it is necessary to push the ball lending button while looking away from the symbol display device and viewing the position of the ball lending button, and the operability is poor. is there.

  On the other hand, in the pachinko machine described in Patent Document 2, since the ball lending button is provided on the lower plate, it seems that it is easier to find the ball lending button by groping than in Patent Document 1. However, since the game button is provided in the vicinity of the ball lending button, the ball lending button cannot be reliably found by groping. For this reason, similarly to Patent Document 1, it is necessary to push the ball lending button while keeping the eye on the symbol display device and viewing the position of the ball lending button, and there is a problem that the operability is poor.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine that can be pushed in by a blind touch without visually recognizing a ball lending button.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, a game ball having an upper plate for storing game balls and a lower plate provided below the upper plate, which is extracted from the upper plate and flows downward. In a pachinko machine in which a game ball overflowing from the upper plate is received and stored by the lower plate, it extends downward to the lower portion of the upper plate, and the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the storage recess formed in the lower plate A configuration in which an extending portion that is continuous on the side surface is provided, a stepped portion is provided at a portion where the inner side surface of the extending portion and the inner side surface of the peripheral wall are continuous, and a ball lending button is provided at a portion adjacent to the stepped portion. Adopted.

  Here, when forming the stepped portion, the lower end of the inner surface of the extending portion may be displaced inward with respect to the upper end of the left inner surface of the peripheral wall of the storage recess formed in the lower plate. Or you may make it provide the rib extended in the front-back direction in at least one of the lower end of the inner surface of an extension part, and the upper end of the peripheral wall inner surface of the storage recessed part formed in the lower plate. Further, a gap may be formed between the lower end of the inner side surface in the extending portion and the upper end of the inner side surface in the storage recess, and the gap may be used as a stepped portion.

  In the present invention, as described above, an extending portion is provided which extends downward to the lower portion of the upper plate and whose inner surface is continuous with the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the storage recess formed in the lower plate. By providing a step in a portion where the inner surface of the inner wall and the inner surface of the peripheral wall are continuous, the left hand is placed on the lower plate, and the left hand is moved upward along the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the storage recess. Can be found with your fingertips. And since the ball lending button is provided in the part close | similar to the level | step-difference part, a ball lending button can be pushed in by a blind touch.

Front view showing an embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention 1 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. The perspective view which shows a part of upper plate and lower plate of FIG. Partial cutaway left side view of FIG. The perspective view which shows the other example of a level | step-difference part The perspective view which shows the further another example of a level | step-difference part

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the pachinko machine has an outer frame 1 framed in a vertically long rectangular shape, and a pair of hinges 2 and 2 are provided on one upper and lower side of the outer frame 1, One side portion of the middle frame 3 disposed on the front side of the outer frame 1 is supported by the hinge 2 so as to be freely opened and closed.

  A front frame 4 is provided on the front side of the middle frame 3. The front frame 4 has a transparent plate 4a and a decorative edge frame 4b covering the outer periphery of the transparent plate 4a. One side of the front frame 4 is supported by hinges 5 provided on one side of the middle frame 3 so as to be opened and closed, and covers the front surface of the middle frame 3 in the closed state.

  An upper plate 6 is provided at the front lower portion of the front frame 4. A lower plate unit 7 is provided below the upper plate 6. The lower dish unit 7 is configured such that a lower dish 9 is provided on a lower dish substrate 8 having a width dimension in the left-right direction slightly smaller than the width dimension in the left-right direction of the middle frame 3. A lower plate 9 is disposed below the upper plate 6 and is attached to the lower portion.

  The lower plate 9 has a configuration in which a peripheral wall 11 is provided on the outer periphery of a bottom plate 10 projecting forward from the front surface of the lower plate substrate 8, and the inner side of the peripheral wall 11 serves as a storage recess 12. A game ball that is extracted from the game plate and flows downward and a game ball that overflows from the upper plate 6 are stored.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the left and right end portions of the peripheral wall 11 are provided with bulging portions 11a and 11b projecting upward, and on the upper front portion of the left bulging portion 11a, as shown in FIG. And a flat upper surface 14 extending rearward from the rear end of the curved surface 13 is formed. As shown in FIG. The same surface as the flat upper surface 15 formed on the upper side of the protruding portion 11b is formed.

  A launch handle 16 is attached to the right side of the lower dish substrate 8, and a game ball stored in the upper dish 6 is not shown by rotating the launch lever 17 provided on the launch handle 16. After being fed into the launching device via the feed mechanism, it is fired into a game area of a game board (not shown) supported by the middle frame 3.

  As shown in FIG. 1, extending portions 18 a and 18 b extending downward from the left and right side portions are provided at the lower portion of the upper plate 6, and the lower surface 19 of the right extending portion 18 b is formed on the right side of the lower plate 9. The upper surface 15 of the part 11b has substantially the same shape and size, and is opposed to the upper surface 15 with a small gap in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, on the front side of the left extension 18a, a curved surface that inclines with a downward slope toward the rear and smoothly continues with the curved surface 13 of the left bulged portion 11a of the lower plate 9. 20 is formed, and a flat lower surface 21 extending rearward from the lower end of the curved surface 20 is substantially the same shape and size as the upper surface 14 of the left bulging portion 11a. Are facing each other.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the inner side surface 22 of the left extension 18a is continuous with the inner side 23 of the left bulge 11a, and a step 24 is formed at the continuous portion. Here, when forming the stepped portion 24, the lower end of the inner side surface 22 of the left extension portion 18a is shifted inward with respect to the upper end of the left bulge portion 11a, but as shown in FIG. A rib 25 extending in the front-rear direction may be provided at the upper end of the inner side surface 23 of the left bulged portion 11a, and the lower surface of the rib 25 may be the stepped portion 24. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6, a rib 26 extending in the front-rear direction may be provided at the lower end portion of the inner surface 22 of the left extension 18 a, and the lower surface of the rib 26 may be a stepped portion 24. Although omitted in the drawing, a gap may be formed between the lower end of the inner side surface 22 in the left extension 18a and the upper end of the inner side 23 in the left bulge 11a, and the gap may be used as a stepped portion.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a ball lending button 27 and a card return button 28 are arranged in the left-right direction on the curved surface 13 formed on the left-side bulging portion 11 a of the lower plate 9 at a portion close to the step portion 24. Are provided at intervals.

  The ball lending button 27 is slidably inserted into a button insertion hole 29 formed in the curved surface 13 and is urged upward by a return spring 30 so that its upper side is located above the upper opening of the button insertion hole 29. In such a state, it is prevented from coming out upward. On the other hand, since the card return button 28 is also supported in the same manner as the ball lending button 27, details are omitted.

  Here, a prepaid card unit U is provided on one side of the pachinko machine as shown in FIG. When the ball lending button 27 is pushed in a state where the prepaid card is inserted into the card insertion slot a formed in the prepaid card unit U, the switch is turned on, and a predetermined amount of game balls are lent out on the upper plate 6. . On the other hand, when the card return button 28 is pushed in, the prepaid card is returned from the card insertion slot a.

  As shown in the embodiment, the inner side surface 22 of the left extension 18a provided in the lower part of the upper plate 6 and the inner side surface 23 of the left bulge 11a of the peripheral wall 11 provided in the lower plate 9 are continuous. By providing the stepped portion 24 at the site, the left hand is placed on the lower plate 9 and the left hand is moved upward along the peripheral wall 11 so that the fingertip abuts on the stepped portion 24 and the stepped portion 24 is touched. To find out. At this time, since the ball lending button 27 is provided in a portion close to the stepped portion 24, the ball lending button 27 can be pushed in by a blind touch, and the game ball can be lent while gazing at the image display device. The operation can be performed.

  In the embodiment, a portion where the inner side surface 22 of the left side extending portion 18a provided at the lower portion of the upper plate 6 and the inner side surface 23 of the left side bulging portion 11a of the peripheral wall 11 provided on the lower plate 9 are continuous. The step 24 is provided on the upper plate 6, but the inner surface of the right extension 18 b provided in the lower part of the upper plate 6 and the inner surface of the right bulge 11 b of the peripheral wall 11 provided on the lower plate 9 are continuous. A stepped portion may be provided at a portion to be performed, and a ball lending button may be provided at a portion close to the stepped portion.

6 ... Upper plate, 9 ... Lower plate, 18a ... Extension part, 22 ... Inner surface, 23 ... Inner surface, 24 ... Step part, 27 ... Ball rental button

Claims (1)

An upper plate for storing game balls and a lower plate provided below the upper plate are received, and the game balls that are extracted from the upper plate and flow downward are received by the lower plate. In a pachinko machine designed to store,
An extending portion is provided that extends downward to the lower portion of the upper plate and has an inner surface continuous with the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the storage recess formed in the lower plate, and the inner surface of the extended portion and the inner surface of the peripheral wall A pachinko machine characterized in that a step portion is provided at a portion where the continuation is continued and a ball lending button is provided at a portion adjacent to the step portion.

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