JP2012232213A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine in which, even if a user forgets to fix certain one panel body, a failure caused by this hardly occurs.SOLUTION: In a Pachinko game machine, a front face door 81 is arranged in front of a game machine body 14 on which a game board 27 is placed and mounted from a front side. An interference plate 91 on the back face of the front face door 81 is made to interfere with a lever inside a slide type fixing unit 33 disposed at the side of the game machine body 14 accompanied by the closing of the front face door 81, the anchor state of an engagement plate in the anchor state is released by the interference operation to move the engagement plate upward by an energizing force of a leaf spring, and the game board 27 is pressed from the front face, so that the adhesiveness of the game board 27 to the game machine body 14 is held.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction.

Conventionally, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a slot machine, a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction. As an example of such a gaming machine, the pachinko gaming machine of Patent Document 1 is shown. In Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 12, a gaming machine main body 12 is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be openable and closable, and the front door frame 13, the game board 30, and the control board units 201 to 203 are provided before and after the gaming machine main body 12. Are arranged in duplicate. These panel bodies are connected to each other by fixing means such as a rotary locking fixture or a push-in type fixing pin called Nylatch (registered trademark).
For example, the game board 30 is fixed (engaged) to the gaming machine main body 12 by a plurality of locking fixtures 211 and 212 arranged in a scattered manner on the periphery as shown in FIG. In the state of being placed on the shelf portion on the gaming machine main body 12 side, it is held so as not to fall backward.

JP-A-2005-415 JP 2002-336502 A

However, since a plurality of such locking fixtures 211 and 212 are provided, the game board 30 will not drop out even if all of them are not fully functioning. For this reason, some locking fixtures 211 and 212 may be forgotten to rotate in the engaging direction, or may be assembled while the amount of rotation is insufficient and the engaging action cannot be exhibited. .
In this case, although the gaming board 30 does not fall off as described above, the gaming board 30 is slightly displaced from the position where it should be originally set without being firmly pressed against the gaming machine body 12, and the gaming board 30 is not in contact with the gaming machine body 12. There was a possibility of being placed slightly tilted. Such a symptom is considered to be a potential cause of various problems. Particularly, the problem is the cooperation between the game board 30 and the mechanism on the front side of the gaming machine main body 12.
The gaming board 30 is provided with a gaming surface including a rail unit 50 on the front side thereof. When the gaming board 30 is set on the gaming machine main body 12, the gaming surface is exposed to the front side from the opening of the gaming machine main body 12 and the rail unit 50. Is projected to the gaming machine main body 12 side. Since the outer rail 52 of the rail unit 50 has a function of receiving a pachinko ball that is launched obliquely upward from the launching mechanism of the gaming machine body 12, a slight inclination of the game board 30 prevents the pachinko ball from sliding. It is because it may become.

For example, in Patent Document 1, such a problem is particularly likely to occur when the locking fixture 212 illustrated in FIG. 14 is in an unfixed state (disengaged). That is, this is because the periphery of the locking fixture 212 corresponds to the back of the base position of the outer rail 52 arranged on the front surface of the game board 30. Further, as shown in FIG. 11 of Patent Document 1, the locking fixture 212 is hidden by the control board unit 202, and the locking fixture 212 is in a state where all the panel bodies are pumped up. It will be difficult to see from the back side. For this reason, the fact that it is in a non-fixed state is difficult to confirm at the stage of completion of assembly, which is another cause of difficulty in finding defects. Such a malfunction occurs because the gaming machine is configured by combining a plurality of panels. For this reason, there has been a demand for a game machine of this type so that even if one panel body is forgotten to be fixed, troubles caused by the panel body are less likely to occur.
By the way, in Patent Document 1, the gaming board 30 is configured to be mounted and held from the rear side with respect to the gaming machine main body 12. However, like the pachinko machine of Patent Document 2, for example, as shown in FIG. There is also a gaming machine in which 20 is attached and held to the machine frame 20 from the front side. Also in the gaming machine having such a configuration, the slight inclination of the gaming board 20 is the same as that of Patent Document 1 in that the pachinko ball rail member is prevented from sliding. Therefore, the same problem as the gaming machine of Patent Document 1 has occurred in the gaming machine in which the gaming board is mounted and held from the front side as in Patent Document 2.
The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which even if one panel body is forgotten to be fixed, a malfunction caused by the failure is unlikely to occur.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in a gaming machine in which a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction, the one selected from the plurality of panel bodies. The panel body is fixed to the rear panel body arranged adjacent to the rear of the one panel body by fixing means, and the front panel body arranged adjacent to the front of the one panel body is the one panel body. If the fixing action of at least one fixing means selected from the fixing means (hereinafter referred to as selective fixing means) is released, the front panel body is As the one panel body is relatively closed, the interference member on the front panel body side interferes with the selective fixing means, and the fixing action of the selective fixing means is made effective. It was thing to its gist.

The above configuration assumes the following case. That is, when one panel body is fixed to the rear panel body by the fixing means, the operator may forget to make some of the fixing means function. If this part of the fixing means is the selective fixing means, the one panel body is fixed to the front panel body in a state where the selective fixing means is not functioning.
Even in such a case, according to the first aspect of the present invention, if the front panel body is relatively closed with respect to the one panel body, the interference member on the front panel body side naturally interferes with the selective fixing means. , And the fixing action of the selective fixing means is made effective. That is, even if the selection fixing means is forgotten to function, when the front panel body is closed, the selection fixing means is actuated by the interference member on the front panel body side to fix the one panel body to the rear panel body. It will be able to demonstrate the function of doing.
Here, the “rear panel body” refers to a panel body disposed behind (relative to the player's side) relative to one panel body, and the “front panel body” is relatively one. A panel body arranged in front of the panel body (player side).

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 2, in addition to the structure of the invention of claim 1, the selective fixing means includes a main body disposed in the rear panel body, An engaging piece that is disposed and engages with the one panel body, an engaging piece that can take a retracted position that does not engage with the one panel body, and an urging means that urges the engaging piece in the advancing direction; Mooring means for mooring the engagement piece at the retracted position; and release means for releasing the moored state of the engagement piece moored in the biased state at the retracted position when the interference member interferes. The gist of this is.
This configuration is a more specific example of the selective fixing means of claim 1. In such a configuration, when the front panel body is closed relative to the one panel body, the interference member interferes with the release means, and when the engagement state of the engagement piece is released, the biasing force of the biasing means is applied. Based on this, the engaging piece at the retracted position advances and engages with one panel body. As a result, the fixing action of the one panel body by the selective fixing means to the front panel body functions.
Here, “advancing and retracting the engagement piece” is a concept including a case where the advancing state and the retracting state can be taken not only by the slide movement but also by rotation.

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 3, in addition to the structure of the invention of claim 2, the back surface of the engagement piece is formed with an inclined pressing surface, and the engagement piece The gist thereof is that the front panel of the one panel body and the pressing surface interfere with the advancement of the engaging piece to press the same panel body in the rear contact surface direction.
By forming such an oblique pressing surface on the engaging piece, it is possible to generate a force that presses one panel body in the rearward direction as the engaging piece advances. As a result, the engagement piece is not only placed in front of one panel body and supports the one panel body from the front, but also positively pushes the one panel body against the rear contact surface. Therefore, the one panel body can be disposed without any gap between the panel body and the rear contact surface.

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 4, in addition to the structure of the invention of claim 3, a slant-like shape in which the pressing surface of the engaging piece abuts on the front surface of the one panel body. The gist is that the guide surface is formed.
In the invention of claim 3, the shape of the one panel body close to the front portion with which the pressing surface of the engaging piece abuts is not particularly limited. However, in order to smoothly push one panel body, it is preferable to provide at least an oblique guide surface that is in surface contact with the pressing surface.

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 5, in addition to the configuration of the invention of claim 2, in the state where the engagement piece is arranged at the advanced position, the first The gist is that the panel body cannot be disposed adjacent to the rear panel body.
That is, it becomes impossible to arrange the one panel body at a predetermined arrangement position with respect to the rear panel body because the engagement piece becomes an obstacle. Therefore, in order to arrange one panel body at a predetermined arrangement position with respect to the rear panel body, it is necessary to retract the engaging piece at a time. After the engaging piece is temporarily retracted and engaged with the mooring means, one panel body is arranged at a predetermined arrangement position. Thereafter, the operator may actively release the mooring means, and can be released by the interference of the interference member of the front panel body without releasing the mooring means.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 6, in addition to the structure of the invention of any one of claims 1 to 5, the one panel body is a game divided into a substantially circular shape by a rail member. A game board having a region on a front surface thereof, wherein the rear panel body is a game machine main body having a placement portion on which the game board is placed and a game ball launching mechanism on the front surface side, and the front panel body is the game board A door frame provided with a window portion that allows the region to be visually recognized, wherein the game region is arranged facing the window portion, and the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism jumps to the rail member side after running. The gist is that the selective fixing means is disposed on the front side of the gaming machine main body and at a position adjacent to a position near the lower end on the front side of the gaming board.
If one panel body is such a game board, there is a possibility that a state in which the game board is not firmly in contact with the game machine body when the selective fixing means is not acting may occur. is there. In particular, the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism on the gaming machine body side jumps to the rail member on the gaming board side after sliding up and slides on the rail member, but the gaming board is not firmly attached to the gaming machine body The pachinko ball may not slide as designed, and so-called “pachinko” of the pachinko ball may occur.
However, the selective fixing means arranged at the position near the lower end on the front side of the game board can function the fixing action of the one panel body with respect to the rear panel body. Even if you forget, the game board will be firmly fixed to the main body of the game machine, making it difficult for pachinko balls to fly. In particular, when the selective fixing means is disposed near the lower end of the front side, a portion close to the jumping position of the game ball after the run-up in the one panel body is surely brought into close contact with the rear panel body. From the viewpoint of preventing the occurrence of "

  In the inventions described in the first to sixth aspects, even if the selection fixing means of one panel body is forgotten to be fixed, the selection fixing means functions by the interference member of the front panel body. There is no problem in fixing the one panel body to the rear panel body based on the fact that it does not function.

1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The back view of the same pachinko machine. The exploded perspective view of the same pachinko gaming machine. The rear perspective view of the front door of the same pachinko gaming machine. The front perspective view of the gaming machine main body of the same pachinko gaming machine. The front view of the game board in the same pachinko machine. The upper notch front view of the same pachinko gaming machine with the front door opened. The top view which showed the state which opened the front door in the same pachinko game machine with the broken line. (A) is a perspective view of an interference plate, (b) is also a plan view, and (c) is a partial cross-sectional side view of the vicinity of the interference plate in a state of being mounted on a door frame or an upper bypass passage. The disassembled perspective view explaining the periphery of a slide type fixing unit. It is a figure explaining operation | movement of a slide type | mold fixed unit, (a) is an operation state, (b) is the state which pushed down the interference plate (or the moment of moving up), (c) is a standby state. (A) is an explanatory view in which an operator installs a game board on the shelf of the gaming machine body and operates a lever of the slide type fixing unit, and (b) illustrates a state in which the sliding type fixing unit is activated by the operation. FIG. (A) is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the gaming board is installed on the shelf of the gaming machine body, but the slide type fixing unit is not operating, and (b) is a gaming board installed on the shelf of the gaming machine body, Sectional drawing explaining the state which the slide type fixing unit act | operated. (A) is a plan view of a state in which an interference plate is disposed near the lever of the slide type fixed unit in the standby state, and (b) is a plane in a state in which the slide type fixed unit is operated by the interference plate interfering with the lever. Figure.

Hereinafter, each embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pachinko gaming machine 11 includes an outer frame 12 as a support frame body and a panel body. The outer frame 12 is attached to a so-called island facility when installed in the game hall. The outer frame 12 is a wooden frame framed in a quadrangular shape by upper, lower, left and right frame plates 12a to 12d. A curtain plate 13 is disposed on the upper surface of the lower frame plate 12d.
A gaming machine main body 14 is mounted in the outer frame 12. The gaming machine main body 14 as a rear panel body is a panel-shaped component member having a rectangular shape in a front view that forms the structural core of the pachinko gaming machine, and is disposed on the curtain plate 13 in the outer frame 12. Yes. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the gaming machine main body 14 is an ABS panel having a substantially rectangular outline when viewed from the front. The gaming machine main body 14 has an opening / closing bracket 15a that is arranged vertically on the left side when viewed from the front, and is pivotally supported by the opening / closing bracket 15b on the outer frame 12 side so that the opening / closing axis P (see FIG. 3) is an axis. It can be opened to the front side. As shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine main body 14 is provided with latch mechanisms L1 at two locations on the side edge opposite to the opening / closing axis P side with an interval in the vertical direction. When the gaming machine main body 14 is closed with respect to the outer frame 12, the latch mechanism L1 is inserted into the insertion groove D1 on the outer frame 12 side to be engaged and locked. Release of the locked state (that is, release of the gaming machine body 14 from the outer frame 12) is performed by key operation of a key device K (see FIG. 7) on the front surface of the gaming machine body 14.

  As shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 7, a gaming machine main body side mechanism 16 is formed in a lower region of the gaming machine main body 14. A game ball launching unit 17 as a game ball launching mechanism is arranged on the right side of the game machine main body side mechanism unit 16 when viewed from the front. The game ball launching unit 17 is composed of a launching unit 18 composed of a solenoid or the like, a ball-sending unit 19 and an auxiliary rail 20 that sequentially supply pachinko balls to the launching unit 18. An upper pachinko ball inflow passage 21 and a lower pachinko ball inflow passage 22 are respectively arranged on the left side when viewed from the front of the gaming machine main body side mechanism portion 16. A bypass passage 23 is formed between both pachinko ball inflow passages 21 and 22. A foul ball passage 24 is formed above the lower pachinko ball inflow passage 22. The bypass passage 23 and the foul ball passage 24 are unitized.

A gaming board mounting space 25 is formed above the gaming machine main body side mechanism portion 16. The game board 27 is disposed in the space 25. The space 25 is surrounded by a left and right vertical frame 14a, an upper horizontal frame 14b, and a shelf 28 as a placement portion on which the game board 27 is placed, which are a part of the elements constituting the outer shell of the gaming machine main body 14. Area. The shelf 28 is configured as a horizontal plane extending in the left-right direction, and has a width corresponding to the thickness (front-rear width) of the game board 27. The space 25 has a thickness in the front-rear direction corresponding to the thickness of the game board 27 to be accommodated, and the game board 27 is fitted into the space 25 from the front side.
A rear plate portion 29 that supports the game board 27 from the rear is formed near the rear of the vertical frame 14 a, the horizontal frame 14 b, and the shelf portion 28. The rear plate portion 29 is a thin plate formed in a burr shape so as to surround the game board mounting space 25 at the back of the gaming machine main body 14, and the back surface of the rear plate portion 29 is arranged with the game board 27 disposed in the game board mounting space 25. The abutting contact with the rear plate portion 29 is made. The inside of the rear plate portion 29 is an opening 30 that is greatly opened. Side rotation fixtures 31 are disposed at two locations on the upper and lower sides of the left and right vertical frames 14a. As shown in FIG. 5, the rotation fixture 31 is rotatably mounted by a wood screw 32 serving as a rotation shaft. The rotary fixing tool 31 is inserted in the space 25 in the same retraction position shown by a broken line that does not obstruct the insertion of the game board 27 into the game board installation space 25, and then the game board 27 is moved in the direction of the rear plate 29. The pressing and fixing position indicated by the solid line to be pressed can be taken.
A slide type fixing unit 33 as a selection fixing means is disposed at a position adjacent to the ball feeding section 19 of the gaming machine main body side mechanism section 16 and a position adjacent to the upper pachinko ball inflow path 21.

Here, the slide-type fixing unit 33 and the surrounding structure will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3, 5, 7, and 10 to 14. On the plate surface 120 constituting the front surface of the gaming machine main body side mechanism portion 16, a recess 121 is formed as a receiving portion at a position adjacent to the ball feeding portion 19 and a position adjacent to the upper pachinko ball inflow path 21. The left and right side surfaces near the upper part constituting the recess 121 are tapered surfaces 121a that are narrower toward the top. An engagement plate 122 as an engagement piece is disposed in the recess 121. The engagement plate 122 is configured to have a thickness that fits in the recess 121, and includes a left and right inclined surface 122a that is inclined so as to become narrower toward the upper side. As shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B, when the engagement plate 122 moves up in the recess 121, the upper half of the engagement plate 122 is exposed on the shelf 28 and the right and left inclined surface 122a is just a tapered surface. The engagement plate 122 is prevented from coming out upward by coming into contact with 121a.
A slanting pressing surface 122b is formed at the upper position on the back side of the engagement plate 122 so that the plate thickness becomes thinner toward the upper side. One support leg 123 protruding downward is integrally formed on the bottom surface 122 c of the engagement plate 122. The engagement plate 122 is supported by a support leg 123 as a support means and is erected in the recess 121. The lower end of the support leg 123 has a spherical shape, and is smoothly brought into point contact with the bottom surface 121b in the recess 121.

On the front surface of the engagement plate 122 (the back surface side when viewed from the player side), a lever 124 is implanted as a release means and a mooring means. A leaf spring 125 as an urging means is disposed between the bottom surface 122 c of the engagement plate 122 and the bottom surface 121 b in the recess 121. The leaf spring 125 is fixed by a screw 126 on the lower end side, is largely curved, and is inserted into the support leg 123 on the upper end side. As a result, the engagement plate 122 is always pressed upward in the recess 121 by the urging force of the leaf spring 125.
The front surface of the recess 121 is sealed with a lid 127. The lid 127 is fixed with screws 128. An opening 130 from which the engagement plate 122 protrudes is formed above the recess 121 with the lid 127 attached.
A substantially L-shaped groove 129 as an anchoring means is formed at the center position of the lid 127. A lever 124 is fitted in the groove 129, and the lever 124 moves along the groove 109. The groove 109 includes a guide groove portion 129a that guides the lever 124 up and down, and an engagement groove portion 129b that is engaged with the lever 124 and is prevented from moving upward. The slide type fixing unit 33 is constituted by the recess 121, the engagement plate 122, the leaf spring 125, the lid 107 and the like. The engagement plate 122 is embedded in the front surface of the gaming machine main body side mechanism portion 16 without interfering with surrounding mechanism portions.

As shown in FIG. 6, the gaming board 27 constituting the panel body has a plurality of large and small openings penetrating from the front gaming surface 27a to the rear surface, and each opening is provided with various decorative panels according to the purpose. Has been. The outer shell of the wooden game board 27 has a deformed square shape that is partially cut from the relationship of wiring and the like. The gaming surface 27a of the gaming board 27 is configured as a plane, the bottom surface 27b of the gaming board 27 contacting the shelf 28 with respect to the gaming surface 27a is configured as an orthogonal plane, and the back surface 27c of the gaming board 27 is relative to the gaming surface 27a. Configured as parallel planes. As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 10, forwardly tapered surfaces 34 are formed at two positions below the game surface 27 a and adjacent to the bottom surface 27 b of the game board 27.
The game board 27 has four rotation fixtures 31 from the front side in a state where the game board 27 is disposed in the game board mounting space 25 (a state where it is placed on the shelf 28 and fitted in the game board mounting space 25). And, the engagement plate 122 of the slide type fixing unit 33 is brought into close contact with the rear plate portion 29 in a state where the engagement plate 122 is acted (that is, engaged).
A variable display unit 35 is disposed substantially at the center of the game board 27. The variable display unit 35 includes a large liquid crystal display 36. As shown in FIG. 8, the variable display unit 35 includes a display control device 37 disposed on the back of the game board 27. A start opening 38 is arranged directly below the variable display unit 35, and a variable winning device 39 called a so-called big winning opening is arranged below the start opening 38. Through gates 40 are arranged on both the left and right sides of the variable display unit 35, and a plurality of general winning ports 41 are arranged on both the left and right sides of the starting port 38, respectively. An out port 42 is provided at the lowest position of the game board 27, and pachinko balls that have not entered various winning holes etc. are guided through the out port 42 to a ball discharge path (not shown). ing. A large number of game nails 44 are planted on the surface of the game board 27 in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the pachinko balls. In addition, various members (acts) such as the windmill 43 are disposed.

On the game surface 27a of the game board 27, an outer rail 51 and an inner rail 52 are mounted as rail members. In a state where the game board 27 is disposed in the game board mounting space 25 of the gaming machine body 14, a game area is defined on the game surface 27a by both rails 51 and 52.
As shown in FIG. 8, the outer rail 51 is obliquely left upward as viewed from the front of the auxiliary rail 20 of the game ball launching unit 17, and separates the space above the foul ball passage 24 in the extending direction of the auxiliary rail 20. The base end is arranged at the position. The outer rail 51 extends upward in a circular arc shape in the clockwise direction from the base end and is slightly advanced from the apex of the game surface 27a (approximately 2 o'clock position when the game surface 27a is regarded as a clock dial). The tip is arranged.

The base end of the inner rail 52 is arranged in the direction of about 4 o'clock when the game surface 27a is regarded as a watch dial. The inner rail 52 extends downward in a circular arc shape in the clockwise direction from the base end, extends substantially horizontally across the front surface of the out port 42, and then extends upward on the inner peripheral side of the outer rail 51. The tip is arranged at a position before the apex of the surface 27a (approximately 10 o'clock direction position when the game surface 27a is regarded as a dial of a watch). At the front end of the inner rail 52, a reverse movement preventing member 55 in which a cantilever tongue for preventing the reverse movement of a pachinko ball launched on the game surface 27a is mounted. The lowest position of the arc-shaped inner rail 52 is a position that intersects the out port 42. Both the rails 51 and 52 are arranged adjacent to each other from the left position of the out port 42 to the position of the reverse movement preventing member 55 (that is, the tip of the inner rail 52) when viewed from the front, and a pachinko ball launch passage 49 is formed.
The outer rail 51 and the inner rail 52 are made of a stainless steel thin strip formed in the same width. Both rails 51 and 52 are erected substantially perpendicularly toward the front with respect to the game surface 27a.

When the pachinko ball is launched by the game ball launching unit 17, the pachinko ball slides on the auxiliary rail 20, then moves to the outer rail 51 and further slides on the outer rail 51, while passing through the pachinko ball launching passage 49 between the outer rail 51 and the inner rail 52. It progresses upward and jumps out to the game surface 27a. At this time, the launch force by the game ball launching unit 17 is weak, and the pachinko ball that could not be transferred from the auxiliary rail 20 to the outer rail 51 or did not reach the game area even if transferred to the outer rail 51 falls and falls into the foul ball path 24.
The pachinko balls released to the game area fall while being dropped while being played by interfering with the game nails 44, decorative panels, various kinds of accessories, etc., and win the starting port 38, the variable winning device 39 and the general winning port 41. All but the spheres fall on the inner rail 52, travel along the inner rail 52, and are guided to the lowermost outlet 54. The winning ball that has been won and the out ball that has been guided to the out port 42 are once discharged to the outside through a discharge passage (not shown).

Next, the back configuration of the game board 27 will be described with reference to FIGS.
A display control device 62 and a main control device 63 are disposed on the back side of the variable display unit 35. The display control device 62 controls the entire display device such as the liquid crystal display 36. The main control device 63 is a main CPU that controls the whole, a ROM that stores a game program, a RAM that stores necessary data according to the progress of the game, a sub CPU that controls voice and display lamps, and clock pulse generation It consists of a circuit and various ports. The display control device 62 and the main control device 63 are detachable.

As shown in FIG. 1, a front door 81 as a panel body is disposed on the front surface of the gaming machine main body 14. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the front door 81 is a joined panel body formed by mounting a door panel 83 made of ABS resin on a press-molded alloy door frame 82. The door panel 83 is disposed on the front side and is viewed by the player. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the outer shell of the front door 81 has a rectangular front shape substantially matching the outer shell seen from the front of the gaming machine main body 14. The front door 81 is attached to the gaming machine body 14 so as to be openable and closable. An opening / closing bracket 84 is attached to the door frame 82 of the front door 81 coaxially with the opening / closing axis P of the opening / closing brackets 15a, 15b, similar to the gaming machine main body 14, and can be opened forward with the opening / closing bracket 84 as an axis. Yes. Therefore, the gaming machine main body 14 can be opened and closed with respect to the outer frame 12, and the front door 83 can be opened and closed independently with respect to the outer frame 12 and the gaming machine main body 14.
As shown in FIG. 4, the door frame 82 is provided with latch mechanisms L2 at two locations on the side edge opposite to the opening / closing axis P side with an interval in the vertical direction. When the front door 83 is closed with respect to the gaming machine main body 14, the latch mechanism L2 is inserted into the insertion groove D2 (see FIG. 5) on the gaming machine main body 14 side to be engaged and locked. The lock state is released by operating a release device (not shown) from the back side of the gaming machine main body 14.
The door frame 82 and the door panel 83 are respectively formed with circular viewing window holes 85 and 86 as window portions for allowing the player to visually observe the game surface 27a. As shown in FIG. 1, a window glass 87 is disposed on the back side of the visual window hole 85 on the door frame 82 side. The periphery of the visual window hole 85 on the door frame 82 side is a rib structure for reinforcement, and the window glass 87 is attached to the rear end surface of the mounting rib 88 formed along the visual window hole 85. It is like that.
An inflow passage 89 that guides a pachinko ball that flows in from the gaming machine main body 14 side to the front door 81 side is disposed on the back side of the door frame 82 and in a lower region of the visual window hole 85. An upper bypass passage 90 is disposed on the side of the inflow passage 89.
As shown in FIG. 4, interference as an interference member protruding toward the rear is located near the lower portion of the visual window hole 85 and adjacent to the inflow passage 89 and at two locations on the wall surface of the upper bypass passage 90. A plate 91 is provided. As shown in FIGS. 9A to 9C, the interference plate 91 has a substantially triangular shape in plan view, and includes an oblique contact edge 91a that interferes with the lever 124 of the slide type fixing unit 33. . As shown in FIGS. 4 and 9C, the interference plate 91 is fixed to the wall surface on the door frame 82 side by screws 92 via the base plate 91b.

On the front side of the door panel 83, a decorative panel 93 that bulges forward is disposed on the left and right and above the visual window hole 85. On the back side of the door panel 83, a speaker device and a decoration lamp (not shown) are arranged at predetermined positions. An upper tray 94 bulging forward is formed at a position below the visual window hole 86. The upper tray 94 is paid out from a payout device 106, which will be described later, flows in from the upper pachinko ball inflow passage 21, and temporarily stores the pachinko balls supplied through the inflow passage 89, and aligns them in a row while playing the game ball launching unit 17. It is a sphere storage part for guiding to.
A lower tray 95 bulging forward is also formed at a position below the upper tray 94. A lower outlet 96 through which pachinko balls flow down from the bypass passage 23 and the foul ball passage 24 is disposed in the lower tray 95. The lower tray 95 is an auxiliary ball storage section for storing pachinko balls that have flowed down from the upper tray 94 when the amount of pachinko balls stored in the upper tray 94 is too large or based on the player's active operation. .
The design panel is unified as a whole around the decorative panel 93, the upper tray 94, and the lower tray 95. An ashtray 97 is disposed on the left side of the lower tray 95 when viewed from the front. A pachinko ball launching handle 98 interlocking with the game ball launching unit 17 is formed on the right side of the lower tray 95 so as to protrude forward.

Next, the structure of the mechanism panel 100 and the payout control unit 101 as a rear panel body disposed on the back side of the gaming machine main body 14 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The mechanism panel 100 and the payout control unit 101 are attached to the bearing portion 120 of the gaming machine main body 14 so as to be rotatable and detachable by a support pin. The mechanism panel 100 and the payout control unit 101 are fixed to the gaming machine main body 14 by a ny latch 122. The mechanism panel 100 extends horizontally and has a base made of a polycarbonate frame 102 having a bowl shape as an overall shape hanging from one end thereof, and various components are fixed to the frame 102. A horizontally extending frame portion is referred to as an upper frame 102a, and a hanging frame portion is referred to as a side frame 102b.
A tank 103 is disposed at the uppermost position of the mechanism panel 100 and on the back surface of the upper frame 102a. A new pachinko ball is supplied to the tank 103 from the island facility of the game hall. A tank rail 104 is disposed at a position adjacent to the lower portion of the tank 103. On the downstream side of the tank rail 104 (the right side in FIG. 2), a case rail 105 extending in the vertical direction along the back surface of the side frame 102b is disposed. A payout device 106 is disposed in the middle of the case rail 105. The pachinko balls are guided from the tank rail 104 to the case rail 105 and are appropriately paid out based on the control of the payout device 106 by the payout control device 110 described later. An external power supply substrate 107 is disposed at a lower position of the dispensing device 106 and overlapping the case rail 105. The external power supply board 107 is a main board for supplying power supplied through the transformer to the entire gaming machine.
A protective cover 108 that covers all of the display control device 62 and an upper portion of the main control device 63 is disposed at a lower position of the tank rail 104 and at a side position of the case rail 105, the dispensing device 107, and the external power supply board 107. ing.

A payout control unit 101 is disposed at an adjacent position below the mechanism panel 100. In this embodiment, the payout control unit 101 is configured separately from the mechanism panel 100, but may be configured as a pair. The payout control unit 101 includes a payout control device 111, an internal power supply board 112, a launch control device 113, and the like stored in the board box 110. The payout control device 111 controls the payout of prize balls. The internal power supply board 112 controls a predetermined power supply voltage in various control boards. The launch control device 113 controls the launch mode of the pachinko ball based on the player's handle 97 operation.
A payout relay board 114 is disposed at a side position adjacent to the payout control unit 109 (below the external power supply board 107). The payout relay board 114 serves to relay the output of the payout signal from the payout control device 111 to the payout device 106. An external terminal connection board 115 is disposed on the upper frame 104a on the side of the tank rail 104 (right side in FIG. 2).

Next, an operation based on the configuration around the gaming board 27, the front door 81, and the gaming machine main body 14 in the pachinko gaming machine 11 configured as described above will be described.
Each panel constituting the pachinko gaming machine 11 is assembled. That is, the gaming machine main body 14 is mounted on the outer frame 12, the gaming board 27, the mechanism board 100 and the payout control unit 101 are attached from the front and rear of the gaming machine main body 14, and finally the front door 81 is attached.
Here, when the gaming board 27 is placed on the shelf 28 of the gaming machine main body 14, the gaming board 27 is placed from the front side, but the engagement plate 33 of the sliding type fixing unit 33 is shown in FIG. When it is in a position protruding upward from the shelf 28 as shown in a), the protruding engagement plate 122 cannot be placed due to the obstacle. Therefore, the operator first pushes down the protruding engagement plate 122 until the lever 124 is arranged at the lowest position of the groove 129 as shown in FIG. 11B, and then the pushed lever 124 is pushed in FIG. It is necessary to move in the direction of the engaging groove 129b as shown in FIG. That is, the end of the lever 124 is pinched and engaged with the engagement groove portion 129b so that the engagement plate 122 does not move up by the urging force of the leaf spring 125 (does not return). In this state, since the side surface of the lever 124 is engaged with the edge of the engaging groove portion 129b, the engaging plate 122 cannot move upward, and the engaging plate 122 cannot protrude from the shelf portion 28 to the upper surface. This state is a standby state of the slide type fixing unit 33. Since the engagement plate 122 disposed in the recess 121 has a slight allowance for the lateral movement, such a displacement of the lateral engagement plate 122 is possible.

In this way, the slide type fixing unit 33 is operated so that the gaming board 27 can be placed on the shelf 28 of the gaming machine body 14 (the state shown in FIG. 5), and then the gaming board 27 is placed on the shelf 28 again. The gaming board 27 is fixed to the gaming machine main body 14 by the other rotating fixture 32.
At this time, basically, as shown in FIG. 12A, the operator actively operates the lever 124 to move the slide-type fixing unit 33 in the standby state from the position of the engaging groove 129b toward the guide groove 129a. . Then, as shown in FIG. 12B, the engagement plate 122 moves upward by the urging force of the leaf spring 125. The game board 27 is installed at a position that interferes with the engaging plate 122 that moves upward, and the pressing surface 122b of the game board 27 is formed at a lower position on the front surface of the game board 27 as the engagement plate 122 moves upward. 34 comes into contact. Since the pressing surface 122b and the tapered surface 34 are in contact with each other in a slanting surface, when the engagement plate 122 moves upward, a vector in the direction of pressing backward is applied to the game board 27 side. That is, the engagement plate 122 pushes the lower side of the game board 27 in the backward direction via the pressing surface 122b and the tapered surface 34. As a result, the game board 27 is closer to the lower side and is more firmly attached toward the rear plate portion 29.

However, the front door 81 may be blocked from the game board 27 and the gaming machine main body 14 without the operator actively operating the lever 124. In this case, the slide-type fixing unit 33 for fixing the gaming board 27 to the gaming machine main body 14 does not function unless any means is taken, so that the rear side 29 of the gaming board 27 is not sufficiently pressed down, and the gaming board 27 has a bottom surface. The lower position of 27b may not be in close contact with the shelf portion 28, and the gap S1 may be formed, and the back surface 27c and the rear plate portion 29 may not be in close contact with each other to form the clearance S2. That is, the game board 27 is fitted into the game board mounting space 25 in a state where the game board 27 is slightly tilted backward (the state shown in FIG. 12A).
Thus, if the game board 27 is not correctly arranged in the game board mounting space 25, the outer rail 51 on the front side of the game board 27 is slightly offset from the auxiliary rail 20 of the game ball launch unit 17 on the game machine main body 14 side. Will be placed. Also, the outer rail 51 itself is disposed slightly downward. If the game board 27 is placed in such a state, the pachinko ball that was launched due to that contact with the sliding surface with excessively strong friction or colliding with the window glass 86 is the original movement. The behavior will be hindered by showing different behavior. This is the so-called “flying spot”.

However, in the present embodiment, the interference plate 91 is provided on the back surface of the door frame 82 of the front door 81, and the interference plate 91 interferes with the lever 124 to replace the operator's active operation, and the slide type fixing unit 33. The engagement plate 122 can be moved upward.
More specifically, when the front door 81 shown by the broken line in FIG. 8 is opened to the closed state shown by the solid line, as shown in FIGS. 13 (a) and 14 (a), the interference plate 91 is used. Approaches the lever 124. As the front door 81 approaches, the contact edge 91 a of the interference plate 91 contacts the lever 124. Since the abutting edge 91a is formed in an oblique shape, a force that pushes the lever 124 to the side, that is, from the retracted position in the engaging groove 129b acts as the interference plate 91 advances. It becomes. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 13B and 14B, when the lever 124 reaches the guide groove 129a, the engagement state of the engagement groove 129b with respect to the lever 124 is released, and the engagement plate 122 of the leaf spring 125 is released. It is moved up by the biasing force. As in the above description, as the engagement plate 122 moves upward, the pressing surface 122b comes into contact with the tapered surface 34 formed on the front surface of the game board 27, and the lower side of the game board 27 is rearward through the tapered surface 34. Will be pushed in the direction. That is, the front door 81 is closed even if a gap S1 (a gap S2 between the back surface 27c of the game board 27 and the rear plate part 29) is formed between the bottom surface 27b of the game board 27 and the shelf 28. Along with this, the game board 27 is pushed in the direction of the rear plate part 29 and corrected and arranged at the original position.

With the configuration as described above, the above embodiment has the following effects.
(1) Forgetting to engage the slide type fixing unit 33 with the game board 27, the bottom surface 27b is not in close contact with the shelf at the lower position of the game board 27, and the back surface 27c is in close contact with the rear plate part 29. Even when the front door 81 is not closed, the sliding fixing unit 33 can be operated by causing the interference plate 91 to interfere with the lever 124 on the gaming machine body 14 side as the front door 81 is closed. The lower side of the game board 27 is pressed by the joint plate 122, and the game board 27 whose position is automatically corrected is arranged at a position in close contact with the rear plate portion 29 which is the original correct arrangement position. The pachinko ball fired from 17 will not cause the trouble of causing a “jumping spot” and hindering the game.
(2) The game board 27 cannot be placed on the shelf 28 of the gaming machine main body 14 because the engagement plate 122 is in the way unless the slide type fixing unit 33 is in the standby state. That is, since the slide type fixing unit 33 is always set to the standby state for setting the game board 27, it is not forgotten that the slide type fixing unit 33 is set to the standby state.
(3) With the upward movement of the engagement plate 122, the pressing surface 122b comes into contact with the tapered surface 34 formed on the front surface of the game board 27, and the lower side of the game board 27 is pushed backward through the tapered surface 34. Will be. As a result, the game board 27 is not only supported from behind, but is more firmly crimped toward the rear plate portion 29.
(4) Since the interference plate 91 which is an interference member is formed separately from the door frame 82 of the front door 81, even if it is damaged, only the interference plate 91 needs to be replaced, and the cost is excellent.

The present invention can be implemented with the following modifications.
In the above embodiment, the slide type fixing unit 33 is disposed at two positions separated in the left-right direction so as to press the lower position of the game board 27 backward, but three or more are disposed. Alternatively, only one may be provided. When there is only one, it is preferable that the front side of the game board 27 close to the out port 42 as described above and near the lower center.
-Although the front door 81 was employ | adopted as a front panel body in the said embodiment, it is also free to apply to the panel body which has another function.
The engaging plate 122 of the sliding type fixing unit 33 is configured to advance and retract in a sliding manner, but it is possible to use other engaging pieces that advance and retract in a rotating manner.
In the above embodiment, the front door 81 that is the front panel body is fixed to the gaming machine main body 14 that is the rear panel body, but the front panel body must be fixed to the rear panel body. is not.
As the fixing means, it is possible to use insertion-type fixing means such as the latch mechanisms L1, L2 and the insertion grooves D1, D2 in addition to the rotary mechanism.
The shape of the interference member is not limited to a plate shape like the interference plate 91.
As a means for releasing the standby state by the interference plate 91 as the interference member, in the above embodiment, the lever 124 disposed in the engagement groove portion 129b is configured to be pushed by the oblique contact edge 91a. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
-It is also free to apply to models other than the pachinko gaming machine 11 of the above embodiment. It can also be applied to so-called pacilot machines other than pachinko machines.
In addition, it is free to implement in a mode that does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.

Other technical ideas of the present invention that can be grasped from the above-described embodiments that can be appropriately added to the above claims will be described as additional notes below.
(1) In the above-mentioned claim or supplementary note (when including the configuration of claim 6), the selective fixing means fixes the vicinity of the front surface position near the lower end of the rail member.
This is because, since the base portion of the rail member is disposed near the lower end of the game board, fixing the vicinity thereof is most effective when the game board is closely attached.
(2) In the above-mentioned claim or the supplementary note, the engagement piece of the selective fixing means is disposed in an embedded manner on the front surface of the front panel body, and when the engagement piece is advanced, the rear surface of the engagement piece is the one. Interfere with the position near the front of the panel.
That is, even if the selective fixing means is operated and the engagement piece advances, it is possible not only to support the one panel body but also to press the one panel body backward. In this case, as described above, it is preferable that the oblique pressing surface and the guide surface are in contact with each other.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Pachinko machine, 14 ... Game machine main body as back panel body, 27 ... Game board as one panel body, 32 ... Rotation fixing tool as fixing means, 33 ... Slide type fixing unit as selective fixing means, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 81 ... Front door as a front panel body, 91 ... Interference plate as an interference member, 121 ... Recessed part as a storage part, 122 ... Engagement plate as an engagement piece, 125 ... Plate spring as urging means, 129b ... Engaging groove as mooring means, 124... Lever as releasing means.

Claims (6)

  In the gaming machine in which a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction, the one panel body selected from the plurality of panel bodies is disposed adjacent to the rear of the one panel body. The fixing means is fixed to the rear panel body, and the front panel body adjacently disposed in front of the one panel body is open to the one panel body, and the fixing means is further provided. When the fixing action of at least one fixing means selected from (hereinafter referred to as selective fixing means) is released, the front panel body is closed relative to the one panel body. Along with this, an interference member on the front panel body side is caused to interfere with the selective fixing means to make the fixing action of the selective fixing means effective.   The selective fixing means includes a main body disposed in the rear panel body, an advancing position disposed in the main body and engaged with the one panel body, and a retracted position not engaged with the one panel body. An engaging piece, an urging means for urging the engaging piece in the advancing direction, an anchoring means for mooring the engaging piece at the retracted position, and an urging state at the retracted position due to interference of the interference member The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a release unit that releases the moored state of the engagement piece moored at the point.   The back surface of the engagement piece has a slanted pressing surface, and the engagement piece causes the front surface of the one panel body to interfere with the pressing surface as the engagement piece advances. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the same panel body is pressed in the rear contact surface direction.   4. A gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein an oblique guide surface with which the pressing surface of the engagement piece abuts is formed on the front surface of the one panel body.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the one panel body cannot be disposed adjacent to the rear panel body in a state where the engagement piece is disposed at the advanced position. The one panel body is a game board having a game area, which is partitioned in a substantially circular shape by a rail member, on the front surface thereof, and the rear panel body launches a game ball on the front side and a placement portion on which the game board is placed. It is a gaming machine body provided with a mechanism, and the front panel body is a door frame provided with a window part that makes the gaming area visible.
The game area is arranged to face the window portion, and the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism is configured to jump to the rail member side after running,
The game according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the selection fixing means is disposed at a position on the front side of the gaming machine main body and adjacent to a position near a lower end on the front side of the game board. Machine.

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