JP2013006089A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine having increased decoration effect as a whole and inhibiting deterioration in image or excitement of the game machine.SOLUTION: The game machine includes: an outer frame 2; a body frame 3 pivoted on one side of the front surface of the outer frame 2; a game device 4 mounted on the inside of the body frame 3; and a door body 5 pivoted on one side of the front surface of the body frame 3 and covering the whole front side area of the body frame 3. The game device 4 includes: a game portion 140 having a front surface provided with a playfield 605 in which a game ball flows down and mounted to the body frame 3 in a replaceable manner; and a decoration portion 141 disposed above the game portion 140 and mounted separately from the game portion 140 in a replaceable manner. The door body 5 has a visible protective cover portion 120 integrally covering and protecting the game portion 140 and the decoration portion 141 at a closing position so that a player does not touches the game portion and decoration portion, and allowing the player to visually confirm the game portion 140 and the decoration portion 141.

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine (generally also referred to as a “pachinko machine”).

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine has been known in which a display means is provided on a game board and a decorative symbol sequence including decorative symbols such as numbers and symbols is displayed. In this type of gaming machine, a starting port is provided on the gaming board, and when a game ball enters the starting port, a plurality of decorative symbol sequences fluctuate and a predetermined number based on a lottery result is obtained. The change is stopped by the stop symbol. In addition, in order to characterize the concept of each model, there is also known a gaming machine in which decorative members according to the theme of the gaming machine are arranged on the gaming board. In this gaming machine, a game area in which game balls flow down is formed on the game board, and a starting port, display means, decorative members, and the like are integrated and mounted on the game board.

Patent 3039765

However, in this type of gaming machine, the decoration on the gaming machine main body glass frame tends to be conspicuous so as not to disturb the concept of each type of gaming board to be variously replaced. For example, in the conventional gaming machine Y shown in FIG. 96, the lamp R is only attached to the glass frame G, and no flashy decoration is made. For this reason,
The decoration effect of the gaming machine Y as a whole is lowered, and there is a risk that the player will get bored due to the non-visual decoration instead.

In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can suppress a reduction in an image and an interest in the gaming machine by improving the decoration effect of the gaming machine as a whole.

Means 1: “An outer frame installed in a gaming machine island facility using a game ball as a game medium and formed in a vertically long rectangular shape;
A main body frame that is disposed in the outer frame and is pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the outer frame so as to be opened and closed;
A gaming machine comprising a gaming device mounted inside the main body frame,
The gaming device is:
A game area on which the game ball flows down on the front surface, and a game part that is exchangeably attached to the main body frame;
The game unit is disposed above the game unit, and includes a decoration unit that is exchangeably mounted on the main body frame separately from the game unit.
It is pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the main body frame, and is provided to be openable and closable between a closed position that covers the front of the main body frame and an open position that opens the front of the main body frame. Is further provided with a visible protection cover part that covers and protects the game part and the decoration part integrally so that the game part and the decoration part cannot be touched, and makes the game part and the decoration part visible from the player side. Features.

Here, the “main body frame” may be a box shape in which only the front surface is open, or may be a frame shape (including a cylindrical shape) in which the front surface and the back surface are open. In addition, the “decoration portion” may be configured with a movable decorative body that is movable based on the gaming state, may be configured with a stationary decorative body that is fixed to the main body frame, or light toward the player. You may comprise with the luminescent decoration body which radiates | emits.

According to the configuration of the means 1, a main body frame pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the outer frame is provided inside the outer frame arranged in the gaming machine island facility, and the main body frame is rotated in the opening direction. By doing so, the inside of the gaming machine island facility can be opened through the inside of the outer frame.

A gaming device attached to the inside of the main body frame includes a gaming part and a decoration part arranged above the gaming part, and a gaming area is formed on the front surface of the gaming part. That is, a region where the game ball can roll or flow down (that is, a game portion) is distinguished from a decorated region (decoration portion), and the decoration portion is disposed above the game portion. . For this reason, for example, even if the decorative portion has a movable decorative body, it is possible to operate based on the gaming state or the like without affecting the behavior of the gaming ball.

In addition, since the game part and the decoration part that characterize the concept of the gaming machine can be exchanged for the main body frame, not only the game part but also the decoration part can be exchanged by exchanging the gaming device. The image of the gaming machine can be changed at a reasonable cost.

By the way, as the decoration part, it is possible to adopt a decoration body having a specific shape according to the concept of the gaming machine (that is, a specific decoration body in accordance with the image of the game part), but there is no sense of incongruity even if the model changes. It is also possible to employ a common decorative body that can be used (that is, a general decorative body that does not conform to the image of the game unit).

However, in the case where the gaming device is composed of one unit and is mounted so as to be exchangeable with respect to the main body frame, when the gaming part is exchanged, the decoration part must be exchanged at the same time. When a body (general decoration) is adopted, all the gaming devices will be removed even though the decoration members can be reused, resulting in waste of resources and unnecessary replacement costs. It will be bulky.

On the other hand, in the present invention, the game part and the decoration part are assembled to be exchangeable separately, so that only the game part is exchanged, only the decoration part is exchanged, or the game part and the decoration part It is possible to change the image of the gaming machine in various patterns in consideration of the economic burden at the game store, the degree of change in the image, etc. For example, when a specific decorative body is adopted as the decorative portion, the image of the gaming machine can be changed greatly by exchanging the entire gaming device, while when a general decorative body is adopted as the decorative portion. By exchanging only the gaming part, it is possible to further reduce the burden of the cost required for the exchange and to suppress the consumption of resources by reusing the decorative part. In other words, in the game store, when changing the model, it is possible to arbitrarily select whether to replace the entire gaming device or to replace only the gaming part by reusing the decoration part, As a result, it becomes possible to respond flexibly to model changes.

In addition, the gaming machine includes a visible protection cover portion that covers the gaming portion and the decoration portion in a visible state. The visible protection cover part is supported to be rotatable like a door with respect to the front surface of the main body frame,
When the visible protection cover part is rotated from the closed position to the open position, the front of the main body frame is opened, and it is possible to perform adjustment work of the gaming apparatus and the like. And in the state where the visible protection cover part was closed, contact with the gaming machine is prevented by the visible protection cover part. In particular, since the visible protection cover part integrally covers the front of the main body frame, no gap is formed between the part covering the game part and the part covering the decoration part, for example, an unauthorized operation tool such as a piano wire. It becomes possible to prevent the invasion. Moreover, since the whole is integrally covered, it is possible to visually recognize both the game part and the decoration part over a relatively wide range.

Means 2: “An outer frame installed in a gaming machine island facility using a game ball as a game medium and formed in a vertically long rectangular shape;
A main body frame that is disposed in the outer frame and is pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the outer frame so as to be opened and closed;
A gaming machine comprising a gaming device mounted inside the main body frame,
The gaming device is:
A game area on which the game ball flows down on the front surface, and a game part that is exchangeably attached to the main body frame;
A decorative portion that is disposed above the gaming portion, and is attached to the main body frame in a replaceable manner separately from the gaming portion;
A launcher that launches the game ball into the game area;
An obstacle member disposed in the game area and changing a rolling direction of the game ball;
A ball entry device arranged in the game area and capable of entering the game ball;
Lottery means for performing lottery based on the fact that the game ball has entered the entrance device;
A lottery result display means arranged in the game area for displaying a lottery result of the lottery means;
A winning device arranged in the gaming area and capable of winning based on a lottery result of the lottery means;
A payout device for paying out a predetermined number of game balls to a player based on a winning in the winning device or a winning in the winning device;
It is pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the main body frame, and is provided to be openable and closable between a closed position that covers the front of the main body frame and an open position that opens the front of the main body frame. The game part and the decorative part are integrally covered and protected so that the game part and the decorative part cannot be touched, and the game part and the decorative part are further provided with a visible protective cover part that makes it visible from the player side,
The visible protective cover part is
An operation unit operated by a player and operating the launching device according to the operation;
It has a storage tray portion that stores the game balls paid out by the payout device and guides the game balls toward the launch device ”.

Here, examples of the “winning device” include a big winning opening that is opened when the lottery result of the lottery means is a big hit and game balls can be won. In addition, as "lottery result display means"
Special symbol display device that changes the special symbol based on the entrance to the ball entry device (so-called start opening) and stops the fluctuation of the special symbol at the stop symbol determined based on the lottery result, and the ball entry device For example, a decorative symbol display that changes the decorative symbol sequence based on the entry to the ball and stops the variation of the decorative symbol sequence by a combination of stop symbols determined based on the lottery result can be exemplified.

According to the configuration of the means 2, when the game ball is launched from the launching device in response to the operation of the operation unit,
The game ball is led to a game area in which a number of obstacle members, a ball entering device, a winning device, a lottery result display means and the like are mounted. When it is detected that the ball has entered the ball entry device, lottery by lottery means is performed based on that. When the lottery result of the lottery means becomes a predetermined result, the winning device is released and an advantageous gaming state advantageous to the player occurs. When the game ball enters the ball entering device or the winning device, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the storage tray by the payout device. Note that the lottery result of the lottery means is displayed on the lottery result display means arranged in the game area.

The invention of means 2 makes it possible to improve the decoration effect of the gaming machine as a whole in a gaming machine provided with such a gaming unit, and to suppress the reduction of the image and the interest of the gaming machine. Specifically, the game part and the decoration part arranged above the game part can be separately exchanged with respect to the main body frame. In addition, a visible protective cover portion that covers the gaming portion and the decorative portion in a visible state is provided. For this reason, the game part and the decoration part are protected, and it is possible to make both the game part and the decoration part visible over a wide range, and the economic burden at the game store, the degree of image change, etc. It is possible to change the image of the gaming machine with various patterns that are taken into consideration.

Means 3: In the constitution of Means 1 or 2, "The visible protective cover portion is made of a transparent member,
Flow protection that is arranged between the visible protection cover part and the game part and forms a rolling space for ensuring the flow of the game ball between the game part and covering the front of the game part. It further includes a transparent plate ”.

By the way, in the case where the front surface of the game part is covered with the visible protection cover part, when the visible protection cover part is closed, the space between the visible protection cover part and the game part becomes an appropriate space for allowing the game ball to flow down. By doing so, it is possible to guarantee the flow of the game ball in the game area by the visible protection cover part. However, in a gaming machine in which a decorative portion is arranged above the gaming portion and the gaming portion and the decorative portion are integrally covered with the visible protective cover portion, a part of the visible protective cover portion is also placed along the decorative portion. Since it must be made into a shape, the shape and size of the visible protection cover part are considerably restricted, and as a result, the overall aesthetics may be impaired, and assembly may be difficult.

On the other hand, according to the configuration of the means 3, the game part is protected by the flow-down protective transparent plate provided separately from the visible protection cover part, and the rolling for ensuring the flow of the game ball between the game part is ensured. Since the space is formed, the restriction on the portion corresponding to the game portion of the visible protection cover portion is relaxed, and the degree of design freedom is increased with respect to the shape of the visible protection cover portion. That is, the overall decoration effect can be enhanced. In addition, since the gaming part is double-covered by the falling protection transparent plate and the visible protection cover part, it is possible to further suppress an illegal act on the gaming part and to improve safety. In addition, since the visible protection cover part and the flow-down protection transparent plate are both formed of a transparent member, the behavior of each device and game ball arranged in the game part even though they are covered twice. Can be clearly seen.

Means 4: The structure of means 3 is characterized in that “the falling protection transparent plate is pivotally supported on one front side of the main body frame or one front side of the game unit”.

According to the structure of the means 4, since the falling protection transparent plate is attached to the main body frame or the game part, the visible protection cover part can be opened and closed while the falling protection transparent plate is closed. In other words, the rolling space of the game ball can be protected by the flow-down protection transparent plate even when the visible protection cover portion is opened. That is, even if only the visible protection cover part is opened, since the falling protection transparent plate protects the gaming part, it is difficult to perform fraud. In addition, when the falling protection transparent plate is attached to the gaming part, the falling protection transparent plate and the gaming part can be exchanged together. According to this, when the falling protection transparent board and the gaming part are exchanged, Can be reduced. On the other hand, when the falling protection transparent plate is attached to the main body frame, the gaming portion can be exchanged for the main body frame without removing the falling protection transparent plate. In other words, the falling protection transparent plate can be used as a common component, and as a result, it is possible to reduce the cost burden associated with the replacement of the gaming device.

Means 5: The constitution of means 4 is characterized in that “the falling protection transparent plate is a decorative plate having a decorative pattern formed on at least a part of its surface”.

According to the configuration of the means 5, since the decorative pattern is formed on the surface of the falling protection transparent plate, the decoration effect in the game part can be enhanced and a three-dimensional image can be evoked in the game area. It is possible to enhance the visual interest in the area.

Further, by replacing the flow-down protection transparent plate, the image of the game area can be easily and inexpensively changed. That is, it is possible to change the image of the gaming department while reducing the financial burden at the gaming store.

Means 6: In any one of the constitutions of Means 1 to 5, “The decorative portion is a base plate that can be attached to the main body frame, and a decorative body that is disposed on the front surface of the base plate and has a decorative property. When,
Comprising,
The decorative body is selected from a plurality of types of members formed in different shapes from each other,
The base plate is a fixed member having the same shape and size even if the type of the decorative body changes.

According to the structure of the means 6, the decoration part is provided with a base plate for attaching to the main body frame, and this base plate does not change in shape and size even if the type of the decoration body changes. It has a certain appearance. For this reason, the replacement method and the attachment position of the decorative part can be made common in all models, and it is possible to reduce the trouble in the replacement work and to suppress an installation error.

Means 7: The constitution of means 6 is characterized in that “the decorative portion is arranged in a state where the lower edge end surface of the base plate is in contact with the upper edge end surface of the gaming portion”.

According to the structure of the means 7, since the base plate and the gaming part are arranged in a state of abutting each other, the gaming part and the decoration part are integrated, although they can be exchanged separately. It can be shown, and the decoration effect in the game part can be enhanced by the decoration part. In other words, it is possible to make a uniform decoration throughout the gaming machine and to deeply associate the game in the game area with the decoration by the decoration unit.

Means 8: In any one of the constitutions of means 1 to 7, “the decorative part has an electric decorative body that operates using electric power for operation”.

Here, the "electric decoration body" includes a driving source such as a motor and a solenoid, a movable decoration body that moves based on a gaming state, and a light emitting decoration body that includes a light source such as an LED and emits light based on the gaming state. (So-called electrical decoration) can be exemplified.

According to the configuration of the means 8, it is possible to enhance the decoration effect in the decoration portion by movement and light emission, and to attract the player's attention more. The electric decorative body is connected to a power cord for supplying operating power. However, since the decorative portion of the present invention is arranged inside the main body frame, when the visible protective cover portion is opened and closed. In addition, it is possible to prevent the power cord from being pulled or pinched between the visible protection cover portion and the main body frame. That is, even when the visible protection cover portion is frequently opened and closed, the power cord can be prevented from being damaged and the operating power can be supplied safely. Moreover, the decoration (for example, electrical decoration) by the side of a visual protection cover part can be abbreviate | omitted by performing the decoration originally performed by the visual protection cover part side by the game device side. Since the electric wire wired between the cover part and the main body frame can be omitted or reduced, the visible protection cover part can be safely rotated with a light operation, which is a burden on the operator in the opening and closing work. Can be reduced.

Means 9: In any one of the constitutions of means 1 to 8, “the decorative part has a movable decorative body movable in a predetermined manner based on a gaming state”.

According to the structure of the means 9, since the movable decoration part moves based on the gaming state, the operation of the movable decoration part can be viewed in association with the gaming state. For this reason, a production effect can be further improved and a decrease in interest in the game can be suppressed. In addition, when the movable decorative portion is formed in a large size or when the displacement of the movable decorative portion is increased, a relatively wide space is required. Because it is arranged, it is relatively easy to secure a space for the decorative part, and even if the movable decorative part moves in the space,
There is no obstacle to the game ball flowing down the game area, and the movement of the decoration part can be enjoyed with peace of mind.

Means 10: In any one configuration of Means 1 to 9, “The visible protective cover portion has a shape in which a portion corresponding to the decoration portion protrudes to the player side rather than a portion corresponding to the game portion. A projecting cover part formed so as to become, and the projecting cover part is extended to a range covering the upper part of the decorative part. "

According to the structure of the means 10, the visible protection cover part is formed with a protruding cover part, and the part corresponding to the decoration part has a shape protruding from the area corresponding to the game part. For this reason, it becomes possible to form the length (depth) of the front-back direction in a decoration part comparatively large by arrange | positioning a decoration part in a protrusion cover part. That is, it is possible to dispose the decoration portion so as to protrude toward the player side from the portion corresponding to the game portion of the visible protection cover portion. Therefore, the decoration part can be configured in three dimensions, and a powerful decoration can be visually recognized. In particular, since the upper surface of the projecting cover portion extends to a range that covers the upper portion of the decorative portion, the player can visually recognize the decorative portion from above, and thus the visible protective cover portion that covers the decorative portion. The presence of (especially the protruding cover) becomes inconspicuous, further enhancing the force of the decorative part and enabling a realistic decoration. In other words, it is possible to give the player the impression that the decoration part is protruding from the visible protection cover part, and to enhance the interest by the powerful decoration.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since the upper surface of the projecting cover portion extends to a range that covers the upper portion of the decorative portion, the player can look up obliquely upward to pass the upper portion of the outer frame through the front surface and upper surface of the projecting cover portion. It is possible to visually recognize the gaming machine island facility (for example, a display unit indicating the number of jackpots, a call switch, or an illumination unit). In other words, since a part of the gaming machine island facility located on the extension through the internal space of the visible protection cover portion is visually recognized, the presence of the visible protection cover portion surrounding the decoration portion becomes less conscious, and the presence of the decoration portion It is possible to further enhance the feeling.

Means 11: In the constitution of means 10, “the decorative part is selected from a plurality of types of members formed in different sizes and different shapes,
The projecting cover portion has an accommodation space in which the plurality of types of decorative portions can be accommodated.

According to the configuration of the means 11, the accommodating space of the protruding cover portion is sized to accommodate a plurality of types of decorative portions, so that the plurality of types of decorative portions can be reliably secured without replacing the protruding cover portions. It becomes possible to cover. In other words, the visible protection cover part including the protruding cover part can be used as a common part, and the burden at the time of model exchange can be reduced.

Means 12: In the constitution of means 10 or means 11, “the upper surface of the protruding cover portion is formed as the upper surface of the visible protective cover portion, and the visible protective cover portion can visually recognize the decorative portion up to the rear edge of the upper surface. It is composed ”.

According to the configuration of the means 12, since the upper surface of the protruding cover portion is configured as the upper surface of the visible protective cover portion, it is possible to make the decorative portion visible to the rear edge on the upper surface of the visible protective cover portion. . In other words, an opaque frame member is not provided on the upper surface of the visible protection cover part, and the rear end edge of the upper surface of the protruding cover part is the edge of the visible protection cover part. Therefore, when a player views the gaming machine island equipment above the outer frame through the internal space of the protruding cover, the opaque frame material will not appear in the field of view, and the visible protective cover corresponding to the decorative part It becomes possible to make the presence of the more inconspicuous.

Means 13: In any one of the constitutions of means 10 to 12, “the projecting covering portion is
It extends to the extent of covering the left and right sides of the decorative part. "

According to the structure of the means 13, since the left and right side surfaces of the projecting covering portion are extended to the ranges covering the left and right sides of the decorative portion, the decorative portion can be visually recognized from the right side or the left side. Thus, it is possible to make the user feel the appearance of the decorative part projecting forward and to clearly grasp the three-dimensional shape of the decorative member. In addition, since the range in which the decorative portion can be visually recognized is widened and the decorative portion can be seen from the left and right oblique directions, it is also possible for a person other than a player (for example, a person playing a game on another gaming machine). The presence of the decoration part can be appealed.

Furthermore, since it becomes possible to visually recognize the gaming machine island facility located on the side of the outer frame through the front surface and the left and right side surfaces of the protruding cover portion, the presence of the visible protective cover portion corresponding to the decorative portion becomes less noticeable, It is possible to greatly enhance the presence of the decoration part.

Means 14: The structure of means 13 is characterized in that “the lateral width of the protruding cover portion matches the lateral width of the visible protection cover portion”.

According to the structure of the means 14, since the protruding cover part is formed over the full width of the visible protection cover part, the decoration part can be enlarged not only in the front-rear direction (depth) but also in the left-right direction, It is possible to promote the force of the department. In addition, in the portion corresponding to the decorative portion, the side surface of the protruding cover portion becomes the side surface of the visible protection cover portion, so that the upper portion of the visible protection cover portion becomes a monotonous shape, making the shape of the protruding cover portion less noticeable. it can.

Means 15: The structure of any one of means 10 to means 14 is characterized in that “the bottom surface of the protruding cover portion is composed of an upward inclined surface that becomes higher toward the player side”.

According to the structure of the means 15, since the bottom surface of the projecting cover portion is formed as an inclined surface, and the height of the bottom surface becomes higher toward the player side, the player can project the projecting portion disposed obliquely upward. When the cover portion is looked up, the decorative portion arranged inside the protruding cover portion can be easily visually recognized through the bottom surface of the protruding cover portion. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp the shape of the bottom surface of the decoration portion, and it is possible to emphasize the image of the decoration portion protruding.

Means 16: “An outer frame installed in a gaming machine island facility using a game ball as a game medium and formed in a vertically long rectangular shape;
A main body frame that is disposed in the outer frame and is pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the outer frame so as to be opened and closed;
A gaming machine comprising a gaming device mounted inside the main body frame,
The gaming device is:
A game area on which the game ball flows down on the front surface, and a game part that is exchangeably attached to the main body frame;
A decorative portion that is disposed above the gaming portion, and is attached to the main body frame in a replaceable manner separately from the gaming portion;
A rolling space that is pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the game unit or the main body frame and that covers the front of the game unit to ensure the flow of the game ball between the game unit and the game unit. And comprising a falling protective transparent plate to be formed,
It is pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the main body frame, and is provided to be openable and closable between a closed position that covers the front of the main body frame and an open position that opens the front of the main body frame. The game part and the decorative part are integrally covered and protected so that the game part and the decorative part cannot be touched, and the game part and the decorative part are further provided with a visible protective cover part that makes it visible from the player side,
The visible protective cover portion has a protruding cover portion formed such that a portion corresponding to the decoration portion protrudes toward the player side rather than a portion corresponding to the gaming portion. The part is extended to a range covering the upper part of the decorative part ".

According to the configuration of the means 16, a main body frame pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the outer frame is provided inside the outer frame arranged in the gaming machine island facility, and the main body frame is rotated in the opening direction. By doing so, the inside of the gaming machine island facility can be opened through the inside of the outer frame.

A gaming device attached to the inside of the main body frame includes a gaming part and a decoration part arranged above the gaming part, and a gaming area is formed on the front surface of the gaming part. In other words, a game part capable of rolling or flowing a game ball is distinguished from a decoration part where a decoration member is arranged, and the decoration part is arranged above the game part.

In addition, since the game part and the decoration part are assembled to be separately exchangeable, only the game part is exchanged, only the decoration part is exchanged, or the game part and the decoration part are exchanged simultaneously. Thus, it is possible to change the image of the gaming machine in various patterns in consideration of the economic burden at the game store, the degree of change in the image, and the like. In other words, in the game store, when changing the model, it is possible to arbitrarily select whether to replace the entire gaming device or to replace only the gaming part by reusing the decoration part, As a result, it becomes possible to respond flexibly to model changes.

Further, the gaming machine is provided with a visible protection cover portion that covers the gaming portion and the decoration portion in a state where the gaming portion and the decoration portion are visible. The visible protection cover part is supported so as to be rotatable in a door shape with respect to the front surface of the main body frame, and when the visible protection cover part is rotated from the closed position to the open position, the front of the main body frame is opened and the gaming device It is possible to perform the adjustment work. And in the state where the visible protection cover part was closed, contact with the gaming machine is prevented by the visible protection cover part. In particular, since the visible protection cover part integrally covers the front of the main body frame, no gap is formed between the part covering the game part and the part covering the decoration part, for example, an unauthorized operation tool such as a piano wire. It becomes possible to prevent the invasion. Moreover, since the whole is integrally covered, it is possible to visually recognize both the game part and the decoration part over a relatively wide range.

In addition to protecting the gaming part with a falling protection transparent plate provided separately from the visible protection cover part, and forming a rolling space between the gaming part and the gaming part to ensure the flow of gaming balls, the visible protection cover With respect to the overall shape including the portion, the degree of freedom in design is increased. In addition, the gaming part is double-covered by the falling protection transparent plate and the visible protection cover part, and it is possible to further suppress illegal acts on the gaming part.

Further, the visible protection cover part has a protruding cover part, and the part corresponding to the decoration part has a shape protruding from the area corresponding to the game part, so the decoration part is arranged in the protrusion cover part. Thus, the length in the front-rear direction of the decorative portion can be formed relatively large.
Therefore, the decoration part can be configured in three dimensions, and a powerful decoration can be visually recognized. In particular, since the upper surface of the projecting cover portion extends to a range that covers the upper portion of the decorative portion, the player can visually recognize the decorative portion from above, and as a result, a visible protective cover portion that covers the decorative portion. The presence of (particularly the projecting cover) becomes inconspicuous, and the force of the decorative part can be further increased.

Furthermore, since the upper surface of the projecting cover part extends to the extent that covers the upper part of the decoration part, the player can look up obliquely upward, thereby allowing the game to be positioned above the outer frame through the front surface and upper surface of the projecting cover part. The machine island facility can be seen. For this reason, the presence of the visible protective cover portion surrounding the decorative portion is less likely to be conscious, and the presence of the decorative portion can be further enhanced.

Means 17: In any one configuration of Means 1 to 16, “The gaming machine is a pachinko machine”. A pachinko machine is a gaming machine in which an input medium, which is a medium that a player inputs into the gaming machine, and a game medium, which is a medium used for a substantial game performed by the player, are the same. For example, it is a type of gaming machine in which a game is played using a medium such as a game ball. Specifically, “a launching device that launches a game ball in response to the operation of the operation handle, and appropriate equipment such as a number of obstacle nails, center objects, display means, etc. A game area provided with an appropriate entrance for a game ball such as a mouth, a passage opening, an arrival opening, etc., a rail for guiding the game ball from the launching device to the game area, and a game ball guided to the game area It has a payout means for paying out a predetermined number of game balls as prize balls according to the entrance to the entrance and according to the entrance mode of the game balls to a plurality of entrances.

In addition, there are various types of pachinko machines, and “typical state detection means for detecting the state of entrance to the entrance (typically, game state detection) represented by what is generally called“ digipachi ” Means), a lottery means for performing a predetermined lottery when the entry is detected by the entrance state detecting means, and a special symbol display means for changing the special symbol according to the lottery result of the lottery means and stopping the fluctuation. "In addition, what further includes an effect display means for causing a decorative symbol sequence consisting of a plurality of decorative symbols to change and display characters etc. at a predetermined timing while the special symbols are changing", Generally represented by what is commonly referred to as “Honeymono” “Represented by those having lottery means for performing lottery by distributing game balls in the role”, generally represented by “Alepati” For example, one game is played with a predetermined number of game balls such as 16, and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out in accordance with the manner of entering the game balls into a plurality of entrances in one game. can do.

According to the means 17, in the pachinko machine, any one of the effects from the means 1 to the means 16 can be achieved.

Means 18: In any one of the means 1 to 16, the game machine is a pachislot machine. A pachislot machine is used to insert a medal, which is a game medium, and after a medal is inserted, a symbol string composed of a plurality of symbols is displayed in a variable manner in accordance with the operation of a starting operation means (for example, an operation lever), and then a stop This is a slot machine with a stop operation function that performs a substantial game of stopping the fluctuation of the symbol sequence in accordance with the operation of an operation means (for example, a stop button). If the stop operating means is not operated even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the change in the symbol sequence may be stopped when the predetermined time has elapsed. And, when the combination of symbols at the time of stopping the variation of the symbol row satisfies a specific condition, a predetermined number of medals can be paid out according to the satisfied condition, or the player can acquire a large amount of medals. In addition, a special advantageous state advantageous to the player is generated.

According to the means 18, in the pachi-slot machine, any one of the effects from the means 1 to the means 16 can be achieved.

Means 19: In any one configuration of Means 1 to 16, “the gaming machine is a gaming machine formed by combining a pachinko machine and a pachislot machine”. Here, “a game machine in which a pachinko machine and a pachislot machine are fused” means that a plurality of (for example, five) game balls are used as one unit of input medium, and after the input medium is input, the starting operation means A symbol string composed of a plurality of symbols is variably displayed in response to an operation of the operation lever (for example, an operation lever), and thereafter, the variation of the symbol string is stopped in response to an operation of a stop operation means (for example, a stop button). If the stop operating means is not operated even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the change in the symbol sequence may be stopped when the predetermined time has elapsed. And, when the combination of symbols at the time of stopping the variation of the symbol row satisfies a specific condition, a predetermined number of medals can be paid out according to the satisfied condition, or the player can acquire a large amount of medals. In addition, a special advantageous state advantageous to the player is generated.

According to the means 19, in the gaming machine formed by fusing the pachinko machine and the pachislot machine, any one of the effects from the means 1 to the means 16 can be achieved.

At first glance, there is a game medium in a game machine that does not play a substantial game depending on the medium to be inserted, such as a pachislot machine exemplified above or a game machine in which a pachinko machine and a pachislot machine are fused. However, even with such a gaming machine, it can be assumed that a game played using a game ball or other appropriate article is included in the entire game content. Therefore, even such a gaming machine can be a target of a gaming machine in which a game is played using a gaming medium.

Thus, according to the present invention, it is possible to protect the gaming part and the decoration part and to make the gaming part and the decoration part visible over a relatively wide range. In addition, by attaching the game part and the decoration part to the main body frame in an exchangeable manner, the image of the entire gaming machine can be easily changed, and the deterioration of the image and the interest of the gaming machine can be suppressed. it can. In particular, since the game part and the decoration part can be exchanged separately, it becomes possible to strategically change the model in consideration of the economic aspect and the degree of image change.

It is a perspective view which shows the state which open | released the main body frame with respect to the outer frame of a pachinko machine, and opened the door body with respect to the main body frame. It is the perspective view which looked at the pachinko machine from the front upper right. It is a front view of a pachinko machine. It is a side view of a pachinko machine. It is a top view of a pachinko machine. It is a rear view of a pachinko machine. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the outer frame which comprises a pachinko machine, the main body frame, the game device, and the door body from back upper left. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the outer frame which comprises a pachinko machine, the main body frame, the game device, and the door body from the front upper right. It is the perspective view which looked at the outer frame from the front upper left. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the outer frame from the front upper right. It is a front view of an outer frame. It is a rear view of an outer frame. 11A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 11, FIG. 11B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 13A, FIG. . It is a front view of a door body. It is a rear view of a door body. It is AA sectional drawing displayed on FIG. It is BB sectional drawing displayed on FIG. It is the disassembled perspective view seen from the front upper left of the door body. It is the disassembled perspective view seen from the back upper left of the door body. It is a perspective view which shows the relationship between a handle | steering-wheel apparatus and the hit ball | bowl launching apparatus provided in a main body frame. It is a front view of the main body frame main body before attaching components. It is a rear view of the main body frame main body before attaching components. It is a side view of the main body frame main body before attaching components. It is the perspective view which looked at the main body frame main body before attaching components from back upper left. It is the perspective view which looked at the main body frame which attached components from the front upper right. It is the perspective view which looked at the state which pivoted the main body frame which attached components to the outer frame from the front upper right. It is a rear view of the main body frame which attached components. It is the perspective view which looked at the main body frame which attached components from back upper left. It is a cross-sectional top view of the pachinko machine cut | disconnected by the horizontal line in the middle of the pachinko machine. It is the perspective view which looked at the gaming machine from the front upper right. It is a front view of a gaming machine. It is a rear view of a gaming machine. It is a top view of a gaming machine. It is an expansion perspective view of the removal prevention mechanism part formed in a game device. It is a fragmentary perspective view of the main body frame which shows the structure of the main body frame side with respect to the removal prevention mechanism of a game device. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows arrangement | positioning of the decoration member with respect to the protrusion cover part of a visible protection cover part. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the game machine island equipment can be visually recognized through a protrusion cover part. (A) is a perspective view of the entire ball striking device, and (B) is a perspective view with a firing motor portion removed. It is a disassembled perspective view of a hit ball launching device. (A) is a front view which shows the relationship between a hit ball | bowl launcher and a firing rail, (B) is a perspective view of a launching motor part. (A) is a plan view of a slide member provided in the ball striking device, (B) is a front view, (C) is a perspective view seen from the front upper right, and (D) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in the front view (B). It is. (A) is a perspective view of a prize ball tank, (B) is a plan view, and (C) is a side view. It is a top view which shows the pressure state of the ball | bowl in the discharge port part of the conventional prize ball tank (A), (B) and the prize ball tank (C) which concerns on this embodiment. It is the perspective view which looked at the pachinko machine which shows the relationship between a prize ball tank, a tank rail member, a ball passage unit, a prize ball unit, and a full tank unit from back upper right. It is the perspective view which looked at the pachinko machine which shows the relationship between a prize ball tank, a tank rail member, a ball passage unit, a prize ball unit, and a full tank unit from the upper left front. (A) is sectional drawing which shows the relationship between the downstream part of a tank rail member, and the upstream part of a ball path unit, (B) is the top view. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the relationship between a main body frame, a ball path unit, and a prize ball unit. It is a rear view which shows the relationship between a ball path unit and a prize ball unit. It is the perspective view seen from the back of a ball passage unit. It is a front view of a ball passage unit. It is a side view for demonstrating the connection structure of a ball path unit and a prize ball unit. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the prize ball unit from back upper right. It is a rear view for demonstrating the relationship between the payout motor and the sprocket as a payout member. It is a rear view for demonstrating the channel | path and drive relationship of a prize ball unit. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the relationship between a prize ball unit and a full tank unit. It is a perspective view of a full tank unit. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the full tank unit from the front upper right. It is the disassembled perspective view which looked at the full tank unit from back upper right. It is a partially broken perspective view which shows the relationship between a full tank unit and a foul mouth. It is the cross-sectional view cut | disconnected by the bottom rocking | fluctuation board part provided in a full tank unit. It is sectional drawing which shows the relationship between a full tank unit and a foul mouth. It is a back perspective view which shows the relationship between a locking device and a main body frame. It is an expanded side sectional view which shows the latching structure to the main body frame of a locking device. It is the partial cross section cut | disconnected in the horizontal direction in the position slightly lower than the vertical direction center of a pachinko machine. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the detailed relationship between a locking device and the side wall of a main body frame. (A) is a side view of a locking device, (B) is the perspective view seen from the front side. (A) is a perspective view of the locking device as viewed from the upper right rear side, and (B) and (C) are sliding frames for a door frame and a sliding frame for a body frame that are slidably provided inside the U-shaped base of the locking device. It is a perspective view of palpitation. It is a disassembled perspective view of a locking device. It is a front view for demonstrating the effect | action of the sliding frame for door frames, and the sliding frame for main body frames. It is a front view for demonstrating the effect | action of a fraud prevention member. It is the perspective view which looked at the board | substrate unit from back upper left. It is the perspective view which looked at the substrate unit from the front upper right. It is a part of block diagram which shows a control structure roughly. It is another part of the block diagram which shows a control structure schematically. It is a flowchart which shows the main process performed by CPU mounted in a main board | substrate, and the process at the time of a power-off occurrence. It is a flowchart which shows the timer interruption process performed by CPU mounted in a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the special symbol and special electric accessory control process performed by CPU mounted in a main board | substrate. It is a flowchart which shows the start opening prize process in a special symbol and a special electric accessory control process. It is a flowchart which shows the fluctuation | variation start process in a special symbol and special electric-power-object control process. It is a flowchart which shows the fluctuation | variation pattern setting process in a special symbol and a special electric accessory control process. It is a flowchart which shows the process during the fluctuation | variation in a special symbol and a special electrically-powered object control process. It is a flowchart which shows the big hit game start process in a special symbol and a special electrically-powered object control process. It is a flowchart which shows the small hit game start process in a special symbol and a special electric accessory control process. It is a flowchart which shows the special electric utility jackpot control process in a special symbol and special electric accessory control process. It is a flowchart which shows the special electric accessory small hit control process in a special symbol and special electric accessory control process. It is a flowchart which shows the main process performed by the integrated CPU mounted in a periphery control board. It is a flowchart which shows the 16ms steady process performed by the integrated CPU mounted in a periphery control board. It is a flowchart which shows the command analysis process in a 16ms regular process. It is a flowchart which shows the effect control process in a 16 ms regular process. It is a flowchart which shows the decoration design change start process in an effect control process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the table structure in the random number memory means for special symbols. It is a perspective view which shows the state which open | released the main body frame with respect to the outer frame, and opened the door body with respect to the main body frame of the pachinko machine which shows an example at the time of exchanging a decoration part for another model. It is a perspective view. It is a perspective view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a right view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. It is a front view which shows the external appearance of the conventional pachinko machine.

[Overall structure of pachinko machines]
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the entire pachinko gaming machine according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a main body frame 3 is opened with respect to an outer frame 2 of a pachinko machine 1 according to the embodiment, and a door body 5 is opened with respect to the main body frame 3. FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1, FIG. 4 is a right side view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 6 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the outer frame 2, the main body frame 3, the gaming device 4, and the door body 5 constituting the pachinko machine 1 as viewed from the rear. FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the outer frame 2, the main body frame 3, the gaming device 4, and the door body 5 as viewed from the front.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a gaming machine island facility A (FIG. 3).
7), a main body frame 3 that is pivotably supported on one side of the front surface of the outer frame 2 and has a gaming device 4 mounted therein, and a front surface of the main body frame 3. A door body 5 that is pivotally supported and can be opened and closed between a closed position that covers the front of the main body frame 3 and an open position that opens the front of the main body frame 3;
It is configured with.

A lower front plate 14 whose surface is covered with a decorative cover plate 15 is fixed to the outer frame 2 at the lower front side. Further, the game apparatus 4 can be detachably attached to the main body frame 3 (that is, exchangeable), and a ball hitting device 650 and a door body 5 excluding the game apparatus 4 are provided at the bottom of the back surface thereof.
A board unit 1100 (see FIG. 4) on which various control boards and power supply boards for controlling electrical components provided on the main body frame 3 are provided together is attached, and the rear opening 580 ( A cover body 1250 that covers (see FIG. 7) is detachably provided.

In addition, the door 5 has a characteristic configuration in which the gaming device 4 is integrally covered and protected so that the player cannot touch the gaming device 4, and a game formed on the front surface of the gaming device 4. A visible protective cover portion 120 that makes the region 605 and the decorative member 142 visible is provided. Further, the door body 5 stores one game unit 300 (corresponding to the storage tray body of the present invention) that stores the paid-out game balls and guides them toward the hitting ball launching device 650, and the handle device 4.
60 (corresponding to the operation unit of the present invention). And the point that the plate body 300 provided in the door body 5 is only one, the point in which the handle apparatus 460 conventionally provided in the main body frame 3 is provided in the door body 5, and the door body 5 and the main body frame 3 is substantially the same square size when viewed from the front, and is configured such that the main body frame 3 cannot be visually recognized from the front.
Hereinafter, members constituting the pachinko machine 1 will be described in detail.

[Outer frame]
The outer frame 2 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 9 to 13. 9 is a front perspective view of the outer frame 2, FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view as seen from the front of the outer frame 2, FIG. 11 is a front view of the outer frame 2, and FIG. FIG. 13 is a rear view of the outer frame 2, and FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 11A, a sectional view taken along line CC in FIG. 13A, and a sectional view taken along line DD. , EE sectional view (D
).

9 and 10, the outer frame 2 according to the present embodiment includes an upper and lower upper frame plate 10 and a lower frame plate 1.
1 and the left and right side frame plates 12 and 13 are assembled in a rectangular shape by connecting them with connecting members 19 for connecting the respective end portions. Specifically, the connecting member 19 is formed in a podium shape with a step between the center and the left and right, and the protruding center part is an engagement notch formed at the center of both ends of the upper frame plate 10 and the lower frame plate 11. The side frame plates 12, 13 are fitted to the side surfaces of the left and right portions which are fitted to the portion 20, and the back surface of the upper frame plate 10 and the upper surface of the lower frame plate 11 are in contact with the planes of the left and right portions lowered one step. The inner surface of the is in contact.

In that state, the insertion hole 21 and the left and right sides of the connecting member 19 are lowered by one step on both sides of the engagement notch 20 of the upper frame plate 10 and on both sides of the engagement notch 20 of the lower frame plate 11. A plurality of (two in the illustrated case) connecting holes 22 (shown on the connecting member 19 that connects the upper frame plate 10 and the side frame plate 12 in FIG. Are also fixed by a plurality of (two in the illustrated case) connecting screws 23 from above or below, and further, a plurality ( A plurality of (three in the illustrated case) connecting holes 25 formed on the side surfaces of the left and right portions of the connecting member 19 that are lowered by one step.
And the upper and lower upper frame plates 10 and 11 and the left and right side frame plates 12 and 13 are secured by a plurality of (three in the illustrated case) connecting screws 26 and 27 from the lateral outer side. Are firmly connected and fixed. However, one of the three connecting screws 26 and 27 is connected to the side frame plate 1.
The upper frame plate 10, the lower frame plate 11, and the connecting member 19 are directly connected from the side, not connecting the connecting members 2 and 13 and the connecting member 19.

Of the upper frame plate 10, the lower frame plate 11, and the side frame plates 12 and 13 constituting the outer frame 2, the upper frame plate 10
The lower frame plate 11 is made of the same wood as the conventional one, and the side frame plates 12 and 13 are made of a light metal, for example, an extruded plate of an aluminum alloy. The reason that the upper frame plate 10 and the lower frame plate 11 are made of the same wood as before is that when the pachinko machine 1 is installed on an island lined up in a game hall,
It is necessary to perform an operation for fixing the island at a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical plane of the island. This is to make it easier to hit the nail. On the other hand, the reason why the side frame plates 12 and 13 are made of an aluminum alloy extruded plate is that the thickness of the side frame plates 12 and 13 can be reduced while maintaining the strength as compared with the conventional wood. Side wall 540-5 of main body frame 3 adjacent to
The left-right width when viewed from the front of 43 (see FIG. 23) can be increased. This is because the gaming device 4 having a large lateral dimension can be attached to the main body frame 3, and as a result, the gaming area 605 of the gaming device 4 can be formed larger. However, if the side frame plates 12 and 13 are made of aluminum alloy flat plates, sufficient rigidity cannot be secured.
As shown in FIG. 13C, a space portion 28 (a space portion 28 of the side frame plate 13) whose rear side is opened by a rib inside a rear portion of the side frame plate 12 (the side frame plate 13 has the same structure). Is shown in FIG. 12 and is formed by drawing so that the thickness h1 of the rear portion is increased. Of course, the wall thickness h1 is the same as or slightly smaller than the wall thickness of the conventional wood.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 13B and 13D, in the front of the space portion 28 of the side frame plate 12, a groove portion 29 (on the side where one portion of the left and right portions lowered by one step of the connecting member 19 is fitted. 9 is formed in the groove 29 of the frame plate 13. From the groove 29 to the front end of the side frame plate 12, as shown in FIGS. 13B to 13D, a flat plate shape with which the other side of the left and right portions whose inner side surfaces are lowered by one step is brought into contact. However, a shallow concave portion for reducing material is formed in the flat plate portion. Further, on the opposite surface (outer surface) where the groove 29 is formed, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG.
(The concave portion 30 of the side frame plate 13 is shown in FIG. 10).

In addition to the structure for attaching the connecting member 19, the side frame plate 12 on the pivot support side formed as described above has a hanging piece portion 53 of the upper support fitting 45 on the outer side of the side frame plate 12. A mounting hole 31 for fixing with a fixing screw 32 is formed in the lower portion of the mounting hole 31, and a fixing screw 34 is formed at the lower portion thereof so as to coincide with the mounting hole 69 formed in the vertical contact piece 72 of the lower support fitting 66. A mounting hole 33 for fastening is formed. Also, a mounting hole 35 for fixing the side frame plate 12 and the lower front plate 14 with a fixing screw 36 is formed in the lower part of the mounting hole 33 and in the front portion of the side frame plate 12.

On the other hand, in addition to the configuration for attaching the connecting member 19, the open side frame portion 13 is provided with an attachment hole 37 for attaching a closing projection 38 with an attachment screw 39 in the upper portion thereof, and closing the lower portion thereof. A mounting hole 40 for mounting the projection 41 with the mounting screw 42 is formed, and a mounting hole 43 for fixing the side frame plate 13 and the lower front plate 14 to the lowermost position with a fixing screw 44.
Is formed.

The closing projections 38 and 41 are provided when the main body frame 3 is closed with respect to the outer frame 2.
The hooks 1054 and 1065 (see FIG. 67) of the locking device 1000 attached along the open side of the locking device 1000 are engaged. As will be described in detail later, the key is inserted into the cylinder lock 1010 of the locking device 1000. , The hook portions 1054 and 1065 are disengaged from the closing projections 38 and 41, and the main body frame 3 can be opened with respect to the outer frame 2.

The lower front plate 14 fixed to the lower front surface of the lower frame plate 11 and the left and right side frame plates 12 and 13 has the main body frame 3 placed on the upper surface thereof when closed. The front and side surfaces of the decorative cover plate 15 are covered with a decorative cover plate 15, and a fixing protrusion 16 (see FIG. 12) is formed on the rear surface of the decorative cover plate 15. Landing protrusion 16
Is attached to the lower front plate 14 by being passed through a fastening hole 17 that passes through the lower front plate 14. A guide plate 18 for smoothly guiding the main body frame 3 when the main body frame 3 is closed is replaceably mounted on the upper surface of the outer cover 2 on the decorative cover plate 15.

By the way, as a structure for pivotally supporting the main body frame 3 so as to be openable and closable, the main frame 3 is attached along one upper surface of the upper support plate 45 and the lower front plate 14 that also serve to connect the upper frame plate 10 and the side frame plate 12. A lower support fitting 66 is provided. The upper support fitting 45 is formed with a support hole 47 formed by bending the support protrusion piece 46 protruding forward from the side of the support protrusion piece 46 toward the center of the tip. A shaft support pin 504 (see FIG. 25) of an upper shaft support fitting 503 (described later) of the main body frame 3 is detachably engaged with the flange 47.

Further, the lower support fitting 66 is also formed in a shape protruding forward, and a support protrusion 68 protrudes upward from the protruded portion, and a frame support plate 50 (to be described later) of the main body frame 3 is provided on the support protrusion 68.
6 (see FIG. 26) is inserted into the support hole. Accordingly, in order to support the main body frame 3 on the outer frame 2, after the support holes formed in the frame support plate 506 of the main body frame 3 are engaged with the support protrusions 68 of the lower support metal fitting 66, The shaft support pin 504 of the upper shaft support bracket 503 is supported by the supporting hole 47
It can be pivotally supported so that it can be opened and closed easily.

The upper support bracket 45 is attached to a mounting step portion 49 formed in a concave shape on the upper surface and the front surface of the upper frame plate 10 on the shaft support side. A plurality of (two in the illustrated case) mounting holes 48 and a plurality of (two in the illustrated case) mounting holes 50 formed in the mounting step portion 49 are aligned so that the mounting screws 51 are inserted from above, and the upper frame The upper support fitting 45 is firmly fixed to the upper frame plate 10 by being fastened to the clamping plate 52 pressed from the back surface of the plate 10.

Further, there is a hanging piece 53 that contacts the outside of the side frame plate 12 on the outer side of the upper support fitting 45, and a mounting hole is also formed in the hanging piece 53, and this mounting hole and the mounting hole are provided. 31 is fixed with a fixing screw 32 to fix the upper support bracket 45 and the side frame plate 12 and to fix the upper frame plate 1.
0 and the side frame plate 12 are connected via an upper support fitting 45.

On the other hand, the lower support fitting 66 is fixed by the fixing screw 34 in a state where the mounting hole 33 of the side frame plate 12 and the mounting hole 69 of the vertical contact piece 72 coincide with each other as described above. By inserting a mounting screw 71 into a mounting hole 70 drilled in the middle of the horizontal surface of the metal fitting 66, it is fixed to the upper surface of the lower front plate 14 via the decorative cover plate 15.

In the outer frame 2 configured as described above, the upper frame plate 10 and the lower frame plate 11 which are constituent members thereof.
And the side frame plates 12 and 13 are connected by a connecting member 19 so that the connecting member 19 is connected to the side frame plate 12.
, 13 and is attached in close contact with the inner surface of the connecting member 19, and the upper frame plate 10 and the lower frame plate 11 are engaged with each other. can do. In addition to the engagement state of the connecting member 19 with the upper frame plate 10 and the lower frame plate 11, when the connecting member 19 is attached to the side frame plates 12 and 13, Since one part of the part is fitted, the side frame plate 12 of the connecting member 19,
As a result, the strength of the rectangular frame can be improved and the positioning can be performed accurately.

Further, when the upper support plate 45 is attached at a predetermined position after the upper frame plate 10, the lower frame plate 11, and the side frame plates 12 and 13 are connected by the connecting member 19, as shown in FIGS. Since there is no member protruding outward from the outer surface (outer peripheral surface) of each of the frame plates 10, 11, 12, and 13, the pachinko machine 1 is adjacent to the game machine island facility A (see FIG. 37). Can be attached in close contact with a device (for example, an adjacent ball lending device). Even when the lower support fitting 66 is attached, the upper surface of the lower front plate 14 and the upper surface of the lower support fitting 66 are substantially flush with each other.

(Door body)
Next, the door body 5 that can be freely opened and closed on the front side of the main body frame 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 19. 14 is a front view of the door body 5, FIG. 15 is a rear view of the door body 5, FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 14, and FIG. 18 is an exploded perspective view seen from the front upper right of the door body 5, and FIG. 19 is an exploded perspective view seen from the rear upper left of the door body 5.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 14, 15, 18, and 19, the door body 5 integrally covers and protects the gaming apparatus 4 so that the player cannot touch the gaming apparatus 4. It has a main body 119 and is pivotally supported so as to be openable and closable with respect to the main body frame 3. The door body 119 is connected to the gaming device 4
The transparent visible protective cover 120 that allows the game area 605 and the decoration member 142 formed on the front surface of the door to be visible, and the door frame sliding rod 1040 of the locking device 1000 (see FIG. 63) provided on the main body frame 3. And an opaque invisible protective cover 121 that covers the player so that the player cannot see through the door body 119. In addition, a dish unit 300 is provided on the lower front surface of the door body 119, and an operation handle portion 461 of the handle device 460 protrudes and is fixed to one side (open side) of the dish unit 300. Further, a reinforcing sheet metal 210 is fixed to the back surface of the door body main body 119 corresponding to the invisible protective cover portion 121, and a joint unit 480 corresponding to the operation handle portion 461, a mounting base 280, And frame decoration relay board 290 (refer to Drawing 18) is attached, respectively. Hereinafter, the more detailed structure of each said structural member which comprises the door body 5 is demonstrated.

<Visible protective cover>
As shown in FIGS. 2, 18, and 19, the visible protection cover portion 120 includes a substantially flat planar cover portion 124 that covers a game area 605 formed on the front surface of the game portion 140 (details will be described later), The flat cover portion 124 includes a protruding cover portion 125 that protrudes toward the player side and covers the decorative member 142 disposed on the front surface of the decorative portion 141 (details will be described later). The protruding cover 125 is formed integrally with the flat cover 124, and covers the decorative member 142 that protrudes more toward the player than the flat cover 124 from the front, thereby preventing contact with the decorative member 142. (See FIG. 36). More specifically, the protruding cover 125 has a front surface 125a.
, An upper surface portion 125b, a bottom surface portion 125c, a right side surface portion 125d, and a left side surface portion 125e, and is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with an open back side. That is, the visible protection cover part 1
By projecting a part of 20 to the player side, a decorative body accommodating portion 129 that is a space for accommodating the decorative member 142 is formed inside, and the entire surface of the projecting covering portion 125, that is,
Front portion 125a, upper surface portion 125b, bottom surface portion 125c, right side surface portion 125d, and left side surface portion 1
The shape of the decorative member 142 can be visually recognized from any surface of 25e.

By configuring in this way, it is possible to realize the appearance that the decorative member 142 protrudes greatly forward, and to make a three-dimensional and powerful decoration visible. Further, the protruding cover 12
5 is entirely made of a transparent material, so the presence of the protruding cover 125 is not noticeable,
The force of the decorative member 142 can be further increased, and a realistic decoration can be achieved. In other words, it is possible to give the player the impression that the decorative member 142 has jumped out of the door body 5 and to enhance the interest by powerful decoration. In particular, since the three-dimensional shape of the decorative member 142 can be clearly seen from the left and right directions, for example, it is possible to appeal the presence of the decorative member 142 to a person playing a game on another gaming machine. Become.

Furthermore, in this example, since the member (projection cover part 125) which covers the decoration member 142 is all transparent, when the player Y looks up the direction of the decoration member 142 as shown in FIG. Game machine island equipment A (for example, the number of big hits etc.) located above the outer frame 2 or on the left and right sides through the front face 125a and the upper face 125b or the front face 125a and the left and right side faces 125d and 125e of the projecting cover 125 Display section, call switch, or illumination section)
Can be visually recognized. That is, a part of the gaming machine island facility A located on the extension through the internal space of the visible protection cover part 120 can be viewed. Therefore, the presence of the protruding covering portion 125 surrounding the decorative member 142 is less likely to be noticed, and the presence of the decorative member 142 can be further enhanced.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, in the door body main body 119 of this example, the upper surface part 12 of the protrusion cover part 125 is shown.
5 b is configured as the upper surface of the door body 5, and is transparent up to the upper rear end edge 127 of the door body 5. In other words, an opaque frame member is not provided at the edge of the upper surface of the door body 5, and the rear upper edge 127 of the upper surface of the protruding cover 125 serves as the edge of the door body 5. Therefore, when the player views the gaming machine island facility A above the outer frame 2 through the internal space of the projecting cover 125, the opaque frame material does not appear in the field of view, and eventually the projecting cover 125 It becomes possible to make the existence less noticeable.

Further, the protruding cover 125 has a size in which the lateral width in the left-right direction matches the lateral width of the door body 5. That is, the protruding cover 125 is formed over the full width of the door 5. For this reason, the decorative member 142 not only has a depth dimension, but also has a large horizontal dimension, which can promote the force of the decoration. Further, the left side surface portion 125e and the right side surface portion 1 of the protruding cover portion 125 are provided.
Since 25d is the left and right side surfaces of the upper portion of the door body 5, the upper portion of the door body 5 can be monotonous, and the shape of the protruding cover 125 can be made less noticeable.

As shown in FIG. 37, the bottom surface portion 125c of the projecting cover portion 125 is an inclined surface and is formed so as to become higher toward the player side. For this reason, when the player looks up at the protruding cover portion 125 disposed obliquely above, the player can visually recognize the bottom surface portion 125c of the protruding cover portion 125 in a natural posture, and consequently the bottom surface of the decorative member 142. The shape can be easily grasped. Therefore, it is possible to emphasize the image in which the decorative member 142 protrudes from the visible protective cover portion 120.

Further, each corner portion in the projecting cover portion 125 (specifically, a boundary portion between the front surface portion 125a and the upper surface portion 125b, a boundary portion between the front surface portion 125a and the bottom surface portion 125c, or the like).
Are each formed in the shape of a curved surface. For this reason, the whole projecting covering part 125 becomes a rounded shape, and it is possible to wipe off the image of a box shape.

Further, as shown in FIG. 36, the protruding amount of the protruding cover 125 toward the player is substantially the same as the protruding amount of the dish unit 300. For this reason, the decoration member 142 can be protruded relatively large toward the player, and the force of the decoration member 142 can be reliably increased. In addition, since the protruding cover 125 does not protrude significantly from the dish unit 300, the protruding cover 125 becomes a hindrance, making it difficult to transport or pack, or the player's head protrudes from the protruding cover 125.
You can reduce problems such as hitting.

<Invisible protective cover>
On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 14, the invisible protective cover portion 121 is provided with the door frame sliding rod 10.
40 is an opaque colored member arranged to cover 40 (see FIG. 69). That is, by covering the door frame sliding rod 1040 of the locking device 1000 (see FIG. 63) with the invisible protective cover 121, it is difficult for the player to grasp the presence and position of the door frame sliding rod 1040. For example, it is possible to suppress an unauthorized operation in which an unauthorized operation tool such as a piano wire is made to enter the door frame sliding rod 1040. In addition, by disposing the invisible protective cover portion 121, a portion where the invisible protective cover portion 121 is attached and a portion where the invisible protective cover portion 121 is not attached (that is, around the protruding cover portion 125) are clearly distinguished, and an opaque frame material is formed. The visual impression by not providing can be promoted.

In particular, the invisible protective cover portion 121 of this example includes a right cover portion 122 and a left cover portion 123 that are respectively disposed on the left and right ends of the door body 119 so as to sandwich the visible protective cover portion 120 corresponding to the gaming portion 140. It is composed of For this reason, the door 5 corresponding to the gaming unit 140
As a result, it is possible to enhance the image that the game area 605 is arranged inside the main body frame 3, and as a result, the player is assumed that the rolling of the game ball is not affected from the outside. Can give you a sense of security.

In addition, a lower decoration 160 is provided around the dish unit 300 to cover a device disposed below the game unit 140, for example, a mechanism part such as a guide path of a game ball or a launching device. The invisible protective cover portion 121 is formed continuously with the lower decoration 160 to provide an integral three-dimensional shape. For this reason, the invisible protective cover part 121 is arrange | positioned in the natural form, and the design property of the door body 5 whole is improved.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 19, the door body main body 119 located under the visible protection cover part 120.
Is provided with a prize ball passage opening 103 through which a prize ball communication rod 451 of the dish unit 300 passes, and a lid opening 10 for attaching and removing a side opening lid 406, which will be described later, to the oblique center.
5 is opened, and a ball feed opening 104 for mounting the ball feed unit 287 is opened at a position adjacent to the opening side of the lid opening 105, and a cylinder lock 1010 ( A lock hole 106 is formed to allow a through-hole to pass therethrough.

Also, a joint unit mounting recess 107 for attaching the joint unit 480 is formed on the back side of the door body main body 119 located below the ball feed opening 104.
Further, an engagement protrusion 111 (see FIG. 18) to be inserted into the guide hole 456 (see FIG. 16) of the dish unit 300 is formed at the front center. Further, the lower side of the door body 119 is a door frame protrusion 112 protruding rearward.

<Reinforcing sheet metal>
The above-described dish unit 300 is attached to the front side of the door body 119. here,
Before describing the structure of the dish unit 300, the reinforcing sheet metal 210, the mounting base 280, the frame decoration relay board 290, and the handle device 460 that are attached to the back side of the door body 119 will be sequentially described. First, the reinforcing sheet metal 210 is mainly shown in FIGS. 18, 19 and 15 to 17.
Will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the reinforcing sheet metal 210 is provided on a shaft-supporting side reinforcing sheet metal 212 that is attached along the shaft-supporting side part back surface of the door body 119, and an open-side side part back surface of the door body body 119. An open-side reinforcing sheet metal 213 attached along and a lower-side reinforcing sheet metal 214 attached along the lower back surface of the door body main body 119 are fastened with screws or the like and configured in a substantially H shape. is there.

As shown in FIG. 18, an upper shaft support portion 218 having a shaft pin 219 slidably provided on the upper surface of the upper and lower ends of the shaft support side reinforcing sheet metal 212 and a shaft pin 221 (
And a lower shaft support portion 220 having a structure (see FIG. 15). The upper and lower shaft pins 219 and 221 are pivotally supported by an upper shaft bracket 503 and a lower shaft bracket 509 (both see FIG. 25) formed on the shaft support side of the main body frame 3. Is provided to be openable and closable with respect to the main body frame 3.

The lower reinforcing sheet metal 214 has a predetermined width and is formed to have a length substantially the same as the width of the door body 119, and the lower long side edge of the both long side edges is bent rearward. It is a lower bent protrusion (not shown), and an upper bent protrusion 230 in which both side portions of the upper long side edge are bent rearward.
However, the portions sandwiched between the upper bent protrusions 230 on both sides are vertical bent protrusions 231 extending in the vertical direction. The amount of protrusion of the lower bent protruding piece is not so large, and this lower bent protruding piece does not engage with the groove part or the concave part to form the concave / convex engagement, whereas it is formed to increase the strength, The amount of protrusion of the upper bent protrusions 230 on both sides is slightly larger than the amount of protrusion of the lower bent protrusions, and somewhat prevents the intrusion of unauthorized tools from below, but rather the lower reinforcing sheet metal 214 of this embodiment. The most characteristic configuration is the vertical bent protrusion 231.

<Mounting base>
As shown in FIGS. 15, 18, and 19, the mounting base 280 is attached so as to cover the upper half of the lower rear surface of the door body 119, and is a horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped whose front is opened by a transparent synthetic resin. It is formed in a shape. The mounting base 280 is configured such that the rear surface of the mounting base 280 and the plate portion of the main body frame 3 are closed when the door body 5 is closed in order to smoothly guide the ball fired from the firing rail 515 (see FIG. 25) to the gaming unit 140. 511 is formed so as to sandwich the firing rail 515, and for this reason, a ball flight guide surface 286 is formed on the rear surface of the mounting base 280. By the way, the mounting base 280 according to the present embodiment has a prize ball passing port opening 281 that penetrates the rear protruding portion of the prize ball passing port covering part 228 formed in the lower reinforcing sheet metal 214 at the upper part on the shaft support side. A ball feed unit mounting recess 282 is formed in the lower part of the open side to which the ball feed unit 287 is attached. A region in the oblique direction from the ball feed unit mounting recess 282 is a ball flight guide surface 286. The ball feed unit 287 attached to the ball feed unit mounting recess 282 is provided with a ball feed member that swings in response to the reciprocal movement difference of a ball striking rod 687 of the ball hitting device 650 described later. The balls at the lower end of the guide passage portion of the dish unit 300 are supplied one by one to the firing position of the firing rail 515 by the swinging operation. Further, a lid opening 283 into which a finger can be put when a side opening lid 406 described later is removed is formed in the middle lower part of the mounting base 280. Furthermore, the mounting base 280
A standing wall 284 is formed so as to be vertically erected on a part of the upper side.

Further, the mounting base 280 according to the present embodiment is characterized in that the security protrusion 285 is obliquely projected from the lower side of the above-described ball flight guide surface 286 to the prize ball passage opening 281 toward the rear. It is. The security protrusion 285 constitutes an inner protrusion and engagement portion on the lower side of the door body 5 and the main body frame 3 between the security space 586 formed in the plate portion 511 of the main body frame 3. To do.

<Frame decoration relay board>
As shown in FIGS. 15 and 18, a frame decoration relay board 290 is attached to the lower shaft support side of the mounting base 280, and the relay board cover 2 covering the rear surface of the frame decoration relay board 290.
91 is attached. This frame decoration relay board 290 is an electrical part or electrical part provided on the door 5 (cold cathode tube, LED board, speaker 163, switch provided in the operation handle 461, ball rental unit 327, operation button unit 329. Etc.) are integrated and connected, and the prize ball payout control board via the door relay board 1102 etc. incorporated in the board unit 1100 to which the wiring from the frame decoration relay board 290 is attached to the back surface of the main body frame 3 And the main board 2810 (see FIG. 92) of the main board box 624 attached to the game unit 140.

<Dish unit>
Next, the configuration of the dish unit 300 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19. The dish unit 300 is roughly divided into a unit frame 301 that forms an appearance, and a unit frame 3.
A lower speaker unit 340 attached to the inside of 01 and a lower speaker unit 34
A plate body 380 disposed on the top of the unit frame 0 and facing the upper surface of the unit frame 301
And a second ball extraction link unit (not shown) for performing the ball extraction operation of the second ball extraction valve provided on the plate body 380, and a plate lid plate 450 for closing the rear surface of the unit frame 301. ing.

The unit frame 301 is provided with a ball rental unit 327. This rental unit 32
7 is provided with a switch for deriving a lending command, a remaining lending indicator, and the like when a ball lending machine is provided adjacent to the pachinko machine 1. Further, the unit frame 301 is provided with an operation button unit 329 at the front center on the upper surface. The operation button unit 32
9 is configured to have a plurality of operation buttons (three in the illustrated case), but the plurality of operation buttons 330 are used for game contents performed by the liquid crystal display device 640 provided in the game unit 140 or the like. It is operated when a player participates.

Further, the dish unit 300 has a first ball removal button 316 on the right side of the upper surface of the unit frame 301.
And a second ball removal button 421 that constitutes a part of the second ball removal link unit is arranged at the lower center of the unit frame 301. In this embodiment, the two ball removal buttons 316 and 421, which are the first ball removal button 316 and the second ball removal button 421, are provided by storing the dish body 380 by operating the first ball removal button 316. Although all the balls stored in the part and the guide passage part can be removed, the operation of removing the ball is performed by the guide passage part 38.
2 takes a little time to remove the spheres arranged in a line, but by operating the second sphere removal button 421, the second sphere having a larger diameter is removed from the reservoir of the dish body 380. Since the ball can be quickly extracted from the ball extraction opening, the ball extraction time can be shortened. For this reason, it is possible to select the length of time for the player to take the ball.

In addition, when a big hit is made during the game, a large amount of balls are paid out to the dish unit 300, and when the game is continued with the ball left unattended, the full tank switch 916 (see FIG. 57) may function and the payout operation may be stopped or the ballistic operation may be stopped and the game may not be able to continue despite being a big hit.
By operating the second ball removal button 421, the ball being stored in the dish unit 300 can be removed, and at the same time, the supply of the ball to the launch position can be maintained and the game in the big hit can be continued. It has become.

<Handle device>
Next, the handle device 460 attached to the lower part of the door 5 on the open side is mainly shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the handle device 460 and the hitting ball launching device 650 provided on the main body frame 3. The handle device 460 is assembled to the operation handle portion 461 provided on the lower front surface of the door body 5 on the open side and the back surface of the door body 5 corresponding to the operation handle portion 461, and rotates according to the rotation operation of the operation handle portion 461. And a joint unit 480 that cooperates with the rotating shaft 465 and changes the rotational motion of the rotating shaft 465 into a slide motion.

Although not shown, the handle device 460 is a micro switch that is turned on when the operation handle portion 461 is rotated, and a single button that turns the micro switch off when the micro switch is turned on. And a touch sensor for detecting contact of the player with the operation handle portion 461 through conductive plating applied to the outer peripheral surface of the operation handle portion 461. Then, when the player rotates the operation handle portion 461, the microswitch is turned ON and the touch sensor detects contact, a later-described launch motor 695 (see FIG. 37) of the hitting ball launcher 650 is rotationally driven. It has become so.
In addition, a cam formed in the shape of a ball is fixed to the tip of the rotation shaft 465, and the slide protrusion 492 of the joint unit 480 moves in the left-right direction by rotating this cam. .

As shown in FIG. 20, the sliding movement of the slide protrusion 492 of the joint unit 480 is transmitted to the slide member 710 of the hitting ball launching device 650, and the tension of the biasing spring 684 (see FIG. 37) of the hitting ball launching device 650 is increased. By adjusting, the strength of the urging force of the hitting ball rod 687 can be adjusted to obtain the ball hitting force desired by the player. As for the relationship between the handle device 460 and the hitting ball launching device 650, the hitting ball launching device 650 (corresponding to the launching device of the present invention).
This will be described in detail after the description.

[Body frame]
Next, the gaming device 4 can be detachably (replaceable) from the front side, and various parts, specifically, a hit ball launching device 650, a prize ball tank 720, a locking device 1000, a substrate unit 1100, and The main body frame 3 configured by attaching the cover body 1250 and the like to the main body frame main body 500 will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, referring to FIGS. 21 to 29, main body frame main body 500 on which the above-described various components are mounted.
The main body frame 3 on which various parts are mounted will be described. FIG. 21 is a front view of the main body frame main body 500 before attaching components, and FIG. 22 is a front view of the main body frame main body 500 before attaching components.
FIG. 23 is a side view of the main body frame main body 500 before attaching the components, and FIG. 24 is a perspective view seen from the rear surface of the main body frame main body 500 before attaching the components. FIG. 26 is a perspective view seen from the front of the main body frame 3 with the components attached, and FIG. 26 is a perspective view seen from the front of the main body frame 3 with the components attached to the outer frame 2. 27 is a rear view of the main body frame 3 to which components are attached, FIG. 28 is a perspective view seen from the rear surface of the main body frame 3 to which components are attached, and FIG. It is a cross-sectional plan view of the pachinko gaming machine cut along the horizontal line of the box 624 portion.

In FIG. 21, an upper shaft bracket 503 and a lower shaft bracket 509 (both see FIG. 25) for attaching and closing the body frame 3 to the outer frame 2 are mounted on one side of the body frame main body 500. In the state where the shaft bracket mounting step portions 501 and 502 are formed and the upper shaft bracket 503 and the lower shaft bracket 509 are mounted on the shaft bracket mounting step portions 501 and 502, the upper side and the side side of the main body frame main body 500 are formed. Is substantially coplanar with the upper and side sides of the upper shaft support 503, and the lower and side sides of the main body frame main body 500 are substantially coplanar with the lower and side sides of the lower shaft support 509 (FIG. 27). reference). Here, the upper shaft support bracket 503 and the lower shaft support bracket 509 will be described with reference to FIGS. 25 and 27. The upper shaft support fitting 503 has a mounting portion on the back surface of the main body frame main body 500, and its upper end protrudes forward. A shaft support pin 504 is erected and fixed on the upper surface protruding forward, and the shaft support pin 504 A door shaft support hole 505 is formed on the side. On the other hand, the lower shaft support bracket 509 has an attachment portion on the back surface of the main body frame main body 500 and two support plates 5 on the lower end side and slightly above it.
06 and 507 are integrally projected. The lower support plate 506 constitutes a frame support plate 506 for supporting the main body frame 3 on the lower support fitting 66 of the outer frame 2, and the upper support plate 507 is provided on the door body 5. Door support plate 5 for supporting the lower shaft support part 220 on the main body frame 3
07 is constituted. For this reason, a shaft support hole (not shown) for inserting the support protrusion 68 of the lower support fitting 66 of the outer frame 2 is formed in the frame support plate 506, and the door support plate 507 is provided with the lower support portion 220 of the door body 5. A shaft support hole 508 for inserting the projecting shaft pin 221 is formed.

By the way, the main body frame main body 500 is formed in a rectangular shape when viewed from the front, and about 3/4 of the upper part thereof is a game board installation recess 510 (see FIG. 25) for installing the game apparatus 4. A slightly recessed area below the game board installation recess 510 is a plate portion 511.
Further, the front upper side portion and the front open side portion on the front side surrounding the game board installation recess 510 are formed with a predetermined width so as to face the rear surface of the door body 5, An upper crime prevention double groove 581 is formed by a protrusion protruding in parallel with the lateral direction, and a side crime prevention groove 582 is formed on the outer side and on the inner side of the front opening side edge on the right side when viewed from the front. The rear end is the first side wall 54
A security recess 583 formed by an inner wall that is an inclined surface connected to 0 is formed,
Unlike the front front side and the front open side, the left side pivot support side on the left side when viewed from the front is not formed to have a predetermined width that faces the back of the door 5, The front shaft support side portion is a shaft support side portion 587 having a larger amount of forward protrusion than the front front side portion and the front open side surface portion.

If it demonstrates in detail, the side part security groove | channel 582 and the crime prevention recessed part 5 which are formed in the front open | release side edge part will be described.
Reference numeral 83 denotes an open-side outer bent projecting piece 223 and an open-side inner bent projecting piece that are bent toward the rear at both long sides of the open-side reinforcing sheet metal 213 attached and fixed to the back surface of the open portion of the door body 5. 225 is inserted. Further, the shaft support side portion 587 on the side portion on the front shaft support side has a door body 5.
The tip end portion of the shaft support side L-shaped bent protrusion 217 of the shaft support side reinforcing sheet metal 212 attached and fixed to the back surface of the shaft support side comes into contact. And it has the structure which can prevent the illegal act which inserts unauthorized tools, such as a piano wire, from the clearance gap of the contact surface of the door body 5 and the main body frame 3 with the above-mentioned structure. Of course, the shaft support side reinforcing sheet metal 212 and the shaft support side L-shaped bent protrusion 2 on the shaft support side are provided.
In the most cases, the shaft support side is composed of the support frame 45, 66 and the shaft support brackets 503, 509, and the body frame 3 and the door body 5. Therefore, it is difficult to create a gap between the main body frame 3 and the door body 5 as compared to the open side portion. For this reason, in this embodiment, not a double crime prevention structure but a single crime prevention structure. These points will be described in detail later.

In addition to the configuration described above, the front upper side, front open side, and front pivot side on the front side surrounding the game board installation recess 510 are arranged on the upper, middle, and lower sides of the front open side. A door hook portion 1041 provided in a locking device 1000, which will be described later, attached to the open-side back surface of the main body frame 3.
(See FIG. 67), a door hook hole 549 is formed for passing through (see FIG. 67) and popping forward, and is associated with a positioning recess 611 formed in the game portion 140 on the inner side surface of the front pivot support side A board positioning protrusion 576 is provided for mating. Further, the support-side reinforcing sheet metal 2 with the door body 5 closed on the inner front surface of the board positioning projection 576 on the lower side of the front-side support side in a slightly lower position.
Two upper and lower restricting projections 577 into which the tip ends of the twelve pivot side L-shaped bent projecting pieces 217 are inserted are provided. The operation of the restricting protrusion 577 is as described above. In addition, as shown in FIG. 21, a board stopper insertion hole into which an end of a game board stopper 614 provided in the gaming apparatus 4 is engaged above and below the boundary between the open-side flat portion and the game board installation recess 510. 578 is formed.

Next, the configuration of the plate portion 511 will be described with reference to FIGS. The upper surface of the plate part 511 is a game board placement part 512 for placing the gaming device 4 (particularly the game part 140), and the placement part 512 is located substantially at the center of the game board placement part 512. A passage support projection 513 is provided to support the lower surface of the out port 606 (see FIG. 30) formed in the gaming unit 140 when the gaming device 4 is placed on the gaming device 140. Further, as shown in FIG. 21, a rail mounting boss 514 protrudes from the central portion of the front surface of the plate portion 511 toward the open side end portion at a predetermined interval, and the launch rail 515 ( 25) is fixed with screws. In addition, a rail connection member 516 is provided on the front surface of the plate portion 511 corresponding to the tip position of the firing rail 515.
When the game unit 140 is installed in the game board installation recess 510, it is adjacent to the connection passage portion 609 (see FIG. 30) which is the downstream end of the inner rail 603 of the game unit 140. . Further, at the side position of the rail connecting member 516 (position opposite to the firing rail 515), the upper end portion of the elliptical game board fixture 519 (see FIG. 25) for fixing the lower portion of the game section 140 is provided. A fixing tool mounting boss 517 for mounting is projected, and a stopper 518 is projected diagonally below. In other words, the game board fixing tool 519 is provided to be rotatable about the fixing tool mounting boss 517, and rotates in the clockwise direction in a state where the game part 140 is placed on the game board mounting part 512 to play the game. The board fixture 519 is pressed against the front surface of the game unit 140 to fix the game unit 140. In addition, the game unit 140 can be removed simply by turning the game board fixture 519 counterclockwise and removing it. In this case, the game board fixture 519 is prevented from being rotated counterclockwise by the stopper 518.

In addition, the lower part of the open side of the plate part 511 is formed with a rectangular parallelepiped launching device mounting portion 520 that projects in a bulging shape toward the front side (which is concave when viewed from the back side). A hitting ball launcher 650 is fixed to the mounting portion 520 from the back surface of the main body frame main body 500. This will be described in detail later. A handle connecting window 522 that houses a slide member 710 (see FIG. 41) that is associated with the slide protrusion 492 of the joint unit 480 described above is formed on the front wall portion of the launcher mounting portion 520 described above. A shaft hole 523 is provided at a position adjacent to the connection window 522 so that the end face of the bearing 689 (see FIG. 30) of the ball striking rod 687 faces. Further, on the upper wall portion of the launcher mounting portion 520, a hitting ball 687 of the hitting ball launching device 650 is provided.
槌 through opening 521 for projecting upward is formed, and a cylinder lock through hole 526 through which the cylinder lock 1010 of the locking device 1000 passes is opened on the front surface of the plate portion 511 obliquely above the 槌 through opening 521. Yes.

On the other hand, on the back surface of the plate portion 511, as shown in FIG. 22, a ball discharge passage 524 that extends from the upper portion on the shaft support side toward the central portion of the plate portion 511 and then goes downward is formed. . The ball discharge passage 524 is for discharging a ball discharged from a ball connection passage 880 (see FIG. 25), which will be described later, from below the pachinko machine 1 into the island. Further, a cylindrical guide projection 525 protrudes rearward above the launching device mounting portion 520, and a guide hole 1212 (see FIG. 73) of the substrate unit 1100 described later is inserted into the guide projection 525. This facilitates the mounting of the substrate unit 1100. Also, mounting holes 527 for mounting the board unit 1100 with screws are formed on the left and right and top and bottom of the plate portion 511. The mounting holes 5
27 is attached to the mounting piece 1122 of the substrate unit 1100 with screws. In addition, a launching device mounting boss 529 for mounting the hitting ball launching device 650 is protruded rearwardly inside the concave shape of the launching device mounting portion 520, and the lowermost end portion on the open side is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, when the main body frame 3 is closed with respect to the outer frame 2, a guide protrusion with a tapered tip and a vertically long shape is provided to guide the closing operation of the main body frame 3 while contacting the upper surface of the decorative cover plate 15. 528 protrudes rearward.

In addition to the configuration described above, the plate portion 511 is provided with a ball extraction connection opening 530 that is an opening at the upstream end of the ball extraction discharge passage 524 on the upper surface of the end portion on the shaft support side, as shown in FIG. Yes. The downstream end of the ball removal connection passage 880 is connected to the ball removal connection opening 530. A portion adjacent to the ball-opening connection opening 530 is a full unit 900 (FIG. 25) described in detail later.
The full unit mounting portion 531 for mounting the reference unit) is formed in a horizontal shape so as to be orthogonal to the plate portion 511, and an engagement piece of the full unit 900 is provided at the front portion of the full unit mounting portion 531. A unit engagement groove 532 that engages with 924 (see FIG. 57) is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 25, the door body 5 is provided on the front surface of the plate portion 511 in front of the full unit mounting portion 531.
There is provided an outlet opening / closing device 579 for blocking a prize ball discharged from the outlet 921 of the full tank unit 900 at the time of opening. Although the outlet opening / closing device 579 is not described in detail, when the door body 5 is closed, the opening / closing plate is lowered by a lever that contacts the back surface of the door body 5, but the door plate 5 is opened. Then, the contact with the lever disappears, so that the opening / closing plate rises and closes the outlet 921. For this reason, even when the door 5 is opened, the prize balls stored in the full tank unit 900 do not fall down from the outlet 921. In addition, FIG.
As shown in the figure, a fastening hole 533 that penetrates in the vertical direction is formed at a position corresponding to the upper part of the launching portion of the firing rail 515 in the game board mounting portion 512 formed along the upper end side of the plate portion 511. A fastening link 534 for holding the fastening band 619 is passed to the front portion of the fastening hole 533. The fastening link 534 is a mechanism for preventing the game unit 140 from being detached from the main body frame 3.

Next, the structure of the game board installation recessed part 510 is demonstrated. The game board installation recess 510 has a first side wall 54 that is provided around the rear side from the inner side surface on the pivot support side and the upper side portion and the open side surface portion on the open side.
0, a second side wall 541 provided around the rear from the first side wall 540, and the second side wall 54
1 and a fourth side wall 543 provided rearward from the third side wall 542, the left and right sides of the main body frame 3 and the rear part of the upper side are It is formed in the enclosed concave shape. The first side wall 540 to the fourth side wall 543 are formed such that the upper side and the right side (sides on the shaft support side) are straightly extended rearward with a step when viewed from the back, whereas the left side ( The open side is formed in a stepped shape (see FIG. 29) that is inclined inwardly from the first side wall 540 toward the fourth side wall 543. This is because the rear end of the fourth side wall 543 is opened when the main body frame 3 is opened when the first side wall 540 to the fourth side wall 543 on the left side (side on the open side) are straightly formed rearward. May be in contact with the inner surface of the side frame plate 13 of the outer frame 2 so that it cannot be opened smoothly. Therefore, the first side wall surface 540 to the fourth side wall 543 on the open side can be smoothly opened by inclining inside. It is something that can be done. At the same time, the locking device 1000 is mounted along the first side wall 540 on the open side.
In order to form the lock mounting hole 547, the fourth side wall 543 is formed in an inclined step shape from the first side wall 540 on the open side. Further, the first side wall 54
0 to the fourth side wall 543 also have a certain level of level difference because the step between the first side wall 540 and the second side wall 541 needs to abut the periphery of the back surface of the gaming apparatus 4 described later. Although formed, the other steps are very small steps. Of course, the second side wall 541 to the fourth side wall 543 may be formed continuously without forming a step.

Then, as shown in FIG. 23, the side walls 540 to 543 described above are formed to have depth width dimensions d1, d2, d3, and d4, respectively.
3 + d4 = about 135 mm. In particular, the width dimension d1 of the first side wall 540 corresponds to the thickness of the gaming apparatus 4 (particularly, the game unit 140), and the remaining second side wall 541 and third side wall 542.
And the fourth side wall 543 are configured to house rearward projecting portions of various gaming devices provided in the gaming unit 140. In other words, the first side wall 540 constitutes a front side wall having a depth dimension substantially the same as the thickness of the gaming unit 140, and the second side wall 541 to the fourth side wall 543 are in contact with the back of the peripheral part of the gaming unit 140. A rear side wall that has a stepped portion that contacts and extends rearward from the first side wall 540 substantially in parallel to the first side wall 540 and accommodates a rearward protruding portion of the gaming device provided in the gaming unit 140 It constitutes. In particular, in the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the rearward protruding amounts of all the parts of the second side wall 541 to the fourth side wall 543 are fixed to the upper part on the back side of the main body frame 3. It is formed so as to be at substantially the same position as the rear wall 722 of the storage portion 728 for storing game balls in the prize ball tank 720. Thereby, since the size of the space formed by the second side wall 541, the third side wall 542, and the fourth side wall 543 is secured up to a position corresponding to the peripheral part of the gaming unit 140, for example, a game Even in the case where a gaming device is installed in which the liquid crystal display screen occupies almost the entire area of the portion 140, the rearward protruding portion of such a gaming device can be easily stored.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 22 and 24, from the rear end side of the fourth side wall 543 to the left side (open side), the upper side and the right side (shaft support side) when viewed from the back side, the open side rear wall 544, Upper rear wall 545
And the axial support side rear wall 546 as a rear wall is projected inward so as to be parallel to the front surface of the pachinko machine. The shaft support side rear wall 546 has a flat front surface (see FIG. 21), and a ball path unit 770 (to be described later) and a prize ball unit 800 constituting a ball payout mechanism are detachably attached to the rear surface. It is like that. Therefore, the width of the projecting width toward the inside of the pivot support side rear wall 546 is sufficient if the ball passage unit 770 and the prize ball unit 800 are wide enough to be attached. Further, the front surface of the upper rear wall 545 has a flat plate shape (see FIG. 21), and a tank rail member 740, which will be described later, is attached to the rear surface thereof. Therefore, the protruding width to the inside of the upper rear wall 545 is
It is sufficient if there is a height width dimension of the tank rail member 740 attached in an inclined manner. Furthermore, the front surface of the open-side rear wall 544 has a flat plate shape (see FIG. 21), and a cover body support cylinder portion 575 that pivotally supports a cover body 1250 described later is formed on the rear surface. Accordingly, it is sufficient that the width of the projecting width toward the inside of the open-side rear wall 544 is a width that forms the cover body support cylinder 575.

As described above, the front surfaces of the open-side rear wall 544, the upper rear wall 545, and the pivot-side rear wall 546 that project inward from the rear end side of the fourth side wall 543 are formed in a flat plate shape. Since the flat portion corresponds to the peripheral portion of the gaming unit 140, as described above, the gaming unit 14
2nd side wall 541, 3rd side wall 542, and 4th side wall 543 to the position corresponding to the peripheral part of 0
For example, even when a gaming device is installed such that the liquid crystal display screen occupies almost the entire area of the gaming unit 140, the rear of such a gaming device is secured. The protruding portion can be easily stored. Note that the insides of the open-side rear wall 544, the upper rear wall 545, and the pivot support-side rear wall 546 form a rear opening 580 so that the rear opening 580 can be opened and closed by a cover body 1250 described later. It has become.

Next, a more detailed configuration of the game board installation recess 510 will be described.
In the plane portion on the open side, there are three upper and lower door hook holes 549 through which the door frame hook portion 1041 of the locking device 1000 passes, but above the upper and lower door hook holes 549. A lock locking hole 548 (see FIG. 22) for engaging a locking projection 1004 (described later) of the locking device 1000 is formed in the middle and lower. Further, the locking device 100 is provided along the first side wall 540 on the open side.
Although 0 is attached, a lock attachment hole 547 (see FIG. 22) for attaching the screw with a screw is formed in the upper part and the middle of the rear end portion of the first side wall 540. It should be noted that the locking device 1000 is attached not only by the upper and middle screws but also by a screw fixing portion 1003 formed in a lock mounting piece 1008 described later and a lock mounting hole formed in the vicinity of the cylinder lock through hole 526. 54
7 is fixed with screws so that the lower part of the locking device 1000 can also be attached.

Further, as shown in FIG. 24, on the left and right in front of the upper side of the first side wall 540, when the main body frame 3 is closed with respect to the outer frame 2, the inner peripheral surface of the upper frame plate 10 of the outer frame 2 A guide arc protrusion 552 that abuts is provided, and a relief recess 551 that communicates with a notch 729 of a prize ball tank 720, which will be described later, is formed at the center of the rear end side of the first side wall 540. A tank mounting groove 550 is formed on a vertical surface connected to the side wall 541. When the mounting flange 733 of the prize ball tank 720 is attached to the tank attachment groove 550, as shown in FIG.
The 20 notches 729 communicate with the escape recess 551 and function so as not to cause ball clogging by releasing pressure when the ball pressure of the balls stored in the prize ball tank 720 increases. When the prize ball tank 720 is attached to the main body frame 3, the rear side wall 722 on the back side and the rear end side of the fourth side wall 543 are substantially coincident when viewed from the front side of the prize ball tank 720 in plan view (FIG. 5). See). The guide arc projection 552 described above lifts the main body frame 3 by bringing the upper side of the main body frame 3 into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the upper frame plate 10 of the outer frame 2 and the decorative cover plate. 15
Is formed in order to prevent fraudulent acts such as inserting a fraudulent instrument through the gap.

In addition, a rail locking groove 553 for attaching the tank rail member 740 is formed in the upper rear wall 545 described above along the opening edge of the rear opening 580, and the fourth side wall 5
43 and a rail engaging groove 554 are formed at the bent portions of the upper rear wall 545. Then, the locking protrusions 749, 750 (see FIG. 4) of the tank rail member 740 are inserted into the rail locking grooves 553, 554.
5), the tank rail member 740 can be attached to the main body frame 3. Further, a rail latching elastic piece 555 is formed on the upper portion of the upper rear wall 545 corresponding to the downstream side when the tank rail member 740 is attached, and the tank rail member 740 is locked in the rail locking grooves 553 and 554. The projecting pieces 749 and 750 are locked and the tank rail member 74 is engaged.
Rail retaining elastic piece 55 so that the locked state is not released when 0 is attached to the body frame 3.
5 contacts the upper end of the downstream side of the tank rail member 740. When the tank rail member 740 is removed, the rail rail elastic member 555 is pushed backward, and then the tank rail member is released to release the locking state between the rail locking grooves 553 and 554 and the locking protrusions 749 and 750. What is necessary is just to lift 740 upward. Further, a relief hole 556 is formed on the side of the rail hooking elastic piece 555, and a ground wire connector 557 is formed below the rail hooking elastic piece 555. The escape hole 556 is formed to escape the end of the shaft pin 748 of the alignment gear 747 provided in the tank rail member 740, and the ground connector 207 is attached to the inside of the tank rail member 740. In addition to being in contact with a metal conductive plate (not shown) to be attached, a wiring connected to a ground connector provided on the power supply board is connected.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 22 and 24, the pivot side rear wall 546 has a pivot side rear wall 546.
Vertical standing walls 560 are erected at both left and right ends of the ball passage unit 770 between the standing walls 560.
And a prize ball unit 800 are attached. In addition, a prize ball guide projection 561 is provided in a bent shape from the most upstream part between the left and right standing walls 560 to slightly above the middle stream part. The prize ball guiding projection 561 is projected rearward on the pivot support side rear wall 546 so that its projecting height gradually decreases toward the downstream side, and a ball passage unit 770 described later is attached. This corresponds to the ball drop passage 772 (see FIG. 50) of the ball passage unit 770 and guides the winning balls in a line. Further, a path unit mounting boss 562 for fixing the ball path unit 770 with screws and a positioning pin 574 for positioning are provided on the left and right sides of the prize ball guide projection 561, and a ball break switch described later. A switch-corresponding protrusion 563 is provided so as to face 778 (see FIG. 50). The passage unit mounting boss 562 and the positioning pin 574 will be described in detail later.

Furthermore, an engagement protrusion 565 as a locking portion that engages with a hook-shaped engagement portion 824 (see FIG. 52) as an engagement portion of the prize ball unit 800 from the midstream portion to the downstream portion of the left and right standing walls 560, Elastic claw 56 for locking that engages with the button insertion engagement hole 821 (see FIG. 52) of the prize ball unit 800
4 and the rotating shaft 808 of the sprocket 807 of the prize ball unit 800 (
A clearance hole 566 is formed in which an end of the device shown in FIG. 52 is received. Also, a payout motor escape opening 572 is formed below the pivot support side rear wall 546 so that the payout motor 815 as the drive motor of the prize ball unit 800 faces the payout motor escape opening 572. (See FIG. 25). Then, the prize ball unit 800 includes the pivot support side rear wall 546.
The lower end of the locking groove 573 formed at the lowermost end of the rear surface is locked, and is detachably attached to the shaft support side rear wall 546 by the engaging protrusion 565 and the locking elastic claw 564. . This detachable configuration will be described in detail later.

In addition, a cover body contact groove 567 into which an open side end of the cover body 1250 enters is formed at the open end of the pivot support side rear wall 546. A locking wall 569 protrudes downward. In the cover body contact groove 567, stop holes 568 corresponding to the stop holes 1253 (see FIG. 28) of the cover body 1250 are formed.
253 and 568 are aligned with each other and fastened with a screw (not shown), thereby covering the cover body 1250.
Thus, the rear opening 580 of the main body frame 3 can be closed and fixed. The locking wall 569 is provided with a U-shaped locking protruding hook piece 570 in a plan view, and the locking protruding hook piece 570 is attached to the cover body 1250 with the cover body 1250 closed with respect to the main body frame 3. Through the formed through hole 1254 (see FIG. 28), for example, a lock such as a padlock can be used.
By hooking on 70, only the person in charge having the padlock key can open the cover 1250.

As mentioned above, although the structure of the main body frame main body 500 which consists of the game board installation recessed part 510 and the board part 511 was demonstrated, when the door body 5 was closed to the lowest end edge part of the board part 511 other than having demonstrated above. In addition, engaging grooves 584 and 585 (see FIG. 21) are formed into which the door frame protruding pieces 112 (see FIG. 19) bent downward with the lower side of the door body main body 119 bent rearward. The engagement groove 584 is a groove formed below the above-described firing device mounting portion 520, and the engagement groove 585 is a groove formed from one end of the engagement groove 584 toward the shaft support side. Note that the door frame protrusion 112 corresponding to the engagement groove 585 protrudes rearward so as to be larger than the protrusion amount of the door frame protrusion 113 corresponding to the engagement groove 584. However, the door frame protrusion 112 having a large protruding amount is provided at the lower end of the open end.
Is slightly formed. Then, the door frame protrusions 112 and 113 and the engaging grooves 584 and 5 described above.
85 constitutes an outer ridge and an engaging portion at the lower side portion of the door body 5 and the main body frame 3.

As described above, the plate portion 511 is provided with the launch rail 515 and the outlet opening / closing device 579, and the rail connection member 516 and the launch device attachment portion 520 are formed to project, but the launch device attachment portion 520 and the launch rail 515 are provided. The position of the plate portion 511 is biased toward the open side, and they are formed so as to protrude from the surface of the plate portion 511. For this reason, in the state which closed the door body 5, the area | region from the substantially center part of the board part 511 in which the launcher attachment part 520 and the launch rail 515 are arrange | positioned to an open side is the back surface of the door body 5, and the launcher attachment part. 520 and launch rail 51
Since the front surface of the door 5 is in close contact with the door frame protrusion 112 and the engagement groove 585, the unauthorized tool such as a piano wire that has passed through the gap between the engagement groove 585 and the rear surface of the door body 5 and the launcher mounting portion It is extremely difficult to pass through the space between the front surface of the game device 4 and the front surface of the gaming device 4 or the back surface side of the gaming device 4 by further skillfully passing between 520 and the front surface of the firing rail 515.

On the other hand, since the region from the substantially central portion of the plate portion 511 where the launcher mounting portion 520 and the firing rail 515 are not arranged to the shaft support side does not have a portion protruding on the surface of the plate portion 511, the door body 5 is closed. In this case, a space 586 is generated between the back surface of the door body 5 and the front surface of the plate portion 511. For this reason, an unauthorized tool such as a piano wire that has passed through the gap between the door frame protrusion 112 and the engagement groove 584 can easily open the space 586 between the back surface of the door body 5 and the front surface of the plate portion 511. In order to prevent unauthorized tools from slipping through the space 586 upward, the mounting base 280 attached to the lower back of the door body 5 has the door body 5 closed in the state where the door body 5 is closed. A security protrusion 285 that enters 586 is formed. The security protrusion 285 has a plate portion 51.
1 is formed on the mounting base 280 so as to extend from approximately the middle of 1 to the end of the shaft support side. Therefore, the space below the outer rail 602 attached to the launch rail 515 and the game unit 140 is
A security space 586 for receiving a security projection 285 protruding from the mounting base 280 is formed.
The security protrusion 285 and the security space 586 constitute an inner ridge and engagement portion on the lower side of the door body 5 and the main body frame 3.

As described above, the main body frame 3 includes the gaming device 4, the hit ball launching device 650, the prize ball tank 720,
A tank rail member 740, a ball passage unit 770, a prize ball unit 800, a full tank unit 900, a locking device 1000, a substrate unit 1100, and a cover body 1250 are attached.

<Configuration of gaming device>
A schematic configuration of the gaming apparatus 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 30 to 35. 30 is a perspective view seen from the front side of the gaming device 4, FIG. 31 is a front view of the gaming device 4, FIG. 32 is a rear view of the gaming device 4, and FIG. 33 is a gaming device. FIG. 34 is an enlarged perspective view of a removal prevention mechanism portion formed in the gaming apparatus 4, and FIG. 35 is a body frame showing a structure of the body frame side with respect to the removal prevention mechanism of the gaming apparatus 4. 3 is a partial perspective view of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 30, the gaming device 4 includes a gaming unit 140 having a gaming area 605 on the front surface and attached to the main body frame 3 in an exchangeable manner, and a gaming unit 140 disposed above the gaming unit 140. Is configured to include a decorative portion 141 that is separately and replaceably mounted. The gaming unit 140 includes a panel holder 600 having a substantially square shape holding the gaming panel 599, and the panel holder 60.
A game area partition frame member 601 attached so as to surround the game area 605 on the front surface of 0
It consists of and.

On the other hand, the decorative portion 141 is a horizontally long rectangular base plate 141 a that can be attached to the main body frame 3.
And a decorative member 142 disposed on the front surface of the base plate 141a and having a decorative property. As the decorative member 142 of this example, a decorative body having a specific shape according to the image of the gaming machine is used, but the base plate 141a is a member having the same shape that does not change even if the shape of the decorative member 142 changes. Is used. For this reason, the replacement method and attachment position of the decoration part 141 can be made common in all models, and it becomes possible to reduce the trouble in replacement work and to suppress attachment mistakes. Note that the base plate 141 in the decorative portion 141 is used.
The lower edge end surface of “a” is arranged in a state of being in contact with the upper edge end surface of the panel holder 600.
For this reason, although the gaming part 140 and the decoration part 141 can be exchanged separately, the gaming part 140 and the decoration part 141 can appear to be integrated. The decoration effect at 140 can be enhanced.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the gaming unit 140 and the decorative unit 141 are covered with the visible protective cover unit 120, but in the visible protective cover unit 120, a part ( Projection cover 125) is a region corresponding to game unit 140 (plane cover 124)
The decorative body accommodating portion 12 that protrudes to the player side and is formed by the protruding covering portion 125.
By disposing the decorative member 142 in 9, the depth dimension of the decorative member 142 can be formed relatively large. In this example, as shown in FIG.
42 is arranged so as to protrude about 5 cm closer to the player side than the flat cover portion 124 of the visible protection cover portion 120.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 30, the decorative member 142 of this example includes a main decorative body 143 having a size corresponding to the protruding amount of the protruding cover 125, and the auxiliary decorative body 14 having a smaller protruding amount than the main decorative body 143.
4. For this reason, the game that is positioned above the outer frame 2 from the player side through the gap formed between the sub-decorative body 144 and the inner surface of the protruding cover 125 while creating a powerful atmosphere by the main ornament 143. The machine island facility A (see FIG. 37) can be surely seen. Also, two types of decorative members 142 (main decorative bodies 143 having different sizes from each other)
, Sub-decorative bodies 144) are arranged side by side, the visual interest can be enhanced and a further three-dimensional effect can be created. The shapes of the main decorative body 143 and the sub decorative body 144 are not particularly limited, but preferably have a shape or pattern associated with each other. In this example, a decorative body having the appearance of “track” is adopted as the main decorative body 143, and a plate-like decorative body having a name tag shape and a wave shape with the name of the truck as the secondary decorative body 144. Adopting decorative body.

The sub-decoration body 144 is formed of a fixed decoration body that is fixedly attached to the front surface of the base plate 141a. The main decoration body 143 is formed of a movable decoration body that is movable based on the gaming state. Specifically, in the main decorative body 143, a motor and a drive mechanism (both not shown) for changing the direction of the main decorative body 143 (that is, the traveling direction of the track) to the left and right,
LED and light-emitting circuit for lighting the track headlights (neither shown)
Are built in, and the traveling direction of the track is continuously switched a plurality of times based on the gaming state, or the headlamp is lit or blinked for a certain period. For this reason, the decoration effect in the decoration part 141 can be enhanced by the movement and light emission of the main decoration body 143, and the player's attention can be further attracted. Note that a power cord (not shown) for supplying operating power is connected to the main decorative body 143, but the decorative portion 141 of this example is disposed inside the main body frame 3, so that the door When the body 5 is opened and closed, the power cord is not pulled or pinched between the door body 5 and the main body frame 3. That is, even when the door body 5 is frequently opened and closed, the power cord can be prevented from being damaged and the operating power can be supplied safely. In addition, since the main decoration body 143 moves based on the gaming state, it becomes possible to visually recognize the operation of the main decoration body 143 in association with the gaming state, further enhancing the effect and suppressing the decrease in interest in the game. can do. Here, the decorative member 142 corresponds to the decorative body of the present invention, and the main decorative body 143 corresponds to the electric decorative body and the movable decorative body of the present invention.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 30, various game devices and a number of obstacle nails (all not shown) are arranged in the game area 605 (the surface of the game panel 599) surrounded by the game area partition frame member 601. Has been. Specifically, the game panel 599 forming the game area 605 includes:
An opening 130 is provided in the central portion, and a frame-shaped center accessory (not shown) is attached so as to surround the opening 130. In other words, the game area 605 is partitioned and formed on the surface of the game panel 599 by the center accessory, and the liquid crystal display device 640 disposed behind the game device 4 and facing the opening 130 can be visually recognized. Game area 60
5, a number of obstacle nails are provided in a predetermined gauge arrangement, and a gaming area 60
A plurality of entrances 1402 through which game balls rolling 5 can enter are arranged. Entrance 140
2, a first start port 1420 that opens upward, a second start port 1421 that is disposed below the first start port 1420 and can be closed or opened by a pair of movable pieces 1427, and the second start port 1
A rectangular open / close winning device 1404 disposed below 421 and extending in the left-right direction, a plurality of general winning ports (not shown), a passing gate 1405 through which a game ball can pass, and the like are provided.
Although not shown, the game area 605 is also provided with a special symbol display for variably displaying a special symbol based on the lottery result, and a hold lamp for indicating a lottery hold status. Here, the obstacle nail corresponds to the obstacle member of the present invention, the entrance 1402 corresponds to the entrance device of the present invention, the liquid crystal display device 640 corresponds to the lottery result display means of the present invention, and the open / close prize winning device 1404. Corresponds to the winning device of the present invention. Since these gaming devices arranged in the gaming area 605 are generally well-known configurations, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

The game area partition frame member 601 is formed in a circular hollow shape so as to surround the periphery of the game panel 599, and an arc surface from the middle of the lower side to the diagonally upper side is formed as the outer rail 602, preventing backflow. Up to the position where the member 604 is provided is formed as an inner rail 603. The outer rail 602 has a connecting passage portion 609 that is connected to a rail connecting member 516 provided in an extension shape of the firing rail 515 at the start end portion thereof. The outer rail 60
2, a metal rail is attached in close contact. The backflow prevention member 604 is
A hit ball that has been fired once and taken into the game area 605 is prevented from flowing back to the outer rail 602 again.

Further, an out port 606 is provided at the lower center of the inner rail 603, and the out port 60
Between the inner rail 603 and the outer rail 602 from 6 to the backflow prevention member 604 constitutes a guide passage through which the hit ball is guided to the game area 605, but the game area 605
The striking ball that has flowed back through the outer rail 602 without reaching the point is taken into the foul port 610, guided to a foul ball inlet 923 of the full tank unit 900, which will be described later, and discharged to the dish unit 300 again. The game area 605 is an area substantially surrounded by the inner rail 603. Further, a rail crime prevention groove 607 is formed in the game area partition frame member 601 on the way from the out port 606 of the inner rail 603 to the stop portion 620. The rail crime prevention groove 607 is formed in a groove shape so that a part of the post-crime protrusion piece 274 protruding from the crime prevention cover 270 enters as described above in a state where the door body 5 is closed. Rail security groove 60
Intrusion of unauthorized tools such as piano wires inserted from the middle of the gap on the open side of the main body frame 3 and the door body 5 overlapped in the vertical direction due to the concave-convex engagement of the post 7 and the post-crime protruding piece 274 Is finally prevented.

By the way, the board positioning projection 576 formed on the main body frame 3 is provided on one side of the game unit 140.
A positioning recess 611 that fits into the game frame 140 is formed, and a game board stopper 614 that is inserted into the board stopper insertion hole 578 formed in the main body frame 3 is provided on the other side of the game part 140. An end of the game board stopper 614 is inserted into the board stopper insertion hole 578 when the game board stopper 614 is pressed and fixed. Thus, in order to fix the gaming unit 140 to the main body frame 3, the main body frame 3
After inserting the positioning recess 611 from an oblique direction so that the positioning recess 611 fits into the board positioning protrusion 576, the game unit 140 is pushed into the first side wall 540 of the main body frame 3, and in this state, it becomes a free state. The game board stopper 614 is pushed in and fixed, and its end is inserted into the board stopper insertion hole 578 and fixed. Thereafter, the game board fixture 519 is rotated to fix the lower front surface of the game unit 140. Thereby, the game unit 140 can be easily attached to the main body frame 3.
Although not shown, the base plate 141a of the decoration part 141 is also provided with a positioning structure similar to that of the game part 140 and can be easily attached. In addition, in order to remove the gaming unit 140 and / or the decoration unit 141, it is only necessary to remove the gaming unit 140 and / or the decoration unit 141 in the reverse order to the above-described procedure. It is possible. In particular, in this example, the gaming unit 140 and the decoration unit 141 are separately assembled so that they can be exchanged separately, so that only the gaming unit 140 is replaced, only the decoration unit 141 is replaced, or the gaming unit 140 is replaced. In addition, the image of the gaming machine can be changed in various patterns in consideration of the economic burden at the gaming store, the degree of change in the image, and the like, such as exchanging the decoration part 141 at the same time.

By the way, the gaming apparatus 4 in the present embodiment has a configuration that prevents unauthorized removal from the main body frame 3 very easily. That is, as shown in FIGS. 30 and 34, a mounting notch 616 that penetrates the gaming device 4 in the front and rear direction is formed at the lower end opposite to the notch 613 for the passage below the gaming device 4 (exactly). In the game area partition frame member 601, an attachment notch 616 is formed.) A fastening bar 617 is stretched and fixed horizontally below the attachment notch 616. The fastening bar 617 is formed with a belt groove-like fastening portion 618 for latching the fastening band 619 at the approximate center thereof. On the other hand, as the removal preventing mechanism provided in the main body frame 3, as described above, it is the game board mounting portion 512 formed along the upper end side of the plate portion 511 below the main body frame 3, and the firing rail 515 is fired. A fastening hole 533 penetrating in the vertical direction is formed at a position corresponding to the upper portion of the portion, and a fastening linkage 534 for hooking the fastening band 619 is passed to the front portion of the fastening hole 533 (see FIG. 35). ).

When the gaming device 4 configured as described above is housed and arranged in the game board installation recess 510 of the main body frame 3, the fastening bar 617 is placed in contact with the game board placement part 512 as shown in FIG. At the same time, the fastening portion 618 and the fastening linkage 534 are in a matched state. And
In this state, the fastening bar 61 is attached to the portion where the fastening portion 618 and the fastening linkage 534 coincide.
7 is inserted into the mounting notch 616 from the upper end of the fastening band 619 that is generally commercially available, and directed downward into the fastening hole 533, leading to the front.
Engage with the fastener part. And the unnecessary front-end | tip part which protruded ahead from the fastener of the fastening band 619 is cut | disconnected. In this way, unless the fastening band 619 is cut, the gaming apparatus 4 cannot be removed from the main body frame 3 even if the game board stopper and the game board fixture 519 are released. If the fastening band 619 is cut, the gaming apparatus 4 can be removed from the main body frame 3. However, for example, if a different fastening band is fastened by using a fastening band 619 unique to a pachinko parlor, It can be easily understood that the device 4 has been removed and some fraud has been performed. Thus, unauthorized removal from the main body frame 3 of the gaming apparatus 4 can be prevented by an extremely simple removal prevention mechanism.

Further, in the lower left part of the game unit 140, a front guide passage 92 of a full tank unit 900 described later is provided.
A passage notch 613 into which a part of the 0 portion is inserted is formed. In addition, on the lower left and right sides of the game area partition frame member 601, a certificate sticking unit 615 for attaching a certificate check certificate is provided.

On the other hand, on the back surface of the gaming unit 140, a winning is achieved by aligning and guiding the balls won in various gaming devices provided in the gaming area 605 (for example, a winning opening such as a big winning opening device or a general winning opening) on the downstream side. A space forming cover body 621 is attached, and a display device control board for controlling the display of the liquid crystal display device 640 (see FIG. 30) disposed on the back surface of the winning space forming cover body 621 at the approximate center of the game area 605. A liquid crystal display control board box 622 as a display control board box to be housed is attached.

Further, a board substrate holder 623 is fixed to the back surface of the game unit 140 below the winning space forming cover body 621. This board substrate holder 623 has a space portion (a width of the space portion in the front-rear direction is the width of the winning space forming cover body 621 so as to collect the winning balls aligned and guided by the winning space forming cover body 621 in the front thereof. The drop port 629 (see FIG. 29) is formed on the bottom surface of the space. The drop port 629 joins at the rear surface portion of the out port 606 to be described later.
It communicates with an out-ball passage 1119 formed at 00 (see FIG. 73). In addition, the board substrate holder 623 has a main board 2810 for controlling the game operation on the back surface thereof (see FIG. 74).
And a relay terminal plate 625 for connecting to a payout control board 1186 and a power supply board provided in a board unit 1100 to be described later. The relay terminal plate 625 is provided with drawer connectors 626 and 627 that are automatically connected to the drawer connectors 1200 and 1202 provided on the board unit 1100 only by attaching the game unit 140 to the main body frame 3. The board substrate holder 623 is formed with a joining guide protrusion 628 that protrudes rearward so as to pass through the relay terminal plate 625 from between the drawer connectors 626 and 627. The joint guide protrusions 628 are provided on the drawer connectors 1200 and 1202 provided on the board unit 1100 side and on the game part 140 side when the game unit 140 is attached to the main body frame 3 as will be described in detail later. The frame substrate holder 11 of the substrate unit 1100 so that the drawer connectors 626 and 627 are naturally connected.
It is inserted into the joining guide hole 1213 formed in 01 (see FIG. 73). The connection of these drawer connectors will be described in detail later.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, FIG. 8, and FIG.
A rolling space for guaranteeing the flow of the game ball between the game part 140 by covering the front of 0 (
That is, a falling protection transparent plate 171 forming a game area 605) is provided. The flow-down protection transparent plate 171 is a plate-like transparent member, and one end side is attached to the left edge portion of the game area partition frame member 601 via a hinge (not shown), and is pivotally supported so as to be rotatable. In other words,
When the flow-down protection transparent plate 171 is closed, the front of the game area 605 is closed, and the game area 605 and the liquid crystal display device 640 are visible through the flow-down protection transparent plate 171, and the door 5
If the flow-down protection transparent plate 171 is opened in a state in which the game is opened (see FIG. 30), it is possible to work on the game area 605. Note that a cutout 171a is formed on the upper right side of the flow-down protection transparent plate 171, and the large main decoration body 14 that extends to the game area 605 is arranged.
3 is not interfered with.

In addition, a decorative pattern 172 is provided on the left and right sides of the surface of the falling protection transparent plate 171 of this example. For this reason, it is possible to create a stereoscopic effect in the game area 605 and enhance the visual interest in the game area 605. The type of the decorative pattern 172 is not particularly limited, but in this example, a “corrugated” pattern similar to a part of the sub-decorative body 144 is presented, and the decoration integrated with the sub-decorative body 144 is integrated. I am trying to create a dynamic performance by doing. Since the downflow protection transparent plate 171 is exchangeably attached to the gaming unit 140, the image of the game area 605 can be changed to some extent by simply replacing the downflow protection transparent plate with a different pattern. Is also possible. Needless to say, the downflow protection transparent plate 171 is the gaming unit 14.
Since it can be exchanged as one unit together with 0, for example, when exchanging with a new model gaming unit 140, the downflow protection transparent plate 171 is exchanged for a new one without requiring the labor of the operator. As a result, the game area 605 in the game unit 140 of the new model and the rolling of the game ball in the game area 605 can be clearly seen.

<Hitball launcher>
The ball striking device 650 will be described with reference to FIGS. 38 to 41. FIG. 38 is an overall perspective view (A) of the hit ball launcher 650, a perspective view (B) with the launch motor portion removed, and FIG. 39 is an exploded perspective view of the hit ball launcher 650, FIG. The hitting ball launcher 65
FIG. 41A is a front view showing the relationship between 0 and the firing rail 515, and FIG. 41B is a perspective view of the firing motor portion. FIG. 41 is a plan view of the slide member 710 provided in the ball striking device 650. It is the perspective view (C) seen from the figure (B), the front, and AA sectional drawing (D) of the front view (B).

The hitting ball launching device 650 rotatably supports the hitting ball rod 687 on the launching base frame 651, and attaches a shooting motor 695 for reciprocating rotation to the hitting ball rod 687 to the firing base frame 651, and further hits the hitting ball rod 687. The firing base frame 651 is provided with a slide rod 677 and a slide member 710 that adjust the urging force of the urging spring 684 that imparts the urging force that returns to the position.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 39, the launch base frame 651 is formed of a synthetic resin into a horizontally long rectangular shape, and a bearing in which a bearing 689 of a ball striking rod 687 is fitted at substantially the center thereof. A cylinder 652 is formed, and rubber stopper members 653 and 654 for restricting the firing origin position of the hitting ball 687 are attached and fixed to the upper portion and the side thereof. That is, the rubber stopper members 653 and 654 receive the impact of the hitting ball rod 687 when the hitting ball rod 687 returns to the firing origin position by the biasing force of the biasing spring 684. Also, the launch base frame 65
1 is formed in a laterally elongated groove-like slide guide hole 655 above the rear side (the opposite side of the portion corresponding to the lower side of the launch rail 515), and a slide member storage space 656 is formed below the slide guide hole 655. Yes. The slide guide hole 655 is used for guiding a slide movement of the slide rod 677 by inserting a guide locking piece 678 protruding from the upper rear end of the slide rod 677 described later. The slide member 710 is accommodated so as to be movable in the left-right direction. The slide guide of the front portion of the slide rod 677 is guided by a guide bush 681 fixed to a guide hole 680 formed in front of the slide rod 677 in a stop hole 662 formed in the firing base frame 651 by a set screw 682. This is done by penetrating through. Further, as shown in FIG. 40, a rectangular connection opening 664 is formed on the bottom surface of the slide member storage space 656.

Further, a hook portion is formed with respect to the main body of the launch base frame 651 at a front portion of the upper side of the launch base frame 651, and an operating piece opening 657 is formed in the hook portion above the bearing cylinder 652. ing. The operating piece opening 657 abuts on a supply swing piece 289 (see FIG. 15) provided facing a hitting ball supply port 288 (see FIG. 15) on the downstream side of the dish unit 300 of the door body 5. A mounting portion 6 in which the operating piece 658 protrudes from the rear upper part of the opening edge of the opening 657 for the operating piece.
60 is swingably provided by a stop pin 659. The operating piece 658 is formed in a “te” shape, the rear end portion of the upper side thereof is pivotally supported by a stop pin 659, and the base plate rotates integrally with the ball striking rod 687 from the pivotal support portion to the arc portion below. 690 is in contact with the operating piece abutting portion 693 provided to project, and the upper side portion swings the supply swing piece 289 in conjunction with the reciprocating motion of the hitting ball rod 687. Balls flowing out from the supply port 288 are supplied one by one to the launch position of the launch rail 515.

Further, on the firing base frame 651, motor mounting bosses 661 for fixing a motor cover 694 containing a firing motor 695 are projected in a total of three locations, two at the rear lower part and one at the front upper part. In addition, a slide rod 67 is provided at the lower rear of the slide member storage space 656.
The shaft hole 6 at the lower end of the swing piece 672 connected to the slide member 710 for sliding the slide 7
A oscillating piece boss 663 into which 73 is inserted projects.

A metal plate 665 is attached to the above-described launch base frame 651 so that the hitting ball launcher 650 has high rigidity. Therefore, the metal plate 665 has through holes 666, 667, and 668 corresponding to the bearing cylinder 652, the lower rubber stopper member 653, the slide guide hole 655, the guide bush 681, and the swing piece boss 663, respectively.
, 669, 671 are formed, and a horizontally long elliptical through hole 670 through which the connecting convex portion 712 of the slide member 710 passes is also penetrated. In the metal plate 665 configured as described above, after the slide member 710 is stored in the slide member storage space 656, each of the through holes 666 to 671 has corresponding members 652, 653, 655, 681, 712.
It is fixed to the firing base frame 651 by screwing it in close contact with the firing base frame 651 so as to penetrate or match 663.

The tip of the swing piece boss 663 of the firing base frame 651 to which the metal plate 665 is attached protrudes from the through hole 671, and the shaft hole 673 of the swing piece 672 is inserted into the head portion. The swing piece 672 is pivotally supported so as to be swingable about the lower end. The swing piece 672
As shown in FIG. 39, it is formed in a vertically long bowl shape, the shaft hole 673 is formed at the lower end thereof, and the connecting convex part 712 of the slide member 710 is inserted in the middle thereof.
Is formed. The front surface above the connection hole 674 is an abutting portion 675 that abuts one end (rear end) of the slide rod 677. Accordingly, the rocking piece 672 is inserted into the rocking piece boss 663 and the connecting hole 674 is inserted into the connecting convex portion 712 of the slide member 710 protruding from the through hole 670 to connect the pin 676 with washer. The rocking piece 672 is attached to the firing base frame 651 by being fixed to the convex portion 712. The attached swing piece 672 swings at the upper part around the lower end as the slide member 710 slides.

Further, a horizontally long bowl-shaped slide bar 677 is attached to the upper front surface of the metal plate 665 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. That is, an L-shaped guide locking piece 678 projecting from the rear upper part of the slide rod 677 is engaged with the through-hole 668 of the metal plate 665 so that the slide rod 6
A guide bush 681 having a set screw 682 is passed through a guide elongated hole 680 formed in front of 77, and the set screw 682 is fixed to the set hole 662. The slide hook 677 is slidably mounted on the firing base frame 651 via the metal plate 665 by the guide locking piece 678 and the through hole 668, and the guide long hole 680 and the guide bush 681. The slide rod 677 is formed with a contacted portion 679 that contacts the contact portion 675 of the swing piece 672 described above at one end (rear end), and one end of the biasing spring 684 at the other end (front end). A spring locking portion 683 for hooking the locking ring 685 is projected.

A bearing cylinder 652 of the firing base frame 651 to which the metal plate 665 is attached is formed in the through hole 66.
The bearing 665 of the ball striking rod 687 is fitted to the bearing cylinder 652 so as not to fall off. The lower end portion of the hit ball 687 is fixed to the shaft of the bearing 689 and, at the same time, the base plate 690 is fixed. The base plate 690 is provided with an operating piece abutting portion 693 that abuts against the operating piece 658 on the front back surface side thereof, and the front front surface of the base plate 690 is used to latch the locking ring 686 on the other end of the biasing spring 684. A spring locking portion 692 is provided in a projecting manner, and a motor contact projecting piece 691 that engages with and disengages the motor cam 697 of the firing motor 695 is provided in a projecting manner on the rear front surface thereof. A synthetic resin tip 688 is fixed to the upper end of the hitting ball 687.
8 enters a firing position formed by a lower end portion of the firing rail 515 and a firing position stopper 702 fixed above the firing rail 515.

On the other hand, the above-described motor mounting boss 661 of the firing base frame 651 has a motor cover 694.
A firing motor 695 housed in is attached. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 40 (B), the motor cover 694 includes a cylindrical portion formed so as to accommodate the firing motor 695 therein, and is enlarged to the front of the cylindrical portion to attach the motor. And an anti-rotation preventing cam 698 and a motor cam at the tip of the motor shaft 696 of the firing motor 695 formed integrally with an attaching portion in which an attachment fixing hole 699 for attaching to the boss 661 is formed. 697 is fixed. A large number of reverse teeth are formed on the outer periphery of the reverse rotation prevention cam 698. The reverse rotation of the firing motor 695 is engaged by engaging with a stopper piece 700 that is swingably fixed to the stopper piece mounting boss 701. It is preventing. This is to prevent the motor cam 697 from rotating in the reverse direction so that the motor cam 697 and the motor abutting protrusion 691 mesh with each other to prevent a failure in which the ball striking device 650 cannot be driven. Further, the motor cam 697 is formed in a ball shape, and reciprocates the hitting ball rod 687 while being engaged with and disengaged from the motor abutting protrusion piece 691 as the firing motor 695 rotates. When the motor cover 694 is attached to the motor attachment boss 661, as shown in FIG. 38A, the main structure of the hitting ball launcher 650 is covered as seen from the rear surface.

Incidentally, the slide member 710 housed in the slide member housing space 656 and slidably moved is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape with the rear open as shown in FIG. 41, and an elliptical oval convex portion 711 projects on the front surface thereof. Further, a circular connecting convex portion 712 is projected from the rear position of the elliptical convex portion 711. Further, on the upper surface and the lower surface, a slide member storage space 656 is provided.
Sliding contact protrusions 713 having a circular arc cross section are provided at both ends so as to easily slide inside. On the other hand, the space of the slide member 710 formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape is an insertion space 7 into which the slide protrusion 492 of the joint unit 480 provided at the lower part of the back surface of the door body 5 is inserted.
14 Thus, the insertion space 714 has a first inclined surface 715 formed on the front side of the side wall in the sliding direction, and protrudes inward from the inside of the upper surface and the lower surface slightly toward the rear of the first inclined surface 715. A sandwiching piece 716 is formed and provided with a predetermined interval between the tips of each other. A second inclined surface 717 is also formed on the front side of the sandwiching piece 716 so as to incline in a C shape when viewed from the side. Thus, the slide protrusion 492 is inserted into the insertion space 7.
14, the inclined side 4 of the sliding protrusion 492 is formed as shown in FIG.
One end side on the 93 side is in a state of being in contact with the side wall in the sliding direction and being inserted between the upper and lower clamping pieces 716. In addition, although the space part 718 is formed in the side of the insertion space 714 of the slide member 710, this space part 718 is not necessarily playing a function.

Therefore, the slide member 710 configured as described above has the slide member storage space 65.
As shown in FIG. 40A, the insertion space 714 is formed so that the insertion space 714 faces the elliptical connection opening 664 formed on the bottom surface of the slide member storage space 656. The member 710 is in contact with one inner wall of the slide member storage space 656 (in FIG. 40A, it is shown as contacting the left inner wall, but in the normal state, the right inner wall It is in a state of being in contact with.

First, the relationship of adjusting the strength of the urging spring 684 of the slide member 710 and the ball striking device 650 will be described. The slide member 710 has a right position at the initial position inside the slide member storage space 656 (FIG. 40A). The swinging piece 672 connected to the connecting projection 712 of the slide member 710 is in a substantially vertical state. For this reason, the slide rod 677 that is in contact with the swing piece 672 is also biased in one direction by the biasing force of the bias spring 684 and the contact portion 675 of the swing piece 672 and the slide rod 677 are in contact with each other. The portion 679 is in contact. In this state, since the urging spring 684 is not tensioned, even if the hitting ball rod 687 is reciprocally rotated following the rotation of the firing motor 695, the return force of the hitting ball rod 687 is weak, and the hit ball at the firing position is not elastic. Gaming area 6 of gaming unit 140 even if issued
Never reach 05.

On the other hand, when the slide member 710 moves in the other direction from the initial position in the slide member storage space 656 (when moving toward the left inner wall direction in FIG. 40A),
Since the swing piece 672 swings and tilts about the shaft hole 673 at the lower end, the slide rod 677 slides in the other direction due to the contact between the contact portion 675 and the contacted portion 679. Then, the biasing spring 684 locked to the spring locking portion 683 of the slide rod 677 is also tensioned and extended. In this state, since the biasing spring 684 is tensioned, the hitting ball 687
When the ball is reciprocally rotated following the rotation of the launch motor 695, the return force of the hit ball 687 is increased, and the hit ball at the launch position is strongly ejected and reaches the game area 605 of the game unit 140. The strength of the impact force of the hit ball can be adjusted according to the slide amount of the slide member 710 in the slide member storage space 656.

As described above, by moving the slide member 710, it is possible to adjust the resilience by the hitting ball launching device 650. This is interlocked with the movement of the slide body 483 of the joint unit 480 that moves in accordance with the turning operation of the moving operation member 464. This point will be described with reference to FIG.

As described above, when the rotation operation member 464 of the operation handle portion 461 of the handle device 460 is rotated, the slanting cam 466 fixed to the tip of the rotation shaft 465 is also rotated, so that the slide body of the joint unit 480 483 slides and moves in one direction inside the storage body 481. For this reason, the slide protrusion 492 protruding from the front surface of the slide body 483 also slides in the same direction. Slide protrusion 49 of slide body 483
2 is inserted into the insertion space 714 of the slide member 710 through the connection opening 664 formed in the launcher mounting portion 520 of the main body frame 5 when the door body 5 is closed with respect to the main body frame 3. It has become. In this case, the inserted state is the inclined side 4 of the slide protrusion 492 as described above.
In this state, one end side on the 93 side is in contact with the side wall in the sliding direction and is inserted between the upper and lower clamping pieces 716. Accordingly, when the slide protrusion 492 slides in one direction, the slide member 710 also slides in the same direction. At this time, as described above, the slide rod 677 is moved along with the slide movement of the slide member 710.
Since the sliding movement also occurs, the urging force of the urging spring 684 can be adjusted. That is, the ball hitting device 650 is operated by rotating the rotation operation member 464 of the handle device 460.
It is possible to adjust the resilience of the hit ball.

By the way, in this embodiment, since the handle device 460 is provided on the door body 5 and the hitting ball launching device 650 is provided on the main body frame 3, the handle device 460 is opened every time the door body 5 is opened and closed.
The slide projecting piece 492 and the slide member 710 of the ball striking device 650 are linked or separated. However, in the present embodiment, as described above, by closing the door body 5 with respect to the main body frame 3, the slide protrusion 492 is inserted into the insertion space 714 of the slide member 710.
The handle device 460 and the ball striking device 650 are linked to each other automatically, and conversely, by opening the door body 5 with respect to the main body frame 3, the slide projecting piece 492 moves away from the insertion space 714 to handle. Since the device 460 and the ball hitting device 650 can be separated from each other, the handle device 460 and the ball hitting device 650 can be linked / separated with the opening and closing of the door body 5 very easily. In particular, when the slide protrusion 492 is inserted into the insertion space 714, the second inclination of the sandwiching piece 716 that protrudes into the insertion space 714 even if the position of the slide protrusion 492 is slightly shifted in the vertical direction. The slide projection 492 is smoothly inserted into the clamping position by the surface 717.

In some cases, the player may stuff the padding operation member 464 of the operation handle 461 and fix it at a position rotated to some extent. 5 may be opened and closed. Even in such a case, when the door body 5 is opened, there is no problem because the slide protrusion 492 is merely separated from the insertion space 714. However, the door body 5
Although the position of the slide projecting piece 492 is slightly shifted in one direction when closing, the cooperative action of the inclined side 493 of the slide projecting piece 492 and the first inclined surface 715 of the slide member 710 The slide protrusion 492 and the slide member 710 are finally engaged with each other while the slide member 710 is moved in one direction along with the closing operation of the door body 5. In other words, in the present embodiment, the operation handle device 460 and the hitting ball launching device 650 can cooperate with each other regardless of the rotation position of the rotation operation member 464 of the operation handle portion 461. It is.

<Prize ball tank>
Next, the prize ball tank 720 attached to the upper part of the back surface of the main body frame 3 is mainly shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 42 is a perspective view (A), a plan view (B), and a side view (C) of the prize ball tank 720. As described above, the prize ball tank 720 is detachably attached to the tank attachment groove 550 (see FIG. 24) formed in the upper part of the back surface of the main body frame 3. The prize ball tank 720 is formed in a rectangular box shape, and is viewed from the front side of the pachinko machine 1,
A cutout 729 is formed in the front wall 721, and the bottom surface of the front wall 721 extends from the upstream side wall 724 to the downstream side wall 7.
23, a first inclined bottom surface 726 that inclines toward 23 and a front wall 721 to be described below.
A storage portion 728 is formed by the second inclined bottom surface 727 that is inclined toward zero. In addition, a discharge port 730 is formed at the lower end of the second inclined bottom surface 727, and this discharge port 73 is formed.
0 is surrounded by a discharge port protruding wall 725 that connects the downstream side wall 723 and the rear wall 722 in a U-shape so as to protrude outward from the rear wall 722 of the prize ball tank 720 when viewed from the front side of the pachinko machine 1. It is formed to be. In addition, outside the both ends of the front wall 721 of the prize ball tank 720,
A mounting abutment portion 733 that engages with the tank mounting groove 550 is formed, and a mounting contact piece that is mounted on the fourth side wall 543 of the main body frame 3 on the back side of the bottom surface of the prize ball tank 720. 73
1, 732 protrudes, and further, a ball leveling attachment shaft 735 for mounting a ball leveling member 744, which will be described later, protrudes from the lower portion of the rear wall 722 upstream of the prize ball tank 720. Further, an overflow preventing member 734 for preventing the ball from jumping is detachably attached to the rear wall 722 and the upstream side wall 724 of the prize ball tank 720 excluding the discharge port 730.

In the prize ball tank 720 configured as described above, the tank mounting groove 550 of the main body frame 3 is used.
The mounting flange 733 is mounted so as to be inserted from above, and the mounting contact pieces 731 and 732 are mounted.
Is brought into contact with the fourth side wall 543 of the main body frame 3. As a result, the prize ball tank 720 is placed and attached to the upper part on the back side of the main body frame 3. In this attached state, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, the reservoir 728 communicates with the relief recess 551 formed on the back surface of the main body frame 3 through the notch 729 of the front wall 721, and the discharge port 730 is formed as shown in FIG. 5. It faces the upstream end of a tank rail member 740 to be described next. Accordingly, in the prize ball tank 720, the width in the front-rear direction of the storage portion 728 for storing the sphere (the storage space portion corresponding to the first inclined bottom surface 726 and the second inclined bottom surface 727) is the second side wall 541 of the main body frame 3. It forms so that it may become substantially the same as the width | variety of the front-back direction to the 4th side wall 543, and it is mounted in the upper part to those side walls 541-543. Thus, as described above, the first side wall 540 to the fourth side wall 543 of the main body frame 3 are formed deep so as to cover the rearward projecting space of the peripheral portion of the gaming apparatus 4, and therefore the side wall 541 thereof. Although the depth of the storage part of the prize ball tank 720 placed on the upper part of ˜543 is shallower than that of the conventional storage tank, the prize ball tank is stored even if the prize ball is stored and increases in weight. Since the entirety of 720 is supported by the side walls 542 to 543 of the main body frame 3, the stored sphere can be smoothly guided to the discharge port 730 without deformation of the inclined bottom surfaces 726 and 727. Further, since the discharge port 730 is provided at a position outside the rear wall 722 of the prize ball tank 720, the flow of the sphere stored in the storage portion 728 flows outward from the second inclined bottom surface 727. It is configured.
For this reason, as compared with the prize ball tank in which a part of the inclined bottom surface is provided with an opening as a discharge port as in the prior art, a spherical break-up protrusion for eliminating the clogging is formed in the storage portion near the discharge port. In addition, it is possible to obtain a structure in which ball clogging hardly occurs.

In the present embodiment, as described above, the award ball tank 720 is placed on the outside of the upper portion of the rear side walls 541 to 543 that accommodates the rearward projecting portions of the gaming apparatus, and the award is given. Since the discharge port 730 of the ball tank 720 protrudes outward from the rear wall 722 of the storage unit, the tank rail member 740 is disposed outside the storage unit of the prize ball tank 720 (as viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 1). Since the tank rail member 740 and the storage portion 728 of the prize ball tank 720 do not overlap in the vertical direction, the rear protrusion of the gaming device provided on the back surface of the gaming device 4 is stored. The upper sides of the rear side walls 541 to 543 can be protruded rearward at a position close to the upper side of the main body frame 3 so that the rear protrusion of the gaming device protrudes from the upper side of the gaming device 4. It can also be comfortably accommodated in the inside of the rear side wall 541 to 543.

Further, the rear side wall 5 in which the storage portion 728 of the prize ball tank 720 houses the rearward protruding portion of the gaming apparatus.
Regardless of whether or not it is mounted on the upper outer side of 41-543, the conventional prize ball tank is merely configured such that the discharge port 730 is provided at a position outside the rear wall 722 of the prize ball tank 720. It has a unique effect that is not available. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 43 shows conventional prize ball tanks (A) and (B) and the prize ball tank (C) according to this embodiment.
It is a top view which shows the pressure state of the bulb | ball in the discharge port part. In the figure, normally, the balls stored in the prize ball tank 720 are stored and retained in the storage part of the prize ball tank 720. In this case, when the discharge port 730A is formed by opening a part of the inclined bottom surface of the storage portion as in a conventional prize ball tank, for example, as shown in FIG.
A prize ball tank in which a discharge port 730A is formed on the side opposite to A, or a discharge port 730B that is formed adjacent to the ball breaking projection 736B as shown in FIG. 730A
, 730B, the ball pressure is always applied to the outlets 730A, 730B from four directions by the pressure of the stored sphere and the reaction from the side wall of the prize ball tank based on the pressure. For this reason, the pressure between the spheres happens to be balanced due to the degree of sphere overlap, and even when the sphere on the downstream side flows out, a sphere-engaged state may occur at the outlets 730A and 730B, and the sphere may be clogged. On the other hand, in the prize ball tank 720 according to the present embodiment, the discharge port 730 is provided at a position outside the rear wall 722 of the prize ball tank 720, so FIG.
), The pressure of the stored sphere in the discharge port 730 is from the storage unit to the discharge port 7.
The pressure is from only two directions, that is, the acting force toward 30 directions and its reaction, and it does not receive pressure from four directions as in the prior art. For this reason, even if the sphere on the downstream side flows out, it is difficult to generate a sphere-engaged state at the discharge port 730 portion, and an excellent effect that sphere clogging does not occur can be achieved.

<Tank rail member>
The tank rail member 740 arranged below the prize ball tank 720 will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. 44 is a perspective view of the relationship between the prize ball tank 720, the tank rail member 740, the ball passage unit 770, the prize ball unit 800, and the full tank unit 900 as seen from the back side of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. FIG. 46 is a perspective view of the relationship between the prize ball tank 720, the tank rail member 740, the ball path unit 770, the prize ball unit 800, and the full tank unit 900, as viewed from the front side of the pachinko machine 1, and FIG. They are sectional drawing (A) and a top view (B) which show the relationship between the downstream part of the member 740, and the upstream part of the ball passage unit 770.

As described above, the tank rail member 740 is detachably attached to the rail locking grooves 553 and 554 (see FIG. 24) of the upper rear wall 545 of the main body frame 3. Therefore, the tank rail member 740 is provided with a plurality of locking protrusions 749 that are inserted from above into the rail locking groove 553 on the left and right sides and the lower side of the rear side surface, and the upper side of the rear side surface. At the center, a hook-shaped locking protrusion 750 is provided so as to be hooked on the rail locking groove 554 from above. Thus, the tank rail member 740 is formed in a slanted bowl shape having an open upper surface, the upper surface of the upstream end faces the discharge port 730 of the prize ball tank 720, and the lower surface of the downstream end of the tank rail member 740 forms a ball passage unit 770 described in detail later. I'm here. Further, the inside of the tank rail member 740 serves as a passage 742 through which the spheres flow down in two rows by the partition wall 741 as shown in FIG. The bottom surface of the passage 742 is notched with a narrow groove, and foreign substances that roll along the passage 742 together with the ball fall downward from the narrow groove. In addition, a metal plate (not shown) for removing static electricity is attached to the side wall of the passage 742, and the downstream end of the metal plate is connected to the ground wire connector 557 (see FIG. 22). Yes. For this reason, the tank rail member 7
The static electricity charged in the sphere flowing down 40 is grounded from the metal plate via the ground wire connector 557 to the outside via the ground connector of the power supply board.

In addition, an egg-shaped ball leveling member 744 having a weight on the slightly downstream side of the midstream region of the tank rail member 740 is swingably provided. The ball leveling member 744 is pivotally supported by the ball leveling mounting shaft 735 of the award ball tank 720 described above, and moves toward the passages 742 in the two rows of the tank rail members 740. The spheres that are suspended and flow down the respective passages 742 flow down in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction so as to be rectified so as to become one stage. Also,
The upper surface of the tank rail member 740 downstream from the installation position of the ball leveling member 744 is the ball holding plate 7.
45. The ball holding plate 745 is formed in an inclined arc shape so that the ball that has not been made one step by the ball leveling member 744 is forced to one step. Further, a pair of alignment gears 747 are rotatably supported by shaft pins 748 at the downstream end of the tank rail member 740 so as to face the respective passages 742. The alignment gear 747 has a plurality of teeth formed on its outer periphery, and is fixed to the shaft pin 748 so that the pitch of the teeth of the pair of alignment gears 747 is shifted by a half pitch. Therefore, each passage 74 of the tank rail member 740
When the upper part of the sphere that has flowed down 2 flows down to the downstream side while meshing with the teeth of the alignment gear 747, the spheres in the two rows of passages 742 are alternately sent one by one. In this case, as shown in FIG. 46, the spheres flowing through the respective passages 742 are engaged with the alignment gears 747 and are arranged in two rows of passages 7.
42 is guided in a central direction along an inclined surface 743 formed at the lower part of 42, and during the guidance, the spheres from the two rows of the passages 742 are introduced into the upper end inlet 773 of the ball dropping passage 772 of the ball passage unit 770 described below. It is designed to fall alternately in a line. The alignment gear 747 is covered with an arcuate gear cover 746 on its upper surface.

<Ball passage unit>
A ball passage unit 770 for guiding the balls dropped from the tank rail member 740 in a line to the winning ball unit 800 will be described with reference mainly to FIGS. 47 to 51. 47 is an exploded perspective view showing the relationship between the main body frame 3 and the ball passage unit 770 and the prize ball unit 800, and FIG. 48 is a rear view showing the relationship between the ball passage unit 770 and the prize ball unit 800. 49 is a perspective view seen from the back of the ball passage unit 770, FIG.
FIG. 51 is a front view of the ball passage unit 770, and FIG. 51 is a side view for explaining a connection structure between the ball passage unit 770 and the prize ball unit 800. 48 and 49, the prize ball unit 800 portion is a drawing of the ball passage portion formed in the unit base body 801 with the gear cover 866, the aluminum heat sink 841 and the unit sub plate 825 removed. is there. However, the gears and the like are indicated by alternate long and short dash lines in order to facilitate understanding of the relationship with the ball passage.

In the spherical passage unit 770, a spherical drop passage 772 is formed by a pair of bent passage walls 771 bent to the back surface of a substantially rectangular plate (the surface seen from the back surface is referred to as the front surface). As shown in FIG. 46A, the ball drop passage 772 communicates with the front / rear bent passage portion 772a whose upstream is bent in the front / rear direction (depth direction when viewed from the back) and the front / rear bent passage portion 772a. It consists of a left and right bent passage portion 772b bent in the left and right direction (left and right direction when viewed from the back) and a vertical passage portion 772c communicating with the left and right bent passage portion 772b and having a substantially vertical shape.
As shown in FIG. 46 (A), the front / rear bent passage portion 772a has the tank rail member 74 described above.
Since the position of the upper end inlet 773 dropping from 0 is substantially the center of the two rows of passages 742 as described above, it is a position away from the surface of the upper rear wall 545 and the pivot support side rear wall 546 of the main body frame 3 to the rear side. Therefore, the ball drop passage 772 is positioned close to the surface of the shaft-supporting rear wall 546 by the front / rear bending passage portion 772a and the prize ball guiding projection 561 protruding from the shaft-supporting rear wall 546. It bends in the front-rear direction. Further, as shown in FIG. 50, the left and right bent passage portions 772b are formed in a U-shape so as to be almost full of the width of the ball passage unit 770 in order to weaken the momentum of the sphere that has dropped from the tank rail member 740 to the front and rear bent passage portions 772a. It is formed by bending. Further, although the vertical passage portion 772c is formed in a substantially vertical shape, it is slightly curved and formed, and a notch portion 775 is formed in one bent passage wall 771 constituting the vertical passage portion 772c. A ball breakage detecting piece 776 whose upper end is supported by a support shaft 777 is attached to 775 so as to be swingable. A ball break switch 778 is attached to the side of the ball break detection piece 776, and an actuator 779 of the ball break switch 778 is in contact with the ball break detection piece 776. The ball break detection piece 776 and the ball break switch 778 constitute a ball break detection mechanism for detecting a ball break in the vertical passage portion 772c.

Thus, when a ball is present in the vertical passage portion 772c, the ball piece detection piece 776 is pressed by the ball present in the vertical passage portion 772c and the actuator 779 is pushed to turn on the ball piece switch 778. When no ball is present in the portion 772c due to clogging or ball deficiency, the ball piece detecting piece 776 swings into the vertical passage portion 772c, and the actuator 779 turns off the ball piece switch 778. The ball break switch 778 is OF
At F, the rotation of the payout motor 815 of the prize ball unit 800, which will be described later, stops and the payout of the prize ball is stopped. In addition, at the lower end portion of the notch portion 775, a ball breakage detecting piece 77 is provided.
A stopper projection 780 is formed to prevent excessive swinging to the opposite side of the passage portion 6 and a vertical passage portion 772c corresponding to the ball breakage detecting piece 776 of the ball passage unit 770.
A ball clogging insertion groove 781 is formed on the surface. The ball clogging insertion groove 781 inserts a pin from the rear surface side of the ball passage unit 770 to prevent clogging of the ball breakage detection piece 776 when it is difficult to swing the ball breakage detection piece 776 due to ball clogging or the like. This is provided to eliminate the problem. Further, the other bent passage wall 771 facing the ball piece detecting piece 776 is formed in a bulging shape slightly toward the ball piece detecting piece 776 side. This is because when the ball is present in the vertical passage portion 772c, the ball breakage detecting piece 776 is surely pressed and the ball breakage switch 778 is turned on.
It is to make it.

Further, the ball passage unit 770 has a stop hole 7 at a position avoiding the above-described ball dropping passage 772.
82 and a positioning boss 783 are formed. The positioning boss 783 is engaged with a positioning pin 574 formed on the shaft support side rear wall 546 of the main body frame 3.
Corresponds to the passage unit mounting boss 562 formed on the shaft support side rear wall 546. Therefore, in order to attach the ball passage unit 770 to the main body frame 3, as shown in FIG.
62 and the stop hole 782 are made to coincide with each other, and a screw 784 is screwed from the stop hole 782 in this state. Further, the ball passage unit 770 is formed with a cover body engaging groove 785 that engages with an engaging piece of the cover body 1250 in the middle of one side, and is connected to the prize ball unit 800 at the lower part. A connecting lid member 786 is rotatably provided.

As shown in FIG. 49, the connecting lid member 786 is configured by projecting a pair of passage walls 790 projecting in an arc shape on the back surface of a rectangular plate member, and the lower surface of the ball passage unit 770 The projecting shaft 789 as the rotating shaft projecting from the tip of the support piece 788 extending from the both ends of the connecting lid member 786 is fitted into the supporting projecting piece 787 serving as the shaft support projecting from the left and right ends of the connecting lid 786. Thus, it is pivotally supported. In addition, the connecting lid member 786 is extended below the ball passage unit 770 by closing, and the passage formed by the passage wall 790 and the downstream end portion of the ball dropping passage 772 communicate with each other (see FIG. 51B). The state shown in FIG. 51) and the state where the passage formed by the passage wall 790 and the downstream end of the ball dropping passage 772 do not communicate with each other (the state shown in FIG. 51A). A guide projection 791 that guides the support piece 788 of the connecting lid member 786 when projecting from the opened state to the closed state projects from the lower end of the rear surface of the ball path unit 770.

Thus, in a state where the ball passage unit 770 is fixed to the shaft support side rear wall 546 of the main body frame 3,
In addition, as described later, in a state where the prize ball unit 800 is similarly mounted on the pivot side rear wall 546 (the state shown in FIG. 51A), the coupling lid member 786 is closed and the latch provided on the prize ball unit 800 is provided. By locking the rear surface of the ball passage unit 770 with the elastic claw 820, the ball drop passage 772 of the ball passage unit 770 and the bent passage 803 of the prize ball unit 800 are communicated with each other through the passage wall 790, so that the ball drop passage of the ball passage unit 770 The ball that falls on 772 can be guided to the bending path 803 of the prize ball unit 800. The reason why the rotatable connecting lid member 786 is provided in the ball passage unit 770 is that the award ball unit 800 can be easily attached to and detached from the main body frame 3 as will be described later, and the attachment and detachment thereof is possible. This is to prevent the space formed between the ball path unit 770 and the prize ball unit 800 from being hindered from falling smoothly.

Further, between the pair of bent passage walls 771 projecting from the ball passage unit 770, the projecting height is provided on the pivot side rear surface wall 546 of the main body frame 3 so as to gradually decrease toward the downstream side. By inserting the award ball guide projection 561, the upstream portion of the ball drop passage 772 is placed on the rear side so that the upper end inlet 773 of the ball drop passage 772 is located substantially at the lower center of the two rows of passages 742 of the tank rail member 740. It is formed as a front / rear bent passage portion 772a that bends in the front / rear direction when viewed from the side. Accordingly, the award ball unit 8 alternately turns the balls flowing down in two rows by the pair of alignment gears 747.
In the configuration of sending to the 00 side, the balls can be smoothly sent to the winning ball unit 800 one by one through the ball dropping passage 772. Further, according to this configuration, since it is not necessary to form the ball drop passage 772 from an assembly of a plurality of members, the number of parts constituting the ball drop passage 772 can be reduced, and the ball drop passage 772 can be assembled. Workability can be improved.

Further, the sphere that has dropped from the tank rail member 740 in the front / rear bent passage portion 772a weakens its momentum by passing through the left / right bent passage portion 772b, and then is sent to the winning ball unit 800 through the vertical passage portion 772c. . In addition, the vertical passage portion 772c into which the ball is fed in a state where the momentum is weakened is provided with a ball break detection mechanism (a ball break detection piece 776 and a ball break switch 778) for detecting the ball break. Accordingly, it is possible to reliably detect a break in the ball drop passage 772, in other words, a break in the ball supplied to the winning ball unit 800 (a ball break).

<Prize ball unit>
Next, the prize ball unit 800 disposed on the downstream side of the above-described ball path unit 770 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 52 to 55. 52 is an exploded perspective view as seen from the back side of the prize ball unit 800. FIG. 53 is a rear view for explaining the relationship between the payout motor 815 and the sprocket 807 as a payout member. FIG. 55 is a rear view for explaining the path and drive relationship of the prize ball unit 800, and FIG. 55 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

52, a prize ball unit 800 includes a unit base body 801 in which a bent path 803, a prize ball path 810, and a ball extraction path 811 forming a ball path by a pair of bent path walls 802, and the unit base body. A unit sub-plate 825 covering the rear surface of 801, a relay board 830 attached to the upper surface (rear surface side) of the unit sub-plate 825, and a gear provided in a substantially central surface region (rear surface region) of the unit sub-plate 825; Groups 843, 844
847 and a gear cover 866 that covers the detection disk 850 (rotation transmission member). Hereinafter, these configurations will be sequentially described.

The unit base body 801 is formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape (this plate portion may be referred to as a “bottom surface”), and a pair of bent passages projecting toward the plate-like unit sub plate 825 side. A bent passage 803 is formed by the wall 802. The bent passage wall 802 protrudes from the center of the upper part of the unit base body 801 to the middle of the downstream side at a distance slightly larger than the diameter of the sphere. It also serves as side walls on both ends of the unit base body 801 from the downstream end to the downstream end. Further, a portion where the middle bent passage wall 802 is largely divided into right and left is a distribution space 8 in which a sprocket 807 serving as a ball feed rotating body is disposed.
05, and a passage partition wall 809 is formed so as to project from the lower part of the distribution space 805 to the downstream end of the unit base body 801 so as to form a pair of the bent passage walls 802 divided into the left and right. That is, the left and right bent passage walls 802 and the passage partition wall 809 on the downstream side from the middle form two passages on the left and right from the distribution space 805, and one passage is the prize ball passage 81.
0 and the other passage constitutes a ball passage 811. The passage partition wall 809 is also largely divided into left and right, and a motor storage space 814 for storing the payout motor 815 is formed inside the divided passage partition wall 809. That is, the payout motor 815 is housed and fixed in a motor housing space 814 that is located at a position avoiding the ball passage (bending passage 803, prize ball passage 810, ball removal passage 811) and within the depth width dimension of the ball passage. Is done. The bent passage 80
3 is formed in a meandering shape so as to weaken the pressure applied to the sprocket 807 of the spheres staying in the passage 803 and reaches the distribution space 805. An elliptical shape is formed on the bottom surface upstream of the distribution space 805. A shaped opening 804 is formed. The opening 804 stores small dust or the like that has entered the bent passage 803, and can collect dust or the like that is collected when the prize ball unit 800 is removed from the main body frame 3.

In the distribution space 805 described above, a plurality of balls (three in the illustrated example) in which spheres fit on the outer periphery.
A sprocket 807 serving as a payout member in which a recess is formed is rotatably arranged. A bearing cylinder 806 that pivotally supports the other end of the rotating shaft 808 to which the sprocket 807 is fixed is formed on the bottom surface of the distribution space 805. Has been. Further, the passage partition wall 8 constituting the bottom of the distribution space 805
The upper end portion of 09 is formed in a concave arc shape along the rotation arc of the sprocket 807, and a payout ball detection sensor 812 is detachably attached to an upstream portion of the prize ball passage 810 formed on one side thereof. . The payout ball detection sensor 812 is a rectangular parallelepiped magnetic sensor in which a circular passage hole through which a ball passes is formed at the tip, and a switch fitting recess 865 that matches the shape of the rear end.
By being formed of the bent passage wall 802, it can be easily attached and detached. Note that wiring (not shown) from the payout ball detection sensor 812 is connected to a relay board 830 described later.
To be connected to. Further, on the downstream side of the bent passage wall 802 constituting the prize ball passage 810, a locking claw that engages with a locking portion 860 formed on a passage lid plate portion 859 formed integrally with the unit sub plate 825. A plurality of 813 are formed. However, a plurality of locking claws 813
Among them, a locking claw 813 that engages with one locking portion 860 at the lower end of the passage lid plate portion 859 is formed on the passage partition wall 809 side.

In addition, a circular motor storage space 814 for storing the payout motor 815 is formed below the unit base body 801 and between the prize ball passage 810 and the ball removal passage 811. This motor storage space 814 The cylindrical main body of the payout motor 815 is accommodated in the inside. However, the payout motor 815 has a screw 817 on the back side of the aluminum heat dissipating plate 841 attached below the unit sub plate 825 by a pair of mounting pieces 816 formed on the front surface thereof.
It comes to be fixed with. Then, in a state where the payout motor 815 is attached to the aluminum heat radiating plate 841 of the unit sub-plate 825, the motor shaft 818 of the payout motor 815 passes through the shaft insertion hole 842 drilled in the aluminum heat radiating plate 841. The gear 843 is fixed. In addition, a space in the depth width direction in which the bent passage 803, the prize ball passage 810, and the ball removal passage 811 described above are formed by covering the rear side of the unit base body 801 with the unit sub plate 825 and the aluminum heat sink 841. The cylindrical main body portion of the dispensing motor 815 is also accommodated in the inside. Then, a motor storage space 814 for storing the payout motor 815.
And the above-described distribution space 805 in which the sprocket 807 is disposed are formed in a very close positional relationship in the vertical direction, so that the length of the unit base body 801 in the vertical direction can be shortened. The prize ball unit 800 can be made compact.

Further, the unit base body 801 is provided with a guide protrusion 819 that guides the ball, which has been extracted at the lowermost end of the above-described ball extraction passage 811, to the back side of the prize ball unit 800.
The sphere guided to 19 is guided to a ball outlet connecting passage 880 described later, and finally discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 1 (a collection basket provided below the island platform). A locking elastic claw 820 that locks the connecting lid member 786 of the above-described ball passage unit 770 protrudes from the upper portion of the unit base body 801, and the prize ball unit 800 is mounted on the shaft support side of the main body frame 3. A button insertion engagement hole 821 and a hook-like engagement portion 824 for detachably attaching to the rear wall 546;
An attachment boss 823 for connecting the unit base body 801 and the gear cover 866 with the unit sub-plate 825 sandwiched therebetween is provided. The button insertion engagement hole 821 is provided on one side of the upper portion of the unit base body 801 and is attached with a rod-like detachable button 822 slidably in the depth width direction. This corresponds to the elastic lock claw 564 formed on the shaft support side rear wall 546 of the main body frame 3. Also, the button insertion engagement hole 8
As shown in FIG. 47, the rear end surface of 21 has a concave shape so that the front end of the locking elastic claw 564 enters. The hook-shaped engaging portion 824 engages with an engaging protrusion 565 formed on the shaft support side rear wall 546 of the main body frame 3, and presses the prize ball unit 800 against the shaft support side rear wall 546. By pushing down downward, the hook-like engagement portion 824 and the engagement protrusion 565 are engaged. In this engaged state, the lock elastic claw 564 and the button insertion engagement hole 821
Are engaged, so that the upward movement of the prize ball unit 800 cannot be performed. Note that the hook-shaped engaging portions 824 are formed on the upper left and right of the unit base body 801. Also,
A mounting boss 823 for connecting the unit base body 801 and the gear cover 866 with the unit sub-plate 825 sandwiched therebetween is long and protrudes toward the rear side, and the unit sub-plate 82
5, after passing through the through hole 858 drilled in 5, the screw 868 is screwed from the surface of the gear cover 866 so as to correspond to the mounting hole 867 of the gear cover 866, thereby
The unit base body 801 and the gear cover 866 are connected in a state where the 25 is sandwiched.

The configuration of the unit sub-plate 825 that covers the unit base body 801 will be described. The unit sub-plate 825 is a composite that covers the bent passage 803 portion, the distribution space 805 portion, and the prize ball passage 810 portion of the unit base body 801. A payout motor 815 is attached to a resin plate, and an aluminum heat radiating plate 841 that covers the downstream portion of the ball extraction passage 811 is attached. A relay board region 826 for attaching the relay board 830 is formed on the top side (rear side) of the synthetic resin plate portion of the unit sub-plate 825, and a plurality of gears 843, 844, 847 and detection are formed below the relay board area 826. A gear region 840 to which the disk 850 is attached is formed. The relay substrate region 826 is formed in a substantially square shape, and mounting ribs 827 for mounting the relay substrate 830 are provided along the square shape, and a substrate cover 835 (described later) is provided above and below one side of the side. An engaging groove portion 828 that engages with the mating protrusion 836 is formed, and a locking claw portion 829 that engages with the locking projection 837 of the substrate cover 835 is formed at the center of the other side vertical side. Further, the relay board region 826 is formed with a button insertion hole 834 through which the attach / detach button 822 is inserted and an attachment boss part 832 for fixing the relay board 830 with screws (not shown).

The relay board 830 attached to the above-described relay board area 826 includes the prize ball unit 800.
Relays the wiring from the above-described payout ball detection sensor 812, the payout motor 815, and the sensor 855 described later, and the wiring from the payout control board 1186 (see FIGS. 25 and 72) described later. Are provided with a plurality of connectors and a detachable button 82.
A button insertion hole 833 through which 2 is inserted and a mounting hole 831 corresponding to the mounting boss portion 832 are formed. Thus, the relay board 830 is mounted on the mounting rib 827 in the relay board area 826, and the mounting hole 831 and the mounting boss portion 832 are aligned with each other and fixed with screws (not shown). It can be fixed to the surface (rear surface) of the plate 825.

Further, the relay board 830 attached as described above is covered with a board cover 835. The substrate cover 835 is formed in a box shape with a substantially square front side open,
An engaging protrusion 836 is formed on the upper and lower bases of the one vertical side, and a locking protrusion 83 is provided on the substantially central side surface of the other vertical side.
7 is formed. Further, a button opening 83 is formed on a square vertical surface of the substrate cover 835.
8 and a connection opening 839 are formed. Thus, the engagement protrusion 83 of the substrate cover 835
6 is inserted into the engaging groove portion 828 of the relay board region 826 and engaged, and then the latching protrusion 837 and the latching claw part 829 are engaged to easily cover the relay board 830 with the board cover 835. be able to. On the other hand, when removing, the latching claw portion 829 is elastically deformed to release the engagement with the latching projection 837 and the substrate cover 835 is pulled obliquely toward the front side to engage the engagement projection 83.
6 and the engagement groove portion 828 can be disengaged. In the state where the substrate cover 835 is covered, the head of the detachable button 822 engaged with the button insertion engagement hole 821 passes through the button insertion holes 833 and 834 and slightly faces the outside from the button opening 838. Yes. Also,
The wiring connected to the relay substrate 830 is drawn out from the connection opening 839.

Next, gears 843, 8 provided in a gear region 840 formed in the unit sub-plate 825.
44 and 847 and the detection disk 850 will be described. As described above, the dispensing motor 81
The tip of the motor shaft 818 of No. 5 protrudes through the shaft insertion hole 842 drilled in the aluminum heat radiating plate 841 of the unit sub plate 825 and protrudes to the surface (rear side) of the unit sub plate 825. A first gear 843 (driving gear) is fixed to the front. Above the first gear 843, a second gear 844 (rotation transmission gear) that meshes with the first gear 843 is press-fitted into the back surface (front side) of the gear cover 866 and is formed in the aluminum heat dissipation plate 841. A shaft 845, the other end of which is supported in the shaft hole 846, is rotatably provided. Above the second gear 844, a third gear 847 (rotation transmission gear) that meshes with the second gear 844 is a unit sub-plate. A shaft 848 press-fitted in a shaft hole 849 formed in 825 is rotatably provided. Furthermore, the third gear 847
Is a detection disk 8 having a gear portion 852 (driven gear) meshing with the third gear 847.
50 is rotatably provided on a rotating shaft 808 that supports the sprocket 807. As shown in FIG. 55, the tip of the motor shaft 818 is loosely fitted in a receiving hole formed in the gear cover 866. The rotating shaft 808 is supported by being pressed into a bearing cylinder 806 formed on the unit base body 801 and supported at the other end by a bearing hole formed on the gear cover 866. The sprocket 807 is rotatably supported in the distribution space 805 through a shaft through hole 864 formed slightly below the center of the 840, and the detection disk 850 is formed in the space formed by the unit sub plate 825 and the gear cover 866.
Is pivotally supported. However, as shown in FIG. 55, since the rear end portion of the sprocket 807 is engaged with the center front surface portion of the detection disk 850, the sprocket 807 and the detection disk 850 are integrated around the rotation shaft 808. It is designed to rotate. Therefore, when the payout motor 815 is driven to rotate, the rotation is caused by the first gear 843 and the second gear 8.
44, the third gear 847, and the gear 852 of the detection disk 850 are transmitted to rotate the sprocket 807.

The outer periphery of the detection disk 850 is formed to be slightly larger than the circle of the gear portion 852, and the outer peripheral portion protruding outward from the gear portion 852 has the same number as the recesses of the sprocket 807 (in the case of illustration). 3) detection notches 851 are formed. The detection notch 851 is detected by a light emitting / receiving sensor 855 (rotational position detecting means) provided on a sensor substrate 854 sandwiched and supported by a substrate mounting portion 857 formed on the surface of the unit sub-plate 825. . The sensor 855 monitors whether or not the sprocket 807 is rotating normally by detecting the number of detection notches 851 within a predetermined interval during the payout operation. If abnormal rotation is detected by the sensor 855 (mostly, the sprocket 807 is in a ball-engaged state), the sprocket 807
Is rotated forward and backward a predetermined number of times to eliminate an abnormal state (for example, a ball biting state). Note that the number of balls actually paid out is detected by the payout ball detection sensor 812 provided in the prize ball passage 810 and used for counting. As shown in FIG. 55, the other end side of the sensor substrate 854 is also sandwiched between substrate mounting portions formed on the gear cover 866.

As described above, of the plurality of gears provided in the gear region 840, only the second gear 844 is rotatably provided on the rotary shaft 845 that is press-fitted to the gear cover 866 side. As a result, the gear cover 866 that covers the gear region 840 is provided. A mounting hole 867 is formed at a position corresponding to the tip of the mounting boss 823 that protrudes from the unit base body 801 and passes through the through hole 858 of the unit sub-plate 825. The teeth of the second gear 844 provided on the gear cover 866 side and the first gear 843 and the third gear 8 provided on the unit sub plate 825 side are provided.
The base unit body 451 is held in a state where the unit sub-plate 825 is sandwiched by screwing with the screw 868 from the rear surface of the gear cover 866 in a state where the mounting hole 867 and the mounting boss 823 are aligned with each other. And the gear cover 866 are fixed integrally. Further, on one side surface of the gear cover 866, there is a wiring processing piece 869 that hangs and collects wiring connected to the relay board 830 (for example, wiring connecting the relay board 830 and a payout control board 1186 described later). Projected.

The configuration of the prize ball unit 800 has been described above. In the state where the unit base body 801, the unit sub-plate 825, the relay board 830, the board cover 835, and the gear cover 866 are assembled, as shown in FIG. A bent passage 803 through which a ball to be taken out is guided
The cylindrical main body portion of the payout motor 815 is stored in the lower position. Also,
The unit base body 801 includes a ball passage (a bent passage 803, a prize ball passage 810, a ball passage 81).
1) provided with a sprocket 807 disposed inside, and a payout motor 815 housed in a motor housing space 814 formed in a depth width dimension of the ball path at a position avoiding the ball path,
The unit sub-plate 825 includes a motor shaft 818 of the payout motor 815 along the non-blocking surface side.
Rotation transmission member (first gear 843,
2 and 3 gears 844 and 847 and a gear portion 852 of the detection disk 850, and a unit sub-plate including a discharge motor 815 and a sprocket 807 as a discharge member disposed in the distribution space 805 of the bending passage 803. A plurality of gears 843, 844, 847, and 850 (852) provided in the gear region 840 on the rear surface of 825 are coupled to be rotationally driven. That is, the sprocket 807 and the payout motor 815 are accommodated within the depth width of the ball passage (bending passage 803, prize ball passage 810, ball removal passage 811) formed between the unit base body 801 and the unit sub plate 825. Moreover, the sprocket 807 and the dispensing motor 81
5 (the first gear 843, the second and third gears 844, 847, and the gear portion 852 of the detection disk 850) are provided along a predetermined width on the non-blocking surface side of the unit sub-plate 825. Therefore, the prize ball unit 800 can be reduced in thickness as compared with the case where a part of the payout motor and the sprocket is arranged outside the ball passage. Also, such a prize ball unit 800 is
Ball passages in the prize ball unit 800 (bent passage 803, prize ball passage 810, ball removal passage 811)
) Is formed in a single passage shape, further reducing the thickness. That is,
Unlike the conventional case in which the payout motor 815 protrudes to the front side, the rear side or the side of the prize ball unit, the prize ball is attached to the rear side wall 546 of the main frame 3 when it is attached to the rear side. Any part of the unit 800 can be structured not to protrude further rearward. In FIG. 55, the front end portion of the payout motor 815 is the unit base body 80.
25, the projecting portion is a front portion of the main body frame 3 from the payout motor escape opening 572 below the shaft support side rear wall 546, as shown in FIG. As a result, only the dimension obtained by subtracting the plate thickness dimension of the pivot support side rear wall 546 from the projection dimension is projected, and the projection amount toward the front side from the pivot support side rear wall 546 is as follows. It is a little. Further, by taking such a configuration, in this embodiment,
A storage space for storing a rearward projecting portion of the gaming device provided in the gaming device 4 between the pivot-side rear wall 546 of the main body frame 3 to which the prize ball unit 800 is attached and the back surface of the gaming device 4 in the depth width direction. It can be taken big.

In addition, in order to attach the prize ball unit 800 configured as described above to the pivotal support side rear wall 546 of the main body frame 3, as shown in FIG. 47, the hook-shaped engagement portion 824, the engagement protrusion 565, After the alignment, the lower end of the prize ball unit 800 is hooked in the locking groove 573, and the prize ball unit 800 is pivotally supported to engage the hook-like engagement portion 824 and the engagement protrusion 565. The lower side wall 546 is pressed down while being in close contact with the side rear wall 546. At this time, since the lower end portion of the prize ball unit 800 and the locking groove 573 are engaged, and the hook-shaped engaging portion 824 and the engaging protrusion 565 are engaged, the mounting itself is completed. In order to prevent this, each of the above engagement states is easily released by moving the prize ball unit 800 upward.
64 is adapted to engage with the button insertion engagement hole 821. That is, the elastic claw 5 for locking
64 and the button insertion engagement hole 821 are engaged with each other so that the prize ball unit 800 is attached in the attached state.
Is prevented from moving upward. In this way, after the prize ball unit 800 is attached, the connecting lid member 786 of the ball path unit 770 is rotated as described above and locked by the locking elastic claw 820, so that the ball path of the ball path unit 770 drops. The downstream end of the passage 772 and the prize ball unit 80
The upstream end of the zero bent passage 803 can be communicated with a passage formed by a pair of passage walls 790. When the prize ball unit 800 is attached, the prize ball passage 81 is provided.
The downstream end of 0 is connected to a prize ball inlet 927 of the full tank unit 900 described in detail later, and the downstream end of the ball removal passage 811 is connected to the upstream end of the ball removal connection passage 880.

On the other hand, when the prize ball unit 800 is removed, the engagement by the latching elastic claws 820 is released and the connecting lid member 786 is rotated forward, and then the detachable button 822 is pressed to release the locking elastic claws 564. It is moved to the front side to release the engagement between the lock elastic claw 564 and the button insertion engagement hole 821, and then the prize ball unit 800 is pulled upward with the detachable button 822 pressed, and the prize ball unit 800. Engagement of the lower end portion of the groove and the locking groove 573 and the hook-shaped engagement portion 824
By releasing the engagement with the engaging protrusion 565 and pulling out the prize ball unit 800 to the near side, the prize ball unit 800 can be easily removed.

<Full tank unit>
The full tank unit 900 disposed on the downstream side of the above-described prize ball unit 800 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 56 to 62. 56 is a perspective view showing the relationship between the prize ball unit 800 and the full tank unit 900, FIG. 57 is a perspective view of the full tank unit 900, and FIG. 58 is a front view of the full tank unit 900. 59 is an exploded perspective view, FIG. 59 is an exploded perspective view seen from the back of the full tank unit 900, and FIG. 60 is a full tank unit 900.
FIG. 61 is a partially broken perspective view showing the relationship between the foul port 610 and the foul port 610. FIG.
FIG. 62 is a cross-sectional view taken along the bottom rocking plate 907 provided at 00, and FIG.

The full unit 900 is placed and fixed on the full unit mounting portion 531 of the main body frame 3 as described above. As shown in FIG. 58, the full unit is formed in a box shape having an open upper surface. 901 and a lid body 926 that covers the upper surface of the box main body 901. The box main body 901 is configured such that the sphere that has flowed in from the downstream end of the prize ball passage 810 is guided in a zigzag shape inside and discharged from the outlet 921. Therefore, a side guide passage 902 that guides a sphere that has flowed in from a prize ball inlet 927 formed in the lid 926 to the side from one end to the other end is formed in the upstream portion. A side guide receiving portion 903 formed in a concave arc shape so as to guide the sphere toward the side is provided at one end portion of the side guide passage 902 directly below the prize ball entrance 927, and the side guide passage is provided. A buffer member 904 is provided on the inner surface of the other end of 902 to receive the impact of the sphere flowing through the side guide passage 902 and guide the sphere downstream.

Further, the ball that collides with the buffer member 904 provided on the inner surface of the other end of the side guide passage 902 is guided to flow in the opposite direction to the flow of the sphere in the side guide passage 902 after changing the direction to the downstream side. A reverse side guide passage 905 is formed. The sphere that has flowed through the reverse side guide passage 905 is then guided to the front guide passage 920 formed forward and the outlet 921 formed at the lower end of the front guide passage 920 of the plate unit 300 described above. Guided to prize ball contact 451.

By the way, a bottom surface opening 906 is formed on the bottom surface on the upstream side of the reverse side guide passage 905 so as to open over the entire bottom surface, and the bottom surface swing plate 907 is closed so that the bottom surface swinging plate 907 can swing. ing. The bottom surface opening 906 is formed in a substantially square concave shape having an open top surface, and a pair of shaft projections 911 project from the side walls in the front-rear direction when viewed from the front inside. A circular spring mounting recess 912 for positioning the lower end of the spring 913 is formed on the concave bottom surface of the bottom surface opening 906. On the other hand, the bottom rocking plate 907 that closes the bottom surface opening 906 is formed in a substantially square shape, and is semi-circularly supported by being fitted to the shaft support protrusion 911 when viewed from the front on the downstream side of the back surface. A bearing portion 908 is formed to project. Also, the bottom rocking plate 90
As shown in FIG. 61, the center of the rear surface of the spring 7 has a spring locking projection 9 on which the upper end of the spring 913 is locked.
10 protrudes downward. Therefore, the bottom rocking plate 907 is biased in the direction in which the upstream side is always rocked upward by the biasing force of the spring 913. And spring 9
No. 13, even when the number of normal prize balls to be paid out (for example, 15) is placed on the bottom surface rocking plate 907 at a time, the bottom surface rocking plate 907 does not rock downward, and is more than the number of prize balls to be paid out. The predetermined number of balls are formed by a spring member having a spring coefficient that swings downward when placed on the bottom swing plate 907. Further, a detection protrusion 909 protrudes forward on the upstream side of the bottom rocking plate 907. This detection protrusion 909 passes through the communication hole 929 when the bearing portion 908 of the bottom rocking plate 907 is pivotally supported by the shaft projection 911, and the switch housing space 9 to be described next.
14 is located.

In addition, a switch storage space 914 for storing the full tank switch 916 is integrally formed on the outer side of the upstream end side wall of the reverse side guide passage 905. Switch storage space 91
4, a switch mounting portion 918 is formed on the outer surface of the side wall of the upstream end portion of the reverse side guide passage 905 in the upper portion of the switch storage space 914 and attached to the switch mounting portion 918. A mounting piece 917 of the switch holder 915 that holds the full switch 916 is fixed by a screw 919. The full tank switch 916 is configured as a switch composed of a projector and a light receiver, and detects ON / OFF when the detection protrusion 909 swings up and down between the light receiver and the light projector.

Further, a foul ball passage 922 is formed on one side downstream of the reverse side guide passage 905. As shown in FIG. 60, the foul ball passage 922 is bent and formed such that the foul ball entrance 923 communicates with the foul port 610 described above and the downstream side communicates with the upstream side of the front guide passage 920. Has been. For this reason, the foul ball taken into the foul port 610 is guided from the foul ball inlet 923 through the bent foul ball passage 922 to the front guide passage 920, and further through the outlet 921 and the prize ball connecting rod 451 to the dish unit. Returned to 300.

Further, the box main body 901 includes both sides of the outlet 921 and the foul ball inlet 923.
An engagement piece 924 that is engaged with a unit engagement groove 532 formed on the full unit mounting portion 531 is protruded on one side of the unit, and a latch piece 928 formed on the lid body 926. A latching protrusion 925 that engages is formed. The latching protrusion 925 is appropriately formed on the upper left and right side walls of the box main body 901.

On the other hand, the lid 926 includes a side guide passage 902 and a reverse side guide passage 90 of the box main body 901.
5, formed in a plate shape so as to cover the upper surfaces of the front guide passage 920 and the foul ball passage 922, and a square prize ball entrance 927 is opened in the side guide passage 902 at a position corresponding to the upstream end. . Further, a latching piece 928 for engaging with the latching protrusion 925 of the box main body 901 is provided around the lid 926 so as to project downward.

In the full tank unit 900 configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 56, the balls paid out from the prize ball path 810 of the prize ball unit 800 are passed from the prize ball entrance 927 to the side guide path 9.
02 enters the upstream side of 02 and is guided sideways by the side guide receiving portion 903 to be cushioned 9
Collide with 04. The sphere colliding with the buffer member 904 is guided in the reverse side guide passage 905 in the direction opposite to the guide direction of the side guide passage 902 toward the downstream side as it is, so that the front guide passage 92 is directed.
Then, it is led to the dish unit 300 from the outlet 921 of the front guide passage 920 through the prize ball connecting rod 451. Further, the foul sphere entered from the foul ball entrance 923 is also weakened by the bent foul ball passage 922 and joined to the front guide passage 920, and passes through the prize ball contact hole 451 from the outlet 921 of the front guide passage 920. Guided to the dish unit 300.

In normal times, when the sphere naturally flows in the full tank unit 900, when the sphere moves from the side guide passage 902 to the reverse side guide passage 905, it falls to the bottom rocking plate 907. Since the elastic force of the spring 913 is strong when the number of normal prize balls is paid out, the bottom rocking plate 907
As shown by the solid line in FIG. 61, the detection protrusion 909 enters between the light projector and the light receiver of the full light switch 916 of the light projecting / receiving method and the switch is not conductive (OFF).
It has become. On the other hand, prize balls are stored in the dish unit 300 and the full unit 900
When the sphere is also filled in, the bottom rocking plate 907 is caused by the pressure of the ball stored on the bottom rocking plate 907 formed in the entire area upstream of the front guide passage 920 and the reverse side guide passage 905.
Oscillates downward against the urging force of the spring 913, and as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. The switch is in a conductive state (ON). When the full tank switch 916 is turned ON, the prize ball unit 80
The rotation driving of the payout motor 815 of 0 stops (when the ON signal is derived while paying out a predetermined number of prize balls, it stops after the predetermined number of prize balls are paid out). ing.

As described above, in the full tank unit 900, the full tank switch is operated by the bottom rocking plate 907 having a width substantially the same as the width of the bottom of the path of the path through which the ball flows (in the illustrated case, the reverse side guide path 905). The biasing member (spring 913) is operated so that the bottom rocking plate 907 is swung when a certain amount of the ball is placed without being swung by the normal flow of the ball.
As a result, the ball is placed in a part of the passage part due to the clogging. The situation where it is not detected can be surely prevented. This can reliably detect a full tank.

As described above, the full tank unit 900 according to the present embodiment is detachably attached to the full tank unit placement portion 531 of the main body frame 3, so that the full tank device is attached to the main body frame as in the past. It is not necessary to form a passage for a full tank structure in the main body frame as compared with the one assembled in the formed dispensing passage. Further, by making the inside of the full tank unit 900 a zigzag passage, it is possible to guide to the dish unit 300 while weakening the momentum of the balls paid out from the prize ball passage 810 of the prize ball unit 800. The awarded ball does not jump out of the dish unit 300. Further, the full unit 900 according to the present embodiment.
Since the foul ball passage 922 for guiding the foul ball is designed to join the ball by reducing the momentum of the ball in the middle of the front guide passage 920 for delivering the prize ball, the foul ball can be Can be merged.

<Locking device>
Next, the locking device 100 attached in the vertical direction along the back side edge of the main body frame 3 on the open side.
0 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. FIG. 63 shows the locking device 1000.
64 is a rear perspective view showing the relationship between the main body frame 3 and FIG. 64. FIG. 64 is an enlarged side sectional view showing a latching structure of the locking device 1000 to the main body frame 3, and FIG. FIG. 66 is a partial cross-sectional view cut in the horizontal direction at a position slightly below the center in the direction, and FIG. 66 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing the detailed relationship between the locking device 1000 and the side walls 540 and 541 of the main body frame 3. 67 is a side view of the locking device 1000 (A), and a perspective view (B) seen from the front side. FIG. 68 is a perspective view (A) seen from the back side of the locking device 1000, and a perspective view of the locking device 1000. The perspective view (B) of the sliding frame 1040 for door frames and the sliding frame 1050 for main body frames which are slidably provided in the inside of the character-like base 1001
69 is an exploded perspective view of the locking device 1000, and FIG. 70 is a front view for explaining the operation of the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050. FIG. 71 is a front view for explaining the operation of the fraud prevention members 1023 and 1032.

The locking device 1000 is attached from the substantially upper end to the lower end of the main body frame 3 along the first side wall 540 on the open side of the main body frame 3, and as shown in FIG. A plurality of (three in the illustrated example) lock locking holes 548 formed in the middle and middle of the upper and lower ends between the rising portions of the first side wall 540 and the upper part of the vertical surface of the first side wall 540 The U-shaped base 1001 of the locking device 1000 described below is supported by the lock mounting hole 547 formed by being cut out in the middle and the lock mounting hole 547 formed near the upper portion of the cylinder lock through hole 526. It is fixed. Therefore, the structure of the locking device 1000 will be described in detail below.

As shown in FIGS. 67 to 69, the locking device 1000 includes a U-shaped base 1001 as a lock base formed in a U-shaped cross section, and a door frame slidably provided in the U-shaped base 1001. Sliding gutter 1040 for main frame and sliding gutter 1 for slidably provided in the U-shaped base body 1001
050 and fraud prevention members 1023 and 1032 attached to the lower part of the U-shaped base body 1001 so that the sliding movement of the main body frame sliding rod 1050 cannot be performed illegally.

The U-shaped base body 1001 is formed by bending a metal so as to have a U-shaped cross section, and slidably providing a door frame sliding rod 1040 and a body frame sliding rod 1050 therein. The width dimension is extremely thin as compared with a conventional locking device that is concentrated on a base body having an L-shaped cross section. This is because the size of the gaming device 4 in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction is extremely large as described above, and the space surrounded by the side walls 540 to 543 of the main body frame 3 is increased.
Since the dimension between the side wall 540 and the outer periphery of the main body frame 3 is extremely small, the lateral width dimension of the locking device 1000 according to the present embodiment is made small so that the locking device 1000 is placed on the back side of the main body frame 3. This is because the mounting structure has been improved so that it can be mounted. And
Since the open side of the U-shaped base 1001 is attached so that the open side of the U-shaped cross section faces the back surface of the main body frame 3, when the locking device 1000 is attached to the main body frame 3, sliding for the door frame provided inside The hook 1040 and the body frame sliding hook 1050 are respectively connected to the hook portions 1041, 10.
Except for 54 and 1065, the structure is a tamper-proof structure in which the U-shaped base 1001 is completely covered.

First, a rectangular hook penetration opening 1002 through which the hook portions 1054 and 1065 of the main body frame sliding rod 1050 pass is opened on the closed side opposite to the open side of the U-shaped base 1001 and on the closed side. Further, a screw fixing portion 1003 protrudes in the horizontal direction at the upper part and the middle of the side surface 1001b (see FIG. 69) that is in close contact with the first side wall 540, and further, the side surface 1001a (not in close contact with the first side wall 540 on the open side) 69) and both open side surfaces 100.
A locking projection 1004 is formed to project from the lower end of 1a and 1001b. Screw fixing part 100
3 and the locking projection 1004 are for attaching the locking device 1000 to the back surface of the main body frame 3. The locking projection 1004 is inserted into the lock locking hole 548 of the main body frame 3 and moved upward (FIG. 6).
4), since the screw fixing portion 1003 and the lock mounting hole 547 coincide with each other in this state, the locking device 1000 is firmly fixed to the main body frame 3 by screwing a screw (not shown) into the coincident hole. Can do. Note that the locking device 1000 is attached not only to the upper and middle screw fixing portions 1003 but also to a screw fixing portion 100 formed on a lock mounting piece 1008 described later.
3 and a lock mounting hole 547 formed in the vicinity of the cylinder lock through hole 526 in correspondence with each other and fastened with a screw (not shown) so that the lower part of the locking device 1000 is also attached.

In addition, when mounting, the locking projections 1004 formed at the upper, middle, and lower three positions on the open side (front part) of the U-shaped base 1001 are inserted into the locking holes 548 for positioning and locking, and the U-shaped Screw fixing portions 1003 formed at two positions on the closed side (rear portion) of the base body 1001 and screw fixing portions 1003 formed on the open side (front portion) of the U-shaped base body 1001 are formed in the lock mounting holes 547. Since the structure is fixed with screws, the front portion of the locking device 1000 is locked by the locking protrusion 1004 and the lock locking hole 548, and the rear portion of the locking device 1000 is fixed by the screw locking portion 1003 and the lock mounting hole 547. In addition, since the lower portion of the locking device 1000 is fixed by the screwing portion 1003 and the lock mounting hole 547, the locking device 1000 can be firmly fixed to the main body frame 3 with an extremely simple structure. In other words, the locking device 1000 is made of a U-shaped substrate 100 having a very small width.
1, the locking device 1000 can be firmly fixed to the main body frame 3 by locking and fixing the front portion and the rear portion of the locking device 1000. In particular, in the case of the present embodiment, the locking protrusion 100 constituting the locking structure (which may be a fixed structure) at the front portion.
4 protrudes from the side surface 1001 a that is not in close contact with the first side wall 540 of the U-shaped base body 1001, while the screw-fastening portion 1003 and the screw-fastening portion 1003 that constitute the fixing structure of the rear portion are provided on the U-shaped base body 1001. Compared to the case where the locking structure of the front portion is formed on the side surface 1001b in close contact with the first side wall 540, since it is a structure that protrudes in the horizontal direction from the side surface 1001b in close contact with the first side wall 540, The locking device 1000 can be fixed to the main body frame 3 so as not to be loose.

Further, insertion holes 1005 are formed in the upper, middle, and lower portions of both side surfaces 1001a and 1001b of the U-shaped base 1001, and the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 are provided in the U-shaped substrate 1001. The door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 are slidably attached to the inside of the U-shaped base 1001 by inserting and crimping the rivet 1006 into the insertion hole 1005 in the stored state. it can. That is, one rivet slot 1042 is formed in each of the upper, middle, and lower portions of the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the upper hook member 1051 and the lower hook member 1052 are respectively formed in the main frame sliding rod 1050. Rivet slot 1055,1061
By allowing the rivet 1006 to pass through, the door frame sliding rod 1040 can move upward, and the body frame sliding rod 1050 can move downward. Therefore,
As shown in FIG. 68 (B), long holes 1055 and 1061 for rivets in the sliding rod 1050 for the main body frame.
A rivet 1006 passes through the lower end of the door, and as shown in FIG.
A rivet 1006 passes through the upper end of the 040 rivet slot 1042.

Further, a tamper-proof notch 1007 is formed on the closed side of the lower portion of the U-shaped base 1001, and at the front end of the side 1001b in close contact with the first side wall 540 of the body frame 3 on the open side. A lock attaching piece 1008 for attaching the cylinder lock 1010 protrudes laterally, and an insertion vertical opening 1020, a spring locking piece 1021, and a clearance lateral hole 1022 are provided on the side face 1001 b in close contact with the first side wall 540. Each is formed. Fraud prevention notch 10
In 07, a stopper piece 1027 of the first fraud prevention member 1023 described later is advanced and retracted. This will be described in detail later. Further, the front end of the side surface 1001b of the U-shaped base body 1001 is arranged so that the lock attachment piece 1008 is positioned below the lower end side of the game board installation recess 510 in a state where the locking device 1000 is attached to the back surface of the main body frame 3. The lock mounting piece 1008 is formed with a lock insertion hole 1009 through which the cylinder lock 1010 penetrates and a mounting hole formed in the lock mounting substrate 1011 of the cylinder lock 1010. Mounting holes 1014 for mounting 1013 with screws 1012 are drilled in two places at the top and bottom, and a screw stopper 100 for mounting the lower part of the locking device 1000 to the back surface of the main body frame 3.
3 is drilled. Further, the insertion vertical opening 1020 has a first engagement protrusion 1017 and a second engagement protrusion 1018 of the engagement cam 1016 fixed to the cylinder lock 1010.
10 is an opening for intrusion during rotation, and the spring locking piece 1021 is a tamper-proof member 102.
3, 1032 is provided with a spring 1035 to be locked.
A relief hole is formed so as not to obstruct the movement of the connecting pin 1034. This point will be described in detail later.

The cylinder lock 1010 attached to the lock attachment piece 1008 will be described. The cylinder lock 1010 has a cylindrical cylinder lock body fixed in front of the lock attachment board 1011, and the lock shaft 1015 of the cylinder lock body is a lock attachment board. The engagement cam 1016 is fixed to the rear end of the lock shaft 1015 with a screw 1019.
The engagement cam 1016 is formed in a boomerang shape, and one end side thereof is a first engagement projection piece 1017 that engages with the lowering engagement hole 1062 of the main body frame sliding rod 1050 when rotating. The second engagement protrusion 101 that engages with the rising engagement hole 1045 of the door frame sliding rod 1040 when the side rotates.
It is eight. The cylinder lock 1010 configured as described above has an attachment hole 1013 and a lock attachment piece 1008 formed at two positions on the lock attachment substrate 1011 by inserting a cylindrical cylinder lock body portion into the lock insertion hole 1009. The mounting hole 1014 is aligned with the screw 101
2, the cylinder lock 1010 can be fixed to the U-shaped base 1001.

Next, fraud prevention members 1023 and 1032 attached to the U-shaped base 1001 will be described with reference to FIG. The anti-fraud members 1023 and 1032 are the cylinder lock 101
For example, the main body frame sliding rod 1050 is prevented from being lowered illegally by, for example, a piano wire or a wire without rotating 0 with an official key. Accordingly, the anti-fraud members 1023 and 103
2 has a structure in which a first fraud prevention member 1023 and a second fraud prevention member 1032 are connected by a connecting pin 1034. The first fraud prevention member 1023 is formed in a vertically long plate shape that is swingable around the swing shaft hole 1025 at the upper end, and the swing shaft hole 1025 is formed inside the U-shaped base body 1001 described above. Of the insertion hole 1005 and the rivet 1006 for slidably attaching the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 to the lowermost insertion hole 100.
5 and rivets 1006.

The first fraud prevention member 1023 is provided with a vertically long protruding piece insertion hole 1026 that overlaps the insertion vertical opening 1020 on the plate-like surface, and the second engaging protruding piece 101 is formed in the protruding piece insertion hole 1026.
8 can be inserted. That is, when the second engagement protrusion 1018 passes through the protrusion insertion hole 1026 and the insertion vertical opening 1020, the upward engagement hole 1045 of the sliding frame 1040 for the door frame provided inside the U-shaped base body 1001. The second engagement protrusion 1018 is engaged. In addition, an outline line obliquely above the opening position of the protruding piece insertion hole 1026 of the first fraud prevention member 1023 is an inclined portion 1024. The inclined portion 1024 contacts the rear surface side of the first engaging protrusion 1017 when the engaging cam 1016 rotates, and the first engaging protrusion 1017 and the inclined portion 1024 are rotated when the engaging cam 1016 rotates. The first fraud prevention member 1023
Oscillates around the oscillating shaft hole 1025 (clockwise direction in FIG. 71B).

Further, the first fraud prevention member 1023 is provided with a stopper piece 1027 protruding on an outline line obliquely below the protruding piece insertion hole 1026, and the restricting protruding piece 1 below the stopper piece 1027.
031 is protruded, and a pin hole 1029 and a connecting hole 1030 are formed vertically on the front portion of the restricting protrusion 1031. The stopper piece 1027 enters and engages with the tamper-proof notch 1007 and the engagement notch 1066 of the body frame sliding rod 1050 when the body frame sliding rod 1050 is locked. This is to prevent unauthorized sliding. Further, the restricting protruding piece 1031 has a first anti-tampering member 1023 and a second anti-tampering member 1032 which are springs 1035.
Are connected by the spring 1035, but the second fraud prevention member 1032
The movement in the urging direction is restricted. The pin hole 1029 is for fixing the guide pin 1028. With the guide pin 1028 fixed to the pin hole 1029 from the back side of the first fraud prevention member 1023, the guide pin 1028 is inserted into the insertion vertical opening 1020. The first fraud prevention member 1023 is guided along the side surface 1001b of the U-shaped base body 1001 by engaging with a horizontally long opening formed at the lowermost end of the U-shaped body. Further, the connecting hole 103
0 is for connecting the first fraud prevention member 1023 and the second fraud prevention member 1032 with the connecting pin 1034.

The second tamper-proof member 1032 connected to the first tamper-proof member 1023 is formed of a reverse “te” -shaped plate material, a connection hole 1033 is formed at an upper end, and a spring engagement is formed at the other upper end. A stop hole 1036 is formed, and a contact portion 1037 is provided at the lower end. Connecting hole 10
Reference numeral 33 designates a connection pin 1034 that is aligned with the connection hole 1030 of the first fraud prevention member 1023, and one end of the spring engagement hole 1036 is connected to the spring engagement piece 1021 of the U-shaped base 1001 The other end of the spring 1035 to be locked is locked. Further, the contact portion 103
7 abuts on a closing projection 41 fixed to the inner lower portion of the outer frame 2 when the main body frame 3 is closed. The operation of the first fraud prevention member 1023 and the second fraud prevention member 1032 will be described in detail later.

Next, the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 which are slidably provided inside the U-shaped base body 1001 will be described. First, the door frame sliding rod 1040 is formed of a vertically long metal plate-like member, and the door frame hook portions 1041 are integrally formed forward and downward at three locations on the upper, middle, and lower sides of the one side. Projected. The door frame hook portion 1041 is formed of a U-shaped base 10.
When it is housed in 01, it projects forward from its open side, and the locking device 1000
21 is fixed to the back surface of the main body frame 3, the door hook hole 549 formed in the main body frame 3 (FIG. 21).
22) and forwardly protruding from the door body 5 to be engaged with a hook cover 227 (see FIG. 15). Since the door frame hook portion 1041 has a downward engaging claw shape, the door frame hook portion 10 is raised by raising the door frame sliding rod 1040.
The locked state of 41 and the hook cover 227 can be released.

Further, a vertically long rivet slot 1042 through which the rivet 1006 is inserted is formed at the center of the upper, middle, and lower side surfaces of the door frame sliding rod 1040. The guide protrusion 104 is formed below the elongated hole 1042 and at the lowermost end of the sliding frame 1040 for the door frame.
3 is projected. The rivet long hole 1042 is formed through the insertion hole 1005 of the U-shaped base 1001.
A rivet 1006 inserted through the rivet is penetrated, and this rivet 1006
Is formed in a vertically long shape so as not to disturb the ascending operation of the door frame sliding rod 1040. And
In the normal state, the rivet 1006 is in contact with the upper end of the rivet slot 1042. The guide projection 1043 is inserted into the protruding piece moving holes 1056 and 1064 formed in the upper hook member 1051 and the lower hook member 1052 of the main body frame sliding rod 1050, and the door frame sliding rod 1040 is inserted. And the sliding motion 1050 for the main body frame are guided.

Also, a spring hook portion 1046 is formed at the upper end portion of the door frame sliding rod 1040, and one end of the spring 1048 is locked to the spring hook portion 1046.
The other end of 048 is locked to a spring hook portion 1057 formed on the upper hook member 1051 of the main body frame sliding rod 1050. As a result, the door frame sliding rod 1040 is biased downward, and the body frame sliding rod 1050 is biased upward. In the middle of the door frame sliding rod 1040, a contact elastic piece 1047 is formed in a convex shape. This abutting elastic piece 1047 is formed by pressing from one side surface of the door frame sliding rod 1040 with a press, and is in contact with the inner side surface of the U-shaped base body 1001 so as to be internally used for the door frame. This prevents the sliding rod 1040 from rattling. Further, the side of the lower part of the sliding frame 1040 for the door frame are both vertically long play holes 1.
044 and the rising engagement hole 1045 are formed. The play hole 1044 has an engagement cam 1016.
When the first engagement projection piece 1017 is inserted and rotated, a space is formed in which the tip of the first engagement projection piece 1017 can move so as not to interfere with the rotation operation. Further, when the second engagement protrusion 1018 of the engagement cam 1016 is inserted and rotated, the rising engagement hole 1045 is engaged so that the door frame sliding rod 1040 is raised by the rotation operation. Is to do. It should be noted that the fraud prevention cutout portion 100 is provided at the lower rear of the vertical side of the door frame sliding rod 1040.
An escape notch 1049 that is a notch larger than 7 in the vertical direction is formed. The escape notch 1049 is formed so as not to interfere with the stopper piece 1027 of the first tamper-proof member 1023 so as to be surely engaged with the tamper-proof notch 1007 and the engagement notch 1066.

On the other hand, the body frame sliding rod 1050 includes an upper hook member 1051 made of a metal plate, a lower hook member 1052 made of a metal plate, a connecting wire rod 1052 connecting the upper hook member 1051 and the lower hook member 1052, and It is composed of That is, the main body frame sliding rod 1050 is not composed of a single vertically long metal plate as in the prior art, but the upper hook member 1051 having the hook portions 1054 and 1065 and the lower hook member 1052 are made of metal. A plate member made of metal is formed by pressing, and the metal upper hook member 1051 and lower hook member 1052 are connected by a thin metal connecting wire rod 1053. Therefore, the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 can be efficiently stored in the narrow space of the U-shaped base 1001.

By the way, the upper hook member 1051 has a hook portion 1054 at the upper end portion thereof toward the rear.
And a rivet slot 1055 and a projecting piece moving hole 1056 are formed on the plate surface portion,
Further, a spring hook portion 1057 and a connecting hole 1058 are formed at the lower end of the front vertical side, and contact portions 1059 are formed at the upper and lower sides. The hook portion 1054 penetrates the hook penetration opening 1002 above the U-shaped base body 1001 and engages with a closing projection 38 provided on the inner side on the open side of the outer frame 2. Is formed.
The rivet slot 1055 is a rivet slot 1 formed in the upper portion of the door frame sliding rod 1040.
In the normal state where the rivet 1006 is penetrated through the rivet long hole 1055, the rivet 1006 penetrates the lowermost end portion of the rivet long hole 1055. Thereby, the upper hook member 1051 can move downward. As described above, the protrusion moving hole 1056 is provided with the door frame sliding rod 1040.
The upper guide protrusion 1043 is inserted into the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 10.
50 to guide the mutual movement. The spring hook portion 1057 is for locking the other end of the spring 1048 as described above. The connecting hole 1058 is inserted by bending the upper end of the connecting wire rod 1053. Further, the contact portion 105
No. 9 is for contacting the inner side wall of the U-shaped base body 1001 when housed in the U-shaped base body 1001 so that the sliding operation of the upper hook member 1051 can be performed smoothly without backlash. Is.

On the other hand, the lower hook member 1052 is provided with a hook portion 1065 projecting rearward at the lower end portion thereof, and a long rivet hole 1061 and a downward engagement hole 106 extending from the upper side to the lower side of the plate surface portion.
2, a play hole 1063, and a projecting piece moving hole 1064 are sequentially formed, a connection hole 1060 is formed at the upper end of the vertical side at the front, and an engagement notch 1066 is formed at the lower part of the vertical side at the rear.
Further, contact portions 1067 are formed on the upper side and the lower side. The hook portion 1065 penetrates the hook penetration opening 1002 below the U-shaped base body 1001 and engages with a closing protrusion 41 provided on the lower part on the open side of the outer frame 2. Is formed. The rivet slot 1061 is a rivet slot 104 formed in the lower portion of the door frame sliding rod 1040.
In the normal state where the rivet 1006 is passed through the rivet long hole 1061, the rivet 1006 passes through the lowermost end portion of the rivet long hole 1061. As a result, the lower hook member 1052 can move downward. The descending engagement hole 1062 is provided with the first engagement protrusion 1017 of the engagement cam 1016.
When the is inserted and pivoted, the main body frame sliding rod 1050 is engaged so as to be lowered by the pivoting operation. Further, the play hole 1063 has a tip portion of the second engagement protrusion 1018 that does not interfere with the rotation operation when the second engagement protrusion 1018 of the engagement cam 1016 is inserted and rotated. It constitutes a space that can move. Projection piece moving hole 10
64, as described above, the guide protrusion 1043 below the door frame sliding rod 1040 is inserted to guide the mutual movement of the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050. It has become. Further, the connecting hole 1060 is inserted by bending the lower end of the connecting wire rod 1053. Further, when the abutting portion 1067 is housed in the U-shaped base 1001, the abutting portion 1067 comes into contact with the inner side wall of the U-shaped base 1001 so that the sliding operation of the lower hook member 1052 can be smoothly performed without rattling. It is for making.

In the above, each member constituting the locking device 1000 has been described.
00, the upper hook member 1051 and the lower hook member 1052 of the main body frame sliding rod 1050 are connected by a connecting wire rod 1053, and in this state, the guide protrusion 1043 of the door frame sliding rod 1040 is moved upward. Projection piece moving holes 1056 and 106 of the hook member 1051 and the lower hook member 1052
4 and rivet slots 1042 and rivet slots 1055 and 1061.
Are aligned and overlapped, and in the overlapped state, the hook portion 1054 of the upper hook member 1051 and the hook portion 1065 of the lower hook member 1052 are passed through the hook penetration opening 1002 of the U-shaped base body 1001 and used for a door frame. The sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 are inserted into the U-shaped space of the U-shaped substrate 1001. Thereafter, the rivet 10 from the insertion hole 1005
Insert 06. At this time, the rivet 1006 is a rivet slot 1055, 1061, 10
42 is inserted so that it may penetrate. However, when the lowermost rivet 1006 is inserted, it is necessary to insert the rivet 1006 also into the swing shaft hole 1025 of the first fraud prevention member 1023 and attach the first fraud prevention member 1023 to the U-shaped base body 1001 at the same time. Before attaching the first fraud prevention member 1023 to the U-shaped base 1001, the first fraud prevention member 102
3 and the second tamper-proof member 1032 are connected by a connecting pin 1034, the guide pin 1028 is fastened to the pin hole 1029 with a screw (not shown), and the guide pin 1028 is opened at the lowermost end of the insertion vertical opening 1020. It is necessary to insert in.

The rivet 1006 allows the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 to be U-shaped.
The spring 1048 is attached to the spring hook portion 1046, 1 while being housed and fixed in 001.
057, the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 are urged in opposite directions, and the spring 1035 is hung on the spring locking pieces (holes) 1021, 1036. The second fraud prevention member 1032 is brought into contact with the restriction protrusion 1031. Thereafter, the cylindrical main body portion of the cylinder lock 1010 is inserted into the lock insertion hole 1009 of the lock attachment piece 1008, and the cylinder lock 1010 is fixed to the attachment hole 1014 with the screw 1012. At this time, the distal end portion of the first engagement protrusion 1017 of the engagement cam 1016 is outside the inclined portion 1024 and the insertion vertical opening 1
Inserting slightly into 020, the tip of the second engagement protrusion 1018 of the engagement cam 1016 is slightly inserted into the protrusion insertion hole 1026 and the insertion vertical opening 1020 of the first fraud prevention member 1023. The cylinder lock 1010 is attached to the lock attachment piece 1008.

In order to attach the locking device 1000 assembled as described above to the back surface of the main body frame 3, the door frame hook portion 1041 of the door frame sliding rod 1040 is formed on the main body frame 3 as described above. The locking protrusion 1004 protruding in a bowl shape while being inserted into the hook hole 549 for the main body frame 3
The screw fixing portion 1003 and the screw fixing portion 1003 protruding in the horizontal direction in this state are aligned with the lock mounting hole 547, and a screw (not shown) is screwed into the corresponding hole. By wearing, as shown in FIG. 63, the locking device 1000 can be firmly fixed to the back surface of the main body frame 3. In particular, in the case of this embodiment, the side surface 1 in which the locking protrusion 1004 constituting the locking structure of the front portion does not adhere to the first side wall 540 of the U-shaped base body 1001.
On the other hand, the screw fixing portion 1003 and the screw fixing portion 1003 constituting the fixing structure of the rear portion are formed to protrude in the horizontal direction from the side surface 1001b in close contact with the first side wall 540 of the U-shaped base body 1001. Therefore, as compared with the case where the locking structure of the front portion is formed on the side surface 1001b that is in close contact with the first side wall 540, the locking device 1 prevents the rattling from occurring.
000 can be fixed to the main body frame 3.

By the way, the operation of the locking device 1000 attached to the back surface of the main body frame 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the opening / closing operation of the main body frame 3 and the opening / closing operation of the door body 5 will be described with reference to FIG. In a state where the main body frame 3 is closed with respect to the outer frame 2 and the door body 5 is closed with respect to the main body frame 3, as shown in FIG.
And the hooks 1054 and 1065 of the main body frame sliding rod 1050 and the door frame sliding rod 1
The door frame hook portion 1041 and the hook cover 227 of the door body 5 are locked. In this state, a key (not shown) is inserted into the cylinder lock 1010 and the engagement cam 101 is inserted.
When the first engaging projection piece 1017 of No. 6 rotates in the direction of entering the insertion vertical opening 1020, FIG.
As shown in (B), the tip end of the first engagement protrusion 1017 engages with the downward engagement hole 1062 of the main body frame sliding rod 1050 to resist the urging force of the spring 1048 so that the lower hook member 1052 is engaged. The connecting wire rod 1053 and the upper hook member 1051 connected to this are pushed down and lowered. For this reason, since the locking projections 38 and 41 of the outer frame 2 and the hook portions 1054 and 1065 of the sliding rod 1050 for the main body frame are released, the main body frame 3 is pulled by pulling the main body frame 3 to the front side. 3 can be opened to the outer frame 2. When the main body frame 3 is closed, the hook portions 1054 and 1065 are raised by the urging force of the spring 1048 (FIG. 7).
0 (A), the same raised position), but the hook portions 1054, 1065
Since the upper side is inclined downward toward the outer side, the upper side inclined portion of the hook portions 1054 and 1065 is lowered to the lower ends of the closing projections 38 and 41 by forcibly pressing the main body frame 3 against the outer frame 2. The main body frame sliding rod 1050 descends downward, and finally the hook portion 105
4, 1065 upward claw portions and closing projections 38 and 41 are locked again, and the body frame sliding rod 1050 is raised and returned to the locked state.

On the other hand, when a key (not shown) is inserted into the cylinder lock 1010 and the second engagement protrusion 1018 of the engagement cam 1016 is rotated in a direction to enter the insertion vertical opening 1020, as shown in FIG. The front end of the two engaging protrusions 1018 engages with the ascending engagement hole 1045 of the door frame sliding rod 1040 and pushes the door frame sliding rod 1040 upwardly against the urging force of the spring 1048. For this reason, since the latching state of the hook cover 227 of the door body 5 and the door frame hook portion 1041 of the door frame sliding rod 1040 is released, the door body 5 is pulled by pulling the door body 5 to the front side. The main frame 3 can be opened. When the door 5 is closed, the door frame hook 1
041 is lowered by the urging force of the spring 1048 (the same lowered position as in the state shown in FIG. 70A), but the lower side of the door frame hook portion 1041 is inclined upward. Therefore, by forcibly pressing the door body 5 against the main body frame 3, the lower side inclined portion of the door frame hook portion 1041 comes into contact with the upper end portion of the hook cover 227. Ascending upward, finally, the downward claw portion of the door frame hook portion 1041 and the hook cover 227 are locked again, and the door frame sliding rod 1040 is lowered to return to the locked state.
The door frame sliding rod 1040 according to the present embodiment is formed to have substantially the same length as the entire length of the U-shaped base 1001, and the U-shaped base 1001 is substantially the side surface in the vertical direction of the main body frame 3. The door frame hook portion 1041 that is attached over the entire length and that is a locking portion with the door body 5 is formed at three positions of the upper end portion, the center portion, and the lower end portion of the door frame sliding rod 1040. Therefore, the door body 5 and the main body frame 3 are securely locked in the entire length in the vertical direction, and an illegal act of forcibly opening the door body 5 and the main body frame 3 and inserting a fraudulent tool such as a piano wire between the door body 5 and the main body frame 3 is performed. There is also the advantage that it cannot be done.

As described above, the locking device 1000 according to this embodiment releases the locking of the main body frame 3 with respect to the outer frame 2 by rotating the key inserted into the cylinder lock 1010 in one direction, and rotates in the other direction. By doing so, locking of the door body 5 with respect to the main body frame 3 can be cancelled | released. In this case, an illegal act of hooking a piano wire or the like on the hook portions 1054 and 1065 of the main body frame sliding rod 1050 without inserting the key into the cylinder lock 1010 and lowering it may be performed. Are not allowed to perform such cheating. The first structure for preventing such fraud is a lock mechanism composed of a first fraud prevention member 1023 and a second fraud prevention member 1032, and the second fraud prevention structure is a U-shaped base 1001. The door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 are accommodated in the closed space.

First, the operation of the lock mechanism, which is the first fraud prevention structure, will be described with reference to FIG. First, in a state where the outer frame 2 and the main body frame 3 are closed, as shown in FIG. 71 (A), the closing projection 41 of the outer frame 2 and the contact portion 1037 of the second fraud prevention member 1032 are It is in a contact state. In this state, the first fraud prevention member 1023 is rotated counterclockwise by the biasing force of the spring 1035 so that the stopper piece 1027 enters the fraud prevention notch 1007, and the stopper piece 1027 is intrusion prevention notch. The main body frame sliding rod 1050 at a position corresponding to 1007 is engaged with an engagement notch 1066 formed on the lower hook member 1052. Therefore, even if the piano wire or the like is hooked onto the main body frame sliding rod 1050 and pulled down, the stopper piece portion 1027 and the engagement notch portion 1066 are engaged. Unauthorized pulling down (unlocking) becomes impossible, and an illegal act of opening the main body frame 3 cannot be performed.

On the other hand, when the main body frame 3 is normally unlocked by inserting the key into the cylinder lock 1010, the first engagement protrusion of the engagement cam 1016 is rotated by rotating the key as shown in FIG. Piece 1
017 is rotated so as to enter the insertion vertical opening 1020. The first engagement protrusion 1017
Since the inclined portion 1024 of the first fraud prevention member 1023 and the side surface of the first engagement protrusion 1017 are in contact with each other during the rotation of the first fraud prevention member 1023, the first fraud prevention member 1023 rotates clockwise around the swing shaft hole 1025. The stopper piece 1027 also starts to rotate in the direction and moves so as to retract from the tamper-proof cutout 1007. For this reason, the engagement between the stopper piece 1027 and the engagement notch 1066 is released. At this time, the second fraud prevention member 1032 is in a position where the spring 1035 is extended and the contact portion 1037 is retracted. When the engagement cam 1016 is further rotated in this state and the first engagement protrusion 1017 is also rotated, the tip of the first engagement protrusion 1017 is engaged with the lower engagement hole 1062 of the lower hook member 1052. Since the entire body frame sliding rod 1050 is lowered, the locking state between the hook portions 1054 and 1065 and the closing projections 38 and 41 of the outer frame 2 is released, and the main body frame 3 is attached to the outer frame 2. Can be opened.

Note that when the main body frame 3 is closed with respect to the outer frame 2, the second fraud prevention member 1032 is in contact with the restriction protrusion 1031, and thus the first fraud prevention member 1023 and the second fraud prevention member The positional relationship with 1032 is substantially the same as the state shown in FIG. When the main body frame 3 is closed in this state, the closing protrusion 41 of the outer frame 2 and the second fraud prevention member 103 are closed.
The two abutting portions 1037 abut from the front, and finally the state shown in FIG. For this reason, the first fraud prevention member 1023 and the second fraud prevention member 1032 do not get in the way when closing the main body frame 3. In the present embodiment, the first tamper-proof member 1023 and the second tamper-proof member 1032 prevent only the lowering operation of the main body frame sliding rod 1050 from being illegally performed. If the frame sliding rod 1050 is opened improperly, the door frame sliding rod 1040 can be easily opened manually after being released, and the illegal act of raising the sliding rod with a piano wire or the like is practically difficult to perform. For this reason, it has been devised to prevent unauthorized operation of the body frame sliding rod 1050.

Further, even in the lock mechanism that is the above-described first fraud prevention structure, it is impossible to disable the function of the lock mechanism by swinging the first fraud prevention member 1023 with a piano wire or the like. Absent. Therefore, assuming that the locking function of the locking mechanism is disabled by an unauthorized action, in the present embodiment, in the state where the locking device 1000 is attached to the main body frame 3, it is for the door frame provided inside. Since the sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 are housed in the closed space of the U-shaped base 1001 except for the hook portions 1041, 1054, and 1065, they are completely covered. Even if an attempt is made to pull down the main body frame sliding rod 1050 provided inside the closed space of the U-shaped base body 1001 by inserting a piano wire or the like, the both sides 1001a and 1001b of the U-shaped base body 1001 close the closed space Since the intrusion is prevented, fraudulent acts cannot be easily performed.

As described above in detail, the locking device 1000 according to the present embodiment is used for a door frame inside the U-shaped base 1001 whose width is extremely thin compared to a conventional locking device that is integrated into an L-shaped base. The sliding hook 1040 and the main body frame sliding hook 1050 are slidably provided, and the mounting position of the cylinder lock 1010 for operating the locking device 1000 to the U-shaped base 1001 is lower than the lower end side of the game board. Therefore, even if the size of the gaming device 4 in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction is extremely large, and the space surrounded by the side walls 540 to 543 of the main body frame 3 is increased, the locking device 1000 can be attached to the main body frame. 3 can be firmly attached to the back side. And since it is attached so that the open side of the U-shaped cross section faces the back surface of the main body frame 3, when the locking device 1000 is attached to the main body frame 3, the door frame sliding rod 1040 provided inside and the main body Since the frame sliding rod 1050 is completely covered with the U-shaped base body 1001 except for the hook portions 1041, 1054, and 1065, a main body provided inside by inserting a piano wire or the like. Unauthorized acts such as lowering the frame sliding rod 1050 cannot be easily performed.
Further, when the locking device 1000 is attached, the locking protrusions 1004 formed at the upper, middle, and lower three positions on the open side (front part) of the U-shaped base 1001 are inserted into the locking holes 548 to be positioned and locked. Screw fixing portions 1 formed at three locations on the upper, middle, and lower sides of the closed side (rear portion) of the U-shaped base 1001.
003 and the screw fixing portion 1003 are fixed to the lock mounting hole 547 with screws, and the front portion of the locking device 1000 is locked by the locking protrusion 1004 and the lock locking hole 548 to lock the locking device 1000.
Since the rear portion is fixed by the screw fixing portion 1003 and the screw fixing portion 1003 and the lock mounting hole 547, the locking device 1000 can be firmly fixed to the main body frame 3 with an extremely simple structure.

In the embodiment described above, the screw fixing portion 1003 formed in the lock mounting piece 1008 and the upper portion of the cylinder lock through hole 526 of the main body frame 3 are formed as a structure for screwing the lower portion of the U-shaped base 1001. However, instead of this, a screw 1012 for attaching the cylinder lock 1010 to the lock attachment piece 1008 is used, and the tip of the screw 1012 penetrates the lock attachment piece 1008. The structure may be such that the lock mounting holes to be screwed are formed above and below the cylinder lock through hole 526. Further, the locking device 1000 can be attached to the back surface of the main body frame 3 even if the lower portion of the U-shaped base 1001 is not screwed, or only by fixing the screw fixing portion 1003 and the lock mounting hole 547 at the rear portion of the locking device 1000. It is confirmed that it is firmly fixed.
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050
Is completely covered with the U-shaped base body 1001 having the left and right side surfaces 1001a and 1001b. For example, the door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 are disposed on the first side wall 54.
The first side wall 5 is slidably mounted on the opposite side surface 1001a that is not in close contact with 0 with a rivet or the like.
An L-shaped substrate (tablet substrate) in which the side surface 1001b in close contact with 40 is omitted, and the L-shaped substrate (
The door frame sliding rod 1040 and the body frame sliding rod 1050 may be housed in a closed space formed by the side surface 1001a of the lock base) and the first side wall 540. Even in this case,
It can be set as the same attachment structure and tamper-proof structure as embodiment.

<Board unit>
Next, the substrate unit 1100 that is attached to the lower part of the back surface of the main body frame 3 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 72 and 73. 72 is a perspective view of the substrate unit 1100 as viewed from the back side, and FIG. 73 is a perspective view of the substrate unit 1100 as viewed from the front side.

The substrate unit 1100 includes a plurality of holder mounting holes 5 formed in the lower part of the back surface of the main body frame 3.
27 (see FIG. 22 and FIG. 24), as shown in the figure, a synthetic resin molded frame substrate holder 1101 includes a door relay substrate, a power supply substrate box 1103, a terminal substrate box 1104, and a payout control substrate. The box 1105, the main drawer relay board, and the sub drawer relay board are attached to each other. Among the above boards, the door relay board, the power board box 1103, the terminal board box 1104, and the dispensing control board box 1
A main drawer relay board and a sub drawer relay board 105 are attached to the front side of the frame substrate holder 1101. A shield plate is attached to the back surface of the payout control board box 1105 to prevent the influence of electromagnetic waves from a power supply board or the like, and the main drawer relay board and the sub drawer relay board are covered with a board cover 1109. Attached.

First, the frame substrate holder 1101 is formed in a horizontally long synthetic resin, and as shown in the figure, a wiring opening 1124 is formed on one side of the rear surface side, and although not shown, the wiring opening 1124 is omitted.
A recess for a relay board for attaching the door relay board is formed on the inside. At both the left and right sides and the lower side of the frame substrate holder 1101, attachment pieces 1122 for attaching the substrate unit 1100 to the main body frame 3 are projected outward, and the attachment pieces 1122 are attached to the attachment hole portions of the main body frame 3. The board unit 1100 is attached to the lower part of the back surface of the main body frame 3 by fastening with screws (not shown) corresponding to 527 (see FIG. 22). Note that the mounting hole portion 527 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, it has an outer peripheral wall that matches the outer shape of the mounting piece 1122.
Furthermore, a wiring latching piece 1123 for locking the wiring is formed on the outside of the side wall on the other end side (right side in FIG. 73) of the frame substrate holder 1101.

Further, an out-sphere passage 1119 is formed in an inverted L shape substantially at the center of the front side of the frame substrate holder 1101. The out-ball passage 1119 has the out-out port 606 (FIG. 3) described above.
1), the downstream side of the ball discharge passage 524 (see FIG. 22), and the upper side is formed so as to correspond to the drop port 629 (see FIG. 29), and the downstream side is wide so that the balls are discharged in a row. It is narrowly formed. Therefore, when the board unit 1100 is attached to the main body frame 3, as shown in FIG. 25, the wide upstream portion of the out ball passage 1119 is positioned behind the passage support protrusion 513 that supports the lower surface of the out port 606. ing. And out ball passage 111
Out ball, winning ball, or ball without ball is discharged from the downstream end of 9 toward the outside of the pachinko gaming machine (generally, an island recovery basket).

The board cover 1109 has a main drawer relay connector 120 provided on the main drawer relay board.
0 and a dispensing control board connector 1201, a sub drawer relay connector 1202 provided on the sub drawer relay board, and a door frame connector 1203 have a rectangular connector opening for projecting to the outside of the board cover 1109. Yes.

The payout control board box 1105 includes a box main body to which a horizontally long rectangular payout control board is fixed, and a cover body that is attached to the box main body and covers the surface of the payout control board. The box main body and the cover body are engaged with each other on one side, and are fixed to the other side by caulking with a separation cutting portion 1183. Thus, in order to separate the box main body and the cover body, the separation cannot be performed unless the separation cutting portion 1183 is cut. However, caulking and fixing in the separation / cutting portion 1183 may be performed by caulking any one of a plurality of locations (in the illustrated case, four locations indicated by numerals 1 to 4) with a caulking member. If necessary, it can be done up to 3 times. Of course, in the case of illegal separation, a cut trace remains, so that it is possible to immediately know whether there has been an illegal act.

<Cover body>
Next, the cover body 1250 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 24, and 28. The cover body 1250 covers the rear surface opening 580 of the main body frame 3, and is inserted from above into a cover body supporting cylinder portion 575 formed on one side of the back surface of the main body frame 3 at one of the upper, middle, and lower sides on one side. A shaft support pin 1251 is formed, and an engagement piece 1252 that engages with a cover body engagement groove 785 formed in the spherical passage unit 770 is formed at substantially the center of the other side. The cover body 12
By inserting 50 shaft support pins 1251 into the cover body support cylinder portion 575, the cover body 12
50 is pivotally supported by the main body frame 3 so as to be openable and closable, and the engagement piece 1252 is locked in the cover body engagement groove 785, whereby the cover body 1250 can be closed to the main body frame 3. 4 can protect the back surfaces of the various components. In addition, when releasing, the engagement piece 1
The engagement between the cover 252 and the cover body engaging groove 785 may be released.

Further, in the cover body 1250 in the illustrated case, a locking hole 1253 is formed on the upper and lower sides of the engagement piece 1252 on the open side, and the locking protruding bar 5 5 protruding from the locking wall 569 of the main body frame 3.
A through hole 1254 that penetrates through 70 is formed, and although not shown in detail, in the same manner as the cover body 1270 according to the second embodiment to be described next, a connection operation opening 1255, a standing wall, a contact protrusion, and a reinforcing rib Is formed. The connection operation opening 1255, the standing wall, the contact protrusion, and the reinforcing rib are the connection operation opening 1283 and the standing wall 128 of the cover body 1270 according to the second embodiment.
4. It is provided at the same position as the contact protrusion 1285 and the reinforcing rib 1286 and performs the same function. Thus, with the cover body 1250 closed, the retaining hole 125 of the cover body 1250 is closed.
3 and the fixing hole 568 on the main body frame 3 side are made to coincide with each other and fixed with a screw (not shown), so that the rear surface opening 580 of the main body frame 3 can be closed and fixed by the cover body 1250. Then, the locking protruding flange 570 is attached to the cover body 1 with the cover body 1250 closed with respect to the main body frame 3.
Since the through-hole 1254 of 250 is penetrated, for example, a lock such as a padlock can be used as a locking protrusion 5 for locking.
By hooking to 70, only the person having the padlock key can open the cover body 1250.

[Configuration of main board and peripheral board]
Next, the configuration of the main substrate and the peripheral substrate will be described with reference to FIGS. 74 and 75 are block diagrams schematically showing a control configuration. In these drawings, bold arrows indicate the connection and direction of the power source, and thin arrows indicate the connection and direction of the signal. The control of the pachinko machine 1 of this example is broadly divided into a group of main boards 2810 (shown in FIG. 74) and a group of peripheral boards 2811 (shown in FIG. 75). The group controls gaming operations (winning detection, winning judgment, special symbol display, prize ball payout, etc.), and the peripheral board 2811 group performs staging operations (light emitting decoration, sound output, liquid crystal display, decoration body operation, etc.) ) Is controlling.

As shown in FIG. 74, the main board 2810 includes a main control board 2094 and a payout control board 2133.
It consists of and. The main control board 2094 has a CPU 2812 as a central processing unit,
ROM 2813 as a read-only memory, RAM 281 as a readable / writable memory
4 is provided. The CPU 2812 controls various games performed in the pachinko machine 1 by executing a control program stored in the ROM 2813, and creates a command signal to be output to the peripheral board 2811 and the payout control board 2133. In RAM2814,
Information such as various data and input signals generated in various processes executed by the main control board 2094 is temporarily stored. The main board 2810 is connected to the power supply board 2131 via the power supply relay terminal plate 2860, and operating power is supplied from the power supply board 2131.

The input interface of the main control board 2094 includes a first start port sensor 2416 for detecting a winning state for the first start port 1420 and a second start port sensor 2358 for detecting a winning state for the second start port 1421. An all winning opening winning number counting sensor 2870 for counting the number of winning with respect to the winning opening is connected. Also, via the panel relay terminal plate 2866, a gate sensor 2990 that detects that a game ball has passed with respect to the passing gate 1405 and a game ball that has won the right general winning opening (not shown) are detected. Right general prize opening sensor 2
417a is connected to a left and center general winning opening (not shown) and a left / middle general winning opening sensor 2417b that detects that a game ball has been won, and a panel relay terminal plate 2866 is connected.
A special winning opening sensor 2370 is connected through a large winning opening relay terminal board 2867 connected to the terminal. Detection signals from these sensors are input to the main control board 2094. Also connected to the input interface of the main control board 2094 are an inner frame opening switch 2862 for detecting the opening state of the front frame body 11 and a door opening switch 2863 for detecting the opening state of the door body 5.

On the other hand, the output interface of the panel relay terminal board 2866 has a symbol limiting resistor board 286.
8, a normal symbol / special symbol display board 2869 is connected to the main control board 209.
4 can output a drive signal to a normal symbol display (not shown) and a special symbol display (not shown). Further, an attacker solenoid 1429 for driving the opening / closing prize winning device 1404 and a start port solenoid 2352 for driving the movable piece 1427 of the second start port 1421 are connected to the output interface of the large winning port relay terminal board 2867. These drive signals are output from the control board 2094.

On the other hand, the payout control board 2133 includes a CPU 2815 as a central processing unit, a ROM 2816 as a read-only memory, and a RAM 2817 as a readable / writable memory. The payout control board 2133 processes the command signal input from the main control board 2094, and the firing motor 69 connected to the prize ball unit 800 and the firing control board 2865.
5, a drive signal is output. Thereby, the prize ball unit 800 pays out the game ball according to the drive signal, and the launch motor 695 can fire the game ball according to the drive signal. Note that bidirectional communication is performed between the main control board 2094 and the payout control board 2133 via respective input / output interfaces. For example, when the main control board 2094 transmits a prize ball command, it responds to this. From the payout control board 2133 to the main control board 2094
An ACK signal is returned. The payout control board 2133 is also connected to a full tank switch 916 that detects that the game balls stored in the full tank unit 900 are full.

Further, an external terminal board 2861 is connected to the main control board 2094 and the payout control board 2133, and the first start port 1420, the second start port 1421 and the winning / opening winning device 1404 are awarded, normal symbols / special symbols. Various information such as the fluctuation state of the game and the game state based on the lottery result,
The information is output to a hall computer or the like provided in a game facility.

On the other hand, the peripheral substrate 2811 includes a peripheral control substrate 2830 and a liquid crystal control substrate 2832 as shown in FIG. The main control board 2094 and the peripheral control board 28 described above.
30, communication in only one direction is performed between each input / output interface and the input interface. Even if a command is transmitted from the main control board 2094 to the peripheral control board 2830, the opposite is true. Is not done. Also, the operating power is supplied from the power supply board 2131 to the peripheral board 2811 via the power supply relay terminal plate 2860.

Peripheral control board 2830 also includes CPU 2835, ROM 2835 and RAM 283.
6 and the like, and a predetermined production control program can be executed by these electronic components. In addition, the peripheral control board 2830 is provided with a ROM 2883 that stores a sound source that is the basis of voice and music, and a sound source IC 2882 that outputs sound and music according to the production content based on the sound source stored in the ROM 2883. It has been. Note that bidirectional communication is performed between the peripheral control board 2830 and the liquid crystal control board 2832 with each input / output interface.

On the other hand, the liquid crystal control board 2832 has a liquid crystal display device 640 (LCD) as an effect display device.
The liquid crystal control board 2832 processes the command signal transmitted from the peripheral control board 2830 and outputs a drive signal to the liquid crystal display device 640. More specifically, the liquid crystal control board 2832 includes a CPU 2851, a RAM 2857, a ROM 2854, a V
A DP 2884 and an image ROM 2885 are provided. The CPU 2851 receives the command signal sent from the peripheral control board 2830 through the input interface and performs arithmetic processing based on the command to control the VDP 2884. RAM2
857 provides a work area for the CPU 2851 and temporarily stores information included in the display command. The ROM 2854 holds a program for the CPU 2851 (for display control).

A VDP (video display processor) 2884 is a drawing circuit that directly operates an LCD driver (liquid crystal driving circuit) incorporated in the liquid crystal display device 640. A register is provided in the VDP 2884, and it is possible to hold the operation mode of the VDP 2884, setting information of various display functions, and the like. Then, the CPU 2851 rewrites various information held in this register, whereby the display mode in the liquid crystal display device 640 can be changed variously. The image ROM 2885 is a non-volatile memory that stores various image data, and stores bitmap image data of various display patterns, JPEG image data for a background image, and the like.

<Main control board processing>
Next, an example of control processing executed by the main control board 2094 (particularly the CPU 2812) will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 76A is a flowchart illustrating an example of main processing executed by the CPU 2812 mounted on the main control board 2094, and FIG. FIG. 77 is a flowchart illustrating an example of timer interrupt processing. FIG. 78 is a flowchart showing an example of the special symbol / special electric accessory control process. FIG. 79 is a flowchart showing the start opening winning process. FIG. 80 is a flowchart showing the variation start process. FIG. 81 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the variable display pattern setting process. FIG. 82 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the changing process. FIG. 83 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a big hit game start process. FIG. 84 is a flowchart showing an example of the small hit game start process. FIG. 85 is a flowchart showing an example of the special electric utility jackpot control process. FIG. 86 is a flowchart showing an example of the special electric accessory small hit control process. The timer interrupt process is executed at a predetermined timing (every 4 ms in this embodiment) by the CPU 2812 mounted on the main control board 2094.

As shown in FIG. 76 (a), when the supply of power to the pachinko machine 1 is started, the CPU 281 is started.
2 executes power-on processing (step S1). In this power-on process, the RAM 2
It is determined whether the backup data stored in 814 is normal (is the set value when a power failure occurs) or not, and if normal, the state is restored to the state when the power failure occurs according to the backup data stored in RAM If the backup data is abnormal, the RAM 2814 is cleared and the CPU peripheral device setting (normal initial setting:
Set interrupt timing, etc.). When power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is stopped during the game, the current game state is stored in the RAM 2814 as backup data. Also,
If the RAM erase switch for instructing clearing of the backup data stored in the RAM 2814 is turned on in the power-on process, the RAM 2814 is cleared and normal initialization is performed. If the backup data is not stored in the RAM 2814 mounted on the main control board 2094 in the power-on process, the RAM 2814 is cleared and normal initialization is performed. In the power-on process, the peripheral control board 2 is set when normal initial setting is executed.
A process of setting a power-on command indicating that the main control board 2094 is activated in 830 to a state where transmission is possible is also executed. The power-on command notifies the peripheral control board 2830 that the main control board 2094 has been activated. In addition, pachinko machine 1 when amusement store is closed
The backup data is also stored in the RAM 2814 even when the power supply to is stopped (when the power is turned off), and when the power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is started again, the power-on process is executed.

When the power-on process ends, the CPU 2812 starts a loop process that repeatedly executes each process for gaming. At the start of this loop processing, the CPU 2812 first determines whether or not a power failure notice signal has been detected (step S2). In this embodiment, the power supply voltage used in the pachinko machine 1 is generated by a power supply board (not shown). That is, since the plurality of types of devices mounted on the pachinko machine 1 operate with different power supply voltages, the power supply voltage supplied from the external power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is converted into a predetermined power supply voltage on the power supply board, Supplying to the device. Therefore, when a power failure occurs and the power supply voltage supplied from the external power supply to the power supply board is equal to or lower than the predetermined power supply voltage, a power failure notice signal indicating that the supply of power supply voltage from the power supply board to the main control board 2094 is stopped. Sent. And step S2
When the power failure notice signal is detected by the CPU 2812 mounted on the main control board 2094, the process at the time of occurrence of power interruption is executed (step S4). When the power interruption occurs, the processing of the gaming machine is in the state before the power failure when the power supply voltage (24V in this embodiment) supplied to the power supply board after the power failure is restored (hereinafter referred to as power recovery). In order to start from
814 is a process of storing as backup data in 814. Although the processing content will be described later, in the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, the power failure occurrence processing is not interrupt processing, but as branch processing that is executed immediately after the start of the loop depending on whether or not a power failure warning signal is detected. It is incorporated in the main process (main control process).

When the power failure warning signal is not detected in step S2, that is, when power from the external power supply is normally supplied, random number update processing 2 for updating various random numbers used in the game.
Is performed (step S3). The random number updated in the random number update process 2 will be described later.

FIG. 76 (b) is a flowchart showing an example of the process at the time of power-off occurrence (step S4). As described above, the power-off occurrence process is a process executed when a power failure warning signal is detected in the main process. First, the CPU 2812 performs an interrupt prohibition setting so that the interrupt process is not executed (step S4a). Then, the checksum of the RAM 2814 is calculated and stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 2814 (step S4b). This checksum is
This is used to check whether or not the contents of the RAM 2814 before the power failure is retained at the time of power recovery.

Next, the CPU 2812 sets a specified value indicating that the process at the time of power-off occurrence has been performed in a backup flag provided in a predetermined area of the RAM 2814 (step S4c). When the above processing is completed, the CPU 2812 prohibits access to the RAM 2814 (step S4d) and enters an infinite loop to prepare for the stop of power supply. In this process, the power supply voltage becomes unstable due to a power failure for a very short time (hereinafter referred to as “instantaneous power outage”).
Since the power supply voltage is not actually stopped when the process when the power interruption occurs, the above process may not be able to return from the infinite loop. In order to avoid such adverse effects, the CPU 2812 of this embodiment is provided with a watchdog timer,
If the watchdog timer is not updated for a predetermined time, a reset is applied. The watchdog timer is periodically updated while the process is normally performed. However, the watchdog timer enters the process when the power is cut off and is not updated. As a result, even when the power interruption occurs due to the instantaneous power failure and the infinite loop shown in FIG. 76 is entered, a reset is applied after a predetermined period of time, and the CPU 2812 is activated in the same process as when the power is turned on.

FIG. 77 is a flowchart illustrating an example of timer interrupt processing. As described above, in this embodiment, the CPU 2812 mounted on the main control board 2094 during execution of the main process.
Thus, a timer interrupt process is executed every 4 ms. In the timer interrupt process, the CPU 281
2. After executing the register saving process (step S10), the process from step S11 to step S18 is executed. In the switch input process of step S11, a process of monitoring the detection signal of the above-described switches (gate switch, start port sensor, count sensor, general winning switch, etc.) is executed. In the random number update process 1 in step S12, a process of updating various random numbers used in the game is executed. In this embodiment, the random number updated in the random number update process 1 is different from the random number updated in the random number update process 2 described above. Although the random number will be described later, the random number updated in the random number update process 2 may be updated in the random number update process 1. In the payout operation processing in step S13, switch input processing (step S11)
A payout command for instructing payout of the game ball is set on the payout control board 2133 based on the signal detected at.

In the ordinary symbol / ordinary electric accessory control process of step S14, the ordinary symbol is changed based on the progress of the game, and the ordinary electric accessory (that is, the start port solenoid 235) is changed.
2 to control the movable piece 1427) that is opened and closed by 2, and executes a process of changing the open / closed state of the second start port 1421. In the special symbol / special electric accessory control process in step S15, the first special symbol and the second special symbol are variably displayed on the special symbol display (not shown) based on the progress of the game, or the special electric accessory ( That is, the open / close prize winning device 1404 opened and closed by the attacker solenoid 1429 is controlled to execute a process of changing the open / closed state of the special prize opening. A process for outputting a state signal indicating a gaming state to a computer or the like, a process for outputting a drive signal to a special figure start memory lamp (not shown), etc. are executed, etc. In the command transmission process in step S17, the effect command is controlled peripherally. The process which transmits to the board | substrate 2830 is performed. Moreover, in the command transmission process, the electric power supply to the pachinko machine 1 was started. Power-on processing (step S1
The process of transmitting the power-on command set in () to the peripheral control board 2830 is also performed.
When the process from step S11 to step S17 is executed, a register restoration process (step S18) is executed, and the process ends.

Here, various random numbers updated by the CPU 2812 mounted on the main control board 2094 in the random number update process 1 (step S12) and the random number update process 2 (step S3) described above will be described. In this embodiment, as the various random numbers used in the game, the big hit determination random number used for determining whether or not to generate a big hit gaming state (including “small hit” described later) (big hit determination), the big hit determination Is a random number for a big hit symbol used to determine whether or not to make a promiscuous big hit when it is determined that a big hit gaming state will be generated (special change determination), special when a big hit gaming state is determined in the big hit determination Random for jackpot symbol used to determine the symbol to stop the symbol, used to determine whether or not to release with a reach mode when it is determined that the big hit gaming state does not occur in the jackpot determination (reach determination) Reach determination random number, used to determine the variable display pattern (variation time) of the special symbol displayed on the special symbol display (not shown) Variable display pattern random (random number change time), whether or not the determination (usually lottery per determination) Average per determining random number used for controlling the movable piece 1427 in an open state, and the like. In this example, a lottery is performed to determine whether or not to generate a small hit gaming state using a big hit determination random number. It is also determined whether or not to make a probability variation jackpot (the probability that a specific profit is given is set higher than usual) using a jackpot symbol random number. It should be noted that the variation display pattern of the special symbol may be determined using the reach determination random number, and the variation display pattern of the decorative symbol controlled by the liquid crystal display device 640 may be determined. Here, the process of determining whether or not to generate a big hit gaming state using a big hit determination random number or the like corresponds to the lottery means of the present invention.

Among these random numbers, in the random number update processing 1, the big hit determination random number related to the occurrence of the big hit gaming state, the big hit symbol random number, and the normal symbol per random number related to whether or not the movable piece 1427 is controlled to be in the open state Update. That is, the occurrence of the big hit gaming state and the movable piece 1
The random number used for the determination regarding whether or not to control 427 to the open state is updated every 4 ms as a predetermined timing. By doing so, the probability (probability to determine that a big hit gaming state is generated, probability to determine that the movable piece 1427 is controlled to be opened) in a predetermined period with each random number can be made constant, and the game It can be prevented that the person becomes disadvantageous. On the other hand, in the random number update process 2, the reach determination random number and the variable display pattern random number that are not related to the occurrence of the big hit gaming state and the normal lottery are updated.

FIG. 78 is a flowchart showing an example of the special symbol / special electric accessory control process (step S15). In the special symbol / special electric accessory control process, the CPU 2812 executes the processes from step S20 to step S90. In the start opening winning process in step S20, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the first start opening 1420 or the second start opening 1421. When winning, a process of updating the lottery hold state is executed. In the variation start process of step S30, the number of starting memories (holding number) in each big hit lottery is confirmed, and if the number of starting memories (total number of starting memories) is not 0, the corresponding special symbol variation display is started. Make settings for
As will be described in detail later, specifically, it is determined whether or not a big hit gaming state is to be generated, and if a big hit gaming state is to be generated, whether or not to be a promising big hit is determined. Step S
In the variation pattern setting process of 40, settings related to variation display of each special symbol and each decorative symbol are performed. Details will be described later, but specifically, the variable display pattern of each special symbol is determined,
The timer sets the variation time set for the variation display pattern (the time from when the variation display of the special symbol is started on the special symbol display until it stops).

In the changing process of step S50, the timer set with the changing time in the changing display pattern setting process (step S40) is monitored, and the first special symbol display 2390a or the second special symbol display is performed based on the time-out of the timer. Processing to stop the special symbol variation display in the device 2390b (corresponding to the special symbol display) is performed. At this time, if it is determined in any one of the big win lotteries in the variation start process (step S30), the process selection flag is updated to “3”, and the small win game state is set in the same lottery. If the decision to do is made,
The process selection flag is updated to “4”, and the process selection flag is updated to “0” if it is not determined to be a big hit or small hit gaming state.

In the jackpot game start process in step S60, settings for starting the jackpot game state are performed. As will be described in detail later, the opening / closing prize winning device 1404 is set such as the number of times to be opened and the opening time in accordance with the type of jackpot. In addition, in the small hit game start process in step S70, setting for starting the small hit game state is performed. As will be described in detail later, the open / close winning device 1 for small hits
The number of times of opening 404 and the opening time are set. In the special electric utility jackpot control process of step S80, the prize winning opening is opened, and the opening / closing prize winning device 1404 is closed when a predetermined number of game balls have won the prize winning opening or when a predetermined period has elapsed. Process to do. In addition, if the number of rounds in the big hit gaming state has not reached the predetermined number, the process for making the open / close winning device 1404 open again is performed. When the number of rounds in the big hit gaming state has reached the predetermined number, the processing selection The flag is updated to “5”. In addition, after the number of rounds reaches a predetermined number, processing for generating a probability variation state and a short-time gaming state is executed. In the special electric accessory small hit control process in step S90, the open / close winning device 1404 is closed when a large winning opening is opened and a predetermined number of game balls have won the large winning opening or when a predetermined period has elapsed. Process to make it. As will be described in detail later, the opening of the big prize opening in the special electric accessory small hit control process is such that the profit to the player is extremely low compared to the special electric accessory big hit control process (step S80). Is set. next,
Specific processing in steps S20 to S90 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 79, in the start opening winning process, first, it is determined whether or not a detection signal is output from the second start opening sensor 2358, and when the detection signal is output from the second start opening sensor 2358, , It is determined that a game ball has won the second start port 1421 (YE in step S201).
S), if the detection signal from the second start port sensor 2358 is not output, the second start port 14
It is determined that the game ball has not won 21 (NO in step S201). Step S2
When it is determined at 01 that the game ball has won the second starting port 1421, various random numbers for the second big hit lottery (random numbers for big hit determination, random numbers for big hit symbols, etc.) are acquired and provided in the RAM 2814. It is determined whether or not the value of the second reserved ball number counter is less than 4 which is the upper limit value (
Step S202). If the second held ball number counter is less than 4 in step S202, the second start hold storage process (step S203) and the hold history update process (step S2).
04) is executed. These processes will be described later. If the value of the second reserved ball number counter is 4 in step S202, the second start hold storage process and the hold history update process are not executed.

On the other hand, if the detection signal is not output from the second start port sensor 2358 in step S201 (NO in step S201), or if the value of the second reserved ball number counter is 4 (
If NO in step S202, it is determined whether or not a game ball has won the first start port 1420 (step S205). Specifically, it is determined whether or not a detection signal is output from the first start port sensor 2416. When it is determined in step S205 that a game ball has won at the first start port 1420 (YES), various random numbers for the first big hit lottery are obtained, and the RAM 2814
It is determined whether or not the value of the first reserved ball number counter provided in is less than 4 which is the upper limit value (step S206). If the first held ball number counter is less than 4 in step S206, the first start hold storage process (step S207) and the hold history update process (step S208) are executed. If the value of the first reserved ball number counter is 4 in step S206, the first start hold storage process and the hold history update process are not executed.

As shown in FIG. 80, in the fluctuation start process, first, it is determined whether or not the process flag is “0”.
If it is “0” (YES in step S301), the processing after step S302 is executed, and if it is not “0” (NO in step S301), the variation start processing is terminated. In step S302, it is determined whether or not the values (the first start memory number and the second start memory number) of the two reserved ball number counters corresponding to the special symbol indicators 2390a and 2390b are “0”. . The sum of the values of the two reserved ball counters indicates the number of random numbers stored in the start memory storage area (special symbol random number storage means 2939, 2940 (see FIG. 92)). If the values of any of the held ball number counters are both “0” (YES), it is determined that the starting conditions for the first big hit lottery and the second big hit lottery are not satisfied, and the routine goes to Step S317.

On the other hand, if the value of any of the reserved ball counters is not “0” in step S302 (NO)
Then, start memory transfer processing is executed (steps S303 to S311). FIG. 92 (a)
In the first special symbol random number storage means 2939, there are four storage areas (storage areas [
1] 2939a to storage area [4] 2939d), the first start memory number (“1”) is provided.
”To“ 4 ”). In addition, as shown in FIG. 92 (b), the second special symbol random number storage means 2940 also includes four storage areas (storage areas [1] 2940a to 2940a).
The storage area [4] 2940d) is provided, and is associated with the values of the second starting storage numbers ("1" to "4"). Each storage area 2939a-2939d, 2940a-29
40d has a big hit determination random number storage area 2946 for storing the big hit determination random number and a big hit determination random number storage area 2947 for storing the big hit determination random number. In the start memory transfer process, first, whether or not the value of the reserved ball number counter (second start memory number) corresponding to the second special symbol display 2390b is “0”, that is, the second special symbol random number. Storage means 2
It is determined whether or not random numbers are stored in the storage area [1] 2940a of 940 (step S3
03) If random numbers are stored (NO), various random numbers stored in the n-th storage area (n is a natural number of 2 or more) (storage area [2] 2940b to storage area [4] 2940d) , N
A process (step S304) for shifting to the first storage area (storage area [1] 2940a to storage area [3] 2940c) and a random number related to the second special symbol stored in the storage area [1] 2940a The acquisition process (step S305) is executed. Further, “1” is set to the special symbol variation flag (step S306), and a process of subtracting “1” from the reserved ball number counter corresponding to the second special symbol is executed (step S307).

On the other hand, when the random number is not stored in the storage area [1] 2940a of the second special symbol random number storage means 939, that is, the value of the reserved ball number counter corresponding to the second special symbol display 2390b is “0”. (YES in step S303), first special symbol random number storage means 2
Various random numbers stored in each of the nth storage areas (storage area [2] 2939b to storage area [4] 2939d) of 939 are stored in the (n-1) th storage area (storage area [storage area [ 1
2939a to storage area [3] 2939c) (step S308)
And the process (step S309) which acquires the random number regarding the 2nd special symbol memorize | stored in storage area [1] 2939a is performed. Further, a process of subtracting “1” from the reserved ball number counter corresponding to the first special symbol (step S311) is executed. That is, regarding the first special symbol, when holding, as in the case of the second special symbol, the value of the held ball number counter (first start memory number) is increased by “1” and the extracted random number is increased. , Stored in the storage area corresponding to the value of the first start memory number, but only when the second start memory number is "0" when starting the change of the first special symbol, that is, according to the first special symbol Each random number is read from the first storage area “1” 2939a of the first special symbol random number storage means 2939 only when the first processing is waiting and the second processing by the second special symbol is not waiting. I have to. This control enables the second process to be performed with priority over the first process.

Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the probability variation function is in operation, that is, whether or not the probability variation state has a high probability (step S312). If not the probability variation state (NO in step S312),
A jackpot determination table when the probability variation is not activated, that is, a table set with a low probability of being a jackpot, is selected. On the other hand, in the case of the probability variation state (YES in step S312), Select a table with a high probability of winning a big hit. In this example, when the probability fluctuation is not activated (that is, normal), the probability of a big hit is 1 /
When the probability fluctuation is activated (that is, when the probability is high), the probability of a big hit is 1 /
It is set to 16.3.

After any table is selected in step S313 or step S314, the random number related to any special symbol acquired in step S305 or step S309 based on the table is a random number corresponding to the big hit (big hit value) It is determined whether or not (step S315). If it is a big hit value (YES in step S315), the big hit flag is set to “ON” (step S316), and the process proceeds to step S317. On the other hand, when the acquired random number is not a big hit value (NO in step S315),
It is determined whether or not the random number is a random number corresponding to a small hit (small hit value) (step S31).
8). If it is a small hit value (YES in step S318), the small hit flag is set to “ON” (step S319), and the process proceeds to step S317. NO in S318), without going through step S319
The process proceeds to step S317. In step S317, the process flag is updated to “1”, and the variation start process is terminated. Note that the ON / OFF states (set state and reset state) of the big hit flag and the small hit flag are stored in the RAM 814. The OFF state (reset state) of the big hit flag and the small hit flag means that a value of “0” is set, and the ON state (set state) of the big hit flag and the small hit flag is a value of “1”. Is set.

In the variation pattern setting process shown in FIG. 81, first, it is determined whether or not the process flag is “1”.
If “1” is obtained in step S317 (YES in step S401), the process from step S402 is executed, and if not “1” (NO in step S401).
) Ends the variation pattern setting process. In step S402, the big hit flag is “O
N ”is determined and if“ ON ”is determined in step S316 (step S316)
If YES in 402), it is determined based on the acquired random number whether the big hit is a probability big hit or a normal big hit (step S403). If the probability variation big hit (YES in step S403), it is determined whether or not a special hit is made (step S4).
04). As will be described in detail later, any of the probability fluctuation jackpots, “In the subsequent lottery, the probability that a specific profit will be granted is set to a probability fluctuation state higher than usual and fluctuates on any special symbol display. When the special symbol to be changed is shortened (relatively shorter than normal time), and the ease of winning a prize at the second start port 1421 is increased more than usual, a short game state is generated. This is common, but the probability variation jackpots that are special hits and general probability fluctuation jackpots that are not special hits are set so that the degree of profit given to the player is greatly different. In other words, in the general probability fluctuation big hit, the open / close winning device 140
4 Opening time per time is set to a time that allows a plurality of (for example, 10) game balls to win with plenty of time, and the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing prize winning device 1404 has many benefits. The number of times of giving (for example, 7 times) is controlled. On the other hand, in the probability variation big hit that is a special hit, the opening time per opening / closing prize winning device 1404 is set to a time that can barely win several (for example, one or two) game balls. At the same time, the opening / closing prize winning device 1404 is controlled to open / close twice, for example.

If it is determined in step S404 that it is not a special hit, that is, if it is determined that it is a general probability fluctuation big hit (NO), a probability variation big hit variation display pattern table is selected (step S405), while a special hit is determined. If it is determined that it is a hit (YES in step S404), the probability variation special hit fluctuation display pattern table is selected (step S406). If it is determined in step S403 that the probability variation is not big hit, that is, if it is decided that the normal big hit is made (YES), the normal big hit fluctuation display pattern table is selected (step S407).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S402 that the big hit flag is not “ON” (NO), it is determined whether or not the small hit flag is “ON” (step S408), and “ON” is determined in step S319. If YES (YES in step S408), the small hit change display pattern table is selected (step S409). When the small hit flag is not “ON” (NO in step S408), it is determined whether or not the acquired reach determination random number is a random number (reach value) corresponding to reach (step S410). ) If it is a reach value (YES in step S410), a deviation reach fluctuation display pattern table is selected (step 411). If it is not a reach value (NO in step S410), a deviation fluctuation display is performed. A pattern table is selected (step S412).

As described above, when the variable display pattern table is selected in any step, the variable display pattern is calculated based on the variable display pattern table and the variable display random number acquired in either step S305 or step S309. Determine (step S413). Next, a selection value is set as an effect command for designating the variation display pattern determined in step S413 (step S414), and a variation time corresponding to the variation display pattern is set in a timer provided in the RAM 2814 mounted on the main control board 2094. (In this embodiment, the valid period timer) is set (step S415). In step S415, the variation time set in the variation display pattern determined in step S413 is set in the effective period timer. Note that the variable display pattern command set in step S414 is transmitted to the peripheral control board 2830 by command transmission output processing. When a variable display pattern command is transmitted to the peripheral control board 2830 by command transmission output processing, a drive signal is output to the first special symbol display 2390a and the second special symbol display 2390b, and the special symbol variation display is started. Let Thereafter, the processing flag is updated to “2” (step S416).
), The variation pattern setting process is terminated.

In the changing process shown in FIG. 82, first, it is determined whether or not the processing flag is “2” (step S
501) If “2” is obtained in step S416 (YES in step S501), the processing after step S502 is executed, and if not “2” (step S50).
If NO at 1), the changing process is terminated. In step S502, the first special symbol display 2390a or the second special symbol display 2390b determines whether or not the first special symbol or the second special symbol is changing. It is determined whether or not the variation time of the symbol or the second special symbol is up (step S503). When the fluctuation time is up, that is, when the fluctuation time is over (YES in step S503),
The fluctuation is stopped (step S504). If any special symbol has not changed (NO in step S502), or the change time has not ended (step S502).
If NO at 503, the changing process is terminated without stopping the change of the special symbol.

After stopping the fluctuation of the special symbol in step S504, it is determined whether or not the big hit flag is “ON” (step S505). If the big hit flag is “ON”, the processing flag is updated to “3”. (Step S506). On the other hand, when the big hit flag is not “ON” (NO in step S505), it is determined whether or not the small hit flag is “ON” (step S5).
07), in the case of “ON”, the processing flag is updated to “4” (step S508), and “ON”
If not, the processing flag is updated to “0” (step S509). In this way, after the processing flag is updated in any of step S506, step S508, or step S509, the changing process is ended.

In the big hit game start process shown in FIG. 83, first, it is determined whether or not the process flag is “3”. If it is “3” in step S506 (YES in step S601),
If the process after step S602 is executed and it is not “3” (N in step S601)
O), the jackpot game start process is terminated. In step S602, it is determined whether or not the probability variation function is in operation, that is, whether or not it is in the probability variation state. To do. If the state is not the probability variation state, that is, if it is the normal low probability state (NO in step S602), the process proceeds to step S604 without executing the process of step S603. Step S60
4, it is determined whether or not the short-time function is in operation, that is, whether or not the short-time game state is in effect. Migrate to On the other hand, if it is not the short-time gaming state (N in step S604)
O) The process proceeds to step S606 without executing the process in step S605.

In step S606, it is determined whether the type of jackpot is a general jackpot or a special jackpot. If the jackpot is a general jackpot (NO in step S606), the open / close prize winning device 140 is determined.
Opening conditions of the big winning opening according to 4, that is, the number of times of opening for big hits (for example, a maximum of 7 times), the opening time per time (for example, a maximum of 18 seconds), and the limited number of winnings to the big winning opening (for example, a maximum of 10 per time) Set) (step S607). On the other hand, if the big hit is a special hit (YES in step S606), the special winning opening number (for example, twice) at the big winning opening (for example, twice), the winning limit number (for example, 6), and the opening time per time. (For example, 1.8 seconds) is set (step S608). Thereafter, the process flag is updated to “5” (step S609), and the big hit game start process is terminated.

On the other hand, in the small hit game start process shown in FIG. 84, first, it is determined whether or not the process flag is “4”.
S), the processing of step S702 and step S703 is executed, and if the processing flag is not “4” (NO in step S701), the small hit game start processing is executed without executing the processing of step S702 and step S703. finish. In step S702, the condition for opening the big prize opening in the case of a small hit, that is, the number of small winning openings for the big prize opening by the opening / closing prize winning device 1404 and the opening time per one are set. It should be noted that the number of times of opening in the small hit, the number of winnings, and the opening time are the conditions set in the case of special hit (step S60).
It is set to be the same as 8). That is, the special hit and the small hit are set so that they cannot be visually discriminated. Thereafter, the processing flag is updated to “6” (
Step S703), the small hit game start processing is terminated.

In the special electric utility jackpot control process shown in FIG. 85, first, it is determined whether or not the process flag is “5”. If the process flag is “5” in step S609 (Y in step S801).
ES), the processing after step S802 is executed, and when it is not “5” (step S80).
1), the special electric utility jackpot control process is terminated. In step S802, it is determined whether or not the big prize opening is open. If it is open (YES), the opening time (elapsed time after opening) of the big prize opening reaches a predetermined time set in advance. It is determined whether or not (step S803)
If it has elapsed (YES in step S803), the open / close prize apparatus 1404 is operated to close the special prize opening (step S805). Even if the set opening time has not elapsed (NO in step S803), the number of game balls won in the big winning opening after the big winning opening is opened is the limited number set in step S607. If (for example, 10) is exceeded (YES in step S804), the process proceeds to step S805 to close the special winning opening. In addition, when the opening time of the big winning opening has not reached the set time (NO in step S803) and the number of winning game balls has not reached the limit number (step S804).
NO), the special electric utility jackpot control process is terminated.

On the other hand, in step S802, if the big prize opening is not open (NO), the number of times the big prize opening is opened by the open / close prize winning device 1404 is set in step S608, or the number of big hits opened in step S608. It is determined whether or not the special hit opening number has been reached (step S806). If it has not been reached (NO in step S806), the open / close winning device 1404 is controlled to open the special winning opening (step S807), and the special electric accessory big hit control process is terminated. As a result, a large amount of game balls can be awarded to the grand prize opening.

In step S806, when the number of times of opening the grand prize opening reaches the set number of times (YES
), That is, when the big hit gaming state is finished, step S808 to step S81.
Step 3 is executed, and the game state for the subsequent lottery is set. Specifically, first, the jackpot flag is set to “OFF” (step S808), and it is determined whether or not the current jackpot is a win that activates the probability variation function (step S809). That is, it is determined whether the probability variation big hit including the special hit or the normal big hit. If the winning is a probability variation jackpot (YES in step S809), the operation of the probability variation function is started and a probability variation state with a high probability is set (step S810). That is, in the subsequent lottery, the probability of winning the jackpot is set higher than usual, and the time-shortening function is activated until the number of fluctuations of the first special symbol or the second special symbol due to the lottery reaches a predetermined number (a specified number). . If the big hit is a special hit (YES in step S811), it is determined whether or not the probability variation function or the short-time function is in operation (step S814). If it is not a special hit, that is, if it is a general probability fluctuation big hit (NO in step S810), or if the special hit is won when the probability fluctuation function or the time reduction function is already activated, The operation is started (step S812), and then the processing flag is updated to “0” (step S813). That is, the first special symbol display 2390a or the second special symbol display 23
The fluctuation time of the first special symbol or the second special symbol that fluctuates at 90b is shortened, and the ease of winning a prize to the second start port 1421 is increased by higher speed than usual by opening the movable piece 1427. On the other hand, when the probability variation function and the short-time function are not in operation, that is, when neither the probability variation state nor the short-time gaming state has occurred, the special win is won (step S814).
NO), the process proceeds to step S813 without operating the time reduction function.

On the other hand, if it is not a win that activates the probability variation function in step S809, that is, if it is a normal big hit (NO), the operation of the time reduction function is started and the specified number of operations in the time reduction function is set (step S815). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S813. That is, the time-shortening function is operated until the number of fluctuations of the first special symbol or the second special symbol due to the lottery reaches a predetermined number (specified number).

In the special electric accessory small hitting control process shown in FIG. 86, first, it is determined whether or not the processing flag is “6”. If it is “6” in step S703 (Y in step S901).
ES), the processing after step S902 is executed, and if it is not “6” (step S90)
1), the special electric accessory small hit control process is terminated. In step S902, it is determined whether or not the number of winning game balls for the grand prize opening has reached a preset maximum number of winnings (step S902). If the maximum number of winnings has not been reached yet (NO). Then, it is determined whether or not the special winning opening is open (step S903). If it is determined in step S903 that the special winning opening is open (YES), whether the opening time of the special winning opening (elapsed time after opening) has reached a predetermined time set in advance. If it has elapsed (YES in step S904), the open / close winning device 1404 is operated to close the special winning opening (step S905). After that, it is determined whether or not the number of times the special winning opening is opened has reached a predetermined number of times (for example, twice) (step S906). If this number is reached (YES), the processing flag is set to “0”. (Step S907), and the special electric accessory small hit control process is terminated. If the opening time of the special winning opening has not reached the predetermined time in step S904 (NO), or if the number of opening has not reached the predetermined number in step S906 (NO), the process of step S907 is executed. Then, the special electric accessory small hit control process is terminated. In step S903, if the big prize opening is not open (NO), the big prize opening is opened to allow the game ball to be won (step S908).
. In step S902, if the number of game balls won for the big prize opening reaches the preset maximum number of prizes (YES), it is determined whether or not the big prize opening is open (step S909). If it is open (YES), the special winning opening is closed (step S910), and the process proceeds to step S907. On the other hand, when the special winning opening is not open (step S909).
NO), the process proceeds to step S907 without executing the process of step S910. In step S907, the processing flag is updated to “0”.

<Processing of peripheral control board>
Next, processing executed by the integrated CPU 2834 mounted on the peripheral control board 2830 will be described. FIG. 87 is a flowchart showing an example of sub-main processing.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of a 16 ms steady process.

As shown in FIG. 87, when power supply to the pachinko machine 1 is started, the integrated CPU 2834
Performs an initial setting process (step S1001). In this initial setting process, a process of clearing the integrated RAM 2836 mounted on the peripheral control board 2830 is performed. Note that interrupts are prohibited during this initial setting process, and interrupts are permitted after the initial setting process. When the initial setting process (step S1001) is completed, a loop process for monitoring whether or not the 16 ms elapsed flag T is set is started (step S1002).

In this embodiment, the integrated CPU 2834 generates an interrupt every 2 ms and 2 ms
Execute steady processing. In the 2 ms steady process, a process of counting up the 16 ms progress monitoring counter (adding 1 to the 16 ms progress monitoring counter) is executed, and when the value of the 16 ms progress monitoring counter reaches 8, that is, 16 ms elapses. A process of setting the flag T and resetting (setting to 0) the 16 ms progress monitoring counter is executed. Thus, the 16 ms elapsed flag T is “1” every 16 ms in the 2 ms steady process.
Is normally set (set), and is normally set (reset) to “0”. Step S100
When the 16 ms elapsed flag is set at 2 (the 16 ms elapsed flag T is “1”), the 16 ms elapsed flag is reset (step S1003), and then the 16 ms steady process is performed (step S1004).

In the 16 ms steady process, a process for controlling the liquid crystal display device 640, the frame lamp, the game board lamp, the speaker, and the like is executed based on the effect command received from the main control board 2094. When the 16 ms steady process ends, the process returns to step S1002 again, and every time the 16 ms elapse flag T is set, that is, every 16 ms, the above-described steps S1003 to S1 are performed.
Repeat 004. On the other hand, if the 16 ms elapsed flag T is not set in step S1002 (the 16 ms elapsed flag T is “0”), loop processing is performed until the 16 ms elapsed flag T is set.

FIG. 88 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a 16 ms steady process executed every 16 ms in the sub main process. In the 16 ms steady process, the sub-integrated CPU 2834 executes the processes of steps S1100 to S1600. In the command analysis process in step S1100, the effect command received from the main control board 2094 is analyzed. Step S12
In the effect control process of 00, a control process related to the liquid crystal display device 640 is executed based on the variable display pattern command. Specifically, setting of a notice effect, determination of a stop symbol of a decorative symbol, and the like are performed.

In the sound control process in step S1300, a sound effect (for example, B
Control processing related to the speaker for generating (GM) is executed. Step S1400
In the lamp control process, control processes related to the game board lamp and the frame lamp are executed. In the information output process in step S1500, a lamp effect command is transmitted to an electrical decoration control board (not shown) and a drive control board (not shown). In the random number update process of step S1600, a process of updating random numbers used for various settings in the effect control process (step S1200) is executed.

In addition, the process of step S1100 to step S1600 in the 16 ms steady process is 1
Finish within 6ms. Even if it takes 16 ms or more from the start of the 16 ms steady processing to the end of the 16 ms steady processing, the 16 ms steady processing is started from the beginning immediately after the 16 ms has elapsed since the start of the 16 ms steady processing (step S1100 described later). Do not execute) That is, when 16 ms elapses during execution of the 16 ms steady process, only the 16 ms elapse flag is set, and when it is determined in step S1002 that the 16 ms elapse flag is set after the end of the 16 ms steady process, 16 ms is set.
Start steady processing.

In this embodiment, the random number update process (step S1600) is performed in a 16 ms steady process.
) Is executed to update various random numbers, but the timing (timing) for updating the various random numbers is not limited to this. For example, various random numbers may be updated in one or both of the loop process in the sub-main process and the 16 ms steady process.

FIG. 89 is a flowchart illustrating an example of command analysis processing (step S1100). In the command analysis process, the integrated CPU 2834 first determines whether or not an effect command has been received from the main control board 2094 (step S1101). In this embodiment, when an effect command is received from the main control board 2094, other processes such as a 16 ms steady process are interrupted to generate a command reception interrupt process, and the received command is transmitted to the peripheral control board 2830.
Is stored in the received command storage area in the integrated RAM 2836. The reception command storage area is provided with a plurality of areas corresponding to the reception order of the production commands, and in the command reception interrupt process, the reception command storage areas are stored in the respective areas corresponding to the reception order of the production commands. Step S11
In 01, the contents of the received command storage area are confirmed, and if an effect command is stored, the effect command in the reception order of the received command storage area is read out (step S1102).

Then, it is determined whether or not the read effect command is a variable display pattern command (step S1103). If the read effect command is a variable display pattern command (YES in step S1103), a variable display pattern reception flag is set. Then, it is stored in the variable display pattern storage area in the integrated RAM 2836 mounted on the peripheral control board 2830 (step S1104).

On the other hand, if the read effect command is not a variable display pattern command (step S1)
If NO in 103, it is determined whether or not the read effect command is a probability change jackpot command (step S1105), and if the read effect command is a probability change jackpot command (step S).
If YES in 1105), the probability variation big hit flag is set (step S1106). Also,
If the read production command is not a probable big hit command (NO in step S1105)
), A flag corresponding to the received effect command is set (step S1107).

FIG. 90 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the effect control process (step S1200).
In the effect control process, the integrated CPU 2834 performs one of steps S1210 to S1230 with reference to the value of the process selection flag indicating the progress state of the game.

Decorative symbol variation start process (step S121) executed when the process selection flag is “0”
In 0), if a variable display pattern command is received, a setting for starting the variable display of decorative symbols is performed. Specifically, the decorative symbol stop symbol is determined according to the variable display pattern command and the probability variation jackpot command, and a notice effect is set.

Decorative symbol variation process executed when the process selection flag is “1” (step S1220)
Then, when a change stop command is received, a display command is transmitted to the illumination control board 2832 to perform control to stop the change display of the decorative symbol.

In the jackpot display process (step S1230) executed when the process selection flag is “2”, the liquid crystal display device 640 is responded to the jackpot start command transmitted from the main control board 2094.
Control for displaying the start of the big hit gaming state and the display during the big hit gaming state (for example, round display) is performed.

FIG. 91 is a flowchart showing an example of the decorative symbol variation start process (step S1210). In the decorative symbol variation start process, the integrated CPU 2834 first determines whether or not the variation display pattern reception flag is set (step S1221). The variable display pattern reception flag is set in step S1104 of the command analysis process (step S1100) described above.
This is a flag indicating that a variable display pattern command has been received from the main control board 2094. If the variable display pattern reception flag is not set in step S1221, (NO), it is determined that the variable display pattern command has not been received, and the process ends.

On the other hand, if the variable display pattern reception flag is set (Y in step S1221)
ES), the variable display pattern reception flag is reset (step S1222), and it is determined whether the variable display pattern based on the received variable display pattern command is a variable display pattern that generates a big hit (whether it is a hit pattern) (step S1223a). ).

If the variable display pattern is not a winning pattern (NO in step S1223a), a stop symbol for the off symbol is determined (step S1224). If the variable display pattern is a winning pattern (YES in step S1223a), it is determined whether the probability variation big hit flag is set (step S1223b), and if the probability variation big hit flag is set (YES).
) Determines the stop symbol of the probability variation jackpot symbol (step S1225), and if the probability variation jackpot flag is not set (NO in step S1223b), determines the stop symbol of the non-probability variation jackpot symbol (step S1226). In addition, the probability variation jackpot flag is reset when the jackpot gaming state is started in the jackpot display process (step S1230). Note that the time when the probability variation big hit flag is reset is not limited to this. For example, the decorative symbol variation process (step S
In 1220), when the decorative symbol variation display is stopped, specifically, when the variation stop command is received, it may be reset, or the jackpot display processing (step S1230)
It may be reset when the big hit gaming state is ended.

In this embodiment, the first decorative symbol corresponding 1: 1 with the first special symbol, the second decorative symbol corresponding 1: 1 with the second special symbol, the first decorative symbol, and the second decorative symbol. A common decorative symbol sequence (hereinafter referred to as “common decorative symbol sequence”) associated with both symbols and corresponding to the first special symbol and the second special symbol is displayed. The first decorative design and the second decorative design are
It is composed of combinations of figures such as round, cross, and sakaku. Presets include combinations that are probable big hit symbols, combinations that are not probable big hits (usually big hits), combinations that are small hits, and combinations that are out of place. ing. In other words, if the variable display pattern is a winning pattern, the combination symbol of the combination set as the probable big hit symbol of the first decorative symbol or the combination set as the non-probable big hit symbol is stopped. Determine as a symbol.

Next, the integrated CPU 2834 executes a notice selection process for determining whether or not a notice effect is to be executed based on the notice determination random number (step S1227), and then the change display pattern and the notice stored in the notice type storage area. Pattern and steps S1225, S1226, S12
A display command corresponding to the stop symbol of the common decorative symbol sequence determined in 27 is set (step S1228). Then, the process selection flag is updated to “1” and the process ends (step S1229). The display command set in step S1228 is transmitted to the illumination control board 2832 in the information output process (step S1500), and the display CPU 2851 mounted on the illumination control board 2832 receives the display command. Based on this, the liquid crystal display device 640 starts execution of the decorative symbol variation display. When the notice pattern stored in the notice type storage area is read in step S1228, the contents of the notice type storage area are cleared after reading the notice pattern. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the notice effect based on the notice pattern determined when the previous decoration pattern change display is erroneously started in the next decoration design change display from being executed.

As described above, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present example, the gaming unit 140 capable of flowing the game ball is distinguished from the decorated decoration unit 141, and the decoration unit 141 is located above the gaming unit 140. Since it is arranged, the main decoration body 143 can be operated based on the game state without affecting the behavior of the game ball.

In addition, according to the pachinko machine 1 of this example, the game unit 140 and the decoration unit 141 are separately assembled so that they can be exchanged separately, so that only the game unit 140 is exchanged or only the decoration unit 141 is exchanged. The image of the gaming machine can be changed in various patterns that take into consideration the economic burden at the game store, the degree of change in the image, etc., such as exchanging both of them at the same time. That is, in the game store, when changing the model, it is possible to arbitrarily select whether to exchange the entire gaming device 4 or to replace only the gaming unit 140 by reusing the decoration unit 141. As a result, it becomes possible to respond flexibly to model changes.

Moreover, according to the pachinko machine 1 of this example, since the door body 5 is provided with the visible protection cover portion 120 that covers the gaming portion 140 and the decoration portion 141 in a visible state, the door body 5 is closed. Then, while protecting the game part 140 and the decoration part 141 by the visible protection cover part 120, both the game part 140 and the decoration part 141 can be visually recognized over a comparatively wide range. Therefore, the decoration unit 141 can characterize the concept of the gaming machine 1 and attract the player's attention.

Further, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present example, a rolling space for the game ball is formed between the game part 140 and the falling protection transparent plate 171 provided separately from the visible protection cover part 120.
The restriction of the visible protective cover 120 corresponding to the gaming unit 140 is relaxed, and the visible protective cover 1
With respect to the shape of the entire door body 5 including 20, the degree of design freedom can be increased. In addition, since the gaming unit 140 is doubly covered by the flow-down protection transparent plate 171 and the visible protection cover unit 120, it is possible to further suppress illegal acts on the gaming unit 140 and to improve safety. . Further, since the decorative pattern 172 is formed on the surface of the falling protection transparent plate 171, the decoration effect in the game unit 140 can be enhanced, and a three-dimensional image can be aroused in the game area 605, which is visually interesting. It becomes possible to increase. Furthermore, since the downflow protection transparent plate 171 is attached to the game unit 140 so as to be exchangeable, it is possible to replace only the downflow protection transparent plate 171, and thus the image of the game area 605 can be easily and inexpensively. Can be changed. That is, the image of the gaming unit 140 can be changed while further reducing the financial burden at the gaming store.

Further, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present example, the decoration portion 141 is provided with the base plate 141a for attaching to the main body frame 3, and the type of the main decoration body 143 changes in the base plate 141a. However, since it has a constant shape that does not change, the replacement method and attachment position of the decorative portion 141 can be made common to all models, reducing labor in replacement work and suppressing mounting errors. be able to. In addition, since the base plate 141a and the gaming unit 140 are arranged in abutment with each other, the gaming unit 140 and the decoration unit 141 appear to be integrated although they can be exchanged separately. As a result, it is possible to make a uniform decoration in the entire gaming machine, and to deeply associate the game in the game area 605 with the decoration by the decoration unit 141.

Further, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present example, the visible protective cover portion 120 is formed with the protruding cover portion 125, and the portion corresponding to the decorative portion 141 protrudes more toward the player side than the portion corresponding to the gaming portion 140. Therefore, the decorative body accommodating portion 129 formed by the protruding cover portion 125 is formed.
By disposing the decorative member 142 therein, the depth dimension of the decorative member 142 can be formed relatively large. That is, the decorative member 142 can be disposed so as to protrude from the flat cover portion 124 of the visible protection cover portion 120 to the player side. Therefore, the decoration member 142 can be configured more three-dimensionally and a powerful decoration can be visually recognized.
In particular, since the upper surface of the protruding cover 125 extends to a range that covers the top of the decorative member 142, the player can visually recognize the decorative member 142 from above, and thus covers the decorative member 142. The presence of the visible protective cover 120 becomes inconspicuous, and the force of the decorative member 142 can be further increased, and a realistic decoration can be realized. In other words, it is possible to give the player an impression that the decorative member 142 has jumped out of the door body 5 and to enhance the interest by powerful decoration.

In addition, since the upper surface of the protruding cover 125 extends to the extent that covers the upper part of the decorative member 142, the player can look up obliquely upward to pass through the front surface 125a and the upper surface 125b of the protruding cover 125. The gaming machine island facility A located above the frame 2 can be visually recognized. That is, since the part of the gaming machine island facility A located on the extension through the internal space of the visible protection cover part 120 is visually recognized, the visible protection cover part 120 surrounding the decoration member 142 is visible.
Therefore, the presence of the decorative member 142 can be made more difficult to recognize, and the presence of the decorative member 142 can be further enhanced.

Further, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present example, the upper surface portion 125b of the projecting cover portion 125 is configured as the upper surface of the door body 5, and therefore, in the door body 5, the decorative member 142 up to the upper surface rear edge 127 is obtained.
Can be visually recognized. Therefore, when the player views the gaming machine island equipment A above the outer frame 2 through the internal space of the protruding cover 125, the opaque frame material does not appear in the field of view, and thus corresponds to the decorative portion 141. The presence of the visible protective cover 120 can be made less noticeable.

Further, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present example, the right side surface portion 125d and the left side surface portion 125e of the protruding cover portion 125 are also transparent, so that the decoration member 142 can be visually recognized from the right side or the left side. A state in which the member 142 protrudes greatly forward can be realized, and the three-dimensional shape of the decorative member 142 can be clearly grasped. In addition, since the visual range of the decorative member 142 that can be visually recognized is widened, and the decorative member 142 can be visually recognized from the left and right oblique directions, the presence of the decorative member 142 is also present for those who are playing with other gaming machines. Can appeal.

Moreover, according to the pachinko machine 1 of this example, since the protruding cover 125 is formed over the full width of the door body 5, the decorative member 142 can be enlarged not only in the depth dimension but also in the left-right direction. Thus, the force of the decorative member 142 can be promoted. Further, since the right side surface portion 125d and the left side surface portion 125e of the protruding cover portion 125 are the side surfaces of the door body 5, the upper portion of the door body 5 has a monotonous shape, and the shape of the protruding cover portion 125 can be made less noticeable.

Further, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present example, the bottom surface portion 125c of the projecting covering portion 125 is an inclined surface, and the height of the bottom surface increases toward the player side. When looking up at the protruding covering portion 125, the decorative member 14 disposed inside the protruding covering portion 125.
2 can be easily visually recognized through the bottom surface portion 125c of the protruding covering portion 125. Therefore, the bottom shape of the decorative member 142 can be easily grasped, and the decorative member 1
It is possible to emphasize the image in which 42 protrudes.

Moreover, according to the pachinko machine 1 of this example, since each corner portion in the protruding cover portion 125 is formed in a rounded curved surface, the entire protruding cover portion 125 has a rounded shape,
It is possible to wipe off the image of the housing. Therefore, it is possible to further reduce the feeling that the decorative member 142 is accommodated in the protruding cover 125.

Further, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present example, since the visible protective cover portion 120 is formed of a colorless and transparent member, the light transmittance is higher than that of the colored transparent member, and the decorative member 142 is clearly visible. In addition, the visible protective cover 120 can be made inconspicuous. On the other hand, since the invisible protective cover portion 121 is formed of a colored opaque member, the door frame sliding rod 1040 of the locking device 1000 is securely shielded, and the portion where the invisible protective cover portion 121 is attached The visual change with the part which is not mounted | worn is produced, and the image that the decoration member 142 is exposed to the exterior of the door body 5 by the relative effect can be promoted.

Further, according to the pachinko machine 1 of this example, the visible protective cover portion 120 corresponding to the gaming portion 140 is used.
Is sandwiched between the pair of invisible protective cover portions 121, so that the gaming portion 14
It becomes possible to make the door body 5 corresponding to 0 conspicuous, and the image that the game area 605 is arranged inside the main body frame 3 can be enhanced. Therefore, it is possible to give the player a sense of security that the rolling of the game ball is not affected from the outside.

Furthermore, according to the pachinko machine 1 of the present example, the decorative member 142 accommodated in the decorative body accommodating portion 129 of the projecting covering portion 125 includes the main decorative body 143 having a size corresponding to the decorative body accommodating portion 129, and Since the main decoration body 143 creates a powerful atmosphere, the main decoration body 144 is formed through a relatively large gap formed between the auxiliary decoration body 144 and the decoration body accommodating portion 129. The gaming machine island facility A located on the upper side of the outer frame 2 or on the left and right sides can be reliably viewed from the player side. In addition, by arranging two types of decorative members 142 having different sizes from each other, it is possible to enhance visual interest and enhance stereoscopic effect.

The present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention as described below. And design changes are possible.

That is, in the above-described embodiment, as the decoration portion 141, the main decoration body 143 having a shape (for example, the shape of a track) along the image of the gaming machine 1 is shown.
As shown in FIG. 5, even if the model is changed, a common decorative portion 145 that can be used without a sense of incongruity,
That is, it is also possible to employ a general decoration body 146 that does not conform to the image of the game section 141 and a decoration section 145 configured from a common base plate (not shown). The general decorative body 146 in this example has a substantially oval appearance with the tip portion cut out, and a light source (not shown) that emits light to the player side through the lens portion on the tip side is provided inside. It is arranged. As described above, when the general decorative body 146 is adopted as the decoration portion, it can be used without a sense of incongruity even if the model is changed. Therefore, when the model is replaced, only the gaming unit 140 is replaced, so that the replacement is required. It is possible to further reduce the burden of costs and to reduce resource consumption by reusing the decoration unit 145. In the examples of FIGS. 93 to 95, the same components as those in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof is omitted.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the flow-protecting transparent plate 171 is pivotally supported on one end side of the gaming device 4, but may be fixedly attached to the inner side of the door body 5. The main body frame 3 may be attached to the front side of the main body frame 3 in a rotatable state. If these structures are adopted, the downflow protection transparent plate 171 can be used as a common part, so that the burden of expenses associated with the replacement of the gaming apparatus 4 can be further reduced. In particular, if the door 5 is fixedly attached, the front of the game area 605 is opened by opening the door 5, so that the trouble of rotating the falling protection transparent plate 171 can be saved, and work efficiency can be reduced. Will improve. In the above-described embodiment, the decorative pattern 172 is applied to a part of the falling protection transparent plate 171. However, it may be formed colorless and transparent over the entire surface.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although what provided the visible protection cover part 120 as a part of door body 5 was shown, you may make it provide a visible protection cover part separately from the door body 5. FIG. Moreover, you may make it form the whole door body with a visible protection cover part.

In the above embodiment, the door body 119 is configured not only to include the game area 605 but also the periphery of the game area 605 (the front surface of the game area partition frame member 601 attached so as to surround the game area 605). Although what was made visible through the cover part 120 was shown,
An opaque member may be arranged on the door body main body 119 corresponding to the game area partition frame member 601, and the periphery of the game area 605 may be configured in a non-transparent state. According to this, the image in which the game area 605 is accommodated inside the door body 5 can be enhanced, and the sense of security against the rolling of the game ball can be further enhanced.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, a clearance gap is formed between the inner surface of the protrusion cover part 125, and the decoration member 142, and the game machine island equipment A of the upper direction of the outer frame 2 or the left-right side can be visually recognized through the clearance gap. However, a decorative body having a size corresponding to the size of the decorative body housing portion 129 may be arranged so that no gap is generated.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, although what formed the upper surface of the protrusion cover part 125 in a substantially horizontal surface was shown, you may form in a downward inclined surface so that it may become so low that it faces a player side. According to this,
Even if the protruding cover 125 protrudes greatly, the gaming machine island facility A located above the outer frame 2 from the front lower side of the protruding cover 125 (for example, a display unit or an electric decoration unit indicating the number of hits) Can be directly recognized, and the call switch can be easily operated.

Further, in the above embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 is shown as a gaming machine, but the gaming machine other than the pachinko machine, for example, a pachislot machine, a gaming machine in which the pachinko machine and the pachislot machine are combined, etc. The invention can be applied.

A Amusement machine island equipment 1 Pachinko machine (game machine)
2 Outer frame 3 Main body frame 4 Game device 120 Visible protection cover part 125 Projection cover part 127 Upper surface rear edge 140 Game part 141 Decoration part 141a Base board 142 Decoration member (decoration body)
143 Main decoration (electric decoration, movable decoration)
171 Flow protection transparent plate 172 Decorative pattern 300 Dish unit (reservoir body)
460 Handle device (operation handle)
605 Game area 640 Liquid crystal display device (lottery result display means)
650 Ball launcher (launcher)
1402 Entrance (entrance device)
1404 Opening / closing prize winning device (winning device)

Claims (1)

An outer frame installed in a gaming machine island facility using a game ball as a game medium, and formed in a vertically long rectangular shape;
A main body frame that is disposed in the outer frame and is pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the outer frame so as to be opened and closed;
A gaming machine comprising a gaming device mounted inside the main body frame,
The gaming device is:
A game area on which the game ball flows down on the front surface, and a game part that is exchangeably attached to the main body frame;
The game unit is disposed above the game unit, and includes a decoration unit that is exchangeably mounted on the main body frame separately from the game unit.
It is pivotally supported on one side of the front surface of the main body frame, and is provided to be openable and closable between a closed position that covers the front of the main body frame and an open position that opens the front of the main body frame. The game part and the decoration part are integrally covered and protected so that the game part and the decoration part cannot be touched, and the game part and the decoration part are further provided with a visible protective cover part that can be seen from the player side. A gaming machine.

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