JP2013039282A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely fix lateral frame materials of an outer frame to a receiving frame by a simple structure, and to easily and inexpensively execute the fixing, when fixing the outer frame to the receiving frame of a game land.SOLUTION: The game machine comprises a pair of right and left vertical frame materials 32 and the outer frame 2 including the upper and lower lateral frame materials 33, 34 for laterally connecting both upper and lower ends of both the vertical frame materials 32, and at least one lateral frame material 34 of the upper and lower lateral frame materials 33, 34 is formed of a synthetic resin or metal. A recess 45 having a fixing wall 50 at the outside of upper and lower directions and formed with a nail penetration hole 51 at the fixing wall 50 is formed at the synthetic resin-made or metal-made lateral frame material 34, and a wooden nail-driving member 46 for driving a nail 58 when nailing the synthetic resin-made or metal-made lateral frame material 34 to the receiving frame 45 is arranged in the recess 45.

Description

  The present invention relates to gaming machines such as pachinko machines and arrange ball machines.

  A gaming machine, such as a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, includes a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame and a front frame pivotally attached to the outer frame so as to be openable / detachable. Doors, launching means, etc. are installed. The outer frame is arranged in a left-right direction at a pair of left and right vertical frame members, an upper horizontal frame member and a lower horizontal frame member that connect the upper and lower ends of both vertical frame members left and right, and a front lower portion of both vertical frame members. The front frame is provided with a front horizontal frame member, and the front frame is pivotally attached to the left vertical frame member via a hinge.

  When this ball game machine is installed on the game island of the game hall, after the outer frame is fitted into the receiving frame of the game island, the upper horizontal frame material and the lower horizontal frame material are received by the upper frame portion of the frame. And fix to the lower frame by nailing. In this case, since the conventional outer frame is made entirely of wood, excluding reinforcing metal fittings, etc., the lower horizontal frame material could be directly nailed to the lower frame part of the frame. There is a tendency to adopt a lower horizontal frame material molded integrally with a resin material or a metal material, and the lower horizontal frame material itself cannot be fixed to the receiving frame by nailing.

  Therefore, a plurality of mounting holes having inner peripheral engagement edges are provided in the lower horizontal frame member in the left-right direction, and nailing members having engagement grooves that engage with the engagement edges are fitted into the respective mounting holes. A method is adopted in which nails are driven into each nailing member and the lower horizontal frame material is received and fixed to the lower frame portion of the frame (Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-5937 A

  In the conventional fixing method, there are a plurality of mounting holes and nailing members in the horizontal direction of the lower horizontal frame member, the lower horizontal frame member is engaged with the inner edge of the mounting hole, and the nailing member is engaged with the outer periphery. Since the structure has a groove, there is a disadvantage that the structure is complicated and the manufacturing cost increases.

  In addition, although the nail is nailed over the lower frame portion of the receiving frame from each nail driving member, the engagement structure of the inner peripheral engagement edge of the mounting hole and the outer peripheral engagement groove of the nail driving member Since the lower horizontal frame member is fixed to the lower frame portion of the frame, there is a problem that it is difficult to securely fix the outer frame to the receiving frame.

  That is, the lower horizontal frame member has a limit in the thickness in the vertical direction, and an engagement edge is provided on the inner periphery of the mounting hole so as to be within the thickness. Since the engagement groove is provided on the outer periphery, it is difficult to sufficiently secure the strength of the engagement portions of both. On the other hand, in recent pachinko machines, the game board tends to be very heavy in weight, and when the front frame is opened and closed with the game board mounted, the total load on the front frame side including the game board is applied to the outer frame. However, the entire load is supported through the engaging portions of the plurality of nailing members. For this reason, in the conventional fixing method, there is a problem that the outer frame cannot be reliably fixed to the receiving frame, and the mounting posture of the outer frame is likely to be distorted after installation.

  In view of such conventional problems, the present invention can securely fix the lateral frame material of the outer frame to the receiving frame with a simple structure when fixing the outer frame to the receiving frame of the game island. An object is to provide a gaming machine that can be implemented easily and inexpensively.

  The present invention comprises an outer frame including a pair of left and right vertical frame members and upper and lower horizontal frame members that connect the upper and lower ends of both vertical frame members to the left and right, and at least one of the upper and lower horizontal frame members In the gaming machine in which the horizontal frame material is made of synthetic resin or metal, the synthetic resin or metal horizontal frame material has a fixed wall at least on the outside in the vertical direction, and a nail insertion hole is formed in the fixed wall. In the recess, a nailing member for nailing when the synthetic resin or metal horizontal frame member is nailed to the receiving frame of the game island is provided.

  The concave portion may be opened on the inner side in the vertical direction or on one side in the front-rear direction, and the nail driving member may be inserted into the concave portion from the opening side. The nailing member is preferably wood. It is desirable that the left and right ends of the nailing member have a length that reaches at least the vicinity of the left and right connecting fittings that connect the left and right ends of the horizontal frame member to the vertical frame members.

  There may be a plurality of nail insertion holes corresponding to a plurality of nail-placed portions in the left-right direction, or one corresponding to all of the plurality of nail-placed portions in the left-right direction. The horizontal frame material made of synthetic resin or metal is a lower horizontal frame material, and a front horizontal frame material arranged in the left-right direction at the front lower portion of the vertical frame material is integrally provided at the front end of the lower horizontal frame material. A decorative cover may be attached to the front side of the front horizontal frame member. A reinforcing member for reinforcing the synthetic resin or metal horizontal frame member may be provided.

  The horizontal frame material made of synthetic resin or metal is a lower horizontal frame material, a reinforcing member that reinforces the lower horizontal frame material is disposed in the left-right direction below the lower horizontal frame material, and the nailing member is You may make it nail to the said receiving frame via the said fixed wall and the said reinforcement member of the said lower horizontal frame material.

  According to the present invention, when the outer frame is fixed to the receiving frame of the game island, there is an advantage that the lateral frame material of the outer frame can be securely fixed to the receiving frame with a simple structure and can be easily and inexpensively implemented. is there.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a rear view of the pachinko machine. It is a partially cutaway side view of the pachinko machine. It is a disassembled perspective view of the same outer frame. It is a disassembled perspective view of the lower part side of the outer frame. It is side surface sectional drawing of the principal part. It is front sectional drawing of the principal part. It is a plane sectional view of the important section. It is a front view of the attachment state of the outer frame. It is side surface sectional drawing of the principal part which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is front sectional drawing of the principal part. It is side surface sectional drawing of the principal part which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane sectional view of the important section. It is side surface sectional drawing of the principal part which shows the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is front sectional drawing of the principal part. It is side surface sectional drawing of the principal part which shows the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a partially broken top view of the principal part. It is front sectional drawing of the principal part. It is a perspective view of the lower connection metal fitting. It is front sectional drawing which shows the 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a plane sectional view showing a 7th embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 9 illustrate a first embodiment in which the present invention is adopted in a pachinko machine. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 includes a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2, and a front frame 5 that is pivotably attached to the left and right hinges 3, 4 on the left side of the outer frame 2. It has. A glass door 6 and a front plate 7 are attached to the front frame 5, and a game board 8 is detachably attached to the back side thereof.

  The front plate 7 is equipped with an upper plate 9 for storing a game ball for launch. A lower plate 10 for storing surplus spheres is attached to the lower part of the front frame 5, and a firing handle 12 of the firing means 11 is disposed on the side of the lower plate 10. The launching means 11 includes a striking rod that is driven when the firing handle 12 is operated, so that the game balls that are supplied one by one on the firing rail are hit with the striking rod and fired toward the game board 8 side. It has become.

  A guide rail 13 for guiding a game ball launched from the launching means 11 is annularly mounted on the front surface of the game board 8, and the liquid crystal display means 15 and the first symbol start in the game area 14 inside the guide rail 13. A plurality of game parts such as means 16, variable winning means 17, second symbol starting means 18, and normal winning means 19 are mounted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a back mechanism plate 20 that presses the game board 8 from the back side is attached to the back side of the front frame 5 so as to be freely opened and closed. An opening 21 is formed in the back mechanism plate 20, a game ball tank 22 and a tank rail 23 are provided on the upper side thereof, a ball payout means 24 is provided on one side in the left-right direction, and a passage unit 25 is provided on the lower side. .

  A back cover 26 mounted on the back side of the game board 8 is fitted into the opening 21. The back cover 26 covers the game parts such as the liquid crystal display means 15, the first symbol starting means 16, and the variable winning means 17 mounted on the game board 8 from the back side, and is detachably fixed to the game board 8. Has been. The back cover 26 is detachably mounted with substrate cases 27 to 29 containing various control boards such as a main control board. Substrate cases 30 and 31 containing various control boards are attached to the back mechanism plate 20 near the lower side. It is attached detachably.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the outer frame 2 includes a pair of left and right vertical frame members 32 arranged substantially in parallel, and an upper horizontal frame member 33 that connects the upper ends of both vertical frame members 32 to the left and right. The lower horizontal frame member 34 connecting the lower ends of the vertical frame members 32 to the left and right, the front horizontal frame member 35 disposed in the left-right direction at the front lower end portions of the vertical frame members 32, and the front horizontal frame member 35 And a decorative cover 36 that is detachably mounted on the front side.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the hinges 3 and 4 include hinge plates 37 a and 38 a on the outer frame 2 side and hinge plates 37 b and 38 b on the front frame 5 side, and are provided on the left side of the outer frame 2 and the front frame 5. It has been. The hinges 3 and 4 are adapted to receive the hinge plates 37b and 38b of the front frame 5 by the hinge plates 37a and 38a of the outer frame 2, respectively. In the upper hinge 3, a hinge hole 37 c is provided in the hinge plate 37 a of the outer frame 2, and a hinge shaft 37 d inserted through the hinge hole 37 c is provided downward on the hinge plate 37 b of the front frame 5. In the lower hinge 4, a hinge shaft 38 c is provided upward in the hinge plate 38 a of the outer frame 2, and a hinge hole 38 d through which the hinge shaft 38 c is inserted is provided in the hinge plate 38 b of the front frame 5.

  Both the vertical frame members 32 are made of, for example, metal, and are made of an aluminum alloy extruded mold member, a sheet metal member, or the like. The upper horizontal frame member 33 is made of wood, and is arranged in the left-right direction across the upper end of the vertical frame member 32, and its left and right ends are connected to the upper ends of both vertical frame members 32 via the upper connecting bracket 39. ing. The upper horizontal frame member 33 may be made of synthetic resin or metal. A hinge plate 37 a of the hinge 3 is integrally provided on the left upper connection fitting 39.

  The lower horizontal frame member 34 is made of synthetic resin, and as shown in FIGS. 4 to 8, the lower main body portion 41 in the left-right direction, the side surface mounting portions 42 erected from the left and right ends of the lower main body portion 41, A front mounting portion 43 that stands up from the front end of the main body portion 41 and connects the front end sides of the left and right side surface mounting portions 42 to the left and right is integrally molded, and a reinforcing member 44 made of sheet metal is formed on the rear side of the lower main body portion 41. Provided in the left-right direction, the vertical frame member 32 is connected to the outside of the side attachment portion 42, and the front horizontal frame member 35 is connected to the front surface of the front attachment portion 43.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the lower main body 41 includes a concave portion 45 that is long in the left-right direction, and a long nailing member 46 that is made of wood, synthetic resin material, or the like is fitted in the concave portion 45. . That is, the recess 45 is formed between the front mounting portion 43, the left and right step portions 47 provided on the left and right sides of the lower main body portion 41 on the rear side of the front mounting portion 43, and the left and right step portions 47 on the rear side of the lower main body portion 41. The left and right ends of the concave portion 45 and the nailing member 46 provided in the concave portion 45 are connected to the left and right lower connections described later. At least the vicinity of the metal fitting 49 is reached.

  The concave portion 45 has a fixed wall 50 on the lower side which is the outer side in the vertical direction, and a nail insertion hole 51 is formed in the fixed wall 50 corresponding to the nail driving portion of the nail driving member 46. As shown in FIG. 9, the nail driving member 46 and the nail insertion hole 51 are formed by inserting the outer frame 2 between the upper frame portion 55 and the lower frame portion 56 between the left and right ball lending machines 53. When the nails 57, 58 are driven into the upper frame portion 55 from the upper horizontal frame member 33 side and the lower frame portion 56 from the lower horizontal frame member 34 side, the nails 58 on the lower horizontal frame member 34 side are driven. The nail 58 is driven into the nail driving member 46 so that the nail 58 passes through the nail insertion hole 51.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, two nail insertion holes 51 of the fixed wall 50 are provided corresponding to each nail driving portion when the nail driving portion of the nail driving member 46 is two left and right. Yes. In addition, by providing a plurality of nail insertion holes 51 independently as described above, the opening area of the nail insertion hole 51 is reduced, and a connecting portion in the front-rear direction is formed between the nail insertion holes 51 of the fixed wall 50. Although the strength of the lower horizontal frame member 34 on the fixed wall 50 side is improved, a single nail insertion hole 51 that is long in the left-right direction may be provided corresponding to all the nailing locations.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the lower main body 41 is provided with engagement claws 52 for detachably fixing the nail driving member 46 in the recess 45 at appropriate locations such as the left and right sides of the recess 45. It has been. The engaging claw 52 is provided, for example, in the left and right step portions 47, and is engaged with and disengaged from the nail driving member 46 by elastic deformation in the left and right direction. The engaging claw 52 constitutes a fixing means for fixing the nail driving member 46 so as not to drop out of the recess 45.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the side surface attaching portion 42 and the left and right step portions 47 are formed in a substantially L shape, and the lower side of the left and right step portions 47 is a lower surface attaching portion 59. A plurality of mounting bosses 60 and 61 are provided outside the side surface mounting portion 42 and below the lower surface mounting portion 59, respectively, and a lower connection made of sheet metal is provided by screws 62 and 63 screwed to the mounting bosses 60 and 61, respectively. The vertical frame member 32 and the lower horizontal frame member 34 are detachably connected via a metal fitting 49.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the lower connecting bracket 49 includes a side plate portion 64 and a lower plate portion 65 corresponding to the side surface mounting portion 42 and the lower surface mounting portion 59 in a substantially L shape. The frame member 32 is divided into a plurality of grooves 32a in the front-rear direction so as to fit in the plurality of grooves 32a in the front-rear direction, and the lower plate part 65 has a rectangular plate shape. A mounting piece 66 for 44 is provided.

  The vertical frame member 32 has bent edges 32b that bend inward from the front and rear sides of the side attachment portion 42, and is interposed between the side attachment portion 42 and the side plate portion 64 of the lower connection fitting 49, and the side plate of the lower connection fitting 49. It is fixed by a screw 62 that is inserted from the portion 64 side and screwed into the mounting boss 60. The lower plate portion 65 of the lower connection fitting 49 is fixed to a mounting boss 61 from below by screws 63 that are inserted from the lower side and screwed into the mounting boss 61. The hinge plate 38a has an attachment piece 38e that bends along the vertical frame member 32, and the attachment piece 38e and the side plate portion 64 of the lower connecting metal fitting 49 are coupled by screws 38f with the vertical frame member 32 interposed therebetween. The screw 38f is inserted into the vertical frame member 32 from the side plate portion 64 side of the lower connection fitting 49 and screwed to the attachment piece 38e of the hinge plate 38a.

  The front surface mounting portion 43 is provided with bent edges 43a that are bent to the front side with a substantially full length in the left-right direction between the side surface mounting portions 42, and a plurality of mounting bosses 43b that protrude to the front side. The front horizontal frame member 35 is made of a synthetic resin, and both left and right end portions are in contact with the front surface of each vertical frame member 32, and a front mounting portion is inserted by a plurality of screws 67 inserted from the front side and screwed into the mounting boss 43b. It is detachably fixed to 43. The front horizontal frame member 35 only needs to be fixed to the lower part of the front surface of the left and right vertical frame members 32, and may be attached via something other than the front attachment portion 43.

  The decorative cover 36 is made of synthetic resin, and the front horizontal frame member 35 is fixed by fixing means 70 such as press-fitting means for press-fitting the press-fitting protrusions 68 formed on the back side of the front portion into the press-fitting holes 69 of the front horizontal frame member 35. It is detachably fixed to. The decorative cover 36 includes a front surface portion 36a that covers the front horizontal frame material 35 from the front side, an upper surface portion 36b that covers the front horizontal frame material 35 and the front surface mounting portion 43 from above, and a front horizontal frame material 35 and the front surface mounting portion 43. It has a lower surface portion 36c that covers from the lower side, and a side surface portion 36d that covers the front horizontal frame member 35 and the front surface mounting portion 43 from the left and right sides. The decorative cover 36 only needs to be fixed to the front horizontal frame member 35, and the fixing structure can be freely changed.

  The reinforcing member 44 is formed by bending a sheet metal material into a U-shaped cross section, and is detachably attached to the rear step portion 48 of the lower main body portion 41 from the rear side, and both left and right end portions are attached to the attachment pieces 66 of the lower connecting bracket 49. The screw 72 is detachably fixed.

  When installing a pachinko machine with such a configuration on the amusement island, the following is performed. First, after removing the front frame 5 including the game board 8 and the glass door 6 from the outer frame 2 and fitting the outer frame 2 between the upper frame portion 55 and the lower frame portion 56 of the receiving frame 54 of the game island. 9, the upper horizontal frame member 33 is fixed to the upper frame portion 55 and the lower horizontal frame member 34 is fixed to the lower frame portion 56 by nails 57 and 58, respectively.

  At this time, since the upper horizontal frame member 33 is made of wood, it can be easily fixed to the upper frame portion 55 of the receiving frame 54 by a nail 57 at an arbitrary position. Although the lower horizontal frame member 34 is made of synthetic resin, there is a wood nailing member 46 in the recess 45, and by driving a nail 58 into the nail driving member 46, the lower horizontal frame member 34 is provided. The receiving frame 54 can be easily fixed to the lower frame portion 56.

  That is, the lower horizontal frame member 34 has a recess 45 having a fixed wall 50 with a nail insertion hole 51, and the nail driving member 46 is fitted into the recess 45, so that the lower horizontal frame member 34 is positioned at a position corresponding to the nail insertion hole 51. By driving the nail 58 into the nail driving member 46, the lower horizontal frame member 34 can be fixed to the lower frame portion 56 of the frame 54 via the nail driving member 46.

  In particular, when the nail 58 is driven into the nail driving member 46 and the lower horizontal frame member 34 is fixed to the lower frame portion 56 of the receiving frame 54, the nail driving member 46 receives the entire circumference of the fixed wall 50 in the recess 45. Since it is pressed to the lower frame portion 56 side, it is structurally simple compared to the conventional structure in which a nail driving member is fitted and fixed in the mounting hole, and the lower horizontal frame member 34 is easily and reliably received. It can be fixed to the lower frame portion 56 of the frame 54. For this reason, even when the weight on the game board 8 side is increased, the posture of the outer frame 2 after installation is stabilized, and it is possible to prevent the attachment posture of the game board 8 from being misaligned.

  The lower horizontal frame member 34 is provided with a recess 45 having an opening on the upper surface side and a nail insertion hole 51 in the fixed wall 50, and a nail driving member 46 is detachably fitted into the recess 45 from above. The nailing member 46 can be easily attached to the frame member 34. In addition, since the nail driving member 46 in the recess 45 is fixed by the engagement structure such as the engagement claw 52, the nail driving member 46 in the recess 45 can be easily removed even when transported or the like. It can be handled. Further, if the nail driving member 46 is configured to be long in the left-right direction, the lower horizontal frame member 34 made of synthetic resin can be reinforced by the nail driving member 46.

  10 and 11 illustrate a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the lower main body portion 41 of the lower horizontal frame member 34 includes a front wall portion 43c and a pair of fixed walls 50a and 50b extending rearward from both outer and inner ends in the vertical direction of the front wall portion 43c. A plurality of (for example, two) recesses 45 for inserting the nail driving member 45 are formed between the fixed walls 50a and 50b. Each recess 45 opens to the rear side, and a reinforcing member 44 is disposed on the opening side in the left-right direction. The fixed walls 50a and 50b are provided with nail insertion holes 51a and 51b corresponding to the respective recesses 45. Between the left and right recesses 45, a plurality of reinforcing walls 50c are provided in the left-right direction to connect the fixed walls 50a, 50b vertically.

  In this embodiment, the size of the nail insertion hole 51b of the inner fixed wall 50b on the driving side of the nail 58 is larger than that of the nail insertion hole 51a. Note that the nail insertion holes 51a and 51b may have substantially the same size, or may have opposite sizes. Further, the nail insertion hole 51b is made small, and a thin plate-like contact plate 58b that abuts against the fixed wall 50b is provided between the inner fixed wall 50b and the head 58a of the nail 58 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It may be interposed. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

  Thus, when forming the recessed part 45 in the lower horizontal frame material 34, the recessed part 45 which a rear side opens between the fixed walls 50a and 50b arrange | positioned on the both sides of the outer side and the inner side is provided, and the rear side is provided in the recessed part 45. Alternatively, the nail driving member 45 may be inserted. In this case, since the fixed walls 50a and 50b are provided on the upper and lower sides of the nail driving member 45, the strength of the lower horizontal frame member 34 is further improved. Further, in a portion where the nailing member 45 is not provided, the strength can be improved by providing the reinforcing wall 50c between the fixed walls 50a and 50b.

  12 and 13 illustrate a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a front horizontal frame member 35 is integrally formed on the front end of the lower horizontal frame member 34 via a front step portion 73 on the front side of the recess 45, and the front horizontal frame member 35 is covered with a decorative cover 36 from the front side. It is like that. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment. As shown in this embodiment, the front horizontal frame member 35 and the lower horizontal frame member 34 may be provided integrally.

  14 and 15 illustrate a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a plate-like reinforcing member 44 is provided on the lower side of the lower horizontal frame member 34, and when the nail driving member 46 is nailed, the nail driving member 46 and the lower frame portion 56 of the receiving frame 54 are interposed. Thus, the fixed wall 50 and the reinforcing member 44 are sandwiched. The reinforcing member 44 is disposed on the lower side of the lower main body portion 41 of the lower horizontal frame member 34 in the left-right direction, and both left and right end portions are between the lower plate portion 65 of the lower connecting bracket 49 and the mounting boss 61 of the lower surface mounting portion 59. It is sandwiched and fixed by screws 63.

  The middle of the reinforcing member 44 is along the fixed wall 50, and has a raised portion 44a that enters the nail insertion hole 51, and a through hole 44b for nail insertion is formed on the top surface of the raised portion 44a. A bending portion 44 c that bends to the rear side of the nail driving member 46 is provided at the rear end of the reinforcing member 44, and a recess 45 is formed between the bending portion 44 c and the front step portion 73. Other configurations are the same as those of the second embodiment.

  If comprised in this way, since the reinforcement member 44 is arrange | positioned under the lower horizontal frame material 34, the left-right width of the reinforcement member 44 is fully securable. In addition, when the nail driving member 46 is nailed, the outer wall 2 is placed in order to sandwich the fixing wall 50 and the reinforcing member 44 in the vertical direction between the nail driving member 46 in the recess 45 and the lower frame portion 56 of the receiving frame 54. Even when the rigidity of the outer frame 2 fixed to the receiving frame 54 is further improved and the total weight of the front frame 5 side including the game board 8 is increased, the outer frame 2 ensures the front frame 5 side. The front frame 5 side can be opened and closed easily and smoothly.

  The bent portion 44c at the rear end of the reinforcing member 44 may be omitted. In this case, since the concave portion 45 is also opened on the back side, the nail driving member 46 may be fixed in the concave portion 45 by appropriate means. Further, the lower horizontal frame member 34 may be provided with a rear stage portion 48 on the rear side of the concave portion 45 as in the first embodiment.

  16 to 19 illustrate a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a metal lower horizontal frame member 34, for example, an extrusion mold member such as an aluminum alloy is used. The lower horizontal frame member 34 has a front step portion 73 and a rear step portion 48 disposed on both front and rear sides, and a recess 45 disposed therebetween in the entire length in the left-right direction, and a nail insertion hole 51 in the fixed wall 50 of the recess 45. Is formed.

  A front horizontal frame member 35 is integrally provided in the front step portion 73, and bent edges 32 b of the vertical frame member 32 are inserted into cutout portions 35 c at both left and right end portions of the front horizontal frame member 35. The nail driving member 46 has substantially the same length as the lower horizontal frame member 35, abuts on the fixed wall 50 in the recess 45, and both left and right ends abut on the inner surface of the vertical frame member 32.

  The lower connecting bracket 49 has an L-shaped connecting portion 74 corresponding to the end portion between the vertical frame member 32 and the lower horizontal frame member 34, and projects from the connecting portion 74 to both sides, and the vertical frame member 32 and the lower horizontal frame member. 34 has a side plate portion 64 and a lower plate portion 65 that enter the groove portions 32a and 35a. The side plate portion 64 is detachably fixed to the vertical frame member 32 and the nail driving member 46 by screws 62a inserted from the outside in the left-right direction, and the lower plate portion 65 is horizontally lowered by screws 61 inserted from below. It is fixed to the frame member 34 and the nailing member 46. The upper end side of the side plate portion 64 is fixed to the vertical frame member 32 by a screw 62b that is screwed into the vertical frame member 32 or the nut 75 inside thereof.

  The fixed wall 50 of the lower horizontal frame member 34 has a ridge 35b that protrudes downward substantially in the center in the front-rear direction and contacts the lower frame portion 56 of the receiving frame 54, and the fixed wall 50 includes the protruding shape. A nail insertion hole 51 is provided at the top. A decorative cover 36 is attached to the front side of the front horizontal frame member 35. Other configurations are the same as those of each embodiment.

  As described above, even when the lower horizontal frame member 34 is made of metal, the lower horizontal frame member 34 is made of a synthetic resin by providing the recess 45 on the upper side and fitting the nail driving member 46 therein. be able to. The nail driving member 46 extends over the entire length between the left and right vertical frame members 32, and both ends of the nail driving member 46 are fixed to the lower horizontal frame member 34 and the lower connecting bracket 49 with screws 61 and 62a. Thus, the lower horizontal frame member 34 can be reinforced by the nail driving member 46. In addition, by fixing both ends of the nail driving member 46 to each vertical frame member 32 with screws 62a and 62b, even if the lower horizontal frame member 34 is an extruded mold member or the like, the nail driving member 46 in the concave portion 45 can move left and right. The vertical frame members 32 can be firmly connected.

  FIG. 18 illustrates a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the upper horizontal frame member 33 is made of synthetic resin (or metal), and has a fixed wall 50 on the upper side that is the outer side in the vertical direction and is provided with a concave portion 45 that opens downward. A nailing member 46 made of wood is fitted in 45. A nail insertion hole 51 is provided in the fixed wall 50. Other configurations are substantially the same as those of the lower horizontal frame member 34 of the first embodiment.

  Thus, even when the upper horizontal frame member 33 is made of a synthetic resin, the upper horizontal frame member 33 is provided with a recess 45 having a nail insertion hole 51 and a fixed wall 50, and the nail driving member 46 is disposed in the recess 45. Thus, the upper horizontal frame member 33 can be fixed to the upper frame portion 55 of the receiving frame 54 by driving nails into the nail driving member 46.

  FIG. 19 illustrates a seventh embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a display 77 indicating the nail location of the nail driving member 46 is provided at an appropriate location such as the upper surface of the lower horizontal frame member 34, and the fixed wall 50 in the recess 45 corresponds to the display 77. A nail insertion hole 51 is formed. The nail insertion hole 51 is configured as a long hole in the front-rear direction. Other configurations are the same as those of each embodiment.

  Thus, by providing the display 77 indicating the nail location on the lower horizontal frame member 34 (or the upper horizontal frame member 33), the position when the nail 58 is driven into the nail driving member 46 is substantially constant. The opening area of the nail insertion hole 51 can be reduced, for example, by making it a long hole in the front-rear direction, and the strength of the fixed wall 50 can be increased. The nailing location display 77 may be provided on the nailing member 46 itself.

  As mentioned above, although each embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to this each embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, a plate-like wood is suitable for the nail driving member 46, but when it is made of a synthetic resin material having rigidity, a nail hole is provided in advance in the nail location of the synthetic resin nail driving member 46. Alternatively, a nail may be driven into the nail driving member 46 along the nail hole.

  The first to fifth embodiments exemplify the lower horizontal frame member 34 of the outer frame 2, and the sixth embodiment exemplifies the upper horizontal frame member 33 of the outer frame 2. As can be seen from these embodiments, either the upper horizontal frame member 33 or the lower horizontal frame member 34 may be made of synthetic resin or metal, or both of them may be made of synthetic resin or metal. It may be the case. When the upper horizontal frame member 33 and the lower horizontal frame member 34 are made of metal, an extrusion mold member may be used as exemplified in the embodiment, or a sheet metal member may be bent and pressed. The vertical frame member 32 may be made of wood or metal.

  The fixed walls 50, 50a, 50b may be provided only on the outer side in the vertical direction, or may be provided on both the outer side and the inner side in the vertical direction. Therefore, the fixed walls 50 and 50a only need to be provided at least on the outer side and the inner side in the vertical direction. When the fixed walls 50a and 50b are provided on both the outer side and the inner side in the vertical direction, the recess 45 between the fixed walls 50a and 50b may be opened on either the rear side or the front side in the front-rear direction.

  In the embodiment, a pachinko machine is exemplified, but it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to various game machines such as a slot machine as well as a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine.

2 Outer frame 32 Vertical frame member 33 Upper horizontal frame member 34 Lower horizontal frame member 35 Front horizontal frame member 36 Decorative cover 44 Reinforcing member 45 Recessed portion 46 Nail driving member 49 Lower connecting bracket 50 Fixed wall 51 Nail insertion hole 54 Receiving frame

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  An outer frame including a pair of left and right vertical frame members and upper and lower horizontal frame members that connect the upper and lower ends of the vertical frame members to the left and right; and at least one horizontal frame member of the upper and lower horizontal frame members In the gaming machine made of synthetic resin or metal, the horizontal frame member made of synthetic resin or metal has a recess having at least a fixed wall on the outer side in the vertical direction and a nail insertion hole formed in the fixed wall. A gaming machine provided with a nailing member for nailing when the synthetic resin or metal horizontal frame material is nailed to the receiving frame of the game island.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the concave portion is opened on an inner side in the vertical direction or one side in the front-rear direction, and the nail driving member is inserted into the concave portion from the opening side.   The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the nailing member is made of wood.   The left and right ends of the nailing member have a length that reaches at least the vicinity of the left and right connecting fittings that connect the left and right ends of the horizontal frame member to the vertical frame members. A gaming machine according to any one of the above.   2. The nail insertion hole is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of nailing locations in the left-right direction, or one corresponding to all of the plurality of nailing locations in the left-right direction. The gaming machine according to any one of?   The horizontal frame material made of synthetic resin or metal is a lower horizontal frame material, and a front horizontal frame material arranged in the left-right direction at the front lower portion of the vertical frame material is integrally provided at the front end of the lower horizontal frame material. The game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a decorative cover is attached to the front side of the front horizontal frame member.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a reinforcing member that reinforces the synthetic resin or metal horizontal frame member.   The horizontal frame material made of synthetic resin or metal is a lower horizontal frame material, a reinforcing member that reinforces the lower horizontal frame material is disposed in the left-right direction below the lower horizontal frame material, and the nailing member is The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the receiving frame is nailed through the fixed wall of the lower horizontal frame member and the reinforcing member.

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