JP2013169325A - Winning device of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a colored layer provided on a mount base plate of a winning device from coming off by passage or the like of a game ball with time.SOLUTION: A winning device of a Pachinko machine includes a mount base plate 20 mounted on the board face of a game board along the board face and a ball bearing part 30 for receiving game balls provided on the mount base plate 20. The mount base plate 20 is a light guide plate 20 made of a light transmissive synthetic resin. On the back of the light guide plate 20, a light reception part 24 to which light from a light source 52 disposed at the rear of the light guide plate 20 is provided. A colored layer 27 for reflecting light is provided at a part excluding the light reception part 24. Further, a reflection means 25 for reflecting light from the light source 52 that has entered the light reception part 24 in a direction along a plate surface of the light guide plate 20 is provided on the light guide plate 20.

Description

  The present invention relates to a winning device for a pachinko machine that includes a mounting base plate that is attached to a board surface along a board surface of the game board, and that is provided with a ball receiving portion for receiving a game ball on the mounting base plate.

A winning device for a pachinko machine related to this is described in Patent Document 1.
As shown in FIG. 5, the winning device 100 described in Patent Document 1 includes an attachment base plate 102 that is attached to the board surface along the board surface of the game board. An upper ball receiving portion 104 is provided at the upper center of the mounting base plate 102. The upper ball receiving portion 104 includes a ball guiding path 104u having a U-shaped cross section that receives a game ball rolling in the game area of the game board and guides it to the rear (back side) of the mounting base plate 102. A receiving port front decorative plate 104f is attached to the front surface of the ball guiding path 104u.
Further, a lower receiving portion 106 is provided at the lower center of the mounting base plate 102. The lower ball receiver 106 is provided with a lower ball receiver decorative plate 106f on the front surface, and a pair of opening and closing blades 106t is provided between the lower ball receiver decorative plate 106f and the mounting base plate 102.
The surface of the mounting base plate 102 of the winning device 100, the front face decorative plate 104f of the upper ball receiving portion 104, and the lower ball receiving portion decorative plate 106f are subjected to pattern printing or plating according to the design of the game board. ing.
However, in the configuration in which the winning device is plated or the like, the design becomes obsolete and lacks novelty. In order to solve this problem, the mounting base plate of the winning device is formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin, and aluminum or the like is vapor-deposited on the surface of the mounting base plate to decorate the mounting base plate as a whole. It has been broken.

JP 2009-202029 A

  However, since the surface of the mounting base plate 102 is a passage for game balls that fall on the surface of the game board, aluminum vapor deposition or printing applied to the surface of the mounting base plate 102 by hitting the game balls is performed. There is a problem of peeling with time.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the technical problem of the present invention is that the colored layer provided on the mounting base plate of the winning device does not peel over time due to the passage of a game ball or the like. Is to do so.

The above-described problems are solved by the inventions of the claims.
The invention of claim 1 is a winning device for a pachinko machine that includes a mounting base plate that is attached to a board surface of the game board, and that is provided with a ball receiving portion for receiving a game ball on the mounting base board. The mounting base plate is a light guide plate made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin plate, and a light receiving portion on the back surface of the light guide plate, on which light from a light source disposed behind the light guide plate can enter. In addition, a colored layer that reflects light is laminated on a portion other than the light receiving portion, and the light guide plate is configured to cause the light of the light source incident on the light receiving portion to extend in a direction along the plate surface of the light guide plate. Reflecting means for reflecting is provided.

According to the present invention, the light guide plate is provided with the reflecting means for reflecting the light of the rear light source incident on the light receiving portion in the direction along the plate surface of the light guide plate. For this reason, the light incident on the light receiving portion of the light guide plate from the light source is bent in a direction along the plate surface of the light guide plate by the reflecting means, and is totally reflected on the front side (front side) and the back side (rear side) of the light guide plate. Is repeated throughout the board. Then, in the process of guiding the light along the light guide plate, the light hits the colored layer on the back surface of the light guide plate and diffusely reflects forward, so that the colored layer on the back surface of the light guide plate appears to shine.
Thus, since the colored layer is applied to the back surface of the mounting base plate (light guide plate), the game ball rolling and falling in the game area of the game board passes through the surface of the mounting base plate (light guide plate), Moreover, even if it collides with an attachment base plate, the malfunction that the colored layer of an attachment base plate peels with time does not arise.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the light receiving portion provided on the back surface of the light guide plate is provided at the peripheral portion of the light guide plate, and the reflecting means is a reflecting prism portion formed on the light guide plate. .
Thus, since the light-receiving part of a light-guide plate is provided in the peripheral part of the light-guide plate, a light source can be arrange | positioned along the peripheral part of a light-guide plate. For this reason, the freedom degree of arrangement | positioning of a light source improves. Moreover, since many light sources can be arrange | positioned, a mounting base plate (light guide plate) can be brightened.

According to invention of Claim 3, the light-receiving part provided in the back surface of the light-guide plate is provided in the peripheral part of the light-guide plate, and a reflection means reflects the light laminated | stacked on the surface hollow part of the said light-guide plate. It is characterized by being a colored layer.
That is, since the colored layer that reflects light is laminated on the surface depression of the light guide plate, when the game ball passes through the surface of the mounting base plate (light guide plate), the game ball is less likely to hit the colored layer, The colored layer is prevented from peeling off.

According to the invention of claim 4, the ball receiving portion is provided with a ball guiding path of a game ball having a U-shaped cross section, and the ball guiding path is made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin and functions as a light guide tube. It is characterized by that.
For this reason, the ball guide path of the game ball in the ball receiving portion can be illuminated by the light source.

  According to the present invention, even if the game ball passes through the surface of the mounting base plate of the winning device, and even if it collides with the mounting base plate, the colored layer laminated on the mounting base plate may peel off over time. Disappear.

1 is an overall perspective view of a winning device for a pachinko machine according to the present embodiment. It is a front view of the winning device of the pachinko machine. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view (IV part enlarged view of FIG. 3) showing the function of a light-guide plate. It is a front view of the winning device of the conventional pachinko machine.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, the winning device for the pachinko machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, front and rear, right and left and up and down shown in the figure correspond to front and rear, right and left and up and down in a pachinko machine.

<About the outline of the winning device 10 for a pachinko machine>
The winning device 10 for a pachinko machine is an accessory device arranged in a game area of a game board (not shown) of the pachinko machine. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the winning device 10 includes a mounting base plate 20 attached to the board surface along the board surface of the game board, and an upper ball receiving portion provided at the upper center of the mounting base board 20. 30, a lower ball receiving portion 40 provided in the lower center of the mounting base plate 20, and a light source portion 50 for light decoration.
The mounting base plate 20 is a plate material for mounting the winning device 10 on the board surface of the game board. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, mounting holes 22 for the board surface of the game board are formed on both the left and right sides. In FIG. 3, the position of the board surface of the game board is indicated by a one-dot chain line R.
The upper ball receiving portion 30 is a portion that receives a game ball that rolls and falls in the game area of the game board and guides it to the rear (back side) of the mounting base plate 20, and includes an upper ball guide path 32 having a U-shaped cross section. Yes. The upper ball guide path 32 is disposed so as to penetrate the mounting base plate 20 back and forth, and the rear end of the upper ball guide path 32 is connected to the rear left ball guide path 34 that guides the game ball to the left. Yes. The upper ball guide path 32 is gently inclined so that the rear side is lower, and the rear left ball guide path 34 is gently inclined so that the left side is lower.
The front face decorative plate 31 is attached to the front end of the upper ball guide path 32 so as to close the upper ball guide path 32. A predetermined pattern (a cherry mark in the figure) is drawn on the receiving front decorative plate 31 by ink jet printing.

The lower ball receiving portion 40 is a portion that receives a game ball falling below the upper ball receiving portion 30 and guides it to the rear side (back side) of the mounting base plate 20, and includes a lower ball guide path 42 having a U-shaped cross section. Yes. The lower ball guide path 42 is disposed so as to penetrate the mounting base plate 20 forward and backward, and the rear end of the lower ball guide path 42 is connected to the rear ball guide path 44. The lower ball guiding path 42 and the rear ball guiding path 44 are gently inclined so that the rear side is lowered.
In addition, a front reception decorative plate 41 is attached to the front end of the lower ball guide path 42 so as to close the lower ball guide path 42. A predetermined pattern (in the figure, a cherry mark) is drawn on the receiving front decorative plate 41 by ink jet printing.
Then, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of opening and closing blades 45 are mounted between the receiving front decorative plate 41 and the mounting base plate 20 so as to be openable and closable while rotating in the left-right direction. . Further, as shown in FIG. 3 and the like, a solenoid 46 that opens and closes the pair of opening and closing blades 45 is provided on the rear side of the rear ball guiding path 44.

The light source unit 50 includes a first substrate 53 on which a light emitting diode 52 that illuminates the peripheral portion of the mounting base plate 20 from the rear and a light emitting diode 54 that illuminates the upper ball guide path 32 of the upper ball receiving unit 30. A second substrate 55, a third substrate 57 on which a light emitting diode 56 for illuminating the pair of opening and closing blades 45 of the lower ball receiving portion 40 is mounted, and an electric circuit (not shown) for operating each of the light emitting diodes 52, 54, 56 It has.
As shown in FIG. 3 etc., the 1st board | substrate 53 is provided in the rear side position of the mounting base plate 20 in parallel with the mounting base plate 20. As shown in FIG. The second substrate 55 is disposed in the vicinity of the connection portion between the rear end of the upper ball guide path 32 of the upper ball receiving portion 30 and the rear left ball guide path 34. The third substrate 57 is provided on the rear side of the rear left ball guide path 34 of the upper ball receiver 30 and on the upper side of the rear ball guide path 44 of the lower ball receiver 40.

<Light decoration on the mounting base plate 20>
The mounting base plate 20 is configured by a light guide plate formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin, for example, polycarbonate. As shown in FIG. 4, the mounting base plate 20 (hereinafter referred to as the light guide plate 20) is formed with a plurality of narrow grooves 23 having a triangular cross section extending in the circumferential direction in a sawtooth shape. In addition, the light is scattered at the portions of the plurality of narrow grooves 23. On the back side of the light guide plate 20, a light receiving portion 24 that receives light from the light emitting diode 52 of the first substrate 53 is formed in a ridge shape along the narrow groove 23 at a position closer to the center than the narrow groove 23. ing. Further, on the surface side of the light guide plate 20, a reflection prism portion 25 that reflects the light incident from the light receiving portion 24 to the outer peripheral side and the center side of the light guide plate 20 is formed. Furthermore, a silver colored layer 27 is provided on the back surface of the light guide plate 20 by aluminum deposition plating at a portion closer to the center than the light receiving portion 24.

Thereby, the light that has entered the light receiving portion 24 of the light guide plate 20 from the light emitting diode 52 is directed along the plate surface of the light guide plate 20 by the reflecting prism portion 25, that is, the center direction (downward direction in FIG. 4) and the outer peripheral direction ( (Upward direction in FIG. 4). The light bent toward the center of the light guide plate 20 is guided to the center of the plate while repeating total reflection on the front surface side (front surface side) and the back surface side (rear surface side) of the light guide plate 20. Then, in the process of guiding the light along the light guide plate 20, the light hits the colored layer 27 on the back surface of the light guide plate 20 and is diffusely reflected forward, so that the colored layer 27 on the back surface of the light guide plate 20 appears to shine. become.
Further, the light bent in the outer peripheral direction of the light guide plate 20 by the reflecting prism portion 25 is scattered at the plurality of narrow grooves 23 and guided forward.
As a result, the light guide plate 20 appears to shine as a whole.

The upper ball guide path 32 having a U-shaped cross section of the upper ball receiving portion 30 is also formed of polycarbonate and functions as a light guide plate (light guide tube). For this reason, when the light of the light emitting diode 54 of the second substrate 55 is incident on the upper ball guiding path 32, the upper ball guiding path 32 appears to shine.
Similarly, since the pair of opening / closing blades 45 of the lower ball receiving portion 40 is also formed of polycarbonate, the light of the light emitting diodes 56 of the third substrate 57 is incident on the opening / closing blades 45 so that the opening / closing blades 45 shine. It becomes visible.

<Advantages of the winning device 10 according to the present embodiment>
According to the winning device 10 according to the present embodiment, the light guide plate 20 is provided with the reflection prism portion 25 that reflects the light incident on the light receiving portion 24 from the rear light emitting diode 52 in the direction along the plate surface of the light guide plate 20. ing. For this reason, the light incident on the light receiving portion 24 of the light guide plate 20 from the light emitting diode 52 is bent in the direction along the plate surface of the light guide plate 20 by the reflecting prism portion 25, and the front side (front side) and the back side of the light guide plate 20. It is guided to the entire plate while repeating total reflection at the (rear side). Then, in the process of guiding the light along the light guide plate 20, the light hits the colored layer 27 on the back surface of the light guide plate 20 and is diffusely reflected forward, so that the colored layer 27 on the back surface of the light guide plate 20 appears to shine. become.
Thus, since the colored layer 27 (plating) is applied to the back surface of the mounting base plate 20 (light guide plate 20), the game ball rolling and falling in the game area of the game board is attached to the mounting base plate 20 (light guide plate). Even if it passes the surface of 20) and collides with the mounting base plate 20, there is no problem that the plating of the mounting base plate 20 is peeled off over time.
Further, since the light receiving portion 24 of the light guide plate 20 is provided at the peripheral portion of the light guide plate 20, the light emitting diode 52 (light source) can be disposed along the peripheral portion of the light guide plate 20. For this reason, the freedom degree of arrangement | positioning of the light emitting diode 52 improves. Moreover, since many light emitting diodes 52 can be arrange | positioned, the mounting base plate 20 (light guide plate 20) can be brightened.
Further, since the upper ball guiding path 32 of the upper ball receiving portion 30 is made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin and functions as a light guide tube, the upper ball guiding path 32 can be illuminated by the light emitting diode 54.

<Example of change>
Here, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the winning device 10 according to the present embodiment, the example in which the light receiving unit 24 of the mounting base plate 20 (light guide plate 20) is provided on the peripheral edge of the back surface of the light guide plate 20 has been described. It is also possible to provide the colored layer 27 around the light receiving unit 24 at a position near the center of the light guide plate 20.
Further, in the present embodiment, an example in which the colored layer 27 is formed in silver by aluminum vapor deposition plating is shown, but the color of plating can also be changed. Moreover, it is also possible to form the colored layer 27 by printing (painting) instead of plating. Further, the colored layer 27 can be configured by combining plating and printing (painting).
Further, in the present embodiment, an example in which light incident from the light receiving unit 24 is reflected by the reflecting prism unit 25 to the outer peripheral side and the central side of the light guide plate 20 has been described. However, instead of the reflecting prism portion 25, a depression may be formed on the surface of the light guide plate 20, and a colored layer 27 that reflects light by, for example, silver aluminum deposition may be provided in the depression.

10 ... Prize device 20 ... Mounting base plate (light guide plate)
24 ··· Light receiving portion 25 ··· Reflecting prism portion 27 ··· Colored layer 30 · · · Upper ball receiving portion 32 · · · Upper ball guide path (light guide tube)
52... Light emitting diode (light source)
54... Light emitting diode (light source)

Claims (4)

A winning device for a pachinko machine comprising a mounting base plate attached to the board surface along the board surface of the game board and provided with a ball receiving portion for receiving a game ball on the mounting base board,
The mounting base plate is a light guide plate made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin plate,
On the back surface of the light guide plate, a light receiving portion capable of receiving light from a light source disposed behind the light guide plate is provided, and a colored layer that reflects light is laminated on a portion other than the light receiving portion,
Further, the light guide plate is provided with reflecting means for reflecting light of the light source incident on the light receiving portion in a direction along a plate surface of the light guide plate. A winning device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1,
The light receiving portion provided on the back surface of the light guide plate is provided on the peripheral portion of the light guide plate,
The winning device for a pachinko machine, wherein the reflecting means is a reflecting prism portion formed on the light guide plate. A winning device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1,
The light receiving portion provided on the back surface of the light guide plate is provided on the peripheral portion of the light guide plate,
The winning device for a pachinko machine, wherein the reflecting means is a colored layer that reflects light laminated on a surface depression of the light guide plate. A winning device for a pachinko machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The ball receiving portion includes a ball guiding path for a game ball having a U-shaped cross section, and the ball guiding path is made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin and functions as a light guide tube. Winning equipment.

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