JP2017104582A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify a mounting structure of a rail member to a game board in a game machine including the rail member for guiding game balls.SOLUTION: A game machine 1 includes: a game board 30 on which a curved surface 31 is formed; a rail member 10 including a body part 11 for guiding game balls arranged along the curved surface 31, and a pressed part 12 integrally provided with the body part 11; and a press member 20 for achieving a state where the body part 11 is energized to a side of the curbed surface 31, by pressing the pressed part 12. The game board 30 includes a first opposite wall 341 that opposes the pressed part 12, and the press member 20 includes a press part 22 sandwiched between the pressed part 12 and the first opposite wall 341 while being in contact with them.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a rail member that guides a game ball.

  A rail member for guiding a game ball is provided in a game area of a general gaming machine. Patent Document 1 below discloses a technique that enables a rail member to be attached in a stable state.

JP 2007-301193 A

  The rail member mounting structure described in Patent Document 1 is complicated. Further, it is necessary to secure a space for arranging a member or the like for adjusting the tension of the rail member.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to simplify the rail member mounting structure in a gaming machine including a rail member for guiding a game ball.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a gaming machine according to the invention of claim 1 includes a game board on which a curved surface is formed, a main body for guiding a game ball arranged along the curved surface, and the main body. A rail member having a pressed portion provided integrally with the portion, and a pressing member that presses the pressed portion so that the main body portion is biased to the curved surface side, An opposing wall facing the pressed portion is provided outside the portion of the gaming board where a game area into which a game ball can enter is formed, and the pressing member is opposed to the pressed portion. A pressing portion sandwiched between the two in contact with the wall is provided.

  According to the gaming machine according to the present invention, the main body of the rail member can be brought into close contact with the curved surface simply by inserting the pressing portion of the pressing member between the pressed portion and the first opposing wall. It is possible to simplify the attachment structure of the rail member with respect to.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is possible to simplify the attachment structure of the rail member with respect to a game board.

1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the game board with which the rail member was attached. It is the top view which expanded and showed the pressed part and press member of a rail member. It is the disassembled perspective view which expanded and showed the pressed part and press member of a rail member. (A) is a front view of the game board and rail member in the state in which the pressing member is not attached, (b) is the sectional view on the AA line shown to (a). (A) is the external appearance perspective view which looked at the press member from the back side, (b) is a side view of a press member.

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described. As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 includes a frame-shaped machine frame 90 having a predetermined depth. A front frame 91 is attached to the machine frame 90. The left side edge of the front frame 91 is rotatably supported by the machine frame 90 and can be opened and closed on the front side. A glass frame 92 is attached to the front frame 91. The left edge of the glass frame 92 is rotatably supported by the front frame 91 and can be opened and closed on the front side.

  A transparent plate such as a glass plate or a plastic plate is provided in the central opening of the glass frame 92, and the player can visually recognize the game board 30 from the front side through the transparent plate. In addition, an upper plate unit 94 is provided at the bottom of the glass frame 92 for storing the paid-out game balls until they are sent to the launching device 96. The upper plate unit 94 is provided with an upper plate switch for causing the stored game balls to flow down to the lower plate unit 95, a ball lending switch for paying out lending balls that can be lent.

  At the bottom of the front frame 91, there is a lower plate unit 95 that can store game balls when the paid-out game balls cannot enter the upper plate unit 94, and a touch switch for launching the game balls. A launching device 96 or the like provided is provided.

  The game board 30 is a plate-like member made of a synthetic resin material, and is detachably attached to the front frame 91. The game board 30 is provided with a rail member 10 for guiding a game ball launched from the launching device 96 so as to have a substantially arc shape, and the rail member 10 forms a part of the outline of the game area 30a. Has been. The specific configuration of the rail member 10 and the details of the mounting structure for the game board 30 will be described later.

  The game area 30a of the game board 30 is provided with a start winning opening 981, a big winning opening 982, and the like. An opening is formed in the game board 30, and a display device 97 that is visible through the opening is provided. As the display device 97, for example, a liquid crystal display device is used, and a special symbol or the like indicating whether the determination result is a big hit is displayed on the display screen (display unit) of the display device 97.

  The game area 30a of the game board 30 is provided with a plurality of game nails as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls when the game balls flowing down collide. The game ball flowing down the game area 30a changes into various modes according to the conditions when it collides with the game nail. A predetermined number of prize balls are paid out when a game ball wins the above-mentioned various prize winning openings. The jackpot lottery is performed when the game ball wins the start winning opening 981. Since any configuration other than the configuration described below, such as the jackpot lottery method, may be used, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  Hereinafter, the rail member 10 attached to the game board 30 and the pressing member 20 acting on the rail member 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. The rail member 10 has a main body part 11 and a pressed part 12. The rail member 10 according to the present embodiment is formed by integrally forming the main body 11, the pressed portion 12, and a hooking portion 13 to be described later with a band-shaped metal material having spring properties. The rail member 10 is attached so that its width direction is along the front-rear direction.

  The main body 11 is a portion that is in close contact with the curved surface 31 formed on the game board 30 shown in FIG. The curved surface 31 formed on the game board 30 in the present embodiment is a wall surface that rises from the rear to the front, and has a shape that extends from the lower left to the upper right of the board in plan view. More specifically, the curved surface 31 has a shape that swells from the left side to the left side edge of the lower edge of the board surface, swells from there to the center and upward of the board surface, and finally reaches the upper right side of the board surface. That is, it is a curved surface in which there are two curves (two places on the left side and the upper side) that are convex in plan view. In the present embodiment, the width (length in the front-rear direction) of the curved surface 31 (height of the standing part) is set to be substantially the same as the width of the main body 11 of the rail member 10.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a hook portion 13 is provided at one end of the rail member 10. A pressed portion 12 is provided on the other end portion of the rail member 10 (on the opposite side of the hook portion 13). The hook portion 13 is a portion bent from one end of the main body portion 11. Basically, the hooking portion 13 may have any structure as long as it can hook one end of the rail member 10 to the game board 30. The hook part 13 in this embodiment includes a first hook part 131 that is bent from one end of the main body part 11 and extends downward, and a second hook part 132 that is bent from the first hook part 13 and extends to the left side. The angle formed by the first hook 131 and the second hook 132 is approximately 90 degrees. The width of the hook portion 13 is substantially the same as the width of the main body portion 11.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 30 is formed with a hooked portion 33 that is a protrusion protruding forward. The hooked portion 33 is formed with a first hooked surface 331 that extends downward from one end of the curved surface 31 and a second hooked surface 332 that is bent therefrom and extends toward the left side. The angle formed by the first hooked surface 331 and the second hooked surface 332 is approximately 90 degrees. The width of these surfaces is the same as that of the curved surface 31. The hooking portion 13 of the rail member 10 is hooked on the hooked portion 33. Specifically, the first hook 131 is in close contact with the first hooked surface 331 with a gap or a gap, and the second hook 132 is in close contact with the second hooked surface 332. The hook part 13 is hooked on the hooked part 33. In the present embodiment, the second hook portion 132 is fixed (for example, screwed) to the second hook surface 332 (the hook portion 33). That is, one end of the rail member 10 is connected to the game board 30 so as not to move.

  The pressed portion 12 provided at the other end portion of the rail member 10 is bent from the other end of the main body portion 11 and extends to the upper right, and is bent from the first bent portion 121 and extends toward the center side. 2nd bending part 122 (refer FIGS. 3-5 etc.). In a state where it is not pressed by the pressing member 20 to be described later, the angle formed by the other end of the main body 11 and the first bent portion 121 in this embodiment is approximately 90 degrees, and the first bent portion 121 and the second bent portion 122. The angle formed by is approximately 90 degrees. That is, the other end portion of the main body 11 and the second bent portion 122 are substantially parallel. As described above, the other side end portion of the main body portion 11 and the pressed portion 12 have a substantially “U” shape.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the game board 30 is formed with a space (hereinafter referred to as an attachment space 34) in which the pressed portion 12 of the rail member 10 enters. Specifically, the attachment space 34 is formed so that at least the second bent portion 122 of the pressed portion 12 enters. The attachment space 34 is set so that the position in the front-rear direction is substantially the same as that of the curved surface 31. Further, the attachment space 34 is provided outside the portion (the main body 11 of the rail member 10) constituting the game area 30a in the game board 30. In the present embodiment, a mounting space 34 is formed in the upper right of the game board 30. Below the game board 30 is an entrance portion of a passage through which a game ball emitted toward the game area 30a passes, an out port 99 (a port through which a game ball that has not won any winning port enters), or the like. Since a large space cannot be secured, a certain amount of space can be secured on the upper side of the game board 30. Therefore, it is preferable that the attachment space 34 (the side on which the pressed portion 12 of the rail member 10 is formed) is provided on the upper side of the game board 30.

  The game board 30 in the present embodiment includes a plate-like rear member 302 including a curved surface 31 and a plate-like front member 301 in which a mounting space 34 is formed (see FIG. 5B). Both members are integrated so as to be attached in the front-rear direction. The attachment space 34 may be a through hole formed in the front member 301 or may be a recess (dent). The mounting space 34 in the present embodiment is a bottomed recess that opens forward. The bottom wall 343 of the mounting space 34 may be configured by the front member 301 itself (the bottom of the recess formed in the front member 301) or configured by the rear member 302 (front member). 301 may be configured such that the rear member 302 covers the rear opening of the through hole 211 formed in 301. In the present embodiment, the rear side edge of the second bent portion 122 of the pressed portion 12 entering the mounting space 34 is in contact with the bottom wall 343.

  The bottom wall 343, the first opposing wall 341, and the second opposing wall 342 are set as the wall surface surrounding the mounting space 34. The first opposing wall 341 and the second opposing wall 342 are opposed to the second bent portion 122 of the pressed part 12. Here, “opposing” means that the pressed portion 12 and both walls face each other in the planar direction, and does not mean that they are parallel to each other.

  The pressing member 20 shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 and 6 is a member formed of a synthetic resin material like the game board 30 and is a member that presses the pressed portion 12. The pressing member 20 in the present embodiment has a base portion 21, a pressing portion 22, and a positioning portion 23. The base portion 21 is a substantially triangular portion in plan view, and a through hole 211 is formed on the apex side of the position. A locking portion 32 that can lock a locking member 20a (for example, a screw) passed through the through hole 211 is provided at a portion of the game board 30 where the other end of the rail member 10 is located. Yes. In other words, the pressing member 20 is attached to the locking portion 32 provided on the game board 30 by the locking member 20 a passed through the through hole 211.

  The pressing part 22 is a protrusion formed so as to protrude rearward from the rear side of the base part 21, and is provided at a position away from the through hole 211. The pressing portion 22 contacts the pressed portion 12 of the rail member 10 and the first opposing wall 341 facing the mounting space 34. In this embodiment, the pressing part 22 is in a state of being in contact with both of the pressed parts 12 while being sandwiched between the second bent part 122 and the first opposing wall 341 (see FIG. 3).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the pressing portion 22 in the present embodiment includes a base end portion 221 that is a portion on the base portion 21 side, and a tapered portion 222 that tapers toward the tip that is a tip side portion. The base end portion 221 is a portion whose cross-sectional size is substantially constant in the length direction. In the present embodiment, the base end portion 221 contacts the second bent portion 122 and the first opposing wall 341 in a state where the pressing member 20 is attached at a predetermined position. That is, the width of the second bent portion 122 and the first opposing wall 341 in a state where the pressing member 20 is not attached is set to be smaller than the width of the base end portion 221.

  On the other hand, the tapered portion 222 is a plane (a plane along the front-rear direction) whose surface on the pressed portion 12 side is parallel to the pressed portion 12 (hereinafter, this surface is referred to as a flat surface 222a), and the first facing wall The surface on the 341 side is an inclined surface 222b inclined with respect to the first opposing wall 341 (with respect to the surface along the front-rear direction) (hereinafter, this surface is referred to as an inclined surface 222b). In addition, the shape of the said flat surface 222a or the inclined surface 222b does not consider the shape by the angle | corner of the front-end | tip of the press part 22 being rounded. It can be said that the flat surface 222a is a surface obtained by extending the surface of the base portion 221 on the pressed portion 12 side as it is. On the other hand, it can be said that the inclined surface 222b is a surface inclined so as to approach the flat surface 222a as it approaches the tip of the pressing portion 22. The pressed portion 12 in the present embodiment has a U-shaped cross section with a hollow formed in the center, but the hollow is a so-called meat stealer for increasing molding accuracy. It does not have to be a shape in which a cavity is formed.

  Further, the positioning portion 23 of the pressing member 20 is a protrusion formed so as to protrude rearward from the rear side of the base portion 21, similarly to the pressing portion 22. In the present embodiment, the positioning portion 23 comes into contact with the second opposing wall 342 in a state where the pressing member 20 is attached at a predetermined position. In the present embodiment, the flat surface outside the positioning portion 23 is in surface contact with the second opposing wall 342.

  Hereinafter, the mounting structure (mounting method) of the rail member 10 having the above-described configuration with respect to the game board 30 will be described in detail although partially overlapping with the above description.

  First, the one end portion (the hooking portion 13) of the rail member 10 is hooked on the game board 30. As described above, in the present embodiment, the second hooking portion 132 is fixed to the second hooked surface 332 (the hooked portion 33).

  In this state, the other end (the pressed portion 12) of the rail member 10 is positioned in the vicinity of the locking portion 32 of the game board 30 while keeping the main body 11 of the rail member 10 along the curved surface 31 of the game board 30. . Specifically, the second bent portion 122 of the pressed portion 12 is set in the mounting space 34.

  In this state, the pressing member 20 is attached to the locking portion 32. That is, the locking member 20 a passed through the through hole 211 of the pressing member 20 is connected to the locking portion 32. Prior to connecting the locking member 20 a to the locking portion 32, the pressing member 20 is pushed in such a manner that the tapered portion 222 of the pressing portion 22 enters between the second bent portion 122 and the first opposing wall 341. It will be. If it does in this way, the 2nd bending part 122 will be pushed and expanded so that the distance from the 1st opposing wall 341 may be enlarged by the taper part 222 of a front-end | tip. Eventually, the pressing portion 22 (base end portion 221) that has entered the mounting space 34 enters between the second bent portion 122 and the first opposing wall 341 and is in contact with both. Further, the positioning portion 23 is in contact with the second opposing wall 342.

  By attaching the pressing member 20 in this way, the second bent portion 122 is pressed in the upper right direction by the pressing portion 22. Specifically, the second bent portion 122 is biased (elastically deformed) in a direction in which the angle formed by the first bent portion 121 and the second bent portion 122 is increased. When the first bent portion 121 and the second bent portion 122 are biased in the direction in which the angle is increased, the angle formed between the main body portion 11 and the first bent portion 121 is also increased. That is, the rail member 10 (the pressed portion 12) is urged by the pressing member 20 in a direction in which the angle formed by the main body portion 11 and the first bent portion 121 is increased.

  When the first bent portion 121 (pressed portion 12) is urged in such a direction, the main body portion 11 and the first bent portion 121 are caused by stress generated in the rail member 10 formed of a material having a spring property. Try to return to the original state. That is, the main body portion 11 tends to move in a direction in which the angle formed by the main body portion 11 and the first bent portion 121 becomes smaller. A curved surface 31 formed on the game board 30 is located in the direction. That is, the main body 11 is biased toward the curved surface 31 by the pressing member 20, and the main body 11 and the curved surface 31 are in close contact with each other.

  Thus, in the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the pressed body 12 of the rail member 10 is pressed by the pressing member 20, whereby the main body 11 of the rail member 10 is biased toward the curved surface 31. It becomes a state. That is, the main body portion 11 of the rail member 10 can be brought into close contact with the curved surface 31 simply by inserting the pressing portion 22 of the pressing member 20 between the pressed portion 12 (second bent portion 122) and the first opposing wall 341. Therefore, the mounting structure of the rail member 10 with respect to the game board 30 can be simplified.

  Further, the pressing portion 22 inserted between the pressed portion 12 and the first facing wall 341 has a tapered portion 222 that tapers toward the tip. Therefore, it is possible to facilitate the operation of inserting the pressing portion 22 of the pressing member 20 between the pressed portion 12 (second bent portion 122) and the first opposing wall 341.

  Further, the tapered portion 222 of the pressing portion 22 is a flat surface (flat surface 222a) in which the surface on the pressed portion 12 (second bent portion 122) side is parallel to the pressed portion 12, and on the first opposing wall 341 side. The surface is an inclined surface 222 b inclined with respect to the first opposing wall 341. In this way, the pressing portion 22 of the pressing member 20 is covered while suppressing the pressing portion 12 side of the tapered portion 222 from being scraped by the reaction force of the pressed portion 12 (second bent portion 122). It is possible to facilitate the operation of inserting between the pressing portion 12 (second bent portion 122) and the first opposing wall 341. That is, in this embodiment, since the pressing part 22 is made of a synthetic resin material and the pressed part 12 (rail member 10) is made of a metal material, the pressing part 22 is shaved when the pressing part 22 is pushed in (press-fit). Since the surface of the tapered portion 222 of the pressing portion 22 on the pressed portion 12 (second bent portion 122) side is a plane parallel to the pressed portion 12 (flat surface 222 a), It is possible to suppress the occurrence.

  Further, since the pressing member 20 is provided with the positioning portion 23 that is in contact with the second opposing wall 342 formed on the game board 30, the tension of the rail member 10 changes as the pressing member 20 moves. It is possible to prevent this.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  The shape of the rail member 10 in the above-described embodiment is such that a game ball is launched toward the game area 30 a through the left area of the game board 30. For example, when it is set as the structure by which a game ball | bowl is launched toward the game area | region 30a through the area | region on the right side of the game board 30, the shape of the rail member 10 concerning the said embodiment (the rail member 10 in the game board | substrate 30). What is necessary is just to make the part (shape of curved surface 31 etc.) related to attachment etc. into a right-and-left opposite (left-right symmetrical) shape. Moreover, although the rail member 10 in this embodiment is used to guide the game ball toward the game area 30a, the same technical idea applies as long as it is used in a location where the game ball is guided. Is possible.

  In the above embodiment, it has been described that the main body 11 of the rail member 10 is in close contact with the curved surface 31 of the game board 30, but another member is interposed between the main body 11 and the curved surface 31. It may be. For example, an elastic body (a sheet-like rubber material or the like) for reducing the impact when a game ball collides with the main body 11 may be interposed.

Specific means (game machines) obtained from the above embodiment are listed below.
The gaming machine according to means 1 includes a game board having a curved surface, a main body portion for guiding a game ball arranged along the curved surface, and a pressed portion provided integrally with the main body portion. A rail member, and a pressing member that presses the pressed portion so that the main body portion is biased toward the curved surface, and the game board faces the pressed portion. A first opposing wall is provided, and the pressing member is provided with a pressing portion sandwiched between the pressed portion and the first opposing wall in a state of being in contact with the pressed portion. .
According to the gaming machine according to the means 1, since the main body portion of the rail member can be brought into close contact with the curved surface simply by inserting the pressing portion of the pressing member between the pressed portion and the first opposing wall, It is possible to simplify the mounting structure of the rail member.
The gaming machine according to means 2 is the gaming machine according to means 1, wherein the pressing portion has a tapered portion that tapers toward the tip.
If the pressing portion has a tapered portion as in the gaming machine according to the means 2, it is possible to facilitate the operation of inserting the pressing portion of the pressing member between the pressed portion and the first opposing wall. .
The gaming machine according to means 3 is the gaming machine according to means 2, wherein the tapered portion has a surface on the pressed portion side parallel to the pressed portion, and the surface on the first opposing wall side. The inclined surface is inclined with respect to the first opposing wall.
Like the gaming machine according to the means 3, the pressed portion side of the tapered portion is a flat surface, and the surface on the first opposing wall side is an inclined surface, so that the pressed portion of the tapered portion is caused by the reaction force of the pressed portion. It is possible to facilitate the operation of inserting the pressing portion of the pressing member between the pressed portion and the first opposing wall while suppressing the side from being scraped.
A gaming machine according to means 4 is the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 3, wherein the gaming board is opposed to the pressed portion on the side opposite to the first opposing wall side. A wall is provided, and the pressing member is provided with a positioning portion in contact with the second opposing wall.
Like the gaming machine according to the means 4, the game board is provided with the second opposing wall, and the pressing member is provided with the positioning portion in contact with the second opposing wall, so that the tension of the rail member changes as the pressing member moves. It is possible to prevent this from happening.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 10 Rail member 11 Main-body part 12 Pressed part (The other side edge part of a rail member)
121 1st bending part 122 2nd bending part 13 Hook part (one side edge part of rail member)
20 Pressing member 21 Base portion 211 Through hole 22 Pressing portion 221 Base end portion 222 Tapered portion 222a Flat surface 222b Inclined surface 23 Positioning portion 30 Game board 30a Game area 31 Curved surface 32 Locking portion 33 Hooked portion 34 Attachment space 341 First One opposing wall 342 Second opposing wall 343 Bottom wall

Claims (1)

A game board with a curved surface;
A main body part for guiding a game ball arranged along the curved surface, and a rail member having a pressed part provided integrally with the main body part;
A pressing member that presses the pressed portion so that the main body is biased toward the curved surface; and
With
On the outside of the portion of the game board where a game area into which a game ball can enter is formed, an opposing wall is provided to face the pressed portion.
A gaming machine, wherein the pressing member is provided with a pressing portion that is sandwiched between the pressed portion and the opposing wall while being in contact with the pressing wall.

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