JP2019122834A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of suppressing a behavior to illegally remove a put-out device.SOLUTION: An extension plate portion 241 is formed on a reverse housing member 204 of an upstream vertical passage unit 183 so as to extend downwardly. This extension plate portion 241 forms an installation area 245 of a put-out device 184 which is opened to the rear of a pachinko machine 10 and also opened to a turning base end side of a back pack unit 15, that is, the turning base end side of a game machine body 12. A fixing boss 246 is integrally formed at a portion upwardly adjacent to the installation area 245, and a fixing flange 247 is integrally formed on a put-out hosing 221 of the put-out device 184 while being made to correspond to the fixing boss 246. The fixing flange 247 abuts on the fixing boss 246 from the turning base end side. In this state, a screw 248 is screwed from the turning base end side, and thereby the put-out device 184 is fixed to the installation area 245.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 13

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, has a game board on which a gaming area having a gaming area in which gaming balls flow down is formed supported by a base body, and a window allowing the gaming area to be viewed from the front of the pachinko machine The part is formed. Further, in the base body, below the gaming board, a launching means is provided for launching the gaming ball toward the gaming area (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  As the launching means, for example, an electromagnetic solenoid, a launching rail, and a ball feeding device are provided. Then, the game balls stored in the storage section on the front of the pachinko machine are supplied one by one onto the launch rail by the ball feeding device, and the above-mentioned launch operation device on the front of the pachinko machine is manually operated by the player. The solenoid is driven to drive the game ball on the firing rail toward the game area.

  The launch control of the game ball based on the manual operation of the launch operation device as described above is executed by a launch control device provided separately from the main control device that generally controls the game. For example, the launch operation device is provided with a sensor that detects that the player is touching the launch operation device, and a sensor that detects the operation amount of the player, and the detection results of those sensors are grasped by the launch control device Be done. Then, the launch control device outputs a drive signal to the solenoid of the launch device based on the detection result of the sensors to cause the launch of the game ball.

  A configuration in which the emission control is performed by the emission control device using a signal output from the main control device may be considered, and furthermore, a configuration in which the emission control device has a function other than emission control may also be considered.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2007-14660

  Here, in the gaming machine as illustrated above etc., it is necessary to install the launch control means well, and there is still room for improvement in this respect.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances and the like, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of favorably installing a launch control means.

In order to solve the above-mentioned subject, the invention according to claim 1 has a game unit in which a game area where a game ball flows down is formed on the front, and a base body rotatably supported with respect to a target on a support side ,
A window provided on the front of the gaming machine for making the gaming area visible from the front of the gaming machine;
Launch operation means provided on the front of the gaming machine and operated by the player to launch game balls toward the gaming area;
Firing means provided below the game area in the base body and firing game balls toward the game area;
Progress control means for executing control for game progress according to the occurrence of the entry of the game ball to the entry portion provided in the game area;
Launch control means for controlling the launch means to launch game balls toward the game area based on the launch operation means being operated;
Equipped with
The base body includes a receiving unit that receives the gaming unit from below,
The gaming unit is fixed to the base body from the back side of the base body in a state of being received from below by the receiving portion,
The emission control means includes an emission control substrate and a substrate box for containing the emission control substrate, and a predetermined surface of the substrate box facing upward is below the receiving portion and the receiving portion In the base body, the firing means is installed on the back of a support portion installed on the surface so as to be located on the rear side of the gaming machine,
The base body is characterized by including a base side facing portion vertically facing the emission control means.

  According to the present invention, the launch control means can be favorably installed.

It is a front view showing a pachinko machine in a 1st embodiment. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the main composition of a pachinko machine. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the main composition of a pachinko machine. It is a front view of an intermediate unit. It is a front view of a game board. It is a rear view of a pachinko machine. (A) is a perspective view of the back pack unit seen from the back, (b) is a perspective view of the back pack unit seen from the front. It is a rear view of the intermediate unit in the state where the game board is removed. (A) is a front view of a discharge control apparatus, (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a discharge control apparatus. (A) is a perspective view which expands and shows the periphery in which the discharge control apparatus is attached in the back surface of an intermediate unit, (b) is a perspective view which shows the state which separated the discharge control apparatus from the state of (a) It is. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the area | region in which the discharge control apparatus was provided, and its periphery. It is a perspective view of a payout unit. It is a disassembled perspective view which disassembles and shows the main component of a delivery unit. (A) is a front view of an upstream vertical passage unit, (b) is a side view of an upstream vertical passage unit. It is a disassembled perspective view of an upstream side vertical passage unit. (A) is a cross-sectional view of a portion where the downstream passage region is formed in the dispensing device, and (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the dispensing device cut at the position shown by line AA in (a). . It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the payout unit showing a state in which the gaming ball is on standby in the standby passage of the payout unit. (A), (b) is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the structure for making it hard to produce ball clogging in a rectification | straightening cover. (A)-(c) is an explanatory view for explaining movement of the game ball of the second stage. It is a disassembled perspective view of the upper tray unit seen from diagonally upward. It is a disassembled perspective view of the upper tray unit seen from diagonally downward. (A), (b) It is a disassembled perspective view of the upper side cover unit which shows the state which decomposed | disassembled the game control device from the control surface member. (A) is a top view of a front side plate formation member, (b) is a front view of a front side plate formation member. (A) is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 23 (b), (b) is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 23 (b), and (c) is a sectional view taken along the line C- of FIG. It is a sectional view taken along the line C, (d) is a sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG. 23 (b), and (e) is a sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG. 23 (b). (A) is a front view of the front door frame which expands and shows a lower end side, (b) is the sectional view on the AA line of Fig.25 (a). It is a rear view of a front door frame. It is a disassembled perspective view of the back side of a front door frame. (A) is a rear view of the front door frame showing the lower end side in an enlarged manner, in which the front passage forming unit is omitted, (b) is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. And (d) is a figure for demonstrating the structure which concerns on fixation of a window panel unit. It is a perspective view which shows the back of a front door frame, and is a figure which shows the state which rotated the window panel unit to the back side. (A) is the BB sectional drawing of FIG. 26, (b) is a figure for demonstrating a mode that a window panel unit is guided by a guide rib. It is a disassembled perspective view of the front side of the front door frame which disassembles and shows a light emission cover unit and a speaker cover. It is a disassembled perspective view of the light emission cover unit seen from the back side. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. (A) is the perspective view seen from the front which expands and shows a lower frame part, (b) is the perspective view seen from the back which expands a lower frame part. (A) is a top view of a lower frame part, (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the lower frame part and its periphery for demonstrating the effect | action of a stacking | superposition member. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a pachinko machine. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a guide rib periphery for demonstrating the structure which concerns on the guide structure in 2nd Embodiment. (A) is the perspective view which expanded and showed the lower frame part in 3rd Embodiment, and was seen from the front, (b) is a perspective view which looked at the lower frame part in the embodiment enlarged and shown it FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the lower frame part in the embodiment.

First Embodiment
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as "pachinko machine"), which is a type of gaming machine, will be described in detail based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 10, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing the main components of the pachinko machine 10 in an expanded manner.

  In addition, in FIG. 2, the structure in the game area 23a of the pachinko machine 10 is abbreviate | omitted for convenience. Moreover, in each of the drawings including FIGS. 1 to 3, the electric wiring for connecting the electric devices is basically omitted.

  The pachinko machine 10 has an outer frame 11 forming an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10, and a gaming machine main body 12 rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 in the forward direction. The outer frame 11 is configured by connecting wooden or metal plate members to four sides, and has a rectangular frame shape. The pachinko machine 10 is installed in the game hall by fixing the outer frame 11 to the island facility.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine main body 12 includes an intermediate unit 13, a front door frame 14 disposed in front of the intermediate unit 13, and a back pack unit 15 disposed behind the intermediate unit 13. ing. The intermediate unit 13 of the gaming machine main body 12 is rotatably supported relative to the outer frame 11. In detail, the intermediate unit 13 is pivotable forward with the left side as the pivoting base end side (opening and closing base end side) and the right side as the pivoting tip side (opening and closing tip side) in front view. In this case, the shaft unit formed on the side portion of the intermediate unit 13 is received by the shaft fitting of the outer frame 11 from below, so that the intermediate unit 13 is rotatable.

  The lower shaft fitting 11a for pivotally supporting the gaming machine body 12 in the outer frame 11 has a shape that allows the lower shaft fitting 11a to be well fixed to the outer frame 11, while the gaming machine body 12 is downward. In order to obtain a shape that can be received well, a notch (not shown) is formed. The cut penetrates the lower shaft fitting 11 a in the vertical direction, but overlaps with the bottom surface of the gaming machine body 12 when the gaming machine body 12 is closed with respect to the outer frame 11. As a result, when viewed from below the pachinko machine 10, the cut is blocked by the bottom of the gaming machine main body 12, and even if an attempt is made to insert a fraudulent jig from the outside of the pachinko machine 10 via the cut It becomes difficult.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the front door frame 14 is rotatably supported by the intermediate unit 13, and the left side is a rotation base end side (opening / closing base end side) in front view, and the right end is a rotation tip It is possible to turn forward as a side (opening and closing tip side). Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the back pack unit 15 is rotatably supported by the intermediate unit 13, and the left side is a rotation base end side (opening and closing base end side) in a front view, and the right side is rotated. It can be pivoted backward as a moving tip side (opening and closing tip side).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine main body 12 is provided with a locking device 16 at its rotating tip, and has a function to lock the gaming machine main body 12 against the outer frame 11 so as not to be opened. And has a function to lock the front door frame 14 to the intermediate unit 13 so as not to be opened. Each of these locked states is released by performing an unlocking operation on the cylinder lock 17 provided exposed on the front of the pachinko machine 10 as shown in FIG. 1 using an unlocking key. .

  An interlocking member for locking the cylinder lock 17 and releasing the locked state of the gaming machine main body 12 and the outer frame 11 according to the unlocking operation to the cylinder lock 17 is provided on the back side of the intermediate unit 13 However, as shown in FIG. 3, the rear side of the cylinder lock 17 and the interlocking member are covered by the transparent cover 18 from the rear of the intermediate unit 13. Further, the transparent cover 18 is provided from the position on the back side of the cylinder lock 17 to the position near the lower edge of the intermediate unit 13. By providing the transparent cover 18 as described above, it is possible to prevent unauthorized access to the cylinder lock 17 and the interlocking member from the back side of the intermediate unit 13. Also, while suppressing unauthorized access as described above, the transparent cover 18 is provided as a cover having such transparency that the rear surface side of the cylinder lock 17 and the interlocking member can be visually checked from the outside. Therefore, visual confirmation at the time of maintenance can be easily performed.

  Next, the configuration of the front side and the back side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described in detail. First, the configuration of the front side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described. The following front side configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 4 in addition to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 4 is a front view of the intermediate unit 13. In addition, in FIG. 4, the structure in the game area 23a is abbreviate | omitted for convenience.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the intermediate unit 13 mainly includes a resin base 21 whose outer shape is substantially the same as the outer frame 11. As shown in FIG. 4, a substantially elliptical window hole 22 is formed in the central portion of the resin base 21. The window hole 22 exposes the game area 23 a formed on the game board 23 detachably attached to the resin base 21 to the front side of the intermediate unit 13.

  The game area 23 a is formed on the front surface of the game board 23 so as to be partitioned by a guide rail. The guide rail is composed of an inner rail portion 24 and an outer rail portion 25. The player is a launch operation device 31 (see FIG. 1) provided on the front door frame 14 at a pivoting tip side near the lower edge. For manually guiding the game balls fired from the game ball firing mechanism 41 (see FIG. 4) provided below the window hole 22 in the intermediate unit 13 to the top of the game area 23a. .

  By the way, in the upper right part and the lower right part outside the game area 23a on the front of the game board 23, certificate cards 26a and 26b on which various information such as model name and maker name are printed are pasted. The paper stamps 26a and 26b are exposed on the front side of the intermediate unit 13 through the openings 27a and 27b formed adjacent to the window hole 22 in the intermediate unit 13. However, the certificate paper 26a on the upper right side, which is one of the certificate papers 26a and 26b, is disposed at a position where it can not be visually recognized even when trying to visually recognize from the front of the pachinko machine 10 via the front door frame 14. The certificate stamp 26 b is disposed at a position where it can be viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 10 via the front door frame 14. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the use method in which both of the vouchers 26a and 26b are stuck on the game board 23, and in the gaming hall where it is desirable to make a predetermined voucher visible from the front of the pachinko machine 10 In the gaming hall where the pachinko machine 10 is not visible from the front, the certificate may be attached to the upper right.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the above-mentioned launch operating device 31 operated to launch the game ball in the game area 23a is rotatably supported by a ring-shaped operation handle 33 with respect to the operation base 32, The operation handle 33 is rotated by the player when the ball is to be fired. In this case, the amount of rotational operation of the operation handle 33 is detected by the variable resistor 34 as an operation amount detection means incorporated in the operation base 32. In addition, the operation base 32 is provided with a touch sensor 35 for detecting that the player is touching the operation handle 33, and the firing of the gaming ball is stopped in a state where the operation handle 33 is rotated. A stop switch 36 is provided which is operated for this purpose.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the game ball launch mechanism 41 includes an electromagnetic solenoid 42 provided as a launch drive unit, a launch rail 43 and a ball feed device 44. The ball feeding device 44 supplies the game balls stored in the upper plate 83 described later one by one onto the firing rail 43. In this case, the supplied gaming balls are disposed on the projecting path of the plunger 45 provided as a launch portion in the solenoid 42. Then, by the input of an electrical signal to the solenoid 42, the plunger 45 moves toward the game ball on the firing rail 43, and the game ball is launched toward the game area 23a. The electric actuator of the game ball firing mechanism 41 is not limited to the solenoid 42, and a firing motor or the like may be used.

  The configuration of the game area 23a where the game ball is to be fired based on the operation of the game ball firing mechanism 41 will be described based on FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view of the game board 23.

  The gaming board 23 is formed with a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction by being subjected to router processing. Each opening is provided with a general winning opening 51, a variable winning device 52, an upper operating opening 53, a lower operating opening 54, a through gate 55, a variable display unit 56, a main display unit 57, a display unit 58 and the like. ing.

  When the ball is entered into the general winning opening 51, the variable winning device 52, the upper operating opening 53 and the lower operating opening 54, it is detected by a detection sensor (not shown) disposed on the back side of the game board 23, A payout of a predetermined number of winning balls is executed based on the detection result. In this case, when entering the upper operating opening 53 occurs and when entering the lower operating opening 54, the payout of three winning balls is executed, and entering the general winning opening 51 is performed. When it occurs, the payout of ten winning balls is executed, and when the entering of the variable winning device 52 occurs, the payout of fifteen winning balls is executed. However, the number of prize balls is arbitrary, and for example, the number of prize balls of both operation ports 53 and 54 is such that the number of prize balls for lower operation port 54 is larger than the number of prize balls for upper operation port 53. It may be different. In addition, the number of winning balls relating to the variable winning device 52 is not limited to a configuration having more than the number of other winning balls, and may be smaller than the number of winning balls relating to the general winning opening 51, for example.

  In addition, an out port 59 is provided at the lowermost portion of the game board 23, and game balls which did not enter the various winning ports etc. are discharged from the game area 23a through the out port 59. Further, on the game board 23, a large number of nails 61 are implanted to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the game ball, and various members (features) such as a windmill are disposed.

  Here, entering the ball means that the gaming ball passes through the predetermined opening, and not only the aspect of being ejected from the gaming area 23a after passing through the opening, but also the gaming area 23a after passing through the opening Also include aspects that are not discharged from However, in the following description, in order to clearly distinguish the game ball from entering the out port 59, the general winning port 51, the variable winning device 52, the upper operating port 53, the lower operating port 54 or the through gate 55. The entry of the game ball is also expressed as a winning.

  The upper operating opening 53 and the lower operating opening 54 are unitized as an operating opening device and installed on the game board 23. The upper operating port 53 and the lower operating port 54 are both open upward. Further, both operation ports 53 and 54 are aligned in the vertical direction so that the upper operation port 53 is on the upper side. The lower operating port 54 is provided with a motorized part 54a as a guide piece (support piece) composed of a pair of left and right movable pieces.

  The motorized symbol 54a is connected to the motorized symbol drive unit 54b mounted on the back side of the game board 23, and is driven by the motorized symbol drive unit 54b to be in a closed state (non-support state or non-guide state) It is placed in either the open state (support state or guide state). In the closed state of the electric accessory 54a, the gaming ball can not win a prize in the lower operating port 54, and when the electric jack 54a is in the open state, winning in the lower operating port 54 is possible.

  The variable winning device 52 is normally in a closed state in which the game ball can not win or is hard to win, and when the transition to the open / close execution mode (special game state) such as jackpot win is won, the game ball wins. It is designed to be switched to an easy predetermined open state. Specifically, as the opening mode of the variable winning device 52, a variable winning device with a lapse of a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winnings as one round and a plurality of rounds (for example, 15 rounds) as an upper limit. 52 is repeatedly released.

  In the main display portion 57, the variation display of the pattern is performed with the winning of the upper actuation opening 53 or the lower actuation opening 54 as a trigger, and the winning of the upper actuation opening 53 or the lower actuation opening 54 as a result of stopping the fluctuation display. The result of the internal lottery made on the basis is clearly indicated by the display. That is, in the pachinko machine 10, the winning on the upper actuation port 53 and the winning on the lower actuation port 54 are not distinguished in the internal lottery, and the row is based on the prize for the upper actuation port 53 or the lower actuation port 54. The result of the internal lottery is clearly indicated on the main display unit 57 which is a common display area. Then, when the result of the internal lottery based on the winning to the upper operation port 53 or the lower operation port 54 is the winning result corresponding to the transition to the open / close execution mode, the predetermined display result is After being displayed and the fluctuation display is stopped, the mode is shifted to the open / close execution mode.

  In addition, although the main display part 57 is comprised by the segment display which the some segment light emission part is arranged in a predetermined | prescribed aspect, it is not limited to this, A liquid crystal display device, an organic electroluminescence display, It may be configured by a CRT or other type of display device such as a dot matrix display. In addition, as a pattern that is variably displayed on the main display unit 57, a configuration in which plural types of characters are variably displayed, a configuration in which plural types of symbols are variably displayed, a configuration in which plural types of characters are variably displayed A configuration in which the color of the species is switched and displayed may be considered.

  The prize display unit 58 uses the winning on the through gate 55 as a trigger for variation display of the pattern, and as a result of stopping the variation display, the result of the internal lottery performed based on the winning on the through gate 55 is Explicitly shown. When the result of the internal lottery based on the winning on the through gate 55 is the winning result corresponding to the shift to the electronic part opening state, a predetermined stopping result is displayed on the role display display unit 58 and the fluctuation display After being stopped, shift to the open state. In the open state, the motorized accessory 54a provided in the lower operation port 54 is opened in a predetermined manner.

  The variable display unit 56 is provided with a symbol display device 62 for fluctuating display (or variable display or switching display) of a symbol which is a kind of symbol, and a center frame 63 is provided so as to surround the symbol display device 62 It is done. The symbol display device 62 is configured as a liquid crystal display device provided with a liquid crystal display, and the display content is controlled by a display control device described later. The symbol display device 62 is not limited to the liquid crystal display device, and may be another display device having a display screen such as a plasma display device, an organic EL display device or a CRT, and a dot matrix display It may be a container.

  In the symbol display device 62, variable display of symbols is started based on winning on the upper operation port 53 or the lower operation port 54. That is, when the variable display is performed on the main display unit 57, the variable display is performed on the symbol display device 62 according to that. For example, the symbols are displayed side by side in the upper, middle, and lower positions, and these symbols are displayed so as to be scrolled in the left-right direction. When the symbols of the predetermined combination are stopped and displayed on the effective line set in advance, the open / close execution mode is generated.

  Note that the variable display is started on the main display unit 57 and the symbol display device 62 based on the winning on any of the operation ports 53 and 54, and a predetermined stop result is displayed until the above variable display is stopped. It corresponds to one game play.

  At the upper left portion on the front side of the center frame 63, a first holding lamp unit 64 corresponding to the main display unit 57 and the symbol display device 62 is provided. The number of game balls winning in the upper operating opening 53 or the lower operating opening 54 is held up to a maximum of four, and the number of holdings is displayed by lighting of the first holding lamp portion 64.

  At the upper right portion of the center frame 63, a second holding lamp unit 65 corresponding to the display unit 58 for bonus product is provided. The number of times the game ball passes through the through gate 55 is held up to four times, and the number of the held balls is displayed by lighting the second holding lamp unit 65.

  The state in the game area 23a is visible from the front of the pachinko machine 10 through the window panel unit 71 provided in the front door frame 14, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the window panel unit 71 has a configuration in which a pair of front and rear transparent glasses 72 a and 72 b are integrated by a fixing frame 73 at the peripheral edge portion in a state where they are disposed to face each other in the front and rear direction. That is, double glazing is used as the window panel unit 71. As shown in FIG. 2, the window panel unit 71 is attached so as to cover the window portion 74 formed in the front door frame 14 from the rear, and the fixing frame 73 contacts the periphery of the window portion 74 from the rear. It is being fixed to the front door frame 14 in the state contacted.

  In addition, although the window panel unit 71 is formed colorless and transparent with glass, it is not limited to this and may be formed colorless and transparent with a synthetic resin, and through the window panel unit 71 from the front of the pachinko machine 10 As long as the game area 23a can be viewed, it may be colored and transparent.

  Here, although the window panel unit 71 is fixed to the front door frame 14 from the back side as described above, it is slightly between the peripheral portion of the window portion 74 and the peripheral portion of the window panel unit 71 Gaps may occur. Then, an illegal act is attempted to introduce the fraudulent jig into the game area 23a from the front of the pachinko machine 10 through the gap. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, in the resin base 21 of the intermediate unit 13, a groove 75 recessed toward the rear of the pachinko machine 10 is in a region facing behind the peripheral edge of the window panel unit 71 at the rear. It is formed. The groove portions 75 are formed in a curved shape in a front view so as to be along the peripheral edge portion of the window panel unit 71, and a plurality of the groove portions 75 are further formed with a predetermined gap. Since the groove 75 is formed as described above, the fraudulent jig inserted into the gap from the front of the pachinko machine 10 enters the groove 75 as shown in the longitudinal cross-sectional view of the partial enlargement in FIG. Entry to the area 23a side is restricted.

  Incidentally, a pair of ribs 76 is formed in the groove portion 75 formed near the upper edge of the resin base 21. When the front door frame 14 is closed with respect to the intermediate unit 13, a part of the window panel unit 71 enters between the pair of ribs 76. Thereby, the alignment between the peripheral edge portion of the window panel unit 71 and the groove portion 75 is favorably performed.

  Returning to the description of the front door frame 14, as shown in FIG. 1, light emitting means such as various lamp portions are provided around the window portion 74 in the front door frame 14. A light emitting cover unit 361 is provided above the window portion 74 as a part of various lamp portions. In addition, on both left and right sides of the light emission cover unit 361, speaker covers 362 and 363 are provided which cover speaker devices to which sound effects and the like according to the game state are output.

  Below the window portion 74 of the front door frame 14, an upper plate 83 opened upward and a lower plate 84 similarly opened upward are vertically arranged. The upper tray 83 has a function for temporarily storing the gaming balls paid out from the later described payout device and guiding the gaming balls to the gaming ball shooting mechanism 41 side while aligning them in a line. Further, the lower tray 84 has a function of storing the game balls which are surplus in the upper tray 83. The above-mentioned launch operation device 31 is provided so as to project forward to the pachinko machine 10 in the right side of the lower plate 84.

  Next, the configuration of the back side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described. The following configuration on the back side will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 in addition to FIG. FIG. 6 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10. 7 (a) is a perspective view of the back pack unit 15 as viewed from the rear, and FIG. 7 (b) is a perspective view of the back pack unit 15 as viewed from the front.

  As shown in FIG. 3, on the back of the intermediate unit 13 (specifically, the game board 23), a main control unit 91 which controls main control of the game and a display control unit 92 which controls display control of the symbol display device 62. And an audio emission control device 93 which controls audio and lamp display and controls the display control device 92.

  The substrate box 91a of the main controller 91 may be provided with a trace means for leaving a trace of the opening or a trace structure for leaving a trace of the opening. As the trace means, a plurality of case bodies constituting the substrate box 91a are inseparably joined, and the configuration of a coupling portion (crimping portion) which requires breakage of a predetermined portion in the case of separation, and the adhesive layer A configuration is conceivable in which a sealing seal that leaves a trace of being peeled off by being left on is pasted across the boundaries between the plurality of case bodies. Moreover, as a trace structure, the structure which apply | coats an adhesive agent with respect to the boundary between several case bodies which comprise the board | substrate box 91a can be considered.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a back pack unit 15 is installed so as to cover the back side of the intermediate unit 13 including at least a part of the main control device 91 and the sound emission control device 93.

  As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 101 made of a synthetic resin having transparency. The back pack 101 is integrally formed with a back base portion 102 constituting a peripheral edge portion of the back pack 101 and a protective cover portion 103 formed to project rearward from the back base portion 102. The protective cover portion 103 has a shape in which the left and right side surfaces and the upper surface are closed and only the lower surface is opened, and an opening portion 104 penetrating in the front-rear direction between the protective cover portion 103 and the lower region 102a of the back base portion 102. Is formed.

  As described above, the back pack unit 15 is pivotally supported on the back surface of the intermediate unit 13, but in a state where the back pack unit 15 is superimposed from the back side to the intermediate unit 13. As shown in FIG. 6, the whole of the sound emission control device 93 is covered by the protective cover portion 103. Further, most of the main control device 91 is exposed to the back side through the opening 104, but the upper edge and both the left and right edges of the main control device 91 are covered by the protective cover portion 103. In addition, the back base portion 102 is provided with a plurality of lock members 105 to 108. By manually operating these lock members 105 to 108 to bring them into a locked state, the sound emission control device 93 or the like as described above is provided. With the main controller 91 covered, the back pack unit 15 is made unrotatable.

  In detail, with respect to the plurality of lock members 105 to 108, those lock members 105 to 108 are manually operated between the locked state and the released state from the back side of the pachinko machine 10, and the front side of the intermediate unit 13. It is divided roughly into what is performed from. As the former, as shown in FIG. 6, the position (lock member 105) near the rotation base end on the rear surface of the upper region 102b of the back base 102 and the rotation on the rear surface of the lower region 102a of the back base 102. One is provided at each of the positions (lock members 106) close to the moving tip. As the latter, as shown in FIG. 7B, the position (lock member 107) near the pivoting tip on the front surface of the upper region 102b of the back base portion 102 and the front surface of the lower region 102a of the back base portion 102. One each is provided in the position (locking member 108) near the center in.

  The lock members 107 and 108 are pivotally supported by the back base portion 102 with the front and rear direction as a pivot, in detail, with respect to the lock members 107 and 108 which are manually operated from the front side of the intermediate unit 13, Furthermore, each operation part 107a, 108a protrudes to the intermediate unit 13 side. Through holes 109a and 109b penetrating in the longitudinal direction are formed in the resin base 21 corresponding to the lock members 107 and 108 (see FIG. 4), and the back pack unit 15 is superimposed on the intermediate unit 13 In the state, the operation parts 107a and 108a of the lock members 107 and 108 are exposed to the front side of the intermediate unit 13, and the lock members 107 and 108 can be rotated from the front side of the intermediate unit 13. However, these lock members 107 and 108 are covered by the front door frame 14 in a state in which the front door frame 14 is closed to the intermediate unit 13, and can not be operated unless the front door frame 14 is opened. .

  By providing the lock members 107 and 108 requiring manual operation from the front side of the intermediate unit 13 as described above, the front door frame 14 is not opened even if the back of the gaming machine main body 12 is exposed. As long as the back pack unit 15 is locked to the intermediate unit 13, the locked state can not be released. Therefore, it is difficult for the user to remove the main control device 91 etc. illegally.

  As shown in FIG. 7 (b), at the peripheral edge of the opening of the back pack 101 opened forward to the pachinko machine 10, the upper shaft fitting 111 for pivotally supporting the intermediate unit 13 is positioned above A closing cover 112 is provided to narrow or close the gap between the intermediate unit 13 and the back pack 101. As a result, even if it is attempted to insert the fraudulent jig from the upper position to the back surface of the intermediate unit 13, the act becomes difficult. Incidentally, the back pack unit 15 is provided with a ground wire (not shown), but a storage space for storing part of the ground wire is formed between the closing cover 112 and the back base portion 102. There is.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, in addition to the above-described back pack 101, the back pack unit 15 has a payout unit 113 attached to the back base portion 102 so as to bypass the protective cover portion 103, and the back base. And an external terminal plate 114 provided at the corner on the rotation base end side in the upper region 102b of the portion 102, and various substrate devices 116 to 118 attached to the lower region 102a of the back base portion 102. There is. Among these units, the payout unit 113 is for paying out game balls directed to the upper plate 83 and the lower plate 84, but the detailed configuration will be described later.

  The external terminal board 114 is a board for outputting a predetermined signal in order to cause the management computer of the gaming hall to recognize the state of the pachinko machine 10. In the external terminal plate 114, as shown in FIG. 6, the output terminals for outputting signals during the open / close execution mode as the output terminals 115, the motorized part 54a of the lower operation port 54 is opened frequently An output terminal for outputting a signal during the high frequency support mode, an output terminal for outputting a signal when the game ball runs out in the payout unit 113, and an output terminal for outputting a signal each time a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out An output terminal for outputting a signal each time a predetermined number of gaming balls are lent, an output terminal for outputting a signal when the intermediate unit 13 is opened, and an output terminal for outputting a signal when the front door frame 14 is opened It is done.

  Each output terminal 115 corresponding to the type of the output signal is connected to a terminal to which a signal line from the control device on the side of the pachinko machine 10 such as the main control device 91 is connected and a signal line continuing to the game hall management computer The output terminals 115 are arranged side by side in the lateral direction. In this case, each output terminal 115 is provided with an operation unit operated to connect the corresponding signal line to the external terminal plate 114, but the operation units are arranged in the horizontally adjacent output terminal 115. The amount of protrusion of the pachinko machine 10 with respect to the substrate surface of the external terminal plate 114 is different between the two. Specifically, the operation parts of the output terminals 115 adjacent to each other with the one output terminal 115 being projected to the rear of the pachinko machine 10 as compared with the output terminals 115 provided between the output terminals 115 . As a result, even if the distance between the output terminals 115 arranged in parallel in the lateral direction is narrowed, the decrease in operability for connecting the signal line to each output terminal 115 is suppressed.

  As various substrate devices, a payout control device 116 for controlling the payout of gaming balls through the payout unit 113, a power supply device 117 for generating and outputting predetermined power required by various control devices, and the like of the pachinko machine 10 A ball lending connection terminal plate 118 for electrically connecting with a ball lending device LD (see FIG. 1) to be juxtaposed laterally is provided. Among these, the payout control device 116 and the power supply device 117 are disposed so as to be stacked back and forth so that the payout control device 116 is located behind the pachinko machine 10. Further, the ball lending connection terminal board 118 is provided at a position on the rotation base end side of the back pack unit 15 with respect to an integral body of the payout control device 116 and the power supply device 117.

  The transparent substrate box 116 a provided for accommodating the substrate in the delivery control device 116 is provided with a caulking portion as a trace means for leaving a trace when it is opened. In this case, the caulking portion does not rejoin once the release operation is performed, and as a result, the substrate box 116a of the payout control device 116 may be put in the sealed state again after the release operation is performed once. It has become impossible. The power supply device 117 is provided with a power switch function, and a main power of, for example, 24 AC is supplied via a voltage converter, and the power is turned on or off by switching the power switch 117a. It has become.

  The lower area 102a of the back base portion 102 constituting the mounting area of the payout control device 116, the power supply device 117 and the ball lending connection terminal board 118 flows down the gaming area 23a and the back of the game board 23 through any opening. It also has a function to discharge the game balls led to the game to island facilities of the game hall. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7B, the plate portion 119 is integrally formed in the lower region 102a in a region facing the back surface side of the intermediate unit 13, and the discharge passage 119a is formed by the plate portion 119. It is formed.

  It should be noted that although the board portion 119 can receive the game balls dropped from the game board 23 side from below, the plate portion 119 protrudes downward from the lower surface thereof to increase the strength when the falling balls are received. Ribs (not shown) are integrally formed. The rib is formed to extend perpendicularly to the plate portion 119.

<Fire control device 121>
Next, the launch control device 121 disposed in front of the pachinko machine 10 in the lower region 102a will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 11 in addition to FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a rear view of the intermediate unit 13 with the game board 23 removed. 9A is a front view of the emission control device 121, and FIG. 9B is a longitudinal sectional view of the emission control device 121. As shown in FIG. 10 (a) and 10 (b) are enlarged perspective views showing the periphery of the rear side of the intermediate unit 13 to which the emission control device 121 is attached, and FIG. 10 (a) shows the emission control device 121 attached. FIG. 10 (b) shows the release control device 121 removed. FIG. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view of a region where the launch control device 121 is provided and the periphery thereof. The front door frame 14 is omitted in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the emission control device 121 is fixed to the back surface of the resin base 21. As shown in FIG. 9B, the launch control device 121 is configured such that the launch control board 122 for driving and controlling the gaming ball launch mechanism 41 based on the operation of the launch operation device 31 is accommodated in the launch substrate box 123. . The emission control board 122 is electrically connected to an external device such as various elements such as an IC 124a for emission control for emission control and a capacitor 124b for outputting a drive signal to the game ball emission mechanism 41. Connectors 125a to 125e are mounted. These various elements and connectors 125a to 125e are all mounted on the same plate surface, and are soldered to the opposite plate surface. That is, in the emission control substrate 122, one plate surface is the element mounting surface 122a, and the plate surface on the opposite side is the solder surface 122b. Although the solder surface 122 b is a surface on which the soldered portions of various elements mounted on the element mounting surface 122 a exist, a circuit pattern may be formed on the solder surface 122 b.

  The firing substrate box 123 includes a front case body (box cover) 131 and a back case body (box base) 132 as a plurality of case bodies. The front case body 131 and the back case body 132 are transparent so that the element mounting surface 122 a and the solder surface 122 b of the emission control substrate 122 housed in the emission substrate box 123 can be viewed from outside the emission substrate box 123. Is formed of a material having Specifically, although it is formed of a colorless and transparent polycarbonate resin, it is not limited to this and may be an acrylic resin or the like.

  By combining the front case body 131 and the back case body 132, the firing substrate box 123 is formed in a box shape and has a predetermined internal space. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the front case body 131 is a bulging formed so as to bulge from the front side peripheral portion 133 and the front side peripheral portion 133 to one side. The protrusion 134 is integrally formed. The front case body 131 has a shape opened on the opposite side to the bulging side of the bulging portion 134 by the front side peripheral portion 133 and the bulging portion 134.

  The front case body 131 is closed so as to close the area opened to the back side, and the taller element of the various elements mounted on the element mounting surface 122a is introduced into the bulging portion 134 and then emitted. The control substrate 122 is disposed, and the back case body 132 is attached so as to hold the peripheral portion of the emission control substrate 122 together with the front case body 131. Then, the locking portion formed on the peripheral portion of the back case body 132 is hooked on the locking receiving portion formed on the peripheral portion of the front case body 131 in that state, and both are locked. Thus, the separation of the two case bodies 131 and 132 is restricted.

  The locking can be released by bending and deforming the locking portion with a finger or the like without using a releasing tool, and it is necessary to break the front case body 131 or the back case body 132 at the time of releasing. It is not configured. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and both case bodies 131 and 132 may be screw-fixed, or may be configured to require destruction of a predetermined portion when opening the internal space of the firing substrate box 123. The mark may remain when the internal space of the launch substrate box 123 is opened.

  The connectors 125a to 125e of the emission control board 122 are all provided on the element mounting surface 122a as described above. However, as shown in FIG. 9A, these connectors 125a to 125e have front case bodies 131. In each of the connectors 125a to 125e, it is exposed to the outside of the firing substrate box 123 via through holes 135a to 135e formed in one-to-one correspondence with the respective connectors 125a to 125e.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b), the firing control device 121 causes the surface of the back case body 132 to face the back of the lower frame area 141 of the resin base 21 of the intermediate unit 13, The lower frame area 141 is fixed. Specifically, regarding this fixing, as shown in FIG. 9A, hook portions 136a and 136b as locking portions are integrally formed on the left and right side surfaces of the front case body 131 so as to protrude laterally. It is done. Further, hook receiving parts 142a and 142b as locking receiving parts are integrally formed on the back of the lower frame area 141 corresponding to the hook parts 136a and 136b. And when fixing the discharge control apparatus 121 to the lower frame area 141, the back case body 132 is the back surface of the lower frame area 141 in the state which hooked one hook part 136a on the corresponding hook receiving part 142a. By arranging the emission control device 121 so as to overlap with each other, the other hooking portion 136b is in a state of being hooked to the corresponding hooking portion 142b. Also, the other hooking portion 136b can be flexed and deformed by applying an external force even in the installed state of the firing control device 121, and the firing control device 121 can be deformed in a state in which the hooking portion 136b is flexed and deformed. By moving the lower frame area 141 in the separating direction, it is possible to remove the firing control device 121 without requiring destruction of a predetermined tool or a predetermined portion.

  Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 9B, displacement restricting projections 137 are integrally formed on the back case body 132 so as to protrude toward the resin base 21 side, and the resin base is made to correspond to the displacement restricting projections 137. A displacement restricting hole 143 is formed in the lower frame area 141 of FIG. Then, even if the discharge control device 121 is to be displaced along the lower frame region 141 in a state in which the discharge control device 121 is fixed to the lower frame region 141, the displacement control protrusion 137 and the displacement restriction hole 143 It is regulated by contact. The displacement restricting projection 137 may be formed on the resin base 21, and the displacement restricting hole 143 may be formed on the back case body 132.

  The position at which the launch control device 121 is mounted is, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the pivoting tip side of the intermediate unit 13 and the gaming ball in the lower frame area 141 of the resin base 21. It is an area on the back side of the area where the launch mechanism 41 is provided. That is, the firing control device 121 is arranged in front and back with the game ball firing mechanism 41 across the resin base 21.

  Further, the position where the firing control device 121 is provided is a position where the upper surface 123 a of the firing control device 121 is adjacent to the step plate portion 144 for supporting the game board 23 from below in the resin base 21. It has become. More specifically, in order to improve the strength of the lower frame area 141 in the state where the weight of the game board 23 is received by the step board portion 144 below the step board portion 144 on the back surface of the resin base 21, The metal plate 145 is arranged to extend in the lateral direction, but the firing control device 121 has its upper part overlapping the area of a part of the metal plate 145 in the lateral direction from behind the pachinko machine 10 It is arranged. The firing control device 121 protrudes rearward from the lower frame area 141, and the upper surface 123a of the firing control device 121 is present at a position slightly behind and behind the step plate portion 144. .

  Here, the mounting of the game board 23 is to place the fixing tool 146 provided on the resin base 21 at a fixed position in a state where the bottom of the game board 23 is placed on the step plate portion 144 from the rear of the resin base 21. It is done at. In this case, it is assumed that the game board 23 is placed on the upper surface 123 a of the launch control device 121 when the game board 23 is attached or removed. On the other hand, a reinforcement rib 138 is integrally formed on the upper surface 123a of the emission control device 121 as a reinforcement means for emission control or a reinforcement structure for emission control, and the reinforcement rib 138 is integrally formed. A plurality is provided in the lateral direction. Thus, even if the game board 23 is placed on the launch control device 121 from above, the launch substrate box 123 is prevented from being damaged.

  In the state where the launch control device 121 is mounted in the lower frame area 141, the surface 131a of the front case body 131 faces the back of the pachinko machine 10. When the back pack unit 15 is closed with respect to the intermediate unit 13, the lower region 102 a of the back pack 101 of the back pack unit 15 overlaps the surface 131 a from the back of the pachinko machine 10.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7B, in the lower area 102a of the back pack 101, the area facing the launch control device 121 is recessed toward the back of the pachinko machine 10 compared to the area around the lower area 102a. The recessed area is the overlapping area 151 with the emission control device 121. Then, when the back pack unit 15 is in a closed state with respect to the intermediate unit 13, as shown in FIG. 11, the firing control device 121 gets into the overlapping area 151, and the dent point of the overlapping area 151. And the surface 131a of the launch control device 121 are opposed to each other in the front and back direction at adjacent positions. This makes it difficult to remove the firing control device 121 from the resin base 21 unless the back pack unit 15 is opened to the intermediate unit 13.

  In a configuration in which the firing control device 121 is sandwiched back and forth by the lower frame region 141 of the resin base 21 and the lower region 102 a of the back pack 101, the firing control device 121 is provided to an apparatus provided forward of the resin base 21 with the pachinko machine 10. While being electrically connected, the electric machine is electrically connected to a device provided at the back of the pachinko machine 10 further than the back pack 101. Hereinafter, the configuration according to the electrical connection will be described.

  As described above, the element mounting surface 122a of the emission control substrate 122 is provided with a plurality of connectors 125a to 125e, and the connectors 125a to 125e are connected to the emission substrate box 123 via the through holes 135a to 135e. Exposed to the outside. As shown in FIG. 9A, all the connectors 125a to 125e are surfaces 131a facing the back of the pachinko machine 10 in the front case body 131, and are arranged at positions near the outer edge of the surface 131a. However, not all the connectors 125a to 125e are disposed along one side of the surface 131a, but some of the connectors 125a to 125d are disposed along a predetermined side, and the remaining The connector 125 e is provided on the other side.

  First, the former connectors 125a to 125d and the electric wires 152a to 152e connected thereto will be described. In the following description, the electrical wiring includes a connector unit in which a connector that enables detachment from the connection destination connector by a manual operation is provided such that the wirings are aggregated at both ends of the plurality of wirings.

  Connectors 125 b and 125 c to which electric wires 152 b and 152 c for transmitting signals from the touch sensor 35, the release stop switch 36 and the variable resistor 34 provided in the release operation device 31 are connected, and game ball release The connectors 125a and 125d to which the electric wires 152a and 152d for transmitting drive signals to the solenoid 42 and the ball feeding device 44 constituting the mechanism 41 are connected are closer to the upper side of the surface 131a of the front case body 131. Are arranged side by side along the upper side at the position of. The electric wires 152a to 152d connected to the connectors 125a to 125d at the positions closer to the upper side are simply bundled in the front case body 131 by the aggregation portion 153 formed by using the side surface of the bulging portion 134. And is guided to the lower end of the emission control device 121. Then, it is guided to the front of the resin base 21 from the lower end.

  In this case, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 10B, a plurality of insertion holes 154 and 155 penetrating in the front-rear direction are formed in the lower frame area 141 of the resin base 21. One of the insertion holes 154 and 155 is formed in a region opposed to the solenoid 42 of the game ball emission mechanism 41 at the rear of the pachinko machine 10, as shown in FIG. 10B. The electric wiring 152a leading to the solenoid 42 and the electric wiring 152d leading to the ball feeding device 44 are led to the front of the resin base 21 through the insertion hole 154, and are respectively connected to the corresponding sides. Note that FIG. 11 shows how the electrical wiring 152 a leading to the solenoid 42 is connected to the solenoid 42 through the insertion hole 154.

  The other insertion hole 155 is formed at a position below the solenoid 42 in the lower frame area 141 of the resin base 21 as shown in FIG. 4, and this position is a position adjacent to the bottom portion 141 a of the lower frame area 141 It has become. Further, in the bottom portion 141a, an aggregation groove portion 156 which is extended in the lateral direction and is opened forward is formed at a position in the lateral direction of the insertion hole 155. The electric wires 152b and 152c for transmitting signals from the touch sensor 35, the firing switch 36 and the variable resistor 34 are led to the front of the resin base 21 through the insertion hole 155 and further integrated in the aggregation groove portion 156. It is led to the rotation base end side of middle unit 13 in the state which is. And, it is connected to the relay substrate 157 provided on the rotation base end side of the lower frame area 141. Since the electric wiring (not shown) extending from each of the touch sensor 35, the emission stop switch 36 and the variable resistor 34 is connected to the relay substrate 157, the emission control device 121 emits the touch sensor 35 via the relay substrate 157. It is electrically connected to the stop switch 36 and the variable resistor 34. Note that FIG. 11 shows that the electrical wiring 152 b extending to the touch sensor 35 side is led to the front of the resin base 21 through the insertion hole 155.

  As described above, the electric wires 152 a to 152 d for electrically connecting the emission control device 121 to devices provided forward of the resin base 21 are drawn around the side portions of the resin base 21. The electric wires 152a to 152d are engaged between the intermediate unit 13 and the outer frame 11 when the intermediate unit 13 is rotated by guiding the resin base 21 to the front through the insertion holes 154 and 155 instead of the above. It is possible to prevent it from getting stuck.

  The position where the insertion holes 154 and 155 for guiding the respective electric wires 152a to 152d to the front of the resin base 21 is a region facing the back case body 132 of the discharge control device 121 as shown in FIG. ing. That is, the insertion holes 154 and 155 are not exposed at the back of the resin base 21. As a result, an action to insert the fraudulent jig from the front of the resin base 21 to the back of the resin base 21 through the insertion holes 154 and 155, or from the back of the resin base 21 to the front of the resin base 21 The act of trying to insert the jig is difficult. Moreover, the difficulty of such an insertion operation | work is show | played also from the electrical wiring 152a-152d being penetrated by two or more each of the penetration hole 154,155. Furthermore, since the one insertion hole 154 is formed in a region facing the solenoid 42 at the rear thereof, it is more difficult to insert the fraudulent jig through the insertion hole 154.

  Next, among the connectors 125a to 125e provided in the emission control device 121, the remaining connector 125e and the electric wiring 152e connected thereto will be described.

  The remaining connectors 125 e are disposed near the lower side of the surface 131 a of the front case body 131 as shown in FIG. 9A. An electrical wiring 152 e is connected to the connector 125 e as a specific wiring for communication with the power supply device 117 provided in the back pack unit 15 as a specific substrate.

  Here, the emission control device 121 is a signal corresponding to the fact that the signal input from the touch sensor 35 and the emission stop switch 36 is in a state in which the player performs an emission operation, and is caused by other factors. A condition satisfaction signal is output under the condition that it is not in the firing stop condition. This condition satisfaction signal is finally received by the main control device 91, and when the condition satisfaction signal is received in the main control device 91, an abnormality is generated in the pachinko machine 10 to stop the firing of the gaming ball. It outputs the release permission signal on condition that it is not. Then, the launch control device 121 outputs a drive signal for launch of the game ball to the game ball launch mechanism 41 on condition that the launch permission signal is received.

  In the configuration in which signal communication is performed as described above, the emission control device 121 is not directly electrically connected to the main control device 91 similarly provided in the intermediate unit 13, and the above condition The transmission of the establishment signal and the reception of the release permission signal are performed via the power supply device 117 provided in the back pack unit 15. This makes it possible to reduce the number of connectors for receiving signals from other devices in main controller 91.

  That is, as described above, the power supply device 117 has a function of supplying operating power necessary for the operation of various control devices including the main control device 91. It is essential that electrical connection be made. In this case, the electric wiring 152 e for transmitting the condition satisfaction signal and receiving the emission permission signal in the emission control device 121 is first connected to the power supply device 117 to transmit the condition satisfaction signal and the emission permission signal. Can be connected to the main control unit 91 together with the electrical wiring for supplying the operating power. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, a condition satisfaction signal is transmitted to a connector unit 175 that electrically connects connector 117b provided in power supply device 117 and connector 91b provided in main control device 91. Electrical wiring for transmitting the emission permission signal, and electrical wiring for supplying the operating power. Incidentally, the connector unit 175 has a single connector in which the electric wires are connected to one end of the plurality of electric wires, and a single connector in which the electric wires are connected to the other end of the plurality of electric wires. It is a thing. By electrically connecting as described above, it is possible to reduce the number of connectors for receiving signals from other devices in main controller 91. Therefore, when the main control device 91 is removed for maintenance, or when the game board 23 is replaced, the number of connectors that need to be removed can be reduced, and the workability of the work can be improved.

  The position of the connector 125e to which the electrical wiring 152e for communicating with the power supply device 117 is connected will be described in detail.

  As described above, the overlapping area 151 of the back pack 101 is overlapped from the rear of the pachinko machine 10 on the surface 131a of the front case body 131 of the emission control device 121. However, as shown in FIG. The height position of the lower end portion of the lower portion 102a is lower than the height position of the lower end portion of the lower area 102a, and the area near the lower end of the surface 131a of the emission control device 121 is not covered by the lower area 102a. The connector 125e (hereinafter, also referred to as a lower connector 125e) is disposed in a region near the lower end which is not covered. Further, although the electrical wiring 152e extending from the lower connector 125e is connected to the connector 158 provided on the power supply device 117 (hereinafter also referred to as the upper connector 158), the connector 158 is above the lower connector 125e. The pachinko machine 10 is exposed at the back in the position.

  Electrical wires 152e are connected to electrically connect the upper connector 158 and the lower connector 125e. In this case, the electrical wiring 152e is routed around the bottom of the back pack 101 from below. In addition, the length dimension of the electrical wiring 152e is a position where the height position of the lowest bent portion is higher than the bottom of the intermediate unit 13 in the state of being connected to the upper connector 158 and the lower connector 125e. It is set to be As a result, when the gaming machine main body 12 is rotated with respect to the outer frame 11, the electrical wiring 152e is prevented from being caught between the gaming machine main body 12 and the outer frame 11.

  Furthermore, the length dimension of the electrical wiring 152e is set such that the back pack unit 15 can not be rotated relative to the intermediate unit 13 in a state of being connected to the upper connector 158 and the lower connector 125e. There is. As a result, when the back pack unit 15 is to be opened, it is necessary to perform an operation of removing the electrical wiring 152 e from the connectors 125 e and 158 and a cutting operation of the electrical wiring 152 e. Therefore, the act of opening the back pack unit 15 illegally becomes difficult.

  In particular, it is assumed that only the lower end portion of the back pack unit 15 is displaced rearward with respect to the intermediate unit 13 to facilitate the insertion of the fraudulent jig toward the main control device 91. On the other hand, as described above, the electric wiring 152e is provided so as to go around the lower end portion of the back pack unit 15, thereby making it possible to displace only the lower end portion of the back pack unit 15 backward. It becomes possible to make it hard to do.

  Next, a configuration capable of suppressing an action of inserting the fraudulent jig from the lower side of the pachinko machine 10 through the gap between the intermediate unit 13 and the back pack unit 15 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 7B, on the side of the lower region 102a of the back pack 101 facing the intermediate unit 13, a plurality of rear side ribs 161 are integrally formed so as to stand up to the intermediate unit 13 side. Thereby, even if it is going to insert an injustice jig from the lower part of the pachinko machine 10, the injustice jig abuts with any one of the rear side ribs 161, or the injustice jigs become a plurality of back side ribs 161. It is expected that further intrusion will be restricted by entering into the space partitioned by.

  The rear side rib 161 is provided substantially in the entire area of the lower area 102 a except for the overlapping area 151 with respect to the launch control device 121 in the lateral direction. Not provided. However, as shown in FIG. 11, the upper division screen 162 formed so as to partition the overlapping area 151 and face downward faces the upper surface 123 a of the emission control device 121 at the upper side thereof. . As a result, even if it is attempted to intrude the fraudulent jig upward from between the launch control device 121 and the overlapping area 151, the fraudulent jig is in contact with the upper division screen 162, thereby causing further intrusion. Are expected to be regulated. Further, as shown in FIG. 7B, the side division screen 163 is formed so as to define the overlapping region 151 and to face the side surface of the emission control device 121 from the center side in the side direction. Thus, the fraudulent jig is inserted between the launch control device 121 and the overlapping area 151, and the fraudulent jig is further advanced even if the fraudulent jig is further advanced from the center side in the lateral direction. It is expected that the further intrusion will be restricted by the contact with the side area screen 163.

  It is also assumed that intrusion of the fraudulent jig is performed from between the resin base 21 and the emission control device 121. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), in the lower frame area 141 of the resin base 21, in the area facing the discharge control device 121, a plurality of front ribs 164 are erected on the discharge control device 121 side. It is integrally formed. Thereby, even if it is going to insert the fraud jig from the lower part of the pachinko machine 10, the fraud jig abuts on any of the front ribs 164 or the fraud jig is divided by the plurality of front ribs 164. It is expected that further intrusion will be restricted by entering the space.

  The structure for suppressing the intrusion of the fraudulent jig as described above is also caused by the positional relationship between the step plate portion 144 of the resin base 21 and the discharge control device 121. That is, on the surface of the back case body 132 of the firing control device 121 that faces the lower frame area 141, as shown in FIG. A step portion 165 on the control side is integrally formed, and the opposing surface has a shape in which the area closer to the upper side is recessed toward the back of the pachinko machine 10 than the area below it due to the step portion 165 . The stepped portion 165 on the firing control side is formed substantially throughout the entire lateral surface of the opposing surface, and further, as shown in FIG. It is facing in the direction. As a result, even if it is attempted to intrude the fraudulent jig from the space between the firing control device 121 and the resin base 21 upward, the fraudulent jig easily contacts the step plate portion 144, and The contact prevents further intrusion.

  Incidentally, although the insertion of the fraudulent jig through the gap between the intermediate unit 13 and the back pack unit 15 is also assumed from the rotation base end side of the gaming machine main body 12, as shown in FIG. In the above, the metal plate 171 is provided at substantially the entire length in the vertical direction at the end on the rotation base end side, making the above insertion operation difficult. In this case, a groove 172 is formed between the metal plate 171 and the resin base 21 so as to be recessed forward of the pachinko machine 10, as shown in the partial enlarged view of FIG. A ground wire 173 extending from the lower end to the upper end of the intermediate unit 13 is inserted through the groove 172 formed substantially in the entire direction. This makes it possible to form the housing area of the ground wire 173 while using the metal plate 171.

  The object to be accommodated in the groove portion 172 is not limited to the ground wire 173, and in the configuration in which the speaker device is provided at the lower portion such as the lower frame portion of the outer frame 11, for example, The wire may be accommodated in the groove 172 in order to lead it to the upper end of the intermediate unit 13. In this case, the electrical wiring from the speaker device provided on the upper portion of the front door frame 14 and the electrical wiring from the lower speaker device are integrated at the upper end portion of the intermediate unit 13 by using a relay board or the like. The harness may be connected to the sound emission control device 93.

<Disbursement unit 113>
Next, the dispensing unit 113 provided in the back pack 101 will be described in detail. FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the dispensing unit 113, and FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view showing the main components 181 to 185 of the dispensing unit 113 in an exploded manner.

  The payout unit 113 is, as shown in FIG. 12, a tank 181 to which the game balls supplied from the island facilities of the game hall are successively replenished, and the game balls stored in the tank 181 as a pivot base of the gaming machine main body 12 A horizontal passage unit 182 for guiding to the end side, an upstream longitudinal passage unit 183 for guiding gaming balls guided by the lateral passage unit 182 downward, and a game induced by the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183 A dispensing device 184 for preventing or allowing outflow of the ball to the downstream side, and a downstream longitudinal passage unit 185 for guiding the gaming ball guided by the dispensing device 184 to the resin base 21 side are provided.

  The tank 181 is open at the top and is disposed at the top of the back pack 101. Further, the lateral end of the tank 181 is disposed at a position close to the rotating tip of the gaming machine main body 12. A large number of gaming balls supplied from the island facility and stored in the tank 181 will flow into the standby passage formed in the horizontal passage unit 182, the upstream vertical passage unit 183 and the payout device 184. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the upstream passage region 191 of the standby passage is formed in the lateral passage unit 182.

  The upstream passage area 191 has a slanted shape which gently descends from the position of the turning end side of the gaming machine body 12 toward the turning base end side of the gaming machine body 12 and extends in the lateral direction. The uppermost stream portion of the upstream passage area 191 is in communication with the outlet of the tank 181, and the gaming balls stored in the tank 181 first flow into the upstream passage area 191. In this case, the upstream passage region 191 is not aligned vertically with respect to the tank 181, and is disposed at a position shifted rearward of the pachinko machine 10 with respect to the top opening of the tank 181. As a result, the internal space of the back pack 101 can be expanded to a position just below the tank 181.

  As shown in FIG. 13, a partition wall 193 is integrally formed in the passage forming portion 192 of the horizontal passage unit 182 so as to stand upward from the bottom surface, and the partition wall 193 is positioned halfway in the passage direction. To the most downstream portion of the upstream passage region 191. As a result, the upstream passage region 191 branches from its midway position into a plurality of, specifically two, passages, which are arranged side by side in the lateral passage unit 182 with the partition wall 193 interposed therebetween. There is. Hereinafter, one upstream passage region 191 is referred to as a first upstream passage region 191a, and the other upstream passage region 191 is referred to as a second upstream passage region 191b. Further, the standby passage including the first upstream passage region 191a is referred to as a first standby passage, and the standby passage including the second upstream passage region 191b is referred to as a second standby passage.

  Although an opening 194 is formed at the bottom of the lateral passage unit 182 to prevent foreign matter from remaining in the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b, the discharge of the foreign matter through the opening 194 is favorably performed. In order to be able to do this, as shown in FIG. 6, the bottom surface of the lateral passage unit 182 is spaced upward from the top surface of the protective cover portion 103.

  In the lateral passage unit 182, the passage forming portion 192 is formed in a groove shape so as to open the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b upward, but the lateral passage unit 182 has a tank as shown in FIG. A ceiling cover 195 is provided to prevent the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b from being opened upward from the location communicated with the outlet of the 181 to a halfway position in the passage direction, specifically, in the region aligned with the tank 181 in the front and back direction. It is provided. Thus, in a configuration in which the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b are formed at a position shifted to the rear of the pachinko machine 10 with respect to the tank 181, the levers of the feeders on the island equipment side enter the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b. Being prevented from The ceiling cover 195 is formed of a colorless and transparent synthetic resin so that the inside of the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b can be viewed from above the lateral passage unit 182.

  Up to two gaming balls are stacked in the upstream passage areas 191a and 191b downstream of the position where the ceiling cover 195 is provided in the upstream passage areas 191a and 191b juxtaposed in the front and back. A stacking control member 196 is provided to The layering regulating member 196 is rotatably supported with respect to a pair of passage wall portions vertically standing in the lateral passage unit 182 with the front and rear direction as a rotation axis. The game balls waiting in the upstream passage areas 191a and 191b are restricted so that the number of laminations is two at maximum when passing through the position of the lamination restriction member 196.

  A game which is guided downstream from the upstream passage areas 191a and 191b in the area downstream of the position where the stacking control member 196 is provided and which constitutes the most downstream part of the upstream passage areas 191a and 191b. A straightening cover 197 is provided for regulating the balls in a row in each standby path, ie, completely regulating the stacking of gaming balls upward. The detailed contents of the rectifying cover 197 will be described later.

  The gaming balls having passed through the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b flow into the intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b formed in the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183. The intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15. 14 (a) is a front view of the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183, FIG. 14 (b) is a side view of the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183, and FIG. 15 is an exploded perspective view of the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183. is there.

  Similar to the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b, the intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b are arranged in parallel. Specifically, a first intermediate passage region 201a which constitutes the first standby passage and is continuous on the downstream side with respect to the first upstream passage region 191a, and constitutes the second standby passage, and the second upstream passage A second intermediate passage region 201 b continuous downstream of the region 191 b is formed in the housing 202 of the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183. As shown in FIG. 15, the first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b have front and rear housing members 203 and 204 integrally formed by raising the passage walls toward the mutually opposing side. However, the intermediate plate portion 205 is formed by being stacked and screwed so as to sandwich the intermediate plate portion 205 in the back and forth direction. Further, the inlet portions of the first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b are formed laterally at the upper end portion of the housing in which the front side housing member 203 and the back side housing member 204 are combined, and further back and forth It is installed side by side.

  The area of the passage cross section is set such that the first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b are guided to the downstream side with the gaming balls arranged in a line. Further, as shown in FIG. 14A, the first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b are juxtaposed back and forth in the same way as the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b up to the middle position in the passage direction. It is done. A plurality of bends are formed in portions arranged in parallel in the front and back in each of the middle passage areas 201a and 201b, and the middle passage areas 201a and 201b are formed by the contact between the passage walls constituting the bends and the game balls. Decompression of the game ball waiting inside is being performed.

  In the intermediate passage areas 201a and 201b, a discharge passage 206 for discharging the game balls in each standby passage to the island facility side is branched and formed in a portion juxtaposed back and forth, and the discharge passage 206 is further formed. A switching member 207 is provided to prevent or allow the game ball to flow into the housing. As shown in FIG. 15, the switching member 207 is formed to be able to switch the state of both the intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b collectively, and the position of the switching member 207 is from the front side housing member 203 to the back of the pachinko machine 10. The ball release lever 208 formed to be protruded is switched by manual operation.

  The positions at which the switching member 207 and the ball pulling lever 208 are provided are portions of the intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b juxtaposed back and forth, so the pivoting shafts 207a and 208a are set in the front-rear direction. The manual operation portion 208b formed by projecting radially from the pivoting shaft 208a of the ball extraction lever 208 extends from a portion of the pivoting shaft 208a which projects to the rear of the pachinko machine 10 from the front side housing member 203, It is easy to operate the manual operation unit 208 b from the back of the pachinko machine 10. When the manual operation unit 208b is operated to discharge the gaming ball through the discharge passage 206, the pressing of the switching member 207 by the pressing portion 208c of the ball pulling lever 208 is released, and the switching member 207 is at the discharge blocking position. Is switched to the discharge allowance position.

  The no-ball sensor 209 is provided on the upstream side of the switching member 207, which is a portion of the intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b arranged in parallel. As shown in FIG. 15, the no-ball sensor 209 is a passing portion 209a, 209b which vertically penetrates the first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b on one end side of the main body portion 209c. Is formed, and it is individually detected whether or not each standby passage is in a ballless state.

  Passing portions 209a and 209b are juxtaposed back and forth corresponding to the portions juxtaposed back and forth in the intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b, and regions of the main body portion 209c where a sensor substrate (not shown) is provided are those passing portions It is juxtaposed in the lateral direction with respect to 209a and 209b, specifically, in the direction of the rotation base end side of the gaming machine body 12. And the connector 209d to which the electrical wiring for transmitting a detection result towards the delivery control apparatus 116 side is connected is provided in the edge part on the opposite side to each passage part 209a, 209b. As described above, by providing the non-spherical sensor 209, the direction in which the size is relatively large in the main body portion 209c becomes the horizontal direction, and it is possible to suppress the dimension in the front-rear direction.

  Incidentally, since the non-ball sensor 209 is accommodated in the space sandwiched by the front side housing member 203 and the back side housing member 204, for example, when the ball is clogged in the intermediate passage area 201a, 201b Even if the sensor 209 is forcibly pulled to eliminate the clogging of the ball, the pulling action can not be performed.

  As shown in FIG. 14A, the first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b do not line up in the front-rear direction from the midway position. Specifically, although the first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b both have a U-shaped bent portion 201c, the first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b are downstream of the first intermediate passage region 201a. The middle passage region 201 b is in the center of the pachinko machine 10 in the lateral direction. That is, in the second intermediate passage region 201b, an extension region 201d for increasing the passage length with respect to the first intermediate passage region 201a is formed. In this case, the first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b are separated in the lateral direction by the dimension in the width direction of the passage (a width slightly larger than one gaming ball (the diameter of the gaming ball)) It is done.

  In portions where the intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b are separated in the lateral direction, the first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b are in the state of being separated in the front-rear direction and in the lateral direction. The most downstream portions of the intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b are arranged in parallel in the lateral direction. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14 (b), the first intermediate passage region 201 a located relatively behind the pachinko machine 10 is the most downstream part through the inclined portion 211 a that descends toward the pachinko machine 10 forward Is displaced forward, and the second intermediate passage area 201b located relatively in front of the pachinko machine 10 is displaced most downstream in the backward direction through the inclined portion 211b which goes down toward the rear of the pachinko machine 10 doing. In this case, the passage length of the region where the sloped portion 211a on the side of the first intermediate passage region 201a has a gentler slope than the sloped portion 211b on the side of the second intermediate passage region 201b is formed longer There is. In addition, the weight load of the gaming ball is reduced for each of the first standby passage and the second standby passage by each of the inclined portions 211a and 211b.

  By forming the intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b as described above, the first standby passage and the second standby passage are paralleled from the parallelly arranged state in the front-rear direction to the horizontally arranged state. The setting direction will be changed (transition will be made). The gaming balls having passed through the most downstream portions of the intermediate passage areas 201a and 201b arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction flow into the downstream passage areas 224a and 224b formed in the payout device 184. The configuration of the dispensing device 184 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 16 in addition to FIG. FIG. 16 (a) is a cross-sectional view of the portion where the downstream passage regions 224a and 224b are formed in the dispensing device 184, and FIG. 16 (b) is a position shown by the line AA in FIG. 16 (a). It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the delivery apparatus 184 which cut | disconnected.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the dispensing device 184 includes a dispensing housing 221 in which a plurality of dispensing cases 221 a to 221 c are combined. As shown in FIG. 16A, the payout housing 221 is provided with a passage forming portion 222 in which a passage for guiding gaming balls supplied from the intermediate passage regions 201a and 201b to the downstream vertical passage unit 185 is formed. And a drive accommodating portion 223 for accommodating a main body portion of driving means for driving the ball stopping means for blocking or permitting passage of the game ball in the passage forming portion 222, and the passage forming portion 222 and The drive accommodating portions 223 are arranged in parallel in the lateral direction.

  In detail, as shown in FIGS. 16 (a) and 16 (b), the passage forming portion 222 constitutes a first standby passage and the first intermediate passage region 201a. A first downstream passage region 224a continuous to the downstream side, and a second downstream passage region 224b continuous to the downstream side with respect to the second intermediate passage region 201b, which constitutes the second standby passage, are separated by the partition 225 It is installed side by side in a sandwiching manner. That is, the first downstream passage area 224a and the second downstream passage area 224b have their inlets opened upward at the upper surface of the dispensing housing 221, and the inlets thereof are, as shown in FIG. 16 (a), The first intermediate passage region 201a and the second intermediate passage region 201b are arranged in parallel in the lateral direction corresponding to the lateral arrangement in the most downstream part. In this case, the area of the inlet portion of each downstream passage region 224a, 224b is substantially the same as the area of the outlet portion of the corresponding intermediate passage region 201a, 201b, and overlaps in the vertical direction, specifically, the vertical direction. There is.

  The first downstream passage area 224a and the second downstream passage area 224b extend in the longitudinal direction, specifically the vertical direction, from the entrance portion, as shown in FIG. 16B, and both align the gaming balls in a row The area of the passage cross section is set so as to guide to the downstream side in the closed state. The first downstream passage region 224 a and the second downstream passage region 224 b are in communication with a collecting region 226 formed in a longitudinally intermediate portion of the passage forming portion 222.

  The collective area 226 is set such that its lateral dimension includes all of the range in which the first downstream passage area 224 a is extended in the vertical direction and the range in which the second downstream passage area 224 b is extended in the vertical direction. Furthermore, the dimension in the front-rear direction is set larger than the dimension in the front-rear direction of each of the downstream passage regions 224a and 224b. In the collecting area 226, a rotating body 231 constituting a ball stopper is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 16A, the rotating body 231 extends in the lateral direction and is disposed around substantially the entire lateral direction of the assembly region 226, and from the rotational shaft 232 in the radial direction And a pair of ball stoppers 233 and 234 integrally formed to extend. The pair of ball stoppers 233 and 234 are arranged side by side at predetermined intervals. One ball stopper 233 is disposed on the front end side of the first downstream passage area 224a in the vertical direction, and the game ball stands by in a line in the first standby passage including the first downstream passage area 224a. It is formed to be able to prevent the outflow of gaming balls to the downstream side by receiving the weight of from below. The other ball stop portion 234 is disposed on the front end side of the second downstream passage area 224b in the vertical direction, and stands by in a line in the second standby passage including the second downstream passage area 224b. The weight of the gaming ball is received from below, and the outflow of the gaming ball to the downstream side can be prevented.

  An output shaft 235a of a payout motor 235, which is an electric actuator provided as a drive means for driving the ball stopper, is formed on the rotary shaft 232, in which the pair of ball stoppers 233 and 234 are integrally formed. It is interpolated and fixed so as to be arranged on the same axis as H.232. As a result, when the drive signal is supplied to the main body portion 235b of the payout motor 235 and the output shaft 235a rotates around the axis, the pair of ball stoppers 233, 234 rotate around the axis.

  The main body portion 235b of the dispensing motor 235 is parallel to the passage forming portion 222 in which the first downstream passage region 224a and the second downstream passage region 224b are formed in the same direction as the direction in which the downstream passage regions 224a and 224b are arranged. It is accommodated in the drive accommodating part 223 provided. Specifically, the drive accommodating portion 223 is disposed on the rotation base end side of the gaming machine main body 12 with respect to the passage forming portion 222, and the main body portion 235b is accommodated in the drive accommodating portion 223.

  Here, the payout motor 235 needs to generate a driving force to simultaneously rotate the pair of ball stoppers 233 and 234 in a state in which the weight load of the game ball is received from each of the plurality of standby passages. The main portion 235b of the motor 235 is relatively large, and the axial dimension is larger than the direction orthogonal thereto. Furthermore, the main body portion 235 b needs to be juxtaposed to the passage forming portion 222 in the direction in which the first downstream passage region 224 a and the second downstream passage region 224 b are juxtaposed. Then, the size of the dispensing device 184 in the side-by-side arrangement direction becomes larger than the dimension in the direction perpendicular to the side-by-side arrangement direction and the height direction. On the other hand, by changing the juxtaposing direction of these standby passages from the front-rear direction to the lateral direction in the middle position of the first standby passage and the second standby passage, the first downstream passage region 224a and the second The downstream passage region 224 b is arranged in parallel in the lateral direction, and the drive accommodating portion 223 is arranged in parallel in the lateral direction with respect to the passage forming portion 222. As a result, the payout device 184 can be disposed while suppressing the protrusion of the payout device 184 from the rear on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 16 (b), the game balls guided to the downstream side by the ball stoppers 233 and 234 are located downstream of the gathering area 226 in the passage forming part 222 of the payout device 184, as shown in FIG. A dispensing passage 236 is formed to lead to a passage formed in unit 185. The area of the passage cross section is set so that the payout passage 236 can not simultaneously pass the plurality of gaming balls in the front-rear direction and the lateral direction.

  Further, two payout balls are not introduced into the payout passage 236 at the same time. That is, each of the ball stoppers 233 and 234 is provided with a predetermined number, specifically two concave portions 233a, 233b, 234a and 234b so as to be recessed from the outer peripheral portion to the shaft side, and the concave portions 233a , 233b, 234a, 234b are guided to the payout passage 236 with the rotation of the game ball. In this case, the positions of the recesses 233a and 233b formed in one ball stopper 233 in the rotational direction and the positions of the recesses 234a and 234b formed in the other ball stopper 234 are different. It is done. Specifically, in each ball stopper 233, 234, the pair of recesses 233a, 233b, 234a, 234b are formed at an interval of 180 degrees, and between each ball stopper 233, 234, each recess 233a, 233b, 234a and 234b are formed to exist at an interval of 90 degrees. Thereby, one game ball is led out to the payout passage 236 as the rotary body 231 rotates.

  In the payout path 236, there is a detection area 237a of the payout detection sensor 237 for detecting the gaming balls passing through the payout path 236 one by one. The detection area 237a is provided at one end of the box-like main body 237b of the delivery detection sensor 237, and a connector 237c is provided at the other end of the main body 237b as shown in FIG. 16 (a). ing. The side of the main body portion 237 b on which the connector 237 c is provided is in the drive accommodating portion 223 and accommodated in the drive accommodating portion 223.

  Incidentally, in the drive accommodating portion 223, a relay substrate 239 constituting a signal path for transmitting the detection result of the payout detection sensor 237 to the payout control device 116 is accommodated. The relay board 239 also constitutes a signal path for transmitting a drive signal to the payout motor 235 from the payout control device 116.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 13, the payout case 221c constituting the drive accommodating portion 223 rotates the gaming machine main body 12 with respect to the payout case 221b constituting the passage forming portion 222 via the insertion hole 221d. Screwed from the proximal side. In addition, this screwing is performed by a one-way screw 221e that enables separation of a portion where a screw hole is formed after screwing and makes it impossible to perform a fixing and releasing operation by a tool used at the time of screwing. That is, the opening in the drive accommodating portion 223 can not be opened or is difficult to open.

  The gaming ball detected by the payout detection sensor 237 is introduced into the guiding passage 238 of the downstream vertical passage unit 185 formed such that the inlet portion is opened upward and in communication with the dispensing passage 236. Ru. Then, by passing through the guide passage 238, it is finally discharged to the upper tray 83 or the lower tray 84.

  Next, the configuration regarding the installation of the dispensing device 184 will be described with reference to FIG.

  Among the components 181 to 185 of the dispensing unit 113, as shown in FIG. 13, the tank 181, the horizontal passage unit 182, the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183, and the downstream longitudinal passage unit 185 are separate from the back pack 101. However, the dispensers 184 are not individually fixed to the back pack 101, but are fixed to the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183.

  Specifically, the back side housing member 204 of the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183 is extended downward from the front side housing member 203 to form an extension plate portion 241. The extension plate portion 241 is a back plate portion 242 continuous from the surface facing the front of the pachinko machine 10 in the rear side housing member 204, and a side plate portion 243 continuous from the surface facing the center side of the pachinko machine 10 in the rear side housing member 204 A bottom plate portion 244 continuous with the lower end of the back plate portion 242 and the side plate portion 243 and having a surface facing upward is integrally formed. A payout device which is opened toward the rear of the pachinko machine 10 by the extension plate portion 241 and opened toward the rotation base end side of the back pack unit 15, that is, the rotation base end side of the gaming machine main body 12 An installation area 245 of 184 is formed.

  The front housing member 203 is a surface facing the rear of the pachinko machine 10, and is configured to be erected toward the rear of the pachinko machine 10 at a position adjacent to the installation area 245 at the upper side, constituting a part of the dispensing fixing means The fixing boss 246 is integrally formed. In the fixing boss 246, a screw hole 246a whose axial direction is horizontal and which is open toward the rotation base end side of the gaming machine main body 12 is formed. A fixing flange 247 which constitutes a part of the dispensing fixing means is integrally formed on the dispensing housing 221 of the dispensing device 184 so as to correspond to the fixing boss 246 and to rise upward from the upper surface thereof. Through holes 247 a are formed in the fixing flange 247 so that the axial direction is in the lateral direction.

  The fixing flange 247 is in contact with the fixing boss 246 from the rotation base end side. Further, the screw holes 246a of the fixing boss 246 and the through holes 247a of the fixing flange 247 are arranged on the same axis. In this state, a screw 248 as a fixing tool constituting a part of the above-mentioned dispensing fixing means is screwed from the rotation base end side, whereby the dispensing device 184 is fixed to the installation area 245.

  Next, installation and removal of the dispensing device 184 will be described.

  When installing the payout device 184, the pachinko machine 10 is opened to the rear of the installation area 245 from the position facing the installation area 245 in a state where the gaming machine main body 12 is rotated relative to the outer frame 11. The dispensing device 184 is disposed in the installation area 245 via the rear opening. In this case, since the back plate portion 242, the side plate portion 243, and the bottom plate portion 244 are formed in the extension plate portion 241 as described above, the hand from the payout device 184 is disposed in the installation area 245 Even when released, the state in which the dispensing device 184 is disposed in the installation area 245 is maintained.

  In this case, the back plate portion 242 and the side plate portion 243 function as a positioning portion of the dispensing device 184, and a predetermined surface of the dispensing housing 221 is brought into contact with the back plate portion 242 and the side plate portion 243, respectively. The fixing flange 247 abuts from the rotation base end side, and the screw hole 246a of the fixing boss 246 and the through hole 247a of the fixing flange 247 are arranged on the same axis. In this state, the dispensing device 184 is fixed to the installation area 245 by screwing the screw 248 from the rotation base end side to the screw hole 246a through the through hole 247a, and the installation work of the dispensing device 184 Is complete.

  As described above, when installing the dispensing device 184, the back plate portion 242, the side plate portion 243, and the bottom plate portion 244 function as a temporary holding portion, so when securing the dispensing device 184, the screw 248 is fixed from the rotation base end side. Even if it is necessary to perform the operation, it is possible to improve the workability of the installation work. Further, since the back plate portion 242, the side plate portion 243, and the bottom plate portion 244 also function as a positioning portion, it is also necessary to perform the fixing operation of the screw 248 from the rotation base end side when fixing the dispensing device 184. Even if there is, it becomes possible to improve the workability of the installation work. Furthermore, the installation area 245 is opened toward the rear of the pachinko machine 10, and it is possible to install the dispensing device 184 in the installation area 245 from the opened portion. From this point as well, even if it is necessary to perform the fixing operation of the screw 248 from the rotation base end side when fixing the dispensing device 184, it is possible to improve the workability of the installation work.

  On the other hand, when it is necessary to remove the payout device 184 as in maintenance, the gaming machine main body 12 is first rotated relative to the outer frame 11. Under the present circumstances, since the payout device 184 is provided on the rotation base end side of the gaming machine main body 12 and the head of the screw 248 for fixing the payout device 184 faces the rotation base end side, In order to allow access to the head of the H.248, it is necessary to rotate the gaming machine main body 12 to a large extent.

  Thereafter, a tool for releasing the fixation of the screw 248 is brought close to the screw 248 from the rotation proximal side, and the fixation releasing operation of the screw 248 is performed. Thus, the dispensing device 184 can be removed from the installation area 245. In this case, since the back plate portion 242, the side plate portion 243, and the bottom plate portion 244 of the extension plate portion 241 function as a temporary holding portion as described above, it is not necessary to hold the dispensing device 184 by hand. Then, by pulling out the dispensing device 184 from a position facing the dispensing device 184 from the front side of the back pack unit 15, the removal operation of the dispensing device 184 is completed.

  As described above, when removing the dispensing device 184, since it is necessary to perform the fixing release operation from the rotation base end side, even if it is attempted to remove the dispensing device 184 illegally, the action becomes difficult. In particular, in the configuration in which the dispensing device 184 is provided on the rotation proximal end side, it is necessary to perform the fixing release operation from the rotation proximal end side, so that even if the dispensing device 184 is attempted to remove illegally Since it is necessary to rotate the gaming machine main body 12 largely with respect to the frame 11, it becomes easy for the manager of the gaming hall to find it in the middle of the fraud.

  By the way, as compared with the configuration in which the dispensing device 184 and the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183 are individually fixed to the back pack 101, the dispensing device 184 is installed in the upstream longitudinal passage unit 183, so that the alignment accuracy is improved. The improvement is achieved.

  Next, the rectifying cover 197 provided on the lateral passage unit 182 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 17 is a longitudinal sectional view of the payout unit 113 showing a state in which the gaming ball is on standby in the standby path of the payout unit 113. As shown in FIG. In addition, while showing the structure in the 1st waiting path among the 1st waiting path and the 2nd waiting path in Drawing 17, for convenience of explanation, the cut surface of payout device 184 is horizontal passage unit 182 and the upstream side vertical passage. It is a cut surface in the direction orthogonal to the cut surface of the unit 183.

  In the situation where the rotation of the rotating body 231 provided in the payout device 184 is stopped, the game ball row starting from the game ball in contact with the first ball stopper 233 from above is the first downstream passage area The first standby passage 251 is formed of the first intermediate passage region 201a and the first upstream passage region 191a. The gaming ball strings are aligned in a first upstream passage area 191 a continuing from the tank 181. That is, as described above, the layer restriction member 196 rotatably supported relative to the lateral passage unit 182 is provided for the first upstream passage region 191a, and the layer restriction member 196 is also provided. A rectifying cover 197 is provided on the downstream side of.

  In the stacking regulating member 196, the gaming balls are rectified so that, for example, three or more gaming balls are stacked on the upstream side of the stacking regulating member 196, the number of the stacked balls is two at maximum. Specifically, in the natural state where the stacking regulating member 196 is pivotally supported at the upper end portion and no external force is applied, the regulating portion 196a having a circular vertical cross section and a circumferential surface on a curved surface is a pivot shaft It is arranged at a position directly below 196b. In this case, the distance between the restricting portion 196a and the bottom surface 252 of the first upstream passage area 191a is a distance smaller than that for two game balls and is greater than that for one game ball (the diameter of the game balls). It is slightly larger. Thereby, even if three or more game balls are stacked on the game ball row in the first standby passage 251 on the upstream side of the stacking restricting member 196, the number of stacked balls is limited by the control force by the weight of the control portion 196a. Is up to two. In addition, the restricting portion 196a abuts on the second stage gaming ball from the downstream side, and imparts a force directed upstream and downward to the gaming ball. However, this force is such that the second stage gaming ball is not intrusive enough to release the contact of the gaming balls continued in the passage direction in the first stage gaming ball row. As a result, the second stage gaming ball is disposed at a position where it is in contact with both successive two gaming balls in the first stage from diagonally above.

  The second upstream passage region 191b has the same passage shape as the first upstream passage region 191a, and the stacking regulating member 196 has both the first upstream passage region 191a and the second upstream passage region 191b. Are formed over the The action of the stacking control member 196 described as occurring in the gaming ball train in the first upstream passage area 191a also occurs in the gaming ball train in the second upstream passage area 191b.

  Specifically, the rectifying cover 197 is transparent and colorless so as to have visibility sufficient to allow the gaming ball continuing from the most downstream part of the first upstream passage area 191a to be visible from above the rectifying cover 197. It is formed by synthetic resins, such as a polycarbonate, so that. The rectifying cover 197 is present halfway along the first upstream passage region 191a, more specifically, downstream of the position where the stacking regulating member 196 is provided, from the downstream side to the communication point with the first intermediate passage region 201a. Provided in

  The bottom surface 253 of the straightening cover 197 is formed as a ceiling slope which is a downward slope having a greater inclination than the bottom surface 252 of the first upstream passage region 191a from the most upstream portion of the straightening cover 197 to the midway position in the passage direction. And an inclined surface 253a. Further, a bottom surface 253 of the rectifying cover 197 is a continuous surface 253b formed so as to be continuous on the downstream side with respect to the inclined surface 253a and parallel or substantially parallel to the bottom surface 252 of the first upstream passage region 191a. And have.

  The distance between the continuous surface 253 b and the bottom surface 252 of the first upstream passage area 191 a is slightly larger than that for one game ball. On the other hand, the distance between the inclined surface 253a and the bottom surface 252 of the first upstream passage area 191a is a distance that allows stacking up to two gaming balls at the uppermost stream of the rectifying cover 197, specifically, The same as or slightly larger than two game balls. The inclined surface 253a is inclined toward the continuous surface 253b so as to continuously decrease the distance between the inclined surface 253a and the bottom surface 252 of the first upstream passage region 191a. The most downstream part of the surface 253a is continuous with the continuous surface 253b.

  By forming the rectifying cover 197 as described above, even if two gaming balls are stacked on the downstream side of the stacking regulating member 196, the gaming ball row formed in the first standby passage 251 can be formed. The game ball located on the upper side comes in contact with the inclined surface 253 a of the rectifying cover 197 from the upstream side as the game ball row moves to the downstream side. Thus, the height position of the upper gaming ball is gradually displaced toward the bottom surface side of the first upstream passage area 191a, and finally the upper gaming ball is on the bottom surface 252 of the first upstream passage area 191a. It will be on the Therefore, the gaming ball row formed in the first standby passage 251 is aligned in a line on the downstream side of the inclined surface 253 a of the rectifying cover 197.

  The straightening cover 197 is formed over both the first upstream passage region 191a and the second upstream passage region 191b, and the straightening cover 197 is formed of the inclined surface 253a and the continuous surface 253b with respect to the bottom surface 252 of the first upstream passage region 191a. The positional relationship is the same as the positional relationship between the inclined surface 253 a and the continuous surface 253 b with respect to the bottom surface of the second upstream passage region 191 b. As a result, the action of the rectifying cover 197 described as occurring in the gaming ball train in the first upstream passage area 191a also occurs in the gaming ball train in the second upstream passage area 191b.

  Next, a configuration for preventing ball clogging in the rectifying cover 197 will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 (a) and 18 (b) in addition to FIG.

  In FIG. 18A, the first game ball B1 (see FIG. 17) in the game ball row in the first waiting path 251 is at the lowermost position (hereinafter referred to as the first) when the rotating body 231 is stopped. State of In this case, the passage length on the downstream side of the uppermost stream portion of the inclined surface 253a in the first standby passage 251 and the inclination of the inclined surface 253a are continuous in the passage direction on the bottom surface 252 of the first upstream passage region 191a. It is set so that the game ball B2 which is the second stage stacked on the game ball row arranged in a row and is located at the forefront is not in contact with the inclined surface 253a from the upstream side.

  Incidentally, in the first upstream passage region 191a, the first intermediate passage region 201a and the first downstream passage region 224a, the positions of the respective game balls of the game ball row basically arranged in one row in the first state are the same. It is formed to be substantially at the same position. However, although a slight positional deviation may occur, even if the positional deviation is taken into consideration, in the first state, the gaming ball B2, which is the second-tier gaming ball and is positioned at the top, is the inclined surface 253a. The passage length and the inclination of the inclined surface 253a are set so as not to contact from the upstream side. In addition, as already described, the second row of gaming balls is disposed at a position obliquely from above with respect to both of two consecutive gaming balls in the first row by the action of the stacking regulating member 196. If the positions of the game balls constituting the first row of game ball rows are determined as described above, the positions of the second row of game balls are also determined.

  On the other hand, FIG. 18 (b) shows a state in which the top game ball B1 in the game ball row in the first standby passage 251 is positioned at the uppermost position under the condition that the rotating body 231 is stopped (hereinafter referred to as the second state). ). In the second state, as shown in FIG. 17, the position of the leading game ball B1 is shorter than that of the first state by one game ball, specifically, the radius of the game ball Minutes, the upper position. Then, as shown in FIG. 18B, the distance between the inclined surface 253a and the gaming ball B2 positioned at the top of the second stage is wider than in the first state.

  However, even if the distance between the two is thus increased, the distance between the inclined surface 253a and the gaming ball B2 located at the top of the second stage and the top is between the two. It is set to a distance that makes it impossible to enter the game ball. Therefore, in the second state, the state is as shown in FIG.

  Here, when the rotary body 231 is in a state to execute payout of the gaming ball, rotation (forward rotation) in a predetermined direction is started, and a predetermined number of gaming balls are paid out. It is stopped based on the detection by the payout detection sensor 237. In this case, when the rotating body 231 is to be stopped, the payout control device 116 causes the gaming ball B2 located at the top of the second stage to be at a rotational position not in contact with the inclined surface 253a. Stop control is performed. The rotational position at the time of stopping is determined through experiments or the like at the design stage of the pachinko machine 10. Then, in the configuration in which the payout motor 235 is a stepping motor and the payout control device 116 controls the rotational position of the output shaft 235a, that is, the rotational position of the rotary body 231 by the number of steps, it is a predetermined rotational position. The payout control device 116 controls the number of steps so that the rotating body 231 is stopped in a range in which the payout of the game balls exceeding the number to be paid out is not executed.

  Incidentally, every time the rotating body 231 makes one revolution, it may be made to be able to be grasped by the payout control device 116, and the number of steps when stopping in relation to the reference rotational position may be determined. In this case, it is preferable to provide the payout device 184 with a detection means for specifying in the payout control device 116 that the rotational position of the rotating body 231 is at the reference rotational position. For example, one of the photo sensor and the cut plate And the other may be provided on the side of the dispensing housing 221 that does not rotate integrally with the rotating body 231. Further, the predetermined rotational position may be defined as the position to be the first state or the position to be the second state, and the first state from the position to be the second state It may be defined as a position up to the position where

  Next, the movement of the game ball B2 at the second stage when rotation of the rotary body 231 is started will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 (a) to 19 (c). FIGS. 19 (a) to 19 (c) are explanatory diagrams for explaining the movement of the game ball B2 at the second stage, and the game is performed in the order of FIG. 19 (a) → FIG. 19 (b) → FIG. 19 (c) The state of the ball row will transition.

  When the rotation of the rotating body 231 is started in the first state, the movement of the row of gaming balls from the state shown in FIG. 19A to the downstream side is started. When the rotation of the rotating body 231 is started in the second state, the state shown in FIG. 19A is obtained in the process of moving the gaming ball row toward the downstream side.

  The movement toward the downstream side of the gaming ball train from the state of FIG. 19 (a) is continued, and as shown in FIG. 19 (b), the gaming ball B2, which is the second stage and the foremost, is the inclined plane It contacts from 253a to the lower side with respect to 253a. Under the present circumstances, provision of the downward pressure from the inclined surface 253a with respect to the said game ball B2 will be started.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 19 (c), the game ball B2 which is arranged at the top of the second stage and is at the top is a continuous game in which the game ball B2 was initially in contact in the first stage game ball row. Of the balls B3 and B4, the ball enters between the game ball B3 on the front side and the game ball B4 on the rear side. As a result, one row of gaming ball rows is formed without causing ball clogging in the rectifying cover 197.

  For example, in a state where the rotating body 231 is stopped, the game ball B2 in contact with both the continuous game balls B3 and B4 in the state of being in contact with the first row of game ball rows from above with respect to the inclined surface 253a. Assuming that the rotating body 231 is started, if the rotating body 231 starts, the second-stage gaming ball B2 is between the rear-side gaming ball B4 and the inclined surface 253a in the first stage. There is a concern that the ball will be clogged up. On the other hand, as in the case of the pachinko machine 10, in a situation where the rotating body 231 is stopped, the second stage gaming ball B2 is not in contact with the inclined surface 253a. The frictional force when the gaming ball comes in contact with the inclined surface 253a is the dynamic frictional force, and the frictional force is smaller than the static frictional force in the above example. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 19 (a) to 19 (c), ball clogging is less likely to occur.

  In order to more positively suppress the occurrence of the ball clogging, a structure for low friction is employed, such as forming the straightening cover 197 with a low friction material or applying a coating for reducing friction to the inclined surface 253a. It is good to give. Even in this case, the relationship between the second stage gaming ball B2 and the inclined surface 253a in the state where the rotating body 231 is stopped should be set as shown in FIGS. 18 (a) and 18 (b). Thus, in the configuration provided with the low friction structure, it is possible to more reliably suppress the occurrence of ball clogging.

  Here, the effect of suppressing the occurrence of the ball clogging described above is exerted not only on the first standby passage 251 but also on the second standby passage. In this case, the first standby passage 251 and the second standby passage are arranged in parallel on the upstream side in the front and back direction, but are arranged in the lateral direction on the downstream side. For this reason, although both passage shapes are different, the passage length of the second standby passage is the same as that of the second standby passage when the passage in the first standby passage 251 is in the first state. When the state of the passage in the first standby passage 251 is the second state, the passage in the second standby passage is set to the first state. That is, also in the second standby passage, the second stage gaming ball is not in contact with the inclined surface 253 a of the rectifying cover 197 when the rotating body 231 is stopped. The setting of the passage length of the second standby passage is performed using the extension region 201d of the second intermediate passage region 201b.

<Front door frame 14>
Next, the configuration of the front door frame 14 will be described in detail.

<Upper unit 261>
First, the configuration of the upper tray unit 261 will be described in detail. FIG. 20 is an exploded perspective view of the upper tray unit 261 as viewed from diagonally above, and FIG. 21 is an exploded perspective view of the upper tray unit 261 as viewed from diagonally below.

  As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the upper tray unit 261 includes a pair of front and rear plate forming members 262 and 263 for defining the upper tray 83, and these tray forming members 262 and 263 are pachinko machines. And a plurality of covers 281, 282, 291 provided to cover the front side. Of the plate forming members 262 and 263, the rear side plate forming member 262 provided on the rear side is formed in a substantially plate shape as shown in FIG. 20, and defines the back wall portion 264 of the upper plate 83. There is. Further, in the rear side plate forming member 262, an introduction port 265 for introducing the gaming balls paid out from the payout device 184 described above onto the upper plate 83 and the gaming balls stored in the upper plate 83 are played A lead-out port 266 for leading to the ball firing mechanism 41 side is formed so as to penetrate the back wall part 264 in the front-rear direction. Incidentally, the introduction port 265 is provided on the rotating base end side of the gaming machine main body 12, and the outlet port 266 is provided on the rotating tip end side of the gaming machine main body 12 than the central position in the lateral direction.

  The front plate forming member 263 provided on the front side of the plate forming members 262 and 263 defines a bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83 and a front wall portion 272 of the upper plate 83. Then, by assembling the front side plate forming member 263 and the rear side plate forming member 262 back and forth, an upper plate 83 in which the bottom surface 271 is opened upward is formed.

  The plurality of covers 281, 282, 291 are provided so as to cover the surfaces of the plate forming members 262, 263 other than the surface defining the inner surface of the upper plate 83 from the front of the pachinko machine 10. Of the covers 281, 282, 291, the lateral cover 281 has a longitudinal region 281a extending from the upper plate 83 side to the lower plate 84 side, and the lower end portion of the longitudinal region 281a is shown in FIG. In the lower end portion of the front door frame 14. Further, as shown in FIG. 20, the side cover 281 has a laterally extending area 281b extending in the lateral direction from the upper end of the vertical area 281a, and the laterally extending area 281b is a front side dish forming member 263. It is formed along a portion of the front wall portion 272 of the.

  The upper cover unit 282 is provided to overlap from the front with respect to the laterally extending area 281b and to be along the area where the laterally extending area 281b is not juxtaposed in the front wall portion 272 of the front side plate forming member 263. It is done. The upper cover unit 282 has an operation surface 283a that is directed upward at a position forward of the pachinko machine 10 with respect to the upper plate 83, more specifically, gently inclined downward toward the front of the pachinko machine 10 An operation surface member 283 is provided.

  In the situation where effects for the game round and effects for the open / close execution mode are being performed on the operation surface member 283 by the symbol display device 62, selection and effect of the effect of the advance destination along with the manual operation by the player A game control device 284 is provided to enable change of the game. The gaming operation device 284 is provided such that a plurality of push button type operation units 284a to 284c exist in the operation surface 283a. A stick-type operation unit or a shaft-rotation-type operation unit may be used as the operation unit.

  The configuration relating to the support of the game operation device 284 by the operation surface member 283 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 22 (a) and 22 (b) are exploded perspective views of the upper cover unit 282 showing a state in which the game operation device 284 is disassembled from the operation surface member 283. FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 22A and 22B, a device housing portion 285 is integrally formed on the operation surface member 283 so as to be opened upward on the operation surface 283a. The game operation device 284 is housed in the device housing portion 285 so as to cover the opening 286 formed in the operation surface 283 a from above, and a part of the game operation device 284 is in the peripheral portion of the opening 286. The removal is regulated by being locked from the insertion place.

  The device housing portion 285 has a housing wall portion 287 which is formed by being erected downward from the base portion forming the operation surface 283a, and the housing wall portion 287 houses the housing 284d of the game operation device 284. Space is defined. The housing wall 287 is formed to face substantially the entire surface of the housing 284 d of the gaming operation device 284 facing the rear of the pachinko machine 10. Thus, even if the fraudulent jig is inserted into the device housing portion 285 from between the peripheral portion of the opening 286 and the gaming operation device 284, the fraudulent jig is intruding into the game board 23 side. It is possible to suppress the The housing wall portion 287 is formed to face substantially the entire right and left surfaces of the housing 284 d of the game operation device 284, and the facing portion is the rear side of the pachinko machine 10 with respect to the housing 284 d. It is continuous with the opposite part at. Furthermore, the bottom part continuous with them is also formed. As a result, it is possible to suppress an action of bypassing the gaming operation device 284 and intruding the fraudulent jig.

  The housing wall 287 may be formed to face substantially the entire side surface of the housing 284 d. However, even with this configuration, it is necessary to form an opening in the housing wall 287 for drawing out the electric wiring extending from the game operation device 284 toward the sound emission control device 93.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 20, the operation surface member 283 is provided with a discharge operation device 288 for discharging the game balls stored in the upper plate 83 to the lower plate 84 in addition to the game operation device 284 There is. A communication passage member 289 for connecting the outlet 266 to the lower tray 84 is provided for the outlet 266 of the upper tray 83, and the outlet is normally operated by the discharge operation device 288 being operated. The flow of gaming balls guided from 266 to the game ball firing mechanism 41 is switched to the flow of gaming balls guided from the outlet port 266 to the lower tray 84 (a configuration relating to switching is not shown). Therefore, the player can discharge the gaming balls stored in the upper plate 83 to the lower plate 84 by manually operating the discharge operation device 288.

  Below the upper cover unit 282, a lower double cover 291 is provided. The lower double cover 291 includes an inner countersink 292, and an outer countersink 293 formed along the surface of the inner counters 292, and the inner counters 292 and An outer dish cover member 293 is superimposed on the front and back. Of the inner plate cover member 292 and the outer plate cover member 293, the inner plate cover member 292 is formed to be colored and opaque, while the outer plate cover member 293 is formed to be colored and transparent. While enhancing the decorativeness, the surface of the both plate forming members 262 and 263 which should be in the non-exposed state is not visible.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the lower dual cover 291 has an opposing surface 294 that faces the bottom surface of the lower plate 84 at the top. In this case, as shown in FIG. 21, the opposite surface 294 is formed with an upper recess 295 which is recessed upward as compared to the peripheral surface. The upper concave portion 295 is formed substantially throughout the entire surface in the front-rear direction of the facing surface 294, and is opened toward the front of the pachinko machine 10 at the front edge of the lower dual cover 291. Further, the upper recess 295 has a width that allows insertion of a human hand in the upper recess 295. By forming the upper recess 295, even when the upper plate 83 is present above the lower plate 84, the operability when taking out the gaming balls from the lower plate 84 can be improved. It becomes.

  Next, the shape of the upper plate 83 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 23 and 24. FIG.

  Fig.23 (a) is a top view of the front side plate formation member 263, FIG.23 (b) is a front view of the front side plate formation member 263. As shown in FIG. 24 (a) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 23 (b), FIG. 24 (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 23 (b), and FIG. 23 (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line C-C, FIG. 24 (d) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line D-D in FIG. 23 (b), and FIG. It is E line sectional drawing.

  As shown in FIG. 23A, the front plate forming member 263 protrudes to the front of the pachinko machine 10 at the side of the inlet 265 of the upper plate 83 compared to the side of the outlet 266, and the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83 Is wider at the inlet 265 side than at the outlet 266 side. More specifically, the back wall portion 264 of the upper plate 83 is formed so that displacement in the front-rear direction does not occur over the entire lateral direction, while the front wall portion 272 of the upper plate 83 is The center side in the lateral direction is formed to project forward to the pachinko machine 10 rather than the lateral end portions. In this case, the top of the front wall portion 272 of the upper plate 83 that protrudes most forward is closer to the end on the inlet 265 side than the center in the lateral direction.

  The bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83 is inclined downward toward the rear of the pachinko machine 10 as a whole, and is inclined downward toward the outlet 266 side. Then, on the side of the outlet port 266, an alignment passage portion 273 for aligning the gaming balls in a line toward the outlet port 266 is formed. The alignment passage 273 extends in the lateral direction, and the most downstream portion is in communication with the outlet 266. Further, in the alignment passage portion 273, from the most downstream portion to a halfway position in the passage direction, the passage step portion 274 in the longitudinal direction formed in the front side plate forming member 263 and the back wall portion 264 sandwich the back and forth. It is regulated that a plurality of game balls are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the passage direction in the area. The height dimension of the passage step portion 274 is equal to or larger than the radius of the gaming ball, more specifically, about the diameter of the gaming ball.

  As described above, since the bottom surface 271 is formed, the gaming balls supplied in the upper plate 83 flow downward toward the outlet 266 by their own weight, and are aligned in a line at the alignment passage 273. . As a result, the game balls can be well directed to the game ball emission mechanism 41 while suppressing the occurrence of ball clogging and the like.

  The supply of gaming balls to the upper tray 83 occurs when the gaming balls are led out from the outlet 266 along with the payout operation of the payout device 184, but besides that, parallel arrangement of the pachinko machine 10 in the gaming hall is also possible. It also occurs when the game ball is derived from the ball lending device LD. The ball lending device LD, as shown in FIG. 1, is rotatably supported by a ball lending main body LD1 extending longitudinally along the side of the pachinko machine 10 on the open / close proximal side and the ball lending main body LD1. The game ball is drawn out from an outlet LD3 provided at the tip of the ball lead-out member LD2 toward the bottom surface 271 of the upper tray 83.

  The base end side of the ball lead-out member LD2 is supported by the ball support main body LD1 so as to allow the displacement toward and away from the front surface of the pachinko machine 10 and the displacement for changing the height position of the outlet LD3. There is. Then, when the game ball is drawn out toward the upper tray 83, the position of the outlet LD3 is a position separated upward from the bottom surface 271 at the position closer to the outlet opening 266 in the bottom surface 271 of the upper tray 83. , And the ball lead-out member LD2 is disposed. In this case, the gaming ball drawn out from the outlet LD3 falls by gravity toward the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83, but when the bottom surface 271 is reached, the gaming ball bounces off the upper plate 83. Are concerned. On the other hand, the upper tray unit 261 is provided with a configuration for absorbing an impact when the gaming ball reaches on the bottom surface 271.

  Hereinafter, the configuration for shock absorption will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 20 and 21 in addition to FIGS. 23 and 24.

  As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the upper tray unit 261 has a shock absorbing rubber plate 301 in addition to the plate forming members 262 and 263 and the covers 281, 282 and 291, and A support member 302 is provided for attaching the rubber plate 301 to the front side plate forming member 263.

  Low impact rubber is used as the impact absorbing rubber plate 301, and specifically, HANENITE (registered trademark) is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other synthetic rubber such as urethane rubber and silicone rubber may be used, and natural rubber may be used. In addition, synthetic resin other than the above or a blend of a plurality of synthetic resins may be used as long as it has a lower repulsion than the portion forming the bottom surface 271 in the front side plate forming member 263.

  As shown in FIG. 20, the support member 302 is formed in a plate shape, and on the upper surface thereof, a support surface 303 for receiving the entire one of the plate surfaces of the impact absorbing rubber plate 301 from below is formed. The impact absorbing rubber plate 301 is placed on the support surface 303 of the support member 302. In this case, the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is placed on the support surface 303 without adhesion or welding, and the fixing tool is also defective.

  The support member 302 on which the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is placed is provided on the back surface side of the bottom forming plate portion 275 which forms the bottom surface 271 in the front side plate forming member 263. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 21 and FIG. 23 (b), in the extending wall portion 276 extending downward from the bottom forming plate portion 275 in the front side plate forming member 263, the support member 302 is provided from below. As a receiving portion, a boss 277 extending forward from the wall surface of the extending wall portion 276 to the pachinko machine 10 and a receiving plate portion 278 are integrally formed. On the other hand, on the back surface of the support portion of the support member 302 on which the support surface 303 is formed, a plurality of ribs 304 that project downward and extend in the front-rear direction are integrally formed.

  The support member 302 on which the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is placed is disposed between the boss 277 and the receiving plate 278 and the bottom forming plate 275 so that the boss 277 and the receiving plate 278 can receive from below. Is inserted from the front. In this case, by locking the plurality of ribs 304 of the support member 302 with the extended wall portion 276 side including the boss 277 and the receiving plate portion 278, the lateral direction and back and forth of the support member 302 and the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 Movement of the direction is regulated. Further, the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is not adhered or welded to the back surface of the bottom forming plate portion 275, and another portion is provided between the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 and the back surface of the bottom forming plate portion 275. There is no intervening member.

  In the upper tray unit 261, the lower double cover 291 already described is present in front of the pachinko machine 10 of the support member 302 and the shock absorbing rubber plate 301, and these support member 302 and the shock absorbing rubber plate 301. Is accommodated in the space defined by the extending wall portion 276 of the front side plate forming member 263 and the lower double cover 291. That is, the support member 302 and the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 are not exposed, and can not be accessed from the front of the pachinko machine 10, and can not be accessed unless the upper tray unit 261 is disassembled. There is. As a result, the occurrence of such a disadvantage that the impact absorbing rubber plate 301 is damaged by a player or the like is suppressed.

  As shown in FIGS. 24A to 24C, the upper surface of the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is in contact with the back surface of the bottom forming plate portion 275 of the front side plate forming member 263 from below. More specifically, the upper surface of the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is in close contact with the back surface of the bottom forming plate portion 275 from below. The shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is vertically held between the bottom forming plate portion 275 and the support member 302.

  As shown in FIGS. 23A and 23B, the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 has an apex projecting most forwardly at the front wall portion 272 from the vicinity of the end on the introduction port 265 side of the upper plate 83. In the region up to the vicinity of the part, the lower surface of the upper surface 831 of the upper plate 83 is provided so as to overlap below (that is, vertically lower than) the entire surface. This range is divided into a plurality of gaming balls in both the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction.

  The gaming ball drawn out from the ball lead-out member LD2 of the ball lending device LD and dropped reaches the position near the center of the range in which the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is provided on the bottom surface 271 of the upper tray 83. In this case, the bottom forming plate portion 275 tries to bend downward at the place where the game ball reaches due to the impact, but the impact is absorbed by the impact absorbing rubber plate 301. In particular, since the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is supported from below by the support member 302 provided separately from the bottom forming plate portion 275, the shock is absorbed by the deformation of the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 in the thickness direction. Be done. As a result, the game ball is prevented from jumping greatly on the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83, and the game ball can be suppressed from falling off the upper plate 83.

  The shock absorbing rubber plate 301 has a thickness dimension sufficient to sufficiently absorb the impact of the falling of the gaming ball through the bottom forming plate portion 275. Further, the range in which the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is present in relation to the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83 is not limited to the above-mentioned one. For example, with respect to substantially the entire bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83 It is good also as a structure provided so that it may overlap in the downward direction, and it is good also as a structure which exists to the position of the most upstream part of the alignment passage part 273. In addition, if it is possible to absorb the impact of the dropped gaming ball by the impact absorbing rubber plate 301, it is essential that the upper surface of the impact absorbing rubber plate 301 be in contact with the back surface of the bottom forming plate portion 275. There is a gap between the two in the range where the bottom surface of the bottom forming plate portion 275 contacts the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 when the bottom forming plate portion 275 is slightly bent downward by receiving the game ball which has fallen. It may exist.

  Next, the configuration of the front wall portion 272 of the upper plate 83 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 23 and 24. FIG.

  The front wall portion 272 of the upper plate 83 formed on the front side plate forming member 263 has a lower peak in the foremost projecting portion than in the lateral direction, as shown in FIG. 23B. It is formed as. As described above, when the center side in the lateral direction is formed low in the front wall portion 272, the work is performed when supplying the game balls to the upper plate 83 for maintenance or when taking out the game balls from the upper plate 83 by hand, It will be easier to Incidentally, at any position in the lateral direction, the height dimension of the front wall portion 272 with respect to the portion in contact with the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83 is one game ball or more.

  In the surface of the front wall portion 272 facing the inner side of the upper plate 83, as shown in FIG. a) As shown in FIG. 24 (c), the upstream recessed part 305 dented forward of the pachinko machine 10 is formed. The upstream recess 305 is continuously formed over the above range, and the lower surface of the upstream recess 305 constitutes a part of the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83. The lower surface of the upstream concave portion 305 is inclined downward toward the rear of the pachinko machine 10 and inclined downward toward the outlet port 266.

  The height dimension H1 of the upstream recess 305 is set larger than the diameter of the gaming ball, and the gaming ball can enter into the upstream recess 305. Incidentally, although the height dimension H1 is set to be smaller than twice the diameter of the gaming ball, it may be approximately twice the diameter or may be larger than that. Further, although the height dimension H1 is constant throughout the lateral direction, the height dimension H1 may be changed along the lateral direction.

  The depth dimension of the upstream recess 305 is set smaller than the diameter of the gaming ball, and more specifically, smaller than the radius of the gaming ball. As a result, even if the gaming ball intruding into the upstream recess 305 partially protrudes from the upstream recess 305 to the back wall 264 side, even if the gaming ball is intruding into the upstream recess 305. It has become possible to easily check it visually.

  Since the upstream concave portion 305 is formed as described above, a portion of the front wall portion 272 facing the inlet 265 and a predetermined range toward the downstream side of the portion from the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83 Also, at a position higher by one or more game balls, there is a projection restricting portion 306 projecting to the inside of the upper plate 83. Thus, even if the game ball is vigorously introduced from the introduction port 265 to the upper plate 83 and the game ball vigorously collides with the front wall portion 272 due to the formation of the projection restricting portion 306, the game is performed. The ball comes in contact with the projection restricting portion 306 from below, and returns to the center side of the upper plate 83 in the front-rear direction. As a result, the occurrence of an event that the gaming ball introduced from the introduction port 265 crosses the front wall portion 272 and falls from the upper tray 83 is suppressed.

  In particular, by providing the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 in the upper tray unit 261 as already described, the visibility of the gaming balls in the upper tray 83 is enhanced with the reduction in rebound of the falling balls. The front wall portion 272 is formed lower than the conventional pachinko machine. In this case, there is a low possibility that the gaming balls derived from the ball lending device LD will fall from the upper tray 83, but the possibility that the gaming balls introduced from the introduction port 265 will fall from the upper tray 83 is increased. On the other hand, since the projection restricting portion 306 is formed, it is possible to suppress the game ball introduced from the introduction port 265 from falling off the upper plate 83.

  A plate which is inclined downward toward the rear of the pachinko machine 10, as shown in FIGS. 23 (a) and 24 (d), on the side closer to the outlet 266 than the upstream recess 305 in the front wall portion 272, that is, on the right. An inclined surface 307 is formed. The plate inclined surface 307 is formed from the position continuous with the upstream recess 305 to the position of the outlet 266, and the outlet 266 side is formed narrower. When the game balls are supplied from the upper end portion of the front wall portion 272 when the game balls are supplied to the upper plate 83 for maintenance due to the formation of the plate inclined surfaces 307, the game balls are the plate inclined surfaces 307. Is lowered by its own weight, and the occurrence of an event that the gaming ball bounces on the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83 and falls from the upper plate 83 is suppressed. As a result, even if the impact absorbing rubber plate 301 is provided only on the introduction port 265 side, it is possible to suppress the game ball from falling off the upper plate 83 when the game ball is supplied for maintenance.

  By the way, when the player supplies the game balls to the upper plate 83 for maintenance, it is considered that the game balls are supplied from the lowest position in the front wall portion 272 at the center side of the upper plate 83 in the lateral direction. . On the other hand, since the end of the plate inclined surface 307 on the side of the inlet 265 is set at the relevant position, it is possible to effectively suppress the occurrence of ball rolling during maintenance.

  In the front wall portion 272 of the surface facing the inner side of the upper plate 83, from the location facing the outlet port 266 of the upper plate 83 at the front thereof, in the alignment passage portion 273 by the passage step portion 274 and the back wall portion 264 As shown in FIGS. 23 (b) and 24 (e), the pachinko machine 10 is located in the range which is upstream of the pinched region and downstream of the uppermost stream of the alignment passage 273. A downstream recess 308 that is recessed forward is formed. The downstream recess 308 is formed continuously over the above range.

  The downstream recess 308 is located above the bottom surface of the alignment passage 273 as shown in FIG. 24 (e). Specifically, the above-described passage step portion 274 is provided so as to be continuous with the bottom surface of the alignment passage portion 273, and between the passage step portion 274 and the downstream side recess 308, the dish inclined surface 307 is provided. It intervenes. Therefore, the lower surface of the downstream recess 308 is located above the bottom surface of the alignment passage 273 by more than the radius of the gaming ball, more specifically, more than the diameter of the gaming ball.

  The height dimension H2 of the downstream recess 308 is set larger than the diameter of the gaming ball, and the gaming ball can enter into the downstream recess 308. Incidentally, the height dimension H2 is set to be smaller than twice the diameter of the gaming ball, but may be approximately twice the diameter or larger. Further, although the height dimension H2 is constant throughout the lateral direction, the height dimension H2 may be changed along the lateral direction.

  The depth dimension of the downstream recess 308 is set smaller than the diameter of the gaming ball, and more specifically, smaller than the radius of the gaming ball. As a result, even if the gaming ball intruding into the downstream side recess 308 partially protrudes from the downstream side recess 308 toward the back wall portion 264, even if the gaming ball has entered into the downstream side recess 308 It has become possible to easily check it visually.

  By forming the downstream recess 308 as described above, when a plurality of gaming balls are stacked in the alignment passage portion 273, the gaming balls are not simply stacked on the alignment passage portion 273 but in the downstream direction. It is possible to escape to the side recess 308 side. As a result, the possibility of ball clogging at the position of the alignment passage 273 is reduced. Further, as described above, the lower surface of the downstream recess 308 is positioned above the diameter of the gaming ball with respect to the bottom surface of the alignment passage portion 273 and thus aligned on the bottom surface of the alignment passage portion 273 The game ball does not enter the downstream recess 308, and it is possible to suppress the occurrence of the ball jam while preventing the formation of the game ball row in the alignment passage 273 from being inhibited.

  Incidentally, since the lower surface of the downstream side recess 308 is inclined downward toward the alignment passage portion 273, the game ball having entered the downstream side recess 308 will naturally flow down toward the alignment passage portion 273. Further, the upper surface 308a of the downstream side recess 308 suppresses the game ball entering the downstream side recess 308 from falling over the front wall portion 272 and falling from the upper plate 83.

<Decorative Character Unit 311 of Front Door Frame 14>
Next, the decorative character unit 311 provided on the front of the front door frame 14 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 25 (a) is a front view of the front door frame 14 showing the lower end side in an enlarged manner, and FIG. 25 (b) is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 25 (a).

  As shown in FIG. 25 (a), the decorative character unit 311 is provided at the lower right corner of the front door frame 14 (on the lower end side of the pivot tip). The decorative character unit 311 is a character representing an animal, and more specifically, an eyebrow, and is disposed such that the head side on which the pair of eye parts 311a and 311b is formed is upward and the tail part 311c is downward. ing.

  The position at which the decorative character unit 311 is provided is a position below the window panel unit 71 in which the lower plate 84 described above is disposed side by side with the upper tray unit 261 described above. It is a position which becomes side by side with respect to the formed lower tray unit 312 at the rotation front end side. In this case, the position of the right end of the upper tray unit 261 and the position of the right end of the lower tray unit 312 are on the left as compared with the conventional pachinko machine, and the decorative character unit 311 is on the left accordingly. It has been extended towards. Thereby, the decoration character unit 311 is enlarged.

  The decorative character unit 311 bulges forward of the pachinko machine 10, as shown in FIG. 25 (b). In this case, although the upper tray unit 261 bulges forward of the pachinko machine 10 relative to the decorative character unit 311, the amount of bulge may be the same, and the decorative character unit 311 is the upper tray unit 261 It is good also as composition bulging out to the front of pachinko machine 10 rather than. By expanding the decoration character unit 311 in this manner, the decoration becomes three-dimensional, and the decorativeness is enhanced.

  In the configuration formed by expanding the decorative character unit 311 as described above, as shown in FIG. 25A, the side surface on the left side of the decorative character unit 311 is from the right end of the upper tray unit 261 to the lower tray. It is continuous across the right end of the unit 312. Thus, a part of the side wall portion of the lower tray 84 is configured by the decoration character unit 311. Furthermore, a part of the decorative character unit 311, specifically the hand portion 311d, is inserted between the upper tray unit 261 and the lower tray unit 312. By providing the decoration character unit 311 in this manner, it is possible to realize the enlargement of the decoration character unit 311.

  A tooth portion 311e is formed on the surface facing upward at the upper end portion of the decorative character unit 311, and a part of the tooth portion 311e manually performs the ball lending operation of the game ball. The ball rental operation units 313a and 313b are provided. Of the ball lending operation units 313a and 313b, one ball lending operation unit 313a is operated to give a ball lending instruction, and the other ball lending operation unit 313b has the number of balls lendable. The storage medium storing the information is operated to be discharged from the above-described ball lending device LD. By providing the ball lending operation units 313 a and 313 b to the decoration character unit 311 as described above, it is possible to realize the enlargement of the decoration character unit 311.

  Display portions such as liquid crystal display devices are provided in the eye portions 311a and 311b of the decorative character unit 311, for example, display of information on the number of ball lendables, effects and opening / closing for game play in the symbol display device 62 An effect display interlocked with the effect for the execution mode is performed. By providing the display unit to the decoration character unit 311 as described above, it is possible to realize the enlargement of the decoration character unit 311.

  From the middle position in the vertical direction of the decorative character unit 311 to the tail portion 311c, it is recessed toward the rear of the pachinko machine 10, and inclined so that the lower end side is the rear side of the pachinko machine 10. The above-described launch operation device 31 is provided in the rear inclined region 314. By providing the launch operation device 31 to the decorative character unit 311 as described above, it is possible to realize the enlargement of the decorative character unit 311.

  Here, in the configuration in which the decorative character unit 311 bulging toward the front of the pachinko machine 10 is provided side by side with respect to the upper plate unit 261 as described above, the boundary of the bulging portion in the side-by-side It exists below the unit 71. In such a configuration, the boundary portion becomes weak in strength compared to the conventional pachinko machine in which the upper plate is formed substantially in the entire lateral direction, and for example, the front wall portion 272 of the upper plate 83 is pachinko When the machine 10 is pulled forward, the boundary portion is easily deformed to the front side.

  Then, a gap is likely to be generated between the metal front door base 14a (see FIG. 25 (b)) which is the base of the front door frame 14 and the window panel unit 71, and the jig for fraud is There is a concern that it may be inserted into the back side of the game area 23a or the game board 23. In particular, since an out port 59 of the game area 23a is formed behind the lower end portion of the window panel unit 71, it becomes easy to insert a fraudulent jig to the back side of the game board 23 through the out port 59 I will.

  In addition to that, an action of widening the distance between the back surface of the window panel unit 71 and the game area 23a by pulling the front wall 272 forward of the pachinko machine 10 is assumed. In this case, the dimension in the front-rear direction of the space through which the game ball can pass is expanded in the game area 23a, which affects the behavior of the game ball in the game area 23a. Then, for example, there is a possibility that the winning frequency to the upper operation opening 53 and the general winning opening 51 may be unfairly increased.

  On the other hand, the back side of the front door frame 14 is provided with a configuration for suppressing the occurrence of damage due to the above-mentioned fraud. Hereinafter, the configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 26 to 28.

  FIG. 26 is a back view of the front door frame 14, and FIG. 27 is an exploded perspective view of the back side of the front door frame 14. 28 (a) is a rear view of the front door frame 14 showing the lower end side in an enlarged manner, with the front passage forming unit 321 omitted, and FIG. 28 (b) is a line AA of FIG. It is sectional drawing and FIG.28 (c) and FIG.28 (d) are figures for demonstrating the structure which concerns on fixation of the window panel unit 71. As shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, a front passage forming unit 321 is provided on the back of the front door frame 14 so as to be supported by the front door base 14a from the back side. The front passage forming unit 321 forms passages (not shown) for guiding the gaming balls paid out from the payout device 184 to the upper tray 83 or the lower tray 84. As shown in FIG. 27, at the upper corner portion of the front side passage forming unit 321, there is integrally formed a receiving portion 322 in which openings 322a and 322b opened upward are arranged in parallel in the lateral direction. The gaming balls paid out by the payout device 184 are distributed to either the upper tray 83 side or the lower tray 84 side by the downstream vertical passage unit 185 of the back pack unit 15. The gaming balls distributed on the side of the plate 83 will flow into the opening 322 a inside the receiving portion 322. The opening 322 a is in communication with the inlet 265 of the upper plate 83. On the other hand, the gaming balls distributed on the lower tray 84 side will flow into the opening 322 b outside the receiving part 322. The opening 322 b communicates with the inlet 84 a of the lower plate 84. In addition, in the front passage forming unit 321, the foul ball recovery port 323 is formed, and the gaming ball which is fired from the game ball firing mechanism 41 but does not reach the gaming area 23a is passed through the far ball recovery port 323. It is discharged to the lower plate 84.

  Although the front side passage forming unit 321 is basically formed of a synthetic resin, metal covers 324a and 324b are provided for the portion constituting the inlet 322 and the inlet 322 of the receiving portion 322 and the lower plate 84. . As a result, it is possible to prevent the action of inserting the fraudulent jig into the pachinko machine 10 by penetrating the front passage forming unit 321.

  In the configuration in which the front passage forming unit 321 is provided as described above, as shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, the reinforcing plate 331 is configured such that a part is covered from the rear side of the pachinko machine 10 by the front passage forming unit 321. Is provided. The reinforcing plate 331 is formed using a hard metal such as steel, and as shown in FIG. 27, is formed to be elongated so as to have a longitudinal direction. Further, the cross section in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is U-shaped. That is, a long reinforcing base portion 332, and standing wall portions 333 and 334 integrally formed so as to stand upright from both ends in the short direction of the reinforcing base portion 332, and facing each other, Is equipped.

  The reinforcing plate 331 has a surface on the side opposite to the side where the rising wall portions 333 and 334 rise, of the both plate surfaces of the reinforcing base portion 332 superimposed on the back surface of the front door base 14a, and It is being fixed from the back side to front door base 14a so that a longitudinal direction may turn into a transverse direction. More specifically, the reinforcement base portion 332 is formed with a plurality of through holes penetrating in the thickness direction, and screw holes are formed in the front door base 14a corresponding to the through holes. Then, a screw 335 capable of being repeatedly attached and detached is screwed from the back side of the front door base 14a to each combination of the through hole and the screw hole communicated with each other in the front and back direction. Is fixed to the front door base 14a.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 26, the front passage forming unit 321 is fixed to the front door base 14a in a state in which a part of the reinforcing plate 331 is covered from the rear side, including a part of the plurality of screws 335. . As a result, in order to remove the reinforcing plate 331 illegally, it is necessary to first remove the front passage forming unit 321, which makes it difficult to perform the unauthorized removal. On the other hand, since both the reinforcing plate 331 and the front passage forming unit 321 are fixed by the screws 335 and 336 which can be repeatedly attached and detached, maintenance and reuse can be easily performed.

  As shown in FIG. 28A, the reinforcing plate 331 has one end in the longitudinal direction at a position adjacent to the inlet 265 of the upper plate 83, and from the outlet 266 of the upper plate 83 to the gaming ball shooting mechanism 41. It extends laterally so that the other longitudinal end is present at the position of the outlet portion 337 on the front door frame 14 side of the guiding passage. A boundary portion L between the upper tray unit 261 and the decorative character unit 311 on the front surface of the front door frame 14 is present at a midway position extending in the lateral direction. That is, the reinforcing plate 331 is provided to straddle the boundary portion L between the upper tray unit 261 and the decorative character unit 311 on the back side of the front door base 14a. Thus, even if the relatively large decorative character unit 311 is arranged in parallel to the upper tray unit 261 on the front surface of the front door frame 14, the front door frame 14 is reinforced by the reinforcing plate 331, so that the decorative character unit The reduction in strength at the boundary L between the upper plate unit 311 and the upper plate unit 261 is suppressed. Therefore, even if it is going to bend the front door frame 14 forward to the pachinko machine 10 on the basis of the said boundary part L, it will become difficult to do it.

  Further describing the positional relationship of the reinforcing plate 331 on the back surface of the front door frame 14, the introduction port 84a of the lower plate 84 exists below the midway position of the portion of the reinforcing plate 331 extending in the lateral direction. And the outlet portion 337 is present. In addition, an out port 59 of the game area 23a is present above a midway position of a portion of the reinforcing plate 331 extending in the lateral direction. That is, the reinforcing plate 331 exists between the inlet 84 a of the lower plate 84 and the outlet 59, and the reinforcing plate 331 exists between the outlet 337 and the outlet 59. In this case, as shown in FIG. 28 (b), a pair of upstanding wall portions 333 and 334 are integrally formed on the reinforcing plate 331, so that the pachinko machine 10 is located behind the front door base 14 a. It is in a state of protruding toward the direction.

  With the above configuration, even if an illegal jig is inserted from the inlet 84a of the lower plate 84 or the outlet 337 toward the game area 23a, the tip of the illegal jig is the rising wall of the reinforcing plate 331. It is expected that the portions 333 and 334 come into contact from below, and further intrusion is suppressed. Furthermore, although it is assumed that the fraudulent jig inserted from the introduction port 84a of the lower plate 84 or the outlet portion 337 is further intruded from the out port 59 to the back side of the game board 23, The reinforcing plate 331 can prevent the tip of the jig from reaching the out port 59.

  Incidentally, the reinforcing plate 331 is positioned above the outlet portion 337 while being partially covered by the front side passage forming unit 321 whose upper end portion exists at a position immediately below the window panel unit 71. In order to do this, a bent portion 338 is formed at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction. Thus, the reinforcing plate 331 is configured such that the end on the outlet portion 337 side is positioned above the end on the inlet 265 side of the upper plate 83.

  The reinforcing plate 331 may be further extended in the lateral direction so that the reinforcing plate 331 is present at a position vertically above a part or the whole of the inlet 265 of the upper plate 83.

  The reinforcing plate 331 covers a part of the locking member 345 for fixing the window panel unit 71 to the front door base 14a from the back side. The configuration will be described in detail below.

  As shown in FIG. 27, the window part 74 is formed in the front door base 14a, and the window panel unit 71 is provided so that the said window part 74 may be covered from back side. The fixed frame 73 of the window panel unit 71 is integrally formed with a pair of pivot shafts 73a and 73b in the vertical direction at one end in the lateral direction, specifically, the end on the pivot base end side of the gaming machine main body 12 It is done. In this case, since the fixed frame 73 is made of synthetic resin such as ABS resin, the pivot shaft portions 73a and 73b are also made of synthetic resin. As shown in FIG. 26, the front door base 14a is provided with metal bearing portions 14b and 14c, which are erected on the back of the pachinko machine 10, corresponding to the pivot shaft portions 73a and 73b. The pivoting shaft portions 73a and 73b are supported from below by the bearing portions 14b and 14c, so that the window panel unit 71 is pivotably supported on the front door base 14a.

  The fixed frame 73 of the window panel unit 71 is formed to abut on the peripheral edge portion 341 of the window portion 74 of the front door base 14a from the back side. In this case, the peripheral edge portion 341 of the window portion 74 of the front door base 14a is recessed toward the front of the pachinko machine 10 with respect to the surface outside the rear stepped portion 342 via the rear stepped portion 342 around the periphery. Furthermore, the recess is formed to be annular along the window 74. The annular recess is the panel contact surface 343, and the fixing frame 73 of the window panel unit 71 is in contact with the panel contact surface 343 from the back side.

  A plurality of support flanges 344a to 344c which rise outward are integrally formed on the peripheral edge portion of the fixed frame 73. A plurality of locking members 345 to 347 are provided on the peripheral edge portion 341 of the window portion 74 corresponding to the support flanges 344a to 344c. The lock members 345 to 347 restrict the displacement of the support flanges 344a to 344c to the back side to block the pivoting of the window panel unit 71 to the back side, and the non-locking positions that do not block the pivoting. And so that the displacement operation can be performed from the back side of the front door frame 14. With the fixing frame 73 of the window panel unit 71 superimposed on the peripheral edge 341 of the window 74 from the rear side, the lock members 345 to 347 are arranged in the lock position, so that the front surface of the window panel unit 71 abuts on the panel With the surface 343 in contact with the pachinko machine 10 from the rear, the window panel unit 71 is fixed to the front door base 14 a.

  Here, among the combinations of the support flanges 344a to 344c and the lock members 345 to 347, one set is provided to lock the lower end portion of the window panel unit 71. Hereinafter, the support flange 344a constituting the one set is referred to as the lower end support flange 344a, and the lock member 345 constituting the one set is referred to as the lower end lock member 345.

  As shown in FIG. 27, a lock receiving groove 348 is formed below the window 74 at the back of the front door base 14 a so as to extend a recess in the peripheral edge 341 of the window 74 downward. The lower end lock member 345 is accommodated in the lock accommodation groove 348. The lower end lock member 345 has a bent portion 345a formed at a midway position in the longitudinal direction, and the upper end side of the bent portion 345a is a lock portion 345b for locking the lower end support flange 344a. The lower end side of the portion 345a is a manual operation portion 345c that enables manual operation. Fixing slits 345 d and 345 e are formed in each of the lock portion 345 b and the manual operation portion 345 c so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction and to extend in the moving direction of the lower end lock member 345. , 345 e from the rear side, fixing screws 349 a, 349 b are provided. The fixing screws 349a and 349b are screwed to the lock receiving groove 348. Thereby, the detachment of the lower end lock member 345 from the lock receiving groove 348 is prevented.

  However, the fixing screws 349 a and 349 b are provided so as not to completely sandwich the peripheral edge portions of the fixing slits 345 d and 345 e with the lock receiving groove 348. Thus, the lower end locking member 345 is displaceable between the non-locking position shown in FIG. 28C and the locking position shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 28C and 28D, the fixing screws 349a and 349b of the lower end locking member 345 are covered by the front passage forming unit 321 from the rear side. As a result, it is difficult to unfairly remove the lower end lock member 345 from the lock receiving groove 348. As described above, even if the fixing screws 349a and 349b are covered by the front passage forming unit 321 from the rear side, the lower end of the manual operation portion 345c of the lower lock member 345 is more than the front passage forming unit 321. It protrudes downward and is exposed at the back of the front door frame 14. Then, this exposed state continues even when the lower end side locking member 345 is disposed in either the non-locking position or the locking position. Thus, even if the fixing screws 349a and 349b are covered by the front passage forming unit 321 from the rear side, the lower end locking member 345 can be manually operated.

  In the state where the window panel unit 71 is disposed at the position shown in FIG. 28 (c), as shown in FIG. 28 (d), the lower end side locking member 345 is moved from the non-locking position to the locking position. As shown in b), the lower end side locking member 345 is in contact with the lower end side support flange 344a from the back side, and the locking by the lower end side locking member 345 is performed. On the other hand, by moving the lower end lock member 345 from the locked position to the unlocked position, the lower end lock member 345 is in contact with the lower end support flange 344a from the back side as shown in FIG. In this state, the window panel unit 71 can be turned.

  In the configuration in which the lower end lock member 345 is provided as described above, the reinforcing plate 331 has the lock portion 345b of the lower end lock member 345 in the lock receiving groove 348 as shown in FIG. The portion is bridged on the back side of the lower end locking member 345. That is, the reinforcing plate 331 exists so as to cross the portion where the lock portion 345 b of the lower end lock member 345 exists in the lock accommodation groove 348 on the back side of the lower end lock member 345. Then, as shown in FIG. 28B, the reinforcing base portion 332 of the reinforcing plate 331 is in contact with the lock portion 345b of the lower end lock member 345 from the back side or is slightly separated therefrom. The clearance is such that the lower end side locking member 345 can not be separated from the lock receiving groove 348. Thus, an external force is applied from the front of the pachinko machine 10 so as to displace the lower end of the window panel unit 71 rearward, thereby creating a gap between the window panel unit 71 and the peripheral edge 341 of the window 74 Also, the rearward displacement of the lower end locking member 345 is restricted by the reinforcing base portion 332. Therefore, even if the above-described action is performed, the possibility that a gap is generated is reduced, or even if a gap is generated, it is possible to suppress the insertion of the fraudulent jig to an extent that it is not possible. Become.

  As shown in FIG. 28A, the reinforcing plate 331 obliquely intersects the lock receiving groove 348, and also intersects the lock portion 345b of the lower end lock member 345 in the oblique direction. Therefore, it is possible to secure a wide contact area with the lock portion 345b, and the strength for suppressing the lock portion 345b from the back side is enhanced.

  As shown in FIG. 28C, the front passage forming unit 321 and the reinforcing plate 331 are provided so as not to face the lower end support flange 344a at the rear of the pachinko machine 10. Thus, when the window panel unit 71 is rotated, the lower end support flange 344a can be prevented from interfering with the front passage forming unit 321 or the reinforcing plate 331.

<Guide structure of window panel unit 71>
Next, the guide structure of the window panel unit 71 will be described with reference to FIGS. 29 and 30. FIG.

  FIG. 29 is a perspective view showing the back of the front door frame 14 and is a view showing a state in which the window panel unit 71 is turned to the back side. 30 (a) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B in FIG. 26, and FIG. 30 (b) is a diagram for explaining how the window panel unit 71 is guided.

  As shown in FIG. 29, in the front passage forming unit 321, a part of the reinforcing plate 331 and the fixing screws 349a and 349b of the lower end locking member 345 are placed on the back side at a position above the far ball recovery port 323. And the covering wall 351 that covers the The covering wall portion 351 extends to a position above the reinforcing plate 331, and has a laterally extending upper end surface 352. The upper end surface 352 is formed to project from the rear step portion 342 at the lower end portion of the peripheral portion 341 of the window portion 74 to the rear of the pachinko machine 10.

  On the upper end surface 352, a plurality of guide ribs 353 to 355 integrally formed to be a protrusion extending in the front and rear direction are provided side by side in the horizontal direction, and the front ends of the guide ribs 353 to 355 are connected The connecting wall portion 356 extending laterally is integrally formed. Each of the guide ribs 353 to 355 has the same configuration, and as shown in FIG. 30A, a guide formed so as to be higher toward the front side from the rear end to the middle position in the front-rear direction It has inclined parts 353a to 355a and guide flat parts 353b to 355b which are continuous in front of the guide inclined parts 353a to 355a and whose height is fixed. Further, a connecting wall portion 356 is formed so as to connect the guide flat portions 353b to 355b. The connection wall portion 356 has an upper surface flush with the guide flat portions 353b to 355b.

  The upper surface of the connection wall portion 356 is higher than the region located in front of the connection wall portion 356 in the rear step portion 342, and the front end surface of the connection wall portion 356 causes the upper surface of the connection wall portion 356 and the rear step difference. Between the portion 342 and the guide step portion 357 is formed. The guide step portion 357 extends over a predetermined range in the lateral direction, and faces the region of the panel contact surface 343 of the peripheral portion 341 of the window portion 74 in front of and behind the connecting wall 356 doing. Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 26, an out port 59 of the game area 23a is present above the connecting wall 356.

  As shown in FIG. 30A, the fixed frame 73 of the window panel unit 71 protrudes outward from the peripheral edge of the fixed frame 73, as shown in FIG. An intruding portion 358 which enters between the contact surface 343 and the contact surface 343 is integrally formed. The insertion portion 358 extends over a predetermined range in the lateral direction, and the rear end surface 358a facing the back of the pachinko machine 10 at the insertion portion 358 is from the front side of the pachinko machine 10 with respect to substantially the entire guide step portion 357. More specifically, the rear end surface 358a is in contact with substantially the entire guide step portion 357 from the front side of the pachinko machine 10. Further, the fixing frame 73 of the window panel unit 71 including the entry portion 358 faces the panel contact surface 343 from the rear side of the pachinko machine 10, and more specifically, the fixing frame 73 contacts the panel The surface 343 is in contact with the pachinko machine 10 from the rear side.

  By forming the guide ribs 353 to 355 and the connection wall portion 356 as described above, the window panel unit 71 is pivoted to a position where the panel contact surface 343 comes into contact with the pachinko machine 10 from behind. In this case, as shown in FIG. 30 (b), it is possible to perform the above-mentioned rotation operation while sliding the intruding portion 358 of the window panel unit 71 on the guide ribs 353 to 355.

  Here, since the window panel unit 71 can be used in common between different models of the pachinko machine 10, it can be reused. In this case, since the pivoting shaft portions 73a and 73b of the window panel unit 71 are made of synthetic resin, they are considered to be worn each time they are reused, and when the pivoting shaft portions 73a and 73b are worn, the window panel unit It is conceivable that the position of the lower end portion of the window panel unit 71 is lower than the position immediately after the manufacture in a state where the bearing 71 is cantilevered by the bearing portions 14b and 14c. On the other hand, since the guide ribs 353 to 355 are formed as described above, the window panel unit 71 is pivoted to the use state even if the pivot shaft portions 73a and 73b are worn out. The operation can be facilitated. In addition, even when the window panel unit 71 is turned from the use position to the back side, the window panel unit 71 may be lifted slightly upwards, and the entry portions 358 may be run on the guide ribs 353 to 355. The window panel unit 71 can be pivoted rearward along the guide ribs 353 to 355, and the pivoting operation can be facilitated.

  In the case where the window panel unit 71 is disposed at the use position, as described above, the insertion portion 358 contacts the guide step portion 357 from the front side of the pachinko machine 10. As a result, an external force is applied to the lower end side of the window panel unit 71 from the front of the pachinko machine 10 to create a gap between the window panel unit 71 and the peripheral portion 341 of the window 74 and a jig for fraud from the gap The window panel unit 71 can be received from the rear by the guide step portion 357, even if it is intended to insert the. Therefore, even if the above-described action is performed, the possibility that a gap is generated is reduced, or even if a gap is generated, it is possible to suppress the insertion of the fraudulent jig to an extent that it is not possible. Become.

  Further, the front and back spaces are defined by the panel contact surface 343 and the guide step portion 357, and the bottom is defined by the rear step portion 342, and the groove opened toward the center side of the window panel unit 71 is It will be in the state formed in the window part 74. FIG. As a result, even if the tip of the fraudulent jig is inserted, it becomes difficult for the tip of the fraudulent jig to come out of the space in the groove, and as a result, the fraudulent jig is inserted. It is possible to prevent damage from happening.

  In particular, the lower end portion of the window panel unit 71 is adjacent to the out port 59 of the game area 23a, and more specifically, the lower end portion of the window panel unit 71 is located below the out port 59. Then, it is assumed that the fraudulent jig is inserted from the gap formed at the lower end portion of the window panel unit 71 and the fraudulent jig is made to enter the back side of the game board 23 through the out port 59. On the other hand, the lower end portion of the window panel unit 71 is provided with a structure for suppressing the generation of the gap as described above, thereby preventing the unauthorized jig from entering the back side of the game board 23 It becomes possible.

<Light emitting cover unit 361>
Next, the light emitting cover unit 361 provided above the window panel unit 71 on the front surface of the front door frame 14 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 31 is an exploded perspective view of the front side of the front door frame 14 showing the light emission cover unit 361 and the speaker covers 362 and 363 in an exploded manner, and FIG. 32 is an exploded perspective view of the light emission cover unit 361 seen from the back side. FIG. 33 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 31, the board mounting surface 366a on which the light emitters 365 made of LEDs are mounted is directed to the front of the pachinko machine 10 at the upper edge 364 located above the window 74 at the front of the front door base 14a. Thus, a light emitting substrate 366 is provided. The light emitting substrate 366 is formed to be horizontally long, and a plurality of light emitting bodies 365 are provided to be separated in the horizontal direction. Further, speaker devices 367 and 368 are provided on the left and right sides of the position where the light emitting substrate 366 is provided at the upper edge portion 364, respectively.

  A light emitting cover unit 361 is attached to the upper edge 364 of the front door base 14a so as to cover the light emitting substrate 366 from the front of the pachinko machine 10, and a pair of left and right so as to cover the speaker devices 367 and 368 from the front. Speaker covers 362 and 363 are attached. In this case, both end sides in the lateral direction of the light emission cover unit 361 are opposed to the speaker covers 362 and 363 from behind, and screwing is performed from the back side using the both end sides, the light emission cover unit 361 and the speaker covers 362 and 363 are integrated.

  That is, when the light emitting cover unit 361 and the speaker covers 362 and 363 are fixed to the upper edge 364 of the front door base 14a, the light emitting cover unit 361 and the speaker cover 362 are not fixed individually. After integrating 363, they are fixed to the upper edge 364 of the front door base 14 a. The fixing of the one-piece to the front door base 14a is performed from the back side of the front door base 14a, but the fixing points exist on both the light emitting cover unit 361 side and the speaker covers 362 and 363 side. . More specifically, the fixing points are set more at the speaker covers 362 and 363 side than at the light emitting cover unit 361 side.

  The configuration of the light emitting cover unit 361 will be described in more detail below.

  The light emitting cover unit 361 is configured as a double cover having an outer light emitting cover 371 and an inner light emitting cover 381 as shown in FIG. The outer light emitting cover 371 and the inner light emitting cover 381 are both formed of a synthetic resin such as polycarbonate, and are colored and transparent so as to be able to transmit light.

  Each of the outer light emission cover 371 and the inner light emission cover 381 is formed in a box shape whose internal space is opened toward the side opposite to the bulging direction, and each of the openings 372 and 382 has a pair of long sides and The pair of short sides are formed to be present. The outer light emission cover 371 is formed to be larger than the inner light emission cover 381, and as shown in FIG. 33, the inner light emission cover 381 is inserted from the outer opening 372 side of the outer light emission cover 371. The cover is formed.

  The outer light emitting cover 371 and the inner light emitting cover 381 are both formed using a mold, and the plate thickness is substantially constant.

  As shown in FIG. 32, the pair of inner short plates 384a and 384b defining the circumferential surface extending from the short side of the peripheral edge of the inner opening 382 to the inner bulging portion 383 of the bulging end in the inner light emitting cover 381 A pair of overhanging portions 385a and 385b which are projected outward as compared with the other outer peripheral surfaces of the inner short plate portions 384a and 384b are integrally formed. The pair of outer short plate portions 374a and 374b overlapping the outer shorting plate portions 384a and 384b in the outer light emitting cover 371 in the outer light emitting cover 371 from the peripheral edge of the outer opening 372 in a direction corresponding to the overhang portions 385a and 385b. Recess alignment recesses 375a and 375b are formed. When the inner light emission cover 381 is inserted into the outer light emission cover 371, the respective protruding portions 385a and 385b abut against the alignment recesses 375a and 375b from the insertion source side, so that the inner light emission to the outer light emission cover 371 is performed. The position of the cover 381 in the insertion direction is determined. Further, in the state where the position in the insertion direction is thus determined, the outer bulging portion 373 of the bulging destination in the outer light emitting cover 371 overlaps the inner bulging portion 383 from the outside.

  Incidentally, as described above, the flanges through which the screws for fixing the speaker covers 362 and 363 are inserted are formed in the respective projecting portions 385a and 385b, and the light emitting cover unit 361 is additionally provided. Hooks 386a and 386b for locking to the upper edge 364 of the front door base 14a, and bosses 387a having screw holes for screwing the light emitting cover unit 361 to the upper edge 364 of the front door base 14a , 387b are integrally formed.

  The pair of inner long plate portions 388a and 388b defining the circumferential surface extending from the long side of the peripheral edge of the inner opening 382 to the inner bulging portion 383 of the inner light emitting cover 381 is closer to the peripheral edge of the inner opening 382 The claw portion 391 is integrally formed at the position of, by standing outward. A plurality of (specifically, two) claws 391 are formed at predetermined intervals in each of the inner long plate portions 388a and 388b.

  Holes 392 for receiving a nail are formed in the pair of outer long plate portions 376a and 376b overlapping the inner long plate portions 388a and 388b in the outer light emitting cover 371 corresponding to the claw portions 391. The inner light emitting cover 381 is temporarily fixed to the outer light emitting cover 371 by inserting the corresponding claws 391 into the holes 392 for receiving each nail, and the inner light emitting cover 381 from the outer light emitting cover 371 It is possible to prevent

  Here, in the configuration in which the openings 372 and 382 are formed to have the long side portions while bulging in the predetermined direction as described above, the inner light emitting cover 381 and the outer light emitting cover 371 at the center side in the long side direction. Is feared to be bent inward. If such a deflection occurs, the light emitting substrate 366 and the upper edge 364 can not be coated well from the front of the pachinko machine 10, which may reduce the decorativeness. On the other hand, in the inner space of the inner light emitting cover 381, a rib extending between the inner long plate portions 388a and 388b may be formed. In this case, the shape of a mold for manufacturing the inner light emitting cover 381 is complicated. And manufacturing becomes difficult. Also, due to the permeability of the inner light emitting cover 381 and the outer light emitting cover 371, the ribs may be visible from the front of the pachinko machine 10, which may reduce the decorativeness. . In order to solve the problem, the light emitting cover unit 361 is provided with a spacer member 393.

  The spacer member 393 is formed of a synthetic resin such as polycarbonate and is colorless and transparent. In addition, the spacer member 393 is formed in a square plate shape, and the length dimension in a predetermined side direction (specifically, the long side direction) is the length dimension between the pair of outer long plate portions 376a and 376b. ing.

  In the pair of inner long plate portions 388a and 388b of the inner light emitting cover 381, the predetermined side direction of the spacer member 393 is provided at a position near the periphery of the inner opening 382 and at the center of the long side direction or near the center. A pair of spacer holes 395a and 395b are formed through the inside and the outside so that both end portions 394a and 394b can be inserted from the inside. The spacer holes 395a and 395b are located on an imaginary straight line extending in the short side direction of the inner opening 382, and more specifically, located on the same straight line in the longitudinal direction.

  In the spacer member 393, as shown in FIG. 33, in the state where the both end portions 394a and 394b in the predetermined side direction are inserted into the spacer holes 395a and 395b, the peripheral portions of the spacer holes 395a and 395b are inside. A pair of inner contact portions 396a and 396b are formed integrally with each other. Thus, with the spacer member 393 disposed between the inner long plate portions 388a and 388b so as to insert the both end portions 394a and 394b into the spacer holes 395a and 395b, the inner abutment portions 396a and 396b are used. The inner long plate portions 388a and 388b are pushed outward. Thereby, the bending of the inner light emission cover 381 is suppressed.

  Incidentally, each spacer hole 395a, 395b is provided at a position sandwiched by a pair of each claw receiving hole 392 formed in the corresponding inner long plate portion 388a, 388b.

  Both end portions 394a and 394b of the spacer member 393 project slightly outward from the spacer holes 395a and 395b in a state where the inner abutment portions 396a and 396b abut on the peripheral portions of the spacer holes 395a and 395b. The projecting end side contacts the pair of outer long plate portions 376 a and 376 b of the outer light emitting cover 371 from the inside. Then, the outer long plate portions 376a and 376b are pushed outward by the both end portions 394a and 394b. Thereby, the bending of the outer light emission cover 371 is suppressed.

  In this case, the outer long plate portions 376a and 376b are not formed with holes or the like for inserting the both end portions 394a and 394b of the spacer member 393, and any given inner peripheral surface of the outer long plate portions 376a and 376b. The both ends 394a and 394b of the spacer member 393 can be made to abut on the position of. Thus, in the case of providing the spacer member 393, the spacer member 393 can be erected between the outer long plate portions 376a and 376b without increasing the alignment accuracy between the outer light emitting cover 371 and the inner light emitting cover 381 so much. It becomes possible.

  By providing the spacer member 393 as described above, the inner light emitting cover 381 and the outer light emitting cover 371 are restrained from bending at a position near the center in the long side direction on the openings 372 and 382 side. A light emitting cover unit 361 is integrated. The light emitting cover unit 361 is provided from the front side of the pachinko machine 10 at the upper edge portion 364 of the front door base 14 a so as to cover the light emitting substrate 366 as described above. In this case, the locking by the hook portions 386a and 386b described above and the screwing on the bosses 387a and 387b are performed, but the screwing is also performed on the spacer member 393.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 32, the spacer member 393 is integrally formed with a pair of spacer-side bosses 397 formed on the plate surfaces on the openings 372 and 382 so as to rise toward the openings 372 and 382. . Then, as shown in FIG. 33, the spacer member 393 is fixed to the upper edge portion 364 of the front door base 14a by screwing these spacer side bosses 397 from the back side of the front door base 14a as shown in FIG. Along with this, the light emitting cover unit 361 is fixed to the upper edge 364.

  As described above, when the light emitting cover unit 361 is fixed, the bulging direction of the inner light emitting cover 381 and the outer light emitting cover 371 is the direction toward the front of the pachinko machine 10, and the long side direction of each opening 372, 382 is It is a horizontal direction and the short side direction is a vertical direction. The light emitting substrate 366 is accommodated in the internal space of the inner light emitting cover 381. The light emitted from the plurality of light emitters 365 of the light emitting substrate 366 can be viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 10 by transmitting the inner light emitting cover 381 and the outer light emitting cover 371. In this case, decorative irregularities are continuously formed on the circumferential surfaces of the inner light emitting cover 381 and the outer light emitting cover 371, and the light emitting effect is enhanced through diffuse reflection at the irregularities.

  In addition, although the spacer member 393 is present in front of the light emitting substrate 366, the spacer member 393 is relatively small and is colorless and transparent, so the spacer member 393 is viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 10. It is getting hard. Therefore, even if the spacer member 393 is provided, the decorativeness is not reduced.

<Superimposed structure of outer frame 11>
Next, the overlapping member 411 provided in the lower frame portion 402 on which the gaming machine main body 12 is placed from above in the outer frame 11 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3, FIG. 34 and FIG.

  FIG. 34 (a) is an enlarged perspective view of the lower frame portion 402 as viewed from the front, and FIG. 34 (b) is an enlarged perspective view of the lower frame portion 402 as viewed from the rear. Further, FIG. 35 (a) is a plan view of the lower frame portion 402, and FIG. 35 (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the lower frame portion 402 and the periphery thereof for describing the operation of the overlapping member 411.

  As described above, the outer frame 11 is configured by connecting plate members to four sides, and has a rectangular frame shape. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the upper and lower pair of upper and lower frames 401 and 402 are provided, and the left and right ends of the upper and lower frames 401 and 402 are vertically connected to each other. A pair of left frame portion 403 and right frame portion 404 are provided. Of the frames 401 to 404, the left frame 403 and the right frame 404 are made of metal plates, and the upper frame 401 is made of wooden plates.

  On the other hand, the lower frame portion 402 has a wooden lower frame base 405 as shown in FIGS. 34 (a) and 34 (b), and a horizontally long pedestal 406 is above the lower frame base 405. It is mounted. The pedestal 406 is formed of a synthetic resin such as an ABS resin, and exists over the entire lower frame base 405 in the lateral direction.

  Since the lower ends of the left frame portion 403 and the right frame portion 404 are respectively present on the upper surface of the lower frame base 405 in detail with respect to the assembly of the pedestal 406, compared with the distance between the left frame portion 403 and the right frame portion 404. The lateral dimension of the lower frame base 405 is large. In addition, since the left frame portion 403 and the right frame portion 404 are provided at a position closer to the rear of the lower frame base 405, the lower frame base 405 extends to the front of the pachinko machine 10 further than these two frame portions 403 and 404. There is an extended area 405a which has come out.

  The pedestal 406 is formed in a box shape or a prism shape so that the dimension in the lateral direction on the front side is larger than that on the rear side, and the pedestal 406 on the upper surface of the lower frame base 405 with respect to the entire extension region 405a. It is located at the upper side, and also enters between the left frame portion 403 and the right frame portion 404. In this case, at both lateral end portions of the pedestal 406, a pair of stepped portions 406a are formed to make the lateral dimension on the front side of the pedestal 406 larger than the lateral dimension on the rear side. It is in contact with the frame portion 403 and the right frame portion 404 from the front of the pachinko machine 10. Further, since the dimension of the pedestal 406 in the front-rear direction is smaller than the dimension of the lower frame base 405 in the front-rear direction as shown in FIG. 35A, the pedestal 406 reaches the rear end of the lower frame base 405 Notably, a predetermined space is secured behind the pedestal 406 on the lower frame base 405.

  The pedestal 406 has, as shown in FIG. 34A, a front surface 407 facing the front of the pachinko machine 10, and the front surface 407 functions as a curtain plate to which the manufacturer's name of the pachinko machine 10 is attached, for example. . Further, as shown in FIGS. 34 (a) and 35 (a), a plurality of metal fittings 11a, 409a, 409b are provided on the upper surface 408 of the pedestal 406, which faces upward. The lower shaft fitting 11a described above is provided as one of the fittings 11a, 409a, and 409b. The lower shaft fitting 11 a is formed in a plate shape, and is provided at the corner on the left frame portion 403 side of the upper surface 408 of the pedestal 406. Further, as the metal fittings 11a, 409a, and 409b, supporting metal fittings 409a and 409b are provided at the corner on the right frame portion 404 side of the upper surface 408 of the pedestal 406 and at an intermediate position in the lateral direction.

  When the gaming machine body 12 is closed with respect to the outer frame 11, the lower end 21a of the resin base 21 of the intermediate unit 13 is placed above the pedestal 406, as shown in FIG. 35 (b). However, the place where the lower end 21a is directly placed is on the metal fittings 11a, 409a, 409b. In this case, the area on the upper surface 408 of the pedestal 406 on which the lower end portion 21a of the resin base 21 rests is the area closer to the front of the upper surface 408, and the resin base 21 does not rest on the area closer to the rear. The resin base 21 is vertically spaced apart from the rear area. The overlapping member 411 is provided in the rear area.

  The overlapping member 411 is formed of a synthetic resin such as polycarbonate so as to have permeability. More specifically, the internal space defined by the overlapping member 411 is formed so as to be visible from the outside of the overlapping member 411.

  As shown in FIG. 34A, the overlapping member 411 is formed to be horizontally long so as to be entirely present between the left frame portion 403 and the right frame portion 404 on the top surface 408 of the pedestal 406. The overlapping member 411 further includes a back side standing wall 412 and a hook portion 413 integrally formed to extend forward from the upper end of the back side standing wall 412 to the pachinko machine 10. And by being divided by these back side standing walls 412, ridges 413, and the upper surface 408 of the pedestal 406, it is recessed toward the back of the pachinko machine 10, and the overlapping groove 414 opened toward the front of the pachinko machine 10 is It is formed.

  The overlapping grooves 414 are not formed as a series along the entire lateral direction of the overlapping member 411, but are formed so as to be discontinuous in the lateral direction. That is, as shown in FIG. 34 (b), the rear upright wall 412 of the overlapping member 411 forms a plurality of fixing points 415 a to 415 c used in fixing the overlapping member 411 to the pedestal 406 in the lateral direction. For this purpose, forward displacement portions 412a to 412c which are displaced forward of the pachinko machine 10 are formed. A plurality (specifically, three places) of the front displacement portions 412a to 412c are formed in the lateral direction at predetermined intervals. By forming these forward displacement portions 412a to 412c, as shown in FIG. 35A, fixed portions 415a to 415c facing upward are present in the overlapping member 411, and the fixed portions 415a to 415c The overlapping member 411 is fixed to the pedestal 406 by screw fixation using a screw 416 that is removable from above with respect to 415 c.

  Incidentally, the lateral dimensions of the forward displacement portions 412a to 412c are relatively small, less than the diameter of the gaming ball, and more specifically less than the radius of the gaming ball. Further, the formation of the front displacement portions 412a to 412c not only enables the formation of the fixed portions 415a to 415c as described above, but also functions as a pillar portion with respect to the collar portion 413, and the horizontally long ridge It is prevented that the part 413 bends downward.

  Returning to the description of the overlapping groove 414, as shown in FIG. 35 (a), the overlapping groove 414 has a side wall 411a on the left side of the overlapping member 411, the respective front displacement parts 412a to 412c, and a side wall on the right. By being divided by the portion 411b, a plurality of portions are formed so as to be discontinuous in the lateral direction as described above, that is, in the lateral direction. Hereinafter, the grooves are also referred to as overlapping grooves 414a to 414d.

  As shown in FIG. 35 (b), the height dimension X1 of each overlapping groove 414a to 414d is set to be larger than the diameter R of the gaming ball and smaller than twice the diameter R of the gaming ball . Further, the depth dimension X2 of each overlapping groove 414a to 414d is set to about the diameter R of the gaming ball. Further, as shown in FIG. 35A, the lateral dimensions Y1 to Y4 of the respective overlapping grooves 414a to 414d are set to be larger than the diameter R of the gaming ball, and more specifically, a plurality of The size is set so that the game balls can be arranged side by side. Incidentally, the side surfaces of each of the overlapping grooves 414 a to 414 d are formed so as to be wide toward the front of the pachinko machine 10.

  Further, an area of the upper surface 408 of the pedestal 406 opposed to the flange portion 413 of the overlapping member 411, that is, an area where the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d are formed on the upper surface 408 of the pedestal 406 is shown in FIG. As such, the pachinko machine 10 is inclined to move forward. The bottom side inclined surface 408 a is formed to a position where the area facing the buttocks 413 is beyond the front of the pachinko machine 10.

  Incidentally, a region of the upper surface 408 of the pedestal 406 which is continuous with the bottom inclined surface 408a and in front of the pachinko machine 10 is a horizontal or substantially horizontal flat surface 408b. The plurality of metal fittings 11a, 409a and 409b are provided above the flat surface 408b, and the lower end portion of the intermediate unit 13 is located in a region located above the flat surface 408b in the plurality of metal fittings 11a, 409a and 409b. Because 21 a is mounted, even when the bottom side inclined surface 408 a is formed as described above, the gaming machine main body 12 can be held in a stable state on the lower frame portion 402 of the outer frame 11. It becomes possible.

  When the gaming machine main body 12 is closed with respect to the outer frame 11, each overlapping groove 414a to 414d continues from the lower end 21a in the resin base 21 as shown in FIG. The main body facing surface 21 b facing the rear 10 is to be opposed from the rear side of the pachinko machine 10. And since the main body side opposing surface 21b is formed over the whole or substantially the whole of the resin base 21 in the lateral direction, the opposing state between the main body side opposing surface 21b and the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d is the lateral direction. It exists in the whole or substantially the whole. As a result, even if it is attempted to insert the fraudulent jig into the interior or the back side of the pachinko machine 10 from between the lower end 21a of the gaming machine main body 12 and the lower frame portion 402 of the outer frame 11, the tip of the fraudulent jig is By entering the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d, it is possible to prevent further intrusion.

  The depth dimension X2 of each overlapping groove 414a to 414d is about the diameter R of the gaming ball as described above, and the front opening of each overlapping groove 414a to 414d and the main body side facing surface 21b are back and forth By being slightly separated, the distance X3 between the back surface of each overlapping groove 414a to 414d and the main body facing surface 21b is larger than the diameter R of the gaming ball and twice the diameter R of the gaming ball Is also set small. Further, as already described, the height dimension X1 of each overlapping groove 414a to 414d is larger than the diameter R of the gaming ball, and furthermore, the horizontal dimension Y1 to Y4 of each overlapping groove 414a to 414d is also the gaming ball It is set larger than the diameter R of. Thereby, even if the gaming machine main body 12 is closed in a state where the gaming ball is placed on the lower frame portion 402 of the outer frame 11, the gaming ball enters the respective overlapping grooves 414a to 414d, It does not inhibit the closing operation. Therefore, it is possible to provide the structure for suppressing the above-mentioned fraudulent acts while preventing the damage of the member due to the occurrence of the bite in the maintenance without reducing the workability in the maintenance.

  In particular, when the gaming machine main body 12 is opened with respect to the outer frame 11 in the gaming hall, there is a concern that the gaming balls stored in the tank 181 may fall off and be placed on the lower frame portion 402. Further, since many gaming machine components are mounted on the gaming machine body 12, the gaming machine body 12 is relatively heavy, and when the gaming machine body 12 is closed to the outer frame 11, it is vigorously closed. In this case, if the game ball is placed on the lower frame portion 402, there is a concern that the game ball will give a large impact to the resin base 21 and the overlapping member 411 when the game machine main body 12 is closed. . On the other hand, the occurrence of such inconvenience can be suppressed by providing the structure for evacuating and storing the game ball as described above.

  On the other hand, as described above, since the bottom surfaces of the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d are formed by the bottom side inclined surfaces 408a, even if the gaming balls are accommodated in the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d as described above, At the next opening operation of the gaming machine main body 12, the gaming ball descends by its own weight, and is discharged from the lower frame portion 402 to the front of the pachinko machine 10.

  As described above, the front openings of the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d are slightly separated from the main body facing surface 21b to the rear of the pachinko machine 10. Further, as shown in FIG. 35B, in the lower frame portion 402, the portion supporting the weight of the gaming machine main body 12 from the lower side is a region located forward of the overlapping member 411 in the pedestal 406. The game machine main body 12 is configured not to be placed from above with respect to 411. As a result, when the closing operation of the gaming machine body 12 is performed, the external force accompanying the closing operation is prevented from being directly applied to the overlapping member 411, and the weight of the gaming machine body 12 in the closing state of the gaming machine body 12 is further suppressed. No load is applied to the overlapping member 411.

  Further, the resin base 21 of the intermediate unit 13 is formed with a closing wall 21c opposed to the boundary between the main body side facing surface 21b and the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d at the upper side to substantially close the boundary. ing. As a result, even if it is attempted to intrude the fraudulent jig upward from the boundary between the main body side facing surface 21b and the overlapping groove 414, it is blocked by the contact with the closing wall 21c.

<Electrical configuration>
FIG. 36 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10. As shown in FIG.

  The main control device 91 comprises a main control board 421 which controls the main control of the game, and a power failure monitoring board 422 which monitors the power supply. An MPU 423 is mounted on the main control board 421. The MPU 423 incorporates a ROM 424 and an RWM 425.

  The ROM 424 stores various control programs executed by the MPU 423 and fixed value data. The RWM 425 includes an SRAM and a DRAM, and temporarily stores various data and the like when the control program stored in the ROM 424 is executed. In addition to the above elements, the MPU 423 or the main control board 421 is provided with an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, a data input / output circuit, and the like.

  The MPU 423 is provided with an input port and an output port. Various control devices are connected to the input side and the output side of the MPU 423, and various sensors, various driving units, and various display units are connected. First, the configuration relating to connection with various sensors, various driving units, and various display units will be described.

  On the input side of the MPU 423, electrical connection is established between the general winning opening 51 in the game area, the variable winning device 52, the upper operating opening 53, the lower operating opening 54 and the through gate 55, each winning detection sensor 426a to 426e. Are electrically connected via The MPU 423 receives a signal from each of the winning detection sensors 426a to 426e, and based on the reception result, performs a winning determination (entering determination) on each winning portion. In this case, in the case of specifying a winning on the general winning opening 51, the variable winning device 52, the upper operating opening 53 or the lower operating opening 54, the payout of the game ball corresponding to each winning object is executed. Execute the process of In addition, when winning in the upper operation port 53 or the lower operation port 54 is specified, numerical information is acquired from various counters for which numerical information is updated each time a predetermined update timing comes, and stored as suspension information. At the same time, when the suspension information is stored, it is determined whether or not the variable winning device 52 shifts to the open / close execution mode which is opened and closed multiple times, and the gaming state after the open / close execution mode is determined. Make a decision on distribution. Then, the game is advanced based on the result of the success / failure determination and the distribution determination.

  On the output side of the MPU 423, a variable winning drive unit 52a for opening and closing the variable winning device 52, and an electric accessory driving unit 54b for opening and closing the electric combination 54a of the lower operation opening 54 are electrically connected through electric wiring. Connected. Further, on the output side of the MPU 423, the main display unit 57 and the character display unit 58 are electrically connected via electrical wiring. The main control substrate 421 is provided with various driver circuits, and through the driver circuits, the MPU 423 executes drive control of the various drive units 52a and 54b and executes display control of the various display units 57 and 58.

  That is, in the open / close execution mode, drive control of the variable winning drive unit 52 a is executed in the MPU 423 so that the variable winning device 52 is opened and closed. Further, when the open state of the motorized combination 54a is won, the drive control of the motorized combination drive 54b is executed in the MPU 423 so that the motorized combination 54a is opened and closed. In addition, display control of the main display unit 57 is executed in the MPU 423 at each game play. Further, when the lottery result as to whether or not the motorized combination 54a is to be opened is specified, the display control of the combination display unit 58 is executed in the MPU 423.

  The payout control device 116 has a payout control board 431 that controls the payout of the game balls through the payout device 184. The MPU 432 is mounted on the payout control board 431. The ROM 432 and the RWM 434 are built in the MPU 432. In the following description, in order to distinguish from the MPU 423, ROM 424 and RWM 425 provided in the main control unit 91, the MPU 423, ROM 424 and RWM 425 provided in the main control unit 91 are referred to as the main MPU 423, main side ROM 424 and the main side. The RWM 425 will be referred to, and the MPU 432, the ROM 433 and the RWM 434 provided in the payout control device 116 will be referred to as a payout side MPU 432, a payout side ROM 433 and a payout side RWM 434.

  The dispensing side ROM 433 stores various control programs executed by the dispensing side MPU 432 and fixed value data. The payout side RWM 434 is composed of an SRAM or a DRAM, and temporarily stores various data and the like when the control program stored in the payout side ROM 433 is executed. In addition to the elements described above, the payout MPU 432 or the payout control board 431 is provided with an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, a data input / output circuit, and the like.

  The payout side MPU 432 is electrically connected to the payout device 184. Specifically, the payout motor 235 is electrically connected to the output side of the payout MPU 432 via an electric wire, and the payout detection sensor 237 is electrically connected to the input side of the payout MPU 432 via an electric wire. Connected. The payout side MPU 432 executes the payout of the game ball by supplying a drive signal to the payout motor 235 through the driver circuit provided on the payout control board 431, and the payout is completed based on the detection result of the payout detection sensor 237. Determine the number of game balls.

  Further, the payout side MPU 432 is electrically connected to the ball lending connection terminal board 118 provided in the back pack unit 15 through the electric wiring, and the ball lending connection terminal board 118 is the ball lending device through the electric wiring. It is electrically connected to the LD.

  The ball lending device LD is a so-called CR unit, which is not shown in the figure but is provided on the side of the outer frame 11, and a card insertion slot is provided on the front side of the ball lending device LD. The card is inserted into the card insertion slot, and the gaming ball of the number equivalent to the amount of money stored in the card can be lent by manually operating the rental ball operating device (not shown) provided in the pachinko machine 10 as appropriate. It is possible to receive The payout side MPU 432 performs control of a rental ball by transmitting and receiving an electric signal to and from the ball lending device LD.

  In addition to the payout device 184 and the ball lending device LD, a fullness detection sensor for detecting whether or not the ball receptacle such as the lower plate 84 is full is electrically connected to the payout side MPU 432. At the same time, a non-ball sensor 209 is electrically connected to detect whether the tank 181 is in non-ball condition.

  The payout side MPU 432 controls the payout of the gaming ball based on the communication with the main side MPU 423. Specifically, when the main MPU 423 confirms the winning on the winning portion corresponding to the generation of the winning balls based on the detection results of the winning detection sensors 426a to 426e, the winning ball command (disbursing toward the payout MPU 432 Send command information). In this case, the prize ball command includes information indicating that the player is a prize ball command and the number of pieces of information on which the prize ball should be executed, and is configured as a plurality of bits of information. By receiving the prize ball command, the payout side MPU 432 drives and controls the payout motor 235 so that the number of gaming balls instructed by the prize ball command is paid out. Then, based on the detection result of the payout detection sensor 237, when it is determined that the payout of the game balls of the number according to the instruction is completed, the drive control of the payout motor 235 is stopped. At this time, the rotational position of the rotating body 231 connected to the payout motor 235 is controlled to be the position described above.

  The power supply device 117 is provided with a power-on-power-on unit 441 and a power-on-power-supply unit 442. The power-on unit 441 is connected to, for example, a commercial power supply (external power supply) in a game hall or the like, and each of the main control device 91, the payout control device 116, etc. is based on the external power supplied from the commercial power supply. And generates the operating voltage necessary for the main control unit 91, the payout control unit 116 and the like.

  A power failure monitoring board 422 is provided at an intermediate position on the power supply path between the power-on portion for power-on 441 and the main MPU 423. The power failure monitoring board 422 monitors the voltage of the DC stable 24 volts, which is the maximum voltage supplied from the power-on unit 441. When the voltage is less than 22 volts, it is determined that the power is shut off, and the output setting of the power failure signal (power interruption signal) to the main MPU 423 corresponds to the occurrence of the power failure (power shutoff).

  The power-off time power supply unit 442 is a capacitor, and when the power of the pachinko machine 10 is in the ON state (when power is supplied from a commercial power supply), the power supplied from the power-on time supply unit 441 is used. Be charged. When the pachinko machine 10 is powered off or in a power cut-off state (such as when the power supply from the commercial power supply is shut off), such as when a power failure occurs in the commercial power supply, Storage power (backup power) is supplied to the side RWM 425 and the discharge side RWM 434. Therefore, even in such a situation, the information stored in the main RWM 425 and the dispensing RWM 434 is stored without being erased while the storage power is supplied from the power-off time power supply unit 442. .

  The launch control device 121 is provided with a launch control substrate 122. The emission control board 122 is provided with a transmission circuit 451 of condition satisfaction, an emission permission reception circuit 452, and an emission IC 124a.

  The transmission circuit 451 of the condition satisfaction has a function of transmitting a condition satisfaction signal of a predetermined signal form to the main MPU 423 when a predetermined game ball firing condition is satisfied. Specifically, the launch control board 122 is in a situation in which the touch sensor 35 for detecting that the operation handle 33 of the launch operation device 31 is touched by the player, and the situation where the operation handle 33 is rotated. A release stop switch 36 manually operated by the player to stop the release of the game balls is electrically connected. Further, the launch control board 122 is electrically connected to the payout control board 431, and inputs a signal indicating whether the ball lending device LD is electrically connected to the ball lending connection terminal plate 118 or not. Do.

  The transmission circuit 451 of the condition satisfaction receives a signal indicating that the operation handle 33 is touched by the player from the touch sensor 35, and a signal indicating that the player does not manually operate the firing stop switch 36. When receiving a signal indicating that the ball lending device LD is connected from the payout side MPU 432, it transmits a HI level condition satisfaction signal (a signal corresponding to the condition satisfaction) to the main MPU 423. Do. When one of the above signals is not received, a low level condition satisfaction signal (a signal not corresponding to the condition satisfaction) is transmitted to the main MPU 423. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and the relationship between the LOW level and the HI level may be reversed.

  The firing permission receiving circuit 452 is a firing permission of the HI level transmitted from the main MPU 423 under the condition that the condition satisfaction signal of the HI level is transmitted from the transmitting circuit 451 of the condition satisfaction to the main MPU 423. It has a function of receiving a signal (a signal corresponding to the release permission) and continuously supplying a corresponding signal to the release IC 124a when the release permission signal is received. When the main MPU 423 does not receive the condition satisfaction signal of HI level from the transmission circuit 451 of condition satisfaction, the main MPU 423 transmits a low level emission permission signal (a signal not corresponding to the emission permission). The relationship between the LOW level signal of the enabling signal and the HI level signal may be reversed. Also, each time the main MPU 423 starts receiving the HI level condition satisfaction signal, the main MPU 423 newly starts transmitting the HI level emission permission signal and at the same time the HI level condition reception signal ends receiving the HI level. End transmission of the launch permission signal of

  When the launch IC 124a receives the launch permission signal of HI level or the corresponding signal from the launch permission receiving circuit 452, the launch IC 124a periodically receives each of the solenoid 42 and the ball feeding device 44 of the gaming ball launch mechanism 41. And has a function of outputting a drive signal. In this case, the firing IC 124a outputs each drive signal as a pulse signal, and its output cycle is 0.6 sec. Further, the output timing of the drive signal is set earlier for the ball feed device 44 than for the solenoid 42 so that the game ball is fired after one game ball is supplied to the firing rail 43.

  As described above, the launch operation device 31 is provided with the operation handle 33. As the operation amount of the operation handle 33 increases, the launch intensity of the game ball by the solenoid 42 becomes stronger. In this case, the launch operation device 31 is provided with a variable resistor 34 for detecting the amount of operation of the operation handle 33, and the launch IC 124a drives the supply to the solenoid 42 through the voltage input from the variable resistor 34. Adjust the voltage of the signal to adjust the launch intensity.

  The audio light emission control device 93 drives and controls the light emitting body 365 and the speaker devices 367 and 368 based on the command received from the main side MPU 423, and transmits the command to the display control device 92. The display control device 92 analyzes the various commands received from the sound emission control device 93 or performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the received various commands, and controls the display of the image on the symbol display device 62.

  According to the present embodiment described above, the following excellent effects can be obtained.

  From the tank 181, the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b formed to be inclined downward are formed in the standby passage provided from the outlet portion of the tank 181 to the position of the rotary body 231 of the dispensing device 184. It becomes possible to align the gaming balls downstream while well receiving the weight load of the flowing gaming balls. The rectification effect is enhanced by the provision of the rectification cover 197.

  In this case, the passage length to the position corresponding to the most upstream portion of the inclined surface 253a of the rectifying cover 197 in the standby passage and the inclination of the inclined surface 253a are aligned in a line on the bottom surface of each upstream passage region 191a, 191b. It is set so that the game ball B2 which is the second stage stacked on the played game ball row and is located at the forefront is not in contact with the inclined surface 253a from the upstream side.

  For example, in a state where the rotating body 231 is stopped, the game ball B2 in contact with both the continuous game balls B3 and B4 in the state of being in contact with the first row of game ball rows from above with respect to the inclined surface 253a. Assuming that the structure is in contact from the upstream side, when the rotation of the rotating body 231 is started, the second stage game ball is located between the rear game ball B4 and the inclined surface 253a in the first stage. There is a concern that the ball will be clogged when the B2 is inserted. On the other hand, in a situation where the rotating body 231 is stopped, by making the second stage game ball B2 not in contact with the inclined surface 253a, the second stage game ball is in the inclined surface 253a. The frictional force at the time of contact is a dynamic frictional force, and the frictional force is smaller than the static frictional force in the case described above. Thus, ball clogging is less likely to occur.

  In addition, the stacking regulating member 196 is provided on the upstream side of the rectifying cover 197, and in the stacking regulating member 196, for example, three or more gaming balls are stacked on the upstream side. Rectification is performed so that there are two at the maximum. This makes it possible to reduce the number of stacked game balls stepwise. Furthermore, the restricting portion 196a of the stacking restricting member 196 abuts on the second stage gaming ball from the downstream side, and exerts a force directed upstream and downward to the gaming ball. As a result, the second stage gaming balls stacked on the gaming ball row aligned in a single row in the first tier are from diagonally above the respective two consecutive gaming balls in the first tier. It will be placed at the contact position.

  In the configuration in which the payout device 184 is provided on the rear surface of the gaming machine main body 12 on the rotation base end side, when removing the payout device 184, it is necessary to perform the fixing release operation from the rotation base end side. As a result, even if it is attempted to remove the dispensing device 184 illegally, the act becomes difficult. In particular, in the configuration in which the dispensing device 184 is provided on the rotation proximal end side, it is necessary to perform the fixing release operation from the rotation proximal end side, so that even if the dispensing device 184 is attempted to remove illegally Since it is necessary to rotate the gaming machine main body 12 largely with respect to the frame 11, it becomes easy for the manager of the gaming hall to find it in the middle of the fraud.

  A plurality of passages, a first waiting passage and a second waiting passage, are provided as standby passages formed from the outlet portion of the tank 181 to the position of the rotary body 231 of the payout device 184, whereby payout of gaming balls is made. The operation can be speeded up. In addition, since each ball stopper 233, 234 of the rotating body 231 is driven by a single dispensing motor 235, compared with the configuration in which a dispensing motor is individually provided for the ball stopper 233, 234, Miniaturization is achieved.

  Here, the payout motor 235 needs to generate a driving force to simultaneously rotate the pair of ball stoppers 233 and 234 in a state in which the weight load of the game ball is received from each of the plurality of standby passages. The main portion 235b of the motor 235 is relatively large, and the axial dimension is larger than the direction orthogonal thereto. Furthermore, the main body portion 235b of the dispensing motor 235 needs to be juxtaposed to the passage forming portion 222 in the direction in which the first downstream passage region 224a and the second downstream passage region 224b are juxtaposed. Then, the size of the dispensing device 184 in the side-by-side arrangement direction becomes larger than the dimension in the direction perpendicular to the side-by-side arrangement direction and the height direction. On the other hand, in the dispensing device 184, the first downstream passage region 224a and the second downstream passage region 224b are arranged in parallel in the lateral direction, and the drive accommodating portion 223 is arranged in the lateral direction in parallel to the passage forming portion 222. It is done. As a result, the payout device 184 can be disposed while suppressing the protrusion of the payout device 184 from being greatly extended toward the rear on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10.

  In addition, the first standby passage and the second standby passage are provided with the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b provided to be inclined downward from the location communicated with the tank 181, so that the game balls stand by in these standby passages It is possible to suitably reduce the ball pressure of Further, since the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b are provided so as to be inclined downward in the lateral direction, and are provided side by side, it is possible to reduce the space for providing the upstream passage regions 191a and 191b. It is possible. In this configuration, the first standby passage and the second standby passage have a transition region for transitioning from the state in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are juxtaposed back to forth to the state in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are juxtaposed laterally. Passage areas 201a and 201b are formed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the payout device 184 from protruding largely backward at the back of the pachinko machine 10 as described above while performing pressure reduction of the gaming ball well on the upstream side of the standby passage.

  Further, in the case where the drive accommodating portion 223 is arranged in parallel in the lateral direction with respect to the passage forming portion 222, the drive accommodating portion 223 is arranged in parallel with the passage forming portion 222 on the rotating base end side of the gaming machine main body 12. Ru. The drive accommodating portion 223 accommodates not only the main body portion 235 b of the payout motor 235 but also the connector 237 c of the payout detection sensor 237 and the relay substrate 239 for electrically connecting to the payout control device 116. Therefore, it is assumed that it becomes an object of fraud. On the other hand, in the configuration in which the payout device 184 is provided on the rotary base end side of the back of the gaming machine main body 12, the drive accommodating portion 223 is disposed on the rotary base end side. Thus, it is possible to suppress the tampering of the connector 237c and the relay board 239.

  Since the main control device 91 and the emission control device 121 are separately provided, the control load of the main control device 91 is reduced compared to the configuration in which the functions of the emission control device 121 are integrated into the main control device 91. It is possible. Further, by separately providing the main control unit 91 and the emission control unit 121, it becomes possible to arrange the control units 91 and 121 at positions suitable for each. In this case, since the firing control device 121 is installed on the back of the lower frame area 141 where the game ball firing mechanism 41 is installed on the surface of the resin base 21, the player easily touches the firing control device 121. While making it impossible, the shortening of the electrical wiring 152a, 152d for electrically connecting the launch control device 121 and the game ball launch mechanism 41 is achieved. Accordingly, the installation of the launch control device 121 can be favorably performed.

  A shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is provided below the bottom forming plate portion 275 of the upper plate 83, and when the bottom forming plate portion 275 tries to bend downward, the shock absorbing is performed so as to be compressed in the thickness direction. The rubber plate 301 is deformed. Thus, the impact absorbing rubber plate 301 can absorb the impact when the gaming ball falls from the ball lead-out member LD2 of the ball lending device LD to the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83. Therefore, it is suppressed that the game ball supplied from ball lead-out member LD2 of ball lending device LD jumps greatly on bottom 271 of upper tray 83, and it can control that the game sphere concerned falls from upper tray 83. .

  Further, the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is not provided on the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83 but provided below the bottom forming plate portion 275. The shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is formed of a softer material than the bottom forming plate portion 275 and thus is easily damaged. If the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is provided on the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83, damage due to continuous use or intentional damage of the player tends to occur. If such damage occurs to the bottom surface 271 of the upper plate 83, the flow of gaming balls in the upper plate 83 may be impeded, which is also undesirable in appearance. On the other hand, by providing the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 below the bottom forming plate portion 275, while suppressing the occurrence of the above damage of the shock absorbing rubber plate 301, the game ball from the upper plate 83 Can be suppressed.

  Further, the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is provided by being received from the lower side by the support member 302, and is provided to the bottom forming plate portion 275 in a non-adhesive state and a non-welding state. In the configuration in which the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 is adhered or welded to the bottom forming plate portion 275, an adhesive layer or a welding layer is formed at the boundary between the bottom forming plate portion 275 and the shock absorbing rubber plate 301. There is a concern that the shock absorbability of the rubber plate 301 may be reduced. On the other hand, by providing the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 in the non-adhesive state and the non-welded state with respect to the bottom forming plate portion 275, it is possible to prevent the above-mentioned inconvenience from occurring. It is possible to preferably exhibit shock absorbability in the shock absorbing rubber plate 301.

  A decorative character unit 311 formed to bulge forward of the pachinko machine 10 is provided at a position in parallel with the upper tray unit 261 and the lower tray unit 312 on the front surface of the front door frame 14, and the decorative character The unit 311 is partially formed so as to be inserted between the upper tray unit 261 and the lower tray unit 312. As a result, a relatively large decorative character can be provided on the front of the front door frame 14, and the decorativeness of the pachinko machine 10 is enhanced.

  Also, an upper plate unit 261 that bulges forward of the pachinko machine 10 and a decorative character unit 311 that bulges forward of the pachinko machine 10 are also arranged in parallel in the lateral direction below the window panel unit 71. In the configuration, a reinforcing plate 331 is provided on the back of the front door base 14a so as to straddle the boundary portion L between the upper tray unit 261 and the decorative character unit 311. Thereby, the bending strength of the front door frame 14 is suppressed from being reduced at the boundary portion L, and the lower portion of the window panel unit 71 is bent forward of the pachinko machine 10 with reference to the boundary portion L. Even so, it gets harder to do. When the lower part of the window panel unit 71 is bent forward of the pachinko machine 10, a gap is generated between the window panel unit 71 and the window portion 74, and the fraudulent jig is inserted from the gap. Are concerned. In addition, there is a concern that the window panel unit 71 defining the front side of the game area 23a is separated from the front of the game board 23 to affect the behavior of the game ball in the game area 23a. On the other hand, by providing the reinforcing plate 331 as described above, even if it is attempted to bend the lower part of the window panel unit 71 to the front of the pachinko machine 10, it becomes difficult to do so, and resistance to fraud It is possible to enhance the decorativeness while enhancing the

  By providing guide ribs 353 to 355 with respect to a portion of the window portion 74 of the front door frame 14 for receiving the lower end portion (specifically, the entering portion 358) of the window panel unit 71 from the lower side, the window panel unit 71 is provided. In the case where the pivoting operation is performed so as to abut the panel abutting surface 343 of the window portion 74 from the rear side of the pachinko machine 10, the pivoting operation is performed while sliding the lower end portion on the guide ribs 353-355. It becomes possible. As a result, the work of replacing and installing the window panel unit 71 can be facilitated.

  Further, in the configuration in which the window panel unit 71 is rotatably supported with respect to the front door base 14a, when the guide ribs 353 to 355 are slid, the entry portion 358 which is the lower end portion is the guide rib The window panel unit 71 is naturally disposed at a position to be used by being inserted between the guide step portion 357 formed by 353 to 355 and the panel contact surface 343 of the window portion 74. Thereby, the arrangement work can be facilitated compared to a configuration in which alignment is also required when arranging a relatively large window panel unit 71 at a use position.

  In the state where the entry portion 358 of the window panel unit 71 is inserted between the guide step portion 357 and the panel contact surface 343 as described above, even if the window panel unit 71 is pushed from the front of the pachinko machine 10, the guide When the step portion 357 abuts on the intruding portion 358 from the rear side of the pachinko machine 10, the rearward displacement of the window panel unit 71 is blocked. As a result, a gap is created between the lower end portion of the window panel unit 71 and the window portion 74, and even if it is attempted to insert the fraudulent jig toward the out port 59, it becomes difficult to do so.

  Further, a groove opened toward the center side of the window panel unit 71 is formed so as to be partitioned by the panel contact surface 343 and the guide step portion 357. As a result, a gap is formed between the lower end portion of the window panel unit 71 and the window portion 74, and even if the fraudulent jig is inserted, the tip of the fraudulent jig enters the groove, It is possible to prevent further intrusion.

  Further, as described above, since the configuration for suppressing cheating is realized using the guide ribs 353 to 355, for example, the formation of the above gap is prevented after the window panel unit 71 is abutted against the panel contact surface 343. Unlike the configuration in which the separate members are attached, the resistance against the above-mentioned fraud is enhanced without reducing the workability of the installation operation of the window panel unit 71.

  Further, since the guide ribs 353 to 355 are formed in the front side passage forming unit 321, the number of members can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which members dedicated to the guide ribs 353 to 355 are provided.

  The inner light emission cover 381 is formed by opening the inner space on the side opposite to the bulging direction, and the inner opening 382 is formed to have the longitudinal direction and the short direction. A spacer member 393 is attached between the inner long plate portions 388a and 388b of the light emitting cover 381, and the inner long plate portions 388a and 388b are pressed outward by the spacer member 393. This makes it possible to prevent the inner light emitting cover 381 from being bent inward while facilitating the manufacture of the inner light emitting cover 381.

  Further, the outer light emission cover 371 is provided so as to cover the outer peripheral surface of the inner light emission cover 381, and the spacer member 393 is a pair of inner sides of the inner light emission cover 381. Not only the long plate portions 388a and 388b, but also the pair of outer long plate portions 376a and 376b of the outer light emitting cover 371 are pressed outward. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the inward bending of not only the inner light emitting cover 381 but also the outer light emitting cover 371 while simplifying the configuration.

  When the overlapping member 411 is provided in the lower frame portion 402 of the outer frame 11 and the gaming machine main body 12 is in the closed state, the lower end portion 21a of the gaming machine main body 12 is mounted on the lower framing portion 402 In the state, the overlapping member 411 is opposed to the main body side facing surface 21b of the gaming machine main body 12 at the rear thereof. As a result, even if an attempt is made to insert a fraudulent jig from between the gaming machine main body 12 and the lower frame portion 402, it will come in contact with the stacking member 411 from the front, preventing further intrusion. Is possible.

  Further, since the superposition grooves 414a to 414d opened toward the front of the pachinko machine 10 are formed in the superposition member 411, the above-mentioned jig for fraud is inserted into the superposition grooves 414a to 414d. It is possible to more reliably prevent further intrusion of the fraudulent jig.

  Further, the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d are formed in such a size that the game ball can enter, and in the state where the gaming machine main body 12 is closed, the main surface facing surface 21b and the back surface of the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d The game ball can stand by between them. As a result, even if the gaming machine main body 12 is closed with the gaming ball resting on the lower frame portion 402, the gaming ball is caught between the overlapping member 411 and the main body side facing surface 21b. The possibilities are reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the insertion of the fraudulent jig from the gap between the lower frame portion 402 of the outer frame 11 and the game machine body 12 without disturbing the closing operation of the game machine body 12.

Second Embodiment
In the present embodiment, the configuration according to the guide structure of the window panel unit 71 is different from that of the first embodiment. FIG. 37 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the guide ribs 353 to 355 for describing the configuration according to the guide structure in the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 37, the fixing frame 461 of the window panel unit 71 in this embodiment differs from the fixing frame 73 in the first embodiment in that it is between the panel contact surface 343 and the guide step portion 357. The intruding portion 358 is not formed. In the case of this configuration, the guide step portion 357 does not contact the fixed frame 461 from the rear side of the pachinko machine 10, so even if the window panel unit 71 is pushed toward the rear of the pachinko machine 10, Although it can not be received by the guide step portion 357, the guide step portion 357 does not interfere when the window panel unit 71 is turned to the rear side, and the workability of the turning operation is improved.

  Further, even if the guide step portion 357 does not contact the fixed frame 461 from the rear side of the pachinko machine 10, the guide step portion 357, the rear step portion 342 and the panel contact surface 343 face the window panel unit 71 side. The groove 462 is formed. The bottom surface of the groove 462 is outside the edge exposed to the front of the pachinko machine 10 in the window 74, and the boundary portion between the transparent glass 72a on the front side of the window panel unit 71 and the panel contact surface 343. When the fraudulent jig is inserted into the case, it exists on the insertion destination side. Then, even if the tip of the fraudulent jig reaches the bottom of the groove 462, it is difficult for the tip to go over the guide step portion 357.

  Furthermore, even if the window panel unit 71 is slightly displaced rearward, it is expected that the fixed frame 461 will still be on the guide ribs 353 to 355, and the tip of the fraudulent jig is the guide step portion 357. It is expected that it abuts on the circumferential surface of the fixed frame 461 and further intrusion is restricted. When the window panel unit 71 is disposed in the use state, the entry restriction action by the circumferential surface of the fixed frame 461 is such that the circumferential surface of the fixed frame 461 is opposed to the bottom surface of the groove 462 on the inside. It becomes possible to produce by having set composition.

Third Embodiment
In the present embodiment, the configuration of the lower frame portion 471 of the outer frame 11 is different from that of the first embodiment. FIG. 38 (a) is an enlarged perspective view showing the lower frame portion 471 in the present embodiment from the front, and FIG. 38 (b) is an enlarged view of the lower frame portion 471 in the present embodiment. It is the perspective view seen from the back. FIG. 39 is an exploded perspective view of the lower frame portion 471.

  As shown in FIG. 39, a pedestal 472 in the present embodiment is hollow inside, and a speaker device 473 is installed in the internal space. The speaker device 473 is provided at an end of the turning end side of the gaming machine main body 12, and is further installed with its front surface facing downward. The front plate portion 474 forming the surface of the pedestal 472 is formed with a large number of through holes penetrating in the back and forth direction, and the sound output from the front surface of the speaker device 473 by the through holes is emitted forward of the pachinko machine 10 A first sound outlet 475 is formed. Further, the internal space of the base 472 forms a sound passage for guiding the sound output from the rear surface of the speaker device 473 to the second sound outlet 476 formed on the rotation base end side, and the second sound outlet Through 476, the sound output from the rear surface of the speaker device 473 is emitted forward of the pachinko machine 10.

  The pedestal 472 is provided with the upper lid member 481, and by removing it from the pedestal base 482, the internal space of the pedestal 472 can be opened, and for example, the speaker device 473 can be replaced or maintained. The pedestal 472 including the upper lid member 481 and the pedestal base 482 is formed of a synthetic resin such as an ABS resin.

  The upper lid member 481 extends between the lower shaft fitting 11a provided on the rotation base end side and the support fitting 409b provided on the rotation tip end side, and the upper surface thereof is supported A metal fitting 409a is provided. In addition, a connector 483 for electrically connecting the speaker device 473 to the sound emission control device 93 or the like is provided on the upper surface of the upper cover member 481.

  As shown in FIG. 38A, a superposition member 484 made of synthetic resin is provided on the lower side shaft fitting 11a and the upper lid member 481. The overlapping member 484 defines a plurality of overlapping grooves 485 similarly to the overlapping member 411 in the first embodiment. As a result, it is possible to suppress the act of infiltrating the fraudulent jig from entering between the gaming machine main body 12 and the lower frame portion 471, and at the same time the gaming machine is placed on the lower frame portion 471. Even when the main body 12 is closed, it is possible to overlap the gaming ball and to release it to the groove 485 side. Furthermore, since the area constituting the bottom surface of the overlapping groove 485 on the upper surface of the upper lid member 481 is inclined downward toward the front of the pachinko machine 10, the gaming ball accommodated in the overlapping groove 485 is the next game When the opening operation of the machine body 12 is performed, it descends forward by its own weight and is discharged from the lower frame portion 471.

  Further, as described above, since the connector 483 is provided on the upper surface of the upper lid member 481, the overlapping member 484 is provided so as to avoid the connector 483, and in the area where the connector 483 is provided. The overlapping groove 485 is not formed. The connector 483 is exposed on the back side of the pachinko machine 10 as shown in FIG. 38 (b), and the connector 483 can be accessed only by rotating the gaming machine main body 12 forward with respect to the outer frame 11. It becomes. Thereby, the connection work of the wiring can be facilitated.

<Other Embodiments>
In addition, it is not limited to the description content of each embodiment mentioned above, A various deformation | transformation improvement is possible within the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, it may be changed as follows. Incidentally, the configurations of the following different embodiments may be applied individually to the configurations of the above-described embodiments, or may be applied in combination.

  (1) The inclined surface 253a that the alignment of the gaming balls can be favorably performed while suppressing the occurrence of the ball clogging in the standby passage formed from the outlet portion of the tank 181 to the position of the rotary body 231 of the dispensing device 184 In the case of focusing on the function of (1), the number of waiting paths is not limited to two, and may be three or more, or may be one. In addition, the configuration of the standby passage and the inclined surface 253a that exerts the function is applied to a standby passage other than the passage where the game ball which has flowed down from the tank 181 and which the game ball to pay out to the player waits. May be

  For example, the storage lever and the loading device are provided on the front side of the gaming machine main body supported to be openable and closable by the outer frame, and the start lever is taken after the predetermined number of gaming balls stored in the storage portion are loaded by the loading device. In a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are fused, which starts rotating the reels by operating the game machine, the invention may be applied to a standby path continuing from the storage unit to the loading device. In this case, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of the ball clogging while enabling the loading of the gaming ball in the loading device to be performed favorably.

  (2) The outer frame 11 may be provided with an opposing plate portion that faces the head of the screw 248 used to fix the dispensing device 184 from the rotation base end side. In this case, in order to remove the payout device 184, the game machine main body 12 needs to be rotated with respect to the outer frame 11.

  (3) The installation area 245 and the dispensing device 184 may be provided with a temporary fixing structure for restricting the displacement of the dispensing device 184 installed in the installation area 245 without fixing by the screw 248. For example, a hook portion is provided as a locking portion in one of the installation area 245 and the dispensing device 184, and a hook receiving portion is provided as a locking receiving portion in the other. Thereby, in the configuration in which the screwing operation of the screw 248 needs to be performed from the rotation base end side when fixing the dispensing device 184 to the installation area 245, the workability of the installation operation of the dispensing device 184 can be improved. It becomes.

  (4) The fixing boss 246 is provided in the installation area 245, and the configuration is not limited to the configuration in which the fixing flange 247 is provided in the dispensing device 184, and the fixing boss 246 is provided in the dispensing device 184 Alternatively, a fixing flange 247 may be provided in the installation area 245 in parallel with the fixing boss 246 from the rotation base end side of the gaming machine main body 12.

  (5) The ball stopping means provided in the dispensing device 184 is not limited to the rotating body 231, and the opening / closing member that protrudes and retracts to the downstream side of the downstream passage regions 224a and 224b, and the opening and closing portion slide and move It may be a gate member juxtaposed in the direction.

  Even in the case of the former opening and closing member, the respective opening and closing members are configured to move up and down by pivoting around the shaft portion, and a single payout motor is provided as drive means for pivoting the shaft portion. If the axial direction of the shaft portion and the dispensing motor is in the lateral direction, it is possible to suppress the rearward protrusion of the dispensing device 184 on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10.

  In addition, even in the latter gate member, the opening corresponding to one standby passage and the closing portion are arranged side by side in the lateral direction, and the combination of the opening and the closing portion corresponding to each standby passage is in the front-rear direction Arrange in parallel. Then, if a single solenoid is provided so that the output shaft reciprocates in the lateral direction as the drive means, it is possible to suppress the rearward protrusion of the dispensing device 184 on the back surface of the pachinko machine 10.

  (6) The provision of the tank 181 in the dispensing unit 113 is not essential, and the tank 181 may be defective. In this case, the game balls may be directly supplied to the upstream passage areas 191a and 191b from the aisle connected to the island equipment side.

  (7) The first standby passage and the second standby passage are not transitioned from being juxtaposed in the front-rear direction to being juxtaposed laterally in the middle, but are arranged laterally in parallel throughout The configuration may be such that it is not provided in parallel in the front-rear direction or in the lateral direction at least halfway, but in parallel in the lateral direction from the intermediate position to the most downstream part.

  (8) In the back case body 132 of the emission control device 121, for example, a plurality of ribs may be formed on the surface facing the lower frame region 141 to form unevenness in the front-rear direction. In this case, it is possible to make it difficult to insert the fraudulent jig into the main control device 91 or the like through the gap between the lower frame area 141 and the launch control device 121. In particular, as described above, when the back and forth direction is formed on both the surface of the back case body 132 facing the lower frame area 141 and the back surface of the lower frame area 141 facing the back case body 132. Insertion suppression effect is enhanced.

  (9) The electric wiring 152 e (specific wiring) used to communicate with the main control device 91 in the emission control device 121 is connected not to the power supply device 117 but to the payout control device 116. It may be connected to the ball lending connection terminal board 118, or may be connected to another relay board provided in the back pack unit 15. When connected to the payout control device 116, the electrical wiring for communication for executing the payout of the game ball in the payout control device 116 and the electrical wiring for communication for executing the emission control are combined as a connector unit. It is preferable to be connected to the main control unit 91. In addition, when connecting to the relay substrate, communication main wiring for executing payout of the game ball and communication electric wiring for executing the firing control are collectively provided as a connector unit in the main control device 91. In addition to or in place of the former electrical wiring for communication, the electrical wiring for power supply by the power supply device 117 may be collectively connected as a connector unit to the main control device 91. Good. Even with these configurations, it is possible to make it difficult to perform illegal opening of the back pack unit 15 using specific wiring, and it is possible to reduce the number of connectors provided in the main control device 91. .

  (10) The vertical facing of the lower area 102a of the back pack 101 and the firing control device 121 is not limited to the configuration performed above the firing control device 121, and additionally or alternatively, The configuration may be performed below the emission control device 121, or may be performed at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the emission control device 121.

  (11) The electric wiring 152 e (specific wiring) extending toward the back pack unit 15 extending from the emission control device 121 is set such that the length dimension of the electric wiring 152 e is difficult to perform an unauthorized opening operation of the back pack unit 15. The back pack unit 15 has a length sufficient to open the back pack unit 15. However, as a result of bundling areas in the middle, the back pack unit is consequently not limited. The configuration may be such that 15 improper opening operations are difficult to perform due to the presence of the electrical wiring 152e. In order to prevent unauthorized opening operation of the back pack unit 15 through the electrical wiring 152e, when the electrical wiring 152e is connected, at least the rotation position to which the main control device 91 can be removed. It is preferable that rotation of the back pack unit 15 be blocked.

  (12) The launch control device 121 may be configured not to require reception of a signal from the main control device 91 when the gaming ball is launched. Even in this case, a signal may be output from the firing control device 121 to the main control device 91 indicating that the gaming ball is being fired, and in the configuration, the signal is a back pack unit. It may be configured to be transmitted to the main control device 91 side via the specific substrate provided at 15.

  Further, the firing control device 121 may be configured not to transmit a signal directed to the main control device 91 when firing the gaming ball. Even in this case, a signal for permitting the game control unit 121 to release the game ball or a signal for adjusting the shot cycle of the game ball may be output from the main control unit 91 to the release control unit 121. In the configuration, the signal may be transmitted to the emission control device 121 via the specific substrate provided in the back pack unit 15.

  (13) As a reinforcing means for reinforcing the boundary portion L between the upper tray unit 261 and the decorative character unit 311 in the front door base 14a, a metal reinforcing plate 331 separate from the front door base 14a is provided. However, the invention is not limited to this, and a reinforcing plate made of synthetic resin may be provided. Further, instead of or in addition to the reinforcing plate 331 as the reinforcing means, a reinforcing rib straddling the boundary portion L may be integrally formed on the front door base 14a. However, in the configuration in which the reinforcing means is provided to bridge the lock receiving groove 348 of the lower end locking member 345, it is preferable to provide the reinforcing means separately from the front door base 14a.

  (14) The reinforcing means for reinforcing the boundary portion L between the upper tray unit 261 and the decorative character unit 311 in the front door base 14a is not necessarily provided on the back surface of the front door base 14a, and the front door It may be provided at a portion hidden by the upper tray unit 261 and the decoration character unit 311 on the front surface of the base 14a. Further, in the configuration, reinforcing means for straddling the boundary portion L may be provided in at least one of the upper tray unit 261 and the decoration character unit 311.

  (15) The reinforcing plate 331 may be provided to face the fixing screws 349a and 349b of the lower end locking member 345 from the rear of the pachinko machine 10. In this case, the lower end locking member 345 can not be removed unless the reinforcing plate 331 is removed.

  (16) The reinforcing means for reinforcing the boundary portion L between the upper tray unit 261 and the decorative character unit 311 in the front door base 14a does not have to be formed by a single member, and a plurality of members are connected. It is good also as composition formed. In this case, it is preferable to arrange so that the joint portion of the plurality of members does not overlap with the boundary portion L.

  (17) When closing the window panel unit 71 with respect to the peripheral edge portion 341 of the window portion 74, the reinforcing plate 331 fulfills the function of being able to receive the window panel unit 71 from below, the reinforcing plate A portion 331 may be provided to project rearward from the rear end of the rear stepped portion 342. Further, in this configuration, the function of the guide ribs 353 to 355 in the first embodiment or the function of the guide step portion 357 in the first embodiment may be achieved by the reinforcing plate 331.

  (18) The character represented by the decoration character unit 311 is not limited to a whistle and is arbitrary. In addition, the decorative character unit 311 may be provided with the game operation device 284.

  Further, it is not necessary to provide a pair of upper and lower plates 83 and 84 as ball receptacles provided on the front of the gaming machine, and it is possible to store gaming balls paid out from the payout device 184 A configuration may be provided in which a single ball receptacle capable of guiding the stored game balls toward the game ball firing mechanism 41 is provided. In order to increase the size of the decorative character unit 311 in relation to the ball receiver, a part of the decorative character unit 311 may enter above or below the ball receiver, and the decorative character may be placed on the front of the ball receiver. A part of the unit 311 may be configured to enter. In the latter configuration, the boundary portion between the ball receiving tray and the decorative character unit 311 may be reinforced using the entrapped portion.

  (19) By providing reinforcing means such as the reinforcing plate 331, even if a plurality of bulging portions are provided side by side around the window panel unit 71 on the front face of the front door frame 14, the boundary portion between the bulging portions When paying attention to the effect that reinforcement can be performed, the plurality of bulging parts are not limited to the combination of the upper tray unit 261 and the decoration character unit 311, and for example, the upper tray unit 261 and the game operating device In the configuration in which the members 284 and the members 284 are each bulging forward and juxtaposed, reinforcing means may be provided so as to straddle the boundary between them. In addition, in the configuration in which the decorative character unit 311 and the light emitting unit are juxtaposed vertically at the side of the window panel unit 71, reinforcing means may be provided to straddle the boundary portion in the vertical direction. .

  (20) The guide ribs 353 to 355 for receiving the window panel unit 71 from below at the time of closing the window panel unit 71 are not limited to a configuration in which the upper surface is inclined upward toward the pachinko machine 10, The configuration may be horizontal or substantially horizontal. Even in this case, the movement in the closing direction of the window panel unit 71 can be guided by the guide ribs 353 to 355. Further, the upper surfaces of the guide ribs 353 to 355 may be inclined downward toward the front of the pachinko machine 10, and the downward inclined surface may function as the guide step portion 357 in each of the above embodiments.

  (21) The guide ribs 353 to 355 are not necessarily provided so as to guide the lower end portion of the window panel unit 71. For example, the side portions on the pivoting tip side of the window panel unit 71 are received from below to guide It may be provided. Even in this case, the guide step portion 357 is formed by using the guide ribs 353 to 355 or the connection wall portion 356, and the groove is formed between the guide panel 35 and the panel contact surface 343. Even if it is attempted to insert a fraudulent jig by creating a gap between the side portion on the rotating tip side and the window portion 74, it is possible to make it difficult to do so. In addition, since a part of the window panel unit 71 is inserted into the groove, it is possible to prevent an action of displacing the window panel unit 71 backward on the side portion on the rotation tip side. .

  (22) The upper surfaces of the guide ribs 353 to 355 and the lower end of the window panel unit 71 may be reduced in friction. In this case, the sliding resistance between the both can be reduced. Moreover, the window panel unit 71 is not limited to the structure rotatably supported by the front door base 14a, and may be non-rotationally supported. In this case, the installation work of the window panel unit 71 is more difficult to perform as compared with the rotation type, but the installation work can be facilitated by receiving from the lower side by the guide ribs 353 to 355.

  (23) The guide ribs 353 to 355 and the connection wall 356 do not have to be formed in the front passage forming unit 321, but may be formed on the front door base 14a, or may be formed on a dedicated member .

  (24) The shock absorbing rubber plate 301 may be provided below the bottom of the lower plate 84. Further, the ball bowl is not provided with a pair of upper plate 83 and lower plate 84, but it is possible to store the gaming balls paid out from the payout device 184, and at the same time store the gaming balls that are stored. In the configuration provided with a single ball receiving tray that can be directed toward the game ball launching mechanism 41, the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 may be provided below the bottom of the ball receiving tray.

  (25) The shock absorbing rubber plate 301 may be provided by bonding, welding or screwing the corner portion to the bottom forming plate portion 275. However, in order to satisfactorily absorb the impact in the impact absorbing rubber plate 301, the entire lower surface of the impact absorbing rubber plate 301 should be received by the support member 302 as in the above embodiment. Is preferred. Also, the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 may be bonded or welded to the support member 302.

  (26) In order to bring the impact absorbing rubber plate 301 into close contact with the bottom forming plate portion 275 from below, the support member 302 presses the impact absorbing rubber plate 301 toward the bottom forming plate portion 275 In the state, the shock absorbing rubber plate 301 may be supported from the lower side.

  (27) The downstream recess 308 juxtaposed to the alignment passage 273 is formed in the back wall 264 of the upper tray 83 instead of or in addition to the configuration formed in the front wall 272 of the upper tray 83 It may be configured as described above.

  (28) The configuration of the spacer member 393 in the above embodiment may be applied to the light emitting cover unit 361 provided in a single layer. For example, the spacer member 393 may be provided to a single-layer cover by the inner light emission cover 381 in the above embodiment. In this case, the spacer holes 395a and 395b are not provided as through holes so that both end portions 394a and 394b of the spacer member 393 are not exposed to the outside of the light emitting cover unit 361. It is good also as composition provided, and it is good also as composition closed by a front door base 14a and other members from the outside, making spacer holes 395a and 395b into a penetration hole.

  (29) The configuration of the spacer member 393 in the above embodiment may be applied to the light emitting cover unit 361 provided in three or more layers. For example, in the case of three layers, for the middle cover, the pressing force on the inner light emission cover 381 is transmitted from the inner light emission cover 381 to the middle cover, and the outer light emission cover 371 is a spacer as in the above embodiment. It may be configured to be pressed directly by the member 393. Instead of this, the inner contact portions 396a and 396b in the above embodiment are formed stepwise for the inner light emitting cover 381 and the middle cover, and the inner light emitting cover 381 is formed by the respective inner contact portions. Alternatively, both the intermediate cover and the intermediate cover may be directly pressed.

  (30) Instead of pressing the outer light emitting cover 371 directly by the spacer member 393, the spacer member 393 directly presses only the inner light emitting cover 381, and the pressing force is from the inner light emitting cover 381 to the outer light emitting cover It may be configured to be transmitted to 371.

  (31) The configuration in which only one spacer member 393 is provided is not limited, and a plurality of spacer members 393 may be provided. In this case, one spacer member 393 is provided on the openings 372 and 382 side. While providing, you may provide the other spacer member 393 in the bulging direction side more than that. Alternatively, the inner light emitting cover 381 and the outer light emitting cover 371 may be separately provided.

  (32) In the inner light emitting cover 381, the insertion portions into which both end portions 394a and 394b of the spacer member 393 are inserted do not have to be spacer holes 395a and 395b penetrating inward and outward, and bulge from the peripheral portion of the inner opening 382 The insertion portion may be formed by a recess that is recessed to the side.

  (33) The configuration in which deflection is prevented by the spacer member 393 may be applied to a cover other than the light emitting cover. For example, the present invention may be applied to speaker covers 362 and 363.

  (34) The overlapping grooves 414a to 414d as the boundary groove portion are not limited to the configuration provided only on the lower frame portion 402 side of the outer frame 11, and the overlapping grooves are formed in the overlapping member 411. Instead of this, the overlapping groove may be formed on the main body side facing surface 21b. Further, the overlapping grooves may be formed on both the overlapping member 411 and the main body side facing surface 21b.

  In the configuration in which the overlapping grooves are formed in both, all the overlapping grooves may be opposed to each other, and the overlapping groove on the front side and the overlapping groove of the latter are shifted in the direction in which the boundary extends. The game ball may be allowed to stand by in the overlapping groove.

  (35) The height dimension of the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d is less than one game ball, but the distance between the main body side facing surface 21b and the back surface of the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d is the gaming machine main body The game ball may be set to be able to stand by between the two in a state where 12 is closed.

  (36) The front displacement portions 412a to 412c of the rear upright wall 412 may be disabled by setting the fixing points 415a to 415c of the overlapping member 411 to the rear of the back surface of the overlapping grooves 414a to 414d. . In this case, the overlapping grooves 414 are not intermittent but can be formed as a series.

  (37) In the configuration in which the surface facing upward in the left frame portion 403 and the right frame portion 404 of the outer frame 11 is formed, the front surface 21b of the main body side and the front and rear of the overlapping member 411 A configuration relating to overlap may be applied.

  (38) The device on which the effect for the game run is executed is not limited to the symbol display device 62, and the configuration for the effect for the game run is executed by operating the decorative member provided movable. It is good also as composition which an effect for game circulation is performed by making a predetermined light emission part turn on, and an effect of game circulation is performed by combination of all or a part of the above-mentioned each mode Good.

  (39) Another type of pachinko machine or the like different from the above embodiment, for example, a pachinko machine in which the motorized role opens a predetermined number of times when the game ball enters a specific area of the special device The present invention can be applied to a pachinko machine that becomes a jackpot when a right enters and becomes a jackpot, a pachinko machine equipped with other features, an arrange ball machine, a game machine such as a ball ball, and the like.

  A non-ball-ball type game machine, for example, a plurality of reels having a plurality of kinds of symbols attached in the circumferential direction, starts the rotation of the reels by inserting medals and operating the start lever, and the stop switch is operated. If a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on an effective line visible from the display window after the reel is stopped by the passage of a predetermined time, a bonus such as payout of medals is awarded to the player The present invention can also be applied to slot machines.

  In addition, the gaming machine main body supported in an openable and closable manner by the outer frame is provided with the storage section and the loading device, and the start lever is operated after the predetermined number of gaming balls stored in the storage section are loaded by the loading device. The present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are integrated by starting to rotate the reels.

<About the invention group extracted from each of the above embodiments>
Hereinafter, the features of the invention group extracted from the above-described embodiments will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for ease of understanding, the corresponding configuration in each of the above-described embodiments is appropriately shown in parentheses or the like, but the present invention is not limited to the specific configuration illustrated in the parentheses or the like.

<Feature A group>
Features A1. Standby passages (first standby passages 191a, 201a, 224a, second standby passages 191b, 201b, 224b) in which gaming balls guided to a predetermined area are to be in standby;
Ball stop means (rotary body 231) provided on the downstream side of the standby path, for preventing or allowing the gaming balls in the standby path to flow downstream;
In a gaming machine provided with
The standby passage includes inclined passage regions (a first upstream passage region 191a and a second upstream passage region 191b) formed to be inclined downward in a predetermined direction,
The inclined passage region is provided on the upper side of the bottom surface (bottom surface 252) in the inclined passage region and is in contact with the gaming balls stacked in the inclined passage region from the downstream side. A ceiling inclined surface (inclined surface 253a) that restricts the game balls from being stacked on the bottom surface of the
With the game ball (game ball B1) received by the ball stopper in the state where the flow of the game ball is blocked down, a row of game ball rows extends upstream from the ceiling inclined surface with the game ball (game ball B1) at the top. In the situation where the gaming ball is stacked above the gaming ball row at a position upstream of the ceiling slope, the tip in the most downstream direction of the stacked gaming balls is formed. The standby passage and the ceiling inclined surface are formed such that the game balls in the standby passage stand by in a state where the gaming ball (game ball B2) positioned on the side is not in contact with the ceiling inclined surface. A game machine characterized by

  According to the feature A1, by providing the ceiling inclined surface, the game balls can be aligned in a line in the inclined passage area. In this case, a row of gaming ball rows is formed over the position on the upstream side of the ceiling inclined surface with the gaming balls received by the ball stopping means at the top, and also upstream of the ceiling inclined surface In a situation where gaming balls are stacked above the gaming ball row at the side position, among the stacked gaming balls, the gaming balls located on the far side of the flow-down direction are in contact with the inclined ceiling surface The game ball in the waiting passage stands by in a state where it is not on. Thereby, in a process where the gaming ball is moving to the downstream side, the stacked gaming balls will be in contact with the ceiling inclined surface, and the laminated gaming balls are in contact with the ceiling inclined surface. The frictional force between the ceiling slope and the gaming ball is smaller than in the configuration in which the movement toward the downstream side of the gaming ball is started. Therefore, the possibility of ball clogging occurring between the ceiling slope and the gaming ball array is reduced, and it becomes possible to well commutate the gaming balls in the standby path.

Feature A2. The game balls located on the far side of the flow direction of the stacked game balls are two consecutive games in the flow direction of the game ball row formed on the bottom surface of the inclined passage area. It is arranged to contact from above with respect to each of the balls (game ball B3 and game ball B4),
When the flow down of the game ball is permitted in the ball stopping means, the game ball positioned on the front side in the flow down direction comes in contact with the ceiling inclined surface from the upstream side, whereby the two consecutive games are made The gaming machine according to feature A1, wherein the ceiling slope is formed so as to enter between balls.

  According to the feature A2, the possibility of ball clogging between the ceiling slope and the gaming ball array is reduced.

  Feature A3. The stacked gaming balls are made to flow down in the gaming ball array by abutting from the upstream side to the gaming balls which are provided on the upstream side of the ceiling slope and are stacked above the gaming ball array The gaming machine according to the feature A2, characterized in that the gaming machine according to the feature A2 is provided with a regulation means (lamination regulating member 196) arranged so as to be disposed in contact with the two gaming balls continuous in the direction .

  According to the feature A3, since the pre-rectification is performed on the upstream side of the ceiling inclined surface, the rectification on the ceiling inclined surface can be favorably performed.

  Feature A4. The gaming machine according to the feature A3, wherein the regulation means regulates that three game balls are stacked on the bottom surface of the inclined passage area downstream of the regulation means. .

  According to the feature A4, the number of gaming balls stacked on the bottom surface of the inclined passage area can be reduced stepwise, and the gaming balls can be favorably rectified.

Feature A5. The ball stopper means is configured such that the position of the game ball arranged at the top of the game ball row can be displaced within a predetermined range in a state where the flow of the game ball is blocked.
In the standby passage and the ceiling slope, the game ball row is upstream of the ceiling slope even if the position of the game ball arranged at the top of the game ball row is displaced within the predetermined range. In the situation where the game balls are stacked above the game ball row at a position on the upstream side of the ceiling inclined surface while being formed over the positions, the most flowing direction among the stacked game balls Any one of the features A1 to A4 characterized in that the game ball in the standby passage is made to stand by in a state where the game ball located on the front side of the ball is not in contact with the ceiling slope. The gaming machine described in.

  According to the feature A5, there is a possibility that the ball clogging may occur between the ceiling inclined surface and the gaming ball row regardless of the state in which the flow-down of the gaming ball is blocked in the ball stopping means. It is possible to reduce commutation of the gaming ball in the standby passage.

Feature A6. The waiting passage is a first waiting passage (first waiting passage 191a, 201a, 224a) and a second waiting passage (second waiting passage 191b, 201b, 224b) juxtaposed to the first waiting passage. Equipped
The ball stopper means prevents or allows the gaming balls in the first standby passage to flow downstream, and further prevents or allows the gaming balls in the second standby passage to flow downstream. Yes,
The ceiling inclined surface is provided for both the inclined passage region of the first standby passage and the inclined passage region of the second standby passage.
The second standby passage is set such that the passage length on the downstream side of the position where the ceiling inclined surface is provided is different from the first standby passage.
The passage length of the second standby passage is such that a row of gaming ball rows is upstream of the ceiling inclined surface with the gaming ball being received by the ball stopper in the state where the flow of the gaming balls is blocked In the situation where it is formed over the position of the side and the gaming ball is stacked above the row of gaming balls at the position upstream of the inclined ceiling surface, among the stacked gaming balls A feature is characterized in that the gaming ball in the second waiting path is set to stand by in a state where the gaming ball positioned on the far side in the flow-down direction is not in contact with the ceiling slope. The gaming machine according to any one of A5.

  According to the feature A6, even if a plurality of waiting passages are arranged in parallel and the passage lengths of both waiting passages are different, the same configuration is used for the ceiling inclined surface, and the ball for any of the waiting passages is used. It becomes possible to control the occurrence of clogging.

Feature A7. It has a tank (tank 181) which is opened upward and stores a large number of game balls,
The standby passage is provided from the position of the tank to the position of the ball stopper, and the game ball waiting in the standby passage is a storage section (upper tray 83, lower portion) of the front of the game machine as the predetermined area. A game machine according to any one of features A1 to A6, which is a game ball for paying out toward a plate 84).

  According to the feature A7, since a large number of gaming balls are stored in the tank, the weight load of the gaming balls on the standby passage becomes large. In this case, ball clogging is likely to occur, but the provision of the configuration of the above-mentioned feature A1 reduces the possibility of ball clogging occurring between the ceiling inclined surface and the gaming ball array, and in the waiting path It becomes possible to perform rectification of the gaming ball well.

  The invention of the feature group A is effective for the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, includes, for example, a tank for storing gaming balls inside the pachinko machine, and gaming tanks are supplied to the tank from an island facility. The game balls stored in the tank are guided to a storage section on the front of the game machine through a predetermined passage. Further, a dispensing device is provided at an intermediate position of the predetermined passage.

  The payout device is provided with ball holding means such as a rotating body, and in a situation where the ball holding means blocks passage, the gaming ball stands by in a standby passage on the upstream side of the ball holding means. Become. On the other hand, when the ball stopper is driven to allow passage, the game balls waiting in the waiting path are paid out toward the storage section.

  Here, in order to satisfactorily pay out the game balls by the ball stopping means, it is preferable that the game balls be arranged in a line toward the ball stopping means in one standby passage. On the other hand, when the flow of gaming balls from the tank to the standby passage is restricted from the beginning to one line, there is a concern that the clogging of the outlet of the tank may occur. Then, it is preferable to rectify so as to form a line at an intermediate position of one standby passage. However, ball clogging may occur during the rectification.

  The above problems are not limited to the waiting path from the tank to the ball stopping means, and the same applies to other gaming machines provided with a waiting path in which the game ball guided in a predetermined direction is waiting Problem that occurs in

<Feature B group>
Feature B1. A game machine main body (game machine main body 12) rotatably supported by an object (outer frame 11) on the support side such that one side in the lateral direction is the rotation base end side;
Ball stopping means (rotary body 231) for preventing or allowing payout of gaming balls toward the storage section (upper tray 83, lower tray 84) on the front of the gaming machine, and payout detecting means (payout detection) for detecting the gaming balls to be dispensed A dispensing device (dispensing device 184) having a sensor 237),
Equipped with
The payout device is installed at an installation location (installation area 245) provided on the rotation base end side of the gaming machine main body,
A fixing means (fixing boss 246, fixing flange 247, screw 248) which fixes the dispensing device to the installation location and releases the fixing of the dispensing device to the installation location by performing a fixing release operation. Equipped with
A game machine characterized in that the fixing means is provided such that the fixing releasing operation needs to be performed from the rotation base end side of the gaming machine body with respect to the fixing means.

  According to the feature B1, even if it is attempted to remove the payout device illegally, it is necessary to carry out the fixing releasing operation on the fixing means provided on the rotation base end side of the gaming machine main body from the rotation base end side of the fixing means is there. Therefore, it becomes possible to make it hard to perform the act which tries to remove the payment device concerned illegally.

  Feature B2. The installation location is a holding portion (bottom plate portion 244) for retaining the installation condition of the dispensing device by receiving the weight of the dispensing device at least in a state where fixation by the fixing means is not performed. The gaming machine according to feature B1, characterized in that it comprises.

  According to the feature B2, at the time of installation or removal of the dispensing device, the dispensing device can be held at the installation location even in a state where the fixing by the fixing means is not performed. Thus, in the configuration provided with the configuration of the feature B1 and making it difficult to remove the dispensing device, it is possible to suppress the decrease in the workability of the regular installation operation and the removing operation of the dispensing device.

Feature B3. The fixing means includes an installation side fixing portion (fixing boss 246) provided on the peripheral portion of the installation location, and a dispensing side fixing portion (fixing flange 247) provided on a housing (dispensing housing 221) of the dispensing device. , And the fixing member (screw 248) is inserted into a hole (screw hole 246a, through hole 247a) communicated when the installation side fixing portion and the discharge side fixing portion overlap in the horizontal direction. The configuration is to fix the dispensing device to the installation location,
The installation site includes a positioning portion (back plate portion 242, side plate portion 243) in which the installation side fixing portion and the delivery side fixing portion naturally overlap in the lateral direction by contact with the dispensing device. The gaming machine according to feature B1 or B2, characterized in that:

  According to the feature B3, when the dispensing device is installed, by disposing the dispensing device at the position positioned by the positioning portion, the device side fixing portion and the dispensing side fixing portion naturally become side by side. Thus, in the configuration provided with the configuration of the feature B1 and making it difficult to remove the dispensing device, it is possible to suppress the decrease in the workability of the regular installation operation and the removing operation of the dispensing device.

Feature B4. It is provided inside the gaming machine main body or on the back of the gaming machine main body, and can be exposed to the front of the gaming machine by performing a predetermined opening operation. A delivery support (upstream longitudinal passage unit 183) having the installation site on the facing surface),
The installation location is the direction in which the specific surface faces so that the dispensing device can be installed in the installation location by moving the dispensing device from the tip of the direction in which the specific surface faces to the original side in that direction The gaming machine according to any one of the features B1 to B3 characterized in that the gaming machine is opened to

  According to the feature B4, when installing the dispensing device, the predetermined opening operation is performed to expose the specific surface, and the dispensing device is moved from the tip of the direction of the specific surface to the original side of the direction, The dispensing device can be installed at the installation site. In other words, it is not necessary to install the dispensing device from the rotation proximal end side to the installation location when installing the dispensing device. Thus, in the configuration provided with the configuration of the feature B1 and making it difficult to remove the dispensing device, it is possible to suppress the decrease in the workability of the regular installation operation and the removing operation of the dispensing device.

  Feature B5. The installation location is provided on the back of the gaming machine main body, and the payout device is installed by moving the payout device from the tip of the direction facing the back of the gaming main body to the former side of the direction. The gaming machine according to any one of features B1 to B4, characterized in that it is opened in the direction in which the back face of the gaming machine main body faces so that it can be installed at a location.

  According to the feature B5, when installing the payout device, the gaming machine main body is rotated to expose the back surface of the gaming machine main body, and the payout device is moved from the tip of the back direction to the former side of the direction By making it do, the said payment apparatus can be installed in an installation location. Thus, in the configuration provided with the configuration of the feature B1 and making it difficult to remove the dispensing device, it is possible to suppress the decrease in the workability of the regular installation operation and the removing operation of the dispensing device.

  The invention of the feature B group is effective for the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, includes, for example, a tank for storing gaming balls inside the pachinko machine. The game balls stored in the tank are guided to a storage section on the front of the game machine through a predetermined passage. Further, a dispensing device is provided at an intermediate position of the predetermined passage. The payout device is provided with ball stopping means such as a rotating body, and when the ball stopping means is in a state of blocking payout, the game ball stands by in the standby passage on the upstream side of the ball stopping means. It becomes.

  The ball stopper is electrically connected to the controller. Then, based on the fact that the game ball has entered the ball entry portion provided in the game area, or that the lending operation has been performed on the rental ball device in a configuration in which a rental ball device such as a CR unit is provided, The number-of-payouts information is stored in the control device, and the ball stopping means is drive-controlled by the control device so as to execute the payout operation, whereby the gaming ball which has been temporarily stopped is paid out to the storage section.

  Further, the payout device is provided with a payout detection sensor as a payout detection means on the downstream side of the ball holding means, and the gaming ball drawn to the downstream side by the payout operation of the ball holding means is detected by the payout detection sensor . The control device grasps the number of game balls paid out based on the detection result of the payout detection sensor, and the payout operation of the ball stopper when the number of game balls corresponding to the number-of-payouts information is paid out End the

  Here, in the above-mentioned pachinko machine, in order to cause the game balls to be illegally dispensed, an act of removing the legitimate payout device and applying the fraud after it is installed, or replacing the legitimate payout device with the illegal payout device The act to do is assumed. In this case, there is a concern that an unauthorized payout of the game ball will be executed.

<Feature C group>
Feature C1. Standby passage (first standby passage 191a, 201a, 224a, second standby passage 191b, 201b, 224b) in which gaming balls to be dispensed to the storage section (upper tray 83, lower tray 84) on the front of the gaming machine are on standby ), The first waiting passage (first waiting passage 191a, 201a, 224a) and the second waiting passage (second waiting passage 191b, 201b, 224b) are provided on the back of the gaming machine,
A first ball stopper (ball stopper 233 of the rotating body 231) provided on the downstream side of the first standby passage, for preventing or allowing the gaming ball in the first standby passage to flow downward;
A second ball stopper (ball stopper 234 of the rotating body 231) provided on the downstream side of the second standby passage for preventing or allowing the gaming ball in the second standby passage to flow downward;
Driving means (dispensing motor 235) for operating the first ball stopping means and the second ball stopping means;
Equipped with
The drive means comprises an output shaft (output shaft 235a) for supplying power to both the first ball stopping means and the second ball stopping means, and a main body (body part for operating the output shaft by being in a driving state) And 235 b), and
The first standby passage and the second standby passage are arranged side by side in the lateral direction at least at the most downstream portion toward the ball stops.
The driving means is provided such that the axial direction of the output shaft is in the lateral direction, and the main body portion is positioned in the lateral direction with respect to the first ball stopper and the second ball stopper. A game machine that features it.

  According to the feature C1, since the first ball stopping means and the second ball stopping means are driven by a single driving means, the driving means has a driving means compared to a configuration in which the driving means are provided separately for these ball stopping means. Miniaturization of the provided portion is achieved. In this case, the first standby passage and the second standby passage are arranged side by side in the lateral direction at least at the most downstream portion toward the ball stops, and the drive means is such that the axial direction of the output shaft is the lateral direction And it is provided so that a main-body part may be located in a transverse direction with respect to a 1st ball stop means and a 2nd ball stop means. This makes it possible to reduce the dimension in the front-rear direction of the portion provided with the drive means.

Feature C2. It has a tank (tank 181) which is opened upward and stores a large number of game balls,
The first standby passage and the second standby passage are provided from the position of the tank to the positions of the ball stoppers,
The first waiting passage and the second waiting passage are
An upstream passage region (a first upstream passage region 191a, a second upper flow passage) which is provided to be inclined downward in the lateral direction from the portion communicated with the tank, and in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are arranged side by side Road region 191 b),
Downstream passage regions (first downstream passage region 224a, second downstream passage region 224b) including the most downstream portion directed to the respective ball stoppers, in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are arranged side by side in the lateral direction;
It is provided between the upstream passage area and the downstream passage area, and in a state where the first standby passage and the second standby passage are arranged side by side in the flow direction of the gaming ball, they are arranged side by side in the lateral direction. An intermediate passage region (a first intermediate passage region 201a, a second intermediate passage region 201b) having a transition region (the extension region 201d and a region around it) to be transited;
The gaming machine according to feature C1, comprising:

  According to the feature C2, the first standby passage and the second standby passage are provided with the upstream passage area provided to be inclined downward from the location communicated with the tank, so that the game waits on each of the standby passages. It is possible to suitably reduce the ball pressure of the ball. Further, the upstream passage regions of the first standby passage and the second standby passage are provided so as to be inclined downward in the lateral direction, and since they are juxtaposed back and forth, a space for providing these upstream passage regions Can be reduced.

  In the configuration, in the first standby passage and the second standby passage, transitioning from the state in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are juxtaposed back and forth in the flowing direction of the gaming ball is made parallel An intermediate passage area is formed having a transition area. As a result, on the upstream side of the standby passage, the excellent effects as described in the above-mentioned feature C1 can be exhibited while the pressure of the gaming ball is favorably reduced.

  Feature C3. A discharge passage (discharge passage 206) for discharging game balls waiting in the first waiting passage and the second waiting passage on the upstream side of the transition area in the first waiting passage and the second waiting passage Of the game ball standing by in the first standby passage and the second standby passage are manually operated to the blocking position for blocking the flow of the game ball into the discharge passage and the allowable position for permitting The gaming machine according to the feature C2, comprising a switching member (switching member 207) provided so as to be switchable.

  According to the feature C3, in the configuration in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are disposed side by side in the lateral direction on the most downstream side, the switching member is provided upstream of the transition region. It is possible to manually operate the switching member from the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the portion where the passage and the second standby passage are formed. As a result, the excellent effects as described in the feature C1 can be exhibited while preventing the operability of the switching member from being reduced.

Feature C4. A passage portion of the game ball corresponding to the first standby passage and a passage portion (passage portions 209a and 209b) of the game ball corresponding to the second standby passage are provided in parallel and parallel to the passage portions. It has a detection main body (main body 209c) extending in a direction perpendicular to the installation direction and the passing direction of the game ball, and whether or not the game ball is waiting in the first standby passage and the second standby passage A standby side detection means (ballless sensor 209) for detecting
The standby side detection means is provided in such a manner that the parallel arrangement direction of the respective passing parts is the front and rear direction on the upstream side of the transition area in the first standby passage and the second standby passage. The gaming machine according to the feature C2 or C3.

  According to the feature C4, in the configuration in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are arranged side by side in the lateral direction on the most downstream side, the standby side detection means is provided upstream of the transition area. The excellent effects as described in the feature C1 can be exhibited while suppressing the dimension in the front-rear direction of the side detection means.

Feature C5. The transition area of the first standby path and the transition area of the second standby path are:
A separation area (extension area 201d) in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are laterally separated from a state in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are juxtaposed back and forth;
On the downstream side of the separation area, one of the transition area of the first standby path and the transition area of the second standby path is inclined downward toward the front of the gaming machine, and the other is directed rearward of the gaming machine. Inclined regions (inclined portions 211a and 211b) in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are arranged side by side in the lateral direction by tilting downward;
A game machine according to any one of the features C2 to C4, comprising:

  According to the feature C5, in the transition region in which the first standby passage and the second standby passage are transitioned from being juxtaposed back and forth to being juxtaposed laterally, the first waiting passage and the second waiting passage are An inclined area is provided for each. As a result, by using the configuration of the transition area, it is possible to decompress both the weight load of the game ball applied to the first ball stopper and the weight load of the game ball applied to the second ball stopper.

Feature C6. The game machine main body (game machine main body 12) rotatably supported by a target (outer frame 11) on the support side such that one side in the lateral direction is the rotation base end side,
The first ball holding means, the second ball holding means, and the drive means are provided as a unit as a payout device (payout device 184), and a payout detection means for detecting a gaming ball to be paid out to the payout device. (Discharge detection sensor 237) is provided,
The payout device is provided on the rotation base end side of the gaming machine main body, and further, a housing portion (drive) in which the main body portion of the drive means and the main body portion (main body portion 237b) of the payout detection means are housed. The housing portion 223) is provided so as to be disposed on the rotation base end side with respect to the passage forming portion (the passage forming portion 222) in which the first ball stopper and the second ball stopper are provided. A game machine according to any one of features C1 to C5, characterized in that

  According to the feature C6, in the configuration in which the passage forming portion and the storage portion of the dispensing device are arranged side by side in the lateral direction, the storage portion is disposed on the rotation base end side. Is difficult to do.

  Feature C7. The first ball stopper means and the second ball stopper means are rotating bodies (rotary body 231) having a shaft portion (rotating shaft portion 232) to which the output shaft is fixed, and the drive means is configured to output the output The gaming machine according to any one of the features C1 to C6, wherein the rotating body is rotated by rotating an axis around the axis.

  According to the feature C7, the first ball stopping means and the second ball stopping means are rotating bodies, and the drive means rotates the output shaft, the excellent effects as described in the feature C1. Can be played.

  The invention of the feature C group is effective for the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, includes, for example, a tank for storing gaming balls inside the pachinko machine, and gaming tanks are supplied to the tank from an island facility. The game balls stored in the tank are guided to a storage section on the front of the game machine through a predetermined passage. Further, a dispensing device is provided at an intermediate position of the predetermined passage.

  The payout device is provided with ball holding means such as a rotating body, and in a situation where the ball holding means blocks passage, the gaming ball stands by in a standby passage on the upstream side of the ball holding means. Become. On the other hand, when the ball stopper is driven to allow passage, the game balls waiting in the waiting path are paid out toward the storage section.

  As described above, as a pachinko machine provided with a tank and a dispensing device, a configuration is known in which two rows of waiting paths leading from the tank to the ball stopper of the dispensing device are provided in parallel in the front-rear direction. In this case, the time required to pay out a predetermined number of gaming balls can be shortened.

  Here, in the configuration in which two waiting paths are provided as described above, it is necessary to prevent or allow the game balls to be paid out for each waiting path. In this case, it is conceivable to provide ball stopping means individually for each standby passage and to provide an electric actuator individually for each ball stopping means.

  However, in this configuration, the size of the dispensing device is increased, which is not preferable. On the other hand, the provision of ball stopping means individually for each stand-by passage, while the ball stopping means is operated by a single electric actuator, makes it possible to dispense as compared with the structure providing individual electric actuators. The device can be miniaturized.

  However, in order to perform the payout operation of the game balls for each of the standby passages, a certain amount of driving force is required in the electric actuator, so the main body of the electric actuator has a certain size. Furthermore, since the standby passages are juxtaposed in the front-rear direction, when applying the configuration of a single electric actuator to the standby passages, the main portions of the electric actuators are arranged in the parallel arrangement direction of the standby passages. It becomes. Then, the thickness in the front-rear direction of the dispensing device is increased. In this case, for example, when the position of the payout device is redesigned to the rear of the conventional position due to the enlargement of the device for presentation, etc., the pachinko machine in the state where the back face is opposed in the island facility of the game hall When the aircraft is installed, there is a concern that the gap between the two pachinko machines becomes extremely narrow, and further, there is a concern that the two pachinko machines may interfere with each other.

<Feature D group>
Feature D1. A base body having a gaming unit (game board 23) having a gaming area (playing area 23a) in which gaming balls flow down formed on the front, and rotatably supported with respect to an object (outer frame 11) on the support side (Resin base 21),
A window portion (window portion 74) provided on the front of the gaming machine to allow the gaming area to be viewed from the front of the gaming machine;
Launch operation means (a launch operation device 31) provided on the front of the gaming machine and operated by the player to launch game balls toward the gaming area;
Firing means (game ball firing mechanism 41) provided below the gaming area in the base body and firing gaming balls toward the gaming area;
A progress control means (main control device 91) for executing control for game progress according to the occurrence of the game ball entering the ball entry portion provided in the game area;
A launch control unit (launch control device 121) for controlling the launch means to launch game balls toward the game area based on the launch operation means being operated;
Equipped with
A game machine characterized in that the emission control means is installed on the back surface of a support portion (lower frame area 141) on the surface of which the emission means is installed on the base body.

  According to the feature D1, since the progress control means and the emission control means are provided separately, the control load of the progress control means is reduced compared to the configuration in which the function of the emission control means is integrated into the progress control means. It is possible. Further, by separately providing the progress control means and the emission control means, it becomes possible to arrange the control means at a position suitable for each.

  In this case, since the launch control means is disposed on the back of the support on the surface of the base body, the launch control means can be launched while the player can not easily touch the launch control means. The wiring for electrically connecting the control means and the launch means can be shortened. Therefore, it becomes possible to satisfactorily install the launch control means.

Feature D2. On the back of the base body is provided a back unit (back pack unit 15) on which a game ball payout mechanism (payout unit 113) is mounted,
The gaming machine according to feature D1, wherein the shot control means is disposed between the support portion and the back unit.

  According to the feature D2, it is possible to protect the launch control means from the rear by the back unit. In addition, it is possible to make it difficult to perform an action to remove the launch control means illegally.

Feature D3. The said progress control means is installed in the back of the said base body,
When the emission control is performed, at least one of transmission of a signal from the emission control means to the progress control means and transmission of a signal from the progress control means to the emission control means is performed. Yes,
A specific substrate (power supply device 117) provided on the back unit is interposed at an intermediate position of a path for performing communication related to the emission control, and the specific substrate has a specific wiring (electrical The gaming machine according to feature D2, wherein the wiring 152e) is connected.

  According to the feature D3, by providing the progress control means on the back of the base body, the presence of the back pack can make it difficult to illegally access the progress control means from the back of the gaming machine. It becomes. In the said structure, the specific board | substrate is provided in the back unit. As a result, it is possible to make it difficult for the specific wiring to perform an action to unfairly separate the back unit from the base body.

  Feature D4. It is provided to electrically connect the specific substrate and the progress control means, and a wire for performing communication related to the emission control and communication for performing communication different from the communication related to the emission control are supplied or electric power is supplied. The gaming machine according to the feature D3, further comprising a connection unit (connector unit 175) for connecting the wiring for the movement to the progress control means side by one connector.

  According to the feature D4, the wiring for performing communication related to the emission control using the specific substrate, and the wiring for supplying communication or power different from the communication related to the emission control with one connector By being configured to be connected to the progress control means, it is possible to reduce the number of connection portions provided in the progress control means as compared with a configuration in which each wire is directly connected to the specific substrate. Thereby, the workability in the case of removing the progress control means at the time of maintenance etc. is improved. In the said structure, the specific board | substrate is provided in the back unit. As a result, it is possible to make it difficult for the specific wiring to perform an action to unfairly separate the back unit from the base body.

Feature D5. The rear unit includes a rear portion (lower region 102a) having a surface facing the rear of the gaming machine with respect to the release control means,
The specific substrate is provided on a surface opposite to the opposite surface in the rear portion,
The specific wiring is connected to a connection portion (connector 125e) provided on a surface facing the back of the gaming machine in the emission control means and not facing the rear portion, and the rear portion of the specific substrate The gaming machine according to the feature D3 or D4, characterized in that it is connected to a connection portion (connector 158) provided on the opposite side to the side facing the side.

  According to the feature D5, it is possible to improve the workability when attaching or removing the specific wiring.

Feature D6. The back unit is provided so as to be displaceable at a position overlapping the back of the base body from the rear of the gaming machine and at a position spaced apart from the back of the base body to the back of the base than the overlapping position.
The length dimension of the specific wiring is a length dimension which makes it difficult to displace the back unit from the overlapping position to the spaced position in a state of being connected to both the base body side and the specific substrate. The gaming machine according to any one of the features D3 to D5, which is set.

  According to the feature D6, it is possible to make it difficult to perform the act of separating the back unit illegally from the base body by the specific wiring.

  Feature D7. The gaming machine according to any one of the features D2 to D6, wherein the back unit includes a back side facing portion (upper side division screen 162) vertically facing the discharge control means.

  According to the feature D7, even if the fraudulent jig is inserted into the space between the back unit and the base body through the gap between the back unit and the base body, the fraudulent jig is the firing control means and the back side facing portion When entering between, it is possible to control further intrusion of the fraudulent jig. And the function of the said intrusion control can be provided using a back unit and a firing control means.

  Feature D8. The base body is provided with a wiring hole (insertion hole 154) through which a wire electrically connecting the emission control means and the emission means is provided. The gaming machine according to any one of the features D1 to D7.

  According to the feature D8, the wire connecting the launch control means and the launch means is not routed from the outside of the peripheral portion of the base body, but through the wiring hole formed in the support portion of the base body It is being drawn around. Thereby, it can suppress that the said wiring is bitten in at the time of rotation operation of a base body.

  Feature D9. The position of the wiring hole portion is at least at a position at which the supporting portion faces the firing means at the rear side of the gaming machine and at least the position at which the firing control means faces the front side of the gaming machine The gaming machine according to Feature D8, wherein the wiring hole is formed to be in one position.

  According to the feature D9, in the configuration in which the wiring hole portion is formed in the support portion, the firing means is opposed to the wiring hole portion in front thereof, or the discharge control means is opposed in the rear thereof doing. Thus, the act of inserting the fraudulent jig from the front of the support to the back of the support via the wiring hole, or the fraud from the back of the support to the front of the support It is possible to suppress the action to be inserted using the launching means and the launching control means.

Feature D10. The emission control means is provided so as to protrude toward the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the back surface of the support portion,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features D1 to D9, wherein the base body includes a base-side facing portion (stepped plate portion 144) vertically facing the discharge control means.

  According to the feature D10, even if it is attempted to insert the fraudulent jig toward the game unit through the gap between the base body and the firing control means, the fraudulent jig faces the firing control means and the base side. It is possible to control further intrusion of the illegitimate jig when it enters between the parts. Then, the function of the intrusion control can be provided using the base body and the launch control means.

Feature D11. The base body includes a receiving portion (step plate portion 144) for receiving the gaming portion from below,
The gaming unit is fixed to the base body from the back side of the base body and fixed to the base body in a state of being received from below by the receiving portion,
The emission control means has an emission control substrate and a substrate box for containing the emission control substrate, and a predetermined surface of the substrate box facing upward is below the receiving portion and the receiving portion The gaming machine according to any one of the features D1 to D10, wherein the gaming machine is installed on the rear side of the gaming machine with respect to the unit.

  According to the feature D11, the function of temporarily placing the gaming unit is performed by the firing control means when attaching or detaching the gaming unit. Thus, the launch control means can be made multifunctional.

  The invention of the feature D group is effective for the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, has a game board on which a gaming area having a gaming area in which gaming balls flow down is formed supported by a base body, and a window allowing the gaming area to be viewed from the front of the pachinko machine The part is formed. In addition, below the gaming board in the base body, a launching means is provided for launching the gaming ball toward the gaming area.

  As the launching means, for example, an electromagnetic solenoid, a launching rail, and a ball feeding device are provided. Then, the game balls stored in the storage section on the front of the pachinko machine are supplied one by one onto the launch rail by the ball feeding device, and the above-mentioned launch operation device on the front of the pachinko machine is manually operated by the player. The solenoid is driven to drive the game ball on the firing rail toward the game area.

  The launch control of the game ball based on the manual operation of the launch operation device as described above is executed by a launch control device provided separately from the main control device that generally controls the game. For example, the launch operation device is provided with a sensor that detects that the player is touching the launch operation device, and a sensor that detects the operation amount of the player, and the detection results of those sensors are grasped by the launch control device Be done. Then, the launch control device outputs a drive signal to the solenoid of the launch device based on the detection result of the sensors to cause the launch of the game ball.

  A configuration in which the emission control is performed by the emission control device using a signal output from the main control device may be considered, and furthermore, a configuration in which the emission control device has a function other than emission control may also be considered.

  Here, it is necessary to connect at least electrical wiring to the launcher side of the launch control device. In this case, the base body is generally supported by an outer frame or the like in a rotatable state, and it is not preferable that the electrical wiring be caught in the rotation. On the other hand, it is not preferable that the player can easily touch the firing control device, since the firing control device controls an operation essential for enabling the game with the pachinko machine, that is, the firing control of the gaming ball.

<Feature E group>
Feature E1. A window portion (window portion 74) that allows the inside of the gaming machine to be viewed from the front of the gaming machine;
A ball tray (upper plate 83) capable of bulging forward to the gaming machine below the window and storing a large number of gaming balls;
In a game machine provided with the game machine on the front face of the game machine (the front of the front door frame 14),
The gaming machine front face portion is provided with a decorative character portion (decorative character unit 311) which is formed to bulge forward of the gaming machine, and is provided such that a part thereof is present more laterally than the ball receptacle.
The decorative character portion is formed so as to enter the side of the ball receiving plate so that a part (the hand portion 311d) is at the same position as a part of the ball receiving plate at the position in the lateral direction. Gaming machine.

  According to the feature E1, the decorative character portion formed to bulge forward to the gaming machine is provided on the gaming machine front face portion, whereby the decorativeness of the gaming machine front face portion is enhanced. Further, since the decorative character portion is provided such that a part thereof is present in the lateral direction more than the ball receptacle, and a part is formed in the same position as the ball receptacle in the lateral position. It is possible to use relatively large ones, which also enhances the decorativeness.

  In addition, the target to "expansion ahead of the gaming machine in the lower part of the window portion" is not "a ball receptacle capable of storing a large number of gaming balls" but a dish having a "ball receptacle capable of storing a large number of gaming balls". It may be a part (or a tray unit), or may be a "bulging part having a ball receptacle capable of storing a large number of gaming balls".

Feature E2. A window (window 74) formed to penetrate the support base (front door base 14a) back and forth;
A window panel (window panel unit 71) which is provided on the back side of the support base so as to close the opening by the window from the rear side of the gaming machine and allows the inside of the gaming machine to be viewed from the front of the gaming machine;
A ball tray (upper plate 83) capable of storing a large number of gaming balls by bulging forward of the gaming machine below the window panel;
In a game machine provided with the game machine on the front face of the game machine (the front of the front door frame 14),
The front face portion of the gaming machine is provided with a decorative character portion (decorative character unit 311) formed so as to bulge forward of the gaming machine,
The decorative character parts are arranged side by side with respect to the ball receptacle,
Reinforcing means (reinforcement plate 331) is provided on the support base for supporting the ball receiving tray and the decorative character portion so as to straddle a portion (boundary portion L) corresponding to the boundary between the ball receiving tray and the decorative character portion. A game machine characterized by being

  According to the feature E2, the decorative character portion formed to bulge forward of the gaming machine is also juxtaposed in the lateral direction with respect to the ball receptacle similarly formed to bulge forward of the gaming machine. The decorativeness of the front of the gaming machine is enhanced.

  However, if the parts bulging forward in this way are juxtaposed, a boundary portion of these bulging parts is produced at the front face of the gaming machine, so a ball pan is provided over the entire lateral direction. As compared with the conventional game machine, there is a place where the bending strength is weak below the window panel. Then, when there is a portion where the bending strength is weak like this, for example, an act of creating a gap in the window portion by pulling the boundary portion forward of the gaming machine is assumed. If the act is performed, there is a concern that the fraudulent jig may be inserted into the gaming machine through the gap.

  On the other hand, the support base is provided with reinforcing means so as to straddle the portion corresponding to the boundary between the ball tray and the decorative character portion. Thus, the area of the support base provided with the reinforcing means is enhanced in strength as compared to the area provided on the support base with the reinforcing means. Therefore, even if the portions bulging forward of the gaming machine are arranged side by side at the position below the window portion in the front face portion of the gaming machine as described above, the reduction in strength at the boundary portion is suppressed. It is possible to improve the resistance against the above-mentioned fraud.

  In addition, the target to "expansion ahead of the gaming machine in the lower part of the window panel" is not "a ball receptacle capable of storing a large number of gaming balls" but a "dish having a ball receptacle capable of storing a large number of gaming balls". It may be a part (or a tray unit), or may be a "bulging part having a ball receptacle capable of storing a large number of gaming balls".

Feature E3. The game area (game area 23a) where the game ball flows down is configured to be visible from the front of the game machine through the window panel,
The gaming machine according to feature E2, wherein the reinforcing means is provided on the back surface of the support base so as to be erected toward the back of the gaming machine than the area around the back surface.

  According to the feature E3, even if the fraudulent jig is inserted from the lower side of the gaming machine toward the gaming area, it can abut against the reinforcing means from the lower side, and it is possible to prevent further intrusion Become. In other words, it is possible to prevent intrusion of the fraudulent jig toward the game area by utilizing the reinforcing means for generating the function of increasing the strength of the boundary as described above, and the reinforcement of the reinforcing means is shown in FIG. Be

Feature E4. The support base is formed with a distribution opening (introduction port 84a, outlet portion 337) for distributing the game ball before and after the support base,
The gaming machine according to the feature E3, wherein the reinforcing means is provided in a region between the gaming region and above the distribution opening, the region being sandwiched between the two.

  According to the feature E4, it is assumed that the fraudulent jig is inserted from the front of the gaming machine to the back of the support base through the distribution opening and the act of intruding the fraudulent jig into the game area is performed. Also, when the fraudulent jig abuts on the reinforcing means from below, it is possible to prevent further intrusion of the fraudulent jig.

Feature E5. The gaming area is formed on the front of the gaming board (gaming board 23), and a control device (main control device 91) for controlling the progression of the game is provided on the back side of the gaming board.
Furthermore, in order to discharge the game ball that has not entered the ball entry unit (general winning opening 51 and upper operation opening 53) corresponding to the awarding of the benefit in the gaming area to the back side of the gaming board The out outlet (out outlet 59) is formed,
The gaming machine according to feature E4, wherein the reinforcing means is provided in a region between the out-port and the passage opening and between the two.

  Insert the fraudulent jig from the front of the gaming machine to the back of the support base through the opening for distribution, and then intrude the fraudulent jig from the position of the out port to the back of the game board to cheat the control device An act is assumed. On the other hand, according to the feature E5, the reinforcing means is provided on the back side of the support base in a region below the out-port and above the flow-through opening and sandwiched between the two. Therefore, it becomes possible to prevent the fraudulent jig from reaching the out port, and it is possible to prevent the fraudulent being given to the control device.

Feature E6. The reinforcing means is a reinforcing body (reinforcing plate 331) provided separately from the support base and fixed to the back surface of the support base,
On the back of the support base, separation restricting means (covering wall 351 of the front passage forming unit 321) facing the reinforcement from the rear of the gaming machine so as to restrict separation of the reinforcement from the support base. The gaming machine according to any one of the features E2 to E5, wherein the gaming machine is provided.

  According to the feature E6, by providing the function as the reinforcing means with the reinforcing body separate from the support base, it is possible to provide the function as the reinforcing means while facilitating the manufacture. In addition, even in the configuration in which the reinforcing body is separately provided as described above, since the separation restricting means for restricting the separation of the reinforcing body is provided on the back surface of the support base, the reinforcing body is removed illegally It is possible to suppress the

Feature E7. On the back of the support base, a passage forming a lead-out passage for guiding gaming balls dispensed by the dispensing means (dispensing device 184) to the ball receptacle or the ball receptacle (lower tray 84) different from the ball receptacle. A forming unit (front passage forming unit 321) is provided,
The game machine according to Feature E6, wherein the passage forming unit is the separation restricting means.

  According to the feature E7, the passage forming unit is an essential component for guiding the game balls toward the ball receptacle, and restricting the separation of the reinforcing body by the passage forming unit while simplifying the configuration. , It becomes possible to produce the above excellent effects.

Feature E8. The game area (game area 23a) where the game ball flows down is configured to be visible from the front of the game machine through the window panel,
The window panel is provided so as to be displaceable between a state in which the peripheral edge portion of the window portion abuts from the rear side of the game machine and a state in which the window panel is separated toward the rear side of the game machine from there.
Receiving means (covering wall 351) having an upper surface which protrudes backward from near the lower end of the window and which can receive the window panel from below when the window panel is displaced on the back side of the support base Is provided,
The receiving means is the separation restricting means,
Furthermore, the support base is formed with a distribution opening (outlet portion 337) at a lateral position of the receiving means, for distributing the gaming ball before and after the support base,
The reinforcing body is provided to extend laterally so as to be located in front of the receiving means and above the flow opening, and a part of the reinforcing body is further from the upper surface of the receiving means. The gaming machine according to the feature E6 or E7, characterized in that it is also positioned at the middle position in the lateral direction so that the other part is located below and the other part is located above the distribution opening.

  According to the feature E8, by providing the receiving means capable of receiving the window panel from the lower side when the window panel is displaced, the window panel can be easily displaced. And, by restricting the separation of the reinforcing body by such receiving means, it is possible to achieve the above-mentioned excellent effects while simplifying the configuration.

  In addition, in the configuration in which the support opening is provided with the opening for distribution, an act of inserting the fraudulent jig toward the game area from the front of the gaming machine through the opening for distribution is assumed. On the other hand, since the reinforcing body is provided to extend laterally so as to be located above the flow opening, even if the fraudulent jig is inserted, the reinforcing body is inserted to the reinforcing body. It is possible to abut from below and prevent further intrusion.

  Furthermore, since the reinforcing body is bent at an intermediate position in the lateral direction such that a part is located below the upper surface of the receiving means and another part is located above the flow opening, It is possible to achieve the above-described excellent effects without changing the position of the means or the position of the distribution opening.

  Feature E9. The gaming machine according to any one of features E2 to E8, wherein the reinforcing means is provided to regulate the displacement of the window panel to the rear of the gaming machine.

  According to the feature E9, even if it is attempted to displace the window panel to the rear of the gaming machine and insert the fraudulent jig from the gap between the window panel and the window portion, it is possible to block it by the reinforcing means. Thereby, multifunctionalization of the reinforcing means is achieved.

Feature E10. The support base has a lock position for holding the window panel in contact with the peripheral portion of the window from the rear side of the gaming machine, and a non-lock position for permitting displacement of the window panel to the rear side of the game machine And lock means (lower end lock member 345)
The locking means is adapted to be in contact with the gaming machine from the rear side with respect to a part of the peripheral portion (lower end side support flange 344a) of the window panel in the locked position, thereby holding the abutted state.
The gaming machine according to the feature E9, wherein the reinforcing means is provided so as not to face the window panel, and is provided so as to face the locking means from the rear side of the gaming machine. .

  According to the feature E10, the reinforcing means can prevent the action of illegally displacing the window panel from the front of the gaming machine to the rear of the gaming machine while preventing the regular displacement work of the window panel from being affected. It becomes.

Feature E11. The bowl is an upper tray (upper tray 83), and a lower tray (lower tray 84) capable of storing gaming balls below the upper tray is provided on the front face of the gaming machine,
The gaming machine according to any one of features E1 to E10, wherein the decorative character portion is inserted between the upper plate and the lower plate.

  According to the feature E11, by providing the decorative character portion so as to be inserted between the upper plate and the lower plate in the limited area of the front face portion of the gaming machine, the enlargement of the decorative character portion is suitably realized. Is possible.

Feature E12. The game area (game area 23a) where the game ball flows down is configured to be visible from the front of the game machine through the window panel,
Any one of features E1 to E11 characterized in that a firing operation means (launch operation device 31) manually operated by a player to launch a game ball toward the game area is provided in the decoration character portion. The gaming machine according to 1.

  According to the feature E12, it is possible to preferably realize the enlargement of the decorative character part by using the decorative character part as the installation area of the firing operation means.

Feature E13. The game area (game area 23a) where the game ball flows down is configured to be visible from the front of the game machine through the window panel,
The game machine further includes a launch operation means (launch operation device 31) manually operated by a player to launch game balls toward the game area.
The decorative character unit is provided with an operation unit (ball lending operation units 313a and 313b) different from the launch operation unit for causing the game machine to perform a predetermined operation. Feature E1 The gaming machine according to any one of E12.

  According to the feature E13, by using the decorative character part as the installation area of the operation part, it is possible to preferably realize the enlargement of the decorative character part.

  The invention of the feature E group is effective for the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, is provided with a ball receptacle for storing gaming balls on the front face of the gaming machine. The game balls stored in the ball receptacle are guided to the game ball emission mechanism. In addition, a game operating device is provided on the front of the gaming machine, and the game operating mechanism is operated by the player, and a game ball guided to the game ball shooting mechanism is provided. Is launched into the game area. Then, for example, when the game ball enters the winning opening provided in the game area, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the ball receptacle. Further, a window panel portion is provided above the ball receptacle in the front surface portion of the gaming machine, and the gaming area can be viewed from the front of the gaming machine through the window panel portion.

  Here, since the front face of the gaming machine is an area to be first noticed by the player, it is preferable that its decorativeness is high. In order to enhance such decorativeness, for example, a configuration in which an arrangement of lamps is devised is known.

  However, the arrangement of the lamps alone has limitations in improving the decorativeness. On the other hand, since various game machine parts are mounted on the front face of the game machine as described above, the installation area is restricted even if the decoration parts are to be installed, and in the end, only the arrangement of the lamps has to be relied on .

  The above problem is not limited to the pachinko machine, but also occurs in other gaming machines having the front face of the gaming machine.

<Feature F>
Feature F. A window (window 74) formed to penetrate the support base (front door base 14a) back and forth;
A window panel (window panel unit 71) which is provided on the back side of the support base so as to close the opening by the window from the rear side of the gaming machine and allows the inside of the gaming machine to be viewed from the front of the gaming machine;
In a game machine provided with the game machine on the front face of the game machine (the front of the front door frame 14),
A plurality of bulging parts (upper dish unit 261, decoration character unit 311) formed to bulge forward in the front of the gaming machine are arranged in parallel in a predetermined direction around the window in the front face of the gaming machine. ,
The supporting base for supporting the plurality of bulging portions is characterized in that a reinforcing means (reinforcing plate 331) is provided so as to straddle the portion (boundary portion L) corresponding to the boundary of the plurality of bulging portions. A gaming machine to be.

  When the portions bulging forward are juxtaposed, a boundary portion of the bulging parts is generated on the front face of the gaming machine, so that the entire area where the bulging parts are juxtaposed is single. As compared with the configuration in which the bulging portion is provided, a portion having a weak bending strength is present around the window portion. Then, when there is a portion where the bending strength is weak like this, for example, an act of creating a gap in the window portion by pulling the boundary portion forward of the gaming machine is assumed. If the act is performed, there is a concern that the fraudulent jig may be inserted into the gaming machine through the gap.

  On the other hand, the support base is provided with reinforcing means so as to straddle a portion corresponding to the boundary of the plurality of bulging portions. Thus, the area of the support base provided with the reinforcing means is enhanced in strength as compared to the area provided on the support base with the reinforcing means. Therefore, even if a plurality of bulging parts are juxtaposed at positions around the window part in the front face part of the gaming machine as described above, it is possible to suppress the strength reduction in the boundary part, and the above-mentioned fraudulent act Resistance to

  By applying the configuration limited to any one of the features E3 to E10 to the configuration of the feature F, it is possible to obtain a synergistic effect based on each configuration.

  The invention of the feature F is effective against the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, is provided with a ball receptacle for storing gaming balls on the front face of the gaming machine. The game balls stored in the ball receptacle are guided to the game ball emission mechanism. In addition, a game operating device is provided on the front of the gaming machine, and the game operating mechanism is operated by the player, and a game ball guided to the game ball shooting mechanism is provided. Is launched into the game area. Then, for example, when the game ball enters the winning opening provided in the game area, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the ball receptacle.

  Further, a window panel portion is provided above the ball receptacle in the front surface portion of the gaming machine, and the gaming area can be viewed from the front of the gaming machine through the window panel portion. Furthermore, various decorations are provided on the front of the gaming machine.

  Here, it is preferable to increase the degree of freedom in the design of the front face of the gaming machine. For example, a configuration may be considered in which the portions bulging forward of the gaming machine are arranged around the window. However, when the portions bulging forward in this manner are arranged around the window, aiming at a slight decrease in strength at the boundary between the two, for example, by pulling the vicinity of the boundary toward the front of the gaming machine, There is a concern that the act of creating a gap in the window and inserting a fraudulent jig may occur.

<Feature G group>
Feature G1. A window (window 74) formed on a support base (front door base 14a) of the front of the gaming machine;
A window panel (window panel unit 71) provided on the back of the support base so as to close the opening by the window from the rear side of the gaming machine;
Equipped with
In a gaming machine in which the inside of the gaming machine is visible from the front of the gaming machine through the window panel,
The window panel is in contact with the rear facing surface (panel contact surface 343) facing the back of the gaming machine at the peripheral edge of the window from the back side of the gaming machine, and the state of being separated from the gaming machine backward , Is displaceable, and
A panel receiving portion (guide ribs 353 to 355 and a connecting wall portion) which protrudes rearward from the peripheral edge portion of the window portion on the back side of the support base and can receive the window panel from below when the window panel is displaced. 356) is provided,
A game machine characterized in that the panel receiving portion has a forward facing surface (guide step portion 357) facing the back facing surface side at a position separated rearward with respect to the back facing surface.

  According to the feature G1, when the window panel is in contact with the peripheral portion of the window from the rear side of the gaming machine by the provision of the panel receiver, the weight load of the window panel is received by the panel receiver It is possible to carry out the work while receiving it at the same time, and the work can be facilitated.

  Further, since the panel receiving portion has a front facing surface facing the rear facing surface at a position spaced rearward with respect to the rear facing surface of the peripheral portion of the window, the window panel and the peripheral portion of the window Even if the fraudulent jig is inserted from the gap, it is expected that the tip of the fraudulent jig abuts on the forward facing surface to prevent further intrusion. Therefore, the resistance to the fraud is enhanced.

  Furthermore, since the panel receiving portion is configured to generate the function for suppressing the above-mentioned fraudulent action, the gap is closed by attaching another member after the window panel is in the above-mentioned abutting state. Unlike the above, the tolerance against the above-mentioned fraud is enhanced without reducing the workability of the operation of bringing the window panel into contact with the peripheral portion of the window.

Feature G2. A control device for controlling the progress of the game, including a game board (game board 23) having a game area (game area 23a) visible in front of the game machine through the window panel and formed on the front side. (Main controller 91) is provided,
Furthermore, the game board discharges to the back side of the game board the game ball that has not entered the ball entry unit (general winning opening 51 and upper operation opening 53) corresponding to the award of the benefit in the game area. For the out outlet (out outlet 59) is formed,
The gaming machine according to feature G1, wherein the panel receiving portion is provided at least at a part of the periphery of the out port.

  It is assumed that the fraudulent jig is inserted from the gap between the window panel and the peripheral part of the window, and the fraudulent jig is made to enter the back of the game board from the position of the out port to cheat the control device. Be done. On the other hand, according to the feature G2, since the panel receiving portion is provided around the out port, it is possible to prevent the intrusion toward the out port of the fraudulent jig.

  When the lower end of the window panel is lower than the out port, the “panel receiver” is located at a height position higher than the lower end of the window panel and at a height level smaller than the out port. If the lower end of the window panel is above the out port, it may be located at a height position below the lower end of the window panel and at a height position above the out port. .

  Feature G3. In the peripheral part of the window part, a groove (groove part 462) is formed which is divided in the front-rear direction by the rear facing surface and the front facing surface, and is opened toward the center side of the window panel. A game machine according to any one of features G1 or G2.

  According to the feature G3, even if the fraudulent jig is inserted from the gap between the window panel and the peripheral portion of the window portion, the fraudulent jig enters the groove and further intrusion is prevented.

  Feature G4. The gaming machine according to any one of the features G1 to G3, wherein the window panel includes an intruding portion (entrance portion 358) which enters a space between the rear facing surface and the forward facing surface.

  According to the feature G4, even if the window panel is pushed from the front to the back of the gaming machine to create a gap between the window panel and the peripheral portion of the window, the rearward displacement of the window panel is received by the panel It becomes possible to receive in the department. This makes the gap less likely to occur.

Feature G5. The panel receiving portion is formed to be inclined such that the upper surface thereof is directed forward to the gaming machine,
When displacing the window panel from the separated state to the abutting state, the window panel is displaced by displacing the window panel such that the inset portion slides on the upper surface of the panel receiving portion. A feature G4 is characterized in that the configuration is in a contact state, and further the entry part enters the space between the rear facing surface and the forward surface when the contact state is reached. The gaming machine described.

  According to the feature G5, by sliding the top of the panel receiving portion and bringing the window panel into contact with the peripheral portion of the window from the back side, installation of the window panel and the entry portion of the window panel At the same time, getting into the space between the forward faces is completed at the same time. As a result, even in the configuration in which the rearward displacement of the window panel is restricted by the panel receiving portion, the workability of the installation work of the window panel is improved.

  Feature G6. The support base is characterized in that it comprises panel support means (bearings 14b, 14c) for rotatably supporting the window panel such that a pivoting axis is present on the side of the window panel. The gaming machine according to any one of features G1 to G5.

  According to the feature G6, when the window panel is brought into contact with the peripheral edge of the window from the back side, the window panel may be turned, which facilitates the work. However, if the portion of the pivot shaft is worn away due to the reuse of the window panel, the window panel is displaced downward from the normal position. On the other hand, since the panel receiving portion is provided, the window panel can be operated to turn while the window panel is placed on the panel receiving portion. Even if it does, the workability of the installation work of a window panel improves.

Feature G7. A passage is formed on the back of the support base to form a lead-out passage for guiding the gaming balls paid out by the payout means (the payout device 184) to a ball receptacle (upper tray 83) provided on the front face of the gaming machine. A unit (front passage forming unit 321) is provided,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features G1 to G6, wherein the panel receiving portion is formed in the passage forming unit.

  According to the feature G7, the passage forming unit is an essential component for guiding the gaming balls toward the ball receptacle, and by providing the panel receiving portion in the passage forming unit, while simplifying the configuration, It is possible to achieve such excellent effects as

Feature G8. The gaming board (gaming board 23) is provided with a gaming area (playing area 23a) visible on the front of the gaming machine through the window panel.
The back side of the support base is provided with a raising means (reinforcing plate 331) provided at a position outside the game area on the back side of the support base so as to stand up toward the rear of the gaming machine than the surrounding area. ,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features G1 to G7, wherein the standing means is provided to regulate the displacement of the window panel to the rear of the gaming machine.

  According to the feature G8, even if the fraudulent jig is inserted from the peripheral portion of the gaming machine toward the gaming area, it can abut against the rising means from the outside and prevent further intrusion It becomes. In addition, even if it is attempted to insert the fraudulent jig from the gap between the window panel and the window portion by displacing the window panel to the rear of the gaming machine, it is possible to block the same by the raising means.

Feature G9. The support base has a lock position for holding the window panel in contact with the peripheral portion of the window from the rear side of the gaming machine, and a non-lock position for permitting displacement of the window panel to the rear side of the game machine And lock means (lower end lock member 345)
The locking means is adapted to be in contact with the gaming machine from the rear side with respect to a part of the peripheral portion (lower end side support flange 344a) of the window panel in the locked position, thereby holding the abutted state.
The gaming machine according to the feature G8, wherein the standing means is provided not to face the window panel, and is provided to face the locking means from the rear side of the gaming machine. .

  According to the feature G9, it is possible to prevent the action of illegally displacing the window panel from the front of the gaming machine to the rear of the gaming machine by the reinforcing means while preventing the regular displacement work of the window panel from being affected. It becomes.

  The invention of the feature G group is effective to the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, is provided with a ball receptacle for storing gaming balls on the front face of the gaming machine. The game balls stored in the ball receptacle are guided to the game ball emission mechanism. In addition, a game operating device is provided on the front of the gaming machine, and the game operating mechanism is operated by the player, and a game ball guided to the game ball shooting mechanism is provided. Is launched into the game area. Then, for example, when the game ball enters the winning opening provided in the game area, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the ball receptacle. In addition, a window panel is provided above the ball tray in the front of the gaming machine, and the gaming area can be viewed from the front of the gaming machine through the window panel.

  Here, for example, it is conceivable that the window panel is broken in the game hall. In this case, the window panel needs to be replaced. In addition, since the window panel can be used in common among the models, it is also possible to reuse the window panel. And although the installation work of the window panel is performed in each of these work, since the relatively large window panel needs to be aligned with the window part in the installation work, the work can be facilitated. Is preferred.

  On the other hand, since the window panel is provided opposite to the game area, the fraudulent jig is inserted from the gap between the window formed on the front face of the gaming machine and the window panel, and the fraudulent jig An act of intruding the game area side is assumed. Therefore, it is preferable to increase the resistance to the fraud. However, it is not preferable to cause the installation work to have a new operation in order to increase the resistance to the fraud.

  The above problem is a problem which similarly occurs in other gaming machines provided with a window panel at the front of the gaming machine.

<Feature H group>
Feature H1. In a gaming machine provided with a bowl receptacle (upper plate 83) capable of storing a large number of gaming balls on the front face of the gaming machine (front of the front door frame 14),
A bottom forming plate portion (bottom forming plate portion 275) made of synthetic resin that forms a bottom surface (bottom surface 271) of the ball receiving tray;
Impact-absorbing means (impact-absorbing rubber plate 301) formed of a material having a higher shock-absorbing property than the bottom-forming plate portion and provided on the plate-surface side opposite to the bottom side in the bottom-forming plate portion , And
The impact absorbing means is in contact with the opposite side plate surface of the bottom forming plate portion from below at least in a situation where the game ball is falling on the bottom surface and the bottom forming plate portion is about to bend downward. A game machine characterized by being provided to absorb the impact.

  According to the feature H1, even if the gaming ball supplied from a position relatively high to the bottom surface of the ball receptacle falls onto the bottom surface of the ball receptacle, the downward deformation of the bottom forming plate portion is the shock absorbing means. Absorbed Thereby, the game ball is prevented from jumping out of the ball receptacle.

  Further, since the shock absorbing means is not provided on the bottom surface of the ball receiving tray but on the plate surface side opposite to the bottom surface side of the bottom forming plate portion, the shock absorbing means is provided on the bottom forming plate portion Even if it is easy to damage compared with, the occurrence of the damage is suppressed.

  As described above, it is possible to suitably suppress the game ball from bouncing on the bottom surface of the ball receptacle.

  Feature H2. The gaming machine according to feature H1, wherein the shock absorbing means is provided in contact with the opposite side plate surface of the bottom forming plate portion from below.

  According to the feature H2, it is possible to directly absorb the deflection of the bottom forming plate portion by the shock absorbing means.

Feature H3. The shock absorbing means is formed in a plate shape,
It has a receiving surface (supporting surface 303) for receiving the lower plate surface of the impact absorbing means from below, and has supporting means (supporting member 302) for supporting the impact absorbing means below the bottom forming plate portion. The gaming machine according to feature H1 or H2, characterized in that

  According to the feature H3, since the downward displacement of the shock absorbing means itself is restricted by the supporting means, the deformation of the bottom forming plate portion is surely generated by the shock absorbing means when the bottom forming plate portion tries to bend downward. The impact applied to the bottom forming plate can be absorbed by the impact absorbing means.

  Feature H4. The shock absorbing means is in a non-adhesive state and a non-welding state with respect to the plate surface on the opposite side of the bottom forming plate portion, and is supported by the supporting means (support member 302) below the bottom forming plate portion. The gaming machine according to any one of the features H1 to H3, which is installed by being received from the lower side.

  According to the feature H4, the shock absorbing means can be provided below the bottom forming plate portion without adhering or welding the shock absorbing means to the bottom forming plate portion. In the configuration in which the shock absorbing means is adhered or welded to the bottom forming plate portion, an adhesive layer or a welding layer is formed at the boundary between the bottom forming plate portion and the shock absorbing means, and the shock absorbing ability of the shock absorbing means is reduced. There is a concern that On the other hand, since the shock absorbing means is provided in the non-adhesive state and the non-welded state with respect to the bottom forming plate portion, it is possible to prevent the above-mentioned inconvenience from occurring. It is possible to preferably exhibit shock absorbability.

Feature H5. The gaming machine has a configuration in which one side portion is supported by the outer frame (outer frame 11) and the supported portion is supported by the outer frame so as to be openable / closable with the open / close proximal end side,
The bottom surface of the bowl is opened upward at the front face of the gaming machine, so that the ball lending device (ball lending device LD) provided parallel to the opening / closing base end side of the gaming machine in the gaming hall Is a configuration that can receive game balls falling from the
The gaming machine according to any one of the features H1 to H4, wherein the shock absorbing means is provided for at least the area on the opening / closing base end side of the bottom forming plate portion.

  According to the feature H5, even if the gaming ball falls from the ball lending device onto the bottom surface of the ball receptacle, the impact due to the fall is suitably received by the impact absorbing means.

Feature H6. The front wall (front wall 272) of the bowl is formed lower on the central side in the lateral direction than the proximal end of the opening and closing,
The shock absorbing means is provided so as to extend in the lateral direction from the area at the proximal end side of the opening and closing in the bottom forming plate section to a position corresponding to at least the area where the front wall section is formed low. The gaming machine according to the feature H5 characterized by the feature.

  According to the feature H6, in the case where the player supplies the game ball to the ball receptacle by cleaning, the front wall portion of the ball receptacle is formed lower in the lateral center side than the opening / closing proximal end side. Makes it easy to carry out the supply operation. Further, even in this case, the shock absorbing means is provided to extend laterally from the region on the opening / closing proximal end side of the bottom forming plate portion to a position corresponding to at least the region where the front wall portion is formed low. Therefore, the impact absorbing means can absorb the impact of the bottom forming plate portion when the gaming ball is supplied for maintenance.

Feature H7. The ball receptacle is formed with an introduction port (introduction port 265) for introducing the game balls dispensed from the payout means (dispensing device 184) provided behind the front face of the gaming machine into the ball receptacle. Yes,
The front wall side of the front wall portion of the ball receptacle including the front portion of the introduction port is raised toward the inside of the ball receptacle at a position separated by one game ball or more from the bottom surface of the ball receptacle. A game machine according to any one of features H1 to H6, characterized in that a regulation means (protrusion restraint portion 306) is provided.

  In the configuration in which the shock absorbing means is provided, it is possible to suppress the bouncing of the gaming ball, so it is possible to form the front wall portion of the ball receiving tray low. However, even if the shock absorbing means is provided, it can not be suppressed that the game ball vigorously discharged from the introduction port passes over the front wall. As a result, it becomes difficult to form the front wall portion low.

  On the other hand, according to the feature H7, in the area including the front part of the introduction port in the front wall portion of the ball receptacle, the ball receptacle is located at a position separated by one or more game balls from the bottom of the ball receptacle. The front wall side regulation means which stood up toward are provided. Thereby, even if the game ball is discharged vigorously from the introduction port, the game ball is reduced in force by coming into contact with the front wall side restricting means from the lower side, and may be over the front wall portion Be suppressed. Therefore, the front wall can be formed low. And, by forming the front wall portion low, the visibility of the gaming balls stored in the bowl is enhanced, and it becomes easy to take out the gaming balls from the bowl by hand.

  Feature H8. The game according to any one of the features H1 to H7, wherein a cover (a lower double cover 291) is provided in front of the ball receiving plate so as to cover the area provided with the impact absorbing means. Machine.

  According to the feature H8, the shock absorbing means is prevented from being exposed at the front face of the gaming machine, and it becomes possible to prevent unnecessary access to the shock absorbing means.

  The invention of the feature H group is effective for the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, is provided with a ball receptacle for storing gaming balls on the front face of the gaming machine. The game balls stored in the ball receptacle are guided to the game ball emission mechanism. In addition, a game operating device is provided on the front of the gaming machine, and the game operating mechanism is operated by the player, and a game ball guided to the game ball shooting mechanism is provided. Is launched into the game area. Then, for example, when the game ball enters the winning opening provided in the game area, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the ball receptacle.

  In addition, the game bowl may be supplied with gaming balls as the player takes care, or the game balls may be supplied from a ball lending device provided parallel to a pachinko machine in a game hall.

  Here, when the gaming ball is supplied from a relatively high position to the bottom surface of the bowl, there is a concern that the gaming ball may bounce off the bottom surface of the bowl and pop out from the bowl. On the other hand, the structure which suppresses the said popping out is also considered by raising the softness | flexibility, such as the bottom face of a ball saucer.

  However, increasing the flexibility of the bottom surface of the ball receptacle tends to cause damage to the bottom surface, and the player may intentionally damage it. If the bottom of the bowl is damaged or scratched, the appearance of the front of the gaming machine may be impaired.

  The above-mentioned problem is a problem which similarly occurs in other gaming machines provided with ball receptacles on the front face of the gaming machine.

<Feature I group>
Feature I1. In a gaming machine provided with a ball receptacle (upper plate 83) capable of storing a large number of gaming balls and guiding the stored gaming balls to the inside of the gaming machine,
On the bottom surface (bottom surface 271) of the bowl, an alignment passage (alignment passage) for aligning the gaming balls in a row toward the outlet (the outlet 266) for guiding the gaming balls from the bowl to the inside of the gaming machine Section 273),
In the alignment passage portion, a plurality of gaming balls are arranged in the orthogonal direction on the bottom surface of the alignment passage portion on both sides in a direction orthogonal to the passage direction at least downstream to the outlet. A pair of passage walls (a back wall 264 and a passage step 274) that prevent
At least one of the pair of passage walls is formed with a downstream recess (downstream recess 308) which is recessed on the side opposite to the alignment passage at a position higher than the bottom surface of the alignment passage. A game machine that features it.

  According to the feature I1, even when a plurality of gaming balls are stacked on the alignment passage portion, the game balls above the gaming balls on the alignment passage portion can escape to the downstream recess. . As a result, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of ball clogging on the alignment passage portion.

  Further, since the downstream side recess is formed at a position higher than the bottom surface of the alignment passage portion, it is possible to prevent the downstream side recess from disturbing the alignment of the gaming balls on the alignment passage portion. . Furthermore, since the upper surface of the downstream recess is present above the gaming ball which has entered the downstream recess, it is possible to restrict the movement of the entering gaming ball to some extent.

Feature I2. The alignment passage portion is provided to extend laterally,
Among the pair of passage walls, the downstream recess is formed in the passage wall (front wall 272) on the front wall side of the ball receiving plate, the gaming machine according to the feature I1 .

  According to the feature I2, since there is a space in the front wall side compared to the back wall side of the ball receiving tray, space restriction is not generated by providing the downstream side recess in the front wall While being, it becomes possible to provide the said downstream side recessed part. In addition, even if the downstream side recess is provided on the front wall portion side, since the upper surface is present in the downstream side recess, it is possible to suppress the game ball entering the downstream side recess from falling off the ball receiving tray It is.

  The invention of the above-mentioned feature I group is effective for the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, is provided with a ball receptacle for storing gaming balls on the front face of the gaming machine. The game balls stored in the ball receptacle are guided to the game ball emission mechanism. In addition, a game operating device is provided on the front of the gaming machine, and the game operating mechanism is operated by the player, and a game ball guided to the game ball shooting mechanism is provided. Is launched into the game area. Then, for example, when the game ball enters the winning opening provided in the game area, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the ball receptacle.

  In the above configuration, in order to supply the gaming balls one by one toward the gaming ball launching mechanism, a configuration is conceivable in which alignment passage portions are provided in the area continuing to the outlet of the ball receptacle. However, in the configuration in which the alignment passage portion is provided as described above, while the gaming balls can be aligned in advance, on the other hand, the movement direction of the gaming balls is greatly restricted in the alignment passage portion. There is a high possibility of ball clogging.

  The above problem is a problem that occurs similarly in other gaming machines provided with a ball receptacle for storing gaming balls and guiding the stored gaming balls to the inside of the gaming machine.

<Feature J group>
Feature J1. A bulging cover (inner light emitting cover 381) formed by opening the internal space on the side opposite to the bulging direction,
The bulging cover is formed such that an opening (inner opening 382) for opening the internal space has a longitudinal direction and a short direction, and constitutes a peripheral edge extending in the longitudinal direction at the opening. And a pair of long plate portions (inner long plate portions 388a and 388b) facing each other across the internal space,
The gaming machine further includes a spacer member (spacer member 393) provided between the pair of long plate portions and pressing the long plate portions outward from the inner space side.

  According to the feature J1, since the pair of long plate portions is pressed outward from the inner space side by the spacer member, the bulging cover is not bent inward at the central side in the longitudinal direction on the opening side It is possible to Further, since the above-described function is performed by the spacer member separate from the bulging cover, the shape of the bulging cover is not complicated.

Feature J2. The pair of long plate portions is formed with a pair of insertion portions (spacer holes 395a, 395b) into which the pair of end portions (both ends 394a, 394b) of the spacer member can be inserted,
The spacer member faces the inner peripheral surface side of the corresponding long plate portion to the center side more than the end portion, and in the state where the end portion is inserted into the corresponding insertion portion, the inside of the long plate portion A gaming machine according to feature J1, comprising a pair of inner contact surfaces (inner contact portions 396a, 396b) that contact the peripheral surface from the inner space side.

  According to the feature J2, when the spacer member is integrated with the bulging cover, it is only necessary to insert the pair of end portions of the spacer member into the insertion portion of the corresponding long plate portion. Therefore, the integration work can be facilitated. Further, since the end portion of the spacer member is inserted into the insertion portion, the occurrence of positional deviation of the spacer member with respect to the bulging cover can also be suppressed.

Feature J3. The bulging cover is an inner cover (inner light emitting cover 381),
The outer cover (outer light emission cover 371) which is formed a size larger than the inner cover and covers the outer peripheral surface of the inner cover
By the inner cover being inserted into the outer cover, the opening that opens the inner space to the side opposite to the bulging direction and further opening the inner space is the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction. A multi-layer cover unit (light emitting cover unit 361) having the
The spacer member is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the outer cover over the insertion portion to which the pair of end portions correspond, and the contact causes a pair of outer long plate portions (outer long plates in the outer cover) A gaming machine according to feature J2, characterized in that the portions 376a, 376b) are pressed outward from the inner space side.

  According to the feature J3, the spacer member can directly prevent the deflection of the outer cover as well as the deflection of the inner cover.

Feature J4. In the pair of outer long plate portions, an insertion portion for inserting the pair of end portions of the spacer member is not formed,
The gaming machine according to Feature J3, wherein the pair of end portions of the spacer member is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the corresponding outer long plate portion from the inside.

  According to the feature J4, in the outer cover, the position with respect to the spacer member can be about, and the above-described excellent effects can be obtained without requiring high alignment accuracy.

Feature J5. Claws (claws 391) provided on one of the inner cover and the outer cover;
A claw receiving portion (a hole 392 for receiving a claw) which is provided on the other of the inner cover and the outer cover, and restricts the movement of the inner cover in the removal direction with respect to the outer cover by inserting the claws; ,
A game machine according to feature J3 or J4, characterized in that it comprises:

  According to the feature J5, since the installation operation of the spacer member can be performed in a state in which the displacement of the inner cover with respect to the outer cover is restricted, the installation operation can be facilitated.

Feature J6. The multi-layer cover unit is for covering a light emitter (light emitter 365),
The inner cover is formed using a synthetic resin and is formed so as to be able to transmit light from the light emitter,
The outer cover is formed using a synthetic resin and is formed so as to be able to transmit light from the light emitter,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features J3 to J5, wherein the spacer member is formed using a synthetic resin and is formed so as to be able to transmit light from the light emitter. .

  According to the feature J6, it is possible to prevent the deflection of the inner cover and the outer cover without disturbing the irradiation of the light from the light emitter.

Feature J7. The bulging cover is for covering a light emitting body (light emitting body 365), and is formed using a synthetic resin, and is formed so as to be able to transmit light from the light emitting body,
The gaming machine according to any one of the features J1 to J6, wherein the spacer member is formed using a synthetic resin and is capable of transmitting light from the light emitter.

  According to the feature J7, it is possible to prevent the deflection of the bulging cover without disturbing the irradiation of the light from the light emitter.

  Feature J8. The game according to any one of the features J1 to J7, wherein the spacer member is provided with a fixing portion (spacer side boss 397) used when fixing the bulging cover to an installation object Machine.

  According to the feature J8, since the bulging cover can be fixed to the installation target by using the spacer member, the number of parts can be reduced as compared with a configuration in which a fixing member is separately attached to the bulging cover.

  The invention of the above-mentioned feature J group is effective for the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, is provided with a ball receptacle for storing gaming balls on the front face of the gaming machine. The game balls stored in the ball receptacle are guided to the game ball emission mechanism. In addition, a game operating device is provided on the front of the gaming machine, and the game operating mechanism is operated by the player, and a game ball guided to the game ball shooting mechanism is provided. Is launched into the game area. Then, for example, when the game ball enters the winning opening provided in the game area, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the ball receptacle. Further, a window panel portion is provided above the ball receptacle in the front surface portion of the gaming machine, and the gaming area can be viewed from the front of the gaming machine through the window panel portion.

  It is preferable that the front face of the gaming machine is highly decorative since it is an area that is first noticed by the player. In order to enhance such decorativeness, for example, a configuration is known in which the arrangement of light emitters is devised.

  In the configuration in which the light emitter is provided as described above, a cover for the light emitter is provided so as not to expose the light emitter itself. The cover for the light emitter is formed using a synthetic resin so as to be able to transmit light, and the irradiation direction of the light emitter so as to open the internal space toward the side on which the light emitter is mounted. It is made to bulge toward.

  Here, in order to collectively cover a plurality of light emitters, a configuration is conceivable in which a cover for the light emitters is formed long in a predetermined direction. In this case, the number of covers for the light emitter can be reduced.

  However, when the cover for the light emitting body formed by being expanded as described above is formed long in a predetermined direction, the central side in the longitudinal direction is easily bent. On the other hand, although the structure which forms the rib extended in a transversal direction in the inside of the cover for light-emitting bodies is also considered, the shape of the cover for light-emitting bodies will be complicated in this case.

  In addition, the above-mentioned problem is a problem which generate | occur | produces similarly also in covers other than the cover for light-emitting bodies.

<Feature K group>
Feature K1. Outer frame (outer frame 11) used when installing in the game hall,
A game machine main body (game machine main body 12) supported so as to be openable and closable with respect to the outer frame;
In a gaming machine provided with
One is provided in the gaming machine body and the other is provided in the outer frame, at a position where a surface (upper surface 408) facing the upper side is present, which is a boundary between the gaming machine main body and the outer frame. Having a pair of front and rear boundary facing portions (main body side facing surface 21b, overlapping member 411, overlapping member 484);
Boundary grooves (overlapping grooves 414a to 414d, and overlapping grooves 485) are formed in at least one of the pair of front and rear boundary opposing parts so as to be recessed in the opposite direction to the opposing direction,
When the closing operation of the gaming machine main body with respect to the outer frame is performed in a state in which the game ball is placed on the surface facing upward, the boundary groove portion is inserted into the boundary groove portion, A gaming machine characterized by being provided so as to be able to suppress the occurrence of biting of gaming balls between the boundary facing parts.

  According to the feature K1, by providing the pair of front and rear boundary facing portions, it is possible to prevent the action of inserting the fraudulent jig through the boundary portion between the gaming machine main body and the outer frame Become. A boundary groove is formed in at least one of the pair of front and rear boundary facing portions. Then, when the closing operation of the gaming machine main body is performed in a state where the gaming ball is placed on the surface facing upward, the gaming ball enters into the boundary groove portion, thereby biting the gaming ball between the boundary facing portions. It has become possible to reduce the occurrence of complications. As a result, it is possible to prevent the above-mentioned fraudulent acts while suppressing the occurrence of ball bites.

Feature K2. The boundary groove portion has a height dimension and a width dimension of its internal space equal to or greater than one game ball,
Furthermore, when the gaming machine main body is closed with respect to the outer frame by forming the boundary groove portion, the front and back pair of boundary opposing portions has one game ball between the boundary opposing portions. The gaming machine according to feature K1, characterized in that a space having a front-to-back dimension of at least a minute is generated.

  According to the feature K2, even if the closing operation of the gaming machine main body is performed in a state where the gaming ball is placed on the surface facing upward, the gaming ball can enter the boundary groove, and the game ball is in the boundary groove As a result, the ball biting does not occur between the boundary facing portions.

  Feature K3. The gaming machine according to feature K1 or K2, wherein a bottom surface (bottom side inclined surface 408a) of the boundary groove portion is formed to be inclined downward toward the direction in which the boundary groove portion is opened.

  According to the feature K3, since the gaming ball having entered the boundary groove is naturally discharged from the boundary groove when the gaming machine main body is opened, accumulation of the game ball in the boundary groove is suppressed. If game balls are accumulated in the boundary groove, there is a concern that ball catching will eventually occur between the boundary facing portions despite the formation of the boundary groove, but according to this configuration The occurrence of such inconveniences can be suppressed.

Feature K4. The boundary facing portion in which the boundary groove portion is formed extends along the boundary portion,
The boundary facing portion is provided with pillars (forward displacement portions 412a to 412c) formed between the bottom surface and the top surface of the boundary groove at an intermediate position in the extending direction, and the pillars The gaming machine according to any one of the features K1 to K3, wherein the boundary grooves are formed on both sides of the sandwiching direction.

  According to the feature K4, it is possible to suppress that the upper surface of the boundary groove portion is bent to the bottom surface side.

  Feature K5. The boundary groove portion is formed at least on the rear side of the boundary facing portion (the overlapping member 411, the overlapping member 484) of the pair of front and rear boundary opposing portions, any one of the features K1 to K3 The gaming machine described in.

  According to the feature K5, even if the fraudulent jig is inserted from the border between the gaming machine main body and the outer frame, the tip of the fraudulent jig enters the border groove portion. This makes it possible to block further intrusions.

Feature K6. The surface facing upward is a surface on the lower frame portion (lower frame portion 402, lower frame portion 471) of the outer frame,
Of the pair of front and rear boundary facing portions, the rear side boundary facing portion (the overlapping member 411 and the overlapping member 484) is provided on the lower frame portion,
The front boundary facing portion (main body side facing surface 21b) of the front and rear pair of front and rear boundary facing portions is a portion that rides on the lower frame portion in the gaming machine main body, and with respect to the rear side boundary facing portion The gaming machine according to any one of the features K1 to K5, wherein the gaming machine is provided at a site facing from the front.

  According to the feature K6, by providing a pair of front and rear boundary facing portions to the boundary portion in the lower frame portion, it is attempted to insert the fraudulent jig from the gap between the lower frame portion and the game machine main body It is possible to prevent In addition, when the gaming machine main body is opened, the gaming ball can be placed on the lower frame portion. On the other hand, by providing the boundary groove as described above, it is possible to suppress biting of the gaming ball.

  Feature K7. The gaming machine main body is received from below by an area (flat surface 408b) located in the lower frame part in front of the rear opposite border facing part, with respect to a part forming the rear opposite border opposite part The gaming machine according to Feature K6, wherein the gaming machine is provided so as not to ride on.

  According to the feature K7, since it is not necessary to receive the weight load of the gaming machine main body at the portion forming the rear side border facing portion, it is possible to prevent the portion from being damaged.

  Feature K8. The gaming machine main body has a portion (blocked wall 21c) which straddles the boundary between the front side and the rear side at the upper side thereof (a closing wall 21c). Feature K6 or K7 The gaming machine described in.

  According to the feature K8, even if it is attempted to intrude the fraudulent jig from the boundary between the front boundary facing portion and the rear boundary facing portion, it is possible to prevent that.

Feature K9. A speaker device (speaker device 473) for outputting sound;
The gaming machine according to any one of the features K1 to K8, wherein the boundary groove portion is provided with respect to a resin member (a pedestal 472) on which the speaker device is mounted.

  According to the feature K9, the excellent effects as described above can be obtained by using the area where the speaker device is mounted.

  The invention of the above-mentioned feature K group is effective for the following problems.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, includes a gaming machine main body on which a gaming board is mounted, and a player can play a game on the pachinko machine by visually recognizing the flow-down mode of gaming balls in the gaming area of the gaming board. To be done. Further, the gaming machine main body is provided with a control device for controlling the progress of the game, and the game proceeds based on the control by the control device.

  The gaming machine main body is fixed to the island facility of the gaming hall using the outer frame. The outer frame is formed by connecting plate members to four sides, and has a rectangular frame shape. One side of the gaming machine main body is supported by the outer frame, and the outer frame can be opened and closed. For example, when maintenance on the back side of the gaming machine main body is performed in the gaming hall, the gaming machine main body is opened forward of the gaming machine with respect to the outer frame. Then, after the maintenance, the gaming machine main body is closed to the outer frame, and the gaming machine main body runs on the lower frame portion of the outer frame.

  Here, various injustices have been made on gaming machines. Then, an act of inserting a fraudulent jig from the gap between the outer frame and the gaming machine main body, for example, is assumed as the fraudulent act.

  On the other hand, the inventor of the present invention has devised a configuration in which the gap between the outer frame and the main body of the game machine is filled with the outer frame and the main body of the game machine in the front-rear direction. However, the game ball may be placed on the surface facing upward, such as the lower frame portion of the outer frame, etc. When the above-described overlapping structure is adopted, the game ball is placed as such When the closing operation of the gaming machine body is performed in the state, it has been found that the impact may damage the gaming machine body and the outer frame.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine, 11 ... Outer frame as support object, 12 ... Game machine main body, 14 ... Front door frame, 14a ... Front door base, 15 ... Back pack unit as a back unit, 21b ... Body side opposing surface , 31: launch operation device, 41: game ball launch mechanism, 71: window panel unit, 74: window portion, 83: upper plate, 91: main control device, 102a: lower region, 113: payout unit as payout mechanism, 121: firing control device, 141: lower frame area, 184: dispensing device, 196: lamination regulating member as regulating means, 222: passage forming portion, 223: drive accommodating portion, 231: rotating body, 235: as driving means Dispensing motor, 235a: output shaft, 235b: main body, 237: dispensing detection sensor as dispensing detection means, 245: installation area, 246: fixing boss as installation side fixing part, 247 ... Fixing flange as an exit side fixing portion, 248: screw, 253a: inclined surface as a ceiling inclined surface, 261: upper plate unit, 271: bottom surface, 275: bottom forming plate portion, 301: shock absorbing rubber plate, 311 ... Decorative character unit, 311 d ... Hand part, 331 ... Reinforcement plate, 343 ... Panel contact surface, 353-355 ... Guide rib, 356 ... Coupling wall part, 357 ... Guide stepped part, 361 ... Light emitting cover unit, 371 ... Outside Light emitting cover 381: inner light emitting cover 382: inner opening 388a, 388b: inner long plate portion 393: spacer member 408: upper surface 411: overlapping member 414a to 414d overlapping groove 484: overlapping Member, 485: overlapping groove.

Claims (1)

A base body having a game unit in which a game area in which game balls flow down is formed on the front, and which is rotatably supported relative to a target on the support side;
A window provided on the front of the gaming machine for making the gaming area visible from the front of the gaming machine;
Launch operation means provided on the front of the gaming machine and operated by the player to launch game balls toward the gaming area;
Firing means provided below the game area in the base body and firing game balls toward the game area;
Progress control means for executing control for game progress according to the occurrence of the entry of the game ball to the entry portion provided in the game area;
Launch control means for controlling the launch means to launch game balls toward the game area based on the launch operation means being operated;
Equipped with
The base body includes a receiving unit that receives the gaming unit from below,
The gaming unit is fixed to the base body from the back side of the base body in a state of being received from below by the receiving portion,
The emission control means includes an emission control substrate and a substrate box for containing the emission control substrate, and a predetermined surface of the substrate box facing upward is below the receiving portion and the receiving portion In the base body, the firing means is installed on the back of a support portion installed on the surface so as to be located on the rear side of the gaming machine,
A game machine characterized in that the base body is provided with a base side facing portion which vertically faces the emission control means.

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