JP2523404Y2 - Prize-winning device protection cover for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a prize winning device protection cover that projects from the back of a pachinko machine and covers the rear surface of a prize winning device attached to a game board.

[Prior Art] In recent years, a pachinko machine in which a large winning device including electric components such as a solenoid, a motor, a lamp, and a detection switch is arranged in the center of a game board has become mainstream. And since such a winning device is comprised including the above-mentioned electric component and the member operated by this electric component, the projection amount to the back necessarily becomes large. For this reason, the mechanism plate arranged on the back of the pachinko machine or the winning ball set cover plate fixed to the back of the game board,
A winning device protection cover is provided to protect the rear surface of the winning device. The winning device protection cover is formed integrally with the mechanism plate or the winning ball collecting cover plate, or is formed separately from the mechanism plate or the winning ball collecting cover plate, and is fastened with a screw or the like. Most were composed.

On the other hand, the winning device provided at the center of the game board includes a large number of electrical parts as described above, and thus has a large number of wirings. Instead of connecting to the control circuit, the winning device is provided with a relay terminal plate, and the wiring is once connected to the relay terminal plate, while the wiring from the game control circuit is also connected to the relay terminal plate, so that the winning is achieved. The electrical components of the device are connected to the game control circuit. Most of the above-mentioned relay terminal plates are provided at the rearmost part of the winning device in order to facilitate connection work.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, for example, in order to test whether or not the electrical components arranged in the winning device are operating normally, the wiring extending from the electrical components is removed, and the test device is connected to the test device. There are cases such as connection. In such a case, the prize device must be once removed from the prize device protection cover fixed to the mechanism plate or the prize ball collecting cover plate, and there is a problem that the work of removing the wiring is extremely troublesome. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has as its object the prize winning device in a pachinko machine that can be easily removed even when it is necessary to remove a wiring extending from an electrical component of the prize winning device. It is to provide a protective cover.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a winning device protection cover according to the present invention has a back-opening opening on the rear surface of the winning device protection cover, and a cover cover for closing the opening. It is characterized by being provided to be freely opened and closed by supporting the side.

[Operation] Since the rear surface of the prize winning device protection cover is formed as a back-opening and a cover lid for closing the opening is provided so as to be pivotally supported on one side and can be freely opened and closed, wiring and the like extending from electrical components of the winning device are removed. In such a case, the operation can be performed with a very simple operation of opening the cover lid and removing a desired wiring connector from the relay terminal plate arranged at the rearmost portion of the winning device. In addition, it is possible to easily exchange electrical components and members constituting the winning device.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the structure of the back side of a pachinko machine to which the winning device protection cover 40 according to the embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, on the back surface of the pachinko machine 1, a mechanism plate 2 is arranged so as to be openable and closable. As is well known, the mechanism plate 2 is formed with a winning ball collecting mechanism for collecting winning balls on the front side thereof, and a product ball discharging mechanism for discharging product balls on the rear surface side. Specifically, the winning ball collecting mechanism formed on the front of the mechanism plate 2 includes a winning ball collecting gutter 3 for collecting generated winning balls in one place, and a winning ball collected on the winning ball collecting gutter 3. And a winning ball processing mechanism 4 for driving a prize ball discharging device 7 described later. A prize ball discharging mechanism formed on the rear surface of the mechanism plate 2 includes a prize ball tank 5 for storing a large amount of prize balls, and a prize ball alignment for aligning and flowing down the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 5. It is configured to include a gutter 6 and a prize ball discharge device 7 for discharging a predetermined number of prize balls supplied by the prize ball alignment gutter 6.

A large window opening 8 is formed at the center of the mechanism plate 2 so as to cover a rear projecting portion 14 projecting from the window opening 8 to a rear of a large prize device 13 provided in a game board 11 described later. A winning device protection cover 40 constituting a main part of the present embodiment penetrates. In this embodiment, a board box for accommodating a control circuit board for controlling a game operation is provided.
Since the board 36 is also directly attached to the back side of the game board 11, the board box 36 also projects rearward from the window opening 8. A wiring storage groove 9 for storing wiring from various electrical components provided on the mechanism plate 2 is provided around the window opening 8 except for one side (right side in the figure).

In addition, a ball launching device 10 for driving the ball to repel is fixed to the lower part of the back surface of the pachinko machine 1.

The back structure of the pachinko machine 1 is as described above, but a game board 11 is arranged on the front face of the mechanism plate 2.
Are detachably attached to the pachinko machine 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 11 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and a guide rail for guiding a hit ball fired as shown in FIG.
There is provided a prize winning device 13 (referred to as a center role) provided substantially at the center of a game area surrounded by the guide rail 12 and the guide rail 12. Although not shown, a large number of obstacle nails, winning holes, and the like are provided in the game area, and an out port 22 is provided at the lowermost portion. The above-mentioned winning device 13 is attached through a winning device mounting hole 17 opened in the game board 11, and the rear protruding portion 14 passes through an opening 28 of a winning ball collecting cover plate 24 described later, The window opening 8 of the mechanism plate 2 also penetrates. In addition, a relay terminal plate 15 that relays wiring of electrical components such as a solenoid, a motor, a lamp, and a detection switch provided on the winning device 13 is attached to a rearmost portion of the rearward projecting portion 14 of the winning device 13. Therefore, a large number of connectors 16 are planted on the relay terminal plate 15. Then, the winning device 13 including the relay terminal plate 15
Is protected by a winning device protection cover 40 detachably fastened to the winning ball collecting cover plate 24.

A winning ball guide plate 18 is attached to the back surface of the game board 11 so as to extend downward from the left and right sides of the winning device 13. The winning ball guiding plate 18 is for guiding the winning balls provided in the winning opening or the winning device provided in the periphery of the game area of the game board 11 in order, and the winning balls discharged from the respective winning opening or the winning device. Guide path that guides the vehicle downward
19a to 19c are formed. In the case of the embodiment shown,
The winning ball that has won the winning device 13 arranged at the center is also guided downward by the center guiding passage 19a. In addition, this winning ball guiding plate 18 is a central winning device
In the case where the shape or the structure of the thirteen is different, or in a case where a winning opening or a prize device arranged in a peripheral portion is different in a mounting position or shape, a different shape or structure must be prepared. In other words, the winning ball guide plate 18 is not used as a common part because a new game content is prepared every time the game content is different. Therefore, when the game board 11 is replaced, it is replaced along with the game board 11. The winning ball guide plate 18 is
It also has a role of preventing a winning ball from falling from the opening 28 described later to the outside.

Further, on the back surface of the game board 11, mounting lever members 20a to 20d for attaching the winning ball collecting cover plate 24 are rotatably provided. The mounting lever members 20a to 20d are erected at positions where substantially four corners of the winning ball collecting cover plate 24 are pressed and fixed.

Also, on the back of the game board 11, a winning ball set cover plate 24
An upper relay terminal plate 23 is attached to the upper part of the terminal. The upper relay terminal plate 23 mainly includes the game board 11 except for the winning device 13.
And a plurality of connectors for relaying wiring for connecting electrical devices (e.g., lamps, solenoids, motors, detection switches, etc.) provided to the control circuit board housed in the board box 36. The upper relay terminal plate 23 is
Instead of the back of the game board 11, it may be attached to the back of the winning ball set cover plate 24.

In the illustrated embodiment, the out port 22 formed at the lowermost portion of the game area is notched downward at the rear of the game board 11, so that the rear of the out port 22 is made of metal. It is closed by the out port forming member 21. That is, the out ball discharged from the out port 22 is guided downward of the game board 11.

By the way, the prize ball collecting cover plate 24 covers the entire prize ball falling area where the prize ball discharged from the prize port or the prize device disposed in the peripheral portion of the prize device 13 naturally falls. The mounting lever member is formed in a rectangular shape, and is provided in mounting recesses 25a to 25d formed in approximately four corners thereof.
The engagement of 20a to 20d allows the game board 11 to be detachably attached to the back surface. The winning ball collecting cover plate 24 is formed so as to have a depth (depth width) slightly larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball, and a part of a wiring extending from an electric component provided on the game board 11 on an upper side wall thereof. The cut-out portion 26 for drawing out the wiring is cut out, and a lower portion thereof serves as a drop opening portion 27 for dropping a winning ball toward the winning ball collecting gutter 3.

An opening 28 is opened substantially at the center of the winning ball collecting cover plate 24 so that a large winning device 13 attached to the game board 11 can protrude rearward. The opening 28 is formed so as to have a size excluding the peripheral portion of the winning ball falling area so as to be compatible with the largest winning device among the winning devices that may be attached to the game board 11. Have been. Therefore, even if the size of the winning device 13 attached to the game board 11 changes, there is no need to specially manufacture the winning ball collecting cover plate 24 corresponding to the size, and all the winning devices (center role) Can be handled. Further, since the opening 28 is formed in advance, the wiring extending from the winning device 13 is not damaged by burrs or the like generated when the opening 28 is cut out as in the related art.

Reinforcing ribs 29 are integrally provided along the opening edge of the opening 28, thereby improving the overall strength of the winning ball collecting cover plate 24. At the four outer corners of the reinforcing rib 29, mounting bosses 32a to 32d are protrudingly provided.
A recessed prize winning device protection cover 40 constituting a main part of the present embodiment is attached to .about.32d. Further, on the back surface of the winning ball collecting cover plate 24, mounting portions 31a to 3
1d is protruding. The mounting portions 31a to 31d are for mounting a mounting member 33 for mounting the board box 36, and are protruded so as to be located at the vertices of a rectangular shape. Further, a support rib 30a is integrally formed so as to connect the mounting portions 31a to 31d, and the winning ball collecting cover plate 24 is not deformed by the load when the substrate box 36 is mounted. The rigidity of 24 is increased. The support ribs 30b are also protruded along the lower side of the winning ball collecting cover plate 24 to increase the rigidity of the winning ball collecting cover plate 24.

By the way, the board box 36 attached to the attachment portions 31a to 31d is attached via an attachment member 33.However, when this structure is briefly described, the board box 36 is fixed to the support plate 34, and the The support plate 34 is supported by the mounting member 33 via two upper and lower hinges 35a and 35b so as to be openable and closable. The reason why the substrate box 36 is mounted so as to be openable and closable in this manner is that, as shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, the winning device protection cover 40 described later in detail is formed relatively large, One side of the board box 36 projects outward from the opening 8 of the mechanism plate 2 when the box 36 is normally fixed to the back surface of the winning ball collecting cover plate 24. This is because it is necessary to open the mechanism plate 2 after rotating the hinges 35a and 35b. As a mechanism for fixing the substrate box 36, an upper fixing member 38 and a lower fixing member 39 are provided above and below the mounting member 33, and the upper fixing member 38 and the lower fixing member 39 are protrudingly provided above and below the substrate box 36. The board box 36 is attached to the mounting member 33 by engaging the fixed projections 37a and 37b,
24 stably fixed.

Next, a prize winning device protection cover constituting a main part of the present embodiment.
Explaining the configuration of 40, the winning device protection cover 40
Is mounted on the mounting bosses 32a to 32d protruding from the back surface of the winning ball collecting cover plate 24 as described above, but covers almost the entire area of the opening 28 as shown in FIG. Mounting bosses 32a-3 at the four corner front ends.
Mounting portions 41a to 41d (refer to FIG. 4 for 41d) corresponding to 2d are formed, and the winning device protection cover 40 can be detachably attached to the winning ball collecting cover plate 24 by screwing from behind with screws 53. It is designed to stop. Incidentally, in the illustrated embodiment, the winning device protection cover 40 is
Is formed so as to correspond to the winning device 13 which may be formed the largest, and is designed to have a protruding amount which can correspond to the winning device 13 projecting most rearward. This makes it possible to correspond to any type of prize device 13 (center role) attached to the game board 11. Of course, without forming the winning device protection cover 40 to the dimensions described above, a plurality of types of winning device protection covers 40 are prepared and substantially correspond to the size of the winning device 13 attached to the game board 11. The prize winning device protection cover 40 having such dimensions may be attached.

The winning device protection cover 40 has a cutout 42 formed on a side thereof. The notch 42 is provided on the side facing the substrate box 36 for the following reason. That is, since the opening 28 and the winning device protection cover 40 are formed relatively large as described above, in this embodiment, when the mechanism plate 2 is opened and closed, the substrate box 36
It is necessary to rotate and open the board box 36
When turning the winning device protection cover 40 and the board box
A notch 42 is provided to accommodate the board box 36 so that the board box 36 does not collide. In addition, although the lower side wall of the notch portion 42 is a side opening 43 which is greatly opened,
The relay terminal plate 15 of the winning device 13 and the control circuit board housed in the board box 36 are connected through the side opening 43.

Further, in the illustrated embodiment, a bent plate 44 capable of changing the size of the side opening 43 is provided so as to protrude into the notch 42. The bent plate 44 has an upper end fixed to the lower end of the side wall of the cutout portion 42, and elongated fixing grooves 45 are formed at appropriate intervals in the fixed portion. For this reason,
The bent plate 44 can be easily cut off, and by removing the bent plate 44, the opening area of the side opening 43 in the front-rear direction can be increased. This is to allow the one side portion of the substrate box 36 to be inserted into the winning device protection cover 40 when the size of the winning device 13 covered by the winning device protection cover 40 is small. This eliminates the need to open and close the substrate box 36 each time the mechanism plate 2 is opened and closed as described above.

As shown in FIG. 1, the rear surface of the winning device protection cover 40 has a back-opened opening 46, and a substantially flat cover lid 49 is pivotally supported on one side of the back-opened opening 46 so as to be openable and closable. Have been. And, in order to provide the cover lid 49 so that it can be opened and closed, the winning device protection cover 40 is provided with fitting support protrusions 47a, 47b, each of which has a fork at the top and bottom of one side, and protrudes from the other side. An engagement piece 48 protrudes from the center. On the other hand, locking shafts 50a, 50b fitted to the bifurcated tips of the fitting support protrusions 47a, 47b are also provided on one side of the cover lid 49 so as to protrude outward, and on the other side. An engagement hole 51 with which the engagement piece 48 engages is provided so as to protrude outward. Further, radiating holes 52 for radiating the heat generated in the winning device 13 to the outside are formed in the upper and lower flat portions of the cover lid 49.

The prize winning device protection cover 40 according to the embodiment has been described above, but the rear surface of the prize winning device protection cover 40 is formed as a back-opening opening 46, and a cover lid 49 for closing the back opening 46 is pivotally supported on one side. When the wiring extending from the electrical components of the winning device 13 is to be removed, the cover lid 49 is opened as shown in FIG. This can be performed with a very simple operation of simply removing the desired wiring connector 16 from the relay terminal plate 15. Further, not only the work of removing the wiring connector 16 but also the work of exchanging electrical parts and members constituting the winning device 13 can be performed extremely easily. Further, in the present embodiment, even when the cover lid 49 is opened, the prize device is supported by the prize device protection cover 40. Therefore, when the entire prize device protection cover is removed as in the related art, the removed prize device is removed. An accident in which the device protection cover is accidentally damaged due to loss or stepping on the device protection cover can be prevented.

Although the winning device protection cover 40 is fixed to the winning ball collecting cover plate 24 with the screw 53 in the above-described embodiment, the winning device protection cover 40 may be fixed to the mechanism plate 2.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the description above, the winning device protection cover according to the present invention has a back-opening opening on the rear surface of the winning device protection cover, and a cover lid for closing the opening is provided on one side. Since it is pivotally supported and can be opened and closed, when removing wiring extending from the electrical components of the winning device, for example, open the cover lid and connect the desired wiring connector from the relay terminal plate arranged at the rearmost part of the winning device. It can be performed with a very simple operation of simply removing the.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a relationship between a winning device protection cover and a cover lid according to the embodiment, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a relationship between a game board and a winning device protection cover, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a prize-winning device protection cover is assembled to a game board. FIG. 1 ... Pachinko machine 11 ... Game board 13 ... Winning device 40 ... Winning device protective cover 46 ... Back opening 49 ... Cover lid

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A prize winning device having a relay terminal plate attached to a game board so as to protrude rearward from a mechanism plate on a rear surface of a pachinko machine and provided at a rearmost portion for relaying wiring of built-in electric components. A winning device protection cover fixed to the back of a mechanism plate or a winning ball collecting cover plate so as to cover a peripheral surface and a rear surface thereof, wherein a back surface of the winning device protection cover is formed as a hollow opening, and a cover lid for closing the opening. A prize device protection cover in a pachinko machine characterized by being provided with one side pivotally supported and capable of being opened and closed.