JP2580028Y2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a stainless steel outer rail for guiding a game ball fired by a firing device to an upper side of a game board is formed in an arc shape from a lower portion of the game board to an upper side thereof. In addition to this, the inner rail is mounted inside the outer rail in an arc shape extending from the lower side of the game board to the range including both the left and right sides and the upper side, and the outer rail and the inner rail corresponding to the outer rail are provided. A guide path is formed along the outer rail with a part of the inner rail, and a substantially circular portion inside the inner rail is set as a game area, and a ball entrance, a winning device, and the like are arranged in the game area. The inner rail is made of a belt-like stainless steel material like the outer rail, and is attached to the front surface of the game board in an arc shape via a rail mounting nail.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Since the inner rail made of stainless steel is used, the curved shape of the inner rail is difficult to determine before mounting on the game board, the handling is very complicated, and it can easily deform if carelessly handled. It has the disadvantage of becoming unusable at the end.
In addition, since the inner rail itself has no fixed form, when mounting it on the game board, the inner rail is curved to a predetermined curvature using a special machine, and in that state the nail on the edge side is driven into the game board However, there is a disadvantage in that a special machine is required for mounting the inner rail, and a special mounting nail is required. Furthermore, since the inner rail is made of a belt-shaped stainless steel material, there is a defect that the decorativeness is lacking without any change in itself, and the decorativeness of the portion extending from the lower side of the game board to the left and right sides is poor, and the It is difficult to apply a novel design to the entire lower part. In view of such conventional problems, the present invention makes it possible to improve the decorativeness and design of a portion extending from the lower side to the left and right sides of the game board by the game area partition member, and to easily and reliably attach the game area partition member to the game board. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ball-and-ball game machine that can be mounted and that can easily change the decorativeness and design of each model.

[0004]

According to the present invention, an outer rail for guiding a game ball fired by a launching device to an upper side of a game board is formed in a circular shape from a lower portion of the game board to an upper side thereof. Inside the outer rail, a game area partition member is mounted in an arc shape extending from the lower part of the game board to the left and right sides, and one of the outer rail and the game area partition member corresponding to the outer rail is provided. In the ball game machine that forms a guide passage along the outer rail between the part and the outer circle, and has a substantially circular portion on the upper side of the game area division member as a game area, the game area division member is
A plurality of decorative bodies are provided along the left and right sides from the lower side of the game area, and each of the decorative bodies is made of a synthetic resin having a bulging decorative portion which bulges forward from the game board. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the game area partition member includes a lower decorative body corresponding to a lower portion of the game area and left and right decorative bodies on both left and right sides of the lower decorative body. It is provided. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the device of the first or second aspect, the outer side of each decorative body is formed in an arc shape, and the outer side of the decorative body corresponding to the guide passage is an inner rail. .

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, and FIG.
Shows a front view of the game board 4. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1
Is a front frame, which is pivotally attached to the front side of a rectangular machine frame so as to be freely opened and closed. A glass door 2 and a front plate 3 are attached to the front frame 1, and a game board 4 is detachably attached to the rear side. On the front surface of the game board 4, an outer rail 5 for guiding the fired game balls is provided, and in addition to obstacle nails, a variable symbol display device 6, entrance ports 7 to 9, a left winning device 10, a right winning device. 11,12, Passing gate 13, Starting gate 14, Lower winning device
15, left and right decorative bodies 16, 17 and a lower decorative body 18 are provided.

An upper plate 19a is mounted on the front plate 3, and a ball release lever 20a is provided at the front edge of the upper plate 19a.
A lower plate 21a and an operating handle 23a for the launching device 22 are provided below the front frame 1. By operating the operating handle 23a, game balls are supplied one by one from the upper plate 19a to the launching unit. Outer rail 5 by launching the game ball by the operation of the motor
It is designed to fire along. Variable symbol display device
6, the passing gate 13, the starting gate 14, and the lower winning device 15 are arranged in the vertical direction at a substantially central portion in the left-right direction of the game board 4,
The entrances 7 and 8 and the left winning device 10 are arranged on the left side, and the right entrance devices 11 and 12 and the entrance 9 are arranged on the right side in the vertical direction.

On the outer periphery of the game board 4, left and right decorative bodies 16, 17 are formed so as to define a substantially circular game area A inside.
A lower decorative body 18, an upper left decorative body 19, an upper right decorative body 20 and a lower right decorative body 21 are arranged in a circumferential direction, and the upper left decorative body 19 has a lamp cover 22a for a prize ball out display lamp, and a right upper decorative body. 20 is provided with a lamp cover 23 for a game display lamp. The left and right decorative bodies 16, 17 and the lower decorative body
A game area partition member is constituted by 18. The left and right decorative bodies 16, 17 and the lower decorative body 18 are both made of synthetic resin,
As will be described later, the game board 4 has a swelling decorative portion protruding forward from the game board 4, and a lamp for illumination is incorporated in the swelling decorative portion. That is, the left and right decorative bodies 16, 17 are
The game board 4 is disposed on the left and right sides at a substantially central portion in the vertical direction, and a lamp such as a light emitting diode is incorporated in each of the decorative bodies 16 and 17.

The lower decorative body 18 is formed in a substantially arcuate shape so that the left and right sides thereof are higher, and is disposed near a lower side of an out port 24 formed in the lower part of the game board 4. As shown in FIG. 4, the lower decorative body 18 includes a connecting portion 25 formed in a vertical plate shape, and an out ball receiving portion 26 formed on the upper edge side of the connecting portion 25 in the front-rear direction. A lower inner rail 27 and a reinforcing portion 28 which are bent and formed in an L-shape from the lower edge side of the connecting portion 25 to the gaming board 4 side are integrally formed in a bulging shape projecting forward with a synthetic resin material. Out ball receiving part 26,
When the game ball falling from the upper portion of the game board 4 falls to the lower portion without winning the left winning device 10 or the like, the game ball is guided to the out port 24 as a so-called out ball, and the lower decorative body 18 is provided. And is formed in the front-rear direction so as to protrude forward from the game board 4. Note that a wear-resistant material layer 29 such as hard plating is formed on the upper surface of the out ball receiving portion 26 so as not to be worn by contact with the game ball.

The lower inner rail 27 is provided on the left side of the lower edge of the lower decorative body 18 so as to face the outer rail 5, and between the lower inner rail 27 and the outer rail 5,
A predetermined interval is ensured so that game balls fired by the firing device 22 pass. The reinforcing portion 28 reinforces the lower decorative body 18 at a portion other than the lower inner rail 27, and is provided on the lower edge side of the connecting portion 25 continuously to the lower inner rail 27. The lower decorative body 18 includes an out ball receiving portion 26 and a lower inner rail.
27 and a reinforcing portion 28 have a substantially U-shaped cross section via a connecting portion 25, and a game board 4 side of the out ball receiving portion 26 and a lower inner rail 27 separated downward from the out ball receiving portion 26. Also, mounting surfaces 26a, 27a are formed on the game board 4 side of the reinforcing portion 28. As shown in FIG. 2, inside the lower decorative body 18, mounting pins 31 are provided integrally with the connecting portion 25 at three locations on the left, right, left and right sides of the central portion.
Is inserted into a mounting hole of the game board 4 so that the lower decorative body 18 is detachably attached to a lower portion of the game board 4 with the mounting surfaces 26a and 27a abutting on the front surface of the game board 4. A lamp 33a is provided inside the lower decorative body 18 via a substrate 32.
Is provided.

The left and right decorative bodies 16 and 17 are shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, a plate-shaped body part whose outer side is formed in an arc shape
33, and an upper lamp cover 34 and a lower lamp cover 35 mounted on the front surface of the main body 33. The upper lamp cover 34 and the lower lamp cover 35 are formed in a bulging shape protruding forward, an upper lamp 36 is provided in the upper lamp cover 34, a lower lamp group 37 is provided in the lower lamp cover 35, and The lamp group 37 has a plurality of lower lamps 38 arranged in a line in the arc direction.

The main body portion 33 has a substantially arc shape as a whole so that the outside thereof is curved at substantially the same curvature as that of the lower inner rail 27 of the lower decorative body 18, and as shown in FIG. Is a projecting portion 39 whose inner side protrudes in an arc shape toward the center of the game board 4.
However, on the lower side, a band-shaped portion 40 whose inside is curved with approximately the same width as the outside
Are provided respectively. An outer projection 41a and an inner projection 41b are formed all around the outer periphery of the main body 33. The main body 33 has a hole for the upper lamp 36, a hole for the lower lamp 38, two engagement holes 42 for the upper lamp cover 34, one engagement hole 43 for the lower lamp cover 35,
Two fixing holes 44 for the lower lamp cover 35 are respectively formed, and mounting holes 45 for fixing the main body 33 to the game board 4 with mounting screws are formed at both upper and lower ends.

As shown in FIGS. 5, 6 and 8, the upper lamp cover 34 has an engagement recess 47 which engages with an engagement claw 46 of the main body 33, and two engagement recesses 47 which engage with the engagement holes 42. Having an engagement claw 48,
With the engagement claws 48 engaged with the engagement holes 42 and the engagement recesses 47 engaged with the engagement claws 46, respectively, the outer wall base side of the main body 33 is projected outward.
By being fitted inside 41a, it is detachably attached to the main body 33.

As shown in FIG. 9, the lower lamp cover 35 has a shape that fits between the inner and outer protrusions 41a and 41b of the belt-like portion of the main body 33, and has a spherical portion 49 corresponding to each lower lamp 38. The upper lamp cover 34 has a pressing portion 50 that extends upward in an arc along the inside of the upper lamp cover 34. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lower lamp cover 35 has a fixing hole with the lower engagement nail 51 engaged with the engagement hole 43 of the main body 33.
It is detachably attached to the main body unit 33 by a fixing screw inserted into 44, and the inside of the upper lamp cover 34 is held by the holding unit 50. The pressing portion 50 also has a function of returning the game ball that has hit the obstacle nail or the like to the center side of the game board 4 to prevent the upper lamp cover 34 from being damaged.

The upper lamp 36 and the lower lamp 38 are mounted on an arc-shaped substrate 52 as shown in FIGS. 5, 8 and 9, and each of the lamps 36 and 38 has a lamp hole formed in the main body 33.
The plurality of bosses 55 provided on the back side of the main body 33 are fixed so as to be fitted to the main body 33. Left and right decoration 1
Out of the left and right decorative bodies 16 corresponding to the outer rails 5, the upper inner rail 56 is composed of the main body 33, the upper lamp cover 34, and the lower lamp cover 35. And the left decorative body 16 is the upper inner rail 56 is the lower decorative body
The outer rail 5 and the lower inner rail 27 of the lower decorative body 18 and the upper inner rail of the left decorative body 16 are disposed at predetermined intervals inside the outer rail 5 so as to be continuous with the lower inner rail 27 of the outer decorative body 18.
A guide passage 57 is formed between the guide passage 57 and the guide passage 57. Note that the right decorative body 17 is disposed so as to substantially contact the inside of the upper right decorative body 20 and the lower right decorative body 21.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 5 and 6, an upper end of the left decorative body 16 is connected to an upper inner rail 56 of the main body 33 and extends upward along the outer rail 5. The rail portion 58 is formed integrally. The extension inner rail portion 58 is in the form of a strip, and a ridge portion 59 is formed outside the upper end in the width direction.
Is provided. A ball return preventing member 60 for preventing the game balls from returning is attached to the inside of the extension inner rail portion 58 so as to protrude upward.

The ball return preventing device 60 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 7, a thick mounting base 61 that contacts the inside of the extended inner rail portion 58, a fixing portion 62 provided on the game board 4 side of the mounting base 61, and a thin-walled mounting base 61 above the mounting base 61. A brush support portion 64 provided via a bending portion 63, and a plurality of short brush pieces 65 and long brush pieces 66 provided in a bent shape from the brush support portion 64 to the outer rail 5 side. It is integrally formed of a soft synthetic resin material having wear resistance. This ball return prevention device 60 is attached to its mounting base.
In a state where the engaging portion 67 of 61 is engaged with the extension inner rail portion 58,
The fixing portion 62 is fixed to the game board 4 by a mounting screw 68.

The short brush piece 65 and the long brush piece 66 are in the form of a strip having a thin tip, and a plurality of short brush pieces 65 are provided on the side closer to the game board 4 and a plurality of long brush pieces 66 are provided on the far side. I have. The tip of the long brush piece 66 is in contact with the outer rail 5. In the pachinko machine configured as described above, when playing a game, the operating handle 23a of the launching device 22 is operated to launch game balls one by one. Then the game ball is the outer rail 5 and the lower inner rail
27, through the guide passage 57 between the upper inner rail 56 and the extended inner rail portion 58, reaches the upper part of the game board 4 while being guided by the outer rail 5, and then falls downward. If a game ball enters the entrance 7, the left winning device 10 or the like during the fall, the game ball is paid out to the upper plate 19a as a prize ball accordingly.

The game ball that has fallen to the lower part of the game board 4 without entering the entrance 7 and the left winning device 10 or the like falls on the out ball receiving portion 26, and is left and right by the out ball receiving portion 26. Collected from both sides to the center side, and collected through the out port 24 to the back side of the game board 4. According to the configuration of this embodiment,
An arc-shaped lower decorative body 18 and left and right decorative bodies 16 and 17 bulging forward are arranged on the lower side and left and right sides of the game board 4, and the lower decorative body 18 and left and right decorative bodies 16 and 17 Since game area A of game board 4 is partitioned, game board 4
The decorativeness from both the left and right sides to the lower side is improved, and a novel and excellent design is possible. In particular, the lower decorative body 18,
The left and right decorative bodies 16 and 17 have lamps 33 inside their bulging decorative parts.
a, the upper ramp 36, the lower ramp 38, the lamp 33a, the upper ramp 36,
By flashing the lower lamp 38 appropriately, the decorative effect of the lower decorative body 18 and the left and right decorative bodies 16, 17 is also greatly enhanced.

The lower decorative body 18, the left and right decorative bodies 16, 17 are formed in an arc shape, the outer side of the lower decorative body 18 is a lower inner rail 27, and the outer side of the left decorative body 16 is an upper inner rail 56. Therefore, even if the lower decorative body 18 and the left decorative body 16 are made larger than when the inner rail is provided separately,
The exclusive area occupied by the game board 16 by the game board 4 can be reduced. Therefore, the effective area of the game area A surrounded by the lower decorative body 18, the left and right decorative bodies 16, 17 can be sufficiently secured,
Since there is no hindrance in arranging the entrance 7 and the left winning device 10, etc., the lower decorative body 18, the left and right decorative bodies 16, 17 are made to look good, etc. A rich and novel design can be made, and the decorativeness and design are significantly improved.

Further, since the outer side of the lower decorative body 18 is the lower inner rail 27 and the outer side of the left decorative body 16 is the upper inner rail 56, the lower inner rail 27 and the upper The inner rail 56 itself can have a fixed shape. As a result, the lower inner rail 27 and the upper inner rail 56 can be easily handled at the time of assembling and the like, and can be handled in the same manner as other game parts such as the left winning device 10, so that they can be mounted on the game board 4. Can be attached in the same process as other game parts, and the workability is significantly improved as compared with the related art. Furthermore, the lower decorative body 18
Since the lower inner rail 27 is provided on the left decorative body 16 and the upper inner rail 56 is provided on the left decorative body 16, the number of parts can be reduced as compared with those provided separately, and these can be attached to the game board 4 at once.

An arc-shaped lower decorative body 18 and left and right decorative bodies 1
6 and 17, and the game area A is defined by these, so that a plurality of types of the lower decorative body 18 and the left and right decorative bodies 16 and 17 are prepared, and the lower decorative body 18 and the left and right decorative bodies 16 and 17 to be used are prepared. By changing the combination with, 17 for each model, it is possible to have a change for each model. The lower decorative body 18 has an outer ball receiving portion 26 on the upper side and a lower inner rail 27 on the lower side, respectively,
Since these are connected in a substantially U-shape by the connecting portion 25 and are integrally formed, the rigidity and strength of the entire lower decorative body 18 can be sufficiently secured while keeping the usage fee of the synthetic resin material low. Moreover, since the upper and lower out ball receiving portions 26 and the lower inner rail 27 are connected by the front connecting portion 25, the lower decorative body 18 itself has a three-dimensional effect by the connecting portion 25 protruding forward from the game board 4. Can be made.

The lower decorative body 18 has mounting surfaces 26a, 27a on the game board 4 side of the out ball receiving portion 26 and the lower inner rail 27. The mounting surfaces 26a, 27a are brought into contact with the game board 4 to form Since the body 18 is attached to the game board 4, the lower decorative body 18 can be easily and reliably attached to the game board 4. The mounting surfaces 26a, 27a are located above and below the lower decorative body 18, but the out ball receiving portion 26 is located on the upper side, and the mounting surface is provided on the game board 4 side between the out ball receiving portion 26 and the lower inner rail 27 therebelow. 26a, 27a
Therefore, as compared with the case where a plate-shaped mounting portion is provided by projecting upward from the out ball receiving portion 26, the lower decorative body 18
The game area A on the upper side of the
The out ball falling to the side does not interfere with the mounting portion, and the out ball can be smoothly dropped on the out ball receiving portion 26.

The lower decorative body 18 has a U-shaped cross section, while the left and right decorative bodies 16 and 17 have a main body 33 and an upper lamp cover 34.
The lower decorative body 18 and the left and right decorative bodies 16 and 17 are shaped into a three-dimensional shape because the lower decorative body 18 and the left and right decorative bodies 16 and 17 are formed into three parts. Even so, the molding can be facilitated. Since the left decorative body 16 is provided with the extended inner rail portion 58 protruding upward from the main body portion 33, the upper lamp cover 34 is formed despite the overhang portion 39 on the upper side of the main body portion 33. The length of the upper inner rail 56 including the extended inner rail portion 58 can be made sufficiently long while securing a space above the inside. For this reason, the space between the upper portions of the left and right decorative bodies 16 and 17 becomes large,
It is possible to increase the degree of freedom in the arrangement of the obstacle nails, the entrance 7, the left winning device 10, and the like.

At the upper end of the extension inner rail portion 58, there is provided a ball return preventing device 60, which prevents a game ball that rebounds from hitting an obstacle nail or the like. The ball return preventing device 60 has a plurality of short brush pieces 65 on the side near the game board 4 and a plurality of long brush pieces 66 on the far side in contact with the outer rail 5, so that the stall of the game balls is minimized. However, the return of the game ball can be reliably prevented. In the above embodiment, the lamps 33a, 36, 38 are provided inside the lower decorative body 18, and the left and right decorative bodies 16, 17, but the lamps 33a, 36, 38 may be omitted.
In addition, the extension inner rail portion 58 which is a part of the upper inner rail 56,
It may be divided from the main body portion 33 side, and when attaching to the game board 4, both may be continuous. Further, the lower decorative body 18 and the left and right decorative bodies 16, 17 may be integrally formed, and the lower inner rail 27 and the upper inner rail 56 may be provided continuously.

[0025]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the outer rail for guiding the game ball fired by the launching device to the upper side of the game board is formed in an arc shape from the lower part of the game board to the upper side. At the same time, inside the outer rail, a game area partition member is mounted in an arc shape across the left and right sides from the lower part of the game board, and the outer rail and a part of the game area partition member corresponding to the outer rail are mounted. In the ball game machine, a guide path is formed along the outer rail between the game area and the substantially circular portion on the upper side of the game area division member as a game area, the game area division member is located on the left and right sides from the lower side of the game area The decorative body is divided into a plurality of decorative bodies, and each of the decorative bodies is made of a synthetic resin having a swelling decorative portion bulging forward from the game board. To the left and right sides from the bottom of the game board Upcoming portion of the decorative, with the design of possible good, each decorative body of the gaming area partition member can be easily and reliably attached to the game board, moreover decoration of each model,
The design can be easily changed. According to the present invention as set forth in claim 2, since the game area partition member includes the lower decorative body corresponding to the lower part of the game area and the left and right decorative bodies on the left and right sides of the lower decorative body, three members are provided. A game area partitioning member can be constituted by the decorative body. According to the invention of claim 3,
Since the outer side of each decorative body is formed in an arc shape and the outer side of the decorative body corresponding to the guide passage is an inner rail, a sufficient game area can be secured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of a main part of the game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a mounting portion of the left decorative body according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the left decorative body showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a main body of the left decorative body according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line WW of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 6;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 6;

[Description of sign]

 4 Game board 5 Outer rail 16 Left decorative body 17 Right decorative body 18 Lower decorative body 22 Launcher 57 Guideway

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. An outer rail for guiding a game ball fired by a firing device to an upper side of a game board is provided in an arc shape from a lower portion to an upper side of the game board, and a game area is provided inside the outer rail. The partition member is mounted in an arc shape from the lower part of the game board across the left and right sides, and a guide passage is provided along the outer rail between the outer rail and a part of the game area partition member corresponding to the outer rail. In a ball-and-ball game machine that forms and has a substantially circular portion above the game area partition member as a game area, the game area partition member includes a decorative body divided into a plurality of pieces along the left and right sides from the lower side of the game area. A ball game machine characterized in that each of the decorative bodies is made of a synthetic resin having a bulging decorative portion bulging forward from the game board. 2. The bullet according to claim 1, wherein the game area partition member includes a lower decorative body corresponding to a lower part of the game area, and left and right decorative bodies on both left and right sides of the lower decorative body. Ball game machine. 3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the outer side of each of the decorative bodies is formed in an arc shape, and the outer side of the decorative body corresponding to the guide passage is an inner rail.