JP2669380B2 - Pachinko machine winning equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a winning device which is disposed in the front part of a game board of a pachinko machine and which has a simple assembly and electrical structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a prize winning device for a pachinko machine is first integrated into a main body frame of the prize winning device from the front side and the back side by sequentially screwing the components from the inner side of the components, After that, it was screwed into the game board of the pachinko machine. In addition, during maintenance, the front frame of the pachinko machine is usually opened, parts are replaced from the rear side of the game board, or the entire prize winning device is removed, and then the prize winning device is disassembled and replaced. The winning device is provided with an illumination lamp and a winning ball detection device, and the electrical connection between these components and the pachinko machine main body is directly made using lead wires.

[0003]

Therefore, assembling becomes complicated, and when repairing an electrical failure at the time of maintenance, it is necessary to perform the repair for each part, which makes maintenance difficult.

[0004]

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus comprising: a main body frame; a winning opening forming member attached to a front surface of the main body frame; and a back cover attached to a back surface of the main body frame. and, in the winning device is fitted from the front side on the game board of the pachinko machine, between the rear cover and the main body frame, a plurality of lighting lamps for illuminating the winning port forming member, double
Number of winning opening detectors are provided discretely for each
Each detector connectors are, equipped with one aggregate co <br/> connector which is connected to the connector of the electrical wires from the pachinko machine from the back surface of the back cover, illuminated by printed wiring lamps, each test
The output connector is provided with a printed circuit board connected to the integrated connector .

[0005]

[Advantageous Effects of the Invention] When assembling the winning device of the pachinko machine, the plurality of illumination lamps and the plurality of winning hole detectors are installed .
Each detector connector provided discretely for each
Connected to the electrical wiring connector from the pachinko machine.
One consolidated connector is all arranged on the printed circuit board
ing. The illumination lamp and each detector connector are
It is connected to one centralized connector by a component wiring.
Therefore, the electrical connection with the main body of the pachinko machine is the integrated connector provided on the back surface of the printed circuit board through the back cover.
This is done by connecting an electrical wiring connector to the connector .
Therefore, the electrical connection between the winning device and the pachinko machine main body becomes extremely simple. Further, when a failure of the electrical connection mechanism occurs, it is only necessary to replace each printed circuit board, so that maintenance becomes extremely easy. In addition, this device is composed of a winning opening forming member, a main body frame, a printed circuit board, and a back cover, and can be assembled by stacking layers in order from the back cover side. Very easy to take out. Further, since the connector and the wiring are provided on the printed circuit board and covered with the back cover, these electric parts and circuits such as wiring are protected.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to specific embodiments. First, a pachinko machine having the winning device of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a front view of the pachinko machine. In FIG.
Is attached to the center of the game board 2, and a variable winning device 7
Is provided.

Below the center of the game board 2, there is provided a winning device 3 which is an embodiment of the present invention. At the lower part of the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1, there is provided an upper plate 4 for receiving pachinko balls such as prizes and supplying the pachinko balls to the firing position. A lower plate 5 is provided for receiving pachinko balls that could not be received in
Operation knob 6 for launching pachinko balls and adjusting the hitting force
Is provided.

Next, referring to FIG. 1, the structure of the winning device 3 of the pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the winning device 3 as viewed from the front. Around the periphery of the main body frame 10, there are provided several screw holes 17 for fitting the main body frame 10 to the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1 with screws. On the front side of the main body frame 10, a winning opening forming member. Positioning guide pins 14a for positioning the position 40 and positioning walls 14b are provided perpendicular to the front part.
The side wall of the opening 18 of the main body frame 10 is engaged with the elastic claw 42 of the winning opening forming member 40 to prevent the engaging recess 1 from coming off.
6 and a contact portion 11 for positioning in the front-rear direction. The opening 18 is also provided with a positioning hole 13 for slidingly storing the winning ball detector 30, and an elastic claw portion 12 for positioning and preventing the winning ball detector 30 from coming off. Furthermore,
There are three winning ball passage openings 15 through which the pachinko balls won from the front side of the main body frame 10 pass.

On the back side of the main body frame 10, there are a printed circuit board positioning pin and a screw hole (not shown), and further a screw hole for attaching a back cover is provided. The winning opening forming member 40 has three winning openings 43a, 4 for taking in the pachinko balls won by the elastic thin band portions 41a, 41b.
3b and 43c are provided integrally. Two elastic claw portions 42 are integrally formed on the side wall portion forming the winning openings 43a, 43b, 43c, and the main body frame 1 is formed.
A positioning guide hole 44 is provided corresponding to the zero positioning guide pin 14a.

A wiring pattern 59 is formed on the printed board 50, and a positioning hole 51a and a screw hole 51b for positioning and attaching the wiring pattern 59 to the body frame 10 are provided. The wiring pattern 5 is provided on the front side of the printed circuit board 50.
A connector pin 53 electrically connected to the connector 9, a lighting lamp 52 inserted into the connector pin 53, and a connector 54 electrically connected to the connector 34 of the winning ball detector 30 are provided. Further, a connector 56 that is electrically connected to a lead wire connector 70 described later is provided on the back side of the printed circuit board 50.

The rear cover 60 is provided with screw holes 61 for positioning and attaching to the main body frame 10 and three winning ball passage troughs 64 through which the pachinko balls won from the front side of the rear cover 60 pass. A notch 66 is provided for connection to the connector 56 of the printed circuit board 50 from the back side of the back cover 60, and a wall portion 62 is provided at an upper portion on the back side of the notch 66 of the back cover 60.

Next, the winning device 3 of this embodiment will be described in accordance with an assembling procedure. The positioning hole 51a of the printed circuit board 50 is inserted into a positioning pin (not shown) provided on the back side of the main body frame 10 to attach the printed circuit board 50 to the printed circuit board 5.
0 from the back side of the body frame 1 with screws or the like through the screw holes 51b
Attach to 0. At the time of this assembling, the illumination lamp 52, the connectors 54, 56, etc. are attached to the printed circuit board 50 in advance. Then, on the back side of the printed circuit board 50, a back cover 60 that guides the winning balls to a winning ball processing mechanism (not shown) is attached to the main body frame 10 with screws or the like.

Next, the winning ball detectors 30 are inserted into the positioning holes 13 of the main body frame 10 from the front side, respectively, so that the winning ball detectors 30 are provided with elastic claw portions integrally provided on the main body frame 10. The front and rear positions are determined by 12 and are prevented from falling off. Then, the connectors 34 electrically connected by the lead wires 32 from the winning ball detector 30 are respectively connected to the mating connectors 54 of the printed circuit board 50 described above.

Next, the front decoration member 20 is configured to be inserted into a predetermined position with respect to the main body frame 10 from the front side, and the winning opening forming member 40 is provided integrally with the winning opening forming member 40. The positioning guide hole 44 provided is used for the main body frame 10.
It is inserted while being positioned by positioning guide pins 14a and positioning walls 14b which are provided integrally with the base. Then, the winning opening forming member 40 abuts on the abutting portion 11 of the main body frame 10 or the like at the insertion end position, and the winning opening forming member 40
The elastic claw portion 42 integrally formed with the engaging portion is engaged with the engaging concave portion 16 integrally provided corresponding to each position of the main body frame 10, and the assembly of the winning device 3 of the pachinko machine is completed. .

Next, with reference to FIG. 2 which is a front view of the apparatus of this embodiment, the relationship between the main body frame 10, the winning opening forming member 40 and the front decoration member 20 will be described. The winning opening forming member 40 is attached to the front side of the main body frame 10 by being fitted into and engaged with the engaging concave portion 16 provided in the main body frame 10 by the elastic claw portions 42 at each of two places of the winning openings 43a, 43b, 43c. ing.
The front decoration member 20 is inserted into the main body frame 10 before the winning opening forming member 40 is attached, and is pressed by the winning opening forming member 40 to perform positioning and retaining.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the present embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the apparatus of the present embodiment as viewed from the rear side, and FIG. 5 is a side view of the apparatus of the present embodiment. The elastic member integrally formed with the winning opening forming member 40 in the description of FIGS. The state where the claw portions 42 are engaged with the corresponding integrally provided engaging recesses 16 of the main body frame 10 is shown. The printed circuit board 50 is interposed between the main body frame 10 and the back cover 60.

It is mounted so as to have gaps 55a and 55b. In addition, a wall portion 62 that covers the upper portion of the connector 70 is formed on the rear surface side of the rear cover 60 in a shape that is pulled in with respect to the rearmost surface of the winning ball passage gutter 64.

Next, a description will be given of the path of the winning prize and the accompanying operation. FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. 2, which covers the front side of the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1 and the winning device 3 fitted by screws from the front side and the front surface thereof. The pachinko ball that has fallen in the space surrounded by the glass plate 80 is the winning opening forming member 4 as shown by the dashed line.
When the player wins the winning opening 43b of No. 0, the passing opening 15
, And is guided to the back side of the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1, passes through the winning ball passing gutter 64 of the rear cover 60, and passes through the winning ball passing port 36 of the winning ball detector 30 provided in the middle thereof. A ball mounted on the rear side of the game board 2 at a height substantially in close contact with the rear side of the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1 and the rearmost surface of the winning ball passage trough 64 of the rear cover 60 of the winning device 3. The space surrounded by the closing cover 82 is dropped and guided to a winning ball processing mechanism (not shown) for processing.

The winning ball passing port 36 of the winning ball detector 30
When the winning ball passes through, the detection signal is
A connector 34, 54, a printed circuit board 50, a collective terminal board 90 as shown in FIG. 9 attached to the upper part of the back of the game board 2 from the connectors 56, 70, and a control circuit including a microcomputer (not shown) and the like. It is guided to the substrate and becomes a trigger signal for driving the variable winning device 7 and the like as shown in FIG.

By providing the gaps 2a, 2b and the like between the prize winning device 3 and the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1, it is possible to efficiently dissipate the heat generated by the lighting of the illumination lamp 52, The life of the illumination lamp 52 is extended, and the plastic resin parts forming the winning device 3 are not deformed by heat. Next, an operation at the time of normal maintenance in the apparatus of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
From the winning device 3 to the winning opening forming member 40 and the front decorative member 2
It will be described with reference to FIG. 7 in which 0 is removed and FIG. 9 which is a rear view showing a state in which the winning device 3 is attached to the game board 2.

First, a glass door frame (not shown) of the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1 is opened from the front side, the glass plate 80 covering the entire front surface of the game board 2 is removed, and the winning device 3 is exposed to the front side. Then, the elastic claw portion 42 of the winning opening forming member 40 of the winning device 3 is pressed with a finger to remove the engaging relationship between the elastic claw portion 42 and the concave portion 16 of the main body frame 10, and the front decorative member 20 is removed from the main body frame 10. 7, the opening 18 of the main body frame 10 appears, and the illumination lamp 52, the prize ball detector 30, and the like, which are consumable parts that need to be replaced or inspected, can be easily removed from the front side. be able to.

In the description of the apparatus of this embodiment, the printed circuit board 50 and the back cover 60 are attached with screws or the like. However, in this work, it is not necessary to remove the screws or the like, so tools such as a screwdriver are required. do not do. Also, in order to avoid using tools such as a screwdriver at the time of initial assembly, the back cover 6
If an integral elastic claw similar to the winning opening forming member 40 is formed in the hole 0 and an integral engaging recess is formed in the corresponding main body frame 10, the printed circuit board 50 can be pressed and positioned and assembled. It's obvious.

Further, in FIG. 9, since the back cover 60 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is provided with the wall portion 62, the dropped pachinko balls collide with the connectors 56 and 70 and are destroyed. Accidents are prevented. That is, a collective terminal board 90 for connecting to the connector 56 of the printed board 50 and for connecting to a control circuit board, which is a counterpart of the connector 56, such as a microcomputer of a pachinko machine, not shown.
If it becomes necessary to pull out and remove the lead wire connector 70 for connection to the pachinko machine during maintenance or the like, the pachinko ball accidentally falls from a prize ball tank (not shown) at the top of the pachinko machine or a winning ball passage. The connector pin 58 of the connector 56 can be prevented from being bent. It also serves as a guide for preventing the operator from forcibly prying and breaking the lead wire connector 70.

The wall portion 62 of the back cover 60 has a step at least the wire diameter of the lead wire from the rearmost surface of the winning ball passing trough 64 of the back cover 60 so that the lead wire is pulled back from the game board 2. When connecting and arranging to the upper collective terminal board 90, the ball gathering cover 8 shown in FIG. 6 which is attached so as to be substantially in close contact with the rearmost surface of the winning ball passage gutter 64.
The lead wire is not bitten by the second cover 2 and the wall portion 62 of the rear cover 60.

The winning opening forming member 40 includes a winning opening 43a,
If the dimensions and the positional relationship of 43b, 43c, the elastic claw portion 42 engaging with the engaging recess 16 of the main body frame 10, and the positioning guide hole 44 are the same, the design can be freely changed, and various variations can be made. Since only the winning opening forming member 40 of FIG. 1 can be easily replaced, it is possible to provide various kinds of winning devices without changing the configuration.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a winning device according to an embodiment of the present invention, as viewed from the front side.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the winning device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the winning device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the winning device according to the embodiment as viewed from the rear side.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the winning device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the winning device shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view in which the front decoration member 20 is removed.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing an outline of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 9 is a rear view showing a state in which the winning device of the embodiment is attached to a game board.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine 3 ... Winning apparatus 10 ... Main body frame 12,42 ... Elastic claw part 30 ... Winning ball detector 40 ... Winning opening forming member 50 ... Printed circuit board 60 ... Back cover

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A winning combination which has a main body frame, a winning opening forming member attached to the front surface of the main body frame, and a rear cover attached to the back surface of the main body frame, and which is fitted to the game board of the pachinko machine from the front side. in the device, between the rear cover and the main body frame, a plurality of lighting lamps for illuminating the winning port forming member, its multiple winning opening detector
Each of the detector connectors provided discretely corresponding to each of them, and one integrated connector that is connected to the electrical wiring connector from the pachinko machine from the back surface of the back cover, and is printed. The illumination lamp and each detector by wiring
A winning device for a pachinko machine, wherein a connector is provided with a printed circuit board connected to the integrated connector .