JP2762264B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a pachinko machine,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a pachinko machine provided with a relay board for relaying a signal line for communicating with a management computer adjacent to an upper tank for storing a prize ball, and the relay board having a prize ball indicator light. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, new technologies have been introduced for pachinko machines, and with the progress of computerization, the structure has become more complicated since a plurality of pachinko machines have been collectively managed using a management computer. Wiring from the game control means provided on the back of the game board, the pachinko machine main body control means provided on the pachinko machine main body, and the wiring from the power supply system tend to increase and become complicated.

[0003]

Therefore, a signal of the number of winning balls, a signal of the number of outgoing balls, a signal of the number of replenishment, and the like are transmitted from each pachinko machine to the management computer, and the hitting ball is stopped from the management computer to each pachinko machine. A signal or the like is input. In addition, as a countermeasure against fraudulent games, a magnetic detection circuit and a metal frame opening detection circuit installed in the pachinko machine main body are connected to the management computer, and monitor a fraudulent game performed by using a magnet or opening a metal frame. For this reason, a large number of wirings are complicated between each pachinko machine and the management computer, and problems such as incorrect wiring have occurred. In addition, the current situation is that each wiring is pulled out from an arbitrary position. Therefore, it is conceivable to pull out the respective wirings at once. Further, the position to be pulled out is preferably the upper part on the hinge side which is hardly obstructed when the front frame is opened. On the other hand, a prize-ball indicator light, which indicates an operation state of the prize-ball control device, is provided in an upper portion on the left side when facing the front of the pachinko machine. This prize ball indicator light generally has a light source such as a lamp disposed on a substrate, and the substrate faces the back side of the opening window opened in the game board, and a decorative lens or the like is provided on the front side of the opening window. It is composed. Therefore, if the above-mentioned wiring is simply pulled out from the upper portion on the hinged side of the front frame, the large number of wirings interfere with the prize ball indicator. In addition, since the terminal unit for collecting the wirings is assembled separately from the upper tank for storing the prize balls, it is not easy to assemble the parts and manage the parts.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the invention described in claim 1 has a game machine provided with a base body provided on the back side of a front frame constituting a pachinko machine. An upper tank for storing prize balls to be paid out to a person is provided, and a relay board for relaying a signal line for communicating with a management computer is arranged adjacent to the upper tank, and light is provided on the relay board. A prize ball indicator lamp is provided so as to guide the player to the front of the game board surface so that the player can view it visually. Also,
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the prize ball indicating lamp is constituted by a light emitting diode.

[0005]

1 is a schematic rear view of a pachinko machine 1, FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a detailed view of FIG. 2, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG. It is a rear view.

A rear plate 3 made of a metal plate capable of accommodating a game board 2a is attached to the rear side of a front frame 2 hinged to the outer frame of the pachinko machine 1 so as to be openable and closable. A mechanism frame such as the base body 4 is attached to the back side.

A movable frame 6 is hinged to the rear plate 3 via a hinge 5 so as to be openable and closable. This movable frame 6
Is composed of a separable upper frame portion 6a and a lower frame portion 6b. The upper frame portion 6a is provided with a prize ball control device and a prize ball guide path, a prize ball discharge path, and the like. A game control circuit (box) 9 'for controlling mainly the game board, such as a winning device, is detachably mounted on the back of the game board 2a. On the other hand, a safe ball passage, a safe ball detection device, and the like are provided in the lower frame portion 6b. In addition, the movable frame 6 is provided with a ball shift cover 7 facing the rear of the game board 2a. A fixed frame 8 is provided on the rear plate 3 at a position below the ball shift cover 7, and a main body control circuit (box) 9 for performing processes such as a firing control device, a winning control device, and a prize ball control device is provided.

The main body control circuit (box) 9 is connected to the game control circuit (box) 9 'by a signal line via a relay board 85 which will be described later, and when the winning ball detecting device detects a safe ball, The main body control circuit (box) 9 causes the game control circuit (box) 9 'to generate a signal for inquiring the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning opening, and based on the generation of the inquiry signal, the game control circuit (box) 9'. ) 9 'is configured to generate a prize ball number signal indicating the number of prize balls corresponding to each winning opening, and the prize ball control device pays out a predetermined number of prize balls based on the generation of the prize ball number signal. I have.
Further, the driving unit 1 of the hitting ball firing device is provided below the fixed frame 8.
Lower plate guiding gutter 11 that guides the ball overflowing from 0 or the upper plate to the lower plate
And so on.

The base body 4 is provided with an upper tank 12 for storing a prize ball to be paid out to a player, and a prize ball guide gutter 13 is detachably provided below the upper tank 12, so that the above-described upper frame body is provided. It is possible to communicate with the prize ball taxiway housed in the portion 6a.

The base body 4 is a member mainly for fixing the upper tank 12 to the rear plate 3, and is substantially plate-shaped having a space on the rear plate 3 side. Positioning bosses 14a and 1
After being positioned by 4b, it is appropriately fixed by fastening screws 15 or the like. The base body 4 is provided with an engagement groove so that an engagement piece of the upper tank 12 described later is engaged.

Further, the base body 4 is provided with a lock member 18 for fixing the movable frame 6 and a stopper member for preventing a ball from flowing out from the prize ball guiding gutter 13 described later.

At one corner of the base body 4, there is provided a detecting device fitting portion 20 for detachably attaching a ball detecting device 19 to be described later. A fastening member 22 for fixing the electrical connector means 21 and pressing down the wiring cable is provided below the detection device fitting portion 20.
A recess 23 is formed near the main body control circuit (box) 9 to allow the wiring cable of the main body control circuit (box) 9 to escape.

The upper tank 12 is box-shaped and has an open upper surface and a rear surface which are fixed to the rear plate 3 via the base body 4. The upper tank 12 is opened in the groove of the base body 4. The peripheral edges are fitted and fixed to the base body 4 as appropriate with fastening screws 15a or the like. The bottom 1 of the upper tank 12
At one corner of 2a, a substantially rectangular communication hole 24 through which a plurality of rows of spheres can pass simultaneously in both the vertical and horizontal directions, for example, H1 = 40 mm
H2 = 85 mm is established (sphere diameter = 11 mm), and gentle slopes A, B, and C are provided toward the communication hole 24, and a plurality of stepped ribs D are provided. The shape is appropriately devised so as not to cause a so-called bridging phenomenon or a bale-stacking phenomenon that may be clogged together.

A sphere detecting device 19 faces one corner of the upper tank 12 as described above. The sphere detection device 19 is unitized in the case 70 and can be easily attached and detached at any time.

That is, the case 70 is, for example, in the form of a shallow box frame having one surface opened and made of a plastic material, and a cutout 73 and a cutout 74 are provided in the bottom plate 71 and one side plate 72, respectively. . A wiring board 75 is housed in the case 70, and necessary wiring is printed on the wiring board 75, and a socket 76 for a detection switch is provided. Further, for example, a light emitting diode 77 is implanted on the wiring board 75 as a light emitting source.
Light reaches the front side of the game board 2a.

On the wiring board 75, for example, a male terminal portion 21a constituting one of the connector means 21 is provided with a case 70.
Is provided so as to face the notch 73 formed in the bottom plate portion 71 of FIG. The connector means 2 corresponding to the male terminal portion 21a
The female terminal portion 21b that constitutes the other of the first
The male terminal portion 21a and the female terminal portion 21b are electrically connected and disconnected by attaching and detaching the case 70. The side wall on the side of the communication hole 24 is connected to the communication hole 2.
A convex chamber 25 is provided by bulging laterally at a width of 4
A detection lever 27, which is a swing member that is swingable by a swing support shaft 26 that is insert-molded into a boss 34a on the upper tank 12 side, is housed therein. In the socket 76,
For example, a micro switch 31 is detachably fitted as a detection switch, and an end of the actuator 32 that swingably extends from the micro switch 31 slightly protrudes from a cutout 74 formed in the side plate 72 of the case 70. I will do it. When the case 70 is fixed to the base main body 4 which is the main body side of the pachinko machine 1, the case 70 faces the operating portion 33 of the detection lever 27. As a result, the detection lever 27 receives the pressing of the ball filled in the upper tank 12, swings around the swing support shaft 26 as a fulcrum, and causes the operating portion 33 to protrude toward the actuator 32.

Further, the case 70 includes the case 7
An engagement protrusion 78 for fixing the O to the base body 4 is provided, and an operation piece 79 is provided. The engagement protrusion 78 and the operation piece 79 are formed by two parallel cut grooves 82, 82 cut from the upper plate portion 80 to the back plate portion 81 of the case 70. The case 70 can be fixed to the base main body 4 by elastically engaging with the engagement opening 84 formed in the partition plate 83 of the main body 4,
When removing the case 70, the operation piece 79 is
May be pulled out while being bent so as to be disengaged from the engagement port 84. At this time, one terminal 2 of the connector means 21
Since 1b is fixed to the base body 4, the connection between the two terminal portions 21a and 21b of the connector means 21 is also released. still,
In the illustrated embodiment, the side of the detector fitting portion 20 provided on the base body 4 is in sliding contact with the side plate 72 of the case 70, and the back plate 81 of the case 70 is in sliding contact with the partition plate 83 of the base body 4. The side portions and the partition plate portion 83 serve as guides for the case 70.

The light emitting diode 77 implanted on the wiring board 75 is used, for example, as a completion indicator. For this reason, in the illustrated embodiment, three light emitting diodes 77 are arranged in parallel to increase the amount of light. Although not shown, the light of the light emitting diode 77 is provided on the base body 4, the mechanism frame, and the game board 2a at the upper right and left outside the game section surrounded by the game rail (not shown) of the game board 2a. A light transmitting portion is provided so as to reach the front surface.

On the other hand, a relay board for relaying a signal line for communicating with a management computer (not shown) is provided adjacent to the upper tank 12. That is, in the vicinity of the end opposite to the detection device insertion portion 20, a wiring cable from the main body control circuit (box) 9 and a magnetic detection unit, a metal frame open detection unit, and the like provided in the pachinko machine main body for preventing fraud. A relay board mounting portion 16 for relaying the distribution cable to the management computer is formed.
, The relay board 85 is fixed.

The relay board 85 is provided with a light-emitting diode 86 as a light-emitting source, and guides light to the front of the game board 2a to visually display a payout state of a prize ball to a player, similarly to the completion indicator lamp described above. Ball indicator light. The light emitting diode 8
Instead of 6, a lamp or the like may be used as the light emitting source.

The relay board 85 includes a main body terminal 91 for connecting a signal line of the main body control circuit (box) 9, a game control circuit (box) 9 ', and a main body control circuit (box).
9, a connection terminal 92 for connecting a signal line for exchanging a signal for inquiring the number of prize balls or a prize ball signal representing the number of prize balls, and a speaker terminal for connecting to a speaker provided in the pachinko machine main body. 93 are installed.

Further, on the relay board 85, there are provided a magnetic detection circuit terminal 88 and a metal frame opening detection circuit terminal 89 connected to a magnetic detection circuit and a metal frame opening detection circuit installed in the pachinko machine main body as fraud prevention, and a winning ball. A main body control circuit (box) 9 for controlling a number signal, an out-ball number signal, a replenishment signal, a hit ball firing stop signal, and the like, and a data output terminal 9 for connecting the terminals 88, 89 and the like collectively to a management computer.
0 is set.

As described above, if the wiring connecting the management computer and the pachinko machine is connected via the relay board 85 provided adjacent to the upper tank 12, the wiring connected to the outside can be replaced by the butterfly on the front frame. It can be gathered at one place on the top of the wearing side. This makes it easier to perform a check operation during maintenance and inspection.

On the other hand, a light emitting diode 86 is provided on the relay board 85 to form a prize-ball indicator light, but the board for forming the prize-ball indicator light does not interfere with the relay board. . In addition, replacement of a light emitting diode, a lamp, and the like for a prize ball display lamp can be easily performed.

On the other hand, various information data output from the game control circuit (box) 9 'mounted on the back of the game board 2a to the management computer, for example, data on the number of big hits,
An opening window 17 is opened adjacent to the relay board 9'b to which the data output terminal 9'a for outputting the number of times of starting data, the number of times of continuation at the time of big hit, etc.

At this time, the relay board 9'b is mounted on the back of the game board 2a like the game control circuit (box) 9 ', and the data output terminal 9'a is connected to the management computer through the opening window 17. It is arranged to connect.

In this manner, the data on the game board 2a and the data on the pachinko machine main body can be easily transmitted to the management computer.

Further, the relay board 85 is provided with a main body power supply terminal 87 connected to a power supply device (not shown) installed on the pachinko island, and the power is divided from the main body power supply terminal 87 to provide the game control. A game control circuit power supply terminal 94 for supplying power to the circuit (box) 9 'and a main body control circuit power supply terminal 95 for supplying power to the main body control circuit (box) 9 are provided. As a result, the electrical connection between the game board 2a and the pachinko machine main body is all performed by the relay board 8
5 is performed.

On the relay board 85, fuses 98 and 99 for preventing overcurrent are provided between the main body power supply terminal 87 and the game control circuit power supply terminal 94 and the main body control circuit power supply terminal 95, respectively. . Thus, when an abnormal current flows through the game control circuit (box) 9 'or the main body control circuit (box) 9 for any reason, the fuse 98 or the fuse 99 is blown, and The game control circuit (box) 9 'and the main body control circuit (box) 9 are protected and the fuses 98 and 99 are exchanged with the relay board 85.
The work can be performed safely and efficiently. That is, since no fuse is provided in the middle of the power cable as in the related art, there is no need to pull out the cable for replacement of the fuse or replace the fuse in a state where the fuse hangs down and loses its support.

In the illustrated embodiment, the relay board 85 is provided with a blown fuse display means for visually indicating that each of the fuses has been blown. The fuse blown indication means is provided, for example, by the fuses 98 and 99, respectively.
Fuse-indicating lamps 96 and 9 each comprising a resistor and an LED (light emitting diode) electrically connected in parallel to each other.
6 '. Then, when the fuses 98 and 99 are blown, the blown fuse indicator lamps 96 and 96 'are turned on to visually display the blown fuse. Therefore, at the time of inspection or the like, an abnormality in the power supply system of each control circuit can be easily found only by paying attention to the relay board 85, and maintenance and management can be easily performed.

Further, a main switch (toggle switch) 101 for on / off switching for the game control circuit (box) 9 ′ electrically connected in series with the fuse 98 is provided on the relay board 85. . Thus, the game control circuit (box) 9 'can be turned on and off on the relay board 85. Therefore, the power supply to the game control circuit (box) 9 'can be appropriately stopped, and the game control circuit (box) can be stopped during power supply.
The 9 'is not removed and damaged. Further, when the symbol display device or the like disposed on the game control circuit or the game board goes out of control, the power can be easily turned off to return to the initial state by turning off the main switch 101 once.

On the relay board 85, an on / off switching main switch for the main body control circuit (box) 9 electrically connected in series with the fuse 99 may be provided. An interlocking switch may be used.

On the other hand, on the relay board 85, for example, the AC1
The game control circuit (box) 9 'and the main body control circuit (box) 9 are connected so that the game control circuit (box) 9' and the main body control circuit (box) 9 are not destroyed even if the power supply connector of 00V is connected. An overvoltage protection circuit 100 for limiting power supply is provided, and when an abnormal voltage is input, an abnormality detection indicator lamp 97 is turned on to notify an abnormality.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments in the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately implemented without changing the configuration described in the claims.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, an upper tank for storing award balls to be paid out to a player is provided on a base body disposed on the back side of a front frame constituting a pachinko machine. A relay board for relaying a signal line for communicating with the management computer is arranged adjacent to the tank, and the relay board includes:
Since the prize ball indicator light is provided so that the light can be guided to the front of the game board surface and visually displayed to the player, the wiring connecting the management computer and the pachinko machine is provided via the relay board provided adjacent to the upper tank. It is possible to connect the wires to be connected to the outside and to concentrate the wires to be connected to the outside at one location on the hinged side of the front frame. Thereby, the confirmation work at the time of maintenance / inspection becomes clear and the work becomes easy. In addition, since the prize ball indicator light is formed on the relay board, not only the substrate for forming the prize ball indicator light becomes unnecessary, but also the board of the prize ball indicator and the relay board overlap and interfere with each other. It is easy to exchange lamps and the like for the award ball display lamp. Further, since the relay board is integrally attached to the base body constituting the upper tank, parts management becomes easy and the number of assembling steps can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic rear view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a detailed view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a partial rear view of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Front frame 2a Game board 4 Base body 9 Main body control circuit (box) 9 'Game control circuit (box) 9'a Data output terminal 9'b Relay board 12 Upper tank 85 Relay board 87 Main body power supply terminal 90 Data Output terminal 91 Main body terminal 92 Connection terminal 94 Game control circuit power supply terminal 95 Main body control circuit power supply terminal 96, 96 'Fuse blow indicator lamp 97 Abnormality detection indicator lamp 98, 99 Fuse 100 Overvoltage prevention circuit 101 Main switch

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An upper tank for storing prize balls to be paid out to a player is provided on a base body provided on the back side of a front frame constituting a pachinko machine, and a management computer is provided adjacent to the upper tank. A relay board for relaying a signal line for communication is arranged, and the relay board is provided with a prize ball indicator so that light can be guided to a front surface of the game board surface so as to be visually displayed to a player. Pachinko machine. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the prize ball indicator is a light emitting diode.