JP2858432B2 - 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 door holding frame which is attached along an opening edge of a front frame and which freely opens and closes a glass door frame which covers the front of a game board, and an outer side of the opening edge of the front frame. And a display device for displaying on the surface that a predetermined gaming state has been reached.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ball-and-ball game machine which plays a game by bouncing pachinko balls has an outer frame fixed to an installation island, a pivotally supported one side of the outer frame so as to be freely opened and closed, and a game board and a mechanism. And a front frame on which main parts such as plates are provided. As is well known, the front frame is formed in a frame shape, and a door holding frame is fixed to the frame-shaped opening periphery by screws from the front, and is attached to the door holding frame in front of the game board. A front door plate provided with a glass door frame and a hit ball supply tray that cover the front door is provided to be freely openable and closable. In recent years, a lamp display device that displays a predetermined gaming state (for example, a big hit state) is attached to the front frame surface outside the door holding frame.

[0003]

Since the above-mentioned door holding frame is fixed to the periphery of the opening of the front frame with screws from the front, the screws on the upper side and both sides of the door holding frame are loosened to hold the door. The frame and the glass door frame are floated from the front frame to widen the distance between the glass plate and the surface of the game board to change the flow of the ball falling in the game area to increase the winning rate, or to increase the winning rate or the door holding frame There is a drawback in that a gap is formed between the front panel and the front frame, and a fraudulent act such as inserting a transparent celluloid plate or the like through the gap to guide a ball to a winning device on the surface of the game board is performed. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball-and-ball game machine capable of preventing fraudulent acts of lifting a door holding frame from a front frame.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the solution adopted by the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. A door holding frame 4 that is attached and holds the glass door frame 5 that covers the front surface of the game board 20 so that the glass door frame 5 can be opened and closed, and a display device 17 that displays that a predetermined gaming state has been displayed on the outer surface of the opening periphery of the front frame 3 And the display device 17 includes a positioning hole 1 formed in the front frame 3.
Positioning projections 175 engaging with the projections 35 and cutouts 176 for accommodating the door holding frame 4 at portions overlapping with the door holding frames 4 are formed on the back side thereof, and the positioning projections 175 are inserted into the positioning holes 135. When the display device 17 is fastened with a screw, a part of the door holding frame 4 is housed and covered by the cutout 176. With this configuration, it is not possible to loosen at least the screws fixing the door holding frame 4 covered by the display device 17, so that even if the screws on both sides of the door holding frame 4 are loosened, the door holding frame 4 can be loosened. 4 cannot be lifted from the front frame 3 and illegal acts can be prevented.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(1) Overall Configuration of a Ball Game Machine First, a pachinko game machine as an example of a ball game machine to which this embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 12 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine, FIG. 13 is a schematic rear view of the pachinko gaming machine,
FIG. 14 is a rear view showing the relationship between a prize ball payout device and a prize ball processing device built in a mechanism plate installed on the back of a pachinko gaming machine.

(1-1) Structure of Front Side of Pachinko Game Machine First, the structure of the front side of pachinko game machine 1 will be described mainly with reference to FIG. 12. Pachinko game machine 1 is configured as a wooden box frame. A frame-shaped front frame 3 is pivotally supported on one side of the outer frame 2 (see FIG. 13) so as to be freely openable and closable, and a door holding frame 4 is provided around the front frame 3. A glass door frame 5 having glass plates 5a and 5b (see FIG. 1) and a front door plate 6 are pivotally supported on one side and attached to be openable and closable. Behind the glass door frame 5, the front frame 3
The game board 20 is provided with a game board mounting member 182a in a game board storage frame portion 143 (see FIG. 13) integrally formed on the back surface of the game board.
182c (see FIGS. 13 and 5) so as to be detachable. Also, on the surface of the front door plate 6, a hit ball supply tray 7 that stores discharged prize balls in the hit ball storing section 8 and supplies the hit prize balls to a hit ball firing position 204 (see FIG. 8) is fixed. I have. A speaker 10 for generating a sound effect related to the game is built in the internal space on the upstream side of the hit ball supply tray 7. The front door plate 6 has a decorative member 9 extending in the longitudinal direction on the front face thereof and above the hitting ball supply tray 7.
Is fixed, and a hitting ball supply device 34 (not shown) that supplies a hitting ball guided from the hitting ball supply tray 7 to the firing position 204 is fixed to the back surface thereof.

Below the front frame 3, there are provided an operation handle 11 which constitutes a part of the hitting ball firing mechanism, and an extra ball receiving tray 12 for storing prize balls which could not be stored in the hitting ball supply tray 7. Is provided. Of these, operation handle 1
1 is fixed to a decorative plate 14b attached to the front frame 3,
The surplus ball tray 12 is attached to the front frame 3 so as to overlap with the decorative plate 14a. The two decorative plates 14a and 14b appear to be integrally attached when attached to the front frame 3. The surplus ball tray 12 is provided with a ball removal lever 13, and by operating this lever, the premium balls stored in the surplus ball tray 12 can be removed from the bottom surface. In addition, a surplus ball exit 15 is formed in the decorative plate 14b so that surplus prize balls flow out from the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

A frame lamp device 17 is mounted on the upper part of the front frame 3, and a frame lamp 18 which is turned on or blinks when a big hit state described later is reached is built in the frame lamp device 17. . A key decoration plate 19 is attached to the open side of the front frame 3, and an operation lamp 180 (FIG. 5) that lights up when a hit ball is hit inside the key decoration plate 19.
And a locking device 1 described later.
A cylinder lock 179 for operating the key 78 (see FIG. 5) faces.

The front frame 3 is conventionally made of wood (plywood). However, in the illustrated embodiment, the front frame 3 is integrally formed of synthetic resin, and has a rear surface. The game board storage frame portion 143 to which the game board 20 is attached is also integrally formed. The front frame 3 according to the embodiment will be described later in detail.

A front support plate 16 is located below the front frame 3 described above. The front support plate 16 is also formed of a synthetic resin, and is fixed to the left and right ends of the outer frame 2. The front support plate 16 will be described later in detail.

On the surface of the game board 20 attached to the game board storage frame portion 143, a shooting rail 2 (described later) is mounted.
Guide rail 2 for guiding the hit ball induced from 03
1 are planted in a substantially circular shape. And guide rail 2
The area surrounded by 1 constitutes the game area 22. A variable display device 23 having a plurality of rotating drums 24a to 24c is provided substantially at the center of the game area 22, and a variable winning ball device 25 having an open / close plate 26 below the variable display device 23 is provided. The open / close plate 26 of the variable winning ball device 25 has a combination of the rotating drums 24a to 24c of the variable display device 23 in a predetermined display state (for example, when the number “7” is aligned in the horizontal or diagonal direction). Is set to be a big hit state and open for a predetermined period (for example, until 20 seconds elapse or until 10 winning balls are generated). When the player wins the specific winning opening 27 provided in the opening / closing plate 26, the above-described open state is repeated again, and the winning can be repeated up to ten times each time a winning ball is generated in the specific winning opening 27. .

In addition, below the variable winning ball device 25, starting winning ports 28a to 28C for allowing the rotation of the rotating drums 24a to 24c are provided. This starting winning opening 2
When a ball is hit in the starting winning opening 28a provided directly below the variable winning ball device 25 of 8a to 28C, the number of prize balls paid out by the ball is paid out when a ball is hit in another winning area. Is set to be less than the number of prize balls.

Further, in the game area 22, winning holes 30a and 30b are provided on the left and right sides of the variable winning ball device 25, and also on the left and right sides of the variable display device 23.
a, 29b are provided.

In the game area 22, there are provided game effect lamps 31a and 31b which are lit or flashed when the big hit state is reached to notify a player of the fact. Further, at the lowermost part of the game area 22, an out port 32 is provided in which a hit ball that has not won any of the above-mentioned winning areas is guided to the rear of the game board 20.

(1-2) Structure of the Back Side of the Pachinko Game Machine Next, the structure of the back side of the pachinko game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, on the back of the gaming board 20,
A winning ball aggregate cover body 33 in which a guiding path for guiding a winning ball winning in each winning area is formed is attached. The variable winning prize ball device 25
An opening / closing solenoid 34 for opening and closing the opening / closing plate 26 is mounted. Also, on the back of the variable winning ball device 25, a specific winning ball detector 35 for detecting a hit ball that has won the specific winning port 27, and a winning ball detector for counting the number of balls winning the opening / closing plate 26. 36 are provided. Furthermore,
The starting winning ports 28a to 28c are integrally provided with starting winning ball detectors 37a to 37c.

On the back surface of the winning ball collecting cover body 33,
The above-mentioned opening / closing solenoid 34, detectors 35, 36, 37
A relay terminal plate 38 for temporarily relaying wires such as a to 37c is attached. Then, one wiring of the relay terminal plate 38 is connected to a control circuit board housed in a control circuit board box 67 described later. In the center of the winning ball collecting cover body 33, the rotating drum 2 of the variable display device 23 is provided.
A rotating drum drive mechanism 39, which is a drive unit for 4a to 24c, protrudes rearward.

(1-3) Mechanism Plate A mechanism plate 40 is arranged on the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1 so as to cover the above-mentioned game board 20. Are provided with various mechanisms for processing a winning ball from a winning port provided in the player and discharging a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to the winning ball. The mechanism plate 40 is formed by assembling various mechanisms on a substantially rectangular mechanism plate body 41 molded of a synthetic resin, and includes shaft support members 42a provided on the upper and lower sides of the mechanism plate body 41. The bearing members 173a and 173b are fixed to the upper and lower sides of the game board storage frame portion 143.
It is provided so that it can be detachably opened and closed by being pivotally supported. A plurality (three) of mechanism plate mounting members 43 for locking the mechanism plate 40 in a closed state are provided on the back surface of the mechanism plate body 41.

Further, a window opening 44 is opened substantially at the center of the mechanism plate main body 41, and the first opening is located below the window opening 44.
, And a second prize ball collecting gutter 45b. The first winning ball collecting gutter 45a is for guiding a winning ball that has won a winning opening excluding the starting winning opening 28a among the various winning openings described above, and is formed on the front side of the mechanism plate main body 41. In addition, the second winning ball collecting gutter 45b
Corresponds to only the start winning port 28a, and guides a winning ball that has won the start winning port 28a. The second winning ball collecting gutter 45b is formed on the rear side of the mechanism plate main body 41 along the lower edge of the window opening 44. The winning balls guided to the first winning ball collecting gutter 45a and the second winning ball collecting gutter 45b are guided to a winning ball processing device 55 described later.

On the rear side of the mechanism plate main body 41, various mechanisms are provided for paying out prize balls supplied from a supply mechanism (not shown) of the pachinko gaming machine installation stand to the player. Hereinafter, these mechanisms will be described.
A prize ball tank 46 is attached to the upper part of the zero. A guide gutter 47 for arranging prize balls is provided below the prize ball tank 46. The guide gutter 47 is attached so as to be inclined so that the prize ball flows down naturally. A prize ball amount sensing plate 6 is provided on the bottom surface on the upstream side of the guiding gutter 47.
8 is pivotally supported. When a prize ball is placed on the prize ball amount sensing plate 68 and the prize ball is full, the upper end of the prize ball amount sensing plate 68 is in a depressed state. When the prize balls are insufficient and cannot be placed, the upper end of the prize ball amount sensing plate 68 is in a state of jumping up.

When the upper end of the prize ball quantity sensing plate 68 jumps up due to a shortage of prize balls, the link mechanisms 70a, 70
Through the b and the connecting rod 71, a ball feed stop member 199, which will be described later, is operated to stop the operation of the hit ball feeding device (not shown) so that the hit ball is not supplied. At the same time, the two ball-out detectors 69a and 69b attached to the mechanism plate main body 41 below the guide gutter 47 are operated to turn on the ball-out notification lamp provided on the game board 20 to give a prize. Notifying the player of the lack of balls to the player, displaying the fact on a central management computer (not shown), and replenishing instructions from the central management computer to the supply mechanism, the predetermined number of prize balls are provided. The tank 46 is supplied. The above-described guide gutter 47 is configured such that prize balls are arranged in three rows and flow down. Two of the rows are used in accordance with the number of prize balls to be paid out, and the remaining one row is small. Used according to the number of prize balls to be paid out.

Downstream of the guiding gutter 47, bent gutters 48 formed in three rows are attached so as to be connected.
The bent gutter 48 is for changing the flowing direction of the prize ball flowing down the guide gutter 47 by 180 degrees and for reducing the ball pressure of the prize ball continuously flowing down. Curved gutter 48
A beading device 49 is provided at the bent portion of the prize, and by operating the beading device 49 after the store is closed, the prize ball tank 46 is provided.
And the prize balls stored in the guiding gutter 47 are taken out of the ball path 5.
The pachinko gaming machine 1 is discharged to zero.

A prize ball payout device 51 is connected to the downstream side of the bent gutter 48. The prize ball payout device 51 receives a predetermined number of prize balls, and pays out the received prize balls in conjunction with the operation of the prize ball processing device 55 which is activated when a prize ball is generated. Accordingly, the prize ball payout device 51 and the prize ball processing device 55 constitute a prize ball payout means, and further, as described above, the two types, for example, "13" of the prize ball payout, and " It is provided independently for paying out 7 "prize balls. Premium ball payout device 51 and winning ball processing device 55
Will be described in detail later.

The prize ball paid out from the prize ball payout device 51 is discharged to a prize ball payout path 52. At the lower end of the prize ball payout path 52, a terminal opening 53 is opened.
Reference numeral 3 communicates with the hit ball supply tray 7 via a communication portion 149 described later. Further, on one side of the terminal opening 53, an extra ball guiding gutter 54 for communicating with the extra ball path 56 is provided to guide the extra prize balls to the extra ball path 56. The winning ball processing device 55 is located below the surplus ball guiding gutter 54. The surplus ball path 56 has a lower end connected to a connection gutter 59 attached to the back surface of the front frame 3, and guides surplus prize balls to the surplus ball tray 12.

On one side wall of the surplus ball path 56, a fullness detecting plate 57 is provided so as to be swingable about its upper end. Thus, when the surplus ball path 56 is filled with the prize ball, the fullness detection plate 57 is pressed by the prize ball and oscillates, and the slide wire 57a connected to the fullness detection plate 57 moves. By operating the ball feed stop member 199, the operation of the hit ball supply device is fixed so that the hit ball is not supplied to the hit ball firing position. A fullness detector 58 is provided at a position opposite to the fullness detection plate 57, and the fullness detection plate 57 is provided.
When is swung, the fullness detector 58 is operated to stop the rotation of a drive motor 115 of the winning ball processing device 55, which will be described later.

In addition to the above configuration, the mechanism plate main body 41 has
Out ball guiding gutter 6 connected to the rear end of the out port 32
0 is provided. The out ball guide gutter 60 is once hidden behind the surplus ball path 56, and an outlet of the out ball outlet 61 merges with the ball removal path 50. For this reason, the hit ball discharged from the out opening 32 is discharged from the out ball guiding gutter 60 to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine 1 through the boring path 50.

Although not included in the mechanism plate 40 described above, a ball launching device 62 is attached to the back surface of the front frame 3 so as to correspond to the operation handle 11 as shown in FIG. ing. The hit ball launching device 62 is provided collectively on the mounting substrate 63, and has a hitting motor 64 as a driving source, a hitting rod 65 that reciprocates by the rotation of the hitting motor 64 to hit a hit ball, A ball feed sliding rod 66 that moves up and down in conjunction with the reciprocating rotation of the ball rod 65 to operate the hit ball supply device.

The overall structure of the pachinko gaming machine 1 has been described above. Hereinafter, the detailed structure of the prize ball payout device 51 and the winning ball processing device 55 incorporated in the mechanism plate 40 and the front frame 3 will be described. I do.

(2) Premium Ball Payout Device and Winning Ball Processing Device First, the detailed structures of the premium ball payout device 51 and the winning ball processing device 55 incorporated in the mechanism plate 40 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the prize ball dispensing device 51 will be described. The prize ball dispensing device 51 includes a prize ball storage cylinder 72a-7.
2c, upper ball stoppers 73a, 73b and lower ball stoppers 84a, 84b disposed at upper and lower positions of the premium ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c, and the upper ball stopper 73.
a, 73b and upper and lower sliding members 77a, 77b engaged to open and close the lower ball stoppers 84a, 84b.
And operating members 91a and 91b for vertically moving the vertical sliding members 77a and 77b. As shown in FIG. 13, the prize ball dispensing device 51 is detachably mounted by locking a mounting plate 89 formed on the front side thereof to a fixing member 90 supported by the mechanism plate main body 41. ing.

The upper ball stoppers 73a and 73b have stopper portions 74a and 74b at the front end and contact portions 75 at the rear end.
The stoppers 74a and 74b always open and close the entrances of the prize ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c by their own weights.

On the other hand, lower ball stoppers 84a, 84b
Are pivotally supported about a pivot pin 87.
The lower ball stoppers 84a and 84b are provided with contact rollers 86a and 86b also serving as a weight at the upper portion thereof, and provided with stopper portions 85a to 85c at the lower portion thereof which protrude and retract into the premium ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c. It is protruding. The stopper portions 85a to 85c are provided with a prize ball storage cylinder 72a.
72c to 72c (not shown), and can enter and exit the premium ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c.
The lower ball stoppers 84a and 84b always have their stopper portions 85a to 85c owing to their own weight.
a to 72c, and the stopper portions 85a to 85c are provided so as to protrude in a stepped manner, so that the positions of the prize ball storage tubes 72a to 72c in the vertical direction are made different. Thus, two of the three stopper portions 85a and 85b are
While being protruded from one lower ball stopper 84a,
The other stopper portion 85c protrudes from the other lower ball stopper 84b and opens and closes the exit of the prize ball storage cylinder 72c. Act on. The specific positions where the stopper portions 85a to 85c protrude are positions where the stopper portion 85a stores six prize balls in the prize ball storage cylinder 72a, and the stopper portion 85b
Is a position where seven prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage cylinder 72b, and the stopper portion 85c is a position where the prize ball storage cylinder 7
The position is such that seven prize balls are stored in 2c.
Further, since the lower ball stoppers 84a and 84b have a structure that can be easily detached from the spindle pin 87, the lower ball stoppers 84a and 84b are connected to the stopper portions 85.
The number of prize balls to be paid out can be easily changed by exchanging the prize balls a to 85c with different types of protruding positions.

Next, the structure of the upper and lower sliding members 77a and 77b for controlling the opening and closing of the upper ball stoppers 73a and 73b and the lower ball stoppers 84a and 84b will be described.
The upper and lower sliding members 77a and 77b are integrally formed with control projections 78a and 78b extending upward and contact projections 83a and 83b projecting laterally from a lower portion.
The control projections 78a and 78b have an engaging portion 79 at the tip thereof.
a, 79b are formed, and contact recesses 80a, 80b engaging with the contact portions 75a, 75b of the upper ball stoppers 73a, 73b are formed in the middle thereof. Also, weights 81a, 81b are provided at the bases of the control projections 78a, 78b.
Is fixed, and constantly urges the upper and lower sliding members 77a and 77b downward. The contact convex portions 83a and 83b are provided on the contact rollers 86a and 8 of the lower ball stoppers 84a and 84b.
6b. That is, when the upper and lower sliding members 77a and 77b are at the lowered position, the contact rollers 86a and 86b of the lower ball stoppers 84a and 84b are in contact with the contact convex portions 83a and 83b. 85c is kept in the prize ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c. At this time, in the upper ball stoppers 73a and 73b, the upper ball stoppers 73a and 73b
The contact portions 75a, 75b of 73b and the control projections 78a, 78
b comes into contact with the upper ends of the contact recesses 70a and 70b, and the stopper portions 74a and 74a of the upper ball stoppers 73a and 73b.
74b is held at a position retracted from the entrances of the prize ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c. Therefore, the prize ball flows from the bent trough 48 into the prize ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c, and the stopper portions 8 of the lower ball stoppers 84a and 84b.
It is in the first state locked at 5a to 85c.

On the other hand, when the upper and lower sliding members 77a and 77b are in the raised position, the contact projections 83a and 83b and the contact rollers 86a and 86b do not come into contact with each other, so that the lower ball stoppers 84a and 84b It becomes a rotatable free state. When the lower ball stoppers 84a and 84b are in a free state, the stopper portions 85a to 85c are caused by the ball pressure of the prize balls stored in the prize ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c.
Is pressed to rotate, and the prize balls stored in the prize ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c are paid out to the prize ball payout path 52. At this time, the upper ball stoppers 73a, 73b
Since the control projections 78a and 78b are raised, the upper ball stoppers 73a and 73b close the entrances of the premium ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c by their own weight, and the contact recess 80
a, 80b and upper ball stoppers 73a, 73b
Abutment portions 75a, 75b of the upper ball stoppers 73a, 73b to hold the stopper portions 74a, 74b of the upper ball stoppers 73a, 73b at positions where they enter the entrances of the premium ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c. Therefore, the prize ball is a prize ball storage cylinder 72a-
The second state is stopped immediately before the entrance of 72c.

As described above, the prize ball dispensing device 51 includes the upper ball stoppers 73a and 73b and the lower ball stopper 84.
a and 84b are alternately opened and closed to provide a first state in which prize balls are supplied into the prize ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c, and a second state in which prize balls are discharged from the prize ball storage cylinders 72a to 72c. Is to be repeated.

The upper and lower sliding members 77a, 77
The control projections 78a, 78b and the contact projections 83a, 83b are provided on the upper and lower sliding members 77a, 77b for operating the b.
Are formed between the fitting recesses 82a and 82b. The distal ends of the operating members 91a and 91b engage with the fitting concave portions 82a and 82b. The operating members 91a,
The rear end of the shaft 91b is rotatably supported by a support shaft 92 extending between the mechanism plate main body 41 and the support plate 93. The support plate 93 is fixed to mounting bosses 94a and 94b protruding from the mechanism plate main body 41. The operating member 9
The upper ends of interlocking rods 95a and 95b are connected to substantially the center of 1a and 91b, and the interlocking rods 95a and 95b are turned by the winning balls described later.
The operating member 9 is slid up and down by the
1a and 91b are rotated. The operating member 91
a, 91b according to the rotation of the upper and lower sliding members 77a, 7b.
7b slides up and down.

Next, the winning ball processing device 55 will be described. The winning ball processing device 55 overlaps in the front-rear direction so as to correspond to the first winning ball collecting gutter 45a and the second winning ball collecting gutter 45b. Provided. First, winning ball placement portions 97a and 97b are formed at the ends of the winning ball guiding passages 96a and 96b connected to the first winning ball collecting gutter 45a and the second winning ball collecting gutter 45b. Openings are formed on the left and right sides of the winning ball placing portions 97a and 97b, stopper members 98a and 98b and rotating members 102a and 102b face one opening, and push members 108a and 102b face the other opening. 108b is facing. Stopper member 98
a and 98b are rotatable around a support shaft 99. The rotating members 102a and 102b rotate only when one of the pushing members 108a and 108b pushes a winning ball to one of the winning ball discharge passages 117a and 117b at one end thereof. 102a, 102b
The rotating member 10 is used to prevent the
Engaging portions 100a, 100b are formed to engage with the winning ball guiding passages 96a, 96b at the other end.
Contact portions 101a and 101b facing the end of b are formed. The rotating members 102a and 102b have a substantially "T" shape, and are rotatable around the support shaft 103. Further, the engaging portions 100a,
Engagement projections 104a and 104b are formed to engage with the winning shaft 100b, and winning ball contact surfaces 105a and 105b are formed below the support shaft 103 so as to abut a winning ball.
At the rear part, connecting portions 107a and 107b connected to the interlocking rods 95a and 95b are formed. The pressing portion 10 located at the rear of the winning ball contact surface portions 105a, 105b.
6a and 106b are detection switches 118a and 11 described later.
8b is opposed to the actuators 119a and 119b.

The pushing members 108a and 108b are formed in an inverted "L" shape, and are rotatably provided within a predetermined angle range by being supported at their lower ends by a support shaft 109. Further, on the upper front ends of the pushing members 108a, 108b, pressing surfaces 111a, 1
11b, and a rotating roller 110
a, 110b are provided. This rotating roller 110
a, 110b are provided with a motor shaft 116 of the drive motor 115;
Rotating cam 113 and second rotating cam 114 fixed to
Are engaged with each other, so that the drive motor 1
By the rotation of No. 15, the pushing members 108a and 108b rotate left and right. The pushing member 108
The return springs 112a and 112b are engaged with the support shafts 109a and 108b slightly above the support shaft 109.
08a and 108b are urged in the direction opposite to the winning ball placing portions 97a and 97b.

The first rotary cam 113 has three blades, while the second rotary cam 114 has two blades. Therefore, while the drive motor 115 makes one rotation, the corresponding pushing member 108a is reciprocated three times by the first rotating cam 113, whereas the corresponding pushing member 108a is reciprocated by the second rotating cam 114. 1
08b is reciprocated twice. Then, the pushing member 108
In view of the fact that a and 108b are members for processing winning balls generated one by one as described later, the pushing member 108
a, the number of winning balls per unit time processed in 108b is
The number of winning balls processed by one extruding member 108a is larger than the number of winning balls processed by the other extruding member 108b. This means that the pushing member 108
The number of times that the upper ball stopper 73a and the lower ball stopper 84a that operate in accordance with the upper ball stopper 73a and the lower ball stopper 84a operate in correspondence with the push-out member 108b is driven per unit time. It indicates that it is more than the number of times.

On one side of the winning ball placement portions 97a and 97b, there are formed winning ball discharge passages 117a and 117b through which the winning balls extruded by the pushing members 108a and 108b are discharged. Detection switches 118a, 118b are disposed outside the side walls of the winning ball discharge passages 117a, 117b, and actuators 119a, 119b of the detection switches 118a, 118b are connected to the rotating members 102a, 10b.
By detecting the operation of 2b, a prize ball payout notification lamp provided on the front of the gaming board 20 is turned on. Further, winning ball detectors 120a, 120b can be attached to the ends of the winning ball discharging passages 117a, 117b. The winning ball detectors 120a and 120b are:
A signal is sent to a centralized management computer installed in the amusement arcade, and is provided for creating sales data of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Winning ball detector 12
0a, 120b, the winning ball is the winning ball payout exit 12
1 to the ball-drawing path 50, the pachinko machine 1
Is discharged outside.

The prize ball dispensing device 5 configured as described above.
1 and the operation of the winning ball processing device 55 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 shows the front side, that is, 7
This mainly shows the mechanism for paying out the prize balls (dashed lines are for 13). By the way, since the above-mentioned two mechanisms perform the same operation, only the mechanism for paying out seven prize balls on the near side will be described.

Therefore, first, before the operation of the prize ball dispensing device 51, the upper ball stopper 73b is opened and a predetermined number (7) of prize balls are stored in the prize ball storage cylinder 72c.
The state where the stopper portion 85c of the lower ball stopper 84b has entered the premium ball storage cylinder 72c is maintained. In such a state, the winning ball that has flowed down the second winning ball collecting gutter 45b and guided to the winning ball guiding passage 96b moves the stopper member 98b in the illustrated counterclockwise direction while the winning ball mounting portion. 97b. Then, the rotating cam 114, which is constantly rotating, comes into contact with the rotating roller 110b of the pushing member 108b, and rotates so that the pushing member 108b is pushed forward. As the pushing member 108b rotates, the winning ball on the winning ball mounting portion 97b moves in the pushing direction. At this time, the winning ball is a pressing ball 111b of the pushing member 108b and a winning ball of the rotating member 102b. Contact surface 105
b. At this time, since the engagement between the engagement portion 100b of the stopper member 98b and the engagement protrusion 104b of the rotation member 102b is released, the rotation member 102b rotates in the illustrated counterclockwise direction. . Rotating member 1
By rotating 02b, the front end of the engagement convex portion 104b rotates the stopper member 98b clockwise, and the abutment portion 101b penetrates so as to close the end of the winning ball guiding passage 96b, and the next prize. The ball is not placed on the winning ball placing portion 97b. At the same time, the interlocking rod 95b
Rises to rotate the operating member 91b upward. Then, the vertical sliding member 77b is raised, so that the contact portion 75b of the upper ball stopper 73b contacts the lower portion of the contact recess 80b of the control projection 78b, and the stopper portion 74b of the upper ball stopper 73b is moved to the prize ball storage cylinder. The prize ball is locked so as not to enter the entrance of the prize ball 72c and flow into the prize ball storage cylinder 72c. Further, the engagement between the contact projection 83b of the vertical sliding member 77b and the contact roller 86b of the lower ball stopper 84b is disengaged, so that the lower ball stopper 84b is in a free state, and therefore, the prize ball in the prize ball storage cylinder 72c. The stopper portion 85c is pressed and rotated by the ball pressure of the prize ball storage cylinder 7
A predetermined number of prize balls stored in 2c are discharged to the prize ball payout path 52.

When a predetermined number of prize balls have been paid out as described above, the winning balls sandwiched between the rotating member 102b and the pushing member 108b are loaded with the winning balls by further rotating the pushing member 108b. The ball falls off the placing portion 97b and falls into the winning ball discharging passage 117b. Then, the rotating member 102b
Is rotated clockwise and returns to the original state, so that the interlocking rod 95b and the upper and lower sliding members 77b move down,
The lower ball stopper 84b is fixed again, and the upper ball stopper 73b is opened to introduce the prize ball into the prize ball storage cylinder 72c. At this time, since the stopper member 98b also returns to the original state by the rotation of the rotation member 102b,
The flow of the next prize ball waiting at the end of the prize ball guide passage 96b is allowed, the prize ball is moved to the prize ball mounting portion 97b, and the above operation is repeated to perform the prize ball payout operation.

(3) Structure of Front Frame Next, the detailed structure of the front frame 3 to collectively mount the main components of the pachinko gaming machine 1 including the above-described mechanism plate 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. I do.

(3-1) Configuration of Single Front Frame Since the front frame 3 is integrally formed of synthetic resin as described above, first, the configuration of the single front frame 3 before mounting various components is described. This will be mainly described with reference to FIGS.

The front frame 3 has a front frame portion 122 formed in a frame shape and a game board storage frame portion 14 formed so as to protrude from the back surface of the front frame portion 122 and mounting the game board 20 thereon.
3 are integrally formed of a synthetic resin. Therefore, the front frame 122 will be described. In FIG. 3, the door holding frame housing step 123 is formed along the periphery of the rectangular opening of the front frame 122. The door holding frame accommodating step 123 is formed in a stepped shape to accommodate the door holding frame 4, and is formed in the door holding frame 4 to have an intrusion prevention space 222 (see FIG. 6) is housed in the door holding frame housing step 123. Further, bearing member mounting steps 124a, 124b are formed on one side (left side in FIG. 3) of the front frame 122, and a shaft supporting member 171a fixed to the outer frame at the bearing member mounting steps 124a, 124b. , 171b (see FIG. 2; however, 171a
Are not shown in the drawing).
b can be attached.

On one side below the front frame 122, an opening 125 for a hit ball firing device is opened. The opening 125 for the hit ball launching device has the operation handle 11 on its front surface.
A decorative plate 14b is provided, and the hitting ball launching device 62 is disposed on the back surface of the decorative plate 14b. The operation handle 11 and the hitting ball launching device 62 are connected in the space defined by the hitting ball launching opening 125. Done. In addition, the mounting bolt insertion hole 12
6, a positioning hole 127, a mounting hole 128, and a handle wiring insertion hole 129 are provided. The mounting bolt insertion hole 126 penetrates a fastening screw (not shown) projecting from the back surface of the decorative plate 14b. After the fastening screw passes through the mounting bolt through hole 126, it is integrated with the mounting board 63 of the hitting ball firing device 62. The operation handle 11 and the hit ball firing device 62 are fastened with a screwing member (nut) and the front frame 122
Attached before and after. The positioning hole 127 is
It is provided to determine the exact position of the decorative plate 14b, and a positioning protrusion (not shown) projecting from the back surface of the decorative plate 14b can be inserted. The mounting hole 128 is for uniquely fixing the upper part of the decorative plate 14b. The handle wire insertion hole 129 is provided for guiding a wire from a tentacle plate or a main switch provided in the operation handle 11 to the rear surface of the front frame portion 122.

Further, a surplus ball opening 130 is formed substantially at the center below the front frame portion 122. The surplus ball opening 130 is provided so as to correspond to the surplus ball outlet 15, and is for discharging surplus prize balls to the surplus ball tray 12. The front end face of the surplus ball opening 130 is configured as a slightly concave recess 131.
A lot of prize balls are stored. The surplus ball outlet 15 formed in the decorative plate 14a is also formed in a concave shape so as to increase the amount of prize balls stored. In the vicinity of the surplus ball opening 130 and on the side opposite to the hitting ball launcher opening 125, mounting bolt insertion holes 13 are provided.
2, a positioning hole 133 and a mounting hole 134 are formed. The mounting bolt insertion hole 132 penetrates a fastening screw (not shown) projecting from the back surface of the hit ball supply tray 7,
The fastening screw also penetrates through the decorative plate 14a so that the hit ball supply tray 7 and the decorative plate 14a can be attached to the front frame 122 in a stacked manner. The positioning holes 133 are provided for determining an accurate position of the decorative plate 14a, and allow positioning protrusions (not shown) projecting from the back surface of the decorative plate 14a to be inserted. Mounting hole 13
Reference numeral 4 is used for uniquely fixing the upper right and left sides of the decorative plate 14a.

In the upper part of the front frame part 122, a positioning hole 1 is provided.
35, mounting holes 136, and wiring insertion holes 137 are formed. The positioning holes 135 into which the positioning bosses 175 projecting from the rear surface of the frame lamp device 17 are inserted, guarantee an accurate mounting position of the frame lamp device 17. The mounting hole 136 is provided for fixing the frame lamp device 17, and the wiring insertion hole 137 is
It is provided to guide the wiring extending from the frame lamp 18 built in the frame lamp device 17 to the back surface of the front frame portion 122.

On the open side of the front frame 122,
Positioning hole 138, mounting hole 139, lamp insertion hole 14
0 and a cylinder lock insertion hole 141 are formed.
The positioning hole 138 is provided for determining an accurate position of the key decoration plate 19, and a positioning protrusion (not shown) projecting from the back surface of the key decoration plate 19 can be inserted therein. The mounting hole 139 is for fixing the upper and lower sides and the center of the key decoration board 19. Lamp insertion hole 140
Is provided for inserting an operation lamp 180 for notifying that the hitting ball launching device 62 is being driven, and is provided at a plurality of positions so that the mounting position of the lamp and the number of lamps can be changed. Is provided. The cylinder lock insertion hole 141 is provided for inserting the cylinder lock 179 and facing the front.

Further, a plurality (three) of mounting bolt through holes 142 are formed at positions along the side opening edge of the front frame portion 122 so as to partially cover the door holding frame accommodating step portion 123. ing. The game board mounting members 182a to 182a for fixing the game board 20 are provided in the mounting bolt through holes 142.
Mounting bolts 189a-189 for pivotally supporting 182c
c is penetrated and supported.

The mounting holes 128, 134, 1
The holes 36 and 139 are not simply provided with holes for attaching screws, but are provided with mounting bosses projecting from the back surface thereof to increase the screwing force of the screws (not shown). Also,
Although not shown, a plurality of mounting holes for mounting the door holding frame 4 are provided around the door holding frame housing step 123.

On the other hand, the structure of the back surface of the front frame portion 122 is a rigid structure in which reinforcing ribs are extended vertically and horizontally as shown in FIG. 4, and the game board extends along the opening edge of the front frame portion 122. The storage frame part 143 is protruded. The game board storage frame portion 143 is provided with a game board storage recess 1 for storing the game board 20.
44 and a support plate 148 located below the game board storage recess 144. A game space is formed between the surface of the game board 20 and the glass plate 5b of the glass door frame 5 in a state where the game board 20 is stored in the game board storage recess 144, and The surface of the game board 20 and the surface of the support plate 148 are substantially flush with each other.

Incidentally, the game board storage recess 144 is formed in a concave shape so as to fit the game board 20 so as to regulate the periphery of the game board 20 to be stored. Upper and lower sides of the surface facing the game board 20 which is the bottom surface of the game board storage recess 144 in order to perform accurate positioning.
Positioning pins 145 and 146 are protruded at locations.
In addition, a glass door frame operation lever through hole 147 is formed in a central portion on the open side of the front frame 3 to allow a glass door frame operation lever attached to the door holding frame 4 to pass therethrough. The game board storage recess 144 is formed in a concave shape so as to surround the game board 20. However, if the positioning pins 145 and 146 are provided, the game board storage recess 144 may be formed in a planar shape without surrounding the circumference.

The game board 20 is placed on the upper surface of the support plate portion 148, and a communication portion 149 protrudes from an upper portion of one side thereof. The communication portion 149 constitutes a main part of this embodiment, and is formed in a rectangular cylindrical shape. A standing wall 150 projects upward along the front edge of the communication portion 149, and
And hide the border. Further, the communication part 149
3, a front reinforcing rib 151 is provided so as to protrude toward the front as shown in FIG. 3, and "L" extends from the upper portion of the front reinforcing rib 151 to the front of the game board storage frame portion 143. A letter-shaped intrusion prevention protrusion 152 is provided in a protruding manner. The intrusion prevention projection 152 is provided to prevent an unauthorized member such as a piano wire inserted from a pivotal support portion between the glass door frame 4 and the front door plate 6 from reaching the surface of the game board 20. is there. On the other hand, an extended portion 153 is provided at the rear end, which is the start end of the communication portion 149, along the upper edge thereof. The extended portion 153 enters the inside of the prize ball payout path 52 when the mechanism plate 40 is closed, and therefore, a boundary between the end portion of the prize ball payout path 52 and the communication section 149. Is hidden to prevent the entry of unauthorized members. In addition, on one side of the extension portion 153, the escape inclined surface 1 is provided in order to smoothly open and close the mechanism plate 40.
54 are formed.

The support plate 1 on the opposite side of the communication portion 149
An upright wall 155 is provided upright at the front end of the 48, and also in this portion, the boundary between the game board 20 and the support plate 148 is hidden. In addition, an intrusion prevention projection 156 is also provided on the upper front surface of the standing wall 155 so as to project forward. The intrusion prevention projection 156 prevents an unauthorized member inserted from the locking side of the front door plate 6 from entering. The positioning pins 146 project from the upper portion of the rear surface of the upright wall 155.

A return ball opening 157 is formed in the lower center of the support plate portion 148 so as to guide a foul ball or a spilled ball described later to the back surface. Further, the support plate 1
A speaker wiring insertion hole 158 is formed on the shaft support side of the 48, and an operation pin insertion hole 159 is formed on the open side. The speaker wiring insertion hole 158 is for guiding the wiring extending from the speaker 10 to the back surface, and the operation pin insertion hole 159 is for inserting an operation pin (not shown) included in the link mechanism 70b. . Further, a recess 160 is formed in the upper center of the support plate 148. The recess 160 does not penetrate in the front-rear direction, but is open only to the rear. Then, when attaching and detaching the game board 20, the lower side of the game board 20 is easily grasped.
The recess 160 includes a mounting portion 161 to which a lower game board mounting member 196 (see FIG. 5) for supporting and fixing the lower side of the game board 20 is attached, and a stopper 162 for regulating a rotation range of the lower game board mounting member 196. Is provided. In addition, the back surface of the support plate 148 is covered with a cover 163.

Since the game board storage frame 143 projects from the back of the front frame 122, a predetermined distance from the lower side of the game board storage frame 143 to the back of the front frame 122 is provided. In addition, inclined reinforcing ribs 166a to 166c are protruded. As shown in FIG. 1, the inclined reinforcing ribs 166 project from the lower side of the support plate 148 of the game board storage frame 143 to the middle of the lower part of the front frame 122.

In addition, as a back surface structure of the front frame 3 alone,
Reinforcing ribs 164 are protruded along the outer peripheral shape of the hitting ball launching device opening 125, and ribs are vertically and horizontally protruding from the reinforcing ribs 164 so as to be continuous.
In addition, the strength of the part to which the operation handle 11 is attached is increased. In addition, a downwardly extending extending portion 165 is protrudingly provided at an upper portion of the front end of the opening 125 for the hit ball firing device, and the effective area on the rear surface side of the front frame portion 122 is enlarged. Also,
A hitting rod insertion hole 167 is cut out at the top of the hitting / launching device opening 125 and on the bottom surface of the game board storage frame 143. The hitting rod insertion hole 167 is
The tip of the second hitting rod 65 is provided to protrude from the front surface of the support plate portion 148.

(3-2) Structure of Front Frame at the Time of Mounting Components The structure of the front frame 3 alone has been described above. The structure when the necessary components are mounted on the front frame 3 configured as described above is described. The description will be made mainly with reference to FIGS.

First, the bearing member mounting step 124a, 1
Bearing members 170a and 170b are fixed to 24b with screws. The bearing members 170a and 170b are engaged with the shaft supporting members 171a and 171b fixed to the outer frame 2 so as to be freely detachable and pivotally supported. In addition, since the front frame 3 is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to the outer frame 2, the rear end edge of the front frame portion 122 of the front frame 3 has a chamfer angle “f” as shown in FIG. 2. An inclined chamfer 172 is formed. Also, the bearing members 170a,
In the state where 170b is supported by the shaft supporting members 171a and 171b, a minute interval “e” is generated. With the chamfer angle “f” and the minute interval “e”, the opening / closing operation of the front frame 3 is performed smoothly, and a large opening angle of the front frame 3 is guaranteed.

Further, bearing members 173a and 173b are fixed to the upper and lower sides of the game board storage frame portion 143. The bearing members 173a and 173b support the shaft supporting members 42a and 42b provided on the mechanism plate 40 to open and close the mechanism plate 40. The bearing members 170a and 170b
Are fixed to the same side. That is, the support side of the front frame 3 with respect to the outer frame 2 and the support side of the mechanism plate 40 with respect to the front frame 3 are located on the same side. Specifically, the front frame 3 is opened leftward, and the mechanism plate 40 is opened rightward when viewed from the back of the pachinko gaming machine 1. As a result, a failure occurs in the mechanism plate 40, and the failure can be easily repaired while the front frame 3 and the mechanism plate 40 are open.

The mechanism plate 40 of the game board storage frame portion 143
Locking members 174 are provided at the upper, lower, and intermediate sides opposite to the shaft support side to lock the mechanism plate 40 by engaging with the mechanism plate mounting member 43 when the mechanism plate 40 is closed. .
The lower locking member 17 of the locking members 174
4 is provided on the cover 163 of the support plate 148.

The hitting rod launching device opening 125 has
Decorative plate 14 to which operation handle 11 is fixed from the front
b, the hit ball launching device 62 is integrally attached from the rear surface. The surplus ball opening 130 has a surplus ball tray 12 and a decorative plate 14a attached from the front surface thereof, and a connection gutter 59 attached thereto from the rear surface thereof.

Next, a state in which the frame lamp device 17 is attached will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view along the line DD in FIG. 5. In the figure, a positioning boss 175 protruding from the rear surface of the frame lamp device 17 is inserted into a positioning hole 135 formed in the front frame portion 122, and is then screwed into the mounting hole 136 with a screw. In addition,
A cutout portion 176 is formed in the lower rear surface of the frame lamp device 17 so that a part of the door holding frame 4 is housed. In addition, positioning pins 145 projecting from the bottom surface of the game board storage recess 144 are inserted into positioning holes 177 formed in the upper center of the game board 20 to perform accurate positioning of the game board 20. At this time, since the tip of the positioning pin 145 is a tapered portion 145a,
The positioning holes 177 of the game board 20 can be easily inserted.

On the other hand, a locking device 178 is fixed to the rear surface corresponding to the key decoration plate 19 as shown in FIG. At the center of the locking device 178, an operation cam 179a fixed to the rear end of the cylinder lock 179 is provided, and by the forward / reverse rotation of the operation cam 179a, the slide rod for the front frame or the slide for the glass door frame is provided. Move the rod up and down to move the front frame 3
Alternatively, the opening and closing of the glass door frame 5 is controlled. In addition, the locking device 17
An operation lamp 180 is fixed to an upper portion of the lamp 8, and the operation lamp 180 is inserted into the lamp insertion hole 140. Further, when the door holding frame 4 is attached to the door holding frame accommodating step portion 123, the glass door frame operating lever 181 penetrates through the glass door frame operating lever through hole 147. The glass door frame operating lever 181 engages with the glass door frame sliding rod when it is pushed down, and is pushed up to open the glass door frame 5. Of course, the glass door frame 5 can be opened even if the glass door frame operating lever 181 is manually pushed down after the front frame 3 is opened.

Game board mounting members 182a and 182c for removably mounting the game board 20 in the game board storage frame 143 are mounted in the mounting bolt insertion holes 142. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 5 and FIG. 7 showing the mounting state of the game board mounting members 182a to 182c.
A description will be given with reference to FIG. Note that FIGS. 7A and 7B show 1
Since only one game board mounting member 182c is shown,
In the following description, parts with reference numerals related to the game board mounting members 182a and 182b are not shown. Then
The game board attachment members 182a to 182c include pressing surface portions 183a to 183c pressing the back surface of the game board 20 and lever portions 184a to 184c extending at right angles from the pressing surface portions. Is fixed. Then, the rotating cylinder portions 187a to 187c
The mounting bolts 189a to 189c inserted into the mounting bolt insertion holes 142 through the washers 190a to 190c and 191a to 191c pass through the mounting bolts 189.
193a to 19c formed at the tips of a to 189c
3c to the nut 1 via springs 193a to 192c.
The game board mounting members 182a to 182c are rotatably supported by the mounting bolts 189a to 189c by screwing the 94a to 194c and 195a to 195c.

When the mounting bolts 189a to 189c are inserted into the mounting bolt insertion holes 142, the support cylinders 188a to 188c are formed continuously with the mounting bolt insertion holes 142. It is designed to be attached stably and firmly. Also,
The game board mounting members 182a to 182c
Since the game board 20 is always pressed toward the game board storage frame part 143 by 2a to 192c, the pressing face part 1 against the back surface of the game board 20
The pressing forces of 83a to 183c are increased.

By the way, the game board storage frame portion 143 is integrally provided with a projection for regulating the rotation range of the game board mounting members 182a to 182c. Specifically, open position restricting projections 185a to 185c for restricting a rotation range when the game board 20 is removed are provided above the game board 20.
Fixed position restricting protrusions 186a to 186c for restricting a rotation range when fixing 0 are protruded respectively. Thereby, the attaching / detaching operation of the game board 20 or the maintenance of the fixing force can be properly performed by rotating the game board attachment members 182a to 182c excessively. In the illustrated embodiment,
As shown in FIG. 5, among the game board attachment members 182a to 182c, the pressing surface portion 183b of the game board attachment member 182b located below the open side is long and the tip is formed in a stepped shape. This means that the back of the game board 20 is pressed by the base of the pressing surface 183b, and the mechanism plate 40 is pressed by the tip of the pressing surface 183b.
This is because it is configured to press the back surface of. Of course, the other game board attachment members 182a and 182c may have such a structure. As shown in FIG. 7 (B), the mounting bolt insertion hole 142 has a door holding frame 4 attached to the front surface thereof so as to be hidden from the front surface of the gaming machine.

In this embodiment, the game board 20
The game board mounting members 182a to 182a
A lower game board attachment member 196 is provided in the recess 160 as well as in the recess 182c. The lower game board mounting member 196 is screwed to the mounting portion 161 with a screw as shown in FIG. 5, and fixes the lower back surface of the game board 20. The lower game board mounting member 19
The rotation range of 6 is also restricted by the stopper 162.

As the members attached to the back surface of the front frame 3, in addition to the above-described members, as shown in FIG. 5, a ball punching device operating lever 197 for operating the ball punching device 49, and the support frame An operation wire 198 provided in an operation pin insertion hole 159 formed in the portion 148, a ball feed stop member 199 engaging with the operation wire 198, a conductive member 200 connecting the connection gutter 59 and the bearing member 170b. There is. As is well known, the ball punching device operating lever 197 is rotated by inserting an operation pin from the front of the front frame 3 to operate the ball punching device 49. Working wire 1
98 engages with an operating pin (not shown) protruding from the link mechanism 70b, the lower part of which is hung down in the hollow portion formed by the support plate portion 148 and the cover 163 to hit the ball. It faces the rod insertion hole 167. The ball feed stop member 199 stops the operation of the ball feed member of the hit ball supply device (not shown), and is accurately rotatably attached to a mounting substrate 202 of the firing rail device 201 described later. The conductive member 200 is sandwiched between the connection gutter 59 and the front frame 3, and discharges the static electricity charged in the prize balls stored in the surplus ball tray 12 into the conductive member 200 and the bearing member 170.
b, ground to the outer frame 2 via the shaft support member 171b.

Next, the support plate portion 1 of the game board storage frame portion 143
The components attached to the front side of 48 will be described with reference to FIG. The firing rail device 201 is attached from the middle of the support plate portion 148 to one side. In this firing rail device 201, a belt-like firing rail 203 is mounted on a mounting substrate 202, and the mounting substrate 202 is screwed to the surface of the support plate 148 with screws 206. In addition,
In FIG. 4, a mounting hole for fixing the screw 206 is not shown. However, in actuality, a mounting hole is formed at a position corresponding to the screw 206, and a mounting boss is formed behind the mounting hole. ing. The base end of the firing rail 203 is bent at a right angle to form a firing position 204, and the hammer of the hitting rod 65 faces a hole formed at the firing position 204. Also, the tip of the firing rail 203
The ball-guiding portion 205 is bent downward in a curved shape to constitute the ball guiding portion 205. A positioning hole 207 is formed below the base end of the mounting board 202, and a positioning projection 208 protruding from the surface of the support plate 208 is inserted into the positioning hole 207. This facilitates positioning and mounting workability of the firing rail device 201. Note that a positioning protrusion may be provided on the mounting substrate 202 and a positioning hole may be formed on the support plate 148.

By the way, at the tip of the firing rail 203,
At a predetermined interval from the guide rail 21, the foul opening 2
11 are formed. A foul ball dropping member 210 is attached to an upper portion of the foul port 211 so that the return ball falls to the foul port 211 without fail. In addition, the guide cover 209 prevents the shot ball or the return ball which has been fired also at the front end of the guide rail 21 from colliding with the glass plate 5b.
Is attached. An interval D1 is formed between the leading end of the firing rail 202 and the lower end of the guide rail 21 so that a ball hit by the firing rail 202 can move to the guide rail 21 without fail.

The foul ball dropped from the foul port 211 is guided by the foul ball guiding section 205 and guided to a foul ball inlet 214 formed at one end of the introduction member 212. Here, the structure of the introduction member 212 will be described. The introduction member 212 is formed in a gutter shape having an inclined bottom surface 213 reaching the return ball opening 157 from the communication portion 149, and has a mounting protruding outward from the front peripheral edge thereof. One part 215
Is brought into contact with the surface of the support plate portion 148 and screwed and fixed with screws. At the time of fixing, a positioning projection 217 projecting from the support plate 148 is fitted into a positioning hole 216 formed in the mounting piece 215.

The introduction member 212 receives the prize ball falling from the communicating portion 149 when the front door plate 6 is opened, guides the prize ball on the inclined bottom surface 213, and returns the return ball opening 15.
7 to the connection gutter 59 and the foul opening 211
Return the foul ball that has fallen from
9, a gap D2 is formed between the end of the inclined bottom surface 213 and the lower end of the ball inlet 214. This is to prevent a large number of prize balls flowing down the inclined bottom surface 213 from being clogged at the return ball opening 157 when foul balls are frequently generated. An opening is provided at the lower end of the introduction member 212 and in front of the return ball opening 157, and the prize balls stored in the hit ball supply tray 7 are moved to the surplus ball tray 12 through this opening. It can be made to be.

The configuration of the front frame 3 to which necessary parts are attached has been described above. With the front frame 3 thus configured attached to the outer frame 2, the front frame 3 is mounted as described above. It is placed on the front support plate 16. The front support plate 16 is made of a synthetic resin in the present embodiment, like the front frame 3. Therefore, the configuration of the front support plate 16 will be briefly described.
Is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section as shown in FIG.
Attachment plate portions 218 formed at both ends are fixed to the inner side wall of the outer frame 2 by screws. Also,
A regulating protrusion 219 projects upward from the rear end of the upper side of the mounting plate portion 218, and comes into contact with the rear end of the front frame 3 when the front frame 3 is closed. Further, in order to smoothly open and close the front frame 3, a swelling guide member 220 is formed on the upper surface of the front support plate 16, and the lower end of the front frame 3 is also inclined rearward and upward. Face part 22
1. The guide member 220 may be formed on the entire upper surface of the front support plate 16 or may be formed at a plurality of locations at predetermined intervals. The inner surface of the lower side of the front support plate 16 is formed as an inclined surface 16a that is inclined rearward, in order to allow the pachinko ball to flow backward when a pachinko ball rides.

(4) Relationship Between Mechanism Plate and Hitting Ball Supply Dish The above has described the overall configuration of the pachinko gaming machine according to the embodiment and the detailed configuration of each component. The relationship will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view along the line AA in FIG. 5 and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view along the line B-B in FIG.

First, in FIG. 1, the door holding frame 4 attached to the door holding frame housing step 123 formed on the front frame 122 of the front frame 3 is, as is well known, a door holding frame housing step. 12
3 has a structure having an intrusion prevention space 222 having a substantially U-shaped cross section. And this intrusion prevention space 222
The intrusion protruding projecting rearward around the glass door frame 5 and the front door plate 6 enters the door holding frame 4 and the glass door frame 5.
Alternatively, the intrusion of an unauthorized member from the overlapping portion with the front door plate 6 is prevented. A similar structure is also formed on the upper side of the front door plate 6 to prevent intrusion of an unauthorized member from a portion where the front door plate 6 and the glass door frame 5 overlap.

By the way, since the prize ball is paid out from the mechanism plate 40 in the hitting ball supply tray 7, a payout opening 7a is opened on the upstream side thereof, and a cylindrical shape is provided behind the payout opening 7a. Is attached. When the front door plate 6 is closed, the rear end of the connecting member 223 abuts on the front reinforcing rib 151 of the communication portion 149 and is connected to the communication portion 149. In particular, the upper rear end of the connecting member 223 is located below the reinforcing rib 151. In addition, a ball breaking portion 224 is hung down from the upper surface inside the connecting member 223 to prevent occurrence of a ball jam in the connecting member 223.

As described above, intrusion of illegal members such as piano wires between the door holding frame 4 and the glass door frame 5 or the front door plate 6 and between the glass door frame 5 and the front door plate 6 Although it is prevented, it cannot be structurally prevented from entering an unauthorized member from the payout opening 7a. In this case, a prize ball payout path 52 is inserted by inserting a rod-shaped member through the payout opening 7a.
Press the rear wall of the game board 40 and the game board 2
A gap is created between the back side of the game board 20 and a gap is created between the rear side of the communication portion 149 and the end of the premium ball payout path 52 in such a state. Can be reached. However, in this embodiment, since the extended portion 153 is formed on the upper surface of the rear end which is the start end of the communication portion 149 and intrudes into the prize ball payout path 52, the mechanism plate 40 is moved backward, for example. However, the gap generated between the mechanism plate 40 and the back surface of the game board 20 is
Since it is concealed by 53, it is not possible to allow an unauthorized member to invade, thereby making it impossible to perform an unauthorized act on the winning device or the like from the back of the game board 20. Note that FIG.
As seen from the support point 42 b of the mechanism plate 40, the distance “d” to the front end of the outer side inner wall of the prize ball payout path 52 and the distance “c” to the rear end distant portion of the extension 153 are “d”. >
The relationship of “c”, wherein the distance “a” to the front end of the inner side inner wall of the prize ball payout path 52 and the distance “b” to the near end of the extension 153 near the rear end are “b”> “a” It is. In addition, the escape slope 154 is formed in order to minimize the gap while maintaining the relationship of “b”> “a”.

In the embodiment described above, the extended portion 153 is formed only at the upper rear end of the communication portion 149. However, as shown in FIGS.
9a may be extended as it is to form a cylindrical extending portion 153a, and the extending portion 153a may be made to enter the prize ball payout path 52 and be superimposed thereon, or FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the end of the prize ball payout path 52 is extended to form an extended portion 153 b, and the extended portion 153 b is connected to the communication portion 1.
49 may be allowed to enter and polymerize. Also,
You may extend from both the communication part 149 and the premium | prize ball | payout path | route 52, and may overlap them. In addition, the extension 153
Does not necessarily need to be polymerized at the inner position, but may be polymerized at the outer position.

In the above-described embodiment, the front frame 3 is made of synthetic resin and the front frame 122 and the game board storage frame 143 are integrally formed. However, the front frame 122 and the game board are formed. The front frame 3 may be made of a wooden material as in the related art.
The game board storage frame may be made of synthetic resin. Further, the mechanism plate 40 may not be openable and closable, but may be only detachable. Further, as a ball-and-ball game machine, an arrangement type pachinko game machine using this configuration may be used.

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As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the door holding frame which is attached along the peripheral edge of the opening of the front frame and which freely opens and closes the glass door frame which covers the front of the game board. And a display device for displaying that a predetermined gaming state has been reached on the outer surface of the opening frame of the front frame, the display device includes a positioning hole formed in the front frame. When the positioning projection and the notch part for storing the door holding frame in a portion overlapping with the door holding frame are formed on the back surface side, the positioning projection is inserted into the positioning hole and the display device is fastened with screws. In addition, since a part of the door holding frame is housed and covered by the cutout, the screw fixing the door holding frame covered by the display device cannot be loosened, so that the uncovered portion of the door holding frame is not covered. Door holding frame in front even if screws are loosened That float from will not be able to, it is possible to prevent an illegal act.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the relationship between a mechanism plate and a hit ball supply tray, and FIG.
It is sectional drawing along the AA line.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the front frame alone.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the front frame alone.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the front frame with necessary components mounted.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view along the line CC in FIG. 5C, and FIG. 7B is a cross-sectional view of the same location.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a lower portion of a front frame with necessary components mounted.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing another relationship between the mechanism plate and the hit ball supply tray.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing another relationship between the mechanism plate and the hit ball supply tray.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing still another relationship between the mechanism plate and the hit ball supply tray.

FIG. 12 is a front view of a pachinko game machine as an example of a ball game machine.

FIG. 13 is a schematic rear view of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 14 is a rear view showing a relationship between a prize ball payout device and a winning ball processing device built in a mechanism plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko gaming machine (ball game machine) 2 Outer frame 3 Front frame 4 Door holding frame 5 Glass door frame 17 Frame lamp device (Display device) 20 Game board 135 Positioning hole 175 Positioning boss (Positioning projection) 176 Notch

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A door holding frame which is attached along an opening edge of a front frame and which opens and closes a glass door frame which covers the front of a game board, and a predetermined game state on an outer surface of an opening edge of the front frame. And a display device that displays that the door holding frame is overlapped with the positioning projection that engages with a positioning hole formed in the front frame. A notch portion for accommodating the door holding frame in a portion thereof, the notch portion is formed on the back surface side, and when the positioning projection is inserted into the positioning hole and the display device is fastened with a screw, the notch portion holds the door. A ball game machine characterized in that a part of the frame is housed and covered.