JP2995432B2 - Pachinko 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 pachinko machine in which a game board is detachably mounted on a front frame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pachinko machine in which a game board is detachably mounted on a front frame is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 53-35017 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-7590. In these pachinko machines, the game board is attached to and detached from the front side or the back side of the front frame.

[0003]

THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved] game board is is interchangeably being secured to the window portion formed in the front frame, the front frame support member for supporting the game board in the conventional front frame , And the game board had to be fixed to this support member. And, in order to fix the game board, you have to open the front frame and work in this open state,
It was troublesome and performed in an unstable state, which was inefficient.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and includes a game board which constitutes a game section in which a hit ball fired by a hit ball launching device flows down. A pachinko machine in which one side of a frame is hinged to an outer frame, wherein the front frame is located behind a frame having a frame-shaped frame composed of upper and lower horizontal plates and left and right vertical plates. The back plate is integrally molded with synthetic resin, and a recess is formed at the rear of the frame body. The recess is provided with locking means for the game board, and the game board is locked to the locking means. And a positioning means for regulating the mounting position of the game board.

[0005]

The game board is inserted into a recessed portion of the front frame provided with the positioning means, the locking means, and the urging means of the game board, and the position of the game board is regulated by the positioning means, and the game board is controlled by the urging means. Is biased so as to be locked by the locking means, and the game board is detachably fixed to the front frame.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko machine 1 with a part cut away, and has a frame-like front frame 3 having a window 2. Is hinged to the outer frame 4 so as to be openable and closable, and the window portion 2 is provided with a metal frame 5;
On the upper part of the metal frame 5, a glass frame 6 with glass
The outer frame 4 and the glass frame 6 are locked by a locking device 7. An upper plate set 10 including a front plate 9 provided with an upper plate 8 is provided below the glass frame 6, and a lower plate set 12 provided with a lower plate 11 is provided below the front frame 3. The upper plate 8 is provided with a slit 13 for emitting a sound effect or the like from a speaker. In addition, a prize ball trough 14 is provided on the back side of the upper plate set 10,
A prize ball payout opening 15 for opening a prize ball received by the prize ball trough 14 to the upper plate 8 is opened in the front plate 9.

A game board 16 facing the window 2 of the front frame 3
Is a game section 16 'surrounded by a guide rail 17 on the front side.
Are formed, and various accessories such as a variable prize device 18 and a tulip-type prize device 19, a starting port 20, a prize tool 21, a windmill 22, or various indicator lamps 23 are arranged in the game section 16 '. The out port 24 is disposed at the lowest position. Also,
A completion indicator light 2 is provided at the upper right portion outside the guide rail 17.
5, an award ball indicator light 26 is provided in the upper left part, and an external indicator light 27 is provided in the upper edge of the front frame 3.

On the front side of the lower plate set 12, there is provided an operation grip 29 for driving the hitting ball firing device 28 to adjust the flight distance of the hitting ball hitting the game section 16 '. The hitting ball firing device 28 is fixed to the mounting hole 36 and the mounting boss 36 'of the front frame 3 via the mounting hole 28c of the solenoid mounting plate 28b, for example, using the firing solenoid 28a as a drive source, and is supplied at a predetermined cycle. With the driving pulse, the ball at the firing position is fired along the firing rail 30 into the game section 16 '. To adjust the flight distance of the hit ball, the player adjusts the resistance value of the variable resistor 29a incorporated in the grip 29 by the operation dial 2.
By operating 9b, the voltage supplied to the firing solenoid 28a is adjusted. Note that FIG.
A foul ball gutter 31 for letting a hit ball which does not fly into 6 'flow down to the lower plate 11, and an upper plate ball connecting gutter 32 for extracting the ball of the upper plate 8 to the lower plate 11 are shown.

The front frame 3 is a main structural member of the pachinko machine 1 integrally formed of a synthetic resin in a frame shape having the window portion 2, and its front view is shown in FIG. 3, its rear view is shown in FIG. The plan views are shown in FIG. An outline of the front frame 3 includes an upper horizontal plate portion 33a, a slightly wide lower horizontal plate portion 33b, and left and right vertical plate portions 33.
A frame-shaped surface portion 33 having a window portion 2 surrounded by c and 33d is formed, and a dish-shaped concave portion 3 is formed on the back side of the window portion 2.
4 is formed. The recess 34 includes a relatively shallow first recess 34a located below the middle stage, and a relatively deep second recess 34b located above the first recess 34a to accommodate the game board 16. . The front frame 3 is provided with positioning means 35 and mounting holes as necessary.
Pins and base plates described later are insert-molded.

The concave portion 34 is formed by projecting a rear portion of the window portion 2 to the rear side, and includes a first back plate portion 37a extending between the left and right vertical plate portions 33c and 33d, and a first back portion. Plate part 37a
Left and right side plate portions 38 for closing between the vertical plate portions 33c and 33d.
a, 38b and the lower edge of the first back plate portion 37a and the lower horizontal plate portion 33
b, and a bottom plate portion 39 for closing between the upper edge and the upper edge. The first
The back plate portion 37a has the foul ball gutter 31 and the upper ball ball connection gutter 3
2 and a speaker housing cover mounting base 40 and the like, and a launching device mounting port 4 for mounting the hitting ball launching device 28.
1 is set up over the bottom plate 39. In the vicinity of the launcher mounting port 41, a ball feed solenoid mounting base 42b for mounting a ball feed solenoid 42a and a firing ball locking member 43 are provided.

The second concave portion 34b formed above the first concave portion 34a as described above is formed by projecting the second back plate portion 37b further rearward from the first back plate portion 37a. An opening window 44 is opened in the back plate portion 37b. Also,
The left and right side edges of the second back plate portion 37b are connected to the side plate portions 38a and 38b of the first concave portion 34a, and the upper edge is the upper horizontal plate portion 33a.
To the top plate portion 45, and the lower edge is the first concave portion 34a.
And a support plate portion 46 which communicates with the upper edge of the first back plate portion 37a. A positioning boss 35a is provided at an appropriate position of the second back plate portion 37b so as to protrude toward the front side. Also,
In the vicinity of the positioning boss 35a and below the second back plate portion 37b, a game board pressing member 47 having a projection 47a on the front side is formed as an urging means, and the game board 16 housed by the pressing member 47 is used. Energize to the front side. Further, a game board lock claw piece 48 is provided as a locking means near the upper edge of the second concave portion 34b. The lock claw piece 48 can be elastically deformed in the vertical direction, and a hook-shaped locking step portion 48a is formed on the lower surface halfway in the length direction, and the locking step portion 48a The upper edge is lockable. On the other hand, a claw-shaped stopper 49 that can be locked to the lower edge of the game board 16 is provided on the front edge of the support plate portion 46 as a locking means, facing upward. A game board positioning guide portion 35b having an inclined surface is provided at a corner where the support plate portion 46 and the side plate portions 38a and 38b communicate, and the guide portion 35b guides the insertion of the game board 16.

The game board 1 is inserted into the second recess 34b as described above.
In order to mount the game board 6, the lower side of the game board 16 is placed on the support plate portion 46, and the upper side is pressed rearward against the lock claw piece 48. Then, the lock claw piece 48 is deformed upward to dodge the upper edge and then restored. At this time, since the game board 16 is urged forward by the pressing member 47, the game board 1
The upper edge of the lock 6 engages with the locking claw piece 48, and the lower edge locks with the stopper 49. The position of the game board 16 is regulated by a positioning boss 35a and a positioning hole 16a provided on the back surface of the game board 16.

On the other hand, in order to remove the game board 16, the game board lock claw piece 48 is elastically deformed upward using the operation lever 48b to release the engagement with the upper edge of the game board 16 so that the game board 1 is released.
You just have to pull out 6. In the embodiment, the pressing member 47,
Although the lock claw 48 is formed by integral molding, a compression coil spring or the like may be attached to the second back plate 37b instead of the pressing member 47, or the second back plate may be used instead of the lock claw 48. A spring-like lock claw member may be separately attached to the 37 or the top plate 45. Also, if the positioning hole 16a of the game board 16 is not a perfect circle but a vertically long hole,
It is not affected by the dimensional accuracy of the game board 16 to some extent. Further, the positioning means is provided with a boss on the game board 16 so that the second back plate 3
The hole 7b may be a hole.

If the illegal play preventing member 50 is provided on the outer edge portion of the game board 16, various members such as the metal frame 5 and the glass frame 6, or the space between the glass frame 6 and the double glass G are provided. An illegal game played by inserting a wire or the like from a gap can be prevented.

The upper horizontal plate portion 33a has a lamp window 27a and a claw insertion hole 27b. The lamp 27d provided on the lamp substrate 27c faces the lamp window 27a, and the lamp 27d facing the lamp window 27a is covered with a lamp cover 27e to constitute the external indicator lamp 27. The lamp cover 27e has a fixing claw 27f provided on the lamp cover 27e and a claw insertion hole 27b formed in the upper horizontal plate portion 33a.
And the lamp substrate 27c is fixed to the upper horizontal plate portion 33.
It is locked to a fixing claw 27g provided on the back surface of a.

Further, on the back side of the front frame 3 as described above,
An upper tank 51 for storing prize balls is integrally formed. That is, an upper tank 51 is formed by extending a box body whose upper side is opened above the second back plate portion 37b, so that the ball flows down to the ball guiding gutter 52 from the ball outlet formed at the bottom. . Further, a safe ball collecting gutter 53 to be described later is formed integrally with the lower portion of the second back plate portion 37b. This safe ball collecting gutter 53
Collects the balls that have entered the variable prize device 18 or the like provided on the game board 16 at one location and wins the prize ball processing device 55 formed on the mechanism frame 54 that is hinged to the back side of the front frame 3 so as to be openable and closable. It has a first inclined portion 53a and a second inclined portion 53b which incline downward from the left and right ends toward substantially the center so as to supply a ball, and the first inclined portion 53a and the second inclined portion 53b are stepped. , And the ends of the inclined portions 53a and 53b are formed as safe ball outlets 53c that open laterally so that the balls can flow out. The safe ball communication port 54a of the mechanism frame 54 in the closed state communicates with the safe ball outlet 53c.

An out-ball outlet 56 is provided below the safe ball collecting gutter 53 and at a position corresponding to the out-port 24 provided in the game board 16, and the mechanism frame 54 in a closed state is opened.
Is communicated with the out ball connecting gutter 57. The out ball connecting gutter 57 and the winning ball processing device 55 are formed on the mechanism frame 54 in an overlapping manner.

As described above, the foul ball gutter 31 and the speaker storage cover mounting base 40 are integrally provided on the first back plate portion 37a of the first concave portion 34a, and the prize ball receiving gutter insertion opening 58 and A launching device mounting port 41 is opened, and a firing ball locking member 43 is integrally provided at an edge of the firing device mounting port 41. Further, a firing rail fixing hole 59 for mounting the firing rail 30 is opened at an appropriate position. Then, a ball feed solenoid mounting base 42b is formed near the stopper 49 on the side of the launching apparatus mounting port 41. Note that a speaker cover 40 'containing a speaker is mounted on the speaker storage cover mounting base 40.

The lower horizontal plate portion 33b is provided with a lower plate connecting port 60 and a lower plate connecting gutter 61 provided on the back side to guide the prize balls overflowing from the upper plate 8 to the lower plate 11. Further, in an appropriate position, for example, in the illustrated embodiment, positioning holes 63 for receiving the positioning bosses 62a of the decoration plate 62 are provided at left and right side end portions in FIG. 4, and an operation grip fastening hole 64a is opened in the right flat plate portion. At the same time, a wiring port 64b is opened, and a lower plate mounting hole 65 is opened beside the lower plate communication port 60. When the decorative plate 62 and the lower plate set 12 are fixed to the front frame 3, the decorative plate 62 is sandwiched between the lower plate set 12 and the front frame 3.

In FIG. 3, a locking device mounting opening 66 for passing a cylinder lock constituting the locking device 7 through the right vertical plate portion 33d on the right side.
Claw insertion hole 68 into which the locking claw 67a of the keyed decorative plate 67 is inserted
Is provided. Also, on the back side of the right vertical plate portion 33d, FIG.
The pair of upper and lower key member mounting pins 69 are insert-molded as shown in FIG. Further, the left vertical plate portion 33c on the right side in FIG.
A pair of upper and lower hinge receiving members 70 to which the mechanism frame 54 is hinged are insert-molded on the back side of the frame. In the illustrated embodiment, the front frame 3 is attached to the outer frame 4 at the upper end of the left vertical plate portion 33c.
Insert the hinge pin 71 for hinged to
A hinge collar 72 is insert-molded at the lower end.

The front frame 3 made of a synthetic resin as described above.
A rib 73 may be provided at an appropriate position on the back side of the device for reinforcement against twisting or the like.

An outer frame 4 for hingedly attaching the front frame 3 as described above.
Is constructed by framing horizontal frame members 4a and 4b and vertical frame members 4c and 4d made of wood such as veneer into a frame shape. A reinforcing bar 74 is provided in the vicinity of the lower edge and a front lower frame 75 is provided. Become. An upper hinge plate 76 is fixed to the upper corner of the outer frame 4 on the hinge side. The upper hinge plate 76 has a hinge hole 76a into which the hinge pin 71 insert-molded in the front frame 3 can be inserted.
Is provided. A lower hinge plate 7 is provided at the lower corner of the hinge side.
7 is provided. The lower hinge plate 77 has the front frame 3
A hinge pin 78 that can be inserted into a hinge collar 72 formed by insert molding is caulked. Then, the front frame 3 is replaced with the outer frame 4
, The lower surface of the front frame 3 comes to rest on the upper surface of the reinforcing bar 74.

On the other hand, the vertical frame member 4d on the opposite side is provided with a key receiving piece 80 which can lock a key member 79 of the locking device 7 described later.

FIG. 7 shows a state in which various members are assembled on the back side of the front frame 3. FIG. 8 shows a hinge 8 on the back side of the front frame 3.
1 shows a state in which the hinged mechanism frame 54 is opened. The mechanism frame 54 includes a winning ball processing device 55 and a winning ball discharging device 82, or an out ball connecting gutter 57 and a safe ball connecting gutter 8
3, the upper plate ball and foul ball connection gutter 84, the upper plate overflow ball connection gutter 85, etc. are formed.

The prize ball discharge device 82 controls a sprocket 82a, which is rotated by a ball flowing down a meandering prize ball gutter 86 communicating with the ball guiding gutter 52, by a prize ball solenoid 82b, so that a predetermined number of prize balls are formed. It is discharged to the upper plate 11 from the prize ball exit 86a through the prize ball trough 14. The discharge of the prize balls includes a safe ball detection signal generated by the winning balls collected in the safe ball collecting gutter 53 acting on the safe ball detection switch 87a and a safe ball confirmation signal generated by acting on the safe ball confirmation switch 87b, A main body control circuit, which will be described later, controls based on a signal such as a prize ball discharge count signal. A connection connector 88 for these signal wires is formed in a part of the mechanism frame 54.

The main body control circuit is housed in a main body control box 89 fixed to the rear side of the front frame 3, and the main body control box 89 corresponds to a connection connector 88 provided on the mechanism frame 54. A connector receiving portion 88 'is provided. Further, the main body control circuit performs the processing of the prize ball discharge and the winning prize ball, and controls the main body of the pachinko machine such as the hitting ball firing device 28 and the like.

A locking device 7 capable of locking the glass frame 6 to the front frame 3 and locking the front frame 3 to the outer frame 4.
Is configured as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, for example.
A key member 79 is axially mounted on a pair of upper and lower key member mounting pins 69 insert-molded on the side surface of the front frame 3, and the glass frame opening / closing elevating rod 90 and the front frame opening / closing elevating rod 91 are supported so as to be able to move up and down.
A spring 92 is stretched between the two lifting rods 90, 91 to urge the respective lifting rods 90, 91 to pull each other in the longitudinal direction, and a receiving portion 90a is formed on the lifting rod 90 for opening and closing the glass frame. Then, an engagement piece 91a is formed on the front frame opening / closing elevating rod 91,
The first claw piece 93 engageable with the receiving portion 90a and the engagement piece 91a on the plate 93a of the cylinder lock 93 which can rotate forward and reverse.
b and the second claw piece 93c, and an elevating rod 9 for opening and closing the glass frame.
The operation lever 94 for opening and closing the glass frame faces the receiving piece 90b provided at the position 0.

In the locking device 7 as described above, when a key is inserted into the key hole of the cylinder lock 93 and is turned, for example, in the direction of the solid line arrow in FIG. 10, the first claw piece 93b is turned so as to descend. Then, the receiving portion 90a is pressed from above, and the elevating rod 90 for opening and closing the glass frame is lowered, so that the glass frame 6 is opened. By operating the operation lever 94 for opening and closing the glass frame, the glass frame 6 can be opened without inserting a key.

On the other hand, when the second claw piece 93c is rotated in the direction of the dashed arrow in FIG.
a is pressed from below to raise the front frame opening / closing elevating rod 91, so that the key member 79 rotates downward and the key receiving piece 80
And the front frame 3 is opened.

According to the locking device 7 as described above, not only the number of parts is small and the assembling is easy, but also the position of the spring 92 can be freely set.
And the guide members for the lifting rods 90 and 91 are not required.

A key decoration plate 67 is additionally provided on the front side of the cylinder lock 93. The key decoration plate 67 is inserted into a claw insertion hole 68 provided in the right vertical plate portion 33d of the front frame 3. The locking is performed by inserting and locking a lock piece 67 a formed on the 67. The cylinder lock 93 is fixed by fixing the substrate 93d to the front frame 3.

On the back side of the game board 16, a set plate 95 is provided to collect winning balls and to protect the back of an accessory and the like.
A game control box 96 in which a game control circuit is provided is provided at one corner on the back side of the game board 16.

The glass frame 6 is hinged to the metal frame 5, and the upper plate set 10 is hinged. Further, a lock piece 6a is provided on a side surface on the free end side of the glass frame 6, and this lock piece 6a is provided.
a can be locked in a notch provided in the elevating rod 90 for opening and closing the glass frame of the locking device 7 described above. The metal frame 5 is provided with a fraud prevention groove 5a.
b and the fraud prevention piece 9a formed on the front plate 9 of the upper plate set 10 fits. At the periphery of the window portion 2 of the front frame 3, an attachment step 2a for fitting the metal frame 5 is formed.

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

[0035]

In summary, according to the present invention, a frame-shaped frame composed of upper and lower horizontal plates and left and right vertical plates and a back plate located behind the frame are integrally formed of synthetic resin. A recess formed on the rear side of the frame body, the recess provided with locking means for the game board, and a biasing means for biasing the game board to lock the locking means; By providing the positioning means for regulating the mounting position of the panel, the production and assembly are facilitated, and the work can be performed without opening the front frame, so that the work efficiency is remarkably improved. In addition, since the surface can be freely designed, the appearance is good even without attaching a decorative board like a wooden front frame, and the front frame has sufficient strength, so hitting the ball Is stable and the nail adjustment is effective, so that a pachinko machine with high practical value can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view in which a part of a pachinko machine is omitted.

FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded perspective view of the pachinko machine.

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

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

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a front frame.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a hinge portion.

FIG. 7 is a rear view showing a state where various members are assembled to the front frame.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of a state in which various members are assembled to a front frame and a mechanism frame is opened.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating the locking device.

FIG. 10 is a rear view illustrating the locking device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 3 Front frame 4 Outer frame 16 Game board 34 Depressed part 35 Positioning means 47 Game board pressing member 48 Lock claw piece 49 Stopper

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko machine comprising a game board constituting a game section through which a hit ball fired by a hit ball firing device flows down, wherein one side of a front frame to which the game board is attached is hinged to an outer frame, The front frame is formed by integrally molding a frame-shaped frame body composed of upper and lower horizontal plate portions and left and right vertical plate portions and a back plate portion located behind the frame body with a synthetic resin, and the rear of the frame body. A recess is formed in the recess, and the recess is provided with locking means for the game board,
A pachinko machine comprising: biasing means for biasing a game board to be locked to the locking means; and positioning means for regulating a mounting position of the game board.