JP3129307B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional pachinko machine 81 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 has a machine frame 82 around the machine.
A middle frame 84 is pivotally attached so as to be openable so as to be located inside. At a portion other than the lower edge of the middle frame 84,
An immersion part 98 is formed at the rear in an open state,
On the upper part of the immersion part 98, a game board 85 is mounted.
On the front face of the game board 85, a circular game area 86 on which obstacle nails, winning devices and the like are mounted is formed. A front frame 88 provided with a glass plate 87 is pivotally attached to one side edge of the middle frame 84 so as to cover the front of the game area 86 so as to freely open.

[0003] A rail plate 9 is provided below the immersion part 98.
On the rail plate 94 on which the mounting plate 4 is mounted, a firing rail, a ball-passing passage 95, and the like, which are communicated with the passage portion 80 of the supply tray 89, are formed. On the other hand, the lower edge of the middle frame 84 is
It is formed as a cover portion 99 projecting forward in a box shape, and includes, on the rear side, a firing device 97 capable of firing game balls on a firing rail, and a bucket member 96 having front, rear, and upper openings. . Further, on the front side of the rail plate 94, a supply plate 89 having a game ball width passage portion 80 and a ball pulling lever 83 is pivotally mounted similarly to the front frame 88, and a cover portion 9 is provided.
On the front side of 9, a storage dish 93 is screwed. Note that the storage tray 93, the ashtray 91, and the firing handle 92 connected to the firing device 97 are integrally attached.

[0004] By placing the game balls on the supply plate 89, the player can send the game balls in a line to the firing rail 94 through the passage portion 80 and put them one by one at the lower end. By operating the handle 92, the game ball on the firing rail 94 can be fired toward the game area 86. In addition, when the ball release lever 83 is pressed down, the guide member (not shown) in the passage portion 80 is pulled in and the ball removal hole (not shown) is exposed.
It can be led out to the upper end of the ball removal passage 95 near the ball removal hole. Further, the lower end of the ball emptying passage 95 is connected to the bucket member 9.
6, the bucket member 96 is located on the upper and rear side of the storage tray 93, and the player presses the ball release lever 83, thereby the passage portion 80, the ball removal passage 95, and the bucket. The game balls can be sent to the storage tray 93 via the member 96.

[0005]

The pachinko machine 81 is provided with the storage plate 93 by screwing it with the rear surface in contact with the front surface of the cover portion 99. When a strong force acts on the storage plate 93, almost all the load is applied to the vicinity of the screwed portion, and the screw is removed or the cover portion 99 is deformed, so that the storage plate 93 comes off and the supply plate 89 is removed. There is a possibility that the state of communication between the container and the storage plate 93 via the ball removing passage 95 and the bucket member 96 may not be maintained.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine which prevents a situation in which a storage dish is separated, and maintains a state of communication between a ball removing passage or a bucket member and the storage dish.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a game area is provided above a front surface, a supply tray is provided below the game area, and a storage tray is provided below the supply tray. A dish is a pachinko machine protrudingly provided so as to communicate with a supply dish via a game ball passage, and a ball passage gutter is integrally provided at a rear portion of the storage dish so as to project rearward. The storage dish is provided in a state where the ball passage gutter is fitted into the opening of the bucket member .

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
This will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are explanatory views of a front portion of the pachinko machine. An outer frame 2 is provided around the pachinko machine 1, and the outer frame 2 has a connecting portion 3 and a main frame connecting metal fitting 4. Are attached above and below the left edge. In the connecting portion 3 and the main frame connecting metal fitting 4, a main frame in which a front frame 5, a middle frame 6, and a mechanism plate (not shown) are combined in a layered manner is positioned inside and outside the outer frame 2. In addition, it is pivotally attached to one side.

The front frame 5 has a thin plate 7 integral with the front surface of the middle frame 6 along the front surface of the outer frame 2, and a front frame 10 located on the front surface of the thin plate 7 and a middle door provided with a supply tray 20. 11 and a lower function unit 12 having a storage dish 30. Inside the left end of the thin plate 7, a middle door connecting bracket 13 is attached.

The middle frame 6 has an upper part formed by dropping, a game board (not shown) installed in an upper half part, and a firing rail (not shown) installed in a lower half part. A provided rail plate (not shown) is installed. On the front of the game board, a circular game area (not shown) is formed in which obstacle nails, a winning device, a symbol display section, an outer rail and an inner rail are arranged. The firing rail is formed in a slope shape facing between the outer rail and the inner rail in the game area, and the upper end of the firing rail and the lower ends of the outer rail and the inner rail are spaced apart from each other. Are located. further,
A slope-shaped foul ball passage (not shown) opened upward is formed on the rail plate and below the space. In addition, a ball removal passage (not shown) as a game ball passage other than the terminal is formed in the rail plate. The upper end of the ball emptying passage is located behind the supply tray 20,
It is formed so as to open forward. The foul ball passage communicates with an overflow ball passage described later.

On the other hand, a ball passage hole 8 is formed in a lower portion of the middle frame 6 and behind the storage tray 30, and a rear end of the game ball passage is provided behind the ball passage hole 8. A bucket member 49 (FIG. 7) is fixed. The bucket member 49 has openings 77, 78,
79, and a fixing piece 66 is provided on both sides of the front opening 77. Further, the rear opening 78 is formed so as to be located at an upper portion of the rear surface. The lower end of the ball emptying passage is arranged so as to abut on the upper opening 79 of the bucket member 49 with the lower end opened downward. The opening at the lower end coincides with the upper opening, and the ball emptying passage is formed in a slope shape.

In addition, a firing device (not shown) is mounted on the rear side of the thin plate 7 and at the lower right of the ball emptying passage with its front portion exposed. The launching device plays the game ball at the lower end of the launching rail. The played ball flies along the direction of the firing rail, over the upper opening of the foul ball passage, and reaches the lower end between the outer rail and the inner rail. The middle frame 6 has a connection fitting 15 in the center of the front left side, and has screw holes 9b, 9b
Are arranged at predetermined intervals.

The mechanism plate also includes internal mechanisms such as a game ball tank and a game ball dispensing device, a passage connecting the supply tray 20, the storage tray 30, and the like, and a control device for controlling the operation of the pachinko machine. Is formed or mounted.
A part of the payout passage (overflow ball passage), which is a passage connecting the storage tray 30 and the game ball payout device, has a front opening formed at the lower end matched with a rear opening 78 of the bucket member 49. Thereby, it communicates with the ball passage hole 8. In addition, the upper end of the overflowing ball passage is disposed below a gap provided at an edge of the passage connecting the supply tray 20 and the game ball dispensing device on the game ball dispensing device side.

The front frame 10 is a frame provided with an opening having a large game area. The front frame 10 can be freely opened through the connecting portion 3 and the left half of the connecting fitting 15 so that the opening surrounds the game area. Is pivoted to. The front of each pivot point has a semi-conical bulge 16,
16 is set. A ring-shaped lamp decoration 17 similar to the opening is fitted into the opening of the front frame 10.
The lamp decoration 17 has a light-transmitting light-transmitting window 18 integrally formed on each side portion. Further, the front frame 10
On the rear side, a glass frame 14 having a glass plate 19 is provided. In addition, conical bulging portions 16 are provided on the upper and lower front surfaces near the left end of the front frame 10 from the viewpoint of improving design and mounting strength.

The middle door 11 is a box-shaped member, and is connected to the front frame 1 via the right half of the connection fitting 15 and the middle door connection fitting 13.
It is pivotally attached to the lower side of the door 0 so as to be able to open freely. Further, the middle door 11 has a supply plate 20 whose left side protrudes in a semicircular shape and whose right side has the same depth as the game ball, and a CR operation unit 21.
And a ball removing lever 22. The back right side of the supply tray 20 communicates with the lower end of the firing rail.
It can be sent individually. In addition, the supply tray 20
A ball hole (not shown) is provided on the right rear side of the ball hole and can be opened and closed by a guide plate (not shown). The ball hole communicates with the upper end of the ball passage. When the ball pulling lever 22 is pressed down, the guide plate is pulled in and the ball pulling hole is opened.

On the other hand, the lower function unit 12 shown in FIGS.
Are a front substrate 23 and a rear substrate 24, a storage dish 30,
It consists of an ashtray 31 and a firing handle 32.

The front substrate 23 includes a front body 25 and front support portions 26, 26 extending on both sides of the front body 25. The front main body 25 has a horizontal upper surface 40 and a lower surface 41 (FIG. 6), a left side surface 42 having the same shape as the lower surface of the supply tray 20 and located below, and upper and lower portions with the front edge turned leftward. And a right side in which a cylindrical handle escape portion 33 is formed. On the right side of the handle escape portion 33, a handle having a front surface having a shape in which a disk portion having substantially the same diameter as the firing handle 32 is added to a lower right portion of an area surrounded by an extension surface of the right side 43 and the lower surface 41. The mounting base 36 is formed so as to slightly protrude from the base of the front frame 10 or the middle door 11, and a front insertion hole 38 for inserting the operation handle 32 is formed in the center of the disk.

The upper surface 40 has the same shape as the lower surface of the supply tray 20, and the rear end edge has fitting holes 34, 34,.
Are arranged. Further, inside the front main body 25, at the front part of the upper surface 40, the left side surface 42, and the left end of the right part 43, reinforcing parts 44 having an inverted U-shaped cross section are provided with ribs 46, 46,.
The front side is connected to the front side of the upper surface 40 via a through hole (FIG. 6). A notch 45 is recessed in the upper center of the reinforcing portion 44.

In addition, the lower surface 41 is provided on each of the front support portions 26.
The support portion connecting surface 55 is continuous with the lower surface and the lower portion of the handle mounting base 36, and is divided into a mounting surface 58 located forward and above the support portion connecting surface 55. , 34.. Are horizontally provided, and a metal fitting escape portion 35 is formed at the left end. On the other hand, the mounting surface 58 is formed such that the right side of the front side is formed in an arc shape, and the left side of the front side is recessed rearward. Further, the right side of the mounting surface 58 is opened, and on the front side of the opening,
Claws 56, 56 are protruded rearward. Further, the periphery of the left concave portion of the mounting surface 58 is slightly lowered. In addition, a wall portion 39 that is continuous with the reinforcing portion 44 is provided upright with the entire front side of the mounting surface 58 as a base.
That is, the wall portion 39 is formed to have an arcuate shape on the right side, a concave shape on the left side, and a vertical plane extending therebetween in the left-right direction. In addition, a lower guide 47 is extended to the front and rear at the lower center and lower rear of the wall 39.

The right front support portion 26 has a lower half continuous with the right side 43 of the front main body 25 and an upper half protruding from the front main body 25. A box-shaped part having the same depth as the rear face and the lower half of the left side face opened, the left side face being continuous with the upper face 40 of the front main body part 25, and the corner between the front face and the right side face being cut off. . On the other hand, the left front support portion 26 has
It is formed in the same manner as the right-side front support portion 26 except that it is slightly extended to the side and the upper end front surface of the upper half portion is formed as a conical bulging portion 27.

On the other hand, the rear substrate 24 is
And a rear support portion 2 extending on both sides of the rear body portion 28
9, 29. The rear main body portion 28 has an upper surface 71 and left and right side surfaces 72 and 73 abutting on the rear side of the reinforcing portion 44 and a partition 52 protruding at the center, and an ashtray rear wall 53 is formed between the partition 52 and the left side surface 72. The rear surface 74 and a lower surface 76 on the rear side of the rear surface, which are common to the rear support portions 29, are formed. On the rear upper part of the ashtray rear wall 53, reinforcing ribs 57 are provided.
Are transferred to the upper surface 71 (FIG. 6). The right side 7
A groove 59 is formed in the lower part of the front and back 3. further,
A ball passage outlet 54 is formed on the rear surface 74 on the right side of the partition 52. In addition, ball passage exit 54
The upper half of the rear side periphery has a gutter upper portion 64 having an inverted U-shaped cross section.
Is projected rearward. An inverted T-shaped groove (not shown) is provided on the lower surface of the partition 52.

In addition, the right rear support portion 29 has a front opening shape in which ribs 51, 51,.
The lower half is provided with the rear insertion hole 48 and extends about the handle mounting base 36 at a depth shorter than the thickness of the front support 26 by the thickness of the front support 26, and the upper half is thicker than the front support 26. It protrudes shortly. On the other hand, the left rear support portion 29
Is formed in the same manner as the left front support portion 26 except that it has a front opening shape. The upper and lower surfaces 7 of the rear main body 28
The projections 50, 50,... Are arranged on the inner sides of the projections of the rear support portions 29 so as to correspond to the fitting holes 34, 34,.

Further, the storage dish 30 includes a storage dish main body 60,
It comprises a lower cover 61 and a lever 62. Storage dish body 6
0 is provided with a horizontal fixing piece 63 having a cut on the left side and a dish guide 70 facing forward and rearward on the right side, and a sphere having a U-shaped cross section and the same thickness as the gutter upper section 64 on the rear side. The passage gutter 65 is provided with both side surfaces protruding rearward from the lower surface. The lower cover 61 is a plate-shaped member horizontally attached to the lower surface of the storage dish main body 60, and has holes 69, 69 provided laterally at the front. Also, the storage dish main body 60 and the lower cover 61
In the center of the column, there are vertically arranged cylindrical ball-projecting holes 67, 67. Further, on the lower surface of the lower cover 61,
A cylindrical shaft 68 projects downward from the front of the ball hole 67. The lever 62 is a plate piece sandwiched between the storage dish main body 60 and the lower cover 61, and a cylindrical bearing 75 protruding from a front portion of the upper surface receives the shaft 68 so that the ball ejection holes 67, 67. Can be opened and closed.

The lower functional section 12 is configured such that a rear substrate 24 is fitted from the rear to a front substrate 23 on which a storage dish 30 is placed, and screw holes 9a, 9a,. Are fixed to the lower part of the pachinko machine 1 by screwing them together with the screw holes 9b.
At this time, the ball passage gutter 65 at the rear of the storage dish 30 is passed through the ball passage outlet 54 from the front, and the entire upper end of both side surfaces is in contact with the entire lower end of both side surfaces of the gutter upper portion 64.

The fixing piece 63 is locked by slidingly inserting it into the groove below the partition 52 from the front, and is placed on the center of the wall 39. Further, a dish guide 70 is slid and inserted into the groove 59 of the right side surface 73 of the rear main body 28. In addition, the lower cover 61 is located on the lower guide 47,
5 is closed on the right side of the lower guide 47 among the openings of the mounting surface 58. Each claw 56 of the mounting surface 58 is fitted into a corresponding hole 69 at the front of the lower cover 61. further,
The front portion of the lever 62 is exposed below the wall portion 39.

Further, the front support portions 26, 26
1, the upper surface 40 of the front body 25.
Is in contact with the lower surface of the middle door 11. And ball passage gutter 6
5 is fitted together with the gutter upper portion 64 into a bucket member 49 as an end of the game ball passage located behind the ball passage hole 8 via the front opening 77 and the ball passage hole 8 of the middle frame 6. I have. At this time, the lower side of the rear opening 78 of the bucket member 49 is located slightly above the upper surface of the lower part of the ball passage gutter 65.

The dent on the left side of the wall 39 has an ashtray 3
1 is placed. Also, in each of the insertion holes 38 and 48,
A firing handle 32 is provided in connection with the firing device. Further, each claw 50 of the rear substrate 24 is fitted into a corresponding fitting hole 34 of the front substrate 23.

In the above-mentioned pachinko machine, by turning the firing handle 32 and operating the firing device,
While the game ball at the lower end of the firing rail supplied from the supply tray 20 can be driven into the game area, the ball release hole 67 is opened by rotating the front part of the lever 62, and the game ball on the storage plate 30 is discharged downward. The supply tray 20 and the storage tray 30 communicate with each other through a game ball passage including a ball removal passage and a bucket member 49, and press the ball removal lever 22 to open the ball removal hole. By setting the state, the game balls from the right side of the supply tray 20 are guided to the upper end of the game ball passage, so that the game balls of the supply plate 20 can reach the storage plate 30. The ball passage gutter 65 provided at the rear is fitted to the bucket member 49 at the lower end of the game ball passage together with the gutter upper portion 64 via the front opening 77 and the ball passage hole 8 of the middle frame 6. The lower function unit 12 When a strong force is applied, it is possible to resist even at a fitting portion between the ball passage gutter 65 and the ball passage hole 8 or the bucket member 49, and the mounting strength of the storage plate 30 is effectively improved, so that the storage plate 30 Can be prevented from being separated from the pachinko machine 1. Moreover, even if the lower functional unit 12 is slightly deformed or partially separated, the communication between the storage tray 30 and the game ball passage is maintained, and the situation where the game balls are separated can be prevented. .

Since the inverted U-shaped gutter upper portion 64 is disposed above the U-shaped ball passage gutter 65 with the side end portions abutting, the rigidity of the ball passage gutter 65 is increased. Is improved,
Since the gutter upper portion 64 is fitted into the ball passage hole 8, the strength around the storage dish 30 is further improved. In addition, since the lower side of the rear opening 78 of the bucket member 49 is located slightly above the upper surface of the lower portion of the ball passage gutter 65, the game ball that has passed through the overflowing ball passage stops when it moves to the ball passage gutter 65. It is possible to reduce the possibility of the flow and make the flow smooth.

In addition, both front support portions 26, 26
Since the chamfer is provided, the design is excellent, and it is possible to prevent a situation in which the player's hand is damaged. In addition, since the handle mounting base 36 has a disk portion, the front insertion hole 38 can be provided with a sufficient depth over the entire circumference, and the firing handle 32 can be held sufficiently reliably. Further, in combination with the installation of the handle escape portion 33, a new design can be obtained, and the tip of the firing handle 32 can be made to be behind the wall portion 39 of the front body portion 25, so that the pachinko machine 1 or the lower function Even if the portion 12 falls, it is possible to prevent the firing handle 32 from being damaged.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified as partially shown below. The ball passage gutter has a U-shaped cross-section and does not need to be matched with the upper part of the gutter having an inverted U-shaped cross-section, and may be an integral cylindrical shape or may be a portion having a U-shaped cross-section only. . In addition, the storage dish 30 need not be sandwiched between the front board and the rear board as long as the storage dish 30 has a ball passage gutter, and may be fitted into one board, or may be directly attached to the middle frame 6. Is also good. Further, the rear part of the ball passage gutter is not limited to the form in which the lower side is disposed forward, but may be entirely located on the same vertical plane, or the lower side may be disposed rearward. Also, the rear opening of the bucket member does not need to be provided at the top of the rear surface,
Further, it is not necessary to configure the end of the game ball passage with a bucket member.

Further, the lower functional portion does not need to have a support portion, and can be formed in a rectangular parallelepiped or plate shape. The mounting of the lower functional portion is not limited to screwing, but using rivets or the like. It can be. Furthermore, the arrangement and installation mode of the passages such as the game ball passage and the foul ball passage are not limited to the above, and each passage may be separately connected to the storage dish, or each passage attaches a cylindrical member. It may be formed by the following. The present invention can be applied to other types of pachinko machines, such as one in which a front frame and a middle door are integrally formed, and can also be applied to other game machines.

[0033]

According to the present invention, since a ball passage gutter to be fitted into a bucket member is provided at the rear of the storage dish, even if a strong force acts on the storage dish, the ball passage gutter is used for pachinko. The action can be resisted even inside the machine, and the situation where the storage dish separates from the pachinko machine and communication between the storage dish and the game ball passage is interrupted can be effectively prevented with a simple configuration.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a front portion of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a partially exploded explanatory view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a front side of a lower function unit.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a rear side of a lower function unit.

FIG. 5 is a partially exploded explanatory view of a lower function unit.

FIG. 6 is an exploded explanatory view of the lower function unit.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are perspective explanatory views of a bucket member.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional example.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Pachinko machine 2. Outer frame 3. Connecting part 4.
Body frame connection bracket, 5 ... table frame, 6 ... middle frame, 7 ...
Thin plate, 8 ball passage holes, 9a, 9b screw holes, 10
· Front frame, 11 · · · Middle door, 12 · · · Lower functional part, 13 · · ·
Middle door connection metal fittings, 14 ... Glass frame, 15 ... Connection metal fittings,
16, 27 ... bulge, 17 ... lamp decoration, 18 ...
Transparent window, 19 ... Glass plate, 20 ... Supply tray, 21 ...
CR operation part, 22 ··· Ball release lever, 23 · · · front board, 24 · · · rear board, 25 · · · front body part, 26 · · · ·
Front support part, 28 rear body part, 29 rear support part, 30 storage tray, 31 ashtray, 32 firing handle, 33 handle escape part, 34 fitting hole, 35
..Escapes for metal fittings, 36.
..Front insertion hole, 39..wall, 40..top, 41.
· Lower surface, 42 · · left side surface, 43 · · · right side, 44 · · · reinforcing portion, 45 · · · notch, 46, 51 · · · rib, 48 ·
· Rear insertion hole, 49 · · · bucket member, 50 · · · projection, 5
2 ·· Partition, 53 ·· Ashtray rear wall, 54 ·· Ball exit, 55 ·· Support surface connecting surface, 56 ·· Claw, 57 ·· Rib, 58 ··· Mounting surface, 59 ·· Groove, 60 ..Reservoir body, 61.Bottom cover, 62.Lever, 63.Fixed piece, 64.Gutter upper part, 65..Spherical passage gutter, 66..Fixed piece, 67..Top ball ejection hole , 68 .. shaft, 70 .. dish guide, 71 .. upper surface, 72 .. left side surface, 73 .. right side surface, 74 .. rear surface, 75 .. bearing, 76... Lower surface, 77
..A front opening, 78..a rear opening, 79..a top opening.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game area is provided above a front surface of the game apparatus. A supply dish is protruded below the game area, and a storage dish is provided below the supply dish via a game ball passage. A pachinko machine protruding from and communicating with the supply tray, wherein a ball passage gutter is integrally provided at a rear portion of the storage plate so as to protrude rearward, and the storage plate is provided with a ball passage gutter. The bucket department
A pachinko machine characterized by being installed so as to fit into an opening of a material .