JP3237062B2 - Gaming 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 game machine such as a pachinko machine and a slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pachinko machine, which is a kind of a game machine, has a front frame which is hinged to the left edge of a machine frame provided to cover the periphery thereof so that the front frame can be freely opened. , The back frame is attached so as to overlap with the back surface of the front frame, and further, the mechanism plate on which the game ball tank and the game ball dispensing device are installed, behind the back frame, overlap with the back surface of the back frame. Attached ones are known. Such a mechanism plate has a substantially V-shaped hooking piece attached to the front (the front when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine), and a locking member having a movable lever is fixed by a screw or the like. Then, with the hook piece hooked into the hook hole drilled in the back frame, the movable lever of the locking member is locked to the back frame, so that it is detachably attached to the back frame. Removal at the time and the like is easy.

[0003]

However, the conventional pachinko machine has been used for a long period of time, and when the mechanism plate is detached from the back frame many times, the mechanism plate is locked to the back frame. The locking member may be damaged. In addition, at the time of such damage, the conventional pachinko machine has a disadvantage that the locking member cannot be easily removed and replaced because the locking member is fixed to the mechanism plate by a screw or the like.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional pachinko machine and to provide a pachinko machine in which the locking member can be easily removed and replaced.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, claim 1 is provided.
The invention described in (1) is a gaming machine in which a mechanism plate is attached to a back surface of a back frame provided behind a front frame, wherein the mechanism plate is provided with a substantially V-shaped hooking piece. In addition, a locking member having a movable lever is detachably attached, and a movable lever of the locking member is provided on the back frame in a state where the hook piece is hooked in a hook hole formed in the back frame. The mechanism plate is attached to the back frame and the movable lever is
Slide between the position where it engages and the position where it does not engage
And can be fixed at a position where it engages with the hook-shaped member.
There is to be.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the mechanism plate has a fitting concave portion, and the engaging tongue and the engaging tongue piece are provided in the fitting concave portion. An engagement hole is provided, and the locking member has an S-shaped folded engagement portion and an engagement protrusion, and the engagement protrusion is engaged with the engagement hole, In addition, the engaging portion is detachably attached to the mechanism plate with the tip of the engaging portion engaged with the engaging tongue.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first and second aspects of the present invention, a projection is provided at the tip of the engaging portion, and The engaging recess is provided in the engaging tongue, and the tip of the engaging portion is engaged with the engaging tongue while the protruding portion is fitted into the engaging recess.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a side view of a pachinko machine. In the pachinko machine 1, a front frame 2 is provided at a left end edge of a machine frame (not shown) provided to cover the periphery. It is hinged so that it can open freely, and a supply tray 5 and a firing handle 6 are installed below the front frame. Also, front frame 2
The rear frame 3 is attached to the rear of the front frame 2 and is joined to the rear surface of the front frame 2. Further, a mechanism plate 4 is attached to the rear of the back frame 3 and is joined to the back surface of the back frame 3 (the back surface when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 1).

On the other hand, FIGS. 3 and 4 show the mechanism plate 4, and FIGS. 5 and 6 show enlarged portions A and B in FIG. 1, respectively. . Mechanism plate 4
A game ball tank 21 capable of storing game balls is provided at an upper portion of the game ball, and a game ball payout device 22 capable of paying out a predetermined number of game balls in accordance with an electric signal is provided at a central portion on the right side. ing. Fitting recesses 23 are provided at both left and right ends slightly below the center of the mechanism plate 4, respectively. As shown in FIG. 6, each fitting recess 23,
23 has a state in which the inside is surrounded by a bottom plate 30, an upper plate 27, a lower plate 25, and left and right side plates in a vertically long prismatic shape. An engaging tongue piece 28 projects downward from the center of the upper plate 27 slightly behind the center in the front-rear direction.
The engaging tongue piece 28 is provided with an engaging recess 29. Further, an engagement hole 26 is formed at a position slightly deeper than the center in the front-rear direction of the lower plate 25 (a position deeper than a position corresponding to a lower side of the engagement tongue piece 28 protruding from the upper plate 27). ing. Further, the locking members 7 are removably fitted and installed in the fitting recesses 23, 23, respectively.

FIGS. 7 to 9 show the locking member 7. The locking member 7 is formed by a main body 13 and a movable lever 17 integrally formed of synthetic resin. FIG. 10 shows only the main body 13. The central portion of the main body 13 is in a state in which vertically long side plates are arranged in parallel, and each side plate is provided with a fitting long hole 12. I have. As shown in FIG. 13, constrictions 37 are provided on the right and left sides of the upper ends of the fitting long holes 12, 12, respectively.
The fixing portion 14 is formed above the constrictions 37, 37. Further, an engaging portion 9 folded in an S-shape is provided on an upper portion of the main body 13, and a projecting portion 10 is provided at a tip of the engaging portion 9. The engaging portion 9 is
Since it is folded in an S-shape, it is possible to slightly push down the upper end. Further, an engagement protrusion 11 is provided at a lower portion of the main body 13 so as to extend vertically downward. A pressing plate 31 is provided above the engaging protrusion 11 so as to protrude upward, and is located between the side plates at the central portion of the main body 13. Further, a locking recess 32 is provided near the upper end of the holding plate 31.

On the other hand, the movable lever 17 has a projecting plate 15 erected at the lower end of a vertical plate 18 and is substantially L-shaped. Then, the upper fitting bosses 19,
19 and the lower fitting bosses 16, 16 are protruded, and a lower protruding piece 33 is provided on the lower edge of the vertical plate 18 (see FIG. 8). On the back side of the lower end of the lower protruding piece 33, a projection is provided. The movable lever 17 is configured such that the left and right upper fitting bosses 19, 19 and the lower fitting bosses 16, 16
The main body 13 is loosely fitted to the main body 13 so as to be fitted into the left and right fitting long holes 12 and 12 and slidable up and down.
Then, when sliding upward, the left and right upper fitting bosses 1
9 and 19 are fitted to the fixing portions 14 and 14 above the left and right fitting long holes 12 and 12, and the projections of the lower projecting pieces 33 are fitted to the locking recesses 32 of the holding plate 31. , At that position (upper part of the main body 13). When the fixed movable lever 17 is slid downward, the left and right upper fitting bosses 19, 19 and the left and right fixing portions 14,
14 and the lower protruding piece 33 is released.
The engagement state between the protrusion and the locking recess 32 is released.

As shown in FIG. 6, the locking members 7, 7
The engagement protrusion 11 is engaged with the engagement hole 26, the projection 10 at the tip of the engagement portion 9 is engaged with the engagement recess 29 provided on the engagement tongue 28, and the main body 13 is connected to the bottom plate. In a state of being pressed against 30, it is attached to each fitting recess 23 of the mechanism plate 4. The locking members 7, 7 attached in such a state can be removed from the fitting recess 23 by pressing down the upper end of the engaging portion 9.

FIG. 11 shows the back surface of the back frame 3 (the back surface when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 1).
In the upper right portion of the back frame 3 and slightly below the center, three hook holes 36 are formed, respectively. Further, installation holes 35, 35 are formed on the left and right sides slightly below the center of the back frame 3, and hook-shaped holes made of a metal plate are formed at the left ends of the installation holes 35, 35. A member 20 is provided upright. Each hook-shaped member 20, 20
A locking portion 24 is provided near the distal end, and has a hook shape (see FIGS. 1, 2, and 6). Such hook members 20, 2
0 indicates that when the back surface of the back frame 3 is joined to the front of the mechanical plate 4 (the front when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine 1), the mechanical plate 4
The locking portion 24 is inserted between the side plates of the main body 13 of the locking member 7, and the locking portion 24 is positioned above the movable lever 17.

Further, as shown in FIG.
Are provided on the back surface with six hooking pieces 8, each having a substantially V-shaped downward facing tip.
8 ... are provided. And those hook pieces 8,
8 are hooked on the lower edges of the hook holes 36, 36 formed in the back frame 3 (see FIG. 5), and the front surface is joined to the back surface of the back frame 3 and, as shown in FIG. Stop members 7, 7
The movable lever 17 is slid upward, and the upper end of the movable lever 17 (the upper end of the vertical plate 18) is connected to each of the hook-shaped members 20 and 2.
0, the movable lever 17
Is fixed to the back frame 3.

As described above, the pachinko machine 1 has the mechanism plate 4 provided with the substantially V-shaped hook pieces 8, 8,..., And the locking members 7, 7 having the movable lever 17 are detachably attached. The movable levers 17 of the locking members 7, 7 are attached to the back frame 3 in a state where the hook pieces 8, 8,... Are hooked on the hook holes 36, 36,. The mechanism plate 4 is locked by the hook-shaped member 20 provided to
, The mechanism plate 4 can be easily removed from the back frame 3, and when the locking members 7, 7 are damaged, the locking members 7, 7 are easily removed from the mechanism plate 4. You can also.

The mechanism plate 4 has fitting recesses 23, 23, and the engaging tongues 2 are provided in the fitting recesses 23, 23.
8 and an engaging hole 26 are provided, and the locking members 7, 7 have an engaging portion 9 and an engaging protrusion 11 folded in an S-shape. Into the engagement hole 26,
In addition, since the distal end of the engaging portion 9 is detachably attached to the mechanism plate 4 with the distal end of the engaging portion 9 engaged with the engaging tongue piece 28, the distal end of the engaging portion 9 is pushed down, The engaging state between the engaging tongue 28 and the engaging tongue 28 is released, and the engaging state between the engaging protrusion 11 and the engaging hole 26 is merely released. The members 7, 7 can be removed from the mechanism plate 4.

Further, a projection 10 is provided at the tip of the engagement portion 9, and an engagement recess 29 is provided in the engagement tongue 28, and the projection 10 is fitted into the engagement recess 29. In this state, since the tip of the engaging portion 9 is engaged with the engaging tongue piece 28, the locking members 7, 7
There is no worry about getting out of the way.

In addition, the movable lever 17 is
The movable lever 17 can be easily disengaged from the hook-like member 20 by simply sliding the movable lever 17 up and down. Therefore, it is very easy to remove the mechanism plate 4 from the back frame 3. Further, since the movable lever 17 is structured to be fixed at the upper part of the main body 13, there is no fear that the engagement state between the movable lever 17 and the hook-shaped member 20 is released when unnecessary. In addition, since the movable lever 17 is provided with the protruding plate 15, the movable lever 17 can be easily slid up and down by pinching the protruding plate 15.

The configuration of the gaming machine according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but includes a front frame, a back frame, a mechanism plate, a locking member, a hook, and a hook-shaped member. The structure, structure, material, and the like can be appropriately changed as necessary without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, the number of locking members detachably provided on the mechanism plate is not limited to two, and the number of hook pieces provided on the back surface of the mechanism plate is not limited to six. Further, the locking member is not limited to a member integrally formed of synthetic resin, but may be changed to a member in which an engaging portion made of a metal plate is attached to an upper portion of a main body made of synthetic resin. .
Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the one provided with the engaging portion on the upper portion of the main body, the one provided with the engaging portion on the lower portion of the main body, the one provided with the engaging portions on the left and right of the main body, It may not be provided. In addition, as in the above embodiment, the locking member is not limited to a slidable movable lever that is loosely fitted to the main body, and the tip of the movable lever that slides upward is engaged with the hook-shaped member. An L-shaped movable lever may be pivotally attached to the main body so as to be rotatable, and the tip of the rotated movable lever may be engaged with a hook-shaped member. When the locking member is changed as described above, it is necessary to appropriately change the shape of the fitting recess and the shape of the hook-shaped member in accordance with the changed shape and structure of the locking member. On the other hand, the hook-shaped members are not limited to those made of metal, but may be changed to those made of synthetic resin. Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the gaming machine of the present invention is a pachinko machine has been described. However, the gaming machine of the present invention is not limited to a pachinko machine, and other types of gaming machines such as a slot machine may be used. It can also be applied as

[0022]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the gaming machine has a mechanism plate provided with a downwardly engaging hook, and a locking member having a movable lever is detachably attached thereto. The mechanism plate is attached to the back frame by hooking the movable lever of the locking member to the hook-shaped member provided on the back frame in a state where it is hooked on the hook hole formed in the back frame. And the movable lever engages the hook
Can slide from the engaged position to the disengaged position.
And can be fixed at the position where it engages with the hook-shaped member, so that the mechanism plate can be easily removed from the back frame.
If the locking member is damaged, the locking member can be easily removed from the mechanism plate.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine, the mechanism plate has a fitting recess, and in the fitting recess, an engaging tongue and an engaging hole are provided. The locking member is
It has an engagement portion and an engagement protrusion folded in an S-shape, the engagement protrusion is engaged with the engagement hole, and the tip of the engagement portion is engaged with the engagement tongue. In this state, since it is detachably attached to the mechanism plate, the distal end of the engaging portion is pushed down to release the engaged state between the distal end of the engaging portion and the engaging tongue, and the engaging protrusion is engaged with the engaging projection. By simply releasing the engagement with the mating hole, the locking member can be very easily removed from the mechanism plate without using a tool or the like.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine, the projection is provided at the tip of the engagement portion, the engagement tongue is provided with the engagement recess, and the projection is provided in the engagement recess. Since the distal end of the engaging portion is engaged with the engaging tongue in the fitted state, there is no fear that the locking member will come off the mechanism plate when unnecessary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a side view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a side surface of the pachinko machine (a state in which a mechanism plate is removed from a back frame).

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a back surface of the mechanism plate (a back surface when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine).

FIG. 4 is an explanatory perspective view showing a mechanism plate (a state in which a locking member is removed).

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an enlarged portion A in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a portion B in FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner.

FIG. 7 is a perspective explanatory view showing a locking member.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the front and side surfaces of the locking member.

FIG. 9 shows a locking member (with the lever removed from the main body).
FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing the front and side surfaces of the main body of the locking member.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the back surface of the back frame (the back surface when viewed from the front of the pachinko machine).

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a lever of a locking member is engaged with a hook-shaped member.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view showing a part of a main body of the locking member in an enlarged manner.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. gaming machine, 2. front frame, 3. back frame, 4. mechanism plate, 5. supply tray, 6. firing handle, 7. locking member, 8. hooking piece, 9 ..Engagement parts, 10 ... Protrusion parts, 1
1 ··· Engaging protrusion, 12 ··· Elongated hole, 13 ·· Main body, 1
4 · · · constriction, 15 · · · protruding plate, 16 · · · fitting boss, 1
7 ··· movable lever, 18 ··· vertical plate, 19 ··· upper fitting boss, 20 ··· hook-shaped member, 21 ··· game ball storage tank, 2
2 ··· Game ball dispensing device, 23 · · · fitting recess, 24 · · · locking portion, 25 · · · lower plate, 26 · · · engagement hole, 27 · · · upper plate,
28 engagement tongue, 29 engagement recess, 30 bottom plate,
31 ··· holding plate, 32 ··· locking recess, 33 ··· lower projection, 34 ··· engaging protrusion, 35 ··· hole for installation, 36 ··· hook hole, 37 ··· constriction.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game machine in which a mechanism plate is attached to a back surface of a back frame provided behind a front frame, wherein the mechanism plate has a substantially V-shaped hooking piece and is movable. A locking member having a lever is detachably attached, and in a state where the hook piece is hooked on a hook hole formed in the back frame, the movable lever of the locking member is hook-shaped provided on the back frame. By locking to the member, the mechanism plate is attached to the back frame, and the movable lever does not engage from the position where it engages with the hook-shaped member
Position and slidable to the hook-shaped member.
A gaming machine characterized in that it can be fixed at a position where it fits. 2. A mechanism plate having a fitting concave portion, wherein an engaging tongue and an engaging hole are provided in the fitting concave portion, and the locking member has an S-shape. A mechanism having a folded engagement portion and an engagement projection, wherein the engagement projection is engaged with the engagement hole, and the tip of the engagement portion is engaged with the engagement tongue. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is detachably attached to a board. 3. A projection is provided at a tip end of the engagement portion, and an engagement recess is provided on the engagement tongue, and the engagement portion is provided in a state where the projection is fitted into the engagement recess. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the tip of the hook engages with the engaging tongue.