JP3261326B2 - Glass door open holding structure of 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 game machine in which a glass door is openably and closably mounted on a front surface of a front frame, and more particularly to a glass door open / hold structure for holding a glass door at a predetermined position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional pachinko gaming machine has a machine frame and a frame-shaped front frame provided with an opening substantially at the center, and a back side of the front frame is closed so as to cover the opening of the front frame. A game board is detachably mounted via a game board mounting frame. A glass door is openably and closably mounted on the upper area of the opening so as to cover the front of the game board, and a front plate provided with a hit ball supply plate on the front is slidably mounted on the lower area of the opening. ing.

On the other hand, a game area surrounded by a circular guide rail is formed in a front part of the game board covered with a glass door, and a plurality of winning devices, windmills, or a large number of obstacle nails are formed in the game area. It is arranged. In addition, parts such as a launch rail, a launch hammer, a speaker and a foul ball processing device are provided on a front portion of the game board mounting frame covered by the front plate, and a pachinko ball of a hit ball supply tray is fired on the back surface of the front plate. A hit ball supply device or the like for supplying the ball to the firing position is provided.

In a pachinko game store, the glass door is opened almost every day after the store is closed to adjust the nails and clean the surface of the game board. In addition, it is necessary to periodically open the front plate and clean the firing rail, and check and repair the speaker, the hit ball supply device, and the like.

However, when performing the above-described operation, the glass door needs to be held open at least about 90 degrees with respect to the front frame. However, in a conventional pachinko game machine, the glass door or the front plate is opened. Since the glass door pivots in the direction that closes naturally due to the tilt of the table and its own weight, the work must be performed while preventing the rotation of the glass door with one hand or a part of the body. There was a problem that it was extremely bad.

On the other hand, in order to solve such a problem, an opening and holding mechanism of a moving operation type is provided on a frame for opening and closing the glass door, and the opening and holding member of the opening and holding mechanism is slid or rotated. There has been known a pachinko gaming machine in which a glass door is restrained and held at a fully open position by abutting or locking the glass door in a fully open position (eg, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-3).
3772, Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-63540).

[0007]

However, the above-mentioned conventional pachinko gaming machine requires an open holding mechanism having a complicated structure, so that the cost is high and the open holding member is slid or moved with the glass door opened. There is a problem that it is necessary to perform a rotating operation and it takes time and effort.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko game machine having a glass door open / holding structure capable of holding a glass door with a simple structure. It is something to offer.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a frame-shaped front frame having an opening formed substantially at the center, and an openable and closable upper area of the opening of the front frame. In a pachinko game machine having a glass door pivotally supported by a door and a front plate pivotally supported in a lower region of the opening of the front frame below the glass door, a lower part of one side of the glass door is provided. A shaft hole is provided in the bearing piece that supports the shaft, and an upper support shaft of the front plate is inserted into the shaft hole so that the upper end of the support shaft projects from the upper surface of the bearing piece. The lower surface is brought into pressure contact with the upper end surface of the upper support shaft of the front plate.

Further, in order to reliably and stably hold the glass door open, a fitting recess is provided on the lower surface of the glass door to be fitted to the upper end surface of the upper support shaft of the front plate, or the upper support shaft of the front plate is provided. Is preferably elastically urged by a spring member so as to be movable in the axial direction.

For this reason, in the pachinko game machine opening and holding structure of the present invention, when the glass door is opened slightly to about 90 degrees with respect to the front frame, the lower surface of the glass door is supported by the upper support shaft of the front plate. Since the glass door is pressed against the upper end surface, the glass door can be held open in a reliable and stable state.

Further, by fitting the fitting concave portion provided on the lower surface of the glass door to the upper end surface of the upper support shaft of the front plate, the glass door can be more tightly opened and held.

Further, the upper support shaft of the front plate is resiliently urged in the axial direction by a spring member so as to be movable in the axial direction, so that the fitting recess on the lower surface of the glass door or the lower surface of the glass door and the upper support shaft of the front plate. Can easily be pressed or fitted with the upper end surface with a light acting force.

[0014]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine with a glass door and a front panel opened. 1 is a front frame which is attached to the front of the vehicle 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. The front frame 2 is formed in a frame shape with an opening 3 provided substantially at the center, and a game board 5 is provided on the back side of the front frame 2 via a game board mounting frame 4 so as to cover the opening 3. It is attached detachably.

On the other hand, a glass door 6 is provided in an area above the opening 3 of the front frame 2 so as to cover the front of the game board 5, and a glass door 6 is provided below the game board 5 in an area below the opening 3. Front plates 7 are respectively arranged so as to cover the front surfaces of the game board mounting frames 4 located therein.

On the front surface of the game board 4, a guide rail 8 for guiding a game ball fired from a firing position of a firing rail to be described later is planted in a substantially circular shape.
The area defined by is configured as a game area. In this game area, a plurality of winning devices 9, a variable display device 10, a windmill 11 for changing the falling speed and direction of a falling pachinko ball, and a large number of obstacle nails 12 are provided.

A hit ball supply tray 13 is provided on the front surface of the front plate 7, and a hit ball supply device 14 is provided on the rear surface side. Parts such as a firing rail 15, a firing hammer 16, a speaker 17 and a foul ball processing device 18 are provided on a front portion of the game board mounting frame 4 covered by the front panel 7. The hitting ball supply device 14 is for supplying pachinko balls thrown into the hitting ball supply tray 13 one by one to the firing position of the firing rail 15 in synchronization with the firing operation of the firing hammer 16. Reference numeral 19 denotes a lower ball receiving tray provided at a lower portion of the front surface of the front frame 2, and reference numeral 20 denotes an operation handle for firing a ball.

The glass door 6 is provided with two inner and outer glass sheets 2.
The glass door 6 is provided with a shaft 22 protruding from the upper left end of the front surface of the glass door 6 and provided at the upper end of the left edge of the opening 3 of the front frame 2. The small through hole 24 protruding from the left end of the bottom surface 6 a of the glass door 6 is fitted into the projection 26 of the bearing piece 25 fixed to the left edge of the opening 3 of the front frame 2 while being inserted into the hole 23. It is supported so that it can be opened and closed freely. The locking pieces 27, 27 fixed on the upper right and lower sides of the front right side of the glass door 6 are removably engaged with a locking rod 28 provided on the right back surface of the front frame 2 so as to be able to move up and down. The lock is unlocked by inserting a key into a cylinder lock 29 provided on the front surface of the front frame 2 and rotating the key.

As shown in FIG. 3, the bearing piece 25 is provided such that the front end portion projects forward of the glass door 6 when the glass door 6 is closed. Is provided. On the other hand, the front plate 7
Has a shaft insertion hole 7a formed in the upper surface of the front left end,
A vertically movable movable shaft 32 with a spring is provided at the lower left portion on the front side. Then, the front plate 7 is inserted through the shaft hole 30
The upper support shaft 31 is fitted into the shaft insertion hole 7a, and the lower movable support shaft 32 is fitted into a shaft support hole 33 provided at the lower left end of the opening 3 of the front frame 2 to open and close. It is designed to be freely supported. At this time, the upper end of the upper support shaft 31 is provided so as to protrude from the upper surface of the bearing piece 25.

The front plate 7 is adapted to removably lock a hooking piece 34 fixed to the inside of the front right end of the front panel 7 with an elevating operation member 35 attached to the right inside of the opening 3 of the front frame 2. Thus, the closed state is maintained. Note that the front plate 7 is opened after the glass door 6 is opened and then the elevating operation member 3 is opened.
This is achieved by manipulating 5 down.

According to the present invention, as described above, the upper end of the upper support shaft 31 of the front plate 7 is projected from the upper surface of the bearing piece 25 of the glass door 6 to hold the glass door 6 open. When the door 6 is opened slightly to about 90 degrees with respect to the front frame 2, the lower surface 6a of the glass door 6 is attached to the upper end surface of the upper support shaft 31 of the front plate 7 projecting upward from the shaft hole 30 of the bearing piece 25. The glass door 6 is held open at that position. For this reason, the glass door 6
Does not rotate naturally in the closing direction due to the inclination of the table or its own weight, and the work can be performed easily.

In the embodiment described above, the lower surface 6a of the glass door 6 and the upper end surface of the upper support shaft 31 of the front plate 7 are directly pressed against each other. However, for example, as shown in FIG. A fitting recess 36 is provided on the lower surface 6a of the door 6,
The glass door 6 may be held open by fitting the upper end surface of the upper support shaft 31 of the front plate 7 into the fitting recess 36. In this case, the glass door 6 can be more reliably and tightly opened.

As shown in FIG. 8 and FIG.
The upper support shaft 31 is provided so as to be able to move up and down in the axial direction by a spring member 37, so that the lower surface 6a or the fitting recess 36 of the glass door 6 and the upper end surface of the upper support shaft 31 of the front plate 7 are lightened. It can be pressed or fitted by the action force,
Even if there is a gap between the lower surface 6a of the glass door 6 and the upper surface of the front plate 7, the glass door 6 can be reliably held open.

[0024]

As described above, the glass door open holding structure of the pachinko game machine according to the present invention has a simple structure in which the upper end surface of the upper support shaft of the front plate projects to the upper surface of the bearing piece of the glass door. The glass door can be opened and held with a simple configuration, so the structure can be made extremely simple and inexpensive, and the glass door can be reliably and stably without any troublesome opening and holding operation. The work of adjusting the nails of the game board, cleaning the firing rail, and checking and repairing the hit ball supply device and the speaker can be easily and quickly performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 1 in which a glass door and a front plate are opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main part in a state where a glass door and a front plate are closed.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part showing an open holding state of the glass door.

FIG. 5 is a plan sectional view of a main part.

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of a main part.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of a main part of another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of a main part of still another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a side sectional view of a main part of still another embodiment of FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Front frame 3 Opening 6 Glass door 6a Lower surface of glass door 7 Front plate 25 Bearing piece 30 Shaft hole 31 Upper support shaft of front plate 36 Fitting recess 37 Spring member

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A frame-shaped front frame having an opening formed substantially at the center, a glass door rotatably supported on an upper area of the opening of the front frame, and a front frame below the glass door. A pachinko gaming machine having a front plate pivotally supported in the lower region of the opening of the glass door, wherein a shaft hole is provided in a bearing piece for supporting a lower portion of one side of the glass door, and a front hole is provided in the shaft hole. The upper support shaft of the face plate is inserted and the upper end of the support shaft protrudes from the upper surface of the bearing piece, and the lower surface of the glass door is pressed against the upper support surface of the upper support shaft of the front plate when the glass door is opened. A glass door open holding structure for a pachinko game machine, wherein the door is held open. 2. The pachinko game as claimed in claim 1, wherein a lower surface of said glass door is provided with a fitting recess which is fitted to an upper end surface of an upper support shaft of a front plate to open and hold the glass door. Glass door open holding structure. 3. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the upper support shaft of the front plate is elastically urged by a spring member so as to be movable in the axial direction. Construction.