JP3606322B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ball game machine, and more particularly to a screen case molded article related to an image motif.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A typical example of a conventional screen case molded product is called a center case. The center case is a plastic molded product arranged on the periphery of the screen. The motif of the main character of the story developed on the screen is generally drawn in a cell image, and the center case has general versatility to decorate the periphery of the screen or warp the game ball It has a function.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in recent years, the player's preference has increased, and there are also players who are unable to obtain sufficient satisfaction only by directing the display image of the screen or cell image, and form a screen motif in the center case. Is required. In the conventional manufacturing system, if the motif related to the image on the screen is formed on the center case, the center case mold cannot be diverted to other models. Frequent renewal of the mold is required, and the cost reduction effect is not expected. Also, recycling is not expected and waste reduction is not expected.
[0004]
Therefore, the present invention releases the screen case molded product from the mold cost constraint, and further enhances the effect of production by harmonizing the motif of the screen case molded product with the motif of the image displayed on the screen. It is an object to provide a ball game machine that makes it possible.
[0005]
[Means and effects for solving the problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the ball game machine according to claim 1,
A screen case molding that covers at least the top of the screen displaying the image,
Provided on the game board surface with an attached molded product arranged in the vicinity of the screen case molded product,
The screen case moldings and the accessories molding is a plastic molding which is divided into individual, on the screen casing molding, by the combined child said accessory moldings divided state, constitutes a center case ,
The single shape of the accessory molded product is configured in a non-shared shape that is not shared with other model accessory molded products,
A single shape of the screen case molded product is configured in a shared shape shared with the other model screen case molded product,
Place the accessory molded product on the left or right side of the screen case molded product,
A game ball path through which one game ball passes is formed between the screen case molded product and the accessory molded product .
Screen case molded products are versatile and can provide molded products with a design that harmonizes with the motif of the image by using the screen case molded products and attached molded products. be able to.
When the accessory molded product is combined with the screen case molded product and attached to the game board, the motif is preferably imitated as a whole. When the accessory molded product is not used, the screen case molded product is preferably not related to the motif.
Then, the single shape of the accessory molded product is configured as a non-shared shape that is not shared with the accessory molded product of other models, and the single shape of the screen case molded product is shared with the screen case molded product of other models. Because it is configured, when the accessory molded product is combined with the screen case molded product and attached to the game board, the motif can be imitated as a whole, and when the accessory molded product is not used, the screen case molded product is Can be unrelated to the motif . Thereby, the screen case molded product can be used for general purposes, and the mold can be used for other models. When changing the motif, it is only necessary to change the mold of the attached molded product, and the cost reduction effect is tremendous. In addition, it can be expected to reduce waste by recycling screen case moldings.
Furthermore, the player's expectation for the decoration effect of the screen case molding is increased.
Further, in the bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, the accessory molded product is arranged on the left or right side of the screen case molded product, and one game ball is provided between the screen case molded product and the accessory molded product. A passing game ball path is formed.
Accordingly, the screen case molded product and the accessory molded product are separated from each other only by a width that allows one game ball to pass, so that the game ball path is further connected to the warp passage without impairing the sense of unity between the screen case molded product and the accessory molded product. Exhibits the same function.
[0006]
The “image” here is displayed on the screen, and may be an element of each of the success / failure image, the background image, or the character image, or a combination thereof. For example, numbers, letters, people, automobiles (trucks, passenger cars, etc.), symbols indicating animals, etc., specific colors of specific shapes, and the like are also included. The shape of the pattern does not need to change or may change. For example, they may be the same, enlarged or reduced. The background image or character image refers to all or a part of the area other than the correct / incorrect image (and possibly the character image) on the screen.
The “screen” refers to a display unit of a device capable of displaying the image, such as a dot matrix display and a 7-segment LED, as well as a CRT and a liquid crystal display.
“Motif” refers to the theme of the image developed on the screen. For example, in a pachinko machine titled Bakusoku Track Kaido, trucks mainly appear on the screen, and a woman blows up the truck all over Japan. Traveling is the theme. It is possible to display a moving image or a still image such as a track and a protagonist on the screen, the character image or the background image.
For example, in the image display, a track associated with the motif can be displayed, and the track can be moved or enlarged or reduced on the screen. Examples include reach, reach notice, jackpot, and jackpot notice scenes.
“ The unit shape of the accessory molded product is configured as a non-shared shape that is not shared with other model accessory molded products, and the unit shape of the screen case molded product is shared with the other model screen case molded product. configured in the shape, "is a form wherein only the screen case molded article but is difficult to ideas associated with motifs, when supplied with moldings on the screen case molding is coalesced associated motif as a whole It is preferable to show. For example, when the above-mentioned explosive truck road is an image motif, the attached molded product is the driver's seat part of the truck, and the screen case molded product is the packing box part. An example of constructing a shape is given. According to the present invention, the image, the screen case molded product, and the attached molded product are matched, and a sense of unity is born and the preference is enhanced. In addition, screen case molded products can be used for models with motifs other than explosive trucks, resulting in a cost reduction effect.
“Attached molded product” may be either singular or plural.
The “ screen case molded product” is preferably versatile so that it can be used for other motifs.
[0007]
In addition , in the bullet ball game machine according to the first aspect, if the screen case molded product is substantially symmetric, the versatility of the screen case molded product according to the first aspect can be further enhanced. The term “substantially left-right symmetry” means to exclude complete left-right symmetry, and as shown in FIG. 1B, it means right-left symmetry including a part of the left-right asymmetric part. To do.
[0009]
The ball game machine according to claim 2
In the ball game machine according to claim 1 ,
The game ball path further includes a flow changing means for changing a flow direction of the game ball flowing down the game ball path.
Accordingly, the flow direction can be changed so that the game ball flowing down the game ball path is guided to the center line of the board surface by the flow change means.
The flow changing means is preferably an attached molded product. By attaching or not attaching this accessory molded product to the game board, the flow changing function can be added or deleted.
[0010]
The invention described in claim 3
In the gaming machine according to claim 2 ,
The flow changing means is arranged at a position deviated substantially from the center to the left and right on the game board surface, and a pitching device is arranged near the center line on the game board surface below the screen,
A ball game machine characterized in that a game ball that has flowed down the game ball path flows down to the vicinity of the entrance device by the flow-down changing means.
Therefore, it was further clarified that the effect described in claim 2 is exhibited.
The invention according to claim 4
In the ball game machine according to claim 2 or claim 3,
The flow-down changing means is a bullet ball game machine which is arranged between the screen case molded product and the accessory molded product in the left-right direction.
The invention according to claim 5
In the bullet ball game machine according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
A plurality of the attached molded products are provided,
One of the plurality of accessory molded products functions as the flow changing means.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The pachinko machine 10 according to the first preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a center case 1 of a pachinko machine 10. The center case 1 is a plastic molded product, and as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, a screen case molded product 2 and a first attached molded product 3 arranged on the right side of the screen case molded product 2 The second accessory molded product 4 arranged at the lowermost portion between the screen case molded product 2 and the first accessory molded product 3 can be combined and mounted on the game board 22.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the screen case molded product 2 is a part simulating a rear portion including a packing box portion of a truck surrounding a screen displaying an image. The screen case molded product 2 is a horizontally long, generally rectangular case, and is provided with a through hole 2a at the center and is generally symmetrical. As shown in FIG. 1B, when the screen case molded product 2 is alone, it is difficult to recognize from the appearance that it is the “explosion track road” that is the motif of the image. It is intended for versatility. The motif of this explosive truck road is that a truck appears mainly on the screen, and a woman travels all over Japan with the truck exploding.
The first accessory molded product 3 is a part simulating the head part including the driver's seat part of the truck.
The second accessory molded product 4 is a part simulating the front wheel of a truck.
The trader / customer says that the single accessory 3 and the second accessory 4 are the shape of the truck part related to the image motif “Bakusoku Track Kaido”, and the overall shape of the center case 1 is It can be recognized that the track is related to the motif.
The track that is one element constituting the motif is imitated by the center case 1 so that the motif of the image displayed on the screen and the shape of the center case 1 can be harmonized.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko machine 10 according to the embodiment mainly includes a rectangular outer frame 11 and a front frame 12, and a known prepaid card unit 13 is provided on the left side of the outer frame 11. The front frame 12 is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 by hinges 14 at the upper and lower left ends.
An upper plate 15 is provided below the front frame 12, and a lending button 16, a settlement button 17 and a balance display unit 18 are provided on the upper plate 15. When the prepaid card is inserted into the card slot 19 of the prepaid card unit 13, the stored balance is displayed on the balance display unit 18, and when the lending button 16 is pressed, the game ball is lent and the game ball is discharged from the payout port of the upper plate 15. Is discharged.
[0013]
A window-shaped metal frame 20 is removably attached to the front frame 12 with respect to the front frame 12. A plate glass 21 is double fitted in the metal frame 20. A game board 22 is stored behind the plate glass 21.
A lower plate 23 is provided at the lower part of the front frame 12 of the upper plate 15, and a firing handle 24 is attached to the right side of the lower plate 23. A rotation ring (not shown) is held on the outer periphery of the launch handle 24, and the game ball can be launched onto the game board 22 by rotating clockwise.
The upper plate 15 and the lower plate 23 are connected to each other, and are configured to guide the game ball to the lower plate 23 when the upper plate 15 is full of game balls.
[0014]
FIG. 3 is a back view of the pachinko machine 10. As shown in the drawing, a mechanism board 26 to which the above-described game board 22 is detachably attached is housed in the above-described outer frame 11. The mechanism panel 26 is provided with a ball tank 27, a guide rod 28, and a payout device 29 from above. With this configuration, if there is a winning game ball at the winning opening on the game board 22, a predetermined number of gaming balls can be discharged from the ball tank 27 to the above-described upper plate 15 through the guide rod 28 by the payout device 29. .
A main control board 30 and a prize ball control board 31 are detachable from the mechanism board 26, a special symbol display device 32 is provided at the center of the game board 22, and a launch control board 33 is provided at the lower left part of the front frame. External connection terminal boards 46 are respectively attached to the left side of the symbol display device 32. It should be noted that the structure related to the payout of game balls with the mechanism panel 26 as the center is the same as the conventional structure, and the detailed description thereof is omitted.
[0015]
Next, the game board 22 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the game board 22 has an LCD panel unit (hereinafter referred to as “LCD”) 32a, which is provided in the special symbol display device 32 and may display a later-described success / failure image 50 or the like. The above-mentioned center case 1 fixed so as to surround the LCD panel unit 32a, a normal electric accessory 36 serving as a first-type starting port provided at the lower part of the special symbol display device 32, and a decorative object on which explosion and characters are written 37, normal symbol operation gates 38 and 39 on the left side of the LCD 32a used for starting the change of the symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device (not shown), the large winning opening 40 below the normal electric accessory 36, and the out of the bottom of the board A mouth 41, various other prize winning openings 61 and 62, a windmill and a game nail (not shown) are provided.
With this configuration, when the above-described launch handle 24 is rotated, a launch motor (not shown) driven by the launch control board 33 is driven so that the game ball on the upper plate 15 is placed on the game board 22 via the guide rail. Fired. If the launched game ball wins each winning hole, the game ball is taken into the back of the board as a safe ball, and if not won, it is taken into the back of the board through the out port 41 as well.
[0016]
A cell image (not shown) is pasted on the surface of the game board 22. The cell image is a design of a pattern related to the motif of the image displayed on the screen of the LCD 32a. The design is a design related to a track or a heroine (Shizuka) related to the motif entitled “Bakuso Track Kaido”, which is designed in a predetermined area of the cell image, but is not shown in the drawing.
[0017]
A game board of the pachinko machine 101 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The other configuration uses the first embodiment, and the common part number is in the 100s.
The center case 101 of the pachinko machine 101 has a game ball path 105 having a width (13 to 15 mm) through which one game ball B can pass between the screen case molded product 102 and the first accessory molded product 103. It is characterized by. The right wall of the game ball path 105 is the leftmost plate member 103 a of the first accessory molded product 103, and the left wall is the rightmost plate member 102 b of the screen case molded product 102. These plate materials 102b and 103a are parallel and are erected in the vertical direction. Accordingly, the screen case molded product 102 and the first accessory molded product 103 are separated from each other by a width that allows one game ball B to pass through, so that the sense of unity between the screen case molded product 102 and the first accessory molded product 103 is not impaired. The game ball path 105 exhibits the same function as the warp passage. The second accessory molded article 104 is a model of a wheel, and a flow changing means for changing the flow direction of the game ball flowing down the game ball path 105 toward the ordinary electric accessory 136 at the lower part of the game ball path 105. It functions as. In FIG. 5, a U-shaped game ball passage is formed in the same manner as the warp passage. The game ball B flows down from the center of the lower stage of the center case 101 toward the ordinary electric accessory 136.
[0018]
Next, screens and images according to the first and second embodiments will be described. Since the hardware and software of the pachinko machine 10 are well known, a description thereof will be omitted.
A list of the left / middle / right stationary symbols 45a to 45l functioning as pass / fail images is as shown in FIG. The stationary designs were “one with a sumo wrestling design”, “two with a falconry design”, “three with a heroine's character (Shizuka) dressed as an insignia”, and “a dragon god design. "4", "5 with the heroine (Shizuka)", "Six with the dragon pattern", "Seven with the heroine character (Shizuka)", "Eight with the Kabuki actors" , "" Nine with the image of the Kongo wrestler image "," Samurai pattern "," Yumekaido "," Bakusou "are displayed as special symbols in the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c. Due to the establishment of the predetermined entry or passing condition, the stationary symbols are scroll-displayed in those display areas, and are stopped and fixed at a predetermined timing. The probability variation symbol is set to “one”, “two”, “three”, “four”, “six”, “eight”, or “nine”.
[0019]
In the non-reach display example displayed on the screen 47 of the LCD 32a shown in FIGS. 7 (a), 7 (b), and 7 (c), one selected left and right stationary symbols are respectively displayed in the special symbol display areas 50a to 50c. 45d is confirmed and the middle symbol is scrolled. A moving image 52 simulating a truck, which is a component of the motif, appears from the side in the lower area of the special symbol display area 50c and travels in a predetermined direction (here, the left direction) (see FIG. 7A). ). The moving image 52 is enlarged and displayed (see FIG. 7B). A moving image 52 simulating the rear part of the track is moved and displayed in the special symbol display area 50a, and a stationary symbol 45l is fixedly displayed in the middle symbol displayed in the special symbol display area 50b (see FIG. 7C).
[0020]
In the hit confirmation display example displayed on the screen 47 of the LCD 32a shown in FIG. 8, a fixed still pattern 56 indicating a track is displayed on the screen 47 of the LCD 32a. In this scene, special symbol display areas 50a to 50c are formed on the roof portion of the track of the static symbol 56, and three identical static symbols 45f are each confirmed and displayed. The word “explosion” is displayed on the roof portion. Since the stationary symbol 56 indicates a track, the shape of the track of the center case 1 and its motif are common, and as a whole, the sense of unity is enhanced.
[0021]
As described above, according to the first embodiment described in detail, the player can pay attention to the center case 1 as well as the screen 47 entitled Explosive Track Highway. A sense of harmony and unity is enhanced by combining the images and patterns of the scenes of the track race displayed on the screen. Screen case molded product 2 can be used for motifs other than the explosive track road. In that case, it is only necessary to replace the first accessory molded product 3 and the second accessory molded product 4 with an accessory molded product suitable for other motifs, and the cost reduction effect of the mold is tremendous.
Furthermore, since the screen case molded product 2 is a substantially symmetrical product, it can be used as a single center case by changing the pattern and color.
[0022]
Further, according to the second embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the screen case molded product 102 and the accessory molded product 103 are separated from each other by a width that allows one game ball B to pass. The sense of unity with the accessory molded product 103 is not impaired, and the game ball path 105 performs the same function as the warp passage opening.
In addition, the game ball B that has flowed down from above the center case 101 is once changed in flow path to the right, and then flows down the game ball path 105, and then the center of the board surface of the game board 122 by the second accessory molded product 104. The flow direction can be changed to guide the game ball on the line. By attaching or not attaching the second accessory molded product 104 to the game board 122, the flow changing function can be added or deleted.
[0023]
It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made within the intended scope of the present invention. For example, in the present embodiment, a track image is displayed on the screen, and the shape of the center case 1 is a track. Although the motif entitled “Bakusou Track Kaido” was developed on the screen, it is of course possible to use other motifs as well.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1A is a front view showing a center case 1 of a pachinko machine 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1B is an exploded view of the center case 1;
FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing the pachinko machine 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the pachinko machine 10;
4 is a front view showing a game board 22 of the pachinko machine 10. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a front view showing a game board 122 of a pachinko machine 110 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a list chart of left, middle and right stationary symbols on the screen of the LCD 32a.
FIGS. 7A to 7C are front views illustrating images (track reach display) on the screen of the LCD 32a.
FIG. 8 is a front view illustrating an image (big hit round display) on the screen of the LCD 32a.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Center case, 2 ... Screen case molded product, 3 ... 1st accessory molded product 4 ... 2nd accessory molded product, 101 ... Center case, 102 ... Screen case molded product 103 ... 1st accessory molded product, 104 ... 2nd Attached molded product, 105 ... game ball path,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine, 22 ... Game board, 24 ... Launch handle 30 ... Main control board, 31 ... Prize ball control board 32 ... Special symbol display device, 32a ... LCD panel unit (LCD)
47: Screen, 50a, 50b, 50c ... Special symbol display area

Claims (5)

A screen case molding that covers at least the top of the screen displaying the image,
Provided on the game board surface with an attached molded product arranged in the vicinity of the screen case molded product,
The screen case moldings and the accessories molding is a plastic molding which is divided into individual, on the screen casing molding, by the combined child said accessory moldings divided state, constitutes a center case ,
The single shape of the accessory molded product is configured in a non-shared shape that is not shared with other model accessory molded products,
A single shape of the screen case molded product is configured in a shared shape shared with the other model screen case molded product,
Place the accessory molded product on the left or right side of the screen case molded product,
A bullet ball game machine , wherein a game ball path through which one game ball passes is formed between the screen case molded product and the accessory molded product . In the ball game machine according to claim 1 ,
2. A bullet ball game machine comprising a flow changing means for changing a flow direction of a game ball flowing down the game ball path below the game ball path. In the gaming machine according to claim 2 ,
The flow changing means is arranged at a position deviated substantially from the center to the left and right on the game board surface, and a pitching device is arranged near the center line on the game board surface below the screen,
A ball game machine characterized in that a game ball that has flowed down the game ball path flows down to the vicinity of the entrance device by the flow-down changing means. In the ball game machine according to claim 2 or claim 3,
2. The bullet ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the flow-down changing means is disposed between the screen case molded product and the accessory molded product in the left-right direction. In the bullet ball game machine according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
A plurality of the attached molded products are provided,
A bullet ball game machine, wherein one of the plurality of accessory molded products functions as the flow changing means.

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