JP4029243B2 - Sound effect generator for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a sound effect generating device in a pachinko gaming machine that generates a sound effect for a pachinko game developed in a game board set in the machine, in a pachinko gaming machine provided in a vertically oriented state. .
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a pachinko gaming machine that is used for games in a vertical state represented by a pachinko machine, a pachinko ball in a ball tray is shot into a game board set in the machine by a hitting ball launching device, Pachinko games are being developed. And in various forms of pachinko machines, all of the various gaming states that occur during the pachinko game (when winning a predetermined prize opening, when the symbol variable display device is activated, when special game conditions are established, when the winning device is activated For example, a speaker is used as a means for generating an appropriate sound effect to notify a player or to enhance interest. In general, the speaker is preferably installed on the inner side of the front frame, particularly on the front side of the game auxiliary board.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, the speaker is set and held in a storage chamber of a case body molded in a required shape, and is installed on the game auxiliary board in units of the case body. However, the case body is composed of a main body in which the housing chamber that opens to the front surface side is formed, and a lid body that is attached to the front surface side of the main body and covers the housing chamber. The loudspeaker accommodated and set is held by the lid. Therefore, since the case body for holding the speaker as a set is composed of two parts, the main body and the lid body, the manufacturing cost is increased. Moreover, since the speaker set from the front side with respect to the accommodation room is fixed using screws or the like, there is a disadvantage that the assembling and unmounting operations of the speaker cannot be rationalized or simplified. be pointed out.
[0004]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been newly proposed in order to suitably solve the above-described problems. A speaker is quickly and easily accommodated in one case body, and is fixedly held and easily implemented on a case body basis. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sound effect generator for a pachinko gaming machine that can be used.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to overcome the aforementioned problems and achieve the intended purpose, the sound effect generator in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention,
A game board capable of developing a pachinko game is set according to the vertical direction with respect to the game auxiliary board provided inside the opening surface area of the front frame assembled to the outer frame, and it is related to the pachinko game using a speaker. In a pachinko machine that can generate sound effects,
Wherein formed on the gaming auxiliary board one of the case that is removably attached to the front side of the open chamber that can put out the speaker from behind in a size outer peripheral edge of the cone portion in the speaker is aligned and the cylindrical portion,
A plurality of engagement support pieces provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction around the cylindrical portion;
An engagement portion that is formed over the entire circumference excluding the portion where the engagement support piece is provided inside the front opening surface of the cylinder portion, and extends inward of the cylinder portion;
Each engaging support piece is formed so as to be elastically deformable in the inner and outer directions of the cylindrical portion between both grooves by cutting two grooves rearward from the front opening end portion of the cylindrical portion. The front part from the part where the engaging part is not provided, and an engaging part that can be engaged from the rear to the outer peripheral edge of the cone part in the speaker,
The engaging portion is formed in a right-angled triangular cross section with an inclined surface that inclines inward from the rear to the front,
With respect to the speaker housed in the housing chamber, with the outer peripheral front edge of the cone portion engaged with the engaging portion and positioned, the engaging portion of the engaging support piece is used as the outer peripheral rear edge of the cone portion. Engage and hold fixed,
Formed integrally on the side of the cylindrical portion of the case body is a ball receiving guide portion having an inclined surface that descends in a direction away from the cylindrical portion and a front wall that extends upward from the inclined surface,
The ball receiving guide portion is located below the supply port for prize balls formed on the game auxiliary board when the case body is attached to the game auxiliary board, and to the side of the collection port formed on the game auxiliary board. The award ball falling from the supply outlet is received by the ball receiving guide unit and guided to the collection port .
[0006]
[Action]
The sound effect generator is composed of one case body and a speaker set in the case body. The case body has a cylindrical portion in which a storage chamber for storing the speaker is formed, and an engaging portion for fixing and holding the speaker is formed in the cylindrical portion. Therefore, the speaker is fixed and held without using any screws or the like simply by being pushed into the storage chamber, and the assembly work can be rationalized and simplified. Moreover, since the case body is composed of a single member, the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Further, the winning ball that has fallen from the outlet is received by a ball receiving guide formed on the case body, and the winning ball is promptly guided to the collection port.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, a sound effect generating device in a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings by giving a preferred embodiment. In the present embodiment, as a vertical game machine, a pachinko machine mainly used for a game that is fixedly held in a predetermined backward tilted posture on an installation frame base (island) in a game store is mainly shown.
[0008]
(Outline explanation of pachinko machine)
As shown schematically in FIG. 1 as an outline of the basic configuration of the pachinko machine P of the present embodiment, various game components are provided on the front side of the opening of the vertically long rectangular outer frame A that forms the outer frame holding frame. A vertical rectangular front frame B to be set is assembled so as to be openable / closable and detachable in a laterally open form using a required opening / closing connection support portion and locking means. And on the front side of the front frame B, a glass door C, which will be described later, which is a see-through protective window of the game board D, and an opening / closing plate fixedly equipped with an upper ball tray E, together using a required opening / closing connection support portion. It is assembled and aligned so that it can be opened and closed in a side-opening configuration. Further, the hitting operation unit G ₁ and the like in the lower sphere tray F and shot firing device G is mounted set to the lower portion of the front frame B, with a further front frame back in various spheres route and sphere processing and dispensing unit or the like of the B A mechanism set board (not shown) is set, thereby forming one pachinko machine.
[0009]
(Front frame)
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the front frame B is exemplified by a synthetic resin molding as a whole. The front frame B is molded into an outer size matching the opening front area of the outer frame A, and has a front vertical rectangle inside. A frame 10 having a window frame mouth (opening surface area) 11 opened, and a set 10 for a game board which is integrally formed on the back side of the frame body 10 and faces the inside of the front of the window frame mouth 11 The holding frame 12 is in the form of an inner / outer double frame integrally connected in the front-rear direction. In the frame 10, an installation board 14 for installing the lower ball tray F, the hitting ball launching unit G ₂ of the hitting ball launching device G and the like is formed at the lower part of the window frame mouth 11, and at the center thereof. An award ball outlet 15 is opened, and an installation portion 17 for installing the lightning decoration portion 16 is formed over the upper edge portion and the right edge portion of the window frame opening 11. The window frame port 11 is also used as a set surface area and an access port of the game board D that is inserted / removed (removed) from the front side, and the upper ball tray E (opening / closing plate) can be opened and closed within the lower opening surface area. It can be assembled and set. Then, three peripheral edges (upper edge and left and right side edges) of the front surface of the window frame mouth 11 are recessed to define a set surface area 18 that can accommodate and accommodate the glass door C.
[0010]
On the other hand, in the set holding frame 12, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, a game auxiliary board (also referred to as a “game auxiliary frame part”) is located at a position aligned with the upper ball tray E inside the lower part of the window frame opening 11. ) 20 is integrally formed, and the set opening 13 is opened with reference to the upper edge of the game auxiliary board 20. In the corners of the inner periphery at four places in the set port 13, oblique wall portions 27 formed at approximately 45 degrees are integrally formed with the set holding frame 12, and each of these oblique wall portions includes: An attachment device H for fixing the game board D is installed. Note that protrusions 19 and 19 for positioning with respect to the game board D are formed on the inner peripheral end face of the set port 13. Incidentally, the front frame B may be a type constituted by the frame body 10 and may be configured to align and fix the set holding frame 12 separately formed on the back side of the window frame opening 11.
[0011]
In addition to the out path 21 being formed on the back side of the game assisting board 20, a prize ball supply / discharge port 22, a foul ball collection path 23, a collection port 24, and the like are formed on the front side. A front cover member 25 is assembled on the front side of the ball collection path 23 (see FIG. 5). A launch rail member 26 is attached to the front right side, and a sound effect generator 30 described later is attached to the front left side.
[0012]
(Sound effect generator)
Next, the sound effect generator according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 7, the sound effect generating device 30 is accommodated and set in a case body 31 that is detachably attached to the front side of the gaming auxiliary board 20 and an accommodation chamber 33 of the case body 31. The speaker 50 is configured as a unitized member and can be handled.
[0013]
The case body 31 is formed with a cylindrical portion 32 that opens to the front and opens the storage chamber 33 through which the speaker 50 can be taken in and out, assuming the diameter size of the cone portion 51 of the speaker 50. In addition, a ball receiving guide portion 34 having an inclined surface 35 and a front wall 36 that are appropriately lowered downward is integrally formed on the side of the tube portion 32 (on the right side of the front surface). In the cylindrical portion 32, an engagement portion 37 is formed on the inner side of the opening surface so as to extend radially inward over the entire circumference and engage with the outer peripheral front edge portion of the cone portion 51 of the speaker 50. On the other hand, an engagement support piece 38 having a hook-shaped engagement portion 39 that can be engaged with the outer peripheral rear edge portion of the cone portion 51 of the speaker 50 is provided at a plurality of inner peripheral portions (three locations in the embodiment). The cylindrical portion 32 is formed so as to be elastically deformable in the inner and outer directions. That is, the speaker 50 housed in the housing chamber 33 from the rear side of the cylindrical portion 32 is engaged with each engagement when the outer peripheral front edge portion of the cone portion 51 is engaged with the engaging portion 37. The engaging portion 39 of the support piece 38 is engaged with the outer peripheral rear edge portion of the cone portion 51 so as to be detachably fixed in the storage chamber 33.
[0014]
The ball receiving guide 34 is located below the supply / outlet port 22 when the case body 31 is attached to the front left side portion of the game assisting board 20, and when the upper ball tray E is opened, A prize ball that falls from the feed outlet 22 is received and guided to the collection port 24 side. A boss (see FIG. 5) 46, 46 extending forward from the game auxiliary board 20 is fitted into the upper edge portion of the cylindrical portion 32 and the lower edge portion of the ball receiving guide portion 34. A bulging portion 40 in which a hole 41 is formed is integrally formed, and each bulging portion 40 is formed with a screw hole 42 through which a screw 47 for fixing the case body 31 to the boss 46 is inserted. Further, a locking piece 43 for locking a lead wire (not shown) connected to the speaker 50 is integrally formed on the left outer surface portion of the cylindrical portion 32. In the case body 31, a volume controller may be incorporated in a space 34 a defined inside the ball receiving guide 34. Further, in the gaming auxiliary board 20, a circular opening 29 is formed at a position aligned with the cylindrical portion 32 of the case body 31, and for example, the rear portion of the speaker 50 set in the accommodation chamber 33 protrudes from the accommodation chamber 33. In addition, interference with the speaker 50 is avoided. Furthermore, in the upper ball tray E, a sound transmission hole 45 composed of a plurality of small holes is formed at a position corresponding to the speaker 50.
[0015]
[Effect of the embodiment]
Next, the operation of the sound effect generator in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.
[0016]
(Speaker set)
In the sound effect generating device 30 of the present embodiment, the speaker 50 with the cone portion 51 directed to the front surface is pushed into the housing chamber 33 from the rear side of the cylindrical portion 32 of the case body 31 and set. That is, when the cone portion 51 comes into contact with the engagement portion 39 of each engagement support piece 38, each engagement support piece 38 is elastically deformed so as to expand outward in the radial direction. Is allowed. When the outer peripheral front edge portion of the cone portion 51 is engaged with the engaging portion 37 and positioned, the abutment between the cone portion 51 and the engaging portion 39 of each engaging support piece 38 is caused. Since it is released, each engagement support piece 38 is elastically restored to its original state, and each engagement portion 39 is engaged with the outer peripheral rear edge portion of the cone portion 51. Thereby, the speaker 50 is suitably fixed and held in the storage chamber 33 by the engagement of the engagement portion 37 with the cone portion 51 and the engagement portion 39 of each engagement support piece 38. As described above, in the sound effect generator 30 of this embodiment, the speaker 50 can be set in the case body 31 simply by pushing the speaker 50 into the housing chamber 33 from the rear side of the cylindrical portion 32, and no screws or the like are used. Therefore, it is possible to work simply and easily with one touch without rationalizing, so that the assembly work of the speaker can be rationalized and simplified.
[0017]
(Installation of sound effect generator)
The sound effect generating device 30 set as a unitized member by setting the speaker 50 in the housing chamber 33 of the case body 31 is attached to the front left side of the game assisting board 20 as shown in FIG. That is, the fitting holes 41 formed in the bulging portions 40 of the case body 31 are aligned with the bosses 46 extending forward from the game assisting board 20, and the case body 31 is pushed rearward in this state. Accordingly, the corresponding boss 46 is fitted into each fitting hole 41, and the case body 31 is temporarily fixed. Then, by tightening the screws 47 into the bosses 46 through the screw holes 42 formed in the respective bulging portions 40, the sound effect generating device 30 is suitably fixed to the game assisting board 20 without rattling. Thus, in the sound effect generating device 30 of the present embodiment, the case body 31 can be installed on the auxiliary board 20 by a simple operation of positioning on the game auxiliary board 20 and screwing. The speaker 50 is connected to a required part of an electronic control board (not shown) that controls the entire pachinko game, and is electrically connected.
[0018]
And in the pachinko machine P of the present embodiment equipped with the sound effect generator 30, the speaker 50 is operated in various gaming states during the pachinko game, and thereby the sound effect generated from the cone portion 51 is Then, the light is transmitted forward through the sound transmission hole 45 of the upper ball tray E and notified to the player of the pachinko machine P to add an auditory effect to the game content.
[0019]
Further, when the speaker 50 is abnormal or breaks down and needs to be replaced, with the upper ball tray E opened, the screws 47 are loosened from the front side and the case body 31 is removed from the game auxiliary board 20. By pulling the speaker 50 to the rear side of the storage chamber 33, each engagement support piece 38 is elastically deformed outward in the radial direction, and the engagement between the engagement portions 39 and the cone portions 51 is released. Therefore, the speaker 50 can be easily and easily removed with one touch. Therefore, in the sound effect generating device 30 of the embodiment, the removal of the speaker is not accompanied by the loosening operation of the screws, so that the removal operation of the speaker 50 can be rationalized and simplified.
[0020]
On the other hand, when the upper ball tray E is opened due to failure repair or maintenance while being used in a pachinko game, the upper ball tray E side communication port and the game auxiliary board 20 side supply / outlet port 22 are provided. , The award ball in the supply / outlet 22 may spill forward. This spilled ball is suitably received by the ball receiving guide portion 34 of the case body 31 in the sound effect generating device 30 of the present embodiment, and is quickly guided to the collection port 24. The falling ball is discharged from the back side to the lower ball tray F side through the collection port 24. Since the speaker 50 is housed and protected in the housing chamber 33 of the case body 31, the speaker 50 is not affected at all by the falling impact of the falling ball and does not cause any adverse effects. .
[0021]
Further, in the sound effect generating device 30 of the present embodiment, by incorporating the speaker 50 into the case body 31, the whole can be handled as a unitized member for each case body, so that storage and transportation are facilitated.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the sound effect generating device in the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention, the case body for holding the speaker as a set is composed of one single member, so that the manufacturing cost can be reduced by reducing the number of parts. There is a measurable advantage. In addition, since the speaker can be attached to and detached from the storage room with a single touch without using any screws or the like, it is possible to rationalize and simplify the speaker assembling and unmounting operations. There are also advantages. And since it can handle as a unitized member of a case body unit, there exists an effect that storage, conveyance, etc. become easy. In addition, the winning ball that has fallen from the supply outlet can be received by the ball receiving guide unit and can be promptly guided to the collection port.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing a front frame in the pachinko machine of the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a front view showing a frame installation board and a set support frame game auxiliary board;
FIG. 4 is a rear view showing a frame installation board and a game support board for a set holding frame.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view schematically showing a form in which the sound effect generator of the present embodiment is assembled to the game auxiliary board.
FIG. 6 is a side cross-sectional view showing the sound effect generating device installed on the game assisting board, broken away at the accommodation chamber portion in the case body.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a case body and a speaker constituting the sound effect generating device.
FIG. 8 is a front view showing a case body constituting the sound effect generating device.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 Window frame mouth (opening area)
20 Game assistant board
22 Feed outlet
24 Collection port 31 Case body 32 Cylinder 33 Storage chamber
34 Ball guide
35 Inclined surface
36 Front wall 37 Engagement part 38 Engagement support piece 39 Engagement part 50 Speaker 51 Cone part A Outer frame B Front frame D Game board

Claims (1)

The game board (D) that can develop a pachinko game with respect to the game auxiliary board (20) provided inside the opening surface area (11) of the front frame (B) assembled to the outer frame (A) is vertically oriented In a pachinko gaming machine that is set in accordance with the above and can generate sound effects related to a pachinko game using a speaker (50),
Wherein formed on the gaming auxiliary board one of the case that is removably attached to the front side of (20) (31), said speaker (50) a storage chamber capable of putting out from the rear (33) of the loudspeaker ( cone at 50) the tubular portion outer circumferential edge is open in a size matching the (51) and (32),
A plurality of engagement support pieces (38) provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction around the cylindrical portion (32) ;
The cylindrical portion (32) is formed over the entire circumference except for the region provided with the engaging support piece (38) in the front opening plane inner, engagement extending toward the inside of the cylindrical portion (32) With joint (37) ,
Each engaging support piece (38), the two grooves from the front open end of said tubular portion (32) that cut into the rear tubular portion between the two grooves and out direction (32) It is formed to be elastically deformable, and its front end faces forward from a portion where the engaging portion (37) is not provided, and engages with the outer peripheral edge of the cone portion (51) in the speaker (50) from the rear. With an engaging part (39) to obtain ,
The engaging portion (39) is formed in a right-angled triangular section with an inclined surface inclined inward of the cylindrical portion (32) from the rear to the front ,
With respect to the speaker (50) housed in the housing chamber (33) , the engaging support piece is positioned with the outer peripheral front edge portion of the cone portion (51) engaged and positioned with the engaging portion (37). (38) engaging portion (39) is engaged with the outer peripheral rear edge portion of the cone portion (51) to be fixed and held,
On the side of the cylindrical portion (32) in said case body (31), the inclined surface (35) descending toward a direction away from the cylindrical portion (32) and the inclined surface (35) before extending upward from A ball receiving guide (34) having a wall (36) is integrally formed,
The ball receiving guide portion (34) is below the case body (31) a game auxiliary board (20) when the attached to the the recreation auxiliary plate supply outlet for prize balls formed in (20) (22) The award ball located at the side of the collection port (24) formed in the game auxiliary board (20) and falling from the supply port (22) is received by the ball receiving guide (34) to collect the collection port ( 24) A sound effect generating device in a pachinko machine characterized by being guided to 24) .

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