JP4198674B2 - Outer frame of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an outer frame of a pachinko gaming machine, and more particularly to an outer frame that holds a game board mounting frame in an openable and closable manner.

  Pachinko machines are equipped with an outer frame and a game board mounting frame (inner frame), and the outer frame is usually fixed to a game island such as a pachinko hall, and the game board mounting frame is cantilevered to the outer frame. It is pivotally supported so that it can be opened and closed. Here, the gaming board mounting frame is required to be maintained in a horizontal state in order to ensure an appropriate gaming state and a smooth opening / closing operation.

  However, due to the installation conditions of pachinko machines and changes over time, the weight on the game board mounting frame side is the main cause, leading to the tip side of the game board mounting frame (opposite of the side supported by the outer frame) Side) is lowered, and an appropriate gaming state cannot be secured, and the gaming board mounting frame may not be smoothly opened and closed.

Therefore, conventionally, a pachinko gaming machine has been proposed in which means for maintaining the game board mounting frame in a horizontal state and allowing it to be smoothly opened and closed even when the front end side of the game board mounting frame is lowered is provided on the outer frame. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-81606 A ([0016], FIGS. 5 and 6)

  However, according to the pachinko gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, the U-shaped sliding member (falling prevention member) 18 is set so as to straddle the upper end surface of the waist plate 16, and the screw insertion hole 83 is provided on the back surface of the waist plate 16. Then, the sliding member 18 is fixed to the waist plate 16 by screwing the screw 86, and there is a problem that the mounting screw 86 is required and the operation of fixing the sliding member 18 to the waist plate 16 becomes complicated.

  The present invention solves the problems of the prior art as described above, and does not require a mounting bracket such as a screw when fixing a sliding member (falling prevention member) to a waist plate, and can be easily fixed. An object is to provide an outer frame of a gaming machine.

The outer frame of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention is provided with a rectangular frame consisting of an upper frame, a pair of left and right side frames, and a lower frame, and is provided so as to protrude from the upper and lower parts of one side frame, and cantilever the game board mounting frame A pachinko game in which the upper end surface of the waist plate portion of the lower frame and the lower end surface of the game board mounting frame are superposed when the game board mounting frame is in a closed state. In the outer frame of the machine, a left and right rail portion that forms the upper end surface of the waist plate portion, a fall prevention member that is slidably mounted on the rail portion, and a decorative plate that is attached to the front surface of the waist plate portion A flange portion that is engaged with the lower surface of the rail portion is formed at the upper end of the decorative plate, and the flange portion engages with the lowering prevention member to slide the lowering prevention member. Notch to regulate range The provided on the flange portion of the decorative plate, excised possible, characterized in that the cutout can exhibit the same operation and notch scheduled portion is formed after resection.

  According to the outer frame of the present invention, when the decorative plate is attached to the front surface of the waist plate portion, the lowering prevention member is engaged with the notch portion of the flange portion of the decorative plate, and the sliding movement of the lowering prevention member is restricted. Since the position in the left-right direction is fixed, mounting brackets such as screws are unnecessary, and the fall prevention member can be fixed to the waist plate portion by a simple operation.

Further, as described above, the notched portion that can be excised and can exhibit the same action as the notched portion after excision is formed in the flange portion of the decorative plate.

In terms of design, the lowering prevention member is fixed at a position in the left-right direction of the rail portion that can sufficiently exhibit the lowering prevention function in terms of the greatest common divisor. However, it is assumed that the relative positional relationship between the outer frame and the game board mounting frame changes due to secular change or the like, and the lowering prevention member cannot sufficiently exhibit its function. In such a case, if the planned cutout portion is cut out and the lowering prevention member is moved to the position of the newly formed cutout portion by this cutting, the lowering prevention member can fully exhibit its function again. Cases arise.
Further, the outer frame of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention is provided with a rectangular frame composed of an upper frame, a pair of left and right side frames, and a lower frame, and an upper and lower portions on one side frame side, and is provided with a game board mounting frame. A bearing portion that can be freely opened and closed in a cantilever state, and the upper end surface of the waist plate portion of the lower frame and the lower end surface of the game board mounting frame are superposed when the game board mounting frame is in a closed state In the outer frame of a pachinko gaming machine, a left and right rail part that forms the upper end surface of the waist plate part, and a rail part that is fitted to the rail part from the end of the rail part and slides in the left and right direction while being anchored to the rail part A fall-preventing member that is freely mounted, and a decorative plate that is attached to the front surface of the waist plate portion, and a flange portion that is locked to the lower surface of the rail portion is formed at the upper end of the decorative plate. , The flange portion Ri preventing member and engage, characterized in that a notch portion for restricting the sliding movement range of the lower rising preventing member.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine showing a state in which a gaming machine main body composed of a game board mounting frame or the like is opened with respect to an outer frame according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a main body of the outer frame. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the decorative plate, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the main part showing the positional relationship between the waist plate portion of the outer frame and the decorative plate.

  1 to 4, the pachinko gaming machine includes an outer frame 100 and a gaming machine main body 200, and the gaming machine main body 200 is formed on two upper and lower metal connecting members 6 and 7 of the outer frame 100. The bearings 6a and 7a are held openably and closably. The gaming machine main body 200 includes a game board mounting frame (inner frame) 201 and a front frame (glass frame unit) 202. The front frame 202 is held on the front surface of the game board mounting frame 201 so as to be freely opened and closed.

  The outer frame 100 includes a main body 1 made of a rectangular frame made of metal, preferably aluminum. The main body 1 is integrated by connecting and fixing the upper frame 2, the left frame 3, and the right frame 4, and connecting and fixing the lower frame 5, the left frame 3, and the right frame 4.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the lower frame 5 includes a bottom plate portion 51 and a waist plate portion 52 that extends substantially perpendicularly upward from the front end of the bottom plate portion 51. The waist plate portion 52 has a left and right rail portion 53 at the upper end, and when the game board mounting frame 201 is in a closed state, the upper end surface of the waist plate portion 52, that is, the upper surface of the rail portion 53 and the bottom of the game board mounting frame 201. The end surface 201a is polymerized. The rail part 53 is formed in a substantially T-shaped cross section, and a drop preventing member 8 having a substantially C-shaped cross section is mounted so as to straddle the horizontal part 53a of the rail part 53. The fall prevention member 8 is fitted to the horizontal portion 53 a of the rail portion 53 from the end portion 53 b side of the rail portion 53. The fall prevention member 8 is slidable in the left-right direction while being engaged with the horizontal portion 53 a of the rail portion 53. Further, the lowering prevention member 8 is made of a hard resin material having a low friction coefficient with respect to the lower end surface 201a of the game board mounting frame 201 in contact with the lowering prevention member 8, and the game board mounting frame 201 with respect to the outer frame 100. Is configured to smoothly open and close.

  The decorative panel 9 is detachably attached to the front surface of the waist plate portion 52. The decorative panel 9 is fitted between the lower front portion of the horizontal portion 53 a of the rail portion 53 and the front portion of the bottom surface portion 54 of the waist plate portion 52 and covers the front surface of the waist plate portion 52. The decorative panel 9 includes a front surface portion 91 and a flange portion 92 that extends from the upper end of the front surface portion 91 to the rear at a substantially right angle.

  An elastic claw portion 92 a that is elastically locked to a belt-like locking portion 53 c formed at the front lower surface of the horizontal portion 53 a of the rail portion 53 is formed at an appropriate location of the flange portion 92. Further, an elastic claw portion 91 a that is elastically locked to a belt-like locking portion 54 a formed at the front portion of the bottom surface portion 54 of the waist plate portion 52 is formed at an appropriate position on the back surface of the front surface portion 91. In the decorative panel 9, the elastic claw portion 92 a of the flange portion 92 and the elastic claw portion 91 a of the front surface portion 91 are engaged with the belt-shaped locking portion 53 c of the rail portion 53 and the belt-shaped locking portion 54 a of the bottom surface portion 54, respectively. By doing so, it is fixed to the front surface of the waist plate portion 52. In order to prevent the decorative panel 9 from being detached from the waist plate portion 52, the screw 11 is passed through the through hole 55 of the waist plate portion 52 from the back surface side, and into the mounting hole 93 a of the rib 93 projecting from the back surface of the decorative panel 9. Screw in.

  Further, a notch 92 b is formed at an appropriate location of the flange 92. The notch 92 b is formed so as to be able to accommodate a predetermined portion of the lowering prevention member 8, that is, a portion of the lowering prevention member 8 that is positioned in front of the lower surface of the horizontal portion 53 a of the rail portion 53. Regulate the slide movement range to.

  Further, an appropriate number of notched portions 92c are formed in appropriate portions of the flange portion 92 from one notch portion 92b to the other notch portion 92b. The notch planned portion 92c is formed with cutting assisting means such as a V-shaped groove 92d at both left and right ends so that it can be easily cut using a tool such as a nipper, and after cutting, like the above-described notch portion 92b, The fall prevention member 8 is accommodated and the sliding movement of the fall prevention member 8 is regulated.

  Here, the reason why the notched portion 92c is provided is that the relative positional relationship between the outer frame 100 and the game board mounting frame 201 changes due to secular change or the like, and the position is fixed by the notched portion 92b. It is assumed that the member 8 cannot fully perform its function. In such a case, the notched portion 92c is cut out, and the member 8 is prevented from being lowered to the position of the notched portion 92b newly formed by this cutting. This is because, if 8 is moved, the lowering prevention member 8 may fully exhibit its function again. In addition, when the notch width becomes more than twice the notch width of one notch part 92b by cutting away the notch planned part 92c, the lowering prevention member 8 is in the section of the new notch width. For example, when all the notched portions 92c shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are cut out, the lowering prevention member 8 is moved from one notched portion 92b existing from the beginning to the other notched portion 92b. It is possible to move in the entire section extending over the notch portion 92b, and the fall prevention member 8 can be set at an arbitrary position in the section.

  As described above, the outer frame 100 of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment includes the rectangular frame 1 including the upper frame 2, the pair of left and right side frames 3 and 4, and the lower frame 5, and the upper portion on the side of one side frame 3. And a bearing portion 6a, 7a that projects from the lower part and holds the game board mounting frame 201 in a cantilevered manner so as to be freely opened and closed, and when the game board mounting frame 201 is in a closed state, the waist plate of the lower frame 5 The upper end surface of the part 52 and the lower end surface of the game board mounting frame 201 overlap. The outer frame 100 is attached to the left and right rail portions 53 that form the upper end surface of the waist plate portion 52, the fall prevention member 8 that is slidably mounted on the rail portion 53, and the front surface of the waist plate portion 52. And a flange portion 92 that is engaged with the lower surface of the rail portion 53 is formed at the upper end of the decoration plate 9, and the flange portion 92 is engaged with the lowering prevention member 8 to prevent the lowering. A notch 92b that restricts the sliding movement range of the member 8 is provided.

  According to the outer frame 100 of the present embodiment, when the decorative plate 9 is attached to the front surface of the waist plate portion 52, the lowering prevention member 8 engages with the notch portion 92b of the flange portion 92 of the decorative plate 9 to prevent the lowering. Since the sliding movement of the member 8 is restricted and the position in the left-right direction is fixed, no mounting bracket such as a screw is required, and the lowering prevention member 8 can be fixed to the waist plate portion 52 by a simple operation.

1 is a perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine showing a state in which a gaming machine main body composed of a gaming board mounting frame or the like is opened with respect to an outer frame according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the main-body part of the same outer frame, and a decoration plate. It is an expansion perspective view of the same decorative plate. It is a principal part disassembled perspective view showing the positional relationship between the waist plate part of the outer frame and the decorative plate.

Explanation of symbols

100 Outer frame 1 Rectangular frame (main part)
2 Upper frame 3, 4 Side frame 5 Lower frame 6a, 7a Bearing portion 8 Lowering prevention member 9 Decoration plate 52 Lumbar plate portion 53 Rail portion 92 Flange portion 92b Notch portion 92c Planned notch portion

Claims (2)

A rectangular frame composed of an upper frame, a pair of left and right side frames, a lower frame, and a bearing portion that protrudes from the upper and lower portions on one side frame side and holds the game board mounting frame in a cantilevered state so as to be freely opened and closed; In the outer frame of the pachinko gaming machine in which the upper end surface of the waist plate portion of the lower frame and the lower end surface of the game board mounting frame are superposed when the game board mounting frame is in a closed state,
A left and right rail portion forming the upper end surface of the waist plate portion;
A fall prevention member that is slidably mounted on the rail portion;
A decorative plate attached to the front surface of the waist plate portion;
With
A flange portion that is engaged with the lower surface of the rail portion is formed at the upper end of the decorative plate, and the flange portion engages with the lowering prevention member to restrict the sliding movement range of the lowering prevention member. Provide a notch ,
An outer frame of a pachinko gaming machine, wherein the flange portion of the decorative plate is formed with a notched scheduled portion that can be excised and can exhibit the same action as the notched portion after excision . A rectangular frame composed of an upper frame, a pair of left and right side frames, a lower frame, and a bearing portion that protrudes from the upper and lower portions on one side frame side and holds the game board mounting frame in a cantilevered state so as to be freely opened and closed; In the outer frame of the pachinko gaming machine in which the upper end surface of the waist plate portion of the lower frame and the lower end surface of the game board mounting frame are superposed when the game board mounting frame is in a closed state,
A left and right rail portion forming the upper end surface of the waist plate portion;
A fall prevention member fitted to the rail portion from an end portion of the rail portion and mounted so as to be slidable in the left-right direction while being anchored to the rail portion;
A decorative plate attached to the front surface of the waist plate portion;
With
A flange portion that is engaged with the lower surface of the rail portion is formed at the upper end of the decorative plate, and the flange portion engages with the lowering prevention member to restrict the sliding movement range of the lowering prevention member. the outer frame of the characterized in that a-outs and to Rupa dick gaming machine.

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