JP4374352B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a ball game comprising a transparent plate holding frame that is rotatably mounted on the front surface of a gaming machine body and covers the front surface of the game board, and a transparent plate unit that is attached to the back side of the transparent plate holding frame. Related to the machine.

Conventionally, a pachinko gaming machine which is a kind of a ball game machine is, for example, a synthetic resin transparent plate holding frame that is rotatably mounted on the front surface of a gaming machine body and covers the front surface of the gaming board disposed in the gaming machine body. And a transparent plate unit that is attached to the back side of the transparent plate holding frame and closes the see-through window of the transparent plate holding frame (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-220250 A (page 4, FIG. 1)

  By the way, conventionally, a variable display device is arranged at the center of the game board, and various information is variably displayed on the display unit of the variable display device due to the occurrence of winning balls. When the special information of “777” is collected, it becomes a so-called big hit state that is advantageous to the player, and the big winning opening is opened for a predetermined time and a predetermined number of times under a certain condition so that many prize balls can be obtained at one time. Pachinko machines that have been made popular are gaining popularity. Recently, the variable display device and the game board tend to increase in size, and along with this, the see-through window as well as the transparent plate holding frame is widened in accordance with the wide game part of the game board.

  However, although the size of the entire transparent plate holding frame is expanded downward, when the transparent window is greatly expanded along with the spread of the game board in this way, the lower edge of the transparent window in the transparent plate holding frame and the transparent plate holding frame The space between the lower edge is very narrow and the weight of the relatively heavy transparent plate unit is increased, so that the space is weakened in strength and may be deformed. There was a problem that it was not possible to meet the demand for larger size.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the gap between the lower edge of the transparent window and the lower edge of the transparent plate holding frame on the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame is strengthened strongly, and unnecessary deformation is performed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bullet ball game machine that does not cause the occurrence of the problem.

To achieve this object, the ball game machine of the present invention
A transparent plate holding frame that is rotatably attached to the front surface of the gaming machine main body and covers the front surface of the gaming board disposed in the gaming machine main body, and a transparent view of the transparent plate holding frame attached to the back side of the transparent plate holding frame A ball game machine comprising a transparent plate unit that closes a window,
In the state where the transparent plate holding frame is made of a metal and has an elastic wire at the space between the lower edge of the transparent window and the lower edge of the transparent plate holding frame and facing the transparent plate holding frame back surface. A support member extending in the left-right direction is disposed and fixed by screwing both ends thereof, and the support member is bent in a direction protruding rearward in a horizontal plane to receive the lower end surface of the transparent plate unit. The part is provided.

  At this time, a protrusion projecting downward is provided on the lower end surface of the transparent plate unit, and the protrusion supports the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame with the transparent plate unit attached to the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame. It is preferable to be inserted into an insertion space formed between the receiving portion of the member.

The bullet ball game machine according to the present invention is a transparent plate made of an elastic wire made of metal at a space between the lower edge of the transparent window and the lower edge of the transparent plate holding frame on the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame. A support member extending in the left-right direction is disposed in a state of facing the holding frame rear surface, and is fixed by screwing both ends thereof, and the support member is bent in a direction protruding rearward in a horizontal plane and is transparent. Since the receiving portion for receiving the lower end surface of the unit is provided, the space portion is strong in strength, and there is no possibility of deformation even when a load of the transparent plate unit is applied, and the variable display device or the game board There is an effect that it can fully meet the demand for larger size.

  In addition, a protrusion protruding downward is provided on the lower end surface of the transparent plate unit, and the protrusion is attached to the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame and the support member with the transparent plate unit attached to the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame. If it is inserted into the insertion space formed between the receiving part and the transparent plate holding frame, the transparent plate unit is superposed integrally without being separated from the transparent plate holding frame. Therefore, for example, it is possible to prevent an illegal act of intentionally generating a winning ball by intruding a fraudulent tool such as a wire or a cell board into a game board surface from a gap generated by strongly pulling the lower edge of the transparent plate holding frame forward. is there.

  Embodiments of a ball game machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that there are, for example, a pachinko gaming machine, an arrangement ball machine, and a sparrow ball gaming machine as the ball ball gaming machine. In the present invention, a pachinko gaming machine will be described as an example. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

  The pachinko gaming machine P has an outer frame 1 having a vertically long rectangular shape on the outside, and an inner frame 2 is mounted on the front surface thereof so as to be openable and closable with one side as a fulcrum, and a game board 3 is installed on the inner frame 2. . Further, a transparent plate holding frame 4 covering the front surface of the game board 3 is mounted on the front surface of the inner frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and supplied to a hitting ball launching unit (not shown) below. A front plate 6 provided with a ball tray 5 for storing game balls as hit balls is mounted. The front plate 6 is fixed to the front surface of the inner frame 2, but may be mounted so as to be freely opened and closed. Further, an operation handle 7 for adjusting the firing force of the hit ball is mounted on the front plate 6 on one side of the ball tray 5 and an ashtray 8 is mounted on the other side. In this case, the gaming machine main body P1 is configured by combining the outer frame 1 and the inner frame 2 together.

  A game part 3a is formed on the front surface of the game board 3 by being surrounded by inner and outer guide rails 9a, 9b laid in a substantially spiral shape, and the game part 3a is positioned at the center of the game part 3a. A variable display device 10 for variably displaying the information and a start winning opening 11 for varying the information by winning a game ball are mounted. Below that, when the information of the variable display device 10 is arranged in a specific display (for example, “777”), a winning device in which a lot of game balls can be obtained at a time under certain conditions. 12 is installed.

  On the other hand, the transparent plate holding frame 4 is formed in a vertically long rectangular shape, and as shown in FIGS. 2 to 3, a see-through window 13 facing the game portion 3 a on the front surface of the game board 3 is opened at the center. The see-through window 13 is provided with a transparent plate unit 30 which will be described later. The transparent plate holding frame 4 includes a holding frame main body plate 14 constituting the main body and a thin auxiliary metal plate 15 which is polymerized on the back surface and formed into substantially the same shape.

  The holding frame main body plate 14 is formed of a synthetic resin material, and the front surface thereof is curved into a desired shape, and the surrounding frame pieces 16a and 16b are provided on the entire outer peripheral edge and the entire outer peripheral edge of the see-through window 13 respectively. . The see-through window 13 has a slightly vertically long semicircular shape when viewed from the front, and the lower edge 13a forms a flat horizontal line. The distance between the lower edge 13a of the see-through window 13 and the lower edge 14a of the holding frame body plate 14 The site | part 17 is shape | molded by the narrow board | plate shape with a narrow vertical width. A support member 18 according to the present invention is provided on the back surface of the spacing portion 17.

  The support member 18 is made of a metal and has elasticity, and extends in the left-right direction facing the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame 4 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and has flat portions 19 and 19 at both ends thereof. Is provided. A screw insertion hole 20 is opened in each flat portion 19 and a positioning hole 21 is opened on one side thereof. In addition, a receiving portion 22 that is bent in the horizontal direction when the support member 18 is fixed to the space portion 17 is provided at the center of the support member 18. The receiving portion 22 has both side portions 22a and 22a bent backward, and an intermediate portion 22b thereof is parallel to the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame 4. The intermediate portion 22b and the transparent plate holding frame 4 An insertion space 23 is formed between the back surface of the first and second surfaces.

  As shown in FIG. 3, mounting recesses 24, 24 into which the flat portions 19, 19 on both ends are fitted are formed in the spacing portion 17 of the holding frame main body plate 14. A screw hole 25 coinciding with the insertion hole 20 and a positioning pin 26 to be inserted into the positioning hole 21 are projected. Then, the support member 18 is disposed on the back surface of the spacing portion 17, the flat portions 19 and 19 at both ends are inserted into the mounting recesses 24 and 24, and the positioning pins 26 are inserted into the positioning holes 21. Next, the support member 18 is fixed by screwing a screw 27 into each screw hole 25 via each screw insertion hole 20. The receiving portion 22 projects rearward in a horizontal plane, and thereby receives the lower end surface of the transparent plate unit 30.

  Further, it is supported by supporting shafts 28 on the rear surface of the holding frame main body plate 14 at a plurality of locations on the outer peripheral edge of the see-through window 13 (four locations on the upper and lower portions on the right side and the upper and lower portions on the right side as viewed in FIG. 3). A locking member 29 is provided that can be worn and rotated in a plane parallel to the back surface of the holding frame main body plate 14. These are for fixing the transparent plate unit 30 to the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame 4.

  The auxiliary metal plate 15 is formed in substantially the same shape as the holding frame main body plate 14 so as to overlap with the back surface of the holding frame main body plate 14, and the holding frame is excluded except for a portion where the support member 18 and the locking member 29 come into contact. It covers the entire back surface of the main body plate 14. Moreover, although the bending margin 15a is provided in the upper edge and both-sides edge of the auxiliary metal plate 15, it is not provided in the lower edge.

  The transparent plate unit 30 has a size and a shape substantially matching the transparent window 13, and glass or synthetic resin transparent plates 32 and 32 are bonded to the front and rear surfaces of the annular frame 31 so that the inside is sealed. Are molded. At the outer peripheral edge of the annular frame 31, a mounting piece 33 is integrally projected in a position corresponding to each locking member 29. A projecting portion 34 that is inserted into the insertion space 23 formed by the support member 18 is provided on the flat lower surface of the annular frame 31.

  Then, the transparent plate unit 30 is arranged on the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame 4, and as shown in FIG. It is supported by the receiving part 22. In this state, each locking member 29 is rotated about the support shaft 28 to be locked to each mounting piece 33. Thereby, the transparent plate unit 30 is firmly attached to the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame 4.

  A pocket member 35 is mounted on one lower edge on the front surface of the transparent plate holding frame 4, that is, on the lower left side when the pachinko gaming machine P of FIG. The pocket member 35 receives a game ball as a rental ball discharged from the tip of a nozzle (not shown) provided in the inter-base ball lending machine before dropping it on the ball tray 5 and does not spill. This is intended to allow storage in the tray 5. The pocket member 35 is formed in a dish shape having an open upper surface, and a ball dropping port 40 for dropping a game ball onto the ball tray 5 is opened at the bottom. Therefore, the pocket member 35 is disposed at a height position between the tip of the nozzle and the ball tray 5.

  As described above, in the present invention, the support member 18 made of a wire is disposed and fixed to the space portion 17 between the lower edge 13a of the transparent window 13 and the lower edge 14a of the transparent plate holding frame 4 on the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame 4. In addition, since the support member 18 is provided with the receiving portion 22 that is bent in the horizontal direction and receives the lower end surface of the transparent plate unit 30, the spacing portion 17 becomes strong in strength and becomes transparent. There is no risk of deformation even when a load of 30 is applied, and the variable display device 10 and the game board 3 can be fully satisfied with the demands.

  Further, in a state where the transparent plate unit 30 is attached to the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame 4, the protruding portion 34 on the lower end surface of the transparent plate unit 30 is received by the receiving portion of the support member 18 made of the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the wire. It inserts in the insertion space 23 between 22. Therefore, the transparent plate unit 30 is integrally overlapped with the transparent plate holding frame 4 at the interval portion 17 of the holding frame main body plate 14, that is, the transparent plate holding frame 4. For this reason, for example, a fraudulent act may be performed in which the lower edge of the transparent plate holding frame 4 is strongly pulled forward and a fraudulent tool such as a wire or a cell plate is inserted into the surface of the game board 3 from the gap to intentionally generate a winning ball. However, since the lower edge of the transparent plate holding frame 4 is reinforced by the support member 18 and the transparent plate unit 30 is interposed, the transparent plate holding frame 4 hardly bends in the front-rear direction. Thereby, the said fraud can be prevented beforehand.

  Further, a protrusion 34 is provided on the lower end surface of the transparent plate unit 30, and the protrusion 34 is inserted into the insertion space 23 between the transparent plate unit 30 and the receiving portion 22 of the support member 18 made of a wire. However, conversely, a concave portion (not shown) is provided on the lower end surface of the transparent plate unit 30, and a projection portion that faces upward to the receiving portion 22 of the support member 18 and fits into the concave portion from below. (Not shown) may be provided.

The front view of the pachinko gaming machine concerning the present invention. The perspective view seen from the table | surface of a transparent plate holding frame. The disassembled perspective view seen from the back of the transparent plate holding frame. The perspective view of the principal part seen from the back of the holding frame main body board. Side surface sectional drawing of the principal part of a transparent plate holding frame.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Game board 4 Transparent board holding frame 13 Perspective window 17 Space | interval part 18 Support member 22 Receiving part 23 Insertion space
25 Screw holes
27 Screw 30 Transparent plate unit 34 Projection P P Ball game machine (Pachinko machine)
P1 game machine body

Claims (2)

A transparent plate holding frame that is rotatably attached to the front surface of the gaming machine main body and covers the front surface of the gaming board disposed in the gaming machine main body, and a transparent view of the transparent plate holding frame attached to the back side of the transparent plate holding frame A ball game machine comprising a transparent plate unit that closes a window,
In the state where the transparent plate holding frame is made of a metal and has an elastic wire at the space between the lower edge of the transparent window and the lower edge of the transparent plate holding frame and facing the transparent plate holding frame back surface. A support member extending in the left-right direction is arranged and fixed by screwing both ends thereof, and the support member is bent in a direction protruding rearward in a horizontal plane to receive the lower end surface of the transparent plate unit. A ball game machine characterized in that a portion is provided.   Provided with a projecting ridge that projects downward on the lower end surface of the transparent plate unit, the ridge is attached to the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame and the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is inserted into an insertion space formed between the receiving portion and the receiving portion of the support member.

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