JP4443072B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pachinko machine provided with an open / close door such as a glass door that opens and closes the front side of the pachinko machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A conventional general pachinko machine is equipped with a glass door that covers the front side of the game board and a front panel with a ball pan that can be opened and closed to the main body frame of the pachinko machine via a hinge mechanism for maintenance. The glass door and front panel can be opened forward. When opening and closing the doors such as these glass doors and front panels, the doors around the hinge mechanism are closed to prevent the doors from being damaged or unable to open and close around the hinge mechanism. A slight gap (clearance) is provided between the frame and the main body frame.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, the gap around the hinge mechanism between the opening / closing door and the main body frame is necessary to prevent the opening / closing door from interfering with the main body frame when opening / closing the opening / closing door. Even in such a state, a gap is left around the hinge mechanism between the open / close door and the main body frame. For this reason, there is a possibility that a player performs an illegal act such as making a foreign object such as a wire or a plastic plate intrude through the gap to illegally operate an internal winning device or the like.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine that can prevent an illegal act in which a player enters a foreign object through a gap between an opening / closing door and a support member. There is.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To achieve the above object, pachinko machine according to claim 1 of the present invention, the hinge mechanism side of the glass door or the main body frame, elastically deformable to close the gap between the glass door and the body frame when closing the glass door In the process of providing a gap closing member and closing the glass door, the gap closing member abuts against the main body frame or the inner wall surface of the glass door as a counterpart member from the substantially orthogonal direction. It is configured to close the gap with the frame. With this configuration, the gap when the glass door is closed can be closed with a gap closing member that can be elastically deformed, so the gap closing member prevents a player from entering a foreign object such as a wire or a plastic plate from the gap. It is possible to prevent fraudulent acts using the gap. Moreover, since a gap closing member that can be elastically deformed is used as a means for closing the gap, even when the gap closing member contacts the inner wall of the main body frame or the glass door as the counterpart member when the glass door is opened and closed. The gap closing member is elastically deformed, so that it is possible to prevent damage to the main body frame or the inner wall surface of the glass door which is the counterpart member. In addition, the gap dimension between the glass door and the main body frame varies by dimensional error or assembly error of each component, it is possible to absorb variations of the gap dimension by elastic deformation of the gap blockage member, the closing of the glass door Sometimes, the gap closing member can be designed to be appropriately elastically deformed so as to come into contact with the main body frame or the inner wall surface of the glass door as the counterpart member , and the gap can be reliably closed. In this way, while realizing a structure that reliably closes the gap between the glass door and the main body frame , there is no need to strictly manage the dimensional tolerances and assembly accuracy of each part, improving security against fraud at low cost. be able to.
[0006]
In this case, in the configuration in which the metal frame is provided on the hinge mechanism side of the glass door as in claim 2, it is preferable to attach a gap closing member to the metal frame. In this way, by using the metal frame provided in the glass door with a gap blockage member can be mounted easily and firmly on the hinge mechanism side of the glass door, the foreign substance by the metal frame and the gap blockage member intrusion Can be reliably prevented.
[0007]
The material for forming the gap closing member may be various materials such as plastic and rubber, but the gap closing member may be formed of an elastic metal plate. In this way, the gap closing member can be given sufficient strength while allowing the gap closing member to be elastically deformed, and the effect of preventing foreign matter from entering can be further enhanced.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, the configuration of the front side of the pachinko machine will be schematically described with reference to FIG. A game board 12 is attached to the main body frame 11 (support member) of the pachinko machine, and the game board 12 is provided with a center bonus, a winning opening, a winning device, etc. (not shown). A glass door 13 (open / close door) is provided on the front side of the game board 12, and the glass 14 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) is spaced from the game board 12 at a predetermined interval. It is attached. Further, a decorative cover 18 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) is attached to the front side peripheral edge of the glass door 13.
[0009]
On the other hand, a front panel 15 is provided at the lower front side of the main body frame 11, and only one large-capacity ball tray 16 for storing pachinko balls is provided on the front panel 15. A firing operation handle 17 of a ball launcher (not shown) is provided on the lower right side of the ball tray 16.
[0010]
Next, the attachment structure of the glass door 13 is demonstrated based on FIG. 2 thru | or FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, a reinforcing metal frame 19 is attached to the rear end of the glass door 13 so as to extend in the vertical direction. A hinge shaft 20 is provided at the upper end portion of the metal frame 19, and a hinge receiving portion 21 having a shaft hole is provided at the lower end portion of the metal frame 19. The hinge shaft 20 on the upper side of the glass door 13 is fitted into the shaft hole of the hinge receiving member (not shown) of the main body frame 11, and the shaft hole of the hinge receiving member 21 on the lower side of the glass door 13 is inserted into the main body frame 11. The glass door 13 is attached to the main body frame 11 so as to be openable and closable by being fitted to a hinge shaft (not shown). A hinge mechanism is constituted by the hinge shaft 20 and the hinge receiving portion 21 of the glass door 13 and the hinge receiving member and the hinge shaft of the main body frame 11.
[0011]
Further, an elastically deformable gap closing member 22 for closing the gap between the glass door 13 and the main body frame 11 is attached to the metal frame 19 so as to extend in the vertical direction along the metal frame 19. In the present embodiment, only a small portion of the upper portion of the metal frame 19 that is not blocked by the gap closing member 22 is left and used as a wiring gap.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 6, the gap closing member 22 is formed by bending a metal plate such as an elastic thin plate-like stainless steel plate, the distal end portion 22a is bent round, and the proximal end portion 22b is spot welded or the like. The metal frame 19 is fixed. The gap closing member 22 is positioned in the gap between the inner wall 11a of the main body frame 11 and the metal frame 19 of the glass door 13 when the glass door 13 is closed, and the distal end portion 22a is appropriately positioned on the inner wall 11a of the main body frame 11. It comes into contact with a strong elastic force.
[0013]
In the pachinko machine configured as described above, when the glass door 13 is opened, the glass door 13 is rotated forward with the hinge mechanism side as an axis, as shown in FIG. At this time, the gap closing member 22 fixed to the metal frame 19 of the glass door 13 moves forward together with the glass door 13.
[0014]
On the other hand, when closing the glass door 13, as shown in FIG. 3, the glass door 13 is rotated backward to the fully closed position with the hinge mechanism side as an axis. With the closing of the glass door 13, the gap closing member 22 moves to the gap between the inner wall 11 a of the main body frame 11 and the metal frame 19 of the glass door 13, and the leading end 22 a of the inner wall 11 a of the main body frame 11 is moved. On the other hand , the gap between the glass door 13 and the main body frame 11 is closed by the gap closing member 22 by abutting with an appropriate elastic force from a substantially orthogonal direction . Accordingly, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized act such as a player from operating a winning device or the like inside by entering a foreign object such as a wire through a gap between the glass door 13 and the main body frame 11.
[0015]
In addition, in this embodiment, since the gap closing member 22 that can be elastically deformed is used as means for closing the gap between the glass door 13 and the main body frame 11, the gap closing member 22 is a member on the other side when the glass door 13 is opened and closed. Even if it contacts the (main body frame 11), the gap closing member 22 is elastically deformed, so that the other member (main body frame 11) can be prevented from being damaged. Furthermore, even if the gap between the glass door 13 and the main body frame 11 varies due to the dimensional error or assembly error of each part, the variation in the gap dimension can be absorbed by the elastic deformation of the gap closing member 22. When the gap 13 is closed, the gap closing member 22 can be designed to be elastically deformed to abut against the member (main body frame 11) on the other side, thereby reliably closing the gap between the glass door 13 and the main body frame 11. be able to. In this way, while realizing a structure that reliably closes the gap between the glass door 13 and the main body frame 11, there is no need to strictly manage the dimensional tolerances and assembly accuracy of each part, and it is possible to prevent crimes at low cost. Can be improved.
[0016]
Further, in this embodiment, the gap closing member 22 is attached to the metal frame 19 of the glass door 13, so the gap closing member 22 is easily and firmly attached to the glass door 13 using the metal frame 19 of the glass door 13. The metal frame 19 and the gap closing member 22 can reliably prevent entry of foreign matters.
[0017]
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the gap closing member 22 is formed of a metal plate, so that sufficient strength can be ensured while the gap closing member 22 has appropriate elasticity, and the effect of preventing the intrusion of foreign matter can be enhanced. Can do.
[0018]
In the above embodiment, the gap closing member 22 is attached to the metal frame 19 of the glass door 13, but the gap closing member 22 may be attached to a place other than the metal frame 19 of the glass door 13. Alternatively, the gap closing member 22 may be attached to the main body frame 11.
[0020]
In addition, the present invention does not depart from the gist of the invention, such as changing the shape of the gap closing member 22 as appropriate, or forming the gap closing member 22 with an elastic material other than a metal plate (for example, resin or rubber). Various modifications can be made.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the above description, according to the pachinko machine of claim 1 of the present invention, the gap between the glass door and the main body frame when the glass door is closed is closed on the hinge mechanism side of the glass door or the main body frame. By providing an elastically deformable gap closing member and closing the glass door, the gap closing member comes into contact with the main body frame or the inner wall surface of the glass door as a counterpart member from the substantially orthogonal direction. and since it is configured so as to close the gap between the body frame, without strict dimensional tolerance and assembly precision of each part, it is possible to close the gap, foreign substances player through the gap between the glass door and the body frame It is possible to prevent fraudulent acts that invade the user with low-cost means.
[0022]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the gap closing member is attached to the metal frame provided on the hinge mechanism side of the glass door, the gap closing member can be easily and firmly attached to the hinge mechanism side of the glass door. Intrusion of foreign matter can be reliably prevented by the metal frame and the gap closing member.
[0023]
Furthermore, in claim 3, since the gap closing member is formed of an elastic metal plate, the gap closing member can be provided with sufficient strength, and the effect of preventing foreign matter from entering can be further enhanced. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
1 is a front view of a pachinko machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a rear view of a glass door. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1 when the glass door is closed. 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1 when the glass door is closed. Figure [Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Main body frame (support member), 12 ... Game board, 13 ... Glass door (opening / closing door), 19 ... Metal frame, 20 ... Hinge shaft (hinge mechanism), 21 ... Hinge receiving part (hinge mechanism), 22 ... Gap Occlusion member.

Claims (3)

In a pachinko machine in which a glass door that opens and closes the front side of the pachinko machine is attached to the main body frame via a hinge mechanism,
Wherein the hinge mechanism side of the glass door or the body frame, elastically deformable gap closing member for closing the gap between the glass door and the body frame is provided when closing the glass door,
In the process of closing the glass door, the gap closing member abuts against the main body frame which is a member on the other side or the inner wall surface of the glass door from a substantially orthogonal direction, so that the gap between the glass door and the main body frame A pachinko machine that is configured to close the door . The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the gap closing member is attached to a metal frame provided on a hinge mechanism side of the glass door.   The pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gap closing member is formed of an elastic metal plate.

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