JP4626961B2 - Passing sensor mounting structure and pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a passing sensor mounting structure and a pachinko gaming machine, and more particularly to a passing sensor mounting structure on a board surface of a pachinko gaming machine.

  As is well known, in pachinko games, when a pachinko ball wins in various winning holes provided in the game area of the gaming board surface provided in the gaming machine, a predetermined number of prize balls set in the winning hole. Is to be paid out.

  On the other hand, the game area is provided with a display unit that can display a variety of symbols and symbols, and is provided on the game board surface when the symbols and symbols are arranged in a certain combination or when certain conditions are met. There is a configuration in which a large winning opening is opened and many prize balls are paid out.

  For example, the lottery of the display contents may be started by detecting the passage of a pachinko ball at a position of a passing sensor provided on a member called a pass gate portion provided separately from the start winning opening. It has become.

  Conventionally, the pass sensor provided on the pass gate member is attached to the base cover member fastened to the surface side of the game board surface by providing an insertion portion of the pass sensor so that the pass sensor is placed from the back side of the game board surface to the surface side of the game board surface. There is a configuration in which the passage sensor is locked in the base cover member in a state where the passage sensor protrudes from the surface side of the game board surface by being inserted toward the surface (for example, Patent Document 1).

In addition, the pass gate member may be provided in the vicinity of the winning opening. In this case, the pachinko ball is provided below the passing sensor in the base cover member so that the pachinko ball that has passed can be guided to the large winning opening. There is also a configuration provided with a guiding part (for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2000-62672 A (paragraph "0003" column) JP-A-004-237120 (paragraph "0007" column)

  FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a structure for attaching a passage sensor to a conventional pass gate member, and the passage sensor A fastens a sensor holder C to be inserted into an attachment hole B1 formed in the game board B. Is attached to the game board B.

  The sensor holder C includes a substrate C1 that comes into contact with the surface of the game board B, and a pachinko ball passage C2 is formed on the substrate C1 so as to protrude.

  The sensor portion of the passage sensor A is inserted into the passage portion C2 of the sensor holder C, and the rear end portion of the passage sensor A located on the back side of the game board B is provided on the sensor holder C. It is held off by C3.

  The passage sensor A is inserted into a slit formed in the inner surface of the passage portion C2 in the sensor holder C and the base portion C3A of the locking claw C3 protruding to the back side of the game board, and maintains a posture perpendicular to the falling direction of the pachinko ball. I'm leaning.

  In the mounting structure as shown in FIG. 6, when the passage sensor A enters the slit formed in the sensor holder C, both ends in the direction perpendicular to the insertion direction and both ends in the thickness direction are sandwiched. Therefore, it is larger than the passage sensor A in thickness (indicated by symbol H in FIG. 6) and width in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction (indicated by symbol L in FIG. 6).

  On the other hand, the sensor holder C in which the passage sensor is incorporated is inserted into an attachment hole formed in the game board surface, and a harness or the like is connected on the back side of the game board surface. At this time, since the sensor holder C is a considerably long member when it is included from the passage C2 to the position of the locking claw C3, it cannot be easily inserted into the mounting hole formed in the playground board surface. There is.

  In other words, since the sensor holder is manually inserted during the operation of inserting the sensor holder, it is necessary to allow a certain margin, that is, a large tolerance with respect to the outer dimensions of the sensor holder in order to easily insert the sensor holder. For this reason, the size of the board C1 that can cover the mounting hole on the front side of the game board is increased by increasing the size of the mounting hole, which should originally be a size corresponding to the outer dimension of the sensor holder.

  However, in recent years, since the space occupied by the display unit tends to increase on the game board surface, the area indicated by the symbol S in FIG. 1 also tends to decrease.

  Therefore, when the size of the substrate C1 of the sensor holder C is increased, there may be a relationship in which the installation space of the trailing nail to be disposed above the installation position of the sensor holder C interferes. For this reason, downsizing of the pass gate member has been demanded in consideration of the installation space of the trailing nail.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems with the conventional passage sensor, particularly the attachment structure of the passage sensor. The attachment structure of the passage sensor that can be miniaturized so as not to reduce the installation space of the trailing nail and the pachinko game using the same Is to provide a machine.

The invention according to claim 1 includes a cover member fixed to the front side of the game board, having a board part attached to the surface side of the game board and a passage part allowing passage of pachinko balls,
A pachinko ball passage portion, a passage sensor that detects the passage of the pachinko ball in the passage portion and outputs a signal for processing;
A holder member that has a passage sensor fixing portion for fixing and holding the passage sensor, and is attached to the back side of the game board ;
An insertion portion formed in the thickness direction of the game board,
The passage sensor fixing part is fitted in the insertion part,
The passage sensor is attached to the game board in a state where the passage portions are aligned with each other within the passage portion of the cover member .

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the attachment structure of the passage sensor according to the first aspect, a portion of the attachment portion through which the holder member is inserted is configured such that the holder member can be fastened or locked. It is characterized by that.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the attachment structure for the passage sensor according to the first or second aspect, the outer surface of the holder member corresponding to the insertion portion of the attachment portion is expanded from the front to the rear in the insertion direction. It is characterized by being.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the passage sensor loaded in the holder member according to any one of the first to third aspects includes a concave portion provided in the passage sensor, and a convex portion provided in the holder member. It is characterized in that the front end of the passage sensor is positioned by a step portion which is provided in the engagement member or in the holder member and contacts the rear end angle of the passage sensor .

The invention according to claim 5 has a cover member fixed to the front side of the game board, having a board part attached to the surface side of the game board and a passage part allowing passage of pachinko balls,
A pachinko ball passage portion, a passage sensor that detects the passage of the pachinko ball in the passage portion and outputs a signal for processing;
A holder member that has a passage sensor fixing portion for fixing and holding the passage sensor, and is attached to the back side of the game board;
An insertion portion formed in the thickness direction of the game board,
Only the passage sensor fixedly held by the holder member can be inserted into the insertion portion and enter the cover member, and the passage portions are aligned within the passage portion of the cover member. In this state, the passage sensor is attached to the game board .

  The invention described in claim 6 is characterized in that the attachment structure of the passage sensor described in one of claims 1 to 5 is used in a pachinko gaming machine.

According to invention of Claim 1, the length of the part penetrated by an attachment part can be shortened by providing the cover member and holder member which a passage sensor main body approachs with respect to an attachment part. Thereby, the length of the part penetrated by the attachment part can be shortened, and the wobble etc. at the time of insertion can be eliminated. Moreover, the said passage sensor fixing | fixed part is engage | inserted by the insertion part, and a passage sensor is attached to a game board in the state in which the passage part was aligned in the passage part of the said cover member. As a result, it is possible to reduce the size of the cover member located on the front side of the attachment portion so as to cover the insertion portion by suppressing the increase in the shape dimension at the insertion portion in anticipation of the fluctuation.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the holder member can be fastened or locked to the insertion portion of the holder member, the holder member can be uniquely attached regardless of the cover member. Thereby, it is not necessary to define the assembly order of the cover member or the holder member, and the assembly workability can be improved.

  According to invention of Claim 3, since the location corresponding to the insertion part of the attachment part in a holder member is expanded toward the back from the insertion direction front, the size of the insertion part located in the attachment part front side is made into a back side. It is possible to make the size smaller than the size of the insertion portion located at the position. Thereby, it becomes possible to miniaturize the cover member attached to the attachment part front side.

According to the invention of claim 4, the passage sensor loaded in the holder member is provided in the engagement between the concave portion provided in the passage sensor and the convex portion provided in the holder member or in the holder member. Since the front end of the passage sensor is positioned by the stepped portion at the rear end angle of the passage sensor, there is an effect of preventing the passage sensor loaded in the passage sensor fixing portion from coming off.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, since only the passage sensor integrated with the holder member is inserted into the insertion portion of the attachment portion, the size of the insertion portion of the attachment portion is further increased as compared with the case where the holder member is inserted. The size can be reduced. Thereby, it is possible to further reduce the size of the cover member.

  According to the invention of claim 6, it is possible to reduce the installation space of the passgate member that occupies the lower part of the display unit on the game board surface by reducing the size of the cover member, and to prevent interference with the trailing nail, Placing a nail is easy.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view of a pachinko gaming machine to which a passing sensor mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, a pachinko gaming machine 100 is formed in an outer rectangular frame size and is a vertically long fixed holding frame 1. The front frame 2 for opening and closing is formed on the front surface of the opening of the outer frame 1 that forms a rectangular frame size according to the outer frame 1.

  The front frame 2 is attached to the outer frame 1 by hinge fittings 3A and 3B attached to the upper left and right sides of the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. It is held in a closed state.

  In the upper region of the front frame 2, a game board 5 is arranged, and the game board 5 is a base plate made of a decorative board obtained by applying a cell to the back side of a laminated plywood having a predetermined plate pressure and processing it with a router (an accessory mounting hole). Although not shown in the figure, a substantially circular gaming area 6 is provided on the front side thereof surrounded by a guide rail attached in an annular shape.

  In the game area 6, a display unit 6a of the image display device is disposed at a substantially central portion, and a center ornament 6b, a start winning port 6c, a big winning port 6d, and the like are disposed around the display unit 6a. An out-port for collecting out-balls is also provided at the lower part of the game area, and the out-balls that have fallen without winning in the start winning port or the big winning port can be discharged from the back side of the game board 5 to the outside of the machine. ing.

In the game area 6, the pass gate member 11 provided by the mounting structure, which is a characteristic part of the present embodiment, is disposed in the vicinity of the above-described start winning opening 6c. Details of this structure will be described later. . ,
In addition, a front door 7 provided with a transparent glass board so that the game board 5 can be visually recognized is provided on the upper front side of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and detachable in the horizontal direction. It is held in a closed state and covers the front surface of the game board 5.

  On the lower front side of the front frame 2, below the glass door 7, an integrated dish 8 constituting a ball tray is attached to a back plate (not shown) supported by the front frame 2 so as to be opened and closed. The integrated dish 8 is normally held in a closed state by a locking device (not shown).

  The integrated dish 8 is provided with not only a dish part where pachinko balls are present, but also a firing handle 9 at the lower right side of the front part of the dish part, and an ashtray 10 etc. at the lower left part of the front side.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the passgate member 11, in which the passgate member 11 includes a cover member 11 </ b> A that is fixed to the front side of the game board 5, and a holder member 11 </ b> B that is fixed to the back side of the game board 5. A passage sensor 12 having a pachinko ball passage portion 12A is provided, and the passage sensor 12 can be attached to the game board 5 by the cover member 11A and the holder member 11B.

  In FIG. 2, the cover member 11 </ b> A includes a board part 11 </ b> A <b> 1 that can be fastened to the front side of the game board 5, and a passage part 11 </ b> A <b> 2 that protrudes forward from the board part 11 </ b> A <b> 1 and allows a pachinko ball to pass. I have.

  A slit 11A3 is formed in the substrate portion 11A1 so that the passage sensor 12 can enter inward.

  The holder portion 11B includes a substrate portion 11B1 that is fixed to the back side of the game board 5 and a passage sensor fixing portion 11B2 that integrates the passage sensor 12 therein, and the substrate portion 11B1 is provided on the back side surface of the game board 5. The game board 5 is fixed by being fastened.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, the passage sensor fixing portion 11B2 is provided with a convex portion 11B2A that can be elastically deformed in the insertion path 11B3 of the passage sensor 12, and this convex portion 12B2A corresponds to the position of the passage sensor 12. The passage sensor 12 loaded in the passage sensor fixing portion 11B1 is prevented from coming off by being fitted in a recess 12B provided in the passage.

  The loading position of the passage sensor 12 in the passage sensor fixing portion 11B2, particularly the front end position in the direction in which the passage sensor 12 is inserted in the passage sensor fixing portion 11B2 (the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 2B) is As shown by reference numeral 11B2B in FIG. 2 (C), it is positioned by a step formed inside the passage sensor fixing portion 11B2 so as not to inadvertently enter a position recessed from the tip of the passage sensor fixing portion 11B2. Has been.

The passage sensor fixing portion 11B2 is a portion to be inserted into an insertion portion 5A on the game board 5 side, which will be described later, and the length in the insertion direction, that is, the protruding length from the board portion 11B1, is the front side of the game board 5 The length can match the position of the surface.
Note that the fixing means for the game board 5 is not limited to the fastening of the board portion 11B2 described above, and a latch mechanism is provided on the insertion part 5A side of the game board 5 and engaged therewith so as not to protrude from the insertion part 5A. A configuration capable of maintaining the state is also possible.

And the insertion position may be defined by engaging with this.

  In FIG. 2, the game board 5 is provided with an insertion portion 5 </ b> A that is formed with a dimension in which the passage sensor fixing portion 11 </ b> B <b> 1 in the holder member 11 </ b> B is inserted.

  The insertion portion 5A is shorter because the length in the insertion direction of the passage sensor fixing portion 11B1 in the holder member 11B does not include the cover member 11A, so that there is no wobbling during insertion. A hole processed by a drill using a size in which only the fitting allowance is set for the outer dimension of 11B1 is used.

  Since the present embodiment is configured as described above, when the pass gate member 11 is incorporated into the game board 5, the passage sensor 12 is loaded in advance on the holder member 11B.

  The passage sensor 12 loaded in the holder member 11B is prevented from being pulled out and positioned at the tip of the sensor by the engagement between the concave portion 12B and the convex portion 11B2 and the step portion 11B2B shown in FIGS.

  The holder member 11B is fixed to the game board 5 by being inserted into an insertion portion 5A formed in the game board 5 and fastened, and the passage sensor 12 passes from the front surface of the game board 5 to the cover member 11A. It will be in the state which can enter in part 11A1.

  By bringing the holder member 11B into contact with the back side of the game board 5, the position of the distal end portion of the passage sensor fixing portion 11B2 in which the protruding length from the board portion 11B1 is defined is positioned without protruding from the insertion portion 5A. .

  In this state, when the board part 11A1 of the cover member 11A is fastened to the game board 5 and the passage sensor 12 enters the passage part 11A1 of the cover member 11A, the passage parts are aligned and the passage sensor 12 is attached. Is completed.

  In the present embodiment, the only member inserted along the thickness direction of the game board 5 is the holder member 11B integrated with the passage sensor 12, and does not include the cover member 11A. The length inserted along is short. Thereby, there is no wobbling at the time of insertion, and it can insert easily. Therefore, it is not necessary to consider the wobbling at the time of insertion, so that it is not necessary to set an extra dimension, that is, a margin to be added in addition to the fitting allowance, for the insertion portion 5A.

  When this inventor compared the external dimension of the cover member 11A by the difference of the insertion part formed in the present Example and the conventional structure, especially the game board 5, the result shown in FIG. 3 was obtained.

  3A shows the dimensions of the cover member 11A and the insertion portion 5A according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3B shows the dimensions of each portion in the conventional structure.

  As is apparent from FIG. 3, the dimensions of the insertion portion (the portions indicated by reference numerals 5A and 5A ′ in FIGS. 3A and 3B) are L1 <L1 ′, and the cover member (FIG. 3A) In (B), the dimensions of the members 11A and 11A ′) were L2 <L2 ′, and a difference of about 8 to 10 mm was obtained. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the size of the cover member 11A can be reduced, so that interference with the tail nail P disposed above is suppressed, and the arrangement position of the tail nail P is restricted. I found out that I could eliminate things. In FIG. 3B, the trailing nail P overlapped with a part of the cover member 11A means that they interfere with each other.

  Next, a partial modification of this embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a drawing corresponding to the cross-sectional view shown in FIG. 2C, in which the holder member (indicated by reference numeral 11B ′ for convenience) is inserted into the game board 5 by the passage sensor fixing portion 11B2 ′. The shape is expanded from the front side to the rear side.

  As a result, the holder member 11B ′ has a front side end portion of the game board 5 in the passage sensor fixing portion 11B2 ′ that is smaller than the back side end portion. It can be made smaller than the opening. As a result, the shape size of the cover member 11A that covers the opening of the insertion portion 5A can be made smaller than in the configuration shown in FIG.

  Next, another embodiment will be described.

  The feature of this embodiment is that the size of the insertion portion 5A formed in the game board 5 is made to correspond to the size of the passage sensor 12 provided in the holder member (indicated by reference numeral 110B for convenience).

  FIG. 5 shows this case. In FIG. 5, the holder member 110B includes a passage sensor fixing portion 110B2 behind the substrate portion 110B1.

  Accordingly, the passage sensor 12 is fixed and held in the passage sensor fixing portion 110B2, and the length protruding from the board portion 110B1 is set to a thickness that allows the game board 5 to enter the passage portion 11A2 of the cover member 11A. .

  Since the present embodiment is configured as described above, the holder member 110B is attached to the back side of the game board 5 after the passage sensor 12 is integrated with the holder member 110B in advance.

  The holder member 110B can enter the passage portion 11A2 of the cover member 11A with the passage portion 12A protruding to the front side of the game board 5 by the board portion 110B1 being fastened to the back side surface of the game board 5. Will be positioned.

  According to the present embodiment, the insertion portion 5A formed in the game board 5 only corresponds to the size of the passage sensor 12, so that unlike the case shown in FIGS. Therefore, the size of the insertion portion (indicated by reference numeral 5A ′ in FIG. 5 for convenience) formed in the game board 5 can be further reduced. As a result, the space occupied by the cover member 11A can be further reduced, and a space for installing the trailing nail can be secured.

It is a front view which shows an example of the pachinko game machine to which the attachment structure of the passage sensor by the Example of this invention is applied. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part for demonstrating the attachment structure of the passage sensor by this invention Example. It is a figure for demonstrating the comparison result regarding the size to the cover member in the attachment structure of the passage sensor by the Example of this invention, and the conventional structure. It is a figure which shows the partial modification in the Example structure shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the principal part for demonstrating the attachment structure of the passage sensor by other Examples of this invention. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the prior art example regarding the attachment structure of a passage sensor.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 Game board 11 Pass gate member 11A Cover member 11A2 Insertion part 11B Holder member 11B2 Passing sensor fixing | fixed part 100 Pachinko game machine

Claims (6)

A cover member fixed to the front side of the game board, having a board part attached to the surface side of the game board and a passage part allowing passage of pachinko balls;
A pachinko ball passage portion, a passage sensor that detects the passage of the pachinko ball in the passage portion and outputs a signal for processing;
A holder member that has a passage sensor fixing portion for fixing and holding the passage sensor, and is attached to the back side of the game board ;
An insertion portion formed in the thickness direction of the game board,
The passage sensor fixing part is fitted in the insertion part,
An attachment structure for a passage sensor, wherein the passage sensor is attached to the game board in a state where the passage portions are aligned with each other within the passage portion of the cover member . The attachment structure of the passage sensor according to claim 1, wherein the insertion portion is configured to be capable of fastening or locking the holder member. The attachment structure of the passage sensor according to claim 3, wherein the insertion portion is expanded from the front surface to the back surface. The passage sensor loaded in the holder member is engaged with the concave portion provided in the passage sensor and the convex portion provided in the holder member or provided in the holder member, and hits the rear end angle of the passage sensor. The attachment structure of the passage sensor according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the tip of the passage sensor is positioned by the stepped portion . A cover member fixed to the front side of the game board, having a board part attached to the surface side of the game board and a passage part allowing passage of pachinko balls;
A pachinko ball passage portion, a passage sensor that detects the passage of the pachinko ball in the passage portion and outputs a signal for processing;
A holder member that has a passage sensor fixing portion for fixing and holding the passage sensor, and is attached to the back side of the game board;
An insertion portion formed in the thickness direction of the game board,
Only the passage sensor fixedly held by the holder member can be inserted into the insertion portion and enter the cover member, and the passage portions are aligned within the passage portion of the cover member. The passing sensor mounting structure is characterized in that the passing sensor is mounted on the game board in a state of being made . A pachinko gaming machine using the attachment structure for a passage sensor according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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