JP4630388B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, and more specifically, an image effect frame having a display window for image display means and detachably mounted in a mounting hole formed in a game board. It relates to a ball game machine.

  In many ball and ball game machines represented by pachinko machines, an image effect frame is arranged in the approximate center of the game area, and an image display means such as a liquid crystal display is mounted on the rear side of the image effect frame. By the way, the image display means used in this type of ball game machine has been steadily increasing in size, but since a game nail or the like cannot be arranged on the front side of the image display means, the image display means can be used even in the game area. The range on the front side of the display means is difficult to use as a movable area of the game ball. That is, in a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, as the image display means becomes larger, the ratio of the movable area of the game ball to the game area gradually decreases, and the movement of the game ball is made uniform. The reality is that it is less surprising.

  Therefore, in order to diversify the movement of the game ball in such a limited range of motion, for example, a stage is provided on the lower side of the image effect frame, and the game ball rolls left and right on this stage. On the other hand, a ball game machine configured to be guided to an electric tulip or the like arranged below the image effect frame has become mainstream (Patent Document 1).

  Further, in the pachinko machine described in Patent Document 1, the image effect frame moves in the left-right direction between, for example, a retreat position where the image display unit is retracted on both the left and right sides and a covering position which substantially covers the front side of the image display unit. A movable effect means is provided, and the effect of the virtual image displayed on the liquid crystal display means is combined with the mechanical operation of the movable effect means to further improve the effect.

JP 2004-195084 A

  By the way, in the case where the stage is provided in the image effect frame as in the pachinko machine described in Patent Document 1, this stage is molded as a single part, for example, the rear side of the decorative frame mounted on the front side of the game board It is often fixed to. In such a pachinko machine, when a stage having a relatively large depth is provided, the mounting state is likely to be unstable, and there is a possibility of adversely affecting the rolling direction of the game ball, for example.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to stably support the entire stage even when a stage having a large depth is provided in the image effect frame, and to play a game ball. The object is to provide a ball game machine that does not adversely affect the direction of movement.

The present invention includes an image effect frame 13 which has a display window 25 for the image display means 22 and is detachably mounted in a mounting hole 20 formed in the game board 5. A ball entrance 39 into which a ball can enter, and a stage 38 that is arranged in the left-right direction below the display window 25 and freely rolls a game ball that has entered the ball entrance 39 to fall to the front side. A movable effect means 30 disposed on the front side of the display window 25 and movable from a predetermined retracted position to a covering position on the front side of the image display means 22, and a movable area of the movable effect means 30 and the movable movement of the game ball In the ball and ball game machine including the transparent cover 34 that divides the region , the image effect frame 13 includes a decoration frame 33 arranged so as to surround the display window 25 along the mounting hole 20. The transparent cover 34 is located behind the decorative frame 33. Are al fixed, the stage 38 on its front side the side the decorative frame 33, the rear side are respectively supported by the transparent cover 34 side, provided with said decorative frame 33 and the transparent cover 34 and the stage 38 The front structure 21 is attached to the game board 5 from the front side .

  According to the present invention, even when the stage 38 having a large depth is provided in the image effect frame 13, the entire stage 38 can be stably supported, and an adverse effect on the rolling direction of the game ball can be prevented.

1 is an overall perspective view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of a game board. It is a front view of the front structure which constitutes an image production frame. It is a front view of the back structure which constitutes an image production frame. It is principal part side surface sectional drawing of a game board. It is an exploded side sectional view of an image production frame. It is a decomposition side sectional view of a front structure. It is AA sectional drawing in FIG. It is BB sectional drawing in FIG. It is CC sectional drawing in FIG. It is DD sectional drawing in FIG. It is a perspective view of the front structure which constitutes an image production frame. It is a disassembled perspective view of the front structure which comprises an image production frame. It is a perspective view of the front structure which constitutes an image production frame. It is a disassembled perspective view of the front structure which comprises an image production frame. It is a disassembled perspective view of the front structure which comprises an image production frame.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1-16 has illustrated one Embodiment which employ | adopted this invention for the pachinko machine. In FIG. 1, a gaming machine main body 1 is an inner frame that is pivotally attached to a rectangular outer frame 2 and a left and right side of the outer frame 2, for example, a left hinge 3 so as to be openable and detachable around a longitudinal axis. And a frame 4.

  The game board 5 shown in FIG. 2 is arranged on the upper side of the inner frame 4 and the launching means (not shown) is arranged on the lower side. The game board 5 is located on the front side of the inner frame 4. A glass door 6 that covers the front side and a lower opening / closing door 7 that covers the front side of the launching unit and the like below the glass door 6 are pivotally mounted by a hinge 8 on the same side as the hinge 3 so as to be openable and detachable. The glass door 6 is provided with a glass window 9 corresponding to the game area 5a on the game board 5 side, and the lower opening / closing door 7 has a storage tray 10 for storing game balls to be supplied to the launching means, and launching means. A firing handle 11 or the like is provided for operating the.

  On the front side of the game board 5, a guide rail 12 that guides the game ball fired by the launching means is mounted in a substantially annular shape, and the game area 5a in the guide rail 12 has an image effect frame at its center. 13 is arranged, and a passing gate 14 is arranged on the left side of the image effect frame 13, and an open / close winning means 15 and a big winning means 16 are arranged on the lower side, and various game parts such as a normal winning means 17 are mounted. ing.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the image effect frame 13 includes a front structure 21 detachably mounted from the front side with respect to a mounting hole 20 formed in the game board 5, and a liquid crystal display unit or the like on the rear side. And a rear structure 23 that is detachably mounted on the back side of the game board 5 in correspondence with the front structure 21.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the rear structure 23 is formed in a substantially box shape whose front side is open, and a rectangular display window 25 corresponding to the display screen 22 a of the image display means 22 is formed on the back wall 24. A main body case 26 formed, a fixed wall 27 provided in a bowl shape from the front edge side of the main body case 26 along the back surface of the game board 5, and effect means 28 arranged on the front side of the main body case 26. In the state where the image display means 22 is mounted on the rear side of the back wall 24 of the main body case 26, the fixed wall 27 is fixed to the rear side of the game board 5 so as to correspond to the rear side of the front structure 21. The board 5 is detachably mounted.

  The production means 28 is a partially movable modeled object, for example, with the bow part of a battleship as a motif, and is arranged on the front side of the display window 25 and driven by a pair of drive motors (drive means) 29 via an interlocking mechanism (not shown). A pair of movable in the left-right direction between a covering position (shown by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 4) and a retracting position (shown by a solid line in FIG. 4) on both the left and right sides of the display screen 22a. When the left and right movable effect means 30 are in the front covering position of the display screen 22a, the movable effect means 30 and the upper side thereof are provided. A bow portion is formed by the fixed effect means 31.

  Further, the production means 28 forms a bow portion, so that it gradually approaches the front side from the lower side to the upper side, and a part of the upper side, for example, a part of the upper side of the movable production means 30 The entire vertical direction of the fixed effect means 31 protrudes in front of the fixed wall 27, that is, in the mounting hole 20 of the game board 5. In addition, the rendering means 28 is provided with an opening 32 representing a muzzle at the center of the portion corresponding to the movable rendering means 30, for example, and an LED disposed in the movable rendering means 30 along the opening 32, for example. The cannon is fired by emitting light such as a light emitter.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the front structure 21 includes a decorative frame 33 arranged so as to surround the display window 25 on the rear structure 23 side along the mounting hole 20, and the decorative frame 33. A stage 38 that is detachably attached to the display window 25 and arranged in the left-right direction along the lower side of the display window 25; a guide passage 40 that is detachably attached to the decorative frame 33 and guides the game ball to the stage 38; For example, a transparent cover 34 attached to the decorative frame 33 from the rear side is provided so as to close the window hole 33a inside the decorative frame 33. In addition, the window hole 33a is formed in the shape along the external shape of the production | presentation means 28 when the movable production | presentation means 30 exists in a covering position, and substantially the whole of the production | presentation means 28 when the movable production | presentation means 30 exists in a covering position. However, it is visible from the front side of the game board 5 through the transparent cover 34 in the window hole 33a.

  The decorative frame 33 includes a fitting wall 35 disposed along the inner surface of the mounting hole 20, and a front contact plate 36 provided in a bowl shape along the front side of the game board 5 from the front end side of the fitting wall 35. And a flange 37 disposed so as to project forward from the upper side to the left and right sides of the front abutting plate 36. For example, the front abutting plate 36 is screwed to the gaming board 5 from the front side. It is detachably fixed to.

  The guide passages 40 are provided, for example, on both the left and right sides of the decorative frame 33, and are connected to the entrance 39 that opens obliquely upward and to the downstream side of the entrance 39 and along the inside of the window 33a. A lateral passage portion 40a disposed rearwardly, a longitudinal passage portion 40b disposed substantially downward from the rear end side of the lateral passage portion 40a, and a lower side of the longitudinal passage portion 40b, and a game ball in a horizontal direction A discharge port 40c that discharges to the inner stage 38 side, and a fixing flange 40d that protrudes outward from the side wall of the vertical passage portion 40b, for example, and a ball entrance 39 on the front side of the fitting wall 35, In the state where the horizontal passage portion 40a and the vertical passage portion 40b are arranged along the inside of the fitting wall 35, the fixing flange portion 40d is screwed to the rear side of the fitting wall 35, for example, to the rear side of the decorative frame 33. It is detachably fixed. The back wall 41 of the guide passage 40 is constituted by a transparent cover 34.

  Of the front contact plate 36, for example, the lower contact plate 36a corresponding to the lower side of the entrance 39 is screwed to the front side of the fitting wall 35 as shown in FIGS. It is attached detachably. The lower abutting plate 36a is formed in a substantially V shape with its lower side slightly lower than the left and right ends, and a stage 38 is disposed corresponding to the rear side of the lower abutting plate 36a. .

  The stage 38 freely rolls the game ball that has entered the entrance 39 and drops it to the front side. As shown in FIGS. 42, a pair of left and right guide stage portions 44 provided with a guide passage 43 for guiding the game ball discharged from the discharge port 40c on the guide passage 40 side to the croon stage portion 42, and the fitting wall 35 from the front end side thereof. For example, a fixing collar 61 that protrudes downward along the front side is integrally provided, and the fixing stage 61 and the guide stage 44 are fixed along the inner side (upper side) of the fitting wall 35. The front end side is detachably fixed to the decorative frame 33 by, for example, screwing the collar portion 61 to the front side of the fitting wall 35.

  The lower abutting plate 36 a is formed of an LED substrate 62 mounted on the front side of the stage 38 including the fixing flange 61 after the stage 38 is fixed to the fitting wall 35, and the front side of the fitting wall 35. It is attached to the front side of the fitting wall 35 so as to cover the front side.

  The croon stage part 42 rolls the game ball in a spiral shape and drops it into a plurality of, for example, three drop holes 45 a to 45 c provided in the central part, which is one step lower than the left and right guide passages 43. It is formed in a dish shape. The three drop holes 45a to 45c are arranged in a line in the left-right direction so that the center drop hole 45a corresponds to the upper side of the open / close-type winning means 15 (FIG. 2), and the croon stage portion 42 is moved to the left and right accordingly. It is formed in a substantially oval shape in plan view that is long in the direction. In order to secure a sufficient rolling area (desirably having a front and rear width equal to or more than two game balls) before and after the drop holes 45a to 45c, the croon stage portion 42 is disposed behind the guide stage portions 44 on both the left and right sides. It is provided so as to protrude rearward from the edge.

  The lower contact plate 36a has a horizontally long discharge hole 46 corresponding to the drop holes 45a to 45c, and the fitting wall 35 on the lower side of the stage 38 discharges with the drop holes 45a to 45c. A guide rod 47 that connects to the hole 46 is provided, and the game ball that has fallen into the drop holes 45a to 45c is guided forward by the guide rod 47 and discharged from the discharge hole 46 to the front side. . In the guide rod 47, as shown in FIG. 13 and the like, a partition wall 48 for dividing the inside into three right and left passages corresponding to the drop holes 45a to 45c is provided, and the center drop hole 45a has A pair of left and right ridges 49 are provided in the corresponding left and right central passages to guide the game balls straight forward, and the game balls that fall into the central drop hole 45a have a high probability of being opened and closed. The means 15 is won.

  The guide stage portion 44 is formed to have a substantially constant width in the front-rear direction along the rear side of the lower abutting plate 36a and to be inclined at the left and right end sides higher than the central end side. For example, a groove-shaped guide passage 43 that connects the discharge port 40c and the croon stage portion 42 is provided in the left-right direction. The left and right ends of the guide passage 43 are connected to the discharge port 40c on the rear end side of the guide stage portion 44, and the center end side is connected to the croon stage portion 42 on the front edge side of the guide stage portion 44. It is gently bent in the front-rear direction toward the center end. For example, on the central end side of the guide passage 43, guide ribs 50 are erected along the left and right sides in order to reliably guide the game ball flowing down at a high speed along the bent portion to the croon stage portion 42. .

  On the rear end side of the stage 38, for example, rearward positioning projections 63 are integrally provided at three left and right end portions and a central portion.

  The transparent cover 34 covers the front side of the rendering means 28 so as to separate the movable area of the movable rendering means 30 and the movable area of the game ball, and substantially corresponds to the window hole 33a of the decorative frame 33 by a transparent synthetic resin. It is formed in a shape and is attached to the decorative frame 33 from the rear side.

  The transparent cover 34 includes an intermediate cover portion 34a that is substantially in the center in the vertical direction covering the front side of the movable effect means 30, an upper cover portion 34b that is provided above the intermediate cover portion 34a and covers the front side of the fixed effect means 31, A lower cover part 34c provided under the cover part 34a and covering the rear side of the stage 38 is integrally provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 and the like, the intermediate cover part 34a has a rearwardly inclined shape in which the lower side is rearward of the upper side so as to follow the shape of the front edge side of the movable effect means 30 and the movement locus thereof. For example, the upper side is arranged on the front side of the front side of the game board 5 and the lower side is arranged on the rear side of the back side of the game board 5. In addition, in order to avoid the interference at the time of movement of the movable production | presentation means 30, as for the intermediate | middle cover part 34a, as shown to FIG. The side cross section shown in FIG. 7 is not necessarily linear, and may be curved, for example, according to the front edge shape of the movable effect means 30.

  Further, on the left and right ends of the intermediate cover portion 34a, as shown in FIGS. 9, 10, 14, and 15, extending portions that protrude outward from the window holes 33a along the back side of the decorative frame 33. 51 is provided integrally, and a part of the extended portion 51 constitutes the back wall 41 of the vertical passage portion 40b. On the front side of the back wall 41, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 15, there are a plurality of positioning protrusions 52 that engage with the inside of the side wall of the vertical passage portion 40b, and the upstream end portion of the vertical passage portion 40b. A deceleration protrusion 53 is provided integrally with the game ball that is provided and that passes through the vertical passage portion 40b to contact and decelerate.

  The upper cover part 34b extends upward from the upper edge side of the intermediate cover part 34a and is formed in a gently curved shape along the front side of the fixed effect means 31, as shown in FIGS. The outer edge is fitted inside the window hole 33a from the rear side. In addition, on the outer edge side of the intermediate cover part 34a, a rearward folded part 54 is integrally provided at a portion protruding forward from the inner edge side of the window hole 33a, and the rear edge side of the folded part 54 is the inner side of the window hole 33a. Is fitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 12, 14, and 15, the lower cover part 34 c is fitted, for example, from the lower edge side of the intermediate cover part 34 a along the guide stage part 44 of the stage 38 and the rear edge side of the decorative frame 33. The wall 35 is extended to the outer edge side, and a rearward recessed portion 55 into which the rear side of the croon stage portion 42 is fitted is formed at the center portion in the left-right direction. On the side, a positioning hole 64 corresponding to the positioning projection 63 on the stage 38 side is provided.

  Further, the transparent cover 34 is positioned at a portion extending outside the window hole 33a along the outer edge side excluding the upper cover part 34b fitted inside the window hole 33a, that is, the back surface side of the decorative frame 33. A plurality of holes 56 and screwing holes 57 are provided, and the transparent cover 34 has a positioning projection 58 on the back side of the decorative frame 33 in the positioning hole 56 and a positioning projection on the rear end side of the stage 38 in the positioning hole 64. In the state where 63 is fitted from the front side, the fixing screw 59 is detachably fixed to the back side of the decorative frame 33 by screwing into the fixing base 60 provided on the back side of the decorative frame 33 through the screw holes 57. Has been.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine according to the present embodiment, the image effect frame 13 includes the decorative frame 33 disposed so as to surround the display window 25 along the mounting hole 20, and the transparent cover 34 has the decorative frame 33. Since the stage 38 is supported on the decorative frame 33 side and the rear side is supported on the transparent cover 34 side, the stage 38 having a large depth is provided in the image effect frame 13. Nevertheless, it is possible to stably support the entire stage 38 and prevent adverse effects on the rolling direction of the game ball.

  The transparent cover 34 is arranged so that the lower side thereof covers the rear side of the stage 38. The stage 38 has a front end side fixed to the decorative frame 33 and a positioning projection 63 provided on the rear end side. Is configured so as to be fitted into the positioning hole 64 on the transparent cover 34 side. Therefore, when the transparent cover 34 is fixed to the decorative frame 33, the positioning projection 63 is simply fitted into the positioning hole 64. The rear end side of the stage 38 can be fixed, and the assembly process is not complicated.

  In addition, a guide passage 40 for guiding the game ball that has entered the entrance 39 to the stage 38 is provided. The guide passage 40 is fixed to the rear side of the decorative frame 33, and the rear end side thereof is supported by the transparent cover 34. Therefore, similarly to the stage 38, the guide passage 40 can be stably attached to the decorative frame 33.

  In addition, the transparent cover 34 is configured to close the rear side of the guide passage 40, and the positioning protrusion 52 that engages the inside of the side wall of the guide passage 40 is provided on the front side of the transparent cover 34. When the 34 is fixed to the decorative frame 33, the rear end side of the guide passage 40 can be fixed by a simple operation of engaging the positioning protrusion 52 with the side wall of the guide passage 40, and the assembly process is not complicated.

  Further, since the speed reduction projection 53 capable of contacting the game ball passing through the guide passage 40 is provided on the front surface side of the transparent cover 34, the number of parts is larger than the case where the guide passage 40 is formed as a complete passage alone. The number of assembly steps can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, the fixing method of the stage 38 and the transparent cover 34 and the decorative frame 33 is arbitrary. For example, the stage 38 and the transparent cover 34 may be fixed by screwing or the like. Similarly, the guide passage 40, the transparent cover 34, and the decorative frame 33 may be fixed in any manner, and the guide passage 40 may be formed integrally with any one of the stage 38, the transparent cover 34, and the decorative frame 33.

  In the embodiment, substantially the entire intermediate cover portion 34a corresponding to the front side of the movable effect means 30 in the transparent cover 34 is formed in a downwardly inclined shape, and the lower cover portion 34c on the lower side covers the rear side of the stage 38. Although configured as described above, only a part of the lower side of the intermediate cover part 34a may be formed so as to be inclined downwardly as long as the player's view of the stage 38 is not obstructed. Further, it is not always necessary to form the transparent cover 34 in an inclined shape, and any shape can be selected according to the size of the movable effect means 30 and the like.

  Further, the entire image effect frame 13 may be configured to be mounted on the game board 5 from the front side. The configuration of the stage 38 is arbitrary, and it is not always necessary to include the cron stage 42. Further, a ball rolling part having a front and rear width equal to or more than two game balls may be provided in addition to the croon stage part 42, and the rear part side may be fitted into the recessed part 55 from the front side.

  Further, even when a ball rolling part having a front-rear width of two or more game balls, such as the croon stage part 42, is not provided, at least a part of the rear side of the stage 38 is provided on the lower cover part 34c of the transparent cover 34. You may provide the recessed part fitted from the front side. The transparent cover 34 does not need to be transparent as a whole, and may be opaque except for a portion corresponding to the display window 25 and the like.

  In the embodiment, a pachinko machine has been illustrated, but it goes without saying that it can be similarly applied to other ball game machines such as an arrangement ball machine and a sparrow ball game machine.

5 Game board 13 Image effect frame 20 Mounting hole 22 Image display means 25 Display window 29 Drive means 30 Movable effect means 33 Decoration frame 34 Transparent cover 38 Stage 39 Entrance 40 Guide passage 52 Positioning protrusion 53 Deceleration protrusion 63 Positioning protrusion 64 Positioning Hole

Claims (2)

An image effect frame (13) having a display window (25) for the image display means (22) and detachably mounted in a mounting hole (20) formed in the game board (5). The frame (13) has a entrance (39) through which a game ball can enter, and a game that is arranged in the left-right direction below the display window (25) and enters the entrance (39). A stage (38) that freely rolls the ball and drops it to the front side, and is arranged on the front side of the display window (25) and is movable from a predetermined retracted position to a front covering position of the image display means (22). In the bullet ball game machine, comprising the movable effect means (30) and the transparent cover (34) for dividing the movable area of the movable effect means (30) and the movable area of the game ball , the image effect frame (13 ) Is arranged so as to surround the display window (25) along the mounting hole (20). The transparent cover (34) is fixed to the decorative frame (33) from the rear side, and the stage (38) has a front side facing the decorative frame (33) side. The front structure (21) including the decorative frame (33), the transparent cover (34), and the stage (38) is supported on the side of the transparent cover (34). ), Which is mounted from the front side . The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the rear structure (23) provided with the movable effect means (30) is fixed on the back side of the game board (5) .

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