JP5084787B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to gaming machines such as pachinko machines and arrange ball machines.

  In a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a storage tray storing game balls to be supplied to the launching means is mounted on the front surface of the gaming machine body, and an operation panel for lending operation is provided on the outer upper surface of the storage tray. Provided on this operation panel is a display means for reading and displaying the amount of the game card inserted into the card insertion slot of the automatic ball lending machine, a ball lending switch for issuing a ball lending command to the automatic ball lending machine, and an automatic ball lending There is a so-called CR machine type in which a return switch for issuing a game card return command is arranged on the machine (Patent Document 1).

  Conventionally, an elliptical operation panel that is long in the left-right direction is provided on the right front side of the storage dish, a display window is provided at the approximate center in the left-right direction of the operation panel, and operation units for lending and returning are respectively provided on the left and right sides. It is arranged. An operation board is arranged below the operation panel substantially in parallel with the operation panel. On the upper surface of the operation board, display means corresponding to the display window, ball lending switch and return switch corresponding to each operation unit are provided. And are provided.

  When a player plays a game, when the card is inserted into the card insertion slot of the automatic ball lending machine, the amount of the game card is displayed on the display means. If the ball lending switch is operated within the amount displayed on the display means, the automatic ball lending machine transmits the number of game balls according to the ball lending command to the payout control board, and the control of this payout control board The ball payout means on the back side of the gaming machine main body pays out the game ball to the storage tray. If the return switch is operated at the end of the game, the game card in the card insertion slot of the automatic ball lending machine is returned.

JP-A-8-266733

  In the conventional ball game machine, the operation board is arranged substantially horizontally below the operation panel, and the display means is mounted on the operation board along the upper surface thereof. Is substantially horizontal like the operation board. Therefore, if the player moves his face above the operation panel, the amount displayed on the display surface of the display means can be easily read.

  However, when the player views the display window from the upper front of the operation panel toward the lower diagonal without changing the position of the face, the player sees the display from the oblique direction with respect to the display surface of the display means. The display amount of money is difficult to read. For this reason, conventionally, each time the display on the display means is viewed, it is necessary to change the posture in a direction that the player can easily see.

  On the other hand, when mounting the display means on the operation board, it is conceivable that the display means is attached to the operation board in an inclined manner so that the display board can be viewed easily while the operation board is mounted substantially horizontally. However, in that case, since at least a part of the display means is in a state of floating from the operation board, there arises a problem that if the display means comes into contact with other parts in the assembly process, its mounting angle easily changes. There is a disadvantage that handling and the like become complicated.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can easily check the display of the display means with a simple structure and that can be easily handled during assembly.

The present invention comprises a storage tray for storing a game ball in front of the gaming machine the body, the operation for the spherical rental operations arranged in an upper wall portion inclined to form forwardly downward of the outer pan cover of the reservoir tray panel comprising a Le, and an operation board of the lower of the operation panel disposed on the dish within the cover, the upper surface of the operation panel, and a display means for displaying the amount of value recording medium, the front side of the display unit an operation switch for arranged balls lent operation provided, and the display window visible light-emitting display of the display unit on the operation panel, in the gaming machine provided with an operating member for operating the operation switch, the dish The operation board that is tilted forward and downward at an angle larger than the inclination angle of the operation panel, and the operation panel that fits into the opening of the upper wall portion from below on a mounting base fixed in the cover The mounting base and the operation pad. The control panel has a peripheral wall portion that abuts vertically on the rear side, and the peripheral wall portion of the operation panel is located on an upper side closer to the rear side of the display means than the rear end of the operation substrate, and on the rear side of the operation substrate And a lower side portion that comes into contact with the peripheral wall portion of the mounting base .

According to the present invention, easy can easily check the display of the display hand stage single structure, handling can be easily performed in the time such addition Te assembly.

1 is an overall perspective view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the pachinko machine. It is a perspective view of the opening-and-closing door, a storage tray, etc. It is sectional drawing of the opening-and-closing door, a storage tray, etc. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the operation panel, operation board, mounting base and the like. It is a disassembled perspective view of the operation panel and operation member. It is an expanded sectional view of the operation panel part. It is sectional drawing, such as an opening / closing door and a storage tray which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing, such as an opening / closing door and a storage tray which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing, such as an opening / closing door and a storage tray which shows the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view, such as an opening / closing door and a storage tray, showing a fifth embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the operation panel part. It is sectional drawing of the operation panel part.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7 illustrate a first embodiment in which the present invention is adopted in a pachinko machine. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a gaming machine main body, which includes a rectangular outer frame 2 and a front frame 3 pivotally attached to the front side of the outer frame 2 so as to be detachable and openable.

  The outer frame 2 has a front lower frame plate 4 disposed in the left-right direction at the lower end portion on the front surface side, and the front frame 3 is disposed on the front lower frame plate 4. The front frame 3 is made of synthetic resin, and has a rectangular frame portion 5 that abuts on the front side of the outer frame 2, a game board mounting frame 6 disposed on the inner upper side of the frame portion 5, and this game board mounting A lower set plate 7 disposed on the lower side of the frame portion 5 is integrally provided below the frame 6, and the left and right end sides of the frame portion 5 are attached to the outer frame 2 by a plurality of upper and lower, for example, a pair of upper and lower hinge means 8. It is pivotally attached to open and close. A game board 9 is detachably mounted on the game board mounting frame 6 from the front side, and a launching means 10 is mounted on the lower set plate 7 at a substantially right and left center, and a lower speaker 11 is disposed on the right side thereof.

  A glass door 13 disposed on the front side of the game board 9 and an opening / closing door 14 disposed on the front side of the lower set plate 7 are mounted on the front frame 3 in close proximity to each other, and the hinge for the front frame 3 A plurality of upper and lower hinges 15 and 16 arranged on the same side as the means 8, for example, a pair of upper and lower hinge means 15 and 16 are pivotally supported so as to be detachable and openable.

  On the front side of the game board 9, a guide rail 17 for guiding a game ball launched from the launching means 10 is annularly mounted, and an image display means and a normal symbol start are provided in the game area 9 a inside the guide rail 17. Means, normal symbol display means, first special symbol start means, second special symbol start means, first special symbol display means, second special symbol display means, first big prize means, second big prize means, normal prize means Etc. (all are not shown).

  The glass door 13 has a vertically long rectangular shape that covers the game board 9 from the front side. The glass door 13 is provided with a sheet metal door frame 20 having a window hole through which the game area 9 a of the game board 9 can be seen through, and the front side of the door frame 20. The synthetic resin decorative cover 21 and the glass unit 22 mounted on the back side of the door frame 20 are provided, and when the front frame 3 is closed to the front side, the outer edge side of the door frame 20 is the frame portion 5. The glass unit 22 is fitted into the inner side substantially abutting on the front side. The glass unit 22 includes two front and rear glass plates held by a holding frame on the outer periphery, and is detachably attached to the back side of the door frame 20.

  The open / close door 14 has a horizontally long rectangular shape that covers the lower set plate 7 from the front side, and includes a support plate 24 and a synthetic resin decorative cover 25 attached to the front side of the support plate 24. On the front surface of the open / close door 14, there are a storage tray 26 for storing game balls to be supplied to the launching means 10, and a storage tray 27 for storing excess balls when the game balls of the storage tray 26 are full. And a shooting handle 23 for operating the shooting means 10 is arranged on the right side, and on the back side, one game ball from the storage tray 26 is linked to the shooting operation of the shooting means 10 one by one. A ball feeding means 28 for feeding to the firing means 10 is provided.

  The front frame 3 can be locked to the outer frame 2, and the glass door 13 and the opening / closing door 14 can be locked to the front frame 3 by locking means (not shown) in the closed state. The glass door 13 and the opening / closing door 14 are in contact with the front frame 3 from the front side in the closed state.

  The storage tray 26 stores the game balls paid out from the ball payout means (not shown) on the back side of the gaming machine main body 1. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the storage tray 26 is mounted on the front surface of the open / close door 14 and is covered with a tray cover 29. The dish cover 29 has an upper wall part 30 formed flat on the outer periphery of the upper end of the storage dish 26, and a peripheral wall part 31 that bends downward from the outer peripheral end of the upper wall part 30 and covers the storage dish 26 from the front side. And is fixed to the support plate 24 of the door 14 by fixing means such as screws.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29 is provided between the arc-shaped inner peripheral edge 30a and the outer peripheral edge 30b, and the width between the inner peripheral edge 30a and the outer peripheral edge 30b is as follows. It gradually widens from the left front side to the right side. Further, the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29 is gradually increased from the center portion in the left-right direction to the left and right end sides. And on the right end side of the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29, there is a wide portion 46 that is gently inclined in a forward and downward manner, and an operation panel 32 for lending operation is disposed on the wide portion 46.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, an operation portion 33 such as a chance button is provided at a substantially central portion on the left and right sides of the peripheral wall portion 31 of the dish cover 29. Further, the outer side of the storage tray 27 is covered with a decorative cover 25, a tray cover 34, and the like, and is attached to the open / close door 14 below the storage tray 26.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, an operation board 38 having a display unit 35 for displaying the amount of money, a ball lending switch 36 for lending command and a return switch 37 for returning command is provided below the operation panel 32. When the game card C is inserted into the card insertion slot B of the automatic ball lending machine A, the amount of the game card that is emitted and displayed by the display means 35 appears in the display window 40, and the ball for ball lending instruction The ball lending switch 36 operates when the lending operation member 41 is operated, and the return switch 37 operates when the return operation member 42 for return command is operated.

  The operation panel 32 can be visually recognized through the display window 40 when the display means 35 performs light emission display. In other cases, the upper panel surface is made of light-transmitting black synthetic resin material or the like so that the inside is difficult to see. Although the display window 40 is integrally provided on the 43 side, the display window 40 may be made of a different material.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the operation panel 32 has a convex fitting projection 44 provided with a panel surface 43 including the display window 40 on the upper surface, and the fitting projection 44 is the panel surface 43. Is fitted from below into the opening 45 formed in the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29 so as to slightly protrude upward from the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29. The panel surface 43 is provided with a display window 40 in the left-right direction on the rear side, and the operation members 41 and 42 are arranged on the front side of the display window 40.

  The operation board 38 is disposed in the vicinity of the lower side of the operation panel 32, and the operation board 38 is forwardly and downwardly directed toward the player so that the player can easily confirm the display on the display surface 35a of the display means 35 through the display window 40. It is provided with an inclination. The display means 35 is arranged in the vicinity of the lower side of the display window 40 with the display surface 35a side fitted into the fitting projection 44.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, display means 35, a ball lending switch 36, and a return switch 37 are mounted on the operation board 38 along the upper surface thereof. Accordingly, the display surface 35 a on the upper surface side of the display means 35 and the operated surfaces 36 a and 37 a of the switches 36 and 37 are substantially parallel to the operation board 38, and substantially the same as the operation board 38 with respect to the panel surface 43 of the operation panel 32. It is inclined in a front-down manner at the same inclination angle. The display means 35 has a plurality of rectangular block display elements 47 arranged in the left-right direction, and the plurality of display elements 47 display the amount of the game card C in numbers.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the operation panel 32 constitutes a substrate case 49 together with a mounting base 48 disposed on the lower side of the operation panel 32 in the dish cover 29, and the operation substrate 38 is provided in the substrate case 49. Is housed. The substrate case 49 is configured by joining a part of the peripheral wall part 32a of the operation panel 32 and the peripheral wall part 48a of the mounting base 48 so as to contact each other vertically. The operation panel 32 is fitted on the panel surface 43 side from the lower side to the opening 45 of the upper wall portion 30 of the plate cover 29, and the mounting base 48 is coupled to the peripheral wall portion 31 of the plate cover 29 and the support plate 24.

  The operation panel 32 has a plurality of mounting bosses 51, and the mounting base 48 has a plurality of receiving portions 50 with which the mounting bosses 51 are fitted. The operation panel 32 and the mounting base 48 are connected to each other by a screw 52 that is inserted through the mounting boss 51 and screwed into the mounting boss 51.

  The mounting base 48 is for supporting the operation panel 32 and the operation board 38 from the lower side. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the rear horizontal portion 53 on the rear side formed in a substantially horizontal shape, A front-side inclined portion 54 that is inclined forward and downward from the front end of the horizontal portion 53. The mounting base 48 is formed with an arcuate part 55 along the peripheral wall part 31 of the dish cover 29 on the front edge side straddling the rear horizontal part 53 and the front inclined part 54. Attachment portions 56 for the dish cover 29 are provided at the front and rear ends, and attachment portions 57 for the support plate 24 are provided at the rear end of the rear horizontal portion 53.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the attachment portion 56 protrudes downward from the attachment base 48 and is formed in a U shape, and the attachment boss 58 on the peripheral wall portion 31 side of the dish cover 29 is vertically slid from the front side to the attachment portion 56. It is movably fitted and fixed to the mounting boss 58 with a screw 59 inserted from the back side. The mounting portion 57 is configured by a mounting boss protruding rearward. The mounting portion 57 contacts the support plate 24 from the front side, and is fixed to the support plate 24 by screws 59 inserted through the support plate 24 from the back side. Yes.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the operation board 38 is inclined in a front-down manner in the board case 49 at an angle larger than the inclination angle of the operation panel 32, and is attached via the positioning protrusion 61 and the mounting boss 62. It is fixed on the base 48 side. The positioning projection 61 is fitted into the positioning hole 63 of the operation board 38, and the screw 65 inserted from above into the mounting hole 64 of the operation board 38 is screwed into the mounting boss 62. The positioning projection 61 and the mounting boss 62 are provided on both the front inclined portion 54 and the rear horizontal portion 53, and the positioning projection 61 on the rear horizontal portion 53 side and the mounting boss 62 are mounted on the positioning projection 61 on the front inclined portion 54 side. It is longer than the boss 62.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the operation panel 32 includes cylindrical holding portions 67 and 68 that protrude downward corresponding to the switches 36 and 37 on the operation board 38 side. The operation members 41 and 42 are held by the portions 67 and 68 so as to be slidable up and down.

  The operation members 41 and 42 have circular portions 41a and 42a, such as an inverted bottomed cylindrical shape on the upper side, and retaining portions 41b that are formed on the lower outer periphery of the circular portions 41a and 42a and abut against the lower ends of the holding portions 67 and 68, 42b and projecting portions 41c and 42c projecting downward from the circular portion 69, and the lower ends of the projecting portions 41c and 42c are inclined corresponding to the operated surfaces 36a and 37a at the upper ends of the switches 36 and 37. Inclined portions 41d and 42d are provided. The operation members 41 and 42 protrude slightly upward from the panel surface 43 of the operation panel 32.

  Further, between the operation members 41 and 42 and the holding portions 67 and 68, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, inclined portions 41 d and 42 d at the lower ends of the operation members 41 and 42 are operated surfaces of the switches 36 and 37. Anti-rotation means 72 and 73 are provided for preventing rotation of the operating members 41 and 42 around the center of the longitudinal axis while being in surface contact with 36a and 37a.

  The anti-rotation means 72, 73 are formed at one or more notches 41e, 42e in the circumferential direction formed on the retaining portions 41b, 42b and at the lower ends of the holding portions 67, 68 and are notched 41e. , 42e, and engaging projections 67a and 68a which are slidably engaged in the vertical direction. The operation members 41 and 42 are biased upward by springs (not shown) in the switches 36 and 37.

  The automatic ball lending machine A is provided between adjacent gaming machine bodies 1 in the island facility of the hall.

  In the ball game machine having the above configuration, when the game card C is inserted into the card insertion slot B of the automatic ball lending machine A, the remaining amount of the game card C read by the automatic ball lending machine A is displayed by the display means 35. The amount of money appears in the display window 40 of the operation panel 32.

  Then, if the ball lending operation member 41 is pressed within the amount displayed on the display window 40, the ball lending switch 36 operates via the ball lending operation member 41, and the payout means (illustrated) on the back side of the gaming machine body 1 is shown. Omission) lends a predetermined number of game balls to the storage tray 26. Further, the amount of the game card C is subtracted in accordance with the number of game balls lent, and the amount is displayed by the display means 35. If the return switch 37 is operated via the return operation member 42 at the end of the game, the game card C is returned from the card insertion slot B of the automatic ball lending machine A.

  In this ball game machine, the operation board 38 on which the display means 35 is mounted is tilted forward and downward toward the player side, so that the player displays the amount of money displayed on the display surface 35a of the display means 35. It can be easily confirmed, and the troublesomeness of the player changing his / her posture each time can be eliminated in order to confirm the amount of money as before.

  Further, since the operation board 38 is tilted forward and downward toward the player, when the display means 35 is mounted on the operation board 38, the display means 35 is fixed so that its lower surface abuts the operation board 38. That's fine. For this reason, it is easy to mount the display means 35 on the operation board 38, and it is easy to handle after the display means 35 is mounted on the operation board 38, and there is an advantage that work efficiency such as assembly is improved.

  The operation board 38 that inclines forward and downward with a larger inclination angle than the operation panel 32 has a ball lending switch 36 and a return switch 37 on the front side of the display means 35, but protrudes downward from the operation panel 32. Since the switches 36 and 37 are operated via the operation members 41 and 42 that are slidable up and down by the cylindrical holding portions 67 and 68, the switches 36 and 37 can be easily operated. it can.

  Further, at the lower ends of the operation members 41 and 42, there are provided inclined portions 41d and 42d that come into contact with the operated surfaces 36a and 37a of the switches 36 and 37, while the rotation is prevented between the operation members 41 and 42 and the holding portions 67 and 68. Since the means 72 and 73 are provided, the operating members 41 and 42 can be brought into surface contact with the operated surfaces 36a and 37a of the switches 36 and 37, so that a large area of the contact surfaces can be secured. Compared with the case where the operating members 41 and 42 are in point contact with the operated surfaces 36 a and 37 a of the 37, the switches 36 and 37 can be reliably operated by the operating members 41 and 42.

  Further, the operation panel 32 and the mounting base 48 constitute a substrate case 49, and the operation substrate 38 on which the display means 35 and the switches 36 and 37 are mounted is accommodated in the substrate case 49. Can be done.

  FIG. 8 illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the operation panel 32 is provided with a display window 40 that protrudes above the panel surface 43 and inclines substantially parallel to the display surface 35 a of the display means 35 and the operation board 38. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment.

  Thus, the display window 40 may be provided substantially parallel to the display surface 35a of the display means 35. Therefore, if the operation board 38 is tilted forward and downward toward the player side, the display on the display means 35 is displayed regardless of whether the display window 40 is parallel to the panel surface 43 or the display surface 35a. Can be easily confirmed.

  FIG. 9 illustrates a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the operation panel 32 is formed with an outer peripheral fitting protrusion 44, a lower peripheral wall portion 32a, and cylindrical holding portions 67 and 68 in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the panel surface 43. The fitting protrusion 44 is fitted substantially vertically from the lower side to the opening 45 formed in the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29. The operation members 41 and 42 are held by holding portions 67 and 68 so as to be slidable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the panel surface 43.

  In addition, the mounting boss 51 on the operation panel 32 side, the peripheral wall portion 48 a on the mounting base 48 side, the positioning protrusion 61, the mounting boss 62, and the like are similarly provided substantially perpendicular to the panel surface 43.

  In this way, the operation panel 32 or the like may be provided substantially perpendicularly to the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29 inclined forward and downward.

  FIG. 10 illustrates a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the operation board 38 is mounted on the lower side of the operation panel 32 via a mounting boss 74, screws 75, and the like, and the operation panel 32 is mounted on the lower side of the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29. It is mounted via a screw 77 or the like.

  As described above, the operation panel 32 may be fixed to the lower side of the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29, and the operation board 38 may be attached to the operation panel 32. In this embodiment, the fitting protrusion 44, the holding portions 67 and 68, the mounting boss 74, and the like are substantially perpendicular to the panel surface 43 of the operation panel 32, but may be provided in the vertical direction. .

  11 to 13 illustrate a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the operation panel 32 is disposed substantially in the left-right direction on the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29 on the front side of the ball alignment passage 26 a of the storage dish 26. The operation panel 32 is fixed to the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29 from the lower side with a slight incline forward and downward. The operation panel 32 is fitted into an opening 45 formed in the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29 and fixed to a plurality of mounting bosses 76 on the upper wall portion 30 side by screws 77.

  The operation board 38 is disposed substantially in the left-right direction corresponding to the lower side of the operation panel 32, and is fixed to the lower side of the operation panel 32 in a state inclined toward the player side at a larger inclination angle than the operation panel 32. Yes. On the panel surface 43 of the operation panel 32, a display window 40 is disposed at the approximate center in the left-right direction, and operation members 41, 42 are disposed on the left and right sides, respectively.

  The operation board 38 is provided with a display means 35 corresponding to the display window 40, and a ball lending switch 36 and a return switch 37 corresponding to the operation members 41 and 42, respectively. The ball alignment passage 26a is for guiding the game balls in the storage tray 26 to the ball feeding means 28 while aligning them. Other configurations are the same as those of each embodiment.

  As described above, even when the operation panel 32 and the operation board 38 are arranged substantially in the left-right direction, the display of the display means 35 can be easily confirmed by arranging the operation board 38 so as to be tilted forward and downward. .

  As mentioned above, although each embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to each embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning. For example, in each embodiment, although the upper wall part 30 and the peripheral wall part 31 of the plate cover 29 are comprised integrally, the separate structure may be sufficient as the upper wall part 30 and the peripheral wall part 31. FIG. Further, the upper wall 30 and the operation panel 32 of the dish cover 29 may be inclined in a forward and downward manner at a gentle inclination angle, or may be substantially horizontal in addition to a structure that is curved in an arc shape and inclined in the forward and downward direction as a whole. .

  In each embodiment, the operation panel 32 has a structure different from that of the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29, but may be formed integrally with the upper wall portion 30 of the dish cover 29. The operation panel 32 is fixed over the support plate 24 of the open / close door 14 and the peripheral wall portion 31 of the dish cover 29 via the mounting base 48 or attached to the lower surface of the upper wall part 30 of the dish cover 29 and fixed. In addition, it may be attached to the door 14 and / or the dish cover 29 via another support member.

  Further, when the operation panel 32 is attached via the attachment base 48 in the dish cover 29, the operation panel 32 is disposed above the attachment base 48, and the operation board 38 is disposed below the attachment base 48. A structure in which the operation panel 32 and the mounting base 48 do not constitute the substrate case 49 may be employed.

  The display unit 35 is generally configured by arranging a plurality of 7-segment display elements 47, but may be configured by other display elements 47. The ball lending switch 36 and the return switch 37 may be contact-type stationary piece switches as well as movable switches having the operation surfaces 36a and 37a on the upper side.

  The holding portions 67 and 68 may have a shape other than a cylindrical shape, for example, a long cylindrical shape or a rectangular tube shape. When the holding portions 67 and 68 are long cylindrical, rectangular tube, etc., if the operation members 41 and 42 have a shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the holding portions 67 and 68, the holding members 67 and 68 are provided with the operation member 41. , 42 can be configured to constitute the detent means 72, 73 for the operation members 41, 42. Accordingly, the anti-rotation means 72 and 73 may be other than the structure exemplified in the embodiment.

  Although the game card C is illustrated as the value recording medium, a recording medium other than the game card C may be used as long as information capable of specifying the amount is recorded. When using another recording medium, the automatic ball lending machine A may be configured not to insert the recording medium depending on the type of the recording medium.

  Although the ball lending switch 36 and the return switch 37 are illustrated as operation switches for ball lending operation, other switches may be provided in addition to these. For example, in the case of the automatic ball lending machine A that does not insert a recording medium, the return switch 37 is not necessary. For example, another switch may be provided on the operation panel 32 in relation to the type of the automatic ball lending machine A. Good.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine or an arrangement ball machine, and any game machine that uses a game ball of the storage tray 26 to play a game, for example, a predetermined number of storage trays 26 for each game. It can be widely used in slot machines and the like that play a symbol matching game while collecting the game balls.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine body 10 Launching means 26 Storage tray 29 Dish cover 32 Operation panel 35 Display means 35a Display surface 36 Ball rental switch (operation switch)
37 Return switch (operation switch)
36a, 37a Operating surface 38 Operation substrate 41, 42 Operation member 41d, 42d Inclined portion 45 Opening portion 48 Mounting base 49 Substrate case 67, 68 Holding portion 72, 73 Non-rotating means

Claims (5)

Comprising a reservoir tray for storing the game balls in front of the gaming machine the body, and the control panel for the spherical rental operations arranged in an upper wall portion inclined to form forwardly downward of the outer pan cover of the reservoir pan, the and a under side of the operation panel disposed on the dish within the cover operation board, the upper surface of the operation panel, and a display means for displaying the amount of value recording medium, which is disposed in front of the display unit sphere In a gaming machine provided with an operation switch for lending operation, and provided with a display window on which the light emission display of the display means can be visually recognized on the operation panel and an operation member for operating the operation switch, the game switch is fixed in the dish cover Fixing the operation board tilted forward and downward at an angle larger than the tilt angle of the operation panel, and the operation panel fitted from below to the opening of the upper wall, The mounting base and the operation panel are A peripheral wall portion that comes into contact with the upper and lower sides of the operation panel, the peripheral wall portion of the operation panel being closer to the rear side of the display means than the rear end of the operation substrate, and the rear side of the operation substrate A gaming machine having a lower side portion that comes into contact with the peripheral wall portion of the mounting base . Before Symbol Display hand stage gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the display surface of the upper side is substantially parallel to the operation board. The control panel has a cylindrical holding portion which projects to the lower side in response to the operation switch, the said operating member from the upper for operating the operation switch the operation panel The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is fitted to the holding portion so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. The holding portion has a cylindrical shape, between the operating member has a lower end an inclined portion inclined in response to the operation surface of the operation switch, the operating member and the holding portion, said the gaming machine according to claim 3, characterized in that a detent means to prevent rotation of the longitudinal axis around the operating member. Before SL constitutes the substrate cases by the mount and the front Symbol operation panel, the gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that accommodating the operation board in the substrate case.

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