JP5316733B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko machine having a receiving tray for storing game balls.

  In a pachinko machine in which a game ball is launched into the game area by operating the lever of the operation handle, an upper plate for storing the rented game ball, a game ball that is pulled out from the upper plate and flows downward A lower tray for storing game balls and the like overflowing from the tray is provided.

  For example, Patent Document 1 describes a pachinko machine in which an upper plate unit and a lower plate unit are provided on an inner frame that is supported to be openable and closable with respect to an outer frame.

  Here, in the upper plate unit, an upper plate is provided on the front surface of the open / close panel supported by the middle frame so as to be freely opened and closed, and the front and lower surfaces of the upper plate are covered with the upper plate cover member. On the other hand, in the lower dish unit, a lower dish is provided on the front surface of the mounting base attached to the lower part of the inner frame, and the front, side and lower surfaces of the lower dish are covered with a lower dish cover member.

JP 2005-152477 A

  By the way, although the pachinko machine described in Patent Document 1 has an upper plate cover member that covers the upper plate and a lower plate cover member that covers the lower plate, these cover members protect the upper plate and the lower plate. It is only for the purpose of improving the decorativeness, and nothing is taken into consideration regarding the removal of the stored game balls.

  Here, when taking out the game balls stored in the upper plate and the lower plate, it is carried out by grabbing the game balls to the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the storage unit by the fingertip inserted in the storage unit, At this time, the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the upper plate and the lower plate described in Patent Document 1 is a flat and smooth surface over the entire surface, so that the game ball can rise up along the inner surface of the peripheral wall and can be reliably grasped. In some cases, however, it often spills over the upper surface of the peripheral wall, and the game ball cannot be taken out easily and reliably.

  Some pachinko machines have a single saucer, and such pachinko machines have a disadvantage that the game balls cannot be easily and reliably taken out as described above.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine in which game balls stored in a tray such as an upper plate or a lower plate can be easily and reliably taken out.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the present invention, a peripheral wall is provided on the outer periphery of the bottom plate protruding from the front surface of the base panel to the front side, and a receiving tray in which a storage portion for game balls is formed by the peripheral wall and the bottom plate; In the pachinko machine having a cover that covers the outer surface of the tray, the cover is provided with an upper surface cover portion that covers the upper surface of the peripheral wall, and the upper surface cover portion projects from the inner surface of the peripheral wall to the upper side of the storage portion. An extension portion is provided , and the extension length of the extension portion is not less than half and not more than twice the ball diameter of the game ball .
A configuration provided with an extending extension part was adopted.

  In the present invention, as described above, the cover that covers the outer surface of the tray is provided with the upper surface cover portion that covers the upper surface of the peripheral wall, and the upper cover portion extends from the inner surface of the peripheral wall to the upper side of the storage portion. When the game ball is grabbed and taken out with the fingertip inserted into the storage part, the game ball pulled upward along the inner surface of the peripheral wall is blocked by the extension part, so the game ball in the storage part Can be reliably and easily grasped, and the game ball can be easily and reliably removed.

Front view showing an embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention 1 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. Sectional view along line III-III in FIG. Bottom view of bottom plate

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine has an outer frame 1 framed in a vertically long rectangular shape, and a pair of hinges 2 and 2 are provided on one upper and lower sides of the outer frame 1, One side portion of the middle frame 3 disposed on the front side of the outer frame 1 is supported by the hinge 2 so as to be freely opened and closed.

  A front frame 4 is provided on the front side of the middle frame 3. The front frame 4 has a transparent plate 4a that can be seen through the game area of the game board, not shown, supported by the middle frame 3, and a decorative frame 4b that covers the periphery of the front surface of the transparent plate 4a. One side of the front frame 4 is supported by hinges 5 provided on one side of the middle frame 3 so as to be opened and closed, and covers the front surface of the middle frame 3 in the closed state.

  An upper plate unit 10 and a lower plate unit 20 are provided at the top and bottom of the front lower portion of the front frame 4. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper plate unit 10 includes an upper plate substrate 11 as a base panel attached to the lower front side of the front frame 4, and an upper plate 12 as a tray provided on the front surface of the upper plate substrate 11. The cover 16 covers the outer surface of the upper plate 12.

  The upper plate 12 has a configuration in which a peripheral wall 14 is provided on the outer periphery of a bottom plate 13 projecting forward from the front surface of the upper plate substrate 11, and a storage portion 15 for storing game balls is formed by the peripheral wall 14 and the bottom plate 13. ing.

  The cover 16 has a double structure of an inner cover 17 and an outer cover 18. The inner cover 17 is a colored synthetic resin molded product, while the outer cover 18 is a transparent synthetic resin molded product.

  The outer cover 18 has an upper surface cover portion 18 a that covers the upper surface of the peripheral wall 14 of the upper plate 12, and the upper surface cover portion 18 a has an extending portion 18 b that projects from the upper surface of the peripheral wall 14 to the upper side of the storage portion 15. Is formed.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lower tray unit 20 includes a lower tray substrate 21 as a base panel attached to the lower front portion of the middle frame 3 and a lower tray as a tray provided on the front surface of the lower tray substrate 21. It consists of a plate 22 and a cover 26 that covers the outer surface of the lower plate 22.

The lower plate 22 is configured such that a peripheral wall 24 is provided on the outer periphery of a bottom plate 23 projecting forward from the front surface of the lower plate substrate 21, and a storage portion 25 for storing game balls is formed by the peripheral wall 24 and the bottom plate 23. Yes.

  The cover 26 has a double structure of an inner cover 27 and an outer cover 28. The inner cover 27 is a colored synthetic resin molded product, while the outer cover 28 is a transparent synthetic resin molded product.

  The outer cover 28 has an upper surface cover portion 28 a that covers the upper surface of the peripheral wall 24 of the lower plate 22, and the upper surface cover portion 28 a has an extending portion 28 b that projects from the upper surface of the peripheral wall 24 to the upper side of the storage portion 25. Is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a firing handle 30 is attached to the right side of the lower dish unit 20, and the firing lever 31 provided on the firing handle 30 is rotated to store in the upper dish 12. After the game ball is fed into the launching device via a ball feed mechanism (not shown), the game ball is launched into a game area of a game board (not shown) supported by the middle frame 3.

  Here, a ball rental button 32 is provided on the lower plate 22 of the lower plate unit 20, and when the ball rental button 32 is operated, a game ball is lent to the upper plate 12. On the other hand, the game area is provided with a prize opening and a special variable prize opening that is opened at the time of a big hit. When a game ball is won in these prize openings, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out into the upper plate 12.

  The lower tray 22 stores game balls that are extracted from the upper plate 12, game balls that overflow the upper plate 12, or game balls that are returned by being beaten.

  The game balls stored in the storage unit 15 of the upper plate 12 and the game balls stored in the storage unit 25 of the lower plate 22 are taken out by the player when exchanging with a prize such as a cigarette.

  In general, the game balls stored in the storage unit 15 of the upper plate 12 and the storage unit 25 of the lower plate 22 are taken out using a hand. During the take-out operation, the game ball is pulled up along the inner surface of the peripheral wall 14 of the upper plate 12 and the inner surface of the peripheral wall 24 of the lower plate 22. At this time, if the inner surfaces of the peripheral walls 14 and 24 are smooth and flat, it becomes difficult to grasp, taking time and labor, and sometimes dropping.

  However, in the upper plate unit 10, an extending portion 18 b that protrudes upward from the storage portion 15 is provided on the upper surface cover portion 18 a of the outer cover 18 that covers the upper plate 12, and in the lower plate unit 20, Since the extended portion 28b that projects upward from the storage portion 25 is provided on the upper surface cover portion 28a of the outer cover 28 that covers the lower plate 22, the inner surface of the peripheral wall 14 of the upper plate 12 and the lower plate are removed during the take-out operation. The game balls pulled up along the inner surface of the peripheral wall 24 of the 22 are dammed by the extending portions 18b and 28b.

  For this reason, the game ball in the storage part 15 of the upper tray 12 or the storage part 25 of the lower tray 22 can be reliably grasped, and the game ball can be easily and reliably taken out.

  Here, if the extension length L of the extension portions 18b and 28b becomes too short, the game ball cannot be effectively dammed, and if it becomes too long, the removal of the game ball is reversed. Therefore, the extension length L is preferably in the range of D / 2 to 2D, where D is the ball diameter of the game ball.

As shown in the embodiment, the outer cover 18 that covers the upper plate 12 and the outer cover 28 that covers the lower plate 22.
Can be seen through the storage portion 15 of the upper plate 12 and the storage portion 25 of the lower plate 22 through the extending portions 18b and 28b. Can be easily confirmed, and the effect of preventing forgetting to take out the game ball can be obtained.

  Further, as shown in the embodiment, the cover 16 that covers the upper plate 12 has a double structure including the inner cover 17 and the outer cover 18, and the cover 26 that covers the lower plate 22 is formed from the inner cover 27 and the outer cover 28. By using the double structure as described above, the covers 16 and 26 having high strength can be obtained. In addition, the outer covers 18 and 28 can also be used covering the upper plate cover and the lower plate cover of the existing pachinko machine.

  In the embodiment, each of the covers 16 and 26 has a double structure, but the covers 16 and 26 may have a single wall structure.

  In the embodiment, a pachinko machine having the upper plate 12 and the lower plate 22 has been described as an example. However, the pachinko machine is not limited to this. For example, it may be a pachinko machine with one tray. Even in a pachinko machine with a single saucer, an extension is provided on the cover that covers the saucer to facilitate the removal of the game ball.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Upper plate substrate (base panel), 12 ... Upper plate (receiving tray), 13 ... Bottom plate, 16 ... Cover, 18a ... Upper surface cover part, 18b ... Extension part, 21 ... Lower plate substrate (base panel), 22 ... Lower plate (receiving tray), 23 ... Bottom plate, 26 ... Cover, 28a ... Top cover part, 28b ... Extension part

Claims (1)

A pachinko machine provided with a saucer in which a peripheral wall is provided on the outer periphery of a bottom plate projecting from the front surface of the base panel to the front side, a storage part for a game ball is formed by the peripheral wall and the bottom plate, and a cover that covers the outer surface of the saucer In
The cover is provided with an upper surface cover portion that covers the upper surface of the peripheral wall, and an upper portion that extends from the inner surface of the peripheral wall to the upper side of the storage portion is provided on the upper surface cover portion, and the extension length of the extension portion is increased. A pachinko machine having a ball diameter that is at least half and at most twice the diameter of the game ball .

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