JP5959586B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

    The present invention relates to a pachinko machine that uses a game ball to play a game.

  Generally, a pachinko machine has a special symbol display device that displays a special symbol in a game area partitioned by an outer rail and an inner rail in the game board, a display device that displays a predetermined effect, and an electronic device related to the special symbol. A special winning opening (starting opening) is provided as an opportunity for the lottery, and when a game ball launched toward the gaming area wins the specific winning opening, an electronic lottery related to a special symbol is performed, In the special symbol display device, the display of the mode in which the special symbol is changed and then stopped is performed to notify the result of the electronic lottery. When the result of the electronic lottery is a big hit, the special symbol indicating that the big win is displayed on the special symbol display device is stopped and the jackpot gaming state advantageous to the player is entered.

  In the normal game state before the transition to the big hit game state, the player usually fires a game ball toward the game area on the left side of the display device located at the center, and makes a game to win a specific winning opening. I do. On the other hand, a pachinko machine that performs a game using the game area on the right side of the display device when a special game state such as a big hit game state is entered is provided (Patent Document 1). In such a pachinko machine, in the uppermost gaming area, a right-handed passage through which one gaming ball can pass is provided between the outer rail and the peripheral wall of the decorative frame member provided so as to surround the display device. The game ball is released to the game area on the right side through the passage. Therefore, when shifting to the special game state in such a pachinko machine, the player operates the launch handle to strongly launch the game ball, and launches the game ball into the game area on the right side through this right-handed passage. Will play a game. This is a so-called right-handed game.

JP 2010-227498 A

  In the case of this right-handed game, as shown in FIG. 8, the game ball a that is strongly released from the launch passage 13 formed between the outer rail 11 and the inner rail 12 is applied to the inner wall of the outer rail 11 by centrifugal force. It moves along and enters the right-handed passage 20. Here, since the pachinko machine is installed with the game board surface 14 slightly tilted forward with respect to the vertical plane, the game balls a moving along the inner wall of the outer rail 11 are simultaneously along the game board surface 14. It will enter the right-handed passage 20 while moving. In the area on the right side of the game board surface 14, a so-called electronic tulip 9 that opens and closes in a special game state is arranged. A decorative frame member 16 is provided around the display device 15 so as to surround the display device 15, and a region surrounded by the peripheral wall 17 and the outer rail 11 at the top of the decorative frame member 16 is a right-handed passage 20. Is functioning as As shown in FIG. 8, the right-handed passage 20 is merely functioning as a passage for allowing a game ball to pass through as viewed from the player, and the configuration of the game board surface 14 is not interesting. It has become.

Therefore, the decorative frame member 16 is provided with an in-passage decorative plate 18 extending from the inner peripheral wall 17 of the decorative frame member 16 along the game board surface 14, and the decorative plate 18 is decorated to the right-handed position. It is conceivable to arrange on the inner bottom surface of the passage 20. Since the in-passage decorative plate 18 can be erected up to a region that contacts the outer rail 11, the decorative effect of the peripheral portion of the decorative frame member 16 is improved when viewed from the front of the game board. It will be a thing.
FIG. 9 shows an enlarged view of the right-handed passage 20 at the upper part of the game board surface as a front view seen from the player side. When viewed from the player side, the in-passage decoration plate 18 can be observed through a glass plate 22 (not shown in FIG. 10) of a glass door provided in front of the game board surface 14.

However, when such a decorative plate 18 for improving the decoration effect is provided in the right-handed passage 20, as shown in FIG. A step 21 is formed. FIG. 10 is a view of a cross section perpendicular to the game board surface 14 taken along the alternate long and two short dashes line q in FIG. 9 as viewed from above.
Since the game ball a enters the right-handed passage 20 while moving on the game board surface 14 as described above, the game ball a violently collides with the stepped portion 21 and is predetermined with respect to the game board surface 14 as shown in FIG. Will be bounced back in the direction of the glass plate 22 arranged at the interval, thereby causing a collision between the game ball a and the glass plate 22.
When a player plays a right-handed game, the game ball is usually fired by turning the launch handle as far as possible, so that the firing speed is almost constant, so the game ball a and the glass plate 22 collide. The position is almost the same position. When such a collision occurs for a long time, a situation occurs in which the collision portion 22a of the glass plate 22 is scooped out or damaged, or the glass plate 22 is damaged. When such a situation occurs, when replacing the game board, the glass door fitted with the glass plate 22 must be replaced together, and the glass door cannot be reused.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a pachinko machine that can prevent damage to a glass plate even if an in-passage decorative plate is disposed in a game ball passage.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a game board in which a game area is defined by guide rails, a display device for displaying effects related to games provided in the game area, and a periphery of the display device. In a pachinko machine comprising a decorative frame member provided and a glass plate that covers the game area so as to be visible, and a game ball launched toward the game area flows down in the game area, A game ball passage through which a game ball can pass is provided between the peripheral wall of the decorative frame member and the guide rail, and decoration is applied along the board surface of the game board located on the inner bottom surface of the game ball passage. And a protective plate facing the decorative plate in the passage with a distance through which the game ball can pass is disposed, and an end on the entry side of the game ball in the decorative plate in the passage Of the flow of game balls It is characterized in that the inclined surface of the chamfered shape which is acute towards the downstream side from the flow side.

By configuring in this way, in the pachinko machine of the present invention , it is possible to arrange a decorative plate in the passage which is also decorated in the game ball passage provided between the peripheral wall of the decorative frame member and the guide rail. In addition, it is possible to prevent the game ball passing through the game ball passage from colliding with the glass plate by the protective plate arranged to face the decorative plate in the passage . In addition , the game ball entering the game ball passage is rebounded downstream along the inclined surface formed at the entry side end of the decorative board in the passage, and thus collides with the protection plate from an oblique direction. Since the impact force is alleviated, damage to the protective plate can be suppressed, and noise caused by the collision between the game ball and the protective plate can be reduced .

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a chamfered inclined surface having an acute angle from the upstream side to the downstream side of the flow of the game ball is also formed at the end of the game ball on the entry side of the game ball. It is characterized by having.

With this configuration, even when the game ball does not fall along the guide rail or the board surface of the game board, it can be smoothly guided into the game ball passage .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the pachinko machine which can provide a decoration board in a channel | path also in the game ball channel | path provided between the surrounding wall of the decoration frame member and the guide rail, and a glass plate does not damage is provided. can do.

The front view of the game board upper part of the pachinko machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view from the upper left in the state which opened the glass door of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. The expansion perspective view seen from the upper right of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 2 excluding the outer rail. The front enlarged view of the right-handed passage part of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. The figure which looked at the cross section in the dashed-two dotted line q of the right-handed channel | path part shown in FIG. 4 from upper direction. The front view of the decoration board in a channel | path of the pachinko machine which concerns on the other embodiment of this invention. The figure which looked at the cross section of the right-handed channel | path part from upper direction similarly to FIG. 5, when using the decoration board in a channel | path shown in FIG. The front view which shows the board surface structure concerning a prior art example. The enlarged front view of the right-handed channel | path part in the panel surface structure which concerns on a prior art example. The figure which looked at the cross section in the dashed-two dotted line q of the right-handed channel | path part shown in FIG. 9 which concerns on a prior art example from the upper direction. 1 is an external view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the downstream direction (or downstream) along the direction in which the game ball moves is referred to as the upstream direction (or upstream). The top and bottom and the left and right of the front of the game board as viewed from the player side are referred to as up / down and left / right, respectively. Similarly, the near side means a direction toward the player side.

  As shown in FIG. 11, a pachinko machine P according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in a machine box 1 having a vertical rectangular shape installed in an island facility of a game hall, and attached to the machine frame 1 so as to be openable and closable like a door. A front frame 2, a game board 3 housed inside the front frame 2, a glass door 4 attached to the front surface of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable, and having a large opening 8 at the center. A transparent glass plate 22 attached to the opening 8 of the glass door 4, a front board 5 having a receiving tray 7 that is disposed on the lower side of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable and accommodates a game ball, and a front frame 2, a launching device (not shown) provided at the lower part of 2, a handle 6 attached to the front board 5, and the like. The game board 3 has a game area defined by guide rails, and the guide rails are constituted by an outer rail 11 and an inner rail 12 (see FIG. 8).

  The display device 15 is provided in a substantially central portion of the game board 3 and displays a predetermined effect mode based on the result of the electronic lottery concerning a special symbol performed when a game ball wins the winning prize opening 37. In this embodiment, a liquid crystal display device is used.

  Further, the front board 5 is provided with a receiving tray 7 that accommodates game balls and can be discharged to the outside. This tray 7 can accommodate not only game balls thrown by the player but also game balls paid out as prize balls from a prize ball payout device (not shown). The game balls stored in the tray 7 are supplied to the launching device one by one. When the handle 6 is turned, the launching device can launch the game ball into the game area 14 with a launch intensity corresponding to the amount of rotation.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the game board 3 is provided with a decorative frame member 16 whose surface is decorated so as to surround the display device 15. On the upper part of the decorative frame member 16, there is provided a passage inner peripheral wall 17 erected in front of the game board surface 14, and is used for right-handed by a space vertically sandwiched between the passage inner peripheral wall 17 and the outer rail 11. A passage 20 is formed.

  In addition, the decorative frame member 16 is provided with a decorative plate 18 in the passage which is erected from the inner peripheral wall 17 of the passage along the game board surface 14 and is decorated. The in-passage decorative plate 18 is formed so as to be positioned in the right-handed passage 20 when the decorative frame member 16 is attached to the game board surface 14. At that time, a step 21 corresponding to the thickness of the in-passage decorative plate 18 is generated at the boundary portion between the game board surface 14 and the upstream end of the in-passage decorative plate 18 (see FIG. 10). Thus, a chamfered slope 18a is formed at the upstream end of the in-passage decorative plate 18 and is slanted.

  Further, a protection plate 30 is provided to face the decorative plate 18 in the passage. As is apparent from FIG. 3, the guard plate 30 has a game ball on the front side of the passage inner peripheral wall 17 of the decorative frame member 16 so as to be parallel to the game board surface 14 and between the decorative plate 18 in the passage. It is erected at a distance that can pass. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper side of the protection plate 30 is formed at a height that does not reach the outer rail 11. Therefore, when the game ball a passes through the right-handed path 20, The upper part of the moving game ball a can be directly observed through the glass plate 22 from a slit 20 ′ formed between the protective plate 30 and the protective plate 30. The guard plate 30 is provided on the entrance side of the right-handed passage 20 that is a game ball passage with a predetermined length along the flow-down direction of the game ball a. Further, the protective plate 30 is made of plastic, and at least its upper part is made of a transparent material so that the decoration formed on the interior decorative plate in the back passage can be seen through the protective plate 30. The majority of the passing game balls a can be seen.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the in-passage decorative plate 18 and the protection plate 30 are configured to gradually rise from the inner peripheral wall 17 toward the downstream side, and the end face on the entry side of the game ball a is a passage. It is formed in a chamfered shape so as to become gradually thicker toward the inside. Therefore, at the upstream end portions of the in-passage decorative plate 18 and the protection plate 30, slope surfaces 18 a and 30 a that are inclined with respect to the entry direction of the game ball are formed.

  The in-passage decorative plate 18 and the protection plate 30 are formed in a substantially similar shape when viewed from the player side. However, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the protective plate 30 is provided in the in-passage decorative plate 18. It is provided with a slight shift to the upstream side. That is, the protection plate 30 is erected from a position upstream of the flow of the game ball with respect to the in-passage decoration plate 18 so as to cover the slope surface 18a formed at the flow side front end portion of the in-passage decoration plate 18. Yes.

  In this way, the right-handed passage 20 is substantially surrounded by the outer rail and the passage inner peripheral wall 17 at the upper and lower sides and the protective plate 30 and the passage decoration board 18 at the front and rear, and can pass one game ball. It is configured as a passage.

  In a right-handed game, a game ball a that is strongly released from a launch passage 13 formed between the outer rail 11 and the inner rail 12 is played along the outer rail 11 and the game board surface 14 as shown in FIG. And enters the right-handed passage 20 disposed in the game area. As shown in FIG. 5, the game ball a that has entered the right-handed passage 20 along the game board surface 14 collides with the slope 18 a of the decorative plate 18 in the passage and bounces back in the direction of the glass plate 22. However, the game ball a does not collide with the glass plate 22 but collides with the inner side surface 30b of the protection plate 30 provided in front.

  Here, the game ball a rebounds from the slope 18a of the decorative plate 18 in the passage, and therefore rebounds in the downstream direction compared to the example shown in FIG. Accordingly, the protective plate 30 collides from an oblique direction, and the impact force on the protective plate 30 is alleviated. Moreover, since the protective plate 30 is made of plastic, the noise caused by the collision is much reduced compared to the case where the protective plate 30 collides with the glass plate 22. Further, the protective plate 30 is provided only on the entrance side (upstream side) of the right-handed passage 20, but this is because the impact force of the game ball a rebounding is from the sliding surface 18a of the in-passage decoration plate 18. This is due to the largest.

  Thus, in the present invention, even when the decorative plate 18 in the passage is provided to improve the decorativeness, the protection plate 30 prevents the game ball a from colliding with the glass plate 22 on the upstream side of the right-handed passage 20. Therefore, the glass plate 22 can be prevented from being damaged, and the glass door 4 can be reused when the game board 3 is replaced. Further, since the game ball does not collide violently with the glass plate 22, it is possible to reduce noise during the right-handed game. Furthermore, since the slope surfaces 18a and 30a are formed on the entrance side of the decorative plate 18 and the protection plate 30 in the passage, even when the game ball a does not flow down along the outer rail 11 or the game board surface 14 (of the launch handle). If the amount of rotation is small, such a case occurs), and it can be smoothly guided into the right-handed passage 20.

  Further, since the protection plate 30 is erected from a position on the upstream side of the flow of the game ball with respect to the in-passage decoration plate 18, the game ball a collides with the in-passage decoration plate 18 and irregularly faces the glass plate side. Even if it bounces back, it is possible to reliably avoid a collision between the game ball and the glass plate.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the protection plate 30 has an inclination that gradually increases from the upstream side to the downstream side of the flow of the game ball, and the game ball of the protection plate 30. An upper end side tapered surface 30c is formed on the upper end portion of the passage-side inner wall surface to increase the thickness of the protective plate from above to below. Therefore, even if the game ball a bounces back to the protection plate 30 side, the game ball a flows reliably downstream without being sandwiched by the gap between the protection plate 30 and the upper rail 11. Ball clogging does not occur.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the invention described in the claims. Examples of modifications include the following.
(1) In the embodiment described above, the slope (slope) 18a is provided at the upstream end of the in-passage decorative plate 18. However, the slope 18a is not necessarily provided. However, as shown in FIG. 7, when the slope 18 a is formed as a tapered surface 18 a ′ so as to have an acute angle α from the upstream side to the downstream side of the flow of the game ball as shown in FIG. 6B. In addition, the game ball that rebounds on the tapered surface 18a ′ rebounds in the downstream direction, as is clear in comparison with FIG. 5 and FIG. 6A, so that the impact force that hits the protective plate becomes smaller. Therefore, noise can be further reduced.
(2) In the above-described embodiment, the protective plate 30 is provided with the approach side tapered surface 30a or the upper end side tapered surface 30c, but the gap between the protective plate 30 and the outer rail is set to the radius of the game ball (5.5). If it is set to be less than (millimeters), the game balls do not fit into this gap, so these tapered surfaces are not necessarily required. However, by providing these tapered surfaces, the game balls a that do not flow down along the outer rail 11 and the game board surface 14 can be smoothly guided into the right-handed path 20.
(3) Although at least the upper part of the defense plate 30 is made of a transparent material, the gap between the protection plate 30 and the outer rail should be set to a width that allows the game ball to pass through. Thus, it is not always necessary to use a transparent material. However, in this case, it is necessary to minimize the length of the protective plate 30 in the flow-down direction so as not to hinder the visual recognition of the interior passage interior decoration plate 18.
(4) It is possible to perform a silencing process such as attaching a transparent silencing seal to the surface of the protection plate 30 on which the game ball a collides. By performing such a silencing process, the noise caused by the collision of the game ball a can be further reduced.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Game board 4 Glass door 11 Outer rail 12 Inner rail 13 Launch passage 14 Game board surface 15 Display apparatus 16 Decoration frame member 17 Passage inner peripheral wall 18 Passage decoration board 18a Gap surface 20 Right-handed passage (game ball passage)
22 Glass plate 30 Guard plate 30a Sliding surface

Claims (2)

A game board in which a game area is partitioned by a guide rail, a display device for displaying effects related to games provided in the game area, a decorative frame member provided around the display device, and the game area A pachinko machine configured so that a game ball launched toward the game area flows down in the game area,
A game ball passage through which a game ball can pass is provided between the peripheral wall of the decorative frame member and the guide rail, and decoration is applied along the board surface of the game board located on the inner bottom surface of the game ball passage. And a protective plate facing the decorative plate in the passage with a distance through which the game ball can pass is disposed, and an end on the entry side of the game ball in the decorative plate in the passage A pachinko machine having a chamfered inclined surface with an acute angle from the upstream side to the downstream side of the flow of the game ball in the portion . The chamfered inclined surface having an acute angle from the upstream side to the downstream side of the flow of the game ball is also formed at the end of the game ball on the entrance side of the protection plate according to claim 1. Characteristic pachinko machine.