JP5967388B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction.

Conventionally, in a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a slot machine, a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction. As an example of such a gaming machine, the pachinko gaming machine of Patent Document 1 is shown. In Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 12, a gaming machine main body 12 is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be openable and closable, and the front door frame 13, the game board 30, and the control board units 201 to 203 are provided before and after the gaming machine main body 12. Are arranged in duplicate. These panel bodies are connected to each other by fixing means such as a rotary locking fixture or a push-in type fixing pin called Nylatch (registered trademark).
For example, the game board 30 is fixed (engaged) to the gaming machine main body 12 by a plurality of locking fixtures 211 and 212 arranged in a scattered manner on the periphery as shown in FIG. In the state of being placed on the shelf portion on the gaming machine main body 12 side, it is held so as not to fall backward.

JP-A-2005-415 JP 2002-336502 A

However, since a plurality of such locking fixtures 211 and 212 are provided, the game board 30 will not drop out even if all of them are not fully functioning. For this reason, some locking fixtures 211 and 212 may be forgotten to rotate in the engaging direction, or may be assembled while the amount of rotation is insufficient and the engaging action cannot be exhibited. .
In this case, although the gaming board 30 does not fall off as described above, the gaming board 30 is slightly displaced from the position where it should be originally set without being firmly pressed against the gaming machine body 12, and the gaming board 30 is not in contact with the gaming machine body 12. There was a possibility of being placed slightly tilted. Such a symptom is considered to be a potential cause of various problems. Particularly, the problem is the cooperation between the game board 30 and the mechanism on the front side of the gaming machine main body 12.
The gaming board 30 is provided with a gaming surface including a rail unit 50 on the front side thereof. When the gaming board 30 is set on the gaming machine main body 12, the gaming surface is exposed to the front side from the opening of the gaming machine main body 12 and the rail unit 50. Is projected to the gaming machine main body 12 side. Since the outer rail 52 of the rail unit 50 has a function of receiving a pachinko ball that is launched obliquely upward from the launching mechanism of the gaming machine body 12, a slight inclination of the game board 30 prevents the pachinko ball from sliding. It is because it may become.

For example, in Patent Document 1, such a problem is particularly likely to occur when the locking fixture 212 illustrated in FIG. 14 is in an unfixed state (disengaged). That is, this is because the periphery of the locking fixture 212 corresponds to the back of the base position of the outer rail 52 arranged on the front surface of the game board 30. Further, as shown in FIG. 11 of Patent Document 1, the locking fixture 212 is hidden by the control board unit 202, and the locking fixture 212 is in a state where all the panel bodies are pumped up. It will be difficult to see from the back side. For this reason, the fact that it is in a non-fixed state is difficult to confirm at the stage of completion of assembly, which is another cause of difficulty in finding defects. Such a malfunction occurs because the gaming machine is configured by combining a plurality of panels. For this reason, there has been a demand for a game machine of this type so that even if one panel body is forgotten to be fixed, troubles caused by the panel body are less likely to occur.
By the way, in Patent Document 1, the gaming board 30 is configured to be mounted and held from the rear side with respect to the gaming machine main body 12. However, like the pachinko machine of Patent Document 2, for example, as shown in FIG. There is also a gaming machine in which 20 is attached and held to the machine frame 20 from the front side. Also in the gaming machine having such a configuration, the slight inclination of the gaming board 20 is the same as that of Patent Document 1 in that the pachinko ball rail member is prevented from sliding. Therefore, the same problem as the gaming machine of Patent Document 1 has occurred in the gaming machine in which the gaming board is mounted and held from the front side as in Patent Document 2.
The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which even if one panel body is forgotten to be fixed, a malfunction caused by the failure is unlikely to occur.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in a gaming machine in which a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction, one panel selected from the plurality of panel bodies A game board having a game area divided in a substantially circular shape by a rail member on its front face, a placement section for placing the game board, an opening for exposing the game area, and a game ball launching mechanism on the front side A gaming machine main body and a door frame provided with a window that allows the gaming area to be visually recognized are arranged adjacent to each other as the panel bodies arranged at the rear and front of the gaming board, respectively, and the gaming board is moved forward. Fixing that can take either a standby position below the previous placement part or an action position that is exposed to the previous placement part side and abuts against the front surface of the game board when placed on the placement part At the working position of the means The game board is closely fixed to the gaming machine main body, and one or a plurality of protrusions are arranged in a scattered manner and selectively at the back position of the door frame, and the protrusions are arranged on the game board. The door frame is disposed in a closed state with respect to the gaming machine main body while pressing the position in the vicinity of the fixing means on the front side and below the rail member, with the game board interposed therebetween The gist of the invention is that the tip of the projecting body comes into contact with the front surface of the game board placed on the placement section.

Since the tip of the upper Symbol onset bright were fixed of the game board by closing the door frame and the gaming machine main body is forgotten even protrusions is abuts against the front surface of the game board, if the game board is in close contact If there is a gap, the game board is pressed at the tip of the protrusion, and a problem based on the fact that the game board is not fixed is less likely to occur.

1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The back view of the same pachinko machine. The exploded perspective view of the same pachinko gaming machine. The rear perspective view of the front door of the same pachinko gaming machine. The front perspective view of the gaming machine main body of the same pachinko gaming machine. The front view of the game board in the same pachinko machine. The upper notch front view of the same pachinko gaming machine with the front door opened. The top view which showed the state which opened the front door in the same pachinko game machine with the broken line. (A) is a partial cross-sectional side view near the press bar before mounting the cap, and (b) is a partial cross-sectional side view near the press bar after mounting the cap. Sectional drawing explaining the attachment state of a lower rotation fixture. The front view explaining the press fixation state (solid line) and retraction | saving state (broken line) of a lower rotation fixture. (A) is an explanatory view for explaining a state in which the lower rotary fixing tool acts and the game board is correctly set in the gaming board mounting space of the gaming machine main body, and (b) is a game board where the lower rotary fixing tool does not act. Explanatory drawing explaining the state which inclined and was set in the same space. Explanatory drawing explaining the state before the front door is obstruct | occluded in the state which the game board inclined and was set in the game board attachment space. Explanatory drawing explaining the state by which the front board was obstruct | occluded and tilted and the game board set inclining in the game board attachment space was corrected to the correct position. The expansion perspective view near the press bar of other embodiments. Sectional drawing of the press bar vicinity in other embodiment. The upper notch front view of the state which opened the front door in the pachinko game machine of other embodiments.

Hereinafter, each embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the pachinko gaming machine 11 includes an outer frame 12 as a support frame body and a panel body. The outer frame 12 is attached to a so-called island facility when installed in the game hall. The outer frame 12 is a wooden frame framed in a quadrangular shape by upper, lower, left and right frame plates 12a to 12d. A curtain plate 13 is disposed on the upper surface of the lower frame plate 12d.
A gaming machine main body 14 is mounted in the outer frame 12. The gaming machine main body 14 as a rear panel body is a panel-shaped component member having a rectangular shape in a front view that forms the structural core of the pachinko gaming machine, and is disposed on the curtain plate 13 in the outer frame 12. Yes. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the gaming machine main body 14 is an ABS panel having a substantially rectangular outline when viewed from the front. The gaming machine main body 14 has an opening / closing bracket 15a disposed up and down on the left side when viewed from the front. It can be opened to the front side. As shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine main body 14 is provided with latch mechanisms L1 at two locations on the side edge opposite to the opening / closing axis P side with an interval in the vertical direction. When the gaming machine main body 14 is closed with respect to the outer frame 12, the latch mechanism L1 is inserted into the insertion groove D1 on the outer frame 12 side to be engaged and locked. The latch mechanism L1 and the insertion groove D1 constitute engagement means. Release of the locked state (that is, release of the gaming machine body 14 from the outer frame 12) is performed by key operation of a key device K (see FIG. 7) on the front surface of the gaming machine body 14.

  As shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 7, a gaming machine main body side mechanism 16 is formed in a lower region of the gaming machine main body 14. A game ball launching unit 17 as a game ball launching mechanism is arranged on the right side of the game machine main body side mechanism unit 16 when viewed from the front. The game ball launching unit 17 is composed of a launching unit 18 composed of a solenoid or the like, a ball-sending unit 19 and an auxiliary rail 20 that sequentially supply pachinko balls to the launching unit 18. An upper pachinko ball inflow passage 21 and a lower pachinko ball inflow passage 22 are respectively arranged on the left side when viewed from the front of the gaming machine main body side mechanism portion 16. A bypass passage 23 is formed between both pachinko ball inflow passages 21 and 22. A foul ball passage 24 is formed above the lower pachinko ball inflow passage 22. The bypass passage 23 and the foul ball passage 24 are unitized.

A gaming board mounting space 25 is formed above the gaming machine main body side mechanism portion 16. The game board 27 is disposed in the space 25. The space 25 is surrounded by a left and right vertical frame 14a, an upper horizontal frame 14b, and a shelf 28 as a placement portion on which the game board 27 is placed, which are a part of the elements constituting the outer shell of the gaming machine main body 14. Area. The shelf 28 is configured as a horizontal plane extending in the left-right direction, and has a width corresponding to the thickness (front-rear width) of the game board 27. The space 25 has a thickness in the front-rear direction corresponding to the thickness of the game board 27 to be accommodated, and the game board 27 is fitted into the space 25 from the front side.
A rear plate portion 29 that supports the game board 27 from the rear is formed near the rear of the vertical frame 14 a, the horizontal frame 14 b, and the shelf portion 28. The rear plate portion 29 is a thin plate formed in a burr shape so as to surround the game board mounting space 25 at the back of the gaming machine main body 14, and the back surface of the rear plate portion 29 is arranged with the game board 27 disposed in the game board mounting space 25. The abutting contact with the rear plate portion 29 is made. The inside of the rear plate portion 29 is an opening 30 that is greatly opened. Side rotation fixtures 31 as fixing means are disposed at two positions on the upper and lower sides of the left and right vertical frames 14a. A lower rotating fixture 32 as a fixing means and a pressure fixing means is disposed at a position adjacent to the ball feeding part 19 near the front of the shelf part 28. As shown in FIG. 10, each of the rotation fixtures 31, 32 (only the rotation fixture 32 is shown) is rotatably attached to a wood screw 33 serving as a rotation shaft by a spring washer 33a and a nut 33b. As shown in FIG. 11, each rotary fixing tool 31, 32 (only the rotary fixing tool 32 is shown) has the same space 25 as the retracted position indicated by a broken line that does not interfere with the insertion of the game board 27 into the game board mounting space 25. After the game board 27 is fitted in, a pressing and fixing position indicated by a solid line that presses the game board 27 toward the rear plate portion 29 can be taken.

As shown in FIG. 6, the gaming board 27 constituting the panel body has a plurality of large and small openings penetrating from the gaming surface 27a to the back surface, and each opening is provided with various decorative panels according to the purpose. Yes. The outer shell of the wooden game board 27 has a deformed square shape that is partially cut from the relationship of wiring and the like. The gaming surface 27a of the gaming board 27 is configured as a plane, the bottom surface 27b of the gaming board 27 contacting the shelf 28 with respect to the gaming surface 27a is configured as an orthogonal plane, and the back surface 27c of the gaming board 27 is relative to the gaming surface 27a. Configured as parallel planes. The game board 27 includes five rotary fixtures 31 from the front side in a state where the game board 27 is disposed in the game board mounting space 25 (a state where the game board 27 is placed on the shelf 28 and fitted in the game board mounting space 25). , 32 are in close contact with the rear plate portion 29 in a state in which they act (that is, in an engaged state).
A variable display unit 35 is disposed substantially at the center of the game board 27. The variable display unit 35 includes a large liquid crystal display 36. As shown in FIG. 8, the variable display unit 35 includes a display control device 37 disposed on the back of the game board 27. A start opening 38 is arranged directly below the variable display unit 35, and a variable winning device 39 called a so-called big winning opening is arranged below the start opening 38. Through gates 40 are arranged on both the left and right sides of the variable display unit 35, and a plurality of general winning ports 41 are arranged on both the left and right sides of the starting port 38, respectively. An out port 42 is provided at the lowest position of the game board 27, and pachinko balls that have not entered various winning holes etc. are guided through the out port 42 to a ball discharge path (not shown). ing. A large number of game nails 44 are planted on the surface of the game board 27 in order to appropriately disperse and adjust the falling direction of the pachinko balls. In addition, various members (acts) such as the windmill 43 are disposed.

On the game surface 27a of the game board 27, an outer rail 51 and an inner rail 52 are mounted as rail members. In a state where the game board 27 is disposed in the game board mounting space 25 of the gaming machine body 14, a game area is defined on the game surface 27a by both rails 51 and 52.
As shown in FIG. 8, the outer rail 51 is obliquely left upward as viewed from the front of the auxiliary rail 20 of the game ball launching unit 17, and separates the space above the foul ball passage 24 in the extending direction of the auxiliary rail 20. The base end is arranged at the position. The outer rail 51 extends upward in a circular arc shape in the clockwise direction from the base end and is slightly advanced from the apex of the game surface 27a (approximately 2 o'clock position when the game surface 27a is regarded as a clock dial). The tip is arranged.

The base end of the inner rail 52 is arranged in the direction of about 4 o'clock when the game surface 27a is regarded as a watch dial. The inner rail 52 extends downward in a circular arc shape in the clockwise direction from the base end, extends substantially horizontally across the front surface of the out port 42, and then extends upward on the inner peripheral side of the outer rail 51. The tip is arranged at a position before the apex of the surface 27a (approximately 10 o'clock direction position when the game surface 27a is regarded as a dial of a watch). At the front end of the inner rail 52, a reverse movement preventing member 55 in which a cantilever tongue for preventing the reverse movement of a pachinko ball launched on the game surface 27a is mounted. The lowest position of the arc-shaped inner rail 52 is a position that intersects the out port 42. Both the rails 51 and 52 are arranged adjacent to each other from the left position of the out port 42 to the position of the reverse movement preventing member 55 (that is, the tip of the inner rail 52) when viewed from the front, and a pachinko ball launch passage 49 is formed.
The outer rail 51 and the inner rail 52 are made of a stainless steel thin strip formed in the same width. Both rails 51 and 52 are erected substantially perpendicularly toward the front with respect to the game surface 27a.

When the pachinko ball is launched by the game ball launching unit 17, the pachinko ball slides on the auxiliary rail 20, then moves to the outer rail 51 and further slides on the outer rail 51, while passing through the pachinko ball launching passage 49 between the outer rail 51 and the inner rail 52. It progresses upward and jumps out to the game surface 27a. At this time, the launch force by the game ball launching unit 17 is weak, and the pachinko ball that could not be transferred from the auxiliary rail 20 to the outer rail 51 or did not reach the game area even if transferred to the outer rail 51 falls and falls into the foul ball path 24.
The pachinko balls released to the game area fall while being dropped while being played by interfering with the game nails 44, decorative panels, various kinds of accessories, etc., and win the starting port 38, the variable winning device 39 and the general winning port 41. All but the spheres fall on the inner rail 52, travel along the inner rail 52, and are guided to the lowermost outlet 54. The winning ball that has been won and the out ball that has been guided to the out port 42 are once discharged to the outside through a discharge passage (not shown).

Next, the back configuration of the game board 27 will be described with reference to FIGS.
A display control device 62 and a main control device 63 are disposed on the back side of the variable display unit 35. The display control device 62 controls the entire display device such as the liquid crystal display 36. The main control device 63 is a main CPU that controls the whole, a ROM that stores a game program, a RAM that stores necessary data according to the progress of the game, a sub CPU that controls voice and display lamps, and clock pulse generation It consists of a circuit and various ports. The display control device 62 and the main control device 63 are detachable.

As shown in FIG. 1, a front door 81 as a panel body is disposed on the front surface of the gaming machine main body 14. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the front door 81 is a joined panel body formed by mounting a door panel 83 made of ABS resin on a press-molded alloy door frame 82. The door panel 83 is disposed on the front side and is viewed by the player. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the outer shell of the front door 81 has a rectangular front shape substantially matching the outer shell seen from the front of the gaming machine main body 14. The front door 81 is attached to the gaming machine body 14 so as to be openable and closable. An opening / closing bracket 84 is attached to the door frame 82 of the front door 81 coaxially with the opening / closing axis P of the opening / closing brackets 15a, 15b, similar to the gaming machine main body 14, and can be opened forward with the opening / closing bracket 84 as an axis. Yes. Therefore, the gaming machine main body 14 can be opened and closed with respect to the outer frame 12, and the front door 83 can be opened and closed independently with respect to the outer frame 12 and the gaming machine main body 14.
As shown in FIG. 4, the door frame 82 is provided with latch mechanisms L2 at two locations on the side edge opposite to the opening / closing axis P side with an interval in the vertical direction. When the front door 83 is closed with respect to the gaming machine main body 14, the latch mechanism L2 is inserted into the insertion groove D2 (see FIG. 5) on the gaming machine main body 14 side to be engaged and locked. The lock state is released by operating a release device (not shown) from the back side of the gaming machine main body 14.
The door frame 82 and the door panel 83 are respectively formed with circular viewing window holes 85 and 86 as window portions for allowing the player to visually observe the game surface 27a. As shown in FIG. 1, a window glass 87 is disposed on the back side of the visual window hole 85 on the door frame 82 side. The periphery of the visual window hole 85 on the door frame 82 side is a rib structure for reinforcement, and the window glass 87 is attached to the rear end surface of the mounting rib 88 formed along the visual window hole 85. It is like that. As shown in FIG. 4, a press bar 89 protrudes rearward near the lower portion of the visual window hole 85. The press bar 89 includes a rod-shaped main body 89a and a base plate 89b formed as a pair with the main body. As shown in FIG. 9, a bulging portion 89c is formed on both sides of the press bar 89 near the tip, and a cap 90 made of synthetic rubber is provided at the tip of the press bar 89 so as to cover the bulging portion 89c. It is worn. The press bar 89 is fixed to the door frame 82 by screws 99 via the base plate 89b.
An inflow passage 91 for guiding a pachinko ball flowing in from the gaming machine main body 14 side to the front door 81 side is disposed on the back side of the door frame 82 and in a lower region of the visual window hole 85. An upper bypass passage 92 is disposed on the side of the inflow passage 91.

On the front side of the door panel 83, a decorative panel 93 that bulges forward is disposed on the left and right and above the visual window hole 85. On the back side of the door panel 83, a speaker device and a decoration lamp (not shown) are arranged at predetermined positions. An upper tray 94 bulging forward is formed at a position below the visual window hole 86. The upper tray 94 is paid out from a payout device 106 to be described later, flows in from the upper pachinko ball inflow passage 21, temporarily stores the pachinko balls supplied through the inflow passage 91, and arranges them in a row while playing the game ball launching unit 17. It is a sphere storage part for guiding to.
A lower tray 95 bulging forward is also formed at a position below the upper tray 94. A lower outlet 96 through which pachinko balls flow down from the bypass passage 23 and the foul ball passage 24 is disposed in the lower tray 95. The lower tray 95 is an auxiliary ball storage section for storing pachinko balls that have flowed down from the upper tray 94 when the amount of pachinko balls stored in the upper tray 94 is too large or based on the player's active operation. .
The design panel is unified as a whole around the decorative panel 91, the upper tray 94, and the lower tray 95. An ashtray 97 is disposed on the left side of the lower tray 95 when viewed from the front. A pachinko ball launching handle 98 interlocking with the game ball launching unit 17 is formed on the right side of the lower tray 95 so as to protrude forward.

Next, the structure of the mechanism panel 100 and the payout control unit 101 as a rear panel body disposed on the back side of the gaming machine main body 14 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The mechanism panel 100 and the payout control unit 101 are attached to the bearing portion 120 of the gaming machine main body 14 so as to be rotatable and detachable by a support pin. The mechanism panel 100 and the payout control unit 101 are fixed to the gaming machine main body 14 by a ny latch 122. The mechanism panel 100 extends horizontally and has a base made of a polycarbonate frame 102 having a bowl shape as an overall shape hanging from one end thereof, and various components are fixed to the frame 102. A horizontally extending frame portion is referred to as an upper frame 102a, and a hanging frame portion is referred to as a side frame 102b.
A tank 103 is disposed at the uppermost position of the mechanism panel 100 and on the back surface of the upper frame 102a. A new pachinko ball is supplied to the tank 103 from the island facility of the game hall. A tank rail 104 is disposed at a position adjacent to the lower portion of the tank 103. On the downstream side of the tank rail 104 (the right side in FIG. 2), a case rail 105 extending in the vertical direction along the back surface of the side frame 102b is disposed. A payout device 106 is disposed in the middle of the case rail 105. The pachinko balls are guided from the tank rail 104 to the case rail 105 and are appropriately paid out based on the control of the payout device 106 by the payout control device 110 described later. An external power supply substrate 107 is disposed at a lower position of the dispensing device 106 and overlapping the case rail 105. The external power supply board 107 is a main board for supplying power supplied through the transformer to the entire gaming machine.
A protective cover 108 that covers all of the display control device 62 and an upper portion of the main control device 63 is disposed at a lower position of the tank rail 104 and at a side position of the case rail 105, the dispensing device 107, and the external power supply board 107. ing.

A payout control unit 101 is disposed at an adjacent position below the mechanism panel 100. In this embodiment, the payout control unit 101 is configured separately from the mechanism panel 100, but may be configured as a pair. The payout control unit 101 includes a payout control device 111, an internal power supply board 112, a launch control device 113, and the like stored in the board box 110. The payout control device 111 controls the payout of prize balls. The internal power supply board 112 controls a predetermined power supply voltage in various control boards. The launch control device 113 controls the launch mode of the pachinko ball based on the player's handle 97 operation.
A payout relay board 114 is disposed at a side position adjacent to the payout control unit 109 (below the external power supply board 107). The payout relay board 114 serves to relay the output of the payout signal from the payout control device 111 to the payout device 106. An external terminal connection board 115 is disposed on the upper frame 104a on the side of the tank rail 104 (right side in FIG. 2).

Next, an operation based on the configuration around the gaming board 27, the front door 81, and the gaming machine main body 14 in the pachinko gaming machine 11 configured as described above will be described.
Each panel constituting the pachinko gaming machine 11 is assembled. That is, the gaming machine main body 14 is mounted on the outer frame 12, the gaming board 27, the mechanism board 100 and the payout control unit 101 are attached from the front and rear of the gaming machine main body 14, and finally the front door 81 is attached.
Here, when the gaming board 27 is attached to the gaming machine main body 14, the gaming board 27 is placed on the shelf portion 28 from the front side of the gaming machine main body 14, and the gaming board 27 is attached to the gaming machine main body 14 by the rotation fixtures 31 and 32. To be fixed against.
Basically, if the rotary fixtures 31 and 32 are engaged with the front surface of the game board 27 and the game board 27 is pressed in the direction of the rear plate part 29, the game board 27 is correctly placed on the shelf 28 and shown in FIG. As shown, the shelf 28 and the bottom surface 27b of the game board 27 are in close contact with each other. However, even if the game board 27 is correctly placed on the shelf 28, if the user forgets to operate the lower rotary fixture 32 (the lower rotary fixture 32 is not acting as shown by the broken line in FIG. 11). 12 (b), the game board 27 is not sufficiently pressed onto the rear plate portion 29, and the bottom surface 27b of the game board 27 is not in close contact with the shelf portion 28 so that a gap S1 is formed. In some cases, the back surface 27c and the rear plate portion 29 are not in close contact with each other and the gap S2 is formed. That is, the game board 27 is fitted into the game board mounting space 25 in a state where the game board 27 is slightly inclined backward.
Thus, if the game board 27 is not correctly set in the game board mounting space 25, the outer rail 51 on the front side of the game board 27 is slightly offset from the auxiliary rail 20 of the game ball launch unit 17 on the game machine main body 14 side. Will be placed. Also, the outer rail 51 itself is disposed slightly upward. If the game board 27 is placed in such a state, the pachinko ball that has been launched due to that is in contact with the sliding surface with more than necessary friction or collides with the window glass 87. The behavior will be hindered by showing different behavior. This is the so-called “flying spot”.
However, in the present embodiment, since the press bar 89 protrudes on the back side of the front door 81, when the front door 81 shown by a broken line in FIG. 8 is opened to a closed state shown by a solid line. In addition, the game board 27 in the state of FIG. 13 presses the press position PS in the vicinity of the lower rotary fixture 32 of the game board 27 (see FIG. 7). Therefore, even if a gap S1 is formed between the bottom surface 27b of the game board 27 and the shelf portion 28 (a gap S2 between the back surface 27c of the game board 27 and the rear plate portion 29), the front door 81 is closed. Along with this, the game board 27 is pushed in the direction of the rear plate portion 29 and corrected and arranged at the original position as shown in FIG.

With the configuration as described above, the above embodiment has the following effects.
(1) Forgetting to engage the lower rotating fixture 32 with the game board 27, the bottom surface 27b does not adhere to the shelf at the lower position of the game board 27, and the back surface 27c is attached to the rear plate part 29. Even if it is not in close contact, or even if the lower rotating fixture 32 is not provided on the game board 27, the position is automatically pushed by the press bar 89 as the front door 81 is closed. Since the modified game board 27 is placed in a position in close contact with the rear plate portion 29 which is the original correct placement position, the pachinko ball launched from the game ball launch unit 17 causes “flying unevenness”. There is no longer a problem that the game is disturbed.
(2) Since the elastic cap 90 is attached to the tip of the press bar 89, this has a buffering action, and the base of the press bar 89 is damaged or the game board 27 on the contact side is damaged. Less to do.
(3) The press bar 89 is located near the lower rotary fixture 32 and does not interfere with the lower rotary fixture 32 as the press position PS. In other words, the lower rotary fixture 32 will not hit any rotation state, so that the pressing action is not hindered by the lower rotary fixture 32. In addition, since the position close to the engaging position of the lower rotary fixing tool 32 which is the original fixing means (pressing fixing means) is pressed, the corrective movement of the game board 27 to the correct position is promptly executed.
(4) The press bar 89 is provided on the front door 81, but in this case, the press bar 89 is not allowed to advance to a position where the game is hindered when the front door 81 is closed. In the present embodiment, the press bar 89 presses a position outside the game area on the opposite side of the pachinko ball launch passage 49 through which the pachinko ball passes in the vicinity of the lower rotary fixture 32. Will not cause any problems.
(5) Since the press bar 89 as a pressing means is detachably fixed by a screw 99 separately from the door frame 82, only the press bar 89 needs to be replaced even in the case of damage, and the cost is excellent. .

The present invention can be implemented with the following modifications.
The press bar 89 can be changed to a pressing means as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 and implemented. As shown in FIG. 15, a box body 130 is disposed at a position where the press bar 89 is attached to the door frame 82 adjacent to the mounting rib 88 of the above embodiment. In the present embodiment, the box body 130 is configured separately from the door frame 82 and is attached to the rear surface of the door frame 82 by a fixing means such as a rivet (not shown). A through hole 131 is formed behind the box body 130 (in the direction of the game board 27 when the front door 81 is closed). A press bar 133 is disposed in the box body 130 in a state where the through hole 131 is inserted therethrough. The press bar 133 includes a bar main body 134 and an elastic cap 135 at the tip of the bar main body 134. The elastic cap 135 side protrudes rearward. A drop-off prevention ring 136 and a coil spring 137 are disposed on the outer periphery of the bar main body 134 portion disposed on the box body 130 of the press bar 133.
In such a configuration, since the buffering action of the coil spring 137 is added in addition to the elastic cap 135, damage to the press bar 133 and the box body 130 or damage to the game board 27 on the contact side is further reduced. Further, since the amount of advancement / retraction of the press bar 133 is large, it is possible to prevent damage by retreating the press bar 133 when a very large load is applied to the press bar 133 for some reason.

In the above embodiment, only one press bar 89, 133 is provided, but a plurality of press bars 89, 133 may be provided at predetermined intervals as shown in FIG. In FIG. 17, it is arranged so as to press the vicinity of both sides of the out port 42 below the game board 27 in particular, which is more desirable for correcting the inclination of the game board 27. Further, since this position is not in the game area but out of the path of the pachinko ball launched from the auxiliary rail 20, there is no problem in the game. On the other hand, pressing the vicinity increases the effect when the game board is closely attached.
In the above embodiment, the gaming machine main body 14 is adopted as the rear panel body, but it can be freely applied to panel bodies having other functions.
-Although the front door 81 was employ | adopted as a front panel body in the said embodiment, it is also free to apply to the panel body which has another function.
-The game board 27 does not necessarily have to be provided with the lower rotary fixture 32.
As the engaging means, it is also possible to use insertion type engaging means such as the latch mechanisms L1 and L2 and the insertion grooves D1 and D2 in addition to the rotary type mechanism.
-The shape of the pressing means is not limited to a rod-like shape such as the press bars 89 and 133 described above.
-It is also free to apply to models other than the pachinko gaming machine 11 of the above embodiment. It can also be applied to so-called pacilot machines other than pachinko machines.
In addition, it is free to implement in a mode that does not depart from the spirit of the present invention.

Other technical ideas of the present invention that can be grasped from the above-described embodiments that can be appropriately added to the above claims will be described as additional notes below.
(1) In the above claim, the rear panel body surrounds the entire outer periphery of the one panel body.
In other words, since the rear panel body extends all around the one panel body, the rear panel body itself is very firmly fixed, and as a result, the one panel body pressed against the rear panel body. Will be pressed stably.
(2) In the above claim or supplementary note (when including the configuration of claim 6), the one panel body is a game board having a game area partitioned in a substantially circular shape by a rail member on a front surface thereof, The pressing means presses the part other than the game area.
Thereby, the pressing means does not hinder the game.
(3) In the above claim or the appendix (when including the configuration of claim 6), the one panel body is a game board having a game area divided in a substantially circular shape by a rail member on the front surface thereof, The pressing means should be arranged at a position where the game ball launched from the game ball launching mechanism does not interfere.
Thereby, the pressing means does not hinder the game.
(4) In the above-mentioned claim or supplementary note (when the configuration of claim 6 is included), the pressing means is in contact with a lower position than the rail member.
This is because the base portion of the rail member is disposed near the lower end of the game board, so that pressing the vicinity of the game board is most effective in bringing the game board into close contact.
(5) In the above-mentioned claim or supplementary note (when the configuration of claim 6 is included), the plurality of pressing means abuts near the lower end of the game board at a substantially horizontal interval.
This is because it is preferable from the viewpoint of adhesion of the entire gaming board that the portion along the placement portion of the gaming machine body on which the gaming board is placed is firmly attached to the gaming machine body side.
(6) In the above claim or the supplementary note, the pressing means abuts on the one panel body by an abutting member that advances and retreats by the biasing force of the coil spring.
This is because the coil spring is not bulky and is suitable for being arranged in a narrow place such as a panel body. In addition, since the advance / retreat amount is large, the member is not damaged when a large load is applied. It is possible to use other urging means (plate spring, cushion material).
(7) An elastic body is detachably attached to the protrusion.
As a result, when the elastic body deteriorates, it is possible to replace only the elastic body.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Pachinko machine, 14 ... Game machine main body as back panel body, 27 ... Game board as one panel body, 31, 32 ... Rotation fixture as fixing means, 89, 133 ... Press bar as pressing means 81 ... A front door as a front panel body.

Claims (1)

In a gaming machine in which a plurality of panel bodies having different functions are overlapped and assembled in the front-rear direction,
A gaming board having a gaming area divided in a substantially circular shape by a rail member on one panel body selected from the plurality of panel bodies on a front surface thereof,
A door frame provided with a placing portion for placing the gaming board, an opening for exposing the gaming area, a gaming machine main body provided with a game ball launching mechanism on the front side, and a window portion allowing the gaming area to be visually recognized. Are arranged adjacent to each other as the panel body disposed behind and in front of the game board,
In a state where the game board is placed on the placement section, either of a standby position below the placement section and an action position that is exposed to the placement section side and contacts the front surface of the game board The game board is closely fixed to the game machine main body at the operation position of the fixing means capable of taking a position, and one or a plurality of protrusions are arranged in a scattered manner and selectively at the back position of the door frame. And
The protrusion is on the front side of the game board and presses the position near the fixing means on the lower side of the rail member ,
The front surface of the gaming board in which the tip of the protrusion is placed on the mounting portion when the door frame is placed in a closed state with respect to the gaming machine main body with the gaming board interposed therebetween. A gaming machine characterized by being in contact with the

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