JPH04332580A - Pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance the ornamental effect of an opening/closing panel, and to smoothly execute the opening/closing operation. CONSTITUTION:The front, the upper end edge and the left and the right side end edges of an opening/closing panel 7 made of a metallic plate are covered with an ornamental member 24 made of plastic, the base end of a supporting base 14 is fixed to an edging member 5c attached to the axially attached side of a glass frame 6 and the opening/closing panel 7, a supporting shaft 15 for the glass frame is provided projectingly upward from the supporting base concerned 14, and also, a supporting shaft 16 for the opening/closing panel is brought nearer to the inside than the supporting shaft 15 for the glass frame and projected projectingly downward, and the lower end of the glass frame 6, and the upper end of the opening/closing panel 7 are supported so as to be turnable by the supporting shaft 15 for the glass frame, and the supporting shaft 16 for the opening/closing panel, respectively.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine in which the surface of an opening/closing panel pivotably attached to a window portion of a front frame in an openable/closable manner is covered with a decorative member made of plastic.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Various pachinko machines have been proposed in the past in which a glass frame and an opening/closing panel are pivotally attached to a window portion of a front frame so that each can be opened and closed independently. These conventional pachinko machines are provided with a support shaft that rotatably supports the lower end of the glass frame and a support shaft that rotatably supports the upper end of the opening/closing panel on the same axis.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the opening/closing panels of conventional pachinko machines are simply formed from metal plates, and cannot be expected to have the decorative effects that are required these days, and give a cold impression to those who see them. give. If the opening/closing panel itself is molded from plastic, the decorative effect will be enhanced, but the rigidity will be insufficient, and it will be difficult to prevent unauthorized acts such as insertion of heated piano wire. Furthermore, simply attaching a decorative member made of plastic to the surface of an opening/closing panel made of a metal plate is not practical because there is a risk that the end portion of the decorative member may be peeled off or there may be fraudulent activity. Furthermore, if the entire opening/closing panel made of a metal plate is covered with a decorative member made of plastic, installation and smooth opening/closing become difficult.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and includes a frame decoration member attached to the inner peripheral edge of the window portion of the front frame, and a glass frame and an opening/closing panel on the same side of the window portion. In a pachinko machine that can be opened and closed independently by being attached to a shaft, the front, upper edge, and left and right side edges of the opening/closing panel made of a metal plate are covered with decorative plastic members,
The proximal end of the support base is fixed to the inside of the edge decoration member attached to the pivoting side of the glass frame and the opening/closing panel, and the support shaft for the glass frame is provided to protrude upward from the support base, and the pivot for the opening/closing panel is attached to the glass frame. Protrudes downward inward from the frame support shaft, rotatably supports the bottom end of the glass frame with the glass frame support shaft, and rotatably supports the top end of the opening/closing panel with the opening/closing panel support shaft. This is what I did.

[0005]

[Function] The front, upper edge, and left and right side edges of the opening/closing panel are covered with plastic decorative members, allowing for free decoration. Furthermore, since the opening/closing panel itself is made of metal plate, it has sufficient rigidity. can be secured. Then, the base end of the support base is fixed to the inside of the edge decoration member attached to the pivot side of the glass frame and the opening/closing panel, and the support shaft for the glass frame is provided upwardly protruding from the support base, and the pivot for the opening/closing panel is provided. Since the glass frame support shaft is placed inward and protrudes downward, the lower end of the glass frame can be rotatably supported by the glass frame support shaft, and the end of the opening/closing panel on the pivot side can be secured by the decorative member. Even if it is covered, the upper end of the opening/closing panel can be rotatably supported by the opening/closing panel support shaft moved inward, and the opening/closing operation can be performed smoothly.

[0006]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be explained based on the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 includes a frame-shaped front frame 3 having a window attached to the front opening of a rectangular machine frame 2 so as to be openable and closable with hinges 4, 4. Border decoration members 5a, 5 are provided on the top, bottom, left and right of the inner peripheral edge of the window.
b, 5c, and 5d are attached, a glass frame 6 is attached to the upper part of the window part, and an opening/closing panel 7 is pivotally attached to the lower part so as to be openable and closable.

Each edge decoration member 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d is
A substantially U-shaped portion 5' for preventing fraud that comes into contact with the inner circumferential surface of the window portion, and a curved surface that bulges out in a substantially semicylindrical shape to correspond to the curved surfaces of the decorative members of the glass frame 6 and opening/closing panel 7, which will be described later. Front frame 3
It is a long metal member having a front contact portion 5'' that comes into contact with the surface of
It is firmly fixed to the periphery of the window portion of the front frame 3 by screws inserted therein. Note that by loosening the screws, the edge decoration members 5a,
5b, 5c, and 5d are floated and a piano wire or the like is inserted through the gap between the front frame 3 and the surface of the front frame 3. The lamp indicator 9 and a part of the key decoration member 10 are attached to the border decoration members 5a and 5d in a superimposed state. When attached in this manner, even if the screws are loosened, the edge decoration members 5a, 5d will not rise up, thereby effectively preventing the above-mentioned fraudulent acts.

[0008] Furthermore, a hole is provided at one end of the upper edge decorative member 5a to be attached to the upper peripheral edge of the window portion, into which a support shaft 11 for rotatably supporting one side of the upper end of the glass frame 6 is fitted. A hole 13 into which a support shaft 12 for rotatably supporting one side of the lower end of the opening/closing panel 7 is formed at one end of the lower edge decorative member 5b attached to the lower peripheral edge of the opening/closing panel 7. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, a part of the U-shaped part is cut out in the middle of the left edge decorative member 5c attached to one side of the window (the side where the glass frame 6 and opening/closing panel 7 are pivoted). A support base 14 made of a metal plate is firmly fixed by a fixing means such as welding facing this part, and a support shaft 15 for a glass frame is attached to the support base 14.
is provided so as to protrude upward, and the opening/closing panel support shaft 16 is provided closer to the inside (to the right in FIG. 3) than the glass frame support shaft 15 and is provided to protrude downward. The glass frame support shaft 15 is located on an extension of the center line of the hole in the upper edge decoration member 5a, and the opening/closing panel support shaft 16 is located on an extension of the center line of the hole 13 in the lower edge decoration member 5b. positioned. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, it is desirable to arrange the opening/closing panel support shaft 16 slightly forward of the glass frame support shaft 15, so that the distance between the glass frame support shaft 15 and the opening/closing panel support shaft 16 is If the space is narrow, as shown in FIG. 6, the support base 14 can be constructed by overlapping two metal plates, with the glass frame support shaft 15 protruding from the upper metal plate, and the support base 14 from the lower metal plate. A support shaft 16 for the opening/closing panel 7 is provided protrudingly.

The glass frame 6 is made of a metal plate formed into a frame body and has a groove (not shown) on the back side for storing the glass.The front part is composed of a curved surface with a gentle curvature, and one side The end (left side in FIG. 2) is formed into a thin cylindrical shape, a support shaft 11 is fixed to the upper end of the cylindrical part, and the empty space at the lower end is used as a support bearing part. Therefore, the support shaft 1 at the upper end of one side of the glass frame 6
1 into the hole of the upper edge decorative member 5a and the glass frame support shaft 15 into the hollow space at the lower end of one side, the glass frame 6 is fitted into the window of the front frame 3. 15 and spindle 11
It can be attached so that it can rotate around the center, that is, can be opened and closed. Then, when the glass frame 6 is closed, it can be locked using the lock receiver provided on the back side of the free end and the glass frame locking mechanism provided on the front frame 3.

On the other hand, the opening/closing panel 7 is made by bending the upper and lower edges and the right edge of a horizontally long metal plate at almost right angles rearward, and further bending the bent upper edge to form a U-shape to prevent fraud. A hollow part 1 is formed at the left end by thinly curling a metal plate to fit the opening/closing panel support shaft 16 at the upper end.
8, a hollow part 19 is formed at the lower end into which a support shaft 12 is loosely fitted in a vertically movable state, and a spring 20 is attached to the support shaft 12.
Attach and force it downward. Then, an upper plate 21 is attached to the front surface of this opening/closing panel 7, and a plastic exit decoration member 23 is attached to the ball outlet 22.
The remaining part of the front surface not covered by 1, the upper edge, and the left and right side edges are covered with a decorative member 24 made of plastic. As shown in FIG. 8, this decorative member 24 includes a portion 24a that directly covers the front surface of the opening/closing panel 7, a portion 24b that covers the upper end surface of the opening/closing panel 7, and portions 24c, 2 that cover the left and right side edges.
4d and an upper plate decorative portion 24e that covers the upper plate portion other than the open top surface of the upper plate 21 are integrally molded. It should be noted that it is difficult to cover the portion facing the rear open portion of the upper plate 21 with the above-mentioned decorative member 24, so by attaching a separately molded decorative member 25, the entire front surface of the opening/closing panel 7 can be covered and the metal surface prevent it from being exposed.

A ball feeding case 26 is attached to the back side of the opening/closing panel 7, and a ball outlet gutter 27 is also attached to the operating lever 29 of the ball extracting operation section 28 provided on the upper plate 21.
is connected to the shutter 26' in the ball feeding case 26 via an L-shaped lever 30. Note that a receiving portion 31 of a locking mechanism for the opening/closing panel is attached to the free end side of the back surface of the opening/closing panel 7.

In order to attach the opening/closing panel 7 to the front frame 3, the opening/closing panel support shaft 16 is fitted into the hollow part 18 at the upper end of one side, and then the opening/closing panel support shaft 16 is inserted into the lower end against the bias of the spring 20. 1
2 by hand, and attach the lower end of the support shaft 12 to the lower edge decorative member 5.
After aligning it with the hole 13 of b, release your hand and fit the lower end of the support shaft 12 into the hole 13. When the opening/closing panel 7 is attached to the window portion of the front frame 3 in this manner, the opening/closing panel 7 becomes rotatable around the opening/closing panel support shaft 16 and the vertically movable support shaft 12. Further, since a sufficient space is secured between the pivoting side edge of the opening/closing panel 7 and the edge decoration member 5c by shifting the position of the opening/closing panel support shaft 16 toward the free end side, the opening/closing panel 7 Even if the opening/closing panel 7 is rotated greatly, the decorative member 24c covering the pivoting side edge of the opening/closing panel 7 does not come into contact with the edge decoration member 5c, and the opening/closing panel 7 can be opened widely.

[0013]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the front surface, upper edge, and left and right side edges of the opening/closing panel are covered with plastic decorative members, so that the metal surface of the opening/closing panel is not exposed. Instead, you can expect a high decorative effect from plastic. Moreover, only the visible parts are decorated with decorative plastic members, and the opening/closing panel itself is made of metal, so there is no lack of rigidity, and it prevents fraudulent activities such as heating piano wire and making holes. Can be done. In addition, the present invention fixes the proximal end of the support base to the inside of the edge decoration member attached to the pivot side of the glass frame and the opening/closing panel, and provides a support shaft for the glass frame upwardly protruding from the support base. Since the panel support shaft is placed closer to the inside of the glass frame support shaft and protrudes downward, the lower end of the glass frame can of course be rotatably supported by the glass frame support shaft, and the opening/closing panel can be pivoted. Even if the side end portions are covered with the decorative member and protrude outward, the upper end of the opening/closing panel can be supported in a state in which it can be smoothly rotated by the opening/closing panel support shaft moved inward.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine with a front frame opened.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a border decoration member, a glass frame, and an opening/closing panel.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an edge decoration member provided with a support base.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the opening/closing panel in a closed state.

FIG. 5 (A) is a plan view of the support base, and (B) is a front view of the support base.

FIG. 6A is a plan view of another embodiment of the support base;
B) is a front view of another embodiment of the support base.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the opening/closing panel seen from the back side.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an opening/closing panel covered with a decorative member.

9 is a sectional view of the opening/closing panel shown in FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the pivot-attached portion of the opening/closing panel in an open state about the support shaft.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the decorative member with the ball removal operation section removed.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the ball extraction operation section in a state before performing the ball extraction operation.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the ball extraction operation section in a state where the ball extraction operation is performed.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the upper plate incorporated into the decorative member.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine 2 Machine frame 3 Front frame 5 Edge decoration parts 6 Glass frame 7 Opening/closing panel 14 Support base 15 Glass frame support shaft 16　Spindle for opening/closing panel 21 Upper plate 23 Exit decoration member 24 Plastic decorative parts

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A pachinko machine in which a trim member is attached to the inner peripheral edge of a window in the front frame, and a glass frame and an opening/closing panel are pivoted to the window on the same side so that each can be opened and closed independently, The front, top edge, and left and right side edges of the opening/closing panel made of metal plate are covered with plastic decorative members.
The proximal end of the support base is fixed to the inside of the edge decoration member attached to the pivoting side of the glass frame and the opening/closing panel, and the support shaft for the glass frame is provided to protrude upward from the support base, and the pivot for the opening/closing panel is attached to the glass frame. Protrudes downward inward from the frame support shaft, rotatably supports the bottom end of the glass frame with the glass frame support shaft, and rotatably supports the top end of the opening/closing panel with the opening/closing panel support shaft. A pachinko machine that is characterized by: