JPH04371183A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a pachinko game machine which prevents any illegal act by loosening of the stopping means of the lower side of a door holding frame. CONSTITUTION:The front part of the lower side of a door holding frame 3 is covered with a display lens portion 13 constituting the upper end side portion of a lower tray decorating panel portion 23 and one part of a lower tray decorating panel portion 11. Even if a player tries to loosen a screw 4 fastening the lower side of the door holding frame 3 while playing some trick not to be caught by a TV monitor, the screw 4 can not be loosened and the illegal act of forming a space between the lower side of the door holding frame 3 and a front side frame 1 and inserting a piano wire or a cell plate from the space can be prevented.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a method for supplying a batted ball to the surface of a front door plate which is rotatably supported in a lower area of a door holding frame attached to the periphery of the opening of the front frame by fastening means. An upper tray portion having a first ball storage portion is attached, and a lower tray portion having an ashtray portion and a second ball storage portion for storing surplus balls is attached to the lower surface of the front frame below the front door plate. This invention relates to a pinball game machine.

0002

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a pinball game machine in which games are played by bouncing batted balls, there is generally an upper tray portion having a first ball storage portion for supplying the batted balls, and a second ball storage portion for storing surplus balls. a lower tray section having a ball storage section and an ashtray section; It was attached to the surface of the door plate, while the lower plate part was attached to the lower surface of the front frame below the front door plate. The upper tray part and the lower tray part were clearly separated by the lower side of the door holding frame.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, the front door plate to which the upper plate is attached is pivotally supported in a lower area of a door holding frame attached to the periphery of the opening of the front frame by fastening means so as to be freely openable and closable. However, there are cases where fraud is committed by loosening the fastening means of the door holding frame to create a gap between the door holding frame and the front frame, and inserting a piano wire or cell board through that gap. be. In particular, such fraudulent acts have been decreasing in recent years due to the development of security devices such as TV monitors in game parlors, but on the other hand, their methods have become more sophisticated, and the lower part of the pinball game machine, which is difficult to judge from the TV monitor, For example, it has become common for the above-mentioned fraudulent acts to be committed by loosening the fastening means at the bottom of the door holding frame. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a pinball game machine in which it is impossible to commit fraudulent acts by loosening the fastening means at the bottom of the door holding frame. be.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a door holding frame is pivotably supported in a lower area of a door holding frame attached around an opening of a front frame by fastening means, so as to be freely openable and closable. An upper tray portion having a first ball storage portion for supplying batted balls to the surface of the front door plate is attached, and a second ball storage portion for storing surplus balls on the lower surface of the front frame below the front door plate.
In a pinball game machine equipped with a lower tray portion having a ball storage portion and an ashtray portion, a lower portion of the upper tray portion is extended to form an upper tray decoration plate portion, and an upper portion of the lower tray portion is extended. to form a lower plate decorative plate portion, and either or both of the lower end side of the upper plate decorative plate portion and the upper end side of the lower plate decorative plate portion cover the front lower side of the door holding frame. It is characterized by the fact that

[0005]

[Operation] Since the front of the lower side of the door holding frame is covered by either or both of the upper plate decorative plate part and the lower plate decorative plate part, the fastening means that fastens the lower side of the door holding frame is loosened. This can prevent fraud.

[0006]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the structure of the lower part of the front frame of the pinball game machine, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of the lower part of the front frame with the front door frame closed. 3
is a perspective view showing the structure of the lower part of the front door frame with the front door frame opened, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the lower pan cut in the vertical direction, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the lower pan. FIG.

First, the structure of the upper plate portion 6 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. Opening 2 of front frame 1 of pinball game machine
A door holding frame 3 is attached to the door with screws 4 as fastening means. This door holding frame 3 is generally formed into a frame shape by press-working a metal plate to form upper, lower, left and right bars, and spot welding the four corners of the bars. of course,
Door holding frame 3 made of high-strength synthetic resin instead of metal plate
It may be.

[0008] In the lower region of the door holding frame 3 described above, a front door plate 5 having an upper plate portion 6 attached to its surface is pivotally supported so as to be openable and closable. In the illustrated embodiment, the left side of the front door plate 5 is pivotally supported by the door holding frame 3, and the right side of the front door plate 5 can be freely engaged with and detached from the door holding frame 3 by a locking mechanism (not shown). As is well known, a glass door frame (not shown) is provided on the top of the front door plate 5 to house a glass plate placed in front of the game board 30 (indicated by the reference numeral in FIG. 3) of the pinball game machine.
is provided. This glass door frame is also pivotally supported on one side (left side) by the door holding frame 3 so that it can be opened and closed.

[0009]Furthermore, the front door plate 5 has, as shown in FIG.
A game board 30 that can be detachably attached to the back side of the front frame 1
It covers the front side of the launch rail 32 which is fixed to one side of the surface of the support plate 31 on which the launch rail 32 is placed. For this reason, the front door plate 5 is provided so as to be openable and closable in order to solve the problem when balls become jammed in the firing rail 32 portion. Note that a guide box 34 is arranged on the surface of the support plate 31 on the opposite side of the launch rail 32. This guide box 34 is used to collect foul balls that fall from a foul port formed at the tip of the launch rail 32, and a prize ball outlet 8 and a prize ball discharge port 35, which will be described later, when the front door plate 5 is opened.
The system guides prize balls that fall out from between the front frame 1 and prize balls that flow down when the upper plate ball removal lever 10 (described later) is operated (accepted in the receiving port 33 in FIG. 3) to the back side of the front frame 1. Finally, the balls are guided to a second ball storage section 15, which will be described later.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the upper tray section 6 has a first
A storage section 7 is formed. This first storage section 7 stores the prize balls flowing out from the prize ball outlet 8 opened on the upstream side, and the downstream side has an interval of one ball in order to arrange the stored prize balls in a line. It converges to form a passageway. In addition, at a position corresponding to the downstream end of the first storage section 7 and on the back side of the front door plate 5, a ball is provided for supplying one hit ball to the launch position of the launch rail 32 in synchronization with the launch operation of the batt. A feeding device (not shown) is attached.

[0011] Further, the upper tray part 6 has a built-in speaker 9 inside the lower part on the upstream side of the first storage part 7, which generates sound effects related to the game. Furthermore, above the downstream side of the upper tray part 6, there is an upper tray ball removal lever 10 that is movable in the lateral direction.
is provided. This upper tray ball removal lever 10 moves the prize balls stored in the first storage section 7 to the second ball storage section 15 of the lower tray section 14, which will be described later, through the receiving opening 33 at the end of the game, etc. It is operated by the player at the time of the game.

Further, an upper plate decorative plate portion 11 is extended below the upper plate portion 6. This upper plate decorative plate part 11 extends downward over almost the entire length of the upper plate part 6, and in particular, the upper plate decorative plate part 11 near the pivot side of the front door plate 5 is a part of the upper plate which projects forward. The upper plate decorative plate part 11 which is close to the open side of the front door plate 5 serves as a partition wall part 12 and serves as a display lens part 13 which extends further downward. As shown in FIG. 3, this display lens section 13 is illuminated from the back by an illumination lamp 26 facing a notch 25 formed by cutting out a part of the lower side of the door holding frame 3, and displays predetermined information. At the same time, the front part of a part of the lower side (approximately ⅓ on the right side) of the door holding frame 3 is covered. Note that the display lens section 13
The upper plate plate part 11 excluding the upper plate plate part 11 extends to the lower side of the front door plate 5, and when the front door plate 5 is closed, the upper plate plate part 11 faces the upper edge of the lower plate plate part 23, which will be described later. This gives the player the impression that the tray part 6 and the lower tray part 14 are integrally formed. Further, the predetermined information displayed on the display lens section 13 includes, for example, a display indicating that a game is in progress (generally referred to as an operation display), a display notifying that a predetermined gaming state is in progress, or A display notifying that the operation handle 22 is locked, which will be described later, or the like may be considered.

The above-mentioned upper tray portion 6, prize ball outlet 8, upper tray ball removal lever 10, and upper tray decorative plate portion 11 are all formed integrally or partially assembled from synthetic resin, and the formed The size is almost the same as the front door plate 5. In other words, the front door plate 5 itself only shows a part of the pivot side when viewed from the front, and most of the surface of the front door plate 5 is covered with the synthetic resin on which the upper plate part 6 is formed. There is.

Next, referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, the lower plate portion 14
The configuration of is explained below. The lower tray portion 14 is attached to the lower surface of the front frame 1 below the front door plate 5, and has a portion approximately in the center where surplus balls (for example, balls that cannot be stored in the first storage portion 7) are placed on the lower surface of the front frame 1 below the front door plate 5. Prize balls, missed foul balls,
The ashtray has a second ball storage section 15 for storing prize balls (prize balls etc. extracted by the upper tray ball removal lever 10), and on the left side of the second ball storage section 15, the ash of cigarettes smoked by the player is stored. It has 16.

A surplus ball outlet 17 is formed on the rear surface of the second ball storage section 15, and the surplus balls described above are discharged from the surplus ball outlet 17. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the surplus ball outlet 17 is formed on the front side of a discharge tube 18 that is assembled to the lower plate part 14 so as to pass through the front frame 1. Note that the discharge tube 18 may be configured integrally with the lower plate portion 14.

A ball removal hole 19 is formed in the bottom of the second ball storage portion 15, and the ball can be removed by moving a lower plate ball removal lever 20 movably provided on the front surface of the lower plate portion 14. A blockage valve (no reference numeral) that closes the extraction hole 19 is opened, and the surplus balls stored in the second ball storage section 15 can be extracted downward. It goes without saying that when operating the lower plate ball removal lever 20,
It is necessary to place a ball box below the ball hole 19.

Furthermore, a recess 21 is formed on the right side of the lower plate portion 14, and an operating handle 22 is fixed to the recess 21. The operating handle 22 is used to start the firing action of the ball and to adjust the flight distance of the ball. A rotary lever 22a is provided at the center of the operating handle 22, and by rotating the rotating lever 22a, the operating handle 22 is placed inside the operating handle 22. It is possible to turn on a motor switch (not shown) to drive a ball launcher (not shown) and obtain an elastic force corresponding to the amount of rotation thereof. To be precise, the ball launcher is not driven simply by turning on the motor switch; the player's hand must be in contact with the rotary lever 22a. This is because when a player is playing a game, the player must be operating the operating handle 22, and in order to meet this need, the rotary lever 22a is used to drive the ball launcher. This is because it also serves as a touch plate for a touch switch (not shown), which is one of the switches. Of course, if there is no need as described above, the ball launcher may be driven only by the motor switch. Note that the recess 2
The upper end of 1 faces the lower end of the display lens section 13 .

Furthermore, a single switch 22b protrudes from the outer periphery of the operating handle 22, which turns off the motor switch when pressed while the rotary lever 22a is being rotated. Therefore, the rotating lever 22a
By pressing the single-shot switch 22b while holding the ball at the desired rotational position, the firing of the ball can be stopped. Note that the ball launcher is fixed to the back surface of the front frame 1 corresponding to the operating handle 22.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, the operating handle 22 and the lower plate part 14 in which the second ball storage part 15 is formed have a protruding width W2 of the operating handle 22 that is larger than the second ball storage part 15. The protrusion width W1 is set to be less than or equal to the protrusion width W1. That is, the relationship W2≦W1 holds. With such a relationship, when the pinball game machine is carried around, the operating handle 22 will not hit an obstacle, and the operating handle 22 will not be damaged or damaged.

Further, a lower plate decorative plate portion 23 is extended above the lower plate portion 14. This lower plate decorative plate part 23 extends upward over a length corresponding to the second ball storage part 15 and the ashtray 16, except for the part corresponding to the recessed part 21, and especially supports the pivot of the front door plate 5. The lower plate decorative plate portion 23 near the side serves as a lower plate partition portion 24 that protrudes forward so as to be continuous with the upper plate partition portion 12 . Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the lower plate decorative plate portion 23 extends to a position covering the front surface of the lower side of the door holding frame 3, and faces the lower end of the upper plate decorative plate portion 11.

[0021] In the middle of the lower tray partition part 24, there is a pinball game machine having a game content in which a player can participate in the game (for example, a pachinko game machine having a stop switch for stopping the fluctuating operation of a variable display device). A touch section 27 is formed to serve as a switch section when the device is connected to the camera. This touch part 27 has a member whose surface is plated with metal and is detachably attached to the lower plate partition part 24. By connecting a lead wire to this member, it can function as a switch. will give. In addition, when playing a pinball game machine that does not require a switch as described above,
Instead of the plated member, a synthetic resin member of the same color as the lower plate partition wall portion 24 may be fitted. In addition, even when playing a pinball game machine that requires a switch,
Instead of the plated member, a member having a push button of a contact type switch (for example, a microswitch) may be fitted.

[0022] The upper plate part 6 and the lower plate part 1 having the above-described structure.
4, when the front door plate 5 is closed, about 2/3 of the left side of the front of the lower side of the door holding frame 3 is covered by the lower plate plate part 23, and about 1/3 of the right side is covered by the upper plate plate part 23. Part 11
Since the display lens part 13 forming a part of the door is covered by the display lens part 13, even if the player tries to loosen the screw 4 securing the lower side of the door holding frame 3 while trying to prevent it from being reflected on the TV monitor. , the screw 4 could not be loosened, and therefore a gap was formed between the door holding frame 3 and the front frame 1,
It is possible to prevent fraudulent acts such as inserting a piano wire or a cell board through the gap. In addition, the upper plate decorative plate part 11
Since the lower end side and the upper end side of the lower plate decorative plate part 23 face each other over the entire length, the upper plate part 6 and the lower plate part 14
It is possible to give the player an impression that the two parts are unified in terms of design, and to provide a design of the plate part with unprecedented beauty. Note that when opening and closing the front door plate 5, the lower plate bulkhead 2
Since the opening/closing operation is guided by the upper surface of 4 and the lower surface of the upper plate partition 12, the front door plate 5 can be opened and closed smoothly.

In the above embodiment, the front of the lower side of the door holding frame 3 is connected to the upper plate decorative plate part 11 and the lower plate decorative plate part 2.
3 is shown, but the upper plate decorative plate part 1
1 or only the lower plate decorative plate portion 23 may cover the front of the lower side of the door holding frame 3. Furthermore, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the front portions of the screws 4 located at both ends of the screws 4 that fasten the lower side of the door holding frame 3 are not covered in any way.
Even if screw 4 in this part is loosened, it is difficult to commit fraud and there is almost no problem. Of course, either the upper plate decorative plate part 11 or the lower plate decorative plate part 23 may be extended so as to cover the screws 4 at both ends. Furthermore, the upper plate decorative plate part 11 or the lower plate decorative plate part 23 may be extended so as to cover not only the lower side of the door holding frame 3 but also the front of the lower part of the side piece of the door holding frame 3. Furthermore, the fastening means for fastening the door holding frame 3 may be other than screws, for example, nails or the like.

[0024]

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above explanation, in the present invention, the lower front side of the door holding frame is covered with either or both of the upper plate decorative plate portion and the lower plate decorative plate portion. , the fastening means that fastens the bottom side of the door holding frame cannot be loosened, and a gap is formed between the bottom side of the door holding frame and the front frame, and the piano wire or cell plate is inserted through that gap. It is possible to prevent such fraudulent acts.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the structure of the lower part of the front frame of the pinball game machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the structure of the lower part of the front door frame when the front door frame is closed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the structure of the lower part of the front door frame when the front door frame is open.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the lower plate section cut in the longitudinal direction.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the lower plate part.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Front frame 2 Opening 3 Door holding frame 4 Screws (fastening means) 5 Front door plate 6 Upper plate part 7 First ball storage part 11　Top plate decoration plate part 13 Display lens part (upper plate decorative plate part) 14 Lower plate part 15 Second ball storage part 16 Ashtray 23　Lower plate decoration plate part

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A first ball storage section for supplying batted balls to the surface of the front door plate, which is rotatably supported in the lower area of the door holding frame attached to the periphery of the opening of the front frame by fastening means. In the pinball game machine, the pinball game machine is equipped with an upper tray section having an ashtray section and an ashtray section and a second ball storage section for storing surplus balls on the lower surface of the front frame below the front door plate. , a lower part of the upper plate part is extended to form an upper plate decoration plate part, and an upper part of the lower plate part is extended to form a lower plate decoration plate part; a lower edge of the upper plate part; A pinball game machine characterized in that the front lower side of the door holding frame is covered with one or both of the lower plate plate part and the upper end side part of the lower plate decorative plate part.