JPH04857Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a display structure in a mahjong ball machine or other pinball game machine.

<Prior art> For example, in a mahjong ball machine in which a mahjong game is formed by combining ball receivers containing a predetermined number of launched balls, and a mahjong game can be played by re-hitting the balls a certain number of times, a nailed board surface is used. An arc-shaped guide rail is provided so as to separate the upper end corner part from the other parts in a triangular shape, and this guide rail guides the launched ball to the upper part of the nailing board surface.

However, in this type of conventional pinball game machine, a display window for displaying the dots and other displays was provided below the guide rail on the nailing board surface.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> Therefore, the display window reduces the effective playing area of the nailing board surface, and the display window may interfere with play, or conversely, the display window may not provide sufficient display. There was a problem that it was no longer possible.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is designed to provide sufficient display through the display window without reducing the effective playing area of the nailing board surface or interfering with the play.

<Means for Solving the Problem> The technical means of the present invention for solving this technical problem is that the arc-shaped guide rail 8 that guides the launched ball 6 to the upper part of the nailing board surface 4 is connected to the upper end of the board surface 4. In this pinball game machine, a display window 21 is provided in the triangular corner part 4a of the board 4 so as to penetrate inside and outside, and A decorative board 22 is provided to cover substantially the entire front surface of 4a,
The decorative panel 22 is provided with a cylindrical display opening 36 that protrudes rearward from the display window 21, and display devices 39, 58 having display portions 47, 60 corresponding to the display opening 36 are provided on the back side of the board surface 4. This is what is provided.

<Function> Display window 2 provided at the corner portion 4a of the nailing board surface 4
1, the display device 3 provided on the back side of the board 4
The display portions 47 and 60 of 9 and 58 can be seen from the front of the board surface 4 through the display opening 36 of the decorative board 22, and the corner portion 4a above the guide rail 8 of the nailing board surface 4 can be effectively used as a display location. .

<Embodiment> Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained according to the illustrated embodiment. In Figs. 1 to 3, 1 is a game board for a mahjong ball machine, which is attached to the front part of a base 2 so as to be openable and closable. ing. 3 is a rectangular front frame of the game board 1, 4 is a nailed board surface, which is attached to the front frame 3 via a spacer 5,
A large number of obstacle nails 7 are installed on the board surface 4 to prevent the balls 6 from falling irregularly. Reference numeral 8 denotes an arc-shaped guide rail for guiding the launched ball 6 to the upper part of the nailing board surface 4, and is provided so as to partition the corner portion 4a at the upper end of the board surface 4 into a triangular shape from other parts. Glasses 9 and 10 close the front surface of the nailing board surface 4, and are attached to the front frame 3 via a mounting frame 11 so as to be openable and closable.

At the bottom of the nailing board surface 4, a large number of ball receivers (27 pieces) corresponding to mahjong tiles are arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction.
When the ball 6 is launched, the ball 6 passes through the ball receiver from the top of the board 4. 15
is a variable display, with 22 variable display sections 16 in the horizontal direction.
The variable display section 16 is configured to variably display the pattern of the mahjong tiles corresponding to the ball receiving section through which the ball 6 has passed. Reference numeral 17 denotes a cut tile switch, of which 14 are provided corresponding to the variable display section 16. This cut tile switch 17 is used to re-hit the ball 6 (cut tile) by using the hand tile displayed on the corresponding variable display section 16 as a discard tile. It is possible to retype. Reference numeral 18 denotes a reach switch, which enables formation of mahjong roles by reach. The mahjong ball machine is constructed so that a mahjong game can be played by launching balls 6 a predetermined number of times and placing them in the ball receiver, and by re-hitting the balls 6 a predetermined number of times.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a display window provided on the board surface 4, which is formed by cutting out the upper end of the board surface 4 in a U-shape, and has openings extending inside and outside of the pair of left and right corner portions 4a at the top of the board surface 4, respectively. 22 is a pair of decorative boards on the left and right,
It is provided so as to cover the entire front surface of the corner portion 4a. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the decorative board 22 includes a triangular outer member 23 corresponding to the corner portion 4a, and an inner member 24 that is removably fitted into the outer member 23.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the external member 23 includes a triangular cover wall 26, an outer circumferential edge 27 that protrudes rearward from the outer circumferential edge of the cover wall 26, and a protrusion that protrudes forward from the lower outer circumferential edge of the cover wall 26. and a wall 28. An engaging protrusion 29 bent downward is provided at the front end of the protruding wall 28.
is provided protrudingly, and the engaging protrusion 29 engages with the guide rail 8 from above. A fitting window 30 is formed in the center of the cover wall 28 to correspond to the display window 21, and the outer member 23 is attached to the corner portion 4a with screws 32 via a mounting convex portion 31 provided rearwardly projecting on the cover wall 26. It is attached to the front.

The inner member 24 includes a fitting wall portion 34 that projects forwardly and fits into the edge of the fitting portion 30 of the cover wall 26 of the outer member 23, as shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 7; A support wall 35 protrudes outward in a stepped manner from the fitting wall 34 toward the rear, and a rectangular cylindrical display opening protrudes rearward from the center of the fitting wall 34 to the display window 21 of the corner portion 4a. The support wall 35 has its front end in contact with the cover wall 24 and its rear end in contact with the panel surface 4, so that the inner member 24 is connected to the panel surface 4 and the outer member 23.
It is sandwiched between.

39 is a back driver display device provided on the back side of the board 4 so as to correspond to the left corner portion 4a;
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 8, a support base 41 is fixed to the back surface of the board 4 with screws 40, and a rotating drum 43 has a large number of back drive display bodies 42 arranged in the circumferential direction.
Then, the rotating drum 43 is rotated so that the back drum display body 42 exposed at the display opening 36 of the decorative board 22 is sequentially changed.
and a drum drive mechanism 46 having a solenoid 45 etc. that rotates intermittently around a vertical axis 44,
The back door display body 39 is composed of a transparent or semi-transparent thin plate, and the back door display section 4 corresponding to the display opening 36
7 and the read section 48 located above the display section 47
The back door display section 47 has a pattern of mahjong tiles indicating the back door, and the read section 48 optically binarizes the display contents of the corresponding display section 47 by a combination of transparent and opaque elements. it's shown. Further, the back door display device 39 includes a back door display lamp 49 that illuminates the back door display body 42 exposed at the display port 36, and a back door display unit 48 that displays the display contents of the back door display body 42 exposed at the display port 36. A rear driver reading means 50 is provided which optically reads the information through the illumination light of the driver indicator lamp 49. The support stand 41 is a front wall 5 fixed to the board surface 4.
1. Side wall 5 bent rearward from one end of front wall 51
2. A drum mounting wall 53 that protrudes horizontally between the front wall 51 and the side wall 52, and a solenoid mounting wall 54 that is raised in a stepped manner from the drum mounting wall 53 are provided. A rectangular cylindrical portion 55 is formed at the rear end of the display opening 36 and is removably fitted onto the outside.

Reference numeral 58 denotes a front drive display device provided on the back side of the board 4 so as to correspond to the right corner section 4a;
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a support stand 59 is fixed to the back side of the board 4 with screws 57, a front drawer display section 60 with a pattern of mahjong tiles indicating a front drawer, and display contents of the display section 60. a front-drag display body 62 having a read portion 61 optically displaying a binary value; a front-drag display lamp 63 that illuminates the display body 62;
Front side reading means 64 optically reads the contents of the read section 61 through the illumination light of the front side display lamp 63
By replacing the front driver display body 62, the front driver can be changed. The support stand 59 has a U-shaped storage section 65 with an open bottom end.
66 and 67 are formed continuously in the left-right direction, and the central storage part 66 corresponds to the display port 36, and the front end thereof has a cylindrical part 70 that is removably fitted onto the rear end of the display port 36. Along with being formed, the front drive display body 62
A locking portion 68 is formed that engages and holds the holder so that it can be inserted and removed from above. A printed circuit board 69 is inserted and held at the rear end of the support base 59 so as to be inserted and removed from above so as to close the rear end openings of the cylindrical parts 65, 66, and 67.
The front drive display lamp 6 is mounted on this printed circuit board 69.
3 is attached so as to correspond to the central storage section 66. In addition, a display 71 such as letters indicating the end of the game is formed in the inner member 24 in front of the storage parts 65 and 67, and a colored transparent sheet 72 is attached to the back side of the inner member 24. Illumination lamps 73 and 74 that illuminate the display 71 on the printed circuit board 69
are attached corresponding to the storage portions 65 and 67, respectively.

<Effect of the invention> According to the invention, the guide rail 8 of the nailing board surface 4
The upper corner part 4a can be effectively used as a display place, and therefore sufficient display can be made by the display window 21 provided on the board surface 4 without narrowing the playing area of the nailed board surface 4. In addition, since the corner portion 4a is covered by the decorative board 22, the appearance is very good.Moreover, since the decorative board 22 has a cylindrical display opening 36 that protrudes rearward into the display window 21, the board surface 4 The opening edge of the provided display window 21 can be hidden by the display opening 36, and from this point of view as well, the display can be made very aesthetically pleasing.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
2 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is an overall front view, FIG. 4 is a side sectional view, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the decorative board part. , FIG. 6 is a rear view of the external material of the decorative board, FIG. 7 is a rear view of the internal material of the decorative board, FIG. 8 is a front view of the back door display device, and FIG. 9 is a rear view of the internal material of the decorative board.
The figure is a plan view of the front-end display device, and FIG. 10 is a front view of the front-end display device. 4...Nailing board surface, 4a...Corner part, 6...
Ball, 8... Guide rail, 21... Display window, 22...
... Decorative board, 36... Display opening, 39... Back door display device, 47... Back door display section, 58... Front door display device, 60... Front door display section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a pinball game machine in which an arc-shaped guide rail 8 for guiding the launched ball 6 to the upper part of the nailing board surface 4 is provided so as to partition a corner part 4a at the upper end of the board surface 4 into a triangular shape from other parts, A display window 21 is provided in the triangular corner portion 4a of the board surface 4 so as to pass through the inside and outside, and a decorative board 22 is provided so as to cover substantially the entire front surface of the corner portion 4a. The display window 21 is provided with a cylindrical display opening 36 that projects rearward, and on the back side of the board 4,
A display structure in a pinball game machine, characterized in that display devices 39 and 58 having display sections 47 and 60 corresponding to the display opening 36 are provided.