JPH07299187A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a pachinko (Japanese pin ball game) machine which enables the setting thereof on a pachinko land even when a CRT display device is carried with a larger display screen. CONSTITUTION:A game board 6 is provided with a CRT display device 13 to allow the displaying of a screen and an opening 42a is formed on a rear glass plate 42 so as to pierce a front end part of the CRT display device 13. When a glass door frame 4 is closed, a protective plate 13a of the CRT display device 13 is opposed to a front glass plate 41. This machine enables a thinner designing of machine as a whole even when the CRT display device 13 is carried with a larger display screen and a pachinko machine carrying the CRT display device 13 can be set on a pachinko land base at a lower cost and with a larger display screen of high quality of picture.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine provided with a glass door frame provided with front and rear glass plates so as to be openable and closable with respect to a game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, many liquid crystal display devices have been used as a variable display device provided on a game board of a pachinko machine and performing electrical variable display as if the three rows of belts rotate. It was In such a liquid crystal display device, a rotary drum device for mechanically rotating a cylindrical rotary drum having a plurality of symbols drawn on its outer peripheral surface, or a rotary belt having a plurality of symbols drawn on its outer peripheral surface is mechanically provided. Compared to the rotary belt device that drives in rotation, the device is significantly thinned, and at the time of a big hit game, instead of displaying the rotation (fluctuation) of the belt, the image of the big hit game and the information of the big hit game are announced. By displaying the image on the display screen, the interest in the game was raised.

[0003]

However, the conventional liquid crystal display device as described above has a problem that the cost is higher than that of the CRT display device and the image quality of the display screen is inferior. For this reason, it is conceivable to use a CRT display device, which is lower in cost and higher in image quality than a liquid crystal display device, as a variable display device. However, since the depth of the CRT display device itself is extremely large, the pachinko machine as a whole becomes thin I couldn't do it. Moreover, the installation distance between each pachinko machine installed on the back of the pachinko island stand is set to the minimum required value due to the reduction of the area occupied by the pachinko island stand in the game arcade, etc. When a display device is provided on a pachinko machine, only a thin (small) CRT display device that can be installed on a pachinko island stand can be mounted, and as a result, the display screen as a variable display device becomes small. Is expected. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a pachinko machine that can be installed on a pachinko island stand even if a CRT display device having a large display screen is mounted. .

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a pachinko machine provided with a glass door frame provided with front and rear glass plates so as to be openable and closable with respect to a game board. The game board is provided with a CRT display device capable of displaying an image, and the rear glass plate is provided with an opening portion that can penetrate a front end portion of the CRT display device.
The front end face of the CRT display device faces the front glass plate when the glass door frame is closed.

[0005]

The game board is provided with a CRT display device capable of displaying an image, and the rear glass plate is provided with an opening penetrating the front end portion of the CRT display device, and when the glass door frame is closed. Since the front end face of the CRT display device faces the front glass plate, the pachinko machine as a whole can be made thin even if a CRT display device having a large display screen is mounted. Therefore, a pachinko machine equipped with a CRT display device that is low in cost, high in image quality, and has a large display screen can be installed on a pachinko island stand.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of a pachinko machine 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. In the figure, a metal frame 3 is provided around an opening of a front frame 2 formed in a frame shape of the pachinko machine 1. The metal frame 3 is provided with a glass door frame 4 (shown in an open state) and a front door plate 5 which are essential parts of the present embodiment so as to be openable and closable. The configuration of the glass door frame 4 will be described later in detail. At the rear of the glass door frame 4, a game board 6 is arranged, and on the surface of the front door plate 5,
An upper plate 7 that stores the hit balls and supplies the hit balls to a hit ball firing position (not shown) is fixed. Further, below the front frame 2, an operation handle 8 for adjusting the launching force of the hit ball, a lower plate 9 for storing the prize balls which could not be stored in the upper plate 7,
And an ashtray 10 is provided.

On the front surface of the game board 6, a game area 12 defined by a guide rail 11 provided in a substantially circular shape.
Are formed. The CRT display device (image display device) that constitutes the main part of the present embodiment is provided in the approximate center of the game area 12.
13 are arranged. The CRT display device 13 includes a starting memory display 14 for notifying that the number of winning balls won in the starting winning openings 21a to 21c, which will be described later, is stored, and a CRT set 15 (cathode) capable of variably displaying three symbol rows. Tube) and are included. The start memory indicator 14 is a CRT set 15
When the ball hits the starting winning openings 21a to 21c during the variable display or the big hit state, the memory is held and the starting memory indicator 14 lights up by the number of the held balls, and the CRT is displayed.
One light is turned off each time the set 15 starts changing. However, the maximum number of memories is 4,
Further starting prizes will be invalid. It should be noted that the symbols displayed on the CRT set 15 can be seen by the player as three, so that when the three symbols are stopped, three symbols are displayed vertically and horizontally. Become. Then, when a predetermined symbol (for example, the same symbol) is displayed on the three horizontal and two diagonal hit lines, the big hit game state is entered, and the variable winning a prize device 16 is drive-controlled to be short as described later. Many prize balls are generated in time.

Below the CRT display device 13, a variable winning device 16 is arranged. The variable winning device 16 has an opening / closing plate 17, and the opening / closing plate 17 is driven to open / close by an attacker solenoid 18. In addition, the variable prize device 16 includes an opening / closing plate 17
Prize winning number detection switch 19 for detecting the prize winning coins received in the open state, and V prize prize detecting switch 20 for detecting the prize winning coins in the V prize opening formed in the opening / closing plate 17.
And are provided. The variable winning device 16 configured as described above, until the opening / closing plate 17 has passed a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) when the jackpot gaming state is entered, or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls. The game is opened until the occurrence of the above, and such an opened state is repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 16 times) on condition that the winning ball is won in the V winning opening. The prize winning number detection switch 19 is used to count the number of winning prizes received during one opening of the opening / closing plate 17, and the V winning prize detecting switch 20 repeatedly opens the opening / closing plate 17. It is used to detect the condition.

Further, in the game area 12, a starting winning opening 21
a to 21c are provided. This starting winning opening 21a ~
21c allows the variable display of the symbol row of the CRT display device 13, and therefore, the starting winning openings 21a to 21
Each c has a built-in starting prize winning ball detection switch 22a to 22c for detecting the winning of a hit ball. Further, the start winning port 21a is between the CRT display device 13 and the variable winning device 16, and the starting winning ports 21b and 21c are the variable winning device 1.
6 are arranged on the left and right sides of the open / close plate 17, respectively.

Further, the game area 12 is provided with prize holes 23a to 23c on the upper side and both sides of the CRT display device 13, and the prize holes 23d are obliquely above and to the left and right of the variable prize device 12.
23e is provided. These winning holes 23a-23
Although not shown, e has a built-in operation lamp that lights up or blinks according to various game states. Also,
On both the left and right sides of the game area 12, jackpot lamps 24a and 24b are also arranged to flash when the jackpot game state is entered to inform the player of the fact. Also, the game area 12
At the lowermost part, there is also provided an out port 25 for collecting hit balls which do not enter the above-mentioned winning port.

Next, the structure of the glass door frame 4 which constitutes the essential part of this embodiment will be described. The glass door frame 4 is provided with a frame-shaped glass holding frame 40 in which front and rear glass storage grooves 40a and 40b are provided at predetermined intervals on the back surface thereof, and the glass storage frames 40a and 40a of the glass holding frame 40 are provided. Each of the front and rear glass plates 41, 42 is housed in the 40b from above. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the CRT display device 1 is provided on the rear glass plate 42.
3 is formed with an opening 42a that can penetrate the front end portion of the CRT display device 13, and the transparent protection plate 13a, which is the front end surface of the CRT display device 13, is attached to the front glass plate 41 when the glass door frame 4 is closed.
To face. Therefore, as compared with the conventional state in which the CRT display device 13 has the protection plate 13a facing the rear surface side of the rear glass plate 42 (shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 2), in the present embodiment, The rear end portion 13b of the CRT display device 13 is moved to the front side by a distance L corresponding to the distance between the rear glass plates 41, 42 and is attached to the game board 6.

Next, the structure of the pachinko island stand 30 in which the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment is installed will be described with reference to FIG. The pachinko island stand 30 is formed by a wooden or metal strut into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped framework, and a large number of pachinko machines 1 are arranged in a back row along the longitudinal direction thereof. An upper decorative plate 31 to which a calling lamp device (not shown) is attached is attached to the upper part of each pachinko machine 1 along the longitudinal direction of the pachinko island stand 30, and a plurality of curtains are provided on the upper decorative plate 31. A plate 32 is provided so as to be openable and closable. One curtain plate 32 has a length corresponding to a few pachinko machines 1, and is generally designed to have a pattern or pattern so as to enhance the decorative effect of the pachinko island stand 30.
Further, the curtain plate 32 is opened when a trouble such as a ball jam occurs in a supply gutter (not shown) arranged above the pachinko island stand 30, so that the trouble can be quickly dealt with. . Further, the calling lamp device attached to the upper decorative plate 31 is provided so as to correspond to each pachinko machine 1 installed on the pachinko island stand 30, and in recent years, a lamp cover for covering the built-in lamp. Various shapes and colors are added to enhance the decorative effect. On the other hand, a waist plate 33 is attached to the lower part of the pachinko island stand 30, and the pachinko island stand 3 is provided between the waist plate 33 and the lower part of the pachinko machine 1.
A counter base 34 is provided so as to project outward so as to be substantially orthogonal to 0.

By the way, the pachinko island stand 30 as described above
The inter-installation distance W between the respective pachinko machines 1, 1, which are installed so as to face each other, is set to the minimum necessary value in view of the reduction of the area occupied by the pachinko island stand 30 in the game arcade. On the other hand, in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, as described above, C
The RT display device 13 is moved to the front side by a distance L from the conventional arrangement state (shown by a dashed line in FIGS. 2 and 3) and attached to the game board 6. Therefore, in the conventional arrangement state, the rear end portions 13b and 13b interfere with each other, and the CRT display device 13 having a large depth (large size) in which the pachinko machine 1 cannot be installed on the pachinko island stand 30 is used in the present embodiment. When the rear glass plate 42 is provided with the opening 42a and the arrangement position is moved to the front by the distance L and the distance between the rear end portions 13b and 13b is widened by 2L as shown in FIG. Part 13
It is possible to avoid interference between b and 13b, and as a result, a pachinko machine 1 equipped with a CRT display device 13 having a large display screen.
Can be installed on the pachinko island stand 30.

As described above, in the pachinko machine 1 according to this embodiment, the game board 6 is provided with the CRT display device 13 capable of displaying an image, and the rear glass plate 42 is provided with the front end of the CRT display device 13. Since the opening 42a that can penetrate the portion is formed, and the protective plate 13a of the CRT display device 13 is faced to the front glass plate 41 when the glass door frame 4 is closed, the CRT display device 13 having a large display screen is displayed. Even if it is mounted, the pachinko machine 1 as a whole can be made thinner. Therefore, the pachinko machine 1 equipped with the CRT display device 13 that is low in cost, high in image quality, and has a large display screen can be installed on the pachinko island stand 30.

The above embodiment is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, a simple pachinko machine that pays out a prize ball with the winning of a pachinko ball to the winning opening is illustrated, but an arrangement that pays out a prize ball corresponding to the score established by the combination of prizes is arranged. It may be a pachinko machine of the type. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the CRT display device is applied as a variable display device which electrically and variably displays the symbols relating to the game, but the invention is not particularly limited to this, and the information image of the game content, the game hall, etc. Alternatively, it can be applied as an image display device for displaying a video image such as a television or a video.

The glass plate 41, described in this embodiment,
42 is not limited to each one plate, but may be a multi-layer glass set formed by bonding a plurality of glass plates to a frame made of synthetic resin from the front and the back. The glass plates 41 and 42 are not limited to those made of a glass material, but include transparent plate materials such as synthetic resins. Further, the technical idea of forming the opening 42a in the rear glass plate 42 described in the present embodiment so that the front end of the display device faces the front glass plate 41 is a liquid crystal display device (other display device may be used). It can also be applied to.
In this case, since the display screen of the liquid crystal display device, which is conventionally arranged in substantially the same plane as the game board, can be brought closer to the player side, the image display by the liquid crystal display device can be made more powerful. At the same time, since the rear end portion of the liquid crystal display device can be housed within the thickness of the game board, or at least in the space of the prize ball collecting cover attached to the back surface of the game board, the back structure of the game board can be simplified. You can Furthermore, the above-mentioned technical idea can be applied to a center character. In this case, since the movement of the winning balls and the movement of the movable member in the center accessory can be visually recognized closer, it is possible to give the player an interest different from the conventional one.

[0017]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the game board is provided with a CRT display device capable of displaying an image, and the rear glass plate is provided with the CRT display device.
Since an opening that can penetrate the front end of the display device is formed and the front end face of the CRT display device is made to face the front glass plate when the glass door frame is closed, a CRT display device having a large display screen is mounted. However, the pachinko machine as a whole can be made thinner. Therefore, a pachinko machine equipped with a CRT display device that is low in cost, high in image quality, and has a large display screen can be installed on a pachinko island stand.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which a CRT display device according to this embodiment is applied.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts showing the arrangement position of a CRT display device in the pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a pachinko island stand to which the pachinko machine is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 4 Glass door frame 6 Game board 13 CRT display device (image display device) 13a Protective plate (front end face) 41 Front glass plate 42 Rear glass plate 42a Opening

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which a glass door frame provided with front and rear glass plates is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to a game board, wherein the game board is provided with a CRT display device capable of displaying an image, The rear glass plate is formed with an opening that can penetrate the front end of the CRT display device, and the front end face of the CRT display device faces the front glass plate when the glass door frame is closed. Pachinko machine characterized by.