JPH0742469Y2 - Terminal board box for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a terminal board box provided on one upper side of a mechanism plate arranged on the back side of a pachinko machine.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a terminal board box is provided above one side of a mechanism plate arranged on the back side of a pachinko machine. This terminal board box is provided with an external power supply, a terminal for supplying information to the pachinko machine, or a terminal for deriving information from the pachinko machine to the outside (for example, a management computer). . In addition, a prize ball aligning gutter for arranging prize balls from the prize ball storage tank and supplying the prize balls to the prize ball discharging device is arranged below the terminal board box. Further, between the terminal board box and the prize ball aligning gutter, a stopper member is provided on the mechanism plate so as to be rotatable so as to stop the prize balls from flowing into the prize ball aligning gutter during a test mode or a repair. It was being done.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] By the way, in recent pachinko machines, various information is exchanged between the management computer and the pachinko machine as the contents of the game become complicated or in response to various illegal games. It is necessary to replace it, or it is necessary to provide a control circuit etc. for controlling electrical equipment permanently used in the pachinko machine body except the game board, but in order to respond to this, The terminals for inputting and outputting each information and the control circuit were distributed and provided in the pachinko machine.
However, in the case where they are provided in a distributed manner, when the game board is replaced, it takes time and effort to connect the necessary wirings to each other, so that the terminals and control circuits described above tend to be provided in one place. In many cases, a terminal board box provided on one side of the upper part of the mechanism board is used as a place to gather in one place, but it is inevitable to consolidate terminals or control circuits in such a terminal board box. In addition, it will promote the size increase of the terminal board box. For this reason, the position where the stopper member provided between the terminal board box and the prize ball alignment gutter is attached becomes narrow, which causes a problem that the stopper member cannot be easily attached.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a terminal board box in a pachinko machine in which a stopper member located below the terminal board box can be easily attached even if the terminal board box is enlarged.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the terminal board box in the pachinko machine according to the present invention aligns the prize balls on the lower part of the terminal board box and guides them to the prize ball discharging device. It is characterized in that a stopper member capable of appearing and retracting in the prize ball aligning gutter is rotatably provided.

[Operation] Since the stopper member can be rotatably provided at the lower part of the terminal board box instead of the mechanism plate, it is only necessary to attach the stopper member to the terminal board box in advance and to attach the terminal board box to the mechanism board. .

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, a pachinko machine to which the embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a front view of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 5 is a rear view of the pachinko machine.
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 having glass and a front plate 5 which can be opened and closed. Further, on one side upper part of the metal frame 3, there is provided a metal frame crime prevention switch 6 for detecting the opening of the glass door frame 4, and a metal frame crime prevention lamp described later when the glass door frame 4 is illegally opened. It is designed to blink 20. Furthermore, behind the glass door frame 4, a game board 10
Is fixed to the surface of the front plate 5 and is fixed to the surface of the front plate 5 to store the hit balls and supply the hit balls to a hit ball firing position (not shown). Furthermore, below the front frame 2, a ball-striking device is provided.
An operation handle 8 which is a part of 34, and a lower plate 9 which stores prize balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 7 are provided.

The game board 10 has a substantially square shape, and on its surface,
A game area 12 partitioned by the guide rail 11 is formed. At the center of the game area 12, a combination display device 13
The variable winning device 14 is disposed below the combination display device 13. The combination display device 13 changes its display by hitting a plurality of starting winning openings 15 provided below the game area 12, and stops after a certain period of time. When the display mode displayed on the combination display device 13 is a predetermined combination (big hit state), the variable winning device 14 has a fixed time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winning balls. It will remain open until you win the prize.

The game area 12 is also provided with various winning openings, windmills, etc., although no reference numerals are given.

The winning openings other than the above-described starting winning opening 15 of the variable winning device 14 form one group (hereinafter, referred to as a first group) having the same number of prize balls to be discharged, and those winning openings are formed. The winning balls that have been won are guided to the first winning ball collecting gutter 22a described later.

The starting winning port 15 provided below the game area 12 is another one group (hereinafter, referred to as the same number of discharged prize balls).
2nd group), and the winning balls that have won the winning openings are the second winning ball collecting gutter 22b described later.
Is being guided to. And these second
The number of prize balls discharged by the prize balls that have won the group is different from the number of prize balls discharged by the prize balls that have won the first group. Specifically, 13 prize balls are ejected when the prize hole belonging to the first group is won, and 7 prize balls are discharged when the prize hole belonging to the second group is won. Is configured to.

Further, outside the game area 12, on the upper part of the game board 10, when the winning lamps 17a and 17b indicating that the prize balls have been discharged and the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 23 described later are running out. A ball-out lamp 16 that lights up is provided.

Further, at the upper part of the front frame 2, there is provided an operation lamp 18 which blinks when the game content becomes the big hit state described above and notifies that fact, and on the open side of the front frame 2,
The firing indicator lamp 19 that lights up when the player operates the operation handle 8 and the crime prevention switch 6 for the metal frame are turned on.
A metal frame crime prevention lamp 20 is provided which lights up during operation to notify that the glass door frame 4 is open. In addition, the above-mentioned metal frame crime prevention switch 6, the ball break lamp 16, the acquisition lamps 17a and 17b, the firing display lamp 19, and the metal frame crime prevention lamp 20 are connected to a terminal board 51 of a terminal board box 50 described later.

Next, the back surface structure of the pachinko machine will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, a mechanism plate 21 is attached to the back surface of the game board 10 so as to be openable and closable so as to cover the entire back surface of the game board 10. At the bottom of the mechanism plate 21, a first prize ball collecting gutter 22a for collecting prize balls that have won the first group.
And a second winning ball collecting gutter 22b for collecting the winning balls that have won in the second group are formed so as to overlap in the front-rear direction and be inclined to one side, and the collected input balls are a winning ball processing mechanism 30 described later. It is designed to guide you to.

Various mechanisms for discharging prize balls are provided on the rear surface side of the mechanism plate 21. Briefly describing these mechanisms, a prize ball tank 23 for storing prize balls is provided at the top of the mechanism plate 21, and below the prize ball tank 23, a prize ball alignment gutter 24 for aligning prize balls. Is installed so as to be inclined. The prize ball alignment gutter 24 is arranged so that the prize balls are arranged in three rows on the downstream side. That is, in the prize ball alignment gutter 24,
As shown in FIG. 3, three prize ball passages 27a to 27c are formed. Further, upstream of the prize ball alignment gutter 24 is provided with shortage detection plates 25a, 25b that swing when the shortage of prize balls runs out, and a ball break switch 26a that detects the swing motion of the shortage detection plates 25a, 25b. ~ 26c are provided. Of these, two ball break switches 26a and 26c are provided on the shortage detection plate 25a provided corresponding to the two rows of prize ball passages 27a and 27b on the back side, and one ball break switch 26a serves as a supply switch. It has a function and derives a prize ball supply command to a management computer (not shown). Also, the other ball break switch
Reference numeral 26c is for deriving a lighting signal for lighting the burnout lamp 16. In addition, the award ball passage 27c in the first row outside
The shortage detection plate 25b provided corresponding to the above is provided with one ball break switch 26b, and this ball break switch 26b also derives the supply command. The ball break switches 26a to 26c are connected to a terminal board 51 of a terminal board box 50 described later.

A curve gutter 28 is provided so as to be connected to the prize ball aligning gutter 24, and the ball pressure due to the prize balls stored in the prize ball aligning gutter 24 is weakened. Of course, in the curve gutter 28, the prize balls are guided while holding three rows. A prize ball discharging device 29 is connected to the lower end of the curving gutter 28. The prize ball discharging device 29 alternately operates a prize ball case that stores a predetermined number of prize balls, an upper opening / closing valve and a lower opening / closing valve arranged above and below the prize ball case, and an upper opening / closing valve and a lower opening / closing valve. It has a well-known structure such as a control member for controlling, and discharges a predetermined number of prize balls to the upper plate 7 or the lower plate 9 in conjunction with the operation of the winning ball processing mechanism 30. In addition, the prize ball discharging device 29 in this embodiment has three prize ball cases, and the two prize ball cases on the far side of the three prize ball cases are related to the first group. The one prize ball case provided on the front side is provided in association with the second group described above. Then, specifically, the two prize ball cases on the back side have 7 pieces and 6 pieces, respectively.
The prize balls are set to be stored, and one prize ball case on the front side is set to store 7 prize balls. Also, two winning ball processing mechanisms 30 are provided corresponding to the first winning ball collecting trough 22a and the second winning ball collecting trough 22b, and each of them corresponds to the above two pairs of winning ball cases. It is provided. By the way, the winning ball processing mechanism 30,
The winning ball discharge motor 32 for processing the winning ball and the acquisition switch 31a, 31b for detecting the processed winning ball has a 31b,
These electric devices are also connected to the terminal board 51 of the terminal board box 50 via the input / output relay board 41.

The prize balls discharged from the prize ball discharging device 29 are the upper plate 7
Or, when the prize balls are full in the lower plate 9, the filling stop switch 33, which is a normally closed switch, is turned off when the lower plate 9 is full, and the prize ball discharging motor 32 and the launch motor 35 described later.
Stop the operation of. As a result, the prize ball discharging operation and the hitting ball shooting operation are stopped.

Further, a hitting ball launching device 34 is fixed to the lower portion of the back surface of the front frame 2 in correspondence with the operation handle 8. The hitting ball launching device 34 includes a hitting ball 36 for shooting a hitting ball at a launching position (not shown) and a launching motor 35 for imparting reciprocating motion to the hitting ball 36. In order to drive the firing motor 35 to rotate, the player is touching the touch plate 39 (also used as the rotating member) provided on the operation handle 8 and rotating the rotating member. Then, it is necessary to turn on the main switch 38. Whether or not the touch plate 39 is touched is detected by the touch detection circuit 37. Also,
By pressing the single-shot switch 40, which is a normally-closed switch provided on the upper portion of the operation handle 8 while the firing motor 35 is being rotationally driven as described above, the rotational driving can be stopped. As a result, the hit ball can be fired intermittently. The above firing motor
35, the touch detection circuit 37, the main switch 38, and the one-shot switch 40 are connected to the terminal board 51 of the terminal board box 50 via the input / output relay board 41 fixed to the lower back surface of the mechanism plate 21.

Further, a control board case 42 accommodating a control board for controlling the game operation of the combination display device 13 and the variable winning device 14 is attached to the back surface of the winning ball collecting cover plate attached to the back surface of the game board 10. Has been. The control board provided in the control board case 42 is also connected to the terminal board 51 to supply power.

By the way, above the mechanism plate 21, the prize ball tank 23
A terminal board box 50, which is the main part of this embodiment, is attached to the side of. The terminal board box 50 is used for associating the electric devices provided on the front frame 2 and the mechanism plate 21 with each other as described above, or for connecting these electric devices to the outside (for example, a management computer). A terminal board 51 on which terminals are provided is housed. The specific circuit configuration of the terminal board 51 is as shown in the block diagram of FIG. Briefly, the terminal board 51 has a crime prevention control circuit for controlling the operations of the metal frame crime prevention switch 6 and the metal frame crime prevention lamp 20, and the acquisition lamps 17a and 17b in association with the operation of the acquisition switches 31a and 31b. Lamp control circuit for controlling operation, information control circuit for deriving acquisition information to the outside in response to operation signal of the lamp control circuit, and the lamp control circuit and acquisition lamp
Control circuit 52 including a power supply circuit for supplying power to 17a, 17b, etc.
Is provided. The terminal board 51 has a connection terminal 53a for supplying power to the control board housed in the control board case 42 and a connection terminal 53 for connecting to an external power supply.
b, a connection terminal 53 for connecting to a management computer in order to derive the ball break information of the ball break switches 26a, 26b
c, the firing motor 3 based on a command from the management computer
A connection terminal 53d for connecting to the management computer in order to forcibly stop 5, and a connection terminal for connecting to the management computer in order to derive information on the acquired balls controlled by the information control circuit to the management computer.
53e, connection terminal 53 for connecting to 7 acquisition lamps 17b
f, a connection terminal 53g for connecting the ball break switches 26a to 26c, a connection terminal 53h for connecting the wiring from the input / output relay board 41, a connection terminal 53i for connecting the ball break lamp 16, and 13 Connection terminals 53j for connecting the individual acquisition lamps 17a are respectively provided. Further, the terminal board 51 is also provided with fuses 54a and 54b so as to prevent the electric devices from being destroyed when an overcurrent flows through the electric devices.

As described above, since the terminal board 51 is provided with a control circuit and connection terminals for associating many electric devices provided in the pachinko machine 1 or for connecting with an external management computer or the like, Inevitably increase in size. Therefore, when the terminal board box 50 accommodating the terminal board 51 is attached to the upper part of the mechanism plate 21, the space between the terminal board box 50 and the prize ball alignment trough 24 becomes narrow. For this reason, in this embodiment, a stopper member that can appear in and out of the prize ball alignment gutter 24 is attached to the terminal board box 50 in the test mode or during repair. Therefore, the structure of the stopper member will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. As shown in FIG. 2, a mounting piece 55 is provided on the lower part of one side of the terminal board box 50 so as to project downward. The rear ends of the first stopper member 56 and the second stopper member 57 are screwed to the mounting piece 55 with screws 58 via washers. The front end of the first stopper member 56 is formed in a bifurcated manner, and the front end is bent downward to form stopper portions 56a and 56b. The tip of the second stopper member 57 is also bent downward to form one stopper portion 57a. As shown in FIG. 3, the stopper portions 56a, 56b, 57a can be retracted in the prize ball passage 27a, and the stopper portion 56b can be retracted in the prize ball passage 27b.
The stopper portion 57a is capable of appearing and disappearing in the prize ball passage 27c. Further, operation pieces 59 and 60 are integrally formed on the first stopper member 56 and the second stopper member 57, respectively.
The operation pieces 59 and 60 are adapted to project to the outside of the terminal board box 50 (shown by the chain double-dashed line) as shown in FIG. In addition, the second stopper member 57 is provided with a gap holding projection 61 which is provided near the tip thereof so as to project toward the first stopper member 56, so that the gap with the first stopper member 56 can be always kept constant. Has become. As a result, the stopper portion 57a of the second stopper member 57 can be surely projected and retracted in the prize ball passage 27c. Further, the second stopper member 57 is formed with a cutout portion 62 so as not to come into contact with the base portion of the operation piece 59 of the first stopper member 56. Although the second stopper member 57 can be rotated downward by itself, when the first stopper member 56 is rotated downward, the operation piece 59 and the notch portion 62 come into contact with each other. Two
The stopper member 57 will also rotate together.

Although the configuration of the terminal board box 50 has been described above, according to this embodiment, the stopper members 56, 57 are provided.
Since it can be rotatably provided not at the mechanism plate 21 but at the lower part of the terminal board box 50, even if the terminal board 51 becomes large, the stopper member
It is only necessary to attach 56 and 57 to the terminal board box 50 in advance and attach the terminal board box 50 to the mechanism plate 21. Therefore, the work of attaching the stopper members 56 and 57 becomes extremely easy. Further, in the illustrated embodiment, since the operation pieces 59, 60 of the stopper members 56, 57 are provided so as to project outward from the terminal board box 50, there is an advantage that the operation can be performed easily.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the prize ball alignment gutter 24 has three rows of prize ball passages 27a to 27c, but the conventional two rows designed to pay out one kind of prize balls. The second stopper member for the prize ball alignment gutter in which the prize ball passage is formed.
It can be applied by removing 57 etc.

[Effects of the Invention] As is apparent from the above description, the terminal board box in the pachinko machine according to the present invention has the prize ball alignment in which the prize balls are aligned under the terminal board box and guided to the prize ball discharging device. Since the stopper member that can be retracted in the trough is provided rotatably, it is only necessary to attach the stopper member to the terminal board box in advance and attach the terminal board box to the mechanism plate even when the terminal board becomes large in size. Therefore, the work of attaching the stopper member becomes extremely simple.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view showing a state where a terminal board box according to an embodiment is attached to a mechanism plate, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an attachment structure of a stopper member attached to the terminal board box. FIG. 4 is a partial plan view showing the operation of the stopper member. FIG. 4 is a front view of a pachinko machine to which the terminal board box according to the embodiment is applied.
FIG. 6 is a rear view of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal board provided in the terminal board box. 1 …… Pachinko machine, 21 …… Mechanism plate 24 …… Award ball alignment gutter, 29 …… Award ball discharge device 50 …… Terminal board box 56, 57 …… Stopper member

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. In a terminal board box provided on an upper side of a mechanism plate arranged on the back side of a pachinko machine, a prize ball alignment for aligning prize balls under the terminal board box and guiding the prize balls to a prize ball discharging device. A terminal board box for a pachinko machine, which is provided with a stopper member that can be retracted in a gutter so as to be rotatable.