JPH08107970A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a pinball game (PACHINKO) machine with which illegal action caused by piercing a hole can be prevented by improving the strength of a constitution member such as a transparent panel holding frame, fitting substrate of a hitting ball supply tray and fitting substrate of an excess ball receiving tray to be arranged on the front side of the PACHINKO machine. CONSTITUTION: A game opening 133 is provided to see through a game area 102 of a game panel 100, a transparent panel holding frame 130 for mounting glass 131 corresponding to the game opening 133 is composed of a synthetic resin main frame constitution member 132, and reinforce frame members 171 and 176 are mounted on the left and right front of the main frame constitution member 132. Thus, since the transparent panel holding frame 130 is basically provided with the structure of a double substrate, the strength of the transparent panel holding frame 130 can be improved and the illegal hole piercing action due to a heat generating tool such as tobaco or lighter can be prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention opens and closes a transparent plate holding frame, which has a game opening through which a game area of a game board can be seen, and a transparent plate can be mounted in correspondence with the game opening, with respect to a frame base. The present invention relates to a ball game machine provided freely.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a game opening through which a game area of a game board can be seen, and a transparent plate (eg, a transparent plate) corresponding to the game opening.
As a transparent plate holding frame to which a glass plate can be attached, a metal door holding frame (commonly called "gold frame") fixed to the opening peripheral edge of a wooden front frame formed in a frame shape. The only metal glass door frame that can be opened and closed was offered to the market. This glass door holding frame
Only the chrome-plated square frame can be seen from the front, and its shape and form have not changed over the past 20 years or more. Therefore, the present applicant has previously filed Japanese Patent Application No. 6-28965 (hereinafter referred to as "prior art") with a synthetic resin in which an opening for restricting a game opening is formed in order to achieve a high degree of decoration of a transparent plate holding frame. It was proposed that the transparent plate holding frame be composed of a main frame component made of steel.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, since the main frame constituting member is formed by a single plate made of synthetic resin, the strength of the transparent plate holding frame is low and it is easily deformed by heat. However, there is a drawback that it is relatively easy to conduct fraudulent acts by making a hole with a heating tool such as a cigarette or a lighter. Further, not only the transparent plate holding frame, but also the hitting ball supply plate (generally referred to as "upper plate") arranged on the front side of the ball game machine.
Since the mounting board of and the mounting board of the surplus ball tray (generally referred to as "lower plate") also have the above-mentioned drawbacks,
Cheating was done relatively easily. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a transparent plate holding frame, a mounting board for a ball hitting tray, or a front side of a ball game machine such as a mounting board for an extra ball tray. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of improving the strength of the components to be arranged and preventing fraudulent acts due to punching.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a game opening through which a game area of a game board can be seen, and a transparent plate can be mounted corresponding to the game opening. In a ball game machine in which a transparent plate holding frame for opening and closing is provided with respect to a frame base, the transparent plate holding frame is composed of a main frame constituent member made of synthetic resin in which an opening for regulating the game opening is formed. In addition, a cover member for covering the front surface is provided on the left and right side portions on the front surface side of the main frame constituent member.

A ball hitting tray is provided on the frame base below the transparent plate holding frame so as to be openable and closable via a mounting base made of synthetic resin, and the front surface of the mounting base is also provided on the left and right sides of the mounting base. Providing the cover member for covering is advantageous in that the strength of the mounting substrate of the hitting ball supply tray can be improved.

Further, the frame base is made of synthetic resin, and the cover member covering the front surface of the frame base is provided on the left and right sides of the frame base visible to the player. Is advantageous in that

[0007]

The transparent plate holding frame is composed of a main frame constituent member made of synthetic resin in which an opening for restricting the game opening is formed, and the front surface is provided on the left and right side portions of the main frame constituent member on the front surface side. Since the cover member for covering is provided, the transparent plate holding frame can have a double substrate structure, and by extension, the strength of the transparent plate holding frame can be improved to prevent fraudulent acts due to punching.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of a ball game machine 1 having a transparent plate holding frame 130 that constitutes a main part of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12. 1 is a front view of the ball game machine 1, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the frame base 10, and FIG. 3 is a transparent plate with a transparent plate holding frame 130 attached to the frame base 10. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where the holding frame 130 is opened, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the upper tray 40, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the lower tray 60 and the ashtray 74, and FIG.
7A and 7B are sectional views of the ashtray 74, FIGS. 7A and 7B are explanatory views showing the rotating operation of the ashtray 74, and FIG.
FIG. 9 is a rear view of the frame base 10 with the game board 100 and the mechanism plate 90 attached, FIG. 9 is an enlarged front view of the game board 100, and FIG. 10 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view, FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1, and FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line C-C of FIG. 1.

(1) Overall Structure of Ball Gaming Machine As the ball gaming machine 1 in the present embodiment, a ball hit by a ball is won in a winning opening formed in the game board 100 or a winning ball device. It is a diagram showing a pachinko game machine of the type that pays out a predetermined number of prize balls based on, but the shot ball that has been fired enters a plurality of ball entrances provided in the game board,
It may be a ball game machine (generally referred to as an arrangement game machine) of a type in which a score is given by the combination of the ball entrances and a prize ball corresponding to the score is paid out. As shown in FIG. 3, the ball game machine 1 has an outer frame 2 formed into a frame having a vertically long rectangular shape, and a ball game machine that is rotatably supported on one side of the outer frame 2 and is openable and closable. 1. A frame base 10 in which almost all of the main constituent parts are collectively provided, and a transparent plate holding frame 130 which is openably and closably provided on the upper front surface of the frame base 10 and constitutes a main part of the present embodiment. Has been done.

(1-1) Outer Frame The outer frame 2 is formed by constructing a wooden plate as a frame, and a frame base 10 is rotatably supported by a shaft support fitting 3 fixed to one side above and below the frame. To be done. The lower shaft support fitting 3 is fixed to the upper part of the backing plate 4 described below. Further, on the lower front surface of the outer frame 2, a backing plate 4 on which the lower side of the frame base 10 is placed when fixed is fixed. As shown in FIG. 2, the backing plate 4 has a front protruding surface 4 at the center thereof.
a is formed, and the cover members 5a and 5b are fixed by screws to the left and right concave surfaces 4b and 4c, respectively. Furthermore, on the upper and lower inner sides of the outer frame 2 on the open side,
A locking fitting 6 (see FIG. 3) for fixing the frame base body 10 by being engaged with and disengaged from a locking device 190, which will be described later, is fixed. The relationship between the locking fitting 6 and the locking device 190 will be described later in detail. The outer frame 2 including the contact plate 4 may be integrally formed by a synthetic resin instead of a wooden plate material or may be separately formed and assembled.

(1-2) Frame Base Body A frame base body 10 which is attached to the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable.
Is integrally molded of synthetic resin, and is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, an opening 11 having a substantially square shape is formed in the upper part thereof, and the lower part thereof has a plate shape. That is, the frame base 10 is almost the same as the front frame formed by the conventional plywood, but the difference from the conventional front frame is the rear surface of the frame base 10 and the game board 100 is housed and fixed. This is that the game board storage frame 12 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) is formed integrally with the frame base 10. That is, in the conventional relationship between the front frame and the game board storage frame, while the game board storage frame made of synthetic resin is fixed to the back surface of the wooden front frame,
Since the frame base body 10 in the present embodiment is also formed of synthetic resin in the portion corresponding to the front frame, the entire body including the game board storage frame 12 is integrally molded of synthetic resin.
This makes it possible to simplify the assembly work in the factory.

By the way, the lower part of the game board storage frame 12 is also formed in a plate shape as shown in FIG. 2, and an upper plate communication port 13 is formed on one side upper part thereof, and the upper plate communication port is formed. 1
The overflow ball guiding member 14 is attached to the lower front of the unit 3. A removed ball communication port 15 is formed in the downstream front side of the overflow ball guiding member 14. The removed ball communication port 15 is an inlet for the balls stored in the upper plate 40, which will be described later, to flow into the inside of the overflowing ball guiding member 14. In addition, the overflow ball guiding member 14 allows the balls overflowing from the upper plate communication port 13 when the upper plate 40 is opened and the balls flowing from the removal ball communication port 15 to be formed in the plate-shaped portion below the game board storage frame 12. The lower plate guide port (not shown) formed in the substantially center is guided to the back surface side and is guided to the lower plate 60 described later via a ball guide path (not shown).

A firing point rail 16 is fixed to the front surface of the lower plate-shaped portion of the game board storage frame 12 and to the side of the overflow ball guiding member 14. This launch point rail 1
The reference numeral 6 is provided to receive a ball hitting one from the upper plate 40 at a launching point formed at the downstream end and to repel it with a ball hammer 122 of a launching device 120 described later.
Then, a foul mouth is formed between the upstream end of the launch point rail 16 and the downstream end of the guide rail 101 provided on the game board 100, and hit balls that have returned without reaching the game area 102 of the game board 100. It is received by the overflow ball guiding member 14 from the foul mouth and finally guided to the lower plate 60.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, detector mounting holes 17 and 18 are penetratingly formed on both left and right ends of the frame substrate 10. The detector mounting holes 17 and 18 are for mounting the detectors from the back surface thereof, and in the illustrated embodiment, the detector mounting holes 17 formed on the shaft support side are shown in FIG.
And, as shown in FIG. 3, the actuator of the detector 19 is projected to the front side, and when the transparent plate holding frame 130 is opened, the detector 19 detects the open state and sends a detection signal to the gaming machine main body or the hall computer. It is designed to output. Further, although the detector mounting hole 18 formed on the open side is not provided with a detector in the illustrated embodiment, if provided, for example, the transparent plate holding frame 130 is slightly opened to open the cell plate. A fraudulent opening detector or the like for detecting fraudulent acts of inserting fraudulent tools such as a piano wire or the like can be considered.

Further, the opening 1 in the front frame portion of the frame substrate 10
In the part corresponding to 1, the wiring through hole 20
(See FIG. 3), the hook communication hole 21 on the upper and lower sides of the opening side, the interference avoiding recess 22 in the middle of the shaft supporting side, the hinge mounting recesses 23 and 24 (see FIG. 2) in the middle of the shaft supporting side, the middle of the opening side. Lock holes 25 (see FIG. 2) are formed slightly below the distance. The wiring through hole 20 is for passing wiring extending from an electric component, which will be described later, provided on the transparent plate holding frame 130 to the back surface side of the frame base 10. Further, the hook communication hole 21 penetrates the lock hook 149a (described in detail later) of the reinforcing metal member 149 provided on the open side of the transparent plate holding frame 130 rearward to engage with the engagement opening of the lock device 190. Is. The interference avoiding recess 22 is for avoiding a state of contact with a part of the arc-shaped substrate cover 169 that covers the lamp substrate 160 from the back side when the transparent plate holding frame 130 is closed. The interference avoiding recess 22 is carved in an arc shape. The cylinder lock 192 of the lock device 190 is inserted into the lock hole 25.

(1-3) Mounting Structure of Transparent Plate Holding Frame and Upper Plate on Frame Base Further, the hinge mounting recesses 23 and 24 are regions to which metal hinge members 26 and 27 are fixed, respectively. Hinge mounting recess 23 (hereinafter referred to as middle hinge mounting recess 23)
The hinge member 26 fixed to the
Is formed in an L shape, and a hinge pin 28 is fixed to the horizontal surface so as to vertically penetrate. The hinge member 27 (hereinafter, referred to as the lower hinge member 27) fixed to the hinge mounting recess 24 (hereinafter, referred to as the lower hinge mounting recess 24) is formed in an L shape, and the engaging hole 27 is formed in the horizontal surface thereof.
a (see FIG. 2) is formed. Further, the hinge member 29 (hereinafter, referred to as the upper hinge member 2) is also provided above the shaft support side of the frame base body 10.
9) is fixed, but this upper hinge member 29 is
The frame base 10 is fastened from the back side.
Further, the upper hinge member 29 is provided in contact with the front surface of the frame base body 10 and has a hinge support portion 30 having an engagement hole 30a, and is protruded downward from a horizontal plane protruding in a direction perpendicular to the frame base body 10. And a hinge pin 31 to be formed.

The transparent plate holding frame 130 and the mounting substrate 41 to which the upper plate 40 is attached are removably and removably attached to the above-mentioned hinge members 26, 27 and 29. Specifically, first, the detachable structure of the transparent plate holding frame 130 will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the hinge pin 146 is attached to the upper end of the transparent plate holding frame 130 on the shaft support side by the urging force of a spring 147 described later. A hinge fitting 148 having an engaging hole 148a is fastened by a screw to the back surface of the lower end on the shaft support side. Then, the upper hinge pin 146 is pushed down against the biasing force while being inserted into the engaging hole 148a of the lower hinge fitting 148 at the upper protruding side of the hinge pin 28 of the middle hinge member 26 to engage the hinge support portion 30. By inserting the transparent plate holding frame 130 into the dowel hole 30a, the transparent plate holding frame 130 is supported by the frame base body 10 so as to be freely opened and closed. On the contrary, when removing the transparent plate holding frame 130, the hinge pin 146 is pushed down to pull out the hinge pin 146 from the engaging hole 30a, and then the whole is lifted to remove the engaging hole 148a from the hinge pin 28. it can. The opening / closing operation of the transparent plate holding frame 130 will be described in detail later.

Next, the attachment / detachment structure of the mounting substrate 41 of the upper plate 40 will be described. As shown in FIG.
The fulcrum hole 42 is provided at the upper end of the shaft support side, while the fulcrum hole 52 of the cover member 51 described later is provided at the lower end of the shaft support side. Then, the fulcrum hole 42 at the upper end is inserted into the lower projecting side of the hinge pin 28 of the middle hinge member 26,
In that state, by inserting a hinge pin biased by a spring (not shown) into the fulcrum hole 52 in the lower portion and the engaging hole 27a of the lower hinge member 27, the mounting board 41 of the upper plate 40 can be freely opened and closed on the frame base body 10. Supported. On the contrary, when removing the mounting substrate 41, the hinge pin inserted into the fulcrum hole 52 and the engaging hole 27a of the lower hinge member 27 is pulled out, and then the whole is pulled down to pull out the fulcrum hole 42 from the hinge pin 28. This can be done easily.

Thus, the transparent plate holding frame 130 and the upper plate 4 are
Since the mounting board 41 of No. 0 is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to the frame base body 10 and detachable, it is possible to easily perform the assembly work in the factory of the ball game machine 1 and the inspection work in the game hall. In particular, in the case where the transparent plate holding frame 130 is provided with electric components as in the present embodiment, it is expected that repair / replacement based on a failure of the electric components will be necessary, and it is expected that way. In this case, since the transparent plate holding frame 130 can be removed as compared with the conventional structure in which the transparent plate holding frame (glass plate holding frame) cannot be detached, the repair / replacement can be easily performed.

(1-4) Upper Plate Here, the structure of the upper plate 40 that is attached and fixed to the mounting substrate 41 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. The upper plate 40 corresponds to the mounting substrate 41 made of synthetic resin. Dish member 47 made of synthetic resin on the surface
And the cover members 51 and 54 are fixed to each other. In the mounting board 41, in addition to the fulcrum hole 42 at the upper end of the shaft support side, the mounting holes 43 of the various constituent members 47, 51, 54 and the wiring 48 of the dish member 47 are connected to the gaming machine 1 side. An insertion hole 44 and a prize ball discharge port 45 formed on the shaft support side for discharging a prize ball or a purchased game ball are formed in the storage guide portion 49 of the dish member 47, and at the upper end on the open side. A ball drop operation lever 46 is provided.
The ball-pulling operation lever 46 is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and is moved in one direction against the urging force of a spring (not shown) to open / close the valve (shown in the drawing) provided at the downstream end of the storage guiding portion 49. No) is opened to allow the balls stored in the storage guiding portion 49 to flow down through a ball-draining passage (not shown) formed on the back surface of the mounting substrate 41 to lead to the ball-draining communication port 15 and finally It guides to the dish 60. The prize ball discharge port 45 communicates with the upper plate communication port 13 when the mounting substrate 41 is closed. On the other hand, the dish member 47 is integrally attached and fixed to the surface of the mounting substrate 41 in a state in which a plurality of members are assembled, and the upper end surface of the dish member 47 is for CR connected to the wiring 48. Various switches 50 are provided. In addition, with the various CR switches 50, when a prepaid card in which money amount information corresponding to cash is recorded is used in the ball game machine 1, the player manually operates a ball lending or the like from the prepaid card. It is for doing in. Further, the cover members 51 and 54 are attached and fixed to the left and right sides of the dish member 47 by the attachment bosses 53 and 55 protruding from the back surface being engaged with the attachment holes 43 of the attachment substrate 41, respectively. It has become. A cover member 56 having a lock hole 57 communicating with the lock hole 25 is attached and fixed to the frame base 10 at the open end of the cover member 54.

Further, the cover members 51, 54, 56 attached to the left and right sides of the dish member 47 are arranged on the front surface of the attachment substrate 41 to prevent the cheating of the player and at the front of the ball game machine 1. When viewed from above, the transparent plate holding frame 130 and the mounting substrate 41 are formed so as not to be clearly distinguished from each other, so that the entire ball game machine 1 can be decoratively given a unified impression. ing. As shown in FIG. 1, a piezoelectric buzzer 58 is provided inside the dish member 47 and in the lower front portion so as to generate a sound effect associated with the pressing operation of the CR switch 50. A locking device 59 that locks the mounting substrate 41 to the frame base 10 is provided on the rear surface of the mounting substrate 41 on the open side. The locking device 59 includes a movable member 59a mounted on the mounting substrate 41 so as to be movable up and down, and a spring 59d (see FIG. 12) that constantly biases the movable member 59a upward. On the upper end thereof, a pressing operation portion 59b for unlocking lock (see FIG. 4) is formed, while on the lower end, a locking piece 10a provided on the frame base 10 side (see FIG. 12).
An engaging claw 59c (see FIG. 12) that engages with is formed. The front side of the locking device 59 has a double substrate structure including the mounting substrate 41 and the cover member 54 as described above, and prevents punching by a heating tool such as a cigarette or a lighter to prevent the locking device. It is possible to prevent unauthorized operation on 59.

(1-5) Lower Plate The lower portion of the front frame portion of the frame base body 10 is formed in a plate shape as shown in FIG. 2, and an engaging recess 32 is formed on almost the entire front surface thereof. Has been done. The engagement recess 32 serves to perform a temporary positioning when assembling and fixing the lower tray 60 and the handle device 80, which will be described later in detail, and can facilitate the assembling work. Also, the engaging recess 3
2, a lower plate communication port 33 is formed substantially at the center thereof, and a handle operating opening 34 is formed at a side portion from the open side thereof. Corresponding to this, a cover member 35 having an opening 35a and a lower plate 60 are attached to the lower plate communication port 33, and the lower plate 60 is set in a state in which a plurality of members are assembled. It is fixed to the center of the lower part of the frame base 10. Hereinafter, the configuration of the lower plate 60 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 5, the lower tray 60 includes a lower tray base 61, a ball receiving member 66 attached to the lower tray base 61 for storing balls flowing down from the lower tray communication port 33, and A ball removing device 69 for extracting the accumulated balls from the ball receiving member 66. The lower plate base 61 has a mounting screw 6 on the back side thereof.
2 are provided rearward, and the lower plate 60 is attached and fixed to the frame base body 10 by fixing the mounting screws 62 to the mounting holes 36 (see FIG. 2) on the frame base body 10 side with nuts. It has become. In addition, a positioning projection 63 is provided on the lower end surface of the lower dish base 61 so as to project rearward,
This positioning convex portion 63 is used as a positioning hole 37 on the frame base 10 side.
(See FIG. 2), the connection state between the lower plate communication port 33 and the ball receiving member 66 is surely ensured and the lower plate 60 is inserted.
This has facilitated the installation work of.

Further, a lever operation hole 64 is formed in the front wall of the lower plate base 61, and lever guides 65 are provided at two upper and lower positions on the rear surface side of the lower plate base 61 to form a ball punching device 69. The operation lever 70 is slidably attached. On the other hand, the ball receiving member 66 is provided with a mounting hole 67 for screwing the ball receiving member 66 to the lower dish base 61, and a ball punching hole 68 on the lower surface. A ball punching device 69 is provided in the punching hole 68. The ball punching device 69 includes an opening / closing lid 71 for opening / closing the ball punching hole 68, and a cover member 73 in which the opening / closing lid 71 is slidably housed and a ball punching hole 73 a corresponding to the ball punching hole 68 is formed. And the open / close lid 71
Is a spring 72 housed and supported in the cover member 73.
Is always urged to be inserted into the space between the punched holes 73a. The opening / closing lid 71 has an engaging protrusion 71a protruding on the front side thereof engaged with an engaging protrusion 70a protruding in the center of the lower portion of the ball pulling operation lever 70, and resists the biasing force of the spring 72. Then, the beading operation lever 70 is moved in one direction so that the series of beading holes 68 and 73a communicate with each other, and the hit balls stored in the ball receiving member 66 are moved downward (usually, a ball box is installed). It is designed so that it can be dropped. The ball punching device 69 is mounted by being fixed with a screw to a mounting boss 66b projecting from the temporary surface of the ball receiving member 66. Thus, in the illustrated embodiment,
Since the beading operation lever 70 is built in the center of the front wall of the lower plate 60, it is possible to prevent malfunction due to mischief from the outside compared to the conventional operation lever provided along the bottom face of the lower plate. There is an advantage that it is less likely to be lost.

(1-6) Ashtray Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the lower tray base 61 of the lower tray 60 is provided with an ashtray mounting portion 61a at a position adjacent to the ball receiving member 66.
Is formed by notching, and an ashtray 74 made of a thermosetting resin is attached to the ashtray mounting portion 66a via a cover member 76. The cover member 76 is integrally attached and fixed to the ashtray 74 via a screw fixing boss 75 on the ashtray 74 side.
It has a continuous design with the front shape of the. In addition, at both left and right ends of the cover member 76, mounting projections 77 are provided rearward.
The mounting protrusion 77 is provided with a vertically long engagement hole 78. The engaging hole 78 is provided on the lower tray base body 61 and the ball receiving member 66.
By engaging 1b and 66a, the ashtray 74 is attached to the lower tray base 61 in the state shown in FIG. The engagement between the engagement hole 78 and the engagement protrusions 61b and 66a is performed only when the ashtray 74 is pulled up from the lower tray base 61.
It enables the complete rotation of 4. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, when the ashtray 74 is rotated in a state where the ashtray 74 is set on the lower tray base 61, the lower surface rear end portion 76 a of the cover member 76 and the lower surface front end portion 61 c of the lower tray base 61. 7A, while the ashtray 74 is pulled up from the lower tray base 61, the lower surface rear end portion 76a of the cover member 76 has the lower tray base 6 as shown in FIG. 7A.
7 does not come into contact with the lower surface front end portion 61c of FIG.
As shown in (B), the ashtray 74 can be rotated completely. As described above, in this embodiment, the ashtray 74 can be completely rotated only when the ashtray 74 is pulled up from the lower tray base 61, so that the ashtray 74 is not accidentally rotated and dust such as cigarette butts is removed. G is prevented from falling from the ashtray 74 due to the carelessness of the player. Also, ashtray 74
As shown in FIG. 2, a cover member 79 is attached and fixed to the frame base 10 on the left side of the lower dish base 61 to which the above is attached.

(1-7) Handle Device Further, a handle device 80 is mounted in correspondence with the handle operating opening 34. The handle device 80 is the upper plate 4
A so-called handle is projectingly provided on a mounting substrate 81 that is decoratively continuous from the side wall of 0, and the projecting handle is directly fixed to the mounting substrate 81 as shown in FIG. An outer fixed portion 82, an inner fixed portion 83 fixed to the front side of the outer fixed portion 82, a movable portion 84 rotatably provided between the outer fixed portion 82 and the inner fixed portion 83, It consists of Further, a plurality of mounting screws 85 are provided on the back surface of the mounting substrate 81 so as to project rearward, and the mounting screws 85 are inserted into mounting holes 38 formed around the handle operating opening 34 and fired from the back surface. The mounting substrate 81 is fixed to the frame substrate 10 by tightening with the nut so as to be tightened together with the mounting substrate 121 (see FIG. 8) of the device 120. Further, a wiring through hole 39 is formed on the side of the handle operating opening 34.
The wiring 86 of the switch (main switch or touch sensor) provided inside the frame 0 is guided to the back surface side of the frame substrate 10.

The handle device 80 constructed as described above
In this case, by rotating the movable portion 84, the rotation operation is transmitted to the launching device 120 side, and the launching device 1
It is possible to change the firing force of the 20 hitting mallets 122. Therefore, by holding the state in which the movable portion 84 is rotated to the desired position by hand, it is possible to eject the ball at a constant speed. The handle device 80 in the illustrated embodiment has a mounting substrate 81 (or frame base 10).
It is not projected in the vertical direction with respect to, but is projected in a state of being slightly inclined to the outside. This is a design that allows the player to hold the handle in a natural state when operating the handle, instead of bending the wrist unnaturally. It was designed so as not to get tired.

(1-8) Back Structure of Frame Base The structure of the front side of the frame base 10 and the structure of each component attached to the front side are as described above. It will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the game board storage frame 12 is integrally formed of synthetic resin on the back side of the frame base 10. Since the game board storage frame 12 supports and fixes the game board 100, it has components for accurately fixing the game board 100. In addition, the game board storage frame 12 is the game board 10
It also has parts for accurately mounting the mechanism plate 90 provided on the back surface of 0 and provided with various mechanisms for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls. Specifically, a plurality of game board reference pins 180 (FIG. 1) are provided as parts for housing and fixing the game board 100.
0) and a plurality of fixing means 183 (see FIG. 11). The game board reference pin 180 is to be engaged with a reference position hole 181 formed at a specific position of the game board 100 when the game board 100 is mounted on the game board storage frame 12, whereby the game board 100 is held. The game board storage frame 12 can be mounted at an accurate position. The frame base 10
As shown in FIG. 10, a cavity 182 is provided in the molding portion of the game board storage frame 12 in FIG. The hollow portion 182 is for preventing sink marks (deformation at the time of molding) from being generated on the surface side of the frame base body 10 in the integrally molding of the game board storage frame 12, and gas is generated at the time of molding the frame base body 10. It is formed by the injection gas injection molding method. The fixing means 183 has a bolt pin 184 having one end attached to the game board storage frame 12 and a screw groove formed on the other end, a washer 185 inserted through the bolt pin 184, a fixing hook 186, and a spring. 187 and nut 1 screwed to the bolt pin 184
And 88. Then, with the game board 100 accurately attached to the game board storage frame 12, the fixing means 1
By rotating the fixing hook 186 of 83, the back surface of the game board 100 is pressed to firmly fix the game board 100 to the game board storage frame 12.

On the other hand, as a component for attaching the mechanism plate 90, a fixing pin 91 and a pair of upper and lower hinge members 92.9 are used.
There is 3. The hinge members 92 and 93 are made of metal and fixed to the upper and lower sides of the game board storage frame 12 corresponding to the back surface of the frame base 10 on the pivotal support side. The hinge members 92 and 93 are attached to the ends of the mechanism plate 90. The mechanism plate 90 can be openably and closably attached and detached by engaging the shaft supporting portions (not shown) provided above and below. Further, with the mechanism plate 90 closed, the fixing pin 91 passes through the engagement hole formed in the mechanism plate 90, the tip portion projects to the back surface of the mechanism plate 90, and the projecting portion is rotated to the mechanism plate 90. By locking with the locking member 94 that is freely pivotally supported, the mechanism plate 90 can be locked while being in close contact with the back surface of the game board 100.

(1-9) Game Board Next, the game board 100 is fixedly stored in the game board storage frame 12.
The configuration will be briefly described. The game board 100 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the guide rail 101 is formed by a substantially square plywood, and a circular spiral winding guide rail 101 is formed on the surface of the guide rail 101. The inside of the guide rail 101 serves as a game area 102, and a hit ball is dropped. To do. Game area 1
In the case shown in the figure, 02 is provided with a variable display device 103 and a variable winning ball device 104, and also has a winning opening for simply hitting a ball, a windmill or a large number of obstacle nails for changing the flow direction / speed of the ball. At the bottom of the game area 102, there is provided an out port 105 for taking in hit balls that are not won in any of the prize areas. In addition, a model name seal 109, an amusement seal 110, and a certificate stamp 111 are attached to the surface of the game board 100 via various seal attachment members 106, 107, and 108 fixed by screws.

On the other hand, on the back surface of the game board 100, as shown in FIG. 8, a display device storage box 112 which is a rear surface structure of the variable display device 103 is provided with a display device mounting bracket 113.
By the above, a prize-ball collecting cover body 114 is attached directly to the back surface of the game board 100 so as to surround the periphery of the display device storage box 112. The winning ball aggregate cover body 114 is formed with a guiding path for guiding various winning holes and winning balls that have won a winning ball device according to a predetermined flow path. In addition, on the back surface of the winning ball aggregate cover body 114, a first relay board to which switches of a winning opening arranged on the game board 100, a winning ball device, etc., and wiring of electrical components of a decorative light source are connected. 115 and the second relay board 1
16 (may be a combination of these in one relay board). First relay board 115 and second
The relay board 116 is provided for relaying electrical components provided on the game board 100 and a game control board 118 described later. Further, on the back surface of the game board 100, an out ball passage (not shown) is engraved on the downstream side of the position corresponding to the out port 105, and the out ball is guided downward along this out ball passage. Out balls led downward from the out ball passage are out ball discharge passages (not shown) formed in the mechanism plate 90 from ball guide passages (not shown) formed in the center of the lower side of the game board storage frame 12. Is being led to.

(1-10) Mechanism plate On the other hand, a mechanism plate 90 that covers the back surface of the game board 100 described above.
As shown in FIG. 8, the winning ball aggregate cover body 114 is
A square opening 95 is formed in a portion corresponding to the display device storage box 1 when the mechanism plate 90 is closed.
12 is capable of penetrating rearward. Also, on the front surface side of the mechanism plate 90, a prize winning ball collecting gutter (not shown) is mainly formed for collecting the prize winning balls flowing down along the guiding path formed in the prize winning ball collecting cover body 114. On the rear side of the plate 90, a storage tank 96 for storing a large number of balls used as prize balls is attached to the uppermost part thereof, and a plurality of rows of balls flowing out from the storage tank 96 are provided below the storage tank 96 ( For example, a guide passage 97 is provided in an inclined shape so that the guide passage 97 can flow down while being aligned in two rows.
A prize ball payout device 9 which is arranged at the end of 7 at a side of the opening 95 and receives aligned balls from the guide passage 97 and pays out a predetermined number of prize balls based on a winning ball signal.
8 are connected. The prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout device 98 are sent from the prize ball outlet (not shown) provided on the downstream side to the upper plate communication port 13 and the prize ball discharge port 45.
Is guided to the storage guiding section 49 of the upper plate 40 via. Upper plate 4
When 0 is full of prize balls, it overflows into the surplus ball passage 99 formed from the side of the prize ball outlet to the lower part and flows downward, and the ball connected to the end of the surplus ball passage 99. It is guided from the guide path 34 to the ball receiving member 66 of the lower plate 60. The prize ball payout device 98 is driven by a prize ball processing device (not shown) that processes the prize balls collected in the prize ball collecting gutter one by one.

The general structure of the mechanism plate 90 is as described above, but in the illustrated embodiment, the terminal box 117 is provided on the upper rear surface of the mechanism plate 90, and the game control board 118 is further provided below the opening 95. Is detachably attached. The terminal box 117 is provided with a power line for supplying power to the ball game machine 1 and terminals for exchanging information signals between the ball game machine 1 and a management computer (not shown) in the game arcade. , Game control board 118
Are for controlling the operations of the variable display device 103, the variable winning ball device 104, and the like provided on the game board 100. Therefore, the game control board 118, the first relay board 1
The wiring from the first and second relay boards 116 and the wiring from the variable display device 103 are connected. When opening and closing the mechanism plate 90, it is necessary to disconnect these wirings.

(1-11) Other Backside Structure of Frame Base Body As another backside structure of the frame base body 10, as shown in FIG. 8, a launching device 120 is attached to one lower side of the backside of the frame base body 10. . This launching device 120 includes a mounting substrate 12
1 is configured by collectively providing a batting mallet 122 that elastically ejects a batting ball, a batting ball motor 123 that gives a reciprocating rotary motion to the batting mallet 122, and the like, and the handle device 8
Associated with 0. Further, on the side opposite to the installation position of the launching device 120, an illumination control board including a volume adjusting switch 125 for controlling the operation of the electrical components provided on the transparent plate holding frame 130 and adjusting the volume of the speaker 155 in stages. 124 is attached. A wiring processing member 126 is provided on one side of the rear surface of the frame base 10 on the pivotal support side so that the wiring connecting the electrical decoration control board 124 and the electrical components provided on the transparent plate holding frame 130 does not become disordered. ing. The wiring processing member 126 may be integrally formed with the frame substrate 10, or a separate processing member may be attached. Further, the wiring processing member 126 may have any shape and structure as long as the wiring can be put together. Further, on the open side rear surface of the frame base body 10, the frame base body 10 is locked to the outer frame 2, and the frame base body 1
Locking device 19 for locking the transparent plate holding frame 130 with respect to 0
0 is attached, but the lock device 190 will be described in detail later.

(2) Transparent Plate Holding Frame The general structure of the ball game machine 1 is as described above. Below, however, the transparent plate holding frame 130 which constitutes the essential part of this embodiment.
The configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 13 to 15. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the transparent plate holding frame 130 as seen from the front, FIG. 14 is an enlarged front view of the transparent plate holding frame 130, and FIG. 15 is an enlarged rear view of the transparent plate holding frame 130. is there.

The transparent plate holding frame 130 is the game board 100.
The glass 131 that allows the game area 102 to be seen through can be attached, and in the present embodiment, it is configured to enhance the decorative effect and strength. Thus, the transparent plate holding frame 130 in the present embodiment includes a main frame constituent member 132, and various lighting decoration members mounted on the front surface side of the main frame constituent member 132 to perform lighting decoration according to a game state and the like. Reinforcing frame members 171, 172 mounted on the front side of the main frame constituent member 132 are provided. In addition, the glass 131, a pair of left and right speakers 155 that generate a sound effect during a game, and a wire mesh speaker cover 156 that covers the front surface of the speaker 155 are also attached and fixed to the main frame constituent member 132. Is. So,
The constituent members of the transparent plate holding frame 130 will be sequentially described.

(2-1) Main Frame Constituent Member First, the main frame constituent member 132 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the main frame constituting member 132 is made of a substantially square synthetic resin plate, and a circular opening 133 for restricting a game opening is formed in the center thereof. A notch 132a for avoiding interference with the hinge support portion 30 of the upper hinge member 29 is formed on the upper left side of the main frame constituent member 132. Main frame constituent member 132
At the upper side of the front face side of the above, a mounting concave portion 134 that uniquely determines the mounting position of the LED substrate 157, the LED cover 158, the lamp substrate 159, and the lamp cover 162 as a lighting decoration member is engraved. Thereby, the LED substrate 157, the LED cover 158, the lamp substrate 159, and the lamp cover 162 can be easily assembled. In addition, the LED substrate 157 is provided in the mounting recess 134.
The outlets 134a for drawing out the electric wiring of 1) to the back surface side of the main frame constituent member 132 are provided at two locations on the left and right. Further, speaker effect holes 135 for installing the speaker 155 are formed on the left and right sides of the mounting recess 134, respectively, and mounting recesses 136 for mounting the speaker cover 156 are engraved. Further, mounting holes 137a and 137b for mounting the LED boards 165 and 167 as lighting decoration members are provided between the speaker effect hole 135 on the left side (the shaft support side) and the mounting recess 134. Further, mounting holes 138a, 138b, 139a, 139b for mounting the respective lamp boards 160, 161 as lighting decoration members are formed on the left and right sides of the main frame constituent member 132 in an arc shape along the opening 133. It is opened in. Further, semicircular windows 140a and 140b are provided at two places on the left and right of the lower side of the main frame constituent member 132.
a and 140b, each seal 110 of the game board 100
The window cover members 141a and 141b made of a transparent material are fixed by screws from the back surface of the main frame constituent member 132 so that 111 can be visually recognized.

On the other hand, in the structure on the rear surface side of the main frame constituent member 132, as shown in FIG.
The wiring housing fitting 142 is fixed to the back side of the screw with screws, and the reinforcing metal plates 143 and
144, and a reinforcing metal plate 145 is fixed to the upper part of the rear surface on the open side with screws. In addition,
The wiring storage metal fitting 142 has a function of reinforcing the transparent plate holding frame 130 in addition to a function of storing electric wiring.
Speakers 15 are provided on the reinforcing metal plates 143 and 145, respectively.
Mounting holes 143a and 145a for mounting 5 are bored, and the reinforcing metal plate 144 has through holes 144 for inserting wires.
a is provided. A hinge pin 146 that engages with the upper hinge member 29 is provided on the reinforcing metal plate 143 so as to be movable up and down by a spring 147 (see FIG. 13), while a main frame constituent member located at the lower end of the reinforcing metal plate 144. On the back surface of 132, a hinge fitting 148 that engages with the lower hinge member 27 is fixed by screws. Also,
Elongated reinforcing metal fittings 149 and 150 are fixed by screws to the open side and the lower side of the back surface of the main frame constituent member 132, respectively. A lock hook 149a inserted into a pair of upper and lower hook communication holes 21 formed in the frame base 10.
Is provided. In addition, on the back surface of the main frame constituent member 132, switch pressing portions 132b and 132c corresponding to the detectors 19 of the mounting holes 17 and 18 are provided in a protruding manner, and reinforcements corresponding to the switch pressing portions 132b and 132c are provided. Switch insertion holes 144b and 145b are formed in the respective portions of the metal plates 144 and 145 so that the switch pressing portions 132b and 132c protruding rearward can be penetrated. Further, on the lower rear surface side of the mounting recess 134 of the main frame constituent member 132,
Heat removal openings 132d of the LED board 157 and the lamp board 159 are provided at four locations.

By the way, the reinforcing metal plates 143 and 144
Also, crime prevention flange side portions 143b, 144c, 149b, 150a are formed on the reinforcing metal fittings 149, 150 so as to project rearward. The crime prevention flange side portions 143b, 144c, 149b, 150a are in contact with the front surface of the frame base body 10 when the transparent plate holding frame 130 is closed with respect to the frame base body 10.
It is designed to prevent an unauthorized tool such as a piano wire from being inserted through the gap between 0 and the frame base 10. The wiring housing fitting 142, the reinforcing metal plates 143 to 145, and the reinforcing fitting 1
49 and 150 are main frame constituent members 13 in the connected state, respectively.
Since it is attached to No. 2, if it is connected to the ground wire at any arbitrary position, even if there is a leakage or static electricity in any place of the transparent plate holding frame 130, they will be grounded and disturbed by a high voltage. It is also possible to prevent

(2-1-1) Glass Mounting Structure Further, on the back surface of the main frame constituting member 132, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality (four) of glass mounting supporting members made of metal are arranged diagonally diagonally. 151 is integrally provided at the time of molding. The glass mounting support member 151 has an engaging groove 151 at its tip.
a is provided around. With respect to the glass mounting support member 151 provided in this way, two pieces of glass 1 in the glass storage member 152 formed with a diameter slightly larger than the game opening.
Although a set glass constituted by laminating 31 from the front and rear surfaces is attached, the attachment and detachment thereof can be performed extremely easily. That is, the glass housing member 152 has the glass mounting support member 1 on the front side thereof.
Mounting piece 153 having through hole 153a penetrating 51
Are integrally formed, and a stopper 154 is screwed to the base of the mounting piece 153. Then, glass 13
In order to mount 1, the glass mounting support member 151 is penetrated through the through hole 153a of the mounting piece 153, and in that state, the stopper 154 is rotated to be locked in the engagement groove 151a. It can be attached to the frame component member 132, that is, the transparent plate holding frame 130. On the other hand, glass 1
In the case of removing 31, the stopper 154 is rotated to release the engagement with the engagement groove 151a, and then the entire glass housing member 152 is pulled out from the glass mounting support member 151 so that the glass 131 is a main frame constituent member. 132, that is, it can be removed from the transparent plate holding frame 130. It should be noted that the glass 131 is attached and detached when the assembled transparent plate holding frame 13 is completed.
It goes without saying that 0 can be performed with the frame base 10 open. Alternatively, a transparent synthetic resin plate or the like may be used instead of glass as the transparent plate.

(2-2) Lighting Decoration Member Various lighting decoration members attached to the main frame constituent member 132 are the LED board 157 having the arc-shaped board body, and the LED cover 158 covering the front surface of the LED board 157.
And each lamp board 159. 1 having an arc-shaped board body
60/161 and the lamp board 159/160/161
Lamp covers 162 and 163 for individually covering the front surface of the lamp
a ・ 163b ・ 164a ・ 164b and LED board 16
5, a lens cover body 166 having a lens portion 166a individually covering a plurality of LEDs implanted in the LED substrate 165, an LED substrate 167, and the LED substrate 167.
1 for individually covering a plurality of LEDs implanted in the
And a lens cover body 168 having 68a. The LED board 157 and the lamp board 159 are fixed to the mounting recess 134 in two steps from the front of the main frame constituent member 132 with screws, and the LED and lamp covers 158 and 162 are formed at both ends. The engaging claws 158a and 162a are locked in locking holes (not shown) on the side of the mounting recess 134.

The lamp boards 160 and 161 are attached to the mounting holes 138 from the rear surface side of the main frame constituent member 132, respectively.
The lamp covers 163a, 163b, 164a are fixed to the a. 138b, 139a, 139b with screws.
164b are reinforcing frame members 171, 17 to be described later, respectively.
It is designed to be fixed with screws with 2. The LED boards 165 and 167 are individually attached to the respective lens cover bodies 166-1.
Mounted and fixed to 68, lens cover body 166/168
Are fixed to the reinforcing frame member 171 with screws. The LED substrate 157 and each of the lamp substrates 159, 160, and 161 are coated with white paint on the substrate surface (LED or lamp mounting surface).
The emitted light can be reflected forward (on the player side). In addition, on the back side of each lamp board 160/161,
The board covers 169 and 170 are integrally fixed with screws to protect the boards 160 and 161 from the back surface side. The LED board 165 is driven and displayed, for example, at the time of paying out a prize ball that is paid out based on the occurrence of a prize ball.
Is driven to display when the amount of prize balls stored in the storage tank 96 is insufficient.
Lighting is decorated based on the control of.

(2-3) Reinforcing Frame Member (Cover Member) Next, the reinforcing frame members 171, 176 as cover members attached to the above-mentioned main frame constituting member 132 will be described. The reinforcing frame members 171 and 176 are made of synthetic resin plates that are substantially bilaterally symmetrical to each other, and their outer peripheral surfaces are plated. As shown in FIG. 13, the reinforcing frame member 171 has a right end portion formed in an arc shape along the opening 133 of the main frame constituent member 132, and in the vicinity thereof, the lamp covers 163a and 163b are attached. Mounting hole 172
The a-172b is formed in an arc shape. A mounting hole 173 for mounting the speaker cover 159 and a lens cover body 166 are provided on the upper side of the reinforcing frame member 171.
A plurality of through holes 174 for penetrating the lens portions 166a and 168a of 168 are provided. In addition,
At the upper left side of the reinforcing frame member 171, the main frame component member 132
Similarly, a notch 175 for avoiding interference with the upper hinge member 29 is formed.

On the other hand, the reinforcing frame member 176 has a left end portion formed in an arc shape along the opening 133 of the main frame constituent member 132, and the lamp covers 164a, 16a and 16b are provided in the vicinity thereof.
Mounting holes 177a and 177b for mounting 4b are formed in an arc shape. A mounting hole 178 for mounting the speaker cover 159 is formed on the upper side of the reinforcing frame member 176. The reinforcing frame members 171 and 176 as described above are attached and fixed to the main frame constituent member 132 via screw stopper bosses 171a and 176a provided on the back surface side.

(2-4) Opening / Closing Structure of Transparent Plate Holding Frame The reinforcing frame member 171 is added to the main frame constituting member 132 described above.
.Transparent plate holding frame 130 configured by combining 176 etc.
1 has a dimension substantially the same as the lateral width dimension of the frame base body 10, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and therefore, in the front view of the player, the frame base body 10 is located above the frame base body 10. The transparent plate holding frame 130 is not visible, but is visible. The transparent plate holding frame 130 is the frame base body 10.
As described above, the transparent plate holding frame 130 has the upper end portion hingedly.
6 and the engagement hole 30a of the hinge support portion 30 in the bearing state,
The lower end portion is provided so as to be openable and closable in the bearing state of the engagement hole 148a of the hinge fitting 148 and the hinge pin 28 of the middle hinge member 26, respectively.
An engaging projection (not shown) is provided on the outside of the engaging hole 148a of the projection 48, while an engaging portion (not shown) is also provided on the outside of the vertical side of the middle hinge member 26. When the transparent plate holding frame 130 is opened, the engaging projection of the hinge fitting 148 comes into contact with the engaging portion of the middle hinge member 26 so that it cannot be opened any further. Glass 13 even if 130 is opened vigorously
1 will not be damaged, or various components provided on the surface of the transparent plate holding frame 130 will not be damaged.

(2-5) Locking Structure of Transparent Plate Holding Frame The transparent plate holding frame 130 is provided to be openable and closable with respect to the frame base body 10 as described above, but it is closed during normal use. Of course, it is necessary to lock the open side because it must be kept. Therefore, FIG.
As shown in FIG.
Is installed. The locking device 190 is a so-called W lock that can lock not only the transparent plate holding frame 130 but also the outer frame 2 of the frame base 10. Therefore, the lock device 190 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 12. The lock device 190 is integrally formed on the mounting substrate 181 having an L-shaped cross section, and one side of the mounting substrate 181 forms a mounting surface 191 a to the frame base 10. A cylinder lock 192 is attached to the lower side of the attachment surface 191a.

On the other side of the mounting substrate 181, the mounting substrate 1
A movable member (not shown) is attached so as to be vertically movable with respect to 81, and lock hooks 193 are provided at the upper end and the lower end of the movable member, respectively. The tip of the lock hook 193 is a guide inclined portion 194 that is inclined toward the lock hook 193.
Finally, the lock hook 19 is guided while abutting and guided by the locking metal fittings 6 fixed to the upper and lower inner sides of the outer frame 2 when pushing 0 to close.
3 is for engaging the locking metal fitting 6. An operating portion 195 protruding laterally is provided on the lower guiding inclined portion 194, and is used when the movable member is raised by a manual operation. Further, the movable member is constantly urged downward by a spring (not shown) stretched between the movable member and the mounting substrate 181.

On the other hand, one side of the mounting substrate 181 (mounting surface 1
An actuating member (not shown) similar to the movable member is also attached to 91a) so as to be vertically movable. The actuating member is constantly urged upward by a spring (not shown), and an operating portion 196 for manual operation is provided at the center thereof.
Is protruding. Further, a rectangular communication port 197 is formed on the upper surface of the mounting surface 191a and slightly below the center thereof, and an engaging opening (not shown) is formed at a portion of the operating member corresponding to the communication port 197. Has been done. In addition,
A lock hook 149a provided on the opening side of the transparent plate holding frame 130 penetrates through the communication port 197 and the corresponding engagement opening.

The operation of the lock device 190 configured as described above will be briefly described. First, the unlocking and locking of the frame base 10 with respect to the outer frame 2 will be described. When a store clerk at the game hall inserts a predetermined key (not shown) into the cylinder lock 192 and turns the cylinder lock 192 clockwise, the urging force of the spring is resisted. The movable member is raised, and the lock hook 193 is also raised accordingly. For this reason, since the lock hook 193 and the locking fitting 6 of the outer frame 2 are not in the engagement positional relationship, the entire frame base body 10 is rotated by pulling the key that is still inserted in the cylinder lock 192 in that state. You can let it open. On the other hand, when closing the opened frame substrate 10,
By pressing the frame base 10 as it is, the lock hook 19
The movable member rises against the urging force of the spring due to the contact between the guide inclined portion 194 of No. 3 and the locking metal fitting 6, and finally the lock hook 193 engages the locking metal fitting 6 with the spring. The movable member descends due to the force, and the lock hook 193 and the locking fitting 6 are completely locked.

Next, the transparent plate holding frame 1 for the frame substrate 10
The unlocking and locking of 30 will be described. When a store clerk in the game hall inserts a predetermined key (not shown) into the cylinder lock 192 and turns it counterclockwise, the actuating member descends against the biasing force of the spring. Therefore, the engagement between the engagement opening of the actuating member and the lock hook 149a is released, and the transparent plate holding frame 130 is opened. On the other hand, the open transparent plate holding frame 13
When 0 is closed, the transparent plate holding frame 130 is pushed in as it is, so that the lock hook 149a penetrates through the hook communication hole 21 formed in the frame base body 10 and enters the communication port 196 of the lock device 190 to move upward. It penetrates a part of the engaging opening of the member. When the lock hook 149a is further pushed in this state, the operating member rises against the biasing force of the spring due to the contact between the inclined portion of the lower end of the lock hook 149a and the engagement opening, and finally the engagement opening becomes the lock hook 149a. At the engaging position, the actuating member is raised by the urging force of the spring, and the lock hook portion 149a and the engagement opening are completely locked. In addition, when unlocking the transparent plate holding frame 130,
This can also be performed by pushing down the operation unit 196 with the frame base 10 opened.

Although the members constituting the transparent plate holding frame 130 have been described in detail above, the transparent plate holding frame 130 completed by assembling these members is, as described above, the width of the frame base body 10. Since it has the same width dimension as the dimension,
As shown in FIG. 3, the upper part of the front surface of the ball game machine 1 has a transparent plate holding frame 130 and a game area 102 of the game board 100 visible through the glass 131 of the transparent plate holding frame 130 in the player's visual field. enter. In this case, the transparent plate holding frame 130
In the front structure of FIG. 1, a reinforcing frame member 171 forming a cover member in the present invention is provided on the left and right front surfaces of the main frame constituent member 132.
Since the 176 is mounted, the transparent plate holding frame 130
Will basically have a dual substrate structure. For this reason, the strength of the transparent plate holding frame 130 can be improved, and it is possible to prevent an unauthorized act of punching by a heating tool such as a cigarette or a lighter.

In the present embodiment, the cover members 51, ...
54 and 56 are provided with cover members 79 on the sides of the lower plate 60 fixed to the frame base 10, and cover members 5a and 5b on the left and right sides of the outer frame 2, respectively. Similar to the holding frame 130, the strength of the components arranged on the front surface side of the ball game machine 1 can be improved, and by extension, the ball game machine 1
It is possible to prevent fraudulent acts of making holes in the whole. Further, the mounting portion of the cover member for preventing fraudulent acts of punching is not limited to the portion described in the present embodiment, and may be appropriately changed according to the configuration of the ball game machine. As described above, the respective cover members for preventing fraudulent acts of punching are mounted on the left and right front sides of the ball game machine 1, respectively, and finally, the frame substrate 10 and the upper plate 4
0, or tampering with the opening / closing mechanism (hinge, locking device, etc.) of the transparent plate holding frame 130 is prevented.
Further, since the cover members are each formed of a synthetic resin into a desired shape and the outer peripheral surface is plated, the front surface of the ball game machine 1 is uniform from the upper end to the lower end. In addition, it has a futuristic design, which makes it possible to improve the visual interest of the entire ball game machine 1.

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, the opening 133 of the transparent plate holding frame 130 has a circular shape that matches the shape of the game area 102 of the game board 100, but the shape of the opening 133 does not necessarily have to match the shape of the game area 102. The opening 133 may be formed in a quadrangle which is a conventional shape or a polygonal shape such as a pentagon and a hexagon.

[0054]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the transparent plate holding frame is composed of the main frame constituent member made of synthetic resin in which the opening for restricting the game opening is formed. Since the cover members for covering the front surface are provided on the left and right side portions on the front surface side of the main frame constituent member, the transparent plate holding frame can have a double substrate structure, and by extension, the strength of the transparent plate holding frame. It is possible to improve and prevent fraudulent acts due to punching.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a frame base body.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a transparent plate holding frame is opened.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of an upper plate.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a lower tray and an ashtray.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of an ashtray.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are explanatory views showing the rotating operation of the ashtray.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the frame base body with the game board and the mechanism plate attached.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged front view showing the game board.

10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

12 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of a transparent plate holding frame.

FIG. 14 is an enlarged front view of a transparent plate holding frame.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged rear view of the transparent plate holding frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ball game machine 2 Outer frame 5a, 5b, 51, 54, 56, 79 Cover member 10 Frame base 11 Opening 40 Upper plate (striking ball supply plate) 41 Mounting board 60 Lower plate 74 Ashtray 80 Handle device 90 Mechanism plate 100 Game board 120 Launching device 130 Transparent plate holding frame 131 Glass 132 Main frame constituent member 133 Opening 155 Speaker 157/165/167 LED board 159/160/161 lamp board 171/176 Reinforcing frame member (cover member) 59/190 Locking device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ball which has a game opening through which a game area of a game board can be seen and which is provided with a transparent plate holding frame capable of mounting a transparent plate corresponding to the game opening so as to be openable and closable with respect to a frame base. In the gaming machine, the transparent plate holding frame is composed of a main frame constituent member made of synthetic resin in which an opening that restricts the game opening is formed, and on the left and right side portions on the front surface side of the main frame constituent member, A ball game machine having a cover member covering the front surface thereof. 2. A ball hitting tray is provided on the frame base below the transparent plate holding frame so as to be openable and closable via a mounting base made of synthetic resin, and the front surface of the mounting base is also provided on the left and right side parts of the mounting base. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the cover member for covering is provided. 3. The frame base is made of synthetic resin, and the left and right sides of the frame base visible to the player are also provided.
The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the cover member is provided to cover the front surface thereof.