JPH08332270A - Glass door frame opening/closing mechanism for pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a glass door frame opening/closing mechanism for a pachinko game machine smoothly allowing the board adjusting work of the pachinko game machine without giving a trouble to neighboring players in particular. CONSTITUTION: A vertically movable glass door frame is pivotally fitted to the front face of a surface frame 2 assembled with a pachinko game machine main body via rotatable connecting arms 22A, 22B. The glass door frame is opened against the surface frame 2 at the upper positions of the connecting arms 22A, 22B, and it is closed at the lower positions. The glass door frame is constituted of a base bottom section 21a fitted to the peripheral edges of glasses 3A, 3B and held in elastic contact with the glasses 3A, 3B and a seal section 21b formed integrally with the base bottom section 21a and sealing the glass 3 in elastic contact with the surface frame 2 when the glass door frame is closed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an opening / closing mechanism for a glass door frame mounted on the front of a pachinko gaming machine so as to be openable / closable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 is an external perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine. A front frame 2 is attached to the left end of the outer frame 1 by a hinge mechanism (not shown) so as to be openable and closable. A glass door frame 4 in which glass 3 is fitted is attached to the upper surface of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown), and a front plate 5 is hinged at a lower portion of the glass door frame 4 (not shown). It is installed so that it can be opened and closed more freely. On the front surface of the front plate 5, there is provided an upper tray 6 for supplying a ball for hitting a pachinko ball, and on the front surface of the lower frame 2 there is a lower tray 7 for receiving a pachinko ball overflowing from the upper tray 6, for hitting a pachinko ball. A steering wheel 8 and a speaker 11 for generating electronic sound are provided. In addition, various winning holes,
A pachinko machine main body such as a game board provided with nails and a control unit (not shown) is incorporated.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 7 and B-
A B line sectional view is shown. The glass 3 has a double structure including a front glass 3A and a rear glass 3B from the viewpoints of strengthening and soundproofing. The glass door frame 4 extends vertically and holds the front glass 3A and the rear glass 3B from the left side surface and the right side surface, and a vertical frame portion fixed to the vertical holding portion 4A and also extending in the vertical direction. 4B, horizontal holding portions 4C ₁ and 4C ₂ extending in the horizontal direction and holding the front glass 3A and the rear glass 3B from the upper and lower surfaces, and a horizontal frame portion fixed to the horizontal holding portion 4C ₁ and also extending in the horizontal direction. Four
D and. In addition, the vertical holding portion 4A and the vertical frame portion 4B are integrally formed, and the horizontal holding portion 4
It is also known that C ₁ , 4C ₂ and the horizontal frame portion 4D are integrally formed.

When the glass door frame 4 in the open state (two-dot chain line in FIG. 7) is closed (solid line in FIG. 7), the flange 4Ba formed on the periphery of the vertical frame portion 4B of the glass door frame 4 is Vertical recess 9A constituting the main body side frame frame 9 fixed to the frame 2
And the flange 4Da formed on the peripheral edge of the horizontal frame portion 4D of the glass door frame 4 is attached to the front frame 2
A horizontal concave portion 9 that constitutes the main body side frame frame 9 fixed to the
B is fitted. A hook (not shown) can be hooked on the glass door frame 4 by inserting the key from the keyhole 10 and turning the key with the glass door frame 4 closed.

[0005]

However, as shown in FIG. 7, the glass door frame 4 is attached to the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable in the left-right direction (horizontal direction). When opening the glass door frame at the time of adjusting the table to eliminate problems such as a pachinko ball being caught in a nail or a nail, it was sometimes annoying because the player had to ask the player to do so. Further, for example, when the glass door frame is mounted so as to open to the left, the player of the pachinko gaming machine on the left side may be troubled by opening the glass door frame during platform adjustment.
On the other hand, there has been a problem in that the workability of the adjuster is hindered if the glass door frame is adjusted to a minimum opening so as not to cause such inconvenience.

Further, since the glass door frame 4 and the main body side frame frame 9 are only made of metal or plastic, the fitting portion between the glass door frame 4 and the main body side frame frame 9 and the glass 3 and the glass door frame. There was a large gap between the No. 4 and No. 4 and the sealability was poor. Therefore, unnecessary noise other than the electronic sound that flows from the speaker 11 of the pachinko gaming machine, that is, the sound of the driven pachinko ball hitting the nail of the game board, the sound of the pachinko ball hitting the rear glass 3B,
There was a problem that the sound of a pachinko ball falling to the bottom of the game board was heard by the player, and the soundproofing effect due to the double structure of the glass 3 was halved. Further, there is a problem that the glass 3 rattles with respect to the glass door frame 4.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a glass door frame opening / closing mechanism of a pachinko gaming machine, which can smoothly perform a base adjusting operation of the pachinko gaming machine without causing any trouble to surrounding players. .

Another object of the present invention is to obtain an excellent soundproofing effect and an excellent vibrationproofing effect of reducing unnecessary noise generated from a pachinko gaming machine.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a glass door frame opening / closing mechanism of a pachinko gaming machine of the present invention is attached to the front frame of a pachinko gaming machine body so as to be openable / closable. In a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a glass door frame, one end is pivotally attached to the left and right side portions of the front frame, and the other end of a vertically swingable connecting arm is pivotally attached to the left and right side surfaces of the glass door frame to form a connecting arm. The glass door frame is opened with respect to the front frame at the upper position and the glass door frame is closed at the lower position (Claim 1).

Further, it is preferable that the connecting arm is located on the inner side of the left and right side surfaces of the front frame, and a recess for accommodating the connecting arm when the glass door frame is closed is formed on the surface of the front frame (claim 2).

The glass door frame is attached to the periphery of the glass so as to elastically contact with the glass to hold the glass, and a base portion integrally formed with the base to elastically contact the front frame when the glass door frame is closed. It is preferable that it is configured with a seal portion that seals (Claim 3).

Further, it is preferable to form a fin or protrusion having elasticity on the surface side of the base portion which is in contact with the glass (claim 4). Further, it is preferable to embed a cored bar in the base (claim 5).

[0013]

According to the glass door frame opening / closing mechanism of the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, the front frame and the glass door frame in which the main body of the pachinko gaming machine is incorporated by the connecting arms pivotally attached at both ends and rotatable in the vertical direction. Since the and are connected, the glass door frame can move in the vertical direction with respect to the front frame. At this time, the glass door frame is open at the upper position and closed at the lower position, so that it is not necessary for the player to avoid the body when opening the glass door frame when adjusting the table.

Preferably, the connecting arms are located inside the left and right side surfaces of the front frame, and the recesses for accommodating the connecting arms are formed on the front surface of the front frame when the glass door frame is closed. The connecting arm does not protrude. Therefore, for example, when a plurality of front frames are arranged side by side and mounted on the base mounting frame, the gap between the front frame of the adjacent pachinko gaming machine can be reduced.

Further, preferably, since the base part attached to the periphery of the glass elastically contacts the glass to hold the glass, the gap with the glass is surely filled and the rattling of the glass is eliminated. In addition, since the seal portion formed integrally with the base portion elastically contacts the front frame when the glass door frame is closed, the gap with the glass is reliably sealed.

More preferably, a fin or protrusion having elasticity is formed on the surface of the base portion which is in contact with the glass, and / or
Alternatively, since the core metal is embedded in the base, the force for holding the glass is further increased.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The same parts as those in the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a glass door frame opening / closing mechanism of a pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a CC line sectional view and a DD line sectional view thereof. Two pieces of glass 3A and 3B
A sealing material 21 is attached to the entire periphery of the glass door frame. The sealing material 21 includes a base portion 21a formed of a rubber material or a resin material and having a substantially E-shaped cross section, and a hollow sealing portion 21b formed of a sponge and having a substantially semicircular cross section. The sealing portion 21b is an inner side. It is formed integrally with the base portion 21a so as to face the inside of the glass 3B. The base portion 21a is elastically contacted with the glass 3A, 3B and the glass 3A, 3B.
It is mounted so as to hold 3B. As a result, the gap between the glass 3A, 3B and the sealing material 21 forming the glass door frame is surely filled, so that an excellent soundproofing effect is obtained, and the rattling of the glass 3A, 3B is eliminated, so that an excellent protection is obtained. A vibration effect is obtained. In addition, glass 3A, 3B
The end portion of the seal material that extends in the horizontal direction and the end portion of the seal material that extends in the vertical direction at the corner of the above may be molded and connected, or may be cut and joined together.

Sealing material 2 constituting the front frame 2 and the glass door frame
Two connecting arms 22A and 22B are provided between the two. One end of each of the connecting arms 22A, 22B has a shaft 23A, 2 on the left and right side portions of the front frame 2, specifically, on the upper left and right side surfaces.
It is pivotally attached around 3B in a vertically rotatable manner. On the other hand, the other ends of the connecting arms 22A and 22B are pivotally attached to the central portions of the left and right side surfaces of the glass door frame (sealing material 21) via shafts 24A and 24B. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the glass door frame is vertically movable with respect to the front frame 2, and the upper positions of the connecting arms 22A and 22B (see FIG.
(C)) is in the open state, and the lower position (Fig. 3 (a)) is in the closed state. It should be noted that a hook 25 capable of engaging with the connecting arm 22A at the upper position and temporarily fixing the glass door frame is provided on the upper part of the front frame, or a stopper may be used.

As a result, when the glass door frame formed of the sealing material 21 is closed, the seal portion 21b elastically contacts the metal portion 26 fixed to the front frame 2, and thus the glass 3 is reliably sealed. As a result, unnecessary noise generated from the pachinko gaming machine is reduced. Further, since the glass door frame moves up and down, it is not necessary for the player to avoid the body each time by opening the glass door frame when adjusting the table. The seal part 2
The 1b may be directly elastically contacted with the front frame 2, but when the front frame 2 is a plywood or the like, the metal portion 26 is inserted so that the adhesion is further improved.

In this embodiment, the connecting arms 22A and 22B are
Was pivotally attached outward from the left and right side surfaces of the front frame 2, but as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the connecting arms 22A,
22B is pivoted at a position inside the left and right side surfaces of the front frame 2,
The recesses 27A and 27B for accommodating the connecting arms 22A and 22B when the glass door frame is closed may be formed on the surface of the front frame 2. According to this, since the connecting arms 22A and 22B do not project outward from the left and right side surfaces of the front frame 2, when a plurality of front frames 2 are arranged side by side and mounted on a base mounting frame (not shown), adjacent pachinko A gap between the gaming machine and the front frame can be reduced.

Further, instead of the seal member 21 in which the base portion 21a having a substantially E-shaped cross section and the hollow seal portion 21b having a substantially semicircular cross section are integrally formed, FIGS. As shown in c), by using the sealing material 31, 32, 33 in which the protrusion 31a and the fins 32a, 33a having elasticity are formed on the surface side of the base portion 21a in contact with the glass 3A, 3B, The holding power may be improved. In order to further improve the holding force, as shown in FIGS. 6 (d) and 6 (e), a sealing material 34 in which a cored bar 34a is embedded in the base portion.
Alternatively, a sealing material 35 may be used in which a material such as butyl sealant 35a having an adhesive effect is inserted or attached to the base portion. Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 (f) and 6 (g), the sealing member 3 is a solid 36a or a lip 37a.
6,37 may be used.

[0022]

As described above, according to the glass door frame opening / closing mechanism of the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, the glass door frame can be opened and closed vertically with respect to the front frame in which the pachinko gaming machine body is incorporated. When opening the glass door frame when adjusting the base, the player does not incur any trouble such as avoiding the body or standing up, and similarly, it does not inconvenience the next player. Absent. Therefore, it is not necessary to care about the player, and the table adjustment work can be carried out smoothly.

Further, preferably, since the connecting arm is located inside the left and right side surfaces of the front frame so that the glass door frame can be opened and closed, the connecting arm does not project outward from the left and right side surfaces of the front frame. Therefore, for example, when a plurality of table frames are arranged side by side and attached to the base mounting frame, the gap between the table frames of the adjacent pachinko gaming machines can be reduced, so that the number of pachinko gaming machines that can be arranged side by side can be increased. . Also, unnecessary noise transmitted from the back side of the pachinko gaming machine through the gap is reduced.

Further, preferably, since the base portion for elastically contacting and holding the glass is attached to the periphery of the glass, the gap with the glass is surely filled. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the player hears unnecessary noise other than the electronic sound that flows from the speaker of the pachinko gaming machine. Further, the soundproofing effect due to the double structure of the glass is not reduced by half. Further, the excellent vibration-proof effect that the rattling of the glass is eliminated and the glass is stabilized can be obtained.

More preferably, a fin or protrusion having elasticity is formed on the surface of the base which is in contact with the glass, and / or
Alternatively, since the core metal is embedded in the base portion, the force for holding the glass is further increased, and more excellent soundproofing effect and vibrationproofing effect can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a glass door frame opening / closing mechanism of a pachinko gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 1 and a sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a right side view of FIG. 1, showing an opened / closed state of a glass door frame opening / closing mechanism of the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing another glass door frame opening / closing mechanism of a pachinko gaming machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 6 Sealing material 3 that can be used instead of the sealing material 21
1 is a cross-sectional view showing a seal member 32, a seal member 33, a seal member 34, a seal member 35, a seal member 36, and a seal member 37, respectively.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a pachinko gaming machine.

8 is a sectional view taken along line AA and a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 7.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Front frame 3 (3A, 3B) Glass 21 Sealing material 21a Base part 21b Sealing part 22A, 22B Connecting arm 27A, 27B Recessed part 31a Projection 32a, 33a Fin 34a Core bar

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko gaming machine including a glass door frame that is openably and closably mounted on the front surface of a front frame in which a main body of the pachinko gaming machine is incorporated. One end of the pachinko gaming machine is pivotally attached to the left and right side portions of the front frame, and vertically. The other end of the rotatable connecting arm is pivotally attached to the left and right side surfaces of the glass door frame, the glass door frame is opened to the front frame at the upper position of the connecting arm, and the glass door frame is closed at the lower position. A glass door frame opening / closing mechanism for pachinko machines, which is characterized by 2. The connection arm is located inside the left and right side surfaces of the front frame, and a recess for accommodating the connection arm when the glass door frame is closed is formed on the front surface of the front frame. Glass door frame opening and closing mechanism for the pachinko game machine described. 3. The glass door frame is attached to a peripheral edge of the glass and has a base portion for elastically contacting the glass to hold the glass, and a glass base frame integrally formed with the base portion and attached to the front frame when the glass door frame is closed. The glass door frame opening / closing mechanism of the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a seal portion that comes into contact with and seals between the glass. 4. The glass door frame opening / closing mechanism for a pachinko gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein a fin or a protrusion having elasticity is formed on a surface side of the base portion which is in contact with the glass. 5. A glass door frame opening / closing mechanism for a pachinko gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein a core metal is embedded in the base portion.