JPH0838718A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the constituting elements of a PACHINKO game machine and facilitate the assembling work. CONSTITUTION:Hinge fitting recesses 48, 49, 50 for positioning and fitting hinge members for openably supporting a transparent plate holding frame and an upper tray fitting plate are formed integrally with the side section of a frame substrate 3. Since the transparent plate holding frame and upper tray fitting plate are openably provided directly on the frame substrate 3, constituting elements corresponding to the conventional metal frame are not required, the assembling work is simplified, and the assembling accuracy can be improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a frame base body which is openable and closable with respect to an outer frame and is provided with a game board fixing portion for fixing a game board, and an opening and closing mechanism which is openably and closably provided with respect to the frame base body. And a ball game machine having a member.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a ball game machine, an outer frame fixed to a game machine installation island and a game board fixing portion which can be opened and closed with respect to the outer frame and which fixes the game board are provided on the back surface thereof. The front frame, a glass door frame that holds a glass plate that covers the front of the game board and that is openably and closably provided on the metal frame that is circumferentially fixed to the rectangular opening of the front frame, and the metal frame. An upper plate which is openable and closable and to which an upper plate (also referred to as a ball supply plate) for storing prize balls is fixed, and a rear plate of the front frame which is openable and closable and is generated in the game board It is composed of a mechanism plate on which various mechanisms for paying out prize balls based on winning balls are set. And, among the components of the above-mentioned ball game machine, the outer frame, the front frame, and the game board are made of wood such as plywood or plate material, and the metal frame, the glass door frame, and the upper plate front door plate are iron plates. The game board fixing portion and the mechanism plate were generally made of synthetic resin.

However, in recent years, from the viewpoint of environmental protection, there is a tendency to manufacture each constituent element of a ball game machine by using recyclable materials. A small number of large front frames made of synthetic resin are being proposed. For example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-3659 (hereinafter referred to as prior art) is available.

[0004]

However, this prior art merely replaces the conventional wooden front frame with a synthetic resin, and does not propose a reduction in the number of components. That is, the metal frame important for crime prevention has a structure that is used as it is and is installed around the opening of the front frame, and a glass door frame and a front plate of the upper plate are attached to the metal frame, and recycling is still sufficient. It has not been taken into consideration. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the purpose thereof is to:
An object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine in which the components of the ball game machine can be reduced and the assembly work is easy.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a frame base body which is provided with a game board fixing portion which can be opened and closed with respect to an outer frame and which fixes a game board, In a ball game machine having an opening / closing member provided to be openable / closable with respect to the frame base body, the frame base body is molded from synthetic resin, and the opening / closing member is rotatably supported by a side portion of the frame base body. The positioning attachment portion for positioning and attaching the hinge member for forming is integrally formed.

The positioning mounting portion is a recessed mounting recess conforming to the outer peripheral shape of the hinge member, and a mounting hole for fastening at least the hinge member with a screw is integrally formed in the mounting recess. The formation is advantageous in that the assembling work is simplified and the assembling accuracy is improved.

The frame base is constructed so that a lower tray, an operating handle and an ashtray can be attached below the upper tray mounting plate, and a positioning attachment portion for positioning and attaching them is integrally formed. This is advantageous in that the work of assembling the transparent plate holding frame, the upper plate mounting plate, the lower plate, the operation handle, and the ashtray attached to the front side of the frame base can be simplified.

[0008]

Since the opening / closing member corresponding to the conventional glass plate holding frame or the upper plate front door plate is directly openable / closable with respect to the frame base body corresponding to the conventional front frame, it corresponds to the conventional metal frame. Simplification of the assembly work because no structural elements are required and the positioning attachment part for positioning and attaching the hinge member for pivotally supporting the opening / closing member on the side of the frame base is formed integrally. Also, the assembling accuracy can be improved.

[0009]

Embodiments (1) Schematic Configuration of Overall Ball Gaming Machine Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, a schematic configuration of the entire ball game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. 1 is a front view of the ball game machine 1, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the ball game machine with the frame base 3 and the transparent plate holding frame 4 opened, and FIG. 3 is the frame base 3 FIG. 4 is a perspective view separately showing various components attached to the front surface side of FIG. 4, and FIG. The ball game machine 1 in this embodiment is of a type in which a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out based on a winning opening in which a hitting ball that is fired is formed in a game board 5 or a winning ball device. Although a pachinko game machine is shown in the figure, a shot ball is thrown into a plurality of entrances provided on the game board, and a score is given according to the combination of the entrances. It may be a ball game machine of a type in which a prize ball is paid out (generally called an arrangement game machine).

Therefore, the ball game machine 1 has an outer frame 2 frame-formed in a vertically long rectangular shape, and a main structure of the ball game machine 1 which is rotatably supported by one side of the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. A frame base body 3 in which almost all of the parts are collectively provided, and a transparent plate (which is generally a glass plate, but is generally transparent, which is provided on the upper front surface of the frame base body 3 so as to be openable and closable and covers the front of the game board 5. A transparent plate holding frame 4 for holding a synthetic resin), an upper plate mounting plate 6 which is provided on the lower front portion of the frame base 3 so as to be openable and closable, and to which the upper plate 7 is fixed, and below the upper plate mounting plate 6. It is composed of a lower tray 8, which is attached to the front surface of the frame base body 3, an operation handle 9, and an ashtray 10. Hereinafter, each of the above-described configurations that configure the ball game machine 1 will be described.

(2) Outer frame The outer frame 2 is formed by constructing a wooden plate material as a frame, and the open / close support metal fittings 12 and 1 fixed to the upper and lower sides of one side thereof.
The frame body 3 is rotatably and axially supported via the shaft 5. Further, on the lower front surface of the outer frame 2, a backing plate 11 on which the lower side of the frame base 3 is placed when fixed is fixed. Further, engaging metal fittings 19a, 19b for fixing the locking device 136, which will be described in detail later, to close or open the frame base body 3 are fixed to the upper and lower inner sides of the outer frame 2 on the open side. The backing plate 11
The outer frame 2 including is not a wooden plate material, but may be integrally formed of synthetic resin or separately formed and assembled. The structure for supporting the frame base 3 in the open / close state will be described in detail later.

(3) Frame Base Body The frame base body 3 is integrally formed of synthetic resin as will be described later, but is formed in a frame shape so as to have a rectangular opening 20. The game board 5 can be removably attached and fixed to the game board storage portion 21 which is integrally formed on the back surface in a shape along the peripheral edge of the opening 20. Further, the lower portion of the frame base 3 is formed in a plate shape,
The lower plate 8, the operation handle 9, and the ashtray 10 are attached to the plate-shaped portion. These attachment modes will be described later. Further, the transparent plate holding frame 4 which is openably and closably provided on the upper front surface of the frame base body 3 is also made of synthetic resin as a main component, and similarly includes an upper plate 7 which is openably and closably provided on the lower front surface of the frame base body 3. The plate mounting plate 6 is also formed almost entirely of synthetic resin.

Therefore, the detailed structure of the frame base 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a front view of the frame base 3, and FIG. 6 is a rear view of the frame base 3. In the figure, the frame base 3 is integrally molded of synthetic resin, and as shown in FIG. 5, a substantially rectangular opening 20 is formed in the upper part thereof, and the lower part thereof is plate-shaped. That is, the frame base 3 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 3 for housing and fixing the game board 5. This is that the game board storage portion 21 as the game board fixing portion is formed integrally with the frame base body 3. That is, in the conventional relationship between the front frame and the game board storage section, the game board storage section made of synthetic resin is fixed to the back surface of the wooden front frame, whereas the frame base 3 in this embodiment is Since the portion corresponding to the front frame is also made of synthetic resin, the game board storage portion 4
The entire structure including the above is integrally molded with a synthetic resin, so that the assembling work in the factory can be simplified.

By the way, the lower portion of the game board storage portion 21 is also formed as a plate-shaped support plate portion 22, and an upper plate communication port 23 is formed at an upper part of one side of the support plate portion 22 to form the upper plate. An overflow ball guiding member 125 (see FIG. 7) is attached to the lower front of the communication port 23. On one side inside the upper plate communication port 23, a comb-shaped ball guide rib 2 for smoothly guiding the prize balls.
4 is integrally provided, and a standing wall 25 is erected along the upper side of the front end surface of the upper plate communication port 23 and the side portion.
A crime prevention horizontal rib 26 extends from the upper end of 5 toward the front. In the space formed by the standing wall 25 and the crime prevention horizontal rib 26, a ball fixed to the back surface of the upper plate communication port 251 (see FIG. 16) of the upper plate mounting plate 6 with the upper plate mounting plate 6 closed. The rear end of the guide member 286 (see FIG. 16) is designed to be able to enter, so that a wrong tool such as a piano wire cannot be inserted between the rear end of the ball guide member 286 and the upper plate communication port 23. ing. In this embodiment, since the boundary line between the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper plate mounting plate 6 has an arcuate shape at its central portion, intrusion of a fraudulent tool inserted through the boundary line is prevented. For this reason, a crime prevention protrusion 27 is provided on the upper right side of the standing wall 25 in the figure, and a crime prevention horizontal rib 28 is formed on the upper end of the crime prevention protrusion 27 so as to protrude forward. Also, the crime prevention protrusion 27
Since a rear end portion of a glass mounting support member 194 (see FIG. 2) described later hits a part of the above, a mounting member avoiding hole 29 is formed in a corresponding portion. Also, the upper plate communication port 2
3, a protruding piece 30 is extended above the rear edge of the mechanism 3. The protruding piece 30 penetrates into the front edge of a prize ball payout passage (not shown) of the mechanism plate 330 to communicate with the upper plate. An unauthorized tool such as a piano wire is prevented from being inserted between the rear edge of the mouth 23 and the front edge of the prize ball payout passage of the mechanism plate 330.

On the other hand, a crime prevention standing wall 31 is erected on the upper portion of the support plate portion 22 opposite to the upper plate communication port 23, and a crime prevention horizontal rib 32 extends forward on the crime prevention standing wall 31 as well. It is set up. This crime prevention horizontal rib 32 is also the transparent plate holding frame 4
And for preventing intrusion of unauthorized tools from the upper side and the side of the open side of the upper plate mounting plate 6. Also, the crime prevention wall 31
On the back surface of the, a positioning projection 33 that engages with a positioning hole formed in the game board 5 when the game board 5 is placed is projected.

The upper end of the support plate portion 22 is the game board 5
The game board 5 is formed to have a width substantially equal to that of the game board 5, and a recess 34 is formed in the approximate center thereof as shown in FIG. In the recess 34, an out ball guiding rib 35 for smoothly guiding an out ball guided from an out port formed in the game board 5 to an out ball guiding passage (not shown) of a mechanism plate 330 described later is formed. A fixed lever mounting boss 36 is formed so as to be fitted with a fixed lever member 36a (see FIG. 4) for pressing and fixing the lower back surface of the game board 5 when it is stored in the game board storage portion 21.

On the other hand, on the front surface of the support plate portion 22, a large number of mounting holes 37 for mounting the overflow ball guiding member 125 and the firing point rail 130 (see FIG. 7) and positioning bosses 38 for positioning them are formed. ing. Of these, the boss 4 is provided on the rear surface side of the support plate portion 22 corresponding to the mounting hole 37.
0 is projectingly provided, and a mounting hole 37 is formed in the boss 40 with a predetermined thickness. Further, at the position corresponding to the open side of the upper plate mounting plate 6, the hook portion 291 of the locking device 288 (see FIG. 17) fixed to the rear surface of the open end of the upper plate mounting plate 6 is provided.
A locking metal fitting mounting portion 39 for fixing the locking metal fitting 135 (see FIG. 7) that engages and disengages with is also formed in a protruding manner. Further, the support plate portion 22 is provided with a connection hole 41 on its open side,
A ball striking rod penetrating cutout hole 44 is formed below the connecting hole 41, a drawn ball communication port 42 is opened at a position corresponding to the downstream front side of the overflow ball guiding member 125, and a wiring through hole 43 is formed on the shaft support side. Has been established. The connection hole 41 is formed by the mechanism plate 330.
The ball-depletion detection lever, which operates when the amount of balls stored in the prize ball tank is insufficient, and the ball feed lever of the ball-feeding device that feeds one ball at a time to the firing position, penetrates the connecting rod. It is what makes me. Further, the removed ball communication port 42 is introduced from a ball that has flown into the overflow ball guiding member 125 (a ball that has spilled from the upper plate communication port 23, a ball that has been punched from the upper plate 7, and a foul port 133 that will be described later). Is used to guide the ball to the back side, and a confluence gutter 350 (see FIG. 4) is attached to the back surface of the removal ball communication port 42, and a ball from the removal ball communication port 42 is attached by this confluence gutter 350. Is guided to the lower plate 8. The wiring through-holes 43 are used for connecting wirings from these electrical parts when the upper plate 7 is provided with electrical parts (for example, a switch, a display, a speaker, etc.). It leads to. Further, the ball striking rod penetrating cutout hole 44 allows a ball striking rod 343 of a ball striking device 340, which will be described later, to pass through and face the firing position of the firing point rail 130.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, in the front frame portion of the frame base 3, the outer peripheral edge of the frame portion corresponding to the opening 20 projects rearward from three sides except the lower side of the transparent plate holding frame 4. Crime prevention flange side 1 as a ridge provided to
The security grooves 45 and 51 are formed as grooves into which 84 (see FIGS. 14 and 15) is inserted and engaged. A part of the crime prevention groove 45 on the upper side and the right side when viewed from the front is also formed with a small-depth screw avoiding recess 46 continuously. The screw avoiding recess 46 is provided with reinforcing metal plates 172a, 172b (FIG. 14) which will be described later and are fixed to the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame 4.
(See) to accept the screw head to stop. In addition, the crime prevention groove 51 formed on the left peripheral edge when viewed from the front is provided not only for the crime prevention flange side portion 184 but also for the crime prevention flange side portion 184 to rotate axially. The groove 45 is formed wider than the groove 45, and its cross-sectional shape is such that the bottom surface is arcuate.

Further, the opening 20 in the front frame portion of the frame base 3 is formed.
In the part corresponding to, the hook communication hole 47
a, 47b, hinge mounting recesses 48, 49, 50 as positioning mounting portions in the middle, middle, upper and lower sides of the shaft support side, wiring through holes 52 in the upper part of the shaft support side, and punching pin insertion holes 54 in the upper part of the shaft support side.
And the punching lever mounting hole 55, the interference avoiding recess 5 in the middle left and right
6, fixing lever mounting holes 57 at one position on the shaft support side and two upper and lower positions on the opening side, hook openings 60 from the upper part to the lower part of the shaft support side, and a lock hole 73 slightly below the middle of the opening side. Are formed respectively. The hook communication holes 47a and 47b are
L-shaped metal 181 provided on the open side of the transparent plate holding frame 4
(See FIG. 14) Hook portion 183 provided integrally with
a and 183b are penetrated rearward to engage with a slidable engagement hole (not shown) of the lock device 136. Further, the wiring through hole 52 is for passing wiring extending from an electric component described later provided in the transparent plate holding frame 4 to the back surface side of the frame base body 3. It should be noted that the periphery of the wiring through hole 52 is formed in a slightly concave shape to form a wiring prevention concave portion 53 that does not break even if the wiring is loosened due to opening and closing. The ball punching pin insertion hole 54 is stored in a prize ball tank or the like of the mechanism plate 330 by inserting a pin from the front at the end of business hours and operating a ball punching lever (not shown) attached to the back side of the frame base body 3. It is for discharging the prize balls that have been held to the outside of the ball game machine 1, and the ball punching lever mounting hole 55 is
It is a hole for attaching the above-mentioned not shown punching lever to the back side of the frame base 3. In addition, the punching pin insertion hole 5
A pin insertion hole for 4 is also formed in the transparent plate holding frame 4. The interference avoiding recess 56 is an arc-shaped fluorescent tube cover 23 that covers the fluorescent tube 234 when the transparent plate holding frame 4 is closed.
1 (see FIG. 2) for avoiding a state of contact with a part thereof. Therefore, the interference avoiding concave portion 56 is carved in an arc shape. The fixed lever mounting hole 57 is for mounting a fixed lever member 57a (see FIG. 4) for pressing and fixing the back surface of the game board 5 stored in the game board storage portion 21. Further, the hook opening 60 is formed to form a wiring stopper hook 61 integrally formed on the back surface (necessary in designing a mold), and the wiring stopper hook 61 is The wiring through hole 52
The wiring led to the back surface of the frame base 3 through the above is hooked. Further, the cylinder lock 140 of the lock device 136 is inserted into the lock hole 73.

Further, detector mounting holes 58 and 59 are formed penetrating to the right and left in the middle of the frame base body 3. This detector mounting hole 5
Reference numerals 8 and 59 are for attaching the detector from the front surface thereof. In the illustrated embodiment, the actuator of the detector 142 is provided in the front surface in the detector mounting hole 58 formed on the shaft support side as shown in FIG. The detector 142 is turned off when the transparent plate holding frame 4 is opened. This detector 142 is a fluorescent tube 2 to which a high voltage is supplied.
34 (stored in a fluorescent tube cover 231 to be described later and attached to the first decorative member 190) is inserted in the middle of the circuit, and when the transparent plate holding frame 4 is opened, the electric current to the fluorescent tube is Supply is stopped to ensure safety when opening. Further, in the detector mounting hole 59 formed on the open side, the unauthorized opening detector for detecting an unauthorized act of slightly opening the transparent plate holding frame 4 and inserting an unauthorized tool such as a cell plate or a piano wire. 143 is attached. The hinge mounting recesses 48, 49, 50 are regions to which metal hinge members 104, 113, 119 (see FIG. 17) are fixed.

In the front structure of the frame base body 3, in addition to the above-described structure, a horizontal crime prevention rib 62 is integrally provided on the left and right of the center of the front surface of the game board storage portion 21. The crime prevention horizontal ribs 62 are for abutting the upper ends of the crime prevention horizontal ribs 232 of the fluorescent tube cover 231 when the transparent plate holding frame 4 is closed, and prevent intrusion of unauthorized tools such as piano wires. is there. Further, a crime prevention plate 63 having a horizontal rib 63a on the upper part thereof is integrally attached below the crime prevention horizontal rib 62 on the open side. The formation position of the crime prevention plate 63 is at the boundary between the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper plate mounting plate 6, and is for preventing unauthorized tools from entering through the boundary.

On the other hand, in the back surface structure of the frame base body 3, as shown in FIG. 6, the game board housing portion 21 is integrally molded of synthetic resin. Then, the game board storage section 21
Since is for supporting and fixing the game board 5, it has a structure for supporting the game board 5 and parts for accurately fixing the game board 5. In addition, the game board storage unit 21 also has a component for accurately mounting a mechanism plate 330 provided on the back surface of the game board 5 and provided with various mechanisms for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls. Specifically, as a structure for storing and supporting the game board 5, a game board storage guide rib 64 for restricting the left and right of the game board 5, and a plurality of (two) positioning protrusions 33,
67 and a positioning rib 66. As described above, one of the two positioning protrusions 33 and 67 is provided on the rear surface side of the crime prevention standing wall 31, while the other is provided on the center of the upper portion of the frame base 3. In addition, the positioning rib 66 is provided on the side of the positioning protrusion 67, the game board 5 at a portion corresponding to the positioning rib 66 is cut out, and the cutout portion engages with the positioning rib 66. Has become. Further, since the game board storage guide rib 64 is also formed on the upper right side of FIG. 6, the game board 5 in this portion is also cut out.

In the game board storage structure as described above,
The lower part of the game board 5 is placed on the upper surface of the support plate portion 22 and positioned by the positioning projections 33, the left and right are described by the game board storage guide ribs 64, and the upper part is positioned by the positioning projections 67 and the positioning ribs 66. By positioning with the and, the game board 5 is housed in an accurate position. An upward movement preventing member 68 is provided at a position adjacent to the positioning rib 66. The upward movement preventing member 68 narrows the space between the outer frame 2 and the inside of the frame base body 3, and The upper moving range of the frame base 3 is reduced. The left and right portions of the positioning rib 66 are the game board 5
Is a game board contact rib 65 with which the front surface of the game board abuts.

There are a plurality of (four) fixing lever members 36a and 57a as parts for fixing the game board 5. The fixed lever members 36a and 57a press the game board 5 from the back surface of the game board 5 by rotating it while the game board 5 is accurately attached to the game board storage section 21 to firmly fix the game board 5 to the game board storage section 21. It is something that is fixed. Thus, the fixed lever 36a is fixed to the fixed lever mounting boss 36 provided in the recess 34 of the support plate portion 22, and the fixed lever 57a is fixed to the fixed lever mounting hole 57. It is something.

Further, as parts for attaching the mechanism plate 330, opening / closing support fittings 144, 145 and a plurality of (3
Individual fixing members 69a (both see FIG. 4). The open / close support fittings 144, 145 are the game board storage portion 21 on the pivot support side.
It is attached to the upper and lower sides of the back surface of the metal plate, and as shown in FIG.
4a (the engagement pin 145a of the opening / closing support fitting 145 is not shown).
An opening / closing metal fitting 33 fixed to the upper and lower sides of the mechanism plate 330 on the 5a.
The mechanism plate 330 is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to the frame base body 3 by engaging the hinge holes (not shown) of 1,332. In addition, the game board storage guide rib 64 and the support plate portion 2 for attaching the opening / closing support fittings 144 and 145.
Opening / closing support metal fitting mounting holes 83, 84 and positioning protrusions 83a, 84a are formed below 2, respectively. Further, of the plurality of fastening members 69a, one fastening member 69a is
Support plate cover 22 that covers the back surface of the support plate 22
This attachment member 6 is attached to the surface of a.
A boss in which a mounting member mounting hole 69 is formed is provided on the back surface of the support plate portion 22 for mounting the mounting portion 9a. Further, the other two fastening members 69a are provided on the upper side on the open side and the upper side on the pivotal support side. Therefore, the frame base body 3 is fastened to the game board storage guide ribs 64 at corresponding positions. Member mounting holes 69 are formed. Further, opening / closing fitting mounting holes 70, 71 for fixing the opening / closing fittings 100, 110 are also formed on the upper and lower back surfaces of the frame base 3 on the shaft support side.

In the structure of the back surface of the frame base 3 other than those described above, a lock device mounting hole 72 for fixing the lock device 136 is formed on the open side, and the cylinder lock 140 of the lock device 136 is formed. A lock hole 73 penetrating therethrough is formed. In order to mount the locking device 136 accurately, as shown in FIG. 6, a positioning projection 72a is integrally provided on the upper portion so as to project.

The structure of the portion of the frame base 3 corresponding to the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper plate mounting plate 6 is as described above. 74, and as shown in FIG. 5, a mounting recess 75 is formed on almost the entire front surface thereof. This mounting recess 75
The lower tray 8, the operation handle device 9 and the ashtray 10 are tentatively positioned when they are assembled and fixed, and the assembling work can be facilitated. Further, in the mounting recess 75, a lower plate communication opening 76 is formed substantially in the center thereof, and a handle operating opening 77 is formed in a side portion from the opening side. Lower plate 8 corresponding to lower plate communication port 76
The lower tray mounting engaging hole 79 and the lower tray mounting positioning hole 80 are formed in the mounting recess 75 for facilitating the mounting. Similarly, an ashtray mounting engagement hole 78, a handle mounting hole 81, and a wiring through hole 82 are also formed in the mounting recess 75. Note that these attachments will be described later in detail.

(4) Member to be Mounted on Frame Base The structure of the frame base 3 made of synthetic resin has been described above. Each member mounted on the frame base 3 will be described below. As a member to be mounted on the frame base 3, opening / closing metal fittings 100, 11 for pivotally supporting the outer frame 2 in an openable and closable manner.
0, hinge members 104, 113 and 119 for pivotally supporting the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper plate mounting plate 6 in an openable and closable manner, overflow ball guiding member 125 and firing point rail 130 fixed to the support plate portion 22, Locking of transparent plate holding frame 4 and upper plate mounting plate 6
A locking device 136 for unlocking, a transparent plate holding frame 4 as an opening / closing member, an upper tray mounting plate 6 as an opening / closing member, a lower tray 8, an ashtray 10, and an operating handle 9 fixed to the mounting recess 75 of the flat plate portion 74. There are a mechanism plate 330 that is pivotally supported on the back side of the frame base 3 so as to be openable and closable, a hitting ball launching device 340 and a confluence trough 350 that are fixed to the lower part of the back side of the frame base 3. Hereinafter, each mounted member will be described.

(4-1) Opening / closing support structure of the frame base body to the outer frame The opening / closing metal fittings 100 and 110 support the opening / closing of the frame base body 3 to the outer frame 2. Therefore, the configuration and operation of the opening / closing fittings 100 and 110 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the open / close support structure in the upper portion of the outer frame 2 and the frame base body 3, and FIG. 9 is the upper portion of the outer frame 2, the frame base body 3 and the transparent plate holding frame 4. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view showing the open / close support structure, and FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view showing the open / close support structure in a lower portion of the outer frame 2 and the frame base 3.
First, the upper opening / closing support fitting 12 is fixed to the upper end of the outer frame 2 as described above.
As shown in FIG. 8, 2 is bent in an L-shape so as to contact the upper surface and the side surface of the outer frame 2, and the bolt 12 a is inserted into the part contacting the upper surface of the outer frame 2 to fix the outer frame 2. It is fixed to the outer frame 2 by tightening the nut 12b from the inside. Further, an opening / closing support piece 13 extends forward from a portion abutting the side surface of the outer frame 2, and a shaft support pin 14 is projectingly fixed above the tip of the opening / closing support piece 13.

On the other hand, the frame base 3 is, as shown in FIG.
The upper opening / closing fitting 100 is fixed to the corner portion of the back surface. The upper opening / closing fitting 100 is formed in a U-shaped cross section, and a part of the upper side of the upper opening / closing fitting 100 is a supporting piece portion 102 protruding forward,
A supporting hole 101 is formed in the supporting piece portion 102.
The support hole 101 is adapted to be engaged with the shaft support pin 14. The upper opening / closing metal fitting 100 is fixed to the upper opening / closing metal fitting mounting hole 70 from the back surface with a screw, and is integrally fixed with an upper hinge member 104 and a screw 103 described later.

Next, below the outer frame 2 and above the pad plate 1.
As shown in FIG. 10, a lower opening / closing support fitting 18 is fixed to the upper surface portion of 1 by screws. A part of the lower open / close support fitting 18 is an open / close support piece 16 that protrudes to the front side, and a pivot pin 17 is provided at the tip of the open / close support piece 16 so as to project. Further, a stopper 1 for regulating the opening angle of the frame base 3 is provided on the side of the shaft support pin 17.
8 are protruded. On the other hand, the lower opening / closing metal fitting 11 is provided in the lower opening / closing metal fitting mounting hole 71 on the rear surface of the lower corner portion of the frame base body 3.
0 is fixed by screws not shown. The lower opening / closing fitting 110 is formed in a U-shaped cross section, and a lower side thereof is a supporting piece portion 111 projecting forward from a lower side portion of the frame base body 3, and a supporting hole 112 is formed in the supporting piece portion 111. ing. The shaft support pin 17 is inserted and engaged in the support hole 112.

In the shaft support structure constructed as described above, first, the support hole 11 of the lower opening / closing fitting 110 of the frame base 3 is formed.
2 is slightly engaged with the upper end of the pivot pin 17 of the lower opening / closing support fitting 15, the upper opening / closing fitting 100 of the frame base 3 is
The support hole 101 of the shaft support pin 14 of the upper opening and closing support bracket 12
And the frame base body 3 is lowered downward in such a state that the support holes 112 and 101 are aligned with each other.
The frame base body 3 can be attached to the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable by engaging with 7, 7 and 14. However, when the frame base 3 is largely opened, the lower front surface of the frame base 3 is stopped by the stopper 18
Since it abuts against and regulates further opening, it cannot be opened so much that the frame base 3 hits the adjacent ball game machine 1.

(4-2) Axial support structure of the transparent plate holding frame and the upper plate mounting plate to the frame base body Next, a structure of the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper plate mounting plate 6 to the frame base body 3 is illustrated. 7, FIG. 9, FIG. 11 and FIG. FIG. 7 is a front view of the frame base body 3 with various components mounted, and FIG. 9 is as described above.
FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a shaft supporting structure of the lower part of the transparent plate holding frame 4 and an upper part of the upper plate mounting plate 6, and FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view showing a shaft supporting structure of the lower part of the upper plate mounting plate 6. It is a figure. Thus, the pivot of the transparent plate holding frame 4 is made up of the metal hinge member 10 mounted in the hinge mounting recesses 48, 49.
4 and 113, and the pivotal support of the upper plate mounting plate 6 is performed by metal hinge members 113 and 119 mounted in the hinge mounting recesses 49 and 50. Therefore,
First, the hinge members 104, 113, 119 will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 9, a hinge member 104 (hereinafter, referred to as an upper hinge member) is provided in a hinge mounting recess 48 (hereinafter, referred to as an upper hinge mounting recess 48) formed in an upper portion of the frame base 3 on the axial support side. 104). The upper hinge member 104 is formed in an L shape, and a mounting through hole 105 into which a penetrating mounting boss 108 projecting rearward of the hinge cover 107 is fitted is formed on a vertical surface of the upper hinge member 104, and a supporting hole is formed on a horizontal surface thereof. 106 are formed. By the way, in the upper hinge mounting recess 48, a mounting hole 48a for penetrating the penetrating mounting boss 108 is formed, and is carved so that its outer peripheral shape matches the outer peripheral shape of the vertical surface of the upper hinge member 104. There is. Therefore, when the upper hinge member 104 is mounted in the upper hinge mounting recess 48, the upper hinge member 104 is embedded in the upper hinge mounting recess 48 so that they are aligned with each other, and in this state, the penetrating mounting boss 108 of the hinge cover 107 is moved forward. Through the mounting through hole 105 and the mounting hole 48a from the back side, and by screwing together with the upper opening and closing metal fitting 100 from the back side with the screw 103 to the through mounting boss 108, the upper hinge member 104.
Can be fixed to the upper part of the front surface of the frame substrate 3. In addition,
An insertion groove 109 is cut out in the hinge cover 107 corresponding to the support hole 106.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the hinge member 113 (hereinafter referred to as the middle hinge member 113) fixed to the hinge mounting recess 49 (hereinafter referred to as the middle hinge mounting recess 49) is formed in an L shape. Mounting hole 114 on the vertical surface
And a positioning hole 115 are formed, and a hinge pin 117 is fixed to a horizontal support piece 118, which is a horizontal surface thereof, so as to vertically penetrate therethrough. On the other hand, in the middle hinge mounting recess 49, a mounting hole 49a is formed at a position corresponding to the mounting hole 114, a positioning protrusion 49b is projected at a position corresponding to the positioning hole 115, and the outer peripheral shape thereof is It is engraved so as to match the outer peripheral shape of the vertical surface of the middle hinge member 113. Therefore, when the middle hinge member 113 is mounted in the middle hinge mounting recess 49, the middle hinge member 1
13 and the positioning protrusion 49b is fitted into the positioning hole 115, and the screw 116 is screwed into the mounting hole 114 in this state. It can be fixed to the front middle part.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the hinge member 119 (hereinafter referred to as the lower hinge member 119) fixed to the hinge mounting recess 50 (hereinafter referred to as the lower hinge mounting recess 50) is formed in an L shape. And the mounting hole 120 on the vertical surface.
And a positioning hole 121 are formed, and a hinge hole 123 is formed in a horizontal support piece 124 which is a horizontal surface thereof. On the other hand, the lower hinge mounting recess 50 is provided with a mounting hole 50a at a position corresponding to the mounting hole 120, a positioning protrusion 50b at a position corresponding to the positioning hole 121, and an outer peripheral shape thereof. It is engraved so as to match the outer peripheral shape of the vertical surface of the lower hinge member 119. Therefore, when the lower hinge member 119 is mounted in the lower hinge mounting recess 50, the lower hinge member 119 is fitted so as to be embedded in the lower hinge mounting recess 50, and the positioning protrusion 5 is positioned.
0b is fitted into the positioning hole 121, and in that state, the mounting hole 1
The lower hinge member 119 can be fixed to the middle part of the front surface of the frame base 3 by screwing the screw 122 to the 20.

The above-mentioned hinge members 48, 49, 50 are mounted on the upper plate mounting plate 6 to which the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper plate 7 are attached.
And are removably attached and detachably attached. Specifically, first, the detaching structure of the transparent plate holding frame 4 will be described. At the upper end of the transparent plate holding frame 4 on the pivotal support side, a hinge pin 177 is urged upward by an urging force of a spring 178 described later. Further, a shaft support member 168 having an engagement hole 169 is fixed to the back surface of the lower end on the shaft support side with screws. Then, the upper hinge member 104 is pushed down against the urging force by pushing down the upper hinge pin 177 while being inserted into the engaging hole 169 of the lower shaft support member 168 on the upper protruding side of the hinge pin 117 of the middle hinge member 113. Support hole 1
By inserting the transparent plate holding frame 4 into the frame base 3
It is pivotally supported to open and close freely. On the contrary, when the transparent plate holding frame 4 is removed, for example, a through hole is inserted from a notch 179b which will be described later and the hinge pin 177 is pushed down to support the support hole 10.
This can be easily performed by pulling out the hinge pin 177 from 6 and then lifting the whole and removing the engaging hole 169 from the hinge pin 117. The opening / closing operation of the transparent plate holding frame 4 will be described in detail later.

Next, the structure for attaching and detaching the upper plate mounting plate 6 will be described. A pin insertion hole 261 is formed at the upper end of the upper plate mounting plate 6 on the shaft support side, and a shaft support is formed at the lower end of the shaft support side. Pin 2
63 is always urged downward by the spring 264. Then, the pin insertion hole 261 at the upper end is inserted into the lower protruding side of the hinge pin 117 of the middle hinge member 113, and in that state, the lower shaft support pin 263 is lifted against the urging force to lift the hinge hole of the lower hinge member 119. The upper plate mounting plate 6 of the upper plate 7 is rotatably supported by the frame base body 3 by being inserted into the frame 123. On the contrary, when removing the upper plate mounting plate 6, the shaft support pin 2 is resisted against the urging force of the spring 264.
This can be easily performed by lifting 63 to remove it from the hinge hole 123, then pulling down the whole and pulling out the pin insertion hole 261 from the hinge pin 117.

As described above, the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper plate mounting plate 6 of the upper plate 7 are provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to the frame base 3 and detachable, so that the ball game machine 1 is assembled in a factory. It is possible to easily perform attachment work and inspection work at the game hall. In particular, in the case where the transparent plate holding frame 4 is provided with electrical components as in this embodiment, it is expected that repair / replacement due to a failure of the electrical components will be necessary, and it is expected that way. In this case, since the transparent plate holding frame 4 can be removed as compared with the conventional structure in which the transparent plate holding frame (glass plate holding frame) is not detachable, repair / replacement can be easily performed, and A member corresponding to a conventional metal frame can be omitted. In addition, in this embodiment,
Since the hinge mounting recesses 48, 49, 50 conforming to the outer shape of the frame base body 3 at the positions where the hinge members 104, 113, 119 are to be mounted are formed by engraving, the work of mounting the hinge members 104, 113, 119 can be performed. It is possible to simplify. In addition to that, the hinge mounting recesses 48, 4
The mounting holes 48a, 49a, 50 are provided in the inner parts 9, 50, respectively.
Since the "a" and the positioning protrusions 49b, 50b are formed, the hinge members 104, 113, 119 can be accurately attached.

(4-3) Components to be Mounted on Support Plate Part As components to be mounted on the front surface of the support plate part 22 of the frame base 3, there are an overflow ball guiding member 125 and a launch point rail 130. These will be described with reference to FIG. 7. First, the overflow ball guiding member 125 will be described. The overflow ball guiding member 125 is formed in a gutter shape having a length from below the upper plate communication port 23 to the extracted ball communication port 42. When the mounting plate 6 is opened, the balls spilling from the rear end of the upper plate communication port 23 or the downstream end of the prize ball payout passage (not shown) of the mechanism plate 330 are guided to the removal ball communication port 42, and finally the ball It guides to the dish 8. Further, the overflow ball guiding member 125 is provided with a beading opening 126 on the front side thereof slightly above the bleeding ball communication port 42 for receiving the balls stored in the upper plate 7 when the bleeding is performed.
Furthermore, in order to receive the foul balls that have been fired from the firing point rail 130 and have returned without reaching the game board 5, the foul ball opening is provided slightly above the extraction ball communication port 42 and on its side surface. 127 is formed. Then, the lower end of the inclined bottom surface 128 on which the balls dropped from the upper plate communication port 23 roll, and the positions of the beading opening 126 and the foul ball opening 127 are stepwise with respect to the removal ball communicating port 42. Because of the positional relationship of
It is possible to reliably prevent clogging of a part. The overflow ball guiding member 125 is positioned by the positioning boss 38 formed on the support plate portion 22, and then fixed and mounted in the mounting hole 37 by the screw 129.

A firing point rail 130 is attached to the side of the overflow ball guiding member 125.
30 is a mounting set plate 131 to which a rail 132 is fixed.
Is fixed to the mounting hole 37 of the support plate portion 22 with a screw 134 to be mounted on the surface of the support plate portion 22. When mounting the mounting set plate 131, the positioning set boss 38 positions the mounting set plate 131. In addition, at the tip of the launch point rail 130, a foul opening 133 is formed between the tip of the guide rail fixed to the surface of the game board 5 and the ball from the foul opening 133 overflows as described above. The ball guiding member 125 is guided to the foul ball opening 127.

Further, on the support plate portion 22, a locking metal fitting 135 is attached to the locking metal fitting mounting portion 39. The locking fitting 135 engages with a locking device 288 mounted on the rear surface of the upper plate mounting plate 6 on the open side to lock / unlock the upper plate mounting plate 6. Then, the metal fitting 135
The locking metal fitting mounting portion 39 for fixing the locking metal fittings 39 is provided with the position restricting projections 39a protruding above and below the locking metal fittings 135, and the locking metal fittings 135 are restricted by the position restricting projections 39a. By fixing a screw to the locking metal fitting mounting portion 39, the locking metal fitting 135 can be attached accurately and easily. In this way, the overflow ball guiding member 125 and the firing point rail 13 attached to the surface of the support plate portion 22 are provided.
0 and the locking fitting 135 are integrally formed with positioning projections 38 and 39a for positioning them, and mounting portions 37 and 39 are also formed, so that mounting parts thereof are assembled. Work can be done easily.

(4-4) Locking Device Attachment Structure A locking device 136 for opening and closing the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the frame substrate 3 is attached to the rear surface of the frame base 3 on the open side. Is to be positioned by the positioning protrusion 72a and attached to the locking device attaching hole 72,
As shown in FIG. 3, a glass slide rod (not shown) is vertically movable inside the mounting surface of the base 137 having an L-shaped cross section, and a frame base slide rod (not shown) is provided on the side surface.
Is provided so that it can move up and down. The glass slide rod and the frame base slide rod are vertically moved by a cylinder lock 140 inserted into the lock hole 73. When the glass slide rod is moved in one direction, the glass slide rod is vertically moved. The frame base slide rod moves up and down when it is rotated in the other direction. Further, an engaging hole (not shown) is formed in the glass slide rod, and hook portions 183 a and 183 b of the transparent plate holding frame 4 described later are formed in the through hole 13 of the base 137.
The transparent plate holding frame 4 is closed with respect to the frame base body 3 by engaging with the engaging hole through 8 to rotate the cylinder lock 140 in one direction to open the glass slide rod. Move the engaging hole and the hook portion 183a, 18
By releasing the engagement state with 3b, the transparent plate holding frame 4 can be opened with respect to the frame base body 3. On the other hand, the outer frame hook 13 is provided above and below the frame base slide rod.
9a and 139b are integrally formed, and the outer frame hook 1
By locking 39a and 139b to the engaging fittings 19a and 19b fixed to the upper and lower sides of the outer frame 2, the frame base body 3 is closed with respect to the outer frame 2, and the cylinder lock 140 is rotated in the other direction. The frame base 3 is opened with respect to the outer frame 2 by operating the frame base slide rod to release the engagement between the outer frame hooks 139a, 139b and the engagement fittings 19a, 19b. be able to. The glass slide rod is a glass opening lever 141.
It can also be slid by manually operating.

(4-5) Parts to be Mounted on Flat Plate Section Next, the lower tray 8, the ashtray 10, the operating handle 9, the ball hitting launcher 340 and the like mounted on the flat panel section 74 below the frame base 3 will be described.

(4-5-1) Lower Plate As described above, the lower portion of the front frame portion of the frame base 3 is
It is a plate-shaped flat plate portion 74, and an engaging concave portion 75 is carved in almost the entire front surface thereof. The engagement recess 75 is
The lower plate 8 and the operating handle 9 are temporarily positioned when they are assembled and fixed, and the assembling work can be facilitated. By the way, FIG. 3 and FIG.
Although not shown in detail, the lower tray 8 is set in a state in which a plurality of members are assembled and is fixedly fixed to the lower center of the frame base 3 as shown in FIG. It is formed so as to have a reservoir 300 for obtaining. Further, the fixing structure to the frame base body 3 is such that a plurality of mounting screws 301 are provided on the back surface of the set lower plate 8 so as to face rearward, and the mounting screws 301 are attached to the lower plate mounted on the frame base body 3. The nut is screwed from the rear surface of the frame base body 3 through the engaging hole 79 to fix the frame base body 3. A positioning piece 302 is provided on the back surface of the lower plate 8 on the right and left sides of the storage section 300. The positioning piece 302 is inserted into the lower plate mounting positioning hole 80 formed in the frame base 3. Thus, the connection state between the lower plate communication port 76 and the storage portion 300 of the lower plate 8 can be reliably ensured, and the work of attaching the lower plate 8 can be facilitated. The lower plate 8 in the illustrated embodiment is provided with a ball-punching operation lever 305 in the front wall thereof, and by operating the ball-punching operation lever 305.
A ball-punching valve 304 connected to the valve 05 resists the urging force of the spring 306, and the ball-punching opening 303 on the bottom surface of the storage section 300.
Since it moves so as to open, the prize balls stored in the storage unit 300 can be dropped downward (usually, a ball box is installed). As described above, in the illustrated embodiment, since the beading operation lever 305 is provided in the center of the front wall of the lower plate 8, the operation lever is provided along the bottom face of the lower plate as in the conventional case. Compared with, there is an advantage that it is less likely to be damaged by a mischief from the outside.

(4-5-2) Ashtray Adjacent position of the lower tray 8 and the engaging recess 7
An ashtray 10 is provided from the end of 5, and the ashtray 10 is rotatably attached to an ashtray mounting frame 310 which is fixed to the lower front surface of the frame base 3 and in which a recess for housing the ashtray 10 is formed. It is a thing. That is, the ashtray mounting frame 310
A plurality of mounting screws 311 are provided on the rear surface thereof so as to project rearward, and after the mounting screws 311 are passed through the ashtray mounting engagement holes 78 formed in the frame base body 3, the mounting screws 311 are tightened with nuts (not shown) from the rear surface. The ashtray mounting frame 310 is fixed to the frame base body 3 by wearing. The ashtray mounting frame 310 fixed in this way
On the other hand, with the ashtray 10 housed in the recess, the mounting hole 312 formed at the front end of the ashtray mounting frame 310 and the ashtray 10
The ashtray 10 can be rotatably mounted by inserting the fulcrum rod 313 into the fulcrum hole 314 formed in the upper front part of the above and fixing it.

(4-5-3) Operation Handle Further, the operation handle 9 is mounted in correspondence with the handle operation opening 77. The operation handle 9 is constituted by a so-called handle protrudingly provided on a mounting substrate 320 that is decoratively continuous from the side wall of the upper plate 7.
On the back surface of 0, a plurality of mounting screws 321 and positioning protrusions 3
22 and 22 are provided so as to project rearward, and a mounting screw 32
1 is inserted into a handle mounting hole 81 formed around the handle operating opening 77, and is tightened with a nut so as to be tightened together with the mounting set plate 341 of the hitting ball launching device 340 from the back surface. It is fixed to the base body 3. The positioning protrusion 322 is provided in the handle operating opening 7
It engages with the mounting set plate 341 of the hitting ball launching device 340 which passes through 7 and faces each other, and performs mutual overall positioning. Further, a wiring through hole 82 is formed on the side of the handle operating opening 77, which is used to connect the wiring of a switch (main switch or touch sensor) provided in the operation handle 9 to the rear surface side of the frame substrate 3. It leads to.

(4-5-4) Batting Ball Launching Device The batting ball launching device 340, as shown in FIG.
A ball striking motor 342 for imparting a reciprocating rotary motion to 43, and a ball feeding elevating rod 344 which moves up and down based on the reciprocating rotary motion of the ball striking rod 343 and operates a ball hitting supply device 287 (see FIG. 17) described later. , Are integrally formed and attached to one side of the lower rear surface of the frame base 3.

The outline of the components mounted on the frame base body 3 has been described above. In addition to the mounting components described above, the frame base body 3 includes the mechanism plate 330, the confluence trough 350, and the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper part. The plate mounting plate 6 is attached. Of these, the mechanical plate 330 and the confluence trough 350 have already been briefly described, and therefore the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper plate mounting plate 6 will be described in detail below.

(4-6) Transparent Plate Holding Frame The structure of the transparent plate holding frame 4 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 13 to 15. FIG. 13 shows the main frame constituent member 150 and the decorative members 190, 202, 205, 20 viewed from the front.
6 is an exploded perspective view showing a relationship with 6, 210, 225,
FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view of the transparent plate holding frame 4 as seen from the back side, and FIG. 15 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the transparent plate holding frame 4 is closed with respect to the frame base body 3. The transparent plate holding frame 4 is
A glass 237, which is a transparent plate through which the game area of the game board 5 can be seen, can be mounted, and in the present embodiment, the decorative effect can be particularly enhanced. Thus, the transparent plate holding frame 4 in this embodiment
Is a main frame constituent member 150 made of synthetic resin that regulates a circular game opening, and a plurality of synthetic resin decorative members 190, 202, 20 mounted on the front side of the main frame constituent member 150.
5, 206, 210, 225. Therefore, the constituent members of the transparent plate holding frame 4 will be sequentially described below.

(4-6-1) Main Frame Constituent Member First, the main frame constituent member 150 will be described. The main frame constituent member 150 is configured by assembling two right and left main frame constituent members 150a and 150b formed in a crescent shape. That is, the main frame constituent members 150a and 150b
Is a mounting hole 153 formed at the upper end of the left main frame component 150a, and an engaging protrusion 164 protruding from the upper end of the right main frame component 150b is superposed from the rear side and screwed with a screw. As a result, they are integrally assembled and a large circular opening 188 is formed in the center. However, in the illustrated embodiment, the lower ends of the left and right main frame constituent members 150a and 150b are not connected to each other, and the circular first decorative member 1 described later is used.
The lower ends are connected by 90. By thus dividing the main frame constituent member 150 into two parts on the left and right sides and molding the same, it is possible to facilitate the molding and to provide a highly accurate main frame constituent member 150 that eliminates distortion during molding. You can Further, when the main frame constituent member 150 is divided and molded, it is naturally necessary to assemble them, but in the relationship between the mounting hole 153 and the engaging protrusion 164, which is the assembly portion, the right main frame structure is formed. The engaging protrusion 164 formed by protruding from the upper end edge of the member 150b has an engaging protrusion 15 formed on the end edge of the left main frame constituting member 150a.
The engaging protrusion 1 in the state of being positioned by engaging with 3a.
Since the mounting holes formed in 64 are overlapped with the mounting holes 153 and fixed by screws, the left and right main frame constituent members 150a, 15
The work of assembling 0b can be facilitated. A wiring passage recess 167 is formed in the middle of the upper and lower engagement protrusions 153a for allowing the wiring of the speaker 221 provided on the main frame component 150b side to pass therethrough. Further, the main frame constituent member 150 may be divided not only right and left but also into upper and lower parts, or may be formed into three or more parts if necessary.

A mounting recess 151 for uniquely determining the mounting position of the upper decorative member 210 as a decorative member and the LED cover 225 is formed on the upper side of the front side of the main frame constituting member 150 assembled as described above. It is set up.
Accordingly, the upper decorative member 210 and the LED cover 225
Can be easily assembled. In addition, inside the upper decorative member 210, as described in detail later, the speaker 2
21, the speaker effect holes 152 are formed in the left and right ends of the mounting recess 151, and the LE
Since the LED board 222 having a large number of LEDs 223 is incorporated inside the D cover 225, as described later in detail, an arc-shaped opening 162 (in the case of the present embodiment, a wire extending from the LED board 222 is guided to the outside. The wiring is drawn out only from the opening 162 of the main frame constituent member 150a on the shaft support side). Further, on the front surface side of the main frame constituent member 150, a region other than the above-mentioned mounting recess 151 is a smooth flat surface as a whole. However, a plurality of wedge-shaped engaging recesses 163 that receive the engaging claws 207 that are the tip portions of the left decorative member 205 and the right decorative member 206, which will be described in detail later, are formed at the center left and right positions. Of the other engaging recesses 163 except the central engaging recess 163
An engaging hole 154 for engaging the tips of the left and right decorative members 205 and 206 is formed so as to penetrate the rear surface.
The engaging recess 163 at the center is provided with the left and right decorative members 205, 206.
Just place the tip of the. In addition, a punching hole 166 is formed in the vicinity of the uppermost engaging recess 163 of the main frame constituent member 150a on the shaft support side. This hole 1
By inserting a thin pin into 66, a beading device (not shown) or a beading switch provided in the mechanism plate 330 can be operated, whereby a ball of a prize ball stored in the storage tank when the store is closed, etc. The unplugging operation can be performed.

On the other hand, in the structure on the back surface side of the main frame constituting member 150, ribs 187 are provided upright along the edges to improve the strength of the main frame constituting member 150. Further, because of the ribs 187, the entire rear surface side of the main frame constituent member 150 is formed in a concave shape, and inside the concave shape, a positioning protrusion 157 and a mounting hole 158 are provided along the outer rib 187. Are projected at appropriate intervals. Only the mounting hole 158 is also provided so as to project along the rib 187 on the upper inside. Thus, the positioning protrusion 157 and the mounting hole 158 have L-shaped metals 180, 18 along the outer rib 187.
1, 182 are attached, and substantially fan-shaped reinforcing metal plates 172a and 172b are attached to the upper left and right portions.

More specifically, a mounting hole 185 corresponding to the mounting hole 158 and a positioning hole 186 corresponding to the positioning protrusion 157 are formed on the horizontal surface of the L-shaped metal 181 attached to the open side. The vertical surface of the L-shaped metal 130 is formed as a crime prevention flange side portion 184 protruding to the outside of the rib 187, and the flange side portion 18 is formed.
4, hook portions 183a and 183b that engage with and disengage from the locking device 136 are integrally provided at upper and lower sides of a side portion that faces 4 respectively. Further, a mounting hole 185 corresponding to the mounting hole 158 and a positioning hole 186 corresponding to the positioning projection 157 are formed on the horizontal surface of the L-shaped metal 180 attached to the upper side, while the vertical direction of the L-shaped metal 180. The surface is the rib 187.
Is formed as a crime prevention flange side portion 184. Similarly, a mounting hole 185 corresponding to the mounting hole 158 and a positioning hole 186 corresponding to the positioning projection 157 are formed on the horizontal surface of the L-shaped metal 182 attached to the shaft support side, while the L-shaped metal 182 is formed. The vertical surface is formed as a crime prevention flange side portion 184 protruding to the outside of the rib 187. However, the crime prevention flange side portion 184 of the L-shaped metal 182 is not formed by being cut out at the upper portion.

Further, the reinforcing metal plates 172a and 172b are also provided with mounting holes 173 corresponding to the mounting holes 158 and positioning holes 174 corresponding to the positioning protrusions 157. Further, the reinforcing metal plate 172b attached to the upper portion on the open side is only provided with the speaker effect hole 175 corresponding to the speaker effect hole 152, whereas the reinforcing metal plate attached to the upper portion on the shaft support side is formed. Board 172
In a, a speaker effect hole 175 is formed, and a wire routing hole 176 for drawing the wire drawn from the opening 162 and the speaker effect hole 152 to the back surface of the reinforcing metal plate 172a is formed. An operating cylinder 179 is formed above which the hinge pin 177 is penetratingly supported. The hinge pin 177 serves as the upper end shaft of the opening / closing support shaft of the transparent plate holding frame 4, and has one end locked to the lower end formed in the L shape and the locking portion 179a formed on the reinforcing metal plate 172a. The other end of the spring 178 is locked. Therefore, the hinge pin 177
The spring 178 while being guided by the operating cylinder 179.
Is always urged upward by the upper end of the rib 187.
The pin operating concave portion 160 formed by cutting out is projected outward. It should be noted that the notch 17 is provided at the bottom of the operating cylinder 179.
9b is formed so that the lower end of the hinge pin 177 housed in the actuating cylinder 179 faces. When the hinge pin 177 is to be lowered downward against the urging force of the spring 178 (when the transparent plate holding frame 4 is to be removed from the frame base 3), for example, a through hole or the like is inserted into the cutout 179b. It can be performed by pushing down the bent portion under the hinge pin 177.

L-shaped metal 180 constructed as described above,
The positioning protrusions 1 formed along the ribs 187 in the 181 and 182 and the reinforcing metal plates 172a and 172b.
57 and mounting hole 158 have L-shaped metal 180, 181, 18
2 corresponding to the positioning holes 186 and the mounting holes 185, and then the positioning holes 17 of the reinforcing metal plates 172a and 172b.
4 and the mounting hole 173 to the positioning protrusion 157 and the mounting hole 1
Fasten with screws at the same time in a state corresponding to 58. Then, in this fixed state, the L-shaped metal 180, 181,
The security flange side 184 of the 182 is the outer rib 18
When the transparent plate holding frame 4 is closed to the frame base 3, the transparent plate holding frame 4 is inserted into the crime prevention grooves 45 and 51 formed in the frame base 3. . As a result, it is possible to prevent an illegal game in which an illegal tool such as a piano wire is inserted through the gap between the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the frame base body 3. Also, all L-shaped metals 180, 181, 1
Since 82 and the reinforcing metal plates 172a and 172b are connected to each other, if they are connected to the ground wire at any arbitrary position, electric leakage or static electricity will occur at any place of the transparent plate holding frame 4. However, they can be grounded to prevent damage due to high voltage. The above L-shaped metal 180, 181, 182 and the reinforcing metal plates 172a, 172b are assembled to the main frame constituent member 150 by attaching the decorative members 190, 2 to the main frame constituent member 150.
This is performed after the mounting of 02, 205, 206, 210, 225 is completed.

On the back surface of the main frame component member 150, in addition to the above-mentioned positioning protrusion 157 and mounting hole 158, switch pressing convex portions 159 and 161 are projected at positions corresponding to the detector mounting holes 58 and 59. Main frame constituent member 15 on the shaft support side
A shaft-supporting-member mounting positioning protrusion 155 and a shaft-supporting member mounting hole 156 are formed below the end portion of 0a, and a mounting hole 165 for locking a first decorative member 190, which will be described in detail later, is further formed.
170 and 171 are formed. Switch pressing protrusion 15
9 and 161 are detectors 142 and 143 attached to the detector attachment holes 58 and 59 when the transparent plate holding frame 4 is closed.
Is turned OFF (ON depending on the function of the detector). A metal shaft support member 168 is fixed to the shaft support member mounting positioning projection 155 and the shaft support member mounting hole 156 after being positioned by screws. Shaft support member 168
As described above, the engaging hole 169 is formed in this, and the upper protruding side of the hinge pin 117 of the middle hinge member 113 is inserted into this engaging hole 169.

Mounting holes 165 and 171 for locking the first decorative member 190 are formed on both diagonally upper sides and diagonally lower sides of the main frame constituting member 150, and the mounting flanges 191 of the first decorative member 190 which will be described later. , 192 mounting holes 193
It is fastened with screws in correspondence with. Further, the mounting hole 170 is formed at a lower upper position of the main frame constituent member 150, and the first decorative member 190 and the main frame constituent member 150 are directly fixed by screws from the front of the first decorative member 190. To do. Further, the main frame component member 150 is provided with an engaged flange 189 so as to project to the outside of the arc-shaped rib 187 on the downstream side from the position where the mounting hole 165 is arranged. This engaged flange 189
Is projectingly provided so as to extend outward from the front surface side of the main frame constituent member 150, and a portion corresponding to the engaging recess 163 is not formed. Then, the first decorative member 190
When attached, it comes into contact with the front surface of an engagement piece flange 196, which will be described later, of the first decorative member 190.

(4-6-2) First Decorative Member Next, the decorative member attached to the main frame constituting member 150 will be described. First, the first decorative member 190.
The configuration of will be described. The first decorative member 190 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin capable of transmitting light into a substantially circular disk shape, and is attached along the inside of the opening 188 of the main frame constituent member 150. Thus, since it is attached along the inner side of the opening 188 of the main frame constituent member 150, the inner inner peripheral edge of the first decoration member 190 forms a game opening through which the game area of the game board 5 can be seen. Will be there. The first decorative member 190 formed in this manner has mounting flanges 191, 192 projecting outward obliquely above and below the back surface and obliquely below the back surface.
A mounting hole 193 (in the illustrated embodiment, one of the two mounting holes 193 is a mounting hole, and the other is a mounting protrusion) provided in the main frame component member 150. Corresponding to the back side of the mounting holes 165, 171 of the above, and the first decorative member 190 is mainly formed by fastening the overlapped mounting holes 193 and the mounting holes 165, 171 with screws (not shown) from the back side. It is fixed to the frame component 150. Further, the mounting of the first decorative member 190 to the main frame constituent member 150 is not limited to the mounting flanges 191 and 192, but mounting holes 197 formed on the left and right of the upper portion of the first decorative member 190.
It can be more firmly fixed by screwing with a screw (not shown) from the front (or from the rear of the main frame constituent member 150) so as to correspond to the mounting hole 170 from the front side. Of course, it is not necessary to fasten the mounting holes 197 and 170 with screws. Further, when the first decorative member 190 is mounted on the main frame component member 150, a protrusion formed outside the first decorative member 190 from slightly above the mounting flange 191 to slightly below the mounting flange 192. The joint flange 196 abuts the engaged flange 189 projecting inward along the inner peripheral edge of the main frame component member 150 and the rear surface side, and both side portions of the first decorative member 190 are deformed. And the first decorative member 1
90 and the main frame constituting member 150 are mutually regulated in the assembling position. That is, regarding the structure for assembling the first decorative member 190 to the main frame constituent member 150, the upper mounting hole 1
In the 97 and 170 parts, the first decorative member 190 is arranged in front of the main frame constituting member 150 in a state of abutting, and in the mounting flanges 191 and 192 and the engaging piece flange 196 and the engaged flange 189 part, the main frame is provided. The first decorative member 190 is arranged behind the component member 150 so as to be in contact therewith. For this reason, the strength of the transparent plate holding frame 4 due to the assembly of the synthetic resin is adjusted to the main frame constituting member 150 and the first decorative member 190.
It is greatly improved by partially advancing the laminated state of and.

By the way, the first decorative member 190 has a concave cross section, and the upper surface thereof is formed in a corrugated shape, and the lower decorative member 202 and the left and right decorative members 205, 206 are provided on the surface side thereof.
An upper decorative member 210 is attached, and a set glass 235 in which a double glass 237 is set in a glass containing member 236 and a fluorescent tube 234 accommodated in a fluorescent tube cover 231 are attached to the back side thereof. ..
Regarding the mounting structure of each decorative member 202, 205, 206, 210,
As described in detail in the description of the structure of No. 0, the set glass 23
5 and the attachment of the fluorescent tube 234 will be described here.

On the back surface of the first decorative member 190, a plurality of (four) metal glass mounting support members 19 are arranged diagonally diagonally.
4 is integrally provided at the time of molding. The glass mounting support member 194 has an engagement groove 195 around the tip thereof. The glass mounting support member 194 provided in this way
On the other hand, a set glass 235 configured by bonding two glasses 237 from the front and back surfaces is attached to a glass storage member 236 formed with a diameter slightly larger than the game opening, but the attachment / detachment is It is very easy to do. That is, the glass storage member 236
Is integrally formed with a mounting piece portion 238 having a through hole penetrating the glass mounting support member 194 on the front side thereof, and a mounting piece 239 is formed in the mounting piece mounting hole formed at the base of the mounting piece portion 238. Is screwed. Then
To mount the glass 237, the glass mounting support member 19
4 through the through hole of the mounting piece 238, and in that state, the stopper 239 is rotated to be locked in the engaging groove 195, so that the glass 237 is fixed to the first decorative member 190, that is, the transparent plate holding frame 4. It can be attached (see FIG. 22). On the other hand, when the glass 237 is removed, the stopper 239
After releasing the engagement with the engagement groove 195, the entire glass housing member 236 is pulled out from the glass attachment supporting member 194, so that the glass 237 is removed.
0, that is, it can be removed from the transparent plate holding frame 4. It goes without saying that the glass 237 can be attached and detached with the assembled transparent plate holding frame 4 open to the frame base 3. Alternatively, a transparent synthetic resin plate or the like may be used instead of glass as the transparent plate.

The fluorescent tube 234 is housed in the fluorescent tube cover 231 and mounted on the back surface of the first decorative member 190. The fluorescent tube cover 231 is formed of a synthetic resin of an insulating material in a U-shaped cross section and is formed in an arc shape along the game opening. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a horizontal crime prevention rib 232 is integrally formed on the outside of the fluorescent tube cover 231. This crime prevention horizontal rib 232 is
Along with the metal reinforcing plate 233 attached to the lower rear surface of the decorative member 190, together with the crime prevention protruding portion 27, the crime prevention standing wall 31 and the crime prevention horizontal rib 62 formed on the frame base 3, the bias of the piano wire or the like is provided. It is designed to prevent the entry of ingredients.

(4-6-3) Lower Decorative Member The lower decorative member 202, the left and right decorative members 205 and 206, and the upper decorative member 210, which are attached to the first decorative member 190 described above, are the left and right front surfaces of the first decorative member 190. Engagement protrusions 20 projectingly formed so as to fit the upper surface shapes of the left and right decorative members 205, 206 formed on both sides in a comb shape.
Mounting recesses 200a, 200b, 2 which can be formed by
It is adapted to be engaged with and attached to 00c respectively. Therefore, first, the lower decorative member 202 mounted in the mounting recess 200a formed in the lower portion of the first decorative member 190 will be described. The lower decorative member 202 is formed of an arcuate opaque synthetic resin that matches the lower shape of the first decorative member 190, and has a semi-cylindrical cross section over the entire length. A plurality of mounting holes 203 and 204 are formed on the back surface at appropriate intervals so as to project. Since the mounting holes 203 and 204 are fixed with screws from the back surface, they do not penetrate to the front surface.

The lower decorative member 20 formed as described above.
2 is applied from the front so as to be fitted into an arcuate mounting recess 200a formed in the lower portion of the first decorative member 190. In this state, the mounting hole 201 formed in the first decorative member 190 and the mounting holes 203, 2 of the lower decorative member 202
Since 04 matches, the lower decorative member 202 can be fixed to the first decorative member 190 by screwing from the back surface of the first decorative member 190 with a screw. However, when the three central mounting holes 201 and the mounting hole 203 are screwed, the metal reinforcing plate 233 is integrally fixed. Thereby, the strength of the transparent plate holding frame 4 where the main frame constituent member 150 does not exist is improved. Also, the lower decorative member 2
When 02 is attached to the first decoration member 190, the socket at the lower end of the fluorescent tube 234 is covered with the lower decoration member 202 which is opaque when viewed from the front.
When 4 is turned on, the socket portion is not visually recognized by the player, and the appearance is improved (particularly, the darkening of the socket portion can be hidden when the fluorescent tube 234 deteriorates). Similarly, since the socket at the upper end of the fluorescent tube 234 is covered with the arcuate portion of the upper decorative member 210 which is opaque when viewed from the front, it is not visible to the player.

(4-6-4) Left Decorative Member / Right Decorative Member Next, the left decorative member 205 and the right decorative member 206 mounted in the mounting recesses 200b formed in the left and right portions of the first decorative member 190 will be described. . The left decorative member 20
5 and the right decorative member 206 are the same. The left and right decorative members 205 and 206 are opaque (first decorative member 19) in a comb shape (a plurality of wedge-shaped projections are continuous) as described above.
If the color is different from 0, it may be transparent. It may be formed of synthetic resin, and the main frame component 15
Engaging claw 2 which is engaged with the engaging hole 154 formed in 0
07 is formed (however, of the five wedge-shaped protrusions, there is no engaging claw 207 at the tip of the central wedge-shaped protrusion).
On the other hand, the rear end portions of the left and right decorative members 205, 206 are continuous, and engaging claws 209 are formed at their lower edges at appropriate intervals. The engaging claw 209 is the first decorative member 1
The engaging groove 195 is formed slightly inside the inner peripheral edge of 90.

The left and right decorative members 20 configured as described above
In order to attach 5, 206, the first decorative member 190 is brought into contact with the main frame constituting member 150 from the rear surface so as to abut the engaging piece flange 196 and the engaged flange 189 (in this state, any The engaging claws 207 at the tips of the left and right decorative members 205 and 206 are inserted into the engaging holes 154, and then the upper parts of the engaging claws 209 of the left and right decorative members 205 and 206 are strongly tightened. The engaging claw 209 is inserted into the engaging groove 195 by pushing it, so that the left and right decorative members 20 are inserted into the mounting recess 200b.
The engagement state in which 5,206 is normally fitted is obtained. In this state, the main frame constituent member 150 and the first decorative member 190 are in a temporarily fixed state, and the upper decorative member 210 and the LED cover 22 to be described next in such a temporarily fixed state.
5 may be mounted from the front side of the main frame constituent member 150, and then the main frame constituent member 150 may be turned over and screw fastening may be sequentially performed from the back surface. That is, in this embodiment, the first decorative member 190 to which many other decorative members can be mounted and the main frame constituent member 150 can be temporarily mounted from the front surface side by the temporary fixing means, and thus the main decorative member 190 can be temporarily mounted. Frame component 1
After the mounting of the front side of 50 is completed, the main frame component 150
Since it can be firmly assembled from the back surface of the transparent plate by screwing means such as screws, the assembling work of the transparent plate holding frame 4 can be facilitated. The lower decorative member 202 described above may be attached to the first decorative member 190 before temporarily fixing.

(4-6-5) Upper Decorative Member (Including LED Cover) Next, the upper decorative member 210 to be mounted in the mounting recess 200c formed in the upper portion of the first decorative member 190 and the upper decorative member 210. The LED cover 225, which is the upper portion and is attached corresponding to the attachment recess 151 of the main frame constituent member 150, will be described. In the upper decorative member 210, an arcuate portion fitted into the attachment recess 200c and a square speaker attachment portion for attaching the speaker 221 to both ends of the arcuate portion are integrally formed of an opaque synthetic resin. On the back surface of the arc-shaped portion of the upper decorative member 210, a mounting hole (not shown) is formed by projecting at a position corresponding to the mounting hole 198 of the first decorative member 190, and the arc-shaped portion is formed into the mounting recess 2
The upper decorative member 210 can be attached to the first decorative member 190 by screwing with screws from the back surface in a state of being fitted to 00c. Further, the rear end edge of the speaker mounting portion of the upper decorative member 210 is adapted to be fitted into the mounting concave portions 151 of the main frame constituent member 150, and the mounting holes (without reference numerals) formed at the four corners of the rear surface thereof are mainly used. It corresponds to a mounting hole (no reference numeral) formed in the mounting recess 151 of the frame component 150.

Below the speaker mounting portions, corrugated lamp lens mounting openings 211 and 212 are formed. The lamp lenses 217 and 218 are inserted and fixed from the back surface into the lamp lens mounting openings 211 and 212. LEDs 217a are provided on the back surfaces of the lamp lenses 217 and 218.
Alternatively, the LED boards 219 and 220 having 218a are attached to the attachment bosses 213 and 215 by screws. The lamp lens 217 provided on the left side of the drawing
The LED 217a corresponding to is driven and displayed at the time of paying out a prize ball that is paid out based on the occurrence of a prize ball, and is provided on the right side of the drawing for the lamp lens 21.
The LED 218a corresponding to No. 8 is driven to display when the amount of prize balls stored in the storage tank of the mechanism plate 330 is insufficient.

On the other hand, the speaker mounting portion is the upper decorative member 2
In order to be an extension of the radius of curvature of the arcuate portion of 10, the front surface is formed in a box shape that is slightly inward,
An elliptical opening 214 is penetrated through the front surface. A cover 216 (wire mesh) with a through hole is attached to the front surface of the opening 214 from the front. On the other hand, a mounting hole (not shown) for mounting the speaker 221 is formed around the opening 214, and the speaker 221 is fixed to the mounting hole with a screw.

An LED cover 225 is provided between the left and right speaker mounting portions of the upper decorative member 210.
The LED cover 225 has a large number of LEs that are fixed to the mounting holes (not shown) of the main frame component member 150 from the front with screws.
It covers the front of the LED substrate 222 having D223, the front shape is formed in a fan shape, and the cross-sectional shape is L-shaped (the angle between the short side and the long side of L is smaller than 90 degrees). Has been formed. Therefore, a heat escape hole 226 for escaping heat generated inside is formed at the rear end edge of the short side of the upper part, and the heat dissipation hole 226 is formed in the engagement hole (no reference numeral) formed in the main frame component member 150. A positioning protrusion 228 to be fitted is also provided in a protruding manner, and a mounting hole 229 corresponding to the mounting hole (not shown) formed in the main frame component member 150 is also formed. An engaging flange 230, which is inserted into a gap between the upper rear surface of the upper decorative member 210 and the upper front surface of the first decorative member 190, is formed at the lower edge of the long side. A smooth-surface-shaped sticker sticking portion 227 to which a sticker can be stuck is formed, and the entire long-side back surface is a light-reflecting portion formed in an uneven shape so as to reflect light. The LED cover 225 is made of synthetic resin through which the light emitted from the LED 223 can pass. In addition, the LED substrate 22 having a large number of LEDs 223
A wiring having a wiring connector 224 at the tip is directly connected to the back surface of the wiring 2, and the wiring is guided to the back surface of the transparent plate holding frame 4 through the opening 162 and the wiring routing hole 176, and further, the wiring through hole 52. It is guided to the back surface of the frame base body 3 via and is finally connected to an illumination control board (not shown).

The LED cover 22 configured as described above
It is convenient to attach 5 together with the upper decorative member 210. That is, with the positioning protrusion 228 loosely fitted in the engagement hole of the main frame constituent member, the engagement flange 230
Is brought into contact with the upper front surface of the first decorative member 190, and in that state, the upper decorative member 210 is mounted at a predetermined position from the front, so that the LED cover 225 is temporarily temporarily fixed.
In the temporarily fixed state, it is turned over and a screw is screwed into the mounting hole 229 to firmly fix the LED cover 225 to the main frame constituent member 150.

(4-7) Upper Plate Attachment Plate Next, the structure of the upper plate attachment plate 6 to which the upper plate 7 is attached will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17. 16
FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view of the upper plate mounting plate 6, and FIG. 17 is a rear view of the upper plate mounting plate 6. The upper plate attachment plate 6 is a plate material made of synthetic resin, and the upper plate 7 is attached to the surface thereof. The upper plate 7 is configured by assembling a plurality of members made of synthetic resin, but in this embodiment, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The upper plate mounting plate 6 is formed in the shape of a substantially rectangular flat plate, and the upper portion thereof is a concave portion formed so that the lower decorative member 202 portion of the transparent plate holding frame 4 enters. . Further, on the surface of the upper plate mounting plate 6, a mounting recess 250 having a shape along the outer peripheral edge of the upper plate 7 and the rear end abutting contact edge of the decorative reinforcing plate 270 is formed on the front surface side. The upper portion of the mounting recess 250 is a portion corresponding to the decorative reinforcing plate 270, and the lower portion thereof is a portion corresponding to the upper plate 7. Then, the decorative reinforcing plate 270 is formed on the surface of the upper plate mounting plate 6.
When mounting, it is possible to perform positioning easily by fitting it into the mounting recess 250 in the upper part, and the mounting work is easy. Also, when mounting the upper plate 7, the mounting recess in the lower part is also attached. If it is fitted in 250, the positioning of the upper plate 7 with respect to the upper plate mounting plate 6 can be easily performed. This is also because the upper plate mounting plate 6 is formed of synthetic resin instead of the conventional metal plate, so that the mounting recess 250 can be easily formed.

By the way, a large number of openings are formed in the mounting recess 250 described above. To explain this, a rectangular upper plate communication opening 25 is provided slightly above the left side of the opening.
1 is opened, and windows 252 and 253 are opened on the left and right upper sides thereof and on both the left and right sides of the concave portion, and the right window 25
A ball pulling lever operation frame 254 is recessed below 3. Further, a ball feeding member mounting hole 257 is formed below the ball cutting lever operation frame 254, a ball cutting lever connecting hole 255 is formed on the side thereof, and a ball cutting hole 25 is formed substantially at the center.
6 has been opened. A wiring hole 258 is formed below the upper plate communication port 251.

The above-mentioned openings will be described in order. The upper plate communication port 251 corresponds to the upper plate communication port 23 formed in the frame base 3, and will be described later attached to the rear surface side of the upper plate communication port 251. The upper plate communication port 23 and the upper plate communication port 251 are connected by the ball guiding member 286. In the case of this embodiment, the windows 252 and 253 are
It is located in front of both ends of the lower part of the game board 5, and various seals attached to the game board 5 and seals for certification can be seen. An operation lever 281 described later is slidably housed in the ball drop lever operation frame 254, and a ball feed member mounting hole 257 is used to mount a ball hitting supply device 287 described below. It is a hole for penetrating a ball feeding member mounting boss (not shown) formed at the lower end of the plate 7. Further, the ball-punching lever connection hole 255 is used for the ball-punching valve 28 housed in the upper plate 7.
3 is for penetrating rearward through the connecting projection piece, and the ball punching hole 256 is a ball punched when the ball punching valve 283 is operated. It is discharged to the opening 126 for use. Further, the wiring hole 258 may or may not be used. However, when the wiring hole 258 is used, it is a case where electric parts (display, switch, etc.) are provided in the upper plate 7.

In the mounting recess 250, a fitting mounting portion 260, a protrusion 259, and a mounting boss 266 are formed in addition to the various openings described above. These will be described in order. The fitting attachment portion 260 fits the tip end portion of the attachment boss projecting toward the rear surface side of the member attached to the front surface side of the upper plate attachment plate 6, and the fitted state. By screwing a screw from the back surface of the upper plate mounting plate 6 into a mounting hole formed at the center of the fitting mounting portion 260, the work of mounting these members on the upper plate mounting plate 6 is facilitated and the strength is improved. It is intended to improve. Specifically, the plurality of (three) fitting attachment portions 260 formed on the upper portion of the attachment recess 250 are attached with the upper decoration member 268 that is continuous with the lower decoration member 202 of the transparent plate holding frame 4. It is a thing. Further, a decorative reinforcing plate 270 is attached to a plurality (five) of fitting attachment portions 260 which are formed at a predetermined interval from the upper left and right of the attachment recess 250 to the center. Further, the upper plate 7 is attached to the fitting attachment portions 260 formed in a triangular shape at predetermined intervals on the left and right sides of the attachment recess 250. A seating member 269 placed along the upper side and the side of the protrusion 259 is attached to the fitting attachment portions 260 formed on the left and right of the lower portion of the attachment recess 250 and on the left and right of the protrusion 259 described later. It is a thing.

The projecting portion 259 is provided in a bridge-like manner at the lower center of the mounting recess 250, and particularly in the upper plate 7.
The seating member 26 is not required to have the above structure.
9 is placed (not actually placed, but appears to be placed). However, the protrusion 25
It is different from the fact that the strength and rigidity of the upper plate mounting plate 6 are dramatically increased by projecting 9 and it is possible to prevent distortion at the time of molding. The mounting bosses 266 are provided so as to project from the upper left and right ends of the protrusion 259. The fitting bosses 279 of the decorative reinforcing plate 270 are inserted into the mounting bosses 266 as described above. The plate 6 and the decorative reinforcing plate 270 are accurately and firmly fixed to each other. A crime prevention flange 267 is formed on the upper side of the upper plate mounting plate 6, and the crime prevention flange 267 cooperates with the crime prevention horizontal rib 232 and the metal reinforcing plate 233 of the transparent plate holding frame 4. Prevents the invasion of fraudulent tools such as piano wires.

The structure seen from the front surface of the upper plate mounting plate 6 has been described above. Regarding the rear surface structure of the upper plate mounting plate 6, the rear surface side of the upper plate mounting plate 6 has a reinforcing flange around it. Therefore, the strength and rigidity of the entire upper plate mounting plate 6 are increased. A pin insertion hole 261 and a pin support hole 262 are formed above and below the reinforcing flange on the shaft support side, and the hinge pin 117 of the middle hinge member 113 is inserted into the upper pin insertion hole 261 as described above. A shaft support pin 263, which is biased downward by a spring 264, is inserted into the lower pin support hole 262. It should be noted that one end of the spring 264 is adapted to be engaged with a locking boss 265 that is provided to project laterally of the lower pin support hole 262. Also, the upper pin insertion hole 261
The structure in which the frame base body 3 is pivotally supported by the shaft support pin 263 and the lower shaft support pin 263 is as described above.

Further, a ball guiding member 286 is attached to the back surface of the upper tray mounting plate 6 on the back surface of the upper tray communication port 251. The ball guiding member 286 is formed in a tubular shape having a quadrangular cross section, and communicates the upper plate communication port 23 of the frame base 3 and the upper plate 7 with the upper plate mounting plate 6 closed. Further, a hitting ball feeding device 287 is attached so as to face the ball feeding member attachment hole 257. The ball feeding device 287 is provided with a ball feeding lifting rod 3 which moves up and down in conjunction with the reciprocating motion of the ball 343 of the ball launcher 340.
A ball-feeding oscillating member (no reference numeral) oscillating by 44 is provided so as to be oscillatable, and by oscillating the ball-feeding oscillating member, the hit balls are dropped one by one onto the launch point rail 130. is there. Further, a lock device 288 for locking the upper plate mounting plate 6 is attached to the back surface of the open side end of the upper plate mounting plate 6. In this locking device 288, a slide rod 289 which is slidable in the vertical direction is attached to the side of the L-shaped substrate 288a, and two upper and lower hook portions 291 are formed on the slide rod 289 and the upper end thereof is pressed. Part 29
2 is provided. Further, the slide rod 289 is constantly urged in an upward direction by a spring 290 that is provided between the slide rod 289 and the L-shaped substrate 288a. Then, the upper plate mounting plate 6
In order to release the lock of the slide rod 28, the transparent rod holding frame 4 is opened and the pressing portion 292 facing the upper part inside one end of the upper plate mounting plate 6 is pushed down.
9 is lowered against the urging force of the spring 290, thereby releasing the engagement state between the hook portion 291 and the locking metal fitting 135 fixed to the frame base body 3, thereby opening the upper plate mounting plate 6. can do.

Next, the structure of the punching device attached to the punching lever operation frame 254 will be described. An elliptical operation lever 281 is provided corresponding to the ball punching lever operation frame 254. The operation lever 281 has
A connection boss is provided, and the connection boss penetrates the upper plate mounting plate 6 and is connected to the operation member 284. The leading end of the operating member 284 is connected to a ball drop valve 283 protruding to the back surface of the upper plate mounting plate 6 via a ball drop lever connection hole 255. In addition, the operation lever 281 is the ball pulling lever operation frame 2
It is not housed in 54, but is housed and guided in a ball punching lever operation opening 275 formed in the decorative reinforcing plate 270.

However, when the operating lever 281 is operated, the ball drop valve 283 moves to open the downstream side bottom surface of the upper plate 7, so that the balls stored in the upper plate 7 are discharged from the ball drop hole 256. The overflowing ball guiding member 125 enters the ball punching opening 126 and is finally guided to the lower tray 8. The actuating member 284 described above is covered with a metal cover 285. The cover body 285 is provided on the operating member 28.
Since the side wall of the firing point rail 130 is formed with the upper plate mounting plate 6 being closed while covering almost the entire area of the firing point 4, the ball hitting the firing point rail 130 is covered by the cover body 285. It also has a function of guiding so as not to fall into the back side of the mounting plate 6.

Next, the decorative reinforcing plate 270 made of synthetic resin, which is a member of the upper plate mounting plate 6 and is laminated on the front surface of the upper plate mounting plate 6, will be described. The decorative reinforcing plate 270 is formed in a plate shape having an arcuate concave portion 271 having a concave upper portion, and a reinforcing flange protruding rearward is provided around the periphery thereof to enhance the strength and rigidity of the whole. In addition, the decorative reinforcing plate 270 includes the upper plate communication port 251, the windows 252 and 253, the punching lever operation frame 2 on the upper plate mounting plate 6.
54, the punching lever connection hole 255, the upper plate communication port 272 corresponding to the punching hole 256, windows 273, 274,
Ball cutting lever operation opening 275, ball cutting lever connecting hole 27
7 、 The punching hole 278 is opened.

Therefore, the transparent member 280 is provided between the windows 273 and 274 and the windows 252 and 253 of the upper plate mounting plate 6.
Is inserted, and a part of the front elliptical lens portion of the transparent member 280 is fitted and fixed in the windows 273 and 274. Further, the operation lever 281 faces the ball drop lever operation opening 275. In addition to the above, the decorative reinforcing plate 270 is provided with a metal plate insertion hole 276 at a slightly upper portion of the punching lever connection hole 277, and the metal plate insertion hole 276 has a wear preventing metal plate 282.
Is attached. The wear-preventing metal plate 282 thus mounted corresponds to the side wall with which the falling ball comes into contact when the upper plate 7 is mounted on the upper plate mounting plate 6, and in order to prevent wear of this side wall portion. It is installed.

Further, on the front surface of the decorative reinforcing plate 270, a fitting mounting boss 279 is provided so as to project at a position corresponding to the mounting boss 266 of the upper plate mounting plate 6. Then, the fitting mounting boss 279 is fitted with the tip of a fitting mounting boss (not shown) formed on the upper plate 7 so that the mounting boss 266 is inserted into the fitting mounting boss 279. The upper plate 7, the decorative reinforcing plate 270, and the upper plate mounting plate 6 are integrally fixed by inserting a screw into the mounting boss 266 from the back surface side of the plate mounting plate 6 and screwing the screws.

The decorative reinforcing plate 270 is generally as described above, and the attachment to the upper plate attachment plate 6 is also as described above.
Not only is it more firmly fixed by fitting screwing to the fitting mounting portion 260, but also the strength and rigidity of the upper plate mounting plate 6 is higher than that of a metal plate due to this firmly fixed laminated structure. However, it can be improved to the extent that it is not inferior. Also,
By coordinating various colors of the synthetic resin forming the upper plate mounting plate 6 and the decorative reinforcing plate 270, the upper plate mounting plate 6 can be more easily decorated.

Although the structure and operation of the ball game machine 1 according to the embodiment have been described above, according to this embodiment, the conventional glass plate holding frame is used with respect to the frame base body 3 corresponding to the conventional front frame. Since the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper plate mounting plate 6 corresponding to the front plate of the upper plate and the upper plate mounting plate 6 are directly openable and closable, the components corresponding to the conventional metal frame are unnecessary, and the frame base 3 Hinge mounting recesses 48, 49, 50 for positioning and mounting hinge members 104, 113, 119 for pivotally supporting the transparent plate holding frame 4 and the upper plate mounting plate 6 on the side of the
Since it is integrally formed, the assembling work can be simplified and the assembling accuracy can be improved.

[0087]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the opening / closing member corresponding to the conventional glass plate holding frame or the upper plate front door plate is provided with respect to the frame base body corresponding to the conventional front frame. Since it is directly openable and closable, a component corresponding to the conventional metal frame is unnecessary, and a hinge member for pivotally supporting the openable and closable member on the side of the frame base is positioned. Since the positioning attachment portion to be attached is integrally formed, the assembling work can be simplified and the assembling accuracy can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the ball game machine with a frame base and a transparent plate holding frame opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view separately showing various components attached to the front surface side of the frame base body.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a configuration on the back surface side of the frame base body.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a frame base body.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the frame base body.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the frame base body with various components attached.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing an open / close support structure in an upper portion of an outer frame and a frame base.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view showing an open / close support structure in an upper portion of an outer frame, a frame base, and a transparent plate holding frame.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view showing an open / close support structure in a lower portion of an outer frame and a frame base.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing a shaft support structure of a lower part of the transparent plate holding frame and an upper part of the upper plate mounting plate.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view showing a shaft support structure of a lower portion of the upper plate mounting plate 6.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view showing a relationship between a main frame constituent member and each decorative member when viewed from the front.

FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view of the transparent plate holding frame as viewed from the back.

FIG. 15 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the transparent plate holding frame is closed with respect to the frame base.

FIG. 16 is an exploded perspective view of an upper plate mounting plate.

FIG. 17 is a rear view of the upper plate mounting plate.

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of a lower plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ball Gaming Machine 2 Outer Frame 3 Frame Base 4 Transparent Plate Holding Frame (Opening / Closing Member) 5 Game Board 6 Upper Plate Mounting Plate (Opening / Closing Member) 7 Upper Plate 8 Lower Plate 9 Operation Handle 21 Game Board Storage (Game Board Fixed) 48) Upper hinge mounting recess (positioning mounting part) 48a Mounting hole 49 Medium hinge mounting recess (positioning mounting part) 49a Mounting hole 49b Positioning protrusion 50 Lower hinge mounting recess (positioning mounting part) 50a Mounting hole 50b Positioning protrusion 75 Mounting recess (Positioning mount)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A bullet having a frame base body which is openable and closable with respect to an outer frame and provided with a game board fixing portion for fixing a game board, and an opening and closing member which is openably and closably provided with respect to the frame base body. In the ball game machine, the frame base body is formed of synthetic resin, and a positioning attachment portion for integrally positioning and attaching a hinge member for pivotally supporting the opening / closing member is formed on a side portion thereof. Ball game machine characterized by that. 2. The positioning attachment portion is a concave attachment recess that matches the outer peripheral shape of the hinge member, and an attachment hole for fixing at least the hinge member with a screw is integrally formed in the attachment recess. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is formed by punching. 3. The opening and closing member, a transparent plate holding frame for holding a transparent plate covering the front of the game board, or a top plate for storing hit balls to be ejected and supplying the hit balls one by one to a firing position. The ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein either one or both of the upper plate mounting plates to which is attached. 4. A lower plate, an operation handle, and an ashtray can be mounted on the frame base below the upper plate mounting plate, and a positioning mounting portion for positioning and mounting them is integrally formed. The ball game machine according to claim 3, characterized in that.