JPH0910411A - Passage for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To efficiently wire a lead for a filling-up detecting switch passing in the right and left direction in front of a playing ball recovery passage. CONSTITUTION: A filling-up display lamp 128 and other electric parts 129, 130, 131 are mounted on a back mechanism plate 84 in upside of a opening window 85, a filling-up detection switch 154 is mounted on the back mechanism plate 84 in under side of the opening window 85, an upper circuit board 127 and a lower circuit board in the lower side of the back mechanism plate 84 are connected via a lead wire 156, and a playing ball recovery passage 96 is formed in the vertical direction on the back side of the back mechanism plate 84 in the lower side of the opening window 85. The upper circuit board 127, the filling-up display lamp, and lead wires 156, 157 are wired along the front side of the back mechanism plate 84, a lead wiring part 140 is mounted in a lateral direction crossing the front side of a playing ball recovery passage 96 in the right and left direction, and a lead wire 157 of the filling-up detecting switch is wired on the lead wiring part 140.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, an arrange ball machine, a sparrow ball machine, etc., for efficiently wiring the lead wire of a full detection switch on the lower side of a back mechanism plate. It is the one.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine is a ball game machine composed of an outer frame 1 and a front frame 2 pivotably attached to the outer frame 1 as shown in FIG. It is equipped with a main body 3, and on the rear side of its front frame 2, a game board 4, a launcher 5, a back mechanism plate 6,
The prize ball tank 7, prize ball payout device 8, passage unit 9 and the like are provided.

A game board 4 is detachably fitted to the front frame 2 from the rear side, and a back mechanism plate 6 for pressing and fixing the game board 4 to the front frame 2 side is pivotally supported in an openable and closable manner. ing. The game board 4 is provided with game parts such as a winning device and a back cover 10 for covering the game parts and the like from the rear side.
In the rear part, game operation on the game board 4 side and prize ball payout device
A game control board 11 incorporating electronic components for controlling the payout operation of 8 is attached.

As shown in FIG. 13, the back mechanism plate 6 is integrally provided with a pair of upper and lower horizontal plate portions 12 and 13 and a pair of left and right vertical plate portions 14 and 15, and between these plate portions 12 to 15. An opening window 16 is formed in which the back cover 10 is fitted when the game board 4 is pressed. On the horizontal plate portion 12 on the upper side of the opening window 16, the prize ball tank 7, the upper substrate 17, the full display lamp 18, the payout display lamp 19,
A ball out indicator lamp 20 and a ball out detection switch 21 are provided.

Full display lamp 18, payout display lamp 1
9, ball out indicator lamp 20 and ball out detection switch 21,
As shown in FIG. 15, it is connected to the upper substrate 17 via the lead wires 22 to 25. The out-of-ball detection switch 21 is for detecting out-of-ball in the prize ball tank 7.

On a vertical plate portion 14 on one side of the opening window 16, a prize ball paying-out device 8 is vertically mounted. The horizontal plate 13 below the opening window 16 has a passage unit 9 and a full detection switch.
42 are provided. The passage unit 9 is a prize ball guide passage 26 for guiding the game balls paid out from the prize ball payout device 8 to the upper plate on the front side of the front frame 2, and the prize ball payout device when the game balls on the upper plate are full. An overflow guide passage 27 for overflowing the game ball from 8 and a drop guide passage 28 for dropping the game ball from the overflow guide passage 27 and guiding it to the lower plate on the front side of the front frame 2,
A collecting passage 29 for collecting the game balls, which have passed to the rear side of the game board 4 at the time of game, to the island side, and is detachably attached to the rear side of the back mechanism plate 6.

The back mechanism plate 6 has an inner peripheral reinforcing rib 30 formed in an inverted U shape on the front and rear sides of the inner peripheral side thereof, and an outer peripheral reinforcing rib 31 integrally formed on the outer peripheral side in the entire circumferential direction. . Aisle unit
The back mechanism plate 6 corresponding to the recovery passageway 29 of 9 is shown in FIG.
It has a structure as shown in FIG. That is, the horizontal plate portion 13 of the back mechanism plate 6 is provided with the game ball guide portion 32 on the upper side thereof and the recovery port portion 33 on the lower portion of one end side of the game ball guide portion 32 in the left-right direction. . The game ball guide 32 and the recovery port 33 are
Back mechanism plate so that it is flush with the front ends of the reinforcing ribs 30 and 31.
A pair of left and right vertical reinforcing ribs 34 are provided so as to be integrally formed on the front side of 6, and between the recovery port 33 and the outer peripheral reinforcing ribs 31 at the lower end so as to match the left and right sides of the recovery port 33. ing. The recovery port portion 33 communicates with the recovery passageway 29 of the passage unit 9.

The upper substrate 17 has a front frame side substrate (lower substrate) through a large number of lead wires 37 having connectors 35 and 36 at both ends.
Connected to 38. The front frame side substrate 38 is a back mechanism plate on the left and right sides opposite to the full detection switch 42 across the recovery passage 29.
It is fixed to the back side of the front frame 2 at the lower side of 6. The board 38 on the front frame side is connected to the launch control board 40 of the launcher 5 via the lead wire.
In addition, the upper board 17 is a back cover via the flat cable 41.
Each is connected to the game control board 11 on the 10 side. The fullness detection switch 42 is connected to the upper substrate 17 via a lead wire 43. And each lead wire 22-25,37,43 is a back mechanism board.
Routed along the front side of 6.

[0009]

In the conventional ball game machine, the lead wire 43 of the fullness detection switch 42 is separated from the many lead wires 37 connecting the upper board 17 and the front frame side board 38, Connect both lead wires 37 and 43 to the vertical plate parts 1 on both sides of the opening window 16.
It is necessary to divide into 4,15 and wire separately. That is,
In the conventional ball game machine, the rear side corresponding to the passage unit 9 of the back mechanism plate 6 is formed to be flat and flush, and the flat portion has a passage unit 9 formed separately from the back mechanism plate 6. It has a structure that is attached and fixed from the rear side.

However, in this structure, the strength of the mounting portion of the passage unit 9 of the back mechanism plate 6 decreases, so that the back mechanism plate
A pair of left and right vertical reinforcing ribs 34 having a width corresponding to both sides of the recovery port 33 are integrally formed on the front surface side of 6, and the strength of the horizontal plate portion 13 of the back mechanism plate 6 is formed by the pair of vertical reinforcing ribs 34. It is necessary to secure it.

On the other hand, the fullness detection switch 42 and the front frame side substrate 38
From the top of the overall arrangement of other components, etc.
It is necessary to place it on both the left and right sides with the pin between. Therefore, on the side of the vertical plate portion 14, a large number of lead wires 37 are bundled and wired in the vertical direction, but the lead wire 43 of the full detection switch 42 is wired so as to cross the vertical reinforcing ribs 34, It is not possible to bundle and wire together a large number of lead wires 37 on the part 4 side, and only the lead wire 43 of the full detection switch 42 must be independently wired along the vertical plate part 15.

As a result, the wiring work for the lead wires 37 and 43 becomes troublesome, and lead wire locking portions for locking the lead wires 37 and 43 are provided on the left and right vertical plate portions 14 and 15, respectively. However, there is a drawback that the mold structure for integrally molding the back mechanism plate 6 with the synthetic resin material becomes very complicated and the manufacturing cost of the back mechanism plate 6 increases.

The left and right vertical plate portions 14 and 15 of the back mechanism plate 6 are
Since the prize-ball payout device 8 is mounted on one of the vertical plate portions 14, the width of the vertical plate portion 14 on one side must be increased.
The width of the other vertical plate portion 15 is reduced to secure the size of the opening window 16. However, with the conventional back mechanism plate 6,
To connect the lead wires 37 and 43 to both vertical plate parts 14 and 15,
The width of the vertical plate portion 15 on the side where the prize-ball payout device 8 is not mounted cannot be narrowed, and there is a limit in increasing the lateral width of the opening window 16.

That is, on the vertical plate portion 15 side, unless the lead wire 43 is wired, the connecting ribs 30, 31 for connecting the reinforcing ribs to the left and right are provided.
It is also possible to narrow the left-right width and increase the opening amount of the opening window 16 by reinforcing it with another reinforcing structure such as integrally forming. However, conventionally, since it is necessary to pass the lead wire 43 through the vertical plate portion 15, it is not possible to narrow the left and right width of the vertical plate portion 15 in consideration of workability or the structure of the lead wire locking portion. .

Further, when the lower plate is full, the full detection switch 42 lights up the full display lamp 18 to indicate to the player that the lower plate is full, and at the same time automatically stops the firing operation of the launching device 5. It has become.

Therefore, conventionally, the full detection switch 42 is connected to the upper substrate 17 via the lead wire 43, and the upper substrate 17 is connected to the upper substrate 17.
From the front frame side substrate 38 to the firing control substrate 40 via a part of the lead wire 37, while connecting from the lead wire 22 to the full indicator lamp 18. Therefore, conventionally,
The lead wire related to the fullness detection switch 42 makes a round around the opening window 16 of the back mechanism plate 6, and there is a drawback that the lead wire is wasted.

In view of such a conventional problem, the present invention allows the lead wire of the fullness detection switch to be efficiently wired by passing the front side of the game ball collection passage in the left-right direction, and at the same time, the wiring work efficiency and the back mechanism plate can be improved. An object of the present invention is to provide a ball-and-ball game machine in which the structure can be simplified, the amount of lead wires used can be reduced, and the opening amount of the opening window can be increased.

[0018]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, the rear mechanism plate 84 for pressing and fixing the game board 58 mounted on the front frame 53 to the front frame 53 side is attached to the rear of the game board 58. The rear cover 83 on the side forms an opening window 85 into which the upper substrate 127 and the full indicator lamps 128 and other electric components 129, 130, 131 connected to the upper substrate 127 are provided on the upper side of the opening window 85 and the back mechanism plate 84.
A full detection switch 154 for detecting the fullness of the game balls in the lower plate 73 is provided on the back mechanism plate 84 below the opening window 85, and the upper substrate 127 and the lower substrate 103 on the lower side of the back mechanism plate 84 are provided. Are connected via a lead wire 156, and a game ball collection passage 96 for collecting the game balls that have passed to the rear side of the game board 58 is formed vertically below the opening mechanism 85 and behind the back mechanism plate 84. , The upper board 127, the full indicator lamp 128, the other electric components 129, 130, 131, the full detection switch 154, and the lead wire 13 for connecting the lower board 103.
In a ball game machine in which 2,133,134,135,156,157 are wired along the front side of the back mechanism plate 84, in the front side of the back mechanism plate 84, the game ball recovery passage 96 is provided at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the game ball recovery passage 96.
A lead wire wiring part 140 is provided so that it crosses the front side of the left and right, and the full detection switch 154
The lead wire 157 is wired.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the first aspect, the lead wire 15 of the full detection switch 154 is provided.
7 is connected to the lower substrate 103, and the full detection switch 154 is connected to the upper substrate 127 via the lower substrate 103 and other lead wires 156 via the lead wire 156a.

The present invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein passage walls 137 and 138 constituting the game ball recovery passage 96 are integrally formed on the rear side of the back mechanism plate 84. is there.

[0021]

[Function] When the game ball of the lower plate 73 becomes full, the full detection switch 154 detects the fullness, the firing of the game ball by the launching device 74 is stopped, and the full indicator lamp 128 lights up, It is displayed that the game ball of the plate 73 is full. The lead wire 157 of the fullness detection switch 154 crosses the front side of the game ball collection passage 96 so that the lead wire wiring portion 140
Then, the wiring is routed in the left-right direction and connected to the lower substrate 103, and the lower substrate 103 and the upper substrate 127 are connected by the lead wire 156. Therefore, the wiring work is easy, and the lead wire is not wasted.

[0022]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the card type arranging ball machine, and 50 is the arranging ball machine body, which is a rectangular outer frame 51.
And a front frame 53 pivotally attached to the front surface of the outer frame 51 by a hinge 52 at one end in the left-right direction so as to be openable and closable around the vertical axis. The arranging ball machine main body 50 is mounted on the island side in a state of being arranged alternately with the card type automatic ball lending machine 54 on the left and right.

The front frame 53 is provided with a window hole 55, and a glass door 56 and a front plate 57 which are vertically arranged in the window hole 55 and pivotally supported in an openable and closable manner, and the front frame 53 corresponding to the window hole 55. On the back side of the game board 58
Is detachably mounted. In addition, automatic ball lending machine 54
Has a card insertion slot 59 into which a prepaid card can be inserted and removed freely, and a card insertion indicator lamp 60 is turned on when the prepaid card is inserted into the card insertion slot 59.

A guide rail 61 for guiding a game ball is provided on the front surface of the game board 58, and this guide rail 61 is also provided.
The image display device 62 and the entrance are in the center surrounded by
63 to 65, a lower ball entry device 66 and a lower cover 67 are arranged. Further, on the front surface of the game board 58, a full display portion 68, a payout display portion 69, and an out-of-ball display portion 70 are provided outside the guide rail 61.

The front plate 57 is provided with an upper plate 71 for supplying game balls, and a ball lending operation unit 72 is provided at the upper edge of the upper plate 71. Below the front frame 53, a lower plate 73 and a firing handle 75 for a launching device 74 are provided, respectively. FIG. 2 shows a rear view of the arrangement ball machine. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 76 denotes a launching motor of the launching device 74, which is fixed to the rear side of the front frame 53 as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. Is designed to drive.

The batting mallet 79 is pivotally supported by the front frame 53, and when the firing handle 75 is operated, it strikes the game balls supplied from the upper plate 71 one by one on the launch rail 80 and launches it to the guide rail 61. It is supposed to do. The firing motor 76 is fixed to the front frame 53 via a motor mounting base 81, and the motor mounting base 81 is mounted with a firing control board 82 for controlling the firing motor 76.

Reference numeral 83 denotes a back cover, which includes the game parts such as the image display device 62 projecting to the rear side of the game board 58 and the ball entrances 63 to 65, and the lower lower ball entrance device 66 on the rear side. To cover from
It is mounted on the back side of the game board 58. 84 is the back mechanism plate,
It is for fixing the game board 58 mounted on the front frame 53 side by pressing it from the rear side, and is pivotally supported on the rear side of the front frame 53 by a hinge 85a at one end in the left-right direction so that it can be freely opened and closed around the vertical axis. Is
In addition, the game board 58 is pressed against the front frame 53 side by a lock lever in a closed state.

As shown in FIG. 10, the back mechanism plate 84 has a pair of upper and lower horizontal plate portions 89 and 90, and a pair of left and right left vertical plate portions 91 and right vertical plate portions 92, respectively. However, the opening window 85 is formed so as to be surrounded by these. When the game board 58 is fixed by pressing the back mechanism plate 84, the opening window 85 is
The back cover 83 is fitted to the above and protrudes rearward.

Reference numeral 86 is a prize ball tank for storing prize balls, which is mounted above the back cover 83 and behind the back mechanism plate 84. 87 is a prize-ball payout device, which is equipped with a payout motor 88, and is vertically mounted near the hinge 85a side of the back cover 83 on one of the left and right sides of the back surface of the left vertical plate portion 91.
The prize balls supplied from 86 are dispensed to the upper plate 71 in the required number.

Reference numeral 93 is a passage unit which is attached to the lower horizontal plate portion 90 of the back mechanism plate 84 below the lower ball entrance device 66 and the prize ball payout device 87. As shown in FIG. 3, the passage unit 93 collects the prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout device 87 on the upper plate 71.
A prize ball guide passage 94, an overflow guide passage 95 for overflowing the prize balls paid out from the prize ball payout device 87 to the lower plate 73 when the game balls of the upper plate 71 are full, and a game game game. When collecting the award balls from the award ball payout device 87 side and the award ball payout device 87 side, the award ball from the award ball payout device 87 is collected when the award ball from the award ball payout device 87 side is collected. An extraction guide passage 97 for guiding to the recovery passage 96 and a drop guide passage 98 for guiding the prize balls falling from the overflow guide passage 95 to the lower plate 73 side are provided.

99 is a game control unit mounted on the lower part of the back cover 83, and a game control board 100 on which electronic parts such as IC elements for controlling game operations on the game board 58 side are mounted at the time of game.
Are incorporated in the game control case 101. 102 is a payout control unit, and a payout control board (lower board) 103 on which electronic parts such as IC elements for controlling the payout operation of the prize ball payout device 87 are mounted is a payout control case 10
Built in 4.

Reference numeral 105 denotes a ball lending control unit, which operates the prize ball dispensing device 87 in response to a command from the ball lending operation unit 72 when the automatic ball lending machine 54 is used, and dispenses the ball to the upper plate 71. A ball lending control board 106 for taking out is incorporated in a ball lending control case 107. Then, the payout control unit 102 and the ball lending control unit 105 are
Near the lower side of the lower ball entrance device 66 and the back cover 83, they are mounted side by side on the rear side of the passage unit 93.

The game board 58, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5,
An upper side of the lower set plate 108 is detachably fitted to the three-sided frame 109 from the rear side, and is fixed by being pressed from the rear side by the back mechanism plate 84. The three-sided frame 109 is a window hole formed in the front frame 53.
It is configured in a gate shape corresponding to 55 and is fixed to the back surface side of the front frame 53. Then, on the lower side of the three-sided frame 109,
108 is installed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the image display device 62 includes a display window frame 110 mounted on the game board 58 from the front side, and a display window frame.
The liquid crystal type image display unit 111 corresponding to 110 and the image display unit
The protective plate 112 covers the 111 so that it can be seen through from the front side. The image display unit 111 is a drive substrate for driving this.
It is built in the display case 114 together with 113, and is detachably mounted from the rear side to the ball collecting plate 115 via the display case 114.

On the drive board 113, a symbol display function for variably displaying a three-digit numerical symbol for a certain time when a game ball enters the ball inlets 63 to 65, and its stop symbol are "7,7,7". A big hit display function that displays a big hit when a winning symbol such as ", a winning combination display function that displays the establishment of a winning combination, a winning score display function that displays a winning score, a game number display function that displays the number of games, and a game Has a game information function for displaying other predetermined game information as an image, and each image is displayed on the image display unit 111 based on each function.

The ball collecting plate 115 is integrally formed with a guide passage 116 for guiding the game balls entered in the respective ball inlets 63 to 65 to the lower side, and the rear side of the game board 58 above the lower ball entering device 66. Is attached to. The lower ball entrance device 66, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, has a ball entrance case 118 having 16 ball entrances 117, a ball entering the ball entrances 117, etc., and passes behind the game board 58. A ball collection case that collects the game balls after playing and guides them to the game ball collection passage 96 side of the passage unit 93 together with the game balls from the ball collecting plate 115.
119, and a ball detection switch 120 for detecting a game ball that has entered each ball entrance 117.

As shown in FIG. 5, the back cover 83 extends from the image display device 62, the ball entrances 63 to 65, the ball collecting plate 115, etc. to the lower ball entrance device 66, and the whole of these from the rear side. To cover
It is detachably attached to the back side of the game board 58. The back cover 83 is a box shape with the game board 58 side open, and a bulge portion 121 that bulges backward is provided in the upper half of the back cover 83, and the game control unit 99 is detachable under the bulge portion 121. Is attached to.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower set plate 108 is fixed to the front frame 53 at the rear side of the front plate 57, and the lower set plate 108 has a launch rail 80 of a launcher 74 and a sound effect generator. The speaker 122, the front frame side substrate 123a, and the like are mounted. As shown in FIG. 2, the front-frame-side board 123a includes a launcher 74
Near the upper side of the launcher 74 and the payout control case 104
Are arranged at positions corresponding to and between the and, and are detachably attached to the rear side of the lower set plate 108. On this front frame side substrate 123a, in addition to electronic components for controlling the firing motor 76 of the launching device 74, electronic components related to accessories such as the speaker 122 mounted on the front frame 53 side are mounted.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 10, the inner peripheral reinforcing ribs 123 and the outer peripheral reinforcing ribs 124 are integrally formed on the inner and outer sides of the back mechanism plate 84. The inner peripheral reinforcing ribs 123 are integrally formed so as to project to the front and rear sides of the back mechanism plate 84 at the peripheral edge of the opening window 85, and to cover the entire lower periphery of the prize ball payout device 87 except for the lower corner. Is continuously formed in the circumferential direction.

As shown in FIG. 10, the distance between the inner peripheral reinforcing rib 123 and the outer peripheral reinforcing rib 124 is large in the left vertical plate portion 91 and small in the right vertical plate portion 92. On the upper side of the left vertical plate portion 91, connecting ribs 125 that connect and reinforce the inner peripheral reinforcing ribs 123 and the outer peripheral reinforcing ribs 124 are integrally formed vertically and horizontally. A plurality of connecting ribs 126 for connecting the reinforcing ribs 123 and 124 to the left and right are formed in the vertical direction.

As shown in FIG. 10, on the upper horizontal plate portion 89 of the back mechanism plate 84, in addition to the prize ball tank 86, the upper substrate 127, the full display lamp 128, the payout display lamp 129, the out-of-ball display lamp 130 and The out-of-ball detection switch 131 is installed.
The full indicator lamp 128, the payout indicator lamp 129 and the out-of-ball indicator lamp 130 are arranged so as to correspond to the full indicator section 68, the payout indicator section 69 and the out-of-ball indicator section 70 of the game board 58, respectively. 131 is designed to detect when the prize ball tank 86 runs out of balls.

The upper substrate 127 is also used for taking out external information, and the upper substrate 127 has external connection terminals (not shown).
As shown in FIG. 11, the lead wire 13
The full indicator lamp 128, the payout indicator lamp 129, the out-of-ball indicator lamp 130, and the out-of-sphere detection switch 131 are connected via 2-135.

As shown in FIG. 3, the passage unit 93 is disposed on the rear side of the lower corner portion of the back mechanism plate 84 extending from the left vertical plate portion 91 to the lower horizontal plate portion 90. And this passage unit 93
The respective passages 94 to 98 are configured as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6 to 9.

That is, the game ball collection passage 96 and the game ball collection passage
As shown in FIG. 3, 96 is arranged in the up-down direction by being offset to the left of the center of the lower horizontal plate portion 90 in the left-right direction, and a drop guide passage 98 is arranged on the right side of both passages. The game ball collection passage 96 is an inclined wall portion formed on the lower horizontal plate portion 90 of the back mechanism plate 84.
136 and a pair of left and right passage walls 137, 138 formed integrally with the lower horizontal plate portion 90 so as to project rearward from the left and right sides of the inclined wall portion 136.
And the passage cover 13 that blocks the passage walls 137 and 138 from the rear side.
It is composed of 9 and.

The inclined wall portion 136 is formed in an inclined shape so that the upper end thereof coincides with the front end of the inner peripheral reinforcing rib 123.
The lower side of the 136 and the front side of the lower horizontal plate section 90 are the lead wire wiring section 140. The lead wire wiring portion 140 is flush with the other portion of the lower horizontal plate portion 90.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 8, the extraction guide passage 97 is arranged between the prize ball payout device 87 and the middle portion of the game ball collection passage 96 in a substantially L-shaped bend. The extraction guide passage 97 includes a pair of inner and outer passage walls 141 and 142 formed integrally over the left vertical plate portion 91 and the lower horizontal plate portion 90 of the back mechanism plate 84, and a rear side between the passage walls 141 and 142. It is constituted by a passage cover 139 that closes from.

As shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 9, the prize ball guide passage 94 includes a vertical passage portion 143 below the payout opening of the prize ball payout device 87, and the left and right inner sides from the lower end of the vertical passage portion 143. The inclined passage portion 144 that bends and inclines, and the fall passage portion 14 that extends downward from the end of the inclined passage portion 144 and communicates with the upper tray 71 side.
And a drop table 146 that is inclined downward to the front and that drops the prize balls from the inclined passage portion 145 into the drop passage portion 145.

The vertical passage portion 143 and the inclined passage portion 144 are formed on the upper end portion of the passage cover 139 so as to bulge rearward from the passage cover 139 so as to project in a substantially L shape when viewed from the rear.
It is composed of 7. The vertical passage portion 143 overlaps the rear side of the upper end portion of the extraction guide passage 97, and is divided into front and rear by a division plate 148 made of a metal plate.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 8, the overflow guide passage 95 has the upper end side below the drop table 146 and the fall passage portion 145.
It is provided in the vicinity of the fall guide passage 98 so as to intersect with the game ball collecting passage 96 in the vertical direction at the rear side in the left-right direction. The overflow guide passage 95 is
The lower horizontal plate portion 90 is formed integrally with passage walls 141 and 149, and a passage cover 139 that closes the space between the pair of passage walls 141 and 149 from the rear side. The intersection of the overflow guide passage 95 and the game ball collection passage 96 is divided into front and rear by a partition plate 150.

As shown in FIGS. 3, 7 and 8, the drop guide passage 98 includes an upper passage wall 151 and a hanging passage wall 152 integrally formed with the lower horizontal plate portion 90 of the back mechanism plate 84, and the upper passage wall 152 and the hanging passage wall 152. Passage wall 15
1 and the passage cover 139 that closes the rear side of the depending passage wall 152, the lower side is configured to open.

The drop guide passage 98 has a hanging passage wall 152.
The swing lever 153 and the full detection switch 154 near both inside and outside
Are arranged, and when the game balls in the lower plate 73 are accumulated to the full state, the swing lever 153 swings and the full detection switch 15
4 is activated. The swing lever 15
3 and the open end of the overflow guide passage 95 are
A guide member 155 for guiding the prize ball falling from 95 into the drop guide passage 98 downward is arranged.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the upper substrate 127 is provided on the front frame side substrate 123a via a large number of lead wires 156 wired on the front side along the left vertical plate portion 91 of the back mechanism plate 84. It is connected to the. The fullness detection switch 154 is connected to the lead wire 157 that is wired in the left-right direction in the lead wire wiring portion 140 along the lower horizontal plate portion 90 so as to cross the front side of the game ball collection passage 96, and the lead wire 157 The other end is a payout control board 10
Connected to 3.

The fullness detection switch 154 includes a lead wire 157 and a part of the lead wires 156.
It is connected to the upper substrate 127 via 156a. The payout control board 103 is a game board control board 100 and a ball lending control board
106 and the front frame side substrate 123a, and the front frame side substrate 123a is connected to the firing control substrate 82.

In the above structure, when playing a game, after inserting a card into the card insertion slot 59 of the automatic ball lending machine 54,
When the ball lending operation unit 72 is operated, a payout command corresponding to the number of times of operation is sent to the payout control board 103 side via the ball lending control board 106, so that the payout motor 88 of the prize ball payout device 87 is actuated and the prize ball is paid out. The game balls from the tank 86 are paid out and paid out. And this prize ball payout device
The game balls paid out by 87 pass through the vertical passage portion 143 of the prize ball guide passage 94, the inclined passage portion 144, and the drop table 146.
Falls into the falling passage portion 145 and is guided to the upper plate 71.

At the time of a game, when the firing handle 75 of the launching device 74 is operated with the game ball placed in the upper plate 71, the firing motor 76 operates and the hammer 78 is driven by the cam 78. The game balls on the launch rail 80 are sequentially launched along the guide rail 61 onto the game board 58.

The game balls falling along the game board 58 enter either the upper entrance 63 or the 16 entrances 117 of the lower entrance device 66. The game ball that has entered the upper entrance 63, etc. passes through the back side of the game board 58, falls through the ball collecting plate 115 into the collecting case 119, and also enters the entrance 117 of the lower entrance device 66. The game ball that entered the ball passes through the back side of the game board 58 and falls into the ball collection case 119. And the collection case
The game balls in 119 drop through the game ball collecting passage 96 of the passage unit 93 and are collected from the game ball collecting passage 96 to the island side.

When the game ball enters the ball entrance 117 of the lower ball entrance device 66 and the ball detection switch 120 at each ball position detects the game ball, the detection signal is processed on the game control board 100 side. It is determined whether or not the winning combination is established, and when the winning combination is established, the score according to the difficulty level is recorded. Also at this time, the success or failure of the winning combination, the score, etc. are displayed on the image display unit 111.

When a game ball enters the upper entrance 63, a variable symbol is displayed on the image display section 111 of the image display device 62,
Each of the symbols changes for a fixed time. Then, if the stop symbol is a winning symbol such as "7 / 7,7", the profit is returned to the player, for example, the winning score is increased under certain conditions.

Each time a winning score is added, the payout motor 88 is activated to rotate the rotating body, and a predetermined number of prize balls in the supply passage of the payout case are paid out and paid downward from the payout opening. . Then, the prize balls are guided from the vertical passage portion 143 of the prize ball guide passage 94 to the upper plate 71 via the inclined passage portion 144, the drop table 146 and the fall passage portion 145.

When the upper plate 71 is full, the drop table
The game ball falling from 146 falls on the game ball in a state of being stored in the lower side, and then overflows to the overflow guide passage 95 side and into the fall guide passage 98 via the overflow guide passage 95. It flows. The game ball in the fall guide passage 98 collides with the guide member 155 and falls downward.

When the game ball in the lower plate 73 is full, the game ball is filled from the lower plate 73 to the lower part of the drop guide passage 98, so that the rocking lever 153 rocks by the game ball and is full. Activate the detection switch 154. Then, when this full detection switch 154 detects that the game ball of the lower plate 73 is full, it sends a detection signal to the firing control board 82 via the lead wire 157, the payout control board 103, etc., and stops the firing motor 76 to hit the hammer. The game ball launch operation by 79 is stopped. At the same time, the payout control board 103 sends a detection signal of the fullness detection switch 154 to the upper board 127 via the lead wire 156a to turn on the fullness indicator lamp 128.

In this embodiment, the bulge 121 is arranged on the upper side of the back cover 83, and the game control unit 99 containing the game control board 100 is arranged below the bulge 121.
A sufficient volume inside the back cover 83 including 121 can be secured. Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently incorporate a game component having a large protrusion amount from the game board 58 into the bulging portion 121 of the back cover 83, and the game component to be mounted on the game board 58 can be freely selected.

The back cover 83 is sized to cover even the lower ball entrance device 66, and the amount of rearward projection of the portion corresponding to the lower ball entrance device 66 is made smaller than that of the bulge portion 121, and the back cover of this part is provided. Since the game control unit 99 is provided on the rear side of 83, a sufficient amount of rearward protrusion of the bulge portion 121 can be secured as compared with the case where the game control unit 99 is provided on the rear side of the bulge portion 121. Further, since the lower cover device 83 is covered with the back cover 83, the lower cover device 66 can be protected by the back cover 83,
The damage etc. of the lower ball entrance device 66 can be reduced.

In addition to the game control unit 99 for controlling the game operation on the game board 58 side, a payout control unit 102 for controlling the payout operation of the prize ball payout device 87 is provided, and the game control unit 99 is provided at the rear side of the back cover 83. Since the payout control unit 102 is mounted on the lower side of the back cover 83 and on the rear side of the passage unit 93, the game control unit 99 mounted on the back cover 83 side can be made smaller.

Since the payout control unit 102 and the ball lending control unit 105 are arranged close to each other on the left and right,
Compared with the case where both control units are arranged vertically, the length of the back mechanism plate 84 below the back cover 83 can be shortened, and the back mechanism plate 84 can be downsized.

At the rear side of the back mechanism plate 84, passage walls 137, 138, 141, 14
2,149,151,152 are formed integrally, and this passage wall 137,138,14
Since the passage covers 139 are attached to the 1,142,149,151,152 from the rear side to configure the passages 94 to 98 of the passage unit 93,
The lower lateral plate portion 90 of the back mechanism plate 84 can be reinforced by the passage walls 137, 138, 141, 142, 149, 151, 152, and the rigidity and strength of the lower lateral plate portion 90 are significantly improved.

Further, each passage wall 137, 138, 14 of the passage unit 93
1, 142, 149, 151, 152 are integrally formed with the back mechanism plate 84, and the passage cover 139 is attached to the back mechanism plate 84 to form the passage unit 93. Therefore, the passage cover 139 may be provided separately from the back mechanism plate 84. Therefore, even when the back mechanism plate 84 and the passage cover 139 are molded by synthetic resin molding, the number of parts can be reduced and the assembly and the like can be facilitated.

In particular, since the passage walls 137 and 138 which form the game ball collecting passage 96 in the up-and-down direction are integrally formed on the rear side of the lower horizontal plate portion 90, the conventional vertical reinforcement is provided on the front side of the lower horizontal plate portion 90. It is not necessary to provide ribs, the structure is simple, and the lead wire wiring portion 140 can be easily provided on the front side of the lower horizontal plate portion 90.

Then, the lead wire 157 of the full detection switch 154 is provided on the front side of the lower horizontal plate portion 90 via the lead wire wiring portion 140.
Since the end portion of the lead wire 157 is connected to the payout control board 103 on the lower side, it is necessary to wire the lead wire 157 along the right vertical plate portion 92 of the back mechanism plate 84 as in the conventional case. There is no. Therefore, the lead wire 156 may be arranged along the left vertical plate portion 91 of the back mechanism plate 84.

As a result, the work of wiring the lead wires 156 and 157 becomes very easy, and it is not necessary to provide a lead wire engaging portion on the right vertical plate portion 92, and the back mechanism plate 84 is integrally molded with a synthetic resin material. Also in this case, the structures of the back mechanism plate 84 and its molding die are very simple, and the manufacturing cost of the back mechanism plate 84 can be reduced.

The lead wire 15 is attached to the right vertical plate portion 92 of the back mechanism plate 84.
Since it is not necessary to wire 7, the width of the right vertical plate portion 92 can be reduced by taking reinforcing measures such as providing a connecting rib 126 between the left and right reinforcing ribs 123, 124 of the right vertical plate portion 92.
Therefore, as the width of the right vertical plate portion 92 becomes smaller, the opening window
It is possible to easily secure the size of 85 in the left-right direction. That is, since it is not necessary to wire the lead wire 157 to the right vertical plate portion 92, the size of the opening window 85 can be increased.

Further, the full detection switch 154 has a lead wire 157.
To the payout control board 103 on the lower side of the back mechanism plate 84, and the payout control board 103 and the upper board 127 are connected by a large number of lead wires 156 wired along the left vertical plate portion 91. Since there is no waste of the lead wire, the amount of the lead wire used can be reduced and the wiring can be performed efficiently. As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described in detail, this invention is not limited to an Example. For example, although the embodiment exemplifies an arrangement ball machine, the invention can be similarly applied to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine.

In the embodiment, the payout control board 103 is illustrated as the lower board, and the lead wire 157 of the full detection switch 154 is connected to the payout control board 103.
A substrate other than the payout control substrate 103 may be used as long as it is a substrate corresponding to the lower side of the back mechanism plate 84. Further, the lead wire 157 of the full detection switch 154 is connected to the payout control board 10
Although it is connected to 3, it may be connected to the upper substrate 127.

[0074]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the front frame is provided.
An opening window 85 into which a rear cover 83 on the rear side of the game board 58 is fitted is formed on a back mechanism plate 84 which holds the game board 58 mounted on the 53 on the front frame 53 side and fixes the upper board 127. A full indicator lamp 128 and other electric components 129, 130, 131 connected to the upper substrate 127 are provided on the back mechanism plate 84 above the opening window 85,
Full detection switch 15 to detect the fullness of the game ball in the lower plate 73
4 is provided on the back mechanism plate 84 below the opening window 85, and the upper substrate 127
And the lower substrate 103 on the lower side of the back mechanism plate 84 with lead wires 156
A back mechanism plate 84 below the opening window 85 through a game ball collection passage 96 for collecting the game balls that have passed through to the rear side of the game board 58.
Lead wires 132, 133, 13 which are formed on the rear side in the vertical direction and which connect the upper board 127, the full indicator lamp 128, other electric parts 129, 130, 131, the full detection switch 154 and the lower board 103.
In a ball game machine in which 4,135,156,157 are wired along the front side of the back mechanism plate 84, on the front side of the back mechanism plate 84, the front side of the game ball collecting passage 96 is moved to the left and right in the middle of the up and down direction of the game ball collecting passage 96. The lead wire wiring section 140 is provided so as to cross the lead wire wiring section 140, and the lead wire of the full detection switch 154 is
Since 157 is wired, the lead wire 157 of the fullness detection switch 154 can be efficiently wired via the front side of the game ball collection passage 96 in the left-right direction, and the wiring work efficiency and the structure of the back mechanism plate 84 can be improved. Can be simplified, the amount of lead wires used can be reduced, and the opening amount of the opening window 85 can be increased.

According to the present invention described in claim 2, in the invention described in claim 1, the lead wire 157 of the fullness detection switch 154 is connected to the lower substrate 103, and another wire is connected via this lower substrate 103. Since the full detection switch 154 is connected to the upper substrate 127 via the lead wire 156 and the lead wire 156a, the lead wire can be more efficiently wired.

According to the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 1 or 2, the passage walls 137 and 138 forming the game ball collecting passage 96 are integrally formed on the rear side of the back mechanism plate 84. Therefore, the back mechanism plate 84 can be reinforced by the passage walls 137 and 138.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an arrangement ball machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the arrangement ball machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional rear view of the lower side of the back mechanism plate showing the embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a central portion of the game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 7 is a rear view of a passage unit side showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the passage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention with the passage cover removed.

FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a passage cover showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front view of the back mechanism plate in an open state showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a rear view of a conventional ball-and-ball game machine.

FIG. 13 is a front view of a conventional back mechanism plate in an open state.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional back mechanism plate.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a conventional ball game machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 53 Front frame 58 Game board 73 Lower plate 83 Back cover 84 Back mechanism plate 85 Opening window 96 Game ball collection passage 103 Discharge control board (lower board) 127 Upper board 128 Full indicator lamp 129 Discharge indicator lamp (other electrical parts) 130 Ball out indicator lamp (other electrical parts) 131 Ball out detection switch (other electrical parts) 132,133,134,135,156,157 Lead wire 137,138 Passage wall 140 Lead wire wiring part 154 Full detection switch 156 lead wire

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. The game board (58) mounted on the front frame (53) is a front frame.
On the back mechanism plate (84) that is pressed and fixed to the (53) side, the game board (58)
The rear cover (83) on the rear side of the rear board (83) forms an opening window (85) into which the upper cover (127) and the full indicator lamps (128) and other electrical components connected to the upper board (127) are formed. (129) (130)
Install (131) on the back mechanism plate (84) above the opening window (85), and
Full detection switch (15) that detects the fullness of the game ball in (73)
4) is provided on the back mechanism plate (84) below the opening window (85), and the lead board (156) is connected to the upper substrate (127) and the lower substrate (103) on the lower side of the back mechanism plate (84). Connected via the game board (58), the game ball collection passage (96) for collecting the game balls that have passed to the rear side of the game board (58) is provided with an opening window (8
5) Formed vertically on the back side of the back mechanism plate (84) below the upper substrate (127), full indicator lamp (128), other electrical parts (1
29) (130) (131), full detection switch (154) and lower board
Lead wire connecting (103) (132) (133) (134) (135) (156)
In a ball game machine in which (157) is wired along the front side of the back mechanism plate (84), the game ball collection passage (9
A lead wire wiring part (140) is provided so as to cross the front side of the game ball collection passageway (96) left and right in the middle of the up and down direction of 6), and the full detection switch (154) is provided in this lead wire wiring part (140). ) Lead wire (157) is wired, the ball game machine. 2. The lead wire (15) of the fullness detection switch (154).
7) is connected to the lower board (103), and the full detection switch (154) is connected to the upper board (127) via the lower board (103) and other lead wires (156) via the lead wire (156a). The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is connected to. 3. A passage wall (1) constituting a game ball collection passage (96)
The ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 37 (138) is integrally formed on the rear side of the back mechanism plate (84).