JPH09173532A - Playing board of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a play board capable of accurately positioning and fixing to a game board body independently to the kind of the machines. SOLUTION: A decorating member 6 molded by a synthetic resin is mounted superimposing on the front side of a game board body 7 to form play part and a not-play part is formed at the outer periphery of the game part. A boss 91 for positioning to the game board body 7 is installed on the not-game part and a positioning pin 51 is formed on a setting plate 8. The boss 91 on the decorating member 6 is engaged into a positioning hole 73 on the game board body 7 to fix at the given position and the positioning pin 51 is engaged into the decorating member 6 set at the given position to regulate the position of the set plate 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game board of a game machine, and in particular, a game machine having a decorative member on the front side of the game board and a game member on the back side. It is about the board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a game board is attached to a game machine, and a game is established by a game ball shot by a player moving on the game board. Therefore, on the front side of the game board, metal guide rails are generally arranged in a substantially circular shape to form a partitioned area called a game section.
In addition, a decorative portion in which a display lamp and the like are arranged is formed on the outside of the game portion, that is, on the non-game portion. On the other hand, in recent years,
The use of synthetic resin has become popular, and a game board in which a game part is made of synthetic resin or a guide rail is made of synthetic resin has been developed.

[0003]

However, various game members must be attached to the game board. In addition, these game members vary depending on the model of the game machine. Therefore, in order to attach these gaming members, it is necessary to open various mounting holes in the gaming board body made of veneer plywood or the like, which are different for each model. For example, on the back side of the game board main body, a back side game member is arranged corresponding to the front side game member arranged on the front side of the game board. That is, a ball guide trough for guiding a winning ball must be provided as a back side game member on the back side of the game board corresponding to the winning device arranged on the front side of the game board as the front side game member. Therefore, the so-called set plate that forms the above-mentioned ball guide trough differs depending on the model, and this set plate has not only the shape of the ball guide trough but also various structures in which the arrangement of mounting holes, positioning bosses, etc. is different. ing. Therefore, in order to attach the set plates of various structures according to the model, it is the current situation that the attaching work is wrong and the attaching work is troublesome.
Moreover, since a large number of wirings pass through on the back side of the game board for the electric parts, the wirings may be an obstacle or the arrangement of the game members may be restricted due to the wirings. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a game board that can be accurately positioned and attached to the game board body regardless of the model.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is to form a substantially circular game portion on the front side of the game board main body, and to form a non-game outside the game portion. A gaming board of a gaming machine that forms a portion and forms a back mechanism on the back side of the gaming board main body, wherein the gaming section attaches a decorative member molded of synthetic resin to the front side of the gaming board main body in a superimposed manner. The non-gaming portion formed by the ornamental member is provided with positioning means for the gaming board body and position regulating means for the backside gaming member, and the ornamental member is positioned by the positioning means at a predetermined position of the gaming board body. In addition to being attached to, the position of the back side game member is restricted by the position restricting means with respect to the decorative member at this predetermined position. The invention described in claim 2 is:
The position restricting means for the back side game member is formed by concave and convex fitting.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the game board, FIG. 2 is a rear view, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view.

[0006] The game board 1 is generally divided into a substantially circular game section 2 and a non-game section 3 located outside the game section 2.
And various game members 4 are arranged on the front side and the back side of the game board 1. Incidentally, the game member 4 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a variable symbol display device unit 41 arranged almost at the center of the game section 2, and a first starting opening unit arranged below the variable symbol display device unit 41. 42, a variable winning opening unit 43 arranged below the first starting opening unit 42,
Also, a side lamp unit 44 arranged at a side portion of the game section 2, a second starting opening unit 45 arranged below the side lamp unit 44 and between the variable winning opening unit 43, and the variable symbol display device unit. The members used for the game, such as the ramp wind turbine 46 arranged diagonally above and to the left and right of the general wind turbine 41 and the general wind turbines 47 arranged on the left and right near the lower side, are collectively referred to as front-side game members arranged on the front surface side of the game board 1. is there. The side lamp unit 44 is
A side winning opening 44a is provided and also has a function as a winning device.

Further, at the lowest position of the game section 2, the outlet 2
1 is provided to collect the balls that have not won the prize.
Although not shown in the game section 2, obstacle nails are provided at appropriate positions.

On the other hand, the outside of the game section 2, that is, the non-game section 3 is constituted by a decorative member 6 described later, and a prize ball discharge lamp unit 61 and a prize ball display lamp unit 62 are arranged at the upper and left corners of the right and left sides. I am doing it.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 1 as described above has a game board main body 7, a decorative member 6, and a set plate 8 as main constituent members.

The game board main body 7 cuts, for example, veneer plywood into a predetermined shape, and places each game member 4 at a desired position.
Or an opening 71 for attaching a winning ball, a positioning hole 73, a through hole, or the like. In the opening 711 for attaching the variable symbol display device unit 41 as the center accessory, the opening 712 for attaching the lamp windmill 46, the opening 713 for attaching the prize ball discharge lamp unit 61 and the prize ball display lamp unit 62, and the side winning opening 44a. An opening 714 through which the winning ball passes, an opening 715 for attaching the first winning opening unit 42, an opening 716 for attaching the second winning opening unit 45, an opening 717 for attaching the variable winning opening unit 43, or the outlet 2.
The opening 718 and the like to be 1 are opened.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the game board main body 7 is provided with an arcuate opening 71a for providing the side lamp unit 44 at a position lateral to the portion which becomes the game portion 2. Then, a lamp substrate 74 to which a light emitting source such as a lamp is attached faces the bow-shaped opening 71a. A side lamp cover is provided on the front side of the bow-shaped opening 71a, that is, at a corresponding position of the game section 2.

A decorative member 6 provided on the front side of the game board body 7.
Is formed by molding a synthetic resin, for example. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, a void portion 64 is formed in the game plate main body 7 so as to be almost overlapped with the void portion 64 for forming the approximately circular gaming portion 2 in the central portion. Further, on the front side of the decorative member 6, openings 65, 65 for providing the prize ball discharge lamp unit 61 and the prize ball display lamp unit 62 are provided.

Positioning means 9 for the game board body 7 is provided on the back side of the decorative member 6. This positioning means 9
According to the illustrated embodiment, is a boss 91 projecting to the back side, which is provided in the vicinity of a corner avoiding a substantially circular empty portion 64 provided to form the game portion 2. . That is, the non-gaming section 3 is provided with the positioning means 9.

Further, the non-gaming section 3 is provided with position regulating means 5 for the back side gaming member. This position regulating means 5
According to the illustrated embodiment, the fitting hole 92 formed concentrically with the positioning means 9 and provided in the boss 91 serves as the position restricting means 5 together with the position restricting pin 51 described later.
A specific example of the positioning means 9 and the boss 91 as the position regulating means 5 is shown in FIG.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the decorative member 6 is integrally formed in a quadrangular shape which is substantially the same as the outer shape of the game board body 7, but can be divided into left and right or up and down. Alternatively, it may be divided into front and rear.

Positioning holes 73 are provided in the game board body 7 corresponding to the bosses 91. This positioning hole 73 is
A through hole that penetrates the game board body 7, and uses the reference hole used when the game board body 7 is attached to the router processing device that opens the opening 71 or the like for attaching the game member 4 described above. be able to.

On the other hand, the set plate 8 fixed to the back side of the game board body 7 to form a back mechanism is made of synthetic resin and is one of the back side game members. The set plate 8 is provided with the respective winning openings, that is, the winning opening 41a provided in the center accessory, the side winning opening 44a of the side lamp unit 44, and the respective winning balls P winning the first starting opening unit 42 at desired positions. Each has a guide gutter for guiding. That is, the guiding trough 811 faces the sky winning opening 41a, the guiding troughs 812 and 813 face the side winning opening 44a, and 814 faces the first starting opening unit 42. The arrow in the figure indicates the downward direction of the winning ball P.

Further, a passage port 82 for receiving a center accessory, which is a kind of the front side game members 4, is opened at a substantially central portion of the set plate 8. The center accessory may be, for example, a variable symbol display device unit 41 including a liquid crystal display device as in the illustrated embodiment, or a variable winning device having a movable ball receiving member.

The set plate 8 described above is provided with position regulating pins 51 corresponding to the fitting holes 92 of the bosses 91 provided on the decorative member 6. That is, the position regulating pin 51 can be fitted into the fitting hole 92 formed in the boss 91 of the decoration member 6.

Further, the set plate 8 is formed with openings and escape portions for attaching and receiving various game members 4 to the outside of the passage port 82, and the game member 4 described above. Variable symbol display unit 4 as
1, 1st starting opening unit 42, variable winning a prize unit 43
A wiring board 87 for relaying electric wiring such as an information terminal board 83 for outputting information of the game board to the outside of the game machine.
Is provided. The connector terminals and wiring cables arranged on the wiring board are not shown.

The set plate 8 is provided with a wiring retainer 88 for collectively retaining the wiring cables (not shown) connecting various electric parts so as not to scatter. Also,
The set plate 8 shown in FIG. 2 is provided with a lamp board 461 of the lamp windmill 46.

Next, the positioning means 9 and the position regulating means 5 will be described. As the positioning means 9 and the position regulating means 5, a boss 91 shown in FIG. 4 (A) is provided with a split 93 so that the diameter can be increased and decreased. Further, a slanting pot-shaped inclination is provided at the entrance of the fitting hole 92 provided in the boss 91 so that the position regulating pin 51 provided on the set plate 8 forming a part of the position regulating means 5 can be easily received. Is forming.

The boss 91 is erected on the base plate 63 of the decorative member 6, and the outer diameter of the base end portion of the boss 91 is substantially the same as the inner diameter of the positioning hole 73 of the game board body 7. Then, the positioning means 9, that is, the positioning hole 73 and the boss 9
By forming two or more sets of 1 and 1, the decorative member 6 is accurately positioned with respect to the game board main body 7. Although the bosses 91 are provided at three places in the embodiment shown in the drawings, the number and arrangement can be appropriately set if the bosses are two or more places. For example, when the bosses 91 are provided only at two places, the bosses 91 can be mounted on the diagonal line so as to be relatively accurately attached to the game board body 7.

FIG. 4B shows another embodiment of the positioning means 9 and the position regulating means 5. The boss 95 serving as the positioning means 9 provided on the back surface side of the decoration member 6 is formed to have a short height, and a hole 96 formed in two steps to serve as the position regulating means 5 is formed in the central portion. The hole 96 is a tapered hole that widens on the inlet side and narrows toward the inside, and a through hole 97 is further provided in the center. Further, the outer periphery of the boss 95 is chamfered.

Even when the boss 95 having the above structure is fitted into the positioning hole 73 of the game board body 7, the mounting position of the decorative member 6 can be accurately determined.

On the other hand, a conical stopper 55 is formed on the set plate 8 so as to form one of the position regulating means 5. As shown in FIG. 4 (B), this stopper 55 has a protrusion 5 at the tip.
The outer diameter of the root, which is the maximum diameter, is smaller than the inner diameter of the positioning hole 73 of the game board body 7. Therefore, the stopper 55 can be fitted into the positioning hole 73.

Game board 1 provided with a stopper 55 as described above
An example is shown in FIGS. The set plate 8 in this embodiment is provided with a projection 56 which serves as a position control pin corresponding to the through hole 97 of the boss 95 provided in the decorative member 6 so as to form the position control means 5. That is, this projection 56 is formed in the boss 95 of the decorative member 6 through hole 97.
Can be fitted to.

Further, in this embodiment, a mounting base 84 for mounting a game control circuit box for controlling a game is provided on the back side of the game board body 7 together with the above-mentioned set plate 8. ing.

Similar to the position regulating means 5 of the set plate 8 described above, the attachment bases 84 are also provided with the stoppers 55 at two upper and lower positions near the side edges.

Further, a fitting hole 85A and a fitting groove 85B for connecting to the set plate 8 are provided at one corner of the mounting base 84, and a fitting column 86A is erected and fitted to the corresponding set plate 8. The piece 86B is formed. Therefore, the mounting base 84
And the position of the set plate 8 is eventually regulated by the total of five position regulating means. Since the position regulating means can regulate the position by providing two or more places, the number and arrangement can be set appropriately.

For example, the position restricting means 5 may be provided on a diagonal line as in the above embodiment. In addition, as a mounting procedure, after mounting the decorative member 6 to the game board main body 7 through the positioning means 9 with a screw or the like not shown, the positioning means 9 of the decorative member 6 and the position regulating means 5 of the set plate 8 are used. Position regulation. Next, similarly to the above, positioning is performed by the positioning means 9 of the decorative member 6 and the position regulating means 5 of the mounting base 84. Then, the fitting hole 85A and the fitting column 8
6A, and the fitting groove 85B and the fitting piece 86B are respectively fitted, and then fixed by a U-shaped stapler fitting by a not-shown stapler or the like, or by a screw or the like in a not-shown mounting hole. Fasten. The set plate 8 and the mounting base 84 may be fitted at one position.

According to the position regulating means 5 as described above, that is, the position regulating pin 51 or the set plate 8 provided with the stopper 55 and the mounting base 84, the arrangement of the game members 4 ... In the game section 2 is changed. Even if the model is different, the arrangement of the set plate 8 and the mounting base 84 does not change. Therefore, even with different models, positioning can be performed with the same reference point. Further, since the game members are positioned and attached on the outside of the game unit 2 where the member arrangement is relatively rough, other game members and wiring do not interfere.
Further, since the work is unified even if the models are different, efficient work can be performed. Further, since the positioning hole 73 of the game board main body 7 can be shared, the boring processing of the game board main body 7 becomes easy.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be appropriately implemented without changing the configuration described in the claims. For example, although the case where the set board and the mounting base of the control device are used as the back side game members has been described, the present invention can be applied to the case where other game members are mounted. Further, the front side game member arranged in the game section can also be appropriately changed according to the game method, such as a center winning prize as a variable winning device, a starting winning prize is a right winning prize, or the like.

[0034]

In summary, according to the present invention, a substantially circular game portion is formed on the front side of the game board body, and a non-game portion is formed on the outside of this game portion, and a back side is formed on the back side of the game board body. A gaming board of a gaming machine forming a mechanism, wherein the gaming section is
Formed by attaching a decorative member molded of synthetic resin to the front side of the game board main body in a superposed manner, the non-gaming portion by the decorative member is provided with positioning means for the game board main body and for the back side game member. Since the position restricting means is provided and the decorative member is attached to the predetermined position of the game board main body by the positioning means, the position of the back side game member is restricted by the position restricting means with respect to the decorative member at the predetermined position. The back side game member forming the back mechanism can be positioned with respect to the decorative member of the game board that is not changed for each model. Therefore, the back side game member can be positioned and attached independently of the model, and the setting is facilitated without the need to change the location and shape of the positioning means for each model. Moreover, at the time of assembling, even if different models are used, the same work can be performed, so that there is no need to change the work, and work efficiency is significantly improved. Further, since the position of the back gaming member is regulated by utilizing the positioning member of the decorative member, it is not necessary to newly provide a positioning hole or the like for the back gaming member, and the processing process can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an example of a game board according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of an example of the game board according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a game board.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of a boss.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment of the game board.

FIG. 6 is a rear view showing another embodiment of the game board.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 gaming board 2 gaming part 3 non-gaming part 4 gaming member 5 position regulation means 6 decorative member 7 gaming board body 8 set board 9 positioning means 51 position regulation pin 91 boss 95 boss

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine in which a substantially circular game portion is formed on the front side of a game board body, a non-game portion is formed outside the game portion, and a back mechanism is formed on the back side of the game board body. The game board is formed by attaching a decorative member molded of synthetic resin to the front side of the game board main body in a superposed manner. Along with the positioning means, the position restricting means for the back side game member is provided, and the decorative member is attached to the predetermined position of the game board main body by the positioning means, and the back side is provided by the position restricting means with respect to the decorative member at the predetermined position. A game board of a game machine, wherein the position of the game member is regulated. 2. The game board of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the position restricting means for the back side game member is formed by recess and protrusion fitting.