JPH09201464A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To flow downward steel balls falling from the prize ball tank or the like to the case for storing a control substrate. SOLUTION: In a pachinko machine 1 which is at least provided with a control substrate 29 for controlling the machine and a case 28 for storing and protecting the control substrate 29, an inclined face 34 for flowing fallen balls B downward (ball guiding means) is formed on an upper face of the cover 32 of the storing case 28.

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 having at least a control board for controlling a game machine and a storage case for housing the control board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG.
The storage case 52 of the control board 51 arranged below the back surface side of 0 is composed of a base plate 53 to which the control board 51 is attached, and a cover 54 which is attached to the base plate 53 and can protect the control board 51. The cover 54 was formed in a box shape. The cover 54 is attached so that the upper part of the control board 51 is slightly exposed.
A plurality of wiring connectors 55a to 55c were arranged on the exposed upper part of the control board 51 to be wired to various parts. In the storage case 52 described above, the ball game machine 5
0 The game balls B spilled from the prize ball tank 56 or the like provided on the upper side of the back surface may be accumulated on the upper surface of the cover 54.

[0003]

However, in such a storage case of the control base of the gaming machine, the game balls accumulated on the upper surface of the cover are spilled down from the prize ball tank or the like arranged above the control base. It has been considered that the circuit or the like on the upper part of the control board exposed above may be short-circuited by coming into contact with, for example, a connection terminal or various lead wires. In addition, the game ball may fall onto the upper surface of the cover and collide with the cover to deform the cover. As a result, the cover may be short-circuited.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a ball game machine according to a first aspect of the invention has a control base for controlling at least the game machine, and the control base is housed and protected. In a ball game machine provided with a storage case that enables the game ball, the storage case is provided with a game ball guide means for flowing down the dropped game ball. Claim 2
In the ball game machine of the invention described in, the game ball guiding means is
The upper surface of the storage case is configured to be inclined.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the bullet-ball game machine having the above structure, the game balls that have fallen into the storage case are caused to flow down by the game ball guiding means of the storage case.

[0006]

Specific Example This specific example will be described with reference to FIGS. The ball game machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a game board 2, and the front surface of the game board 2 is covered with double glasses 5a and 5b mounted on a front frame 4 via a glass frame 3. There is. Thereby, a game area 6 is formed between the game board 2 and the inner glass 5a. Although well-known chuckers, accessories, and the like are arranged on the game board 2, their illustration and description are omitted.

On the upper part of the front frame 4, a big hit lamp 7 which is turned on when a so-called big hit occurs is installed. In addition, the front frame 4 can be opened and closed by operating a key 8 provided on the right side with a hinge (not shown) mounted on the back side of the left side as an axis. Below the front frame 4, a plate member 12 in which an upper tray 10 and a lower tray 11 are integrally provided is arranged. Upper tray 10 and lower tray 1
1, an upper plate discharge port 13 and a lower plate discharge port 14 for discharging the game balls from the ball game machine 1 are opened respectively. Further, the dish member 12 is provided with a speaker surface 15 formed of a plurality of small holes, and a speaker (not shown) that produces a sound according to a game state is mounted on the back surface of the speaker surface 15. Further, the dish member 12 includes the upper tray 1
A firing stop switch 16 for instructing to stop the firing of the game balls supplied from 0 is installed. The game ball is launched on the game board 2 by operating the operation handle 17 provided on the dish member 12. The dish member 12 can be opened and closed around a hinge (not shown) mounted on the back side of the left side portion, but during normal use, the dish member 12 is pressed against the upper side portion by the front frame 4 to prevent opening. Has been done. Therefore, in order to open the dish member 12, it is necessary to open the front frame 4 and release the lock (not shown) on the right rear side.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the back side of the ball game machine 1, a main frame that supports each member of the ball game machine 1 and is also a member for mounting on a game machine installation island (not shown). 21
Are arranged, and the front frame 4 and the dish member 12 are connected to the main body frame 21 via respective hinges. A back board 22 is attached to the body frame 21.

A prize ball tank 23 for storing game balls supplied from a ball supply path (not shown) arranged above the game machine installation island is installed near the uppermost portion of the back surface of the back board 22. ing. A prize ball outlet 24 is provided in the lower part of the prize ball tank 23, and the prize ball outlet 24 is connected to a prize ball payout device 26 through a prize ball guide gutter 25 that flows down while aligning the game balls. Has been done. In addition, the prize ball payout device 2
Below 6 is connected a prize ball discharge gutter 27 that guides the game balls discharged from the prize ball payout device 26 downward. Also,
A storage case 28 is arranged on the lower left of the back surface of the back board 22,
A control board 29 for controlling the ball game machine 1 is mounted in the storage case 28.

The prize-ball payout device 26 is configured to discharge the set number of game balls to the prize-ball discharge gutter 27 by receiving a prize-ball payout signal from the control board 29. The discharged game balls are further guided to a game ball distribution mechanism (not shown) provided in the middle of the prize ball discharge gutter 27. The game ball distribution mechanism is for receiving the game balls on the tray 10
And a mechanism for distributing and discharging to the lower tray 11 is configured to discharge the game balls to the lower tray 11 when the upper tray 10 is filled with a large amount of game balls.

Next, the storage case 2 for storing the control board 29
8 will be described with reference to FIG. Storage case 28
Is composed of a base plate 31 to which the control board 29 is attached, and a cover 32 which is attached to the base board 31 and can protect the control board 29. A plurality of electronic components and the like are mounted on the control board 29, and wiring connectors 33a to 33c are mounted near the uppermost portion on the front surface of the control board 29. The control board 29 is attached to the base plate 31 with screws or the like. On the upper surface of the cover 32, an inclined surface 34 that guides the game balls falling on the upper surface of the cover 32 downward.
And the cover 32 is attached to the base plate 31 so as to cover the control board 29. This cover 32
Is located slightly below the upper part of the control board 29,
The wiring connectors 33a to 33c are exposed.
Although the control board 29 and various parts of the ball game machine 1 are connected by lead wires through the wiring connectors 33a to 33c, illustration and description thereof are omitted.

In the ball game machine 1 configured as described above, the game ball B spilled from the prize ball tank 23 or the like and dropped on the upper surface of the cover 32 of the storage case 28 is guided downward by the inclined surface 34. It As a result, the game balls B are not accumulated on the upper surface of the cover 32, and the control base 2
The effect of eliminating the risk of short-circuiting the circuit 9 and the like is achieved. Moreover, since the impact on the upper surface of the cover 32 due to the collision of the dropped game ball B can be reduced by the inclined surface 34, the cover 32 can be prevented from being deformed. Although the inclined surface 34 is formed as the game ball guiding means in the present specific example, the present invention is not limited to such a specific example, and can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the present invention. It goes without saying that it can be implemented.

[0013]

As described in detail above, according to the ball game machine of the invention described in claim 1, the game ball that has fallen into the storage case for storing the control base is guided downward by the game ball guide means. To be done. As a result, the game balls are prevented from accumulating on the storage case, and there is an excellent effect that there is no risk of short-circuiting the circuit or the like of the control board. According to the ball game machine according to claim 2, in addition to having the same effect as the invention according to claim 1, the impact when the falling game ball collides with the storage case is softened by the inclined surface, It also has the effect of preventing deformation of the storage case.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a ball game machine of a specific example.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the back surface of the ball game machine of the present specific example.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a back surface of a conventional ball game machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,50 ・ ・ ・ Ball game machine 2 ・ ・ ・ Game board
3 ... Glass frame 4 ... Front frame 5a, 5b ...
・ Glass 6 ・ ・ ・ Game area 7 ・ ・ ・ Big hit lamp 8 ・ ・ ・ Key 10 ・ ・ ・ Upper pan 1
1 ... Lower tray 13 ... Upper tray outlet 14 ... Lower tray outlet 15 ... Speaker surface 16 ... Fire stop switch 17 ... Operation handle 21 ... Main body frame 22
... Backboard 23,56 ... Prize ball tank 24 ... Prize ball outlet 25 ... Prize ball guide gutter 26 ... Prize ball dispensing device 27 ... Prize ball discharge gutter 28,52 ...・
・ Storing cases 29,51 ・ ・ ・ Control board 31,53 ・ ・
Base plate 32, 54 ... Cover 34 ... Inclined surface (game ball guide means) 33a to 33c, 55a to 55c ... Wiring connector B ... Game ball

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A ball game machine having at least a control board for controlling a game machine and a storage case for housing and protecting the control board, wherein a game ball that has fallen into the storage case. A ball game machine characterized by having a game ball guiding means for flowing down. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game ball guiding means inclines an upper surface of the storage case.