JPH10216322A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko (pinball game) machine which comprises an opening and closing frame having a transparent plate holding part of sufficient strength, and of which the strength can be improved without problems. SOLUTION: A Pachinko machine comprises a front opening and closing frame 4 obtained by integrally forming a transparent plate holding part 500 having a double layer glass plate 394, and an upper tray part 501 having an upper tray, with a synthetic resin, and further comprises a door switch 96 which detects the opening of the front opening and closing frame 4, and discharge forbidding means for forbidding the winning ball discharge process by a winning ball discharge device when the opening of the front opening and closing frame 4 is detected by the detector (96). The overall strength of the front opening and closing frame 4 is improved by reinforcement by integrally forming the upper tray part 501 reinforcement by mounting the upper tray on the surface of the transparent plate holding part 500 of which the strength is weakened by forming a large see-through window 5, and the necessary processing to the trouble such as jamming of balls, can be rapidly performed within a short time by opening the front opening and closing frame 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transparent plate holding portion having a transparent plate attached to a see-through window through which at least a game area of a game board can be seen, and stores a hit ball to be shot and guides the shot ball to a shooting position. An upper plate portion having an upper plate, a prize ball dispensing device which is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to a frame base on which the game board is mounted, and which pays out a predetermined number of prize balls based on winning balls generated in the game; The present invention relates to a ball game machine provided with a mechanism plate provided with a prize ball payout control means for controlling a prize ball payout process by the prize ball payout device on the back side of the frame base.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a transparent plate holder having a transparent plate attached to a see-through window through which a game area can be seen on a game board,
An upper plate portion having an upper plate for storing a ball to be fired and guiding it to a firing position is formed in an independent opening / closing door shape and opened and closed on a frame base (generally called a front frame). It is provided freely. Conventionally, the transparent plate holding and opening doors and the upper and lower opening and closing doors, which are made of a wooden or metal plate, are each formed of synthetic resin to enhance the decorative effect or to adopt an advantage that it can be processed into a complicated shape. There is a tendency to have a frontal shape with a texture. In addition, when a clogging or the like occurs on the game board surface, it is possible to eliminate the clogging by opening only the transparent plate holding opening / closing door without opening the upper plate opening / closing door even during the payout operation of the prize ball. Therefore, even if the transparent plate holding opening / closing door is opened while the payout operation is continued, there is no fear that the prize ball overflows to the outside of the ball game machine.

[0003]

However, in particular,
Since the transparent plate holding opening and closing door formed in a square shape has a relatively large transparent window for visually recognizing the game area of the game board, when the transparent plate holding opening and closing door is formed of synthetic resin, There was a drawback that the strength was weaker than that of a conventional wooden one. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine that has an opening / closing frame having a transparent plate holding portion having sufficient strength and does not cause inconvenience associated with strength improvement. To provide.

[0004]

Means for solving the above problems will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1, 13 and 20, at least a game board 16 is provided. The transparent plate holding portion 500 having a multilayer glass plate 394 as a transparent plate attached to the see-through window 5 through which the game area 22 can be seen through, and the upper plate 6 for storing hit balls to be fired and guiding them to the firing position. And a prize ball dispensing device 58 for disposing a predetermined number of prize balls based on a prize ball generated in the game, while the upper plate portion 501 and the The provided mechanism plate 40 and the prize ball payout control board 7 as prize ball payout control means for controlling the prize ball payout process by the prize ball payout device 58
3 is provided on the back side of the frame base 3 in the ball game machine 1, the transparent plate holding portion 500 and the upper plate portion 501 are constituted by the front opening / closing frame 4 integrally formed of synthetic resin, A door switch 96 is provided as a detector for detecting that the front opening / closing frame 4 has been opened, and the prize ball payout control means 73 outputs the prize ball payout device 58 when the detector 96 detects the opening of the front opening / closing frame 4. (A determination of YES in step S2). With this configuration, the upper plate portion 501 reinforced by attaching the upper plate 6 to the surface of the transparent plate holding portion 500 that is weak in strength due to the formation of the large transparent window 5 is integrated. Since the front opening / closing frame 4 is reinforced, the overall strength of the front opening / closing frame 4 is improved, and the drawback that the front opening / closing frame 4 is easily broken is eliminated. As a result, the number of prize balls overflowing from the connecting portion for paying out the prize balls toward the upper plate 6 is reduced, and the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened in a short time, which is necessary for troubles such as clogging. Quick treatment can be performed quickly.

[0005] A door switch 96 as a detector is arranged closer to the open side of the front opening / closing frame 4 while the mechanism plate 40 is mounted.
The prize ball connecting gutter 337 for guiding the prize ball to the upper plate 6 is provided near the pivot side of the front opening / closing frame 4 so that the front opening / closing frame 4 is maintained in a slightly open state in which the door switch 96 works for a short time. By doing so, the opening operation of the front opening / closing frame 4 can be performed without spilling out even one prize ball.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

(1) Overall Structure of a Ball Game Machine Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the ball game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of the ball game machine 1 according to the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ball game machine 1.

[0007] The ball-and-game machine 1 has an outer frame 2 (see FIG. 13) formed in a vertically long rectangular shape, and is supported by one side of the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. Almost all of the main components are composed of a frame base 3 provided collectively and a front opening / closing frame 4 provided on the front surface of the frame base 3 so as to be openable and closable. The main components provided on the frame base 3 include the front opening / closing frame 4, the game board 16, the upper plate 6, the lower plate 7 including the ashtray 8, the operation handle 9, the mechanism plate 40, and the like. In the illustrated embodiment, a card unit device 11 as a unit device for renting out game balls to a player is attached to the side of the ball game machine 1. Note that a backing plate 10 is fixed to the lower front surface of the outer frame 2, and the frame base 3 is placed on the upper side of the backing plate 10 at the time of closing. Therefore, a lower shaft support (not shown) of the shaft supports 36 (see FIG. 13) for supporting the frame base 3 on the outer frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed is fixed to the upper side of one side of the backing plate 10. The Rukoto.

The front opening / closing frame 4 is provided with a circular see-through window 5 capable of substantially seeing through a game area 22 of the game board 16 to be described later, and a multilayer glass plate 394 as a transparent plate is formed from the back of the circular see-through window 5. The transparent plate holding portion 500 to be mounted and the upper plate portion 501 to which the hit plate to be fired is stored and to which the upper plate 6 for supplying to the firing position is attached are integrally formed of synthetic resin. In addition, the see-through window 5
In particular, the shape is not limited to a circle, but may be a square, for example. Further, the transparent plate is not limited to the double glass 394, but may be, for example, one transparent synthetic resin plate. The detailed configuration of the front opening frame 4 will be described later.

The card unit device 11 is operated by operating an operation section described later provided on the upper surface of the upper plate 6. Thus, the card unit device 11 has a usable indicator 12 for displaying whether the card unit device 11 is in a usable state and a card game machine 1 on which side the card unit device 11 corresponds. A link table direction indicator 13 for displaying information and a card insertion slot 14 for inserting a magnetic card as a recording medium are provided. And
The card unit device 11 configured as described above is controlled by a unique control circuit, and is connected to a prize ball payout control board 73 described later via the card unit wiring 15. Note that the card unit device 11 may be incorporated in the ball game machine 1. Further, in the present embodiment, the card unit device 11 is illustrated as a unit device for renting out game balls to a player, but may be a unit device into which a bill or the like can be inserted, for example.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a mechanism plate 40 provided with various mechanisms for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls based on the occurrence of a prize ball is provided on the back surface of the ball game machine 1. And on the back surface corresponding to the operation handle 9,
A hitting ball launching device 195 having a stepping motor 196 and a hitting hammer (not shown) is fixed, and a prize ball flowing down an excess ball passage 64 of the mechanism plate 40, which will be described later, is provided beside the hitting launching device 195. Connection gutter 15 leading to 7
0 (see FIG. 5) is fixed, and decorative control for performing display control or sound effect control of a lamp 90 described later provided on the frame base 3 and a speaker 302 provided on the front opening / closing frame 4 beside the connection gutter 150. A decoration control circuit board box 200 that accommodates the circuit board 201 is mounted.
A locking device 210 for locking the frame base 3 to the hook 35 of the outer frame 2 and locking the front opening frame 4 to the frame base 3 is provided on the open back surface of the frame base 3. The decoration control board 201 accommodated in the decoration control board box 200 includes a connector 202 for connecting a wiring laid on the front side of the mechanism plate 40, which will be described later, and a decoration collective wiring 142 laid from the frame base 3 side. Connector 20 for connecting
2 and a volume switch 203 for switching the volume of the speaker 302.

Although the overall configuration of the ball game machine 1 has been described above, the game board 16 and the mechanism of the components constituting the ball game machine 1 which are detachably mounted on the frame base 3 will be described below. The detailed configuration of the plate 40 will be described sequentially, and then the front opening / closing frame 4 fixed to the frame base 3 or openably / closably mounted will be described.

(2) Game Board The game board 16 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the ball game machine 1 with the mechanism plate 40 opened and the game board 16 removed from the frame base 3. First, the front structure of the game board 16 will be described with reference to FIG. The game board 16 is formed of a substantially square plywood so as to be stored and fixed in a game board storage rib 135 integrally formed on the back side of the frame base 3, and has a circular spiral guide rail on its surface. (The outer rail and the inner rail 21 are shown, only the inner rail 21 is shown in FIG. 1). The inside of the guide rail is a game area 22, and a shot ball shot is dropped. In the illustrated example, the game area 22 is provided with a starting winning opening 19 that allows the variable display of the drum-type variable display device 17, the variable prize ball device 18, and the drum-type variable display device 17, and the ball is simply hit. There are provided a winning opening (no sign), a windmill or a number of obstacles to change the flow direction and speed of the hit ball, and at the bottom of the game area 22, a hit ball which does not win any of the win areas. An out port 20 for taking in is provided.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a drum storage box 23 for storing the rotating drum of the drum type variable display device 17 protrudes from the back surface of the game board 16. In the drum storage box 23, a plurality of drum units each including a rotating drum, a stepping motor that rotationally drives the rotating drum, and an illumination lamp that illuminates a picture of the rotating drum from behind are fixedly accommodated.
A heat radiating plate 24 for radiating heat generated inside to the outside is fixed to the back surface of the drum storage box 23. A box hooking member 25 is attached to the heat sink 24 at one lower side. The box hooking member 25 is provided with a game control board box 33 for accommodating a circuit board for controlling the game operation, which is rotatably provided from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction with the upper side pivotally supported. The game control board box 33 can be held in a horizontal state when in the moving position. In this manner, the state of the second winning ball aggregate cover body 27 and the third winning ball aggregate cover body 28, which will be described later, covered by the game control board box 33 can be observed while being held in the horizontal direction.

A guide path is formed on the front of the periphery of the drum storage box 23 except for the lower part of the drum storage box 23 for guiding a winning ball that has won a winning opening located above the drum-type variable display device 17. A ball collecting cover body 26 is attached, and a second winning ball collecting cover body 27 and a third
A winning ball collecting cover body 28 is attached.

A window hole 29 through which the drum storage box 23 penetrates is formed in the center of the first winning ball collecting cover body 26, and a relay board 30 is attached to a rear surface on one side. The relay board 30 is an electric component (for example, various switches, lamps, or solenoids) provided on the game board 16 other than the drum-type variable display device 17.
And the wiring from the circuit board housed in the game control board box 33.

Further, on the rear side of the second winning ball collecting cover body 27, board box mounting members 31 are mounted on the upper right and left sides thereof. This board box mounting member 31
The upper end of a game control board box 33 for accommodating a circuit board for controlling the game operation is rotatably supported. On the front side of the third winning ball collecting cover body 28 attached below the second winning ball collecting cover body 27, the winning ball flowing down the front side of the second winning ball collecting cover body 27 is guided to the downstream side. A winning ball guide path is formed at both ends, and an out ball passage covering concave portion is formed to cover the open back surface of the out ball passage 34 engraved on the downstream side of the out port 20 of the game board 16. The out ball passage covering recess is formed in the out port 20.
Of the out ball passage 34 engraved on the game board 16 so as to have a slightly lower depth than the diameter of the pachinko ball at the lower portion of the back surface of the out ball passage. The out ball flowing down 34 is guided from an out ball communication port 125 formed in a support plate portion 108 described later of the frame base 3 to an out ball discharge passage 70 described later of the mechanism plate 40 through an out ball communication passage 147. It has become. In addition, the third winning ball set cover 2
The board box locking member 32 is integrally formed at the center of the lower part of the board 8. This board box locking member 32
The lower part of the game control board box 33 rotatably supported by the board box mounting member 31 is fixed. In addition, the third winning ball set cover body 28
Like the second winning ball set cover bodies 26 and 27, it is formed of a transparent synthetic resin so that the inside can be visually recognized from the outside.

The configuration of the game board 16 has been described in detail above.
The game board storage rib 135 formed on the back side of the frame base 3 is stored and fixed. Game board storage rib 13
As is well known, a game board 5 is formed in a step shape on the back surface of the frame base 3 so as to house the game board 16 formed in a substantially square shape, and presses and fixes the back surface of the stored game board 16. A fixed lever 140 is attached to an appropriate portion of the game board storage rib 135. When the game board 16 is stored and fixed by the game board fixing lever 140, the mechanism plate 40 is covered from the back surface.

(3) Mechanism Plate Next, the structure of the mechanism plate 40 provided on the back of the ball game machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, a mechanism plate 40 is mainly provided with a ball tank 42 for storing a prize ball and a ball alignment rail 44 for guiding a prize ball stored in the ball tank 42 while aligning the ball on a downstream side,
Prize ball payout device 58 that pays out prize balls mainly based on winnings
Is provided, and a lower component provided with a processing mechanism for processing a hit ball including a winning ball mainly driven into the game board 16 constitutes a U-shaped opening window 41 when viewed from the back. Are formed integrally. For this reason, since one side of the game board 16 is opened when the mechanism plate 40 is closed, the back surface structure of the game board 16 has the drum storage box 23 and the game control board box 33 as described above. Even if it is complicated, the opening and closing operation of the mechanism plate 40 can be performed smoothly.

The configuration of the mechanism plate 40 will be described below for each component. First, a ball tank 42 for storing a large amount of prize balls and a plurality of rows of prize balls supplied from the ball tank 42 (in this embodiment, 2
A ball alignment rail 44 to be aligned and flow down in a row), a curve gutter 46 for turning a prize ball guided by the ball alignment rail 44 toward a prize ball dispensing device 58 described later, and an upper part of the curve gutter 46. Terminal box 49 provided in
Are provided at predetermined positions, respectively.

The ball tank 42 is provided with a drop port on the downstream side of the bottom surface thereof, which communicates with the ball alignment rail 44. The inclined bottom surface above the drop port is pivotally supported by a spring (not shown). A ball deficiency detection lever that is urged upward is provided, and a ball deficiency detector is fixed below the ball deficiency detection lever. The ball deficiency detector derives a ball-out signal to a management computer (not shown) when a prize ball runs short in the ball tank 42. A ball overflow prevention member 43 is attached to the upper front part of the ball tank 42 so as to prevent balls stored in the ball tank or balls supplied from a supply pipe (not shown) from jumping out. .

The ball alignment rail 44 disposed on the downstream side of the above-mentioned ball tank 42 is attached in an inclined manner from one end to the other end of the upper component, and a partition wall (shown in the figure) is provided at the center of the inside as is well known. No) is erected. The partition wall is formed so as to be gradually higher so that the winning balls flowing out of the falling port of the ball tank 42 are aligned in two rows on the left and right as they go downstream. In addition, a ball leveling swinging member 45 is swingably hung on the upper side of the downstream side of the ball alignment rail 44 to swing the prize ball flowing down in two stages up and down on the ball alignment rail 44. The weight is buried in the member 45 so as to form one stage.

Further, a downstream side of the ball alignment rail 44 is connected to a curved gutter 46 in which an inverted "C" -shaped passage is formed. The curve gutter 46 is used for the ball alignment rail 4.
4 changes the direction so that the prize balls flowing down in two rows in the front-back direction (as viewed from the back of the mechanism plate 40) flow down in two rows in the left-right direction (also viewed from the back of the mechanism board 40). A ball hole is formed at the bent portion of the curve gutter 46, and the ball hole is configured to be openably and closably closed by a ball hole valve 47. The ball removal valve 47 is connected to a ball removal pin (not shown) through a ball removal pin insertion hole 353, 145 (see FIGS. 1 and 6) on the front surface of the ball game machine 1 and is connected thereto. (Not shown) is swung up and down to close or open the ball opening. Therefore, in the mechanism plate 40, a ball hole passage 48 is formed below the ball hole. The boring passage 48 is formed continuously with the intermediate component and the lower component.

The terminal box 49 houses a terminal board therein. The terminal board has a power terminal to which a power line from the outside is connected,
A signal terminal to which a signal line to the outside is connected, a fuse, a lamp, and the like are provided. More specifically, the terminal board housed in the terminal box 49 has a power connector 55, a power switch 54, and an external (for example,
A ball breaking information output terminal 52 and a hitting information input terminal 53 for connecting a signal line between the management computer) and the ball game machine 1
A relay (not shown) that operates based on a hit information signal from a hit information signal output terminal 50, a hit ball information output terminal 51, a hit information input terminal 53, and a power supply line supplied to each control circuit board. Is formed by a printed wiring board on which a fuse (not shown) provided in the first embodiment is mounted. In addition, a prize ball payout control board 7 is provided from the terminal board.
A power supply line and a signal line (for exchanging the ball lending information signal and the prize ball information signal) are connected to the game control circuit board housed in the game control board box 3 and the game control circuit board 33, and the ball tank 42 is connected to the ball tank 42. The provided ball deficiency detector is also connected.

In addition to the above-described configuration, the upper component has a through hole through which the mechanism plate fixing projection 141 erected on the game board storage rib 135 of the frame base 3 penetrates the open end and the terminal box 49. The mechanism plate locking lever 76 is supported by a support shaft at one end and rotatably provided corresponding to the through hole. The mechanism plate locking lever 76 is formed with a groove that engages with the distal end of the mechanism plate fixing projection 141, and is rotated to release the engagement between the groove and the mechanism plate fixing projection 141. Thus, the fixed state of the mechanism plate 40 to the game board storage rib 135 can be released. The mechanism plate locking lever 7
2 are provided at the open end of the upper component and the open end of the lower component as shown in FIG.
Of the game board storage rib 135 can be firmly stabilized.

Next, the configuration of the intermediate component will be described. A ball extraction passage 48 is formed on the side of the intermediate component. The ball-off passage 48 allows the prize balls that have been ball-off by the ball-off valve 47 to flow down. A passage body 56 is fixed to an upper part of the intermediate component, and a prize ball payout device 58 is mounted below the passage body 56. More specifically, the passage body 56 has ball passages through which two rows of prize balls whose flow direction has been changed right and left by the curve gutter 46 flow down, and a ball detection sensor 57 is provided upstream of each ball passage. Has come to face. This ball detection sensor 57
Detects the presence or absence of a prize ball in the ball passage, and when any one of the ball detection sensors 57 no longer detects a prize ball, the operation of the stepping motor of the prize ball payout device 58 is stopped to stop the prize ball. Is made inactive. The ball detection sensor 57 is detachably attached to the position where the 27th to 28th prize balls are detected from the prize ball payout device 58 in two rows of ball passages by locking claws. This is to secure one ball lending or prize ball, and to allow one ball to be paid out even if the ball is broken during the ball lending or the prize ball.

The prize ball dispensing device 58 mounted below the intermediate component is housed in a rectangular parallelepiped case (not shown in detail). It is attached detachably below,
Also, a rotary payout member that rotates by engaging one by one with a prize ball therein, a stepping motor that drives the rotary payout member, and a payout detection that detects one prize ball paid out by the rotary payout member one by one. Sensor and built-in. Also,
The passage body 56 and the prize ball payout device 58 are covered and protected by an opening / closing cover 59 which is rotatably supported on one side of the intermediate component.

The description of the intermediate components of the mechanism plate 40 has been completed, and the lower components of the mechanism plate 40 will be described next. On the rear side of the lower component portion, a winning ball payout passage 60 is formed at an upper portion of one side thereof, and an upper plate communication port 61 is formed at a lower end of the winning ball payout passage 60. The upper plate communication port 61 guides a prize ball to the upper plate 6 provided on the front surface of the ball game machine 1. A communication passage 63 is connected to one side of the upper plate communication opening 61 via a side wall 62.
A surplus ball passage 64 is connected to the end of 3. When a large number of prize balls are paid out based on the winning and the upper plate 6 is filled with the prize balls, and finally reaches the upper plate communication port 61 and the prize balls continue to be paid out, the prize balls are connected to the communication path. 6
3 through the prize ball receiving opening 152 of the connection gutter 150 shown in FIG.
Is discharged. Since the height of the side wall 62 that defines the upper plate communication port 61 and the communication passage 63 is formed lower than the height of the conventional side wall, the prize balls stored in the upper plate 6 are filled with the upper plate communication port 61. When the vehicle arrives at the point, the communication passage 6
3 flows. This is because when the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened while the upper plate 6 is full of prize balls, the guide box member 11 is moved from the prize ball opening 336 described later.
This is to reduce the number of prize balls overflowing with nine. Also,
When the prize balls are further paid out while the upper plate 6 is full, the lower plate 7 is also full, but the surplus ball passage 6
4 Full tank detection plate (not shown) provided on one side wall
When the full tank is reached, the full tank detection plate is pressed by the prize ball and swings outward around the upper end spindle, whereby the full tank switch is turned on, and the prize ball payout device 5
8, the driving of the stepping motor is stopped to inactivate the prize ball payout operation, and the hitting ball firing device 1
The driving of the 95 stepping motor 196 is also stopped.
Note that the rear surfaces of the above-described prize ball payout passage 60, ball extraction passage 48, communication passage 63, and surplus ball passage 64 are covered with a lower passage cover body.

On the other hand, on the front side of the lower component (the side in contact with the game board 16), a prize ball collecting gutter 65 is provided in an approximately middle position in an inclined manner. The winning ball collecting trough 65 receives a winning ball that has won the variable winning ball device 18 or the like of the game board 16 and is guided by the third winning ball collecting cover body 28, and receives the received winning ball. They are collected and guided to a winning ball processing device.

As described above, the rear surfaces of the prize ball dispensing passage 60, the ball removal passage 48, the communication passage 63, and the surplus ball passage 64 are covered by the lower passage cover, as described above. In consideration of the convenience of wiring connection, a board storage box for storing the winning ball payout control board 73 is provided below the upper plate communication port 61 on the support side of the frame base 3 and the support side of the mechanism plate 40. Due to the fact that it is provided on the upper surface of the space formed by the ball removal passage 48 and the surplus ball passage 64, the winning ball processing device is installed and stored at a corner near the opening side of the lower component. Department and
After the winning ball processing device is stored and fixed in the winning ball processing device installation section, it is closed by the winning ball processing device cover 71. Therefore, the above-mentioned winning ball collecting gutter 65 is configured to be inclined downward toward the opening side of the mechanism plate 40 in the opposite direction to that formed on the conventional mechanism plate.

The winning ball processing device accommodated in the winning ball processing device installation section includes a winning ball detector 66 and the winning ball detector 66.
Before and after the winning ball is received one by one, and then a ball stopping member 67 that flows downward, and a winning ball discharging solenoid 68 that drives the ball stopping member 67 are collectively configured on a set plate. It can be detachably mounted in the winning ball processing device installation section.

The operation of the above-described winning ball processing apparatus will be briefly described.
In the normal state of the FF, the lower part of the ball stopping member 67 projects below the winning ball detector 66 in a state where the winning ball is detected by the winning ball detector 66. When a prize ball is generated and a prize ball is detected by the prize ball detector 66 in such a state, the detection signal is sent to a prize ball payout control board 73 stored in a substrate storage box described later,
As a result, the prize ball payout device 58 is driven and controlled, and a predetermined number of prize ball payout operations are performed. A drive signal for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls is sent from the prize ball payout control board 73 to the prize ball payout device 58, and at the same time, a drive signal is also sent from the prize ball payout control board 73 to the winning ball discharge solenoid 68. Is sent to turn on the winning ball discharge solenoid 68 for a predetermined time
I do. When the winning ball discharge solenoid 68 is turned on, the ball stopping member 67 opens the winning ball detected by the winning ball detector 66 to the downstream side while preventing the next winning ball from entering the winning ball detector 66. Then, when the winning ball discharge solenoid 68 is turned off after a certain period of time, the ball stopping member 67 returns to the original state again, receives the next winning ball in the winning ball detector 66, and changes the winning ball by the winning ball. A payout operation is performed. A drive signal may be sent to the winning ball discharge solenoid 68 after the prize ball payout is completed. However, as described above, immediately after the drive signal to the prize ball payout device 58 is sent, the prize ball discharge solenoid is sent. By sending the drive signal to the prize ball 68, the prize ball processing is performed before the prize ball payout operation is completed, so that there is an advantage that a series of operations for prize ball payout can be performed quickly.

As described above, the prize ball processing device according to the present embodiment temporarily stops the generated prize balls and processes one prize ball each time a predetermined prize ball is paid out. In such a case, the generated winning ball remains as a proof ball, so that no trouble occurs with the player. If there is a backup function, the generated winning balls are stored without using such a winning ball processing device, and the stored winning balls are discharged to the outside of the ball game machine 1. You may do it. At the lower center of the winning ball collecting trough 65, an out ball receiving portion corresponding to the end of the out ball communication passage 147 formed at the lower center of the back surface of the frame base 3 is formed. A through-guiding portion penetrating back and forth is established at the end, and an out-ball discharge passage 7 that continuously discharges out-balls to the through-guiding portion.
0 is formed on the rear side of the lower component. At the end of the out ball discharge passage 70, the prize ball processed by the prize ball processing device merges with the prize ball discharge passage 69 from which the prize ball flows down and is discharged to the outside of the ball game machine 1. Also,
In the case of the present embodiment, the exit of the winning ball discharging passage 69 for discharging the winning ball and the out ball and the outlet of the ball removing passage 48 are formed separately from each other with the surplus ball passage 64 interposed therebetween. If an out ball box (not shown, but fixed to the island stand side) incorporating a counting device is arranged so as to face only the winning ball discharge passage 69, only the driven balls can be accurately counted.

In the lower component, a hitting ball launching connector 72 is fixed to a lower portion of an extended portion extending outside the winning ball processing device installation portion.
Supplies power to the hit ball launching device 195. In addition, a mechanism plate locking lever 76 exactly the same as the mechanism plate locking lever 76 is rotatably provided on the upper front surface of the above-mentioned extending portion, and the mechanism provided at the open end of the upper component portion. Since the closed state of the mechanism plate 40 is held at the open end of the mechanism plate 40 together with the plate locking lever 76, the firmly closed state of the mechanism plate 40 can be maintained.

Next, the winning ball payout control board 73 provided on the side of the winning ball processing device cover 71 which covers the winning ball processing device will be described. The prize ball payout control board 73 includes a prize ball payout device 58, a winning ball processing device, an operation switch or a display provided on the upper plate 6, or the card unit device 1.
A connector terminal for connecting the wiring from No. 1, a hitting mode switch for selecting whether or not the hitting ball firing operation is stopped when a hit-ball detecting sensor provided in the ball tank 42 is activated, and a numerical value indicating the type of failure , An error display, and a reset switch for resetting when the control operation runs out of control.

The winning ball payout control board 73 receives the winning ball signal from the winning ball detector 66 and derives a drive start signal to the stepping motor of the winning ball payout device 58.
A signal from a payout detection sensor provided in the prize ball payout device 58 is counted, and when the counted value reaches a predetermined number of prize balls, a drive stop signal is derived to the stepping motor to perform a prize ball payout operation. Stop. Further, a drive start signal is derived to the stepping motor, and a drive signal is given to the winning ball discharge solenoid 68 of the winning ball processing device. Further, when there is a signal from the out-of-ball detection sensor provided in the ball tank 42 or a full tank switch provided in the surplus ball passage 64, a stop signal is derived to the stepping motor when the payout operation for the winning is completed or immediately. It has become. In addition, the number of prize balls is two (or two or more)
In some cases, the number of winning balls with the smaller number of prize balls may be stored, and the payout operation corresponding to the stored value may be preferentially executed. In this way, even if the stored value is erased due to a power failure or the like, it is possible to pay out with a relatively large number of payout prize balls to the player. If this is not taken into consideration, any of them may be designed to be stored. Similarly, when a ball lending request signal for a game ball is received from the card unit device 11, a predetermined number (for example, 25 pieces / 100 yen) of game balls is provided by the award ball payout device 58 by the same operation as described above. Pay out.

The prize ball payout control board 73 for performing the above-described control is covered with a metal board storage box having a heat radiating hole.
The reset switch and the hit mode switch are not covered by the board storage box. That is, the connector, the error indicator, the reset switch, and the hitting mode switch are provided at the corners of the prize ball payout control board 73 and are located outside the L-shaped board storage box whose parts are cut out. It has become.

Thus, the winning ball payout control board 73 covered by the board storage box is provided with a bottomed box-shaped board fixing frame (which is mounted on the surface of the lower passage cover body and on the pivot side of the lower component part). (Not shown) and is covered with the substrate cover 74.
Is attached to the substrate fixing frame so as to be openable and closable. The board cover 74 has a connection notch 75 formed at a corner thereof so that the connector, the reset switch, and the hitting mode switch are exposed to the outside similarly to the board storage box. The board cover 74
Is designed to cover the error indicator, but at least only the connector is exposed to the outside, for example,
The connection cutout portion 75 may be formed so as to cover switches such as a reset switch and a stop mode switch.

The mechanism plate 40 has been described above. The mechanism plate 40 is attached to a shaft pin 79 protruding above and below a bearing 78 fixed to one side surface of the game board storage rib 135. The latch 141 is fixed to one side of the shaft support 77 so that it can be freely opened and closed by being locked, and the mechanism plate fixing projection 141 is set at an appropriate position on the game board storage rib 135. By engaging with the mechanism plate locking lever 76 provided on the mechanism plate 40, the mechanism plate 40 can be held in a closed state.

(4) Frame Base Next, the detailed structure of the frame base 3 on which the game board 16 and the mechanism plate 40 are detachably mounted will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the relationship between the front opening / closing plate 4, the lower plate 7, and the frame base 3 mounted in front of the frame base 3, FIG. 5 is as described above, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a front view of the frame base 3, and FIG. 7 is a rear view of the frame base 3.

Referring to FIG. 6, the frame base 3 is formed integrally with a synthetic resin, and as shown in FIG.
And a lower plate 7 corresponding to the lower plate 7, the ashtray 8, and the operation handle 9. The front opening / closing frame corresponding portion 80 and the lower plate corresponding plate portion 81 are formed with a slight step as shown in FIG. Gaming area 22
Is opened. The opening 82 is formed in a horseshoe shape, and at one lower side thereof is formed a certificate stamp opening 83 through which a certificate stamp for certification of various organizations affixed to the lower side of the game board 16 faces.

The periphery of the opening 82 on the front side of the front opening / closing frame corresponding portion 80 is formed as a lamp board mounting step 86 slightly lower than the outer periphery for mounting the lamp board 89. A lamp substrate 89 is mounted on the upper portion of the lamp substrate mounting step 86 and on both left and right sides. More specifically, the lamp board mounting step 86
, Two parallel rib-shaped lamp substrate mounting bases 87 are protrudingly provided, and mounting claws 8 formed on the lamp substrate mounting base 87 are formed.
By locking the lamp substrate 89 with 8, the lamp substrate 89 can be attached to the lamp substrate attaching step 86 very easily. In a state where the lamp board 89 is mounted on the lamp board mounting base 87, the lamp 90 mounted on the lamp board 89 projects forward from the lamp board mounting step 86, that is, the front opening / closing frame 4 described later. The positional relationship is such that it is housed in the light leakage prevention rib 310.

A wiring 92 is connected to each of the lamp boards 89 attached to the lamp board mounting base 87, and a connector 94 is provided at one end of the wiring. Lamp board mounting step 86
Is connected to a relay board 93 which is fixed to the upper portion with screws. The relay board 93 has a door switch 9 for detecting the opening of the front opening / closing frame 4 in addition to the wiring connected to the lamp board 89.
The connector 95 attached to the tip of the wiring 97 extending from the connector 6 is also connected. The lamp substrate 89 and the wiring 9
Although the connection with 2 is made by soldering instead of a connector, it may be made by connector connection.

By the way, the relay board 93 and the lamp board 89
Are locked by wiring locking claws 91 formed on the lamp board mounting step 86, and the wiring is connected to the opening 8.
It is locked so as not to hang down on the two sides. Similarly, the wiring 97 connecting the relay board 93 and the door switch 96 is also penetrated through the wiring through hole 99 and is locked by the wiring locking claw 98 formed on the back side of the frame base 3. Since the wiring locking claws 91 and 98 are integrally formed when the frame base 3 is formed, a die opening is formed on the back side corresponding to the portion where the locking claws 91 and 98 are formed. Have been. This is the same in the case of the wiring locking claw 104 described later.

Further, a concave portion 84 for a glass mounting portion for accommodating a tip portion of a glass mounting pin 319, which will be described later, is formed on the left and right of the step portion 86 for mounting the lamp substrate.
In addition, since the one glass mounting portion concave portion 84 is located below the relay substrate 93, the wiring 92 of the lamp substrate 89 is not provided.
Is likely to enter the glass mounting portion concave portion 84, and in order to prevent this, an arc-shaped projecting piece 84 a protrudes along the outer periphery of the glass mounting portion concave portion 84. Opening 8
A glass pressing piece 85 is provided on the left and right in the middle of 2 so as to come into contact with the outside of the glass frame 393 of the multilayer glass plate 394 when the front opening / closing frame 4 is closed. This is to prevent the glass frame 393 from vibrating even when an external impact is applied so that noise is not generated.

A hinge storage recess 10 for storing and fixing the connecting hinge 101 is provided above and below one side of the front opening / closing frame corresponding plate portion 80.
0 is formed. The connecting hinge 101 fixed to the hinge storage recess 100 with a screw rotatably supports the front opening / closing frame 4, but differs from the conventional shaft supporting structure in that the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened. In this case, the front opening / closing frame 4 is gradually opened as the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened from the frame base 3, and its detailed structure is described in Japanese Patent Application No. 7-100021 previously filed by the present applicant. It is described in the specification. The connecting piece 10 is provided on the front surface of the connecting hinge 101.
2 is formed, and the front opening / closing frame 4 is connected to the connecting hinge 10 by hooking the locking notch 349 of the locking metal fitting 348 fixed to the back surface of the front opening / closing frame 4 to the connecting piece 102 from above.
1 is removably mounted on the device 1.

On the other hand, a security groove 103 is formed on the outer periphery except the lower side of the front opening frame corresponding plate portion 80. The security groove 103 is provided with a reinforcing security fitting 32 to be described later of the front opening / closing frame 4.
3, 324, and 325 security stand pieces 329 are inserted, and when the front opening / closing frame 4 is closed, the security stand pieces 329 are inserted.
Is inserted into the security groove 103, thereby preventing improper insertion of a thin wire such as a piano wire from the boundary between the front opening frame 4 and the frame base 3. Further, at one upper and lower ends of the frame base 3, bearing fittings 106 for supporting the frame base 3 to be freely openable and closable with respect to the outer frame 2 are fixed with screws. As shown in FIG.
The upper surface or the lower surface of the frame base 3 is fixed to the back surface of the frame base 3 with screws, and a bearing hole 10 is formed in the protrusion.
7 is formed, and a shaft support pin 36 a (see FIG. 8) of the shaft support member 36 fixed to the outer frame 2 penetrates through the bearing hole 107, and the frame base 3 is supported by the outer frame 2 to be openable and closable. Things.
Further, the security groove 103 on the pivot side of the front opening frame corresponding plate portion 80.
Slightly inside, the wiring locking claw 10 for locking the decorative collective wiring 142 connected to the back surface of the relay board 93.
The hook communication hole 105 is formed in the upper and lower portions adjacent to the security groove 103 on the open side. The wiring locking claw 104 is formed on the back side of the frame base 3, and when viewed from the front side, the die opening can be visually recognized. The hook communication hole 105 is penetrated by an engagement hook portion 248 of the locking device 210 described later, and the engagement hook portion 248 protruding forward from the hook communication hole 105 is engaged with the front opening / closing frame 4 by an engagement hole described later. It can be disengaged from the piece 330.

The lower part of the front opening / closing frame corresponding plate portion 80 is also formed as a plate-like support plate portion 108 which is further recessed than the lamp board mounting step portion 86. Upper plate opening 1 on one side
09 is formed, and a guide box member 119 is attached to a lower front portion of the upper plate outflow opening 109. A vertical wall 110 is provided along the upper and side portions of the front end face of the upper plate outlet opening 109.
Is erected, and a security horizontal rib 112 is erected from the upper end of the upright wall 110 forward. The rear end of the prize ball connection gutter 337 fixed to the back of the prize ball opening 336 of the front opening / closing frame 4 in a state where the front opening / closing frame 4 is closed is provided in a space formed by the standing wall 110 and the security horizontal rib 112. The portion can penetrate, so that an illegal tool such as a piano wire is not inserted from between the rear end of the prize ball connection gutter 337 and the upper plate outflow opening 109. In the present embodiment, the side of the upper plate outflow opening 109 is the crime prevention overhanging portion 111 having a larger width dimension than the upper portion. Horizontal rib 1
12 are protruded. A projecting piece 113 (see FIG. 4) extending rearward is projected from the upper surface of the rear end of the upper plate outflow opening 109, and the projecting piece 113 is inserted into the upper plate communication port 61 of the mechanism plate 40. Intrusion, such as a piano wire, which enters through the prize ball opening 336, is prevented from entering through a gap between the frame base 3 and the mechanism plate 40.

On the other hand, a security wall 114 is also provided upright on the upper portion of the support plate 108 on the opposite side of the upper plate outlet 109.
A horizontal security rib 115 is also provided on the upper part of the vertical security wall 114 so as to extend forward. This security horizontal rib 1
Reference numeral 15 also serves to prevent intrusion of an unauthorized device from the side of the front opening / closing frame 4 and the frame base 3. Also, the security standing wall 11
4, the game board 16 is placed when the game board 16 is placed.
Positioning projection 116 which engages with a positioning hole formed in
Is protruding.

On the front surface of the support plate 108, a guide box member 119 and a firing rail 117 are attached. The firing rail 117 places the hit balls supplied from the upper plate 6, which are supplied one by one from a ball feeding member 372, which will be described later, at a firing position at a downstream end thereof. The ball hit by a ball hammer (not shown) is guided to a guide rail of the game board 16. In addition, a hitting hole opening 118 for the hitting hammer facing the above-described hitting hammer is formed on the bottom surface constituting the step portion of the support plate portion 108 and at a corresponding portion on the downstream side of the firing rail 117. Further, between the upstream end of the firing rail 117 and the downstream end of the guide rail of the game board 16, there is a foul ball mouth 121, and a hit ball that runs backward on the guide rail without reaching the game area 22 is guided. It is guided to the box member 119.

The guide box member 119 includes an overflow ball entrance 120 for receiving a prize ball overflowing from the upper plate outflow opening 109 when the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened;
It has the foul ball opening 121 and a ball removal opening 122 for receiving the ball removed from the upper plate 6, and takes in the balls flowing in from the respective inlets into the discharge opening 123 formed in the support plate portion 8. The guide is guided to the lower plate 7 via the guide gutter portion 151 of the connection gutter 150 fixed to the lower portion of the back surface of the frame base 3. A triangular firing ball guide plate 124 protrudes from one side of the upper side of the guide box member 119 so that a hit ball traveling on the downstream end of the guide rail of the game board 16 does not collide with the multilayer glass plate 394. I'm guiding you.

The support plate 108 is formed with a lower hinge storage recess 100 for storing the connecting hinge 101 on the side of the above-described guide box member 119. The lower hinge storage recess 100 is provided above the hinge storage recess 100. A wiring passage opening 134 is provided. In the wiring passage opening 134, wiring from an electric component or the like mounted on the display unit substrate 363 described later provided in the upper plate 6 and wiring from an electric component (speaker 302) provided in the front opening / closing frame 4 are provided. These are led together to the back side of the frame base 3. Then, the wiring passage opening 134 is located on the pivot side of the front opening / closing frame 4 and at a position close to the prize ball payout control board 73 of the mechanism plate 40 and the decoration control board 201 stored in the decoration control board box 200. It will be established. At the position corresponding to the open side of the support plate portion 108, there is a lock projection 132 that projects most forward on the front side of the frame base 3.
2 is provided with a lock hole 133 facing a cylinder lock 216 of the locking device 210 described later.

The upper edge of the support plate 108 is formed to have substantially the same width as the game board 16 so that the game board 16 can be placed thereon, and the center thereof is shown in FIG. Thus, the holding member mounting recess 126 and the out ball communication port 12
5 are formed. The holding member mounting recess 126 has
A mounting boss 127 for mounting a game board fixing lever member 140a (see FIG. 5) for holding the lower portion of the back of the game board 16 in the game board storage rib 135 and pressing and fixing it when placed on the upper side of the support plate portion 108 is provided. It is protrudingly formed. As shown in FIG. 7, the out ball communication passage 125 is connected to an out ball communication passage 147 downstream of the out ball communication passage 125, and is taken into an out mouth 20 formed in the game board 16 at a downstream end of the out ball communication passage 147. Out ball guiding rib 1 for smoothly guiding the out ball to the out ball discharge passage 70 of the mechanism plate 40
49 are formed. As shown in FIG. 7, the back surface of the support plate portion 108 is closed by a closing plate 146 fixed by screws, and the back plate guiding rib 149 is formed on the closing plate 146. Is
An out ball outlet 148 is formed. Although not shown, the space between the support plate portion 108 and the closing plate 146 is hollow so as to form the out ball communication passage 147, and the hollow portion includes the firing rail 117, A large number of mounting bosses are provided to fix the guide box member 119 and the closing plate 146 with screws.

The front structure of the front opening / closing frame corresponding plate portion 80 of the frame base 3 is substantially as described above, but the lower plate corresponding plate portion 81 is provided.
, An excess ball discharge port 128 is opened substantially at the center thereof, an ashtray recess 129 is formed on the pivot side, and a wiring hole 130 is formed on the open side. Excess ball outlet 12
Reference numeral 8 denotes an opening for paying out extra prize balls to the lower tray 7, the ashtray recess 129 is for allowing the ashtray 8 to rotate, and the wiring through hole 130 is used for operation. An opening for passing wiring of various switches provided inside the handle 9 to the back side of the frame base 3. The lower plate corresponding plate portion 81 also has a large number of decorative plate mounting holes 131 for mounting a lower plate setting plate 160 described later.

On the other hand, in the back surface structure of the frame base 3, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the game board storage ribs 135 are integrally formed of synthetic resin. Since the game board storage rib 135 is for holding and supporting the game board 16 inside, it has a structure for supporting the game board 16 and components for accurately fixing the game board 16.
The game board storage rib 135 also has a component for accurately attaching a mechanism plate 40 provided on the back surface of the game board 16 and provided with various mechanisms for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls.

More specifically, as a structure for accommodating and supporting the game board 16, an inner contact step 137 that contacts the left and right front surfaces of the game board 16, and a plurality (two) of positioning projections 116 and 136.
There is. Of the two positioning projections 116 and 136,
One positioning projection 116 is provided on the rear surface of the security wall 114 as described above, while the other positioning projection 136 is provided on the upper center of the frame base 3.

In the game board storage structure as described above,
The lower part of the game board 16 is placed on the upper surface of the support plate part 108 and is positioned by the positioning projection 116.
7 and the upper part is positioned by the positioning projection 13.
The game board 16 can be stored at an accurate position by abutting and positioning by the rib 6 formed at the same height position as the inner abutment step 137. An outer frame contact rib 138 protrudes from the upper position. The upward movement range is reduced so that when the frame base 3 is closed with respect to the outer frame 2, there is no play.

Also, a plurality (four) of game board fixing levers 140, 140a are provided as parts for fixing the game board 16.
There is. The game board fixing lever 140 is pressed from the back surface of the game board 16 by rotating while the game board 16 is accurately mounted in the game board fixing lever mounting hole 139 formed at a position adjacent to the game board storage rib 135. To play board 16
Is firmly stored and supported on the game board storage rib 135. The fixed lever 140a is connected to the support plate 1
08 mounting boss 1 projecting from the holding member mounting recess 126
27.

There are a plurality of (three) projections 141 for fixing the mechanism plate as parts for attaching the mechanism plate 40.
However, one mechanism plate fixing projection 141 is attached to the open side on the back surface of the closing plate 146 that covers the back surface of the support plate portion 108. Further, the other two mechanism plate fixing protrusions 141 are provided on the upper part on the open side and on the upper side on the pivot side. A bearing metal 78 for pivotally supporting the mechanism plate 40 so that it can be opened and closed is firmly fixed on one side and above and below one side of the game board storage rib 135 with a screw.

In the back surface structure of the frame base 3, as a configuration other than that described above, the wiring locking claw 104 formed from the upper side to the side of the shaft support side is connected to the back surface of the relay board 93 by soldering (connector connection may be used). ) Is locked, and a locking device 210 is fixed to the back surface on the open side, and the connecting gutter 1 is attached to the back surface of the lower plate corresponding plate portion 81.
50, a ball launching device 195, and a decorative control circuit board box 200 are fixed or mounted, and
6 is fixed. The decorative collective wiring 142 connected to the back surface of the relay board 93 is pulled out from the connection opening 143 to the back surface and is locked by the wiring locking claw 104. Mounting hole 13
A wiring holding piece 144 protrudes from the portion 9 so that the decorative collective wiring 142 does not become entangled with the ball-drawing operation lever (not shown) or the game board fixing lever 140. In addition, screw holes are formed on the upper and lower sides of the ball hole insertion hole 145, and the ball operation lever is fixed to these screw hole holes. In addition, the locking device 210, the connection gutter 15
0, hitting ball launcher 195, decoration control circuit board box 2
00 will be described later in detail.

The detailed structure of the frame base 3 has been described above. Next, among the components mounted or fixed to the frame base 3, the lower plate set plate 160 attached to the front and rear surfaces of the lower plate corresponding plate portion 81. , Hit ball launching device 195, connection gutter 150,
The decoration control circuit board 201 housed in the decoration control circuit board box 200 will be described.
0, the front open / close frame 4 will be described sequentially.

(5) Lower Plate Set Plate, Hitting Ball Launcher, Connection Gutter, Decoration Control Circuit Board A lower plate set plate 160 covering almost the entire area is attached. The lower plate set plate 160 has a prize ball outlet 161 formed substantially at the center thereof, and a lower plate main body 162 constituting the lower plate 7 is assembled in front of the prize ball outlet 161. The lower tray main body 162 is provided with an ashtray mounting portion 164 for rotatably mounting the ashtray 8 on its pivotal support side, and a handle mounting hole 1 for mounting the operation handle 9 on its open side.
65 is integrally formed, and a ball pulling lever 163 is built in the front of the lower plate 7. Ball removal lever 163
Is to open the bottom surface of the lower plate 7 and remove the balls stored in the lower plate 7. The lower tray set plate 160 to which the ashtray 8 and the operation handle 9 are mounted is fitted with a mounting boss 166 projecting from the rear surface thereof into the decorative plate mounting hole 131, and then is screwed from the rear surface of the frame base 3 with screws. By fastening, it is fixed to the front surface of the lower plate corresponding plate portion 81.

As shown in FIG. 8, the ashtray 8 attached to the ashtray mounting portion 164 of the lower tray set plate 160 includes, as shown in FIG. Are overlapped from above and below. That is, the ashtray 8 can be configured by screwing a screw (not shown) corresponding to the mounting hole 170 formed in the ashtray cover 168 with the mounting boss 169 extending downward from the back surface of the ashtray main body 167. However, when the ashtray main body 167 and the ashtray cover 168 are overlapped, the bearing ribs 172 extending up and down from each,
The rotating shaft 173 is pinched by the rotary shaft 171, and the portion of the pinched rotating shaft 173 protruding outward from the ashtray 8 is inserted into the lower plate main body 162 and the shaft mounting member 174 provided in the internal space of the lower plate main body 162. Insert and E-ring 175
Fix with. As a result, the ashtray 8 is rotatably provided in the ashtray mounting portion 164 around the rotating shaft 173, and can be easily removed by rotating the butts accumulated inside the ashtray 8. Further, as compared with the conventional double-supported support, the structure in which the rotating shaft 173 of the ashtray 8 is supported on only one side is easy, and the ashtray 8 can be arranged as outside as possible. The ashtray can be installed in a position where it can be easily used.

As shown in FIG. 9, the operating handle 9 mounted in the handle mounting hole 165 includes a rear gripping member 180 fixed to the handle mounting hole 165, and a front side of the rear gripping member 180. Is fixed to the fixing boss 198 projecting from the front with a screw, and a touch ring 182
And a connecting boss 186 also protruding forward of the rear gripping member 180.
A holding member 184 fixed with screws 187 from the front,
A rotatable operation member 183 that is rotatably provided between the touch ring peripheral member 181 and the holding member 184, and a mounting screw 188 that is screwed from below in front of the holding member 184.
And a front gripping member 185 fixed by the above. A switch mounting boss 19 for mounting the main switch 189 is provided in front of the rear gripping member 180.
9, a volume 191 (variable resistor) is mounted inside the rear tubular portion. A volume shaft 192 is provided in front of the volume 191,
A rotating shaft 190 projecting rearward from the center of the rotating operation member 183 is engaged with the volume shaft 192. As shown in FIG. 9B, the engagement state is such that the rotation shaft 190 is inserted into an engagement groove formed at the center of the volume shaft 192.
In this state, the front ends of which are cut off at both ends are engaged. Therefore, compared to the so-called D-cut engagement where only one side is cut, only a biased load is not applied when a rotational moment is applied. Is improved. In addition,
A handle wire 193 is connected to the volume 191, and the handle wire 193 is connected to the handle mounting hole 16.
5 is led to the back surface of the frame base 3 through the wiring through hole 130 and is fixed to one end of the handle wiring 193.
94 (see FIG. 4) is connected to a launching device control circuit board 197 of the hit ball launching device 195 described later. The handle wiring 193 described above is
Not only the wiring connected to the
9, including the wiring connected to the touch ring 182.

In the operation handle 9 configured as described above, the main switch 189 is turned on and the rotation shaft 1 is turned by turning the rotation operation member 183.
90 and volume 191 via volume axis 192
Changes the resistance value. Further, the player operates the turning operation member 18.
When the player 3 is operating, the finger of the player touches the touch ring 182, so that the contact signal is also derived. Note that the rotation range of the rotation operation member 183 depends on the rotation operation member 1.
83 is determined by engagement between an arc-shaped long hole (not shown) formed in the inner peripheral plate portion of the inner peripheral plate 83 and a connection boss 186 penetrating through the arc-shaped long hole. The main switch 1 is operated by swinging a button (which is swingably provided between the rotation operation member 183 and the touch ring peripheral member 181).
A single shot can be performed by turning ON / OFF 89.

When the operating handle 9 is operated as described above, the hitting ball firing device 195 is driven.
95 is a stepping motor 196 as shown in FIG.
A ball hammer (not shown) fixed to the motor shaft of the stepping motor 196;
And a launching device control circuit board 197 (contained in a box in the drawing) for controlling the drive of the frame base 3 are fixed to one side of the lower plate corresponding plate portion 81 of the frame base 3 with screws. ing. In addition, an engaging wire member for rotating an operating member for rocking a rocking member 374 of a ball feed member 372, which will be described later, corresponding to the reciprocating operation is fixed to the hitting hammer, and the launching device is also mounted. The control circuit board 197 includes
The handle wiring 193, the wiring from the winning ball payout control board 73, and the power supply line from the terminal box 49 are connected to each other. Thus, the launcher control circuit board 1
The control by 97 is performed when the player operates the operation handle 9 and detects that the touch ring 182 is touched and that the main switch 189 is turned on.
After the stepping motor 196 is rotated in one direction for a predetermined time at a strength corresponding to the resistance value of the volume, a rotation signal in the reverse direction is sent for a predetermined time to return to the original position (firing position).
The cycle is controlled so that such a cycle is performed a predetermined number of times per minute (for example, about 100 times). When a signal from the prize ball payout control board 73 (a signal from the full tank switch or the ball detection sensor 57) is derived, it is controlled to stop when returning to the firing position.

Connection gutter A connection gutter 150 is fixed with screws on the back surface of the lower plate corresponding plate portion 81 of the frame base 3 and on the side of the hitting ball firing device 195. The connection gutter 150 is, as shown in FIG.
52 and a guide gutter portion 151 covering the back side of the discharge port 123 from which the balls guided to the guide box member 119 are discharged are provided in an overlapping manner in the front-rear direction. It is attached to the back. Then, the extra prize balls flowing out into the extra ball passage 64 and the overflowing balls, foul balls, and ballless balls received by the guide box member 119 are guided to the lower plate 7.

Decoration Control Circuit Board The decoration control circuit board 201 is stored on the back surface of the lower plate corresponding plate portion 81 of the frame base 3 opposite to the hitting ball launcher 195 with the connection gutter 150 interposed therebetween. The decoration control circuit board box 200 is fixed with screws. The decoration control circuit board 201 includes a decoration collective wiring 142 (provided that the decoration collective wiring 142 is provided from the lamp substrate 89 provided on the front side of the frame base 3).
The wiring of the door switch 96 is connected to the winning ball payout control board 73), and the connector 20 of the speaker wiring 346 from the speaker 302 provided on the back side of the front opening / closing frame 4.
2 is connected and receives a signal from a circuit board housed in the game control board box 33, and receives a signal from the decoration control circuit board 20.
1, and controls the driving of the lamps 90 and the speakers 302 according to a program provided in the CPU 1. The CPU 90 is also connected to a prize ball payout control board 73 to transmit a ball breaking signal, a prize ball signal, and an open / close frame release signal from the board 73. Receiving lamp 90
And the drive of the speaker 302. In addition, the door switch 96 is also a detector for notifying the opening, and has a security effect by notifying the opening.

(6) Locking Device Next, the locking device 21 fastened to the open back surface of the frame base 3
0 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the locking device 210. The locking device 210 not only locks the front opening / closing frame 4, but also locks the frame base 3.
This is a so-called W lock that can also lock the outer frame 2.

First, the structure of the locking device 210 is shown in FIG.
A description will be made centering on 0. The locking device 210 is formed collectively on a mounting substrate 211 formed in an L-shaped cross section.
That is, one side of the mounting substrate 211 is a mounting surface 212 that is fixed to a mounting boss protruding from the back surface of the frame base 3, and the other side perpendicular to the mounting surface 212 is the first side. The sliding member 213 is in sliding contact with the movable member 224. Thus, mounting holes 259 for fastening to the mounting boss are formed at appropriate intervals from the upper end to the lower end of the mounting surface 212, and the lock insertion port 21 is provided at a lower portion of the mounting surface 212.
4 have been established. A cylinder lock 216 is attached to the lock insertion opening 214. In this mounting, the mounting hole 217 of the cylinder lock 216 is aligned with a lock mounting hole 215 formed above and below the lock insertion opening 214. This is performed by fastening with screws 215a. Also,
An operating member 21 having a first operating projection 222 and a second operating projection 223 provided in a bifurcated manner at the rear end of the cylinder lock 216.
9 is fixed. The first operation projection 222 engages with an engagement recess 232 of the first movable member 224 described later to raise the first movable member 224, and the second operation projection 223 engages with the second movable member 238 described later. The second movable member 238 is lowered by engaging with the portion 255. The operating member 21
9 is fixed to the cylinder lock 216 by fixing a fulcrum hole 221 formed in the operating member 219 with a screw 220 so as to correspond to the operating member mounting hole 218 in the rear end central axis of the cylinder lock 216. . Further, the mounting surface 212 is provided with a rectangular hook through opening 257 slightly below the upper end and the center thereof. An engaging hook portion 248 projecting upward and downward from the second movable member 238 toward the front penetrates through the hook through opening 257.

On the other hand, an operation opening 246 is opened slightly above the center of the sliding contact surface 213. This operation opening 2
An operation lever 242 fixed to the middle mounting hole 247 of the second movable member 238 by a rivet and protruding rearward from a side edge is drawn out at 46. Abutting sliding surface 24 on the inner surface of the base
4 and an outer contact sliding surface 2 in which a part of the sliding contact surface 213 is extended.
45 slides. Further, the sliding contact surface 21
Above and below 3, an oval-shaped regulating slot 235 is formed. The restriction slot 235 is provided with a rivet (not shown) for connecting the upper and lower locking members 225 of the first movable member 224.
Penetrates and regulates the amount of vertical movement of the first movable member 224.

A first movable member 224 is provided on the inner surface of the sliding contact surface 213 of the mounting substrate 211 so as to be movable up and down while abutting on the inner surface. Is provided. The locking member 225 is a rod-shaped first movable member 22.
4 is connected with a rivet through a fastening hole 229. The connection by the rivet is the first connection.
Fastening hole 22 between main body of movable member 224 and locking member 225
9 is aligned with the restriction slot 235, and
The rivet is inserted from the outer surface of the sliding contact surface 213 and swaged, and the head of the rivet is
The first movable member 224 is mounted on the mounting substrate 211 so as to be able to move up and down so as to be positioned outside of the base 35. Further, the tip of the locking member 225 is
The guiding inclined portion 227 is inclined toward the bottom 25. The guiding inclined portion 227 is finally brought into contact with the engaging pieces 35 fixed vertically above and below the outer frame 2 when the frame base 3 is pushed and closed. This is for engaging the hook portion 226 of the locking member 225 with the engaging piece 35. An operation protrusion 228 projecting laterally is provided on the lower guiding inclined portion 227, and is used when the first movable member 224 is raised by hand operation.

Further, the first movable member 224 is
1 is attached to the inner side surface of the first sliding contact surface 213, the spring mounting portion 230 formed on the upper locking member 225 is formed.
And the spring mounting portion 2 provided on the second movable member 238
37, an upper spring 231 is inserted, and a spring mounting portion 23 formed on a lower locking member 225 is formed.
0 and a spring mounting portion 236 formed at the lowermost end of the mounting surface 212 of the mounting board 211.
31 so that the first movable member 22 is always
4 is biased downward. Further, in a state where the first movable member 224 is mounted on the mounting board 211, the first operation projection 222 is located below the upper edge of the engagement recess 232 formed slightly above the lower locking member 225. At the same time, the base of the horizontal portion of the L-shaped locking member 225 engages with the guide notches 233 formed at the upper and lower ends of the sliding contact surface 213, and the vertical portion of the locking member 225 is attached. Face 212
It is attached so as to be sandwiched between a guide projection 234 projecting vertically and a sliding contact surface 213.

A second movable member 238 is provided on the inner surface of the mounting surface 212 of the mounting substrate 211 so as to be movable up and down while being in contact with the second movable member 238. And a restriction slot 23 drilled at the bottom
9 into the rivet 240 from the outside.
By fitting the tip of 40 into a mounting hole 241 formed in the mounting surface 212, it is mounted on the mounting board 211 so as to be movable in the vertical direction within the range of the restriction elongated hole 239. In the second movable member 238, engagement hook portions 248 having inclined surface portions 249a and 249b on both upper and lower surfaces are provided at positions corresponding to the hook through openings 257 so as to protrude forward. This engaging hook portion 248
Is for engaging and disengaging an engagement piece 330 described later provided on the front opening / closing frame 4. Further, as described above, an operation lever 242 is provided in the middle of the second movable member 238 so as to protrude rearward, and an engagement piece 260 attached to a lower end in a direction in which it comes into contact with the sliding contact surface 213 is provided. Are linked.
At the lower end of the engagement piece 260, an engagement portion 255 that engages with the second operation projection 223 is formed.

The second movable member 238 thus configured
Is attached to the mounting substrate 211 with the rivets 240, the spring mounting portion 250 formed on the second movable member 238 and the spring mounting portion 2 formed on the mounting surface 212
52 and a spring 251 is inserted between the
The movable member 238 is urged upward, and the second operation protrusion 223 is located above the engagement portion 255 provided at the lowermost end of the engagement piece 260. The second movable member 238 includes the spring mounting portion 2
The relief hole 253 is located at a position corresponding to the mounting hole 25.
9 has a relief hole 254 at the position corresponding to the screw
The main body of the first movable member 224 and the lower locking member 225
Relief holes 256 are respectively formed at positions corresponding to rivets which are caulked to the fastening holes 229 connecting the first and second mounting projections 229. An escape opening 258 is opened at a position corresponding to the rotation range of the rotation.

The operation of the locking device 210 configured as described above will be briefly described. First, the unlocking and locking of the frame base 3 with respect to the outer frame 2 will be described. When a clerk of the game arcade inserts a predetermined key (not shown) into the cylinder lock 216 and turns it clockwise, the operating member 219 also turns clockwise. Rotate. Then, the first operation protrusion 222 and the engagement concave portion 232 are engaged with each other to raise the first movable member 224 against the urging force of the spring 231.
5 also rises. Therefore, the hook portion 2 of the locking member 225
26 and the latching piece 35 of the outer frame 2 are not in the engaged position relationship. In this state, the entire frame base 3 is rotated and opened by pulling the key inserted in the cylinder lock 216 in this state. Can be.

On the other hand, when the opened frame base 3 is closed, the frame base 3 is pushed in as it is to
25, the first movable member 224 rises against the urging force of the spring 231, and finally the hook portion 226 of the locking member 225 moves upward. The first movable member 224 is lowered by the urging force of the spring 231 at a position where the hook 226 of the locking member 225 and the hooking piece 35 are completely locked at the position where the hook 226 is locked.

Next, the unlocking and locking of the front opening / closing frame 4 with respect to the frame base 3 will be described. 219 also rotates counterclockwise. Then, the second operation protrusion 223 and the engagement piece 26
The engagement hook 255 engages with the engagement portion 255 to lower the second movable member 238 against the urging force of the spring 251, so that the engagement hook 248 also lowers. For this reason, the engagement hook portion 2
48 and the engagement piece 330 are released, and at the same time, the lower inclined surface portion 249b and the lower end edge of the notch portion 330a come into contact with each other and push the front opening / closing frame 4 toward the front side.
Jumps forward. Thus, the front opening / closing frame 4 can be opened (see FIG. 15B).

On the other hand, when closing the opened front opening / closing frame 4, the engaging piece 330 enters the hook communication hole 105 formed in the frame base 3 by pushing the front opening / closing frame 4 as it is, and the lower end of the engaging piece 330 is closed. And the inclined surface portion 249a on the upper portion of the engagement hook portion 248 contacts. By further pushing in this state, the lower end of the engagement piece 330 comes down against the biasing force of the spring 251 while the lower end of the engagement piece 330 comes into contact with the upper inclined surface 249a of the engagement hook 248, and finally, At a position where the engagement hook portion 248 is engaged with the engagement piece 330, the second movable member 238 is raised by the urging force of the spring 251 to move the engagement piece 330 and the engagement hook portion 2
48 are completely locked. When the front opening / closing frame 4 is unlocked, it can also be performed by pressing down the operation lever 242 with the frame base 3 open (see FIG. 15A).

(7) Front Opening / Closing Frame Next, the front opening / closing frame 4 provided on the front side of the frame base 3 so as to be openable / closable will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 11 to 20.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIGS. 1 and 4 are as described above. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the frame base 3 provided with the front opening frame 4 as viewed from the front. FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view, FIG. 12 is a rear view of the front opening / closing frame 4, and FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the ball game machine 1 in a state where the frame base 3 and the front opening / closing frame 4 are opened with respect to the outer frame 2. FIG. 14 is a partial perspective view showing the state of the wiring when the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened with respect to the frame base 3, and FIG.
FIG. 16 is a sectional view for explaining locking of the front opening / closing frame 4 with respect to the frame base 3, and FIG. 16 is for explaining the operation of the door switch 96 when the front opening / closing frame 4 is closed with respect to the frame base 3. 17 is a cross-sectional plan view for explaining a pivotal support structure of the front opening / closing frame 4 with respect to the frame base 3, and FIG. 18 is a multilayer glass plate attached to the front opening / closing frame 4. It is a cross-sectional view for explaining the mounting structure of
FIG. 19 is a partial rear view for explaining a processing structure of wiring laid on the back surface of the front opening / closing frame 4. FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating a relationship.

First, the structure of the front opening / closing frame 4 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. Front opening frame 4
Is a transparent plate holding section 500 having a multilayer glass plate 394 as a transparent plate attached to the circular see-through window 5 through which at least the game area 22 of the game board 16 can be seen, and stores and fires a shot to be fired. An upper plate portion 501 having an upper plate 6 for guiding to a position is formed of a vertically-long rectangular synthetic resin integrally formed. In addition, a reinforcing peripheral frame rib 300 is provided on the periphery of the front opening / closing frame 4 toward the rear to improve the strength of the front opening / closing frame 4.

First, the structure of the transparent plate holder 500 will be described. A speaker housing recess 301 for housing a speaker 302 is formed on the upper right and left sides. The speaker 302 housed in the speaker housing recess 301 is attached to the speaker mounting cover 303, and the mounting holes of the mounting pieces 304 projecting outward from a plurality of locations on the outer periphery of the speaker mounting cover 303 are attached to the speaker housing recess 301. Screws 308 are screwed in correspondence with speaker mounting bosses 306 protruding in the vicinity of the speaker mounting bosses 306 so as to be mounted and fixed. The center of the front surface of the speaker housing recess 301 is formed in an opening shape, and a mesh net 307 is attached so as to close the opening.
It is designed to pass through the voice generated from.

The circular see-through window 5 of the transparent plate holder 500
An opening 309 is formed at a position corresponding to the lamp substrate 89 along the outer periphery of the lamp substrate 89, and a light leakage preventing rib 310 is provided on the rear surface side so as to cover the periphery of the opening 309.
The light leakage preventing ribs 309 are provided so as to completely accommodate the lamp substrate 89 when the front opening / closing frame 4 is closed, and are emitted from the lamps 90 provided on the lamp substrate 89. It emits all light only forward. Of course, this light leakage prevention rib 3
10 also has the effect of increasing the strength of the front opening / closing frame 4. The opening 309 is closed by a lamp lens 311, and the attachment is performed by attaching a locking claw 312 protruding from the lamp lens 311 at an appropriate location on the outer periphery to the opening edge of the opening 309. The locking can be easily performed. In addition, a stamp paper see-through opening 313 is also provided at a position corresponding to the above-described place where the above-mentioned stamp is attached to the lower part of the front face of the game board 16, and a rib 314 is provided on the back side so as to cover the periphery of the opening 313. On the other hand, a see-through lens 315 is attached via a locking claw 316 so as to close the opening 313.

The lamp lens 311 is formed of a colored synthetic resin capable of transmitting light, and the inner periphery thereof is subjected to a diamond cutting process or the like to scatter light. Is simply designed so that the light can be seen through and the certificate stamp can be visually recognized. The light leakage preventing rib 310 and the rib 314 described above are
Although the strength of the front opening / closing frame 4 is improved, the largest of these ribs that contributes to the strength improvement is the rearward along the reinforcing peripheral frame rib 300 and the opening edge of the circular see-through window 5. This is a see-through window rib 5a protruding slightly.

Glass mounting pin bases 318 for mounting a multi-layer glass plate 394 are attached to the outside of the outer periphery of the circular see-through window 5 and at four places, up, down, left and right. 11 and FIG.
3, as shown in FIG.
19 and a pin base mounting portion 317 formed integrally with the left and right ends of the front opening / closing frame 4 on the back surface thereof.
It is fixed at 20. Thus, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 18, the glass mounting pin base 318 thus mounted is perforated on a mounting piece 395 of a glass frame 393 in which two glass plates 394 are bonded back and forth. Through the mounting hole 396 through the glass mounting pin 319, and
By rotating the stopper 397 pivotally supported by the base of the fifth member 5 to lock the concave portion of the stopper 397 in the locking groove 321 formed from the tip of the glass mounting pin 319, The multilayer glass plate 394 is detachably attached so as to close the circular see-through window 5. In addition, the stopper 397 is a stopper hole 3 formed at the base of the mounting piece 395.
98 is rotatably fastened to the screw 98 with a screw 399.

Further, on the back surface of the front opening / closing frame 4, inside the reinforcing peripheral frame ribs 300 on the upper side and the left and right sides excluding the lower side, reinforcing security members 322, 323, 324, 325 are provided on the back surface of the front opening / closing frame 4. The mounting bosses 327 protruding from the mounting holes 326 formed in the horizontal plane of the reinforcing security fittings 322, 323, 324, and 325 are fixed with screws 328 so as to correspond to the mounting bosses 327. More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, of the reinforcing security fittings 322 and 323 attached to the open side, the lower reinforcing security fitting 322 has a U-shaped cross section, and The upper security plate 501, which is cut out corresponding to the projection 132, is fixed to the lower part of the transparent plate holder 500 by being inserted therethrough. It is L-shaped, and its horizontal surface is attached to the mounting boss 327, while its vertical surface protrudes outside the reinforcing peripheral frame rib 300.
In addition, an engagement piece 330 protrudes horizontally from two upper and lower portions of the security standing piece 329. The engagement piece 330 is engaged with the engagement hook 248 of the locking device 210 described above. In addition, the reinforcement security fitting 3
A little below the horizontal plane corresponding to the 23 engagement pieces 330,
As shown in FIG. 15, a notch 330a is formed.

Further, the reinforcing security fitting 32 fixed to the upper side is provided.
4 also has an L-shaped cross section, and its horizontal surface is attached to the attachment boss 327, while its vertical surface is formed as a security pin 329 projecting outside the reinforcing peripheral frame rib 300. Reinforcement security fitting 3 similarly attached to the shaft support side
25 also has an L-shaped cross section, and its horizontal surface is attached to the attachment boss 327, while its vertical surface is formed as a security pin 329 protruding outside the reinforcing peripheral frame rib 300. However, on the horizontal plane of the reinforcing security fittings 324 and 325, the wiring pressing pieces 331 are appropriately spaced (the mounting holes 32).
6) at the same interval as the wiring holding piece 331.
The speaker wiring 346 extends from an electric component (the speaker 302 in the case of the present embodiment) provided on the front opening / closing frame 4 in cooperation with a wiring holding projection 332 projecting from the rear surface of the front opening / closing frame 4 at appropriate intervals. Are arranged.
That is, as shown in FIG. 19, the wiring 346 extending from the speaker 302 is previously attached to the mounting boss 327 and the wiring pressing projection 332.
And laying it, and in that state, the reinforcing security fitting 32
4 and 325 are fixed to the mounting boss 327 with screws 328 so that the speaker wiring 346 can be reinforced with the reinforcing security fittings 324 and 324.
It is laid out neatly and guided without jumping out of the space below 325. Note that the speaker wiring 346 laid as described above is arranged on a wiring pressing member 341 described later, and then guided to the back side of the frame base 3.

Next, the upper plate 501 will be described. As described above, the upper plate 6 is attached to the front side of the upper plate portion 501. The upper plate 6 and a configuration related thereto will be described with reference to FIGS. . The upper plate 6 is configured by fixing an upper plate main body 360 in which a plurality of synthetic resin members are combined on the surface of the upper plate portion 501. An opening 377 for a ball-drawing lever is formed in the upper plate portion 501 at the upper part on the open side, and the operating portion 381 of the ball-drawing lever 379 faces the hole 377 for the ball-drawing lever. The boring lever 379 is housed in the boring lever storage member 378 together with the spring 380 and is attached to the back surface of the upper plate portion 501. The boss 383 is attached to the ball piercing storage member 378.
The mounting pieces 382 projecting to the left and right of
It is fixed at 4. Also, the ball removal lever 379
A connecting member 385 is fixed to the back surface of the boss by a screw 385a. The connecting member 385 is used to hold the ball
And a connecting piece 386 whose front end is bent at a right angle. The connection piece 386 is engaged with a holding piece (not shown) of a ball removal valve (not shown) that passes through the ball removal valve opening 387. A ball removal valve (not shown) is provided with an alignment portion 362 (described later) of the upper plate main body 360.
The upper bottom body 3
60.

When the player moves the operation portion 381 in one direction against the urging force of the spring 380, the ball removing lever 379, the connecting member 385, and the ball removing valve (not shown) move, thereby causing the upper plate to move. Storage section 361 of main body 360
The balls stored in the main body 360
The hole 38 formed in the center of the lower portion of the upper plate portion 501 is caused to flow down a ball removing path (not shown) formed inside the hole.
8 to the ball removal entrance 122 of the guide box member 119
To the guiding gutter 15 of the connecting gutter 150 from the outlet 123.
1 to the lower plate 7. It should be noted that the above-mentioned bead removal lever storage member 378 and the connecting member
Is covered with a ball removing cover 389, and the ball removing cover 389 is fixed to a mounting boss 390 projecting from the back surface of the upper plate portion 501 with a screw 391.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper plate main body 360 has a prize ball opening 336 formed upstream thereof and a ball feed member opening 371 formed downstream thereof (see FIG. 11). It is formed to have a storage part 361 and an alignment part 362 so as to communicate with each other, and an upper bowl detector (not shown) is provided on the bottom rear surface in the middle of the alignment part 362.
The upper ball detector detects a ball that remains in the alignment section 362. The operation of the upper dish detector will be described later in detail.

The back of the prize ball opening 336 described above
As shown in FIG. 1, a winning ball connection gutter 337 is attached. The prize ball connection gutter 337 is fixed to mounting bosses 339 projecting from the left and right outer sides of the prize ball opening 336 with screws 340 corresponding to left and right mounting pieces (no reference numeral). Fall prevention member 33 so as to protrude to the lower part of
8 is provided swingably. This fall prevention member 33
When the front opening / closing frame 4 is closed with respect to the frame base 3, it swings so as to come into contact with the periphery of the front surface of the upper plate outflow opening 109 and come to a lower position of the winning ball connection gutter 337. The flow of the prize ball from the upper plate outflow opening 109 to the prize ball connection gutter 337 is smoothed. This prevents the prize balls protruding below the rear opening of the ball connection gutter 337 and stored in the prize ball connection gutter 337 from overflowing from the rear side.

Further, a ball feed member 372 having a swinging member 374 faces the above-described ball feed member opening 371. As shown in FIG. 11, the ball feeding member 372 has a fitting mounting boss 373 formed integrally on the left and right portions thereof fitted with a mounting boss (not shown) formed on the downstream end of the upper plate main body 360. The screw 3 is attached to a mounting boss 376 protruding near the ball feed member opening 371.
It is attached so that the back surface thereof is not pressed by a stopper 375 which is swingably fastened by 75a. Thus, the ball feeding member 372 attached as described above receives the ball supplied from the aligning portion 362 and the swinging member 374 that swings in conjunction with the reciprocating operation of the ball hammer of the ball launching device 195. The ball is supplied to the firing position of the firing rail 117 one by one according to the operation.

The upper plate main body 360 has a display portion substrate 363 and a buzzer 400 built therein. As shown in FIG. 1, the piezoelectric buzzer 400
The card unit device 1 is disposed so as to face a plurality of sound transmission holes 401 formed on the front surface of a lower space of the card unit device 1.
When a game ball lending abnormality based on No. 1 occurs (for example, a continuous beep, beep, beep) or when a game ball is lent (for example, a beep is sounded every time a game ball worth 100 yen is paid out). A notification sound for notifying the user is generated.

On the other hand, the display substrate 363 is
The transparent lens portion 370 is provided inside a transparent lens portion 370 formed of a translucent synthetic resin (smoke) and attached so as to cover the front portion of the zero alignment portion 362.
There are three buttons. The three buttons correspond to a ball lending switch 364, a return switch 365, and an automatic ball lending switch 366 mounted on the display unit board 363. Each of these switches 364 to 366 is connected to the card unit device 1 provided adjacent to the ball game machine 1.
An operation unit that is operated when borrowing a game ball through 1 is constituted. In addition, a frequency display LED 367, a ball lending display LED 368, and an automatic ball lending display LED 369 are mounted on the display unit board 363.

The ball lending switch 364 is a ball lending display LED.
When the game ball is borrowed by the card unit device 11 when the lamp 368 is lit, the return switch 365 is used to return the card inserted into the card insertion slot 33 of the card unit device 11 at the end of the game. It is for returning. In addition, the frequency display LED 367
Indicates the remaining amount of the card inserted into the card insertion slot 14 of the card unit device 11. Also,
The automatic ball lending switch 366 has a manual mode in which a game ball to be borrowed is operated by operating the ball lending switch 364, and an automatic ball lending switch when the remaining ball hitting the upper plate 6 is no longer detected by the upper ball detector. And automatic mode for paying out game balls in any mode.
When the automatic mode is selected and set, the automatic ball lending display LED 369 is lit. The upper plate body 360
Switch 364, return switch 365, frequency display LED 367, automatic ball rental switch 3
66, an automatic ball lending display LED 369, an upper ball detector, and an upper wire 347 extending from the buzzer 400 pass through a wire through hole 392 formed slightly above the ball hole 388 as shown in FIG. It is led out to the back side of the front opening / closing frame 4, is then gathered by the wiring holding member 341, is pulled out from the wiring through opening 134 to the back surface of the frame base 3, and is connected to the connector provided on the winning ball payout control board 73. ing.

The advantage in the case where the above-mentioned automatic mode is selected will be described. If a big hit game state occurs in the game contents of the game board 16, there is a chance to obtain a large number of winning balls in a short time. . Such a great chance for the player in the jackpot game state may occur when the remaining balls of the upper plate 6 are almost exhausted. In such a case, the hit balls are continuously fired to change the hit balls. In spite of the necessity of winning the specific winning area of the winning ball device 18, the hit ball does not remain in the upper plate 6, so that the ball rental switch 364 must be operated in a hurry to borrow a game ball. However, the ball rental switch 36
Since the game ball is paid out after the player operates the player 4 and it takes some time until the ball is fired and reaches the specific prize area of the variable prize ball device 18, there is an advantageous chance during that time ( However, if the automatic ball lending switch 366 is set to the automatic mode, the game is automatically performed when the upper ball detector detects the absence of a hit ball. Since the balls are paid out to the upper plate 6, the above-mentioned inconvenience does not occur. If the above-described control is not performed as the upper plate 6, the upper plate detector and the automatic ball lending switch 366 may be omitted.

The upper plate body 360 configured as described above.
As shown in FIG. 4, a mounting boss 402 projecting rearward at an appropriate position on the back surface of the upper plate main body 360 is fitted into a fitting hole 403 formed in the upper plate portion 501 of the front opening / closing frame 4. It is firmly attached to the lower front surface of the front opening / closing frame 4 by being fitted and screwed from the back with a screw (not shown). The upstream side of the upper plate main body 360 and the undulating portion 3 described in detail below.
Since the raised portions of 33 come into contact with each other, the undulating portions 33
3, a fitting notch 404 is formed such that the upstream side of the upper plate main body 360 fits. Further, the upper plate body 36
A wear prevention metal plate 405 is attached to a portion corresponding to the alignment portion 361 in a state where 0 is attached so that the front side of the front opening / closing frame 4 is not worn by a falling ball.

With the above, the transparent plate holder 500 and the upper plate 50
Although the detailed configuration of the first embodiment has been described, the following describes a portion considered by the applicant as a feature of the front opening / closing frame 4 according to the present embodiment.

The first feature is that an undulating portion 333 is formed in a vertical direction from the lower portion on the pivot side to the middle of the upper plate portion 501 and the transparent plate holding portion 500. The undulating portion 333 is formed in a wavy shape toward the front so that the rear surface is hollow. In addition, since the transparent plate holding portion 500 and the upper plate portion 501 are integrally formed of a synthetic resin as in the present embodiment, the upper plate 6 is attached to the surface of the upper plate portion 501, so that a large transparent view can be obtained. Although the transparent plate holding portion 500, which is weak in strength, is reinforced by the formation of the window 5, it is further reinforced by the undulating portion 333, so that the overall strength of the front opening and closing frame 4 is improved, and the front opening and closing is improved. The disadvantage that the frame 4 is easily damaged is eliminated. The undulating portion 333 is provided with an earphone jack 334 and a selection switch 335 for selecting music that can be heard from the earphone jack 334. Member 3
What is necessary is just to put those wirings together in 41.

The second feature is that the front opening frame 4 is pivotally supported on the frame base 3 so as to be freely opened and closed. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, a plurality (four) of mounting bosses 350 are provided on the upper and lower sides of the front opening / closing frame 4 for fixing the rectangular locking metal members 348 with the screws 351. .
The upper latch 348 is attached so as to cover the upper surface of the speaker attachment cover 303 as shown in FIG. The upper and lower locking fittings 348 each have a locking notch 349 formed in a rectangular shape, and the connecting notch 102 of the connecting hinge 101 attached to the upper and lower sides of the frame base 3 in the locking notch 349. Are engaged. That is, as shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B, the front opening / closing frame 4 is lowered downward while being in contact with the front of the frame base 3 slightly from above, so that the connecting piece 102 of the connecting hinge 101 and the locking metal fitting are lowered. 348 can be engaged with the locking notch 349 extremely easily. The front opening / closing frame 4 is pivotally supported on the frame base 3 so as to be freely opened / closed only by engaging in such a manner. Conversely, when removing the front opening frame 4, the front opening frame 4 can be removed from the frame base 3 extremely simply by lifting the front opening frame 4 in a state where the locking by the locking device 210 is released.

As described above, since the front opening / closing frame 4 and the frame base 3 can be attached and detached very easily, the transparent plate holding frame and the upper plate attaching frame are provided to be freely opened and closed by the hinge mechanism as in the conventional case. Large repairs (for example, when exchanging gaming machines on the game board 16)
In addition, the front opening / closing frame 4 does not interfere with the inspection, and an excellent effect that these operations can be easily performed can be obtained. In addition, when attaching / detaching the front opening / closing frame 4, the connection hinge 101 can be pulled out to the near side so that the connection can be performed while looking at the connection portion, so that it can be further easily performed.

The third feature is that the transparent plate holder 500
The speaker wiring 346 of the speaker 302, which is an electric component provided in the transparent plate holding portion 500, and the electric component provided in the upper plate mounting portion 501 in relation to the fact that the upper plate portion 501 and the upper plate portion 501 are integrally formed of synthetic resin. And the upper wiring 347 are integrated into one and then guided to the rear surface side of the frame base 3. That is, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the wiring holding member 341 is attached to the mounting boss 345 protruding from the back surface of the front opening / closing frame 4 slightly above the lower engaging metal fitting 348.
The screws 34 are arranged so that the mounting pieces 343 projecting above and below the
By fixing the wiring member 4, the wiring pressing member 341 is fixed. The wiring holding member 341 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape, and has a wiring locking piece 342 for hooking wiring on the side and rear surfaces thereof. Therefore, as described above, the speaker wiring 346 laid inside the reinforcing security fittings 324 and 325 by the wiring holding piece 331 and the wiring holding projection 332 is, as shown in FIG. 331 and the wiring holding member 341 are led out from the wiring holding protrusion 332 to the upper part of the wiring holding member 341 and hooked on the wiring holding piece 342 on the side surface.
It is hung on 42. On the other hand, the upper wiring 347 is
After being pulled out from the wiring through-hole 392, the wiring member is laid along the side surface from below the winning ball connection gutter 337, is hooked on the wiring locking piece 342 on the side surface, and then protrudes from the rear surface. It is hung on the stopper 342. The speaker wiring 346 and the upper wiring 347 hooked on the wiring locking pieces 342 of the wiring holding member 341 are combined into one, and are connected to the frame base 3 through the wiring passage opening 134 formed in the frame base 3.
The speaker wiring 346 is connected to the connector 202 of the decoration control circuit board 201, and the upper wiring 347 is connected to the connector of the winning ball payout control board 73. As shown in FIG. 12, the wire retaining pieces 342 protruding from the side surfaces of the wire pressing members 341 have key-shaped protruding pieces projecting from above and below, and the wires 346, 3
47 can be inserted, but any structure that does not easily come off may be used.

Thus, the speaker wiring 346 from the speaker 302 as an electric component provided on the transparent plate holding portion 500 and the upper wiring 347 from the display substrate 363 as an electric component provided on the upper plate 501 are connected. After being held together in one place by the holding member 341, one wiring passage opening 134
When the front opening / closing frame 4 is assembled to the frame base 3 as compared with the case where each wiring is guided to the back side through a separate wiring through opening as in the related art, Can be quickly and simply performed. In particular, in the case of the present embodiment, the wiring passage opening 13
4 is provided on the pivotal support side of the front opening / closing frame 4, and wiring 346,
The wiring pressing member 341 for collecting the wiring 347 is connected to the wiring passage opening 13.
4, the decoration control circuit board 201 and the prize ball payout control board 73 to which the wirings 346 and 347 are connected are also provided on the pivot side of the front opening / closing frame 4 and near the wiring passage opening 134. Therefore, a margin (slack of wiring) due to opening and closing of the wirings 346 and 347 can be minimized, and the wiring laying operation can be easily performed without bothering other components. In the above-described embodiment, only the speaker 302 is used as the electric component provided in the transparent plate holding unit 500.
D may be provided.

The fourth feature is that a door switch 96 for detecting that the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened is provided, and when the door switch 96 detects the opening of the front opening / closing frame 4, the payout of the prize ball payout device 58 is performed. The point is that the operation is stopped. This operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Before describing the operation, the ON / OFF of the door switch 96 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, a switch pressing projection 352 is provided on the back side of the front opening / closing frame 4 corresponding to the mounting position of the door switch 96, as shown in FIGS.
As shown in (B), the door switch 96 is turned ON / OFF as the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened / closed.

In FIG. 20, it is determined in step S1 whether or not the ball has run out, in step S2 it is determined whether or not the ball is open, and in step S3, it is determined whether or not there is a winning ball.
The broken ball is determined by the ball detection sensor 57 of the passage body 56, while the door is open, by the door switch 96, and the presence or absence of a winning ball is determined by the winning ball detector 66. If it is determined that the ball is out of play, that the ball is open, or that there is no winning ball, the winning ball payout control ends without executing the following steps S4 to S10. Is not done.

On the other hand, when it is determined that there is a prize ball when the ball is neither broken nor open, a game control in which the prize ball number signal is stored in the game control board box 33 from the prize ball payout control board 73 in step S4. When it is determined that the prize ball number signal requested in step S5 has been received, a prize ball payout request signal is output to the prize ball payout device 58 in step S6, and simultaneously with the prize ball processing device in step S7. The prize ball discharge solenoid 68 outputs a prize ball discharge request signal. Thereafter, in step S8, the prize ball payout device 58
When the signal from the payout detection sensor is received and it is determined in step S9 that the received signal has reached the number of payout requests, a prize ball payout stop request signal is output in step S10 to output the prize ball payout device. The stepping motor 58 is stopped to stop the award ball payout operation. In the above-described flow chart, when a broken ball is detected in the middle of the prize ball payout operation or when the opening of the front opening / closing frame 4 is detected, the prize ball payout operation is completed and the next prize is won. Although the payout operation by the ball is stopped, the payout operation of the prize ball may be stopped immediately when the out-of-ball is detected or when the opening of the front opening / closing frame 4 is detected. In the description of the operation shown in FIG. 20, the prize ball payout control by opening is completed at the stage of step S2. However, if the prize ball is not discharged to the player side, at what stage of step The prize ball payout control may be ended.

As described above, the reason why the prize ball payout operation is stopped when the front open / close frame 4 is opened in the present embodiment is as follows. That is, in the present embodiment, in order to increase the strength of the front opening frame 4 made of synthetic resin, the transparent plate holding unit 500 and the upper plate unit 501 which are conventionally separated and independently provided so as to be freely opened and closed are integrated. Therefore, it is not possible to open only the transparent plate holding portion 500, and when the transparent plate holding portion 500 is opened, the upper plate portion 501 is also opened. For this reason, for example, while the game on the game board 16 is in a big hit game state and a large number of winning balls are generated in a short time, the game board 1
When a trouble such as a ball jam occurs on the board of No. 6, the front opening / closing frame 4 must be opened in order to eliminate the ball jam, but the prize ball is continuously paid out by the prize ball generated in a large amount. Therefore, when the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened, there is a possibility that the prize ball jumps out of the upper plate outflow opening 109 and spills out of the ball game machine 1. In order to prevent such a situation from occurring, it is necessary to open the front opening / closing frame 4 after the prize ball payout operation by the generated prize balls has been completed, but the jackpot gaming state is interrupted while waiting. It is not advisable to open the front opening / closing frame 4 after waiting for such a situation. Then, in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, as in the above-described operation, the front open / close frame 4
When the player releases the prize ball, the payout operation of the prize ball is interrupted, the number of prize balls overflowing from the upper plate outflow opening 109 is reduced, and the front opening / closing frame 4 is opened in a short time to take necessary measures. Can be applied.

In particular, as in this embodiment, the door switch 96 is located on the open side of the front opening / closing frame 4 and the upper plate 6
If the upper plate outflow opening 109 communicating with the prize ball connecting gutter 337 is located on the pivot side of the front opening / closing frame 4, the door switch 96 is operated when the front opening / closing frame 4 is slightly opened to open the prize ball. When the payout operation is stopped and the door switch 96 is operated, the clearance between the upper plate outflow opening 109 and the rear end of the prize ball connection gutter 337 does not have an interval enough for the prize ball to overflow, so that the prize ball overflows. Will not fall. After that, the front opening / closing frame 4 is further opened a little, and the prize ball is dropped downward from the gap between the upper plate outflow opening 109 and the prize ball connection gutter 337, so that the prize ball enters the overflow ball entrance 120 of the guide box member 119. By guiding and keeping the state for a short period of time, all the prize balls stored on the downstream side in the front from the side wall 62 of the upper plate communication port 61 can be dropped into the guide box member 119, and thereafter, the front opening frame 4, the above-described treatment can be performed, and a remarkable effect that the opening operation of the front opening / closing frame 4 can be performed without spilling even one prize ball outside.

[0108]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a transparent plate holding portion having a transparent plate attached to a see-through window through which at least a game area of a game board can be seen, An upper plate portion having an upper plate for storing the ball and guiding the ball to a firing position is provided so as to be openable and closable with respect to a frame base on which the game board is mounted, and a predetermined number of prizes based on a prize ball generated in the game. In a ball game machine in which a mechanism plate provided with a prize ball dispensing device for dispensing a ball and a prize ball dispensing control means for controlling a prize ball dispensing process by the prize ball dispensing device are provided on the back side of the frame base, The plate holding portion and the upper plate portion are constituted by a front opening / closing frame integrally formed of synthetic resin, and a detector for detecting that the front opening / closing frame is opened is provided.
The present invention is characterized by including a payout prohibiting means for prohibiting a prize ball payout process by the prize ball payout device when the detector detects opening of the front opening / closing frame. With this configuration, the upper plate portion, which is reinforced by attaching the upper plate to the surface of the transparent plate holding portion that is weak in strength due to the formation of the large transparent window, is integrally formed. As a result, the overall strength of the front opening and closing frame is improved, and the disadvantage of being easily damaged is eliminated, while the prize ball payout operation is interrupted when the front opening and closing frame is opened. By reducing the number of prize balls overflowing from the connecting portion that pays out prize balls, the front opening frame can be opened in a short time and the necessary measures for troubles such as clogging can be quickly performed. it can.

In addition, while the detector is arranged near the open side of the front opening and closing frame, a prize ball connecting gutter for guiding the prize ball from the mechanism plate to the upper plate is provided near the pivot side of the front opening and closing frame. By maintaining the frame in a slightly open state in which the detector works, for a short period of time, the opening operation of the front opening / closing frame can be performed without spilling out even one prize ball.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ball game machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a frame base having a front openable frame as viewed from the front.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a relationship between a front opening / closing plate, a lower plate, and a frame base mounted in front of the frame base.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the ball game machine in a state where the mechanism board is opened and the game board is removed from the frame base.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a frame base.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the frame base.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure for attaching an ashtray to a lower plate set plate.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of an operation handle portion of the lower plate set plate.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the locking device.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the front opening / closing frame as viewed from the back.

FIG. 12 is a rear view of the front opening frame.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the ball game machine with the frame base and the front open / close frame opened to the outer frame.

FIG. 14 is a partial perspective view showing a state of wiring when the front opening frame is opened with respect to the frame base.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view for explaining locking of the front opening / closing frame with respect to the frame base.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the operation of the door switch when the front opening / closing frame is closed with respect to the frame base.

FIG. 17 is a plan cross-sectional view for explaining a pivotal support structure of the front opening / closing frame with respect to the frame base.

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view for explaining an attachment structure of a double-layer glass plate attached to a front opening frame.

FIG. 19 is a partial rear view for explaining a processing structure of wiring laid on the back surface of the front opening frame.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart for explaining the relationship between the operation of opening the front opening / closing frame and the operation of the prize ball payout device.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 ball game machine 2 outer frame 3 frame base 4 front opening / closing frame 5 circular see-through window (see-through window) 6 upper plate 16 game board 22 game area 40 mechanism board 58 prize ball payout device 73 prize ball payout control board (circuit board) Reference Signs List 96 Door switch (detection means) 103 Security groove 109 Upper plate outflow opening 117 Fire rail 134 Wiring opening 200 Decoration control circuit board box 201 Decoration control circuit board (circuit board) 300 Reinforcement peripheral frame rib 302 Speaker (electric part) 322 , 323, 324, 325 Reinforcement security fittings (reinforcement member) 329 Security erection piece 333 Undulating part 337 Prize ball connection gutter 341 Wire holding member 342 Wire locking piece 346 Speaker wiring 347 Upper plate wiring 363 Display board (electric part) 364 Ball rental switch 365 Return switch 366 Automatic ball rental switch 367 Frequency display LED 368 Ball lending display LED 369 Automatic ball lending display LED 394 Multilayer glass plate 400 Buzzer 500 Transparent plate holder 501 Upper plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] An upper plate having a transparent plate holder having a transparent plate attached to a see-through window through which at least a game area of a game board can be seen, and an upper plate for storing a shot to be fired and guiding the shot to a firing position. And a mechanism plate provided with a prize ball payout device that is provided to be freely openable and closable with respect to a frame base on which the game board is mounted, and that pays out a predetermined number of prize balls based on winning balls generated in the game. In a ball game machine in which a prize ball payout control means for controlling a prize ball payout process by the prize ball payout device is provided on a back side of the frame base, the transparent plate holding portion and the upper plate portion are made of synthetic resin. And a detector for detecting that the front opening / closing frame is opened is provided, and the prize ball payout control means detects that the front opening / closing frame is opened. Sometimes payout ball Pinball game machine which comprises a dispensing inhibiting means for inhibiting the prize balls payout process by. 2. A prize ball connecting gutter for guiding a prize ball from the mechanism plate to the upper plate is provided near a pivot side of the front open / close frame, while the detector is arranged near the open side of the front open / close frame. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein: