JPH114939A - Prize winning device with lamp and game member with lamp - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a large-size base and to prevent a projection area from expanding in a prize-winning device with a lamp and a game member with a lamp for a pin ball game machine. SOLUTION: The prize-winning device 10 has a guide path 26 of L-shape which changes crosswise en route and a terminal which is open as an outlet. In addition, a base 34 is mounted in such a direction that it is in parallel with a flange part 24 and has a connector 36 anchored to the back face. An area below the connector 36 on the base 34 is a space 38 for printing the name of a manufacturer, a type number and a serial number, on which the name of a manufacturer, the type number and the serial number can be printed. In this prize-winning device 10, the base 34 is arranged at a position away from a game board 12 rather than from the outlet and in such a direction that the base 34 is almost in parallel with the game board 12. Consequently, a projection area in a perpendicular direction with the game board 12 of the prize-winning device 10 does not expand, even when the size of the base 34 is enlarged to such an extent that the name of a manufacturer can be printed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize winning device with a lamp for a ball and ball game machine and a game member with a lamp.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various winning devices are attached to a game board of a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine and an arrangement ball type pachinko machine. In such a prize device, there are an entrance of a game ball arranged on the front side of the game board, a taxiway for guiding the game ball flowing from this entrance to the back side of the game board, and a game guided to the rear side by the taxiway. A winning device with a lamp including an outlet for discharging a ball, a lamp for emitting light toward the front side of the game board, a translucent decorative portion for covering the front side of the lamp, and a substrate for relaying the lamp and the power supply side. There is.

Conventionally, in such a winning device with a lamp, a board for relaying the lamp and the power supply side is arranged, for example, in parallel with the game board below the taxiway. This is because the projected area of the prize device with a lamp is reduced (the hole to be drilled in the game board for mounting the prize device with a lamp can be reduced), and also the overall length is shortened.

[0004]

Recently, however, it has been necessary to clarify the source of each part in order to prevent the illegal alteration of parts of the ball game machine and the use of nonstandard parts. It has been demanded. Specifically, it is required to print the manufacturer name on all parts, and the substrate of the winning device with a lamp is no exception. In addition, there is a demand for the use of a connector for connection of an electric component instead of soldering.

In order to satisfy these demands, the area of the substrate must be significantly larger than in the past, and if such a large substrate is mounted in the same manner as in the past, the substrate will protrude downward. Since the projected area of the prize-winning device with a lamp is increased, it is necessary to increase the size of a hole to be drilled in the game board for mounting the prize-winning device with a lamp.

However, if such a large hole is formed in the game board, it is necessary to take measures such as enlarging a portion on the front side of the game board of the prize device with a lamp to cover the hole. Alternatively, if the substrate is moved upward to reduce the projection area, the substrate and the guide path interfere with each other, and the path needs to be changed, for example, by swinging the guide path, which complicates the structure. However, the projection area could not be increased.

[0007] Similarly, as a game member having a lamp and a board, there is a windmill with a lamp and the like, and even in these, a similar problem is derived with the enlargement of the board.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to prevent a projection area from increasing when a large-sized substrate is used in a winning device with a lamp or a game member with a lamp.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a prize-winning apparatus with a lamp for solving the above-mentioned problems, comprising: an entrance of a game ball arranged on a front side of a game board of a ball game machine; A guide path for guiding the game balls flowing from the entrance to the back side of the game board, an exit for discharging the game balls guided to the back side by the guide path, and light directed toward the front side of the game board. A lamp that emits light, a translucent decorative portion that covers the front side of the lamp, and a board that relays the lamp and the power supply side. Also, since it is arranged at a position away from the game board and in a direction substantially parallel to the game board, the projected area of the prize-winning device with a lamp does not increase even if the size of the substrate is increased to some extent.

The position farther from the game board than the exit is, for example, a position at the rear end when the entrance side is the front and the exit side is the rear. As the lamp, a light emitting diode (LED) or a light bulb can be used. It is preferable that the specific dimensions of the substrate of the winning device with a lamp be determined under the conditions as described in claim 2.

That is, the prize-winning device with a lamp according to claim 2 is the prize-winning device with a lamp according to claim 1.
The board is provided with one of a pair of connectors for connecting the power supply side and the board, and has at least a region for printing a manufacturer name, and includes the entrance and a decorative portion, and It is characterized in that it has a size that falls within the range of projection of the front portion on the front side to the game board side.

Here, one of the pair of connectors is, for example, one of a male connector and a female connector, and the printing is not limited to direct ones such as printing and engraving.
It also includes the attachment of nameplates and printing stickers. With such substrate dimensions, it is possible to prevent an increase in the projected area of the winning device with a lamp while satisfying the conditions of printing the manufacturer's name and using the connector.

[0012] Also, the decorative part is usually arranged below the entrance, and therefore the lamp also tends to be arranged on the lower part of the winning device with a lamp. In this case, the electric path connecting the lamp and the substrate is also disposed below the winning device with the lamp, for example, below the taxiway. When an LED is used as a lamp, the silk pins of the LED pass through the lower side of the guideway and reach the substrate, so that the silk pins hinder and the outlet cannot be provided downward.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the prize winning device with the lamp according to the first or second aspect, wherein the lamp is a light emitting diode, and the silk pin of the lamp extends below the taxiway. It is characterized by reaching the substrate along the taxiway, and the outlet is opened to the side of the taxiway. With this configuration, there is no possibility that the silk pin blocks the outlet.
In addition, the LED and the substrate can be connected at the shortest distance, and the wiring path is simplified.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming member with a lamp, comprising: a translucent decorative portion disposed on a front side of a game board of a ball game machine; a lamp disposed inside or behind the decorative portion; In a game member with a lamp including a board for relaying the lamp and the power supply side, one of a pair of connectors for connecting the power supply side and the board is attached, and at least an area for printing a manufacturer name is provided. Characterized in that the substrate is disposed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the game board. As described above, when the board is oriented perpendicular to the game board, there is practically no restriction on at least the length of the board, and the size of the board can be increased. In addition, the projection area does not increase even if the length is increased.

Examples of the game member with a lamp include a windmill with a lamp, a winning device with a lamp, a decorative lamp fixed to a game board, and the like.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[0017]

Embodiment 1 As shown in FIGS. 1 (b) and 2, a winning device with a lamp (hereinafter simply referred to as a winning device) 10 of the present embodiment.
Is attached to the game board 12 so as to penetrate a hole 14 provided in the game board 12 of the ball game machine.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the front portion 16 of the prize winning device 10 arranged on the front side of the game board 12
Is composed of a chucker section 20 forming the entrance 18 of the game ball, a decorative section 22 provided in a step-like manner below the chucker section 20, a flange section 24 closely contacted with the game board 12, and the like. The interior of the decorative portion 22 is hollow, and the front side (a fan-shaped portion shown below the chucker portion 20 in FIG. 1A) is translucent.

As shown in FIG. 3, an upper half of the prize winning device 10 has a guiding path 26 which is continuous from the inside of the chucker unit 20.
Is provided. This taxiway 26 has an L-shape that changes its direction sideways at a portion deviating from the hole 14 of the game board 12,
The end is open as outlet 28. Therefore, when the winning device 10 is mounted on the game board 12, if there is a game ball falling from above and flowing into the entrance 18, the game ball is guided to the rear side of the game board 12 through the guide path 26. , Outlet 28. The discharged game balls are guided to a mechanism for winning processing through, for example, a gutter-shaped passage.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
The LED 30 as the lamp of the present invention is installed horizontally at the bottom of the zero (the lower side of the taxiway 26).
The leading part of 0 is located inside the decoration part 22. The ends of the two silk pins 32 of the LED 30 are soldered to a substrate 34 attached to the rear end of the winning device 10.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, the board 34 is mounted in a direction parallel to the flange portion 24 (ie, the game board 12), and a connector 36 is fixed to the back surface thereof. . The substrate 34 is provided with a printed circuit for connecting the connector 36 and the silk pins 32. Therefore, if the connector 36 is connected to a connector (not shown) on the power supply side and a current corresponding to the rating of the LED 30 flows, the LED 30 can emit light.

The area below the connector 36 on the board 34 is a printing area 38 for printing a manufacturer name, a model number, a serial number, and the like.
D Corporation (manufacturer name), A-1 (model number), B00
01 (production number) can be printed.

In the winning device 10, the substrate 34 is arranged at a position farther from the game board 12 than the exit 28 and in a direction substantially parallel to the game board 12, so that the above-mentioned manufacturer name and the like can be printed. Even if the size of the substrate 34 is increased to such an extent, the projected area of the winning device 10 in the direction perpendicular to the game board 12 does not increase. Therefore, it is not necessary to make the hole 14 large. 1 and 2, the size of the hole 14 is only slightly larger than the external dimensions of the substrate 34.

Further, since the substrate 34 does not interfere with the guide path 26, the guide path 26 can be made linear as in the prior art. For example, it is necessary to bend the guide path 26 while avoiding the substrate 34. Since there is no prize, the winning device 10 does not increase in size. Moreover, the silk pins 32 of the LED 30 are connected to the taxiway 2
6 along the taxiway 26 to the substrate 34,
Since the exit 28 is opened to the side of the taxiway 26,
There is no possibility that the silk pin 32 will block the outlet 28,
The ED 30 and the substrate 34 can be connected with the shortest distance, and the wiring path is simplified.

[0025]

[Embodiment 2] This embodiment is an example in which the invention according to claim 4 is applied to a windmill with a lamp as a game member with a lamp. As shown in FIGS. 4, 6 and 7, the windmill with a lamp 50 is a game board (not shown).
And a base plate 52 for attaching the base plate. FIG. 4-
As shown in FIG. 7, a screw hole 74 is provided through the base plate 52, and a pair of substrate holding members 5 are provided on the back side of the base plate 52.
4 are protrudingly provided. The base plate 52 holds a substrate 56 via these substrate holding members 54. On the upper surface of the substrate 56, a connector 58 is fixed. A pair of LEDs 60 is attached to the lower surface of the substrate 56. Although not shown, the substrate 56 is provided with a printed circuit for connecting the connector 58 and the silk pin 62 of the LED 60. Therefore, if the connector 58 is connected to a connector (not shown) on the power supply side and a current corresponding to the rating of the LED 60 is applied, the LED 6
0 can emit light. As shown in FIG. 7B, the base plate 52 is provided with through holes 64 corresponding to the LEDs 60, so that light from the LEDs 60 can pass through the front of the base plate 52.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, a bearing member 66 is provided at the center of the back surface of the base plate 52.
The bearing member 66 holds a rotating shaft 68. The base plate 52, the substrate holding member 54, and the bearing member 6
6 is integrally formed of the same material plastic.

Although not shown in detail, the rotating shaft 68
Project through the base plate 52 and protrude toward the front side of the base plate 52, and are connected to the center of a windmill 70 arranged on the front side of the base plate 52. For this reason, the windmill 70
The rotating shaft 6 is held by the bearing member 66 via the rotating shaft 68.
It can rotate forward and backward around 8. The windmill 70 is made of a light-transmitting plastic and has a substantially hollow interior.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 6, and 7, a projection 72 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the windmill 70, and the game ball is efficiently rotated by colliding with the projection 72. The windmill 50 with a lamp has a game with a screw (not shown) penetrating through a screw hole 74 with the windmill 70 protruding toward the front side of the game board and the back surface of the base plate 52 abutting against the surface of the game board. Attached to the board. Therefore, in the windmill 50 with the lamp, the substrate 56 is substantially perpendicular to the game board.

For this reason, even if the connector 58 is mounted and the size of the substrate 56 is increased to the extent that the above-mentioned manufacturer name or the like can be printed, the projected area of the windmill 50 with lamp on the game board can be increased. There is no. Therefore, the windmill 5 with the lamp
There is no need to increase the size of the hole drilled in the game board for mounting the zero.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the two embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments and can be implemented in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a structure of a winning device with a lamp according to a first embodiment, FIG. 1 (a) is a front view, FIG. 1 (b) is a side view,
FIG. 1C is a rear view.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the winning device with a lamp according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the winning device with a lamp according to the first embodiment.

4A and 4B are explanatory views of the structure of a wind turbine with a lamp according to a second embodiment. FIG. 4A is a plan view, FIG. 4B is a front view, and FIG.
4C is a bottom view, and FIG. 4D is a rear view.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the windmill with a lamp according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view from the front side of a windmill with a lamp according to a second embodiment, and FIG.
(B) is a perspective view from the lower front side.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view from the back side of the windmill with a lamp according to the second embodiment, and FIG.
(B) is a perspective view from the lower rear side.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Winning device with lamp 12 Game board 14
Hole 16 Front part 18 Entrance 20 Chucker part 22 Decoration part
24 ... Flange part 26 ... Guiding path 28 ... Exit 30 ... LED 32
... Silk pins 34 ... Board 36 ... Connectors 38 ... Printing area 50 ... Windmill with lamp (game member with lamp) 52
... Base plate 54 ... Board holding member 56 ... Board 58 ... Connector 60 ... LED 62 ... Silk pin 64 ... Through hole 66 ... Bearing member 68 ... Rotating shaft 70 ... Windmill 72 ... Protrusion 74 ... Screw hole

Claims (4)

[Claims] An entrance of a game ball arranged on the front side of a game board of a ball game machine, a guide path for guiding a game ball flowing from the entrance to a back side of the game board, and An outlet for discharging game balls guided to the back side, a lamp for emitting light toward the front side of the game board, a translucent decorative portion covering the front side of the lamp, the lamp and a power supply side And a board for relaying the game board, wherein the board is arranged in a direction substantially parallel to the game board at a position farther from the game board than the exit. Winning device with lamp. 2. The prize winning device with a lamp according to claim 1, wherein the board is provided with one of a pair of connectors for connecting the power supply side and the board, and at least an area for printing a manufacturer name. A prize device with a lamp having a size that falls within a range of projection of a front portion including the entrance and the decoration portion on the front side of the game board toward the game board. 3. The winning device with a lamp according to claim 1, wherein the lamp is a light emitting diode, and a silk pin of the lamp reaches the substrate below the taxiway along the taxiway. Wherein the exit is opened to the side of the taxiway. 4. A translucent decorative portion disposed on the front side of a game board of a ball-and-ball game machine, a lamp disposed inside or behind the decorative portion, and relaying the lamp and a power supply. In the gaming member with a lamp comprising a board, one of a pair of connectors for connecting the power supply side and the board is attached, and the board having at least an area for printing a manufacturer name, the game board, A game member with a ramp, which is arranged in a direction substantially perpendicular to the game member.