JP2000334135A - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To produce a new front frame by reusing the main part of the front frame and replacing the surface layer on the front side of the front frame.
Provided is a ball and ball game machine that can easily change the design of a front frame and the like at a low cost and can effectively use the front frame constituent material. SOLUTION: A game board 5 is detachably provided on a front frame 3, and the front frame 3 has a skeletal part 44 having structural strength, an operation part 45 operated by a player, and a detachable front part of the skeletal part 44. And a surface layer 46 mainly having a decorative function.
The game board mounting means 4 for mounting the game board 5 is provided at 44.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, an arrange ball machine, and a play ball game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine usually has
An outer frame and a front frame which is opened / closed and detachably fastened to the outer frame via fastening means are made of wood such as plywood, and a game board mounting means made of synthetic resin is provided on the back side of the front frame. A game board is fixedly attached to the back side of the front frame via the game board mounting means in a detachable manner.

However, from the viewpoint of protection of wood resources and the like, the front frame is made of synthetic resin and the game board mounting means is integrally formed on the back side of the front frame as described in JP-A-4-348777. Things have been suggested.

[0004]

The conventional ball game machine is
Regardless of wooden or synthetic resin, the entire front frame is integrated, so you can reuse a part of the old front frame to make a new front frame or replace the front side of the front frame It is very difficult to change the design, and there is a problem in terms of resource recycling.

[0005] That is, since the wooden front frame has a thin decorative plate adhered to the front side of the front frame and is integrally adhered to the other side, the front frame is required when a new front frame is manufactured or the design of the front frame is changed. It is very difficult in terms of cost and other things to peel off the veneer and attach another new veneer and reuse the body part of the front frame. All frames must be discarded.

Further, since the entire front frame made of synthetic resin, including the decorative surface on the front side, is integrated, it is possible to reuse the synthetic resin material itself that constitutes the front frame, but it is possible to reuse the front frame. It is not possible to make a new front frame or change the design simply by replacing the front side. For this reason, it is necessary to newly mold the entire front frame, and it is unavoidable to increase the production cost.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem,
By reusing the main part of the front frame and replacing the surface layer on the front side of the front frame, production of a new front frame, change of the design of the front frame, etc. can be performed easily and at low cost, An object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of effectively utilizing a front frame constituent material.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a ball game machine having a game board 5 detachably mounted on a front frame 3;
3 includes a skeleton part 44 having structural strength, an operation part 45 operated by a player, and a surface part 46 detachably attached to the front surface of the skeleton part 44 and mainly having a decorative function, A game board mounting means 4 for mounting the game board 5 on the skeleton portion 44.
It is provided with.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a gaming machine main body, which comprises an outer frame 2 and a front frame 3;
3, a game board 5 is mounted from the back side via a game board mounting means 4. The outer frame 2 is made of wooden or synthetic resin, and has a rectangular shape. The front frame 3 includes a pair of upper and lower fastening means 6,
It is attached to the outer frame 2 via a cable 7 so that it can be opened and closed and can be freely attached and detached.

The front frame 3 is provided with a game board mounting means 4 for detachably mounting the game board 5, a glass door 8 and a front plate 9 arranged in front of the game board 5, and an upper side of the glass door 8. And a lower plate unit (ball tray unit) 11 and a firing unit 12 arranged below the front plate 9.

The front plate 9 is disposed below the glass door 8 and has an upper plate unit (ball tray unit) 13 for storing game balls for firing on the front surface thereof, and launches game balls from the upper plate on the front surface. The ball feeding means 14 for feeding on a rail is mounted on each of the back surfaces. The ball feeding means 14 is adapted to feed the game balls in the upper plate unit 13 one by one onto the firing rail in conjunction with the firing operation of the firing means 12. The notifying means 10 is for notifying the player of the game state and the like on the game board 5 side with a visual effect, and is constituted by, for example, a jackpot display lamp or the like.

On the back side of the front frame 3, a back mechanism plate 17 is pivotally attached to the game board mounting means 4 via a pair of upper and lower hinges 15, 16 so as to be openable and closable and detachable. On one side, a firing motor 18 of the firing means 12 and the like are mounted.
The back mechanism plate 17 is a game board 5 mounted on the game board mounting means 4.
Game board mounting means 4 so that the
And is fastened by a plurality of fastening levers 19 in a closed state in contact with.

The fastening lever 19 is rotatably supported on the game board mounting means 4 by screws 20 as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, and the screw 20 is attached to and detached from the nut body 21 on the game board mounting means 4 side. It is screwed freely. The nut body 21 constitutes a metal fastening portion, and is inserted into the game board mounting means 4.

The back mechanism plate 17 has a game board 5 at the center thereof.
An opening 22 is formed in which the back cover 23 is fitted.
A game ball tank 24 and a tank rail 25 are provided above the opening 22.
However, payout means 26 is arranged on one side of the left and right, and a passage unit 27 and a control board unit 28 are arranged on the lower side. The payout means 26 pays out a specified number of game balls supplied from the game ball tank 24 via the tank rail 25 at the time of winning, and the upper plate unit 13 or the lower plate unit 11 through the passage unit 27.
It is configured to be sent out.

The control board unit 28 includes the firing motor 18
And so on. On the back cover 23, a main control board unit 29 for controlling game operations on the game board 5 side, a display control board unit 30 for controlling various display lamps on the game board 5 side, and the like are mounted.

As shown in FIG. 4, an inner rail 31 is mounted on the front surface of the game board 5, and a guide rail 32 and an inner rail 31 are provided.
Liquid crystal display means in a game area 33 surrounded by 31
34, starting gate 35, starting winning means 36, normal winning means 37 ~
39, game parts such as the special winning means 40, the decorative lamp 41, and the like, and upper display lamps 42, 43 are provided at upper left and right corners outside the game area 33, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 3, the front frame 3 includes a skeleton portion 44 having structural strength, an operation portion 45 operated by a player, and a surface layer portion 46 mainly having a decorative function. A surface portion 46 is detachably mounted on the front surface of the portion 44.

The skeleton portion 44 is generally made of synthetic resin, and includes a part of the fastening means 6 and 7, the game board mounting means 4, the lower plate skeleton body 47 of the lower plate unit 11, the guide rail 32, the firing rail 48, and The game board mounting means 4, the lower plate skeleton 47 and the guide rail 32 are integrally formed with the skeleton portion 44.

As will be described later, the skeletal portion 44 is provided with a plurality of fastening portions for detachably attaching various mounting components to the skeletal portion 44 with screws or the like at required places. At least a part of the plurality of fastening portions is made of metal, and is inserted into the skeleton portion 44.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7,
A rectangular window 49 corresponding to the game board 5 is formed on the front side, and a large number of reinforcing ribs 50 are integrally formed vertically and horizontally on the back side. In addition, on the outer peripheral side of the skeleton portion 44, a step portion 51 corresponding to the front surface side of the outer frame 2 is provided by a reinforcing rib 50. Note that the skeleton portion 44 is an integrally molded product.

The game board mounting means 4 includes a gate-shaped or other mounting frame 52 to which the game board 5 is fitted, and a support frame 53 for supporting the game board 5 fitted to the mounting frame 52 from below. With
The mounting frame 52 is formed integrally with the upper edge and the left and right edges of the window 49 so as to project rearward from the back side of the skeleton 44 so that the support frame 53 corresponds to the lower portion of the window 49, respectively. I have.

Of the pair of left and right vertical sides of the mounting frame 52, the rear mechanism plate 17 is connected via hinges 15 and 16 to the vertical sides on the fastening means 6 and 7 side.
Is pivoted. A lower set plate 54 is provided below the support frame 53.
The firing rail 48 and the like are fixed to the lower set plate 54 via a mounting plate 55.

On the inner periphery of the game board mounting means 4, an abutment plate 56 with which the game board 5 abuts is integrally formed from the back side, and the guide rail 32 is provided on the inner periphery of the abutment plate 56. Contact plate 56
Is used as both a receiving plate and a decorative plate on the front side of the game board 5, and extends from the upper side of the mounting frame 52 to one side in the left-right direction to substantially the center of the support frame 53 in the left-right direction. It is provided.

The abutment plate 56 has openings 57, 58 in which the upper display lamps 42, 43 at the upper corners of the game board 5 are fitted, and game balls dispensed from the dispensing means 26. And a guide rail 32 is integrally formed so as to bend forward from the inner peripheral edge. The guide rail 32 is curved at a predetermined curvature so as to surround the game area 33 of the game board 5 and guide the game ball fired from the firing rail 48 side to the game area 33.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the fastening means 6, 7 are provided with an outer frame hinge bracket 60 fixed to the outer frame 2 side,
And a front frame hinge bracket 61 fixed to the front frame 3 side.
, So as to be detachably and rotatably connected. The front frame hinge bracket 61 is a mounting portion bent to the back side of the skeleton portion 44.
A mounting portion 61a is detachably fixed to a nut body 63 inserted into the skeleton portion 44 with a screw 64. The nut body 63 is made of metal and forms a fastening portion for fastening the front frame hinge bracket 61 to the skeleton portion 44.

The surface layer portion 46 is a thin plate-shaped synthetic resin integrally molded product that covers substantially the entire area of the skeleton portion 44 from the front side.
And the surface layer of the operation unit 45 are integrally provided. That is, as shown in FIGS.
A surface cover portion 65 abutting on the front side of the skeleton portion 44, an inner peripheral bent portion 66 bent from the inner peripheral edge of the surface cover portion 65 to the inner peripheral side of the skeleton portion 44, and a skeleton from the outer peripheral edge of the surface layer cover portion 65. Part 44
The outer peripheral bent portion 67 bent to the outer peripheral side is integrally provided, and the inner peripheral bent portion 66 and the outer peripheral bent portion 67 are inserted into the nut bodies 68, 69 inserted on the inner and outer periphery of the skeleton portion 44 by screws 70, 71, respectively. It is detachably fixed. The nut bodies 70 and 71 constitute a fastening part for fastening the surface layer part 46 to the skeleton part 44, and are made of metal.

As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the glass door 8 is a rectangular frame-shaped door frame 72, a glass holding frame 73 on the back side of the door frame 72, and is detachably inserted into the glass holding frame 73. A glass plate 74, and one end of the door frame 72 is hinged to a hinge 75.
The other end is locked by a locking means 76 so as to be freely openable and closable to the skeleton portion 44 through the opening. The hinge 75 is attached to the surface 46
At the same time, the fixing means 77 of the locking means 76 is mounted on the skeleton 44 by the screws 70 together with the surface layer 46. The front plate 9 is also attached to the skeletal portion 44 in the same manner as the glass door 8 side.

The lower plate unit 11, as shown in FIG.
A lower plate skeleton 47 constituting the lower plate main body, and the lower plate skeleton 47
And a lower plate cover 78 that covers the bottom plate, and a lower plate skeleton body 47 is fitted into the lower plate cover 78 so as to be freely detachable from the rear side. The lower plate skeleton body 47 is integrally molded with the skeleton part 44 so as to protrude forward from the lower center of the skeleton part 44. The lower plate skeleton 47 may have a structure different from that of the lower plate main body, and the lower plate skeleton 47 may support the lower plate main body.

The lower plate cover 78 has an opening 79 corresponding to the lower plate skeleton 47 and a fitting edge 80 formed along the periphery of the opening 79 and at least the front end side of the lower plate skeleton 47. It is provided with a mating receiving section 81 that is
It is formed integrally with the surface layer portion 46 so as to protrude forward from 65. An ashtray 82 is provided in the lower tray cover 78.

The skeleton portion 44 is formed with a ball guide port 83 communicating with the inside of the lower plate skeleton body 47, and an overflow ball guide gutter 84 is mounted so as to project rearward. Overflow ball guide gutter 84
Is for guiding the overflowing sphere overflowing through the passage unit 27 to the inside of the lower plate unit 11 when the game balls of the upper plate unit 13 are full, and the back side of the skeleton portion 44 by screws or the like. It is attached to.

The operating section 45 is constituted by, for example, an operating handle 85 for the firing means 12 operated by the player, and the surface layer is formed integrally with the surface layer section 46. That is, the firing handle 85 is provided with a rotary knob 86 as shown in FIG. 14, is inserted into a surface cylinder 87 integrally formed with the surface cover portion 65 of the surface portion 46, and is provided on the back side of the skeleton portion 44 with a firing means. It is connected to 12 mechanisms. The launching means 12 is operated when the rotating knob 86 is gripped and rotated, and launches the game ball on the launching rail 48 toward the guide rail 32. Note that the operation unit 45 may be anything that is operated by the player.

As shown in FIG. 13, the notifying means 10 includes a lens portion 88 integrally or separately molded on the surface cover portion 65 of the surface portion 46, and one or a plurality of lenses incorporated on the back side of the lens portion 88. A plurality of display lamps 89, and the display lamp 89 is
The substrate 90 is mounted on the rear side of the surface layer cover section 65 so as to be detachable.

According to the above-structured ball game machine, there are the following advantages. The front frame 3 has a skeleton 44 having structural strength.
And an operation section 45 operated by the player, and a surface layer section 46 mainly having a decorative function.
Is detachably mounted, so that a new front frame 3 can be manufactured by reusing the skeleton portion 44, which is a main portion of the front frame 3, and replacing the surface layer portion 46 on the front side thereof. Front frame 3
It is possible to change the design of the front frame 3
Can be easily manufactured and the design can be changed easily and at low cost. Therefore, the front frame constituent material can be effectively used,
Useless consumption of resources can be prevented as much as possible.

The skeleton 44 having structural strength has a front frame.
The front frame 3 can be easily fastened to the outer frame 2 by the fastening means 6, 7 for fastening the front frame 3 to the outer frame 2. Moreover, the skeleton portion 44 is generally made of synthetic resin, and the game board mounting means 4 for detachably mounting the game board 5 and the lower plate skeleton body 47 of the lower plate unit 11 arranged on the lower front side are formed on the skeleton portion 44. , The skeletal portion 44, the game board mounting means 4 and the lower plate skeletal body 47 can be easily molded, the number of parts can be reduced, and operations such as assembly can be facilitated.

In particular, since the lower plate skeleton 47 is integrally formed with the skeleton portion 44 and the lower plate unit 11 is supported by the lower plate skeleton 47, the strength of the lower plate unit 11 can be secured. . Further, since the lower plate skeleton 47 constitutes the lower plate main body of the lower plate unit 11, the lower plate main body separately provided is connected to the lower plate skeleton.
It is structurally very simple compared to the case where it is supported by 47.

Since the skeleton 44 is covered from the front by the surface 46, the skeleton 44 can be designed with emphasis on its structural strength, and the design of the front side of the front frame 3 is exclusively used for the surface 46.
Can be determined by the side. Informing means 10 is provided on the surface layer 46.
Since the lens portion 88, the surface cylinder 87 of the firing handle 85, and the lower plate cover 78 of the lower plate unit 11 are integrally molded, their molding is easy and the number of parts can be reduced. And work such as assembly can be facilitated.

The surface layer portion 46 is provided integrally with an inner peripheral bent portion 66 and an outer peripheral bent portion 67 on the inner and outer peripheries of a surface cover portion 65 corresponding to the front surface of the skeleton portion 44. In order to fix the skeleton portion 44 between the skeleton portion 44 and the nuts 68 and 69 of the skeleton portion 44 by screws 70 and 71, the inner peripheral bent portion 66 and the outer peripheral bent portion 67 are fitted to each other. Despite the structure in which the front surface is covered with the surface layer portion 46, screws and the like are not exposed on the front side of the surface layer portion 46. Further, the strength of the surface layer portion 46 itself is also improved by the inner peripheral bent portion 66 and the outer peripheral bent portion 67.

Although the lower plate cover 78 is formed integrally with the surface layer 46, the lower plate skeleton is attached to the fitting receiving portion 81 on the opening 79 side.
Since the fitting edge portions 80 of the 47 are fitted, the lower plate cover 78 can be reliably supported by the lower plate skeleton 47. Moreover, the fitting receiving portion 81 of the lower plate cover 78 and the fitting edge 80 of the lower plate skeleton 47 are
Since they are fitted so that they can be freely inserted and removed in the front-rear direction, they can be easily assembled and connected.

A metal fastening portion, that is, a nut body, is
63, 68, 69 are inserted, and the fastening means 6, 7, the surface layer 46, etc. are detachably attached to the skeleton 44 by screws 65, 70, 71 screwed to the nut bodies 63, 68, 69. As a result, it is easy to attach / detach the fastening means 6, 7 to / from the skeleton part 44, the surface layer part 46, etc., and even when reusing the skeleton part 44, use the nut bodies 63, 68, 69. The fastening means 6, 7 and the surface layer 46 can be easily fixed to the skeleton 44. Further, since the skeleton portion 44 is made of a synthetic resin, insert molding of the nut bodies 63, 68, and 69 can be easily performed.

Since the skeleton portion 44 is integrally provided with the guide rails 32 on the inner peripheral side thereof, in combination with the fact that the skeleton portion 44 is made of synthetic resin, the game board 5 is provided with the guide rails 32. It can be easily manufactured as compared with. In particular, since the firing rail 48 is provided on the skeleton portion 44 side, the relative position between the firing rail 48 and the guide rail 32 can be easily and reliably adjusted, and the game ball is smoothly guided from the firing rail 48 to the guide rail 32. it can.

Further, on the outer peripheral side of the guide rail 32, a contact plate 56 is provided which is in contact with the front surface of the game board 5, and the guide rail 32 is provided on the inner peripheral side of the frame portion 44 via the contact plate 56. Therefore, the guide rail 32 can be reinforced by the contact plate 56, and the guide rail 32 is deformed by the game board 5 when the game board 5 is attached / detached even though the guide rail 32 is on the inner peripheral side of the skeleton portion 44. This can reduce damage to the guide rail 32 and other damage.

Further, since the abutment plate 56 is provided integrally with the guide rail 32, decoration outside the game area 33 can be performed with the abutment plate 56. Therefore, since the guide rail 32 is located on the skeleton portion 44 side and the abutment plate 56 can decorate the outside of the game area 33, the number of components to be mounted on the game board 5 side can be reduced.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.
For example, the skeleton portion 44 may be made of wood, or may be configured by combining metal aggregates. In this case, the game board mounting means
4. The lower plate skeleton 47 may be formed separately from the skeleton 44 in advance, and may be detachably fixed to a predetermined portion of the skeleton 44 with screws or the like.

In the embodiment, the firing handle 85 is exemplified as the operation section 45 operated by the player. However, the operation switches for the automatic ball rental machine are provided on the front side of the front frame 3, the lower plate unit 11, and the like. When the operation unit is provided, the surface layer body of the operation unit may be provided integrally with the surface layer unit 46.

When the guide rail 32 is provided on the skeleton portion 44 side, in addition to being integrally molded with the contact plate 56 or the like as shown in the embodiment, a metal rail material such as stainless steel is used.
The rail member may be fixed to the skeleton portion 44 with screws or the like, or the rail member attachment portion may be inserted and fixed to the contact plate 56 or the like.

The notification means 10 is not limited to a jackpot display lamp or the like, but may be other display lamps. Also in that case, it is possible to configure a part of the notification means 10 integrally with the surface layer portion 46. Of course, it may be provided separately from the surface layer portion 46. Front frame hinge bracket 61 of fastening means 6, 7
Alternatively, the side of the mounting portion 61a may be inserted into the frame portion 44.

The fastening portion for fastening the surface layer portion 46 and other accessory parts to the skeleton portion 44 is constituted by the nut bodies 63, 68, and 69 in the embodiment, but the fastening portion at a location where a large load is applied. May be constituted by a metal nut body or the like, and the fastening portions at places where a not so large load is applied may be formed integrally with the synthetic resin skeleton portion 44. The surface cylinder 87 may be provided separately from the surface portion 46. As the change of the surface layer portion 46, a change of a resin material, a change of its color, and the like can be considered in addition to the design.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the pachinko machine, but can be similarly applied to various ball game machines such as an arrangement ball and a play ball game machine.

[0049]

According to the present invention, in a ball game machine having a game board 5 detachably mounted on the front frame 3, the front frame 3
Has a skeleton portion 44 having structural strength, an operation portion 45 operated by a player, and a surface layer portion 46 which is detachably attached to the front side of the skeleton portion 44 and mainly has a decorative function, and has a skeleton portion. 44
In addition, a game board mounting means 4 for mounting the game board 5 is provided, so that the skeleton portion 44 and the game board mounting means 4 which are main parts of the front frame 3 are reused, and the front side of the front frame 3 is By exchanging the surface layer portion 46, a new front frame 3 can be manufactured, the design of the front frame 3 can be easily changed at low cost, and the front frame constituting material can be effectively used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

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

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the ball game machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a game board showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the skeleton showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of the upper fastening means, showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of a lower fastening means side showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a glass door attachment section showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a glass door attaching portion showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a lower plate unit side according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a vertical cross-sectional view illustrating a notifying unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a vertical cross-sectional view of an operation means according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Front frame 4 Game board mounting means 5 Game board 10 Notification means 32 Guidance rail 33 Game area 44 Skeleton 45 Operation section 46 Surface layer

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A ball game machine having a game board (5) detachably mounted on a front frame (3), wherein the front frame (3) includes a skeleton (44) having structural strength, and a player An operation unit (45) operated by
A surface portion (46) which is detachably attached to the front side of the skeleton portion (44) and mainly has a decorative function, and the skeleton portion (44)
And a game board mounting means (4) for mounting the game board (5). 2. The skeleton part (44) is formed by connecting the front frame (3) to an outer frame.
The ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising at least a part of fastening means (6) (7) for fastening to (2). 3. The surface layer portion (46) covers at least the skeleton portion (44) from the front and constitutes at least a part of a notifying means (10) for notifying a player of a game state or the like with a visual effect. The ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a part. 4. The skeleton part (44) is generally made of a synthetic resin,
The ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said game board mounting means (4) is formed integrally with said frame portion (44). 5. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the skeleton includes a guide rail for guiding a game ball to a game area of the game board. The ball game machine according to any one of the above. 6. The skeleton (44) is generally made of synthetic resin,
The ball game machine according to claim 5, wherein the guide rail (32) is formed integrally with the skeleton portion (44). 7. The surface layer portion (46) is substantially similar to the skeleton portion (44).
7. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball game machine is an integrally molded product covering substantially the entire area of the ball game machine.