JP2011098155A - Method of manufacturing resin-made game board - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly, easily, and inexpensively produce various kinds of resin-made game boards with an opening different in shape and size. <P>SOLUTION: In producing various kinds of resin-made game boards A to C having the openings 1A to 1C formed thereon, different in shape and size according to the shape and size of the components of the game board for mounting the board components to the resin-made game boards A to C, one kind of resin-made game board X is molded by one kind of injection mold so that a standard opening 1X can be formed, through injection molding, in a common opening area only that is the smallest opening among those openings 1A to 1C and that does not exceed the outer peripheral edges of the other openings. After the resin-made game board is injection-molded, the outer periphery of the standard opening is cut off by a router machine 10 to become a desired shape and size, thus producing resin-made game boards A to C of such various kinds in which the desired board component can be each mounted on the resin-made game boards. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a resin game board used in a gaming machine using a pachinko ball such as a pachinko, an arrangement ball, or a sparrow ball as a game medium.

  As is well known, game boards such as pachinko, arrange balls, sparrow balls, etc. are made of plywood or synthetic resin and formed into a flat plate shape, with nails, windmills, regular prize openings, variable prize openings in the game area on the front. An electronic display or the like is arranged. A game ball launched from the launching device flows down the game area while colliding with a nail, a windmill, etc., and flows into a winning opening or an outlet at the lower end. Enjoy watching the movement. Such a game board is made of synthetic resin instead of plywood from the viewpoint of defective product generation due to deformation of wood, and from the viewpoint of environmental protection and design, and was especially molded by transparent synthetic resin Since the game board can arrange a symbol display device and various decorative members on the back side, it has an advantage that a novel design can be taken and the interest is enhanced.

By the way, generally, game boards need to form mounting holes in various shapes according to the size of the variable prize opening, electronic display, or their arrangement position, shape, etc. Accordingly, it is necessary to manufacture a variety of game boards. For this reason, when trying to mold these various kinds of game boards by injection molding of synthetic resin, there is a problem that a large number of molds are required and the manufacturing cost is remarkably increased.
On the other hand, Patent Document 1 below shows a game board manufacturing method in which a flat synthetic resin plate is formed by an extrusion molding method, and a mounting hole and a nail hole are cut using the router processing machine. Has been.
Moreover, the following patent document 2 has a description of a manufacturing method in which a mounting opening is integrally formed when a game board is molded by an injection molding method.
Furthermore, in Patent Document 3 below, by providing a frame fitting portion in a molding die used in the injection molding method and providing a frame (nesting) so that it can be mounted and replaced, the shape of an opening such as a display window of a display device can be obtained. The game board manufacturing method is shown in which an opening of a winning device or the like, an out-ball discharge port, a nail hole, and the like are formed by subsequent machining.

Japanese Patent No. 3720829 Japanese Patent No. 3836586 JP 2008-545 A

However, since the manufacturing method shown in Patent Document 1 is to form all openings in a flat synthetic resin plate by cutting, there is a disadvantage that it takes processing time and the production efficiency is not good. Since all resin material in the opening becomes waste as cutting waste, the material yield is poor, especially when manufacturing a game board that requires a large opening for mounting a large electronic display or accessory. Therefore, there is a problem that the cost of disposing it as a waste material increases, and resources are wasted.
Moreover, although the manufacturing method shown in Patent Document 2 does not waste material as in Patent Document 1, a dedicated mold must be prepared for each model of gaming machine, which is as large as a gaming board. A mold that can mold a molded product takes time and cost to manufacture, and has a problem that it cannot cope with a sudden design change or a trend of models in a short time.
In addition, the manufacturing method disclosed in Patent Document 3 has a problem in that it tends to cause molding defects because the cooling effect and temperature distribution of the entire molding die that affect the fluidity of the molten resin vary depending on the shape of the piece. In addition, since a groove-like line is formed on the game board surface of the molded product at the part that hits the boundary between the piece fitting part and the piece of the molding die, it looks bad and the transparency necessary for the game board is also impaired. There is a problem of being.
The present invention is intended to solve such problems.

  For this purpose, the invention described in claim 1 has various shapes and sizes of openings formed in the resin game board in order to attach the board parts to the resin game board in accordance with the shapes and sizes of the board parts. When manufacturing various types of resin game boards, the size is the smallest among the openings of the specific parts of each resin game board, and the outer peripheral edge of the openings is outside the other openings of the specific parts. After molding one type of resin game board with one type of injection mold so that the reference opening is formed by injection molding only in the common opening area that does not protrude from the periphery, and after injection molding the resin game board By cutting the outer peripheral edge of the reference opening with a router machine and expanding the reference opening to the required shape and size, various types of resin game boards are manufactured. To be able to attach the parts of the board And features.

  A variety of game boards can be manufactured easily and quickly at low cost, and the production efficiency is improved.

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  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 illustrate three types of resin board A, game board B, and game board C made of resin for a pachinko machine manufactured according to the present invention, each of which has its largest opening. Large panel parts such as electronic displays and center accessories are attached to 1A to 1C, corner decorations such as lamp decorations are attached to the left and right openings 2A to 2C and openings 3A to 3C, and the lower sides of the openings 1A to 1C A winning device such as an electric variable prize winning opening is attached to the openings 4A to 4C. 5 is a notch hole for discharging out balls common to the game boards A to C formed at the lower edge of the game board, and 6 to 9 are common to the game boards A to C formed near the four corners of the game board. It is a round hole for mounting.

  In manufacturing the above three types of game boards A to C, first, in the present invention, one type of resin game board X as a base shown in FIG. 4 is first molded by one type of injection mold. That is, the gaming board X shown in FIG. 4 has notches 5 for discharging the out balls common to the gaming boards A to C, and round holes 6 to 9 for mounting, as well as openings 1A to 1A. A reference opening 1X is emitted at a portion corresponding to 1C, a reference opening 2X at a portion corresponding to openings 2A to 2C, a reference opening 3X at a portion corresponding to openings 3A to 3C, and a reference opening 4X at a portion corresponding to openings 4A to 4C. It is formed by molding. The reference opening 1X is formed only in the common opening region that has the smallest size among the openings 1A to 1C and whose outer peripheral edge does not protrude from the outer peripheral edges of the respective 1A to 1C. The reference opening 2X is formed only in a common opening region that has the smallest size among the openings 2A to 2C and whose outer peripheral edge does not protrude from the outer peripheral edges of the respective 2A to 2C. Of the openings 3A to 3C, the size is minimized, and the outer peripheral edge is formed only in the common opening region that does not protrude from the outer peripheral edges of the respective 3A to 3C. Further, the reference opening 4X is formed only in the common opening region where the size is the smallest among the openings 4A to 4C and the outer peripheral edge does not protrude from the outer peripheral edges of the respective 4A to 4C.

  After the game board X is manufactured by injection molding in this way, as shown in FIG. 5, the outer peripheral edge of the reference opening 1X of the game board X is cut by the router processing machine 10 so that the reference opening has the required shape. The reference opening 1X is tailored to the opening 1A of the game board A by expanding to the required size. Similarly, by cutting the outer peripheral edge of the reference opening 2X and expanding the reference opening to the required shape and size, the reference opening 2X is tailored to the opening 2A, and the outer peripheral edge of the reference opening 3X is cut. By processing and expanding the reference opening to the required shape and size, the reference opening 3X is tailored to the opening 3A, and the outer periphery of the reference opening 4X is cut to make the reference opening the required shape and required. By expanding the size, the reference opening 4X is tailored to the opening 4A. In FIG. 5, a region to be scraped off by this cutting process is surrounded by a two-dot chain line. In this way, the game board A is manufactured from the game board X.

  Further, the peripheral edge of the reference opening 1X of the injection-molded game board X is cut by the router processing machine 10 and expanded to the area surrounded by the two-dot chain line shown in FIG. By cutting and expanding the reference opening 2X, the reference opening 2X becomes the opening 2B, the reference opening 3X becomes the opening 3B, and the reference opening 4X can become the opening 4B. A game board B is manufactured from the game board X.

  Similarly, as shown in FIG. 7, the reference opening 1 </ b> X is changed to the opening 1 </ b> C of the game board C by cutting the outer peripheral edge of the reference opening 1 </ b> X of the game board X to an area surrounded by a two-dot chain line. By cutting and expanding the reference opening 2X, the reference opening 2X becomes the opening 2C, the reference opening 3X becomes the opening 3C, and the reference opening 4X can be the opening 4C. A game board C is manufactured.

  Three types of game boards A to C are manufactured by expanding the reference openings 1X to 4X from one type of game board X formed by the injection mold in this way. And predetermined large board components are attached to the openings 1A to 1C, predetermined corner decorations are attached to the openings 2A to 2C and 3A to 3C, respectively, and electric variable prize winning openings are attached to the openings 4A to 4C. Further, by processing the reference openings 1X to 4X of the game board X into different shapes and sizes by cutting, various types of game boards are manufactured, and newly developed large board components, corner decorations, electric motors, etc. When attaching a variable prize winning opening or the like, it can be easily handled by simply changing the cutting shape of the router processing machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 8, by connecting the reference opening 1X and the reference opening 3X by cutting, a gaming board D having a larger opening 1D from the gaming board X as shown in FIG. Can also be manufactured.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a reference opening is previously formed in the game board by injection molding, and then the reference opening is expanded to a required shape and required size by cutting so that a desired board surface component can be attached. Therefore, there are few cutting parts, material yield is improved, waste material is reduced, resources are not wasted, manufacturing costs are reduced, and new models and design changes can be dealt with immediately by cutting. It has a beneficial effect.

A to D Game board 1A to 1D Opening 2A to 2C Opening 3A to 3C Opening 4A to 4C Opening 5 Notched hole 6 to 9 Round hole 10 Router processing machine X Injection molded game board 1X to 4X Reference opening

Claims (1)

  When manufacturing various types of resin game boards in which the shape and size of the openings formed in the resin game board vary according to the shape and size of the board parts in order to attach the board parts to the resin game board The injection molding is performed only in the common opening region that has the smallest size among the openings of the specific part of each resin game board and the outer peripheral edge of the opening does not protrude from the outer peripheral edge of the other opening of the specific part. 1 type of resin game board is molded by one type of injection mold so that the reference opening is formed by the above, and after molding the resin game board, the outer peripheral edge of the reference opening is cut by the router processing machine A variety of resin game boards are manufactured by processing and expanding the reference opening to the required shape and size, and the desired board surface parts can be attached to each resin game board. A method for manufacturing a resin game board.

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