JP2009213692A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Pachinko game machine capable of making it difficult to insert a piano wire to a game board and suppressing the narrowing of the game area of a game board. <P>SOLUTION: Since an outer rail 79 advances into a rail insertion port 122 of an intermediate door 90 when turning the intermediate door 90, the intermediate door 90 is not brought into contact with the outer rail 122. Thus, since the need of separating the outer rail 79 from the intermediate door 90 on the basis of the reduction of the diameter of the outer rail 79 is eliminated, the narrowing of the game area of the game board 77 by the influence of adding the intermediate door 90 is suppressed. Since an intermediate frame guard member 129 closes a gap mutually between the left frame part of an inner frame 7 and the left end part of the intermediate door 90 in the closed state of the intermediate door 90, it is made difficult to insert the piano wire into the game area of the game board 77 through the rail insertion port 122 of the intermediate door 90. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine provided with a lock mechanism that locks a front frame in a closed state.

Some pachinko machines have a structure in which a front frame is attached to a support frame. This front frame is mounted on the left end of the support frame so as to be rotatable between a closed state and an open state about an axis directed in the vertical direction. In the closed state of the front frame, the front frame is The game board is contacted from the front so as to surround the game board from the outside as viewed from the front. The front frame supports a transparent front window, and the front window faces the game board of the support frame from the front in a closed state of the front frame. This pachinko machine is equipped with a lock mechanism. This locking mechanism prohibits the front frame from being rotated from the closed state to the open state. The front frame is rotated from the closed state to the open state, and the obstacle nail of the game board is moved with fingers. It is installed for the purpose of preventing fraud such as bending. In the case of this configuration, when an unauthorized person forcibly operates the front frame from the closed state to the open state while the front frame is locked, a gap may be generated between the front frame and the support frame. For this reason, the piano wire is inserted into the game area of the game board over the inner rail or the outer rail of the game board from the gap between the front frame and the support frame, and the piano wire is hooked on the obstacle nail in the game area. There is a risk that fraudulent acts such as bending of obstacle nails will be performed. Each of the inner rail and the outer rail has an arc shape, and the game area is formed between the inner rail and the outer rail.
JP 2005-319219 A

  The applicant of the present application proposed to attach an intermediate frame to the support frame. This intermediate frame is mounted on the left end of the support frame so as to be rotatable between a closed state and an open state about an axis directed in the vertical direction. When the intermediate frame is closed, the intermediate frame is viewed from the front. The game board is contacted from the front so as to surround the game area of the game board from the outside. The intermediate frame supports a transparent intermediate window. When the intermediate frame is closed, the intermediate window faces the game area of the game board from the front. This intermediate frame is locked in a closed state via an intermediate frame locking mechanism. When an illegal act of forcibly operating the front frame in the locked state of the front frame and the intermediate frame is performed, the front frame and the support are supported. Although there is a possibility that a gap is generated between the frames, the intermediate frame is held in a closed state. For this reason, in order to illegally insert the piano wire into the game board, it becomes necessary to perform a highly difficult work by forcibly operating the intermediate frame through an illegal gap between the front frame and the support frame. It becomes difficult to perform an illegal act of inserting a piano wire into the cable. However, when the intermediate frame is normally rotated between the closed state and the open state for the purpose of removing the game ball sandwiched between the obstacle nails, the left end portion which is the axial side of the intermediate frame is Since it is necessary to move the outer rail away from the left end of the intermediate frame to the right side so as not to contact the outer rail of the game board, the diameter of the outer rail is reduced due to the addition of the intermediate frame. For this reason, since the diameter dimension of an inner rail becomes small according to the diameter dimension of an outer rail, the new problem which the area of the game area | region of a game board becomes narrow by the influence which added the intermediate frame generate | occur | produces.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a pachinko gaming machine that is difficult to perform an illegal act of inserting a piano wire into a game board and can suppress a game area of the game board from becoming narrower. It is intended to provide.

The pachinko gaming machine of the present invention is characterized in that it includes [1] game board to [14] guard members.
[1] The game board is one in which game balls are launched from the launch rail. Reference numeral 77 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a game board, and reference numeral 74 in FIG. 5 corresponds to a firing rail.
[2] The inner rail is provided on the game board, and reference numeral 78 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the inner rail.
[3] The outer rail is provided outside the inner rail on the game board and is adjacent to the game area where the game ball rolls and to the left of the game area when viewed from the front on the player side. Each of the launch passages for releasing the game balls fired from the launch rail into the game area is formed between the inner rail and the inner rail. Reference numeral 79 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the outer rail, reference numeral 81 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the launch passage, and reference numeral 82 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the game area.
[4] The support frame supports the game board, and the inner frame 7 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the support frame.
[5] The intermediate frame is provided at the left end portion of the support frame so as to be rotatable between a closed state and an open state about an axis directed in the vertical direction, and is rotated in the closed state. Based on this, the game area of the game board is brought into contact with one of the game board and the support frame from the front or both the game board and the support frame from the front so as to surround from the outside when viewed from the front. 1 corresponds to the intermediate frame, and each of the lower shaft 98 in FIG. 2 and the upper shaft 99 in FIG. 2 corresponds to the axis of the intermediate frame 92.
[6] The intermediate window is provided in the intermediate frame, and is transparent and faces the game area of the game board from the front in the closed state of the intermediate frame. Reference numeral 91 in FIG. 2 corresponds to an intermediate window.
[7] The rail insertion port is provided at the left end of the intermediate frame, and has a notch shape into which the outer rail enters when the intermediate frame is rotated between the closed state and the open state. . Reference numeral 122 in FIG. 7 corresponds to a rail insertion slot.
[8] The front frame is provided at the left end portion of the support frame so as to be rotatable independently of the intermediate frame between the closed state and the open state about an axis directed in the vertical direction. When the intermediate frame is rotated in the closed state in the closed state, the intermediate frame is brought into contact with the support frame from the front so as to be surrounded from the outside as viewed from the front. 1 corresponds to the front frame, and each of the upper shaft 4 in FIG. 2 and the lower shaft 5 in FIG. 2 corresponds to the axis of the front frame 22.
[9] The front window is provided on the front frame and is a transparent one facing the game area of the game board from the front through the intermediate window in the closed state of the front frame and the intermediate frame. Reference numeral 23 in FIG. 1 corresponds to a front window.
[10] The intermediate frame locking mechanism allows the intermediate frame to be rotated from the closed state to the open state, and allows the intermediate frame to be rotated from the closed state to the open state. The lock release state is switched between the unlock states, and reference numeral 110 in FIG. 4 corresponds to an intermediate frame lock mechanism.
[11] The front frame locking mechanism locks the front frame from being turned from the closed state to the open state, and allows the front frame to be turned from the closed state to the open state. 4 and the reference numeral 40 in FIG. 4 corresponds to the front frame locking mechanism.
[12] The lock mechanism is for switching the front frame lock mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state, and is operated by using a key from the front in the closed state of the front frame. The cylinder lock 32 in FIG. 3 corresponds to a lock mechanism.
[13] The operator is for switching the intermediate frame locking mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state. This operation element is covered so that it cannot be operated by the front frame and the front window when the front frame is closed, and is opened so that it can be operated from the front when the front frame is open. A knob 119 in FIG. 1 corresponds to an operator.
[14] The guard member is provided at the left end of the support frame. This guard member is such that the rail insertion opening faces from the right when viewed from the front when the intermediate frame is closed, and closes the gap between the left end of the intermediate frame and the left end of the support frame when the intermediate frame is closed. Is. The intermediate frame guard member 129 in FIG. 6 corresponds to a guard member.

  When an illegal act of forcibly operating the front frame in the locked state of the front frame and the intermediate frame is performed, there is a possibility that a gap is generated between the front frame and the support frame. The front frame rotates independently of the intermediate frame, and the intermediate frame is held in a closed state in a state where a gap is illegally generated between the front frame and the support frame. For this reason, in order to illegally insert the piano wire into the game board, it becomes necessary to perform a highly difficult work by forcibly operating the intermediate frame through an illegal gap between the front frame and the support frame. It becomes difficult to perform an illegal act of inserting a piano wire into the cable. Moreover, in order to turn the intermediate frame to the opened state illegally in the locked state of the front frame and the intermediate frame, 1) unlocking the front frame lock mechanism from the locked state based on the unauthorized operation of the lock mechanism. 2) The operation of switching the front frame illegally from the closed state to the open state in the unlocked state of the front frame locking mechanism, and 3) The operation of the operator in the open state of the front frame. Based on this, it becomes necessary to sequentially perform operations for operating the intermediate frame locking mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state. For this reason, the difficulty level for illegally turning the intermediate frame from the closed state to the open state is increased, so that it is difficult to perform an illegal act of bending the obstacle nail of the game board directly with fingers.

  When the intermediate frame is normally rotated between the closed state and the open state for the purpose of removing the game balls sandwiched between the obstacle nails, the outer rail is inserted into the notched rail of the intermediate frame. Since it enters the mouth, the intermediate frame does not contact the outer rail. For this reason, it is not necessary to move the outer rail away from the intermediate frame based on reducing the outer rail diameter dimension, and to reduce the inner rail diameter dimension to match the outer rail diameter dimension. Can be prevented from becoming narrow due to the addition of the intermediate frame.

  The front frame is supported by the support frame so as to be pivotable about the axis of the left end, and the front frame is between the closed state and the open state between the left end of the front frame and the left end of the support frame. A gap is formed so as not to come into contact with the support frame when the rotary operation is performed. The intermediate frame is pivotally supported by the support frame about the left end axis, and the intermediate frame is between the closed end and the open state between the left end portion of the intermediate frame and the left end portion of the support frame. A gap is formed so as not to come into contact with the support frame when the rotary operation is performed. For this reason, in the closed state of the front frame and the intermediate frame, from the gap between the left end of the front frame and the left end of the support frame to the rail insertion port through the gap between the left end of the intermediate frame and the left end of the support frame. This leads to the insertion path of the leading piano wire. The guard member closes the gap between the left end portion of the intermediate frame and the left end portion of the support frame when the intermediate frame is closed, and the rail insertion port is viewed from the right when viewed from the front when the intermediate frame is closed. Opposite. For this reason, the piano wire insertion path from the gap between the left end of the front frame and the left end of the support frame to the rail insertion through the gap between the left end of the intermediate frame and the left end of the support frame is blocked. It becomes difficult to insert the piano wire into the game area of the game board through the rail insertion opening of the intermediate frame.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the outer frame 1 has a rectangular tube shape in which each of a front surface and a rear surface is opened, and is directed to a left side plate directed in the vertical direction, a right side plate directed in the vertical direction, and a right side plate. The upper plate and the lower plate oriented in the left-right direction are joined to each other. The outer frame 1 is installed on the Taijima island of the pachinko hall, and an upper metal fitting 2 and a lower metal fitting 3 are fixed to the left side plate of the outer frame 1 as shown in FIG. A columnar upper shaft 4 oriented in the vertical direction is fixed to the upper metal fitting 2, and a columnar lower shaft 5 oriented in the vertical direction is fixed to the lower metal fitting 3. Each of the upper shaft 4 and the lower shaft 5 has an axial center line arranged on a common vertical line, and the outer frame 1 is positioned below the lower metal fitting 3 and has a horizontally long rectangular decorative plate. 6 is fixed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an inner frame 7 is mounted on the outer frame 1 so as to be positioned above the decorative plate 6. The inner frame 7 has a rectangular frame shape having a left frame portion that is directed in the vertical direction, a right frame portion that is directed in the vertical direction, an upper frame portion that is directed in the horizontal direction, and a lower frame portion that is directed in the horizontal direction. A horizontal plate-like upper metal fitting 8 and a horizontal plate-like lower metal fitting 9 are fixed to the left frame portion of the inner frame 7. As shown in FIG. 2, the inner frame 7 is configured such that the upper shaft 4 of the outer frame 1 is rotatably inserted into the upper metal fitting 8 of the inner frame 7, and the lower shaft 5 of the outer frame 1 is inserted into the lower metal fitting of the inner frame 7. Since it is inserted into the outer frame 1 so as to be rotatable, it is mounted on the outer frame 1 and is rotated about both the upper shaft 4 and the lower shaft 5 between the closed state and the open state. The closed state of the inner frame 7 is a state in which the right frame portion of the inner frame 7 is in contact with the right side plate of the outer frame 1 from the front, and the upper frame portion of the inner frame 7 is in contact with the upper plate of the outer frame 1 from the front. The left frame portion of the inner frame 7 is spaced forward with respect to the left side plate of the outer frame 1 when the inner frame 7 is closed. The open state of the inner frame 7 is a state in which the inner frame 7 is rotated forward with respect to both the upper shaft 4 and the lower shaft 5 as compared with the closed state, and the inner frame 7 has the inner frame locking mechanism 10 (FIG. 4). (See below). The inner frame locking mechanism 10 is a lock state that prohibits the inner frame 7 from being turned from the closed state to the opened state, and a lock release that allows the inner frame 7 to be turned from the closed state to the opened state. The state is switched between states, and the details of the inner frame locking mechanism 10 are as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a plate-like lock base 11 oriented in the vertical direction is fixed to the right frame portion of the inner frame 7. The lock base 11 is positioned behind the inner frame 7 and is inserted into the outer frame 1 with the inner frame 7 closed. Each of the plate-like inner frame upper hook 12 and the plate-like inner frame lower hook 13 is mounted on the lock base 11 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 14 oriented in the left-right direction. Each of the inner frame upper hook 12 and the inner frame lower hook 13 is rotated about a shaft 14 between a lock position that is horizontal from the front to the rear and a lock release position that rises from the front to the rear. Claw portions 15 projecting downward are formed at the rear end portions of the inner frame upper hook 12 and the inner frame lower hook 13, and each of the claw portions 15 is inclined so as to rise from the front to the rear. The operation surface 16 is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, an upper lock plate 17 and a lower lock plate 18 are fixed to the right side plate of the outer frame 1. The upper lock plate 17 engages the claw 15 of the inner frame upper hook 12 from above at the locked position, and the lower lock plate 18 engages the claw 15 of the inner frame lower hook 13 from above at the locked position. In the lock positions of the inner frame upper hook 12 and the inner frame lower hook 13, the inner frame 7 engages with the engagement force between the inner frame upper hook 12 and the upper lock plate 17, and the inner frame lower hook 13 and the lower lock plate. The locked state is incapable of rotating from the closed state to the open state with both of the engaging forces between the 18 members. Each of the inner frame upper hook 12 and the inner frame lower hook 13 is urged from the unlocked position to the locked position by the spring force of the spring, and the claw portion 15 of the inner frame upper hook 12 is a spring spring. The claw portion 15 of the inner frame lower hook 13 is held in a state of being engaged with the lower lock plate 18 by the spring force of the spring.

Each of the inner frame upper hook 12 and the inner frame lower hook 13 is connected to each other via a connection plate. This connecting plate is movably mounted on the lock base 11, and a knob is formed on the connecting plate. This knob penetrates the right frame part of the inner frame 7 and protrudes forward so that it can be operated forward. The inner frame 7 is closed in the following steps 1) and 2) based on the operation of the knob with fingers. Is opened from the open state to the closed state in the following procedure 3).
1) Operate the pick with your fingers. Then, each of the inner frame upper hook 12 and the inner frame lower hook 13 is rotated against the spring force of the spring from the locked position to the unlocked position via the connecting plate, and the claw portion 15 of the inner frame upper hook 12 is moved. Unlocking that allows the inner frame lower mechanism 13 to turn the inner frame 7 from the closed state to the opened state by disengaging from the upper lock plate 17 and the claw portion 15 of the inner frame lower hook 13 from the lower lock plate 18. It becomes a state. When the inner frame locking mechanism 10 is unlocked, the inner frame 7 is operated forward to change from the closed state to the open state.
2) After operating the inner frame 7 from the closed state to the open state, release the finger from the knob. Then, each of the inner frame upper hook 12 and the inner frame lower hook 13 returns to the locked position from the unlocked position by the spring force of the spring, and the knob is attached to both the inner frame upper hook 12 and the inner frame lower hook 13 together with the connecting plate. In conjunction with this, it returns to the state before the operation.
3) The inner frame 7 is operated backward from the open state. Then, based on the operation surface 16 of the inner frame upper hook 12 being pressed by the upper lock plate 17, the inner frame upper hook 12 rotates against the spring force of the spring from the locked position to the unlocked position. When the operation surface 16 of the frame lower hook 13 is pressed by the lower lock plate 18, the inner frame lower hook 13 rotates from the lock position to the lock release position against the spring force of the spring. The inner frame upper hook 12 and the inner frame lower hook 13 are each returned from the unlocked position to the locked position by the spring force of the spring when the inner frame 7 returns to the closed state. The claw portion 15 engages with the upper lock plate 17 from above based on the return of the inner frame upper hook 12 to the locked position, and the claw portion 15 of the inner frame lower hook 13 returns to the locked position of the inner frame lower hook 13. The inner frame locking mechanism 10 automatically locks from the unlocked state based on the operation of the inner frame 7 from the open state to the closed state. Return to the state. The inner frame locking mechanism 10 is configured as described above.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a front door 20 is attached to the inner frame 7. The front door 20 is disposed in front of the inner frame 7 and has a front plate 21, a front frame 22, and a front window 23. As shown in FIG. 3, the front plate 21 has a vertically long rectangular shape as viewed from the front, and a circular opening 24 is formed in the front plate 21. The front window 23 is made of a transparent glass plate, and is fixed to the front plate 21 so as to close the opening 24 from the rear as shown in FIG. The front frame 22 has a rectangular tube shape surrounding the front plate 21. The front frame 22 protrudes rearward from the front plate 21, and a left plate portion oriented in the vertical direction along the left end surface of the front plate 21 and a right oriented in the vertical direction along the right end surface of the front plate 21. An upper plate portion that is directed in the left-right direction along the upper end surface of the plate portion and the front plate 21 and a lower plate portion that is directed in the left-right direction along the lower end surface of the front plate 21 are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an upper metal fitting 25 and a lower metal fitting 26 are fixed to the left plate portion of the front frame 22. In the front frame 22, the upper shaft 4 of the outer frame 1 is rotatably inserted into the upper metal fitting 25 of the front frame 22, and the lower shaft 5 of the outer frame 1 is rotatably inserted into the lower metal fitting 26 of the front frame 22. Therefore, it is mounted on the inner frame 7 and is rotated with respect to the inner frame 7 around both the upper shaft 4 and the lower shaft 5 which are common to the inner frame 7 between the closed state and the opened state. . The closed state of the front frame 22 is that the right plate portion of the front frame 22 contacts the right frame portion of the inner frame 7 from the front, the upper plate portion of the front frame 22 contacts the upper frame portion of the inner frame 7 from the front, The lower plate portion of the front frame 22 is in contact with the lower frame portion of the inner frame 7 from the front, and the left plate portion of the front frame 22 is spaced forward from the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 with the front frame 22 closed. The knob of the inner frame locking mechanism 10 is covered by the front door 20 in an inoperable state with the front frame 22 closed. The open state of the front frame 22 is a state in which the upper frame 4 and the lower shaft 5 are both centered and rotated forward as compared to the closed state. To be opened operably.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a rubber seal plate 27 is affixed to the upper surface of the decorative plate 6. When the front frame 22 is closed, the seal plate 27 is attached to the lower plate portion of the front frame 22 and the decorative plate 6. It is impossible to insert the piano wire in the gap between the lower plate portion of the front frame 22 and the decorative plate 6 based on being elastically crushed between them. An upper plate 28 and a lower plate 29 are fixed to the front plate 21. Each of the upper plate 28 and the lower plate 29 has a container shape whose upper surface is open, and protrudes forward with respect to the front plate 21. The upper plate 28 stores game balls and is disposed at a lower position than the front window 23. The lower plate 29 receives game balls overflowing from the upper plate 28 and is disposed at a lower position than the upper plate 28. A handle base 30 is fixed to the front plate 21. The handle base 30 protrudes forward from the front plate 21, and a firing handle 31 is mounted on the handle base 30 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 32 oriented in the front-rear direction. The firing handle 31 is operated by the player's finger, and is operated between the firing positions in the clockwise direction as compared with the predetermined firing stop position and the firing stop position.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a cylinder lock 32 is mounted on the front plate 21 at the right side. As shown in FIG. 4, the cylinder lock 32 has a cylindrical outer cylinder 33 oriented in the front-rear direction and a cylindrical inner cylinder 34 oriented in the front-rear direction, and the outer cylinder 33 is attached to the front plate 21. The inner cylinder 34 is fixed to be non-rotatable, and the shaft of the outer cylinder 33 is positioned between the lock position determined in advance on the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder 33 and the unlocked position rotated 90 ° counterclockwise with respect to the lock position. It is inserted so that it can rotate around the core. As shown in FIG. 3, a key hole 35 is formed in the inner cylinder 34, and the key hole 35 is directed in the vertical direction at the lock position of the inner cylinder 34, and is directed in the left and right direction at the lock release position of the inner cylinder 34. To do.

  The key hole 35 of the cylinder lock 32 is for detachably inserting a dedicated key into the inner cylinder 34 from the front of the front door 20 with the front door 20 closed, and the cylinder lock 32 is inserted with the dedicated key. When the inner cylinder 34 is not locked, the inner cylinder 34 is locked in a non-rotatable locked position, and the inner cylinder 34 is unlocked so that it can rotate between the locked position and the unlocked position with a dedicated key inserted. Will be unlocked. As shown in FIG. 1, a lock plate 36 is connected to the inner cylinder 34 of the cylinder lock 32. The lock plate 36 has a fan shape projecting rearward of the front plate 21, and is rotated between the lock position and the unlock position together with the inner cylinder 34 of the cylinder lock 32.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an operation plate 37 is mounted on the front plate 21 so as to be linearly movable in the vertical direction. The operation plate 37 is disposed behind the front plate 21, and a spring is interposed between the operation plate 37 and the front plate 21. The spring urges the operation plate 37 upward. When the lock plate 36 is locked, the operation plate 37 is held in a locked position where it comes into contact with the lock plate 36 from below by the spring force of the spring. The lock plate 36 moves and operates the operation plate 37, and the operation plate 37 is resisted against the spring force of the spring based on the rotation operation from the lock position to the lock release position via the cylinder lock 32. The operation plate 37 is pushed downward from the lock release position by the spring force of the spring based on being pushed down from the lock position to the lower lock release position and rotated from the lock release position to the lock position via the cylinder lock 32. Return to position.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the front door 20 is locked in a closed state via a front frame locking mechanism 40. The front frame locking mechanism 40 is between a locked state that prohibits the front frame 22 from being rotated from the closed state to the open state, and an unlocked state that allows the front frame 22 to be rotated from the closed state to the open state. The cylinder lock 32 functions as an operation mechanism for switching the front frame lock mechanism 40 from the front to the unlocked state from the locked state when the front frame 22 is closed. The detailed configuration of the front frame locking mechanism 40 is as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 4, two upper guide pins 41 are fixed to the lock base 11 of the inner frame 7. Each of the upper guide pins 41 has a cylindrical shape directed in the left-right direction, and each of the upper guide pins 41 is inserted into a long hole-like slit 43 of the front frame upper hook plate 42. The front frame upper hook plate 42 is parallel to the lock base 11, and the lock position and the lock position are determined based on the fact that the inner surfaces of both slits 43 are guided along the outer peripheral surface of the upper guide pin 41. Compared to the above, the movement is moved up and down between the unlocking positions below. A spring is interposed between the front frame upper hook plate 42 and the lock base 11, and the front frame upper hook plate 42 is biased upward by the spring force of the spring.

  As shown in FIG. 1, one front frame hook 44 is formed on the front frame hook plate 42. A claw portion 45 that protrudes upward is formed at the front end portion of the front frame upper hook 44, and an inclined operation surface 46 that descends from the rear to the front is formed on the claw portion 45. The claw portion 45 of the front frame upper hook 44 protrudes forward of the inner frame 7 through the upper slit 47. The upper slit 47 is formed in the right frame portion of the inner frame 7, and the claw portion 45 of the front frame upper hook 44 moves between the lock position and the unlock position together with the front frame upper hook plate 42. Allow.

  As shown in FIG. 4, two lower guide pins 48 are fixed to the lock base 11 of the inner frame 7. Each of the lower guide pins 48 has a cylindrical shape directed in the left-right direction, and each of the lower guide pins 48 is inserted into a long hole-like slit 50 of the front frame lower hook plate 49. The front frame lower hook plate 49 is parallel to the lock base 11, and the lock position and the lock position are determined based on the fact that the inner surfaces of the slits 50 are guided along the outer peripheral surface of the lower guide pin 48. Compared to the above, the movement is moved up and down between the unlocking positions below. A spring is interposed between the front frame lower hook plate 49 and the lock base 11, and the front frame lower hook plate 49 is biased upward by the spring force of the spring.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the front frame lower hook plate 49 has a larger vertical dimension than the front frame upper hook plate 42. Further, two front frame lower hooks 51 that are spaced apart from each other in the vertical direction are formed. Claw portions 52 projecting upward are formed at the front end portions of the lower hooks 51 of both front frames, and each of the claw portions 52 has an inclined operation surface 53 that descends from the rear to the front. Is formed. The claw portions 52 of the front frame lower hooks 51 protrude through the lower slit 54 to the front of the inner frame 7. Each of these lower slits 54 is formed in the right frame portion of the inner frame 7, and the claw portion 52 of the front frame lower hook 51 moves with the front frame lower hook plate 49 between the locked position and the unlocked position. Allow to do.

  As shown in FIG. 1, three front frame lock fittings 55 are fixed to the front frame 22 at the right plate portion. Each of the three front frame lock fittings 55 has a U-shaped horizontal cross section, and each of the three front frame lock fittings 55 is formed with a vertically long engagement hole 56. Has been. The claw portion 45 of the front frame upper hook 44 is connected to the front frame lock metal fitting 55 through the engagement hole 56 of the front frame lock metal fitting 55 when the front frame upper hook plate 42 is moved to the lock position with the front frame 22 closed. The front frame 22 is engaged from below, and the front frame 22 is rotated from the closed state to the open state at the unlocking position of the front frame upper hook plate 42. From the front. When the front frame lower hook plate 49 is moved to the lock position when the front frame 22 is closed, the respective claw portions 52 of the front frame lower hooks 51 are locked through the engagement holes 56 of the front frame lock fitting 55. The front frame lock metal fitting 55 is engaged based on the fact that the front frame 22 is rotated from the closed state to the open state at the unlocking position of the front frame lower hook plate 49. It is extracted forward from the inside of the hole 56.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a guide pin 57 is fixed to the lock base 11 of the inner frame 7 so as to be positioned below the inner frame upper hook 12 and the inner frame lower hook 13. Each of these guide pins 57 has a cylindrical shape directed in the left-right direction, and each of the guide pins 57 is inserted into a long hole-like slit 59 of the slide plate 58. The slide plate 58 is parallel to the lock base 11, and is based on the fact that the inner surfaces of the slits 59 are guided along the outer peripheral surface of the guide pin 57. It is moved up and down between the release positions.

  As shown in FIG. 4, each of the upper pusher 60 and the lower pusher 61 is formed on the slide plate 58. Each of the upper pusher 60 and the lower pusher 61 protrudes forward from the slide plate 58. The upper operating element 62 contacts the upper pusher 60 from below, and the lower operating element 63 contacts the lower pusher 61 from below. In contact. The upper operation element 62 is formed on the front frame upper hook plate 42 and is held in contact with the upper pusher 60 by the spring force of the spring for the front frame upper hook plate 42. The lower operation element 63 is formed on the front frame lower hook plate 49 and is held in contact with the lower pusher 61 by the spring force of the spring for the front frame lower hook plate 49.

  The slide plate 58 operates the front frame upper hook plate 42 and the front frame lower hook plate 49 in common. When the slide plate 58 is moved from the lock position to the lower lock release position, the slide plate 58 is moved from the upper pusher 60. An operating force is transmitted to the front frame upper hook plate 42 through the upper operating element 62, and an operating force is transmitted from the lower pusher 61 to the front frame lower hook plate 49 through the lower operating element 63, and the front frame upper hook plate 42 and the front frame lower Each of the hook plates 49 descends against the spring force of the spring together with the slide plate 58. When a downward operating force is transmitted to the front frame upper hook plate 42 at the locked position of the slide plate 58, the front frame upper hook plate 42 is lowered alone against the spring force of the spring while the slide plate 58 is stationary. When a downward operating force is transmitted to the front frame lower hook plate 49 at the locked position of the slide plate 58, the front frame lower hook plate 49 is independent from the spring force of the spring while the slide plate 58 is stationary. Descend.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an operation portion 64 is formed on the slide plate 58. The operation portion 64 projects forward from the slide plate 58, and the operation portion 64 is formed with a vertically long engagement hole 65. The operation portion 64 protrudes forward of the inner frame 7 through the slit 66. The slit 66 is formed in the right frame portion of the inner frame 7 and allows the operating portion 64 to move between the lock position and the unlock position together with the slide plate 58. The engagement hole 65 of the operation portion 64 is for inserting the operation plate 37 when the slide plate 58 and the operation plate 37 are held in the locked position with the front frame 22 closed. Is held in the locked position in a locked state in which the inner cylinder 34 of the cylinder lock 32 is held in the locked position.

When each of the slide plate 58 and the operation plate 37 is held in the locked position when the front frame 22 is closed, the claw portion 45 of the front frame upper hook 44 is engaged with the front frame lock metal fitting 55. The front hooks 56 are engaged from below through the joint holes 56, and the respective hook portions 52 of the front frame lower hooks 51 are engaged with the front frame lock fitting 55 from below through the engagement holes 56 of the front frame lock fitting 55. The frame 22 is locked in the closed state, and the front frame 22 is operated from the closed state to the open state in the procedures 1) and 2) below, and is locked from the open state to the closed state in the procedures 3) and 4) below. The
1) With the front frame 22 locked, the key is inserted into the key hole 35 of the cylinder lock 32 from the front, and the key is rotated from the lock position to the lock release position. Then, the operation plate 37 is pushed downward from the lock position to the lock release position via the inner cylinder 34 of the cylinder lock 32, thereby pressing the operation portion 64 of the slide plate 58 downward. The operating force of the cylinder lock 32 causes the slide plate 58 to move from the locked position to the unlocked position against both the spring force of the spring for the front frame upper hook plate 42 and the spring force of the spring for the front frame lower hook plate 49. As the slide plate 58 moves and moves from the locked position to the unlocked position, the claw portions 45 of the front frame upper hook 44 come off from the front frame lock metal fitting 55, and the claw portions of the front frame lower hooks 52 respectively. 52 is disengaged from the front frame lock fitting 55, and the front frame lock mechanism 40 is in an unlocked state in which the front frame 22 can be operated from the closed state to the open state.
2) Applying a forward operation force to the front frame 22 while rotating the key to the unlocked position, the front frame 22 is rotated from the closed state to the open state. Then, the operation plate 37 is pulled forward from the inside of the engagement hole 65 of the operation portion 64 of the slide plate 58, and each of the front frame upper hook plate 42 and the front frame lower hook plate 49 is moved from the unlock position by the spring force of the spring. Return to the upper locked position. The return force of the front frame upper hook plate 42 is transmitted from the upper operator 62 to the upper pusher 60 of the slide plate 58, and the return force of the front frame lower hook plate 49 is transferred from the lower operator 63 to the lower pusher 61 of the slide plate 58. Then, the slide plate 58 returns from the unlocked position to the locked position via both the front frame upper hook plate 42 and the front frame lower hook plate 49.
3) With the front frame 22 open, return the key of the cylinder lock 32 from the unlocked position to the locked position, and remove the key from the cylinder lock 32 forward. Then, the lock plate 36 of the cylinder lock 32 is separated from the operation plate 37, the operation plate 37 is raised from the unlock position to the lock position by the spring force of the spring for the operation plate 37, and the operation plate 37 operates the slide plate 58. It will be in the state which can approach from the front into the engagement hole 65 of the part 64. FIG.
4) Applying a backward operation force to the front frame 22 to rotate the front frame 22 from the open state to the closed state. Then, the operation plate 37 enters the engagement hole 65 of the operation portion 64 of the slide plate 58 from the front, and the movement of the slide plate 58 is restrained by the operation plate 37. Under the restraint state of the slide plate 58, the operation surface 46 of the claw portion 45 of the front frame upper hook 44 contacts the front frame lock fitting 55 of the front frame 22 and receives a downward operation force. A downward operation force is received based on the operation surface 53 of each claw portion 52 of the hook 51 coming into contact with the front frame lock fitting 55 of the front frame 22. For this reason, the claw portion 45 of the front frame upper hook 44 passes through the engagement hole 56 of the front frame lock fitting 55 based on the lower movement of the front frame upper hook plate 42 while the slide plate 58 is stationary. When the front frame lower hook plate 49 is lowered while the slide plate 58 is stationary, the respective claw portions 52 of both front frame lower hooks 51 pass through the engagement holes 56 of the front frame lock fitting 55 and the front frame. The lock frame 55 is engaged, and the front frame lock mechanism 40 is locked so that the front frame 22 cannot be rotated from the closed state to the open state. The front frame locking mechanism 40 is configured as described above.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a base plate portion 71 is formed on the inner frame 7 so as to be located behind both the upper plate 28 and the lower plate 29. The base plate portion 71 has a plate shape that connects the left frame portion, the lower frame portion, and the right frame portion of the inner frame 7, and the base plate portion 71 is positioned in front of the base plate portion 71. A mechanism plate 72 is fixed. A firing solenoid 73 composed of a rotary solenoid is fixed to the mechanism plate 72. The firing solenoid 73 is electrically turned off in a game stop state in which the launch handle 31 is held at the launch stop position, and the launch handle 31 is rotated clockwise from the launch stop position. It is electrically turned on in the state. A ball strut is connected to the output shaft of the firing solenoid 73, and the firing solenoid 73 reciprocally moves the ball strut between the left striking positions relative to the standby position and the standby position in an electrically on state. Manipulate.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a firing rail 74 is fixed to the mechanism plate 72 in front of the mechanism plate 72. The firing rail 74 is configured such that a game ball is transferred from the upper plate 28 by one unit when the firing solenoid 73 is electrically on, and has an inclined shape rising from right to left. A ball stopper 75 is formed at the right end of the firing rail 74, and a through hole having a size that prevents a game ball from passing therethrough is formed in the ball stopper 75. The ball stopper 75 prevents the game ball transferred from the upper plate 28 to the launch rail 74 from falling from the right end of the launch rail 74, and the hitting basket moves from the standby position to the hit position. Based on the above, the game ball supported by the ball stopper 75 so as not to fall is hit from the right to the left through the through hole of the ball stopper 75, and rolled from the right to the left along the launch rail 74.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a space-like game board storage chamber 76 is formed in the inner frame 7 above the base plate portion 71, and a plate-like game board is formed in the game board storage chamber 76. 77 is stored vertically. As shown in FIG. 6, the game board 77 is located inside the outer frame 1 with the inner frame 7 closed, and the front surface of the game board 77 has a left frame part and a right frame part of the inner frame 7. It is located behind the entire surface of the upper frame portion and the lower frame portion. As shown in FIG. 5, an inner rail 78, an outer rail 79, and a ball stopper member 80 are fixed to the game board 77. The inner rail 78 has an arc shape whose upper surface is open, the outer rail 79 has an arc shape disposed on the outer peripheral portion of the inner rail 78, and the ball stopper member 80 has a right end portion of the inner rail 78 and A gap between the right end portions of the outer rail 79 is closed.

  Between the inner rail 78 and the outer rail 79, as shown in FIG. 5, a firing passage 81 is formed on the left side. The launch passage 81 has an arc shape in which each of a lower end portion and an upper end portion is opened. The entrance of the lower end portion of the launch passage 81 faces the left end portion of the launch rail 74 via a gap. The entrance of the launch passage 81 is where a game ball launched from the left end of the launch rail 74 enters, and the game ball that has entered the launch passage 81 rises while drawing an arc-shaped trajectory along the launch passage 81. After that, it is discharged from the outlet at the upper end of the launch passage 81.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a game area 82 is formed on the game board 77 adjacent to the right side of the launch passage 81. This game area 82 refers to the remaining circular area excluding the firing passage 81 in the area surrounded by the inner rail 78, the outer rail 79 and the ball stopper 80, and is released from the exit of the firing passage 81. This corresponds to the maximum range in which the game ball can roll. A plurality of obstacle nails are fixed to the game board 77 in the game area 82, and the game balls released into the game area 82 from the exit of the launch passage 81 hit the obstacle nails in the game area 82. Roll. The game area 82 faces the front window 23 from the rear when the front frame 22 is closed, and the game ball rolling in the game area 82 is visually viewed from the front through the front window 23 when the front frame 22 is closed. Has been made recognizable.

  A plurality of winning holes are fixed to the game board 77 in the game area 82. Each of the plurality of winning holes can be won while the game ball rolls in the game area 82, and when the game ball wins each of the plurality of winning holes, the game is placed in the upper plate 28. A ball is paid out as a prize. As shown in FIG. 5, the game board 77 is formed with a through-hole-like outlet 83. This out port 83 is arranged at the lowest part of the inner rail 78, and the game ball that has not won any of the plurality of winning ports rolls along the inner rail 78 based on the fact that the out port 83 rolls. It enters inside and is discharged to the rear of the game board 77 through the out port 83.

  As shown in FIG. 7, an intermediate door 90 is attached to the inner frame 7. The intermediate door 90 has an intermediate window 91 made of a transparent glass plate and an intermediate frame 92 that supports the intermediate window 91. The detailed configuration of the intermediate door 90 is as follows. The intermediate frame 92 has an eight-cylinder shape in which the front surface and the rear surface each open, and the intermediate window 91 is fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the intermediate frame 92. At the front end of the intermediate frame 92, as shown in FIG. 2, an eight-stroke annular window receiver 93 surrounding the intermediate frame 92 is formed. The window receiver 93 protrudes into the intermediate frame 92, and the intermediate window 91 is prevented from dropping forward from the intermediate frame 92 based on contact with the window receiver 93 from the rear.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the intermediate frame 92 is formed with a lower metal mounting plate 94 and an upper metal mounting plate 95 at the left end portion. Each of the lower bracket mounting plate 94 and the upper bracket mounting plate 95 protrudes leftward from the intermediate frame 92. The lower bracket 96 is fixed to the lower bracket mounting plate 94, and the upper bracket mounting plate 95 is A metal fitting 97 is fixed. Each of the lower metal fitting 96 and the upper metal fitting 97 has a horizontal plate shape. A cylindrical lower shaft 98 is attached to the lower metal fitting 96, and a cylindrical upper shaft 99 is attached to the upper metal fitting 97. ing. Each of the lower shaft 98 and the upper shaft 99 has an axial center line arranged on a common vertical reference line, the lower shaft 98 is fixed to the lower metal fitting 96 so as not to move, and the upper shaft 99 is The metal fitting 97 is supported so as to be linearly movable along the reference line. A seat plate 100 is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the upper shaft 99 so as not to move, and a door spring 101 comprising a compression coil spring is positioned between the seat plate 100 and the upper metal fitting 97 on the outer peripheral surface of the upper shaft 99. Has been inserted.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a lower metal fitting 102 and an upper metal fitting 103 are fixed to the left frame portion of the inner frame 7. Each of the lower metal fitting 102 and the upper metal fitting 103 has a horizontal plate shape having a through hole. As shown in FIG. 2, the lower shaft of the intermediate frame 92 is inserted into the through hole of the lower metal fitting 102 from above. 98 is rotatably inserted, and the upper shaft 99 of the intermediate frame 92 is rotatably inserted into the through hole of the upper metal fitting 103 from below. The intermediate frame 92 is rotated between the closed state and the open state around the lower shaft 98 and the upper shaft 99. In the closed state of the intermediate frame 92, the right vertical portion of the intermediate frame 92 contacts the right frame portion of the inner frame 7 from the front, and the remaining portion of the intermediate frame 92 except the right vertical portion is in front of the game board 77. The contact surface between the intermediate frame 92 and the inner frame 7 is arranged behind the contact surface between the inner frame 7 and the front frame 22, and the intermediate frame 92 and the game board 77 are in contact with each other. The contact surface is arranged behind the contact surface between the inner frame 7 and the front frame 22. The intermediate frame 92 surrounds the game area 82 of the game board 77 when viewed from the front in the closed state, and the intermediate window 91 faces the game area 82 of the game board 77 from the front when the intermediate frame 92 is closed. To do. When the intermediate frame 91 is closed and the front frame 22 is turned to the closed state, the front frame 22 surrounds the intermediate frame 92 from the front, and the front window 23 is a game area 82 of the game board 77. To the front through an intermediate window 91.

The open state of the intermediate frame 92 is a state in which the intermediate frame 92 is rotated forward about both the lower shaft 98 and the upper shaft 99 as compared with the closed state, and the intermediate window 91 is in the open state of the intermediate frame 92 and the gaming area of the game board 77. Open 82 forward. In the opened state of the intermediate frame 92, the right vertical part of the intermediate frame 92 is separated from the right frame part of the inner frame 7, and the remaining part of the intermediate frame 92 except the right vertical part is separated from the game board 77. The intermediate frame 92 is attached to and detached from the inner frame 7. The removal procedure for removing the intermediate frame 92 from the inner frame 7 is as described in 1) and 2) below, and the intermediate frame 92 is attached to the inner frame 7. The attachment procedure is as follows 3) and 4).
1) The intermediate frame 92 is moved upward against the spring force of the door spring 101, and the lower shaft 98 of the intermediate frame 92 is pulled upward from the through hole of the lower metal fitting 96.
2) After removing the lower shaft 98 of the intermediate frame 92 from the lower metal fitting 96, the intermediate frame 92 is moved downward, and the upper shaft 99 of the intermediate frame 92 is extracted downward from the through-hole of the upper metal fitting 97. 92 is removed from the inner frame 7.
3) The upper shaft 99 of the intermediate frame 92 is inserted into the through hole of the upper metal fitting 97 from below.
4) With the upper shaft 99 of the intermediate frame 92 inserted into the upper metal fitting 97, the intermediate frame 92 is moved upward against the spring force of the door spring 101, and the lower shaft 98 of the intermediate frame 92 is moved to the lower metal fitting 96. Insert into the through hole from above.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the intermediate frame 92 is locked in a closed state via an intermediate frame locking mechanism 110. The intermediate frame locking mechanism 110 is in a locked state that prohibits the intermediate frame 92 from being rotated from the closed state to the open state, and is unlocked to permit the intermediate frame 92 to be rotated from the closed state to the open state. The state is switched between the states, and the detailed configuration of the intermediate frame locking mechanism 110 is as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 4, two guide pins 111 are fixed to the lock base 11 of the inner frame 7 between the front frame upper hook plate 42 and the front frame lower hook plate 49. Each of these guide pins 111 has a columnar shape that is directed in the left-right direction, and is inserted into a vertically elongated slot 113 in the intermediate frame hook plate 112. The intermediate frame hook plate 112 is parallel to the lock base 11 and is compared with the lock position and the lock position based on the fact that the inner surfaces of both slits 113 are guided along the outer peripheral surface of the guide pin 111. Thus, it is moved up and down between the unlocking positions below. A spring is interposed between the intermediate frame hook plate 112 and the lock base 11, and the intermediate frame hook plate 112 is biased from the unlocked position to the locked position by the spring force of the spring.

  As shown in FIG. 4, one intermediate frame hook 114 is formed on the intermediate frame hook plate 112. A claw portion 115 protruding upward is formed at the front end portion of the intermediate frame hook 114, and an inclined operation surface 116 that descends from the rear to the front is formed on the claw portion 115. As shown in FIG. 8, the claw portion 115 of the intermediate frame hook 114 projects forward of the inner frame 7 through the slit 117. The slit 117 forms a notch formed in the right frame portion of the inner frame 7, and the claw portion 115 of the intermediate frame hook 114 moves between the locked position and the unlocked position together with the intermediate frame hook plate 112. Is acceptable.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a lock plate 118 is fixed to the intermediate frame 92 at a right vertical portion. The lock plate 118 is a horizontal plate that intersects the moving direction of the claw portion 115 of the intermediate frame hook 114 at a right angle. When the intermediate frame 92 is closed, the claw of the intermediate frame hook 114 is shown in FIG. The intermediate frame 92 is locked in the closed state based on the engagement of the portion 115 with the front surface of the lock plate 118 from below by the spring force of the spring for the intermediate frame hook plate 112.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a knob 119 is formed on the intermediate frame hook plate 112, and the knob 119 protrudes forward through the slit 117 of the inner frame 7 as shown in FIG. 1. The slit 117 allows the knob 119 to move between the locked position and the unlocked position together with the intermediate frame hook plate 112. The knob 119 is in the closed state of the front frame 22, and the front plate 21 and the front frame 22 The front window 23 is incapable of being operated from the front, and is opened so that it can be operated from the front with the front frame 22 open. This knob 119 is disposed above the claw portion 115 of the intermediate frame hook 114. When the knob 119 is operated downward with the intermediate frame 92 locked in the closed state, the intermediate frame hook plate 112 is in the middle. The claw portion 115 of the intermediate frame hook 114 is disengaged from the lock plate 118 against the spring force of the spring for the frame hook plate 112, and the intermediate frame locking mechanism 110 closes the intermediate frame 92. It becomes a lock release state which can be operated from a state to an open state.

  When the intermediate frame 92 is rotated backward from the open state, the lock plate 118 of the intermediate frame 92 contacts the operation surface 116 of the intermediate frame hook 114 from the front, and the operation surface 116 of the intermediate frame hook 114 is in contact with the intermediate frame 92. The intermediate frame hook plate 112 descends against the spring force of the spring for the intermediate frame hook plate 112 based on receiving the downward operating force from the lock plate 118. The claw portion 115 of the intermediate frame hook 114 is engaged with the lock plate 118 of the intermediate frame 92 from below by the spring force of the spring for the intermediate frame hook plate 112 when the intermediate frame 92 reaches the closed state from the open state. The intermediate frame locking mechanism 110 is in a locked state in which it is impossible to automatically operate the intermediate frame 92 from the closed state to the open state when the intermediate frame 92 is rotated from the open state to the closed state. As shown in FIG. 7, the lock plate 118 of the intermediate frame 92 is formed with a knob 120 protruding forward, and the intermediate frame 92 is picked up with fingers to rotate between the closed state and the open state. Is operated. The intermediate frame locking mechanism 110 is configured as described above.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the intermediate frame 92 is formed with a ball launch port 121. The ball launching port 121 has a cutout shape in which the intermediate frame 92 is partially cut out, and is arranged in a horizontal portion at the lower end of the intermediate frame 92 as shown in FIG. The ball launcher 121 is inserted into the entrance of the launch passage 81 of the game board 77 when the intermediate frame 92 is closed. When the intermediate frame 92 is closed, the game ball hit by the hitting ball is the left end of the launch rail 74. The unit enters the entrance of the launch passage 81 through the ball launch port 121 of the intermediate frame 92.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a rail insertion opening 122 is formed in the intermediate frame 92. The rail insertion port 122 has a notch shape in which the intermediate frame 92 is partially cut out, and is arranged in a vertical portion of the left end portion of the intermediate frame 92 as shown in FIG. The rail insertion port 122 is disposed between the lower shaft 98 and the upper shaft 99 of the intermediate frame 92 that is closest to the outer rail 79 of the game board 77 when the intermediate frame 92 is rotated between the closed state and the open state. When the intermediate frame 92 is rotated between the closed state and the open state, the outer rail 79 of the game board 77 protrudes to the left of the intermediate frame 92 through the rail insertion port 122. Thus, the intermediate frame 92 is prevented from contacting the outer rail 79 of the game board 77.

  As shown in FIG. 6, an outer guard member 123 is fixed to the left frame portion of the inner frame 7. The outer guard member 123 is interposed between the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 and the left plate portion of the front frame 22 when the front frame 22 is closed. As shown in FIG. Even in the state, it is interposed between the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 and the left plate portion of the front frame 22. The outer guard member 123 has a left guard portion 124 and a front guard portion 125. As shown in FIG. 6, the left guard part 124 covers the gap between the left frame part of the inner frame 7 and the left plate part of the front frame 22 from the left side when the front frame 22 is closed. The part 125 refers to a part protruding rightward from the left guard part 124. The outer guard member 123 has an L-shaped column shape that is directed in the vertical direction, and is fixed to the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 so as to be located in the entire area between the upper metal fitting 8 and the lower metal fitting 9. The outer guard member 123 narrows the gap in the front-rear direction between the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 and the left plate portion of the front frame 22 when the front frame 22 is closed, and the upper end of the outer guard member 123 is inserted into the rail. The lower end of the outer guard member 123 is disposed at a lower position than the lower end of the rail insertion port 122.

  As shown in FIG. 6, an inner guard member 126 is fixed to the front frame 22. The inner guard member 126 has a right guard portion 127 and a rear guard portion 128. The right guard portion 127 has the front guard portion 125 sandwiched between the left guard portion 124 of the outer guard member 123 with the front frame 22 closed. The rear guard portion 128 has a plate-like shape that faces the front guard portion 125 of the outer guard member 123 from the rear via a gap with the front frame 22 closed. The inner guard member 126 is directed in the vertical direction along the left plate portion of the front frame 22, and is fixed to the left plate portion of the front frame 22 so as to be located in the entire area between the upper metal fitting 25 and the lower metal fitting 26. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an intermediate frame guard member 129 is fixed to the left frame portion of the inner frame 7. The intermediate frame guard member 129 is positioned between the lower bracket 96 of the intermediate frame 92 and the upper bracket 97 of the intermediate frame 92, and the rail insertion port 122 faces the intermediate frame guard member 129 from the right side when viewed from the front. is doing. As shown in FIG. 9, the intermediate frame guard member 129 faces the outer guard member 123 of the inner frame 7 from the right side, and faces the inner guard member 126 of the front frame 22 from the rear in the closed state of the front frame 22. It has a base part 130, a connecting part 131, a guard part 132, and a positioning part 133.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the base portion 130 of the intermediate frame guard member 129 refers to a plate-like portion oriented in the left-right direction when viewed from above, and is in contact with the seat plate 134 from the front. The seat plate 134 is a vertically long one formed on the left frame portion of the inner frame 7, and the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 is positioned at each of an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the seat plate 134 and an intermediate portion in the vertical direction. A boss is formed. Each of the plurality of boss portions has a cylindrical shape with an open front surface, and the intermediate frame guard member 129 has a screw 135 attached to each of the plurality of boss portions from the front through the base portion 130 as shown in FIG. It is detachably fixed to the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 based on screwing.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the connecting portion 131 of the intermediate frame guard member 129 refers to a plate-like portion oriented in the front-rear direction when viewed from above. The guard portion 132 of the intermediate frame guard member 129 refers to a plate-like portion that is oriented in the left-right direction when viewed from above, and is disposed rearward of each of the base portion 130 and the connecting portion 131. The guard portion 132 is connected to the base portion 130 via the connecting portion 131, and the left half portion of the guard portion 132 is in contact with the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 from the front. As shown in FIG. 2, the right half portion of the guard portion 132 narrows the gap between the vertical portions of the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 and the left end portion of the intermediate frame 92 when the intermediate frame 92 is closed. As shown in FIG. 6, an inclined portion 136 is formed at the right end portion of the guard portion 132. The inclined portion 136 is inclined forward from left to right. When the intermediate frame 92 is rotated between the closed state and the open state, the vertical portion of the left end portion of the intermediate frame 92 is a guard portion. The contact with 132 is prevented.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the positioning portion 133 of the intermediate frame guard member 129 refers to a plate-like portion that faces in the front-rear direction when viewed from above, and protrudes rearward from the guard portion 132. The positioning portion 133 comes into contact with the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 from the right side, and the intermediate frame guard member 129 is inclined based on the positioning portion 133 coming into contact with the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 from the right side. The guard portion 132 is disposed at a target position that narrows the gap between the vertical portions of the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 and the left end portion of the intermediate frame 92 without the portion 136 contacting the inner frame 7.

According to the said Example 1, there exists the following effect.
When an illegal act of forcibly operating the front frame 22 forward is performed in the locked state of the front frame 22 and the intermediate frame 92, a gap may be generated between the inner frame 7 and the front frame 22. The front frame 22 rotates independently of the intermediate frame 92, and the intermediate frame 92 is held in a closed state with a gap generated between the inner frame 7 and the front frame 22. For this reason, in order to illegally insert the piano wire into the game board 77, it is necessary to perform a highly difficult operation of forcibly operating the intermediate frame 92 forward through an illegal gap between the inner frame 7 and the front frame 22. Since this occurs, it becomes difficult to perform an illegal act of inserting a piano wire into the game board 77.

  To illegally operate the intermediate frame 92 in the opened state in the locked state of the front frame 22 and the intermediate frame 92 1) Lock the front frame locking mechanism 40 from the locked state based on the unauthorized operation of the cylinder lock 32. 2) The operation of switching to the release state, 2) the operation of illegally operating the front frame 22 from the closed state to the open state in the unlocked state of the front frame lock mechanism 40, and 3) the operation of the knob 119 in the open state of the front frame 22 Accordingly, it is necessary to sequentially perform operations for operating the intermediate frame locking mechanism 110 from the locked state to the unlocked state. For this reason, the difficulty level for illegally manipulating the intermediate frame 92 from the closed state to the open state is also increased, so that it is also difficult to perform an illegal act of bending the obstacle nail of the game board 77 directly with fingers.

  When the game ball sandwiched between the obstacle nails of the game board 77 is removed from between the obstacle nails, the front frame locking mechanism 40 is switched from the locked state to the unlocked state by operating the cylinder lock 32 with a key. Then, the knob 119 is opened so that it can be operated from the front based on turning the front frame 22 from the closed state to the open state when the front frame lock mechanism 40 is unlocked. The intermediate frame locking mechanism 110 is switched from the locked state to the unlocked state based on the operation of the knob 119 in the opened state of the knob 119, and the intermediate frame 92 is switched from the closed state to the opened state when the intermediate frame lock mechanism 110 is unlocked. To rotate. When the intermediate frame 92 is normally rotated, the outer rail 79 enters the notched rail insertion port 122 of the intermediate frame 92, so that the intermediate frame 92 does not contact the outer rail 79. For this reason, it is not necessary to move the outer rail 79 to the right from the intermediate frame 92 based on reducing the diameter of the outer rail 79 and to reduce the diameter of the inner rail 78 in accordance with the diameter of the outer rail 79. Therefore, the area of the game area 82 of the game board 77 can be suppressed from being narrowed due to the addition of the intermediate frame 92.

  The front frame 22 is rotatably supported by the inner frame 7 around both the upper shaft 4 of the left plate portion and the lower shaft 5 of the left end portion, and the left plate portion of the front frame 22 and the inner frame 7 A gap is formed between the left frame portions so that the front frame 22 does not contact the inner frame 7 when the front frame 22 is rotated between the closed state and the open state. The intermediate frame 92 is rotatably supported by the inner frame 7 around both the lower shaft 98 of the vertical portion at the left end and the upper shaft 99 of the vertical portion at the left end. A gap is formed between the vertical portion and the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 so as not to contact the inner frame 7 when the intermediate frame 92 is rotated between the closed state and the opened state. Therefore, in the closed state of the front frame 22 and the intermediate frame 92, the vertical portion of the left end portion of the intermediate frame 92 and the inner frame 7 from the gap between the left plate portion of the front frame 22 and the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 An insertion path of the piano wire that reaches the rail insertion opening 122 through the gap between the left frame portions is generated. The intermediate frame guard member 129 closes the gap between the vertical portion of the left end portion of the intermediate frame 92 and the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 when the intermediate frame 92 is closed, and the rail insertion port 122 closes the intermediate frame 92. The intermediate frame guard member 129 is opposed to the right side as viewed from the front in the state. Therefore, from the gap between the left plate portion of the front frame 22 and the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 to the rail insertion port 122 through the vertical portion of the left end portion of the intermediate frame 92 and the gap between the left frame portions of the inner frame 7. Since the piano wire insertion path is blocked, it becomes difficult to insert the piano wire into the game area 82 of the game board 77 through the rail insertion port 122 of the intermediate frame 92.

  An outer guard member 123 is interposed between the left frame part of the inner frame 7 and the left plate part of the front frame 22 in the closed state of the front frame 22, and between the left frame part of the inner frame 7 and the left plate part of the front frame 22. Since the gap in the front-rear direction is narrowed by the outer guard member 123, it becomes difficult to insert the piano wire into the gap between the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 and the left plate portion of the front frame 22. Moreover, the right guard portion 127 of the inner guard member 126 is opposed to the left guard portion 124 of the outer guard member 123 with the front frame 22 closed, and the rear guard portion of the inner guard member 126 is opposed to the front guard portion 125 of the outer guard member 123. 128 faced each other. Therefore, the piano wire insertion path from the gap between the left frame portion of the inner frame 7 and the left plate portion of the front frame 22 to the rail insertion port 122 of the intermediate frame 92 is bent, so that the rail insertion port of the intermediate frame 92 is bent. It becomes even more difficult to insert the piano wire through the 122 into the game area 82 of the game board 77.

  In the first embodiment, when the intermediate frame 92 is closed, the intermediate frame 92 only touches the inner frame 7 from the front or plays so that the intermediate frame 92 surrounds the game area 82 of the game board 77 from the front. You may contact only the board 77 from the front.

In the first embodiment, each of the front frame 22 and the intermediate frame 92 may be attached to the right end portion of the inner frame 7 so as to be rotatable about an axis directed in the vertical direction. In the case of this configuration, it is preferable that the rail insertion port 122 has the following arrangement 1) and the intermediate frame guard member 129 has the following arrangement 2). Other invention 1 describes the matter concerned.
1) When the intermediate frame 92 is rotated between the closed state and the open state, a rail insertion slot 122 is formed in the vertical portion of the right end portion of the intermediate frame 92 that is closest to the inner rail 78 of the game board 77 to play the game. The intermediate frame 92 is prevented from coming into contact with the inner rail 78 by causing the inner rail 78 of the panel 77 to enter the rail insertion port 122.
2) The intermediate frame guard member 129 is fixed to the right frame portion of the inner frame 7 so that the rail insertion port 122 faces the left side when viewed from the front with the intermediate frame 92 closed, and the inner frame 92 is closed with the intermediate frame 92 closed. A gap in the front-rear direction between vertical portions of the right frame portion of the frame 7 and the right end portion of the intermediate frame 92 is closed by the intermediate frame guard member 129.
[Other invention 1]
A game board where game balls are launched from the launch rail,
An inner rail provided on the game board;
The game board is provided on the outer side of the inner rail, and a game area in which a game ball rolls and a launch passage for releasing the game ball fired from the launch rail to the game area are referred to as the inner rail. An outer rail formed between,
A support frame for supporting the game board;
A game area of the game board is provided on the right end portion of the support frame so as to be rotatable between a closed state and an open state about an axis directed in the vertical direction, and rotated in the closed state. An intermediate frame that contacts one of the game board and the support frame from the front or contacts both the game board and the support frame from the front so as to surround from the outside as viewed from the front which is the player side;
A transparent intermediate window provided on the intermediate frame and facing the game area of the game board from the front in the closed state of the intermediate frame;
A notch-shaped rail insertion opening that is provided at the right end of the intermediate frame and into which the inner rail enters when the intermediate frame is rotated between a closed state and an open state;
The support frame is provided at the right end of the support frame so as to be pivotable independently of the intermediate frame between the closed state and the open state about an axis directed in the vertical direction, and rotates in the closed state when the intermediate frame is closed. A front frame that comes into contact with the support frame from the front so as to surround the intermediate frame from the outside when viewed from the front based on being operated,
A transparent front window provided on the front frame and facing the game area of the game board from the front through the intermediate window in a closed state of the front frame and the intermediate frame;
Between the locked state that prohibits the intermediate frame from being rotated from the closed state to the open state and the unlocked state that allows the intermediate frame to be rotated from the closed state to the open state An intermediate frame locking mechanism that can be switched in,
Between the locked state that prohibits the front frame from being rotated from the closed state toward the open state and the unlocked state that allows the front frame to be rotated from the closed state toward the open state. With a front frame lock mechanism that can be switched in,
A lock mechanism for switching the front frame locking mechanism from a locked state to an unlocked state, and operated with a key from the front in a closed state of the front frame;
The intermediate frame locking mechanism is for switching the locked state from the locked state to the unlocked state, and is covered with the front frame and the front window so as to be inoperable when the front frame is closed, and the front frame is opened. An operator that is opened so that it can be operated from the front in a state;
Provided at the right end of the support frame, the rail insertion port faces from the left when viewed from the front in the closed state of the intermediate frame, and the right end of the intermediate frame in the closed state of the intermediate frame and the A pachinko gaming machine comprising a guard member that closes a gap between right end portions of a support frame.

  In the first embodiment, the intermediate frame 92 may be attached to the game board 77 instead of the inner frame 7.

The figure which shows Example 1 of this invention (The perspective view which shows the external appearance of a pachinko game machine in the open state of a front door) Figure showing the appearance of a pachinko machine from the front with the front door removed Figure showing the appearance of a pachinko machine from the front with the front door attached Sectional drawing which follows the AA line of FIG. Figure showing the appearance of a pachinko machine from the front with the front door and intermediate door removed (A) is sectional drawing which follows the BB line of FIG. 3, (b) is a figure which expands and shows Xb part A perspective view showing the appearance of a pachinko machine with the front door and the intermediate door open A figure showing the appearance of a pachinko machine from the front with the front door and the intermediate door open (A) is sectional drawing which follows the AA line of FIG. 8, (b) is a figure which expands and shows Xb part

Explanation of symbols

4 is an upper shaft (axis), 5 is a lower shaft (axis), 7 is an inner frame (support frame), 21 is a front plate, 22 is a front frame, 23 is a front window, 32 is a cylinder lock (locking mechanism), 40 Is a front frame locking mechanism, 74 is a launch rail, 77 is a game board, 78 is an inner rail, 79 is an outer rail, 81 is a launch passage, 82 is a game area, 91 is an intermediate window, 92 is an intermediate frame, and 98 is a lower shaft (Axis), 99 is an upper shaft (axis), 110 is an intermediate frame locking mechanism, 119 is a knob (operator), 122 is a rail insertion slot, and 129 is an intermediate frame guard member (guard member).

Claims (1)

A game board where game balls are launched from the launch rail,
An inner rail provided on the game board;
The game board is located on the outside of the inner rail and is adjacent to the game area where the game ball rolls and the game area on the left side of the game area when viewed from the front. An outer rail that forms between the inner rails each of the launch passages for releasing the game balls launched from the game area into the game area;
A support frame for supporting the game board;
The left end of the support frame is provided so as to be rotatable between a closed state and an open state around an axis directed in the vertical direction, and the game area of the game board is defined based on being operated to rotate in the closed state. An intermediate frame that contacts one of the game board and the support frame from the front or contacts both the game board and the support frame from the front so as to surround from the outside as viewed from the front;
A transparent intermediate window provided on the intermediate frame and facing the game area of the game board from the front in the closed state of the intermediate frame;
A notch-shaped rail insertion port provided at the left end of the intermediate frame, into which the outer rail enters when the intermediate frame is rotated between a closed state and an open state;
The left end of the support frame is provided so as to be rotatable independently of the intermediate frame between a closed state and an open state about an axis directed in the vertical direction, and is rotated in the closed state when the intermediate frame is closed. A front frame that comes into contact with the support frame from the front so as to surround the intermediate frame from the outside when viewed from the front based on being operated,
A transparent front window provided on the front frame and facing the game area of the game board from the front through the intermediate window in a closed state of the front frame and the intermediate frame;
Between the locked state that prohibits the intermediate frame from being rotated from the closed state to the open state and the unlocked state that allows the intermediate frame to be rotated from the closed state to the open state An intermediate frame locking mechanism that can be switched in,
Between the locked state that prohibits the front frame from being rotated from the closed state toward the open state and the unlocked state that allows the front frame to be rotated from the closed state toward the open state. With a front frame lock mechanism that can be switched in,
A lock mechanism for switching the front frame locking mechanism from a locked state to an unlocked state, and operated with a key from the front in a closed state of the front frame;
The intermediate frame locking mechanism is for switching the locked state from the locked state to the unlocked state, and is covered with the front frame and the front window so as to be inoperable when the front frame is closed, and the front frame is opened. An operator that is opened so that it can be operated from the front in a state;
Provided at the left end of the support frame, the rail insertion port faces from the right when viewed from the front in the closed state of the intermediate frame, and the left end of the intermediate frame in the closed state of the intermediate frame and the A pachinko gaming machine comprising a guard member that closes a gap between left end portions of a support frame.

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