JP5090853B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The technical field of the present invention relates to gaming machines that use pachinko balls (pachinko machines, arrange ball machines, sparrow ball machines, slot machines, etc.) to collect pachinko balls that have been played using a collection basket inside the game island. The present invention relates to a method of installing a ball receiving tank installed for each machine.

  For example, in amusement islands where pachinko machines are installed, a system that collects game-played pachinko balls (out balls and safe balls) from each pachinko machine, performs a predetermined process with a polishing device, etc., and circulates is adopted .

  For this reason, inside the amusement island, a ball collection tank is installed for each pachinko machine, and a collection system is installed to return the pachinko balls from each ball collection tank to a collection basket.

  By the way, the outlet of the pachinko machine and the discharge port of the safe ball are different for each manufacturer, so each time the pachinko machine installed on the amusement island is replaced with a different manufacturer, the installation position of the ball receiving tank It was necessary to adjust and change

  For this reason, various devices have been proposed for the ball receiving tank.

  In Patent Document 1, a pin 19 is inserted from above into four elongated holes 5 opened in the tank support member 3 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the lock base 11, and at two locations above the lock base 11. A ball receiving tank mounting device is proposed in which a pair of left and right slide fittings 6 is provided and the lock base 11 and the left and right slide fittings 6 are slidable in the left and right directions (see FIG. 6A).

  Patent Document 2 proposes to avoid interference when the model is changed by lowering the wall surface on the pachinko machine side of the ball receiving tank portion 41 and attaching the overflow prevention member 48 and the presser plate 49. (See FIG. 6B).

  In Patent Document 3, a transfer passage 34 for aligning out balls received by the tank member 20 is formed so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the tank support member 30 and protrude forward, and the mounting device for the out ball receiving tank 10 includes: Proposing to include a rail member 70 fixed on the mounting base A, a slide member 40 movably fitted to the rail member 70 to support the tank support member 30, and lock members 50, 60. (See FIG. 6C).

  In Patent Document 4, any one of the engaging bases 53a and 53b formed on the ball receiving tank portion 41 is formed on the mounting base portion 42 that engages and supports the ball receiving tank portion 41 and is fixed to the installation island base. It is proposed that the engaging angular holes 72a, 72b, 73a, 73b, 74a, 74b can be engaged and the mounting position of the ball receiving tank is easily changed (see FIG. 6D). .

  Patent Document 5 discloses that the upper tank A1 and the lower tank A2 face each other on the open side with respect to the U-shaped peripheral walls 1 and 2 in order to cope with the change of the out-ball discharge amount and the installation position depending on the pachinko machine model. By sliding together, the ball receiving tank body shall be widened or narrowed in the front-rear direction, and the ball receiving tank body shall adopt mounting means that can be adjusted in the vertical and horizontal directions with respect to the mounting base. It has been proposed (see FIG. 6E).

  Patent Document 6 proposes a ball receiving tank in which a receiving tray and a guide rod are configured separately and can be easily adjusted not only in the left and right but also in the front and rear direction so as to reliably receive the out ball (FIG. 6). (See (F)).

  Patent Document 7 includes a ball return unit 14 including a plurality of ball return ports 13R and 13L for returning discharged balls to a ball collection basket, and directs the ball guide member 15 to which ball return port 13R and 13L. A ball receiving tank is proposed in which the return port is changed depending on whether it is attached (see FIG. 6G).

  In Patent Document 8, a first hinge part 11 and a second hinge part 21 are provided on the surface of the base body 10 and the collection box 20 opposite to the pachinko machine, respectively, and the first and second hinge parts 11 are provided. , 21 are connected by a hinge pin 40 which is substantially parallel to the pachinko machine, and the recovery box 20 can be rotated to the center side of the pachinko island while the base body 10 is fixed on the base frame 200. The out ball collection device 100 configured as described above is proposed (see FIG. 6H).

In Patent Document 9, a ball receiving tank 4 is provided on the mounting base 1 on the back side of the pachinko machine 2, and a ball receiving tray 22 is supported on the ball receiving tank so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. It has been proposed to provide a detection switch 25 for extending the ball tray to the lower part of the ball discharge port 31 on the back of the pachinko machine by providing a spring 29 for biasing the ball and detecting the moving state of the ball tray. (See FIG. 6I).
JP-A-3-191972 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-15645 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-13739 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-1555034 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-277227 JP 2000-350840 A JP 2002-253803 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-287792 JP 2005-348892 A

  In this way, various game machine and peripheral equipment manufacturers have made various proposals regarding the ball receiving tank, and even if the model installed on the game island is changed, it has become possible to adjust the position.

  However, these ball receiving tanks are installed inside the game island, and it is necessary to work while checking the position of the outlet of the pachinko ball already played with the middle frame closed. Work to align from the inside of the amusement island with the closed. For this reason, there is a problem that alignment work is forced in a narrow and poor workability environment where various facilities and equipment are installed.

  In addition, due to the presence of various ball receiving tanks, not only the specifications of the game machines installed on the island, but also the method of adjusting the position of the ball receiving tank adopted by the game hall must be followed. Is complex and cumbersome. In particular, when a plurality of manufacturers' gaming machines are installed on one amusement island, the work is further complicated and complicated.

  Therefore, in the present application, according to the method of adjusting the position of the ball receiving tank adopted by the game hall, the installation position of the ball receiving tank can be adjusted reliably and easily by working from the outside of the game island without closing the middle frame. The purpose is to do.

The gaming machine of the present invention made to achieve the above object is:
(1) an outer frame that forms an outline;
(2) a middle frame that is assembled to the outer frame so as to be attachable / detachable and openable and holds a game board;
(3) A front frame that is assembled to the front side of the middle frame so as to be openable and closable, and protects the game board from perspective.
(4) a game auxiliary board that is assembled below the game board assembly position of the middle frame and has a discharge path for pachinko balls that have been ejected from the game board, and has the following configuration: It is characterized by that.
(11) The left and right sides covering the discharge port of the discharge path formed in the game auxiliary board when the middle frame is closed on the upper surface of the lower part of the outer frame that forms the opening / closing path of the middle frame of the outer frame A mark indicating the range of directions is displayed.
(12) The mark is constituted by a recess formed in the upper surface of the lower part of the outer frame.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, in a state where the outer frame is installed on the gaming island, the ball receiving tank is installed while checking the range to be covered in the left and right direction by the ball receiving tank in the gaming island according to the mark on the lower upper surface of the outer frame. Alternatively, position adjustment can be performed. Therefore, the ball receiving tank can be reliably and easily installed by the work from the outside of the game island before the middle frame is attached. Moreover, since the mark is constituted by a recess, it does not interfere with the opening and closing of the middle frame assembled to the outer frame. The installation work of the ball receiving tank can be performed by opening the middle frame in a state where the middle frame is assembled to the outer frame. Also in this case, it is possible to install and adjust the position of the ball receiving tank by work from the outside of the game island.

Here, the gaming machine of the present invention preferably further comprises the following configuration.
(21) The mark is composed of a left limit mark and a right limit mark which are formed on the upper surface of the lower portion of the outer frame so as to be separated in the left-right direction.

  By configuring the mark with left and right limit marks formed apart from each other in the left-right direction, it is possible to clearly know the range in which game-pachinko balls discharged from the game board are discharged backwards. This makes it easier to install the ball receiving tank. Further, by constituting the left limit mark and the right limit mark, a sticking area for explaining the meaning of the mark and the method of installing the ball receiving tank can be provided between the both marks. In addition, it is good to form this sticking area | regions, such as a seal | sticker, as a recess which has a flat surface so that it may not interfere with the opening / closing operation | movement of a middle frame, when a sticker | sticker etc. are stuck.

In addition, the gaming machine of the present invention can be configured as having the following configuration.
(31) The game assistance board is formed with an out ball discharge path, a safe ball discharge path, and respective discharge ports as the discharge path.
(32) The left limit mark and the right limit mark are configured as marks indicating a range that simultaneously covers both the pachinko ball discharge ranges from the outlets of the out ball discharge route and the safe ball discharge route. about.

Similarly, the gaming machine of the present invention can be configured as having the following configuration.
(41) The game assisting board is formed with an out ball discharge path, a safe ball discharge path, a collective discharge path that joins both discharge paths, and a discharge port of the collective discharge path as the discharge path. .
(42) The left limit mark and the right limit mark are configured as marks indicating a range that covers a range of the pachinko ball released from the discharge port of the collective discharge path.

Furthermore, it is desirable that these gaming machines of the present invention are further configured to have the following configuration.
(51) The said mark is comprised so that the discharge port of the ball | bowl extraction path | route from the pachinko ball storage parts, such as a prize ball payout apparatus provided in the said inner frame, may also be covered.

  By configuring in this way, depending on the configuration of the discharge path of the pachinko balls already played formed on the game auxiliary board attached to the middle frame of the gaming machine and the ball removal path formed on the middle frame, The ball, and further, the pachinko ball extracted from the prize ball payout device can be received by the ball receiving tank. In addition, when the discharge path of the game pachinko ball on the middle frame side and the ball removal path are changed by design even when attached to the same outer frame, the mark on the upper surface of the lower part of the outer frame is adjusted accordingly. Display, the ball receiving tank can be installed at the correct position, and the work for that purpose can be executed from the outside of the game island.

Here, it is desirable that these gaming machines of the present invention are further configured to have the following configurations.
(61) The lower part of the outer frame on which the mark is displayed is made of a decorative synthetic resin that can be attached to and detached from the outer frame main body, and is constituted by a curtain plate having a box-plate-like structure with the back side open.
(62) The mark is integrally formed as a triangular or trapezoidal recess in which the bottom reaches the front edge of the upper surface of the curtain and the apex toward the rear does not protrude beyond the left and right ends of the bottom. is being done.

  By providing a mark on the top of the detachable curtain, the outer frame body is common to the design changes as described above, and the above-described various types can be achieved simply by replacing the curtain with one for the gaming machine. It can exert its action and effect. In addition, by adopting the configuration of (62), a mark that can avoid interference when opening and closing the middle frame as a recess can be formed integrally with the curtain plate by injection molding. That is, the bottom reaches the front edge and does not protrude to the left or right of the bottom toward the rear, so that the injection mold can be easily opened in the front-rear direction, and a complicated mold such as a split mold A mark for confirming the position of the ball receiving tank can be formed integrally with the curtain without using a mold.

  According to the present invention, according to the method of adjusting the position of the ball receiving tank adopted by the game hall, the work can be reliably and easily performed from the outside of the game island in a state where the middle frame is opened or before the middle frame is attached. It is possible to install a ball receiving tank or adjust the position according to the model change, and improve workability when installing a gaming machine.

  Hereinafter, a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, “front”, “rear”, “left”, and “right” mean that the pachinko machine is viewed from the front side (player side) as shown in FIG. 1 unless otherwise specified. Refer to it.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 according to the embodiment has a middle frame 12 that holds a game board 18 on the front side of an opening of an outer frame 11 that is formed in a rectangular frame shape and is fixed to a game store (not shown). It is assembled so as to be openable and detachable through hinge means and locking means. A front frame 13 provided with a glass plate 13a for seeing and protecting the game board 18 held on the middle frame 12 is assembled to the front side of the middle frame 12 so as to be openable and closable. The lower ball tray 15 is stored so as to be openable and closable. In the present embodiment, an upper ball tray 14 for storing pachinko balls is integrally assembled at a lower position of the front frame 13, and the upper ball tray 14 is also integrated with the opening and closing of the front frame 13. It is configured to open and close. A handle member 16 that can be rotated is disposed on the right side of the lower ball tray 15 in the middle frame 12, and the pachinko balls stored in the upper ball tray 14 by the rotation operation of the handle member 16 are played on the game board. It is struck toward the 18th board. Further, an out port 20 is formed at the lower center of the game area of the game board 18.

  2 to 4, the middle frame 12 has an upper frame member 21 that forms an upper edge, a lower frame member 22 that forms a lower edge and functions as an installation member for installing a speaker, a ball hitting device, and the like, A left frame member 23 that forms a left edge and a right frame member 24 that forms a right edge. When these upper, lower, left and right frame members 21, 22, 23, 24 are assembled, the entire frame 11 It is formed in a size that matches the opening region. Here, the upper and lower frame members 21 and 22 are formed of synthetic resin, and the left and right frame members 23 and 24 are formed of a metal material such as aluminum to reduce the weight while ensuring the rigidity of the entire inner frame 12. It is illustrated. And it is comprised so that the game board 18 may be installed in the opening area | region 12a opened to the front and back when the frame members 21, 22, 23, and 24 on the upper and lower sides and right and left are assembled | attached. At this time, the upper, lower, left and right frame members 21, 22, 23, 24 are opposed to the corresponding upper, lower, left, and right end surfaces of the game board 18 via a required clearance. However, the lower end surface of the game board 18 comes into contact with part of the upper end surface on both the left and right sides of the lower frame member 22 so that the lower position of the game board 18 is positioned. A game auxiliary board (mechanism set board) 43 is attached to the back surface of the lower frame member 22.

  Further, on the back side of the main body of the upper frame member 21, a ball tank 26 that can store pachinko balls and a tank rail 34 that aligns the pachinko balls stored in the ball tank 26 in a line are provided. Further, the ball passage unit 50 arriving from the tank rail 34 to the game auxiliary board 43 is provided at a position biased to the left with respect to the middle frame 12. Then, the pachinko balls supplied to the ball tank 26 from the ball supply facility provided on the game island are paid out to the upper and lower ball dishes 14 and 15 via the tank rail 34 and the payout passage 54 provided in the ball passage unit 50. It is supposed to be. The payout of the pachinko balls is performed by an electrically controlled ball payout device 101 attached to the lower part of the ball passage unit 50. The ball passage unit 50 is also formed with a ball removal passage 59 for discharging the pachinko balls to a ball collection basket (not shown) provided on the game island.

  The game auxiliary board 43 is formed with a discharge path for pachinko balls that have been played that are discharged from the outlet 20 of the game board 18 and a discharge path for pachinko balls that are discharged through the ball removal passage 59. In addition, the pachinko ball (safe ball) won in the winning opening of the game board 18 is discharged through the collective discharge path 60 joined with the discharge path of the pachinko ball from the out opening 20 in the game auxiliary board 43. It has become. The out ball and the safe ball discharged through the collective discharge path 60 are, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, passed through an out ball discharge port 61 that protrudes from the lower center of the game auxiliary board 43 to the back surface. And discharged into the amusement island. Further, the pachinko balls discharged from the ball passage 59 of the ball passage unit 50 are passed through a ball discharge outlet 62 which is formed to protrude from the lower left side (lower right side when viewed from the back) of the game auxiliary board 43 to the back surface. And discharged into the amusement island. For this reason, in order to collect the pachinko balls discharged from the out-ball discharge port 61 and the ball discharge port 62 to the ball collection basket installed in the amusement island, each amusement island has a pachinko machine for each pachinko machine. A ball receiving tank 90 is installed, and this ball receiving tank 90 serves as a hopper for the ball collecting basket.

  In the pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, a curtain plate 70 having a box-plate structure with the back side open is attached to the lower part of the outer frame 11. The curtain plate 70 is made of decorative synthetic resin that can be attached to and detached from the outer frame 11, and is located immediately below the opening / closing path of the middle frame 12.

  3 and 4, the top surface 71 of the curtain 70 is formed at a position corresponding to the right end (the left end when viewed from the back) of the out ball discharge port 61 formed in the game auxiliary board 43. The right limit mark 81 and the left limit mark 82 formed at a position corresponding to the left end (right end when viewed from the back) of the ball discharge outlet 62 are displayed.

  These marks 81 and 82 are formed by integral molding with the synthetic resin curtain plate 70 as isosceles triangular recesses whose bottom edge reaches the front edge of the curtain plate 70 and whose apex reaches the rear edge of the curtain plate 70. ing.

  According to the pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment configured as described above, when the outer frame 11 is installed on the game island, the left limit and the right limit are set according to the marks 81 and 82 on the upper surface of the curtain plate 70. The ball receiving tank can be installed or adjusted while checking. Accordingly, the ball receiving tank can be reliably and easily installed by the operation from the outside of the game island in a state where the middle frame 12 is opened or before the middle frame 12 is attached. Further, since the marks 81 and 82 are constituted by recesses, they do not interfere with the opening and closing of the middle frame 12 assembled to the outer frame 11.

  Further, since the marks 81 and 82 are constituted by the left limit mark 82 and the right limit mark 81 that are formed apart from each other in the left-right direction, the pachinko balls that have been played out of the pachinko machine 10 and the ball passage are discharged backward. The area where the pachinko balls are released can be clearly known, and the installation work of the ball receiving tank is easy. As shown in FIG. 5, a sticking area 110 such as a seal for explaining the meaning of the mark and the method of installing the ball receiving tank can be provided between the left limit mark 82 and the right limit mark 81. The sticking area 110 such as a seal may be formed as a recess having a flat surface so that the opening / closing operation of the middle frame 12 is not hindered when a sticker or the like is stuck.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, by providing the marks 81 and 82 on the upper surface of the detachable curtain plate 70, the outer frame 11 body is common to the design change, and the curtain plate 70 is attached to the pachinko machine. The above-described various actions and effects can be exhibited simply by replacing the ones for use. Moreover, since the marks 81 and 82 are formed as isosceles triangular recesses whose bottom edge reaches the front edge of the box-plate-shaped curtain 70 with the back side open and whose apex reaches the rear edge, the opening and closing of the middle frame 12 is performed. The marks 81 and 82 that can avoid time interference can be easily formed by integral molding with the curtain plate 70 by injection molding.

  Therefore, according to this embodiment, according to the position adjustment method of the ball receiving tank adopted by the game hall, the work from the outside of the game island in the state where the middle frame 12 is opened or before the middle frame 12 is attached. Thus, the ball receiving tank can be installed reliably and easily, or the position can be adjusted according to the model change, and the workability when installing the gaming machine can be improved.

  Although one embodiment as the best mode for carrying out the invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

  For example, it is good also as a structure which sticks a sticker as the marks 81 and 82. FIG. Further, the mark is not limited to an isosceles triangle, and may be an arrow or the like.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine of an embodiment. It is a perspective view from the front of the principal part of the pachinko machine of an embodiment. It is a perspective view from the front of the principal part of the state which opened the middle frame in the pachinko machine of an embodiment. The pachinko machine of embodiment is shown, (A) is a rear view, (B) is the top view cut | disconnected by the curtain plate upper surface. It is the top view cut | disconnected by the curtain plate upper surface of the pachinko machine as a modification. It is explanatory drawing of a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine 11 ... Outer frame 12 ... Middle frame 12a ... Opening area 13 ... Front frame 13a ... Glass plate 14 ... Upper ball dish 15 ... Lower ball dish 16 ... handle member 18 ... game board 20 ... out port 21 ... upper frame member 22 ... lower frame member 23 ... left frame member 24 ... right frame member 26 ... Ball tank 34 ... Tank rail 43 ... Game auxiliary board (mechanism set board)
50 ... Ball passage unit 54 ... Dispensing passage 59 ... Ball passage 60 ... Collecting discharge passage 61 ... Out ball discharge port 62 ... Ball removal discharge port 70 ... Curtain plate 71 ... Upper screen 81 ... Right limit mark 82 ... Left limit mark 90 ... Ball receiving tank 101 ... Electric control ball dispenser 110 ... Attachment area for seals, etc.

Claims (6)

(1) an outer frame that forms an outline;
(2) a middle frame that is assembled to the outer frame so as to be attachable / detachable and openable and holds a game board;
(3) A front frame that is assembled to the front side of the middle frame so as to be openable and closable, and protects the game board from perspective.
(4) a game auxiliary board that is assembled below the game board assembly position of the middle frame and has a discharge path for pachinko balls that have been ejected from the game board, and has the following configuration: A gaming machine characterized by that.
(11) The left and right sides covering the discharge port of the discharge path formed in the game auxiliary board when the middle frame is closed on the upper surface of the lower part of the outer frame that forms the opening / closing path of the middle frame of the outer frame A mark indicating the range of directions is displayed.
(12) The mark is constituted by a recess formed in the upper surface of the lower part of the outer frame. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising the following configuration.
(21) The mark is composed of a left limit mark and a right limit mark which are formed on the upper surface of the lower portion of the outer frame so as to be separated in the left-right direction. The gaming machine according to claim 2, further comprising the following configuration.
(31) The game assistance board is formed with an out ball discharge path, a safe ball discharge path, and respective discharge ports as the discharge path.
(32) The left limit mark and the right limit mark are configured as marks indicating a range that simultaneously covers both the pachinko ball discharge ranges from the outlets of the out ball discharge route and the safe ball discharge route. about. The gaming machine according to claim 2, further comprising the following configuration.
(41) The game assisting board is formed with an out ball discharge path, a safe ball discharge path, a collective discharge path that joins both discharge paths, and a discharge port of the collective discharge path as the discharge path. .
(42) The left limit mark and the right limit mark are configured as marks indicating a range that covers a range of the pachinko ball released from the discharge port of the collective discharge path. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising the following configuration.
(51) The said mark is comprised so that the discharge port of the ball | bowl extraction path | route from the pachinko ball storage parts, such as a prize ball payout apparatus provided in the said inner frame, may also be covered. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising the following configuration.
(61) The lower part of the outer frame on which the mark is displayed is made of a decorative synthetic resin that can be attached to and detached from the outer frame main body, and is constituted by a curtain plate having a box-plate-like structure with the back side open.
(62) The mark is integrally formed as a triangular or trapezoidal recess in which the bottom reaches the front edge of the upper surface of the curtain and the apex toward the rear does not protrude beyond the left and right ends of the bottom. is being done.

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