JP2720004B2 - Gaming parts for gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game component for a game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game board of a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball machine, and other ball game machines, a guide rail for guiding a game ball is mounted on an outer peripheral portion of a game board formed of a plywood or the like, and is surrounded by the guide rail. Within the range
A number of obstacle nails are driven in, and various game parts such as a symbol display device, an electric accessory, and a chucker are mounted at predetermined positions. When attaching game parts such as electric accessories and chuckers to the game board, place the game board with the router hole at a predetermined position horizontally on the workbench, and insert a part of the game part from above into the router hole By doing so, the game component is set on the game board so that the mounting portion formed in a flange shape on the outer periphery is in contact with the game board. Next, a mounting screw is inserted into a mounting hole of the mounting portion, and the mounting screw is fixed to the game board by tightening the mounting screw with a tool such as an electric screwdriver.

[0003]

In the conventional game component, only a mounting hole is formed in the mounting portion. After setting the mounting hole at a mounting position of the game board, a mounting screw is inserted into each mounting hole. In order to tighten and fix, it is necessary to rely exclusively on the manual operation of a skilled worker, and there is a drawback that the work efficiency is extremely poor especially when there are many attachment points. Also, since the game parts and the mounting screws are separate bodies, even if automation is to be achieved, it is necessary to supply and tighten the mounting screws for each mounting location, which makes the device extremely complicated and requires less work time. Is also long. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and has a simple structure, and can be easily and reliably attached to required members such as a game board, thereby improving work efficiency and facilitating automation of the attachment operation. To provide game parts for use.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game component for a game machine in which a contact surface of a mounting portion is brought into contact with a required member and mounted. In addition, a press-fit projection 29 protruding from the contact surface toward the required member 7 is provided. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the opening of the required member 7 is provided.
At the front side of the component main body 31 fitted to 30, there is provided a mounting portion 28 protruding outward from the component main body 31.
Is provided with a press-fit projection 29 on the back side. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the mounting portion 28 is provided with a protruding portion 32 protruding forward corresponding to the press-fitting protrusion 29. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to third aspects, the press-fitting projection is used as the mounting screw 29, and the head 32 of the mounting screw 29 with the tool engaging portion 33 is attached. Mounting part 28
Is exposed on the front side of the camera.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawings illustrate a case where the present invention is applied to a game board for a pachinko machine. 2 and 3, 1 is a machine frame, 2
Is a front frame pivotally attached to the front of the machine frame 1 so as to be openable and closable.
A glass door frame 3 and a front plate 4 are mounted on the front frame 2, and a game board 6 is detachably mounted on the rear side.
The game board 6 includes a game board 7 made of a plywood board or the like. On the front surface of the game board 7, a guide rail 8 for guiding a shot game ball is provided.
In the area surrounded by, other than a number of obstacle nails 9, checkers 10 to 14, starting gates 15 and 16, a symbol display device 17,
Game parts such as a specific winning device 18, a special winning device 19 and the like, and an out port 20 are provided.

The symbol display device 17 has three liquid crystal type symbol display portions, and each symbol display portion has ten different symbols,
For example, numerical symbols from 0 to 9 are displayed in segments. The specific winning device 18 is a so-called win, and the stop symbol after the change of each symbol display unit of the symbol display device 17 displays a preset hit symbol,
The gate 21 is opened for the required time. The special prize device 18 has a special operation region for operating the special prize device 19 at the center thereof, and the special prize device 19 is operated when a game ball passes through the special operation region. . The special winning device 19 is a so-called jackpot.

[0007] An upper plate 24 is mounted on the front plate 4, and a lower plate 25 and an operation handle 27 for a firing device 26 are provided below the front frame 2.
By operating the operation handle 27, game balls are supplied from the upper plate 24 one by one to the firing section, and the game balls are fired along the guide rail 8 by the operation of the shooting motor. It has become. Checkers 10-14,
The game parts such as the starting gates 15 and 16 are shown in FIG.
As illustrated in FIG. 13 and the specific winning device 18, the mounting portion 28 is provided with a plurality of mounting screws 29 forming a press-fitting projection, and the mounting screws 29 are press-fitted into the game board 7 as shown in FIG. As described above, the attachment portion 28 is attached so that the contact surface thereof contacts the front surface of the game board 7. That is, the game board 7 is obtained by cutting a veneer plate or the like into a substantially square shape, and has an opening 30 such as a router hole corresponding to the game component at a mounting position where a game component such as the checker 13 or the specific winning device 18 is mounted. Are formed in advance.

On the other hand, the game components such as the checker 13 and the special winning device 18 are each constituted by incorporating components such as a ball detection switch and a solenoid as necessary into a component body 31 made of synthetic resin. Attachment part to the component body 31
28 are integrally formed. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, two attachment screws 29 are attached to the attachment portion 28 so as to be located on the left and right sides of the component body 31 of the checker 13.
However, in the specific prize winning device 18, on the front side of the component body 31,
A flange-like mounting portion 28 protruding outward from the component main body 31 is integrally provided.
The four mounting screws 29 are respectively fixed so as to be located at the four corners.

Each mounting screw 29 has a cross-shaped tool engaging portion 33 on the head 32 side, and is fixed to the mounting portion 28 on the head 32 side so that the tool engaging portion 33 is exposed on the front side. And, it protrudes rearward from the contact surface of the mounting portion 28. Head 32
Protrudes forward, and the head 32 forms a protruding portion. The mounting screw 29 is set in a mold when the component body 31 is injection-molded, and the synthetic resin material is injected into the mold to mold the component body 31 and, at the same time, to the mounting portion 28 thereof. What is necessary is just to fix, and in this way, various game parts with the mounting screw 29 can be easily manufactured.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a support projection 32a is integrally formed at the lower portion of the center of the mounting portion 28 of the checker 13 mounted with the two mounting screws 29. When the chucker 13 is set on the game board 7, the chucker 13 is supported by the two mounting screws 29 and the projections 32a so that the component body 31 is horizontal with the game board 7, and the mounting screws 29 At the time of press fitting,
The projection 32a is easily broken. Game board 7
When each game component is attached to the game, the following is performed. A game board 7 in which an opening 30 or the like is formed in a predetermined mounting position in advance.
Are prepared, and guide rails 8 and obstacle nails 9 are mounted on them.

Next, after the game board 7 is placed horizontally on a work table, as shown in FIGS.
Each game component is set on the game board 7 in correspondence with the above. In this case, if the checker 13 is the mounting screw 29
The checker 13 is placed and set on the game board 7 via the two mounting screws 29 and the projections 32a with the tip of the player facing downward, that is, facing the game board 7 side. In the case of the special winning device 18, a part of the component main body 31 is inserted into the opening 30 of the game board 7, and is placed on the game board 7 via four mounting screws 29.

When game components such as the checker 13, the special winning device 18 and the like are set on the game substrate 7 via the mounting screws 29, the game components are placed around the openings 30 on the game substrate 7 side as shown in FIG. A small hole 34 is drilled in advance with a punch or the like corresponding to each mounting screw 29 of the component, and the tip of the mounting screw 29 is inserted into the small hole 34. This way, the checker
13. The position of the game component of the specific winning device 18 can be easily determined, and the displacement can be reliably prevented when the game component is moved. When the setting of a plurality of game parts is completed in this way, the game board 7 is loaded onto the receiving base 36 of the automatic press-fitting device 35 and positioned as shown in FIG. Then, the press-fitting plate 37 of the press-fitting head 43 is lowered from above,
8, the head 32 side of each mounting screw 29 is pressed downward by a large number of press-fit pins 38, and until the contact surface of the mounting portion 28 contacts the upper surface of the game board 7 as shown in FIG. Each mounting screw 29 is pressed into the game board 7. The protrusion 32a of the checker 13 is broken at the time of press-fitting so that the mounting portion 28 is in close contact with the game board 7.

The press-fitting head 43 includes a lifting plate 50 that can be moved up and down,
Press-fitting plate 37 fixed at an interval below this lifting plate 50
The press-fitting plate 37 has a press-fit pin 38 which constitutes a press-fitting means.
Are arranged at positions corresponding to the mounting screws 29 of each game component. Each press-fit pin 38 is inserted and supported in a holding hole 51 of the press-fit plate 37 so as to be vertically movable, and is urged downward by a spring 39 constituting urging means. Each press-fit pin 38
At the lower end side, the head 32 side of the mounting screw 29 of each game component is pressed from the upper side downward, and the lower end according to the height difference of the pressing part on the game component side and the length of each mounting screw 29 Each side has a different height. Therefore, by lowering the press-fitting plate 37, the mounting screws 29 of a large number of game components on the game substrate 7 can be pressed into the game substrate 7 almost simultaneously in one pressing step, so that each game component can be easily and reliably inserted. It can be fixed to the game board 7.

The press-fit pin 38 is urged downward by a spring 39, and when the mounting screw 29 is press-fitted to its limit, the spring
39 can be contracted to absorb variations in the height of the mounting screw 29, and the mounting screw 29 can be securely pressed in while preventing damage to the pressurized portion of the game component. Mounting screw
When the press-fitting of 29 is completed, as shown in FIG.
43 is lifted, and the game board 7 is taken out from the cradle 36. Next, as shown in FIG. 10, after the game board 7 is turned over, the ball collecting plate 41 is sucked by the suction cup 40 and carried to the upper side of the game board 7, and the ball collecting plate 41 is moved to the back side of the game board 7. Attach to

In this way, it is only necessary to set each game component provided with the mounting screw 29 at the mounting position on the game board 7 and then press-fit the mounting screw 29 with the automatic press-fitting device 35. The work becomes much easier than before, the work efficiency is significantly improved, and there is no need to rely on skilled workers. In addition, since the mounting screw 29 is attached to the game component and can be press-fitted, the structure of the automatic press-fitting device 35 can be simplified and automation can be easily performed even in the case of automation. In addition, the mounting screw 29 has a head 32 that is exposed to the front from the mounting portion 28 in a protruding manner,
Since the mounting screw 29 is press-fitted through the head 32, the game component side such as the mounting portion 28 is not damaged when press-fitting with the press-fit pin 38. Further, a head 32 having a tool engagement portion 33
Is exposed on the front side, so even after attaching the game parts to the game board 7, if you use a tool such as a screwdriver, you can loosen the mounting screw 29, making it easy to remove the game parts It is.

FIGS. 11 to 16 show a method of automatically setting each game component at a mounting position on the game board 7 and press-fitting the mounting screw 29 thereof. Specific winning device
In the case of attaching the 18, first, as shown in FIG. 11, an automatic press-fitting device 42 having a pair of clamp claws 44 constituting the clamping means on the press-fitting head 43 side is used. Then, the traveling frame 45 is moved along the rail 46 to the mounting position of the game board 7. Then, as shown in FIG. 12, when the head 43 reaches above the mounting position, the traveling frame 45 is stopped, and then the head 43 is lowered along the guide frame 47 as shown in FIG. Opening of body 31
Insert the lower end of the mounting screw 29 into the game board
Apply to 7.

Next, as shown in FIG. 14, after the clamping of the mounting portion 28 by the clamp claws 44 is released, the head 43 is further lowered. Then, since the press-fit pins 38 of the press-fit head 43 are in contact with the heads 32 of the mounting screws 29, each mounting screw 29 can be pressed into the game board 7 as shown in FIG. When the press-fitting is completed, the press-fitting head 43 may be raised as shown in FIG. In addition,
In the embodiment, the game board 6 of the pachinko machine has been described as an example, but other arrangement ball machines and the like can be similarly implemented. Further, the game parts are not limited to those of the embodiment, and other parts can be similarly implemented.

The projection 32a may bite into the game board 7 when the mounting screw 29 is pressed. The mounting portion 28 may be integrated with the component body 31, or may be separately formed and then integrally bonded by bonding or the like. Further, in the embodiment, the tapping type mounting screw 29 is used as an example of the mounting nail, but it is also possible to use a normal nail having a sharpened tip of the shaft. Further, in the embodiment, the description has been given on the assumption that the press-fit head 43 is movable in each of the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions. It may be provided at the tip of an arm mechanism rotatably connected.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game component for a gaming machine in which the contact surface of the mounting portion abuts on the required member 7 for mounting.
Is provided with a press-fit projection 29 protruding from the contact surface to the required member 7 side.
3,18 can be easily and reliably attached by the press-fitting method, which improves the work efficiency and facilitates the automation of the attachment work. Moreover, the protrusion for press-fitting is provided on the mounting portion 28.
Since it is sufficient to provide 29, it can be implemented easily and inexpensively with a simple structure. According to the invention as set forth in claim 2, required members
At the front side of the component body 31 that fits into the opening 30 of FIG. 7, a mounting portion 28 that protrudes outward from the component body 31 is provided, and a press-fit projection 29 is provided on the back side of the mounting portion 28. Even if the component body 31 fits into the opening 30 of the required member 7, it can be attached to the required member 7 by the press-fit projection 29. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the mounting portion 28 is provided with the protruding portion 32 protruding to the front side corresponding to the press-fitting protrusion 29, the protruding portion 32 is added when the press-fitting protrusion 29 is press-fitted. Pressing can be performed, and damage to the mounting portion 28 and the like can be prevented. According to the present invention as set forth in claim 4, the press-fit projection is the mounting screw 29, and the tool engaging portion of the mounting screw 29 is used.
Since the head 32 with 33 is exposed at the front side of the mounting portion 28, it can be securely fixed by press-fitting the mounting screw 29, and the gaming component 1 can be securely pressed even after press-fitting by using a tool.
3,18 can be easily removed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention before press-fitting.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a game board of a pachinko machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention before press-fitting.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a chucker showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a set state of game parts according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a step before press-fitting of a mounting screw, showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the embodiment of the present invention at the time of press-fitting a mounting screw.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view after press-fitting of a mounting screw showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a ball aggregate plate according to an embodiment of the present invention when it is carried in.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention before a ball aggregate plate is carried in.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention when a game component is carried in.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention when a game component is lowered.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention when a game component is set.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention when a mounting screw is press-fitted.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention after completion of press-fitting of a mounting screw.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7 Game board (required parts) 13 Chucker (game parts) 18 Special winning device (game parts) 28 Mounting part 29 Mounting screw (Press-fit projection) 32 Head (projection part) 33 Tool engaging part 38 Press-fit pin

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] The contact surface of the mounting portion (28) is formed by a required member (7).
In a game part for a gaming machine which is designed to be abutted against and attached to a mounting part (28), a required member (7)
A gaming component for a gaming machine, comprising a press-fit projection (29) projecting to the side. 2. A mounting part (28) projecting outward from the component body (31) is provided on the front side of the component body (31) fitted into the opening (30) of the required member (7). The gaming component according to claim 1, further comprising a press-fit projection (29) on the back side of the mounting portion (28). 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the mounting portion has a protruding portion protruding forward corresponding to the press-fitting protrusion. Game parts. 4. The press-fit projection is a mounting screw (29), and a head (32) of the mounting screw (29) with a tool engaging portion (33) is exposed to the front side of the mounting portion (28). A gaming component for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: