JP2948701B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine, more specifically, a conventional pachinko machine, a mahjong pachinko machine, a combination pachinko machine, an addition pachinko machine, and the like. Various games are performed during the fall, the operation for performing various operations on the upper ball plate that holds the balls to be paid out of the pachinko machines formed to pay out the balls in the case of winning It relates to a pachinko machine provided with a section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, pachinko machines have been widely used as ordinary pachinko machines, mahjong pachinko machines, combination pachinko machines, additive pachinko machines, and the like. In such a pachinko machine, a ball is required to play a game. Conventionally, such balls are used to put coins or bills into ball lending machines provided at the end of the island with pachinko machines, or ball lending machines as pachinko machines installed between pachinko machines. Was borrowed and used.

[0003] In recent years, ball lending machines using so-called prepaid cards have been provided. This ball lending machine lends a ball using a prepaid card purchased in advance, and when a game is over, a prepaid card with a remaining balance can be settled by a separate clearing machine. However, when trying to use such a prepaid card, in addition to the card reader of the prepaid card, at least a borrow switch that the player presses when borrowing a ball, and a prepaid card inserted in the card reader from the card reader A return switch for returning the card, a display unit for the remaining number of the prepaid card inserted in the card reader, and the like are required.

[0004]

However, conventional pachinko machines have a switch of this kind, for example, a borrow switch which is pressed when a player borrows a ball, and a prepaid card inserted into a card reader from the card reader. There was no suitable place to attach a return switch etc. for returning.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an upper ball plate having a wide concave portion on the left side of the board, a narrow concave portion on the right side of the board continuous with the wide concave portion, and a projecting length of the narrow concave portion in front of the narrow concave portion. Is formed from an extended portion provided so as to have the same length as the protruding length of the wide concave portion, and by operating the various switches on the upper surface of the extended portion, a prepaid card can be used in a conventional pachinko machine. By providing a new place for installing an operation unit necessary for borrowing a ball, various operability and the like are improved.

[0006] Further, when the operation section is provided with a numerical display section for the remaining use of the prepaid card inserted into the card reader,
The operation of borrowing a ball using a pay card can be performed more easily.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a board surface is fixed to a frame and an upper ball is attached to a frame corresponding to a lower portion of the board. In a pachinko machine having a protruding plate, the upper ball plate is provided with a wide concave portion on the left side of the panel, a narrow concave portion on the right side of the panel continuous with the wide concave portion, and a narrow concave portion protruding forward of the narrow concave portion. An extended portion provided with the same length as the protruding length of the wide concave portion is formed, and a pachinko ball is rented out using a prepaid card at least on the upper surface of the extended portion. a switch, an operation portion provided with a return switch for returning the card in the card reader to form an upper ball dish
Below, projecting forward by the same distance as the upper bowl
A ball plate is provided, and a member that covers the near side of the lower ball plate
A member for covering the front side of the ball dish is integrally formed .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the operation section is provided with a numerical display section for the remaining use of the prepaid card inserted into the card reader.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine viewed from the left, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine viewed from the right, and FIG. 4 is a plan view. FIG.
4 to 4, the pachinko machine according to the present invention has a board fixing portion provided above the center of the frame body, and an ashtray and a lower ball tray are provided below the board fixing portion. The card reader 51 of the prepaid card 50 is schematically shown on the left side of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

Here, the pachinko machine will be described in more detail. When a board surface or the like (not shown) is fixed to the frame 10 from the back side of the frame 10 slightly above the center of the frame 10,
A board surface exposed portion 20 is provided so that the board surface can be seen from the front surface of the frame body 10. A portion for inserting and fixing glass or the like is provided on the front side of the board surface exposed portion 20 although detailed illustration is omitted. Have been.

An upper ball tray 30 is provided so as to protrude forward from a lower end portion of the board surface exposed portion 20. A loop-shaped decorative material 40 is provided around the periphery. In addition, the upper ball removing portion 11 is located to the right of the upper ball plate 30.
The ball in the upper bowl 30 is dropped onto the lower bowl 12 provided in the lower part of the frame 10 by operating the upper bowl removing portion 11. An ashtray 13 is provided on the left side of the lower ball tray 12, and a lower ball puncher 14 is provided below the lower ball tray 12. By operating the lower ball tray 14, the lower ball tray is operated. The ball at 12 is formed so as to fall further below the lower ball tray 12. On the right side of the lower ball tray 12, a handle 15 is provided.
Is formed so that a ball is hit on a board (not shown) by rotating the handle 15.

A speaker hole 16 is provided at the lower left portion of the upper bowl 30. The speaker hole 16 is formed so that music or broadcasting can be appropriately performed from a speaker provided on the back side of the speaker hole 16. . Here, the upper bowl 30 will be described in more detail. A wide recess 31 is formed on the left side of the upper bowl 30 with respect to the board surface.
Is provided with a payout port 32 for paying out the ball when the ball hitting the board surface has won.

A narrow recess 33 is formed continuously from the wide recess 31 toward the right side of the board. Although not shown, the further right side of the narrow concave portion 33 is formed so as to be continuous with a ball launching device or the like.
The spheres in the wide concave portion 31 and the narrow concave portion 33 are
It is formed so that it can be guided to the firing unit while being arranged one by one. Also, in the front direction of the narrow recess 33,
An extended portion is provided so that the projecting length of the narrow concave portion 33 is the same as the projecting length of the wide concave portion 31, and an operation portion 35 is formed on the upper surface of the extended portion. . Accordingly, the entire upper bowl 30 is formed in a planar shape and substantially symmetric in the left-right direction.

That is, an extension 34 is provided from the narrow recess 33 by a width corresponding to the wide recess 31.
Is used as an operation unit 35 for performing various operations. Here, the operation unit 35 is a prepaid card 5 comprising a button switch or a touch switch.
A borrowing switch 36 for renting a pachinko ball using 0,
A return switch 37 for returning a card in the card reader 51 and a numerical display 38 for the remaining use of the prepaid card 50 inserted in the card reader 51 are provided.

The decorative material 40 is provided along the leading edge of the wide recess 31 and the leading edge of the extension 34 which are the leading edge of the projecting portion of the upper bowl 30 as described above. A decorative material 41, an upright decorative material 42 provided on the frame 10 corresponding to the left and right vertical direction of the board exposed portion 20, and a board exposed portion 20.
Is formed in a loop shape surrounding the exposed surface portion 20 and the upper ball plate 30 by an upper decoration material 43 provided so as to connect an upper end portion of the upright decoration material 42 to a frame body 10 corresponding to an upper portion of the frame body 10. . Although a detailed illustration is omitted in the decoration material 40, a lighting member is provided inside the decoration material 40, and lighting or blinking can be performed.

When the pachinko machine according to the embodiment is actually used, a game is performed by turning on or off the decorative material 40 depending on the result of the game, for example, when the game state becomes a specific state. Even if the store's employees, etc. look only at an oblique direction, it is obvious at a glance which player is playing the game and the gaming console has reached a specific state. It is very easy for a customer to recognize that the game state of a certain gaming machine has reached a specific state.

Also, for example, when a player wants to call a clerk or the like, the decorative material 40 is turned on or off, so that even when the gaming machine is viewed from an oblique direction,
It is very easy to recognize which gaming machine is the gaming machine calling the attendant. Such an effect is that the decorative material 40 which has been conventionally provided above the board surface or the like overlaps when viewed from an oblique direction, and is difficult to see.
This is because the portion 1 protrudes in the direction of the player, so that the blinking of this portion can be extremely lighted or the blinking can be identified very easily.

Further, when borrowing a pachinko ball using the prepaid card 50, the prepaid card 50 is first inserted into the card reader 51. Then, the remaining numerical value of the prepaid card 50 inserted into the card reader 51 is displayed on the numerical value display section 38 provided in the operation section. Therefore, the ball is borrowed by operating the borrowing switch 36 within the range of this numerical value. Regarding the borrowing of the ball, a ball lending machine can be attached separately from the card reader 51, or the ball can be lent directly to the upper ball tray 30 of the pachinko machine using a payout device of the pachinko machine. Can also be formed.

When the game is over, a numerical display 38
Prepaid card 5 inserted into the card reader 51
When the remaining value of 0 is indicated, the return switch 37 for returning the prepaid card 50 in the card reader 51 is pressed, and the prepaid card 50 is returned.
Can be taken out and settled separately. If there is no remaining use during the game, return switch 3
The prepaid card 50 can be formed so as to be taken out by pressing 7, or the prepaid card 50 can be automatically returned from the card reader 51.

In the above description, the numerical value display section 38
Has been described as being provided in the operation unit 35, but the numerical value display unit 3
8 in the card reader 51 and the other borrowing switches 3
6. Only the return switch 37 may be provided in the operation unit 35.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the upper ball plate is provided with a wide concave portion on the left side of the board.
A narrow concave portion on the right side of the board surface continuous with the wide concave portion, and an extended portion provided so that the projecting length of the narrow concave portion in the front direction of the narrow concave portion is the same as the projecting length of the wide concave portion. Forming and providing an operation section of the above-mentioned various switches on the upper surface of the extension section, to provide a new place for installing an operation section required for borrowing a ball using a prepaid card in a conventional pachinko machine. Thus, various operability and the like are improved. Also, cover the front side of the upper bowl
The member that covers the bar and the member that covers the lower ball dish are integrally formed.
As a result, the cover of the upper ball dish and the cover of the lower ball dish
Roughness is reduced compared to protruding separately, during transportation
It will not be damaged by being hooked on.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2 of the present invention, when the operation section is provided with a numerical display section for the remaining use of the prepaid card inserted into the card reader, the operation of borrowing a ball using the paid card can be performed. This can be done more easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine as viewed from the left.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view seen from a right direction.

FIG. 4 is a plan view.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Frame 11 ... Upper ball removal part 12 ... Lower ball tray 13 ... Ash tray 14 ... Lower ball removal part 15 ... Handle 16 ... Speaker hole 20 ... Board exposed part 30 ... Upper ball tray 31 ... Wide concave part 32 ... Payout port 33 ... Narrow width recess 34 ... Extension part 35 ... Operation part 36 ... Borrow switch 37 ... Return switch 38 ... Numerical display part 40 ... Decoration material 41 ... Protruding decoration material 42 ... Stand decoration material 43 ... Top decoration material 50 ... Prepaid Card 51… Card reader

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which a board is fixed to a frame and an upper bowl is protruded from a frame corresponding to a lower portion of the board, wherein the upper bowl is provided with a wide recess on the left side of the board, and a wide recess. Formed on the right side of the board surface, and an extended portion provided in such a manner that the projecting length of the narrow concave portion in the front side of the narrow concave portion is the same as the projecting length of the wide concave portion. On the upper surface of the extension, an operation unit provided with a borrow switch for borrowing pachinko balls using at least a prepaid card and a return switch for returning a card in a card reader, Protrudes forward by the same distance as the upper bowl below the upper bowl
And provided the lower ball dishes, the front side of the member and the upper ball dish covers the front side of the lower ball dish
A pachinko machine characterized by integrally forming a member that covers the pachinko machine. 2. The operation unit further comprises a numerical display unit for displaying the remaining amount of the prepaid card inserted in the card reader.
The described pachinko machine.