JP3536748B2 - 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.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A normal pachinko machine has a game board in which various game members are installed and many obstacle nails are planted in the center of a front face, and a prize ball is paid out behind the game board. A mechanism plate on which devices and various control devices are installed is attached. In addition, outer frames are installed around the top, bottom, left and right of the game frame composed of those game boards and mechanism boards, and a front frame fitted with a glass plate is freely openable in front of the game board. It is installed in. Such a pachinko machine is used in a state where an outer frame portion is fixed to a base called an island facility installed in a pachinko hall.

[0003]

The conventional pachinko machine as described above has a structure in which the front frame and the mechanism plate are difficult to grasp, so that the pachinko machine is transported with the outer frame grasped, and the pachinko machine is installed in the island facility of the pachinko hall. Fixed. However, since the pachinko machine has a narrow outer frame made of beveled wood and weighs about 20 kg, it is difficult to grasp, and it is difficult to carry out the work and fix the work to the island facilities. In some cases, it was dropped and damaged.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional pachinko machines, and to provide a pachinko machine which can be easily transported and fixed to island facilities.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems] Such 請 Motomeko 1 of the present invention
The configuration of the invention described in (1) is a pachinko machine in which the periphery of the game frame is covered by an outer frame, and the pachinko machine is provided near the left and right upper edges of the outer frame.
Each of the recesses is provided with a recess accommodated in the recess.
A gripping part comprising a hand and a mounting bracket fixed to the outer frame
The handle is provided with a shaft portion.
On the other hand, the mounting bracket has a shaft cover curved to the fixed side.
And a guide provided at the base end of the shaft cover.
The gripper is configured to move the handle to the axial force of the mounting bracket.
Insert the shaft into the wall formed by the bar and the guide.
In the mounted state, pivotally attached to the mounting bracket, and centered on the horizontal axis.
To be rotatable, and from the recess by a spring.
The inside of the recess is urged so that it does not protrude from the surface of the outer frame.
And the longitudinal direction of the shaft of the handle
A support piece and a fixing protrusion are provided along the
A shaft support groove is engraved on the guide of the bracket, and the fixed
A fixed groove that can be fitted to the
Cut the tip of the bar at a predetermined angle so that the support piece can contact
The handle is formed in a substantially vertical direction by forming a
When it is raised, the fixing projections fit into the fixing grooves.
Hold the handle upright with
When pulled out to an angle, the support piece contacts the contact part
To prevent the handle from opening beyond a certain angle.
Those were lies in the fact. According to a second aspect of the present invention, a contact recess is provided below the recess.
And the mounting bracket is fixed in the contact recess.
It is in.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the front of a pachinko machine 1a according to a first embodiment.
A game board 2 is installed, various game members such as a winning device are installed, and many obstacle nails are planted. Also,
A mechanism plate (not shown) is attached to the rear (rear side) of the game board 2, and a prize ball payout device (not shown), various control devices (not shown), and the like are installed. An outer frame 7 is provided on the outer periphery (upper, lower, left and right) of the game frame 9 composed of the game board 2 and the mechanism board. In addition, a glass frame 4 in which a glass plate is fitted is installed so as to be freely opened in front of the game board 2, and a supply tray 5, a storage tray 6, and the like protrude below the front frame 3. ing.

FIG. 2 shows the outer frame 7, and the outer frame 7 is formed by assembling a wooden board into a flat quadrangular prism shape. Two gripping portions 8 are provided near the right and left upper ends of the outer frame 7. Each of the gripping portions 8, 8 is formed in a concave shape by engraving the left and right wooden boards in a horizontally long elliptical column shape.
Beveled.

As described above, the pachinko machine 1a is provided with the gripping portions 8, 8 on the outer frame 7, and the fingers and the like can be inserted into the gripping portions 8, 8, so that the transportation operation and the island facilities The work of fixing to the can be performed very easily. Further, since the gripping portions 8, 8 are concave depressions, they can be manufactured inexpensively and easily. Furthermore, since the chamfering process is performed on the opening portions on the outside of the gripping portions 8, 8, the hands are not hurt or damaged even when carrying over a long distance.

[Embodiment 2] The configuration of the pachinko machine 1b of Embodiment 2 is substantially the same as the configuration of the pachinko machine 1a of Embodiment 1, but the structure of the gripping portions 8, 8 differs from that of the pachinko machine 1a. I have. 3 and 4 show the outer frame 7 of the pachinko machine 1b.
At the upper left and right ends of the outer frame 7 of b, grippers 8, 8 are provided similarly to the outer frame 7 of the pachinko machine 1a. Each of the gripping portions 8, 8 is provided with a horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped hollow 10, and a handle 11 is provided below the hollow 10 with the mounting bracket 1.
By 2, it is rotatably mounted about a horizontal axis.

FIG. 5 shows the handle 11 and the mounting bracket 12 of the grip portion 8 removed. FIGS.
FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view (a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 4B) of a pivoted portion of the handle 11. The handle 11 is integrally formed of metal, and has a U-shaped grip 1.
3, a shaft portion 14 is provided inwardly at one end. The shaft portion 14 is provided with a support piece 15 and a fixing protrusion 16 along the longitudinal direction.
A pin insertion recess 17 is bored at the tip of. Note that the fixing projections 16 are also provided at the left and right ends of the grip 13.
Is provided. Further, a pin insertion hole 18 having substantially the same diameter as the pin insertion recess 17 is formed at the end of the grip 13 opposite to the side on which the shaft portion 14 protrudes.

On the other hand, the mounting bracket 12 has two shaft covers 20a, 20b projecting inwardly curved above the flat plate portion 19, and is wide at the base end of the shaft covers 20a, 20b. A simple guide 21 projects inward.
Note that the mounting bracket 12 is formed to have substantially the same width as the handle 11. A shaft support groove 22 having a semicircular cross section is formed in the upper surface of the guide 21 along the width direction, and a fixed groove 23 is formed in the center of the shaft support groove 22. In addition, the lower ends of the shaft covers 20a and 20b are cut at a predetermined angle to form a contact portion 24 to which the support piece 15 can contact. The flat plate portion 19 has
Two screw holes 25, 25 are formed.

The handle 11 has a shaft support groove 22 of a guide 21.
The shaft portion 14 is inserted into two arc-shaped wall surfaces formed by the shaft cover 20a and the inner surfaces of the shaft covers 20a, 20b, and a coil spring 26 is inserted between the left edge of the left shaft cover 20a and the left inner surface of the grip 13. So that the pin insertion hole 18 of the grip 13 passes through the center of the coil spring 26.
Insert the pin 27 into the pin insertion recess 17 of the shaft portion 14 from
In this state, the guide 21 of the fitting 12 is pushed toward the lower end of the recess 10 of the outer frame 7, and the flat portion 19 of the fitting 12 is pressed.
Is screwed into a contact recess 28 formed below the depression 10 to be pivotally connected to the outer frame 7 so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis. In the state where the handle 11 is pivotally attached, the folded portion 29 at one end of the coil spring 26 is
The protrusion 13 at the other end is engaged with the outside of the left end of the grip 13 and is locked inside the shaft support groove 22 of the guide 21 (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

Since the gripping portions 8, 8 are pivotally mounted as described above, the grips 11 are accommodated in a state in which the handle 11 is erected in a substantially vertical direction so as to be flush with the outer peripheral surface of the outer frame 7. be able to. When the handle 11 is erected in a substantially vertical direction, the fixing protrusions 16 protruding from the left and right ends of the grip 13 and the lower side of the shaft portion 14 are fixed to the fixing grooves 23 provided in the shaft support groove 22. The handle 11 is held upright. Further, the folded portion 29 of the coil spring 26 is engaged with the outer side near the left end of the grip 13, the protruding portion 30 is locked on the base end side of the shaft support groove 22 of the guide 21, and the handle 11 is When pulled out of the recess 10, the urging force (restoring force) of the coil spring 26 acts, so that the handle 11 is normally held in a state of being housed inside the recess 10. Further, when the handle 11 is pulled out to a predetermined angle (about 30 degrees), the support piece 15
However, the handle 11 cannot be opened at a predetermined angle or more because the handle 11 comes into contact with the contact portion 24 below the distal ends of the shaft covers 20a and 20b.

As in the case of the pachinko machine 1a, the pachinko machine 1b according to the second embodiment is also provided with the holding portions 8, 8 on the outer frame 7 so that a finger or the like can be inserted into the holding portions 8, 8. ,
Transporting work and fixing work to island facilities can be performed very easily. Further, since the gripping portions 8, 8 have the handle 11 rotatably pivoted about the horizontal axis, the grip 11 can be more easily and dropped by gripping the handle 11. It is possible to carry out transportation work and fixation work to island facilities without fail. Also, your hands won't hurt or get damaged when you carry them over long distances.

On the other hand, since the pachinko machine 1b can be housed so that the handle 11 is flush with the outer peripheral surface of the outer frame 7, the handle 11 becomes an obstacle when fixed to the island facility. do not do. Further, in the pachinko machine 1b, since the handle 11 is normally held in a state of being housed in the recess 10 by the urging force of the coil spring 26, the fixing operation to the island facility proceeds due to forgetting to pull out the handle 11. There is no fear that it will be hindered. In addition, handle 11
Cannot be opened at a predetermined angle or more, so that the handle 11 does not interfere with the transporting operation or the fixing operation to the island facility.

The configuration of the pachinko machine according to the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but includes the game board, the front frame, the glass frame, the game frame, the outer frame, and the shape of the gripping portion. The configuration such as the structure and the like can be appropriately changed as needed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, it is possible to provide the gripping portions 8, 8 in the form of a hole penetrating from the front side to the rear side of the outer frame 7, and it is also possible to provide such a hole-like gripping portion. It is also possible to attach a cap formed of a synthetic resin or the like to the grip portion formed of a concave depression as in the first embodiment. When the gripping portion has a handle rotatably pivoted about a horizontal axis, the handle is not limited to a U-shaped grip, but may be an elliptical grip. Or a cover in which the grip is covered with a synthetic resin or rubber cover. In addition, the handle is not limited to the one housed in the recess provided above the rotating shaft, but may be the one housed in the recess provided below the rotating shaft. When the handle is normally housed inside the recess, the means for urging the handle is not limited to a coil spring, but may be a leaf spring or the like. Furthermore, the gripper is not necessarily
It is not necessary to provide them near the upper left and right ends of the outer frame as in each of the above embodiments, and it is also possible to provide them near the left and right centers of the outer frame. It is possible. When the gripping portions are provided near the upper left and right ends of the outer frame, there is an advantage that the pachinko machine can be easily lifted. On the other hand, the outer frame is not limited to the one in which the wooden board is assembled, but may be one made of synthetic resin or the like. When the outer frame is formed of a synthetic resin, there is an advantage that a concave holding portion can be provided integrally, and the manufacturing can be performed at low cost and easily.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the pachinko machine according to the first aspect, the gripping portion having the handle rotatably pivoted is provided with the outer portion.
Because it is provided on the frame, you can
So that it can be dropped very easily
It is possible to carry out transportation work and fixation work to island facilities without fail.
Wear. Also, even if you carry a long distance, your hands will not hurt
Do not damage or damage. Also, the handle should be
Because it can be stored so that it does not protrude from the surface, it can be used for island facilities
The handle does not get in the way when fixing. Further
The handle will be retracted by the spring
The island is set up by forgetting to put the handle
There is no worry that the progress of the fixing work to the equipment will be hindered. In addition
The fixing projection provided on the shaft of the handle and the mounting bracket
The handle is fitted by fitting with the fixing groove provided in the shaft support groove.
Because it can be held in a state that it stands almost vertically,
Can be held securely with the handle stowed
You.

[0020]

[0021]

[0022]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an outer frame.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an outer frame.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an outer frame ((a) is a front view,
(B) is a right side view).

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a gripping unit.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a cross section taken along the line AA in FIG. 4B (a state in which the handle is stored).

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a cross section taken along line AA in FIG. 4B (a state in which a handle is pulled out).

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an outer frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Pachinko machine 2. Game board 3. Front frame 4.
・ Glass frame, 5 ・ ・ Supply tray, 6 ・ ・ Storage tray, 7 ・ ・ Outer frame, 8 ・ ・ Grip part, 9 ・ ・ Gaming frame, 10 ・ ・ Dent, 11
..Handle, 12 ... Mounting bracket, 13 ... Grip, 1
4 ··· shaft part, 15 · · · support piece, 16 · · · fixed projection, 17
..Pin insertion recess, 18 · Pin insertion hole, 19 ·· Flat plate portion, 20a, 20b ·· Shaft cover, 21 ··· Guide, 2
2 ··· shaft support groove, 23 ··· fixed groove, 24 ··· contact part, 2
5 screw holes, 26 coil springs, 27 pins, 2
8 ··· Contact recess, 29 ··· Folding portion, 30 ··· Projecting portion.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which the periphery of a game frame is covered by an outer frame, wherein the recess is provided at each of the left and right upper ends of the outer frame;
A handle housed inside the frame and an attachment fixed to the outer frame
A grip portion made of metal fittings is provided, and the handle has a shaft portion, while the mounting metal fitting is
Shaft cover curved to the fixed side and at the base end of the shaft cover
And a guide provided with the handle , wherein the grip is formed by the shaft cover and the guide of the mounting bracket.
With the shaft part inserted into the wall formed by
When it is pivotally attached to the mounting bracket and is rotatable about the horizontal axis,
Both protrude from the recess to the surface of the outer frame by a spring.
Is stored in the recess with the
And a support piece and a fixing member along the longitudinal direction of the handle shaft.
While a fixed projection is provided, a shaft support groove is provided in the guide of the mounting bracket.
And fixed to the shaft support groove so as to fit with the fixing protrusion.
A groove is provided, and the tip of the shaft cover is set at a predetermined angle.
Notch to form a contact portion with which the support piece can contact.
And, in the case where the handle was substantially is erected in the vertical direction, fixed butt
The handle fits into the fixing groove and is held upright.
When the handle is pulled out to a predetermined angle,
The handle is more than a predetermined angle because the support piece contacts the contact part
A pachinko machine characterized in that the pachinko machine is not opened . 2. A contact recess is provided below the recess.
That the mounting bracket is fixed in the contact recess.
The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein: