JP3971038B2 - Game board device for a ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a game board device provided in a so-called bullet ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, an arrange ball game machine, or a sparrow ball game machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a ball stopper that stops a game ball that is bounced with excessive force is made of a relatively flexible elastic member such as rubber, and is attached to the upper right position of the guide rail that hits the game ball by screwing or pinching. Yes. Originally, the game ball does not hit the ball stop with normal appropriate bullet strength, but when the adjustment of the launch handle is inappropriate at the beginning of the game etc., the excessive game ball hits the ball stop, decelerates and direction It is converted to flow down to the game area.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since the ball stopper is a separate member made of a relatively flexible elastic member such as rubber, the number of parts and assembly man-hours increase, resulting in high costs and replacement due to deterioration. There is a problem that the game board surface is darkened.
[0004]
In the present invention, the impact of the game ball can be received without breakage without using a separate rubber, etc., and the number of parts and assembly steps can be reduced to reduce costs, and the problem of complicated replacement and darkening The main purpose is to provide a game board device for a ball game machine that can solve the above problem.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 achieves the main object by devising the physical relationship between the guide rail and the ball stopper, and includes a guide rail for guiding the game ball and a game ball having an excessive momentum. In the game board device of the ball game machine including the ball stopper to be stopped, the guide rail has an outer rail including the installation position of the ball stopper from the upstream in the trajectory direction of the game ball, and the ball stopper is integrated with the outer rail . A round along the outer surface of the game ball is provided at the bottom of the guide rail on the ball guide surface side . The outer rail includes not only one extending from the upstream ball inlet portion of the guide rail, but also one extending from an intermediate portion from the upstream ball inlet portion to the downstream ball stopper. Moreover, what extends beyond the installation position of a ball stopper is also included.
[0006]
The invention according to claim 2 achieves the above main object by devising the structure of the ball stopper. Under the same precondition as in claim 1, the ball stopper has a ball contact with a gap on the back. The ball contact wall was integrated with the guide rail, and a round along the outer surface of the game ball was provided at the skirt portion on the ball guide surface side of the guide rail . The air gap may be a part of the outer side defined by a frame shape or the like, or may be a part of which is opened.
[0007]
The invention according to claim 3 effectively achieves the main object by devising the physical relationship between the guide rail and the ball stopper and the structure of the ball stopper, and the same precondition as in claim 1 The guide rail has an outer rail including the installation position of the ball stopper from the upstream in the trajectory direction of the game ball. The ball stopper has a ball abutting wall having a gap on the back, and the ball hits the outer rail. The contact wall was integrated, and a round along the outer surface of the game ball was provided at the bottom of the guide rail on the ball guide surface side .
[0009]
In the invention according to claim 4, in order to further reduce the number of parts and the number of assembling steps, a ball cover for preventing the game ball from popping out is integrated in the vicinity of the ball inlet portion on the upstream side of the guide rail. The sphere cover mainly serves to prevent the return sphere and the launch sphere from colliding with each other and hitting the glass.
[0010]
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in order to increase the rigidity of the guide rail and to stably guide and stop the game ball, the guide rail has a substantially semicircular arc shape extending from the upstream ball inlet to the downstream ball stopper. The semicircular arc member has an inner wall that guides the game ball, and an outer wall that is continuous with the inner wall separated from the hollow portion.
[0011]
In the invention described in claim 6, in order to further increase the rigidity of the guide rail, the inner wall and the outer wall are connected by a plurality of ribs crossing the hollow portion.
[0012]
According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in order to simplify and improve the attachment of the guide rail to the game board, an attachment piece to the game board is provided outside the outer wall.
[0013]
[Effects of the invention]
In the first aspect of the present invention, the ball stopper is integrated with the outer rail including the installation position of the ball stopper from the upstream in the trajectory direction of the game ball, and the ball guide surface side hem portion of the guide rail is along the outer surface of the game ball. Since the round is provided, when a game ball with too much momentum hits the ball stopper, an impact is applied in the direction in which the outer rail extends. For this reason, it is possible to satisfactorily receive the impact of the game ball while preventing the collision portion from being damaged. In addition, since a separate material such as rubber is not used, the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced, the cost can be reduced, and the problem of complicated replacement and darkening can be solved. Furthermore, the game ball is guided along a radius provided at the hem portion on the ball guide surface side of the guide rail. For this reason, the trajectory trajectory of the game ball can be stabilized. In addition, the strength of the guide rail is increased by the radius, and dust is less likely to accumulate in the gap as compared with the conventional right-angle structure, and cleaning of the accumulated dust is facilitated.
[0014]
In the second aspect of the present invention, spherical stop has a gap on the back side, have a spherical abutment wall integral with the guide rails, the hem portion of the spherical guide surface of the guide rails, the outer surface of the game ball A round is provided . When a game ball with too much momentum hits the ball abutting wall, the impact is absorbed by the back gap. Therefore, it is possible to satisfactorily receive the impact of the game ball while preventing damage to the ball contact wall. In addition, since a separate material such as rubber is not used, the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced, the cost can be reduced, and the problem of complicated replacement and darkening can be solved. Furthermore, the game ball is guided along a radius provided at the hem portion on the ball guide surface side of the guide rail. For this reason, the trajectory trajectory of the game ball can be stabilized. In addition, the strength of the guide rail is increased by the radius, and dust is less likely to accumulate in the gap as compared with the conventional right-angle structure, and cleaning of the accumulated dust is facilitated.
[0015]
In the invention according to claim 3, the ball abutting wall is integrated with the outer rail including the installation position of the ball stopper from the upstream in the trajectory direction of the game ball, and the outer surface of the game ball is formed at the skirt portion on the ball guide surface side of the guide rail. Since the round along the line is provided, when an excessively strong game ball hits the ball contact wall, an impact is applied in the direction in which the outer rail extends. Further, when a game ball with excessive momentum hits the ball abutting wall, the impact is absorbed by the back gap. For this reason, it is possible to receive the impact of the game ball more satisfactorily while preventing the collision part from being damaged, and the main purpose can be achieved more effectively. Furthermore, the game ball is guided along a radius provided at the hem portion on the ball guide surface side of the guide rail. For this reason, the trajectory trajectory of the game ball can be stabilized. In addition, the strength of the guide rail is increased by the radius, and dust is less likely to accumulate in the gap as compared with the conventional right-angle structure, and cleaning of the accumulated dust is facilitated.
[0017]
In the invention according to claim 4 , since a ball cover for preventing the game ball from popping out is integrated in the vicinity of the upstream ball entrance portion of the guide rail, a separate ball cover that has been widely used conventionally is not required. Furthermore, the number of parts and the number of assembly steps can be further reduced.
[0018]
In the invention according to claim 5 , since the guide rail has the inner wall and the outer wall which are continuous with the hollow portion therebetween, the rigidity can be increased. In addition, the guide rail has a substantially semicircular arc member extending from the upstream ball inlet portion to the downstream ball stopper, and the game ball is guided along the semicircular inner wall. Since there is no rail break in the middle of the guide path and continuous guidance is provided, the trajectory trajectory of the game ball can be stabilized. At the same time, since the route to the ball stop is a continuous guide path, the ball stop can be made well.
[0019]
In the invention according to claim 6 , since the inner wall and the outer wall of the guide rail are connected by a plurality of ribs crossing the hollow portion, the rigidity of the entire rail can be further enhanced.
[0020]
According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the guide rail can be attached to the game board via the attachment piece, and the attachment can be performed easily and satisfactorily. Further, the rigidity of the entire rail can be further increased by the mounting piece.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a transparent resin base constituting the game board 2. A flat plate having a thickness of about 10 mm, for example, is used. The base 1 is provided with a guide rail 20 for guiding a game ball. The guide rail 20 includes a substantially semicircular arc-shaped outer rail 2A that guides a game ball launched from the launching device to the game area, and a substantially one-third arc-shaped intermediate rail 2B that is continuous to the right side of the game area. The inner rail 2C having a substantially one-third arc shape that defines the left side of the game area inside the outer rail 2A is provided. A ball stopper 8 is provided at a continuous portion of the outer rail 2A and the middle rail 2B to stop a game ball having an excessive momentum.
[0022]
In the game area surrounded by the guide rail 20, there are a special symbol display device 21, a first type start port 22U that activates the variable display, a first type start port lower 22D that also includes an electric tulip that activates the variable display, and a start prize. Memory LED 23 for storing up to four, attacker 24 opened when a big hit with all three rows of numbers etc. on special symbol display device 21 occurs, gate right to start lottery to open first type start opening 22D 25R, the gate left 25L, four general winning ports 26A to 26D on the top, bottom, left and right, panel side lamps 27R and L, four windmills 28A to D, and an out port 29 are provided. Since there are many game nails 7, only a part is drawn.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 2, a ball stopper 8 is integrated with an end of the outer rail 2A on the downstream side in the ballistic direction of the game ball by integral molding. In addition, a ball cover 9 that prevents the game ball from popping out is integrated in the vicinity of the upstream ball inlet portion 2Ae by integral molding. The entire outer rail 2A is made of a nylon material such as fluorescent pink, for example.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 3, the ball stopper 8 has a substantially triangular shape when viewed from the front, and connects the ball abutting wall 81 hanging from the outer rail 2A and the end of the ball abutting wall 81 and the outer rail 2A in the normal direction. And a connecting wall 82. In addition, inwardly, there are gaps 84 and 85 that are divided into two with a rib 83 in between so as to absorb the impact caused by the collision of the game ball on the back of the ball contact wall 81. A bottom wall 86 is provided on the lower surface side of the ball stopper 8, but the upper surface side is opened. In addition, the number of divisions of the gap may be two or more, or may be one gap without a rib.
[0025]
FIG. 4 shows a sphere cover 9, which has a structure that covers the open side of the outer rail 2A in the vicinity of the sphere entrance 2Ae over an arc region having a predetermined length. The length of inward protrusion of the sphere cover 9 corresponds to approximately one sphere diameter. Unlike the downstream portion 92 having the same thickness, the upstream portion 91 of the sphere cover 9 is slightly thinner as it is closer to the sphere inlet portion 2Ae.
[0026]
FIG. 5 shows an enlarged cross section of the back surface and the characteristic portion of the outer rail 2A. The outer rail 2A includes an inner wall 2Ai that guides the game ball, and an outer wall 2Ao that is continuous with the inner wall 2Ai and the hollow portion 2Am therebetween. The inner wall 2Ai and the outer wall 2Ao are connected by a continuous wall 2An having a circular arc cross section covering the top of the hollow portion 2Am, and are connected by a plurality of ribs 2Al crossing the hollow portion 2Am. The inner wall 2Ai constituting the guide surface of the game ball is larger in thickness and height than the outer wall 2Ao, and a small support ball piece 2As of the game ball is provided on the top of the inner wall 2Ai.
[0027]
On the outside of the outer wall 2Ao, a flange-shaped mounting piece 2Af that comes into contact with the surface of the game board is provided, and a fitting pin 2Ap having a quadrant structure is integrally projected at an appropriate interval. Further, a screw boss 2Ab is integrally protruded at a continuous portion between the inner wall 2Ai and the rib 2Al with an appropriate interval. The outer rail 2A is attached to the game board 2 by the fitting pin 2Ap and the screw boss 2Ab.
[0028]
FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the outer rail 2A, which is provided with a round 2Ar along the outer surface of the game ball P at the bottom of the ball guiding surface of the inner wall 2Ai. The round 2Ar has a lower surface slightly lower than the mounting piece 2Af and is provided with a stealing groove 2Ad having a triangular cross section on the inside. Thereby, the lower surface of the radius 2Ar can be brought into close contact with the game board 2 when attached to the game board 2, and the game ball P can be contacted flexibly.
[0029]
FIG. 7 shows details of the middle rail 2B, and a cover 2Bc covering the upper portion of the ball stopper 8 is integrally provided at the upper end. Further, a panel surface 2Ba having the same height as the front-rear height of the arc-shaped ball guide rail 2Br, that is, the protruding height from the board surface, is integrally provided, and the decorative recesses 2Be, 2Bf, 2Bg along the rail 2Br are provided on the panel surface 2Ba. , 2Bh. Further, a certificate sticking portion 2Bi is provided on the lower right side of the panel surface 2Ba so that the stamp sticking position is brought closer to the windshield side from the game board surface so that the stamp can be seen well from the front. In addition, an opening 2Bo is provided at the lower end of the middle rail 2B for inserting a finger when mounting and removing the rail, and the internal rib 2Bl facing the opening 2Bo is tapered to facilitate insertion of the finger. A notch 2Bt is provided to facilitate assembly and disassembly.
[0030]
FIG. 8 shows a pachinko gaming machine incorporating the above game board device. The game ball flowing down the board is enclosed and separated from the player's hand ball, and the hand ball is converted into a game ball by a credit function to enjoy the game. When cash is inserted into the bill insertion slot 201 or the coin insertion slot 202 of the cash sand 200 adjacent to the gaming machine main body 100, a predetermined number of balls are paid out to the lower plate 4 through the supply nozzle 203 and the insertion slot 6. For example, if you pay 500 yen, you can receive 125 balls. In the case of the so-called CR specification, a card is inserted into the CR sand instead of the cash sand, and 500 yen each time the lending switch 120 is pressed within the range of the remaining card number displayed on the first display portion 111 of the operation panel 110. Can be received in the lower plate 4. When the return switch 130 is pressed, the card is returned from the CR sand.
[0031]
When the automatic supply switch 150 or the manual supply switch 160 on the operation panel 110 is pressed, the discharge device 5 provided in the depth direction of the lower plate 4 is operated, and the ball of the lower plate 4 is forcibly discharged to the island. The credit count is increased by a number equal to the number of balls to be discharged and displayed on the third display unit 113. In the case of automatic supply, if the credit is 10 or less, the balls discharged from the lower plate 4 are automatically counted until the maximum is 250, and the credit is increased. In the case of manual supply, the number of discharged balls is counted only while the manual supply switch 160 is being pressed or the number of times the manual supply switch 160 is pressed is multiplied by a predetermined multiple, and the credit is also increased within a range of 250 at the maximum.
[0032]
Although the number of encapsulated game balls in the gaming machine main body 100 is 25-30, it is possible to play using a total number of encapsulated game balls according to the credit level. A ball is launched from a solenoid-type launching device incorporated by operating the launching handle 10, and the ball is caused to flow down on the game board 2 provided inside the double-structured windshields 20A and 20B. Then, the game ball that has become the winning ball or the out ball is circulated again to the launching device by the built-in ball circulation device. In FIG. 8, a26 is a firing stop switch, 112 is a second display unit for displaying an error code at the time of trouble, 140 is a clearing switch for paying out the number of balls corresponding to the credit remaining to the lower plate 4, 9 is an ashtray, 40 Is a push-button type ball pulling operation tool for putting the ball of the tray 4 into a dollar box on the player's hand side, and 183 is a door key portion.
[0033]
As shown in FIG. 9, a special symbol display device 21 is disposed behind the game board 2, and a winning ball passage and a collect basket 220 are provided. The winning balls of each of the general winning ports 26A to 26D are opened to the collective ball 220 through the falling balls 221 to 224 and the winning ball detection switches 1 to 4 (a4 to 7). The ball that has won the top 22U of the starting port passes through the first type starting port upper switch a1 from the flow-down rod 226 and is then released to the collective rod 220. The ball that has won the start opening 22D passes through the electric chew detection switch a3 and then passes through the first type start opening switch a2 from the flowing down rod 227, and is then released to the collective rod 220. The ball that won the attacker 24 passes through the count switch a11, and is then released from the downstream rod 228 to the collective rod 220.
[0034]
The winning balls collected in the collective basket 220 pass through the winning ball detection switch 5 (a8) and then fall to the ball circulation device side. The ball of the outlet 29 falls directly to the ball circulation device side. The count switch a11 has a function of closing the attacker 24 when the number of winning balls to the attacker 24 reaches 10, and among the maximum opening time 30 seconds of the attacker 24, 5 seconds at the beginning of the opening, 15 seconds to 20 seconds after the opening. If even one ball wins at the V winning timing set for 5 seconds, the attacker 24 has a function of reopening up to a maximum of 16 repetitions. The number of winning balls per winning ball to the attacker 24 is set to 15 for example, and the other is set to 6 for example. The individual winning detection switches 1 to 4 (a4 to a7) corresponding to the winning ports 26A to 26D can be omitted.
[0035]
In FIG. 9, LLB is a side LED left board, LRB is a side LED right board, LMB is a memory LED board, LEB is an electric chew LED board, LVB is a V-LED board, LAB is a big prize opening LED left board, and LBB is This is the right board LED right board. Further, a9 is a gate right 25R switch, and a10 is a gate left 25L switch.
[0036]
In the above embodiment, it is applied to a game board device of an encapsulated ball type pachinko machine. Of course, it may be applied to the game board apparatus. Of course, the present invention is not limited to pachinko machines but may be applied to game board devices of other ball game machines such as arrange ball game machines and sparrow ball game machines.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of an outer rail.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a ball stopper.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a sphere cover.
FIG. 5 is a rear view of the outer rail.
FIG. 6 is a rear view showing another embodiment of the outer rail.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a middle rail.
FIG. 8 is a front view of a ball game machine incorporating a game board device.
FIG. 9 is a rear view of the game board device.
[Explanation of symbols]
2; game board 20; guide rail, 2A; outer rail,
2Ai; inner wall, 2Am; hollow part, 2Ao; outer wall,
2Al; Rib, 2Af; Mounting piece, 2Ar; Earl 8; Ball stopper, 81; Ball contact wall, 84, 85;

Claims (7)

In a game board device of a ball game machine including a guide rail for guiding a game ball and a ball stop for stopping a game ball with an excessive momentum, the guide rail includes an installation position of the ball stop from the upstream in the ballistic direction of the game ball. A game of a ball game machine characterized in that a ball stopper is integrated with the outer rail, and a round along the outer surface of the game ball is provided at the hem on the ball guide surface side of the guide rail. Panel device. In a game board device of a ball game machine including a guide rail for guiding a game ball and a ball stop for stopping a game ball with excessive momentum, the ball stop has a ball abutting wall having a gap on the back, A game board device for a ball game machine, wherein the ball abutting wall is integrated with a guide rail, and a round along the outer surface of the game ball is provided at a skirt portion on the ball guide surface side of the guide rail . In a game board device of a ball game machine including a guide rail for guiding a game ball and a ball stop for stopping a game ball with an excessive momentum, the guide rail includes an installation position of the ball stop from the upstream in the ballistic direction of the game ball. an outer rails, ball stop has a spherical abutment wall with a gap on the back side, integrated Tamato sealing wall on the outer rails, the hem portion of the spherical guide surface of the guide rail, the game balls A game board device for a ball game machine characterized by providing a round along the outer surface of the ball game machine. The game board device for a ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a ball cover for preventing the game ball from popping out is integrated in the vicinity of the upstream ball entrance portion of the guide rail. The guide rail has a substantially semicircular arc member extending from the upstream ball inlet to the downstream ball stopper. The semicircular arc member has an inner wall for guiding the game ball, and the inner wall is separated from the hollow portion. 5. A game board device for a ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the game board device has a continuous outer wall . The game board device for a ball game machine according to claim 5, wherein the inner wall and the outer wall are connected by a plurality of ribs crossing the hollow portion . The game board device for a ball game machine according to claim 5 or 6 , wherein an attachment piece to the game board is provided outside the outer wall .

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