JP4566554B2 - Slot machine unit structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a slot machine configured using a gaming machine frame that can be commonly used for a pachinko machine and a slot machine, and is configured to play a game using a pachinko ball. The present invention relates to a slot machine that can be exchanged and can be used in common for a pachinko machine and a slot machine, and has means for preventing mischief by a player.

  In a pachinko machine, the game board is periodically replaced in order to prevent the game board from being damaged by the game and the design of the game board from becoming obsolete. At that time, in the pachinko machine, it is possible to replace only the panel to which the machine body is attached. This exchange is called “panel change”. On the other hand, in the case of a slot machine, if the design displayed on the drum or the design of its peripheral part becomes obsolete, the entire slot machine must be replaced.

  Using a game ball as a game medium, playing the game ball in the game area of the game board, displaying an image with a plurality of types of symbols in a variably displayed state, and then stopping, depending on how the stopped symbols are aligned A slot machine that uses pachinko machines to play games, and also uses game balls as game media, displays images with multiple types of symbols variably, stops them, and plays games according to how the stopped symbols are aligned Is known among gaming machines. A game machine frame that can be used in common with the pachinko machine and the slot machine is provided, and a game board, a dish device, and a ball launcher for the pachinko machine, and a game board, a dish device, and a ball take-in device for the slot machine are provided. A gaming machine frame that can be configured as a pachinko machine or a slot machine by replacement is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Further, there is disclosed a slot machine that cannot be configured for both a pachinko machine and a slot machine, but in which the machine body of the slot machine can be replaced by changing the panel (see, for example, Patent Document 2). As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the slot machine A includes an outer frame 100 in which a vertical plate 100 a and a horizontal plate 100 b made of a plate material are formed in a rectangular frame shape, and a hinge fitting H attached to the outer frame 100. The inner frame 200 is attached to the outer frame 100 so as to be openable and closable. In the case of the slot machine A, the size (height and width dimensions) of the outer frame 100 is substantially the same as the size of the outer frame of the pachinko machine. The upper and lower horizontal plates 100b constituting the outer frame 100 are fixed to island bases provided in the game store by nails or the like. The left and right vertical plates 100a are connected to the vertical plates (or ball lending machines) of adjacent pachinko machines (or slot machines A). The hinge metal fitting H is composed of hinge plates 300 and 400 that are horizontally fixed to the upper and lower ends of the outer frame 100 and the inner frame 200, and a hinge pin 500 that connects the hinge plates 300 and 400, respectively. Has been. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 6, the inner frame 200 is rotatable with respect to the outer frame 100 about the axis of the hinge pin 500.

  An upper plate portion 600 and a lower plate portion 700 are provided at the lower portion on the front side of the inner frame 200. A panel support frame 800 is attached to the back side of the inner frame 200, and a machine body 900 of the slot machine A is attached to the opening 800a. The machine body 900 is the same as the machine body of a conventional slot machine (a slot machine configured to use medals). Further, on the front side of the inner frame 200, similarly to the pachinko machine, a glass frame 110 in which glass 110a is fitted, and an upper plate support frame 120 for supporting the upper plate portion 600 are connected by a hinge 130. Each can be opened and closed. A sticker (not shown) printed with a design is attached to the glass 110a. The upper plate portion 600 has a function of storing a pachinko ball and a prize ball that is paid out according to the result of the game, and the lower plate portion 700 has a function of storing a pachinko ball that has overflowed from the upper plate portion 600. have. Since the pitching slope portion 600a of the upper plate portion 600 is provided in an inclined state, the pachinko balls stored in the upper plate portion 600 are stored in the lower plate portion 700 while rolling.

  A mechanism plate 160 that can be opened and closed by a hinge 150 is attached to the back side of the panel support frame 800. The only difference between this mechanism plate 160 and the mechanism plate of the pachinko machine is that there is no safe ball detection mechanism, and the rest is the same. A storage tank 170 is attached to the upper part of the mechanism plate 160. The bottom of the storage tank 170 is provided in a slightly inclined state, and the pachinko balls stored in the storage tank 170 are discharged while rolling.

  On the back side of the pachinko ball exit portion of the upper plate portion 600, a constant pitching device B for taking in a predetermined number of pachinko balls according to the betting rate selected by the player is attached via the upper plate support frame 120. It has been. A start button S1 for rotating the drum constituting the machine main body 900 is provided at a substantially central portion of the upper surface of the upper plate 600. On the right side of the start button S1 (the side where the speaker 140 is attached), three stop buttons S2 to S4 for stopping the rotation of the drum are provided in a row. The number of the stop buttons S2 to S4 corresponds to the number of drums. A predetermined pattern is attached to the outer peripheral surface of each drum.

JP 2002-191816 A JP 2000-70436 A

In the gaming machine frame of Patent Document 1, since the pachinko machine and the slot machine are formed by exchanging the plate apparatus, there are many replacement parts and the replacement work is complicated. In the slot machine disclosed in Patent Document 2, the machine body 900 can be replaced by removing the inner frame 200 from the hinge fitting H attached to the outer frame 100. However, on the front side of the inner frame 200, similarly to a pachinko machine, a glass frame 110 in which glass 110a is fitted and an upper plate support frame 120 for supporting the upper plate portion 600 are respectively connected by hinges 130. Since it is attached so that it can be opened and closed, when the inner frame 200 is removed, the machine main body 900 and the glass 110a are separated and the surface of the rotating drum 750 is exposed. As a result, when the machine main body 900 is replaced, the surface of the new rotator 750 may be inadvertently damaged. In some cases, a display device or the like (not shown) may be damaged or damaged. Furthermore, since a seal (not shown) printed with a design is attached to the glass 110a, when the inner frame 200 and the outer frame 100 are used as a pachinko machine for replacement of the machine main body 900, The seal must also be replaced, and the glass 110a must be removed together with the glass frame 110, and the seal must be replaced.
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and can facilitate replacement of a unitized game board, and can also be used for a rotary display device (rotation device) included in a unitized game board. It is an object of the present invention to provide a slot machine unit structure that can reduce accidents such as scratches and breakage that occur in a body portion), a liquid crystal display device, and the like, and that can prevent a player from intentionally mischiefing.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the unit structure of the slot machine according to claim 1, a tray device for holding and supplying a game ball, and a game ball supplied from the tray device for a slot machine game It has a ball take-in device for taking in as a medium, a liquid crystal display and a rotating display device that displays rotational fluctuations, and the mounting is performed in a state where the liquid crystal display and the rotating display device are arranged on a mounting frame. game board panel mounting frame to the frame is constituted mounted for opening piece, e Bei the game board unit having a design panel with protective plate on the front covers the surface of the game board panel mounting frame, wherein the game board unit frame to be housed is formed in the front frame and the rear frame, the front frame, to be opened single to said rear frame provided with the dish device below the window portion and the glass plate is fitted into the window The rear frame is attached to the game An outer frame which is installed in the installing equipment, the game board unit is attached, which has a middle frame which is mounted for opening piece to the front frame in the same direction on the outer frame, protective plate with the design panel the game board panel mounting frame that covers the surface, the in frame relative to the mounting frame by a knob, mounted for opening piece to the front frame in the same direction, the window portion of the front frame via a bar compartment When the glass plate is fitted in each window portion and the front frame is closed to the rear frame, the upper window portion includes the liquid crystal display and the lower portion. The rotating drum display device faces the window and covers the periphery of the protective plate with the design panel.

  According to the present invention, the game board unit is provided with a protective plate with a design panel on the front surface of the game board, so that the game board, particularly the revolving part, is damaged or the display device is replaced when the game board unit is replaced. It will not be damaged. Further, by providing the protective plate with the design panel, it is possible to eliminate the work of removing the glass plate together with the glass frame and replacing the seal as in the conventional case. Further, the front of the game board is protected by a protective plate with a design panel, and a glass plate is provided in the front frame window portion, and the window portion of the front frame is provided with the design panel when the front frame is closed. Since the periphery of the protective plate is covered, the influence can be reduced even if the player makes a malicious mischief from the front of the game board using a magnet or other tools when the front frame is closed. The front frame provided with the glass plate in the window portion can use the inner frame and the outer frame even when used as a pachinko machine, and the front frame provided with the glass plate can be used in the pachinko machine as it is.

  First, a slot machine configured using the gaming machine frame according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. The gaming machine frame 100 is composed of a rear frame 1 as shown in FIG. 2 and a front frame 2 provided with a tray device 20, and the front frame 2 is connected to the rear frame 1 via upper and lower hinges 3 and 4. It is installed so that it can be opened. The gaming machine frame 100 is mounted with a slot machine main body which is composed of a control device, a spinning cylinder display device 6, a ball take-in device 7, a game board unit 8 and other gaming parts (not shown). .

  The rear frame 1 is the same as the front frame 2 with respect to the outer frame 9 via the upper frame 9 and the lower hinges 10 and 11 on the outer frame 9 installed in a gaming machine installation facility called an island or the like. It is comprised with the inner frame 12 attached to the direction so that one opening is possible. The upper hinge 3 is provided inside the hinge member 13 at the upper left corner of the middle frame 12 and the hinge member 15 at the upper left corner of the front frame 2 and is rotatably inserted into the hole 14. And a shaft (not shown). The lower hinge 4 is provided in a hole 17 provided in the hinge member 16 at the lower left corner of the front frame 2 and a hinge member 18 in the lower left corner of the middle frame 12 and is a shaft that is rotatably inserted into the hole 17. 19. Similarly, the upper and lower hinges 10 and 11 are constituted by a pair of holes and shafts (not shown) provided at the upper left corner of the outer frame 9 and the middle frame 12. A lower hinge 11 is constituted by a pair of holes and shafts (not shown) provided at the lower left corner of the frame 12.

The front frame 2 is provided with a dish device 20 at the lower part and a front decoration part 22 whose center is formed on the window part 21 at the upper part. The front decoration part 22 is provided with side lamps 23s and 23s on both sides of the window part 21, a top lamp 23t is provided on the upper part of the window part 21, and high-frequency speakers 24 and 24 are provided on both the left and right sides so as to sandwich the top lamp 23t. The high-pitched speakers 24, 24 are disposed slightly tilted inward so that the player can easily hear the sound. The window portion 21 includes an upper window portion 26 and a lower window portion 27 that are partitioned via a crosspiece 25. A lock 28 is provided on the front side of the center of the right side of the middle frame 12, and a special bag (not shown) is inserted into the lock 28 and rotated to the left, so that a space between the front frame 2 and the middle frame 12 is provided. The lock is released, and the front frame 2 can be opened on one side with the hinges 3 and 4 as fulcrums. When the lock 28 is rotated to the right, the lock between the middle frame 12 and the outer frame 9 is released, and the middle frame 12 can be opened together with the front frame 2 with the hinges 10 and 11 as fulcrums.

  The dish apparatus 20 is formed in a form that protrudes forward from the front decorative portion 22 of the front frame 2 and that its lateral width decreases as it goes downward. The ball storage unit 31 of the dish device 20 is formed in an upper open shape, and the ball storage unit 31 receives a rental ball from a ball discharge nozzle of a ball rental machine (not shown). The ball take-in device 7 is attached to the back surface of the front frame 2. On the front surface 50 of the dish device 20, the rotation of a plurality of spinning reels is stopped by a start lever switch portion 51 as a game start instruction means and a control device that receives a start signal from the start lever switch portion 51. The display window includes a first symbol stop button switch unit 60, a second symbol stop button switch unit 61, and a third symbol stop button switch unit 62 for stopping the symbol on the display window.

  On the upper surface of the dish device 20, a MAXBET button switch unit 71 for setting the maximum number of betting balls (MAXBET), a 1BET button switch unit 72 for setting the number of betting balls smaller than MAXBET, and a cancel button switch unit 73 for canceling the setting of the number of betting balls A ball removal button switch 74, which is a setting means for collecting and collecting the balls acquired or thrown by the player, is provided side by side. The 1BET button switch unit 72 is set before the game is started by operating the start lever switch unit 51. The first setting is 1BET, the second setting is 2BET, and the third setting is set. 3BET, that is, MAXBET can be set. When it is desired to reset to 1 BET or 2 BET after the MAXBET setting, by operating the cancel button switch unit 73, the 1 BET button switch unit 72 is reset to the initial state and 1 BET can be set.

The middle frame 12 has a game board unit storage part 99 for storing the game board unit 8 in the upper part thereof. The game board unit 8 includes a control device, a spinning display device 6, a liquid crystal display device 6A, an award number (PAYOUT) display device 92, a display device 93 for displaying the number of games of the bonus (BONUS) game or the remaining number of games, and a credit ball. A credit display 94 for displaying the number and a display for displaying the number of taken-in balls, that is, a betting-ball number display 95 are provided. As shown in FIG. 2, a storage hole 79 for storing the ball take-in device 7 attached to the back surface of the front frame 2 is located on the left side of the position where the bass speaker 75 of the middle frame 12 is provided. Is formed. Various game parts such as a bass speaker 75 are attached to the lower part of the middle frame 12. The game board unit 8 is attached to the middle frame 12 via an attachment portion 76, and the protection plate 8A with a design panel of the game board unit 8 is visible to the player through the window portion 21 of the front frame 2. The glass plate 211 (2 1 1a, 211b) is fitted in the window portion 21 and cannot be directly touched by the player. As shown in FIG. 3, the game board unit 8 includes a protection plate 8A with a design panel, a game board panel attachment frame 8B to which the design panel protection plate 8A is attached, and an attachment frame 8C. The game board unit 8 has a game board panel mounting frame 8B attached to the mounting frame 8C by a hinge 87 so as to be able to be opened in one direction, and the game board panel mounting frame 8B is covered with a protective plate 8A with a design panel.

  A magnet is disposed at a position where the mounting frame 8C on the opposite side where the hinge is provided and the game board panel mounting frame 8B face each other, and the magnets are attracted to each other to attach the mounting frame 8C and the game board panel mounting frame 8B. Hold. The attachment frame 8 </ b> C and the game board panel attachment frame 8 </ b> B are opened and closed in a single opening by pulling the knob 77 to release the magnet. The mounting frame 8C includes a positioning hole 76a and a locking portion 82b. The positioning hole 76a and the locking portion 82b are formed on the upper side and the upper side of the mounting frame 8C, respectively. The middle frame 12 is provided with an engaging portion 800 that engages with the engaging portion 82b. The engaging portion 800 is rotated by a knob and engaged with the tip of the engaging portion 82b. The game board unit 8 stored in the game board unit storage part 99 of the frame 12 is fixed. In this manner, the game board unit 8 can be easily attached to the middle frame 12 simply by rotating the engaging portion 800.

  The protective plate 8A with the design panel is coated with paints other than the opening windows 92a, 93a, 94a, and 95a such as the display windows 82 and 83 and the indicators 92, 93, 94, and 95 so that the inside cannot be seen. The design panel 8AA is composed of a transparent resin, a glass plate, or the like, and a protection plate 8AB having the same shape as the design panel 8AA. Fluctuating symbols and spinning reels provided on each spinning reel 53 of the spinning cylinder display device 6 through the display windows 82, 83 and the opening windows 92a, 93a, 94a, 95a of the indicators 92, 93, 94, 95, etc. The player can see the display of the stop symbols, the liquid crystal display device 6A, the displays 92, 93, 94, 95, etc. when 53 stops. The design panel 8AA and the protection plate 8AB are easily attached to the protection plate 8AB by a known method such as water pushing so that the design surface can be seen by the player. Can be peeled off and can easily cope with design changes. In order to prevent damage to the design panel 8AA, the design panel 8AA is disposed between the protection plate 8AB and the game board unit 8. The protection plate 8A with the design panel is locked from the front by a locking claw 82a provided on the game board panel mounting frame 8B.

  When the game board unit 8 is stored in the middle frame 12 and the front frame 2 is closed, the window portion 21 (26, 27) of the front frame 2 is fitted into the window portion 21 (26, 27). The periphery of the protective plate 8A with the design panel is covered with the plates 211a and 211b. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from inserting a foreign object from the periphery of the window portion 21 (26, 27) by intentional mischief.

It is a perspective view of the slot machine comprised using the game machine frame by embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the front frame and rear part frame by embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the game board unit by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the structure of the protection board with a design panel by embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) shows a design panel and (b) shows a protection board. It is a perspective view of the conventional slot machine. It is a figure explaining the frame structure of the conventional slot machine.

Explanation of symbols

1 rear frame, 2 front frame, 3 upper hinge, 4 lower hinge, 6-turn cylinder display device, 7 ball take-in device, 8 game board unit, 8A protective panel with design panel, 8AA design panel, 8AB protective plate, 20 dishes Device, 211 (211a, 211b) glass plate

Claims (1)

A tray device for holding and supplying a game ball, a ball take-in device for taking a game ball supplied from the tray device as a game medium for a slot machine, a liquid crystal display, and a rotation variation display A gaming board panel mounting frame attached to the mounting frame in a state where the liquid crystal display device and the rotating cylinder display device are disposed on the mounting frame so that the gaming board panel mounting frame can be opened in a single opening; Bei give a game board unit having a design panel with protective plate on the front covers the surface of the panel mounting frame,
A frame for storing the game board unit is formed of a front frame and a rear frame,
The front frame, the under the window portion and the glass plate is fitted into the window portion includes a countersunk apparatus mounted to open piece to said rear frame, said rear frame is provided in a game machine installed equipment An outer frame, and an inner frame to which the game board unit is attached and attached to the outer frame so as to be openable in the same direction as the front frame;
Wherein said game board panel mounting frame with design panel protective plate covers the surface, the in frame relative to the mounting frame by a knob, mounted for opening piece to the front frame in the same direction,
The window portion of the front frame includes an upper window portion and a lower window portion that are partitioned via a crosspiece, and the glass plate is fitted in each window portion, and when the front frame is closed to the rear frame, A unit structure of a slot machine, characterized in that the upper window portion faces the liquid crystal display and the lower window portion faces the rotary display device and covers the periphery of the protective plate with the design panel.

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