JP4615362B2 - Variable winning parts for pachinko machines - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a variable winning component of a pachinko gaming machine that can quickly detect a ball called a pachinko ball taken into an opening / closing prize opening.

The variable winning parts of pachinko machines are designed to make it easier or more difficult to win a ball by opening and closing the ball entrance for taking the ball from the game area by an opening / closing body called a door or feather. It is a winning part that you won't let. However, since a ball detector that detects a winning ball that is taken into the variable prize component from the ball entrance is provided inside the variable prize component that is separated from the opening / closing body, the ball passes through the ball entrance. It takes a long time to be detected by the ball detector, and there is an unstable defect that the number of balls to be awarded to the variable winning component during opening of the opening / closing body is not a predetermined number, and a plurality of balls in the variable winning component However, there is a drawback that the balls are jammed with each other.
Japanese Patent Publication No.7-114844

  The problem to be solved by the invention is that the number of winning balls during opening of the opening / closing body is not stable, and ball clogging occurs inside the variable winning component.

  The variable winning component of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention is provided with a mounting base that is attached to the game area of the game board, and an upper surface that has a downward slope downward from the center to the left and right on the front side of the mounting base. A central partition wall, a left inner partition wall projecting downward from the left end of the central partition wall on the front side of the mounting base, and a left side projecting downward from the left inner partition wall on the front side of the mounting base. Left sphere provided as a gap between the outer bulkhead, the lower bulkhead projecting in the left-right direction on the front side of the mounting base, and the upper end of the left inner bulkhead and the upper end of the left outer bulket on the front side of the mounting base An entrance, a left opening / closing prize opening provided at the front side of the mounting base and surrounded by a central bulkhead, a left inner bulkhead, a left outer bulkhead and a lower bulkhead, and a left opening / closing prize opening located at the left sphere entrance Left sphere detector, A left sphere outlet provided as a through-hole in the front-rear direction on the mounting base located at the lower part of the opening / closing prize opening, a left opening / closing body provided to open and close the left sphere inlet on the front side of the mounting base, and mounting A right inner bulkhead projecting downward from the right end of the central bulkhead on the front side of the base; a right outer bulkhead projecting downward from the right inner bulkhead on the front side of the mounting base; and a mounting base A lower bulkhead projecting in the left-right direction on the front side, a right sphere entrance provided as a gap between the upper end of the right inner bulkhead and the upper end of the right outer bulkhead on the front side of the mounting base, and the front side of the mounting base A right opening / closing prize opening provided by being surrounded by a central partition, a right inner partition, a right outside partition and a lower partition, and a right sphere detector provided at the right opening / closing prize opening located at the right sphere entrance, Located at the bottom of the right opening and closing prize opening part and back and forth on the mounting base A right sphere outlet provided as a through hole, a right opening / closing body provided to open / close the right sphere entrance on the front side of the mounting base, and a left opening / closing body opened / closed on the back side of the mounting base As described above, the main feature is that the left opening / closing body and the drive mechanism connected to the right opening / closing body are provided. The left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is formed in a structure in which it is opened by rotating upward in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base around the opening / closing axis provided at the lower part and closed by rotating downward. The left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is a three-dimensional shape surrounded by two flat surfaces, one arc surface, the front surface and the back surface. A substantially triangular shape surrounded by one arc surface, and an opening / closing axis for opening / closing the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base is provided at a corner where two flat surfaces intersect. When the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is rotated and opened upward in the direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base with the opening / closing axis as the center, one arc surface is left Located on the opposite side of the sphere detector or right sphere detector, or opened to the left Alternatively, when the right opening / closing body is closed about the opening / closing axis, the upper surface of the left opening / closing body or the upper surface of the right opening / closing body is formed so as not to protrude upward from the upper surface of the central partition, or the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body Is closed with the opening / closing axis as the center, the facing distance between one arc surface and the left sphere detector or the right sphere detector facing each other is set to a size smaller than the diameter of one sphere. Also good.

  The variable winning component of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention is provided at the left sphere entrance at the left opening / closing prize opening where the left sphere detector is opened / closed by the left opening / closing body, and the right sphere detector is opened / closed by the right opening / closing body. Because it is provided at the right sphere entrance at the right opening / closing prize opening, the left sphere detector immediately takes the sphere taken into the left sphere entrance from the game area at the left sphere entrance while the left opening / closing body is open. And the right sphere detector can immediately detect the sphere taken into the right sphere entrance from the game area at the right sphere entrance. Since it is individually separated by the right inner partition, the balls taken into the left opening and closing prize opening are smoothly discharged from the left ball exit without encountering the balls taken into the right opening and closing prize opening, and the right opening and closing prize is received. The ball taken into the mouth is taken into the left opening / closing prize opening. By being smoothly discharged from the right sphere outlet without encountering a sphere, there is an advantage that the spherical jamming in each of the left opening winning opening portion and right closing winning opening portion does not occur. The left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is formed in a structure in which it is opened by rotating upward in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base around the opening / closing axis provided at the lower part and closed by rotating downward. If the left opening / closing body is opened, a path for guiding the sphere from the gaming area to the left sphere entrance or the right sphere entrance is formed in an inverted triangle, and the sphere is formed from the gaming area to the left sphere entrance or the right sphere entrance. There is an advantage that it becomes easy to be taken in. The left and right open / close bodies are three-dimensional shapes surrounded by two flat surfaces, one arc surface, front and back surfaces. When the left and right open / close bodies are viewed from the front, two flat surfaces and one A substantially triangular shape surrounded by an arc surface, and an opening / closing shaft for opening / closing the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base is provided at a corner where two flat surfaces intersect, When the opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body rotates and opens upward in the direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base around the opening / closing axis, one arc surface detects the left sphere. If the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is opened, the arc surface of the left opening / closing body has a descending slope as it goes from the left side to the right side. It smoothly guides the received sphere to the left sphere entrance, and the arc surface of the right opening / closing body is on the right side The advantage of smoothly induce balls received in a arcuate manner as the downward slope toward the Luo left to right ball inlet. If the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is closed with the opening / closing axis as the center, the upper surface of the left opening / closing body or the upper surface of the right opening / closing body will not protrude upward from the upper surface of the central partition wall. There is an advantage that it smoothly flows from the upper surface of the partition wall to the upper surface of the left opening / closing body or the upper surface of the right opening / closing body. When the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is closed about the opening / closing axis, the facing distance between one arc surface and the left sphere detector or the right sphere detector facing each other is smaller than the diameter of one sphere. If the dimension is set, in the process in which the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is closed about the opening / closing axis, the sphere is closed between the left opening / closing body and the left sphere detector / right sphere detector. If present, the left or right closing body to be closed touches the sphere and pushes the sphere in the direction of the left or right sphere detector. The detection can be performed more quickly, and there is an advantage that no clogging occurs between the closed left opening / closing body and the left sphere detector or between the closed right opening / closing body and the right sphere detector.

  1 to 10 show the best mode for carrying out the invention. FIG. 1 shows the front of the variable winning component 1 with the front part removed. FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the variable winning component 1 from the front side. FIG. 3 shows the center unit 2 and the front cover 3 in an exploded view from the front side. FIG. 4 shows the center unit 2 and the front cover 3 in an exploded view from the back side. FIG. 5 shows the terminal unit 4 and the drive mechanism 8 in an exploded view from the front side. FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the terminal unit 4 from the back side. FIG. 7 shows the terminal unit 4 from the back side. FIG. 8 shows the variable winning component 1 with the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 closed from the front side. FIG. 9 shows the variable winning component 1 with the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 opened from the front side. FIG. 10 shows the front of the pachinko gaming machine provided with the variable prize component 1. In this specification, the directions of “front”, “back”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “up”, and “down” indicate that the gaming machine frame 171 and the game board 12 are in the state shown in FIG. This is the direction specified when placed and viewed from the front. “Back” and “back” are in the same direction.

  The main structure of the variable winning component 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1a, a central partition wall 126 is provided on the front side of the mounting base 5 so as to have an arcuate upper surface 126a that descends downward from the center in the left-right direction. 127 is provided to protrude downward from the left end portion of the central partition wall 126, the left outer partition wall 128 is provided to protrude leftward from the left inner partition wall 127, and the lower partition wall 131 is provided to protrude in the left-right direction. A ball inlet 132 is provided as a gap between the upper end portion of the left inner partition wall 127 and the upper end portion of the left outer partition wall 128, and the left opening / closing prize winning port portion 124 is a central partition wall 126, a left inner partition wall 127, a left outer partition wall 128 and a lower side. The left sphere detector 9 is located at the left sphere entrance 132 and provided at the left opening / closing prize opening 124, and the left sphere outlet 31 is below the left opening / closing prize opening 124. Located in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction, the left opening / closing body 6 is provided so as to open / close the left sphere inlet 132, and the right inner partition 129 protrudes downward from the right end of the central partition 126. The right outer partition wall 130 is provided to protrude from the right inner partition wall 129 to the right and protrude downward, and the right sphere inlet 133 is a gap between the upper end portion of the right inner partition wall 129 and the upper end portion of the right outer partition wall 130. And a right opening / closing prize opening 125 is surrounded by a central partition wall 126, a right inner partition wall 129, a right outer partition wall 130, and a lower partition wall 131, and the right sphere detector 10 is located at the right sphere inlet 133 and is opened and closed to the right. Provided in the winning opening 125, the right sphere outlet 32 is located in the lower portion of the right opening / closing winning opening 125, provided in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction, and the right opening 7 opens and closes the right sphere inlet 133. The It is provided a structure as.

  That is, in the main structure of the variable winning component 1, the left sphere detector 9 is provided at the left sphere entrance 132 in the left opening / closing prize opening portion 124 opened and closed by the left opening / closing body 6, and the right sphere detector 10 is provided. Since it is provided at the right sphere entrance 133 in the right opening / closing prize opening 125 that is opened / closed by the right opening / closing body 7, the left sphere detector 9 moves from the game area 13 during the opening of the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7. The sphere taken into the left sphere entrance 132 is immediately detected at the left sphere entrance 132, and the right sphere detector 10 immediately detects the sphere taken into the right sphere entrance 133 from the game area 13 at the right sphere entrance 133. There is an advantage that can be. Further, the left sphere detection hole 82 of the left sphere detector 9 is arranged as a through-hole having a downward slope from the left side to the right side, and the right sphere detection hole 84 of the right sphere detector 10 is a through-hole having a downward slope from the right side to the left side. Therefore, the sphere taken into the left opening / closing prize opening 124 from the opened left opening / closing body 6 smoothly passes through the left sphere detection hole 82 from the left side to the right side, and from the opened right opening / closing body 7. There is an advantage that the sphere taken into the right opening and closing winning opening portion 125 can smoothly pass through the right sphere detection hole 84 from the right side to the left side.

  Since the left sphere outlet 31 and the right sphere outlet 32 are individually separated by the left inner partition wall 127 and the right inner partition wall 129, the sphere taken into the left opening / closing prize opening portion 124 is taken into the right opening / closing prize opening portion 125. The ball that is smoothly discharged from the left sphere outlet 31 without encountering the sphere and taken into the right opening / closing prize opening 125 is smoothly discharged from the right sphere outlet 32 without encountering the sphere taken into the left opening / closing prize opening 124. , There is an advantage in that ball clogging does not occur in each of the left open / close winning port portion 124 and the right open / close winning port portion 125. The left opening / closing body 6 is formed to have a structure in which the left opening / closing body 6 is rotated upward and opened in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base 5 around the left opening / closing shaft 50 provided in the lower part and is rotated and closed downward. The right opening / closing body 7 is formed in a structure in which the right opening / closing body 7 is rotated upward and opened in the direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base 5 around the right opening / closing shaft 58 provided in the lower part, and is rotated and closed downward. Therefore, a path for guiding a sphere from the game area 13 to the left sphere entrance 132 and the right sphere entrance 133 by opening the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 is indicated by an imaginary line L in FIG. It is formed in an inverted triangle, and there is an advantage that the sphere is easily taken into the left sphere entrance 132 and the right sphere entrance 133 from the game area 13.

  When the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 are opened from the position indicated by the solid line to the position indicated by the phantom line in FIG. 1a, one flat surface 43 that is the outer surface of the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body One flat surface 51, which is the outer surface of 7, becomes vertical and stops so that the left opening / closing body 6 does not move further to the left, and the right opening / closing body 7 stops so as not to move further to the right, The opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 are in the maximum opening position. Thus, when the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 are stopped at the maximum opening position, the arc surface 45 which is the inner surface of the left opening / closing body 6 has an arcuate shape in which the slope is descending from the left to the right. The received sphere is smoothly guided to the left sphere entrance 132, and the received sphere in an arcuate manner in which the arc surface 53, which is the inner surface of the right opening / closing body 7, descends from the right side to the left side, is received. There is an advantage of smoothly guiding to the right sphere entrance 133.

  The central partition 126 has an upper surface 126a that is downwardly inclined downward from the center in the left-right direction, the left sphere inlet 132 is adjacent to the left side of the central partition 126, and the right sphere inlet 133 is on the right side of the central partition 126. Since they are adjacent to each other, the central partition wall 126 has both a function of distributing the sphere that has fallen from the game area 13 to the upper surface 126a to the left and right and a function of guiding the distributed sphere to the left sphere inlet 132 and the right sphere inlet 133. There are advantages. The lateral width D1 in the left-right direction of the central partition wall 126 having an upper surface 126a that is downwardly inclined downward from the center to the left-right direction is 4.5 times the diameter of a single so-called pachinko ball used in a pachinko gaming machine. Therefore, when the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 are opened, the gaming area 13 is increased. There is an advantage that the number of balls per unit time taken into the left sphere entrance 132 and the right sphere entrance 133 from the top increases, that is, the number of balls per unit time to win the variable winning component 1 increases.

  When the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 are closed about the opening / closing shafts 50; 58, the flat surface 43 serving as the upper surface of the left opening / closing body 6 or the flat surface 51 serving as the upper surface of the right opening / closing body 7 is the central partition wall 126. Therefore, the sphere smoothly flows from the upper surface 126a of the central partition wall 126 to the flat surface 43 of the left opening / closing body 6 or the flat surface 51 of the right opening / closing body 7. is there. When the left opening / closing body 6 is closed about the left opening / closing axis 50, the facing distance D2 between the one arc surface 45 and the left sphere detector 9 facing each other is set to a size smaller than the diameter of one sphere. Therefore, when the left opening / closing body 6 is closed around the left opening / closing axis 50, the left opening / closing body 6 is closed when it exists between the left opening / closing body 6 and the left sphere detector 9 where the sphere is closed. Touches the sphere and pushes the sphere in the direction of the left sphere detector 9, so that the left sphere detector 9 can detect the sphere more quickly, and the left open / close body 6 and the left sphere detector 9 that are closed There is an advantage that no ball clogging occurs. When the right opening / closing body 7 is closed about the right opening / closing shaft 58, the facing distance D3 between the one arc surface 53 and the right sphere detector 10 facing each other is set to a size smaller than the diameter of one sphere. Therefore, when the right opening / closing body 7 is closed around the right opening / closing axis 58, the right opening / closing body 7 is closed when it exists between the right opening / closing body 7 and the right sphere detector 10 where the sphere is closed. Touches the sphere and pushes the sphere in the direction of the right sphere detector 10, so that the right sphere detector 10 can detect the sphere faster and the right open / close body 7 and the right sphere detector 10 that are closed There is an advantage that no ball clogging occurs.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the left opening / closing body 6 is a three-dimensional shape surrounded by two flat surfaces 43; 44, one arc surface 45, a front surface 46, and a back surface 47. When viewed, a left opening / closing axis 50 for opening and closing the left opening / closing body 6 in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base 5 is a substantially triangular shape surrounded by two flat surfaces 43; 44 and one arc surface 45. Provided at the corners where the two flat surfaces 43; 44 intersect, the left opening / closing body 6 is rotated upward in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base 5 around the left opening / closing shaft 50 and opened downward. When the left opening / closing body 6 is opened, when the left opening / closing body 6 is opened, the arc surface 45 of the left opening / closing body 6 is on the left side. From the left to the left sphere entrance 132. There is an advantage of induction to slip.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the right opening / closing body 7 is a three-dimensional shape surrounded by two flat surfaces 51; 52, one arc surface 53, a front surface 54, and a back surface 55. When viewed, there are two open / close shafts 58 for opening and closing the right opening / closing body 7 in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base 5, which is a substantially triangular shape surrounded by two flat surfaces 51; 52 and one arc surface 53. Provided at the intersecting corners of the two flat surfaces 51; 52, and the right opening / closing body 7 is rotated upward in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base 5 around the opening / closing shaft 58 and opened downward. Since one arc surface 53 is arranged on the side facing the right sphere detector 10 when rotating and closing, when the right opening / closing body 7 is opened, the arc surface 53 of the right opening / closing body 7 is left to right. The sphere received in the form of an arc that descends as you go to the circle at the right sphere entrance 133 There is an advantage of induction to.

  The structure of the variable winning component 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The variable winning component 1 includes a central unit 2, a front cover 3, and a terminal unit 4. The central unit 2 has a structure in which a left opening / closing body 6, a right opening / closing body 7, a drive mechanism 8, a left sphere detector 9, a right sphere detector 10, and a display unit 11 are attached to an attachment base 5. The front cover 3 is attached to the front surface of the mounting base 5 and covers the left opening / closing body 6, the right opening / closing body 7, the left sphere detector 9, the right sphere detector 10, and the display unit 11. The terminal unit 4 is attached to the drive mechanism 8. The variable winning component 1 configured in this way is attached to the game board 12 as follows. Parts such as the drive mechanism 8 and the terminal unit 4 protruding to the back side of the mounting base 5 are inserted into the escape holes 14 formed in the game area 13 of the game board 12 from the front side of the game board 12, and the attachment base 5 is escaped. When the set screw 15 made of wood screws is fastened to the game board 12 from the screw insertion hole 16 of the mounting base 5, the variable winning component 1 is attached to the game area 13. When the variable winning component 1 is attached to the game board 12, the front cover 3, the mounting base 5, the left opening / closing body 6, the right opening / closing body 7, the left sphere detector 9, the right sphere detector 10, the display unit 11, etc. Parts are arranged on the front side of the game area 13. Details of the central unit 2 and the front cover 3 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. Details of the terminal unit 4 will be described later with reference to FIGS. Details of the variable winning component 1 with the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 closed will be described later with reference to FIG. Details of the variable winning component 1 with the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 opened will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The structure of the central unit 2 and the front cover 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. As shown in FIG. 3, the mounting base 5 of the central unit 2 includes a screw insertion hole 16, a display escape hole 21, a left display base 22, a right display base 23, a left display positioning unit 24, a right display positioning unit 25, a display. Mounting portion 26, left sphere detection insertion hole 27, right sphere detection insertion hole 28, left sphere detection engagement portion 29, right sphere detection engagement portion 30, left sphere outlet 31, right sphere outlet 32, left sphere rod 33, right A bulb 34, a left projection escape hole 35, a right projection escape hole 36, a left bearing portion 37, a right bearing portion 38, a left front cover positioning portion 39, a right front cover positioning portion 40, and a plurality of front cover mounting portions 41 are provided. The screw insertion hole 16 is located at the outer edge of the mounting base 5 and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction. The display escape hole 21 is located in the center of the mounting base 5 in the left-right direction, and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction. The left display base 22 is located on the left side of the display escape hole 21 and protrudes from the front surface of the mounting base 5 to the front side. The right display base 23 is located on the right side of the display escape hole 21 and protrudes from the front surface of the mounting base 5 to the front side. The left display positioning portion 24 protrudes from the front surface of the left display pedestal 22 to the front side, and is formed on the left display pedestal 22 as a projection that is thinner than the left display pedestal 22. The right display positioning portion 25 protrudes from the front surface of the right display pedestal 23 to the front side, and is formed on the right display pedestal 23 as a projection thinner than the right display pedestal 23. The display attachment portion 26 is a cylindrical protrusion that is located below the display escape hole 21 and protrudes forward from the front surface of the attachment base 5.

  The left sphere detection insertion hole 27 is located on the left side of the display escape hole 21 so as to insert the left sphere detector 9 obliquely, and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction. The right sphere detection insertion hole 28 is located on the right side of the display escape hole 21 so that the right sphere detector 10 is inserted obliquely, and is formed as a through hole in the front-rear direction on the mounting base 5. The left sphere detection engagement portion 29 protrudes from the back surface of the mounting base 5 to the back side around the left sphere detection insertion hole 27. The right sphere detection engagement portion 30 protrudes from the back surface of the mounting base 5 to the back side around the right sphere detection insertion hole 28. The left sphere outlet 31 is located on the left side of the display mounting portion 26 and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction. The right sphere outlet 32 is located on the right side of the display mounting portion 26 and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction. The left sphere rod 33 guides the sphere taken into the left sphere outlet 31 to the back side of the mounting base 5, and protrudes from the back surface of the mounting base 5 around the left sphere outlet 31. The right ball cage 34 guides the sphere taken into the right sphere outlet 32 to the back side of the mounting base 5, and protrudes from the back surface of the mounting base 5 around the right sphere outlet 32. The left protrusion escape hole 35 is located on the left side of the left sphere detection insertion hole 27 and has an arc shape centered on the left bearing portion 37 and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction. The right protrusion escape hole 36 is located on the right side of the right sphere detection insertion hole 28, has an arc shape centered on the right bearing portion 38, and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction. The left bearing portion 37 is located on the left side of the left sphere detection insertion hole 27 and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a recess from the front surface to the rear side of the mounting base 5. The right bearing portion 38 is located on the right side of the right sphere detection insertion hole 28 and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a recess from the front surface of the mounting base 5 to the rear side. The left front cover positioning portion 39 is positioned below the left bearing portion 37 and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction. The right front cover positioning portion 40 is located below the right bearing portion 38 and is formed in the mounting base 5 as a through hole in the front-rear direction. The front cover mounting portion 41 is located above the display escape hole 21, below the left sphere detection insertion hole 27, and below the right sphere detection insertion hole 28, and is formed as a through hole in the front-rear direction on the mounting base 5. The

  The left opening / closing body 6 is a three-dimensional shape surrounded by two flat surfaces 43; 44, one arc surface 45, a front surface 46 and a back surface 47, and includes a bearing hole 48 and a driven protrusion 49. The bearing hole 48 is formed in a corner where two flat surfaces 43; 44 intersect as a through hole to the front surface 46 and the back surface 47. The driven protrusion 49 protrudes from the back surface 47 to the back side, and is provided at a corner where one flat surface 44 and the arc surface 45 intersect. Then, the arc surface 45 is directed to the left sphere outlet 31 side, the driven protrusion 49 is inserted into the left protrusion escape hole 35 from the front side of the mounting base 5, and the left opening / closing shaft 50 is fitted into the left bearing portion 37 and the bearing hole 48. As a result, the left opening / closing body 6 is attached to the front side of the mounting base 5 so as to be rotatable about the left opening / closing shaft 50 in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base 5. When the left opening / closing body 6 attached to the attachment base 5 in this way is viewed from the front side, it is a substantially triangular shape surrounded by the flat surface 43; 44 and the arc surface 45.

  The right opening / closing body 7 is a solid shape surrounded by two flat surfaces 51; 52, one arc surface 53, a front surface 54, and a back surface 55, and includes a bearing hole 56 and a driven projection 57. The bearing hole 56 is formed in a corner portion where the two flat surfaces 51; 52 intersect as a through hole to the front surface 54 and the back surface 55. The driven protrusion 57 protrudes from the back surface 55 to the back side and is provided at a corner where one flat surface 52 and the arc surface 53 intersect. Then, the arc surface 53 is directed to the right sphere outlet 32 side, the driven protrusion 57 is inserted into the right protrusion escape hole 36 from the front side of the mounting base 5, and the right opening / closing shaft 58 is fitted into the right bearing portion 38 and the bearing hole 56. As a result, the right opening / closing body 7 is attached to the front side of the mounting base 5 so as to be rotatable about the right opening / closing shaft 58 in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base 5. When the right opening / closing body 7 attached to the attachment base 5 is viewed from the front side in this way, it is a substantially triangular shape surrounded by the flat surface 51; 52 and the arc surface 53.

  The drive mechanism 8 is a mechanism for opening and closing the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 by power, and includes a mechanism housing 60, an electromagnetic solenoid 61, a connecting rod 62, a left driving lever 63, and a right driving lever 64. The electromagnetic solenoid 61 is disposed inside the mechanism housing 60 and is attached to the attachment piece 66 of the mechanism housing 60 with a set screw 65 operated from above the mechanism housing 60. A plurality of screw insertion holes 68 are formed in the front wall 67 of the mechanism housing 60 as through holes in the front-rear direction. A plurality of set screws 69 such as tapping screws are individually attached from the back side of the mechanism housing 60 via the screw insertion holes 68 to the pillars 70 protruding from the back side of the mounting base 5 to the back side. A space in which the left sphere detector 9 and the right sphere detector 10 are disposed is formed between the mechanism housing 60 and the mechanism housing 60.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the electromagnetic solenoid 61 is attached to the inside of the mechanism housing 60, the plunger 71 that is a drive rod of the electromagnetic solenoid 61 is directed toward the attachment base 5. An unillustrated spring such as a coil spring applies a spring force toward the mounting base 5 to the plunger 71. A connecting rod 62 is fixed to the front end portion of the plunger 71 located on the mounting base 5 side. The connecting rod 62 is a single rod extending from the plunger 71 in the left-right direction. The left end portion of the connecting rod 62 protrudes from the inside of the mechanism housing 60 to the outside through the escape hole 73 formed in the left side wall 72 of the mechanism housing 60 and protrudes to the left side of the mechanism housing 60. The left end portion of the connecting rod 62 that protrudes to the left of the mechanism housing 60 is rotatably connected to the left drive lever 63. The drive lever 63 is disposed outside the left side wall 72 and is attached to the left side wall 72 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction along the left side wall 72 with a lever shaft 74. An upper engagement portion 75 and a lower engagement portion 76 are formed in a bifurcated shape at the front portion of the drive lever 63. The right end portion of the connecting rod 62 protrudes from the inside of the mechanism housing 60 to the outside through the escape hole 78 formed in the right side wall 77 of the mechanism housing 60 and protrudes to the right side of the mechanism housing 60. The right end portion of the connecting rod 62 that protrudes to the right side of the mechanism housing 60 is rotatably connected to the right drive lever 64. The drive lever 64 is disposed outside the right side wall 77 and is attached to the right side wall 77 by a lever shaft 79 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction along the right side wall 77. An upper engaging portion 80 and a lower engaging portion 81 are formed in a bifurcated shape at the front portion of the drive lever 64.

  When the mechanism housing 60 is attached to the back side of the mounting base 5, the driven protrusion 49 that protrudes from the left opening / closing body 6 attached to the front side of the mounting base 5 to the back side of the mounting base 5 has an upper engagement portion 75 in the drive lever 63. A driven protrusion 57 that is inserted between the right engagement member 76 and the lower engagement portion 76 and protrudes from the right opening / closing body 7 attached to the front side of the attachment base 5 to the back side of the attachment base 5 is connected to the upper engagement portion 80 of the drive lever 64. It is inserted between the lower engaging portion 81. Then, the power supply to the electromagnetic solenoid 61 is cut off, a spring (not shown) pushes the plunger 71 forward, the upper engagement portions 75; 80 and the lower engagement portions 76; 81 face forward, and the left opening / closing body 6 The left sphere inlet 132 shown in FIG. 1 is closed with the left opening / closing shaft 50 as the center, and the right opening / closing body 7 closes the right sphere inlet 133 shown in FIG. In a state in which the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 are closed, electric power is supplied to the electromagnetic solenoid 61, and the electromagnetic solenoid 61 resists the spring force of a spring (not shown) and attracts the plunger 71 to the rear side by a magnetic force. When the connecting rod 62 pulls the drive lever 63; 64 from the front side to the rear side, the left drive lever 63 and the right drive lever 64 are arranged so that the upper engagement portions 75; 80 and the lower engagement portions 76; 81 face upward. The left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 rotate to the left opening / closing axis 50 and the right opening / closing axis as the lower engaging portion 76; 81 lifts the driven projection 49:57. 8 is opened in the left-right direction from the position shown in FIG. 8 to the position shown in FIG. Thereafter, the power supply to the electromagnetic solenoid 61 is cut off, the plunger 71 protrudes to the front side by a spring (not shown), the left drive lever 63 and the right drive lever 64 rotate downward about the lever shafts 74 and 79, and As the joint portion 75; 80 pushes down the driven projection 49:57, the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 are moved from the position shown in FIG. 9 to the position shown in FIG. Close in direction 126.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the left sphere detector 9 and the right sphere detector 10 have the same structure. The left sphere detector 9 is provided with a left sphere detection hole 82 in one half of a plate-like detector body made of synthetic resin, and an electric component (not shown) for detecting a sphere inside the detector body. A left connector 83 is provided on one end surface of the vessel body. Then, the left sphere detection hole 82 is directed to the front side, the left connector 83 is directed to the mounting base 5 side, and the detector body of the left sphere detector 9 is inserted into the left sphere detection insertion hole 27 so that the left sphere detection unit is engaged. By being received by the joint portion 29, the left sphere detector 9 does not move further to the back side of the mounting base 5, and the left sphere detection hole 82 is disposed on the front side of the mounting base 5 and descends from the left side to the right side. It becomes a through hole with a gradient. The right sphere detector 10 includes a right sphere detection hole 84 in one half of a plate-shaped detector body made of a synthetic resin, and an electric component (not shown) for detecting a sphere inside the detector body. A right connector 85 is provided on one end surface of the vessel body. Then, the right sphere detection hole 84 is directed to the front side, the right connector 85 is directed to the mounting base 5 side, and the detector body of the right sphere detector 10 is inserted into the sphere detection insertion hole 28 and the sphere detection engagement portion 30, the right sphere detector 10 does not move further to the back side of the mounting base 5, and the right sphere detection hole 84 is disposed on the front side of the mounting base 5 and has a downward slope from the right side to the left side. It becomes a through hole.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 11 has a structure in which a symbol display 88 and a winning hold display 89 are mounted on the front surface of a display substrate 87 made of a circuit board. The symbol display 88 is a form in which two displays that can display a plurality of numbers with different digits of “0 to 9” such as a 7-segment display, a matrix display, or a digital display are arranged on the left and right. The prize-holding display 89 is formed by a total of four LEDs, two on the left and right of the symbol display 88. In the display board 87, a left positioning portion 90 and a right positioning portion 91 are formed as through-holes in the front-rear direction at positions on the left and right outside of the winning hold indicator 89, and a screw insertion hole 92 is directly below the symbol indicator 88. It is formed as a through hole in the front-rear direction.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a connector 93 is mounted on the back surface of the display substrate 87. The symbol display 88, the winning hold indicator 89, and the connector 93 are connected to the symbol indicator 88 and the winning hold indicator 89 by the power supplied from the control device to the symbol display 88 and the winning hold indicator 89. They are connected to each other by thin wirings on the circuit board constituting the display substrate 87 so that the display operation is performed individually. The display unit 11 is attached to the attachment base 5 as follows. The connector 93 is inserted into the display escape hole 21 from the front side of the mounting base 5, the left positioning portion 90 of the display substrate 87 is fitted into the left positioning portion 24 of the mounting base 5, and the right positioning portion 91 of the display base 87 is connected to the mounting base 5. The display board 87 is received by the left display pedestal 22 and the right display pedestal 23. Then, a set screw 94 such as a tapping screw shown in FIG. 3 is fastened to the display mounting portion 26 via the screw insertion hole 92 from the front side of the display substrate 87, whereby the display unit 11 is moved to the left sphere outlet 31. And it fixes to the front side of the mounting base 5 so that the right bulb | ball exit 32 may not be obstruct | occluded.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the best mode, an embodiment in which the mounting base 5 is provided with a left general winning component 96, a right general winning component 97, and an out port escape portion 98 is illustrated as an example. The left general winning component 96 includes a left sphere receiving unit 99, a left sphere guiding unit 100, a left sphere detector 101, and a left detection support 102. The left sphere receiving portion 99 protrudes from the front surface of the mounting base 5 to the front side, and forms a recess capable of receiving a sphere opened on the upper side and the back surface. The left sphere guiding part 100 protrudes from the back surface of the mounting base 5 to the back side, and guides the sphere discharged from the left sphere receiving part 99 to the back side of the mounting base 5. The left sphere detector 101 has the same structure as the left sphere detector 9. The left sphere detector 101 includes a left sphere detection hole 103 in one half of a plate-shaped detector body made of a synthetic resin, and an electric component (not shown) for detecting a sphere inside the detector body. A left connector 104 is provided on one end surface of the vessel body. The left sphere detection hole 103 is directed to the rear side, the left connector 104 is directed to the mounting base 5 side, and the detector body of the left sphere detector 101 is formed in the lower part of the left sphere guiding part 100. By being inserted into the hole 105 (see FIG. 4) and received, the left sphere detector 101 does not move further to the front side of the mounting base 5, and the left sphere detection hole 103 is located on the back side of the left sphere guiding part 100. It is arranged and becomes a through hole in the vertical direction. The left detection support 102 forms a recess that opens to the front side and the lower side for guiding the sphere discharged from the left sphere guiding unit 100 downward. A left sphere detection insertion hole 106 (see FIG. 3) is formed inside the left detection support 102. Then, the left detection support body 102 is placed on the rear side of the left sphere guiding portion 100 so that the rear end portion protruding from the left sphere guiding portion 100 in the left sphere detector 101 is inserted into the left sphere detecting insertion hole 106. A left detection support mounting portion formed on the back surface of the mounting base 5 through a screw insertion hole 108 formed by overlapping a set screw 107 such as a tapping screw shown in FIG. 4 at the front opening edge of the left detection support 102. By being fastened to 109 (see FIG. 4), the left sphere detector 101 is sandwiched between the mounting base 5 and the left detection support 102 and attached to the back side of the mounting base 5. Thus, the left general winning component 96 is provided in a fixed shape called a pocket shape integrally with the mounting base 5.

  The right general winning component 97 includes a right sphere receiving unit 110, a right sphere guiding unit 111, a right sphere detector 112, and a right detection support 113. The right sphere receiving part 110 protrudes from the front surface of the mounting base 5 to the front side, and forms a dent in which a sphere opened on the upper side and the back surface can be taken. The right sphere guiding part 111 projects from the back surface of the mounting base 5 to the back side, and guides the sphere discharged from the right sphere receiving part 110 to the back side of the mounting base 5. The right sphere detector 112 has the same structure as the left sphere detector 9. The right sphere detector 112 includes a right sphere detection hole 114 in one half of a plate-shaped detector body made of a synthetic resin, and an electric component (not shown) for detecting a sphere inside the detector body. A right connector 115 is provided on one end surface of the vessel body. The right sphere detection hole 114 is directed to the rear side, the right connector 115 is directed to the mounting base 5 side, and the detector body of the right sphere detector 112 is formed in the lower part of the right sphere guiding part 111. By being inserted into the hole 116 (see FIG. 4) and received, the right sphere detector 112 does not move further to the front side of the mounting base 5, and the right sphere detection hole 114 is located behind the right sphere guiding part 111. It is arranged and becomes a through hole in the vertical direction. The right detection support body 113 forms a recess that opens to the front side and the lower side that guides the sphere discharged from the right sphere guiding unit 111 downward. In the right detection support 113, a right sphere detection insertion hole 117 (see FIG. 3) is formed. Then, the right detection support 113 is placed on the rear side of the right sphere guiding portion 111 so that the rear end portion protruding from the right sphere guiding portion 111 in the right sphere detector 112 is inserted into the right sphere detecting insertion hole 117. A right detection support mounting portion formed on the back surface of the mounting base 5 from a screw insertion hole 119 which is overlapped and a set screw 118 such as a tapping screw shown in FIG. 4 is formed on the front opening edge of the right detection support 113. By being fastened to 120 (see FIG. 4), the right sphere detector 112 is sandwiched between the mounting base 5 and the right detection support 113 from the front-rear direction and attached to the back side of the mounting base 5. Thus, the right general winning component 97 is provided in a fixed shape called a pocket shape integrally with the mounting base 5.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the display cover 122 and the display hole 123 are formed in the front cover 3 as through holes in the front-rear direction. The display hole 122 is a through hole for displaying the numerical value displayed on the display screen of the main symbol display 88 from the front side of the front cover 3. The display hole 123 is a through hole for showing the lighting hold indicator 89 on and off from the front side of the front cover 3.

  As shown in FIG. 4, on the back surface of the front cover 3, there are a left opening / closing prize opening 124, a right opening / closing prize opening 125, a central partition 126, a left inner partition 127, a left outer partition 128, a right inner partition 129, a right Outer partition wall 130, lower partition wall 131, left sphere inlet 132, right sphere inlet 133, left sphere detection insertion groove 134, right sphere detection insertion groove 135, left bearing portion 136, right bearing portion 137, a plurality of positioning portions 138, a plurality of positioning portions 138 A mounting portion 139 is provided.

  The left open / close winning prize opening 124 is formed by attaching the front cover 3 to the front side of the mounting base 5, so that the mounting base 5, the central partition 126, the left inner partition 127, the left outer partition 128, the lower partition 131, and the front cover 3. And the ball taken in from the game area 13 to the left sphere entrance 132 is guided to the lower left sphere exit 31, and a downward gradient passage is formed from the left side toward the center. By attaching the front cover 3 to the front side of the mounting base 5, the left opening / closing body 6 is disposed at the left sphere inlet 132. Then, when the left opening / closing body 6 opens the left sphere entrance 132, the left sphere entrance 132 is opened so that a ball can be captured from the game area 13. Further, when the left opening / closing body 6 closes the left sphere entrance 132, the left sphere entrance 132 is closed so that it is impossible to catch the ball from the game area 13. In other words, the left opening / closing prize opening 124 is opened so that the ball can be captured from the game area 13 when the left opening / closing body 6 is opened, and the ball is captured from the game area 13 when the left opening / closing body 6 is closed. Is a structure that is closed impossible.

  The right opening / closing prize opening 125 is formed by attaching the front cover 3 to the front side of the mounting base 5, so that the mounting base 5, the central partition wall 126, the right inner partition wall 129, the right outer partition wall 130, the lower partition wall 131, and the front cover body 3. And the ball taken in from the game area 13 to the right sphere inlet 133 is guided to the lower right sphere outlet 32, and a passage going down from the right side toward the center is formed. The right opening / closing body 7 is disposed at the right sphere entrance 133 by attaching the front cover 3 to the front side of the mounting base 5. Then, the right opening / closing body 7 opens the right sphere entrance 133, so that the right sphere entrance 133 is opened so that a ball can be captured from the game area 13. Further, when the right opening / closing body 7 closes the right sphere entrance 133, the right sphere entrance 133 is closed so that it is impossible to catch the sphere from the game area 13. That is, the right opening / closing prize winning opening 125 is opened so that the ball can be captured from the game area 13 when the right opening / closing body 7 is opened, and the ball is captured from the game area 13 when the right opening / closing body 7 is closed. It is a structure that is impossible to close.

  The central partition wall 126 is an arc-shaped protrusion that protrudes upward and has a downward slope as it goes in the left-right direction from the center, and is a target shape on the left and right. The left sphere detection insertion groove 134 is formed in the left inner partition wall 127 and the left outer partition wall 128 so that the left sphere detector 9 is fitted obliquely. The right sphere detection insertion groove 135 is formed in the right inner partition 129 and the right outer partition 130 so that the right sphere detector 10 is fitted obliquely. The left bearing portion 136 and the right bearing portion 137 are located at the left and right ends of the lower partition 131 and are formed in the front cover 3 as depressions from the back surface of the front cover 3 to the front side. The plurality of positioning portions 138 are formed on the lower partition 131 as protrusions from the left and right ends of the lower partition 131 to the rear side. The plurality of attachment portions 139 are located on the left and right ends of the lower partition 131 and the center of the central partition 126 and are formed on the front cover 3 as cylindrical protrusions from the back surface to the back side of the front cover 3.

  The front cover 3 is attached to the attachment base 5 as follows. In a state where the left opening / closing body 6, the right opening / closing body 7, the left sphere detector 9, the right sphere detector 10, and the display unit 11 are attached to the mounting base 5, the back surface of the front covering body 3 faces the mounting base 5. The front cover body 3 and the mounting base 5 are combined with each other so that the peripheral portion of the left sphere detection hole 82 protruding forward from the mounting base 5 in the left sphere detector 9 becomes the left sphere detection insertion groove 134. The peripheral portion of the right sphere detection hole 84 that has been taken in and protrudes forward from the mounting base 5 in the right sphere detector 10 is taken into the right sphere detection insertion groove 135 and forward of the left opening / closing body 6 in the left opening / closing shaft 50. The protruding portion is fitted into the left bearing portion 136, the portion protruding to the front side of the right opening / closing body 7 in the right opening / closing shaft 58 is fitted into the right bearing portion 137, and the positioning portion 138 is positioned at the left front covering positioning portion 39 and the right front covering positioning. Part 40 After being fitted to the individual, an unillustrated screw, such as self-tapping screws are fastened individually to the plurality of mounting portions 139 via the mounting portion 41 covering front from the back side of the mounting base 5 of the plurality. Thus, the front cover 3 is attached to the front surface of the mounting base 5 to cover the left opening / closing body 6, the right opening / closing body 7, the left sphere detector 9, the right sphere detector 10, and the display unit 11. Is inserted into the display hole 122, and the winning hold indicator 89 corresponds to the display hole 123. In FIG. 4, a positioning portion 140 is provided on the back surface of the mounting base 5. The positioning part 140 is formed as a protrusion from the back surface to the back side of the mounting base 5 and determines the position of the mounting base 5 when the mounting base 5 is attached to the game board 12 of FIG.

  With reference to FIG. 5, the attachment structure of the terminal unit 4 and the drive mechanism 8 is demonstrated. The terminal unit 4 has a structure in which the connector substrate 143 is assembled to the unit container 142. The unit container 142 includes a left sliding engagement portion 144, a right sliding engagement portion 145, a left elastic engagement portion 146, and a right elastic engagement portion 147. The left sliding engagement portion 144 has a groove that protrudes forward from the unit container 142 and opens to the front and right sides. The right sliding engagement portion 145 has a groove that protrudes forward from the unit container 142 and opens to the front and left sides. The left elastic engagement portion 146 has a hook protruding rightward from the front end of the elastic piece protruding forward from the unit container 142. The right elastic engagement portion 147 has a hook protruding leftward from the front end of the elastic piece protruding forward from the unit container 142. The drive mechanism 8 is provided with a left unit attachment portion 148 and a right unit attachment portion 149. In the left unit attachment portion 148, a left engagement portion 150 is formed as a through hole in the left-right direction on the left side wall bent downward from the left edge portion of the attachment piece 66 in the drive mechanism 8. In the right unit attachment portion 149, a right engagement portion 151 is formed as a through hole in the left-right direction on the left side wall bent downward from the right edge portion of the attachment piece 66 in the drive mechanism 8.

  The terminal unit 4 is attached to the drive mechanism 8 as follows. The front surface of the unit container 142 is directed toward the drive mechanism 8, the left sliding engagement portion 144 is fitted into the left edge of the mounting piece 66 from the rear side of the drive mechanism 8, and the right sliding engagement portion 145 is connected to the drive mechanism 8. When the terminal unit 4 is pushed into the drive mechanism 8 in a state of being fitted to the left edge portion of the mounting piece 66 from the rear side, the left sliding engagement portion 144 and the right sliding engagement portion 145 are attached to the mounting piece. 66, the left elastic engagement portion 146 collides with the left unit attachment portion 148 and bends to the left outside, and the right elastic engagement portion 147 collides with the right unit attachment portion 149 and bends to the right outside. Thereafter, the hook of the left elastic engagement portion 146 is engaged with the left engagement portion 150, and the hook of the right elastic engagement portion 147 is engaged with the right engagement portion 151. That is, after the terminal unit 4 linearly slides forward by the guidance of the fitting between the left sliding engagement portion 144 and the right sliding engagement portion 145 and the mounting piece 66, the left elastic engagement portion 146 and the right sliding engagement portion 146 Since the elastic engagement portion 147 is individually engaged with the left engagement portion 150 and the right engagement portion 151, there is an advantage that the terminal unit 4 is appropriately attached to the drive mechanism 8.

  The structure of the terminal unit 4 will be described with reference to FIG. The unit container 142 protrudes perpendicularly to the rear side of the peripheral wall 154 from the entire periphery of the rectangular container base 153 corresponding to the plate surface of the connector board 143, and the connector board 143 is retracted from the back side of the unit container 142. Open shape. Unit pedestals 155 are provided at the four corners of the unit container 142 so as to protrude from the back surface of the unit container 142 to the back side. On the peripheral wall 154, a receiving portion 156 and an elastic engagement portion 157 are provided at positions where they linearly face each other. The receiving portion 156 protrudes inward from the rear end portion of the peripheral wall 154 and faces the back surface of the container base 153. The elastic engagement portion 157 has two grooves 158 that are removed from the rear surface of the peripheral wall 154 to the front side of the peripheral wall 154, and the hook protrudes inward from the rear end portion of the elastic piece left between the two grooves 158. The structure is opposite to the back surface of the container base 153. The projecting dimension of the unit base 155 from the back surface of the unit container 142 is such that the connector board 143 rattles in the front-rear direction between the unit base 155 and the receiving portion 156 and between the unit base 155 and the hook of the elastic engagement portion 157. The dimension is set to be smaller than the projecting dimension of the peripheral wall 154 from the back surface of the unit container 142 so as not to be sandwiched. One of the unit bases 155 is provided with a positioning portion 159 as a protrusion that is narrower than the unit base 155 from the unit base 155 to the back side.

  In one corner corresponding to the positioning portion 159 in the connector substrate 143, a positioning portion 160 is formed as a through hole in the front-rear direction. Connectors 161; 162; 163; 164; 165; 166 are mounted on the plate surface on the back side of the connector substrate 143. The connectors 161 to 166 are connected to each other by thin wiring on the circuit board constituting the connector board 143. The connector 161 is disposed in the center portion of the connector substrate 143 in the left-right direction. The connectors 162 and 163 are disposed on the left side of the connector board 143. The connectors 164 to 166 are disposed on the right side of the connector board 143. A connector (not shown) connected to a wiring connected to the input / output unit of the control device is fitted into the connector 161. The connector 162 is fitted with a connector (not shown) connected to a wire connected to the left connector 83 of the left sphere detector 9 with a connector (not shown). The connector 163 is fitted with an unillustrated connector connected to a wiring connected to the left connector 104 of the left sphere detector 101 with an unillustrated connector. The connector 164 is fitted with a connector (not shown) connected to a lead wire that is a wiring from the coil of the electromagnetic solenoid 61. The connector 165 is fitted with a connector (not shown) connected to a wiring connected to the right connector 85 of the right sphere detector 10 with a connector (not shown). The connector 166 is fitted with an unillustrated connector connected to a wiring connected to the right connector 115 of the right sphere detector 112 by an unillustrated connector. As a result, detection signals from the left sphere detector 9, the right sphere detector 10, the left sphere detector 101, and the right sphere detector 112 are input to a control device (not shown), and an electromagnetic solenoid 61 is output from the control device. Drive.

  The connector substrate 143 is attached to the unit container 142 as follows. As the connectors 161 to 166 are directed to the back side, the left side of the connector board 143 is inserted between the unit base 155 and the receiving part 156, and the right side of the connector board 143 is pushed to the unit container 142 side. The elastic engagement portion 157 collides with the connector substrate 143 and bends to the right outside, the positioning portion 159 and the positioning portion 160 are fitted to each other, and the connector substrate 143 hooks the hook of the elastic engagement portion 157 from the back side of the container base 153. When the side of the connector board 143 is exceeded, the front surface of the connector board 143 is received by the unit base 155, the bending of the elastic engagement part 157 is restored, and the hook of the elastic engagement part 157 faces the back surface of the right side part of the connector board 143. Engage. In other words, in a state where one side, which is the left side of the connector board 143, is inserted between the unit base 155 and the receiving part 156, the other side, which is the right side of the connector board 143, faces the unit container 142. When pushed in, the positioning portion 159 and the positioning portion 160 are fitted together, and the mounting position of the unit container 142 and the connector substrate 143 becomes accurate, and the connector substrate 143 is attached to the unit base 155, the receiving portion 156, and the elastic engagement portion 157. As shown in FIG. 7, there is an advantage that the connector board 143 is appropriately attached to the inside surrounded by the peripheral wall 154 of the unit container 142.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 are closed, the flat surface 43 of the left opening / closing body 6 protrudes obliquely downward linearly from the central partition 126 to the left, and the right opening / closing body 7 is flat. The surface 51 is configured to protrude obliquely downward from the central partition wall 126 to the right. Therefore, the sphere that has fallen onto the central partition wall 126 from above has the advantage of being quickly dropped downward by the flat surface 43 or the flat surface 51 after being distributed to the left and right by the arc-shaped central partition wall 126 protruding upward.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 are opened, the arc surface 45 of the left opening / closing body 6 protrudes upward away from the central partition wall 126 to the left, and the arc surface 53 of the right opening / closing body 7. Is protruded upward away from the central partition wall 126 to the right. Therefore, a sphere that has fallen into the central partition wall 126 from above, a sphere that has fallen into the space between the left opening / closing body 6 and the central partition wall 126, or a space that has fallen into the space between the right opening / closing body 7 and the central partition wall 126. The sphere has the advantage that it is taken into the left sphere entrance 132 or the right sphere entrance 133 earlier by the arc surface 45 or the arc surface 53.

  With reference to FIG. 10, the pachinko gaming machine provided with the variable prize component 1 will be described. The gaming machine frame 171 of the pachinko gaming machine includes a movable frame 173 that can be opened and closed on the front side of the fixed frame 172, and a front door 174 and a ball tray structure 175 that can be opened and closed on the front side of the movable frame 173. The fixed frame 172 is also referred to as an outer frame for attaching to the gaming machine installation structure. The movable frame 173 is also called a front frame to which the game board 12 is attached. The movable frame 173 is openable to the front so that the movable frame 173 is opened on the front side and closed on the front side of the fixed frame 172 with the hinge 176 positioned on the left side as the center. The front door 174 and the ball tray structure 175 can be individually opened so that the front door 174 and the ball tray structure 175 are opened on the front side and closed on the front side of the movable frame 173 around the hinge 177 located on the left side. A ball launching mechanism 178 covered with the closed ball dish structure 175 is provided on the front side of the movable frame 173. The movable frame 173 includes a locking device 179 on the right side. The front door 174 is called a panel frame, and includes a window 180 that penetrates in the front-rear direction and a front panel 181 that covers the window 180 from the back side. The front panel 181 has a plate shape made of a material such as glass or synthetic resin having a property of transmitting light. The ball tray structure 175 includes a ball tray portion 182 and a ball launch operation mechanism 183 on the front surface. The ball tray portion 182 is a container that opens downward to receive a ball used for a game and that is recessed downward from above. The ball launch operation mechanism 183 is operated by the player to launch a ball.

  The movable frame 173 is supported by the fixed frame 172 so as not to be opened and closed by a lock mechanism outside the figure, and the front door 174 and the ball tray structure 175 are closed and supported by the movable frame 173 so as not to be opened and closed by the lock mechanism outside the figure. In this state, when a store clerk in the gaming store inserts a key plate (key) (not shown) into the locking device 179 from the front side of the gaming machine frame 171, and rotates the key plate, for example, 90 degrees to the left, the movable frame 173 and the front The support form by the lock mechanism with the door 174 is released. In this state, the front surface of the game board 12 is directed to the front side, and the game board 12 is mounted inside the movable frame 173 from the front side of the movable frame 173. Then, the front door 174 is closed and is supported by the movable frame 173 so as not to be opened and closed by the lock mechanism, so that the front surface of the game board 12 can be seen through the front panel 181 from the front side of the gaming machine frame 171. Thereafter, the store clerk removes the key plate from the locking device 179 to the front side.

  The game board 12 has a variable prize component 1 (hereinafter, referred to as a lower variable prize component 1), a left side in a game area 13 surrounded by an inner guide rail 184 and an outer guide rail 185 on the front side of a square plate. General winning component 96, right general winning component 97, decorative component 186, normal starting winning component 187, special starting winning component 188, variable winning component 189 (hereinafter referred to as upper variable winning component 1), normal symbol display 190, main A symbol display 88 as a special symbol display (hereinafter referred to as a main special symbol display 88), a sub special symbol display 191, a winning hold display 89; 192, a ball return prevention valve 193, a ball repellent 194, an out A front part such as a mouth 195 and a game nail not shown is provided. A gap between the left side portion of the inner guide rail 184 and the left side portion of the outer guide rail 185 is a ball launch passage 196.

  The left general winning component 96, the right general winning component 97, the special start winning component 188, the upper variable winning component 189, and the lower variable winning component 1 are a take-in type that discharges the ball entered from the game area 13 to the back side of the game board 12. It is a winning part. The left general winning component 96 and the right general winning component 97 are winning components that, when a ball is won from the game area 13, pays out to the player the number of balls determined as the winning ball. The normal start winning component 187 is a winning component that causes the normal symbol display 190 to perform a normal symbol variation game when a ball wins from the game region 13, and discharges the ball that has entered from the game region 13 to the back side of the game board 12. It is a passing type that is discharged to the game area 13 without performing, and is a winning component that does not pay out to the player the number of balls determined as the winning ball.

  The special start winning component 188 is a winning component that allows a special symbol changing game to be performed by the main special symbol display 88 when a ball is won from the game area 13, and pays the player a predetermined number of balls as a winning ball. put out. The lower variable winning component 1 is arranged directly below the special start winning component 188. When the main special symbol display 88 stops and displays the symbol as a result of the special symbol variable game, the left sphere inlet 132 and the right sphere inlet 133 are displayed. A jackpot game that opens and closes for a predetermined number of times or for a predetermined time is performed, and when a ball is won from the game area 13 while the left ball entrance 132 and the right ball entrance 133 are opened, a predetermined number of balls are paid out to the player. When the left sphere entrance 132 and the right sphere entrance 133 are closed, they are winning components that do not allow the game area 13 to win a sphere.

  The normal symbol display 190 is provided on the left side of the game area 13 and is configured by a digital display such as a 7-segment display or a dot display that displays a numerical value whose display form can be electrically changed on a display screen. A normal symbol is drawn by drawing a normal symbol variation game in accordance with the winning of a ball from the game area 13 to the normal start winning component 187 and variably displaying the numerical value on the display screen, and then stopping and displaying the numerical value on the display screen. Inform players of hits and misses as a result of floating games.

  The main special symbol display 88 draws a special symbol variable game in accordance with the winning of a ball from the game area 13 to the special start winning component 188 and variably displays the numerical value on the display screen, and then stops the numerical value on the display screen. By displaying, the player is informed of the hit or miss as a result of the special symbol variation game. The sub special symbol display 191 is provided on the back side of the decorative part 186, and displays a surface image such as a liquid crystal display, a CRT display, a plasma display or the like that displays an image whose display form can be changed electrically on the display screen. Consists of an image display, and in response to winning a ball from the game area 13 to the special start winning component 188, an image including a numerical value is variably displayed on the display screen, and then the lottery result of the special symbol variable game is displayed on the display screen. By stopping and displaying the image of the variation game for performance including the numerical value, the player is notified of the hit or miss as a result of the special symbol variation game.

  As described above, when the game board 12 is mounted on the movable frame 173 and the front door 174 is closed and supported by the movable frame 173 so that it cannot be opened and closed, the inner guide rail 184, the outer guide rail 185, the game area 13, and the decorative parts 186, left general winning component 96, right general winning component 97, normal starting winning component 187, special starting winning component 188, lower variable winning component 1, upper variable winning component 189, normal symbol display 190, main special symbol display 88 , Secondary special symbol display 191, winning hold display 89; 192, ball return prevention valve 193, ball repelling body 194, out port 195, ball launching passage 196, game nails from the front side of the gaming machine frame 171 to the front panel 181 Visible through. In this state, when the player puts a ball into the ball tray portion 182 and operates the ball launching operation mechanism 183, the ball launching mechanism 178 generates an electrical launching force and one minute corresponding to the operation amount by the ball launching operation mechanism 183. Balls supplied from the ball tray unit 182 are fired one by one toward the game area 13 at intervals of equal intervals of less than one hundred. The ball launched from the ball launching mechanism 178 pushes the ball return prevention valve 193 from the ball launch passage 196 and reaches the game area 13. In the process of flowing down the game area 13 from the top to the bottom, the ball that has reached the game area 13 has a decorative part 186, a left general prize part 96, a right general prize part 97, a normal start prize part 187, a special start prize part 188, Lower general winning component 1, ball repellent 194, game nail, etc., while changing the direction of flow, left general winning component 96, right general winning component 97, normal starting winning component 187, special starting winning component 188, lower variable The winning component 1 and the top variable winning component 189 are awarded. The ball that has reached the lower part of the game area 13 without winning any of the left general winning component 96, the right general winning component 97, the lower variable winning component 1, etc. is discharged from the out port 195 to the back side of the game board 12. .

  The lower variable prize component 1, that is, the variable prize component 1 is not limited to the lower part of the game area 13, and may be provided in the upper part of the game area 13. One of the left opening / closing body 6 and the right opening / closing body 7 is opened by rotating upward in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base 5 around the left opening / closing shaft 50 or the right opening / closing shaft 58 provided at the lower part and below. The other may be formed in a structure that rotates and closes toward the end, and the other is formed in a structure that opens and closes in the front-rear direction around the axis, or moves linearly in the front-rear direction. The upper surface 126a of the central partition wall 126 may be a flat slope that descends downward from the center in the left-right direction.

Schematic view of the main part of the variable winning component as seen from the front (best mode). The exploded perspective view which shows a variable prize-winning part from the front side (best form). The disassembled perspective view which shows a center unit and a front cover body from the front side (best form). An exploded perspective view showing the central unit and the front cover from the back side The disassembled perspective view which shows a drive mechanism and a terminal unit from the front side (best form). The disassembled perspective view which shows a terminal unit from the back side (best form). The perspective view which shows a terminal unit from the back side (best form). The perspective view which shows the variable prize-winning part with which the opening-closing body closed (front form) from the front side. The perspective view (best form) which shows the variable prize component with the opening-closing body opened from the front side. The front view which shows a pachinko machine (best form).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Variable winning components 5 Mounting base 6 Left opening / closing body 7 Right opening / closing body 8 Drive mechanism 9 Left sphere detector 10 Right sphere detector 31 Left sphere outlet 32 Right sphere outlet 43 Flat surface 44 Flat surface 45 Arc surface 46 Front surface 47 Back surface 50 Left open / close shaft 51 Flat surface 52 Flat surface 53 Arc surface 54 Front surface 55 Back surface 58 Right open / close shaft 124 Left open / close prize port 125 Right open / close prize port 126 Central partition 127 Left inner partition 128 Left outer partition 129 Right inner partition 130 Right outside Bulkhead 131 Lower bulkhead 132 Left sphere entrance 133 Right sphere entrance

Claims (5)

  A mounting base that is attached to the game area of the game board, a central partition that is provided on the front side of the mounting base with a top surface that is downwardly descending from the center in the left-right direction, and a central partition that is provided on the front side of the mounting base The left inner bulkhead projecting downward from the left end of the mounting base, the left outer bulkhead projecting downward from the left inner bulkhead to the left side on the front side of the mounting base, and the left side projecting to the front side of the mounting base The left bulkhead provided as a gap between the lower bulkhead provided on the front side of the mounting base and the upper end of the left inner bulkhead and the upper side of the left outer bulkhead, and the central bulkhead and the left inner side on the front side of the mounting base A left opening / closing prize opening portion surrounded by a partition wall, a left outer partition wall and a lower partition wall; a left sphere detector provided at the left opening / closing prize opening portion located at the left sphere entrance; and a left opening / closing prize opening portion Located at the bottom and back and forth to the mounting base A left sphere outlet provided as a through-hole toward the left, a left opening and closing body provided to open and close the left sphere inlet on the front side of the mounting base, and projecting downward from the right end of the central partition to the front side of the mounting base A right inner partition provided, a right outer partition provided on the front side of the mounting base and projecting downward from the right inner partition to the right, and a lower partition provided projecting in the left-right direction on the front side of the mounting base; A right sphere entrance provided as a gap between the upper end of the right inner partition and the upper end of the right outer partition on the front side of the mounting base, and a central partition, a right inner partition, a right outer partition and a lower partition on the front side of the mounting base The right opening and closing prize opening surrounded by the right ball opening and closing the right opening and closing prize opening located at the right opening and closing prize opening, and the lower opening of the right opening and closing prize opening and the mounting base Right sphere outlet provided as a through hole in the front-rear direction and mounting base A right open / close body provided to open / close the right sphere entrance on the front side and a drive connected to the left open / close body and right open / close body to open / close the left open / close body and the right open / close body provided on the back side of the mounting base A variable winning component of a pachinko machine characterized by having a mechanism.   The left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is formed in a structure in which it is opened by rotating upward in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base around the opening / closing axis provided at the lower part and closed by rotating downward. The variable winning component of the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the winning component is variable.   The left and right open / close bodies are three-dimensional shapes surrounded by two flat surfaces, one arc surface, front and back surfaces. When the left and right open / close bodies are viewed from the front, two flat surfaces and one A substantially triangular shape surrounded by an arc surface, and an opening / closing shaft for opening / closing the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body in a direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base is provided at a corner where two flat surfaces intersect, When the opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body rotates and opens upward in the direction parallel to the front surface of the mounting base around the opening / closing axis, one arc surface detects the left sphere. 2. The variable winning component of the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the variable winning component is arranged on a side facing the detector or the right sphere detector.   When the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is closed about the opening / closing axis, the upper surface of the left opening / closing body or the upper surface of the right opening / closing body is formed so as not to protrude upward from the upper surface of the central partition wall. The variable winning component of the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 2 or claim 3.   When the left opening / closing body or the right opening / closing body is closed about the opening / closing axis, the facing distance between one arc surface and the left sphere detector or the right sphere detector facing each other is smaller than the diameter of one sphere. The variable winning component of the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the variable winning component is set to a size.

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