JP4895074B2 - Pachinko machine lamp device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lamp device used for decoration or display installed on a game board of a pachinko machine.

The pachinko machine game board is provided with a lamp device used for various decorations and displays.
This lamp device lights up or flashes when a winning ball enters, or when a game role to be set up is established by entering a winning ball, or the presence of a winning ball is set. It is used to indicate that a game role has been established and a large-scale winning condition has been established, to notify the player, and to give a visual satisfaction.

Most of the lamp devices are turned on and flashing in conjunction with these award-winning devices and variable display devices installed on the game board surface, but those that decorate the game board are independent. It is often installed at.
Generally, most of them are installed outside the game part surrounded by the rails of the game board, that is, in the peripheral part, but they are also installed inside the game part. In this case, a prize placed in the center part of the game part In many cases, it is provided on the left and right side portions along the rail and the lower portion thereof avoiding the device and the variable display device.

Usually, a lamp device is configured such that a lamp is housed in a case covered with a translucent plastic cover whose surface is formed on a lens body, and the lighting and blinking of the lamp are visually observed through the cover. Then, the case is attached to the game board by attaching a case from the front side and fixing the attachment board provided to the case by screws or the like.
Therefore, in general, the ramp device is installed in a state of protruding from the game board, and for this reason, it is of course necessary to install it near the center of the game board through which the pachinko ball passes, and also in the peripheral area, for example, the outboard area. It is difficult to install in the concentrated falling area of the hit ball at the lower part of the game part where the ball opening is provided, and it is not possible to actually install it.

  Since the lamp device includes a lamp serving as a light source behind the lens body on the surface, if a case is installed on the surface side of the game board, the lens body, that is, the cover forming the lens body protrudes from the game board surface and It becomes inevitable that it becomes an obstacle that prevents the fall.

Conventionally, as one method for solving this problem, a case in which two side plates forming a pachinko ball guiding path on the upper surface of the bottom plate are erected, while an indicator, that is, a lamp is housed on the lower surface of the bottom plate. The case is inserted into a through-hole formed in the game board, and the bottom plate is aligned with the front surface of the game board, and a ball that flows down along the front surface of the game board is received and guided to the guide path. At the same time, Patent Document 1 proposes an apparatus in which light is applied to a hit ball passing through the guide path through a hole for the indicator provided in the bottom plate.
Japanese Patent No. 2773035. Paragraphs 0007-0009, FIGS. 1, 5 and 8 of the drawings.

In the conventional example according to Patent Document 1, since the bottom plate is aligned with the front surface of the game board, the hit ball passes along the guide path through the front surface of the bottom plate, and the indicator is provided with the passing ball in the back case. However, the bottom plate is different from the lens body in that it can illuminate the light through a small hole for display, and cannot be decorated by diffusing light widely like a lens.
In addition, since the indicator housed in the case needs to deliver light forward through a small hole, it is provided close to the back surface of the bottom plate as shown in the drawing, and widely spreads through the entire bottom plate. The function of a lens that diffuses and irradiates light cannot be obtained here.

  The present invention is a lamp device that has a lens body on the surface and clearly illuminates and flashes the light source by diffusing and irradiating light from a light source provided behind the lens body through the lens body. Aligning the front of the game board and allowing the front of the lens body to pass through the ball, while allowing the lens body to irradiate light from the light source, and to obtain a uniform illumination Alternatively, the present invention intends to provide a lamp device used for display.

  In particular, according to the present invention, when used as a lamp device for decoration and display, the ball is not obstructed by a hit ball falling on the front surface of the game board, and the ball passing through the guide path as in the prior art is illuminated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a lamp device that can irradiate a wide range of light without being limited to a limited narrow range of illumination, that is, uniformly diffused light on a large lens body.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a through-hole for transmitting light through a game board, and a lens body is attached to an opening on the front side of the through-hole. A light source storage chamber is formed on the back side of the game board facing the opening on the back side of the through-hole while preventing the hitting ball from falling along the front of the game board. Then, a required distance is provided between the light source stored in the storage chamber and the lens body, and the light from the light source is diffused into the lens body through the through-hole formed in the game board and is made uniform. The present invention provides a lamp device that can be irradiated in a state.

  Further, the present invention will be described in detail. The feature of the present invention is that a through hole for light transmission is established in the game board, and the lens body is formed by closing the through hole on the front side of the through hole or in the vicinity thereof. On the other hand, a light source storage chamber is formed behind the game board so as to face the opening on the back side of the through hole, and light from the light source stored in the storage chamber is transmitted through the through hole. An object of the present invention is to provide a lamp device for decoration and display of a pachinko machine characterized by irradiating the lens body.

  According to the present invention, the lens body is mounted in the opening on the front side of the through hole, and the front surface of the lens body is aligned with the front surface of the game board. It is to provide a lamp device.

  The pachinko machine according to the present invention is characterized in that the storage chamber for the light source is formed in a box shape that opens toward the through hole, and a mounting portion for fixing the wiring board of the light source is provided at the bottom of the box shape. It is to provide a lamp device for decoration and display.

  Further, the present invention provides a lamp device for decoration and display of a pachinko machine, wherein a box-shaped storage chamber is formed integrally with a winning ball guiding chamber installed on the back of the game board. It is in.

  It is another object of the present invention to provide a lamp device for decoration and display of a pachinko machine, wherein the storage chamber is formed of a synthetic resin.

  Further, the present invention provides a lamp device for decoration and display of a pachinko machine, wherein a winning ball passage attached to the back of the game board is integrally formed in a synthetic resin storage chamber. is there.

  Further, the present invention is a decoration for a pachinko machine characterized in that a light diffusion lens body or screen for diffusing light from a light source is disposed inside the through hole so as to face the back surface of the lens body. The object is to provide a lamp device for display.

The lens body and the light source storage chamber according to the present invention are most advantageously manufactured by molding a synthetic resin into a material from the viewpoint of moldability and manufacturing cost. However, other materials, for example, a lens body, may be glass like a normal lens.
Since this lens body is attached to the opening on the front side of the through hole, it is advantageous to integrally provide locking means for locking to the inner wall surface of the through hole at the peripheral edge of the lens body. One option is to form a mounting cylinder that fits the inner wall surface of the through-hole at the periphery of the lens body, and to mount the lens body appropriately and easily by fitting the cylindrical section. Is possible.

The mounting cylinder can be used as mounting means for the diffusing lens body in conjunction with the mounting of the lens body.
The diffusing lens body is inserted to disperse the light from the light source and diffuse uniformly to the lens body to eliminate the irradiation spots, but it is easy to mount the diffusing lens body with this mounting cylinder. In addition, it is advantageous because it can be fixed in a fixed position close to the lens body. Note that this diffusing lens body has a great effect when a large lens body is irradiated by a plurality of light sources, since the light spots are eliminated and the lens body receives light uniformly.

On the other hand, the storage chamber of the light source provided facing the back of the through hole is provided with a distance necessary for diffusing light between the light source and the lens body that is attached to the back of the game board and stored inside, This is therefore provided with mounting means for fixing the light source.
Although the type of the light source is not specified, an LED illuminant is suitable from the viewpoint of durability and power consumption. In this case, the mounting means for fixing the printed circuit board mounting base for installing the LED is provided. Will be.

This storage chamber may be molded separately, or may be molded in combination with a winning ball guiding chamber for collecting and guiding winning balls sent to the back side of the game board.
The winning ball guiding chamber is referred to as a so-called set plate, and is usually formed in a shallow box shape that forms a guiding path for winning balls on the front surface using synthetic resin as a material. The storage chamber is formed by expanding the storage chamber, and a light source is provided therein.

  By the way, the depth of the chamber is determined backward based on the fact that the position of the appropriate light source is determined by the size of the lens body to be irradiated, the intensity of light, and the like. In the present invention, since there is a sufficient space corresponding to the rear part of the game board, it is possible to design a necessary depth for the storage room, and to store the depth according to the lens body and the light source. The chamber can be formed without any restrictions.

From the above, according to the present invention, the ball hitting the game board surface by colliding with the front of the game board by installing the lens body collides with this, and the fall is not hindered. The lamp device can be installed in a place serving as a passage.
Further, the light irradiated to the lens body is light from a light source stored in a storage room provided behind the game board, and a sufficient distance for diffusion is ensured between the lens body and uniform. It is possible to receive diffused and stable light, and thus emit beautiful light without light spots.

Furthermore, in addition to being able to uniformly diffuse the light from the light source in this way, the distance can be ensured, so that a diffusion lens body can be inserted between the light source and the lens body, and more stable light can be obtained. Can be irradiated.
Since this light can be made uniform, it is possible to irradiate a large lens body. Based on this, the size of the lamp device for decoration and display can be increased.
Next, the present invention will be further described in detail based on the embodiments, and the features thereof will be clarified.

The accompanying drawings show an embodiment of a lamp device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view with a part of the game board omitted, FIG. 2 is a front view of a veneer plate as a main body of the game board, and FIG. 3 is a front view of a winning ball guiding chamber that is integrally attached to the back of the game board. It is.
The game board 1 shown here is a game board that can be freely attached to and detached from a pachinko machine body in a so-called separable pachinko machine, and the front surface of the game board 1 surrounds a central portion along a peripheral edge portion. A band 2 is attached to form a game part 3, and a ball hit by a launcher (not shown) from the lower left end is received by the game part 3 through a guide passage 4 formed by inner and outer bands 2a and 2b. It is like that.

  A large through-hole 5 is provided at the center of the game unit 3 for mounting a variable display device having a liquid crystal screen (not shown). This is a so-called large prize opening provided with a start winning opening 6 immediately below the center of the through hole 5, passage openings 7, 7 on the left and right sides, and a door 8 that opens and closes directly below these winning openings 6, 7. A variable winning device 9 is provided.

  The game unit 3 has a winning port 11 and a lens body 12 that are integrally provided with a lens body 10 in a symmetrical manner with the winning ports 6, 7, and 8 arranged vertically along the center. A winning opening 13 is provided as a unit.

The winning holes 6, 7, 9 and the winning holes 11, 13 are attached corresponding to the through holes formed in the veneer plate 1a constituting the main body of the game board 1 in the same manner as the through holes 5. FIG. Indicates each through-hole formed in the veneer plate 1a.
The through hole 6a in the drawing is a through hole for the start winning opening 6. The through holes 7 a and 7 a are for attaching a detection switch provided at the passage opening, and the through hole 9 a is a through hole for the special winning opening 9. Further, the through hole 11a and the through hole 13a are through holes for the winning holes 11 and 13 having the lens bodies 10 and 12.

Each of the winning openings 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 is fixed by attaching a mounting board extending in a bowl shape to the front of the game board 1 and screwing it, and communicates with each through hole. On the other hand, it attaches in the state which protruded from the game board surface.
Among these, a winning opening 11 that is integral with the lens body 10 and a winning opening 13 that is integral with the lens body 12 are formed in a planar shape, and the respective openings 14 and 15 are formed on the surfaces of the lens bodies 10 and 12. It protrudes upward.

  Here, the lens bodies 10 and 12 are lens bodies of the lamp device according to the present invention. The prize winning holes 11 and 13 are prize winning holes prepared so as to be arranged at positions where the lens bodies 10 and 12 are arranged, and are formed as an integrated unit from the closeness of both. The lens bodies 10 and 12 and the winning holes 11 and 13 are integrally molded in this way from the viewpoint of moldability and ease of handling. However, the lens bodies 10 and 12 and the winning holes 11 and 13 do not prevent the separate bodies from being individually handled. Absent. Rather, integral molding may cause trouble except when a prize opening is installed close to the lens body.

  Now, the winning holes 11 and 13 provided with the lens body will be described in more detail. The winning opening 11 provided with the lens body 10 is formed so as to protrude from the peripheral portion of the lens body formed in a planar shape. 16 is connected to and integrated with a part of 16, and the opening 14 protrudes from the surface of the mounting substrate 16 and the lens body 10. Then, a mounting cylinder portion 17 that extends along the inner wall surface of the through hole 11 a is extended to the lower surface of the peripheral edge portion of the lens body 10, and the mounting cylinder portion 17 is opened in the game board 1 (through hole). The mounting board 16 is brought into contact with the front surface of the game board and is screwed to be attached thereto.

  The winning opening 11 is provided with a discharge bowl 18 extending rearward after the opening 14, and the discharge bowl is inserted into the through hole 11 a in conjunction with the mounting, and is provided behind the game board 1, which will be described later. It is connected to the winning ball passage.

  On the other hand, the winning opening 13 is integrated by connecting a part thereof to a mounting substrate 19 formed along the peripheral edge of the lens body 12 formed in a plane in the same manner as described above, and the opening 15 is formed as described above. The surface of the mounting substrate 19 and the lens body 12 is projected. A mounting cylinder 20 is extended on the lower surface of the peripheral edge of the lens body 12, and the mounting cylinder 20 is inserted into the through-hole 13a and attached to the inner wall surface, while the mounting board 19 is attached to the game board 1. A screw is attached to the front and it is attached.

  A release rod 21 following the opening 15 is also extended rearward at the winning opening 13, and when mounted on the game board, the rear end is connected to a winning ball passage which will be described later through the through hole 13a. I can do it.

  Here, the through holes 11a and 13a serve as passages for feeding the winning balls of the winning ports 11 and 13 having the lens bodies 10 and 12, respectively, to the rear of the game board. At the same time, the through holes 11a and 13a are lenses. The through holes 11a and 13a are formed in a size and a shape corresponding to the lens bodies 10 and 12, so that the bodies 10 and 12 serve as through holes for transmitting light from a light source provided at the rear. It is.

  A winning ball guiding chamber 22 is attached to the back of the game board 1 for receiving and guiding the winning balls from the winning ports 6, 9, 11, 13 and is formed in a shallow box shape. The entire prize opening provided in the game board can be covered from behind. Then, the winning ball from the winning opening is guided to the winning ball passage 24 equipped with a detection switch (not shown) through the lower guide wall 23 so as to be sent out of the system.

  In the figure, 25 is a winning ball passage provided independently of the guiding chamber for receiving the winning ball that has won the winning hole 11 through the discharging rod 18, and 26 is connected to the discharging rod 21 of the winning port 13. This is a winning ball passage which is formed independently of the guide room in order to receive the winning ball which has won the lever opening 13.

  Reference numeral 27 denotes a storage chamber for storing a light source formed facing the opening on the back side of the through hole 11a, and 28 denotes a wiring board equipped with LEDs 29 prepared as a light source on the front surface. Reference numeral 30 denotes a storage chamber formed facing the opening on the back side of the through-hole 13a, and reference numeral 31 denotes a wiring board equipped with LEDs 32 on the front surface.

  Here, the two storage chambers 27 and 30 are integrally provided in succession to the winning ball guiding chamber 22, but this integral molding integrally forms the lens bodies 10 and 12 and the winning ports 11 and 13, respectively. This is because the winning balls that have been won are processed through the winning ball guiding chamber 22 in the same manner as the winning balls of other winning openings, and does not prevent the formation of a separate storage chamber as a separate body.

The storage chambers 27 and 30 are integrally formed by enlarging the guiding chamber 22 below the guiding wall 23 of the winning ball guiding chamber 22 together with the respective winning ball passages 25 and 26. The storage chambers 27 and 30 correspond to the through holes 11a and 13a, respectively, and are provided to correspond to the lens bodies 10 and 12, respectively.
Further, the wiring boards 28 and 31 housed in these are fixed by screwing to a mounting box (mounting portion) provided at the bottom of the storage chamber, and the LED light emitting bodies 29 and 32 as light sources provided on the front surface thereof are fixed to the lens body. 10 and 12 are made to face each other.

  FIG. 6 shows a veneer board 1a as a main body of the game board, lens bodies 10 and 12 provided with winning holes 11 and 13 attached from the front side of the veneer board 1a, and winning ball guidance attached from the back side. It is the vertical right side surface which decomposed | disassembled and showed the chamber 22. FIG. FIG. 7 is a vertical right side view in which the lens bodies 10 and 12 and the winning ball guiding chamber 22 are assembled together from the front and rear with the veneer plate 1a as the center.

As is apparent from the above assembly, the lens body 12 faces the storage chamber 30 across the through hole 13a of the game board and faces the LED 32 of the light source (in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, it is transparent). The orientation of the lens body 10 and the storage chamber 27 is omitted through the hole 11a).
And both of these will interpose the through-hole 13a, and will oppose with a predetermined space | interval according to the depth of the storage chamber 30, and irradiate the lens body 12 in the state which diffused the light from LED32. I can do it.

In the figure, reference numeral 33 denotes a diffusing lens body interposed between the lens body 12 and the LED 32 serving as a light source.
This lens body 33 is fitted on the mounting cylinder 20 provided on the back surface of the lens body 12 to irradiate the entire lens body 12 with light uniformly. As shown in FIG. The dispersion of light is measured and the effect is obtained.

As described above, the lamp device according to the present invention has been described based on the embodiments of the drawings. However, the lens bodies 10 and 12 mounted on the game board 1 are all flush with the front surface of the game board, and have the same surface. Since no protrusion is provided, the hit ball A falling on the board surface can pass through the surfaces of the lens bodies 10 and 12, that is, the front surface without any obstacle.
Therefore, since the lamp device does not become an obstacle to hitting in this way, it is possible to freely select an installation position, and at the same time, as in the present embodiment, it is narrow and narrowest on both sides of the big winning opening 9. It can be installed even in a region where the hit ball is violently passed.

  The lamp device of the present invention is released from the restriction of the installation position, and as in the present embodiment, the lens body and the winning opening are integrated so that both can be approached. It can be used as a decoration means or as a display means for displaying a prize, and a game board rich in changes that has not been available in the past can be provided.

  On the other hand, the light source that illuminates the lens body from behind is housed in a storage room that is further installed through a through-hole, that is, a through-hole formed in the game board, so that a sufficient distance from the lens body can be secured. Sufficient diffusion can be obtained, and the entire lens body can be irradiated with uniform light to emit beautiful light.

  Further, since the depth of the storage chamber can be selected by molding, the distance to the lens body can be freely set, the most suitable light irradiation can be realized, and the diffusion lens body or When an optical diffusion screen or the like is inserted, the insertion space can be freely set.

  In the implementation, when the storage chamber 30 and the safe ball passage 26 are not provided independently but are provided integrally below the winning ball guiding chamber 22 as described above, the installation location of the winning ball passage 26 is limited. Will be. In this case, as a countermeasure, the winning ball passage 26 may be detoured to the back side of the storage chamber 30 and three-dimensionalized, and an installation space can be secured. Of course, in this case, when the synthetic resin is used as the material, the storage chamber 30 and the winning ball passage 26 are overlapped in the front and rear two stages, and therefore, the wall portion of the passage 26 is molded by an integral molding method by pressing.

The front view of a game board. The front view of the veneer board used as a game board main part. The front view of a winning ball guidance room. The exploded perspective view of a game board. The enlarged view of the principal part of FIG. The right side view of the vertical section which disassembled the game board. The vertical right side view of a game board. It is a partial enlarged front view of a winning ball guiding room.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game board 10,12 Lens body 11,13 The winning hole 11a, 13a integrally formed in the lens body Through-hole 17,20 A cylinder part for mounting | wearing formed in a game board
18, 21 Guide rod 25, 26 Winning ball passage 27, 30 Storage chamber 28, 31 Wiring board 29, 32 LED light emitter as light source 33 Diffusing lens body

Claims (2)

A lens body that projects the opening of the winning opening on the surface having a flat shape and extends the discharge rod following the winning opening toward the rear is formed in the opening on the front side of the through hole provided in the game board. surface Nasu is mounted to align the front of the game board perpetuate behind the game board through the discharge trough to the through hole with closing the through hole, wherein the winning ball induction chamber with the housing chamber of the or light source A ball attached to the back of the game board to close the opening on the back side of the through-hole, and to connect the discharge rod to the winning ball passage of the winning ball guiding chamber, and to enter the winning hole on the lens body surface. The lens body is irradiated with the light from the light source through the through-hole while passing through the discharge hole connected to the winning-ball passage on the back side of the game board through the through-hole and led to the winning-ball passage. For decoration of pachinko machines characterized by Lamp device for display. The pachinko machine decoration according to claim 1, wherein a light diffusion lens body or a screen for diffusing light from a light source is disposed inside the through hole so as to face a back surface of the lens body. Lamp device for display and display.

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