JP5032616B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine in which a game board having a game area on the front side is mounted on a game machine body frame.

  In a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, a game board having a game area on the front side is detachably attached to the main frame of the game machine. For example, the model can be changed by replacing the game board. . The gaming machine main body frame includes a substantially rectangular outer frame, an inner frame that has a gaming board mounting frame that detachably holds the gaming board and is mounted on the front side of the outer frame, and has one end in the left-right direction. A hinge that supports the inner frame so as to be openable and closable with respect to the outer frame is disposed on the side, and a locking means for releasably locking the outer frame with the inner frame closed is disposed on the other end in the left-right direction. For example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-295619 A

  In the conventional ball game machine as shown in Patent Document 1, the game area is arranged at the center in the left-right direction with respect to the game board, and the game board is arranged such that the game area is at the center in the left-right direction of the game machine main body frame. The game area is located at the center in the left-right direction of the gaming machine body frame, so that the player can play the game with a natural posture directly facing the gaming area. When trying to secure a wide area, there is no room on both the left and right sides of the gaming board on the gaming machine body frame, for example, securing sufficient space for placing locking means etc. on the open / close end side of the gaming machine body frame There was a problem that was difficult.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and allows a player to play a game with a natural posture without difficulty, and is sufficient to dispose locking means or the like on the open / close end side of the gaming machine body frame. An object is to provide a ball game machine capable of securing a space.

In the present invention, a gaming board 9 having a gaming area 9a on the front side is provided in the gaming machine main body 1, and the gaming machine main body 1 holds the substantially rectangular outer frame 2 and the gaming board 9 in a detachable manner. An inner frame 3 having a game board mounting portion 8 and mounted on the front side of the outer frame 2 by a hinge 10 at one end in the left-right direction, and the other end in the left-right direction of the inner frame 3 In the ball game machine in which locking means 11 for releasably locking the outer frame 2 in a state where the inner frame 3 is closed, the gaming board 9 has its vertical center line CL2 as the vertical center of the gaming machine main body 1. The central game components 59 , 52 , 54 , 56 , and 57, which are arranged to be shifted to the hinge 10 side with respect to the line CL1 and are provided at substantially the center in the left-right direction of the game area 9a , have their vertical center lines CL3 to CL5. Shift to the locking means 11 side with respect to the longitudinal center line CL2 of the game board 9 In which is disposed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to secure a sufficient space for disposing the locking means 11 and the like on the opening / closing end side of the gaming machine main body frame 1, and the gaming area 9 a is left and right of the gaming machine main body frame 1. Since it is arranged at the center of the direction or a position close to it, it has a good appearance, and the player has the advantage of being able to play the game with a natural posture without difficulty.

1 is an overall front view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the state which similarly removed the glass door and the front plate. It is the whole inner frame perspective view similarly. It is a principal part top sectional view similarly. It is back sectional drawing of a locking operation means part similarly. It is side surface sectional drawing of the locking means for inner frames, and the locking means for glass doors similarly. It is a whole front view of the pachinko machine which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a whole front view of the pachinko machine which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is the whole pachinko machine front view showing the 4th embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1-6 has illustrated 1st Embodiment which employ | adopted this invention for the pachinko machine. 1 to 3, the gaming machine main body frame 1 includes a rectangular outer frame 2 and an inner frame 3 attached to the front side of the outer frame 2.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, etc., the inner frame 3 has a rectangular frame portion 4 that contacts the front end surface of the outer frame 2, and faces backward along the inner surface of the outer frame 2 from the inner edge side of the frame portion 4. And a fitting portion 5 formed in a bulging shape, and is integrally formed of synthetic resin, for example, and a launching means 7, a lower speaker 6 a, and the like are provided on a lower mounting portion 6 provided at an inner lower portion of the fitting portion 5. The game boards 9 are respectively arranged on the game board mounting frame 8 provided inside the fitting part 5 and above the lower mounting part 6.

  The frame part 4 is composed of horizontal frame parts 4a and 4b in the left and right direction provided on the upper end side and the lower end side, and vertical frame parts 4c and 4d in the vertical direction provided on the left end side and the right end side, The inner frame 3 is pivotally supported by the outer frame 2 by a vertical inner frame hinge 10 provided on the left and right one end side, for example, the left vertical frame portion 4c side, and can be opened and closed on the other end side in the left and right direction. The outer frame 2 is releasably locked by the inner frame locking means 11 provided in the portion 4d.

  Further, on the front side of the inner frame 3, as shown in FIG. 1, a front plate 12 corresponding to the lower mounting portion 6 and a glass door 13 corresponding to the front side of the game board 9 above the front plate 12 are A front panel hinge 14 and a glass door hinge 15 are pivotally supported to be opened and closed by one end in the direction, for example, the same left end as the inner frame hinge 10. The inner frame 3 is releasably locked by a face plate locking means (not shown) and a glass door locking means 16.

  The inner frame locking means 11 is locked when the inner frame 3 is closed, and the glass door locking means 16 is locked when the glass door 13 is closed, and the locked state is released by key operation of the common locking operation means 17. It is like that. In addition, the locking operation means 17 is arrange | positioned at the opening-closing end side (right end side) of the glass door 13, for example. The front plate locking means is locked when the front plate 12 is closed, and the locked state is released when a release operation unit (not shown) is manually operated. The release operation unit can be operated when the glass door 13 is opened.

  The front plate 12 has, on its front side, an upper plate 18 for storing game balls to be supplied to the launching means 7, and a lower plate 19 for receiving and storing the surplus balls when the upper plate 18 is full, A firing handle 20 and the like for operating the firing means 7 are provided. Further, on the upper plate cover 21 that covers the upper plate 18 and the like from the front side, for example, a first effect button 22 is provided in the center in the left-right direction, and a second effect button 23 is provided on the left side.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 4, etc., the glass door 13 is detachable on the back side of the door body 25, for example, a synthetic resin door body 25 having a window hole 24 corresponding to the game area 9 a of the game board 9. And a reinforcing member 27 disposed along both the left and right edges and the lower edge of the door body 25, and the game area 9 a is provided via the glass sheet unit 26 in the window hole 24. Can be seen through from the front side. The door body 25 is provided with, for example, a glass door hinge 15 on the left end side and one or a plurality of receivers 28 constituting the glass door locking means 16 on the right end side. It is integrally formed.

  In addition, a locking operation means 17 is attached to, for example, a lower portion of the door body 25 on the opening / closing end side (right end side) and fixed to the reinforcing member 27. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the locking operation means 17 includes a cylindrical main body 29 and a pair of engaging claws 30 a and 30 b, and the rear of the operation shaft 31 in the front-rear direction of the main body 29. An engagement operation section 30 fixed to the end, and when the key is inserted from the front side of the main body section 29 and rotated, the engagement operation section 30 rotates forward and backward around the operation shaft 31. It has become.

  The game board mounting frame 8 is provided on the front side of the fitting portion 5, and as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the upper support frame 41 provided on the upper fitting portion 5 a constituting the fitting portion 5. A lower support frame 42 provided on the upper edge side of the lower mounting portion 6, a left support frame 43 provided on the left fitting portion 5 c constituting the fitting portion 5, and a right fitting portion 5 d constituting the fitting portion 5. The right support frame 44 is formed in a rectangular shape whose front side is detachably opened.

  The upper, lower, left and right support frames 41 to 44 face backward from the inner peripheral side of the upper horizontal frame portion 4a, the lower mounting portion 6, the left vertical frame portion 4c, and the right vertical frame portion 4d (upper edge side for the lower mounting portion 6). An extended mounting frame peripheral wall portion 41a to 44a, and mounting frame rear wall portions 41b to 44b extended inward along the back surface of the game board 9 from the rear end side of the mounting frame peripheral wall portions 41a to 44a, The cross section is formed in a substantially L shape.

  One of the support frames 41 to 44, for example, the left support frame 43 on the same side as the inner frame hinge 10, for example, a front support projecting from the mounting frame peripheral wall 43a along the front side of the game board 9 is provided. Urging portion 45 and a plate spring disposed on, for example, the mounting frame rear wall portion 43b or on the inner peripheral side thereof and urging the end portion (left end portion) of the game board 9 toward the front support portion 45 on the front side Means 46 are provided, and the end portion (left edge portion) of the game board 9 is sandwiched from three sides of the outer peripheral surface side and the front and rear both surfaces side, and is pressed to the front side, that is, the front support portion 45 side by the urging means 46. To support.

  Furthermore, on or near the game board mounting frame 8, the game board mounted on the game board mounting frame 8 from the front side corresponding to the end (right end) opposite to the front support 45 in the game board 9. One or a plurality of fasteners 47 for releasably fixing the end portion (right end portion) of 9 are provided.

  The gaming board mounting frame 8 is provided so as to be biased toward the inner frame hinge 10 side (left side) with respect to the gaming machine body frame 1. That is, when the left vertical frame portion 4c and the right vertical frame portion 4d of the inner frame 3 are compared, the right vertical frame portion 4d on the opposite side of the left vertical frame portion 4c on the inner frame hinge 10 side as shown in FIG. Is formed wider. Thereby, the game board 9 is mounted on the game board in a state in which the vertical center line (line that bisects the entire width) CL2 is shifted to the inner frame hinge 10 side with respect to the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine body frame 1. Mounted on the frame 8 (FIGS. 1 and 2). On the right vertical frame portion 4d, an inner frame locking means 11, a glass door locking means 16 and the like are arranged.

  The game board 9 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape by a plywood board or the like, and a guide rail 51 for guiding a game ball from the launching means 7 is provided on the front side as shown in FIGS. A center case 54 provided with a screen display frame 53 surrounding the display screen 52a of the image display means 52 such as a liquid crystal display means is disposed in a substantially center in a substantially circular game area 9a provided inside the guide rail 51, for example. In addition, a passage gate 55 is provided on the left and right sides of the center case 54, for example, on the left side, an electric tulip 56 and a big winning means 57 are provided on the lower side, and a plurality of normal winning means 58 are provided on both the left and right sides of the big winning means 57 and the like. In addition, an out port 59 for discharging an out ball that could not be won to the rear side of the game board 9 is disposed at the bottom of the game area 9a.

  The electric tulip 56 includes two upper and lower starting ports 56 a and 56 b and an opening / closing means 60 that opens and closes the lower starting port 56 b, and is disposed, for example, below the center case 44. The upper start opening 56a is a non-actuated winning opening having no opening / closing means and the like, and the lower start opening 56b has an open state in which a game ball can be won by the opening / closing means 60 having a pair of left and right opening / closing claws and a winning. It is an actuated winning opening that can be switched to an impossible closed state. When a game ball wins at the start openings 56a and 56b, other symbols on the image display means 52 change, and the bonus winning means 57 is released based on the fact that the changed symbols are in a specific mode. A condition occurs.

  Here, in the game area 9a, the vertical center line CL3 of the out-port (central game component) 59 provided at the lowermost portion is positioned on the right vertical frame portion 4d side, that is, locked to the vertical center line CL2 of the game board 9. When the game board 9 is mounted on the game board mounting frame 8, the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 and the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine main body frame 1 are arranged. It corresponds to the horizontal direction. In addition, this "match" may have an error of about 1 to several mm as well as a complete match (the same applies hereinafter).

  The center case (central game component) 54 in the game area 9a is arranged so that the vertical center line CL4 of the display screen 52a and the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 coincide with each other in the left-right direction. The vertical center line CL5 of the central game component 56 and the big winning means (central game component) 57 also coincides with the vertical center lines CL4 and CL3 of the display screen 52a and the out port 59 in the left-right direction.

  The inner frame locking means 11 and the glass door locking means 16 are arranged side by side so as to be unlocked by a common locking operation means 17 as shown in FIGS. The inner frame locking means 11 is, for example, a pair of upper and lower receivers 61 fixed on the inner side of the outer frame 2 and can be engaged with and disengaged from the receivers 61 when the inner frame 3 is closed. There is a hook 62 to be engaged, and an interlocking member 63 for interlockingly connecting the upper and lower hooks 62, and the hook 62 is supported on the support plate 64 in the recess of the inner frame 3 to be engaged with and disengaged from the receiver 61. It is pivotally supported around it.

  The glass door locking means 16 is arranged in parallel with a plurality of receiving members 28 fixed in the vertical direction on the back side of the glass door 13 and the interlocking member 63 in the recess of the inner frame 3 and is movable up and down by a support plate 64. A locking plate 66 supported by the locking plate 66, and a hook 67 provided on the locking plate 66 corresponding to each receiving member 28 and detachably engaged with each receiving member 28 when the glass door 13 is closed. is doing.

  The inner frame locking means 11 and the glass door locking means 16 are designed to release the locking when the interlocking member 63 and the locking plate 66 are operated upside down, and between the interlocking member 63 and the locking plate 66. In addition, a spring 68 for biasing both in the locking direction is provided. The interlocking member 63 and the locking plate 66 have bent portions 63a and 66a that detour around the inside of the locking operation means 17, and interlocking claws 63b and 66b are provided at the bent portions 63a and 66a. The interlocking claws 63b and 66b are positioned so as to be engageable between the pair of engagement claws 30a and 30b of the engagement operation unit 30 when the glass door 13 is closed.

  In a state where the inner frame 3 and the glass door 13 are locked by the inner frame locking means 11 and the glass door locking means 16, respectively, the key inserted into the main body 29 of the locking operation means 17 is, for example, clockwise (see FIG. 5, the engagement operation unit 30 is rotated in the clockwise direction, and the interlocking member 63 is pushed up by the engagement claw 30 a via the interlocking claw 63 b, The engagement with 61 is released, and the locking of the inner frame 3 is released. On the other hand, when the key inserted into the main body 29 of the locking operation means 17 is operated, for example, counterclockwise (clockwise in FIG. 5), the engagement operation unit 30 is thereby rotated counterclockwise. The locking plate 66 is pushed down by the joint claw 30b via the interlocking claw 66b, the engagement of the hanging tool 67 with the receiving tool 28 is released, and the locking of the glass door 13 is released.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine of the present embodiment, the gaming board 9 is arranged with its vertical center line CL2 shifted to the inner frame hinge 10 side with respect to the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine body frame 1, The gaming area 9a is configured such that the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 provided at the lowermost portion is shifted to the inner frame locking means 11 side with respect to the vertical center line CL2 of the game board 9, and the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 is obtained. And the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine main body frame 1 are substantially aligned in the left-right direction, so that a sufficient space for arranging the locking means 11 and the like on the opening / closing end side of the gaming machine main body frame 1 can be secured. In addition, the game area 9a is arranged in the center of the gaming machine main body frame 1 in the left-right direction, so that the game area 9a has a good appearance, and the player can play the game with a natural posture without difficulty. .

  FIG. 7 exemplifies the second embodiment of the present invention. The first embodiment is partially changed so that the vertical center line CL4 of the display screen 52a extends in the left-right direction with respect to the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59. The example which has arrange | positioned the center case 54 in the state shifted to the one side, for example, the opposite side to the hinge 10 for inner frames is shown.

  The gaming board 9 is arranged with its vertical center line CL2 shifted to the inner frame hinge 10 side with respect to the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine main body frame 1, and a gaming area 9a is provided at the lowermost part thereof. The vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 is shifted toward the inner frame locking means 11 with respect to the vertical center line CL2 of the game board 9, and the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 and the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine main body frame 1 are Is the same as in the first embodiment in that they are matched in the left-right direction.

  In this way, by shifting the vertical center line CL4 of the display screen 52a with respect to the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 to one side in the left-right direction, for example, the side opposite to the inner frame hinge 10, the large screen image display means. Even when 52 is used, it is possible to secure a sufficiently large game ball dropping area on one side in the left-right direction, for example, the left side, in the game area 9a.

  FIG. 8 illustrates the third embodiment of the present invention. The first embodiment is partially changed so that the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 and the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine main body frame 1 are set in the horizontal direction. An example of shifting is shown. The gaming board 9 is arranged with its vertical center line CL2 shifted to the inner frame hinge 10 side with respect to the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine main body frame 1, and a gaming area 9a is provided at the lowermost part thereof. The vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 is shifted from the vertical center line CL2 of the game board 9 toward the inner frame locking means 11 side, and the center case 54 in the game area 9a is further connected to the vertical center of the display screen 52a. The line CL4 and the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 are arranged so as to coincide with the left-right direction, and the vertical center line CL5 of the electric tulip 56 and the big winning means 57 is also the vertical center line CL4 of the display screen 52a and the out port 59. , CL3 is the same as the first embodiment in that it matches the left-right direction.

  As described above, the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 and the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine main body frame 1 are not necessarily aligned in the left-right direction. For example, the design of the front side of the gaming machine main body frame 1 is asymmetric in the left-right direction. When the center on the design is biased to one side in the left-right direction, the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 can be made to coincide with the center on the design.

  FIG. 9 illustrates the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and the second embodiment is partially changed so that the vertical center line CL4 of the display screen 52a is set in the horizontal direction with respect to the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59. In addition to shifting to one side, for example, the opposite side of the inner frame hinge 10, the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 is also shifted to one side in the left-right direction with respect to the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine body frame 1. Show.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 may be closer to the hinge 10 than the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine body frame 1.

  When the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 and the vertical center line CL1 of the gaming machine main body frame 1 are shifted in the left-right direction as in the third and fourth embodiments, for example, approximately the center in the left-right direction of the gaming machine main body frame 1 The first effect button 22 and the like arranged on the left or the speakers arranged on the left and right of the gaming machine main body frame 1 may be arranged on the basis of the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59.

  Further, when the vertical center line CL4 of the display screen 52a and the vertical center line CL3 of the out port 59 are shifted in the left-right direction as in the second and fourth embodiments, for example, the center in the left-right direction of the gaming machine main body frame 1 is used. The first effect button 22 or the like arranged on the left or the speakers arranged on the left and right of the gaming machine main body frame 1 may be arranged on the basis of the vertical center line CL4 of the display screen 52a.

  The present invention is not limited to pachinko machines and can be similarly implemented in other ball game machines such as an arrangement ball machine.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine main body frame 2 Outer frame 3 Inner frame 8 Game board mounting frame 9a Game area 9 Game board 10 Inner frame hinge (hinge)
11 Locking means for inner frame (locking means)
52 Image display means (central game parts)
52a Display screen 53 Screen display frame 54 Center case (central game component)
56 Electric Tulip (Central Game Parts)
57 Grand Prize Meaning (Central Game Parts)
59 Out mouth (central game parts)
CL1 Longitudinal center line CL2 of the gaming machine main body frame Vertical center line CL3 of the game board Vertical center line CL4 of the exit port Vertical center line CL5 of the display screen Vertical center line of the electric tulip and the prize winning means

Claims (1)

A gaming board (9) having a gaming area (9a) on the front side is provided in the gaming machine main body (1). The gaming machine main body (1) includes a substantially rectangular outer frame (2) and the gaming board ( 9) an inner frame (3) having a game board mounting portion (8) for detachably holding and attached to the front side of the outer frame (2) so as to be opened and closed by a hinge (10) at one end in the left-right direction; A bullet ball in which locking means (11) for releasably locking the outer frame (2) in a state in which the inner frame (3) is closed is disposed on the other end in the left-right direction of the inner frame (3). In the gaming machine, the gaming board (9) is arranged with its longitudinal center line (CL2) shifted to the hinge (10) side with respect to the longitudinal center line (CL1) of the gaming machine body (1), game area (9a) central gaming component provided in the lateral direction substantially central (59,52,54,56,57), the longitudinal center line (C Pinball game machine, characterized by being arranged offset to said locking means (11) side with respect to the longitudinal centerline of 3～CL5) said game board (9) (CL2).

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