JPH038235B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine in which a base frame to which a game board, a glass frame, etc. are attached is constructed as an integrally molded product.

[Conventional technology]

To simplify the manufacturing and assembly of pachinko machines,
A method of manufacturing the main constituent members as an integrally molded product is known, for example, from Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 54-5118. In such conventional methods, a base frame that removably houses the game board, and a mechanical frame (or The back set plate) are formed separately, and after positioning these, they are pressed together so as to be hugged.
A safe ball passage and an out ball passage are attached to the back side of the mechanism frame for separately collecting safe balls and out balls discharged from the game board.

However, in the pachinko machine configured as described above, the safe ball passage and the out ball passage are attached to a thin plate-like mechanism frame, which makes the configuration of the back mechanism including the mechanism frame complicated and cumbersome to assemble. In addition, there is a drawback that the attachment strength of the safe ball passage and the out ball passage tends to be weakened.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and provides a pachinko machine that can simplify the installation work of the safe ball passage and the out ball passage, and can increase the strength of the installation. The purpose is to

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention includes a base frame to which a game board and a glass frame are attached, which are integrally formed with sockets for a safe ball passage and an out ball passage on the back side of the base frame. This socket is used as a support for the safe ball passage and the out ball passage.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, each of the sockets integrally molded on the back side of the base frame is formed as a partition wall protruding from the back wall of the base frame, taking into consideration the moldability of the base frame. Each of the safe ball passage and the out ball passage is attached to the partition wall that is integrated with the base frame. Note that each of the partition walls forms a part of a socket for a safe ball or an out ball, and the socket is formed by connecting the safe ball passage and the out ball passage. It's okay.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings.

〔Example〕

As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine using the present invention is composed of a glass frame 1, a game board 2, and a base frame 3. The glass frame 1 is an integrally molded synthetic resin product, and is provided with two rows of protrusions 5a and 5b for holding the front glass 4 inserted from above. These protrusions 5a, 5b are arranged so as not to overlap each other when viewed from the front of the glass frame 1 in consideration of moldability.

A circular opening 6 is formed approximately in the center of the glass frame 1. A steel rail 7 is fixed to the inner periphery of this opening 6. This rail 7 is attached to the base frame 3
The pachinko balls are connected to a pachinko ball guide rail 8 provided on the base frame 3, and the pachinko balls shot out from a firing device 10 provided on a base frame 3 are guided to a board surface 2a of a game board 2. Furthermore, a prize ball outlet 11 is formed at the lower front of the glass frame 1, and an upper tray 12 is formed.
A mounting portion 14 is provided for fixing. Note that a gutter 15 is inserted and fixed in the discharge port 11. Further, a ball feeding section 16 is integrated into the upper tray 12, and the pachinko balls stored in the upper tray 12 are fed into the introduction port 17 one by one.

As is well known, the game board 2 is equipped with safe holes, tulips, atats, winning ball devices, obstacle nails, windmills, etc. At the bottom, there is an out hole that penetrates from the front to the back of the game board 2. Hole 1
8 is formed. Further, a rail 20 is fixed to the board surface 2a. The lower edge of this rail 20 is connected to the terminal end of the rail 7 fixed to the glass frame 1. The pachinko balls ejected from the ejecting device 10 provided on the base frame 3 are guided by the ejecting guide rails 8 and rails 7 and flow down after reaching above the board surface 2a.

In this process of flowing down, the pachinko balls that hit the safe hole, the ticket, etc. are collected all at once by the safe ball receiver 22 attached to the back of the game board 2, as shown in FIG. It is discharged from 23. A well-known safe ball detector 24 consisting of a micro switch or a photo sensor is installed in the middle of this discharge path 23, and the number of safe balls is counted. On the other hand, out balls that do not land in either the safe hole or the tulip are collected in the out hole 18 and then discharged from the out ball discharge path 25. In addition, the safe ball receiver 22 and the out ball ejection path 25
Instead of being attached and fixed to the back of the game board 2, it may be arranged on a mechanism frame or a back set plate that is pressed against the back of the game board 2.

A game board 2 is mounted on the base frame 3, which is a molded product of synthetic resin.
can be installed. For this purpose, an opening 28 for receiving the protrusion 27 on the back side of the game board 2 and a protrusion 29 that fits into a positioning hole (not shown) of the game board 2 to determine the mounting position of the game board 2 are formed. ing.

The base frame 3 is formed with an opening 30 for discharging the prize ball to the upper tray 12, a guide gutter 31 thereof, and an opening 35 for discharging the prize ball to the lower tray 34. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, there is also a guide plate 37, an opening 38, and a gutter 3 for guiding the prize balls to the lower tray 34 when the upper tray 12 is full of prize balls.
9 is also integrally molded. A cover 40 is attached to the gutter 39 by screwing, for example, so that the prize ball that has flown down along the guide plate 37 passes through the opening 38 and wraps around the back side of the base frame 3, and then enters the gutter. 39 and cover 40, and is discharged to the lower tray 34.

As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of partition walls 42 and 43 are integrally formed on the back surface of the base frame 3, respectively, and project from the back surface. This partition wall 4
2 constitutes a part of a safe ball receptacle for receiving the safe ball discharged from the safe ball discharge path 23, and the other partition wall 43 receives the out ball discharged from the out ball discharge port 25. It forms part of the out ball socket. Safe ball passages and out ball passages 45 and 46 are attached to these partition walls 42 and 43, respectively, and pachinko balls discharged from the safe ball discharge passage 23 and the out ball discharge passage 25 are passed through the respective passages 45 and 46.
are discharged separately from the lower outlet.

On the back side of the base frame 3, a gutter 48 for defining a prize ball discharge path and a gutter 49 for defining a ball removal path are integrally provided. These gutters 4
8 and 49 are formed in a band shape along the back surface of the base frame 3, and by covering the troughs 48 and 49 with a cover 50, respective passages are defined. A tank 52 for storing prize balls and a guide passage 53 for guiding the pachinko balls from the tank 52 to the gutter 48 or the gutter 49 are attached to the back side of the base frame 3. In the middle of the guide passage 53, there is a ball removal part 55 that is closed in normal use, and a safe ball detector 2.
A counting sending part 56 is attached which counts and sends out a fixed number of pachinko balls when one safe ball is detected. Each time a safe ball is generated in the process of playing a pachinko game, the counting and sending section 56 sends out a fixed number of prize balls to a prize ball discharge path defined by the gutter 48 and the cover 50.

The prize ball sent out to the prize ball ejection path is bell 58.
After colliding with and making a sound, it reaches the opening 30. If there is enough space in the upper tray 12, the prize ball will be dispensed to the upper tray 12 through the gutter 15 attached to the glass frame 1 and the discharge port 11. guide plate 3 before reaching
It falls on 7. The prize balls dropped onto the guide plate 37 are discharged into the lower tray 34 through the opening 35 according to the route already described.

When collecting all the pachinko balls stored in the tank 52, such as when closing business at a pachinko parlor, the ball extractor 5 is operated in conjunction with a well-known ball extracting operation.
5 is released. Then, the pachinko balls in the tank 52 pass through the guide passage 53 and fall from the ball extraction part 55. Then, it flows down following the ball removal passage defined by the gutter 49 and the cover 50.
The pachinko balls flown down by the ball extraction are discharged from the discharge port below through the out ball passage 46, like the out balls. Of course, since the safe ball passage 45 and the out ball passage 46 have independent passages, these passages 45, 46
Pachinko balls passing through are never mixed. Note that the shaft of a firing operation handle (not shown) for operating the firing device 10 is inserted through the opening 60 formed below the base frame 3. Further, a metal fitting for fixing the game board 2 to the base frame 3 is attached to the opening 62 of the base frame 3.

In order to support the glass frame 1 on the base frame 3 so that it can be opened and closed, a metal shaft 63 fixed to the glass frame 1 is fitted into the base frame 3, and then a metal fitting 64 is used to prevent it from coming off. A well-known locking mechanism is attached to the glass frame 1 and the base frame 3, and when the glass frame 1 is closed, a locking piece passes through a slit 65 in the base frame 3 and is locked. In addition, the base frame 3 is
It is designed to be pivoted to a mounting base (island base) via a mounting fixture 66 fixed to the.

In the above-described embodiment, the glass frame 1 is also connected to the attachment part 14 of the upper tray 12 and the outlet 11 for the prize ball.
The glass frame 1 is constructed as an integrated molded product, but the glass frame 1 is similar to the conventional one.
The glass frame made of metal frame and the front frame to which the upper plate is attached may be configured separately.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the present invention, a part of the receptacle for receiving the safe balls and out balls discharged from the game board is also integrated into the base frame produced by integral molding. The number of component parts of a pachinko machine can be reduced. Moreover,
To install the safe ball passage and out ball passage, all you have to do is align the entrances of each passage to the sockets that have been molded integrally with the base frame and fix them, which simplifies the work and reduces manufacturing costs. becomes possible. Further, since the safe ball passage and the out ball passage are supported by the base frame itself, the attachment strength of these passages can be increased.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the front side of a pachinko machine to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the back side of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1. 1...Glass frame, 2...Game board, 3...Base frame,
5a, 5b...protrusion, 6...opening, 7...rail, 12...upper plate, 28...opening, 23...safe ball outlet, 25...out ball outlet, 30,
35, 38... opening, 39... gutter, 40... cover, 42, 43... partition wall, 45... safe ball passage, 46... out ball passage, 48, 49... gutter,
50...cover, 52...tank.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which a base frame to which a game board is fixed and a glass frame holding a front glass is attached so as to be openable and closable is configured as an integrally molded product, comprising: a game board on the back side of the base frame; A socket for the safe ball passage that receives the safe ball ejected from the ball and a socket for the out ball passage that receives the out ball are integrally molded, and the safe ball passage and the out ball passage are respectively connected to these sockets. Pachinko machine. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein each of the sockets is a partition wall formed to protrude from the back surface of the base frame.