JPH0732815B2 - Pachinko machine winning device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electric drive source such as a solenoid, a decorative lamp,
Alternatively, the present invention relates to a winning device for a pachinko machine provided with an electric device such as a detection switch.

“Prior art” Conventionally, in a prize device of a pachinko machine, a movable piece that can be changed into an easy-to-win state and a difficult-to-win state is operated in a complicated manner by an electric drive source such as a solenoid in order to excite the interest. Or, a decoration lamp or the like is provided to enhance the decoration effect, and further, a detection switch is provided to limit the number of winning prizes or detect repeated conditions. Then, such a winning device, for example, guides the winning ball received by the movable piece to the back surface of the game board, detects the winning ball on the back surface, or distributes the winning ball to a specific flow path. At the same time, an electrical drive source such as a solenoid and a relay board for wiring are attached to the rear of the circuit.

"Problems to be solved by the invention" The above-described conventional prize winning device is a mechanism that once guides the received prize balls to the back side of the game board and processes the prize balls on the back side, and further behind it. Since the electric drive source and the relay board are attached to the gaming board, the depth width in the front-rear direction becomes long when the winning device is attached to the gaming board, and it largely projects to the rear of the gaming board. For this reason, measures such as specially preparing a cover member for covering a portion that largely protrudes to the rear of the game board, or forming a recess in the prize ball collecting cover plate arranged on the back surface of the game board, etc. Was needed. Further, since the above-mentioned cover member is in a state in which the concave portion is projected to the rear of the game board, when the game board is stored or transported, the projected part is struck by something to cover the member. Alternatively, there was an accident in which the recesses, and even the prize winning devices covered therewith, were damaged and unusable.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned inconvenience, and its purpose is to position the rear end of the winning device inside the winning ball collecting cover plate when the winning device is attached to the game board. In this way, there is no need to specially prepare a cover member or to form a recess in the prize ball collecting cover plate, and to provide a winning device for a pachinko machine in which unevenness does not occur on the back surface of the game board. It is in.

"Means for Solving Problems" In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a winning device for a pachinko machine equipped with an electric device, wherein a game board is provided behind a mounting board of the winning device. A space forming member having substantially the same depth width is formed, and a flow path for letting down a winning ball is formed in the space of the space forming member, and the electric device or the electric device is formed on the rear surface of the space forming member. When the relay board for relaying the wiring from is attached and the mounting board is attached to the game board, the rear end of the winning device is located inside the prize ball collecting cover plate arranged on the back surface of the game board. The winning device for pachinko machines, which is characterized by the above.

This is the structure adopted.

"Working" The present invention is that the prize-winning balls are made to flow down in the space formed by the space forming member within the thickness of the game board, and the electrical equipment and the relay board are It is located in the space formed by the winning ball collection cover plate.

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, a pachinko machine to which the winning device according to the embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 8. 6 is a front view of the pachinko machine, FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko machine seen from the rear side with the game board removed, and FIG. 8 is a rear view of the game board. is there. In the figure, the front frame 2 of the pachinko machine 1 has a metal frame 3 and a glass 4a.
A glass door frame 4, a front frame 5 and the like are attached, and a game board 6 is detachably attached to the back surface of the front frame 2.

On the game board 6, a guide rail 8 that guides a hit ball and partitions and forms a game area 7 is planted in a substantially circular shape.
Near the center of the game area 7, a plurality of digital displays 9a-
A combined display device 10 having 9c is provided. This combination display device 10 is variably displayed on the digital display devices 9a to 9c when a hit ball is won at the start winning openings 11a to 11c provided on the game board 6, and is provided on the upper portion of the lower plate 18 described later. When the player presses the stop switch 12, or after a certain time, the variable state is automatically stopped.

Also, below the game area 7, a variable winning device 30 as an example of the winning device according to the embodiment of the present invention is attached. The variable winning device 30 is provided with an opening / closing plate 31 which is opened / closed by a solenoid 60 which is an electric drive source. The opening / closing plate 31 is opened / closed under predetermined conditions depending on the combination mode of the combination display device 10. It is supposed to be done. Specifically, when all of the digital displays 9a to 9c display "7", the jackpot is a big hit and ten winning balls are generated until 30 seconds have passed on the opening / closing plate 31. When the winning balls that have won the opening / closing plate 31 during the opening win the V winning opening 47a, the opening / closing plate 31 is opened again for 30 seconds or 10 winning balls. The operation can be repeated up to 10 times as long as a winning ball is won in the V winning opening 47a. The variable winning device 30 will be described in detail later. Further, in the game area 7, there are win holes 13a, 13 with a windmill lamp.
b, jackpot lamps 14a and 14b, and an outlet 15 are provided respectively.

On the surface of the front plate 5, there is fixed an upper plate 16 for storing the dispensed prize balls and supplying a hitting ball to the firing position.
On the front surface of the front frame 2 below the upper plate 16, an operation handle 17 for adjusting the resilience of a hit ball and a lower plate 18 for storing prize balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 16 are attached.

On the back surface of the game board 6, a prize ball collecting protection plate 19 which is a kind of prize ball collecting cover plate is attached so as to be easily removable. This winning ball set protection plate 19 is selected to have a size enough to cover the passages of all winning balls discharged from various winning devices provided on the game board 6, and to protect the winning balls from the winning devices and decoration devices. It has the role of housing the wiring inside and protecting it. Therefore, the winning ball set protection plate 19 is formed to have a depth width slightly longer than the diameter of the pachinko balls, and the side walls are integrally formed except for the lower side. Further, on the back surface of the game board 6 above the winning ball set protection plate 19, since the relay board 20 that relays the wiring from the various winning devices and decoration devices described above is attached, the winning ball set protection plate 19 A notch 19a is formed in the upper side wall so that the wiring can pass through. In addition, the winning ball set protection plate 19 has a rectangular small hole at a position corresponding to an external connection terminal 66 provided on a second relay substrate 64 described later.
19b is bored so that the relay board 20 and the external connection terminal 66 are connected by wiring.

The game board 6 configured as described above is detachably attached to the game board attachment frame 21 fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2. That is, the game board mounting frame 21 is provided with fastening pins 22a to 22d at appropriate positions, and the fastening pins 22a to 22d penetrate through the through holes 23a to 23d formed in the game board 6. And game board 6
Is engaged with fixing members 25a to 25d (however, 25d is not shown) fixed to a mechanism plate 24 provided on the back surface of the device,
Further, by being fastened, the game board 6 and the mechanism plate 24 are fastened and fixed to the front frame 2 at the same time. In addition,
The game board 6 and the mechanism plate 24 may be fastened and fixed to the game board mounting frame 21 by separate fixtures.

On the front side of the mechanism plate 24 facing the game board 6, a prize ball collecting recess 26 is formed which is slightly smaller than the game board 6 and larger than the prize ball collecting protection plate 19. A window opening 27 is formed which is slightly smaller than the surface area of the winning ball aggregate protection plate 19. The prize-ball collecting recessed portion 26 is formed to have a depth width slightly longer than the depth width of the prize-ball collecting protection plate 19. Further, in the illustrated embodiment, since the prize-ball gathering protection plate 19 is provided, the one in which the window opening 27 is opened in the corresponding prize-winner gathering concave portion 26 is shown.
In the structure in which the prize-ball collecting protection plate 19 is not attached to the back surface of the game board 6, the prize-collecting concave portion 26 is formed in a flat plate shape without opening the window opening 27 in the mechanism plate 24, and various types are formed. The winning balls discharged from the winning device are dropped onto the winning ball collecting trough 28 formed on the lower side of the winning ball collecting recessed portion 26, and guided to the winning ball processing device 29 provided opposite to the lower end of the collecting trough 28. In this case, the prize-ball collecting recess 26 of the mechanism plate 24 functions as a prize-ball collecting cover plate.

In addition, even in the case where the prize-ball gathering protection plate 19 is attached to the back surface of the game board 6, the prize-winning balls dropped from below the prize-winning ball gathering protection plate 19 fall on the prize-winning ball gathering gutter 28. It is designed to be guided to the processor 29.

In addition, on the rear surface side of the mechanism plate 24, known parts and devices for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to one winning ball,
Alternatively, a mechanism or the like is provided.

Next, a variable winning apparatus 30 as an example of the winning apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.
FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view with the variable winning device 30 attached to the game board 6, FIG. 2 is a front view of the variable winning device 30, and FIG. Is a rear view,
FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view of the variable winning device 30, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the variable winning device 30 as seen from the rear surface.
In the figure, the variable winning device 30 has a mounting board 32 mounted on the game board 6, and a horizontally long winning opening 33 is formed in the upper part of the mounting board 32. The opening / closing plate 31 is pivotally supported by shafts 34a and 34b (34b is not shown) formed on both sides of the lower end thereof so as to open and close the winning opening 33. Further, on the opening / closing plate 31, a rotating gear 35 that engages with a sliding gear member 63 that moves up and down by a solenoid 60 to be described later is formed near the shaft 34a, and a locking projection 36 is provided near the other shaft 34b. Is projected rearward. This locking protrusion
Reference numeral 36 is for restricting the range of rotation when the opening / closing plate 31 is opened. Furthermore, the opening / closing plate 31 is provided with low-height guide protrusions 37a, 37b at a predetermined interval, and the guide protrusions 37a, 37b are located at positions continuous with the rear end of the guide protrusions 37a, 37b. Pair of V winning opening forming members facing the lower edge of
38a and 38b are formed on the back surface of the mounting substrate 32. V detection switch insertion grooves 39a, 39b for inserting and supporting the V detection switch 70 as an electric device in the V winning opening forming members 38a, 38b.
Are formed. Therefore, the guide protrusion 37a of the opening / closing plate 31,
When the hit ball falls in the area sandwiched by 37b, most of it hits the V winning opening 47a formed by the V winning opening forming members 38a, 38b and activates the V detection switch 70, whereby the repeated condition is achieved. Detect that Of course, since the guide protrusions 37a and 37b are formed low, even a hit ball that falls between the guide protrusions 37a and 37b is not guided to the V winning opening 47a and jumps over the guide protrusions 37a and 37b. There is also a hit ball that is guided outside the winning opening forming members 38a and 38b. Further, both outside sides of the V winning opening forming members 38a, 38b constitute normal winning openings 47b, 47c treated as normal winnings.

Further, on the rear surface of the mounting substrate 32, a pair of flow path forming walls 41a, 41b for guiding the winning balls flowing down from the V winning opening 47a and the normal winning openings 47b, 47c are formed. The pair of flow passage forming walls 41a, 41b are formed so that the upper portion is inclined toward the center and are formed to be vertical in the central portion to form the flow passage 42, and the upper portion of the vertical portion. The 10-count detection switch insertion grooves 43a and 43b in which the 10-count detection switch 71 as an electric device is inserted and supported are formed in the. Therefore, all the winning balls received by the opening / closing plate 31, that is, the winning balls won in the V winning openings 47a and the normal winning openings 47b, 47c are all detected by the 10-count detection switch 71, and as a result, the variable winning device.
It is possible to limit the number of balls to win 30 to a predetermined number (10). The mounting substrate 32 at the lowermost end of the flow path 42,
A variable protrusion 48 is provided so as to change the downward direction of the winning balls flowing down the flow path 42.

A rear peripheral wall 40 is integrally provided around the rear surface of the mounting substrate 32 so as to include the winning opening 33 and the flow path forming walls 41a and 41b described above. The depth of the rear peripheral wall 40 is shorter than the depth of the V winning opening forming members 38a, 38b and the flow passage forming walls 41a, 41b, and the rear cover frame will be described later.
Width of space formed by 50 and V winning opening forming member 38
The depth widths of a, 38b and the flow path forming walls 41a, 41b are substantially the same. The rear peripheral wall 40 is a mounting board.
They are provided along the shape of 32, and decorative plates 44a and 44b are fitted in the lower left and right positions thereof.

Ordinary winning openings 45a and 45b are attached to the front surfaces of the lower left and right positions of the mounting board 32, and a decorative member 46 is attached to the center of the front surface of the mounting board 32.

On the other hand, a rear cover frame 50 is screwed onto the rear surface of the mounting substrate 32 so as to correspond to the rear peripheral wall 40. When this rear cover frame 50 is attached so as to match the rear peripheral wall 40,
A space defined by the outside is formed, but a notch portion 51 is formed at a position corresponding to the flow path 42 in the lower central portion of the rear cover frame 50, and this portion is formed. You are in contact with the outside. That is, the winning balls guided by the opening / closing plate 31 pass through the flow passage 42 provided in the space where the rear peripheral wall 40 and the rear cover frame 50 are formed, and the projections are formed.
It is designed to be discharged to the outside from the notch portion 51 by hitting 48. Therefore, the rear peripheral wall 40 and the rear cover frame 50 constitute a space forming member. It should be noted that the space forming member is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and in short, may have any structure as long as it is a space in which a flow path through which the winning balls flow down is provided behind the mounting substrate 32.

On the rear surface of the rear cover frame 50, mounting bosses 52a, 52b and mounting bosses 53a to 53i are provided in a protruding manner, and the engaging member insertion slot 5
4, the engaging elongated hole 55, the V detection switch insertion hole 56, and the lamp insertion holes 57a to 57f are provided, and a transmission plate 58 that transmits light is provided.

A solenoid 60 as an electric device is fixed to the mounting bosses 52a and 52b with screws. A sliding gear member 63 is fixed to the plunger 61 of the solenoid 60 via the engaging member insertion elongated hole 54 so that the sliding gear member 63 engages with the rotating gear 35 of the opening / closing plate 31. It has become. Since the solenoid 60 is always urged downward by the urging spring 62 that is inserted through the plunger 61, the sliding gear member 63 and the rotating gear 35 engage the open / close plate 31. It keeps it closed. On the other hand, when the solenoid 60 is excited, the plunger 61 rises against the urging force of the urging spring 62, and the sliding gear member 63 also rises accordingly. When the opening / closing plate 31 is moved, the opening / closing plate 31 is rotated about the shafts 34a and 34b to be in an open state, and a hit ball can be received.
At this time, the locking projection piece 36 provided at the other end of the opening / closing plate 31 contacts the upper edge of the engaging elongated hole 55 to regulate the opening / closing range of the opening / closing plate 31.

The first relay board 65 is fixed to the mounting bosses 53a to 53c with screws (however, the positioning bosses of the mounting boss 53b project). Decorative lamps 68a and 68b for decorating the decorative plate 44a and a decorative lamp 68c for decorating one of the decorative members 46 are fixed to the first relay board 65. The decorative lamps 68a and 68b have the lamp insertion holes 5
The decorative plate 44a is decorated with the tip portions thereof facing the 7a and 57b. Further, the decoration lamp 68c decorates the decoration member 46 by exposing the lamp insertion hole 57c at its tip and allowing light to pass through the light transmission hole 49a formed in the mounting substrate 32.

The second relay board 64 is fixed to the mounting bosses 53e to 53i with screws (however, the mounting bosses 53g and 53i have positioning pins protruding). The second relay board 64 has decoration lamps 68e and 68f for decoration of the decoration plate 44b, a decoration lamp 68d for decoration of the other of the decoration members 46, and a decoration for decoration of the transmission plate 58. The lamp 68g and is fixed. The decorative lamps 68e and 68f have the lamp insertion holes 57
e, 57f to decorate the decoration plate 44b with its tip end faced, the decorative lamp 68d, from the light transmission hole 49b formed in the mounting substrate 32 with its tip end faced to the lamp insertion hole 57d. The other of the decoration members 46 is decorated by transmitting light. In addition, the decorative lamp 68g has a V winning opening 47a from the rear surface of the transmission plate 58.
It lights up to let you know that you have won the prize.

Further, various connection terminals are provided on the second relay board 64. That is, the 10-count connection for connecting the external connection terminal 66 connected to the relay board 20 through the narrow hole 19a formed in the prize-ball collecting protection plate 19 and the wiring from the 10-count detection switch 71. A terminal 67a, a V detection connection terminal 67b for connecting the wiring from the V detection switch 70,
Drive source connection terminal for connecting the wiring from the solenoid 60
67c and a relay board connection terminal 67d for connecting the wiring from the first relay board 65 are provided. The external connection terminal 66 shown in the figure has its connection pins erected in a direction orthogonal to the prize winning ball set protection plate 19, but the connection pins are parallel to the prize winning ball set protection plate 19. You may use what was planted like this. In this case, the relay board
Since the wiring connected to 20 can be stored in the prize winning ball collective protection plate 19, it is not necessary to form the small holes 19b. In addition, the other end of the wiring connected to the external connection pin 66 is not the relay substrate 20, but the prize ball collecting protection plate 19 or the mechanism plate 24.
It may be directly connected to a control circuit board (not shown) provided on the back surface or the like.

A screw is attached to the mounting boss 53d by a fixing plate 72 for supporting and fixing the rear ends of the V detection switch 70 and the 10-count detection switch 71. That is, the V detection switch 70 is inserted from the V detection switch insertion hole 56, its tip is fitted into the V detection switch insertion grooves 39a and 39b, and the 10-count detection switch 71 is further inserted from the upper end of the cutout portion 51. The two detection switches are stably fixed and supported by fixing the fixing plate 72 after the tip of the lever is fitted to the 10-count detection switches 43a and 43b. When the fixing plate 72 is screwed on, the wiring connecting various electrical devices to the connecting terminals 67a to 67d of the first relay terminal 64 is connected to the front side of the fixing plate 72 as shown in FIG. If the wires are passed through, it is possible to process them in an orderly manner without the wirings protruding outside. The decorative lamps 68a to 68g described above are also a type of electrical device.

In the variable winning device 30 configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 3, the space forming members formed behind the mounting board 32 and various electric devices are within the projected area of the mounting board 32. Since it is configured as described above, it can be easily attached to the game board 6 from the front of the game board 6. As shown in FIG. 1, the mounted state is such that the space forming member including the rear peripheral wall 40 and the rear cover frame 50 formed at the rear of the mounting substrate 32 has a depth substantially equal to the wall thickness of the game board 6. Since it has a width, the flow path 42 formed in the space forming member is the game board 6
Will be located within the wall thickness. Therefore, the hit ball (winning ball) received by the opening / closing plate 31 flows down the flow path 42 and collides with the variable protrusion 48, and the downflow direction is changed, and the winning ball from the notch 51 of the rear cover frame 50. Collective protection plate 19
And the rear surface of the game board 6 are guided to the prize winning ball collecting space, and then to the prize winning ball collecting gutter 28 of the mechanism plate 24.

On the other hand, since the rear surface of the rear cover frame 50, which is the rear surface of the space forming member, is positioned so as to be substantially flush with the rear surface of the game board 6, the solenoid 60 attached to the rear surface of the rear cover frame 50.
And detection switches 70,71 and decorative lamps 62a-68g, and other electrical devices, and relay boards 64,65 that relay the wiring from these electrical devices are located at the same position as when they were directly attached to the back surface of the game board 6. Since it is arranged, the projection width from the back surface of the game board 6 becomes relatively small, and the space formed by the game board 6 and the winning ball set protection plate 19 attached to the back surface of the game board 6. The above-mentioned electrical equipment and relay board can be arranged inside. As a result, since the back surface of the game board 6 has a small protrusion, when the game board 6 is attached to the main body of the pachinko machine, in the case where the winning ball set protection cover 19 is provided, the winning ball set protection cover is provided. Against 19,
Alternatively, in the case where the winning ball set protective cover 19 is not provided, a cover member is specially prepared and attached to each of the winning ball set concave surfaces 26 of the mechanism plate 24, or a recess is formed. You don't have to. Further, since there is no protruding portion when the game board 6 is stored or transported, there is no fear of breaking the variable winning device 30 by hitting or hooking it on something.

In the embodiment described above, the variable winning device 30 is illustrated as the winning device, but in the present invention, any winning device provided with an electric device can be applied to any winning device. is there.

[Advantages of the Invention] According to the present invention, since the space forming member having the depth width substantially the same as the wall thickness of the game board is formed behind the mounting substrate of the winning device,
The prize-winning balls can be down-flowed within the space formed by the space forming member within the wall thickness of the game board, and the electrical device attached to the rear surface of the space forming member. Since the relay board and the relay board are located in the space formed by the game board and the prize-ball collecting cover plate,
Since the protruding portion on the back surface of the game board is relatively small, it is not necessary to prepare a cover member for protecting the winning device or form a concave portion with respect to the winning ball collecting cover plate. In addition, there is no protruding part when storing or transporting the game board, so you do not have to worry about hitting or hooking on something and breaking the variable prize winning device. It can be attached to the pachinko machine body.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 7 show a variable winning device as an example of a winning device according to the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view in which the variable winning device is attached to a game board, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the variable winning device, FIG. 3 is a rear view of the variable winning device, FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view of the variable winning device, and FIG. It is an exploded perspective view seen from the back. 6 to 8 show a pachinko machine to which the variable winning device according to the embodiment is applied, FIG. 6 is a front view of the pachinko machine, and FIG. 7 is a state in which the game board is removed. FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko machine of FIG.
It is a rear view of the game board. 1 …… Pachinko machine 6 …… Game board 19 …… Prize winning ball set protection plate (Prize winning ball cover plate) 24 …… Mechanical plate 26 …… Prize ball collecting concave surface (Prize ball collecting cover plate) 30 …… Variable winning device (Prize winning device) 32 …… Mounting board 40 …… Rear wall of rear surface (space forming member) 42 …… Flow path 50 …… Rear cover frame (space forming member) 60 …… Solenoid (electrical device) 64,65 …… Relay Substrate 68a-68g …… Decorative lamp (electrical device) 70 …… V detection switch (electrical device) 71 …… 10 Count detection switch (electrical device)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A winning device of a pachinko machine equipped with an electric device, wherein a space forming member having a depth width substantially the same as the thickness of a game board is formed behind a mounting substrate of the winning device, and the space forming member. In the space of, the flow path for letting down the winning balls is formed, and the electrical device, or a relay substrate for relaying wiring from the electrical device is attached to the rear surface of the space forming member, and the mounting substrate is attached. A prize winning device for a pachinko machine, wherein a rear end of the prize winning device is located inside a prize ball collecting cover plate arranged on the back surface of the game plate when the winning device is attached to the game board.