JPH0736861B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine provided with a switch operated by a player according to the content of the game.

[Conventional technology]

BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, a pachinko game machine including various central accessory has been devised. For example, in the case of providing a so-called slot game as a central character, when the game ball wins the starting opening, the symbols such as numbers change, and after a certain period of time, the change time shortened by the player at the bottom of the front frame When the push button of the switch is pressed, the micro switch in the variation time reduction switch is activated, and the variation of the symbol is stopped. When the symbols at the time of stopping become a predetermined specific combination, the variable winning device is activated, the game balls are remarkably easy to win, and a large amount of prize balls can be obtained in a short time. Also, among the central accessory, there is a so-called lift type, for example, which does not use the variable time reduction switch.

By the way, if the game content of a pachinko gaming machine is the same at all times, the player will get bored, so at the game hall, the game content of the pachinko gaming machine is renewed at regular intervals in order to attract the player's interest. . When changing the game contents, generally, only the game board is replaced, and the game ball launching device, the front frame, etc. are not replaced. Here, when changing the game content to a different type of game content, for example, when changing the game content from the above-mentioned throttle game to the fly type, the fly type does not use the variable time shortening switch, so the game board is replaced at the same time. , The micro switch of the variation time reduction switch is removed and the push button of the variation time reduction switch is fixed so that it cannot be pressed. The reason why the micro switch is removed or the push button is fixed in this way is to prevent the player from mistakenly operating the push button and shortening the mechanical life of the push button or the micro switch.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

In a conventional pachinko game machine, the central accessory uses a variable time reduction switch, for example, when it is a throttle game, a micro switch is attached by a fixture, and the central accessory does not use the variable time reduction switch, for example, In the case of the Hokiki type, the micro switch was removed and a fixing part was attached so that the push button did not move. In this way, in the conventional pachinko gaming machine, since the fixing parts are manufactured separately from the fixture for the case where the variable time reduction switch is not used,
There is a drawback that the number of parts is large and it is uneconomical. Further, it is not preferable for a game hall to have a fixing component in addition to a fixture for a micro switch in order to change the game contents, since it is complicated for a game hall.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko gaming machine in which the number of parts can be reduced and maintenance is easy.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The present invention for achieving the above object, a micro switch to be attached and detached according to the content of a game, a fixture for attaching the micro switch, and a player
In a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a switch including an operation unit for operating ON / OFF, when the micro switch is removed and only the attachment is attached, the attachment can suppress the operation of the operation unit. It is configured in.

[Action]

According to the present invention, when the game contents use a switch, the micro switch is attached by a mounting tool, and the player presses an operation unit, such as a push button, arranged on the front surface of the pachinko gaming machine. , Micro switch can be connected and disconnected. Further, when the game content is changed and the game content does not use the switch, the micro switch of the switch is removed and only the attachment is attached, and the operation of the operation unit is suppressed by the attachment. As a result, the player cannot operate the operation unit.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13. FIG. 2 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine which is one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the lower portion of the pachinko gaming machine when the decorative portion is removed. 2 and 3, 1 is a machine frame of a pachinko gaming machine, 2 is a machine frame 1
The front frame 3 is attached to the front frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed, and the game frame is detachably attached to the back of the front frame 2.

The front frame 2 is a quadrangular frame that borders the front of the pachinko gaming machine, and a glass door frame 4 that covers the game board surface of the game board 3 is provided on the upper part of the frame so that the glass door frame 4 can be opened and closed. A hitting ball supply tray portion 5 is detachably provided in the. At the lower part of the front frame 2, a decorative portion 7 in which a push button 6 of a variable time reduction switch and the like are arranged, and a firing handle 8 for hitting a game ball are provided. Incidentally, 11 is a firing motor for hitting a game ball, and 12 is a speaker for producing a sound effect. Also, 13
Numerals 17 are various holes formed in the lower portion of the front frame 2, 13 is a motor hole for accommodating the rear end of the firing motor 11, and 14
Is a speaker hole for arranging the speaker 12, 15 is a guide path hole for arranging a guide path for guiding a prize ball in a tray 61 described later, 16
Is a switch hole for arranging a variable time reduction switch that is attached to the rear surface of the decorative portion 7 and is a stop hole for attaching the decorative portion 7 to the front frame 2.

Guide rails 20 and 7 segments on the game board surface of the game board 3
Symbol display device 21 using LED, variable winning device 22, first type starting ports 23a to 23c, out port for collecting game balls that do not win
24, various display devices are provided.

The player operates the firing handle 8 to hit a game ball.
The launched game ball is guided by the guide rail 20 and flows into the game board surface, and falls along the game board surface. During the fall, the game balls are won in any of the winning openings or collected in the out opening 24. When the game ball wins the first type starting openings 23a to 23c, the symbol display device 21 converts and displays a random three-digit number. After a certain period of time or when the player presses the push button 6, the symbol display device 21 stops the conversion display and displays a three-digit number. The number when you stopped is, for example, "7.7
If it is "7", the variable winning device 22 is in an open state in which it is extremely easy to win game balls, and the player can obtain a large amount of prize balls in a short time.

4 is a perspective view of the decorative portion, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view thereof, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the back surface of the substrate, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the back surface of the top decorative plate, and FIG. 8 is its lower tray. It is a perspective view of a part. Hereinafter, the decorative portion 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8. The decorative portion 7 includes a substrate 30, an upper decorative plate 50 attached to the upper portion of the substrate 30, and a lower saucer portion 60 attached to the lower portion of the substrate 30. The decorative portion 7 is provided with a variable time reduction switch 70 and a one-shot switch 80 described later.

As shown in FIG. 6, the substrate 30 has a variable time reduction switch.
A mounting column 31 having a screw hole 31a for mounting the 70,
A guide column 32 having a guide hole 32a for guiding the attachment and a column 33 having a square hole 33a for attaching the sliding portion 72 are formed. Further, the board 30 has a through hole 34 for attaching the firing handle 8, a guide path 35 for guiding the prize ball to the tray 61 of the lower tray portion 60, and an opening portion located in front of the speaker 12.
36, a mounting claw portion 37 for mounting the micro switch 81 for the one-off switch 80, a mounting hole for mounting the decorative portion 7 on the front frame 2
38, a mounting hole 39 for mounting the decorative plate 50, and the like are also formed. Incidentally, 41 is a counterbore provided in the mounting hole 38 so that the lower pan portion 60 can be easily aligned when mounting it to the substrate 30, and 42 is also provided around the square hole 33a. It is a spot facing. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a raised portion 43 for reinforcement is provided around the mounting hole 38 and the mounting hole 39 on the back surface of the substrate 30.

The decorative plate 50 has a button mounting opening 51 for mounting the push button 6 of the variable time reduction switch 70, a guide wall 52 for rotatably supporting the push button 6 and guiding the rotation of the push button 6, and a push button 81 for the one-shot switch 80. Mounting holes 53 for mounting the decorative plate 50, mounting columns 55 having nail holes 55a for fixing both ends of the decorative plate 50 to the front frame 2 with nails 54, and mounting columns having screw holes 56a for mounting the decorative plate 50 on the substrate 30. 56 etc. are formed. The top plate 50 is attached from the back surface of the substrate 30 with the screw 57.

The lower tray portion 60 has a tray 61 for storing game balls, a ball removing lever 62 for discharging the game balls stored in the tray 61, and an ashtray 6
3, mounting screws 64 and mounting screws for mounting the decorative plate 7 on the front plate 2 at the same time as mounting the lower tray part 60 on the substrate 30
Projections 65 and the like are provided to reinforce the strength of 64 and to facilitate the alignment when the lower tray 60 is attached to the substrate 30. The lower pan 60 is a mounting screw
64 is inserted into the mounting hole 38 of the board 60, the protrusion 65 is fitted into the counterbore 41 of the board 30, and then the mounting screw 64 is inserted into the stop hole 17 of the front frame 2, and the nut is inserted from the rear surface of the front frame 2. The front frame 2 is attached integrally with the substrate 30 by 66.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the variable time reduction switch, FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a method of fixing the micro switch, FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a method of mounting the switch portion of the variable time reduction switch, and FIG. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of a variation time reduction switch. The variable time reduction switch will be described below. The variable time reduction switch 70 has a switch section 71
And the sliding portion 72 and the push button 6.

The switch portion 71 includes a lever 73a, a protrusion 73b, a micro switch 73 having holes 73c and 73c, a pin 74 for fixing the upper portion of the micro switch 73, a housing portion 75a, a projecting pillar 75b, a protrusion portion 75c and a jaw. A mount 75 for mounting the microswitch 73 on the substrate 30 and a microswitch.
The terminals of 73 are protected and the microswitch 73 is
And a cover 76 for fixing to.

Fixing the micro switch 73 covers the rear part 76
Then, the front portion is fitted into the housing portion 75a of the fixture 75, and the cover 76 is screwed to the projecting pillar 75b of the fixture 75. As a result, the lower end of the micro switch 73 is clamped by the notch 76a of the cover 76 and the jaw 75d of the fixture 75. The upper portion of the micro switch 73 is fixed by a pin 74 that penetrates into the hole 73c in the upper portion of the micro switch 73 so that both ends thereof protrude. That is, both ends of the pin 74 penetrating into the hole 73c of the micro switch 73 are
As shown in FIG. 0, the groove formed in the accommodation portion 75a of the fixture 75
It is fitted in 750a and fixed by the cover 76. The pin
The movement of 74 in the longitudinal direction is restricted by the protrusion 75b of the fixture 74. Then, the switch unit 71 inserts the protrusion 75c of the fixture 75 into the guide hole 32a of the guide column 32 as shown in FIG.
The mounting fixture 75 and the cover 76 are integrally screwed to the mounting column 31 to be attached to the substrate 30. As described above, the switch portion 71 can be easily and quickly attached to the predetermined position by the protrusion 75c of the fixture 75 and the guide column 32.

The sliding portion 72 has an angular shaft 77 having a head 77a and a screw hole 77b,
It comprises a spring 78 and a stop member 79. When the sliding portion 72 is attached to the substrate 30, the square shaft 77 is inserted from the rear surface of the substrate 30 into the square hole 33a of the column 33, and the stopper member 79 is screwed from the front surface of the substrate 30 via the spring 78 to the square shaft 77. Fixed to. As a result, the sliding portion 72 is slidably mounted on the substrate 30 and is normally urged by the spring 78 toward the push button 6.

The push button 6 has its shaft 6a fitted into the groove 52a of the guide wall 52 of the upper decorative plate 50 and is rotatably supported by the upper decorative plate 50. Further, the end portion 6b is in contact with the stopper member 79 of the sliding portion 72 as shown in FIG. A protruding piece 40 is formed on the substrate 30 so that the push button 6 is not pushed in more than necessary.

Next, the variable time reduction switch 70 configured as described above
The operation of will be described. Normally, a variable time reduction switch
The angular shaft 77 of the sliding portion 72 of the 70 is biased to the right in FIG. 1 by the spring 78, and the head 77a of the angular shaft 77 is attached to the end surface 33b of the column 33.
Is engaged with. Since the push button 6 is also in contact with the stopper member 79 of the sliding portion 72, it is biased rightward in FIG. 1 by the spring 78.

Now, when the player presses the push button 6 to stop the conversion display of the symbol display device 21, the sliding portion 72 moves to the left in FIG. 1, and the head 77a of the angular axis 77 of the sliding portion 72. Has a micro switch 7
The lever 73a of 3 is pushed, and the lever 73a pushes the protrusion 73b. As a result, the micro switch 73 is turned off from the on state.
From the state or the OFF state to the ON state, this information is sent to the control device (not shown) arranged on the back surface of the game board 3,
The control device is a symbol display device based on the signal sent.
21 Convert display is stopped. When the player stops pressing the push button 6, the push button 6 and the sliding portion 72 return to the original state shown in FIG.

By the way, when changing from the central character of the pachinko gaming machine, the above-mentioned throttle game, to, for example, the pull type, the variable time reduction switch 70 becomes unnecessary. FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a mounting method of the mounting tool when the micro switch is not used, and FIG. 13 is a schematic sectional view showing a state in which the operation of the push button and the sliding portion is suppressed by the mounting tool. Less than,
When the central accessory does not use the variable time reduction switch 70, the attachment method of the attachment 75 and the push button 6 and the sliding portion by the attachment 75
The suppression of the operation of 72 will be described.

First, the cover 76 is removed, and the micro switch 73 is removed from the fixture 75. Then, as shown in FIG.
Before and after using the variable time reduction switch 70
Turn it upside down and screw it on the mounting column 31. As a result, the end surface 75e of the accommodating portion 75a of the fixture 75 becomes the head 77a of the square shaft 77.
Therefore, the sliding portion 72 cannot slide, and the push button 6 cannot rotate. In this way, by changing the game board 3, the central accessory can change the switch 70
When it is not used, by rotating the push button 6 of the variable time reduction switch 70 and sliding the sliding portion 72, it is possible to easily suppress the rotation of the push button 6 of the change time reduction switch 70 by attaching only the attachment 75 with the front and back and the top and bottom reversed. it can.

The one-shot switch 8 is composed of the push button 82 of the micro switch 81. The micro switch 81 is mounted on the mounting claw portion 36 provided on the substrate 30, and the push button 82 is fitted into the mounting opening 53 of the decorative plate 50. The tip of the protrusion 81a of the micro switch 81 and the push button 82
Is attached to the decorative portion 7 so as to abut the back surface thereof.

Although the variable time reduction switch has been described in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this.
A switch operated by the player, depending on the game content,
If it is a switch that is used or not used,
It can be anything.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, by changing the game contents, for example, when the variable time shortening switch is not used, the action of the operating portion can be suppressed by the attachment of the micro switch of the switch. It is possible to provide a pachinko gaming machine that can reduce the number of points and is easy to maintain.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a mounting state of a variable time reduction switch, FIG. 2 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine which is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a pachinko game with its decorative portion removed. An enlarged front view of the lower part of the machine, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a decorative portion, FIG. 5 is its exploded perspective view, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the backside of the substrate, FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the backside of the top decorative plate, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the lower tray portion thereof, FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the variable time reduction switch, FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a method of fixing the micro switch, and FIG. 11 is a switch portion of the variable time reduction switch. FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a mounting method of, and FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a mounting method of a mounting tool when a micro switch is not used,
FIG. 13 is a schematic sectional view showing a state in which the operation of the push button and the sliding portion is suppressed by the attachment. 1 ... Machine frame, 2 ... Front frame, 3 ... Game board, 4 ... Glass door frame, 5 ... Hitting ball supply plate section, 6 ... Push button, 7 ... Decoration section, 8 ... Launch handle, 21 …… Design display device, 22 ……
Variable winning device, 30 ... Board, 50 ... Upper decorative plate, 6 ... Lower pan, 70 ... Fluctuation time reduction switch, 71 ... Switch, 72 ... Sliding part, 73 ... Micro switch, 75 …… Attachment, 76 …… Cover.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko gaming machine provided with a switch including a micro switch that is attached and detached according to the content of a game, a fixture to which the micro switch is attached, and an operation unit for a player to turn ON / OFF the micro switch. The pachinko gaming machine is characterized in that, when the micro switch is removed and only the attachment is attached, the attachment can suppress the operation of the operation portion.