JPH0755259B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball striking plate which is mounted in a direction substantially perpendicular to a front plate which is openably and closably mounted in an opening of a front frame of a ball game machine and which supplies pachinko balls. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a ball game machine for ejecting a pachinko ball to play, for example, there are a pachinko game machine and a metal type game machine. Many game devices are arranged on the game boards of these game machines. A typical gaming device is a winning port or a winning ball device that accepts a pachico ball and pays out a fixed number of prize balls to a player, and a winning ball device that can be changed into an easy winning mode. , There is another game device for changing the winning condition of the variable winning ball device, an obstacle nail for changing the flowing direction of the pachinko balls, a windmill, and the like. And conventionally,
For example, there is a ball-and-ball game machine in which switching means for controlling a certain operation of the game device is provided in association with the above-mentioned game device.

3 to 5 show a pachinko game machine as an example of such a conventional ball game machine. 3 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine, FIG. 4 is a perspective view in which a glass door frame and a front plate are opened, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view from the back of the pachinko gaming machine. In the figure, a metal frame 4 is provided around an opening 3 of a front frame 2 formed in a frame shape of the pachinko gaming machine 1. A glass door frame 5 and a front plate 25 are pivotally supported on one side of the metal frame 4 so as to be openable and closable.

The glass door frame 5 covers the front of the game board 6 to which two glasses are attached and which is attached to the back side of the front frame 2 as shown in FIG. 5 which will be described later. The game board 6 is a game area 6a surrounded by guide rails 7.
The game area 6a is provided with various game devices. In the illustrated pachinko gaming machine 1, as game devices, winning openings 8a, 8b, 9, 10a, 10b, winning ball devices 11a, 11b, variable winning ball devices 12, variable display device 13 as another gaming device, pachinko balls. The wind turbines 15a to 15f for changing the flow direction of No. 1 and a large number of obstacle nails (not shown) are arranged.

The variable display device 13 has three rows of cylindrical drums 14a to 14c, and the drums 14a to 14c.
On the outer circumference of 14c, various kinds of designs, numbers, etc. are drawn,
Each of them is designed to rotate independently, and another game is performed to obtain a predetermined combination of symbols or numbers. And, this variable display device 13, when a pachinko ball wins in the winning openings 9, 10a, 10b,
The drums 14a to 14c start rotating at the same time, and the player presses a micro switch 36 as a switching means described later, or a certain time elapses without the micro switch 36 being pressed, so that the drums 14a to 14c Stops its rotation sequentially with a delay of a minute time designed randomly.

When all the drums 14a to 14c have stopped rotating, and the combination of symbols, numbers and the like displayed on the front surface of the drums 14a to 14c is a predetermined combination, the variable winning ball device 12 is a unique mode. Open and close with. For example, when all the displays of the drums 14a to 14c display "7, 7, 7" which gives the maximum value as shown in the figure, the variable winning ball device 12 is operated for a fixed time (eg, 30 seconds) or a fixed number When the pachinko balls are won in the repeating area provided in the variable winning ball device 12 during the opening (for example, 10 pieces), the pachinko balls are opened again, and the pachinko balls are opened again for a certain time or until a certain number of pieces enter. The opening mode is set a predetermined number of times (for example, 10
Repeat). In addition, at the lowermost part of the game area 6a, an outlet 16 is provided for accepting a pachinko ball that has flowed through the game area 6a and has not entered any prize hole or prize ball device. The balls are discharged from the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1 to the outside of the pachinko gaming machine 1.

The game board 6 configured as described above is detachably attached to the game board attachment frame 17 fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2. The game board attachment frame 17 includes a frame-shaped support frame 18 for housing the game board 6 and a support plate portion 19 facing the lower end of the game board 6, and the game board 6 is fixed to the support frame 18 by pressing. A plurality of (three in the illustrated embodiment) fixtures 20a
.About.20c are provided, and locking pieces 21a and 21b for locking a mechanism plate 23 described later are provided. Also,
A locking piece 21c for locking the mechanism plate 23 also on the support plate portion 19,
21d is provided. It should be noted that support metal fittings 22a, 22b for supporting the mechanism plate 23 in an openable and closable manner are fixed to the upper and lower sides of one side of the game board mounting frame 17. On the front side of the mechanism plate 23, there is formed a collecting gutter 24 that collects prize balls discharged from the various winning holes or prize ball devices, and on the back side thereof, various prize ball discharging for discharging prize balls. Associated equipment is formed.

On the front plate 25, a hit ball supply tray 26 is arranged, and a prize ball outlet 27 is opened on the upstream side of the hit ball supply tray 26 by a prize ball ejecting device (not shown) operated by the winning balls. The discharged prize balls are discharged from the prize ball outlet 27 and stored in the hitting ball supply plate 26. Further, an opening (not shown) is provided on the downstream side of the hitting ball supply tray 26, and the pachinko balls stored through the opening are linked to the hitting operation and guided to the firing position.
The front plate 25 is provided so as to cover the front surface of the firing rail member 28 that guides the fired balls. The firing rail member 28 is attached to the front surface of the support plate portion 19 as shown in FIG.

Below the opening 3 of the front frame 2, an excess ball tray 29 and an operation handle 33 for ejecting a pachinko ball are provided. The surplus ball receiving tray 29 includes a surplus ball receiving portion 30 and an ashtray portion 31, and the surplus ball receiving portion 30 is
The prize balls that do not fit into the hitting ball supply tray 26, the balls removed from the hitting ball supply tray 26, or the foul balls are discharged from the surplus ball outlet 32 and stored. The operation handle 33 is rotated by the player,
The drive motor 34 shown in FIG. 3 is rotationally driven to intermittently rotate the ball striking rod 35 and adjust the resilience of the ball striking rod 35. A micro switch 36 for stopping rotation of the drums 14a to 14c of the variable display device 13 is fixedly installed on one side of the opening 3 of the front frame 2.

The operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 described above will be described. When a player rotates the operation handle 33, the pachinko balls stored in the hitting ball supply tray 26 are supplied to the hitting ball launching positions one by one, and the hitting position is set. It is launched by the ball rod 35. The pachinko balls that have been launched are guided into the game area 6a of the game board 6 to cause obstacle nails (not shown),
The windmills 15a to 15f fall while changing the direction at random. In the process of falling, the winning holes 8a, 8b, 9, 10a, 10b, the winning ball device 11a,
When a pachinko ball enters 11b, it becomes a prize ball, and a fixed number of prize balls are discharged to the hitting ball supply tray 26.

On the other hand, when a pachinko ball enters the winning openings 9, 10a and 10b, the drums 14a to 14c of the variable display device 13 are displayed.
Begins to rotate. After that, when the player presses the micro switch 36, after a relatively short time has elapsed from the time of pressing, the drums 14a to 14c sequentially stop their rotation with a delay of a randomly designed minute time. When the identification information displayed on each of the drums 14a to 14c at the time of stop is a predetermined combination, the variable winning ball device 12 operates in a unique manner.

[0012]

By the way, the recent pachinko gaming machines need not only the above-mentioned switching means for all the pachinko gaming machines offered on the market but also the pachinko gaming machines which do not require the switching means. Machines are also provided. Therefore, different front frames have to be prepared depending on the presence or absence of switching means, which is extremely uneconomical. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to a ball game machine provided with a switching means for operating in connection with a game, or a ball game without the switching means. (EN) Provided is a ball game machine provided with a hitting ball supply plate which can be easily applied to a machine.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a pachinko ball is attached in a direction substantially perpendicular to a front plate which is openably and closably attached to an opening of a front frame and supplies a pachinko ball. In a ball-playing machine provided with a hitting ball supply plate, the hitting ball supply plate stores a pachinko ball and a supply plate main body in which a storage guide gutter is formed which aligns the balls in a row by sloping down to the downstream side, An auxiliary component that covers the front part of the supply dish main body, and a mounting recess to which the cover is detachably attachable is formed in a part of the auxiliary component, and at least the switching is provided in the mounting recess. It is characterized in that an operation cover body provided with means can be attached.

[0014]

In the hitting ball supply tray, there is provided a supply tray main body for storing the pachinko balls and inclined downward to the downstream side to form a storage guide trough for arranging the balls in a row, and an auxiliary structure for covering a front portion of the supply tray main body. And an operation cover body provided with at least a switching means can be attached to the attachment recess so that the cover body can be detachably attached to a part of the auxiliary structure. Since only the cover body that can be mounted in the mounting recess is replaced with one that has switching means and one that does not have switching means, a ball game machine provided with switching means or a ball without switching means It can be easily applied to a game machine.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a ball hitting tray 26 provided with switching means, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the front frame 2.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an assembled state of the hit ball supply tray 26. The same components as those shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. In the figure, an operation cover body 43 equipped with a touch switch 36a as a switching means is attached to the surface facing upward, which is substantially the center of the hitting ball supply tray 26 from the downstream side.

Referring to FIG. 2 in more detail, the hitting ball supply tray 26 includes a supply tray body 40, an auxiliary component 41, a support 42, a translucent cover 43, and a speaker housing 4.
It consists of 4 and. The supply plate main body 40 has a storage guide gutter 45 for storing pachinko balls on its upper surface and for arranging the balls in a line by inclining downwardly to the downstream side, and is attached and fixed to the front plate 25 at both left and right ends thereof. The members 46a and 46b are formed. The auxiliary structure 41 is attached so as to cover the front along the outer periphery of the supply dish body 40,
The support body 42 and the semitransparent operation cover body 43 are attached to the attachment recess 43a on the right side of the drawing. The semitransparent operation cover body 43 is bulged and curved so that a predetermined space is formed between the semitransparent operation cover body 43 and the mounting recess 43a of the auxiliary structure body 41.
The support 42 is arranged in the space. The auxiliary structure 41 does not necessarily have to be a single synthetic resin body integrally molded, and may be a combination of a plurality of members. The point is that the auxiliary structure 41 is shaped so as to cover the front part of the supply plate body 40. Good.

The semi-transparent operation cover body 43 is mounted so as to face substantially the upper surface thereof, and a mounting hole 47 for mounting the touch switch 36a is formed at substantially the center thereof. The support 42 fixedly supports the touch switch 36a and also fixedly supports display lamps 48a to 48c for displaying various information (for example, a ball break display, a motor stop display, a numerical display, a switch availability display, etc.). The auxiliary component 41 to which the support 42 and the translucent operation cover 43 are attached is the attachment boss 4 provided appropriately.
By fitting 9a to 49c (49c is not shown) into the mounting portions 50a to 50c provided in the supply dish main body 40, it is possible to easily attach the space portion inside. The touch switch 36a and the wirings of the display lamps 48a to 48c are passed through the internal space.
The wiring is focused by the wiring processing member 48d provided on the supply tray body 40 and guided to the open side of the front plate 25. Further, an indicator other than the lamp (for example, an LED or a segment indicator) may be used as an electrical component fixed to the support 42, and in short, at least a switch may be provided. Further, the operation cover body 43 is made semitransparent because the inside cannot be seen through in a normal state, and when the display lamps 48a to 48c are turned on, the turned-on state can be visually recognized so that it is not aesthetically unpleasant. This is because

On the other hand, from the rear surface of the front plate 25, the speaker housing 44 constituting the lower portion on the upstream side of the supply plate main body 40 is fixed from the opening 51 formed in the front plate 25. The speaker housing 44 is fixed to the mounting board 52, and the speaker housing 44 is housed in the internal housing space as shown in FIG.
4a is accommodated, and further, the attachment substrate 52 is attached with a connection substrate 53 for converging and connecting the touch switch 36a and the wirings of the display lamps 48a to 48c. The connection board 53 is provided with a connector 55 corresponding to the speaker 44a, a connector 56 corresponding to the touch switch 36a, and connectors 57a to 57c corresponding to the display lamps 48a to 48c, respectively.
A circuit for adjusting the volume of the speaker 44a is also included.
In this way, the wiring of the electric components provided inside the hitting ball supply tray 26 is guided to the pivotal support side of the front plate 25 through the space formed by the supply tray main body 40 and the auxiliary component 41, and the rear surface of the front plate 25 is guided. This is for the purpose of ensuring the protection of the wiring and smoothly opening and closing the front plate 25 by pulling it out to the side.

The hitting ball supply tray 26 constructed as described above is attached to the front plate 25.
A shaft pin 25a and a shaft hole 25b are formed on one side of
By these, the front plate 25 can be detachably attached to or detached from the metal frame 4. Therefore, the front plate 25 including the hitting ball supply plate 26 can be replaced very easily, and the mounting hole 47 is not provided when applied to a pachinko gaming machine or the like having a gaming device that does not need to be operated by a switch operation. It suffices to mount the front plate 25 provided with the hitting ball supply tray 26 in which the semitransparent cover body 43 is mounted in the mounting recess 43a. In this case, the only difference between the pachinko gaming machine equipped with the switching means and the pachinko gaming machine not equipped is the structure of the translucent cover body, so that only the inexpensive cover body is replaced. It can be applied to both a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a switching means and a pachinko gaming machine not equipped with it, which is extremely economical.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the touch switch is used as the switching means, but a similar effect can be obtained by using a micro switch. Further, although the variable display device 13 is shown and described as the game device associated with the switching means, the invention is not limited to this, and for example, when the switching means and the variable winning ball device are directly associated with each other and the switching means is operated. A variable winning ball device that can be opened, or in association with a switching means and a movable obstacle nail, move the obstacle nail when operating the switching means,
The thing which can be made to appear and disappear, and further, the device for accumulating a predetermined number of pachinko balls that have been driven into the game area 6a and the switching means are associated, and the switching means is operated in consideration of the timing to accumulate. It may be one that drops a pachinko ball. Further, as the game related to the switching means, not only the game device provided on the game board as in the embodiment but also the game device provided on the pachinko island (for example, a calling lamp device or a ball lending device) may be used. .

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention forms a storage guide gutter which stores a pachinko ball in the hitting ball supply tray and inclines downward toward the downstream side to align the balls in a line. A supply dish main body and an auxiliary structure that covers the front part of the supply dish main body, and a mounting recess to which the cover body is detachably mountable is formed in a part of the auxiliary structure. Since the operation cover body provided with at least the switching means can be attached to the attachment concave portion, the switching means is provided only by exchanging only the cover body which can be attached to the attachment concave portion with the one provided with the switching means. The present invention can be easily applied to a ball game machine or a ball game machine without a switching means.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a front frame when a hitting ball supply tray is provided with a switching device.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a hitting ball supply tray provided with switching means.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a conventional pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a conventional pachinko gaming machine with a glass door frame and a front plate opened.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional pachinko gaming machine viewed from the back side.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko game machine (ball game machine) 2 Front frame 3 Opening 6 Game board 13 Variable display device (an example of game device) 25 Front plate 26 Hitting plate supply plate 36a Touch switch (switching means) 40 Supply plate body 41 Auxiliary configuration Body 43 Cover body (operation cover body) 43a Mounting recess 48a to 48c Display lamp (display device)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A ball-hit game machine equipped with a ball-striking plate that is mounted in a direction substantially perpendicular to a front plate that is openably and closably mounted in an opening of a front frame, and that includes a ball-striking plate that supplies pachinko balls. A storage tray main body for storing the pachinko balls and having a storage guide gutter for arranging the balls in a line inclining downward to the downstream side; and an auxiliary structure for covering the front portion of the main tray tray, It is characterized in that a mounting recess for detachably mounting the cover is formed in a part of the auxiliary structure, and an operation cover body provided with at least a switching means can be mounted in the mounting recess. Ball game machine. 2. A display device is installed in the mounting recess, and the operation cover body is constituted by a semi-transparent cover that allows the display to be visually recognized when the display device is driven for display. The ball game machine according to claim 1. 3. A space communicating with the mounting recess and in which the wiring of the switching means or the display device is laid toward the pivotal support side of the front plate is formed between the supply tray body and the auxiliary structure. Claim 1 or claim 2 characterized in that
The listed ball game machine.