JPH0796057B2 - Pachinko machine winning device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a winning device for a pachinko machine, which is arranged on a front portion of a game board of the pachinko machine.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, the winning device of the pachinko machine is first of all the component parts,
The parts on the back side were sequentially screwed to the main frame of the winning device from the front side and the back side to be integrated, and then screwed to the game board of the pachinko machine. In addition, during maintenance, the front frame of the pachinko machine is usually opened, parts are replaced from the back side of the game board, or the entire winning device is removed and then the winning device is disassembled and replaced.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

Therefore, during assembly and maintenance,
Tools such as a screwdriver were required, and assembly time was considerably required. Further, the main body frame and the like are made of plastic resin, and if the screw is removed many times, the screw thread may be damaged. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is, at the time of assembling and maintenance of a winning device of a pachinko machine, easy, quick, and This is to improve the reliability of the assembly when the parts are repeatedly attached and detached during maintenance.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The configuration of the invention for solving the above-mentioned problems has a main body frame, a winning opening forming member attached to the front surface of the main body frame, and a back cover attached to the back surface of the main body frame, and the front of the gaming board of the pachinko machine. In the prize winning device fitted from the side,
The multiple winning port forming parts are integrally molded, and the winning port forming member that doubles as the front decoration of the winning device is provided with integrally formed positioning guide holes or pins and is integrally molded with elasticity. At least one claw part is provided, at least one elastic claw part integrally formed on the back cover of the winning device is provided, and the main body frame of the winning device is provided with a guide hole or pin for positioning the winning opening forming member. Positioning pins or guide holes are integrally provided at the corresponding portions, and the portions corresponding to the elastic claw portions formed on the winning opening forming member and the elastic claw portions formed on the back cover are integrally formed. It is characterized in that a concave portion is provided.

[Action]

In assembling the winning device of the pachinko machine, individual components such as the winning opening forming member and the back cover are sequentially inserted and placed in the body frame. Assembling the back cover and the body frame is done by arranging parts such as the printed circuit board inside and then placing the elastic claws integrally formed on the back cover at the position of the body frame corresponding to the position of the elastic claws. It is carried out by fitting and engaging with a concave portion integrally formed with the. Further, the assembling of the winning opening forming member and the main body frame is performed after the components such as the winning ball detector and the front decoration member are attached to the main body frame, and then the positioning guide hole or the positioning guide hole formed integrally with the winning opening forming member. Fit the pin to the corresponding positioning pin or guide hole on the main frame,
This is performed by fitting and engaging an elastic claw portion integrally formed with the winning opening forming member into a recessed portion of the main body frame which is a counterpart. After that, the winning device of the pachinko machine is fitted to the game board from the front side. Further, when a failure occurs, the elastic claw portion formed on the winning opening forming member is lightly deformed to release the engagement between the elastic claw portion of the winning opening forming member and the concave portion formed on the main body frame, and the winning opening forming member is formed on the main body. The winning opening forming member can be removed from the main body frame by pulling it toward the front side with respect to the frame. Then, from the front side of the main frame of the winning device that has been opened, the components such as the illumination lamp and the winning ball detector can be attached and detached.

【Example】

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on specific examples. First, regarding the pachinko machine having the winning device of the embodiment,
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a front view of a pachinko machine. In the figure, a game board 2 is attached to the pachinko machine 1, and a variable winning device 7 is provided in the center of the game board 2. Then, below the center of the game board 2, there is provided a winning device 3 which is an embodiment of the present invention. At the lower part of the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1, there is provided an upper plate 4 which receives the pachinko balls such as prizes and supplies the pachinko balls to the launch position.
Below the upper plate 4, a lower plate 5 for receiving the pachinko balls that could not be received by the upper plate 4 is provided, and an operation knob 6 for ejecting the pachinko balls and adjusting the hitting force is provided. . Next, with reference to FIG. 1, a structure of a winning device 3 of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the winning device 3 viewed from the front side. Around the periphery of the main body frame 10, there are provided several screw holes 17 for fitting the main body frame 10 to the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1 with screws. On the front side of the main body frame 10, a prize hole forming member. A positioning guide pin 14a for positioning the 40 and a positioning wall 14b are provided vertically on the front surface. Also, the opening 18 of the body frame 10
On the side wall, an engaging concave portion 16 that engages with the elastic claw portion 42 of the winning opening forming member 40 to prevent coming off and an abutting portion 11 that positions in the front-rear direction are provided. Similarly, the opening 18 is provided with a positioning hole 13 for slidingly storing the winning ball detector 30, and an elastic claw portion 12 for positioning and retaining the winning ball detector 30. Furthermore, there are three winning ball passage openings 15 through which the pachinko balls that have won a prize pass from the front side of the main body frame 10. A printed circuit board positioning pin and a screw hole (not shown) are provided on the rear surface side of the main body frame 10, and a screw hole for attaching a rear cover is further provided. The winning opening forming member 40 has three winning openings 43a, 43 for taking in a winning pachinko ball with elastic thin band portions 41a, 41b.
b and 43c are integrally provided. Those winning holes 43a, 4
Two sided elastic claws 42 are integrally formed on the side walls forming 3b and 43c, and positioning guide holes 44 are provided corresponding to the positioning guide pins 14a of the main body frame 10. A wiring pattern is formed on the printed circuit board 50, and positioning holes 51 for positioning and mounting the main body frame 10 are formed.
a and screw holes 51b are provided. Further, on the front side of the printed circuit board 50, a connector pin 53 electrically connected to the wiring pattern and an illumination lamp 5 inserted into the connector pin 53 are provided.
2, and a connector 54 that is electrically connected to the connector 34 of the winning ball detector 30 is provided. Further, on the back side of the printed circuit board 50, a connector 56 that is electrically connected to a lead wire connector 70 described later is provided. The rear cover 60 is provided with screw holes 61 for positioning and attaching to the main body frame 10 and three winning ball passage troughs 64 through which the pachinko balls won from the front side of the rear cover 60 pass. Further, a notch 66 for connecting to the connector 56 of the printed circuit board 50 is provided from the back side of the back cover 60, and a wall portion 62 is provided above the notch 66 of the back cover 60 on the back side. Next, the winning apparatus 3 of the present embodiment will be described according to the assembling procedure. The positioning hole 51a of the printed circuit board 50 is inserted into a positioning pin (not shown) provided on the back side of the main body frame 10, and the printed circuit board 50 is screwed from the rear side of the printed circuit board 50 into the main body frame 10 with a screw hole 51b. Attach to. At the time of this assembly, the illumination lamp 52, the connectors 54, 56, etc. are attached to the printed circuit board 50 in advance.
Then, on the back side of the printed circuit board 50, a back cover 60 that guides the winning balls to a winning ball processing mechanism (not shown) is attached to the main body frame 10 with screws or the like. Next, by inserting the prize ball detector 30 into the positioning hole 13 of the main body frame 10 from the front side, respectively, the prize ball detectors
The front and rear positions of the body 30 are determined by elastic claw portions 12 provided integrally with the main body frame 10 and are prevented from coming off. And the connector 34 electrically connected by the lead wire 32 from the winning ball detector 30
Are respectively connected to the mating connectors 54 of the printed circuit board 50 described above. Next, the front decoration member 20 is configured to be inserted into a predetermined position from the front side with respect to the main body frame 10, and the winning opening forming member 40 is positioned integrally with the winning opening forming member 40. The positioning guide pin 14a and the positioning wall 14b that are integrally provided in the main body frame 10 are used to position the guide hole 44 for positioning. Then, the winning opening forming member 40 abuts the abutting portion 11 or the like of the main body frame 10 at the insertion end position, and the elastic claw portion 42 integrally formed with the winning opening forming member 40 becomes the main body frame 10. The engaging recesses 16 are integrally provided corresponding to the respective positions, and the assembling of the winning device 3 of the pachinko machine is completed. Next, referring to FIG. 2 which is a front view of the device of this embodiment,
The relationship among the main body frame 10, the winning opening forming member 40, and the front decoration member 20 will be described. On the front side of the main body frame 10, the winning opening forming member 40 has winning openings 43a, 43
The elastic claws 42 at two positions b and 43c are fitted into and engaged with the engaging recesses 16 provided in the body frame 10. Further, the front decoration member 20 is inserted into the main body frame 10 prior to the attachment of the winning opening forming member 40.
It is pressed by and is positioned and retained. FIG. 3 is a rear view of the device of the present embodiment, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the device of the present embodiment seen from the rear side, FIG. 5 is a side view of the device of the present embodiment, and FIG. And the elastic claw portion 42 integrally formed with the winning opening forming member 40 in the explanation of FIG.
However, the state is shown in which they are engaged with the corresponding integrally provided engaging recesses 16 of the body frame 10. The printed circuit board 50 is attached to the body frame 10 and the back cover 60 so as to have gaps 55a and 55b, respectively. In addition, a wall portion 62 that covers the upper portion of the connector 70 is formed on the rear surface side of the rear cover 60 in a shape that is pulled in with respect to the rearmost surface of the winning ball passage gutter 64. Next, the path of the winning balls and the operation associated therewith will be described. FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. 2, which covers the front side of the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1 and the winning device 3 fitted by screws from the front side and the front surface thereof. The pachinko balls that have fallen in the space surrounded by the glass plate 80 and the winning plate 43b of the winning hole forming member 40 are shown by the dashed line.
When winning the prize, it passes through the passage opening 15 of the main body frame 10, is guided to the back side of the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1, passes through the prize winning ball passing trough 64 of the back cover 60, and detects prize winning balls arranged in the middle thereof. Container 30
After passing through the winning ball passage opening 36, the gaming board 2 is separated from the back side of the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1 and the rear surface of the winning ball passage gutter 64 of the back cover 60 of the winning device 3 at a height that is substantially in close contact with each other. Is dropped in a space surrounded by a ball gathering cover 82 attached to the back side of the ball and is guided to a winning ball processing mechanism (not shown) for processing.
Also, when the winning ball passes through the winning ball passage opening 36 of the winning ball detector 30, the detection signal is from the lead wire 32, the connectors 34, 54, the printed circuit board 50, and the connectors 56, 70 above the rear surface of the game board 2. 9 is attached to a collective terminal board 90 as shown in FIG. 9 and is further guided to a control circuit board made up of a microcomputer or the like (not shown) to drive the variable winning device 7 etc. as shown in FIG. It becomes a trigger signal. Here, by providing the gaps 2a, 2b and the like between the winning device 3 and the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1, the illumination lamp 52
It is possible to efficiently dissipate heat generated due to lighting, to prolong the life of the illumination lamp 52, and further, the plastic resin parts forming the winning device 3 are not deformed by heat. Next, regarding the work at the time of normal maintenance in the device of the present embodiment, FIG. 7, which is an explanatory view in which the winning opening forming member 40 and the front decoration member 20 are removed from the winning device 3 of FIG. 2, and the winning device 3 Will be described with reference to FIG. 9 which is a rear view showing a state in which is attached to the game board 2. First, the glass door frame (not shown) of the game board 2 of the pachinko machine 1 is opened from the front side, the glass plate 80 covering the entire front surface of the game board 2 is removed, and the winning device 3 is exposed to the front side. Then, the elastic claw portion 42 of the winning opening forming member 40 of the winning device 3 is pressed with a finger to remove the engagement between the elastic claw portion 42 and the recess 16 of the main body frame 10 and remove the front decorative member 20 from the main body frame 10. 7 is removed, the opening 18 of the main body frame 10 appears, and the lighting lamp 52, the prize ball detector 30, etc., which are consumable parts that may need to be replaced or inspected, can be easily viewed from the front side. It can be removed. In the description of the apparatus of this embodiment, the printed circuit board 50 and the back cover 60 are attached with screws or the like, but in this work, there is no need to remove the screws or the like, so tools such as a screwdriver are not required. Also, in order to prevent the use of tools such as a screwdriver at the time of initial assembly, the back cover 60 is formed with an elastic claw portion similar to that of the winning opening forming member 40, and the corresponding main body is formed. It is obvious that the printed board 50 can be pressed and positioned for assembly when the frame 10 is formed with an integral engagement recess. Further, in FIG. 9, since the back cover 60 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 is provided with the wall portion 62, the dropped pachinko balls collide with the connectors 56, 70 and are destroyed. Accidents are prevented. That is, the connector of the printed circuit board 50
The lead wire connector 70 to be connected to the connector terminal 56 for connection to the control terminal board 90, which is connected to the connector 56 and is a counterpart of the connector 56, such as a microcomputer of a pachinko machine (not shown), is pulled out and removed during maintenance. If it is necessary to do so, the pachinko ball may accidentally drop from the prize ball tank (not shown) at the top of the pachinko machine or the prize ball passage, etc.
It is possible to prevent accidents where the 58 etc. are bent. or,
It also serves as a guide for preventing the operator from forcibly prying and breaking the lead wire connector 70. In addition, the wall portion 62 of the back cover 60 has a step above the back surface of the winning ball passage trough 64 of the back cover 60 by at least the wire diameter of the lead wire so that the lead wires are gathered above the back surface of the game board 2. When connecting and arranging to the terminal board 90,
The ball shifting cover 82 and the wall portion 62 of the rear cover 60 shown in FIG.
The lead wire is not caught by and. In addition, the winning opening forming member 40 includes the winning openings 43a, 43b, 43c and the main body frame 10.
As long as the elastic claw portion 42 that engages with the engaging recess 16 and the size and positional relationship of the positioning guide hole 44 and the like are the same, the design can be freely changed, and only the winning opening forming member 40 of various variations is provided. By creating the above, it can be easily exchanged, and thus various kinds of prize winning devices can be provided without changing the configuration.

【The invention's effect】

According to the present invention, an elastic claw portion is formed on a back cover, a concave portion that engages with the elastic claw portion is provided on a main body frame, and the rear cover is attached to the main body frame by an engaging action of the elastic claw portion and the concave portion.
The winning opening forming member is provided with an integrally formed positioning guide hole or pin and at least one integrally formed elastic claw portion, and the main body frame of the winning device is provided with the winning opening forming member. The positioning pin or the guide hole is integrally provided at the portion corresponding to the positioning guide hole or the pin, and the recess is integrally provided at the portion corresponding to the elastic claw portion. Therefore, the back cover, the main body frame, and the winning opening forming member can be assembled without using a tool such as a driver, so that the assembly can be facilitated and the time required for the assembly can be shortened.
Further, since it can be easily detached from and attached to the winning opening forming member, the subsequent maintenance becomes extremely easy. Especially, by opening the glass door frame of the game board of the pachinko machine, it becomes possible to replace consumable parts without using tools such as a screwdriver from the front side. Furthermore, since screws are not used during normal maintenance, It is possible to provide an extremely useful winning device for a pachinko machine, which has improved reliability in repeated attachment and detachment of parts.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a winning device according to an embodiment of the present invention as seen from the front side. FIG. 2 is a front view of the winning device according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a rear view of the winning device according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the winning device according to the embodiment as viewed from the back side. FIG. 5 is a side view of the winning device according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory view in which the winning opening forming member 40 and the front decoration member 20 are removed from the front view of the winning device of FIG. FIG. 8 is a front view showing the outline of a pachinko machine. FIG. 9 is a rear view showing a state in which the winning device of this embodiment is attached to the game board. 1 …… Pachinko machine, 3 …… Winning device 10 …… Main body frame, 12,42 …… Elastic claw part 30 …… Winning ball detector, 40 …… Winning hole forming member 60 …… Printed circuit board, 60 …… Rear surface cover

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A winning combination which has a main body frame, a winning opening forming member attached to the front surface of the main body frame, and a rear cover attached to the back surface of the main body frame, and which is fitted to a game board of a pachinko machine from the front side. In the device, a plurality of winning port forming portions are integrally molded, and the winning port forming member, which also serves as the front decoration of the winning device, is provided with integrally formed positioning guide holes or pins and is integrally formed. At least one elastic claw part is formed on the back cover of the prize winning device, and at least one elastic claw part is integrally formed on the back cover of the prize winning device. A positioning pin or guide hole is integrally provided at a portion corresponding to the positioning guide hole or pin of the forming member, and
A prize is provided for a pachinko machine, wherein recesses are integrally provided at a portion corresponding to the elastic claw portion formed on the winning opening forming member and a portion corresponding to the elastic claw portion formed on the back cover. apparatus.