JPH0798099B2 - Amusement 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 storage part for storing balls used in a game and a ball hit in the ball storage part.
The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a ball supply tray having a guide section for guiding the shooting mechanism in a line .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional pachinko machinesGame machines represented by
Are described, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-160781.
Open the front frame as shown.mouthMetal on the metal frame attached to the rim
One side of a plate-made open / close panel is pivotally attached so that it can be opened and closed.
A sphere feed pan is attached to the front of the panel.Also, the ball
A ball storage part in the dish and a storage ball stored in the ball storage part
To supply one to the launch position of the hitting ball launch mechanism.
Is provided in a single row. That
The lower surface of this guide guide will always flow down the same place.
To prevent it from being worn by the playing metal balls
In addition, a thin metal plate or the like was attached to the lower surface of the guide section.

[0003]

However, the conventional
Opening and closing panels in gaming machines have exposed metal surfaces on both surfaces.
Since it is a structure that has been exhibited, it is poor in decorativeness, and even if it is intended to enhance the decorative effect, it can only be processed by plating the surface to make it shine or attaching an emblem. Special
In addition, the interior design of recent game stores has been diversified and improved.
Not only is it appealing to female customers, etc.
Various designs (shape, pattern or color of character
Or a combination of these) is used as a game board
And despite the changing game environment,
However, the metal surface of the open / close panel with the ball supply tray is especially
Because it gives a lively impression,
Not enough to enhance the decorative effect
It was

When at least the front side of the opening / closing panel is formed of a plastic surface, the front side of the opening / closing panel is
While it is easy to decorate in various ways, it flows down to the side of the guide section.
The spheres that strike against each other collide with each other and stains such as plaque are likely to adhere
Do not put black streaks on the plastic surface when placed
However, since it will spoil the appearance of the game machine,
Good appearance (especially opening / closing panel and ball supply tray)
Must be cleaned frequently in order to maintain
It

Therefore, the present invention is directed to the main surface of the opening / closing panel.
By providing at least the side with a synthetic resin surface,
The appearance of the entire gaming machine, combined with the saucer, matches the current trends
The decorative effect is sufficiently and positively enhanced, and ball contact
By configuring the part with a metal surface, stains such as jade
It reduces the pressure and stabilizes the flow condition of the ball, as well as scum etc.
Cleaning work is easy even when adhered, and matches the current trends
An object is to provide a gaming machine whose appearance can be easily formed.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and a ball storage is provided on the front surface side of the opening / closing panel (5).
A guide part (2) for guiding the retaining part (28) and the balls in a line.
9) A gaming machine provided with a ball supply tray (6) having (for example,
In the pachinko machine 1), the main surface side of the open / close panel
Is at least a synthetic resin surface (for example, the surface portion 2 of the design plate 8).
0), the opening / closing panel surface and the ball supply tray
A predetermined portion of the reservoir and the guidance unit is a sphere of lower flow
Abutting sphere The abutting part is shaped over a specified length in the downflow direction of the sphere.
The ball contact portion is formed on the bottom surface (for example, the rail 38).
And side surfaces (for example, the surface portion 1 of the substrate 7 facing the guide opening 27).
3) and 3) are each composed of a metal surface.

[0007]

[Function] The main surface of the opening / closing panel should be made of synthetic resin.
With, the degree of freedom of color and shape is increased. Therefore,
Sphere supply plate and open / close panel with rich decorativeness according to the current trend
It is possible to make a novel arrangement configuration by appropriately combining. Well
In addition, the balls that flow down the ball supply plate are in line with each other by colliding with the ball colliding part.
Flow down. The ball abutting part is a downflow resistance that obstructs the downflow of the ball.
The ball contacting part is
The ball will flow down smoothly.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 1 as a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention has a frame-shaped front frame 3 hinged to a machine frame 2 so that the frame 3 can be opened and closed. A glass frame 4 and an opening / closing panel 5 are independently mounted on the opening of the front frame 3 so as to be openable / closable, and a ball supply tray 6 is attached to the front surface of the opening / closing panel 5.

The opening / closing panel 5 shown in the embodiment comprises a substrate 7 made of a metal plate and a design plate 8 made of plastic. That is, the design panel 8 allows the opening / closing panel to be opened.
The main surface side of 5 will be composed of synthetic resin surface,
The opening and closing panel 5 that affects the appearance of the entire gaming machine
The main surface can be formed to be highly decorative. The substrate 7 is formed by forming a thin metal plate into a horizontally long rectangle,
A bent portion 9 is formed rearward at the lower end edge and the right end edge, and a shaft support portion 10 is formed at the right end edge so as to be wound backward and the shaft 11 is fixed by the support portion 10. However, the bent portion 9 at the upper edge further has a downwardly U-shaped blocking portion 1
2 is formed to prevent entry of piano wires and the like. In addition, a laterally elongated quadrangular outflow opening 14 is formed on the shaft-attaching base end side of the surface portion 13, that is, on the left side in FIG. 2, and a circular speaker opening 15 is formed below the outflow opening 14. A square switch opening 16 is opened, and the free end side, that is,
On the right side is an inflow opening 17 of a size that allows the balls to pass in a row.
And the fastening holes 18 are formed in the left and right and the center near the upper edge, and in the left and right and the center near the lower edge.

The design plate 8 in the embodiment is a horizontally thin rectangular plastic thin plate having the same size as the surface portion 13 of the substrate 7 or slightly smaller than the surface portion 13 and has edge portions 19 ... The portion where each edge portion 19 and the surface portion 20 intersect, and the portion where the edge portions 19 and 19 intersect each other are formed by curved surfaces. A laterally elongated quadrilateral outlet 21 is provided on the surface portion 20 at a position corresponding to the outflow opening 14 of the substrate 7, and a guide gutter 22 having a substantially quadrangular cross section is provided rearward from the opening edge of the outlet 21 as a design plate. 8 is formed integrally with the switch 8, and a small sound effect outlet 23 is opened below the outlet 21 at a position corresponding to the speaker opening 15, and a switch is provided at a position corresponding to the switch opening 16. Operation member 2
The switch operating member holder 25 projecting forward for holding 4 is integrally formed with the design plate 8, and an inflow port 26 is opened at a position corresponding to the inflow opening 17, and the lower end opening is formed in series with the inflow port 26. A guide opening 27 having a slightly inclined edge is provided.

The guide opening 27 is positioned and inclined so as to extend along the bottom surface of the storage section 28 to the guide guide section 29 of the sphere supply tray 6, which will be described later, and the vertical length is the diameter of the sphere. It is set larger than. In addition, when the surface 20 of the design plate 8 is provided with an appropriate color or pattern in order to enhance the decorative effect, or the emblem 30 is fixed to the surface 20, the design plate 8 is formed on the surface 20. In addition, a relief pattern may be applied.

As described above, the pachinko machine according to this embodiment
On the main surface side of the opening / closing panel 5 of the machine 1, the surface portion of the design plate 8
Since 20 will be located, there is a high degree of freedom in color and flexibility.
Surface shape of the open / close panel 5 composed of a synthetic resin design plate 8
Can be made highly decorative with time. In particular,
A ball supply tray that supplies game balls, which are game media, to the hitting ball firing mechanism.
6 is a part that easily attracts the player's attention when confirming the remaining amount of the stored balls.
Position, the opening / closing pad provided with the ball supply tray 6 is
The surface shape of flannel 5 is based on the appearance of the entire gaming machine. Impression
Since it is strongly involved in the
By adding, the visual effect given to the player is enhanced.
Can be turned on. In this example, the design plate
Although the edge portions 19 are formed on the four side edges of 8,
At least only the main surface side of the open / close panel 5 is composited
It only needs to be a resin surface. In addition, in this embodiment,
The design plate 8 is provided on the front surface of the open / close panel 5, and the design plate 8 is
Although the surface part was made of synthetic resin, the whole opening / closing panel 5
When it is made of synthetic resin, the surface is made of synthetic resin.
Needless to say.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, on the back surface of the design plate 8, a fastening tool 32 having a plurality of bent legs 31 ... Is provided at a position corresponding to the fastening hole 18 of the substrate 7. Therefore,
In order to attach the design plate 8 to the front surface portion 13 of the substrate 7, each fastening member 32 of the design plate 8 is inserted into the fastening hole 18 of the substrate 7 from the front side, and the bending legs 31 ... be able to. The switch operating member 24 is fitted in the switch operating member holder 25 so that the operator of the switch main body 33 attached to the substrate 7 after the fixing is operated by the forward and backward movement of the switch operating member 24.

As shown in FIG. 5, the ball supply tray 6 has a storage portion 28 having a rear side surface that is open and a relatively large front and rear width, and a storage portion 28 that gradually narrows the flow passage width to the right of the storage portion 28. Guide guide 2 that guides the balls flowing down from the line while aligning them in a line
The plate main body 34 including the plate main body 9 and the first plate decorative member 35, the second plate decorative member 36, and the third plate decorative member 37 attached to the front and bottom of the plate main body 34. A rail 38 made of a thin metal plate having a U-shaped cross section is fitted to the edge so as to cover a part of the bottom of the guide portion 29 and the bottom of the storage portion 28 so as to be flush with the bottom surface of the other portion. .
The rail 38 is fixed so that the rear end edge thereof projects rearward from the rear end edges of the storage portion 28 and the guide portion 29 by substantially the thickness of the design plate 8. Further, the drive operation mechanism 40 of the shutter 39 for extracting the ball in the storage portion 28 is incorporated in the above-mentioned first dish decoration member 35.

In order to attach the ball supply tray 6 having the above-mentioned structure to the opening / closing panel 5, the rear edge of the rail 38 is put in the guide opening 27 of the design plate 8 and brought into contact with the surface portion 13 of the substrate 7. The rear end of the ball supply plate 6 is attached to the surface portion 2 of the design plate 8.
0, and in this state, the tip of the screw inserted from the back side of the base plate 7 is screwed into the screw hole of the ball supply plate 6, so that the base plate 7, the design plate 8 and the ball supply plate 6 are assembled into a three-position unit. When the ball supply tray 6 is attached to the front surface of the opening / closing panel 5 in this manner, the inclined lower end of the guide guide portion 29 is located at the inlet 26 of the design plate 8 and the outlet 2 of the design plate 8 is provided.
The storage unit 28 is located in front of 1.

As described above, the pachinko machine according to this embodiment
In the storage part 28 and the guide part 29 of the ball supply tray 6 of the machine 1.
Is a rail 38 made of a metal plate whose upper surface extends over a predetermined length.
Since it will be located at the
When the upper surface of the rail 38 functions as the bottom surface of the contact portion,
The guide opening provided over the length corresponding to the rail 38.
The substrate 7 made of a metal plate faces the front side of the mouth 27.
The function as a side surface of the ball abutting part where the flowing ball abuts
The front surface of the substrate 7 that faces the guide opening 27 bears the above.
It

Therefore, from the inside of the ball supply tray 6, the hitting ball firing mechanism
The spheres that flow down in a row to the firing position are the opening and closing panel surface,
It is configured in a predetermined part with the storage part and the guide part of the ball supply tray.
It will be in contact with the ball contact part consisting of a metal surface,
Synthetic resin ball supply tray 6 for parts with high ball collision frequency
The bottom surface and the synthetic resin surface of the open / close panel 5 have dirt such as bulbs
It is possible to prevent wearing and reduce the complexity of cleaning work etc.
In both cases, the aesthetic appearance of the ball supply tray and the opening / closing panel was
Effectively prevent damage.

As shown in FIG. 3, a speaker 41, a switch 33 and the like are attached to the back surface of the open / close panel 5, and a plastic case 42 is attached. As shown in FIG. 6, inside the case 42, a sphere introduction flow path 44, which communicates with an inflow opening 17 of the substrate 7, an upper end inlet of which communicates with a sphere supply port 43 of which a lower end faces the firing rail and opens. A shutter 39 is provided in the middle of the sphere introduction flow path 44, a sphere supply member 45 is pivotally mounted in front of the sphere supply port 44, and a permanent magnet provided in the sphere supply member 45 is formed. An electromagnet 47 is attached so as to face 46, and the drive operation mechanism 40 of the sphere supply tray 6 is connected to the shutter 39.

When the shaft 11 of the opening / closing panel 5 is inserted into the bearing on the side of the front frame 3 and the opening / closing panel 5 is closed, the guide gutter 22 protruding to the rear of the opening / closing panel 5 through the outflow opening 14 of the substrate 7 is slid. The ball supply port 43 is connected to a prize ball discharge gutter (not shown) on the main body side of the machine 1, and the ball supply port 43 is located above the launch rail.

Therefore, when the player inserts the balls into the ball supply tray 6 in this state, the balls flow down while being aligned in a line by the guide guide 29, and the balls flowing down the guide guide 29 are the design plates. 8 through the inflow port 26 of the substrate 7 and the inflow opening 17 of the substrate 7 to flow down the sphere introduction flow path 44 in the case 42, and the frontmost sphere hits the sphere supply member 45 and stops.

When the player operates the firing operation handle 48, the launching device of the hitting ball firing mechanism is actuated to reciprocally rotate the firing rod, and the electromagnet 4 is synchronized with the rotation of the firing rod.
7 repeats excitation and demagnetization. When the electromagnet 47 is repeatedly excited and demagnetized, the sphere supply member 45 swings about the shaft 49, so that the spheres in the sphere introduction flow path 44 sequentially from the earliest sphere to the launch rail from the destination ball supply port. Is supplied to the firing position. Then, the ball supplied to the launch position is launched into the game section on the surface of the game board by the rotation of the launch rod. When the balls that have been shot into the game section win the prize, the prize ball discharging device operates and a predetermined number of prize balls flow down in the prize ball discharge gutter, and these prize balls are discharged from the guide gutter 22 into the storage part 28. . Further, when an external operation such as the operation of the switch operation member 24 provided on the open / close panel 5 is performed by the player, predetermined technical intervention is possible, for example, the variable display of the variable display device can be stopped.

In addition, when the game is completed and the balls in the ball supply tray 6 are exchanged for prizes or moved to another pachinko machine 1, the ball removing operation section of the ball supply tray 6 is operated. As a result, when the shutter 39 is moved, the ball supply tray 6 and the balls in the guide portion 29 are discharged to the lower tray 50 through the ball outlet flow passage.

In addition to the speaker 41 and the external operation switch 33, members related to the game can be attached to the opening / closing panel 5. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a card insertion opening 51 is formed in the surface portion 20 of the design plate 8 and a card insertion guide portion 52 having an inclined surface is integrally formed around the card insertion opening 51 to form a board 7. Alternatively, an opening 53 may be provided at a position corresponding to the card insertion opening 51, and a card reader / writer 54 may be attached to the back surface of the substrate 7.

[0024]

As described above, in the gaming machine according to the present invention , the main surface side of the opening / closing panel is made of at least a synthetic resin surface.
Since it is configured, there is a high degree of freedom in color and shape.
The appearance of the open / close panel can be obtained, and the sphere supply tray can be used at the same time.
Various decorations on the surface of the open / close panel
Can be done. Therefore, compared with the conventional pachinko machine, the opening and closing panel that is relatively easy to collect the player's eyes
To increase the degree of freedom in design and improve the appearance
Therefore, the decorative effect on the appearance of the entire gaming machine is sufficient, and
The game machine can be positively enhanced.

In addition, a guide unit for guiding the balls in a line.
And a predetermined part of the storage part connected to the guide part
Since the ball abutting part is formed, the ball supply plate is allowed to flow down.
Spheres collide with the sphere collision part made of metal and flow in a line.
It will be lowered, and it should be placed in the part where the collision frequency of the game ball is high.
Dirt such as bulbs adheres to the bottom surface of the ball supply tray and the synthetic resin surface.
It is possible to stabilize the flow of the ball by preventing this.
In addition, it can reduce the complexity of cleaning work, etc.
Impairs the aesthetic appearance of the ball supply tray and open / close panel
It also has the effect of effectively preventing this.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine with a front frame opened.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a substrate of the open / close panel and a design plate are separated.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view seen from the back side of the opening / closing panel.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a substrate and a design plate are joined together.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a ball supply tray.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a case.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment in which a card reader / writer is attached to an opening / closing panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine as a gaming machine 5 Open / close panel 6 Ball supply plate 7 Substrate 8 Design plate 20 Surface part of design plate 27 Guide opening 28 Reservoir 29 Guide guide 38 Rail

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sphere storing portion and a sphere on the front surface side of the opening / closing panel.
A ball feed tray having a guide portion for guiding the
In the gaming machine, the main surface of the opening / closing panel is at least a synthetic resin surface.
Configured, and the synthetic resin surface, reservoir and guidance of the ball supply tray
The ball contact part that the falling ball hits against the predetermined part
The sphere is formed over a predetermined length in the flow-down direction, and the sphere is formed.
The bottom and side of the abutting part are made of metal surfaces.
A gaming machine characterized by.