JP2008104795A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine incapable of opening an inner frame even when a fraudulent action is performed. <P>SOLUTION: Metallic reinforcing plates 100A and 100B are tightened to the outer frame 12 of a pachinko game machine 10. In this case, even when trying to fraudulently insert a driver or the like to the slight gap of the abutment part between the outer frame 12 and the inner frame 14, the outer frame 12 is covered with the reinforcing plates 100A and 100B and is not easily broken and a recess is not easily formed. The outer frame does not easily bend outward. Thus, the inner frame 14 is prevented from being fraudulently opened. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine attached to a mounting port of an island in a hall.

  Conventionally, reinforcing metal plates have been attached to the upper and lower sides of the outer frame made of synthetic resin for gaming machines to improve the strength of the outer frame and increase the contact area between the island facility mounting port and the outer frame in the hall. There is a machine with a sturdy installation. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

On the other hand, the display area where effects are performed by the liquid crystal device of the gaming machine has been expanded, and the gaming board itself has become larger. However, even if the game board is increased in size, the installation space for the gaming machine (the size of the mounting hole on the island in the hall) cannot be changed, so the thickness of the outer frame must be reduced.
JP-A-8-266732

  However, when the game board is made larger and the outer frame is made thinner, a driver or the like is improperly pushed into the contact portion between the inner frame and the outer frame (especially the position close to the lock portion of the inner frame), and the strength In some cases, a weak outer frame is bent outward and the inner frame is opened.

  In consideration of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which an inner frame is not opened even if an illegal act is performed.

  A gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention includes an outer frame that is attached to an attachment port of an island in a hall, and an inner frame that is attached to the outer frame so as to be openable and closable and has a game board assembled thereto. In the gaming machine, a plate-like reinforcing member is provided on an outer wall surface of the outer frame at a contact portion where the outer frame and the inner frame abut.

  According to the above configuration, when the inner frame is closed and fixed to the outer frame, for example, at the contact portion where the outer frame and the inner frame are in contact, there is an injustice to push the screwdriver and pry the inner frame open. However, the outer frame does not bend outward due to the reinforcing member, and the gap does not increase, so that the driver cannot be pushed deeply and the inner frame is not opened.

  Further, even if a part of the reinforcing member is damaged due to an inadvertent attempt to push the screwdriver to open the inner frame, it is only necessary to replace the reinforcing member.

  Further, since the size of the outer peripheral portion of the outer frame is determined by the size of the island opening in the hole, the plate thickness of the outer frame must be reduced as the size of the outer peripheral portion of the inner frame is increased. However, since the outer frame is reinforced by the plate-shaped reinforcing member, it is difficult to bend.

  The gaming machine according to claim 2 of the present invention is characterized in that the reinforcing member is formed with a bent portion extending toward the front side of the outer wall surface of the outer frame.

  According to the said structure, since a reinforcement member reinforces two surfaces, the outer wall surface of an outer frame, and the front side of an outer wall surface, the rigidity of an outer frame goes up.

  The gaming machine according to claim 3 of the present invention is characterized in that the reinforcing member is a sheet metal divided into a plurality of parts having the same shape.

  According to the above configuration, a plurality of sheet metals having the same shape are attached to the outer frame. For example, even if one of the sheet metals is damaged by an illegal act, only this one sheet metal needs to be replaced. Therefore, the sheet metal can be replaced at a low cost.

  Further, by making the sheet metal into the same shape, only one type of processing is required, and it can be manufactured at low cost.

  Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, the inner frame is not opened even if an illegal act is performed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the gaming machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Configuration of pachinko machine)
FIG. 1 shows a pachinko hall island facility 150 and a pachinko machine 10.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the island facility 150 includes a substantially rectangular attachment port 152 for attaching the pachinko machine 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 10 includes a wooden and rectangular outer frame 12 that constitutes the outline of the pachinko machine 10 and is attached to the attachment port 152 of the island facility 150.

  An inner frame 14 formed of a rigid synthetic resin in a rectangular frame shape is disposed on the front surface of the outer frame 12, and the pachinko machine 10 is disposed on the lower end of the front surface of the outer frame 12, which is the lower side of the inner frame 14. A synthetic resin undergarment 16 that constitutes the lower end portion of the front surface of the front is attached.

  The inner frame 14 is attached to a pair of hinge plates 18 and 20 provided at the upper left corner of the outer frame 12 and the upper left corner of the lower decoration 16 so that the left end is pivotally supported so as to be opened and closed.

  Here, a reinforcing plate 100 made of sheet metal is attached to the outer wall surface of the outer frame 12 at the contact portion where the outer frame 12 and the inner frame 14 abut. The reinforcing plate 100 is composed of reinforcing plates 100A and 100B divided into two parts having the same shape.

  A glass frame 22 constituting the upper front portion of the pachinko machine 10 is disposed on the upper front portion of the inner frame 14. The glass frame 22 has a glass plate 26 attached to a vertically long and oval window 24 and a left end supported by the inner frame 14 so as to be opened and closed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a rectangular opening 15 is formed in the upper part of the front surface of the inner frame 14 that is the back side of the glass frame 22. A game board G is set in the opening 15 of the inner frame 14 so as to be detachable (exchangeable).

  The game board G is made of a transparent resin plate such as acrylic, and a nail and a liquid crystal display unit (not shown) are attached to the front side. Thereby, the liquid crystal display panel LP (see FIG. 4) disposed on the back side of the game board G is visible.

  The game board G is covered with a glass frame 22 that is closed with respect to the inner frame 14, and the game area PA provided on the board surface of the game board G is opened from the front side of the pachinko machine 10 to the window portion 24. It can be visually recognized through the glass plate 26.

  FIG. 4 shows a state in which the game board G is removed from the inner frame 14.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a substantially rectangular liquid crystal display panel LP is attached to the back side of the inner frame 14 (the back side of the game board G). The liquid crystal display panel LP is supported by a pair of upper and lower rail portions (not shown) arranged in a substantially horizontal direction. With the inner frame 14 opened, the rail portion extends from an opening (not shown) on the side wall of the inner frame 14. It can be exchanged by sliding along.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of lamps 28 that are turned on, turned off, and blinking according to the progress of the game to produce effects by illumination are disposed on the left and right side ends of the front surface of the glass frame 22. In addition, in the vicinity of the upper left and upper right corners of the glass frame 22, middle and high tone speakers 30L and 30R for outputting sound effects in stereo according to the progress of the game are incorporated.

  On the other hand, a dish unit 40 that constitutes the lower front portion of the pachinko machine 10 is disposed at the lower front portion of the inner frame 14.

  The dish unit 40 is attached so that the left end of the base 41 constituting the main body of the dish unit 40 is pivotally supported by the inner frame 14 and can be opened and closed.

  An upper plate 42 that protrudes and supplies the pachinko ball to the game board G and supplies it to the launching device 60 is provided on the upper front surface of the base 41. Further, a lower plate 44 for storing pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 protrudes from the lower left of the upper plate 42 in the lower front surface of the base 41.

  The upper plate 42 has a bottom surface inclined downward from the right side to the left side when viewed from the front. An alignment passage 46 that aligns pachinko balls stored in the upper plate 42 in a row and guides them to a ball feeding device 45 attached to the back surface of the base 41 is provided downstream of the bottom surface of the upper plate 42 in the inclination direction. Is provided.

  Lending balls and prize balls that are paid out from a payout device 62 (see FIG. 5) provided on the back surface of the inner frame 14 are discharged to the right end of the inner wall surface of the upper plate 42 formed by the base 41. A ball discharge port 48 is formed.

  A ball discharge port 49 through which pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 are discharged is formed at the right end of the rear wall surface of the lower plate 44.

  A firing handle 54 that is electrically connected to the launching device 60 and adjusts the launching force (flying distance) of the hit ball is attached to the lower right portion of the front surface of the base 41. An ashtray 56 is provided adjacent to the lower plate 44 at the lower left portion of the front surface of the base 41.

  The center of the front surface of the base 41 bulges out in a rectangular box shape, and a loudspeaker (not shown) that outputs sound effects as the game progresses is provided inside. Sound output from the speaker is output from an opening 58 formed in the front surface of the base 41.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a ball passage 70 is provided at a substantially central portion on the back surface of the base 41 to allow pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 to flow down to the lower plate 44.

  The ball passage 70 has a passage inlet 72 formed at the upper end portion, and a passage outlet formed at the lower end portion communicates with the ball discharge port 49. A ball feeding device 45 is attached to the side closer to the rotation support shaft than the ball passage 70.

  On the other hand, on the rear side of the dish unit 40, a launching device 60 is disposed at the lower left of the game board G. When the game board G is hung from the substantially lower center to the lower right, the storage tank 74 can be attached to and detached from the inner frame 14. Is attached.

  The storage tank 74 has a box shape with an open top surface, and the bottom surface of the tank is inclined downward from the left side to the right side in a front view.

  A tank outlet 76 communicating with the ball discharge port 48 of the upper plate 42 is formed on the right front surface which is the downstream side in the inclination direction of the bottom surface of the storage tank 74. Further, an overflow portion 78 is formed at the front left end portion of the storage tank 74 where the pachinko balls overflow when the stored amount of the pachinko balls in the storage tank 74 becomes full.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, a locking device 64 for locking the inner frame 14 and the glass frame 22 is attached to the side end of the inner frame 14 on the open side (the left side in the rear view). .

  A locking device 68 for locking the dish unit 40 is attached to the lower side of the locking device 64. Thereby, the plate unit 40 is locked by the locking device 68 in a state where it is closed by the inner frame 14, and is locked by the locking device 64 while the glass frame 22 is closed by the inner frame 14.

  The locking device 64 is provided with a cylinder lock 66, and the cylinder lock 66 is exposed on the upper right of the front surface of the dish unit 40.

  Here, when a key (not shown) is inserted into the key hole of the cylinder lock 66 and the unlocking operation is performed, the inner frame 14 locked to the outer frame 12 is unlocked and can be opened. Further, the glass frame 22 locked to the inner frame 14 is unlocked and can be opened.

  Furthermore, when the unlocking lever 69 of the locking device 68 exposed by opening the glass frame 22 is operated, the dish unit 40 locked to the inner frame 14 is unlocked and can be opened.

  When the dish unit 40 is locked by the locking device 68, the ball feeding device 45 is disposed on the front side of the launching device 60. A passage inlet 72 of the ball passage 70 is disposed on the lower front side of the overflow portion 78, and the storage tank 74 and the upper plate 42 communicate with each other via the tank outlet 76 and the ball discharge port 48.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an upper tank 80 and a lower tank 82 for storing pachinko balls supplied from the island facility are provided on the upper part of the back surface of the inner frame 14.

  An upper sphere passage through which the pachinko balls stored in the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82 flow down to the storage tank 74 (see FIG. 3) side at the side end portion of the inner frame 14 on the rotation support shaft side (the right side of the rear surface). A unit 84 and a lower sphere passage unit 86 are extended.

  A payout device 62 for paying out a predetermined number of pachinko balls is attached between the upper ball passage unit 84 and the lower ball passage unit 86. A launching device 60 is attached below the lower sphere passage unit 86.

  On the left side of the launching device 60, a payout control board 88 that controls the payout device 62 to execute and stop the payout of the pachinko balls is provided.

  The payout control board 88 is provided so as to be able to execute payout stop control and payout execution control.

  In the case of payout stop control, the payout control board 88 stops the payout device 62 to stop paying out the pachinko balls.

  On the other hand, in the case of the payout execution control, the payout control board 88 drives the payout device 62 to flow down the upper ball passage unit 84 from the upper tank 80 and the lower tank 82, and rents the pachinko balls guided to the payout device 62. Or, it is paid out to the lower ball passage unit 86 as a prize ball.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 5, the pachinko ball guided to the storage tank 74 through the lower sphere passage unit 86 passes through the storage tank 74 from the upstream side (left side) to the downstream side ( Rolls to the right) and is discharged from the ball discharge port 48 and stored in the upper plate 42.

  Further, the pachinko balls are aligned in a row by the alignment passage 46 while flowing down in the upper plate 42 to the downstream side (left side). Is sent to.

  The pachinko balls sent to the launching device 60 are launched by the launching device 60 into the game area PA of the game board G (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3). The pachinko ball is won or missed in the process of falling by its own weight in the game area PA, and a game using the pachinko ball is performed on the game board G.

  As the game progresses, a large number of pachinko balls are paid out as prize balls, and when the upper plate 42 becomes full, pachinko balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 42 are stored in the storage tank 74.

  Furthermore, when the storage tank 74 is full, the pachinko balls overflow from the overflow portion 78. Pachinko balls overflowing from the storage tank 74 fall to the passage inlet 72 and flow down the ball passage 70, are discharged from the ball discharge port 49, and are stored in the lower plate 44.

  Further, when the game is finished, if the upper plate ball removal lever 50 provided on the left side of the front surface of the upper plate 42 is operated, the most downstream portion of the alignment passage 46 is opened, and the pachinko stored in the upper plate 42 is opened. The sphere is discharged to the ball passage 70 and flows down to the lower tray 44.

  Furthermore, when the lower pan 44 is filled with pachinko balls or when the game is over, the lower pan ball removing lever 52 provided on the lower front side of the lower pan 44 is operated to remove the bottom plate 44 from the bottom. The part is opened, and the pachinko balls stored in the lower plate 44 are discharged into a ball box (not shown) arranged below the lower plate 44.

  On the other hand, a pair of shutter plates 90, 92 that are slidable in the vertical direction are located below the tank outlet 76 on the front surface of the inner frame 14 and below the ball outlet 48 on the back surface of the base 41 of the dish unit 40. Is attached.

  When the plate unit 40 is closed, the shutter plates 90 and 92 respectively move downward to open and communicate the tank outlet 76 and the ball outlet 48. When the dish unit 40 is opened, each moves upward, the shutter plate 90 on the inner frame 14 side closes the lower edge side of the tank outlet 76, and the shutter plate 92 on the dish unit 40 side is below the ball discharge port 48. Block the edge.

  The shutter plates 90 and 92 prevent the pachinko balls from flowing out from the storage tank 74 and the upper plate 42 when the dish unit 40 is opened.

(Structure of reinforcing plate)
Next, the configuration of the reinforcing plate 100 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the reinforcing plate 100 is a sheet metal, and after being pressed and punched, it is divided at the center to form reinforcing plates 100A and 100B having the same shape.

  One end of each of the reinforcing plates 100A and 100B is bent into a substantially L shape, and a bent portion 130 is formed. Further, the auxiliary plates 100A and 100B have an arc-shaped cutout portion 114 formed in the upper portion, and a hole portion 116 through which the wood screw 128 can be inserted and escape holes 118 and 122 are formed.

  On the other hand, the left side wall 102 of the outer frame 12 is provided with the hinge plates 18 and 20 described above at the top and bottom.

  A reinforcing bracket 17 that reinforces the corner is fixed to the right side wall 104 of the outer frame 12 with bolts 108, 110, and 112. Further, the right side wall 104 is formed with an insertion hole 111 through which the wood screw 128 is inserted.

  Further, the front surface side of the outer wall surface 106 of the right side wall 104 is a contact surface 107 with which the side end portion 200 of the inner frame 14 contacts when the inner frame 14 (see FIG. 2) is closed. On the outer wall surface 106 following the contact surface 107, a step surface 106 </ b> A that is cut by the thickness of the reinforcing plate 100 is formed.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the reinforcing plate 100 </ b> A is fastened to the contact surface 107 and the stepped surface 106 </ b> A by the wood screw 128. At this time, since the surface of the right side wall 104 of the outer frame 12 is flattened and there is no level difference, there is no influence on the work when the outer frame 12 is attached to the attachment port 152 (see FIG. 1) of the island equipment 150 of the hall.

  Similarly, the reinforcing plate 100B is attached to the contact surface 107 and the step surface 106A.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 8a shows a contact state between the outer frame 12 and the inner frame 14 when the reinforcing plate 100 is not provided as a comparative example with the present invention.

  Here, if the driver D or the like is illegally inserted into the contact part between the outer frame 12 and the inner frame 14, the inner frame 14 is hard synthetic resin and is not easily damaged, but the outer frame 12 is made of wood. A part is cut away to form a recess 132.

  When the recessed part 132 is formed in the place near the above-mentioned locking device 64 (refer FIG. 5), the recessed part 132 is expanded, the locking device 64 is damaged, and the inner frame 14 will be open | released.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8b, in the configuration of the present invention, even if the driver D or the like is inserted into the contact portion between the outer frame 12 and the inner frame 14, the outer frame 12 is covered with the reinforcing plates 100A and 100B. It is difficult to break and no recess is formed. Further, the outer frame 12 is not easily bent outward. Thereby, unauthorized opening of the inner frame 14 can be prevented.

  Here, if a part of the reinforcing plate 100A or 100B is damaged by an illegal act using the driver D or the like, it is only necessary to remove and replace the damaged plate, and replace all the reinforcing plates 100A and 100B. There is no need.

  Further, since the reinforcing plates 100A and 100B have the same shape, only one type of spare for replacement may be prepared regardless of which one is damaged, and a plurality of types of spare may not be prepared.

  As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the inner frame 14 is closed and fixed to the outer frame 12, for example, the driver D is pushed in at the contact portion where the outer frame 12 and the inner frame 14 come into contact. Even if there is an unauthorized attempt to pry the inner frame 14 open, the outer frame 12 does not flex outward due to the reinforcing plates 100A and 100B, and the gap does not increase, so the driver cannot be pushed deeply and the inner frame 14 is illegal. Will not be released.

  In addition, since the size of the outer peripheral portion of the outer frame 12 is determined by the size of the mounting opening 152 of the island facility 150 in the hall, the thickness of the outer frame 12 becomes thinner as the size of the outer peripheral portion of the inner frame 14 is increased. Must be thick. However, since the outer frame 12 is reinforced by the reinforcing plate 100, it is difficult to bend.

  Further, since the reinforcing plate 100 reinforces the two surfaces of the contact surface 107 and the step surface 106A, the rigidity of the outer frame 12 is increased.

  Further, a plurality of reinforcing plates 100A and 100B having the same shape are attached to the outer frame 12. For example, when the reinforcing plate 100A is damaged by an illegal act, only the reinforcing plate 100A needs to be replaced. Since it is not necessary to replace the entire 100, the reinforcing plate 100 can be replaced at a low cost.

  Further, since the reinforcing plates 100A and 100B have the same shape, only one type of processing is required, and the reinforcing plate 100 can be manufactured at low cost.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment.

  The reinforcing plate 100 may be divided into two or more parts. Further, the attachment position of the reinforcing plate 100 may be an upper part or a lower part of the outer frame 12 or the hinge plates 18 and 20 as long as it is a contact portion between the outer frame 12 and the inner frame 14.

It is a perspective view of the island equipment of a hole concerning an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view showing the state where the glass frame and tray unit of the pachinko machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention were opened. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the game board of the pachinko machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the back surface of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the attachment state of the reinforcement plate which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the elements on larger scale which show the state which attaches the reinforcement plate which concerns on embodiment of this invention to an outer frame. It is sectional drawing which shows the effect of the reinforcement plate which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Pachinko machines (game machines)
12 Outer frame (outer frame)
14 Inner frame (inner frame)
100 Reinforcement plate (reinforcement member, sheet metal)
100A Reinforcement plate (reinforcement member, sheet metal)
100B Reinforcement plate (reinforcement member, sheet metal)
106 Outer wall surface (outer wall surface)
107 Contact surface (contact portion)
130 Bent part (bending part)
G game board (game board)

Claims (3)

An outer frame attached to the island's mounting opening in the hall;
An inner frame attached to the outer frame so as to be openable and closable, and a game board assembled thereto;
In a gaming machine equipped with
A gaming machine, wherein a plate-like reinforcing member is provided on an outer wall surface of the outer frame at an abutting portion where the outer frame and the inner frame abut.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing member is formed with a bent portion extending toward a front side of an outer wall surface of the outer frame.   The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the reinforcing member is a sheet metal having the same shape and divided into a plurality of parts.

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