JPH05228247A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a pinball game machine capable of applying a color change to a storage dish provided on the front face of the pinball game machine. CONSTITUTION:An excess ball receiving dish 100 is assembled with a dish body 103 formed with a storage section storing prize balls, a frame body 102 serving as a main component frame body storing and supporting the dish body 103, a fitting substrate 101, and a bottom cover body 104 and a side cover body fitted to the frame body 102 serving as the main component frame body and the fitting substrate 101 molded separately. The dish body 103, the frame body 102 serving as the main component frame body, the fitting substrate 101, the bottom cover body 104, and the side cover body are molded with synthetic resin having different colors, respectively, and a color change can be applied to the excess ball receiving dish 100.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball-and-ball game machine having a storage tray for storing dispensed prize balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a storage bowl for storing paid-out prize balls, specifically, a paid-out prize ball is stored in front of a ball game machine for playing games using pachinko balls. In addition, a hit ball supply tray for supplying hit balls to the launch position and an excess ball receiving tray for storing the excess prize balls overflowing when the hit ball supply tray is filled with the prize balls are provided. For example, as shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-16661, these hitting ball supply trays and surplus ball receiving trays are composed of a main constituent part having a storage part and an auxiliary constituent part covering the bottom surface from the lower front of the main constituent part. It had been.

[0003]

By the way, since the hitting ball supply tray and the surplus ball receiving tray are provided on the front surface of the ball game machine, they are important constituent members that characterize the impression of the ball game machine. Therefore, in recent years, there has been a tendency to attract the player's attention by molding with a synthetic resin having a bright color. But even with such vivid colors,
In the above-mentioned conventional hitting ball supply tray and surplus ball receiving tray,
Since the main components of the storage dish including the storage section are integrally formed, the upper surface of the storage dish has the same color as a whole, and it is not possible to change the color of these. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ball game machine capable of imparting a color change to a storage dish provided on the front surface.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, in a ball game machine provided with a storage dish for storing dispensed prize balls, the storage dish is a prize ball. An assembling configuration in which a dish body having a storage portion for storing the dish body, a main constituent frame body for accommodating and supporting the dish body, and a cover body attached to the main constituent frame body are separately molded. It is characterized by having done.

[0005]

The storage tray includes a dish body in which a storage portion for storing prize balls is formed, a main constituent frame body for accommodating and supporting the dish body, and a cover body mounted on the main constituent frame body. Since the plate body, the main component frame body, and the cover body are separately molded and assembled, the storage dish can be changed in color by molding the synthetic resin with different colors. Moreover, it is possible to provide a storage dish having a variety of colors by preparing a large number of different colors for each and combining them.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, with reference to FIG. 17, an overall configuration of a pachinko gaming machine 1 as an example of a ball game machine will be described. FIG. 17 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine 1.
In the figure, a door holding frame 3 is provided around an opening of a frame 2 of a pachinko gaming machine 1, and a glass door frame 4 and a front door plate 5 are provided on one side of the door holding frame 3. It is openable and closable around the (left) axis. A game board 6 is arranged behind the glass door frame 4, and a hit ball supply tray 50, which is one type of storage tray, is attached to the front surface of the front door plate 5.
It should be noted that the door holding frame 4 in this embodiment is not gold-plated as in the conventional case but is gold-plated to give a more luxurious feeling, and at the same time, it reflects the illumination in the pachinko game hall to enhance the decoration effect. There is. Further, in order to give an impression different from the conventional one, the door holding frame 3 (which may include the glass door frame 4) may be subjected to a coloring treatment other than the above gold plating.

The hit ball supply tray 50 provided on the surface of the front door frame 5 stores the dispensed prize balls and supplies them as hit balls one by one to the firing position. A speaker 67 for generating a sound effect related to the game is built inside the side. In addition, the hitting ball supply plate 50
The detailed configuration of will be described later.

On the other hand, below the front frame 2, there is a handle set 150 having an operating handle 170 which is operated when firing a ball, and an excess prize ball which cannot be stored in the ball supply tray 50. The ball saucer 100 is attached. As shown in FIG. 17, the handle set 150, the surplus ball receiving tray 100, and the ball hitting tray 50 make the joints difficult to understand, and give an impression of a sense of unity as a whole. The surplus ball tray 100 and the handle set 150 will be described in detail later.

Further, a frame lamp 10 is mounted on the front surface of the upper portion of the front frame 2, and also on the front side of the open side of the front frame 2.
The lock decoration 30 is attached. The frame lamp 10 and the lock decoration 30 both decorate the front surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and attract the attention of the player. Therefore, first, referring to FIGS. 14 and 15, the frame lamp 10
The detailed configuration of the lock ornament 30 will be described with reference to FIG.

Frame Lamp FIG. 14 is a front view of the frame lamp 10, and FIG. 15 is an exploded front view of the frame lamp 10. In the figure, the frame lamps 10 are collectively provided on a horizontally long mounting substrate 11 mounted on the surface of the front frame 2. That is, the mounting substrate 11 has
A plurality (six in the figure) of rectangular lamp square holes 12 are formed in the lateral direction, and a pair of lamp round holes 13 is also formed in the center thereof. A lamp 15 provided on a lamp substrate 14 mounted behind the mounting substrate 11 faces the lamp square hole 12 and the round lamp hole 13. Further, a fitting step portion 16 is formed on the outer circumference of the lamp round hole 13, and a lens body 19 described later is fitted therein. Furthermore, on the mounting substrate 11. A stop hole 18 is formed in the center thereof, and a locking hole 17 and a fixing hole 25 are formed at both ends thereof.

A lens body 19, which is made of a transparent synthetic resin and has a large thickness, is fitted in the fitting step portion 16, and the inner surfaces of the plurality of lamp square holes 12 are knurled in front of them. A lens cover 20 is provided. The lens body 19 is an enlarged display of a decorative sticker (not shown) that is attached to the back surface of the lens body 19 by being illuminated by the lamp 15 facing the round hole 13 of the lamp. The light of the lamp 15 which faces 12 is scattered to be visually recognized by the player. Thus, the lens cover 20 has the locking projections 2 protruding from the outer end thereof.
1 is inserted into the locking hole 17, the overlapping portion 22 at the inner end thereof is overlapped with the holding plate 23 that holds down the lens body 19, and the holding hole 24 formed in the center of the holding plate 23 is formed in the mounting board 11. Screws (not shown) corresponding to the stop holes 18
The lens body 19 and the lens cover 20 are attached to the mounting substrate 11 by being attached. The outer circumference of the base of the lens body 19 is pressed and fixed by the U-shaped inner portion of the lens cover 20 and the holding plate 23.

The frame lamp 10 constructed as described above is
Screws are screwed into the fixing holes 25 formed at both ends of the mounting board 11 to be mounted on the upper portion of the front frame 2, but when the gaming state becomes a specific gaming state, the lamp 1
5 lights up or blinks to notify that effect.

Lock Decoration Next, the lock decoration 30 will be described with reference to FIG. 16A is a front view of the lock ornament 30,
(B) is a front view of a mounting substrate 31 that constitutes the lock decoration 30, and (C) is an exploded side view of the mounting substrate 31 and the lens cover 40 that configure the lock decoration 30. In the figure, the lock ornament 30 is configured by being integrated on a vertically long attachment substrate 31 attached to the front frame 2. That is, the mounting substrate 31 has a raised portion 43 whose central portion is raised forward.
The lens cover 40, which holds the same height as the raised portion 43, can be attached to the upper portion of the lens cover 40.

At the portion of the mounting substrate 31 covered by the lens cover 40, the lamp substrate opening 32 and the wiring through hole 3 are formed.
5, a locking hole 36 and a mounting boss 37 are formed. The lamp board opening 32 is provided with a mounting hole 34 and a positioning protrusion 33 formed in the upper, lower, middle thereof and the lamp 39.
The lamp substrate 38 having the above is mounted from the front of the mounting substrate 31. In addition, the wiring through hole 35
Is for drawing out the wiring extending from the lamp substrate 38 attached as described above. Also,
The locking hole 36 and the mounting boss 37 are for mounting the lens cover 40, and after inserting the locking protrusion 41 protruding from the upper end of the lens cover 40 into the locking hole 36,
The lens cover 40 is fixed to the mounting substrate 31 by aligning the stop hole 42 formed in the lower portion of the lens cover 40 with the mounting boss 37 and screwing the screw 42 with a screw (not shown).

On the other hand, a lock hole 44 is formed below the raised portion 43 of the mounting substrate 31, and further, on the lower back surface thereof,
A positioning protrusion 45 is provided so as to project. The lock hole 44 is a lock 47 (see FIG. 17) of a locking device that opens and closes the front frame 2 and the glass door frame 4 when the lock ornament 30 is attached to the front frame 2.
The positioning protrusion 45 is provided on the lock decoration 30.
Is to determine the position with respect to the front frame 2.

The lock ornament 30 constructed as described above is
Although screws are screwed into the fastening holes 46 formed in the upper and lower ends of the mounting substrate 31 to be mounted on the upper portion of the front frame 2,
The lamp 39 is turned on when the ball-striking launcher is operating by operating the operation handle 170, which will be described later, to notify that effect.

Hitting Ball Supply Plate Next, the detailed structure of the hitting ball supply plate 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the hitting ball supply plate 50, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the hitting ball supply plate 50, FIG. 7 is a front view of the hitting ball supply plate 50, and FIG.
FIG. 9 is a plan view of the hit ball supply plate 50, and FIG.
It is sectional drawing of the upstream of 0. Hereinafter, the description will be given mainly with reference to FIG. 5, and the other drawings will be clearly illustrated whenever necessary. The hitting ball supply plate 50 is collectively attached to the surface of the front door plate 5, but as shown in FIG. 7, the surface of the front door plate 5 is almost covered by the members forming the hitting ball supply plate 50. That is, the player cannot see the surface of the front door plate 5.

Therefore, the hitting ball supply tray 50 has a tray 52 having a storage flow-down portion 53 for storing a prize ball, a main constituent frame 51 for accommodating and supporting the tray 52, and the main constituent frame. 5
The cover bodies 54, 55, and 56 mounted on the unit 1 are separately molded, and are appropriately assembled. The dish 52 is provided between the prize ball outlet 74 formed in the front door plate 5 and the hitting ball supply hole 75. The upstream side of the dish 52 is a bulging storage part and the downstream side is stored. It becomes the lower stream where the balls are arranged in one row, and constitutes the storage lower stream 53 as a whole. And, in order to make the flow of balls smoothly over a long period of time in the lower stream,
The rail member 58 is mounted. Also, a ball drop valve 59 for opening and closing the end of the lower stream is accommodated so as to be slid and guided below the lower stream. An engaging protrusion 60 is provided on the ball drop valve 59 so as to project rearward, and the engaging protrusion 60 penetrates through an elongated slide hole 61 formed in the front door plate 5 to be described later. It slides in conjunction with the operation of 81. Plate body 52 configured as described above
Part of the front door plate 5 is directly attached to the front door plate 5 with a screw or the like, but in the other part, the main component frame 51 is engaged and the main component member 51 is attached, so that the front door plate 5 is indirectly attached.
It can be attached to.

The main constituent frame body 51 is attached to the front door plate 5 so as to surround the above-mentioned dish body 52, an upper side surface cover body 54 is attached to an upper front portion thereof, and a lower side surface is attached to a lower front portion thereof. The cover body 55 is attached. An LED substrate 62 having LEDs 63 formed in a line is housed in a space formed by the main constituent frame 51 and the upper side cover 54. The LED 63 is designed to enhance the decorative effect of the hitting ball supply plate 50 by sequentially lighting or moving the LED 63 in a specific game state or a normal game state in which the game state is predetermined, or by simultaneously lighting or blinking. Further, the lower portion of the lower side surface cover body 55 on the open side is extended downward, and a lens cover 64 having a knurled inside is attached to the extended portion. An LED substrate 65 having a large number of LEDs 66 formed therein is housed in a space formed by the lens cover 64 and the lower side surface cover body 55. The LED 66 can also function in the same manner as the LED 63 to enhance the decorative effect of the hitting ball supply plate 50 portion. The lens cover 64 portion is extended downward as described above, and when the front door plate 5 is closed, the upper extension piece 119 of the surplus ball tray 100, which will be described later, is described.
At the same time, it covers the front surface of the lower side of the door holding frame 3. This gives a visual sense of unity between the ball hitting tray 50 and the surplus ball tray 100, and prevents an illegal game performed by loosening the screw fixing the door holding frame 3. ..

A bottom cover body 56 is attached to the lower side of the lower side cover body 55 described above. A cage-shaped through hole 57 is formed on one side of the bottom cover body 56, and a space formed by the bottom cover body 56, the main constituent frame body 51, and the dish body 52 is located above the through hole 57. As shown in FIG. 9, a speaker 67 that produces a sound effect is housed. The mounting structure of the speaker 67 will be described in more detail. The speaker 67 is housed and fixed in the storage box 68 by the holding plate 69 so that the speaker cone faces downward, and the storage box 68 is attached to the front door plate 5. It is adapted to be fixed to a mounting substrate 70 mounted on the back surface. Further, the speaker 6 is mounted on the mounting substrate 70.
7 and a wiring board 71 to which wirings extending from the LED boards 62 and 65 are connected. A connector 72 is provided on the back surface of the wiring board 71 so that wiring extending from a game control circuit board (not shown) can be connected to the connector 72.

Then, the storage box 68 containing the speaker 67 is inserted from the speaker mounting opening 73 formed in the front door plate 5, and the mounting substrate 70 is brought into contact with the back surface of the front door plate 5 and screwed with screws. As a result, the speaker 67 can be housed and fixed in the internal space on the upstream side of the hit ball supply plate 50.

The hitting ball supply plate 50 is generally composed of the above-mentioned members, and a horizontally long decorative plate main body 78 is attached to the upper portion of the front door plate 5. The decorative plate main body 78 is integrally formed with an outflow opening 79 corresponding to the prize ball outflow port 74 at one end, and a ball pulling lever storage portion 80 is formed on the other side back surface. The ball drop lever storage section 80 stores a ball drop lever 81 and a spring 82 for urging the ball drop lever 81, and an operation section 81a of the ball drop lever 81 faces the front surface.
Further, decorative covers 83 and 84 are attached to the outer front surface of the moving range of the punching lever 81. Then,
When the operating portion 81a of the ball punching lever 81 is moved against the urging force of the spring 82, the ball punching lever 81 is connected to the rear surface of the front door plate 5 via a connecting member (not shown). Since the valve 59 moves in the same direction, the end of the storage flow lower portion 53 of the dish body 52 is opened, and the prize balls (striking balls) stored in the storage flow lower portion 53 are passed through the punching passage (the dish body 52 (not shown)). Is formed inside the lower part of)
Through the ball passing hole 76 formed in the front door plate 5 and finally guided to the surplus ball receiving tray 100.

In addition to the above-mentioned structure, the front door plate 5 has an engaging groove 77 having a U-shaped cross section formed on its upper side.
It engages with a hook-shaped engaging piece on the lower side of the glass door frame 4 so that an unauthorized member such as a piano wire cannot be inserted between the front door plate 5 and the glass door frame 4. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, a connection gutter 85 is attached to the rear surface of the front door plate 5 so as to correspond to the prize ball outlet 74, and a locking lever 86 is provided at the open end. .. The connection gutter 85 guides a prize ball emitted from a mechanism plate (not shown) provided on the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and the locking lever 86 moves the front door plate 5 to the door holding frame 3. The lock is released by pushing down the lock lever 86. Also,
The hitting ball supply hole 75 formed in the front door plate 5 has a structure shown in FIG.
Correspondingly, a hitting ball feeder 87 shown in FIG. 1 is provided to feed the hitting balls flowing down in one row from the storage flow lower part 53 of the dish 52 to the launching position in conjunction with the operation of a hitting ball launching device (not shown). Is becoming The hit ball supply device 87 is directly attached to a mounting boss 89 projecting on the downstream side of the dish 52 through a hit ball supply hole 75. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, an opening / closing shaft 88 is provided on one side of the front door plate 5, and the opening / closing shaft 88 is attached to a bearing (not shown) formed in the door holding frame 3 to The door plate 5 is supported so as to be openable and closable.

Although the detailed structure of the hitting ball supply plate 50 has been described above, the hitting ball supply plate 50 according to the present embodiment is as follows.
Dish 52 with a storage lower part 53 for storing prize balls
And a main constituent frame body 51 for accommodating and supporting the dish body 52, and an upper side surface cover body 54 and a lower side surface cover body 55 mounted on the main constituent frame body 51 are separately molded and assembled. Since the tray 52, the main component frame 51, the upper side cover 54 and the lower side cover 55 are formed of synthetic resins of different colors, the hitting ball supply tray 50 is changed in color. be able to. Also, by preparing a large number of different colors for each and combining them, it is possible to provide a hitting ball supply plate 50 with a variety of colors.

Surplus Ball Receiving Plate Next, the detailed structure of the surplus ball receiving tray 100 which is another storage tray will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. Figure 1
2 is an exploded perspective view of the surplus ball tray 100, FIG. 2 is a front view of the surplus ball tray 100, and FIG. 3 is a surplus ball tray 1
00 is a plan view, and FIG. 4 is a rear view of the surplus ball tray 100. Hereinafter, the description will be given mainly with reference to FIG. 1, and the other drawings will be clearly illustrated whenever necessary for the description. Surplus ball saucer 10
0 is a dish 103 in which a storage portion for storing prize balls is formed
And an ashtray body 106 for discarding cigarette ash, and the ashtray body 10
6, a frame 102 for housing and supporting the dish 103, a mounting substrate 101 mounted on the back surface of the frame 102 and constituting the main constituent frame, and a frame constituting the main constituent frame Cover bodies 104 and 105 attached to the body 102
And are separately molded, and they are assembled appropriately.

Thus, the surplus ball outlet 107 through which the surplus prize balls flowing out from the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 pass to the mounting substrate 101 which constitutes one member of the main constituent frame body.
Is formed so as to project rearward, and a plurality of (three in the illustrated embodiment) fastening screws 108 are provided so as to project rearward. The fastening screw 108 is inserted into a mounting hole (not shown) formed in the front frame 2, and is tightened with a nut from the back surface of the front frame 2 to fix the surplus ball tray 100 to the front frame 2. .. In addition, the fastening screw 108
The fixing boss portion 108a projecting to the front of the mounting substrate 101 for fixing is also used as a positioning boss for determining a mutual position with the frame body 102 forming the other member of the main constituent frame body. In addition, on the left and right of the surplus ball outlet 107, engaging pieces 1 which will be described later and are provided to project from the rear surface of the dish 103.
An engaging elongated hole 109 into which 20 is inserted is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, on the back surface of the mounting substrate 101, a positioning boss 11 that determines a relative positional relationship with the front frame 2 is provided.
0 is projected, and in order to improve the strength of the mounting substrate 101, reinforcing ribs 111 are formed vertically and horizontally.

On the other hand, the frame body 102, which constitutes the other member of the main constituent frame body, has a dish body accommodating portion 112 for accommodating the dish body 103.
An ashtray housing portion 113 for housing the ashtray body 106 is partitioned by a partition wall. The dish body accommodating portion 112 and the ashtray accommodating portion 113 are formed as a whole in a front downward direction and penetrate vertically, and the dish body 103 is the dish body accommodating portion 1.
The frame 12 is mounted by being inserted from above 12. Further, an attachment portion 114 for fixing the bottom cover body 104 with a screw is formed in a lower front portion of the dish body housing 112, and a handle set 150 of the dish body 112, which will be described later, is formed.
A contact surface 115 that overlaps with the overlapping surface 165 of the handle set 150 is formed at the end edge on the side (right side in the drawing).
Further, the handle set 150 is provided above the contact surface 115.
Upper engaging portion 1 that engages with an upper engaging protrusion 156 described later.
16 are formed. Metal plates 117 are attached to both side surfaces of the ashtray housing portion 113. This metal plate 117
When the frame body 102 is fixed to the mounting board 101, it is also attached to the mounting board 101 corresponding to the rear surface of the ashtray body 106. Further, the frame body 102 is formed with engagement cylinders 118 engaging with the fixing boss portion 108a at both ends thereof, and an upper extension piece 119 extending above the attachment substrate 101 is formed above the engagement cylinders 118. Has been done. A decorative seal (not shown) is attached to the front surface of the upper extension piece 119. Also, the upper extension piece 119 is
When the surplus ball tray 100 is attached to the front frame 2, it covers the front surface of the lower side of the door holding frame 3.

On the other hand, the dish 103 is formed in a concave shape with an open rear surface, and the upper end peripheral edge of the dish 103 is the dish accommodating portion 11.
It is adapted to be abutted and locked on the peripheral edge of the upper end of 2. Further, an engaging piece 120 is projected from the rear edge of the dish 103, and the mounting substrate 101 is mounted on the frame 102 in a mounted state.
It is adapted to be inserted into the engagement elongated hole 109 when it is fastened to. In addition, the bottom surface of the dish 103 has three inclined surfaces a to inclining toward one place as shown in FIG.
It is formed by c, and the punching hole 121 is formed in the lowest part of the three inclined surfaces a to c. And, this ball-slotting hole 121 is provided with a ball-slotting valve 125 described later.
It is opened and closed by. By the way, the surplus ball outlet 10
The upstream side length L2 of the inclined surface a facing 7 is the surplus ball outlet 1
It is formed to be larger than the length L1 of 07. This is for shortening the ball drop time by guiding almost all the prize balls flowing out of the surplus ball outlet 107 and immediately going to the ball drop hole 121 only by the inclined surface a.
Further, on the back surface of the bottom surface of the dish body 103, the valve lid 12 described later is provided.
A mounting boss 122 for fixing the 4 is protrudingly provided.

Further, a bottom cover body 104 and a side cover body 105 covering one side (left side) from the lower front portion of the frame body 102.
Is integrally formed of synthetic resin, but it may be separately formed into the bottom cover body 104 and the side cover body 105. The bottom cover 104 has a communication opening 123 corresponding to the bottom of the dish 103. Then, the valve lid 124 is screwed onto the back surface of the bottom surface of the dish 103 through the communication opening 123. Between the valve lid 124 and the dish 103, a ball cutting valve 125 and a spring 12 for urging the ball cutting valve 125.
5b is housed, and the ball drop valve 125 always closes the ball drop hole 121 by the urging force of the spring 125b. Further, the ball drop valve 125 has a valve lid 124.
The operating portion 125a projecting outward from is integrally formed, and since the operating portion 125a projects at the lower portion of the dish 103 as shown in FIG. 2, the player resists the biasing force of the spring 125b. By moving the operating portion 125a to open the ball punching valve 125 to open the ball punching hole 1
The prize balls stored from 21 can be dropped downward.

Further, a mounting boss 126 is provided on the front rear surface of the bottom cover 104, and a mounting projection 127 is provided.
Is also projected. The mounting boss 126 is screwed to the mounting portion 114 of the frame body 102 so as to match the mounting portion 114, and connects and fixes the frame body 102 and the bottom cover body 104 to each other. In addition, the mounting protrusion 127 is provided on the valve lid 124.
When the plate is screwed to the back surface of the dish body 103 with a screw, the bottom surface of the dish body 103 is connected and fixed to the bottom cover body 104 by passing the screw. Further, a lower engaging portion 128 is formed on the front right side of the bottom cover body 104, and a lower engaging protrusion 157 of the handle set 150, which will be described later, engages with the lower engaging portion 128 so that the surplus ball receiving tray 100 and the surplus ball receiving tray 100 are formed. The engagement with the handle set 150 is performed accurately.

The side cover 105, which is integrally formed with the space between the bottom cover 104 and the ashtray accommodating portion 113, is formed in a bulge shape so as to cover the entire left side of the frame 102. The conductive touch plate 130 is mounted in the mounting recess 129 formed on the upper part thereof. The touch plate 130 is configured to connect the touch wiring to the back surface of the touch plate 130 when it is necessary to use it in a game, and when it is not necessary to use it, functions as a decoration regardless of the wiring connection.

Further, below the ashtray body 106 accommodated in the ashtray accommodating portion 113 of the frame body 102, a lower cover body 131 is provided.
Is installed. That is, the mounting bosses 132 protruding downward from both sides of the ashtray body 106 are attached to the lower cover body 13.
The ashtray body 106 and the lower cover body 131 are connected and fixed by being screwed from the back surface of the lower cover body 131 with the mounting holes 133 formed on the bottom surface of the first cover body 131. A rotary shaft 134 is projectingly provided on the front upper end of the lower cover body 131, and the rotary shaft 134 is supported by a bearing hole (not shown) formed in an abutting portion between the bottom cover body 104 and the frame body 102. By doing so, the ashtray body 106 can be rotatably supported. As shown in FIG. 2, the lower cover body 131 is formed so that the front portion of the bottom surface cover body 104 extends leftward as it is and is continuous with the side surface cover body 105.

Surplus ball tray 100 having each of the above-mentioned configurations
In order to assemble, the bottom cover body 104 and the side cover body 105 are assembled to the frame body 102, and then the dish body 103
Is attached to the dish body housing portion 112 of the frame body 102 from above, and the valve lid 124 in which the ball drop valve 125 is inserted is fixed to the back surface of the dish body 103. In this state, the frame body 102 is attached to the attachment substrate 101, and screws are inserted into the screw holes 135 and screwed. Then, in the state where the frame body 102 is fixed to the mounting substrate 101, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the mounting substrate 1
01 is completely covered by the frame body 102, the bottom cover body 104 and the side cover body 106, and cannot be seen from the front.

Although the detailed structure of the surplus ball tray 100 has been described above, the surplus ball tray 100 according to the present embodiment.
Is a dish 103 in which a storage portion for storing prize balls is formed
A frame 102 and a mounting board 101 as a main constituent frame for accommodating and supporting the dish 103, a frame body 102 as the main constituent frame and a bottom cover body 104 and a side cover mounted on the mounting board 101. Since the body 105 and the body 105 are separately molded and assembled, the dish body 103, the frame body 102 as a main constituent frame body, the mounting substrate 101, the bottom cover body 104, and the side cover body 105 are respectively formed. Surplus ball tray 10 by molding with different colors of synthetic resin
0 can be given a color change. Further, by preparing a large number of different colors for each and combining them, the surplus ball tray 100 with various colors is provided.
Can be provided.

Handle Set Next, the structure of the handle set 150 which can be seen integrally with the surplus ball tray 100 on the side of the surplus ball tray 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 13. Figure 1
0 is an exploded perspective view of the handle set 150, and FIG.
1 is a perspective view of the handle set 150 as seen from the back side, and FIG. 12 is a front view of the handle set 150,
FIG. 13 is a plan view of the handle set 150. In the figure, the handle set 150 is the surplus ball tray 10
It is composed of a mounting board 151 visually recognized so as to be continuous from 0, and an operation handle 170 fixed to the mounting board 151.

First, the structure of the mounting board 151 will be described. The mounting board 151 is formed to be substantially horizontal after the surplus ball tray 100 side is formed high and is steeply inclined toward the end. A decorative plate 152 made of synthetic resin having a different color from that of the mounting substrate 151 is adhered to the surface along the shape. In addition, as shown in FIG.
The operation handle 170 can be easily operated by inserting the finger to the back. The height of the surplus ball tray 100 is almost the same as the height when the operation handle 170 is attached. Conversely speaking, the operation handle 170 is designed so that the amount of protrusion thereof toward the front is substantially the same as the amount of protrusion of the surplus ball tray 100. As a result, when carrying the pachinko gaming machine 1, the operation handle 1
Compared with the conventional pachinko gaming machine 1 in which only 70 protrudes forward, it is possible to prevent the accident of hitting the operation handle 170.

On the other hand, a fastening screw 154 is fixed to the back surface of the mounting substrate 151 and a positioning protrusion 155.
Is projected. The positioning protrusion 155 is attached to the mounting substrate 1
When the 51 is attached to the front frame 2, the positioning is accurately performed, and the fastening screw 154 penetrates through the mounting hole formed in the front frame 2 to reach the back surface of the front frame 2 and the front frame 2 Ball firing device (not shown) mounted on the back of the
Then, the handle set 150 is fixed to the front frame 2 by passing through the mounting board of 1 and then tightening with a nut or the like. In addition, the upper engaging protrusions 1 are provided above and below the raised side of the mounting substrate 151.
56 and a lower engagement projection piece 157 are formed, and the upper engagement projection piece 156 and the lower engagement projection piece 157 are combined to form the surplus ball tray 100.
By engaging the upper engaging portion 116 and the lower engaging portion 128 of the above, the surplus ball tray 100 and the handle set 1
The mutual positional relationship with 50 can be accurately attached. Note that when these are engaged, the mounting board 151
The overlapping surface 165 formed on the edge of the raised side of the
00 to the contact surface 115. Therefore, the frame 1
02 and the mounting substrate 151 are visually recognized in a seamless and continuous state, the surplus ball tray 100 and the handle set 1
A visual sense of unity with 50 can be provided.

On the back surface of the mounting board 151, various components for transmitting the operation of the operation handle 170, which will be described later, to the side of the hitting ball launcher are housed. That is, the fan-shaped pulley 158 is fixed to the rear end of the handle shaft 172, which will be described later, and the circular pulley 15 is attached to the upper part of the fan-shaped pulley 158.
9 is rotatably supported. The fan-shaped pulley 158 and the circular pulley 159 are connected by a wire 160, and the circular pulley 159 is always connected to the wire 1 by a biasing spring.
60 is urged in the direction of tension (clockwise in FIG. 11). Then, by rotating the rotation lever 180 of the operation handle 170 described later, the fan-shaped pulley 15 is rotated.
8 and the circular pulley 159 are rotated against the urging force of the urging spring, and the rotating action acts on the elastic force of the elastic spring of the batted ball launching device to adjust the launching force of the batted ball.

Further, the operation handle 170 has a handle switch 174, a touch ring 179, etc. built therein as described later, and the switch wiring 1 connected to these.
61 is led out to the back surface of the mounting substrate 151. Then, the switch wiring 161 is housed in the wiring housing groove 162 formed along the one end side from below the mounting substrate 151, and the wiring holding piece 163 is mounted so that the housed wiring does not jump out. They are bundled together by a C-shaped wiring loop 164 that is finally formed in the middle of the side portion. This allows the handle set 150
The switch wiring 161 is not pinched when the switch wiring 161 is attached to the front frame 2.

On the other hand, the structure of the operation handle 170 projecting from the mounting board 151 will be described mainly with reference to FIG. 10. The operation handle 170 is mounted on the support column 171 integrally projecting from the mounting board 151. A base member 173 that is mounted and fixed, and the support column 171 that is rotatably provided within a predetermined angle range with respect to the base member 173.
The rotary lever 180 that rotates the handle shaft 172 that is supported by the rotary lever 180 and the handle cap 188 that is disposed in front of the rotary lever 180. Then, a cylindrical column 171 is provided on the mounting substrate 151 in a protruding manner,
A handle shaft 172 is rotatably supported on the column 171. In addition, a base member 173 is inserted on the outer periphery of the support column 171 and is screwed together with the reinforcing metal fitting from the back surface of the mounting substrate 151. The base member 173 is formed in a morning glory shape, a handle switch 174 is attached to the front surface of the base member 173, and a one-shot lever 175 is rotatably provided. A part of the one-shot lever 175 is exposed to the outside from the outer periphery of the base member 173, and the handle switch 174 is turned off by pressing the one-shot lever 175 when the rotary lever 180 is rotated. You can Therefore, by hitting or releasing the one-shot lever 175, the hit ball can be fired at an arbitrary interval. A projection 176 is provided on the one-shot lever 175 so that the projection 176 contacts a pressing piece (not shown) formed on the back surface of the rotary lever 180 (non-rotation position).
Alternatively, the handle switch 174 is turned off or on when the handle switch 174 does not come into contact (rotate position).

A plurality of (three) connecting bosses 177 are provided on the front surface of the base member 173 so as to project toward the front. The connecting boss 177 has a metal touch ring 1 on its outer periphery.
The intermediate plate 178 provided with 79 is inserted, then the rotary lever 180 is inserted, and finally the connecting boss 177.
The holding plate 184 having a stop hole 185 that comes into contact with the end surface of is fixed with screws. A part of the switch wiring 161 is connected to the touch ring 179. Then, when the touch detection circuit detects that the player has touched the touch ring 179, and the rotary lever 180 is rotated to turn on the handlebar switch 174, a drive motor (not shown) of the ball-striking launcher. Is driven to rotate and shoots a ball.

A shaft cylinder 181 into which the handle shaft 172 is inserted and fixed is provided at the center of the rotary lever 180, and an arcuate rotation restriction hole 182 is formed on the outer periphery of the shaft cylinder 181. Then, the shaft cylinder 181 is attached to the handle shaft 1
By inserting the connecting boss 177 into the rotation restricting hole 182 at the same time of inserting the connecting lever into the rotation restricting hole 182 and holding the front surface of the connecting boss 177 with the holding plate 184, the rotating lever 180 is pivotally supported. Furthermore, the rotation range of the rotary lever 180 is
It is restricted by the length of the rotation restriction hole 182. Further, on the outer circumference of the rotary lever 180, a plurality of latching protrusions 183, on which the player puts his / her finger, are projected. This hook projection 1
As shown in FIG. 13, 83 is formed to be long in the front-rear direction, and reaches the outer periphery of a handle cap 188, which will be described later, to make it easy to put a finger on. In addition, the holding plate 1
When the stopper hole 185 is brought into contact with the connecting boss 177 and screwed with a screw, 84 is completely housed in the inner peripheral concave portion of the rotary lever 180.

By the way, on the front surface of the holding plate 184,
A hook-shaped engaging piece 186 is formed, and the stopper 18
7 is formed so as to project forward. The engaging piece 186 and the stopper 187 are for fixing the handle cap 188. Therefore, first, the structure of the handle cap 188 will be described first. The handle cap 188 is formed in a bowl shape, a window 189 is formed on the front surface thereof, and the decoration plate 191 faces the window 189 via the lens plate 190. And its rear surface is the lid plate 19
It is blocked at 2. The lid plate 192 is the lens plate 1
90 and the decorative plate 191 are supported and fixed, and the engaging piece 1 engages with the engaging piece 186 formed on the holding plate 184.
95 and the stop hole 196 corresponding to the stop portion 187. The cover plate 192 is the handle cap 18
The mounting cap 188 is attached to the handle cap 188 by screwing the mounting hole 193 into the mounting boss 194 projecting rearward in the inside of the casing 8.

The engaging piece 195 formed on the cover plate 192 of the handle cap 188 configured as described above is engaged with the engaging piece 186 of the holding plate 184. At this time, since the stop hole 196 and the stop portion 187 are aligned with each other, a screw is inserted through a screw hole (not shown) formed in the bottom bottom portion of the handle cap 188 and screwed into the stop portion 187, so that the handle cap 188 is screwed. The whole can be fastened.

The structure of the hit ball supply plate 50 as the storage plate of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the embodiment, the structure of the surplus ball receiving plate 100 and the structure of the handle set 150 closely related to the surplus ball receiving plate 100 have been described above. According to the present embodiment, the hit ball supply tray 50 as the storage tray and the surplus ball receiving tray 100.
Together with the dish body 5 in which a storage portion for storing a prize ball is formed
2, 103, main constituent frames 51, 101 and 102 for accommodating and supporting the dishes 52, 103, and the main constituent frame 51,
Cover bodies 54, 55, 1 attached to 101 and 102
04 and 105 are separately formed and assembled, so that the plates 52 and 103 and the main constituent frame members 51 and 1 are assembled.
01 and 102 and cover bodies 54, 55, 104 and 105
By molding and and synthetic resin of different colors, respectively, the hit ball supply tray 50 and the surplus ball tray 100 as a storage tray.
You can give a color change to. In addition, by preparing a large number of different colors for each and combining them, it is possible to provide a hitting ball supply tray 50 and a surplus ball tray 100 as a storage tray with a variety of colors.

Further, in the present embodiment, particularly from the hitting ball supply tray 50, it is difficult to see the portion of the joint between the hitting ball supply tray 50, the surplus ball receiving tray 100 and the handle set 150 which is clearly seen by the player. Since the lower part has a sense of unity, it is possible to give the player the attention by giving an impression that is significantly different from the impression that they are provided independently of each other, like the conventional pachinko gaming machine 1.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the main constituent frame body, the dish body and the cover body are separately constructed, and they are molded of synthetic resins having different colors. There is no problem even if they are molded and assembled with the same color synthetic resin. Although the pachinko game machine 1 is shown as a ball game machine, any ball game machine (for example, an arrange-type pachinko machine or a pachinko machine) can be used as long as it is a ball game machine in which pachinko balls are discharged as a prize ball. Ball-using slot machine).

[0048]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the storage tray has the storage tray formed with the storage portion for storing the prize balls, and the main constituent frame for storing and supporting the storage tray. Since the body and the cover body mounted on the main constituent frame body are separately molded and assembled, the dish body, the main constituent frame body and the cover body are made of synthetic resin of different colors. By molding with, it is possible to give a color change to the storage dish. Moreover, it is possible to provide a storage dish having a variety of colors by preparing a large number of different colors for each and combining them.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a surplus ball receiving tray as a storage tray according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a surplus ball tray.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a surplus ball tray.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of a surplus ball tray.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a hitting ball supply tray as a storage tray according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a hit ball supply plate.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a hit ball supply plate.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a hit ball supply tray.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken on the upstream side of a hit ball supply tray.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of a handle set installed side by side on a surplus ball tray.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the handle set as seen from the back side.

FIG. 12 is a front view of a handle set.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the handle set.

FIG. 14 is a front view of a frame lamp provided on an upper front surface of a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a ball game machine according to an embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an exploded front view of the frame lamp.

FIG. 16 is a front view and a side exploded view of a lock ornament and its components provided on a front side portion of a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 17 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko gaming machine 50 Hitting ball supply tray (reservoir tray) 51 Main component frame body 52 Disc body 53 Reservoir lower part (reservoir section) 54 Upper side cover body 55 Lower side cover body 56 Bottom cover body 100 Surplus ball saucer (reservoir tray) 101 Mounting Substrate (Main Composition Frame) 102 Frame (Main Composition Frame) 103 Disc Body 104 Bottom Cover Body 105 Side Cover Body 106 Ashtray Body 150 Handle Set 170 Operation Handle

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bullet-ball game machine provided with a storage dish for storing dispensed prize balls, wherein the storage dish stores a dish body having a storage section for storing the prize balls, and the dish body. A ball game machine characterized in that a main constituent frame body to be supported and a cover body attached to the main constituent frame body are separately molded and assembled.