JPH0553514B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to manufacturing equipment for manufacturing game boards used in pinball game machines such as pachinko game machines and coin game machines.

[Prior Art] As is well known, in pinball game machines such as pachinko machines and coin game machines in which games are played by hitting pachinko balls, several hundred balls (for example, 250 balls) are used on the game board.
It is formed by dotting nails at appropriate locations. Each nail formed on the game board changes the direction of movement of the ball and changes the probability of winning a prize in the Yakumono or safe hole, so the position and spacing of the nails are important factors.

Conventionally, there has been a method or apparatus for forming nails on a game board as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B.

Figure 1A shows an illustrative diagram of the manufacturing process sequence;
Figure B shows a flow diagram of the manufacturing process sequentially. Note that the process diagrams a to g in FIG. 1A correspond to each step in FIG. 1B, and the corresponding steps are designated with corresponding reference numbers a to g.

First, in a, a design and drawing of the arrangement in which the nails of the game board are to be formed is carried out using a pencil or the like on a paper 1 such as Kent paper or graph paper. In b, a vinyl chloride film 2 is placed on top of the paper 1 on which the design and drawing have been made. Then, holes are made using a sharpened scribing stick or the like for each nail formation position drawn on the paper 1, and the nail arrangement positions are transferred onto the film 2. In step c, the film 2 is stacked on top of the game board 3 at an appropriate position, and a punch mark (a small recess formed by the punch) is placed on each holed part of the film 2 using a punch or the like. A hole (hereinafter referred to as a punch hole) is formed. As a result, the arrangement positions of the nails drawn on the paper 1 are transferred onto the game board 3.

In this way, the game board 3 with punch holes formed therein is used to input coordinate data for driving nails, and this operation is only performed once for each type of game board. It can be done. Therefore, on the game board where the nails are actually driven, punch holes are formed at each position where the nails are to be driven using a different method.

At step d, coordinate data is read from the game board 3 with punch holes for each nail arrangement position.
The coordinate data is read by a coordinate reader (so-called digitizer). That is, when reading the coordinate data from the game board 3, place the game board 3 on the flat plate of the coordinate reader, position the operation part included in the coordinate reader to the punch hole formed in the game board 3, and then check the position. Operate the coordinate data reading switch with . As a result, coordinate data corresponding to the coordinate position of the operating section in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction is derived from the means for detecting the coordinate position of the operating section. The coordinate data read in this manner is written and stored in memory.

On the other hand, in step e, a gauge original plate is formed. The gauge original plate 4 is made of iron, and marks indicating the nail arrangement positions are printed on the surface of the gauge plate 4 at the same positions as the marking holes formed on the film 2. In this gauge original plate 4, the heads of the transfer pins 4a having sharp tips are embedded one by one in the portions corresponding to the positions where the nails are arranged. Then, punch holes of the game board in which nails are to be formed are formed using the gauge original plate 4 on which the transfer pins 4a are formed.

At step f, the coordinate data input at step d above is read out and given to the nail gun. In g,
The nail driving device drives nails one by one into the game board in which punch holes are formed, based on the coordinate data.

The reading and input of the nailing position coordinate data explained in d above and the nailing control based on the nailing position coordinate data using f and g are described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 52-6244.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with this type of conventional game board manufacturing technology, incorrect nailing position coordinate data may be input due to data input errors, etc. It is not until the work begins to actually drive nails into the game board based on the input nailing position coordinate data that it becomes clear that the inputted nailing position coordinate data is not correct. However, there was a drawback that unnecessary nailing work was performed based on inappropriate nailing position coordinate data.

In view of the actual situation, the present invention provides a game that can prevent unnecessary nail driving work based on inappropriate nail driving position coordinate data when inappropriate nail driving position coordinate data is input. The purpose is to provide equipment for manufacturing panels.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention is a manufacturing equipment device for manufacturing a game board installed in a pinball game machine, and includes at least a nail driving device for forming a plurality of nails on the game board. A game board formation data input means into which position coordinate data can be input; an image display means for displaying the position of a nail formed on the game board as an image based on the nail driving position coordinate data; and the game board formation data input means. The present invention is characterized in that it includes a confirmation means for confirming whether or not the nailing position coordinate data inputted by the means conforms to a certain predetermined rule.

[Operation] According to the present invention, the game board formation data input means inputs nail driving position coordinate data for forming at least nails on the game board. Further, the image display means displays an image of the position of the nail formed on the game board based on the nail driving position coordinate data. Further, the confirmation means confirms whether the nail driving position coordinate data inputted by the game board formation data input means conforms to a certain predetermined rule.

In other words, before starting the nail driving process based on the input nail driving position coordinate data, the position of the nail to be formed on the game board based on the nail driving position coordinate data is displayed as an image, so that the operator can visually It is possible to appropriately check the nailing position coordinate data, and it is also possible to use a checking means to check whether the inputted nailing position coordinate data conforms to a certain predetermined rule. .

[Embodiment of the Invention] FIG. 2A is a diagram schematically showing a manufacturing system for a game board according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2B is a flow diagram showing an outline of the process of forming a game board using the game board manufacturing system of the present invention.

Next, the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B. In the figure, a coordinate data input device 20, a CRT display 30 as an example of image display means, a keyboard 40 as an example of input means, a storage device 50, and a plotter 61 are connected to the microprocessor 10 in the figure. Coordinate data input device 20 includes a graphing tablet 21 and a cursor 22. As shown in FIG. Graphics Tablet 2
1 derives coordinate data in the X-axis direction and Y-axis direction based on the position of the cursor 22 on the plane. For example, the graphite tablet 21 may have a magnetoelectric transducer formed on its flat surface. The cursor 22 uses something (such as a magnet) that gives an electrical change to the magnetoelectric conversion element. Note that the coordinate data input device 20 allows
At least, a game board formation data input means is configured into which nail driving position coordinate data for forming a plurality of nails on the game board can be input.

The microprocessor 10 also includes a punching device 7 shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C, which will be described later.
A nailing device 80 shown in FIGS. 0 and 8A to 8F is connected directly or via a storage device 50. Note that when a plurality of punch drilling devices 70 and nailing devices 80 are provided,
Alternatively, if the device is located away from the microprocessor 10, the input game board forming data is once recorded on a recording medium such as a floppy disk or magnetic tape, and then the punching device 70, nail driver, etc. It is transferred to the device 80.

When forming a game board using the various devices shown in FIG. 2A, the steps shown in FIG. 2B are performed in sequence. That is, in step 1, a basic gauge formation pattern (basic game board shape pattern) is displayed on the screen of the CRT display 30.

In step 2, the position of the cursor 22 on the graphic tablet 21 is operated to input data on the coordinate position where a nail should be driven into the game board (coordinate data of the punch hole, coordinate data of the Yakumono forming position). Symbols indicating these input data are
It is displayed superimposed on the shape pattern of the basic gauge on the screen of the CRT display 30. At this time, the type of coordinate data specified by the position of the cursor 22 is specified by operating keys included in the keyboard 40. Input of such coordinate data and data representing the type of coordinate data are performed for each nail driving position, punch mark (a small recess formed by a punch, hereinafter referred to as punch hole) formation position, or Yakumono formation position. It will be held in

When all the coordinate data have been input, the previously input coordinate data storage device 50 is
written to.

In step 4, based on the coordinate data written in the storage device 50, these data are given to the plotter 61 and drawn or plotted for confirmation. The storage device 50 includes storage means that includes at least a storage area corresponding to the number of nails to be hit on the game board, and that receives the nailing coordinate data and stores the nailing position coordinate data in each of the storage areas. It is configured.

In step 5, the operator looks at the drawing and determines whether corrections are necessary or whether any input is omitted, and if it is determined that there is no need for correction, the operator proceeds to step 6.

In step 6, the registered coordinate data is written to a storage medium such as a floppy disk.

In step 7, the data stored in the storage medium is transferred to the punching device 70 and the nailing device 8.
Transferred to 0. If the number of punching devices 70 and nailing devices 80 is small, this data may be transferred directly via a connector or the like without using a storage medium.

In step 8, the punching device 70
Based on the transferred data, the game board is sequentially positioned according to the coordinate data to drive the nail and the Yakumono mounting position to form punch holes.

In step 9, the nailing device 80 sequentially positions the game board at each nailing position in order to drive nails onto the game board in which the punch holes were formed in step 8, and drives one nail at a time for each positioning operation. Type it onto the game board.

Next, a more specific configuration and operation will be explained.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a game board forming data input device. In the figure, a microprocessor 10 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 1.
1 and an input/output interface 12. This microprocessor 10 functions as a writing means for writing data for forming a game board inputted by operating the coordinate data input device 20 and the keyboard 40 into a storage device, and also reads out the contents of the storage device. It also works as a display driving means for driving the CRT display 30 for display. CPU 11 includes internal memory used for operational processing. Internal memory contains address counter ADR, sequential counters CT1 and CT.
2. Contains register XR, register YR and register NR. address counter ADR
is used to designate a write or read address of the memory 50c, which will be described later. A sequence counter (hereinafter referred to as a counter) CT1 is used to count the order in which nails should be driven into coordinate positions sequentially designated by the coordinate data each time the coordinate data is input. The counter CT2 is used to count the number of input data for the Yakumono delivery position. register
XR and register YR are used to store X-axis and Y-axis coordinate data specified by the coordinate position of the cursor 22, respectively. The numeric register NR stores numeric data input using the numeric keys included in the keyboard 40.

The input/output interface 12 includes a coordinate data input device 20, a CRT display 30, a keyboard 40, a plotter 61, and a magnetic recording/reproducing device 6.
2 is connected. The CRT display 30 includes a synchronous counter VCN that counts in synchronization with the vertical position of the electron beam, and a synchronous counter that counts in synchronization with the horizontal position of the electron beam.
Contains HCL. This synchronous counter VCN and HCL
The count value is input to the input/output interface 12. The plotter 61 includes, for example, a dot printer, and prints and stores symbols representing the formation of nails, punch holes, or yakumono in the original size on a sheet of paper larger than the original size of the game board, and also prints and stores the shape pattern of the game board. It is used to print and record. The magnetic recording/reproducing device 62 stores data stored in a memory 50c, which will be described later, on a floppy disk, and is used to read data such as programs from the floppy disk.

In this embodiment, the coordinate data input device includes a graphics tablet 21 and a cursor 22, but a CRT display 3
The coordinate position may be directly specified on the screen of 0 with a light pen or the like.

A storage device 50 is connected to the CPU 11 .
The storage device 50 includes a program storage memory (for example, ROM) 50A, a character/pattern storage memory (ROM) 50B, a data storage memory (RAM) 50C, and a display data storage memory 50D. The memory 50A stores a program for inputting and outputting coordinate data shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, which will be described later. The memory 50B places a nail symbol on the CRT at the coordinate position where a nail is to be driven, based on the data input by operating the coordinate data input device 20 and the keyboard 40.
Characters or pattern data for displaying on the display 30 or for displaying the game board shape pattern and various characters on the CRT display 30 are set and stored in advance. Memory 50C
is a coordinate data input device 20 and a keyboard 4
The storage area is used to store data including coordinate data input by the operation 0 and various other data, and the details of the storage area will be described with reference to FIG. 5, which will be described later. The memory 50D includes storage areas (or bits) corresponding to each of a plurality of pixels on the screen of the CRT display 30, and stores data indicating whether or not the pixel corresponding to each storage area is displayed.

Note that the memories 50A, 50B, and 50C are
It is also possible to replace it with a storage device other than IC memory, such as a floppy disk or magnetic tape.

FIG. 4A is an external view of the CRT display and keyboard. In the figure, a CRT display 30 is placed on a housing 31. Housing 31
A keyboard 40 is formed therein. Further, a printer (not shown) is housed inside the housing 31 as required.

FIG. 4B is a detailed view of the keyboard 40. The keyboard 40 includes various keys or key switches or switches on an operation panel 41. For example, the keyboard 40 includes numeric keys 42, a clear key 43, alpha/kana keys 44, a group of function keys 45, and a power switch 46. The numerical keys 42 are used to input number data (or numerical data), and are used, for example, to input the nail driving order, gauge number (game board model number), and interval data. clear key 43
is used to clear input data. Alphabet/kana keys 44 are used to input data such as command words or alphabets or kana characters for performing functions not included in function key group 45.

The function key group 45 includes, for example, a start key 451, an end key 452, and a gauge number key 4.
53, plotter drawing key 454, data transfer key 455, nailing key 45a, Yakumono installation key 4
5b, a nail order key 45c, and a nail key 45d. Here, the start key 451 specifies the start of inputting data for forming a game board of one model. The end key 452 is operated when inputting the formation data for one type of game board is completed. The gauge number key 453 indicates that the model of the game board, that is, the gauge number has been input. The plotter drawing key 454 is used to specify that, after inputting game board formation data, a drawing is to be made based on the data. The data transfer key 455 is used to specify that the input game board formation data be transferred to the magnetic recording/reproducing device 62 or the nail gun 80.

The nail driving key 45a is used to specify that the type of coordinate data specified by the coordinate position of the cursor 22 is a position where a nail is to be driven. The Yakumono installation key 45b is used to specify that the coordinate position specified by the cursor 22 is the Yakumono attachment position. If the type or type data representing this Yakumono mounting position is entered,
Nailing is skipped without driving a nail at that coordinate position, and only a hole or a punch hole is formed for later attaching the Yakumono. The nail order key 45c is used to change the order in which coordinate positions are designated by the cursor 22. The Onigegi key 45d is used to input the coordinate position of only one of the two nails using the cursor 22 when the spacing between the two nails is strictly defined, and then input the spacing data by operating the numeric keys 42. It is pressed after inputting.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the storage area of the data storage memory 50c. In the figure, memory 5
0c includes a storage area 51 for storing data for forming a game board and another storage area 52. The storage area 51 is assigned an address larger than the sum of the maximum number of nails to be formed on one game board and the number of Yakumono mounting positions. In addition, in the illustration, the address of the memory 50C is one digit.
Shown in hexadecimal format. Each address area of the storage area 51 includes an area 51a for storing data representing the type of coordinate data, an area 51b for storing sequential data representing the order in which nails should be driven or the order in which nails are skipped, and an area 51b in the X-axis direction. It includes an area 51c for storing coordinate data and an area 51d for storing coordinate data in the Y-axis direction. Therefore,
In order to drive a single nail onto the game board 3, at least the coordinate data of the X and Y axes is required, and in order to form something other than a nail (for example, a nail, punch hole, etc.), type data is required. It becomes necessary.

The storage area 52 includes areas 52a to 52c. Area 52a is for storing data on the number of nails driven into one game board. Area 5
2b stores the number of punch holes on one game board. Area 52c is for storing a gauge number for identifying the type of game board.

6A and 6B are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the game board formation data input device, and particularly show the input procedure of game board formation data and the registration process of that data.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 2A to 6B, the operation when inputting data for forming a game board will be described.

Start and Operation in the Case of No Key Input When starting to input configuration data for one game board, the start key 451 is pressed. In response, the CPU 11 performs the following operations. That is, in step 11, it is determined that any key has been operated. In step 12, it is determined that the currently operated key is the start key 451. In step 13, the address counter ADR is initialized, and
Counters CT1 and CT2 are initialized (write 1)
be done. Initialization of address counter ADR is as follows:
This is done by writing the first address data in the storage area 51 into which the coordinate data is to be written into the address counter ADR. Subsequently, in steps 1 and 4, the shape pattern of the game board is read out from the memory 50B and written into the memory 50D.

Thereafter, if it is determined that no key has been operated, the process proceeds to step 15. In step 15, the coordinate data of the position of the cursor 22 is read into the CPU 11. In step 16, the data at the position of the cursor 22 is stored on the game board 3.
It is converted into X-axis and Y-axis coordinate data on a.
In step 17, the coordinate-converted X-axis data x _o and Y-axis data _yo are stored in registers.
Stored in XR and YR. In step 18, the display data stored in the memory 50D (for example, shape pattern data, written in step 23 or 38 described later) is Symbol data of ● mark indicating the position where a nail should be driven, symbol data of cross mark indicating the mounting position of the screwdriver written in step 29 to be described later, etc.) are read out. Also, based on the contents of registers XR and YR, cursor 22
Cursor symbol data representing the coordinate position of is read out. In step 19, the shape pattern of the game board and other symbols (symbols such as ● or x) are displayed on the screen of CRT display 30 based on the data read out in step 18.

Nailing position coordinate data input operation When inputting the nailing position coordinate data,
After specifying a desired coordinate position by operating the cursor 22, the nailing key 45a is pressed. For example, when inputting data for driving a nail at position p1 (not shown), select one of the shape patterns of the game board displayed on the CRT display 30.
The coordinate position of the cursor 22 is changed so that the cursor symbol is displayed at the position corresponding to the position p1. At this time, step 11, 15 to 19 mentioned above
The coordinate data at the current position of the cursor 22 is stored in registers XR and YR.
A cursor symbol is displayed on the CRT display 30 corresponding to that position.

Thereafter, the nailing key 45a is pressed. In response to this, in step 22, it is determined that the key that has just been operated is a nail driving key.
Subsequently, in step 21, the areas 51a to 51a of the address (initially "0001") of the memory 50C specified by the count value of the address counter AD4 are
Type data, order data, and coordinate data are written in 51d. That is, type data (for example, 1) indicating that a nail should be driven is written in the area 51a of address "0001", and a counter is written in the area 51b of that address.
The count value of CT1 (initially 1) is written, and the coordinate data of position p1, that is, the coordinate data (x1, y1) stored in registers XR, YR, is written into areas 51c and 51d. In step 22, 1 is added to the count value of the address counter ADR, and 1 is added to the count value of the counter CR1. In step 23, based on the coordinate data (x _o , y _o : however, n=1 at first) stored in registers XR and YR,
A symbol (for example, a ● mark) indicating the nailing position is written in the area of the memory 50D corresponding to the coordinate position. Then return to step 11. Therefore, in step 23 described above, the memory 50
The ● mark (nail driving position symbol) written in D is
It is read out in step 18, which is repeated when there is no key input, and displayed in step 19.

The operations described above involve operating the cursor 22 and pressing the nail driving key 4 for each coordinate position where each nail is to be driven.
5a, and the data is written to memory 50C and memory 50D. Therefore, the counter CT1 counts the number of input coordinate data to drive nails onto the game board (ie, the number of nails).

In the above explanation, when inputting the coordinate data of the coordinate position to drive a nail and the type data, the data is written into the memory 50c in the order of input, but the nail gun 80 automatically drives the nail. When driving, there are cases where the first nail hit hits the holder, which will be described later, and the nail cannot be driven based on the coordinate data input later. To prevent such cases, do the following:
That is, after step 23, it is determined in step 24 whether the currently input coordinate data is separated by a predetermined distance from the previously input coordinate data of the nailing position. Here, how to determine the predetermined distance will be briefly explained. The interval in the X-axis direction between the nail coordinate data (x, y) input earlier and the nail coordinate data input later is determined by the nail 841 or 842 of the holder 84, which will be described later, during the subsequent nail driving operation. The distance dx or more is selected so that the horizontal part of the nail does not hit the previously driven nail. In addition, the interval in the Y-axis direction is such that the tips of the claws 841, 842 of the holder 84 do not hit the previously driven nail during the subsequent nail driving operation _.
More selected. In any other case, the currently input coordinate data does not meet the predetermined conditions, so the process advances to step 25, where a warning is displayed. This has the advantage that after inputting the coordinate data of all the nailing positions and before plotting with the plotter, it is possible to check whether the coordinate data is inputted in accordance with the predetermined conditions each time it is input. There is. This step 24 constitutes a checking means for checking whether the nailing position coordinate data input by the game board formation data input means conforms to a certain predetermined rule.

Yakumono attachment position coordinate data input operation When inputting coordinate data representing the Yakumono attachment position, after inputting the coordinate data by operating the cursor 22, the Yakumono installation key 45b is pressed. For example, when inputting the coordinate data of Yakumono mounting position b (not shown), the cursor symbol will appear on the CRT display 30.
The cursor 22 is positioned at the coordinate position p on the game board 3a on the screen. Coordinate data (x _k , y _k ) correlated to the position of the cursor 22 at this time has been stored in the registers XR, YR by the operation in step 17 described above.

Thereafter, when the Yakumono attachment key 45b is pressed, it is determined in step 26.
Subsequently, in step 27, type data, nail striking order data, and coordinate data are written into the areas 51a to 51d of the address of the memory 50C specified by the count value of the address counter ADR. Here, the type data is data (for example, 2) that means that a nail is not driven, that is, a nail is skipped, since it is a Yakumono attachment position. At step 28, 1 is added to the contents of the address counter ADR, and 1 is added to the count value of the counter CT2. In step 29, based on the current coordinate data (x _k , y _k ) stored in registers XR, YR, the memory 50 corresponding to the coordinate data is
A symbol indicating a nail skip (for example, ×
mark) will be written. This symbol (cross mark) is read out from the memory 50D in step 18, which is repeated when no key input is made, and is displayed on the CRT 30 in step 19.

Thereafter, the above-described operation is repeated every time the cursor 22 and the yakumono attaching key 45b are operated.

Nailing Order Changing Operation To change the nailing order, in addition to the previously input coordinate data for each nailing order, new coordinate data may be added after any order. In this case, the order data immediately preceding the coordinate data to be corrected is specified by operating the numerical keys 42, and then the nail order key 45c is pressed.

Assuming now that the numerical key 42 has been operated, this is determined in step 30 and the process proceeds to step 31. At step 31, the numeric data input by operating the numerical keys 42 is stored in the numeric register NR.

Subsequently, when the nail order key 45c is pressed,
This is determined in step 32 and the process proceeds to the next step 33. In step 33, if the numeric key 42 is not operated before the sequence key 45c is operated, an input by operating the numeric key 42 is waited, and if the sequence data to be corrected has already been input into the setting register NR, the next input is performed. Proceed to step 34. In step 34, the address sequential area 51b of the storage area 51 is searched to find the order in which the nailing order stored in the number register NR should be corrected. Then, when an address with a nailing order equal to the contents of the register NR is specified, in step 35, each area 5 of address data larger than that address is specified.
The contents of 1a to 51d are shifted one address at a time to lower addresses and stored. At the same time, 1 is added to the nailing order data stored in each shifted area. In step 36, the coordinate data, type data, and nailing order data specified by the cursor 22 are written into each of the areas 51a to 51d corresponding to the addresses that have become empty areas. At step 37, the count value of the address counter ADR is incremented by 1, and
The count value of counter CT1 is incremented by 1.
At step 38, nailing symbol data is written into the corresponding storage area of memory 50D based on the coordinate data written at step 36 described above. In this way, the nailing order is changed.

Note that when changing the nailing order, previously registered coordinate data for each nailing order may be deleted. In this case, although a detailed flowchart is not shown, the nailing sequence to be erased is specified using the numerical keys 42, and then the clear key 43 is pressed. At this time, data stored in subsequent addresses is shifted one by one to higher addresses and written to the erased address. However, the nail order data is a value obtained by subtracting 1 from the previous nail order data.

Input operation of coordinate data regarding demon nails As is well known, in pachinko gaming machines, the two nails located directly above the winning hole or safe hole have a large effect on the winning probability depending on their inclination or spacing. Because of this, it is called a demon nail. The distance between the two nails must be precisely adjusted in increments of 1/10 to 1/100 mm. Therefore, in this embodiment, the coordinate data of the demon nails is inputted as follows so that the intervals between the demon nails are precisely the predetermined intervals.

That is, when inputting the data of the coordinate position where a demon nail should be formed, the coordinate data of one demon nail (for example, the left side when viewed from the front of the game board) is input by the operations in steps 11 to 23 described above. Ru.
Thereafter, by operating the numeric key 42, the interval data between one oni nail and the other oni nail is input. This spacing data is selected to be a precise value of the first or tenth decimal place (unit: mm).

Now, when interval data is input by operating the numerical key 42, it is determined in step 30 and the process advances to step 31. At step 31, the interval data input by operating the numerical key 42 is stored in the register NR.

After that, the onigegi key 45d is pressed. In response to this, it is determined in step 39 that the demon nail 45d has been pressed, and the process proceeds to step 40. At step 40, if interval data has not been input by operating the numeric key 42, input of interval data is awaited; if interval data has been input, the process advances to step 41. In step 41, the action data (x _o + Δx, y _o ) of the other demon nail is calculated based on the immediately previous coordinate data (x _o , y o ) and interval data ( _Δx ) specified by the cursor 22 .
is required. In step 42, type data, nail driving order data, and coordinate data (x _o +
Δx, y _o ) is written. In step 43,
One is added to the count value of the address counter ADR, and one is added to the count value of the counter CT1.
In step 44, the coordinate data (x _o + Δx,
y _N ), a nailing symbol is written in the corresponding area of the display memory 50D.

In this way, when inputting the coordinate data regarding the demon nail, the input is performed not only by operating the cursor 22 but also by operating the numerical keys 42, so the coordinate data can be entered at extremely accurate intervals. There are advantages.

Other operations When inputting the cage number of a game board for which game board formation data has been registered as described above, press the gauge number key 43 after operating the numerical keys 42 and inputting the gauge number. It is done by twisting. In this case, the gauge number entered by operating the numeric key 42 is input to the number register by the processing in steps 30 and 31 described above.
Stored in NR. When the gauge number key 453 is pressed, it is determined in step 45 and the process advances to step 46. step
At 46, the gauge number data stored in register NR is written to area 52c of memory 50C. Note that the gauge number may be entered at the beginning of registration. Further, the gauge number may be displayed on the CRT display 30.

As described above, when the input of data for forming one game board is completed, the end key 45 is pressed.
2 is pressed. In response, it is determined in step 47 that the end key 452 has been pressed, and the process advances to step 48. In step 48, the count value of the counter CT1, ie, data on the number of nails driven into the game board, is written into the area 52a of the memory 50c. At the same time, the counter
The sum of the counts of CT1 and CT2 is written to the area 52b as punch hole number data.

After inputting game board formation data by operating the cursor 22 and keyboard 40 while being displayed on the CRT display 30, if a plot is to be plotted and confirmed on the plotter 61, the plotter plotting key 454 is pressed. In response, it is determined in step 49 that the plotter drawing key 454 has been pressed, and the process advances to step 50. At step 50, the data stored in the memory 50D is read out and sent to the plotter 61.
The data is converted into a data format for printing and storage. This data is given to plotter 61. In step 51, the plotter 61 prints and stores the shape pattern of the game board, symbols indicating the nail driving position, symbols indicating the attachment position of the game board, and the like. Operator is Protsuta 6
The user looks at the drawing drawn in step 1 and confirms whether or not there is a need for correction, and if correction is necessary, the user presses the start key 451 again to input or correct data.

There is no need to modify data, and memory 5
To transfer the data registered in 0c to the floppy disk, the data transfer key 455 is pressed. In response, it is determined in step 52 that the data transfer key 455 has been pressed, and the process advances to step 53. In step 53,
Data stored in the memory 50c is read and transferred to the magnetic recording/reproducing device 62. The magnetic recording reproducing device 62 writes all the data stored in the memory 50c, that is, the data including nail driving position coordinate data and type specifying information that can specify the type of game board, onto the floppy disk. In addition, when transferring registered data to the punching device 70 and the nailing device 80,
A connector is connected in connection with the interface 12, and data is transferred to the punching device 70 and the nailing device 80 via the connector.
The interface 12 constitutes data input means for inputting the nailing position coordinate data stored in the storage means to the punch mark forming device and the nailing device. The specific determination method in step 24 is that the interval between all the nailing position coordinate data input up to the present time and the nailing position coordinate data input this time is the predetermined interval (d _x , d _y ) or more may be determined.

7A to 7C are detailed views of the punching device 70, in particular, FIG. 7A is a block diagram thereof, FIG. 7B is an illustrative view of the punching mechanism, and FIG. 7C is for explaining the punching operation. This shows the flowchart for The punch mark forming device 70 forms a small recess on the game board with a punch and applies a punch mark based on the nail driving position coordinate data inputted by the coordinate data input means. It is configured.

In FIG. 7A, a control device 70A controls the positioning of the game board and the punching drive. This control device 70A includes a central processing unit (CPU) 71. CPU71 is
Address counter ADR, punch hole counter CT
3 and plugs F1 and F2. Flag F1
stores that coordinate data is being written into the memory 73. The flag F2 stores the state in which the coordinate data is written in the memory 73, that is, the state in which the punching operation is possible.
The CPU 71 includes a program storage memory (ROM) 72 and a data storage memory (RAM).
73 and an input/output interface 74 are connected. The memory 73 includes the same storage area as the memory 50C shown in FIG.
The coordinate data for each nail and the coordinate data for forming the punch hole are written by the flowchart shown in FIGS. A and 6B. The operation of writing coordinate data to the memory 73 is as follows:
For example, a floppy disk on which the contents stored in the memory 50C are magnetically recorded may be reproduced by the magnetic reproducing device 78, and the data may be written to the memory 73.

The input/output interface 74 includes a switch 7.
5. The display 76 and punch drive unit 772 are connected. The operation switch section 75 includes at least a reset key 751 and a start key 752 for starting the punching operation.
The display 76 includes a display 761 for displaying the gauge number, a display 762 for displaying the contents of the counter CT3 (ie, the number of punch holes), and other displays.

An X-axis drive section 791 and a Y-axis drive section 792 are connected to the input/output interface 74.
The X-axis drive unit 791 and the Y-axis drive unit 792 move the game board to be punched in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, respectively.
It is driven in the axial direction. X-axis drive section 79
1. The Y-axis drive unit 792 is associated with position detectors 793 and 794 for detecting the X-axis and Y-axis positions of a stand (not shown) that supports the game board. . Position detector 793, 794
The output of is given to the input/output interface 74. In addition, the input/output interface 7
4. relatively moving the punch mechanism and the game board based on the input nail driving position coordinate data by an X-axis drive unit 791, a Y-axis drive unit 792, a position detector 793, and a position detector 794; A punch positioning control means is configured to position the punch mechanism at each nail driving position on the game board.

In FIG. 7B, the punching mechanism 77
includes a punch 771 and a punch drive section 772 for driving the punch 771 up and down. The punching mechanism 77 includes an X-axis drive unit 791,
When the punch 77 is driven and positioned in the X-axis or Y-axis direction by the Y-axis drive unit 792,
1 is lowered to form a punch hole in the game board. Note that the punching mechanism 77 constitutes a punching mechanism that applies punch marks to the surface of the game board.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 7A to 7C, the operation for forming punch holes in the game board 3a will be described.

Data Transfer Mode The CPU 71 determines in step 61 whether data transfer has started. If it is determined that a data transfer operation has started, then in step 62 flag F1 is set (ie, a logic "1" is written) and flag F2 is reset (ie, a logic "0" is written). Next, in step 63, the set state of flag F1 is determined, and step 63 is executed.
Proceed to 64. At step 74, the transferred data reproduced by the magnetic reproducing device 78 is written into the memory 73. When data writing to memory 73 is completed, flag F1 is reset and flag F2 is set in step 65. Therefore, the flag F2 stores that the data for nail driving and punch hole formation is written in the memory 73, that is, the punch hole drilling operation is possible.

Punch Hole Drilling Operation After the data transfer operation is completed, the operator positions the game board 3a, and then presses the start key 752. At this time, the gauge number stored in the memory 73 is displayed on the display 761, and the count value of the counter CT3 (i.e., the number of punch holes formed; however, initially 0) is displayed on the display 761.
62 is displayed.

The CPU 71 repeats the operations of steps 61, 63, and 66 before the data transfer is completed, and repeats the operations of steps 61, 63, 66, and 67 after the data transfer is completed. Then, in step 67, the process waits for the start key 752 to be pressed. When the start key 752 is pressed, the address counter ADR is initialized in step 68, and 1 is set in the counter CT3. Next, in step 69, the address counter
Based on the type data stored at the address in the memory 73 specified by the contents of the ADR, it is determined whether the type data is punch drilling data or not. Here, the punch hole drilling data includes type data representing the nail driving or yakumo attachment position. This is because by placing a punch hole in advance at the coordinate position where the nail is to be driven, the nail does not slip on the surface of the game board 3a, and the nail is driven securely into the determined coordinate position. This is also because it is necessary to prevent the surface of the game board 3a from cracking. The same applies to the Yakumono mounting position. Therefore, if it is determined based on the punch drilling data, step 70 is performed.
At , the coordinate data (x _o , y _o : where n=1 to the maximum number of addresses storing coordinate data in the memory 73) of the address specified by the count value of the address counter ADR is read out. step
At 71, based on the coordinate data read from the memory 73, the X-axis drive section 791 and the Y-axis drive section 792 are driven to position the game board 3a. In step 72, the coordinate data read from the memory 73 and the detector 79
It is determined whether or not the coordinate position of the actual game board 3a detected in step 3,794 matches.
If it is determined that the two do not match, the operations of steps 71 and 72 are repeated. When the two match, the punch drive section 772 is driven in step 73, and the punch 771 punches a hole in the game board 3a. In step 74, counter CT3 and address counter
ADR is incremented. In addition, step 69 mentioned above
If it is determined that the data is not punch drilling data, the process directly advances to step 74. Subsequently, in step 75, it is determined whether a predetermined number of punch holes (the sum of the maximum number of nails to be driven into one game board and the number of Yakumono attachment positions) have been formed. This determination is made based on the punch hole number data stored in the punch hole number storage area of the memory 73 (an area corresponding to 52b in FIG. 5, not shown) and the counter CT3.
This is done depending on whether or not the counted value of . If it is determined that the predetermined number of punch holes have not been formed, the process returns to step 69 and the operations of steps 69 to 75 are repeated a predetermined number of times.

In this way, the game board 3a to be nailed
Prior to the nail driving operation, punch holes are formed in advance based on the same coordinate data as the coordinate data used for the nail driving operation of the nail driving device 80. This means that if the positioning of the game board is made to be the same with the punch holes or with the device 70 and the nailing device 80, then the punch holes are formed in advance at exactly the same coordinates as the coordinates where the nails should be driven. It means that you can.

Thereafter, in step 76, the gauge number data stored in the memory 73 is recorded on the game board 3a. The record of this gauge number data is
For example, you can prepare a label in advance with a code recorded for each type of gauge number and attach it to a part of the game board 3a (the part that cannot be seen from the front when the game board is attached to the pachinko machine). This is done by, for example, forming a hole encoded with gauge number data on the game board 3a using a punch 771. In this way, the gauge number data is transferred to the game board 3.
If it is stored in a, when performing a nail driving operation, by comparing and checking the coordinate data for nail driving and the gauge number data of the game board that has been punched in advance, it will be possible to drill holes for game boards with different gauge numbers. This has the advantage that it is possible to prevent the user from accidentally driving a nail into the game board.

Next, the configuration and operation of the nailing device 80 for driving nails into the game board using data input by the game board formation data input device will be described.

8A to 8F are detailed views of the nailing device 80. In particular, Figure 8A shows its front view;
FIG. 8B shows details of the nail storage mechanism, FIG. 8C shows details of the nail separation mechanism and nail guide section, and FIG.
Fig. D shows details of the nail feeding mechanism, Fig. 8E shows an enlarged view of the main part in a state where a nail is being driven, and Fig. 8F shows details of the nail separating mechanism and the nail guide section. Note that the nailing device 80 constitutes a nailing device that forms a nail on the game board on which the punch mark has been applied based on the nailing position coordinate data inputted by the coordinate data input device. ing.

In the structure, a nail storage and supply mechanism 81 shown in FIG. 8B is provided on the upper part of the main body 801 of the nailing device 80. The nail storage and supply mechanism 81 includes a nail tank 8
A vibrator 812 is provided below the nail tank 811, and a guide 813 is formed around the upper part of the nail tank 811. When the nails stored in the nail tank 811 are rotating within the nail tank 811 due to the vibrations and centrifugal force of the vibrator 812, the guide 813 selects nails of a specified length and guides them to the main chute 814. Further, a collection path 815 is formed around the upper part of the nail tank 811 to collect nails having a length other than the specified length as defective nails.

Near the end of the main chute 814, there is an 8th C
A nail separation mechanism 82 as shown is provided. The nail separating mechanism 82 arranges the nails supplied through the main chute 814 in an upright state and delivers them one by one for each nail driving operation. This nail separating mechanism 82 is provided with a nail separating plate 821. The nail separation plate 821 is supported by a fulcrum 822 so as to be rotatable in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the nails aligned by the main chute 814 are supplied. Nail separation plate 8
The upper end of 21 is linked via a rod 823 to a movable plate 831 shown in FIG. 8D. The length of the rod 823 can be adjusted with an adjustment nut 824. A spring 825 is provided between the lower end portion of the adjustment nut 824 and the nail separating plate 821. At the lower tip of the nail separating plate 821,
A distribution pin 826 is formed to protrude in a direction perpendicular to the main chute 814. Sorting pin 82
A lever 828 on which a stopper pin 827 is formed is provided on the opposite side facing 6. In the main chute 814 facing the part where the stopper pin 827 and the distribution pin 826 are formed,
A long hole 816 is formed. The lever 828 is linked to a portion of the nail separation plate 821 via a return spring 829.

Next, the operation of the nail separating mechanism 82 will be described. When the rod 823 is pulled upward, the nail separating plate 82
1 rotates counterclockwise. As a result, the distribution pin 826 is pulled out from the elongated hole 816. At the same time, the stopper pin 827 is inserted into the elongated hole 816. As a result, the nail that was fastened by the distribution pin 826 stops at the position of the stopper pin 827. Then, when the rod 823 descends,
A distribution pin 826 is inserted between the nail held by the stopper pin 827 and the next nail. At the same time, the stopper pin 827 is pulled out of the elongated hole 816, so that one nail is fed out.

In front of the nail separating mechanism 82, a nail feeding mechanism 83 shown in FIG. 8D is provided. The nail feeding mechanism 83 is
A movable plate 831 is provided slightly below the fixed plate 832 and facing the fixed plate 832. A spline shaft 833 is connected to the movable plate 831. Spline shaft 833
is supported slidably in the vertical direction within the spline case 834. A punch 835 for feeding out nails is fixed to the lower end of the spline shaft 833. A stopper 836 for regulating the bottom dead center of the punch 835 is fixed to the upper end of the spline shaft 833. A punch driving section 837 (for example, powered by hydraulic pressure, air, etc.) is fixed to the fixed plate 832 . Piston rod 8 at the lower end of the punch drive unit 837
38, when the pestle drive unit 837 is biased,
The movable plate 831 is pushed down to lower the spline shaft 833, and the nail held by the nail gripper (not shown) is delivered by the punch 835.

The position is at the terminal end of the main chute 814 (that is, diagonally below the nail separating mechanism 82) and the punch 8
A nail gripping portion for temporarily gripping the nail is provided at a position below directly below 35. A holder 84 shown in FIG. 8E is provided below the nail gripping portion. The holder 84 is separated by a nail separation mechanism 82,
It also includes claws 841 and 842 that pinch one nail fed out by the nail feeding mechanism 83, and is pushed out to the nailing position by a holder drive unit (not shown: 844 shown in FIG. 9). , the nail is opened and closed in synchronization with the nail driving operation. A stopper portion 843 is provided at the top of the holder 84.

A nailing mechanism 85 shown in FIG. 8E is provided above the pushed-out position of the holder 84 (slightly in front of the nail feeding mechanism 83). The nailing mechanism 85 includes a hammer 8 for driving a nail held by a holder 84.
51, hammer drive section 852, and stopper 853
including. The hammer driving unit 852 includes a motor (not shown), and moves the hammer 851 down vigorously in conjunction with the up-and-down movement of the punch 853 to drive the nail into the game board 3.
Type into a. Note that the nailing mechanism 85 allows
A nail driving mechanism is configured to drive nails into the surface of the game board.

Preferably, a mechanism is provided that applies a gentle rotational force to the hammer 851 in conjunction with the downward movement of the hammer 851, so that the nail is driven while being rotated. In this way, by cutting a spiral groove around the nail, the nail can be attached to the game board.
It has the advantage that it can be driven in so that it does not easily come off from a. In addition, the stopper 853 is a hammer 851.
The stopper plate 843 lowers in conjunction with the lifting and lowering operation of
When the nail is hit, the hammer 851 functions to prevent further nail driving. Thus, by providing the stopper 853 and the stopper plate 843, there is an advantage that the nail can always be driven to a constant depth. In other words, the lengths of the nails protruding from the surface of the game board 3a can be made constant.

A game board support drive 86 is provided below the holder 84, as shown in FIG. 8F.
The game board support drive mechanism 86 includes a support stand 861. The support stand 861 is fixedly held by a work table 862. The workbench 862 is the nailing device 8
0 when viewed from the front (that is, the X-time direction) and in the depth direction (that is, the Y-axis direction) when viewed from the front. Specifically, the workbench 86
2 is made slidable in the X-axis direction by a guide 863 extending parallel to the X-axis direction. This guide 86
Although not shown, both ends of 3 are supported so as to be slidable in the Y-axis direction.

The main body 801 includes an X-axis drive unit (for example, a motor) 99 for driving the workbench 862 in the X-axis direction.
1 is provided, and the workbench 862 is
A Y-axis drive section (992 shown in FIG. 9) is provided for driving in the axial direction.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a control device for nail driving control that includes the nail driving device 82. In particular, the control device 90, which is an example of a control means, controls the positioning of the game board to be nailed and controls the driving of the nailing mechanism. Since the control device 90 has a configuration substantially similar to that shown in the block diagram shown in FIG. 7A, only the configuration of the different parts will be described here. That is, the control device 90 differs from the block diagram shown in FIG. 7A in that a punch drive section 837, a holder drive section 844, and a hammer drive section 852 are connected to the input/output interface 94 instead of the punch drive section 772. Nail counter CT instead of counter CT3
4 is used, and instead of the display 762, a display 962 for displaying the number of nails driven is used. The other parts are the same, so a two-digit reference number is shown in the tens digit, and a three-digit reference number is shown in the hundreds digit with a reference number 9 instead of 7. However, the memory 90 stores a program for performing the operations shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. In addition, position detectors 993, 994
are for detecting the X-axis and Y-axis positions of the support base 861.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the nailing operation. Next, with reference to FIGS. 8A to 10, an explanation will be given of the operation for driving a nail into the game board 3a in which punch holes are formed in advance.

In the data transfer mode, the operations in steps 61 to 65 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 7C are the same, so the corresponding steps are shown with step numbers 81 to 85, and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

Next, the nail driving operation will be explained. The worker is the seventh
As explained with reference to Figures A to 7C, when driving a nail into a game board with punch holes, place the game board 3a on the support stand 861,
A positioning hole (not shown) formed in is engaged with a positioning pin 871, and a fixing member 872 is used to position and fix. Thereafter, the operator presses the start key 952. At this time, the gauge number stored in the memory 93 is displayed on the display 961, and the count value for the counter CT (ie, the number of times nails are actually driven) is displayed on the display 962.

The CPU 91 repeats steps 81, 83, and 86 before data transfer, and repeats steps 81, 83, and 86 before pressing the start key 952 after data transfer.
Operations 81, 83, 886, and 87 are repeated. and,
If it is determined in step 87 that the start key 952 has been pressed, the process advances to step 88. At step 88, it is determined whether the gauge numbers match. This determination is made based on whether or not the gauge number data written in the memory 93 matches the gauge number data recorded on the game board 3a during the punching operation.
For that purpose, means (not shown) for reading gauge number data are provided. If it is determined that the gate numbers do not match, no nailing operation is performed. In this way, even if many game boards are saved between punch holes being drilled and nailing, it is possible to prevent games with punch holes that correspond to different gauge numbers from being created by mistake. This has the advantage of preventing nails from being driven into the board.

In addition, as another example of matching the gauge number of the game board on which holes have been punched and the gauge number of the game board to be nailed, the following may be used. In other words, the storage capacity of the memory 93 is several to several tens.
The coordinate data for each game board is selected to be able to be stored, and the coordinate data and gauge number data for each gauge number are written in advance in the storage area for each gauge in the memory 93. Then, instead of the operation in step 88, the memory 93 is searched based on the gauge number read from the game board where the punched hole has been punched, and the nail driving operation is performed based on the coordinate data for the game board with the matching gauge number. Bye.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the gauge numbers match, the process advances to step 89. In step 89, address counter ADR is initialized and counter CT
4 is set to 1. In step 90, it is determined whether the type data stored at the address in the memory 93 specified by the count value of the address counter ADR is nail driving data. If it is determined that the data is nail driving data, step 91 is performed.
Proceed to. In step 91, the address counter
Coordinate data of the address specified by the ADR count value is read. In step 92, memory 9
Based on the coordinate data 3 read out, the X-axis drive section 991 and the Y-axis drive section 992 are driven to position the workbench 862. Therefore,
The game board 3a is positioned at the coordinate position where a nail is to be driven. In step 93, it is determined whether the coordinate data read from the memory 93 and the actual coordinate position of the game board 3a detected by the detectors 993 and 994 match. If it is determined that the two do not match, the operations of steps 92 and 93 are repeated. If it is determined that the two match, the process proceeds to step 94. Note that the X-axis drive section 9
91, the Y-axis drive unit 992, the detector 993, and the detector 994 relatively move the nailing mechanism and the game board based on the input nailing position coordinate data, and move the game board to the nailing position. Nailing positioning control means for positioning each nail is configured. By step 94, the holder drive unit 84
4 is driven, and the holder 8 is moved to a position where the nail portion of the holder 84 that grips the nail is directly below the punch 835.
Extrude 4. In step 95, the punch drive section 837 and the hammer drive section 852 are sequentially driven to perform a nail driving operation. That is, when the hammer 851 descends vigorously, the claws 841, 842
Drive the nail held by the nail into the game board 3a. At this time, when the nail is driven into the game board 3a by a predetermined length, the stopper 853 hits the stopper plate 843, prohibiting the hammer 851 from descending any further.

Next, in step 96, counter CT4
is incremented. The counter CT4 counts the number of nails driven into one game board 3a so far. The counted value is displayed on the display 962. in this way,
By displaying the number of nails that have already been driven, in the event of some kind of failure in the nail driving device 80, it is easy to know from which coordinate data reading of the nail should be restarted, which corresponds to the nail in the nail driving order. This has the advantage of making recovery work easier. At the same time, the count value of the address counter ADR is incremented. As a result, the address of the memory 93 from which coordinate data is to be read next is incremented. step
97, the count value of counter CT4 and memory 9
It is determined whether or not the number of nails data stored in No. 3 matches. If it is determined that the two do not match, the process returns to step 90 described above. In this way, one nail driving operation is performed.

When the operations of steps 90 to 97 described above are repeated a number of times corresponding to the maximum number of nails to be driven into the game board 3a, it is determined in step 97 that the nail driving operation is ended. In this way, a predetermined number of nails are driven into one game board 3a.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention allows visual confirmation of the nailing position coordinate data based on the image display before starting the nailing process to the game board based on the inputted nailing position coordinate data. In addition, if the nail driving position coordinate data is erroneous enough to be visually detected, the operator can discover the error by looking at the nail position displayed as an image. Furthermore, since the input nail driving position coordinate data is checked by a confirmation means to see if it conforms to certain rules, errors in the data that are difficult to detect on an image display and easy to overlook on an image display are possible. With this confirmation means, it is possible to confirm as much as possible whether or not there are errors in the data, and whether or not the input nailing position coordinate data is appropriate before starting the nailing process based on the input nailing position coordinate data. It became possible to confirm the In this way, the nailing position coordinate data can be double-checked by employing two different confirmation methods: visual confirmation by the operator using image display and automatic confirmation using confirmation means. Therefore, the nailing position coordinate data can be confirmed as accurately as possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIGS. 1A and 1B are illustrative diagrams of the steps of a conventional game board manufacturing method. FIG. 2A is a diagram schematically showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2B is a flow diagram showing an outline of the manufacturing process of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a game board forming data input device. FIG. 4A shows an external view of the CRT display and keyboard, and FIG. 4B shows a detailed view of the keyboard. FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the storage area of the data storage memory 50c. 6A and 6B are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the game board forming data input device. FIGS. 7A to 7C are detailed views of the punching device. Figures 8A to 8F are detailed views of the nailing device. FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the control device for the nail driving device. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the nailing operation. In the figure, 3a is a game board, 10 is a microprocessor, 20 is a coordinate data input device, and 30 is a
A CRT display, 40 a keyboard, 50 a storage device, 70 a punching device, and 80 a nailing device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A manufacturing equipment device for manufacturing a game board installed in a pinball game machine, which is capable of inputting at least nail driving position coordinate data for forming a plurality of nails on the game board. a game board formation data input means; an image display means for displaying an image of the position of a nail to be formed on the game board based on the nail driving position coordinate data; and a nail input by the game board formation data input means. 1. A manufacturing equipment for game boards, comprising: confirmation means for confirming whether hitting position coordinate data conforms to certain predetermined rules.