JPH08243219A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To absorb and eas the energy of a game ball impinging upon a ball stopper, and damp the energy of the ball bouncing in a game area. CONSTITUTION: A rail ornament member 19 is provided outside of a game area surrounded by an outer rail 10 and an inner rail 11 provided on the outer surface of a game board 5, and a ball stopper member 19 upon which a ball game flying along the inner periphery of the outer rail 10 impinges so as to be guided to the center of the game area 12, is movably provided to the rail ornament member 19.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides a rail decoration member outside a game area surrounded by an outer rail and an inner rail provided on the surface of a game board, and the rail decoration member is provided on the inner circumference of the outer rail. The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine equipped with a ball stopper that collides game balls that fly along the direction and guides the game balls toward the center of the game area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachinko game machine, an outer rail and an inner rail are provided on the surface of a game board, and a rail decoration member is provided outside a game area surrounded by the outer rail and the inner rail. A ball stopper made of rubber or soft synthetic resin is provided at a position facing the outer rail end of the decorative member. This ball stopper is for causing a game ball flying along the inner circumference of the outer rail to collide and guiding it toward the center of the game area.

[0003]

In the conventional pachinko gaming machine described above, the ball stopper is fixedly provided on the rail decoration member, so that when the game ball vigorously collides with the ball stopper, the game ball will be There was a problem in that the momentum was bounced off without being relieved and hit the obstacle nails implanted in the game area, resulting in the obstacle nails being bent or bent. In particular, when the ball stopper is fixed, the game ball is always rebounded in a certain direction and continuously hits the obstacle nail at the same position, resulting in the above-mentioned problems.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to alleviate the momentum of a game ball that collides with a ball stopper and to cause some variation in the bounce direction. Another object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko gaming machine capable of preventing breakage accidents of obstacle nails.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, an outer rail and an inner rail are provided on the surface of a game board, and the outside of a game area surrounded by the outer rail and the inner rail. A rail decoration member is provided on one side, and a ball stopper that collides game balls flying along the inner circumference of the outer rail and guides it toward the center of the game area is movably provided on the rail decoration member.

The ball stopper described above may be provided with an elastic piece or an air pressure portion in order to effectively alleviate the momentum of the game ball that collides.

Further, in the present invention, an outer rail and an inner rail are provided on the surface of the game board, and a rail decoration member is provided outside the game area surrounded by the outer rail and the inner rail, and the rail decoration member is provided. Is a container for accommodating a ball stopper that collides game balls flying along the inner circumference of the outer rail and guides the ball toward the center of the game area, and the ball stopper is movably accommodated in the container.

In order to make the ball stopper movable, it is effective to form the housing portion larger than the ball stopper and house the ball stopper in the housing portion. Further, it is preferable that the ball stopper is provided with an elastic piece or an air elastic pressure portion, or the front and rear width of the ball stopper is formed thin so as to have bending elasticity.

[0009]

[Function] By providing the ball stopper movably with respect to the rail decoration member, the impact when the game ball collides with the ball stopper is effectively absorbed and relaxed, and the momentum of the game ball when it bounces back into the game area. It also functions to weaken the joint and to give a certain degree of variation in the directionality when it bounces back, thereby reliably preventing the accidental breakage of the obstacle nail.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko game machine.
Is a side frame, and 2 is a frame-shaped front frame provided on the front surface of the side frame 1 so as to be openable and closable. A glass door frame 3 and a front decorative plate 4 are provided in the window portion of the front frame 2 so as to be openable and closable about one side. A game board 5 is arranged behind the glass door frame 3, and a hitting ball supply tray 6 is attached to the front surface of the front decorative board 4. Further, at the lower part of the front frame 2, there are provided a surplus ball storage tray 7 for storing surplus balls of the hit ball supply tray 6 and an operation handle 8 which is operated when the game ball of the hit ball supply tray 6 is shot.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 5. On the surface of the game board 5, a launch rail 9 having a launch position, an outer rail 10 and an inner rail 11 for guiding a game ball that has been launched are provided, and the outer rail 10 and the inner rail 1 are provided.
The area surrounded by 1 constitutes a game area 12. A large number of obstacle nails 13, a windmill 14, a general winning opening 15 or a large winning device 16 and a variable display device 17 for changing or obstructing the passage of the game ball are arranged in the game area 12, and the game is played. An out hole 18 is provided at the bottom of the region 12.

The outer rail 10 is arranged smoothly from the tip of the launch rail 9 in an arc shape, and the game ball hit from the launch position is guided to the outer rail 10 and guided to the game area 12. He flows down. Also, the inner rail 1
1 is located inside the outer rail 10 and receives a game ball that has fallen in the game area 12 and guides it into the out hole 18 until a prize is won.

A right side rail decoration member 19 and a left side rail decoration member 20 made of synthetic resin are provided along the outer circumference of the outer rail 10 and the inner rail 11 on the surface of the game board 5 located outside the game area 12. Has been. The rail decoration member 19 on the right side is the end portion of the outer rail 10 and the inner rail 1.
The ball stopper 21 is provided so as to be located between the outer hole 10 and the upper right portion of the outer hole 18, and a position corresponding to the end portion of the outer rail 10 of the rail decoration member 19 is provided. This ball stopper 21 repels a game ball that flies along the inner circumference of the outer rail 10 and guides it toward the center of the game area 12, for example, rubber or soft synthetic resin. It is formed by an elastic body.

Although the ball stopper 21 is usually fixedly provided on the rail decoration member 19 by an appropriate fixing means such as a screw, the present invention is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. As described above, the support piece 22 is attached to the ball stopper 21, the center hole 24 of the cylindrical portion 23 formed at the upper end of the support piece 22 is fitted into the projection 25 projecting inside the rail decoration member 19, and the screw is fixed 26. Therefore, the ball stopper 21 is rotatably attached to the rail decoration member 19. The rail decoration member 19 is formed with a notch 27 facing the ball stopper 21 and a frame piece 28 for restricting the rotation range of the ball stopper 21.

According to the embodiment described above, when a game ball guided by the outer rail 10 and flying off collides with the ball stopper 21, the ball stopper 21 fulcrums the projection 25 as shown by the chain line in FIG. Turn to. Therefore, even if the game ball strongly collides with the ball stopper 21, its momentum is killed, and the game area 1
The momentum of the game ball that can bounce back to 2 will be significantly reduced. Therefore, even if the game ball that can bounce back to the game area 12 hits the obstacle nail 13, the obstacle nail 13 will not be bent or broken. Further, since the ball stopper 21 rotates to cause some variation in the bounce direction of the game ball, the game ball that collides with the ball stopper 21 and bounces back into the game area 12 hits the same obstacle nail, causing a breakage accident. The situation of promoting it will disappear.

In the above embodiment, the ball stopper 21 is used.
A support piece 22 is attached to the ball stopper 2 via the support piece 22.
1 is configured to be rotatable, but as shown in FIG. 5, a support piece portion 30 having a through hole 29 is integrally extended above the ball stopper 21 and the through hole 29 of the support piece portion 30 is formed. The rail decoration member 19 may be fitted to the protrusion 25 so as to be rotatable. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, if the elastic piece 31 that can come into contact with the frame piece 28 of the rail decoration member 19 is provided integrally with the ball stopper 21, the elastic piece 31 of the chain line in the figure when the game ball collides. Since it is pressed as described above, it is possible to further enhance the effect of reducing the force when the game ball collides. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the ball stopper 21 may be formed in a disk shape, and the center hole 32 thereof may be fitted into the protrusion 25 of the rail decoration member 19 so that the ball stopper member 21 can be rotated. In this case, it is advisable to enhance the depressurizing effect at the time of collision of the game ball by providing the air elastic pressure portion 33 composed of a plurality of through holes as shown in the figure.

In the above-described embodiment, the ball stopper 21 is rotatably provided with respect to the rail decoration member 19 as means for reducing the momentum when the game ball collides with the ball stopper 21. However, as shown in FIG. 8 to FIG. 10, for example, a surrounding wall 34 is projectingly provided inside the rail decoration member 19 to define an accommodating portion 35 for accommodating the ball stopper 21, and the ball stopper 21 is attached to the accommodating portion 35. It may be a movable housing.

That is, in FIG.
It is formed to be larger, thereby forming a space 36 in the accommodating portion 35 in which the ball stopper 21 can move. In this case, when the game ball that is guided to the outer rail 10 and flies in a collision with the ball stopper 21, the ball stopper 21 is shown in FIG.
As it moves within the range of the space 36 like a chain line, even if the game ball strongly collides with the ball stopper 21, its momentum is killed, and eventually the game ball can bounce back to the game area 12. The momentum will be significantly diminished.

On the other hand, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, an elastic piece 37 is integrally provided on the ball stopper 21, and the elastic piece 37 is positioned in contact with the surrounding wall 34 forming the accommodating portion 35. In this case, when the game ball strongly collides with the ball stopper 21, the ball stopper 21 moves via the elastic piece 37 as shown by the chain line in the figure, and the momentum of the game ball is significantly reduced.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, the ball stopper 21 is used.
Both ends of are fixed, and the front and rear widths are made thin to provide bending elasticity. When the game ball strongly collides with the ball stopper 21, it bends as shown by the chain line in the figure and reduces the momentum of the game ball. Energize. In this case, the depressing effect can be further enhanced by providing the air elastic pressure portion 38 by penetrating the central portion in the shape of a long groove as illustrated.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the ball stopper fixedly provided to cause the game balls flying along the inner circumference of the outer rail to collide with each other and guide them toward the center of the game area is provided. Instead of movably, the impact when the game ball collides with the ball stop is effectively absorbed and relaxed, so the momentum of the game ball that can bounce back to the game area is significantly reduced. Therefore, it is possible to surely eliminate the situation where the game ball hits the obstacle nail and the obstacle nail is bent or broken.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a ball stopper member removed from a rail decoration member.

FIG. 4 is a sectional front view of an essential part showing a mounted state of a ball stopper.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional front view of another main part showing a mounted state of a ball stopper.

FIG. 6 is a sectional front view of still another main part showing a mounting state of a ball stopper.

FIG. 7 is a sectional front view of an essential part showing a mounting state of another embodiment of the ball stopper.

FIG. 8 is a sectional front view of an essential part showing a mounted state of a ball stopper according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a sectional front view of a main part showing another mounting state of the ball stopper according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a sectional front view of still another essential part showing a mounted state of the ball stopper according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 game board 10 outer rail 11 inner rail 12 game area 19 rail decoration member 21 ball stopper 31 elastic piece 33 air elastic portion 35 accommodating portion 36 space 37 elastic piece 38 air elastic portion

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A game in which an outer rail and an inner rail are provided on the surface of a game board, and a rail decoration member is provided outside a game area surrounded by the outer rail and the inner rail to fly along the inner circumference of the outer rail. A pachinko gaming machine characterized in that a ball stopper that movably collides the ball and guides it toward the center of the game area is movably provided on the rail decoration member. 2. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein an elastic piece is provided on a side surface of the ball stopper. 3. The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein an air pressure portion is provided on the ball stopper. 4. An outer rail and an inner rail are provided on the surface of the game board, and a rail decoration member is provided outside a game area surrounded by the outer rail and the inner rail, and the rail decoration member is provided with an inner rail. A pachinko game machine characterized in that a housing portion for housing a ball stopper that collides game balls flying along the circumference and guides it toward the center of the game area is housed movably in the housing portion. 5. The housing portion is formed larger than a ball stopper,
The pachinko game machine according to claim 4, wherein a space is provided in the accommodation portion so that the ball stopper can move. 6. The pachinko game machine according to claim 4, wherein the ball stopper is provided with an elastic piece. 7. The pachinko game machine according to claim 4, wherein both ends of the ball stopper are fixed, and the thickness of the front-rear width is formed thin to provide bending elasticity. 8. The pachinko game machine according to claim 4, 5 or 7, wherein an air pressure portion is provided on the ball stopper.