JPH0975525A - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that realizes sturdy and easy mounting of a gaming board while using a synthetic resin as at least a main constituent material of a gaming board storage frame. SOLUTION: A game board storage frame main body 500 is made of synthetic resin, and a game board storage portion 503 is formed in the game board storage frame main body 500 so that the game board 10 can be detached from the front side. The recessed groove groove 50 is fitted around the peripheral portion 503.
6 is formed and a fitting projection wall (outer peripheral edge 321) is formed around the back surface of the game board 10 made of synthetic resin, and the fitting projection wall is fitted into the fitting recessed chamber groove 506. The game board 10 is mounted in a state of being housed in the game board housing portion 503.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine provided with a game board storage frame made of synthetic resin, and more specifically, to a peripheral portion of the game board storage section in the game board storage frame or a back surface of the game board. By forming a fitting projection wall on one of the side peripheries and forming a fitting concave chamber groove on the other side, by fitting these fitting projection wall and the fitting concave chamber groove to each other, a game is played. The present invention relates to a gaming machine that realizes sturdy and easy mounting of a board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game board has a metal mounting frame installed in an opening formed in a wooden front frame, and the mounting frame section accommodates the game board from the front or rear of the front frame. It was fixed by a fixing member. Conventionally, when attaching a game board, there are cases where it is stored from the front of the front frame and cases where it is stored from the rear. When storing from the front, open the glass frame and front panel provided on the front side of the front frame, insert the game board into the mounting frame located inside it and install it, open the front frame and open the back side of the mounting frame The installed game board is fixed by operating the game board fixing member provided on the side portion. When storing from the rear of the front frame, open the front frame, insert the game board into the mounting frame provided on the back side of the front frame, and install the game board fixing member provided on the back side of the front frame. I was operating and fixing the game board. Further, in order to receive the fixing piece of the fixing member (to engage the fixing piece), the side surface of the game board is provided with a metal fixing plate member having a step portion for receiving the fixing piece.

[0003]

In the conventional gaming machine, since the front frame is made of wood, it is necessary to provide a metal mounting frame for mounting the game board. And since the wooden game board is stored in the metal mounting frame (both have some strength), there was no problem with installing the game board in the mounting frame and fixing it from the side. . However, recently, from the viewpoint of design flexibility or recycling, it has been considered to mold the front frame and the game board with resin. When the front frame and the game board are made of resin, there is an advantage that the conventional mounting frame part (game board storage part) can be integrally molded with the front frame by resin, but on the other hand, when the game board is attached to the front frame, With such a mounting method, there is a possibility that it will not be possible to make a sturdy mounting that can withstand long-term use during transportation or in the hall.
There was a risk that the game board would rattle and the game state would be hindered. In addition, when the game board is made of resin, bending may occur, and with the conventional mounting method, it is not possible to prevent the occurrence of bending, so the game area may be deformed and the gaming state may be disturbed. It was In particular, recent game machines often have a large number of electric parts or large electric parts (liquid crystal, CRT display, etc.) mounted on the game board, which may cause more deflection.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine which realizes sturdy and easy mounting of the gaming board while using synthetic resin as at least a main constituent material of the gaming board storage frame.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to the invention of claim 1 is a gaming machine having a gaming board housing frame capable of housing a gaming board, wherein the main body of the gaming board housing frame is The constituent members are molded from synthetic resin, and the game board storage frame is provided with a game board storage part capable of storing the game board from the front side of the game board, and the periphery of this game board storage part or the back side periphery of the game board. Among them, the fitting projection wall is formed on one side, the fitting concave chamber groove is formed on the other side, and the fitting projection wall and the fitting concave chamber groove are fitted to each other, so that the game board is It is characterized in that it is attached in a state of being stored in the game board storage section.

In a preferred embodiment, for example, the main constituent material of the game board may be synthetic resin as described in claim 2. Further, for example, as described in claim 3, the game board storage frame is provided with a game board fixing member that can be operated from the front side of the game board storage frame, and the game board fixing is provided on the side surface of the game board. An engaging portion with which the member can engage may be formed.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings as an embodiment applied to a pachinko machine. A. Front Configuration and Overall Structure of Pachinko Device First, the front configuration and overall structure of the present pachinko device will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. 1 is a front perspective view showing a pachinko machine (gaming machine) of the pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of a glass frame 13 and a front panel 14 of the pachinko machine, which will be described later, and FIG. It is an exploded perspective view showing a game board storage frame 11 and a machine frame 12. When the pachinko machine is, for example, a so-called CR machine (card reading machine), it is roughly divided into a pachinko machine and a card-type ball lending machine (hereinafter, referred to as a game media lending device).
(Referred to simply as a ball lending machine), and these are installed as a pair, but in this case, the illustration of the ball freight machine is omitted in each drawing.

In this pachinko machine, as shown in FIG. 3, a game board 10 having a game area formed on the front surface is attached to a machine frame 12 via a game board housing frame 11 so as to be openable and closable. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the glass frame 13 and the front panel 14 are arranged on the front side so as to cover the front surfaces of the game board 10 and the game board storage frame 11, and the game board storage frame 11 and Are independently attached to the machine frame 12 so as to be openable and closable. In addition, this pachinko machine is a game board 10, a game board storage frame 11, a machine frame 12, a glass frame 1
3, and the main constituent members constituting the front panel 14 and the like,
All are made of synthetic resin. The glass frame 13
An opening 13a is formed substantially at the center, and the game area on the game board 10 can be seen through the opening 13a. On the front surface of the glass frame 13, the upper lamp covers 15a, 15b, 15c, the opening edge lamp cover 16, and the side lamp cover 17 are provided so as to surround the game area.
a and 17b are provided, and a decorative lamp (not shown) is built in these covers. These covers have a bulging shape protruding to the front side and are transparent or translucent,
The lighting of the built-in decorative lamp can be transmitted. The surface of these covers may be colorfully colored. In the lower right corner on the front surface of the glass frame 13,
A key insertion portion 18 for operating a locking device 80 (shown in FIG. 2) that locks the glass frame 13 is provided. When the glass frame 13 is opened, if a predetermined key is inserted into the key insertion portion 18 and is rotated, the locked state of the locking device 80 is released and only the glass frame 13 is opened.

The front panel 14 is arranged below the glass frame 13 and is attached to the machine frame 12 independently of the glass frame 13 so as to be openable and closable. This front panel 1
4, an upper plate 21, a push button 22 for opening and closing a ball passage for moving the balls of the upper plate 21 to a ball storage plate (lower plate) 24 described later, an ashtray 23, and a ball storage plate 24 for storing balls. , A ball pulling lever 25 for pulling out balls stored in the ball storage tray 24 to the outside downward
And a firing operation knob 2 for operating a firing device 620 described later.
6 are provided. A key insertion portion 27 for operating a locking device (similar to a locking device 80 described later) for locking the front panel 14 is provided at the upper right corner of the front surface of the front panel 14. When the front panel 14 is opened, a predetermined key is inserted into the key insertion portion 27 and is rotated, so that the locked state of the locking device is released and only the front panel 14 is opened. The predetermined key for opening the front panel 14 is the same as the predetermined key for releasing the locking device of the glass frame 13 described above,
Locking management is easy. In addition, the upper plate 21 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, a card balance indicator 31 that displays the balance of the prepaid card inserted in the coin freight machine, a ball lending button 32 that is operated when purchasing a ball, and a button that is operated when ejecting a prepaid card. A card ejection button 33 is provided. The display device 31, the signal lines of the buttons 32 and 33, and the signal line of the firing operation knob 26 are drawn out from the rear hinge side of the front panel 14 as shown by reference numeral 35 in FIG. (That is, it is connected to a ball relay machine wiring relay unit 810 described later or a launch control circuit 630 described later). In addition, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 21a is a prize ball discharge port connected to a prize ball discharge path 603 provided in the game board storage frame 11 described later, and reference numeral 24a is a game board storage. It is a lower dish ball discharge port connected to a foul ball discharge channel 602 and a lower dish flow channel concave chamber 751 described later provided in the frame 11.

B. Schematic Structure of Glass Frame Next, the schematic structure of the glass frame 13 will be described. In this case, the glass frame 13 is formed by mounting the glass unit 100 in the back surface of the main body frame 50, as shown in FIG. The main body frame 50 is a resin frame body having a rectangular outer diameter, an opening corresponding to the opening 13a is formed in the center, and the lamp covers 15a, 15b, 15c, 16, 17 on the front surface.
At the positions on the back side of a and 17b, there are formed recesses for accommodating ornaments, each of which has a planar shape corresponding to each lamp cover and opens to the front. (Not shown) are housed, and the lamp covers are attached so as to cover the lamp boards. As shown by reference numeral 58 in FIG. 2, the wirings of these lamp boards are drawn out from the rear hinge side of the main body frame 50,
In this case, it is connected to an accessory control circuit 400 (shown in FIG. 12), which will be described later, attached to the back surface of the game board 10, and each decorative lamp is turned on (or blinks) according to the game state. Specifically, for example, when a big hit occurs, a prize ball is discharged, a ball is discharged, a hit state is generated, a ball is replenished from an island facility, or the like, the control is performed so that the light is turned on. Hinge fixing parts (not shown) to which slide hinges 910 and 911 (shown in FIG. 3) to be described later are attached are formed at two upper and lower right ends on the back surface of the body frame 50, and these slide hinges 910 and 911 are used. The main body frame 50 (that is, the glass frame 1
3 is attached to the machine frame 12 so as to be openable.

A glass unit mounting mechanism (not shown) is provided on the lower part of the back surface of the main body frame 50 to rotatably support both lower parts of the glass unit 100 to mount and hold the glass unit 100. The glass unit mounting mechanism includes a glass unit mounting rotating member that fits on the lower portions of both sides of the glass unit 100 during mounting, and a rotating shaft that contacts the bottom surface of the glass unit 100 and rotates together with the glass unit mounting rotating member. And a positioning member provided on the outer periphery of the center of the rotating shaft to position the glass unit 100 in the left-right direction. Also, the body frame 5
On the back surface side of 0, a locking member (not shown) that contacts the upper edge of the edge frame 110 of the glass unit 100 fitted in the back surface of the main body frame 50 and locks the glass unit 100 at the mounting position is provided. . The glass unit 100 can be mounted by an extremely simple operation of inserting the glass unit 100 obliquely into the glass unit mounting mechanism, rotating the glass unit 100 so as to cause the upper portion, and then locking the glass unit 100 by the locking member.
It can be easily removed by the reverse procedure. Also, the main body frame 50
As shown in FIG. 2, a locking device 80 is provided at the left end on the back surface of the. The locking device 80 includes a cam (not shown) that is rotated by a predetermined key inserted into the key insertion portion 18, and claws 82 and 83 that are constantly urged upward and pushed downward by the cam. And consists of. Then, the claws 82 and 83 are engaged with the engaging portions (not shown) formed on the machine frame 12, whereby the main body frame 50 is locked in the closed state with respect to the machine frame 12, and the claws 82 and 83 are pushed. By being lowered, the engagement is released and the main body frame 50 is openably opened.

As shown in FIG. 2, the glass unit 100 is constructed by holding two glass plates (not shown) inserted into a frame 110 made of synthetic resin from below in FIG. The glass plate has a semi-circular shape on one side (the outer shape on the insertion tip side) and a rectangular shape on the other side (the outer shape on the rear end side of the insertion) that is continuous with the semi-circle. The mounting work is performed easily and smoothly, and a good holding state without rattling is realized. The edge frame 110 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, an arc-shaped edge frame 120 that holds the semicircular outer edge portions of the glass plate, a U-shaped edge frame 130 that holds the rectangular outer edge portions of the glass plates 101 and 102, and these arc-shaped edge frames 120. And mounting bases (not shown) attached to both sides of the back surface of the U-shaped edge frame 130 to connect these members.
And lid members 151 and 152 attached to these attachment bases, respectively. The arc-shaped edge frame 120 has grooves 121, 122 into which the semicircular outer edges of the glass plates fit.
Are formed in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval on the inner periphery, and both lower end surfaces are joined to both upper end surfaces of the U-shaped edge frame 130. The arc-shaped inner circumference of the arc-shaped edge frame 120 forms a part of the above-described opening 13a that defines the game area, and has substantially the same diameter as the central opening of the main body frame 50. In the U-shaped edge frame 130, slits 131 and 132 into which the respective glass plates can be inserted from below are formed parallel to each other at a predetermined interval on the bottom side, and these slits 131 and 13 are formed.
A groove into which both side edges of the rectangular portion of each glass plate are fitted in succession to 2 (only the grooves 131a and 132a on one side are shown in FIG. 2)
Are formed on the inner surfaces of both sides. In the assembled state, the grooves 131a, 132a and the like are continuous with the grooves 121, 122 of the arc-shaped edge frame 120 and constitute two continuous grooves as a whole, and the outer edge portions of the two glass plates are separated from each other. Each can be held.

At the lower portions of both side end faces of the U-shaped edge frame 130, there are formed protrusions 133 and 134 which fit into the glass unit mounting rotating member of the above-described glass unit mounting mechanism. Further, a concave portion 135 into which the positioning member of the above-mentioned glass unit mounting mechanism is fitted is formed on the bottom surface of the U-shaped edge frame 130. Lid member 15
By attaching both side edges to the mounting base by hinges, the reference numerals 1 and 152 are respectively rotatable from the open position opened on both sides to the closed position shown in FIG. These lid members 151 and 152 have a U-shaped edge frame 1 in the closed position.
Bottom plate portions 151b and 152 that cover the lower surface of 30 (glass plate insertion opening) and reliably prevent the inserted glass plate from falling off.
b. The upper edges of the lid members 151 and 152 are
It has an arcuate shape and forms a part of the above-described opening 13a that defines the game area, and has substantially the same diameter as the central opening of the main body frame 50.

C. Next, the structure of the game board 10 will be described. 4 is a front side exploded perspective view of the game board 10, FIG. 5 is a rear side exploded perspective view of the game board 10, FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of the game board 10, and FIG. 7 is a specific winning device provided in the game board 10. Is a rear perspective view and a rear side exploded perspective view, and FIG. 8 is a rear perspective view of the variable winning device provided on the game board 10. On the front surface of the game board 10, an area (game area) for determining whether the player is out or safe while dropping a pachinko ball from above is formed, and when a ball enters the winning opening and is effectively safe, a predetermined number of The prize balls are discharged to the upper plate 21 by a ball discharging device 770 (shown in FIG. 13) described later. Here, the game area on the game board 10 may be any
Any configuration can be adopted as long as it is a pachinko game machine that uses a game ball. For example, it belongs to the so-called "first type" and is provided with a variable display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of symbols,
A gaming machine that can generate a special game state (big hit state) advantageous to the player on condition that the variable display result on this display device is displayed in a predetermined special symbol may be used. In addition, a game is performed by changing the symbol content of the display device, and a gaming machine belonging to the "third type" or another type of gaming machine provided with the display device, a so-called "second type" gaming machine. Or, it can be widely applied to other models (for example, other types). Further, the present invention can be applied to various types of gaming machines that do not include a display device. In this example, an example using a type belonging to the "first type" will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 5, the game board 10 has a game board body 2 on the front surface of which various elements forming a game area are provided.
00 and a lid member 360 attached to the back surface of the game board body 200. (A) Front Side Configuration of Game Board First, the front side configuration of the game board 10 will be described. The game board main body 200 is a thin box-shaped resin molded product having an open rear surface as a whole. On the front of the game board body 200, FIG.
As shown in, a rail 201 surrounding the periphery of the game area,
The variable display device opening 202 located substantially in the center of the rail 201, the specific winning device opening 203 arranged below the variable display device opening 202, and the specific winning device opening 203 Variable winning device opening 204 and variable display device opening 202 arranged below
General winning device openings 205, which are arranged on the left and right sides of the
206, wind turbine mounting bosses 207, 208 located on both the left and right sides of the specific winning device opening 203, above the general winning device openings 205, 206, and the wind turbine mounting boss 2.
Ball guide pieces 209, 21 arranged below 07, 208
0, 211, 212, an out-ball collecting port 213 located in the center of the bottom of the rail 201, and side lamp openings 214, 215 arranged on both left and right sides of the rail 201.
And are integrally formed by resin molding. The rail 201 has one end extending to the lower left side of the game board 10 as shown in FIG. 4 to form a ball introducing portion 201a. It is launched and driven into the game area. Further, the ball guide pieces 209, 210, 211 and 212 have the same function as that of the conventional plurality of guide nails. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of through holes 216 are formed at a predetermined interval above the variable display device opening 202 on the front surface of the game board body 200, and these through holes 216 have obstacle nail constituent members described later. The obstacle nail 354 of 353 is inserted and protrudes to the front.

As various elements constituting the game area, in addition to the rail 201 integrally formed on the game board main body 200 and the like, as shown in FIG. 4, a variable display decoration cover 220, a specific winning device 230, and a variable winning prize. A device 250, a general winning device 270, a windmill (ball hitting direction converting portion) 290, and a side lamp 300 are provided. Variable display decoration cover 2
Reference numeral 20 denotes a cover member that decorates the front surface of a variable display device (not shown) housed in a mounting rib 363 of a lid member 360 (that is, a rear position of the cover 220) described later, and in this case, the screen of the variable display device is displayed. It has a frame-like shape with an opening in the center so that the front faces. The rear surface of the variable display device decorative cover 220 is fitted into the variable display device opening 202, and, for example, an engaging claw (not shown) formed on the side surface of the variable display device decorative cover 220,
Engagement recess 341a formed in a mounting rib 341 (shown in FIG. 5), which will be described later, inside the opening 202 for the variable display device.
It is attached to the game board body 200 with one touch by elastically engaging with. The variable display device here is
A so-called accessory device, for example, a liquid crystal display device (LC
D), and is controlled by the accessory control circuit 400 via a display control circuit 380 (shown in FIG. 12) described later to display various symbols in color. A special game state (big hit state) that is advantageous to the player occurs on condition that the variable display result of the variable display device is displayed with a predetermined special symbol.

The specific winning device 230 constitutes a so-called chucker, and as shown in the exploded view of FIG. 7B, is composed of a specific winning device main body 230a and a back substrate 230b. The specific winning device body 230a includes a base plate portion 23.
The winning opening (starting opening) 232 is provided on the front surface side of the base plate 1, and the body portion 233 having a rectangular cross section is formed on the rear surface side of the base plate portion 231. Above the winning opening port 232 on the front surface side of the base plate portion 231. There are so-called life nails 2 on both sides of
34a and 234b are provided. Inside the body 233, an introduction path 235 is formed for guiding the balls that have entered the winning opening 232 to the lower side of the body 233, and the left and right sides at the rear end of the body 233 are elastic in the left-right direction. Displaceable engagement claws 236 are formed. Further, mounting bosses 237 (only one position is shown in FIG. 7) are formed at positions of four corners on the inner surface side of the rear end of the body portion 233, and the mounting bosses 237 have projections that fit into mounting holes 245 described later. Has been done. Further, on the lower surface side of the rear end portion of the body portion 233, a sensor 2 described later is provided.
A recess 238 into which 42 is fitted is formed.
8, the lower surface of the rear end portion of the introduction path 235 is open.
The specific winning device main body 230a may be integrally formed of synthetic resin, but at least the base plate portion 231 is made of wood, and the metal life nail 23 is formed on the base plate portion 231.
4a and 234b are driven, the life nail 234
The distance between a and 234b and the degree of bending can be adjusted in the same manner as in the past. However, even if the whole is integrally molded of synthetic resin, a plurality of life nails 234a and 234b having slightly different intervals are prepared, and the specific winning device body 230a is provided.
Alternatively, by exchanging the entire specific winning device 230, the distance between the life nails 234a and 234b can be changed. Even when the base plate portion 231 and the like are molded with synthetic resin, for example, a boss portion is formed on the back surface side of the life nail installation portion in the base plate portion 231, and a metal life nail is installed by driving or insert molding. If so, a high holding force, which is almost the same as when a metal nail is driven into the wood, can be obtained, and the life nail can be adjusted as in the conventional case.

The back substrate 230b includes a substrate body 241 and
A sensor 242 is provided so as to extend at a right angle from the lower part of the front surface of the substrate body 241. Substrate body 241
The light emitting diode 243 is mounted on both sides of the upper part of the front surface, and the connector 244 for connecting the light emitting diode 243 and the power supply line or the signal line of the sensor 242 is attached to the back surface. The sensor 242 is a head portion of a magnetic detection unit that detects passage of a ball, and has a through hole 242.
The output signal changes according to the change in the magnetic field when the ball passes through a. The board body 241 has an outer diameter that fits inside the rear end of the body portion 233 of the specific winning device body 230a, and the sensor 242 is the specific winning device body 230a.
The outer diameter of the back substrate 230b fits into the above-mentioned recess 238, and the back substrate 230b is fitted and attached to the rear of the specific winning a prize device main body 230a by one-touch as shown in FIG. 7A. Then, at the four corner positions on the front surface of the board body 241, the specific winning device body 230a
A mounting hole 245 into which the above-mentioned projection of the mounting boss 237 is elastically fitted is formed, and the mounting state shown in FIG. 7A is maintained. In addition, the specific winning device 23
As for the whole 0, the back surface side of the base plate portion 231 is fitted into the specific winning device opening 203, and the engaging claw 2
36 is an engaging recessed portion 3 formed in a mounting rib 342 (shown in FIG. 5), which will be described later, inside the opening 203 for the specific winning device.
By elastically engaging with 42a, it can be attached to the game board body 200 with one touch.

The light emitting diode 243 of the specific winning device 230 is controlled by an accessory control circuit 400, which will be described later, and is turned on or blinked according to the game state. The output of the sensor 242 of the specific winning device 230 is input to, for example, the accessory control circuit 400, which will be described later, and is used for controlling the variable display device described above. That is, the balls that have entered the winning opening 232 are guided by the wall forming the winning opening 232 and the introduction path 235, guided to the recess 238, and the through hole 2 of the sensor 242.
It always passes through 42a, falls, and is detected by the sensor 242. Then, according to the signal from the sensor 242, the winning opening 2
Character accessory control circuit 400 that detects that a ball has entered 32
Executes a determination process as to whether or not to generate a special game state (big hit state), and changes the display pattern of the variable display device accordingly.

The variable winning device 250 constitutes a so-called attacker, and as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
A big winning hole 252 in the center of the front surface of the oblong base plate 251.
Are formed, and general winning holes 253 are formed on both sides thereof, and a body portion 254 having an oblong cross section is formed on the rear surface side of the base plate portion 251. Big prize hole 252
Is opened and closed by being controlled by the accessory control circuit 400, which will be described later, and is opened and opened for a predetermined period only when a special game state (big hit state) occurs. A special winning position is set. Inside the body 254 of the variable winning device 250,
As shown in FIG. 8, a solenoid 255 that drives the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 252, a sensor 256 that detects all the balls that have entered the special winning opening 252, and a ball that has won V in the balls that have entered the special winning opening 252. And a connector 258 for connecting a power supply line or a signal line of the solenoid 255 and the sensors 256 and 257. Further, in this case, a notch 259 is formed in the lower right part of the body 254, and all the balls that have entered the special winning opening 252 and the general winning opening 253 are guided to the notch 259 and fall. There is. Engaging claws 260 that are elastically displaceable in the left-right direction are formed on the left and right sides of the rear end of the body 254. And, as for the whole of this variable winning device 250, the rear surface side of the base plate portion 251 is fitted into the variable winning device opening portion 204, and the engaging claw 260 is described later behind the variable winning device opening portion 204. By elastically engaging with the engaging recess 343a formed in the mounting rib 343 (shown in FIG. 5), it can be mounted on the game board body 200 with one touch.

The solenoid 2 of the variable winning device 250
55 is operated by being controlled by the accessory control circuit 400 described later. In addition, the sensors 256 and 2 of the variable winning device 250
The output of 57 is input to, for example, an accessory control circuit 400, which will be described later, and is used for opening / closing control of the special winning opening 252. That is, the accessory control circuit 400, which has detected that a ball has entered the special winning opening 252 by the signal from the sensor 256, counts the number and performs a process of closing the special winning opening 252. Also, the accessory control circuit 40 that has determined that there is a V-winning ball based on the signal from the sensor 257.
In 0, the process of opening the special winning opening 252 is continuously executed again, and the big hit state is continued.

The general winning system 270 has substantially the same structure as the specific winning system 260 described above, and therefore detailed description thereof will be omitted. However, in this case, the general winning device 270 is not provided with the sensor 242, the light emitting diode 243, and the connector 244. Further, like the specific winning device 260, the general winning device 270 is attached to the general winning device openings 205 and 206 of the game board body 200 with one touch. The wind turbine 290 is for changing the direction of the hit ball, and the axis thereof is the wind turbine mounting boss 207,
By being fitted in the hole 208, the game board body 2
It can be attached to 00 with one touch. The side lamp 300 has a transparent or semi-transparent surface for the lamp cover 301.
The lamp cover 301 is covered with a substrate (not shown) having a light emitting diode mounted therein, and a collar portion 302 is provided on the outer periphery of the lamp cover 301 so as to project from the left and right sides of the rear end of the lamp cover 301. An engaging claw 303 that is elastically displaceable in the left-right direction is formed. The wiring 304 of the substrate is led out from the notch formed at the rear end of the lamp cover 301, and is connected to the accessory control circuit 400 as described later. The light emitting diode is
It is controlled by the accessory control circuit 400 and lights up or blinks according to the game state. Then, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 5, engagement openings 311 and 312 (engagement portions) are provided above and below the left and right end surfaces of the game board main body 200, and are provided in the game board storage frame 11 described later. Engaging claw 5 of the locking tool 520
23 (shown in FIG. 16) are adapted to engage.

(B) Backside Configuration of Game Board Next, the backside configuration of the game board 10 will be described. First, the back surface structure of the game board body 200 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the outer peripheral edge 321 of the back surface of the game board main body 200 has a thin plate shape protruding to the back surface side and fits into a later-described fitting recessed chamber groove 506 formed in the game board storage frame 11. It constitutes the fitting projection wall. Inside the outer peripheral edge 321, there is also a thin plate-shaped partition wall 322 which also projects to the back side.
Is erected in a rectangular shape as a whole along the inner surface of the outer peripheral edge 321. The space inside the partition wall 322 is a closed space to which the lid member 360 is attached, and thus constitutes a winning ball guiding space 323 for guiding the winning balls. That is, at the four inner corners of the partition wall 322,
A mounting boss 324 having a screw hole is formed, and as will be described later, a lid member 360 is fitted and mounted so as to cover the inside of the partition wall 322 with a screw 362 screwed into the mounting boss 324. Also, the partition wall 3
22 and the outer peripheral edge 321 are interrupted at a part of the lower side, and a winning ball discharge port 325 is formed there. On the upper surface of the lower side of the partition wall 322, prize ball guide walls 326 and 327 that are located on both sides of the discharge port 325 and are inclined downward toward the discharge port 325 are formed.
All the winning balls falling in the winning ball guide space 323 are guided by the winning ball guide walls 326 and 327 and are discharged from the outlet 325.
It is configured to drop from below to the game board 10. On the other hand, a space outside the partition wall 322 and inside the outer peripheral edge 321 constitutes a wiring processing space 330. In this case, the above-mentioned wiring 304 of the side lamp 300 is neatly routed in the wiring processing space 330 and will be described later. Accessory control circuit 40
Connected to 0. It should be noted that notches 331, 332 for leading the wiring 304 of the side lamp 300 into the wiring processing space 330 are formed in the centers of both sides of the partition wall 322.
Are formed.

In addition, inside the partition wall 322 on the back surface of the game board body 200, the above-mentioned openings (variable display device openings 20) formed on the front surface of the game board body 200.
2. The specific winning device opening 203, the variable winning device opening 204, the general winning device openings 205 and 206, and the side lamp openings 214 and 215) are integrally set up on the back side from the periphery. Mounting ribs (variable display device mounting ribs 341, specific winning device mounting ribs 342,
Variable winning device mounting ribs 343, general winning device mounting ribs 344, 345, side lamp mounting ribs 34
6, 347) are formed. The engaging ribs 236 of the specific winning device 230 described above are attached to the respective mounting ribs.
And engaging recesses 341a, 342a, 343a, 344a, 345 with which the engaging claw 260 of the variable winning device 250 is engaged.
a, 346a, 347a are formed respectively. That is, each device in the game area (variable display device, specific winning device 230, variable winning device 250, general winning device 270, side lamp 300) fitted from the above-mentioned openings formed on the front surface of the game board body 200. Engages with these mounting ribs, and the back side is housed and held in these mounting ribs, so that they can be stably mounted with one touch. Of these mounting ribs, the mounting ribs for mounting the winning device (the specific winning device mounting rib 342, the variable winning device mounting rib 343, the general winning device mounting ribs 344, 345) have Ball outlet of the winning device (for example, the through hole 242a of the sensor 242 of the specific winning device 230, or the notch 25 of the variable winning device 250)
9) Ball discharge notches 342b, 3 exposing the downward
43b, 344b, 345b are formed. As a result, the balls (winning balls) that have entered each winning device fall into the winning ball guiding space 323, and finally, as described above, are guided by the winning ball guiding walls 326 and 327 to be discharged from the discharge port 325 to the game board. It is discharged below 10.

In this case, the winning ball guide walls 326, 32
7, variable display device mounting rib 341, specific winning device mounting rib 342, variable winning device mounting rib 343,
The mounting ribs 344, 345 for the general winning device and the mounting ribs 346, 347 for the side lamp are all substantially the same height as the mounting boss 324, that is, the partition wall 3.
The height is slightly lower than 22. Therefore, when the lid member 360 is fitted and attached so as to cover the inside of the partition wall 322 with the screw 362 screwed into the attachment boss 324, the end faces of the members such as the attachment ribs are the lid member 360. Abutting on the inner surface of the
The distance between the inner surface of 0 and the back surface of the game board main body 200 (that is, the thickness dimension of the winning ball guide space) is kept uniform, and the spacer functions as a spacer for preventing the flexure deformation of the game board main body 200 and the lid member 360. ..

In the lower center of the back surface of the game board body 200, in this case, between the partition wall 322 and the winning ball guide wall 326, an out ball guide path 348 is formed. This out ball guide path 348 is the game board body 20.
The ball is integrally erected from the periphery of the above-mentioned out-ball collecting port 213 formed on the front surface of 0 to the back surface side, and guides the out-ball to the back surface side. Further, a plurality of through holes 216 described above are formed at the inner center of the partition wall 322 at the center of the upper part on the back surface of the game board main body 200, and mounting with screw holes formed on both sides of these through holes 216. Bosses 351 and 352 are formed. Then, the obstacle nail constituent member 353 is attached to this place. As shown in FIG. 5, the obstacle nail component member 353 is formed by arranging a plurality of obstacle nails 354 on the front surface of a belt-shaped substrate at intervals corresponding to the through holes 216, and is inserted into both ends of the belt-shaped substrate. Screws 355, 35 screwed into the mounting bosses 351 and 352
6 is attached to the back surface of the game board body 200. Then, in the attached state, as shown in FIG. 4, the obstacle nail 354 protrudes from the through holes 216 to the front side. The obstacle nail constituent member 353 may be integrally formed of synthetic resin, and even in this case, the interval and the bending degree of the obstacle nail 354 are changed by replacing the entire obstacle nail constituent member 353. can do. Further, if the substrate of the obstacle nail constituent member 353 is made of wood and the obstacle nail 354 made of metal is driven into the board, the distance and bending degree of the obstacle nail 354 can be easily adjusted as in the conventional case.

Next, the lid member 360 and the equipment attached thereto will be described. The lid member 360 is a rectangular plate-shaped member as shown in FIG. 5, and is attached to the inside of the partition wall 322 on the back surface of the game board body 200 by being fitted therein as shown in FIG. The prize-winning ball guide space 3 described above is formed by overlapping at predetermined intervals.
Define 23. At the four corners of the lid member 360,
Each of the through holes 361 is formed, and the screw 3 that is inserted into the through hole 361 and screwed into the mounting boss 324 described above.
The lid member 360 is fixed to the mounting position by 62. A mounting rib 363 is formed at a substantially central position on the back surface of the lid member 360 and at a position rearward of the mounting rib 341 for the variable display device. The mounting rib 363 has a quadrangular cross section, and internally has the variable display device and the display control circuit 380 (shown in FIG. 12).
The front end of the is fitted and stored. In the variable display device (not shown), for example, a locking claw (not shown) formed on the side wall of the outer case is elastically engaged with an engagement hole 363a (shown in FIG. 5) formed in the mounting rib 363. By fitting, the lid member 360 can be attached to the inside of the attachment rib 363 from the back side with one touch. In addition, the display control circuit 380
Is attached to the rear surface side of the variable display device with screws or the like. The display control circuit 380 is a control circuit for operating the variable display device based on a command from the accessory control circuit 400, which will be described later. As shown in FIG. 12, a flat cable 381 and a relay board 390, which will be described later, are connected to each other. It is connected to the accessory control circuit 400 via. The electrical connection between the variable display device and the display control circuit 380 is provided, for example, on the back surface of the variable display device and the front surface of the display control circuit 380 facing the variable display device, and the display control circuit 380 is attached to the variable display device. At this time, it is performed with a single touch by a pair of connectors that are fitted to each other.

Further, at a position below the mounting rib 363 on the back surface of the lid member 360 and behind the specific winning device attaching rib 342, an opening for exposing the connector 244 of the specific winning device 230 to the back side. 364 is formed, and an opening 365 for exposing the connector 258 of the variable winning a prize device 250 to the back side is formed at a position rearward of the variable winning device attaching rib 343. Further, at the lower left position on the back surface of the lid member 360, as shown in FIG. 5, four mounting bosses 366 having fitting holes are formed, and at this position, the accessory control circuit 400 (see FIG. 12). Shown) is installed. On the outer case of the accessory control circuit 400, a fitting protrusion (not shown) that closely fits into the fitting hole of the mounting boss 366 is provided.
By tightly fitting the fitting protrusion into the fitting hole of the mounting boss 366, it can be easily mounted with one touch. Further, mounting bosses 366a are formed on the lower sides of the upper two mounting bosses 366, respectively, so that a small accessory control circuit can be attached similarly to the accessory control circuit 400. That is, in the case of a small accessory control circuit, the four fitting protrusions provided in the accessory control circuit are closely fitted to the lower two mounting bosses 366 and the two mounting bosses 366a, respectively. As a result, it can be easily attached with one touch. For this reason, the lid member 360 can be commonly used in different models (models using a small accessory control circuit). The accessory control circuit 400 is
A process of receiving a signal (starting mouth winning signal) from the sensor 242 of the specific winning device 230, determining whether or not to generate a big hit state, and displaying a predetermined symbol on the variable display device accordingly, When the jackpot state is reached, the solenoid 255 of the variable winning device 250 is operated to open the special winning opening 252 for a predetermined period of time, or a control process of turning on or blinking each lamp according to the gaming state is performed. Is.

A holding portion 367, a locking claw 368 and a mounting boss 369 are formed at a lower right position on the back surface of the lid member 360, and the relay board 390 is mounted at this position. Here, the holding unit 367 has four
It is provided at a position and abuts on the four corners of the relay board 390, and the locking claws 368 engage with the lower edge of the relay board 390. That is, the relay board 390 is fitted so that the four corners are brought into contact with the holding portion 367, the lower edge is engaged with the locking claw 368 and held, and then the screw (not shown) inserted through the through hole of the upper edge is inserted. By being screwed into the mounting boss 369, it is stably mounted on the lid member 360. In addition,
A mounting boss 369a is formed below the mounting boss 369, and holding portions 367a are formed on both sides of the mounting boss 369a so that a small relay board can be mounted in the same manner as the relay board 390. It has become.
That is, in the case of a small relay board, the four corners are fitted so as to abut the lower holding portion 367 and the holding portion 367a, and the lower edge is engaged and held by the locking claw 368, and then the upper edge is held. By screwing the screw inserted through the through hole into the mounting boss 369a, the screw can be stably attached to the lid member 360. Therefore, the lid member 360 can be commonly used in different models (models using a small relay board). This relay board 390 is provided with connectors 391, 392, 393, 3
94 and 395 are mounted, signals between the accessory control circuit 400 and the display control circuit 380, and the winning devices 230 and 250,
It is a board that relays signals (game information) between the accessory control circuit 400 and the like and the management computer of the game shop. As shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 12, the connector 391 has a cable 39
6 is connected to the management computer of the game shop, and the connector 392 is connected to the display control circuit 380 described above by the cable 381. In addition, the connector 393 is a variable winning device 250 (connector 25
8), the connector 394 is connected to the specific winning device 230 (connector 244) by the cable 398, and the connector 395 is connected to the accessory control circuit 400 by the cable 401. Note that game information such as the number of big hits is output from the accessory control circuit 400 to the management computer of the game shop via the cable 396. Further, as shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 6, at the rear center of the lower edge of the lid member 360 and at the rear of the out ball guide path 348 formed on the back surface of the game board main body 200, as shown in FIGS. A notch 360a is formed for allowing the ball guide path 348 to face the back surface side of the game board 10.

D. Configuration of Game Board Storage Frame Next, the configuration of the game board storage frame 11 will be described. FIG.
Is a front view showing the game board storage frame 11 with the game board 10 removed, FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view showing a mechanism installation portion and various mechanisms on the front side of the game board storage frame 11, and FIG. 11 is a game board Side view showing the storage frame 11, FIG. 12 is a rear perspective view showing the game board storage frame 11 to which the game board 10 is attached, FIG. 13 and FIG.
4 is a partially exploded perspective view showing a mechanism body installation portion and a mechanism body on the back surface side of the game board storage frame 11, FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing an attachment work of the game board 10 to the game board storage frame 11, and FIG. 16 is a game. It is a partial cross-sectional view showing a mounting structure of the board 10 to the game board storage frame 11. As shown in FIG. 10, the game board storage frame 11 is a game board storage frame body 50 that is an integrally molded product of synthetic resin.
0. The game board storage frame main body 500 is a back mechanism of the game board 10 (for example, the display control circuit 380 described above).
And an accessory control circuit 400, etc.) are formed in the center of the upper part to form a rectangular opening 501 for avoiding interference, and the periphery of the game board 10 is fitted around the opening 501. A step 502 is formed, and the step 50
A game board storage portion 503 is formed inside 2. In addition, various mechanism installation parts (described in detail later) are integrally formed on the lower front surface and the back surface of the game board storage frame main body 500, and various mechanism bodies are attached thereto. Further, on the left side surface (side surface on the hinge side) of the game board storage frame body 500, slide hinges 910, 911, which will be described later, are provided.
Notches 500a, 500b, 500c that form a storage space (described later) that covers 912 and 913 are formed. (A) Structure around the game board storage section The structure around the game board storage section 503 will be described below. A fitting wall 505 is erected on the inner wall 504 inside the step 502 so as to extend along the inside of the step 502.
The groove between the fitting wall 505 and the fitting wall 505 is the outer peripheral edge 32 of the game board 10.
The fitting concave chamber groove 506 into which 1 (fitting projection wall) fits is configured.

Edge portions 507 and 508 on both sides of the step portion 502 of the game board storage frame 11 are hollow inside the back surface side as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10 or FIG. 16 (b), locking tool placement recesses 509 and 510 are formed at the positions (total of 4 positions),
Further, locking tool support recesses 509 and 510 are formed with locking tool support holes 511 and 512 which are through holes in the front-rear direction. And, as shown in FIG. 9 or FIG. 16B, the locking tools 520 (game board fixing members) are supported in these locking tool support holes 511 and 512, respectively. Locking tool 5
As shown in FIG. 16B, the head 20 has a head 522 having a knob for turning operation formed at one end of the turning shaft 521 and extends in the circumferential direction at the other end of the turning shaft 521. The engaging claw 523 is formed, the rotating shaft 521 is rotatably inserted into the locking tool support holes 511, 512, and the head 522 is disposed in the locking tool placement recesses 509, 510. Is. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the rectangular through holes 5 are provided at the upper and lower positions (the total of four positions inside the locking tool placement recesses 509 and 510) on both side walls forming the step 502.
13, 514 are provided, and the locking tool 520 is rotated to rotate the locking tool 520 from the through holes 513, 514.
The 0 engagement claw 523 can be projected inward. Then, as shown in FIG. 16B, the through holes 513 and 514 are arranged at positions facing the above-mentioned engaging openings 311 and 312 of the game board 10 fitted in the step portion 502, respectively. , The engaging claw 523 of the locking tool 520 protruding from the through holes 513, 514 is the engaging opening 31.
1, 312 are fitted into and engaged with each other.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, a winning ball taking-in hole 515 is provided at the right side of the bottom of the step 502. The winning ball capturing hole 515 is formed in the step portion 50.
The prize winning ball, which is provided at a position connected to the above-described winning ball discharge port 325 of the game board 10 inserted into the inside of the game board 10 and falls from the discharge port 325, is introduced from here to the lower side of the game board storage frame 11. It is composed. Further, a rectangular notch 516 as shown in FIGS. 9 to 10 is formed in the center of the lower side of the inner wall 504 inside the step 502. As shown in FIG. 14, the notch 516 is a notch for allowing the above-mentioned out ball guide path 348 of the game board 10 fitted in the step portion 502 to face the back surface side of the game board 10. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, pin hinges 908 and 909 (shown in FIG. 3) on the machine frame 12 side, which will be described later, are respectively inserted in the outer end surface on the left side when viewed from the front of the game board storage frame 11 in the vertical direction. Hinge holes 531 and 532 are provided so that the hinge holes 531 and 532 can be opened and attached to the machine frame 12. Further, vertically long lock piece placement recesses 533 and 534 are formed above and below the right edge 508 of the game board storage frame 11, and these lock piece placement recesses 533 and 534 have support holes 535 in the front-rear direction. 536 is formed. Then, lock pieces 537 and 538 as shown in FIG. 9 are attached to the lock piece placement recesses 533 and 534, rotatably supported by the support holes 535 and 536, respectively. These lock pieces 537 and 538 are operated so as to be horizontally caused to engage with an engaging portion (not shown) formed on the machine frame 12 to move the game board storage frame 11 to the machine frame 12
Is held in a closed position with respect to.

(B) Game board mounting work The game board 10 can be mounted easily and robustly as follows. That is, as shown in FIG. 15, the game board 1
5 from the front side the game board storage section 503 of the game board storage frame 11
16A, the outer peripheral edge 321 (fitting projection wall) of the back surface of the game board 15 is fitted into the above-mentioned fitting recessed chamber groove 506 of the game board storage frame 11 as shown in FIG. After that, as shown in FIG. 16B, the locking tool 520 (game board fixing member) is rotated to cause the engagement claw 523 to have the engagement openings 311 and 312 (engagement) formed in the game board 10. Part). At this time, since the locking tool 520 can be operated from the front side of the game board storage frame 11, the game board storage frame 11
It is not necessary to open the window at all, and it suffices to open the glass frame 13 or the like. In this mounted state, the game board 10 is
The outer peripheral edge 321 of the back surface is tightly fitted in the fitting recessed chamber groove 506, and is firmly held without rattling over substantially the entire circumference. Further, the game board 10 thus mounted can be easily removed by the procedure reverse to the above mounting work.

(C) Structure of the lower front portion of the game board storage frame Next, the lower front portion of the game board storage frame 11 (game board storage space 5
The configuration of the portion below 03) will be described. In the lower part of the front surface of the game board storage frame 11, as shown in FIG. 10, there is a foul ball collecting member installation part 550 in the upper left, a launch rail installation part 560 in the upper right, and a launcher installation part 570 in the lower right. A firing control circuit installation portion 580 is integrally formed in the center, and a grid-like reinforcing rib 590 is integrally formed in a portion where these installation portions are not provided (for example, the lower left side). And each installation part 550,560,57
0 and 580 respectively include a foul ball recovery member 60.
0, the launch rail 610, the launch ball stop member 615, the launch device 620, and the launch control circuit 630 are attached.

In the foul ball collecting member installation portion 550, a mounting rib 551 that abuts the left end and lower left edge of the foul ball collecting member 600, and a mounting rib that abuts the right end and right lower edge of the foul ball collecting member 600. 552,
A mounting rib 553 that abuts the right upper edge of the foul ball collecting member 600 is integrally molded, and screw holes 554 for mounting the foul ball collecting member 600 are formed at a plurality of positions (four positions in FIG. 10). . Further, on the upper side of the mounting rib 551, there is a prize ball passage concave chamber 74 on the back surface side which will be described later.
Prize ball discharge opening 55 communicating with the upper dish flow passage concave chamber 750 in
5 are formed. As shown in FIG. 10, the foul ball collecting member 600 is provided in a box-shaped foul ball collecting section 601 having an upper surface and a lower right side surface opened and a bottom surface inclined to the lower right, and a lower right end portion of the collecting section 601. And a prize ball discharge passage 603 provided at the upper left end of the collecting portion 601 and opening to the front and back. The plurality of screw holes 55 of the foul ball collecting member installation portion 550 are provided.
A screw insertion hole 604 is formed at a position corresponding to 4. The foul ball collecting member 600 includes the mounting ribs 55 provided on the foul ball collecting member installation portion 550.
After abutting against the inside of 1,552,553 and fitting,
The screw 605 is passed through the screw insertion hole 604 and screwed into the screw hole 554, so that the screw 605 can be easily attached as shown in FIG. If attached in this way, as shown in FIG. 3, the opening on the upper surface of the foul ball recovery unit 601 is the end of the launch rail 610 and the start end of the rail 201 of the game board 10 (the ball introduction unit 20 described above).
1a), the foul ball collecting member 600 is automatically positioned and attached to a predetermined position where the prize ball discharging passage 603 is connected to the prize ball discharging opening 555. It should be noted that the foul ball discharge path 602 is configured such that, when the front panel 14 is closed, the lower bowl discharge port 24a of the front panel 14 (see FIG.
In addition, the prize ball discharge path 603 is connected to the prize ball discharge port 21a (shown in FIG. 1) of the front panel 14. Then, a game ball that has been launched from the launch rail 610 but does not reach the game area of the game board 10 (that is, a foul ball).
Is a ball introducing section 201 along the rail 201 of the game board 10.
From the end a of the launch rail 610, the fall ball collecting section 60 is dropped from the end of the firing rail 610.
1, and is discharged to the lower plate 24 from the lower plate ball discharging port 24a via the foul ball discharging path 602.

In the launch rail installation portion 560, a mounting rib 561 that abuts the lower left edge of the launch rail 610,
The right end of the launch rail 610 and the attachment rib 562 that abuts against the lower edge of the right end are integrally molded, and the launch rail 610 is formed.
A plurality of screw holes 563 for mounting (5 in FIG. 10) are formed. Further, a plurality of screw holes 564 (three in FIG. 10) for attaching the firing ball stopping member 615 are formed on the upper side of the attaching rib 562. The above-mentioned mounting rib 553 also abuts on the left end of the firing rail 610 and also functions as a mounting rib for positioning the firing rail 610. The launch rail 610 is
One groove 611 on which the game ball rolls or slides is formed on the upper surface, and the screw hole 5 of the launch rail installation portion 560 is provided.
A screw insertion hole 612 is formed at a position corresponding to 63. This launch rail 610 is the launch rail installation section 5 described above.
Mounting ribs 561, 562, 553 provided on the 60
After abutting against the inside of the screw and fitting it, a screw 613 is inserted through the screw insertion hole 612 and screwed into the screw hole 563, so that it can be easily attached as shown in FIG. If attached in this way, as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 9, the starting end of the launch rail 610 is at an appropriate position with respect to a punch tip 625 of the launching device 620, which will be described later, and the end of the launch rail 610 is at the game board 10. The firing rail 610 is automatically positioned and attached at a predetermined position toward the starting end of the rail 201 (the above-mentioned ball introducing portion 201a). In addition, the firing ball stopping member 615 holds the game balls, which are supplied one by one from the upper plate 21 of the front panel 14 by an aligning device not shown, at the starting end position (launching position) of the launch rail 610 against gravity. What to do, Fig. 9
As shown in 10 to 10, the game ball (that is,
It has a claw portion 616 that comes into contact with a firing standby ball). In this firing ball stopping member 615, a screw insertion hole 617 is formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole 564 of the firing rail installation portion 560,
The screw 618 is passed through the screw insertion hole 617 and screwed into the screw hole 564, so that the screw 618 can be easily attached as shown in FIG. When attached in this way, as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. 9, it is in an appropriate position with respect to a punch tip 625 of the launching device 620, which will be described later. That is, when the launching device 620 is operated, positioning is automatically performed so that the punch tip 625 can be accurately hit on the launch standby ball held at the launch position by the end of the launch rail 610 and the claw portion 616. .

The launcher installation section 570 includes a launcher 62.
0 mounting ribs 571 that come into contact with an upper left corner and an upper left edge of a base plate 621, a mounting rib 572 that comes into contact with the lower left corner of the base plate 621, and a mounting rib that comes into contact with the lower right corner part of the base plate 621. 573 and 573 are integrally formed, and mounting bosses 574 having screw holes for mounting the firing device 620 are formed at a plurality of positions. Further, between the mounting rib 571 and the mounting rib 572, a concave portion 575 for accommodating a launcher main body 622 described later is formed. The launching device 620 includes the mounting rib 57.
Substrate 621 that can be fitted inside 1,572,573
A launcher main body 622 is provided on the back surface of the launcher main body 622.
A screw insertion hole 623 is formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole of 74. The launching device main body 622 has a swingable punch member 624 and has a built-in rotary solenoid (not shown) for driving the punch member 624. The launching device main body 622 operates under the control of the launch control circuit 630 to move the punch member 624. Swing intermittently. The tip of the punch member 623 is formed with a punch tip 625 that is struck by the above-mentioned firing ball. The launching device 620 is fitted inside the mounting ribs 571, 572, 573 provided on the launching device installation section 570, and then the screw 626 is passed through the screw insertion hole 623 and screwed into the screw hole of the mounting boss 574. By inserting, it can be easily attached as shown in FIG. If mounted in this way,
As shown in, the positioning of the punch tip 625 with respect to the launch standby ball is automatically performed. At this time, the launching device main body 622 is housed and arranged so as to fit into the recess 575.

The firing control circuit installation portion 580 is formed with a recess 581 into which the firing control circuit 630 fits, and a mounting boss 582 having fitting holes formed above and below the recess 581.
Are formed. The firing control circuit 630 has a circuit board housed in a rectangular parallelepiped case 631, and a mounting piece 633 having fitting protrusions 632 on the upper and lower surfaces of the case 631.
And a wiring 634 to the launching device main body 622 and the like is connected to the side surface of the case 631. This firing control circuit 630 can be easily performed with one touch by fitting the case 631 into the recess 581 of the firing control circuit installation portion 580 and closely fitting the fitting protrusion 632 of the mounting piece 633 into the fitting hole of the mounting boss 582. Mounted on. The firing control circuit 630 controls the firing device 620 by receiving output signals from a touch sensor provided on the firing operation knob 26, a firing volume (variable resistor), and the like. For example, when the touch sensor detects that a person grips the firing operation knob 26, the rotary solenoid of the firing apparatus 620 is excited intermittently according to the output value of the firing volume.
As a result, the punch tip 625 of the punch member 624 is struck on the firing ball with a strength corresponding to the operation amount of the firing operation knob 26.
Further, adjustment knobs 635 and 636 are provided on the upper front surface of the firing control circuit 630, and these adjustment knobs 63 and 636 are provided.
5, 636, sensitivity adjustment of the touch sensor and firing volume adjustment can be performed. Here, the firing volume adjustment refers to the adjustment of the amplification factor that determines the exciting current value of the rotary solenoid (the firing intensity of the ball game ball) with respect to the output value of the firing volume.

(D) Structure of Back Side of Game Board Storage Frame Next, the structure of the back side of the game board storage frame 11 will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, on the back surface of the game board storage frame 11, a storage tank 700 is provided at the upper left, a wiring relay unit 710 for the frame information and the power source is provided at the upper right, and a discharge ball processing unit 7 is provided on the right side.
40, a discharge control circuit 800 and a wiring relay circuit 810 for wiring from the ball lending machine are provided at the lower right, and an out-ball safe ball processing unit 820 is provided below the opening 501. Further, lattice-shaped reinforcing ribs 860 are integrally formed at various places on the lower side of the game board storage frame main body 500. Storage tank 70
0 is a tank for storing the balls supplied from the island facility before discharge, and a discharge gutter 70 is provided under the storage tank 700.
1 (shoot) is connected. The outlet gutter 701 extends laterally in a posture in which the lower part of the storage tank 700 is inclined slightly downward and is connected to a ball introducing flow path concave chamber 741 of the discharge processing unit 740, which will be described later, and discharges the ball in the storage tank 700. It leads to the section 740.

As shown in FIG. 13, the wiring relay portion 710 is a terminal board installation portion 711 integrally formed in the upper right corner of the game board housing frame body 500, a terminal board 720 housed therein, and this terminal. Board setting unit 71
1 and a lid member 730 attached so as to cover 1.
The terminal board installation part 711 is a box type with an open front surface, mounting bosses 712 for screwing the terminal board 720 are formed at the four inner corners, and a lid member 730 is closed on the right side wall. Engaging hole 7 for holding
13 is formed. Further, notches 714 and 715 for leading out the wiring are formed on the upper and lower walls, respectively, and a bearing portion 716 for supporting the lid member 730 is formed on the left side surface. The terminal board 720 constitutes a signal relay circuit and a power input circuit of the pachinko machine. The signal relay circuit is a circuit that relays signals (so-called frame information signals) transmitted and received between the pachinko hall management computer and the pachinko machine-side launch control circuit 630 or discharge control circuit 800. The power supply input circuit is the accessory control circuit 400 on the pachinko machine side, the firing control circuit 630.
And a circuit for supplying power to various electric devices including the discharge control circuit 800. The frame information signals include, for example, a ball supply signal (large), a ball supply signal (small), a ball firing signal, and a prize ball discharge signal.

The terminal board 720 is mainly a component that constitutes a frame information signal relay circuit, and is a connector 722 for connecting the wiring 721 (shown in FIG. 12) from the hole side to the connector, and a plurality of signal relay terminals. Relay 723,
A connector 724 and the like for connecting wiring (not shown) from the accessory control circuit 400, the firing control circuit 630, the discharge control circuit 800, and the like are provided. In addition, a fuse 725, a power switch 72
6 and the like, and a power supply line 727 is connected to the back surface of the substrate. The wiring 721 from the hole side is drawn in from the cutout 714 of the terminal board installation portion 711, and the wiring and power supply line 727 on the pachinko machine side connected to the connector 724 are connected to the terminal board installation portion 711.
Is cut out through the cutout 715. Lid member 730
Has a rotary shaft (not shown) that is elastically fitted into the bearing portion 716 of the terminal board installation portion 711 on the left side surface (the opposite side in FIG. 13), and opens and closes the front opening of the terminal board installation portion 711. It can be attached at the desired position with one touch. The engaging claw 731 formed on the side wall is elastically engaged with the engaging hole 713 of the terminal board installation portion 711 to be held in the closed position. At the right end of the front surface of the lid member 730, a handle 7 for opening / closing operation is provided.
32 is provided, and a seal 733 on which cautions and the like are written is attached to the front surface at substantially the center. On the sticker 733, a display of the power supply voltage, precautions when the power is turned on, and the like are described.

As shown in FIG. 13, the discharge processing section 740 includes a ball introduction flow channel concave chamber 741, a mechanism installation concave chamber 742, and a prize ball flow channel concave chamber 7 which are integrally formed with the game board storage frame main body 500.
43 and a ball drop chamber 744, a discharge device 770 and a flow path switching device 780 that are housed and installed in the mechanism body installation concave chamber 742, and a cover member 790 that covers the whole. The ball introduction flow path concave chamber 741 is a concave chamber having a curved shape so that the balls flowing in from the side through the discharge gutter 701 flow downward, and the front opening is closed by the cover member 790, so that the discharge gutter 701 is closed. A ball introduction flow path for flowing the balls flowing in from the bottom to send them to the discharge device 770 is formed. In this case, a hole 745 for an inner latch, which will be described later, is formed at the upper right of the ball introducing flow path concave chamber 741.
The mechanism installation concave chamber 742 is formed in a communicating state below the ball introducing flow channel concave chamber 741 and has a vertically long concave chamber having a width dimension in which the discharge device 770 and the flow channel switching device 780 fit vertically. On the inner side wall, the engaging claws 746, 7 that elastically engage the discharge device 770 or the flow path switching device 780.
47 are formed.

Prize ball channel concave chamber 743 and ball drop chamber 744
Is formed in a communication state below the mechanism installation concave chamber 742, and the prize ball passage concave chamber 743 is formed in front of the partition wall 748.
A ball drop chamber 744 is arranged on the back side. An overflow portion 749 is provided on the lower side of the prize ball passage concave chamber 743. Inside the overflow portion 749 (on the left side when the game board storage frame 11 is viewed from the back side), the upper dish passage concave portion is provided. Room 7
50 is formed, and outside the overflow portion 749,
A lower dish flow channel recess chamber 751 is formed. That is, the lower side of the prize ball passage concave chamber 743 is divided into the upper dish passage concave chamber 750 and the lower dish passage concave chamber 751 with the overflow portion 749 as a boundary. Then, the award opening of the prize ball passage concave chamber 743 is closed by the cover member 790,
A prize ball discharge flow path for distributing balls discharged from the flow path switching device 780 to the upper plate side or the lower plate side and discharging the balls is configured. That is, the upper dish flow channel concave chamber 750 communicates with the prize ball discharge opening 555 on the front surface of the game board storage frame 11, and the balls that enter the upper dish flow channel concave chamber 750 are the prize ball discharge opening 55.
5, through the prize ball discharge path 603 and the prize ball discharge port 21a, it is configured to flow out to the upper plate 21 of the front panel 14. On the other hand, the lower dish flow channel concave chamber 751 communicates with the lower dish ball discharge port 24a via, for example, a connection flow channel not shown, and the balls that have entered the lower dish flow channel concave chamber 751 are the front panel 1
4 is configured to flow to the lower plate 24. The overflow portion 749 is a ridge having a mountain-shaped cross section that extends in the front-rear direction, the slope on the side of the upper dish channel concave chamber 750 is gentle, and the slope on the side of the lower dish channel concave chamber 751 is substantially vertical. It is a thing. Then, as will be described later, the balls that are distributed to the prize ball flow channel concave chamber 743 side by the flow channel switching device 780 and fall are the upper plate flow channel concave chamber 750 of the overflow portion 749.
It is positioned so that it falls on the side slope, and when the upper plate 21 is not full of balls, the balls are discharged to the upper plate 21,
When the upper plate 21 is filled with balls, the overflow portion 74
The balls are designed to flow over 9 to the side of the lower plate flow path concave chamber 751 and the excessive balls are discharged to the lower plate 24. Further, the balls that have fallen into the beading chamber 744 are discharged to a ball collection gutter (which is usually provided at the bottom of the game island) which is a facility of the game island, by a flow path (not shown), for example. There is. Further, in this case, the upper plate flow channel concave chamber 750
A hole 752 for an inner latch to be described later is formed in the lower left of the.

The ejecting device 770 is a device for ejecting the balls that have flowed in from the upper surface one by one from the lower surface side, and ejecting the commanded number of balls, which is controlled by the ejection control circuit 800 to operate. The ejecting device 770 is composed of, for example, a sprocket with teeth formed on the outer circumference, one by one, and a mechanism for rotating the sprocket by a commanded rotation speed or rotation angle. The flow path switching device 780 has therein a branch path for sorting balls flowing in from the upper surface into two directions on the lower surface side, and a flow path switching member driven by a solenoid or the like is disposed in the branch path. By operating a switch (not shown),
The distribution direction can be switched. In this case, the flow path switching device 780 distributes the balls flowing down from the discharge device 770 to either the prize ball flow path concave chamber 743 or the ball drop chamber 744 and drops them. Normally (during the game).
Balls are dropped into the prize ball flow path recess chamber 743, and the switch is operated when the store is closed to switch the distribution direction to the ball drop chamber 744 side, so that all the balls in the storage tank 700 and the gutter 701 are on the island side. Realize the ball removal process to collect. In this case, the convex portion 771 on the lower surface of the discharge device 770 is fitted into the concave portion 781 on the upper surface of the flow path switching device 780 so that they are connected to each other. By fitting into the recessed chamber 742, the attachment of the discharge device 770 and the flow path switching device 780 is completed with one touch. At this time, the above-mentioned engaging claws 746 and 747 are automatically engaged with each other to hold these devices in the attached state. Further, a hole 782 for an inner latch described later is formed on the front surface of the flow path switching device 780.

The cover member 790 is used for the ball introducing passage concave chamber 74.
1, an L-shaped plate member that covers the entire front opening of the mechanism installation concave chamber 742 and the prize ball passage concave chamber 743, and in this case corresponds to the holes 745, 752, 782 for the inner latch described above. Inner latches 791 are attached to the positions of the three positions so that the shafts thereof are slidably inserted back and forth. Inner latch 7
When the front handle portion is pushed or pulled with respect to the attached member (in this case, the cover member 790), the outer diameter of the tip end side of the shaft that extends from the handle portion and projects to the back side of the member is expanded or contracted. It is a well-known fastening member that fastens the members by inserting the tip end side into the hole of the other member to be fastened and expanding the diameter. Therefore, in this case, the cover member 790 can be easily attached and detached only by pushing and pulling the inner latch 791.

The discharge control circuit 800 has a circuit board housed inside a rectangular parallelepiped case, and mounting pieces 801 having fitting projections (not shown) are provided on both end surfaces of the case so as to project therefrom. . This launch control circuit 630 is easily made by one-touch by closely fitting the fitting protrusion of the mounting piece 801 into the hole of the mounting boss 802 integrally formed in the control circuit installation portion 800a of the game board storage frame body 500. Mounted on. The discharge control circuit 800 includes a discharge device 770 and a safe sphere processing device 84 described later by wiring (not shown).
The control circuit is connected to 0 or the like, controls the discharging device 770 in response to a signal indicating that a prize has been won, and discharges a predetermined number of prize balls. Also, this discharge control circuit 800
Is also connected to a ball lending machine via a wiring relay circuit 810, and has a function of controlling the discharging device 770 and executing a process of discharging a predetermined number of game balls as a ball lending according to a command from the ball lending machine. The wiring relay circuit 810 is one of the control circuits of the present invention, in which a terminal board (not shown) is housed inside a rectangular parallelepiped case, and fitting protrusions (not shown) are provided on both side end surfaces of the case. ) Has a projecting mounting piece 811. This wiring relay circuit 810 is easily made by one-touch by closely fitting the fitting protrusion of the mounting piece 811 into the hole of the mounting boss 812 integrally formed in the control circuit installation portion 800a of the game board storage frame body 500. Mounted on. The wiring relay circuit 810 is connected to the ball lending machine, the ball lending related indicators or switches 31, 32, 33 provided on the front panel 14 or the discharge control circuit 800 by wiring (not shown). It relays signals between the display device, switches, or the discharge control circuit 800 and the ball lending machine.

The out-sphere safe sphere processing unit 820 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, the safe ball introduction flow path recess chamber 821 and the mechanism body installation recess chamber 8 formed on the back surface of the game board storage frame main body 500.
30, a safe sphere processing device 840 housed and installed in the mechanism installation concave chamber 830, and a safe sphere introduction flow channel concave chamber 8
21 and an out-ball safe ball discharge gutter 850 attached so as to cover the above-mentioned out-ball guide path 348. The safe sphere introduction flow path concave chamber 821 is provided with the above-described winning ball capturing hole 5
15 is formed in a communication state on the lower side, and the lower side has a narrow shape corresponding to the ball inlet 841 of the safe ball processing device 840, and the opening front side is the lid portion 853 of the out ball safe ball discharge trough 850. By being closed by the above, a safe sphere introduction flow path for introducing the safe sphere falling from the winning sphere intake hole 515 into the ball entrance 841 of the safe sphere processing device 840 is configured. In this case, this safe sphere introduction flow path concave chamber 82
A mounting boss 822 having a screw hole for mounting the out-ball safe ball discharge gutter 850 is formed at the upper left of the inside of 1. The mechanism installation concave chamber 830 is a concave chamber in which the safe sphere processing device 840 can be embedded, and the safe sphere introduction flow channel concave chamber 8
The ball entrance 841 of the safe sphere processing device 840, which is formed in a communication state on the lower side of 21 and is buried, is positioned just below the safe sphere introduction flow path concave chamber 821. At the lower right of the mechanism-equipped concave chamber 830, a safe-sphere outlet flow channel concave chamber 831 that communicates with the ball outlet 842 of the safe-sphere processing device 840 and whose bottom surface inclines obliquely downward toward the back surface side.
Is formed and the safe sphere outlet flow channel recess chamber 831 is covered by the safe sphere discharge portion 857 of the out sphere safe sphere discharge trough 850, so that the safe sphere emitted from the ball outlet 842 of the safe sphere processing device 840 is pachinko machine. A safe ball discharge flow path for discharging to the lower side is formed. Further, screw holes 832 for fixing the safe ball processing device 840 are formed in the upper right and lower left of the mechanism installation concave chamber 830, respectively.

The safe sphere processing device 840 introduces a ball from the ball entrance 841 on the upper surface and discharges the ball from the ball exit 842 on the right side, and a safe sphere sensor (not shown) for detecting a passing ball, It incorporates a ball holding mechanism driven by a solenoid 843. This safe sphere processing device 840
Is provided with a mounting piece 844 in which a screw insertion hole is formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole 832. After the mounting piece 844 is fitted into the mechanism installation concave chamber 830, a screw is inserted into the mounting piece 844 to insert the screw. It is attached by screwing it into the hole 832. The safe sphere processing device 840 internally detects one safe sphere, and when the discharge of the prize balls by the control of the discharge control circuit 800 is completed, the safe sphere is released and the safe sphere is detected. Is to be discharged. Out ball safe ball discharge gutter 850 is gutter body 85
A lid portion 853 having an insertion hole 852 is extended on the left side of the No. 1 and a mounting piece 855 having an insertion hole 854 is formed on the right side. The gutter body 851 has a box shape with an open lower surface, and the lower part is divided into left and right sides by a partition wall 856, and the left chamber closed with respect to the upper part serves as a safe ball discharge part 857. There is. This gutter body 8
51 is an opening (not shown) connected to the out ball guide path 348 provided in the game board 10 is formed in the upper part of the front side (the side joined to the game board storage frame main body 500), and the safe ball An opening (not shown) connected to the safe sphere outlet flow channel recess chamber 831 is formed on the front surface side of the discharge portion 857.
This out-ball safe ball discharge gutter 850 has insertion holes 852,
By inserting a screw into 854 and screwing it into the screw hole of the above-mentioned mounting boss 822 and the screw hole 858 formed in the lower right of the notch 516 of the game board storage frame body 500,
Easily installed. According to the out-sphere safe sphere discharge gutter 850, an out-sphere discharge flow path and a safe-sphere discharge flow path are formed. That is, the out-ball guide path 348
The out-ball coming out of the ball is discharged from the lower surface of the out-ball safe-ball discharging gutter 850 via the gutter body 851, and the safe ball exiting from the ball outlet 842 of the safe-ball processing device 840 is discharged to the safe-ball outlet It is discharged from the lower surface of the out-ball safe ball discharge gutter 850 via the road recess chamber 831 and the safe ball discharge part 857 of the gutter body 851. The out balls or safe balls discharged from the lower surface of the out ball safe ball discharge gutter 850 are discharged to a ball collection gutter provided at the bottom of the game island via a flow path and a counting device (not shown). To be done. At this time, in the configuration of the present example, a very close position (partition wall 8
Since the out balls and the safe balls are respectively discharged from the adjacent positions (56 adjacent to each other), the ball collecting trough or the tray of the counting device and the like can be downsized, and even in that case, there is no fear of balls spilling.

In the normal state (closed state) shown in FIG. 1, the upper front side of the game board storage frame 11 (that is, the game board 1).
0) is covered by the glass frame 13, and only the game area is in the state desired on the front side through the opening 13a (glass plate), and the front side of the game board storage frame 11 provided with the above-mentioned various mechanical bodies. The lower side is covered with the front panel 14.

E. Structure of Machine Frame Next, the structure and the like of the machine frame 12 will be described with reference to FIG. (A) Structure of Machine Frame 12 First, the configuration of the machine frame 12 itself will be described. Machine frame 1
As shown in FIG. 3, 2 is a resin-molded rectangular frame as a whole, and a lower edge panel portion 901 located below the front panel 14 in the closed state and exposed to the front is provided in the lower front portion. Formed, the back side of the lower edge panel portion 901,
A plurality of ribs 902 are provided on the inner and outer surfaces of the side wall or the upper wall.

(B) A structure for attaching a glass frame or the like to the machine frame,
And a structure for mounting the machine frame on the island side. A vertically long concave chamber 903 is formed on the front side of the inner side surface on the left side as viewed from the front of the machine frame 12, and the concave chamber 903 has a U-shaped cross section. The reinforcing metal member 904 is fitted and fixed, and the hinges that support the game board storage frame 11, the glass frame 13, and the front panel 14 in an openable and closable manner are attached to the reinforcing metal member 304. That is, the screw insertion holes 905 are formed at a plurality of locations of the reinforcing metal member 904, while the thick portion 906 formed on the inner surface of the recess 903 of the machine frame 12 has a plurality of positions at corresponding positions. A screw hole 907 is formed, and a screw (not shown) is inserted into the screw insertion hole 905 and screwed into the screw hole 307, so that the reinforcing metal member 904 is firmly fixed to the inner surface of the machine frame 12 in an embedded state. There is. Then, on the surface of the reinforcing metal member 903, pin hinges 908 and 909 that support the game board storage frame 11, slide hinges 910 and 911 that support the glass frame 13, and slide hinges 912 and 913 that support the front panel 14. Are attached by screwing or welding. Pin hinges 908 and 909
Is the aforementioned hinge holes 531 and 532 of the game board storage frame 11.
The game board storage frame 11 is supported by the entire game board storage frame 11 so as to swing from the closed position stored in the machine frame 12 to the open position opened to the front.

In this case, the slide hinges 910 and 911 or the slide hinges 912 and 913 have the same link structure, and the opening movement of the glass frame 13 and the like is the same as when the hinge is constituted by a simple hinge. Differently, the glass frame 13 and the like move slightly to the front side at the beginning of opening, and the opening / closing operation becomes extremely smooth. Further, the upper wall of the machine frame 12 has a through hole 9 having a cross-shaped cross section.
31 and 932 are formed, and these through holes 931 and
By inserting a nail or the like into the 932 from below and driving it into a structural member on the pachinko island side, the machine frame 12 is fixed to the island side.

(C) Configuration of Slide Hinge Storage Space Next, the configuration of the slide hinge storage space provided in the machine frame 12 and the game board storage frame 11 will be described. In this pachinko machine, slide hinges 910, 911, 91 for supporting the glass frame 13 or the front panel 14 in an openable and closable manner.
2, 913 are stored and covered in a slide hinge storage space provided in the machine frame 12 and the game board storage frame 11. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, in the rear side of the inner side surface on the left side when viewed from the front of the machine frame 12, in this case, two
Box-shaped enclosure walls 951 and 952 that are open to the front are integrally formed at the points. The enclosure wall 951 is formed at a position that covers the rear side of the operating range of the upper slide hinge 910 that supports the glass frame 13, and this slide hinge 910.
Defines the storage space of. The surrounding wall 952 is formed at a position that covers the lower slide hinge 911 that supports the glass frame 13 and the rear end side of the upper slide hinge 912 that supports the front panel 14, and these slide hinges 911 and 912. Defines the storage space of. on the other hand,
On the left side surface (side surface on the hinge side) of the game board storage frame main body 500, as shown in FIG.
Notches 500a, 500b, 500c are formed to respectively form storage spaces that cover 10, 911, 912, 913. That is, in this case, the notch 500a
Is a front side of the enclosure wall 951 and defines a storage space that covers a relatively front side of the operating range of the slide hinge 910, and the notch 500b is located on the front side of the enclosure wall 952. The storage space that covers a relatively front side of the operation range of the slide hinges 911 and 912 defines a storage space, and the notch 500c defines a storage space that covers a relatively front side of the operation range of the slide hinge 913. With such a configuration, it is possible to reliably prevent a malfunction in which each slide hinge comes into contact with another member to cause a failure, and it is possible to reliably prevent a disconnection accident or the like due to the slide hinge biting the wiring.

As described above, in this embodiment, the game board storage frame main body 500 is made of synthetic resin, and the game board 10 is formed in the game board storage frame main body 500 so that the game board 10 can be detached from the front side. In addition, this game board storage unit 503
A fitting recessed chamber groove 506 is formed in the peripheral portion of the fitting projection wall (outer peripheral edge 3) around the back surface of the synthetic resin game board 10.
21) is formed, and the fitting projection wall (outer peripheral edge 321) is fitted into the fitting recessed chamber groove 506, whereby the game board 10 is mounted in a state of being housed in the game board housing portion 503. did. Further, the game board storage frame 11 is provided with a game board fixing member (locking member 520) that can be operated from the front side of the game board storage frame 11, and the side surface of the game board 10 is
Engagement portion (engagement opening 3
11, 312) are formed, the following various effects can be obtained.

(1) While the game board 10 and the game board storage frame 11 are made of synthetic resin, the fitting projection wall (outer peripheral edge 321)
By fitting the fitting concave chamber groove 506, the gaming board 10 is firmly held and attached over substantially the entire circumference, so that the gaming state is not hindered. Especially, for example, even when a large-sized variable display 220 is mounted, it is possible to suppress the deflection and rattling after the game board is installed, and the game is not hindered. Therefore, it is possible to make the game board 10 and the game board storage frame 11 made of synthetic resin without any problem in terms of mounting strength of the game board, improving the degree of freedom in design, recycling materials, and reducing the amount of wood used in the global environment. It has the effect of contributing to the preservation of (2) Further, the game board 10 is attached to and detached from the front side of the game board storage frame 11, and the locking tool 520 is operated from the front side to fix (lock) or release the attachment state of the game board 10. Therefore, the game board can be easily attached and detached by simply opening and closing the glass frame 13 and the like on the front side of the game board 10. Therefore, the maintenance work of the game machine is significantly facilitated.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but various modes and applications are possible. For example, the game board storage frame main body 500 and the game board 10 do not necessarily have to be integrally formed of synthetic resin. For example, the hinge portion (portion forming the hinge holes 531 and 532) of the game board storage frame body 500, which requires particularly high strength, may be partially made of metal. Further, the gaming machine according to the present invention is not limited to the example applied to the prepaid card type pachinko machine as in the above embodiment. For example, it can be applied to a credit-type pachinko machine. The game board may have any configuration and model. It can be widely applied to pachinko machines that do not use cards at all, instead of the prepaid card system. It can also be applied to an arrangement ball machine or the like.

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According to the present invention, the main constituent material of the game board storage frame is made of synthetic resin, and the game board storage section is formed in the game board storage frame so that the game board can be stored from the front side. A fitting projection wall is formed on one of the peripheral portion of the game board storage portion and the periphery of the back surface of the game board, and a fitting recessed chamber groove is formed on the other, and the fitting projection wall is fitted. By fitting the recessed chamber grooves to each other, the game board was mounted in a state of being housed in the game board housing portion. Therefore, while the game board storage frame is made of synthetic resin, the game board can be firmly held and attached over substantially the entire circumference by fitting the fitting projection wall and the fitting recessed chamber groove, so that the gaming state There is no trouble. In particular, even when a large accessory device or the like is mounted on the game board, it is possible to suppress deflection and rattling after the game board is installed,
There is no hindrance to the game. Therefore, it is possible to make the game board storage frame made of synthetic resin without any problem in terms of mounting strength of the game board, which contributes to improvement of design freedom, recycling of materials, conservation of global environment by reducing wood usage, etc. There is an effect that can be done.

Further, when the main constituent material of the game board is made of synthetic resin, there is an effect that the degree of freedom in design can be improved, the material can be recycled, and the amount of wood used can be reduced to further protect the global environment. Even in this case, the sturdy mounting of the game board prevents the game board from bending and rattling, and thus does not hinder the game. Further, the game board storage frame is provided with a game board fixing member that can be operated from the front side, and the side surface of the game board is formed with an engaging portion with which the game board fixing member can be engaged and operated. In this case, the game board can be detached from the front side of the game board storage frame, and the game board fixing member can be operated from the front side to lock (lock) or unlock the mounting state of the game board. By opening and closing the glass frame etc. on the front side of the board, you can easily attach and detach the game board. Therefore, the maintenance work of the game machine is significantly facilitated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing the entire pachinko machine which is an example to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view showing a glass frame and a front panel of the same pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a game board, a game board storage frame, and a machine frame of the same pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a front configuration of a game board of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing a rear surface configuration of a game board of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 6 is a back side perspective view showing the back side configuration of the game board of the same pachinko machine.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a winning device of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 8 is a back side perspective view of the variable winning device of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a front configuration of a game board storage frame of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 10 is a front side exploded perspective view showing a front configuration of a game board storage frame of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a game board storage frame of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 12 is a back side perspective view showing the back side configuration of the game board and the game board storage frame of the same pachinko machine.

FIG. 13 is a partial exploded view showing a back surface configuration of a game board storage frame of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 14 is a partial exploded view showing the back surface configuration of the game board storage frame of the same pachinko machine.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view for explaining a mounting operation of the game board of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 16 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the mounting structure of the game board of the same pachinko machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Gaming Board 11 Gaming Board Storage Frames 311 and 312 Engagement Openings (Engaging Parts) 321 Outer Peripheral Edge (Fitting Projection Wall) 503 Gaming Board Storage 506 Fitting Recessed Chamber Groove 520 Locking Tool (Game Board Fixing Member)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game machine having a game board storage frame capable of storing a game board, wherein a main constituent member of the game board storage frame is molded from synthetic resin, and the game board storage frame is provided from the front side of the game machine. A game board storage section for storing the game board is provided, and a fitting projection wall is formed on one of the peripheral portion of the game board storage section and the periphery of the back surface of the game board, and the fitting recess chamber is provided on the other side. A gaming machine, characterized in that a groove is formed, and the fitting projection wall and the fitting recessed chamber groove are fitted to each other, whereby the game board is mounted in a state of being housed in the game board housing portion. 2. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein a main constituent material of the game board is synthetic resin. 3. The game board storage frame is provided with a game board fixing member that can be operated from the front side of the game board storage frame, and the game board fixing member can be engaged with the side surface of the game board. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an engaging portion is formed.