JP2006149741A - Box type game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a box type game machine where a harness is never shut in a gap formed between a front door and a casing. <P>SOLUTION: In the slot machine being one example of the box type game machine, the front door 10 is fitted to the casing 50 having open front side through hinges 31 and 32 in an openable and closable manner, and electric parts provided respectively at the front door 10 and the casing 50 are connected with each other through the harness H. A cover part 70 covering the gap 34 formed between the casing 50 on a side where the hinges 31 and 32 are provided and the end of the front door 10 from inside when the front door 10 is opened from the casing is provided at the left side plate 50a of the casing 50. The cover part 70 has a plate-like member 71 having a base part side fitted turnably to the inner surface of the left side plate 50a and a twisted coil spring 77 biasing this to the side of the gap 34. The plate-like member 71 has a size of covering at least the gap 34 of a part which the harness H crosses. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a box-type game machine, and more specifically, a box-type game machine in which a front door attached to the front side of a housing so as to be freely opened and closed and electrical components provided on the inside of the housing are connected by a harness. About.

  As box-type gaming machines, pachinko gaming machines, slot machines, sparrow balls, pachislot machines, game machines used in game centers, and the like are generally known. Of these gaming machines, the slot machine has a front door that is openable and closable with respect to the housing via a hinge provided at one end in the width direction of the housing that is open on the front side (patent) Reference 1).

  The front door of this slot machine is provided with a panel portion facing the front side. This panel portion includes a sound emitting unit with a speaker attached to the back side, an effect display device formed by a liquid crystal display, etc., and a player. A bet button, a start lever, a stop button, and the like to be operated are arranged. These buttons and the like are electrically connected to an electric circuit board called a central display board provided on the back side of the panel portion, and an output signal from the central display board is connected to a main control board provided in the casing. Transferred through.

  When the front door is closed, the hinge that attaches the front door to the chassis moves the front door so that the peripheral edge on the back side of the front door and the peripheral edge on the front side of the chassis are close to each other. Then, the front door is moved in a direction in which the peripheral end portion of the front door on the hinge side is separated from that on the housing side.

JP 2004-298470 A (FIGS. 1 and 2)

  For this reason, when the front door is in an open state, a gap extending in the vertical direction is formed between the peripheral end of the hinge-side front door and the peripheral end of the casing. Further, the harness has a plurality of wires arranged in the width direction and each wire is covered with an insulating material and has elasticity. Further, since the front door is opened and closed, the harness needs to have a sufficient length so that the harness is not pulled when the front door is opened. As a result, when the opened front door is closed, the harness is deformed so as to bend from the extended state. When the deformed harness enters the gap, the harness is sandwiched between the peripheral end portions of the front door and the housing, and the harness is disconnected, causing malfunction or failure of the gaming machine. Therefore, when trying to close the front door, the harness is inserted into a thick tube made of insulating material so that the harness is not bent and moved in the direction approaching the gap, and it is difficult to deform, Extend the harness extending from the central display board along the back surface of the front door panel and fix it with a band.Forcibly bend the harness that crosses the gap to the side away from the gap, and extend the harness extending to the main control board. A method of fixing to a casing with a band has been proposed.

  However, even if the harness is fixed and deformed in this way, the harness that crosses the gap is arranged with a sufficient length, so there is a risk that the harness of this part will enter the gap. It is difficult to prevent. Therefore, if the harness is fixed to a fixing member, etc., so that the harness crossing the gap does not deform, the fixing member, etc., contacts the parts provided on the back side of the front door or inside the housing when the front door is opened or closed. There is a risk that opening and closing of the front door will be difficult, and the harness cannot be fixed by a fixing member or the like. For this reason, it has been desired to provide a box-type game machine in which the harness is not likely to be caught in the gap.

  The present invention has been made to meet such a demand, and a box type gaming machine in which a harness crossing between a front door and a housing is not sandwiched between gaps formed between the front door and the housing. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a housing having a front opening, a front door that can be opened and closed via a hinge attached to a front end of the housing, and the front door and the housing. In a box-type game machine (for example, the slot machine 1 in the embodiment) having a harness that connects electrical components (for example, the central display board 27 and the main control board 51 in the embodiment) provided to each of the front parts, A cover that covers a gap formed between the end of the case and the front door on the side where the hinge is provided when the door is opened from the case is provided on the inner surface of either the case or the front door. It is provided.

  According to the present invention, the cover portion that covers the gap from the inside is provided on the inner surface of either the housing or the front door, so that the space between the hinge-side housing and the front door when the front door is opened from the housing. The gap formed in the cover can be covered with the cover portion from the inside. For this reason, even if the harness extending across the front door and the housing is deformed to the gap side in accordance with the closing operation of the front door, the harness does not come into contact with the cover portion and enter the gap. For this reason, it is possible to provide a box-type game machine in which the harness is not likely to be caught in a gap formed between the front door and the housing.

  Further, according to the present invention, the cover part includes a plate-like member whose base side is rotatably attached to the inner surface of either the housing or the front door, and an urging means for urging the plate-like member to the gap side (for example, And a torsion coil spring 77) in the embodiment.

  According to the present invention, the plate member is always provided by the urging means so that the plate member is urged by the urging means. Since it is urged to the side, the gap is always covered by being pressed by the plate-like member regardless of whether the front door is opened or closed. For this reason, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the inner opening of the gap is opened during the opening / closing operation of the front door, and as a result, it is possible to reliably prevent the harness from entering the gap.

  In the present invention, the plate-like member of the cover portion has a size that covers at least a gap in a portion where the harness crosses.

  According to the present invention, the plate-like member of the cover portion has a size that covers at least the gap across the harness, thereby minimizing the size of the plate-like member and increasing the weight of the gaming machine. Can be suppressed.

  According to the present invention, when the front door is opened from the housing, the harness is provided by providing the housing on the side where the hinge is provided and the cover portion that covers the gap formed between the end portions of the front door from the inside. It is possible to provide a box-type game machine that is not likely to be caught in a gap formed between the front door and the housing.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a box-type game machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, a slot machine will be described as an example of a box-type game machine.

  As shown in FIG. 1 (front view), the slot machine 1 includes a front door 10 facing a player and a casing 50 shown in FIG. . The front door 10 is configured by attaching a mechanically strong hard plastic panel portion 11 to a rectangular frame described later. The panel unit 11 includes an upper panel unit 13, a middle panel unit 14, and a lower panel unit 15. The upper panel portion 13 includes an upper lamp 13a for production, sound emitting units 13b and 13c in which speakers for producing sound effects for production are attached on the back side, and an effect display device 13d formed of a liquid crystal display or the like. It is arranged.

  The middle panel portion 14 is provided with a substantially rectangular transmissive window WD formed of a transparent hard plastic plate and effect lamps 14a and 14b, and a reel device 60 provided in the housing 50 shown in FIG. The player can view the reels R1, R2, and R3 through the transmission window WD.

  An operation panel unit 16 for a player to operate is provided at the lower end of the middle panel unit 14, and a medal for inserting game medals necessary for playing a slot machine game is provided in the operation panel unit 16. The insertion part MD, the bet buttons B1, B2, and B3 for presenting the number of medals per game, the start lever ST for instructing the start of one game, and the rotating reels R1, R2, and R3 are individually provided. Stop buttons SP1, SP2 and SP3 for stopping the game, and a settlement button MR for instructing the payout of game medals acquired by the player.

  A keyhole KY for unlocking the front door 10 is provided at the right end of the operation panel unit 16, and when an operator or administrator on the game hall side inserts a regular key into the keyhole KY and performs an unlocking operation, The front door 10 can be opened from the housing 50.

  An image (not shown) for introducing the game contents of the slot machine 1 is drawn on the lower panel portion 15, and a discharge port 15 a for paying out the number of game medals acquired by the player and A medal tray 15b and a sound emitting unit 15c to which a speaker is attached are provided.

  Next, the back surface structure of the front door 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 2 (perspective view). FIG. 2 shows the back side of the front door 10 and the front side of the housing 50 in a state where the front door 10 is unlocked and opened from the housing 50.

  As shown in FIG. 2, speakers SR and SL constituting the sound emitting units 13 b and 13 c described above are provided on the upper rear surface of the front door 10, and an effect display device 13 d is provided between the speakers SR and SL. ing. A sub-control board 25 formed of an electric circuit board is attached to the back side of the effect display device 13d.

  Below the effect display device 13d and the sub-control board 25, a substantially rectangular frame body 14c in which the transmission window WD and the panel surface of the middle panel portion 14 are formed is attached. Below the frame body 14c, a selection mechanism G0 that determines whether the input inserted from the medal insertion unit MD is a regular game medal or a foreign object, and distributes the game medal distributed by the select mechanism G0 on the housing 50 side. A guide member G1 for guiding to the hopper device HP provided in the guide, a guide member G2 for guiding the foreign matter distributed by the selection mechanism G0 to the discharge port 15a, and a payout medal output from the hopper device HP. A guide member G3 for guiding to 15a is provided, and a speaker SW constituting the sound emitting portion 15c described above is attached in the vicinity of the discharge port 15a.

  A central display board 27 formed of a long electric circuit board is attached between the frame body 14c and the selection mechanism G0. The central display board 27 is electrically connected to the bet buttons B1, B2, and B3, the start lever ST, the stop buttons SP1, SP2, and SP3 provided in the operation unit 16 described above. The output signals of the buttons B1, B2, B3, ST, SP1, SP2 and SP3 are transferred to the main control board 51 side via the harness H.

  The housing 50 is provided with a main power supply device PWU and an auxiliary storage portion SHP for storing game medals overflowing from the hopper device HP, and reels R1, R2, and R3 facing the transmission window WD described above. A reel device 60 is provided which is rotatably supported.

  A power supply substrate 52 is attached to the side surface of the main power supply device PWU, a spinning device substrate 61 is attached to the upper end of the reel device 60, and the main control substrate 51 described above is attached above the reel device 60. . The sub control board 25 and the main control board 51 each have a unit structure housed individually in a hard plastic protective case. The other end of the harness H connected to the central display board 27 is connected to the main control board 51.

  The harness H is formed by arranging a plurality of wires in the width direction and covering each wire with an insulating material, and has elasticity. The harness H is inserted through an insulating and thick tube. Therefore, the harness H has a structure that is not easily elastically deformed. The harness H1 extending from the central display board 27 toward the housing 50 is fixed by a fixing band 28 attached to the end of the frame 20 of the front door 10, and the harness that extends from the front door 10 toward the housing 50 is secured. H2 has a sufficient length and is forcibly bent inward, and the harness H3 extending toward the main control board 51 is fixed to the inner surface of the casing 50 by a plurality of fixing bands 29 attached to the casing 50. Has been.

  Next, the attachment structure of the front door 10 will be described. The front door 10 can be opened and closed with respect to the housing 50 via hinges 31 and 32 attached to the inner surface of the left side plate 50 a of the housing 50. The hinges 31 and 32 are arranged with a predetermined distance in the vertical direction. When the front door 10 is closed, these hinges 31 and 32 move the front door 10 so that the peripheral end on the back side of the front door 10 and the peripheral end on the front side of the housing 50 are close to each other. When the door 10 is opened, the front door 10 is moved in a direction in which the peripheral end portion of the hinge-side front door 10 is separated from that on the housing 50 side. For this reason, when the front door 10 is opened, a gap 34 extending in the vertical direction is formed between the peripheral end portion of the front door 10 on the hinge side and the peripheral end portion on the housing 50 side. Therefore, when the opened front door 10 moves in the closing direction, the harness H2 crossing the gap 34 is bent and deformed and enters the gap 34, and is sandwiched between the peripheral end portions of the front door 10 and the housing 50. There is a risk of disconnection.

  Therefore, the left side plate 50a of the housing 50 is provided with a cover portion 70 that covers the gap 34 from the inside. The cover part 70 is arrange | positioned in the intermediate part between a pair of hinges 31 and 32 of the clearance gap 34 extended in an up-down direction. That is, the cover unit 70 is disposed in a region including at least the harness H2 extending from the front panel 10 to the housing 50 side. As shown in FIG. 3A (perspective view), the cover portion 70 includes a plate-like member 71 whose base side is rotatably attached to a position near the inner surface of the left side plate 50a of the housing 50, and the plate-like member. It has a plurality of torsion coil springs 77 that urge the tip end side of the member 71 toward the gap 34 side.

  The plate-like member 71 has a main body 72 that covers the gap 34 and a protrusion 73 that extends from the tip of the main body 72 toward the gap 34. The main body 72 is shown in FIG. 3B (cross-sectional view). As shown in FIG. 3, the front end of the main body 72 extends in the vicinity of the inner surface of the frame 20 beyond the gap 34 when the front panel 10 is open. The protrusion 73 extends to the base side of the inner surface of the frame 20 in a state where the front panel 10 is opened. Then, the distal end portion of the plate-like member 71 is pressed against the gap 34 side by the torsion coil spring 77 in a state of being in contact with the distal end portion of the frame 20.

  On the other hand, when the front panel 10 is closed, as shown in FIG. 4B (cross-sectional view), the peripheral end portion on the back side of the front door 10 and the peripheral end portion on the front side of the housing 50 are separated by the hinges 31 and 32. In close proximity, the gap 34 becomes a small space. The main body portion 72 of the plate-like member 71 extends along the left side plate 50 a of the housing 50, and the tip portion thereof moves across the slight gap 34 to the inner position of the frame 20. The protrusion 73 is pressed against the inner surface of the frame 20 by the torsion coil spring 77 in a state where the protrusion 73 is in contact with the inner surface of the frame 20. For this reason, even if a foreign object is inserted through the slight gap 34, the inner opening of the gap 34 is blocked, so that the entry of the foreign object can be prevented. For this reason, it is possible to prevent an illegal act against the slot machine 1 in advance.

  Thus, since the cover portion 70 is always urged toward the gap 34 by the torsion coil spring 77 described above, the right opening of the gap 34 is formed by the plate-like member 71 regardless of the opening / closing operation of the front panel 10. Always closed when pressed. For this reason, the inner opening of the gap 34 is not opened during the opening / closing operation of the front door 10. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4A (cross-sectional view), the harness H2 extending from the front panel 10 toward the housing 50 is not bent even if it is bent toward the gap 34 when the front panel 10 is closed. It does not come into contact with the main body 72 of the member 71 and enter the gap 34. For this reason, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the harness H2 is sandwiched between the front panel 10 and the housing 50, and it is possible to provide the slot machine 1 in which the harness H is not sandwiched between the gaps 34.

  Further, the plate-like member 71 of the cover portion 70 has a size that covers at least the gap 34 where the harness H2 crosses, whereby the size of the plate-like member 71 can be minimized, and the slot machine 1 An increase in weight can be suppressed.

  As described above, the slot machine 1 according to the present invention is provided with the cover portion 70 as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B. Therefore, when the front door 10 is closed, the front door 10 is closed. It is possible to prevent injustice by preventing the entry of foreign matter inserted into the gap 34 formed between the housing 50 and the housing 50. However, when there is a gap that is not covered by the cover unit 70 or when the front door 10 is opened illegally, some of the electronic components such as the main control board 51 described above (for example, IC-ROM) Unauthorized acts that cause the slot machine 1 to malfunction can not be prevented by replacement, addition of other parts, transmission of radio waves to such parts, and the like.

  Such fraudulent activities are performed at night when business hours are unattended during or outside business hours.On the other hand, in the hall side, many surveillance cameras are installed in the store to detect and prevent such fraudulent activities. It is installed in the office, monitored by employees during business hours, and recorded by video recording during the nighttime and playing back the next morning for checking.

  In such a method, it is difficult for employees to monitor the monitor TV without oversight during business hours, and in the check at night, it takes a long time to record, so it is very difficult to review all the recorded daily troublesome. For this reason, a monitoring device that can easily detect fraud is desired.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5 (cross-sectional view), the door opening that detects whether or not the front door 10 is open on the left side plate 50a of the casing 50 opposed to the main body 72 of the plate-like member 71 is opened. A detection sensor 80 (for example, a limit switch) is provided. The door opening detection sensor 80 is arranged on the back side of the main body 72 so that the sensor itself is not visually observed when the front door 10 is opened. For this reason, even if the front door 10 is opened by a fraudulent act, the presence of the door opening detection sensor 80 can be concealed, and a fraudulent act on the sensor can be prevented. Further, when the front door 10 is closed, there is a possibility that an illegal act is performed on the door opening detection sensor 80 from the slight gap 34 shown in FIG. 4B formed between the front door 10 and the housing 50. On the other hand, in the slot machine 1 according to the present invention, the door opening detection sensor 80 is covered with the main body 72, so that it is possible to make it more difficult to cheat against the door opening detection sensor 80.

  The door opening detection sensor 80 includes a sensor main body portion 81 inserted into a mounting hole 53 formed in the left side plate 50a and a sensor protrusion portion 82 supported so as to freely protrude and enter from the sensor main body portion 81. The sensor protrusion 82 is always biased in a direction protruding outward from the sensor main body 81, and protrudes from the sensor main body 81 with a predetermined length when no load is applied to the sensor protrusion 82. When the front door 10 is closed, it is pushed by the main body 72 and moves to the sensor main body 81 side. An electric circuit (not shown) that generates an electric signal is built in the sensor main body 81, and this electric circuit controls the output of the electric signal in accordance with the protrusion and movement of the sensor protrusion 82. For example, the electric circuit outputs an electric signal when the sensor protrusion 82 protrudes and extends to a predetermined length, and shuts off the output of the electric signal when the sensor protrusion 82 moves to the sensor body 81 side. Constitute.

  The door open detection sensor 80 is connected to a monitoring device installed in a monitoring room adjacent to the hall where the slot machine 1 is installed. The monitoring device monitors the slot machine 1 during operation, and the front door 10 When opened, an alarm is activated. In the alarm operation, for example, a buzzer provided in the monitoring device sounds or a lamp is lit or blinked. In addition, a lamp is installed in the vicinity of each of the plurality of slot machines installed in the hall or in any position of the group of slot machines 1 arranged in the hall, and the lamp is turned on when the front door 10 is opened. Or may blink. At night, when the front door 10 is opened, the surveillance camera is automatically activated to start recording, the lamps and buzzers provided in the halls are activated, and the surveillance camera is activated and activated. May be performed simultaneously.

  As described above, the door opening detection sensor 80 is provided at a position that cannot be seen even when the front door 10 is opened, and is covered when the front door 10 is closed. It can prevent more reliably. In addition, since the monitoring device operates an alarm in response to the detection signal from the door open detection sensor 80, the signal from the door open detection sensor 80 is not manipulated illegally and the front door 10 is reliably opened. The monitoring device can be notified to the user, and as a result, an illegal act performed by opening the front door 10 can be easily and reliably detected, and the occurrence of the illegal activity can be suppressed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the plate-like member 71 has a length that covers a part of the gap 34 extending in the vertical direction. However, the plate-like member 71 may have a size that can cover substantially the entire gap 34. . In this case, the plate-like member 71 is preferably formed of a lightweight synthetic resin material. Further, although the torsion coil spring 77 is shown as means for urging the plate-like member 71, a plate spring, a tension spring, or a compression spring may be used. Further, the main body 72 of the plate-like member 71 may facilitate the sliding of the harness H2 that is curved and abuts inwardly. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the slot machine 1 is taken as an example, but a game machine used in a game center may be targeted.

The front view of the slot machine concerning one embodiment of this invention is shown. The internal structure figure of the front door and the housing | casing in the state which opened the front door of this slot machine is shown. The cover part when the front door is opened is shown, in which FIG. (A) is a perspective view of the cover part, and (b) is a cross-sectional view of the part corresponding to the III-III arrow in FIG. It is. The cover part when the front door is closed is shown, in which FIG. (A) is a perspective part of the cover part, and (b) is a cross-sectional view of the portion corresponding to the IV-IV arrow in FIG. It is. The side view of the door open detection sensor provided in the housing | casing is shown.

Explanation of symbols

1 Slot machine (box-type game machine)
10 Front door 27 Central display board (electrical parts)
31, 32 Hinge 34 Clearance 50 Case 51 Main control board (electrical part)
70 Cover part 71 Plate-like member 77 Torsion coil spring (biasing means)
H harness

Claims (3)

A housing having an opening on the front side, a front door that can be opened and closed via a hinge attached to a front end of the housing, and a harness that connects electrical components provided on each of the front door and the housing; In a box-type game machine having
When the front door is opened from the housing, a cover portion that covers a gap formed between the housing on the side where the hinge is provided and an end portion of the front door from the inside is formed on the housing and the front. A box-type game machine characterized by being provided on any inner surface of a door.   The cover portion has a plate-like member whose base side is rotatably attached to the inner surface of either the housing or the front door, and an urging means for urging the plate-like member toward the gap. The box-type game machine according to claim 1, wherein   The box-type game machine according to claim 2, wherein the plate-like member of the cover part has a size that covers at least a gap in a portion across the harness.

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