JP2003199867A - Support for game equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a support for game equipment that is capable of reliably holding high-load game equipment, is lightweight and free from static electricity, can be easily disassembled, classified and disposed of, and facilitates mounting of electronic parts or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The support 50 for a game machine body such as a pachinko- slot machine, is composed of a metal frame 11 to which a game machine body is mounted and held and lightweight paper surface materials 51 to 54 covering the top face and the rear. The front opening 11e of the metal frame 11 is kept opened and the game machine body is mounted thereto. In side frames 11b and 11b and a rear frame 11c, both side edges are bent outwards so a to form a U-shaped section. The surface material 52 with openings 56 for heat dissipation that covers the rear and the surface material 54 covering the sides are attached, using the U-shaped bent grooves 56. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine support for mounting and holding a gaming machine body such as a pachinko machine or pachi-slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a pachinko machine or pachi-slot machine is installed in a game hall (hall), it is generally mounted and held on a wooden support frame or support box having a vertically long rectangular shape when viewed from the front. (See, for example, JP-A Nos. 11-216244 and 10-225558).

Conventional examples of this type of support frame and support box will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. A conventional support box 1 for a pachi-slot machine shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 has a substantially rectangular shape in which a plate material forming a top surface material 2, a bottom surface material 3, side surface materials 4, 4 and a back surface material 5 is vertically long when viewed from the front. As shown in FIG. 2, the pachi-slot machine 6 is mounted and held on the support box 1 which has the edges thereof butted and joined to each other so as to form a shape, and the front side is left open.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, components such as a controller 7, a printed circuit board 8 and a power supply box 9 are attached to the inner surface of each plate member constituting the support box 1.

[0005] Plywood, lauan wood, MDF (medium density fiber: Medium Density Fiber)
board) or the like is used. Although the support frame of the pachinko machine is slightly different in shape, the basic structure is almost the same.

[0006]

By the way, since a pachinko machine and a pachi-slot machine usually have a weight of 10 and several kilograms, a supporting frame and a supporting box for holding the pachinko machine and the pachi-slot machine are also made of a sturdy material having a certain degree of rigidity. There is a need to.

In addition to the fact that many electronic components are built into the pachinko machine and pachislot machine, static electricity tends to be generated when a pachinko ball or medal is transferred, so that this static electricity does not become a disturbance to the electronic components. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid a material that increases the generation of static electricity, such as a plastic material that is easily charged, for the support frame and the support box.

Further, if the supporting frame and the supporting box are made of metal as a whole, the supporting frame and the supporting box can be made lighter than wood and the problem of static electricity can be solved by grounding, but not only the cost is increased, but also The amount of waste that becomes incombustible at the time of disposal increases, and the disassembling performance in the game hall and the like deteriorates. Of course, paper materials have advantages such as price and easiness of disposal, but their load bearing capacity is too low. Therefore, as the support frame of the conventional pachinko machine and the support box of the pachi-slot machine, those made of the above-mentioned wooden members are often used.

However, although the weight of a pachinko machine or pachislot machine is ten and several kilograms as described above, the total weight is limited under the Labor Standards Law (20 kilograms or less).
Therefore, it is necessary to design the weight of the support frame and the support box to be low, which is very troublesome. In addition, since the weight is inevitably close to the upper limit value, there is a problem that a worker is burdened when replacing a pachinko machine or a pachi-slot machine.

Further, in order to mount the components such as the controller 7 inside the support frame or the support box, a worker puts his / her hand from the front side of the frame or box to perform bolting or screwing work from the inside. become. As a result, there is a problem in that the component mounting time becomes long (for example, 30 minutes or more), work efficiency is poor, and in some cases, the worker must maintain a bad posture for a long time.

Further, from the normal replacement cycle at pachinko halls and pachislot halls, pachinko machines and pachislot machines are discarded in a year or two, but the legal regulations for waste disposal have been strengthened. It is necessary to disassemble not only the frame or box as it is, but to disassemble it into plate materials and constituent parts, separate reusable materials, and dispose of them as waste. However, the wooden frame and box are difficult to disassemble,
It is difficult to disassemble itself at the site such as a game hall, and it is necessary to load the support frame or box as it is on the truck and carry it out, and finally disassemble and separate it at a separate place, and discard it. Processing costs have risen.

Moreover, while rationalization of parts to be used has been demanded so that the amount of waste does not become large, only the improvement and improvement of component parts are required, and the support frame and the support which should be considered the most. At present, no satisfactory proposals have been made for boxes.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. Although it is possible to reliably hold a heavy-duty game machine, it is light and does not easily generate static electricity. It is an object of the present invention to provide a support for a gaming machine that is easy to sort and dispose of, and that facilitates component mounting work.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, one of the supports for game machines according to the present invention has a game machine main body such as a pachinko machine or pachi-slot machine mounted in the front opening. In addition, in the support of the gaming machine in which the components of the gaming machine can be attached and held inside, the frame is made by opening the front with a metal frame material, and the gaming machine main body is formed from the front opening into the frame. In addition to being mountable, at least the bottom surface, the back surface, and the left and right side surfaces of the frame are covered with a sheet material made of paper material.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the support for the gaming machine according to the first aspect, the sheet material is formed by laminating a plurality of paper materials. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the support for the game machine according to the first aspect, the sheet material is formed by laminating a paper tube base paper and a corrugated board material. And

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the support for the gaming machine according to the first aspect, at least one of the sheet materials attached to the bottom surface of the frame is a pair of papers. It is characterized in that a reinforced corrugated board material is sandwiched between pipe base papers and bonded together.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a fifth aspect of the present invention is the support for a gaming machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, in which the left and right side surfaces and the bottom surface of the frame are made of the sheet material. It is characterized in that a sheet material for covering is formed in series.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the support of the gaming machine according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, of the frame members forming the left and right side surfaces of the frame, It is characterized in that the frame members located on both sides are provided with groove-like portions into which the above-mentioned sheet members are fitted and inserted so that their opening edge sides face each other.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 7 is such that in the support of the gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the sheet material is provided with an opening for ventilation. Is characterized by.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 8 is, in the support of the gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, a required one of the frame members, which is a bolt hole or a screw hole. Is provided to form an attachment holding portion for the above-mentioned gaming machine component parts.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments and examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that, in the following, the same parts as those in the prior art will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping description will be omitted. Further, the illustrated example is only an example corresponding to a pachi-slot machine as a game machine, and in the following description, only a pachi-slot machine is performed, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to a pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view conceptually showing the first embodiment of the support of the gaming machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view (A) showing the structure of the metal frame body 11, a side perspective view. 6B and 6 are a top view and a bottom view, respectively. The support 10 according to the present embodiment includes a metal frame body 11 for mounting and holding a pachi-slot machine as shown in the figure,
The outer surface material 12 covers the upper surface and the back surface, and the outer surface material 13 covers the bottom surface and the left and right side surfaces of the metal frame body 11 as well.

The metal frame body 11 includes a frame member made of a metal material such as steel or aluminum as a frame, and an upper frame 11a, left and right side frames 11b and 11b, and a rear frame 11.
c, a bottom frame 11d is formed, the front side is opened (hereinafter, referred to as the front opening 11e), and is formed in a vertically long substantially truncated truncated pyramid shape. The sides except the side frame 11b are rectangular and side surfaces, respectively. The frame 11b has a trapezoidal planar shape. Further, each surface is composed of an outer peripheral frame portion and a crosspiece portion (excluding the upper surface frame 11a). A wide opening portion is formed on each surface to reduce the weight, and the outer surface material 1 is provided inside.
Bolt holes 14 (or screw holes) are appropriately provided in accordance with the mounting positions of 2 and 13 and the mounting positions of constituent parts described later.

The outer surface material 12 for covering the upper surface and the back surface of the metal frame body 11 is formed by forming a portion 12a covering the upper surface frame 11a and a portion 12b covering the rear surface frame 11c in a series, and forming a fold line at the boundary between both portions. Since it is not a portion that receives a load, it has a two-layer structure having a thickness of about x mm in which the paper core paper 15 and the corrugated board material 16 are bonded together, as shown in FIG. Then, the outer surface member 12 is fixed to the bolt hole 14 of the metal frame body 11 and the bolt hole 17 provided at an appropriate position corresponding to the bolt hole 14 by passing the bolt 18a. Of course, you may fix by adhesive etc., without using a bolt.

The outer surface member 13 for covering the bottom frame 11d and the left and right side frames 11b, 11b of the metal frame body 11 has a series of parts 13b, 13b covering the side frame 11b on both sides of the part 13a for covering the bottom frame 11d. In addition, since the boundary between both parts is formed as a fold line and is a part that receives or may receive a load, as shown in FIG. 19
A non-combustible paper 20 is attached to the outermost surface of the four-layer structure. The reinforced corrugated board material 19 has, for example, a honeycomb structure with a thickness of about 10 mm, and the total thickness of the two paper tube base papers 15 and the non-combustible paper 20 is about 15 to 20 mm. This exterior material 1
Although not shown in the figure, like the outer surface member 12, the bolts 3 are fixed by inserting bolts into the bolt holes 14 of the metal frame body 11 and the bolt holes provided at appropriate positions corresponding thereto. Of course, you may fix by adhesive etc., without using a bolt.

The support manufactured by the inventors of the present invention with the above-mentioned material constitution is about 30% lighter than the conventional one.

FIG. 9 shows the metal frame body 11 as described above.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of the outer surface members 12 and 13 after being attached thereto as seen from the front side, and FIG. 10 is a side view thereof. The pachi-slot machine 6, which is the main body of the gaming machine, can be mounted and held on the front side. The structure and means for mounting and holding the pachi-slot machine 6 may be the same as the conventional ones, and therefore a concrete illustration and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 11 is a conceptual perspective view showing a state where component parts 21 to 23 such as a controller, a printed circuit board, a power supply box and the like are attached to the support of the game machine according to this embodiment. The components 21 to 23 are attached before the outer surface members 12 and 13 are attached to the metal frame body 11, or the outer surface members 12 and 13 attached to the metal frame body 11 are wholly or partially removed and attached.
Even in the latter case, if the outer surface materials 12 and 13 are bolted, they can be easily removed, which is not troublesome.

In the illustrated example, the components 21 to 23 are inserted from the outside of the opening portion of the side frame 11b of the metal frame body 11 to the inside, and fixed to predetermined portions of the metal frame body 11 with bolts, screws or the like. The mounting operator can put his or her hand inside the opening of the appropriate metal frame body 11, and it is not the work of inserting the inside of the support body only through the front opening 11e as in the conventional case. It is possible to work from four sides of the outer periphery of 11, and further, depending on the mounting structure and the type of constituent parts, automatic mounting using a robot hand or the like can be performed.

If necessary, the metal frame body 11 is used for grounding. FIG. 12: is a front view which shows the method of earthing | grounding in the case of the frame which used the conventional wooden frame, and the case where the metal frame body 11 of embodiment of this invention is used. In the conventional example (A), for grounding the electronic component 7 mounted inside the top surface material 2, for example, the ground wire 25 is wired to the ground terminal 26 mounted on the bottom surface material 3 via the side surface material 4. Since the structure is provided and wiring is required for each electronic device to be mounted, the wiring becomes complicated. However, in the present embodiment (B), the ground wire 25 is directly connected to the metal frame body 11 at the mounting site of the electronic component 4. If wiring is done by stopping with bolts 27, etc., that is enough (C), and the wiring structure can be very simple. In this embodiment, since the outer surface material is made of paper, the wiring can be easily fixed with screws or the like, which is convenient.

When the heads, screw ends and nuts of the bolts for fixing the components 21 to 23 interfere with the outer surface members 12 and 13 outside the metal frame body 11,
It is preferable that holes, openings, dents, and the like are provided in advance on the outer surface materials 12 and 13.

Then, by attaching the outer surface members 12 and 13 in the form shown in FIG. 4 and the form shown in FIG. 7 to the metal frame body 11 to which the component parts 21 to 23 are attached as described above, it is used as a support for a game machine. Is completed.

When disassembling the support of the gaming machine manufactured as described above, of course, in the reverse order of the above assembling procedure,
That is, the outer surface materials 12 and 13 are removed, and the component 21
To 23 are removed, and if necessary, the metal frame body 11 is also disassembled. Since the outer surface materials 12 and 13 are made of paper, it is easy to reuse, fold and store, incinerate, etc., the component parts 21 to 23 can be reused or sorted and discarded, and the metal frame body 11 is a pachi-slot machine 6 or the like which is a game machine body. If the shape, size, mounting structure, etc. are the same or similar, they can be reused as they are.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view conceptually showing the second embodiment of the support of the gaming machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 14 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 9 of the first embodiment. It should be noted that the same parts as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping description will be omitted.

The support 50 according to this embodiment includes a metal frame body 11 for mounting and holding a pachi-slot machine, an outer surface member 51 for covering the upper surface thereof, an outer surface member 52 for covering the rear surface thereof, similarly to the above-described embodiment. It is mainly composed of a bottom material 53 placed on the bottom surface of the frame body 11 and outer surface materials 54, 54 covering the left and right side surfaces.

Each of the outer surface members 51 to 54 is formed by individually forming a portion that covers each surface of the metal frame body 11, is formed by hollowing out a hole 55 for attaching a component or operating, and is also an outer surface that covers a rear surface. The material 52 is provided with a plurality of vertically elongated groove-shaped openings 56 for heat dissipation. The formation site is of course on the upper side, making it easy to remove hot air. of course,
Since each of the outer surface members 51 to 54 is made of paper and is not for maintaining the rigidity of the frame, an opening for heat radiation can be provided at an appropriate place as needed.

FIG. 15 shows the left and right side frames 11 of this embodiment.
It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of b, 11b and the back frame 11c. Both edges of these frames are bent outward so as to form a U-shaped cross section, and the outer surface member 52 that covers the back surface and the outer surface member 54 that covers the side surfaces have the U-shaped bent groove 56. It is designed to be used and installed. The bottom member 53 is a bottom frame 1 as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14.
It may be mounted so as to be placed on 1d, or may be fixed to the lower surface side of the bottom frame 11d with a bolt or the like. Further, the upper surface member 51 may be placed on the upper surface frame 11a, or may be fixed to the lower surface side of the bottom surface frame 11d with a bolt or the like.

In the above description and drawings, only the case where the paper tube base paper or the corrugated board material is used as the outer surface material,
Of course, the present invention is not limited to this, and other types of paper materials may be used.

[0040]

As described above, the support for the gaming machine according to the present invention mounts the gaming machine body such as a pachinko machine or a pachi-slot machine in the front opening and mounts the components of the gaming machine inside. A support for a game machine that can be held is formed into a frame by opening the front with a metal frame material, and the game machine body can be mounted inside the frame from the front opening, and the top, bottom, back and side of the frame Since it is constructed by covering the frame from the outside with a sheet material made of paper material, a certain rigidity can be secured by the metal frame, and considerable weight reduction can be achieved by using the paper material, and static electricity is generated like the wood product. Since it is not generated and is easy to disassemble and separate, reuse of parts and disposal of waste can be performed easily and at low cost, and the formation of heat dissipation openings in a sheet material made of paper is relatively easy. Done to reason, also an effect that the grounding wiring easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional support box for a pachi-slot machine.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where a pachi-slot machine is attached to the support box of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where components such as a controller for a pachi-slot machine are attached to the support box of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view conceptually showing one embodiment of the support of the gaming machine according to the present invention.

5 is an overall perspective view (A) and a side perspective view (B) showing a structure of a metal frame body used in the embodiment of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a top view (C) and a bottom view (D) of the same.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure of an outer surface material that covers an upper surface and a back surface of the metal frame body.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure of an outer surface material that covers a bottom surface and both side surfaces of the metal frame body.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the outer appearance of the metal frame body after the outer surface material is attached, as seen from the front side.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 11 is a conceptual perspective view showing a state in which component parts such as a controller are attached to the support body of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 12 shows a case of a frame using a conventional wooden frame,
It is a front view showing how to take earth of a frame using a metal frame object of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view conceptually showing the second embodiment of the support of the gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 9 of the first embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing structures of left and right side frames and a rear frame.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Support 11 Metal frame body 11a Top frame of metal frame body 11b Left and right side frame 11c Same rear frame 11d Same bottom frame 11e Same front opening 12, 13 Exterior material 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b Part of outer surface material 14 bolt holes 15 Paper core paper 16 Corrugated board 17 bolt holes 18a bolt 18b nut 19 Reinforced corrugated board material 20 non-combustible paper 21, 22, 23 components 25 ground wire 26 Ground terminal 27 volts 50 support 51-54 outer surface material 53 Bottom material 55 holes 56 Groove-shaped opening

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Minoru Dobashi             4-3, Taito-ku, Taito-ku, Tokyo Goto Building             1st floor Tosho Show Logitech Co., Ltd. Tokyo             In sales office (72) Inventor Shiro Saita             Sanyo, 3-15-25 Nishi-Iko, Adachi-ku, Tokyo             Paper Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Norio Uchida             Aichi Prefecture, Miyoshi Town, Nishikamo District F-term (reference) 2C088 BC63 EA03 EA07 EA34

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine support in which a gaming machine main body such as a pachinko machine or a pachi-slot machine is mounted in a front opening and components of the gaming machine can be attached and held inside, and a front surface is made of a metal frame material. The game machine main body can be attached to the inside of the frame from the front opening to form a frame, and at least the bottom surface, the back surface, and the left and right sides of the frame are covered with a sheet material made of a paper material. Supporting equipment for amusement machines. 2. The support for the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the sheet material is formed by laminating a plurality of paper materials. 3. The support of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the sheet material is formed by laminating a paper tube base paper and a corrugated board material. 4. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein at least the sheet material of the sheet materials to be attached to the bottom surface of the frame is formed by laminating a reinforced corrugated board material between a pair of paper tube base papers. Support. 5. A support for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein a sheet material covering the left and right side surfaces and the bottom surface of the frame out of the sheet material is formed in series. 6. The frame material forming the left and right side surfaces of the frame, wherein the frame materials located on both the left and right sides are provided with groove portions into which the sheet material is fitted, with their opening edge sides facing each other. A support for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5. 7. A support for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein an opening for ventilation is formed in the sheet material. 8. A mounting holder for the gaming machine component is formed by forming a bolt hole or a screw hole in a required one of the frame members. Support for gaming equipment.