JP2007202854A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a display panel part from being detached from a front door main body caused by the insertion of a thin fraudulent apparatus from the gap of the front door main body and the display panel part in the state of locking the front door main body to a case body. <P>SOLUTION: On the back surface side of the front door main body 300, a hollow elastic member 402 is inserted to a gap between the lower surface of a projection part 372 and the lower side inner wall of a projection part insertion hole 332, a detachment preventing lock member 401 suppresses curving to the side that the projection part 372 unlocks a locking pawl 374, and thus the display panel part 350 is prevented from being detached in the state of locking the front door main body 300 to the case body of a slot machine. When detaching the display panel part 350 from the front door main body 300, by turning a lid member 403 and opening an air discharge hole 413, the hollow elastic member 402 is easily elastically deformed and the detachment preventing lock member 401 is easily pulled out. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a display panel unit that displays a pattern on the front side by transmitting illumination light from a lighting fixture.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as described in Patent Document 1, for example, a slot machine includes a housing that is a substantially rectangular box, and a front door (front door) that is attached to the housing so as to be opened and closed. Yes.

  The front side of the front door is roughly divided into an upper panel portion and a lower panel portion, and these are formed of hard plastic as a so-called decorative board designed to enhance the visual effect.

  The lower panel portion is provided with a display panel portion for displaying a picture or the like of an appearing character in order to make the player recognize the game content or the model type of the slot machine. And the lighting fixture accommodating part which arrange | positions lighting fixtures, such as a fluorescent lamp, is provided in the back side of the said display panel part of the front door main body used as the basic composition of the said front door. The slot machine performs display with enhanced visual effect by illuminating the display panel portion with the back surface of the lighting device provided in the lighting device storage unit.

  Here, the wall of the luminaire housing part is provided with a hole through which the wiring of the luminaire is passed to the back side of the front door body, because an unauthorized appliance may be inserted into the housing from this hole. The display panel portion is attached to the lighting fixture storage portion by locking with a locking claw. This locking claw can be removed only from the back side of the front door body with human fingers or general tools, and the display panel unit is removed with the front door body locked to the housing. Is preventing.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-230024

  However, according to the conventional slot machine described above, it is possible to prevent the display panel unit from being removed by a human finger or a general tool while the front door is locked to the housing. A thin improper instrument is inserted from the gap between the main body and the display panel, and the lock by the locking claw is released. As a result, the display panel is removed from the front door main body, and it is inserted through the wiring hole in the lighting fixture storage section. There is a possibility that a fraudulent instrument for a part is inserted and a fraudulent act is performed on an internal part of the slot machine.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and a thin improper instrument is inserted from a gap between the front door main body and the display panel portion in a state where the front door main body is locked to the housing, and the front door main body is removed. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of preventing the display panel unit from being removed.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention according to claim 1 is configured such that a housing having an opening on the front side and the housing is rotatably attached to the housing so that the opening can be opened and closed. A front door body, a recess provided on the surface of the front door body, a lighting fixture provided in the recess for irradiating illumination light, and at least a part of which is formed into a panel shape by a transparent or translucent member, and A gaming machine that includes a display panel unit that closes the recess and transmits illumination light from the lighting fixture and displays a picture on the front side, and protrudes from the back side of the display panel unit, and is elastically deformed. Formed on one surface of the projecting portion that can be bent, formed through the wall surface of the recessed portion, a projecting portion insertion hole into which the projecting portion is inserted, and a predetermined distance from the base end of the projecting portion And the protrusion is A locking claw for locking to the edge of the projection insertion hole on the back side of the front door body in a state of being inserted into the projection insertion hole, and an elastic portion formed of an elastic material, It has an air chamber formed hollow inside the elastic portion, and has an air venting means that allows the air inside the air chamber to be selectively vented, and is on the opposite side of the one surface of the protrusion. The elastic portion is inserted into the gap between the other surface and the inner wall of the protrusion insertion hole, thereby suppressing the protrusion of the engagement claw to the side to release the engagement with respect to the protrusion. And a retaining lock member.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, a rectangular housing having an opening at the front, and a plurality of cylindrical reels arranged in a row on the upper side of the housing to rotate and display the symbols on the peripheral surface are arranged side by side. And a front door main body that closes the opening in an openable and closable state by being provided with an operating means for operating the rotation operation of the reel and being rotatably attached to the housing; A recess provided on the lower side of the surface of the front door main body, a lighting fixture provided in the recess for irradiating illumination light, and at least a part of which is formed into a panel shape by a transparent or translucent member to form the recess. A gaming machine that includes a display panel unit that closes and transmits illumination light from the lighting fixture to display a picture on the front side, and is projected from the back side of the display panel unit and can be bent by elastic deformation Protrusion A protrusion insertion hole formed through the wall surface of the recess, into which the protrusion is inserted, and formed on one surface of the protrusion at a predetermined interval from the base end of the protrusion. A locking claw for locking to the edge of the projection insertion hole on the back side of the front door body in a state of being inserted into the projection insertion hole, and an elastic portion formed of an elastic material, The elastic portion has an air chamber formed in a hollow shape, and has air venting means that allows the air inside the air chamber to be selectively extracted, and the opposite side of the one surface of the projection portion The elastic portion is inserted into a gap between the other surface and the inner wall of the protrusion insertion hole, thereby suppressing the protrusion of the engagement claw toward the release side of the engagement claw with respect to the protrusion. And a retaining lock member.

  Invention of Claim 3 is a gaming machine of Claim 1 or 2, Comprising: The air venting means of the said retaining lock member is the air venting means of the said retaining lock member in the said elastic part of the said retaining lock member. An air vent hole formed between the outer surface of the elastic portion and the air chamber, and a lid member that is detachably fitted to the air vent hole to close the air vent hole. .

  A fourth aspect of the present invention is the gaming machine according to the third aspect, wherein the lid member is inserted into the air vent hole so as to be detachably fitted to the air vent hole. It is attached to the elastic part in a state that it can be turned to one and the other side via a rotating shaft, and the projection for closing the hole is inserted into the air vent hole by turning to one side Then, the air vent hole is closed, and the hole closing protrusion is extracted from the air vent hole by rotating to the other side to open the air vent hole.

  According to the gaming machine according to claim 1, the protrusion is in a state in which the locking claw of the protrusion is locked to the edge portion and the air venting means does not escape air inside the air chamber. By inserting the retaining lock member into the gap of the part insertion hole, the curving of the locking claw toward the side of releasing the locking with respect to the protrusion is suppressed. In the locked state, it is possible to prevent the display panel unit from being removed from the front door body by inserting a thin unauthorized device through the gap between the front door body and the display panel unit. Opening the door body and pulling out the retaining lock member from the gap in order to remove the display panel from the front door body, the air venting means allows the air inside the air chamber to escape, thereby preventing the retaining lock member. The elastic part can be easily elastically deformed and pulled out. That.

  According to the gaming machine of claim 2, even in a gaming machine including a reel device in which a plurality of cylindrical reels are juxtaposed, such as a slot machine, the front door body is in a state where the front door body is locked to the housing. The display panel can be prevented from being removed from the front door body due to the insertion of a thin unauthorized device through the gap between the display panel and the display panel from the front door body. When pulling out the retaining lock member from the protrusion insertion hole to remove the portion, the elastic part of the retaining lock member can be easily elastically deformed by allowing the air vent means to vent the air inside the air chamber. Can be pulled out.

  According to the gaming machine of the third aspect, the air venting means of the retaining lock member can be realized with a simple structure.

  According to the gaming machine of claim 4, since the lid member is attached to the elastic portion in a rotatable state via a rotating shaft, the lid member can be prevented from being lost, and the lid member operation method Can be easily understood by the operator.

  According to the gaming machine of the present invention, with the front door body locked to the housing, a thin unauthorized device is inserted through the gap between the front door body and the display panel portion, and the display panel portion is removed from the front door body. Can be prevented, and a fair game can be provided.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking a slot machine as an example. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external structure of the slot machine 1. FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the slot machine 1 with the front door 3 opened. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the slot machine 1.

  In FIG. 1, a slot machine 1 can be opened and closed by attaching a housing 2 that is a substantially rectangular box having an opening in the front, and a hinge mechanism that is pivotally attached to the housing 2. And a front door 3 that is closed in a state.

  The front side of the front door 3 is roughly divided into an upper panel portion 4 and a lower panel portion 5, which are integrally formed of hard plastic as a so-called decorative board designed to enhance the visual effect. Further, below the lower panel portion 5, there is provided a tray unit 6 in which a tray portion 6a for storing medals (game media) to be paid out at the time of winning is integrally formed.

  An operation console 7 is integrally formed between the upper panel portion 4 and the lower panel portion 5 so as to protrude toward the player and on which switches for performing game operations are arranged. In addition, the upper panel part 4, the console 7, the lower panel part 5, and the saucer unit 6 face the player side, and these constitute a "front panel part".

  A panel surface 41 formed of a hard plastic plate or the like is provided at the center of the upper panel portion 4. A substantially rectangular transparent display window 42 is formed substantially at the center of the panel surface 41, and the three reels 101a, 101b, 101c of the reel unit 100 provided in the housing 2 are viewed through the display window 42. .

  Here, in the reel unit 100 installed in the housing 2, cylindrical reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are arranged in the rotation axis direction, respectively, and the outer circumferential surfaces of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are arranged in the circumferential direction. A plurality of types of symbols are drawn along. The player can visually recognize three symbols in the vertical direction drawn on three rows of reels through the display window 42.

  In addition, on the panel surface 41, a game state display unit 43 that displays information on the game state such as an internal winning for a winning combination by turning on a lamp (not shown) provided on the back side, and the same as this An operation assist display unit 44 that displays information related to assisting game operations by turning on the lamp, the number of medals credited (stored) in the slot machine 1, the number of medals earned by winning, or winning a winning combination Numeric information display portions 45 that numerically display information such as the number of times are provided around the display window 42, respectively.

  In the upper part of the upper panel unit 4, there are a center and left effect lighting units 46, 47a, 47b that incorporate lamps such as high-intensity light emitting diodes, and an effect release that incorporates a speaker that generates sound effects relating to the game. Sound parts 48a and 48b are arranged.

  The slot machine 1 is formed so as to enhance the visual effect in the game by turning on or blinking the above-described plurality of effect lighting units 46, 47a, 47b and the like as the game progresses.

  In addition, a liquid crystal display device 49 is disposed between the production sound emitting portions 48a and 48b as a production device for a gaming machine facing a display window 49a formed by fitting a transparent hard plastic plate or the like. . In addition, the liquid crystal display device 49 mainly displays information relating to video and games (games) related to game effects.

  A medal insertion portion 71 is provided on the upper right side of the console 7. The medal insertion unit 71 has a medal insertion slot 72 for inserting medals. In addition, two bet buttons 73 and 74 that are push button switches are provided on the left side of the upper surface.

  The bet buttons 73 and 74 are button switches for presenting the number of medals to bet on one game of the slot machine. In the slot machine 1, when the game is started, the bet button 73 is pressed, so that one medal is bet on the game from the stored medals. Similarly, when the bet button 74 is pressed, medals are bet on three corresponding games. The bet button 74 is particularly called a “max bet button” because it bets the maximum number of medals.

  On the left side of the front surface of the console 7, a start lever 75 for instructing the start of rotation of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is provided. The start lever 75 is provided with a swingable operation rod having a spherical operation knob at the tip, and is turned on when the operation rod is tilted, and automatically when the hand is released from the operation rod by the biasing force of the spring. It is formed of a switch unit that returns to a position and is turned off.

  In the center of the console 7, stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c for instructing to stop the rotation of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are arranged in parallel corresponding to the arrangement of the reels.

  Further, in the left corner of the front surface of the console 7, an instruction is given to cancel and pay out the medals bet on the game, and the medal credit means 203 (see FIG. 3) to be described later settles the medals stored internally. A checkout button 77 is provided for instructing the payout.

  A key hole 78 into which a key for unlocking the front door 3 is inserted is provided on the front right side of the console 7. When an administrator or the like of the slot machine 1 inserts a predetermined key into the key hole 78 and performs an unlocking operation, the front door 3 attached to the housing 2 can be opened forward by a hinge mechanism, and the front door 3 can be opened. These are automatically locked when closed to the housing 2 side.

  The lower panel portion 5 is provided with a display panel 51 for displaying a picture of an appearing character and the like so that the player can recognize the model type of the slot machine 1. On the left and right sides of the display panel 51, left and right effect lighting units 52a and 52b are provided. Here, the display panel 51 and the lamp covers 352a and 352b of the left and right effect lighting units 52a and 52b are attached to the front door main body 300 which is the basic structure of the front door 3 by the display panel unit 350.

  The saucer unit 6 disposed below the lower panel portion 5 includes a medal payout opening 61 for discharging medals at the time of winning a prize, a saucer portion 6a for storing the paid-out medals, and a speaker for generating an effect sound. Built-in left and right effect sound emitting sections 62a and 62b are respectively arranged.

  Next, the internal structure of the housing 2 and the back surface structure of the front door 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 2, an opening 8 is provided in front of the housing 2. A main control board 20 housed in a hard plastic board case 210 is attached to the upper part of the opening 8. The main control board 20 includes a CPU (microcomputer) that centrally controls the overall operation of the slot machine 1.

  A reel unit 100 including reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is provided in the center of the housing 2. The reel unit 100 is positioned and attached to a predetermined frame so that the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c face the display window 42 of the front door 3 when the front door 3 is closed to the housing 2 side. Note that each of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is rotationally driven by a built-in stepping motor.

  Further, on the upper part of the reel unit 100, a spinning device board for sending a four-phase drive pulse signal to the stepping motor that rotationally drives each reel is attached, and the main control board 20 is rotated to the spinning device board. By sending drum drive (excitation) pulse data, each reel is controlled to rotate, brake and stop.

  Below the reel unit 100, a hopper device 21, an auxiliary storage unit 22 for storing medals overflowing from the hopper device 21, and a main power supply device 23 are provided. On the right side inside the main power supply device 23, a power supply device substrate 24 corresponding to a so-called switchboard is provided. Further, an external concentration terminal board 25 that can be connected to a management computer called a “hall computer” installed in the game hall is attached to the inner wall on the upper right side of the housing 2.

  Next, the light emission drive units 30, 31 a, and 31 b are disposed on the back side upper portion of the front door 3. In the light emission drive units 30, 31a, 31b, a plurality of high-intensity light-emitting diodes that are light sources of the effect illumination units 46, 47a, 47b are arranged, and a drive circuit for driving the light-emitting diodes to emit light is mounted.

  Speakers 32a and 32b are attached to the upper part on the back side of the front door 3 so as to face the above-described sound emitting portions for production 48a and 48b. A liquid crystal display device 49 is attached between the speakers 32a and 32b. Further, a sub-control board 40 formed of an electric circuit board and housed in a hard plastic board case 220 is attached to the back side of the liquid crystal display device 49.

  The main control board 20 and the sub control board 40 are control boards that control the operation of the slot machine 1.

  A panel plate 50 having a transparent display window 42 for allowing the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c to be viewed is disposed below the sub-control board 40, and a start lever 75 on the front side is disposed below the display window 42. A central display board 33 is provided which functions as a relay board for transferring output signals of operation switches such as (see FIG. 1) and stop buttons 76a, 76b, 76c (see FIG. 1) to the main control board 20.

  A medal sorting device 34 is attached below the central display substrate 33. The medal sorting device 34 is a device that determines and distributes the suitability of medals inserted into the medal insertion unit 71. Further, the medal sorting device 34 has a built-in medal sensor, and when a normal medal is inserted in a standby state of the game or the like, and the medal sensor detects this medal, a signal indicating acceptance of medal insertion is sent to the main control board. 20 to send.

  Below the main body of the medal sorting device 34, a guide member 35 that guides regular medals distributed by the medal sorting device 34 to the hopper device 21 provided in the housing 2 and removed by the medal sorting device 34. A guide member 36 that guides the medal (or foreign matter) that has been made to the medal discharge port 61 is provided. In addition, a guide member 37 that guides medals discharged from the hopper device 21 to the medal discharge port 61 is provided at the lower part on the back side of the front door 3. Further, adjacent to the medal discharge port 61, speakers 38a and 38b facing the sound emitting sections 62a and 62b for effects described above are attached.

  Note that the overall operation of the slot machine 1 is comprehensively controlled by the main control board 20 provided on the housing 2 side, and the sub-control board 40 controls the display of effect video by the liquid crystal display device 49 and effects. Control mainly related to game effects such as effect sound effect control using the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, and 38b of the sound emitting units 48a, 48b, 62a, and 62b is mainly performed.

  In addition, a high-frequency voltage is applied to the discharge lamps 311 and 312 (see FIG. 4) serving as the backlight of the display panel 51 shown in FIG. A discharge lamp lighting device 39 is provided to turn on (see). The discharge lamp lighting device 39 is supplied with electric power from the main power supply device 23 via the main control board 20 and the central display board 33, generates a high-frequency voltage to the supplied electric power, and the wiring 320 (shown in FIG. 4). It is applied to discharge lamps 311 and 312 (see FIG. 4) to be described later via wirings 320a, 320b, 320c and 320d). The wiring 320 is connected to the discharge lamps 311 and 312 (see FIG. 4) on the front side of the front door 3 through a hole 221 formed in the vicinity of the discharge lamp lighting device 39.

  Next, a control system provided in the slot machine 1 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

  In FIG. 3, the main control board 20 includes a CPU 200 and a storage unit 201.

  The storage unit 201 includes a semiconductor memory such as a ROM and a RAM, and stores a system program 202 for a slot machine game in advance. The main control board 20 performs overall control of the overall operation of the slot machine 1 by the CPU 200 executing arithmetic processing according to the system program 202 stored in the storage unit 201.

  The storage unit 201 is provided with medal credit means 203. The medal credit means 203 stores a credit that is the number of medals stored in the slot machine 1 in a memory.

  On the main control board 20, operation switches such as a bet button 73, 74, a start lever 75, stop buttons 76a, 76b, 76c, a settlement button 77, a medal sensor 34a of the medal sorting device 34, a medal payout of the hopper device 21, etc. The apparatus, the sub control board 40, and the like are connected via a harness.

  The main control board 20 detects an operation related to the game based on output signals from the operation switches and the medal sensor 34a of the medal sorting device 34.

  When the operation mode is the medal bet standby state and the medal sensor 34a detects a medal, the main control board 20 adds the detected medal to the bet number of the game.

  The main control board 20 adds the detected medal to the credit of the medal credit means 203 when the medal sensor 34a detects the medal when the operation mode is in the medal credit input standby state. Here, the medal bet standby state indicates a state in which, after one game is finished, the player waits for a bet to bet on the game. The medal credit input standby state indicates a state in which the medal credit means 203 reaches the maximum value (50) after the medal is bet on the game.

  The main control board 20 inputs detection signals from the reference position sensors 120a, 120b, and 120c provided on the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c, and grasps the rotation position that serves as the reference of each reel, and then applies the detection signal to the spinning device board 130. Predetermined rotating drum drive pulse data is sent out. The rotating device substrate 130 controls the rotation and stopping of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c by rotating the stepping motors 110a, 110b, and 110c in accordance with the rotating drive pulse data from the main control substrate 20. ing.

  The main control board 20 pays out a predetermined number of medals to the tray portion 6a by controlling the hopper device 21 when a winning is confirmed.

  Further, when the settlement button 77 is operated, the main control board 20 cancels the medals bet on the game and pays them out to the hopper device 21, and medal credit means 203 (see FIG. 3) stores the medals stored internally. The hopper device 21 pays out medals for the number of credits before the settlement.

  The sub-control board 40 is based on the control signal from the main control board 20, the liquid crystal display device 49 (see FIG. 1), the lighting units for production 46, 47 a, 47 b, 52 a, 52 b (see FIG. 1), and the sound emission for production By controlling and driving the production devices 230 such as the speakers 32a, 32b, 38a, and 38b of the units 48a, 48b, 62a, and 62b (see FIG. 1), an effect that appeals to the player's visual and auditory senses according to the progress of the game Is going.

  On the other hand, a winning lottery table 204 and an internal lottery flag 205 are stored in the storage unit 201 of the main control board 20. For example, the CPU 200 acquires a random number value from a random number generator (not shown) at the time when the operation of the start lever 75 is detected, and refers to the winning lottery table 204 to determine the winning combination or loser assigned to the obtained random number value. Lottery. If there is a winning combination corresponding to the random number value, the CPU 200 wins the lottery result using the winning combination as the winning combination of the game, and stores the winning combination in the internal lottery flag 205 of the storage unit 201. Here, the lottery method of winning combination is called “internal lottery”.

  Next, an outline of the game operation in the slot machine 1 will be described.

  The slot machine 1 enters a standby state when a prize is won in a previous game and a medal payout is completed, or when a loss is confirmed in the previous game. In this standby state, the liquid crystal display device 49 or the like produces an effect in a standby mode that suggests the state to the player and prompts a game operation. Next, when the player inserts a medal into the medal insertion unit 71 or presses one of the bet buttons 73 and 74, the slot machine 1 enters the game from the medal (credit) stored inside. A predetermined number of medals are bet and a game is prepared.

  When the start lever 75 is tilted and the game is started in the game preparation state, the main control board 20 starts to rotate the three reels 101a, 101b, and 101c all at once and executes the internal lottery described above. The result of the internal lottery is stored in the internal lottery flag 205.

  Next, when one of the stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c is pressed by the player, the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are stopped, and the main control board 20 displays the symbols displayed on the stopped reels and the above-described symbols. It is determined whether or not the symbol combination related to the winning combination corresponding to the internal lottery flag 205 matches.

  When these symbol combinations match and the winning combination is confirmed, the slot machine 1 controls the medal credit means 203 by the main control board 20 until the credit number of the internally stored medal reaches a predetermined number. Then, a medal with a predetermined number of payouts according to the type of the combination is added to the number of credits. Further, when the addition result of the number of payouts and the number of credits exceeds the predetermined number, the slot machine 1 pays out the surplus number of medals to the tray unit 6a.

  Next, the lower panel part 5 which is a main part of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the lower panel portion 5 and its peripheral portion viewed from the front side. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the protruding portion insertion hole 332 and its peripheral portion viewed from the back side of the lower panel portion 5. FIG. 6 is a rear view of the protruding portion insertion hole 332 and its peripheral portion viewed from the back side of the lower panel portion 5. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the retaining lock member 401. FIG. 8 is a plan view of the state in which the air vent hole 413 of the retaining lock member 401 is opened. FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a state in which the air vent hole 413 of the retaining lock member 401 is closed. FIG. 10 is a plan view of a state in which the retaining lock member 401 is disassembled. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the retaining lock member 401 as viewed from above. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a state immediately after inserting the protruding portion insertion hole 332 and the protruding portion 372 around the protruding portion insertion hole 332 as viewed from the back side of the lower panel portion 5. FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a state in which the protrusion insertion hole 332 of the lower panel portion 5 and the retaining lock member 401 at the periphery thereof are attached. FIG. 15 is an explanatory view showing a method of attaching the retaining lock member 401 to the protrusion insertion hole 332. FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the protruding portion insertion hole 332 of the lower panel portion 5 and the retaining lock member 401 at the periphery thereof are attached. FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the air vent hole 413 is opened to pull out the retaining lock member 401 from the protrusion insertion hole 332 of the lower panel portion 5. FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the protrusion insertion hole 332 of the lower panel section 5 and the protrusion 371 in the periphery thereof are pushed down.

  4 to 18, the left side and the right side of each member indicate the left side and the right side when viewed from the front side of the slot machine 1, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are viewed from the back side. 7, 13, 14, and FIGS. 8 to 10 with the back side facing up, the left side is the right side of each member.

  In FIG. 4, a front door 3 is obtained by attaching a member such as the display panel unit 350 to a front door body 300 having a basic structure.

  The front door body 300 is provided with operation means (start lever 75, stop buttons 76a, 76b, 76c shown in FIG. 1) for operating the rotation operation of the reels 101a, 101b, 101c (see FIG. 1). An opening 8 (see FIG. 2) of the housing 2 that is rotatably attached to the housing 2 (see FIG. 1) is closed in a state where it can be opened and closed.

  On the lower side of the surface of the front door body 300, a recess 301 is provided as a luminaire housing for the display panel 51.

  Discharge lamps 311 and 312 are attached to the recess 301 via attachment fittings 313, 314, 315, and 316.

  Wirings 320 a and 320 b extend from one end and the other end of the discharge lamp 311, and the wirings 320 a and 320 b are disposed on the back side of the recess 301 through holes 221 formed in the back wall of the recess 301. The lighting device 39 (see FIG. 2) is electrically connected.

  Similarly, wirings 320c and 320d extend from one end and the other end of the discharge lamp 312, respectively, and the wirings 320c and 320d are electrically connected to the discharge lamp lighting device 39 (see FIG. 2) through the holes 221. It is supposed to be.

  With such a structure, the discharge lamps 311 and 312 are lighting fixtures that are provided in the concave portion 301 and emit illumination light.

  On both the left and right sides of the recess 301, vertically long recesses 321a and 321b are provided. The recesses 321a and 321b serve as lighting fixture storage units for the effect lighting units 52a and 52b (see FIG. 1). That is, wiring boards 322a and 322b on which light emitting diodes are mounted as lighting fixtures are disposed in the recesses 321a and 321b. The wiring boards 322a and 322b are connected to the sub control board 40 from the back side of the front door 3 via a harness, and light up the mounted light emitting diodes by supplying power and control signals from the sub control board 40.

  A region where the concave portions 301, 321 a, and 321 b of the front door body 300 are formed is covered with a display panel unit 350.

  The display panel unit 350 includes a display panel 51, a frame member 351, and lamp covers 352a and 352b.

  The display panel 51 has a pattern printing panel 354 sandwiched between a front protection panel 353 and a rear protection panel 355.

  The front protective panel 353 and the rear protective panel 355 are made by forming a transparent resin into a panel shape.

  The pattern print panel 354 is a transparent resin panel printed with an appearance character picture 356 and a product name 357 of the slot machine 1 printed with opaque and translucent paint.

  The frame member 351 is provided with an opening 361, and the display panel 51 is fitted into the opening 361 and fixed with screws.

  On the left side of the opening 361 of the frame member 351, upper and lower openings 362a and 363a are formed. The left lamp cover 352a is screwed and fixed to the frame member 351 in a state where the upper and lower openings 362a and 363a are covered from the front side.

  The lamp cover 352a and the wiring board 322a constitute the left illumination unit 52a shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 4, upper and lower openings 362 b and 363 b are formed on the right side of the opening 361 of the frame member 351. The right lamp cover 352b is screwed and fixed to the frame member 351 with the upper and lower openings 362b and 363b covered from the front side.

  The lamp cover 352b and the wiring board 322b constitute the right effect lighting section 52b shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 4, locking portions 364, 365, and 366, each of which has a plurality of L-shaped hook portions with their tips directed downward at the lower left, lower center, and lower right of the opening 361 on the back surface side of the frame member 351. Are integrally formed with the frame member 351.

  On the other hand, the front door body 300 is formed with locking portion insertion holes 323, 324, and 325 that penetrate the lower wall surface of the recess 301. The locking portions 364, 365, and 366 of the frame member 351 are inserted into the locking portion insertion holes 323, 324, and 325, and the locking portion insertion holes 323, 324, and 325 on the back side of the front door main body 300. Lock to the lower edge of the.

  Protrusions 371 and 372 project from the upper left and upper right positions on the back side of the frame member 351, respectively.

  Meanwhile, left and right protrusion insertion holes 331 and 332 are formed in the front door body 300 through the wall surface of the recess 301. The protrusions 371 and 372 are inserted into the protrusion insertion holes 331 and 332, respectively.

  The projections 371 and 372 are formed with locking claws 373 and 374 facing upward at a predetermined interval from the base ends.

  Locking claws 373 and 374 are formed on the upper surface 375 (see FIG. 5) of the protrusions 371 and 372, and the front door body is in a state where the protrusions 371 and 372 are inserted into the protrusion insertion holes 331 and 332. It engages with the edge 337 (see FIG. 5) of the protrusion insertion holes 331 and 332 on the rear surface side of 300.

  With such a structure, the display panel unit 350 is at least partially formed into a panel shape by a transparent or translucent member to close the recess 301 and illuminate light from the lighting fixtures (discharge lamps 311 and 312). The pattern is displayed on the front side.

  Hereinafter, the protrusion 372, the protrusion insertion hole 332, and the periphery thereof will be described in detail.

  In FIG. 5, a step portion 333 is formed around the protrusion insertion hole 332 by projecting the back surface of the front door body 300. An inclined surface 334 (see FIG. 6) is formed on the lower side of the protrusion insertion hole 332 from the upper and lower intermediate positions.

  In a gap 336 (see FIGS. 6, 13, and 15) between the lower surface 376 of the protrusion 372 (see FIGS. 6 and 15) and the lower inner wall 335 of the protrusion insertion hole 332, a retaining lock member 401 is provided. Is to be inserted.

  The retaining lock member 401 is obtained by attaching a lid member 403 to a hollow elastic member 402 made of an elastic material such as natural rubber. As for the hollow elastic member 402, the planar shape is formed in a long side shape, and the groove part 411 is formed in the corner part of the left back. Further, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the hollow elastic member 402 has an air chamber 412 formed hollow inside. An air vent hole 413 that penetrates between the outer surface and the air chamber 412 is formed on the rear surface of the retaining lock member 401.

  More specifically, in FIG. 7, the hollow elastic member 402 includes upper and lower plane portions 421 and 422 (see FIG. 12) and front and rear side walls 423, 424, 425, and 426 (see FIG. 12). Wall portions 427 and 428 (see FIG. 12) disposed in the back of the groove portion 411 are integrally formed.

  As shown in FIG. 7, a through-hole 431 into which the upper rotation shaft 451 of the lid member 403 is inserted is formed in the left rear corner when viewed from the front side of the upper plane portion 421.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, a through-hole 432 into which the lower rotation shaft 452 of the lid member 403 is inserted is formed at the left rear corner when viewed from the front side of the lower flat portion 422. Yes.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the lid member 403 is formed with a circular portion 441, a bent portion 442, a narrow width portion 443, and a thick width portion 444 in order from the base end side.

  An upper rotary shaft 451 shown in FIG. 7 is integrally formed at the center of the upper surface of the circular portion 441.

  A lower rotation shaft 452 shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 is integrally formed at the center of the lower surface of the circular portion 442. The circular portion 442 is inserted into the groove portion 411 of the hollow elastic member 402 shown in FIG. 7, and the rotation shafts 451 and 452 (see FIG. 8) are inserted into the through holes 431 and 432 (see FIG. 8). It can be rotated around 452.

  As shown in FIG. 10, in the lid member 403, when viewed from the lower side, the clockwise side of the rotation shaft 452 becomes the outer surface 445, and the counterclockwise side of the rotation shaft 452 becomes the inner surface 446.

  The bent portion 442 bends 90 ° in the direction of the outer surface 445 from the circular portion 441 side, and then bends 90 ° in the opposite direction at a predetermined interval and is connected to the narrow width portion 443.

  The wide width portion 444 is formed so that the outer surface 445 side protrudes from the narrow width portion 443. On the inner surface 446 side of the wide width portion 444, a hole closing projection 447 that is inserted and fitted into the air vent hole 413 is formed. The tip 448 of the hole closing projection 447 is formed in a spherical shape.

  The lid member 403 is manually rotated with respect to the hollow elastic member 402 so that the hole closing projection 447 is inserted into the air vent hole 413 and fitted in a state where the inner side surface 446 is moved to the rear side wall 424 side. It has become.

  With the configuration described above, in the display panel unit 350 shown in FIG. 5, the locking claw 374 is formed on one surface of the projection 372 at a predetermined interval from the base end of the projection 372, and the projection 372. Is engaged with the edge portion 337 of the protrusion insertion hole 332 on the back surface side of the front door body 300 in a state of being inserted into the protrusion insertion hole 332.

  The retaining lock member 401 includes a hollow elastic member 402 as an elastic portion formed of an elastic material, and an air chamber 412 (see FIGS. 11 and 12) formed hollow inside the hollow elastic member 402. And an air venting means for selectively venting the air inside the air chamber 412, and the other side (FIG. 5) opposite to the one side (upper surface 375 in FIG. 5) of the protrusion 372. 15, and the hollow elastic member 402 is inserted into the gap 336 between the lower inner wall 335 of the protrusion insertion hole 332 (see FIGS. 13 and 15). The bending of the locking claw 374 to the side where the locking is released is suppressed.

  The air releasing means of the retaining lock member 401 includes an air vent hole 413 formed in the hollow elastic member 402 of the retaining lock member 401 and passing between the outer surface of the hollow elastic member 402 and the air chamber 412, and the air vent hole 413. And a lid member 403 that closes the air vent hole 413 by fitting in a removable state.

  In FIG. 7, the lid member 403 has a hole closing projection 447 that is inserted into the air vent hole 413 so as to be detachable from the air vent hole 413, and has a rotary shaft 451 and a rotary shaft 452 ( 8) and is attached to the elastic portion in a state that it can be rotated to one side 445 and the other side 446 (see FIG. 8) via the one side 445, and the hole closing projection by rotating to one side 445 The portion 447 is inserted into the air vent hole, closes the air vent hole, and rotates to the other side so that the hole closing projection 447 is extracted from the air vent hole 413 and opens the air vent hole 413. It is like that.

  Note that the locking member 401 can be attached to the protrusion insertion hole 331 as well as the protrusion insertion hole 332.

  Hereinafter, an operation for attaching the display panel unit 350 to the front door body 300 will be described.

  In this case, first, the operator engages the locking portions 364, 365, and 366 of the display panel unit 350 shown in FIG. 4 with the front door body 300 in the state where the front door body 300 is opened from the housing 2, respectively. They are inserted into the stopper insertion holes 323, 324, and 325, and locked to the lower edge portions of the locking portion insertion holes 323, 324, and 325 on the back surface side of the front door body 300, respectively.

  Next, the operator inserts the projecting portions 371 and 372 of the display panel unit 350 into the projecting portion insertion holes 331 and 332 of the front door body 300, and inserts the locking claws 373 and 374 of the projecting portions 371 and 372 into the front door. The main body 300 is engaged with the edge portions 337 (see FIGS. 5, 13, and 15) of the protrusion insertion holes 331 and 332 on the back surface side of the main body 300. In this state, as shown in FIG. 13, a gap 336 is generated between the lower surface of the protruding portion 372 and the inner wall of the protruding portion insertion hole 332.

  Next, the operator rotates the lid member 403 of the retaining lock member 401 shown in FIG. 15 to the side wall 424 side, and inserts the hole closing projection 447 of the lid member 403 into the air vent hole 413, as shown in FIG. To fit. In this state, the lid member 403 is in a broken line state shown in FIG. 12, and the air chamber 412 of the hollow elastic member 402 is in a sealed state. In this state, by inserting the locking member 401 into the gap 336 shown in FIGS. 13 and 15 from the front side wall 423 side (see FIG. 12), as shown in FIGS. A retaining lock member 401 is attached to the head. In this state, since the air chamber 412 of the hollow elastic member 402 is sealed as shown in FIG. 16, the protrusion 372 is pushed upward with a strong force.

  With respect to the protrusion insertion hole 331 shown in FIG. 4, the retaining lock member 401 is attached by the same operation as that of the protrusion insertion hole 332. Thereafter, the front door 3 attached to the housing 2 (see FIG. 1) is closed.

  Hereinafter, an operation for removing the display panel unit 350 from the front door body 300 will be described.

  Here, when the display panel unit 350 is removed from the front door body 300, an administrator or the like of the slot machine 1 (see FIG. 1) inserts a predetermined key into the keyhole 78 (see FIG. 1) and performs an unlocking operation. Then, the front door 3 attached to the housing 2 (see FIG. 1) is opened forward, and the operator pulls the wide width portion 444 of the lid member 403 of the retaining lock member 401 shown in FIG. Then, the lid member 403 is rotated, and the hole closing projection 447 of the lid member 403 is extracted from the air vent hole 413 to open the air vent hole 413 as shown in FIG. In this state, the air chamber 412 of the hollow elastic member 402 is in a state where air can easily flow through the air vent hole 413 and the space between the upper and lower sides of the hollow elastic member 402 can be easily compressed.

  Next, the operator directly grasps and pulls the hollow elastic member 402 with his / her finger, elastically deforms the hollow elastic member 402, and pulls out the hollow elastic member 402 from the gap 336 to prevent it from being removed from the protrusion insertion hole 332. The lock member 401 is removed.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 18, the protrusion 372 is pushed upward, the locking claw 374 is removed from the edge 337 of the protrusion insertion hole 332, and the protrusion 372 is pulled out from the protrusion insertion hole 332. Nothing is inserted into the protrusion insertion hole 332. The same operation as that of the protrusion 372 is performed on the protrusion 371 inserted into the protrusion insertion hole 331, and the protrusion 371 is pulled out from the protrusion insertion hole 331.

  Then, the display panel 350 is removed from the front door body 300 by removing the locking portions 364, 365, and 366 from the locking portion insertion holes 323, 324, and 325 shown in FIG.

  According to the slot machine 1 having such a configuration, the retaining lock member 401 provided in the protrusion insertion holes 331 and 332 is formed on the rear surface side of the front door body 300 with the protrusions 371 and 371 formed on the display panel 350. The hollow elastic member 402 of the projections 371, 372 is in a state where the latching claws 373, 374 of the 372 are respectively engaged with the edges 337 of the projection insertion holes 331, 332 formed in the front door body 300. It is inserted into a gap 336 between the lower surface and the lower inner walls of the protrusion insertion holes 331 and 332, and the protrusions 371 and 372 are moved toward the side where the engagement of the engagement claws 373 and 374 is released. Since curving is suppressed, a thin unauthorized tool is inserted through the gap between the front door body 300 and the display panel unit 350 while the front door body 300 is locked to the housing 2, and the display panel unit 350 is removed. That can be prevented.

  Further, according to the slot machine 1, when the retaining lock member 401 is pulled out from the protrusion insertion holes 331 and 332 in order to remove the display panel unit 350 from the front door body 300, the lid member 403 is rotated to rotate the air vent hole. By opening 413, the hollow elastic member 402 can be easily elastically deformed and the retaining lock member 401 can be easily pulled out.

  Further, according to the slot machine 1, the air venting means of the retaining lock member 401 can be realized with a simple structure by the air vent hole 413 of the hollow elastic member 402 and the lid member 403.

  Further, according to the slot machine 1, the lid member 403 is attached to the hollow elastic member 402 so as to be rotatable via the rotation shafts 451 and 452, and thus the lid member 403 can be prevented from being lost. The operator can easily understand the operation method of the lid member 403.

  In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 18, the retaining lock member is provided in both of the protrusion insertion holes 331 and 312. However, the retention lock member is provided only in one of the protrusion insertion holes 331 and 312. It may be configured.

  The present invention can be applied not only to slot machines but also to other gaming machines such as pachinko machines.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external structure of a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a slot machine control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the lower panel and its peripheral part of the slot machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the protrusion insertion hole and its peripheral part viewed from the back side of the lower panel part according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a rear view of the protrusion insertion hole and its peripheral portion viewed from the back side of the lower panel portion according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a retaining lock member 401 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state in which the air vent hole of the retaining lock member according to the embodiment of the present invention is opened. FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a state in which the air vent hole of the retaining lock member according to the embodiment of the present invention is closed. FIG. 10 is a plan view of a state in which the retaining lock member according to the embodiment of the present invention is disassembled. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view seen from the upper side of the retaining lock member 401 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a state immediately after inserting the protruding portion insertion hole and the protruding portion in the periphery thereof viewed from the back side of the lower panel portion according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the protrusion insertion hole of the lower panel portion and the retaining lock member in the periphery thereof are attached according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 15 is an explanatory view showing a method of attaching a retaining lock member to the protrusion insertion hole according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the protrusion insertion hole of the lower panel portion and the retaining lock member in the periphery thereof are attached according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which an air vent hole is opened in order to pull out the retaining lock member from the protrusion insertion hole of the lower panel portion according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the protrusion insertion hole of the lower panel part and the protrusions in the periphery thereof are pushed down according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... slot machine, 2 ... housing, 3 ... front door, 4 ... upper panel,
5 ... Lower panel part, 6a ... Receptacle part, 6 ... Receptacle unit, 7 ... Console,
8 ... Opening, 20 ... Main control board, 21 ... Hopper device, 22 ... Auxiliary storage part,
23 ... Main power supply device, 24 ... Power supply device substrate, 25 ... External concentration terminal substrate,
30, 31a, 31b ... light emission drive unit, 32a, 32b ... speaker,
33 ... Central display board, 34 ... Medal sorting device,
34a ... Medals sensor, 35 ... Guide member, 36 ... Guide member,
37 ... Guide member, 38a, 38b ... Speaker,
39 ... discharge lamp lighting device, 40 ... sub-control board, 41 ... panel surface,
42 ... display window, 43 ... gaming state display section, 44 ... operation assist display section,
45 ... Numerical information display part, 46, 47a, 47b ... Illumination part for effects,
48a, 48b ... production sound emission part, 49 ... liquid crystal display device,
49a ... display window, 50 ... panel board, 51 ... display panel,
52a, 52b ... Illumination section for production, 61 ... Medal payout exit,
62a, 62b ... right and left production sound emission unit, 71 ... medal insertion unit,
72: medal slot, 73, 74 ... bet button,
75 ... Start lever, 76a, 76b, 76c ... Stop button,
77 ... Checkout button, 78 ... Keyhole, 100 ... Reel unit,
101a, 101b, 101c ... reel, 200 ... CPU,
201: storage unit, 202: system program,
203 ... medal credit means, 204 ... winning lottery table,
205 ... Internal lottery flag, 210 ... Substrate case,
220 ... Board case, 221 ... Hole, 230 ... Directing device,
300 ... front door body, 301 ... recess, 311, 312 ... discharge lamp,
313, 314, 315, 316 ... mounting bracket, 320 ... wiring,
320a, 320b, 320c, 320d ... wiring,
321a, 321b ... recess, 322a, 322b ... wiring board,
323, 324, 325 ... locking part insertion hole,
331, 332 ... projection insertion hole, 333 ... stepped portion, 334 ... inclined surface,
335 ... lower inner wall, 336 ... gap, 337 ... edge, 338 ... edge,
350: display panel section, 351: frame member,
352a, 352b ... lamp cover, 353 ... front side protection panel,
354 ... pattern printing panel, 355 ... rear side protection panel, 356 ... picture,
357 ... trade name, 361 ... opening,
362a, 363a, 362b, 363b ... opening,
364, 365, 366 ... locking portion, 371, 372 ... projection,
373, 374 ... locking claws, 375 ... upper surface, 376 ... lower surface,
401: Lock-out locking member, 402: Hollow elastic member,
403 ... Lid member, 411 ... Groove, 412 ... Air chamber 412,
413 ... Air vent holes, 421, 422 ... Planar part,
423, 424, 425, 426 ... sidewall, 427, 428 ... wall,
451, 452 ... rotating shaft, 431, 432 ... through hole,
441 ... Circular part, 442 ... Bent part, 443 ... Narrow part,
444 ... thick portion, 451, 452 ... rotation axis, 445 ... outer surface,
446 ... inner surface, 447 ... projection

Claims (4)

A housing having an opening on the front, a front door body that is pivotally attached to the housing so as to close the opening in an openable / closable state, and a recess provided on a surface of the front door body A lighting fixture that is provided in the recess and irradiates illumination light, and at least a part of the lighting fixture is formed into a panel shape by a transparent or translucent member to close the recess and transmit the illumination light from the lighting fixture. A gaming machine comprising a display panel unit that displays a pattern on the front side,
A protrusion protruding on the back side of the display panel and capable of being bent by elastic deformation;
A protrusion insertion hole formed through the wall surface of the recess and into which the protrusion is inserted;
The protrusion is formed on one surface of the protrusion at a predetermined interval from the base end of the protrusion, and the protrusion insertion hole on the back surface side of the front door body is inserted in the protrusion insertion hole. A locking claw that locks to the edge,
Air venting means having an elastic part formed of an elastic material, having an air chamber formed hollow inside the elastic part, and capable of selectively extracting air inside the air chamber The elastic portion is inserted into a gap between the other surface of the projection portion opposite to the one surface and the inner wall of the projection portion insertion hole, so that the locking portion is engaged with the projection portion. A gaming machine comprising: a retaining lock member that suppresses bending of the claw toward the side where the latch is released. A rectangular housing having an opening in the front, a reel device in which a plurality of cylindrical reels arranged in a row on the upper side of the housing to rotate and display the symbols on the peripheral surface are arranged side by side; A front door main body that closes the opening in an openable / closable state by disposing an operation means for operating a rotation operation and is rotatably attached to the housing, and a lower side of the front door main body surface A concave portion provided in the concave portion, a lighting fixture provided in the concave portion for irradiating illumination light, and at least a part formed in a panel shape by a transparent or translucent member to close the concave portion and illuminate from the lighting fixture A gaming machine including a display panel unit that displays a pattern on the front side by transmitting light,
A protrusion protruding on the back side of the display panel and capable of being bent by elastic deformation;
A protrusion insertion hole formed through the wall surface of the recess and into which the protrusion is inserted;
The protrusion is formed on one surface of the protrusion at a predetermined interval from the base end of the protrusion, and the protrusion insertion hole on the back surface side of the front door body is inserted in the protrusion insertion hole. A locking claw that locks to the edge,
Air venting means having an elastic part formed of an elastic material, having an air chamber formed hollow inside the elastic part, and capable of selectively extracting air inside the air chamber The elastic portion is inserted into a gap between the other surface of the projection portion opposite to the one surface and the inner wall of the projection portion insertion hole, so that the locking portion is engaged with the projection portion. A gaming machine comprising: a retaining lock member that suppresses bending of the claw toward the side where the latch is released.   The air vent means of the retaining lock member is fitted in the air vent hole formed in the elastic portion of the retaining lock member and penetrating between the outer surface of the elastic portion and the air chamber in a detachable manner. The game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a lid member that closes the air vent hole.   The lid member has a hole closing projection that is fitted in the air vent hole so as to be detachable by being inserted into the air vent hole, and is rotatable to one side and the other side via a rotation shaft. The hole closing projection is inserted into the air vent hole to close the air vent hole by rotating to one side, and the hole obstructing by rotating to the other side. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the projecting portion is extracted from the air vent hole to open the air vent hole.

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