JP2000157703A - Control box of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control box which houses a control base plate to control game contents of a game machine (Pachinko (Japanese pinball game) machine or the like.), so as to prevent an unfair practice. SOLUTION: In the control box, a cut-in window 17a and a threaded hole 18a are formed through a stop member A to fix a front cover body 10 and a rear cover body 11, and an end of the member A is fixed to the body 10 (or the rear cover body), while the body 10 is fixed to the body 11 through a fracture screw inserted into the hole 18a. Thus, the fracture screw is fixed, with its head being broken, and hence the box is difficult to be opened through the screw and the box cannot be opened unless the member A is cut off, whereby an unfair practice can be prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control box for storing a control board for controlling the game contents of a game machine (such as a pachinko machine), and more particularly, to a control box for preventing illegal acts.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A gaming machine (pachinko machine, etc.) has a control box provided with a control board for controlling the game contents, which is detachably attached to the game machine. Easy going. CPU, RO,
A control element such as M is arranged, and a ROM in which control software is recorded plays an important role. Therefore, in order to prohibit illegally changing the game by replacing the ROM, a sealing paper is stuck on the control box so that illegality cannot be easily performed.

[0003]

However, using a special liquid, the seal paper is peeled off without damaging the seal paper and without leaving any traces on which the seal paper has been stuck, and an illegal RO is obtained.
After exchanging with M, the act of sticking the same sealing paper to perform tampering is performed. Therefore, a countermeasure that does not easily perform such fraudulent acts is desired, and the present invention provides a control box that solves such a problem.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control box in which a notch window and a screw hole are formed in a fastening member A for assisting in fixing the front cover body and the back cover body. The part is fixed to the front cover body (or the back cover body), and the front cover body and the back cover body are fixed to the screw holes via breaking screws. For this reason, since the head of the breaking screw is fixed in a broken state, it is difficult to open through the breaking screw, and the control box cannot be opened unless the fastening member A is cut. It becomes prevention.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control box, wherein a notch window is provided in a fastening member B for assisting in fixing the back cover body and the front cover body, and locking claws having different directions are provided. Fixing the end of B to the front cover body (or the back cover body), and forming an engagement hole that can be locked to the locking claw and a large hole that is not locked in the back cover body (or the front cover body); In addition, locking holes that can be locked to the locking claws are separately formed in the back cover body and the front cover body. When such a fastening member B is used,
After the fastening member B has been cut, it can be reused, and if it is mounted in a separately formed locking hole, it becomes difficult to pull out the locking member B with a locking claw formed in a different direction, thereby preventing fraud.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A pachinko machine will be described as an example of a pachinko machine. When a game ball wins at a specific location, a large jackpot or the like which is advantageous to a player is generated through a symbol display and a large amount of prizes is provided. Dispense the ball. In order to control the contents of the game, a control board (not shown) on which a “control element such as a ROM” is mounted and fixed with screws or the like is stored in a control box 1 on the back of the pachinko machine. is there.

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a well-known pachinko machine. In the center of the rear surface, game balls which have won prizes in prize holes arranged on the front side of a game board are collected and one ball is processed by a prize ball processing device 62. A prize ball collecting gutter 61 for each separation process is provided. At the lower left of the prize ball collecting gutter 61, a control box 1 with a built-in control board mounted with a control element for performing game processing such as a prize ball and a prize ball.
And an interface board 80 for transmitting and receiving a processing signal such as a ball rental machine based on a signal from the ball rental machine 70 to and from the pachinko machine is provided at the lower right.

A storage tank 63 for storing game balls before discharge is provided at the upper part of the pachinko machine. From the storage tank 63, the game balls are arranged in two rows to reach a game ball discharge device 65. An alignment gutter 64 for guiding is provided. This alignment gutter 64 has a ball conditioner 6 for preventing game balls from overlapping.
6 is swingably provided vertically. Further, the game balls discharged from the game ball discharge device 65 flow out to the upper plate through the downflow gutter 67. A terminal board 69 is provided on the upper right side of the pachinko machine.
Is mounted, and a game ball launching device 91 is provided at the lower left, so that each ball can be launched.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of parts of the control box 1. The control box 1 has a box-shaped front cover body 10 and a back cover body 11,
It comprises a control board 12 to which control elements are mounted and a chassis 13 to which the control board is fixed. In addition, as for the fastening members A and B, FIGS.
A description will be given with reference to a perspective view of the fastening member B of FIG. 3 (B) showing the A section, FIGS. 3 (C) and 3 (D) showing the BB section of FIG. 3 (A). The front cover body 10 is made of a synthetic resin or the like so as to be attachable to the back cover body 11, and has a recess 40a inside the front cover body 10, while the back cover body 11 has the recess 4a.
A projection 40b is formed at a position corresponding to 0a to perform positioning. Also, on both side surfaces 10a of the front cover body 10,
0.5 to the notch windows 17a, 17b described later
1.0 mm thin plate-like fastening members A and B are integrally formed so as to be easily bent. The fixing member A is provided with cutout windows 17a formed at appropriate intervals so as to be easily cut with scissors or the like, and is provided with a screw hole 18a. On the other hand, on the side surface 11a of the back cover body 11, a guide bank 19 of the fastening member A is formed, and a screw hole 18b is formed at a position corresponding to the screw hole 18a.

On the other hand, similarly, the fastening member B is also provided with the notch window 17.
b is formed at appropriate intervals so that it can be easily cut with scissors or the like. The fastening member B is provided with a pair of locking claws 20a and 20b in different directions between the notch window 17b and the tip. In addition, the directions of the locking claws 20a and 20b may be formed in opposite directions in addition to the direction shown in FIG. The side surface 11a of the back cover 11 has an engagement hole 2 of a size that can be locked with the locking claw 20b.
On the other hand, a large hole 21a, which does not lock even when mounted on the locking claw 20a, is formed in the side surface 10a of the front cover body 10 while the locking claw 20a is formed.

Further, on the side faces 10a and 11a of the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11, the locking claws 2 described in detail later will be described.
Lock holes 22a and 22b are formed in the lock members 0a and 20b, respectively.
a and 23b are formed.

Next, a method of fixing the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11 by the fastening members A and B having the above-described configuration will be described (see FIG. 4). First, the control board 12 on which the control element is mounted is fixed to the chassis 13 with screws or the like, and the chassis 13 is fixed to the back cover body with screws or the like. Then, the front cover body 10 is mounted on the back cover body 11, the fastening member A is bent, the screw holes 18a are aligned with the screw holes 18b, and the breaking screws 16 are attached to the screw holes. This breaking screw 1
In No. 6, the head is cut off when a predetermined torque or more is applied, and the fastening member A is fixed in a state where the head is missing, so that it becomes impossible to pull out the breaking screw itself. Therefore, in order to open the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11, it is necessary to cut the fastening member A.

On the other hand, the fastening member B is bent to
When 0b is attached to the engagement hole 21b, the engagement claw 20b is engaged with the engagement hole 21b. However, the locking claw 20a is not locked with the large hole 21a. That is, the locking claw 20b
Is locked with the engaging hole 21b, but the locking claw 20a has no effect on the large hole 21a (FIG. 4).
(B), the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11 are fixed by the fastening member B.

As described above, the control box 1 includes the front cover 10
And the back cover body 11 are fixed by the fastening members A and B. Therefore, it is difficult to open the control box 1 unless the fastening member A is cut off. I understand.

Next, an operation for opening the control box and an operation for reassembling the control box for checking the "control element such as ROM" in the control box 1 will be described (see FIG. 5). First, when cutting is performed along the cut windows 17a and 17b formed in the fastening members A and B with scissors or the like, the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11 can be separated. Therefore, the control element (not shown) is taken out, inspected, and attached again. Then, the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11 are attached to each other,
The fastening member A is cut by the cut window 17a, and the end is attached to the front cover body 10 and the other end is attached to the back cover body 11.
And remains fixed. Therefore, this fastening member A
Does not fix the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11.

On the other hand, the fastening member B is cut by the cut window 17b, and the locking claw 20a is not locked with the large hole 21a. Therefore, by moving the locking claw 20b, the cutting and fastening member B 'is easily cut. Can be pulled out of the engagement hole 21b.
And the locking claw 20a formed on the cutting and fastening member B ',
When the locking claw 2b is attached to the locking holes 22a and 22b, the locking claw 2
0a and 20b are locked in the locking holes 22a and 22b, respectively. Since the locking claws 20a and 20b are formed in different directions from each other, it is necessary to move them forward and backward (up and down) in order to remove the cutting and fastening member B '. It is difficult to pull out depending on the orientation of the claws 20a, 20b. Therefore, the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 1
1 is fixed by the cutting fastening member B ', and it becomes difficult to open the cutting fastening member B' unless it is cut.

Next, as shown in FIG.
Here is an example of the change. FIG. 6A shows a modification of the fastening member B. The locking claws 20a and 20b formed on the fastening member B1 are composed of three pieces, and the directions of the locking claw portions 25a and 26a on both sides are as follows. This is the same as that shown in FIG. 3C, but the central locking claws 25b and 26b are formed in opposite directions. The engaging hole 21A is formed in a size that cannot be locked by the locking claw 20a (the locking claw portions 25a and 25b), and the engaging hole 21B is formed by the locking claw 20b (the locking claw portions 26a and 26b). When the locking claw 20b is attached to the engagement hole 21B, the locking claw 26a, 26b formed on the both sides allows the locking claw 20b to be locked as shown in FIG.
It is more difficult to pull out than the locking claw 20b shown in FIG.

FIG. 6B shows a modification of the fastening member A.
The fastening member A1 is an independent piece whose end is not fixed to the front cover body, and has a through hole 30 at the end. or,
A screw hole (not shown) is formed in the front cover body 10 at a position corresponding to the through hole 30. And the fastening member A1 is
A screw hole 18 is applied to the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11.
a and the through holes 30 are fixed via the breaking screws 16. By fixing in this manner, the front cover 10
The back cover body 11 is fixed and cannot be opened unless the fastening member A1 is cut. Thus, the fastening member A1
It is not always necessary to fix the end portion to the front cover body 10 as shown in FIG.

FIGS. 6 (C) and 6 (D) show modified examples of the fastening member B, each of which is formed as an independent piece without fixing the ends to the front cover body 10. FIG. FIG. 6C shows the through hole 3.
5 is opened and a hole is formed in the front cover body 10 in accordance with the position. Then, this fastening member B1 is fixed to the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11 via the breaking screw 16. FIG. 6D shows a configuration in which a locking claw 36 is newly formed and an engagement hole lockable with the locking claw 36 is formed in the front cover body 10. As described above, as shown in FIG. 3, the fastening members A and B do not need to be fixed to the front cover body 10 so that the ends thereof can be bent, and may be constituted by independent pieces. Although the fastening members A and B are fixed on the front cover body 10 side as shown in FIG. 3, it goes without saying that they may be fixed on the back cover body 11 side.

[0020]

In the control box according to the first aspect of the present invention, the fastening member A is fixed to the front cover body and the back cover body via the breaking screw. Therefore, unauthorized opening can be prevented. The control box according to the second aspect of the present invention uses the fastening member B to fix the front cover body and the back cover body. After the fastening member B is cut, the control box can be reused and separately formed. When it is attached to the hole, it is difficult to pull it out by the locking claws formed in different directions, and it is possible to prevent fraud.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a gaming machine (pachinko machine).

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of components of a control box.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view and a sectional view of a control box.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the control box with fastening members A and B attached thereto and the fastening member B attached thereto.

FIG. 5 is a view showing a state in which the fastening member A and the cutting fastening member B ′ after inspection are attached, and a cross-sectional view in which the cutting fastening member B ′ is attached.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a modified example of the fastening members A and B.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 control box 10 front cover body 11 back cover body 16 breaking screw 17a, 17b notch window 18a screw hole 20a, 20b locking claw 21a large hole 21b engaging hole 22a, 22b locking hole A, B fastening member B 'cutting Fastening members

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission Date] January 26, 2000 (2000.1.2
6)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claims

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[Claims]

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0004

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the sides of the front cover and the back cover of the control box are fixed via fixing members with screws of a type which cannot be removed when attached.
Therefore, when the control box is opened, it can be easily cut by cutting through the cutout window of the fastening member, and it is possible to cope with the execution of the inspection and the like, and a trace remains on the fastening member, thereby preventing fraud. .

[Procedure amendment 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0005

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

In the control box according to the second aspect, the side portions of the front cover body and the back cover body are fixed via the fastening member with the breaking screw, so that simple work is required and the head is broken. So
The control box cannot be opened by loosening the breaking screw. When the control box is opened, it can be easily cut by cutting through the cutout window of the fastening member, and it is possible to cope with the execution of the inspection and the like, and since a trace remains on the fastening member, fraud is prevented. .

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0015

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Next, an operation for opening the control box and an operation for reassembling the control box for checking the "control element such as ROM" in the control box 1 will be described (see FIG. 5). First, when cutting is performed along the cut windows 17a and 17b formed in the fastening members A and B with scissors or the like, the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11 can be separated. Therefore, the control element (not shown) is taken out, inspected, and attached again. Then, the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11 are attached to each other,
The fastening member A is cut by the cut window 17a, and the end A1 is fixed to the front cover body 10 and the other end is fixed to the back cover body 11 with the breaking screw 16. Therefore, the fastening member A does not fix the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11.

[Procedure amendment 5]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0016

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

On the other hand, the fastening member B is cut by the cut window 17b, and the remaining portion B1 remains on the front cover body 10, while cutting and fastening.
Since the locking claw 20a of the member B ' is not locked with the large hole 21a, the cutting and fastening member B' can be easily removed from the engagement hole 21b by moving the locking claw 20b. And the locking claw 20 formed on the cutting and fastening member B '
When a and 20b are mounted in the locking holes 22a and 22b, the locking claws 20a and 20b are locked in the locking holes 22a and 22b, respectively. Since the locking claws 20a and 20b are formed in different directions from each other, it is necessary to move them forward and backward (up and down) in order to remove the cutting and fastening member B '. It is difficult to pull out depending on the orientation of the claws 20a, 20b. Accordingly, the front cover body 10 and the back cover body 11 are fixed by the cutting and fastening member B ′, and it becomes difficult to open the cutting and fastening member B ′ unless the cutting and fastening member B ′ is cut.

[Procedure amendment 6]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0020

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the front cover body and the back cover body of the control box are fixed at the sides via fixing members with screws of a type that cannot be removed when attached. Therefore, when the control box is opened, it can be easily cut by cutting through the cutout window of the fastening member, and it is possible to cope with the execution of the inspection and the like, and a trace remains in the cutout window, thereby preventing fraud. In the control box according to the second aspect, the front cover body and the back cover body are fixed at the side portions via the fastening members with the breaking screws, so that simple work is completed, and the head is broken. Can not open the control box.
In addition, when the control box is opened, it can be easily cut by cutting through the cutout window of the fastening member, and it is possible to cope with the execution of the inspection and the like, and a trace remains on the fastening member, thereby preventing fraud. .

[Procedure amendment 7]

[Document name to be amended] Drawing

[Correction target item name] Fig. 5

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

FIG. 5

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A control box comprising a front cover body and a back cover body for storing a control board on which a control element for controlling a gaming machine is mounted, and assists in fixing the back cover body and the front cover body. A notch window and a screw hole are formed in the fastening member A, and the end of the fastening member A is fixed to the front cover body (or the back cover body). A control box for a gaming machine, wherein a back cover body is fixed. 2. A control box comprising a front cover body and a back cover body for accommodating a control board on which a control element for controlling a gaming machine is mounted, and assists in fixing the back cover body and the front cover body. The fastening member B is provided with a notch window and a locking claw having different directions, and the end of the fastening member B is fixed to the front cover body (or the back cover body) and locked to the locking claw. Back cover (or front cover) with large holes that do not lock with possible engagement holes
A control box for a gaming machine, wherein a locking hole which can be locked to the locking claw is separately formed in the back cover body and the front cover body.