JP2001062118A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make easily connectable circuit boards to each other without caring about a wiring dealing space in a board storing body with a limited space in the case of storing and connecting plural control boards in one control board box. SOLUTION: In this game machine including plural control boards C1 to C2 connected to each other, the plural control boards C1 to C2 are stored and held in the same board box (board storing body) B, and the respective control boards C1 to C2 are provided with connector plugs 17a, 17b, 18, 19. In positions corresponding to the connector plugs 17a, 17b, 18, 19 of the respective control boards C1 to C2 in the board box B, receptacles 21a, 21b, 22, 23 for inserting the connector plugs 17a, 17b, 18, 19 are provided, and the respective receptacles 21a, 21b, 22, 23 for inserting the connector plugs 17a, 17b, 18, 19 of the respective control boards C1 to C2, which are to be connected to each other are connected to each other by wirings 24, 25.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine having a plurality of control boards connected to each other, and more particularly, to a gaming machine having the same.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which control boards can be easily connected to each other by eliminating the necessity of securing a space for wiring in a board storage space having a limited space.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a control board of a game machine, a structure in which a main control board for controlling the entire game, a liquid crystal control board for controlling a liquid crystal symbol display device, and a frame control board for mainly controlling a payout device are connected. Was common. Conventionally, a sound generator and a lamp / LED for generating a sound related to a game are:
It was directly controlled by the main control board.

In recent years, a structure in which voice control and lamp / LED control are separated from a main control board, and the voice control board and the lamp control board are independently provided and housed in separate control board boxes has become widespread. With such a structure, since the control range of each control board is limited, when the type of gaming machine is different, it is possible to replace only the main control board, replace only the lamp board, etc. The compatibility of the control board can be improved as compared with the control board.

As described above, when the voice control board and the lamp control board are separated from the main control board to form a separate structure, the separate voice control board and the lamp control board are entirely formed by the main control board. In order to control, it is necessary to connect the control boards in the control board box with wiring. For example,
It is troublesome to solder the terminals of the wiring to the control board and connect the control boards.

[0005] If a connector wiring having a connector at the end of the wiring is used, the connection of the wiring itself is easier than the above-mentioned soldering, but a plurality of wirings intersect among a plurality of control board boxes. The complicated wiring is the same as the above-mentioned soldering. Also, even on the back side of the gaming machine, if the wiring intersects, it is a hindrance when attaching and detaching and opening and closing various devices that constitute the gaming machine. There is also a danger of causing

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, it is conceivable that a plurality of control boards are housed in one control board box. In practice, it is not easy to secure a space for routing the wiring in the box.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a control board box in which a plurality of control boards are housed and connected. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine which can easily connect circuit boards to each other without having to do so.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine having a plurality of circuit boards connected to each other, wherein the plurality of circuit boards are the same. A first connector is provided on each of the circuit boards housed and held in the board housing, and the first connector is provided at a position corresponding to the first connector of each circuit board in the board housing. Are provided, and the second connectors for connecting the first connectors of the respective circuit boards that are to be connected to each other are electrically connected to each other. Its features.

For this reason, when each circuit board which is to be connected to each other is housed in the board housing, and the first connector of each circuit board is connected to each second connector of the board housing, only the The circuit boards are connected to each other. Therefore, connection between the circuit boards housed and held in the board housing body can be easily performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a board housing is constituted by a board box that covers substantially the entirety of the plurality of circuit boards. Circuit boards are often housed in a board box that covers the entire circuit board for physical protection and fraud prevention. In such a board box, since the internal space is limited, it is not easy to directly connect the wiring to the circuit board inside the box, and it is necessary to secure a space for the wiring, but according to the present invention, For example, the effects of the present invention are remarkably exhibited because the circuit boards are connected only by housing and holding a plurality of circuit boards that are to be connected to each other in the board box.

Further, according to a third aspect of the present invention, in a gaming machine in which a control section is constituted by at least three boards of a main control board, a voice control board, and a lamp control board, control signals are exchanged between the control boards. Therefore, the connection between the control boards is indispensable. In such a case, when the present invention is implemented, connection between the control boards is facilitated, and the effect of the present invention is more remarkably exhibited.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to a plurality of embodiments. FIG. 1 shows a cover 1
FIG. 2 is a rear view of the entire pachinko machine P embodying the present invention in a state where the cover 2 is removed, FIG. 2 is a side view of the entire pachinko machine P embodying the present invention, and FIG. Remove the main control board C ₁ in the board box B.
And a view of the state where the lamp control board C ₂ and the audio control board C ₃ is accommodated from the back side of the pachinko machine P, FIG. 4
FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a front frame 2 is attached to the front side of the wooden frame 1 of the pachinko machine P so as to be openable and closable. A base frame 3 is attached to the back surface of the front frame 2 at the periphery of the opening, and a game board (not shown) is detachably fitted into the frame of the base frame 3.

A back setting mechanism 4 is disposed on the periphery of the back surface of the game board, and a back setting plate 5 constituting a main part of the back setting mechanism 4 is provided around the back cover body 6. It is framed so as to surround it. The back set plate 5 is attached to one side (the right side in FIG. 1) of the base frame 3 by a back set hinge 7 so as to be openable and closable on one side. This back set plate 5 is removably fastened to the base frame 3 by a plurality of fasteners 8 on its free end side (left side in FIG. 1).
The back set plate 5 is held in a closed state with respect to the base frame 3. Further, the back set plate 5 is provided with a ball tank 9, a tank rail 10, a lower collecting gutter, a prize ball discharge device, and the like, and the back set mechanism 4 is configured by these. On the back surface of the back cover body 6, a board box B that houses a plurality of control boards and covers the whole is integrally mounted.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5, the board box B, which is a part of the present invention, and the control boards C _{1 to} C ₃ housed in the box B will be described. The board box B includes a box body 11 integrally attached to the back cover body 6 and a cover body 12 for covering the entire opening of the box body 11. The three types of control board and the main control board C ₁ and the lamp control board C ₂ and the audio control board C ₃ is accommodated and held, the lamp control board C ₂ and the audio control board C ₃ This board box B, both are connected to the main control board C _1, the generation of sound based on the control signal main control board C ₁ is generated as described later, and controls the lighting of the lamp.

The box body 11 has a middle plate 14 integrally provided inside a rectangular frame 13, and an upper surface of the middle plate 14
Partition plates 15 and 16 are provided which are orthogonal to each other and parallel to each side of the rectangular frame 13. For this reason, the inside of the box main body 11 is partitioned by the partition plates 15 and 16 into a rectangular shape so as to correspond to the shape and size of each of the control boards C _{1 to} C ₃ . As it is shown in detail in FIG. 5, the upper end of the rectangular frame body 13 and the partition plates 15 and 16, the stepped portion for enabling support almost entire circumference of the respective control board C ₁ -C ₃ 15a (the step portion of the partition plate 16 is not shown) is provided. Further, the rectangular frame 13 is also provided with a step 13a at the same height as the step 15a of the partition plate 15. The board box B accommodates and holds each of the control boards C _{1 to} C ₃ and protects them physically, and at the same time, protects the control boards C _{1 to} C ₃ , and also prevents illegal operations such as replacement of control boards.

Each control board C₁~ C_ThreeHas an electron on its surface
Parts (not shown) are mounted, and
Nectar plugs 17a, 17b, 18, 19 are provided respectively.
Have been killed. On the other hand, the middle plate of the box body 11
14 has a control board C₁~ C _ThreeEach connector plug 17
a, 17b, 18, 19 at the corresponding positions
A receptacle 21a for inserting and connecting a connector plug,
21b, 22, and 23 are provided. Of these, the main system
Your board C₁About the connector plug 1
7a and 17b are provided on the side of the box body 11
Have two corresponding receptacles 21a, 21
b are provided respectively.

[0017] Then, in the side of the box body 11, a main control one Reseputaburu 21a of one of the connector plug 17a is inserted in the substrate C _1, and Reseputaburu 22 connector plug 18 of the lamp control board C ₂ is inserted is The portion on the back side of the middle plate 14 is connected in advance by a wiring 24. In the same manner, the other Reseputaburu 21b the other connector plug 17b of the main control board C ₁ is inserted, the Reseputaburu 23 connector plug 19 of the audio control board C ₃ is inserted, the back side portion of the middle plate 14 They are connected in advance by wiring 25. In this manner, in the box main body 11, the specific receptacles are connected to each other in advance by the wirings 24 and 25, and the bottom plate 26 is adhered to the bottom opening of the box main body 11 after the wirings 24 and 25 are arranged. The control board C ₁ , C ₂ , and C ₃ housed in the box B are integrally mounted by means such as
To prevent fraudulent activity from the back side of the device.

A transparent cover body 12 is attached to the box body 11 that houses and holds the control boards C _{1 to} C ₃ . The cover body 12 is hingedly connected to the box main body 11 via a hinge 27 at a right end in a rear view, and is connected to the box main body 11 at a left end thereof so as to be unable to open and close by a seal 28. With this structure, after the cover body 12 is attached to the box main body 11, the cover body 12 is not removed unless the sealing portion 28 is cut, so that illegality can be immediately found.

As shown in FIG. 4, a step portion 29 is provided at an edge of the cover body 12 opposite to the hinge portion 27, and forms a low portion of the step body 29 in the cover body 12. lower portion 12a is in close proximity to the main control board C ₁ of the surface that are stored in the substrate box B, and form this parallel plane. The edge of the lower portion 12 a of the cover body 12 is bent downward and is placed on the upper end surface of the rectangular frame 13. The said lower part 12a of the cover body 12, when closed the cover body 12, projecting from the upper surface of the main control board C ₁ Reseputaburu 61a~61d is to avoid contact with the lower stepped portion 12a Are formed. Therefore, in the closed state of the cover body 12, the Reseputaburu 61a~61d of the main control board C ₁ protrudes from the through hole 62 to the outside. In FIG. 3, the receptacle 61a
Is connected to various switches such as a start-up switch, a gate switch, a special winning opening count switch,
Receptables 61b to 61d are frame control boards C, respectively.
_5, is intended to be connected to the liquid crystal control board C ₄ and a power supply. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 63 denotes a plug inserted into the receptacle 61a connected to various switches.

For this reason, the cover 12 of the board box B
In the box body 11 with the
Corresponds to the sections divided by the partition plates 15, 16
Control board C₁~ C_ThreeAccommodates those connectors
Plugs 17a, 17b, 18, 19 are connected to box body 1
The corresponding respective receptacles 21a, 21 provided on one side
1b, 22,23 only connect to each other
Control boards in a relationship (main control board C₁And lamp control
Substrate C_TwoAnd main control board C₁And voice control board C _Three)
Wirings 24 and 25 previously arranged on the back side of the intermediate plate 14
Connected to each other. The box body 11 has various controls.
Your board C₁~ C_ThreeAfter storing and holding the box body 1
1 and the cover body 12 is attached to the
And seal.

Therefore, at the time of connection, control is performed only by storing and holding the control boards C _{1 to} C ₃ in the box body 11 without performing any wiring work such as soldering, bundling / routing, fixing, etc. The connection between the substrates is extremely easy, and the connection error is eliminated. Further, since there is no need to provide a space for routing the wiring on the side of the board box B, the space provided on the side of the board box B is the minimum necessary for accommodating the control boards C _{1 to} C _3. Limited space is enough.

Further, as described above, each control board C ₁
~C ₃ of connector plug 17a, 17b, 18,19
And each corresponding Reseputaburu 21a provided on the side of the box body 11, 21b, is inserted into 22 and 23, when mounting the respective control board C ₁ -C ₃ at a predetermined position in the substrate box, the control board C ₁ -C ₃ is disposed so as to line up in parallel and the same height level, i.e. on the same plane. The arrangement of the control boards C _{1 to} C ₃ as described above is as follows.
In the board box B of the pachinko machine P, it is necessary to protect each of the control boards C _{1 to} C ₃ housed therein from fraud. Therefore, the cover body 12 is formed of a transparent body and This is because the components (especially, the ROM chip) on each of the control boards C _{1 to} C _{3 in} B can be visually recognized from one direction, and it is easy to find them while suppressing execution of fraud. In addition, from the viewpoint of fraud prevention, it is not necessary to arrange the control boards in the board box with the same height, and they may be arranged with a height difference.

As shown in FIG. 6, a printed circuit board 64 may be used for connecting the receptacles mounted on the board box B side. That is, the two receptacles 21a, 22 (2
1b, 23) may be mounted in an electrically connected state, and the blind substrate 64 may be mounted and fixed to the back surface side of the intermediate plate 14 using screws 65 or the like. This allows
The connection operation between the two receptacles is further facilitated.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, the control board C ₁ ~
It will be schematically described control block of the pachinko machine having a C _5. The main control board C ₁ includes a CPU 31 and a ROM 3
2, a main control unit including a RAM 33, a communication interface 34, and a switch input circuit 35 is provided.
ROM32, RAM33, communication interface 3
4 and the switch input circuit 35 are connected via an internal bus. The ROM 32 stores control programs and design data for controlling the entire pachinko machine, and the switch input circuit 35 includes, for example, various winning detection ports provided in various starting winning ports and specific winning ports. Switch 3
6 is connected, and the signal is input to the CPU 31. C
The PU 31 controls the entire pachinko machine in accordance with detection signals from the various winning detection switches 36 and the like.

The lamp control board C ₂ includes a CPU 4
1, ROM 42, RAM 43, communication interface 4
4 is provided. Note that RO
In M42, a control program for exclusively controlling the lamp and control data for lighting the lamp are stored.
The PU 41 has various lamps 4 via various drivers 45.
6 are connected.

[0026] In addition, the voice control board C _3, CPU5
1, ROM 52, RAM 53, communication interface 5
4 is provided. The CPU 51 is connected to an audio generation unit including an SSG (software controlled sound generator) 55, an amplifier 56 and a speaker 57. Note that the ROM 52 stores a control program for exclusively controlling voice and control data for voice. Further, the liquid crystal control circuit board C ₄ is for controlling a liquid crystal display device, the frame control board C _5, is for controlling the dispensing apparatus which performs dispensing against winning ball.

The communication interface 34 of the main control board C ₁ is connected to the communication interface 44 provided on the lamp control board C ₂ via the wiring 24 and the communication interface provided on the voice control board C _3. are connected via a wire 25 to the interface 54, only one-way communication from the main control board C ₁ to the lamp control board C ₂ and the audio control board C ₃ is possible. The communication interface 34 of the main control board C ₁ is connected to each interface of the liquid crystal control circuit board C ₄ and the frame control board C ₅ (not shown) via the wiring 66 and 67.

[0028] For example, described as an example the communication to the voice control unit of the voice control board C ₃ from the main control board C _1. When the main control unit outputs sound according to the game state, for example, after turning on the power, at the time of detecting the start opening winning, during symbol fluctuation, during symbol generation, at the symbol big hit establishment, during the big winning opening opening, during the big hit, the big winning opening When sound is output in response to a pachinko machine error or the like when closed, command data corresponding to each game state is transmitted via the communication interface 34 to the sound control board C _3.
Output to Output to the audio control board C ₃ of the command data is performed through the wiring 25.

The command data sent from the main controller is
RAM via communication interface 54 of voice control unit
53. The CPU 51 reads out audio data from the ROM 52 according to the type of command data and
G55, and the SSG 55 creates an analog waveform and supplies it to the amplifier 56, where it is amplified by the amplifier 56 and a predetermined sound is output from the speaker 57.

Further, the main control communications from the substrate C ₁ to the lamp control unit of the lamp control board C ₂ also, similarly, through the communication interface 34 and the wiring 24 a command data by the main control unit in accordance with various gaming state Lamp control board C ₂
The output is performed.

The command data sent from the main controller is
RA through the communication interface 44 of the lamp control unit
It is stored in M43. The CPU 41 reads the lamp lighting data from the ROM 42 according to the type of the command data, drives the various drivers 45, and drives the various lamps 46 to light or blink.

In the above embodiment, one board box B accommodates three types of control boards: a main control board C ₁ , a lamp control board C _2, and a voice control board C _3. The control board accommodated in B is not limited to these combinations.

In the above embodiment, a plurality of control boards are housed and held in a board housing, and the control boards are connected to each other. However, the circuit board constituting the present invention is not limited to the control board. And other circuit boards such as a relay board and a drive board.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall rear view of a pachinko machine P embodying the present invention with a cover body 12 removed.

FIG. 2 is an overall side view of the pachinko machine P embodying the present invention.

[3] by removing the cover member 12, as seen a state in which the main control board C ₁ and the lamp control board C ₂ and the audio control board C ₃ is housed in the board box B from the back side of the pachinko machine P Figure It is.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control board.

[Explanation of symbols]

B: the substrate boxes (substrate container) C _1: the main control board C _2: lamp control board C _3: voice control board P: pachinko machine (game machine) 17a, 17b, 18,19: connector plug (first connector) 21a, 21b, 22, 23: Receptable (second connector) 24, 25: Wiring

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a gaming machine having a plurality of circuit boards connected to each other, the plurality of circuit boards are housed and held in the same board storage body, and each circuit board is provided with a first connector. And a second connector for connecting the first connector is provided at a position corresponding to the first connector of each circuit board in the board storage body. A gaming machine, wherein the second connectors for respectively connecting the first connectors of the circuit board are electrically connected to each other. 2. The circuit board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circuit board housing is a circuit board box covering substantially the entirety of the plurality of circuit boards.
A gaming machine according to claim 1. 3. A plurality of circuit boards, a main control board for controlling the entire game, a voice control board for controlling a voice generating device for generating a voice related to the game, and a lamp control board for controlling a lamp related to the game. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein at least three substrates are included.