JP2001276386A - Sealing member reinforcing structure for board housing box of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the sealing member reinforcing structure of the board housing box of a game machine for strengthening the connection state of a box body, a lid body and a sealing member. SOLUTION: The board housing box of the game machine is provided with the box body 110 for housing a control board for controlling a game operation, plural first sealing members 115 arranged near the side edge of the box body 110 through a cutting part, the lid body 80 freely openably and closably assembled to the box body 110 and plural second sealing members 84 arranged near the side edge with the lid body 80 through the cutting part corresponding to the first sealing members 115 and at least one set of the first sealing member 115 and the second sealing member 84 corresponding to each other among the plural pieces of the first sealing members 115 and the second sealing members 84 are fixed. The first sealing members 115 with each other or the second Sealing members 84 with each other of at least one of the first sealing members 115 and the second sealing members 80 arranged for plural are connected through reinforcing members 116b and 85b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine and a game machine such as a slot machine, and more particularly to a box body for accommodating a control board for controlling a game operation, and a box body for opening and closing the box body. Lid to be freely assembled,
The present invention relates to a sealing member reinforcing structure for a board storage box of a gaming machine, comprising a sealing member for sealing the opening of the lid after the lid and the box body are assembled.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, many control boards are provided in a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine and a game machine such as a slot machine. In particular, a game control board for controlling a game operation includes an MPU, a ROM,
Many electronic components and circuits such as a RAM are mounted. And a ROM in which a program for controlling the game operation is stored.
In many cases, different game contents can be realized by exchanging. Therefore, in this type of gaming machine, the game control board is housed and sealed in a resin-made board storage box so that electronic components such as a ROM mounted on the game control board cannot be illegally replaced. For example, when the inspection is performed, the sealing of the substrate storage box is released so that the inspection can be performed.

[0003] This board storage box is conventionally composed of a rectangular box body for storing a control board, a cover for covering the box body, and a sealing member for sealing the opening of the cover. Note that a plurality of sealing members are disposed near the side edge of the box main body with a cut portion interposed therebetween,
A plurality of second sealing members are provided correspondingly to the first sealing member, with a cut portion interposed near the side edge of the lid. And this board storage box
It is sealed by fixing.

When assembling the box body and the lid, at least one pair of the first sealing members corresponding to at least one of the plurality of first sealing members and the second sealing members is used. The second sealing member is fixed with a special shape screw such as a one-way screw (one-way screw). The reason why the lid body and the box body are sealed in this way is to enhance the crime prevention effect of preventing unauthorized acts on the control board (illegal operations such as connecting jumper wiring and mounting electronic components). . Further, since this type of sealing member has a structure in which the substrate storage box cannot be opened unless the cutting portion connected to the box body or the lid is cut, the fact of opening can be confirmed by the presence or absence of a trace of cutting. Furthermore, the reason why a plurality of first sealing members and a plurality of second sealing members are provided is to enable one board storage box to be inspected a plurality of times.

[0005]

By the way, in a conventional substrate storage box, a plurality of first sealing members or a plurality of second sealing members are separately provided via a box body or a lid and a cutting portion. Be connected. Further, in order to facilitate cutting at the time of inspection, the cut portion is formed to have a thin cross section. From the above configuration, the conventional substrate storage box has the following features. (1) Even if the first sealing member and the second sealing member are fixed, the sealing state of the substrate storage box is supported by a thin cross section. And there was a possibility that the sealed state could not be maintained. (2) When the inspection of the substrate storage box is repeated, there is a problem in strength that an unused sealing member is also subjected to a load due to contact or the like, and the cut portion is fatigued and the sealing member cannot be used.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a structure for reinforcing a sealing member of a board storage box of a gaming machine, in which a connection state between a box body, a lid and a sealing member is strengthened. Is a technical issue.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the following means is employed for a sealing member reinforcing structure of a substrate storage box of a game machine according to the present invention. That is, the sealing member reinforcing structure of the board storage box of the gaming machine of the present invention is provided with a box body for storing the control board for controlling the game operation, and a plurality of the box body near the side edge of the box body with a cut portion interposed therebetween. A first sealing member, a lid body that can be freely opened and closed to the box body, and a plurality of cutting parts interposed in the vicinity of side edges of the lid body, and a plurality of the sealing members are arranged corresponding to the first sealing member. And a second sealing member.
A plurality of the sealing members and the second sealing members are arranged in a board storage box of the gaming machine for fixing at least a pair of the first sealing members and the second sealing members corresponding to each other. Out of the first sealing member and the second sealing member,
At least one of the first sealing members or the second sealing members is connected via a reinforcing member.

According to this structure, in a state where the box body and the lid are assembled and sealed, in addition to the conventional cutting portion, the first sealing members or the second sealing members are connected via the reinforcing member. Because of the connection, the load applied to the individual sealing members can be distributed to the cut portion and the reinforcing member. Therefore, the structure becomes stronger than that of the conventional substrate storage box in which the sealed state is supported only by the cut portion, and there is no possibility that the sealed state cannot be maintained, and the cut portion of the sealing member is deteriorated before use. No more.

Further, in the sealing member reinforcing structure of the board storage box of the gaming machine of the present invention, a structure in which the reinforcing member is a member that can be cut off can also be exemplified. According to this example, the sealing of the substrate storage box can be easily released.

Further, in the sealing member reinforcing structure of the board storage box of the gaming machine according to the present invention, at least one of the first sealing member and the second sealing member has a threaded portion, A configuration in which the first sealing member and the second sealing member are fastened using a one-way screw that tightens in only one direction can also be exemplified. According to this example, the sealing operation can be easily performed only by performing the fastening operation of the one-way screw.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a structure for reinforcing a sealing member of a board storage box of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the gaming machine will be described as a pachinko gaming machine (ball game machine).

[Structure of ball game machine] As shown in a front view of FIG. 1 and a rear view of FIG. A frame base 3 which is rotatably supported on one side of the frame 2 and in which almost all of the main components of the ball game machine 1 are collectively provided. A card unit device 30, which is a unit device for renting out game balls to a player, is provided beside the ball-and-ball game machine 1.

The frame base 3 has a game board 40 as a main component.
, An operation handle 22, a mechanism plate 50, and a hit ball firing device 71.

The game board 40 is formed of a substantially square plywood so as to be housed and fixed in a game board storage frame (not shown) integrally formed on the back surface side of the frame base 3, Various devices for guiding a hit ball to a prize ball, various lights and display means for enlivening the atmosphere of a game, and the like are mounted.

That is, the game board 40 is provided with the decorative LED 7 and the decorative fluorescent lamps 6a and 6b on the upper part thereof.
The decorative LED 7 and the decorative fluorescent lamps 6a and 6b are lit or flashed according to the game state, and inform the player when a special game state occurs or continue, and enliven the atmosphere of the game. is there.

The game board 40 has an out-of-ball LED 8 for notifying that a prize ball is insufficient for paying out, and a payout for notifying that a predetermined number of prize balls have been paid out based on the occurrence of a winning ball. An LED 9 is provided, and speakers 10a and 10b for generating sound effects according to the progress of the game are provided.

The operation handle 22 is provided below the game board 40. The operation handle 22 has a built-in main switch and a touch antenna (both not shown) for starting driving of the launching device motor 72 of the hit ball launching device 71, and adjusts the resilience.

The mechanism plate 50 is provided on the back side of the ball game machine 1 so as to be openable and closable. At the center of the mechanism plate 50, a winning ball collecting cover body 52 is installed. The winning ball set cover body 52 is provided with a relay board 53 and a drum-shaped variable display device 41 having a drum display control circuit board 54. The substrates 53 and 54 are connected to each other. The relay board 53 is connected to various electric components on the game board 40, and is also connected to a game control circuit board 61. Further, various electric components (drum motor, drum lamp, drum sensor, etc.) constituting the variable display device 41 are connected to the drum display control circuit board 54, and a game control circuit board (control board) 61 is connected thereto. Have been.

The mechanism plate 50 is provided with a ball tank 55 for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls based on the generated prize balls, means for paying out the balls in the ball tank 55, and a prize ball discharge solenoid 60b. A winning ball processing device 60, a game board substrate box (board storing box) 62 containing a game control circuit board 61, a control board box 64 containing a prize ball payout control board 63, and a relay containing a unit relay board 65 A board box 66 and a terminal board box 68 containing a terminal board 67 are provided.

The game control circuit board 61 includes a CPU, RA
M and a ROM are provided to control a game operation of a game device such as the variable drum display device 41 and the variable winning ball device 42. The prize ball payout control board 63 includes a prize ball payout device 56.
This controls the operation of. Unit relay board 65
Relays the wiring between the ball game machine 1 and the card unit device 30. The terminal board 67 supplies power to the game control circuit board 61.

On the back surface of the ball-and-ball game machine 1, a mechanism plate 5 is provided.
In a region other than 0, a control board box 70 in which a decoration control board 69 is housed and a hit ball launching device 71 provided with a launching device motor 72 are provided. The decoration control board 69 controls the operation of electric decoration parts (such as lamps) provided on the front surface of the ball game machine 1 based on commands or data from the game control circuit board 61.

The above-mentioned various substrates and devices are provided with connectors for connecting predetermined wirings.
In particular, the terminal board 67 housed in the terminal board box 68 not only supplies power to the game control circuit board 61, but also various electric devices provided in the ball game machine 1, for example, the above-described boards and hit balls. Power is also supplied to the firing device 71, and a terminal for relaying a signal line inside the ball game machine 1 or relaying a signal line between the ball game machine 1 and the outside is provided.

The card unit 30 is operated by operating an operation unit provided on the front. The card unit device 30 has a usable indicator 31 for displaying whether the card unit device 30 is in a usable state and a connection for displaying whether the card unit device 30 is compatible with the ball game machine 1 on which side. A table direction indicator 32 and a card slot 33 for inserting a magnetic card as a recording medium are provided.

The card unit 30 constructed as described above is controlled by a unique control circuit, and is connected to a winning ball payout control board 63 housed in a control board box 64. In the present embodiment, the card unit device 30 is exemplified as a unit device for renting out game balls to a player, but may be a unit device into which a bill or the like can be inserted, for example.

On the other hand, the game board 40 is provided with an upper tray detector (not shown) for detecting a hit ball remaining on the upper tray 12. The game board 40 is provided with an operation unit operated when borrowing a game ball via the card unit device 30 provided adjacent to the ball game machine 1. The operation unit includes a ball lending switch, a return switch, an automatic ball lending switch, a frequency display LED, and an automatic ball lending display LED (both not shown). The ball rental switch is
The operation is performed when the card unit 30 borrows the game ball. The return switch is for returning the card inserted into the card insertion slot 33 of the card unit device 30 at the end of the game.

The frequency display LED is connected to the card unit 3
The remaining amount of the card inserted into the card insertion slot 33 of No. 0 is displayed. In addition, the automatic ball lending switch is a manual mode in which a game ball to be borrowed is operated by operating the ball lending switch, and automatically when the remaining amount of the ball hitting the upper plate is no longer detected by the upper ball detector. The automatic ball lending display LED is lit when the automatic motor is selected and set.

When the automatic ball lending switch is set to the automatic mode, the game ball is automatically paid out to the upper plate 12 when the upper ball detector detects the absence of a hit ball. Even if the remaining balls on the upper plate are almost exhausted at the chance of a big hit gaming state, there is no need to hurry to operate the ball lending switch, and an advantageous chance (establishment of continuation right) is missed. No inconvenience occurs.

[Gaming board box (board storage box)
Next, the configuration of the game board box 62 for storing the game control circuit board 61 will be described with reference to FIGS. The game board box 62 includes a game control circuit board 61.
Is an assembled body in which a box body 110 and a lid body 80 are housed inside. The assembled body is mounted on the mechanism plate 50 via the mounting table 150. The game board box 62 is provided with two sealing means by a sealing member at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the game board box 62.

The box body 110 is made of a transparent synthetic resin, and has a rectangular bottom plate 111 and a bottom plate 1 as shown in FIG.
A peripheral wall portion 112 erected on a bottom plate 111 along the outer periphery of 11
A mounting frame 113 on which the game control circuit board 61 is mounted,
It has.

The peripheral wall portion 112 is formed in a side wall shape over the entire outer peripheral edge of the bottom plate 111. On two side walls at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the peripheral wall portion 112, a screw threaded portion 115 as a sealing member is provided with a first body-side connecting member (so-called cut portion) 1.
Six are provided in series via 16a.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the screw threaded portion 115 is formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and a threaded hole 115a for a one-way screw is formed in the bottomed portion. The cylindrical portion serves as a protective cylinder for protecting the screw hole 115a. In addition, the six screw engagement portions 115 are connected to the adjacent screw engagement portions 115 and the second body-side connecting member (reinforcing member) 1 respectively.
16b. The first main body side connecting member 116a and the second main body side connecting member 116b are thinly constricted at the center of the cross-sectional shape, and can be easily cut with a tool such as a nipper or a flathead screwdriver using the constricted portion as a cutting line. It is formed in a shape.

The mounting frame 113 is a frame-shaped mounting table erected on the bottom plate 111 along the inside of the peripheral wall portion 112. The outer shape of the mounting frame 113 is formed slightly smaller than the outer shape of the game control circuit board 61. At the four corners of the mounting frame 113, locking pieces 114 having hook-shaped engaging projections extend. These locking pieces 114 are used for engaging the four corners of the game control circuit board 61 with the engagement projections when the game control circuit board 61 is placed on the mounting frame 113.

The lid 80 is made of a transparent synthetic resin.
As shown in FIG. 5, a rectangular lid plate 81, an outer peripheral wall portion 82 erected on the lid plate 81 along the outer periphery of the lid plate 81, and an outer peripheral wall portion 8
An inner peripheral wall portion 83 erected on the lid plate 81 along the inside of 2;
It has. The lid 80 and the box body 11
The reason why 0 is made of a transparent synthetic resin is that if the lid 80 and the box main body 110 are transparent, it is easy to find illegal acts on the game control circuit board 61.

The outer peripheral wall 82 is formed in a side wall shape over the entire outer periphery of the cover plate 81, and the inner periphery of the outer peripheral wall 82 is formed slightly larger than the outer periphery of the peripheral wall 112 of the box body 110. . On the two side walls at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the outer peripheral wall portion 82, six screw threaded portions 84 as sealing members are continuously provided via a first lid side connecting member (so-called cut portion) 85a.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the screw threaded portion 84 is formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and a threaded hole 84a for a one-way screw is formed in the bottomed portion. The cylindrical portion serves as a protective cylinder for protecting the screw hole 84a. The screw threaded portion 84 of the lid 80 and the screw threaded part 115 of the box body 110 are connected to the bottom of the screw threaded part 84 and the screw threaded part 1 when the lid 80 and the box body 110 are assembled.
Fifteen cylindrical protective cylinder parts are arranged at positions where they can be inserted. The six screwed portions 84 are connected to the adjacent screwed portions 84 via a second lid-side connecting member (reinforcing member) 85b. The first lid-side connecting member 85a and the second lid-side connecting member 85b are thinned at the center of the cross-sectional shape similarly to the first main body-side connecting member 116a and the second main body-side connecting member 116b. It is formed in a shape that can be easily cut with a tool such as a nipper or a flathead screwdriver using the constricted portion as a cutting line.

The inner peripheral wall 83 is erected on the cover plate 81 along the inner side of the outer peripheral wall 82 and is formed in a side wall shape.
Is formed slightly smaller than the inner circumference of the peripheral wall 112 of the box body 110. The interval between the outer peripheral wall portion 82 and the inner peripheral wall portion 83 is determined by the peripheral wall portion 1 of the box body 110.
12, the outer peripheral wall 82 and the inner peripheral wall 8
3 is a distance at which the peripheral wall portion 112 can be inserted. The height of the inner peripheral wall 83 is, as shown in FIG.
When the lid 80 and the box body 110 are assembled, the height is formed from the cover plate 81 to the upper surface of the game control circuit board 61 housed in the box body 110.

The game board box 6 is provided on the cover plate 81.
Partition walls 88a and 88b are formed to separate the electronic component mounting area 86 and the connector mounting areas 87a and 87b of the game control circuit board 61 housed in the inside 2. The connector mounting areas 87a and 87b of the cover plate 81 are provided with connector insertion holes 89a to 89e. Although not shown, the cover plate 81 is provided with a number of small holes for heat radiation.

[Gaming board box (board storage box)
Action of sealing member reinforcing structure of game board]
The operation of the sealing member reinforcing structure 2 will be described. The ball game machine 1 is assembled to the box body 110 so as to cover the lid 80.
At the time of shipment of the game board box 62, one-way screw 90 (see FIG. 6) is screwed into each of the screwed portion on one end side and the screwed portion on the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the game board box 62. The lid 80 side and the box body 110 side are fastened to seal the game board box.

Each one-way screw 90 is of a tapping type, and has a one-way engagement groove on the head side and a notch on the spiral strip on the shaft side, and engages with the one-way engagement groove. It can be operated only in one tightening direction by a tool such as a screwdriver. The other five screwed portions are used for resealing after inspection. The tip is screwed into another screw insertion portion and temporarily fixed.

In the state where the game board box 62 is sealed, the screw threaded portion 115 and the screw threaded portion 84 are in the first position.
It is connected to the box body 110 side and the lid 80 side via the main body side connecting member 116a and the first lid side connecting member 85a, and via the second main body side connecting member 116b and the second lid side connecting member 85b. The screw engagement portions 115 are connected to each other or the screw engagement portions 84 are connected to each other. Therefore, the load applied to each screw threaded portion is limited to the first main body side connecting member 116a and the first lid side connecting member 85a, and the second main body side connecting member 11a.
6b and the second lid side connecting member 85b.
The load applied to each of the connecting members 116a and 116b on the main body side and each of the connecting members 85a and 85b on the lid side is about one fourth.

As a result, according to this embodiment, the sealing state is supported only by the cut portion (the first main body side connecting member 116a or the first lid side connecting member 85a), which is about twice as strong as the conventional one. Therefore, there is no possibility that the sealed state cannot be maintained. In addition, the cutting part (the first main body side connecting member 116a or the first lid side connecting member 85a) that connects the box body 110 side and the lid body 80 side to the screw threaded parts 115 and 84 is deteriorated before use. Is also gone.

When the game board box 62 is unsealed, in addition to the cut portions (the first main body side connecting member 116a and the first lid side connecting member 85a), the reinforcing member (the second main body side connecting member 116b, The second lid-side connecting member 85b) is also cut, but the reinforcing members (the second main body-side connecting member 116b and the second lid-side connecting member 85b) are cut into a shape that can be easily cut with a tool such as a nipper or a flathead screwdriver. Because it formed
Sealing can be easily released.

In the above-described embodiment, the lid 80 and the box body 110 are described as being permeable, but the lid and the box body may be non-permeable. When the lid and the box body are made to be impermeable, it is possible to prevent a gaming machine clerk from peeping at the control board when opening the front door of the gaming machine due to a trouble of the gaming machine or the like. it can.

In the above embodiment, the gaming machine has been described as a pachinko gaming machine (ball game machine), but it is apparent that the present invention can be applied to a slot machine and the like.

[0045]

According to the present invention, in a state in which the box body and the lid are assembled and sealed, in addition to the conventional cutting portion, the first sealing members or the second sealing members form the reinforcing member. Since the connection is made via the connecting member, the load applied to each sealing member can be distributed to the cut portion and the reinforcing member. Therefore, the structure becomes stronger than that of the conventional substrate storage box in which the sealed state is supported only by the cut portion, and there is no possibility that the sealed state cannot be maintained, and the cut portion of the sealing member is deteriorated before use. No more.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ball game machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the box main body.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the lid viewed from a lower surface side.

FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged view of a screwed portion.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the lid, showing a state in which the substrate storage box is sealed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Ball game machine (game machine) 2 ... Outer frame 3 ... Frame base 30 ... Card unit device 40 ... Game board 50 ... Mechanical board 61 ... Game control circuit board (control board) 62 ... Game board box (board storage box) 71: hitting / launching device 80: lid 81: lid plate 82: outer peripheral wall 83: inner peripheral wall 84, 115: screwed portion (sealing means) 84a, 115a: screwed hole 85a: first lid side Connecting member (cutting portion) 85b Second lid side connecting member (reinforcing member) 90 One-way screw 110 Box body 111 Bottom plate 112 Peripheral wall 113 Mounting frame 114 Locking piece 116a First body side Connecting member (cutting portion) 116b... Second body-side connecting member (reinforcing member)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A box body accommodating a control board for controlling a game operation, a plurality of first sealing members arranged in the vicinity of a side edge of the box body with a cut portion interposed therebetween, and the box body can be opened and closed. And a second sealing member provided with a plurality of cutting members interposed in the vicinity of a side edge of the lid body and corresponding to the first sealing member. In the board storage box of a gaming machine for fixing at least a pair of the first sealing member and the second sealing member corresponding to at least a pair of the first sealing member and the second sealing member, Wherein at least one of the first sealing members and the second sealing members among the plurality of first sealing members and the second sealing members is connected to each other or the second sealing members via a reinforcing member. Member Reinforcement Structure of Substrate Storage Box of Revolving Gaming Machine 2. The structure according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing member is a member that can be cut off. 3. A method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first sealing member and the second sealing member has a screw threaded portion, and the first sealing member and the second sealing member are connected to each other by using a one-way screw tightening in only one direction. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second sealing member is fastened.
Or the sealing member reinforcing structure of the board storage box of the gaming machine according to 2.