JP2002282494A - Game machine self-standing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate transportation and to stabilize self-standing. SOLUTION: By pressing the upper part of a game machine frame body 1 to a rear side and grounding the rear edge part 14a of the bottom surface 14 of the game machine frame body 1 and the wheel 27 of a caster 25 to a floor 35, the game machine frame body 1 is inclined backwards, the direction of gravity by the centroid G of the game machine frame body 1 is changed from an arrow X1 to the arrow X2 and the self-standing of the game machine frame body 1 is stabilized. In the case of transporting the game machine frame body 1, the upper part of the game machine frame body 1 is inclined to the rear side further than the state of self-standing in the shape of being inclined backwards and the game machine frame body 1 is pushed while keeping only the wheel 27 grounded on the floor 35. In the case that the caster 25 is obstructive, it is detached from a bracket 15 housed inside the game machine frame body 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an independent game machine used for a game machine such as a pachinko machine and a slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Prior Art FIG.
A front frame 3, an upper plate device 7, a lower plate device 8, a handle grip 9, a game board (not shown), a ball firing mechanism (not shown), a back side mechanism including a control device (not shown), etc. Many functional parts are installed.

[0003]

However, in the conventional example, the rectangular frame-shaped bottom surface 14 of the frame-shaped outer frame 2 is entirely brought into contact with the floor 35, so that the gaming machine frame 1 is self-standing. Therefore, independence was unstable. On the other hand, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 10-295906 discloses a structure in which a caster is provided on a game machine frame, and when the frame is transported, the caster is moved to the floor to easily transport the frame. I have.

[0004] Therefore, the present invention provides a gaming machine frame that can be easily transported and is self-supporting and stable.

[0005]

According to the present invention, when the gaming machine frame stands on the floor, the bottom of the gaming machine frame is placed on the floor, and the upper portion of the gaming machine frame is pushed rearward. As a result, the rear edge of the bottom surface of the gaming machine frame and the casters are in contact with the floor, and the upper portion of the gaming machine frame is inclined rearward so as to be inclined rearward. The direction of gravity of the game machine frame in which the functional components such as the ball launching mechanism, the handle grip, and the control device are assembled is changed, and the game machine frame becomes stable. Also, when transporting the gaming machine frame, the upper portion of the gaming machine frame is tilted further rearward than the above-mentioned rearwardly inclined independence, only the casters touch the floor, and the gaming machine frame floats from the floor. Since the caster can be rolled on the floor and transported by pressing the gaming machine frame as it is in the state, transportation of the gaming machine frame becomes easy. Also, in the present invention, if the casters are detachably attached to the game machine frame, the casters are removed from the game machine frame in the manufacturing process, and when the game machine is installed at the time of shipment or a game store. By attaching the caster to the game machine frame, that is, when the caster is in the way, the caster is detached from the game machine frame, and when the game machine frame is made to stand on its own or is transported, Can be attached to the game machine frame. Therefore, it does not hinder the manufacturing process of the gaming machine or the installation of the gaming machine.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1 to 3 show an embodiment, and FIG. 1A shows a state in which a bottom surface 14 of a game machine frame 1 is entirely grounded to a floor 35, and the game machine frame 1 is attached. FIG. 1B shows the side face upright with respect to the floor 35, and FIG. And the game machine frame 1 is placed on the floor 3
2 shows the bracket 15 fixed to the game machine frame 1 for mounting the caster 25, and FIG. 3 shows the caster 25. As shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, a gaming machine frame 1 of a pachinko machine as a gaming machine will be described. The gaming machine frame 1 has a frame-shaped front frame 3 and a front decorative body 4 attached to a frame-shaped outer frame 2 so as to be openable in the front and lateral directions with a hinge. The front decorative body 4 forms a front design covering the front frame 3 and includes a peripheral decoration 5, a panel frame (not shown), an upper plate device 7, a lower plate device 8, and a handle grip 9. The panel frame has a frame shape attached to the inside of the peripheral decoration 5 so as to be openable in the front lateral direction so that the game board stored inside the gaming machine can be seen from the front side of the gaming machine. It comprises a panel 10 such as some synthetic resin or glass. The outer frame 2 includes a frame-shaped outer frame main body 11 and a front decoration 13 that covers the front surface of the curtain plate 12 in the outer frame main body 11. A bracket 15 is fixedly attached to the back surface of the curtain plate 12 with a fixing tool such as a wood screw.

In this embodiment, the bracket 15 is provided at the center of the gaming machine frame 1 with respect to the weight in the width direction (the direction of the front and back in FIG. 1) (where the weight can be balanced in the width direction). A caster 25 is attached to the bracket 15 in a fitting manner. When the casters 25 are attached to the brackets 15 in a downwardly inclined manner, the wheels 27 of the casters 25 can rotate in the width direction of the gaming machine frame 1. Figure 1
When the gaming machine frame 1 stands upright on the floor 35 as shown in FIG. When the person pushes the upper portion of the gaming machine frame 1 rearward from the state shown in FIG. 1A, the rear edge of the bottom surface 14 of the gaming machine frame 1 as shown in FIG. 1B. 14a and wheels 27
And one peripheral edge of the game machine frame 1 is in contact with the floor 35, and the wheels 27 are immovable even when receiving a load from the game machine frame 1,
Are stably self-supporting with a backward inclination to the floor 35.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the form in which the gaming machine frame 1 is inclined backward is a rear edge portion 14 of the gaming machine frame 1.
The bottom surface 14 other than a forms a gap 36 with the floor 35,
In this embodiment, the upper portion of the gaming machine frame 1 is inclined rearward. Since the gaming machine frame 1 is inclined backward as described above, the gaming machine frame to which the functional components such as the front makeup 4, the handle grip 9, and a game board (not shown), a ball launching mechanism, and a control device are assembled. The direction of gravity due to the center of gravity G of 1 changes from an arrow X1 indicated by a virtual line to an arrow X2 indicated by a solid line, and the gaming machine frame 1 is less likely to fall back and forth, and the gaming machine frame 1 is stabilized independently. The arrow X1 indicates the direction of gravity from the center of gravity G when the gaming machine frame 1 is self-standing so as to be perpendicular to the floor 35 as shown in FIG. 1A, and the arrow X2 indicates the gaming machine frame 1.
Is the direction of gravity from the center of gravity G in the case where the robot stands upright on the floor 35 backward as shown in FIG.

When transporting the gaming machine frame 1, FIG.
The upper portion of the gaming machine frame 1 is tilted further rearward than the rearwardly inclined self-standing, and only the wheels 27 of the casters 25 are in contact with the floor 35, and the wheels 27 of the gaming machine frame 1 and the casters 25
The other parts float from the floor 35. In this state, the transporter pushes the gaming machine frame 1 from one side of the paper surface of FIG. 1B, that is, the gaming machine frame 1 from one side in the width direction to the other side, Since the wheels 27 of the casters 25 rotate while contacting the floor 35, the transport of the gaming machine frame 1 is facilitated.

The bracket 15 will be described with reference to FIG. The bracket 15 has a bulging portion 16 protruding rearward from a central portion of the plate-shaped metal body, and a frame body mounting portion 17 as a peripheral portion of the plate-shaped metal body. The rear surface of the bulging portion 16 forms an inclined caster mounting surface 18 having a predetermined angle θ (see FIG. 1) with respect to the frame body mounting portion 17. Caster supports 19 are individually connected to the three side surfaces of the bulging portion 16 around the caster mounting surface 18 by rivets or welding.
The tip of each caster support 19 is bent inward so as to form a gap at a predetermined interval from the caster mounting surface 18. A caster fixing portion 20 is connected to the remaining one side surface of the bulging portion 16 by rivets or welding. The distal end of the caster fixing part 20 is bent outward to be flush with the caster mounting surface 18 and has a plurality of screw holes 21. The screw hole 21 has a female screw formed on the inner peripheral surface of the through hole. A plurality of through holes into which wood screws serving as fasteners for attaching the bracket 15 to the gaming machine frame 1 are formed as the attachment holes 22 in the frame attachment portion 17.

The caster 25 will be described with reference to FIG. In the caster 25, a wheel 27 made of rubber or synthetic resin is rotatably mounted on an axle 28 at the tip of a caster frame 26 made of metal. The caster frame 26 includes a frame base 29 made of a plate-shaped metal and a shaft support 30 made of a plate-shaped metal protruding from the center of the frame base 29 so as to face each other. Shaft support 3 of frame base 29
On the rear side protruding outward from 0, there is provided a screw insertion hole 31 as a through hole into which a male screw portion of a bolt (not shown) for fixing the caster 25 to the bracket 15 can be linearly inserted.
The wheels 27 are inserted between the shaft supports 30. The axle 28 is fitted so as to penetrate the other axle support 30 from the one axle support 30 via the center of the wheel 27, and has one end protruding outside the one axle support 30 and the other axle. A retaining member such as a split pin or a retaining ring (not shown) is attached to the other end protruding outside the support 30 to prevent the falling off.

The caster 25 shown in FIG. 3 is replaced with the bracket 1 shown in FIG.
The case of fitting-in mounting on 5 will be described. The frame base 29 of the caster 25 is directed toward the bracket 15, and both sides (both sides in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the axle 28) of the frame base 29 protruding outward from the opposing shaft support 30 are attached to the bracket 15. The caster support 19 is inserted into the gap between the caster support 19 and the caster mounting surface 18 from the caster fixing part 20. Then, one side of the frame base 29 located at the front end side in the insertion direction is inserted into the gap between the front end of one remaining caster support 19 of the bracket 15 and the caster mounting surface 18. In this state, a bolt (not shown) is fastened to the screw hole 21 of the caster fixing portion 20 of the bracket 15 via the screw insertion hole 31 from the outside of the frame base 29 located at the rear end side in the insertion direction. As a result, the casters 25 are attached to the brackets 15 so as not to fall off by fitting. In this state, after removing a bolt (not shown), the caster 25 can be removed from the bracket 15 by pulling the caster 25 toward the caster fixing portion 20.

In either the state where the caster 25 is mounted or the state where the caster 25 is not mounted as described above,
The bracket 15 of FIG. 2 is attached to the curtain plate 12 of the gaming machine frame 1 of FIG. In this case, the frame mounting portion 1 shown in FIG.
7 comes into contact with the back surface of the curtain plate 12 in FIG. 1, and a fixing tool such as a wood screw (not shown) is fastened to the curtain plate 12 from outside the frame body mounting portion 17 through the mounting hole 22.

According to the structure of this embodiment, since the bracket 15 is accommodated in the outer frame 2 as shown in FIG. 1, in the manufacturing process in a state where the casters 25 are removed from the bracket 15, When the bottom surface 14 of the frame 1 is placed on a conveyor or a trolley and the gaming machine frame 1 is transported from one processing place to the next processing place, the bracket 1
The casters 5 and the casters 25 do not hinder the transportation of the gaming machine frame 1 in the manufacturing process. When shipping the finished product whose production has been completed, or when installing the gaming machine frame 1 shipped to a game store, the casters 25 are attached to the brackets 15 attached to the gaming machine frame 1 in a fitting manner. I just need. In short, when the caster 25 is in the way, the caster 25 is detached from the gaming machine frame 1, and when the gaming machine frame 1 is stably and independently supported or the gaming machine frame 1 is transported, the caster 25 is moved to the gaming machine frame 1. Can be easily installed on

In the embodiment, the wheels 27 are rotated in the width direction of the game machine frame 1 in order to stabilize the game machine frame 1 independently and facilitate transportation, but the casters 25 force the wheels 27 to rotate. If the stopper is provided, the rotation direction of the wheel 27 may be the front-back direction of the gaming machine frame 1. The above-mentioned stopper is operated by a person,
While the rotation of the wheel 2 is stopped, the person operates the stopper in the reverse operation to release the engagement between the stopper and the wheel 27, and
The mechanism is such that the state 7 can be rotated. That is,
If the gaming machine frame 1 is made to stand in a rearwardly inclined state while the rotation of the wheels 27 is stopped by the stopper, the wheels 27 do not rotate in the front-rear direction, and the stoppers engage with the wheels 27 during transportation. Can be canceled. As long as the casters 25 have stoppers, the wheels 27 may be drum-shaped or spherical.

Although the embodiment has shown an economically advantageous form using the minimum number of brackets 15 and casters 25, a plurality of brackets 15 and casters 25 may be used. In this case, one bracket 15 may be used for the plurality of casters 25 although the width of the bracket 15 is long. The caster 25 was fixed to the bracket 15 with bolts, but the caster mounting surface 18 and the caster support 1 were fixed.
If the frame base 29 of the caster 25 is pushed into the gap between the caster fixing portion 20 and the gap between the caster fixing portion 20
And bolts can be omitted. Further, the insertion of the frame base 29 into the gap is made to be a loose fit, and if the frame base 29 is engaged with the caster fixing portion 20 by the concave and convex engagement or the contact engagement, the bolt and the screw hole 21 can be omitted.

In the above-described embodiment, the caster mounting surface 18 is formed in an annular shape, and the inside thereof is formed in an opening penetrating in the front-rear direction to reduce the weight of the bracket 15. Even if it is formed on a plane that does not, the same can be implemented.

In the embodiment, the gaming machine frame 1 of a pachinko machine has been described as an example, but the present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine frame of a slot machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a gaming machine frame according to an embodiment, wherein FIG. 1A is a side view showing an upright self-standing state, and FIG.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary perspective view showing a bracket according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a caster of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gaming machine frame 2 Outer frame 14 Bottom surface 14a Rear edge 15 Bracket 25 Caster 35 Floor

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A game machine self-supporting device comprising: a game machine frame provided with casters capable of contacting the ground by tilting the game machine frame rearward. 2. The game machine self-standing device according to claim 1, wherein the caster is detachably attached to the game machine frame.