JP2003103007A - Board box permitting sealing of fastener member - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a board box helping easily find that a seal is broken. SOLUTION: In the board box 900, an upper case 500 and a lower case 600 are united and fixed by external screws 400 in the interiors of an outermost casing. Covering portions 300 cover the external screws 400 so as to make them naturally require breakage when carrying out an operation from the outside to remove the external screws 400. Fixing portions 200 get into holes provided in the covering portions 300 from one side and projects out from the other, irreversibly fixing the covering portions 300 in a way that prevents them from separating from the box. Checking the covered portion 300 for breakage facilitates judgment on whether the board box 900 has been unsealed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a substrate box capable of sealing a fastening member.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines have become popular by controlling a prize winning device and a display device provided on a gaming board to enhance the interest of the game. The control of this winning device and display device is IC, L
This is performed by a logic control circuit board on which a large number of electronic components such as SI are arranged or a control circuit board having a microcomputer. These boards are often attached to a gaming machine by being housed in a prize box collecting cover arranged on the back surface of the game board or a board box attached to a mechanism board or the like. The board box includes an upper case and a lower case for enclosing and housing the control circuit board.

The gaming machine control board is likely to be modified into a gaming machine which enhances gambling by a game control program and various illegal modifications and induces gambling spirit. As a conventional technique for preventing this, a technique for preventing unauthorized opening such as sticking a sealing paper on the substrate box has been used.

As a conventional technique, a substrate box 100 having a sealing tool 130 shown in FIG. 1 is known. In the figure, the board box 100 is configured by combining an upper case 120 and a lower case 110.
Here, the sealing metal fitting 140 is the upper mounting portion 1 of the upper sealing tool 121.
It penetrates through the hole 123 provided in 22 and is inserted into the hole provided in the lower mounting part 112 of the lower sealing tool 111. Although four upper mounting portions 122 are provided in the figure, it is sufficient to insert the sealing metal fitting 140 into any one of them when sealing. The sealing metal member 140 has an elastic detachment preventing portion 141 for preventing detachment, and is systematically stopped inside the hole provided in the mounting portion 112, whereby the upper case 120 and the lower case 11 are closed.
0 is sealed.

When opening the box, the board box manager uses the upper mounting portion 12 for sealing the sealing metal fitting 140.
2 and the lower mounting portion 112 are each cut at the joint surface with the substrate box body. In addition, in FIG. 1, sealing can be performed four times. The number of cut pieces indicates the number of times of opening, and the remaining upper mounting portion and lower mounting portion can be used for resealing.

[0006]

However, in the sealing paper,
There was a problem that the seal paper peeled off to avoid damage was reused. There is a limit to the suppression of the method of opening the board box and reattaching the sealing paper after the modification. Furthermore, reseal using a forged seal paper was sometimes performed.

Further, the method of the substrate box shown in FIG. 1 has a problem of unsealing in which a portion which cannot be easily recognized from the outside is destroyed. As such opening, for example,
It is conceivable to cut the joint 113 with the lower case of the lower mounting portion. At this time, the upper case 120 has the upper sealing tool 12
1. It is detached from the lower case and opened together with the cut lower mounting portion. When this is combined again with the lower case, the cutting marks left on the joint 113 are obscured by the upper sealing tool 121, the upper case 120, and other parts, and are difficult to find.

These problems are not limited to the case of sealing the board box for gaming machines, but are common to the case of sealing the board box. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and relates to a substrate box capable of sealing a fastening member.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems and Their Actions / Effects In order to solve at least a part of the above problems, the present invention adopts the following configuration.

A board box according to the present invention is an openable / closable board box, and a mounting portion mounted on the board box for mounting a fastening member for fixing the board box so as not to open, and the mounting portion. A sealing portion that seals the fastening member mounted on the fastening member, the sealing portion covering the fastening member so as to inevitably require destruction when performing an external operation for removing the fastening member. And a fixing part that irreversibly fixes the covering part to the mounting part in a manner that cannot be detached from the box.

By doing so, it is possible to realize a sealable substrate box in which an unauthorized opening can be easily found. From the appearance of the covering part, opening after sealing is clear.

Here, the fixing for preventing the substrate box from being opened is the fixing by the fastening member, not the sealing portion. For this reason, a strong structure for fixing the substrate box is not always essential for the mounting portion and the sealing portion. This increases flexibility in the construction of the mount and seal. For example, various materials and structures can be applied.

Further, the covering portion and the fixing portion after the opening of the seal are not used again for sealing, respectively, and it is not necessary to consider detachment from the substrate box. For this reason, various methods can be flexibly applied to the fixing method using the fixing portion, and it is easy to realize a strong fixing and a fixing portion that is difficult to remove illegally. Also, due to the flexibility of applicable fixing methods,
Flexibility in the realization of structures, materials and other fixed parts is enhanced.

It is also conceivable to use other sealing methods in addition to the above sealing method. For example, a sealing paper that covers the covering portion and is attached to the substrate box can be used.

Various methods can be applied to fix the covering portion, and the fixing portion is constructed according to each method. For example, gluing can be used. Adhesion may be performed using an adhesive, but melting and solidification of resin may be used. Examples of such an adhesion method include hot melt. Hot melt refers to a technique in which a melted resin is used as an adhesive and the two members are adhered by solidification thereof. Alternatively, welding may be used to fix the covering portion. Welding can be achieved in various ways, for example:
A method using a high frequency welder is useful. Melt solidification of the resin can be used for fixing the coating portion in various other modes. For example, the covering portion may be fixed by heat staking. Thermal caulking is a mechanical joining method that utilizes solidification after melt deformation. When heat staking is used, it is possible to use a fixing method in which the head of the resin pin inserted into the hole provided in the covering portion or the mounting portion to be fixed is melted and solidified so that it cannot be detached from the hole.

The fixing portion may be integrally formed with the covering portion, the mounting portion, or the like, or may be a separate member that can be separated. Countermeasures against forgery may be applied to the fixed portion. As a counterfeit prevention measure, recording of a manufacturing number or the like for identifying the fixed portion or recording of a number or the like for identifying a board box, a covering portion, or a mounting portion to be used can be considered.

In the substrate box of the present invention, it is desirable that a counterfeit prevention measure be applied to the covering portion.

By doing so, it is possible to prevent resealing using the forged covering portion.

In the substrate box of the present invention, it is preferable that at least one of a marking, a stamp, a hologram and a shape which unnecessarily increases the manufacturing cost is applied to the covering portion.

In this way, it is possible to prevent resealing using the forged covering portion. Here, as a shape that causes an unnecessary increase in manufacturing cost, a shape having curves and surfaces with different curvatures, a shape having different apex angles, or the like can be used.

Various methods other than the above can be applied here as a forgery prevention measure. It is also possible to use a plurality of methods together.

In the board box of the present invention, the covering portion may integrally include a semiconductor component in which information peculiar to the component is recorded.

By doing so, it is possible to form a covering portion that is difficult to forge. This is because semiconductor parts are sophisticated parts, are difficult to obtain, and exhibit high efficiency and convenience in recording information.

As the peculiar information to be recorded, a manufacturing number uniquely given to each semiconductor component can be considered. Further, the inspection date and other additional records may be additionally stored. At this time, it is conceivable that the board box manager or the like uses the inspection device to inspect the semiconductor components for suitability.

In the board box of the present invention, the covering portion may constitute at least a part of an electric circuit housed in the board box.

By doing so, the electric circuit housed in the substrate box can operate by detecting the abnormal state of the covering portion. In particular, it is conceivable to carry out the warning notification processing of the illegal opening based on the abnormality of the covering portion. In addition, the semiconductor component integrally provided in the covering portion may constitute at least a part of an electric circuit housed in the board box.

In the substrate box of the present invention, it is preferable that the cover portion and the fixing portion are provided in the inside of the box or in a fixed manner.

By doing so, the number of times of opening due to the destruction of the covering portion becomes clear from the number of remaining spares. When the number of spare coating portions is stored in the box in such a manner that it can be recognized from the outside of the substrate box, the number of times of opening is apparent from the outside.

As a counterfeit prevention measure, it is possible to record information for identifying the substrate box on the preliminary covering portion so that it cannot be diverted to another substrate box or the like. At this time, a method using a stamp, a stamp, a hologram, a unique design, a semiconductor in which information unique to the substrate box is recorded, or the like can be considered. At this time, the structure of the mounting part is associated with each cover part so that it can be used only for sealing a specific fastening member for each cover part, and it is impossible to use in a combination that cannot be associated. It may be.

Further, it is also possible to adopt a construction in which a proper order of use is determined for a plurality of covering portions and only sealing in accordance with the order is possible. For example, the covering portion may constitute at least a part of an electric circuit housed in the substrate box, and the number of the order recorded in the covering portion and the fastening member selected as the seal may be sequentially detected.

Further, as the number of times of opening, it is also possible to use an opening record mark stamped on a predetermined column outside the substrate box, or a combination of other recording methods.

In the board box of the present invention, the usefulness is high when the mounting portion is provided inside the outermost portion of the board box.

By doing so, it is possible to make the mode of breakage, which is inevitably necessary when an external operation is performed to remove the fastening member, to be extremely limited. The mounting portion and the sealing portion protruding from the outermost contour of the board box have a relatively high degree of freedom of destruction from the outermost contour surface side.
Therefore, by providing the mounting portion inside the outermost shell, it is possible to make it difficult to operate the mounting portion and the sealing portion from the outside, and it is possible to easily confirm the damage by visual inspection.
In addition, the manufacturing cost is low if the sealing part at the time of mounting does not significantly protrude from the outermost part of the substrate box,
It also contributes to the realization of a substrate box that is easy to handle. For example, when a molding technique is used, it can be molded with a simple mold.

[0034]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in the following order based on Examples. A. Overall configuration: B. Configuration Details: C. Modification of mounting part: D. Second modification of mounting part:

A. Overall configuration: FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of a board box for sealing the fastening member. The substrate box 900 is formed by combining the upper case 500 and the lower case 600. The upper case 500 includes a mounting portion 510 and a second mounting portion 511 to which a male screw 400 and a second male screw 401 for fixing the substrate box so as not to open are mounted, respectively. Further, the lower case 600 includes a screw receiving portion 610 having a female screw hole 6R and a female screw hole 6R.
1 and a screw receiving portion 611.

The male screw 400 penetrates the hole provided in the mounting portion 510 and reaches the female screw hole 6R provided in the screw receiving portion 610 of the lower case 600. Further, the second male screw 401 reaches the second female screw hole 6R1 provided in the second mounting portion 511. The upper case 500 and the lower case 600 are fixed by the coupling of the male screw 400 and the female screw hole 6R and the coupling of the male screw 401 and the female screw hole 6R1.

A sealing portion is formed on the mounting portion 510 by fixing the covering portion 300 so as to inevitably require breakage when an external operation for removing the male screw 400 is performed. As a result, the male screw 400 is sealed. The board box 900 is also provided with a similar sealing portion on the male screw 401. The sealing portion of the male screw 401 may be sealed in the same manner, but in consideration of the purpose of preventing unauthorized opening of the substrate box 900, the sealing may be performed on only one of the male screws 400 and 401. From this point of view, in this embodiment, the male screw 400 is used.
Only the seal shall be sealed. The sealing portion on the male screw 401 side can be used when the once sealed base box 900 is opened for the purpose of inspection or the like and then sealed again.

The fixed part 200 provided in the mounting part 510
Is inserted into the upper hole 310 provided in the covering portion 300 to fix the covering portion 300 to the mounting portion 510. The fixing part 200 irreversibly fixes the covering part 300 using a method of melting and solidifying a resin. The structure of the sealing portion and the fixing method of the fixing portion will be described in detail later.

In order to open the substrate box with the male screw 400 sealed, the covering portion 300 is broken. Cover 3
By breaking 00, the male screw 400 can be operated from the outside, and the substrate box 900 can be opened. However, since the covering portion 300 is fixed in a non-detachable manner using an irreversible method, the covering portion 300
It is impossible to reuse or seal the mounting portion 510 again with another covering portion.

A preliminary coating portion 620 is housed inside the substrate box 900. The spare coating 620 is
Removed after opening due to destruction of the covering 300,
Used to seal the second male screw 401. At this time, the covering portion 300 fixed so as to cover the male screw 400 by the above-mentioned sealing has already been broken in such a manner that the male screw 400 can be operated. The spare covering portion 620 and the second mounting portion 511 are respectively covered with the covering portion 30 used for the first sealing.
0 and the mounting portion 510.

It should be noted that two or more spare coating portions and mounting portions may be housed inside the substrate box or integrally with the box, and another male screw (not shown) may be resealed.

B. Details of Configuration: FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing details of the structure of the board box 900 for sealing the fastening member. Note that FIG. 3 also shows details of the destruction portion 3R, the upper electrode 350, the lower electrode 540, etc., which are omitted in FIG. Further, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the details of the substrate box for sealing the fastening member. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 3. A cross-sectional view 903 before fixing the covering portion by the fixing portion 200 and a cross-sectional view 904 after fixing the covering portion by the fixing portion 200 are also shown.

The fixing portion 200 fixes the covering portion 300 to the mounting portion 510 by melting and solidifying the resin. First, the fixing portion 200 is inserted into the upper hole 310 (see the sectional view 903). When the head 201 of the inserted fixed portion is heated by using an external device such as a soldering iron, the heated head 201 is heated.
Melts. The melted head 201 gathers and solidifies on the upper part of the covering protrusion 3d inside the upper hole 310 to fix the covering part 300 (see the head 202 in the sectional view 904). As a result, the covering portion 300 cannot be detached.

Here, the fixing by the fixing portion 200 is an irreversible process, and once mounted, it cannot be removed without destroying the fixing portion 200.

The covering portion 300 has a breaking portion 3R. The breaking portion 3R includes a cutting portion 330 having a structurally weak structure. As shown in FIG. 4, in the present embodiment, the cutting portion 33
In No. 0, the wall thickness was made thinner than the other parts. Destruction part 3R
Is cut at the cutting portion 330 by applying a strong force. As a result, the male screw 400 covered by the covering portion 300 can be operated.

The destruction part 3R is integrally provided with a semiconductor component IC in which information peculiar to the component is recorded.
This information prevents counterfeiting of the cover 300.

Here, the semiconductor component IC is connected to the upper electrode 350. The mounting portion 510 is provided with a lower electrode 540 at a position corresponding to the upper electrode 350. Lower electrode 5
40 is connected to the substrate in the substrate box 900. Therefore, the semiconductor component IC forms a part of the electric circuit housed in the substrate box 900 by the covering portion 300 being attached to the mounting portion 510. The electric circuit housed in the substrate box 900 has a lower electrode 540.
The unauthorized opening of the board box or the forgery of the semiconductor component IC is detected based on the information via the, and a predetermined warning is displayed, or the original function of the circuit provided on the board is stopped.

Further, it is desirable that at least one of a marking, a stamp, a hologram, and a shape which unnecessarily increases the manufacturing cost is applied to the covering portion 300. By such a forgery prevention measure, unauthorized resealing by the forgery cover is prevented.
However, the sealing by the covering portion 300 is possible without providing these special anti-counterfeit measures.

According to the substrate box in this embodiment,
From the appearance of the fixed covering portion, it becomes clear whether or not there is an external operation for removing the male screw 400,
A sealable substrate box is realized in which unauthorized opening can be easily found.

Further, the mounting portion is the mounting portion inside the outermost part of the substrate box, and the destruction of the covering portion for illegal opening is inevitably limited. This makes it easier to detect illegal opening and early detection.

Further, since the fixing portion is fixed by utilizing the melting and solidification, it is difficult to remove it illegally. Further, the fixing for preventing the substrate box from being opened is the fixing by the fastening member, and the fixing portion is not fixed. Therefore, it is possible to flexibly configure and use the fixed portion, which has less restrictions on the realization of the fixed portion such as the structure / material and has a high resistance to an unauthorized operation.

Here, the mounting portion and the sealing portion do not largely project from the outermost portion of the substrate box. This reduces the manufacturing cost of the board box and facilitates its handling. On the other hand, the mounting portion and the covering portion do not necessarily have to have a strong structure for fixing the substrate box or the like. As a result, the flexibility of the configuration of the mounting portion and the covering portion is increased, and the mounting portion and the covering portion having high resistance to an unauthorized operation can be flexibly configured and used. In addition, the covering portion can be easily made more expensive than the sealing paper, which increases the difficulty of fraud due to forgery of parts.

It is possible to easily break the covering portion 300 by using the breaking portion 3R having a thinner wall thickness than other portions. On the other hand, since a preliminary covering portion is prepared in the substrate box 900, resealing can be performed, so that the application range of the substrate box 900 is extremely wide.

C. Modification of Mounting Part: FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a modification of the mounting part. Here, the mounting portion 510A for mounting the covering portion 300A is different from the first embodiment in that it is provided with a sufficient edge portion 991A secured to the outermost contour of the upper case 500A. The mounting portion of the embodiment may thus be provided sufficiently inside the outermost portion of the board box. By doing so, there is an advantage that the mounting portion 510A can be configured more firmly.

D. Second Modification of Mounting Part: FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a second modification of the mounting part. Upper case 500B
This is different from the first embodiment in that the mounting portion 510B is provided in a state where a part of the outermost portion of the above is cut out. The covering portion 300B attached here constitutes the outermost contour of the substrate box together with the upper case 500B. The mounting portion of the embodiment may be provided such that the side surface of the covering portion thus constitutes a part of the outermost contour. By doing so, the mounting portion does not become a recess in the substrate box, and its handling becomes easy. This also reduces the manufacturing cost of the substrate box and allows for molding with a simple mold, for example when molding technology is used.

The substrate box according to the present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, but the above-described embodiments of the present invention are intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention and limit the present invention. is not. The present invention can be modified and improved without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional board box.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an overall configuration of a board box that seals a fastening member.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing details of the structure of the board box for sealing the fastening member.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing details of the structure of the board box that seals the fastening member.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a modified example of a mounting portion.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a second modification of the mounting portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

900 ... Substrate box 903 ... Substrate box before fixing cover 904 ... Substrate box after fixing the covering part 200 ... Fixed part 201 ... head 202 ... Head solidified after melting 300 ... Cover 310 ... Upper hole 330 ... cutting part 350 ... Upper electrode 3R ... Destruction part 3d ... coating protrusion 400 ... Male screw 500 ... upper case 510 ... Mounting part 540 ... Lower electrode 600 ... Lower case 610 ... Screw receiving part 6R ... Female screw hole 401 ... second male screw 511 ... Second mounting part 6R1 ... Second female screw hole 611 ... Second screw receiving portion 620 ... Spare cover 300A ... Covering part 510A ... Mounting part 500A ... upper case 991B ... Edge 300B ... Coating part 510B ... Mounting part 500B ... upper case

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An openable / closable substrate box, comprising: a mounting portion mounted on the substrate box, for mounting a fastening member for fixing the substrate box so as not to open; and the mounting portion mounted on the mounting portion. A sealing portion for sealing the fastening member, wherein the sealing portion covers the fastening member so as to inevitably require destruction when performing an operation from the outside for removing the fastening member; A substrate box provided with a fixing part that irreversibly fixes the covering part to the mounting part in a non-detachable manner. 2. The board box according to claim 1, wherein:
A substrate box in which the covering portion is provided with anti-counterfeit measures. 3. The board box according to claim 2, wherein:
A substrate box in which at least one of a stamp, a stamp, a hologram, and a shape that unnecessarily increases the manufacturing cost is applied to the covering portion. 4. The board box according to claim 2, wherein:
The cover box is a substrate box integrally provided with a semiconductor component in which information peculiar to the component is recorded. 5. The board box according to claim 2, wherein:
The said cover part is a board box which comprises at least one part of the electric circuit accommodated in the said board box. 6. The board box according to claim 1, wherein:
A substrate box provided with the inside of the box or an integral part of the box with a backup of the covering part and the fixing part. 7. The board box according to claim 1, wherein:
The fixing part is a substrate box for fixing the covering part by using at least one method of adhesion, welding and melting and solidification of resin. 8. The board box according to claim 1, wherein:
The mounting box is a substrate box provided inside an outermost portion of the substrate box.