JP2003126331A - Slot machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a slot machine in which a plurality of outside electrical components are packaged on a power source circuit board all, a structure or the like for attaching these outside electrical components is simplified and work for attaching and detaching these outside electrical components can be easily performed. SOLUTION: A substrate box 60 is arranged inside a casing (2) provided with play operating parts 30-36 of a slot machine 1, that substrate box 60 is provide with a main body 61 of box, a power source circuit board 65 housed inside this main body 61 of box and a plurality of outside electrical components 70-80 having portions to be exposed or face the outside of the main body 61 of box, and a plurality of outside electrical components 70-80 are packaged on the power source circuit board 65 all.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slot machine, and more particularly, to a power supply circuit board housed in a board box inside a housing, all of a plurality of external electric components are mounted, and some of them are exposed to the outside. Or, it relates to the technology that was made to appear.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a plurality of (for example, three) rotating reels, a reel driving device for driving these rotating reels, and a reel control for controlling rotation stop of the plurality of rotating reels are provided inside a housing of a slot machine. A main control board having a circuit,
A power supply board that includes a sub-control board that performs lamp control and voice control, a medal payout device that pays out medals by a stop pattern when the rotation reel stops rotating, and a power supply circuit board that supplies power to these devices and boards. A box is provided.

A general power supply board box has a box body, and the power supply circuit board is housed in the box body. In addition, a switch that is electrically connected to the power supply circuit board and is operated from the outside, a display lamp that displays to the outside, a connection terminal for wiring to connect to the main control board and the sub-control board, a fuse, A plurality of external electrical components such as etc. are provided. However, at least one of the plurality of external electric components is individually mounted on the box body and other mounting portions other than the power circuit board.

[0004]

In the conventional slot machine, when an external electric component electrically connected to the power circuit board is attached to a mounting portion other than the power circuit board, the external electric component The connection structure for electrically connecting to the power supply circuit board becomes complicated, and the mounting structure for the external electric component requiring a separate mounting portion also becomes complicated, resulting in high manufacturing cost.

Moreover, when at least one of the plurality of external electrical components is individually mounted, the work of mounting these external electrical components also becomes complicated, so that replacement and maintenance of the plurality of external electrical components are performed. Also, the removal work performed for this is complicated.

An object of the present invention is to mount all of a plurality of external side electric components on a power supply circuit board, simplify the mounting structure of these external side electric components, and to mount a plurality of external side electric components. It is an object of the present invention to provide a slot machine that can be easily removed.

[0007]

A slot machine according to the present application is a slot machine in which a board box is arranged inside a housing in which a game operation section is provided on a front surface side, wherein the board box is a box body. A power circuit board housed inside the box body, and a plurality of external electric components having a portion exposed or exposed to the outside of the box main body, all of the plurality of external electric components being the power source. It is characterized by being mounted on a circuit board.

Since all of the plurality of external electric components are mounted on the power circuit board, the connection structure for electrically connecting the external electric components and the power circuit board can be simplified. In addition, by accommodating and mounting this power supply circuit board inside the box main body, it is possible to mount all of the plurality of external side electric components, so that the mounting structure of these external side electric components can be simplified. It will be advantageous in terms of production cost. Then, since it is possible to integrally mount all of the plurality of external electric components integrally with the power circuit board, the mounting work can be easily performed.
It is possible to easily perform the removal work for replacement or maintenance.

Here, it is desirable that the box body is detachably mounted on the housing and the power supply circuit board is detachably fixed to the box body. In addition, it is desirable to mount the plurality of external electric components on the power supply circuit board in a non-fixed state with respect to the box body, and thus, to the box main body together with the power supply circuit board, It becomes possible to easily attach and detach.

It is preferable to form a plurality of openings in the box main body so as to expose a part of the plurality of external electric components to the outside from the inside of the box main body. In this case, one of the plurality of external electric components is formed. Only the part can be exposed or exposed to the outside, and other power supply circuit boards and the like can be reliably shielded from the outside and housed inside the box body.

The box body is formed with an opening through which the power supply circuit board can be taken in and out, at least on one surface side thereof, and the opening is close to or in contact with the inner surface of the housing to close the opening. May be arranged. As a result, the power supply circuit board can be easily taken in and out of the box body, and the box body has a simple structure so that the power circuit board and the like can be reliably shielded and housed inside the box body. It should be noted that the plurality of external electric components include at least one of a switch, an indicator lamp, a connecting terminal, and a fuse.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, one to three medals are inserted as a game medium, the game start lever is operated to rotate the three rotating reels, and then the three stop buttons are sequentially operated to rotate the three rotating reels. Is sequentially stopped, and then, of the plurality of symbols respectively marked on the three rotating reels, in an example of the case where the present invention is applied to a slot machine in which a game result is determined according to a stopped symbol displayed in a display window. is there.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the slot machine 1 has a casing 2 having a rectangular shape in front view, and a plurality of game operating units 30 to 36 are provided on the front face side of the casing 2. . Case 2
Is an accommodation case part 3 having an open front which is fixedly attached to an island structure (not shown) of the game hall, and the accommodation case part 3
And a door portion 4 which is pivotally supported on the front side of the housing case portion 3 and which can be opened and closed.

As shown in FIG. 1, upper lamps 5 to 7 and a game explanation display panel 8 are provided above the door portion 4,
Illumination lamps 9 and 10 and a pattern display 11 are provided on the lower side thereof. The middle part of the door part 4 is
Middle frame 12 that projects slightly forward with respect to other parts
The game panel 13 is provided between the display 11 and the illumination lamps 9 and 10 and the middle frame 12.

On the game panel 13, three display windows 20 to 22 are formed in the central portion, and these display windows 2 are formed.
Around 0 to 22, a medal insertion number indicator 23, a game start valid indicator 24, a medal accumulated number indicator 25, a special game number indicator 26, a medal payout number indicator 27, a game state indicator 28, etc. are provided. Has been.

On the upper surface side of the middle frame 12, a stored medal clearing button 30 and a stored medal insertion 1 which is a game operation section.
A button 31, a stored medal insertion 2 button 32, and a medal insertion opening 37 are provided, and a game start lever 33, which is a game operation unit, and three reel stop buttons 34 to 36 are provided on the front surface side of the middle frame 12. A side lamp 38 and a door opening / closing key 39 are provided.

The door section 4 is provided with a decorative panel 40 below the middle frame 12, speakers 41 to 44 and a medal payout opening 45 are provided below the decorative panel 40. A medal tray 46 is provided on the lower side. An ashtray 47 is provided at the left end of the medal tray 46.
Is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, a main control board 50, a central power distribution board 51, and a sub-control board 5 are provided in the upper half of the inside of the housing 2.
2, external centralized terminal board 53, three rotating reels 54-5
6, reel drive device 5 having three reel rotation motors
7 and the like, and a medal payout device 58 and the like, and a board box 60 unique to the present application having a power supply circuit board 65 (see FIG. 3 and the like) are provided in the lower half portion of the housing 2.

The substrate box 60 will be described in detail. The upper front left side indicated by the arrow in FIG. 3 will be described as the upper front left side. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the board box 60 includes a box body 61, a power circuit board 65 housed in the box body 61, and a plurality of external sides having portions exposed or exposed to the outside of the box body 61. The electric components 70 to 80 are provided. All of the plurality of external electrical components 70 to 80 are mounted on the power supply circuit board 65 in an unfixed state with respect to the box body 61 and electrically connected.

The box body 61 includes a front wall 61a and an upper wall 6
1b, a rear wall 61c, and a right side wall 61d are formed in a vertically long shape, and an opening 61e through which the power supply circuit board 65 can be inserted and removed is formed on the left side, and an opening 61f is also formed on the lower side. Then, with the opening 61f in contact with the upper surface of the bottom wall 2a of the housing 2, the opening 61e approaches or contacts the inner surface of the left side wall 2b of the housing 2, and the opening 61e,
A box body 61 is detachably attached to the housing 2 via a mounting bracket 62 and a plurality of screws 62a and 62b so as to close the 61f.

The mounting member 62 is formed in an L shape, and the vertical plate portion of the mounting member 62 is a screw 62a with a box body 6
It is fastened to the front wall 61b of No. 1 and the horizontal plate portion of the mounting metal fitting 62 is fastened to the bottom wall 2a of the housing with screws 62b. A vent hole 61g composed of a large number of elongated holes is formed in the upper wall 61b and the upper ends of the right side wall 61d.

The power supply circuit board 65 is formed in a rectangular plate shape slightly smaller than the opening 61e (that is, the right side wall 61d), and the four corners of the power supply circuit board 65 are accommodated inside the box body 61. The four bosses 63 whose neighboring portions project leftward from the right side wall 61d are respectively fastened from inside by screws 63a. That is, the box body 61
A power supply circuit board 65 is removably fixed via screws 63a.

From the upper side to the lower side of the front end portion of the power circuit board 65, the setting key switch 70, the reset switch 71, the stop switch 72, the automatic clearing switch 73, the power operation indicator lamp 74, and the fuse, which are external electric parts, are provided. A fuse holder 75 including a power switch and a power switch 76 are mounted. The power circuit board 65 also includes a main board connector 77, a hopper input / output connector 78, an AC output connector 79, and an AC input connector 8 which are external electric components.
0 is implemented.

A plurality of openings 70a-80a for exposing or exposing a part of the plurality of external electric components 70-80 from the inside of the box body 61 to the outside are provided as the external electric components 70-80.
Are formed on the box body 61 so as to match the mounting positions thereof. Part of the external electric components 70 to 76 is arranged so as to be exposed to the front side of the box body 61, and openings 70a to 76a corresponding to these external electric components 70 to 76 are formed in the front wall 61a.

A part of the external electric component 77 is arranged so as to face the upper side of the box body 61, an opening 77a corresponding to the external electric component 77 is formed in the upper wall 61b, and an external electric component 78. Box body 6 is part of ~ 80
The openings 78a to 80a corresponding to these external electric components 78 to 80 are arranged to face the left side of the right side wall 61.
It is formed in d.

The setting key switch 70, the reset switch 71, the stop switch 72, and the automatic clearing switch 7
3, the operation explanation of the power supply operation indicator lamp 74, the fuse holder 75, and the power supply switch 76 is as shown in FIG.
The description of the other configuration of the power board circuit 65 is omitted.

As described above, according to the slot machine 1, the board box 61 is the box body 61.
A power circuit board 65 housed inside the box body 61, and a plurality of external electric components 70 to 80 having a portion exposed or exposed to the outside of the box body 61,
All of the plurality of external electric components 70 to 80 were mounted on the power circuit board 65. Therefore, the plurality of external electric components 70 to
The connection structure for electrically connecting 80 and the power supply circuit board 65 can be simplified.

Moreover, since the box body 61 is detachably attached to the housing 2 and the power circuit board 65 is detachably fixed to the box body 61, a mounting structure for mounting a plurality of external electric components 70 to 80 is provided. It can be remarkably simplified, and a significant reduction in manufacturing cost can be expected.

Then, a plurality of external electric components 70-80
In mounting, first, after mounting a plurality of external electric components 70 to 80 on the power circuit board 65, the power circuit board 65 is housed and fixed in the box body 61, and then the box body 61 is mounted. It can be easily performed by mounting it on the housing 2, and conversely, it can be easily removed when exchanging or maintaining a plurality of external electric components 70 to 80.

Moreover, a plurality of external electric components 70-80
Is mounted on the power supply circuit board 65 in a non-fixed state with respect to the box body 61, so that the power supply circuit board 65 and the plurality of external electric components 70 to 80 can be easily attached to and removed from the box body 61. It becomes possible to do it.

An opening 61e is formed on the left side of the box body 61 so that the power supply circuit board 65 can be put in and taken out. Since the box body 61 is arranged so as to contact the upper surface of the bottom wall 2a of the housing 2 and close the openings 61e and 61f, the power supply circuit board 65 can be easily taken in and out of the box body 61. The box body 61 has a simple structure, and the power supply circuit board 65 and the like can be housed inside the box body 61 while being reliably shielded from the outside.

Next, a modification will be described. 1] At least one of the plurality of external electric components 70 to 80 is not fixed to the box body 61, but is partially fixed by some fixing means to the power circuit board 65. You may make it implement. 2) The opening for allowing the power supply circuit board 65 of the box body 61 to be taken in and out may be formed on the right side or the rear side instead of the left side. In this case, it is preferable to dispose the box body 61 so that this opening portion approaches or contacts the right side wall or the rear wall of the housing 2. It is also possible to form the box body 61 into a complete box shape. In this case,
It suffices if the box body 61 can be divided.

3] As the plurality of external electric parts, a setting key switch 70, a reset switch 71, a stop switch 72, an automatic clearing switch 73, a power operation indicator lamp 74, a fuse holder 75, a power switch 76, a main board connector 77. , Hopper input / output connector 78, AC
It is not necessary to provide all of the output connector 79 and the AC input connector 80, and at least one of them may be provided, or an external electric component other than these may be provided. For example, a display device that displays the set value may be provided as an external electric component.

It should be noted that various modifications can be implemented without departing from the scope of the present invention, and the present invention can of course be applied to various slot machines other than the above slot machines. .

[0035]

According to the slot machine of the present invention, in particular, the board box has a box body, a power circuit board housed inside the box body, and a plurality of external parts having a portion exposed or exposed to the outside of the box body. Since the plurality of external side electric components are mounted on the power supply circuit board, the connection structure for electrically connecting the external side electric component and the power supply circuit board, and the external side electric parts The mounting structure is simplified, the manufacturing cost is improved, and the mounting work and the removing work of the plurality of external electric components integrally performed with the power circuit board are simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state in which a door of the slot machine is opened.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a board box.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a substrate box.

FIG. 5 is a view on arrow V in FIG.

6 is a view on arrow VI of FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a view on arrow VII of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a table showing an operation description of switches and the like of external electric components.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 slot machine 2 housing 30-36 Game operation unit 60 board box 61 box body 61e opening 65 power circuit board 70-80 External electrical components 70a-80a opening

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A slot machine in which a board box (60) is arranged inside a housing (2) provided with game operation sections (30 to 36) on the front side thereof, wherein the board box (60) is provided. Is a box body (61) and a power circuit board (65) housed inside the box body (61).
And a plurality of external electric components (70 to 80) having a portion exposed or exposed to the outside of the box body (61), all of the plurality of external electric components (70 to 80) being the power circuit. A slot machine characterized by being mounted on a board (65). 2. The box body (61) is detachably attached to the housing (2), and the power circuit board (65) is detachably fixed to the box body (61). The slot machine according to Item 1. 3. The plurality of external electric components (70-80)
The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the slot machine is mounted on the power supply circuit board (65) in a non-fixed state with respect to the box body (61). 4. The box main body (61) has a plurality of openings (70a-80b) for exposing or exposing a part of the plurality of external electric components (70-80) from the inside of the box main body (61). The slot machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the slot machine is formed. 5. The box body (61) has an opening (6) through which a power supply circuit board (65) can be taken in and out, at least on one side thereof.
1e, 61f), and the opening (61e, 61f) closes or abuts the inner surface of the housing (2) to close the opening (61e, 61f) so that the box body (61) The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the slot machine is arranged. 6. The plurality of external electric components (70-80)
Is a switch (70,71,72,73,76), indicator lamp (74), connection terminal (77,78,79,80), fuse (75), at least 1
6. The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the slot machine includes one.