JP2005111176A - Cabinet box - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bottom board part which enables the placing and clamping of a game apparatus thereon stably in a cabinet box of a game machine built up of an iron based metal member. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine is constituted of the cabinet box 1 which is made up of a sheet metal member made of an iron based metal material and is formed into a roughly rectangular box with a front opening, a front door 2 mounted by covering the front opening of the cabinet box 1 and the game apparatus 4 arranged inside the cabinet box 1 and on the front door 2. The bottom surface 15 of the cabinet box 1 is so formed as to have a protruded groove CV extending longitudinally and a female thread member 73 is arranged on the rear side of the protruded groove CV to securely clamp a part of the game apparatus 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cabinet box of a gaming machine, and more particularly to a configuration of a bottom surface of a metal cabinet.

  As gaming machines having cabinet boxes, there are medal gaming machines such as slot machines and poker. For example, in a slot machine, a cabinet box that is formed in a substantially rectangular box shape with an opening on the front side, and a front door that covers the front opening of the cabinet box and that can be opened and closed. Each gaming device such as a power supply box, a reel device, a control board, and a medal payout device is arranged. While this cabinet box is required to have enough strength to support the weight of these gaming devices installed inside it, it is necessary to carry in and out of the gaming facility and improve the efficiency of installation work, etc. It is not preferable that the weight becomes excessively large.

  Therefore, the present cabinet box is made of wood having a thickness of about 9 to 15 mm as a main material, and is constructed by assembling a top plate, a bottom plate, left and right side plates, a back plate and the like into a box shape. Moreover, since wood does not have a shielding property against electromagnetic fields, a shield coating is applied to the inner surface of the cabinet box to prevent malfunction caused by external noise. However, the process is complicated and there is a problem that it is difficult to say that the shielding effect is perfect in such coating. In addition, there is a problem in disposal due to the fact that metal is contained in the shield coating applied to the wood and that it is difficult to separate and collect metal members such as female screws embedded in the wood in the assembly process. . In view of these, practical use of a cabinet box formed of a metal material such as a steel plate having a sufficient shielding effect and an established recycle route has been studied.

  However, if the main constituent material is metal, in order to fix the gaming apparatus via screws as in the prior art, a female screw member such as a stud nut must be disposed on the sheet metal member by a required fixing means such as welding. Don't be. According to such a configuration, the female screw member protrudes into the cabinet box. For example, when a gaming device that is placed and fastened on the bottom plate is fixed using the female screw member, the female screw member is placed on the female screw member. There has been a problem that it is difficult to stably arrange the gaming apparatus in a floating shape.

  Further, since the specific gravity of the metal member is larger than that of wood, it is necessary to reduce the thickness of the metal member in order to form the same weight as that of the conventional woodwork cabinet, and there is a concern about strength. In particular, among the gaming devices arranged on the bottom plate of the cabinet box, the medal payout device stores a large number of gaming medals in advance so that the game can smoothly proceed without frequent replenishment or withdrawal of gaming medals. A storage part is provided. For this reason, during the game, the total weight of the medal payout device including the game medals becomes considerable, and the bottom plate of the cabinet box is required to have a particularly high strength for stable arrangement of the game device. Therefore, it has been a problem to improve the strength of the bottom plate without excessively increasing the weight of the casing in the metal cabinet. When fixing the medal payout device, the lower end portion of the medal payout device is bent and provided with flange leg portions horizontally projecting in the left-right direction, and the left and right flange leg portions are guided from outside to sandwich the upper surface. The hopper rail is fixed on the bottom surface and is attached so as to slide in and out in the front-rear direction by the guide of the hopper rail.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems and problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bottom plate that can stably fix a gaming device that is placed and fastened to a bottom plate portion of a cabinet box of a gaming machine. And

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a cabinet box according to the present invention includes a cabinet box formed of a sheet metal member of an iron-based metal material and having a front opening and a substantially rectangular box shape, and a front opening of the cabinet box. In a gaming machine comprising a front door that is attached to cover the inside of the cabinet box and a gaming device that is disposed in and on the front door, the bottom surface of the cabinet box is formed to have a ridge, and the back side of the ridge A female screw member for fastening and fixing a part of the gaming apparatus is provided.

  Further, the game device is configured to have a medal payout device for paying out or storing game medals, and the bottom protrusion is formed to extend in the front-rear direction of the cabinet box, and the medal payout device is attached to the cabinet box. It is preferable that a hopper rail for guiding sliding in and out in the front-rear direction is placed on the convex surface and fixed by a female screw member. In addition, the bottom surface is configured in a double structure composed of an upper bottom surface and a lower bottom surface, one end of a female screw member for forming a protrusion on the upper bottom surface and fastening and fixing a part of the gaming device to the back surface of the protrusion The other end of the female screw member may be in contact with the lower bottom surface.

  According to the present invention, a female thread member disposed on the bottom surface is provided by providing a convex thread on the bottom surface portion and disposing a female thread member for fastening the gaming device on the back surface of the convex line. A gaming device that is configured without protruding into the cabinet box and fixed on the bottom surface can be placed on the surface of the ridge, and the weight load of this gaming device can be received by the entire ridge. The gaming apparatus can be placed and fastened stably.

  Further, by forming the ridges so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the cabinet box, the hopper rail used when fixing the medal payout device is placed on the ridge surface, and the medal payout device is stably disposed. be able to. In addition, the bottom surface is configured in a double structure composed of an upper bottom surface and a lower bottom surface, a ridge is formed on the upper bottom surface, one end of the female screw member is fixed to the back surface of the ridge, and the other end of the female screw member is formed on the lower bottom surface. By configuring to contact, the load of the gaming device disposed on the bottom surface can be supported by both the upper bottom surface and the lower bottom surface, and the rigidity of the bottom surface can be increased.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, an overall configuration of a slot machine as an example of a gaming machine having a cabinet box according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The slot machine SM includes a cabinet box 1 having a substantially rectangular box shape with an open front, and a front door 2 attached to the cabinet box 1 via a hinge fitting 51 so as to be openable and closable. The apparatus 3 is disposed in the cabinet box 1 and the front door 2 to make up the whole.

  The gaming device 3 disposed in the cabinet box 1 having a substantially rectangular box shape includes a power supply box 30 that receives power supply from the outside and supplies necessary power to the internal device, three reels 31a on which symbols are drawn, Reel device 31 for rotating and stopping 31b, 31c, main control board 32 for performing operation control of the reel device 31 according to the player's operation and other game control of the slot machine SM, and commands from the main control board 32 Based on the medal payout device 33 for paying out medals, a hall computer (not shown) installed in the game facility for managing game information such as game data of game machines and the main control board 32 There are an external concentration terminal board 34 and the like as an interface to be connected, which are arranged as shown in FIG.

  The medal payout device 33 is disposed on the bottom surface 15 of the cabinet box 1. At the time of disposition, the lower end portion of the medal payout device 33 is bent to be provided with flange leg portions that protrude horizontally in the left-right direction, and the left and right flange leg portions are guided from the outside to sandwich the upper surface 77. , 77 are fixed on the bottom surface 15. The medal payout device 33 is attached so as to slide in and out in the front-rear direction by the guides of the hopper rails 77 and 77.

  On the other hand, the front door 2 has a display window 21 that allows a front mask 20 formed in a door frame shape to display a pattern drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the reel so as to be visible only within a predetermined range. The operation unit 4 including a plurality of switches and levers arranged side by side, the display device 22 disposed above the display window 21, and the medal payout port 23 for paying out game medals. A medal tray 22 and the like for receiving and storing game medals discharged from the payout port 23 are attached.

  The operation unit 4 includes a medal insertion slot 41 for inserting game medals, a bet button 42 for determining the number of medals consumed for one game, a start lever 43 for performing reel rotation starting operation, three reels 31a, 31b, The stop switches 44a, 44b, 44c provided corresponding to 31c and operable to stop the rotation of the reels for each reel, the settlement switch 45 for paying out the acquired game medals, and the game medals inserted from the medal slot 41 are returned. A medal return switch 46 and the like that are operated when the user wants to operate are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 6, on the back side of the front door 2, a speaker 36 for generating sound effects, a reception state for receiving game medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 41, and a medal payout opening 23 are returned. A medal selector 37 having a function of switching to a return state, determining the authenticity of the inserted game medal and returning a game medal other than the regular medal, and a path member for storing or returning the game medal from the medal selector 37 Etc., and a large number of lamps and LEDs for producing a gaming state, a central display board 38 and an upper display board 39 for controlling the operation of these displays are attached.

  The cabinet box 1 and the front door 2 are connected to each other so that they can be opened and closed laterally by hinge fittings 51 and 51 provided above and below the left edge of each other in a front view. Etc. are electrically connected by a wire harness (not shown) and configured to be operable. In addition, when the front door 2 connected to the cabinet box 1 via the hinge brackets 51 and 51 is opened, the cabinet box 1 as a whole tends to bend and deform and the anti-hinge side of the front door 2 tends to hang down. The guide roller 53 is provided on the back side of the front door 2, the roller receiver 54 is provided in the cabinet box 1, and when the front door 2 is closed, the guide roller 53 and the roller receiver 54 are brought into contact with each other. It is configured to be horizontally supported. Further, the front door 2 is closed and locked so as to cover the front opening of the cabinet box 1 using a locking device 52 attached to the right edge in a front view, and the slot machine SM is used for games in this closed state. The

  In the slot machine SM configured as described above, the cabinet box 1 of the present embodiment whose external perspective view is shown in FIG. 1 has a cold thickness of about 0.5 to 1.0 mm (for example, 0.7 mm). A rolled steel plate, a plated steel plate, a stainless steel plate, etc. are used as main constituent materials, which are molded into the panel member 10 by known processing means such as shearing, punching, bending, etc., and then each sheet metal member is joined by a joining means such as spot welding. And assembled. In the cabinet box 1 illustrated, the top panel surface 11, the back surface 12, the left and right side surfaces 13, 14 and the main panel 10a forming the lower bottom surface 15a, the upper bottom panel 10b forming the upper bottom surface 15b, and the strength of the cabinet are improved. The panel members such as the reinforcing ribs 10c are joined by spot welding. In the following description, the left side surface is the left side surface 13 and the right side surface is the right side surface 14 in the front view of the opening.

  The top surface 11, the rear surface 12, the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14, and the lower bottom surface 15 a of the cabinet box 1 are opened at the front surface by bending the main panel 10 a formed in a predetermined shape and joining the butted portions by welding. Each surface of the substantially rectangular box is formed. That is, the basic structure of the cabinet box 1 according to the present embodiment is formed by a single main panel 10a, and the number of parts and the assembly are higher than those of a plurality of panels such as one panel per side. Man-hours can be reduced.

  The top plate surface 11 and the back surface 12 are previously provided with vent holes for radiating heat into the cabinet to prevent malfunction of the main control board 32 and the like. The vent hole may be formed in a punching metal shape or a lattice shape by providing a large number of holes having a predetermined shape in addition to the illustrated long holes and round holes. It is also possible to ventilate by applying louver processing or lance processing.

  On the top plate surface 11, the back surface 12, and the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14, a female screw member 73 for fastening and fixing the gaming device 3 such as the reel device 31 and the main control board 32 is welded. As the female screw member 73, as applied to the present embodiment, the stud nut may be welded so as to protrude into the cabinet 1, or the welded hex nut is welded to a predetermined place on each surface 11-14, You may comprise by piercing the through-hole matched with the name of the welded nut. The fixing means of the female screw member 73 is not limited to welding, and a method of integrally forming the female screw member 73 by burring, or a blind nut may be applied as the female screw member 73, and this may be fixed by caulking.

  In order to increase the rigidity of the cabinet box 1, many embossing processes (for example, rhombus shapes) are applied to the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14. In addition, through holes having a required shape are formed in the center of the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 in advance, and handle members 71 and 71 formed by drawing a steel plate material into a Ω-shaped cross section are formed in the cabinet box 1. It covers this hole from the inside. The handle members 71 and 71 are disposed such that the flange portions are in contact with the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 and the throttle portions protrude horizontally into the cabinet box 1. It is joined to the main panel 10a by spot welding at the part.

  Further, a shelf plate 72 for mounting the reel device 31 is attached on the narrowed protruding portion of the handle members 71, 71. In addition to attaching the shelf plate 72 to the cabinet box 1 by welding, for example, a stud nut is welded to a predetermined position on the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 and the shelf plate 72 is attached using the stud. Means for fastening the plate 72, auxiliary members provided with screws in the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 in advance at a predetermined pitch, and means for fastening the shelf plate 72 to the auxiliary members with screws and predetermined values for the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 A locking hook may be welded to the position, and any means such as a means for locking the shelf board 72 to the locking hook may be used. However, when using means other than welding, it should be noted that the shelf plate 72 is attached so as to be surely electrically connected to the cabinet box 1. For example, the shelf plate 72 has a unichrome plating finish and the cabinet box 1. The screw part on the side is unpainted, and a stud nut is welded to the means for electrical connection via the screw and the cabinet box 1 and the shelf board 72, and the stud nut is electrically connected with the ground wire. It is preferable to adopt a means such as connection.

  In addition, slit-like through-hole portions 11a and 11a are formed on the left and right sides of the top plate surface 11 so as to penetrate the top and bottom surfaces of the top plate surface 11. The left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 are not shown directly below the through-hole portions. Cabinet fixing devices 74 and 74 are attached using bolts and nuts. The cabinet fixing device 74 is configured so that a steel plate material formed in a saw blade shape can be freely operated by using the elastic force of the spring from the through-hole portion 11a. It is pressed against a housing installation frame (not shown) and fixed. With such a fixing method, the top plate surface 11 and the installation frame can be fixed even in a metal cabinet in which it is difficult to use conventional fixing means such as nail driving from above the installation frame.

  The left side surface 13 is provided with a wire harness (not shown) for connecting the main control board 32 and the central control board 38 and the upper control board 39 or between the main control board 32 and the power supply box 30. A locking tool for locking is attached. In the wire harness locking tool 75, a metal member that can be deformed by finger force is formed in a C shape, and is joined to the inside of the left side surface 13 by spot welding. In addition, you may fix the binding band formed with the resin material conventionally applied as a locking tool to the left side surface 13 with a required fixing means.

  Further, a reinforcing rib 10c formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section is provided around the opening edge of the front surface of the cabinet box 1 so as to connect the edge, and is joined to the main panel 10a by spot welding.

  On the reinforcing rib 10c, a stud nut is welded as a female screw member 73 for attaching the gaming apparatus 3 and the assembly member disposed at the opening edge of the cabinet box 1. On the reinforcing rib 10c provided on the left side surface 13, a stud nut for fastening and fixing the hinge fittings 51, 51 is welded. On the reinforcing rib 10c disposed on the right side surface 14, a stud nut for fastening and fixing the locking device 52 and the rail receiver 54 is welded. Stud nuts for smoothening the sliding of the medal payout device 33 and fixing a bracket (not shown) for fixing the hopper rail 77 to the reinforcing rib 10c disposed on the lower bottom surface 15a. Are welded. The U-shaped recesses of the reinforcing ribs 10c disposed on the top plate surface 11, the right side surface 14, and the lower bottom surface 15a are formed in a linear plane, but the left side surface 13 is as shown in FIG. In addition, the periphery of the stud nut used for fastening and fixing the hinge fittings 51 and 51 is formed so that the U-shaped concave portion is widened in the direction of the back surface 12 by the depth of the hinge fittings 51 and 51 to be attached.

  By providing the reinforcing rib 10c in this way, the reinforcing rib 10c can receive the weight load received from the front door 2, and the bending deformation of the main panel 10a constituting the basic structure of the cabinet box 1 can be greatly reduced. There is no need to make the guide roller 53 and the roller receiver 54 disposed for horizontal support large.

  The power supply box 30 and the external concentrated terminal board 34 are fixed in a flat plate shape with a stud nut welded as a female screw member 73 on the back side and a through-hole formed in accordance with the name of the nut. This is done through the panels 10d and 10e. The bracket panel 10d for fixing the power supply box 30 is disposed so as to cover the lower portion of the left side surface 13, and three flange portions are provided on the rear surface 12, the left side surface 13, and the left side surface 13 and the reinforcing rib 10c. Are joined by spot welding. The bracket panel 10e for fixing the external concentration terminal board 34 has a flange joined to the right side surface 14 by spot welding. The power supply box 30 and the external concentrated terminal board 34 are brought into contact with and fixed to the flat surfaces of the bracket panels 10d and 10e thus arranged. By not directly fixing to the main panel 10a via the bracket, a metal cabinet having a reduced thickness can be fixed at the same fixing position as a conventional woodworking cabinet, and the gap between the cabinet box 1 and the front door 2 during the game. It is possible to prevent illegal acts such as making a piano wire intrude through.

  2 to 4, the bottom surface 15 of the cabinet box 1 includes a main panel 10a constituting the lower bottom surface 15a, an upper bottom panel 10b constituting the upper bottom surface 15b, and a reinforcing rib 10c for improving the strength. Is done.

  As described above, the lower bottom surface 15a is formed by bending the main panel 10a to form a cabinet Knox basic structure. Further, the reinforcing rib 10c is formed in a U shape in a sectional view, and a stud nut for fastening a mounting bracket of the hopper rail 77 at a predetermined position on the frame is welded. The reinforcing rib 10c is joined to the lower bottom surface 15a by spot welding with the U-shaped concave portion abutting against the lower edge of the rectangular opening of the cabinet box 1.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the upper bottom panel 10 b illustrated in the present embodiment is formed in a hat shape in cross section and has a plurality of ridges CV and ridges CC. Further, a stud nut is welded to the back side of the ridge CV as a female screw member 73 for fastening and fixing the power supply box 30 and the hopper rail 77, and a through hole is formed from the front side in accordance with the name of the stud nut. . The upper bottom panel 10b is processed with the hat height being the same as the stud nut height.

  The upper bottom panel 10b formed in this way is disposed so as to cover substantially the entire bottom bottom surface 15a so that the direction of the concave and convex strips CV and CC is the front-rear direction of the cabinet box 1, and the concave strip CC. And the lower bottom surface 15a are joined by spot welding. Further, the other end of the stud nut welded to the back surface of the ridge CV is in contact with the lower bottom surface 15a because the hat height and the stud nut height are the same length, and the bottom surface 15 includes the upper bottom surface 15b and the lower bottom surface. It is comprised by the double structure integrally formed by 15a and the stud nut interposed between the upper and lower bottom faces.

  In the bottom surface 15 thus configured, the power supply box is fastened and fixed on the ridge CV1 using the stud nut welded to the ridge CV1 on the left side of the bottom surface and the stud nut welded to the bracket panel 10d. . Further, the hopper rails 77 and 77 are fastened and fixed to stud nuts welded to the ridges CV2 and CV3 so that the medal payout device 33 can be installed.

  Further, in the concave strip CC2 at the center of the bottom surface, a through hole is formed together with the main panel 10a that forms the joined lower bottom surface 15a. Via this small hole, it becomes possible to nail from the cabinet box 1 toward a generally wooden housing installation frame (not shown). In addition, in the concave strip CC3 on the right side of the bottom surface, surplus medals are collected so that surplus medals exceeding the allowable storage capacity of the medal storage part are collected on a medal conveyor (not shown) disposed inside the installation frame base. A through-hole is formed for allowing the lens to pass through and dropping into the installation frame base. In a game facility where no medal conveyor is installed, an auxiliary storage box 76 is placed over the through hole, and surplus medals are collected in this box. The auxiliary storage box 76 is fixed by penetrating bolts into both of a through hole previously drilled in the back surface 12 and a through hole drilled in the back surface of the auxiliary storage box 76.

  With the configuration of the bottom surface 15 as described above, in the metal cabinet having a plate thickness thinner than that of the conventional woodworking cabinet and having a concern about strength, the power box 30 and the hopper rail 77 are not formed on the female screw member 73. Can be fastened and fixed on the flat surface, and these gaming devices 3 can be stably disposed on the bottom plate 15. In addition, the concave strip CC of the upper bottom surface 15b and the lower bottom surface are in contact with each other, and further, by being integrated with a stud nut interposed between the upper and lower bottom surfaces, the rigidity of the bottom surface 15 is enhanced, and the load of these gaming devices 3 is increased. It has a structure that can be stably supported by the upper and lower bottom surfaces.

  In the above-described embodiment, the bottom plate portion has a double structure including an upper bottom plate and a lower bottom plate, and the upper bottom panel is provided so as to cover almost the entire lower bottom plate, but is not necessarily limited to such a configuration. Any configuration may be adopted as long as the female screw member on the bottom plate surface does not protrude into the cabinet box, and the hopper rail and the power supply box can be disposed on a flat surface. For example, a hat-shaped bracket may be joined by spot welding at the contact portion between the flange of the bracket and the lower bottom surface as an alternative to the protruding line of this embodiment. Further, it is also possible to form the ridges by bending the bottom plate 15 portion of the main panel 10a.

  In this embodiment, the slot machine is exemplified as a gaming machine to which the cabinet box according to the present invention is applied. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the cabinet of other gaming machines such as poker and blackjack. Even a box can be applied in the same manner, and the same effect can be obtained.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the cabinet box which concerns on this invention. It is a top view of the baseplate part of the cabinet box which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing of the baseplate part of the cabinet box which concerns on this invention, and is an arrow line view shown by III-III arrow in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the baseplate part of the cabinet box which concerns on this invention, and is an arrow line view shown by IV-IV arrow in FIG. It is an external perspective view of a slot machine shown as an example of a gaming machine to which a cabinet box according to the present invention is applied. It is a front view which shows the internal structure by opening the front mask of the slot machine.

Explanation of symbols

SM slot machine 1 cabinet box 2 front door 3 gaming device 4 operation unit 10 panel member 10a main panel 10b upper bottom panel 15 bottom surface 15a lower bottom surface 15b upper bottom surface 30 power supply box 33 medal payout device 73 female screw member 77 hopper rail CV ridge CC concave

Claims (3)

A cabinet box formed of a sheet metal member of an iron-based metal material and having a front opening and formed in a substantially rectangular box shape; a front door attached to cover the front opening of the cabinet box; and in the cabinet box and In a gaming machine configured with a gaming device disposed on the front door,
A bottom surface of the cabinet box is formed to have a ridge, and a female screw member for fastening and fixing a part of the gaming apparatus is disposed on the convex back surface. Cabinet box.
The gaming device has a medal payout device for paying out or storing game medals,
The ridge is formed to extend in the front-rear direction,
The hopper rail for guiding the medal payout device to slide in and out in the front-rear direction with respect to the cabinet box is placed on the convex surface and fixed by the female screw member. The cabinet box according to 1.
  A female screw for fastening and fixing a part of the gaming device to the back surface of the ridge portion, wherein the bottom surface has a double structure consisting of an upper bottom surface and a lower bottom surface, and the upper bottom surface is formed with a ridge. The cabinet box according to claim 1 or 2, wherein one end of the member is fixed and the other end of the female screw member is in contact with the lower bottom surface.

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