JP2005111223A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem of, when opening a front door, interfering with an adjoining game machine by increasing the thickness of a control panel provided in the front door front face of the game machine. <P>SOLUTION: This game machine 1 openably supports the front door to a body by a hinge, the hinge is approximately horizontally disposed with a rotary shaft opening/closing the front door, and the hinge for the the front door of this game machine is characterized in that the front door is opened/closed by turnably turning around the rotary shaft of the hinge disposed approximately horizontally. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a front door that is attached to the front of a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine so as to be opened and closed.

Conventionally, the front door is mounted on the front of the gaming machine so that the front door can be opened and closed, and the front door is equipped with devices for playing games such as a start lever, bet button, stop button, and coin slot. It has. In addition, a coin selector for identifying coins inserted from the coin insertion slot and a coin chute for sending coins discharged from a coin payout device provided in the gaming machine to the coin tray are provided on the rear surface of the front door. ing. Moreover, the front door is provided with a hinge at the rear side end portion thereof, and is attached to the opening end of the main body of the gaming machine via the hinge so as to be opened and closed. In such a conventional gaming machine, the front door is opened and closed by rotating in a substantially horizontal direction around a rotation axis of a hinge arranged in a substantially vertical direction, and when repairing or maintaining the gaming machine, etc. The front door is opened, and devices such as a coin payout device and a control device arranged inside the gaming machine are operated.
Japanese Patent No. 2525634 (FIG. 3)

  However, in order to differentiate from other gaming machines, the design of the front door of the gaming machine is complicated and diversified, the design and operability are improved by increasing the uneven shape, and the production device is installed. For the purpose of securing space, the thickness of the control panel is increasing.

  On the other hand, as the thickness of the control panel increases, the turning radius in the thickness direction of the front door increases, and when the front door is opened, the amount of protrusion in the thickness direction of the front door increases in the width direction of the gaming machine. There arises a problem that it comes into contact with a device such as an installed gaming machine or coin lending device. In addition, when dealing with sudden troubles during the business hours of the game hall where the gaming machine is installed, the player who is operating the adjacent gaming machine by opening the front door may feel pressure It was supposed to give discomfort.

  Therefore, until now, a sufficient space should be provided between the gaming machine and the adjacent gaming machine to interfere with the adjacent gaming machine when opening the front door of the gaming machine, There is no discomfort. A coin lending device may be installed in the space.

  However, even if a coin lending device is installed, one coin lending device is not necessary for one gaming machine, and there is one coin lending device between two gaming machines. Good. Therefore, by installing a game machine with sufficient space between the adjacent game machines, a large space is required for installing one game machine, so the number of game machines that can be installed in the game hall is reduced. It has become.

  The present invention solves the above problems, and when opening the front door of the gaming machine, the control panel protrudes in the width direction of the gaming machine and does not contact or interfere with the gaming machine installed next to the gaming machine. Provides hinges for the front door of the machine.

  In order to solve the above technical problem, the technical means taken in claim 1 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as first technical means) is a game in which the front door is supported on the main body by a hinge so as to be opened and closed. The hinge is a gaming machine characterized in that a rotating shaft for opening and closing the front door is arranged in a substantially horizontal direction.

  The effects of the first technical means are as follows. In a gaming machine in which the front door is supported on the main body by a hinge so as to be opened and closed, the rotation axis of the hinge is arranged in a substantially horizontal direction, so that the front door can be opened and closed in the vertical direction around the rotation axis. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a gaming machine in which the front door does not protrude in the width direction of the gaming machine when the front door is opened.

  In order to solve the above technical problem, technical means taken in claim 2 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as second technical means), the gaming machine includes the front door and a tray. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the front door can be opened and closed separately from the tray.

  The effects of the second technical means are as follows. The gaming machine includes the front door and a tray, and the front door can be opened and closed separately from the tray, thereby reducing the weight of the front door. Thereby, it becomes possible to open and close the front door that does not protrude in the width direction of the gaming machine when opened by rotating in the vertical direction with a smaller force. Moreover, the load applied to the hinge when the front door is opened and closed can be reduced.

  In order to solve the above technical problem, the technical means taken in claim 3 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as the third technical means) is a coin for identifying the inserted coin. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a selector and a coin chute for feeding the paid-out coins to the tray, wherein the coin selector and the coin chute are mounted on a main body.

  The effects of the third technical means are as follows. The gaming machine includes a coin selector for identifying inserted coins and a coin chute, and by mounting the coin selector and the coin chute on the main body, a front door on which a coin selector and a coin chute have been conventionally arranged is installed. Can be reduced in weight. This allows the front door that does not protrude in the width direction of the gaming machine to be opened and closed with a smaller force by pivoting in the vertical direction, and further reduces the load on the hinge that supports the front door. it can.

  In order to solve the above technical problem, technical means taken in claim 4 of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as fourth technical means) is that the gaming machine includes the front door and the main body. The game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a shock absorber that brakes opening and closing of the front door.

  The effects of the fourth technical means are as follows. The gaming machine includes a shock absorber that brakes opening and closing of the front door between the front door and the main body, thereby reducing a load on a hinge that supports the front door.

  As described above, the present invention is a gaming machine that supports a front door on a main body so that the front door can be opened and closed by a hinge, and the hinge has a rotating shaft that opens and closes the front door arranged in a substantially horizontal direction. Since the door is opened and closed by rotating around the rotation axis of a hinge arranged substantially horizontally, the front surface of the front door does not protrude from the side of the gaming machine when the front door is opened. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a gaming machine that does not interfere with an adjacent gaming machine when the front door is opened, and thereby does not cause discomfort to a player who operates the neighboring gaming machine. it can.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 show a configuration of a gaming machine 1 according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the front door 2 is opened, and FIG. 2 shows a side view of the gaming machine 1 in a state in which the front door 2 is closed. FIG.

  The gaming machine 1 includes a front door 2 having a control panel for operating the gaming machine, and a main body 3 having an opening on the front surface. The front door 2 is provided so as to cover the opening of the main body 3. It is fixed to the main body 3 by the lock device 5. Further, the upper surface 2 a of the front door 2 is pivotally supported on the upper end of the opening of the main body 3 via a hinge 4, and the front door 2 is configured to be rotatable by the hinge 4.

  The front door 2 faces a player who operates the gaming machine 1, and a front panel facing the player is housed in a control panel on which a lever or button for playing a game is arranged and a main body 3 of the gaming machine 1. A transparent window for displaying a reel (not shown) displayed to the player, a rendering device for visual rendering of the gaming machine, and a coin slot for inserting coins for playing the game. Also, a hinge 4 described later is connected to the rear surface of the upper surface 2 a of the front door 2, and the front door 2 is attached to the main body 3 via the hinge 4.

  The main body 3 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box having an opening on the front surface. The front door 2 is pivotally supported via a hinge 4 at the upper end of the opening, and is paid from the gaming machine 1 below the opening. A coin tray 35 that stores the coins that have been taken out is provided, and a coin selector 36 that identifies a coin inserted from the coin insertion slot is provided at a position facing the coin insertion slot formed in the front door 2. Although not shown in the figure, a reel that rotates by a game and displays a lottery result, a coin delivery device that pays out coins in accordance with the lottery result, and a control device that controls the reel, the coin delivery device, etc. It has. Here, the reel is distributed so as to face the transparent window, and the player can visually recognize the reel through the transparent window. The coin sending device is arranged to receive and store coins inserted from the coin insertion slot and to pay out the stored coins to the coin receiving tray 35 through the coin chute 37 in accordance with instructions from the braking device.

  The hinge 4 is configured by connecting two mounting members formed by forming a flat plate member by a rotating shaft, and one mounting member is rotatable around the rotating shaft relative to the other. . Further, one attachment member of the hinge 4 is fixed to the front door 2 and the other is fixed to the main body 3, and the front door 2 is rotated with respect to the main body 3 so as to be opened and closed.

  A gas spring 46 is disposed between the front door 2 and the main body 3. The gas spring 46 urges the front door 2 in the opening direction to support the front door 2 to reduce the load on the hinge 4, and the gas spring 46 has a buffer function to turn the front door 2 to the closed state. The front door 2 is not closed by its own weight when the front door 2 is opened.

  The locking device 5 includes a locking member 51 disposed at the rear end of the front door 2 and a locked member 52 provided on the main body 3 so as to face the locking member 51 and the front door 2 is closed. When the locking member 51 is locked to the locked member 52, the closed state of the gaming machine 1 is maintained.

  The gaming machine 1 has the above-described structure. When the front door 2 is closed, the front door 2 covers the opening of the main body 3 and the front door 2 rotates with respect to the main body 3 to open the opening. By arranging the hinge 4 on the upper part of the main body 3, the front door 2 is supported so as to be opened and closed. Thereby, the front door 2 is opened and closed in the vertical direction of the gaming machine and does not move in the width direction of the gaming machine 1, so that the front door 2 does not protrude at all in the width direction of the gaming machine 1 when the front door 2 is opened.

  Next, the operation of the gaming machine 1 of this embodiment will be described. First, a description will be given in a state where the front door 2 is closed with respect to the main body 3 (see FIG. 2). In a state where the front door 2 is closed with respect to the main body 3, the rear surface of the front door 2 is disposed substantially parallel to the front surface of the main body 3, and the locking device 5 disposed on the front door 2 is locked. The member 51 is locked to the locked member 52 of the locking device 5 disposed in the main body 3, thereby closing the opening of the main body 3 and maintaining the closed state of the gaming machine 1.

  Next, the state (refer FIG. 1) which opened the front door 2 is demonstrated. When the front door 2 is opened, the rear surface of the front door 2 is arranged in a direction substantially perpendicular to the front surface of the main body 3, and the front door 2 is supported in an open state by the hinge 4 and the gas spring 46. The

  Here, when the front door 2 is opened from the closed state, the engagement of the locking member 51 and the locked member 52 of the locking device 5 is released, and when the front door 2 is opened, the hinge 4 is rotated. As a result, the front door 2 rotates around the rotation axis of the hinge 4. Along with this, the gas spring 46 disposed between the front door 2 and the main body 3 rotates at both ends thereof, and extends in the longitudinal direction so as to maintain the connection between both ends, thereby opening the front door 2. The front door 2 is opened by pushing it up.

  Further, when the front door 2 is closed from the opened state, the front door 2 is pushed down in the direction of closing the front door 2 against the urging force of the gas spring 46 that supports the front door 2, so that the front door 2 has the hinge 4. Turn around the axis of rotation. As a result, the gas spring 46 disposed between the front door 2 and the main body 3 rotates at both ends thereof and contracts in the longitudinal direction, thereby locking the lock device 5 provided on the front door 2 and the main body 3. The front door 2 is closed by the engagement of the member 51 and the locked member 52.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the hinge 4 that supports the front door 2 so as to be rotatable with respect to the main body 3 is disposed substantially horizontally, the front door 2 is opened and closed. The front door 2 can be rotated in the up-down direction by using a substantially horizontal axis as a rotation axis. This prevents the front door 2 from interfering with the adjacent gaming machine when the front door 2 is opened.

  In addition, by rotating the front door 2 of the gaming machine 1 separately from the coin tray 35 so that it can be opened and closed, the weight of the front door 2 is reduced and the front door 2 can be opened and closed with a smaller force. It becomes. Further, it is possible to reduce the load applied to the hinge 4 that supports the front door 2 when the front door 2 is opened and closed.

  Further, by mounting the coin selector 36 and the coin chute 37 on the main body 3, the front door 2 on which the coin selector 36 and the coin chute 37 are conventionally disposed can be reduced in weight, and the front door 2 can be opened and closed with a smaller force. It is possible to reduce the load on the hinge 4 that supports the front door 2.

  Further, a gas spring 46 is provided between the front door 2 and the main body 3 of the gaming machine 1 to brake the opening and closing of the front door 2 and to bias the front door 2 in the opening direction. Can be reduced, and the front door 2 can be prevented from closing when the front door 2 is open.

  In the present embodiment, the front door 2 of the gaming machine 1 can be rotated and opened separately from the coin tray 35, but the front door 2 and the coin tray can be opened separately from the main body 3. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which 35 is rotated integrally.

  In the present embodiment, the coin selector 36 and the coin chute 37 are mounted on the main body 3, but they can be disposed on the front door 2 instead of the main body 3.

  In this embodiment, a gas spring 46 that brakes the front door 2 and biases it in the opening direction is disposed between the front door 2 and the main body 3 of the gaming machine 1. A member that can brake the rotation of the front door 2 such as a torsion spring that always urges the front door 2 in the opening direction is provided on the hinge 4. In the present embodiment, the front door 2 is urged in the opening direction by the gas spring 46. However, the configuration is not limited to this, and the front door 2 is opened when the front door 2 is open instead of the gas spring 46. It is also possible to dispose a locking member that locks.

It is a side view which shows the structure of the game machine in the state which opened the front door. It is a side view which shows the structure of the game machine in the state which closed the front door.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... gaming machine 2 ... front door 3 ... body 4 ... hinge 35 ... coin tray
36 ... Coin selector 37 ... Coin chute 46 ... Gas spring (buffer)

Claims (4)

  A gaming machine in which a front door is supported on a main body by a hinge so as to be openable and closable, wherein the hinge has a rotational axis for opening and closing the front door arranged in a substantially horizontal direction.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine includes the front door and a tray, and the front door opens and closes separately from the tray.   The gaming machine includes a coin selector that identifies inserted coins and a coin chute that feeds paid-out coins to the tray, and the coin selector and the coin chute are mounted on a main body. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a shock absorber that brakes opening and closing of the front door between the front door and the main body.

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