JP2005342405A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine where illegal behavior is prevented effectively by efficiently covering a gap between the housing hole of a wiring connection part and wires passing through it without mounting a cover etc. projecting outward to a wiring connector, the illegal behavior prevention means can easily be attached to and detached from the wiring connector after the wires are connected to a wiring connection part, it is not detached easily after being mounted, a structure is simple, costs for manufacturing is low and recycling performance is improved. <P>SOLUTION: A cover 27 provided with a notch 29 for inserting the wires 24 is fitted to the end of the opening of each housing hole 23 on the side of the wiring connection part 21b at the wiring connector 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a fraud prevention means is provided in a wiring connector that electrically connects a plurality of electrical devices.

  In a gaming machine such as a slot machine or a pachinko machine in which one side of the game board is pivotally attached to one side of the front of the chassis, the front of which is open, and the game board can be opened and closed with respect to the chassis. Between the plurality of electrical devices mounted on the back of the game, between the plurality of electrical devices provided in the housing, the electrical device mounted on the back of the game board and the electrical device installed in the housing, or those electrical devices and the outside of the gaming machine In order to connect an electric device, a harness in which a plurality of flexible wires provided with connectors at both terminals are bundled or inserted into a flexible tube is used (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2). .

In such a gaming machine, as shown in FIG. 8, in order to prevent an illegal act of bringing an illegal operating body inserted through a gap between the housing and the game board into contact with a connection portion between the connector and each wiring, The wiring connection portion (61) in the connector (60) and the vicinity of the terminal of the wiring (62) extending therefrom are covered with a flexible cover (63).
The cover (63) is formed of a transparent or opaque soft synthetic resin material, and is connected to a cylindrical bundling insertion portion (64) through which a plurality of wirings (62) are bundled and inserted, and is expanded from one end thereof. The wiring connection part (61) of (60) consists of the fitting part (65) which fitted it.
JP 2003-250959 A JP 2004-33519 A

However, the conventional cover (63) as described above is bundled as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 8 before connecting the terminal of the wiring (62) to the wiring connection part (61) of the connector (60). A plurality of wires (62) are pre-sheathed, and after connecting the terminal of the wire (62) to the connector (60), the cover (63) is shifted along the wire (62), and the fitting portion (65 ) Must be fitted to the wiring connection part (61) of the connector (60), which is not only complicated, but after connecting the wiring (62) to the connector (60), the cover (63) There is a problem that it cannot be attached or detached.
In addition, there is very little space in the connection part of the electrical equipment etc. to which the connector (60) is connected, and if the cover (63) is provided on the connector (60), it is impossible to connect the connector (60) to the electrical equipment etc. It can be possible or difficult.

  In view of the above-described problems of the prior art, the present invention eliminates the gap between the wiring connection accommodation hole and the wiring passing therethrough without attaching a cover or the like protruding outward to the wiring connector. Efficiently blocking can effectively prevent fraud, and the fraud prevention means can be easily attached to and detached from the wiring connector after the wiring is connected to the wiring connection portion. However, it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that does not become unreasonable after being mounted, has a simple structure, can be manufactured at low cost, and can further improve the recycling performance.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) A game board is mounted on the front opening of a housing having a front opening so that the game board can be opened and closed, and ends of a plurality of wirings connected to other electrical devices are installed in a receptacle provided in the electrical device disposed in the housing. In the gaming machine in which the insertion part of the wiring connector connected to the part is fitted, a plurality of receiving holes are formed in a grid shape from the wiring connection part on the base end side to the insertion part on the free end side in the wiring connector. The contact terminal connected to the terminal of the wiring inserted from the wiring connection part side is retained in each accommodation hole, and accommodated, and the opening end on the wiring connection part side in each accommodation hole is used for wiring insertion. A closed body provided with a notch is fitted.

  (2) In the above item (1), the closing body covers the opening ends of the plurality of receiving holes on the wiring connecting portion side, and the notch for inserting the wiring is provided in the portion corresponding to each receiving hole. A piece and a fitting portion that includes a pair of elastic tongue pieces that extend from the back surface of the base piece, fit into the receiving holes, and press contact with the inner surface of the receiving holes.

  (3) In the above item (2), the side edges of the elastic tongue pieces that contact the inner surface of the accommodation hole are provided with ridges or ridges that face in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the accommodation hole.

  (4) In the above item (2) or (3), a groove that faces the direction of dividing both fitting portions is provided in an intermediate portion of the fitting portions adjacent to each other on the surface of the base piece.

  (5) In any of the above items (1) to (4), on the side edge of the closing body opposite to the side edge provided with the notch for inserting the wiring, Make a notch.

  (6) In any one of the above items (1) to (5), a power supply device that is an electrical device and a hopper unit that can store and release a medal that is a game medium are provided in a small amount. Provided with a gap, a receiving port is provided on the side surface of the hopper unit on the side of the gap, and the terminal on the hopper unit side of the wiring connecting the power supply device and the hopper unit is fitted to the receiving port. A wiring connector with a closure is provided.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.
(1) According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the closing body is merely fitted into the accommodation hole of the wiring connecting portion, the closing body hardly protrudes outside the wiring connector, and the wiring connector is to be connected. Even if there is only a small gap outside the connecting part of the electrical equipment and so on, it can be connected, making the connection difficult or impossible due to the cover becoming in the way, as with a conventional cover There is no such thing as
Moreover, by fitting the closing body into the accommodation hole, it is possible to prevent unauthorized actions in gaming machines, i.e., illegal actions by inserting an illegal operating body between the wiring connection portion of each wiring connector and each wiring. Can be prevented.
Furthermore, since the closing body is attached after the wiring is connected to the wiring connector, it is not necessary to previously attach the cover to the wiring before connecting the wiring to the wiring connector as in the conventional cover. In addition, since the closing body can be removed from the wiring connector without removing the wiring connector from the wiring, the workability is good and the recycling is convenient.

(2) According to the invention described in claim 2, since the closing bodies can be simultaneously fitted into a plurality of receiving holes at the same time, instead of fitting the closing bodies one by one in each receiving hole, Efficiency is good.
Moreover, since a pair of elastic tongue pieces which press-contact with the inner surface is fitted to each accommodation hole, the obstructing body does not come loose from the accommodation hole.

  (3) According to the invention described in claim 3, the side edge of the elastic tongue piece provided with the concave stripe or the convex stripe comes into pressure contact with the inner surface of the accommodation hole, so that the closing body is more difficult to come out from the accommodation hole.

  (4) According to the invention described in claim 4, the oblong oblong body in which a large number of fitting portions are continuously arranged is arranged along a desired groove according to the number of receiving holes of the wiring connector to be fitted. In addition to being able to be used by being broken or torn, the fitting portions are fitted into the receiving holes so that the concave stripes are positioned at the partitioning portions of the receiving holes adjacent to each other when the closure body is mounted. This facilitates the fitting operation. That is, each concave line becomes a mark for positioning when the closing body is mounted.

  (5) According to the invention described in claim 5, it is possible to easily remove the closing body from the wiring connector by inserting a pointed tool into the notch for the detachment operation provided in the closing body.

  (6) According to the invention described in claim 6, it is possible to effectively protect the wiring connector of the wiring connecting the power supply device and the hopper unit, which are likely to be fraudulent, from fraudulent acts, A wiring connector can be disposed in a small gap between the apparatus and the hopper unit.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the gaming machine with the gaming board opened, and FIG. 3 is a view when the gaming board is also removed. It is a front view in a housing | casing.
Note that the front side in FIG. 1 is the front side, and the back side is also the back side.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, this gaming machine (1) is illustratively a slot machine using medals as a game medium, and a rectangular parallelepiped housing (2) whose front surface is open, and the housing A game board (3) pivotally attached to the left side of the front surface of (2) with a pair of upper and lower shafts (2a) (2a) (see FIG. 3) facing upward and downward, and opening and closing the front opening of the housing (2) ).
Note that the gaming machine (1) may be a pachinko machine using a pachinko ball as a game medium.

  In the game board (3), a pair of upper and lower locking claws (4a) (4a) are located on the chassis (2) in a state where the front opening of the chassis (2) is completely closed. ), And a lock mechanism (4) is provided so that the game board (3) can be locked in the closed position.

  In the housing (2), there are a display device (5) consisting of three side-by-side rotating bodies (5a) with identification information consisting of a plurality of types of symbols, numbers, etc. on the outer peripheral surface, and a game medium. A hopper unit (6) capable of storing and releasing medals, a main control board (7) and a sub-control board (8) for controlling the game progress, and control signals of the main control board (7) Power to the rotating body control board (9) for controlling the rotation of the rotating body (5a) of the display device (5), the display device (5), the hopper unit (6), the main control board (7), etc. And a power supply device (10) for supplying the power.

At the left end of the hopper unit (6), there is a receiving port (6a) for fitting the insertion portion (21a) in the wiring connector (21) provided at one end of the harness (20) shown in FIGS. Is provided.
In addition, in order to fit the insertion portion (22a) of the wiring connector (22) similar to the wiring connector (21) provided at the other end of the harness (20) to the upper surface of the power supply device (10). The receiving port (10a) (see FIG. 2) is provided.
The hopper unit (6) and the power supply device (10) are connected to the receptacles (6a) (10a) by inserting the insertion portions (21a) (22a) of the wiring connectors (21) (22) into the harnesses. They are connected to each other with (20).
The electrical devices other than the hopper unit (6) and the power supply device (10) are also connected to each other by a similar harness, but only the harness (20) is illustrated here.

  On the front surface of the game board (3), an identification information display window (11) that allows the central part of the three spinning bodies (5a) to be seen from the front, and above the identification information display window (11), A liquid crystal display window (13) for viewing various game information displayed on a liquid crystal display (12) attached to the rear side of the game board (3), and a game information display area for displaying various game information Unit (14), a medal insertion unit (15) capable of inserting medals as game media, a bet switch button (16) for selecting the number of medals bet, and a rotating body (5a) of the display device (5) ) Is provided with a start switch lever (17) for operation when rotating, and a stop switch button (18) for operation when stopping rotation of the rotating body (5a), etc. Mounted with a mounting board (19) mounted with a plurality of light emitting elements and electric elements for displaying various game information It is

  The game information display area (14) is provided near the lower part of the identification information display window (11). The area includes three upper, middle and lower bet number display windows (14a), medals from the left side. A payout number display window (14b), a bonus game remaining number display window (14c), a credit number display window (14d), and upper, middle and lower three game progress display windows (14e) are provided.

  The game of the gaming machine (1) is performed by the player inserting a predetermined number of medals into the medal insertion section (15) and sequentially operating the bet switch button (16) and the start switch lever (17) to display the display device ( 5) Rotate each spinning body (5a) at the same time, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, operate the stop switch button (18) corresponding to each spinning body (5a) in sequence to stop each spinning body (5a). Is called. Note that by inserting medals into the medal insertion unit (15), a predetermined number (for example, 50) is used as an upper limit, and the number of credits is stored until a later game.

  The combination of left, middle, and right identification information displayed in the identification information display window (11) when each torso (5a) is stopped, and the medal dividend according to the presence / absence of a prize and the size of the prize When the number is determined and winning, a big hit is made and medals are paid out from the hopper unit (6) by a predetermined number of winnings. In the case of a big win, the game proceeds to a predetermined bonus game, and the player can obtain a large number of medals in a short time.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the wiring connector (21) that fits the insertion portion (21a) into the receiving port (6a) of the hopper unit (6) has a rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the front-rear direction. From the wiring connection part (21b) on the base end side to the insertion part (21a) on the free end side on the right side, four front and rear receiving holes (23) facing in the left-right direction are formed in a grid pattern in two rows It has been drilled. Each receiving hole (23) is fitted with a wiring (24) made of a coated conducting wire having a metal contact terminal (24a) (see FIG. 6) connected to the terminal from the wiring connecting portion (21b) side. , It has been retained. The intermediate portions of all the wirings (24) are bundled by being inserted into a flexible transparent tube (20a) as necessary.

The front and rear ends of the wiring connector (21) extend from the insertion portion (21a) side toward the wiring connection portion (21b) side and are provided on the inner surface of the receiving port (6a) of the hopper unit (6). An elastic locking piece (25) is provided for locking the wiring connector (21) from the receiving port (6a) by locking the locking hole (not shown).
The elastic locking piece (25) has a claw piece (25b) protruding from the outer surface of the intermediate portion of the elastic tongue piece (25a) extending from the insertion portion (21a) side toward the wiring connection portion (21b) side. In addition, a release operation projection (25c) is provided on the outer surface of the free end, which is the left end of the elastic tongue piece (25a), and the release operation projection (25c) is pressed inward in the front-rear direction. Then, by elastically bending the elastic tongue piece (25a) inward, each claw piece (25b) is detached inward from the locking hole of the receiving port (6a), and the wiring connector (21) is removed. It can be extracted from the receiving port (6a).

  The upper and lower edges of the front and rear ends of the wiring connector (21) are formed with protruding edges (26) and (26) extending in the front-rear direction so as to sandwich the elastic locking piece (25) from above and below. Protrusions (26a) and (26a) extending in the front-rear direction are provided at the left end of the protrusions (26) and (26) so as to sandwich the release operation protrusion (25c) from above and below. Normally, the release operation protrusion (25c) protrudes slightly in the front-rear direction from the protrusions (26a) and (26a) of the protrusions (26) and (26).

  In each of the upper and lower two rows of receiving holes (23) in the wiring connection portion (21b) of the wiring connector (21), four fittings are arranged in a row in a pair of upper and lower closing bodies (27) and (27). The joint (28) is fitted.

The upper and lower occlusion bodies (27) and (27) are arranged with the same shape facing each other vertically. Next, only the upper part will be described.
The closing body (27) covers the opening end portion on the wiring connection portion (21b) side of the four accommodation holes (23) arranged in the front and rear, and in a portion corresponding to each accommodation hole (23) on the lower edge, A base piece (30) facing in the front-rear direction provided with an inverted U-shaped notch (29) for insertion of wiring (24), and extending to the right from the back surface of this base piece (30) to accommodate each The fitting part (28) is provided with a pair of front and rear elastic tongues (31) and (31) which are fitted into the holes (23) and are pressed against the inner surfaces of the receiving holes (23).

As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 7, the direction of the accommodation hole (23) is provided on the inner surface of the accommodation hole (23) in each elastic tongue piece (31), in this example, on the edge contacting the upper surface of the accommodation hole (23). A plurality of concave strips (or convex strips) (32) facing in the front-rear direction perpendicular to each other are provided, and each elastic tongue piece (31) has a large friction when this edge contacts the inner surface of the receiving hole (23). Is difficult to escape from the accommodation hole (23).
Further, the vicinity of the upper ends of the pair of elastic tongue pieces (31) and (31) are connected to each other by a connecting piece (33) facing in the front-rear direction, thereby increasing the rigidity of this portion.

On the upper edge opposite to the lower edge where the notch (29) for insertion of the wiring (24) in the base piece (30) is provided, a minute rectangular notch for detachment operation of the closing body (27) ( 34) is provided to face the notch (29).
By inserting a pointed tool (not shown) into the notch (29), the closing body (27) can be easily detached from the wiring connector (21).

On the surface of the base piece (30), in the middle part of the fitting parts (28) and (28) that are adjacent to each other, there is provided a groove (35) that faces up and down to divide both fitting parts (28) and (28). It has been.
This recess (35) is formed in advance with a continuous body of oblong obstructions in which a large number of fitting portions (28) are continuously arranged, and the receiving hole (23 of the wiring connector (21) to be fitted. ) In accordance with the desired number of ridges (35) corresponding to the number of).

  Each of the concave strips (35) also serves as a positioning mark when the closing body (27) is mounted. That is, by fitting each fitting portion (28) into the receiving hole (23) so that each concave line (35) is positioned at a partition portion of the receiving holes (23) and (23) adjacent to each other. The mating operation becomes easy.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a contact terminal (24a) connected to a terminal of each wiring (24) is fitted into each receiving hole (23) of the wiring connector (21) from the wiring connecting portion (21b) side, In addition, after retaining, the fitting portions (28) of the pair of upper and lower closing bodies (27) (27) facing each other in the upper and lower rows of accommodation holes (23) are respectively connected to the wiring ( 24) is fitted so that each notch (29) of the base piece (30) is inserted. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, most of the gaps of the receiving holes (23) of the wiring connector (21) are closed by the closing bodies (27) and (27), and the wiring connector (21) An illegal operation body can be inserted between the wiring connection portion (21b) and each wiring (24) to prevent unauthorized actions.

  Moreover, when the closing body (27) is attached to the wiring connection portion (21b), the base piece (30) in the closing body (27) only protrudes slightly from the surface of the wiring connection portion (21b). As shown in Fig. 3, even if there is only a slight gap between the receptacle (6a) of the hopper unit (6) to which the wiring connector (21) is to be connected and the power supply device (10), the wiring connector (21) It can be easily connected to the receiving port (6a), and unlike the case where a conventional cover is attached, the cover does not get in the way and the connection is not difficult or impossible.

  The closure (27) is attached after the wiring (24) is connected to the wiring connector (21), so that the cover is wired before the wiring is connected to the wiring connector, as in the conventional cover. In addition, it is possible to remove the closing body (27) from the wiring connector (21) without removing the wiring connector (21) from the wiring (24). Convenient for recycling.

  The wiring connector (22) is preferably fitted with the same closure (27) as in the wiring connector (21). However, as shown in FIG. 3, the power supply device (10) having a sufficient space above it. The wiring connector (22) to be connected to the receiving port (10a) may be attached with a conventional cover in place of such a closure (27) to prevent fraud.

  Further, the closing bodies (27) may be fitted one by one into the individual accommodation holes (23), but with the configuration as in the above embodiment, a plurality of accommodation holes (23) are formed at once. Since the fitting portion (28) of the closing body (27) can be fitted at the same time, the working efficiency is good.

  Further, in the above example, the wiring connectors (21), (22) in the harness (20) for connecting the power supply device (10) provided in the housing (2) and the hopper unit (6) in the gaming machine (1). Although the present invention is applied to the present invention, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of electric devices mounted on the back surface of the game board (3), a plurality of electric devices provided in the housing (2), a game board (3) Electrical equipment mounted on the back surface and electrical equipment provided in the case (2), or wiring connectors in harnesses for connecting those electrical equipment and electrical equipment outside the gaming machine (1), or their electrical The present invention can also be applied to a wiring connector that connects harnesses that connect devices.

  The present invention can be applied not only to slot machines using medals as game media as described above, but also to pachinko machines using pachinko balls as game media, slot machines using pachinko balls as game media, and the like. In this case, the same effect can be obtained.

It is a front view of the game machine which is one embodiment of the present invention. Similarly, it is a perspective view of the gaming machine with the game board opened. Similarly, it is a front view in a housing | casing when a game board is removed. Similarly, it is the expansion perspective view which looked at one edge part of the harness which mounted | wore with the wiring connector from the front diagonally upper direction. Similarly, it is an enlarged exploded perspective view. FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical front view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 4. It is the expansion perspective view which looked at a part of obstruction body from the back side. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the conventional wiring connector with which the cover was mounted | worn.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Pachislot machines
(2) Housing
(2a) axis
(3) Game board
(4) Locking device
(4a) Locking claw
(5) Display device
(5a) Revolver
(6) Hopper unit
(6a) Receiver
(7) Main control board
(8) Sub control board
(9) Revolute control board
(10) Power supply
(10a) Receiver
(11) Identification information display window
(12) Liquid crystal display
(13) LCD display window
(14) Game information display area
(14a) Bet number display window
(14b) Medal payout number display window
(14c) Bonus game remaining number display window
(14d) Credit number display window
(14e) Game progress display window
(15) Medal insertion part
(16) Bet switch button
(17) Start switch lever
(18) Stop switch button
(19) Mounting board
(20) Harness
(20a) Tube
(21) (22) Wiring connector
(21a) (22a) Insertion part
(21b) (22b) Wiring connection
(23) Accommodation hole
(24) Wiring
(24a) Contact terminal
(25) Elastic locking piece
(25a) Elastic tongue
(25b) Nail piece
(25c) Protrusion for release operation
(26) Rim
(26a) Projection
(27) Occlusion body
(28) Mating part
(29) Notch
(30) Base piece
(31) Elastic tongue
(32) Concave (Convex)
(33) Connecting piece
(34) Notch
(35) Concave

Claims (6)

A game board can be opened and closed at the front opening of the chassis with the front opening, and connected to the ends of multiple wires connected to other electrical equipment in the receptacle provided in the electrical equipment installed in the chassis. In the gaming machine formed by fitting the inserted part of the wiring connector,
In the wiring connector, a plurality of receiving holes are formed in a grid shape from the wiring connecting part on the base end side to the insertion part on the free end side, and the terminal of the wiring inserted from the wiring connecting part side into each receiving hole. A gaming machine characterized in that a connected contact terminal is retained and accommodated, and a closed body provided with a notch for wiring insertion is fitted to an opening end portion on the wiring connection portion side in each accommodation hole.   The closing body covers the opening ends of the plurality of accommodation holes on the wiring connection portion side, and has a base piece provided with a notch for wiring insertion in a portion corresponding to each accommodation hole, and extends from the back surface of the base piece. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a fitting portion that includes a pair of elastic tongue pieces that come out, fit into each accommodation hole, and press-contact with an inner surface of each accommodation hole.   The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein a concave or convex strip facing a direction orthogonal to the direction of the accommodation hole is provided on a side edge of each elastic tongue piece that contacts the inner surface of the accommodation hole.   The gaming machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a concave line is provided at an intermediate portion between adjacent fitting portions on a surface of the base piece so as to face a direction in which both fitting portions are divided.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a notch for detachment operation of the closing body is provided on a side edge opposite to the side edge on which the notch for wiring insertion in the closing body is provided. . A power supply device that is an electrical device and a hopper unit that can store and release medals that are game media are disposed within a housing with a slight gap therebetween, and a side surface on the gap side of the hopper unit. 6. A wiring connector with a closing body that is fitted to the receiving port is provided at a terminal on the hopper unit side of the wiring that connects the power supply device and the hopper unit. The gaming machine described in 1.

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