JP2006087504A - Board face door for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To protect a see-through area at the plastic board face door of a game machine. <P>SOLUTION: In the board face door 3, a front face member 11 consists of transparent plastic, and a flat face 19 provided at a center part is designated to be the see-through area for seeing through a game area. An acrylic film 12 becoming a surface material is adhered to a part to be the see-through area. Since the surface hardness of acrylic resin is nearly equal to glass, the film 12 is never damaged even when it is rubbed with metal such as a coin. That is, the see-through area is sufficiently prevented from being damaged due to a trick by a player. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention belongs to the technical field of gaming machines, and particularly relates to a board door that covers the front of a gaming board.

  A gaming machine such as a pachinko machine has a transparent board (usually a glass board) placed in front of the game board to form a space for the game area between the game board and the behavior of the game ball in the game area. For example, a game is performed depending on whether or not a prize is won.

  If you only want to play a game, you only need one glass plate that forms a game area with the game board, but the other glass plate is placed in front of it to increase resistance to fraud. It was.

The transparent plate for forming the game area is preferably a glass plate for making contact with the game ball, but the other one (player side) may not be made of glass. There is a technique for balancing with the design of a frame body such as a window frame (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-340081).
JP 2003-340081 A

By the way, when the transparent board (perspective area) facing the player is made of plastic, it is necessary to take measures to prevent it from being damaged.
As an example, it is conceivable to apply a highly scratch-resistant coating, but it is difficult to equalize the film thickness if there is any unevenness on the surface, and technical problems that sometimes cause dripping and processing costs It was difficult to adopt due to the high cost problem.

  In addition, it is conceivable to use a plastic with excellent scratch resistance such as acrylic resin, but acrylic resin has a problem that it is difficult to process by injection molding, and the transparent area and its surroundings (conventional glass plate and window frame) Could not be used for a series of front members.

  The board door of the gaming machine according to claim 1 is provided with a front member made of plastic (however, excluding acrylic resin) that has a substantially rectangular outline, and a central portion that is a see-through area for seeing through the game area. In a board surface door of a gaming machine in which a transparent plate forming a space as a game area is attached to the see-through area between the game board and the see-through area, an acrylic film as a surface material is in close contact with the see-through area. It is characterized by.

  The front member is made of plastic, has a substantially rectangular outline, and the central portion is a see-through area for seeing through the game area, but the see-through area (the face facing the player) is an acrylic that serves as a surface material. The film is in close contact. Since the surface hardness of the acrylic resin is similar to that of glass, even if it is rubbed with a metal such as a coin, it is not damaged. That is, it is possible to sufficiently prevent the fluoroscopic area from being damaged due to mischief of the player.

  Even if the fluoroscopic area is intact, the visibility of the gaming area does not deteriorate and there is no problem with the game. Therefore, the acrylic film is sufficient if the size covers the fluoroscopic area, but the acrylic film may extend beyond the fluoroscopic area. Of course, the entire surface of the front member on the player side may be covered with an acrylic film.

In order to adhere the acrylic film as the surface material in close contact with the fluoroscopic region, the acrylic film may be integrated with the front member by employing the insert molding according to claim 2.
The perspective area may be a dome shape as described in, for example, Patent Document 1, but if it is three-dimensional, a so-called rainbow may be generated due to light refraction, and visibility may be reduced.

  Therefore, as described in claim 3, it is desirable that the portion of the front member that becomes the see-through area be a flat surface. Since the part that becomes the see-through area is a flat surface (smooth flat surface), the visibility is reduced due to refraction and distortion when the game area is viewed through the see-through area and further through the transparent plate. There is no.

  Since the front member can be manufactured by injection molding, the degree of freedom of the shape is high. As described in claim 4, a convex bulge portion can be provided on the player side at a portion of the front member that does not become the see-through area. This bulging portion enhances decorativeness. Moreover, it can also be set as an electrical decoration by arrange | positioning light-emitting bodies, such as LED, behind a bulging part.

  The front member of the present invention does not have a structure in which a transparent plate (for example, a glass plate) serving as a see-through area is fitted as in the prior art, and a window hole therefor is not provided. Since there is no decrease in strength due to the opening serving as the window, it is not necessary to make the wall thicker or to provide reinforcing ribs. The reinforcing ribs are not excluded, and may be provided if the ribs are useful, but even in that case, the number and density of the ribs can be significantly reduced as compared with the conventional case.

Since the front member only needs to have at least a transparent area, it may be colored in other portions, a sticker or the like, or a decorative part attached.
In addition, a transparent plate (for example, a glass plate) that forms a space serving as a game area between the game board and the game board is attached to the board door in a face-to-face manner with the transparent glass plate. However, since only one sheet needs to be mounted, a structure suitable for that (a structure different from the conventional one) can be obtained.

  This transparent plate is a transparent plate for forming a space as a game area with the game board, and a glass plate or a transparent plastic plate (preferably excellent in scratch resistance and having a small friction coefficient) is used. .

By the way, since two glass plates were conventionally fitted in the glass rail, the depth occupied by the glass plate (including the distance between the glass rail and the glass plate) was about 20 mm.
However, in the present invention, there is only one transparent plate for forming the game area, and the see-through area of the front member corresponds to the second sheet, so that the distance between the two can be made narrower than before. That is, since the depth dimension as a board surface door can be made small, the depth dimension in the whole gaming machine can be made small. In addition, the depth dimension of the gaming machine main body can be increased by the amount corresponding to the reduction in the depth dimension of the board door, thereby increasing the mounting space for components.

  As a structural member, the board door has a front member and a rear member joined to the rear side of the front member by a connecting means provided with a window that faces the game area in the center with a contour that substantially matches the front member, The transparent member may be attached to the back member.

As described above, when the front door and the rear member are structural members and the rear member is joined to the rear side of the front member by the connecting means, the overall strength of the board door is improved.
As connection means for joining the back member and the front member, known means such as screwing, locking, and engagement may be used. For example, a connection structure disclosed in JP 2002-139008 A can also be employed.

  It is possible to use irreversible connecting means such as adhesion or welding, but the connecting means can be used for the front member and the rear surface in consideration of repairing or replacing the decorative material or the wiring board accommodated in the accommodation space. It is desirable that the member can be joined and separated, that is, a reversible connecting means such as a screw stopper exemplified above.

  In addition, a housing space is formed between the front member and the back member, and this housing space can be used for housing a wiring board or a decoration material to which a light emitting body (for example, an LED or a light bulb) is attached.

If the front member is made of a transparent plastic (not only in the see-through area, but entirely) and a decorative material, LED, or the like is accommodated in the accommodation space, the front member can be seen through.
Since the decoration material is accommodated in the accommodation space, it can be prevented from being contaminated with dust, cigarette smoke and the like. When the decorative material is a member having irregularities such as wrinkles or knurls, it is difficult to remove the dirt that has entered the irregularities, but the decorative material is not dirty, so cleaning is unnecessary. When the wiring board is accommodated in the accommodating space, a short circuit due to dust or the like can be prevented.

  In the case of a wiring board to which a light emitting body (for example, an LED or a light bulb) is attached, since it was conventionally attached behind the board door, a hole for passing light had to be provided in the board door. However, with the above configuration, it is not necessary to provide such a hole.

In this case, a decorative material (so-called lens) that transmits light emitted from the light emitter can also be accommodated in the accommodation space. Moreover, you may attach a lens to the front part of a front member.
It should be noted that the board door of the present invention has a substantially rectangular outline (usually a vertically long rectangular shape), and is normally hinged on one side to the main body side of the gaming machine and can be opened and closed. It may be in the form.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples of the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the following examples and the like, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention.
[Example]
As shown in FIG. 1, a panel door 3 is attached to the front portion of a pachinko machine 1 that is a kind of gaming machine.

  The contour of the panel door 3 is substantially rectangular, and one of the vertical sides thereof is connected to the main body side by a hinge (not shown) and can be opened and closed like a door. However, it is normally closed and locked by the lock mechanism 5.

  A dish door 7 having a ball tray 6 is disposed below the panel door 3. The dish door 7 is pivotally supported on the main body side by a hinge with the panel surface door 3 and can be opened and closed like a door. However, it is normally closed in a state where the upper side portion is pressed by the panel door 3, and the tray door 7 cannot be opened unless the panel door 3 is opened.

  A ball extraction passage 8 communicates with the bottom of the ball tray 6, and the game ball in the ball tray 6 can be discharged from the ball extraction passage 8 by opening the ball extraction passage 8 with the operation member 8 a. Normally, the game balls discharged from the ball removal passage 8 are received by a carrying ball box.

An ashtray 9 and a firing handle 10 are attached to the dish door 7.
As shown in FIG. 2, the panel door 3 is composed of a front member 11, a rear member 13, a decorative material 14 arranged therebetween, a wiring board 16, a front decorative material 18 attached to the front surface of the front member 11, and the like. It is configured.

The front member 11 is a transparent polycarbonate molded product, and the contour of the front member 11 becomes the contour of the panel door 3.
Although the center part of the front member 11 is a substantially circular flat surface 19, an acrylic resin film (acrylic film) 12 is disposed here. The acrylic film 12 is integrated with the front member 11 by insert molding. The acrylic film 12 has a flat plate shape as a whole, but is provided with a plurality of positioning pin holes 12a along the outer periphery thereof. The pin hole 12a is a hole for positioning the acrylic film 12 in the mold by fitting it with a pin provided in the mold when the acrylic film 12 is accommodated in the mold for insert molding. It is.

  The pin hole 12a is made as small as possible within the range sufficient for its use, and is hardly conspicuous because it is arranged at the peripheral edge of the fluoroscopic region. Therefore, it may be made visible to the player, but the beauty can be improved by disposing and hiding the front decoration material 18 so as to overlap the pin hole 12a.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a bulging portion 20 that protrudes toward the player is provided around the flat surface 19, and a cloud-like coloring that extends inside and outside the outline of the flat surface 19 is provided around the flat surface 19. An area 21 is provided. The colored area 21 extends to a part of the bulging portion 20. For this reason, although the whole area of the flat surface 19 is not transparent, the flat surface 19 (strictly, a portion excluding the colored area 21) becomes a see-through area.

  Further, a front decoration member 18 which is a colored plastic molded product is attached to the front surface of the front member 11, and this portion is also opaque. Therefore, in addition to the above-described fluoroscopic region, a portion that is out of the coloring region 21 and is not covered by the front decorative material 18 is transparent, and the transparent portion is the lens housing portion 22.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the decorative material 14 is accommodated behind the lens accommodating portions 22. The decorative material 14 is a translucent plastic molded product, and is subjected to processing (for example, embossing) for dispersing light. There is also a decorative material 14 that is partially opaque due to transfer during molding, for example.

  A wiring board 16 is disposed behind the decorative material 14. The wiring board 16 is a printed circuit board, and an appropriate number of LEDs (not shown) are mounted at positions corresponding to the decorative materials 14 according to the shape and dimensions of the decorative material 14. For this reason, the decoration material 14 (lens accommodating part 22) becomes the electrical decoration which uses LED as a light source.

A back member 13 is disposed behind the wiring board 16.
The contour of the back member 13 substantially matches the contour of the front member 11, but only the portion corresponding to the lock mechanism 5 is recessed from the contour of the front member 11. In addition, a window 25 having a shape substantially matching the flat surface 19 is provided at the center of the back member 13.

  The back member 13 is provided with an outer peripheral rib 26 along the contour and an inner peripheral rib 27 along the window 25. An intermediate rib (not shown) is provided between the outer peripheral rib 26 and the inner peripheral rib 27. For this reason, the back member 13 is formed with a plurality of recesses partitioned by intermediate ribs, and the wiring board 16 is accommodated in the recesses.

  The back member 13 has the outer peripheral rib 26 aligned with the contour of the front member 11, the inner peripheral rib 27 (window 25) aligned with the flat surface 19, and the decorative material 14 and the wiring board 16 are connected to the rear member 13 and the front member 11. It accommodates in between and is connected with the front member 11 with a connection means (for example, screw).

  Further, a glass holding part 32 having an L-shaped cross section is provided on the back part of the back member 13. The glass holding portion 32 is provided in a U shape along the bottom side and the left and right vertical sides of the back member 13. The edge of a glass plate 33 (corresponding to a transparent plate) brought into close contact with the back surface of the back member 13 is inserted into the glass holding portion 32. The glass plate 33 can be inserted and removed from the open portion of the glass holding portion 32 on the upper side.

  In the board surface door 3 of the present embodiment, the front member 11 is made of transparent plastic, and the flat surface 19 provided at the center is a see-through area for seeing through the game area. That is, it is not a structure in which a transparent plate (for example, a glass plate) is fitted to the front member 11, and no window hole is provided therefor, so there is no decrease in strength due to the opening serving as a window. Therefore, it is not necessary to make the front member 11 thicker or provide reinforcing ribs. Even when reinforcing means such as ribs are provided, the number, arrangement density, size, and the like can be significantly reduced as compared with the prior art.

  In addition, the acrylic film 12 serving as a surface material is in close contact with the portion of the flat surface 19 that is to be a transparent region. Since the surface hardness of the acrylic resin is comparable to that of glass, even if it is rubbed with a metal such as a coin, it is not damaged. That is, it is possible to sufficiently prevent the fluoroscopic area from being damaged due to mischief of the player.

  Further, since the panel door 3 is constituted by using the front member 11 and the back member 13 as structural members and joining the back member 13 to the back side of the front member 11 by the connecting means, the overall strength is further improved. .

  A window 25 is provided at the center of the back member 13 so as to face the game area. A glass plate 33 is attached so as to close the window 25, and a space serving as a game area is provided between the glass plate 33 and the game board. It is formed. The flat surface 19 of the front member 11 is located in front of the glass plate 33, and a closed space is formed between them.

  Conventionally, two glass plates have been fitted into the glass rail. However, in the board door 3 of this embodiment, the glass plate 33 is only one for forming a game area, and the flat surface 19 of the front member 11 is used. Since this corresponds to the second sheet, it is possible to narrow the distance between the two. That is, since the depth dimension as the board door 3 can be reduced, the depth dimension of the entire gaming machine can be reduced. It is also possible to increase the depth dimension of the gaming machine body by increasing the depth dimension of the board door 3 and increase the mounting space for components.

  Furthermore, in the panel surface door 3 of the present embodiment, when the back member 13 is joined to the back side of the front member 11, an accommodation space is formed between the front member 11 outside the window 25, The wiring board 16 is accommodated.

Since the front member 11 is made of transparent plastic, if the decoration material 14 is accommodated in the accommodation space, the decoration material 14 can be seen through the front member 11.
Since the decorative material 14 is accommodated in the accommodating space, it can be prevented from being contaminated with dust, cigarette smoke and the like. When the decorative material 14 is a member having irregularities such as wrinkles and knurls, it is difficult to remove the dirt that has entered the irregularities, but the decorative material 14 is not dirty, so cleaning is not necessary.

Since the wiring board 16 is also housed in the housing space, a short circuit due to dust or the like can be prevented.
In addition, since the front member 11 and the rear member 13 are in close contact with each other at the contour portion and the edge of the window 25, and the accommodation space is a closed space, the effect of preventing the decorative material 14 and the wiring board 16 from being soiled is extremely high. Become good.

Further, since the panel door 3 has a box-like structure by the front member 11 and the back member 13, the strength of the panel door 3 is increased.
Since the LED is attached to the wiring board 16 of the present embodiment, and the light from the LED passes through the decorative material 14, the decorative material 14 becomes a lens. Conventionally, since the wiring board and the LED are attached to the back of the panel door 3, a hole for allowing the LED light to pass through must be provided in the panel door 3. In this embodiment, such a hole is provided. There is no need.

  Although the present invention is a board door of a gaming machine equipped with a game board, the technology of the present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine not equipped with a gaming board, for example, a slot machine. Specifically, the door member having the front member of the present invention but having no transparent plate for forming the game area is used as the front frame of the slot machine. As a result, the same effect as described above can be obtained also in the front frame of the slot machine.

The front view of the game machine of an Example. The cross-sectional schematic diagram for demonstrating the layer structure of the board | substrate surface door of an Example.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Pachinko machine (game machine),
3 ... Board door,
6 ... Ball plate,
7 ... Dish door,
11 ... Front member,
12 ... acrylic film,
13 ... Back member,
14 ... decorative material,
16 ... wiring board,
18 ... Front decoration material,
19: Flat surface (perspective area),
20 ... bulge part,
22 ... Lens housing part,
25 ... window,
32 ... Glass holding part,
33 ... Glass plate (transparent plate)

Claims (4)

The outline is substantially rectangular, and the central portion includes a front member made of plastic (but excluding acrylic resin) that is a see-through area for seeing through the game area.
In the board door of the gaming machine in which a transparent plate for forming a space to be a gaming area between the gaming board is attached facing the see-through area,
An acrylic film serving as a surface material is in close contact with the see-through area. In the board door of the gaming machine according to claim 1,
The board door of a gaming machine, wherein the acrylic film is integrated with the front member by insert molding. In the board door of the gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2,
A board surface door of a gaming machine, wherein a portion of the front member serving as the see-through area is a flat surface. In the board door of the gaming machine according to claim 1, 2, or 3,
A bullet ball game machine characterized in that a convex bulge is provided on the player side at a portion of the front member that does not become the see-through area.

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