JP2006191977A - Button switch device of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a button switch device which does not cause the malfunction, short circuit or service life shortening of the circuit of the button switch device even when a player erroneously spills drinking water or the like in a game machine of a type that the push button part of the button switch device is disposed at a surface inclined wall part. <P>SOLUTION: The button switch device 2 comprises: the push button parts 14, 15 and 16 to be depressed by a player; switch parts (a microswitch 6, a tactile switch 8 and a tactile switch 10) operated by depressing of the push button parts 14, 15 and 16; and a circuit board 11 to which the switch parts 6, 8 and 10 are electrically connected. The push button parts 14, 15 and 16 are arranged at the openings 25, 26 and 27 of the surface inclined wall part (cover member 24). The depressing direction of the push button parts 14, 15 and 16 matches a vertical direction to the surface inclined wall part 24. A waterproof sheet member 18 is disposed between the push button parts 14, 15 and 16 and the switch parts 6, 8 and 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a button switch device for a gaming machine, and more particularly to a button switch device provided on a front frame of a gaming machine.

  A so-called CR machine is a pachinko gaming machine that lends a game ball using a prepaid card. Specifically, a prepaid card is inserted into a card insertion slot, and a ball lending button switch device When the push button portion is pressed, the prize ball payout device is activated, and a certain amount of game balls are supplied to the upper plate (hit ball supply tray). And this kind of pachinko gaming machine, from the front of the upper plate or the front panel near the upper plate, the push button portion of the ball lending button switch device and the prepaid card inserted in the card insertion port from the card insertion port A push button part of the button switch device such as a push button part of the card return button switch device operated at the time of extraction is arranged (see, for example, Patent Documents 1, 2, 3, and 4).

  However, in these pachinko gaming machines, the push button portion of the button switch device is provided so as to slightly protrude forward from the front surface or front panel of the substantially vertical upper plate, so that it is a button for the player who is playing The position and type of the push button part of the switch device cannot be easily seen.

Therefore, recently, for the purpose of making it easy to visually recognize the position and type of the push button portion of the button switch device, an inclined wall portion is formed on the surface, and the button switch device is formed at the opening of the surface inclined wall portion. There has been proposed a pachinko gaming machine in which the push button portion is arranged and the push button portion is pressed in the direction perpendicular to the surface inclined wall portion.
JP 2000-245933 A (FIGS. 1 and 2) JP 2000-14904 A (FIGS. 1 and 3) JP 2002-186774 A (FIGS. 3 and 4) JP 2002-224377 A (FIGS. 1 and 2)

  However, a new problem has been found in the pachinko gaming machine of the type in which the push button portion of the button switch device is arranged on the surface inclined wall portion as described above. That is, for example, in a hall, when a player has an opportunity to drink canned drinking water or drinking water in a paper cup while playing, if the player accidentally spills drinking water, The switch part that enters the inside of the inclined surface wall part from the gap between the opening part and the opening part, and is operated by pressing the push button part, or the circuit board to which the switch part is electrically connected It has been found that there is a risk that the circuit board may get wet and cause malfunction of the circuit, short circuit and shortening of the service life. Such a problem has not occurred in the pachinko gaming machine of the type in which the push button portion of the button switch device is arranged on the front surface or the front panel of the vertical upper plate as described above.

  The present invention is not limited to a gaming machine of the type in which the push button portion of the button switch device is arranged on the surface inclined wall portion as described above. It is an object of the present invention to provide a button switch device that does not cause malfunction, short-circuiting or shortening of the life of the button switch device even when drinking water is accidentally zeroed.

  A button switch device for a gaming machine according to the present invention is a button switch device for a gaming machine provided on a front frame of a gaming machine, and operates by pressing a push button portion pressed by a player and the push button portion. In a button switch device of a gaming machine comprising a switch portion and a circuit board to which the switch portion is electrically connected, and the push button portion is disposed in an opening of a surface wall portion, the push button portion and the The waterproof sheet member is disposed in an inclined state between the switch portion and the switch portion.

  According to the button switch device of the present invention, even if drinking water or the like accidentally zeroed by the player enters the inside of the surface wall portion from the gap between the push button portion and the opening portion of the button switch device, When water or the like reaches the waterproof sheet member, it flows down through the inclined waterproof sheet member. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the switch part and the circuit board from getting wet by the infused drinking water, and it is possible to prevent malfunction, short circuit and shortening of the life of the button switch device due to drinking water or the like.

  The button switch device for a gaming machine according to the present invention is a button switch device for a gaming machine provided on a front frame of the gaming machine, wherein the push button unit is pressed by a player and the push button unit is pressed. An operating switch part and a circuit board electrically connected to the switch part, wherein the push button part is disposed in an opening of a surface inclined wall part, and a push direction of the push button part is the surface In a button switch device of a gaming machine that coincides with the vertical direction with respect to the inclined wall portion, a waterproof sheet member is disposed between the push button portion and the switch portion.

  According to the button switch device of the present invention, even if drinking water or the like accidentally zeroed by the player enters the inside of the surface inclined wall portion from the gap between the push button portion and the opening portion of the button switch device, Drinking water and the like are blocked by the waterproof sheet member. For this reason, the switch portion and the circuit board are not wetted by the infused drinking water, and therefore it is possible to prevent malfunction, short circuit and shortening of the life of the button switch device due to drinking water or the like.

  Here, when an elastic protrusion for returning the push button part to the initial position is formed in a portion of the waterproof sheet member that contacts the push button part, the member for returning the push button part to the initial position is formed. As a result, the elastic projection part assists an elastic member such as a spring that is normally used, or the number of parts can be reduced by using the elastic projection part as an alternative member of the existing elastic member.

  Further, if a liquid guiding path for discharging the liquid that has entered from the gap between the push button portion and the opening is formed in the waterproof sheet member, the entered liquid can be discharged to the outside satisfactorily. Become.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine incorporating a button switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the button switch device, and FIG. 3 is a button switch with a cover member removed. FIG. 4 is a conceptual exploded sectional view of the main part of the button switch device, and shows a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

  In FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine includes a button switch device 2 at the bottom of a front frame 1.

  The button switch device 2 includes a base member 3 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. The base member 3 is screwed to the front frame 1. The frame 4 is screwed to the surface of the base member 3. The frame 4 includes a micro switch (switch unit) 6 of a ball release button switch device 5, a tact switch (switch unit) 8 with a built-in LED of a ball lending button switch device 7, and a tact switch (switch unit) of a card return button switch device 9. 10 is screwed to the surface of the circuit board 11 on which it is mounted. The frame 4 includes a ball spring leaf spring portion 12 that can operate the micro switch 6 of the ball ball button switch device 5 and a card return leaf spring portion 13 that can operate the tact switch 10 of the card return button switch device 9. Have. The circuit board 11 is fixed in a state where it is inclined forward and downward.

  A button holding plate 17 that holds the push button portions 14, 15, 16 of the button switch devices 5, 7, 9 is screwed to the surface of the frame 4. A waterproof sheet member 18 is screwed to the back surface of the button holding plate 17, and the push button unit 14 of the ball removal button switch device 5 is accommodated between the waterproof sheet member 18 and the button holding plate 17. A front plate 19 is screwed to the surface of the button holding plate 17, and the push button portions 15 and 16 of the ball lending button switch device 7 and the card return button switch device 9 are interposed between the front plate 19 and the button holding plate 17. Be contained.

  The push button portion 14 of the ball release button switch device 5 is arranged so as to be able to contact the ball release leaf spring portion 12 of the frame body 4 through the waterproof sheet member 18, and the push button of the ball lending button switch device 7 is pressed. The moving button portion 15 is arranged so that the tact switch 8 of the ball lending button switch device 7 of the circuit board 11 can be operated via the waterproof sheet member 18, and the push button portion 16 of the card return button switch device 9 is It arrange | positions through the waterproof sheet member 18 so that the leaf | plate spring part 13 for a return of the frame 4 can contact | abut.

  The waterproof sheet member 18 is made of a thin plate-like synthetic resin material such as polycarbonate, and is disposed so as to cover the surface of the frame body 4. As shown in FIG. 4, in the waterproof sheet member 18, the portions facing the push button portions 14, 15, 16 of the ball removal button switch device 5, the ball lending button switch device 7, and the card return button switch device 9 Elastic projections (elastic portions) 20, 21, 22 are formed. Each elastic protrusion 20, 20, 22 is elastically deformed when the corresponding push button 14, 14, 16 is pressed, and is elastically restored when the push is released. , 16 is returned to the initial position.

  Moreover, the wall part 23 bent in the surface side is formed in the edge of the waterproof sheet member 18. The wall portion 23 constitutes a liquid guiding path for discharging the liquid that has entered inside to the outside.

  A cover member (surface inclined wall portion) 24 is screwed to the surface of the base member 18. The cover member 24 has openings 25, 26, and 27, and the push-out button switch device 5, the ball lending button switch device 7, and the card return button switch device 9 are pressed from these openings 25, 26, and 27. The heads of the moving button portions 14, 15, and 16 protrude, and the player can press each of the pressing button portions 14, 15, and 16. Here, the pressing direction of the push button portions 14, 15, 16 coincides with the direction perpendicular to the cover member 24. In addition, the button switch device 2 is provided with a chance button switch device 28 that is operated by the player to select a reach effect.

  In the pachinko gaming machine in which the button switch device 2 configured as described above is incorporated, when the player presses the push button portion 14 of the ball removal button switch device 5, the waterproof sheet member is pressed by pressing the push button portion 14. 18 elastic protrusions 20 are elastically deformed, and the ball removal leaf spring 12 is elastically deformed through the waterproof sheet member 18 to operate the microswitch 6 and the microswitch 6 is turned on. Thereafter, when the player releases the pressing of the push button portion 14, the ball spring leaf spring portion 12 and the elastic protrusion portion 20 are elastically restored, the micro switch 6 is turned off, and the push button portion 14 is in the initial position. Return to.

  When the player depresses the push button portion 15 of the ball lending button switch device 7, the push of the push button portion 15 causes the elastic projection 21 of the waterproof sheet member 18 to be elastically deformed, causing the tact switch 8 to operate. Switch 8 is turned on. Thereafter, when the player releases the push on the push button unit 15, the elastic projection 21 is elastically restored, the tact switch 8 is turned off, and the push button unit 15 returns to the initial position.

  When the player depresses the push button portion 16 of the card return button switch device 9, the push of the push button portion 16 causes the elastic projection 22 of the waterproof sheet member 18 to be elastically deformed, and also through the waterproof sheet member 18. Then, the card return leaf spring portion 13 is elastically deformed, the tact switch 10 is operated, and the tact switch 10 is turned on. Thereafter, when the player releases the push on the push button portion 16, the card return leaf spring portion 13 and the elastic projection portion 22 are elastically restored, the tact switch 10 is turned off, and the push button portion 16 is moved to the initial position. Return to.

  A gap is formed between each of the push button parts 14, 15, 16 and the corresponding openings 25, 26, 27 to provide play, and when drinking water or the like enters from the gap, The intruding drinking water or the like is prevented from entering the micro switch 6, the tact switch 8, the tact switch 10 and the circuit board 11 by the waterproof sheet member 18. For this reason, the microswitch 6, the tact switch 8, the tact switch 10, and the circuit board 11 are not wetted by the infused drinking water or the like. Further, the infused drinking water or the like is discharged to the outside through the wall portion 23 of the waterproof sheet member 18.

  As described above, the button switch device 2 of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment is the button switch device 2 of the gaming machine provided on the front frame 1 of the gaming machine, and the push button unit 14 that is pressed by the player. , 15, 16 and a switch unit (micro switch 6, tact switch 8, tact switch 10) that operates when the push button unit 14, 15, 16 is pressed and a circuit unit in which the switch units 6, 8, 10 are electrically connected. The push button portions 14, 15, and 16 are disposed in the openings 25, 26, and 27 of the surface inclined wall portion (cover member 24), and the push button portions 14, 15, and 16 are pushed in directions. In the button switch device 2 of the gaming machine in which the vertical direction corresponds to the surface inclined wall portion 24, a waterproof sheet member 18 is disposed between the push button portions 14, 15, 16 and the switch portions 6, 8, 10. ing.

  Therefore, drinking water or the like that has been accidentally zeroed by the player enters the inside of the surface inclined wall portion 24 through the gap between the push button portions 14, 15, 16 and the openings 25, 26, 27 of the button switch device 2. However, the infiltrated drinking water is blocked by the waterproof sheet member 18. For this reason, the switch parts 6, 8, 10 and the circuit board 11 are not wetted by the infused drinking water. Therefore, it is possible to prevent malfunction, short circuit and shortening of the life of the button switch device 2 due to drinking water or the like. Can do.

  In addition, since the elastic protrusion 20 for returning the push button parts 14, 15, 16 to the initial position is formed at the portion of the waterproof sheet member 18 that contacts the push button parts 14, 15, 16, the push button The elastic protrusion 20 assists an elastic member such as a spring that is normally used as a member for returning the portions 14, 15, 16 to the initial position, or the elastic protrusion 20 is used as an alternative member of the existing elastic member. By doing so, the number of parts can be reduced.

  In addition, the waterproof sheet member 18 is formed with a liquid guiding path (wall portion 23) for discharging the liquid that has entered through the gap between the push button portions 14, 15, 16 and the openings 25, 26, 27 to the outside. , It will be possible to discharge the infiltrated liquid to the outside. Here, the liquid guide path 23 may be configured by a protruding line portion or a groove portion in addition to the wall portion 23 as described above.

  In the above embodiment, the positions where the push button portions 14, 15, 16 are arranged are the openings 25, 26, 27 of the surface inclined wall portion 24. However, the present invention is not limited to this arrangement location. Absent. In other words, the present invention is also applicable when the place where the push button portions 14, 15, 16 are disposed is set to an opening portion of a horizontal surface wall portion that is not inclined, and the placement portion is set in this way. In this case, if at least the waterproof sheet member 18 is arranged in an inclined state, the infused drinking water flows down through the inclined waterproof sheet member 18 and prevents the circuit board 11 and the like from getting wet. Is possible.

1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine in which a button switch device according to an embodiment of the present invention is incorporated. It is a disassembled perspective view of the button switch device. It is a front view of the button switch apparatus which removed the cover member. FIG. 4 is a conceptual exploded cross-sectional view of the main part of the button switch device, taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

2 Button switch device 6 Micro switch (switch part)
8 Tact switch (switch part)
10 Tact switch (switch part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Circuit board 14,15,16 Push button part 18 Waterproof sheet member 20 Elastic projection part 23 Wall part (liquid guide path)
24 Cover member (surface inclined wall)
25, 26, 27 opening

Claims (4)

A button switch device for a gaming machine provided on a front frame of a gaming machine, wherein a push button unit pressed by a player, a switch unit operated by pressing the push button unit, and the switch unit are electrically connected A button switch device of a gaming machine, wherein the push button portion is disposed in the opening of the surface wall portion,
A button switch device for a gaming machine, wherein a waterproof sheet member is disposed in an inclined state between the push button portion and the switch portion. A button switch device for a gaming machine provided on a front frame of a gaming machine, wherein a push button unit pressed by a player, a switch unit operated by pressing the push button unit, and the switch unit are electrically connected A button of a gaming machine in which the push button portion is disposed in an opening of the surface inclined wall portion, and a pressing direction of the push button portion coincides with a direction perpendicular to the surface inclined wall portion. In the switch device,
A button switch device for a gaming machine, wherein a waterproof sheet member is disposed between the push button portion and the switch portion.   The elastic projection part for returning this push button part to an initial position is formed in the portion which contacts the push button part in the waterproof sheet member, The claim 1 or 2 characterized by things. Button switch device for gaming machines.   4. The liquid guide path for discharging the liquid that has entered from the gap between the push button portion and the opening portion to the outside is formed in the waterproof sheet member. A button switch device for the gaming machine according to 1.

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