JP2006340882A - Game machine locking piece setting tool, and game machine lower side locking piece - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for facilitating the work of mounting a game machine on a game machine island. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine locking piece setting tool 10 consists of a base plate 20 with a pair of left and right lower side locking piece attaching holes 21, an inclination angle adjusting means 24 for adjusting the angle of inclination in the front/rear and left/right directions of the base plate, a vertical frame 41 erected on the base plate, a pair of left and right upper side locking piece abutting plates 43 disposed at the upper end of the vertical frame, and a level 50 fixed to the base plate or vertical frame. The upper side locking piece abutting plates 43 are made to abut to upper side locking pieces 60 fixed to an upper frame 81, and the base plate retained in the horizontal posture by the level and the inclination angle adjusting means is mounted on a lower frame 84, and lower side locking pieces 70 attached to the lower side locking piece attaching holes 21 are fixed to the lower frame. The lower side locking piece consists of a fixed bracket 71 with a plurality of adjacently formed grooves 75 of the same width and an adjusting bracket 72 with a projecting line 79 formed on the rear surface. The projecting line is set in any one of the grooves. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides an upper side for positioning a gaming machine by abutting the upper end and the lower end of the gaming machine so that the gaming machine is inclined in the front-rear direction at a predetermined angle when a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine is attached to the gaming machine island. The present invention relates to a locking piece set jig for a gaming machine and a lower locking piece for a gaming machine that are used when the locking piece and the lower locking piece are respectively fixed to predetermined positions of an upper frame and a lower frame of the gaming machine island.

As a method of attaching a gaming machine to a gaming machine island at a predetermined front-rear angle, Patent Document 1 discloses an upper locking piece for locking the upper end of the gaming machine on the upper frame of the gaming machine island. A lower locking piece that the lower end of the gaming machine is locked to the lower frame is assembled so as to be able to advance and retreat in the front-rear direction, and the amount of advancement and retraction of the upper locking piece and the lower locking piece is adjusted. An attachment method is disclosed in which a gaming machine can be inclined at a predetermined longitudinal angle when the gaming machine is fitted between an upper frame and a lower frame.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-62301

  In the conventional mounting method, the amount of advancement and retraction of the upper and lower locking pieces for each gaming machine must be adjusted. When a large number of gaming machines are replaced, adjustment of both locking pieces is required. It takes a lot of work and increases the cost of replacing gaming machines.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can accurately set the tilt angle in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine, and each of the upper latch piece and the lower latch piece for setting the tilt angle. It is an object of the present invention to provide means capable of easily and quickly attaching to a predetermined position of an upper frame and a lower frame, thereby facilitating an operation of attaching a gaming machine to a gaming machine island.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the upper locking piece is fixed to the upper frame of the gaming machine island, and the lower locking piece is fixed to the lower frame of the gaming machine island. To attach the gaming machine to the gaming machine island by tilting it in the front-rear direction at a predetermined angle by locking the upper end to the upper locking piece and locking the lower end of the gaming machine to the lower locking piece A locking piece set jig for a gaming machine, wherein the lower locking piece is positioned and fixed to a predetermined position of the lower frame with respect to the upper locking piece fixed to an upper frame. Base plate in which stop piece mounting holes are formed, tilt angle adjusting means in the front and rear and left and right directions of the base plate, a vertical frame standing on the base plate, and a pair of left and right upper locking piece contact plates provided at the upper end of the vertical frame And a spirit level fixed to the base plate or the vertical frame The upper locking piece is fixed to the upper frame, the upper locking piece contact plate is brought into contact with the fixed upper locking piece, and the tilt angle adjusting means is operated while looking at the level, The base plate is placed on the lower frame while maintaining the level, the lower locking piece is mounted in the lower locking piece mounting hole, and the mounted lower locking piece is fixed to the lower frame. To do.
Preferably, the vertical frame is detachably assembled to the base plate, and a stopper that contacts the end of the lower frame and enables front-rear positioning on the lower frame of the base plate is positioned in the front-rear direction. Provide adjustable.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the gaming machine is held at a predetermined longitudinal angle by locking the lower end of the gaming machine having the upper end locked to the upper locking piece fixed to the upper frame of the gaming machine island. A lower locking piece for a gaming machine that is positioned and fixed to a predetermined position of a lower frame of the gaming machine island with respect to the upper locking piece, A fixed bracket that is fixed to the lower frame, and an adjustment bracket that is detachably fixed to the fixed bracket and has an upright surface that abuts and locks the lower end of the gaming machine. A plurality of grooves having the same width extending in the left-right direction of the island are formed adjacent to each other, and at least one protrusion that fits into the groove is formed on the back surface of the adjustment bracket. By adjusting the bracket to one of the adjustment brackets, Characterized in that the longitudinal position of Tsu bets were to be positioned.
And preferably, the cross-sectional shape of the groove and the cross-sectional shape of the ridge are formed in an inverted triangle.
Preferably, an elongated hole extending in the front-rear direction is formed in the adjustment bracket, a screw hole is formed in the fixing bracket, and a screw is screwed into the screw hole through the elongated hole, thereby fixing the adjustment bracket with the screw. The front and rear positions can be adjusted.

In order to attach the gaming machine to the gaming machine island using the locking piece set jig for gaming machine according to the present invention, the upper locking piece is fixed to the upper frame in advance, and the upper locking piece is fixed to the fixed upper locking piece. Attach the single abutment plate, operate the tilt angle adjustment means so that the base plate is horizontal when looking at the level, and place it on the lower frame. A lower locking piece is attached to the hole, and the attached lower locking piece is fixed to the lower frame.
By doing so, the lower locking piece fixed to the lower frame is arranged at a predetermined position with respect to the upper locking piece fixed to the upper frame, so the upper end of the gaming machine is used as the upper locking piece. By locking and locking the lower end portion to the lower locking piece, the gaming machine is attached to the gaming machine island at a predetermined front-rear direction inclination angle.
According to the present invention, the upper locking piece is fixed to the upper frame of the gaming machine island in advance, and then the gaming machine is simply fixed to the predetermined position of the lower frame using a jig. Can be attached to the gaming machine island at a predetermined forward / backward tilt angle. Therefore, the game machine can be easily attached.
In addition, the upper locking piece fixed to the upper frame can be arranged and fixed on the lower frame while holding the predetermined position set by the dimensions of the jig, so that a large number of gaming machines can be accurately specified. It can be attached to the gaming machine island with a forward / backward tilt angle.
In addition, when the vertical frame is detachably assembled to the base plate and the base plate is provided with a stopper that can be positioned in the front-rear direction by contacting the end of the lower frame and allowing the front-rear positioning on the lower frame of the base plate The lower locking piece is fixed to a predetermined position of the lower frame with respect to a predetermined portion of the upper frame, for example, the upper locking piece fixed to the rear end surface of the upper frame, and the stopper is fixed to the predetermined position of the lower frame. If you set the front and back position to contact the next, when you install the next game machine, separate the vertical frame from the base plate, place the stopper on the predetermined part of the lower frame and place the base plate on the lower frame, By mounting the lower locking piece in the locking piece mounting hole, the upper locking piece fixed to the predetermined part of the upper frame, just like the both locking pieces previously attached by using the base plate, Lower The stop piece may be affixed to a predetermined position of the lower frame. Therefore, the fixing work of both the locking pieces and the attaching work of the gaming machine are further facilitated.
In addition, according to the lower locking piece for gaming machines according to the present invention, the front and rear positions of the adjustment bracket can be adjusted by changing the groove in which the ridge is fitted to the fixed bracket fixed at a predetermined position on the gaming machine island. Therefore, the inclination angle in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine can be adjusted even after the fixing bracket is fixed to the lower frame, and the workability of attaching the gaming machine to the gaming machine island is improved. In particular, in the present invention, since the grooves have the same width, it is possible to easily and accurately set the front / rear inclination angle of the gaming machine island.
Furthermore, by making the cross-sectional shapes of the grooves and the ridges into inverted triangles, the ridges can be easily fitted into the grooves, and the front-rear position of the adjustment bracket with respect to the fixed bracket and thus the front-rear inclination angle of the gaming machine can be set more accurately. .
Furthermore, the screw is screwed into the screw hole of the fixed bracket through the long hole of the adjustment bracket, and the adjustment bracket is assembled to the fixed bracket so that it can be attached and detached and the front and rear position can be adjusted. The workability of attaching the machine to the gaming machine island is improved.

A locking piece set jig for a gaming machine, including a base plate having a pair of left and right lower locking piece mounting holes, a horizontal plate, a vertical frame standing and fixed on the horizontal plate, and a horizontal frame fixed to the upper end of the vertical frame It consists of a pair of left and right upper locking piece abutment plates provided at both left and right ends of the frame, and a level attached to the upper end of the side frame that is erected and fixed to the horizontal plate. The horizontal plate can be attached to and detached from the base plate with a toggle clamp. A stopper bolt is mounted on the base plate so as to be able to position the front and rear on the lower frame of the base plate by contacting the end of the lower frame so that the position of the front and rear can be adjusted. Install the tilt angle adjusting bolt to adjust the tilt angle.
The upper locking piece is fixed to the upper frame, the upper locking piece contact plate is brought into contact with the fixed upper locking piece, and the tilt adjustment bolt is operated while looking at the level, and the base plate is lowered while maintaining the level. Place on the frame. Then, the lower locking piece is mounted in the lower locking piece mounting hole, and the mounted lower locking piece is fixed to the lower frame.
Then, there is a fixing bracket that fixes the lower locking piece to the lower frame of the gaming machine island, and an adjustment that is detachably fixed to the fixing bracket having an upright surface that the lower end of the gaming machine contacts and locks. Consists of brackets. On the surface of the fixed bracket, a plurality of grooves of the same width extending in the left-right direction of the gaming machine island are formed adjacent to each other, and at least one protrusion that fits into the groove is formed on the back surface of the adjustment bracket. Is fitted into any one of the plurality of grooves so that the front and rear positions of the adjustment bracket can be positioned with respect to the fixed bracket.
Moreover, the cross-sectional shape of a groove | channel and the cross-sectional shape of a protruding item | line are formed in an inverted triangle. In addition, a long hole extending in the front-rear direction is formed in the adjustment bracket, a screw hole is formed in the fixed bracket, and the thumbscrew is screwed into the screw hole through the long hole so that the adjustment bracket can be adjusted in the front-rear position with the thumbscrew Fix it.

    FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show a locking piece set fitting 10 for a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The set fitting 10 includes a base plate 20, a horizontal plate 40, two vertical frames 41, a horizontal frame 42 fixed to the upper ends of both vertical frames 41, an upper locking piece contact plate 43 fixed to both left and right ends, and a level. A container 50 is provided.

    The base plate 20 is made of an iron plate and has a gate-like planar shape, and a substantially rectangular lower locking piece mounting hole 21 is formed at the rear edges of the left and right ends. Two pins 22 are inserted into a through hole provided in the inner surface of the rear edge of the mounting hole 21 so as to be able to advance and retreat in the front-rear direction, and are prevented from being removed from the through hole by a pin head. A pressure plate 23 is fixed to the inner end portion of the pin 22 and is urged toward the front end surface of the mounting hole 21 by a spring.

  A total of four screw holes are formed at the rear edge of the left and right ends of the base plate 20 and the front edge of each mounting hole, and the tilt angle adjusting bolt 24 of the base plate 20 is screwed into each screw hole as shown in FIG. A lock nut 25 is fitted into the bolt 24. By adjusting the amount of protrusion of the bolt tip from the rear surface of the base plate 20 of the bolt 24 and locking it with the lock nut 25, both the front, rear, left and right directions of the plate 20 when the base plate 20 is placed on the lower frame of the game island. Can be adjusted.

  A pair of left and right toggle clamps 26 are assembled on the upper surface of the base plate 20. This toggle clamp 26 is provided for holding the horizontal plate 40 between the base plate 20 and detachably fixing it.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of left and right brackets 27 are fixed to the front end surface of the base plate 20 with screws 28 and hang down. The bracket 27 is formed with a screw hole, and a front-rear position adjusting stopper bolt 29 of the base plate 20 is fitted into the screw hole and protrudes from the back surface of the bracket 27. A lock nut 30 is fitted in the stopper bolt 28. By adjusting the amount of protrusion of the stopper bolt 29 from the bracket 27 and locking it with the lock nut 30, as will be described in detail later, the base plate 20 and thus the lower side locking will be described with reference to the front end surface of the lower frame of the gaming machine island. The piece mounting hole 21 can be set at a predetermined front-rear position on the lower frame.

  A vertical plate 44 is fixed to the rear end surface of the horizontal plate 40 with screws 44, and two vertical frames 41 are fixed to the vertical plate 44 with screws 45. A level 50 is fixed to an upper end surface of a side frame 48 that is fixedly attached to the vertical plate 44 with screws 47.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a positioning bracket 51 is fixed to the front end surface of the horizontal plate 40 with screws 52 and hangs down. By placing the horizontal plate 40 on the base plate 20 so that the positioning bracket 51 is in contact with the front end surface of the base plate 20, the front and rear of the horizontal plate 40 can be positioned with reference to the front end surface of the base plate 20.

  The horizontal frame 42 is fixed to the upper end portions of the two vertical frames 41 with screws 53, and the upper locking piece contact plate 43 is fixed to the left and right ends of the horizontal frame 42 via spacers 54 with screws 55 and extends upward. ing.

  The structure of the locking piece set jig 10 for gaming machines according to the present embodiment is as described above. Next, the upper locking pieces attached to the upper frame and the lower frame of the gaming machine island using the jig 10 are illustrated. 4 and the lower locking piece are shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the upper locking piece 60 is composed of two pieces, a fixed bracket 61 and an auxiliary bracket 62. The fixing bracket 61 includes a base portion 62 having an L-shaped cross section, a foot piece portion 63 integrally suspended from the lower end portion of the base portion 62, and a protrusion protruding laterally (back) from the lower end portion of the foot piece portion 63. The base portion 62 is provided with a through hole 65 for a screw. The auxiliary bracket 62 includes a contact surface 66 and a groove portion 67 provided at the lower end of the contact surface 66. The auxiliary bracket 62 can be attached to the fixed bracket 61 so as to be detachable by fitting the groove portion 67 to the protrusion 64 and so that the contact surface 66 is in close contact with the foot piece portion 63.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the lower locking piece 70 includes a fixing bracket 71, an adjustment bracket 72, and a thumbscrew 73. At four corners of the fixing bracket 71, through holes 74 through which screws are passed are formed. A plurality of grooves 75 extending in the left-right direction are formed on the surface of the fixed bracket 71 with the same width and adjacent to each other. These grooves are formed in an inverted triangle in cross section. Further, a screw hole 76 into which the thumbscrew 73 is screwed is formed next to the row of the grooves 75. The adjustment bracket 72 has an L-shaped cross section and has an elevation surface 77 at the front end. A long hole 78 through which the thumbscrew 73 passes is formed on the bottom surface, and two protrusions 79 having an inverted triangular cross section that fit into the groove 75 of the fixing bracket 71 are provided on the back surface. The adjustment bracket 72 is integrally connected to the fixed bracket 71 by fitting the protrusion 79 into one of the grooves 75 and tightening it with a thumbscrew 73. And the protrusion amount from the front end surface of the fixed bracket 71 of the standing surface 78 of the adjustment bracket 72 can be adjusted by changing the groove | channel 75 which the protrusion 79 fits.

  Next, a method of using the locking piece set jig 10 for gaming machines according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the fixing bracket 61 of the upper locking piece 60 is fixed to the left and right two portions of the rear end surface 82 of the upper frame 81 of the game island 80 in advance with screws 83, and is necessary for each fixing bracket 61. Accordingly, the auxiliary bracket 62 is attached. For example, when a metal fitting is attached to the back of the upper end of the gaming machine, the auxiliary bracket 62 is removed to reduce the apparent thickness of the foot piece 63, and when the metal fitting is not attached, the auxiliary bracket 62 is attached. The apparent thickness of the foot piece 63 is increased.

  The set jig 10 abuts the positioning bracket 51 of the horizontal plate 40 on the front end surface of the base plate 20, sets the front and rear positions of the horizontal plate 40 on the base plate 20 to a predetermined position, closes the toggle clamp 26 and closes the horizontal plate 40 and the horizontal plate 40. In the state where the vertical frame 41 erected on the base plate 20 is integrally connected to the base plate 20, the upper locking piece contact plate 43 is brought into contact with the foot piece 63 of the upper locking piece 60 fixed to the upper frame 81. At that time, the tilt angle adjusting bolt 24 is operated while looking at the level 50 to adjust the tilt of the base plate 20 in the front-rear and left-right directions so that the base plate 20 is horizontally placed on the lower frame 84. Then, the lower locking piece 70 is mounted in the lower locking piece mounting hole 21 of the placed base plate 20. The lower locking piece 70 is pressed against the front end surface of the mounting hole 21 by the pressure plate 23 and is fitted into the mounting hole 21. Therefore, the fixing bracket 71 of the lower locking piece 70 is fixed to the lower frame 84 with screws. By doing so, as shown in FIG. 8, the lower locking piece 70 fixed to the lower frame 84 is arranged at a predetermined position with respect to the upper locking piece 60 fixed to the upper frame 81. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, the upper end portion of the gaming machine 90 is locked to the upper locking piece 60, and the lower end portion is locked to the lower locking piece 70, whereby the gaming machine 90 is tilted in a predetermined front-rear direction. Attach to the gaming machine island 80 at an angle.

  When the setting position of the lower locking piece 70 is set by the set fitting 10, the tilt angle adjusting bolt 24 is locked by the lock nut 25 as shown in FIG. 3, and the stopper bolt 29 provided on the front end surface of the base plate 20 is provided. The lock nut 30 is adjusted so as to contact the front end surface of the lower frame 84 and locked. Then, when the adjacent gaming machine 90 is subsequently attached, the toggle clamp 26 is opened to separate the horizontal plate 40 and the vertical frame 41 integral therewith from the base plate 20, and as shown in FIG. 20, the stopper bolt 29 is brought into contact with the front end surface of the lower frame 84, the base plate 20 is placed horizontally on the lower frame 84, and the lower locking piece 70 is mounted in the lower locking piece mounting hole 21. . As a result, the lower locking piece is fixed to the upper locking piece 60 fixed to the upper end rear end surface 82 of the upper frame 81 in the same manner as the both locking pieces 60 and 70 previously attached only by using the base plate 20. 70 is fixed to a predetermined position of the lower frame 84.

  The lower locking piece 70 fixed to a predetermined position of the lower frame 84 loosens the thumbscrew 73 and replaces the groove 75 of the fixing bracket 71 fitted to the protrusion 79 to adjust the front / rear position of the adjustment bracket 72. Thus, it is possible to finely adjust the front and rear inclination angle to a desired angle for each gaming machine.

It is the perspective view seen from the front side which shows the locking piece set jig for game machines which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the back surface side which shows the jig. It is sectional drawing of the front-end part of the base plate of the jig. It is a perspective view which shows the upper side locking piece for game machines. It is a perspective view which shows the lower side locking piece for game machines. It is the perspective view seen from the front side which shows the use condition of the locking piece set jig for game machines which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the back side which shows the use condition of the jig. It is the perspective view seen from the front side which shows the game machine island which fixed the upper side locking piece and the lower side locking piece using the jig. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which attached the game machine to the game machine island which fixed the upper side locking piece and the lower side locking piece using the jig. It is the perspective view seen from the front side which shows the usage method of the base plate of the jig.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game piece locking piece set jig, 20 ... Base plate, 24 ... Inclination angle adjustment bolt, 29 ... Front-rear position adjustment stopper bolt, 41 ... Vertical frame, 43 ... Upper latch piece contact plate, 50 ... Level , 60 ... upper locking piece, 70 ... lower locking piece, 71 ... fixing bracket, 72 ... adjustment bracket, 73 ... thumbscrew, 75 ... groove, 77 ... elevation, 78 ... long hole, 79 ... ridge, 80: gaming machine island, 81: upper frame, 84: lower frame.

Claims (5)

The upper locking piece is fixed to the upper frame of the gaming machine island, the lower locking piece is fixed to the lower frame of the gaming machine island, the upper end of the gaming machine is locked to the upper locking piece, By locking the lower end portion to the lower locking piece, the lower side with respect to the upper locking piece fixed to the upper frame for tilting the gaming machine in the front-rear direction at a predetermined angle and attaching it to the gaming machine island A locking piece set jig for a gaming machine for positioning and fixing a locking piece at a predetermined position of the lower frame,
A base plate having a pair of left and right lower locking piece mounting holes and having tilt angle adjusting means in the front and rear and left and right directions, a vertical frame standing on the base plate, and a pair of left and right upper members provided at the upper end of the vertical frame It consists of a stop plate contact plate and a level fixed to the base plate or the vertical frame,
The upper locking piece is fixed to the upper frame, the upper locking piece contact plate is brought into contact with the fixed upper locking piece, and the level is maintained by operating the tilt angle adjusting means while looking at the level. The base plate is placed on the lower frame, the lower locking piece is mounted in the lower locking piece mounting hole, and the mounted lower locking piece is fixed to the lower frame. Locking piece set jig. The vertical frame is detachably assembled to the base plate, and a stopper is provided on the base plate so as to adjust the position in the front-rear direction so as to contact the end of the lower frame to enable front-rear positioning on the lower frame of the base plate. The locking piece set fitting for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein: In order to attach the gaming machine to the gaming machine island by tilting it at a predetermined front-rear angle by locking the lower end of the gaming machine with the upper end locked to the upper locking piece fixed to the upper frame of the gaming machine island, A lower locking piece for a gaming machine that is positioned and fixed to a predetermined position of a lower frame of the gaming machine island with respect to the upper locking piece, a fixed bracket that is fixed to the lower frame of the gaming machine island, and a game It comprises an adjustment bracket that has an upright surface with which the lower end of the machine abuts and is locked, and is detachably fixed to the fixed bracket. Forming a groove having a width adjacent thereto, forming at least one ridge to be fitted into the groove on the back surface of the adjustment bracket, and fitting the ridge to any one of the plurality of grooves; To position the front and rear positions of the adjustment bracket with respect to the fixed bracket Lower engaging piece for a game machine, characterized in that the so that. The cross-sectional shape of the said groove | channel and the cross-sectional shape of the said protruding item | line were formed in the inverted triangle, The lower side locking piece for game machines of Claim 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. A long hole extending in the front-rear direction is formed in the adjustment bracket, a screw hole is formed in the fixed bracket, and a screw is screwed into the screw hole through the long hole, thereby adjusting the front-rear position of the adjustment bracket to the fixed bracket with the screw. The lower locking piece for a gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the lower locking piece is configured to be fixed.

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