JP2007160004A - Controller for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for a game machine capable of effectively preventing a fraud to cut a screw holding part at the interval of periods for repeating ROM checking and to exchange control elements such as a ROM by removing an upper cover, in a pachinko game hall. <P>SOLUTION: The controller 1 is constituted by enclosing a board 2 with the control element arranged thereon with the use of the upper cover 3, where the cuttable screw holding parts 5, 5 are vertically arranged, and a lower cover 4 to meet the upper cover 3. Each one of the upper and lower screw holding parts in the upper cover is screwed onto the lower cover 4 with one-way type screws. The board 2 is screwed onto the inner side of the upper cover 3 by screwing from the rear surface. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a control device for gaming machines used in gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines.

  A pachinko machine, which is a type of gaming machine, is provided with a control device, and control elements such as a ROM and a CPU are installed on an internal substrate. Since such a control element controls the operation content of the pachinko machine, it may be illegally replaced so that the pachinko machine operates conveniently for the player. Therefore, in a conventional gaming machine control device, a lower cover on which a board on which a control element is installed is screwed is covered with an upper cover provided with a plurality of severable screw holding portions at both left and right edges. By screwing one of the left and right screw holders on the upper cover to the lower cover using one-way type screws that can rotate only in the fastening direction, There is something that prevents the cover from being removed.

JP 2001-353335 A

  However, in the conventional gaming machine control device described above, when the screw holding portion is cut, the upper cover and the lower cover are easily separated from each other, and the control elements such as the ROM on the substrate are exposed. It is not possible to effectively prevent an illegal act in which the ROM or the like on the board is illegally replaced after the screw holding portion is cut and the upper cover is removed during the period in which the ROM check is repeated.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above conventional control device for gaming machines, cut the screw holding part and remove the upper cover during the period of repeating the ROM check in the pachinko hall, and then remove the ROM etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine control device capable of effectively preventing an illegal act of replacing a control element.

  Among the present inventions, the configuration of the invention described in claim 1 is that the substrate on which the control element is installed is formed by an upper cover provided with a plurality of severable sealing means and a lower cover that matches the upper cover. A control device for a gaming machine that is covered and at least one of the sealing means is fixed to the lower cover in a non-removable manner, and the upper cover is formed by screwing a screw from its back surface. It is that it is screwed inside. The upper cover is a cover located on the outer side when the pachinko machine is viewed from the back side. The non-removable fixing in the present invention means screwing with a so-called one-fay type screw, caulking with a pin, fixing by inserting a fitting protrusion into a fitting hole, etc., and a method of removing in advance is assumed. Say not sticking.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the engaging piece protrudes from one of the upper cover and the lower cover and the other of the upper cover and the lower cover. An engagement groove that can be engaged with the engagement piece is formed, and the upper cover and the lower cover are assembled by sliding and overlapping with the engagement piece engaged with the engagement groove. There is in being.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reinforcing rib on the inner surface of the upper cover facing a predetermined control element mounted on the substrate in the first or second aspect of the invention. Is that it is provided.

  In the gaming machine control device according to the first aspect of the present invention, since a board on which a control element such as a ROM is mounted is screwed into the upper cover by screwing a screw from its back surface, The ROM is not exposed as soon as the upper cover is removed as in the case of a machine control device. The upper cover integrated with the board must be completely removed from the lower cover, and the board must be removed from the upper cover. In this case, the control element on the substrate is not exposed. Therefore, according to the control device, unauthorized replacement of a control element such as a ROM can be very effectively prevented.

  In the gaming machine control device according to claim 2, the upper cover and the lower cover are assembled by sliding and overlapping with the engagement pieces engaged with the engagement grooves. If the left and right (or top and bottom) screw inserts of the cover are cut, many lead wires connected to the pachinko machine are removed from the connector on the board, and the upper cover does not slide to a position where it does not overlap with the lower cover, Since the upper cover integrated with the lower cover cannot be removed from the lower cover, it is possible to prevent illegal replacement of the ROM or the like with extremely high accuracy.

  Since the reinforcing rib is provided on the inner surface of the upper cover facing the predetermined control element mounted on the substrate, the gaming machine control device according to claim 3 is difficult to cut. It is possible to very effectively prevent a fraudulent act of forcibly cutting the upper cover using a tool and replacing a control element such as a ROM.

  Hereinafter, a gaming machine control device (hereinafter simply referred to as a control device) of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 are a front perspective view, a front view, a plan view, a right side view, a front exploded perspective view, and a rear exploded perspective view, respectively, of the control device 1 mounted on the pachinko machine. FIGS. 7A and 7B are explanatory views showing the AA line cross section and the BB line cross section in FIG. 2, respectively. The control device 1 is formed of a substrate 2 on which various control elements are mounted, an upper cover 3 and a lower cover 4 made of transparent synthetic resin.

  The upper cover 3 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped box shape with one side opened, and the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the flat flat plate portion 3c are bent rearward at a substantially right angle. And, on the upper surface 3a and the lower surface 3b of the box-shaped main body portion 16, four screw holding portions 5, 5,... Serving as sealing means are provided so as to be positioned in the same straight line. Yes. Each of the screw holding portions 5, 5... Is provided on the surface of the rectangular base plate so that the cylindrical portion protrudes in the horizontal direction, and a screw hole 6 is provided at the center of the base end of the cylindrical body. Is drilled. Each screw insertion body 5, 5,... Is integrally connected to the upper surface 3a or the lower surface 3b by three severable mounting pieces 7, 7 located at the base end (by injection molding or the like). (It is formed with the upper surface 3a, the lower surface 3b, and the mounting pieces 7 and 7). Then, one-way type screws (not shown) that can be rotated only in the screwing direction are fitted in the screw holes of the respective screw holding portions 5, 5... (For the one-way type screws, JP, 2001-353335, A, etc.).

  Further, band-like engagement pieces 12 and 12 are provided at both the left and right ends of the upper surface 3a and the lower surface 3b so as to protrude outward from the upper surface 3a or the lower surface 3b, and the end on the rear side of the upper surface 3a or the lower surface 3b. It is parallel to the edge with a predetermined distance. The upper surface 3a of the upper cover 3 is inclined downward from the rear to the front, so that the game ball does not remain on the upper surface 3a when installed in a pachinko machine as will be described later. It has become. In addition, a strip-shaped connector fitting portion 8 is provided at the left end of the upper cover 3. The connector fitting portion 8 has an insertion hole 9 for inserting a connector installed on the substrate 2. 9 ... are drilled. In addition, at the four corners of the inner surface of the flat plate portion 3c of the upper cover 3, four screwing ribs 20, 20... Screwed with screw grooves for screwing the substrate are erected. The screw ribs 20 are separated from each other by a predetermined distance without being joined to the upper surface 3a, the lower surface 3b, and the left and right side surfaces of the upper cover 3.

  In addition, on the inner surface of the flat plate portion 3 c of the upper cover 3, a protector 17 is formed in a hollow quadrangular prism shape so as to cover the ROM 15 mounted on the substrate 2. Further, on the inner side and the outer side of the base end of the protector 17, flat reinforcing ribs 18a and 18b are provided so as to make it difficult to cut the flat plate portion 3c of the upper cover. And the reinforcing rib 18a located inside the protector 17 is in a state where the inside of the protector 17 is vertically cut in a lattice shape. On the other hand, the reinforcing ribs 18b located outside the protective body 17 are gradually wider from the distal end of the protective body 17, and the base end side of the protective body 17 reaches the edge of the flat plate portion 3a. ing.

  On the other hand, the board | substrate 2 is formed in the rectangle, and various control elements, such as ROM15 and CPU, are mounted in the surface. Various connectors for connecting the board 2 to the pachinko machine are intensively mounted near the left edge of the board 2. The board 2 has screw insertion holes 14, 14... Formed at the four corners. The top cover 3 has a screw tip through which the screw insertion holes 14, 14. Are screwed onto the inner side of the upper cover 3 by being screwed onto the screw ribs 20, 20,.

  The lower cover 4 is formed in an open flat box shape having substantially the same width and height as the upper cover 3, and the upper and lower and left sides of the flat plate portion 4c are bent rearward at a substantially right angle. It has become. Further, the front edges of the upper surface 4a and the lower surface 4b are folded downward, and the folded portions engage with the upper and lower engaging pieces 12, 12 of the upper cover 3 together with the flat plate portion 4c. The groove 13 is formed. And, on the upper surface 4a and the lower surface 4b, the four screwed portions 10, 10,... Are positioned on the same straight line at the same interval as the screw holding portions 5, 5,. Projected. Each screw threaded portion 10, 10,... Is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the screw in the screw holding portion 5, 5,. A thread groove (not shown) is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the control device 1 inserts the upper and lower engaging pieces 12, 12 of the upper cover 3 integrated with the substrate 2 into the engaging grooves 13, 13 provided on the upper and lower sides of the lower cover 4. The upper cover 3 and the lower cover 4 are assembled by sliding in the left-right direction so as to overlap (the distance between the folded portion at the tip of the upper surface 4a and the lower surface 4b of the lower cover 4 and the flat plate portion 4c is The upper cover 3 is designed to be slightly longer (approximately 0.5 mm longer) than the distance between the upper surface 3a or the lower surface 3b of the upper cover 3 and the engagement piece 12, and the upper cover 3 and the lower cover 4 can be easily slid. In the state in which the upper cover 3 and the lower cover 4 are assembled, rattling does not occur.) In this state, a one-way type screw (not shown) is attached. By , One of the upper screw holding portions 5, 5... Of the upper cover 3 is screwed to one of the upper screw screwing portions 10, 10. .. By screwing one of the lower screw holding parts 5, 5... Into one of the lower screw screwing parts 10, 10. The lower cover 4 is fixed so as not to move relatively.

  The control device 1 configured as described above is in a state in which a base member (not shown) in which an anti-static metal plate is in contact with the flat plate portion 4a of the lower cover 4 is fitted behind the lower cover 4. Thus, as shown in FIG. 9, the pachinko machine 1 is used in a state of being installed on the mechanism plate 24 on the back side. The operation content of the pachinko machine 21 is controlled by various control elements such as a ROM 15 and a CPU mounted on the substrate 2.

  Further, in the control device 1, since the screw holding portions 5, 5 of the upper cover 3 and the screw screw portions 10, 10 of the lower cover 4 are screwed by one-way type screws (not shown), Even if the screw is rotated in the opening direction, the screwed state between the screw holding portions 5, 5 and the screw screwed portions 10, 10 is not released. Therefore, when the upper cover 3 is removed, the three attachment pieces 7, 7,... Provided in front of the screw holding portions 5, 5 are cut with a tool such as a nipper and the screw holding portions 5, 5 are removed. The upper cover 3 and the lower cover 4 must be separated by separating the upper cover 3 from the upper cover 3. Further, when the upper cover 3 is reattached to the lower cover 4, the screw holding portions 5, 5 other than the cut screw holding portions 5, 5 are respectively connected to the screw screw portions 10, 10 at the same position. Just screw it in.

  As described above, the screw holding portions 5 and 5 are easily cut by the mounting pieces 7 and 7 in the control device 1, and the opening can be repeated four times while checking the trace of the opening. In addition, since the board 2 is screwed into the upper cover 3 by screwing screws from the back side, the upper cover 3 integrated with the board 2 is completely removed from the lower cover 4. If the substrate 2 is not removed from the upper cover 3, the ROM 15 on the substrate 2 is not exposed. Therefore, according to the control device 1, unauthorized replacement of control elements such as the ROM 15 can be very effectively prevented.

  Further, the control device 1 has engaging pieces 12, 12... Projecting from the upper cover 3 and engaging grooves 13 engageable with the engaging pieces 12, 12. , 13 are formed, and the upper cover 3 and the lower cover 4 are assembled by sliding and overlapping with the engagement pieces 12, 12,... Engaged with the engagement grooves 13, 13. Therefore, the upper and lower screw holding portions 5 and 5 of the upper cover 3 are cut, and many lead wires connected to the pachinko machine 21 are removed from the connector of the board 2 so that the upper cover 3 does not overlap the lower cover 4. If the upper cover 3 integrated with the substrate 2 cannot be removed from the lower cover 3 unless it is slid, the ROM 15 and the like can be prevented from being illegally replaced with extremely high accuracy.

  Further, since the control device 1 is provided with reinforcing ribs 18a and 18b on the inner surface of the upper cover 3 facing the ROM 15 mounted on the substrate 2, the upper cover 3 is difficult to cut. Therefore, it is possible to very effectively prevent an illegal act of forcibly cutting and replacing a control element such as the ROM 15.

  Note that the control device of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the configuration of the substrate, the upper cover, the lower cover, the shape, the structure, and the like is appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention. can do.

  For example, the number of screw holding portions provided on the upper cover and the number of screw screw portions provided on the lower cover are not limited to four. Further, the number of attachment pieces for connecting the screw holding portion and the main body portion of the upper cover is not limited to three. Furthermore, the installation positions of the screw holding portion and the screw screwing portion are not limited to the upper and lower end edges of the upper and lower covers, but may be the left and right end edges of the upper and lower covers.

  Further, the control device is not limited to the one in which the upper cover is provided with the engagement piece and the lower cover is provided with the engagement groove as in the above embodiment, and the lower cover is provided with the engagement piece and is engaged with the upper cover. A groove may be provided. In addition, an engagement piece is provided on one of the upper and lower (or left and right) sides of the upper cover, an engagement groove is provided on the other side, an engagement groove is provided on one of the upper and lower (or left and right) sides of the upper cover, and the other is engaged. It is also possible to provide a piece.

  In addition, it is preferable to use a one-way type screw for screwing the substrate to the inside of the upper cover, since the function for preventing unauthorized replacement of the control element is further improved.

  Although the control device used for the pachinko machine has been described in the above embodiment, the gaming machine using the control device of the present invention may be a gaming machine other than a pachinko machine such as a slot machine or a video game. Is possible.

  Since the control device for gaming machines of the present invention has excellent functions as described above, it can be suitably used as a control device for various gaming machines such as pachinko machines, slot machines and video games. .

It is a front perspective view of a control device. It is a front view of a control device. It is a top view of a control apparatus. It is a right view of a control apparatus. It is a disassembled perspective view (front perspective view) of a control apparatus. It is a disassembled perspective view (back perspective view) of a control apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the cross section of a control apparatus ((a) is the sectional view on the AA line in FIG. 2, (b) is the sectional view on the BB line in FIG. 2). It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which attaches an upper cover and a lower cover. It is a rear view of the pachinko machine which installed the control apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 .... Control device 2 .... Board 3 .... Upper cover 4 .... Lower cover 5 .... Screw holding part 7, ... Mounting piece 10, ... Screw screwing part 15, ... ROM 18a , 18b ... Reinforcing ribs, 21 ... Game machines.

Claims (3)

The upper cover provided with a plurality of severable sealing means and the lower cover that matches the upper cover covers the substrate on which the control element is installed, and at least one of the sealing means A control device for a gaming machine that is permanently attached to a cover,
A gaming machine control device, wherein the board is screwed to the inside of the upper cover by screwing screws from the back side. An engagement piece projects from one of the upper cover and the lower cover, and an engagement groove that can be engaged with the engagement piece is formed on the other,
2. The gaming machine control device according to claim 1, wherein the upper cover and the lower cover are assembled by sliding and overlapping with the engagement pieces engaged with the engagement grooves. 3. The gaming machine control device according to claim 1, wherein a reinforcing rib is provided on an inner surface of the upper cover facing a predetermined control element mounted on the substrate.

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