JP2007175368A - Inter-machine partitioning device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inter-machine partitioning device for a game machine, whose storage space can be reduced and whose arrangement and maintenance are carried out at a low cost. <P>SOLUTION: The inter-machine partitioning device includes a storage part 10 arranged between the plurality of juxtaposed game machines; and a partitioning part 11 which is supported by the storage part so as to be freely movable in a front and rear direction and is changeable in position between a state it is stored in the storage part 10 and a state where it is projected to the front surface side of the game machine 2 so as to partition the spaces in front of the game machines at an inter-machine position. The partitioning part 11 is made to be longer in the front and rear direction in the state where it is projected to the front surface side of the game machine 2 so as to partition the spaces in front of the game machines at the inter-machine position, than the state it is stored in the storage part 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a table partitioning device for a game table that partitions a front side space of a game table such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine at a position between the tables.

  In gaming facilities such as pachinko machines and slot machines, a plurality of game machines are installed in parallel, and a player sits in a chair provided on the front side of each game machine and plays a game. In that case, the smoke of the cigarette smoked by the customer who plays at the adjacent game table often flows and is annoying. In addition, it is often difficult to concentrate on the game because of concern about the action of a customer who plays on the adjacent game machine (for example, the action of looking into the board surface of the game machine on which he / she plays). In order to be able to play the game comfortably without such unpleasant feelings, it is common in some game facilities to install a partition plate that partitions the front side space of the game table according to the position between the tables. It has been broken.

However, if the partition plate always protrudes into the space on the front side of the game machine, it would interfere with the work such as cleaning, and also during the work of frequently replacing the game machine with a new machine. . Therefore, Patent Document 1 proposes that a partition plate (partition member) can be projected and retracted with respect to the front side space of the game table.
JP 7-185112 A

However, the gaming machine partition device of Patent Document 1 has the following problems.
(1) When the partition member is not used, the partition member is stored as it is in the inter-stand part of the game table, so that a partition member storage space having a depth is required in the inter-part part. In an actual game facility, a plurality of game tables are arranged in parallel on both sides of the support frame of an elongated game table called “island”. Since the distance between the front and back sides of the “island” is not so wide, if the depth of the partition member storage space is large, the partition members on both sides of the “island” interfere with each other during storage. If the distance between the front and back of the “island” is widened, or if the positions of the game tables on both sides of the front and back are shifted, the interference can be prevented, but to that end, the “island” must be recreated. When the “island” is recreated, space is wasted, so it is practically difficult to store the partition member.
(2) Further, the partition member is rotated about a rotation center axis that faces the direction in which the gaming tables are arranged, and a motor is used as the drive source. In order to reduce the depth of the partition member storage space, it is necessary to arrange the rotation center axis near the front and back surfaces of the “island”. Recently, however, a ball lending machine (or medal lending machine) is often provided in the space between the platforms, and in order to provide a rotation center shaft, a motor, etc. without interfering with this ball lending device, Need to be quite wide. This will reduce the number of game machines installed, resulting in a loss in business.
(3) Since the motor for driving the partition member is used as described above, the configuration including wiring and the like is complicated, and the installation cost and running cost are high.

  In the present invention, a member for partitioning the front side space of the game table at the position between the game tables can be stored in the space between the tables of the game table, the storage space is small, and installation and maintenance are not very expensive. An object is to provide a table partition device for a game machine.

  In response to the above problems, the present invention is configured as follows. That is, the gaming machine table partition device according to the present invention includes a storage unit provided between a plurality of game table units arranged side by side, and is supported by the storage unit so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and is stored in the storage unit. And a partition portion that can be repositioned into a state of projecting to the front side of the game table and partitioning the front side space of the game table at a position between the tables.

  According to this configuration, the partition portion moves in the front-rear direction to change the position between the state where the partition portion is stored in the storage portion and the state where the partition portion protrudes to the front side of the game machine. There is no movement. For this reason, a large force is not required to change the position of the partition portion, and this can be easily performed by hand. In addition, when the partition portion is moved in the front-rear direction, it is not necessary to provide a portion that protrudes to the left and right as in the rotation center axis in Patent Document 1, for example, so that the maximum left-right width can be reduced.

  The partition part can be made longer in the front-rear direction in the state of protruding to the front side of the game table and partitioning the front side space of the game table at the position between the game tables than in the state of being stored in the storage unit. Preferably there is. With this configuration, it is possible to reduce the front-rear direction depth of the storage unit while allowing the front-side space of the game machine to be partitioned in a wide range in the front-rear direction by the partition unit.

  Specifically, the partition portion is composed of a plurality of partition plates whose positions can be shifted in the front-rear direction, and the length in the front-rear direction is adjusted by changing the mutual positional relationship between these partition plates. be able to. Or the partition part can be made into the structure which adjusts the length of the front-back direction by shape | molding the structural material which has flexibility in a bellows shape, and expanding / contracting the bellows-shaped component material. In any case, the state in which the partition portion protrudes to the front side of the game table and partitions the front side space of the game table at the position between the game tables is longer in the front-rear direction than in the state stored in the storage unit. It is possible.

  As described above, the table partition device for a gaming table according to the present invention changes the position between the state in which the partition unit moves in the front-rear direction and is stored in the storage unit and the state in which it projects to the front side of the game table. Therefore, the partition portion can be easily put in and out of the storage portion with a slight force. Moreover, since the maximum left-right width can be narrowed, it can be installed in a narrow space between tables. Furthermore, the state in which the partition portion protrudes to the front side of the game table and partitions the front side space of the game table at the position between the game tables is stored longer than the state stored in the storage portion. By reducing the depth in the front-rear direction of the section, the platform partition device can be provided without difficulty on both the front and back sides of the “island”. Existing "islands" can be used as they are, and no power source is required, so installation and maintenance are not very expensive. Further, since the partition plate can be easily stored, the cleaning work and the replacement work of the new table can be performed more easily.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to two embodiments shown in the drawings.

  1 to 5 show a table partition apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the table partition device 1 is provided side by side with a ball lending machine 4 in a table portion 3 of a plurality of game tables 2 installed in parallel. In FIG. 1, A shows a state in which the space on the front side of the game table is partitioned at the inter-base position, and B shows a state stored in the inter-base part. In the figure, 5 is an “island” on which the game table 2 is installed, and 6 is a storage table provided on the front side of the game table 2.

  The table partition device 1 includes a storage unit 10, a partition unit 11, and a pair of upper and lower lid units 12 and 13. The storage unit 10 is provided in the inter-bed part 3 and has a vertically long box shape whose front side is open.

  The partition part 11 includes three partition plates 11a, 11b, and 11c. Each of the partition plates 11a, 11b, and 11c is formed in a U-shaped section having different sizes at the upper and lower edges, and both the upper and lower edges of the second partition plate 11b are located inside the upper and lower edges of the first partition plate 11a. The edges are slidably fitted in the front-rear direction, and the upper and lower edges of the third partition plate 11c are slidably fitted in the front-rear direction inside the upper and lower edges of the second partition plate 11b. . Thereby, each partition plate 11a, 11b, 11c can mutually be shifted to the front-back direction, and the length of the front-back direction of the partition part 11 can be changed now. The stopper 11e fixed to the rear end portion of the second partition plate 11b comes into contact with the stopper receiver 11d fixed to the front end portion of the first partition plate 11a, so that the second partition plate 11b is removed from the first partition plate 11a. It is stopped. Similarly, when the stopper 11g fixed to the rear end portion of the third partition plate 11c abuts on the stopper receiver 11f fixed to the front end portion of the second partition plate 11b, the third partition plate with respect to the second partition plate 11b is contacted. 11c is retained.

  Each of the pair of upper and lower lid parts 12 and 13 has the same left / right width as the front opening 10a of the storage part 10 and has a length slightly shorter than ½ of the vertical length of the front opening 10a. The lid portion 12 (13) has a flat plate shape on one side, and has a U-shaped cross section in which standing edge portions 12a (13a) are formed on the left and right end edges on the opposite side. Between the left and right standing edge portions 12a (13a), the upper end portions (lower end portions) of the partition plates 11a, 11b, and 11c of the partition portion 11 can be slidably fitted. A slide guide 12b (13b) that contacts and slides on the upper end surface (lower end surface) of the partition plate 11b is fixed between the standing edge portions 12a (13a) of the lid portion 12 (13). The slide guide 12b (13b) is also a stopper for preventing the first partition plate 11a from coming off from the lid 12 (13). In addition, elongated holes 12c and 13c in the longitudinal direction are formed in the rear end portion of the standing edge portion 12a (13a) of the lid portion 12 (13). The elongated holes are provided on the inner wall surface of the storage unit 10. The protrusion 10b is loosely fitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the state A in which the front side space of the game table is partitioned at the position between the tables, the table partition device 1 has a maximum length in the front-rear direction as shown in FIGS. Project to the front side of the base 2. At this time, the left and right standing edge portions 12a and 13a of the lid portions 12 and 13 are in a state of sandwiching the upper and lower edge portions of the first and second partition plates 11a and 11b from the left and right sides so that the partition portion 11 does not swing left and right. It is regulated. When pulling out the partition part 11 from the storage part 10, the partition part 11 only moves in the front-rear direction, and since there is no vertical movement of the center of gravity, no great force is required for this position change. It can be done easily.

  When the partition part 11 is stored in the interstage part 3 from the state A, it is performed as follows. First, as shown to Fig.5 (a), the partition part 11 is pushed in in the storage part 10, minimizing the length of the front-back direction. Next, as shown in the same figure (B), the lid parts 12 and 13 are pulled out until the projections 10b are positioned at the rear ends of the long holes 12c and 13c, and as shown in the same figure (C), The lid 12 is rotated downward about the protrusion 10b. The lid portion 13 is rotated upward about the protrusion 10b (not shown). Thus, the state shown in FIG.

  In this stored state, the front opening 10a of the storage unit 10 is closed by the upper and lower lids 12 and 13. Since the length of the lid portions 12 and 13 is slightly shorter than ½ of the longitudinal length of the front opening 10a of the storage portion 10, a gap 14 is generated between the upper and lower lid portions 12 and 13 in the storage state. When the storage state B is changed to the partition state A, the lids 12 and 13 can be rotated to the horizontal position by putting a finger into the gap 14.

  Since the partition unit 1 is moved in the front-rear direction, the position of the partition unit 1 is changed between a state where the partition unit 11 is stored in the storage unit 10 and a state where the partition unit 11 protrudes to the front side of the game table 2. There is no overhanging part, and the maximum horizontal width can be reduced. For this reason, it can also be installed in the narrow inter-space part 3. In addition, since the partition unit 11 has a longer front and rear length in the partition state A than in the storage state B, the partition unit 11 can partition the front side space of the game table in a wide range in the front and rear direction. However, the depth of the storage unit 10 in the front-rear direction can be reduced.

  FIG. 6 shows a table partition device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the table partition device 20, the partition portion 21 includes an expansion / contraction partition body 21a formed by forming a flexible constituent material into a bellows shape, and a partition plate 21b joined to the front portion of the expansion / contraction partition body. ing. By expanding and contracting the bellows-like expansion / contraction partition body 21, the longitudinal length of the partition portion 21 can be changed. The expansion / contraction partition 21a corresponds to the first and second partition plates 11a and 11b in the first embodiment, and the partition plate 21b corresponds to the third partition plate 11c in the first embodiment. Except for this point, the configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment. In this embodiment apparatus, the same effect as in Embodiment 1 can be obtained.

  In the first and second embodiments, when the sliding operation at the fitting portion between the lid portions 12 and 13 and the upper and lower end surfaces of the partition portions 11 and 21 is frictional and slipping is bad due to friction, the upper and lower edges of the partition plate A door wheel may be provided. In addition, if the partition member feels separated from both sides for the player, an opaque one may be used, and if considering the appearance in the store and prevention of illegal games, it is transparent. What is necessary is just to use a member. In order to convey information to the player, an explanation sticker that displays the specifications of the gaming machine or how to play can be pasted on the partition surface of the partition plate, or an advertisement sticker or the like can be pasted to be used as an advertisement surface.

  This table partitioning device is mainly intended to partition the front side space of the game table in the game facility, but it can also be used outside the game facility.

It is a perspective view which shows the installation state of a table partition apparatus. Example 1 It is a front view of a table partition apparatus. Example 1 It is side surface sectional drawing of a table partition apparatus. Example 1 It is SS sectional drawing of a table partition apparatus. Example 1 It is explanatory drawing which shows the method of operation which changes the stand partition apparatus from the partition state to the storage state. Example 1 It is a perspective view which shows the installation state of a table partition apparatus. (Example 2)

Explanation of symbols

1,20 partition device 2 game table 3 space portion 10 storage portion 11, 21 partition portion 11a, 11b, 11c, 21b partition plate 12, 13 lid portion 21a expansion / contraction partition

Claims (4)

  A storage unit provided between a plurality of game tables arranged side by side, a state in which the storage unit is movably supported in the front-rear direction and stored in the storage unit, and protrudes to the front side of the game table. A partitioning device for a game stand, comprising: a partition portion whose position can be changed to a state in which the front-side space is partitioned at a position between the stands.   The partition part can be made longer in the front-rear direction in the state of protruding to the front side of the game table and partitioning the front side space of the game table at the position between the game tables than in the state of being stored in the storage unit. The stand partition device for a game table according to claim 1.   The partition part is composed of a plurality of partition plates whose positions can be shifted in the front-rear direction, and the length in the front-rear direction is adjusted by changing the mutual positional relationship between the partition plates. A table partition device for game machines as described in 1. The said partition part is a structure which adjusts the length of the front-back direction by shape | molding the flexible structural material in the shape of a bellows, and expanding / contracting the bellows-shaped structural material. A table divider for game machines.

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