JP2007289262A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine in which a display unit can be easily positioned at a prescribed installation position on an intermediate shelf from the front side of a main body case. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine has the display unit 9 which is mounted on the prescribed installation position on the intermediate shelf 15 provided inside the main body case 2, attachably and detachably from the front side, wherein the display unit 9 is configured so as to be positioned at an installation position while being moved along the upper surface side of the intermediate shelf 15, and the intermediate shelf 15 is provided with a guide means 66 for guiding the display unit 9 to the installation position when the display unit 9 is moved backwards. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine.

  Among the various gaming machines, for example, the slot machine has a reel type or the like in a casing made up of a rectangular box-shaped main body case that is open on the front side and a rectangular front panel that can be opened and closed on the front side of the main body case. The display unit is arranged.

  In a general slot machine, this display unit is heavy and is often fixed not to the front panel but to the main body case. That is, the mainstream is that an intermediate shelf is installed horizontally between the left and right side plates constituting the main body case, and a display unit is installed on the intermediate shelf (see Patent Document 1).

In the manufacturing process of this type of slot machine, when the display unit is mounted on the intermediate shelf, the display unit is first placed on the front of the intermediate shelf from the front side of the main body case, and is slid backward on the intermediate shelf. After positioning at the installation position, it is fixed by a predetermined fixing means.
JP 2004-223126 A

  In this way, in the general slot machine manufacturing process, it is necessary to perform the mounting operation of the display unit on the intermediate shelf from the front side of the main body case, but the installation position of the display unit is at the back of the main body case. In addition, since the back side of the main body case is closed with a back plate, it is difficult to quickly and accurately position the display unit at the specified installation position when the display unit is manually mounted, resulting in poor work efficiency. was there.

  In view of such a conventional problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of easily positioning a display unit from a front side of a main body case to a predetermined installation position on an intermediate shelf.

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which the display unit 9 is detachably mounted from a front side at a predetermined installation position on the intermediate shelf 15 provided in the main body case 2, and the display unit 9 is provided on the upper surface side of the intermediate shelf 15. The guide unit 66 is provided on the intermediate shelf 15 to guide the display unit 9 to the installation position when the display unit 9 is moved backward. It is a thing.

  According to the present invention, even if the installation position of the display unit 9 is in the back of the main body case 2 and the back side of the main body case 2 is blocked by the back plate, The display unit 9 can be easily positioned at a predetermined installation position on the intermediate shelf 15 from the front side of the main body case 2, and there is an advantage that work efficiency at the time of assembly is greatly improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 12 illustrate an embodiment in which the present invention is embodied as a slot machine. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing of a gaming machine, which includes a main body case 2 and a rectangular front panel 3 disposed on the front side of the main body case 2.

  The main body case 2 is made of, for example, wood, a pair of left and right side plates 4a and 4b, an upper plate 5 and a bottom plate 6 that connect the upper and lower ends of the left and right side plates 4a and 4b to the left and right, and a back plate 7 that substantially closes the back side. The front panel 3 is mounted so that the front side can be freely opened and closed.

  In the main body case 2, as shown in FIG. 2, in addition to a display reel unit (display unit) 9 in which a plurality of symbol display reels 8a to 8c are arranged in the left-right direction, a medal payout device 10, a medal auxiliary case 11, a power source A power supply board case 12 storing a board, a main control board case 13 storing a main control board, and the like are arranged.

  The display reel unit 9 is detachably mounted at a predetermined installation position on an intermediate shelf 15 that is horizontally installed between the left and right side plates 4a and 4b. Details of the intermediate shelf 15 and the display reel unit 9 will be described later.

  The medal payout device 10 includes a medal hopper 16 for storing medals for payout, medal payout means 17 for paying out medals in the medal hopper 16, and surplus medals for discharging medals overflowing from the medal hopper 16 to the medal auxiliary case 11 side. A discharge port 18 and the like are provided and are detachably mounted on the bottom plate 6.

  Further, for example, the power board case 12 is detachably mounted on the lower side of the left side plate 4a on the left side, and the main control board case 13 is detachably mounted on the front side of the back plate 7 and below the intermediate shelf 15. .

  The front panel 3 is attached to the main body case 2 through a hinge disposed on one end of the left and right sides, for example, the left side, and can be opened and closed. As shown in FIG. A window 21 and a second display window 22 are arranged above and below.

  The first display window 21 is formed in a rectangular shape corresponding to the symbol display reels 8 a to 8 c on the main body case 2 side, and the player holds the symbol display reels 8 a to 8 c on the front side through the first display window 21. Is visible.

  The second display window 22 is formed in a rectangular shape larger than the first display window 21, for example, corresponding to the display screen 23 of a liquid crystal display unit (not shown) mounted on the back side of the front panel 3. The player can view the display screen 23 from the front side through the second display window 22.

  Further, for example, on the operation panel unit 24 provided in a horizontally long shape below the second display window 22, a medal insertion slot 25 into which medals as game media can be inserted, and medals jammed in the medal insertion slot 25. In addition to a return button 25a for returning, a 1-bet button 26 for betting a medal from credit, a max bet button 27 and a cancel button 28, and symbol display reels 8a to 8c, instead of inserting a medal into the medal slot 25 A start lever 29 for starting rotation, stop buttons 30a to 30c for individually stopping the rotating symbol display reels 8a to 8c, and the like are provided.

  A discharge port 31 for discharging the medals paid out from the medal payout means 17 and the returned medals to the front side is provided on the front side of the lower end portion of the front panel 3, and is discharged from the discharge port 31 on the front side. A medal tray 32 for receiving medals is arranged in a horizontally long shape.

  Next, the display reel unit 9, the intermediate shelf 15, and the like will be described focusing on the configuration for positioning and fixing the display reel unit 9 on the intermediate shelf 15.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the display reel unit 9 includes a case body 41 and a plurality of, for example, three symbol display reels 8 a to 8 c accommodated in the case body 41 so as to be rotatable around a left and right axis. And drive motors 42a to 42c for individually rotating the symbol display reels 8a to 8c.

  The case body 41 is formed in a box shape whose front side is opened by a pair of left and right side walls 41a and 41b, a pair of upper and lower upper walls 41c and a bottom wall 41d, and a rear wall 41e that closes the rear side.

  The symbol display reels 8 a to 8 c are approximately between the left and right side walls 41 a and 41 b so that their rotational axes are located on the same straight line and a part of the front end protrudes forward from the front end of the case body 41. They are arranged at equal intervals. In the symbol display reels 8a to 8c, drive motors 42a to 42c are respectively arranged, and the drive shafts of the drive motors 42a to 42c are respectively fixed to the centers of the symbol display reels 8a to 8c.

  The drive motors 42a to 42c are fixed to the case body 41 via motor mounting plates 44a to 44c arranged along the left and right sides of the symbol display reels 8a to 8c, respectively.

  On the lower surface side of the case body 41, for example, a plurality of, for example, three downwardly extending support protrusions 45 arranged straight in the front-rear direction are provided at substantially equal intervals in the left-right direction. These support protrusions 45 are slidably supported on the intermediate shelf 15.

  In the present embodiment, one of the left, middle, and right support protrusions 45, for example, the left side surface of the left support protrusion 45 is a guide means (described later) on the intermediate shelf 15 side. The guided portion 45a is guided by (see FIGS. 7 and 10).

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, one or more engagement receiving portions 46 are provided on the lower side of the rear wall 41e of the case body 41 in correspondence with the reel fixing claws 47 on the intermediate shelf 15, for example, left and right Two are provided in the direction. When the display reel unit 9 is positioned at a predetermined installation position on the intermediate shelf 15, the reel fixing claw 47 on the intermediate shelf 15 side is engaged with the engagement receiving portion 46 from the rear side, and the rear of the display reel unit 9 is The end side is fixed to the intermediate shelf 15.

  Further, a contact plate 48 (see FIG. 2) is integrally provided on the front end side of the case body 41 so as to protrude further below the support protrusion 45 from the front edge side of the bottom wall 41d. When the display reel unit 9 is positioned at a predetermined installation position on the intermediate shelf 15, the contact plate 48 contacts the front edge side of the intermediate shelf 15 from the front side.

  Further, the contact plate 48 is provided with one or a plurality of, for example, left and right, for example, one each on the left and right sides. Are arranged.

  Further, the rear wall 41e of the case body 41 is formed with a substantially cylindrical bulging portion 51 that bulges rearward along the rear end surfaces of the symbol display reels 8a to 8c at a substantially central portion in the vertical direction. ing. When the display reel unit 9 is positioned at a predetermined installation position on the intermediate shelf 15, the rear end side of the bulging portion 51 is fitted into the opening 52 formed in the back plate 7 of the main body case 2 from the front side. It is like that.

  The opening 52 of the back plate 7 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape corresponding to the bulging portion 51 on the case body 41 side, and is a cover member 53 that is detachably mounted from the rear side of the back plate 7. Is almost blocked.

  The cover member 53 is made of, for example, a synthetic resin, and as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 and 8, a cover plate 54 formed to be slightly larger than the opening 52 along the back surface of the back plate 7, and an opening A fitting frame 55 projecting with a predetermined width on the front side of the cover plate 54 along the inner peripheral surface of the portion 52, and a front edge portion of the opening 52 provided outwardly along the fitting frame 55 For example, an engaging claw 56 that is detachably engaged with each other and a plurality of reinforcing ribs 57 that are arranged vertically and horizontally on the front side of the cover plate 54 and inside the fitting frame 55 are integrally provided.

  When the cover member 53 is attached to the opening 52 from the rear side, the engagement claw 56 engages with the engaged portion 58 formed, for example, in a notch shape on the front edge side of the opening 52 from the inside. The engagement state is released by fixing 53 to the opening 52 and elastically deforming inward from that state.

  The engaging claws 56 are provided, for example, one each on the left and right sides corresponding to the fitting portion of the bulging portion 51 to the opening 52, and the display reel unit 9 is positioned at the installation position on the intermediate shelf 15. When the rear end bulged portion 51 is fitted to the opening 52 from the rear side, the bulged portion 51 is restricted from being deformed inward, that is, in the disengagement direction.

  The intermediate shelf 15 includes a first member 61 fixed to one of the left and right side plates 4a and 4b of the main body case 2, for example, the right side plate 4b on the right side, and the other side plate, for example, the left side plate 4a on the left side. It is comprised with the 2nd member 62 fixed to.

  The first member 61 is formed by, for example, bending a metal plate such as stainless steel, and is disposed substantially horizontally between the left and right side plates 4a and 4b as shown in FIGS. And a first fixing that is provided on the right and left ends of the shelf plate 63 along the right plate 4b and is detachably fixed to the right plate 4b by fixing means such as bolts 64a and nuts 64b. For example, the unit 65 is integrally provided.

  The width of the shelf plate portion 63 is slightly shorter than the distance between the left and right side plates 4a and 4b, and when the first fixing portion 65 is fixed to the right side plate 4b, the end opposite to the first fixing portion 65 is provided. A portion 63a (hereinafter referred to as a supported end portion 63a) is positioned in the vicinity of the left side plate 4a.

  A guide rib (guide means) that guides the display reel unit 9 to the installation position when the display reel unit 9 is positioned at a predetermined installation position while sliding the display reel unit 9 along the upper surface side of the intermediate shelf 15. 66, a wiring hole 67 for passing the harness, an engaging portion 68 that can be engaged with the second member 62, and the like.

  The guide rib 66 is formed, for example, by bending a part of the shelf board part 63 upward along a folding line in the front-rear direction. In the present embodiment, a plurality of, for example, two guide ribs 66 are provided so as to be aligned on the front-rear straight line.

  The guide rib 66 has, on one side in the left-right direction, for example, the right side, a guide portion 66a on which the guided portion 45a on the display reel unit 9 side can be slidably contacted. It is provided, for example, straight in the front-rear direction along the movement path of the guided portion 45a when moving backward along the upper surface side of the intermediate shelf 15 to a predetermined installation position.

  One or a plurality of (for example, two) engaging portions 68 are provided in the front-rear direction along the supported end portion 63a. For example, as shown in FIGS. A cross section that protrudes below the shelf 63 and toward the first fixed portion 65 by bending the horizontally extending plate-like piece downward at two right angles in the protruding direction (left and right direction). It is formed in an L shape.

  The first fixing portion 65 is formed, for example, by bending the end portion of the shelf plate portion 63 upward (or downward) with a predetermined width. Similarly, bent portions 69 and 70 are formed in the shelf plate portion 63 by bending the front edge side and the rear edge side, for example, downward with a predetermined width.

  When the display reel unit 9 is positioned at a predetermined installation position, the front-side bent portion 69 causes the contact reel 48 on the display reel unit 9 side to abut on the front side of the display reel unit 9 to move the display reel unit 9 rearward. It comes to regulate.

  The front bending portion 69 has a reel fixing hole that can be engaged with the engagement / disengagement means 49 from the front side corresponding to the position of the engagement / disengagement means 49 when the display reel unit 9 is positioned at a predetermined position. 71 is provided. The front end side of the display reel unit 9 positioned at the installation position on the intermediate shelf 15 is fixed to the intermediate shelf 15 side by the engagement / disengagement means 49.

  Further, a reel fixing claw 47 is provided at the rear end portion of the shelf plate portion 63 to be engaged with the engagement receiving portion 46 on the display reel unit 9 side when the display reel unit 9 is positioned at a predetermined installation position. Yes.

  For example, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the reel fixing claw 47 has a plate-like piece projecting backward from the rear end portion of the shelf plate portion 63 so as to face upward in two protruding directions (front-rear direction). Each of them is bent at a right angle so as to protrude upward from the shelf board 63 and to have a forward cross-sectional inverted L shape. By this reel fixing claw 47, the rear end side of the display reel unit 9 positioned at the installation position on the intermediate shelf 15 is fixed to the intermediate shelf 15 side.

  The second member 62 is formed by, for example, bending a metal plate such as stainless steel, and the like, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 11 and the like, below the supported end portion 63a on the first member 61 side. A shelf receiving portion 74 that is arranged substantially horizontally so as to overlap the side and supports the supported end portion 63a from below, and is provided along the left side plate 4a on the left and right ends of the shelf receiving portion 74, and a bolt 75a A second fixing portion 76 that is detachably fixed to the left side plate 4a by a fixing means (such as FIG. 10) such as a nut 75b is formed in an L-shaped cross section integrally provided, for example.

  The shelf receiving portion 74 is formed with one or a plurality of openings 77 corresponding to the engaging portions 68 on the first member 61 side, and the first member 61 side of the opening 77 (in the present embodiment, on the right side). ) Is formed with an engagement receiving portion 78 to which the engagement portion 68 can be engaged in the left-right direction.

  The engagement receiving portion 78 is formed in a downward projecting shape by bending a part of the shelf receiving portion 74 downward, for example, and the vertical width of the engagement receiving portion 78 (the thickness of the shelf receiving portion 74 + the engagement receiving portion). The downward projecting width of the portion 78 substantially coincides with the inner dimension of the engaging portion 68, and the engaging portion 68 can be engaged with the engaging receiving portion 78 without rattling in the vertical direction.

  When the display reel unit 9 is mounted on the intermediate shelf 15, the display reel unit 9 is first placed on the intermediate shelf 15 at a position slightly to the right of the center in the left-right direction (FIG. 12 (a)) and then leftward. By sliding, the guided portion 45a on the display reel unit 9 side is brought into contact with the guide portion 66a on the intermediate shelf 15 side (FIG. 12B). Then, when the display reel unit 9 is slid rearward while keeping the guided portion 45a along the guide portion 66a, the contact plate 48 on the display reel unit 9 side contacts the bent portion 69 on the intermediate shelf 15 side. At that time, it is positioned at a predetermined installation position (FIG. 12C).

  At this time, the reel fixing claw 47 on the intermediate shelf 15 side engages with the engagement receiving portion 46 on the rear end side of the display reel unit 9 from the rear side. Further, the display reel unit 9 is moved to the installation position on the intermediate shelf 15 by further connecting the contact plate 48 on the display reel unit 9 side and the bent portion 69 on the intermediate shelf 15 side by the engaging / disengaging means 49. Fixed.

  As described above, in the slot machine according to the present embodiment, the display reel unit 9 is configured to be positioned at a predetermined installation position while being moved along the upper surface side of the intermediate shelf 15. Since the guide rib 66 is provided to guide the display reel unit 9 to the installation position when the unit 9 is moved backward, the display reel unit 9 can be easily moved from the front side of the main body case 2 to a predetermined installation position on the intermediate shelf 15. Can be positioned.

  The guide rib 66 is provided with a guide portion 66a on one side in the left-right direction so that the guided portion 45a on the display reel unit 9 side can be slidably contacted. The guide portion 66a is provided on the upper surface side of the intermediate shelf 15. When the display reel unit 9 is installed on the intermediate shelf 15, for example, it is provided on a straight line in the front-rear direction along a predetermined movement path of the guided portion 45 a when moving backward to the installation position along. After the display reel unit 9 is placed on the intermediate shelf 15, the display reel unit 9 is moved to one side in the left-right direction so that the guided portion 45a on the display reel unit 9 side is brought into contact with the guide portion 66a on the intermediate shelf 15 side. It is only necessary to slide the display reel unit 9 backward while keeping the portion 45a along the guide portion 66a, and the operation is extremely easy.

  The display reel unit 9 is slidably supported on the intermediate shelf 15 by the front and rear support protrusions 45 projecting from the lower side thereof, and the guide rib 66 projects upward from the upper surface side of the intermediate shelf 15. Since one side in the left-right direction constitutes the guide portion 66a and one side of the support protrusion 45 constitutes the guided portion 45a, both the display reel unit 9 side and the intermediate shelf 15 side have a very simple configuration. The special effects as described above can be obtained.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, the guide means 66 that guides the display unit 9 to the installation position may be configured to roll-contact the guided portion 45a on the display unit 9 side.

  The guide rib 66 may be provided corresponding to any one or more of the plurality of support protrusions 45. Further, the guided portion 45a on the display unit 9 side does not need to be provided on the support protrusion 45, and may be provided on a part of the display unit 9, for example, the side wall 41a.

  The guide means 66 does not need to guide the display unit 9 straight in the front-rear direction, and may guide the display unit 9 in an oblique direction to a predetermined installation position.

  The shape or the like of the intermediate shelf 15 is arbitrary, and any shape can be used as long as the display unit 9 can be mounted on the upper surface side.

  The display unit 9 does not need to be a reel unit, and may be a liquid crystal unit or the like.

  In the embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a slot machine has been described. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to any type of gaming machine as long as a display unit is mounted on an intermediate shelf. Needless to say.

1 is an overall perspective view of a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view by the side of a main body case. It is front sectional drawing by the side of a main body case. It is side surface sectional drawing by the side of a main body case. It is plane sectional drawing by the side of a main body case. It is a top sectional view in the state where the reel unit by the side of a main part case was removed. It is a principal part enlarged view in front sectional drawing by the side of a main body case. It is a principal part enlarged view in the side surface sectional drawing by the side of a main body case. It is a perspective view of the 1st member and the 2nd member which constitute an intermediate shelf. It is a perspective view of the 1st member which constitutes an intermediate shelf. It is front sectional drawing which shows the attachment state of an intermediate shelf. It is explanatory drawing which shows the installation procedure on the intermediate shelf of a display unit.

Explanation of symbols

2 Main unit case 9 Display reel unit (display unit)
15 Intermediate shelf 45 Supporting ridge (ridge)
45a Guided portion 66 Guide rib (guide means)
66a Guide part

Claims (3)

  In the gaming machine in which the display unit (9) is detachably mounted from a front side at a predetermined installation position on the intermediate shelf (15) provided in the main body case (2), the display unit (9) The display unit (9) is configured to be positioned at the installation position while being moved along the upper surface side of (15), and when the display unit (9) is moved backward to the intermediate shelf (15). A gaming machine, characterized by further comprising guide means (66) for guiding the machine to the installation position.   The guide means (66) includes, on one side in the left-right direction, a guide portion (66a) on which the guided portion (45a) on the display unit (9) side can slide or roll, and the guide portion (66a ) Is provided along a predetermined movement path of the guided portion (45a) when the display unit (9) moves backward along the upper surface side of the intermediate shelf (15) to the installation position. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein: The display unit (9) is slidably supported on the intermediate shelf (15) by a ridge (45) in the front-rear direction protruding and contacting the lower side thereof, and the guide means (66) The intermediate shelf (15) protrudes upward from the upper surface side, and one side in the left-right direction forms the guide portion (66a), and one surface side of the ridge portion (45) forms the guided portion (45a). The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the gaming machine is configured.

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