JP2008109969A - Bank of game machine and its partition plate - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a bank (row) of a game machine capable of preventing the complication of the structure of a partition plate and reducing manufacturing cost; and its partition plate. <P>SOLUTION: The bank 1 for the game machine is aligned with a plurality of game machines 3 in the left/right direction, and disposed with partition plates 4 between the game machines 3, wherein the partition plate 4 is formed by including a support frame 10 and a planar member 11 supported to the support frame; and the planar member 11 is formed of a flexible material bent and deformed when abutting on an object. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines are juxtaposed in the left-right direction and a partition plate disposed between the gaming machines of the gaming machine island, and relates to games such as pachinko machines and slot machines, for example. Available for things.

  A plurality of gaming machines, such as pachinko machines and slot machines, are juxtaposed in the left-right direction on gaming machine islands installed in the amusement store, and in order to allow players to concentrate on games, For the purpose of preventing tobacco smoke from affecting other players, a partition plate is disposed between the game tables. However, when a player tries to sit on a chair installed on the floor corresponding to each game table to operate the game table, a part of the player's body may hit the partition plate. Yes, if the chair is a swivel chair, the rotated chair may hit the divider, and when a store clerk at an amusement store tries to perform in-store service, the clerk may hit the divider .

The following Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are known as conventional techniques capable of solving the problem that the object hits the partition plate in this way. In Patent Document 1, the partition plate is rotatably attached to the gaming machine island, and the partition plate is caused to appear and disappear by rotation. In Patent Document 2, the partition plate is formed by a plurality of plate members that can be pulled out from the inside of the case, and a partition plate that protrudes toward the player can be formed by sliding the plate members in the front-rear direction. Yes.
JP 7-185112 A Utility model registration No. 3106087

  However, these conventional techniques are not preferable because the structure of the partition plate becomes complicated and the manufacturing cost of the partition plate increases.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an amusement machine island and a partition body thereof that do not complicate the structure of the partition plate and that can reduce the manufacturing cost.

  In the gaming machine island according to the present invention, in the gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming tables are arranged in parallel in the left-right direction, and a partition plate is disposed between the gaming tables, the partition plate is connected to the partition plate. It has the flexibility to bend and deform when an object hits it.

  In addition, the partition plate of the gaming machine island according to the present invention is a partition plate of the gaming machine island arranged between the gaming tables arranged side by side in the left-right direction on the gaming machine island, when an object hits it. It has the flexibility to bend and deform.

  In the present invention, since the partition plate has the flexibility to bend and deform when an object hits it, the hit of the object can be effectively absorbed by the bending deformation, and the partition plate can be made flexible. Since it is sufficient to form the partition plate, the structure of the partition plate is not complicated, the structure can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost of the partition plate can be reduced.

  In the above, the partition plate can be attached to members constituting the gaming machine island, and the structure for this attachment is arbitrary. In one example, the partition plate is formed to include a support frame and a flexible planar member supported by the support frame, and the support frame has at least two upper and lower lengths in the vertical direction. It is fastened to a member constituting the gaming machine island by one fastening tool, and the fastening position by the upper fastening tool and the fastening position by the lower fastening tool are shifted in the left-right direction.

  According to this, it is possible to prevent the partition plate from rotating around the upper and lower fasteners and attach the partition plate to the gaming machine island.

  Further, the configuration of the partition plate itself is also arbitrary. One example is to form the entire partition plate from a flexible material. Another example is to form the partition plate including a support frame and a flexible planar member supported by the support frame. Further, in the partition plate in this example, for example, the support frame has a lower frame portion that supports the lower portion of the flexible planar member, and the length of the lower frame portion in the front-rear direction is set to the lower frame portion. The length of the front end position is the same position as the front end position of the base plate provided on the gaming machine island protruding from the front side of the gaming base on the lower side of the gaming base or a position retracted from the front end position. Then, at least the length of the flexible planar member in the front-rear direction at the position where the lower frame portion is disposed is a position where the front end position of the flexible planar member projects forward from the front end position of the plate. Can be length.

  According to this, the length in the front-rear direction of the flexible planar member at least at the position where the lower frame portion is disposed is such that the front end position of the flexible planar member protrudes more forward than the front end position of the saddle plate. Therefore, the flexible planar member can effectively partition up to a position protruding forward from the front end position of the plate. Further, the length of the lower frame portion in the front-rear direction is such that the front end position of the lower frame portion is the same position as the front end position of the cover plate or a position retracted from the front end position. Among these, the flexibility of the portion protruding forward from the front end position of the board which is a portion that is easily hit by an object such as a player can be ensured by the flexible planar member.

  In the present invention, when a chair on which a player sits is prepared, when this chair is a rotating chair, or when it is a fixed chair, various forms such as a sliding chair that can slide back and forth are provided. This is applicable to a chair, and when the chair is a swivel chair, even if the rotated chair may hit the partition plate, the partition plate is flexible. The hit can be absorbed effectively.

  In the present invention, when the partition plate having flexibility (the partition plate is formed including the support frame and the flexible planar member supported by the support frame as described above, this The flexible planar member) can be formed of any material as long as it is a material that bends and deforms when hit by an object, and a partition plate (in the same case as described above, a flexible planar member). For example, when a curtain-like material is used, the material may be natural fibers such as cotton and silk, or chemical fibers such as rayon. The material may be synthetic resin, natural rubber, synthetic rubber or the like.

  Moreover, it is preferable that a partition plate (in the same case as the above, a flexible planar member) has translucency such as transparency or translucency for crime prevention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect that the structure of the partition plate is not complicated and that the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated based on drawing. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a gaming machine island 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the gaming machine island 1 excluding a board to be described later. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of gaming tables 3 such as pachinko machines are arranged in parallel in the left and right direction on the gaming machine island 1 whose end portion is a plate 2. A partition plate 4 and two types of inter-machines 5 and 6 are disposed between them. The pedestal machine 5 is an information display device that displays various types of information related to games and the like, and the pedestal machine 6 is a ball lending machine when the gaming table 3 is a pachinko machine.

  In addition, the gaming machine island 1 is provided with a gutter 7 that protrudes forward from the front surface of the gaming table 3 on the lower side of the gaming table 3.

  Further, in front of the gaming machine island 1, a plurality of chairs 8 are arranged in the left-right direction corresponding to the respective gaming tables 3, and these chairs 8 are installed with the gaming machine island 1 in this embodiment. It is composed of a support column 8A erected on the floor of a game store, a seat portion 8B attached to the support column 8A, and a backrest portion 8C integrated with the seat portion 8B, and the seat portion 8B and the backrest portion 8C. Is rotatable with respect to the column 8B. For this reason, the chair 8 of this embodiment is a rotating chair.

  FIG. 3 shows the partition plate 4, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the partition plate 4. The partition plate 4 includes a support frame 10, a flexible planar member 11 supported by the support frame 10, and upper and lower pressing members 12 for pressing the upper and lower portions of the planar member 11 against the support frame 10, 13. The support frame 10 includes a vertical side frame portion 10A, an upper frame portion 10B extending forward from the upper end of the side frame portion 10A, and a lower frame portion extending forward in parallel with the upper frame portion 10B from the lower end of the side frame portion 10A. Since there is no frame portion connecting the front end 10D of the upper frame portion 10B and the front end 10E of the lower frame portion 10C, the support frame 10 has a U-shape.

  In this embodiment, the planar member 11 is formed of a soft synthetic resin, rubber, or the like. For this reason, the planar member 11 is flexibly deformed when an object hits the planar member 11. have.

  A screw shaft 14 shown in FIG. 4 is fixed to the upper frame portion 10B and the lower frame portion 10C of the support frame 10 made of metal by welding or the like, and these screw shafts 14 are attached to the planar member 11. It is inserted into the hole 11A and the holes 12A and 13A of the upper and lower pressing members 12 and 13 made of metal, and a nut 15 is screwed onto the tip of the screw shaft 14 protruding from these holes 11A, 12A and 13A. By tightening, the upper and lower parts of the planar member 11 are supported by the support frame 10 while being pressed by the pressing members 12 and 13.

  FIG. 5 is a side view of the partition plate 4. As shown in FIG. 5, the upper pressing member 12 whose front end 12B coincides with the front end 10D of the upper frame portion 10B of the support frame 10 has a shorter length in the front-rear direction than the upper frame portion 10B. In addition, the lower pressing member 13 whose front end 13B coincides with the front end 10E of the lower frame portion 10C of the support frame 10 also has a shorter length in the front-rear direction than the lower frame portion 10C. For this reason, the rear ends 12C and 13C of the upper and lower pressing members 12 and 13 do not reach the side frame portion 10A of the support frame 10, and the rear ends 12C and 13C coincide with the position of the rear end 11C of the planar member 11. ing.

  In the partition plate 4 configured as described above, the side frame portion 10A of the support frame 10 is inserted into the gap 20 (see FIG. 6) between the gaming table 3 and the inter-table machine 5 shown in FIG. The upper and lower brackets 21 and 22 attached to the back surface portion 10F of the side frame portion 10A shown in FIG. 6, and the fasteners 23 and 24 such as two upper and lower screws having a vertical length. Thus, the partition plate 4 is fixed to the upper and lower members 25 and 26 constituting the gaming machine island 1. As can be seen from FIG. 6, the brackets 21 and 22 are L-shaped consisting of vertical portions 21A and 22A and horizontal portions 21B and 22B, and the vertical portions 21A and 22A are coupled to the back surface portion 10F of the side frame portion 10A. Fasteners 23 and 24 inserted into the holes of the horizontal portions 21B and 22B are screwed into the members 25 and 26, respectively.

  There is a deviation amount A in the thickness direction of the partition plate 4, in other words, in the left-right direction, at the fastening position of the partition plate 4 by these fastening tools 23 and 24. For this reason, even if the size of the gap 20 is larger than the thickness of the side frame portion 10A of the support frame 10 inserted into the gap 20, the partition plate 4 rotates around the fasteners 23 and 24. This is prevented by the shift amount A.

  Further, at least one of the two upper and lower brackets 21 and 22, in this embodiment, the vertical portion 21 </ b> A of the upper bracket 21 is formed with a long hole 27 in the vertical direction. The bracket 21 is coupled to the support member 10 by a fastener 28 such as a screw inserted into the support member 10. For this reason, even if the distance between the upper and lower members 25, 26 constituting the gaming machine island 1 is larger than the vertical dimension of the side frame portion 10A of the support frame 10, the vertical position of the bracket 21 relative to the support frame 10 is long. By adjusting with the hole 27, the partition plate 4 can be reliably attached to the members 25 and 26 by the brackets 21 and 22 and the fasteners 23 and 24.

  The partition plate 4 is attached before the game machine 3 and the inter-machines 5 and 6 described in FIG.

  Further, as can be seen from FIG. 5, the position of the front end 10E of the lower frame portion 10C of the support frame 10 and the position of the front end 13B of the lower pressing member 13 are the position of the front end 10D of the upper frame portion 10B of the support frame 10 and The position of the front ends 10E and 13B is set back from the position of the front end 12B of the upper holding member 12, and the positions of the front ends 10E and 13B are the front ends 7A of the base plate 7 of the gaming machine island 1 described with reference to FIG. The position is the same as the position of the reference) or a position retracted from the position of the front end 7A. In other words, the front-rear direction length of the lower frame portion 10C and the front-rear direction length of the lower presser member 13 are determined by the position of the front end 10E of the lower frame portion 10C and the position of the front end 13B of the lower presser member 13, respectively. The length is the same position as the position of the front end 7A of the gutter plate 7 or a position retracted from the position of the front end 7A.

  The position of the front end 11B of the planar member 11 is the upper frame portion 10B at the upper portion of the planar member 11 corresponding to the arrangement position of the upper frame portion 10B of the support frame 10 and the arrangement position of the upper pressing member 12. The position of the front end 10 </ b> D and the position of the front end 12 </ b> B of the upper pressing member 12 coincide with the position of the front end 11 </ b> B of the planar member 11 below this position. Including the lower position of the planar member 11 corresponding to the disposition position and the disposition position of the lower presser member 13, the position of the front end 10E of the lower frame portion 10C and the position of the front end 13B of the lower presser member 13 It is a position protruding forward, and this protruding position is a position protruding forward from the front end 7 </ b> A of the roof plate 7.

  That is, the length of the planar member 11 in the front-rear direction is such that the front end 11B of the planar member 11 projects forward from the front end 7A of the saddle plate 7 with respect to the entire front end 11B.

  According to the present embodiment described above, the planar member 11 which is a main member of the partition plate 4 and occupies most of the area of the partition plate 4 has flexibility so that an object hits it. Since the player has flexibility to bend and deform, even when the player sits on the chair 8 to play on the game table 3, even if a part of the player's body hits the planar member 11, This hit can be effectively absorbed by the bending deformation of the planar member 11. Further, the left and right dimensions of the game table 3 are short and the interval between the partition plates 4 is small. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. Even if the backrest portion 8C of the 8 hits the planar member 11, this contact can also be effectively absorbed by the bending deformation of the planar member 11, and further, when a store clerk at the amusement store performs in-store service Even if the sheet member 11 is accidentally hit, this contact can be effectively absorbed by the deformation of the sheet member 11.

  And especially according to this embodiment, since the said effect is acquired by forming the partition plate 4 by using the planar member 11 which has flexibility as a main member, the structure about the partition plate 4 will become complicated. Therefore, the structure of the partition plate 4 can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost of the partition plate 4 can be reduced at a low cost.

  Further, since the partition plate 4 has a portion protruding forward from the front end 7A of the base plate 7 provided on the gaming machine island 1, the partition plate 4 can effectively partition the game tables 3 from each other. In addition, the portion of the partition plate 4 that protrudes forward from the front end 7A of the roof plate 7 is a portion that is particularly easily hit by an object such as a player. Except for the upper part of the partition plate 4 where the upper frame portion 10B of the frame 10 and the upper pressing member 13 are disposed, the portion of the partition plate 4 protruding forward from the front end 7A of the roof plate 7 is acceptable. Since it has flexibility and is formed of the planar member 11, it can effectively absorb the object hitting this portion.

  FIG. 7 shows a partition plate 34 according to another embodiment. In this partition plate 34, the upper and lower presser members 12 and 13 used in the partition plate 4 of the above embodiment are omitted, and the nut 15 is screwed onto the screw shaft 14 fixed to the support frame 10 and tightened. Thus, the upper and lower portions of the planar member 11 are supported by the support frame 10 while being pressed by the nut 15.

  According to this embodiment, since the upper and lower pressing members 12 and 13 can be omitted, the omission of the structure of the partition plate 34 can be further simplified, and the manufacturing cost of the partition plate 34 can be further reduced. .

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used for a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines are arranged in parallel and a partition plate disposed between the gaming machines.

It is a perspective view which shows the game machine island which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the top view which showed the gaming machine island of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows a partition plate. It is a disassembled perspective view of a partition plate. It is a side view of a partition plate. It is a figure which shows the attachment state of a partition plate, Comprising: It is the figure seen from the back surface of the support frame which forms the partition plate. It is a figure similar to FIG. 4 which shows the partition plate which concerns on another embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine island 3 Game stand 4,34 Partition board 7 膳 board 8 Rotating chair 10 Support frame 10A Side frame part 10B Upper frame part 10C Lower frame part 11 Flexible planar member 21,22 Bracket 23,24 Fastening tool 25, 26 Members constituting the gaming machine island

Claims (6)

  In a gaming machine island in which a plurality of game machines are arranged side by side in the left-right direction and a partition plate is disposed between the game tables, the partition plate bends and deforms when an object hits the partition plate. A gaming machine island characterized by having flexibility.   2. The gaming machine island according to claim 1, wherein the partition plate includes a support frame and a flexible planar member supported by the support frame, both of which are vertically long. At least two upper and lower fasteners having a height are fastened to members constituting the gaming machine island, and a fastening position by the upper fastening device and a fastening position by the lower fastening device are A gaming machine island characterized by a shift in the horizontal direction.   3. The gaming machine island according to claim 1, wherein the partition plate includes a support frame and a flexible planar member supported by the support frame, and the support frame is the flexible frame. A lower frame portion that supports a lower portion of the planar member, and the length of the lower frame portion in the front-rear direction is such that the front end position of the lower frame portion is forward of the front side of the game table on the lower side of the game table. Projecting to the same length as the front end position of the base plate provided on the gaming machine island, or a length that is a position retracted from the front end position, at least at the position where the lower frame portion is disposed The length of the flexible planar member in the front-rear direction is such that the front end position of the flexible planar member is a position protruding forward from the front end position of the plate. Amusement machine island.   A partition plate of gaming machine islands arranged between gaming machines arranged side by side in the left-right direction on gaming machine islands, and having flexibility to bend and deform when an object hits A partition board of the gaming machine island.   5. The partition plate for gaming machine islands according to claim 4, comprising a support frame and a flexible planar member supported by the support frame, both of which have a vertical length. At least two upper and lower fasteners are attached to a member constituting the gaming machine island, and a fastening position by the upper fastening device and a fastening position by the lower fastening device are in the left-right direction. A partition plate of an amusement machine island characterized by being shifted to   6. The partition plate for a gaming machine island according to claim 4 or 5, comprising a support frame and a flexible planar member supported by the support frame, wherein the support frame has the flexible planar shape. A lower frame portion that supports a lower portion of the member, and the length of the lower frame portion in the front-rear direction is such that the front end position of the lower frame portion projects forward from the front surface of the game table below the game table. The length is the same position as the front end position of the base plate provided on the gaming machine island or a position retracted from the front end position. The length of the flexible planar member in the front-rear direction is such that the front end position of the flexible planar member is a position protruding forward from the front end position of the saddle plate. Machine island dividers.

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