JP2009201693A - Controller for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for a game machine, which can easily assemble or separate an outer cover to/from an inner cover and can effectively prevent fraudulent replacement or fraudulent alteration of a control element. <P>SOLUTION: The controller 1 is composed of a substrate 2 on which various control elements such as a ROM 5 and a CPU are mounted, and the transparent synthetic resin outer cover 3 and inner cover 4, etc. The inner cover 4 has an engaging body 28 whose distal end is hook-shaped and which can be cut, and the outer cover 3 has a covering part 17 for covering the engaging body 28. In addition, engaged bodies 18 and 18 are mounted inside the covering part 17. The outer cover 3 is assembled to the inner cover 4 with the engaging body 28 of the inner cover 4 engaged with the engaged bodies 18 and 18 inside the covering part 17 of the outer cover 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,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, the pachinko machine may be illegally replaced or modified so that the pachinko machine operates conveniently for the player. For this reason, in order to prevent such injustices, some conventional gaming machine control devices include an outer cover provided with a plurality of severable screw holding portions at both left and right edges, and an inner cover that matches the outer cover. By covering the substrate on which the control element is installed, one of the left and right screw holding portions is attached to the one-way type caulking screw (the surface perpendicular to the outer surface of the base end portion and the outer surface of the base end portion). A screw projection having a gently inclined surface is provided at the base end and can be rotated only in one direction) and screwed to the inner cover so that it cannot be removed by a driver or the like. Accordingly, there is a configuration in which the outer cover cannot be removed unless the screw holding portion is cut, so that the trace of removal of the outer cover remains.

JP-A-11-000444

  However, in the gaming machine control device provided with the above-described severable screw holding portion, when the outer cover and the inner cover are assembled, the caulking screws in the screw holding portions on the left and right sides of the outer cover and the inner cover are respectively attached to the inner cover. The assembly work is troublesome because it has to be screwed onto. In addition, the control device for a gaming machine provided with the above-described severable screw holding portion can rotate the screw using the holes when the head of the caulking screw is drilled with an electric drill or the like. Therefore, the outer cover can be removed without cutting the screw holding portion. For this reason, in recent years, it has been impossible to effectively prevent unauthorized replacement and unauthorized modification of control elements.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above conventional gaming machine control device, to easily assemble the outer cover and the inner cover, and to effectively perform unauthorized replacement and unauthorized modification of the control element. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine control device that can be prevented.

  Of the present invention, the invention described in claim 1 is a control device for a gaming machine in which a substrate on which a control element is installed is covered with an outer cover and an inner cover made of synthetic resin, the outer cover or the inner cover One of the two is provided with a hook that can be cut off, and the other is provided with a covering portion that covers the engaging body, and the engagement body is provided inside the covering portion. An engaged body to be engaged is provided. The term “cuttable” in the present invention means that cutting can be performed without requiring a great deal of labor by using a tool such as a nipper.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the engaging body has a shape in which a hook-shaped portion is provided at each tip of the pair of rod-shaped protrusions so as to face each other outward. It is characterized by having.

  The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that, in the invention described in claim 2, the engaging body has a shape in which a reinforcing body is suspended from the base ends of the respective rod-like projections. It is.

  The invention described in claim 4 is the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the engaging body is exposed from the covering portion while maintaining the engaged state with the engaged body. Further, the length of the proximal end can be changed by a predetermined amount.

  According to the control device of the first aspect, the outer cover and the inner cover cannot be separated unless the engaging body provided on the outer cover or the inner cover is cut with a tool. When the inner cover is separated from the inner cover, the trace always remains. Forcibly separating the outer cover and the inner cover effectively prevents the ROM and other control elements from being illegally replaced. Can do. In addition, an illegal act of forcibly rotating the caulking screw in the reverse direction with an electric drill or the like to separate the outer cover and the inner cover can be effectively prevented. Nevertheless, if necessary, the engagement body can be easily cut by a tool, and the state of the internal control element can be checked by separating the outer cover and the inner cover.

  In the control device according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the engaging body has a shape in which the hook-shaped portions are provided so as to face each other at the ends of the pair of rod-shaped protrusions, the engaging body is covered. The outer cover and the inner cover can be assembled by smoothly engaging the engagement body, and the engagement state between the engagement body and the engaged body is firmly held, so the outer cover can be cut without cutting the engagement body. It is possible to prevent fraud that separates the inner cover from the inner cover with high accuracy.

  In the control device according to the third aspect, since the engaging body has a shape in which the reinforcing body is suspended from the base ends of the respective bar-shaped protrusions, the pair of bar-shaped protrusions are mutually connected using a tool. By releasing the engagement state between the front end of the engaging body and the engaged body close to each other, an illegal act of separating the outer cover and the inner cover without cutting the engaging body can be prevented with extremely high accuracy.

  In the control device according to the fourth aspect, since the engaging body is engaged with the engaged body with so-called “play”, when checking the state of the internal control element, A tool can be easily inserted from a gap formed outside the entrance to cut the base end portion of the engaging body.

  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 3 are a front view, a right side view, and a bottom view of the control device, respectively, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the control device. The control device 1 includes a substrate 2 on which various control elements such as a ROM 5 and a CPU are mounted, an outer cover 3 made of a transparent synthetic resin (polycarbonate), an inner cover 4 and the like.

  6 and 7 show the front surface and the back surface of the outer cover 3, respectively. The outer cover 3 is integrally formed in a box shape in which an upper plate 13, a lower plate 7, a left plate 19, and a right plate 20 are vertically suspended around a vertically long rectangular surface plate 6. The lower plate 7 is integrally provided with a screw holding portion 8 for screwing with the inner cover 4 so as to protrude outward through two severable coupling bodies 35, 35. . The screw holding portion 8 is provided with a substantially cylindrical holding body 10 on the upper side of a rectangular support plate 9, and a screw insertion hole 11 is formed in the approximate center of the holding body 10. A one-way type screw 12 is held in the screw holding portion 8 in a state of being inserted into the screw insertion hole 11.

  The one-way type screw 12 has a screw projection protruding from the head, and a screw groove is provided at the tip of the shaft portion. The screw protrusion has a surface perpendicular to the outer surface of the head and a surface gently inclined with respect to the outer surface of the head. For this reason, when a flat screwdriver is pressed against the vertical surface of the screw projection and rotated to the right, the screwdriver and the vertical surface of the screw projection engage and rotate, but when the driver is rotated to the left On the head, the driver and the screw projection do not engage and do not rotate.

  Further, the upper plate 13 of the outer cover 3 is provided with a screwed body 14 for screwing with the inner cover 4 so as to protrude outward. The screw body 14 has ribs provided upright around a tongue-like substrate, and has a screw hole 15 formed substantially at the center. In addition, narrow slide guides 16 and 16 are provided on the left and right sides of the front surface (surface) of the outer cover so as to protrude outward.

  Further, a covering portion 17 for covering an engaging body 28 of the inner cover 4 described later is provided at the upper edge of the surface plate 6 of the outer cover 3. The covering portion 17 is formed by causing the surface plate 6 to bulge into a flat hexagonal column shape. FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the installation portion of the covering portion 17, and the left and right wall surfaces facing the parallel inside of the covering portion 17 are respectively engaged with the engaging bodies 28 of the inner cover 4. The hook-shaped engaged bodies 18 and 18 are provided so as to face each other. Each of the engaged bodies 18 and 18 is formed by projecting the inner wall surface of the covering portion 17 into a triangular prism shape (a triangular prism shape having the front-rear direction as a height direction). The upper surface is in a state orthogonal to the inner wall surface, and the lower surface is in an acute angle with the inner wall surface. In addition, the upper end edge of the covering portion 17 is in a state slightly lower than the other upper end edge of the surface plate 6 (a state positioned approximately 2 mm below).

  Also, cylindrical ribs 21, 21,... With thread grooves are formed on the inner side of the left side plate 19 and the right side plate 20 of the outer cover 3 so as to be adjacent to the left side plate 19 and the right side plate 20. The board 2 is screwed using the ribs 21, 21... With the mounting surface of the control element facing the inner side surface of the surface plate 6 of the outer cover 3.

  On the other hand, the inner cover 4 is integrally formed in a box shape in which an upper plate 33, a lower plate 34, a left plate 32, and a right plate 27 are vertically suspended around a vertically long rectangular bottom plate 22. Then, a substantially square pillar-shaped screwed portion 23 is integrally projected at the right end of the lower plate 34 (a position corresponding to the screw holding portion 8 when the outer cover 3 is overlapped) (FIG. 4). (See FIG. 5). The screw threaded portion 23 is in a state where the upper surface is connected to the lower plate 34 of the inner cover 4 by two first connecting bodies 24, 24 that are easy to cut. Further, a flat projecting piece 25 is provided at the right end edge of the screw threaded portion 23 so as to project forward, and the projecting piece 25 is connected to the right side plate 27 by a second connecting body 26 that can be easily cut. It is in the state that was done.

  Further, an engagement body 28 for engaging with the outer cover 3 is integrally formed at the front end of the center of the upper plate 33 of the inner cover 4 so as to protrude inward. FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion where the engaging body 28 is installed. The engaging body 28 has hook-shaped portions 30 and 30 attached to the tips of two rod-shaped projections 29 and 29, respectively. It has a shape provided to face outward. And the flat reinforcement 31 is suspended in the base end of each rod-shaped projection part 29 and 29. As shown in FIG. Each of the rod-shaped protrusions 29 and 29 is formed in an elongated rectangular column shape. On the other hand, a semi-cylindrical shape (a semi-cylindrical shape whose height direction is the front-rear direction) is slightly to the right of the center of the upper plate 33 of the inner cover 4 (a position corresponding to the screw 14 when the outer cover 3 is overlapped). ) To be mounted 36.

  When assembling the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 formed as described above, the left side plate 19 and the right side plate 20 of the outer cover 3 are respectively placed with the outer cover 3 positioned on the right side of the inner cover 4. The left and right slide guides 16, 16 of the outer cover 3 are brought into contact with the front of the left side plate 32 and the right side plate 27 of the inner cover 4 so as to be fitted inside the left side plate 32 and the right side plate 27 of the inner cover 4. . In this state, when the outer cover 3 is slid upward so as to overlap the inner cover 4, the engaging body 28 of the inner cover 4 enters the inside of the covering portion 17, and the hook-shaped portions 30, 30 of the engaging body 28. Are smoothly engaged with the engaged members 18 and 18 inside the covering portion 17. Note that the hook-shaped portions 30 and 30 of the engaging body 28 and the engaged bodies 18 and 18 are hook-shaped opposite to each other. When 18 and 18 are engaged, the outer cover 3 cannot be slid downward with respect to the inner cover 4. Further, as described above, with the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 being overlapped, the screw holding portion 8 at the lower right end of the outer cover 3 is screwed to the lower right end of the inner cover 4 with the one-way type screw 12. Screw onto the part 23. In the control device 1 in which the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 are assembled in such a manner, the substrate 2 on which various control elements such as the ROM 5 and the CPU are mounted is screwed inside the outer cover 3, The cover 3 is covered with the inner cover 4.

  The control device 1 configured as described above is used in a state of being installed on a mechanism plate or the like on the back side of the pachinko machine. Then, the operation contents of the pachinko machine are controlled by various control elements such as the mounted ROM 5 and CPU.

  In the control device 1, the engaging body 28 of the inner cover 4 is in a state of being engaged with the engaged bodies 18, 18 inside the covering portion 17 of the outer cover 3, and the screw holding portion 8 of the outer cover 3. And the screwed portion 23 of the inner cover 4 are screwed together by a one-way type screw 12. Therefore, when the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 are separated, the base end portion of the engaging body 28 of the inner cover 4 (the base end side relative to the reinforcing body 31) is cut with a tool such as a nipper. The engagement body 28 is separated from the inner cover 4, and the first connection bodies 24 and 24 and the second connection body 26 of the screw threaded portion 23 of the inner cover 4 screwed to the screw holding portion 8 of the outer cover 3 are replaced with a nipper or the like. It is necessary to separate the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 by cutting with the above tool and separating the screwed portion 23 from the inner cover 4. Note that the upper end edge of the covering portion 17 of the outer cover 3 is positioned slightly below the other upper end edge of the surface plate 6, and the upper body plate 33 of the inner cover 4 disengages the engagement body 28. The length to the most protruding part of the hook-shaped part is slightly longer than the length from the upper end edge other than the covering part 17 of the surface plate 6 of the outer cover 3 to the most protruding part of the engaged bodies 18 and 18 ( Since the engaging body 28 is engaged with the engaged bodies 18 and 18 with so-called “play”, after the screwed portion 23 of the inner cover 4 is cut, it is designed. Even when the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 are assembled, a tool is inserted through the gap between the upper end edge of the covering portion 17 and the upper side plate 33 of the inner cover 4, and the base end portion of the engaging body 28. Can be cut off.

  In the control device 1, as described above, the engagement body 28 whose tip is formed in a hook shape is provided on the inner cover 4 so as to be cut off, and the outer cover 3 is provided with the covering portion 17 that covers the engagement body 28. In addition, engaged bodies 18 and 18 that engage with the engaging body 28 are provided inside the covering portion 17. In order to separate the outer cover 3 from the inner cover 4, the engaging body 28 of the inner cover 4 engaged with the engaged bodies 18, 18 of the outer cover 3 must be cut. When the cover is separated, the trace always remains. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp whether or not the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 are separated. Nevertheless, since the engaging body 28 of the inner cover 4 has a structure that can be easily cut, the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 are separated by cutting the engaging body 28 with a tool such as a nipper. The contents of the control elements installed on the substrate 2 can be checked easily. Even after the engaging body 28 of the inner cover 4, the first connecting bodies 24, 24 and the second connecting body 26 of the screwed portion 23 are cut, the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 are overlapped with each other. By screwing the screw body 14 of the cover 3 and the member to be screwed of the inner cover 4, the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 can be closed and used.

  Further, the control device 1 has a shape in which the engaging body 28 is provided with the hook-shaped portions 30, 30 at the respective ends of the pair of rod-shaped projecting portions 29, 29 so as to face each other. The outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 can be assembled by smoothly engaging the engaging body 28 with the engaged bodies 18, 18 using the elasticity of the protrusions 29, 29, and the engaging body 28 and the engaged body Since the engaged state is firmly held after the first and second members 18 and 18 are engaged with each other, an illegal act of separating the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 without cutting the engaging body 28 is performed with high accuracy. Can be prevented.

  In addition, since the control body 1 has a shape in which the engaging body 28 suspends the reinforcing body 31 between the base ends of the rod-shaped protrusions 29, 29, a pair of rod-shaped protrusions using a tool. 29 and 29 are brought close to each other to release the engagement state between the distal end of the engaging body 28 and the engaged bodies 18 and 18, thereby separating the outer cover 3 and the inner cover 4 without cutting the engaging body 28. Actions can be prevented with extremely high accuracy.

  Further, the control device 1 changes the length of the base end exposed from the covering portion 17 by a predetermined amount (about 2 mm) while keeping the engagement body 28 engaged with the engaged bodies 18 and 18. When the state of the control element such as the ROM 5 is checked because the engaging body 28 is engaged with the engaged bodies 18 and 18 in a state having so-called “play”, A tool can be easily inserted from a gap formed outside the entrance of the covering portion 17 to cut the proximal end portion of the engagement body 28.

  The control device of the present invention is not limited to the aspect of the above embodiment, and the configuration of the shape, structure, etc. of the outer cover, the inner cover, the substrate, the one-way type screw, etc. departs from the spirit of the present invention. It can change suitably within the range which does not.

  For example, the control device of the present invention is not limited to the case where the engaging body is provided on the inner cover and the engaged body is provided on the outer cover as in the above embodiment, and the engaging body is provided on the outer cover and the inner cover is covered. An engagement body may be provided.

  Further, the shape of the engaging body is not limited to the shape in which the hook-shaped portions are provided so as to face each other at the tips of the two pairs of rod-shaped protrusions as in the above-described embodiment. It is also possible to change to a different shape such as a shape in which a hemispherical protrusion protrudes from the support. Further, as in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is not limited to a pair consisting of a pair of rod-shaped protrusions, and can be changed to a structure composed of a single rod-shaped protrusion or a structure composed of three or more rod-shaped protrusions. It is. In addition, the shape of the rod-shaped protrusion is not limited to the quadrangular prism shape, and can be changed to a different shape such as a columnar shape. Moreover, the shape of the to-be-engaged body engaged with the engaging body can be appropriately changed to a different shape such as a hemispherical depression according to the shape of the engaging body. In addition, the shape of the covering portion for covering the engaging body is not limited to the flat hexagonal columnar shape as in the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately changed according to the shape of the engaging body.

  Further, the control device of the present invention is not limited to the one in which the screw holding portion and the screw screwing portion are provided on the inner and outer covers in addition to the engaging body and the engaged body, as in the above-described embodiment. It is also possible to change only the engaging body to one provided on the inner and outer covers. Further, two or more sets of engaging bodies and engaged bodies are provided on the inner and outer covers, and in addition to the engaging bodies and the engaged bodies, a plurality of detachable screw screw portions and screw holding portions are provided on the inner and outer covers. It is also possible to do. In addition, the installation positions of the engaging body and the engaged body, and the installation positions of the screw holding part and the screw screwing part can be appropriately arranged as necessary.

  In addition, the inner and outer covers of the control device are not limited to those formed only from polycarbonate as in the above embodiment, but are formed from synthetic resins other than polycarbonate, or mixed resins composed of polycarbonate and other synthetic resins. Alternatively, it can be changed to one formed by a mixed resin of two or more types other than polycarbonate.

  In addition, the one-way type screw used for screwing the screw holding portion is not limited to a screw having a flat tip as in the above embodiment, and may have other shapes such as a wood screw having a sharp tip. good. In addition, the head is not limited to the one provided with two screw projections, and may be one that can be rotated by a plus type driver provided with four screw projections.

  In addition, although the control apparatus used for the pachinko machine was demonstrated in the said embodiment, the game machines using the control apparatus of this invention may be game machines other than pachinko machines, such as a slot machine and a video game.

It is a front view of a control device. It is a right view of a control apparatus. It is a bottom view of a control device. It is a perspective view of the surface side of a control apparatus. It is a perspective view of the surface side of a control apparatus. It is a perspective view of the surface side of an outer cover. It is a perspective view of the back surface side of an outer cover. It is explanatory drawing which expands and shows the installation site | part of the coating | coated part of an outer cover (a is a front view, b is the AA line cross section in a). It is explanatory drawing which expands and shows the installation site | part of the engaging body of an inner cover (a is a front view, b is the AA line cross section in a).

Explanation of symbols

1 .... Control device 2 .... Board 3 .... Outer cover 4 .... Inner cover 5 .... Control elements (ROM, etc.)
17 .. Cover part 18 .. Engagement body 28.. Engagement body 29 .. Rod-shaped protrusion 30.

Claims (4)

A control device for a gaming machine in which a substrate on which a control element is installed is covered by an outer cover and an inner cover made of synthetic resin,
In either one of the outer cover and the inner cover, an engagement body having a hook-shaped tip is provided so as to be cut,
On the other hand, a covering part that covers the engaging body is provided, and an engaged body that engages with the engaging body is provided inside the covering part.   2. The game machine control device according to claim 1, wherein the engaging body has a shape in which hook-shaped portions are provided outward from each other at each end of the pair of rod-shaped protrusions. .   3. The game machine control device according to claim 2, wherein the engaging body has a shape in which a reinforcing body is suspended from the base ends of the rod-like projections.   The length of the base end exposed from the covering portion can be changed by a predetermined amount while the engagement body is kept engaged with the engaged body. The control device for gaming machines according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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