JP2011041849A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a grounding connection structure of a game machine board which surely connects and facilitates a confirmation of the connection. <P>SOLUTION: Disclosed is a game machine which includes a power supply box constituted by covering a board 40 with a metallic box body 100. The game machine includes: a connector 501 mounted by being soldered to grounding wire of the board 40; and a harness 51 having a connector 502 fitted with the connector 501 on one end thereof and having a connection fixture 52 on the other end thereof. Then, the game machine has the grounding connection structure by fixing the connection fixture 52 of the harness 51 to the metallic box body 100 with a screw. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a power supply box, for example, in which a board on which an electric circuit is mounted is covered with a metal box.

  One of the gaming machines is a slot machine. In the slot machine, a reel mechanism having three rows of reels is incorporated on the front surface of the main body, and a display panel for performing so-called effect display is provided separately from these reels.

  In the above configuration, when the rotation start lever is operated by the player, the game starts, and the gaming machine described above rotates the three rows of reels at a predetermined speed to display a specific effect on the display panel. Next, when a stop key is operated by the player, stop control of the reels in three rows is sequentially performed. Then, when specific pictures (for example, number 7) drawn on the stopped three rows of reels are aligned on the winning line, a display is made on the display panel to notify that a jackpot has occurred.

  By the way, when the board on which the electric circuit for controlling the gaming machine is mounted is covered with a metal box, for example, in the power supply box, the periphery of the board fixing hole is a ground pattern for solder plating, In addition, the boss for fixing the screw is formed integrally with the box with a metal to form a ground connection structure. That is, fixing the board with screws meant ground connection (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-33416 A

  However, in the above ground connection structure, since the connection between the substrate and the sheet metal is made on the back surface of the substrate, it is difficult to say that the connection can be easily confirmed, and when the substrate is scraped or loosened due to vibration or the like In some cases, the discovery was delayed, leading to breakdowns and accidents.

  The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and has a ground connection structure for a gaming machine board that can be securely connected by using a harness instead of the conventional screw fixing and can easily confirm the connection. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a gaming machine including a power supply box in which a power supply board is covered with a metal box, a connector solder-mounted to the ground of the power supply board, and the above-mentioned one end. A connector fitted to the connector and a harness having a connection fitting at the other end are provided, and the connection fitting of the harness is screwed and fixed to the metal box to form an earth connection structure.

  According to the present invention, the ground from the power supply board is pulled out as a connector output, and is connected to the metal box through the harness, so that the connection is more reliable than the conventional fixing to the metal box only by screwing. Is possible. Even if the harness comes off, it can be easily detected by visual inspection from the outside, which leads to the prevention of breakdowns and accidents.

It is a top view showing the external structure of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view showing the internal structure of the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram showing the composition of the control system provided in the gaming machine concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the ground connection structure of the game machine board | substrate concerning this invention embodiment.

Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention, a slot machine installed in a game hall or the like will be described with reference to FIGS.
1 is a plan view showing an external structure of the slot machine 100, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an internal structure of the slot machine 100, and FIG. 3 is a configuration of a control system provided in the slot machine 100. It is a block diagram showing.

In FIG. 1, the slot machine 100 includes a front door 101 that faces a player, and a case 102 (described later) to which the front door 101 is attached so as to be opened and closed.
The front door 101 includes an upper panel portion 103, a middle panel portion 104, and a lower panel portion 105, and is formed by a metal frame (not shown) and a front panel formed of hard plastic as a whole. It has a mechanically strong structure.

  The upper panel portion 103 is provided with an effect lamp 103a called an upper lamp, sound emitting portions 103b and 103c to which speakers are attached, and an effect display device 103d formed of a liquid crystal display or the like. The middle panel unit 104 is provided with a spinning device 200 having a plurality of (three in this embodiment) spinning cylinders R1, R2, and R3, and an effect lamp 104a, 104b is provided.

In addition, a substantially rectangular transmission window WD formed of a transparent hard plastic plate is provided in front of the rotation cylinders R1, R2, and R3, thereby protecting the rotation apparatus 200 from the outside and transmitting the player. The cylinders R1, R2, and R3 can be viewed through the window WD.
Further, an operation unit 104c for a player to operate is provided at the lower end of the middle panel unit 104. The operation unit 104c includes a medal insertion unit MD for inserting game medals and medals per game. Bet buttons B1, B2, B3 for presenting numbers, a start lever ST for instructing the start of one game, and three stops for individually stopping the rotating cylinders R1, R2, R3 Buttons SP1, SP2 and SP3 are provided.

  An image (not shown) related to the game contents of the slot machine 100 is drawn on the lower panel unit 105, and a discharge port 105a and a tray 105b for paying out a medal acquired by the player, and a speaker are provided. An attached sound emitting unit 105c is provided.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the rear surface structure of the front door 101 and the internal structure of the housing 102 will be outlined. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the front door 101 is unlocked and opened from the housing 102.
In the figure, speakers SR and SL constituting the above-described sound emitting units 103b and 103c are provided on the upper rear surface of the front door 101, and an effect display device 103d is provided between the speakers SR and SL, and an effect display device. The sub-control board 300 is attached to the back side of 103d.

Below the effect display device 103 d and the sub-control board 300, a substantially rectangular frame body 104 d in which the transmission window WD and the panel surface of the middle panel unit 104 are formed is attached.
Below the frame 104d, a distribution mechanism G0 for determining whether an input inserted from the medal insertion unit MD is a regular game medal or a foreign object, and a game medal distributed by the distribution mechanism G0 are provided. A guide member G1 for guiding the hopper device HP provided on the body 102 side, a guide member G2 for guiding and discharging the foreign matter distributed by the sorting mechanism G0 to the discharge port 105a, and the hopper device HP. A guide member G3 for guiding and outputting the payout medal to the discharge port 105a is provided, and a speaker SW is attached in the vicinity of the discharge port 105a so as to correspond to the sound emitting unit 105c.

Further, a long central display substrate 400 is attached to a region between the frame body 104d and the distribution mechanism G0, and a setting button CS and a number 0 are attached to one end on the back side of the central display substrate 400. To 6 is provided with a setting display element CT formed of light emitting diodes for performing segment display.
In the housing 102, a main power supply device (power supply box) PWU, an auxiliary storage portion SHP for storing game medals overflowing from the hopper device HP, and the rotating cylinders R1, R2 facing the transmission window WD described above. , R3, a power supply substrate 500 on the side of the main power supply device PWU, a rotation device substrate 600 on the upper end of the rotation device 200, a main substrate 700 above the rotation device 200, and a housing. An external concentration terminal board 800 as an external concentration terminal device is attached to one end of the inner wall of the body 102.

  Here, the main substrate 700, the sub-control substrate 300, the spinning device substrate 600, the central display substrate 400, the power supply substrate 500, and the external concentrated terminal substrate 800 are all insulative resins on which conductive wiring patterns are formed. The circuit board is formed as a so-called electric circuit board in which electronic components such as an integrated circuit device (IC), a transistor, a resistor, and a capacitor are mounted on the board and connected by wiring. 800 has a unit structure that is individually housed in a hard plastic housing case.

Further, the configuration of the control system will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 3. The main board 700 is a semiconductor in which a system program for managing the entire operation of the slot machine 100 and an execution program for the slot machine game are stored in advance. A memory and a CPU that executes these programs are mounted, and the input port and output port of the CPU and the other substrates 300, 600, 400, 500, and 800 are wired and connected by a wiring cable.
Further, the production speakers SR, SL, SW, the production lamps 103a, 104a, 104b, and the production display device 103d are connected to the sub board 300 via the wiring cable and supplied from the microprocessor in the main board 700. In accordance with the effect control signal, the electric circuit provided on the sub-board 300 drives the effect speakers SR, SL, SW, the effect lamps 103a, 104a, 104b, and the effect display device 103d. Produce for hearing.

  The spinning device substrate 600 is connected to the spinning device 200 including the spinning cylinders R1, R2, and R3 that are rotationally driven by an electric motor, and according to the spinning device control signal supplied from the CPU in the main substrate 700. By controlling the electric motor described above, the rotation, braking, and stop of the rotating cylinders R1, R2, and R3 are controlled.

  The central display board 400 is wired to the distribution mechanism G0, the bet buttons B1, B2, B3, the start lever ST, the stop buttons SP1, SP2, SP3, the setting display element CT, and the setting button CS. The medal detection signals output from the mechanism G0 and the on / off signals output from the bet buttons B1, B2, B3, the start lever ST, and the stop buttons SP1, SP2, SP3 are transferred to the microprocessor in the main board 700. Based on the segment display signal supplied from the microprocessor, numbers from 0 to 6 are displayed on the setting display element CT.

A reset switch RS, a setting switch BO, a power switch BQ, and a hopper device HP are wired to the power board 500, and on / off signals output from the setting switch BO and the power switch BQ are transferred to the CPU in the main board 700. To do. Further, the power supply board 500 is formed with a power distribution circuit that distributes various generated power supply voltages to the hopper device HP and other parts, and power supply necessary for the operation of the slot machine 100 is supplied from the power distribution circuit. Yes.
The external concentrated terminal board 800 has a plurality of input terminals P1 to P6 capable of inputting in parallel the signals S1 to S6 output from the CPU in the main board 700, and the signals S1 to S6 are managed electronic devices. In addition to a plurality of output terminals Q1 to Q6 that can be transferred in parallel to the hall computer side, an input terminal P7 for inputting a signal IN supplied from the hall computer side and an output terminal Q7 for transferring to the CPU And a signal transfer circuit (not shown) for transferring the signals S1 to S6 and IN only in one direction.

  That is, by connecting the output terminals Q1 to Q6 and the input terminal P1 and the input / output interface provided in the hall computer with a wiring cable such as a flat cable, the main board 700 is moved to the hall computer side. The signals S1 to S6 can be transferred, and the signal IN can be transferred from the hall computer to the main board 700 side.

The signal S1 is a “game medal insertion signal” output every time one game medal is inserted from the medal insertion unit MD to the hopper device HP, and the signal S2 is a game medal from the hopper device HP to the discharge port 105a. A “game medal payout signal”, which is output every time one is paid out, a signal S3 is a “signal per continuous action device per device” output when winning a special combination called a regular bonus (RB), a signal S4. Is a “peripheral action continuous increase device per unit signal” output when winning a special role larger than a regular bonus (RB) called a big bonus (BB), and a signal S5 is a so-called output rate setting operation. This is a “setting operation signal” indicating that the operation has been performed.
The signal IN supplied from the hall computer side is an “external stop release signal” for commanding so-called stop release to the microcomputer in the main board 700.

  Next, a ground connection structure for a gaming machine board, which is a problem to be solved by the present invention, and which facilitates the connection confirmation, will be described with reference to FIG.

  The power supply box (PWU) is formed of a metal box 100 such as a sheet metal case because of advantages such as ease of processing, cost, heat dissipation, and noise resistance. A power supply board is mounted on the inner side surface to form an upper plate and a bottom plate, or a hole for airflow is formed on an arbitrary sheet metal surface. In addition, the front plate that appears when the front door is opened is made of a transparent acrylic plate compared to other plates made of sheet metal, and constitutes a power supply unit and setting change unit built in the power supply box. The substrates to be viewed are visible. As shown in FIG. 4, the ground connection structure of the power supply box according to the embodiment of the present invention is realized by drawing out the connection of the ground 41 from the board 40 as a connector output and connecting it to the metal box body 100 by the harness 51. This connecting portion is formed so as to be visible from the outside through a transparent acrylic plate.

Specifically, a connector 501 (male type) having a lock engaging portion 42 on the peripheral wall is solder-mounted on the ground 41 of the substrate 40. A connector 502 (female type) having a lock claw 43 on the peripheral wall is attached to one end of the single-line harness 51, and the connector 502 is fitted with a connector 501 soldered to the ground 41 of the board 40. Combined with lock.
On the other hand, a connection fitting 52 made of a U-shaped or O-type washer is attached to the other end of the harness 51, and the connection fitting 52 is screwed and fixed to the ground hole of the metal box 100 with a bolt 10. The ground connection structure. Note that the connection fitting 52 of the harness 51 may be screwed and fixed not only to the ground hole of the metal box body 100 but also to a ground fitting (grounding terminal) provided in the gaming machine housing.

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, reliable connection is possible as compared with the conventional fixing to the metal box only by screwing. Further, even if the harness is detached, it can be visually recognized from the outside through the transparent acrylic plate, and this can easily detect the drop-off, leading to prevention of failure and accident.
Further, the lock claw 43 attached to the connector 502 of the harness 51 is engaged with the lock engaging portion 42 attached to the peripheral wall of the connector 501 mounted on the ground 41 of the substrate 40, and the connectors 501 and 502 are fixed to each other. Thus, a more reliable connection is possible.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Bolt, 40 ... Board | substrate, 41 ... Ground, 42 ... Lock latching part, 43 ... Lock claw, 51 ... Harness, 52 ... Connection metal fitting, 100 ... Metal box, 501 ... Connector (male type), 502 ... Connector (Female type)

Claims (1)

A gaming machine having a power box in which a power board is covered with a metal box,
A connector that is solder-mounted to the ground of the power board;
A connector fitted with the connector at one end, and a harness having a connection fitting at the other end,
A gaming machine characterized in that a ground connection structure is formed by screwing and fixing the connection fitting of the harness to the metal box.

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