JP2011206377A - Door frame structure of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a glass frame to be lightened in weight and to mitigate work time and effort and to eliminate damages on wiring.SOLUTION: Between a game board 3 and a glass frame 4 of a game machine which are located front and back to each other, there is provided a metal plate 6 of a shape in alignment with an outline of the rear face of the glass frame 4, and the metal plate 6 and the glass frame 4 are each attached by hinge member free to be attached to and detached from a body frame 1 which holds the game board 3. At the time of closing of the glass frame 4, the metal plate 6 is held at its other side edge 68 by a check protrusion 45 on the rear face of the glass frame 4 and by a protrusion 121 on the front face of the body frame 1 and thus the metal plate 6 is positioned.

Description

  The present invention relates to a door frame structure of a gaming machine, and more particularly to a door frame structure that realizes weight reduction of a front door frame and reduction of assembly work.

  Conventionally, the front door frame such as the glass frame and the front plate located below it is usually made of resin, and since it is vulnerable to heat, the tip of a heated wire etc. is penetrated through the front door frame to perform fraud. There was a risk of being lost. Therefore, in order to prevent this, a metal panel having a shape following the rear surface of the glass frame or the like is attached. Patent Document 1 discloses a gaming machine having a structure in which a metal mounting frame is mounted on the rear surface of a door frame body (glass frame).

JP2003-275430

  However, a metal panel attached to the front door frame has a problem that the burden of assembly work is heavy due to its weight, and it takes time for screw tightening work to fix the metal panel to the front door frame, especially large resin. In the case of a glass frame made of metal, there is a problem that the position of the metal panel with the screw hole is often shifted due to molding error or deformation, and the workability is greatly impaired. Furthermore, it is necessary to perform wiring work on the rear surface of the front door frame before and after mounting the metal panel, and there is a problem that workability is poor.

  Therefore, the present invention solves such a problem, and provides a door frame structure of a gaming machine that can reduce the weight of the front door frame such as a glass frame and can reduce the labor of the work. Objective.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the outer shape of the rear surface of the front door frame (4) is provided between the game board (3) and the front door frame (4) located on the front and rear sides of the gaming machine. A metal plate (6) having a shape along the line is disposed, and the metal plate (6) and the front door frame (4) can be detachably attached to the main body frame (1) holding the game board (3), respectively. Install.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the metal plate is positioned between the game board behind the front door frame, so even if the tip of a heated wire or the like penetrates the front door frame, the metal plate further Intrusion is blocked and fraud is prevented. In addition, since the front door frame is separated from the metal plate, it is lightweight, reducing the burden of assembling work and improving the efficiency of assembling work because it is not necessary to fix the metal plate to the front door frame by screwing or the like. . Further, since the wiring work on the rear surface of the front door frame can be performed with the metal plate removed, the wiring work is easy.

  In the second invention, the metal plate (6) and the front door frame (4) have one side edge (67) attached to the main body frame (1) by a hinge member (11). In the second aspect of the invention, the metal plate can be provided between the main body frame and the front door frame in a state where the relative distance between them can be appropriately changed according to the necessity of work.

  In the third aspect of the invention, the front door frame (4) is closed with respect to the main body frame (1), whereby the other side edge (68), which is the open edge of the metal plate (6), is removed from the front door frame (4). The rear surface and the front surface of the main body frame (1) are sandwiched and positioned. According to the third invention, the metal plate can be easily positioned between the front door frame and the main body frame.

  In this 4th invention, the other side edge (68) which is an open edge of the said metal plate (6) is engaged with the engaging part (7) provided in the front surface of the main body frame (1), and a main body frame (1) And to be positioned integrally. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the metal plate can be easily fixed to the main body frame side.

  In the fifth aspect of the present invention, the other side edge (68), which is the open edge of the metal plate (6), is engaged with the engaging portion (7) provided on the rear surface of the front door frame (4), thereby the front door frame. (4) Position it integrally with it. According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the metal plate can be easily integrated with the front door frame, and the rear side of the metal plate can be simultaneously opened only by opening the front door frame.

  The reference numerals in the parentheses indicate the correspondence with specific means described in the embodiments described later.

  As described above, according to the door frame structure of the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the weight of the front door frame and reduce the labor of the work.

It is a back perspective view in the state where the glass frame etc. of the game machine which opened a 1st embodiment of the present invention were opened. It is a horizontal sectional view of the gaming machine with the glass frame closed. It is a back perspective view in the state where the glass frame etc. of the game machine which opened a 2nd embodiment of the present invention were opened. It is a horizontal sectional view of the gaming machine with the glass frame closed. It is a horizontal sectional view of the game machine of the state where the glass frame was closed showing a 3rd embodiment of the present invention.

(First embodiment)
In FIG. 1, the perspective view in the state which open | released the glass frame and the front board of the game machine provided with the door frame structure of this invention is shown. In FIG. 1, a rectangular main body frame 1 is housed in an outer frame 2, and one side edge 11 of the main body frame 1 is vertically positioned on the inner surface of one vertical frame of the outer frame 2 by a hinge member (not shown). It is pivotally connected. A game board 3 is mounted in the upper half of the main body frame 1. On the game board 3, a game area 32 is formed by being substantially circularly divided by a guide rail 31.

  A one-side edge 41 of a resin-made glass frame 4 is rotatably and detachably coupled to a hinge member (not shown) provided at a vertical position of one side edge 11 of the main body frame 1 with a known structure. As shown in FIG. 1, the other side edge 42 of the glass frame 4 can be separated from the main body frame 1 to be opened. The outer shape of the glass frame 4 is a rectangle having a size substantially equal to the upper half of the main body frame 1 on which the game board 3 is provided, and the inner periphery thereof has a size corresponding to the game area 32 of the game board 3. A circular opening 43 is provided and closed with a glass unit 431. The glass frame 4 can be locked to the main body frame 1 with a known structure at a closed position close to the main body frame 1.

  Below the glass frame 4 is a horizontally long rectangular front plate 5 provided with a game ball launching handle 51 and the like, and one side edge of the front plate 5 is rotated around the main body frame 1 by a hinge member (not shown). It is linked movably. The outer shape of the front plate 5 is a rectangle having a size substantially equal to the lower half of the main body frame 1 below the game board 3, and the other side edges 52 are separated from the main body frame 1 as shown in FIG. 5 can be opened.

  In FIG. 1, a flat metal plate 6 is located behind the glass frame 4. The metal plate 6 has a rectangular shape slightly smaller than this along the contour outline of the rear surface of the glass frame 4. That is, the metal plate 6 is a rectangular plate that is slightly smaller than the rear surface of the glass frame 4, that is, the upper half of the main body frame 1, and the size of the circular opening 43 of the glass frame 4 on the inner peripheral portion thereof, and thus the game A circular opening 61 that is slightly larger than the size of the region 32 is formed corresponding to the game region 32. One side edge 67 of the metal plate 6 is detachably and rotatably coupled to the main body frame 1 by a hinge member 62 at the vertical position, and is rotated and opened between the opened glass frame 4 and the main body frame 1. Is possible.

  The metal plate 6 has an opening 63 for wiring on a plate surface close to the one side edge 67, and an opening for visually confirming the stamp 33 attached to the game board 3 on the plate surface close to the other side edge. 64 is formed. In addition, it is preferable to attach a rubber bush or the like to the periphery of the wiring opening 63 so that the wiring is not directly touched. A part of one side edge 67 may be cut out to replace the opening 63. The outer peripheral edge of the metal plate 6 is bent at a constant height to the rear surface side to form a protective wall 65. On the other hand, the outer periphery of the main body frame 1 to which the game board 3 is mounted has a stepped surface 11a as shown in FIG. 2 except for the other side edge 12, and a wall extending in the vertical direction on the other side edge 12. A protruding portion 121 is formed, and a groove 34 is formed between the protruding portion 121 and the outer edge of the main body frame 1. Thereby, in a closed state in which the metal plate 6 is brought close to the main body frame 1 (state of FIG. 2), the tip of the protective wall 65 approaches the stepped surface 11a or enters the groove 34, and the metal plate 6 and The gap generated between the main body frames 1 is blocked from the outside, and illegal acts through the wire or the like are prevented in advance.

  Further, the peripheral edge of the opening 61 of the metal plate 6 is bent to the front side at a constant height to form a protective wall 66, while the peripheral edge of the opening 43 of the glass frame 4 has a groove 44 on the entire periphery. The tip of the protective wall 66 enters the groove 44 in the state shown in FIG. 2 in which the metal plate 6 is formed close to the rear surface of the glass frame 4. Thereby, the clearance gap between the metal plate 6 and the glass frame 4 is interrupted | blocked from the outside, and it is prevented beforehand that a fraudulent act is performed through the said clearance gap via a wire. Further, a pressing projection 45 (FIG. 1) is formed on the rear surface of the other side edge 42 of the glass frame 4 so as to protrude vertically, and is shown in FIG. 2 in a state where the glass frame 4 is closed close to the main body frame 1. As described above, the other side edge 68, which is the open edge of the metal plate 6, is sandwiched and positioned between the pressing protrusion 45 of the glass frame 4 and the protrusion 121 of the main body frame 1.

  In such a structure, since the resin glass frame 4 is separated from the metal plate 6, the resin glass frame 4 is lightweight and easy to assemble to the main body frame 1. Then, wiring to a speaker, a display or the like provided on the glass frame 4 is performed on the back surface, and these wirings are drawn out from the wiring openings 63 of the metal plate 6. Thereafter, the glass frame 4 is closed and rotated in the direction of the main body frame 1, and the other side edge 68 of the metal plate 6 is sandwiched between the pressing protrusion 45 on the rear surface of the glass frame 4 and the protrusion 121 on the front surface of the main body frame 1. The glass frame 4 is locked to the main body frame 1 in this state. In this way, since the metal plate 6 is located on the back side of the glass frame 4, even if the tip of a heated wire or the like is passed through the glass frame 4, further intrusion is prevented by the metal plate 6. Fraud is prevented.

  According to the present embodiment, as described above, the glass frame 4 is separated from the metal plate 6 and is lightweight, so that the burden of assembly work and the like is reduced. Further, since it is not necessary to fix the metal plate 6 to the glass frame 4 by screwing or the like, the efficiency of the assembly work is improved. Furthermore, since the wiring work on the rear surface of the glass frame 4 can be performed without the metal plate 6, the wiring work is easy and the problem that the wiring is rubbed and damaged by the edge of the metal plate 6 does not occur. .

(Second Embodiment)
This embodiment is an example in which the metal plate is integrally positioned on the main body frame, and the basic structure of the door frame is the same as that of the first embodiment. In the following drawings, the same parts as those of the first embodiment are the same. The code | symbol is attached | subjected. Hereinafter, the difference will be mainly described.

  In FIG. 3, an engagement piece 7 as an engagement portion is provided in the vertical position in a groove 34 formed on the front surface of the other side edge 12 of the main body frame 1. As shown in FIG. 4, the engagement piece 7 is in the form of a long plate, and its base end is rotatably coupled to a support column 71 erected in the groove 34 so as to rotate substantially parallel to the game board 3. It can be done. On the other hand, a notch 651 having a predetermined length is formed in the protective wall 65 of the metal plate 6 at a position corresponding to the engagement piece 7.

  In such a structure, prior to closing and rotating the glass frame 4 in the direction of the main body frame 1, the metal plate 6 is rotated toward the main body frame 1 to bring the other side edge 68 close to the main body frame 1. In this state, the engaging piece 7 is swung on the front surface of the other edge 68 of the metal plate 6 through the notch 651 (FIG. 4). Thereby, the metal plate 6 is positioned integrally with the main body frame 1. In this state, the glass frame 4 is closed and rotated in the direction of the main body frame 1 to lock the glass frame 1 to the main body frame 1.

  According to this embodiment, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the metal plate can be easily fixed to the main body frame side.

(Third embodiment)
In the second embodiment, the engagement piece is provided on the main body frame. However, in this embodiment, the engagement piece 7 having the same structure and the support column 71 are provided on the glass frame as shown in FIG. In such a structure, prior to closing and rotating the glass frame 4 in the direction of the main body frame 1, the metal plate 6 is rotated toward the glass frame 4 and the other side edge 68 is brought close to the glass frame 4. In this state, the engaging piece 7 is swung on the rear surface of the other edge 68 of the metal plate 6 through the notch 651. Thereby, the metal plate 6 is positioned integrally with the glass frame 4. In this state, the glass frame 4 is closed and rotated in the direction of the main body frame 1 to lock the glass frame 4 to the main body frame 1 (state shown in FIG. 5). It is desirable that the axis of the hinge member 62 of the metal plate 6 is made coincident with that of the hinge member of the glass frame 4. By carrying out like this, the other side edge can be opened and closed smoothly in the state which integrated both.

  With the above structure, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained, and in this embodiment, the metal plate 6 can be easily integrated with the glass frame 4, and the metal plate 6 can be obtained simply by opening the glass frame 4. Can be opened at the same time.

(Other embodiments)
In each of the above embodiments, the metal plate may be extended to the rear of the lower front plate and positioned behind the front plate. In this case, the metal plate behind the front plate may be separated and coupled to the main body frame so as to be rotatable. Furthermore, a metal plate can be provided only behind the front plate without providing a metal plate behind the glass frame. Moreover, you may make it provide the glass unit provided in opening of a glass frame in opening of a metal plate. At this time, the glass unit and the metal plate may be integrated in advance. The metal plate does not necessarily have to be pivotally coupled to the main body frame, and may be detachably attached to the main body frame. In addition, functional parts such as rectifiers and speakers attached to the front door frame such as the glass frame and the front plate may be provided on the metal plate. The door frame can be manufactured at low cost. In addition, it can also be set as the transparent board using transparent resins, such as an acrylic, instead of glass as a member which closes front opening of a game area | region.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main body frame, 11 ... Hinge member, 3 ... Game board, 4 ... Glass frame (front door frame), 45 ... Engagement piece (engagement part), 6 ... Metal plate, 67 ... One side edge, 68 ... Others Side edges, 7... Engagement pieces (engagement portions).

Claims (5)

A metal plate having a shape along the outer shape of the rear surface of the front door frame is disposed between the game board and the front door frame positioned on the front and rear sides of the gaming machine, and the metal plate and the front door frame are A door frame structure for a gaming machine, wherein the door frame structure is detachably attached to a main body frame for holding a game board. The door frame structure of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein one side edge of each of the metal plate and the front door frame is attached to the main body frame by a hinge member. 3. The front door frame is closed with respect to the main body frame, and the other side edge, which is an open edge of the metal plate, is sandwiched and positioned between the rear surface of the front door frame and the front surface of the main body frame. The door frame structure of the gaming machine described in 1. The door frame structure of a gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the other side edge, which is an open edge of the metal plate, is engaged with an engaging portion provided on a front surface of the main body frame to be positioned integrally with the main body frame. The door of the gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the other side edge, which is an open edge of the metal plate, is engaged with an engagement portion provided on a rear surface of the front door frame so as to be positioned integrally with the front door frame. Frame structure.

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