JP2013192783A - Control board storage box and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control board storage box that can be locked by sliding a case and a cover and can prevent unlocking even if a fraud unlocking tool such as a needle or a metal wire is used and to provide a game machine with the control board storage box.SOLUTION: In a control board storage box 1, a cover unit 5a slides against a case unit 3a in a direction S to make the ends 47, 47 of a pair of projecting portions 49, 49 abut on corresponding first lanced portions 25a, 25b, thereby elastically deforming the pair of projecting portions 49, 49 and passing them through the first lanced portions 25a, 25b. After passing the first lanced portions 25a, 25b, the pair of projecting portions elastically recovers from deformation and then the respective ends 47 engage with the first lanced portions 25a, 25b, thereby locking a case 3 and a cover 5.

Description

  The present invention relates to a control board storage box for a gaming machine provided with a lock device and a gaming machine provided with the control board storage box.

  In general, in game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines, the control board that controls the so-called hit count is not taken out illegally and cannot be modified or replaced. There are known techniques for preventing unauthorized removal, and for visually confirming traces of unauthorized removal from the outside.

  As this type of technology, Patent Document 1 discloses that in a control board storage box for a gaming machine including a transparent case for storing a control board and a cover, the base end of the case and the cover are connected by a hinge and the tip of the case One lock member is provided at the front end of the cover, and the other lock member is provided at the front end of the cover. When the cover is closed with respect to the case, the one lock member and the other lock member are engaged with each other and locked. Is disclosed.

  In the prior art described in Patent Document 1, a resin wedge portion that can be elastically deformed is provided on one lock member, and a locking portion that is engaged with the wedge portion is provided on the other lock member. By overlapping each other in the vertical direction, the wedge portion of one lock member is elastically deformed and locked to the lock portion of the other lock member, thereby locking the case and the cover.

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However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, for example, when the lock portion is melted by applying heat to the resin wedge portion using a needle or a metal wire, the lock between the case and the cover can be released. There is an inconvenience. Even if the wedge part is made of metal, there is an inconvenience that the metal part can be released by pressing the metal wedge part with a needle or the like after melting the surrounding resin part.
Furthermore, there is a type of control board storage box in which the case and the cover are fitted to each other by sliding. However, the technique of Patent Document 1 has a problem that it cannot be applied to the control board storage box to be fitted by sliding.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a control board storage box that can slide and lock a case and a cover and can prevent unlocking even when an unauthorized release tool such as a needle or a metal wire is used, and the control board. The purpose is to provide a gaming machine with a storage box.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a transparent resin case for housing a control board, a transparent resin cover to be attached to the case, and a lock device for locking the case and the cover. And the lock device includes one lock member made of a metal plate fixed to the case and the other lock member made of a metal plate fixed to the cover, and the one lock member And the other lock member are arranged opposite to each other, and by sliding the cover in one direction with respect to the case, the one lock member and the other lock member are engaged and locked,
One lock member has an engaging wall part facing each other and a connecting wall part connecting the opposing engaging wall parts, and each engaging wall part protrudes to the side facing each other. The other lock member has an engaged wall portion facing each other and a connecting wall portion connecting the opposite engaged wall portions, and each engaged wall portion is formed from a base portion and a base portion. The protrusion has a tip protruding parallel to the sliding direction of the cover, and the tip of the protrusion is formed in a wedge shape that can be elastically deformed and the width of the tip decreases. , The projecting portion elastically deforms and passes through the first cut-and-raised portion when the tip portion of the projecting portion comes into contact with the corresponding first cut-and-raised portion, and the tip portion of the projecting portion is the first After passing between the cut-and-raised parts, it is elastically restored and the tip is locked to the first cut-and-raised part and pulled in the direction opposite to the sliding direction. A control board storage box, characterized in that it is Kiga prevented.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, each of the engaging wall portions has an auxiliary portion that protrudes toward the opposing engaging wall portion and is elastically deformable. Is positioned by sandwiching the protruding portion with the first cut-and-raised portion when one lock member and the other lock member are engaged, and the protruding portion is elastically deformed so that the first cut-and-raised portion is When it passes, it is pressed and elastically deformed by the tip of the projecting part, and after the tip part passes through the first cut-and-raised part, the projecting part elastically returns and projects when it moves to the first cut-and-raised part side The auxiliary part is elastically restored by coming off the contact with the part, and is positioned so as to sandwich the protruding part between the first cut and raised part.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, each of the engaging wall portions is provided on the upstream side in the sliding direction with respect to the first cut-and-raised portion, and protrudes on the side facing each other. The projecting portion is inclined and projected in the same direction as the projecting side of the second projecting portion between the tip portion and the base portion, and is elastically deformed in the projecting direction. When the cover is slid with respect to the case, the locking portion is elastically deformed and passes between the engagement wall portion and the second cut-and-raised portion, and then returns elastically. The locking portion is opposite to the second cut and raised portion on the downstream side in the sliding direction.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, each of the connecting wall portions is fixed to a facing surface between the case and the cover with a screw that does not penetrate the case or the cover. And

  The invention described in claim 5 is a gaming machine characterized in that the control board storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is provided inside.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the cover can be locked to the case in the specification of sliding the cover relative to the case. In other words, the case and the cover can be easily locked only by sliding the cover relative to the case.
Since the one and the other lock members are made of a metal plate and the protruding portion of the other lock member is sandwiched between the engagement wall portion of the one lock member and the first cut-and-raised portion, the needle, the wire, etc. Even if an attempt is made to release the protruding portion from the first cut-and-raised portion using the unauthorized release tool, it cannot be released.
Since the one and the other lock members can be formed by processing one metal plate, it is easy to manufacture and can be manufactured at low cost.

  According to invention of Claim 2, since there exists an effect similar to the invention of Claim 1, and since the protrusion part is arrange | positioned between the 1st raising part and an auxiliary | assistant part, protrusion part Is surrounded by the engaging wall portion, the first cut-and-raised portion, and the auxiliary portion, so that the prevention of the release operation can be further enhanced. Further, the locking member can be prevented from rattling.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 2 can be obtained, and the locking portion is locked to the downstream end in the sliding direction of the second cut and raised portion. Then, since the wedge-shaped tip portion of the protruding portion and the engaging portion are prevented from being pulled out in the direction opposite to the sliding direction, double locking can be achieved. That is, even if the tip of the protruding portion is disengaged from the first cut-and-raised portion, the locking portion and the second cut-and-raised portion are locked, so that the other lock member can be prevented from being pulled out. Can do.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, the same effect as that of the invention described in claim 3 is achieved, and one lock member and the other lock member are fixed with screws in the case and the cover. When mounting the lock device at the time of shipment or at the store, it can be easily fixed, and since the screw is fixed to the opposite surface of the case and cover, the screw is exposed after locking the case and cover. Not.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, it is possible to provide a gaming machine including the control board storage box that exhibits the effect described in any one of claims 1 to 4.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the locking device concerning an embodiment of the invention. In the lock device concerning an embodiment of the invention, it is a perspective view extracting and showing one lock member and the other lock member before lock. It is a figure which shows the effect | action of a locking device, (a) is a side view which shows the relationship between one lock member before a lock | rock, and the other lock member, (b) is one lock member after a lock | rock, and the other lock member (C) is a bottom view showing the relationship between one locking member before locking and the other locking member, (d) the relationship between one locking member after locking and the other locking member FIG. It is a perspective view of the AA cross section shown in FIG.3 (d). (A) is a top view of the control board storage box which concerns on 1st Embodiment, (b) is a side view of the control board storage box shown to (a).

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The control board storage box 1 according to the present embodiment stores a control board of a gaming machine (pachinko machine) and is mounted inside the gaming machine.
As shown in FIG. 5, the control board storage box 1 includes a transparent resin case 3 for storing the control board, a transparent resin cover 5 attached to the case 3, and a lock for locking the case 3 and the cover 5. Device 7. In addition, the locking device 7 is provided with a thin portion 16 from which the case portion 3a and the cover portion 5a can be excised.

As shown in FIG. 1, the locking device 7 includes a case portion 3 a integral with the case 3, a cover portion 5 a integral with the cover 5, one lock member 9, and the other lock member 11.
As shown in FIG. 5, the control board storage box 1 of this embodiment is provided with two case portions 3a and cover portions 5a that can constitute the locking device 7, but at any one of them. Only one lock member 9 and the other lock member 11 are attached to form a lock device 7.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cover portion 5a can slide in the direction of arrow S with respect to the case portion 3a, and by sliding the cover 5 with respect to the case 3 in the S direction, The cover 5 is locked.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the case portion 3 a has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with an upper surface opened, and one locking member 9 is provided at the center in a direction intersecting the sliding direction S (hereinafter referred to as “left-right direction”). A fixing portion 13 that is fixed by the screw 12 is formed. A fitting portion 15 that fits with the cover portion 5a is formed at an end portion of the case portion 3a in the sliding direction S, and a guide wall portion 17a that guides the sliding of the cover portion 5a on the left and right sides along the sliding direction S. , 17b are formed.
The cover portion 5a is formed with a fixing portion 18 for fixing the other lock member 11 with a screw 14 on the lower surface thereof, and the end portion in the sliding direction S is to be engaged with the fitting portion 15 of the case portion 3a. The fitting part 19 is protrudingly provided.

  One lock member 9 is made of a metal plate having elasticity, and is U-shaped with engagement wall portions 21 and 21 that face each other in the left-right direction and a connection portion 23 that connects the left and right engagement wall portions 21 and 21. Is formed. Since the left and right engagement wall portions 21 and 21 have the same configuration, only one of the engagement wall portions 21 will be described below. In this specification, as shown in FIG. 1, the direction in which the cover is overlapped on the case 3 is defined as the vertical direction, the case portion 3a side is defined as the lower side, and the cover portion 5a side is defined as the upper side.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the engagement wall portion 21 is formed with a pair of first cut-and-raised portions 25 a and 25 b that protrude toward the opposing engagement wall portion 21. The pair of first cut-and-raised portions 25 a and 25 b are formed so as to face each other in the vertical direction, and a longitudinal section is formed by a base portion 27 continuous to the engaging wall portion 21 and a protruding portion 29 parallel to the engaging wall portion 21. Is L-shaped. In the pair of first cut-and-raised parts 25a and 25b, the upper cut-and-raised part 25a has the base 27 on the upper side and the lower side of the projecting part 29 opened. The lower cut-and-raised portion 25b has the base 27 on the lower side and the upper side of the protruding portion 29 is open.

  In the engaging wall portion 21, an auxiliary portion 31 is formed on the downstream side in the sliding direction S. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the auxiliary portion 31 is formed by bending a band-shaped piece integral with the engaging wall portion 21, and the distal end portion is bent so that the bent portion 31 a is first cut and raised portions 25 a and 25 b. Is disposed in the opening formed.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the engagement wall portion 21, the first cut and raised portions 25 a and 25 b are cut and raised upstream of the sliding direction S so as to protrude toward the opposing engagement wall portion 21. A pair of second cut-and-raised portions 33a and 33b are formed. The pair of second cut-and-raised portions 33 a and 33 b are formed so as to face each other in the vertical direction, and are vertically sectioned by a base portion 35 continuous to the engaging wall portion 21 and a protruding portion 37 parallel to the engaging wall portion 21. Is L-shaped. In the pair of second cut and raised portions 33a and 33b, the upper second cut and raised portion 33a has the base 35 on the upper side and the lower side of the projecting portion 37 is open. The lower second raised portion 33b is such that the base 35 is on the lower side and the upper side of the projecting portion 37 is open.
As shown in FIG. 1, a positioning hole 39 and a screw insertion hole 41 that are engaged with a positioning projection 13 a provided in the support portion 13 are formed in the connecting wall portion 23 of one lock member 9.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the other lock member 11 is made of an elastic metal plate, and the engaged wall portions 43, 43 facing each other in the left-right direction, and the left and right engaged wall portions 43, The vertical cross section of the connecting wall portion 44 that connects 43 is U-shaped. Since the left and right engaged wall portions 43 and 43 have the same configuration, only one of the engaged wall portions 43 will be described below.
The engaged wall 43 is formed with a base 45 and a pair of protrusions 49 and 49 having a tip 47 protruding from the base 45 in parallel with the sliding direction S of the cover 5a. The pair of protrusions 49, 49 are provided so as to be opposed to each other in the vertical direction. Each has a wedge shape having a taper with a narrower vertical width at the tip.

As shown in FIG. 3A, in the wedge of the tip portions 47, 47 in the natural state, the widest interval E between the tapers is the interval between the base portions 27, 27 of the pair of first cut-up portions 25a, 25a. The dimensions are larger than F.
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the interval W between the tip portions of the pair of projecting portions 49, 49 is slightly wider than the width H of the auxiliary portion 31.
Each protrusion 49, 49 is formed with a locking portion 51 between the front end portion 47 and the base 45 to be locked to the second cut and raised portions 33a, 33b. The locking part 51 is inclined toward the engaged wall part 43 facing the tip, and is elastically deformed by being pushed by the projecting part 37 when passing through the second cut-and-raised parts 33a and 33b. When it passes through the projecting portion 37, it is elastically restored and the distal end portion of the locking portion 51 is located opposite to the projecting portion 37 of the second cut-and-raised portions 33a and 33b on the downstream side in the sliding direction S.

Below, the assembly of the control board storage box 1 which concerns on this Embodiment, an effect | action, and an effect are demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 1, the connecting wall portion 23 of one lock member 9 is fixed to the upper surface of the fixing portion 13 of the case portion 3a with screws 12, and the other locking member 11 is connected to the fixing portion 18 on the lower surface of the cover portion 5a. The part 44 is fixed with the screw 14.
Then, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3C, the cover 5a is slid in the arrow S direction with respect to the case 3a, and the case 3a is engaged as shown in FIGS. 3B and 3D. The engaged portion 19 of the cover is fitted into the joint portion 15. Thereby, one lock member 9 and the other lock member 11 are engaged with each other and locked.

Further, the locking device 7 will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when the cover portion 5 a is slid in the S direction, the pair of projecting portions 49, 49 has their tip portions 47, 47 connected to one locking member 9. The distal end portion 47 of each protrusion 49 passes between the engagement wall portion 21 and the second cut-and-raised portion 33a, and then the engagement wall portion 21 is moved along the engagement wall portion 21. It passes between the first cut and raised parts 25a.
Between the base portions 27 and 27 of the pair of first cut-and-raised portions 25a and 25b, the pair of projecting portions 49 and 49 are pushed by the base portions 27 and 27 to be elastically deformed to narrow each other, and the auxiliary portion 31 is When pushed up so as to be elastically deformed, when the tip portions 47 of the projecting portions 49, 49 exceed the base portions 27, 27 of the first cut-and-raised portions 25a, 25b, a pair of projecting portions 49 that are spaced from each other, 49 is elastically restored to increase the interval between the first and second raised portions 25a and 25b. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 4, the auxiliary portion 31 is elastically returned between the tip portions 47 and 47 of the pair of projecting portions 49 and 49.

  Further, the locking portion 51 formed on each protrusion 49 is pushed between the engagement wall portion 21 and the second cut and raised portions 33a and 33b by the protruding portion 37 of the second cut and raised portions 33a and 33b. After elastically deforming to reduce the inclination and passing through the projecting portion 37 of the second cut-and-raised portion 33a, 33b, the elastic recovery is restored and the inclination is increased to slide the second cut-and-raised portion 33a, 33b. It is located on the downstream side in the direction S so as to face the end of the protruding portion 37.

  When the case 3 and the cover 5 are opened for inspection and confirmation at a store after shipment from the factory, the case portion 3a and the thin portion 16 of the cover portion 5b are cut, and one lock is placed on the remaining case portion 3a. The member 9 is attached, the other lock member 11 is attached to the corresponding cover portion 5b, and the cover 5 is slid again with respect to the case, whereby the case 3 and the cover 5 are locked again.

As shown in FIG. 3, according to the present embodiment, the cover 5 can be locked to the case 3 in a specification in which the cover 5 is slid relative to the case 3. In other words, the case 3 and the cover 5 can be easily locked by simply sliding the cover 5 relative to the case 3.
As shown in FIG. 4, one and the other lock members 9, 11 are made of a metal plate, and the protrusions 49, 49 of the other lock member 11 are connected to the engagement wall portion 21 of the one lock member 9. Since it is sandwiched between the first cut-and-raised portion 25a, even if an attempt is made to release the protruding portion 49 from the first cut-and-raised portion using an unauthorized release tool such as a needle or wire, it cannot be released.
In addition, the other lock member 11 is provided with a plurality of protrusions 49 in the vertical and horizontal directions, and is locked to the engagement wall 21 of the one lock member 9 at a plurality of locations, so that it can be firmly fixed.

  Since the auxiliary portions 31 are disposed between the pair of protruding portions 49, 49, each protruding portion 49 is surrounded by the engagement wall portion 21, the first raised portions 25a, 25b, and the auxiliary portion 31, and is locked. As a result, the prevention of the release operation can be further enhanced and rattling between the pair of protrusions 49 can be prevented.

Since the locking part 51 is positioned opposite the downstream end of the second cut-and-raised part 33a and 33b in the sliding direction, the locking part 51 is locked to the second cut-and-raised part 33a and 33b. Since the wedge-shaped tip portion 47 and the locking portion 51 are prevented from being pulled out in the direction opposite to the sliding direction, multiple locking can be achieved. That is, even if the tip 47 of the protruding portion 49 is disengaged from the first cut-and-raised portions 25a and 25b, the locking portion 51 and the second cut-and-raised portions 33a and 33b are locked. The lock member 11 can be prevented from being pulled out.
One lock member 9 and the other lock member 11 are locked in the vertical and horizontal directions by the protruding portion 49 and the first cut-and-raised portions 25a and 25b. Then, since many holes are formed in case part 3a and cover part 5a, release operation can be prevented also in this point and crime prevention is high.

  In case 3 and cover 5, one lock member 9 and the other lock member 11 are fixed by screws 12 and 14, so that they can be easily fixed at the time of shipment from the factory or when installing a lock device at a store. In addition, since one lock member 9 and the other lock member 11 are screwed to the opposing surfaces of the corresponding case 3 and cover 5, respectively, after locking the case 3 and the cover 5, one lock member 9 is locked. The member 9, the other lock member 11, and the screws 12, 14 are not exposed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
For example, in the control board storage box 1, the case part 3a and the cover part 5a that can constitute the lock device 7 are not limited to two places, and may be provided in three places or four places, and the number thereof is not limited.
One lock member 9 is not limited to being fixed to the case portion 3a with the screw 12, but may be fixed by heat welding, or may be fixed to the case portion 3a by insert molding. Similarly, the other lock member 11 may be fixed to the cover portion 5a by heat welding, or may be fixed to the cover portion 5a by insert molding.
In the invention according to claim 1, the auxiliary portion 31 may not be provided.
In each of the left and right engaging wall portions, the first cut-and-raised portions 25a and 25b and the second cut-and-raised portions 33a and 33b are not limited to two, and one is provided. Each of the engaged wall portions 43 may be provided with only one protrusion 49.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control board storage box 3 Case 5 Cover 7 Locking device 9 One lock member 11 The other lock member 21 Engagement wall part 23 Connection wall part 25a, 25b A pair of 1st raising part 31 Auxiliary part 33a, 33b A pair of Second cut and raised portion 43 Engaged wall portion 44 Connection wall portion 45 Base portion 47 Tip portion 49 Projection portion 51 Locking portion

Claims (5)

A control board storage box comprising a transparent resin case for storing a control board, a transparent resin cover to be attached to the case, and a lock device for locking the case and the cover. One lock member made of a metal plate to be fixed and the other lock member made of a metal plate to be fixed to the cover, wherein one lock member and the other lock member are arranged to face each other, and cover the case The one lock member and the other lock member are engaged and locked by sliding in one direction,
One lock member has an engaging wall part facing each other and a connecting wall part connecting the opposing engaging wall parts, and each engaging wall part protrudes to the side facing each other. Have
The other locking member has an engaged wall portion facing each other and a connecting wall portion connecting the opposed engaged wall portions, and each engaged wall portion has a base portion and a sliding direction of the cover from the base portion. A protrusion having a tip protruding in parallel with the tip, the tip of the protrusion being elastically deformable and formed in a wedge shape with a width narrower toward the tip, and sliding the cover relative to the case Due to the above, the leading end of the projecting portion comes into contact with the corresponding first cut-and-raised portion, so that the projecting portion is elastically deformed and passes through the first cut-and-raised portion, and the tip portion of the projecting portion is the first cut-and-raised portion A control board storage box, wherein the control board storage box is characterized in that after the gap is passed, it is elastically restored and the leading end is locked to the first cut-and-raised part to prevent withdrawal in the direction opposite to the sliding direction.   Each of the engaging wall portions protrudes toward the opposing engaging wall portion and has an auxiliary portion that can be elastically deformed. The auxiliary portion protrudes when one lock member and the other lock member are engaged. The protrusion is elastically deformed by being pressed by the tip of the protrusion when the protrusion is elastically deformed and passes through the first cut and raised part. After the first cut-and-raised part passes through the first cut-and-raised part, the protruding part elastically recovers and moves to the first cut-and-raised part side so that the contact with the protruding part is released and the auxiliary part elastically returns to The control board storage box according to claim 1, wherein the control board storage box is positioned so as to sandwich the protruding portion between the raised portion and the raised portion.   Each of the engaging wall portions has a second cut-and-raised portion that is provided on the upstream side in the sliding direction from the first cut-and-raised portion and protrudes on the side facing each other, and the projecting portion includes a tip portion and When the cover is slid with respect to the case, it has a locking part that is inclined in the same direction as the protruding side of the second cut-and-raised part and can be elastically deformed in the protruding direction. The locking portion is elastically deformed and passes between the engagement wall portion and the second cut-and-raised portion, and then elastically returns and the lock portion faces the second cut-and-raised portion on the downstream side in the sliding direction. The control board storage box according to claim 1. 4. The control board storage box according to claim 3, wherein each of the connection wall portions is fixed to a facing surface between the case and the cover with a screw that does not penetrate the case and the cover.   A gaming machine comprising the control board storage box according to any one of claims 1 to 4 inside.

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