JP2018079018A - Smoking area separation device for game parlor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance a smoking area separation effect for cigarette smoke by players' smoking.SOLUTION: A smoking area separation device 1 disposed at the side of a game machine 100 includes a smoking area separation board 2 capable of blocking smoke, a blower device 31 capable of blowing air to exhaust smoke between a player and the game machine 100, and a suction device 32 capable of suctioning smoke that is difficult to be exhausted by the blower device 31, and exhausting it.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming hall smoke separation device provided for each gaming machine in a gaming hall.

In a game arcade where game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines are installed, the player may play the game while smoking, and the smoke of the cigarette spreads, which may be annoying to surrounding players.
For such a smoking problem in a game hall, for example, in Patent Document 1, the suction device sucks the smoke in the ashtray at the lower part of the gaming machine, and the sucked smoke is moved inside the smoke distribution board (flow smoke prevention plate). A smoke distribution device (smoke exhaust device) for an amusement arcade that passes through and is discharged has been proposed.
According to such a smoking device for a game hall, it is possible to prevent smoke from a player's smoking and smoke from an ashtray from entering the game space of an adjacent player.

Utility Model Registration No. 3118184

  However, there is room for improvement in the conventional smoke sparing device for amusement halls.

  In order to achieve the above object, a smoke sparing device for a game hall according to the present invention includes a smoke smoking member capable of blocking smoke, a player and a gaming machine, in a smoke smashing device provided on the side of a gaming machine. In order to exhaust the smoke in between, it is set as the structure provided with the air blower which can ventilate, and the suction device which can attract | suck and exhaust the smoke which is difficult to exhaust by the air blower.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the smoke separation apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and the installation aspect in a game arcade. It is a principal part exploded view of the smoke separator which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the fan unit with which the smoke separator is equipped. It is the schematic diagram which looked at the smoke distribution device from the side, (a) is a diagram showing a state where the smoke distribution board is in the storage position, (b) is a state of the air by the blower and suction device in the state where the smoke distribution board is in the extraction position It is a figure which shows a flow. It is the schematic diagram which looked at the smoke separator from the front, and is a figure which shows the flow of the air by an air blower. It is the schematic diagram which looked at the smoke separation device from the front, and is the schematic diagram which shows the flow of the air ventilated by ventilation angle AC. It is the schematic diagram which looked at the smoke separator from the front, and is a figure which shows the flow of the air by a suction device. It is a block diagram of a smoke separator. It is the schematic diagram which looked at the smoke distribution board and the lower board from the side, (c) is the position of the lower board in the state where the smoke distribution board is in the storage position, (a) is the lower board in the state where the smoke distribution board is in the drawer position The position, (b) is a diagram showing the position of the lower board in a state where the smoke distribution board is in the middle position between (a) and (c). It is the schematic diagram which looked at the smoke distribution board and the lower board from the side, (a) is the lower board which rotates according to the movement of the smoke distribution board in the front-rear direction, and (b) is the movement of the smoke distribution board in the front-rear direction. It is a figure which shows the lower board and 2nd lower board which respectively perform a vertical movement and a rotational movement. It is the schematic diagram which looked at the smoke separation apparatus from the side, and is a figure which shows a mode that the clearance gap between a smoke distribution board and a top plate was block | closed by the lower board.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the smoke sparing device for amusement hall of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a smoke sparing device for game halls (hereinafter referred to as “smoke smelting device 1”) of the present invention is located on the side of each gaming machine 100 on a gaming machine island made up of a plurality of gaming machines 100 installed in the gaming hall. Provided.
Each gaming machine 100 is provided with an ashtray at the bottom (specifically, the left side of the lower tray).
Further, a top plate 110 protruding forward from the bottom surface of the casing of the gaming machine 100 is provided below the ashtray so that a charging member such as a ball box 120 can be placed thereon.
The “input member” is a member that can input game media such as game balls acquired in the gaming machine 100, and includes a ball box 120 and count boxes of individual counters (not shown).
In addition, there are various types of gaming machines 100 such as slot machines, pachinko machines, and parrots, and any model can be applied.

As shown in FIG. 2, the smoke separation device 1 includes a smoke distribution board 2 and a fan unit 3, and peripheral members such as a casing 4 and a duct 6.
The smoke distribution board 2 (the smoke distribution member of the present invention) is made of a single plate material such as plastic such as acrylic or glass, and is provided so as to block adjacent game spaces (see FIGS. 1 and 2).
“Game space” refers to a space between a player and the gaming machine 100.
According to such a smoke distribution board 2, the smoke of the player's cigarette can be physically prevented from entering the other game space from the side of the gaming machine 100.

Further, the smoke distribution board 2 has a rectangular region portion (main body portion 21) and a region portion (protrusion portion 22) protruding forward on the upper side of the region portion, and has an asymmetric shape as a whole. (See FIG. 2).
Furthermore, the smoke distribution board 2 can be moved in the front-rear direction by an internal mechanism that will be described later. By moving it to the rear side, the smoke distribution board 2 is accommodated in the smoke distribution device 1 (casing section 4) or moved to the front side. Thus, it can be pulled out from the inside of the smoke separator 1.
And, in the position where the smoke distribution board 2 is stored inside (hereinafter referred to as the storage position), the adjacent game space is blocked by the projecting portion 22, and at the position where it is drawn out to the maximum (hereinafter referred to as the extraction position), Adjacent game spaces can be blocked by the entire board (see FIG. 1).
That is, the smoke distribution board 2 is configured to be displaceable between a storage position (first position) and a drawer position (second position) that blocks smoke in a wider range than the storage position.
According to such a smoke separation board 2, a high smoke separation effect can be exhibited at the drawer position, and a certain smoke separation effect can be exhibited even at the storage position, although not as much as the drawer position.
In the present embodiment, when the smoke distribution board 2 is present at the storage position, the smoke distribution board 2 protrudes to the side of the player, but when the smoke distribution board 2 is present at the storage position, the smoke distribution board 2 is You may make it protrude little or not to the side of a player.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the fan unit 3 is a unit device arranged at the lower part (near the ashtray) of the smoke separator 1 (smoke board 2). Specifically, as shown in FIG. It is comprised by the air blower 31 arrange | positioned at the front side, and the suction device 32 arrange | positioned at the back side.

The air blower 31 is a device that removes smoke mainly existing in the game space, such as cigarette smoke exhaled by the player.
As shown in FIG. 3, the air blower 31 includes a deformed rectangular parallelepiped first box portion 311 a disposed on the front side and a narrow rectangular parallelepiped second box portion 311 b disposed on the rear side. A hollow blower housing 311 is provided.
The blower housing 311 is provided with a suction port 312 and a blower port 313 on the rear side of the second box portion 311b (inside the gaming machine island) and the upper side of the first box portion 311a, respectively. Air is allowed to pass through 313.
In addition, a blower fan 314 is provided at a predetermined position inside the blower housing 311 (for example, inside the first box portion 311a).
In such a blower device 31, when the blower fan 314 is driven, the air in the gaming machine island is sucked from the suction port 312 and the air sucked from the suction port 312 is blown upward from the blower port 313. .
As the blower fan 314, various fans such as a multi-blade fan (sirocco fan), a turbo fan, and a cross flow fan (line flow fan) can be used in addition to an axial fan (propeller fan). The same applies to the suction fan 324 described later.
Moreover, the ventilation fan 314 can also be provided in the 2nd box part 311b, and can also be provided in both the 1st box part 311a and the 2nd box part 311b.

Moreover, the air blower 31 is provided with a slat member (hereinafter referred to as a louver 315) capable of directing the air blowing angle in an oblique direction at the air blowing port 313.
The louver 315 includes a known angle changing mechanism 315a, and can change the air blowing angle of air blown from the air blowing port 313 by a predetermined operation.

The suction device 32 is a device that removes smoke existing in the lower part of the game space, such as a player's hand.
As shown in FIG. 3, the suction device 32 includes a rectangular parallelepiped suction part housing 321 having a hollow inside, and a narrow suction port 322 is provided on the front side of the suction part housing 321. An air outlet 323 is provided.
A suction fan 324 is provided in a predetermined position inside the suction unit housing 321.
In such a suction device 32, when the suction fan 324 is driven, air existing in the vicinity of the suction port 322 is sucked from the suction port 322, and the air sucked from the suction port 322 is directed upward from the blower port 323. And blown.

In addition, although the above-mentioned fan unit 3 has arrange | positioned the air blower 31 in the front side and has arrange | positioned the suction device 32 in the back side, it is not restricted to such arrangement | positioning.
For example, the blower 31 may be disposed on the upper side, and the suction device 32 may be disposed on the lower side.

Next, peripheral members such as the casing 4 and the duct 6 will be described with reference to FIG.
The casing 4 is a hollow frame member provided in a space (between the machines) between the gaming machines 100 adjacent to the gaming machine 100, and can support or store various members in the internal space.
For example, a long groove-shaped upper rail 71 and a lower rail 72 are attached to the casing 4 along the front-rear direction on the inside of the upper surface portion and the lower surface portion, respectively, and the smoke distribution board 2 is slid by these rail members. I support it as possible.
According to such an internal mechanism, the smoke distribution board 2 can be moved in the front-rear direction, and the fan unit 3 provided at the lower portion of the smoke distribution board 2 can also be moved in the front-rear direction together with the smoke distribution board 2. .

A vertically long rectangular panel 5 corresponding to the shape of the casing 4 is provided on the front side (front side) of the casing 4.
The panel 5 is provided with a narrow opening (slit 51) corresponding to the thickness of the smoke distribution board 2 along the vertical direction, and is formed in series with the slit 51, corresponding to the fan unit 3 and the lower board 8. A rectangular opening (fan opening 52) is provided in the lower part.
By providing the panel 5, it is possible to prevent movement of the smoke distribution board 2 and the fan unit 3 while preventing external access and exposure to the internal mechanism of the smoke distribution device 1.
Further, the panel 5 is provided with an opening (duct opening 53) having the same size and shape as the upper opening 61 of the duct 6 described later.

The duct 6 is a tubular member having a rectangular cross section provided along the vertical direction with respect to the casing 4 and has openings on both ends.
The lower opening (lower opening 62) is an opening for receiving exhaust from the suction device 32 of the fan unit 3, and the upper opening (upper opening 61) discharges the exhaust received by the lower opening 62 to the outside. It is an opening for.
As will be described later, the duct 6 is a member for guiding tobacco smoke existing in the game space to the duct opening 53. By providing such a member inside the smoke separation device 1, not in the game space, Space pressure can be prevented.

Here, a mechanism for removing smoke in the game space by the blower 31 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4A, the blower 31 is housed inside the housing portion 4 in a state where the smoke distribution board 2 is in the housing position, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4B. In addition, the smoke distribution board 2 is disposed so as to protrude to the front side of the panel 5 in the state where the smoke distribution board 2 is in the drawer position (see FIG. 1).
For this reason, when the smoke distribution board 2 is in the drawer position, the air sucked from the suction port 312 is blown from the blower port 313 by driving the blower 31 (the blower fan 314). It is possible to generate a flow of air (airflow) from below to above (see solid arrows in FIG. 4B).
Thereby, smoke existing in the game space can be exhausted and removed above the game space.
In particular, the smoke of cigarettes blown out by the player is forcibly retained in the game space by the smoke distribution board 2, and thus the accumulated smoke is efficiently collected and exhausted outside the game space. be able to.

The blower 31 is provided with a louver 315 so that the air blown from the blower 31 is directed obliquely upward while passing through the central portion of the game space.
For this reason, the smoke of cigarettes blown out by the player, which is present in the center of the game space, can be efficiently exhausted to the outside of the game space.
Furthermore, the louver 315 includes an angle changing mechanism 315a and can freely change the blowing angle by an operation.
For this reason, an appropriate air blowing direction can be set according to the arrangement position of the smoke separator 1.
For example, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the air blowing angle A when only the smoke separating device 1 is provided as a pedestal machine, and as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the smoke separating device 1 and ball lending machine as the pedestal machine. As shown in FIG. 6 (c), the smoke distribution device 1, ball lending machine, and POP shelf (printed material on which information on a game arcade is printed and information on gaming machines are provided) With the air blowing angle C in the case of providing a shelf capable of storing printed printed matter, the air blowing angle B is made larger than the air blowing angle A, and the air blowing angle C is made larger than the air blowing angle B.
That is, the smaller the gap between the blower 31 and the gaming machine 100, the smaller the blowing angle, and the larger the gap between the blowing device 31 and the gaming machine 100, the larger the blowing angle.
Thereby, even if the game spaces have different sizes, the smoke of cigarettes blown from the player and present in the center of the game space can be efficiently exhausted.
In addition, although the width of the above-mentioned interstage machine may vary depending on the manufacturer and function, even in such a case, by adjusting the air blowing angle by the louver 315, the cigarette smoke can be appropriately exhausted. Can do.

Next, a mechanism for removing smoke present in the lower part of the game space by the suction device 32 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4A, the suction device 32 is housed inside the housing portion 4 in a state where the smoke distribution board 2 is in the housing position, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4B. In addition, the suction port 322 is disposed so as to be located slightly on the front side of the panel 5 in a state where the smoke distribution board 2 is in the drawing position.
That is, in the state where the smoke distribution board 2 is in the drawer position, the suction port 322 is exposed and disposed near the ashtray (see FIG. 1 and the like).
Here, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B and FIG. 2, the upper opening 61 of the duct 6 and the duct opening 53 of the panel 5 are overlapped irrespective of the position of the smoke distribution board 2. Yes.
However, as shown in FIG. 4B, the air blowing port 323 of the suction device 32 and the lower opening 62 of the duct 6 are overlapped in a state where the smoke distribution board 2 is in the extraction position.

For this reason, if the suction device 32 (suction fan 324) is driven when the smoke distribution board 2 is in the drawer position, the air sucked from the suction port 322 can be exhausted from the duct opening 53 through the duct 6. Yes (see broken line arrow in FIG. 4B).
As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, smoke at the lower part of the game space, such as cigarette smoke placed in the ashtray and smoke staying at the player's hand, can be efficiently sucked and exhausted. .

In particular, the smoke in the lower part of the game space is useful because it is difficult to remove by the blower 31.
That is, although the blower 31 is provided in the lower part of the game space, the suction port 312 is provided in the gaming machine island, and the smoke present in the lower part of the game space cannot be removed (see FIG. 3). ).
On the other hand, the suction device 32 is provided at a position where the suction port 322 can suck the smoke of cigarettes placed in the ashtray at the lower part of the game space or the smoke staying at the player's hand. Smoke in the lower part of the game space that is difficult to deal with can be efficiently sucked and exhausted (see FIGS. 4B and 7).

In addition, in this embodiment, the case where the ashtray is provided in the gaming machine 100 (specifically, the case where the ashtray is provided on the left side of the lower tray) is taken as an example (see FIG. 1), Although it has been described that the suction device 32 effectively sucks and exhausts the smoke of the placed cigarette, the ashtray is not limited to the above position and configuration.
For example, it is assumed that the ashtray is provided not on the gaming machine 100 but on the top board 110 (when the ashtray is placed on the top board 110 or when the top board 110 itself constitutes an ashtray).
Even in such a case, since the ashtray is arranged in the lower part of the game space, the smoke of the cigarette placed in the ashtray tends to stay in the lower part of the game space.
Therefore, even when the ashtray is provided on the top plate 110, the suction device 32 can effectively suck and exhaust cigarette smoke placed on the ashtray.

Next, operation control of the smoke separator 1 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 8, the smoke separator 1 includes detection means such as a human sensor 11 and a drawer detection sensor 12, and the control unit 10 controls the operation of the blower 31 and the suction device 32 according to these detection operations. It has a control configuration.
The human sensor 11 includes an infrared sensor or the like that can detect the presence of a person, and can be provided on the upper portion of the panel 5 as shown in FIG.
The human sensor 11 is attached with the detection range directed around the upper part of the chair in front of the gaming machine 100, for example.
In this way, the presence sensor 11 can be detected by the human sensor 11 in the chair of the gaming machine 100.

The drawer detection sensor 12 is a detection means for detecting that the smoke distribution board 2 is in the drawer position. For example, a photosensor in which a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit are arranged to face each other can be used.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, in the state in which the smoke distribution board 2 is in the storage position, the photo separation sensor 2 is interposed between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit. Thus, in the state where the smoke distribution board 2 exists in the extraction position, it attaches to the position where the smoke distribution board 2 does not interpose between a light emission part and a light-receiving part.
If it does in this way, in the state where smoke distribution board 2 exists in a drawer position, since a light-receiving part is not obstructed by smoke distribution board 2, it can detect the amount of received light more than a fixed quantity.
For this reason, in the photosensor, it can be detected that the smoke distribution board 2 is in the extraction position based on detecting a light reception amount of a certain amount or more.

The control unit 10 is a control unit including electronic components such as a CPU and a ROM, and specifically, is provided as a control board on which these electronic components are mounted.
The control unit 10 can be provided in the housing unit 4 as shown in FIG. 2, for example, and is connected to the human sensor 11, the drawer detection sensor 12, the blower 31, and the suction device 32 through a cable or the like (not shown). Has been.
And the control part 10 performs drive control with respect to the air blower 31 and the suction device 32 based on the detection signal from the human sensor 11 or the drawer | drawing-out detection sensor 12 based on the program previously memorize | stored in memory | storage means, such as ROM. Specifically, the following control operation is performed.

  As the first control operation, the control unit 10 operates as a detection unit capable of detecting the presence of a player capable of playing the gaming machine 100 and the detection unit detects the presence of the player. Based on this, control for driving the blower 31 (blower fan 314) is performed.

Here, in the detection means, “there is a player who can play the gaming machine” means, for example, “a person has been detected by the human sensor 11” (first condition), and “ It can be defined as a state in which both of the two conditions of “the smoke detection board 2 has been detected by the drawer detection sensor 12 to be in the drawer position” (second condition) are satisfied.
That is, when the seating in the chair in front of the gaming machine 100 is detected and the drawer of the smoke distribution board 2 is detected, the blower 31 is driven.

The reason why the blower 31 is driven when both of the two conditions are satisfied is as follows.
Here, if the blower 31 is driven only by detecting the withdrawal of the smoke distribution board 2 (only the first condition is satisfied), for example, the player leaves the seat after the smoke distribution board 2 is pulled out. The blower 31 is driven until there is no smoke to be removed.
In other words, in spite of the fact that there is not much need for exhausting in this way, there is a problem that unnecessary driving of the air blower 31 causes wasteful power consumption or failure. It is.

On the other hand, if the blower 31 is driven only when a person is detected by the human sensor 11 (only the second condition is satisfied), the smoke distribution board 2 is in the storage position, so that it is blown out by the player. This is because the blower 31 is driven in a situation where the smoke of the cigarette cannot be sufficiently blocked by the smoke distribution board 2.
That is, the function of retaining smoke in the game space by the smoke distribution board 2 has been lowered, and even if the blower 31 is driven in a state where smoke is allowed to enter the adjacent game space, the smoke is appropriately It is because it cannot exhaust.

  For the above reasons, smoke in the game space can be efficiently exhausted without waste by driving the blower 31 when both the first condition and the second condition are satisfied.

As the second control operation, the control unit 10 operates as a detection unit capable of detecting the presence of a player capable of playing the gaming machine 100 and the detection unit detects the presence of the player. Based on this, control for driving the suction device 32 (suction fan 324) is performed.
In the second control operation, for the same reason as the first control operation, the suction device 32 is driven when both the first condition and the second condition are satisfied.
That is, if the suction device 32 is driven only by satisfying the first condition, there is a high possibility that there is no smoke to be removed, and the suction device 32 is driven only by satisfying the second condition. This is because smoke cannot be exhausted properly.
For this reason, the suction device 32 is also driven when both the first condition and the second condition are satisfied, like the blower device 31.

Next, the lower board 8 for expanding the area of the smoke distribution board 2 will be described.
The smoke distribution board 2 is spaced from the top board 110, and if no action is taken, smoke may enter the adjacent game space from the lower end of the smoke distribution board 2 and allow entry.
In order to deal with such a problem, a method in which the smoke distribution board 2 has a length that does not cause a gap with the top plate 110 can be considered.
However, when the smoke distribution board 2 is installed on the side of the gaming machine 100, the height of the gaming machine 100 and the top board 110 is generally different depending on the game hall. In general, the distance between the top plates 110 is different.
In such a situation, when the above method is adopted, it is necessary to change the length of the smoke separation board 2 for each game arcade or game machine, which causes a problem that labor and cost increase.

Therefore, in order to comprehensively solve these problems, the smoke distribution device 1 of the present embodiment is for extending the area of the smoke distribution board 2 at the lower portion of the smoke distribution board 2 as shown in FIGS. The lower board 8 (specific smoke component of the present invention) is provided.
The lower board 8 is configured to move downward as the smoke distribution board 2 moves in the forward direction.
As a specific example, as shown in FIG. 9, the lower board 8 is formed in a trapezoidal shape, and the lower board 8 is slidably supported in the vertical direction by rail members 73 provided on both sides of the lower part of the smoke distribution board 2. The structure to do can be mentioned.
In the case of such a structure that can be slid in the vertical direction, for example, the lower board 8 can be moved upward when the bottom portion 8b is pushed up by hand from below, and moved downward by its own weight when the hand is lowered downward. be able to.

According to such a structure, in a state where the smoke distribution board 2 is in the storage position (see FIG. 9A), the lower board 8 is stored in the housing part 4 so that the bottom part 8b is Although supported from the lower surface portion of the housing portion 4, when the bottom side 8 b passes through the housing portion 4 (that is, the slit 51 of the panel 5) as the smoke distribution board 2 moves forward, the housing portion 4 Instead, the hypotenuse 8a is supported by the slit 51 (more specifically, the lower end of the slit 51 or a roller (not shown) provided at the lower end) (FIG. 9B). reference).
For this reason, as the smoke distribution board 2 is moved forward, the lower board 8 gently moves downward according to the angle of the oblique side portion 8a, and accordingly, in the region below the lower end portion of the smoke distribution board 2, The area is gradually expanded by the lower board 8.
Finally, by moving the smoke distribution board 2 to the drawing position, the lower board 8 is disposed in a state where the area below the lower end of the smoke distribution board 2 is expanded to the maximum (FIG. 9 ( c)).

  That is, when the smoke distribution board 2 is in the storage position (first position), the lower board 8 is stored in a predetermined position (third position) inside the housing unit 4, and the smoke distribution board 2 is stored in the storage position (first position). The position where the space below the lower end of the smoke distribution board 2 is blocked over a wide area from the predetermined position (the third position) in accordance with the displacement to the extraction position (second position) that blocks smoke in a wider area than the one position) It is displaced to (fourth position).

  On the other hand, when the smoke distribution board 2 is moved backward from the drawing position (see FIG. 9C), the lower board 8 is gently moved upward according to the angle of the oblique side portion 8a, and finally Specifically, it is housed inside the housing part 4 (see FIG. 9A).

Moreover, unlike the above-mentioned specific example, the lower board 8 which moves while rotating according to the movement to the front-back direction of the smoke distribution board 2 can also be used.
For example, as shown in FIG. 10A, the lower board 8 made of a rectangular plate material is pivotally supported on a rotation axis z at a predetermined position below the smoke distribution board 2.
According to such a structure, in the process in which the smoke distribution board 2 moves forward from the storage position (the left figure in FIG. 10A), the lower board 8 is configured so that the first side 8 c passes through the housing part 4. Rotates counterclockwise around the rotation axis z (FIG. 10 (a) central view), and as a result of proceeding with the movement, the rectangular area is finally expanded downward from the lower end of the smoke distribution board 2. (FIG. 10 (a) right figure).

Furthermore, as another specific example, the lower board 8 that moves in the vertical direction according to the movement of the smoke distribution board 2 in the front-rear direction and the second lower board 81 that moves while rotating can be used in combination.
For example, as shown in FIG. 10B, a lower board 8 made of a trapezoidal plate material and another board member (second lower board 81) is pivoted on a rotation axis z provided at a predetermined position of the lower board 8. By supporting, the lower board 8 can be moved downward and the second lower board 81 can be rotated counterclockwise as the smoke distribution board 2 moves in the forward direction.
According to such a structure, in the process in which the smoke distribution board 2 moves forward from the storage position (the left figure in FIG. 10B), the lower board 8 moves downward while the second lower board 81 rotates. As a result of proceeding with the movement, the rectangular area can be expanded downward from the lower end portion of the smoke distribution board 2 as a result of rotating around z (the central view in FIG. 10B). (Figure 10 (b) right figure).

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, the space | interval between the top plate 110 and the smoke separation board 2 can be block | closed by the lower board 8, and it can prevent that smoke encloses into the adjacent game space through the said space | interval.
In particular, in the smoke separation device 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the lower board 8 and the second lower board 81 have a region below the smoke distribution board 2 in accordance with the displacement of the smoke distribution board 2. I try to expand gradually.
For this reason, even if it is a case where the space | interval of the smoke distribution board 2 and the top plate 110 changes with game halls etc., the said space | interval can be block | closed.

(Modifications and application examples)
The game room smoke separation device of the present invention can also be applied to the following modifications and application examples.
For example, the smoke distribution board 2 and the lower board 8 may be a multi-layer member in which a plurality of plate materials are stacked, or may be a member including an air layer between layers.
Further, the smoke distribution board 2 may have a flat shape without the protruding portion 22.
Further, the smoke distribution board 2 can be folded or the depth dimension of the housing section 4 can be increased so that the entire smoke distribution board 2 including the projecting portion 22 can be accommodated in the housing section 4. .
In addition, a light emitting lamp such as an LED is provided at a predetermined location (for example, around the smoke distribution board 2), and the light emission mode is different depending on whether the smoke distribution board 2 is in the storage position or the extraction position. It can be notified whether or not the board 2 exists in the drawing position.

Although the lower board 8 which expands the shielding area | region of the lower part of the smoke distribution board 2 was demonstrated, a board member can be provided in various positions not only in such arrangement | positioning.
Further, the example in which the lower board 8 blocks the space below the smoke distribution board 2 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this example, and board members can be provided at various positions where it is difficult to block the smoke.
The lower board 8 gradually moves downward as the smoke distribution board 2 moves forward, but first moves forward and moves downward from the middle as the smoke distribution board 2 moves forward. Or the mechanism which moves to the front-back direction with the movement to the front-back direction of the smoke distribution board 2 may be sufficient.
Further, similarly to the smoke distribution board 2, the lower board 8 can be notified by a light emitting lamp such as an LED whether or not it exists at a predetermined position.
Further, the POP advertisement can be stored in the housing unit 4 and pulled out to be shown to the player.

A plurality of fan units 3 can be provided for each gaming machine 100.
Moreover, the fan unit 3 can be provided not only in the lower part of the smoke separator 1 but in various positions.
Further, the blower 31 and the suction device 32 can be configured independently of each other instead of a unit configuration. In this case, one or a plurality of the blower 31 and the suction devices 32 can be provided at various positions. .

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the blower 31 and the suction device 32 are automatically driven simultaneously according to the detection of the human sensor 11 and the drawer detection sensor 12, but the present invention is not limited to such a control mode. Absent.
For example, it can be controlled to drive one of the blower 31 and the suction device 32 according to the detection of the sensor.
Moreover, it can also be controlled to drive one or both of the blower 31 and the suction device 32 by providing a predetermined operation unit and operating the operation unit.
In addition, an operation unit for prohibiting driving of the blower 31 and the suction device 32 is provided. When the operation unit is operated, the blower 31 and the suction device are operated until the operation unit is operated again. It is also possible to perform drive inhibition control so as not to drive 32.

As described above, the smoke distribution device 1 of the present invention includes the smoke distribution board 2 that can block the smoke, the blower 31 that can blow air to exhaust the smoke between the player and the gaming machine 100, A suction device 32 capable of sucking and exhausting smoke that is difficult to exhaust by the blower 31.
According to the smoke distribution device 1 having such a configuration, smoke is mainly generated between the player and the gaming machine 100 while physically preventing the smoke from entering the side of the gaming machine 100 by the smoke distribution board 2. Smoke blown from the player is removed by the air blower 31, and smoke that cannot be removed by the air blower 31 is removed mainly by the suction device 32. be able to.

On the other hand, in the conventional smoke separator, the suction device sucks the smoke in the ashtray at the lower part of the gaming machine and discharges the sucked smoke to the upper part through the inside of the smoke distribution board (smoke prevention plate). Smoke device).
However, such a smoke separation device has a problem that smoke between the player and the gaming machine cannot be effectively removed.

  According to the smoke distribution device for amusement hall of the present invention, it is possible to solve all or part of such problems that the conventional smoke separation device should improve.

The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. However, the game field smoke separation device according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made within the scope of the present invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.
For example, although “the position where the smoke distribution board 2 is pulled out to the maximum in the front” is set as the “drawing position”, the position where the smoke distribution board 2 is at a certain distance forward from the storage position is not limited to this. It can be.
In addition, the shape of the smoke distribution board 2, the lower board 8, the second lower board 81, various openings (312, 313, 322, 323, 51, 52, 53, 61, 62) and the duct 6 are the same as those described above or illustrated. Not limited to this, various shapes can be used.
Moreover, the displacement mechanism of the smoke distribution board 2, the lower board 8, and the 2nd lower board 81 is not restricted to the mechanism mentioned above or illustrated.
For example, the displacement mechanism of the smoke distribution board 2 and the lower board 8 may be configured such that one or a plurality of driving parts such as gears and driving shafts are interposed, and further a driving device such as a motor is combined.
According to such a configuration, for example, when the drawer detection sensor 12 detects that the smoke separation board 2 is in the drawer position, the lower board 8 is separated by performing automatic control for driving the drive device and the like. It can be moved to the lower side of the board 2.

1 Smoke separation device (amusement room smoke separation device)
10 Control Unit 11 Human Sensor 12 Drawer Detection Sensor 2 Smoke Board (Smoke Component)
3 Fan unit 31 Blower 315 Louver 32 Suction device 4 Housing 5 Panel 6 Duct 8 Lower board (specific smoke component)
100 gaming machine 110 top plate 120 ball box (input member)

Claims (5)

In the smoke evacuation device for the amusement hall provided on the side of the gaming machine,
A smoke distribution member capable of blocking smoke;
A blower capable of blowing air to exhaust smoke between the player and the gaming machine;
And a suction device capable of sucking and exhausting smoke that is difficult to exhaust by the blower. A detecting means capable of detecting the presence of a player who can play the gaming machine;
The game device smoke separator according to claim 1, wherein the air blower is capable of air blowing based on the fact that the detecting means detects the presence of a player. A detecting means capable of detecting the presence of a player who can play the gaming machine;
3. The smoke evacuation device for a game hall according to claim 1, wherein the suction device is capable of sucking based on detection of the presence of a player by the detection means. The smoke distribution device for amusement hall according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a blowing angle changing unit capable of changing a blowing angle from the blowing device. The smoke distribution member is displaceable between a first position and a second position that blocks smoke in a wider range than the first position;
A predetermined interval is provided between the top plate on which the input member that can input the game medium acquired by the gaming machine can be placed and the smoke distribution member,
In accordance with the transition of the smoke distribution member from the first position to the second position, a specific smoke distribution member that can be displaced from a third position to a fourth position that covers the predetermined interval over a wider range than the third position. The game room smoke separation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the device is provided.

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