JP3249968B2 - Program storage medium storage case - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program storage medium housing used for a game machine such as a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game control system using a microprocessor has been used for controlling a game machine such as a pachinko machine. In this program control system, a game machine of a game machine is changed by changing the contents of a program. Since the contents also change, it is possible to easily perform fraud by exchanging a legitimate program with a program having improper contents. For this reason, it is mandatory that the manufactured gaming machines be inspected by the authorities, and it is necessary to take measures to prevent fraud by exchanging programs before the inspection. It is also necessary that the program storage part can be easily removed. Therefore, in general, for example, the ROM itself storing the program, or the ROM or the R
Sealing the housing containing the printed circuit board or the like with the OM mounted thereon with seal paper prevents fraudulent exchange of programs, and discards the seal paper during program inspection, making it easy to store programs. Is being removed. Also, even after the inspection, in order to prevent the same injustice as above,
Sealing was performed with a sealing paper.

[0003]

However, in this method of sealing with a sealing paper or the like, an illegal operation for easily exchanging programs has been performed by skillfully removing the sealing paper. Further, even after the inspection, sealing was carried out in the same manner as above, but fraud was performed in the same manner as described above. Therefore, the present invention has been made to improve such a drawback, and it is possible to suppress impropriety due to exchange of programs before receiving an inspection by an authority, and to easily store a program storage portion at the time of inspection. An object of the present invention is to provide a program storage medium housing that can be detached and subjected to an inspection, can be returned to the original state after the inspection is completed, and can further prevent impropriety due to exchange of a program thereafter.

[0004]

More specifically, as a first configuration, a sealed housing accommodating a program storage medium therein, which is capable of being subjected to shear peeling, and capable of performing this shear peeling. According to the present invention, an opening having a size capable of taking out and re-storing the program storage medium is formed in the housing. A program storage medium storage case is provided on the surface of the body.

In the present invention, the program storage medium is a medium such as a ROM storing the program itself, and a medium having such a medium mounted thereon, for example, a ROM storing the program. ROM attached
This is a broad concept including a socket and a printed circuit board on which a ROM socket having the ROM is mounted.

In the first configuration, the surface of the sealed housing containing the program storage medium is easily sheared off by pulling a pull tab for shearing off at the time of inspection, and the program is placed on the surface of the housing. Since the opening having a size that allows the storage medium to be taken out and re-stored can be formed, the program storage medium can be easily removed, subjected to an inspection, and returned to the original state after the inspection is completed. In addition, it is impossible to return the casing to its original sealed state once the cutout on the surface of the casing has been sheared off in order to illegally exchange the program before receiving the inspection by the authority Since there is evidence that the case has been opened, it is possible to prevent the surface of the case from being peeled off by shearing in order to engage in wrongdoing. Can be suppressed.

As a second configuration, in the first configuration, the cutout margin is provided in a band shape over the entire circumference at an intermediate portion in the height direction of the side surface of the housing, and the shearing separation of the cutout margin is performed. Thereby, the housing is configured to be separated into a lid and a main body, and a fitting piece and a fitted piece are provided on respective inner surfaces of the lid and the main body. The fitting piece sinks toward the fitted piece by at least the height of the strip-shaped cut-out margin by the shearing separation, and is fitted to the fitted piece inseparably from each other, whereby the lid Each of the fitting piece and the fitted piece so that the part and the main body part are inseparably united to form a new sealed housing capable of storing the program storage medium. Set the height position relationship from the bottom of the housing and program Constituting the accommodated medium housing case.

[0008] In the second configuration, a cut-off margin capable of being peeled off by shearing is provided at a portion in the height direction of the side surface of the casing over the entire circumference. Therefore, at the time of inspection, the cut-off margin is sheared by pulling the pull tab for shearing and peeling, whereby the sealed housing containing the program storage medium is opened and separated into the lid and the main body. Therefore, it is possible to easily remove the program storage medium built in the housing, receive the inspection, and return to the original state after the completion of the inspection. Also, as in the first configuration, it is not possible to return the housing to its original sealed state once the cut-out margin has been sheared off in an attempt to illegally exchange the program before receiving the inspection by the authority. It becomes impossible, and evidence of opening the casing remains, so that the surface of the casing is prevented from being peeled off by shearing for fraudulent acts, and tampering by exchange of programs before being inspected by authorities. Is suppressed.

In the second configuration, further, when the lid and the main body separated by the shearing-off of the cut-out margin are combined after the inspection is completed, the lid and the main body become inseparable. , A new sealed case. That is, the fitting piece and the fitting piece are provided on the inner surfaces of the lid and the main body, respectively, and the height positional relationship between the fitting piece and the fitting piece from the bottom surface of the housing is provided. However, when the lid and the main body are combined to form a new housing, the fitting piece and the fitted piece are set so as to be inseparably fitted. Therefore, when the lid and the main body are combined, the fitting piece and the fitted piece are inseparably fitted with each other, and as a result, the fitting piece and the fitted piece are respectively provided inside. The lid part and the main body part which have been set cannot be separated. Therefore, even if an attempt is made to illegally exchange a program for a sealed new housing containing the tested program storage medium, the lid and the main body of the housing cannot be separated. Therefore, it cannot be opened unless the housing is destroyed, and it is possible to prevent illegality due to exchange of programs.

[0010] As a third configuration, in the second configuration, the upper end edge of the main body portion or a part of the entire circumference protrudes upward in contact with the upper end edge and protrudes upward. A guide wall that guides the fitting operation of the lid portion is provided when a suitable housing is formed, thereby constituting a program storage medium housing.

In the third configuration, since a guide wall for guiding the fitting operation of the lid portion is provided over the entire periphery of the upper end edge of the main body or at a part thereof, a new housing is provided. When the body is formed, it is easy to combine the lid and the main body.

As a fourth configuration, in the third configuration, the guide wall having a stepped portion at the lower end is also used as the fitted piece to constitute a program storage medium storage case.

In the fourth configuration, since the guide wall of the main body also plays the role of the fitted piece, there is no need to separately provide the fitted piece, and the cost of the program storage medium housing can be reduced.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention relates to a storage medium for storing a program used in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine.In the following description, a pachinko machine will be described as an example of a gaming machine, but the present invention is intended for the present invention. The gaming machine to play is not limited to pachinko machines.

FIG. 1A is an external view of a first embodiment of a housing for storing a program storage medium according to the present invention. In FIG. 1A, a housing 1 according to the first embodiment is a sealed hollow rectangular parallelepiped housing made of a metal plate such as an aluminum plate or a tin-plated iron plate. A cutting margin 2 is provided, and the cutting margin 2 is a rectangle which has been subjected to a process capable of being peeled off by shearing, and four corners of the rectangle are rounded, and one of these is used for hanging a finger. A pull tab 3 having a hole is provided. This case 1
Is used in a game machine of a program control system using a microprocessor, and a ROM 1 in which a ROM 4 storing a program used in the game machine is mounted in a housing 1.
A printed circuit board 6 on which the OM socket 5 is mounted is fixed on the inner bottom surface of the housing 1 via a supporting column and is built therein. Further, the size of the cutout margin 2 is large enough to take out and remount the ROM 4 mounted on the ROM socket 5 built in the housing 1.

When the gaming machine provided with the housing 1 is to be inspected by the authorities, a finger is put on the hole of the pull tab 3 provided on the cutout 2 of the housing 1 and strongly pulled obliquely upward to cut out. Since the margin 2 is subjected to a process capable of shearing and peeling, as shown in FIG. 1B, the margin 2 can be easily sheared and peeled. After the cutting margin 2 is peeled off by shearing, the opening 7 is formed.
The size of the cutout 2 is determined by the R
Since the ROM 4 attached to the OM socket 5 can be taken out and re-attached to a sufficiently large size, the ROM 4 can be removed from the ROM socket 5 by taking a hand from the opening 7 and taken out. R taken out
After the OM 4 has been inspected, it can be mounted in the ROM socket 5 again.

As described above, in the housing 1 of the first embodiment, the ROM having the program stored therein is mounted on the housing 1 by pulling the pull tab 3 for shearing and peeling.
The surface of the sealed housing 1 containing the printed circuit board 6 on which the socket 5 is mounted is easily sheared off to form an opening 7 large enough to allow the ROM 4 to be taken out and stored again on the surface of the housing 1. Therefore, at the time of the inspection, the ROM 4 can be easily removed, the inspection can be performed, and the inspection can be restored after the inspection is completed. In addition, if an attempt is made to illegally exchange programs before the authorities receive an inspection, once the cutting margin 2 on the surface of the housing 1 is sheared off, the housing 1 is returned to its original sealed state. Becomes impossible, and there is evidence that the casing 1 has been opened. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the cutout 2 provided on the surface of the casing 1 from being peeled off by shearing in order to perform an illegal operation. ROM4, until
Illegal exchange of the program of the gaming machine due to the exchange of the game machine can be suppressed.

In the above-described first embodiment, the housing 1 is made of metal. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a resin or the like may be used as long as the material allows the shearing off of the cutout margin 2. Also,
The material of the housing 1 may be partially different, for example, the upper surface is made of metal and the other is made of resin. Also, what is built in the housing 1 is the printed circuit board 6 on which the ROM socket 5 with the ROM 4 is mounted, but is not limited to this, and only the ROM socket 5 with the ROM 4 mounted may be used. Any device may be used as long as it corresponds to the definition of the program storage medium described above, such as a connector in which a memory card storing a program of the machine is mounted.

The first embodiment takes advantage of the fact that once the cutout margin 2 on the surface of the housing 1 has been sheared off, it is impossible to return the housing 1 to its original sealed state.
Until the inspection by the authorities, the illegal exchange of the program of the gaming machine by the exchange of the ROM 4 is suppressed. As a method for further increasing the effect of suppressing the illegal exchange, the method is added to the first embodiment. , Pull tab 3 for shear peeling
Is sealed with a sealing paper. This sealing is normally performed by a public or private institution, and if this sealing is performed, the illegal exchange of the program of the gaming machine by replacing the ROM 4 until the sealing is performed. Is guaranteed not to have been done. In this seal,
Even if the sealing paper is deliberately peeled off, a sealing paper is used which, when peeled, causes delamination and leaves a trace of opening. This sealing can be similarly applied to the following embodiments.

In the case 1 of the first embodiment, the ROM 4 serving as the program storage medium can be easily taken out and re-attached at the time of inspection, and the ROM 4 can be used until the inspection.
The illegal exchange of the program of the gaming machine by the exchange of the game machine can be suppressed, but after that, the opening 7 after the shearing separation of the cut-out margin 2 of the housing 1 remains formed, and the illegal exchange by the exchange of the program after the inspection is prevented No countermeasures have been taken. Therefore, a second embodiment that takes measures against this point will be described next.

FIG. 2A is an external view of a second embodiment of the program storage medium housing of the present invention. The housing 1 is hermetically sealed as in the first embodiment, and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The material of the housing 1 and the one built therein are the first
This is the same as the embodiment. In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG.
Is provided in a band shape over the entire circumference of the middle part in the height direction of the side surface of the side surface. A pull-tab 3 for shear separation is provided at the tip of the shear separation start portion of the cutting margin 2. Case 1
Is composed of the cutout 2, a lid 11 that forms the upper part of the housing 1, and a main body 12 that forms the lower part of the housing 1.

FIG. 2B is an external view of the casing 1 of the second embodiment after the cut-out margin 2 is peeled off, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the casing 1. In FIG. 2B and FIG. 3, reference numeral 2 denotes a margin, 11 denotes a cover, and 12 denotes a main body. The boundary end face at which the cutout 2 contacts the lid 11 and the boundary end face at which the cutout 2 contacts the main body 12 are both parallel to the bottom surface 8 of the housing 1. FIG. 2 (b)
As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
Plate-shaped guide walls 15 are provided over the entire periphery of the upper end of the side wall and inwardly project from the side wall. The guide walls 15, 15 have a rectangular cross section. Therefore, both the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the guide walls 15 are parallel to the bottom surface of the housing 1. The material of the guide walls 15, 15 is
Either metal or resin may be used. On the inner top surface of the lid part 11, two symmetrical fitting pieces 1 having a plate-like shape and a cross section of a L-shape are provided.
The guide walls 1 and 3 are parallel to the inner surface of the side wall of the lid 11.
5 and 15, it is separated from the inner surface of the side wall by the thickness, and extends downward from the lower end of the side wall. At the lower ends of the fitting pieces 13, 13 are formed protrusions projecting in the shape of a letter toward the inner surfaces of the cutouts 2, 2. The upper surface of the projection is engaged with the guide walls 15, 15 (to be fitted) so that the projection comes into contact with and engages with the lower end surfaces of the guide walls 15, 15 (also serving as the fitted pieces 14, 14). Piece 14,
Similarly to the lower end surface of 14), it is parallel to the bottom surface of the housing 1, and the lower surface of this projection is a slope inclined obliquely downward and inward from the tip of the projection. The pointed tip of this projection in the shape of a letter F is in contact with the inner surface of the cutout 2,2. This fitting piece 1
Reference numerals 3 and 13 are formed of a flexible material such as a nylon resin.

The height (A in FIG. 3) from the upper surface of the projections of the fitting pieces 13, 13 to the lower end face of the side wall of the lid 11 is lower than the guide walls 15, 15 (pieces 14 to be fitted). The height from the end face to the upper end face of the side wall of the main body 12 (B in FIG. 3) is the same. In the housing 1, the height (C in FIG. 3) from the upper end surface of the side wall of the main body 12 to the lower end surface of the side wall of the lid portion 11 is equal to the height from the lower end to the upper end of the cutout 2.
The height (D in FIG. 3) from the lower end surface of the guide walls 15, 15 (pieces 14, 14) to the upper surface of the projections of the fitting pieces 13, 13 is the height from the lower end to the upper end of the cutout 2. be equivalent to. Therefore, the height (E in FIG. 3) from the bottom surface of the housing 1 to the upper surface of the protrusion of the fitting pieces 13, 13 and the guide walls 15, 1
5 (pieces to be fitted 14, 14) The difference between the height from the bottom surface of the housing 1 to the lower end surface (F in FIG. 3) is the height from the lower end to the upper end of the cutout margin 2 (C in FIG. 3). The housing 1 is configured such that these positions are set to be equal.

When the gaming machine provided with the housing 1 is to be inspected by the authorities, the pull tab 3 provided on the cutout 2 of the housing 1 is strongly pulled, whereby the gaming machine shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the cutout margin 2 is peeled off by shearing, the housing 1 is opened, an opening is formed, and the lid 11 is formed.
And a main body 12 in which a printed circuit board 6 on which a ROM socket 5 having a ROM 4 is mounted is mounted. Then, as in the first embodiment, the ROM 4 can be removed from the ROM socket 5 and taken out by the opening of the formed main body 12, and after the taken-out ROM 4 has been inspected, it can be mounted on the ROM socket 5 again. . In addition, if the operator cuts off the margin 2 on the surface of the casing 1 in order to illegally exchange the program before receiving the inspection by the authority, the casing 1 is restored to its original state as in the first embodiment. It will be impossible to return to the sealed state,
Evidence that the case 1 has been opened remains, so that the cutting margin 2 provided on the surface of the case 1 to prevent fraud is suppressed from being peeled off by shearing. In addition, the illegal exchange of the program of the gaming machine due to the exchange of the ROM 4 can be suppressed.

After the above inspection is completed, when the lid 11 is put on the main body 12 from above and is combined therewith, the lid 11 and the main body 12 are fitted and cannot be separated, and the sealed new Form a simple housing. That is, from the position of the lid 11 in the casing 1 before the cut-off margin 2 is sheared off, the lid 11 is moved by the same distance as the height from the lower end to the upper end of the cut-off margin 2.
Is moved toward the lower body portion 12 so as to cover the lower body portion 12, the lower surfaces of the projections at the lower ends of the fitting pieces 13, 13 collide with the upper surfaces of the guide walls 15, 15. The fitting pieces 13 are flexible, and the fitting pieces 1
Since the lower surfaces of the projections 3 and 13 are inclined obliquely downward and inward, as the fitting pieces 13 and 13 move downward,
The projections of the fitting pieces 13, 13 slide inward and downward, and the fitting pieces 13, 13 deflect inward.
The tips of the projections 3 and 13 have guide walls 15 and 15 (pieces 1 to be fitted).
Ride on the inner surface of (4,14). Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the tips of the projections of the fitting pieces 13, 13 slide downward on the inner surface thereof, and finally reach the lower ends of the guide walls 15, 15 (fitted pieces 14, 14). Reach. Then, the fitting piece 13,
Due to the reaction force of the bending of 13, the projection tips of the fitting pieces 13, 13 fall into the steps at the lower ends of the guide walls 15, 15 (pieces 14, 14), and the upper surfaces of the projections of the fitting pieces 13, 13 are raised. The guide walls 15, 15 (fitted pieces 14, 14) are in contact with and engaged with the lower end faces. As described above, the height (D in FIG. 3) from the lower end surfaces of the guide walls 15, 15 (the fitted pieces 14, 14) to the upper surfaces of the protrusions of the fitting pieces 13, 13 is measured from the lower end of the cutout margin 2. The height from the upper end of the side wall of the main body 12 to the lower end of the side wall of the lid 11 (C in FIG. 3) is the same as the height to the upper end. Accordingly, the inner surface of the side wall of the lid 11 slides on the outer surface of the guide walls 15, 15 (pieces 14, 14) while sliding.
Is moved to the position of the upper end surface of the side wall of the main body portion 12 and comes into contact with this surface. FIG. 5 shows this state. In this state, as described above, the fitting pieces 13, 1
3 is engaged with the guide walls 15, 15 (the fitted pieces 14, 14) and cannot move upward or downward.
1 and the main body 12 cannot be separated.

In the second embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, at the time of inspection, the ROM 4 can be easily removed and subjected to the inspection, and can be returned to the original state after the inspection is completed. It is possible to suppress the illegal exchange of the program of the gaming machine due to the exchange. Further, after the inspection is completed, the lid 11 is put on the main body 12 to be combined with each other, so that the lid 11 and the main body 12 are fitted and cannot be separated from each other, and a new sealed housing is formed. So, ROM4
Cannot be exchanged, and it is possible to prevent fraud by exchanging the program after the inspection.

In the second embodiment described above, the plate-like guide walls 15 are provided over the entire periphery of the upper end of the side wall of the main body 12 so as to be inscribed in the side wall and protrude upward. There is an advantage that it becomes easy to combine the lid 11 and the main body 12 when forming a new housing after the shearing separation of the margin 2. Since the guide walls 15, 15 also have the role of the mating pieces 14, 14, they are also used.
There is also an advantage that there is no need to separately provide a mating piece, and the cost of the program storage medium storage case can be reduced. But,
The configuration is not limited thereto, and a configuration in which the guide wall is provided on a part of the entire periphery of the upper end of the side wall of the main body may be used. Further, a configuration in which the guide wall and the fitted piece are separately provided is conceivable, and a configuration in which the guide wall is not provided is also conceivable.

Next, as in the second embodiment, not only is it possible to suppress impropriety by exchanging programs before receiving the inspection, and to easily remove and reattach the program storage portion during the inspection, but also to execute subsequent programs. Third Embodiment A description will be given of a third embodiment capable of preventing impropriety due to the exchange of the information. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the housing 1 of the third embodiment. The housing 1 of the third embodiment is hermetically sealed as in the second embodiment, and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The material of the housing 1 and the one built in the housing 1 are the same as in the second embodiment. In FIG. 6, the housing 1 includes a cutout 2, a lid 11 that forms the upper part of the housing 1, and a main body 12 that forms the lower part of the housing 1. The configuration of the housing 1 of the third embodiment is similar to that of the second embodiment, but the cutout 2 is slightly inclined inward toward the lower side, and the cutout 2 is peeled off by shearing. After the body 1 is separated into the lid 11 and the main body 12, the lid 11 is put on the main body 12 from above and combined therewith, as shown in FIG. The lid 11 covers the main body 12 in a state where the outer surface of the lid 12 is in contact with the outer surface of the side wall of the main body 12.
Is different from the second embodiment in that it is configured to be in contact with the upper end surface of the side wall.

Further, in the third embodiment, there is no guide wall, and the fitted pieces 14, 14 have the upper end surfaces thereof at the same height as the upper end surface of the side wall of the main body 12, and are adhered to the inner side surface of the side wall of the main body 12. The fitting pieces 13, 13 having the same plate-like shape as in the second embodiment and having a L-shaped cross section, are attached to the main body 1 from the inner surface of the side wall of the lid 11.
The second side wall is vertically suspended from the inner top surface of the lid 11 with an interval corresponding to the thickness of the fitting pieces 14, 14.
Then, from the upper surface of the projection at the lower end of the fitting pieces 13, 13,
The height from the lower end surface to the upper end surface of the fitting pieces 14, 14 is the same as the height from the inner top surface of the fitting piece 14. For this reason, when the lid part 11 is put on from above the main body part 12 and is united, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper surfaces of the projections of the fitting pieces 13, 13 come into contact with the lower end faces of the fitting pieces 14, 14. To engage. The state of the engagement is almost the same as that of the second embodiment, and the description is omitted. In the case of the third embodiment, the fitting pieces 14, 1
The height from the lower end surface of the main body 12 to the upper surface of the projections of the fitting pieces 13, 13 is from the upper end surface of the side wall of the main body 12 at the same position as the upper end surface of the fitting pieces 14, 13. , Which is not the same as the height from the lower end to the upper end of the cutting margin 2 but is higher than this. Therefore, in order to combine the lid 11 with the main body 12, cut the lid 11 from the position of the housing 1 toward the lower main body 12 in the housing 1 before the cutting margin 2 is sheared off. 2 needs to be moved longer than the distance corresponding to the height from the lower end to the upper end.

In the third embodiment, as described above, the ROM 4 can be easily removed at the time of the inspection by the authorities, the inspection can be performed, and the inspection can be returned after the inspection is completed.
Until receiving the inspection by the authority, it is possible to suppress the illegal operation of exchanging the program of the gaming machine due to the exchange of the ROM 4, and further, it is possible to prevent the illegal operation by exchanging the program even after the inspection is completed.

In the embodiment described above, the combination of the fitting piece and the fitting piece is as follows: a fitting piece having a plate-shaped cross section and a fitting piece having a rectangular cross section. I use
The shape is not limited to this, and any shape may be used as long as it can be fitted. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the lower end of the cylindrical column has flexibility such as a nylon resin having a conical point whose bottom is larger than the cross section of the column and which is pointed downward. A diagram such as a combination of a fitting piece formed of a material and a fitted piece having a round hole smaller than the bottom surface of the fitting piece, or a figure in which the fitting piece and the fitted piece are reversed. A combination of the fitting piece and the fitted piece shown in FIG. 9 is conceivable.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the ROM 4 can be easily removed at the time of the inspection by the authority, the inspection can be performed, the inspection can be returned after the inspection is completed, and the ROM 4 can be replaced before the inspection by the authority. The present invention relates to a housing 1 in which the illegality of exchanging a program of a gaming machine due to the above can be suppressed, and further, measures are taken to prevent the illegality due to the exchange of the program even after the inspection is completed. In the process of manufacturing the body 1, it is necessary to incorporate the printed circuit board 6 in the housing 1 and seal it. For example, the printed circuit board 6 is fixed to the inner surface of the bottom surface of the housing 1. 1, the housing 1 is divided into a bottom portion and other portions, and the printed circuit board 6 is fixed to an inner surface of the bottom portion. And welding and There is a method of bonding by Tsu preparative like. A fitting piece such as a fitting piece 13 provided on the lid 11 of the second embodiment is provided inside the bottom portion, and a cover provided on the main body 12 of the second embodiment is provided on other portions. After a piece to be fitted such as the fitting piece 14 is provided inside and the printed circuit board 6 is fixed to the inner surface of the bottom, the fitting piece and the piece to be fitted are fitted so that they cannot be separated from each other. There is also a method of inseparably combining the other parts with the other parts.

In the above embodiment, a pachinko machine was used as a game machine, but the present invention is not limited to this as described above, and various game machines such as coin-operated game machines and slot machines are also applicable. can do.

[0034]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when inspecting a gaming machine, the program storage medium is easily removed and subjected to inspection due to shearing-off of the cutting margin, and the inspection is completed after the inspection is completed. In addition to being able to return it, and even if you attempt to exchange the program incorrectly before receiving the inspection, once the cutout on the surface of the case is sheared off, evidence of opening the case remains, so the program Improper exchange can be suppressed.

According to the program storage medium housing of the second aspect, in addition to the effects of the program storage medium housing of the first aspect, the following effects are provided. That is,
After the inspection is completed, if the separated lid and main body are combined by shearing peeling of the cutting margin, this lid and main body become inseparable and form a sealed new housing. Therefore, it is possible to prevent fraud by exchanging programs even after the inspection is completed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the guide wall for guiding the fitting operation of the lid is provided over the entire periphery of the upper end edge of the main body or at a part thereof. Therefore, it is easy to combine the lid and the main body to form a new housing.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the guide wall of the main body also plays the role of the piece to be fitted, there is no need to separately provide a piece to be fitted, and the program storage medium can be stored. The cost of the housing can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is an external view of a first embodiment, and FIG. 1B is an external view showing a state in which a pull tab of the first embodiment is pulled.

2 (a) is an external view of a second embodiment, and FIG. 2 (b) is an external view of a second embodiment after cut-off shearing peeling.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a second embodiment before cut-off shearing peeling.

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the lid and the main body in the middle of fitting after the cut-off shearing peeling of the second embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view after fitting of the lid and the main body after the cut-off shearing peeling of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a third embodiment before cut-off shearing peeling.

FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view after fitting of the lid and the main body after the cut-off shearing peeling of the third embodiment.

FIG. 8 shows another example of a fitting piece and a fitting piece (1).

FIG. 9 shows another example of the fitting piece and the fitting piece (2).

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing 2 Cut-off margin 3 Pull tab 4 ROM 5 ROM socket 6 Printed circuit board 7 Opening 8 Bottom surface 11 Cover part 12 Main body part 13 Fitting piece 14 Fitting piece 15 Guide wall

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A program storage medium is housed therein.
A sealed casing, which is capable of being subjected to shearing-off and forming an opening in the casing having a size capable of taking out and re-storing the program storage medium by performing the shearing-off; A program storage medium storage case, comprising: a pull-tab for shear separation at a tip end of the shear separation start portion, provided on a surface of the housing. 2. The cutout margin is provided in a band shape over the entire circumference at an intermediate portion in the height direction of the side surface of the housing, and the housing is formed by the shearing peeling of the cutout margin so that the lid and the main body are separated from each other. And a fitting piece and a piece to be fitted are provided on respective inner surfaces of the lid and the main body, and the fitting piece is at least band-shaped by the shearing peeling. Sinking toward the fitted piece by the height of the cut-off margin and fitting the fitting piece inseparably with each other, the lid part and the main body part are united inseparably. Then, a height positional relationship between the fitting piece and the fitted piece from the bottom surface of the casing is set so as to form a sealed new casing capable of storing the program storage medium. The storage medium for storing a program storage medium according to claim 1. 3. An upper end edge of the main body portion or a part of the entire circumference is inwardly in contact with the upper end edge and protrudes upward. When the new housing is formed, the lid portion is fitted. 3. The program storage medium storage case according to claim 2, further comprising a guide wall for guiding a joint operation. 4. The program storage medium housing according to claim 3, wherein the guide wall having a stepped portion at a lower end portion is also used as the fitted piece.