JP3606347B2 - Lamp mounting device for gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a lamp mounting device for a gaming machine having an improved lamp assembly structure.
[0002]
[Prior art]
With recent diversification of game board designs, pachinko machines in recent years have various illumination functions. For example, a winning device has a built-in lamp. An example of the lamp mounting structure is shown in Japanese Patent No. 2519457. As shown in FIG. 9, the lamp connecting pin 14 is inserted into the through hole 13 of the wiring board 12 to which the power supply lead wire 11 is soldered and soldered, and the rubber lamp holder 16 for holding the lamp 15 is used. The lamp 15 is attached to the wiring board 12 by inserting the connection hole 17 formed in the lamp into the lamp connection pin 14.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above conventional configuration, the wiring board 12 is necessary for the connection between the lamp 15 and the power supply lead wire 11, the lead wire 11 is soldered to the wiring board 12, and the lamp connection pin 14 is connected to the wiring board 12. The lead wire 11 and the lamp connection pin 14 are connected via the wiring conductor of the wiring board 12 by inserting and soldering. However, the soldering operation of the lead wire 11 and the lamp connection pin 14 to the wiring board 12 has a drawback that it takes much time and the workability is poor. Further, there is a drawback that the soldered portion between the lead wire 11 and the wiring board 12 and the soldered portion between the wiring board 12 and the lamp connection pin 14 are liable to cause connection failure.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances. Therefore, the object of the present invention is to assemble a lamp without using a wiring board, to improve assembly and reliability, and to further reduce costs. Another object is to provide a lamp mounting device for a gaming machine.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a lamp mounting apparatus for a gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a lamp having a lamp holder in which a connection hole is formed, a power supply lead wire having a terminal connected to the tip, and a game A socket portion attached to the machine, and inserting and holding a terminal of the power supply lead wire into the socket portion, and inserting the connection hole of the lamp holder into the terminal, thereby connecting the lamp to the power supply lead wire. The socket portion is assembled to the socket portion in an electrically connected state, and the socket portion is attached to a part of the gaming machine by screwing .
[0006]
According to this configuration, the socket portion is used instead of the wiring board, and the terminal at the tip of the power supply lead wire is inserted into the socket portion to hold the terminal in the socket portion. By inserting the connection hole of the lamp holder into this terminal, the lamp wiring in the connection hole and the terminal are brought into contact and conducted, and the lamp holder is held and the lamp is assembled to the socket portion. In other words, the terminal at the tip of the power supply lead wire is held in the socket part to function as a “lamp mounting socket”, the lamp can be electrically connected to the power supply lead wire, and the lamp can be held at the mounting position of the gaming machine I am doing so. Therefore, even without using a wiring substrate, it is possible to assemble the lamp, insert the terminal of the power supply lead wire to the socket portion, in a very simple way to say inserting the connecting hole of the lamp holder to the pin, the lamp It can be electrically connected to the power supply lead wire and assembled to the socket portion. Moreover, since the socket part is attached to the parts of the gaming machine by screwing, the socket part can be attached to the parts of the gaming machine by a reliable method of screwing.
[0007]
In this case, as in claim 3, a crimp terminal is used as the terminal of the power lead, and the locking portion formed on the crimp terminal is locked to the locked portion formed on the socket portion. You may make it hold | maintain a crimp terminal. If it does in this way, a lead wire for power supplies and a terminal can be connected by a reliable method by simple work called crimping. Moreover, this crimp terminal is inserted into the socket part, and the crimping terminal is inserted into the socket part by an extremely simple method of locking the locking part formed on the crimping terminal to the locked part formed on the socket part. Can be held.
[0010]
Further, as in claim 2 , the socket part and the parts of the gaming machine may be integrally formed of resin. In this case, the work of attaching the socket part to the parts of the gaming machine is not required, and the assembling property is further improved and the number of parts is reduced.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a first embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a chucker of a pachinko machine will be described with reference to FIGS. The chucker 21 is composed of a chucker body 22 made of resin and a cover 23 made of translucent resin. The cover 23 is attached to the front surface of the chucker body 22 by screwing (not shown) from the back side. It has been. As shown in FIG. 3, the chucker 21 is attached to a game board (not shown) by screws (not shown) inserted through circular holes 24 provided in the upper left and right ends and the lower center of the chucker body 22. Yes. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, two socket support portions 25 for attaching a socket portion 41, which will be described later, protrude from the back side of the chucker main body 22, and the chucker main body 22 having the socket support portion 25 is provided. Corresponds to the parts of the gaming machine in the claims.
[0012]
As will be described later, a lamp 31 is attached from the back side of the chucker 21, and light emitted from the lamp 31 passes through the cover 23 to obtain an illumination effect. The lamp 31 is attached in a state of being held by the socket portion 41 via the lamp holder 32. The lamp holder 32 is made of an elastic material such as rubber, and the lower portion of the lamp 31 is fitted into a fitting recess 33 formed on the upper surface of the lamp holder 32, and the fitting portion is tightened by an elastic force. As a result, the lamp 31 is held on the lamp holder 32. Further, two connection holes 34 penetrating from the lower surface of the lamp holder 32 to the fitting recess 33 are formed, and the lamp wiring 35 of the lamp 31 projects from the lamp holder 32 through the connection hole 34 of the lamp holder 32, The tip end portion of the lamp wiring 35 is bent and fixed to the lamp holder 32 (see FIG. 2).
[0013]
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the socket portion 41 is formed of a resin such as nylon and has a substantially inverted T-shaped cross section, and two terminal insertion holes 42 are formed in the central projecting portion. The terminal insertion hole 42 has a small diameter hole 42a with a narrow upper portion, and a crimp terminal 44 that is crimped and connected to the tip of the power lead wire 43 from below is inserted into each terminal insertion hole 42. The front end portion protrudes above the socket portion 41 from the small diameter hole 42 a above the terminal insertion hole 42. The crimp terminal 44 is formed by bending a conductive metal plate such as a brass plate, for example, and is securely crimped to the tip of the power supply lead wire 43 and electrically connected to the core wire of the power supply lead wire 43. It is connected.
[0014]
Further, a locking claw 45 (locking portion) protruding sideways is formed on the side surface portion of the crimp terminal 44 so as to be elastically deformable. The locking claw 45 is formed in each terminal insertion hole 42 of the socket portion 41. The crimping terminal 44 is held in the socket part 41 in a retaining state by elastically locking to the locked part 46 formed on the side. The two crimp terminals 44 protruding above the socket portion 41 are arranged at the same pitch as the two connection holes 34 formed in the lamp holder 32. As shown in FIG. By inserting the connection hole 34 of the lamp holder 32 into the lamp holder 35, the lamp wiring 35 disposed in the connection hole 34 and the crimp terminal 44 are brought into contact with each other and the lamp 31 and the power supply lead wire 43 are electrically connected. The lamp 31 is assembled on the socket part 41.
[0015]
Further, the socket portion 41 has two circular holes 47, and in the state where the protrusion 26 formed at the tip of one socket support portion 25 is inserted into one circular hole 47, The socket portion 41 is attached to the chucker body 22 by tightening the inserted screw 48 into the screw hole 27 formed in the other socket support portion 25.
[0016]
Next, a procedure for attaching the lamp 31 to the chucker 21 will be described. First, a crimp terminal 44 is crimped in advance to the tip of a power supply lead wire 43 connected to a control unit (not shown) installed on the back side of the game board. The crimp terminal 44 is inserted into the terminal insertion hole 42 formed in the socket portion 41 from below, and the tip end portion of the crimp terminal 44 protrudes above the socket portion 41, and the locking claw 45 of the crimp terminal 44 is inserted into the socket portion. The crimping terminal 44 is held in the socket part 41 in a retaining state by being locked to the locked part 46 of 41. Then, the connection hole 34 of the lamp holder 32 in which the lamp 31 is fitted and held is inserted into the tip end portion of the crimp terminal 44 protruding above the socket portion 41. As a result, the lamp 31 is assembled on the socket part 41 and the crimp terminal 44 comes into contact with the lamp wiring 35 and is electrically connected. In this way, one circular hole 47 of the socket part 41 to which the lamp 31 is assembled is fitted into the protrusion 26 at the tip of the socket support part 25 of the chucker body 22, and the screw 48 inserted into the other circular hole 47 is inserted into the other socket 47. By tightening into the screw hole 27 of the support portion 25, the socket portion 41 is fixed to the chucker body 22 and the lamp 31 is held in the chucker 21.
[0017]
Note that the mounting procedure of the lamp 31 is not limited to the above-described procedure. First, the socket portion 41 is mounted on the chucker main body 22, and then the lamp holder 32 that holds the lamp 31 from the surface side of the chucker main body 22 is mounted. The cover 23 may be screwed to the chucker body 22 after being inserted into the crimp terminal 44 of the socket part 41.
[0018]
According to the first embodiment described above, the socket portion 41 is used in place of the conventional wiring board, and the locking claw 45 of the crimp terminal 44 crimped and connected to the tip of the power supply lead wire 43 is attached to the socket portion 41. By engaging with the engaging portion 46, the crimp terminal 44 is held by the socket portion 41, and by inserting the connection hole 34 of the lamp holder 32 in which the lamp 31 is fitted and held into the crimp terminal 44, The power supply lead wire 43 is electrically connected, and the lamp 31 is held on the socket portion 41.
[0019]
For this reason, the lamp 31 can be assembled by an extremely simple method without using a wiring board. Moreover, troublesome soldering work is not required, and the assembling property is improved. Conventionally, the power supply lead wire and the lamp connection pin are soldered at two locations of the power supply lead wire and the wiring board, and the wiring board and the lamp connection pin. Since the crimp terminal 44 is directly crimped and connected, soldering that tends to cause contact failure is eliminated, and the occurrence rate of connection failure is also reduced. In addition, since there is only one connection location (only the crimping portion of the crimp terminal 44), the number of inspection locations is small even if a connection failure occurs, and the trouble of finding a connection failure can be reduced. Furthermore, unlike a conventional wiring board that requires several manufacturing processes such as a wiring board punching process and a wiring pattern forming process, the socket part 41 can be manufactured at low cost by resin injection molding. Cost can also be reduced.
[0020]
In the first embodiment, the protrusion 26 at the tip of the socket support portion 25 is inserted into one circular hole 47 of the socket portion 41, and the other circular hole 47 is inserted into the screw hole 27 of the other socket support portion 25. The socket part 41 is fixed to the chucker body 22 by screwing, but screw holes 27 are formed in both socket support parts 25, and screws are inserted into both circular holes 47 of the socket part 41. You may make it attach the socket part 41 to the chuck | zipper main body 22 by screwing to the socket support part 25 using a screw | thread.
[0021]
In the comparative example shown in FIG. 7, the socket 51 is provided with an engagement hole 53 serving as an engagement portion, and an engagement claw 55 serving as an engaged portion is formed at the distal end of the socket support portion 54. The engagement hole 53 of 51 is directed onto the engagement claw 55 of the socket support portion 54, the socket portion 51 is pushed into the chuck body 52 side, and the engagement hole 53 of the socket portion 51 is engaged with the socket support portion 54. by causing elastically engaged with the claw 55, so that attaching the socket part 51 to the chucker body 52. In this case, the socket part 51 can be attached to the chucker body 52 by a very simple method of engagement, and the assemblability is further improved, and no screws are required, so that the cost can be reduced by reducing the number of parts.
[0022]
On the other hand, in the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 8, the socket part 61 for inserting and holding the crimp terminal 44 and the chucker body 62 are integrally formed of resin. Other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment. In this case, the crimp terminal 44 is inserted and locked into the socket part 61 from below, and the lamp holder 32 fitted and held with the lamp 31 is inserted into the socket part 61 from the surface side of the chucker main body 62, The attachment may be performed after the attachment of the lamp 31 is completed. Thereby, not only the operation of attaching the socket part 61 to the chucker body 62 becomes unnecessary, but also the number of parts is reduced, so that further improvement in assembling and cost reduction can be realized.
[0023]
In each of the above embodiments, the crimp terminal 44 is connected to the tip of the power lead 43, but a terminal other than the crimp terminal may be connected to the tip of the power lead 43 by soldering or the like. Even in this case, the intended object of the present invention can be sufficiently achieved.
[0024]
In each of the above embodiments, the present invention is applied to a chucker of a pachinko machine. In addition to the chucker, the present invention is applied to a winning device such as a tulip, a center accessory, a windmill, an illumination device around a game board surface, The present invention may be applied to game machines other than pachinko machines.
[0025]
In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented with various modifications within a range that does not depart from the gist, such as the shape of the socket part, crimp terminal (terminal), lamp holder, etc. may be appropriately changed.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the above description, according to the lamp mounting device of the gaming machine of claim 1 of the present invention, the terminal of the power supply lead wire is inserted into the socket portion without using the wiring board, and the lamp is connected to the terminal. The lamp can be assembled by an extremely simple method of inserting the connection hole of the holder, so that the assemblability is improved and the incidence of poor connection is reduced and the reliability is also improved. In addition, the socket part can be manufactured at a lower cost than the wiring board, reducing the component cost, reducing the production cost by improving the assembly, and improving the yield by reducing the connection failure rate. can do. Moreover, since the socket part is attached to the parts of the gaming machine by screwing, the socket part can be attached to the parts of the gaming machine by a reliable method of screwing.
[0027]
According to the third aspect of the present invention , since the crimp terminal is used as the terminal of the power supply lead wire, the terminal can be easily and reliably connected to the power supply lead wire. In addition, the crimping terminal can be held on the socket part by a very simple method in which the locking part of the crimping terminal is locked to the locked part of the socket part, and the assemblability can be further improved.
[0030]
Further, in claim 2 , since the socket part and the parts of the gaming machine are integrally formed of resin, the work of attaching the socket part to the parts of the gaming machine becomes unnecessary, and further assembly by reducing the number of parts is possible. Improvement and cost reduction can be realized.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1 is a cross-sectional view of a chuck of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view of the chuck. FIG. 3 is a front view of the chuck. 5] Side view of the socket [Fig. 6] (a) is a top view of the socket, (b) is a bottom view of the socket [Fig. 7] A cross-sectional view of a chuck of a pachinko machine showing a comparative example [Fig. Cross-sectional view of a chucker of a pachinko machine showing a second embodiment [FIG. 9] Cross-sectional view of a conventional lamp mounting device [Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Chucker, 22 ... Chuck main body (parts), 23 ... Cover, 24 ... Circular hole, 25 ... Socket support part, 26 ... Projection part, 27 ... Screw hole, 31 ... Lamp, 32 ... Lamp holder, 33 ... Fitting Recessed portion 34... Connection hole 35. Lamp wiring 41. Socket portion 42. Terminal insertion hole 43 43 Lead wire 44 Crimp terminal 45 Locking claw (locking portion) 46 Locked portion , 47 ... circular hole, 48 ... screw, 51 ... socket part, 52 ... chucker body, 53 ... engagement hole (engagement part), 54 ... socket support part, 55 ... engagement claw (engaged part), 61 ... Socket part, 62 ... Chucker body.

Claims (3)

A lamp having a lamp holder in which a connection hole is formed, a power supply lead wire having a terminal connected to the tip, and a socket portion attached to the gaming machine;
The terminal of the power supply lead wire is inserted and held in the socket portion, and the socket portion is electrically connected to the power supply lead wire by inserting a connection hole of the lamp holder into the terminal. Assembled into the
A lamp mounting device for a gaming machine, wherein the socket part is attached to a part of the gaming machine by screwing . A lamp having a lamp holder in which a connection hole is formed, a power supply lead wire having a terminal connected to the tip, and a socket portion attached to the gaming machine;
The terminal of the power supply lead wire is inserted and held in the socket portion, and the socket portion is electrically connected to the power supply lead wire by inserting a connection hole of the lamp holder into the terminal. Assembled into the
Lamp mounting device of Yu TECHNICAL machine you and forming a part of the socket portion and the game machine together with the resin. The terminal is a crimp terminal connected by crimping to the tip of the power supply lead wire, and the locking part formed on the crimp terminal is locked to the locked part formed on the socket part, The lamp mounting device for a gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the crimp terminal is held.

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