JP3748079B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a substrate storage box composed of a base and a lid for storing a circuit board.

  Conventionally, in general, a lot of circuit boards are provided in gaming machines such as pachinko gaming machines and slot machines. In particular, a lot of electronic elements such as MPU, ROM, and RAM constituting a microcomputer are mounted on a game control circuit board that controls game operations. In many cases, it is possible to realize different game contents by exchanging the ROM storing the program for controlling the game operation. For this reason, the game control circuit board is usually stored and provided in a resin-made board storage box that is attached with a sealing seal to ensure a sealed state, thereby preventing fraud. Further, such a substrate storage box is detachably attached to a mounting base fixed to the gaming machine.

  However, in the above-described conventional board storage box, a fraudulent act has been performed in which the seal is skillfully peeled off to open the box, fraud is applied to the circuit board, and then the seal seal is pasted again. Even when a seal with a trace of separation such as a hologram seal is used as a seal seal to prevent this fraud, the substrate storage box is removed from the mounting base, and the substrate storage of the duplicate product with the non-regular circuit board is stored. There was a fraudulent change to the box. The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and the object of the present invention is to place the board storage box in an irreversible fixed state and the board storage box to the gaming machine in an irreversible fixed state. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can prevent an unauthorized act of opening a board storage box and an unauthorized replacement of a duplicate product board storage box.

In order to achieve the above object, the solving means employed in claim 1 of the present invention is, as shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, a base (box main body 203) for storing a circuit board (game control circuit board 201) and a lid. In a gaming machine (bullet ball gaming machine 200) having a board storage box (circuit board box 202) comprising a body 204, a mounting portion (mounting base 150 ′) for mounting the board storage box on the gaming machine, and the mounting portion A first fixing means (one-way screw 160, mounting projection 205a, mounting piece portion 156a) for mounting the board storage box in an irreversible fixing state, and the fixing state by the first fixing means being released Second fixing means (one-way screw 160, mounting protrusions 205b and 20) for mounting the substrate storage box to the mounting portion in an irreversible fixed state again. 5c, and mounting piece portions 156b and 156c), and the first fixing means and the second fixing means are configured so that the mounting portion 150 ′ has the base 203 covered with the inside of the lid 204. Fastening means 160 is used to fasten the mounting pieces 156a to 156c formed on the lid 204 and the mounting portions 205a to 205c formed on the lid 204 so as to be in contact with the mounting pieces 156a to 156c. The substrate storage box 202 is attached to 205a to 205c in an irreversible fixed state and the lid 204 is assembled to the base 203 in an irreversible fixed state at the same time .

In the invention according to claim 1, the board storage box is closed in an irreversible fixed state, and the board storage box is attached to the gaming machine in an irreversible fixed state, whereby the board storage box is opened illegally. In addition, it is possible to prevent the illegality of switching to a substrate storage box of a duplicate product. Also, with this configuration, the number of fixing points can be reduced to the minimum necessary, so that the cost can be reduced and the assembly work of the substrate storage box is facilitated . Also, the enable replacement of the substrate storage box according accidental failure or the like, allows inspection of the circuit board on the assumption that to restore the high substrate storage box of crime prevention effect again.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, with reference to FIG.1 and FIG.2, the whole structure of the ball game machine 1 as a game machine is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a front view of the ball game machine 1, and FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ball game machine 1.

  The ball game machine 1 includes an outer frame 2 that is formed into a vertically long rectangular frame, and is pivotally supported on one side of the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. Almost all of the main components of the ball game machine 1 are aggregated. And a glass plate holding frame 4 that can be freely opened and closed on the front upper portion of the frame base 3. The main components provided in the frame base 3 include the glass plate holding frame 4, the game board 40, the upper plate 12, the lower plate 18 including the ashtray 21, the operation handle 22, the mechanism plate 50, and the ball hitting device 71. In the illustrated embodiment, a card unit device 30 as a unit device for lending a game ball to a player is attached to the side of the ball game machine 1.

  The glass plate holding frame 4 is provided with a circular see-through window 5 through which a game area of a game board 40 described later can be substantially seen through, and a glass plate is mounted from the back surface of the circular see-through window 5. Further, the glass plate holding frame 4 is provided with a decorative LED 7 on the upper portion thereof along the outer periphery of the circular see-through window 5 and decorative fluorescent lamps 6a and 6b on the left and right sides thereof. The decorative LED 7 and the decorative fluorescent lamps 6a and 6b are lit or flashed in accordance with the gaming state, notifying the player of the occurrence or continuation of a special gaming state and increasing the gaming atmosphere. is there. In addition, a ball out LED 8 for notifying that there is a shortage of premium balls to be paid out, or a predetermined number of premium balls are paid out to the upper part of the glass plate holding frame 4 based on the occurrence of winning balls. Is provided, and speakers 10a and 10b that generate sound effects according to the progress of the game are provided on the upper left and right of the glass plate holding frame 4. Of the above-described configurations, the decorative LED 7, the ball-out LED 8, and the payout LED 9 are configured such that a plurality of LEDs are mounted on the printed wiring board. By comprising with a board | substrate, the thermal radiation effect of the heat | fever generated from LED can be heightened.

  Next, the structure of the upper plate 12 that can be freely opened and closed at the lower part of the glass plate holding frame 4 will be described. The upper plate 12 combines a plurality of synthetic resin members on the surface of the upper plate opening and closing plate 11 made of synthetic resin. It is comprised by adhering the plate member. The upper plate opening / closing plate 11 is provided with a doffing operation lever 16 at the upper end on the open side. The ball removal operation lever 16 is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and moves the ball stored in the upper plate 12 in one direction against the biasing force of a spring (not shown), thereby allowing the upper plate opening / closing plate 11 to move. The ball drainage path (not shown) formed on the back surface of the glass is caused to flow down and guided to the lower plate 18. Further, the upper plate 12 has a piezoelectric buzzer 17 incorporated therein. The piezoelectric buzzer 17 is called pee when a gaming ball lending abnormality occurs (for example, a continuous sound of a beep, a beep or a beep) or when a gaming ball is lended (for example, every time a gaming ball equivalent to 100 yen is paid out). In the case of a sound, a notification sound for notifying that effect is generated.

  The above-described upper plate 12 will be described in more detail. The upper plate 12 is stored and aligned so as to communicate a prize ball outlet 14 formed on the upstream side thereof and a hitting ball supply port 15 formed on the downstream side thereof. A path 13 is formed, and an upper plate ball detector (not shown) is provided on the bottom bottom surface in the middle of the storage alignment path 13. The upper plate ball detector detects a hit ball remaining on the upper plate 12. In addition, the upper plate 12 is provided with an operation unit that is operated when borrowing a game ball via a card unit device 30 provided adjacent to the ball game machine 1. The operation unit includes a ball lending switch, a return switch, an automatic ball lending switch, a frequency display LED, and an automatic ball lending display LED (both not shown). The ball lending switch is operated when borrowing a game ball by the card unit device 30. The return switch is for returning the card inserted into the card insertion slot 33 of the card unit device 30 at the end of the game. The frequency display LED displays the remaining amount of the card inserted into the card insertion slot 33 of the card unit device 30. Further, the automatic ball lending switch automatically operates when the game ball to be borrowed is operated by operating the ball lending switch and when the remaining amount of hitting balls on the upper plate 12 is not detected by the upper plate ball detector. The automatic ball lending display LED is turned on when the automatic motor is selected and set.

  Thus, when a big hit gaming state occurs in the game content of the gaming board 40 described later, there is a chance to win a large number of winning balls in a short time. In this way, a very big chance for the player in the big hit gaming state may occur when there is almost no remaining ball on the upper plate 12, and in such a case, the hit ball is continuously fired to change the hit ball. Although it is necessary to win in the specific winning area of the winning ball apparatus 42, the hit ball does not remain on the upper plate 12, so the ball lending switch must be operated and the game ball must be borrowed. However, since it takes some time for the game ball to be paid out after the ball lending switch is operated, and to reach the specific winning area of the variable winning ball device 42 after that ball is fired, Although there is an inconvenience that an advantageous chance (establishment of continuation right) is missed, in this embodiment, if the automatic ball lending switch is set to the automatic mode, the upper plate ball detector does not have a hit ball. Since the game ball is automatically paid out to the upper plate 12 at the time of detecting, the above-described inconvenience does not occur. If the above-described control is not performed for the upper plate 12, the upper plate ball detector and the automatic ball lending switch may be omitted.

  The lower plate 18 attached to the lower part of the frame base 3 is a prize ball overflowing from the upper plate 12 and is a surplus prize ball discharged from the excess ball discharge outlet 19 through a surplus ball passage (not shown). A doffing operation lever 20 is slidably attached to the front wall of the lower plate 18. By operating the doffing operation lever 20, the prize balls stored in the lower plate 18 can be dipped downward and transferred to a portable crate box. An ashtray 21 is provided on the left side of the lower plate, and an operation handle 22 is provided on the right side. The operation handle 22 incorporates a main switch and a touch antenna (both not shown) for starting driving of a launcher motor 72 of a hitting ball launcher 71, which will be described later, and adjusts the resilience.

  The front structure of the ball game machine 1 is substantially as described above, but in the illustrated embodiment, the card unit device 30 is adjacent to the ball game machine 1. The card unit device 30 is operated by operating the aforementioned operation unit provided on the upper surface of the upper plate 12. Thus, the card unit device 30 displays an availability indicator 31 that displays whether or not the card unit device 30 is in a usable state, and whether or not the card unit device 30 corresponds to which side of the ball game machine 1. A connection table direction indicator 32 for displaying and a card slot 33 for inserting a magnetic card as a recording medium are provided. And the card unit apparatus 30 comprised in this way is controlled by an original control circuit, The ball lending switch provided in the top plate 12, a return switch, frequency display LED, and the control board mentioned later The prize ball payout control board 63 housed in the box 64 is connected. Note that the card unit device 30 may be built in the ball game machine 1. In the present embodiment, the card unit device 30 is illustrated as a unit device for lending a game ball to a player. However, for example, a unit device into which a bill or the like can be inserted may be used.

  Next, the front structure of the game board 40 will be described. The game board 40 has a substantially square shape so as to be housed and fixed in a game board housing frame (not shown) integrally formed on the back side of the frame base 3. A guide rail (not shown) is attached to the surface of the plywood in the form of a circular spiral, and a ball hit by the inside of the guide rail as a game area falls. In the illustrated example, the game area is provided with a start winning opening 43 that allows variable display of the drum-shaped variable display device 41, the variable winning ball device 42, and the drum-shaped variable display device 41, and the ball is simply awarded as a prize. Winning holes 44 and 45, windmills that change the flow direction and speed of the ball or a number of obstacle nails are provided, and the ball that does not win any winning area is taken out at the bottom of the game area. A mouth 46 is provided.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a mechanism plate 50 is provided on the back side of the ball game machine 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. A window opening 51 is opened at the center of the mechanism plate 50, and a winning ball collecting cover body 52 attached to the back surface of the game board 40 is penetrated from the window opening 51. The winning ball collective cover body 52 is provided with a relay board 53 and the drum-like variable display device 41 provided with a drum display control circuit board 54. The substrates 53 and 54 are connected to each other. In addition, various electrical components on the game board 40 are connected to the relay board 53, and a game control circuit board 61 to be described later is connected. On the other hand, the drum display control circuit board 54 is connected to various electric parts (drum motor, drum lamp, drum sensor, etc.) constituting the variable display device 41 and a game control circuit board 61.

  The mechanism plate 50 also sends a ball tank 55 for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls based on the generated winning balls, a prize ball payout device 56, and balls in the ball tank 55 to the prize ball payout device 56. The ball alignment rail 57, the curve rod 58, the passage body 59, the winning ball processing device 60 including the ball stopper 60a and the winning ball discharge solenoid 60b, the circuit board box 62 containing the game control circuit board 61, and the award A control board box 64 in which the ball payout control board 63 is housed, a relay board box 66 in which the unit relay board 65 is housed, and a terminal board box 68 in which the terminal board 67 is housed are provided. The game control circuit board 61 includes a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM, and controls game operations of game devices such as the drum-type variable display device 41 and the variable winning ball device 42. The prize ball payout control board 63 controls the operation of the prize ball payout device 56. The unit relay board 65 relays the wiring between the ball game machine 1 and the card unit device 30. The terminal board 67 supplies power to the game control circuit board 61. Further, on the back surface of the ball game machine 1, a control board box 70 in which the decoration control board 69 is accommodated and a hitting ball launcher 71 having a launcher motor 72 are provided in an area other than the mechanism plate 50 described above. ing. The decoration control board 69 controls the operation of electrical decoration parts (such as lamps) provided on the front surface of the ball game machine 1 based on commands or data from the game control circuit board 61.

  The various boards and devices described above are provided with connectors for connecting predetermined wirings. In particular, the terminal board 67 accommodated in the terminal board box 68 supplies power to the game control circuit board 61. In addition to supplying power to various electrical devices provided in the ball game machine 1, for example, each of the above-described substrates and the ball hitting device 71, the signal lines are relayed inside the ball game machine 1. Alternatively, a terminal for relaying a signal line between the ball game machine 1 and the outside is also provided.

  Next, the configuration of a board box containing various control circuit boards will be described by taking the circuit board box 62 as an example. As shown in FIG. 3, the circuit board box 62 includes an assembly of the lid body 80 and the box main body 110 that accommodates the game control circuit board 61 therein. It is configured to be attached to the mechanism plate 50. First, the game control circuit board 61 housed in the box 62 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the circuit board 61 is composed of a rectangular printed wiring board, and most of the upper surface thereof is formed as an electronic component mounting region 74 for mounting an electronic component 73 such as a ROM. A region on one side in the width direction is formed as a connector mounting region 76 on which the connector 75 is mounted. Further, the circuit board 61 is provided with stop holes 77 at both ends on one side in the width direction, and engagement holes 78 are formed at both ends on the other side in the width direction. A plated portion (not shown) is provided on the outer periphery of the stop hole 77 on the upper and lower surfaces of the circuit board 61. This plating portion is for electrically connecting a ground line (not shown) of the circuit board 61 and the main body frame 116 when the circuit board 61 is fixed to the main body frame 116 to be described later, and is generated in the box 62. The circuit board 61 is protected from static electricity. A connection pattern 79 for electrically connecting the electronic component 73 and the connector 75 is formed on the upper surface of the circuit board 61 on which the mounting regions 74 and 76 are formed (see FIG. 7).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a cover member 161 made of a transparent synthetic resin is attached to the connector mounting region 76 of the circuit board 61 described above. The covering member 161 has a long plate shape, and mounting holes 162 that are fastened together with the circuit board 61 with screws 139 are formed on both ends in the longitudinal direction. A plurality of insertion holes 163 through which the connectors 75 arranged in parallel in the connector mounting region 76 are individually inserted are formed between the mounting holes 162. Further, at both end portions on one side in the width direction of the covering member 161, a restriction wall 164 extending along the longitudinal direction of the covering member 161 is protruded upward, and the covering member 161 has an inward end portion extending from the restriction wall 164. A regulating wall 165 is provided so as to protrude from the lower surface. An attachment projection 166 that fits into an attachment hole 111a of the bottom plate 111, which will be described later, protrudes from the lower end portion of the restriction wall 165.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the lid 80 includes a transparent upper plate 81, a metal lid frame 93, and a conductive plate 100 having transparency and conductivity. The upper plate 81 is made of a transparent synthetic resin rectangular plate, and a plurality of welding projections 82 project from the outer peripheral end of the lower surface side at a predetermined interval. A plurality (three in the embodiment) of mounting pieces 83 a to 83 c are arranged in parallel on both ends in the longitudinal direction of the upper plate 81. Each of the mounting pieces 83a to 83c has an L-shaped cross section having a portion constituting the side wall of the upper plate 81 and a portion constituting the upper wall of the upper plate 81, and the side wall constituting portion of the upper plate 81 , The connecting portions 84a to 84c that connect the mounting pieces 83a to 83c are integrally formed, and in the upper wall constituent portion of the upper plate 81, the connecting portions 85a to 85c that connect the mounting pieces 83a to 83c. 85c is integrally formed. In addition, a slit-shaped groove is formed between the mounting pieces 83a to 83c, and the connecting portions 84a to 84c and 85a to 85c are provided in a state of protruding from the outer wall surfaces of the mounting pieces 83a to 83c. (See FIG. 8). In addition, mounting holes 86a to 86c are formed in the upper wall constituent portions of the mounting piece portions 83a to 83c, respectively, and are adjacent to the mounting piece portion 83c and both corners on one side in the width direction of the upper plate 81. A mounting hole 86d is formed in the corner. Concave portions 90 and 92 are formed on the upper surface of the upper plate 81, and a model name sticker 84 indicating the model name of the ball game machine 1 is attached to the concave portion 90. An exchange history sticker 91 in which items of “exchanger” and “exchange date” to be written when the box 62 is exchanged is attached.

  In addition, the upper part of each of the mounting holes 86a to 86d and 88 described above has a concave shape that allows an assembly screw to enter the outer wall surface of the lid frame 93 in an assembled state with the box body 110 (FIG. 8). (See (A)). For this reason, the illegal act which cut | disconnects the head of a screw and cancel | releases a screw stop can be prevented. In addition, each of the connecting portions 84a to 84c and 85a to 85c is provided with markings “1 to 3” for indicating a procedure for opening the circuit board box 62 (see FIGS. 7 and 10). Specifically, the connecting portions 84a and 85a corresponding to the mounting piece 83a are marked with “1”, and the connecting portions 84b and 85b corresponding to the mounting piece 83b are marked with “2”. The connecting portions 84c and 85c corresponding to the attachment piece 83c are marked with “3”.

  The lid frame 93 has an opening 94 on the upper surface, and a plurality of insertion holes 95 through which the plurality of welding projections 82 on the upper plate 81 side are individually inserted are formed in the remaining upper surface region other than the opening 94. Has been. Moreover, the side wall is droopingly formed in the outer periphery part of the cover frame 93 over the perimeter. The side walls at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the lid frame 93 are formed as abutting walls 97 that abut on the tip of a mounting piece 130 described later in the assembled state with the box body 110 (see FIG. 8), and two front and rear sides on the lower end side. An engaging claw 96 is provided in the projecting manner. A side wall on one side in the width direction of the lid frame 93 is formed as a partition wall 98 that partitions the electronic component mounting area 74 and the connector mounting area 76 of the circuit board 61 accommodated in the circuit board box 62 into and out of the lid frame 93. (See FIG. 13).

  The conductive plate 100 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin rectangular plate like the upper plate 81, and a conductive fiber 101 coated with black coating is provided on the upper surface side thereof so as to be bonded to the entire region. A plurality of insertion holes 102 through which the welding projections 82 on the upper plate 81 side are individually inserted are formed in the outer peripheral end portion of the conductive plate 100, similarly to the insertion holes 95 formed in the lid frame 93. Here, the conductive fiber will be briefly described. The conductive fiber is roughly divided into a metal (copper, brass, nickel, aluminum, etc.) filaments woven in a net, and a synthetic fiber with conductive particles ( Copper, carbon, etc.) are applied or impregnated, and in any type of conductive fiber, from the viewpoint of electromagnetic shielding effect and light transmittance, 50 to 250 mesh (especially 100 to 200 mesh) It is desirable that the aperture ratio is 10 to 90% (particularly 30 to 80% is good). In the present embodiment, in order to suppress this, the conductive fiber 101 is made a dark color (a black color in the embodiment) that avoids the metal color. The transparency is improved.

  In the present embodiment, the conductive plate 100 is configured by bonding the conductive fibers 101 to the transparent synthetic resin plate. However, the configuration of the conductive plate is not limited to this, and the conductive plate 100 is electrically conductive. A conductive plate (commonly referred to as a CRT filter or the like) may be formed by embedding a conductive fiber. In this case, the transparency can be improved by making the transparent synthetic resin plate dark. Moreover, you may comprise a conductive plate by formation of a transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive layer will be briefly described. The transparent conductive layer is made of a metal such as gold, platinum, silver, tin, aluminum, nickel, palladium, or antimony, a metal oxide such as indium oxide or tin oxide, or a mixture thereof. Is formed on the surface of a resin material or the like as a layer having a thickness having conductivity and transparency by a method such as vacuum deposition, sputtering, ion plating, or CVD. The thickness of the transparent conductive layer is usually about 5 to 1000 nm, and the electrical conductivity is suitably 10,000Ω / □ or less, preferably 1000Ω / □ or less.

  As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the lid 80 has ultrasonic welding with the welding projection 82 of the upper plate 81 inserted through the insertion hole 95 of the lid frame 93 and the insertion hole 102 of the conductive plate 100. By doing so, it is configured as an assembly of the upper plate 81, the lid frame 93, and the conductive plate 100. Moreover, the conductive fibers 101 of the conductive plate 100 are reliably connected to the lid frame 93 by such welding of the welding projections 82. In the welding of the welding projections 82, when the upper plate 81 (welding projection 82) and the conductive plate 100 are formed of the same material, the welded portions of the welding projections 82 are mixed with the conductive plate 100 and become stronger. Welding becomes possible. Further, the lid 80 may be assembled by heat welding other than ultrasonic welding, or using a solvent or an adhesive. Further, in such an assembled state of the lid 80, a rectangular hologram seal 104 is stuck between the upper surface of the upper plate 81 and the side surface of the lid frame 93, whereby the assembled state of the lid 80 is determined. It has come to be secured.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, the box main body 110 includes a bottom plate 111 having transparency and a metal main body frame 116. The bottom plate 111 is made of a transparent synthetic resin rectangular plate, and on its upper surface side, flange pieces 112 for supporting the lower surface of the circuit board 61 are erected in the vicinity of the four corners and the central portions at both ends in the width direction. Note that a slit portion 113 is formed in the flange piece 112 erected in the vicinity of the two corners on one side in the width direction so as to release interference with an engagement piece 124 described later. On the other hand, in the vicinity of the flange piece 112 erected in the vicinity of the two corners on the other side in the width direction, a through hole 114 that penetrates the attachment piece 122 described later is formed, and in the vicinity thereof, the attachment of the covering member 161 is performed. A mounting hole 111a for fitting the protrusion 166 is formed. In addition, a notch 115 is formed in a substantially central portion on one side in the longitudinal direction. The notch 115 is a notch for releasing interference with an engagement protrusion 154 described later in a state where the circuit board box 62 is attached to the mounting base 150.

  The main body frame 116 has an opening 117 on the lower surface, and has a shape having a side wall on the entire outer periphery thereof. Engagement pieces 118 having a L-shaped cross section are formed on both sides in the width direction on the inner peripheral edge of the opening 117 with a predetermined length, and a locking hole is formed on one side in the longitudinal direction of the inner peripheral edge. A locking piece 119 formed with 120 is formed. In addition, a plurality of reduction holes 121 are formed in the remaining lower surface region other than the opening 117. Attachment pieces 122 having attachment holes 123 are formed at both ends on one side in the width direction in the lower surface region, and engagement pieces 124 having engagement protrusions 125 are provided at both ends on the other side in the width direction in the lower surface region. Is formed. The engaging piece 118 is bent slightly downward at the tip so that the engaging piece 118 can be easily engaged with the engaging rail 151 on the mounting base 150 side when attached to the mounting base 150 described in detail later.

  A plurality of heat radiation holes 128 are formed in one side wall of the main body frame 116 in the width direction. On both side walls in the width direction of the main body frame 116, reinforcing pieces 129 are extended at both ends in the longitudinal direction. The reinforcing piece 129 is bent inward from the extended portion to press both side walls in the longitudinal direction of the main body frame 116 from the inside, thereby improving the strength of the main body frame 116. Moreover, since the gap between the side walls is closed, it is impossible to illegally attempt to remodel by widening the side walls. Such a reinforcing piece is not limited to the main body frame 116 and may be provided on the lid frame 93 side. Upper end portions of both side walls in the longitudinal direction of the main body frame 116 are formed as attachment pieces 130 bent inward, and the attachment pieces 130 are individually provided with attachment holes 86a to 86d on the lid 80 side. Corresponding mounting holes 131 to 134 are formed. In the vicinity of the mounting holes 132 to 134, equipment holes 135 to 137 for mounting the equipment one-way screws 140 in an inserted state are formed. Further, locking grooves 138 for locking the engaging claws 96 on the lid 80 side are formed at two positions on the front and rear sides of the attachment piece 130. Further, mounting protrusions 148a to 148d are formed at the lower end portion on one side in the longitudinal direction of the main body frame 116, and mounting holes 149a to 149d for individually mounting the circuit board box 62 to the mounting base 150 are formed. ing.

  Thus, the lid 80 and the box body 110 described above are configured as an assembly (circuit board box 62) in which the circuit board 61 is accommodated by the following assembly. First, the circuit board 61 and the bottom plate 111 are overlapped and mounted on the main body frame 116, and the engagement protrusion 125 of the engagement piece 124 is inserted into the engagement hole 78 of the circuit board 61. Next, the connector 75 of the circuit board 61 is inserted into the insertion hole 158 to attach the covering member 161 to the connector mounting region 76, and the mounting hole 162 of the covering member 161 and the stop hole 77 of the circuit board 61 are attached to the mounting piece 122. The holes 123 are fastened together with screws 139. As a result, the covering member 161 and the circuit board 61 are fixed to the main body frame 116 with screws 139 across the bottom plate 111 (see FIG. 13A). In such mounting and fixing of the circuit board 61, when the hole positions of the retaining hole 77 and the mounting hole 123 are aligned, the circuit board 61 is slightly displaced, so that the engaging protrusion 125 and the engaging hole 78 are engaged. The one side in the width direction of the circuit board 61 that is not screwed is also fixed. Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 13, the connector mounting region 76 has a cover member 161 attached to the upper surface thereof, so that portions other than the connector 75, in other words, portions where the connection pattern 79 is formed are covered by the cover member 161. Covered. The covering member 161 covering the connection pattern 79 in this way is positioned with respect to the bottom plate 111 by fitting the mounting protrusions 166 into the mounting holes 111a of the bottom plate 111.

  Next, the lid body 80 is put on the box body 110 whose upper surface is open. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the four engaging claws 96 on the lid 80 side are respectively locked in the locking grooves 138 on the box body 110 side by insertion in the C to F directions. Positioning attachment of the main body 110 and the lid 80 is performed. The engagement between the engaging claw 96 and the locking groove 138 is performed by first inserting the engaging claw 96 into the locking groove 138 as shown in FIGS. 12 (B) and 12 (D), the lid 80 (engaging claw 96) is slid and engaged with the locking groove 138. Since this engaged state is not released unless the fixed state is released, it becomes a substitute for the fixed portion. For this reason, the number of adhering portions can be reduced, and assembling is easy and cost reduction can be caused. That is, if there are such engaging portions at the four corners, it is not necessary to fix all the four corners (the four corners cannot be opened). Further, the partition wall 98 of the lid frame 93 is in a state where the electronic component mounting area 74 and the connector mounting area 76 of the circuit board 61 are partitioned into the inside and outside of the lid 80. Thereby, it is possible to attach and remove the wiring to the connector 75 without removing the lid 80.

  4 and 6, the attachment hole 86a of the attachment piece 83a is fixed to the attachment hole 131 of the main body frame 116 with a one-way screw (screw) 140 (see FIG. 8A). The screw 140 stopper is sealed with a rectangular hologram seal 105. As a result, an assembly (circuit board box 62) in which the circuit board 61 is housed in a sealed state in the internal space between the lid body 80 and the box body 110 is configured. In such a sealed state of the circuit board 61, the connector mounting region 76 that is exposed to the outside is covered with the connection pattern 79 by the covering member 156. For this reason, even in a configuration in which the connector mounting region 76 is exposed to the outside, an illegal act using the connection pattern 79 can be prevented. Further, in such an assembled state, the leading end portion of the partition wall 98 is in contact with the covering member 161, thereby arranging the regulating walls 164 and 165 inside the lid body 80. As a result, even when the screw 139 is removed by an unauthorized act, the covering member 161 cannot be removed unless the sealing state of the circuit board 61 (the fixing state of the lid 80) is released.

  Further, in the assembled state of the lid body 80 and the box body 110, the one-way screw 140 inserted through each of the equipment holes 135 to 137 is attached so that the lid body 80 covers from above the equipment hole. It is accommodated in the box 62 without coming out of the holes 135-137. That is, in such a storage state, the upper wall surfaces near the attachment pieces 83b and 83c and the attachment hole 86d of the lid 80 individually prevent the one-way screw 140 from popping out. In addition, the installation method of the one-way screw 140 is not limited to the one described in the embodiment. For example, in the assembled state of the box 62, the head of the one-way screw 140 is completely pressed down by the lid body 80 (mounting piece portion or the like), or the diameter of the one-way screw 140 and the diameters of the equipment holes 135 to 137 are approximately The same configuration may be used. In such a configuration, the mounted one-way screw 140 can be held back when the circuit board box 62 is closed.

  Here, the one-way screw 140 will be described. The one-way screw 140 is a special screw that rotates only in the screw tightening direction, and once tightened, it cannot be removed unless the screw is destroyed. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 9 (A) and 9 (B), a screw groove provided in the head portion 141 is composed of a contact surface portion 142, a concave portion 143, and a central hole portion 144. When the screw 140 is tightened with the special minus driver 145 shown in FIGS. 9C and 9D, the central shaft portion 146 of the driver 145 is inserted into the central hole portion 144, and from this state, the contact piece of the driver 145 The part 147 is brought into contact with the contact surface part 142, and the head 141 is rotated in one direction (clockwise direction in FIG. 9A), whereby the screw 140 is tightened. On the other hand, when the screw head 140 is rotated by the driver 145 in the other direction (counterclockwise direction in FIG. 9A) to remove the screw 140, the driver 145 enters the recess 143 and slips. The head 141 cannot be rotated and the screw 140 cannot be removed. Note that it is possible to rotate the head 141 in one direction and tighten the screw 140 even with a normal flathead screwdriver. However, like the special flathead screwdriver 145, the central shaft portion 146 is connected to the central hole portion 144 of the one-way screw 140. The tightening operation can be easily performed by inserting and positioning with the one-way screw 140.

  Further, the screw 140 for assembling the lid body 80 and the box body 110 is configured to enter the outer wall surface of the lid frame 93 in a screwed state. For this reason, the hologram seal 105 that seals the screw 140 stop portion is affixed on a flat surface having no protrusions, so that the seal 105 can be prevented from being peeled off and damaged, and fraudulent acts on the seal 105 can be easily identified. Here, the hologram sticker will be briefly described. The hologram sticker includes a hologram layer, a light reflecting layer, and an adhesive layer, and the hologram pattern formed on the hologram layer is configured to be a counterfeit by making it difficult to counterfeit. This prevents the sticker from being replaced. In this hologram design, coherent light (laser light) incident on the surface of the hologram seal enters the light reflection layer through the embossed surface of the hologram layer, and is reflected from the light reflection layer to the outside of the hologram seal as hologram interference light. Is formed. Further, when the hologram sticker is peeled off, the hologram pattern does not return to its original shape even if it is applied again, so that the peeled trace remains.

  As described above, the circuit board box 62 secures the covering state of the circuit board 61 by sealing the screw 140 fixing portion between the lid 80 and the box body 110 with the hologram seal 105. In addition, an electromagnetic shielding effect can be achieved by the conductive plate 100 provided in the box 62. Further, the circuit board box 62 is formed by forming the upper plate 81 and the conductive plate 100 constituting the upper wall surface thereof, and the bottom plate 111 constituting the lower wall surface from a material having transparency, so that the mounting surface ( The upper surface) and the solder surface (lower surface) can be seen through from the outside. For this reason, when an unauthorized work (for example, an unauthorized work in which a jumper wiring is connected or an electronic component is mounted) is performed on the circuit board 61, the unauthorized work is immediately known.

  Next, a mounting base 150 for mounting the circuit board box 62 to the mechanism plate 50 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the mounting base 150 is made of a rectangular plate made of a synthetic resin (or metal), and a pair of engagement rails 151 having an inverted L-shaped cross section are arranged at a predetermined interval at the center of the substrate. It is laid down. Note that the direction in which the engagement rail 151 is provided is the left-right direction along the long side portion of the mounting base 150. Guide pieces 152 that are orthogonal to the substrate surface protrude from the long side portions (front and rear edges) of the mounting base 150. A release lever 153 that is elastically deformed is formed at the right end of the mounting base 150, and an engagement protrusion 154 that engages with the locking hole 120 on the box body 110 side protrudes from the base of the release lever 153. It is installed. Further, a stop hole 155 for screwing the mounting base 150 to a mounting boss (not shown) on the mechanism plate 50 side is formed in the board surface of the mounting base 150.

  On the other hand, a plurality (three in the present embodiment) of mounting pieces 156a to 156c are arranged in parallel on the left end portion of the mounting base 150 described above. Connection portions 157a to 157c and 158a to 158c for connecting the mounting piece portions 156a to 156c with the substrate surface of the mounting base 150 are integrally formed. In addition, slit-shaped grooves are formed between the mounting pieces 156a to 156c and the board surface of the mounting base 150. It is provided in a state of protruding upward. Further, attachment holes 159a to 159c are formed in the attachment pieces 156a to 156c, respectively, and an attachment hole 159d is formed on the substrate surface of the attachment table 150 adjacent to the attachment pieces 156c. These mounting holes 159a to 159d correspond to the mounting holes 149a to 149d of the main body frame 116 individually.

  Thus, the mounting base 150 is attached to a predetermined portion on the mechanism plate 50 by being screwed to the mechanism plate 50 through the stop hole 155. When the circuit board box 62 is attached to the mounting base 150, the box 62 is slid from the left side of the mounting base 150. At this time, the engagement rail 151 on the mounting base 150 is in a state of being engaged with the engagement piece 118 on the box 62 side, and the guide piece 152 guides the sliding movement of the box 62. Thereafter, the sliding movement of the box 62 causes the release lever 153 on the mounting base 150 side to be elastically deformed downward. Finally, the locking hole 120 on the box 62 side engages with the engaging protrusion 154 on the mounting base 150 side. Then, the box 62 is mounted. Then, the mounting hole 149a drilled in the mounting protrusion 148a of the circuit board box 62 is fastened together with the mounting hole 159a of the mounting piece 156a with the one-way screw 160, so that the circuit board box 62 is not attached to the mounting base 150. Install with reversible fixation.

  By the way, in the state where the circuit board box 62 is attached to the ball and ball game machine 1 via the mounting base 150, as shown in FIG. 2, the circuit board box 62 is attached so that the covering member 161 is disposed on the upper side. In other words, the circuit board box 62 shown in FIG. For this reason, even when the fixed state between the lid 80 and the box main body 110 is released by inspection of the circuit board 61 to be described later, the engagement claw 96 on the lid 80 side and the locking groove 138 on the box main body 110 side. Since the engaged state (the state in which the engaging claw 96 is hooked on the locking groove 138 and the lid body 80 is hung on the box body 110) is maintained, the circuit board box 62 can be easily opened and closed.

  Next, a procedure for opening the circuit board box 62 described above for inspection of the circuit board 61 (inspecting whether the ROM is genuine after delivery) and then restoring the closed state again based on FIG. I will explain. First, in the closed state of the circuit board box 62 shown in FIG. 10A, after peeling off the hologram seal 105 attached to the screw 140 stop portion of the mounting piece 83a, each connecting portion is marked with the stamp “1”. 84a and 85a are cut with a cutting tool such as a nipper. As a result, the attachment piece 83 a is completely separated from the lid 80 and is fixed to the box body 110 by the one-way screw 140. In other words, the cover 80 is completely fixed to the box body 110, and the circuit board box 62 can be opened. Then, as shown in FIG. 10B, the lid body 80 is removed from the box body 110 and the circuit board 61 is inspected. In addition, by removing the lid 80 (cutting the connecting portions 84a and 85a), the one-way screw 140 inserted into each of the equipment holes 135 to 137 can be taken out. Take out the one-way screw 140 for restoring the box 62. Thereafter, when the circuit board box 62 is closed, as shown in FIG. 10C, the cover piece 80 is put on the box body 110 and the taken-out one-way screw 140 is marked with the marking “2” as an attachment piece. It is screwed into the mounting hole 86b of 83b. Thereby, the attachment hole 86b of the attachment piece part 83b and the attachment hole 132 of the main body frame 116 corresponding to this are fastened together by the one-way screw 140. The circuit board box 62 is restored to the closed state again by attaching a new hologram seal 105 to the screw 140 stop portion of the mounting piece 83b.

  Thereafter, when the circuit board box 62 is inspected again (second inspection), the connecting portions 84b and 85b are cut using the marking “2” as a mark. As a result, the mounting piece 83b is separated from the lid 80 and the circuit board box 62 is opened. After that, similarly, the one-way screw 140 (one-way screw 140 of the equipment hole 136) taken out along with the cutting of each of the connecting portions 84b and 85b is screwed into the mounting hole 86c of the mounting piece 83c with the mark "3" as a mark. Then, a new hologram seal 105 is attached. As a result, the circuit board box 62 is restored to the closed state again. Thereafter, when the circuit board box 62 is inspected (the third inspection), the attachment pieces 83c are separated from the lid 80 by cutting the connecting portions 84c and 85c with the marking “3” as a mark. Then, the circuit board box 62 is opened. When the circuit board box 62 is restored, the one-way screw 140 (one-way screw 140 of the equipment hole 137) taken out along with the cutting of each of the connecting portions 84c and 85c is screwed into the last remaining mounting hole 86d to create a new hologram. A seal 105 is attached.

  By the way, in the closed state of the circuit board box 62 described above, the circuit board box 62 is in a state where the connection portions 84a to 84c and 85a to 85c are not cut and the connection between the attachment pieces 83a to 83c and the upper plate 81 is released. It cannot be opened. Therefore, when the connecting portions 84a to 84c and 85a to 85c are cut other than the inspection of the circuit board 61, it is possible to immediately and reliably determine that fraud has been performed on the circuit board 61 by this cutting. The crime prevention effect of the circuit board box 62 can be enhanced. Further, in the configuration of the circuit board box 62, even if the welding projection 82 of the upper plate 81 is cut off, the conductive plate 100 falls on the circuit board 61, so that an attempt is made to work on the circuit board 61 from the gap where the welding projection 82 is cut off. The conductive plate 100 prevents this. Further, when the hologram sticker 105 is peeled off, a trace of the hologram sticker 105 remains firmly, so that it is immediately known that fraud has been performed.

  Next, a procedure for replacing the circuit board box 62 due to an unexpected failure of the circuit board 61 will be described with reference to FIG. First, in the fixed state of the circuit board box 62 and the mounting base 150 shown in FIG. 11A, the connecting portions 157a and 158a are cut with a cutting tool such as a nipper. As a result, the mounting piece 156 a is completely separated from the mounting base 150 and is fixed to the circuit board box 62 by the one-way screw 160. That is, the circuit board box 62 is released from the mounting base 150 after being fixedly attached to the mounting base 150. Then, the release lever 153 is pushed downward to release the engagement between the locking hole 120 and the engagement protrusion 154, and the box 62 is slid in the G direction shown in FIG. Remove. After that, as shown in FIG. 11C, a new circuit board box 62 ′ is slid onto the mounting base 150, and the mounting protrusion 148b is fastened to the mounting piece 156b with a one-way screw 160, whereby the circuit board box 62 ′. Is attached to the mounting base 150 in an irreversible fixing state.

  The above-mentioned circuit board box replacement work is performed by a sales person on the circuit board box manufacturer side, and the sales person displays his / her name (exchanger) on the replacement history sticker 91 as shown in FIG. "Sakuma") and the replacement date "April 1, H9" are entered to indicate in the circuit board box 62 'that they have been replaced. Furthermore, when the sales person brings the old box 62 home, if the replacement date, serial number, amusement store name, etc. are input to the manufacturer's maintenance management computer, whether or not the circuit board box has been replaced illegally. Judgment can be facilitated. In other words, if the manufacturer does not have the record, it is counterfeit. Of course, if there is no description of replacement in the replacement history seal 91 and the box is not fixed, fraud can be determined from this. The serial number may be written on the seals 89 and 91 or may be written on the seals 104 and 105 for sealing. Further, the replacement history seal 91 may be affixed at the time of replacement, or may be affixed to a new circuit board box at the time of replacement. Further, the history sticker may be used for entering an inspection history.

  After that, when the circuit board box 62 ′ is replaced again (second replacement), the connecting portions 157b and 158b are cut to release the fixation between the circuit board box 62 ′ and the mounting base 150, and the circuit board box 62 ′. 62 ′ is removed from the mounting base 150. Next, a new circuit board box is slid onto the mounting base 150, and then the new circuit board box mounting protrusion 148c is fastened to the mounting piece 156c with a one-way screw 160, whereby the circuit board box is attached to the mounting base 150. Install with irreversible fixation. Thereafter, when the circuit board box is replaced (third replacement), the old circuit board box is removed from the mounting base 150 by cutting the connecting portions 157c and 158c. Then, a new circuit board box is slid onto the mounting base 150, and the mounting protrusion 148d is fastened to the mounting piece 156d with the one-way screw 160. This completes the third replacement of the circuit board box.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the game control circuit board 61 accommodated in the circuit board box 62 has a wiring 167 connected to various connectors 75. The wiring 167 has one connector. A wiring tube 168 is attached to each of a plurality of units each having 75 as a unit. The wiring tube 168 is made of colorless and transparent vinyl, and bundles a plurality of wirings 167 to cover the outer periphery of the wiring 167, thereby protecting the wiring 167 from the outside. For this reason, even when an unauthorized board is connected to the wiring 167 and hidden in the wiring tube 168, an unauthorized place can be easily found through the colorless and transparent wiring tube 168.

  As described above, the ball game machine 1 includes the circuit board box 62 including the box main body 110 and the lid 80 for housing the game control circuit board 61, and the mounting base for attaching the circuit board box 62 to the ball game machine 1. 150, and the mounting base 150 and the circuit board box 62 are mounted by mounting and fixing means (one-way screw 160, mounting protrusions 148a to 148c, mounting pieces 156a to 156c) to be in an irreversible fixing state. The box main body 110 and the lid body 80 are assembled by assembling and fixing means (one-way screw 140, mounting piece portions 83a to 83c, and mounting piece 130) to form an irreversible fixing state. With this configuration, the circuit board box 62 is closed in an irreversible fixed state, and the circuit board box 62 is attached to the ball game machine 1 (mounting base 150) in an irreversible fixed state. Thus, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized act of opening the circuit board box 62 and an unauthorized act of switching to a duplicate circuit board box.

  The mounting fixing means includes first and second mounting fixing means, and a connecting portion for releasing the fixing state by the first mounting fixing means (one-way screw 160, mounting protrusion 148a, mounting piece 156a). 157a and 158a are provided, and the mounting base 150 and the circuit board box 62 are connected to the second mounting fixing means (one-way screw 160, mounting protrusions 148b and 148c, mounting pieces 156b and 156c in a state where the connecting portions 157a and 158a are released. ), And the circuit board box 62 can be replaced due to an unexpected failure or the like. Further, since the connecting portions 157b, 157c, 158b, and 158c for releasing the fixed state by the second mounting and fixing means are provided, the circuit board box can be replaced a plurality of times.

  The assembly fixing means includes first and second assembly fixing means for releasing the fixing state by the first assembly fixing means (one-way screw 140, attachment piece 130, attachment piece portion 83a). Connecting portions 84a and 85a, and the box body 110 and the lid body 80 are connected to the second assembly fixing means (one-way screw 140, mounting piece 130, mounting piece portion 83b. 83c), the circuit board 61 can be inspected on the assumption that it is restored to the circuit board box 62 having a high crime prevention effect. Further, since the connecting portions 84b, 84c, 85b, and 85c for releasing the fixing state by the second assembling fixing means are also provided, the circuit board is assumed to be restored to the circuit board box 62 having a high crime prevention effect again. 61 tests can be performed multiple times.

  In the example described above (this is referred to as “first embodiment” for the sake of convenience), the circuit board box 62 is attached to the mechanism plate 50 via the attachment base 150, and the attachment between the attachment base 150 and the mechanism plate 50 is detachable. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. In the ball ball game machine 170 of the example shown in FIGS. 14 and 15 (hereinafter referred to as “second embodiment” for convenience), the mounting base 150 for mounting the circuit board box 62 is a game via the mounting board 173. It is attached to the board 40. The mounting substrate 173 is a rectangular flat plate, and bent flange portions 174 are formed on the left and right ends thereof. An attachment hole 177 is formed in the flat plate portion of the attachment substrate 173, and an attachment hole 175 is formed in the flange portion 174. Accordingly, the attachment board 173 is attached to the back surface of the game board 40 in an irreversible fixed state by the one-way screw 176 being screwed into the attachment hole 175 of the flange portion 174.

  Further, with respect to the mounting board 173 described above, the mounting board 173 is fixed in an irreversible fixed state by the fastening hole 155 of the mounting base 150 being fastened together with the mounting hole 177 with a one-way screw 178. Attached to. And the circuit board box 62 (similar to 1st embodiment) is attached to the mounting base 150 attached in this way similarly to said 1st embodiment. Further, a mechanism plate 171 is provided on the back side of the ball game machine 170 so as to be openable and closable. A drum type variable display device 41 provided at the center of the mechanism plate 171 so as to protrude from the back side of the game board 40 is provided. A window opening 172 penetrating the circuit board box 62 is opened.

  As described above, in the ball game machine 170 according to the second embodiment, the mounting board 173 is fixed to the game board 40 with the one-way screw 176, and the mounting board 150 is fixed to the mounting board 173 with the one-way screw 178. A box 62 is attached. For this reason, it is possible to replace the circuit board box 62 simultaneously with the replacement of the game board 40, and as a result, it is not necessary to replace extra components with the replacement of the circuit board box 62. For example, when the circuit board box 62 is attached to the mechanism plate 50 as in the first embodiment, it is necessary to replace the mechanism plate 50 that does not need to be replaced. In the second embodiment, the circuit board box 62 is attached to the game board 40 via the mounting base 150 and the attachment board 173, and the attachment portion of the circuit board box 62 is fixed to the fixed portion (attachment pieces 156a to 156c by one-way screws). However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and a configuration of the following example (hereinafter, this example is referred to as “third embodiment” for convenience) may be used.

  In the ball game machine 180 of the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16, a circuit board box 182 containing a game control circuit board 181 is attached to the game board 40 via an attachment board 190. The mounting substrate 190 is a rectangular flat plate, and bent flange portions 191 are formed at both left and right ends thereof. On the flat plate portion of the mounting substrate 190, mounting pieces 193a to 193c that can be cut similarly to the mounting base 150 are formed. Further, the mounting substrate 190 is formed with a rotatable locking lever 194 and a pair of left and right locking portions 195a and 195b. On the other hand, the circuit board box 182 is formed with mounting protrusions 183a to 183d similar to the mounting protrusions 148a to 148d of the circuit board box 62, and an engagement piece 184 that engages with the locking lever 194; A pair of left and right engaging claws 185a and 185b that engage with the stoppers 195a and 195b are formed.

  Thus, the mounting board 190 described above is attached to the back surface of the game board 40 in an irreversible fixed state by the one-way screw 192 being screwed into the mounting hole (not shown) of the flange portion 191. In the circuit board box 182, the engaging claws 185a and 185b are locked to the locking portions 195a and 195b, and the engaging piece portion 184 is locked to the locking lever 194. In this state, the mounting protrusion 183a The mounting piece 193a is fixed with a one-way screw 196.

  As described above, in the ball game machine 180 according to the third embodiment, the mounting board 190 is fixed to the game board 40 with the one-way screw 192, and the circuit board box 182 is fixed to the mounting board 192 in a fixed state. That is, in the third embodiment, the mounting substrate 190 is configured as the mounting base of the present invention. In addition, the mounting portion of the circuit board box 182 is provided with a locking lever 194 and locking portions 195a and 195b as well as a fixing portion (mounting piece portions 193a to 193c) by a one-way screw.

  In the first embodiment, the assembly fixing means (one-way screw 140, attachment piece portions 83a to 83c, attachment piece 130) for assembling the box body 110 and the lid body 80 in an irreversible fixation state, and the circuit board Attachment fixing means (one-way screw 160, attachment projections 148a to 148c, attachment piece portions 156a to 156c) for attaching the box 62 to the bullet ball game machine 1 side (attachment base 150) in an irreversible fixation state. It is composed. However, as an example in which the assembly fixing means and the attachment fixing means are set to be the same (this example is an embodiment of the present invention, this is referred to as a “fourth embodiment” for the sake of convenience). A description will be given with reference to A). As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, the ball game machine 200 according to the fourth embodiment includes a circuit board box 202 including a box body 203 and a lid 204 for housing the game control circuit board 201, and a one-way to the game board 40. And a mounting base 150 ′ that is irreversibly fixed to the mounting substrate 173 attached with screws 176 and attaches the circuit board box 202 in an irreversible fixed state. As shown in FIG. 19A, the lid 204 includes an upper plate 205 that constitutes the upper surface of the circuit board box 202, and the lower end of the side wall of the upper plate 205 is similar to the mounting protrusions 148a to 148c. Attachment protrusions 205a to 205c are formed. The attachment protrusions 205a to 205c are formed on the side walls located at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the circuit board box 202, respectively. On the other hand, the mounting base 150 ′ is configured in substantially the same manner as the mounting base 150, but the same mounting piece portions 156a to 156c as the other side are formed on one side in the longitudinal direction where the release lever 153 is formed. Yes.

  Accordingly, the circuit board box 202 of the fourth embodiment is configured such that the mounting protrusion 205a of the upper plate 205 is attached to the mounting piece portion 156a of the mounting base 150 ′ with a one-way screw (screw) 160, so The attachment to the substrate box 202 and the assembly of the box body 203 and the lid 204 are simultaneously performed in an irreversible fixing state. Similarly to the circuit board box 62 of the first embodiment, the circuit board box 202 can be inspected or replaced by cutting the connecting parts 157a to 157c and 158a to 158c integrally formed with the mounting pieces 156a to 156c. Multiple times are possible. Further, in the configuration of the fourth embodiment, the number of fixing points can be reduced to the minimum necessary. In addition to the effects of the first embodiment, the cost can be reduced and the assembly work of the substrate storage box is easy. become. In the fourth embodiment, the box body 203 and the lid body 204 are assembled only with the screws 160, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, as in the example shown in FIG. 19B (hereinafter, this example is referred to as “fifth embodiment” for the sake of convenience), the engagement claw 206 is formed on the inner surface of the side wall of the upper plate 205, while the box body 203 side A locking hole 207 for locking the engaging claw 206 may be formed in the hole. In this case, the box body 203 and the lid 204 can be assembled in a temporarily fixed state without the circuit board box 202 being fixed to the mounting base 150 ′ with the screws 160. For this reason, since the circuit board box 202 can be handled in the state of the box containing the circuit board 201, the circuit board 201 can be protected even during manufacturing.

  In the first to fifth embodiments, the present invention is applied to a circuit board box that houses a game control circuit board for a ball game machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. The present invention may be applied to any board storage box as long as it is necessary to prevent illegal acts on the circuit board. For example, like a ball ball game machine 210 of the example shown in FIG. 20 (hereinafter, this example is referred to as “sixth embodiment” for convenience), a control board box 64 that houses a prize ball payout control board 63, and a decoration control board. The present invention may be applied to the control board box 70 that houses 69 and the control board box 212 that houses the display control board 211. That is, in the sixth embodiment, the control board box 64 is irreversibly fixed by providing the control board box 64 with mounting pieces 64a to 64c similar to the mounting pieces 83a to 83c of the circuit board box 62. The control board box 64 is provided with mounting pieces 213a to 213c similar to the mounting pieces 156a to 156c of the mounting base 150 on the mounting base 213 for mounting the control board box 64 to the ball game machine 210. Are attached to the ball game machine 210 (mounting base 213) in an irreversible fixed state. Further, by providing the control board box 70 with attachment pieces 70a to 70c similar to the attachment pieces 83a to 83c, the control board box 70 is assembled in an irreversible fixing state, and the control board box 70 is mounted in a ball game. The mounting base 214 attached to the machine 210 is provided with mounting pieces 214a to 214c similar to the mounting pieces 156a to 156c, so that the control board box 70 is fixed in a irreversibly fixed state. ). Further, by providing the control board box 212 with attachment pieces 212a to 212c similar to the attachment pieces 83a to 83c, the control board box 212 is assembled in an irreversible fixed state, and the control board box 212 is installed in a ball game. The mounting base 215 attached to the machine 210 is provided with mounting pieces 215a to 215c similar to the mounting pieces 156a to 156c, so that the control board box 212 can be fixed in an irreversible fixed state with the ball game machine 210 (mounting base 215). ).

  Each of the control board boxes 64, 70, and 212 is configured in the same manner as the circuit board box 62. Specifically, the upper boards 64d, 70d, and 212d of the control board boxes 64, 70, and 212 are formed of a transparent synthetic resin, so that the boards 63, 69, and 211 to be accommodated have openings 64e and 70e. -It can be seen from the outside through 212e. Each of the control board boxes 64, 70, and 212 is provided with a conductive plate (not shown) that exhibits an electromagnetic shielding effect.

  In the first to sixth embodiments described above, the case where the present invention is applied to a ball game machine is illustrated, but the present invention is applied to a game machine (for example, a slot machine or a coin game) other than the ball game machine. It goes without saying that the invention can be applied. Further, the fixing method is not limited to the fixing method using a one-way screw as described in the embodiment, and a fixing method using a rivet, a break screw, welding, adhesion, or the like may be adopted.

The invention that can be grasped from the embodiment described above includes the following.
(1) The second assembly fixing means includes at least a fastening member (one-way screw 140), and the fastening member is provided in the board storage box. With this configuration, it is not necessary to prepare a fastening member for each inspection of the substrate storage box, and the restoration work after the inspection of the substrate storage box can be easily performed.
(2) A plurality of the second mounting and fixing means are provided, and second mounting release portions (connection portions 157b, 157c, 158b, and 158c) for releasing the fixing state by the plurality of second mounting and fixing means are provided. It is provided. By comprising in this way, replacement | exchange of a board | substrate storage box can be performed in multiple times.
(3) A plurality of the second assembly fixing means are provided, and a second assembly release section for releasing the fixed state by the plurality of second assembly fixing means (connecting portions 84b, 84c, 85b,. 85c) is provided. With this configuration, the circuit board can be inspected a plurality of times on the premise that it is restored again to the board storage box having a high crime prevention effect.

It is a front view which shows the ball game machine of this invention. It is a rear view which shows a bullet ball game machine. It is a perspective view which shows a circuit board box and a mounting base. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows a cover body. FIGS. 4A and 4B are explanatory views showing the welding state of the welding projections. It is an exploded perspective view which shows a circuit board and a box main body. It is a top view which shows a circuit board box. (A) is a partial cross-sectional view showing a state in which the attachment piece of the lid is screwed to the box body, and (B) is a state in which one-way screws for equipment are stored in the circuit board box. FIG. FIGS. 4A and 4B are explanatory views showing one-way screws, and FIGS. 4C and 4D are explanatory views showing special minus drivers. FIGS. 9A to 9C are side views showing the restoration procedure of the circuit board box. FIGS. 4A to 4C are partial plan views showing a procedure for replacing a circuit board box, respectively, and FIG. 4D is a plan view showing a replacement history seal on which a replacement person and a replacement date are written. FIGS. 9A to 9B are explanatory views showing the engagement relationship between the engagement claw of the lid and the locking groove of the box body. FIGS. 2A and 2B are longitudinal sectional views showing covering members covering the upper surface of the circuit board. It is a rear view which shows the ball game machine of 2nd embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the bullet ball game machine of 2nd embodiment. It is a rear view which shows the ball game machine of 3rd embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the bullet ball game machine of 4th embodiment. It is a rear view which shows the ball game machine of 4th embodiment. FIG. 4A is a partial cross-sectional view showing a circuit board box of the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 4B is a partial cross-sectional view showing a circuit board box of the fifth embodiment. It is a rear view which shows the ball game machine of 6th embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Ball game machine (game machine)
40 game board 50 mechanism board 61 game control circuit board (circuit board)
62 Circuit board box (board storage box)
80 Lid 81 Upper plate 82 Welding projection 83a to 83c Mounting piece (Assembly fixing means)
84a / 85a Connecting part (Assembly releasing part)
84b / 84c / 85b / 85c Connecting part 86a to 86d Mounting hole 89 Model name seal 91 Replacement history seal 93 Lid frame 100 Conductive plate 101 Conductive fiber 104/105 Hologram seal 110 Box body (base)
111 Bottom plate 116 Body frame 130 Mounting piece (attachment fixing means)
131-134 Mounting hole 135-137 Equipment piece 140 One-way screw (Assembly fixing means)
145 Special flathead screwdriver 148a-148c Mounting protrusion (Mounting fixing means)
149a to 149d Mounting hole 150/150 'Mounting base (mounting part)
155 Stop hole 156a to 156c Mounting piece (mounting fixing means, fixing means)
157a / 158a Connecting part (Mounting release part, release part)
157b / 157c / 158b / 158c Connecting portion 159a to 159d Mounting hole 160 One-way screw (mounting fixing means, fixing means)
167 Wiring 168 Wiring tube 170 Ball game machine (game machine)
180 ball game machine (game machine)
181 Game control circuit board (circuit board)
190 Mounting board (mounting part)
200 bullet ball game machine (game machine)
201 Game control circuit board (circuit board)
202 Circuit board box (board storage box)
203 Box body (base)
204 Lid 205a-205c Mounting projection (fixing means)

Claims (1)

In a gaming machine provided with a substrate storage box composed of a base body and a lid for storing a circuit board,
An attachment portion for attaching the board storage box to the gaming machine ;
First fixing means for mounting the substrate storage box to the mounting portion in an irreversible fixing state;
A second fixing means for attaching the substrate storage box to the attachment portion again in an irreversible fixing state when the fixing state by the first fixing means is released,
The first adhering means and the second adhering means are configured such that the base is covered with the inside of the lid, and the mounting piece formed on the mounting portion and the mounting piece are in contact with the mounting piece. By fastening the attachment portion formed on the lid with fastening means, the substrate storage box is attached to the attachment portion in an irreversible fixing state, and the lid is fixed to the base in an irreversible fixing state. A gaming machine characterized by being assembled at the same time .

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