JP4219614B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines (including pachislot machines).
[0002]
[Prior art]
In current domestic gaming machines, the entire front door body that opens and closes the front opening of the main body housing is generally composed of a synthetic resin molded member. On the other hand, overseas game machines, such as export slot machines, often have a front door made entirely of metal members in consideration of security.
[0003]
In addition, various functional members are arranged on the front portion of the gaming machine regardless of domestic or overseas. For example, as a functional member in the slot machine, an operation lever operated by the player when starting the rotation of the reel, a stop switch pressed by the player when stopping the rotation of the reel, or a liquid crystal that variably displays the gaming state, etc. Display devices, various display lamps that are turned on or flashing according to the gaming state and their cover lenses, speaker devices that produce sound effects for players, transparent plates covering the front of the reels, medal trays, makeup There are panels for use.
[0004]
In a conventional gaming machine, each functional member as described above is integrally assembled with a door body that opens and closes the front opening of the main body housing, and the entire door body is replaced when changing the model. Or it was generally configured to replace the entire gaming machine including the main body chassis. Also, in recent years, the door body is divided into a plurality of parts, and the model can be quickly changed by replacing only the door body part in which the functional member that needs to be replaced when the model is changed is replaced. A gaming machine (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-95973) configured to be compatible with the above, and a gaming machine (Japanese Patent No. 2562330) that is provided with a middle frame that detachably accommodates a display unit. See also).
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, even in Japan, a player sometimes performs an action of hitting or kicking a part of a gaming machine. Also, when game medals are replenished by an attendant at a game hall, a coin bar made by stacking new game medals in rolls and wrapping them with paper is hit against the corner of the gaming machine. There are also acts that break the wrapping paper. As described above, since the front door body of domestic gaming machines uses many synthetic resin members, there is a higher possibility of breakage due to such actions compared to overseas gaming machines. On the other hand, if a large number of metal members are used as in overseas gaming machines, the possibility of breakage will be reduced, but the manufacturing cost of gaming machines will increase because it takes time to process metal materials, etc. There are problems such as a significant increase in weight.
[0006]
In addition, the act of damaging the gaming machine as described above is often concentrated on a specific part of the gaming machine. For this reason, the part where such an action is performed is more likely to be damaged than the other parts. However, conventional gaming machines have not been configured so that a damaged member can be easily replaced alone. In amusement halls, prompt repairs and parts replacement may be required, and even if only damaged parts need to be repaired, the entire door body has been replaced so far. It was a factor that increased the cost.
[0007]
In addition, in conventional gaming machines, it is not possible to easily replace only a part of the functional member, so the only way to change the model or change the design is to replace all or most of the functional member with the door. Not. For this reason, there has been a problem that a large amount of cost is required uniformly when changing the model.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is lighter and easier to work compared to the entire front door body made of metal, and damaged compared to the entire front door body made of synthetic resin. It is difficult to repair the damaged part without replacing the entire front door even if it is damaged, and it is possible to replace the entire front door when changing the design. An object is to provide a gaming machine having a door.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, a gaming machine according to the present invention is arranged in a main body housing having a front opening, a door base that is supported by the main body housing so that the front opening can be opened and closed, and a gaming machine front portion. A plurality of functional member units formed by unitizing one or a plurality of functional members by arrangement area;
The plurality of functional member units are attachable to and detachable from the corresponding attachment region of the door base.
A pair of metal side members extending in the vertical direction are detachably disposed on the left and right sides of the door base,
The pair of metal side members are attached to the door base so as to sandwich at least a part of the plurality of functional member units attached to the door base from both left and right directions, and the functional member unit is illegally all SANYO be prevented from being removed,
One of the plurality of functional member units is an operation unit having an operation functional member operated by a player, and an exterior member constituting the operation unit is made of metal, and the pair of metal side members Each lower end portion is embedded in the operation unit .
[0010]
The pair of metal side members can be screwed to the door base from the back side .
[0011]
The above-mentioned “functional member” refers to mechanical members such as operation buttons and drive mechanisms, electrical members such as connectors and LEDs, electronic components such as CPUs and liquid crystal panels, panel members such as transparent plates and advertising boards, speaker devices, It means members that are directly related to the game, such as effect members such as lighting devices, and members that are generally arranged around the members.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described based on the drawings. In the following description, a slot machine is taken as an example of a typical gaming machine.
[0013]
<Slot machine overview>
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The slot machine 1 shown in FIG. 2 has a main body housing 2 installed in an island facility or the like of a game arcade and a right side portion of the main body housing 2 open and closed so that a front opening (not shown) of the main body housing 2 can be opened and closed. And a front door body 3 supported by the main body housing 2 with the left side portion as the rotation shaft end side. As will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 1, the front door body 3 includes a door body base 10 and various functional member units attached to the door body base 10. In addition, a reel device including a plurality of (for example, three) reels rotatably arranged at a position facing the player, a medal hopper, and a slot machine 1 are electrically controlled inside the main body housing 2. A control device (both not shown) and the like are provided.
[0014]
<Configuration of front door>
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the front door body 3. As shown in FIG. 1, the front door 3 includes a door base 10 having a size covering the front opening of the main body housing 2 (see FIG. 2), and the upper unit 20 and the reel panel unit as the above-described functional member unit. 30, a total of seven functional member units including an operation unit 40, a waist unit 50, a lower unit 60, a left side unit 70L, and a right side unit 70R.
[0015]
The door base 10 is made of a general synthetic resin molding member, and connects the rectangular frame 11 as shown in the figure to the left side 11L and the right side 11R of the frame 11, respectively. Four connecting portions 12A to 12D are provided, and by these connecting portions 12A to 12D, an upper unit mounting region 13, a reel panel unit mounting region 14, an operation unit unit mounting region 15, a waist unit mounting region 16, and a lower unit mounting are provided. The area 17 is divided into a total of five unit mounting areas in the vertical direction. Further, a metal long hinge member 80 having hinge portions 81A and 81B is screwed to the rear portion of the left side portion 11L of the door base 10 and a locking device 91 is provided to the rear portion of the right side portion 11R. A metal reinforcing bar member 90 provided with a screw is fastened. The long hinge member 80 and the reinforcing hook member 90 also have a function of increasing the rigidity of the door base 10.
[0016]
The upper unit 20 includes a synthetic resin upper unit base 21, a pair of left and right speaker devices (not shown), speaker covers 22L and 22R, an image display device (not shown), a display window 23, and a decoration LED (not shown). , A lens cover 24, an LED substrate, a liquid crystal panel, a connector (all not shown) and other various functional members are unitized, and the four corners are screwed to the upper unit mounting area 13 of the door base 10. Attached.
[0017]
The reel panel unit 30 is made of a synthetic resin reel panel 31 and is attached to the reel panel unit mounting region 14 of the door base 10 so as to be inserted from the right side 11R side of the door base 10.
[0018]
The operation unit 40 includes the operation unit unit base 41 made of synthetic resin, an image display device (not shown) for displaying game information, a display window 42, a medal slot 43, and insertion of game medals. A start lever 44 for starting rotation of each reel of the apparatus, three stop switches 45A to 45C for stopping rotation of each reel individually corresponding to each reel, other operation switches, connectors (not shown) ) And the like are unitized, and are attached to the operation unit unit mounting region 15 of the door base 10 with screws at the four corners.
[0019]
The waist unit 50 is composed of a synthetic synthetic resin waist panel 51 alone, and is attached to the waist unit mounting region 16 of the door base 10 so as to be inserted from the right side 11R side of the door base 10.
[0020]
The lower unit 60 includes a single medal tray 61 made of synthetic resin, and is attached to the lower unit attachment region 17 of the door base 10. The upper unit mounting area 13, the reel panel unit mounting area 14, and the operation unit unit mounting area 15 described above are all open in the front-rear direction, whereas the waist unit mounting area 16 and the lower unit mounting area. The region 17 has a wall portion on the rear side. In addition, a medal discharge port 18 is formed substantially at the center of the wall portion of the lower unit mounting region 17, and a cancel chute 19 for guiding a medal to a medal hopper (not shown) is attached to the rear portion of the medal discharge port 18. It has been.
[0021]
The left side unit 70L and the right side unit 70R are exterior members formed of metals such as aluminum, iron, titanium, and various alloys, and are attached to the door base 10 as described above. Removably attached to the left side portion 11L and the right side portion 11R of the door base 10 so as to sandwich the functional member units of the reel panel unit 30, the operation unit 40, the waist unit 50, and the lower unit 60 from both left and right directions. It is done.
[0022]
The position where the left side unit 70L and the right side unit 70R (hereinafter, may be abbreviated as “side units 70L, 70R”) is disposed at a position where there is a high possibility that a member disposed at the position is damaged. Position. The reason for the damage is, for example, that the position is a position where the player can easily hit or kick the game, or break the wrapping paper when a game attendant refills the game medal. For this reason, the position where the act of hitting the coin bar is easy to be performed. According to the present embodiment, by arranging the metal side units 70L and 70R at positions where such actions are easily performed, even if the above actions are performed on these side units 70L and 70R, It is hard to break. Even if these side units 70L and 70R are damaged, it is possible to cope with the damage by replacing only the side units 70L and 70R instead of replacing the entire front door body 3. ing.
[0023]
In addition, if the side units 70L and 70R are replaced with other side units having different designs, it is possible to change the design partially. Further, since the side units 70L and 70R are arranged so as to sandwich other functional member units such as the reel panel unit 30 and the operation unit 40 from both left and right directions, an illegal act of removing these functional member units without permission is performed. It is hard to be done.
[0024]
Each of the other functional member units described above is also configured to be attachable to and detachable from each corresponding attachment region of the door base 10. Therefore, when some trouble occurs in a part of the functional member, it is possible to quickly realize the function return by replacing only the functional member unit having the functional member. For example, when a malfunction occurs in the operating state of the start lever 44, the operation unit 40 may be replaced with another one. The functional member unit removed for replacement can be reused by repairs such as replacement of parts in a factory or the like, and effective use of resources can be achieved.
[0025]
In addition to changing the entire functional member unit, it is possible to deal with model changes by exchanging only a part of them, and the cost required for diversification of model changes and model changes Can be reduced. Furthermore, if the door base 10 is made common to all models or a plurality of models, it becomes easier to replace and reuse each functional member unit, and more effective use of resources can be promoted. It is also possible to reduce the manufacturing cost by sharing the same.
[0026]
<Other embodiments>
Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a slot machine according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, the same members as those of the above-described embodiment are denoted by the numbers obtained by adding 100 to the numbers given in FIGS. 1 and 2, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
[0027]
The slot machine 101 shown in FIG. 3 differs from the slot machine 1 of the above embodiment mainly in the following three points. The first point is the configuration of the operation unit 140. That is, in the slot machine 1 of the above embodiment, the operation unit unit base 41 of the operation unit 40 is made of synthetic resin, whereas in the slot machine 101, the operation unit as an exterior member of the operation unit 140 The unit base 141 is made of metal. Moreover, although the width | variety of the left-right direction of the operation part unit base 141 is substantially equal to the width | variety of the left-right direction of the door body base part 110, this is related with the following 2nd points.
[0028]
The second point is the configuration of the left side unit 170L and the right side unit 170R. That is, in the slot machine 1 of the above embodiment, the left side unit 70L and the right side unit 70R have a length approximately equal to the vertical height of the door body base 10, whereas in the slot machine 101, The left side unit 170L and the right side unit 170R (hereinafter, may be abbreviated as “side units 170L, 170R”) are approximately the length of the upper half in the vertical direction of the door base 110. The side units 170L and 170R are detachably attached to the door base 110 so as to sandwich the upper unit 120 and the reel panel unit 130 from both the left and right directions, and the lower ends thereof are located inside the operation unit unit base 141 of the operation unit 140. It extends to the position where it enters a little.
[0029]
The third point is that a metal waist frame 200 is disposed on the waist of the slot machine 101. The waist frame 200 has a rectangular frame shape and is detachably attached to the door base 110 so as to cover the periphery of the front surface of the waist unit 1.
[0030]
According to this embodiment, since the operation unit unit base 141 of the operation unit unit 140 is made of metal, the operation unit unit 140 itself is less likely to be damaged than the operation unit unit 40 in the previous embodiment. In addition, the effect show | played in previous embodiment can be show | played similarly also in this embodiment.
[0031]
As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to the said embodiment, A various aspect change is possible.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the reel device is arranged on the main body housing side, but the reel device may be incorporated in the reel panel unit.
[0032]
Moreover, the metal exterior member can be selected as appropriate, and is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, in each of the above embodiments, various modes are conceivable, such as making the medal tray constituting the lower unit metal.
[0033]
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the slot machine has been described as an example, but the present invention can also be applied to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine or a sparrow ball game machine, and other game machines.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the gaming machine of the present invention, the front door body arranged to be able to open and close the front opening of the main body casing is a metal exterior arranged at a predetermined portion of the front door body. By providing the member and the synthetic resin door body base to which the exterior member is detachably attached, the following effects can be obtained.
[0035]
That is, it is possible to make the front door body difficult to break by disposing the metal exterior member in a portion that is easily damaged by an external cause in the front door body. Further, since the exterior member can be attached and detached, even when the metal exterior member itself is damaged, it is possible to replace only the exterior member. Furthermore, it is possible to change part of the design of the front door body by changing the exterior member to another having a different design.
[0036]
In addition, according to the front door provided with a functional member unit obtained by unitizing a plurality of functional members arranged on the front surface portion of the gaming machine according to the arrangement area, some malfunction occurred in a part of the functional members. In this case, it is possible to quickly realize the function return by exchanging only the functional member unit having the functional member.
[0037]
Furthermore, when changing the model, it is possible to cope with the method of exchanging only a part of the functional member unit in addition to the method of exchanging all of the functional member units. Can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a front door body of a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. Perspective view of slot machine related to [Description of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,101 Slot machine 2,102 Main body housing | casing 3,103 Front door body 10,110 Door base 11 Frame part 11L Left side part 11R Right side part 12A-12D Connection part 13 Upper unit attachment area 14 Reel panel unit attachment area 15 Operation unit mounting area 16 Waist unit mounting area 17 Lower unit mounting area 18 Medal outlet 19 Cancel chute 20, 120 Upper unit 21 Upper unit base 22L, 22R Speaker cover 23, 42 Display window 24 Lens cover 30, 130 Reel panel unit 31 Reel panels 40, 140 Operation unit 41, 141 Operation unit unit base 43 Medal slot 44 Start lever 45A-45C Stop switch 50, 150 Lumbar unit 51 Lumbar panel 51
60 Lower unit 61 Medal tray 70L, 170L Left side unit 70R, 170R Right side unit 80 Long hinge member 81A, 81B Hinge part 90 Reinforcement collar member 91 Locking device 200 Lumbar frame

Claims (2)

A unit housing having a front opening, a door base supported by the main body casing so as to be able to open and close the front opening, and one or a plurality of functional members arranged on the front part of the gaming machine. With a plurality of functional member units formed,
The plurality of functional member units are attachable to and detachable from the corresponding attachment region of the door base.
A pair of metal side members extending in the vertical direction are detachably disposed on the left and right sides of the door base,
The pair of metal side members are attached to the door base so as to sandwich at least a part of the plurality of functional member units attached to the door base from both left and right directions, and the functional member unit is illegally all SANYO be prevented from being removed,
One of the plurality of functional member units is an operation unit having an operation functional member operated by a player, the exterior member constituting the operation unit is made of metal, and the pair of metal side members Each of the lower ends of the game machine is embedded in the operation unit .   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the pair of metal side members are screwed to the door base from the back side.

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