JP4225870B2 - Cabinet box - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cabinet box of a gaming machine, and more particularly to a configuration of a bottom plate portion of a metal cabinet box.

  As gaming machines having cabinet boxes, there are medal gaming machines such as slot machines and poker. For example, in a slot machine, an interior of a cabinet that includes a cabinet box that has an opening on the front side and is formed in a substantially rectangular box shape, and a front door that covers the front opening of the cabinet box and is openable and closable. In addition, each gaming device such as a power supply box, a reel device, a control board, a medal payout device and the like are arranged. While this cabinet box is required to have enough strength to support the weight of these gaming devices installed inside it, it is necessary to carry in and out of the gaming facility and improve the efficiency of installation work, etc. It is not preferable that the weight becomes excessively large.

  Therefore, the present cabinet box is made of wood having a thickness of about 9 to 15 mm as a main material, and is constructed by assembling a top plate, a bottom plate, left and right side plates, a back plate and the like into a box shape. Moreover, since wood does not have a shielding property against electromagnetic fields, a shield coating is applied to the inner surface of the cabinet box to prevent malfunction caused by external noise. However, the process is complicated, and there is a problem that it is difficult to say that the shielding effect is perfect in painting. Furthermore, there is a problem in disposal because metal is contained in the shield coating applied to the wood and it is difficult to separate and collect the metal member embedded in the wood in the assembly process. In view of these, practical use of a cabinet box formed of a metal material such as a steel plate having a sufficient shielding effect and an established recycle route has been studied.

  However, if the main constituent material is a metal, the specific gravity is larger than that of wood, so that the thickness of the member has to be reduced in order to obtain the same weight as the conventional one, and there is a concern about strength. In particular, on the bottom plate of the cabinet box, generally, a power supply box and a medal payout device are disposed via a necessary fixing tool such as a screw member. A storage unit for storing a large number of game medals is provided in advance so that the game can proceed smoothly without sampling. For this reason, during the game, the total weight of the medal payout device including the game medals becomes considerable, and the bottom plate of the cabinet box is required to have particularly high strength. Therefore, in a metal cabinet, there is a problem of improving the strength of the bottom plate without excessively increasing the weight of the housing.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems and problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a bottom plate having sufficient strength to support the weight of a gaming device disposed in a cabinet box of a gaming machine. And

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a cabinet box formed of a sheet metal member made of an iron-based metal material and having a front opening and a substantially rectangular box shape, and the cabinet capable of opening and closing the front opening. A cabinet box in a gaming machine comprising a front door attached to the box, and a gaming device disposed in and on the cabinet box, and is formed in a plate shape corresponding to the bottom of the cabinet box An upper bottom surface member joined to an inner bottom portion of the cabinet box by a flange portion formed by bending a peripheral edge downward; and a hollow space formed between the inner bottom portion of the cabinet box and the upper bottom surface member. And a female screw member for mounting the gaming device in the cabinet box, The bending height at the peripheral edge of the surface member and the vertical length of the female screw member are formed to be substantially the same length, and when the gaming device is mounted on the upper bottom member, the upper and lower ends of the female screw member are The upper bottom member and the inner bottom of the cabinet box are in contact with each other.
In the cabinet box of the gaming machine, it is preferable that a concave portion recessed downward is formed in a part of the upper bottom member, and a lower surface of the concave portion is joined to an inner bottom portion of the cabinet box. Moreover, it is preferable that the said recessed part is formed with the through-hole which penetrates the said recessed part and the said cabinet box up and down in a junction part with the said cabinet box.

Further, in the cabinet box of the gaming machine, the end portion on the front opening side and the end portion on the opposite side to the front opening are formed around the front opening side in the cabinet box and formed in a plate shape. It is preferable to include a reinforcing rib formed by being bent inside the cabinet box.
Moreover, in the cabinet box of the gaming machine, the cabinet fixing device that is provided in the cabinet box and includes an elastic member and a fixing member that is movable in the vertical direction using the elastic force of the elastic member. It is preferable that when the fixing member is moved upward, it is configured to protrude to the outside of the cabinet box from a through hole that vertically penetrates the ceiling portion of the cabinet box.
Further, in the cabinet box of the gaming machine, the front door is received by receiving a guide roller provided on the inner side of the cabinet box and provided on the back side of the front door when the front opening is closed by the front door. It is preferable to include a roller receiving portion that is held in a predetermined closed position.
In the cabinet box of the gaming machine, the cabinet box is preferably formed in the substantially rectangular box shape by bending one sheet metal member.

  According to the present invention, since the bottom portion is formed in a double structure, it is lightweight and highly rigid, and is stable even with respect to the weight of a gaming device such as a power supply box and a medal payout device fixedly disposed on the bottom plate. And can be fixed. In addition, by adopting a double structure in which a female screw member is interposed between the upper bottom surface and the lower bottom surface, it is possible to support the load of the gaming apparatus fixed with the female screw member as a support along with the lower bottom plate. Is further enhanced, and the front side of the upper bottom surface is formed in a flat plate shape, so that the degree of freedom of the arrangement position of the gaming apparatus is increased. Furthermore, the rigidity of the upper bottom plate can be further increased by forming the central portion of the upper bottom surface in a concave shape so that the upper bottom surface and the lower bottom surface are fixed.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, an overall configuration of a slot machine as an example of a gaming machine having a cabinet box according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The slot machine SM includes a substantially rectangular box-shaped cabinet box 1 the front is open is constituted by a front door 2 which attached openably to the cabinet box 1 through the hinge bracket 51, the game of the slot machine SM The apparatus is arranged in the cabinet box 1 and the front door 2 to make up the whole.

The gaming device disposed in the cabinet box 1 having a substantially rectangular box shape includes a power supply box 30 that receives power from the outside and supplies necessary power to the internal device, and three reels 31a and 31b on which symbols are drawn. a reel device for rotating and stopping the 31c, the main control board 32 for performing game control of the operation control and other slot machine SM of the reel apparatus in accordance with the operation of the player, based on a command from the main control board 32 medals An interface for connecting between the main control board 32 and a hall computer (not shown) installed in the game facility for managing game information such as game data of game machines. As shown in FIG. 6, the external concentration terminal board 34 is provided.

The medal payout device 33 is disposed on the bottom surface 15 of the cabinet box 1. At the time of disposition, the lower end portion of the medal payout device 33 is bent to be provided with flange leg portions that protrude horizontally in the left-right direction, and the left and right flange leg portions are guided from the outside to sandwich the upper surface 77. , 77 are fixed on the bottom surface 15. The medal payout device 33 is attached so as to slide in and out in the front-rear direction by the guides of the hopper rails 77 and 77 .

On the other hand, the front door 2 has a display window 21 on which a pattern drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the reel is transparently displayed only within a predetermined range on a front mask molded in a door frame shape, and is displayed to the left and right below the display window 21. The operation unit 4 including a plurality of switches and levers arranged side by side, the display device 24 disposed above the display window 21, and a medal payout located below the medal payout outlet 23 for paying out game medals. A medal tray 22 or the like for receiving and storing game medals discharged from the outlet 23 is attached.

  The operation unit 4 includes a medal insertion slot 41 for inserting game medals, a bet button 42 for determining the number of medals consumed for one game, a start lever 43 for performing reel rotation starting operation, three reels 31a, 31b, The stop switches 44a, 44b, 44c provided corresponding to 31c and operable to stop the rotation of the reels for each reel, the settlement switch 45 for performing the payout operation of the acquired game medals, and the game medals inserted from the medal slot 41 are returned. A medal return switch 46 and the like that are operated when the user wants to operate are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 6, on the back side of the front door 2, a speaker 36 for generating sound effects, a reception state for receiving game medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 41, and a medal payout opening 23 are returned. A medal selector 37 having a function of switching to a return state, determining the authenticity of the inserted game medals and returning game medals other than the regular medals, and a path member for storing or returning game medals from the medal selector 37 Etc., and a large number of lamps and LEDs for producing a gaming state, a central display board 38 and an upper display board 39 for controlling the operation of these displays are attached.

  The cabinet box 1 and the front door 2 are connected to each other so that they can be opened and closed laterally by hinge fittings 51 and 51 provided above and below the left edge of each other in a front view. Etc. are electrically connected by a wire harness (not shown) and configured to be operable. Further, when the front door 2 connected to the cabinet box 1 via the hinge brackets 51 and 51 is opened, the cabinet box 1 as a whole tends to bend and deform and the anti-hinge side of the front door 2 tends to hang down. The guide roller 53 is provided on the back side of the front door 2, the roller receiver 54 is provided in the cabinet box 1, and when the front door 2 is closed, the guide roller 53 and the roller receiver 54 are brought into contact with each other. It is configured to be horizontally supported. Further, the front door 2 is closed and locked so as to cover the front opening of the cabinet box 1 using a locking device 52 attached to the right edge in a front view, and the slot machine SM is used for games in this closed state. The

In the slot machine SM configured as described above, the cabinet box 1 of the present embodiment whose external perspective view is shown in FIG. 1 has a cold thickness of about 0.5 to 1.0 mm (for example, 0.7 mm). Rolled steel plates, plated steel plates, stainless steel plates, etc. are used as the main constituent materials, and after forming them into panel members by known processing means such as shearing, punching, bending, etc., each sheet metal member is joined by joining means such as spot welding. Assembled. In the cabinet box 1 illustrated, the top panel surface 11, the back surface 12, the left and right side surfaces 13, 14 and the main panel 10a forming the lower bottom surface 15a, the upper bottom panel 10b forming the upper bottom surface 15b, and the strength of the cabinet are improved. The panel members such as the reinforcing ribs 10c are joined by spot welding. In the following description, the left side surface is the left side surface 13 and the right side surface is the right side surface 14 in the front view of the opening.

  The top surface 11, the rear surface 12, the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14, and the lower bottom surface 15 a of the cabinet box 1 are opened at the front surface by bending the main panel 10 a formed in a predetermined shape and joining the butted portions by welding. Each surface of the substantially rectangular box is formed. That is, the basic structure of the cabinet box 1 according to the present embodiment is formed by a single main panel 10a, and the number of parts and the assembly are higher than those of a plurality of panels such as one panel per side. Man-hours can be reduced.

  The top plate surface 11 and the back surface 12 are previously provided with vent holes for radiating heat into the cabinet to prevent malfunction of the main control board 32 and the like. The vent hole may be formed in a punching metal shape or a lattice shape by providing a large number of holes having a predetermined shape in addition to the illustrated long holes and round holes. It is also possible to ventilate by applying louver processing or lance processing.

On the top plate surface 11, the back surface 12, and the left and right side surfaces 13, 14, a female screw member 73 for fastening and fixing gaming devices such as a reel device and a main control board 32 is welded. As the female screw member 73, as applied to the present embodiment, the stud nut may be welded so as to protrude into the cabinet 1, or the welded hex nut is welded to a predetermined place on each surface 11-14, You may comprise by piercing the through-hole matched with the name of the welded nut. The fixing means of the female screw member 73 is not limited to welding, and a method of integrally forming the female screw member 73 by burring, or a blind nut may be applied as the female screw member 73, and this may be fixed by caulking.

  In order to increase the rigidity of the cabinet box 1, many embossing processes (for example, rhombus shapes) are applied to the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14. In addition, through holes having a required shape are formed in the center of the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 in advance, and handle members 71 and 71 formed into a hat shape by drawing a steel plate material from the inside of the cabinet box 1. This hole is covered. The handle members 71 and 71 are disposed such that the flange portions are in contact with the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 and the throttle portions protrude horizontally into the cabinet box 1. It is joined to the main panel 10a by spot welding at the part.

In addition, a shelf plate 72 for mounting the reel device is attached on the horizontally protruding throttle portions of the handle members 71 and 71. In addition to attaching the shelf plate 72 to the cabinet box 1 by welding, for example, a stud nut is welded to a predetermined position on the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 and the shelf plate 72 is attached using the stud. Means for fastening the plate 72, auxiliary members provided with screws in the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 in advance at a predetermined pitch, and means for fastening the shelf plate 72 to the auxiliary members with screws and predetermined values for the left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 A locking hook may be welded to the position, and any means such as a means for locking the shelf board 72 to the locking hook may be used. However, when using means other than welding, it should be noted that the shelf plate 72 is attached so as to be surely electrically connected to the cabinet box 1. For example, the shelf plate 72 has a unichrome plating finish and the cabinet box 1. The screw part on the side is unpainted, and a stud nut is welded to the means for electrical connection via the screw and the cabinet box 1 and the shelf board 72, and the stud nut is electrically connected with the ground wire. It is preferable to adopt a means such as connection.

  In addition, slit-like through-hole portions 11a and 11a are formed on the left and right sides of the top plate surface 11 so as to penetrate the top and bottom surfaces of the top plate surface 11. The left and right side surfaces 13 and 14 are not shown directly below the through-hole portions. Cabinet fixing devices 74 and 74 are attached using bolts and nuts. The cabinet fixing device 74 is configured so that a steel plate material formed in a saw blade shape can be freely operated by using the elastic force of the spring from the through-hole portion 11a. It is pressed against a housing installation frame (not shown) and fixed. With such a fixing method, the top plate surface 11 and the installation frame can be fixed even in a metal cabinet in which it is difficult to use conventional fixing means such as nail driving from above the installation frame.

The left side surface 13 is provided with a wire harness (not shown) for connecting the main control board 32 and the central display board 38 and the upper display board 39 or between the main control board 32 and the power supply box 30. A locking tool for locking is attached. In the wire harness locking tool 75, a metal member that can be deformed by finger force is formed in a C shape, and is joined to the inside of the left side surface 13 by spot welding. In addition, you may fix the binding band formed with the resin material conventionally applied as a locking tool to the left side surface 13 with a required fixing means.

  Further, a reinforcing rib 10c formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section is provided around the opening edge of the front surface of the cabinet box 1 so as to connect the edge, and is joined to the main panel 10a by spot welding.

On the reinforcing rib 10c, a stud nut is welded as a female screw member 73 for attaching a gaming device or an assembly member disposed at the opening edge of the cabinet box 1. On the reinforcing rib 10c provided on the left side surface 13, a stud nut for fastening and fixing the hinge fittings 51, 51 is welded. On the reinforcing rib 10c disposed on the right side surface 14, a stud nut for fastening and fixing the locking device 52 and the rail receiver 54 is welded. Stud nuts for smoothening the sliding of the medal payout device 33 and fixing a bracket (not shown) for fixing the hopper rail 77 to the reinforcing rib 10c disposed on the lower bottom surface 15a. Are welded. The U-shaped recesses of the reinforcing ribs 10c disposed on the top plate surface 11, the right side surface 14, and the lower bottom surface 15a are formed in a linear plane, but the left side surface 13 is as shown in FIG. In addition, the periphery of the stud nut used for fastening and fixing the hinge fittings 51 and 51 is formed so that the U-shaped concave portion is widened in the direction of the back surface 12 by the depth of the hinge fittings 51 and 51 to be attached.

  By providing the reinforcing rib 10c in this way, the reinforcing rib 10c can receive the weight load received from the front door 2, and the bending deformation of the main panel 10a constituting the basic structure of the cabinet box 1 can be greatly reduced. There is no need to make the guide roller 53 and the roller receiver 54 disposed for horizontal support large.

Bracket The fixing of power box 30 and the external common terminal substrate 34, is a through-hole in accordance with the call of the nut with stud nuts as the female threaded member 73 on the rear side is formed in a flat plate shape is welded is bored Done through the panel . The bracket panel 10d for fixing the power supply box 30 is disposed so as to cover the lower portion of the left side surface 13, and three flange portions are provided on the rear surface 12, the left side surface 13, and the left side surface 13 and the reinforcing rib 10c. Are joined by spot welding. The bracket panel for fixing the external concentration terminal board 34 has a flange joined to the right side surface 14 by spot welding. The power supply box 30 and the external concentration terminal board 34 are brought into contact with and fixed to the flat surface of the bracket panel arranged in this manner. By not directly fixing to the main panel 10a via the bracket, a metal cabinet having a reduced thickness can be fixed at the same fixing position as a conventional woodworking cabinet, and the gap between the cabinet box 1 and the front door 2 during the game. It is possible to prevent illegal acts such as making a piano wire intrude through.

  2 to 4, the bottom surface 15 of the cabinet box 1 includes a main panel 10a constituting the lower bottom surface 15a, an upper bottom panel 10b constituting the upper bottom surface 15b, and a reinforcing rib 10c for improving the strength. Is done.

As described above, the lower bottom surface 15a is formed by bending the main panel 10a to form the basic structure of the cabinet box 1 . Further, the reinforcing rib 10c is formed in a U shape in a sectional view, and a stud nut for fastening a mounting bracket of the hopper rail 77 at a predetermined position on the rib is welded. The reinforcing rib 10c is joined to the lower bottom surface 15a by spot welding with the U-shaped concave portion abutting against the lower edge of the rectangular opening of the cabinet box 1.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper bottom panel 10b exemplified in the present embodiment is V-bent in the three sides of the steel plate material formed in a substantially rectangular shape downward (that is, the back side direction of the upper bottom surface 15b). The other side is similarly Z-bent. Further, a stud nut is welded to the back side as a female screw member 73 for fastening and fixing the power supply box 30 and the hopper rail 77, and a through hole is formed from the front side according to the name of the stud nut. Note that the V-bending and the Z-bending are processed with the bending height equal to that of the stud nut.

  The upper bottom panel 10b formed in this way is arranged so that the flange portion F formed by Z-bending covers the substantially entire lower bottom surface 15a so that the flange portion F is on the right side when viewed from the front. It joins with the bottom face 15a by spot welding, and forms the flat upper bottom face 15b. The other end of the stud nut welded to the back surface of the upper bottom panel 10b is in contact with the lower bottom surface 15a because the nut and the bending height are the same length, and the bottom surface 15 is formed between the upper bottom surface 15b and the lower bottom surface 15a. It becomes a hollow double structure with a stud nut interposed between them. The flange portion F formed by Z-bending of the upper bottom panel 15b is not limited to the formation of only one side, and may be formed from two to four sides. In each of these sides, the flange portion and the lower bottom surface 15a with which the flange portion abuts may be joined by spot welding.

  Further, at the center of the bottom surface 15, as shown in the drawing, the upper bottom panel 10 b is bent downward to provide a recess, and the upper bottom surface 15 b and the lower bottom surface 15 a are brought into contact with each other by spot welding. Is done. In addition, in order to perform downward bending and contact of the upper bottom panel 10b, the center portion of the upper bottom panel 10b is previously punched. Further, a small hole is formed in the recess, and the cabinet box 1 is nailed from the inside of the cabinet box 1 through the perforation to a generally wooden casing installation frame (not shown). Can be fixed to the housing installation frame.

  At the right side of the bottom surface 15, the surplus medals are passed through so that surplus medals exceeding the storage allowance of the medal storage part are collected by a medal conveyor (not shown) arranged inside the installation frame base. A through-hole for dropping the inside of the installation frame base is drilled. As shown in FIG. 3, the through hole is formed in a hollow portion formed between the upper bottom surface 15 b and the lower bottom surface 15 a after the main panel 10 a forming the upper bottom panel 10 b and the lower bottom surface 15 a is punched out at a predetermined position. In order to prevent the medal from falling, the upper bottom panel 10b is drawn downward by the height of the hollow portion to close the opening of the hollow portion. In order to completely prevent the medal dropping into the hollow portion, it is preferable to draw the lower bottom surface 15a upward as shown in FIG. In a game facility where no medal conveyor is installed, an auxiliary storage box 76 is placed over the through hole, and surplus medals are collected in this box. The auxiliary storage box 76 is fixed by penetrating bolts into both of a through hole previously drilled in the back surface 12 and a through hole drilled in the back surface of the auxiliary storage box 76.

  With the configuration of the bottom surface 15 as described above, when heavy gaming devices such as the power supply box 30 and the medal payout device 33 are disposed on the bottom surface 15, there is a concern about strength because the plate thickness is thinner than the conventional woodworking cabinet. In the metal cabinet, a plurality of stud nuts interposed between the upper bottom surface 15b and the lower bottom surface 15a as the female screw members 73 serve as struts and can support these loads on both bottom surfaces. Further, by providing the female screw member, it is possible to perform stable fixing by screw fastening in the same manner as fixing of a conventional gaming device. Furthermore, the load support can be further stabilized by providing a concave portion at the center and bringing the upper bottom surface 15b and the lower bottom surface 15a into contact with each other. Further, by making a small hole in the concave portion, it can be fixed by nailing from the inside of the cabinet box 1 to the housing installation frame as in the conventional case.

  In this embodiment, the slot machine is exemplified as a gaming machine to which the cabinet box according to the present invention is applied. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the cabinet of other gaming machines such as poker and blackjack. Even a box can be applied in the same manner, and the same effect can be obtained.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the cabinet box which concerns on this invention. It is a top view of the baseplate part of the cabinet box which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing of the baseplate part of the cabinet box which concerns on this invention, and is an arrow line view shown by III-III arrow in FIG. It is sectional drawing of the baseplate part of the cabinet box which concerns on this invention, and is an arrow line view shown by IV-IV arrow in FIG. It is an external perspective view of a slot machine to which a cabinet box according to the present invention is applied. It is a front view which shows the internal structure by opening the front mask of the slot machine.

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SM slot machine 1 cabinet box 2 front door 3 gaming device 4 operation unit 10 panel member 10a main panel 10b upper bottom panel 10c reinforcing rib 15 bottom surface 15a lower bottom surface 15b upper bottom surface 30 power supply box 33 medal payout device 51 hinge bracket 52 locking device 73 Female thread member 77 Hopper rail

Claims (7)

A cabinet box formed of a sheet metal member of an iron-based metal material and having a front opening and formed in a substantially rectangular box shape, a front door attached to the cabinet box so that the front opening can be opened and closed, and the cabinet box And a gaming machine comprising a gaming device disposed on the front door,
An upper bottom member that is formed in a plate shape corresponding to the bottom of the cabinet box and is joined to the inner bottom of the cabinet box by a flange formed by bending a peripheral edge downward;
Provided in a hollow space formed between an inner bottom portion of the cabinet box and the upper bottom surface member, and includes a female screw member for mounting the gaming device in the cabinet box,
The bending height at the peripheral edge of the upper bottom member and the vertical length of the female screw member are formed to be substantially the same length, and the upper and lower ends of the female screw member when the gaming device is mounted on the upper bottom member A gaming machine cabinet box, characterized in that the portion is configured to abut against the upper bottom member and the inner bottom of the cabinet box, respectively . 2. The cabinet box of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a concave portion recessed downward is formed in a part of the upper bottom member, and a lower surface of the concave portion is joined to an inner bottom portion of the cabinet box. The gaming machine cabinet box according to claim 2, wherein a through hole is formed in the recess so as to vertically penetrate the recess and the cabinet box at a joint portion with the cabinet box. Around the front opening side in the cabinet box, it is formed in a plate shape, and the end on the front opening side and the end opposite to the front opening are bent inside the cabinet box. The cabinet box for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said cabinet box is provided with a reinforcing rib. A cabinet fixing device is provided in the cabinet box and includes an elastic member and a fixing member that is movable in the vertical direction using the elastic force of the elastic member,
  It is comprised so that it may protrude outside the said cabinet box from the through-hole which penetrates the ceiling part of the said cabinet box up and down when the said fixing member moves up. Cabinet box of the described gaming machine. A roller receiving portion that is provided inside the cabinet box and receives a guide roller provided on the back side of the front door when the front opening is closed by the front door and holds the front door in a predetermined closed position. A cabinet box for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein The cabinet box of the gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the cabinet box is formed in the substantially rectangular box shape by bending one sheet metal member.

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