JP4282053B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pachinko machine or a pachislot machine installed in a pachinko parlor, and more particularly to a game machine in which a game ball is paid out by inserting a prepaid card and operating a ball lending switch.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A card-type gaming machine is equipped with a ball lending machine adjacent to the main body of the gaming machine, and a player inserts a prepaid card into this ball lending machine and operates a ball lending switch provided on the front of the ball supply tray. By doing so, the prize ball payout device is operated, and the number of game balls according to the amount is paid out to the hitting ball supply tray.
[0003]
On the other hand, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out from the prize ball dispensing device based on a winning detection signal from a pachinko ball that has passed through the prize opening or a detection switch that detects the number of passing balls, and a winning at the prize opening is detected. Each time it is detected by the switch, the payout process of the winning ball is repeatedly performed. A payout control unit including a storage means for storing a winning detection signal from the detection switch is provided. The payout control unit is composed of several control boards such as a prize ball payout control board, a card unit connection board, and a payout counting unit board.
[0004]
Such a control board of a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine is usually mounted with a CPU, a gaming control ROM, a RAM, an interface circuit, and the like, and as is well known, the probability and conditions for generating a special gaming state (big hit), and continuous A program for controlling the number of occurrences is written. If the game control ROM or the like is exchanged illegally, the probability of generating a special game state changes greatly, and a problem arises that a prize ball is illegally paid out.
[0005]
For this reason, for example, a prize ball payout control board and a card unit connection board are usually stored in a board storage case consisting of a case-like cover body and a mounting base plate, and the product is shipped between the cover body and the mounting base plate. The substrate storage case is prevented from being illegally opened by sticking a seal paper on the cover or by crimping it so that it cannot be opened unless it is broken.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, this type of conventional control board case accommodates and covers the control board itself, but the connector portion disposed at the end of the control board and the connector connected thereto are exposed from the cover body. Therefore, there is a problem that the connector itself is replaced with an unauthorized connector part including a special circuit, and the prize ball is illegally paid out.
[0007]
In addition, in the case of this type of gaming machine, it is possible to carry out different game contents by appropriately replacing the game control board, but it is arranged at the end of the prize ball payout control board or the card unit connection board. Because the connector part and the connector connected to this are exposed from the cover body, when replacing the game control board with a new board, the connector on the payout control board side is mistakenly removed, and the connector on the old game control board side There is a risk of replacement with the connected. This is the same as if the harness itself including the connector is lost, the replacement work must be interrupted and this harness etc. must be arranged separately, and the game control board replacement work takes a lot of time. there were.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is possible to prevent illegal payout of prize balls due to unauthorized replacement of connector parts, and to prevent erroneous work during replacement of the game control board. The purpose is to provide a machine.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve such an object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is such that a gaming ball lending machine provided with a card insertion slot is provided adjacent to the gaming machine main body, and a prepaid card is inserted into the card insertion slot. By inserting and operating a game ball lending switch provided on the front surface of the gaming machine main body, a signal is output from the payout control board to the prize ball payout device via the card unit, and the hit ball is paid out. In the gaming machine, a card unit connection board for relaying a signal from the card unit is provided, and the card unit connection board and the payout control board are respectively stored in the card unit connection board case and the payout control board case. together, with the connector mounted on the upper surface of the dispensing control board case covered by the card unit connection board case, the The Doyunitto connection board case, a body portion that houses the card unit connecting board, the body portion and is formed integrally with L-shaped box-consisting of a shielding portion communicating, the sidewalls of the L-shaped The upper surface of the payout control board case is fitted on the side wall of the protruding part protruding in a rectangular shape, and the upper part of the connector part of the payout control board case is covered with the shielding part in the fitted state.
[0011]
In this way, the card unit connection board and the payout control board are protected by separate cases, and the connector part of the payout control board case is covered by the card unit connection board case, so the connector attached to the connector part is This makes it impossible to remove the game control board, thereby making it possible to reliably prevent the game control board from being tampered with or replaced. Furthermore, when the game control board is replaced with a new board, a connector attached to the payout control board side is mistakenly removed, and an erroneous operation such as replacement with the connector connected to the old game control board side is prevented. You can also.
In addition, the card unit connection board case is formed in an L-shaped box shape including a main body part that houses the card unit connection board and a shielding part that communicates with the main body part, and the side wall of the payout control board case Since the upper portion of the connector part of the payout control board case is covered with the shielding part, the positioning of the card unit connection board case with respect to the payout control board case is facilitated, and the assembly workability is improved and sufficient. A harness with a connector can be accommodated in a shielding part having a large space volume. Therefore, this shielding part has two functions of harness protection and connector removal prevention, and a narrow space can be used effectively.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, a harness for connecting the payout control board and the card unit connection board is housed in the card unit connection board case. As a result, the harness is protected by the card unit connection board case without being exposed, and the trouble that the harness is caught and disconnected when the game control board or the like is replaced can be greatly reduced.
[0013]
Further, as in the invention described in claim 3 , a gap or a notch for passing a harness with a connector connected to the connector portion is formed between the payout control board case and the card unit connection board case. Then, the harness does not interfere with the card unit connection board case, and both cases can be easily fitted, and the assembling workability is improved.
[0014]
Preferably, as in the invention described in claim 4 , the payout control board case is composed of two upper and lower cases, and the bottom case of the upper case is engaged with a pair of hooks formed on one side of the lower case. If the hinge portion is configured and the upper case is openable and closable with respect to the lower case, the number of fixing screws for fastening both cases can be minimized, and the assembling workability can be improved.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a rear view showing an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention. The figure shows a prize ball payout device, which is composed of a payout ball storage unit 1, a payout mechanism unit 2, and a payout ball path unit 3. The game balls are supplied from an incidental facility (not shown) to the game ball tank 1a constituting the payout ball storage unit 1, and the game balls are further guided from the game ball tank 1a to the payout mechanism unit 2 through the game ball tank rail 1b. Stored. With respect to the stored game balls, the payout balls are gathered in a collective basket (not shown) via the payout ball path unit 3.
[0017]
On the other hand, the control board for operating the payout mechanism section 2 includes a payout control board 4, a card unit connection board 5, a payout ball counting unit board 6, and the like. 7 is a collective relay relay board, 8 is a main board, and 9 is a power supply unit board. The payout control board 4 and the card unit connection board 5 are housed and protected in a payout control board case 10 and a card unit connection board case 11, respectively. These cases are formed in a rectangular box shape with a transparent synthetic resin.
[0018]
The payout control board 4 is accommodated, and the payout control board case 10 which is the first board case is composed of two upper and lower cases. 2A and 2B show the lower case 12, where FIG. 2A is a plan view and FIG. 2B is a side view thereof. The lower case 12 has a protruding piece 13 on the opposite end face, and is locked in a recess of a mounting base (not shown) by inserting the lower case 12 by sliding. A pair of hooks 14 is formed on one side of the lower case 12 and engages with a skirt portion 19 of an upper case 18 to be described later to constitute a hinge portion 20. The upper case 18 is connected to the hinge portion 20 so as to be freely opened and closed. A fixing hole 15 for screwing a fixing screw (not shown) is formed on the side facing the hook 14. Thus, in this embodiment, since the upper case 18 can be freely opened and closed with respect to the lower case 12, the number of fixing screws for fastening both cases can be minimized, and assembly workability can be improved. Can do. Reference numeral 16 denotes a support piece for mounting a payout control board 4 to be described later, and protrudes from a plurality of locations along the inside of the side wall 17.
[0019]
3 is a plan view of the upper case 18, FIG. 4 is a side view, and FIG. 5 is a front view. Bottom portions 19 a and 19 b are formed on one side of the upper case 18 and engage with the hook 14 of the lower case 12 to constitute a hinge portion 20. A fixing hole 21 for screwing a fixing screw (not shown) is formed on the side facing the skirt 19. A plurality of connector portions are attached along the side wall 22. Of these connector portions, connector portions 23a and 23b are detachably mounted with connector-attached harnesses (not shown) respectively connected to an external connection terminal board and a frequency display board (not shown) as information lines. The connector part 23b also includes a harness as a detection line of the frequency display board. The connector parts 23c, 23e and 23g are connected to a card unit connection board 5 described later, and the connector part 23d is connected to the main board 8 as a control line. The connector part 23i relays the AC 24V power to the power supply unit board 9, and the power converted into DC by the power supply unit board 9 is connected to the connector part 23f and returned. The connector part 23h is connected from a filter substrate (not shown) by a power line. Reference numeral 24 denotes a switch for canceling the error, and reference numeral 25 denotes a fixing hole for screwing a fixing screw (not shown) for fixing a card unit connection board case 11 described later.
[0020]
The inside of the upper case 18 payout control board 4 is mounted, the card unit connection board case 11 is fixed on the upper case 18. The payout control board 4 includes a CPU, a game ROM, a RAM, an interface circuit, and the like.
[0021]
A card unit connection board case 11 that accommodates the card unit connection board 5 and serves as a second board case is fitted on the above-described payout control board case 10. 6A and 6B show the card unit connection board case 11, where FIG. 6A is a plan view and FIG. 6B is a front view. The card unit connection board case 11 is formed in a rectangular box shape with a transparent synthetic resin, like the above-described payout control board case 10.
[0022]
The card unit connection board case 11 has an L shape so as to be fitted to the side wall 22 a of the protruding portion of the payout control board case 10. The card unit connection board case 11 accommodates the card unit connection board 5. The main body part 26 to which the two connector parts 28 a and 28 b are attached and the connector parts 23 c to 23 g of the payout control board case 10 described above. It is divided into a shielding part 27 covering the upper part. Thus, since the card unit connection board case 11 is formed in an L-shaped box shape, the card unit connection board case 11 can be easily positioned with respect to the payout control board case 10 and the assembly workability is improved.
[0023]
In addition, since the harness with a connector can be accommodated in the shielding portion 27 having a sufficient space volume, the shielding portion 27 has both functions of harness protection and connector removal prevention, so that a narrow space is effectively used. Can be used.
[0024]
A circular hole 29 for inserting a fixing screw (not shown) is formed corresponding to the fixing hole 25 of the dispensing control board case 4 described above. A terminal of a cable connected to a prepaid card unit (not shown) is attached to one side of the main body 26.
[0025]
FIG. 7 is a side view showing how the payout control board case 10 and the card unit connection board case 11 are attached. Of the plurality of connector parts mounted on the upper case 18 of the payout control board case 10, the connector parts 23c, 23e, and 23g are connected to the connector parts 28a, 28b accommodated in the main body part 26 of the card unit connection board case 11. Has been. That is, the connector part 23c and the connector part 28a are connected by the harness A. On the other hand, the harness B from the connector part 23e and the harness C from the connector part 23g are connected to the connector part 28b in a joined state. Therefore, the harnesses A and B are protected by the shielding portion 27 of the card unit connection board case 11 without being exposed, and when the game control board or the like is replaced, the harnesses A and B are caught and disconnected. Can be greatly reduced.
[0026]
The harnesses D, E, and F connected from other connector portions 23d, 23f, and 23h via connectors (not shown) shield the upper case 18 and the card unit connection board case 11 from the payout control board case 10. The main substrate 8, the power supply unit substrate 9, and the filter substrate are connected to each other through a space region (gap) formed between the portion 27 and the unit 27. Instead of the gap formed between the upper case 18 and the shielding part 27, a notch may be formed on the side wall of the shielding part 27, and the harness may be passed through this notch.
[0027]
Since the payout control board 4 is not essentially replaced, the connector attached to the payout control board case 10 is not removed. Therefore, as described above, by covering the upper portions of the connector portions 23c, 23d, 23f, and 23g with the shielding portion 27 of the card unit connection board case 11, the connectors attached to the respective connector portions 23c, 23d, 23f, and 23g This makes it impossible to remove the game control board, thereby making it possible to reliably prevent the game control board from being tampered with or replaced.
[0028]
Furthermore, when replacing the game control board with a new board, the connector attached to the payout control board 4 side is mistakenly removed, and the erroneous operation of replacing the connector with the old game control board side connected is prevented. You can also
[0029]
The embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and is merely an example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Of course, the scope of the present invention is indicated by the description of the scope of claims, and further, the equivalent meanings described in the scope of claims and all modifications within the scope of the scope of the present invention are included. Including.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
As has been described, in the game machine according to the present invention, card insertion port is provided game balls lending machine is provided adjacent to the gaming machine main body, a prepaid card into the card insertion opening Is inserted, and a signal is output from the payout control board to the prize ball payout device via the card unit by operating the game ball lending switch provided on the front surface of the gaming machine body, and the hit ball is paid out. In the gaming machine, a card unit connection board for relaying signals from the card unit is provided, and the card unit connection board and the payout control board are independently stored in the case, and the payout control board case is provided in the case. both the upper mounting the connector cover by the card unit connection board case, the card unit connection board case, the card unit It is formed in an L-shaped box shape comprising a main body part that houses the connection board and a shielding part that communicates integrally with the main body part, and is fitted to the side wall of the payout control board case. Since the structure covering the upper part of the connector part of the payout control board case is adopted, it becomes impossible to remove the connector attached to the connector part, thereby reliably preventing the game control board from being tampered with or replaced. be able to. Furthermore, when replacing the game control board with a new board, the connector attached to the payout control board side is mistakenly removed, and the erroneous operation of replacing the connector with the old game control board side connected is prevented. You can also. Further, the positioning of the card unit connection board case with respect to the payout control board case is facilitated, the assembly workability is improved, and the harness with the connector can be accommodated in the shielding portion having a sufficient space volume. Therefore, this shielding part has two functions of harness protection and connector removal prevention, and a narrow space can be used effectively.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a rear view showing an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2A is a plan view showing an embodiment of a lower case in a payout control case according to the present invention.
(B) is a side view of the same as above.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an embodiment of an upper case in a payout control case according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a side view of the above.
FIG. 5 is a front view of the above.
FIG. 6A is a plan view showing an embodiment of a card unit connection board case according to the present invention.
(B) is a front view same as the above.
FIG. 7 is a side view showing an attachment state of the payout control board case and the card unit connection board case.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ……………… ··············································· …… ·········· Game Ball Tank Rail 2 ···························································· ········································································································ ..Card unit connection board 6 ..... ball dispensing unit board 7 .....樋 Relay board 8 ... main board 9 ... power supply unit board 10・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Payout control board case 11 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・Card unit connection board case 12 ... lower case 13 ... projecting piece 14 ... ... Hooks 15, 21, 25 ... Fixing holes 16 ... Supporting pieces 17, 22, 22a ... sidewall 18 ... upper case 19, 19a, 19b ... .... Bottom part 20 ......... Hinges 23a to 23i ... Connector part 24 ... ··································· Error cancel switch 26 Shielding part 28a, 28b ... Connector 29 · · · · · · · · circular hole A, B, C, D, E, F ········ harness

Claims (4)

A gaming ball lending machine provided with a card insertion slot is provided adjacent to the gaming machine main body, a prepaid card is inserted into this card insertion slot, and a gaming ball lending switch provided on the front of the gaming machine main body is operated. Thus, in the gaming machine configured to output a signal from the payout control board to the prize ball payout device via the card unit and to pay out the hit ball, a card unit connection board for relaying the signal from the card unit is provided. The card unit connection board and the payout control board are independently housed in the card unit connection board case and the payout control board case, and a connector portion mounted on the upper surface of the payout control board case is connected to the card unit. Cover it with a substrate case,
The card unit connection board case is formed into an L-shaped box shape including a main body portion that houses the card unit connection board and a shielding portion that communicates integrally with the main body portion, and an L-shaped side wall thereof. while fitted on the side wall of the protrusion protruding in a rectangular shape at an upper surface of the dispensing control board case and a characterized in that in the shield portion at fitted state covers the upper portion of the connector portion of the dispensing control board case To play.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a harness for connecting the payout control board and the card unit connection board is housed in the card unit connection board case.   The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a gap or a notch is formed between the payout control board case and the card unit connection board case for passing a harness with a connector connected to the connector portion.   The payout control board case is composed of two upper and lower cases, and a pair of hooks formed on one side of the lower case are engaged with a skirt portion of the upper case to constitute a hinge portion, and the upper case with respect to the lower case The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the game machine can be opened and closed freely.

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