JP4480691B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a slot machine or a pachinko machine, which can be easily changed between smoking and non-smoking.

  A gaming machine such as a slot machine or a pachinko machine is provided with an ashtray at the front lower part of the gaming machine body so that the player can play while smoking. However, the number of non-smoking people has been increasing recently, and there are game halls where smoking corners are set apart from smoking corners. Therefore, from such a tendency, a gaming machine that can be easily changed between smoking and non-smoking as required has been proposed. As this change system, there are a conventional one in which the ashtray can be turned up and down around the horizontal axis (Patent Document 1) and an ashtray body that can be turned up and down (Patent Document 2).

  In the upside down method, a horizontal guide part in the front-rear direction and a vertical guide part extending downward from the rear end of the horizontal guide part are formed on the left and right side walls of the ashtray support part that accommodates the ashtray. A horizontal axis for sliding and pivoting fitting is provided on both sides of the rear lower part of the ashtray. In the case of smoking, the horizontal axis is positioned at the lower end side of the vertical guide, and the ashtray is in the upward state, for smoking cessation. In this case, the horizontal axis is positioned on the front end side of the horizontal guide portion so that the ashtray faces downward, and in each state, the ashtray is locked by a locking lever at the lower portion on the front end side of the ashtray support portion.

The front / reverse inversion method has an ashtray receiving part and a flat part at the front and back of the ashtray body, and the ashtray body is in front of the ashtray body for smoking and the flat part is for the smoking end. The direction is reversed back and forth so that it is mounted on the ashtray support.
JP 2004-290464 A JP-A-9-206451

  In order to change the upside down method for smoking cessation, after moving the horizontal axis of the ashtray to the front end side of the horizontal guide part, the ashtray is rotated around the horizontal axis at that position to fit in the ashtray support part. A large gap or recess is formed between the ashtray in the ashtray support portion and the rear wall of the ashtray support portion. For this reason, when it changes for smoking cessation, there exists a fault that refuse etc. become easy to accumulate between an ashtray and the rear wall of an ashtray support part.

  On the other hand, in the front / reverse inversion method, the ashtray body is lengthened in the front / rear direction, and the ashtray body is inverted from front / rear to the ashtray support part and inserted from the front side. There are no unnecessary gaps, recesses, etc. on the upper surface side of the part, but since the part of the ashtray body protrudes greatly to the rear side of the ashtray support part, there is a drawback that the whole becomes large in the front-rear direction, and the ashtray There is a problem in that it is necessary to secure a space for the ashtray body on the rear side of the support portion, and it is not possible to arrange a predetermined rear component on the rear side of the ashtray support portion.

  In view of such conventional problems, the present invention can prevent unnecessary gaps, recesses and the like from being generated on the upper surface side of the ashtray support portion even when changed to smoking cessation, and from the ashtray support portion to the rear. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can prevent the amount of protrusion and reduce the overall size in the front-rear direction.

The present invention is a gaming machine having an ashtray 37 that is rotatable about a horizontal axis 52 in an ashtray support 44 at the front lower portion of the gaming machine body 1, and the ashtray 37 is accommodated in the ashtray support 44. the ashtray containing box 48, and the ashtray 37 is pivotable upward state to the horizontal axis 52 around upside down can be provided in the downwardly to cover the ashtray 37 in the ashtray supporting portion 44, the ashtray housing box the upward state behind the 48, provided with a fixing means 60 for fixing the ashtray housing box 48 of the downward state to the ashtray support 4 4, the ashtray support portion 44 left and right side walls 42 and 45, the side walls The ashtray storage box 48 has a bottom wall 46 connected between the side walls 42 and 45, a rear wall 47 connected between the side walls 42 and 45, and a front and top open box shape. Left supporting the ashtray 37 via a shaft 52 A right side wall 55, a bottom wall 56 connected to the side wall 55 and closing the space between the left and right side walls 42, 45 of the ashtray support portion 44 in the downward state, and a rear wall 57 connected to the side wall 55. The ashtray storage box 48 has a left and right side wall 55 between the left and right side walls 42 and 45 of the ashtray support 44 from the front. Taper fits detachably .

  In the present invention, even when changed to non-smoking, it is possible to prevent unnecessary gaps, recesses and the like from being generated on the upper surface side of the ashtray support portion 44, and to prevent the rearward projection amount from the ashtray support portion 44, The size in the front-rear direction can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The drawings illustrate an embodiment of the present invention embodied as a slot machine. In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a housing constituting a gaming machine main body, and includes a main body case 2 and a rectangular front panel 3 disposed on the front side of the main body case 2.

  The main body case 2 is made of, for example, wood, a pair of left and right side plates 4a and 4b, an upper plate 5 and a bottom plate 6 that connect the upper and lower ends of the left and right side plates 4a and 4b to the left and right, and a back plate 7 that substantially closes the back side. Thus, the front panel 3 is mounted so that the front side can be freely opened and closed.

  In the main body case 2, as shown in FIG. 2, in addition to the display reel unit 9 in which a plurality of symbol display reels 8a to 8c are arranged in the left-right direction, a medal payout device 10, a medal auxiliary case 11, and a power supply board are provided. A stored power supply board case 12, a main control board case 14 in which a main control board 13 is stored, and the like are arranged. The display reel unit 9 is detachably mounted on an intermediate shelf 15 installed between the left and right side plates 4a and 4b.

  The medal payout device 10 includes a medal hopper 16 that stores medals for payout, medal payout means 17 that pays out medals in the medal hopper 16, and surplus medal discharge that discharges medals overflowing from the medal hopper 16 to the medal auxiliary case 11 side. An outlet 18 and the like are provided and are detachably mounted on the bottom plate 6. The medal auxiliary case 11 is mounted on the bottom plate 6 in the vicinity of the side plate 4b, and the power board case 12 is mounted on the lower side of the side plate 4a on the side opposite to the medal auxiliary case 11.

  The front panel 3 is attached to the main body case 2 so as to be openable and closable via hinge means (not shown) arranged on the left and right end sides, for example, the left side. A display window 24 is arranged above and below. The first display window 23 is formed in a rectangular shape corresponding to the symbol display reels 8 a to 8 c on the main body case 2 side, and the player holds the symbol display reels 8 a to 8 c on the front side through the first display window 23. Is visible.

  The second display window 24 is formed in a rectangular shape larger than the first display window 23 corresponding to the display screen 25 of a liquid crystal display unit (not shown) mounted on the back side of the front panel 3. The person can visually recognize the display screen 25 from the front side through the second display window 24.

  A horizontally long operation panel unit 26 is provided below the second display window 24. On the upper surface side of the operation panel portion 26, a 1-bet button 28, a max-bet button 29, and a cancel button 30 are provided in addition to a medal insertion slot 27 into which a medal as a game medium can be inserted. The 1 bet button 28 and the max bet button 29 are for betting medals from credits instead of inserting medals into the medal insertion slot 27.

  Further, on the front side of the operation panel 26, a start lever 31 for starting rotation of the symbol display reels 8a to 8c and stop buttons 32a to 32c for individually stopping the rotating symbol display reels 8a to 8c are provided. In addition, a return button 33 and the like are provided in the medal insertion slot 27 for returning the jammed medals.

  On the lower front side of the front panel 3, there are a discharge port 34 for discharging the medals paid out from the medal paying means 17 and the returned medals to the front side, and speakers 35 arranged on the left and right sides of the discharge port 34. In addition, a medal tray 36 for receiving medals discharged from the discharge port 34 is provided on the front side of the discharge port 34 and the speaker 35, and an ashtray 37 is provided on one side of the medal tray 36. The speaker 35 is attached to the back side of the front panel 3.

  The medal tray 36 is configured by mounting a horizontally long rectangular tray body 39 on the front side of a panel body 38 that is a skeleton body of the front panel 3. The tray body 39 is integrally provided with a front wall 40, a bottom wall 41, and left and right side walls 42 and 43, and an ashtray support portion 44 is integrally provided on one side of the side wall 42.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the ashtray support portion 44 is integrally provided with a pair of left and right side walls 42, 45 and a bottom wall 46, so that a part of the panel body 38 also serves as the rear wall 47. It is provided in contact with the front surface of. Accordingly, the ashtray support portion 44 has a box shape with the front side and the upper side open, and an ashtray storage box 48 for receiving the ashtray 37 rotatably around the horizontal axis 52 is fitted into the box-shaped ashtray support portion 44. ing.

  Guide ribs 42 a and 45 a for guiding the ashtray storage box 48 in the front-rear direction are provided on the inner surfaces of the side walls 42 and 45. The guide ribs 42a and 45a are formed long in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of the guide ribs 42a, 45a are arranged at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. One guide rib 42a, 45a may be provided at a position where the ashtray storage box 48 can be guided.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the ashtray storage box 48 is fitted to the ashtray support portion 44 so as to be able to be turned upside down, and is detachable in the front-rear direction from the front side. Note that the rear wall 47 of the ashtray support 44 may be formed integrally with the side walls 42 and 45, the bottom wall 46, and the like separately from the panel body 38.

  The ashtray 37 has a rectangular box shape as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, and a notch 50 is formed in the upper center of the front wall 49 so as to sandwich tobacco, and the rear wall 51 side is centered on the horizontal axis 52. It is formed in a circular arc shape. Further, on the outer periphery of the opening side of the ashtray 37, a flange portion 53 is formed on three sides except the front side, and the left and right ends of the front wall 49 are slightly more than the side wall 54 so as to coincide with the front end side of the flange portion 53. Projects outward.

  The ashtray storage box 48 has a pair of left and right side walls 55, a bottom wall 56, and a rear wall 57, and has a rectangular box shape in which the front side and the upper side are opened in a smoking posture where the ashtray 37 is in an upward state. . A receiving portion 58 for receiving the ashtray 37 accommodated in the ashtray storage box 48 in an upward state is formed inside the upper end of the rear wall 57 of the ashtray storage box 48.

  When the left and right side walls 55 of the ashtray storage box 48 are turned upside down and inserted into the ashtray support 44, the left and right outer surfaces are between the upper edges of the left and right side walls 42 and 45 on the ashtray support 44 side. When the flange 53 on the rear side of the ashtray 37 contacts the receiving portion 58, the left and right flanges 53 are in contact with or close to the left and right inner surfaces.

  The distance between the left and right side walls 54 of the ashtray 37 and the distance between the left and right sides of the side wall 55 of the ashtray storage box 48 are slightly smaller on the rear side than on the front side. Therefore, both the ashtray 37 and the ashtray storage box 48 are tapered so that the distance between the left and right sides becomes narrower toward the rear side. The guide ribs 42a and 45a have a large amount of protrusion on the rear side, and the distance between the left and right sides becomes narrower toward the rear side in accordance with the taper of the ashtray storage box 48.

  The ashtray 37 and the ashtray storage box 48 are pivotally mounted around a horizontal shaft 52 at the front upper portion thereof. The horizontal shaft 52 is integrally formed inside the front upper part of the left and right side walls 55 of the ashtray storage box 48, and is fitted to a recess 59 formed outside the front upper part of the side wall 54 of the ashtray 37 so as to be relatively rotatable. Yes. The horizontal axis 52 may be provided on the ashtray 37 side, and the recess 59 may be provided on the ashtray storage box 48 side.

  The ashtray storage box 48 can be fixed to the rear wall 47 of the ashtray support portion 44 by the fixing means 60 on the rear wall 57 side in either the upward state (see FIG. 5) or the downward direction (see FIG. 8). That is, the ashtray storage box 48 has a fitting convex portion 61 protruding rearward from the rear wall, and the ashtray support portion 44 is recessed backward from the rear portion constituted by the panel body 38 and has the fitting convex portion 61. Fitting recesses 62 that are detachably fitted from the front side are integrally formed, and are fixed detachably by the fixing means 60 in a state in which both are fitted.

  The fixing means 60 includes a fixing tool 63 such as a screw, and the fixing tool 63 is inserted into the bottom wall 64 of the fitting recess 62 from the rear side and is screwed into the fitting protrusion 61. The fitting convex part 61 and the fitting concave part 62 are both trapezoidal in which the rear side is narrowed, and are provided from substantially the center in the vertical and horizontal directions of the rear walls 47 and 57 of the ashtray support part 44 and the ashtray storage box 48. Yes.

  The bottom wall 56 of the ashtray storage box 48 is provided with a non-smoking indication 65 such as a non-smoking mark and a warning on the back side opposite to the ashtray 37. As for the ashtray support part 44, the ashtray 37, and the ashtray storage box 48, the front end side and the upper side are substantially flush. In addition, on the rear side of the side walls 42 and 45 of the ashtray support portion 44, there is a curved portion 67 that is recessed in an arc shape, and a lower end edge thereof is a restricting portion 68 that overlaps the lower ashtray storage box 48. Yes.

  When used for smoking in the slot machine having the above configuration, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the ashtray storage box 48 for storing the ashtray 37 is fitted to the ashtray support 44 in an upward state, and the ashtray is stored. The fitting convex part 61 of the box 48 is fitted into the fitting concave part 62 of the ashtray support part 44 and fixed by the fixture 63 from the back side. Since the ashtray 37 is now in an upward state, a butt or the like can be put into the ashtray 37.

  When removing the butts and the like accumulated in the ashtray 37, the ashtray 37 is rotated around the horizontal axis 52 in the direction indicated by the arrow a (see the drawing). After removing the butts and the like, the ashtray 37 is rotated around the horizontal axis 52 in the direction indicated by the arrow a and returned to the ashtray storage box 48.

  When changing to non-smoking, first, the fixing of the ashtray storage box 48 by the fixing means 60 is released, and the ashtray storage box 48 for storing the ashtray 37 is removed from the ashtray support 44 to the front side. Then, after the top and bottom of the ashtray storage box 48 are inverted so that the ashtray 37 and the ashtray storage box 48 are in a downward state, the ashtray storage box 48 is inserted into the ashtray support 44 from the front side and fitted.

  Then, since the fitting convex part 61 fits into the fitting concave part 62, the fixing tool 63 is inserted over the fitting convex part 61 and the fitting concave part 62 from the back side of the panel body 38, and both are fixed. . As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the ashtray support portion 44 can be closed by the ashtray storage box 48, and the non-smoking display 65 is exposed on the upper side.

  In this way, it can be easily changed between smoking and non-smoking. In addition, an ashtray storage box 48 is used. In the case of smoking, the ashtray 37 rotates around the horizontal axis 52 in the ashtray storage box 48, and in the case of smoking cessation, the ashtray storage box 48 faces downward. Since the ashtray 37 in the state is covered from the upper side, unnecessary gaps, recesses and the like are not generated on the upper side in any case.

  Moreover, since the ashtray storage box 48 for storing the ashtray 37 is turned upside down within the ashtray support 44, it is changed between smoking and non-smoking, so there is no need to project the panel body 38 greatly. When there is a rear constituent member on the rear side, interference with the rear constituent member can be avoided, and the front-rear direction dimension can be shortened regardless of the presence or absence of the rear constituent member, so that the front-rear shape can be reduced in size.

  Furthermore, since the rear walls 47 and 57 of the ashtray storage box 48 and the ashtray support portion 44 are fixed in the front-rear direction by the fixing means 60, the fixing means 60 is not released by the player. In addition, since the fitting convex portion 61 of the ashtray storage box 48 and the fitting concave portion 62 of the ashtray support portion 44 are fitted in the front-rear direction, and both of them are joined by the fixture 63, the inside of the ashtray support portion 44 The ashtray storage box 48 can be securely fixed without the ashtray storage box 48 moving up and down unstablely.

  Further, on the rear side of the left and right side walls 42, 45 of the ashtray support portion 44, the restricting portion 68 on the lower end side of the curved portion 67 overlaps the left and right end portions of the ashtray storage box 48 from above. The floating of the storage box 48 can be restricted. In addition, you may provide the control part 68 over the substantially full length of the front-back direction in the left-and-right side walls 42 and 45 of the ashtray support part 44.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to this Example, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, the ashtray support 44 may be provided separately from the tray body 39. Since the ashtray 37 is accommodated in the ashtray storage box 48, the shape thereof can be arbitrarily changed, and is not limited to the shape of the embodiment. The ashtray storage box 48 can be made higher than the front side of the left and right side walls 42, 45 of the ashtray support 44 so as to protrude upward in the ashtray support 44.

  In addition to the fixing means 63 such as a screw, the fixing means 60 is formed with an engaging portion on the rear wall of the ashtray support portion 44, and an engaging claw that is detachably engaged with the engaging portion is connected to the ashtray storage box 48. When the ashtray storage box 48 is removed, the engaging claw may be disengaged from the engaging portion on the back side of the panel body 38 when protruding from the rear wall 57. In this case, the right and left side walls 42 and 45 of the ashtray support portion 44 may be provided with restricting portions 68 in the front-rear direction that engage with the left and right end portions of the ashtray storage box 48 from the upper side to restrict the lifting. desirable.

  In the case where guide portions for guiding the ashtray storage box 48 in the front-rear direction are provided on the inner surfaces of the side walls 42 and 45 of the ashtray support section 44, it is desirable to configure the guide ribs 42a and 45a of the embodiment. If the guided portion on the tip side of 48 is an arc shape or the like, the guiding portion may be constituted by a plurality of protrusions in the front-rear direction. For example, in a state where the ashtray storage box 48 is fitted to the ashtray support 44, the side walls 42, 45 are provided with protruding guide portions that come into contact with the left and right sides at a plurality of intermediate portions in the front-rear direction of the ashtray storage box 48. Thus, the ashtray storage box 48 may be guided.

  In the embodiment, a slot machine that uses medals as game media is illustrated, but game media other than medals may be used. In addition, although the embodiment has been illustrated with respect to the slot machine, it can be similarly applied to a pachinko machine or other bullet ball game machine, or a game machine other than the slot machine or the ball ball game machine.

1 is an overall perspective view of a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view by the side of a main body case. It is a partially broken front view by the side of the ashtray in the state for smoking. It is a cross-sectional view by the side of the ashtray in the state for smoking. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view by the side of the ashtray in the state for smoking. It is a disassembled perspective view of the ashtray side in the state for smoking. It is a perspective view by the side of the ashtray in the state for smoking cessation. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view by the side of the ashtray in the state for smoking cessation.

Explanation of symbols

1 Case (the game machine itself)
37 Ashtray 44 Ashtray support 48 Ashtray storage box 52 Horizontal axis 47, 57 Rear wall 56 Bottom wall 60 Fixing means 61 Fitting convex part 62 Fitting concave part 63 Fixing tool 65 Non-smoking indication

Claims (4)

In a gaming machine having an ashtray (37) pivotable about a horizontal axis (52) in an ashtray support (44) at the lower front side of the gaming machine body (1), the ashtray support (44) The ashtray storage box (48) for storing the ashtray (37) is configured so that the ashtray (37) can be rotated around the horizontal axis (52), and the ashtray (44) in the ashtray support (44). 37) facing down and upside down can be provided to cover the fixed the back side in the upward state of the ashtray housing box (48), the ashtray housing box (48) the ashtray supporting portion of the downward state (4 4) The ashtray support (44) includes left and right side walls (42, 45), a bottom wall (46) connected between the side walls (42, 45), and the side wall ( 42, 45) having a rear wall (47) connected between the front and the top open box The ashtray storage box (48) is connected to the left and right side walls (55) and the side walls (55) supporting the ashtray (37) via the horizontal axis (52), and is in the downward state. A bottom wall (56) for closing the space between the left and right side walls (42, 45) of the ashtray support (44); and a rear wall (57) connected to the side wall (55); The front and the top of the ashtray storage box (48) are sometimes opened, and the left and right side walls (55) of the ashtray storage box (48) are located between the left and right side walls (42, 45) of the ashtray support (44). A gaming machine characterized in that it is taper-fitted detachably .   The fixing means (60) includes a fixture (63) for fixing the rear wall (57) of the ashtray storage box (48) to the rear wall (47) of the ashtray support part (44). The gaming machine according to claim 1.   The ashtray storage box (48) has a fitting convex portion (61) protruding rearward from the rear wall (57), and the ashtray support portion (44) is arranged on the rear wall (47), and the fitting convex portion (61). Each provided with a fitting recess (62) that is detachably fitted from the front side, and the fixing means (60) for fixing the fitting projection (61) from the back side of the fitting recess (62). The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a non-smoking display (65) is provided on the back side of the bottom wall (56) of the ashtray storage box (48) opposite to the ashtray (37). .

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