JP4606708B2 - Ashtray equipment of gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an ashtray device used in gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A conventional ashtray device of a pachinko machine is provided so that the ashtray main body projects forward from the front surface of the gaming machine frame and can rotate in a direction along the front surface and move in the front-rear direction around a rotation center in a direction intersecting the front surface. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 10-43400 A (page 3, paragraph number 0014, FIG. 2)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-described conventional example, the ashtray main body is positioned so that the cigarette butt receiving portion provided on the ashtray main body is in the usable position where the cigarette butt receiving portion is directed upward and the unusable position where the cigarette butt receiving portion is directed downward. When changing, the player or the operator pushes the ashtray main body backward from the front of the gaming machine frame, releases the engagement between the ashtray main body and the gaming machine frame, and then moves the ashtray main body along the front of the gaming machine frame. It is structured to rotate. For this reason, when the ashtray main body is pushed rearward inside the gaming machine frame, a space for escaping the rear of the ashtray main body without interfering with the rear of the ashtray main body is set inside the gaming machine frame. It is necessary to keep. However, in the case of a pachinko machine, a launching mechanism for launching a ball toward the gaming area and a launching rail for guiding the ball launched from the launching mechanism to the gaming area are installed inside the ashtray body of the gaming machine frame. The For this reason, the space must be set without adversely affecting the installation of the launching mechanism and launching rail, and thus there is a problem that it is difficult to adopt it.
[0005]
Therefore, in the present invention, when changing the posture of the ashtray main body, the ashtray main body is pulled out to the front side from the front surface of the gaming machine frame, so that it is necessary to install an extra space for escaping the rear part of the ashtray main body inside the gaming machine frame. It provides an ashtray device for a gaming machine that does not have any.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the present invention, the front structure that is attached to the gaming machine frame with a hinge and can be opened and closed by a key operation on the pachinko shop side, and projects in a direction intersecting the front by projecting forward from the front surface of the front structure. An ashtray body having a butt receiving portion on the outer surface provided to be rotatable in the left-right direction along the front surface around the center of rotation and movable in the front-rear direction, and a rotation positioning unit provided at the rear of the ashtray body; A spring for applying a spring force to the ashtray main body in a direction to pull the ashtray main body rearward along the rotation center, and the ashtray main body on the rear side with respect to the front structural body. A rotational position restricting portion fitted with the rotational positioning portion when retracted, an ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion provided at a portion protruding rearward from the front component of the ashtray main body, and a front component On the back , With the ashtray side posture switching regulation part of Engagement And the disengagement by the artificial operation at the pachinko parlor side behind the front structure. A chassis-side posture switching restriction unit that can engage the ashtray-side posture switching restriction unit to restrict the ashtray body from being pulled out to the front side of the ashtray body. By releasing the engagement with the posture switching restricting portion, the ashtray body can be pulled out to the front side with respect to the front structure, and the engagement between the chassis side posture switching restricting portion and the ashtray side posture switching restricting portion is released. If the ashtray main body is turned to the upper side of the butt receiving part by rotating the ashtray main body against the spring force of the spring while being pulled out to the front structure by human operation The posture can be changed between a possible posture and an unusable posture directed to the lower side of the sucking cup receiving portion, and in the usable posture and the unusable posture, the ashtray main body is pulled out to the front side by the above-described artificial operation. Is released Therefore, when the ashtray main body is pulled rearward with respect to the front structure by the spring force of the spring, and the rotation positioning portion and the rotation position restricting portion are fitted to each other, the ashtray main body cannot rotate to the front structure. It is supported. As a result, if the player or the worker pulls out the ashtray main body that exists in front of the front structure and rotates leftward or rightward, the ashtray main body can be used in an unusable posture or an unusable posture. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide an extra space for escaping the rear part of the ashtray main body inside the gaming machine frame in response to a change in the posture of the ashtray main body. Further, in the present invention, the ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion and the chassis-side posture switching restricting portion are engaged with each other to restrict the ashtray main body from being pulled out to the front side of the front structure, and the ashtray-side posture switching. Since the restriction portion and the chassis-side posture switching restriction portion cancel each other, the ashtray main body can be pulled out to the front side with respect to the front structure, so that the ashtray main body can be used and unusable.
Further, in the present invention, the ashtray body is formed of a heat-resistant synthetic resin that constitutes the butt receiving portion, and an ashtray shaft body made of a lubricating synthetic resin that constitutes the center of rotation is coupled to the rear portion of the ashtray body. As a result, it is possible to appropriately achieve both heat resistance and rotational operability with respect to the butts of the ashtray body.
In the present invention, if the ashtray shaft constituting the rotation center is coupled to the rear portion of the ashtray main body with a screw, if at least one of the ashtray main body or the ashtray shaft is damaged, it is easily replaced. be able to.
Further, in the present invention, the spring is a coil spring, and this spring is arranged so as to surround the bearing body constituting the rotation center on the rear side of the front structure, and constitutes the rotation center of the ashtray body. An ashtray shaft in which the ashtray shaft body is inserted from the front side into the bearing body that constitutes the center of rotation of the front structural body, and a spring receiver that is large in the radial direction from the bearing hole protrudes from the bearing body to the rear side of the front structural body By fixing the body to the rear side of the front structure, if the spring contacts the rear surface of the front structure and the front surface of the spring receiver, it is easy to prevent the ashtray body from being removed from the front structure. Can be formed.
Further, in the present invention, when the ashtray main body is pulled out to the front side with respect to the front structure, the ashtray main body is on the front side unless the rear end portion of the ashtray main body projects forward from the front surface of the front structure. Even if it is pulled out, the rear end portion of the ashtray main body exists inside the front structure, so that the quality reliability of the ashtray apparatus is improved.
Further, in the present invention, the ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion is an annular groove centering on the rotation center of the ashtray body, and the housing-side posture switching restricting portion is rotatably attached to the front component. If so, it is possible to simplify the structure for restricting the switching of the posture in both the usable posture and the unusable posture of the ashtray main body.
Further, in the present invention, a positioning portion that defines the engagement position and the release position of the stopper with respect to the ashtray side posture switching restricting portion is provided on the rear surface of the front structure, and the stopper engagement position and the release position If the stopper is provided with a position restricting portion that is fitted into the positioning portion due to the elasticity of the stopper, it is possible to appropriately hold the engagement and release between the chassis-side posture switching restricting portion and the ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion. Further, in the present invention, if the engagement and release of the chassis-side posture switching restricting portion and the ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion can be manually operated on the rear side of the front structure, the engagement and release can be prevented. A simple structure that does not require power can be achieved.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1 to 7 show an embodiment. FIG. 1a shows a pachinko machine as a gaming machine equipped with an ashtray device that can be used with the buttocks receiving part 11 facing upward. FIG. 1b shows a pachinko machine as a gaming machine equipped with an unusable ashtray device in which the cigarette holder 11 is directed downward. FIG. 2 shows exploded components of the ashtray device. FIG. 3 shows a cross section of the ashtray device that can be pulled out to the front side of the ashtray body 8 in a horizontal direction. FIG. 4 shows a cross section of the ashtray apparatus pulled out to the front side of the ashtray body 8 in a horizontal direction. FIG. 5 shows a restriction of posture switching that makes it impossible to pull out the ashtray main body 8 to the front side. FIG. 6 shows a release form of the chassis-side posture switching restriction unit 22 and the ashtray-side posture switching restriction unit 27. FIG. 7 shows an engagement form of the chassis-side posture switching restriction unit 22 and the ashtray-side posture switching restriction unit 27.
[0008]
The ashtray device of the gaming machine will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1a, the gaming machine frame 1 of a pachinko machine is attached to a gaming machine installation facility called an island of a pachinko shop. The front structure 2 that constitutes the front side facing the player of the gaming machine frame 1 includes a front decorative body 3 and a dish device 4. The front decorative body 3 and the dish device 4 are attached to the gaming machine frame 1 with a hinge 5 on the left side. In a state where the front decorative body 3 is opened to the front side around the hinge 5 as a rotation center, a game board (not shown) is stored in a storage portion formed inside the gaming machine frame 1. After the gaming board is stored inside the gaming machine frame 1, when the front decorative body 3 is closed, the design board surface that is the front surface of the gaming board is made of glass or synthetic resin that closes the window 12 of the front decorative body 3. Covered with a panel 6 having transparency. A space between the panel 6 and the design board surface of the game board becomes a game area where inner spheres surrounded by guide rails (not shown) fly.
[0009]
The dish device 4 can be opened in the same direction as the front decorative body 3 with the hinge 5 as the rotation center. The tray device 4 includes a ball receiving portion 7 that is open upward and protrudes forward from the center portion, an ashtray main body 8 that protrudes forward from the left portion, and a firing operation mechanism 9 called a handle grip that protrudes forward from the right portion. And comprising. When the front decorative body 3 and the dish device 4 are closed, the front decorative body 3 and the dish device 4 are individually coupled to a lock mechanism (not shown) provided in the gaming machine frame 1 and cannot be opened. When opening the front decorative body 3 and the dish device 4 that are closed so as not to be opened in this way, an operator such as a store clerk inserts a key plate from the front side of the gaming machine frame 1 through the key insertion hole 10 of the gaming machine frame 1. Then, the front decorative body 3 is opened by opening the lock mechanism for the front decorative body 3. Next, when the front decorative body 3 is opened, the operator opens the dish device 4 by opening the lock mechanism for the dish device 4 that can be operated from the front side of the gaming machine frame 1. Further, when the dish device 4 and the front decorative body 3 are closed so as not to be opened, a ball is put in the ball receiving portion 7, and the player operates the firing operation mechanism 9, the inside of the gaming machine frame 1 is located behind the dish device 4. An unillustrated launching mechanism installed at 1 launches the ball supplied from the ball receiving unit 7 toward the game area. When the launched ball wins a winning part (not shown) provided in the game area, a ball as a winning ball is paid out from the back side of the gaming machine frame 1 to the ball receiving unit 7.
[0010]
Even when the dish device 4 and the front decorative body 3 are closed so as not to be opened, the ashtray body 8 rotates in the front-rear direction intersecting the front surface of the front component 2 when pulled out by a human hand. It can be rotated in the direction along the front surface of the front structure 2 around the center. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1a, in a usable posture of the ashtray main body 8 with the cigarette butt receiving portion 11 facing upward, the player or the worker keeps pulling out the ashtray main body 8 to the front side. Rotate right or left halfway. When the ashtray main body 8 is rotated halfway in this way, as shown in FIG. 1 b, the ashtray main body 8 is in an unusable posture with the butt receiving portion 11 directed downward. When the player or the operator releases the front side with respect to the ashtray main body 8 when the posture becomes unusable, the ashtray main body 8 is pulled back by the spring force of the spring shown in FIG. It is fixed in contact with the structure 2. In other words, the ashtray main body 8 is switched from the usable posture in which the ashtray main body 8 is directed to the upper side of the sucking cup receiving portion 11 to the unusable posture in which the ashtray main body 8 is directed to the lower side of the sucking cup receiving portion 11.
[0011]
As shown in FIG. 1b, in an unusable posture of the ashtray main body 8 with the butt receiving portion 11 facing downward, the player or the operator pulls the ashtray main body 8 to the right side or left Turn halfway in the direction. When the ashtray main body 8 is rotated halfway in this way, as shown in FIG. 1 a, the ashtray main body 8 is in a usable posture with the cigarette butt receiving portion 11 facing upward. When the player or the worker releases the front side with respect to the ashtray main body 8 at this usable posture, the ashtray main body 8 is pulled back by the spring force of the spring shown in FIG. It is fixed in contact with the structure 2. In other words, the ashtray main body 8 is switched from the unusable posture in which the ashtray main body 8 is directed to the lower side of the cigarette butt receiving portion 11 to the usable posture in which the ashtray main body 8 is directed to the upper side of the butt butt receiving portion 11.
[0012]
The components of the ashtray apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. The front structure 2 includes a dish housing 15 that is attached to the gaming machine frame 1 so as to be able to open one side, and a dish front body 16 that is attached to the dish housing 15 and constitutes a front design. The dish front body 16 includes a ball receiver 7 and an opening 17. The opening 17 is a hole for inserting the rear end portion of the ashtray main body 8 from the front side of the dish front body 16. The plate housing 15 is provided with a bearing body 18 coaxially with the opening 17. The bearing body 18 forms a bearing hole 19 penetrating in the front and rear direction in the plate housing 15, and has a cylindrical shape protruding forward from the front surface of the plate housing 15 and rearward from the rear surface. The countersunk body 15 is provided with a plurality of rotational position restricting portions 21 formed as holes opened at least forwardly around the bearing body 18. The rotational position restricting portion 21 is disposed at two intersections of one straight line orthogonal to the center of the bearing body 18 and one circumference centered on the center of the bearing body 18. That is, the rotational position restricting portion 21 is provided at a position where one circumference centered on the center of the bearing body 18 is equally divided into two in the circumferential direction. The front surface on one circumference where the rotational position restricting portion 21 of the dish housing 15 is provided is a flat surface in the radial direction perpendicular to the rotation center.
[0013]
Around the bearing body 18, a housing-side posture switching restricting portion 22 is rotatably provided on the back surface of the dish housing 15. The housing-side posture switching restricting portion 22 is an elastic band plate-like stopper made of a synthetic resin, which is rotatably attached with a set screw 24 to a support column 23 that protrudes from the back surface of the countersunk housing 15. . A position restricting portion 25 protrudes forward from the tip of the housing-side posture switching restricting portion 22. A positioning portion 26 is provided on the back surface of the plate housing 15 around the support column 23. The positioning unit 26 is a part that determines an engagement position and a release position of the chassis-side attitude switching regulation unit 22 with respect to the ashtray-side attitude switching regulation unit 27, and is a position regulation unit at the engagement position of the chassis-side attitude switching regulation unit 22. A first receiving portion 28 into which 25 is fitted, and a second receiving portion 29 into which the position restricting portion 25 is fitted at the release position of the housing-side posture switching restricting portion 22.
[0014]
The ashtray main body 8 includes a butt receiving portion 11 on the outer surface of the heat-resistant synthetic resin material such as melamine resin from which the upper part above the center of the bullet shape is removed. The cigarette butt receiving portion 11 has a shape opened upward from the outside surface of the ashtray main body 8 so as to be recessed inside. A cigarette receiver 31 is provided on the outer surface of the ashtray main body 8 surrounding the cigarette butt receiving portion 11 at the front position of the ashtray main body 8. The tobacco receiver 31 has a shape opened upward from the outside surface of the ashtray main body 8 so as to be recessed inside. The depth of the tobacco receiver 31 is shallower than the depth of the cigarette holder 11. As a result, even if one cigarette is not fitted in the cigarette receiver 31, the cigarette butts discarded in the cigarette holder 11 do not fall from the cigarette receiver 31 to the outside of the ashtray body 8.
[0015]
A cover 32 made of a synthetic resin material different from that of the ashtray main body 8 is fixed to the lower half of the ashtray main body 8 located on the opposite side of the butt receiving portion 11. Since the cover 32 is not particularly required to have heat resistance, the design effect of the ashtray body 8 provided with the cover 32 is enhanced by forming the cover 32 from a synthetic resin material having a different color and gloss from the ashtray body 8. be able to. The rear surface located at the rear end of the ashtray main body 8 is provided with a rib 33 for increasing the strength of the center of the rear surface, and a plurality of shaft body attaching portions 34 arranged around the rear surface. The plurality of shaft body attaching portions 34 are individually arranged at two intersections of one straight line orthogonal to the center of the ashtray main body 8 and one circumference centered on the center of the ashtray main body 8. That is, the shaft body attaching portion 34 is provided at a position that bisects one circumference centered on the center of the ashtray main body 8 in the circumferential direction. The shaft body mounting portion 34 includes an internal hole 35 that is recessed inward from the rear surface of the shaft body mounting portion 34. The internal hole 35 does not penetrate through the butt receiving portion 11.
[0016]
The ashtray shaft 36 attached to the back side of the ashtray main body 8 is formed of a lubricious synthetic resin material, and includes a support shaft 37 at the center of the rear surface of the ashtray shaft 36. The support shaft 37 has a cylindrical shape that protrudes rearward from the ashtray shaft 36 and is opened forward and closed rearward. A spring receiver mounting hole 38 is formed in the center of the rear wall of the support shaft 37. A plurality of rotational positioning portions 39 formed as protrusions and a plurality of screw insertion holes 41 penetrating in the front-rear direction are provided on the rear surface of the ashtray shaft 36. The rotational positioning unit 39 is individually arranged at two intersections of one straight line orthogonal to the center of the support shaft 37 and one circumference centered on the support shaft 37. That is, the rotation positioning unit 39 is provided at a position that bisects one circumference around the center of the support shaft 37 in the circumferential direction.
[0017]
The circumference of the ashtray shaft body 36 with respect to the rotational positioning portion 39 has the same diameter as the circumference of the front component 2 with respect to the rotational position restricting portion 21. The plurality of screw insertion holes 41 are individually arranged at two intersections of one straight line orthogonal to the center of the support shaft 37 and one circumference centered on the support shaft 37. That is, the screw insertion holes 41 are respectively provided at positions that bisect one circumference centered on the center of the support shaft 37 in the circumferential direction. One straight line with respect to the rotational positioning portion 39 and one straight line with respect to the screw insertion hole 41 are orthogonal to each other about the support shaft 37. That is, the plurality of rotation positioning portions 39 and the plurality of screw insertion holes 41 are arranged at positions that divide the circumference into four equal parts in the circumferential direction.
[0018]
The ashtray body 8 and the ashtray shaft 36 are coaxially overlapped with each other in the front-rear direction, and the set screw 42 is fastened from the screw insertion hole 41 to the inner hole 35 of the shaft body mounting portion 34, whereby the ashtray body 8 and the ashtray shaft The body 36 is coupled to each other. The spring receiver 45 provided at the rear portion of the support shaft 37 includes a front surface that is larger in the radial direction than the bearing hole 19, a shaft insertion hole 46 provided in the center portion, and an ashtray formed as an annular groove on the peripheral surface. A side posture switching restricting unit 27. The shaft insertion hole 46 has a form opened to the front which is at least the front surface. The ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion 27 has a true circular shape centered on the center of the spring receiver 45 on the outer peripheral surface of the spring receiver 45 surrounding the shaft insertion hole 46. The fact that the front surface of the spring receiver 45 around the shaft insertion hole 46 is larger in the radial direction than the bearing hole 19 is that the radial direction perpendicular to the center of rotation formed by the fitting of the bearing hole 19 and the support shaft 37. It is large.
[0019]
A method for assembling the ashtray apparatus will be described. In a state where the ashtray body 8, the cover 32, and the ashtray shaft 36 are coupled to each other, the support shaft 37 is inserted into the bearing hole 19 from the front of the front structure 2 via the opening 17, and the rotation positioning unit 39. And the rotational position restricting portion 21 are fitted together. The support shaft 37 and the bearing hole 19 are fitted to each other, thereby forming a rotation center in a direction intersecting with the front surface protruding from the front surface of the front structure 2 of the ashtray body 8 with respect to the front structure 2. To do. In parallel with this, a spring 47 such as a coil spring is attached to the bearing body 18 on the back side of the front structure 2 so as to surround the bearing body 18 in a non-contact manner. Thereafter, the shaft insertion hole 46 of the spring receiver 45 is fitted into the rear end portion of the support shaft 37 protruding rearward from the bearing hole 19. Then, the set screw 48 is fastened from the rear portion of the spring receiver 45 to the spring receiver mounting hole 38 of the bearing body 18 through the through hole A shown in FIG. As a result, the ashtray shaft 36 and the spring receiver 45 are coupled to each other.
[0020]
When the spring receiver 45 is attached with the set screw 48 in this way, as shown in FIG. 3, the rear end of the spring 47 contacts the front surface of the spring receiver 45, and the front end of the spring 47 is the rear surface of the plate housing 15. The spring 47 urges the spring receiver 45 rearward by a spring force, and the spring 47 gives the ashtray main body 8 a spring force in a direction in which the ashtray main body 8 is pulled backward with respect to the front structure 2. As a result, a front portion is formed between a radially flat front surface orthogonal to the rotation center of the spring receiver 45 and a radially flat rear surface orthogonal to the rotation center of the bearing body 18 in the front structure 2. A gap that allows the ashtray main body 8 to move in the front-rear direction relative to the body 2 is formed. The gap dimension L1 is larger than the fitting dimension L2 between the rotational positioning portion 39 and the rotational position restricting portion 21 (L1> L2). The dimension L3 in which the rear end portion of the ashtray main body 8 is inserted to the rear side of the front surface of the dish front body 16 of the front structure 2 is larger than the dimension L1 (L3> L1).
[0021]
In FIG. 3, the ashtray main body 8 is pulled rearward with respect to the front structural body 2 by the spring force of the spring 47, and the rotational positioning portion 39 of the ashtray main body 8 and the rotational position restricting portion 21 of the front structural body 2 are mutually connected. The ashtray main body 8 is supported by the front structure 2 so as not to rotate. In this state, as shown in FIG. 4, when the operator pulls out the ashtray main body 8 protruding forward from the front surface of the front structure 2, the spring receiver 45 moves to the front together with the ashtray main body 8. The spring 47 is pressed against the bearing body 18 of the front structure 2 while compressing. Along with this, the rotational positioning portion 39 comes out of the rotational position restricting portion 21 to the front side from the relationship of the dimension L1> L2. As a result, the ashtray body 8 can be rotated in the direction along the front surface of the front decorative body 3 that forms the front surface of the front structure 2 around the rotation center by the fitting of the bearing hole 19 and the support shaft 37. .
[0022]
For this reason, when the operator rotates the ashtray main body 8 in the left direction or the right direction while pulling out the ashtray body 8 to the front side, the butt receiving portion 11 shown in FIG. The ashtray main body 8 can be used in a usable posture, and the ashtray main body 8 shown in FIG. Further, from the relationship of the dimension L3> L1, when the ashtray main body 8 is drawn to the front side with respect to the front structural body 2, the rear end portion of the ashtray main body 8 is connected to the front structural body 2 as shown in FIG. Do not protrude forward from the front. Therefore, even if the ashtray main body 8 is pulled out to the front side for switching the posture, the rear end portion of the ashtray main body 8 is present in the opening 17 of the front structure 2, so that the quality reliability of the ashtray apparatus is improved. .
[0023]
According to this embodiment, the two rotational position restricting portions 21 and the two rotational positioning portions 39 are divided into two halves of one circumference centered on the rotational center by the fitting of the bearing hole 19 and the support shaft 37. Since the ashtray main body 8 can be switched between a usable posture and an unusable posture, the operator pulls the ashtray main body 8 to the front side and rotates it in either the left direction or the right direction. If the rotation positioning unit 39 is in a position where it cannot be fitted to the rotation position restricting unit 21, the rotation positioning unit 39 is not rotated even if the operator releases the pulling force from the ashtray main body 8 to the front side. It strikes against the front surface of the plate casing 15 around the restricting portion 21. In this way, if the operator rotates the ashtray body 8 halfway in any one of the above directions while the rotation positioning unit 39 is abutted against the front surface of the plate housing 15, the rotation positioning unit 39 and the rotation position regulating unit 21 are As it meets, the rotational positioning portion 39 is fitted into the rotational position restricting portion 21 by the spring force of the spring 47. As a result of this fitting, the ashtray main body 8 is switched from the usable posture in which the butt receiving portion 11 faces upward to the unusable posture in which the butt receiving portion 11 faces downward, or the butt receiving portion 11 Is switched from an unusable posture facing downward to a usable posture in which the buttocks receiving part 11 faces upward.
[0024]
According to this embodiment, since the ashtray main body 8 formed of heat-resistant synthetic resin and the ashtray shaft body 36 formed of lubricating synthetic resin are coupled together, the heat resistance of the butt receiving portion 11 and the support shaft 37 Coexistence with rotational operability can be appropriately exhibited. Since the ashtray shaft 36 is coupled to the rear portion of the ashtray main body 8 with the set screw 42, when at least one of the ashtray main body 8 or the ashtray shaft 36 is damaged, it can be easily replaced. The ashtray shaft 36 combined with the ashtray main body 8 is inserted into the bearing hole 19 from the front side of the front structure 2 via the opening 17 and protrudes rearward (back side) from the bearing hole 19. 36, since a spring receiver 45 that is larger in the radial direction than the bearing hole 19 is coupled from the back side of the front component 2 with a set screw 48, a structure for preventing the ashtray main body 8 from coming off from the front component 2 is provided. Can be easily formed. Since the spring 47 formed by the coil spring surrounds the bearing body 18 in a non-contact manner, it contacts the back surface of the front component 2 and the front surface of the spring receiver 45 that is larger in the radial direction than the bearing hole 19. The spring 47 is attached in a compact manner to provide a spring force for pulling the ashtray main body 8 backward with respect to the front structure 2. Since the ashtray main body 8 and the ashtray shaft body 36 are coupled by the set screw 42, even if the ashtray main body 8 is pulled forward, the inconvenience that the ashtray shaft body 36 falls off the ashtray main body 8 can be solved.
[0025]
With reference to FIG. 5 to FIG. 7, the restriction of the posture switching between the usable posture and the unusable posture of the ashtray main body 8 will be described. When the ashtray main body 8 is pulled out to the front side and switched between the usable posture and the unusable posture as described above, the housing-side posture switching provided on the rear side of the front structural body 2 as shown in FIG. The restricting portion 22 is released from the ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion 27 coupled to the ashtray main body 8. Thus, the operator operates the chassis-side posture switching restriction unit 22 that has been released from the ashtray-side posture switching restriction unit 27.
[0026]
As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the housing side posture switching restricting portion 22 moves in the direction of the spring receiver 45 around the rotation center formed by the set screw 24 as shown in FIG. 7. As a result of the elastic deformation, the position restricting portion 25 comes out of the second receiving portion 29 and is fitted into the first receiving portion 28, and in parallel with this, the ashtray side posture switching restriction in which the housing side posture switching restricting portion 22 is formed as an annular groove. Engage with part 27. When the chassis-side posture switching restriction unit 22 and the ashtray-side posture switching restriction unit 27 are engaged with each other, the form shown in FIG. 5 is obtained.
[0027]
That is, in FIG. 5, for example, when the ashtray main body 8 is in an unusable posture with the butt receiving portion 11 facing downward, the player tries to use the ashtray main body 8 and the ashtray main body 8 is moved forward. Even if it operates so that it may pull out, since the chassis side attitude | position switching control part 22 is engaging with the ashtray side attitude | position switching control part 27, the ashtray main body 8 is not pulled out to the front side. Therefore, when the pachinko store sets the ashtray main body 8 in an unusable posture from the viewpoint of store sales, it is possible to thoroughly prevent the ashtray main body 8 from being used. Conversely, when the pachinko parlor sets the ashtray main body 8 in a usable posture, the ashtray main body 8 can be used thoroughly.
[0028]
In addition, since the engagement and release of the chassis-side posture switching restricting unit 22 and the ashtray-side posture switching restricting unit 27 can be manually operated on the rear side of the front structure 2, the electric power for the engagement and release is reduced. It becomes a simple structure that is not required. Since this engaging and releasing operation is performed on the back side of the front structural body 2, the engaging and releasing operation is performed unless the front structural body 2 is released from the gaming machine frame 1 shown in FIG. Can not run. Therefore, the player cannot switch the posture of the ashtray main body 8 and is a dedicated action on the pachinko parlor side.
[0029]
Since the ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion 27 is formed by an annular groove, and the chassis-side posture switching restricting portion 22 is formed by a stopper that is rotatably attached to the front structural member 2, In both the unusable posture, the structure for restricting the switching of the posture is simplified. A positioning portion 26 that defines an engagement position and a release position of the chassis-side posture switching restriction portion 22 formed by a stopper with respect to the ashtray side posture switching restriction portion 27 includes a stopper position restriction portion based on the engagement position and the release position of the stopper. Since the 1st receiving part 28 and the 2nd receiving part 29 which fit 25 are provided, engagement and cancellation | release with the housing side attitude | position switching control part 22 and the ashtray side attitude | position switching control part 27 can be hold | maintained appropriately. it can. The spring receiver 45 and the ashtray shaft 36 may be coupled by removing the set screw 48 and screwing the female screw formed in the shaft insertion hole 46 and the male screw formed in the support shaft 37. In place of the set screw 24, the chassis-side posture switching restricting portion 22 is rotatably mounted on the shaft protruding from the rear end of the column 23, and the retaining ring is attached to the shaft protruding rearward from the housing-side posture switching restricting portion 22. May be.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment, in which FIG. 1a is a perspective view showing a usable posture of an ashtray main body, and FIG. B is a perspective view showing an unusable posture of an ashtray main body.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the ashtray apparatus of the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a pullable form of the ashtray apparatus of the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a pulled-out form of the ashtray apparatus of the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration in which the ashtray apparatus of the embodiment cannot be pulled out.
FIG. 6 is a rear view showing a release form of the chassis-side posture switching restriction unit and the ashtray-side posture switching restriction unit of the same embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a rear view showing an engagement configuration of the chassis-side posture switching restricting portion and the ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion of the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 gaming machine frame
2 Front structure
8 Ashtray body
11 Butt receiving part
18 Bearing body
19 Bearing hole
21 Rotation position restricting part
22 Body side posture switching restricting part (stopper)
25 Position restriction part
26 Positioning part
27 Ashtray side posture switching restriction part (annular groove)
36 Ashtray shaft
39 Rotation positioning part
45 Spring receptacle
47 Spring (coil spring)
48 Set screw (screw)

Claims (7)

A front structure that is attached to the gaming machine frame with a hinge and can be opened and closed by a key operation on the pachinko parlor side,
A butterfly cup receiving portion is provided on the outer surface provided to be able to rotate in the left-right direction along the front surface and move in the front-rear direction around the rotation center in the direction intersecting with the front surface protruding from the front surface of the front structure. The ashtray body,
A rotation positioning part provided at the rear of the ashtray body,
A spring that applies a spring force to the ashtray main body in a direction of pulling the ashtray main body rearward along the rotation center with respect to the front structure;
A rotational position restricting portion fitted to the rotational positioning portion when the ashtray body is retracted to the rear side with respect to the front structural body provided on the front structural body;
An ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion provided in a portion protruding rearward from the front structure of the ashtray main body,
A chassis-side attitude switching restricting portion that is provided on the rear surface of the front structure and can be engaged with and released from the ashtray-side attitude switching restricting portion by an artificial operation on the pachinko shop side behind the front structure. And
The chassis-side posture switching restricting unit is engaged with the ashtray-side posture switching restricting unit to restrict the front structure from being pulled out to the front side of the ashtray main body, and the engagement with the ashtray-side posture switching restricting unit is released. Allows the front of the ashtray body to be pulled out from the front structure.
When the engagement between the chassis-side posture switching restriction part and the ashtray-side posture switching restriction part is released,
The ashtray main body is rotated while being pulled out forward with respect to the front structure against the spring force of the spring by manipulative operation, and the usable posture in which the ashtray main body is directed to the upper side of the butt receiving portion and The posture can be changed to an unusable posture directed to the lower side of the buttocks receiving part,
In these usable postures and unusable postures, the ashtray main body is pulled out to the rear by the spring force of the spring by releasing the drawer to the front side of the ashtray main body by the above-described manual operation. An ashtray device for a gaming machine, wherein the ashtray main body is non-rotatably supported by the front component when the rotation positioning portion and the rotation position regulating portion are fitted together.   The ashtray main body is formed of a heat-resistant synthetic resin constituting a butt receiving portion, and an ashtray shaft body made of a lubricating synthetic resin constituting a rotation center is coupled to the rear part of the ashtray main body. The ashtray device of the gaming machine described.   The ashtray device for a gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein an ashtray shaft constituting a rotation center is coupled to a rear portion of the ashtray main body with a screw.   The spring is a coil spring, and this spring is arranged in a manner that surrounds the bearing body that forms the rotation center on the rear side of the front structure, and the ashtray shaft that forms the rotation center of the ashtray body is the front structure. Inserted from the front side into the bearing body that constitutes the center of rotation, and the spring receiver, which is larger in the radial direction than the bearing hole, projects from the bearing body to the rear side of the front part body. The ashtray device for a gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the spring is in contact with the rear surface of the front structure and the front surface of the spring receiver.   2. The ashtray device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein when the ashtray main body is pulled forward with respect to the front structure, the rear end portion of the ashtray main body does not protrude forward from the front surface of the front structure.   The ashtray-side posture switching restricting portion is an annular groove centering on the rotation center of the ashtray body, and the chassis-side posture switching restricting portion is a stopper that is rotatably attached to the front structure. The ashtray device of the gaming machine according to 1.   A positioning part for determining the engaging position and the releasing position of the stopper with respect to the ashtray-side posture switching restricting part is provided on the rear surface of the front structure, and is fitted into the positioning part by the elasticity of the stopper at the engaging position and the releasing position of the stopper. The ashtray device for a gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein the position restricting portion is provided on the stopper.

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