JP4920314B2 - Amusement machine island - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines are installed in rows.

  Generally, a plurality of gaming machines are installed side by side so that many customers can play at the same time. For example, game machine islands such as pachinko machines are almost horizontally installed. Further, the gaming machine island including the pachinko machine includes a game board for mounting a game ball box provided so as to protrude forward along the lower part of each of these gaming machines. The upper part of the ceiling plate is also called a top plate, and consists of a top plate main body and a decorative board stretched on the top plate main body. Furthermore, in addition to the game ball box, an ashtray for smokers and the like is attached to the top surface of the top board.

  As described above, when the ashtray for the smoker is attached to the upper surface of the board, the game ball box also placed on the upper surface of the board is moved (slid) along the row direction of the board. There is a problem that a waste container such as an ashtray becomes an obstacle. A conventional plate is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the protrusion 101 can be installed in front of the board 1 so that the game ball box 2, the game ball, and the like are not easily dropped from the board 1. However, even if the protrusion 101 is provided in front of the base plate 1, it is impossible to make the entire bottom surface 21 of the game ball box 2 higher than the top surface 1301 of the ashtray 130. That is, even if a part of the bottom surface 21 of the game ball box 2 is lifted by providing the protrusion 101, it is impossible to avoid hitting the ashtray 130 when the game ball box 2 is slid in the horizontal direction.

  In particular, a game ball box containing a large amount of game balls may be 10 kilograms or more, and when moving such a heavy game ball box to the side, it must be lifted once and moved away from the ashtray. There's a problem. Also, when the game ball box is slid, the ashtray may be pulled by the game ball box and fall from the base plate.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine island that can freely move the game ball box along the row direction of the board without being interfered with a storage container such as an ashtray. To do.

The gaming machine island of the present invention is a gaming machine island having a plurality of gaming machines installed in a row and a board for mounting a gaming ball box that protrudes forward from the lower part of each of these gaming machines and extends laterally. The saddle plate has a groove portion extending in the lateral direction at the center portion in the front and back direction, a front end portion extending in the horizontal direction on the front end side of the groove portion, and a back end portion extending in the lateral direction on the back end side of the groove portion. and, the front upper surface of the end portion and octane portion becomes game ball box mounting surface for placing the game ball box, the groove upper end have a lower waste receiving unit from the mounting surface game ball boxes, The waste storage portion includes an opening provided so as to protrude upward from the bottom surface of the groove, and the distance between the opening and both side surfaces of the groove is smaller than the diameter of the game ball . Accordingly, a step with a predetermined height can be provided between the game ball box mounting surface and the bottom surface of the groove. For this reason, the upper end of the waste storage part provided in the groove part does not contact the game ball box mounting surface. That is, the game ball box (the lower end surface thereof) installed on the game ball box mounting surface is not interfered with by a waste storage unit such as an ashtray. Therefore, when moving the game ball box along the lateral direction of the base plate, it is not necessary to lift and move the game ball box once in order to avoid the waste storage portion such as an ashtray that has been required in the past. There is no risk of the ashtray being pulled by the game ball box and falling off the mortarboard. Thus, the gaming machine islands of the present invention can be moved freely along the interfered Rukoto without game ball box to the container, such as ashtray wise direction of the Zen plate.
The waste storage section includes an opening provided so as to project upward from the bottom surface of the groove, and the distance between the opening and both side surfaces of the groove is smaller than the diameter of the game ball. The waste storage portion provided on the bottom surface of the groove portion has an opening at a position higher than the bottom surface, so that the rolling of the game ball along the lateral direction of the groove portion can be stopped. That is, when a game ball enters the groove, it does not move out to the neighbor's area.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the cross section of the groove part of the base plate of the gaming machine island of the present invention has an inverted trapezoidal shape. Because the groove section has an inverted trapezoidal shape, the tip of a cleaning tool such as a rag can easily reach the corners and corners of the groove when cleaning the board of the game machine island. Dust such as accumulated dust can be easily wiped off. Therefore, no effort is required for cleaning, and aesthetics are not lacking in appearance.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the board of the gaming machine island of the present invention has a waste collecting means extending in the lateral direction inside the lower portion of the groove portion, and the waste storage portion communicates with the waste collecting means. By providing the waste collection means on the gaming machine island, it is possible to quickly collect the waste from the user, and it is possible to eliminate the discomfort to the user that the waste is accumulated. For example, a collection port for collecting garbage such as cigarette ash is provided in the waste storage unit for smoking customers, and the waste introduced from the collection port is collected and processed by a waste collection means provided below. be able to.

  In addition, the waste storage portion of the gaming machine island of the present invention includes an opening provided so as to protrude upward from the bottom surface of the groove, and the distance between the opening and both side surfaces of the groove is smaller than the diameter of the game ball. It is preferable. The waste storage portion provided on the bottom surface of the groove portion has an opening at a position higher than the bottom surface, so that the rolling of the game ball along the lateral direction of the groove portion can be stopped. That is, when a game ball enters the groove, it does not move out to the neighbor's area.

  According to the gaming machine island of the present invention, a step having a predetermined height can be provided between the game ball box mounting surface and the bottom surface of the groove portion by providing a laterally extending groove portion on the base plate. For this reason, the upper end of the waste storage part provided in the groove part does not contact the game ball box mounting surface. That is, the game ball box (the lower end surface thereof) installed on the game ball box mounting surface is not interfered with by a waste storage unit such as an ashtray. Therefore, when the game ball box is moved along the lateral direction of the board, it is unnecessary to lift and move the game ball box once in order to avoid the waste storage portion such as an ashtray. It is no longer pulled by the box and falling off the mortarboard. As described above, the gaming machine island of the present invention can freely move the game ball box along the row direction of the base plate without being interfered with a storage container such as an ashtray.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since a pachinko machine can be illustrated as a form of the gaming machine island, the following description will be given using the pachinko machine.

  A pachinko apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of the pachinko apparatus according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine of the present embodiment is mainly composed of a pachinko machine main body (not shown), a base plate 1 and a game ball box 2. In addition, the pachinko machine main body can use what is marketed. A pachinko machine main body is placed on the base plate 1, and a game ball box 2 is arranged in front of a game ball outlet (not shown) of the pachinko machine main body. Thus, a game ball (not shown) enters the game ball box 2 when discharged from the game ball outlet.

  In general, the base plate 1 is a base plate (not shown) that serves as a base under the floor, a vertical support (not shown) that appropriately supports the base, and a top plate 100 that is installed horizontally above the vertical support. And a decorative plate 101 stretched on the surface of the top plate 100. In addition, in order to make it easy to explain the characteristic part of the present invention, the roof plate 1 is hereinafter referred to as an assembly of the top plate 100 and the decorative plate 101.

  The top plate 100 that constitutes a part of the roof plate 1 is formed by processing wood. The decorative plate 101 is formed by pressing a material such as a stainless steel plate into a long shape. FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of the decorative board 101 stretched on the top board 100.

As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, a groove 12 that extends in the lateral direction is formed in the center portion in the front-rear direction. And the gutter plate 1 has this groove portion 12, a front end portion 111 formed on the front end side of the groove portion 12 extending in the lateral direction along the groove portion 12 , a back end portion 112 formed on the back end side, and a front end. The bottom surface 123 is formed between the portion 111 and the back end portion 112. Further, the game ball box mounting surface 11 is formed by the front end portion upper surface 1111 of the front end portion 111 and the rear end portion upper surface 1121 of the rear end portion 112. A game ball box 2 (shown in FIG. 1) is placed on the game ball box placement surface 11.

  In addition, since the bottom surface 123 is provided at a position lower than the game ball box mounting surface 11, slopes 121 and 122 are provided at the front end portion 111 and the back end portion 112, respectively, and the bottom surface 123 and the game ball box mounting surface are provided. 11 is connected. As described above, the groove 12 is formed so as to be surrounded by the inclined surfaces 121 and 122 and the bottom surface 123. Further, as can be seen from FIG. 2, the cross section of the groove portion 12 has an inverted trapezoidal shape, and a space due to a step is formed between the bottom surface 123 of the groove portion 12 and the game ball box mounting surface 11. Further, by providing the inclined surfaces 121 and 122 with a predetermined gradient, it is easy to put a dust cloth or the like in a corner such as a corner formed in the groove portion 12, and cleaning can be performed easily.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the waste storage unit 13 is provided on the bottom surface 123. In addition, the waste storage part 13 can be comprised with the ashtray 130 grade | etc.,. Further, as can be seen from the positional relationship shown in FIG. 2, if the step H between the game ball box mounting surface 11 and the bottom surface 123 of the groove 12 is set to be higher than the height of the ashtray 130, the game ball box mounting is performed. The bottom surface 21 of the game ball box 2 placed on the surface 11 does not hit the upper end 1301 of the ashtray 130. That is, the ashtray 130 is completely accommodated in the space formed by the groove 12 of the base plate 1 and does not interfere with the game ball box 2. Thus, by providing the waste storage part 13 lower than the game ball box mounting surface 11 on the upper surface of the groove part 12, the user's waste can be stored and the game placed on the game ball box mounting surface 11. The ball box 2 can be freely slid along the lateral direction of the base plate 1.

  In the present embodiment, the front end portion upper surface 1111 and the rear end portion upper surface 1121 of the groove portion 12 are installed on the same horizontal plane, but the front end portion 111 of the groove portion 12 may be installed slightly higher than the rear end portion 112. it can. That is, the front side (front end portion 111) of the game ball box mounting surface 11 can be raised and the back side (back end portion 112) can be lowered. Thus, by installing the front end top surface 1111 at a position slightly higher than the back end top surface 1121, the game ball box mounting surface 11 is naturally inclined to the back, and the game ball box 2 is in the longitudinal direction of the base plate 1. Can be prevented from falling in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the player and in the direction in which the player is present.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the saddle plate 1 is provided with a waste recovery means 14 extending in the lateral direction in the interior lower than the bottom surface 123, and the waste recovery means 14 is located under the groove portion 12 of the saddle plate 1. And communicated with the waste storage unit 13 through the input port 139.

  FIG. 4 shows the upper surface of the gutter plate 1. On the upper surface of the saddle plate 1, the waste storage unit 13 is disposed at the center of the groove 12 at a predetermined interval. That is, the waste storage unit 13 is provided on the bottom surface 123 of the groove 12 at a predetermined interval with respect to a plurality of pachinko machines provided in parallel. The waste storage unit 13 includes an opening 131 that protrudes upward from the bottom surface 123 of the groove 12. Furthermore, each distance between the opening part 131 and the slopes 121 and 122 provided on both sides of the groove part 12 is set to be smaller than the diameter of the game ball. For this reason, when a game ball is transferred into the groove portion 12, it is stopped at the opening portion 131 and the slopes 121 and 122 of the waste storage portion 13. That is, the game ball cannot roll from the predetermined area C1 of the customer along the groove 12 to the area C2 of the right and left neighbors via the waste storage unit 13.

  Further, the opening 131 of the waste storage unit 13 is provided above the input port 139. FIG. 5 shows the upper surface of the opening 131. A near-elliptical opening 1311 is provided at the center of the opening. The opening 1311 is provided so that waste such as a butt of a smoking customer enters the inlet 139. The opening 131 is provided with a recess 1312 for placing the burning tobacco on the front side. The recess 1312 is arranged toward the opening 1311 located at the center of the opening 13. In addition, in order to place the cigarette stably in the recess 1312, it has a predetermined gradient so as to descend toward the center of the opening 1311. As described above, when the cigarette is placed in the recess 1312, the burning end of the cigarette faces the opening 1311 located at the center of the opening 131, and the burning end along the gradient tilts toward the opening 1311. become. For this reason, the tobacco can be placed in a more stable state. 6 and 7 show a cross section of the opening 131 of the waste container 13. As can be seen from FIG. 7, the opening 131 is provided with a positioning projection 1313. The positioning projection 1313 is installed so as to fit in a positioning recess 138 (shown in FIG. 3) provided on the bottom surface 123 of the groove 12. For this reason, the opening 131 can be arranged in a predetermined direction at the upper part of the inlet 139. In other words, the recess 1312 for placing the cigarette is always arranged in front of the customer. For this reason, the gutter board 1 can have convenience and aesthetics.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a waste collection means 14 is provided below the input port 139. The waste collection means 14 includes a collection passage 141 and a collection device 142 accommodated in the collection passage 141. The recovery device 142 includes a wiper 1421 that transfers waste deposited from the bottom of the recovery passage 141 by dropping from the input port 139, an endless chain 1422 that fixes and rotates the wiper 1421, and an electric motor that drives the endless chain 1422 ( And a rail 1423 that supports the endless chain 1422. In this way, the endless chain 1422 is driven by the electric motor, and performs a reciprocating reciprocating motion in the longitudinal direction of the roof plate 1. For this reason, the wiper 1421 fixed to the endless chain 1422 can transfer the waste deposited on the bottom of the collection passage 141. When the waste is transported in the traveling direction along the recovery passage 141 and reaches the end (not shown) of the recovery passage, it falls into a recovery box (not shown) installed at a position lower than the end. Collected. The wiper 1421 transfers the waste to a collection box provided at one end of the collection passage 141 and drops it, then changes the traveling direction and passes through the internal space above the collection passage 141 as a return path. After arriving at the other end, it reverses again and is circulated.

  Since the opening 131, the collection passage 141, and the collection box may come into contact with a butterfly having high heat, it is desirable that the opening 131, the collection passage 141, and the collection box are made of a heat-resistant material such as a metal plate. In addition, the collection box can be constituted by a water tank or the like.

  In this manner, by providing the waste collection means on the gaming machine island, the waste from the user can be collected quickly, and the discomfort to the user such as the accumulation of the waste is eliminated.

These are the perspective views of the girdle part of the pachinko apparatus of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a decorative board stretched on the surface of a saddle plate portion of the pachinko apparatus according to the present embodiment. These are sectional drawings of the base plate part of the pachinko apparatus of this embodiment. These are the top views of the girdle part of the pachinko apparatus of this embodiment. It is a top view of the waste storage part of the pachinko machine of this embodiment. It is AA sectional drawing of the waste storage part of the pachinko apparatus of this embodiment. It is BB sectional drawing of the waste storage part of the pachinko apparatus of this embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the base plate part of the pachinko apparatus in a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

1: playing board 2: game ball box 100: top board 101: decorative board 11: game ball box mounting surface 12: groove part H: depth of the groove part (step)
13: Waste storage unit 14: Waste collection means 111: Front end 112: Back end 1111: Front end top surface 1121: Back end top surface
121: (front end portion) slope 122: (back end portion) slope 123: (groove portion) bottom surface 131: (waste storage portion) opening 130: ashtray 1301: (ash tray) upper end surface 138: positioning recess 139: insertion port 1311 : (Opening) opening 1312: (opening) recess 1313: positioning protrusion 141: recovery passageway 142: recovery device 1421: wiper 1422: endless chain 1423: rail 22: (game ball box) upper opening 21: (game ball) Box) Bottom

Claims (3)

In a gaming machine island having a plurality of gaming machines installed in a row and a base plate for mounting a gaming ball box that protrudes forward from the lower part of each of these gaming machines and extends in the lateral direction,
The saddle plate has a groove portion extending in a lateral direction at a center portion in a front-rear direction, a front end portion extending in a lateral direction on a front end side of the groove portion, and a rear end portion extending in a lateral direction on a rear end side of the groove portion. and, upper surface of the front end and the octane unit becomes game ball box mounting surface for placing the game balls box,
In the groove, the upper end have a lower mounting surface the game balls box waste storage portion,
The waste storage unit includes an opening projecting upward from the bottom surface of the groove, and the distance between the opening and both side surfaces of the groove is smaller than the diameter of the game ball. Amusement machine island.   The gaming machine island according to claim 1, wherein a cross section of the groove has an inverted trapezoidal shape.   2. The gaming machine island according to claim 1, wherein the saddle plate has waste recovery means extending laterally in an interior lower than a bottom surface of the groove portion, and the waste storage portion communicates with the waste recovery means.

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