JP5072581B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine provided with a substrate case that can be sealed in a state in which the substrate is stored.

  In gaming machines such as pachinko machines, various control boards and the like are mounted on the back side of the main body and the like while being stored in a board case. A general substrate case is configured to have a substantially box shape by combining a case main body and a case lid so as to be openable and closable.

Some board cases of gaming machines are provided with sealing means for preventing fraud with respect to the control board. This sealing means seals the case main body and the case lid in a closed state so that the current state cannot be restored, and after the substrate case storing the control board is sealed by this sealing means, the damaged portion is removed. As long as it is not damaged and leaves no trace of opening, it is impossible to open the substrate case and take out the internal control board (for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-314415

  In conventional gaming machines, it was impossible to open the board case without leaving a trace by providing the sealing means as described above, but the board case is made of synthetic resin. Therefore, depending on the configuration, without changing the sealing means, the case main body and the case lid are forcibly deformed to create a gap between them, and the substrate is accessed from the gap to access, for example, an electronic device. It could not be said that there was no possibility of fraud such as replacing parts.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to forcibly deform the case body and the case lid without temporarily modifying the sealing means so as to leave a gap in the substrate case. Even if it is made, it is to provide a gaming machine in which it is impossible to cheat on an internal board.

The present invention is configured such that a case body 51 and a case lid 52 can be opened and closed, and a substrate case 42 that can store a substrate 41 between the case body 51 and the case lid 52, the case body 51, and the case body And a sealing means 54 capable of sealing the case lid 52 in a closed state, and the substrate case 42 must damage the damaged portion 87 of the sealing means 54 after sealing by the sealing means 54. In the gaming machine configured so as not to be opened, a protective cover 56 covering the electronic component 57 on the substrate 41 side is disposed between the substrate 41 and the case lid 52, and the protective cover 56 a spacer portion 114 to fill the gap between the arranged to surround the connectors 58b provided on the substrate 41 and between the substrate 41 and the case lid 52 is provided integrally with the protective cover and the substrate 41 And 56 superimposed to each other at least part of their outer edges, in which said overlapping portions including said spacer portion 114 and fixed by sandwiching between the case body 51 and the case lid 52.

  According to the present invention, even if the case body 51 and the case lid 52 are forcibly deformed without making any changes to the sealing means 54 to create a gap in the substrate case 42, the case is covered with the protective cover 56. The electronic component 57 that is present cannot be accessed, and such illegal acts can be reliably prevented.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1-13 has illustrated one Embodiment which employ | adopted this invention for the pachinko machine. In the following description, the up, down, left, and right directions refer to up, down, left, and right when the gaming machine body is viewed from the front unless otherwise specified.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a gaming machine main body, which includes a rectangular outer frame 2 and a front frame 3 pivotally attached to the front side of the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. The front frame 3 is detachably attached to the outer frame 2 via a pair of upper and lower hinges 4 on the left end side.

  A game board 5 is detachably mounted on the upper side of the front frame 3, for example, from the front side, a glass door 6 is located on the front side of the game board 5, and a front opening / closing plate 7 is adjacent to the lower side of the glass door 6, respectively. Has been placed. The glass door 6 and the front opening / closing plate 7 are pivotally supported by the front frame 3 by a hinge (not shown) on the same side as the hinge 4 so as to be opened and closed. The front opening / closing plate 7 is provided with a storage tray 9 for storing game balls to be supplied to the launching means 8 and a launching handle 10 for operating the launching means 8 on the front side thereof.

  On the front side of the game board 5, a guide rail 11 for guiding a game ball launched by the launching means 8 is mounted in a substantially annular shape, and a game area 12 in the guide rail 11 is provided with an image display means 13. In addition to the center case 14, various game parts such as a passing gate 15, an open / close winning means 16, a big winning means 17, and a normal winning means 18 are mounted.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a back cover 19 that covers game parts such as the center case 14 from the rear side is attached to the back side of the game board 5, and the main control board 20 is provided on the back side of the back cover 19. A main board case 21 in which the effect control board 22 is stored, an effect board case 23 in which the effect control board 22 is stored, a liquid crystal board case 25 in which the liquid crystal control board 24 is stored, and the like are detachably mounted.

  On the back side of the front frame 3, an open / close cover 31 that covers the back side of the game board 5 mounted from the front side is detachably mounted, and a game ball tank 32 and a tank rail 33 are provided on the upper side thereof. A payout means 34 and a payout passage 35 are respectively mounted on one end side in the left-right direction, for example, on the hinge 4 side, and when a game ball wins a winning opening such as the big winning means 17 or from an automatic ball lending machine not shown. When a ball lending command is issued, the game balls in the game ball tank 32 are paid out by the payout means 34 through the tank rail 33, and the game balls are guided to the storage tray 9 through the payout passage 35.

  A substrate mounting table 36 is detachably mounted on the lower part of the back side of the front frame 3, and a power substrate 39 is mounted on the power substrate mounting unit 37 and the payout substrate mounting unit 38 on the back side of the substrate mounting table 36. A stored power board case 40 and a payout board case 42 in which a payout control board 41 is stored are detachably mounted.

  Hereinafter, the details of the payout substrate case 42 attached to the payout substrate attaching portion 38 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the payout board mounting portion 38 is formed in a concave shape facing forward on the back side of the board mounting base 36, and is fitted to the payout board case 42 side on the left and right end sides, for example, the right end side. A fitting hole 44 into which the projection 43 can be fitted is formed, and the other end side in the left-right direction, for example, the left end side, is detachably engaged with a fastened portion 45 (FIG. 5 and the like) on the payout board case 42 side. The fastening knob 46 to be joined is slidably mounted between a lower fastening position and an upper release position, for example.

  The payout substrate case 42 is, for example, a substantially rectangular box shape that is flat in the front-rear direction, and as shown in FIGS. A hinge means 53 for detachably connecting the lid 52, and a sealing means 54 capable of sealing the case body 51 and the case lid 52 in a closed state at the other end in the left-right direction, for example. A spacer member 55 and a protective cover 56 are stored together with the payout control substrate 41 in the substrate accommodating portion 42a.

  The payout control board 41 has a substantially rectangular shape, and on the front side thereof, various electronic components 57 such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM are arranged near the center, and a plurality of connectors 58a and 58b are provided near the outer edge. And a positioning hole 59 and a screw insertion hole 60 are formed.

  The case main body 51 is integrally provided with a substantially rectangular plate-like bottom plate 61 and upper, lower, left, and right outer peripheral frames 62a to 62d that protrude from the substrate housing portion 42a along the outer periphery of the bottom plate 61. Of the outer peripheral frames 62a to 62d, for example, the left outer peripheral frame 62c has a larger protruding width from the bottom plate 61 than the other outer peripheral frames 62a, 62b, and 62d. The left edge is directed to the other outer peripheral frames 62a, 62b, and 62d with the left edge aligned with the inner surface of the outer peripheral frame 62c. In addition, positioning protrusions 63 and screw holes 64 are formed on the outer peripheral frames 62a, 62b, and 62d corresponding to the positioning holes 59 and the screw insertion holes 60 on the payout control board 41 side.

  On the inner surface side of the bottom plate 61, for example, a plurality of support ribs 65 are provided on the left outer peripheral frame 62c side edge so as to support the payout control board 41 from the back side at the same height as the outer peripheral frame 62a and the like. Further, a board pressing portion 66 (FIGS. 6, 8 and the like) that engages with the front side of the payout control board 41 protrudes from the inner surface side of the left outer peripheral frame 62c. Furthermore, a fastening portion 45 (FIG. 5 and the like) corresponding to the fastening knob 46 on the payout board mounting portion 38 side is integrally formed on one end side in the left-right direction of the case body 51, for example, the left end side, so as to protrude outward. .

  The case lid 52 has a substantially rectangular lid shape that opens on the case body 51 side, and has a top plate 71 that faces the bottom plate 61 on the case body 51 side, and the substrate housing portion 42 a side along the outer periphery of the top plate 71. An outer peripheral plate 72 that protrudes and fits outside the outer peripheral frames 62a to 62d on the case body 51 side is integrally provided. The top plate 71 is formed with first and second recesses 73 and 74 which are recessed into the payout control board 41 side at portions corresponding to the connectors 58a and 58b on the payout control board 41 side. The portions other than the two concave portions 73 and 74 are bulged portions 75.

  As shown in FIG. 5 and the like, the first concave portion 73 is formed in a substantially L shape so as to extend from the upper edge portion of the case lid 52 to a part of the right edge portion, and the bottom surface portion 73a is a payout control board. One or a plurality of connector holes 76 are formed close to the front side of 41 to expose the connector 58a on the payout control board 41 side. The second recessed portion 74 is disposed on the left end side of the lower edge portion of the case lid 52, and the bottom surface portion 74a thereof is substantially flush with the distal end side of the connector 58b on the payout control board 41 side, so that the connector 58b is disposed. A connector hole 77 to be exposed, and a fitting cylinder portion 78 (FIG. 7) that protrudes from the connector hole 77 toward the payout control board 41 and fits to the outer peripheral side of the connector 58b via a predetermined gap. And are provided.

  Further, on one end side in the left-right direction of the case lid 52, for example, on the right end side, a fitting projection 43 that can be fitted into the fitting hole 44 on the payout board mounting portion 38 side is integrally formed in an outward projecting shape. .

  The hinge means 53 is formed integrally with one pair of upper and lower hinge pins 53a integrally formed on one end side, for example, the right end side of the case body 51, and one end side, for example, the right end side, of the case lid 52 corresponding to this hinge pin 53a. And a pair of upper and lower engaging pieces 53b that engage and disengage with the hinge pin 53a in a freely rotatable manner.

  The pair of hinge pins 53a is disposed, for example, at a position closer to the upper portion of the case body 51. The engaging piece 53b is provided on the front edge side of the right outer peripheral plate 72a of the case lid 52, and can be freely engaged and disengaged from between the right outer peripheral frame 62d on the case main body 51 side and the hinge pin 53a to the front side of the hinge pin 53a. Is formed in a substantially L-shaped cross section.

  A plurality (four in this case) of the sealing means 54 are arranged in a line along the open / close end side of the payout substrate case 42 opposite to the hinge means 53, for example, the left end side. 54 enables sealing and opening up to four times.

  As shown in FIG. 10, each sealing means 54 includes a top plate 71 of the case lid 52, a sealing plate 81 fixed to the inner surface side of the top plate 71, and a left outer peripheral frame on the case main body 51 side, for example. 62c is provided across the separation preventing plate 82 projecting from the inner surface side of 62c. The separation preventing portion 83 formed on the separation preventing plate 82 and the separation preventing portion 83 in contact with the separation preventing plate 82 are provided. , A sealing pin 85 that penetrates from the sealing portion 84 side to the detachment preventing portion 83 and couples the two in an inseparable manner, and a pin holder that holds the sealing pin 85 before sealing A portion 86, a breakage portion 87 that integrally connects the sealing portion 84 and the pin holding portion 86 to the sealing plate 81, and an operation for pressing the sealing pin 85 in the coupling direction from the outside of the case lid 52. On the top plate 71 side for cutting the opening 88 and the damaged portion 87 from the outside of the case lid 52. The sealing pin 85 is detached from the sealing portion 84 side by pressing the sealing pin 85 in the pin holding portion 86 through the operation opening 88 at the time of sealing. The prevention part 83 is engaged and sealed so as not to be detached, and the broken part 87 is cut in the sealed state so that it can be opened.

  The separation preventing portion 83 includes an insertion slit 91 for the sealing pin 85 formed on the separation prevention plate 82, and a pair of elastic engagement portions 92 formed integrally with the separation prevention plate 82 on both sides of the insertion slit 91. Each of the elastic engagement portions 92 is provided with a guide inclined surface of the sealing pin 85. In the separation preventing plate 82, escape slits 93 are formed on both sides of each insertion slit 91, and an elastic engagement portion 92 is formed between the adjacent slits 91 and 93.

  The separation preventing plate 82 is disposed in parallel with the payout control board 41 at a position a predetermined distance away from the payout control board 41 on the inner surface side of the left outer peripheral frame 62c and on the front side thereof, and along the back side thereof. A plurality of support ribs 90 are arranged inward from the inner surface side of the left outer peripheral frame 62c. The support rib 90 is a right-angled triangle in plan view, and the edge 90a on the payout control board 41 side corresponding to the oblique side is a distance from the bottom plate 61 of the case main body 51 and the payout control board 41 as the distance from the left outer peripheral frame 62c increases. It is formed in an inclined shape that increases.

  The pin holding part 86 is for holding the sealing pin 85 in a state before sealing, and is constituted by a rectangular frame, and is arranged between the sealing plate 81 and the fitting rib 95 of the case lid 52. Has been. The pin holding portion 86 is provided with an engaging convex portion 96 opposite to each other in the middle in the axial direction, and a sealing portion 94 is integrally formed at the tip portion so as to abut against the separation preventing plate 82 when closed. Is provided. The sealing portion 94 has a square pin insertion hole 97. The breakage portion 87 is a plate shape that can be easily cut by a cutting tool such as a nipper, and is integrally formed so as to connect the upper center of the pin holding portion 86 and the sealing plate 81.

  The sealing plate 81 is integrally formed with an inclined portion 98 that is inclined obliquely from the inner peripheral side of the sealing plate 81 to the lower side of each damaged portion 87. The inclined portion 98 covers the pin holding portion 86, the sealing portion 94, and the damaged portion 87 from the inside of the case lid 52, and the lower end side of the inclined portion 98 on the protrusion 99 on the separation preventing plate 82 in the sealed state. This is for closing the lower side of the opening 89 for cutting.

  The sealing pin 85 penetrates from the sealing portion 94 side to the separation preventing portion 83 side of the separation preventing plate 82 and connects the case main body 51 and the case lid body 52 in a sealed state. The sealing pin 85 is held in the pin holding portion 86. The sealing pin 85 includes a shaft portion 85 a having a rectangular cross section, a rectangular engagement flange portion 100, a trapezoidal engagement head portion 101 on the distal end side of the shaft portion 85 a, and an upper side from the engagement flange portion 100. It has a protruding columnar operated portion 100a, and is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material having appropriate elasticity.

  The engagement collar portion 100 has a rectangular shape that fits into the pin holding portion 86, and is locked in the pin holding portion 86 by the engagement convex portion 96 in a state before sealing, and in the sealed state, the sealing portion 94 is engaged from above. The engagement head 101 is fitted into the pin insertion hole 97 of the sealing portion 94 in a state before sealing, and is engaged with the elastic engagement portion 92 of the separation preventing portion 83 from the lower side in a sealed state. It is supposed to be.

  The case lid 52 includes four fitting frame portions 102 on the top plate 71, and a pin holding portion 86 is fitted to the fitting frame portion 102 from below. The pin holding portion 86 is loosely fitted to the fitting frame portion 102 with a predetermined gap, and when the broken portion 87 is broken and is in the connected state to the separation preventing plate 82 side, the pin holding portion 86 is in contact with the fitting frame portion 102. It can be freely inserted and removed. The fitting frame portion 102 is formed integrally with the fitting rib 95 and the top plate 71, and a position corresponding to the damaged portion 87 is an open cutout portion 103.

  The operation opening 88 is formed in the top plate 71 at the center of the fitting frame portion 102, and the operated portion 100 a of the sealing pin 85 before sealing is fitted into the operation opening 88 from below. Yes. The operation opening 88 is a small-diameter round hole that matches the operated portion 100a of the sealing pin 85, and a guide portion 104 that extends in a conical surface upward is provided above each operation opening 88. It has been.

  The opening 89 for cutting is for cutting the damaged portion 87 by inserting a cutting tool when opening the payout substrate case 42. The opening 89 for cutting covers the damaged portion 87 on the top plate 71 side of the case lid 52. Thus, it is formed in a long hole shape.

  The constituent members of the payout substrate case 42 are made of a transparent synthetic resin material so that the inside can be seen as much as possible, except for the sealing pins 85 of the sealing means 54 and the like.

  The spacer member 55 fills a gap between the payout control board 41 and the case lid 52 around the connector 58a. As shown in FIG. 4, the spacer member 55 corresponds to the first recess 73 by a transparent synthetic resin plate, for example. It is formed in a substantially L shape. The spacer member 55 is provided with a connector fitting hole 110 into which the connector 58a on the payout control board 41 side can be fitted, for example, independently for each connector 58a, and the connector 58a is fitted into the connector fitting hole 110. In this state, it is mounted between the payout control board 41 and the bottom surface portion 73a of the first recess 73 on the case lid 52 side.

  The protective cover 56 covers the electronic component 57 on the payout control board 41 side inside the case lid 52 and is formed of, for example, a transparent synthetic resin, and is substantially parallel to the top plate 71 on the case lid 52 side. An electronic component formed in a lid shape that opens on the payout control board 41 side by the upper wall portion 111 and the upper, lower, left and right peripheral wall portions 112a to 112d projecting on the payout control board 41 side along the outer periphery of the upper wall portion 111 The cover portion 113 and the spacer portion 114 corresponding to the connector 58b on the payout control board 41 side are integrally provided, and are arranged between the payout control board 41 and the case lid body 52, for example, together with the payout control board 41, the case body 51. It is detachably fixed to the side.

  The electronic component cover portion 113 covers substantially the entire electronic component 57 mounted on the payout control board 41 side, and is formed in a shape substantially corresponding to the bulging portion 75 on the case lid 52 side. A large number of ventilation holes 111 a are formed in the wall portion 111.

  Further, the electronic component cover portion 113 is provided with a stepped portion 116 having a lower part on the outer peripheral side of the upper wall portion 111 corresponding to the separation preventing plate 82 and the second recessed portion 74 on the left end side, for example. A screwing portion 118 having a screw insertion hole 117 formed on the end side opposite to the stepped portion 116, for example, the right end side, is provided in a bowl shape along the front side of the payout control board 41, for example. In the state where the step portion 116 is inserted between the separation preventing plate 82 and the payout control board 41, the right end side screwing part 118 is screwed together with the payout control board 41 to the case body 51 side.

  When the left end portion of the electronic component cover portion 113 is inserted between the separation preventing plate 82 and the payout control board 41, the payout control is performed so that the edge portion of the step portion 116 extends along the inclined edge portion 90a of the support rib 90. When the electronic component cover portion 113 is guided to the board 41 and reaches the predetermined mounting position where the left end side on the electronic component cover portion 113 side substantially contacts the left outer peripheral frame 62c on the case body 51 side, as shown in FIG. The left end side is sandwiched between the support rib 90 and the payout control board 41 so as to be substantially fixed in a direction perpendicular to the payout control board 41.

  In addition, the electronic component cover 113 has at least a portion that does not face the spacer member 55 side, for example, the lower peripheral wall portion 112b, and the edge of the electronic component cover portion 113 comes into contact with the front side of the payout control board 41 without a gap. Yes. Of course, you may comprise so that the edge of all the surrounding wall parts 112a-112d may contact | abut to the front side of the payout control board 41 without a gap.

  The spacer portion 114 fills a gap between the payout control board 41 and the case lid 52 around the connector 58b, and is provided from the edge of the peripheral wall portion 112 at a position corresponding to the second recess 74. A connector fitting hole 115 is formed to extend outward along the surface of the connector 58 and into which the connector 58b is fitted. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the distal end side of the fitting cylinder portion 78 on the case lid 52 side is substantially in contact with the peripheral edge portion of the connector fitting hole 115. It is sandwiched between the tip end side of the portion 78 and the payout control board 41 so as to be substantially fixed in a direction perpendicular to the payout control board 41.

  In the assembly process of the pachinko machine configured as described above, when the payout control board 41 is sealed in the payout board case 42, first, the spacer member 55 and the protective cover 56 are connected to the connector fitting holes 110 and 115 with the connectors 58a, 58b is mounted on the payout control board 41 so as to be fitted (FIG. 11). At this time, when the connectors 58a and 58b are fitted into the connector fitting holes 110 and 115, both the spacer member 55 and the protective cover 56 are substantially fixed to the payout control board 41 in the direction along the plate surface. The

  Then, the payout control board 41 with the spacer member 55 and the protective cover 56 attached is inserted on the left end side between the release prevention plate 82 on the case main body 51 side and the bottom plate 61 from the right side, while the payout control board 41 side. The positioning projection 59 on the case body 51 side is fitted into the positioning hole 59 (FIG. 12), and the case body 51 side is fitted through the screw insertion holes 117 and 60 on the protective cover 56 side and the payout control board 41 side. The protective cover 56 and the payout control board 41 are fixed to the case main body 51 by screwing the fixing screw 119 (FIG. 4) into the screw hole 64.

  At this time, the protective cover 56 and the payout control board 41 are positioned on the payout control board 41 side in the direction perpendicular to the bottom plate 61 by sandwiching the left end side between the support ribs 90 and 65 on the case body 51 side. Since the positioning projections 63 on the case body 51 side are fitted in the holes 59 and are fixed substantially in the direction along the bottom plate 61, their right end sides are fastened together with the fixing screws 119 to the case body 51 side. Thus, it is substantially immovable with respect to the case body 51.

  Then, the engagement piece 53b of the case lid 52 is engaged with the hinge pin 53a on the case main body 51 side, and the other end side is relatively rotated in a direction approaching each other, thereby fitting the case lid 52 to the case main body 51. (FIG. 13) Using one of the four sealing means 54, the case main body 51 and the case lid 52 are sealed in a closed state. At this time, the fitting cylinder portion 78 on the case lid 52 side is externally fitted to the connector 58b on the payout control board 41 side, and the tip end side thereof is substantially in contact with the spacer portion 114 of the protection cover 56. 114 is fixed in a direction perpendicular to the bottom plate 61 by being sandwiched between the case main body 51 and the fitting cylinder portion 78 on the case lid 52 side together with the payout control board 41. The spacer member 55 is also fixed to the payout substrate case 42 by being sandwiched between the case main body 51 and the case lid 52 together with the payout control substrate 41.

  In the state where the payout substrate case 42 is sealed by the sealing means 54 as described above, for example, the case body 51 and the case lid 52 are forcibly deformed in a direction to separate them to create a gap on the lower edge side of the payout substrate case 42, for example. Even so, since the electronic component 57 on the front side of the payout control board 41 is covered with a protective cover 56 different from the case cover 52, the payout control board 41 is formed from the gap between the case body 51 and the case cover 52. The electronic component 57 on the side cannot be accessed, and unauthorized actions such as replacement of the electronic component 57 and connection of unauthorized components can be prevented in advance.

  As described above, in the pachinko machine of the present embodiment, the protective cover 56 that covers the electronic component 57 on the payout control board 41 side is disposed between the payout control board 41 and the case lid 52. Even if the case body 51 and the case lid 52 are forcibly deformed without making any changes to the sealing means 54 to create a gap in the payout substrate case 42, the electronic component 57 covered with the protective cover 56 is accessed. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent an illegal act such as replacing the electronic component 57.

  In addition, the protective cover 56 is integrally provided with a spacer portion 114 that is disposed so as to surround the connector 58b provided on the payout control board 41 and fills a gap between the payout control board 41 and the case lid 52. Also, access to the electronic component 57 on the payout control board 41 from the periphery of the connector 58b can be reliably prevented.

  Since the payout control board 41 and the protective cover 56 are detachably fixed to the case body 51 side and the case lid 52 is attached and sealed to the case body 51, the sealing means 54 is provided. Even if the case cover 52 is removed due to damage, the electronic component 57 cannot be accessed unless the protective cover 56 is further removed from the case body 51. For example, a go-to action is performed by opening the payout board case 42. However, it is very time consuming and can effectively prevent such an action.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, although the spacer member 55 is separated from the protective cover 56 in the embodiment, the spacer member 55 is also provided integrally with the protective cover 56 in the same manner as the spacer portion 114, and spacer members for all the connectors on the board 41 side are provided. You may form integrally with the protective cover 56. FIG.

  It is desirable that the protective cover 56 be fixed to the case body 51 side at as many positions as possible on the peripheral edge thereof. Further, the protective cover 56 may be detachably fixed to the case lid 52 side together with the substrate 41 by screwing or the like.

  Further, the present invention can be similarly applied to various substrate cases provided with sealing means, such as the main substrate case 21 storing the main control substrate 20, in addition to the payout substrate case 42 storing the discharge control substrate 41. . In the embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine has been described. Needless to say, the present invention can be similarly applied to various game machines such as an arrange ball machine and a slot machine.

1 is an overall front view of a gaming machine main body showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a rear view of a gaming machine main body. It is a perspective view of a payout board mounting part and a payout board case. It is a disassembled perspective view of a payout substrate case. It is a rear view of a payout substrate case. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along arrow A in FIG. 5. It is B arrow sectional drawing in FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along arrow C in FIG. 5. It is D arrow sectional drawing in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of a sealing means. It is explanatory drawing which shows the 1st step in the assembly process of a payout substrate case. It is explanatory drawing which shows the 2nd step in the assembly process of a payout substrate case. It is explanatory drawing which shows the 3rd step in the assembly process of a payout substrate case.

Explanation of symbols

41 Dispensing control board (board)
42 Discharged substrate case (substrate case)
51 Case Body 52 Case Cover 54 Sealing Means 56 Protective Cover 57 Electronic Component 58b Connector 87 Damaged Part 114 Spacer Part

Claims (1)

A substrate case (42) configured to be openable and closable by a case main body (51) and a case lid (52) and capable of storing a substrate (41) between the case main body (51) and the case lid (52). And a sealing means (54) capable of sealing the case body (51) and the case lid (52) in a closed state, and the substrate case (42) includes the sealing means (54) In the gaming machine configured so that it cannot be opened unless the damaged portion (87) of the sealing means (54) is damaged after sealing by the above-mentioned, between the substrate (41) and the case lid (52). A protective cover (56) that covers the electronic component (57) on the board (41) side is disposed, and the protective cover (56) surrounds the connector (58b) provided on the board (41). And the substrate (41) and the case lid ( Provided spacer portions to fill the gap between the 2) (114) integrally, and said protective cover and the substrate (41) (56) superimposed to each other in at least a portion of their outer edge, the spacer portion ( 114) including the overlapped portion including the case main body (51) and the case lid body (52).

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