JP5156954B2 - Amusement stand loading pallet - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pallet on which a game machine represented by a pachinko machine is loaded.

  A game machine that has been manufactured and is waiting to be shipped to a hall is usually temporarily stored in a warehouse. From the viewpoint of reducing storage space and preventing damage to the gaming table, the gaming table is loaded on a pallet and stored in a warehouse. From the standpoint of pallet loading efficiency, it is effective to arrange the game stands in a standing position and place them on the pallet.However, game tables represented by pachinko machines are vertically long and thin, so they can be placed in a standing position. If placed, it may fall down. Then, the pallet provided with the member which prevents the fall of a game stand is proposed (for example, patent document 1).

JP 2008-307323 A

  Providing a member for preventing the game table from falling may interfere with the game table in the middle of loading when the game table is loaded onto the pallet. Therefore, it is possible to separate the member that prevents the collapse from the pallet and separate it once during the loading operation and install it after loading, but with such a configuration, the member that prevents the collapse is lost. May end up. Moreover, although the unused pallet needs to be stored somewhere in preparation for use, the storage space is preferably as small as possible.

  It is an object of the present invention to prevent a member that prevents the game table from falling down from becoming an obstacle during the loading operation of the game table, to prevent the loss thereof, and to reduce the storage space when the pallet is not used. is there.

According to the present invention, a bottom portion on which a plurality of gaming tables are arranged and placed in a standing posture, and a first and a second that are vertically foldable on the bottom portion and spaced apart in the arrangement direction of the plurality of gaming tables. and the side of is extended prior to Sharing, ABS column, provided with a tilting preventing member for preventing the falling of the amusement machine, wherein the first and second sides, each of which bottom the bottom, It is supported rotatably on the bottom side, and is folded by turning to the bottom side. The fall-preventing member has one end on the first side and the outside of the first side. By being connected to the front surface side so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction, the first side portion can be folded, while the other end portion is detachably connected to the second side portion, and the fall-preventing member Has an upper part and a lower part in the unfolded state, and the lower part is the game on the bottom part. A contact portion for each of the game tables that contacts the top portion of the game table to prevent the fall, and the fall prevention member includes a first member having the one end portion and a first member having the other end portion. The first and second members have the same number of the abutting portions and are rotatably connected so that the upper portions of the first and second members overlap each other and can be folded into two. A pallet for loading a game stand is provided.

  According to the present invention, the member for preventing the game table from falling down does not interfere with the loading operation of the game table, and further prevents the loss of the game table, and further reduces the storage space when the pallet is not used. it can.

1 is a perspective view of a gaming table loading pallet 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. The perspective view of the pallet 1 for game table loading when the game table P is not loaded. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure inside the support portion 14. (A) is sectional drawing of the pin unit 40, (b) And (c) is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the pin unit 40. FIG. The perspective view of the pallet 1 for game stand loading which shows the state which folded the side part 20B. The perspective view of the pallet 1 for game stand loading which shows the state which folded the side part 20A. Explanatory drawing of the support structure of the fall prevention member. (A) And (b) is explanatory drawing of the latching structure of the fall prevention member 30. FIG. (A) is a side view showing the periphery of the hinge 31 of the fall-preventing member 30, and (b) is a cross-sectional view of the fall-preventing member 30. Explanatory drawing of the attachment or detachment structure of the support member 32 and the contact part 33. FIG. Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the fall prevention member 30. FIG. The perspective view of the pallet 1 for game table loading which shows the state which loaded the two game tables P. FIG. Operation | movement explanatory drawing of the fall prevention member 30. FIG. The perspective view of the pallet 1 for game table loading which shows the state which loaded the four game tables P. FIG. The perspective view of the pallet 1 for game stand loading stacked up and down. Explanatory drawing of the engagement state at the time of stacking. The perspective view of the pallet 1 for game stand loading at the time of non-loading the game stand P stacked up and down.

<Overall configuration>
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a gaming table loading pallet 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the gaming machine loading pallet 1 when the gaming machine P is not loaded, and shows a state in which a fall prevention member 30 described later is folded.

  In the figure, Z indicates a vertical direction, and X and Y indicate horizontal directions orthogonal to each other. The gaming table loading pallet 1 (hereinafter also simply referred to as “pallet 1”) according to the present embodiment includes four gaming tables P arranged in the Y direction in a standing posture for two rows (a total of eight). The number of game machines P that can be loaded is not limited to this. In this embodiment, a pachinko machine is assumed as the gaming table P, but the pallet 1 can be applied to other types of gaming tables. The pallet 1 includes a bottom portion 10 that is rectangular in plan view, a pair of side portions 20A and 20B that are spaced apart from each other in the Y direction, and two fall-preventing members 30.

<Bottom 10>
The bottom portion 10 includes a rectangular main body frame 11 whose outer shape is along the X and Y directions, and a bottom plate 12 that is fixed on the main body frame 11 and on which the game table P is placed. The main body frame 11 is formed by connecting, for example, a rectangular tube type steel pipe. The bottom plate 12 is made of, for example, a wooden plate, and includes a plurality of grooves 12a that are separated in the Y direction and extend in the X direction. The groove 12a is for mounting the game table P, defines the mounting position of the game table P, and prevents the position shift of the game table P in the Y direction on the bottom plate 12.

  Support portions 14 are provided upright at four corners of the main body frame 11. The support part 14 supports the side parts 20A and 20B in a foldable manner. Details will be described later. On the lower surface of the main body frame 11, a hawk insertion portion 13 spaced in the Y direction is provided. A hawk part of a hawk lift (not shown) is inserted into the hawk insertion part 13 in the X direction. When the pallet 1 is moved, the fork part of the forklift is inserted into the fork insertion part 13, and the main body frame 11 is supported by the fork part to be lifted and moved.

  Positioning members 16 are provided on the lower surfaces of both ends of the main body frame 11 in the Y direction. The positioning member 16 extends in the X direction and has a recess 16a having a triangular cross section. The positioning member 16 is formed in a block shape in the lower portion of the support portion 14 and is configured by bending a sheet metal into a roof mold between the block-shaped portions. The positioning members 16 position each other when the pallets 1 are stacked up and down. The extending direction of the positioning member 16 is parallel to the insertion direction of the hawk part with respect to the hawk insertion part 13.

  A positioning member 15 extending in the X direction is supported on the upper portion of the support portion 14. The positioning member 15 includes a convex portion 15a having a triangular cross section that engages with the concave portion 16a. When the folded pallets 1 are stacked up and down, the positioning member 15 engages with the positioning member 16 of the counterpart pallet 1 and positions each other. Since the convex portion 15a and the concave portion 16a are triangular in cross section, in the process of stacking the pallet 1 up and down, one of the convex portion 15a and the concave portion 16a is guided to the other, and the alignment between the two becomes simple. The extending direction of the positioning member 15 is also parallel to the insertion direction of the hawk part with respect to the hawk insertion part 13.

<Side 20A, 20B>
Each of the side portions 20A and 20B is a frame having a rectangular outer shape including a column portion 21 that is separated in the X direction and extends in the Z direction, and two beam portions 22 that are laid between the column portions 21. I am making a body. The lower part of the column part 21 is inserted and supported by the support part 14 of the bottom part 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the support portion 14 has a U-shaped cross section, and the inner surface in the Y direction (the center side of the pallet 1) is open. The column part 21 is a square tube type steel pipe. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the inner structure of the support portion 14, and is a cross-sectional view at an intermediate point in the Y direction.

  A columnar shaft 21 b is fixed to the lower part of the column part 21, and both ends thereof protrude from the column part 21. On the inner surface of the support portion 14, a groove 14a into which the tip of the shaft portion 21b is inserted is formed. The groove 14a extends in the Z direction with a width substantially equal to the diameter of the shaft portion 21b. For this reason, the column portion 21 can be displaced in the Z direction with respect to the support portion 14 by guiding the groove 14a with respect to the shaft portion 21b, and can be rotated to the bottom 10 side with the shaft portion 21b as a rotation center. It is supported by.

  A pin unit 40 is fixed to the support portion 14 (a portion of a case 41 described later). The pin unit 40 includes a pin 42. The pin 42 is inserted into a hole 14 b provided in the support portion 14 and a hole 21 c provided in the column portion 21, so that the column portion 21 is in the Z direction with respect to the support portion 14. And the rotation are restricted (the state shown in the left side of FIG. 3).

  4A is a cross-sectional view of the pin unit 40, and FIGS. 4B and 4C are diagrams for explaining the operation of the pin unit 40. FIG. The pin unit 40 is attached to a cylindrical case 41, a pin 42 inserted into the case 41, a spring 43 loaded between the case 41 and the pin 42 in the case 41, and a rear end portion of the pin 42. A ring 44 provided. The case 41 is formed with a slit 41a into which the ring 44 can be inserted. The spring 43 is always biased in the direction in which the pin 42 protrudes. As shown in FIG. 4B, in the state where the ring 44 is inserted into the slit 41a, the pin 42 is in the projecting position. As shown in (c), by rotating the ring 44 and locking it to the end of the case 41, the pin 42 can be moved to the retracted position (the amount of protrusion of the pin is small).

  Returning to FIG. 3, a notch-shaped locking portion 14 c is formed at the upper end of the support portion 14, and the column-shaped portion 21 is provided with a block-shaped engaging portion 21 a that fits into the locking portion 14 c. It has been. The engagement between the locking portion 14c and the engaging portion 21a restricts the rotation of the column portion 21 with respect to the support portion 14 (state shown in the left side of FIG. 3).

  When the side portions 20A and 20B are folded, the pin unit 40 is disengaged and the side portions 20A and 20B are lifted to displace the column portion 21 upward as shown in the right side of FIG. The engagement between the stop portion 14c and the engaging portion 21a is also released. Subsequently, it is turned around the shaft 21b and folded. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the side portion 20B is turned and folded toward the bottom portion 10 side, and FIG. 6 shows a state in which the side portion 20A is further turned and folded toward the bottom portion 10 side. In the case of this embodiment, in the folded state, the side part 20B is made to be under the side part 20A. As described above, the side portions 20A and 20B are erected on the bottom portion 10 so as to be foldable so that the folded state shown in FIG. 6 and the standing state (deployed state) shown in FIGS. .

  Returning to FIG. 2, the side portions 20A and 20B will be further described. The side parts 20A and 20B are provided with a positioning member 23 at the top thereof. Three positioning members 23 are provided in the X direction, and the positioning members 23 extend in the X direction. The side portions 20 </ b> A and 20 </ b> B include support members 24 </ b> A and 24 </ b> B that are erected on the beam portion 22. Of the three positioning members 23, the two positioning members 23 at both ends in the X direction are supported by the column portion 21 and the support member 24A or 24B. Of the three positioning members 23, the central positioning member 23 is supported between the support members 24A or the support members 24B.

  The positioning member 23 forms a convex portion having a triangular cross section that engages with the concave portion 16a. The positioning member 23 is engaged with the positioning member 16 of the pallet 1 on the other side and positions each other when the pallets 1 loaded with the game tables P are stacked up and down. Since the positioning member 23 and the recessed portion 16a are triangular in cross section, in the process of stacking the pallet 1 up and down, one of the positioning member 23 and the recessed portion 16a is guided to the other, and the alignment of both becomes simple. The extending direction of the positioning member 23 is also parallel to the insertion direction of the hawk part with respect to the hawk insertion part 13.

  Each of the side portions 20A and 20B includes one stopper member 25. The stopper member 25 is a plate material fixed to the upper portion of the column portion 21 and is provided only at one end portion in the X direction of the side portions 20A and 20B. The stopper member 25 positions the pallets 1 in the X direction when the pallets 1 loaded with the game tables P are stacked up and down.

<Falling prevention member 30>
Referring to FIG. 1, the fall-preventing member 30 extends in the Y direction, which is the arrangement direction of a plurality of gaming tables P placed on the bottom portion 10, and abuts against the gaming tables P to prevent the falling. It is the member of, and has comprised the beam shape constructed between side part 20A and 20B. In the present embodiment, since the gaming tables P are placed in two rows on the bottom portion 10, one in each row is provided in total.

  The fall-preventing member 30 is composed of a plurality of members 30A and 30B that can be folded together. In the present embodiment, there are two members, but three or more members may be used. The member 30A and the member 30B are connected by a hinge 31, and the member 30B is folded by rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow d1 from the state of FIG. Further, the member 30A is rotatably supported by the support member 24A of the side portion 20A, and the entire fall-preventing member 30 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow d2 from the state extended in the Y direction shown in FIG. It is folded with respect to the side part 20A by moving.

  FIG. 2 shows a state in which the member 30B is folded from the unfolded state of FIG. 1, and the entire fall-preventing member 30 is folded with respect to the side portion 20A. The entire fall prevention member 30 is rotated to the outer surface side of the side portion 20A. In addition, the rotation direction of the side part 20A at the time of folding is the bottom part 10 side (see FIG. 6), and the rotation direction of the fall-preventing member 30 at the time of folding is the outer surface side of the side part 20A. The direction of movement is opposite. For this reason, compared with the case where the rotation direction is the same, the restrictions on the folding order and the unfolding order are reduced.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a support structure for the fall-preventing member 30. One end of the fall-preventing member 30 (the end of the member 30A) is disposed between the support members 24A of the side 20A, and the shaft 34 is fixed. The support member 24A of the side portion 20A is formed with a long hole 24a extending in the Y direction (referenced when unfolded), and both end portions of the shaft 34 are inserted into the long holes 24a to prevent falling off. The fall-preventing member 30 and the side portion 20A are connected by screwing the nut. Thus, the fall-preventing member 30 is guided by the long hole 24 a and can be displaced in the Y direction (referenced when deployed), and is connected to the side portion 20 </ b> A so as to be rotatable about the shaft 34.

  FIGS. 8A and 8B are explanatory views of the locking structure of the fall-preventing member 30. FIG. The other end portion of the fall prevention member 30 (the end portion of the member 30B) is inserted and locked between the support members 24B at the time of deployment. An engagement piece 35 having a hole 35a is provided at the end of the member 30B. On the other hand, the pin unit 40 is provided in the support member 24B. Thus, as shown in FIG. 8B, by inserting the pin 42 of the pin unit 40 into the hole 35a, the end portion of the member 30B can be locked and connected to the side portion 20B. Moreover, when folding the fall prevention member 30, the pin unit 40 is operated and the latching is cancelled | released. As described above, the end of the member 30B can be detachably connected to the side portion 20B, so that the folding / unfolding operation can be simplified and the supporting force of the fall-preventing member 30 can be improved during deployment.

  Next, FIG. 9A is a side view showing the vicinity of the hinge 31 of the fall-preventing member 30, and FIG. 9B is a cross-sectional view of the fall-preventing member 30. The arrow indicates the direction in which the member 30B is folded (the direction of rotation by the hinge 31).

  Each of the members 30A and 30B includes a contact portion 33 that contacts the game table P and prevents its falling, and a support member 32 that supports the contact portion 33 in a replaceable manner. The support member 32 is a metal member having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is a member for ensuring the rigidity of the fall-preventing member 30. The contact portion 33 is made of, for example, polystyrene foam, and has an outer shape corresponding to the type of the game table P to be loaded and corresponding to the groove 12a of the bottom plate 12, and in the case of the present embodiment, As shown in FIG. 1, it contacts the top of the game table P to prevent its falling. In the case of the present embodiment, both the members 30A and 30B use the same contact portion 33, and the number of game tables P that prevent the members 30A and 30B from falling down is the same (two).

  Note that the part of the gaming table P with which the abutting part 33 contacts is not limited to the top part, and may be another part such as a side part of the gaming table P as long as the part can prevent the falling part. The position of 30 is designed according to the position of the gaming table P with which the contact portion 33 contacts.

  As shown in FIG. 9B, the upper portion of the contact portion 33 can be inserted into the support member 32, and can be exchanged by insertion / removal thereof. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a detachable structure of the support member 32 and the abutting portion 33, and shows an aspect at the time of replacement. As shown in the figure, the contact portion 33 can be mounted by moving the support member 32 along the longitudinal direction of the support member 32 and fitting the upper portion of the contact portion 32 into the support member 32, and can be removed by moving in the opposite direction. it can. Since the contact portion 33 can be replaced in this way, the same pallet 1 can be used simply by replacing the contact portion 33 according to the type (outside shape) of the game table P to be loaded. Further, if the bottom plate 12 is also replaced, the number of loads can be changed.

<Usage example of pallet 1>
Next, a usage example of the pallet 1 having such a configuration will be described. Here, the operation of loading the game table P from the folded state shown in FIG. 6 will be described. First, the side portions 20A and 20B are developed from the state shown in FIG. 6 to the state shown in FIG. At this time, the fall prevention member 30 is kept folded.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, two game tables P are placed on the bottom 10. At this time, since the fall prevention member 30 is folded, it does not interfere with the loading operation of the game table P. Subsequently, the member 30B is in a folded state, and the fall-preventing member 30 is set in a developed state (the member 30A is rotated with respect to the side portion 20A). As a result, the two gaming tables P are prevented from falling by the member 30A.

  Next, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, two game machines P are further placed on the bottom 10. At that time, since the member 30B is folded, it does not interfere with the loading work of the game table P. Subsequently, the member 30B is set in the expanded state, and the entire fall-preventing member 30 is expanded. Thereby, the two game tables P loaded later are prevented from falling by the member 30B. By loading the end portion of the member 30B to the side portion 20B by the pin unit 40, the loading work of the game tables P for one row is completed. The loading operation of the second row of game machines P can be performed in the same manner. A maximum of eight game machines P can be loaded on one pallet 1, but when only one row is loaded and only four are loaded, only two members are loaded using only the member 30A in one row. Both are possible.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the fall-preventing member 30 is folded and can be unfolded. Therefore, when loading the game table P onto the bottom portion 10, the unfolded state is not disturbed by keeping the unfolded state. can do. Moreover, since the fall prevention member 30 is connected to the side portion 20A, it can be prevented from being lost. Furthermore, since the side parts 20A and 20B and the fall-preventing member 30 can be folded, the storage space when the pallet 1 is not used can be reduced.

  Since the members 30A and 30B can be folded, the fall-preventing member 30 can be folded by itself, so that it can be folded more compactly and the storage space can be further reduced. In addition, by deploying the fall prevention member 30 in stages from the stage of FIG. 11 to the stage of FIG. 13, the fall of the game table P can be prevented during the loading operation, and workability is improved. In addition, in the case of the present embodiment, the members 30A and 30B can prevent the same number of game tables P from falling, so that the loading operation can be performed by half (two by two).

  When the game table P is loaded, the pallet 1 can be stacked. FIG. 15 shows a state in which the loaded pallets 1 are stacked in two stages. FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of the circular encircled portion of FIG. 15, and is an explanatory view of the engaging state between the positioning member 16 and the positioning member 23 at the time of stacking. The positioning member 16 is overlapped on the positioning member 23, and both the shapes (cross-sectional triangle) are aligned to be positioned and engaged with each other. By stacking up and down in this way, the storage space can be reduced.

  Stacking is performed by moving and lifting the pallet 1 with a forklift. At that time, the fork part of the forklift is inserted into the fork insertion part 13 to move and lift the pallet 1, and first the alignment is performed. That is, the pallet 1 to be stacked on the front side in the X direction of the lower pallet 1 is moved by the forklift so that the positioning member 16 of the upper pallet 1 is positioned above the positioning member 23 of the lower pallet 1. To do.

  When the alignment is completed, the upper pallet 1 is moved in the X direction by a forklift to perform alignment in the X direction. At this time, since the insertion direction of the fork portion and the positioning members 16 and 23 are parallel, there is an advantage that the positioning state is maintained when the upper pallet 1 is moved in the X direction. Further, when the upper pallet 1 is moved in the X direction, the upper pallet 1 comes into contact with the stopper member 25 of the lower pallet 1 in the end, so that the alignment in the X direction can be easily performed. Thereafter, the upper pallet 1 is lowered onto the lower pallet 1 to complete the stacking operation.

  FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the pallet 1 stacked in the vertical direction when the gaming table P is not stacked, and in particular, an engagement portion between the positioning member 15 and the positioning member 16 is shown together in an enlarged view. is there. In the pallet 1, the positioning member 15 is in the highest position when the pallet 1 is folded. Therefore, the positioning member 16 of the upper pallet 1 is overlapped on the positioning member 15 of the lower pallet 1 so that the both are positioned and engaged. Thus, in this embodiment, even when the pallet 1 is folded, it can be stacked up and down, so that the storage space for the unused pallet 1 can be further reduced.

Claims (2)

A bottom portion on which a plurality of game tables are arranged and placed in a standing posture;
A first side and a second side that are foldable upright at the bottom and spaced apart in the direction of arrangement of the plurality of game tables ;
Before extending in Sharing, ABS column, provided with a tilting preventing member for preventing the falling of the amusement machine, and
The first and second side portions are supported by the lower portions of the first and second side portions so as to be pivotable on the bottom side, and are folded by pivoting to the bottom side,
The fall prevention member is
One end portion of the first side portion is foldable to the first side portion by being connected to the outer surface side of the first side portion so as to be pivotable in the vertical direction. One end is detachably connected to the second side,
The fall prevention member is
An upper portion and a lower portion in the unfolded state, and the lower portion has an abutting portion for each gaming table that abuts against a top portion of the gaming table on the bottom portion and prevents its fall-down,
The fall prevention member is
A first member having the one end, and a second member having the other end,
The first and second members are:
Having the same number of the abutting portions and being pivotably coupled so that the upper portions of each other overlap and can be folded in two,
A pallet for loading on a game machine. The fall-preventing member is
Further comprising a support member for interchangeably supporting the front Symbol abutment,
The pallet for loading a game table according to claim 1.

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