JP5184133B2 - Locking mechanism for inter-table machines for game machines - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lock mechanism that is disposed between game machines and is used when attaching a machine that lends game media such as game balls used in a game machine such as a pachinko machine.

  In game facilities such as pachinko halls, CR machines and other game machines are usually arranged in two rows back to back, and each game machine 3 is adjacent to the game machine 3 as shown in FIG. And the inter-machine 2 is installed. The machine 2 reads a prepaid card such as a magnetic card or an IC card inserted by the player, or detects a bill or coin inserted, and the number of game balls according to the amount specified by the player It is a device that lends. Similarly, a gaming machine such as a slot machine is provided with a machine for lending medals for each gaming machine.

  The intermediary machine is constituted by an intermediary machine body and a holder, and the intermediary machine body incorporates a substrate on which circuits such as a control unit, a bill recognition unit, and an IC card reading unit are constructed. The holder is fixed to a frame constituting the game island, and the inter-machine main body is detachably attached to the holder from the front side. Furthermore, a lock mechanism is provided between the back side of the dairy machine main body and the holder so that the dairy machine main body is not pulled out from the holder illegally. When performing maintenance or the like of the machine, the lock mechanism is released and the machine body is pulled out of the holder.

  Conventionally, as a lock mechanism, a mechanism that is automatically locked in conjunction with an operation of inserting the interpolator body into the holder is known. That is, the lock member movable to the lock position and the lock release position is urged in the direction of the lock position by using a spring, and the lock member is temporarily moved to the lock release position in conjunction with the operation of inserting the interpolator body into the holder. After being moved to, the locked state is automatically formed by returning to the locked position.

  In order to pull out the locked machine main body in this way, the lock member is manually moved in the direction opposite to the urging force of the spring to release the lock. It needs to be pulled out to the front side.

  However, the conventional removal method of manually holding the state against the spring force as described above requires a strong force and has poor workability. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko game machine usually has a hinge 4 on the left side of the game machine 3, and a machine 2 corresponding to the game machine 3 is provided on the left side of the game machine 3. It has been. Therefore, opening the gaming table 3 from the right side and holding the unlocking mechanism with one hand while pulling out the main body with the other hand is extremely inconvenient. Sometimes it was necessary to open it.

  Therefore, in order to improve workability at the time of removal, for example, in Patent Document 1, after the lock member is moved to the unlock position, the lock member is held in the unlocked state until the main body of the interpolator is pulled out. The structure provided with the mechanism for doing is disclosed. Patent Document 2 discloses a lock mechanism that uses a hook that engages the main body side and the holder side.

JP 2003-11237 A JP 2004-305576 A

  However, the one disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a complicated lock mechanism and its holding mechanism. Furthermore, since these mechanism parts are provided on the side of the interpolator main body, they are exposed to the outside and easily damaged when the interpolated machine main body is removed.

  In addition, the lock mechanism disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a problem that the hook is likely to be caught in the locking hole when the interpolator body is tilted.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a locking mechanism for a pedestal machine for a gaming table that can easily pull out the pedestal machine main body from a holder that is fixed to a frame constituting a gaming island.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an inter-machine that lends game media between game machines, a holder fixed to a frame constituting a game island, and detachably mounted on the holder from the front side. A locking mechanism between the pedestal machine main body, the locking mechanism comprising a locking hole formed in a back plate of the pedestal machine main body, a locking member attached to the holder, and a leaf spring. The locking member has a recess on the lower surface that is locked to the lower edge surface of the locking hole, and has a guide surface that guides the lower edge surface to the recess at the tip, The front end side is provided so as to protrude forward of the holder and is biased downward, the leaf spring is formed of an elastic member, the bottom plate portion covers the lower portion of the recess by elastic force, and the front end of the bottom plate portion is rearward When pressed, the whole is elastically deformed and the concave portion Providing a locking mechanism of the game board for stand during machine characterized in that it is open.

  The present invention has a simple configuration using the elastic force of the leaf spring, and can hold the state where the lock mechanism is released. Therefore, the inter-machine main body can be easily pulled out with one hand, for example. Furthermore, since the pulling operation of the intermediary machine body is performed with the leaf spring closing the concave portion of the locking member, the concave portion of the locking member is not caught, and the intermediary machine main body can be pulled out smoothly without tilting. Can do.

  The leaf spring preferably has a bottom plate portion having at least the same width as the recess. Thereby, the catch of a recessed part can be prevented reliably. Further, by pulling the inter-machine main body along the bottom plate portion of the leaf spring having the same width as the concave portion, it becomes easy to pull out straight without further tilting.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the folding | returning part is provided in the front-end | tip of the bottom plate part of the said leaf | plate spring. The curved end of the folded portion serves as a guide surface and can be operated smoothly.

  The locking members are provided at two upper and lower portions of the holder, the two locking members are interlocked via a connecting member, and the leaf spring is one of the two locking members. May be provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily pull out the pedestal machine main body in a short time with a simple structure.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present specification and drawings, elements having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  In pachinko halls, the gaming tables are usually arranged in two rows back to back, and are adjacent to each gaming table 3 and correspond to each gaming table 3 as shown in FIG. A pedestal machine 2 is provided. The intermediary machine 2 reads data such as a prepaid card such as a magnetic card or an IC card, or inserted banknotes, etc. to a player who uses the game table 3, and according to the amount specified by the player. A predetermined number of game balls are supplied to the game table 3.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the intermediary machine 2 includes an intermediary machine body 11 and a holder 12. The inter-machine main body 11 contains a substrate that constitutes each circuit such as a control unit, a bill recognition unit, and an IC card reading unit. The holder 12 is fixed to a frame (not shown) constituting the game island. The holder 12 and the interframe machine main body 11 are attached by, for example, a lock mechanism at two upper and lower positions indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 2, and the interpolator main body 11 is detachably attached to the holder 12 from the front side.

  3A and 3B show the attachment state of each member of the lock mechanism portion, where FIG. 3A is a front view of the holder 12 side, and FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. The locking mechanism 10 includes a locking hole 14 formed in the back plate 13 of the inter-machine main body 11, a locking member 21 provided on the holder 12 side in accordance with the position of the locking hole 14, and a leaf spring 22. Is done. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the locking member 21 and the leaf spring 22 constituting the locking mechanism, and the attachment member 23 for attaching the locking member 21 to the holder 12.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a through hole 15 is formed on the front surface of the holder 12 in accordance with the position of the locking hole 14 of the interframe machine main body 11, and the locking member 21 and the leaf spring 22 are disposed in the through hole 15. It passes through the holder 12 and is attached to the front.

  The locking member 21 is formed of, for example, a hard synthetic resin, and has a central locking portion 31 that protrudes forward, and flat mounting portions 32 provided on both wings, as shown in FIG. . The locking portion 31 has a width slightly smaller than the width of the through hole 15 of the holder 12. A concave portion 33 opened downward is formed on the lower surface of the locking portion 31, and a curved guide surface 34 is formed at the tip from the upper end toward the concave portion 33 on the lower surface. The locking member 21 is attached to the convex top surface 35 of the attachment member 23 made of a hat-shaped member attached to the holder 12 by screwing the attachment portion 32. The locking member 21 is attached so that the concave portion 33 protrudes to the front side of the holder 12. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 4, the attachment member 23 is provided with a long hole 36. By sliding the long hole 36 with respect to the screw 26 fixed to the holder 12, the attachment member 23 is provided. Is attached to the holder 12 so as to be vertically movable. Further, the locking member 21 is biased downward by a spring 24. Further, an operating member 25 made of an angle or the like is fixed to the mounting member 23, and the locking member 21 moves up and down via the mounting member 23 by operating the operating member 25 up and down by hand.

  The leaf spring 22 is made of an elastic member, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, has a substantially U shape that continues downward from the support portion 37 to the holder 12. The width dimension of the leaf spring 22 is substantially the same as the recess 33 of the locking member 21. When the entire plate spring 22 does not have a constant width shape as shown in FIG. The leaf spring 22 is attached so as to cover the rear of the locking portion 31, and the bottom plate portion 38 abuts the lower surface of the locking member 21 and the bottom plate portion 38 in a state where the inter-machine main body 11 is not locked. The front end 38 a of this is substantially the same position as the front end of the recess 33. That is, the tip 38 a of the bottom plate portion 38 projects forward from the through hole 15 of the holder 12 and closes the recess 33. The bottom plate portion 38 pushes the tip 38a rearward, so that the tip spring 38a moves rearward while the plate spring 22 is deformed, and the plate spring 22 is biased at that time. Further, a folded portion 39 by hemming bending is provided at the tip 38 a of the bottom plate portion 38.

  In the above example, the locking member 21 is attached to the two attachment members 23, but the attachment member 23 may be integrally connected so as to share the attachment portion to the holder 12.

  Moreover, FIG. 5 shows the example which provided the locking member 21 in two upper and lower places, (a) is the front view by the side of the holder 12, (b) is sectional drawing seen from the BB line of (a). is there. The back plate 13 of the inter-machine main body 11 is provided with locking holes 14 at two locations, upper and lower, and a locking member 21 is attached to the holder 12 according to the position. The upper and lower locking members 21 are connected by a connecting member 27 and interlocked. One of the leaf springs 22 is provided at a position acting on the upper locking member 21 in the example of FIG. The attachment structure of the lower locking member 21 is the same as the above-described structure shown in FIG. Although the plate springs 22 may be provided on both the upper and lower sides, the functions of the present invention can be sufficiently exhibited if the plate springs 22 are provided on either one of the upper and lower two engaging members 21 in conjunction with each other. .

  Next, the locking and unlocking operations by the locking mechanism 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  When attaching the interpolator main body 11 to the holder 12, as shown in FIG. 6A, the interpolator main body 11 is inserted from the front. When the back plate 13 of the interframe machine body 11 reaches the front end of the locking member 21 provided on the holder 12, it is guided by the guide surface 34 of the locking member 21 as shown in FIG. The lower edge surface 41 of the thirteen locking holes 14 enters the recess 33. At the same time, the bottom plate portion 38 of the leaf spring 22 is pushed rearward, the leaf spring 22 is elastically deformed as shown in FIG. 6C, and the tip 38 a presses the back surface of the holder 12. As a result, the position of the back plate 13 is fixed by being sandwiched between the front side surface 42 of the recess 33 and the holder 12 pressed against the leaf spring 22. In this way, it is naturally locked only by pushing in the interframe machine main body 11 from the front.

  When pulling out the main body 11, as shown in FIG. 6 (d), when the locking member 21 in the locked state is lifted upward, the back plate 13 is released from the recess 33 and the lock is released. . At the same time, due to the restoring force of the leaf spring 22, the front end 38 a of the bottom plate portion 38 moves forward and gets into the locking hole 14. At this time, since the folded portion 39 is provided at the tip of the bottom plate portion 38 of the leaf spring 22, the curved tip can serve as a guide surface and can smoothly enter the locking hole 14. And since the bottom plate part 38 of the leaf | plate spring 22 plugs the recessed part 33 on the lower edge surface 41 of the locking hole 14, an unlocking state is hold | maintained. When the locking member 21 is lifted, the operating member 25 shown in FIG. 3A is operated upward, so that the locking member 21 is locked together with the mounting member 23 that can be moved up and down by the long hole 36. The member 21 is lifted upward.

  As shown in FIG. 6 (d), when the lock is released, the state in which the opening side of the concave portion 33 is closed by the leaf spring 22 is maintained. Even if the main body 11 is inclined, the concave portion 33 can be pulled out smoothly and straight without being caught by the locking hole 14. The leaf spring 22 preferably covers at least the width of the bottom plate portion 38 to be the same as the width of the recess 33 in order to cover the entire recess 33. In addition, the folded portion 39 has a sufficient length so that the folded portion 39 is not caught by the holder 12 when the leaf spring 22 is pushed backward.

  According to the present invention, when pulling out the machine body 11, the bottom plate portion 38 of the leaf spring 22 closes the recessed portion 33 and the unlocked state is maintained, so there is no need to put a hand in the unlocking direction, It can be easily pulled out with one hand. Therefore, it is not necessary to open the adjacent game table. Furthermore, if the lock is released, it is possible to close the gaming table and pull it out from the outside. Thereby, since it takes only a short time to open the game table and expose the inside of the game table, for example, a third party such as a player can prevent acts such as attaching an unauthorized member from the back of the game table.

  Moreover, the present invention has a very simple configuration, can be implemented at low cost, and can be easily replaced and maintained.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to this example. It is obvious for those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications can be conceived within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. It is understood that it belongs to. For example, the attachment method of the locking member 21 is not limited to the above example. Moreover, the attachment position of the locking member 21 is not limited to the above-described two upper and lower positions, and three or more positions may be provided. When the number of the locking members 21 is increased, the burden on the recess 33 is reduced, and deterioration and breakage can be suppressed.

  The present invention can be applied to a lock mechanism when a housing is attached to a frame.

The front view which shows arrangement | positioning of the game stand and pedestrian machine to which this invention is applied. The schematic side view which shows the removal | desorption direction of a pedestal machine and a holder. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is sectional drawing seen from the AA line of (a). The disassembled perspective view of the locking member of FIG. 3, a leaf | plate spring, and an attachment member. The different embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is sectional drawing seen from the BB line of (a). The longitudinal cross-sectional view explaining operation | movement of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 stand machine 3 game stand 4 hinge 10 lock mechanism 11 stand machine body 12 holder 13 back plate 14 locking hole 15 through hole 21 locking member 22 leaf spring 23 mounting member 24 spring 25 operating member 27 connecting member 31 locking Part 32 Mounting part 33 Recess 34 Guide surface 38 Bottom plate part 38a Tip 39 Folding part

Claims (4)

A locking mechanism between a holder fixed to a frame constituting a gaming island and a main body of a table machine that is detachably mounted on the holder from the front side. There,
The locking mechanism includes a locking hole formed in a back plate of the inter-machine main body, a locking member attached to the holder, and a leaf spring.
The locking member has a recessed portion opened on the lower side that is locked to the lower edge surface of the locking hole on the lower surface, and a guide surface that guides the lower edge surface to the recessed portion at the tip. The tip side is provided to project forward from the recess and is biased downward,
The leaf spring is formed of an elastic member, and the bottom plate portion covers the lower portion of the recess by an elastic force to maintain the unlocked state. When the tip of the bottom plate portion is pushed backward, the plate spring is elastically deformed to open the recess A locking mechanism for a gaming machine platform machine, wherein the latching member is locked in a latching hole of the machine machine body.   2. The locking mechanism for a game machine platform machine according to claim 1, wherein the leaf spring has a bottom plate portion having at least the same width as the recess portion.   The locking mechanism for a gaming machine platform machine according to claim 1, wherein a folded portion is provided at a tip of a bottom plate portion of the leaf spring.   The locking members are provided at two upper and lower portions of the holder, the two locking members are interlocked via a connecting member, and the leaf spring is one of the two locking members. The locking mechanism for a gaming machine interlude machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the locking mechanism is provided on the gaming machine.

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