JP5248160B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a plurality of seals having different sizes can be attached to a transparent window on a front surface of a housing.

  In game machines such as pachislot machines, identification stickers, certification stickers, patent license stickers, etc. are required to be attached by law and must be attached so that they can be easily confirmed from the front of the housing. For these certificate stickers, a method was used in which a transparent window was opened and affixed from the back of the panel so that a necessary part of the certificate stamp was exposed in a part of the design of the lower panel of the gaming machine. However, in recent years, in order to increase the degree of freedom in the design of the design of the lower panel, a method in which a transparent window is directly provided in a casing other than the panel and a seal sticker is attached to the portion from the back side has come to be used. The casing (front door) part below the lower panel has little space, and usually a transparent window is provided between the lower panel and the medal tray.

Since the sticker seal is attached to the transparent window surface using a strong adhesive, the seal sticker is smoothly transparent when the sticker seal is damaged or when the seal sticker is replaced with another one. It cannot be peeled off from the inner surface of the window. In order to eliminate such drawbacks, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which an auxiliary seal is present between the certificate seal and the inner surface of the transparent window to smoothly peel the certificate seal from the inner surface of the transparent window.
JP 2005-52303 A

  In addition to the difficulty of peeling off the seal sticker, the attached seal sticker is well-balanced and the display content is lost when viewed from the surface. There is a problem that it is necessary to be housed in a transparent window. The certificate sticker is supplied from each authorized organization and is usually a glue. In many cases, two certificate stickers are attached to the pair of left and right transparent windows on the front door of the gaming machine from the inside of the gaming machine.

  When sticking a stamp seal to a panel or a casing other than a panel, it is often affixed directly to the inside of a transparent window that is a resin molded product, and as described above, two or more stamp seals are usually pasted. In most cases, gaming machines usually have two transparent windows apart on the left and right sides of the housing. In such a case, it is advantageous to use transparent windows having the same structure.

  When sticking a seal sticker, in order to make the sticking position constant, a reference line serving as a guide for sticking may be formed, and a printed line may be used as this reference line. However, it is more efficient than the reference line formation by providing a so-called “abutment” part with a step on the application surface, and abutting the end part of the seal paper seal against this abutment part for positioning. Work can be done.

  If the size of the seal seal is constant, the use of the abutting portion is effective, but actually, as described above, the size of each seal varies. Therefore, when the sticking position is specified by applying one end of the seal sticker to the same abutting portion, the portion exposed to the outside from the transparent window is displaced, and the display necessary area may be hidden by the front door.

This situation will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B, the seal large 1 and the small seal 2 which are two certificate seals have a display required region 3 having the same shape in the center.
As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 11, the front door 4 below the lower panel is provided with a pair of left and right rearward protruding portions 5 so that the window is in contact with the inner surface of the front door 4 and the inner surface of the protruding portion 5. A member 6 is installed. The front door 4 between the projecting portions 5 is provided with a through-hole for a window region 7 in the front-rear direction, and the window corresponding to the intersection of the front door 4 and the projecting portion 5 on the rear side of the through-hole 7. An abutting convex portion 8 is formed on the rear side surface of the member 6.

In the large seal 1, first, only the peripheral edge portion is brought into contact with the proximal end portion of the inner side surface of the abutting convex portion 8 of the window member 6, and then the portion other than the peripheral edge is stuck on the back surface of the window member 6. The size of the window member 6 and the position of the window area through hole 7 are set so that the display required area 3 of the large seal 1 fits in the center of the through hole 7 with a good balance as shown in FIG. 12A.
However, in the case of the small seal 2, only the periphery thereof is brought into contact with the proximal end portion of the inner surface of the abutting convex portion 8 of the window member 6, and then the portion other than the periphery is attached to the back surface of the window member 6 as shown in FIG. In addition, the display necessary area 3 does not fit in the window area through-hole 7, and in some cases, a part of the display necessary area 3 overlaps the front door 4 and cannot be viewed from the front side.
In FIG. 12, the large seal 1 is pasted on the back surface of the window member 6, and then the small seal 2 is pasted thereon. However, in practice, this is not pasted, and FIG. 11 differs in size. It is intended to clarify the problems when applying the seal to the back surface of the window member 4.

  In order to eliminate such drawbacks, as shown in FIG. 13, the abutting projections 8A and 8B are formed in a stepped shape over two steps, and the seal 1 is placed on the outer abutment projection 8A and the inner abutment projection 8A. The small seal 2 can be abutted and applied to the abutting convex portion 8B, but as shown in the figure, the large seal 1 that abuts the outer abutting convex portion 8A rides on the abutting convex portion 8B, When viewed from the front, the necessary display area is hidden by the front door, which is problematic in terms of aesthetics and pasting accuracy.

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention is a game in which one of a plurality of seal paper stickers of different sizes can be applied in a well-balanced manner to a through hole for a window region formed through a housing. The purpose is to provide a machine.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) A housing containing a gaming device and an opaque front door provided on the front surface of the housing, and a window region penetrating front and rear in a region visible from the front of the housing or the front door. formed, attaching the window member having a front plate forming a transparent window portion to the window region, a back surface of the front plate of the window member, the left and right length and the vertical length is from right length and vertical length of the window region In a long game machine with a seal sticker attached, the rear face of the window member protrudes rearward from the rear face of the front plate on the back face outside the peripheral edge of the window area , and the peripheral edge of the sticker seal is abutted against the back face. wherein the abutment protrusion to allow positioning of the stamp sealing, be between the circumferential edge of the convex portion and the window area the abutment, formed are cut at right angles to the rear surface of the front plate by , Smaller than the certificate seal Notches that allows positioning of the small stamp seal by which the abutting end edges of Le, and inclined so that recess gradually decreases with respect to the rear surface of the front plate towards the bottom thereof to the periphery of the window area the surface of the edge near the small stamp seal to form a recess abutment is formed by the inclined portion capable attached.

(2) A housing containing a gaming device and an opaque front door provided on the front surface of the housing, and a window region penetrating front and rear in a region visible from the front of the housing or the front door. formed, attaching the window member having a front plate forming a transparent window portion to the window region, a back surface of the front plate of the window member, the left and right length and the vertical length is from right length and vertical length of the window region long, in the gaming machine which was attached a certificate stamp seal, to the back side rim from the outside of the window region in the front plate of said window member is formed by cut at right angles to the rear surface of the front plate, the stamp sealing incisions which by that abutment the edge to allow positioning of the stamp sealing, and from the bottom toward the periphery of the window region inclined so that recess gradually decreases with respect to the rear surface of the front plate, wherein The surface near the edge of the seal is attached. Abutting the plurality of formed by possible inclined portion to form a recess.

(3) A window region penetrating in the front-rear direction is provided in an area that is visible from the front of the housing or the front door, and includes a housing that houses the gaming machine and an opaque front door provided on the front surface of the housing. formed, attaching the window member having a front plate forming a transparent window portion to the window region, a back surface of the front plate of the window member, the left and right length and the vertical length is from right length and vertical length of the window region In a long gaming machine with a seal sticker attached, the window member has a rearward bent portion protruding rearward from the back surface of the front plate on the back surface outside the peripheral edge of the window region of the front plate , corners of the rearwardly bent portion and the front plate, and between the said corner and edge of the window region, switching to enable positioning of said stamp seal by which the abutting end edges of the stamp seal From the bottom and the bottom to the periphery of the window area Serial recess is inclined so as to gradually decreases the rear surface of the front plate, abutting respectively form recess surface of the edge vicinity of the stamp seal is formed by the inclined portion capable attached.

(4) In the above item (1) , the abutting convex part forms a corner part perpendicular to the front view for positioning the corner part of the certificate seal.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the abutment convex portion is formed on the back surface of the window member outside the peripheral edge of the window region and the largest seal paper seal among a plurality of paper seal seals having different dimensions is applied, Positioning is performed by bringing the peripheral edge of the stamp seal into contact with the abutting convex portion, and by sticking a portion other than the peripheral edge after positioning, the entire stamp seal can be applied in a balanced manner. In addition, when a certificate seal smaller than the maximum size certificate seal is to be affixed, the margin of the certificate seal can be brought into contact with the notch portion of the corresponding abutting recess, and thereafter the certificate seal can be affixed in the same manner. . If the position of the abutting recess is formed corresponding to each certificate seal, it can be applied in a balanced manner in any certificate seal.

According to the invention described in claim 2, the abutment convex portion in claim 1 is not necessary.
The structure of the window member is simplified.

According to the third aspect of the invention eliminates the need for protrusions butt in claim 1, at a location corresponding to the protrusion abutment, since it only forms a collision against the recess, the structure of the window member is easily Become.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, not only the positioning of the seal in the left-right direction but also the positioning in the up-down direction can be performed, and two-dimensionally accurate positioning can be performed.

Next, preferred embodiments of the gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but this does not limit the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine (pachislot or slot machine) according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the gaming machine of FIG. 1, and FIG. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in Fig. 1 when a small seal is applied. FIG. 6 is a rear view of FIG. 4 (sheet is omitted), and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the main part of FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the gaming machine 11 includes a housing 12 whose front surface is opened, and a front door 13 that is supported on the front surface of the housing 12 by a hinge shaft 14 in the vertical direction so as to be freely opened. A game can be played by inserting medals and coins constituting a game medium into a medal insertion unit 15 provided on the right front portion of the front door 13.

  Housed within the housing 12 are three rotating reels 16 that can change identification information composed of a plurality of numbers, symbols and the like drawn on the outer peripheral surface, and various other gaming machines. Yes.

  Near the center of the front surface of the front door, there is provided an identification information see-through window 17 through which the identification information of each rotary reel 16 can be seen through three frames, and above the identification information see-through window 17, the back surface of the front door 13 is provided. An effect information display window 18 through which game information and effects displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the liquid crystal display unit mounted on the upper side can be seen through is provided.

  Below the identification information see-through window 17 in the front door 13, the aforementioned medal insertion portion 15, the bet switch button 19 operated when investing medals in the game, and the rotary reel 16 are operated. A start switch lever 20, three stop switch buttons 21 that are operated when stopping the rotation of each rotary reel 16, and a key cylinder 22 that can be operated by keys owned by an attendant of the game shop are arranged. .

The front door 13 bulges forward to make it easy to press the stop switch button 21, and a decorated lower panel 23 is installed below the bulge. Below the lower panel 23, the front door 13 is recessed rearward, and window region through holes 24 (window regions) are formed in the vicinity of both left and right ends so as to penetrate the front door 13. .

As shown in the cross-sectional views of FIGS. 3 and 4, the front door 13 below the lower panel 23 is provided with a pair of left and right rearward projecting portions 25 that contact the inner surface of the front door 13 and the inner surface of the projecting portion 25. Thus, the window member 26 is installed. At least a portion corresponding to the window region through hole 24 of the window member 26 constitutes a transparent window portion formed of a transparent material, and the window member 26 further includes a front plate 26A having a transparent window portion and the front plate. It consists of a rearward bent portion 26B provided in a rearward direction from both ends of 26A.

As shown in FIG. 6, the rear surface and the left side of the front plate 26A of the window member 26 in the corner portion between the rearwardly bent portion 26B (Fig. 3 and 4 Oite left, right side in FIG. 6), collision projecting rearward An abutting convex portion 27 is formed, and at its upper end, it is bent at a right angle when viewed from the front, and a positioning portion 27A is continuously provided so as to be integrated with the rearward bent portion 26B, and the rearward bent portion 26B, the abutting convex portion. 27 and the positioning portion 27A form a corner. The vertical surface 27B of the abutting convex portion 27 and the vertical surface 27C of the positioning portion 27A each function as a sealing large abutting surface described later.
In a slightly inner part of the corner, a vertical wall 28B is formed by cutting at a substantially right angle to the front, leaving a flat part 28A slightly wider than the positioning part 27A. An abutting recess 28 having an inclined surface 28D that gently slopes while being curved backward from the back end is formed. A vertical surface 28C perpendicular to the vertical wall-shaped vertical surface 28B is formed in the curved portion on the inner side surface of the abutting recess 28. Both of these vertical surfaces 28B and 28C each function as a small abutting surface to be described later.
The abutting convex portion 27 extends substantially at right angles to the front plate 26 </ b> A, and the abutting concave portion 28 extends parallel to the abutting convex portion 27.
In this embodiment, the vertical surfaces 27C and 28C are shown on one side. However, the vertical surfaces 27C and 28C are provided on both sides with intervals set slightly wider than the widths of the large seal and the small seal. May be.

The abutting convex portion 27 is preferably formed continuously over the entire vertical length of the window member 26, but it is discontinuous if it can be positioned by contacting the periphery of a seal that will be described later. There is no problem. The abutting recess 28 does not need to be formed completely continuously over the entire length, but is continuously formed over a certain length, and a peripheral edge of a small seal, which will be described later, is brought into contact with the abutting recess 28 for positioning. It is necessary to make it possible. Further, the positioning portion 27 </ b> A does not need to be formed continuously with the abutting convex portion 27, and may be formed at a distance from the abutting convex portion 27.
The abutting convex part 27 and the abutting concave part 28 must be formed on the back surface of the front plate of the window member outside the peripheral edge of the window area. It sets so that it may fit in the through hole 24 for window area | regions with sufficient balance.

A large seal 29 and a small seal 30 printed on a transparent material, which are two seal stamps and the front side is a sticking surface, have a display-necessary region 31 having the same shape in the center. The large seal 29 is first positioned by contacting the vertical surfaces 27B and 27C (see FIG. 6) of the abutting projection 27 of the window member 26 with only the peripheral edge thereof, and then the window member other than the peripheral edge is positioned. 26 is attached to the back surface. Position size and window region for holes 24 of the window member 26 is in connection with the formation position of the protrusion 27 abutting the foregoing, display necessary area 31 of the seal size 29, as shown in FIG. 3, the window area It is set to fit in the center of the through-hole 24 for good balance. Accordingly, the player can visually recognize the large seal 30 that is housed in the window region through hole 24 from the front.

Next, in the case of the small seal 30, the peripheral tip is abutted against the lower edge of the vertical surface 28 </ b> B and the vertical surface 28 </ b> C of the abutting recess 28, and the small seal 30 is along the inclined surface 28 </ b> D of the abutting recess 28 , Affixed to the rear surface side of the window member 26 as shown in FIG. The abutting recess 28 has a display required area 31 for the window area when the left peripheral edge of the small seal 30 is in a positional relationship where it abuts against the notch (vertical surface 28B) of the abutting recess 28. It is formed so as to be well-balanced in the center of the through hole 24. Therefore, if the left peripheral edge of the small seal 30 is reliably brought into contact with the cut portion of the abutting recess 28, the small seal 30 can always be visually recognized with good balance. And since there is no level | step difference in the surface where the seal | sticker small 30 is affixed, the seal | sticker small 30 can be affixed with sufficient accuracy and appearance.

As described above, in the gaming machine of this embodiment, when the large seal 29 and the small seal 30 are affixed to the inner surface of the window member 26, the contact portion of the peripheral edge is simply changed to the bump convex portion 27 and the bump concave portion 28. As shown in FIG. 5, the required display areas 31 of both the seals 29 and 30 can be made to coincide with each other. Can be well balanced.
In the strict sense, visual distortion occurs in the peripheral portion of the small seal 30 affixed to the gently sloping surface 28D of the abutting recess 28, but it cannot be visually recognized from the front surface and has no effect. . Furthermore, the peripheral portion of the small seal 30 attached to the inclined surface 28D is stressed due to deformation, and the peripheral portion may be peeled off from the inclined surface, but in this case, it will be aligned with other portions. ,No problem.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the main part showing a second embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention.
In this embodiment, the window member 26 does not have the abutment convex portion 27 of the above embodiment, and the rear surface (rear surface) of the front plate 26A of the window member 26 and the rearward bent portion 26B are directly connected . Two abutting recesses 28 are formed at a distance slightly inward from the left end of the rear surface of the window member 26 . When affixing any one of three types of seal stickers, that is, a large seal 29, a middle seal 32, or a small seal 30, to the gaming machine, the left end of the large seal 29 is bent backward with the rear surface of the front plate 26A. is brought into contact with a corner portion of the part 26B, the seal in 32, the abutting of the left side of FIG. 6 is brought into contact with the deepest part of the notch of the recess 28 and the left end, seal small 30, FIG its left end 6 By contacting the deepest part of the cut part of the right-side abutting concave part 28, it is possible to apply each with good balance.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a third embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention.
In this embodiment, no convex portion 27 window member 26 abutting the embodiment, the rear surface of the front plate 26A of the window member 26, including the corner portion of the front plate 26A and the backward bent portion 26B Three abutting recesses 28 are formed. When affixing any of the three types of seal stickers, large seal 32, mid seal 32, or small seal 30, to the gaming machine, the deepest portion of the cut portion of the abutting recess 28 is applied in order from the left. By contacting, each can be affixed with good balance.

In the first to third embodiments, the example in which the window member 26 is installed on the front door 13 below the lower panel has been described. However, the window member 26 is a panel other than the panel, and the front door capable of forming the window region through hole 24. 13 and preferably can be installed at any location that does not impair the decorative effect.

  In the above-described embodiment, a slot machine (pachislot) has been described as an example of a gaming machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to other gaming machines such as a pachinko machine.

1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view of the gaming machine of FIG. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in Fig. 1 when a large seal is applied. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in Fig. 1 when a small sticker is attached. The figure which shows the positional relationship of both seals, a window member, and a transparent window part at the time of sticking large seal and small seal. The rear view of FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the main part of FIG. The principal part cross-sectional view which shows 2nd Example of the game machine of this invention. The principal part cross-sectional view which shows 3rd Example of the game machine of this invention. (A) is a schematic view of a large seal. (B) is a schematic view of a small seal. The cross-sectional view of the conventional game machine which stuck the large seal and the small seal. (A) is a figure which shows the example which affixed the seal size with sufficient balance by the conventional method. (B) is a figure which shows the example which cannot stick a small sticker with sufficient balance by the conventional method. The cross-sectional view which shows another conventional method and its fault.

Explanation of symbols

11 gaming machine 12 housing 13 front door 23, 23A, 23B lower panel 24 window area through hole
26 Window member 26A Front plate 26B Backward bent part 27 Abutting convex part 27A Positioning part 27B, 27C Vertical surface 28 Abutting concave part 28A Flat part 28B, 28C Vertical surface
28D inclined surface 28D
29 Large seal 30 Small seal 31 Display required area 33 Inwardly inclined surface

Claims (4)

A housing containing gaming machines and an opaque front door provided on the front surface of the housing, and forming a window region penetrating front and rear in the housing or a region visible from the front of the front door, A window member having a front plate that forms a transparent window in the window region is attached, and a left and right length and a vertical length are longer than the left and right length and the vertical length of the window region on the back surface of the front plate of the window member. In gaming machines with stickers attached,
On the back surface than the peripheral outer of the window region in the front plate of the window member, protrudes rearward from the rear surface of the front plate, butt to enable positioning of said stamp seal by which abutting a peripheral edge of the stamp seal and abutting the convex portion, in the between the periphery of the convex portion and the window area the abutment, the front plate is formed with cut at right angles to the rear surface of the small small stamp seal than said certificate stamp seal A notch that enables positioning of the certificate seal by abutting an edge , and an incline so that a dent gradually decreases with respect to the back surface of the front plate from the bottom to the periphery of the window region , gaming machine is characterized in that to form the recess abutment surface of the edge near the small stamp seal is formed by the inclined portion capable attached. A housing containing gaming machines and an opaque front door provided on the front surface of the housing, and forming a window region penetrating front and rear in the housing or a region visible from the front of the front door, A window member having a front plate that forms a transparent window in the window region is attached, and a left and right length and a vertical length are longer than the left and right length and the vertical length of the window region on the back surface of the front plate of the window member. In gaming machines with stickers attached,
The stamp seal is formed by cutting the window member on the back surface of the front plate outside the periphery of the window region at a right angle to the back surface of the front plate, and abutting the edge of the stamp seal. notches that allows positioning, and from the bottom toward the periphery of the window region inclined so that recess gradually decreases with respect to the rear surface of the front plate, the surface of the edge vicinity of the stamp seal can be attached gaming machine is characterized in that a recess plurality of butting formed by Do inclined portion.
A featured gaming machine. A housing containing gaming machines and an opaque front door provided on the front surface of the housing, and forming a window region penetrating front and rear in the housing or a region visible from the front of the front door, A window member having a front plate that forms a transparent window in the window region is attached , and a left and right length and a vertical length are longer than the left and right length and the vertical length of the window region on the back surface of the front plate of the window member. In gaming machines with stickers attached,
It said window member, the back side rim from the outside of the window region in the front plate has a rearwardly bent portion that protrudes rearward from the rear surface of the front plate, and the backward bent portion and the front plate A corner, a notch that enables positioning of the certificate seal by abutting an edge of the certificate seal between the corner and the periphery of the window region, and a bottom portion of the window region from the bottom thereof. and wherein the recessed relative to the rear surface of the front plate towards the periphery is inclined to gradually decrease, the surface of the edge vicinity of the stamp seal were formed a recess abutment is formed by the inclined portion capable accompanying To play. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the abutment convex portion forms a corner portion that is perpendicular to a front view for positioning a corner portion of the certificate seal.

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