JP5252526B2 - Structure for preventing unauthorized operation of gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure for preventing unauthorized operation of a gaming machine such as a slot machine.

  Conventionally, a bet button for setting the number of medals per game is provided on the front side of a front door (so-called front mask) of a slot machine. Such a bet button is fixed and secured to the bet button mounting hole of the front door by a locking claw or a screw nut that engages on the back side of the front door according to the diameter and mounting position. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-113477 A

  However, the bet button fixed to the front door by the locking claw has a problem that it is forced to be removed from the bet button mounting hole. Moreover, the bet button mounting hole is formed so as to open upward. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 7, the inside of the housing (so-called cabinet) 2 is looked into from the bet button mounting hole 79 from which the bet button is removed, and the housing is viewed from the gap between the front door 4 and the housing 2. A foreign object such as a wire protruding into 2 is inserted into the connector on the upper surface of the main power supply device 26 to cause a short circuit, or the front door 26b of the main power supply device 26 is opened to operate a main power switch, a reset button, etc. There was a problem that illegal operations were performed.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a structure for preventing unauthorized operation of a gaming machine in which unauthorized operation is difficult even if the push button switch is removed from the push button switch mounting hole. .

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a gaming machine comprising a housing whose front surface is open and a front door attached to the housing so as to be openable and closable.
The front side of the front door is roughly divided into an upper panel, an operator console, and a lower panel in order from the top, and the operator console bulges toward the player so that the player's hand is placed on the front door. A push button switch mounting hole for locking the push button switch is formed on a substantially horizontal upper surface side of the push button switch, and the push button switch with the front door closed on the bottom plate portion in the housing is formed. A main power supply device is fixed at a position looked down from the mounting hole, and a part of a substantially sealed space is formed on the back side of the lower panel portion and from the connection portion with the back side of the console toward the inside of the casing. A wall portion extending downward at a predetermined angle and an extending portion extending substantially horizontally from the connection portion toward the inside of the housing are integrally formed, and the extension portion is separated from the connection portion. A main body part to be supported and a stiffening unit And a section, the extending portion is connected by a state where the front door is closed, the edges of the housing side of the push button switch mounting hole, an upper end of the front door side of the main power supply linear It is characterized in that it is formed to extend until the tip reaches .

According to the first aspect of the present invention, between the push button switch mounting hole and the main power supply device, it is on the back side of the lower panel portion and is substantially horizontal from the connection portion with the back side of the console to the inside of the casing. The extending part extended in the shape was provided. Thereby, even if the inside of the housing is looked into from the push button switch mounting hole from which the push button switch has been removed, the extension portion stands at the end of the line of sight, so that the main power supply device cannot be visually observed. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized operation on the main power supply device from a foreign matter such as a wire inserted into the housing.

According to the structure for preventing unauthorized operation of the gaming machine of the present invention, the extension portion stands out beyond the line of sight even when looking into the inside of the housing from the push button switch mounting hole. As a result, since the main power supply device can not be visually observed, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized operation on the main power supply device from a foreign object such as a wire inserted into the housing.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of the slot machine, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the back side of the front door in the example, FIG. 3 is a front view showing the internal structure of the casing in the example, and FIG. It is a sectional side view which shows the internal structure of a machine.
In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the structural member similar to the past.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the slot machine 1 includes a rectangular box body (so-called cabinet, illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4) 2 having an open front surface, and slide hinges 3 and 3 on the housing 2. And a right-open front door (a so-called front mask, shown in FIGS. 1 and 2) 4 attached to be openable and closable.

First, the internal structure of the housing 2 will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the housing 2 includes a wooden upper plate portion 2 a, left and right side plate portions 2 b and 2 c, a bottom plate portion 2 d, and a back plate portion 2 e.
A main control board having a CPU (microcomputer) for centrally controlling the overall operation of the slot machine 1 is provided on the upper part of the back plate 2e in the housing 2 with a transparent cover 20 made of engineering plastic, for example, PC resin. It is attached in a state of being housed inside.

  In addition, an external output terminal for outputting predetermined information data (for example, jackpot, payout number, etc.) from the slot machine 1 to the hall computer is provided above the right side plate portion 2c in the housing 2. A concentrated terminal board 21 is attached. Further, the right plate 2c is attached with a guard plate 22 provided with locking catches 22a and 22b with which the opening and closing hooks 48a and 48b (shown in FIG. 2) of the locking device 46 of the front door 4 are engaged. .

  A reel unit 100 constituting a variable display device having reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is disposed in the center of the housing 2. The reel unit 100 is placed on the upper surface of a metal frame plate portion 2f supported by the left and right side plate portions 2b and 2c and the back plate portion 2e, and the front door 4 faces the housing 2 side. When closed, the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c on which identification information of a plurality of types of symbols and figures are drawn are positioned in the display window 51 (shown in FIGS. 1 and 2) of the panel surface 50 of the front door 4. It has become.

  Each of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is driven to rotate by a built-in stepping motor. On the upper surface of the reel unit 100, a spinning device substrate that sends a four-phase drive pulse signal to the stepping motor is provided. For example, it is attached in a state of being accommodated by a transparent cover 23 made of PC resin. The main control board sends rotation drive (excitation) pulse data to the rotation apparatus board, thereby controlling the rotation, braking, and stopping of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c.

  At the lower side of the reel unit 100, that is, at the center of the upper surface of the bottom plate portion 2d in the housing 2, as shown in FIG. 3, medals thrown into the housing 2 are temporarily stored, and if necessary A hopper device 24 is attached as a medal payout device. On the right side of the hopper device 24, a sub-tank 25 for receiving medals overflowing from the hopper device 24 is attached and fixed. In the sub tank 25, a pair of left and right electrodes (medal sensor) for detecting that the medal is full is provided.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a main power supply box 26 as a main power supply device is attached and fixed to the left side of the hopper device 24. The main power supply box 26 has a built-in power supply device board corresponding to a so-called switchboard, and is supplied with power from the outside to supply necessary power to the internal device. A plurality of main power supply box side connectors are arranged in a row on the upper surface portion 26a of the main power supply box 26. Although not shown in the drawing, these connectors include harness side connectors for supplying power to the hopper device 24, The harness side connector of the medal sensor of the sub tank 25 is connected.
In addition, a rocker type main power switch, a push type reset button, and the like are disposed on the front portion of the main power supply box 26 closed by the front door 26b that opens right.

Next, the external configuration of the front door 4 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the front side of the front door 4 is formed of a synthetic resin, for example, ABS resin, as a so-called decorative board designed to enhance the visual effect as a “front panel portion” facing the player. It is substantially divided into the upper panel part 5, the lower panel part 6, and the console 7.

  A panel surface 50 is provided at the lower portion of the upper panel portion 5. A substantially rectangular transparent display window 51 is provided substantially at the center of the panel surface 50, and the three reels 101 a and 101 b of the reel unit 100 provided in the housing 2 are passed through the display window 51. , 101c can be visually observed.

  On the upper part and the left and right side parts of the upper panel part 5, there are provided an illumination effect device 52 and effect illumination parts 53a to 53h as illumination means incorporating a light source such as a fluorescent lamp or a high-intensity light emitting diode inside the lens panel. Has been. The lighting effects device 52 and the lighting units 53a to 53h for lighting are turned on or blinking according to the progress of the game, thereby enhancing the visual effect in the game. Further, the lighting effect device 52 as the lighting means functions as a means for notifying the gaming state of the slot machine 1.

  Below the lighting effect device 52, a pair of left and right effect sound emitting units 54a and 54b incorporating speakers 41a and 41b (shown in FIG. 2) for generating sound effects relating to the game, and a liquid crystal display effect device 55 are provided. It is arranged. The liquid crystal display effect device 55 is an effect device of the slot machine 1 formed by fitting a transparent hard plastic plate or the like, and mainly displays video and game (game) information related to game effects. It has become.

  The lower panel portion 6 is provided with a panel 61 for displaying the design of the appearance character and the like so that the player can recognize the model type of the slot machine 1. Below the panel 61, a sound receiving section 64a, 64b having built-in a tray unit 62, a medal payout outlet 63 for discharging medals when winning a prize, and speakers 47a, 47b (shown in FIG. 2) for generating effect sound effects. Etc. are arranged. Further, the tray unit 62 is integrally formed with a tray portion 62a for storing medals paid out from the medal payout outlet 63, and is provided with an ashtray member 65 for smoking by the player. .

  In addition, on both the left and right sides of the panel 61, effect lighting units 66a and 66b that incorporate a light source such as a high-intensity light emitting diode are disposed inside the lens panel. The effect lighting units 66a and 66b, like the lighting effect device 52 and the effect lighting units 53a to 53h, are turned on or blinking according to the progress of the game so as to enhance the visual effect in the game. It has become.

  The console 7 is formed so as to bulge toward the player so that the player's hand is placed, and on the substantially horizontal upper surface side, a medal insertion portion 71, a bet button 72, 73, and a start lever 74, stop buttons 75a, 75b, and 75c, a settlement button 76, an eject button 77, and a key hole 78 are disposed on the substantially vertical front side.

  The medal insertion portion 71 is integrally formed with a medal insertion slot for inserting medals bet on the game into the housing 2.

The bet buttons 72 and 73 are push-type button switches for presenting the number of medals to bet on one game of the slot machine 1. When the bet button 72 is pressed once at the start of the game, the bet buttons 72 and 73 are stored. One medal is bet on the game from among the medals being played, and when the bet button 73 is pressed once, three medals are bet on the game. Therefore, the bet button 72 is called a “1 bet button”, and the bet button 73 is called a “max bet button” because a maximum number of medals can be bet.
Depending on the diameter and the mounting position of these bet buttons 72 and 73, a bet button mounting hole (only the bet button mounting hole 79 of the bet button 72 is shown in FIGS. 4 to 6) is provided on the upper surface side of the console 7. Is provided. The bet button 72 is inserted into the front door 4 from the front side to the back side, and is engaged with the back side of the bet button mounting hole 79 (one side in FIG. 5). (Only shown in the figure). Further, the bet button 73 is fixed and secured by a screw nut (not shown) screwed on the back side of the bet button mounting hole. The main power supply box 26 is positioned in the housing 2 as viewed from the bed button mounting hole 79.

The start lever 74 is a lever switch for instructing the rotation start of the reels 101a to 101c.
The stop buttons 75a, 75b, and 75c are button switches for instructing to stop the rotation of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c rotated by the start lever 74, and are arranged in parallel corresponding to the arrangement of the reels. ing.
The settlement button 76 is a button switch for instructing the payout of medals bet on the game and instructing the payout of medals internally held by a medal credit means (not shown).

The eject button 77 is a button switch for discharging a clogged medal after the medal is inserted.
The key hole 78 is located on the front surface of the cylinder lock, and when the key is inserted into the key hole 78 and the front door 4 is turned in the opening direction by a predetermined key operation (rotated clockwise). The front door 4 can be opened. The front door 4 is automatically locked when closed.

Next, the back surface structure of the front door 4 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, a sub-control board formed of an electric circuit board is provided with a transparent cover made of PC resin at a position on the back side of the front door 4, that is, on the back side of the liquid crystal display effect device 55. 40 is disposed in a state of being housed.
The sub-control board includes display control of effect video by the liquid crystal display effect device 55, effect effect illumination control using the illumination effect device 52 and the effect illumination units 53a to 53h, 66a, 66b, and the effect sound emitting units 54a, 54b, Control related to game effects, such as effect sound effect control using 64a and 64b, is mainly performed.
Further, a pair of left and right speakers 41a and 41b are disposed on the left and right sides of the cover 40, that is, on the positions corresponding to the back surfaces of the production sound emitting portions 54a and 54b.

  A cold cathode fluorescent lamp housing portion 42 for irradiating the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c and displaying a bright pattern on the lower side of the cover 40, that is, on the back side of the panel surface 50, and a cold cathode An inverter 43 for driving the fluorescent lamp and a central control board housed in a transparent cover 44 made of PC resin are attached in a united state.

  A medal sorting device, a so-called medal selector 45, is disposed at a position on the back side of the console 7 and below the medal insertion portion 71. The medal selector 45 is a device that determines and distributes the suitability of medals inserted from the medal insertion unit 71. Further, the medal selector 45 has a built-in medal sensor, and when a normal medal is inserted and the medal sensor detects this medal in a game standby state or the like, a signal indicating acceptance of medal insertion is sent to the central control board. It is supposed to be sent out.

Further, the medal selector 45 has a J-shape in a plan view extending from the back side to the front side for guiding a regular medal discharged from the right side surface of the medal selector 45 to the hopper device 24 provided in the housing 2. The guide member 46a and the guide member 46b for guiding the medals (or foreign matter) removed by the medal selector 45 to the medal payout port 63 below are connected. Further, a guide member 46 c that guides the medals discharged from the hopper device 24 to the medal payout outlet 63 is continued below the guide member 46 b.
In addition, a pair of left and right speakers 47a and 47b are disposed at a lower portion on the back side of the front door 4, that is, a position corresponding to the back side of the sound emitting portions 64a and 64b for effects.
A locking device 48 having opening / closing hooks 48 a and 48 b is disposed on the back side of the keyhole 78.

  Here, the unauthorized operation preventing structure of the slot machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the main part, and FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a state when the inside of the housing is looked into from the bet button mounting hole in the same example.

As described above, the main power supply box 26 inside the housing 2 is looked down from the bet button mounting hole 79 from which the bet button 72 is removed (see FIG. 7).
Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, an extending portion 49 for blocking the line of sight is provided at a position corresponding to the lower side of the bet button mounting hole 79 on the back side of the console 7. Prepared.
The extending portion 49 is provided so as to extend substantially horizontally from the back side of the front door 4, specifically, from the upper part of the back side of the panel 61 into the housing 2. The main body 490 having a rectangular shape in plan view that is cantilevered on the back side of the front door 4 and flanges 491 and 491 vertically hanging downward from the left and right sides of the main body 490 (FIG. 2). Reference). For this reason, when the inside of the housing 2 is looked into from the bet button mounting hole 79 from which the bet button 72 has been removed, the extension portion 49 stands out beyond the line of sight so that the main power supply box 26 cannot be looked down. I'm. That is, while looking into the inside of the housing 2 from the bed button mounting hole 79, a foreign object such as a wire protruding into the housing 2 is operated to short-circuit the connector on the upper surface of the main power supply box 26, or to the main power supply box. Unauthorized operations such as operating the main power switch, reset button, etc. by opening the front door 26b of 26 are difficult or difficult. Further, even if the extension portion 49 is to be bent downward, the main body portion 490 is stiffened by the flange portions 491 and 491, so that the extension portion 49 is difficult to bend.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the extending portion 49 extending from the back side of the front door 4 toward the inside of the housing 2 is provided between the bet button mounting hole 79 and the main power supply box 26. . Thereby, even if the inside of the housing | casing 2 is looked into from the bet button attachment hole 79 which removed the bet button 72, since the extension part 49 stands out ahead of a line of sight, the main power supply box 26 cannot be visually observed. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized operation on the main power supply box 26 from a foreign matter such as a wire inserted into the housing 2.

Note that the present invention is not applied only to the bet button mounting hole 79 but mounting holes formed in the front door 4, such as a bet button 73, a start lever 74, stop buttons 75a, 75b, and 75c, and an eject. It can also be applied to a mounting hole for mounting the button 77 or the like. Further, an extension portion may be provided so that not only the main power supply box 26 but also the hopper device 24 and the sub tank 25 cannot be looked down from the mounting holes.
Further, the present invention is not only applied to slot machines, but can also be applied to other gaming machines (for example, ball game machines).

It is a front view of a slot machine. It is a perspective view of the back side of the front door in the example. It is the front view which showed the internal structure of the housing | casing in the example. It is a sectional side view showing the internal structure of the slot machine. It is an enlarged view of the principal part. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state when the case inside is looked into from the bet button attachment hole in the example. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state when the inside of a housing | casing is looked into from the conventional bet button attachment hole.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Slot machine (game machine)
2 ... Case 26 ... Main power supply box (main power supply device)
4 ... Front door 49 ... Extension part 490 ... Main body part 491, 491 ... Flange part 72 ... Bet button 79 ... Bet button mounting hole

Claims (1)

In a gaming machine comprising a housing whose front surface is open and a front door attached to the housing so as to be openable and closable,
The front side of the front door, in order from the top, is roughly divided into an upper panel part, an operator console and a lower panel part,
The console is swelled toward the player so that the player's hand is placed, and a push button switch mounting hole for locking the push button switch is formed on the substantially horizontal upper surface side. ,
A main power supply is fixed to the bottom plate in the housing at a position looked down from the push button switch mounting hole with the front door closed.
On the back side of the lower panel portion, a wall portion that forms a part of a substantially sealed space and extends downward from the connection portion with the back side of the console toward the inside of the housing at a predetermined angle, and the connection portion And an extension part extending substantially horizontally from the inside of the housing,
The extension part includes a main body part that is cantilevered by the connection part, and a stiffening part that stiffens the main body part ,
The extension portion has a tip that reaches a straight line connecting an edge on the housing side of the push button switch mounting hole and an upper end on the front door side of the main power supply device in a state where the front door is closed. An anti-tampering structure for gaming machines, characterized by being extended to

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