JP5748459B2 - Amusement park evacuation equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an evacuation facility in a game arcade, and more particularly to an evacuation facility capable of recognizing a situation of a passage for evacuating from a game arcade.

  In special buildings such as department stores and amusement halls, in order to ensure an evacuation route in the event of a power outage due to natural disasters such as earthquakes and lightning, and other disasters, guide lights (firefighting law) and emergency lights (architecture) Establishment of the Standard Law) is mandatory.

These guide lights and emergency lights are usually installed on building structures (wall surfaces and ceilings including partition walls). Especially, emergency lights are located near the floor during power outages according to the Building Standards Act. The illuminance of 1 lux or more must be maintained.
For example, this type of emergency light technology is disclosed in Patent Document 1.
In addition, the emergency light of patent document 1 is set as the structure by which lighting operation | movement is performed by the storage battery with which the electric power supply was stopped when the electric power supply stopped in an emergency etc.

By the way, in amusement halls, from the viewpoint of crime prevention such as workability of hall staff and “goat action”, there are almost no partition walls that partition the space, and a plurality of pachinko machines and slots are provided in such a space. There are a number of amusement islands that form a group of machines. In this type of amusement hall, game islands are arranged at a predetermined interval, and the interval is used as a passage through which hall staff, players, and the like pass.
Therefore, in the event of a power outage due to an unexpected situation in the game hall, a passage formed between the game islands or between the game island and the wall surface forming the game hall (hereinafter also referred to simply as a passage) is used as an evacuation route. Players evacuate outside the venue through the evacuation route.

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  However, in the current amusement hall, even if the installed emergency light satisfies the standards of the Building Standard Law, the above-mentioned passage may not function as an evacuation route that can evacuate safely.

That is, at a game hall, when a jackpot is won in a pachinko machine or a slot machine and a predetermined number of game balls (hereinafter simply referred to as balls) or game medals (hereinafter simply referred to as medals) are discharged, Balls and medals overflowing from the saucer are stored in a storage box, and the storage boxes are arranged on the passage to be consistent in the appearance of a ball (or medals) at the game hall.
Note that such a landscape is a normal landscape of a game arcade, and is a kind of sales technique for raising the feelings of players and the like.

  Therefore, in amusement halls, even if the lights by general lighting are enriched and the situation of the passage is easy to grasp, if the storage boxes are arranged in the passage, you must pass while avoiding the storage boxes. Therefore, it takes some time to finish the passage. Furthermore, if there is a power outage due to an unexpected situation, even if the emergency light is lit, the illuminance to illuminate your feet will be lower than in general lighting, so it will take time to determine the situation of the aisle, and the time required for evacuation There is a concern that will increase excessively.

  In addition, some evacuees may be unable to judge the situation of the passage due to great anxiety and fall into a panic state.In that case, the storage boxes arranged in the passage are overturned and scattered, and the time required for evacuation is increased. There is a concern of further increase. Further, in this case, it is conceivable that the following evacuees are involved by balls scattered in the passage, and in the worst case, the subsequent evacuees lose their lives. In this way, in the amusement hall, if a power failure occurs in an unexpected situation, the illuminance on the foot side of the evacuation route is low, and the storage box and the balls and medals stored in the storage box can become obstacles to the evacuation route. For this reason, it has been difficult for players and the like to evacuate safely.

  Therefore, in view of the problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a facility for evacuating a game hall that can ensure a quick and safe evacuation route by increasing the illuminance of the evacuation route of the game hall during a power failure. With the goal.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention described in claim 1 is a game hall having a plurality of gaming machine groups constituted by one or a plurality of gaming machines, a passage through which a player passes, and a duty emergency light. In the evacuation facility, the gaming machine group has a waist plate that forms a wall surface lower than the installation position of the gaming machine, and is supplied from an external power source or a built-in dedicated power source when power supply from the commercial power source is stopped. An emergency light device that has an emergency light device that performs an illumination function by the generated electric power, and an installation portion where the emergency light device is installed is provided at the position of the waist plate in at least one gaming machine group, and is installed in the installation portion Is arranged so that the optical axis passes in the vicinity of the floor surface of the passage, and when the power supply from the commercial power supply is stopped, in addition to the illumination by the compulsory emergency light, the emergency light device includes the floor surface. A playground characterized by shining towards the vicinity It is a refuge for the equipment.
That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the game hall, the supply of electric power from the commercial power source is stopped in the plurality of gaming machine groups configured by one or more gaming machines, the passage through which the player passes. In this case, an emergency light device that performs an illumination function by electric power supplied from an external or built-in dedicated power source is provided, and at least one gaming machine group is provided with an installation unit for installing the emergency light device. emergency lights device installed in parts are you characterized in that on the floor near the passage is arranged as an optical axis passes.

Here, as explained earlier, special buildings such as amusement halls are obliged to install emergency lights based on the Building Standards Law (hereinafter referred to as mandatory emergency lights). Usually provided on structures (walls, ceilings, etc.), but even in the game hall, even if the building standards are satisfied, the illuminance of the evacuation route may feel insufficient, and it is quick and safe There were cases where it was difficult to evacuate.
Therefore, the evacuation facility for the game hall according to the present invention has a configuration in which an emergency light device having a dedicated power source is provided in at least one gaming machine group constituting the game hall. As a result, the passage formed by a group of gaming machines equipped with an emergency light device can be illuminated by an emergency light device in addition to a mandatory emergency light at the time of a power failure, thus increasing the lighting effect at the time of a power failure Can do. Further, since the optical axis of the emergency light device is arranged so as to pass near the floor surface of the game hall, the situation of the floor surface of the passage can be easily recognized. That is, since the illuminance on the floor surface of the evacuation route can be reliably increased during a power failure, safety during evacuation can be improved.
Therefore, the present invention can improve the illuminance on the floor of the passage when a power outage occurs in an unexpected situation, so it is easy to judge the situation such as the presence or absence of obstacles in the evacuation route, and it is quick and safe. Evacuation is possible.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the gaming machine group has a wainscot for forming a wall of a position lower than the installation position of the gaming machine, characterized in that the installation portion is provided at the position of waist panel.

  According to such a configuration, since the emergency light device is arranged at the position of the waist plate lower than the installation position of the gaming machines constituting the gaming machine group, than when arranged at a high position such as a ceiling or other wall surface, The amount of light diffusion is reduced. That is, even if the luminance of the light source is substantially the same, the amount of light diffused to reach the floor surface is reduced, so that the illuminance near the floor surface can be increased.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine group, a chair on which a player can be seated is disposed at a position facing the gaming machine, and the installation portion is a waist plate that communicates the inside and outside of the gaming machine group. The said opening part is distribute | arranged to the position which avoids the position of the said chair, and the said emergency light apparatus is distribute | arranged to the said opening part. Item 2. An evacuation facility for a game hall according to Item 1.

  In the invention according to claim 3, the passage through which the player passes is formed by two or more gaming machine groups, or one or more gaming machine groups and any wall surface that forms a game hall. The at least one gaming machine group is provided with an installation portion, according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the facility for evacuating the game hall.

  According to this configuration, there is at least one gaming machine group in any passage of the game hall, and the emergency light device is arranged in at least one gaming machine group in the passage. Even if it is a passage, the emergency light device secures the illuminance to such an extent that the situation on the floor can be judged. In other words, according to the present invention, even in a situation where players are crowded in the game hall, each passage functions as an evacuation route that secures an illuminance that can judge the situation. Can be evacuated quickly and safely. Thereby, according to this invention, when a power failure generate | occur | produces by the unexpected situation, a player can be evacuated more promptly and more safely.

  The facility for evacuation of the game hall of the present invention is a passage through which a player in the game hall passes in addition to the mandatory emergency light installed based on the Building Standard Law, and an emergency light device is provided in at least one gaming machine group. When the power supply from the commercial power supply is stopped, the emergency light device irradiates near the floor of the aisle in addition to the obligatory emergency light. Evacuation routes that can be evacuated can be secured.

It is a top view which shows the game hall where the evacuation equipment of the game hall concerning this embodiment is provided. It is an A direction arrow directional view which shows the game island installed in the game hall of FIG. It is BB sectional drawing which made the principal part the cross section of the game island of FIG. It is the C direction arrow directional view of the game island of FIG. It is a D direction arrow directional view of the game island of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of an emergency light apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the relationship between the electrical storage part in an emergency light apparatus, and another relevant site | part.

Below, the evacuation facility of the game hall according to the present embodiment will be described.
The evacuation facility of the game hall of this embodiment has a configuration formed on a so-called amusement island 31 in which game machines 30 such as pachinko machines and slot machines are grouped. Therefore, in the following description, in order to facilitate understanding, description will be made with attention paid to one amusement island 31.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a predetermined number of gaming machine mounting portions 32 are provided in the gaming island 31, and one gaming machine 30 is installed in each gaming machine mounting portion 32. Specifically, on the gaming island 31 in the present embodiment, five gaming machines 30 are arranged in parallel in each row (one row on the front of FIG. 1 and one row on the back (not shown)). As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, one chair 39 on which a player can sit is disposed at a position facing each gaming machine 30.

  In addition, in the inside of the game island 31, in addition to structures such as pillars and beams, a game medium transport device (not shown) that transports game media (balls and medals) to each game machine 30, collected from each game machine 30 Equipment related to operating the gaming machine 30, such as a storage tank (not shown) for temporarily storing the played game media and a game media polishing device (not shown) for removing and polishing the collected game media However, since there is no particular relationship in the present invention, the description is omitted.

  In addition, on the outside of the game island 31, a decorative board or the like is provided as an outer wall so as to hide the internal structure. Specifically, the decorative board is provided at a place excluding the gaming machine mounting portion 32, and as shown in FIG. 3, from the ceiling side of the game hall, the top board 34, the curtain board 35, the lamp board 36, and the waist board 33. , A baseboard 37.

  By the way, in a conventional amusement hall, as explained earlier, when a power outage occurs due to an unforeseen situation, the emergency light (hereinafter referred to as a compulsory emergency light) installed under the Building Standards Law or the Fire Service Act There is a system in which the guide light installed on the basis functions as a lighting function or a guidance function for evacuating from the game hall to the outside.

  However, even if a mandatory emergency light is provided in the amusement hall so as to satisfy the Building Standards Law, there is a problem that it is not possible to evacuate quickly and safely because only the minimum lighting during a power failure is ensured. In other words, if the evacuee tries to evacuate only with the light of the compulsory emergency light at the time of a power failure, the refugee can recognize that there is a passage, but an obstacle (for example, a passage sandwiched between opposing game islands) For example, there may be cases where it is not possible to secure sufficient illuminance to grasp the situation such as the presence or absence of a storage container (a ball or medal), and as a result, evacuation action can be taken without grasping the situation of the passage. It will be. Therefore, as shown in Fig. 4, if there are obstacles on the passage, it takes more time than necessary to pass through the passage when evacuating. There was a case that would affect.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the installation portion 5 is provided at the position of the two rows of waist plates 33 in each game island 31, and the emergency light device 1 is attached to the installation portion 5. Yes.
First, the installation part 5 in the game island 31 is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 3, the installation part 5 has an opening 10 formed in the waist plate 33 that communicates the space 11 formed on the back side of the waist plate 33 (inside the game island 31) and the inside and outside of the game island 31. It is a part with. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, six openings 10 are provided for each row of the game islands 31. Specifically, the openings 10 in each row are located in the vertical direction (height direction) downward (near the baseboard 37) of the waist plate 33 of the game island 31, and the respective openings 10 are installed in the game hall. Arranged to avoid the chair position. That is, when the gaming machines 30 arranged in parallel on the game island 31 are viewed from the front, each opening 10 does not overlap the chair 39. A screw hole (not shown) is provided around the opening 10, and the screw hole is used to fix the emergency light device 1.

  In the present embodiment, the size of the opening 10 is designed on the basis of the size of the illumination unit 7 of the emergency light device 1 described later. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the size of each opening 10 on the game island 31 is located between the chairs 39 (noting the opening 10 on both sides when one row is noted) 10a) is set to approximately the same size, and the other (two openings 10b located on both sides) are set to approximately the same size.

Next, the emergency light device 1 will be specifically described.
The emergency light device 1 is substantially the same as that known in the art. As shown in FIG. 6, as shown in FIG. 6, an illumination unit 6 including an LED (Light Emitting Diode), a housing 7 that holds the illumination unit 6, and a housing 7 It is composed of a mounting portion 8 provided, a power storage unit 9 provided with a nickel cadmium battery, which is built in between the lighting unit 6 and the housing 7, and a protective plate 12 that protects the lighting unit 6 and transmits light. is there. In the present embodiment, the emergency light device 1 has a power plug (not shown) connected to a commercial power source, and a power storage unit is provided if power is supplied from the commercial power source to the emergency light device 1 via the power plug. When power is charged in 9 and power supply from the commercial power supply to the emergency light device 1 is stopped, power is discharged in the power storage unit 9 and power is supplied to the lighting unit 7.
In the present embodiment, two types of emergency light devices 1a and 1b are prepared, the emergency light device 1a is arranged in the opening 10a, and the emergency light device 1b is arranged in the opening 10b. ing.

Moreover, in the emergency light device 1 in this embodiment, electric power is charged to the electrical storage part 9 by the low voltage maintenance charge system (tricle charge system) which is a well-known technique.
Here, the trickle charging method is a method of storing electric power by continuously applying a weak current, and is a charging method that can always maintain the full storage state of the storage battery.
More specifically, while the power is supplied from the commercial power source, the circuit of the storage battery and the load (lighting or the like) is disconnected, and the supplied power is charged to the storage battery over a long time. And if a fixed period passes after charging starts, the charge operation which supplements only the part for self-discharge of a storage battery will be performed, and the electric power in a storage battery will always be maintained in the substantially full state. On the other hand, in the event of a power failure, the circuit of the storage battery and the load is connected, and the power charged in the storage battery is supplied to the load side and consumed.

  That is, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, a transformer (transformer) 40, a rectifier 41, a power failure detection relay 42, and a relay switch 43 are connected to a circuit to which the power storage unit 9 and the illumination unit 6 are connected. In addition, while the variable resistor 45 is provided and the power supply from the commercial power source is maintained, the relay switch 43 is maintained in the open state to maintain the charged state of the power storage unit 9, and the power failure detection relay 42 When a stop of power supply from the power supply or a state close thereto is detected, the relay switch 43 is changed from the open state to the closed state, and the power storage unit 9 is switched to the discharged state. Thereby, according to this embodiment, when a power failure occurs, electric power is supplied from the power storage unit 9 to the illumination unit 6, and the illumination function in the illumination unit 6 can be activated.

Next, the positional relationship of the emergency light device 1 on the game island 31 will be described.
The emergency light device 1 is arranged in the installation part 5 of the waist plate 33 so that the optical axis of the light emitted from the light source of the illumination part 7 passes near the floor surface of the game hall. Specifically, the emergency light device 1 is arranged such that the mounting portion 8 is positioned around the opening 10 of the waist plate 33 and the protective plate 12 is exposed to the outside through the opening 10. And fixed to the waist plate 33 via the mounting portion 8. At this time, the light source of the illuminating unit 6 is directed almost horizontally with respect to the floor surface of the game hall or in a direction intersecting the floor surface. In other words, the emergency light device 1 fixed to the installation unit 5 is arranged so that the light emitted from the illumination unit 6 is illuminated from the opening 10 of the waist plate 33 in the vicinity of the floor surface of the game hall.

As described above, according to the evacuation facility of the game hall of the present embodiment, the installation portion 5 is provided on the waist plate 33 of the game island 31 that forms a passage through which a player or the like passes, and the emergency light device is provided in the installation portion 5. Since 1 is fixed, the vicinity of the floor surface of the passage can be illuminated brightly. As a result, in the event of a power failure due to unforeseen circumstances, in addition to the obligatory emergency light installed based on the Building Standards Act, the lighting effect of the emergency light device 1 that irradiates the vicinity of the floor of the amusement hall is expected. As a result, the situation of the passage can be easily recognized. That is, in this embodiment, when evacuating in a power outage situation, it is possible to recognize the presence or absence of obstacles such as storage containers arranged in the passage, so as shown in FIG. Even if an object exists, a player or the like can evacuate quickly and safely.
In addition, as a result, the possibility that the evacuees will fall the storage container in which balls and medals are stored is reduced, and it is prevented that the deficiency of the previous evacuees hinders the evacuation behavior of the subsequent evacuees. Thus, it is possible to provide an evacuation environment in which the subsequent evacuee can evacuate quickly and safely.

  In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the emergency light device 1 is attached to all the game islands 31 in the game arcade is shown, but the configuration in which the emergency light device 1 is attached to some of the game islands 31 in the game arcade may be used. Absent. In other words, when the emergency light device 1 is attached to at least one gaming island 31 connected to the entrance / exit of the game hall or when two or more gaming islands 31 are formed facing each other, the facing gaming island 31 faces each other. The emergency light device 1 may be configured to be attached to at least one of the game islands 31.

In the said embodiment, although the structure which stored the electrical storage part 9 in the emergency light apparatus 1 was shown, this invention is not limited to this, The electrical storage part 9 was distribute | arranged to the exterior of the emergency light apparatus 1, and it was set as the external system. It may be a configuration. According to this, since one electrical storage part 9 can be connected with respect to the some illumination part 6, manufacturing cost can be reduced. Note that when one power storage unit is connected to a plurality of illumination units, it is desirable to amplify the power storage capacity of the power storage unit as compared to the above embodiment.
Further, in the present invention, the configuration including the power storage unit 9 including a nickel cadmium battery as a dedicated power source is shown. However, a power generation device (not shown) is provided as a dedicated power source, and the power generation device and the lighting unit 6 are connected to each other. The power generator may sometimes be configured to supply power to the illumination unit 6.

  In the said embodiment, although the structure which attached the emergency light apparatus 1 to the waist board 33 was shown, this invention is not limited to this, For example, in addition to the said embodiment or it replaces, the longitudinal direction edge part of the game island 31 The emergency light device 1 may be attached to the support plate (FIG. 2) 38, the baseboard 37 positioned lower than the waist plate 33, or the curtain plate 35 positioned higher than the waist plate 33. Even in this case, the optical axis of the illumination unit needs to pass near the floor of the game hall.

In the above embodiment, the emergency light device 1 is arranged and fixed inside the amusement island 31 and radiates to the outside through the opening 10 provided in the waist plate 33. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Even if it is the structure which installs an installation part in the exterior of the waist board 33, does not provide the opening part 10 in the waist board 33, arranges and fixes the emergency light apparatus 1 in the installation part, and irradiates with respect to the floor surface vicinity I do not care.
Further, as described above, a plurality of emergency light devices 1 are not attached to each row of the game islands 31, for example, a belt-like emergency light device formed along the direction in which the gaming machines 30 of the game islands 31 are arranged side by side. A configuration may be adopted in which one is attached to each column.

  In the above embodiment, a configuration in which the gaming island 31 is formed by installing a plurality of gaming machines 30 is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the gaming island may be formed by one gaming machine 30. Absent.

1 Emergency light device 5 Installation section 8 Power storage section (dedicated power supply)
30 gaming machines 31 amusement islands (groups of gaming machines)
33 waist plate

Claims (3)

In a evacuation facility of a game hall having a plurality of gaming machine groups constituted by one or a plurality of gaming machines, a passage through which a player passes, and a duty emergency light,
The gaming machine group has a waist plate that forms a wall surface at a position lower than the installation position of the gaming machine,
When the power supply from the commercial power supply is stopped, the emergency light device that performs the lighting function by the power supplied from the external power supply or the built-in dedicated power supply,
At least one gaming machine group is provided with an installation portion where an emergency light device is installed at the position of the waist plate ,
Emergency lights device installed in the installation unit, Ri arranged der as the optical axis passes on the floor near the passage,
An evacuation facility for a game hall, characterized in that, when power supply from a commercial power supply is stopped, in addition to illumination by the mandatory emergency light, the emergency light device illuminates near the floor surface . In the gaming machine group, a chair on which a player can sit is arranged at a position facing the gaming machine,
The installation portion has an opening formed in a waist plate communicating with the inside and outside of the gaming machine group,
The opening is arranged in a position that avoids the position of the chair,
The facility for evacuating a game hall according to claim 1, wherein the emergency light device is arranged in the opening . The passage through which the player passes is formed by one or more wall groups that form a game hall with two or more gaming machine groups or one or more gaming machine groups,
The facility for evacuating a game hall according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an installation portion is provided in at least one gaming machine group in any passage.

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