JP5840354B2 - Inter-table display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a device main body installed between adjacent gaming machines of an island facility, and an image display means disposed on the device main body and having a display screen capable of performing a predetermined image display. The present invention relates to an intermediate display device.

  Some island facilities in amusement halls are equipped with a plurality of gaming machines such as pachinko gaming machines, and a table display device is installed between adjacent gaming machines. A conventional inter-table display device includes a device main body as a casing installed between adjacent gaming machines of an island facility, and a display screen that is arranged in a protruding state on the device main body and can perform predetermined image display ( An image display means (liquid crystal unit) having a liquid crystal screen, etc., and displaying an image (for example, information on a gaming machine or a game room or a television image) that can grasp various information on the display screen, A player seated in front of a gaming machine can be visually recognized. In addition, since this prior art does not relate to the literature known invention, there is no prior art document information to be described.

  However, in the conventional inter-table display device, since the image display means is provided in a protruding state on the apparatus body, when the display screen of the image display means is not seen during the game (the player needs to see the display screen) The image display means may be in the way, such as when there is no image and when you do not want to see). In addition, when a predetermined operation is performed on the gaming machine (for example, when the front frame of the pachinko gaming machine is opened to perform internal maintenance, etc.), the workability may be deteriorated due to the image display means being in the way. There was also.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a table display device capable of avoiding that the image display means is in the way.

The invention according to claim 1 is an apparatus main body installed between adjacent gaming machines of an island facility, and an image display means provided on the apparatus main body and having a display screen capable of displaying a predetermined image. In the inter-table display device, the image display means is movable between a housing position housed inside the apparatus main body and a projecting position that protrudes from the apparatus main body and allows the display screen to be visually recognized. And an urging means for constantly urging the image display means from the storage position toward the protruding position, and an operation means capable of locking the image display means at the storage position. And the image display means is automatically moved from the storage position to the protruding position by the urging force of the urging means, and the urging means is interposed via a belt. the accommodation position Te Characterized in that towards al projecting position capable of transmitting the biasing force to said image display means.

According to a second aspect of the invention, the base between the display device according to claim 1 Symbol placement, the image display unit is characterized in that the orientation of the display screen at the projecting position is arbitrarily adjustable.

According to a third aspect of the invention, the base between the display device according to claim 1 Symbol placement, the image display means, said display screen and reaches the projected position from the stowed position is automatically predetermined orientation Features.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the image display means is movable between a housing position housed inside the apparatus main body and a projecting position that projects from the apparatus main body and allows the display screen to be visually recognized. Only when viewing the screen, the image display means can be viewed as a protruding position, and when the display screen is not viewed, the image display means can be set as the storage position, so the image display means becomes an obstacle. Can be avoided.

In addition , since the apparatus main body has an operation unit and the image display unit is automatically moved from the storage position to the protruding position by operating the operation unit, the operability of the image display unit can be improved.

Furthermore , an urging means for urging the image display means from the accommodation position toward the protruding position is provided, and the operation means can lock the image display means at the accommodation position and operates the operation means. Since the image display means is automatically moved from the storage position to the protruding position by the urging force of the urging means, a separate actuator such as a motor is not required and the manufacturing cost is reduced. Can be reduced.

According to the invention of claim 2 , since the image display means can arbitrarily adjust the direction of the display screen at the protruding position, the player can arbitrarily change the direction of the display screen of the image display means. The visibility of the display screen can be improved.

According to the invention of claim 3 , since the display screen is automatically oriented in a predetermined direction when the image display means reaches the protruding position from the storage position, the operability of the image display means can be further improved. .

1 is a front view showing a table display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Side view showing the same inter-table display device (in a state where the image display means is in the storage position) Side view showing the same inter-table display device (image display means in a protruding position) Side view showing the same inter-table display device (a state in which the image display means is in the protruding position and the direction of the display screen is changed) The perspective view which shows the moving mechanism of the image display means in the apparatus main body in the display apparatus between the same stands The perspective view which shows the detail (state which makes an image display means an accommodation position) on the surface side of the movement mechanism The perspective view which shows the details (state which makes an image display means an accommodation position) on the back side of the movement mechanism The perspective view which shows the detail (state which makes an image display means a protrusion position) the surface side of the movement mechanism A perspective view showing details on the surface side of the moving mechanism (a state in which the image display means is in a protruding position and a state before the operation means is operated) Side view showing details of the moving mechanism (a state in which the image display unit is in the protruding position and a state before the operation unit is operated) The perspective view which shows the liquid crystal unit of the image display means in the display apparatus between the same stands The perspective view which shows the stationary-side unit of the image display means in the same display apparatus The perspective view which shows the shaft member of the image display means in the display apparatus between the same stands The perspective view which shows the state which assembled | attached the liquid crystal unit to the stationary-side unit of the image display means in the same display apparatus. The top view which shows the state before adjusting the display screen of the image display means in the display apparatus between the same stands The top view which shows the state after adjusting the display screen of the image display means in the display apparatus between the same stands The perspective view which shows the image display means in the platform display apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view which shows the stationary-side unit of the image display means in the same display apparatus The perspective view which shows the state which assembled | attached the liquid crystal unit to the stationary-side unit of the image display means in the same display apparatus. The perspective view which shows the urging | biasing spring interposed between the stationary-side unit and liquid crystal unit of the image display means in the inter-table display device The front view which shows the state which installed the table display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention between the adjacent game machines of island equipment. The perspective view which shows the table display apparatus and game machine which concern on embodiment of this invention

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, the inter-table display device according to the first embodiment is installed between adjacent pachinko gaming machines P of the island facility S in the game hall, and is shown in FIGS. 1 to 10. As described above, the apparatus main body 2, the image display means 3 having the display screen 3a capable of displaying a predetermined image while being arranged in the apparatus main body 2, the operation means 4, and the moving mechanism 5 are mainly used. It is configured.

  The apparatus main body 2 is installed between adjacent pachinko gaming machines P in the island facility S to form a casing of the inter-table display apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, in which the image display means 3, the operation means 4 and the movement Each of the mechanisms 5 is assembled. As shown in FIG. 22, the device main body 2 has a height substantially equal to that of the adjacent pachinko gaming machine P and a predetermined width dimension (a dimension in which the image display means 3 and the moving mechanism 5 can be included). It consists of a box-shaped member.

  The image display means 3 is disposed in the apparatus main body 2 and also has a display screen 3a (in the present embodiment, capable of displaying a predetermined image (for example, display of information on a pachinko gaming machine P or a game hall or a television image). Liquid crystal display screen). The image display means 3 has a storage position (see FIG. 2) stored inside the apparatus main body 2 by the moving mechanism 5 and a protruding position (see FIG. 2) from which the display screen 3a can be visually recognized by protruding from the apparatus main body 2. 3) and the orientation of the display screen 3a can be arbitrarily adjusted at the protruding position (see FIG. 4).

  As shown in FIG. 5, the moving mechanism 5 is disposed at a predetermined position of the apparatus main body 2 and automatically moves the image display means 3 from the storage position to the protruding position. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the moving mechanism 5 is fitted into a guide member 6 having a pair of grooves 6 a extending in the moving direction of the image display means 3 and a pair of grooves 6 a of the guide member 6. However, it is mainly composed of a sliding member 7 that can slide along the groove 6a and to which the fixed side unit 3b of the image display means 3 is fixed, a belt V, and a pair of upper and lower urging means 8. ing.

  Both ends of the belt V are connected to the urging means 8 and the sliding member 7 is hooked on a halfway portion. The urging force of the urging means 8 (specifically, the urging force by the spiral spring 8a). Force) is always applied to the sliding member 7. That is, the urging force of the urging means 8 is transmitted to the sliding member 7 via the belt V, and the sliding member 7 is constantly urged from the position shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 toward the position shown in FIG. Therefore, the image display means 3 connected to the sliding member 7 is urged from the storage position toward the protruding position. Reference numerals T1 to T3 in the figure indicate guide rollers that suspend and guide the belt V.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the operation means 4 can lock the image display means 3 at the storage position, and releases the lock by operating the operation means 4, and the biasing means 8. The image display means 3 is automatically moved from the storage position to the protruding position by the urging force. That is, the operating means 4 includes an operating portion 4a protruding to the surface side of the apparatus main body 2, a locking portion 4b that can be locked to the image display means 3, and a coil that constantly biases the entire operating means 4 upward. It is mainly composed of the spring 4c.

  Then, when the operation unit 4a is pressed downward to lower the operation unit 4 against the urging force of the coil spring 4c, the locking unit 4b locked to the image display unit 3 in the storage position is lowered downward. Since the locking is released, the image display means 3 is automatically (naturally) moved to the protruding position by the urging force of the urging means 8. Thus, by operating the operation means 4, the image display means 3 can be automatically moved from the storage position to the protruding position.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIGS. 11 to 16, the image display means 3 according to the present embodiment is mainly composed of a fixed side unit 3 b, a liquid crystal unit 3 c, and a shaft member 3 f. The liquid crystal unit 3c is swingably assembled to the fixed unit 3b via a shaft member 3f. Thus, the orientation of the display screen 3a of the liquid crystal unit 3c can be adjusted by the liquid crystal unit 3c swinging with respect to the fixed unit 3b.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the liquid crystal unit 3c has a display screen 3a formed on the surface thereof and a pair of bulging portions 3d formed integrally on one side surface. These bulging portions 3d are each formed with a hole 3da that penetrates in the vertical direction and through which the shaft member 3f can be inserted, and a groove 3db that extends vertically is formed at a predetermined portion of each hole 3da. . As shown in FIG. 13, the shaft member 3f is integrally formed with a ridge 3fa in the vertical direction, and the ridge 3fa is set to have a width dimension smaller than that of the groove 3db of the hole 3da. Yes. Thereby, the rotation of the shaft member 3f inserted into the hole 3da is allowed by a predetermined angle.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12, in the fixed side unit 3b, the bulging portion 3e is integrally formed at the vertical position on one side surface (the surface facing the bulging portion 3d) and at an intermediate position therebetween. Each bulge 3e is formed with a hole 3ea that penetrates in the vertical direction and allows the shaft member 3f to be inserted therethrough, and a groove 3eb that extends vertically is formed at a predetermined portion of each hole 3ea. . The groove 3eb has a width dimension substantially equal to the protrusion 3fa of the shaft member 3f. When the shaft member 3f is inserted into the hole 3ea while the protrusion 3fa is aligned with the groove 3eb, the shaft member 3f is It can be connected and fixed to the fixed side unit 3b.

  However, as shown in FIG. 14, the shaft member 3f is inserted into the hole 3da and the hole 3ea with the bulging part 3d of the liquid crystal unit 3c fitted between the bulging part 3e of the fixed side unit 3b. As shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the liquid crystal unit 3c can swing about the shaft member 3f by a predetermined angle (an angle until the protrusion 3f interferes with the wall forming the groove 3db). Yes. Thereby, when the image display means 3 is in the protruding position, the orientation of the display screen 3a can be arbitrarily adjusted by manually swinging the liquid crystal unit 3c.

  According to the present embodiment, the image display means 3 can be arbitrarily adjusted in the direction of the display screen 3a manually at the protruding position, so that the player arbitrarily changes the orientation of the display screen 3a of the image display means 3. The visibility of the display screen 3a can be improved. The swing mechanism of the liquid crystal unit 3c with respect to the fixed side unit 3b is not limited to the configuration according to the present embodiment, and may be various general-purpose swing mechanisms.

Next, a table display apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Similar to the first embodiment, the inter-table display device is installed between adjacent pachinko gaming machines P of the island facility S in the game hall (see FIGS. 21 and 22), and is shown in FIGS. As described above, the apparatus main body 2, the image display means 9 having a display screen 9 a that can be displayed on the apparatus main body 2 and capable of displaying a predetermined image, the operation means 4, and the moving mechanism 5 are mainly used. It is configured. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the component similar to 1st Embodiment, and those detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 17 to 20, the image display unit 9 according to the present embodiment includes a fixed unit 9 b, a liquid crystal unit 9 c on which a display screen 9 a (liquid crystal display screen) is formed, an urging spring 10, and an axial shape. The urging mechanism is mainly composed of a member 11 and the like, and the liquid crystal unit 9c is swingably assembled to the fixed side unit 9b via the urging mechanism. Thus, the orientation of the display screen 9a of the liquid crystal unit 9c can be adjusted by swinging the liquid crystal unit 9c with respect to the fixed side unit 9b, and the image display means 9 can be projected from the storage position. In this case, the display screen 9a is automatically set in a predetermined direction.

  As shown in FIG. 18, the fixed side unit 9b is integrally formed with a bulging portion 9d at a vertical position on one side surface (a surface facing the pair of bulging portions 9ca of the liquid crystal unit 9c) and an intermediate position therebetween. . These bulging portions 9d are formed with holes 9da through which the fixing members 12 (see FIG. 20) that constitute the urging mechanism can be inserted in the up and down direction. A groove 9db that allows the shaft member 11 constituting the mechanism to rotate by a predetermined angle is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 20, the urging mechanism is inserted into and fixed to the urging spring 10, the shaft member 11 fixed to the bulging portion 9ca of the liquid crystal unit 9c, and the hole 9da of the fixed side unit 9b. The fixing member 12 includes a boss portion 12a that is integrally formed and a connecting member 13 that connects the fixing members 12 to each other. As shown in the figure, the urging spring 10 has one end 10a fixed to the boss portion 12a of the fixing member 12 and the other end 10b fixed to a predetermined portion of the shaft-like member 11, and its elasticity The shaft member 11 is configured to be urged in a predetermined direction with respect to the boss portion 12a by the restoring force generated.

  As described above, when the shaft-like member 11 receives the biasing force (restoring force) of the biasing spring 10 and rotates, the liquid crystal unit 9c swings with respect to the fixed side unit 9b via the bulging portion 9ca. Has been. However, as shown in FIG. 19, when the liquid crystal unit 9c is assembled to the fixed side unit 9b via the urging mechanism, the urging force of the urging spring 10 causes the liquid crystal unit 9c to move as shown in FIG. It is configured to be in a state of swinging by a predetermined angle with respect to the fixed side unit 9b.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 19, when the liquid crystal unit 9c is swung by a predetermined angle with respect to the fixed unit 9b, the urging spring 10 is in a natural state (a state in which no restoring force is applied). As shown in FIG. 17, the liquid crystal unit 9c is swung by a predetermined angle with respect to the fixed side unit 9b (in the same figure, swung until the fixed side unit 9b and the liquid crystal unit 9c are linearly arranged). Then, the restoring force of the urging spring 10 acts.

  Thus, when the image display means 9 is in the storage position, as shown in FIG. 17, the fixed side unit 9b and the liquid crystal unit 9c are linearly arranged, and the urging force by the urging spring 10 is always applied. Although given, since it is in the accommodated state, the oscillation of the liquid crystal unit 9c with respect to the fixed side unit 9b is restricted. Then, when the operation means 4 is operated to move the image display means 9 from the storage position to the protruding position, the urging force (restoring force) by the urging spring 10 causes the shaft member 11 to rotate in a predetermined direction, Accordingly, the liquid crystal unit 9c swings by a predetermined angle with respect to the fixed side unit 9b. Thereby, when the image display means 9 reaches the protruding position from the storage position, the display screen 9a is automatically set in a predetermined direction.

  According to this embodiment, since the display screen 9a is automatically oriented in a predetermined direction when the image display means 9 reaches the protruding position from the storage position, the operability of the image display means 9 can be further improved. it can. Further, when the image display means 9 reaches the projecting position from the housed position by the biasing force (restoring force) of the biasing spring 10, the display screen 9a is automatically set in a predetermined direction. 9a can be set in a predetermined direction, and the apparatus configuration can be simplified. The urging configuration of the liquid crystal unit 9c with respect to the fixed side unit 9b is not limited to that according to the present embodiment, and various general-purpose urging configurations can be used.

  According to the inter-display apparatus according to the first and second embodiments described above, the image display means (3, 9) is accommodated in the apparatus main body 2 and the apparatus main body 2 is accommodated. The image display means (3, 9) is displayed as the protruding position only when the display screen (3a, 9a) is viewed only when the display screen (3a, 9a) is viewed. The screen (3a, 9a) can be visually recognized, and when the display screen (3a, 9a) is not seen, the image display means (3, 9) can be set to the storage position, so that the image display means (3, 9) Can avoid getting in the way.

  Further, the apparatus main body 2 has the operation means 4 and the image display means (3, 9) is automatically moved from the storage position to the protruding position by operating the operation means 4, so that the image display means (3, The operability of 9) can be improved. In the present embodiment, the image display means (3, 9) is automatically moved from the storage position to the protruding position by the operation of the operation means 4, but the image display means (3 in the storage position) , 9) may be moved to the protruding position by the player pulling it by hand.

  Further, the image display means (3, 9) is provided with a biasing means 8 for biasing the image display means (3, 9) from the storage position toward the protruding position, and the operation means 4 locks the image display means (3, 9) at the storage position. The locking is released by operating the operating means 4 and the image display means (3, 9) is automatically moved from the storage position to the protruding position by the biasing force of the biasing means 8. Since it is moved, a separate actuator such as a motor is not required, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Although the present embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. For example, the display screen (the display screens 3a and 3b in the present embodiment) does not change the direction (however, the image display means accommodates the display screen). It is also possible to apply this to a device that is movable between a position and a protruding position . In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to the inter-panel display device installed between adjacent pachinko gaming machines P, but may be installed between other gaming machines (pachislot machines or slot machines). Good.

An image display means that is movable between a housing position housed inside the apparatus main body and a projecting position that protrudes from the apparatus main body so that the display screen can be viewed, and the image display means is moved from the housing position to the projecting position. A biasing means that constantly biases toward the storage position, and an operating means that can lock the image display means at the storage position. The locking is released by operating the operating means, and the biasing force of the biasing means is used. The image display means is automatically moved from the storage position to the protruding position, and the biasing means can transmit a biasing force to the image display means from the storage position toward the protruding position via the belt. As long as it is an inter-table display device, it can also be applied to a device with a different external shape or a device with other functions added.

1 Display device 2 Device main body 3 Image display means 3a Display screen 4 Operation means 5 Moving mechanism 6 Guide member 7 Slide member 8 Biasing means 9 Image display means 9a Display screen 10 Biasing spring 11 Shaft-shaped member 12 Fixing member P Pachinko machine S Island equipment

Claims (3)

A device body installed between adjacent gaming machines of the island facility,
An image display means disposed on the apparatus main body and having a display screen capable of displaying a predetermined image;
In the inter-table display device comprising:
The image display means is movable between a housing position housed inside the apparatus main body and a projecting position that protrudes from the apparatus main body and allows the display screen to be visually recognized.
A biasing means for constantly biasing the image display means from the housing position toward the protruding position;
Operation means capable of locking the image display means at the accommodation position;
And by releasing the locking by operating the operation means, the image display means is automatically moved from the accommodation position to the protruding position by the urging force of the urging means, and The said urging | biasing means can transmit urging | biasing force to the said image display means toward the protrusion position from the said accommodation position via a belt, The space | interval display apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.   The inter-table display device according to claim 1, wherein the image display means can arbitrarily adjust the orientation of the display screen at the protruding position.   The inter-table display device according to claim 1, wherein the image display unit automatically sets the display screen to a predetermined orientation when the image display unit reaches the protruding position from the storage position.

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