JP5944603B1 - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A connector portion of a cable with a connector is less likely to be caught by a peripheral portion of a cable insertion hole while suppressing an opening area of a cable insertion hole in a cable insertion member. A device D1 and a device D2 accommodated in a housing are connected by a cable C with a connector, a connector portion α having a noncircular outer peripheral shape is provided at one end of the cable C with a connector, and a cable insertion hole 51 is provided. In the gaming machine in which the cable insertion member 50 having a cable is provided in the wiring path of the cable C with connector, the inner peripheral shape of the cable insertion hole 51 is substantially the same as the outer peripheral shape of the connector portion α, and the connector removed from the device D2 When the connector portion α comes into contact with the peripheral portion on one end side in the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole 51 so as to pull out the portion α from the cable insertion member 50 to the device D1 side, the direction is such that it can pass through the cable insertion hole 51. A turning guide means 52 for turning the connector portion α is provided. [Selection] Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which a cable insertion member having a cable insertion hole for passing a cable connected to a circuit board is provided in a housing.

  Various devices are accommodated in a housing of a gaming machine such as a revolving gaming machine or a pachinko gaming machine. These devices are connected by a cable to which a connector portion is attached (a cable with a connector). For example, in a swivel-type gaming machine in which an effect device such as an illumination or a shutter is provided around the liquid crystal display unit on the front side of the housing front door portion, the effect device is disposed on the rear surface side of the housing front door portion. It is often connected to a circuit board built in the relay unit via a cable with a connector.

  However, the rear side of the effect device is usually covered with a liquid crystal display unit mounting base for mounting the liquid crystal display unit to the front door part of the housing. For this reason, a cable insertion hole for passing a cable with a connector through the mounting base for the liquid crystal display unit (for example, in FIG. 11 of Patent Document 1, the left engaging portion 63L and the right engaging portion 63R in the handle 61 of the display unit 51). Is provided) (see a rectangular opening provided in the vicinity).

  There are various types of cable with connectors in the housing of a gaming machine such as a revolving game machine, in addition to those that connect the above-mentioned presentation device and the relay unit, and members with cable insertion holes (cable insertion members) There are various types other than the mounting base for the liquid crystal display unit.

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  However, when a structure in which a cable with a connector is inserted into a cable insertion hole in a cable insertion member is adopted in a gaming machine, there are the following problems.

  For example, as described above, a cable with a connector connected to an effect device such as an illumination or a shutter provided around the liquid crystal display unit on the front side of the front door portion of the housing is connected to the mounting base for the liquid crystal display unit (cable insertion member). ), The cable with the connector breaks when the stage device is removed from the front door of the housing when it is connected to the relay unit by pulling it out to the rear side of the LCD display unit mounting base. There is a concern that the rendering device may be troublesome to be removed, and that unauthorized access may be facilitated.

  That is, the work to remove the stage device attached to the front side of the front door part of the housing is usually in a state where the cable with the connector is removed from the relay unit, while the cable with the connector is attached to the stage device, This is done by pulling out the production device in front of the front door part of the housing. However, when working in this way, when the production device is pulled forward (when the cable with the connector is pulled out from the cable insertion hole), the connector portion of the cable with the connector is provided at the end on the side removed from the relay unit. The connector portion) is caught by the peripheral portion of the cable insertion hole in the mounting base (cable insertion member) for the liquid crystal display unit, so that the cable with connector may be excessively pulled and disconnected.

  Therefore, to remove the staging device attached to the front side of the front part of the chassis from the front part of the chassis, adjust the orientation and position of the connector part of the cable with connector that has been removed from the relay unit by hand. It is desirable to do it. However, in this case, there arises a problem that the work of removing the effect device becomes troublesome. In particular, the production device as described above is large and heavy, and is difficult to remove unless it is held with both hands. The task of removing the production device while picking the connector portion is accompanied by greater difficulty.

  In this regard, if the opening area of the cable insertion hole is made sufficiently large with respect to the outer peripheral dimension of the connector part, the connector part can be hardly caught on the peripheral part of the cable insertion hole. However, if the opening area of the cable insertion hole is increased, there is an increased risk that the cable insertion hole is a clue to unauthorized access. In particular, a space on the rear side of the above-mentioned mounting base for the liquid crystal display unit (a space on the rear side of the above-described effect device) in the casing of the spinning-type game machine is a circuit board (which is responsible for overall control of the game) Since the main control board unit containing the main control board) is often arranged, if the opening area of the cable insertion hole provided in the mounting base for the liquid crystal display unit (cable insertion member) is widened, the cable insertion hole becomes the main There is a problem that it becomes easy to use as a clue to unauthorized access to the control board unit.

  From the viewpoint of preventing unauthorized access, the cable insertion hole provided in the cable insertion member such as the liquid crystal display unit mounting base is designed so that the opening area of the cable insertion member can be made as small as possible. It is preferable to form it into a rectangular shape with a size that allows it to pass through. However, in this case, the connector portion is likely to be caught.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in a gaming machine, the cable insertion hole provided in the cable insertion member has a small opening area so as to prevent unauthorized access, but the connector from the cable insertion hole is used. The purpose of this is to make it difficult for the connector portion to be caught in the peripheral portion of the cable insertion hole when the attached cable is pulled out.

The above issues
Device D ₁ and device D ₂ housed in the housing are connected by a cable C with a connector,
The end on the side to be connected at least to the device D ₂ of the connector with the cable C, the outer peripheral shape non-circular connector portion α is provided,
A gaming machine in which a cable insertion member having a cable insertion hole for passing the cable C with connector is provided in the wiring path of the cable C with connector,
While the inner peripheral shape of the cable insertion hole is substantially the same as the outer peripheral shape of the connector part α,
When the connector portion α comes into contact with the peripheral portion on one end side in the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole in order to pull out the connector portion α removed from the device D ₂ to the device D ₁ side from the cable insertion member, the connector portion α is connected to the cable. This is solved by providing a gaming machine characterized in that a turning guide means is provided for turning the connector portion α with respect to the cable insertion hole until it is in a direction that can pass through the insertion hole.

With this configuration, it is possible to suppress the opening area of the cable insertion hole to be small and make it difficult to use the cable insertion hole as a clue for unauthorized access. Further, when the connector part α removed from the device D ₂ is pulled out to the device D ₁ side from the cable insertion member, the connector part α naturally turns in a direction that can pass through the cable insertion hole. It is also possible to prevent the connector portion α from being caught on the periphery of the cable insertion hole. By the way, in this specification, the term “housing” refers to a gaming machine when viewed from the outside (when the gaming machine housing has an opening / closing body such as a front door, the opening / closing body is closed. It means a part that cannot be seen when viewed in a closed state. That is, a gaming machine housing is generally composed of a box-shaped housing body whose front surface is opened, and a front door attached to the housing body in a state where the front surface of the housing body can be opened and closed. In some places, even if it is closed, it does not fit in the inner space of the chassis body (such as a position that is located in front of the front surface of the chassis body). If it is in a state where it cannot be seen from the outside when it is closed, it is included in the “enclosure”.

  In the gaming machine of the present invention, the turning guide means can be a cable insertion member side guide body provided at a peripheral portion on one end side in the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole in the cable insertion member. With this configuration, it is possible to turn the connector portion α until the connector portion α is in a direction in which it can pass through the cable insertion hole, while using the cable C with a connector that has been conventionally used.

In the gaming machine of the present invention, when the turning guide means is the cable insertion member side guide body, the inner surface of the cable insertion member side guide body (the surface facing the center line side of the cable insertion hole; the same applies hereinafter). The connector portion α on the inner surface of the cable insertion member side guide body is formed so that the portion farther from the portion near the one end side of the cable insertion hole is farther than the center line of the cable insertion hole. preferably is the side connected to the devices D ₂ abutting portion at the opposite end, is formed in an inclined helical surface shape. With this configuration, the connector portion α can be turned more smoothly.

  In the gaming machine of the present invention, when the turning guide means is a cable insertion member side guide body, it is preferable to provide the cable insertion member side guide body on the entire circumference of the cable insertion hole. If the cable insertion member side guide body is provided in only a part of the peripheral portion of the cable insertion hole, depending on the posture of the connector portion α contacting the peripheral portion of the cable insertion hole, the cable insertion member side guide body The possibility of the connector part α being caught at the cut cannot be excluded. With such a configuration, the connector part α is not caught on the peripheral part of the cable insertion hole regardless of the attitude of the connector part α contacting the peripheral part of the cable insertion hole. It becomes possible to do so.

In the gaming machine of the present invention, the swivel guide means may be a opposite end to the provided connector side guide member to the side connected to the device D ₂ in the connector portion α of the connector with the cable C. With this configuration, it is possible to turn the connector portion α until the connector portion α is in a direction that can pass through the cable insertion hole, while using a conventionally used cable insertion member.

In the gaming machine of the present invention, when the swivel guide means and the connector-side guide body, the connector-side guide member, together with the side where the device D ₂ is connected to form a tapered shape toward the opposite side, the connector It is preferable to form a portion in contact with a peripheral portion on one end side of the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole on the outer peripheral surface of the side guide body in an inclined spiral surface shape. With this configuration, the connector portion α can be turned more smoothly.

In the gaming machine of the present invention, the cable insertion member is (1) a unit support member for supporting a unit containing the device D ₁ , the device D ₂ or other devices at a predetermined location in the housing, (2) It can be either a partition member for partitioning the enclosure, or (3) a device protection member for covering and protecting the device D ₁ , the device D ₂ or other devices. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the connector portion α from being caught by the unit support member, the partition member, and the device protection member.

  In the gaming machine of the present invention, it is also preferable to dispose a main control board for controlling the progress of the game in the vicinity of the cable insertion hole of the cable insertion member in the housing. This is because such a configuration further increases the significance of adopting the configuration of the present invention. Because, when there is a cable insertion hole near the location where the main control board is arranged in the gaming machine enclosure, the cable insertion hole is likely to be a clue to unauthorized access to the main control board. As described above, in the gaming machine of the present invention, since the opening area of the cable insertion hole can be reduced, unauthorized access can be made difficult even in such a case.

It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the rotating type game machine from the front. It is the perspective view which showed the rotary type game machine of the state which opened the front door. It is the perspective view which showed the state which looked at the mode which removed the lighting production unit from the front door base from diagonally back. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the connector part (alpha) turned by the effect | action of a turning guide means from back. It is the perspective view which showed the state which looked at the liquid crystal display unit attachment base (cable insertion member) from diagonally backward. It is the figure which expanded and showed the state which looked at the periphery of the cable insertion hole in a liquid crystal display unit attachment base (cable insertion member) from back (one end side of an insertion direction). It is AA sectional drawing in FIG. It is BB sectional drawing in FIG. It is CC sectional drawing in FIG. It is DD sectional drawing in FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the connector part (alpha) in the cable C with a connector. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the connector part (alpha) in the cable C with a connector from the x-axis direction positive side. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the connector part (alpha) in the cable C with a connector from the x-axis direction negative side. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the connector part (alpha) in the cable C with a connector from the z-axis direction positive side. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the connector part (alpha) in the cable C with a connector from the z-axis direction negative side. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the connector part (alpha) in the cable C with a connector from the y-axis direction positive side. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the connector part (alpha) in the cable C with a connector from the y-axis direction negative side.

  A preferred embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings. In the following, for convenience of explanation, the gaming machine of the present invention will be described by taking a swivel type gaming machine as an example, but the configuration of the gaming machine of the present invention is also adopted in other gaming machines such as pachinko gaming machines. be able to.

1. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state in which a rotating game machine 10 is viewed from the front. As shown in FIG. 1, the rotating type gaming machine 10 has a medal insertion slot 11 for inserting medals, a medal payout opening 12 for paying out medals, and a pattern on its outer peripheral surface. Three reels 13, 14, 15 drawn, a liquid crystal display 16 for performing a video effect, a light emitting lamp 17 for performing an illumination effect, a speaker 18 for performing an audio effect, and the like are provided. As an operation unit, a maximum bet button 19 for betting the maximum number of medals per game (usually 3), and a single bet button 20 for incrementing one bet each A start lever 21 for starting the rotation of the reels 13, 14, 15; three stop buttons 22, 23, 24 for stopping the rotation of the reels 13, 14, 15; A chance button 25 for switching the output, which is assumed to have the refund button 26 or the like for refund the credit medals.

When the start lever 21 is operated in the state where the number of credits of the medal is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, the reel type gaming machine 10 executes the lottery and the reels 13, 14, and 15 start rotating all at once. When the stop buttons 22, 23, 24 are operated, the reels 13, 14, 15 corresponding to the operated stop buttons 22, 23, 24 stop rotating, and all the reels 13, 14, If the 15 had become a combination of symbols displayed on effective lines of the reel windows 10b ₁ when stopped corresponding to winning combination is won by winning lottery (when winning), the number corresponding to the winning combination When the medal is paid out and the number of credits of the medal reaches the upper limit, the medal sent from the hopper unit 37 (see FIG. 2) passes through the medal payout opening 12. It will be paid out at the same time. The number of medal credits is increased when a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot 11 or when a medal is paid out by winning when the number of medal credits has not reached the upper limit.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the rotating type gaming machine 10 with the front door 10b opened. As shown in FIG. 2, the rotating type gaming machine 10 includes a box body 10 a having a box shape with the front opened, and a front door 10 b attached to the front side of the box body 10 a so as to be opened and closed. Various devices are housed inside the gaming machine housing. In the present embodiment, the main control board unit 30, the sub control board unit 31, the liquid crystal display unit 32, the lighting effect unit 33, the power supply unit 34, the relay unit 35, the reel unit 36 and the hopper unit 37 are provided inside the gaming machine housing. Etc. are paid.

  The main control board unit 30 is a unit in which a main control board for performing basic control in the game such as winning lottery and winning determination is stored. The sub-control board unit 31 is a unit in which a sub-control board that performs control related to effects in the game is stored. The liquid crystal display unit 32 is a unit in which a video board that performs control related to effects by video displayed on the liquid crystal display 16 (see FIG. 1) is stored. The illumination effect unit 33 is a unit in which a light source board on which a light emitting lamp 17 (see FIG. 1) for performing an illumination effect is mounted is stored. The power supply unit 34 is a unit in which a power supply board for supplying power to each device in the swivel type gaming machine 10 is stored. The relay unit 35 is a unit in which a relay board that relays a cable connected to a specific device is stored. The reel unit 36 is a unit including a reel control board that controls the rotation of the reels 13, 14, and 15 independently. The hopper unit 37 collects medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 11 (see FIG. 1) and sends medals to the medal payout opening 12 (see FIG. 1) based on a signal from the main control board unit 30. This unit includes a hopper control board that performs control.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which the lighting effect unit 33 is removed from the front door base 10b ₂ constituting the front door 10b (more precisely, the liquid crystal display unit attached to the front door base 10b ₂ is attached). It is the perspective view which showed the state which looked at the state removed from the base 32a. In FIG. 3, for convenience of illustration, the length of the cable C with a connector is drawn longer than the actual length (the cable C with a connector is preferably shortened so as not to cause inconvenience). In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the liquid crystal display unit 32 has a liquid crystal display opening 10b provided in the upper stage of the front door base 10b ₂ in the front door 10b via a liquid crystal display unit mounting base 32a. ₃ is fixed to the rear surface side. The liquid crystal display unit mounting base 32a corresponds to the “unit support member” described above. In this embodiment, the relay unit 35 is also fixed to the liquid crystal display unit mounting base 32a. Relay unit 35 may also be fixed to the lower side of the reel window 10b ₁ at front door base 10b _2. Before the periphery of the liquid crystal display opening 10b ₃ on the front side of the door base 10b _2, an illumination effect unit 33 is fixed.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the cable C with a connector is pulled out from the light source board of the lighting effect unit 33 to the rear (the y axis direction positive side in the drawing, the same applies hereinafter), and the cable C with a connector is drawn. The connector part α provided on one end side of the relay unit 35 is connected to the relay board of the relay unit 35. However, since the rear surface side of the lighting effect unit 33 is covered with the liquid crystal display unit mounting base 32a, in this embodiment, the cable insertion hole 51 for passing the cable C with connector is provided in the liquid crystal display unit mounting base. 32a (cable insertion member 50) is provided, and the cable C with a connector is pulled out from the cable insertion hole 51 to the rear.

By the way, it may be necessary to remove the liquid crystal display unit 32 from the front door base 10b ₂ in order to maintain or replace the liquid crystal display unit 32 or to collect recycled parts when discarding the rotary gaming machine 10. is there. In this case, as described above, a configuration is adopted in which the cable C with a connector is inserted into the cable insertion hole 51 of the liquid crystal display unit mounting base 32a and the connector portion α is connected to the relay board of the relay unit 35. Sometimes, the operation of removing the lighting effect unit 33 from the front door base 10b ₂ is normally performed as follows. That is, while the connector portion α on one end side of the cable C with connector is removed from the relay unit 35, the connector portion α ′ on the other end side of the cable C with connector is attached to the light source board of the lighting effect unit 33. The lighting effect unit 33 is pulled out in front of the front door base 10b _{2 in} the state.

  However, when working in this way, when the lighting effect unit 33 is pulled forward, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the connector portion α of the cable C with the connector is inserted into the cable insertion hole 51 (in FIG. 4). There is a risk that the cable C with a connector will be excessively pulled and disconnected due to being caught in the peripheral portion on one end side in the insertion direction (the portion indicated by hatching) (positive side in the y-axis direction). This is because the outer peripheral shape of the connector portion α of the cable with connector C used in a gaming machine such as a spinning-reel game machine is often non-circular (usually rectangular), and the cable insertion hole 51 However, since the inner circumferential shape is often non-circular (usually rectangular), the connector portion α is inclined in the longitudinal direction of the connector portion α when the connector portion α is inclined with respect to the cable insertion hole 51. This is because the portion protrudes from the cable insertion hole 51.

  In this regard, if the opening area of the cable insertion hole 51 is sufficiently large with respect to the outer peripheral dimension of the connector portion α, the connector portion α can be prevented from being caught by the peripheral portion of the cable insertion hole 51. However, if the opening area of the cable insertion hole 51 is increased, the risk that the cable insertion hole 51 is used as a clue to unauthorized access increases. In particular, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a main control board that controls the overall game is accommodated in the space behind the liquid crystal display unit mounting base 32a provided with the cable insertion holes 51. Since the main control board unit 30 is arranged, if the opening area of the cable insertion hole 51 is widened, the risk of unauthorized access to the main control board unit 30 using the cable insertion hole 51 as a clue increases.

For this reason, in this embodiment, emphasizing that the cable insertion hole 51 is less likely to become a clue to unauthorized access, the inner peripheral shape of the cable insertion hole 51 is a rectangular shape that is substantially similar to the outer peripheral shape of the connector portion α. In addition, the opening area of the cable insertion hole 51 (the area of the cross section perpendicular to the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole 51. If the opening area varies depending on the location, the minimum value. Hereinafter, it will be referred to as “opening area S ₁ ”. to.) of the area of the cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the cross-sectional area (cable with connector C of the connector alpha. if the cross-sectional area is different depending on the location the maximum value. hereinafter, referred to as "cross-sectional area S ₂ ' Is not too large. The ratio S ₂ / S ₁ of the cross-sectional area S ₂ of the connector portion α to the opening area S ₁ of the cable insertion hole 51 is preferably 0.5 or more, more preferably 0.6 or more, and 0.8 or more. More preferably, 0.9 or more is optimal. From the viewpoint of preventing unauthorized access, the ratio S ₂ / S ₁ is preferably as close to 1 as possible.

However, when the ratio S ₂ / S ₁ of the cross-sectional area S ₂ of the connector portion α to the opening area S ₁ of the cable insertion hole 51 is brought close to 1, the connector portion α is easily caught on the peripheral portion of the cable insertion hole 51. For this reason, in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, even if the connector portion α comes into contact with the peripheral portion of the cable insertion hole 51, as shown by arrows A and B in FIG. Rotating guide means is provided to allow the connector portion α to be oriented in such a way that the connector portion α can pass through the cable insertion hole 51 as shown in FIG. Thus, when pulling the liquid crystal display unit mounting base 32a on the rear side of the front door base 10b _2, even as a connector portion α is in contact with the inserting direction one end side of the cable insertion hole 51, the cable insertion hole of the connector portion α The cable insertion hole 51 can be passed through without being caught on the periphery of 51. FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the connector portion α that turns by the action of the turning guide means is viewed from the rear.

In the following, a device (hereinafter referred to as “device D ₂ ”) to which the connector portion α on one end side of the cable C with connector is connected is used as a relay board of the relay unit 35 and the other end side of the cable C with connector. A device (hereinafter referred to as “device D ₁ ”) to which the connector portion α ′ is connected is a light source board of the lighting effect unit 33 and a member provided with the cable insertion hole 51 (hereinafter referred to as “cable insertion member”). The above-described turning guide means will be described by taking the case where the liquid crystal display unit mounting base 32a is used as an example. However, device D ₂ is not limited to a relay board of the relay unit 35, another device (e.g., a circuit board or incorporated in another unit, the motor, etc.) may be. The device D ₁ is also not limited to the illumination effect unit 33, another device (e.g., a circuit board or incorporated in another unit, the motor, etc.) may be. Furthermore, the cable insertion member 50 is not limited to the liquid crystal display unit mounting base 32a, and may be another unit support member, a partition member, a device protection member, or the like.

2. Turning guide means The turning guide means is provided in the cable insertion member 50 among the cable insertion member 50 (in the present embodiment, the liquid crystal display unit mounting bail 32a side) and the cable C with a connector shown in FIG. It may be provided in the cable C with connector. The turning guide means may be provided in at least one of the cable insertion member 50 and the cable C with a connector. In the following, when the turning guide means is provided on the cable insertion member 50 (the turning guide means of the first embodiment) and when the turning guide means is provided on the cable C with the connector (the turning guide means of the second embodiment). Separately described. However, the turning guide means can be provided on both the cable insertion member 50 and the cable C with a connector. As a result, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, even if the connector portion α is caught in the peripheral portion of the cable insertion hole 51, the connector portion α is changed to FIG. It becomes possible to move more reliably and smoothly to the state shown.

2.1 Turning guide means (cable insertion member side guide body) of the first embodiment
First, the case where the turning guide means is provided on the cable insertion member 50 side (the turning guide means of the first embodiment) will be described. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the liquid crystal display unit mounting base 32a which is the cable insertion member 50 is viewed obliquely from the rear. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the periphery of the cable insertion hole 51 in the cable insertion member 50 of FIG. 5 as viewed from the rear (one end side in the insertion direction). 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD in FIG. 6-10, the part shown with the hatching is a part formed in the shape of an inclined spiral surface. The “inclined spiral surface” will be described later.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the turning guide means of the first embodiment is a cable insertion provided in a peripheral portion on one end side (y-axis direction positive side) of the cable insertion hole 51 in the cable insertion member 50. It is a member side guide body 52. By the inner surface of the cable insertion member side guide member 52 beta (surface facing the center line L ₁ side of the cable insertion hole 51) is in contact with the connector portion alpha, connector alpha is the y-axis direction received from the cable insertion member 50 The pressing force is converted into a force for turning the connector portion α in the direction of arrow A or arrow B in FIG. The cable insertion member-side guide body 52 may be formed integrally with the cable insertion member 50 when the cable insertion member 50 is formed, or a cable formed separately from the cable insertion member 50 is a cable. It may be fixed to the insertion member 50 afterwards. In this embodiment, the cable insertion member side guide body 52 is provided in a state of protruding rearward from the rear surface of the cable insertion member 50, but is provided in a state of being embedded in the cable insertion member 50 (from the cable insertion member 50). It can also be provided in a hole shape so as not to protrude.

  The cable insertion member side guide body 52 may be provided only in a partial section around the cable insertion hole 51. In this case, the cable insertion member side guide body 52 is a section in which the connector portion α of the cable C with a connector is easily contacted (in the case where the opening shape of the cable insertion hole 51 is rectangular, the section along the long side is usually ) Is preferable. However, in order to more reliably prevent the connector portion α from being caught in the cable insertion hole 51, it is preferable to provide the cable insertion member side guide body 52 along the entire peripheral portion of the cable insertion hole 51. In the present embodiment, the cable insertion member side guide body 52 includes a first guide body 52a and a second guide body provided along the long side portion around the rectangular cable insertion hole 51, as shown in FIG. 52 b and a third guide body 52 c and a fourth guide body 52 d provided along the short side portion around the cable insertion hole 51, and the cable insertion along the entire circumference of the cable insertion hole 51. A member side guide body 52 is provided. As a result, the connector portion α can be swung to the posture shown in FIG. 4C regardless of the posture of the connector portion α in contact with the cable insertion member side guide body 52. .

As long as the cable insertion member side guide body 52 can turn the connector portion α as shown in FIG. 4, its specific form is not particularly limited. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the inner surface β of the cable insertion member side guide body 52 (the first guide body 52a, the second guide body 52b, the third guide body 52c, and the fourth guide body 52d). The cable insertion hole 51 has a portion farther than the portion near the inner end of the cable insertion hole 51 in the insertion direction one end side (end on the positive side in the y-axis direction) (a portion that protrudes rearward from the cable insertion member 50). It is formed to be inclined so as to be farther from the center line L ₁ of. Therefore, the connector portion α that is in contact with the cable insertion member side guide body 52 is easily introduced into the cable insertion hole 51.

The inclination angle θ ₁ (see FIGS. 7 and 9) of the inner surface β of the cable insertion member side guide body 52 with respect to the center line L ₁ of the cable insertion hole 51 is not particularly limited. However, even if the inclination angle θ ₁ is too small (too close to 0 °) or too large (too close to 90 °), the cable insertion member side guide body 52 is not provided. Thus, the significance of providing the cable insertion member side guide body 52 on the cable insertion member 50 is reduced. For this reason, the inclination angle θ ₁ is preferably 10 ° or more, more preferably 20 ° or more, and further preferably 30 ° or more. Further, the inclination angle θ ₁ is preferably 80 ° or less, more preferably 70 ° or less, and further preferably 60 ° or less.

The portion of the inner surface β of the cable insertion member side guide body 52 that contacts the connector portion α may be formed in a planar shape or a conical surface shape, but is preferably formed in an inclined spiral surface shape. As a result, the connector part α can be turned more smoothly. Here, the “inclined spiral surface” is a line segment (non-perpendicular and non-parallel to the center line L ₂ ) that is inclined with respect to a certain center line (hereinafter referred to as “center line L ₂ ”). in line segments. hereinafter, referred to as "line segment L _3". the) spiral around the central line L ₂ (locus plane of the line segment L ₃ in case of rotating in including an elliptically spiral.) Say that. In the present embodiment, portions indicated by hatching in FIG. 6 on the inner surfaces β of the first guide body 52a and the second guide body 52b are formed in an inclined spiral surface shape. When the inner surface β of the cable insertion member side guide body 52 is formed in an inclined spiral surface shape, the center line L ₂ of the inclined spiral surface is usually substantially parallel to the center line L ₁ of the cable insertion hole 51. . When providing a rotating spiral surface portion on different guide bodies, such as when providing a rotating spiral surface portion on the first guide body 52a and the second guide body 52b, the center of the inclined spiral surface in one guide body the line L _2, the center line L ₂ of the inclined helical surface in the other of the guide body, may be matched or may be staggered.

As described above, by providing the cable insertion member side guide body 52 on one end side of the cable insertion hole 51 in the insertion direction of the cable insertion member 50, the cable insertion is performed while the cable C with the connector is passed through the cable insertion hole 51. When the member 50 is pulled out to the connector α side of the cable C with a connector, as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the connector portion α is in contact with one end side of the cable insertion hole 51 in the insertion direction. Even if it becomes, it will be turned by the cable insertion member side guide body 52 until the connector part (alpha) will be in the state shown in FIG.4 (c), and it will guide in the cable insertion hole 51. FIG. This effect is achieved in the cable with connectors C, even below connector side guide member 60 when not provided (see FIG. 14) (when the connector unit alpha is formed only by the connector body alpha ₁₎ .

2.2 Turning guide means (connector side guide body) of the second embodiment
Next, the case where the turning guide means is provided on the cable C side with the connector (the turning guide means of the second embodiment) will be described. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the connector portion α in the cable C with a connector. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 show the connector portion α in the cable C with the connector, respectively, in the x-axis direction positive side, the x-axis direction negative side, the z-axis direction positive side, the z-axis direction negative side, It is the figure which showed the state seen from the y-axis direction positive side and the y-axis direction negative side.

As shown in FIG. 11, the turning guide means of the second embodiment is on the opposite side to the side connected to the device D ₂ (the relay board of the relay unit 35 in FIG. 3) in the connector portion α of the cable C with connector. The connector side guide body 60 is provided at the end (end on the negative side in the y-axis direction). The outer peripheral surface of the connector-side guide body 60 comes into contact with the peripheral portion on one end side in the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole 51 shown in FIG. 3 so that the pressing force in the y-axis direction received by the connector portion α from the cable insertion member 50 is reduced. The connector portion α is converted into a force for turning the connector portion α in the direction of arrow A or arrow B in FIG. 3 and 4 and the like, the cable insertion member side guide body 52 is drawn. However, when the connector side guide body 60 is provided in the connector portion α, the cable insertion member side guide body 52 need not be provided. Connector-side guide member 60, may be obtained by forming the connector main body alpha ₁ integrally when molding the connector body alpha ₁ of the connector portion alpha, in the present embodiment, the connector main body alpha ₁ is post secured what was separately molded to connector body alpha ₁ and.

The connector-side guide body 60 is not particularly limited in its specific form as long as the connector portion α can be turned as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the connector-side guide member 60, tapered toward the opposite side from the side where the device D ₂ is connected (y-axis positive direction side) (y-axis direction negative side) In addition, a predetermined portion (portion shown by hatching in FIGS. 11 to 17) on the outer peripheral surface of the connector side guide body 60 is formed in an inclined spiral surface shape. Here, the term “inclined spiral surface” means that described in the “inclined spiral surface” in the cable insertion member side guide body 52 (a line segment L ₃ inclined with respect to a certain center line L ₂ is represented by a center line around the L ₂ (including an elliptically spiral.) spiral is similar to the trajectory plane of the line segment L ₃₎ in the case of rotating the. When forming an inclined helical surfaces shaped portions on the outer peripheral surface of the connector-side guide member 60, the center line L ₂ of the inclined helical surface is usually substantially parallel to the center line L ₄ of the connector section alpha. Further, as described later, when a plurality of positions in the outer peripheral surface of the connector-side guide member 60 provided rotating helical surface shaped part, the center line L ₂ of the inclined helical surface provided on one of the locations, other portions center line L ₂ of the inclined helical surface provided on, which may be matched or may be staggered.

The entire outer peripheral surface of the connector side guide body 60 may be formed in an inclined spiral shape, or only a part thereof may be formed in an inclined spiral shape. In the latter case, it is preferable to form a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the connector-side guide body 60 that easily contacts the one end side in the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole 51 in an inclined spiral shape. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 17, the outer peripheral surface of the connector-side guide body 60 includes a first wide surface 61, a second wide surface 62, a first narrow surface 63, and a second narrow surface 64. 14 and 15, the first region γ ₁ straddling the first wide surface 61 and the first narrow surface 63, the first wide surface 61, and the second narrow surface 64 are configured. A fourth region straddling the second wide surface 62 and the second narrow surface 64, a second region γ ₂ straddling the second wide surface 62, and a third region γ ₃ straddling the second wide surface 62 and the first narrow surface 63. forming a gamma ₄ in the inclined spiral.

As shown in FIG. 14, the first region γ ₁ is formed when the connector-side guide body 60 is viewed from the normal direction (z-axis direction positive side) of the first wide surface 61 and the connector main body α ₁ side (y While the lateral width (the width in the x-axis direction) is narrowed from the axial direction positive side to the opposite side (the y-axis direction negative side), the connector-side guide body 60 is formed as shown in FIG. one width when viewed from the normal direction of the narrow surface 63 (x-axis positive direction side), the connector main body alpha ₁ side (y-axis positive direction side) vertical width toward the opposite side (y-axis direction negative side) from ( The width in the z-axis direction) is widened. Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the second region γ ₂ is located on the connector main body α ₁ side when the connector-side guide body 60 is viewed from the normal direction (z-axis direction positive side) of the first wide surface 61. While the lateral width (width in the x-axis direction) is reduced from the (y-axis direction positive side) toward the opposite side (y-axis direction negative side), as shown in FIG. the when viewed from the normal direction of the second narrow face 64 (x-axis negative direction side) toward the opposite side (y-axis direction negative side) from the connector body alpha ₁ side (y-axis positive direction side) vertical The width (the width in the z-axis direction) is formed to be wide.

Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the third region γ ₃ is located on the connector main body α ₁ side when the connector side guide body 60 is viewed from the normal direction (z axis direction negative side) of the second wide surface 62. While the lateral width (width in the x-axis direction) is narrowed from the (y-axis direction positive side) to the opposite side (y-axis direction negative side), as shown in FIG. the when viewed from the normal direction of the first narrow side 63 (x-axis positive direction side) is toward the opposite side (y-axis direction negative side) from the connector body alpha ₁ side (y-axis positive direction side) vertical The width (the width in the z-axis direction) is formed to be wide. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 15, the fourth region γ ₄ has a connector body α ₁ when the connector-side guide body 60 is viewed from the normal direction (z-axis direction negative side) of the second wide surface 62. The connector side guide body is formed so that the lateral width (width in the x-axis direction) becomes narrower from the side (y-axis direction positive side) toward the opposite side (y-axis direction negative side), as shown in FIG. 60 when viewed from the normal direction of the second narrow face 64 (x-axis negative direction side) toward the opposite side (y-axis direction negative side) from the connector body alpha ₁ side (y-axis positive direction side) The vertical width (width in the z-axis direction) is formed to be wide.

The first region γ ₁ , the second region γ ₂ , the third region γ _3, and the fourth region γ _{4 on} the outer peripheral surface of the connector-side guide body 60 are likely to abut on the periphery of one end side of the cable insertion hole 51 in the insertion direction. However, by forming these portions in an inclined spiral shape, the cable insertion member 50 is pulled out to the connector α side of the cable C with connector while the cable C with connector is passed through the cable insertion hole 51. 4 (a) and 4 (b), even if the connector portion α comes into contact with one end side in the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole 51, the connector side guide body 60 causes the connector to It is possible to turn the portion α until it reaches the state shown in FIG. 4C and to be introduced into the cable insertion hole 51. This effect is achieved even if the cable insertion member side guide body 52 described above is not provided on one end side of the cable insertion hole 51 in the cable insertion hole 51 (see FIG. 5).

10-turn torso gaming machine (game machine)
10a Body (Game machine housing)
10b Front door (game machine housing)
10b ₁ reel window 10b ₂ front door base 10b ₃ liquid crystal display opening 11 medal slot 12 medal payout port 13 left reel (reel)
14 Middle reel (reel)
15 Right reel (reel)
16 LCD display 17 Luminescent lamp 18 Speaker 19 Max bet button 20 Single bet button 21 Start lever 22 Stop button for left reel (stop button)
23 Stop button for middle reel (stop button)
24 Stop button for right reel
25 Chance button 26 Refund button 30 Main control board unit 31 Sub control board unit 32 Liquid crystal display unit 32a Liquid crystal display unit mounting base (cable insertion member)
33 Lighting production unit (Equipment D ₁ )
34 power supply unit 35 relay unit (device D ₂ )
36 Reel Unit 37 Hopper Unit 50 Cable Insertion Member 51 Cable Insertion Hole 52 Cable Insertion Member Side Guide Body (Turning Guide Means)
52a First guide body 52b Second guide body 52c Third guide body 52d Fourth guide body 60 Connector side guide body (turning guide means)
61 1st wide surface 62 2nd wide surface 63 1st narrow surface 64 2nd narrow surface C Cable with connector L ₁ Center line of cable insertion hole L ₄ Center line of connector part α α Connector part α ₁ Connector body part β Inner surface of cable insertion member side guide body γ ₁ First region γ ₂ Second region γ ₃ Third region γ ₄ Fourth region θ ₁ Inclination angle of inner surface of cable insertion member side guide body with respect to center line of cable insertion hole

Claims (8)

Device D ₁ and device D ₂ housed in the housing are connected by a cable C with a connector,
The end on the side to be connected at least to the device D ₂ of the connector with the cable C, the outer peripheral shape non-circular connector portion α is provided,
A gaming machine in which a cable insertion member having a cable insertion hole for passing the cable C with connector is provided in the wiring path of the cable C with connector,
While the inner peripheral shape of the cable insertion hole is substantially the same as the outer peripheral shape of the connector part α,
When the connector portion α comes into contact with the peripheral portion on one end side in the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole in order to pull out the connector portion α removed from the device D ₂ to the device D ₁ side from the cable insertion member, the connector portion α is connected to the cable. A gaming machine characterized in that a turning guide means is provided for turning the connector portion α with respect to the cable insertion hole until it is oriented to pass through the insertion hole.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the turning guide means is a cable insertion member side guide body provided at a peripheral portion on one end side of the cable insertion hole in the insertion direction of the cable insertion member. The inner surface of the cable insertion member side guide body is formed so as to be inclined so that the portion farther from the portion near the one end side in the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole is farther from the center line of the cable insertion hole,
The inner surface of the cable insertion member side guide member, the end portion in contact with part of the side opposite to the side connected to the device D ₂ of the connector portion α is inclined helical surface shape which is formed in the second aspect of the gaming machine .   The gaming machine according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the cable insertion member side guide body is provided on the entire circumference of the cable insertion hole. The turning guide means, any one claims 1 to 4, which is a connector-side guide member provided at an end portion opposite to the side connected to the device D ₂ in the connector portion α of the connector with the cable C The gaming machine described. Connector side guide body is formed in a tapered shape toward the side opposite to the side where device D ₂ is connected,
The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the connector-side guide body that is in contact with a peripheral portion on one end side in the insertion direction of the cable insertion hole is formed in an inclined spiral surface shape. The cable insertion member
A unit support member for supporting a unit containing the device D ₁ , the device D ₂ or other devices at a predetermined location in the housing;
A partition member for partitioning the housing, or
Equipment D _1, device D ₂ or gaming machine according to any one of Claims 1 to 6 is either equipment protection member for covering and protecting the equipment other than these.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a main control board for controlling the progress of the game is arranged in the vicinity of the cable insertion hole of the cable insertion member in the housing.

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