JP6238484B1 - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine including a connection type connector mounted on a board, and to prevent the connection type connector from being mounted on the board. A plurality of connectors are arranged on the substrate, and a plurality of connectors can be connected to each other, and the plurality of connectors are connected to each other. 20 is divided into at least a first connector group 20a including a plurality of connection-type connectors 20 connected to each other and a second connector group 20b including a plurality of connection-type connectors 20 connected to each other. All the connection type connectors 20 included in one of the 20a and the second connector group 20b are the gaming machines 1 that are not connected to any of the connection type connectors 20 included in the other. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  As described in the following Patent Document 1 and the like, various game information such as winning a jackpot and the number of changes in special symbols is output to an external device such as a hall computer of a game store for a general gaming machine. An external output terminal is provided. Various terminals such as the external output terminal are often fixed to a connector for easy connection with other devices. As the connector, a connection type connector capable of connecting adjacent ones may be used.

JP 2010-69211 A

  When a connection type connector with fixed terminals is mounted on a substrate, mounting defects such as a gap between the connector and the substrate may occur.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to suppress the occurrence of poor mounting of the connection type connector on the board in a gaming machine including the connection type connector mounted on the board.

  A gaming machine according to the present invention made to solve the above problems is a board, and a plurality of connectors arranged on the board, the adjacent connectors being connectable to each other. The plurality of connection-type connectors are divided into at least a first connector group including a plurality of connection-type connectors connected to each other and a second connector group including a plurality of connection-type connectors connected to each other. All the connection type connectors included in one of the first connector group and the second connector group are not connected to any of all the connection type connectors included in the other.

  In the present invention, all the connection type connectors included in one of the first connector group and the second connector group are not connected to any of the connection type connectors included in the other. That is, one connector group and the other connector group are not directly connected. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the possibility that a mounting failure such as a floating of the connector with respect to the board may occur due to distortion or the like generated in one connector group affecting the other connector group.

  The connection type connectors can be connected to each other along a predetermined direction, the connection type connector included in the first connector group, and the connection type connector included in the second connector group, It is good to arrange | position on the said board | substrate so that it may rank along with the said predetermined direction.

  In this way, even when the connection type connectors are arranged in the connectable direction, it is preferable that one connector group and the other connector group are not directly connected.

  Each of the plurality of connected connectors may have an external output terminal for outputting game information.

  It is desirable that the parts for outputting game information to an external device such as a hall computer are gathered in one place using a connection type connector in order to facilitate the connection work with the external device. By suppressing the occurrence of such poor mounting of the connection type connector, it is possible to reduce the possibility of a defective transmission of game information.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of defective mounting of the connection type connector to the board.

1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed the external output board and the connection type connector mounted on it typically, Comprising: (a) is a top view, (b) is the right view of (a) (figure seen from the 2nd side) It is. It is the figure which showed one connection type connector typically, Comprising: (a) is a top view, (b) is the right view (figure seen from the 2nd side surface side) of (a). (A-1) is a state where the lever is not operated, (a-2) is a state where the left lever is pulled, and (b) is a diagram showing a state where the wiring is pressed against the external output terminal by the lever. .

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIG. The gaming machine 1 has a frame-shaped machine casing 90, and a front frame 91 is rotatably supported by the machine casing 90. The front frame 91 is provided with a transparent plate that allows the game board 92 to be viewed from the front side.

  The game board 92 is formed of a substantially square plywood and is detachably attached to the front frame 91. The game board 92 is provided with a strip-shaped guide rail 923 made of a thin metal plate for guiding a game ball launched by operating the launcher 94 (handle) to the game area 922 so as to have a substantially arc shape. Yes.

  The game area 922 is provided with a first start winning opening 924, a second starting winning opening 925, a big winning opening 926, an out opening 927, and the like. The display device 93 displays an identification symbol or the like for informing whether or not the jackpot is successful. The display screen of the display device 93 is visible through an opening 921 formed in the game board 92.

  In addition, the game area 922 is provided with a plurality of game nails (not shown) as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls when the flowing-down game balls collide. The game ball flowing down the game area 922 changes to various modes depending on the condition when it collides with the game nail.

  In such a gaming machine 1, a game ball is launched toward the game area 922 by operating the launching device 94 (handle). When a game ball flowing down the game area 922 wins a winning opening such as a start winning opening 924, 925 or a big winning opening 926, a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out by the payout device. Other configurations and the like can be the same as those of a known gaming machine, and thus descriptions other than those related to the present invention are omitted.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes various substrates (control circuits formed on the various substrates). The main control board (main control circuit) (not shown) is a lottery game based on winning game balls in the start winning ports 924 and 925, and game balls based on winning game balls in various winning ports. Control payout. A sub-control board (sub-control circuit) (not shown) mainly receives signals from the main control board (success / failure of a jackpot flag, a signal notifying that a game ball has won a predetermined winning area, etc.). Determine and control the performance to be executed. The effects include displaying an image on a display device, turning on and blinking various lights (lamps), and outputting sound from a speaker. Various boards other than the main control board and the sub-control board are provided as boards for performing control relating to the game. The specific configuration of various boards (hereinafter, collectively referred to as a control board (control circuit)) that perform control related to the game including the main control board and the sub control board is the same as that of a known game machine. Therefore, detailed description is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, an external output circuit is provided for outputting information about a game (hereinafter referred to as game information) generated by control by a control board (control circuit) to an external device such as a hall computer. In this embodiment, game information generated by the main control board (main control circuit) is sent to the external output circuit, but game information generated by other various control boards (control circuit) is sent to the external output circuit. It may be a configuration. The external output circuit is constructed on an external output substrate 10 (corresponding to a substrate in the present invention. Hereinafter, the term “substrate” refers to the external output substrate 10). As shown in FIG. 2, the external output board 10 includes at least a connector 11 for electrical connection with a control board (control circuit), and a connector for electrical connection with an external device, An output connector for outputting game information sent from various control boards to an external device is provided. Note that any game information may be output to the external device. Examples of winning jackpots and the number of changes in special symbols. Further, the position where the external output board 10 is provided may be any position, but is provided at a position where connection work with an external device is facilitated. In this embodiment, it is provided in the upper left of the front view (see FIG. 1).

  Hereinafter, details of the output connector mounted on the external output board 10 will be described. In the present embodiment, a plurality of game information output channels are provided. That is, a plurality of output connectors constituting a plurality of output channels are mounted on the external output substrate 10 (see FIG. 2A). Each output connector is a plurality of connected connectors 20 that can connect adjacent ones. Specifically, each connection type connector 20 is fixed to an external output terminal 21 which is a terminal pin electrically connected (soldered) to a conductive pattern formed on the external output board 10, and the terminal pin is fixed. A structure for connecting the adjacent main body 22 to each other is provided. Specifically, it is as follows.

  The main body 22 has a substantially square shape in plan view. An engaging portion 222 is provided on one side surface of the main body portion 22 (hereinafter also referred to as the first side surface 221) (see FIGS. 2A and 3A). On the other hand, an engaged portion 224 that can engage with the engaging portion 222 is provided on the side surface opposite to the first side surface 221 (hereinafter also referred to as the second side surface 223) (FIG. 2 ( b) and FIG. 3 (b) etc.). Any engagement structure between the engaging portion 222 and the engaged portion 224 may be used. In the present embodiment, the engaging portion 222 is a plurality of protrusions having claws at the tip, and the engaged portions 224 are the same number of holes as the protrusions. By passing the engaging portion 222 that is a protrusion through the engaged portion 224 that is a hole, the tip of the claw is caught inside the hole. When the connection type connector 20 is connected, the first side surface 221 of a connection type connector 20 and the second side surface 223 of the connection type connector 20 adjacent to the connection type connector 20 are opposed to each other with close contact or a minute gap. State). Thereby, the engaging part 222 and the engaged part 224 are engaged with each other, and the adjacent connection type connectors 20 (main body parts 22) are connected to each other. Since the engaging portion 222 and the engaged portion 224 are respectively provided on the first side surface 221 and the second side surface 223 opposite to the first side surface 221, the connecting connector 20 is orthogonal to the first side surface 221 and the second side surface 223. It can be said that it is connectable in a direction (hereinafter, the connectable direction may be referred to as connectable direction D (see FIG. 2A)).

  A plurality of such connection type connectors 20 are mounted on the external output board 10. The plurality of connection-type connectors 20 are classified into those included in the first connector group 20a connected to each other and those included in the second connector group 20b connected to each other (see FIG. 2A). That is, the connection type connectors 20 included in the first connector group 20a are arranged adjacent to each other such that the first side surface 221 and the second side surface 223 face each other. They are connected by engagement. Similarly, the connection type connectors 20 included in the second connector group 20b are arranged adjacent to each other so that the first side surface 221 and the second side surface 223 face each other, and the engaging portion 222 and the engaged portion 224 are disposed. Are connected by engagement. A connector other than the connection type connector 20 included in the first connector group 20a and the second connector group 20b may be mounted.

  And all the connection type connectors 20 included in the first connector group 20a are not connected to any of all the connection type connectors 20 included in the second connector group 20b. It can be said that all the connected connectors 20 included in the second connector group 20b are not connected to any of the connected connectors 20 included in the first connector group 20a. Since the first connector group 20a and the second connector group 20b are both mounted on the external output board 10, it can be said that the first connector group 20a and the second connector group 20b are indirectly connected via the external output board 10, but directly to each other. It is not connected to.

  A more specific arrangement of the connection type connector 20 is as follows. All the connection-type connectors 20 included in the first connector group 20a and all the connection-type connectors 20 included in the second connector group 20b are arranged along the connectable direction D. That is, when viewed along the connectable direction D, the main body portions 22 of all the connection type connectors 20 overlap. The connection type connector 20 (hereinafter also referred to as the first central connector 201 (see FIG. 2A)) constituting the first connector group 20a closest to the second connector group 20b, and the first connector group A gap S is formed between the connecting connector 20 (hereinafter also referred to as the second central connector 202 (see FIG. 2A)) constituting the second connector group 20b close to 20a. The one central connector 201 and the second central connector 202 are not directly connected. Since all the connection-type connectors 20 included in both connector groups are aligned along the connectable direction D, the first center-side connector 201 and the second center-side connector 202 must have the gap S. If they are close together, they are ready to be connected. That is, in this embodiment, by forming the gap S between the first connector group 20a and the second connector group 20b, that is, between the first center side connector 201 and the second center side connector 202, the (gap S is The first central connector 201 and the second central connector 202 are not connected directly.

  The advantages of such a configuration are as follows. The connection type connectors 20 are placed on the external output board 10 after being connected to each other. And the external output terminal 21 which each connection type connector 20 has is soldered to a board | substrate. In the present embodiment, the soldering is performed by an automatic soldering process such as so-called flow soldering or reflow soldering. The heat that reaches the connection type connector 20 by the soldering process may cause distortion or the like in the connection type connector 20. When the connection type connectors 20 are in a state of being connected to each other, distortion caused by heat affects each other, the 20 sets of connection type connectors are not arranged in a straight line, and play occurs between the connection type connectors 20. May cause a mounting defect such as a gap between at least some of the connection type connectors 20 and the external output board 10 (the connection connector 20 may “float”). .

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, all of the connection type connectors 20 included in the first connector group 20a and the second connector group 20b are arranged to be connected to each other (arrangement along the connectable direction D). Regardless, the first central connector 201 and the second central connector 202 are not connected, and the first connector group 20a and the second connector group 20b are not directly connected. Therefore, the influence of the distortion etc. which generate | occur | produced in one of the 1st connector group 20a (the connection type connector 20 which comprises the 1st connector group 20a) and the 2nd connector group 20b (the connection type connector 20 which comprises the 2nd connector group 20b). Is prevented from being transmitted directly to the other. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the possibility of mounting failure (compared to the case where all the connection connectors 20 are connected).

  The greater the number of connection-type connectors 20 constituting the connector group, the greater the risk that the distortion and the like generated in the 20 sets of connection-type connectors will increase, and therefore the connection-type connectors 20 included in each connector group will increase. The number is preferably set so that the difference is as small as possible. When the connection type connector 20 having an even total number is divided into two connector groups as in the present embodiment, the number N1 of connection type connectors 20 included in the first connector group 20a and the second connector group 20b are included. It is preferable that the number N2 of connected connectors 20 to be equalized (N1 = N2). In the present embodiment, since the total number of connected connectors 20 is 14, N1 = 7 and N2 = 7 are set (see FIG. 2A). When the connection type connector 20 having an odd total number is divided into two connector groups as in the present embodiment, the number N1 of connection type connectors 20 included in the first connector group 20a and the second connector group 20b are included. It is preferable to set the difference of the number N2 of the connected connectors 20 to be 1 (| N1-N2 | = 1).

  In addition, what kind of structure for aiming at electrical connection of the external output terminal 21 which each connection type connector 20 has, the wiring H, etc. may be sufficient. In other words, the connecting connector 20 may have any structure as long as the connectors can be connected to each other, and the structure of the portion for electrical connection may be any. In the connection type connector 20 in the present embodiment, the lever 23 is biased by a spring, and by pulling the lever 23, a space Z into which the wiring H or the like is inserted is expanded (FIGS. 4A-1 and 4A-2). 2)). After the wiring H or the like is inserted into the space Z, the lever 23 that is biased by the spring is released from the operation state of the lever 23 so that the core wire of the wiring H and the terminal fixed thereto are connected to the external output terminal 21. (See FIG. 4B). As a result, the external output terminal 21 and the wiring H are electrically connected.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the above-described embodiment (modified example) is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, but can also be applied to other gaming machines such as a slot machine.

  In the gaming machine 1 according to the above-described embodiment, the connection type connector 20 is divided into the first connector group 20a and the second connector group 20b on the external output board 10, and both are not directly connected. It is good also as a structure which is divided into three or more connector groups, and each is not directly connected with each other. As the number of the connector groups is increased (the number of connected connectors 20 included in one connector group is decreased), it is possible to reduce the possibility of occurrence of mounting defects. There is.

  In the above embodiment, it has been described that the target board on which the connection type connector 20 is mounted is the external output board 10, but the target board is not limited to the external output board 10. When the connection type connector 20 is mounted on another board, the same technical idea can be applied to the mounting of the connection type connector 20.

1 gaming machine 10 external output board 20 connection type connector 20a first connector group 20b second connector group 21 external output terminal 22 main body 221 first side 222 engaging part 223 second side 224 engaged part 201 first center side Connector 202 Second center connector

Claims (3)

A substrate,
A plurality of connectors arranged together on the substrate, and a plurality of connected connectors that can connect adjacent ones;
With
The plurality of connection-type connectors are divided into at least a first connector group including a plurality of connection-type connectors connected to each other and a second connector group including a plurality of connection-type connectors connected to each other.
All the connection type connectors included in one of said first connector group and said second connector group are not connected to any of all connection type connectors included in the other. The connection type connector is capable of connecting adjacent ones along a predetermined direction,
The connection type connector included in the first connector group and the connection type connector included in the second connector group are arranged on the substrate so as to be aligned along the predetermined direction. The gaming machine according to 1.   The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each of the plurality of connected connectors has an external output terminal for outputting game information.

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