JP6502304B2 - Member for game machine and game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine member configured by assembling a plurality of members by engagement, and a gaming machine provided with the gaming machine member.

  A gaming machine can be subject to various fraudulent acts. For example, a main control board is accommodated inside the housing of the gaming machine, and a storage device (usually a ROM) in which a program for controlling the gaming machine is recorded is mounted on the main control board. However, there is known a fraudulent act of replacing this storage device with a forged one (so-called forged ROM). In order to prevent this type of fraud, each maker of a game machine has a structure in which an electronic board such as a main control board is housed and sealed in a case (board case for game machine). The specific form of the gaming machine substrate case varies depending on the type of the electronic substrate accommodated in the gaming machine and the installation location thereof, etc. A cover member covering the upper surface side of the electronic substrate and a base covering the lower surface side of the electronic substrate It is common to have a member.

  In this type of gaming machine substrate case, the cover member and the base member are normally sealed by engaging the engaging portion provided on one member with the engaged portion provided on the other member. It has a structure. The gaming machine substrate case is fixed to the casing of the gaming machine via a casing side member such as a case holder. Even when assembling the gaming machine substrate case to the housing side member, sealing is normally performed by engaging the engaging portion provided on one member with the engaged portion provided on the other member. The structure is adopted.

  By the way, in the game machine industry, to properly engage the cover member and the base member in a factory or the like is called "A caulking", and a portion of the gaming machine substrate case to which "a caulking" is applied is It is called "A caulking part". In addition, to properly engage the gaming machine substrate case with a chassis side member such as a case holder in a factory or the like is referred to as "B caulking", and "B caulking" in the gaming machine substrate case and chassis side member The part to be applied is called "B-crimped part". As described later, this "B crimped portion" is a portion assumed to be normally opened at the time of an inspection by an inspection organization, etc., but the "B crimped portion" is a base case for a gaming machine which is normally opened. In the case where the game machine base case is properly engaged with the housing side member when assembled to the housing side member again, it is called "C caulking", and "C caulking in the game machine substrate case and the housing side member is The part where "is applied" is called "C caulking part".

  Thus, in a gaming machine member such as a gaming machine substrate case provided with the "B caulking portion" and the "C caulking portion", the "B caulking portion" and the "C caulking portion" are usually independent of each other. The “B caulking portion” and the “C caulking portion” are respectively provided with an engaging portion and an engaged portion (for example, FIGS. However, until now, one of the engaging portion and the engaged portion constituting the “B-crimped part” has been subjected to the “B-crimped part” without impairing its engaging function. It has also been proposed that by making the structure separable from, the portion can be reused as the engaging portion or engaged portion of the “C crimped portion”. When this structure is adopted, there is an advantage that the number of parts of the portion constituting the "B crimped portion" and the "C crimped portion" can be reduced.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2004-136078

  However, as described above, one of the parts constituting the "B crimped part" is separated from the "B crimped part", and the part is reused as the engagement part or engaged part of the "C crimped part". If it is possible to do so, the part separated from the “B-crimped part” is a gaming machine substrate case during the period until the “B-crimped part” is unsealed and until the “C-crimped part” is sealed. In addition, there is a problem that it becomes completely separated from the housing side member, and only the part can be carried independently. For this reason, there existed a possibility that the site | part might be replaced | exchanged for the forged goods which can be easily disengaged, after opening a "B crimped part" regularly and sealing a "C crimped part."

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the engaged portion that constitutes one "crimped part" such as "B-crimped part" is referred to as "C-crimped part" or the like. Not only can it be reused as the engaged part that constitutes the “crimped part”, but the engaged part is removed from the original member such as the gaming machine substrate case or the casing side member, and can not be carried independently. By making it into a structure, the member for game machines which raised the prevention effect of fraudulent acts is provided. Another object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine provided with this gaming machine member.

The above task is
A gaming machine comprising a first member and a second member assembled to each other by engagement in order to seal the gaming machine substrate or to attach the gaming machine substrate case having the gaming machine substrate sealed thereto to the cabinet side member A member for
The first member is
A movable movable body movable between the first position and the second position;
A movable body holding portion for holding the movable body for engagement in a state in which the movable body can not be removed from other portions of the first member unless the first member is broken;
While having
The second member is
The first position in which the tip is engaged with the movable movable body by pressing the movable movable body in the first position in a direction non-parallel to the direction connecting the first position and the second position An engagement part,
A second position in which the distal end portion is engaged with the movable movable body for engagement by pressing the movable movable body for engagement in the second position in a direction not parallel to the direction connecting the first position and the second position An engagement part,
It is solved by providing a gaming machine component characterized by having.

By adopting such a configuration,
Using an engaged portion engaged with the first position engaging portion and an engaged portion engaged with the second position engaging portion by one engaged portion (engaged movable body); Not only can it be possible to reduce the number of parts of the first member and reduce the manufacturing cost,
The structure in which the engaged portion (movable body for engaged) is removed from the other portion (main body portion of the first member) in the first member and can not be carried independently from the main body portion (engaged portion is It also becomes possible to make it a structure that does not walk alone.
Therefore, it also becomes possible to prevent the fraudulent act of replacing the engaged portion (movable body for engaged) with a forged product easy to release.
The configuration according to the present invention can be particularly suitably adopted in portions called "B-scissing" and "C-slicing" which are engaged when assembling the gaming machine substrate case to the housing side member.

  By the way, in the present specification, the positional relationship of each part is the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion and the movable body for engagement, unless otherwise noted, such as "when performing ..." Is described with reference to the state after engagement (the state after assembling the first member and the second member). For example, in the following, “the periphery of the engagement portion consisting of the first position engaging portion, the second position engaging portion, the movable body for engaged and the movable body holding portion by the first member and the second member The description “Covered” or “The regular opening destruction portion is formed in the first member or the second member in the portion covering the proximal end of the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion” Although these statements appear, these statements mean that each part becomes such a positional relationship after assembling the first member and the second member, and the first member and the second member It does not specify the positional relationship of each part before assembly.

In the gaming machine member of the present invention,
The first member and the second member cover the periphery of the engagement portion including the first position engaging portion, the second position engaging portion, the engaged movable body, and the movable body holding portion,
As long as the first member or the second member is not broken, it is preferable that the engagement site be inaccessible.

By adopting such a configuration,
Not only makes unauthorized access to the engagement portion (engagement portion for the first position, engagement portion for the second position, movable body for engagement and movable body holding portion) more difficult,
The engagement portion can be in a state of being surrounded by a member (first member or second member) itself provided with the engagement structure (a state where the engagement portion is sealed by the member itself provided with the engagement structure), It is also possible to seal the engagement portion without separately using a member other than the first member or the second member (for example, a member dedicated to cover the engagement portion).

As a specific structure of covering the periphery of the engagement portion with the first member and the second member, for example,
The second member is a gaming machine substrate case for sealing a gaming machine substrate,
The first member is a case holder, to which the rear surface side is fixed to the gaming machine case body and the gaming machine substrate case is attached on the front surface side,
The movable body holding portion is disposed at a position where the rear surface side is covered by the rear wall portion of the case holder (first member),
While arranging the first position engaging portion and the second position engaging portion at a location where the front side is covered by the front wall portion of the gaming machine substrate case (second member),
The upper, lower, left and right sides of the engagement portion are the upper wall, lower wall, left wall and right wall of the case holder (first member) or the gaming machine substrate case (second member) The structure etc. which are arranged in the part covered are illustrated.

  In the gaming machine member of the present invention, when the periphery of the engagement portion is covered by the first member and the second member, the regular opening breaking portion formed weaker than the surrounding for the purpose of breaking at the regular opening. Preferably, the first member or the second member is formed in a portion covering the proximal end side of the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion.

By adopting this configuration, the inspection organization of the gaming machine engages the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion with the movable body for the purpose of inspecting the gaming machine substrate. When releasing (eg, at regular opening), the breaking part is broken at the time of regular opening, and a tool such as a nipper is inserted from the broken part to engage the first position engaging part and the second position engaging part If the proximal end portion of the first position is cut or the like, the engagement between the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion and the movable body for engagement can be released. In other words, as long as the breaking portion and the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion are broken at the time of regular opening, for the gaming machine without damaging the other portion (especially the movable body for engagement) It becomes possible to easily open the member normally. Therefore, regular opening can be carried out without causing damage to the first member and the second member so as to significantly reduce the sealing function, and after the regular opening, the first member and the second member are engaged again. It is also possible to reuse the original first member or the second member without replacing the original first member or the second member.
In addition, at the time of unauthorized opening, it is possible to make the mark remain in the destroyed portion at the time of normal opening, and to make the gaming machine member even more difficult to make unauthorized access.

Further, in the gaming machine member of the present invention,
The movable movable body has a positioning fitting portion,
The movable body holder is
A first position fitted portion engaged with the positioning fitting portion when the engaged movable body is in the first position;
A second position fitted portion engaged with the positioning fitting portion when the engaged movable body is in the second position;
It is also preferable to have

By adopting such a configuration,
When assembling the first member and the second member, the movable member for engagement may be engaged with the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion at an appropriate position (the first position or the second position). Not only can it be moved to a position exactly overlapping the position and held in that position,
When carrying the first member in which the second member is not assembled, for example, it is possible to prevent the movable movable body from being damaged and damaged.

Furthermore, in the gaming machine member of the present invention,
The movable body holder,
A holding unit body,
A holder blocker,
Composed of
The holding unit body,
An internal space for accommodating the movable movable body in a movable state between the first position and the second position;
An object to be exposed on the outside of the holding portion main body of the movable body for engagement accommodated in the internal space, the portion engaged with the tip end of the first position engaging portion and the second position engaging portion Opening for engaging part exposure,
A movable body receiving opening for receiving the movable body for engagement in the internal space from the outside of the holding portion main body;
While it shall be provided,
The holding part closed body,
The movable body accommodation opening may be closed by fitting the first member from the side opposite to the side where the second member is assembled as viewed from the first member with respect to the portion where the holding portion main body is provided. preferable.

The reason why it is preferable to adopt this configuration is as follows.
That is, in the gaming machine member according to the present invention, the movable body for engagement can be held by the movable body holding portion in a state where it can not be removed from other portions of the first member unless the first member is broken. We have already mentioned about adopting a structure that As the structure, for example, after the movable body holding portion is constituted by a holding portion main body and a holding portion closing body which are different members, and after the movable body for engagement is held by the holding portion main body, the holding portion By attaching the holding portion closing body to the main body and fixing it by adhesion or the like, a structure in which the movable body for engagement can be pressed by the holding portion closing body so as not to be pulled out from the holding portion main body can be mentioned.

  However, in this type of structure, the entire boundary line between the holding portion main body and the holding portion closing body is the front side of the first member (the first position engaging portion of the second member and the second position engaging portion When the structure appears on the side on which the (1) is placed, a cutting tool such as a cutter is inserted from the front side of the movable body holding portion into the boundary line to clean the movable body holding portion along the boundary line. After cutting and disassembling into the holding unit main body and the holding unit closing body, removing the engaged movable body and replacing it with a forged product, bonding the holding unit main body and the holding unit closing body along the boundary line, etc. In the case of fraud, there is no possibility that a noticeable trace will remain, making it difficult to notice the fraud.

  In this respect, the holding portion closing body is fitted to the portion of the first member where the holding portion main body is provided, from the side (rear side) opposite to the side where the second member is assembled as viewed from the first member. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the entire boundary between the holding portion main body and the holding portion closing body from appearing on the front side of the first member. In addition, it is also possible to make the joining surface (welding surface or bonding surface or the like) of the holding portion main body and the holding portion closing body into a three-dimensionally complicated state. Therefore, in the work from the front side of the first member, the movable body holding portion can be made extremely difficult to be disassembled cleanly using a tool such as a cutter.

Furthermore, in the gaming machine member of the present invention,
The second member shall have a weakened portion formed weakly,
It is also preferable that the proximal ends of the first position engaging portion and the second position engaging portion be integrally provided on one side of the fragile portion.

  By adopting such a configuration, when attempting to pull out the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion from the movable body for engagement, plastic deformation such as whitening remains in the fragile portion. It becomes possible to detect cheating.

In the gaming machine member of the present invention, when the first position engaging portion and the second position engaging portion are integrally provided to the fragile portion formed in the second member,
At least one of the first position engaging portion and the second position engaging portion is a direction perpendicular to the one surface of the fragile portion (hereinafter referred to as “β direction”, and the weak portion in the β direction called "beta ⁺ side" and the side farther from the one surface, a side close to the one surface of the weak portion in the beta direction. "beta ^- side" hereinafter) to the beta arranged at a predetermined distance ⁺ side Consisting of an engagement part and a β ^- side engagement part,
When it is attempted to pull out the tip of the first position engaging portion engaged with the engaged movable body or the second position engaging portion from the engaged portion, the engagement of the β ^- side engaging portion It is also preferable that the engagement surface of the β ⁺ -side engagement portion be in contact with the engagement surface of the movable body for engagement before the surface abuts on the engagement surface of the movable body for engagement. .

  By adopting such a configuration, when it is attempted to pull out the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion from the engaged movable body (the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion When releasing the engagement with the movable body for engagement), the first position derived from the tensile force applied from the movable body for engagement to the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion It is possible to increase the moment generated in the vicinity of the boundary portion between the engagement portion or the second position engagement portion and the fragile portion, and to make plastic deformation such as whitening easily occur in the fragile portion. In addition, it is also possible to increase the engagement strength between the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion and the engaged movable body. Therefore, at the time of unauthorized access, it is possible to make the trace more likely to remain in the fragile portion and its periphery.

When it is attempted to pull out the tip end of the first position engaging portion or the second position engaging portion from the engaged portion, the engagement surface of the β ^- side engaging portion is engaged with the engaged movable body As a specific structure for causing the engagement surface of the β ⁺ -side engagement portion to abut on the engaged surface of the movable movable body prior to abutting on the joint surface,
A structure in which a step (a step in the pressing direction of the engagement portion) is provided between the engagement surface of the β ⁺ -side engagement portion and the engagement surface of the β ⁻ -side engagement portion,
In the engaged movable member, and beta ⁺ side engaging portion beta ⁺ side the engagement surface engaging surface is engaged in, beta ^- beta engaging surface of the side engaging portion are engaged ^- side the The structure etc. which provide a level | step difference (step in the pushing-in direction of an engaging part) between engagement surfaces are illustrated.

Further, in the gaming machine member of the present invention,
The engagement between the first position engaging portion and the engaged movable body in the first member or the second member or the engagement between the second position engaging portion and the engaged movable body is improperly released. It is also preferable to provide a thermal reaction part whose appearance is degraded by heating in the whitening part at the time of fraud release that can be whitened when done.

  In the case of a gaming machine member such as a gaming machine substrate case, even if whitening occurs due to unauthorized access, the whitened area is heated to be transparent, thereby removing the evidence of the unauthorized access. As reported, by adopting such a configuration, it is possible to visually confirm the heating history for the part. Therefore, it becomes possible to make it even more difficult to release the engagement without leaving a trace.

It is the figure which looked at a reel type game machine from the front. It is the figure which looked at the drum-type game machine by which the front door was opened from the front diagonally upper right. It is the figure which looked at the substrate case for gaming machines from the front diagonally upper right. It is the figure which looked at the state which decomposed | disassembled the substrate case for game machines from the front diagonally upper right. It is a figure from the front diagonally right upper with the protective cover attached to the base case for game machines attached to the case holder. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the state which looked at the electronic substrate accommodated in the substrate case for game machines from the (a) front diagonally upper right, and the state seen from the (b) rear diagonal upper left. (A) When the cover member is disposed on the front side of the base member, (b) the cover member disposed on the front side of the base member is moved backward with respect to the base member to cover the assembly slide start position on the base member When the member is inserted and (c) the cover member inserted into the base member is slid downward from the assembly slide start position to the assembly slide end position, the assembly of the cover member and the base member is completed It is the figure which looked at the substrate case for gaming machines from the front diagonally upper right. It is the figure which looked at the substrate case for game machines when a cover member is inserted in the assembly slide start position in a base member from the front. It is the figure which looked at the substrate case for game machines when a cover member is slid to the assembling slide end position in a base member from the front. (A) When the cover member is fitted in the assembly slide start position in the base member, and (b) when the cover member is slid to the assembly slide end position in the base member “A It is the figure which looked at a crimping | crimped part 'periphery from the back diagonal lower right. It is the figure which cut | disconnected and showed the circumference | surroundings of "A caulking part" in the base case for game machines when a cover member is inserted in the assembly slide start position in a base member in the plane perpendicular | vertical to the left-right direction. The cover member is slid downward from the assembly slide start position in the base member, and the periphery of “A caulking portion” in the gaming machine substrate case when the engaging portion of the base member abuts against the push displacement regulating portion of the cover member FIG. 6 is a view cut in a plane perpendicular to the left and right direction. It is the figure which cut | disconnected and showed the circumference | surroundings of "A caulking part" in the base case for game machines when a cover member is slid to the assembly slide completion | finish position in a base member by a plane perpendicular | vertical to the left-right direction. (A) When the gaming machine substrate case is disposed on the front side of the case holder, (b) the gaming machine substrate case disposed on the front side of the case holder is moved backward with respect to the case holder, When the gaming machine base case is inserted into the slide start position, (c) the gaming machine base case inserted into the case holder is slid right from the assembly slide start position to assemble the slide end position It is a figure which looked at a substrate case for game machines and a case holder when assembly of a substrate case for game machines and a case holder was completed from a front diagonal upper right. It is the figure which looked at the state which inserted the substrate case for game machines in the assembly slide start position in a case holder from the front. It is the figure which looked at the state where the board case for gaming machines was slid to the end position of assembling slide in a case holder from the front. (A) When the game machine base case is fitted into the assembly slide start position in the case holder, and (b) when the game machine base case is slid to the assembly slide end position in the case holder It is the figure which looked at the "B crimped part" and the "C crimped part" circumference in the substrate case and case holder from the front upper left. It is the figure which looked at the board case for game machines when sliding the board case for game machines in a case holder to the end position of assembling slide, and the "B caulking part" or "C caulking part" circumference in a case holder from the bottom. . It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the protective cover assembled in the substrate case for game machines from the (a) front slanting upper right, and the state seen from (b) back slanting upper left, respectively. (A) When the protective cover is disposed on the front side of the gaming machine substrate case assembled to the case holder, (b) the protective cover disposed on the front side of the gaming machine substrate case is mounted on the gaming machine substrate case It is the figure which looked at the board case for game machine, the case holder, and the protective cover when it was moved back and was inserted in the predetermined position in the case case for game machines, and a case from a front upper right. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the cover member in the substrate case for game machines from the (a) front diagonally upper right, and the state seen from the (b) rear diagonal upper left, respectively. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the cover member in the substrate case for game machines from the front. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the cover member in the substrate case for game machines from back. The engagement portions provided as "A caulking portions" in the cover member of the gaming machine substrate case are shown as (a) viewed from the front upper right and (b) viewed from the rear upper left. FIG. FIG. 25 is a six-view drawing of the engaged portion in FIG. 24 with the surface on the negative side in the z-axis direction in the same drawing as the front. (A) A front view of the engagement member protection member used to protect the engagement portion provided as “A crimped portion” on the cover member of the gaming machine substrate case, viewed from the front upper right, (B) It is the figure which showed the state seen from back diagonally upper left, respectively. It is the six figures which drew the protection member for engaged parts of FIG. 26 as the front surface of the z-axis direction negative side in the same figure. FIG. 27 is a view showing a state in which the engagement portion protection member of FIG. 26 is attached to the engagement portion of FIG. 24 as viewed from the rear upper left; It is the figure which cut | disconnected the part in which the thermal reaction part in the whitening part at the time of fraud release of a substrate case for game machines was provided in the plane perpendicular to the surface of whitening part at the time of fraud release, and was seen diagonally. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the base member in the substrate case for game machines from the (a) front slanting upper right, and the state which looked at (b) back slanting upper left, respectively. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the base member in the substrate case for game machines from the front. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the base member in the substrate case for game machines from back. It is the figure which looked at the engaging part provided as a "A caulking part" etc. in the base member in the substrate case for game machines from diagonally. FIG. 34 is a six side view in which the engaging portion of FIG. 33 is drawn with the surface on the β ⁻ side in FIG. 33 as the front. The engagement portion of the engaging portion provided as the "A crimped portion" in the base member is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion provided as the "A crimped portion" in the cover member in the gaming machine substrate case It is the figure which looked at the mode of the displacement of the said engaging part at the time of making it do from a pressing direction back side. It is the figure which looked at the engaging part of the other embodiment which may be provided in the base member in the substrate case for game machines from the front diagonal upper right. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the case holder (body side member) from the (a) front slanting upper right, and the state which looked at (b) back slanting left upper, respectively. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the case holder (body side member) from the front. It is the figure which showed the state which looked at the case holder (body side member) from back. (A) a state in which the engaged portion (movable body for engaged) is in a first position where it can be used as a “B crimped portion” (b) A state where the engaged portion (movable body for engaged) is in the second position where it can be used as the “C crimped portion” is a view from the front upper left. The periphery of the movable holding member in the case holder (housing member), as viewed from the x-axis direction positive side is cut in X ₁ -X ₁ plane of FIG. 38. It is the figure which looked at the to-be-engaged part (movable body for to-be-engaged) provided as a "B crimp part" and a "C crimp part" in a case holder (casing side member) from the front diagonal upper right. FIG. 43 is a six-sided view of the engaged portion (movable body for engaged) of FIG. 42, with the surface on the negative side in the x-axis direction in FIG. 42 as the front. With respect to an engaged portion (movable body for engaged) having a flat engaged surface, the “B crimped portion” being provided as the “B crimped portion” or the “C crimped portion” in the case holder (the housing side member) Or it is the figure which looked at the state which engaged the engaging part which comprises "C crimping part" from the downward direction. (A) When the engaged portion (movable body for engaged) is disposed on the left side of the holding portion main body constituting the movable body holding portion, and (b) when the engaged portion is accommodated in the holding portion main body It is the figure which looked at the movable body holding | maintenance part periphery in a case holder (casing side member) from the front diagonal upper left. (A) Before inserting the holding part closing body constituting the movable body holding part into the predetermined place of the case holder (the casing side member) from the rear side, and (b) inserting into the predetermined place It is the figure which looked at the movable body attaching part circumference | surroundings in a case holder (casing side member) in the rear from the front upper left. (A) Before inserting the holding part closing body constituting the movable body holding part into the predetermined place of the case holder (the casing side member) from the rear side, and (b) inserting into the predetermined place It is the figure which looked at the movable body attaching part circumference | surroundings in a case holder (casing side member) in the rear from diagonally upper left.

  A preferred embodiment of the gaming machine member of the present invention will be more specifically described with reference to the drawings. In the following, for convenience of explanation, although the case where the configuration according to the gaming machine member of the present invention is adopted in the reel-type gaming machine is described as an example, the configuration according to the gaming machine member of the present invention is a pachinko machine It can be adopted in other gaming machines such as gaming machines.

Further, in consideration of the convenience of the description, the x-axis, the y-axis, and the z-axis are shown in the drawings except for some of the drawings. The orientations of the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis are identical to one another, even in different views. In the following, the x-axis positive side is "right", the x-axis negative side is "left", the y-axis positive side is "rear", the y-axis negative side is "front", z-axis The positive side may be referred to as the “upper” side, and the negative side in the x-axis direction may be referred to as the “lower” side, but this is only for representing the relative positional relationship of each part. It does not limit the positional relationship.

1. Outline of Roll-Type Game Machine FIG. 1 is a front view of the roll-type game machine 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the reeling type gaming machine 10 has a medal insertion slot 11 for inserting medals, a medal payout opening 12 for paying out medals, and a symbol on its outer peripheral surface on its front side. Three reels 13, 14 and 15 drawn, a liquid crystal display 16 for effecting an image, a light emitting lamp (not shown) for effecting illumination, and a speaker 17 etc. for effecting sound. The max bet button 18 for betting the maximum number of medals per game (usually 3), and the single bet for increasing the bets one by one, as the operation unit. A start lever 20 for starting the rotation of the button 19, the reels 13, 14, 15, and three stop buttons 21, 22 for stopping the rotation of the reels 13, 14, 15, respectively 3, the opportunity button 24 for switching an effect, which is to have a refund button 25 or the like for refund credited medals.

When the start lever 20 is operated in a state where the number of credits of medals is equal to or more than the predetermined number of medals, the reel-type gaming machine 10 executes a lottery for a winning combination and the reels 13, 14 and 15 simultaneously start rotating. When the stop buttons 21, 22, 23 are operated, the reels 13, 14, 15 corresponding to the operated stop buttons 21, 22, 23 stop rotating, and all the reels 13, 14, When the combination of symbols displayed on the effective line of the reel window 10b ₁ when 15 is stopped corresponds to the combination won in the combination lottery (when it is won), the number according to the combination Medals are paid out, and when the number of credited medals reaches the upper limit value, the medals sent from the hopper unit 36 (see FIG. 2) pass through the medal payout opening 12. It will be paid out soon. The number of credits of medals is increased when the medals are inserted into the medal insertion slot 11 when the number of credits of medals has not reached the upper limit, or when the medals are paid out by winning.

  FIG. 2 is a view of the drum-type gaming machine 10 with the front door 10 b opened, viewed from the front upper right. As shown in FIG. 2, the drum-type game machine 10 is composed of a box-like main body 10a with a front open, and a front door 10b attached to the front side of the main body 10a in an openable / closable manner. Various devices are accommodated inside the gaming machine chassis. In the present embodiment, the main control board unit 30, the sub control board unit 31, the liquid crystal unit 32, the power supply unit 33, the connector unit 34, the reel unit 35, the hopper unit 36 and the like are housed inside the gaming machine case. .

  The main control board unit 30 is provided with an electronic board (main control board) that performs basic control in the game, such as a winning lottery and a winning determination. The sub control board unit 31 includes an electronic board (sub control board) that performs control relating to effects in a game, such as effects by light emitting lamps and sounds. The liquid crystal unit 32 includes an electronic substrate (video substrate) that performs control relating to effects by the video displayed on the liquid crystal display 16 (see FIG. 1). The power supply unit 33 includes an electronic substrate (power supply substrate) for supplying power to each device in the reel-type gaming machine 10. The connector unit 34 includes an electronic substrate (intermediate substrate) that mediates a cable connected to a specific device. The reel unit 35 includes an electronic board (reel control board) which independently controls the rotation of the reels 13, 14 and 15. The hopper unit 36 collects the medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 11 (see FIG. 1) and sends the medals to the medal payout outlet 12 (see FIG. 1) based on the signal from the main control board unit 30. And an electronic substrate (hopper control substrate) for performing control.

Any of various electronic boards provided in these units can be targets for unauthorized access. For example, a storage device (ROM) in which a program for performing basic control in the reel-type game machine 10 is mounted is mounted on an electronic substrate (main control substrate) provided in the main control substrate unit 30. In the meantime, there is a person who attempts to illegally modify the rotating game machine 10, such as making sure that a specific operation during the game is to be a jackpot by replacing the storage device with a forged one. For this reason, in game machines such as the reel-type game machine 10 and the like, this type of electronic substrate is housed and sealed inside a case. Also in this embodiment, a structure is adopted in which the electronic substrate is sealed by housing the electronic substrate inside the gaming machine substrate case 100 as shown in FIG.

2. Outline of gaming machine substrate case and peripheral members thereof A gaming machine substrate case 100 and peripheral members thereof will be described. In the following, a gaming machine substrate case (a gaming machine substrate case for sealing the main control substrate) for the main control substrate unit 30 (FIG. 2) will be described as an example. However, the configuration described below can also be suitably employed in the gaming machine substrate case of units other than the main control substrate unit 30 (for example, the sub control substrate unit 31 and the liquid crystal unit 32 etc.).

  FIG. 3 is a front view of the gaming machine substrate case 100 as viewed from the front upper right. FIG. 4 is a view of the gaming machine substrate case 100 disassembled viewed from the front upper right. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine substrate case 100 is configured by assembling the cover member 110 and the base member 120 to each other. As shown in FIG. 4, the cover member 110 is a member for covering the front side (the negative side in the y-axis direction) of the electronic substrate 500 to be sealed, and the base member 120 is the rear side of the electronic substrate 500. It is a member for covering (y-axis direction positive side).

In the present embodiment, the gaming machine substrate case 100 is attached to the front side of the back plate 10a ₁ (FIG. 2) of the casing main body 10a via a case holder 200 (casing side member) disposed on the rear side. A protective cover 300 is attached to the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100. FIG. 5 is a view of the state where the protective cover 300 is attached to the gaming machine substrate case 100 attached to the case holder 200, as viewed from the front upper right.

Among the members shown in FIG. 4, the members excluding the electronic substrate 500 (in particular, the cover member 110 and the base member 120 constituting the gaming machine substrate case 100) are usually made of a transparent thermoplastic resin such as polyethylene or polyurethane. Formed by This is to enable unauthorized modification or the like to the electronic substrate 500 housed inside the gaming machine substrate case 100 to be found from the outside of the gaming machine substrate case 100 or in the case of unauthorized access. In consideration of the fact that traces of whitening and the like caused by the external force are easily left in a state of being noticeable on each member. In the present embodiment, all of the cover member 110, the base member 120, the case holder 200, and the protective cover 300 are injection molded articles made of a transparent thermoplastic resin.

3. Assembling Procedure for a Game Machine Substrate Case Etc. The cover member 110, the base member 120, the case holder 200, the protective cover 300 and the electronic substrate 500 shown in FIG. 4 are the following assembling procedures 1 to 4 in this embodiment. It is designed to be assembled with The following assembly procedures 1 to 4 are usually performed in a gaming machine manufacturing plant.
[Assembling procedure 1]
The electronic substrate 500 is assembled on the rear surface side of the cover member 110.
[Assembling step 2]
The cover member 110 is assembled on the front side of the base member 120, and the electronic substrate 500 is accommodated in the gaming machine substrate case 100.
[Assembling step 3]
The gaming machine substrate case 100 is assembled on the front side of the case holder 200 (casing side member) fixed to the front side of the back plate 10a ₁ (FIG. 2) of the housing body 10a.
[Assembling procedure 4]
The protective cover 300 is assembled on the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100.

  Hereinafter, the above-mentioned assembling procedures 1 to 4 will be described.

3.1 Assembly procedure 1
FIG. 6 is a view showing the electronic substrate 500 as seen from (a) front diagonally upper right and (b) rear diagonally upper left. Usually, as shown in FIG. 6, various electronic components are intensively arranged on one surface side (the front side in this embodiment) as shown in FIG. The electronic substrate 500 is assembled to the cover member 110 in a state where the side of the substrate 500 on which the various electronic components are disposed is directed to the front side.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, when the front door 10b of the reel-type game machine 10 is opened, there is no abnormality in various electronic components mounted on the electronic substrate 500 (illegal to those whose ROM is forged) It is easy to visually confirm whether or not the In addition, since the side of the electronic substrate 500 on which the various electronic components are mounted can be covered with the cover member 110, the electronic components of the electronic substrate 500 may be other members or the like in the subsequent steps 2 to 4 and the like. It is also possible to prevent problems such as breakage caused by collision with the vehicle.

  The method for fixing the electronic substrate 500 to the cover member 110 is not particularly limited. In this embodiment, a screw (not shown) is inserted from the rear side of the electronic substrate 500 into the screw holes 500a (FIG. 6B) provided at the four corners of the electronic substrate 500, and the tip of the screw The electronic substrate 500 is fixed to the cover member 110 by screwing (the front end portion) to the rear surface side of the cover member 110. When fixing of the electronic substrate 500 is completed, the above-described assembly procedure 1 is completed.

3.2 Assembly procedure 2
When the assembly procedure 1 is completed, the assembly (assembly procedure 2) of the cover member 110 to the base member 120 is performed. FIG. 7 is a view of the gaming machine substrate case 100 when the above-described assembling procedure 2 is performed, as viewed from the front upper right. Assembly procedure 2 is performed by moving cover member 110 relative to base member 120 in the order shown in FIG. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7A, the cover member 110 is disposed on the front side of the base member 120, and as shown in FIG. 7B, the cover member 110 is fixed to the base member 120. After the cover member 110 is moved backward and the cover member 110 is fitted into the base member 120, the assembly procedure 2 is performed by sliding the cover member 110 downward with respect to the base member 120 as shown in FIG. To be done.

That is, in the assembling step 2, backward movement operation for moving the cover member 110 rearwardly (see arrow V ₁ of the FIG. 7 (a)), the lower slide operation sliding the cover member 110 downward (Fig. 7 (b 2-step operation with reference) is carried out on the arrow V ₂₎ of. In the following, the start position of the lower slide operation (the position where the cover member 110 is located in the base member 120 when the gaming machine substrate case 100 is in the state shown in FIG. 7B) is referred to as “the base member 120 It is called “assembly slide start position”, and the end position of the above-mentioned lower slide operation (the position where the cover member 110 is located on the base member 120 when the gaming machine substrate case 100 is in the state shown in FIG. 7C) It may be referred to as “the assembly slide end position on the base member 120”.

  FIG. 8 is a front view of the gaming machine substrate case 100 when the cover member 110 is fitted in the assembly slide start position of the base member 120. As shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a front view of the gaming machine substrate case 100 when the cover member 110 is slid to the assembly slide end position of the base member 120. In FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, a part of the gaming machine substrate case 100 is shown in a broken state.

  When performing the above-mentioned downward slide operation in the above-mentioned assembly procedure 2, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 130 are engaged with each other, and the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 130 are engaged. Once the engaged portion 130 is engaged, the cover member 110 can not be removed from the base member 120 unless the engaging portion 170 or the engaged portion 130 is broken or the like. In the present embodiment, as described later, the engaged portion 130 is provided on the cover member 110 side and the engaging portion 170 is provided on the base member 120 side, but it may be reversed (cover member The engaging portion 170 may be provided on the side 110, and the engaged portion 130 may be provided on the side of the base member 120).

  By the way, in the game machine industry, engaging a cover member with a base member in a game machine manufacturing plant or the like is called "A-scissing", and a portion of the game machine substrate case to which "A-scissing" is applied is It is called "A-crimped part". The “A-crimping part” is the inside of the gaming machine substrate case after the gaming machine is shipped from the manufacturing plant until the inspection machine of the gaming machine opens the gaming machine substrate case and inspects the electronic substrate. As a part for sealing the gaming machine substrate case (so that the trace is left when the gaming machine substrate case is illegally opened) so that the electronic substrate is not tampered with etc. There is.

  In the present embodiment, the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 130 engaged in the assembly procedure 2 are also provided as the “A crimped portion”. Therefore, in the present specification, the engagement between the engagement portion 170 engaged in the assembly procedure 2 and the engaged portion 130 is referred to as “A caulking”, and in the gaming machine substrate case 100, The portion engaged by the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 130 may be referred to as “A crimped portion”. In the drawings of the present application, a portion corresponding to the “A crimped portion” is indicated by using a symbol “A”.

  As long as the “A caulking portion” is a portion on the gaming machine substrate case 100 where unauthorized access is difficult, the place where it is provided is not particularly limited. Further, the number of "A crimped portions" installed is not particularly limited. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, one "A crimped portion" is provided at two places of the upper left corner and the upper right corner in the gaming machine substrate case 100. .

  The mode of engagement of "A caulking part" in substrate case 100 for game machines of this embodiment is shown in Drawing 10-13. 10 to 13 show a mode of engagement of the "A caulking portion" at the upper right corner of the gaming machine substrate case 100 of FIG. 9, but in the "A caulking portion" at the upper left corner The manner of engagement is similar to this.

  In FIG. 10, (a) when the cover member 110 is fitted into the assembling slide start position in the base member 120, and (b) when the cover member 110 is slid to the assembly slide end position in the base member 120. It is the figure which looked at the "A caulking part" circumference in substrate case 100 for game machines from the back slanting lower right. In FIG. 10, for convenience of illustration, a part of the cover member 110 is shown in a broken state, and the member on the base member 120 side shows only the engaging part 170 and the other parts are omitted.

  FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the left-right direction, showing the periphery of “A crimped portion” in the gaming machine substrate case 100 when the cover member 110 is inserted into the assembly slide start position in the base member 120. FIG. In FIG. 12, when the cover member 110 is between the assembly slide start position and the assembly slide end position of the base member 120 (the engaging portion 170 of the base member 120 is in contact with the pressing displacement regulating portion 140 described later) FIG. 6 is a view showing the vicinity of “A caulking portion” in the gaming machine substrate case 100 of FIG. 1 along a plane perpendicular to the left-right direction. FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the left-right direction, showing the periphery of “A crimped portion” in the gaming machine substrate case 100 in a state in which the cover member 110 is slid to the assembly slide end position in the base member 120. FIG. In FIGS. 11 to 13, for convenience of illustration, the engagement portion protection member 160 depicted in FIG. 10 and the like is omitted.

  When the cover member 110 is slid to the slide end position of the base member 120, the engagement surface 170a of the engagement portion 170 is engaged with the engagement surface 130a of the engaged portion 130, as shown in FIG. As a result, the engaging portion 170 can not be pulled out from the engaged portion 130. In the present embodiment, after engaging the engaging portion 170 with the engaged portion 130 in the assembly procedure 2, screw holes 110a provided in the lower left corner and the lower right corner of the cover member 110 (FIG. 8) By inserting the screw 600 (FIG. 9) from the front side of the cover member 110 and screwing the tip (rear end) of the screw 600 to the front side of the base member 120. It is fixed to the When the fixing of the cover member 110 is finished, the above-mentioned assembling procedure 2 is completed.

3.3 Assembly procedure 3
When the assembly procedure 2 is completed, assembly (assembly procedure 3) of the gaming machine substrate case 100 to the case holder 200 is performed. Usually, in the previous stage than the assembling step 3 is started, the case holder 200 is in a state of relative back plate 10a _1, which is fixed in the housing body 10a (FIG. 2). The method for fixing the case holder 200 to the housing body 10a is not particularly limited. In this embodiment, a screw (not shown) is inserted from the front side of the case holder 200 into the screw holes 200a (FIG. 38) provided at the four corners of the case holder 200. , by screwing on the front side of the back plate 10a ₁ of the casing body 10a, it has a case holder 200 to be fixed to the housing body 10a.

  FIG. 14 is a view of the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200 when the above assembly procedure 3 is performed, as viewed from the front upper right. The assembly procedure 3 is performed by moving the gaming machine substrate case 100 relative to the case holder 200 in the order shown in FIG. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14A, the gaming machine substrate case 100 is disposed on the front side of the case holder 200, and as shown in FIG. After the machine substrate case 100 is moved backward and the gaming machine substrate case 100 is fitted into the case holder 200, as shown in FIG. 14C, the gaming machine substrate case 100 is fixed to the case holder 200. By sliding to the right, the assembly procedure 3 is performed.

That is, the right to slide the assembly step 3, the gaming machine board case 100 rearward moving operation of moving rearwardly (see arrow V ₃ of FIG. 14 (a)), a gaming machine board case 100 to the right square slide operation (see arrows V ₄ in FIG. 14 (b)) and two-stage operation is performed. In the following, the start position of the above-mentioned right slide operation (the location where the gaming machine substrate case 100 is located in the case holder 200 when the gaming machine substrate case 100 is in the state shown in FIG. It is referred to as “the assembly slide start position in case holder 200”, and the end position of the above-mentioned right side slide operation (the game machine substrate in case holder 200 when game machine substrate case 100 is in the state shown in FIG. The location where the case 100 is located may be referred to as “the assembly slide end position in the case holder 200”.

  FIG. 15 is a front view showing a state in which the gaming machine substrate case 100 is fitted into the assembly slide start position in the case holder 200. As shown in FIG. FIG. 16 is a front view showing a state in which the gaming machine substrate case 100 is slid to the assembly slide end position in the case holder 200. FIGS. 15 and 16 show a part of the gaming machine substrate case 100 in a broken state.

  When the above-described rightward slide operation is performed in the above-mentioned assembly procedure 3, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 220 engage with each other, and the engaging portion 170 is engaged. Once the game machine substrate case 100 can not be removed from the case holder 200 unless the engagement portion 170 or the engaged portion 220 is destroyed, etc. . In the present embodiment, as described later, the engaging portion 170 is provided on the gaming machine substrate case 100 side (more specifically, the base member 120 side), and the engaged portion 220 is provided on the case holder 200 side. However, the opposite may be applied (the engaged portion 170 may be provided on the side of the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the engaging portion 220 may be provided on the case holder 200 side).

  By the way, in the game machine industry, to engage a gaming machine substrate case with a case-side member such as a case holder in a game machine manufacturing factory or the like is called "B-cage", and the gaming machine substrate case and chassis The portion of the side member to which "B caulking" is applied is called "B caulking portion". The “B-crimping unit” is a board for a gaming machine from the time the gaming machine is shipped from the manufacturing plant until the inspection organization of the gaming machine removes the board case for the gaming machine from the housing side member in order to inspect the electronic board. The case is a portion for preventing the case from being removed illegally from the case-side member (when the gaming machine substrate case is removed illegally from the case-side member, the trace is left).

  In the present embodiment, the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 220 engaged in the assembly procedure 3 are also provided as the “B caulking portion” (however, the engaged portion 220 will be described later) "C caulking part" is also used. Therefore, in the present specification, the engagement between the engagement portion 170 engaged in the assembly procedure 3 and the engaged portion 220 is referred to as “B-slicing”, and in the gaming machine substrate case 100 or the like, A portion engaged by the engagement portion 170 and the engaged portion 220 may be referred to as a “B-crimped portion”. In the drawings of the present application, the part corresponding to the "B-crimped part" is indicated by using the symbol "B".

  The “B-crimped part” is not particularly limited as to the place where the “B-crimped part” is provided as long as it is a place where unauthorized access is difficult in the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200. Further, the number of "B crimped portions" installed is not particularly limited. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, one “B crimped portion” is provided in the vicinity of the center of the right edge of the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200.

  Further, in the case holder 200 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 40 described later, the engaged portion 220 has a first position (the position shown in FIG. 40A) and a second position (the same position shown in FIG. In the case where the engaged portion 220 (movable body for engaged) is used as the "B crimped portion", the engaged portion 220 can be moved as shown in FIG. In the case of moving to the first position of (a) and using the engaged portion 220 (movable body for engaged) as “C caulking portion” described later, the engaged portion 220 is shown in FIG. Is moved to the second position. For this reason, “B-crimping” in the assembly procedure 3 is performed after confirming that the engaged portion 220 is in the first position.

  Thus, since the engaged portion 220 of the case holder 200 is movable, in the present specification, it may be referred to as a “movable body for engagement”. Also, the engaging portion 170 engaged with the engaged portion 220 in the first position is referred to as “first position engaging portion”, and engaged with the engaged portion 220 in the second position. The engaging portion 170 may be referred to as a "second position engaging portion". In this embodiment, as described later, since the same components are used as the first position engaging portion 170 and the second position engaging portion 170, the first position engaging portion 170 (“B caulking The forms of the engagement portion 170) and the second position engagement portion 170 (the engagement portion 170 of the "C crimped portion") are the same.

  The aspect of engagement of "B crimping part" in this embodiment in FIG.17 and FIG.18 is shown. FIG. 17 shows (a) when the gaming machine substrate case 100 is fitted into the assembly slide start position in the case holder 200, and (b) the gaming slide substrate case 100 until the assembly slide end position in the case holder 200. It is the figure which looked at the "B caulking part" and "C caulking part" circumference in the base case 100 for game machines and the case holder 200 when making it slide from the front diagonal upper left. In FIG. 17, for convenience of illustration, a part of the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200 is shown in a broken state. FIG. 18 is a view of the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the periphery of the “B-crimped portion” of the case holder 200 as viewed from below when the gaming machine substrate case 100 is slid to the assembly slide end position in the case holder 200. It is.

  When the gaming machine substrate case 100 is slid to the slide end position in the case holder 200, as shown in FIG. 18, the engaging surface 170a of the engaging portion 170 is on the engaged surface 220a of the movable body 220 for engagement. In the engaged state, the engaging portion 170 can not be pulled out from the engaged movable body 220. When the assembly of the gaming machine substrate case 100 to the case holder 200 is completed, the above-mentioned assembly procedure 3 is completed.

3.4 Assembly procedure 4
When the assembly procedure 3 is completed, assembly (assembly procedure 4) of the protective cover 300 to the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200 is performed. FIG. 19 is a view showing the protective cover 300 assembled in the assembly procedure 4 as (a) viewed from the front upper right and (b) viewed from the rear upper left. FIG. 20 is a view of the gaming machine substrate case 100, the case holder 200 and the protective cover 300 viewed from the front upper right when the assembling procedure 4 is being performed. FIG. 20A is the case holder 200. A state in which the protective cover 300 is disposed on the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100 assembled to the game board is shown in FIG. It shows a state in which the case 100 is moved backward with respect to the case 100 and fitted in predetermined positions in the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200.

  The protective cover 300 has the following functions. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, various cable terminals 500 b are provided at the lower front of the electronic substrate 500 of this embodiment, and these cable terminals are at the lower front of the cover member 110 of this embodiment. Where the opening 120b for exposing the 500b is provided, the protective cover 300 has a function to protect the cable terminal 500b and the opening 120b so as to prevent unauthorized access to the cable terminal 500b and the opening 120b. doing. Further, the protective cover 300 has a function of restricting the movement of the gaming machine substrate case 100 so that the gaming machine substrate case 100 after being assembled to the case holder 200 does not slide in the left and right direction with respect to the case holder 200. Also.

  By the way, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20A, the seal is sealed at the lower right corner of the front surface of the gaming machine substrate case 100 before the assembly procedure 4 is started. I am trying to paste 601. The seal seal 601 is attached across the boundary between the cover member 110 and the base member 120 in the gaming machine substrate case 100. For this reason, when the gaming machine substrate case 100 is unfairly opened, the mark remains on the seal seal 601, which makes it easier to find the fact of the unfair opening.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20B in this assembly procedure 4, after the protective cover 300 is fitted to the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200, the protective cover 300 is formed. A screw (not shown) is inserted from the front side of the protective cover 300 into the screw holes 300a and 300b (FIG. 19A) provided near the center of the lower left corner and the right edge of the The protective cover 300 is fixed to the case holder 200 by screwing the end portion thereof to the front side of the case holder 200. The screw inserted into the screw hole 300b at the center of the right edge of the protective cover 300 is also inserted into the screw hole 120a (FIG. 20A) provided at the lower right corner of the base member 120 of the gaming machine substrate case 100. It is inserted and provided in a state of penetrating the base member 120.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, after the protective cover 300 is fixed to the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200 with the above-described screws in this assembly procedure 4, the protective cover 300 is fixed by the above-described screws in the protective cover 300. A sealing cap 602 (FIG. 20 (b)) is fitted in the place to cover the lid, and a sealing seal 603 (FIG. 20 (b)) is attached. The sealing seal 603 is pasted in a state of straddling the sealing cap 602 and the protective cover 300. For this reason, when the protective cover 300 is removed illegally, the mark remains on the sealing cap 602 and the sealing seal 603, which makes it easier to find the fact. . When the application of the sealing seal 603 is completed, the above-described assembly procedure 4 is completed.

3.5 Completion of Assembly Procedures 1 to 4 When all of the above-described assembly procedures 1 to 4 are completed, the gaming machine substrate case 100 is in a state of being attached to the gaming machine chassis. Once all the other components have been attached to the gaming machine chassis, assembly of the gaming machine is complete.

4. Regular Opening Procedure for a Game Machine Substrate Case Etc. The gaming machine substrate case 100, the case holder 200 and the protective cover 300 of the present embodiment are normally opened as follows when an inspection board inspects the electronic substrate 500 etc. It is assumed that regular opening is performed in steps 1 to 4.
[Regular opening procedure 1]
The protective cover 300 is removed from the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100.
[Regular opening procedure 2]
The above-mentioned "B caulking portion" is released, and the gaming machine substrate case 100 is removed from the case holder 200.
[Regular opening procedure 3]
The above-mentioned "A caulking portion" is released, and the cover member 110 is removed from the base member 120 of the gaming machine substrate case 100.
[Regular opening procedure 4]
The electronic board 500 is removed from the cover member 110.

  Hereinafter, the above-mentioned regular opening procedures 1 to 4 will be described.

4.1 Regular Opening Procedure 1
In the regular opening procedure 1, the sealing seal 603 (FIG. 20B) attached to the protective cover 300 in the above-mentioned assembly procedure 4 is broken, and the sealing cap 602 fitted in the protective cover 300 in the above-mentioned assembly procedure 4. This is done by destroying (FIG. 20 (b)) and removing it from the protective cover 300, and removing the screw at the portion covered by the sealing cap 602.

4.2 Regular Opening Procedure 2
The release of the “B-crimped part” in the regular opening procedure 2 destroys the normally opened destruction part 100a ₁ (FIG. 9) provided in the part covering the “B-crimped part” in the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the destruction thereof A tool such as a nipper is inserted from the cut portion to cut the base end portion (the portion indicated by the broken line portion 170b in FIG. 15) of the engaging portion 170 that constitutes the “B crimped portion”. After releasing the "B caulking part", reverse to the above-mentioned assembling procedure 3, slide the gaming machine substrate case 100 to the left with respect to the case holder 200, and then, the gaming machine substrate case 100 as shown in FIG. After moving from the assembly slide end position shown in FIG. 14 (c) to the assembly slide start position shown in FIG. 14 (b), the gaming machine substrate case 100 is pulled forward to obtain the gaming machine substrate case 100. Is removed from the case holder 200.

4.3 Regular Opening Procedure 3
The release of the “A crimped part” in the regular opening procedure 3 destroys the fragile part 100 b ₁ (FIG. 7A and FIG. 13) provided in the part covering the “A crimped part” in the gaming machine substrate case 100. As a result, the engaged portion 130 (FIG. 13) is separated from the main body of the cover member 110. After releasing the "A crimped portion", the cover member 110 is slid upward with respect to the base member 120 in reverse to the above-mentioned assembly procedure 2 to set the cover member 110 as shown in FIG. 7C. After moving from the attached slide end position to the assembly slide start position shown in FIG. 7B, the cover member 110 is removed from the base member 120 by pulling the cover member 110 forward.

4.4 Regular Opening Procedure 4
The regular opening procedure 4 is performed by removing the screw (screw fixing the electronic substrate 500 to the cover member 110) attached in the above-mentioned assembling procedure 1.

4.5 After Completion of Regular Opening Procedure 1 to 4 When all the above-mentioned regular opening procedures 1 to 4 are completed, the inspection organization inspects the electronic substrate 500 and the like. After the intended inspection, the gaming machine substrate case 100, the case holder 200 and the protective cover 300 are resealed by an inspection organization or the like.

5. Procedure for Resealing a Game Machine Substrate Case, etc. In this embodiment, the gaming machine substrate case 100, the case holder 200, and the protective cover 300 are inspected by an inspection organization or the like after regular opening by the inspection organization or the like. It is assumed that resealing is performed in the following resealing procedures 1 to 4.
[Resealing procedure 1]
The electronic board 500 after inspection is assembled on the rear surface side of the cover member 110.
[Resealing step 2]
The cover member 110 is assembled on the front side of the base member 120, and the electronic substrate 500 is accommodated in the gaming machine substrate case 100.
[Resealing step 3]
The gaming machine substrate case 100 is assembled on the front side of the case holder 200 (casing side member) fixed to the front side of the back plate 10a ₁ (FIG. 2) of the housing body 10a.
[Resealing procedure 4]
The protective cover 300 is assembled on the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100.

  Hereinafter, the above resealing procedures 1 to 4 will be described.

5.1 Resealing procedure 1
In the resealing procedure 1, the electronic substrate 500 after inspection is assembled on the rear surface side of the cover member 110 in the same procedure as the above-mentioned assembling procedure 1.

5.2 Resealing procedure 2
In the resealing procedure 2, the cover member 110 is assembled to the front side of the base member 120 in the same procedure as the above-mentioned assembling procedure 2. However, when performing the above-mentioned assembling procedure 2, the engaging portion 170 constituting the “A crimped portion” is engaged with the engaged portion 130, but when performing the resealing procedure 2 The "A-crimped part" is destroyed in the normal opening procedure 3 described above, and the "A-crimped part" is in a state where it can not perform its function. For this reason, in resealing procedure 2, engagement of "A crimped part" is not performed. After the above-mentioned normal opening procedure 3 is performed, the "A-crimped portion" is in a broken state.

5.3 Resealing procedure 3
In resealing procedure 3, in the same procedure as the above-mentioned assembling procedure 3, on the front side of case holder 200 (case side member) fixed on the front side of back plate 10a ₁ (FIG. 2) of case body 10a. , Assemble the gaming machine substrate case 100. In the resealing step 3, the gaming machine substrate case 100 is assembled to the case holder 200 in a state where it can not be removed from the case holder 200 unless the gaming machine substrate case 100 or the case holder 200 is destroyed. .

  In this respect, when performing the above-mentioned assembling procedure 3, as shown in FIG. 17, the engaging portion 170 (first position engaging portion) constituting the “B caulking portion” is at the first position (figure). It engaged with respect to the movable body 220 for engagement in 40 (a). However, when the resealing procedure 3 is performed, the engaging portion 170 of the “B crimped portion” is broken in the normal opening procedure 2 described above, and the function (B crimped) can not be achieved. . For this reason, in the resealing procedure 3, the engagement between the engagement portion 170 of the "B caulking portion" and the movable body 220 for engagement is not performed, and the engagement portion juxtaposed to the engagement portion 170 of the "B caulking portion" The movable part 220 for engagement in the second position (FIG. 40 (b)) where the engagement portion 170 (the engagement portion 170 of the portion indicated by the symbol "C" in FIG. 17) (the engagement portion for the second position) is Engage against Therefore, when the resealing procedure 3 is performed, the movable body 220 for engagement is previously moved to the second position. The engagement state of the second position engaging portion 170 and the engaged movable body 220 is the same as the engaged state of the first position engaging portion 170 and the engaged movable body 170 (FIGS. 15 to 17). Therefore, the description is omitted.

  By the way, in the game machine industry, when reassembling the gaming machine substrate case removed from the case side member (case holder 200 etc.) at the time of regular opening by an inspection organization etc. to the original case side member, The engagement of the gaming machine substrate case with the housing side member is called "C-crimping", and the portion of the gaming machine substrate case and housing-side member to which "C-crimping" is applied is "C-crimped portion". I'm calling. The "C-crimped portion" prevents the gaming machine substrate case from being removed illegally from the housing side member after the regular opening by the inspection organization etc. (The gaming machine substrate case has been removed illegally from the housing side member Sometimes it's a part of it to leave its mark.

  In the present embodiment, the engaging portion 170 (second position engaging portion) and the engaged movable body 220 engaged in the resealing procedure 3 are also provided as the "C crimped portion". (However, as described above, the engaged movable body 220 is also used as the "B caulking portion"). Therefore, in the present specification, the engagement between the engaging portion 170 engaged in the resealing procedure 3 and the movable body 220 for engagement is referred to as “C caulking”, and in the gaming machine substrate case 100 or the like. A portion engaged by the engaging portion 170 and the movable body for engagement 220 may be referred to as a “C crimped portion”. In the drawings of the present application, the portion corresponding to the "C crimped portion" is indicated by using the symbol "C".

  The engagement portion 170 (second position engagement portion) constituting the “C crimped portion” is not particularly limited as long as it is a portion where unauthorized access is difficult in the gaming machine substrate case 100 or the like. However, in the vicinity of the engaging portion 170 (the first position engaging portion) which constitutes the "B caulking portion", the engaging portion 170 which constitutes the "C caulking portion" is connected to the first position engaging portion 170. It is preferable to provide them in parallel (the engagement directions are parallel to each other). As a result, when switching the “crimped part” to be used from the “B-crimped part” to the “C-crimped part”, it is sufficient to move the movable body for engagement 220 a short distance by a simple trajectory (straight trajectory). As a result, the design of the case holder 200 is facilitated. Further, the number of "C crimped parts" installed is not particularly limited. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, “C crimped portion” (below the “B crimped portion”) in the vicinity of the center of the right edge of the gaming machine substrate case 100 etc. One second position engaging portion) is provided.

  By the way, because regular opening by inspection organization etc. is not limited to once, in addition to "C-crimped part", "D-crimped part" and "E-crimped part" in the conventional gaming machine substrate case etc. May be provided. In this case, the "C-crimped part" is broken in the second regular opening, the "D-crimped part" is used in the second re-sealing, and the "C-crimped part" is used in the third regular opening. The “D-crimped part” is broken, and the “E-crimped part” is used at the third resealing. In the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200 of the present embodiment, the portions corresponding to the “D-crimped portion” and the “E-crimped portion” are not provided, but the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200 It is also possible to provide a portion corresponding to "D-crimped part" or "E-crimped part".

  In the case where the "D crimped portion" or the "E crimped portion" is provided, the engaged movable body 220 is used at the first position used as the "B crimped portion" and the second position used as the "C crimped portion" It is possible to move not only to the position but also to the third position used as the "D-crimped part" and the fourth position used as the "E-crimped part", and to be engaged in the third position. This can be realized by providing a third position engaging portion that engages with the compatible movable body 220 and a fourth position engaging portion that engages with the engaged movable body 220 at the fourth position. In this case, it is preferable that the first position engaging portion, the second position engaging portion, the third position engaging portion, and the fourth position engaging portion be arranged in parallel in the vicinity.

  When the engagement portion 170 (second position position engagement portion) of the “C crimped portion” and the movable body 220 for engagement are engaged in the above-described procedure, the resealing procedure 3 is completed. In this state, although the "C caulking portion" for engaging the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the case holder 200 is functioning, the cover member 110 and the base member 120 in the gaming machine substrate case 100 are engaged. As described above, the “A-crimped part” to be done is not broken as the “A-crimped part” because it has already been destroyed.

  However, the gaming machine substrate case 100 of this embodiment has a structure in which the cover member 110 can not be removed from the base member 120 unless the cover member 110 is slid upward with respect to the base member 120 (the above-mentioned normal However, as shown in FIG. 14, the case holder 200 has the upper wall portion 204, and when the resealing procedure 3 is completed, the upper wall portion 204 serves as the cover member 110. Is pressed from the upper side to restrict the upward slide of the cover member 110. For this reason, in a state where the gaming machine substrate case 100 is assembled to the case holder 200, the cover member 110 can not be removed from the base member 120 even if the "A caulking portion" does not function. There is.

5.4 Resealing Procedure In resealing procedure 4, the protective cover 300 is assembled on the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100 in the same procedure as the assembling procedure 4 described above.

5.5 After Completion of Resealing Procedures 1 to 4 When all of the resealing procedures 1 to 4 described above are completed, the gaming machine is ready to be installed in the hall. When suspicious behavior is observed in the gaming machine installed in the hall, or a failure or suspicious point is recognized in the electronic substrate 500, the electronic substrate 500 and the like are returned to the manufacturer.

6. Manufacturer Returning Procedure for Electronic Substrates Etc. When returning the electronic substrate 500 etc. of the present embodiment to the manufacturer, it is assumed that the following return procedures 1 to 4 are to be made.
[Return procedure 1]
The protective cover 300 is removed from the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100.
[Return procedure 2]
The above-mentioned "C crimped portion" is released, and the gaming machine substrate case 100 is removed from the case holder 200.
[Return procedure 3]
The cover member 110 and the base member 120 in the gaming machine substrate case 100 are engaged with each other by using an “F caulking portion” described later, and the electronic substrate 500 is sealed in the gaming machine substrate case 100.
[Return procedure 4]
The electronic substrate 500 is returned to the manufacturer while being sealed by the gaming machine substrate case 100.

  Hereinafter, the above-mentioned return procedures 1 to 4 will be described.

6.1 Return procedure 1
In the return procedure 1, the protective cover 300 is removed from the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100 in the same procedure as the normal opening procedure 1 described above.

6.2 Return procedure 2
In the return procedure 2, the “C crimped portion” is released and the gaming machine substrate case 100 is removed from the case holder 200 in the same procedure as that in which the “B crimped portion” is released in the normal opening procedure 2 described above. However, when releasing the “B-crimped part” in the above-mentioned normal opening procedure 2, the regular-open broken part 100a ₁ provided in the portion covering the “B-crimped part” in the gaming machine substrate case 100 (FIG. ) And insert a tool such as a nipper from the broken part and cut the engaging part 170 of the “B caulking part”, but when releasing the “C caulking part” in the return procedure 2, The regular opening breaking part 100a ₂ (FIG. 9) provided in the part covering the “C crimped part” in the machine case 100 is broken, and a tool such as a nipper is inserted from the broken part to “C crimped part”. Cut off the engagement portion 170 of

  When the return procedure 2 is completed, the gaming machine substrate case 100 is removed from the case holder 200, and the upper wall portion 204 (FIG. 14) of the case holder 200 restricts sliding of the cover member 110 upward. In addition to being ineffective, as described above, the "A crimped portion" is already broken and no longer functional, so the cover member 110 can be removed from the base member 120. .

6.3 Return procedure 3
As described above, when the return procedure 2 is completed, the cover member 110 can be removed from the base member 120. Therefore, in the gaming machine substrate case 100 in this state, the sealing function of the electronic substrate 500 can not be achieved. Therefore, when the gaming machine substrate case 100 is returned to the manufacturer in this state, if the fraudulent action is taken such as the ROM of the electronic substrate 500 being replaced with a forged ROM in the middle of the return path, It becomes difficult to notice. In addition, even if the manufacturer inspects the returned electronic substrate 500 and finds an illegal act such as a forged ROM exchange, it is made in the middle of the return route whether the illegal act is done in the hall or not It becomes difficult to determine if it is a thing. Therefore, in the return procedure 3, the cover member 110 and the base member 120 are engaged again, and the electronic substrate 500 is sealed again by the gaming machine substrate case 100.

  In the present embodiment, the engaged portion 180 (see FIG. 31 described later) provided near the lower right corner of the base member 120 is separated from the base member 120 using a nipper or the like, and separated. The engaged portion 180 is engaged with the engaged portion fitting port 110b provided at the right end of the upper wall portion 114 of the cover member shown in FIG. The cover member 110 is assembled to the base member 120 by performing the same operation (backward movement operation and downward slide operation) as assembling the cover member 110 to the base member 120 in the assembly procedure 2. The member 110 and the base member 120 are engaged again. When the cover member 110 is operated to slide downward, the engaging portion 170 (the engaging portion 170 of the portion indicated by the symbol “F” in FIG. 7A) provided at the upper right corner of the base member 120 , Pushed into and engaged with the aforementioned engaged portion 180. The engaged portion 180 is provided with a flange around its periphery, and has a form in which it can not pass through the engaged portion insertion port 110b, so the engaging portion 170 engages with the engaged portion 180. After the engagement, the cover member 110 can not be removed from the base member 120 unless the engaged portion 180 and the engaging portion 170 engaged therewith are broken or the like.

  At this time, in the section where the engaged portion 180 (FIG. 31) in the base member 120 is separated, the hole (cut hole) is open. However, in the gaming machine substrate case 100 according to the present embodiment, the partition wall portion 126 (see FIG. 30A described later) of the base member 120 and the partition wall portion 116 of the cover member 110 (FIG. In the inside of the gaming machine substrate case 100, the space which communicates with the outside through the above-mentioned cutout hole is divided by the space b) into a space in which the electronic substrate 500 is accommodated. For this reason, the electronic board 500 can not be accessed through the above-mentioned cut holes unless the partition wall portion 116 or the partition wall portion 126 is broken or the like.

  By the way, in the game machine industry, when returning an electronic substrate or the like to a manufacturer, it is called "F-crimp" to engage the cover member and the base member in the gaming machine substrate case that accommodates the electronic substrate or the like. A portion of the gaming machine substrate case to which "F-crimping" is applied is called "F-crimping portion". "F-crimping unit" prevents the gaming machine substrate case from being opened illegally when returning the electronic substrate etc. to the manufacturer (if the gaming machine substrate case is opened illegally, its trace will remain Has become part of.

  In the present embodiment, the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 180 engaged in the return procedure 3 are also provided as the “F caulking portion”. Therefore, in the present specification, the engagement between the engagement portion 170 engaged in the return procedure 3 and the engaged portion 180 is referred to as “F caulking”, and the engagement in the gaming machine substrate case 100 is performed. The part engaged by the part 170 and the to-be-engaged part 180 may be called "F crimping part." In the drawings of the present application, a portion corresponding to "F caulked portion" is indicated using a symbol "F".

  The “F-crimped part” is not particularly limited as to the place where the “F-crimped part” is provided as long as it is a place where unauthorized access is difficult in the gaming machine substrate case 100. Further, the number of "F caulking portions" installed is not particularly limited. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, “F-crimped portion” is provided at one place of the upper right corner of the gaming machine substrate case 100. The "F-crimped part" is not provided with a part of the structure (for example, the pressing displacement restricting part 140 or the proximity displacement restricting part 150 shown in FIG. 24 described later) present in the "A crimped part" or the like. Except for the above, it is the same as the "A crimped portion" and the like. For this reason, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted about the aspect of engagement of "F crimping | crimped part." When the engagement of the "F caulking portion" is completed, the return procedure 3 ends.

6.4 Return procedure 4
In the return procedure 4, the electronic substrate 500 and the like are returned to the maker together with the gaming machine substrate case 100 along a predetermined return route.

6.5 After Completion of the Return Procedures 1 to 4 The manufacturer cancels the “F-crimped portion” in the gaming machine substrate case 100 returned from the hall or the like, and the base member 120 is processed similarly to the normal opening procedure 3 above. After the cover member 110 is slid upward, the cover member 110 is removed from the base member 120 by pulling it forward, and then the electronic substrate 500 is removed in the same procedure as the regular opening procedure 4 described above. The electronic board 500 is removed from the cover member 110, and the electronic board 500 is inspected and repaired. The release of the “F-crimped part” destroys the regular opening destruction part 100 a ₃ (FIG. 7A) provided on the part covering the “F-crimped part” in the gaming machine substrate case 100, and the destroyed part , And a cutting tool such as a nipper is inserted to cut the engaging portion 170 of the "F caulking portion".

7. Specific structure of the gaming machine substrate case and its peripheral members The gaming machine substrate case of this embodiment is the above-mentioned "3. Assembly procedure of gaming machine substrate case etc.", "4. gaming machine substrate case, etc. The game machine is assumed to use as described in the regular opening procedure of “5. Resealing procedure of substrate case etc. for gaming machine” and “6. Manufacturer return procedure of electronic substrate etc.” The substrate case 100, the case holder 200 and the like are subjected to various devices suitable for such a usage mode. Hereinafter, these devices will be described in detail.

However, in the following description, for convenience of explanation, the terms “α direction”, “α ⁺ side” and “α ⁻ side”, and “β direction”, “β ⁺ side” and “β ⁻ side” May be used. The meaning of these terms is as shown in FIG. FIG. 35 shows that the engaging portion of the engaging portion 170 provided as the “A crimped portion” on the base member 120 is pushed against the engaged portion 130 provided on the cover member 110 as the “A crimped portion”. It is the figure which looked at the mode of a displacement of the engaging part 170 at the time of pushing in and engaging in the back direction, from the pushing direction back side (z axial direction positive side).

That is, it is perpendicular to the pressing direction (z-axis direction) of the engaging portion 170 with respect to the engaged portion 130 and on the surface of the fragile portion 100b ₁ (the surface on the side where the engaged portion 130 is provided. The parallel direction is called "alpha direction", one side in the alpha direction is called "alpha ⁺ side", and the other side in the alpha direction is called "alpha ^- side". In the example of FIG. 35 (A crimp), the positive side in the x-axis direction is the “α ⁺ side”, and the negative side in the x-axis direction is the “α ⁻ side”. Further, the direction perpendicular to the plane of the fragile portion 100b ₁ is called a "beta direction", the side far from the surface of the fragile portion 100b ₁ of the beta direction is referred to as "beta ⁺ side" fragile portion 100b ₁ of the beta direction the side close to the surface ^- is referred to as "β side". In the example of FIG. 35 (A crimp), the positive side in the y-axis direction is "beta ⁺ side", and the negative side in the y-axis direction is "beta ^- side".

Where the terms "alpha direction", "alpha ⁺ side" and "alpha ^- side", and "beta direction", "beta ⁺ side" and "beta ^- side" mean, except for "A crimped part" The same applies to the "B-crimped part" and the "C-crimped part". However, in the present embodiment, the pushing direction of the engaging portion 170 is different between the “A caulking portion” and the “B caulking portion” and the “C caulking portion”. The relationships with the axes, y-axis and z-axis are also different. Specifically, in the "B crimped portion" and the "C crimped portion", the z-axis direction shown in FIG. 16 is the "α direction", the z axis direction positive side is the "α ^- side" and the z axis direction negative side is It is "alpha ⁺ side".

In addition, in the "A caulking portion", as shown in FIG. 13, fragile portion 100b ₁ is provided with the engaged portion 130 side, y-axis direction positive side is "beta ⁺ side" (fragile portion 100b ₁ While the y-axis direction negative side is the “β ⁻ side” (the side closer to the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b ₁ ) on the side far from the surface), in the “B crimped portion” and “C crimped portion”, FIG. as shown in the fragile portion 100b ₁ is provided in the engagement portion 170 side, y-axis direction positive side is "beta ^- side" in (closer to the weak portion 100b _1), y-axis direction negative side "beta ⁺ Side. Thus, "beta ⁺ side" and the "A caulking portion" reversed and ^{- -} "side beta" and "beta side", "beta ⁺ side" in "B crimping portion" and "C crimping portion" and Therefore, take care. This point will be described in detail later.

8. Board case for game machine (cover member and base member)
First, the gaming machine substrate case 100 will be described. As described above, the gaming machine substrate case 100 is configured by assembling the cover member 110 on the front side of the base member 120.

8.1 Cover member (board case for gaming machines)
FIG. 21 is a view showing the cover member 110 as viewed from (a) front diagonally upper right and (b) rear diagonally upper left. FIG. 22 is a view showing the cover member 110 as viewed from the front. FIG. 23 is a view showing the cover member 110 as viewed from the rear. FIG. 24 shows the engaged portion 130 provided as the “A crimped portion” on the cover member 110 as (a) viewed from the front upper right and (b) viewed from the rear upper left. FIG. FIG. 25 is a six-sided view of the engaged portion 130 in FIG. 24 with the surface on the z axis direction negative side in the same drawing as the front.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the cover member 110 of the present embodiment is provided so as to protrude rearward from the left edge and the right edge on both sides of the front wall 111 having a rectangular shape in front view and the front wall 111, respectively. Left wall portion 112 and right wall portion 113, upper wall portion 114 and lower wall portion 115 provided to project rearward from the upper edge portion and lower edge portion of the front wall portion 111, and the front wall portion 111; And a partition wall 116, 117 and the like for partitioning the rear space of the The upper wall portion 114 not only covers the upper surface of the cover member 110, but also functions as a "force-bearing wall portion" that abuts against a push-in displacement restricting portion 140 (Fig. 12) described later. For this reason, in the following, the upper wall portion 114 may be referred to as a “bearing wall portion 114”. Further, the partition wall portions 116 and 117 are not merely used as a simple partition, but also guide when the cover member 110 is vertically slid with respect to the base member 120 in the above-mentioned assembly procedure 2 and resealing procedure 2 and the like. It also serves as a functional part.

  As shown in FIG. 23, an engaged portion 130 is provided on the back side (rear surface side) of a portion of the front wall portion 111 that covers the “A crimped portion”. The engaged portion 130 is an engaging portion 170 provided on the side of the base member 120 in the case of “A crimping” in which the cover member 110 is assembled to the base member 120 (reference numeral “A” in FIG. (The engagement portion 170) of the portion indicated by (1) is a portion for engaging and engaging.

As will be described later, the engaged portion 130 of this embodiment has an α ⁺ -side engaged wall portion 131 (FIG. 24) located on the α ⁺ -side (the positive side in the x-axis direction) and an α ⁻ -side (x-axis) alpha located toward the negative side) ^- where having a side the engagement wall portion 132 (FIG. 24), alpha ⁺ side and a base end portion of the engagement wall portion 131 alpha ^- group on the side the engagement wall portion 132 end and a (front end), is formed integrally with the backside (rear side) of the weak portion 100b ₁ shown in FIG. 22. In the cover member 110 of this embodiment includes a fragile portion 100b ₁ of alpha ⁺ side the engaging wall portion 131 is provided, alpha ^- side the engaging wall portion 132 is allowed to divide the weakened portion 100b ₁ provided . How to integrate engaged portion 130 with respect to weakened portion 100b ₁ is not particularly limited, in the cover member 110 of this embodiment has been formed separately from the fragile portion 100b ₁ (cover member 110) By subjecting the engaged portion 130 to the cover member 110 by vibration welding, the engaged portion 130 is integrated with the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b ₁ .

The above fragile portion 100b _1, rather than the surrounding site by a thermoplastic resin has a brittle-formed portion, the while attempting to release illegally engagement of the engaging portion 170 with respect to the engaged portion 130 This portion is a portion for leaving a trace (plastic deformation such as whitening) caused by an external force applied to the engaging portion 130 (a portion corresponding to “a whitening portion at the time of fraud release” described later). That is, the fragile portion 100b _1, when unauthorized release the engagement between the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 130, and has a portion for causing plastic deformation of whitening or the like intentionally. Therefore, in the present embodiment, even when the gaming machine substrate case 100 is attached to a predetermined location in the gaming machine chassis, the fragile portion 100b ₁ can be easily viewed from the outside of the gaming machine substrate case 100. as it has been set the location and orientation to provide the fragile portion 100b _1. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 22, the front wall portion 111 of the cover member 110 (the front wall portion 111 is disposed forward when the gaming machine substrate case 100 is attached to the gaming machine case). in the normal direction of the fragile portion 100b ₁ is, so as to be substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction (y-axis direction) it is provided with a fragile portion 100b ₁ of the "a caulking portion". Further, in the present embodiment, as described later, although the fragile portion 100b ₁ (FIG. 17) is also provided to the “B crimped portion” and the “C crimped portion”, the “B crimped portion” and the “C crimped portion” are provided. The same applies to the case where the normal direction of the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b _{1 of} “is substantially parallel to the front-rear direction (y-axis direction)”.

As already mentioned, for a game machine board case 100 of this embodiment, via the case holder 200 is attached to the back plate 10a ₁ of the housing body 10a (FIG. 2). For this reason, as shown in FIG. 2, when the gaming machine substrate case 100 is attached to a predetermined portion of the casing main body 10a (game machine casing), the front wall portion 111 of the cover member 110 is the front. It is arranged in a state of facing (the negative side in the y-axis direction in FIG. 2). In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, when the front door 10 b of the gaming machine case is open, the front wall portion 111 of the cover member 110 opens the open surface 10 a ₂ of the case body 10 a (opens the front door 10 b (See the plane indicated by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2.) It is visible from the side. In other words, between the front wall portion 111 (the board case for a game machine 100) and the open face 10a ₂ of the housing body 10a, in a state of absence of obstacles like blocking the line of sight. Therefore, as described above, fragile portion 100b ₁ provided in the front wall portion 111 of the cover member 110 can be inspected person to easily view.

As described above, by not interposing an obstacle that blocks the line of sight between the member providing the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b ₁ (whitening portion at the time of fraud release) and the open surface 10 a ₂ of the casing main body 10 a, the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b ₁ It becomes possible for an inspector to easily check the whitening section). The same applies to the case where the configuration according to the present invention is adopted for another member (member other than the main control board unit 30; for example, the sub control board unit 31 of FIG. 2 etc.) attached to the casing main body 10a. is there. When the configuration according to the present invention is adopted not by the housing body 10a but by a member attached to the front door 10b (for example, the liquid crystal unit 32 or the connector unit 34 in FIG. 2), the fragile portion 100b ₁ ( a member providing a fraudulent cancellation whitened part), when closing the open surface 10b ₂ (front door 10b of the front door 10b, indicated by a two-dot chain line in the plane. Figure 2 that overlaps the open face 10a ₂ of the housing body 10a By not interposing an obstacle that blocks the line of sight between the face and the face), the inspector can easily confirm the fragile portion 100b ₁ (whitening portion at the time of fraud release). The normal direction of the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b ₁ (whitening portion at the time of fraud release) is substantially parallel to the normal direction of the open surface 10 a ₂ of the casing main body 10 a (the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b ₁ If provided illegal cancellation whitened part).), or, prior to substantially the normal direction of the open surface 10b ₂ of the door 10b to be parallel (front door 10b side of the member to the fragile portion 100b ₁ (illegal cancellation In the case where the whitening portion is provided), it is preferable.

A method of forming brittle than the surrounding region the fragile portion 100b ₁ is not particularly limited. In this embodiment, weak portion 100b _1, by forming thinner than portions of the periphery thereof, forms brittle than the surrounding site, the plastic deformation of the whitening such that portion is likely to occur. In this specification, the engagement provided on the gaming machine member (including not only the cover member 110 and the base member 120 but also other members such as the case holder 200) as in the fragile portion 100b ₁ described above. Improper engagement between the engaging portion and the engaged portion around the portion where the engaging portion or the engaged portion is provided in the portion, the engaged portion, or the gaming machine member The part which produces plastic deformation, such as whitening, in the case of cancellation | release may be called a "corruption cancellation whitening part."

The thickness of the fragile portion 100b ₁ is different depending on the molding material of the cover member 110, etc., it is not particularly limited. However, if too thick a fragile portion 100b _1, there is a possibility that hardly remain traces the fragile portion 100b ₁ when unauthorized access. Therefore, the thickness of the fragile portion 100b ₁ is preferably When 1mm or less, and more preferably when the 0.7mm or less, more preferably to 0.5mm or less. On the other hand, if the fragile portion 100b ₁ is made too thin, when engaging the engaging portion 170 with the engaged portion 130 regularly in a game machine manufacturing plant or the like as well as in the case of unauthorized access The plastic deformation is likely to occur in the fragile portion 100b ₁ also when performing the attaching procedure 2). Therefore, the thickness of the fragile portion 100b ₁ is generally a 0.05mm or more. The thickness of the fragile portion 100b ₁ is more preferable to set 0.1mm or more.

Moreover, (the area of one fragile portion 100b ₁₎ the area of each of the fragile portion 100b ₁ is not particularly limited. However, when each of the too narrow area of the fragile portion 100b _1, inevitably, the engaged portion 130 also becomes necessary to reduce, there is a possibility that molding of such engaged portion 130 becomes difficult. Therefore, the area of each of the fragile portion 100b ₁ is preferably When 5 mm ² or more, and more preferably to 10 mm ² or more. On the other hand, if the area of each fragile portion 100b ₁ is too wide, the fragile portion 100b ₁ becomes too easy to be broken, and plastic deformation is likely to occur in the fragile portion 100b ₁ even in cases other than unauthorized access. . Thus, fragile portion 100b ₁ is preferably limited to providing a narrow range. Specifically, each of the area of the weakened part 100b _1, preferably when the 300 mm ² or less, more preferably when the 200 mm ² or less, more preferably to 100 mm ² or less. If the dimension of the engaged portion 130 can not be made much smaller, it is preferable to divide the fragile portion 100b1 into a plurality of places for _one engaged portion 130 as in the cover member 110 of the present embodiment.

As long as the engaged portion 130 can engage the engaging portion 170 provided on the side of the base member 120 (the engaging portion 170 of the portion indicated by the symbol “A” in FIG. 31 described later), The form is not particularly limited. In the cover member 110 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 33, infra, the engagement portion 170, alpha ⁺ located on the side (x-axis positive direction side) alpha ⁺ beta ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and alpha Because it is composed of the ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173 and the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion 175 located on the α ⁻ side (the negative side in the x-axis direction), as shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, the engaging portion 130 of the cover member 110 side, and alpha ⁺ side (x-axis positive direction side) in placed the alpha ⁺ side the engaging wall portion 131, alpha ^- side α arranged to (x-axis direction negative side) ^- are constituted by the side the engagement wall portion 132. That is, the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173 are engaged with the α ⁺ side engaged wall portion 131, and the α ⁻ side engaged wall portion 132 is α ⁻ The β ⁺ -side engagement portion 174 and the α ^- β ^- side engagement portion 175 are engaged.

When the engaging portion 170 is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion 130, the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172 on the α ⁺ side (the positive side in the x-axis direction) and the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engagement The portion 173 receives a pressing force from the α ⁺ -side engaged wall portion 131, and the α ^- β ⁺ -side engaging portion 174 and the α ^- β ^- side engaging portion 175 on the α ^- side (x-axis direction negative side) The pressing force is received from the α ^- side engaged wall 132. Therefore, when the engaging portion 170 is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion 130, as shown in FIG. 35, the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engagement on the α ⁺ side (the positive side in the x-axis direction) The portion 172 and the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engagement portion 173, and the α ⁻ side (x axis direction negative side) α ⁻ β ⁺ side engagement portion 174 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engagement portion 175 are shown in FIG. After being elastically displaced in directions approaching each other in the α direction (x-axis direction) from the initial position shown by the solid line portion to the first displacement position shown by the hatched hatching in the same figure, again elastically returning to the initial position , alpha ⁺ side the engaging wall 131 and alpha ^- adapted to engage the side the engagement wall portion 132.

Further, as shown in FIG. 24B, the engaged portion 130 of this embodiment includes the front end portion (rear end portion) of the α ⁺ -side engaged wall portion 131 and the α ⁻ -side engaged wall A connecting wall 133 is also provided to connect the front end (rear end) of the portion 132. Furthermore, in the engaged portion 130, the base end (front end) of the α ⁺ -side engaged wall 131 and the base end (front end) of the α ^-- side engaged wall 132 are connected. A bottom wall 134 is also provided. Therefore, as shown in the front view of FIG. 25, the engaged portion 130 has a frame shape in a front view, and is in a state in which the rigidity is enhanced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the engagement portion 170 from being disengaged from the engaged portion 130 by unintended deformation of the engaged portion 130 which engages the engaging portion 170.

  Further, in the cover member 110 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the bearing wall is located at the front side (z-axis direction negative side) of the engaging portion 170 as viewed from the bearing wall 114. The push-in displacement restricting portion 140 is provided in a state of being separated from the portion 114 by a predetermined distance. When the push-in displacement restricting portion 140 pushes and engages the engaging portion 170 with respect to the engaged portion 130, the push-in displacement restricting portion 140 is displaced rearward in the pushing direction (z-axis direction positive side) to contact the bearing wall portion 114. By being in contact with each other, it is a portion for restricting the displacement of the engaged portion 130 to the rear side (z-axis direction positive side) in the pushing direction. More specifically, the push-in displacement control unit 140 is a part for exerting the following function.

That is, as described above, the engaged portion 130 is integrally formed with the fragile portion 100b ₁ in order to easily leave a trace when the engaging portion 170 engaged with the engaged portion 130 is improperly pulled out. Where the engaging portion 170 is properly engaged with the engaged portion 130 in the manufacturing plant of the gaming machine, etc., as well as at the time of tampering with the fragile portion 100b ₁ Also when performing the assembly procedure 2), there is a possibility that traces such as whitening may remain. In particular, when the engaging portion 170 is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion 130, the pressing force by the engaging portion 170 is also applied to the engaged portion 130, and the engaged portion 130 is engaged. This is because attempts to displace the pushing direction rear side (z-axis positive direction side) with respect to weakened portion 100b _1. For this reason, if no countermeasure is taken against the above problems, there is a possibility that the gaming machine substrate case 100 for which the unauthorized opening has not been performed may be mistaken as an unauthorized opening.

In this point, in the gaming machine substrate case 100 according to the present embodiment, when the engaging portion 170 is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion 130 by providing the above-described pressing displacement restricting portion 140, the object to be engaged is By restricting the displacement of the engaging portion 130 to the back side in the pushing direction (z-axis direction positive side), the displacement of the engaged portion 130 to the pushing direction back side (z-axis direction positive side) with respect to the fragile portion 100b ₁ It can be made smaller. Therefore, when the engaging push the engagement portion 170 with respect to the engaged portion 130, it becomes difficult to excessive force is applied to the fragile portion 100b _1, resulting plastic deformation of whitening or the like vulnerable portion 100b ₁ It is possible to make it difficult.

On the other hand, when the engaging portion 170 is pulled out from the engaged portion 130 to release the engagement between the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 130, the above-mentioned push-in displacement restricting portion 140 is engaged with the engaged portion. When the engaging portion 170 is pulled out from the engaged portion 130, the portion 130 is displaced to the side in the pressing direction (the z-axis direction negative side) together with the portion 130 and does not abut on other portions such as the bearing wall 114 It does not exhibit the function of restricting the displacement of the engaged portion 130 to the front side in the pushing direction. For this reason, when trying to pull out the engaging portion 170 illegally from the engaged portion 130, the whitening etc. of the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b ₁ (the occurrence of a mark of unauthorized removal) is not inhibited by the pressing displacement regulating portion 140.

In the gaming machine substrate case 100 of the present embodiment, the fragile portion 100b is formed when the engaging portion 170 is pushed against the engaged portion 130 by providing the above-described push-in displacement restricting portion 140 in the above-described manner. _Although it is difficult to cause plastic deformation such as whitening in ₁₎ , the purpose of seemingly contradicting is that plastic deformation such as whitening tends to easily occur in the fragile portion 100b ₁ when the engaging portion 170 is pulled out from the engaged portion 130 Have succeeded in achieving at the same time.

The push-in displacement restricting portion 140 is engaged with the engaged portion 130 at a position on the cover member 110 on the front side in the push-in direction of the engagement portion 170 (the z-axis direction negative side in FIG. 11). As long as it is integrally provided (provided in a state of being displaced together with the engaged portion 130), the specific installation place is not limited. The pressing displacement restricting portion 140 is pressed directly to the engaging portion 170 (the pressing force of the engaging portion 170 is directly applied from the engaging portion 170 to the pressing displacement restricting portion 140), whereby the pressing direction is obtained. It may be displaced to the back side, and is not directly pressed by the engaging portion 170 (the pressing force of the engaging portion 170 is the α ⁺ -side engaged wall portion 131 or α ⁻ in the engaged portion 130. It may be made to be indirectly added to the pushing displacement regulating portion 140 via the side engaged wall portion 132 or the like.

As shown in FIG. 24A, the pressing displacement restricting portion 140 of the present embodiment is provided in a portion of the connecting wall portion 133 of the engaged portion 130 that extends on the back side in the pressing direction (the positive side in the z-axis direction). It has a convex shape. The push-in displacement restricting portion 140 is in a state of protruding toward the side where the engaging portion 170 is inserted (the negative side in the y-axis direction). For this reason, as shown in FIG. 12, when pushing the engaging portion 170 into the engaged portion 130, the surface of the end portion on the near side (z-axis direction negative side) in the pushing direction of the pushing displacement restricting portion 140. A portion (α in FIG. 33) on the β ⁺ side (the positive side in the y-axis direction) of the engaging portion 170 in 140a (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “engaging portion abutted surface of the pressing displacement regulating portion”). ^{The +} β ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 are in contact with each other. Therefore, the behavior of the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172, the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 and the pressing displacement restricting portion 140 when the engaging portion 170 is pushed into the engaged portion 130 is stabilized. Is possible.

Moreover, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 24A and the left side view of FIG. 25, the engaging portion abutted surface 140 a of the pressing displacement regulating portion 140 is located on the front side in the pressing direction (z in FIG. It is inclined so as to protrude to the β ⁻ side (the negative side in the y-axis direction in FIG. 24) from the negative side in the axial direction to the rear side in the pushing direction (the positive side in the z-axis direction in FIG. Therefore, when the engaging portion 170 is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion 130, the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 are solid lines in FIG. After being displaced from the initial position shown by the part to the first displacement position shown by the hatched hatching in the same figure, it is further guided by coming into contact with the engaging part abutted surface 140a of the pushing displacement restricting part 140 After being elastically displaced to the β ^- side (the negative side in the y-axis direction) up to the second displacement position shown by the broken line in FIG. 35, it elastically returns to the initial position.

That is, in the gaming machine substrate case 100 of the present embodiment, when the engaging portion 170 is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion 130, the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and the α ⁻ β ⁺ side are The engaging portion 174 is elastically displaced in both the α direction (x axis direction) and the β direction (y axis direction). Thus, the engagement portion 130 is engaged by complicating the engagement structure between the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engagement portion 172 and the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engagement portion 174 and the engagement portion 130. It is possible to make the engaging portion 170 more difficult to remove from the engaged portion 130 illegally.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 13, after engaging the engaging portion 170 with the engaged portion 130, a portion on the β ⁺ side (the positive side in the y-axis direction) in the engaging portion 170 (α ⁺ β in FIG. 33) ^The push-in displacement restricting portion 140 is positioned in the gap between the ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174). For this reason, even if it is attempted to displace the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 in directions approaching each other in the α direction (x-axis direction) for the purpose of unauthorized release of engagement. The push-in displacement regulating unit 140 is in the way. That is, it is also possible to cause the pressing displacement regulating unit 140 to exhibit the same function as the proximity displacement regulating unit 150 described later.

The size of the gap _{G 1} between the push-displacement restricting portion 140 and the bearing wall portion 114 (FIG. 11) is not particularly limited. However, if too large the gap G _1, when engaged by pushing the engagement portion 170 with respect to the engaged portion 130, push displacement regulating portion 140 disappears into contact with the bearing wall portion 114, the indentation depth There is a possibility that the restricting portion 140 can not restrict the displacement of the engaged portion 130 to the rear side in the pushing direction. Therefore, the gap G _{1 (the} gap G _1, etc. If there are engaged portion protection member 160 to be described later, when there is a separate member in the gap G ₁ is excluding the thickness of the separate members The same shall apply hereinafter)) is 3 mm or less. The gap _{G 1} is preferable to be 2mm or less, and more preferably 1mm or less.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 24 (b), proximity displacement restriction is applied to a portion of the bottom wall portion 134 of the engaged portion 130 that extends to the back side (z axis direction positive side) in the pushing direction The portion 150 is provided in a convex shape. The proximity displacement restricting portion 150 is in a state of protruding toward the side where the engaging portion 170 is inserted (the y-axis direction positive side). For this reason, as shown in FIG. 13, after engaging the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 130, a portion on the β ⁻ side (the negative side in the y-axis direction) in the engaging portion 170 (α in FIG. 33) ^The proximity displacement restricting portion 150 is positioned in the gap between the ⁺ β ^- side engaging portion 173 and the α ^- β ^- side engaging portion 175). That is, even if it is intended to displace the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion 175 in the α direction (x-axis direction) so as to release the engagement improperly, The proximity displacement restricting portion 150 is in the way.

As shown in FIG. 12, when pushing the engaging portion 170 into the engaged portion 130, the surface 150a of the end portion of the proximity displacement regulating portion 150 on the near side (z-axis direction negative side) in the pressing direction (below And the engaging portion 170 is in contact with the “contact portion contact surface of the proximity displacement restricting portion”. In this respect, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 24 (b) and the left side view of FIG. 25, the engaging portion abutted surface 150 a of the proximity displacement restricting portion 150 It is inclined so as to protrude to the β ⁺ side (the y-axis direction positive side in FIG. 24) from the z-axis direction negative side to the pressing direction back side (the z-axis direction positive side in FIG. 24). Therefore, when the engaging portion 170 is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion 130, the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion 175 are solid lines in FIG. After being displaced from the initial position shown by the part to the first displacement position shown by the hatched hatching in the same figure, it is further guided by coming into contact with the engaging part abutted surface 150a of the proximity displacement restricting part 150. After being elastically displaced to the β ⁺ side (the positive side in the y-axis direction) up to a second displacement position indicated by the broken line in FIG. 35, the sheet is elastically returned to the initial position. That is, in the gaming machine substrate case 100 of the present embodiment, when the engaging portion 170 is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion 130, the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and the α ⁻ β ⁺ Not only the side engaging portion 174 but also the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion 175 are elastic in both the α direction (x axis direction) and the β direction (y axis direction) It is supposed to be displaced. Thus, by complicating the engaging structure of the engaging portion 170 and the engaged portion 130, the engaging portion 170 engaged with the engaged portion 130 is unfairly removed from the engaged portion 130. It has become possible to make things even more difficult.

Incidentally, in the gaming machine board case 100 of this embodiment, as inspector of the presence or absence of unauthorized access is easily visually fragile portion 100b _1, when placing the gaming machine board case 100 in the housing of the gaming machine to, and arranged so that the normal direction of the fragile portion 100b ₁ is a line-of-sight direction of the inspector substantially parallel. Therefore, a plate-like portion perpendicular to the fragile portion 100b ₁ in the gaming machine substrate case 100 or the like (for example, the bearing wall portion 114 described above, the α ⁺ -side engaged wall portion 131 of the engaged portion 130, The α ^- side engaged wall portion 132 etc.) is less visible than the fragile portion 100b ₁ and hardly noticed even if plastic deformation such as whitening occurs in the plate-like portion, the plate-like portion There is a possibility that an unauthorized access to the engaged portion 130 may be attempted by using the

  In this respect, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 28, the engagement member protection member 160 shown in FIGS. 26 and 27 is attached to the engagement member 130, and the engagement member 130 is engaged. By protecting it, such unauthorized access is prevented. FIG. 26 is a view showing the engagement member protection member 160 as seen from (a) front diagonally upper right and (b) rear diagonally upper left. FIG. 27 is a six-sided view in which the face on the negative side in the z-axis direction in FIG. FIG. 28 is a view showing a state where the engagement portion protection member 160 of FIG. 26 is attached to the engagement portion 130 of FIG. 24 as viewed from the rear upper left.

As shown in FIG. 26, the engagement member protection member 160 of this embodiment includes a back surface protection part 161, a side surface protection part (left side surface protection part 162 and right side surface protection part 163), and a flat surface protection part 164. It is a metal member equipped with As shown in FIG. 28, the back surface protection portion 161 is a surface on the back side in the pushing direction (a surface facing the positive side in the z-axis direction among the outer surfaces of the engaged portions 130. Hereinafter, “back surface of the engaged portions”). It is a plate-like part that covers. The side surface protection portions 162 and 163 are surfaces substantially perpendicular to the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b ₁ of the outer surfaces of the engaged portions 130 and substantially parallel to the pressing direction of the engagement portion 130 (x-axis direction positive side or x It is a plate-like portion that covers the surface facing the axial negative side, hereinafter referred to as the “side surface of the engaged portion”. The flat surface protection portion 164 is a surface on the opposite side to the surface integrally provided on the fragile portion 100b ₁ among the outer surfaces of the engaged portions 130 (a surface facing the positive side in the y-axis direction. Hereinafter, “engaged portions It is a plate-like part that covers the

By protecting the engaged portion 130 with the engaged portion protecting member 160, the fraudulent from the direction perpendicular to the normal direction (viewer's line of sight) of the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b _{1 with} respect to the engaged portion 130. It becomes possible to prevent access. Further, as will be described later, the engaged portion protection member 160 is fixed to the engaged portion 130 or the fragile portion 100b ₁ or the like, and the engaged portion using a tool such as a driver or a drill. When a hole is made in the protection member 160, the external force applied from the tool to the engagement portion protection member 160 is fragile from the engagement portion protection member 160 via the engagement portion 130. indirectly to parts 100b _1, or consists of the engaged portion protection member 160 to be directly added to the fragile portion 100b _1, it can cause plastic deformation of the whitening such fragile portion 100b ₁ become. That is, even when the unauthorized access from a direction perpendicular to the normal direction of the fragile portion 100b ₁ was made, leaving its mark on the fragile portion 100b _1, it is possible to easily discover the existence of the unauthorized access. In other words, by making the trace of unauthorized access to a portion that is difficult for the inspector to easily see in a portion that is easily visible to the inspector, it is easy for the inspector to find the trace of unauthorized access to the portion that is difficult to visually check Can.

The back surface protection portion 161, the left side surface protection portion 162, the right side surface protection portion 163, and the flat surface protection portion 164 respectively cover only the back surface, the left side surface, the right side surface, and a part of the flat surface of the engaged portion 130 It is also good. However, in the engagement member protection member 160 according to this embodiment, the back surface protection member 161, the left side surface protection member 162, the right side surface protection member 163, and the flat surface protection member 164 respectively The left side, the right side and substantially the entire plane are covered. Further, the back surface protection portion 161, the left side surface protection portion 162, the right side surface protection portion 163, and the flat surface protection portion 164 may be formed by joining separate members. However, the engagement member protection member 160 in this embodiment is formed by bending a single metal plate (one flat metal plate cut into a predetermined shape). It has become. As a result, the engaged portion protection member 160 is not only made excellent in strength that is less likely to be broken, etc. out even when an external force is applied to any of the protective part may be the external force so transmitted to the fragile portion 100b _1.

  Further, in the engaged portion protection member 160 according to this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 26, the left side surface protection portion 162 and the right side surface protection portion 163 are provided with the fitting pieces 160a. The fitting piece 160a is, as shown in FIG. 28, a fitting piece receiving portion provided on the engaged portion 130 when the engaged portion protecting member 160 is attached to the engaged portion 130. It is fitted in 130b. Thus, the engaged portion protection member 160 can be positioned with respect to the engaged portion 130. The way in which the fitting piece 160a is provided is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, the metal plate forming the left side protection portion 162 and the right side surface protection portion 163 is provided on the inner surface side of the engagement portion protection member 160. By cutting and raising, the fitting piece 160a is formed. For this reason, the fitting piece 160 a is elastically displaceable with respect to the left protecting portion 162 and the right side protecting portion 163. Therefore, when the fitting piece 160a is fitted in the fitting piece receiving portion 130b, the fitting piece 150a can be kept in close contact with the engaged portion 130. Therefore, not only the rattling of the engaged portion protection member 160 can be prevented, but also the external force applied to the engaged portion protection member 160 can be reliably transmitted to the engaged portion 130. ing.

Furthermore, in the engaged portion protection member 160 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 28, the fitting direction front side of the engaged portion protection member 160 with respect to the engaged portion 130 (y The axially positive side is inclined in such a direction as to largely protrude on the inner surface side of the side surface protection portions 162 and 163. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 28A, when attaching the engaged portion protection member 160 to the engaged portion 130, protection of the engaged portion is prevented without causing a large resistance. The member 160 can be pushed to a desired position. Therefore, when mounting the engaged portion protection member 160, it is difficult to transmit the force for pushing the engaged portion protection member 160 to the fragile portion 100b _1, and the fragile portion at the time of mounting the engaged portion protection member 160. it is possible to prevent the whitening and the like of 100b _1.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 28 (b), when trying to pull out the engagement portion protection member 160 mounted on the engagement portion 130 to the front side (the y axis direction positive side) in the mounting direction, The end in the mounting direction near side (the y-axis direction positive side) of the fitting piece 160a is engaged with the fitting piece receiving portion 130b. That is, the engaged portion protection member 160 is in a state where it is difficult to remove the engaged portion 130 from the engaged portion 130. Also, when trying to pull out the engaged portion protection member 160 forcibly from the engaged portion 130, the pulling force is easily transmitted to the fragile portion 100b ₁ through the engaged portion 130, and the fragile portion 100b. Plastic deformation such as whitening is likely to occur in ₁ ).

  Furthermore, in the engaged portion protection member 160 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 27, the rising portion 160 b is provided at the front edge of the plane protection portion 164. As shown in FIG. 28 (b), the rising portion 160 b is located in front of the connecting wall portion 133 of the engaged portion 130 in the pushing direction when the engaged portion protection member 160 is attached to the engaged portion 130. This part is in contact with the surface on the side (z-axis direction negative side). Thus, the engaged portion protection member 160 attached to the engaged portion 130 is not only in the mounting direction (y-axis direction) of the engaged portion protection member 160 but also in the engagement portion 170. It is possible to prevent backlash in the pressing direction (z-axis direction).

Meanwhile, the board case 100 for a game machine of the present embodiment, fragile portion 100b ₁ of the cover member 110, about which are "illegal cancellation whitened portion" described above. As described later, the base end portion 100b ₂ of the rod-like protrusions of the engaging portion 170 (FIG. 33) also, stress is likely to concentrate, since the plastic deformation of the whitening and the like is likely to occur, as "bad cancellation whitened portion" We are using. In order to make plastic deformation such as whitening more noticeable, these whitening portions at the time of fraud release are generally formed of a transparent thermoplastic resin, like the cover member 110, the base member 120, and the like. However, even if whitening occurs in the whitening part at the time of fraud release, the trace of the fraudulent opening may be erased by heating the whitened part with a dryer or the like to make it transparent. In this respect, in the gaming machine substrate case 100 and the like of the present embodiment, by providing the heat reaction portion whose appearance is deteriorated by heating in the whitening portion at the time of fraud release, the presence or absence of the act of erasing traces of fraud opening as described above. Can be determined from the appearance of the heat reaction part. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 22, the heat reaction portion 100c is provided in the fragile portion 100b ₁ (whitening portion 100b at the time of fraud release), and as shown in FIG. 33, the proximal end of the rod-like protrusion of the engagement portion 170. The heat reaction unit 100 c is provided also in the unit 100 b ₂ (whitening unit 100 b at the time of fraud release).

The thermal reaction part 100c is not particularly limited as long as the appearance is deteriorated by heating.
The appearance of the thermal reaction portion 100c may be altered as follows.
(1) The thermal reaction part 100c that was visible or easy to see before heating becomes invisible or hard to see after heating.
(2) The thermal reaction part 100c that appeared in one aspect before heating becomes visible in another aspect after heating (for example, the color of the thermal reaction part 100c changes before and after heating).
Etc. are illustrated.
In the following, the thermal reaction part whose appearance is degraded in the aspect of the above (1) may be referred to as “heat elimination type thermal reaction part”, and the thermal reaction part whose appearance is altered in the aspect of the above It may be called "heat reaction type of heat mutation type". The heat reaction part 100c of the present embodiment is of the heating and erasing type.

  The thermal reaction portion 100c may be provided in a simple dot shape, a simple linear shape, or a simple surface shape, but when provided in a pattern consisting of characters, figures, symbols, or a combination thereof, the thermal reaction portion 100c Can be easily identified. As shown in FIGS. 22 and 33, the thermal reaction unit 100c of the present embodiment is a graphic character string (character string of “ABC”) composed of alphabets.

Further, heat-reactive part 100c is provided in the illegal cancellation whitened portion 100b separate member separable from the (fragile portion 100b ₁ or bar projection of the base end portion 100b ₂ of the engaging portion 170) surface (e.g., seals, etc.) It may be one.
However, in this case, after the fraud release
(1) The separate member provided with the heat reaction unit 100c is cleanly separated from the whitening unit 100b at the time of fraud release.
(2) The whitening part 100b at the time of fraud release is heated at the whitening part at the time of fraud release (at this time, the separate member provided with the heat reaction part 100c is not heated), and the whitening mark of the place is erased.
(3) The separate member provided with the heat reaction part 100c is fixed to the original place in the whitening part 100b at the time of fraud release.
When the removal of the whitening mark is performed according to the above procedure, the heating history does not remain in the heat reaction unit 100c.

  For this reason, it is preferable that the thermal reaction part 100c be provided in a state where it can not be separated from the surface of the whitening part 100b at the time of fraud release (formed integrally with the surface of the whitening part 100b at the fraud release). As a result, it becomes possible to make it impossible to erase the whitening mark according to the procedure of the above (1) to (3). The thermal reaction part 100c of this embodiment is also integrally formed on the surface of the whitening part 100b at the time of fraud release.

The method of integrally forming the thermal reaction part 100c with respect to the whitening part 100b at the time of fraud release is also not particularly limited.
As an integral formation method of thermal reaction part 100c to whitening part 100b at the time of fraud release,
(1) A method of forming a recess or a projection on the surface of the whitening portion 100b at the time of fraud release (the recess or the projection may be formed, for example, by engraving, fogging, embossing, etc.) (2) by heating The method of applying the paint etc. which change in appearance on the surface of whitening part 100b at the time of fraud release (3) The method etc. of mixing the pigment etc. which deteriorate by heating in the molding material of whitening part 100b at the time of fraud release are illustrated.

FIG. 29 is a perspective view of a portion of the whitening portion 100b at the time of fraud release with the thermal reaction portion 100c provided, which is cut along a plane perpendicular to the surface (front surface) of the whitening portion 100b at the fraud release. Heat-reactive part 100c of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 29, a one formed by fine engraving numerous fine convex portions 100c ₁ and fine recesses 100c ₂ on the surface of the fraudulent cancellation whitened portion 100b ing.

Heating the heat-reactive part 100c consisting of fine protrusions 100c ₁ and fine recesses 100c _2, why the thermal reaction unit 100c is or less visible invisible, is presumed to be as follows. That is, the heat-reactive part 100c consisting of fine protrusions 100c ₁ etc., before the heating is in a state of standing sharp edges, such as the fine convex portion 100c _1, visually easily (shadow such fine convex portions 100c ₁ Or the minute convex portions 100c ₁ etc. become prisms and the light emitted from each minute convex portion 100c ₁ is dispersed and a portion appearing iridescent appears) or when heated, the minute convex portions 100c ₁ And so on, the edges of the fine convex portions 100c _{1 and so on} become rounded, and the surface of the heat reaction portion 100c becomes smoother (smoothed) than before heating, so it becomes difficult to visually check (fine convex portions 100c ₁ And so on, and it is presumed that the light emitted from each of the fine convex portions 100c ₁ does not disperse, and it becomes difficult for a part that looks like a rainbow to appear.

In the thermal reaction unit 100c of the present embodiment, the fine convex portions 100c ₁ and fine recesses 100c ₂ is formed in a linear shape, adjacent fine protrusions 100c ₁ and the fine convex portions 100c _2, and the fine adjacent recess The 100 c ₂ and the minute recess 100 c ₂ are in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval. Thus regularly the arrayed linear fine protrusions 100c ₁ and fine recesses 100c ₂ can be easily formed by the above finely engraved like. The thus regularly arranged linear thermal reaction unit 100c consisting of fine protrusions 100c ₁ and fine recesses 100c ₂ is greater change in appearance before and after heating. The reason is that in the heat reaction part 100c before heating, the shadow of the fine convex part 100c ₁ etc. becomes easy to be seen, the above-mentioned prism action in the fine convex part ₁₀₀ c ₁ etc. becomes more prominent easily, etc. It is guessed that it is doing.

The height H ₁ of the fine convex portion ₁₀₀ c ₁ (FIG. 29) (which corresponds to the depth of the fine concave portion 100 c ₂ in the heat reaction part ₁₀₀ c of the present embodiment) is not particularly limited. However, if the height of the fine convex portion 100c ₁ is too high (the fine concave portion 100c ₂ is too deep), the thermal reaction portion 100c becomes difficult to smooth as described above even if the thermal reaction portion 100c is heated, and before and after heating There is a possibility that the change in appearance of the heat reaction unit 100c may be reduced. For this reason, the height H ₁ of the fine convex portion ₁₀₀ c ₁ is usually 300 μm or less. The height _{H 1} of the fine protrusion 100c ₁ is preferable to be 100μm or less, more preferable to be 50μm or less, more preferable to be 10μm or less is optimal when is 5μm or less. The height limit of an H ₁ of the fine protrusion 100c ₁ is not particularly limited, preferred considering the molding easiness and processability, etc. of the fine protrusion 100c _1, when the set more than 0.1 [mu] m. In the thermal reaction unit 100c of the present embodiment, the height _{H 1} of the fine protrusion 100c ₁ has a 1 [mu] m.

The arrangement pitch P ₁ of the fine projections ₁₀₀ c ₁ (FIG. 29) (which matches the arrangement pitch of the fine recesses 100 c ₂ in the heat reaction portion ₁₀₀ c of this embodiment) is not particularly limited. However, an excessively wide arrangement pitch P ₁ of the fine protrusion 100c _1, there is a possibility that the arrangement density of the fine protrusion 100c ₁ becomes too coarse, it is difficult to visually heat-reactive part 100c before heating. Therefore, the arrangement pitch _{P 1} of the fine protrusion 100c ₁ is usually a 300μm or less. Arrangement pitch _{P 1} of the fine protrusion 100c ₁ is preferable to be 100μm or less, more preferable to be 50μm or less, more preferable to be 10μm or less is optimal when is 5μm or less. The lower limit of the arrangement pitch P ₁ of the fine protrusion 100c ₁ is not particularly limited, preferred considering the molding easiness and processability, etc. of the fine protrusion 100c _1, when the set more than 0.1 [mu] m. In the thermal reaction unit 100c of the present embodiment, the height _{P 1} of the fine protrusion 100c ₁ has a 2 [mu] m.

Further, in the gaming machine substrate case 100 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 22, the comparison unit 100d is provided at a location different from the location where the heat reaction unit 100c is provided in the cover member 110. The comparison portion 100d is formed by performing the same processing as the heat reaction portion 100c on a portion formed of the same material (the same thermoplastic resin) as the portion forming the heat reaction portion 100c in the cover member 110. There is. That is, if the heat reaction part 100c is formed by fine engraving, the comparison part 100d is also formed by the same fine engraving. Etc. The height _{H 1} of the fine protrusion 100c ₁ (FIG. 29) and the arrangement pitch _{P 1} of the fine protrusion 100c ₁ (FIG. 29) is also set the same in a comparison unit 100d and the heat-reactive part 100c. The pattern for providing the comparison unit 100d does not necessarily have to coincide with the pattern for providing the heat reaction unit 100c, but the comparison unit 100d of this embodiment, like the heat reaction unit 100c, uses the character string "ABC" It is represented by a graphic pattern. For this reason, the comparison unit 100d before heating is designed to look almost the same as the thermal reaction unit 100c before heating.

  As described above, by providing the comparison unit 100 d at a place other than the place where the heat reaction unit 100 c is provided, the heat reaction unit 100 c is compared with the comparison unit 100 d to change the heat reaction unit 100 c. It becomes easy to notice. That is, it can be easily determined whether the heat reaction unit 100c has been heated. Therefore, even when the whitening mark generated in the whitening portion 100b at the time of fraud release at the time of fraud release is heated and eliminated, it is possible to discover that fact.

The place where the comparison unit 100d is provided is not particularly limited as long as it is a portion formed of the same material as the heat reaction unit 100c in the gaming machine members such as the cover member 110 and the base member 120. In the example of FIG. 22, although the thermal reaction part 100c provided in the fragile part 100b ₁ and the comparison part 100d for comparing with the thermal reaction part 100c are both provided in the same member (cover member 110), The comparison unit 100d may be provided on another member (for example, the base member 120, the protective cover 300, and the like) other than the member provided with the thermal reaction unit 100c to be compared with the comparison unit 100d.

  However, if the comparison unit 100 d is too close to the thermal reaction unit 100 c, the thermal reaction unit 100 b is heated when the tampering whitening unit 100 b is heated for the purpose of erasing the trace of the whitening generated in the tampering whitening unit 100 b. The heat applied to 100c is likely to be applied to the comparison unit 100d as well, and the comparison unit 100d is easily altered in the same manner as the heat reaction unit 100c. For this reason, by comparing the heat reaction part 100c with the comparison part 100d, it becomes difficult to notice the deterioration occurring in the heat reaction part 100c. Therefore, it is preferable that the comparison unit 100d be disposed at a position separated to some extent from the heat reaction unit 100c. Specifically, the comparison unit 100d is preferably provided at a position separated by 5 mm or more from the heat reaction unit 100c, and more preferably provided at a position separated by 10 mm or more.

  On the other hand, when the comparison unit 100d is too far from the heat reaction unit 100c, it becomes difficult to compare the comparison unit 100d with the heat reaction unit 100c. For this reason, it is preferable that the comparison unit 100d be disposed at a position near the thermal reaction unit 100c to a certain extent. Specifically, the comparison unit 100d is preferably provided in a range of a radius of 200 mm from the thermal reaction unit 100d, and more preferably in a range of a radius of 100 mm from the thermal reaction unit 100d.

Although not adopted in the gaming machine substrate case 100 of the present embodiment, an identification display portion on which a display comprising characters, figures, symbols, colors, or a combination thereof is provided is superimposed on the heat reaction portion 100c. It can also be provided. That is, it is preferable that the identification display unit be disposed so as to overlap the back side (back side) of the heat reaction unit 100c when viewed from a person who checks the heating history of the heat reaction unit 100c. As a result, it is possible to further easily distinguish the apparent deterioration before and after the heating of the heat reaction unit 100c. For example, in the case where the thermal reaction unit 100c is of the above-described heating and erasing type, when the above-described identification display unit is provided, the thermal reaction unit 100c is covered by the thermal reaction unit 100c and is invisible or invisible After heating, the display unit can make the thermal reaction unit 100c appear inconspicuous (transparent or the like) or can be easily seen.

8.2 Base member (board case for gaming machines)
FIG. 30 is a view showing the base member 120 as seen from (a) front diagonally upper right and (b) rear diagonally upper left. FIG. 31 is a view showing the base member 120 as viewed from the front. FIG. 32 is a view showing the base member 120 as viewed from the rear. FIG. 33 is an oblique view of an engaging portion 170 provided on the base member 120 as “A crimped portion” or the like. FIG. 34 is a six-sided view of the engaging portion 170 of FIG. 33 with the surface on the β ⁻ side in the same drawing as the front. In FIG. 35, the engaging portion 170 provided as the “A crimped portion” is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion 130 provided as the “A crimped portion” in the cover member 110. It is the figure which looked at the mode of the displacement of the engaging part 170 at the time of bending from the pressing direction back side.

  As shown in FIG. 30, the base member 120 of this embodiment has a rear wall 121 having a rectangular shape in a front view, and a left wall 122 provided to project forward from the left edge of the rear wall 121; The lower wall portion 125 is provided so as to project to the front side from the lower edge portion of the rear wall portion 121, and the partition wall portions 126, 127 and the like that divide the front space of the rear wall portion 121. The partition wall portions 126 and 127 are used not only as mere partitions but also as guides for sliding the cover member 110 in the vertical direction with respect to the base member 120 in the above-mentioned assembling procedure 2 and resealing procedure 2 or the like. It has become a functional part.

  As shown in FIG. 31, on the front face side of the rear wall 121 of the base member 120, at the locations that constitute the above-mentioned “A crimped part”, “B crimped part”, “C crimped part” and “F crimped part” Each has an engaging portion 170. The two engaging portions 170 provided on the “A crimped portion” of the base member 120 are attached to the “A crimped portion” of the cover member 120 during “A crimped” in which the cover member 110 is assembled to the base member 120. It becomes a part for pushing in and engaging with the provided engaged portion 130 (FIG. 23). Further, the engagement portion 170 provided on the “B caulking portion” and the “C caulking portion” of the base member 120 assembles the base member 120 (game board case 100) to the case holder 200 “B caulking” And at the time of "C staking", it is a part for pushing in and engaging with the movable body 220 for engagement provided in the case holder 200 (FIG. 15).

  Furthermore, the engagement portion 170 provided in the “F caulking portion” of the base member 120 is the engaged portion 180 when “F caulking” the cover member 110 and the base member 120 in the above-described return procedure 3. It is a portion for pushing in and engaging with (FIG. 31). In the gaming machine substrate case 100 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 31, initially (at the time of factory shipment), the engaged portion 180 is integrally formed at the lower right corner of the base member 120. It has become. The engaged portion 180 is separated from the base member 120 at the time of “F caulking” as described in the above-described return procedure 3, and the separated engaged portion 180 is formed of the cover member 110. By fitting the engaged portion insertion port 110b (FIG. 7A) provided at the right end of the upper wall portion 114 from the upper side, the “F crimped portion” of the base member 120 The engaging portion 170 is made engageable. At the time of factory shipment, the engaged portion 180 is connected to the portion around the engaged portion 180 in the base member 120 only through the easily breakable portion such as a fine rib, It can be easily separated.

  In the base member 120, the engaging portion 170 constituting the "A crimped portion", the engaging portion 170 constituting the "B crimped portion", the engaging portion 170 constituting the "C crimped portion", "F crimped" The engaging portions 170 constituting the portion may have different specifications such as dimensions and shapes. However, in this case, the number of parts having different specifications may be increased, and the fixing operation of the engaging portion 170 with respect to the base member 120 may be complicated.

  For this reason, in the base member 120 of the present embodiment, any one of the engaging portions 170 shown in FIGS. 33 and 34 is used, and the specifications of the engaging portions 170 are the same. In addition, as shown in FIG. 31, the pressing direction (z-axis direction) in the “A crimped portion” and the “F crimped portion”, and the pressing direction (x axis direction) in the “B crimped portion” and the “C crimped portion”. In any of the "crimped portions", the fixing surface 171a (FIG. 33) of the engaging portion 170 is fixed to the base member 120 from the front, although it is different. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost and the like.

In the following, for convenience of explanation, the specific configuration of the engaging portion 170 will be described by taking the case where the engaging portion 170 is used as the “A caulking portion” as an example, and the engaging portion 170 “B caulking portion” Description of the case of using as "C caulking part" etc. is omitted. In the base member 120 of the present embodiment, since the engaging portions 170 such as the “B caulking portion” and the “C caulking portion” have the same form as the engaging portions 170 for the “A caulking portion”, “A The contents described for the engagement portion 170 of the caulking portion also apply to the other engagement portions 170. However, as described above, since the place where the fragile portion 100b ₁ is provided is different between the “A crimped portion” and the “B crimped portion” and the “C crimped portion”, the contents described below are “B crimped When applying to "part" and "C crimped part", it is necessary to reverse "beta ⁺ side" and "beta ^- side".

The form of the engaging portion 170 is not particularly limited as long as it can be engaged with the engaged portion 130. As shown in FIG. 33, the engaging portion 170 according to this embodiment has a fixed base 171 for fixing to the base member 120, and an α ⁺ β ⁺ -side engagement provided protruding from the fixed base 171 to the back in the pushing direction engaging portion 172, α ⁺ β ^- side engaging portion 173, α ^- β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 and the alpha ^- beta ^- is composed of a side engaging portion 175. alpha ⁺ beta ⁺ side engaging portion 171 is located in the alpha ⁺ side and beta ⁺ side, alpha ⁺ beta ^- side engaging portion 172, alpha ⁺ side and beta ^- located on the side, alpha ^- The β ⁺ -side engagement portion 173 is located on the α ⁻ side and the β ⁺ side, and the α ⁻ β ^- side engagement portion 174 is located on the α ⁻ side and the β ⁻ side.

The α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172, the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173, the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion 175 are all pressed in the engaging portion 170. It consists of a rod-like protrusion arranged substantially in parallel to the direction (z-axis direction), and an engagement portion (hook portion) for engaging with the engaged portion 130 is formed on the tip side thereof There is. alpha ⁺ side alpha ⁺ beta ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and alpha ⁺ beta ^- side engaging portion 173 (. In the following, the which may be referred to as "alpha ⁺ side engaging portion 172, 173") the hook portion of the It is engaged portion 130 so as to be engaged with the alpha ⁺ side the engaging wall portion 131 (FIG. 24), provided in a state protruding alpha ⁺ side, alpha ^- side alpha ^- beta ⁺ side engagement The hook portions of the joint portion 174 and the α ^- β ^- side engagement portion 175 (hereinafter, may be referred to as “α ^- side engagement portions 174 and 175”) are engaged portions 130 (FIG. 24). ) of alpha ^- so as to be engaged with the side to be engaging wall portion 132, alpha ^- is provided in a state protruding to the side.

The push direction back side of the hook portion of the α ⁺ -side engaging portion 172, 173 and the back side of the push direction of the hook portion of the α ^- side engaging portion 174, 175 become the pushing direction back side It is formed in the inclined state so that it may mutually approach. Therefore, when pushing the engaging portion 170 into the engaged portion 130, the surface on the back side in the pushing direction of the hook portions of the α ⁺ -side engaging portions 172 and 173 is the surface of the engaged portion 130 (FIG. 24). alpha ⁺ by abutting the pushing direction front side of the surface on the engaging wall portion 131, the hook portion of the alpha ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and 173 alpha ^- and the side elastic displacement, alpha ^- side engaging portion by abutting the pushing direction front side of the surface on the engaging wall portion 132, alpha ^{- -} pushing direction inner side surface of the hook portion of the 174 and 175, alpha engaged portion 130 (FIG. 24) side The hook portions of the engaging portions 174 and 175 are elastically displaced to the α ⁺ side. That is, when the engaging portion 170 is pushed into and engaged with the engaged portion 170, as shown by hatching in FIG. 35, the α ⁺ -side engaging portions 172 and 173, and the α ^-- side engaging portion 174 and 175 are elastically displaced in directions approaching each other in the α direction.

Further, as described above, the engaging portion abutted surface 140a of the pressing displacement regulating portion 140 and the engaging portion abutted surface 150a of the proximity displacement regulating portion 150 approach each other as they become farther in the pushing direction. It is inclined to Therefore, when pushing the engaging portion 170 in the engaged portion 130, beta ⁺ side of alpha ⁺ beta ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and the alpha ^- beta ⁺ side engaging portion 174 (hereafter "beta ⁺ and it may be referred to as the side engaging portions 172, 174 "), beta ^-. side alpha ⁺ beta ^- side engaging portion 173 and the alpha ^- beta ^- side engaging portion 175 (hereafter" beta ^- side The engaging portions 173 and 175 "may be elastically displaced in directions approaching each other also in the β direction as shown by a broken line in FIG.

Thus, the engagement portion 170 of this embodiment is configured to be elastically displaced in both the α direction and the β direction when performing the engagement. For this reason, when trying to release the engagement by the engaging portion 170 improperly, the α ⁺ -side engaging portions 172, 173 and the α ^-- side engaging portions 172, 173 are brought closer to each other in the α direction. A very difficult task of pulling out the engaging portion 170 while displacing the β ⁺ -side engaging portions 172 and 174 and the β ^-- side engaging portions 173 and 175 toward each other in the β direction. Is required. In addition, in the present embodiment, when the engaging portion 170 is engaged with the engaged portion 130, the pushing displacement restricting portion 140 (FIG. 24) is formed in the gap between the β ⁺ -side engaging portions 172 and 174. Since the proximity displacement restricting portion 150 (FIG. 24) is positioned in the gap between the β ^- side engaging portions 173 and 175, the operation is more difficult.

Therefore, it is difficult for the engagement portion 170 to unfairly release the engagement without leaving a trace such as whitening on it. In particular, the base end 100b _{2 of} the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172, the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173, the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion 175 (FIG. 33) ) Is a portion where elastic deformation is likely to occur (a portion where stress is likely to be concentrated), and is a portion that is easy to use as the whitening portion 100b at the time of fraud release. Therefore, the base end portions of the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172, the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173, the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion 175 the whitening unit), for the same reason as the heat-reactive part 100c provided above the fragile portion 100b 1 _(FIG. 22), may be provided heat-reactive part 100c that appearance altered when heated.

In this case, all base end portions 100 b _{2 of} the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172, the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173, the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion 175. The thermal reaction unit may be provided on the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100, and it is effective to provide the thermal reaction unit on a portion that is easily visible from the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100. In the engaging portion 170 (the engaging portion 170 of the “A crimped portion”) of the present embodiment, the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion in the gaming machine substrate case 100 175 is positioned in front of the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion 175, and is a portion that is easily visible from the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100 . For this reason, as shown in FIG. 33, in the engaging portion 170 of the present embodiment, the thermal reaction portion 100c is provided on the surface of the base end portion of the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173 facing forward. Specific configuration of the heat-reactive part 100c of the engaging portion 170 are the same as that described for the thermal reaction unit 100c in the fragile portion 100b _1, it omitted a detailed description.

However, when providing the heat reaction part 100c in the engaging part 170, it is also possible to employ | adopt the following structures. FIG. 36 is an oblique view of the engaging portion 170 of another embodiment. In the engaging portion 170 of FIG. 33, all of the α ⁺ β ⁺ side engaging portion 172, the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engaging portion 173, the α ⁻ β ⁺ side engaging portion 174 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engaging portion 175 However, in the engagement portion 170 of FIG. 36, the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engagement portion is easily visible from the front side of the gaming machine substrate case 100, although it extends substantially linearly from the base end portion to the tip end portion. 173 and alpha ^- beta ^- and is curved proximal portion 100b ₂ of the side engaging portion 175. Thus, alpha ⁺ beta ^- side engaging portion 173 and the alpha ^- beta ^- the base end portion 100b ₂ of the base end portion 100b ₂ of the side engaging portions 175, in particular it made stress easily concentrated. In other words, alpha ⁺ beta ^- side engaging portion 173 and the alpha ^- beta ^- proximal end 100b ₂ side engaging portion 175, unauthorized release plastic deformation is particularly prone part of the whitening and the like when the (illegal cancellation whitening It is a preferable part by utilization as the part 100b.

Further, the engagement portion 170 of FIG. 33, alpha ⁺ beta ^- had a heat-reactive part 100c provided only on the side engaging portion 173 proximal end portion. In addition, in the engaging portion 170 of FIG. 33, the thermal reaction portion 100c is provided in a pattern in which characters are illustrated. In contrast, in the engagement portion 150 of FIG. 36, alpha ⁺ beta ^- side engaging portion 173 and the alpha ^- beta ^- from the proximal end 100b ₂ side engaging portion 175 over the vicinity of the distal end portion, the thermal reaction unit 100c Are continuously provided in a strip shape. For this reason, in the engagement portion 170 of FIG. 36, whitening or the like generated in the base end portion 100b ₂ (whitening portion 100b at the time of fraud release) of the α ⁺ β ⁻ side engagement portion 173 and the α ⁻ β ⁻ side engagement portion 175 It is even more difficult to erase the trace of the heat reaction without damaging the thermal reaction part 100c.

  The way of providing the engaging portion 170 to the base member 120 is not particularly limited. In the base member 120 of the present embodiment, an engaging portion 170 which is a separate member from the base member 120 is fixed at a predetermined position on the base member 120 afterward. The method for fixing the engaging portion 170 to the base member 120 is not particularly limited, but in the base member 120 of the present embodiment, the fixing surface 171a of the fixed base 171 of the engaging portion 170 is vibration welded to the target location Thus, the engaging portion 170 is fixed to the base member 120.

By the way, the following devices are also applied to the engaging portion 170 of this embodiment. That is, as already mentioned, in the cover member 110 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, a state in which the engaged portion 130 is connected to the main body portion of the cover member 110 through the fragile portion 100b ₁ Plastic deformation such as whitening occurs in the fragile portion 100b ₁ (whitening portion 100c at the time of fraud release) when the engaging portion 170 is illegally pulled out from the engaged portion 130 (in the case of fraud release) where are easy, also the engaging portion 170 side, devised to plastic deformation is likely to occur in such as whitening to the fragile portion 100b _1.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the engagement surface 170a of the beta ⁺ side engaging portion 172 and 174 (only alpha ⁺ beta ⁺ side engaging portion 172 in the figure are drawn.) Is, beta ^- located in the pushing direction front side than the engagement surface 170a of the (z-axis direction negative side) ^- (only side engaging portion 173 is depicted in the figure alpha ⁺ beta.) side engaging portion 173 and 175 as, beta ⁺ and the engagement surface 170a of the side engaging portions 172, 174, beta ^- are provided with a step _{S 1} between the engagement surface 170a of the side engaging portions 173 and 175. For this reason, when trying to pull out the engaging portion 170 engaged with the engaged portion 130 illegally, the β ^- side engaging portion 173, 175 close to the fragile portion 100b ₁ (whitening portion 100b at the time of incorrect release) Before the engaging surface 170a of the engaging portion 130 abuts on the engaging surface 130a of the engaged portion 130, the engaging surfaces 170a of the .beta..sup. ⁺ Side engaging portions 172 and 174 far from the fragile portion 100b ₁ are engaged It comes in contact with the engagement surface 130a of 130.

By adopting the above-described configuration, when the engaging portion 170 is illegally pulled out from the engaged portion 130 (during fraud release), the pressure applied from the engaging portion 170 to the engaged portion 130 To increase the moment generated near the boundary between the engaged portion 130 and the fragile portion 100b ₁ (whitening portion 100b at the time of fraud release), thereby making it easier to cause plastic deformation such as whitening in the fragile portion 100b ₁ Becomes possible. In addition, it is possible to increase the engagement strength between the engagement portion 170 and the engaged portion 130. Therefore, when the illegal cancellation, it is possible to the traces it tends to remain more vulnerable portions 100b ₁ and its peripheral portion.

There is no particular limitation on how much the step S ₁ (FIG. 13) between the engagement surface of the β ⁺ -side engagement portions 172 and 174 and the engagement surface of the β ⁻ -side engagement portions 173 and 175 is set. However, the step S ₁ is too small, there is a possibility that the above effect is hardly exerted. Thus, step _{S 1} is usually a 0.1mm or more. The step S ₁ is preferably 0.3 mm or more, and more preferably 0.5 mm or more. The step _{S 1,} particularly no upper limit, for reasons such as design of the engagement portion 170, the step _{S 1} is preferably When 5mm or less, and more preferably to less than 3mm.

Moreover, in the base member 120 of this embodiment, the following devices are also applied. That is, as shown in FIG. 17, also near the "B caulking portion" and "C crimping portion" of the base member 120, provided with a fragile portion 100b _1, the engaging portion 170 constituting the "B caulking portion" a fixing surface 171a, and a fixing surface 171a of the engaging portion 170 constituting the "C caulking portion", are fixed to these weak portions 100b _1. In other words, the engagement portion 170 of the “B crimped portion” and the engagement portion 170 of the “C crimped portion” are connected to the main body of the base member 120 via the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b ₁ . The fragile portion 100b _1, like the fragile portion 100b ₁ of the "A caulking portion", has become one provided as an illegal cancellation whitened portion 100b.

The thickness and area such weak portion 100b ₁ of the "B caulking portion" and "C caulking portion" are the same as those described for fragile portion 100b ₁ of the "A caulking portion", and a description thereof will not be repeated. Although not adopted in the base member 120 of the present embodiment, the provided thermal reaction unit 100c (FIG. 22) in the fragile portion 100b ₁ (bad cancellation whitened portion 100b) of the "A caulking portion" and similar For this reason, it is also possible to provide a heat reaction portion which is deteriorated in appearance when heated, even in the fragile portion 100b ₁ (whitening portion 100b at the time of fraud release) in the “B crimped portion” and the “C crimped portion”.

9. Case holder (body side member)
FIG. 37 is a view showing the case holder 200 as viewed from (a) front diagonally upper right, and (b) as viewed from rear diagonal upper left. FIG. 38 is a view showing the case holder 200 as viewed from the front. FIG. 39 is a view showing the case holder 200 viewed from the rear. FIG. 40 shows the periphery of the movable body holding portion 210 in the case holder 200 in (a) a state in which the movable body for engagement 220 is at a first position where it can be used as a “B crimped portion”; It is the figure which looked at the state in which the movable body 220 is in the 2nd position which can be used as a "C crimp part" from the front upper left. FIG. 41 is a view of the periphery of the movable body holding portion 210 in the case holder 200 cut along the X ₁ -X ₁ plane of FIG. 38 and viewed from the positive side in the x-axis direction.

  As shown in FIG. 37, the case holder 200 of the present embodiment has a rear wall portion 201 having a rectangular shape in a front view, and a right wall portion 203 provided to project forward from the right edge of the rear wall portion 201; An upper wall portion 204, a lower wall portion 205, and the like provided so as to project forward from the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion of the rear wall portion 201, respectively, are provided. The upper wall portion 204 and the lower wall portion 205 cover not only the upper surface and the lower surface of the gaming machine substrate case 100 but also the gaming machine relative to the case holder 200 in the above-mentioned assembling procedure 3 and resealing procedure 3 or the like. This portion also functions as a guide when sliding the substrate case 100 in the left and right direction.

  As shown in FIG. 38, a movable body holding portion 210 is provided at a portion constituting the “B crimped portion” and the “C crimped portion” in the case holder 200. In the present embodiment, the movable body holding portion 210 is provided in a state of projecting forward from near the center of the right edge in the front surface of the rear wall portion 201. As shown in FIG. 40, the movable body holding portion 210 moves the movable body for engagement 220 between the first position shown in FIG. 40A and the second position shown in FIG. It is a part to hold in the possible state.

  The movable body 220 for engagement serves as the engaged portion of the “B crimped portion” and the engaged portion of the “C crimped portion”. That is, when the movable body for engagement 220 is in the first position (FIG. 40 (a)), it functions as the engaged portion of the “B crimped portion” (see FIG. 17), and the second position (FIG. When it exists in b), it functions as a to-be-engaged part of "C crimping part." Therefore, manufacturing is performed by reducing the number of parts of the case holder 200 by using the engaged portion of the "B crimped portion" and the engaged portion of the "C crimped portion" with one movable member 220 for engaged. It is possible to reduce the cost.

  The movable body 220 for engagement may be engaged with the engaging portion 170 provided as the “B caulking portion” on the base member 120 and the engaging portion 170 provided as the “C caulking portion”. The form is not limited. In the present embodiment, as described above, the engagement portion 170 of the “A crimped portion”, the engagement portion 170 of the “B crimped portion”, and the engagement portion 170 of the “C crimped portion” have the same configuration. The movable part for engagement 220 used as the engaged part of the "B caulking part" and the "C caulking part" is the same as the engaged part 130 used as the "A caulking part". It has a structure.

FIG. 42 is a view of the engaged movable body 220 from the front upper right corner. FIG. 43 is a six-sided view of the to-be-engaged movable body 220 in FIG. 42, with the surface on the negative side in the x-axis direction in the same drawing as the front. As shown in FIG. 42, the movable movable body 220 according to this embodiment has an α ⁺ -side engaged wall portion 221 located on the α ⁺ -side (z-axis direction negative side), and an α ⁻ -side (z-axis direction And an α ^- side engaged wall portion 222 located on the positive side). The α ⁺ side engaged wall portion 221 corresponds to the α ⁺ side engaged wall portion 131 of the engaged portion 130 (FIG. 24), and the α ⁻ side engaged wall portion 222 corresponds to the engaged portion 130. It corresponds to the α ^- side engaged wall 132 in FIG. The movable body 220 for engagement corresponds to a connecting wall 223 corresponding to the connecting wall 133 of the engaged portion 130 (FIG. 24) and a bottom wall 134 for the engaged portion 130 (FIG. 24). The connecting wall portion 224 is also provided. For this reason, the movable body 220 for engagement has a frame shape in a front view (see the front view in FIG. 42) as in the engaged portion 130, and is in a state in which the rigidity is enhanced.

  Further, in the engaged portion 130 of the “A crimped portion”, as shown in FIG. 24, the push-in displacement restricting portion 140 is provided on the connection wall portion 133, and the proximity displacement restricting portion 150 is provided on the bottom wall portion 134. On the other hand, in the movable body 220 for engagement, as shown in FIG. 43, the proximity displacement restricting portion 230 having the same function as the proximity displacement restricting portion 150 is provided on both the connection wall 223 and the connection wall 224. (A portion having the same function as that of the push-in displacement restricting portion 140 is not provided on the engaged movable body 220.) The configuration described in the proximity displacement regulating unit 150 can also be adopted in the pressing displacement regulating unit 230. Therefore, the detailed description of the proximity displacement control unit 230 is omitted.

Furthermore, in the "A caulking portion", as shown in FIG. 13, beta ⁺ (in the figure are drawn only alpha ⁺ beta ⁺ side engaging portion 172.) Side engaging portion 172 engaging surface 170a is, beta ^- (in the figure alpha ⁺ beta. ^{that -} only the side engaging portion 173 are illustrated) side engaging portion 173 and 175 pushing direction front side than the engagement surface 170a of the (z-axis direction negative side When the engaging portion 170 engaged with the engaged portion 130 is to be pulled out from the engaged portion 130, the β ^- side engaging portions 173 and 175 close to the fragile portion 100b ₁ are Before the engaging surface 170a of the engaging portion 130 abuts on the engaging surface 130a of the engaged portion 130, the engaging surfaces 170a of the .beta..sup. ⁺ Side engaging portions 172 and 174 far from the fragile portion 100b ₁ are engaged Although the device was made to abut on the engaged surface 130a of 130, "B crimped portion" and "C crimped portion" However, the same device as this is applied. However, in the present embodiment, the "A caulking portion", than the "B caulking portion" and "C caulking portion", reversed the location of the fragile portion 100b _1, and "beta ⁺ side", "beta ^- side The above-described effect is obtained in a manner different from that of the “A-crimped portion”.

That is, in the “A crimped portion”, as shown in FIG. 13, in the engaging portion 170, the side (positive side in the y-axis direction) closer to the fixing surface 171a of the fixed base 171 is the β ⁺ side (the side farther from the fragile portion) The side (the y-axis direction negative side) far from the fixed surface 171a of the fixed base 171 is the β ⁻ side (the side closer to the fragile portion 100b ₁ ). On the other hand, in the "B crimped portion" and the "C crimped portion", as shown in FIG. 18, the side closer to the fixing surface 171a of the fixed base 171 (y axis direction positive side) is β ^The negative side (closer to the fragile portion) and the side (y-axis direction negative side) farther from the fixed surface 171a of the fixed base 171 is the β ⁺ side (the remote side from the fragile portion 100b ₁ ).

Therefore, the engaging portion 170 of the step _{S 1} to the engagement surface 170a in exactly the same manner as the engaging portion 170 is provided showing the engaging portion 170 (FIG. 13 of exactly the same form as the engagement portion 170 shown in FIG. 13 When the) is used as it is in the "B crimped portion" and the "C crimped portion", the state shown in FIG. 44 is obtained. FIG. 44 shows an engagement portion with respect to an engaged portion (a movable object 220 for engaged surface in which the engaged surface 220a is flat) in which the case holder 200 is provided as a “B crimped portion” or a “C crimped portion”. It is the figure which looked at the state which engaged 170 from the downward direction. (Beta) ⁺ side engagement parts 172 and 174 (only the (alpha) ⁺ beta ⁺ side engagement part 172 is drawn in the same figure) in the engagement part 170 of FIG. 44 and the beta ^- side engagement parts 173 and 175 (the same FIG the alpha ⁺ beta ^-. depicted only side engaging portion 173) is, for the reasons already mentioned, the engagement portion 170 of FIG. 13 beta ⁺ side engaging portions 172, 174 and beta ^- side engagement Parts 173 and 175 are reversed.

Therefore, when trying to pull out the engagement portion 170 from the movable body 220 for engagement from the state shown in FIG. 44, the β ⁻ side engagement portion 173 close to the fragile portion 100b ₁ (whitening portion 100b at the time of fraud release), After the engagement surface 170a of 175 abuts on the engagement surface 220a of the engagement movable body 220, the engagement surfaces 170a of the β ⁺ -side engagement portions 172 and 174 which are far from the fragile portion 100b ₁ are engaged It comes in contact with the engaged surface 220a of the movable body 220 for alignment. Therefore, the above-described effect obtained by the “A crimped portion” can not be obtained by the “B crimped portion” and the “C crimped portion”.

For this reason, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 18, the engagement of the engagement portion 170 with the engagement surface 220a of the movable engagement object 220 constituting the “B crimped portion” and the “C crimped portion”. It is provided with a step S ₂ over the step S ₁ in mating surface. As a result, even when parts having the same form as the engaging portions 170 of the “A crimped portion” are used as the engaging portions 170 of the “B crimped portion” and the “C crimped portion”, the fragile portion ₁₀₀ b ₁ The β ⁺ side far from the fragile portion 100b ₁ before the engagement surface 170a of the β ⁻ side engagement portions 173 and 175 close to the whitening portion 100b abuts on the engagement surface 220a of the movable body for engagement 220 The engagement surface 170 a of the engagement portions 172 and 174 abuts on the engagement surface 220 a of the movable engagement object 220. Therefore, also in the "B crimped portion" and the "C crimped portion", similarly to the "A crimped portion", when the engaging portion 170 is illegally pulled out from the engaged movable body 220 (during fraudulent release) the moment generated in the vicinity of the boundary portion between the engaging portion 170 and the weak portion 100b ₁ is increased, it is possible to plastic deformation easier to occur such as whitening fragile portion 100b _1.

The step S ₂ (FIG. 18) on the engagement surface 220 a of the movable body 220 for engagement is not particularly limited as long as it is larger than the step S ₁ (FIG. 13) on the engagement surface 170 a of the engagement portion 170. However, if the difference S ₂ −S ₁ between the step S ₂ and the step S ₁ is too small, the above-described effects may not be achieved. Therefore, the difference _S 2 -S ₁ is usually a 0.1mm or more. The difference S ₂ -S ₁ is preferably 0.3 mm or more, and more preferably 0.5 mm or more. The difference _S 2 -S _1, particularly no upper limit, for reasons such as Design of the engaged movable member 220, the difference _S 2 -S ₁ is preferably When 5mm or less, and more preferably to less than 3mm.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 42, a flange-like held portion 225 is provided on the back side in the pushing direction of the movable body for engagement 220. The held portion 225 is a portion for being held in a state of being fitted into the internal space of the movable body holding portion 210, as shown in FIG. The width W _{1 in the} direction perpendicular to the sliding direction (z-axis direction) in the held portion 225 is perpendicular to the sliding direction (z-axis direction) in the engaged portion exposure opening 211 a of the movable body holding portion 210. It is wider than the direction of the width W _2.

  For this reason, the movable body for engagement 220 held by the movable body holding portion 210 can not be removed from the movable body holding portion 210 unless the movable body holding portion 210 is broken or the like. In other words, the movable body 220 for engagement is removed from the other portion (the main body of the case holder 200) in the case holder 200, and can not be carried independently from the main body. Therefore, it is also possible to prevent fraudulent acts such as exchanging the engaged movable body 220 with a forged product that can be easily released.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 42, the engagement movable body 220 is provided with a positioning fitting portion 220b. The positioning fitting portion 220 b is a portion for positioning the movable body for engagement 220 with respect to the movable body holding portion 210. That is, as shown in FIG. 41, when the movable body for engagement 220 is at the first position, the positioning fitting portion 220b is engaged with the first position for mating portion 210b of the movable body holding portion 210. When the to-be-engaged movable body 220 is at the second position, it is fitted to the second position to-be-fitted portion 210 c of the moving body holding portion 210.

  As a result, when assembling the gaming machine substrate case 100 to the case holder 200 in the above-mentioned assembling procedure 3 and resealing procedure 3 (when performing "B caulking" or "C caulking"), The mating movable body 220 can be engaged with the engaging portion 170 (first position engaging portion) of the “B crimped portion” or the engaging portion 170 (second position engaging portion) of the “C crimped portion” It can be moved to the appropriate position and held in that position. In addition, when carrying the case holder 200 in which the gaming machine substrate case 100 is not assembled yet, it is possible to prevent the movable movable object 220 from rattling against the movable object holding portion 210 and breakage. It has become. Although the place in which the fitting part 220b for positioning is provided is not specifically limited, In this embodiment, it provides in the outer peripheral part of the to-be-held part 225. As shown in FIG.

  The movable body holding portion 210 enables the engaged movable body 220 to slide, and the movable body for engaged in the state in which the movable body for engaged 220 can not be removed unless the movable body holding portion 210 is broken or the like. The specific structure is not particularly limited as long as it can hold 220. As such a structure, for example, the movable body holding portion 210 is constituted of a holding portion main body and a holding portion closing body which are different members, and the movable body for engaged 220 is held by the holding portion main body. After that, by assembling the holding portion closing body to the holding portion main body and fixing it by adhesion or the like, a structure in which the movable body for engagement is pressed by the holding portion closing body so as not to pull out from the holding portion main body be able to.

  However, in this type of structure, the entire boundary between the holding portion main body and the holding portion closing body is disposed on the front side of the case holder 200 (the engaging portion 170 of the “B crimped portion” or “C crimped portion” Side), a cutting tool such as a cutter is inserted into the boundary from the front side of the movable body holding portion 210, and the movable body holding portion 210 is finely cut along the boundary line. And the holder movable body 220 is removed and replaced with a forged product, and then the holder main body and the holder closed body are bonded or the like along the boundary line. In the case of fraud, there is no possibility that a noticeable trace will remain, making it difficult to notice the fraud. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the entire boundary between the holding unit main body and the holding unit closing body does not appear on the front side of the case holder 200 by configuring the movable body holding unit 210 as follows. It is like that.

  45A shows the movable body when (a) the movable body for engagement 220 is disposed on the left side of the holding portion main body 211 and (b) when the movable body for engagement 220 is accommodated in the holding portion main body 211 It is the figure which looked at part 210 circumference | surroundings from the front diagonal upper left. FIG. 46: (a) Before fitting the holding part closing body 212 into the predetermined part of the case holder 200 from the rear side and (b) after fitting into the predetermined part, the movable body holding It is the figure which looked at part 210 circumference | surroundings from the front diagonal upper left. FIG. 48 shows the case holder 200 before (a) inserting the holding portion closing body 212 into the predetermined position of the case holder 200 from the rear side and (b) inserting the holding portion closing body 212 into the predetermined position. Is viewed from the rear and obliquely upper left.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 45, the movable body holding portion 210 is provided separately from the holding portion main body 211 provided integrally with the main body portion of the case holder 200 and the main body portion of the case holder 200. It comprises with the holding part closure body 212 which consists of members. The holding portion main body 211 is provided with an engaged portion exposing opening portion 211a, and as shown in FIG. 45 (b), in the movable portion 220 for receiving engagement accommodated in the internal space of the holding portion main body 211. The engaged portion is exposed to the outside of the holding portion main body 211 from the engaged portion exposing opening 211a. The holder main body 211 is also provided with a movable body receiving opening 211 b for housing the movable object 220 for engagement in the internal space of the holder main body 211 from the outside of the holder main body 211. Further, as shown in FIG. 47, the holding portion main body 211 is also provided with a closing body fitting hole 211d communicating with the rear surface side of the case holder 200.

  As shown in FIG. 45 (a), the movable body holding unit 210 is, as shown in FIG. 45 (b), the movable movable body 220 disposed on the left side of the holding unit main body 211. After being accommodated in the internal space of the holding portion main body 211 through the movable body accommodating opening 211 from the left side, as shown in FIG. 46 (a), the holding portion closing body 212 disposed on the rear side of the case holder 200 is shown in FIG. As shown in 46 (b), the case holder 200 is configured to be fitted into the closing body fitting hole 211d (FIG. 48) from the rear side of the case holder 200 to close the closing body fitting hole 211d.

  In the state of FIG. 46 (b) in which the holding portion closing body 212 is fitted into the closing body fitting hole 211d, the movable portion accommodating opening portion 211b is also closed by the holding portion closing body 212, and the movable for receiving engaged It will be in the state which can not move body 220 to movable body accommodation opening 211b. The holding portion closing body 212 is joined to the holding portion main body 211 using vibration welding, an adhesive, or the like, and can not be pulled out from the holding portion main body 211. Further, in the state of FIG. 46 (b), on the front side of the case holder 200, the boundary between the holding portion main body 211 and the holding portion closing body 212 is on three sides of the movable body accommodation opening 211b. It appears only along the line. In addition, the bonding surface (welding surface or bonding surface or the like) of the holding portion main body 211 and the holding portion closing body 212 is in a three-dimensionally complicated state. For this reason, it is very difficult for the movable body holding portion 210 to be finely disassembled using a tool such as a cutter in the operation from the front side of the case holder 200.

  In addition, when the above assembly procedure 4 is completed, “B crimped portion” and “C crimped portion” (first position engaging portion 170, second position engaging portion 170, for engaged) A state in which the movable body 220 and the movable body holding portion 210 are covered by a plurality of members such as the gaming machine substrate case 100 (cover member 110 and base member 120) and the case holder 200. It becomes. For this reason, it is extremely difficult to illegally access the “B-crimped part” or the “C-crimped part” without leaving a trace such as whitening in these members.

10-theater type game machine 10a frame body 10a ₁ backboard 10a ₂ open face of frame body 10b front door 10b ₁ reel window 10b ₂ open face of front door 11 medal insertion slot 12 medal payout slot 13 first reel (reel)
14 Second reel (reel)
15 Third reel (reel)
16 liquid crystal display 17 speaker 18 max bet button 19 single bet button 20 start lever 21 first stop button (stop button)
22 2nd stop button (stop button)
23 3rd stop button (stop button)
24 chance button 25 payout button 30 main control board unit 31 sub control board unit 32 liquid crystal unit 33 power supply unit 34 connector unit 35 reel unit 36 hopper unit 100 substrate case for gaming machine (second member)
100a ₁ Regular opening breaking part 100a ₂ Regular opening breaking part 100a ₃ Regular opening breaking part 100b Unauthorized clearing whitening part 100b ₁ fragile part (Unauthorized clearing whitening part)
100b ₂ Proximal end of rod-like protrusion of engaging portion 100c Thermal reaction portion 100c ₁ Fine convex portion 100c ₂ Fine concave portion 100d Comparison portion 110 Cover member 110a Screw hole 110b Engaged portion insertion port 111 Front wall portion 112 Left wall portion 113 Right wall 114 Upper wall (bearing wall)
115 lower wall portion 116 partition wall portion 117 partition wall portion 120 base member 120 a screw hole 120 b opening portion 121 rear wall portion 122 left wall portion 125 lower wall portion 126 partition wall portion 127 partition wall portion 130 engaged portion 130 a engaged Surface 130b Insertion piece receiving portion 131 α ⁺ side engaged wall portion 132 α ^- side engaged wall portion 133 connecting wall portion 134 bottom wall portion 140 pushing displacement regulating portion 140a engaging displacement abutment portion of pushing displacement regulating portion Face 150 Proximity displacement regulation part 150a Engagement part abutment surface for proximity displacement regulation part 160 Protective member for engaged part 160a Insertion piece 160b Upstanding part 161 Back surface protection part 162 Left side surface protection part (side surface protection part)
163 Right side protection part (side protection part)
164 flat surface protection portion 170 engagement portion 170a engagement surface 170b base end portion 171 fixed base portion 171a fixed surface 172 α ⁺ β ⁺ side engagement portion (α ⁺ side engagement portion and β ⁺ side engagement portion)
173 α ⁺ β ⁻ side engagement portion (α ⁺ side engagement portion and β ⁻ side engagement portion)
174 α ⁻ β ⁺ side engagement portion (α ⁻ side engagement portion and β ⁺ side engagement portion)
175 α ^- β ^- side engagement part (α ^- side engagement part and β ^- side engagement part)
180 Engaged part 200 Case holder (first member)
200a screw hole 201 back wall portion 203 front wall portion 204 upper wall portion 205 lower wall portion 210 movable body holding portion 210a guide groove 210b first position fitting portion 210c second position fitting portion 211 holding portion main body 211a Engaged part exposure opening part 211b Movable body accommodation opening part 211d Occlusion body fitting hole 212 Holding part occlusion body 220 Movable movable body (engaged part)
220a engaged surface 220b positioning fitting portion 221 α ⁺ side engaged wall portion 222 α ^- side engaged wall portion 223 connection wall portion 224 connection wall portion 225 held portion 230 proximity displacement restricting portion 300 protective cover 300a Screw hole 300b Screw hole 500 Electronic board 500a Screw hole 500b Cable terminal 600 Screw 601 Seal seal 602 Seal cap 603 Seal seal

Claims (8)

A gaming machine comprising a first member and a second member assembled to each other by engagement in order to seal the gaming machine substrate or to attach the gaming machine substrate case having the gaming machine substrate sealed thereto to the cabinet side member A member for
The first member is
A movable movable body movable between the first position and the second position;
A movable body holding portion for holding the movable body for engagement in a state in which the movable body can not be removed from other portions of the first member unless the first member is broken;
While having
The second member is
The first position in which the tip is engaged with the movable movable body by pressing the movable movable body in the first position in a direction non-parallel to the direction connecting the first position and the second position An engagement part,
A second position in which the distal end portion is engaged with the movable movable body for engagement by pressing the movable movable body for engagement in the second position in a direction not parallel to the direction connecting the first position and the second position An engagement part,
A game machine member characterized by having: The first member and the second member cover the periphery of the engagement portion including the first position engaging portion, the second position engaging portion, the engaged movable body, and the movable body holding portion,
The member for game machines according to claim 1, wherein the engagement site is not accessible unless the first member or the second member is destroyed. The regular opening breaking part formed more fragile than the periphery for the purpose of breaking at normal opening is a base of the first position engaging part or the second position engaging part in the first member or the second member. The member for game machines according to claim 2, formed in a portion covering the end side. The movable movable body has a positioning fitting portion,
The movable body holder is
A first position fitted portion engaged with the positioning fitting portion when the engaged movable body is in the first position;
A second position fitted portion engaged with the positioning fitting portion when the engaged movable body is in the second position;
The member for game machines as described in any one of Claims 1-3 which has these. The movable body holder is
A holding unit body,
A holder blocker,
Consists of
The holder body is
An internal space for accommodating the movable movable body in a movable state between the first position and the second position;
An object to be exposed on the outside of the holding portion main body of the movable body for engagement accommodated in the internal space, the portion engaged with the tip end of the first position engaging portion and the second position engaging portion Opening for engaging part exposure,
A movable body accommodation opening for accommodating the movable body for engagement in the internal space from the outside of the holding portion main body;
The holder blocker is
The movable member accommodation opening is closed by inserting the first member from the side opposite to the side on which the second member is assembled as viewed from the first member with respect to the portion where the holding portion main body is provided. The member for game machines according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The second member has a weakened portion formed weakly,
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein proximal ends of the first position engaging portion and the second position engaging portion are integrally provided on one side of the fragile portion. Members. The engagement between the first position engaging portion and the engaged movable body in the first member or the second member or the engagement between the second position engaging portion and the engaged movable body is improperly released. The member for game machines according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a thermal reaction part whose appearance is deteriorated by heating is provided in the whitening part at the time of fraud release that can be whitened when performing. A gaming machine provided with the gaming machine member according to any one of claims 1 to 7 .

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