JPH07213697A - Prize device protective case for pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a prize device protective case for a pinball game machine such as a machine capable of mounting a substrate case without requiring much space on the back plane of a panel and easily exchanging the substrate. CONSTITUTION:A hinge device 50 by which a door 40 can be dismounted is provided between a housing main body 20 and the door 40, and a substrate mounting part(for example, screw hole 42) to mount the substrate case 90 in which the substrate P can be housed is provided on the surface of the door 40, and also, the substrate case 90 can be fixed on the substrate mounting part 42 with a fixing member(for example, screw 29).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a winning device protection case for protecting a winning device used in a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine from a foreign substance such as a falling ball, and more particularly to a substrate capable of accommodating a substrate. The present invention relates to a winning device protection case for a ball game machine to which a case can be attached.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a winning device protection case for a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine of this type, it is attached to the back surface of the board surface of the ball game machine and covers the rear surface of the prize device arranged on the board surface. 2. Description of the Related Art A housing body, an opening provided on a rear surface of the housing body, and an opening / closing door that opens and closes the opening are known (for example, an actual opening 4-
11073, etc.).

In addition, in the prize-winning device protection case for the gaming machine, a board case capable of accommodating a board is fixed near the winch-device protection case on the back surface of the board.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional winning device protection case for a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine,
In the vicinity of the prize winning device protection case, a board fixed to the board surface is provided separately from the prize winning protection case. There was a problem that it interfered with the installation of the device.

Further, since the board case is fixed to the back surface of the board by a fixing member such as a screw, a failure of the board,
When it is necessary to remove the board for maintenance, changing the game contents, etc., you have to remove the fixing members such as screws and remove the board stored in the board case from the board surface, which is not easy work There was a problem.

Therefore, the winning device protection case for a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine according to claims 1 and 2 has been made in view of the problems of the above-mentioned conventional technique, and its purpose is to It is an object of the present invention to provide a winning device protection case for a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, in which a board case can be attached without taking up space on the back surface of the board and the board can be easily replaced.

In addition to this, the winning device protection case for a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine according to claim 2 is intended to provide a structure in which the substrate case can be easily fixed to the winning device protection case. is there.

[0008]

The present invention is to achieve the above-mentioned object, and the contents thereof will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. The winning device protection case for a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine according to claim 1 is a hinge device (50) capable of removing the opening / closing door (40) between the housing body (20) and the opening / closing door (40). The opening / closing door (40) has a board mounting portion for mounting a board case (90) capable of accommodating a board (P), and the board case
(90) is characterized in that it is fixed to the board mounting portion (42) by a fixing member.

The winning device protection case for a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in addition to the characteristic point according to claim 1, the board mounting portion is a screw hole (42), and the fixing is performed. The member is a screw (92) corresponding to the screw hole (42).

[0010]

[Operation] Therefore, according to the winning device protection case for a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine according to claim 1, an opening / closing door (40) is provided between the housing body (20) and the opening / closing door (40). Since it has a detachable hinge device (50), by removing the opening / closing door (40) from the housing body (20), it is simultaneously fixed to the board mounting part (for example, screw hole 42) of the opening / closing door (40). The separated substrate case (90) can be removed.

According to the prize-winning device protection case for a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine according to claim 2, the board case (90) is provided with an opening / closing door.
It can be fixed to (40) with screws (92).

[0012]

1 to 9 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a winning device protection case, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the winning device protection case with an opening / closing door opened. , Fig. 3
4 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which the engaging portion and the engaged portion are separated from each other, FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which the engaging portion is engaged with the engaged portion, and FIG. 5 is A- in FIG. FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view of the left hinge device, FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view of the right hinge device, FIG. 8 is a side view of the right hinge device, and FIG. Each of the perspective views of the winning device protection cases shown is shown.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a winning device protection case. The winning device protection case 10 has its front surface fixed to the back surface side of the board surface B of a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine. . And inside the winning device protection case 10,
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the winning device W is stored.
The winning device protection case 10 is, as shown in FIGS.
It is transparent or semi-transparent so that the inside can be seen through, and has a substantially hollow box shape made of a resin having some elasticity.

The winning device protection case 10 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in, when roughly divided, the box-shaped housing body 20
And the opening 30 provided on the rear surface of the housing body 20.
And an opening / closing door 40 that opens and closes the opening 30 and a pair of left and right hinge devices 50 provided between the housing body 20 and the lower end of the opening / closing door 40. The housing body
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper surface 20 is formed so as to incline downward from the left to the right, and the upper surface is provided with elliptical upper surface slits 21 ...
Zero slits are formed, and eight elliptical rear surface slits 22 ... For cooling are formed in the lower position. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a pair of left and right engaged parts 60 for the opening / closing door 40 are provided at an upper position on the front surface of the housing body 20. The engaged portion 60 will be described, for example, by taking the right engaged portion 60 as an example. As shown in FIGS.
The housing main body 20 is provided with an engaged concave surface portion 61 which is recessed in the board surface B direction from the rear surface, and an engaged hole 62 which is opened substantially at the center of the engaged concave surface portion 61. This engaged hole 62 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, it is composed of a rectangular opening 63 that opens in a substantially rectangular shape, and a projecting opening 64 that is located at the upper end of this rectangular opening 63 and has a narrower width than the rectangular opening 63. It has a convex shape.

The opening 30 of the housing body 20 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the winning device W, which has a substantially trapezoidal shape when viewed from the front and is housed in the housing body 20 through the opening 30, is formed so that maintenance can be performed from the rear surface of the housing body 20. ing. The housing body 20
Below the opening portion 30, an opening slit 70 provided in the opening / closing door 40 and corresponding to a stopper described later is formed in a rectangular shape.

As shown in FIG. 1, the opening / closing door 40 has a board placement surface 41 positioned substantially parallel to the board surface B when the opening / closing door 40 is closed, and a housing body 20 positioned at the upper end of the board placement surface 41. And an engaging portion 80 to. As shown in FIG. 1, the board arranging surface 41 is provided with screw holes 42 on the main body side as board mounting portions at a total of four positions in the vertical and horizontal positions on the surface thereof so that a board case can be arranged. . The substrate case 90 is made of a transparent or semi-transparent rectangular parallelepiped resin, and as shown in FIG. 1, a substrate P for electrically controlling the gaming machine is housed inside. Also, this board case
As shown in FIG. 1, the 90 has a total of four case-side screw holes 91 at the four corners. And this case side screw hole
91 and the screw hole 42 on the main body side so that both screw holes
The board case 90 can be fixed to the opening / closing door 40 by inserting a screw 92 as a fixing member into 42, 91.

The engaging portion 80 is composed of a pair of left and right engaging members 81 as shown in FIGS. This engaging member 81 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a first arm 82 protruding substantially horizontally in the housing body 20 direction and a second arm protruding obliquely upward in the direction opposite to the housing body 20 direction from the tip of the first arm 82.
The second arm 83 has a pressing piece 84 that is bent upward in an L shape at the tip of the second arm 83. Then, by pressing this pressing piece 84 downward, the second arm 83 can be bent downward, and the second arm 83
When is bent downward, the distance between the second arm 83 and the first arm 82 becomes narrow, and as a result, the height of the entire engaging member 81 becomes low.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 6 to 8, the hinge device 50 has left and right shaft portions 51 provided at the lower end of the opening / closing door 40.
And a left bearing portion 100 and a right bearing portion 110, which are provided on the housing body 20 and support the shaft portion 51 of the opening / closing door 40. The left and right shaft portions 51, 51 are shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 4, the door 40 is formed so as to project from the opening / closing door 40 in the left-right direction with respect to the board surface B.

As shown in FIG. 6, the left bearing portion 100 has a protruding portion 101 protruding in a direction opposite to the board surface B, a bearing plate 102 provided at the tip of the protruding portion 101, and this bearing plate. And a bearing hole 103 formed in 102. As shown in FIG. 6, the bearing hole 103 is formed to have a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the shaft portion 51 so that the shaft portion 51 can be inserted.
The shaft portion 51 of the opening / closing door 40 inserted from the right side in FIG.
It is rotatably supported.

On the other hand, the right bearing portion 110, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, has a protruding portion 111 protruding in a direction opposite to the board surface B,
The lower bearing member 120 protruding from the lower end of the protruding portion 111 in the direction opposite to the board surface B, the upper bearing member 112 protruding from the upper end of the protruding portion 111 in the same direction as the lower bearing member 120, and the lower bearing member Side bearing member 120 and upper bearing member 112
And a shaft insertion interval 113 formed between

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the lower bearing member 120 has an L-shape bent upward, and is inserted between the bent portion 121 bent in the L-shape and the protruding portion 111. It has a bearing groove 122 that rotatably supports the shaft portion 51. Further, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the lower bearing member 120 is provided at its tip with a protrusion 114 protruding toward the protrusion 111 at the boundary between the bearing groove 122 and the shaft insertion gap 113. ing. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the protrusion 114 protrudes in the direction of the board surface B. Therefore, as shown in FIG. The width is formed narrower than the space 113. Therefore, the shaft portion 51 of the opening / closing door 40 inserted from the shaft insertion interval 113
Hits the protrusion 114, but the lower bearing member 120
Since the inserted shaft portion 51 pushes the protruding portion 114 rearward, the lower bearing member 120 bends rearward, and the distance between the protruding portion 114 and the protruding portion 111 increases. By doing so, the shaft portion 51 can pass through, and the shaft portion 51 becomes the bearing groove 122.
Fits in. Further, when the shaft portion 51 is tried to be removed from the bearing groove 122, similarly, the protrusion portion 114 is pushed backward by the shaft portion 51, and the lower bearing member 120 bends backward, so that the shaft portion 51 is set in the bearing groove 122. The shaft 51 that had been used comes off. In this way, by forming a portion that is narrower than the diameter of the shaft portion 51 between the shaft insertion interval 113 and the bearing groove 122, the shaft portion 51 fitted in the bearing groove 122 can be easily inserted into the bearing groove. It is possible to prevent the opening / closing door 40 from being detached from the housing body 20 when opening / closing the opening / closing door 40 or during transportation.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a pair of stoppers 130 projecting from the shafts 51, 51 are provided below the left and right shafts 51, 51 of the opening / closing door 40. As shown in FIG. 8, the stopper 130 abuts the upper edge of the opening slit 70 provided in the housing body 20 in a state where the opening / closing door 40 is opened by about 90 degrees, so that the opening / closing door 40 is no longer connected.
Does not open. Further, even if the person who has opened the opening / closing door 40 releases his / her hand from the opening / closing door 40, the opening / closing door 40 remains in a state of maintaining a predetermined opening angle, for example, an opening angle of 90 degrees. In this way, since the opening angle of the opening / closing door 40 can be maintained at a predetermined angle, it is possible to release the opening / closing door 40 or open the opening / closing door 40 vigorously while opening the opening / closing door 40. Even if there is, the opening / closing door 40 does not open more than necessary, and the substrate case 90 and the substrate P on the substrate placement surface 41 do not collide with the housing body 20 and are damaged.

Next, the procedure for opening and closing the opening / closing door 40 in the winning device protection case 10 having the above-described structure will be described. First, a procedure for opening the open / close door 40 from the closed state as shown in FIG. 1 to the open door as shown in FIG. 2 will be described. When the open / close door 40 is closed, as shown in FIGS.
Is engaged with the engaged portion 60 of. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the pressing piece 84 of the engaging portion 80 fits into the projecting opening 64 of the engaged hole 62 of the engaged portion 60, and The tip of the second arm 83 in the projecting direction abuts the back surface of the engaged concave surface portion 61 of the housing body 20 and is in a locked state. Therefore, the opening / closing door 40 cannot be opened only by pulling it backward.

To open the opening / closing door 40 from this state, the pressing piece 84 of the engaging portion 80 is pushed down. When the pressing piece 84 is pushed down, the second arm 83 bends downward, and the distance between the second arm 83 and the first arm 82 becomes narrow. Second arm
The distance between 83 and the first arm 82 becomes narrower, and the second arm 83
The tip end of the protruding direction of is the engaged concave surface portion of the housing body 20.
When the opening / closing door 40 is pulled rearward after pressing the pressing piece 84 until it does not abut against the back surface of the engaging member 61, the engaging portion 80 is easily separated from the engaged portion 60, as shown in FIG. Leave, Figure 2
The open / close door 40 can be opened as shown in FIG. In this state, since the stopper 130 of the opening / closing door 40 is in contact with the upper edge of the opening slit 70 of the housing body 20, even if the hand is released, the opening / closing door is further closed.
40 never opens.

Next, a procedure for closing the opening / closing door 40 as shown in FIG. 1 from the state where the opening / closing door 40 is opened as shown in FIG. 2 will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 2, with the shaft portion 51 pivotally supported by the left and right bearing portions 100 and 110 and the opening / closing door 40 opened, the engaging portion 80 is pulled up toward the housing body 20 to cover the housing body 20. Engage with the engaging part 60.
Specifically, the engaging portion 80 is moved in the closing direction of the opening / closing door 40 until the arms 82, 83 of the left and right engaging portions 80, 80 are inserted into the engaged holes 62. When the opening / closing door 40 is moved in the closing direction in this manner, the second arm 83 of the engaging portion 80 moves into the engaged hole 62.
Hit the top edge of. When the opening / closing door 40 is moved in the closing direction from this state, the upper end edge of the engaged hole 62 pushes the second arm 83 downward, similarly to when the opening / closing door 40 is opened. By pushing down the second arm 83, the second arm 83 bends downward, and the distance between the second arm 83 and the first arm 82 becomes narrow. In this state, when the opening / closing door 40 is further moved in the closing direction and the tip of the second arm 83 is moved in the direction of the board surface B from the engaged concave surface portion 61, it is pushed downward by the upper edge of the engaged hole 62. The second arm 83 is restored to the upper position, that is, the original position, and the opening / closing door 40 is locked.

Further, the procedure for attaching / detaching the opening / closing door 40 will be described. First, in order to remove the opening / closing door 40 from the housing main body 20 as shown in FIG. 2 and remove it from the housing main body 20 as shown in FIG. 9, the opening / closing door 40 is rotatably supported in the bearing groove 122. Pull out the right shaft portion 51 in the direction of the shaft insertion interval 113. The pulled out shaft portion 51 is a lower bearing member.
Although it abuts the protrusion 114 of the 120, when the shaft portion 51 is further pulled in the direction of the shaft insertion interval 113, the lower bearing member 120 bends rearward, so that the distance between the protrusion 114 and the protrusion 111 increases. In this state, if the shaft portion 51 is pulled, the shaft portion 51 comes out of the bearing groove 122 through the gap between the protrusion 114 and the protrusion 111, and is pulled out through the shaft insertion gap 113.

When the left shaft portion 51 is pulled rightward from the bearing hole 103 with the right shaft portion 51 pulled out from the bearing groove 122, the left shaft portion 51 is separated from the bearing hole 103. Then, the opening / closing door 40 can be removed from the housing body 20.
On the contrary, as shown in FIG.
As shown in Fig. 2, the open / close door is removed from the
In order to mount 40 on the housing body 20, the procedure opposite to the procedure for removing the opening / closing door 40 from the housing body 20 may be performed.

First, the left shaft portion 51 is inserted into the bearing hole 103 of the housing body 20. After that, the right shaft portion 51 is set in the bearing groove 1
It is inserted into the shaft 22 through the shaft insertion space 113. Shaft insertion interval 113
While being inserted into the bearing groove 122 from the right shaft portion 51,
Although it abuts on the protrusion 114 formed on the lower bearing member 120, when the right shaft portion 51 is inserted as it is, the lower bearing member 120 is bent backward by the shaft portion 51, and the protrusion 114 and the protrusion
The interval with 111 expands. In this state, the shaft 51 is inserted into the bearing groove 122 through the gap between the protrusion 114 and the protrusion 111, and is rotatably supported.

[0029]

Since the present invention is constituted as described above, it has the following effects. Claim 1
According to the winning device protection case for a ball game machine described above, the board case can be attached without taking up the space on the back surface of the board surface, and the replacement device of the ball game machine can be easily replaced. Can be provided.

In addition to this, according to the winning device protection case for a ball game machine according to claim 2, a ball game machine having a simple structure in which a board case capable of accommodating a board can be easily attached. It is possible to provide a winning device protection case for.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a winning device protection case.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a winning device protection case with an opening / closing door opened.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which an engaging portion and an engaged portion are separated from each other.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing a state in which the engaging portion is engaged with the engaged portion.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view of the left hinge device.

FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view of the right hinge device.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the right hinge device.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the winning device protection case showing a state where the opening / closing door is removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Winning device protection case 20 Housing body 21 Top slit 22 Rear slit 30 Opening 40 Opening / closing door 41 Board placement surface 42 Screw hole as board mounting section 50 Hinge device 51 Shaft section 60 Engagement section 61 Engagement concave section 62 Engagement hole 63 Square opening 64 Projecting opening 70 Opening slit 80 Engaging portion 81 Engaging member 82 First arm 83 Second arm 84 Pressing piece 90 Board case 91 Screw hole on case side 92 Screw as fixing member 100 Left bearing portion 101 Projection portion 102 Bearing plate 103 Bearing hole 110 Right bearing portion 111 Protrusion portion 112 Upper bearing member 113 Shaft insertion interval 114 Protrusion portion 120 Lower bearing member 121 Bent portion 122 Bearing groove 130 Stopper B Board surface P Substrate W winning device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A housing main body that is attached to the back surface of the board surface of a ball game machine and covers the rear surface of the winning device disposed on the board surface, an opening provided on the rear surface of this housing body, and the opening and closing of this opening. It is a winning device protection case for a ball game machine having an opening and closing door that can be closed, a hinge device that can remove the opening and closing door is provided between the housing body and the opening and closing door, The surface of the board has a board mounting portion for mounting a board case capable of accommodating a board, and the board case is fixed to the board mounting portion by a fixing member. Protective case for prize winning device. 2. The winning device protection case for a ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the board mounting portion is a screw hole, and the fixing member is a screw corresponding to the screw hole. .