JPH08131636A - Control board box assembling structure of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce the mounting space of a board box in a game machine. CONSTITUTION: A board box 30 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and of the outer surface area, right and left faces 31R are the largest, front and rear faces 33 are the second largest, and top and bottom faces 34 are the smallest. The board box 30 is attached to a back face 10R of a hit ball collecting cover body 10 so that the front of the box is in contact with the back. Compared with when either right and left face 31R which has the largest area is in contact with the back, the mounting space of the board box 30 on the hit ball collecting cover body 10 is reduced in the right and left directions. Therefore, the space of an opening 11 for a hitting device can be enlarged in the right and left directions to enlarge a hitting device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure for assembling a board box containing a control board for controlling game operations in a game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a gaming machine, for example, a pachinko machine, a variable winning device is provided in which a plurality of rotating drums are actuated when a game ball enters a specific winning port and the patterns are aligned to make a big hit state. There is one arranged in the central part of.
On the back side of the game board, there is provided a winning ball collective cover body for guiding the winning balls won in the winning opening and the variable winning device to a predetermined position so as to cover the variable winning device from the back side. Further, since the variable winning device has a large depth dimension due to its structure, the variable winning device projects from the opening formed in the winning ball aggregate cover body.

A control board for controlling the game operation of the variable winning apparatus is also provided. This control board is housed in a board box for reasons such as dustproofness, and the board box is attached to a position that avoids interference with the variable winning apparatus.

[0004]

In a pachinko machine equipped with a variable prize device, the game board, the variable prize device and the prize ball collecting cover body are replaced as a set, and other devices such as a mechanical panel are used as they are. You can change to different game contents. Therefore, if the control board is attached to the mechanism board, the extra work of removing the control board from the mechanism board is required when the game board is replaced, but the structure is such that the control board is attached to the winning ball aggregate cover body. If this is the case, there is an advantage that replacement work is simplified because no extra removal work is required. For this reason, there is also a pachinko machine in which the control board is attached to the winning ball collection cover body.

Conventionally, in such a pachinko machine, the structure for mounting the board box in which the control board is housed on the back surface of the winning ball collecting cover body has been as shown in FIG. The board box 50 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole like a thick book, and the outer surface 51 having the largest area (the surface parallel to the plate surface of the control board) 51 of the three outer surfaces perpendicular to each other is a winning ball aggregate cover body. It was assembled so as to closely face the back surface 52R of 52. Therefore, the board box 50 occupies a considerably large area on the back surface 52R of the winning ball aggregate cover body 52,
Moreover, this mounting space becomes larger as the control board becomes larger.

For this reason, it is difficult to secure a large installation space for the board box 50 and a space for the opening 53 for the variable winning device, and there is a great limitation in increasing the size of the board box 50 and the winning device. was there.

Incidentally, such a situation is not limited to the case where the substrate box is attached to the prize winning ball collecting cover, and the case where the substrate box is attached to the mechanism board provided on the back side of the game board and provided with a mechanism for processing prize winning balls and product balls. In addition, there is a similar problem in securing an installation space for the board box and an installation space for the components of the mechanism board.

The invention of the present application was conceived in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to alleviate restrictions on securing a space for mounting a board box and a space for mounting other members on the back side of a gaming machine. It is what

[0009]

The present invention is a structure in which a board box in which a control board for controlling a game operation of a winning device provided in a gaming machine is housed on the back surface of the gaming machine is assembled. The box has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and
It is characterized in that the outer surface having the maximum area of the three sets of outer surfaces which are perpendicular to each other is attached in a direction that is perpendicular to the back surface of the game machine.

[0010]

In the present invention, the outer surface of the largest area of the three sets of outer surfaces of the substrate box which are perpendicular to each other is perpendicular to the game board, and one outer surface other than the outer surface of the largest area is the back surface of the gaming machine. opposite. Therefore, the mounting space of the board box on the gaming machine is smaller than that in the case where the outer surfaces of the largest areas are mounted in the facing directions.

Further, since the control board has a relatively low height component mounted on the board and has a thin overall shape, the board surface of the board is a board box. It is stored in a direction parallel to the outer surface of the largest area. Therefore, when the size of the board box increases with the size of the control board, it is not necessary to increase the thickness of the board box, and the vertical or horizontal dimension of the outer surface having the maximum area is extended. If the direction of extending this dimension is perpendicular to the game board, the space for mounting the board box on the back surface of the game board does not increase. Even if the direction in which the dimension is extended is parallel to the back surface of the game board, the thickness of the board box on the back surface does not change, and the thickness dimension is 3 times that of the normal board box.
Since it is the smallest of the sides of the set, the rate of increase of the mounting space in this case can be small.

[0012]

According to the invention of claim 1, the mounting space occupied by the board box on the rear surface of the gaming machine can be small, and the mounting space does not increase with the increase in the size of the board box, or a method of increasing the mounting space. Since the size is small, the space constraint is relaxed, and it is possible to secure a wide installation space for members on the back surface of the game machine and a mounting space for the board box.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention applied to a pachinko machine will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG.
Represents the structure of the back surface of the pachinko machine 1. Pachinko machine 1
On the front side of the mechanism board 2 provided on the back side of the machine, the winning ball collecting gutter 3 for collecting the generated winning balls in one place and the winning balls gathered in the winning ball collecting gutter 3 are processed one by one, and A prize-ball collecting mechanism including a prize-ball processing device 4 for driving a prize-ball discharging device 7 described later is provided. On the rear side of the mechanism board 2, a prize ball tank 5 for storing a large amount of prize balls,
A prize ball alignment gutter 6 that aligns and flows down the prize balls stored in the prize ball tank 5, and a prize ball discharge device 7 that discharges the prize balls supplied by the prize ball alignment gutter 6 by dividing the prize balls into a predetermined number. Is provided with a prize ball discharging mechanism.

A large window hole 8 corresponding to a prize ball collecting cover body 10 to be described later is formed at a substantially central position of the mechanism board 2. A prize winning device protection cover (not shown) attached to the prize winning ball collecting cover body 10 and a substrate box 30 penetrate through the window hole 8 and project to the back side.

On the other hand, a game board (not shown) is detachably provided on the front side of the pachinko machine 1. The game board is
As is well known, prize holes and decorative lights that flash at the time of winning are arranged, and at the center position, a plurality of rotating drums are activated due to a game ball entering a specific prize hole. A prize winning device (not shown) is provided that is designed to be a big hit when all the patterns are aligned and generate a large number of prize balls in a short time. Such a winning device is projected from the mounting hole formed in the game board to the back side.

A relay terminal (not shown) is attached to an upper position on the back surface of the game board, and a connection terminal (not shown) extended from a substrate box 30 described later is connected to the relay terminal. It is supposed to be done. Then, by connecting these terminals, electrical devices such as lamps, solenoids, and motors provided mainly on the game board and the winning device are connected to the control board in the board box 30, and these electrical equipment are connected to the control board. Is controlled by.

Also, a prize-ball collecting cover body 10 is attached to the back surface of the game board. The winning ball aggregate cover body 10 is formed with a partition (not shown) that constitutes a passage for guiding the winning balls won in the winning opening and the winning device to a predetermined position. In addition, the winning ball aggregate cover body 10 is formed with a rectangular opening 11 corresponding to the protruding portion of the winning device. The prize winning device is inserted into the opening 11 and protrudes to the back side. This protruding portion is attached to the back surface 10R of the prize winning ball collecting cover body 10 so as to surround the opening edge of the prize winning device protective cover (not shown). It is supposed to be covered by.

Further, the back surface 1 of the winning ball aggregate cover body 10
On the 0R, the board box 30 is attached to a position laterally adjacent to the opening 11 by means described later.
The board box 30 is a well-known one that houses a control board (not shown) for controlling the game operation and the like of the winning device on the game board. The board box 30 has a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole like a thick book, and the three sides perpendicular to each other have the longest vertical sides, the front and back sides, and the left and right sides. It becomes shorter in order. Therefore, the six outer surfaces of the board box 30 have the largest areas on the left and right side surfaces 31L and 31R and the front surface 32.
The rear surface 33 is the next largest, and the upper surface 34 and the lower surface 35 are the smallest.

Further, the control board has a thin overall shape because the height of the components mounted on the board is relatively low. Therefore, the control board is housed with its board surface fixed in a direction parallel to the left and right side surfaces 31L and 31R, which is the maximum area of the board box 30.

Next, the detailed structure of the prize ball collecting cover body 10 and the substrate box 3 for the prize ball collecting cover body 10 will be described.
The assembly structure of 0 will be described in detail.

The prize-ball collecting cover body 10 is made of a plastic material and has a plate shape parallel to the game board as a whole.
The winning ball collecting cover body 10 is fixed to the game board by a screw (not shown) passing through a mounting hole 19 formed at a predetermined position thereof.

Reinforcing ribs 12 are formed in the opening 11 along its lower edge so as to project in a horizontal plate shape toward the back side, and along the left and right side edges, reinforcing ribs 13L and 13R are also projected downward. It is formed so as to rise from both ends of the reinforcing rib 12 at the edge.

A mounting member for mounting the board box 30 on the winning ball aggregate cover body 10 is provided at an adjacent position on the left side of the opening 11 when viewed from the back side. This mounting member includes a support frame 15 and a lever 20.

The support frame 15 includes a right side plate 15R formed by extending a reinforcing rib 13L on the left side of the opening 11 downward, and the right side plate 1R.
The left side plate 15L parallel to the 5R and the left and right side plates 15L,
It is composed of a horizontal bottom plate 15B which connects the lower edges of 15R to each other. Between the left and right side plates 15L and 15R, the shortest dimension of the three sides of the substrate box 30 at right angles to each other, that is, the gap according to the thickness is provided, and the substrate box 30 is largely rattled. It is accepted without any. The support frame 15 is open to the rear side, and the board box 30 is provided from the left and right and from below.
Is supposed to be supported.

The right side plate 1 on the upper surface of the bottom plate 15B
A support groove 16 is formed at an edge portion continuous with 5R.
The support groove 16 is for inserting a projecting plate 36 formed on the right edge of the lower surface 35 of the substrate box 30. The protruding plate 36 is formed over a predetermined length from the front end of the substrate box 30, and the support groove 16 is formed over a range corresponding to the length of the protruding plate 36. When the projecting plate 36 is fitted in the support groove 16, the projecting plate 36
By locking the rear end of the substrate groove 30 to the rear edge of the support groove 16, it is possible to prevent the substrate box 30 from moving rearward with respect to the support frame 15.

Above the support frame 15, a substrate box 30 is provided.
Lever 2 for attaching and detaching the prize ball collection cover body 10
0 is provided. The lever 20 is formed of a synthetic resin material, which prevents damage to the substrate box 30 when the lever 20 contacts the substrate box 30, as will be described later.

The lever 20 includes a pressing plate 21 for pressing the substrate box 30 from above and the substrate box 30.
And a receiving plate 22 that abuts the front surface of each of them have an L-shape in a direction perpendicular to each other. A detaching operation portion 23 for detaching the substrate box 30 from the winning ball collecting cover body 10 is formed on the protruding edge of the pressing plate 21 so as to project obliquely upward and largely.

The lever 20 is pivotally displaceable between a locked position and an unlocked position around a pin 24 in the left-right direction supported by the pin receivers 17, 17 of the winning ball collecting cover 10. In the locked position, the lever 20 is flush with the back surface 10R of the winning ball collecting cover body 10 as shown in FIG. 7, with the pressing plate 21 being substantially horizontal and the receiving plate 22 being substantially vertical. When the lever 20 is in the unlocked posture, as shown in FIG. 6, the pressing plate 21 is inclined with its front end side facing upward, and the receiving plate 22 is
Is in an oblique state in which its lower end is projected rearward from the back surface 10R of the winning ball collecting cover body 10.

The lever 20 is provided with a reinforcing side plate 25 on the same plane as the left side plate 15L of the support frame 15 and a left edge of the pressing plate 21 and a receiving plate 22 which are continuous with each other. . The reinforcing side plate 25 increases the rigidity of the lever 20 and keeps the pressing plate 21 and the receiving plate 22 at a predetermined angle.

A lever locking projection 26 is formed on the left outer surface of the reinforcing side plate 25, while an elastic locking portion 18 for locking the lever locking projection 26 is provided on the winning ball collecting cover body 10. Has been formed. This elastic locking portion 18
Are projected along the reinforcing side plate 25, and the reinforcing side plate 2
It is possible to elastically deform so as to come in contact with and separate from the No. 5 in the left-right direction. A lever lock hole 18A is formed in the elastic locking portion 18, and a lock release operating portion 18B is formed at the protruding end so as to extend outward.

When the lever 20 is rotationally displaced between the locked posture and the unlocked posture, the elastic locking portion 18 is elastically deformed outward so as to ride over the lever lock projection 26. Then, when the lever 20 is in the locked posture, the lever lock projection 26 is fitted into the lever lock hole 18A and locked at the trailing edge thereof as shown in FIG. 5, whereby the lever 20 is unlocked. It is prevented from turning to. Further, when the lever 20 is displaced to the unlocked posture, as shown in FIG. 4, the lever locking projection 26 is locked to the rear surface of the unlocking operation portion 18B and its movement in the locking direction is restricted. 20 is held in the unlocked posture.

The portion of the lever locking projection 26 that engages with the unlocking operation portion 18B has a wedge shape that is obliquely inclined (not shown). As a result, when the lever 20 is pushed in the locking direction with a strong force equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the lever locking projection 26 elastically deforms the lock release operating portion 18B and dives into the inside thereof so that the lever 20 is released from the unlocked posture. It is designed to be rotationally displaced to the locked posture.

A substrate box lock protrusion 29 is formed on the lower surface of the pressing plate 21 of the lever 20, while a substrate box lock hole 39 is formed on the upper surface of the substrate box 30. When the lever 20 is in the locked posture and the pressing plate 21 closely faces the upper surface of the substrate box 30 and the substrate box 30 closely faces the back surface 10R of the winning ball collecting cover body 10, a predetermined mounting state is achieved. The protrusion 29 is fitted into the board box lock hole 39 and is locked to the rear edge thereof, thereby preventing the board box 30 from moving rearward with respect to the lever 20.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
When the board box 30 is attached to the winning ball collecting cover body 10, the board box 30 is fitted into the support frame 15 with the lever 20 in the unlocked posture. At this time, the board box 30 is tilted slightly backward with respect to the winning ball collecting cover body 10, and the projecting plate 36 on the lower surface thereof is obliquely fitted into the support groove 16. As a result, the board box 30 has its lower front edge locked to the back surface 10R of the winning ball collecting cover body 10 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the part near the upper end of the front surface is temporarily attached to the lower end edge of the receiving plate 22 of the lever 20.

From this state, the rear surface 3 of the substrate box 30
When pushing the upper part of 3 forward, this pressing force is applied to the board box 3
0 acts on the lever 20 as a turning force through the receiving plate 22, and the lever 20 is rotationally displaced in the locking direction while elastically deforming the elastic locking portion 18 outward, and reaches the locking posture shown in FIG.

In this state, the lever lock protrusion 26 is locked in the lever lock hole 18A to prevent the lever 20 from rotating in the unlocking direction, and the substrate box lock protrusion 29 is locked in the substrate box. The engagement with the hole 39 prevents the board box 30 from being detached rearward from the lever 20. Due to this double lock, the substrate box 30 is firmly and surely attached to the winning ball aggregate cover body 10. As described above, the work of mounting the board box 30 can be performed by a simple work of pushing the board box 30 in the temporarily mounted state.

On the back surface 10R of the winning ball collecting cover body 10, a portion where the front surface of the substrate box 30 closely opposes is occupied as a mounting space. Comparing the mounting method of this embodiment with the case where one of the left and right side surfaces, where the area of the substrate box is the largest, is closely attached to the winning ball collecting cover body (see FIG. 9), FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the mounting space of this embodiment has a smaller lateral dimension. Therefore, it is possible to secure a large space in the left-right direction for the winning device opening 11 in the winning ball collecting cover body 10, and it is possible to increase the size of the winning device.

Further, in the board box 30, the control board has its maximum plate area on both left and right side surfaces 31L, 31.
Although it is stored in parallel with R, the height of the components attached to this control board is generally standardized, so that the entire control board will change even if the area of the board changes or the configuration of the parts changes. The thickness of the substrate remains almost constant, and the length-width ratio of the substrate can be set relatively freely. Therefore, in the case of increasing the size of the board box 30 as the size of the control board increases, the thickness (dimension in the left-right direction) and height (dimension in the up-down direction) of the board box 30 are left unchanged. It is possible to extend only the depth dimension in the front-rear direction as indicated by the chain line in FIG. In this way, even if the substrate box 30 becomes large, its mounting space does not become large, and when mounting the enlarged substrate box 30, the support frame 15 and the lever 20 of the prize ball collecting cover body 10 and the lever 20 are attached. It can be used as it is.

When the substrate box 30 is removed from the prize ball collecting cover body 10, the unlocking operation portion 18B is pushed to elastically deform the elastic locking portion 18 outwardly, and in this state, the removal operation portion 23 is pushed up. The lever 20 is rotationally displaced in the unlocking direction. With the rotation of the lever 20, the lower edge of the receiving plate 22 is moved to the front surface 32 of the substrate box 30.
Is pushed rearward, the substrate box 30 is tilted rearward to be in the above-described temporary attachment state. In this state, since the board box lock protrusion 29 is disengaged from the board box lock hole 39, the board box 30 can be pulled out from the support frame 15 by pulling out the projecting plate 36 from the support groove 16. This completes the work of removing the substrate box 30.

<Other Embodiments> The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and illustrated in the drawings. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention. In addition to the above, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

(1) In the above embodiment, the case of application to the pachinko machine 1 has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to other gaming machines other than the pachinko machine.

(2) In the above embodiment, the substrate box 30
The case where the front surface 32 of the above is attached so as to be closely opposed to the winning ball aggregate cover body 10 has been described. According to the present invention, the surface which is the upper surface 34 or the lower surface 35 in the above embodiment is placed in the winning ball aggregate cover body. You may make it attach so that it may face 10 closely.

(3) In the above embodiment, the case where the mounting space of the substrate box 30 on the winning ball aggregate cover body 10 is provided vertically in the lateral position of the opening 11 has been described, but according to the present invention. It is also possible to provide a horizontally long mounting space above or below the opening 11.

(4) In the above embodiment, the substrate box 30
Although the case of attaching to the prize winning ball aggregate cover body 10 has been described, the present invention can be applied to the case of attaching the substrate box to the mechanism board.

(5) In the above embodiment, the support frame 15, the elastic locking portion 18, the lever 20, and other components for attaching the board box 30 to the prize winning ball collecting cover body 10 are integrated with the prize winning ball collecting cover 10. However, according to the present invention, these members are unitized separately from the winning ball collective cover body 10, and the unitized mounting member is a winning ball collective cover body, game board, mechanism. It can also be removable from any of the boards. This way,
Depending on the game content of the prize winning device, etc.
Even when the game board and the mechanism board are replaced, the unitized mounting member can be used as it is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the substrate box is removed from the prize ball collecting cover body.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a board box is attached to a winning ball aggregate cover body.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway side view of the state where the board box is temporarily attached to the winning ball aggregate cover body.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway side view of the state where the board box is assembled to the winning ball aggregate cover body.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged side view showing a state where the board box is temporarily attached.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged side view showing a state where a board box is assembled.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state where a board box is assembled.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a state in which a board box is assembled in a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Pachinko machine (gaming machine) 30 ... Substrate box 31L, 31R ... Side surface (outer surface of maximum area)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A structure in which a board box containing a control board for controlling a game operation of a winning device provided in the gaming machine is mounted on the back surface of the gaming machine, wherein the board box has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, An assembly structure for a gaming machine control board box, wherein the outer surface of the maximum area of the three pairs of mutually orthogonal outer surfaces is mounted in a direction perpendicular to the back surface of the gaming machine.