JPH09271573A - Ashtray device of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ashtray device being applicable to another use and matching the design of a game machine by forming a first function part formed in a recessed shape having a cigarrette butt accommodating function and a second function part formed to have another function. SOLUTION: In a lower receiving unit 3 provided with an ashtray device 4, the device 4 comprises a first function part with a function to serve as an ashtray for enabling a player to smoke and a second function part for forbidding the player to smoke, thereby selectably generating the smokable/unsmokable condition. An ashtray main body 41 has a recessed part 42 to accommodate cigarrette butts and is almost a box type member whose top surface is open. This body 41 has a shape with a proper curved surface to be contiguous to a lower tray 31 adjacent thereto so as to be part of design of a pachinko game machine. On a side surface of the body 41, a rotation shaft 71 is arranged to form function converting means. Function maintaining means 8 is also formed to maintain the condition of the function covered by function conversion means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ashtray device provided in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and more particularly to an ashtray device which can be used not only as an ashtray but also for multiple purposes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, each game machine is provided with an ashtray for the convenience of the player who smokes, and the ashtray is indispensable for the smoker. And this ashtray is generally provided in one lower corner of the gaming machine. Further, the ashtray is configured to be rotatable about an axis so that the butts can be easily collected, and when the butts are to be collected, a collecting tool may be hooked on the edge of the ashtray and rotated downward. It is like this. For this reason, in the conventional ashtray, a rotary shaft is provided so as to project from the side surface of the box-shaped ashtray body, and this shaft is pivotally attached to the bearing portion of the lower tray unit. When the ashtray accumulates in the ashtray, the clerk rotates the ashtray while collecting the butts while holding a collection box such as a bucket.

[0003]

By the way, although the number of female players has increased remarkably recently, they do not smoke or dislike the smell of cigarettes on their hair or clothes. In addition, the number of smokers is increasing due to heightened health consciousness. Therefore, a so-called non-smoking seat is provided in the game store where smoking is not allowed. On the other hand, in order to reduce the work of collecting the butts by the clerk, there is also a game shop configured to collect the butts collectively by providing a butts collecting system configured by stretching a conveyor or the like in the game island. When these ashtrays are not used, it is the current situation that the ashtrays provided in advance in the gaming machine are covered or a sticker is attached so that the ashtrays cannot be used. However, in the gaming machine in which the ashtray cannot be used, the design of the gaming machine as a whole is disturbed and the appearance is bad, and the pranks such as peeling off the seal and removing the lid are inevitable. Further, it is useless for the manufacturer of the gaming machine to install the unused ashtray in the gaming machine before shipping, and it is not necessary for the gaming shop which purchased the gaming machine. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide an ashtray device that can be used for multiple purposes and that does not disturb the design of the gaming machine.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is an ashtray device provided in a gaming machine, and a first functional portion formed in a concave shape having a function of storing butts. A second function part formed so as to have a cigarette butter storage function or another function, and a function conversion means for selecting and using one of the first function part and the second function part. It is an ashtray device for gaming machines. Further, the invention according to claim 2 is an ashtray device for a gaming machine, which is provided with a function maintaining means for holding the selected function state.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An ashtray device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 1 shows a state in which an ashtray device 4 according to the present invention is mounted on a pachinko machine 1 as a gaming machine. ing.

Generally, the pachinko machine 1 comprises a frame body called an outer frame 11 and a pachinko machine body called a front frame 12 or a front frame which is openably and closably attached. A game board, a glass frame 13 and the like are fixed to the front frame 12 in a replaceable or openable / closable manner, and a tray plate unit 2 having a tray 21 for storing balls is also openably / closably attached. ing. Further, below the front frame 12, a lower plate unit 3 provided with a lower plate 31 for storing balls overflowing from the upper plate 21 and a launching device is fixed. An ashtray is conventionally provided at a position adjacent to the lower plate 31.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the lower tray unit 3 in which the ashtray device 4 according to the present invention is arranged. The ashtray device 4 in this embodiment has a function as an ashtray and is in a smokeable state. It is provided with the one function part 5 and the second function part 6 which cannot be used as an ashtray and is in the smoking prohibited state, and can be converted into the smoking enabled state and the smoking ban state.

The ashtray main body 41 is a generally box-shaped member having a concave portion 42 so as to have a function of accommodating butts and having an open upper surface, and is adjacent to one another as part of the design of the pachinko machine 1. The plate 31 has an appropriate curved surface so as to be continuous with the lower plate 31. Further, on the side surface of the ashtray main body 41, a rotary shaft 71 for forming a function converting means is provided so as to project. Further, the function maintaining means 8 is provided so as to hold the function state converted by the function converting means.

In the illustrated embodiment, the function maintaining means 8 is provided with a rectangular fitting portion 81 at the tip of the rotary shaft 71, and a notch-shaped fitting opening 82 capable of fitting with the fitting portion 81.
A slide member 83 having a is provided on the lower plate 31 side.
Then, when the sliding member 83 is slid to fit the fitting port 82 and the fitting portion 81, the rotary shaft 7
The rotation stop of 1 is achieved, and the rotation of the ashtray main body 41 is blocked. Therefore, once the first function unit 5 as the ashtray or the second function unit 6 which prohibits the use of the ashtray is selected, other functions cannot be used.

On the other hand, the lower tray unit 3 of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a bearing portion corresponding to the rotating shaft 71 of the function converting means. According to the illustrated embodiment, this bearing portion is composed of a receiving groove hole 72 formed downward in a generally U-shape. The rotary shaft 71 of the ashtray main body 41 is connected to the receiving groove hole 7 serving as a bearing portion.
When mounting on 2, the lower plate unit 3 is divided into upper and lower parts for assembly.

The receiving groove 72 is a first vertical groove 72a on the front side.
And a second vertical groove 72b on the inner side and a horizontal groove 72c extending so as to connect both grooves. Then, as shown in FIG. 3 (A1), the rotary shaft 71 is usually the second vertical slot 72b on the inner side.
And an engaging portion 4 formed in one end of the ashtray main body 41
3 is fitted in the engaging recess 32 on the lower plate unit 3 side.

That is, in the state shown in FIG. 3A1, the first
With the open ashtray surface, which is the functional portion 5, facing upward, it is ready for smoking. From this state, if the ashtray main body 41 is pulled up, the rotary shaft 71 is moved from the second vertical groove hole 72b to the horizontal groove 72c (A2). Then, the engaging portion 43 is disengaged from the engaging concave portion 32 and can be freely rotated.
1 becomes rotatable (A3), and the bottom surface portion which is the second functional portion 6 is turned up (A4). In this state, the rotating shaft 71 is loosely fitted in the first vertical groove 72a, but the engaging portion 43 is not fitted in the engaging concave portion 32. Therefore, when the hand is released in this state, the ashtray main body 41 rotates by its own weight. Then, when the ashtray main body 41 is pushed in so as to transfer the rotary shaft 71 from the first vertical groove hole 72a to the second vertical groove hole 72b, the engaging portion 4
3 engages with the engaging recess 32, and rotation of the ashtray main body 41 is blocked. In this state, the ashtray cannot be used and the seat is a non-smoking seat. The engaging portions 43 are provided symmetrically in front of and behind the ashtray main body 41.

In order to maintain the non-smoking seat state, the present invention is provided with the function maintaining means 8. This function maintaining means 8 is, for example, as shown in the row B of FIG.
1. A rectangular fitting portion 81 formed at one end of 1 and this fitting portion 8
Slide member 83 having a fitting port 82 that can be fitted to
Consists of That is, a notch-shaped rectangular fitting port 82 is formed at one end of the slide member 83, and the slide member 8 is provided.
A guide member 84 for moving 3 in parallel is provided.
The slide member 83 is configured so that it cannot be operated unless the glass frame 13, the front frame 12, or the front panel of the pachinko machine 1 is opened, or from the back side of the pachinko machine in the manufacturing process or the adjusting process. . In other words, only a person who possesses the keys of the glass frame 13 and the front frame 12 such as an employee of a game shop can operate the game, so that the player does not mischievously rotate the game. In the illustrated embodiment, in order to position the slide member 83, a pair of small protrusions 85 are provided near the base end of the slide member 83, and the small protrusions 85 are locked to one of the guide members 84. ing.

The function maintaining means 8 as described above may have any structure as long as it cannot be operated by the player. For example, the key may be required even if it can be operated from the front side. Further, instead of the slide member 83, a pin or a screw may be used.

FIG. 4A shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the ashtray is formed on two upper and lower surfaces. That is, the first ashtray 51 is provided as the first functional unit 5, and the second ashtray 61 is provided as the second functional unit 6. A lid 52 is provided on one of the ashtrays (the first ashtray 51 in the drawing). If the ashtray surface covered with the lid 52 is on the upper side, it becomes a non-smoking seat, and if the lid 52 is removed, it becomes a smoking seat where smoking is possible. Further, when one of the ashtrays is full, by covering the lid 52 and rotating the lid, the beautiful ashtray can be continuously used without collecting the cigarette butts. Therefore, a player can comfortably play a beautiful ashtray without frequently collecting and rotating the butts. On the other hand, an employee of a pachinko parlor does not have to frequently go around the store to collect butts, which reduces labor.

FIG. 4B shows a third embodiment. In this embodiment, the first functional unit 5 that functions as the ashtray 53
And a second function unit 6 that functions as a coin storage space 62. That is, a concave portion which becomes the ashtray 53 is formed on one surface, and a substantially semi-circular concave groove matching the curvature of the coin C used is formed on the other surface. In the illustrated embodiment, two grooves are formed so that the coins can be stored in two rows.

As described above, by providing the coin yard 62 as the second function unit 6, coins can be always prepared at hand, which is very convenient when receiving a ball rental.
It should be noted that reference numerals not described in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 are the same as the same reference numerals in the above-described embodiment, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention is based on the above-mentioned first functional unit 5 or second functional unit.
In addition to the coin storage space 62 described above, the functional unit 6 can function as a collection box for used prepaid cards, and can also be formed as a drink holder, a so-called cup holder, or the like.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments and can be appropriately implemented without changing the configuration described in the claims. For example, in the illustrated embodiment, a pachinko machine is shown as a game machine, but it is also applicable to other game machines such as slot machines. Further, although the function converting means is configured to be inverted with the rotation axis as a fulcrum, it may be configured to slide out.

[0020]

In summary, the present invention is an ashtray device provided in a gaming machine, which is formed so as to have a first function portion formed in a concave shape having a function of storing butts and a function of storing butts or other functions. Since the second function section is provided, and the function converting means for selecting and using one of the first function section and the second function section is provided, the ashtray provided in the gaming machine is replaced with the ashtray. It is not only a single function, but it can be used for multiple purposes and has extremely high practical value. Further, no matter which function is selected and used, the design of the gaming machine is not disturbed, so that it is possible to provide the gaming machine having a unified design and an excellent aesthetic sense. Further, since the player is not mischievous and the function can be selected at the time of shipping, wasteful work can be omitted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which an ashtray device according to the present invention is mounted on a pachinko machine as a gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lower tray unit provided with an ashtray device according to the present invention.

3A and 3B are operation explanatory views of the ashtray device, FIG. 3A is a vertical cross-sectional view of an ashtray main body portion, and FIG. 3B is an end view showing a function converting unit and a function maintaining unit.

4A and 4B are cross-sectional views showing another embodiment of the ashtray device, FIG. 4A is an embodiment in which the first functional part and the second functional part are ashtrays, and FIG. 4B is a first functional part in the ashtray. It is an embodiment in which the second functional unit is used as a coin yard.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 2 Upper tray unit 3 Lower tray unit 4 Ashtray device 5 First function part 6 Second function part 8 Function maintaining means 41 Ashtray main body 42 Recessed part 43 Engagement part 51 First ashtray 52 Lid 53 Ashtray 61 Second Ashtray 62 Coin storage 71 Rotating shaft 83 Sliding member

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An ashtray device provided in a game machine, comprising: a first functional portion formed in a concave shape having a function of storing butts.
Second shaped to have butts storage function or other function
An ashtray device for a gaming machine, which includes a function unit and a function conversion unit for selecting and using one of the functions of the first function unit and the second function unit. 2. The ashtray device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a function maintaining unit that holds the selected function state.