JPH11222698A - Plated ornament structure for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize high-quality plating by a general plating process irrespective of the shape of an ornament, to improve working efficiency and to prevent the lowering of productivity. SOLUTION: A notch 132 for rapidly discharging a liq. agent is formed at a place such as the tubular space 134 of a cylindrical member 130 where the liq. agent is liable to stay to prevent defective plating due to the deposition of the liq. agent on the periphery. Further, a rectangular hole 136 is furnished in the surface 126B to surely hold starting-port parts 126P in plating, and hence such trouble as the falling off of the parts 126P during plating is eliminated, since the gripping part of a jig is surely restrained. Besides, as the hole 136 is covered with a seal 146, etc., its outward appearance is not spoiled.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a decorative article provided on a board of a game machine or a part for a game machine and having a surface plated to increase a decorative effect.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in amusement machines such as pachinko machines, the decorative effect of a board is often increased by using electric decorations and plated decorations.

[0003] Therefore, it is common to form a decorative article with a synthetic resin such as an ABS resin and then apply a plating treatment.

[0004] As shown in Table 1 below, the plating process has to go through a very large number of processing steps, and it takes a lot of time to finish.

[0005]

[Table 1]

[0006] In the above plating process, when a decorative article having a complicated shape is plated, the quality of the plating state may be deteriorated due to stagnation of a liquid agent used in the plating process. In order to prevent the deterioration of the quality, it is necessary to pay close attention to the plating treatment of the decorative article having the complicated shape, so that the working efficiency is reduced. That is, in addition to the time-consuming plating process, if the work efficiency is reduced, the productivity may be significantly reduced.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In consideration of the above facts, the present invention realizes a high quality plating process in a general plating process, regardless of the shape of a decorative product, and improves production efficiency. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a plated decorative article structure for amusement machines which can prevent the deterioration of the property.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a structure of a decorative article provided on a board of a game machine or a part for a game machine, the surface of which is plated to increase a decoration effect. The decorative article is provided with a through-hole in which a grip of a jig holding the decorative article can be engaged at the time of plating, and after disengagement of the grip after the plating,
A shielding member is attached so as to shield the through hole.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a through-hole is provided in the decorative article in advance so as to be easily held by the grip portion of the jig. This makes it unnecessary to consider the gripping position and the gripping position is uniquely determined, and the gripping part of the jig is provided for gripping, so the engagement state after gripping is ensured, and there is no fear of falling off. Absent. For this reason, the problem which lowers work efficiency does not arise, and productivity can be improved.

The through holes are shielded by the shielding member after the plating process, so that the through holes are not visible after the game machine is assembled to the board, and the appearance of the board is not deteriorated.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the shielding member is a seal member or a decorative member which is a part of a decoration.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the through-hole is shielded by sticking a seal so as to cover the through-hole, or by illuminating a lamp or the like using the through-hole. be able to.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game machine,
Or, a structure of a decorative article provided on a game machine component, the surface of which is plated to increase the decorative effect, and a non-decorative portion of the decorative article includes a jig for holding the decorative article at the time of plating. It is characterized in that a projection is provided on which the grip can be clamped, and the projection is cut off after the grip is released after the completion of the plating process.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the protruding portion is provided at a non-decorative portion of the decorative article, that is, at a position where it cannot be seen after assembling it on the board surface of the game machine, such as the back surface. The holding portion of the jig includes a holding portion for holding the jig, and such a holding portion is optimally provided with a projection.

This projection is necessary only during the plating process, and is cut off after the plating process. Here, a non-plated part will remain on the trace of the excision,
There is no problem because the projection is provided on the non-decorated portion in advance.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the protrusion also serves as a connecting member for connecting a plurality of decorative articles.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of ornaments can be held at once by grasping the trunk by providing the protrusion as a branch and providing a plurality of the branches on one trunk.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game machine,
Alternatively, it is a structure of a decorative article provided on a part for amusement machine, the surface of which is plated to increase a decorative effect, and is formed to protrude from the decorative article, and a small-diameter tubular space is continuous from the opening at the tip end. Wherein the cylindrical body is provided with a flow hole through which the liquid agent used during the plating process that has entered the small-diameter tubular space can escape.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the decorative article is positioned on the board of the game machine, or on a game display component such as a symbol display device, a variable winning device, or a handle, and then fixed by screws. There are many things. In this case, a screw is made to penetrate from the board surface or the back surface of the amusement machine component, and is screwed into a cylindrical body formed in advance in the decorative article.

Since the cylindrical body is provided with a small-diameter tubular space slightly smaller than the diameter of the screw, the cylindrical body is not damaged by screw tightening.

However, in the small-diameter tubular space, the liquid agent during the plating process is liable to stay due to the capillary phenomenon, and the liquid agent may precipitate inside or may drip. When it is deposited, it becomes a resisting force at the time of screw tightening and may damage the cylindrical body, and the flowing out liquid may be applied to the decorative portion and cause plating failure.

Therefore, by providing a flow hole through which the liquid material can escape from the cylinder, the liquid material can be prevented from flowing out quickly and causing precipitation and dripping after the next step.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the present invention, the flow hole is provided continuously from the opening of the cylindrical body to the base, and the small-diameter tubular space is connected to the outside. And a slit-shaped notch communicating with the slit.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, if a slit-shaped notch is provided in the cylinder from the opening to the base side as the flow hole, the fluidity of the liquid agent can be ensured.

[0025]

FIG. 1 shows a surface of a pachinko game machine according to the present embodiment, that is, a game board surface 110. FIG. The arc-shaped rail 1 on the play board surface 110
An area surrounded by 12 is a gauge section 114 which is a game area.

A plurality of nails 116 are driven into the gauge section 114 over the entire surface (only the main nails 116 are shown in FIG. 1). It falls while being guided by the formed guideway. In addition to the nail 116, a windmill 118 is attached at a position symmetrical to the gauge portion 114 so as to turn the pachinko ball in an unexpected direction.

Further, the gauge portion 114 is provided with a plurality of winning ports 120 at a plurality of positions, and when a pachinko ball enters the winning port 120, a predetermined number of pachinko balls are supplied to the player. .

The gauge portion 114 is substantially symmetrical in the left-right direction.
22 are arranged, and the display section 124 is exposed.
Below the display unit 124, a special symbol display device 122 is provided.
A starting port 126 for starting the engine is provided.

Below the starting opening 126, a special winning opening 128 is arranged, which is opened for a predetermined time in a so-called hit display state on the special symbol display device 122, so that a large amount of pachinko balls can be won. It has a configuration.

Display section 124 of special symbol display device 125
Is constituted by three symbol display surfaces 125 of left, middle, and right.

The order of the symbols displayed on the symbol display surface 125 is determined in advance, and is controlled by a control device (not shown) provided with a plurality of electronic components arranged on the back side. It is supposed to be. For example, the same pattern (for example, (7, 7,
When 7)) stops, a big hit occurs.

Here, the winning opening 120 and the starting opening 12
6, and the frame forming the contour of the special symbol display device 122 is a synthetic resin molded product attached to the gauge surface 114 so as to protrude therefrom. These synthetic resin molded articles are subjected to the plating treatment described in the section of the prior art after molding, and play a part of the decoration of the board surface.

Hereinafter, the characteristics (shape, handling, post-processing, etc.) of the pachinko game machine 110 in the synthetic resin molded product applied in the present embodiment will be described taking the starting port 126 as an example.

FIG. 2 shows a synthetic resin molded product that forms the contour of the starting port 126 (hereinafter referred to as a starting port part 126P).
Is composed of a side surface portion 126A standing upright with respect to the board surface and a surface portion 126B supported by the side surface portion 126A.

The upper surface of the side surface portion 126A is provided with a rectangular opening and serves as a starting port 126. In addition, surface part 1
The lower bottom portion of 26B is formed in a substantially U shape, and the bottom portion of the side surface portion 126A is bent in a substantially U shape along the substantially U shape curve. The bottom portion serves as a guide path for sending the winning pachinko ball from the starting port 126 to the back side of the board.

Both ends in the upper width direction of the surface portion 126B are slightly wider than the substantially U-shaped bottom portion, and a cylindrical member 130 is erected from the back side of the surface portion 126B. The cylindrical member 130 is integrally formed as a starting port part 126P.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cylindrical member 130
(Axial direction) is formed to be longer than the depth of the side surface portion 126A, and this difference is inserted through a mounting hole (not shown) formed in the board surface and screwed by a screw (not shown) or the like. It is adapted to be fixed. Therefore, the rear end of the side surface portion 126A is held in contact with the board surface.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cylindrical member 130 is formed with a slit-shaped notch 132 extending in the axial direction from the distal end opening to the base (base).
The notch 132 reaches the inner tubular space 134.

The notch 132 has a role as an escape groove for a liquid agent (including washing water) at the time of plating, which has flowed into the tubular space 134. That is, as shown in FIG. 9A, in the conventional cylindrical member 130A of the starting port part 129A having no notch 132, the tubular space 13
The liquid agent is likely to accumulate in the nozzle 5 and may flow out of the opening at the tip end due to some vibration or shock. For this reason,
As shown in FIG. 9 (B), the liquid agent remained on the peripheral edge of the opening at the front end, and plating failure sometimes occurred. In addition, it may be solidified while staying, which may become a resisting force at the time of screwing and damage the cylindrical member 30A.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the liquid agent flowing from the opening at the tip end has a structure in which the liquid agent quickly flows down through the cutout portion 132, thereby preventing stagnation, time-lagged outflow, solidification, and the like. .

As shown in FIG. 5, a rectangular hole 136 is provided in the surface portion 126B. This hole 136
Corresponds to a jig for gripping and holding the starting port part 126P during the plating process.
That is, the holding part 140 is provided on the jig 138. The gripper 140 includes a pair of mutually parallel bars 1.
The tip of 42 has a locking portion 144 which is bent at substantially right angles in directions opposite to each other, has a substantially L-shaped shape as a whole, and the bar 142 has an elastic force in a direction approaching / separating from each other. doing.

Here, the rods 142 are inserted into the holes 136 in a state of being elastically deformed in a direction of approaching each other,
By releasing the elastic deformation, the locking portion 144 is locked to the peripheral edge of the hole 136, whereby the starting port part 1
26P can be held by the gripper 140.

As shown in FIG. 2, after the plating process is completed, a seal 146 is attached to the surface portion 126B of the starting port part 126P, and the hole 136 is formed by the seal 146. The hole 136 does not exist in a state where is shielded and attached to the board 110 of the pachinko game machine as a product.

The operation of the present embodiment will be described below. When plating the starting port part 126P, first, the jig 1
The rods 142 of the gripper 140 provided at the position 38 are inserted into the holes 136 in a state where they are elastically deformed in directions approaching each other.

Next, when the elastic deformation is released, the rod 1
42 move in directions away from each other and come into contact with the peripheral end of the hole 136. At this time, the locking portion 144 is
The starting port part 126P is held by the jig 138 (see FIG. 5).

In this state, a series of plating processes (according to the processing steps described in the section of the prior art) are performed.

After the plating process, the starting port part 126P is removed from the jig 138. The starting port part 126P can be easily removed by elastically deforming the bars 142 in a direction approaching each other. .

Here, conventionally, during or after the plating process, the tubular space 135 of the cylindrical member 130 is conventionally formed.
(See FIG. 9 (A)). During the plating process, this liquid agent cannot be wiped even by washing with water before the next step, and flows out of the tip opening of the cylindrical member 130 carelessly due to vibration or the like during the next step, and In some cases, the processing in the process became defective, resulting in plating failure (see FIG. 9B).

However, in the present embodiment, the cylindrical member 13
0 is provided with a slit-shaped notch 132, and the cylindrical member 130
Since the liquid agent that has flowed into the tubular space 134 (see FIG. 3) can be quickly removed, poor plating can be suppressed. The tubular space 134 of the cylindrical member 130
Is caused by the long tubular space 134. Therefore, the center of the tubular space 134 may be closed, and the relatively short tubular spaces 134A and 134B may be formed coaxially from both ends of the cylindrical member 130 (see FIG. 10). Further, the tubular space 134B has a shape inclined toward the opening so that the inflow liquid agent is easily removed.

Start-up part 126 after plating is completed
For P, a seal 146 is attached to the surface portion 126B. The sticking of the seal 146 allows the surface portion 1
The hole 136 provided in 26B is shielded and cannot be seen from the outside. That is, the appearance of the holes 136 is eliminated, and the appearance can be improved.

Next, the starting part 126P is positioned at a predetermined position on the board 110 of the pachinko game machine.
At this time, a part of the cylindrical member 130 is fitted into the board surface and fixed to a flange or the like with screws or the like. At this time, the screw is screwed from the opening at the tip of the cylindrical member 130, but the slit-shaped notch 132 does not affect the tightening force.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the notch 132 for allowing the liquid material to quickly flow out is provided in a place where the liquid material during plating is easily retained, such as the tubular space portion 134 of the cylindrical member 130, Plating failure due to the adhesion of the liquid material can be prevented.

Also, during the plating process, the starting part 126
In order to securely hold P, a rectangular hole 136 is provided in the surface portion 126B so that the grip portion 140 of the jig 138 can be securely locked, so that the starting port part 126P falls off during the plating process. Such a problem can be solved. Further, by attaching the seal 146 to the surface portion 126B, the hole 136 is shielded after the starting opening part 126P is attached to the board surface 110 of the pachinko game machine, so that the appearance is not impaired. The seal 146
The present invention is not limited to this, and it may be used as a mounting hole for a lamp for illumination, and a lamp cover may be mounted from above.

In the above embodiment, the hole 126 is formed in the surface portion 126B for holding the jig 138 by the grip portion 140.
36 is provided, but a rod 142 is provided on the back side of the side surface portion 126A.
May form a groove 145 in which the engaging portion 144 can be fitted (see FIG. 6).

Although the rod 142 is shown as the grip 140 of the jig 138, a so-called clip-shaped grip for holding and holding a member as shown in FIG. There are also 140. Such a gripper 1
40, the side surface portion 126A or the surface portion 12
A protrusion 148 on the back surface side of 6B may be formed, and the protrusion 148 may be sandwiched by the gripper 140.
However, if the projections 148 are in the way after assembling, it is necessary to cut them off after plating.

As a modified example of the projection 148, FIG.
As shown in FIG.
The rod-shaped trunk 150 and the branch 152 branched from the trunk 150 may be formed together with the plurality of starting port parts 126P. That is, the starting portion 126P is taken out of the molding die in a state where the starting portion 126P is connected to the tip of the branch 152, respectively. In this state, the rod material is held and plated, and then the starting port part 126P is cut off at the tip of the branch portion 152, whereby a plurality of starting port parts 126P can be plated simultaneously.

In the above description, the holding structure at the time of the plating process has been described by taking the starting opening part 126P as an example. The holding structure of components other than the starting opening part 126P will be described below.

First, FIG. 11 shows a winning opening part 120P constituting the winning opening 120. In this winning opening part 120P, three circular holes 154 are formed in the surface portion 120A.
Are provided, and two of them are used to
It is designed to be gripped by 0. The circular hole 154 may be shielded by the seal 146 as described above, or a lamp and a lamp cover may be attached.

Next, FIG. 12 shows a special symbol display device 12.
The special symbol display device part 122P having the outline 2 is shown. A pair of circular holes 158 is provided above the large opening 156 where the display unit 124 is exposed. In the special symbol display device part 122P, the grip 140 is engaged with the pair of circular holes 158. ing.

FIGS. 13 (A) and 13 (B) show a configuration in which decorative parts 160 are connected by using a branch portion 152. In the case of a relatively small decorative article as shown in FIG. 12 (A). May be connected to each other, or in the case of a relatively large decorative article as shown in FIG.

[0061]

As described above, the plated decorative article structure for amusement machines according to the present invention realizes a high-quality plating process in a general plating process regardless of the shape of the decorative article, thereby improving the working efficiency. It has an excellent effect of improving the productivity and preventing a decrease in productivity.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game machine in a pachinko game machine according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a start-up opening part as a plating part facing the front.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a start-up opening part as a plating part facing the back surface.

FIG. 4 is an axial sectional view of a cylindrical member.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a holding state of a starting port part by a jig.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a starting port part showing a modification of a holding position.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a modified example of a holding portion of a jig.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a state in which a plurality of starting port parts are connected.

9A is an axial sectional view of a cylindrical portion showing a state of a liquid agent staying in a cylindrical member, and FIG. 9B is a view showing a state of a liquid agent remaining in the cylindrical member, and FIG. It is a perspective view of a cylindrical member part.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view when a tubular space of a cylindrical member is divided.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a portion to be gripped by parts other than the starting port part (winning opening).

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a part to be gripped by parts other than the starting port part (special symbol display device).

FIG. 13 is a front view when a decorative article is connected to a branch.

[Explanation of symbols]

 110 Game board surface 114 Gauge part 126 Starting port 126P Starting port part 126A Side part 126B Surface part 130 Cylindrical member 132 Cutout part 134 Tubular space part 136 Hole 138 Jig 140 Gripping part 146 Seal 148 Projection part

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A decorative structure which is provided on a board of a game machine or a part for a game machine and has a surface plated to increase a decorative effect. A through hole is provided in which a grip of a jig for holding the hole can be engaged, and after disengagement of the grip after the plating process is completed, a shielding member is attached so as to shield the through hole. Characteristic plated ornament structure for amusement machines. 2. A plated decorative article structure for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein said shielding member is a seal member or an electric decoration member which is a part of a decoration. 3. A decorative article structure provided on a board of a game machine or a part for a game machine and having a plated surface for increasing a decorative effect, wherein a non-decorated portion of the decorative article is plated. An amusement machine characterized in that a projection portion is provided which can hold a grip portion of a jig for holding the ornament, and after the holding process of the grip portion is released after the plating process is completed, the projection portion is cut off. For plating ornament structure. 4. The plated decorative article structure for a game machine according to claim 3, wherein said projection also serves as a connecting member for connecting a plurality of decorative articles. 5. A structure of a decorative article provided on a board of a game machine or a part for a game machine and having a plated surface for enhancing a decorative effect, wherein the decorative article is formed so as to protrude from the decorative article and has a tip opening. A tubular body in which a small-diameter tubular space is continuous, and the tubular body is provided with a flow hole through which a liquid agent used during a plating process that has entered the small-diameter tubular space can escape. A plated decorative article structure for amusement machines. 6. The slit according to claim 1, wherein the flow hole is provided continuously from the opening to the base of the cylindrical body, and is a slit-shaped notch communicating the small-diameter tubular space with the outside. 6. The plated decorative article structure for an amusement machine according to 5.