JPH1142356A - Body structure of game island table - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the body structure of a game island table for constituting the game island table in a short time by facilitating transportation to a job site and carrying into a hall and simplifying assembling work at the job cite. SOLUTION: A body provided with a proper arranging space for a game machine S between a wainscot block 2 and a curtain board block 3 is easily constituted by fixing the block 3 to a side board upper part prescribed place after fixing a side board to both side surfaces of the carried-in block 2. The game island table is simply constituted by assembling the game machine and various devices necessary for the operation of the game machine to this body. As the body can be divided into each light and small unit block to be transported and carried in a special transporting device is unnecessitated and the game island table is easily carried into a small hall, etc.

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 game island stand in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged, and more particularly, to a frame structure of the game island stand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a gaming island table in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged in a row, there is, for example, a pachinko island table in which pachinko machines as gaming machines are arranged in a row. This pachinko island stand,
For example, a box-shaped frame is constituted by a plurality of pillars, beams, and the like, and a frame is formed by attaching a plate or the like to the frame, and a pachinko machine, a ball rental machine, a pachinko ball collection tank, a supply gutter, and the like are provided on the frame. Each device or each member such as a plurality of recovery gutters is attached.

[0003] As a method of constructing the frame of such a pachinko island stand, various members manufactured in advance in a factory are individually carried into a hall and assembled in the hall to form a frame. In this system, there is a system in which a plurality of pachinko machines are arranged in a row in the longitudinal direction of the island platform, a suitable device necessary for the operation of the pachinko machines is mounted on this frame, and the pachinko machine is transported to the site and installed.

[0004]

However, in the former assembling method, the various members carried in are temporarily piled up or the frame is assembled at a narrow site where many contractors are concentrated. In addition to requiring a large space for installation, when mounting a large number of devices or members in a narrow space of the frame, it is necessary to have experience to accurately locate them, and it takes a lot of time to assemble. Had.

[0005] In the latter assembling method, work on site is simplified, but especially in the case where a large number of pachinko machines are arranged in a line in the longitudinal direction or when various devices are large, the frame It itself becomes large, and transport equipment is required when transporting it, which not only requires cost, but also makes it difficult to load into narrow halls and halls where stairs and elevators must be used when loading. There was a problem that became.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and facilitates transportation to a site and loading into a hall, simplifies assembly work at the site, and reduces the time required for assembly. An object of the present invention is to provide a frame structure of a game island stand capable of forming a game island stand.

[0007]

A skeleton structure of a game island stand according to the present invention is a frame structure constituting a game island stand in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged in a plurality of rows, wherein the frame is previously formed in a box shape. Being configured, a curtain plate block constituting the upper part of the game island stand, and a waist plate block configured in a box shape in advance and constituting the lower part of the game island stand,
It is characterized in that it is formed in a rectangular shape by two side plates attached to both side surfaces of the both blocks and fixing the both blocks at a predetermined distance in the vertical direction. According to this feature, the loaded waistboard block is positioned at a predetermined position in the hole, and the vertical and horizontal levels are adjusted, and after attaching the side plates to both side surfaces of the waistboard block, the curtain plate block is fixed to the upper part of the side plate. By doing
It is possible to easily configure a skeleton in which a gaming machine disposing space is appropriately provided between the waist plate block and the curtain plate block. Then, a gaming machine and various devices necessary for the operation of the gaming machine are assembled to the frame, whereby the gaming island stand can be easily configured. In addition, since the frame can be transported and carried by being divided into light and small unit blocks, a special transport machine is not required, and the frame can be easily carried into a narrow hall or the like.

In the frame structure of the game island stand according to the present invention, a horizontal piece for horizontally supporting the curtain plate block at a predetermined location on the waistboard block is provided at a predetermined location on the inner surface of the side plate, and any one of the front and rear of the curtain plate block is provided. It is preferable that a vertical piece that can be in contact with one end face is provided at a front portion or a rear portion of the side plate. In this case, the curtain block can be easily supported on the upper part of the waistboard block simply by inserting it from the front or rear side of the frame between the left and right upper parts attached to the two sides of the waistboard block.

In the frame structure of the game island stand according to the present invention, it is preferable that a game medium supply section is provided in advance in the curtain block and a game medium recovery section is provided in advance in the waist plate block.
As described above, since the game medium supply unit and the game medium collection unit are provided in advance in the curtain plate block and the waist plate block in a factory or the like, work on the site is simplified.

[0010] The frame structure of the game island stand of the present invention,
It is preferable that a lifting gutter connecting the game medium supply section and the game medium collection section is provided in advance in the vertical direction. In this way, a replenishment line from the game medium collection unit located below the game island stand to the game medium supply unit located above is completed at the same time when the skeleton is assembled.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 shows a book constituting a pachinko island as a game island as shown in FIG. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a skeleton 1 as an embodiment of the present invention, where 2 is a waistboard block constituting a lower part of a pachinko island stand,
3 is the curtain block that constitutes the upper part of the pachinko island stand.
Reference numerals a and 4b denote island-side support plates (side plates) that support the waist plate block 2 and the curtain plate block 3 while being vertically separated from each other.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the curtain plate block 3 includes left and right side plates 5a and 5b arranged on both right and left sides.
Upper connecting members 6a, 6b for connecting the upper ends of the left and right side plates 5a, 5b, and mounting plates 7a, 7 having a substantially L-shaped cross section for connecting the side plates 5a, 5b below the upper connecting members 6a, 6b.
b (see FIG. 3 for 7b) to form a box. Various control devices and the like necessary for operating each pachinko machine as a gaming machine disposed below the curtain block can be disposed on the mounting plates 7a and 7b.

In this embodiment, between the upper connecting members 6a and 6b and the mounting plates 7a and 7b, a supply gutter portion 8 as a game medium replenishing portion and a pachinko ball discharged from a lifting gutter described later are provided. Further, the auxiliary gutter 2 is provided on the upper slope portion of the supply gutter portion 8.
A lifting motor 21 that lifts the air via the storage 2 is stored in advance.

As shown in FIG. 2, curtain plates 9a and 9b are attached to the front and rear surfaces of the curtain plate block so as to be openable forward. The curtain plate 9a includes an upper connecting member 6a,
A pair of hinges 10 are fixed to mounting holes 12 formed in the upper portion of the curtain plate 9a via screws in accordance with mounting holes 11 provided in the other of the pair of hinges 10 mounted on the left and right of the top of the 6b. It is pivotally supported so as to be able to swing up and down.

[0015] Immediately below the curtain plate 9a, an information display device 13 is provided.
A curtain plate 9b to which (see FIG. 5) is attached is swingably mounted vertically. The curtain plate 9b is formed by inserting bolts 16 inserted through through holes in both side surfaces of the curtain plate 9b into mounting holes 15 of a pair of curtain plate mounting plates 14 attached to front and rear ends of the both side plates 5a and 5b. 17 and pivotably supported.

The waist plate block 2 includes left and right side plates 18a, 18b disposed on both left and right sides, and the left and right side plates 18a, 18b.
8b, a pachinko machine mounting portion 19a laterally provided between upper end portions,
19b, a waist plate 20a that covers the front and rear surfaces of the waist plate block 2,
20b.

A ball counter for temporarily storing out balls discharged from each pachinko machine and pachinko balls dispensed from each pachinko machine is provided in the box plate block 3 formed in a box shape. A collecting gutter 23 serving as a game medium collecting unit for collecting pachinko balls and the like returned from the base 31 (see FIG. 5) and storing them in the pachinko island stand, and lifting the pachinko balls stored in the collecting gutter 23. A lifting motor 24 for lifting to the supply unit 8 via a gutter is provided in advance.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4 (a), a horizontal portion for supporting the front and rear portions of both sides of the bottom surface of the curtain plate block 3 is provided at predetermined locations on the upper inner surfaces of the left and right island side support plates 4a and 4b. Pieces 24 and 25 are fixed to the front and rear portions of the upper and lower island side support plates 4a and 4b by welding, respectively. This horizontal piece 2
The mounting positions of 4 and 25 are provided corresponding to the height of the pachinko machines appropriately arranged in a row above the waistboard block 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, from the rear end of the horizontal piece 25 in this embodiment, the front end face 7c of the mounting plate 7b and the rear end 5c of the side plate 5a, that is, the rear of the curtain plate block. A vertical piece 26 that can contact the end face extends upward. Note that the vertical piece 26 is configured separately from the horizontal piece 25 and may be provided at a different location.

A pachinko ball discharged from the lifting device 24 in the waistboard block 2 is set in a recess formed at a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction of the outer side surface support plate 4b on the right side in FIG. A lifting gutter 27 for lifting into the lifting device 21 in the plate block 3 is provided in a vertical direction. This pumping gutter 27
The upper and lower ends 27a and 27b of the
b is bent inward as desired from the openings 28 and 29 formed at predetermined upper and lower portions of b, and is lifted when the waistboard block 2 and the curtain plate block 3 are fixed to the island side support plate 4a. The motors 24 and 21 are connected to connecting portions (not shown).

Next, the steps constituting the pachinko island stand are shown in FIG.
4 (a), 4 (b) and 5 will be described.

First, in a factory or the like, a waistboard block 2, a waistboard block 3, and island side support plates 4a and 4b formed in a box shape as described above are formed in advance, and these are individually formed as shown in FIG. The divided holes are transported to the desired holes.

After the loading into the hall is completed, the waistboard block 2 is first fixed to a predetermined position in the hall, and the horizontal and vertical positions of the waistboard block 2 are adjusted. Then, as shown in FIG. 4A, the island side support plates 4 are provided on both sides of the waistboard block 2.
a, 4b are attached with screws. At this time, the lower end 27b of the lifting gutter 27 attached to the island side support member 4b is connected to a connecting portion provided on the lifting motor 24 in the waistboard block 2 (not shown). The horizontal and vertical adjustment of the waistboard block 2 may be performed at the stage when the attachment of the island side support plates 4a and 4b to the waistboard block 2 is completed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the curtain plate block 3 is fitted between the upper portions of both island side support plates 4a and 4b from the front in the figure. Although not shown, the curtain plates 9a and 9b of the curtain block 3 are attached at this stage in advance by the method described with reference to FIG.

The four corners of the bottom face of the fitted curtain plate block 3 are:
While being horizontally supported by the horizontal pieces 24 and 25, and at the time of being inserted to a predetermined position, the rear end of the curtain plate block 3,
That is, since the front end face 7c of the mounting plate 7b and the rear end 5c of the side plate 5a abut on the vertical piece 26, and movement in the insertion direction is restricted, the curtain plate block 3 is supported at a predetermined position above the waist plate block 2. You can do it. In this state, the screws can be easily screwed from the sides of the both island side support plates 4a, 4b.

In this way, by fixing the waistboard block 2 and the curtain plate block 3 vertically apart from each other by using the both island side support plates 4a and 4b, a rectangular box is formed to form a pachinko island stand. Can be easily formed. Here, a pachinko machine disposing space S for arranging pachinko machines of an appropriate height is formed between the waistboard block 2 and the curtain plate block 3 which are vertically separated. The vertical width of the pachinko machine installation space S can be adjusted to various pachinko machines having an appropriate height by changing the lengths of the side island supporting plates 4a and 4b and the mounting positions of the horizontal pieces 24 and 25. The settings can be easily changed.

After the frame 1 is constructed, as shown in FIG. 5, various devices for operating the pachinko machine installed in the pachinko machine installation space S are mounted, and then the both island side support plates 4a are provided. The pachinko island stand is completed by attaching the decorative board 30 and the like from the side of 4b and adjusting the appearance.

Here, each device and each member are not limited to, for example, a control device and the like, but are not limited to a ball counting device 31, various ball dispensing devices 32, an information display device 13, a ball lending machine (not shown), etc. Includes various things related to In addition, CR for ball rental machine
Includes a card reader / writer (card unit) for lending between cars for (card type pachinko machines).

As described above, in the frame structure of the pachinko island stand as an embodiment of the present invention, in order to form the pachinko island stand, first, the waistboard block is positioned at a predetermined position in the hole, After adjusting side panels and attaching side plates to both sides of the waistboard block, the curtain plate block is fixed to the upper part of the waistboard block to form a skeleton, which is necessary for the operation of gaming machines and gaming machines It can be easily configured by assembling various devices. In addition, since the frame can be transported and carried by being divided into light and small unit blocks, a special transport machine is not required, and the frame can be easily carried into a narrow hall or the like.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and even if there are changes and additions without departing from the gist of the present invention. Included in the invention.

For example, the waistboard block and the curtain plate block are further divided into a plurality of parts in the left-right direction, and the small blocks divided at the time of assembly are connected in the left-right direction, and the left and right ends of the connected small blocks are supported by side plates. It is also possible to do so.

The type, quantity, and the like of various devices and the like which are preliminarily provided for each block are not particularly limited.

The relationship between the expressions used in the present invention and the expressions used in the embodiment will be described. "Game game stand" corresponds to, but is not limited to, a pachinko island stand, and refers to a stand for installing various game machines that play with coins and other small piece media.

The "game machine" corresponds to a pachinko machine, but is not limited to a game machine using a ball or the like, and includes all game machines that play with coins and other small piece media.

[0035]

The present invention has the following effects.

(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the loaded waistboard block is positioned at a predetermined position in the hole, the vertical and horizontal levels are adjusted, and side plates are attached to both sides of the waistboard block. Is fixed to a predetermined position on the upper side plate, so that a skeleton in which a gaming machine disposing space is appropriately provided between the waist plate block and the curtain plate block can be easily configured. Then, a gaming machine and various devices necessary for the operation of the gaming machine are assembled to the frame, whereby the gaming island stand can be easily configured. In addition, since the frame can be transported and carried by being divided into light and small unit blocks, a special transport machine is not required, and the frame can be easily carried into a narrow hall or the like.

(B) According to the second aspect of the present invention, the curtain block can be easily inserted into the upper part of the waistboard block simply by inserting it between the left and right upper parts attached to the both sides of the waistboard block from the front or rear side of the frame. Can be supported.

(C) According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the game medium supply section and the game medium collection section are provided in advance in the curtain plate block and the waist plate block in a factory or the like, the work on site is simplified. Be transformed into

[0039]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a frame structure of a game island stand as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main part of a curtain plate block.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a support structure for a side plate of a curtain plate block.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are schematic diagrams showing a process of assembling a frame of a game island stand.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing an internal structure of a game island stand.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 frame 2 waist plate block 3 curtain plate block 4a, 4b island side support plate (side plate) 5a, 5b side plate 6a, 6b upper connecting member 7a, 7b mounting plate 8 supply gutter section (game medium supply section) 9a, 9b curtain plate DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Hinge 11, 15 Mounting hole 12 hole 13 Information display device 14 Curtain plate mounting plate 16 Bolt 17 Nut 18a, 18b Side plate 19a, 19b Pachinko machine mounting part 20a, 20b Hip plate 21, 34 Lifting motor 22 Auxiliary gutter 23 Recovery Gutter part (game medium collection part) 24, 25 Horizontal piece 26 Vertical piece 27 Lifting gutter 27a Upper end part 27b Lower end part 28, 29 Opening part 30 Decorative board 31 Ball counting device 32 Ball payout device

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A skeleton structure constituting a gaming island stand in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged in a plurality of rows, wherein the skeleton is previously formed in a box shape, and a curtain plate block constituting an upper part of the gaming island stand; A waistboard block which is formed in a box shape in advance and forms a lower part of the game island stand; and two side plates which are attached to both side surfaces of the both blocks and which fix the blocks at a predetermined distance in the vertical direction. The structure of the game arcade is characterized by its configuration. 2. A horizontal piece for horizontally supporting a curtain plate block at a predetermined location on an upper part of a waist plate block is provided at a predetermined location on the inner surface of the upper side plate, and a vertical piece capable of contacting one of the front and rear end faces of the curtain block. The skeleton structure of the game island stand according to claim 1, wherein is provided at a front portion or a rear portion of the side plate. 3. The structure of the game island stand according to claim 1, wherein a game medium supply section is provided in advance in the curtain block, and a game medium collection section is provided in advance in the waist block. 4. The frame structure of a game island stand according to claim 3, wherein a lifting gutter connecting the game medium supply section and the game medium collection section is provided in advance in the side plate.