JP2631240B2 - Game machine panel fixing structure - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a panel fixing structure for a gaming machine, and more particularly, to a decoration panel arranged on the back side of a cover panel fixed to an upper front part of the gaming machine. Regarding the structure.

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Generally, as shown in FIG. 4, a game machine 10 is provided with a cover panel 11 at an upper front portion. That is, a front frame 24 is provided on the front of such a gaming machine 10, and a door unit 25 is attached to the center of the front frame 24 so as to be openable and closable. A receiving tray 26 is provided below the door unit 25 which can be opened and closed, and the cover panel 11 is provided above the door unit 25.

On the back side of the cover panel 11, a decoration panel 12 that can display the game content of the gaming machine 10 according to the type of the gaming machine 10 is provided. And this decorative panel 12
Is made of almost transparent resin, and the decorative panel 12
The fluorescent lamps arranged on the back side of the cover panel 11 illuminate from the back side to display the pattern formed on the decorative panel 12 on the cover panel 11.

By the way, such a decorative panel 12 needs to be used by appropriately replacing the decorative panel 12 that displays the contents depending on the type of the gaming machine 10. It was impossible to replace.

That is, conventionally, when the decorative panel 12 is replaced, the cover panel 11 of the gaming machine 10 and the frame 36 that fixes the cover panel 11 to the front frame 24 are fixed together with the front frame 24.
It is necessary to remove the screws by loosening the screws, and then replace them with another new decorative panel 12, and then tighten the screws together with the frame 36 and the cover panel 11 to the front frame 24 with the screws again. The replacement work of the panel 12 was extremely complicated.

Therefore, a technical problem of the present invention is to provide a decorative panel arranged on the back side of a cover panel fixed to an upper front part of a gaming machine.
It is to fix 12 easily and detachably.

[Technical Means and Action for Solving the Problem] In order to solve such a technical problem, according to the present invention, a decorative panel arranged on a back surface side of a cover panel provided on an upper front portion of a gaming machine. And a panel fixing member that can fix the decorative panel, and the panel fixing member is supported by the guide member and slides in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine. A slide base, a press contact piece base extending in the left-right direction on both sides of the slide base, a press contact piece erected along the front end of the press contact piece base, and a rear end of the slide base A downwardly extending operation piece portion, and pressing a lower end on the back side of the decoration panel disposed on the back side of the cover panel in the direction of the panel locking member, and the panel locking member and the pressure contact piece Between the bottom of the decorative panel It is configured so that it can be clamped and the decorative panel can be detachably fixed.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples shown in the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, in this embodiment, a cover panel 11 is provided above the front of a door unit 25 provided on the front of the gaming machine. And
A panel locking member 13 is provided on a peripheral edge portion 23 on the back surface side of the cover panel 11. The panel locking member 13 is formed in a rectangular frame shape as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, it is formed in an L-shaped cross section, and comprises a mounting piece 28 and a support piece 29 as shown in FIG.

The mounting piece 28 is fixed to the back surface of the cover panel 11, and is configured to be able to support the lower peripheral edge 23a of the decorative panel 12 by the support piece 29. The support piece 29 is approximately 1/1 of the thickness dimension 12 of the decorative panel 12.
It is formed with a length of about two.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the panel fixing member 14 is slidably mounted on guide members 32, 32 provided on a bottom frame portion 31 forming the cover panel portion 30. . And, the bottom frame part 31,
A gap 33 is formed between the cover panel 11 and the panel locking member 13 provided on the rear side peripheral edge.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the panel fixing member 14 includes a slide base 15, a press-contact piece base 16 provided on the slide base 15, and a press-fitting piece provided on the press-contact piece base 16. A piece 17 and an operation piece suspended from the slide base 15
18 and.

The slide base 15 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape as a whole,
The gaming machine 10 is configured to be slidable in the front-rear direction while being supported by the guide members 32, 32 described above. And both ends in the length direction are the guide members 32, 32 and the bottom frame portion 3.
The slide base 15 is slidably supported along the width direction of the slide base 15 so as to be sandwiched between the slide base 15 and a press contact piece base 16 along the length direction of the slide base 15.
Is extended.

The pressing piece base 16 extends in the left-right direction on both sides of the front end of the slide base 15, and the pressing piece base 16 is formed to have substantially the same length as the length of the panel locking member 13. Have been.

At the front end of the press contact piece base 16, a press contact piece 17 is provided upright. The press contact piece 17 is erected along the front end of the press contact piece base 16 as described above, and
It is provided so as to extend substantially perpendicularly upward from above.

The height of the pressure contact piece 17 is substantially the same as the width of the panel locking member 13. The operation piece 18 extends downward substantially at a right angle at the rear end of the slide base 15.
A protruding piece 34 protrudes toward the front of the gaming machine 10 on the front side of the game machine 10.

Therefore, a state in which the decoration panel 12 is arranged and fixed on the back side of the cover panel 11 provided on the front upper part of the gaming machine 10 using the gaming machine panel fixing structure thus configured will be described.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the decoration panel 12 is guided at its peripheral edge by the panel locking member 13 provided on the back surface side of the cover panel 11, and the lower peripheral edge 23 a of the decoration panel 12 is Almost half of the thickness is supported by the supporting piece 29 constituting the panel locking member 13, and is pressed toward the panel locking member 13 by the pressure contact piece 17 of the panel fixing member 14, whereby the back surface of the cover panel 11 is formed. It is arranged and fixed on the side.

Next, a case where the decorative panel 12 is not removed in the panel fixing structure of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described.

That is, when removing the decorative panel 12 fixed as described above, first, the door unit 25 forming the board surface 22 is removed.
Open, after forming a gap below the bottom frame part 31,
The operation piece 18 constituting the panel fixing member 14 is
Press inward.

In this case, as described above, the slide base 15 provided with the operation piece 18 moves inward of the gaming machine 10 along the guide members 32, 32, and as a result, the decoration panel
The press contact piece 17 that pressed the panel 12 toward the panel locking member 13 is
The pressed state of the decoration panel 12 is released, and the decoration panel 12 moves to the rear of the gaming machine 10.

Therefore, in this state, the operator operates the bottom frame 31.
From below, insert a hand into a gap 33 formed between the panel locking member 13 and the bottom frame portion 31, and
The panel 12 can be removed downward via the gap 33 by removing the lower peripheral edge 23a of the panel 12 from the support piece 29 of the panel locking member 13.

In this case, a gap 35 is formed between the cover panel 11 and the decorative panel 12 in a fixed state, the gap 35 having a thickness of the mounting pieces 28, 28 constituting the panel locking member 13. This prevents the cover panel 11 and the decorative panel 12 from sticking to each other when they are removed, making it difficult to remove them.

When the decorative panel 12 is removed in this way and another new decorative panel 12 is fixed to the back side of the cover panel 11, the new decorative panel 12 is stored in the cover panel section 30 from the gap 33. Then, the peripheral portion 23 of the cover panel 11 is arranged on the back surface side of the cover panel 11 in a form along the panel locking member 13, and the lower peripheral portion 23a of the decorative panel 12 is locked with the support piece 29. Let it.

After that, the operation piece 18 constituting the panel fixing member 14
Is pulled back toward the front of the gaming machine 10, and the lower edge of the back side of the decorative panel 12 is pressed toward the panel locking member 13 by the pressure contact piece 17 extending from the front end of the slide base 15, and the panel The lower peripheral edge of the decorative panel 12 between the stop member 13 and the pressure contact piece 17
The decorative panel 12 is fixed by holding the decorative panel 23a.

As shown in FIG. 1, by using the panel fixing structure of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment, by opening the panel fixing member 14 constituting the panel fixing structure of the gaming machine, the inside of the cover panel portion 30 is opened. On the other hand, the fluorescent tube of the fluorescent lamp 21 provided on the back side of the decorative panel 12 can be replaced.

[Effect of the Invention] In the panel fixing structure of a gaming machine according to the present invention, a panel member capable of supporting a lower edge portion of a decorative panel arranged on a back side of a cover panel provided on an upper front surface of the gaming machine. Since the decorative panel is configured to be removably fixed by using a stop member and a panel fixing member capable of fixing the decorative panel, the decorative panel disposed on the back side of the cover panel of the gaming machine is used. It is possible to easily and detachably mount the display panel, and it is possible to quickly perform the replacement operation of the decorative panel in the gaming machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of a panel fixing structure of a gaming machine according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing one embodiment of a panel fixing structure of the gaming machine according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing one embodiment of a panel fixing member constituting the panel fixing structure of the gaming machine according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a door unit provided with a front frame of the gaming machine, a tray and a cover panel portion. FIG. 10: Gaming machine, 11: Cover panel 12: Decorative panel, 13: Panel locking member 14: Panel fixing member, 15: Slide base 16: Press-contact piece base, 17: Press-contact piece 18 ... ... operation piece part, 19 ... lower edge on back side 20 ... lower end part, 21 ... fluorescent lamp 22 ... board surface, 23 ... peripheral part 23a ... lower peripheral part, 24 ... front frame 25 ... Door unit, 26… Receiving tray 27… Upper edge, 28… Mounting piece 29… Support piece, 30… Cover panel 31… Bottom frame, 32… Guide member 33… Gap, 34 ... Projecting piece 35 ... void, 36 ... frame.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A panel locking member capable of supporting a lower edge portion of a decorative panel disposed on a back side of a cover panel provided on an upper front part of a gaming machine, and a panel fixing member capable of fixing the decorative panel. The panel fixing member is supported by a guide member and slides in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine. On both sides of the front end of the slide base, a press-contacting piece base extending in the left-right direction is provided. A decorative panel disposed on the back side of the cover panel, comprising: a pressure contact piece erected along the front end of the pressure contact piece base; and an operation section extending downward at the rear end of the slide base. Pressing the lower end on the back side in the direction of the panel locking member, sandwiching the lower end of the decorative panel between the panel locking member and the pressure contact piece,
A panel fixing structure for a gaming machine, wherein the decorative panel can be detachably fixed.