JP3567113B2 - Transparent plate holder - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention belongs to the technical field of gaming machines.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, the front side of the game board is covered with a transparent plate such as a glass plate, and a transparent plate holder for holding the transparent plate is arranged on the front side of the ball game machine. In the slot machine, the front side of the symbol display device is covered with a transparent plate such as a glass plate, and a transparent plate holder for holding the transparent plate is disposed on the front side of the slot machine. Further, even in gaming machines other than those exemplified here, there is a part (a part to be viewed) that the player needs to visually recognize when executing the game, and the part to be viewed is covered with a transparent plate such as a glass plate. In other words, most of the gaming machines are provided with a portion to be visually recognized such as a game board or a symbol display device that the player needs to visually recognize when executing the game, and the front side of the portion to be visually recognized is a transparent plate such as a glass plate. A transparent plate holder for covering and holding the transparent plate is disposed on the front side of the gaming machine.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the past, the transparent plate holder was mainly made of metal (a metal frame-like body and called a glass frame), but recently, it is increasingly made of plastic. The transparent plate holder made of plastic is provided with a holding portion having a holding groove into which the edge of the transparent plate is inserted on the back side, and holds the transparent plate inside the holding portion. Alternatively, it is made of plastic and manufactured separately from the main body of the transparent plate holder and attached to the main body.
[0004]
By the way, the holding part is usually U-shaped (the upper side or the lateral side is open), and the inner method is a dimension corresponding to the outer shape of the transparent plate. The molding die used for the process was large.
An object of the present invention is to reduce the size of a mold when molding a plastic holding portion.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention]
The transparent plate holder according to claim 1 is a transparent plate holder that is disposed on the front side of the gaming machine while holding the transparent plate that covers the front side of the gaming machine, and an edge of the transparent plate is inserted. A holding portion having a holding groove is provided on the back side, and in the transparent plate holder that holds the transparent plate inside the holding portion,
The transparent plate holding body corresponds to each of the three sides of the plastic main body provided with a U-shaped attachment portion having a pair of vertical and bottom sides on the back surface and the rectangular transparent plate. It is composed of three plastic grooved members each having a groove, and a vertical insertion side and a bottom side of the attachment part are formed of a rectangular insertion part and a rectangular locking part connected to the rectangular insertion part. A stop hole is provided, and the grooved member has a shaft part perpendicular to the outer surface of the grooved member and a projection length substantially equal to the wall thickness of the mounting part, and a tip of the shaft part perpendicular to the shaft part. After providing a locking projection consisting of a head portion connected to the locking hole corresponding to the locking hole, the head portion and the shaft portion of the locking projection are inserted through the corresponding insertion portion of the locking hole. The grooved member is translated along the length direction of the holding groove so that the shaft portion penetrates the locking portion and the locking protrusion is By locking the locking hole, characterized in that the Yumizo member to form the holding portion longitudinal sides and attached one each to the bottom U-shaped in the mounting portion.
[0006]
In this transparent plate holding body, by attaching each of the plurality of plastic grooved members having holding grooves to the mounting portion, a holding portion corresponding to the outer shape of the transparent plate is formed, and the transparent plate can be held inside thereof. .
Since the holding portion is composed of a plurality of plastic grooved members, the mold for molding each grooved member can be small. Further, since the cost of the mold is reduced by downsizing, the manufacturing cost of the holding part (and consequently the manufacturing cost of the transparent plate holder) is also reduced.
[0007]
The transparent plate is often rectangular, and if the holding portion is configured by three grooved members corresponding to each of the three sides of the rectangular transparent plate, the grooved members are each shaped like a rod or a narrow plate. Therefore, the mold is further miniaturized and the shape of the mold is simplified.
The transparent plate holder according to claim 2 is the transparent plate holder according to claim 1, wherein the grooved member is moved parallel to the bottom side when the grooved member is attached to the vertical side. The three grooved members are attached to the attachment portion in the order of one of the vertical sides, the bottom side, and the other of the vertical sides, and the provided groove attached to the other of the vertical sides. The groove member is in contact with one end of the grooved member attached to the bottom side to restrict the movement of the grooved member attached to the bottom side in the direction of releasing the locking.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings to explain the embodiment of the present invention.
[0009]
【Example】
As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 10 as a gaming machine includes a rectangular outer frame 12 that forms upper and lower and left and right outer shells, and is shown in FIG. 2 by hinge portions 14 a and 14 b of the outer frame 12. A plastic inner frame 16 is supported. The middle frame 16 can be opened and closed like a door with the hinge portions 14a and 14b as axes.
[0010]
As shown in FIG. 2, the middle frame 16 is provided with an arched game board window 18, and a known game board 20 is held behind the game board window 18. Since the game board 20 has a substantially square shape and the game board window 18 has an arch shape, the left and right upper corners 20a and 20b of the game board 20 are overhanging portions 22a and 22b protruding above the game board window 18. It is obscured by.
[0011]
Printed wiring boards 24a and 24b are attached to these projecting portions 22a and 22b, and light bulbs 26a to 26d as light emitting sources are attached to the printed wiring boards 24a and 24b, respectively. . A printed wiring board 28 is attached along the upper side of the middle frame 16, and a plurality of light bulbs 30 are attached to the printed wiring board 28. The middle frame 16 is provided with a wiring groove 32 serving as a wiring path connecting the printed wiring board 28 and the printed wiring board 24a.
[0012]
An arcuate outer guide rail 34 and an inner guide rail 36 are attached to the game board 20, respectively, and a substantially circular area surrounded by these is defined as a game area 38. Although not shown in the drawings because it is well known, the game area 38 is provided with a winning device (winning entrance), a symbol display device, obstacle nails, an obstacle windmill, and the like, and an out hole 40 is provided at the bottom. ing.
[0013]
Then, a game ball launched by a launching device (not shown) falls while changing the course in the game area 38, one of them wins a winning device (winning port), and the other gaming balls flow into the out hole 40. To do. Also, when winning a prize, a payout device (not shown) is operated to discharge a number of game balls corresponding to the winning prize as prize balls. Since these points are not different from a known pachinko machine, detailed illustration and description are omitted.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 1, the front side of the game board 20 is covered with a plastic glass door 44 corresponding to a transparent plate holder.
The glass door 44 is provided with an arched window 46. The inner circumference of the upper half of the window 46 is substantially aligned with the circumference of the game area 38, and the lower left and right corners of the game board 20 are visible through the window 46 in the lower half. Can see.
[0015]
An electric decoration cover 48 is attached above the window 46. The illumination cover 48 is a plastic member curved in an arcuate shape, and a part thereof is a colored translucent central lens portion 50, a left lens portion 52a, and a right lens portion 52b.
As shown in FIG. 3, light-transmitting holes 54 and 56a to 56d are provided behind the central lens unit 50, the left lens unit 52a, and the right lens unit 52b corresponding to the light bulb 30 and the light bulbs 26a to 26d. Yes. For this reason, the light emitted from the light bulb 30 passes through the corresponding translucent hole 54 and reaches the central lens unit 50, and is transmitted therethrough and emitted to the player side. Similarly, the light emitted from the light bulbs 26a and 26b passes through the corresponding light transmitting holes 56a and 56b and reaches the left lens portion 52a, and the light emitted from the light bulbs 26c and 26d passes through the corresponding light transmitting holes 56c and 56d. Then, it reaches the right lens portion 52b, and is transmitted through the right lens portion 52b.
[0016]
A rail mounting portion 59 corresponding to the mounting portion is provided on the back surface of the glass door 44, and a plastic glass holding portion 60 corresponding to the holding portion is mounted inside thereof.
The rail attachment portion 59 has a U-shape composed of a shaft-side vertical side 59a, a bottom side 59b, and a lock-side vertical side 59c, and an upper side portion facing the bottom side 59b is opened.
[0017]
The glass holding portion 60 includes a shaft side glass rail 60a corresponding to a grooved member, a bottom glass rail 60b, and a lock side glass rail 60c. The shaft side glass rail 60a is formed on the shaft side vertical side 59a and the bottom glass rail 60b. Is attached to the bottom side 59b and the lock side glass rail 60c is attached to the lock side vertical side 59c.
[0018]
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the shaft side glass rail 60a, the bottom glass rail 60b, and the lock side glass rail 60c are provided with two glass holding grooves 61 corresponding to the holding grooves. As shown in a), an edge of a glass plate 62 corresponding to a transparent plate is inserted into the glass holding groove 61. Thereby, although the glass holding part 60 hold | maintains the glass plate 62 inside, the glass plate 62 can be inserted / removed up and down from the open side of the glass holding part 60. FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a part of the glass plate 62 is interposed between the light bulbs 26a to 26d and the light transmitting holes 56a to 56d. However, since the glass plate 62 is transparent, the light described above is used. It will not block the route.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 4, the shaft-side vertical side 59a, the bottom side 59b, and the lock-side vertical side 59c have an instep-shaped shape composed of a rectangular-shaped insertion portion 63a and a locking portion 63b provided continuously therewith. Locking holes 63 are provided (only one place is shown in FIG. 4 but three places on each side 59a to 59c). The shaft side glass rail 60a, the bottom glass rail 60b, and the lock side glass rail 60c are provided with locking projections 65 corresponding to the respective locking holes 63. The locking projection 65 includes a shaft portion 65a perpendicular to the outer surface of each rail 60a to 60c and a head portion 65b orthogonal to the shaft portion 65a. The shaft portion 65a penetrates the locking portion 63b, and the head portion 65b is engaged. By being outside the stopper 63b, the stopper 63b is locked. Thereby, the shaft side glass rail 60a, the bottom glass rail 60b, and the lock side glass rail 60c are respectively located inside the shaft side vertical side 59a, the bottom side 59b, and the lock side vertical side 59c, as shown in FIGS. Installed in contact.
[0020]
The shaft side glass rail 60a, the bottom glass rail 60b, and the lock side glass rail 60c are attached and detached as follows.
First, the head portion 65b and the shaft portion 65a of the locking projection 65 of the shaft-side glass rail 60a are inserted through the insertion portions 63a of the corresponding locking holes 63 (see FIGS. 4D and 4E), and the shaft side By moving the glass rail 60a in parallel along the shaft-side vertical side 59a, the shaft portion 65a passes through the locking portion 63b, and the locking projection 65 is locked in the locking hole 63. Thereby, the shaft side glass rail 60a is attached to the shaft side vertical side 59a. Next, the bottom glass rail 60b is similarly attached to the bottom side 59b, and finally the lock side glass rail 60c is attached to the lock side vertical side 59c. When the shaft side glass rail 60a, the bottom glass rail 60b, and the lock side glass rail 60c are thus attached, the lock side glass rail 60c restricts the movement of the bottom glass rail 60b as shown in FIG. Therefore, when removing, first, the lock side glass rail 60c is slid upward to unlock the locking projection 65 and the locking hole 63, and then the bottom glass rail 60b is removed. Remove the shaft side glass rail 60a.
[0021]
The glass door 44 is attached to the middle frame 16 by inserting hinge shafts 64a and 64b (see FIG. 3) standing up and down into bearings 66a and 66b of the middle frame 16, and the hinge shafts 64a and 64b. It can be opened and closed like a door around the axis. In a normal use state, it is in a closed state as shown in FIG. 1, and the glass door 44 can be opened by inserting a key (not shown) into the key hole 68 provided at the edge and turning it clockwise. it can. If the key inserted into the key hole 68 is operated counterclockwise, the outer frame 12 and the inner frame 16 can be unlocked and the inner frame 16 can be opened.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 1, a dish door 70 is disposed below the glass door 44. The dish door 70 is attached to the middle frame 16 by a hinge (not shown) provided on the left side, and can be opened and closed with the hinge as an axis, but is normally closed as shown and the upper side is Since the glass door 44 is holding down, the dish door cannot be opened unless the glass door 44 is opened. The plate door 70 is provided with an upper plate 72 which is a tray for receiving a prize ball and also a storage plate for a game ball supplied to the launching device, and guides the prize ball discharged from the main body side of the pachinko machine 10 to the upper plate 72. An upper plate bowl 74 for opening is opened.
[0023]
Further, below the dish door 70, a lower dish 76 that receives a prize ball when the upper dish 72 is full is fixed to the front surface of the outer frame 12, and guides the prize ball to the lower dish 76. A lower plate bowl 78 is opened. An operation dial 80 for operating the launching device is attached to the right side of the lower plate 76, and an ashtray 82 is installed on the left side.
[0024]
As described above, the glass door 44 of the pachinko machine 10 has the shaft side glass rail 60a, the bottom glass rail 60b, and the lock side glass rail 60c attached to the shaft side vertical side 59a, the bottom side 59b, and the lock side vertical side 59c, respectively. Since the glass holding portion 60 is configured, the shaft side glass rail 60a, the bottom glass rail 60b, and the lock side glass rail 60c can be formed separately. For this reason, the mold for forming the shaft side glass rail 60a, the bottom glass rail 60b and the lock side glass rail 60c is extremely small as compared with the case where the U-shaped glass holding part 60 is integrally formed. The mold shape is also simplified. In addition, a plurality of shaft-side glass rails 60a, bottom glass rails 60b, or lock-side glass rails 60c can be simultaneously formed with a single mold. Therefore, the cost of the mold is also reduced, and the manufacturing cost of the glass holding unit 60 (and consequently the manufacturing cost of the glass door 44) is also reduced.
[0025]
In addition, the pachinko machine 10 projects a part of the middle frame 16 as overhanging portions 22a and 22b above the game board window 18 so as to cover and conceal the upper corners 20a and 20b of the game board 20, and these overhanging portions 22a. , 22b holds the light bulbs 26a to 26d on the printed wiring boards 24a and 24b, while the glass door 44 covering the front side of the game board 20 has light-transmitting holes 56a to 56d corresponding to the light bulbs 26a to 26d. 56 d is provided, and the front side of the light transmitting holes 56 a to 56 d is covered with the left lens portion 52 a and the right lens portion 52 b of the electrical decoration cover 48. The light emitted from the light bulbs 26a and 26b passes through the light transmission holes 56a and 56b, and is emitted from the left lens portion 52a to the player side. The light emitted from the light bulbs 26c and 26d passes through the light transmission holes 56c and 56d and passes through the right lens. Since it is radiated | emitted to the player side from the part 52b, the left lens part 52a and the right lens part 52b become electrical decoration. Even if the light bulbs 26a to 26d are turned off, the left lens portion 52a and the right lens portion 52b exhibit a decorative effect.
[0026]
Therefore, it is not necessary to provide electric decorations and other decorative parts in the upper corner portions 20a, 20b outside the gaming area 38 of the gaming board 20, and the gaming board required when the gaming board is illuminated. No drilling process is required, the amount of wiring work in the face change is reduced, and the wiring for illumination does not increase waste.
[0027]
Moreover, since all the wiring to the electric bulbs 26a to 26d for lighting is on the side of the middle frame 16, the wiring distance from the power source and the control board (these are attached to the middle frame 16) is shortened and the amount of wiring is reduced. Less.
Further, since it is not necessary to attach a light source such as a light bulb to the glass door 44, it is not necessary to wire in a relatively narrow place around the window 46 of the glass door 44, and wiring work to the light source is easy. Become.
[0028]
And since the wiring is not routed from the main body side to the glass door 44, the wiring connected from the main body side to the glass door 44 side is not fatigued and disconnected by repeated bending accompanying the opening and closing of the glass door 44.
Since the amount of wiring in the entire pachinko machine 10 is also reduced, the amount of work for separating the wires at the time of disposal is reduced, and the countermeasure against dioxins is excellent.
[0029]
Further, since the entire illumination cover 48 or the central lens unit 50, the left lens unit 52a, or the right lens unit 52b can be made of various materials and forms, by selecting these according to the model of the pachinko machine 10, etc. Various lighting can be applied.
[0030]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described according to the examples, the present invention is not limited to these examples.
For example, in the embodiment, the shaft-side glass rail 60a, the bottom glass rail 60b, and the lock-side glass rail 60c are brought into contact with each other to form the glass holding portion 60, but the shaft-side glass rail 60a, the bottom glass rail 60b, and the lock-side The holding portion may be discontinuous without contacting the grooved member corresponding to the glass rail 60c. Also, the mounting portion can be discontinuous.
[0031]
Further, the present invention can also be applied to game machines having different formats such as a ball ball game machine and a slot machine other than pachinko machines.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a partial front view of the pachinko machine of the embodiment with a glass door removed.
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the glass door of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.
4 is an explanatory view of a glass rail mounting structure in the glass door of the pachinko machine of the embodiment, FIG. 4 (a) is a cross-sectional view of the locking portion of the locking protrusion and the locking hole, FIG. b) is a longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 4C is a front view, FIG. 4D is a front view before the locking projection is locked in the locking hole (when unlocked), FIG. ) Is a longitudinal sectional view of the state of FIG.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a contact portion between the glass rails in the glass door of the pachinko machine of the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine (game machine), 12 ... Outer frame, 16 ... Middle frame, 20 ... Game board (viewed part), 38 ... Game area, 44 ... Glass door (transparent plate holder), 46 ... Window, 59 Rail mounting portion (mounting portion) 59a Shaft side vertical side (mounting portion) 59b Bottom side (mounting portion) 59c Lock side vertical side (mounting portion) 60 Glass holding portion (holding portion) 60a ... shaft side glass rail (grooved member), 60b ... bottom glass rail (grooved member), 60c ... lock side glass rail (grooved member), 61 ... glass holding groove (holding groove), 62 ... glass plate (transparent Plate), 63 ... locking hole, 63a ... insertion part, 63b ... locking part, 65 ... locking projection, 65a ... shaft part, 65b ... head, 70 ... dish door, 72 ... upper plate, 76 ... lower plate , 80 ... operation dial.

Claims (2)

A transparent plate holder that holds a transparent plate that covers the front side of the gaming machine and is disposed on the front side of the gaming machine, the holding unit having a holding groove into which an edge of the transparent plate is inserted on the back side In the transparent plate holder that holds the transparent plate inside the holding portion,
The transparent plate holding body corresponds to each of the three sides of the plastic main body provided with a U-shaped attachment portion having a pair of vertical and bottom sides on the back surface and the rectangular transparent plate. Consists of three plastic grooved members each having a groove,
On the vertical side and the bottom side of the mounting portion, each is provided with a locking hole composed of a rectangular insertion portion and a rectangular locking portion connected to the rectangular insertion portion.
The grooved member includes a shaft portion that is perpendicular to the outer surface of the grooved member and has a protruding length substantially equal to the thickness of the mounting portion, and a head that is connected to the tip of the shaft portion perpendicular to the shaft portion A locking projection consisting of a portion corresponding to the locking hole,
After inserting the head portion and the shaft portion of the locking projection into the corresponding insertion portion of the locking hole, the grooved member is translated along the length direction of the holding groove, and the shaft portion is engaged. The grooved member is attached to the vertical side and the bottom side of the attachment part one by one by penetrating through the stop part and locking the locking projection in the locking hole, and the U-shaped holding part is attached. A transparent plate holder characterized by being formed. The transparent plate holder according to claim 1,
The parallel movement of the grooved member when attaching the grooved member to the vertical side is performed in a direction of moving the grooved member toward the bottom side,
The three grooved members are attached to the attachment portion in the order of one of the longitudinal sides, the bottom side, and the other of the longitudinal sides, and the grooved member attached to the other of the longitudinal sides is attached to the bottom side. A transparent plate holder , wherein the grooved member is in contact with one end of the grooved member to restrict movement of the grooved member in a direction to release the locking .

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