JP3795262B2 - Glass frame for gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a glass frame for gaming machines that is attached to the front surface of, for example, a pachinko gaming machine, and more particularly to a glass frame for gaming machines that can stably attach a glass plate.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a glass frame fitted with a glass plate is pivotally supported on the front surface of a pachinko gaming machine so as to be openable and closable with respect to the main body of the gaming machine. In such a glass frame, two glass plate insertion grooves are formed in parallel so that two glass plates can be held by bending a sheet metal such as iron or aluminum. A frame member formed by bending a sheet metal formed in a U shape, and two glass plates are inserted from the end of the glass plate insertion groove where the frame member is released, and these frames are framed at a predetermined interval. It is configured by being held by a member.
[0003]
However, such a glass frame has a problem that the manufacturing cost is high because the frame member is made of a sheet metal and the bending process for forming the glass plate insertion groove in the frame member is troublesome. Also, because the processing accuracy is not so good, the end of the glass plate is easily caught in the glass plate insertion groove, and not only can the glass plate not be smoothly inserted into the glass frame, but in the worst case the glass plate may be chipped or cracked There is also a risk.
[0004]
For this reason, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-275471 discloses a glass frame in which a frame member is made of a synthetic resin. According to this glass frame, since the glass plate insertion groove can be easily formed in the frame member by molding a synthetic resin, the glass frame can be manufactured at low cost. Moreover, since it can manufacture comparatively favorable, a glass plate can be smoothly inserted in a glass frame, without a glass plate being chipped or broken.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the glass frame disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-275471 has a problem that rigidity is low and strength is weak because all the frame members are made of synthetic resin.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a glass frame for a gaming machine that can be easily manufactured while ensuring strength.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a glass frame for a gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention is a glass frame attached to the front surface of a gaming machine,
A frame member made of a metal material formed in a substantially rectangular shape;
A glass frame for a gaming machine comprising a rail member made of a resin material attached to the frame member and formed with a glass plate insertion groove for holding a glass plate,
The rail member includes a pair of mounting claws that protrude toward the frame member in the vicinity of both ends thereof,
The frame member includes two attachment hole portions at positions corresponding to the pair of attachment claw portions, and the attachment hole portion located on the end side of the frame member among the two attachment hole portions, While only one tip of the pair of mounting claws is formed to a length that can be inserted, the other mounting hole is formed to a length that allows both of the pair of mounting claws to be inserted,
The rail member is attached to the frame member by locking the tip of the attachment claw portion on the end portion side of the frame member in the attachment hole portion on the end portion side of the frame member among the pair of attachment claw portions. It is characterized by being comprised so that it may obtain.
[0008]
Here, the rail member is preferably made of a highly slidable synthetic resin material.
The rail member is preferably colored.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the structure of the front side of a pachinko gaming machine provided with a glass frame according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0010]
As shown in FIG. 1, this pachinko gaming machine 1 is configured such that a base door 3 is attached to a machine frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed, and a game board 4 is attached to the upper front portion of the base door 3. The game board 4 is provided with a number of obstacle nails and accessories. An upper plate 7 and a lower plate 8 for storing game balls are provided at the lower front portion of the base door 3, and an operation handle 9 is provided to the right of the lower plate 8. When the operation handle 9 is operated by the player, the game balls stored in the upper plate 7 are launched, and the launched game balls are formed between the game board 4 and the glass frame 10 covering the front surface thereof. It passes through the space and flows down the board while being played by game nails planted in the game board 4. The glass frame 10 is pivotally supported with respect to the base door 3 so as to be freely opened and closed. The glass frame 10 includes a frame member 11 that holds the glass plate 19 and a cover member 12 that covers the frame member 11.
[0011]
FIG. 2A is a plan view showing the configuration of the frame member, and FIG. 2B is a front view thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, the frame member 11 is for holding a transparent multi-layer glass plate 19, and supports a glass frame 20 a that supports a lower portion of the glass plate 19 and a side portion of the glass plate 19. The glass frames 20b and 20c and the glass frame 20d that joins the upper portions of the glass frames 20b and 20c are formed in a substantially rectangular shape. An opening 24 surrounded by the four glass frames 20a to 20d is formed, and the player can visually recognize the game area of the game board 4 through the opening 24. The glass frames 20a to 20d are made of a metal material.
[0012]
A shaft portion 15 is provided at a lower portion of the glass frame 20b. The shaft portion 15 is supported by the base door 3 so that the glass frame 10 is supported by the base door 3 so as to be freely opened and closed. Further, the upper glass frame 20d is formed with a flat portion 70 that protrudes slightly toward the front side of the glass frame 10 as compared with the other glass frames 20a to 20c, and for decorating the gaming machine 1 on the flat portion 70. A getter portion 71 for attaching a decorative member such as an LED substrate or a speaker is formed.
[0013]
Moreover, the glass attachment part 21 is formed in the inner edge part of glass frame 20a-20c so that the opening part 24 may be surrounded and it may protrude in the back side of the frame member 11, ie, the opposite direction to a player. .
[0014]
Next, the configuration of the cover member 12 will be described. FIG. 3 is a front view showing the configuration of the cover member 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the cover member 12 is made of a transparent resin such as ABS, and can be easily molded to have a desired design. A transparent window 50 having a disk shape or a circular dome shape is formed at a position corresponding to the opening 24 of the frame member 11 at the center of the cover member 12. Further, five left and right lamp lenses 52 are formed along the outer periphery of the fluoroscopic window 50 at the upper left and upper right portions of the fluoroscopic window 50 with respect to the drawing. The lamp lens 52 has a maximum diameter in the middle of both the left and right sides, and is configured such that the diameter decreases with distance from the lens. Then, the light emitted from the LED board (not shown) attached to the frame member 11 is colored or scattered by these lenses 52, thereby enhancing the decoration effect of the gaming machine 1 through the player's vision. it can.
[0015]
In addition, a slit 53 is formed at a position corresponding to a speaker (not shown) attached to the frame member 11, and a sound emitted from the speaker is output to the outside through the slit 53, and through a player's hearing. The decoration effect of the gaming machine 1 can be enhanced.
[0016]
Next, the structure of the attachment part of the glass plate 19 of the glass frame 10 by this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2 (a) and FIG. 4, the glass attachment portions 21 of the glass frames 20a to 20c are formed so as to protrude to the back side of the frame member 11, and hold the glass plate 19 on this surface. A glass rail 22 is attached.
[0017]
5A and 5B are diagrams showing the configuration of the glass rail 22, wherein FIG. 5A is a plan view thereof, FIG. 5B is a cross-sectional view taken along the direction C of FIG. FIGS. 6 and 6 are cross-sectional views taken along the line II-II in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the glass rail 22 is made of a synthetic resin such as POM or nylon, and a multilayer (two layers in this embodiment) of the glass plate 19 is predetermined by the wall portion 60 and the convex portion 61. The first and second glass plate insertion grooves 62 and 63 having a concave cross section for attaching to the glass frames 20a to 20c with the interval of are formed. In addition, the 1st glass plate insertion groove | channel 62 is formed so that it may become a cross-sectional concave shape with the wall part 60 and the convex part 61, and the 2nd glass plate insertion groove | channel 63 is the cover member 12 as shown in FIG. After being attached to the frame member 11, the convex portion 61 and the cover member 12 are formed so as to have a concave cross section. Moreover, in order to make it easy to insert the glass plate 19 into the glass frame 10, the glass rail 22 is preferably made of a synthetic resin material having a relatively high slidability such as nylon.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 5, the glass rail 22 is formed with a pair of attachment claw portions 55 at predetermined intervals in the vicinity of both ends thereof. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, the mounting holes 56 and 57 are formed in the vicinity of both ends of the glass mounting portion 21 with a predetermined interval. The attachment hole 56 is formed in such a length that both the pair of attachment claws 55 can be inserted, and the attachment hole 57 is formed in such a length that only the tip of the attachment claw 55 can be inserted. . Then, as shown in FIG. 8A, by inserting the attachment claw portion 55 of the glass rail 22 into the attachment hole portion 56 of the glass attachment portion 21 and sliding the glass rail 22 in the direction of arrow D, FIG. As shown in b), the tip of the attachment claw 55 is locked to the attachment hole 57, whereby the glass rail 22 is attached to the glass attachment 21.
[0019]
Next, the assembly procedure of the glass frame according to the present embodiment will be described. First, as described above, the cover member 12 is attached to the frame member 11 in which the glass rail 22 is attached to the glass attachment portion 21. Then, one end edge of the glass plate 19 is inserted into the frame member 11 from the glass frame 20d side, and both side edges are guided to the glass plate insertion grooves 62 and 63 formed in the glass rails 22 of the glass frames 20b and 20c. And the glass plate 19 is hold | maintained at the glass frame 10 by the said one end edge being inserted in the glass plate insertion grooves 62 and 63 formed of the glass rail 22 of the glass frame 20a. As a result, the opening 24 is closed by the glass plate 19 to form the glass frame 10.
[0020]
As described above in detail, in the glass frame 10 of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment, the glass rail 22 having the glass plate insertion grooves 62 and 63 for guiding the glass plate 19 is made of a synthetic resin material. The glass plate insertion grooves 62 and 63 can be easily formed compared to a conventional glass frame formed by bending a sheet metal to form glass plate insertion grooves, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the glass frame 10. can do. Moreover, since the glass rail 22 is made of a synthetic resin material, its dimensional accuracy can be formed better than that of a metal material, so that the glass plate insertion grooves 62 and 63 can also be formed with relatively high accuracy. Thereby, the glass plate 19 can be smoothly inserted into the glass frame 10, and chipping and cracking during insertion of the glass plate 19 can be prevented. Further, since the glass rail 22 is attached to the glass frames 20a to 20c made of a metal material, the glass frame 10 is compared with the frame member made only of the synthetic resin material disclosed in the above-mentioned JP-A-7-275471. It is also possible to ensure sufficient strength.
[0021]
In the above embodiment, the glass rail 22 may be colored. Here, since the glass rail 22 is made of a synthetic resin material, the coloring is easy, and by coloring the glass rail 22, the player can visually recognize the color of the glass rail 22 through the glass plate 19. Can do. Thereby, the decoration effect of the gaming machine 1 can be further improved.
[0022]
Note that the gaming machine of the present invention can be applied not only to pachinko gaming machines but also to various other gaming machines, for example, an arrangement ball gaming machine or the like.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the glass rail 22 is POM, nylon, etc., as long as it is a synthetic resin material, what kind of material is employable.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
According to the gaming machine of the first aspect of the present invention, since a glass frame is configured by attaching a rail member made of a resin material to a frame member made of a metal material, a conventional metal material such as a sheet metal is bent. Compared with the glass frame, it is easy to form the glass plate insertion groove, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost. In addition, since the glass plate insertion groove can be formed with relatively high accuracy, the glass plate can be smoothly inserted into the glass frame, thereby preventing chipping or cracking during insertion of the glass plate. Furthermore, since the rail member is attached to the frame member made of a metal material, the strength of the glass frame can be sufficiently ensured as compared with the frame member made of only the resin material.
In addition, since the rail member is provided with an attachment claw portion and the frame member is provided with an attachment hole portion, and the rail member is attached to the frame member by locking the attachment claw portion with the attachment hole portion, Attaching can be performed easily, whereby a glass frame for a gaming machine according to the present invention can be simply configured.
[0024]
Moreover, in the said structure, if a rail member is comprised from a highly slidable synthetic resin material as described in Claim 4, a glass plate can be inserted more smoothly with respect to a glass frame, thereby Moreover, chipping and cracking of the glass plate can be reliably prevented.
[0025]
Moreover, in the said structure, if a rail member is colored as described in Claim 5, when a glass plate is attached to a glass frame, the color of a rail member can be visually recognized through a glass plate. Thereby, the decoration effect of a game machine can be heightened.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a glass frame of a gaming machine having a glass frame according to an embodiment of the present invention is opened. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a frame member. FIG. 3 shows a configuration of a cover member. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG. 2. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a glass rail, (a) is a plan view thereof, (b) is a view in the direction of arrow C in (a), c) is a new view taken on line II of (a).
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. 5A. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the structure of the mounting hole in the glass mounting portion. Explanation of]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine 2 ... Machine frame 3 ... Base door 4 ... Game board 10 ... Glass frame 19 ... Glass plate 11 ... Frame member 12 ... Cover member 20a ˜20d ... glass frame 21 ... glass mounting portion 22 ... glass rail 24 ... opening portion 55 ... mounting claw portions 56, 57 ... mounting hole portions 62, 63 ... glass plate Insertion groove

Claims (5)

In the glass frame attached to the front of the gaming machine,
A frame member made of a metal material formed in a substantially rectangular shape;
A glass frame for a gaming machine comprising a rail member made of a resin material attached to the frame member and formed with a glass plate insertion groove for holding a glass plate,
The rail member includes a pair of mounting claws that protrude toward the frame member in the vicinity of both ends thereof,
The frame member includes two attachment hole portions at positions corresponding to the pair of attachment claw portions, and the attachment hole portion located on the end side of the frame member among the two attachment hole portions, While only one tip of the pair of mounting claws is formed to a length that can be inserted, the other mounting hole is formed to a length that allows both of the pair of mounting claws to be inserted,
The rail member is attached to the frame member by locking the tip of the attachment claw portion on the end portion side of the frame member in the attachment hole portion on the end portion side of the frame member among the pair of attachment claw portions. A glass frame for a gaming machine, characterized by being configured to obtain.   In attaching the rail member to the frame member, the pair of attachment claws are inserted into the other attachment hole, and then the rail member is slid toward the end of the frame member. 2. The glass frame for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a tip of the attachment claw portion on the end portion side of the frame member among the attachment claw portions is engaged with an attachment hole portion on the end portion side of the frame member. .   The glass frame for gaming machines according to claim 1, wherein the rail member is formed with a glass plate insertion groove for holding a plurality of glass plates with a predetermined interval.   2. The glass frame for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the rail member is made of a highly slidable synthetic resin material.   The glass frame for gaming machines according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the rail member is colored.

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