JP4739873B2 - Play media storage box - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium storage box used in a pachinko game room or the like.

  The outgoing ball released from the pachinko machine by the winning of the customer is accommodated in the game medium storage box and placed on the floor near the customer's feet. When the ball is subsequently released from the pachinko machine, the ball is stored in a separate game medium storage box and stacked or placed next to the game medium storage box already placed on the floor. The game medium storage boxes that contain the balls are stacked high or placed side by side on the floor, so that they are easily noticed by other customers in the pachinko game hall or passers-by outside the pachinko game hall.

  In many cases, the customer judges whether or not the game is actually played by judging whether the game of the pachinko machine is good or not based on whether or not the play medium containing box containing the game is placed on the floor. Therefore, pachinko amusement stores have piled up game media storage boxes in order to impress customers with a high winning rate, or placed game media storage boxes on prominent positions on the floor. Also, in order to attract the attention of customers, a plurality of game media storage boxes are stacked in a pyramid shape even in an unstable state, or the plurality of game media storage boxes are alternately staggered. It was. Therefore, for example, as shown in Patent Document 1, a configuration is known in which the rear surface of the game medium storage box is raised to the bottom so that the appearance is the same as that of a conventional game medium storage box. According to this configuration, as the game medium storage boxes containing the balls are stacked on the floor, the height is higher than when the conventional game medium storage boxes are stacked as much as the back surface is raised to the bottom. This makes it easier for customers to see.

  However, in the technique shown in Patent Document 1, the height is higher than when the conventional game medium storage boxes are stacked for the first time by stacking the game medium storage boxes containing a plurality of outgoing balls. In the case where there is only one play medium storage box containing the outgoing ball, the height is not different from the conventional play medium storage box. Therefore, even if there is only one play media storage box containing the exit ball, an empty play media storage box that does not contain the exit ball is used to make it easier for the customer to notice. It is used as a stand for the game media storage box. At this time, the empty game medium storage box is placed on the floor with the upper surface opened with the back side facing up so as to be in contact with the floor, and the game medium storage box containing the outgoing ball on it. Boxes are stacked.

As a result, even if there is only one play media storage box containing the outgoing balls, the play media storage boxes are easily stacked on the height of two boxes so that they are easily noticed by the customer. In addition, in order to attract the attention of the customer, a game medium storage box that stores the out-going ball with a shifted direction is superimposed on the game medium storage box placed on the floor in a face-down state. It was. However, since the back side of the game media storage box is flat, the player's feet and luggage collide with each other, so that the game balls stacked on the game media storage box placed on the floor in a face-down state are stored. It has been a problem that the game medium storage box that has been moved is shifted to the floor and the stored balls are scattered on the floor.
Registered Utility Model No. 3075976

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems of the conventional example, and the direction is shifted with respect to the game medium storage box placed on the floor in a state of being turned down using only one type of storage box. Even when the game media storage boxes containing the balls are stacked, the player's legs and luggage are placed on the floor with the player's legs and bag lying on top of each other. Even if it hits the game media storage box that contains the ball that has been thrown out, the game media storage box that has stored the ball will not slide down from the game media storage box placed on the floor in a face down state The purpose is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a game media storage box having an upper surface opened and containing game media therein, wherein the game media storage box faces diagonally out of the four corners of the back surface. Ribs protruding from the back surface are formed at two corners, and a groove is formed by arranging two ribs in parallel at the remaining two corners, and further, at the center of the edge of the back surface in the short direction. When a notch for fitting a rib or groove is provided, and when one of the game media storage boxes is inclined with respect to the other game media storage box, The two game media storage boxes are positioned by fitting the ribs or grooves of the other into the other notch.

  Further, the invention according to claim 2 is the game medium storage box according to claim 1, wherein at least two notches are formed in the longitudinal edge on the back surface, and two of the two provided at the longitudinal edge are provided. The notch is formed so as to have the same distance as the gap from the rib in the short direction to the groove, and when two game media storage boxes are face down, one of the longitudinal directions is placed side by side so as to contact each other, An interval from a notch formed in the longitudinal edge of one of the game media storage boxes not contacting each other to a notch formed in the longitudinal edge of the other play media storage box not contacting each other, It is formed so that it may become the same space | interval as the space | interval from the rib of a longitudinal direction of a game media storage box to a groove part.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, one of the two types of game media storage boxes is superposed so that one of the game media storage boxes changes direction obliquely and the back surfaces are in contact with each other. The rib or groove of the medium storage box fits into the notch formed at the center of the edge in the short direction of the other game medium storage box, so that the rib or groove of one of the game medium storage boxes accommodates the other game medium Since it abuts on the notch formed in the box, the game medium storage box overlaid does not slide down from the game medium storage box placed on the floor in a face-down state. Moreover, since the direction of the game medium storage box placed on the floor in a face-down state is different from the direction of the game medium storage box overlaid on the floor, the customer's attention can be drawn.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the game media that are placed side by side so that one of the two game media storage boxes face down and are in contact with each other and rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the two game media storage boxes The length of the two game media storage boxes placed on the floor in a state where the ribs and groove portions of the game media storage box stacked on top of each other are placed so that the back surfaces of the storage boxes are in contact with each other. It fits into a notch formed at the edge in the direction. As a result, the game media storage box stacked on top of each other when the ribs and the grooves of the game media storage box stacked on top of each other are in contact with the cut-out portions of the two game media storage boxes held down. No longer slips out of one play media storage box. In addition, by rotating the direction 90 degrees and stacking the game media storage boxes on the two game media storage boxes that have been turned down, the game media storage boxes that are stacked on top of the two game media storage boxes that have been turned down Because the direction is different, it can attract customers' attention.

Hereinafter, the game medium storage box according to implementation embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 shows a configuration of the game medium accommodating box according to implementation embodiments of the present invention. The game medium storage box 1 has an upper surface 2 that is open to receive a ball from a pachinko machine, and includes a handle 3 for a player to carry the game medium storage box 1 on opposite sides of the upper surface 2. On the back surface 4 of the game medium storage box 1, ribs 5 projecting from the back surface at two corners diagonally opposite to each other among the four corners, and two ribs of the same type as the ribs 5 are parallel to the other two corners. Arranged grooves 6 are formed. Further, a notch 7 into which the rib 5 or the groove 6 is fitted is formed near the center of the edge of the side in the short direction of the back surface 4, and the same type as the notch 7 is formed at the edge of the side in the longitudinal direction. At least two notches 8 are formed.

  The game medium storage box 1 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with a transparent plastic material, a transparent resin, or the like, and the handle 3 is formed on the outer side of the opposing short side of the upper surface 2. Further, the edge of the upper surface 2 is formed so as to protrude to the outside of the game medium storage box 1 in order to give the game medium storage box 1 a certain strength. Here, the rib 5 and the groove part 6 are formed so as to be inclined with respect to the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction. The interval between the grooves 6 in which two ribs of the same type as the rib 5 are arranged in parallel is arranged with an interval at which the rib 5 can be fitted. The notch 7 and the notch 8 are formed in such a size that the rib 5 or the groove 6 can be fitted therein.

  FIG. 2 shows a first state in which the back surfaces 4 of two identical game medium storage boxes 1 are fitted together. The lower game medium storage box 1 placed on the floor of the pachinko game hall with the upper surface 2 facing down is not used as a game medium storage box 1b. The upper game medium storage box 1 that is overlaid on top of each other is referred to as a game medium storage box 1a. Normally, a game ball (not shown) is stored in the game medium storage box 1a. The game medium storage box 1a has a back surface 4 of the game medium storage box 1a and a back surface 4 of the game medium storage box 1b which are parallel to each other and are oriented in the same direction as the game medium storage box 1b. Is superimposed on. As a result, the rib 5 formed on the back surface 4 of the game medium storage box 1a fits into the groove 6 formed on the back surface 4 of the game medium storage box 1b, and is formed on the back surface 4 of the game medium storage box 1b. The rib 5 fits into a groove 6 formed on the back surface 4 of the game medium storage box 1a. Thereby, the game medium accommodation box 1a and the game medium accommodation box 1b are positioned. Further, since the rib 5 and the groove 6 are formed obliquely with respect to the longitudinal direction and the short side direction, when the game medium storage box 1a is about to be displaced from the game medium storage box 1b, the game medium storage box. Since the rib 5 of 1a contact | abuts to the groove part 4 of the game media storage box 1b, it is prevented that it shifts | deviates to a longitudinal direction and a transversal direction.

  FIG. 3 shows a second state in which the back surfaces 4 of two identical game medium storage boxes 1 are fitted together. In the game medium storage box 1a, the back surface 4 of the game medium storage box 1a and the back surface 4 of the game medium storage box 1b are parallel to each other, and the direction of the game medium storage box 1a is inclined with respect to the game medium storage box 1b. In this state, it is overlaid on the game medium storage box 1b. At this time, the notch 7 has the rib 5 of the game medium storage box 1a fitted into the notch 7 of the game medium storage box 1b, and the rib 5 of the game medium storage box 1b is in the notch 7 of the game medium storage box 1a. It is formed to fit. The direction of the game medium storage box 1a is such that the groove 6 of the game medium storage box 1a is fitted into the notch 7 of the game medium storage box 1b with respect to the game medium storage box 1b, and the groove of the game medium storage box 1b. 6 may be tilted so as to be fitted into the notch 7 of the game medium storage box 1a.

  FIG. 4 shows a second state in which the back surfaces 4 of two identical game medium storage boxes 1 are fitted together. The rib 5 of the game medium storage box 1a fits into the notch 7 of the game medium storage box 1b, and the rib 5 of the game medium storage box 1b fits into the notch 7 of the game medium storage box 1a. The ribs 5 of the game medium storage box 1a and the game medium storage box 1b are in contact with the notched portions 7 of the game medium storage box 1b and the game medium storage box 1a. Thereby, since the game medium accommodation box 1a and the game medium accommodation box 1b are positioned, it is prevented that the game medium accommodation box 1a slides down from the game medium accommodation box 1b. Moreover, since the game media storage box 1a and the game media storage box 1b are stacked in different directions, the customer's attention can be drawn.

  FIG. 5 shows a state in which the back surfaces 4 are fitted to each other using the same three game medium storage boxes 1. The two game medium storage boxes 1b are placed on the floor side by side so that the longitudinal sides of the upper surface 2 are in contact with each other. Here, one of the game medium storage boxes 1b is referred to as a game medium storage box 1b-1, and the other game medium storage box 1b is referred to as a game medium storage box 1b-2. In the game medium storage box 1b-1, the notch 8 formed on the side in the longitudinal direction on the side not in contact with the game medium storage box 1b-2 is referred to as a notch 8A. Further, in the game medium storage box 1b-2, a notch 8 formed on the side in the longitudinal direction on the side not in contact with the game medium storage box 1b-1 is defined as a notch 8B. Further, one of the notches 8A is a notch 8A-1, and the other is a notch 8A-2. One of the notches 8B is a notch 8B-1, and the other is a notch 8B-2. In the game medium storage box 1a, one of the two ribs 5 is a rib 5A, the other is a rib 5B, one of the two grooves 6 is a groove 6A, and the other is a groove 6B.

  The game medium storage box 1a is rotated 90 degrees with respect to the game medium storage box 1b-1 and the game medium storage box 1b-2 so that the back surface 4 of the game medium storage box 1a is connected to the game medium storage box 1b-1 and the game medium storage box. It overlaps with the game medium accommodation box 1b-1 and the game medium accommodation box 1b-2 so as to contact the back surface 4 of the box 1b-2. At this time, the groove 6A is fitted in the notch 8A-1, the rib 5A is fitted in the notch 8A-2, the groove 6B is fitted in the notch 8B-2, and the rib 5B is notched 8B-1. It is formed so that it may fit. The game medium storage box 1a acts as a fascia that connects the game medium storage box 1b-1 and the game medium storage box 1b-2. The groove 6A, the rib 5A, the groove 6B, and the rib 5B are in contact with the notch 8A-1, the notches 8A-2, 8B-2, and 8B-1, respectively. Thereby, the game medium storage box 1a, the game medium storage box 1b-1, and the game medium storage box 1b-2 are positioned and prevented from shifting in the longitudinal direction and the short direction. Moreover, since the game medium storage box 1a is overlapped with the game medium storage box 1b-1 and the game medium storage box 1b-2 in different directions, it can attract the attention of customers.

In play media containing box 1 of implementation of the invention as described above, when the superposed plurality of one type of the game medium containing box 1, one of the ribs 5 is fitted to the other of the groove 6. Thereby, since one rib 5 is contact | abutted to the other groove part 6, the game media storage box 1a and the game media storage box 1b are positioned, and it is prevented that it shifts | deviates to a longitudinal direction and a transversal direction. Also, one rib 5 or groove 6 fits into the other cutout 7. As a result, one of the ribs 5 or the groove 6 abuts against the other notch 7, so that the game medium storage box 1a and the game medium storage box 1b are positioned, and the game medium storage box 1a is displaced from the game medium storage box 1b. It is prevented. Furthermore, it fits into the notch part 8A and the notch part 8B of the two game medium accommodation boxes 1b-1 and the game medium accommodation box 1b-2 in which the rib 5 and the groove 6 of the game medium accommodation box 1a are turned down. Thereby, the game medium storage box 1a, the game medium storage box 1b-1, and the game medium storage box 1b-2 are positioned and prevented from shifting in the longitudinal direction and the short direction. Moreover, since the game medium storage box 1a is overlapped with the game medium storage box 1b-1 and the game medium storage box 1b-2 in different directions, it can attract the attention of customers.

In addition, this invention is not restricted to the structure of the said various embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not change the meaning of invention. For example, the game medium storage box 1 may have a configuration including four cutout portions 8 instead of a configuration including the two cutout portions 8 at the edge of the side in the longitudinal direction. In addition, the game medium storage box 1 may store not only the ball of the pachinko machine but also the coin of the slot machine.

Perspective view showing the configuration of the game medium accommodating box according to implementation embodiments of the present invention. The perspective view which shows the state which fits back surfaces using the two game media storage boxes. The perspective view which shows the state which fits back surfaces using the two game media storage boxes. The perspective view which shows the state which made the back surfaces fit using two said game media accommodation boxes. The perspective view which shows the state which fits back surfaces using three the same game media accommodation boxes.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Playing media storage box 2 Upper surface 4 Back surface 5 Rib 6 Groove part 7 Notch part 8 Notch part

Claims (2)

In a game media storage box that has an upper surface opened and stores game media inside,
In the game medium storage box, ribs protruding from the back surface are formed at two corners diagonally opposite of the four corners of the back surface, and the two ribs are arranged in parallel at the remaining two corners. A groove portion is formed, and further, a notch portion for fitting the rib or the groove portion is provided at the center of the edge in the short direction of the back surface,
When one of the game media storage boxes is tilted with respect to the other of the game media storage boxes so that the respective back surfaces are in contact with each other, one of the ribs or the groove is the other notch The game medium storage box is characterized in that the two game medium storage boxes overlapped with each other are positioned. On the back surface of the game medium storage box, at least two notches are formed in the longitudinal edge portion,
The two notches provided at the edge in the longitudinal direction are formed to have the same distance as the distance from the rib in the short direction to the groove,
The notches formed in the longitudinal edges of one of the game media storage boxes that are not in contact with each other when the two game media storage boxes are placed side by side so that one of the play media storage boxes is in contact with each other The distance from the rib to the groove in the longitudinal direction of the game medium storage box is the same as the distance from the rib to the notch formed on the edge of the other game medium storage box that is not in contact with each other. 2. The game medium storage box according to claim 1, wherein the play medium storage box is formed to be spaced.

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