JP4812410B2 - Board case device for gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a board case device for a gaming machine in which a control board for controlling a game is accommodated in the board case.

Conventionally, in gaming machines such as slot machines and pachinko machines, a transparent board case containing a control board on which electronic parts such as a CPU, RAM, and ROM for controlling the whole game are mounted is provided. In order to prevent unauthorized modification such as illegally replacing the electronic component, the sealing portion provided in the substrate case is fixed to the back plate in the housing in a state of being sealed by the sealing shaft. When the substrate case is opened illegally, it is possible to easily find the unauthorized opening of the substrate case based on the trace of destruction of the sealing portion or the sealing shaft (for example, see Patent Document 1). .
JP 2004-65791 A

  However, in the board case device of the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 described above, the mounting surface of the control board faces forward and is sealed in consideration of the visibility of the control board housed in the board case. The substrate case is fixed to the back plate in the housing so that the portion faces in the front-rear direction. Therefore, only by opening the front door supported so as to be openable and closable on the front surface of the housing, it is difficult to see the engagement state of the sealing shaft although the front surface of the sealing portion can be seen. Therefore, when checking the engagement state and the destruction state of the sealing shaft while the substrate case is fixed to the back plate in the housing, the inspection operator can visually check the sealing shaft inserted into the sealing portion. However, he has to put his face in the case and is forced to have a very troublesome posture.

  In view of the above-described conventional problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a board case device for a gaming machine in which an engagement state of a sealing shaft can be easily confirmed.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) A board case of a gaming machine comprising: a base plate fixed to a vertical back plate in a housing; and a transparent board case that is fixed to the front surface of the base plate and contains a control board that controls gaming operations. in the device, provided on the substrate case, a cylindrical transparent sealing portion facing the front-rear direction, is provided in the base plate, overlaid a transparent fixed portion, said sealing portion and said fixed portion in the longitudinal In this state, the sealing portion is inserted in the sealing portion and the fixed portion from the front and is secured to the front portion of the fixed portion by fixing the sealing portion to the front surface of the fixed portion by being locked to the fixed portion. An axial direction of the sealing shaft with respect to a side surface of the sealing portion that is fixed to the fixed portion by the sealing shaft in the vicinity of the fixed shaft and the fixed portion and in the vicinity of the fixed portion Tilt pair with tilted almost 45 degrees In this state, the sealing shaft is projected through the side surface of the sealing portion, the side surface and the fixed portion, and the base plate and the substrate case are fixed to the back plate. And a mirror part that enables the mapping of the sealing shaft inserted into the part to be viewed from the front.

(2) above (1) Oite in section juxtaposed a plurality of sealing portions in the board case is provided along the mirror portion in the arrangement direction of the sealing portion of the plurality of.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
(A) According to the invention described in claim 1, the sealing shaft inserted into the sealing portion by providing the mirror portion that is inclined at a predetermined angle and reflects the side surface of the sealing portion in the vicinity of the sealing portion. Can be easily confirmed from the front of the substrate case.
Further, since the fixed portion of the base plate is made transparent, it is possible to easily confirm the engagement state and the broken state of the sealing shaft with respect to the fixed portion of the base plate.
Furthermore, an inclined surface inclined approximately 45 degrees with respect to the axial direction of the sealing shaft is provided in the vicinity of the fixed portion of the base plate, and a mirror portion is provided on the inclined surface, so that the side surface of the sealing portion becomes a mirror portion. It can be projected reliably.

( B ) According to the invention described in claim 2 , by providing the mirror portion along the parallel direction of the plurality of sealing portions, the plurality of sealing portions can be reflected on the mirror portion, and a plurality of sealing portions are provided. The engagement state and the destruction state of the sealing shaft inserted into the stop portion can be confirmed.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine (slot machine) to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the gaming machine with a front door opened. In the following description, in FIGS. 1 and 2, the front side of the drawing is “front or front side”, the back side of the drawing is “back or back side”, the left side is “left”, and the right side is “right”. And

  The gaming machine (1) can be opened and closed freely by a rectangular housing (2) with a front opening (front) and a pair of upper and lower hinge shafts (4) facing the top and bottom on the left side of the housing (2). And a front door (3) pivotally supported by.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the housing (2), there are three rotating reels (5) capable of varying and stopping display of identification information composed of a plurality of types of symbols and numbers, and a game medium. A hopper unit (6) capable of storing and paying out medals (including coins), a main control board (7) housed in a transparent board case (8), and controlling the entire game in an integrated manner, and a main control board A sub-control board (9) capable of outputting various game information and effect information to a liquid crystal display unit (11) provided on the back side of the front door (3) based on a control signal output from (7); A main control board (7) and a power supply device (10) for supplying power to other devices are accommodated.

  As shown in FIG. 1, on the front surface of the front door (3), there is a game information display window (31) through which the game information and effect information displayed on the liquid crystal display unit (11) can be seen through, and each rotary reel (5). An identification information display window (32) through which three pieces of identification information can be seen through, a medal insertion part (12) into which medals are inserted when playing a game, a MAX bet button (13) for setting the number of medals bet, all There are provided a start lever (14) operated when rotating the rotating reel (5), three stop buttons (15) operated when stopping the rotation of each rotating reel (5), and the like. .

  In the game of the gaming machine (1), after the player inserts a medal into the medal insertion part (12), the bet number of the medal is set by the MAX bet button (13), and then the start lever (14) is operated. This is started by rotating all the rotating reels (5).

  After a predetermined time has passed since the rotating reel (5) has rotated, the three stop buttons (15) are sequentially operated to stop the rotation of each rotating reel (5), and the stopped three rotating reels ( 5) Based on the combination of the identification information, the number of medals distributed according to the presence of a prize and the size of the prize is fixed. When a prize is awarded, the front door ( The medal is paid out to the tray (33) provided at the bottom of 3).

  In the present embodiment, the gaming machine (1) is described as a slot machine in which the game medium is a medal (including coins). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the gaming machine (1) It may be a pachinko machine or slot machine in which the game medium is a pachinko ball.

  3 is an exploded perspective view of the main part shown by cutting out a part of the housing (2), FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the main part, FIG. 5 is a front view of the substrate case, and FIG. 7 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 5, and FIG. 8 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII in FIG. In FIG. 3, for the sake of simplification, the rotating reel (5), the sub control board (9), the hopper unit (6), the power source (10) and the like housed in the housing (2) are omitted. is there.

  As shown mainly in FIG. 4, the substrate case (8) has a transparent synthetic resin case body (81) and a case lid (82), and a back plate (21) in the housing (2). It is fixed to the front surface of a transparent synthetic resin base plate (16) fixed by a sealing shaft (18) facing forward.

  The main control board (7) is mounted with a plurality of board-side connectors (72) to which an electronic component (71) for controlling game operations and an external connector (not shown) are connected on the mounting surface. It is accommodated between the case body (81) and the case lid (82) so as to face.

  The case main body (81) has a box-shaped back side housing portion (811) that covers the back side of the main control board (7). An upper and lower engaging claw (812) that protrudes forward and can be elastically deformed in the vertical direction is provided on the right part of the rear surface side accommodating part (811), and at the right end part, on the right side of the case lid (82). Of the symbols (821) [A] to [F] (given only in FIG. 4) engraved on the front face, two upper and lower forward cylindrical transparent case side fixings corresponding to “A” and “F” A portion (813) is provided.

  The case lid (82) opens and closes forward with respect to the case body (81) by fitting the left end part to the upper and lower semi-cylindrical parts (81a) provided at the left end part of the case body (81). It has a box-shaped surface side accommodating portion (822) that is pivotally supported and covers the mounting surface of the main control board (8).

  The engaging claw (812) of the case body (81) is elastically engaged with the right part of the front side housing (822) to hold the case lid (82) in a closed state with respect to the case body (81). An engagement hole (823) is provided, and at the right end, the case side fixed portion (813) of the case main body (81) is opposed to the case side fixed portion (813) by the sealing shaft (18). The upper and lower cylindrical transparent first sealing portions (824) fixed to the base plate (16) correspond to the symbols (821) “B” to “E” and the sealing shaft (18). Four cylindrical transparent second sealing portions (825) fixed to a later-described bulging portion (162) are juxtaposed in the vertical direction. In addition, each sealing part (824) (825) is connected with the right end part of the surface side accommodating part (822) so that separation | separation is possible via the thin piece (826) (refer FIG. 5).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the base plate (16) is fixed to the back plate (21) in the housing (2) with a plurality of set screws (17), and at the right of the rectangular base (161) in front view. The portion is formed with a transparent bulging portion (162) which forms a fixed portion for fixing the second sealing portion (825) by the sealing shaft (18). The bulging portion (162) protrudes forward, and the front surface of the bulging portion (162) faces the back side of each second sealing portion (825), and an elastic claw (184) described later on the sealing shaft (18) is removed. A locking hole (165) that can be locked and engaged is formed. Further, in the vicinity of each locking hole (165), a transparent wall portion (166) protruding in a semi-cylindrical shape forward is provided. The wall portion (166) has a second sealing portion as shown in FIG. 7 in a state where the second sealing portion (825) is fixed to the bulging portion (162) by the sealing shaft (18). The rear outer side of the stop portion (825) is closed to prevent an unauthorized tool from being inserted between the rear end surface of the second sealing portion (825) and the front surface of the bulging portion (162). In addition, a projecting portion (167) that projects rearward in a cylindrical shape is provided around each locking hole (165) on the back surface side of the bulging portion (162). The projecting portion (167) has a sealing shaft as shown mainly in FIGS. 7 and 8 in a state where the second sealing portion (825) is fixed to the bulging portion (162) by the sealing shaft (18). The elastic claw (184) described later in (18) is surrounded so that the elastic claw (184) is not tampered with by an unauthorized tool.

  In the vicinity of the bulging portion (162) of the base plate (16), when the substrate case (8) is viewed from the front, the side surfaces of the bulging portion (162) and each of the second sealing portions (825) may be reflected. The mirror part (164) which can be provided is provided. In the state where the substrate case (8) is fixed to the base plate (16), the mirror part (164) is provided along the parallel arrangement direction (vertical direction) of the second sealing part (825).

  As shown mainly in FIG. 7, the mirror part (164) has an inclined surface (163) inclined at a predetermined angle, preferably approximately 45 degrees, to the front right with respect to the axial direction (P) of the sealing shaft (18). It is formed by sticking a mirror surface sheet.

  The mirror part (164) may be formed by applying a chrome mirror finish plating process to the surface of the inclined surface (163) instead of the mirror sheet.

  The sealing shaft (18) has a disk-shaped head portion (182) having an enlarged diameter, and a shaft portion (183) protruding rearward from the back surface of the head portion (182)), and the shaft portion (183) An elastic claw (184) that can be elastically deformed inward is provided at the distal end portion. Each sealing shaft (18) is integrally formed with a synthetic resin material together with a vertical connecting plate (181), and a thin piece (185) connecting the connecting plate (181) and the head (182). Can be separated individually from the connecting plate (181).

  When the sealing shaft (18) is inserted shallowly into the first sealing portion (824) from the front, the elastic claw (184) is engaged and temporarily held in the first sealing portion (824). Further, when the sealing shaft (18) is inserted deeply into the first sealing portion (824), the elastic claw (184) enters into the case-side fixed portion (813) and engages with locking. The first sealing portion (824) is fixed to the case side fixed portion (813). When the first sealing portion (824) is fixed to the case-side fixed portion (813), the case lid (82) is sealed with respect to the case body (81), and the first sealing portion (824) is The case lid (82) cannot be opened unless it is cut.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, when the sealing shaft (18) is inserted shallowly into the second sealing portion (825) (see the second to fourth sealing portions (825) from the top), the elastic shaft (18) is elastic. The claw (184) is engaged and temporarily held in the second sealing portion (825). When the sealing shaft (18) is inserted deeply into the second sealing portion (825) (see the top sealing portion (825)), the elastic claw (184) is attached to the base plate (16). Passing through the locking hole (165) of the bulging portion (162) and retaining the back side of the bulging portion (162), the second sealing portion (825) is connected to the bulging portion (162). Fix it. When the second sealing portion (825) is fixed to the bulging portion (162), the substrate case (8) is removed from the base plate (16) and opened unless the second sealing portion (825) is cut. I can't.

  The engagement state and the destruction state of the sealing shaft (18) in which the second sealing portion (825) is inserted can be easily confirmed by looking at the mirror portion (164). That is, when the substrate case (8) attached to the back plate (21) in the housing (2) is viewed from the front, the transparent bulging portion (162) and each second sealing portion (825) are transparent. Then, the sealing shaft (18) is reflected on the mirror part (164). As a result, when the substrate case (8) is fixed to the base plate (16) fixed to the back plate (21) in the housing (2), the mirror part (164) is viewed from the front so that the sealing shaft ( It is possible to easily confirm the engaged state and the broken state of 18). In addition, the mirror part (164) is inclined approximately 45 degrees with respect to the axial direction of the sealing shaft (18), and is provided along the parallel direction of the second sealing part (825). The engagement state of the sealing shaft (18) inserted into each second sealing portion (825) can be confirmed from the front of 8).

It is a front view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a front view of the gaming machine with the front door opened. It is a disassembled perspective view of the principal part which notches and shows a part of housing | casing (2). It is a disassembled perspective view of the principal part. It is a front view of a substrate case. It is a front view of a substrate case. FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 5. It is an expanded longitudinal cross-sectional view which follows the VIII-VIII line in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

(1) Pachislot machines
(2) Housing
(3) Front door
(4) Hinge shaft
(5) Rotating reel
(6) Hopper unit
(7) Main control board (control board)
(8) Board case
(9) Sub control board
(10) Power supply
(11) Liquid crystal display unit
(12) Medal insertion part
(13) MAX bet button
(14) Start lever
(15) Stop button
(16) Base plate
(17) Set screw
(18) Sealing shaft
(21) Backboard
(31) Game information display window
(32) Identification information display window
(33) saucer
(71) Electronic components
(72) Board side connector
(81) Case body
(81a) Semi-cylindrical part
(82) Case lid
(161) Base
(162) Swelling part (fixed part)
(163) Inclined surface
(164) Mirror part
(165) Locking hole
(166) Wall
(167) Protrusion
(181) Connecting plate
(182) Head
(183) Shaft
(184) Elastic nail
(185) Thin pieces
(811) Back side housing
(812) engaging claw
(813) Case side fixed part
(821) Symbol
(822) Front side housing
(823) engagement hole
(824) First sealing part (sealing part)
(825) Second sealing part (sealing part)
(826) Thin pieces

Claims (2)

In a board case device of a gaming machine comprising: a base plate fixed to a vertical back plate in a housing; and a transparent board case fixed to the front surface of the base plate and containing a control board for controlling a gaming operation.
A cylindrical transparent sealing portion provided in the substrate case and facing in the front-rear direction;
A transparent fixed portion provided on the base plate ;
In a state where the sealing portion and the fixed portion are overlapped in the front-rear direction, the sealing portion is inserted into the sealing portion and the fixed portion from the front, and is retained and locked to the fixed portion. A sealing shaft facing in the front-rear direction to be fixed to the front surface of the fixed part;
Nearly 45 degrees in the axial direction of the sealing shaft on the front surface of the base plate and in the vicinity of the fixed portion with respect to the side surface of the sealing portion fixed to the fixed portion by the sealing shaft. The base plate and the substrate case are fixed to the back plate by projecting the sealing shaft through the side surface of the sealing portion and the side surface and the fixed portion by facing each other in an inclined state. A board case device for a gaming machine, comprising: a mirror portion that enables a view of a map of the sealing shaft inserted into the sealing portion to be viewed from the front . Juxtaposed a plurality of sealing portions in the board case, the mirror unit board case according to claim 1 Symbol placement of the gaming machine is characterized in that provided along the arrangement direction of the sealing portion of the plurality of the.

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