JP5254717B2 - Front door frame - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention belongs to the technical field of ball game machines such as pachinko machines.

  A ball game machine such as a pachinko machine has a behavior of a game ball driven into a game area formed on a game board surface, for example, whether to win, whether to pass a gate, or whether to enter a specific area. A game is performed by such as.

  Therefore, a window for facing the game board is provided, the window is closed on the back side, and a transparent plate for preventing the game ball from spilling out from the game area is held. It is common to provide a front door frame attached to the main body side of the gaming machine.

  In addition to the front door frame, the bullet ball game machine has several frames, but JP-A-2002-126294 describes a machine frame for mounting a game board, a hitting ball portion, and a front frame (corresponding to the front door frame). A pachinko machine gaming machine frame is disclosed in which left and right vertical frame portions and upper horizontal frame portions constituting a gate-shaped enclosure frame are made of an aluminum extrusion molding material (Claim 4). .

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-173571 discloses a technique in which the glass frame attached to the front door frame is made of aluminum.
JP 2002-126294 A JP 9-173571 A

As described above, a technique for constructing one of several frames of a ball game machine, for example, a game board machine frame with an aluminum extruded material, and a technique for making a glass frame made of aluminum are known.
However, as for the front door frame, the main part is made of plastic, and a configuration using sheet metal as a reinforcement has been mainstream.

The front door frame according to claim 1 is provided with a window for facing the game board, holding a transparent plate for closing the window on the back side, and receiving a prize ball at the lower part of the front side In the front door frame attached to the main body side of the gaming machine through the hinge mechanism,
The rectangular surroundings of the window are constituted by an upper side member, a lower side member, a left side member, and a right side member, which are aluminum extrusion molding materials.

  Since the four sides of the rectangular window are made of an aluminum extrusion molding material, the upper side member, the lower side member, the left side member and the right side member, it is possible to obtain a front door frame with excellent strength and high accuracy. Extremely tolerant of fraudulent acts that open the frame.

  In addition, since the aluminum extrusion molding material itself can be colored, a part of the extrusion molding material can be configured not to be decorated with a plastic product or the like. At least the outer peripheral surface of the front door frame and the inner peripheral surface of the window can be left as an extruded material, and the amount of decoration material used can be reduced.

Further, the front door frame of claim 1, wherein the
In the left side member and the right side member,
An inner fitting groove extending in the vertical direction along the vertical side of the window, and an outer fitting groove extending in the vertical direction along the vertical side of the window on the outer peripheral side of the front door frame from the inner fitting groove. Are provided in parallel and in pairs,
An inner fitting strip portion that can be fitted into the inner fitting groove only by inserting one end into the inner fitting groove from the upper end or lower end of the inner fitting groove, and one end from the upper end or lower end of the outer fitting groove. A translucent plastic decorative lens comprising an outer fitting strip that can be fitted into the outer fitting groove only by being inserted into the outer fitting groove, and the inner fitting strip is fitted into the inner fitting strip. The outer fitting strip is fitted to the fitting groove and attached to the outer fitting groove.

The left side member and the right side member of the front door frame according to claim 1 are provided with a pair of fitting grooves extending in the vertical direction along the vertical side of the window. Of the pair of fitting grooves, the one closer to the vertical side of the window is referred to as an inner fitting groove, and the one relatively far from the vertical side of the window (the one on the outer peripheral side of the front door frame) is called the outer fitting groove. These fitting grooves have a cross-sectional shape such as T-shape, L-shape, etc., and have a shape in which a member (fitting strip portion) fitted to the groove cannot be removed from the opening (not both ends) of the groove. Is done.

  The left side member and the right side member are mounted with a translucent plastic illumination lens, but the interior of the illumination lens is only inserted by inserting one end into the inner fitting groove from the upper or lower end of the inner fitting groove. An inner fitting strip that can be fitted into the fitting groove, and an outer fitting only by inserting one end into the outer fitting groove from the upper end or lower end of the outer fitting groove (the same end as in the case of the inner fitting strip) An outer fitting strip that can be fitted into the groove.

For example, the upper end of the inner fitting strip is inserted into the inner fitting groove from the lower end of the inner fitting groove, and the upper end of the outer fitting strip is inserted into the outer fitting groove from the lower end of the outer fitting groove, for example. Then, by relatively moving the decorating lens upward, the inner fitting strip is fitted into the inner fitting groove, the outer fitting strip is fitted into the outer fitting groove, and the decorating lens is attached to the left side member. Install. Similarly, the illumination lens is attached to the right side member. It is possible to attach an illumination lens without using a screw (even if it is used for positioning).
The front door frame according to claim 2 is:
The front door frame according to claim 1,
The inner fitting groove and the outer fitting groove are L-shaped in cross section,
The inner fitting strip and the outer fitting strip have an L-shaped cross section.
It is characterized by that.
The front door frame according to claim 3 is:
In the front door frame of Claim 1 or Claim 2,
The upper side member, the lower side member, the left side member, and the right side member are connected to each other from the front side by a steel connection fitting.
It is characterized by that.
The front door frame according to claim 4 is:
In the front door frame of Claim 3,
An upper decorative member is attached to the front side of the upper side member, and the upper decorative member covers the connecting metal fitting for connecting the upper side member, the left side member, and the right side member from the front side when viewed from the front side. Arranged
The saucer is attached to the front side of the lower side member, and the saucer is disposed at a position covering the connecting metal fitting for connecting the lower side member, the left side member, and the right side member from the front side when viewed from the front side. ing
It is characterized by that.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on examples of the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the following examples and the like, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention.
[Example]
As shown in FIG. 1, the front door frame 1 of the present embodiment is provided with a window 3 for facing the game board 2, and a glass frame holding a glass plate 4 for closing the window 3 on the back side. 5 is attached, and an upper tray 6 for receiving a prize ball is attached to the lower part of the front surface. The front door frame 1 is attached to the main body side of the gaming machine (in this example, a pachinko machine) via a hinge mechanism, but illustration and description of the main body side (outer frame, middle frame, back set, etc.) are omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the housing portion 1 a of the front door frame 1 includes an upper side member 7, a lower side member 8, a left side member 9, and a right side member 10, which are aluminum extrusion molding materials, and steel connecting brackets 11, 12, 13. , 14 are connected to each other.

  The left side member 9 has an inner loose attachment portion 15 along the inner vertical side (which becomes the vertical side of the window 3) and an outer looseness along the outer vertical side (the vertical side which becomes the outer periphery of the housing portion 1a). A landing portion 16 is provided so as to protrude to the front side. The inner loose attachment portion 15 and the outer loose attachment portion 16 extend in the vertical direction along the vertical side of the window 3 as shown in FIG. 3 and are provided in pairs in parallel. The inner loose attachment portion 15 is provided with an inner fitting groove 15a having an L-shaped cross section over the entire length, and the outer loose attachment portion 16 has an outer fitting groove 16a having a combination of two L shapes. It is provided over the entire length. However, since the outer fitting groove 16a is actually used in the lower half of FIG. 2, that is, the L-shaped portion, the outer fitting groove 16a may have an L-shaped cross section. .

  The right side member 10 is also provided with an inner loose portion 17 and an outer loose portion 18 similar to the left side member 9, and an inner fitting groove 17a and an outer fitting groove 16a similar to the inner fitting groove 15a, respectively. The outer fitting groove 18a is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the inner fitting groove 15a (inner loose fitting portion 15) and the inner fitting groove 17a (inner loose fitting portion 17), the outer fitting groove 16a (outer loose fitting portion 16) and the outer fitting. The landing grooves 18a (outer loose attachment portions 18) are substantially mirror images of each other.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the left side decoration member 21 is attached to the left side member 9, and the right side decoration lens 22 is attached to the right side member 10. The left illumination lens 21 and the right illumination lens 22 are made of translucent plastic.

The left illumination lens 21 is attached by fitting the inner fitting strip portion 23 to the inner fitting groove 15a and fitting the outer fitting strip portion 24 to the outer fitting groove 16a.
More specifically, the lower end of the inner fitting strip 23 is inserted into the upper end of the inner fitting groove 15a, and the lower end of the outer fitting strip 24 is inserted into the upper end of the outer fitting groove 16a. The inner fitting strip 23 is slid in the inner fitting groove 15a and the outer fitting strip 24 is slid in the outer fitting groove 16a. Combined.

  Since the inner fitting strip 23 and the outer fitting strip 24 have an L-shaped cross-sectional shape, from the slit-like openings (not the upper and lower ends) of the inner fitting groove 15a and the outer fitting groove 16a. The inner fitting strip 23 and the outer fitting strip 24 cannot be fitted or removed.

Similarly, the right illumination lens 22 is attached to the right side member 10 with the inner fitting strip 25 fitted in the inner fitting groove 17a and the outer fitting fitting 26 fitted in the outer fitting groove 18a. Yes.
Note that the left decorative lens 21 and the right decorative lens 22 are prevented from moving downward by contacting the lower side member 8, and the upward moving member is attached to the front side of the upper side member 7. It is blocked by 29.

Since the left illumination lens 21 and the right illumination lens 22 are attached as described above, it is not necessary to use screws to attach the left illumination lens 21 and the right illumination lens 22.
As described above, the front door frame 1 of the present embodiment is composed of the upper side member 7, the lower side member 8, the left side member 9, and the right side member 10, which are aluminum extrusion molding materials, so that the four sides of the rectangular window 3 are made strong. An excellent and highly accurate front door frame can be obtained, and, for example, the resistance to an illegal act such as opening the front door frame 1 is extremely high.

  In addition, since the aluminum extrusion molding material itself can be colored, a part of the extrusion molding material can be configured not to be decorated with a plastic product or the like. At least the outer peripheral surface of the front door frame 1 and the inner peripheral surface of the window 3 can be left as an extruded material, and the amount of decorative material used can be reduced.

The side view (a), front view (b), and longitudinal cross-sectional view (c) which abbreviate | omitted some illustrations of the pachinko machine equipped with the front door frame of the Example. The cross-sectional view which abbreviate | omitted illustration of the pachinko machine equipped with the front door frame of the Example. The top view (a) of the housing | casing part of the front door frame of an Example, a front view (b), a bottom view (c), a side view (d), and a rear view (e).

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Front door frame,
1a: the body part,
2 ... game board,
3 ... window,
4 ... Glass plate,
5 ... Glass frame,
6 ... upper tray,
7: Upper side member,
8 ... lower side member,
9: Left side member,
10 ... right side member,
11: Connecting bracket,
15 ... inner loose attachment part,
15a ... internal fitting groove,
16 ... Outer loose attachment part,
16a ... external fitting groove,
17 ... inner loose attachment part,
17a ... internal fitting groove,
18 ... Outer loose attachment part,
18a ... external fitting groove,
21 ... Left illumination lens,
22 ... Right illumination lens,
23 ... inner fitting strip,
24 ... outer fitting strip,
25 ... inner fitting strip,
26 ... outer fitting strip,
29: Upper decorative member.

Claims (4)

A window for facing the game board is provided, a transparent plate for closing the window is held on the back side, and a saucer for receiving a prize ball is attached to the lower part of the front side. In the front door frame attached to the main body of the machine,
The four sides of the rectangular window are made up of an upper side member, a lower side member, a left side member and a right side member which are aluminum extrusion molding materials ,
In the left side member and the right side member,
An inner fitting groove extending in the vertical direction along the vertical side of the window, and an outer fitting groove extending in the vertical direction along the vertical side of the window on the outer peripheral side of the front door frame from the inner fitting groove. Are provided in parallel and in pairs,
An inner fitting strip portion that can be fitted into the inner fitting groove only by inserting one end into the inner fitting groove from the upper end or lower end of the inner fitting groove, and one end from the upper end or lower end of the outer fitting groove. A translucent plastic decorative lens comprising an outer fitting strip that can be fitted into the outer fitting groove only by being inserted into the outer fitting groove, and the inner fitting strip is fitted into the inner fitting strip. A front door frame characterized by being fitted into a fitting groove and fitting the outer fitting strip portion into the outer fitting groove . The front door frame according to claim 1,
The inner fitting groove and the outer fitting groove are L-shaped in cross section,
The front door frame, wherein the inner fitting strip portion and the outer fitting strip portion have an L-shaped cross section .   In the front door frame of Claim 1 or Claim 2,
  The upper side member, the lower side member, the left side member, and the right side member are connected to each other from the front side by a steel connection fitting.
A front door frame characterized by that.   In the front door frame of Claim 3,
  An upper decorative member is attached to the front side of the upper side member, and the upper decorative member covers the connecting metal fitting for connecting the upper side member, the left side member, and the right side member from the front side when viewed from the front side. Arranged,
  The saucer is attached to the front side of the lower side member, and the saucer is disposed at a position covering the connecting metal fitting for connecting the lower side member, the left side member, and the right side member from the front side when viewed from the front side. ing
A front door frame characterized by that.

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