JP5754487B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  As gaming machines, pachinko gaming machines, slot machines and the like are known. These gaming machines are provided with a control board on which electronic components such as a ROM (Central Processing Unit) and a ROM storing a control program related to the game are mounted, and a series of games are controlled by the control board. . In recent years, some CPUs and ROMs are integrated into a single chip and mounted on a control board.

  In this type of gaming machine, for example, for the purpose of obtaining illegal profits, for example, the control board is illegally removed and the ROM (the chip if the CPU or ROM is integrated into one chip) is replaced. Many fraudulent acts have been reported, such as changing the game contents or inputting an illegal electric signal from the outside to the control board via a lead wire or the like.

  For this reason, various countermeasures against fraud are being studied. As an example of countermeasures against fraud, as a fixing means for fixing a plurality of box components constituting a substrate box to each other, a device using a special screw member called a break screw instead of a normal screw member is known. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). This type of screw member includes a shaft portion including a screw groove to be screwed into the box structure, a head portion including a tool engagement portion to which a tool for rotating the shaft portion is engaged, and the tool engagement portion. And a separation part that separates the head part and the shaft part by applying a rotational force of a predetermined torque or more.

  Therefore, the head is separated from the shaft portion by applying a rotational force of a predetermined torque or more to the tool engaging portion after fastening the box structure. As a result, the rotational force in the loosening direction cannot be transmitted to the shaft portion, so that the fastening state between the box components is maintained, thereby preventing unauthorized opening of the box components. . Note that such a special screw member can be applied to other than the mutual fastening of the box components, such as fastening between the board box and its installation parts.

JP 2000-157703 A

  However, with the use of the screw member from which the head is separated, there are concerns about the following problems. That is, in the gaming machine manufacturing process, there is a possibility that the work of collecting the head separated after screwing the screw member becomes complicated and the assembly work efficiency is lowered. In addition, if the separated head cannot be collected, the head remains in the path of the game medium such as a game ball, and the smooth distribution of the game medium is obstructed, or the head interferes with electrical components. It can be a cause of malfunctions and breakdowns.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, etc., and can improve the assembly work efficiency despite the use of a screw member from which the head is separated. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of reducing the above.

The present invention
A shaft portion including a thread groove that is screw-coupled to at least one of the first member or the second member that is a gaming machine constituent member, and a tool engagement portion that engages a tool that rotates the shaft portion. A screw member having a head and a separating part that connects the shaft and the head and separates the head from the shaft when a rotational force of a predetermined torque or more is applied to the tool engaging part. With
Using the screw member, the first member and the second member are connected,
A holding portion provided to hold the head separated from the shaft portion by the separating portion within a predetermined position or a predetermined range;
The shaft portion has an extended portion extended in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion between the portion having the thread groove and the separation portion,
The size of the head in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction is larger than the extension portion;
The holding portion includes a cylindrical portion that extends from the outer peripheral side of the head portion to the shaft portion side and is integrally formed with the head portion,
The tool engaging portion is formed on the surface of the head opposite to the shaft portion,
Even when the head is separated at the separation portion, the head and the head and the cylindrical portion are configured so that there is no gap when viewed from the opposite shaft side.
The extension part is accommodated in the cylindrical part, and a restriction part for restricting the movement of the extension part to the opposite head side is provided at the end of the cylindrical part on the shaft part side,
The screw member is screwed in from the first member side, and includes an accommodation recess that is a cylindrical space that accommodates the holding portion and the head in the first member, and the inner peripheral surface of the accommodation recess and the The outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical part is facing ,
A projecting portion projecting from the cylindrical portion toward the shaft portion side between the extension portion and the shaft portion;
The contact portion between the bottom surface of the housing recess and the protrusion has a structure that suppresses rotation of the shaft portion in the direction in which the screw is loosened .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while using the screw member from which a head is isolate | separated, while being able to improve an assembly work efficiency, the malfunction by the isolate | separated head can be reduced.

The perspective view seen from the front which shows the composition of the pachinko machine in one embodiment. The disassembled perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows the main structures of a game machine main body. The front view which shows the structure of an inner frame. The front view which shows the structure of a game board. The rear view which shows the structure of an inner frame. The front view which shows the structure of a back pack unit. The perspective view which shows the structure of a main controller. The front view which shows the structure of a main controller. The disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of a main controller. (A) The side view which expands and shows a part of main controller, (b) AA sectional view taken on the line of Fig.10 (a). (A) Sectional drawing which shows the control location of the board | substrate box in this pachinko machine, (b) Sectional drawing which shows the control location of the board | substrate box for comparison. (A)-(c) Explanatory drawing for demonstrating the assembly | attachment operation | work of a front side structure and a back side structure. Sectional drawing which shows the structure of a back side coupling | bond region. The perspective view which shows the structure of a receiving member. (A) The front view which shows the structure of a cover member, (b) The perspective view which shows the structure of a cover member. (A)-(c) Explanatory drawing for demonstrating the operation | work in forming a back side coupling | bond region. (A) Sectional drawing of the main control device showing the joint location between the first front side coupling portion and the back side coupling portion, (b) Cross sectional view of the main control device showing the joint location between the second front side coupling portion and the back side coupling portion. FIG. 9 is a partial sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 8. (A)-(c) Explanatory drawing for demonstrating the flow of an operation | work in the case of making a front side coupling | bond part and a back side coupling | bond part into a joint state. (A)-(c) Explanatory drawing for demonstrating the flow of the operation | work in releasing the fixed state of a front side structure and a back side structure, (d), (e) A front side structure and a back side structure Explanatory drawing for demonstrating the work flow in the case of refixing. (A)-(d) The block diagram which shows a fracture | rupture screw. (A) The DD sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 8 showing the case where the breaking screw is attached, (b) Explanatory drawing showing the case where the breaking screw is attached in (a). The enlarged view of FIG. The block diagram which shows the electrical constitution of a pachinko machine. The block diagram which shows the fracture | rupture screw in another example.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to as “pachinko machine”), which is a type of gaming machine, will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine 10 viewed from the front, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the gaming machine main body 12 in the pachinko machine 10. In FIG. 2, the configuration in the game area of the pachinko machine 10 is omitted for convenience.

  The pachinko machine 10 includes an outer frame 11 that forms an outer shell of the pachinko machine 10, and a gaming machine body 12 that is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be pivotable forward (openable and closable). . In the pachinko machine 10, the outer frame 11 is not an essential configuration, and the outer frame 11 may be provided on the island facility of the game arcade.

  The outer frame 11 has a rectangular frame shape, the upper and lower frames are made of wood, and the left and right frames are made of metal such as aluminum. The pachinko machine 10 is installed in the game hall by attaching and fixing the outer frame 11 to the island facility. In addition, the material which forms the outer frame 11 is not limited to the above, and is arbitrary.

  A gaming machine body 12 is rotatably supported on one side of the outer frame 11. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, an upper support bracket 21 is fixed to a connecting portion between the upper frame portion and the left frame portion in the outer frame 11, and the lower frame portion and the left frame in the outer frame 11 are further fixed. A lower support metal fitting 22 is provided at a connection portion with the portion. The upper support bracket 21 and the lower support bracket 22 constitute a support mechanism, and the gaming machine body 12 is rotatably supported with respect to the outer frame 11 by the support mechanism.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine main body 12 is provided with a locking device 23 at its rotating tip, and when the gaming machine main body 12 is closed with respect to the outer frame 11, the gaming machine main body 12 is locked. The saddle member 24 of the device 23 is received by the saddle receiving portion provided on the inner side surface of the right frame portion of the outer frame 11, and the opening of the gaming machine main body 12 is prevented. On the other hand, the hook member 24 is received by the hook receiving portion of the outer frame 11 by performing the unlocking operation using the unlock key on the cylinder lock 25 provided exposed at the front surface of the pachinko machine 10. The state is released and the gaming machine body 12 can be released from the outer frame 11. The locking device 23 also has a function of locking an inner frame 13 and a front door frame 14 described later.

  The gaming machine main body 12 includes an inner frame 13 as a base body, a front door frame 14 disposed in front of the inner frame 13, and a back pack unit 15 disposed behind the inner frame 13. The inner frame 13 of the gaming machine main body 12 is supported so as to be rotatable (openable and closable) with respect to the outer frame 11. Specifically, the inner frame 13 can be rotated forward with the left side as the rotation base end side (opening / closing base end side) and the right side as the rotation front end side (opening / closing front end side) in front view.

  A front door frame 14 is supported by the inner frame 13 so as to be rotatable (openable and closable), and in the front view, the left side is a rotation base end side (opening / closing base end side) and the right side is a rotation front end side (opening / closing front end). Side) and can be rotated forward. Further, the back pack unit 15 is supported by the inner frame 13 so as to be rotatable (openable and closable), and in the front view, the left side is the rotation base end side (opening / closing base end side) and the right side is the rotation front end side ( It can be rotated backward as the opening / closing tip side.

  Next, the configuration of the front side of the gaming machine body 12 will be described. FIG. 3 is a front view of the inner frame 13.

  The inner frame 13 is mainly composed of a resin base 31 whose outer shape is substantially the same as that of the outer frame 11. A substantially elliptical window hole 32 is formed at the center of the resin base 31. A game board 33 is detachably attached to the resin base 31. The game board 33 is made of plywood, and the game area formed on the front surface of the game board 33 is exposed to the front side of the inner frame 13 through the window hole 32 of the resin base 31.

  Here, the structure of the game board 33 is demonstrated based on FIG. The game board 33 has a plurality of large and small openings penetrating in the front-rear direction by being subjected to router processing. Each opening is provided with a general winning port 34, a variable winning device 35, an operating port 36, a through gate 37, a variable display unit 38, and the like. A total of four general winning openings 34 are provided on each of the left and right sides. When a game ball enters the general winning opening 34, the variable winning device 35, and the operation opening 36, it is detected by a detection switch described later, and a predetermined number of winning balls are paid out based on the detection result. In addition, an out port 39 is provided at the lowermost part of the game board 33, and game balls that have not entered various winning ports etc. are discharged from the game area through the out port 39. The game board 33 is provided with a large number of nails 40 for distributing and adjusting the falling direction of the game balls as appropriate, and various members (functions) such as a windmill.

  The variable display unit 38 is provided with a symbol display device 41 for variably displaying symbols with a winning at the operation port 36 as a trigger. The variable display unit 38 is provided with a center frame 42 so as to surround the symbol display device 41. A first specific lamp portion 43 and a second specific lamp portion 44 are provided on the center frame 42. Reservation lamp portions 45 and 46 are provided at the lower and upper portions of the center frame 42, respectively. The lower holding lamp unit 45 corresponds to the symbol display device 41 and the first specific lamp unit 43, and the number of times that the game ball has passed through the operation port 36 is held up to four times, and the holding lamp unit 45 is turned on by The number of holds is displayed. The upper holding lamp unit 46 corresponds to the second specific lamp unit 44, and the number of times that the game ball has passed through the through gate 37 is held up to four times, and the number of holdings is displayed by lighting the holding lamp unit 46. It is like that.

  The symbol display device 41 is configured as a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display, and the display content is controlled by the display control device. On the symbol display device 41, for example, symbols are displayed side by side on the left, middle and right, and these symbols are variably displayed as they are scrolled up and down. When a predetermined combination of symbols is stopped and displayed on a preset active line, a special gaming state (hereinafter referred to as a jackpot) occurs.

  In the first specific lamp unit 43, the emission color is switched in a predetermined order using a winning at the operation port 36 as a trigger, and if the display is stopped in a predetermined color, a big hit occurs. Further, in the second specific lamp unit 44, the emission color is switched in a predetermined order triggered by the passage of the game ball through the through gate 37, and when the stop color is displayed in a predetermined color, the operation port 36 is displayed. The accompanying electric accessory is opened for a predetermined time. The control of the first specific lamp unit 43 and the second specific lamp unit 44 is performed by a main controller described later.

  The variable winning device 35 is normally in a closed state in which a game ball cannot be won or difficult to win, and is switched to a predetermined open state in which a game ball is easy to win in the case of a big win. As an opening mode of the variable winning device 35, the variable winning device 35 is repeated with a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) or a predetermined number (for example, 10) of winnings as one round and a plurality of rounds (for example, 15 rounds) as an upper limit. What is opened is common. The drive control of the variable winning device 35 is performed by a main control device described later.

  An inner rail portion 47 and an outer rail portion 48 are attached to the game board 33, and a guide rail is constituted by the inner rail portion 47 and the outer rail portion 48, and a game launched from the game ball launching mechanism 50. A ball is guided to the upper part of the game area.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the game ball launching mechanism 50 is attached below the window hole 32 in the resin base 31. The game ball launching mechanism 50 includes an electromagnetic solenoid 51, a launching rail 52, and a ball feeding mechanism 53. When an electrical signal is input to the solenoid 51, the output shaft of the solenoid 51 moves in the expansion / contraction direction. Then, the game ball placed on the firing rail 52 is launched by the ball feed mechanism 53 toward the game area.

  A front door frame 14 is provided so as to cover the entire front side of the inner frame 13. As shown in FIG. 1 and the like, the front door frame 14 is formed with a window portion 55 so that almost the entire game area can be viewed from the front. The window portion 55 has a substantially elliptical shape, and a transparent glass 56 is fitted therein. Around the window 55, light emitting means such as various lamps are provided. In addition, at the upper left and upper right positions, speaker units are provided for outputting sound effects according to the gaming state.

  Below the window portion 55 in the front door frame 14, an upper bulging portion 57 and a lower bulging portion 58 that bulge to the near side are provided side by side. An upper plate 57a that opens upward is provided inside the upper bulge portion 57, and a lower plate 58a that also opens upward is provided inside the lower bulge portion 58. The upper plate 57a has a function of temporarily storing game balls paid out from a payout device described later and guiding them to a game ball launching mechanism described later while aligning them in a line. In addition, the lower tray 58a has a function of storing game balls that are surplus in the upper tray 57a.

  A handle device 59 is provided on the right side of the lower bulging portion 58 so as to protrude to the front side. By operating the handle device 59, a game ball is launched from the game ball launching mechanism.

  Next, the configuration on the back side of the gaming machine main body 12 will be described. FIG. 5 is a rear view of the inner frame 13, and FIG. 6 is a front view of the back pack unit 15.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a main controller unit 61 and an audio lamp controller unit 65 are mounted on the back surface of the inner frame 13 (game board 33).

  The main controller unit 61 has a synthetic resin mount, and the main controller 63 is mounted on the mount. The main control device 63 includes a main control board having a function (main control circuit) that controls the main control of the game and a function (power failure monitoring circuit) that monitors the power source. The specific configuration of the main controller 63 will be described later in detail.

  The sound lamp control device unit 65 includes a sound lamp control device 66 and a mounting base, and the sound lamp control device 66 is mounted on the mounting base. The sound lamp control device 66 includes a sound lamp control board for controlling sound and lamp display and a display control device (not shown) in accordance with an instruction from the main control device 63. The sound lamp control board is made of a transparent resin material or the like. The board box 68 is configured to be accommodated.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the back pack unit 15 includes a back pack 71, and a payout mechanism 72 and a control device assembly unit 73 are attached to the back pack 71. The back pack 71 is formed of a synthetic resin having transparency, and includes a base portion 74 to which the payout mechanism portion 72 and the like are attached, and a protective cover portion 75 that protrudes rearward from the pachinko machine 10 and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape.

  The base portion 74 is provided with an external terminal plate 76 at the upper right portion thereof. The external terminal board 76 is provided with various output terminals, and various signals are output to the management control device on the game hall side through these output terminals. The base portion 74 is provided with a payout mechanism portion 72 so as to bypass the protective cover portion 75. That is, a tank 77 opened upward is provided at the uppermost part of the back pack 71, and the game balls supplied from the island facility of the game hall are sequentially replenished to the tank 77. A tank rail that is gently inclined toward the downstream side is connected to the lower side of the tank 77, and a case rail extending in the vertical direction is connected to the downstream side of the tank rail. A payout device 78 is provided at the most downstream portion of the case rail. The game balls paid out from the payout device 78 are discharged to the upper plate 57a or the lower plate 58a through a payout passage (not shown) provided on the downstream side of the payout device 78.

  A backpack substrate 79 is installed in the payout mechanism 72. The back pack substrate 79 is supplied with, for example, an AC 24 volt main power, and is turned on or off by a power switch switching operation.

  A control device assembly unit 73 is attached to the lower end portion of the base portion 74. The control device assembly unit 73 has a horizontally long mounting base 81, and a payout control device 82 and a power source and launch control device 83 are mounted on the mounting base 81. The payout control device 82 and the power supply / launch control device 83 are arranged so as to overlap each other so that the payout control device 82 is behind the pachinko machine 10.

  The payout control device 82 is configured such that a payout control board for controlling the payout device 78 is accommodated in the board box 84. The power source and launch control device 83 is configured such that the power source and launch control board is accommodated in the board box 85, and predetermined power required by various control devices and the like is generated and output by the board. The launch control of the game ball accompanying the operation of the handle device 59 is performed. This pachinko machine 10 has a function to store and store various data so that even if a power failure occurs, it maintains the state at the time of the power failure, and when it recovers from the power failure, it can be restored to the state at the time of the power failure. It has become.

  Next, the configuration of the main control device 63 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 7 is a perspective view of the main control device 63, FIG. 8 is a front view of the main control device 63, and FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the main control device 63.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the main control device 63 includes a main control board 91 and a board box 92, and the main control board 91 is accommodated in the internal space of the board box 92.

  The main control board 91 includes a CPU that performs main control, a ROM that stores a game program, a RAM that stores necessary data according to the progress of the game, and the like. In the present embodiment, the CPU, ROM, and RAM are integrated into one chip on the CPU chip 93. Although not described in detail, an input / output driver IC chip 94 and a latch IC chip 95 are mounted. Although not shown, the main control board 91 is mounted with various elements such as capacitors and resistors and a plurality of connectors.

  In the main control board 91, various elements such as the CPU chip 93 are all mounted on the same plate surface and soldered on the opposite plate surface. That is, in the main control board 91, one plate surface is an element mounting surface 96 and the other plate surface is a solder surface. The solder surface is a surface on which soldering portions of various elements mounted on the element mounting surface 96 are provided, but a circuit pattern may be formed on the solder surface.

  The board box 92 includes a front side structure (box cover) 101 and a back side structure (box base) 102 as a plurality of box structures. The front-side structure 101 and the back-side structure 102 are formed of a material having transparency so that the element mounting surface 96 and the solder surface of the main control board 91 accommodated in the board box 92 can be seen from the outside of the board box 92. Has been. Specifically, it is formed of a colorless and transparent polycarbonate resin, but the forming material is not limited to this and may be an acrylic resin or the like.

  By combining the front side structure 101 and the back side structure 102, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the substrate box 92 is formed in a square box shape (substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape) and has a predetermined internal space. ing. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the front side structure 101 is formed so as to swell to the one side from the front side peripheral part 103 that defines the peripheral edge of the front side structure 101 and the front side peripheral part 103. The bulging portion 104 is integrally formed. By these front side peripheral edge portion 103 and the bulging portion 104, the front side structure 101 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape opened to the opposite side of the bulging portion 104 from the bulging side.

  The main control board 91 is screwed to the front side structure 101 from the back side (fixed in a detachable state). The screws of the main control board 91 to the front side structure 101 are fixed from the solder surface side of the main control board 91, and various elements mounted on the element mounting surface 96 of the main control board 91 are main control. It is accommodated in a region between the substrate 91 and the front side structure 101.

  The back side structure 102 is fixed to the front side structure 101 in which the main control board 91 is integrated. As shown in FIG. 9, the back-side structure 102 is formed in a substantially plate shape having a quadrangular shape, specifically a rectangular shape when viewed from the front, and includes a planar portion 105 formed in a planar shape and the planar portion. A back-side peripheral edge 106 formed so as to surround the periphery of 105 is integrally formed.

  By fixing the back side structure 102 from the back side to the front side structure 101, the front side peripheral part 103 of the front side structure 101 and the back side peripheral part 106 of the back side structure 102 overlap, and the back side of the bulging part 104 The open portion to the side is closed by the flat portion 105 of the back side structure 102. In this case, the solder surface of the main control board 91 is covered with the back side structure 102. That is, the entire element mounting surface 96 of the main control board 91 is opposed to the front side structure 101, and the entire solder surface of the main control board 91 is opposed to the back side structure 102. As shown in FIG. 5, the main control device 63 having the above configuration is mounted such that the surface of the front side structure 101 faces the back of the pachinko machine 10.

  Next, the structure regarding fixation with the front side structure 101 and the back side structure 102 is demonstrated in detail. The configuration relating to the fixation of the two structural members 101 and 102 includes a restricting means for restricting the mutual displacement of the two structural members 101 and 102 only in a specific restricting direction, and both preventing the misalignment in the restricting direction. Fixing means for fixing the constituent members 101 and 102 to each other.

  First, the regulating means will be described in detail. In the following description of the regulating means, not only FIG. 9 but also FIG. 10 will be referred to as appropriate. FIG. 10A is an enlarged side view showing a part of the main controller 63, and FIG. 10B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 10A.

  As shown in FIG. 9, a hook part (an engaging part or a front side regulating part) 111 is integrally formed on the front side structure 101 as a regulating means. A plurality of hook portions 111 are provided, and these hook portions 111 are along the direction in which the long side portions extend in each of the opposing long side portions (specifically, the upper edge portion and the lower edge portion) of the front side peripheral edge portion 103. Are formed at regular intervals. In this case, six hook portions 111 are formed on each of the upper and lower portions, but the number thereof is arbitrary as long as it is plural. The hook portions 111 are all formed to have the same shape, and are all formed to the same size.

  The shape of the hook part 111 will be described in detail. The front side peripheral portion 103 of the front side structure 101 includes a frame portion 112 formed in a rectangular frame shape along the front side peripheral portion 103. The frame portion 112 is formed by standing from the base portion 110 continuing to the bulging portion 104 at the front side peripheral edge portion 103 toward the back side structure 102. In this case, the projecting dimension (height dimension) of the frame part 112 from the base part 110 is the same as the thickness dimension of the main control board 91. The projecting dimension of the frame part 112 from the base part 110 may be larger than the thickness dimension of the main control board 91.

  A plurality of hook portions 111 are formed on an upper frame portion (one frame portion) 113 constituting one long side portion in the frame portion 112, and one long side is located at a position facing the upper frame portion 113. A plurality of hook portions 111 are also formed in a lower frame portion (another frame portion) 114 constituting the portion. In this case, the inner surface of each hook portion 111 is located on the same plane as the inner surface of the forming frame portion 112, and the outer surface of each hook portion 111 is the outer surface of the forming frame portion 112. It is located on the same plane as this surface.

  The hook portion 111 is formed with the frame portion 112 as a base end, and is formed by being bent at an intermediate position so that the free end side extends toward one short side of the front side structure 101, specifically, toward the right edge. Has been. That is, the hook portion 111 is formed by integrally forming a standing portion 115 that rises from the frame portion 112 toward the back-side component 102 and an extending portion 116 that extends from the standing portion 115 toward the side edge of the front-side component 101. .

  The extending portion 116 is separated from the frame portion 112 by the height dimension of the upright portion 115, and a locking groove 117 is formed between the extending portion 116 and the frame portion 112. The locking groove 117 is formed along the extended portion 116 and is opened on the free end side of the extended portion 116.

  A locking receptacle (back side regulating portion) 121 is integrally formed on the back side structure 102 so as to correspond to the hook portion 111. The shape of the latch receiver 121 will be described in detail. A series of upper peripheral wall portions 122 are integrally formed along the entire side portion of the back side peripheral portion 106 of the back side structure 102 on the side portion corresponding to the upper frame portion 113 of the front side structure 101. A series of lower peripheral wall portions 123 are integrally formed on the side portion corresponding to the lower frame portion 114 of the structural body 101 along the entire side portion. The upper peripheral wall portion 122 and the lower peripheral wall portion 123 are erected toward the front side structure 101. Each of the upper peripheral wall portion 122 and the lower peripheral wall portion 123 constitutes a peripheral surface (upper surface and lower surface) of the back-side component 102 and also constitutes a peripheral surface (upper surface and lower surface) of the substrate box 92.

  The back side peripheral portion 106 includes an upper pedestal portion 124 and a lower pedestal portion 125 that are integrally formed with the upper peripheral wall portion 122 and the lower peripheral wall portion 123, respectively. Here, both the upper pedestal portion 124 and the lower pedestal portion 125 have the same configuration, and the configuration of the restricting means is basically the same on the upper side and the lower side of the substrate box 92. The lower configuration will be described below as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the lower pedestal portion 125 is formed so as to protrude from the inner wall surface of the lower peripheral wall portion 123 toward the flat surface portion 105 side of the back side structural body 102, and the lower peripheral wall portion 123 and the flat surface portion. 105 for both. The lower pedestal 125 is formed over the entire length direction (longitudinal direction) of the lower peripheral wall portion 123 or substantially the whole.

  The lower pedestal portion 125 stands up toward the front side structure 101. However, the height dimension (dimension in the thickness direction of the substrate box 92) is set smaller than the height dimension of the lower peripheral wall portion 123. In this regard, it can be said that the back side structure 102 has a stepped shape due to the lower peripheral wall portion 123 and the lower pedestal portion 125 at the edge on the long side.

  The lower pedestal portion 125 is formed with a locking receiver 121 corresponding to the hook portion 111 on a one-to-one basis. In other words, six locking receivers 121 are formed on the top and bottom. However, the specific number is arbitrary as long as it corresponds to the hook part 111 on a one-to-one basis. All the latch receivers 121 have the same shape and size.

  The locking receiver 121 is configured as a slit that penetrates the lower pedestal portion 125 in the height direction thereof, that is, in the thickness direction of the back side structure 102. Specifically, the locking receiver 121 includes an inner wall portion 126 that forms a boundary portion between the lower peripheral wall portion 123 that forms the peripheral surface as described above in the back side structure 102 and the flat portion 105 in the lower pedestal portion 125. Further, the periphery is defined by a connecting wall portion 127 formed so as to connect the lower peripheral wall portion 123 and the inner wall portion 126, and the thickness direction of the back side structure 102 (the thickness direction of the substrate box 92) Has penetrated.

  Incidentally, the connecting wall portion 127 also has a function of partitioning the adjacent locking receptacles 121 and faces the front side structural body 101 (the frame portion 112 of the front side structural body 101) at the lower pedestal portion 125. Is configured. Further, the inner wall portion 126 is formed so as to block the intrusion path into the substrate box 92 from the locking receiver 121 side, and the inner wall portion 126 constitutes a peripheral surface of the inner space of the substrate box 92. ing.

  The width dimension of the locking receiver 121, that is, the distance between the lower peripheral wall portion 123 and the inner wall portion 126 is set to be the same as or slightly larger than the thickness dimension of the hook portion 111. In addition, the length dimension of the locking receiver 121, that is, the distance between the opposing connecting wall portions 127 is set to be larger than the length dimension of the extending portion 116.

  As shown in FIG. 10A, the latch receiver 121 includes a receiver 128 that closes the slit-shaped latch receiver 121 on the one connecting wall 127 side. The connecting wall portion 127 on the side where the receiving portion 128 is formed is a side corresponding to the free end side of the hook portion 111 of both the connecting wall portions 127 in one locking receiver 121.

  The receiving portion 128 is formed at the end on the front side structural body 101 side in the locking receiver 121. Moreover, the receiving part 128 does not close the entire slit-like locking receiver 121 but only a part thereof. And the distance from the connection wall part 127 of the side in which the receiving part 128 is not formed in the latching receiver 121 to the receiving part 128 becomes larger than the length dimension of the extension part 116 of the hook part 111 in the extending direction. Yes. Thereby, in the configuration in which the receiving portion 128 is formed as described above, the hook portion 111 can be inserted into the locking receiver 121 from the front side of the back side structure 102. The receiving part 128 is set to have a thickness dimension that can enter the locking groove 117 of the hook part 111.

  The latch receiver 121 includes a closing portion 129 that closes the slit-shaped latch receiver 121 on the connecting wall 127 side opposite to the receiver 128. However, the closing portion 129 is formed at the end of the locking receiver 121 opposite to the side where the receiving portion 128 is formed. Further, the closing portion 129 does not close the entire slit-shaped locking receiver 121 but only a part thereof.

  In the state where the front side structural body 101 and the back side structural body 102 are integrated, as shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b), the hook portion 111 is inserted into the locking receiver 121, As shown in FIG. 10A, the receiving portion 128 of the locking receiver 121 is inserted into the locking groove 117 of the hook portion 111. The receiving portion 128 is in contact with the frame portion 112 and is in contact with the extending portion 116 of the hook portion 111.

  In this case, even if the front side structure 101 and the back side structure 102 are moved and separated in the entering direction of the receiving part 128 with respect to the locking groove 117, the receiving part 128 is provided on the standing part 115 of the front side structural body 101. It is regulated by contacting. Further, even if the front side structural body 101 and the back side structural body 102 are separated in the thickness direction of the substrate box 92, they are restricted by the contact between the hook portion 111 and the receiving portion 128. Further, as shown in FIG. 10B, the hook portion 111 is sandwiched between both the lower peripheral wall portion 123 and the inner wall portion 126 constituting the locking receiver 121. Therefore, even if the front side structural body 101 and the back side structural body 102 are moved up and down to be separated, the hook portion 111 is regulated by contacting either the lower peripheral wall portion 123 or the inner side wall portion 126. . That is, the direction in which the front side structure 101 and the back side structure are separated by the hook portion 111 and the locking receiver 121 is the direction in which the receiving portion 128 is extracted from the locking groove 117, that is, one short side of the substrate box 92. It is regulated on the side.

  In particular, a plurality of combinations of the hook portion 111 and the locking receiver 121 are provided on both long side portions of the substrate box 92, and further, these combinations are substantially the same in the length direction of each long side portion. It is performed at positions dispersed throughout. Therefore, the above regulations are strictly enforced.

  As shown in FIG. 10B, in the restricted state where the hook portion 111 is inserted into the locking receiver 121 and the receiving portion 128 is inserted into the locking groove 117, the lower frame portion 114 of the front side structure 101. Are overlapped in the thickness direction of the lower pedestal 125 and the substrate box 92. In this case, the lower frame portion 114 is overlapped over the entire lower pedestal portion 125, and the inner space of the substrate box 92 is formed in the long side portion of the substrate box 92 by the lower pedestal portion 125 and the lower frame portion 114. A part of the peripheral surface is configured.

  As described above, the lower frame portion 114 is provided so as to stand from the base portion 110 of the front side peripheral edge portion 103 toward the back side structure 102. Further, the lower pedestal portion 125 is a portion constituting the slit-like locking receiver 121 as described above, and accordingly, is formed thicker than the lower frame portion 114. Further, the lower frame portion 114 is disposed at a position biased toward the lower peripheral wall portion 123 so as to contact the lower peripheral wall portion 123 on the lower pedestal portion 125. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10B, a predetermined gap is formed between the base portion 110 that continues to the lower frame portion 114 and the lower pedestal portion 125, and the main control board 91 is formed in the gap. Part of the peripheral edge of

  As described above, the lower peripheral wall portion 123 of the back-side structure 102 protrudes to the front-side structure 101 side with respect to the lower pedestal portion 125, and the protruding portion is outward with respect to the outer side surface of the lower frame portion 114. Are overlapping. Further, the lower peripheral wall portion 123 has an end surface on the leading end side thereof that is flush with the surface of the base portion 110 in the front peripheral edge portion 103. That is, the lower peripheral wall portion 123 overlaps the entire outer peripheral surface of one long side portion in the front side peripheral edge portion 103. Due to this configuration, the boundary of the long side portion between the front-side structure 101 and the back-side structure 102 is linear as shown in FIG.

  Moreover, the said boundary exists in the outer side rather than the base part 110 of the front side peripheral edge part 103, as shown in FIG.10 (b). Even if a fraudulent jig such as a lead wire is inserted into the internal space of the board box 92 through the boundary, the lower frame part 114 and the lower pedestal part 125 overlap with each other as described above. Is blocked. Furthermore, since the restriction by the hook portion 111 and the locking receiver 121 is firmly performed as described above, even if the lower frame portion 114 and the lower pedestal portion 125 are separated from each other, this is firmly prevented. .

  Here, by providing the hook portion 111 and the locking receiver 121 as described above, the restriction on the separation direction of the front side structure 101 and the back side structure 102 can be achieved while reducing the size of the substrate box 92. It is done firmly. This configuration will be described using FIG. 11 in comparison with a configuration in which the size of the board box 92 is increased. FIG. 11A is a cross-sectional view showing a restriction location of the substrate box 92 in the pachinko machine 10, and FIG. 11B is a cross-sectional view showing a restriction location of the substrate box 131 to be compared.

  The board box 92 of the pachinko machine 10 is provided with the hook part 111 and the locking receiver 121 as described above, so that the board can be moved from the edge of the internal space of the board box 92 to the board as shown in FIG. The distance to the peripheral surface of the box 92 is X1.

  On the other hand, in the board box 131 to be compared, as shown in FIG. 11B, the hook portion 132 and the locking receiver 133 are in a reverse relationship with the board box 92, and the front side structure 134 and It is formed on the back side structure 135. That is, the hook portion 132 is formed on the back-side structure 135, and the locking receiver 133 is formed on the front-side structure 134. Further, in the substrate box 92, the edge portion of the front side structure 101 provided with the hook portion 111 constitutes a part of the peripheral surface of the internal space in the substrate box 92, but in the substrate box 131, the hook portion 132 is formed. The edge part of the provided back side structure 135 does not constitute a part of the peripheral surface of the internal space. Therefore, the distance from the edge of the internal space of the substrate box 131 to the peripheral surface of the substrate box 131 is X2, which is longer than the distance X1 of the corresponding portion in the substrate box 92 by X3.

  As described above, according to the substrate box 92 of the pachinko machine 10, the separation of the front side structure 101 and the back side structure 102 is firmly regulated while the size of the substrate box 92 is reduced. In the pachinko machine 10, it is preferable to increase the size of the display screen of the symbol display device 41 and to make the pachinko machine 10 multifunctional. However, if an attempt is made to increase the size of the display screen or to make the pachinko machine 10 multifunctional, a space for mounting electrical devices on the back side of the pachinko machine 10 is limited. In contrast, by reducing the size of the substrate box 92 as described above, it is possible to satisfactorily realize an increase in the size of the display screen and the increase in the number of functions of the pachinko machine 10.

  Next, the assembling work of the front side structural body 101 and the back side structural body 102 by the restricting means will be described using FIG. FIGS. 12A to 12C are explanatory views for explaining the assembly work of the front side structural body 101 and the back side structural body 102.

  When the front-side structure 101 and the back-side structure 102 are fixed to each other, first, the hook portion 111 is engaged from the back side of the back-side structure 102 so that the state shown in FIG. 12A is changed to the state shown in FIG. Insert into the catch 121. In this case, the free end of the hook part 111 faces the receiving part 128 side in the inserted locking receiver 121. Further, in this state, the front-side structure 101 and the back-side structure 102 are not completely overlapped but are shifted in the left-right direction.

  After that, at least one of the front-side structure 101 or the back-side structure 102 is slid in the direction in which both the structures 101 and 102 are completely overlapped, as shown in FIG. The receiving portion 128 of the locking receiver 121 enters the working groove 117. Thereby, the moving direction of the front side structural body 101 and the back side structural body 102 is regulated so as to be movable only in the direction in which the receiving portion 128 is removed from the locking groove 117. In this state, the fixing by the fixing means makes it impossible to move in the movement direction restricted by the restricting means, and the front structure 101 and the back structure 102 are fixed to each other.

  Next, the fixing means will be described.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a front-side coupling region 141 is integrally formed on one short side portion of the front-side structure 101. The front side coupling region 141 is formed to extend laterally from the bulging portion 104 at the short side portion. A plurality (specifically, four) of front side coupling portions 142 and 143 are provided in the front side coupling region 141, and each front side coupling portion 142 and 143 has a through-hole portion penetrating in the thickness direction of the substrate box 92. 144 is formed. In the present embodiment, the front-side coupling portion used when manufacturing the main control device 63 and the main control device 63 are used to re-box both components 101 and 102 after the main control device 63 is opened. There are two different types of front side coupling parts. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the former will be referred to as “first front side coupling portion 142” and the latter will be referred to as “second front side coupling portion 143”.

  Each front side coupling | bond part 142,143 is provided in parallel along the said short side part. More specifically, two second front side coupling portions 143 are disposed between two first front side coupling portions 142 that are spaced apart along the short side portion. In addition, each first front side coupling portion 142 is coupled to the bulging portion 104 via the first coupling portion 145 and is coupled to the adjacent second front side coupling portion 143 via the second coupling portion 146. . In this case, a space in which a tool such as a nipper or a cutter can be inserted is secured around each of the connecting portions 145 and 146, and it is easier to cut with the above tool than destroying the first front side coupling portion 142. ing. In addition, it is also possible to abbreviate | omit the 2nd connection part 146 mentioned above. Incidentally, the details of the differences between the first front side coupling portion 142 and the second front side coupling portion 143 will be described later.

  Corresponding to the front side binding region 141, a back side binding region 151 is provided on the back side peripheral edge 106 of the back side structure 102 (see FIG. 13 and the like). Here, in the substrate box 92, the back side coupling region 151 has a characteristic configuration. Therefore, the configuration relating to the coupling will be described below while focusing on the characteristic configuration of the back-side coupling region 151.

  First, the structure of the back side coupling | bond area | region 151 is demonstrated using FIGS. 13-15 in addition to FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the back side coupling region 151, FIG. 14 is a perspective view including a partially broken region of the receiving member 153 constituting the back side coupling region 151, and FIG. 15A is a cover member 154 constituting the back side coupling region 151. FIG. 15B is a perspective view of the cover member 154 as seen from the back side.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 13, the back side coupling region 151 includes a coupling region forming part 152 integrally formed on the back side peripheral edge 106 of the back side structure 102 and a receiving member (receiving part) assembled to the coupling region forming part 152. Metal fitting) 153 and a cover member 154.

  The coupling region forming portion 152 is formed over the whole or substantially the whole in one short side portion of the back side peripheral portion 106 of the back side structure 102. As shown in FIG. 13, the coupling region forming portion 152 is formed with a groove portion 155 that is open toward the front side structure 101 side. The groove portion 155 is formed over the entire coupling region forming portion 152.

  A receiving member 153 is fixed to the coupling region forming portion 152 in a state of being inserted into the groove portion 155. The receiving member 153 is formed by bending a metal plate having a strength (hard) higher than that of at least the wall portion of the backside structure 102 at a plurality of locations as shown in FIG. 155 has the same or substantially the same length. Note that the receiving member 153 may be formed by welding a plurality of metal plates rather than by bending the metal plate.

  The receiving member 153 includes a receiving base portion 162 formed so as to have a recessed space 161 along the peripheral surface of the groove portion 155, and a hook plate portion 163 integrally formed with the receiving base portion 162. I have. In this case, the receiving base portion 162 includes opposed plate portions 164 and 165 facing each other and a connecting plate portion 166 that connects the opposed plate portions 164 and 165 at one end, and each of these plate portions 164 and 165. , 166 form a recessed space 161. Further, the hooking plate portion 163 is also plate-shaped, and a part of the plate portions faces the inner facing plate portion 164.

  The receiving member 153 is installed in the coupling region forming portion 152 so that the outer peripheral surface of the receiving base portion 162 overlaps with the inner peripheral surface of the groove portion 155. In this case, the hook plate portion 163 is in a state of being hooked on the inner groove wall portion 156 among the wall portions forming the groove portion 155 in the coupling region forming portion 152. Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 14, among the opposing plate portions 164 and 165 of the receiving base portion 162, the outer opposing plate portion 165 is formed with a plurality of locking recesses 167. Correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 9, a locking portion 158 is integrally formed on the outer groove wall portion 157 among the wall portions defining the groove portion 155 in the coupling region forming portion 152. The locking portions 158 are formed at a plurality of locations in a one-to-one correspondence with the locking recesses 167.

  In a state where the receiving member 153 is installed in the coupling region forming portion 152, the locking recess 167 is locked by the locking portion 158, and the receiving member 153 is fixed to the coupling region forming portion 152. In a state where the receiving member 153 is fixed to the coupling region forming portion 152, the recessed space 161 in the receiving base portion 162 is opened toward the front-side component 101, and the receiving base portion 162 is substantially entirely in the groove portion 155. It is located across.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the receiving member 153 is located over substantially the entire short side of the substrate box 92. In other words, the receiving member 153 is provided so as to be located over the whole or substantially the whole between the corner portions of at least a predetermined peripheral surface portion of the plurality of peripheral surface portions of the substrate box 92. In other words, the substrate box 92 is formed in a polygonal shape (rectangular shape) when viewed from the front, and the receiving member 153 is located over the whole or substantially the entire extending direction of the side of the predetermined side. Is provided.

  Of the counter plate portions 164 and 165 of the receiving member 153, the inner counter plate portion 164 is provided with a locking piece 168 so as to protrude toward the recessed space 161 as shown in FIG. As shown in the broken portion in FIG. 14, the locking piece 168 is formed by cutting the inner opposing plate portion 164 within a range not to be cut, and bending the portion that has become a plate spring shape by cutting to the concave space 161 side. Has been. In this case, the free end of the locking piece 168 faces the connecting plate portion 166 side of the receiving base portion 162, that is, the back side of the recessed space 161. A plurality of the locking pieces 168 are formed at equal intervals. The number of the locking pieces 168 is the same as the number of the front side coupling portions 142 and 143 formed in the front side coupling region 141, and the positions of the front side coupling portions 142 and 143 are the same. It is formed corresponding to.

  As described above, the cover member 154 is installed on the coupling region forming portion 152 to which the receiving member 153 is fixed. The cover member 154 is formed of a colorless and transparent polycarbonate resin, but the forming material is not limited to this, and may be an acrylic resin or the like. The cover member 154 has the same or substantially the same length as the coupling region forming part 152, and has a function of covering the whole or substantially the whole of the coupling region forming part 152 and the receiving member 153. It has a function for partitioning the coupling region forming portion 152 to which the member 153 is fixed into the same number of back side coupling portions 176 as the front side coupling portions 142 and 143.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the cover member 154 includes a first cover plate portion 172 and a second cover plate portion 173 orthogonal to the first cover plate portion 172. 171. When the cover member 154 is installed in the coupling region forming portion 152, the first cover plate portion 172 has the groove walls 156 and 157 facing the coupling region forming portion 152 and the receiving member 153 fixed to the coupling region forming portion 152. On the other hand, the second cover plate portion 173 overlaps the entire outer peripheral surface of the outer groove wall portion 157 in the coupling region forming portion 152 from the outside, overlapping from the open side of the recessed space 161 of the receiving member 153. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 15A, the first cover plate portion 172 is formed with a plurality of through-hole portions 174 at equal intervals in the length direction. By forming the through hole portion 174, the recessed space 161 of the receiving member 153 is not completely closed by the first cover member 154, and is directed toward the front-side component 101 at the position of the through hole portion 174. Open.

  The through-hole portion 174 has a one-to-one correspondence with the locking piece 168 of the receiving member 153, and as shown in FIG. 13, one through-hole portion 174 and one position aligned with the substrate box 92 in the thickness direction. The locking piece 168 is located. Moreover, the through-hole part 174 has a one-to-one correspondence with the front side coupling parts 142 and 143.

  On the surface side of the first cover plate portion 172, as shown in FIGS. 15 (a) and 15 (b), regions where the through-hole portions 174 are formed on the surface side of the first cover plate portion 172 are individually provided. A partition wall 175 is integrally formed so as to partition. And the back side coupling | bond part 176 is comprised by each area | region divided by the division wall part 175. FIG. Each back side coupling part 176 is opened toward the front side structure 101 and is also opened toward the short side part facing the short side part on the side where the back side coupling region 151 is formed in the back side structure 102. Yes. Each back side coupling portion 176 has a size that can accommodate the corresponding front side coupling portion 142, 143, and in the state where each front side coupling portion 142, 143 corresponding to each back side coupling portion 176 is accommodated, each front side The through holes 144 of the coupling parts 142 and 143 and the through holes 174 of the back side coupling parts 176 are in communication with each other.

  As shown in FIG. 15B, positioning protrusions 177 are formed at a plurality of locations on the back surface side of the first cover plate portion 172. When the cover member 154 is installed, these positioning protrusions are formed. By setting 177 into the recessed space 161 of the receiving member 153, the installation location can be easily positioned. Further, when the projection 177 enters the recessed space 161 of the receiving member 153, the direction in which the cover member 154 is detached from the installation location is restricted. In other words, it is regulated in the direction in which the recessed space 161 is opened, that is, the direction from the back side structure 102 to the front side structure 101.

  Next, a flow of work for forming the back side coupling region 151 and a flow of work for combining both the structural members 101 and 102 will be described with reference to FIG. FIGS. 16A to 16C are explanatory views for explaining the work in forming the back side coupling region 151.

  As shown in FIG. 16B, a receiving member 153 is installed on the coupling region forming portion 152 of the back side structure 102 shown in FIG. In the installation, the receiving base portion 162 of the receiving member 153 enters the groove portion 155 of the coupling region forming portion 152 and the hooking plate portion 163 of the receiving member 153 is hooked on the inner groove wall portion 156 of the coupling region forming portion 152. It is performed so that it will be in the state.

  As shown in FIG. 16B, the receiving base portion 162 of the receiving member 153 is overlapped with the inner peripheral surface of the groove portion 155 of the coupling region forming portion 152, so that the locking recess 167 of the receiving base portion 162 is engaged. Is locked by the locking portion 158 of the coupling region forming portion 152. The locking portion 158 has a tip protruding into the groove portion 155, but the locking portion 158 is formed to be elastically deformable to a position that does not hinder the entry when the receiving base portion 162 enters the groove portion 155. ing.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 16C, the cover member 154 is installed in the coupling region forming portion 152 where the receiving member 153 is installed. At this time, since the positioning projection 177 is formed on the cover member 154, the cover member 154 can be installed satisfactorily. When the cover member 154 is installed, the locking portion 158 is covered from the outside by the cover member 154. Further, the portion where the locking portion between the locking portion 158 and the locking recess 167 at the opening portion of the groove portion 155 is exposed is also covered with the cover member 154. As a result, even if the locking state between the locking portion 158 and the locking recess 167 is illegally released, the act becomes difficult to perform.

  Next, the breaking screw 170 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 178 (specifically, the hole 178a) of the cover member 154. Then, the breaking screw 170 is inserted into the round hole 179 and the communication hole 169, and the breaking screw 170 is screwed into the mounting hole 159 using a tool such as a screwdriver. By screwing the fracture screw 170 to a position where it cannot be tightened any more, the cover member 154 is fixed to the back side structure 102. That is, the cover member 154, the receiving member 153, and the back-side structure 102 are integrated, and the formation of the back-side coupling region 151 is completed.

  Here, the mutual positional relationship between the fixing part (round hole 179) of the cover member 154 and the front side coupling portions 142 and 143 will be described. As shown in FIG. 8 etc., the 1st front side coupling | bond part 142 is arrange | positioned on both sides which pinched | interposed the fixing | fixed site | part of the cover member 154. As shown in FIG. More specifically, the first front side coupling portion 142 is disposed so as to be biased to both short sides of the cover member 154. And the 2nd front side coupling | bond part 143 is arrange | positioned between the fixed site | part of these cover members 154, and the 1st front side coupling | bond part 142, respectively. In other words, the fixing portion of the cover member 154 is in a state of being doubled between the first front side coupling portion 142 and the second front side coupling portion 143. That is, the distance dimension between the fixed part and the first front side coupling part 142 is set larger than the distance dimension between the fixed part and the second front side coupling part 143.

  Next, a configuration related to the coupling between the front side coupling portions 142 and 143 and the back side coupling portion 176 will be described. As described above, the configuration related to the coupling between the first front side coupling portion 142 and the second front side coupling portion 143 is partially different. Therefore, first, the first front side coupling portion 142 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 17A, and then the second front side coupling portion 143 will be described based on the differences from the first front side coupling portion 142. FIG. 17A is a cross-sectional view showing a connecting portion between the first front side connecting portion 142 and the back side connecting portion 176 in the substrate box 92.

  In the state where each first front side coupling portion 142 corresponding to each back side coupling portion 176 is accommodated, as described above, it is formed in the through hole portion 144 and the first cover plate portion 172 of each first front side coupling portion 142. In addition, the corresponding through-hole portions 174 are in communication with each other. As shown in FIG. 17A, a metal first coupler (fixing tool) 181 is inserted into the through-hole portions 144 and 174 communicated with each other from the first front-side coupling portion 142 side. Thus, the first front side coupling portion 142 and the back side coupling portion 176 are coupled (fixed).

  The first coupler 181 is formed by bending a long metal plate into a substantially L shape, and includes a base portion 181a inserted through the through-hole portions 144 and 174, and one side of the base portion 181a. The operation part 181b is formed at the end part and is orthogonal to the base part 181a. The base portion 181a is formed with a locking hole portion 181c penetrating in the thickness direction, and the locking piece 168 enters the locking hole portion 181c by inserting the first coupler 181. In this case, since the locking piece 168 functions as a leaf spring as described above, and the free end is directed to the back side of the recessed space 161, the movement of the first coupler 181 in the insertion direction is not performed. Although not regulated, the movement of the first coupler 181 in the extraction direction is regulated after the locking piece 168 enters the locking hole 181c. Thereby, the 1st front side coupling | bond part 142 and the back side coupling | bond part 176 are couple | bonded, and the front side structural body 101 and the back side structural body 102 are fixed. When inserting the first coupler 181, the operation can be easily performed by pressing the operation unit 181 b with a finger or the like.

The operation portion 181b is formed at the end portion of the base portion 181a on the front side coupling portion 142 side, and in a mounted state, the plate surface abuts on the abutting portion 142a of the first front side coupling portion 142. . The contact portion 142a has a substantially plate shape parallel to the plate surface of the operation portion 181b. The operation side 181b and the contact part 142a are in contact with each other, so that the front side connection part 142 is sandwiched between the operation part 181b and the back side connection part 176. That is, both the coupling portions 142 and 176 are coupled.

  The front side coupling region 141 (specifically, the first front side coupling part 142) is formed with a first peripheral wall part 142b that stands up around the contact part 142a and accommodates the operation part 181b therein. In other words, the housing recess 182 that houses the operation portion 181b is formed by the first peripheral wall portion 142b. The inner periphery of the accommodating recess 182 is set to be substantially the same as the outer periphery of the operation portion 181b (see FIG. 8), and after the operation portion 181b is accommodated in the accommodating recess 182, it is difficult to grasp the operation portion 181b. ing. Thereby, the unauthorized removal of the 1st coupling tool 181 is suppressed.

  Next, the structure related to the 2nd front side coupling | bond part 143 and the said 2nd front side coupling | bond part 143 is demonstrated based on FIG.17 (b). FIG. 17 (b) is a cross-sectional view showing a joint location between the second front side joint portion 143 and the back side joint portion 176 in the substrate box 92.

  Similar to the first front side coupling portion 142, the second front side coupling portion 143 includes a contact portion 143a and a peripheral wall portion 143b. Similarly to the first coupler 181, a second coupler (fixer) 183 that couples (fixes) the second front-side coupler 143 and the back-side coupler 176 is provided. A housing recess 184 capable of housing the second coupler 183 is formed by the wall surfaces of the peripheral wall portion 143b and the bulging portion 104. The second coupler 183 fits into the housing recess 184 and the through-hole portions 144, 174 are accommodated. The second front side coupling portion 143 and the back side coupling portion 176 are coupled to each other.

  The second coupler 183 is formed by bending a long metal plate into a substantially L shape, and includes a base portion 183a inserted through the through-hole portions 144 and 174, and one side of the base portion 183a. An operation portion 183b that is formed at the end and is orthogonal to the base portion 183a is configured. The base portion 183a is formed with a locking hole portion 183c penetrating in the thickness direction, and the locking piece 168 enters the locking hole portion 183c by inserting the second coupler 183. In this case, the locking piece 168 has a function as a leaf spring as described above, and since the free end is directed to the back side of the recessed space 161, the movement of the second coupler 183 in the insertion direction is not performed. Although not regulated, the movement of the second coupler 183 in the extraction direction is regulated after the locking piece 168 has entered the locking hole 183c. Thereby, the 2nd front side coupling | bond part 143 and the back side coupling | bond part 176 are couple | bonded, and the front side structural body 101 and the back side structural body 102 will be fixed.

  The peripheral wall portion 143 b is continuous with the bulging portion 104 of the front side structure 101. That is, unlike the first front-side coupling portion 142, a portion corresponding to the connecting portion 145 that facilitates detachment from the front-side structure 101 (which facilitates cutting) is not provided. Therefore, when the 2nd front side coupling | bond part 143 is couple | bonded, the isolation | separation of both the structural bodies 101 and 102 becomes impossible or difficult.

  A regulating portion 143 c that regulates the insertion direction of the second coupler 183 in a predetermined direction, specifically, the axial direction of the through-hole portion 144 is formed inside the housing recess 184. The restricting portion 143c includes a plurality of (two in the present embodiment) columnar portions extending in the axial direction of the through-hole portion 144. More specifically, the restricting portion 143c faces the peripheral wall portion 143b with the through hole 144 interposed therebetween, and the distance between the restricting portion 143c and the peripheral wall portion 143b is the thickness of the base portion 183a of the second coupler 183. It is almost the same as the dimensions. The insertion direction of the second coupler 183 inserted toward the through-hole portion 144 is restricted by fitting the base portion 183a into a region sandwiched between the restriction portion 143c and the peripheral wall portion 143b.

  The operation portion 183b is configured such that the maximum length dimension from the bent proximal end side to the distal end side in the operation portion 183b is substantially equal to the interval dimension between the peripheral wall portions 143b facing each other in the length direction. The tip edge is close to the peripheral wall portion 143b. Further, the operation portion 183b is configured to be approximately equal to the maximum width dimension (width dimension in a direction orthogonal to the length direction) and the interval dimension between the peripheral wall portions 143b facing each other in the width direction. Edges on both sides in the width direction are close to the peripheral wall portion 143b. As described above, the edge portions are brought close to the peripheral wall portion 143b, thereby making it difficult to grasp the operation portion 183b. Thereby, it is possible to make the pulling operation of the operation unit 183b difficult while maintaining the ease of the pressing operation of the operation unit 183b. In addition, you may make each edge part in the operation part 183b contact | abut with respect to the surrounding wall part 143b.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8 and the like, a notch portion 183d corresponding to the restricting portion 143c is formed in the operation portion 183b of the second coupler 183. Specifically, the cutout portion 183d is formed by deleting a portion of the operation portion 183b that faces the restriction portion 143c in the axial direction of the through-hole portion 144. For this reason, even if the second coupler 183 is pushed in a predetermined direction regulated by the regulating part 143c, the movement of the second coupler 183 is not hindered by these regulating parts 143c. Contact between the operation portion 183b and the contact portion 143a of the second front side coupling portion 143 is secured.

  The restricting portion 143c is disposed along the peripheral wall portion 143b. Thereby, it is difficult to cause the inconvenience that the finger hits the restricting portion 143c in accordance with the pressing operation of the operation portion 183b. That is, the operability of the operation unit 183b is ensured.

  The second coupler 183 is configured to be temporarily fixed (locked) inside the housing recess 184, that is, to be held in a standby state before coupling. Hereinafter, the specific configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 18. 18 is a partial sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 18, a locking claw 143 d is formed inside the housing recess 184 (specifically, the peripheral wall 143 b) as a temporary locking part that protrudes inward and hooks into the locking hole 183 c. On the peripheral wall portion 143b, a component-side movable portion 143e is formed that enables bending deformation (elastic deformation) of the portion including the locking claw portion 143d based on the insertion of the second coupler 183 (see FIG. 9). ). The structure-side movable portion 143e has a function as a leaf spring, and the amount of protrusion of the engaging claw portion 143d to the inside of the housing recess 184 is reduced by being flexibly deformed (elastically deformed). It has become.

  On the other hand, the partition wall portion 175 has a cover side movable portion so that the region including the portion facing the component side movable portion 143e in the partition wall portion 175 can be deformed (elastically deformed) independently of the other portions. 175a is formed. Specifically, the cover-side movable part 175a has cuts formed on both sides of the partition wall part 175 including a region including the part facing the component-side movable part 143e. 175 can be deformed independently with respect to the peripheral region.

  When the second coupler 183 is inserted into the housing recess 184, the locking claw 143d and the base 183a of the second coupler 183 come into contact. Based on the pushing operation of the second coupler 183, the component-side movable portion 143e is deformed (elastically deformed), and accordingly, the cover-side movable portion 175a is also deformed (elastically deformed). That is, both movable parts 143e and 175a are bent together. Thereby, the protrusion amount of the latching claw part 143d is reduced, and the insertion of the second coupler 183 is allowed. Specifically, the locking claw portion 143d rides on the plate surface of the base portion 183a, and the locking claw portion 143d slides on the plate surface of the base portion 183a as the second coupling tool 183 moves. In such a state, the locking claw 143d is maintained while being urged toward the base portion 183a by the elastic force of both the movable portions 143e and 175a.

  When the second coupler 183 is pushed to a predetermined position, the locking claw 143d can be fitted into the locking hole 183c. In such a case, both the movable parts 143e and 175a try to return to the original state by their own elastic force, so that the locking claw part 143d fits into the locking hole part 183c, and the locking claw part 143d is locked. The hole 183c is caught. Thereby, the 2nd coupling tool 183 is temporarily fixed.

  As shown in FIG. 18, when the locking claw portion 143d is hooked to the locking hole portion 183c, that is, in the temporarily fixed state, the tip end portion of the base portion 183a protrudes from the through hole portion 144 (rear side coupling) Projecting toward the portion 176 side) is avoided. For this reason, the relative movement of the two structural members 101 and 102 is not hindered by the second coupler 183 temporarily fixed. Furthermore, in a state where the second coupler 183 is temporarily fixed, the operation portion 183b is housed in the housing recess 184, and it is difficult to grasp the operation portion 183b. For this reason, it is difficult to remove the second coupler 183 after temporarily fixing the second coupler 183.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the cover side movable portion 175a is in contact with not only the component side movable portion 143e but also the peripheral wall portion 143b (specifically, both sides of the peripheral wall portion 143b sandwiching the component side movable portion 143e). . For this reason, if the cover side movable part 175a is pushed from the outside of the main controller 63, the load applied to the cover side movable part 175a can be dispersed by the peripheral wall part 143b, and the structure side movable part 143e Thus, it is possible to avoid local concentration of load. Further, the cover side movable portion 175a is in contact with a portion including at least the movable tip side of the component side movable portion 143e. Thereby, it is possible to suitably suppress the operation of the component side movable portion 143e from the outside.

  According to the component side movable portion 143e and the cover side movable portion 175a described in detail above, it is possible to suppress an unauthorized operation from the outside while allowing the bending deformation of the component side movable portion 143e, and a practically preferable configuration. Can be realized.

  Both the coupling members 181 and 183 are made of metal so as to have higher strength than the wall portion of the back side structure 102. The synthetic resin material may be made of a synthetic resin material, or may be formed of a material in which a reinforcing agent such as glass fiber is dispersed in a synthetic resin material. You may form by performing the surface treatment of.

  As described above, the direction in which the cover member 154 is removed from the installation location is restricted by the protrusion 177 in the direction from the back side structure 102 to the front side structure 101, so that the front side connection part 142 is located with respect to the back side connection part 176. By being in the superimposed state, the movement in the direction in which the cover member 154 is detached is more preferably regulated. Then, the front side coupling portion 142 and the back side coupling portion 176 are coupled to each other, so that the cover member 154 is sandwiched between the front side coupling portion 142 and the coupling region forming portion 152 so that there is no play.

  As shown in FIG. 17, a receiving plate portion 185 is integrally formed on the cover member 154 so as to enter the internal space of the substrate box 92 from the first cover plate portion 172. As shown in FIG. 15 (b), the receiving plate portion 185 is provided at a plurality of locations so as to be located over the entire length of the cover member 154. As shown in FIG. A base end portion 186 extending from the one cover plate portion 172 toward the back side structural body 102 side, and a front end portion 187 extending from the base end portion 186 toward the center side of the internal space of the substrate box 92 are provided. The front end portion 187 of the receiving plate portion 185 is in contact with a support base portion 188 formed adjacent to the coupling region forming portion 152 in the back side structure 102 with the cover member 154 installed in the coupling region forming portion 152. . Further, the front end portion 187 of the receiving plate portion 185 is a state of the main control board 91 integrated with the frame portion 112 of the front side structural body 101 and the front side structural body 101 in a state where the front side structural body 101 is combined with the back side structural body 102. It will be in the state where the peripheral part got on. That is, the front end portion 187 of the receiving plate portion 185 is sandwiched between the support base portion 188 of the back side structure 102, the frame portion 112 of the front side structure 101, and the peripheral edge portion of the main control board 91. Thereby, the cover member 154 is fixed in a more stable state.

  Next, the work flow when the front side coupling parts 142 and 143 and the back side coupling part 176 are in the coupled state will be described with reference to FIG. FIGS. 19A to 19C are explanatory diagrams for explaining the flow of work when the first front side coupling portion 142 and the back side coupling portion 176 are in the coupled state.

  As shown in FIG. 19A, the front side structure 101 is combined with the back side structure 102 in a state where the receiving member 153 and the cover member 154 are installed in the coupling area forming portion 152 and the back side coupling area 151 is formed. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 19B, the through-hole portion 144 of the first front-side coupling portion 142 and the corresponding through-hole portion 174 of the back-side coupling portion 176 are in communication with each other. In this case, the first front side coupling portion 142 naturally corresponds to each back side coupling portion 176 of the back side coupling region 151 by being regulated by the regulation means including the hook portion 111 and the locking receiver 121. The first front side coupling portion 142 is accommodated, and the through hole portions 144 and 174 are communicated as described above.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 19C, the first coupler 181 is inserted into the through holes 144 and 174 communicated with each other by inserting the first coupler 181 from the first front side coupler 142 side. The combination of the first front-side coupling portion 142 and the back-side coupling portion 176 into which is inserted is in a coupled state, and the front-side structural body 101 and the back-side structural body 102 are fixed. In this case, a plurality of combinations (specifically, two sets) of the first front side coupling portion 142 and the back side coupling portion 176 are provided, and the first coupling 181 is inserted into each of these combinations. Thus, the front side structure 101 and the back side structure 102 are fixed.

  In the manufacturing process of the main controller 63, as described above, the first front side coupling portion 142 and the back side coupling portion 176 are joined together with the second front side coupling portion 143 and the back side coupling portion 176 to be in a standby state (temporary). Preliminary work (to stop) is performed. The preliminary work will be described with reference to FIG. 18 again.

  After the joining work of the first front side joining part 142 and the back side joining part 176 is finished, the temporary fastening work of the second joining tool 183 is performed. Specifically, the second coupler 183 is inserted from the opening of the second housing recess 184 toward the through hole 144 of the second front coupling part 143. In this case, by pushing the base portion 183a of the second coupler 183 toward the through-hole portion 144, the base portion 183a is sandwiched between the restricting portion 143c and the peripheral wall portion 143b, and the moving direction is restricted. Is done. Almost in synchronization with this, the tip of the base portion 183a hits the locking claw portion 143d. By further pressing the second coupler 183, the locking claw 143d is fitted into the locking hole 183c, and the second coupler 183 is hooked with respect to the second front side coupling part 143. In such a case, the entire operation portion 183b is accommodated in the second accommodation recess 184. Thereby, pulling operation is made difficult, ensuring the operativity of pushing operation of the operation part 183b.

  In addition, after performing the temporary fixing operation | work of the 2nd coupling tool 183 detailed above, it is also possible to perform the coupling | bonding operation | work of the 1st front side coupling | bond part 142 and the back side coupling | bond part 176 mentioned above. In such a case, it may be configured such that the first front side coupling portion 142 and the back side coupling portion 176 can be coupled by temporarily fixing the second coupling tool 183.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 20, the flow of work when releasing the fixed state of the front-side structure 101 and the back-side structure 102 in a state where the first front-side connection part 142 and the back-side connection part 176 are in the combined state. explain. FIGS. 20A to 20C are explanatory diagrams for explaining the flow of work when the fixed state of the front side structure 101 and the back side structure 102 is released.

  When releasing the fixed state of the front-side structure 101 and the back-side structure 102, as shown in FIG. 20A, the connection between the first front-side coupling part 142 and the bulging part 104 in the coupled state is performed. While cutting the part 145, the connection part 146 between the 1st front side coupling | joint part 142 which is in a coupling | bonding state, and the 2nd front side coupling | bond part 143 which is not in a coupling | bonding state is cut | disconnected with tools, such as a nipper and a cutter. Thereby, the separation of the front side structure 101 and the back side structure 102 is not hindered by the connection of the first front side coupling part 142 and the back side coupling part 176.

  In this case, the connecting portions 145 and 146 are provided with respect to the first front side coupling portion 142, and the back side coupling region 151 is not destroyed. Therefore, the first front side coupling portion 142 in the coupled state remains on the back side coupling region 151 side. Further, since the first front side coupling portion 142 in the coupled state remains in this way, the cover member 154 is fixed to the coupling region forming portion 152 through the coupling between the first front side coupling portion 142 and the back side coupling portion 176. The maintained state is maintained.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 20 (b), by sliding and moving at least one of the front side structure 101 or the back side structure 102 in the direction restricted by the restriction means comprising the hook portion 111 and the locking receiver 121, the hook The locked state between the portion 111 and the locking receiver 121 is released. After that, as shown in FIG. 20C, the front-side structure 101 and the back-side structure 102 are separated in the thickness direction of the substrate box 92, so that the structures 101 and 102 are completely separated. .

  In this case, since the connecting portion 145 is cut, it is possible to check whether or not the front-side structure 101 and the back-side structure 102 are separated by checking the cut portion of the connecting portion 145. Become.

  As described above, by releasing the fixed state of the two components 101 and 102, the main control board 91 and the CPU chip 93 can be exposed, and the main control board 91 and the CPU chip 93 can be inspected. . Both components 101 and 102 shown in the present embodiment can be re-boxed by separating the second front side coupling portion 143 and the back side coupling portion 176 after being separated.

  Here, the operation for re-fixing the two structural members 101 and 102 will be described with reference to FIGS. 17B, 18, 20D, and 20E. FIG. 20D and FIG. 20E are explanatory views for explaining the flow of work when the front-side structure 101 and the back-side structure 102 are re-fixed. Based on the operation of FIG. 20D → FIG. 20E, the second coupler 183 is shifted to the state of FIG. 18 → FIG. 17B.

  As shown in FIG. 20 (c), after separating both components 101 and 102 and inspecting the main control board 91 and the CPU chip 93, the components 101 and 102 are combined again (FIGS. 19 and 20). 20 (d)). In this state, the through hole portion 144 of the second front side coupling portion 143 and the through hole portion 174 of the back side coupling portion 176 are in communication with each other. Here, as shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 20 (d), the second coupler 183 temporarily fixed by the locking claw 143d is pushed into the back side structure 102 side, and FIG. 17 (b) and FIG. The state is shifted to the state e) (see FIG. 18 for the locking claw 143d). As shown in FIG. 17B, the second coupler 183 pushed in is hooked with the locking piece 168, and the second front side coupling portion 143 and the back side coupling portion 176 are coupled. Thereby, the re-fixation of both the structural bodies 101 and 102 is completed.

  Unlike the first front side coupling portion 142, the second front side coupling portion 143 is not provided with a portion that facilitates cutting corresponding to the connecting portions 145 and 146. For this reason, after the 2nd front side coupling | bond part 143 is couple | bonded, the cancellation | release of the coupling | bonding state is difficult.

  Note that the second front side coupling portion 143 may have a configuration corresponding to the coupling portions 145 and 146 and the like that is easily cut off in the same manner as the first front side coupling portion 142.

  A configuration related to fixing the cover member 154 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 15B, a cylindrical portion 178 that stands up from the first cover plate portion 172 toward the front side structure 101 is integrally formed at the center of the first cover plate portion 172. The first cover plate portion 172 is formed with a round hole 179 that communicates with the hole portion 178 a of the cylindrical portion 178 and extends in the same direction as the axial direction of the cylindrical portion 178. More specifically, the hole 178a and the round hole 179 are continuous in a step shape, and the diameter of the hole is reduced in the round hole 179.

  9 and 14, the receiving member 153 is formed with a communication hole 169 communicating with the round hole 179, and the hole 178a, the round hole 179, and the communication hole 169 include the front side structure 101. A breaking screw 170 is inserted from the side. A mounting hole 159 into which the breaking screw 170 is screwed is formed in the back side structure 102, and the breaking screw 170 is screwed into the mounting hole 159, whereby the back side structure 102 and the receiving member are formed. 153 and the cover member 154 are integrated.

  This embodiment is characterized by the configuration of the breaking screw 170. The breaking screw 170 is a case where the latter is more difficult when comparing the mounting operation and the removing operation. It cannot be removed. In the present embodiment, a part of the breaking screw 170 is broken, so that it is difficult to remove the breaking screw 170. FIG. 21A is a front view of the breaking screw 170, and FIG. 21B is a plan view of the breaking screw 170. FIG. 21C is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 21A, and FIG. 21D is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the breaking screw 170 is broken.

  The breaking screw 170 includes a region having a head 250 into which a tip of a tool such as a screwdriver can be inserted, and a region having a shaft portion 255 in which a screw groove is formed. It is connected by.

  The head 250 has a cylindrical shape, and an operation groove 250a into which a tool such as a screwdriver is inserted is provided at the top. The operation groove 250 a is provided on the operation surface 250 b on the opposite side of the head portion 250 from the shaft portion 255. By rotating the driver or the like in a state where the driver or the like is inserted into the operation groove 250a, the shaft portion 255 can be rotated about the axis.

  The head 250 is screwed with the breaking screw 170 when the tip of the tool is inserted and the tool is operated, so the head 250 can also be referred to as the “operation unit 250”.

  The shaft portion 255 is formed with a screw groove as described above, and enters the screw hole formed in the fastening target by rotating in accordance with an operation by the driver with respect to the head portion 250. In this case, the shaft portion 255 is formed with projections (not shown) so as to form a part of the screw grooves, and a large number of the projections are intermittently formed along the series of screw grooves. Such protrusions bite into the screw holes to be fastened, thereby obtaining a high locking effect.

  The breaking portion 260 is set to have a lower strength than other portions, and by applying a predetermined force or more to the head 250 at a position where it cannot be further tightened by the tool, the breaking portion 260 260 is cut, and the region on the head 250 side and the region on the shaft portion 255 side are separated. That is, the breaking screw 170 cannot be rotated in the loosening direction using the tool after screwing (after cutting).

  Specifically, on the head 250 side, the head 250 is extended to the shaft portion 255 side with the head 250 as one end, and the size in the radial direction is reduced as it extends from the head 250 side to the shaft portion 255 side. A narrowing portion 265a is provided, and further, the shaft portion 255 side of the fracture portion 260 extends from the shaft portion 255 side to the head portion 250 side, and as it extends from the shaft portion 255 side to the head portion 250 side. A shaft side narrowing portion 265b that is reduced in size in the radial direction is provided. End portions facing each other on the reduced side of each of the narrowed portions 265a and 265b are continuous, and the continuous portion is a broken portion 260. That is, the fracture | rupture part 260 is lower than the other site | part by the diameter being formed smaller than another site | part. By providing the breakage portion 260 in this manner, the breakage portion 260 is easily cut when a predetermined force or more is applied to the head 250 at a position where it cannot be further tightened by the tool.

  The breaking screw 170 has a first enlarged diameter portion 275 a that is sandwiched between the shaft portion 255 and the breaking portion 260 and is expanded in the radial direction of the shaft portion 255. On the shaft portion 255 side of the first diameter-expanded portion 275a, a second diameter-expanded portion 275b that is reduced in the radial direction than the first diameter-expanded portion 275a and expanded in the diameter direction of the shaft portion 255 is provided. Yes. The 1st enlarged diameter part 275a and the 2nd enlarged diameter part 275b are provided continuously.

  The break screw 170 includes the break portion 260 as described above, and can be separated into a region on the head 250 side and a region on the shaft portion 255 side. In this case, the head 250 is provided with a configuration that makes it impossible to remove the head 260 after it has been broken. Therefore, the following configuration will be described.

  The head portion 250 is integrally formed with a cylindrical portion 278 extending annularly from the peripheral edge portion toward the shaft portion 255 side. The cylinder part 278 covers from the outer peripheral side from the head side narrowing part 265a to a part of the second enlarged diameter part 275b. That is, a part of the second enlarged diameter portion 275a, the respective narrowed portions 265a, 265b, and the first enlarged diameter portion 275a enter the hole portion 280 formed by the cylindrical portion 278. The hole 280 is arranged so that its axis is on the same axis as the axis of the shaft 255.

  An annular diameter-reduced portion 278a that protrudes toward the inner peripheral side and forms an annular shape is integrally formed at the end of the cylindrical portion 278 on the shaft portion 255 side. In the portion where the annular reduced diameter portion 278a is formed, the hole diameter is smaller than the outer diameter of the first enlarged diameter portion 275a. Thereby, even if the head 250 is moved to the opposite shaft portion 255 side in the hole portion 280 after the fracture portion 260 is fractured, the annular shape between the first enlarged diameter portion 275a and the second enlarged diameter portion 275b is obtained. When the step surface 285 contacts the annular step surface 288 in the annular reduced diameter portion 278a, further movement is restricted. Such restriction prevents the head portion 250 from being separated from the region on the shaft portion 255 side by more than a predetermined range after the breaking portion 260 is broken. That is, the region of the shaft portion 255 side (the shaft portion side restricting portion 265b, the first and second diameter enlarged portions 275a, 275b) from the cylindrical portion 278 side is prevented. That is, the annular reduced diameter portion 278a functions as a first restricting portion that restricts the movement of the head 250 toward the opposite shaft portion.

  Moreover, when the fracture | rupture part 260 fractures | ruptures, even if it moves the area | region by the side of the head 250 to the axial part 255 side, when the head side narrowing part 265a contact | abuts to the area | region by the side of the axial part 255, it is more Movement is restricted. In other words, the portion of the head side narrowing portion 265a that is in contact with the region on the shaft 255 side functions as a second restricting portion that restricts the movement of the head 250 toward the shaft.

  With the above configuration, the first diameter expansion from the first position where the head side narrowing portion 265a abuts the region on the shaft portion 255 side as the movement range of the region on the head portion 250 side when the breaking portion 260 breaks. It is possible to set a range up to the second position where the step surface 285 between the portion 275a and the second enlarged diameter portion 275b contacts the step surface 288 of the annular reduced diameter portion 278a.

  By restricting the movement range of the head 250, the first enlarged diameter portion 275a enters the hole 280 regardless of the relative position of the head 250. Thereby, the head in the gap region formed in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion 255 in the diameter of the hole portion 280 (the inner peripheral surface of the hole portion 280) and the outer peripheral surface of the first enlarged diameter portion 275a. 250 is movable in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction. And since the cylinder part 278 which prescribes | regulates the hole part 280 is extended from the peripheral part of the head part 250, seeing the site | part through which the rotation center axis line of the axial part 255 passes in the area | region on the axial part 255 side from the anti-axial part 255 side. The head 250 is shielded.

  In a situation in which the relative position of the head 250 is the first position, the cylindrical portion 278 is formed so that the annular diameter-reduced portion 278a does not protrude toward the shaft portion 255 from the second diameter-increased portion 275b. If the annular diameter-reduced portion 278a is movable to the shaft portion 255 side with respect to the second diameter-increased portion 275b, when the members 153 and 154 are fixed by the breaking screw 170, the annular diameter-reduced portion 278a and thus the cover member 154 are expanded. The cylinder part 278 (head part 250) contacts. In this case, even if the head portion 250 and the shaft portion 255 are separated, the rotation of the head portion 250 can be easily transmitted to the shaft portion 255, and the shaft portion 255 can be loosened by rotating the head portion 250. In the present embodiment, when the head portion 250 is rotated because the cylindrical portion 278 does not contact the object to be fixed, the rotational force is hardly transmitted to the shaft portion 255.

  In the present embodiment, the hole 280 is provided in a circular shape when viewed in the axial direction, and each part of the breaking screw 170 is also formed in a circular shape. That is, when the fracture portion 260 is fractured, there is no portion where the region on the head portion 250 side and the region on the shaft portion 255 side are locked with respect to the rotation direction of the shaft portion 255. Thereby, even if the head portion 250 is rotated after the breaking portion 260 is broken, the effect of making it difficult for the rotational force to be transmitted to the region on the shaft portion 255 side is enhanced.

  According to the pachinko machine 10, the head portion 250 and the cylinder portion 278 are integrally formed, and are formed so that there is no gap penetrating in the axial direction between the portions 250 and 278 when viewed from the opposite shaft portion 250 side. Has been. Specifically, no gap is provided between the portions 250 and 278, and the operation surface 250b of the head portion 250 is formed so as not to have a through hole toward the shaft portion 255 side. In the configuration in which a gap penetrating in the axial direction is provided between the head portion 250 and the cylindrical portion 278, an illegal act of accessing the region on the shaft portion 255 side through the gap can be considered. For example, when the rupture portion 260 is ruptured, it is conceivable that a resin, an adhesive, or the like is poured from the gap and the separated head portion 250 and the shaft portion 255 are integrated. When the head 250 is rotated in a state where the head 250 and the shaft portion 255 are integrated, it is conceivable that the rotational force is transmitted to the shaft portion 255. In this embodiment, the said clearance gap is not provided between each part 250 and 278, and it can suppress that the fraudulent act using resin, an adhesive agent, etc. is performed.

  Here, the structure regarding fixation of the cover member 154 is demonstrated using FIG.9 and FIG.22 (a), (b). 22A and 22B are partial cross-sectional views taken along the line DD of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 22A, the breaking screw 170 is inserted from above the cylindrical portion 178 toward the cover member 154. When the breaking screw 170 is inserted into the cylindrical portion 178, the breaking screw 170 is accommodated in the hole 178a of the cylindrical portion 178 as shown in FIG. That is, all of the first enlarged diameter portion 275a from the head 250 in the breaking screw 170 is accommodated inside the cylindrical portion 178, and the breaking screw 170 is surrounded by the cylindrical portion 178. If attention is paid to the function of surrounding the breaking screw 170 in this way, the cylindrical portion 178 can also be referred to as an “enclosure” or an “accommodating portion”. The shaft portion 255 can be rotated by inserting a tool such as a screwdriver into the head 250 (operation groove 250a) of the breaking screw 170 and operating the tool. By rotating the shaft portion 255, the shaft portion 255 in the breaking screw 170 can be fixed in a state where the receiving member 153 (the back side structure 102) and the cover member 154 are fastened, as shown in FIG. .

  The case where the fracture | rupture part 260 in the fracture | rupture screw 170 is cut | disconnected after connecting the receiving member 153 and the cover member 154 is demonstrated. FIG. 23A shows a state before the breaking portion 260 of the breaking screw 170 is cut, and FIG. 23B shows a state after the breaking portion 260 of the breaking screw 170 is cut. is there. FIGS. 23A and 23B are enlarged views around the cylindrical portion 178 in FIG.

  In the state where the shaft portion 255 cannot be tightened any more, if the break screw 170 is to be rotated in the tightening direction, the break portion 260 is cut. Thereby, it can suppress that fixing of the receiving member 153 and the cover member 154 is illegally cancelled | released. When the breaking screw 170 is broken, the head 250 can move in the axial direction and in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction (FIG. 23 (a) → FIG. 23 (b)). Even if an attempt is made to extract the head 250 after the fracture portion 260 has been separated as described above, the head 250 does not move toward the opposite shaft portion 255 than in the situation where the head 250 is located. Therefore, the head 250 does not move to an unintended location. Thereby, in the assembly operation of the pachinko machine 10, the operation of recovering the head 250 after inserting the breaking screw 170 into the cover member 154 and separating the breaking portion 260 becomes unnecessary.

  An uneven portion 275c having a sharp tip is provided on the surface of the second enlarged diameter portion 275b of the breaking screw 170 on the shaft portion 255 side. By engaging the uneven portion 275c with the cover member 154, it is possible to prevent the shaft portion 255 from rotating in a loosening direction due to vibration or the like.

Note that the inclination of the concavo-convex portion 275c is smooth in the direction in which the shaft portion 255 is tightened, and is steep in the direction in which the shaft portion 255 is loosened. As a result, the resistance force against the force in the direction in which the shaft portion 255 is loosened can be further increased.
Next, another fixing structure provided in the substrate box 92 will be briefly described.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a pasting plate portion 191 is provided on the short side portion of the substrate box 92 opposite to the side on which the front side binding region 141 and the back side binding region 151 are provided. The affixing plate part 191 is configured by superimposing an affixing plate part formed on the front-side component 101 and an affixing plate part formed on the back-side component 102. A seal seal 192 is attached to the sticking plate portion 191 so as to straddle the boundary between the two. When the seal seal 192 is peeled off after being stuck, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer remains on the sticking plate portion 191 side, and re-sticking becomes impossible.

  A fixing portion 193 is provided on the short side portion of the substrate box 92 where the sticking plate portion 191 is provided so as to sandwich the sticking plate portion 191, and screws are fixed to the fixing portion 193. Thus, the front side structure 101 and the back side structure 102 are fixed. Note that the breaking screw 170 described above may be used for fixing the front-side structure 101 and the back-side structure 102.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described based on the block diagram of FIG. In FIG. 24, a power supply line is indicated by a double line arrow, and a signal line is indicated by a solid line arrow.

  The main control board 91 provided in the main controller 63 incorporates a main control circuit 202 and a power failure monitoring circuit 203. A CPU chip 93 is mounted on the main control circuit 202. The CPU chip 93 temporarily stores various control programs executed by the CPU chip 93 and ROM 205 storing fixed value data, and various data when the control program stored in the ROM 205 is executed. And a RAM 206 as a memory for the memory, and various circuits such as an interrupt circuit, a timer circuit, and a data input / output circuit.

  The CPU chip 93 is provided with an input port and an output port. Connected to the input side of the CPU chip 93 are a power failure monitoring circuit 203 provided on the main control board 91, a payout control board 211 provided on the payout control device 82, and a switch group (not shown). In this case, the power failure monitoring circuit 203 is connected to a power source and launch control board 215 provided in the power source and launch control device 83, and power is supplied to the CPU chip 93 via the power failure monitoring circuit 203.

  On the other hand, a power failure monitoring circuit 203, a payout control board 211 and a relay terminal board 219 are connected to the output side of the CPU chip 93. Various commands such as a prize ball command are output to the payout control board 211. Various commands are output from the main control circuit 202 to the sound lamp control board 221 provided in the sound lamp control device 66 via the relay terminal board 219.

  The power failure monitoring circuit 203 relays between the main control circuit 202 and the power source and launch control board 215, and monitors a DC stable voltage of 24 volts that is the maximum voltage output from the power source and launch control board 215.

  The payout control board 211 performs payout control of prize balls and rental balls by the payout device 78. The CPU 212 that is an arithmetic unit includes a ROM 213 that stores a control program executed by the CPU 212, fixed value data, and the like, and a RAM 214 that is used as a work memory or the like.

  The CPU 212 of the payout control board 211 is provided with an input / output port. A main control circuit 202, a power and launch control board 215, and a back pack board 79 are connected to the input side of the CPU 212. The main control circuit 202 and the back pack substrate 79 are connected to the output side of the CPU 212.

  The power source and launch control board 215 includes a power source unit 216 and a launch control unit 217. The power supply unit 216 is connected to, for example, a commercial power supply (external power supply) in a game hall or the like. Then, based on the external power supplied from the commercial power supply, necessary operating power is generated for each of the main control circuit 202, the payout control board 211, etc., and the generated operating power is indicated by a double line arrow. This is supplied to the main control circuit 202 and the payout control board 211 through the path. The launch control unit 217 is responsible for launch control of the game ball launch mechanism 50, and the game ball launch mechanism 50 is driven when predetermined launch conditions are met.

  The sound lamp control board 221 controls the display control device 225. The CPU 222 that is an arithmetic unit includes a ROM 223 that stores a control program executed by the CPU 222, fixed value data, and the like, and a RAM 224 that is used as a work memory or the like.

  The CPU 222 of the sound lamp control board 221 is provided with an input / output port. A main control circuit 202 is connected to the input side of the CPU 222 through a relay terminal board 219 and controls the display control device 225 based on various commands output from the main control circuit 202. The display control device 225 controls the symbol display device 41 based on a display command input from the sound lamp control board 221.

  According to the embodiment described in detail above, the following excellent effects are obtained.

  The receiving member 153 and the cover member 154 can be fastened by the shaft portion 255 of the breaking screw 170. After the receiving member 153 and the cover member 154 are fastened, the shaft portion 255 and the head portion 250 can be separated by applying a rotational force of a predetermined torque or more to the operation groove 250a that is a tool engaging portion. When the head portion 250 and the shaft portion 255 are separated, the shaft portion 255 cannot be rotated even if the operation groove 250a is rotated, and the fastening of the receiving member 153 and the cover member 154 is illegally released. Can be suppressed.

  The head portion 250 is integrally formed with the cylinder portion 278. That is, the head portion 250 is not separated from the respective enlarged diameter portions 275a and 275b by a predetermined distance or more. In this case, it can be said that the separated head 250 remains within a predetermined range.

  In a gaming machine in which the separated head 250 does not stay within a predetermined range, it may be necessary to collect the head 250 when the head 250 and the shaft portion 255 are separated. In this case, there is a possibility that the work of collecting the head 250 separated after screwing the broken screw becomes complicated and the assembly work efficiency is lowered. If the separated head 250 cannot be collected, the head 250 remains in the path of the game ball or the like, and the smooth flow of the game ball is obstructed, or the head 250 interferes with the electrical components and shorts. It may be a cause of malfunction or failure. According to the present embodiment, when the head 250 in the breaking screw 170 is separated, the head 250 remains at a predetermined position or a predetermined range, and the occurrence of the above-described inconvenience can be suppressed. Therefore, when the pachinko machine 10 is assembled, the recovery of the head 250 is not required, so that the assembling work efficiency can be improved and the problems caused by the separated head 250 can be reduced.

  Furthermore, the cylinder part 278 and the head part 250 are integrated so that a gap is not formed when viewed from the opposite shaft part 255 side. If a gap is provided between the cylinder portion 278 and the head portion 250, it is conceivable that resin, adhesive, or the like is poured from the gap. In this case, the separated head portion 250 and the shaft portion 255 are fixed by resin, adhesive, or the like, and then the head portion 250 is operated to rotate the shaft portion 255 in a loosening direction, thereby each member 153. , 154 may be illegally released. According to the present embodiment, since a new gap is not generated by the breakage of the breakage portion 260, it is possible to prevent the resin, the adhesive, and the like from being poured and the fastening of the members 153 and 154 from being illegally released.

  In addition, since the cylindrical portion 278 and the head portion 250 are integrally formed, whether or not the fracture portion 260 is broken does not affect the positional relationship between the cylindrical portion 278 and the head portion 250. That is, no new gap is generated between the head portion 250 and the cylindrical portion 278 due to the breaking of the breaking portion 260. As a result, it is possible to enhance the effect of suppressing the unauthorized release of the fastening of the members 153 and 154 by the injection of resin, adhesive, or the like.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, the gap is not provided between the head portion 250 and the cylindrical portion 278, and the axis line of the shaft portion 255 in the region on the shaft portion 255 side even after the breakage portion 260 is broken. The head 250 conceals the part through which the head passes from the side opposite to the shaft part 255. By the function of hiding the relevant part of the head 250, it is possible to prevent the head 250 from directly accessing the region on the shaft portion 255 side when the breaking portion 260 is broken.

  The operation surface 250b of the head 250 is formed so as not to have a through hole penetrating to the shaft portion 255 side. Temporarily, in the configuration in which a gap penetrating in the axial direction is provided on the operation surface 250b, an illegal act of accessing a region on the shaft portion 255 side through the gap or pouring resin, adhesive, or the like through the gap. Can be considered. In the present embodiment, by not providing a gap penetrating in the axial direction of the shaft portion 255 in the operation surface 250b, it is possible to enhance the effect of suppressing the illegal act from the region on the side opposite to the shaft portion 255 from the head 250. It becomes possible.

  The region from the head side narrowed portion 265a to the second enlarged diameter portion 275b is configured to be covered with the cylindrical portion 278. Thereby, access to the fracture | rupture part 260 from the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the axial part 255 can be suppressed. As a result, it is possible to suppress not only the above-mentioned cheating from the side opposite to the shaft portion 255 of the head 250 but also the above-mentioned cheating from the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion 255.

  The second enlarged diameter portion 275b is positioned closer to the shaft portion 255 than the annular reduced diameter portion 278a, and the surface on the shaft portion 255 side is in contact with the cover member 154. That is, a gap is generated between the annular reduced diameter portion 278a and the cover member 154. Accordingly, the annular reduced diameter portion 278a is not sandwiched and fixed between the cover member 154 and the second enlarged diameter portion 275b. That is, it is possible to suppress the cylindrical portion 278 and the shaft portion 255 from being fixed. Therefore, when a rotation operation is performed with respect to the cylinder part 278 and by extension, the head part 250, it can suppress that the rotational force is transmitted to the axial part 255. FIG. If the rotational force is easily transmitted to the shaft portion 255 when the head 250 is rotated, the receiving member 153 and the cover member can be operated by operating the head 250 even if the head 250 is separated. The fastening of 154 is illegally released. By making it difficult for the rotational force applied to the head portion 250 to be transmitted to the shaft portion 255 after the breakage of the breaking portion 260, it is possible to suppress fraud by performing a rotation operation on the head portion 250.

  A surface where the cylindrical portion 278 and each of the enlarged diameter portions 275a and 275b are in contact with each other is circular when viewed in the axial direction. In this case, it can suppress that the cylinder part 278 and each enlarged diameter part 275a, 275b are caught in a rotation direction. That is, since the cylindrical portion 278 and the respective enlarged diameter portions 275a and 275b are not easily locked, when the cylindrical portion 278, and thus the head portion 250, is rotated after the fracture of the fracture portion 260, the diameter is increased by the rotational operation. It is possible to suppress the rotation of the portions 275a and 275b and the shaft portion 255.

  The breaking screw 170 is installed in a state in which the cylindrical portion 278 and the head portion 250 enter the cylindrical portion 178. Since the cylindrical portion 278 and the head portion 250 are in the cylindrical portion 178, direct access to the shaft portion 255 from the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the breaking screw 170 can be suppressed.

<Other embodiments>
In addition, it is not limited to the description content of embodiment mentioned above, For example, you may implement as follows. Incidentally, the configuration of the following different embodiment may be applied individually to the configuration in the above embodiment, or may be applied in combination with each other.

  (1) The location where the breaking screw 170 is installed may be changed. For example, when the back pack unit 15 is fixed, the breaking screw 170 may be used. Furthermore, the breaking screw 170 may be used for fixing the main control board 91, fixing the locking device 23, or the like. In other words, the breaking screw 170 may be applied to other parts where the removal operation needs to be prevented.

  Further, the number of breaking screws 170 provided on the fixing target may be changed, the number of breaking screws 170 may be fixed, or two, three, or more breaking screws 170 may be fixed. The fixed object may be fixed by

  It is also possible to provide a plurality of cover members corresponding to each receiving member individually. In the configuration having a plurality of cover members, it is preferable to provide break screws 170 corresponding to the cover members individually.

  (2) Although the receiving member 153 and the cover member 154 are fixed together by the breaking screw 170, this may be changed and the receiving member 153 and the cover member 154 may be fixed individually. However, in such a case, there is a concern that the configuration is complicated and the workability is deteriorated. Therefore, the receiving member 153 and the cover member 154 are desirably fixed together by the same fixing means.

  (3) Although the mounting direction of the breaking screw 170 is configured to be the same as the mounting direction of the cover member 154 and the receiving member 153, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the breaking screw 170 may be mounted from the inside of the substrate box 92 or may be mounted from the outside of the substrate box 92.

  (4) The cylindrical portion 178 and the cylindrical portion 278 are each circular when viewed in the axial direction, but such a configuration may be changed. For example, a convex portion may be provided on one of the cylindrical portion 178 or the cylindrical portion 278, and a concave portion into which the convex portion is inserted may be provided on the other side. In this case, the cylindrical portion 278 can be prevented from rotating inside the cylindrical portion 178 by engaging the convex portion and the concave portion. When the cylinder part 278 can be rotated, if the torque is transmitted to the shaft part 255 by the rotation of the cylinder part 278, the shaft part 255 may be rotated in a loosening direction. By applying this configuration, it is possible to prevent the cylindrical portion 278 from rotating and further suppress the loosening of the shaft portion 255.

  In addition to the configuration in which the convex portion and the concave portion are provided, it is also conceivable that the cylindrical portion 278 and the accommodating portion that accommodates the cylindrical portion 278 are rectangular (for example, rectangular) non-circular. Thereby, it becomes possible to suppress that the cylinder part 278 rotates. However, it is desirable that the accommodating portion has a size that can prevent the corner of the cylindrical portion 278 from contacting and the cylindrical portion 278 from rotating.

  (5) The head 250 has a cylindrical shape, but may not have a cylindrical shape. For example, the head 250 may be conical.

  Similarly, the other narrowed portions 265a and 265b and the first and second enlarged diameter portions 275a and 275b may not have a circular shape. However, if each member does not have a circular shape, it is conceivable that the region on the shaft portion 255 side rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the head portion 250 after the breakage portion 260 breaks. For this reason, the diameter of the hole 280 is set such that the surface in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction does not get caught by the shaft side narrowing portion 265b and the first and second diameter enlarged portions 275a, 275b when rotated. Is desirable.

  (6) When the breaking screw 170 is installed, the cylindrical portion 278 does not contact the fixing target (cover member 154), but the cylindrical portion 278 may contact the fixing target. For example, it is good also as a structure which the annular diameter reducing part 278a in the cylinder part 278 is fastened by the 1st diameter expansion part 275a.

  (7) The shaft portion 255 in the breaking screw 170 is provided with a projecting portion provided intermittently, and the fixing target is fixed by a screw groove formed in the projecting portion. A spiral groove continuous to 255 may be provided.

  Furthermore, the type of screw may be changed, and a tap screw, a small screw, or the like may be used. In other words, any configuration may be used as long as the operation unit operated when fastening is a screw to be cut.

  (8) Although the uneven portion 275c is provided on the surface of the second enlarged diameter portion 275b on the shaft portion 255 side, the uneven portion 275c may not be provided. Furthermore, the 2nd enlarged diameter part 275b does not need to be provided.

  (9) Although the annular diameter-reduced portion 278a is provided to restrict the movement of the first diameter-increased portion 275a from the cylindrical portion 278, the first diameter-expanded portion 275a moves from the cylindrical portion 278 to the outside. If the control means which controls this is provided, it does not limit to this structure.

  For example, a protrusion may be provided in the cylindrical portion 278 at a position overlapping with the first enlarged diameter portion 275a in the axial direction of the axial portion 255.

  (10) Even if a plate-like member (a washer) having an opening through which the shaft portion 255 passes is provided so as to be sandwiched between the second enlarged diameter portion 275b and the cover member 154 in the breaking screw 170. Good. In this case, the uneven portion 275c may not be provided.

  The shaft portion 255 may be processed to prevent loosening. For example, an adhesive material (adhesive material) for preventing loosening may be applied to the shaft portion 255. In addition, a capsule-like pressure-sensitive adhesive material (adhesive material) is attached to the shaft portion 255 (a capsule is placed in the groove of the female screw), or a resin containing the pressure-sensitive adhesive material is wound around the shaft portion 255. It is done.

  (11) Although the annular reduced diameter portion 278a is formed in a completely closed annular shape, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. That is, the annular reduced diameter portion 278a may be provided intermittently.

  (12) The second enlarged diameter portion 275b is provided, the cylindrical portion 278 does not move to the shaft portion 255 side from the second enlarged diameter portion, and a gap is provided between the cylindrical portion 278 and the cover member 154. However, the cylindrical portion 278 and the cover member 154 may be in contact with each other. In this case, when the broken portion 260 is broken, the cylindrical portion 278 may be prevented from being fastened to the region on the shaft portion 255 side. According to this structure, even if the cylinder part 278 and the cover member 154 are contacting, when the cylinder part 278 is rotated, it can suppress that the rotational force is transmitted to the axial part 255 side.

  (13) Although the breaking screw 170 is installed so as to be inserted into the cylindrical portion 178, it may not be inserted into the cylindrical portion 178. That is, the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the breaking screw 170 may not be covered with other members (other than the breaking screw 170).

  (14) Although the planar operation surface 250b is provided on the surface of the head 250 opposite to the shaft portion 255, the shape of the operation surface 250b may be changed. For example, the operation surface 250b may form a convex surface or a concave surface. Furthermore, the operation surface 250b may be formed in a polyhedral shape.

  (15) Although the cylindrical portion 278 extends from the peripheral portion of the head 250, the portion where the cylindrical portion 278 is provided may be changed. For example, it is conceivable that the diameter of the head 250 is larger than the diameter of the cylindrical portion 278.

  (16) In the above embodiment, the cylinder portion 278 is integrally formed with the head portion 250, but the head portion and the cylinder portion are provided as separate members, and these portions are integrated. May be. FIG. 25 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIGS. 21C and 21D in this configuration.

  In the break screw 300 in this configuration, the configurations of the head portion 250 and the cylindrical portion 278 are different from those in the above embodiment. In the above embodiment, the cylindrical portion 278 extends from the peripheral edge of the head 250 toward the shaft portion 255 side. However, in this embodiment, the cylindrical portion 305 is locked to the head 303. Yes.

  The head 303 in this configuration is provided on the first head forming portion 308 extending from the head side narrowing portion 265a to the opposite shaft portion 255 side, and on the opposite shaft portion 255 side than the first head forming portion 308. And a second head forming portion 310. The first head forming portion 308 has a diameter smaller than that of a portion that defines a peripheral edge portion on the opposite shaft portion 255 side of the head side narrowing portion 265a. The second head forming part 310 is provided so as to be connected to the first head forming part 308 and has a diameter larger than that of the first head forming part 308. That is, the annular groove 313 is formed by the head side narrowing portion 265a, the first head forming portion 308, and the second head forming portion 310.

  The cylinder portion 318 in this configuration includes an upper lid portion 318a extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion 255, and a cylinder main body 318b extending from the peripheral edge portion of the upper lid portion 318a toward the shaft portion 255 side. . The diameter of the cylinder portion 318 is the same as the diameter of the head portion 303 and is hidden by the head portion 303 from the opposite shaft portion 255 side. Since the cylinder body 318b is the same as the cylinder part 278 in the above-described embodiment except that it extends from the peripheral edge of the upper lid part 318a, the description thereof is omitted.

  The upper lid portion 318 a is provided with an opening 320 that penetrates in the axial direction of the shaft portion 255 at the center in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion 255. The first head forming part 308 enters the opening 320. Specifically, the inner peripheral surface 323 of the upper lid portion 318 a that forms the opening 320 enters the annular groove 313. As a result, the range of movement of the upper lid portion 318a in the axial direction of the shaft portion 255 extends from the surface on the shaft portion 255 side of the second head forming portion 310 to the surface on the opposite shaft portion 255 side of the head side narrowing portion 265a. It becomes possible.

  The case where the fracture | rupture part 260 fractures | ruptures is demonstrated. When the head portion 303 moves to the opposite shaft portion 255 side after the breaking portion 260 is broken, first, the upper lid portion 318a is locked to the head side narrowing portion 265a. In this state, when the head portion 303 further moves to the opposite shaft portion 255 side, the stepped surface 285 formed by the respective enlarged diameter portions 275a and 275b and the annular reduced diameter portion 278a are locked, and the head portion Further movement of 303 toward the opposite shaft portion 255 is restricted. Further, when the head portion 303 moves in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion 255, the head portion 303 (first head forming portion 308) first comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface 323 of the upper lid portion 318a. In this state, when the head 303 further moves in the same direction, the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder main body 318b and the outer peripheral surface of the first enlarged-diameter portion 275a come into contact with each other, and the head 303 is further moved. Be regulated. As a result, in the configuration in which the head portion 303 and the cylindrical portion 318 are provided as separate members, the head portion 303 can be kept within a predetermined range when the breakage portion 260 is broken.

  A gap to the shaft portion 255 side as viewed from the opposite shaft portion 255 side in the head 303 is not newly generated due to the breakage of the breakage portion 260. If the gap is generated by the breakage of the breakage portion 260, it is conceivable that an illegal act in which resin, adhesive, or the like is poured from the gap is performed. In this structure, the said clearance gap does not become large by the fracture | rupture of the fracture | rupture part 260, and it can suppress that the fraud act by resin, an adhesive agent, etc. being poured from the clearance gap is performed.

  The configurations of the head portion 303 and the cylindrical portion 318 are not limited to the above, and when the head portion 303 and the cylindrical portion 318 are rotated, the rotational force is not transmitted to or transmitted to the region on the shaft portion 255 side. It is sufficient that the head portion 303 and the cylindrical portion 318 are integrated so as to be difficult. For example, it is conceivable that an engaging convex portion is formed on the head portion 303 and an engaging concave portion into which the engaging convex portion is inserted is formed on the cylindrical portion 318.

  Moreover, in this structure, although the diameter of the cylinder part 318 and the head part 303 became the same magnitude | size, you may change each diameter. For example, it is conceivable that the diameter of the head portion 303 is larger than the diameter of the cylindrical portion 318. In this case, it is possible to make it difficult to access the gap in the axial direction between the head portion 303 and the cylindrical portion 318 from the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion 255. Further, it is conceivable that the diameter of the cylindrical portion 318 is larger than the diameter of the head portion 303. In this case, it is conceivable that the gap in the axial direction between the head portion 303 and the cylindrical portion 318 can be easily accessed from the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion 255. That is, it is considered that resin, adhesive, or the like flows into the gap in the axial direction between the head portion 303 and the cylinder portion 318 by flowing resin, adhesive, or the like on the surface of the cylinder portion 318 opposite to the shaft portion 255. It is done. For this reason, it is desirable that the diameter of the cylindrical portion 318 is the same as the diameter of the head 303 or smaller than the diameter of the head 303.

  (17) Other types of pachinko machines different from the above embodiment, such as a pachinko machine in which the electric game object is released a predetermined number of times when a game ball enters the specific area of the special device, or a game ball in the specific area of the special device The present invention can also be applied to a pachinko machine that generates a right if a player enters, a pachinko machine equipped with other objects, an arrangement ball machine, a sparrow ball, and the like.

  Also, a non-ball-type gaming machine, for example, a plurality of reels with a plurality of types of symbols attached in the circumferential direction, starts rotation of the reel by inserting a medal and operating a start lever, and a stop switch is operated. If a specific symbol or a combination of specific symbols is established on the effective line visible from the display window after the reel has stopped after a predetermined time has passed, a privilege such as paying out medals is given to the player The present invention can also be applied to a slot machine.

  In addition, the gaming machine main body that is supported by the outer frame so as to be openable and closable is provided with a storage unit and a capture device, and the start lever is operated after a predetermined number of game balls stored in the storage unit are captured by the capture device. Thus, the present invention can also be applied to a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are fused to start the rotation of the reel.

<Invention Group Extracted from the Embodiments>
Hereinafter, the features of the invention group extracted from the above-described embodiment will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary. In the following, for ease of understanding, the corresponding configuration in the above embodiment is appropriately shown in parentheses, but is not limited to the specific configuration shown in parentheses.

Features 1. A gaming machine in which a first member (cover member 154) and a second member (receiving member 153), which are game machine components, are connected by screw members (breaking screws 170, 300),
The screw member is
A shaft portion (shaft portion 255) including a screw groove screw-coupled to at least one of the first member or the second member;
A head (heads 250, 303) including a tool engaging portion to which a tool for rotating the shaft is engaged;
A separating part (breaking part 260) for separating the head part from the shaft part by connecting the shaft part and the head part and applying a rotational force of a predetermined torque or more to the tool engaging part;
An expanded portion (first and second expanded diameter portions 275a, 275b) expanded in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion;
With
The head is
Holding parts (cylinder parts 278, 305) for holding the head part at a predetermined position or within a predetermined range when the head part is separated from the shaft part by the separating part;
A first restricting portion and a second restricting portion provided at positions separated in the axial direction;
Have
The extension part is provided between the first restriction part and the second restriction part, and is further on the shaft part side than the separation part and between the separation part and the shaft part. It is provided in
While the movement of the head to the opposite shaft side is restricted by the first restriction part, the movement of the extension part to the opposite head side is restricted by the second restriction part,
The gaming machine characterized in that the head portion conceals the portion through which the axis of the shaft portion passes in the region on the shaft portion side from the opposite shaft portion side even after the separation of the separating portion.

  According to the feature 1, the first member and the second member can be connected by the shaft portion of the screw member. After connecting the first and second members, the shaft portion and the head portion can be separated by applying a rotational force of a predetermined torque or more to the tool engaging portion. By separating the head portion and the shaft portion, it is difficult to rotate the shaft portion via the head portion, and it is possible to suppress the unauthorized release of the connection between the first and second members.

  In addition, the movement of the head toward the opposite shaft portion is restricted by the first restricting portion. As a result, the head is no longer separated from the extension by a predetermined distance. As a result, the separated head can be kept within a predetermined range. In a gaming machine in which the separated head does not stay within a predetermined range, it may be necessary to collect the head when the head and the shaft are separated. In this case, there is a possibility that the recovery operation of the head separated after screwing the screw member becomes complicated and the assembly work efficiency is lowered. If the separated head cannot be collected, the head remains in the path of the game medium such as a game ball and the smooth distribution of the game medium is obstructed, or the head interferes with the electrical parts and shorts. It may be a cause of malfunction or failure. On the other hand, according to this feature, when the head portion of the screw member is separated, the head portion remains in a predetermined position or a predetermined range, and the occurrence of the inconvenience can be suppressed. Therefore, when assembling a gaming machine using a screw member from which the head is separated, it is not necessary to collect the head, so that the assembly work efficiency can be improved, and problems caused by the separated head are reduced. Can do.

  Further, even after separation of the separation part, the head part hides a part through which the axis of the shaft part passes in the region on the shaft part side. Thereby, after the head is separated, it is possible to suppress direct access to a portion through which the axis in the region on the shaft portion side passes. When performing an illegal act of rotating the shaft part in the loosening direction, it is necessary to access the part through which the axis of the shaft part passes, but according to this feature, the part through which the axis line passes through the region on the shaft part side is accessed. It is possible to suppress the fraud, and it is possible to suppress the fraud. In other words, it is possible to obtain an effect of suppressing fraud by a resin, an adhesive, or the like while suppressing the fraud that directly accesses the region on the shaft portion side by the separated head.

  In addition, “the first member and the second member are connected by the screw member” means that one of the first and second members is fastened by the other member and the screw member. included. Moreover, the thing with which the 1st member and the 2nd member were couple | bonded through the screw member is contained. That is, what is positioned by the screw member is included so that the first member and the second member are not separated by a predetermined distance or more.

  Feature 2. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the head is integrally provided with no gap when viewed from the opposite shaft side including the first restricting portion.

  According to the feature 2, the head is integrally provided with no gap when viewed from the opposite shaft side including the first restricting portion. If a gap is provided in the head as viewed from the opposite shaft side, it is conceivable that resin, adhesive, or the like is poured from the gap. In this case, it is conceivable that the separated head and shaft are fixed by resin, adhesive, or the like, and then the connection of each member is illegally released by operating the head. On the other hand, according to the present feature, since the penetrating portion is not provided, it is possible to suppress the fixation between the head and the shaft due to the resin, the adhesive, or the like being poured.

Feature 3. In the feature 1 or 2, the holding portion is provided closer to the shaft portion than the head portion,
The gaming machine is characterized in that the head is formed so as to hide the holding part from the side opposite the shaft part.

  According to the feature 3, the holding part is provided closer to the shaft part than the head part, and the head part conceals the holding part from the opposite shaft part side. As a result, the holding portion can be shielded by the head as viewed from the opposite shaft side. In this case, even if a gap is formed in the portion where the holding portion is provided on the head, the gap can be shielded by the head as viewed from the opposite shaft side. As a result, in a configuration in which a gap is formed in the portion where the holding portion is provided on the head, it is possible to suppress the resin, the adhesive, or the like from being poured from the gap.

  Feature 4. In any one of the features 1 to 3, the holding portion further includes a cylindrical portion that covers an outer peripheral side of the extension portion along the axial direction.

  According to the feature 4, when the separation portion is separated by covering the outer peripheral side along the axial direction of the expansion portion, the separation portion is separated from the direction orthogonal to the axial direction to the region on the shaft portion side. Direct access can be suppressed. As a result, by pouring resin, adhesive, or the like from a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, it is possible to prevent the separated head and shaft from being fixed by the resin, adhesive, or the like. In other words, by applying this feature, in addition to the act of suppressing fraud by resin or adhesive from the opposite shaft side of the screw member, the fraud by resin or adhesive from the direction orthogonal to the axial direction, etc. Can be suppressed.

Feature 5. In any one of the characteristics 1 to 4, the holding portion further includes a cylindrical portion extending from the head outer peripheral side to the shaft portion side,
The head and the cylindrical part are integrally formed so that there is no gap between the head and the cylindrical part when viewed from the opposite shaft side.
The gaming machine, wherein the second restricting portion is provided at an end portion of the cylindrical portion on the shaft portion side.

  According to the feature 5, the head and the cylinder are integrally formed so that there is no gap between the head and the cylinder when viewed from the opposite shaft side. That is, no gap is provided in the portion where the cylinder portion is provided in the head. If a gap is formed in the portion where the cylindrical portion is provided on the head, it is conceivable that resin, adhesive, or the like is poured from the gap. On the other hand, according to the present feature, no gap is formed between the tube portion and the head portion, and it is possible to enhance the effect of suppressing fraudulent acts caused by the resin or adhesive.

Feature 6 In any one of the features 1 to 4, the second restricting portion is engaged with the head,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the head portion hides an engagement portion between the second restricting portion and the head portion when viewed from the opposite shaft side.

  According to the feature 6, the engaging portion is hidden by the head. It is conceivable that by engaging the second restricting portion and the head, a gap is generated in the engaging portion, and resin or adhesive is poured from the gap to the shaft portion side than the head. On the other hand, according to this feature, it is possible to prevent the resin, adhesive, or the like from being poured from the gap of the engaging portion by hiding the engaging portion from the opposite shaft side.

Feature 7. In any one of the features 1 to 6, the holding portion is a cylindrical portion that covers an outer peripheral side along the axial direction of the head portion and the extension portion,
The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the head and the extended part have a circular outer periphery when viewed from the axial direction.

  According to the characteristic 7, it can suppress that a holding | maintenance part, a head, and an extension part are caught in a rotation direction by making all the surfaces which a holding | maintenance part, a head, and an extension part contact circular. Thereby, when the holding part is rotated after the head is separated, it is possible to suppress the rotation of the extension part and the shaft part by the rotation operation.

  Also, even if a portion penetrating from the opposite shaft portion side to the shaft portion side is not provided in the head portion, by forming a through hole in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction or in the head portion, resin, adhesive, etc. May be poured. On the other hand, according to this feature, if resin, adhesive, or the like is poured into the shaft part side from the head part, the head part and the extension part are not easily caught in the rotation direction. Can be suppressed from being integrated with the holding portion.

Feature 8 In any one of the features 1 to 4, the second restricting portion is engaged with the head,
The holding part is a cylindrical part that covers an outer peripheral side along the axial direction of the head part and the extension part,
As for the said head and an extended part, the outer periphery shape seen from the said axial direction becomes circular shape,
Furthermore, the outer diameter of the head is larger than the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion, and the engaging portion between the second restricting portion and the head is hidden when viewed from the opposite shaft side. To play.

  According to feature 8, the engaging portion is hidden by the head. It is conceivable that by engaging the second restricting portion and the head, a gap is generated in the engaging portion, and resin or adhesive is poured from the gap to the shaft portion side than the head. On the other hand, according to this feature, it is possible to prevent the resin, adhesive, or the like from being poured from the gap of the engaging portion by hiding the engaging portion from the opposite shaft side. In particular, by making the outer diameter of the head larger than the outer diameter of the holding portion (cylindrical portion), the head can surely hide the engaging portion from the opposite shaft side, and the resin or It is possible to enhance the effect of suppressing the adhesive and the like from being poured.

  It is possible to prevent the holding portion, the head portion, and the extension portion from being caught in the rotation direction by making the surfaces where the holding portion, the head portion, and the extension portion contact each circular. Thereby, when the holding part is rotated after the head is separated, it is possible to suppress the rotation of the extension part and the shaft part by the rotation operation.

  Also, even if a portion penetrating from the opposite shaft portion side to the shaft portion side is not provided in the head portion, by forming a through hole in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction or in the head portion, resin, adhesive, etc. May be poured. On the other hand, according to this feature, if resin, adhesive, or the like is poured into the shaft part side from the head part, the head part and the extension part are not easily caught in the rotation direction. Can be suppressed from being integrated with the holding portion.

  Feature 9 In any one of the features 1 to 8, the screw member is screwed from the first member side, and an accommodation recess (cylindrical portion 178) that accommodates the holding portion and the head is formed in the first member. A gaming machine characterized by having it.

  According to the feature 9, it installs in the state which the holding | maintenance part and the head entered the accommodation recessed part of the 1st member. Since the holding portion and the head enter the receiving recess, direct access to the shaft portion from a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the screw member can be suppressed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the resin, the adhesive, or the like from being poured from the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the screw member. According to this feature, it is not necessary to provide the screw member with a configuration that suppresses access from a direction orthogonal to the axial direction.

  The basic configuration of various gaming machines to which the above features can be applied is shown below.

  Pachinko gaming machine: operation means (handle device 59) operated by a player, game ball launching means (game ball launching mechanism 50) for launching a game ball based on the operation of the operation means, and the launched game ball And a ball path (inner and outer rail portions 47 and 48) for guiding the game ball to a predetermined game area, and each game component arranged in the game area, and a game ball is placed in a predetermined ball entry part among these game parts. A gaming machine that gives a bonus to a player when entering a ball.

  Revolving type gaming machine such as a slot machine: equipped with a picture display device for variably displaying a plurality of pictures, variably starting display of the plurality of pictures due to the operation of the start operation means, and due to the operation of the stop operation means In addition, the game machine is configured such that the variable display of the plurality of patterns is stopped when a predetermined time elapses and a privilege is given to the player according to the pattern after the stop.

  Ball-use belt-type game machine: Equipped with variable display means that displays the symbol sequence consisting of multiple symbols in a variably displayed state, and then stops and displays the symbol sequence. The special game state (bonus) that is advantageous to the player on the condition that the change of the symbol is stopped due to the operation of the operating means or when the predetermined time elapses, and the final stop symbol at the time of the stop is a specific symbol A throwing device that performs a throwing process for taking in a game ball from the ball tray and a payout device for paying out the game ball to the ball tray, A gaming machine configured such that the operation of the starting operation means is made effective when a game ball is inserted by.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Pachinko machine, 47, 48 ... Inner and outer rail part, 50 ... Game ball launching mechanism, 59 ... Handle device, 63 ... Main control device, 91 ... Main control board, 92 ... Substrate box, 153 ... Receiving member, 154 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Cover member, 170 ... Breaking screw, 250 ... Head, 255 ... Shaft part, 260 ... Breaking part, 275a, 275b ... 1st, 2nd enlarged diameter part, 278 ... Cylindrical part, 300 ... Breaking screw, 303 ... Head Part, 305... Cylinder part.

Claims (1)

A shaft portion including a thread groove that is screw-coupled to at least one of the first member or the second member that is a gaming machine constituent member, and a tool engagement portion that engages a tool that rotates the shaft portion. A screw member having a head and a separating part that connects the shaft and the head and separates the head from the shaft when a rotational force of a predetermined torque or more is applied to the tool engaging part. With
Using the screw member, the first member and the second member are connected,
A holding portion provided to hold the head separated from the shaft portion by the separating portion within a predetermined position or a predetermined range;
The shaft portion has an extended portion extended in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the shaft portion between the portion having the thread groove and the separation portion,
The size of the head in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction is larger than the extension portion;
The holding portion includes a cylindrical portion that extends from the outer peripheral side of the head portion to the shaft portion side and is integrally formed with the head portion,
The tool engaging portion is formed on the surface of the head opposite to the shaft portion,
Even when the head is separated at the separation portion, the head and the head and the cylindrical portion are configured so that there is no gap when viewed from the opposite shaft side.
The extension part is accommodated in the cylindrical part, and a restriction part for restricting the movement of the extension part to the opposite head side is provided at the end of the cylindrical part on the shaft part side,
The screw member is screwed in from the first member side, and includes an accommodation recess that is a cylindrical space that accommodates the holding portion and the head in the first member, and the inner peripheral surface of the accommodation recess and the The outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical part is facing ,
A projecting portion projecting from the cylindrical portion toward the shaft portion side between the extension portion and the shaft portion;
A gaming machine , wherein a contact portion between a bottom surface of the housing recess and the protruding portion is configured to suppress rotation in a direction in which the screw of the shaft portion is loosened .

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