JP6954608B2 - Locking device for gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a locking device mounted on a gaming machine.

Pachinko machines, slot machines, and other gaming machines are equipped with a locking device for locking and unlocking the gaming machine body and front door. As a general type of such locking device, the gaming machine body It is widely known that a locking rod having a hook portion formed on the side surface thereof is slidably provided. Then, the locking rod is moved up and down by operating the key from the front surface of the gaming machine, and the hook portion of the locking device is locked to the locking portion to be locked by this vertical movement.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-153046

However, in a general locking device as shown in Patent Document 1, the hook portion is locked only from either the upper side or the lower side of the locking portion provided on the object to be locked. It is configured. Therefore, if the front door or the main body frame is lifted or pushed down in the direction opposite to the side where the hook part is in contact with the locking part and locked, there is a problem that some rattling is inevitably caused. There is. And, as mentioned above, the fact that there is some rattling means that when the front door or the main body frame is lifted or pushed down, a slight gap is created between the front door and the main body frame, or between the main body frame and the outer frame. There is a possibility that a wire or the like may be inserted through such a gap to perform fraud. Further, in the case of a general locking device in which the locking rod is slid to lock the hook portion, the hook portion collides with the locking portion at the time of locking. Therefore, as the number of times increases, the hook portion gradually wears. It may be deformed or deformed, increasing the degree of rattling, which in turn may increase the risk of being cheated. Further, if any one of the plurality of hooks is damaged, the hook cannot be locked, which increases the risk of fraud.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a pair of hook members on a vertically long support substrate so as to be openable and closable, and the pair of hook members are sandwiched from both sides of a locking portion provided on a locked object. It is an object of the present invention to provide a locking device for a gaming machine, which is configured to be such that the hook member and the locking portion do not rattle at all.

In order to solve the above problems, the locking device of the gaming machine according to the present invention includes a vertically long support substrate, a vertically long slide member movably provided along the vertical direction of the support substrate, and the support. A pair of hook members that are pivotally attached to a substrate and have a hook-shaped tip, and one end of the pair of link members that are rotatably pivotally supported, and the other end of each of the pair of hook members. The V-shaped link connected to each base end and the V-shaped link provided on the support substrate move up and down in conjunction with the movement of the slide member, and are arranged so as to come into contact with the V-shaped link and push the V-shaped link. A push member, a guide portion provided on the support substrate for moving the pivot portion of the V-shaped link in the width direction of the support substrate, and an elastic member for urging the slide member and the push member. At the time of locking, the pair of hook members are sandwiched from both sides in a locking portion provided on the locked target side, and the slide member is moved against the urging of the elastic member when unlocking. Then, the pushing member that moves in conjunction with the slide member moves the pivotal support portion of the V-shaped link in the width direction of the support substrate, and the pair of hook members expands, and the hook member expands. The feature is that it is made to come off from the locking part.

Further, the pushing member is arranged so as to face the V-shaped link, and a recess for receiving the V-shaped link is formed on the facing side thereof.

Further, the locking device of the gaming machine according to the present invention is characterized in that a groove portion for receiving a pivotal support portion of a V-shaped link is formed in a recess of the pushing member.

According to the locking device of the gaming machine according to the present invention, since the hook member is sandwiched from both sides in the locking portion provided on the locked object, it occurs between the hook member and the locking portion. The fluttering can be completely eliminated, and by extension, fraud against the gaming machine can be prevented.

Front perspective view of a pachinko machine. Right side perspective view of a pachinko machine. An exploded perspective view of the locking device. (A) Left side view of the locking device. (B) Right side view of the locking device. Left side view of the locking device with the slide plate removed. Enlarged perspective view of the main part of the locking device. Enlarged perspective view of the main part of the locking device. Operation diagram of the locking device. The relationship diagram of the cam member of a cylinder lock and the receiving member of a locking device.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The locking device according to the present invention can be applied to various gaming machines such as pachinko gaming machines, slot machines, sparrow balls, and arepachi machines, but in the present embodiment, it is applied to pachinko gaming machines. An example will be described. Therefore, first, the pachinko gaming machine to which the locking device according to the present invention is applied will be described in advance. FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a locking device, and FIG. 2 is a right side perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine equipped with a locking device. The pachinko gaming machine is roughly composed of a gaming machine main body 1 and a front door 2. Of these, the gaming machine main body 1 has an outer frame 3 formed into a vertically long rectangular frame and one of the outer frames 3. It is composed of a main body frame 5 that can be opened and closed by hinge mechanisms 4 and 4 on the side. A front door 2 is attached to one side of the front surface of the main body frame 5 by hinge mechanisms 6 and 6 so as to be openable and closable. Further, the pachinko gaming machine is provided with a locking device 7 that opens and locks the main body frame 5 with respect to the outer frame 3 and opens and locks the front door 2 with respect to the main body frame 5. In this embodiment, the "front side" is the front side of the pachinko game machine, the "rear side" is the back side of the pachinko game machine, and the "right side" and "left side" are the front side of the pachinko game machine. The right side and the left side of the case will be pointed to respectively.

The outer frame 3 is formed in a vertically long rectangular frame shape by combining the upper frame plates 10 and the lower frame plates 11 arranged vertically and the side frame plates 12 and 12 arranged on the left and right sides. Further, a decorative cover 13 made of synthetic resin is attached to the front of the lower frame plate 11. The locking portions 14, in which the hook-shaped portions 32c, 33c of the hook members 32, 33 for the main body frame of the locking device 7, which will be described later, are locked to the upper portion and the lower portion of the inner side surface of the outer frame 3 on the open side. 14 is fixed. As shown in FIG. 8, the locking portion 14 is formed by providing locking convex portions 14b and 14b on both upper and lower sides of the front half portion of the flat plate-shaped mounting substrate 14a.

The main body frame 5 is formed in a vertically long square frame shape by combining the upper surrounding member 15 and the lower surrounding member 16 arranged vertically and the side surrounding members 17 and 17 arranged on the left and right, and the size thereof. Is sized to substantially cover the front surface of the outer frame 3 except for the decorative cover 13. Further, a square game board storage recess 18 is formed on the upper side of the lower surrounding member 16 of the main body frame 5, and a game board (not shown) for flowing down a game ball is arranged in the game board storage recess 18. Will be. A winning device, a game nail, a ball guide rail, etc. are arranged on the front surface of the game board, and a ball tank, a passage member, a ball payout device, various control boards, etc. are arranged on the rear side of the game board. Will be done. Further, although not shown, the lower surrounding member 16 is provided with a hitting ball launching device or the like. Further, the locking device 7 is mounted on the open side outer surface of the main body frame 5. Details of the locking device 7 will be described later. Further, it is attached to the rear end of the cylinder lock 24, which will be described later, at the lower right of the front surface of the main body frame 5, specifically, at the position where the right side surrounding member 17 and the lower surrounding member 16 intersect with each other on the front surface of the main body frame 5. A cam recess 19 for receiving the cam member 25 is formed, and a receiving member 76 formed on a slide plate 31 described later is located in the cam recess 19.

The front door 2 is formed in a vertically long square frame shape by combining the upper frame member 20 and the lower frame member 21 arranged vertically and the side frame members 22 and 22 arranged on the left and right, and the size thereof is large. , The size is such that it substantially covers the front surface of the main body frame 5. Of these, the lower frame member 21 is formed in a plate shape that covers the entire front surface of the lower surrounding member 16 of the main body frame 5. Further, a portion of the front door 2 other than the lower frame member 21 is an open portion, and although not shown, a pair of transparent plate units are mounted so as to close the open portion from the rear. Further, although not shown, a ball tray, an operation handle, and the like are mounted on the front surface of the lower frame member 21 of the front door 2, and a synthetic resin for decoration is mounted on the peripheral front surface of the front door 2. The cover will be attached. Further, locking portions 23, 23, 23 in which the hook-shaped portion 38c of the front door hook member 38 of the locking device, which will be described later, is locked are provided at one upper portion and two lower portions on the inner side surface of the front door 2 on the open side. It is stuck. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cylinder lock 24 penetrates in the front-rear direction at the lower right of the front door 2, specifically, at the position where the right frame member 22 and the lower frame member 21 intersect. It is attached like a cylinder. A cam member 25 that engages with the receiving member 76 formed on the slide plate 31, which will be described later, is attached to the rear end of the cylinder lock 24.

Next, the locking device 7 mounted on the pachinko gaming machine will be described. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the locking device 7, FIG. 4A is a right side view of the locking device 7, FIG. 4B is a left side view of the locking device 7, and a left side of the locking device 7 from which the slide plate 31 is removed. It is a top view. The locking device 7 includes a vertically long support substrate and 30, a slide plate 31 as a vertically long slide member provided so as to be movable along the vertical direction of the support substrate 30, and a hook-shaped tip that is pivotally supported by the support substrate 30. The pair of main body frame hook members 32, 33 and the pair of link members 34, 35 are rotatably pivotally supported at one end and the other end of each is rotatably supported by the pair of main body frame hook members 32, A V-shaped link 36 connected to each base end of 33, a pushing member 37 provided on the support substrate 30 that moves up and down in conjunction with the movement of the slide plate 31, and a hook that is pivotally supported by the support substrate 30 and has a hook tip. It is roughly configured by a front door hook member 38 formed in a shape.

As shown in FIG. 3, the support substrate 30 is made of a vertically long metal strip, and the vertical length thereof is slightly shorter than the vertical length of the main body frame 5. A narrow front side wall portion 30b formed by bending the front side edge of the substrate body 30a at a right angle, a narrow rear side wall portion 30c formed by bending the rear side edge at a right angle, and a rear side wall portion. The end portion of the portion 30c is further bent at a right angle to form a narrow mounting piece portion 30d. The mounting piece portion 30d is provided with three screw holes 30e, 30e, 30e for mounting the locking device 7 on the main body frame 5. Further, it is a rear side edge of the substrate main body 30a of the support substrate 30, and notches 40 and 40 notched in a rectangular shape are formed in each of the upper portion and the lower portion thereof. Further, guide elongated holes 41, 41 having a predetermined length in the width direction are bored on the side of the central portion in the vertical direction of the notch portions 40, 40, which is the substrate main body 30a. The guide elongated holes 41, 41 serve as a guide portion for linearly moving the pivot pin 58 (the pivot portion) of the V-shaped link 36, which will be described later, in the width direction of the substrate body 30a. Further, it is the front side edge of the support substrate 30, and the front door hook member 38 is projected forward at three places, the upper part, the middle part, and the lower part, and the front door hook member 38 is rotated within a certain range. For front door hook openings 42, 42, 42 are provided. The front door hook openings 42, 42, 42 are formed in a narrow rectangular shape so as to straddle both the substrate main body 30a and the front side wall portion 30b. Further, the substrate body 30a of the support substrate 30 is provided with a plurality of shaft holes for axially supporting various members. That is, the slide plate shaft holes 43, 43, 43 for axially supporting the slide plate 31 are bored in the upper portion, the intermediate portion, and the lower portion of the substrate main body 30a, respectively. Further, for the main body frame for axially supporting the main body frame hook members 32 and 33 in the vicinity of the upper inner corners and the lower inner corners of the upper and lower notches 40 and 40 of the substrate main body 30a, respectively. Two hook shaft holes 44 and 45 are bored in each, and a push for axially supporting the pushing member 37 so as to straddle the front ends of the upper and lower guide elongated holes 41 and 41 of the substrate body 30a. Two shaft holes 46 and 47 for moving members are bored, respectively. Further, front door hook shaft holes 48, 48, 48 are bored at positions slightly rearward from the lower ends of the front door hook openings 42, 42, 42 of the support substrate 30. The spring hook pieces 49, 49 are formed so as to protrude above the upper and lower push member shaft holes 46, 46, and the spring hook pieces 49, 49 are formed from the upper end of the central front door hook opening 42 to the rear position. 50 is formed.

A pair of hook members 32, 33 for the main body frame are pivotally attached to the main body 30a of the support board 30 at positions corresponding to the upper and lower cutouts 40, 40 of the rear side edge, respectively. The main body frame hook members 32, 33 are metal plate materials formed in an L shape by the vertical plate portions 32a, 33a and the horizontal plate portions 32b, 33b, and further, at the tip portions of the horizontal plate portions 32b, 33b. Is formed with hook-shaped portions 32c and 33c that bend at right angles. Further, flanged pins 51 and 52 for connecting the V-shaped link 36 are projected from the base ends of the vertical plate portions 32a and 33a. Further, of the pair of hook members 32 and 33 for the main body frame, the spring hook piece 53 is formed at a position closer to the tip of the horizontal plate portion 33b of the hook member 33 for the main body frame located on the lower side. Then, the rotary shaft pins 54 and 55 are inserted into the shaft holes at the intermediate portions of the hook members 32 and 33 for the main body frame, that is, the boundary portions between the vertical plate portions 32a and 33a and the horizontal plate portions 32b and 33b to form the substrate main body 30a. It is pivotally attached to the hook shaft holes 44 and 45 for the main body frame. As a result, the hook members 32 and 33 for the main body frame have hook-shaped portions 32c and 33c facing each other in the vertical direction, and can be opened and closed with the rotating shaft pins 54 and 55 as fulcrums. Further, a V-shaped link 36 is attached to the base end portions of the main body frame hook members 32 and 33. In this V-shaped link 36, one ends of link members 56 and 57 made of a pair of narrow and equal length metal plates are overlapped, and the overlapped portions are pivotally attached to each other rotatably by a pivot pin 58. The end portion is pivotally attached to the flanged pins 51 and 52 of the main body frame hook members 32 and 33. As shown in FIG. 3, the pivot pin 58 pivotally attached to one end side of the V-shaped link 36 is inserted into the guide slot 41 from the rear side of the substrate main body 30a, and then the link members 56, 57. It is pivotally attached to the polymerization part. Therefore, the pivot pin 58, which is the pivot of the V-shaped link 36, can freely move in the guide slot 41. Further, a pushing member 37 is arranged on the front side of the pivotal branch of the V-shaped link 36 so as to face the V-shaped link 36. The pushing member 37 is made of a metal plate material, and a portion facing the V-shaped link 36 is cut out inward to form a receiving recess 59 for receiving the V-shaped link 36. Further, a fitting recess 60 for fitting the pivot pin 58 of the V-shaped link 36 is formed below the innermost portion of the receiving recess 59. Further, the pushing member 37 is provided with sliding elongated holes 61, 61 having a predetermined length in the vertical direction in parallel in the vertical direction, and the sliding shaft 62 is formed in the sliding elongated holes 61, 61. , 62 are inserted and pivotally supported in the push member shaft holes 46, 46 of the support substrate 30a. As a result, the pushing member 37 can move up and down within the range of the sliding elongated holes 61 and 61. Further, on the upper part of the pushing member 37, a hooking piece 63 protruding at a right angle from the pushing member 37 and a spring hooking piece 64 are formed, and the spring hooking piece 64 and the spring hooking piece 49 of the support substrate 30 are formed. A coil spring 65 as an elastic member is attached to the body. As a result, the pushing member 37 is in a state of being urged upward.

The front door hook members 38, 38, 38 are rotatably positioned at positions corresponding to the upper, middle, and lower front door hook openings 42, 42, 42 of the support substrate 30. It is attached to the shaft. The front door hook member 38 includes a circular bearing portion 38a, a horizontally long rectangular arm plate portion 38b extending forward from the bearing portion 38a, and a downward facing arm plate portion 38b formed at the tip of the arm plate portion 38b. It is formed by a hook-shaped portion 38c. Then, the arm plate portion 38b and the hook-shaped portion 38c of the front door hook member 38 are projected from the front door hook opening 42, and the pin 65 is inserted from the shaft hole of the bearing portion 38a to hook the front door of the substrate body 30a. It is rotatably supported in the shaft hole 48. A spring hook piece 67 is formed at the rear end of the bearing portion 38a of the front door hook member 38. The front door hook members 38, 38 provided at the upper and lower portions of the support substrate 30 are spring-loaded pieces 67, 67 and coil springs 68, 68 on the spring-hanging pieces 53, 53 of the main body frame hook members 33, 33. The front door hook member 38 provided in the middle portion of the support substrate 30 is equipped with a coil spring 69 attached to the spring hook piece 67 and the spring hook 50 of the substrate body 30a.

The slide plate 31 is made of a vertically long metal strip, and its vertical length is set to be slightly shorter than the vertical length of the support substrate 30. Further, sliding legs 70, 70, 70 ... Protruding at right angles to the rear are formed at the upper and lower ends and the middle portion of each of the front and rear side edges of the slide plate 31. Each of the sliding leg portions 70 of the slide plate 31 is arranged so as to be located inside the front side wall portion 30b and the rear side wall portion 30c of the support substrate 30. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the sliding leg portion 70 located on the front side wall portion 30b side comes into contact with the lower end of the protruding piece portion 38b of the front door hook member 38. Further, moving elongated holes 71, 71, 71 are bored in the upper portion, the intermediate portion, and the lower portion of the slide plate 31, respectively, and the shafts 72, 72, 72 are inserted into the moving elongated holes 71, 71, 71. It is pivotally supported in the slide plate shaft holes 43, 43, 43. Further, hooking elongated holes 73, 73 are bored below the upper moving elongated hole 71 and above the lower moving elongated hole 71. Then, the hook pieces 63, 63 of the pushing members 37, 37 protrude from these two elongated moving holes 71, 71. As a result, when the slide plate 31 moves up and down, the pushing member 37 also moves in conjunction with this. Further, a concave portion notched in a rectangular shape is formed below the front side edge of the slide plate 31 and slightly above the hook member 32 for the main body frame, and an elongated flat plate shape is formed in the central portion in the vertical direction of the concave portion. The mounting piece portion 75 of the above is formed. A receiving member 76 made of synthetic resin is screwed onto the mounting piece portion 75. As shown in FIG. 9, the receiving member 76 is located at a position where it can engage with the cam member 25 of the cylinder lock 24 provided on the front door 2, and the front door 2 is attached to the main body frame 5. When closed, the receiving member 76 enters the inside of the cam member 25 formed in a U shape. As a result, when the cylinder lock 24 rotates while the front door 2 is closed to the main body frame 5, the receiving member 76 also rotates, and as a result, the slide plate 31 moves up and down.

Next, the operation of the locking device configured as described above will be described. In a state where the main body frame 5 is closed and locked with respect to the outer frame 3 and the front door 2 is closed and locked with respect to the main body frame 5, first, looking at the relationship between the outer frame 3 and the main body frame 5, FIG. ), The hook members 32, 33 for the main body frame of the locking device 7 are sandwiched on both sides of the locking convex portions 14b, 14b of the locking portion 14 provided on the outer frame 3. .. The V-shaped link 36 connected to each of the main body frame hook members 32 and 33 is received in the receiving recess 59 of the pushing member 37. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, since the pivot pin 58 of the V-shaped link 36 is fitted in the fitting recess 60 of the pushing member 37, the V-shaped link 36 is in an immovable state. Therefore, the hook members 32 and 33 for the main body frame are maintained in a state of being closed to the locking protrusions 14b and 14b. In this way, the hook members 32 and 33 for the main body frame are sandwiched from both sides of the locking convex portions 14b and 14b, and the pivot pin 58 of the V-shaped link 36 is inside the fitting recess 60 of the pushing member 37. Since they are fitted together, the rattling of the main body frame hook members 32 and 33 can be completely eliminated. Note that FIG. 7 shows the engagement state between the pivot pin 58 of the V-shaped link 36 and the fitting recess 60 of the pushing member 37, so that the V-shaped link 36 is shown by a dotted line and the fitting recess 60 is seen through. It is represented in the form.

When unlocking and releasing the main body frame 5 from the outer frame 3, first, the key 80 is inserted into the cylinder lock 24 protruding in front of the front door 2, and the key 80 is rotated in the clockwise direction. Then, the cam member 25 mounted on the rear end of the lock shaft of the cylinder lock 24 rotates, and the receiving member 76 provided on the slide plate 31 of the locking device 7 engaged with the cam member 25 rotates downward. Is pushed down. As a result, the slide plate 31 moves downward against the urging of the coil spring 65. Here, as shown in FIG. 8B, since the hooking piece 63 of the pushing member 37 protrudes into the hooking elongated hole 73 of the slide plate 31, the slide plate 31 moves downward. The pushing member 37 also moves downward in conjunction with this. Then, when the pushing member 37 moves downward, the position of the fitting recess 60 of the pushing member 37 moves downward, and the fitting state of the fitting recess 60 and the pivot pin 58 of the V-shaped link 36 is released. Will be done. At the same time, the upper edge portion of the V-shaped link 36 is pushed by the upper side portion of the receiving recess 59 of the pushing member 37. Here, since the upper side portion of the pushing member 37 is inclined downward inward, the pivot pin 58 of the V-shaped link 36 pushed by the pushing member 37 is the support substrate 30. It moves linearly backward along the guide slot 41. As a result, both the tips of the link members 36 and 37 of the V-shaped link 36 are expanded, and the base ends of the hook members 32 and 33 for the main body frame connected to these by the flanged pins 51 and 52 are rotated. Move. Further, since the lower main body frame hook member 33 is urged downward by the coil spring 68, the main body frame hook members 32 and 33 are shown in FIG. 8 (c) in combination with this urging force. As shown in the above, the fully expanded state is achieved, and the engagement of the locking portion 14 of the outer frame 3 with the locking convex portions 14b and 14b is released.

On the other hand, when the main body frame 5 is locked to the outer frame 3 again, the main body frame 5 is pushed into the outer frame 3 from the state shown in FIG. 8 (c). Then, as shown in FIG. 8B, the protruding portions 77, 78 protruding rearward from the rear side edges of the vertical plate portions 32a, 33a of the main body frame hook members 32, 33 are engaged with the outer frame 3. It comes into contact with the stop portion 14 and moves the base end portions of the main body frame hook members 32 and 33 forward. Along with this, the V-shaped link 36 connected to the flanged pins 51 and 52 at the base ends of the main body frame hook members 32 and 33 also rotates so as to close, and at the same time, the pivot support of the V-shaped link 36. The pin 58 linearly moves forward along the guide slot 41 of the support substrate 30. Then, when the main body frame 5 is completely closed to the outer frame 3, the main body frame hook members 32 and 33 are sandwiched between the locking portions 14 and 14 of the outer frame 3 from both the upper and lower sides, and the main body frame hook members 32. , 33 hook-shaped portions 32c, 33c are engaged with and locked with the locking convex portions 14b, 14b of the locking portion 14.

Next, looking at the relationship between the front door 2 and the main body frame 5, when the front door 2 is locked to the main body frame 5, as shown in FIG. 8, for the front door of the locking device 7. The hook-shaped portion 38c of the hook member 38 is locked to the locking portion 23 of the front door 2 from above. At this time, the sliding leg 70 of the slide plate 31 of the locking device 7 is in contact with the lower surface of the base end portion of the arm plate portion 38b of the front door hook member 38. Here, the key 80 is inserted into the cylinder lock 24 projecting forward of the front door 2, and the key 80 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction. Then, the cam member 25 mounted on the rear end of the lock shaft of the cylinder lock 24 rotates, and the receiving member 76 provided on the slide plate 31 of the locking device 7 engaged with the cam member 25 rotates upward. Is pushed up. As a result, the slide plate 31 moves upward against the urging of the coil spring 69. Then, although not shown, when the slide plate 31 moves upward, the sliding leg portion 70 in contact with the lower surface of the front door hook member 38 opposes the front door hook member 38 against the urging of the coil spring 68. In order to push it up, the engagement state between the hook-shaped portion 38c of the front door hook member 38 and the locking portion 23 of the front door 2 is released.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the object to be locked is the outer frame is shown, but the object to be locked can be the front door, or both the outer frame and the front door can be used. Is. Further, in the above embodiment, as an example, a guide elongated hole formed in the support substrate is shown as a guide portion of the pivotal support portion of the V-shaped link, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a wall is formed in the V-support substrate. It can also be configured to guide the pivotal branch of the V-shaped link.

30 Support substrate 31 Slide member (slide plate)
32 Hook member (Hook member for body frame)
33 Hook member (Hook member for body frame)
34 Link member 35 Link member 36 V-shaped link 37 Pushing member 41 Guide part (guide long hole)
59 Recess (receptive recess)
60 Fitting recess 65 Elastic member (coil spring)
68 Elastic member (coil spring)
69 Elastic member (coil spring)

Claims (3)

A vertically long support substrate, a vertically long slide member provided so as to be movable along the vertical direction of the support substrate, and a pair of hook members pivotally attached to the support substrate so as to be openable and closable and having a hook-shaped tip. , A V-shaped link in which one end of a pair of link members is rotatably supported and the other end of each is connected to each base end of the pair of hook members, and a slide provided on the support substrate. A pushing member that moves up and down in conjunction with the movement of the member and is arranged so as to be in contact with the V-shaped link and push the V-shaped link, and a pivot portion of the V-shaped link provided on the support substrate. A guide portion for moving the support substrate in the width direction and an elastic member for urging the slide member and the push member are provided.
At the time of locking, the pair of hook members are sandwiched from both sides in the locking portion provided on the locked target side, and the slide member is moved against the urging of the elastic member when unlocking. The pushing member that moves in conjunction with the slide member moves the pivotal portion of the V-shaped link in the width direction of the support substrate, the pair of hook members expands, and the hook member engages with the hook member. A locking device for a game machine that is characterized by being detached from the stop. The locking device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the pushing member is arranged so as to face the V-shaped link, and a recess for receiving the V-shaped link is formed on the facing side thereof. .. The locking device for a gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein a recess for receiving the pivotal portion of the V-shaped link is formed in the recess of the pushing member.

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