JP2004081320A - Gaming machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can prevent illegal payout of prize balls due to illegal replacement of connector parts and which can also prevent erroneous operations when game control boards are replaced. <P>SOLUTION: The card-type game machine is provided with a card unit connecting board 5 for relaying a signal from a card unit. This card unit connecting board 5 and a payout control board 4 are each independently housed in cases 11 and 10, and the upper part of connector parts 23c to 23g mounted to the payout control board case 10 are covered and hidden with the card unit connection board case 11. Thus, when replacing the game control board with a new board, erroneous operations are prevented such as erroneously removing a connector mounted to the side of the payout control board 4 and replacing the board in a state where the connector is still connected to the side of the game control substrate which has been used. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a pachislot machine installed in a pachinko parlor, and more particularly to a gaming machine in which a game ball is paid out by inserting a prepaid card and operating a ball lending switch.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the card-type gaming machine, a ball rental machine is provided adjacent to the game machine main body, a player inserts a prepaid card into this ball rental machine, and operates a ball rental switch provided on the front of the hit ball supply plate. By doing so, the prize ball payout device is operated, and a number of game balls corresponding to the amount are paid out to the hit ball supply tray.
[0003]
On the other hand, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out from the prize ball payout device based on a prize detection signal from a pachinko ball that has passed through the prize port or a detection switch for detecting the number of passed pachinko balls, and a prize in the prize port is detected. Each time the switch is detected, the payout process of the prize ball is repeatedly performed. A payout control unit including storage means for storing a winning detection signal from the detection switch is provided. The payout control unit includes several control boards such as a winning ball payout control board, a card unit connection board, and a payout counting unit board.
[0004]
On a control board of such a game machine such as a pachinko machine, a game control ROM, a RAM, an interface circuit, and the like are usually mounted together with a CPU, and as is well known, the probability and condition for generating a special game state (big hit), continuous A program for controlling the number of occurrences is written. If the game control ROM or the like is exchanged improperly, the probability of generating a special game state changes greatly, and a problem arises in which prize balls are paid out improperly.
[0005]
For this reason, for example, the prize ball payout control board and the card unit connection board are usually stored in a board storage case composed of a case-shaped cover body and a mounting base plate. The substrate storage case is prevented from being opened improperly by sticking a sealing paper on the substrate or crimping it so that it cannot be opened unless it is broken.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, although this type of conventional control board case accommodates and covers the control board itself, the connector portion provided at the end of the control board and the connector connected thereto are exposed from the cover body. Therefore, there is a problem that the connector itself is replaced with a fraudulent connector part including a special circuit, and a premium ball is paid out fraudulently.
[0007]
Also, in the case of this type of gaming machine, it is possible to implement different game contents by appropriately replacing the game control board, but the game control board is provided at the end of the prize ball payout control board or the card unit connection board. When the game control board is replaced with a new board, the connector on the payout control board is mistakenly removed, and the connector on the old game control board is connected to the old game control board. There is a risk of replacement while the device is connected. This situation is the same as losing the harness itself including the connector, and it is necessary to temporarily suspend the replacement work and arrange this harness etc. separately, and it takes a lot of time to replace the game control board. there were.
[0008]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is possible to prevent an illegal payout of a prize ball due to an improper replacement of a connector component and to prevent an erroneous operation when replacing a game control board. The purpose is to provide a machine.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is that, in a gaming machine provided with a plurality of control boards, the connector portion mounted on the first board case is covered by the second board case. The configuration was adopted. As described above, the connector attached to the connector cannot be removed, thereby making it possible to reliably prevent the game control board from being tampered with or replaced.
[0010]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming ball lending machine provided with a card insertion slot provided adjacent to a game machine main body, wherein a prepaid card is inserted into the card insertion slot. By operating a game ball lending switch provided on the front surface of the main body, a signal is output from the payout control board to the prize ball payout device via the card unit, and a hitting ball is paid out. A card unit connection board for relaying a signal from the card unit is provided, and the card unit connection board and the payout control board are housed in the case independently of each other, and the connector unit mounted on the payout control board case is A configuration is adopted in which the card unit is covered by a card unit connection board case.
[0011]
In this way, the card unit connection board and the dispensing control board are protected by independent cases, respectively, and the connector section of the dispensing control board case is covered by the card unit connection board case. This makes it impossible to remove the game control board, thereby making it possible to reliably prevent the game control board from being tampered with or replaced. Furthermore, when replacing the game control board with a new board, the connector mounted on the payout control board side is accidentally removed, thereby preventing an erroneous operation of replacing the old game control board with the connector connected. You can also.
[0012]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, a harness for connecting the payout control board and the card unit connection board is housed in the card unit connection board case. As a result, the harness is protected by the card unit connection board case without being exposed, and it is possible to greatly reduce troubles such as the harness being caught and disconnected when the game control board or the like is replaced.
[0013]
Further, as in the invention according to claim 4, a gap or a cutout for passing a harness with a connector connected to the connector portion is formed between the payout control board case and the card unit connection board case. Then, the harness does not interfere with the card unit connection board case, the two cases can be easily fitted, and the assembling workability is improved.
[0014]
Preferably, as in the invention according to claim 5, the dispensing control board case is composed of two upper and lower cases, and the bottom of the upper case is engaged with a pair of hooks formed on one side of the lower case. If the hinge portion is formed and the upper case can be freely opened and closed with respect to the lower case, the number of fixing screws for fastening the two cases can be minimized, and assembling workability can be improved.
[0015]
Further, as in the invention according to claim 6, the card unit connection board case is formed in an L-shaped box shape including a main body for housing the card unit connection board, and a shielding part communicating with the main body. And the cover unit covers the upper part of the connector part of the dispensing control board case, so that the card unit connection board case can be easily positioned with respect to the dispensing control board case. As a result, assembling workability is improved, and the harness with the connector can be accommodated in the shielding portion having a sufficient space volume. Therefore, the shielding portion has both functions of harness protection and connector removal prevention, and a narrow space can be effectively utilized.
[0016]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a rear view showing an embodiment of the gaming machine according to the present invention. The figure shows a prize ball payout device, which is composed of a payout ball storage unit 1, a payout mechanism unit 2, and a payout ball route unit 3. The game balls are supplied from ancillary equipment (not shown) to the game ball tank 1a constituting the payout ball storage unit 1, and the game balls are guided from the game ball tank 1a to the payout mechanism 2 through the game ball tank rail 1b. Will be stored. The stored game balls are collected by a collecting gutter (not shown) via the dispensing ball path section 3.
[0017]
On the other hand, a control board for operating the payout mechanism 2 includes a payout control board 4, a card unit connection board 5, a payout ball counting unit board 6, and the like. Reference numeral 7 denotes a collective gutter relay board, 8 denotes a main board, and 9 denotes a power supply unit board. The payout control board 4 and the card unit connection board 5 are stored and protected in a payout control board case 10 and a card unit connection board case 11, respectively. These cases are formed in a rectangular box shape using a transparent synthetic resin.
[0018]
The payout control board case 10 that houses the payout control board 4 and is the first board case is composed of two upper and lower cases. 2A and 2B show the lower case 12, in which FIG. 2A is a plan view and FIG. 2B is a side view thereof. The lower case 12 has a protruding piece 13 on an end face facing the lower case 12. The lower case 12 is locked in a recess of a mounting table (not shown) by sliding and inserting the lower case 12. A pair of hooks 14 are formed on one side of the lower case 12, and engage with a hem 19 of an upper case 18 described later to form a hinge 20. The upper case 18 is openably and closably connected via the hinge portion 20. A fixing hole 15 for screwing a fixing screw (not shown) is formed on the side facing the hook 14. As described above, in the present embodiment, since the upper case 18 can be freely opened and closed with respect to the lower case 12, the number of fixing screws for fastening the two cases can be minimized, and the assembling workability is improved. Can be. Reference numeral 16 denotes a support piece on which a dispensing control board 4 described later is mounted, and protrudes at a plurality of locations along the inside of the side wall 17.
[0019]
3 is a plan view of the upper case 18, FIG. 4 is a side view, and FIG. 5 is a front view. Hem portions 19 a and 19 b are formed on one side of the upper case 18 and engage with the hooks 14 of the lower case 12 to form a hinge portion 20. A fixing hole 21 for screwing a fixing screw (not shown) is formed on the side facing the skirt 19. Further, a plurality of connector portions are mounted along the side wall 22. Of these connector sections, the connector sections 23a and 23b are detachably mounted with harnesses (not shown) with connectors that are respectively connected to an external connection terminal board and a frequency display board (not shown) as information lines. The connector 23b also includes a harness as a detection line of the frequency display board. The connectors 23c, 23e and 23g are connected to a card unit connection board 5 described later, and the connector 23d is connected to the main board 8 as a control line. The connector unit 23i relays the transmission of the AC 24V power supply to the power supply unit board 9, and the DC-converted power supply at the power supply unit board 9 is connected to the connector unit 23f and returned. The connector 23h is connected to a filter substrate (not shown) by a power supply line. Reference numeral 24 denotes a switch for releasing an error, and reference numeral 25 denotes a fixing hole for screwing a fixing screw (not shown) for fixing the card unit connection board case 11 described later.
[0020]
The payout control board 4 is placed on the upper case 18, and the card unit connection board case 11 is fixed via the payout control board 4. On the payout control board 4, a game ROM, a RAM, an interface circuit, and the like, as well as a CPU, are mounted.
[0021]
The card unit connection board case 11 that houses the card unit connection board 5 and serves as a second board case is fitted on the payout control board case 10 described above. 6A and 6B show the card unit connection board case 11, wherein FIG. 6A is a plan view and FIG. 6B is a front view. The card unit connection board case 11 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin in the shape of a rectangular box similarly to the above-described payout control board case 10.
[0022]
The card unit connection board case 11 has an L shape so as to fit on the protruding side wall 22 a of the payout control board case 10. The card unit connection board 5 is accommodated in the card unit connection board case 11, and the main body 26 to which the two connector sections 28a and 28b are mounted, and the connector sections 23c to 23g of the payout control board case 10 described above. It is divided into a shielding part 27 that covers the upper part. As described above, since the card unit connection board case 11 is formed in an L-shaped box shape, the positioning of the card unit connection board case 11 with respect to the payout control board case 10 is facilitated, and the assembling workability is improved.
[0023]
In addition, since the harness with the connector can be accommodated in the shielding portion 27 having a sufficient space volume, the shielding portion 27 has two functions of protecting the harness and preventing the connector from being removed. Can be used.
[0024]
Reference numeral 29 denotes a circular hole for inserting a fixing screw (not shown), which is formed corresponding to the fixing hole 25 of the dispensing control board case 4 described above. A terminal of a cable connected to a prepaid card unit (not shown) is attached to one side of the main body 26.
[0025]
FIG. 7 is a side view showing an attached state of the payout control board case 10 and the card unit connection board case 11. Of the plurality of connectors mounted on the upper case 18 of the dispensing control board case 10, the connectors 23c, 23e and 23g are connected to the connectors 28a and 28b housed in the main body 26 of the card unit connection board case 11. Have been. That is, the connector 23c and the connector 28a are connected by the harness A. On the other hand, the harness B from the connector 23e and the harness C from the connector 23g are connected to the connector 28b in a merged state. Therefore, the harnesses A and B are protected without being exposed by the shielding portion 27 of the card unit connection board case 11, and when replacing the game control board or the like, there is a problem that the harnesses A and B are caught and disconnected. Can be significantly reduced.
[0026]
The harnesses D, E, and F connected to the other connector portions 23d, 23f, and 23h via connectors (not shown) shield the upper case 18 of the payout control board case 10 and the card unit connection board case 11. The main board 8, the power supply unit board 9, and the filter board are connected to each other through a space region (gap) formed between the main board 8 and the filter 27. Instead of the gap formed between the upper case 18 and the shielding portion 27, a notch may be formed in the side wall of the shielding portion 27, and the harness may be passed through the notch.
[0027]
Since the dispensing control board 4 is not originally replaced, the connector mounted on the dispensing control board case 10 is not removed. Therefore, as described above, the upper portions of the connector portions 23c, 23d, 23f, and 23g are covered and covered by the shielding portion 27 of the card unit connection board case 11, so that the connectors mounted on the respective connector portions 23c, 23d, 23f, and 23g can be used. This makes it impossible to remove the game control board, thereby making it possible to reliably prevent the game control board from being tampered with or replaced.
[0028]
Furthermore, when replacing the game control board with a new board, it is possible to prevent erroneous operations such as accidentally removing the connector attached to the payout control board 4 and replacing the connector with the old game control board connected. You can also.
[0029]
As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments at all, but is merely an example, and may be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is, of course, indicated by the appended claims, and further includes the equivalent meanings described in the appended claims and all modifications within the scope. Including.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, in the gaming machine provided with a plurality of control boards, a configuration in which the connector portion mounted on the first board case is covered by the second board case, That is, a game ball lending machine provided with a card insertion slot is provided so as to be adjacent to the game machine main body, a prepaid card is inserted into the card insertion slot, and a game ball lending switch provided on the front face of the game machine main body is operated. By operating, a signal is output from the payout control board to the prize ball payout device via the card unit, and in a gaming machine configured to pay out a hit ball, a card unit connection for relaying a signal from the card unit is provided. A board is provided, the card unit connection board and the payout control board are housed independently in the case, and the connector mounted on the payout control board case is provided. The upper part of the card unit is covered by the card unit connection board case, so that the connector attached to the connector part cannot be removed, thereby reliably preventing the game control board from being tampered with or replaced. can do. Furthermore, when replacing the game control board with a new board, the connector mounted on the payout control board side is accidentally removed, thereby preventing an erroneous operation of replacing the old game control board with the connector connected. You can also.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a rear view showing an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2A is a plan view showing an embodiment of a lower case in a payout control case according to the present invention.
(B) is a top view of the same.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an embodiment of an upper case in a payout control case according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a side view of the same.
FIG. 5 is a front view of the same.
FIG. 6A is a plan view showing an embodiment of a card unit connection board case according to the present invention.
(B) is a front view same as the above.
FIG. 7 is a side view showing an attached state of a payout control board case and a card unit connection board case.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ········································· Game ball tank 1b.・ ・ ・ ・ Game ball tank rail 2 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Payout mechanism 3 ・ ・ ・····················································································· .... Card unit connection board 6 ... Painted ball counting unit board 7 ... Assembly Gutter relay board 8 Main board 9 Power supply board 10・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Payout control board case 11 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・Card unit connection board case 12 Lower case 13 Projecting piece 14 ... Hooks 15, 21, 25 ... Fixing holes 16 ... Support pieces 17, 22, 22a ... Side wall 18 ... Upper cases 19, 19a, 19b ... .... Hem 20 ... Hinges 23a-23i ... Connector 24 ... ...... Error release switch 26 Body 27 Shielding part 28a, 28b ····· Connector 29 · · · · · · · · circular hole A, B, C, D, E, F ········ harness

Claims (6)

In a gaming machine provided with a plurality of control boards, a connector mounted on a first board case is covered by a second board case. A game ball lending machine provided with a card insertion slot is provided adjacent to the game machine main body, a prepaid card is inserted into the card insertion slot, and a game ball lending switch provided on the front face of the game machine main body is operated. By doing so, a signal is output from the payout control board to the prize ball payout device via the card unit, and in a gaming machine configured to pay out a hit ball, a card unit connection board that relays a signal from the card unit is provided. Wherein the card unit connection board and the payout control board are individually housed in a case, and the connector unit mounted on the payout control board case is covered by the card unit connection board case. Machine. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein a harness for connecting the payout control board and the card unit connection board is accommodated in the card unit connection board case. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein a gap or a notch is formed between the payout control board case and the card unit connection board case for passing a harness with a connector connected to the connector section. 5. The dispensing control board case is composed of two upper and lower cases, and a pair of hooks formed on one side of the lower case are engaged with a skirt of the upper case to form a hinge portion. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the gaming machine can be freely opened and closed. The card unit connection board case is formed in an L-shaped box shape including a main body for accommodating the card unit connection board and a shielding part communicating with the main body, and is fitted to a side wall of the payout control board case. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the game machine is worn and the upper part of the connector part of the payout control board case is covered with the shielding part.

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