JP2009000232A - Corner frame for column decoration and column illumination structure using the frame - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the mood of the whole game parlor by covering the whole circumferential faces of columns of the game parlor with illuminations. <P>SOLUTION: Corner frames 20 to be attached to corners of square columns are produced. A corner frame 20 consists of a combination of an inner frame 23 and an outer frame 24. After each inner frames 23 is attached to each corner of the square column 1, the outer frame 24 is attached to the inner frame 23. The inner frame 23 and the outer frame 24 are combined to clamp a light guide plate 10 therebetween. The light guide plate 10 receives the illumination of a light by an LED 22 incorporated in the corner frame 20, from its end face. This corner frame for simply and highly efficiently providing the illumination, and this column illumination structure using the same are thus provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a corner frame for pillar decoration for decorating a square pillar existing in a game arcade, and an electrical decoration structure for a pillar using the frame.

Normally, a plurality of gaming machine installation islands in which a plurality of gaming machines (pachinko machines, pachislot machines, etc.) are arranged are arranged in the amusement hall, and decoration devices called island decorations are installed at the ends of each gaming machine installation island. , Equipped with a decorative board called a wife board. In addition, a curtain plate for decorating the upper region is arranged above the plurality of gaming machines arranged on the gaming machine installation island.
Recently, light bulbs and LEDs are incorporated into island decorations, wives, and curtains, and so-called electrical decoration is often given to produce a gorgeous interior with light. For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a configuration in which LEDs are arranged on a curtain plate. Patent Document 2 proposes to provide a prism-type light emitting portion at the corner portion of the end plate. Patent Document 3 proposes an electrical decoration device for a game medium storage box.
JP 2007-061567 A JP 2006-217987 A JP 2006-181234 A

Conventionally, electrical decoration has been given mainly in relation to islands where gaming machines are installed, but no electrical decoration has been applied to the pillars existing in the amusement hall.
When the floor area of the game hall is large, a plurality of pillars inevitably are erected in the game hall. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the gaming machine installation island 2 may be arranged so as to sandwich the lower part of the pillar 1. In such a case, the gaming machine installation island 2 is electrically decorated with a light guide plate 4 provided on the top of the end plate 3 or a light guide plate 4 on the top. Conventionally, the pillar 1 protruding in the above has not been illuminated.

If the entire four sides of the pillar 1 can be covered with electrical decorations, it will contribute to enliven the atmosphere of the entire amusement hall and is considered effective.
The present invention was made based on such a background, and provides a corner frame for pillar decoration that can easily and efficiently provide electrical decoration to a square pillar existing in a game arcade. Main purpose.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a pillar electrical decoration structure using a corner frame for pillar decoration.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a corner frame for pillar decoration configured by a combination of an inner frame and an outer frame, and the inner frame is provided with an angular difference of 90 °. An inner surface for holding the inner side of one end side of the light guide plate arranged parallel to the column surface and the contact surface member that forms the first contact surface and the second contact surface that are in contact with the corner of the column From the intersection line of the sandwiching piece and the first contact surface and the second contact surface, it protrudes in a direction opposite to the opposing direction of both contact surfaces and symmetrical to both contact surfaces, A spacer member having a receiving surface that extends in a direction orthogonal to the protruding direction, and the outer frame is externally fitted to the receiving surface of the spacer member, and a predetermined space is opened from the inner frame. In cooperation with the outer surface member that covers the outer side and the inner clamping piece An outer clamping piece for clamping the outer side of one end of the optical plate, and is sandwiched by the inner clamping piece and the outer clamping piece in the predetermined space formed by the inner frame and the outer frame. A corner frame for pillar decoration, characterized in that a holding portion for holding an electric circuit board on which a plurality of LEDs for irradiating light is mounted on an end face of the light guide plate is provided.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the holding portion includes a guide rail that makes a pair of an inner guide rail provided in the inner frame and an outer guide rail provided in the outer frame. A corner frame for pillar decoration according to claim 1.
The invention according to claim 3 is the light guide plate in which the corner frame according to claim 1 or 2 is attached to four corners of the quadrangular prism to be decorated, and the four surfaces of the quadrangular prism are arranged in parallel to each surface. Both end sides of each light guide plate are sandwiched between the inner and outer sandwich pieces of the corner frame, and each light guide plate is illuminated by LED light when energized to the electric circuit board. It is the electric decoration structure for pillars characterized by being performed.

According to the first or second aspect of the invention, the corner frame can be easily attached to the corner of the square pillar, and the light guide plate that covers the surface of the pillar can be securely sandwiched by the attached corner frame. Therefore, various illuminations using the light guide plate can be realized by irradiating the light to the light guide plate covering the column surface.
The corner frame attached to the corner of the pillar is divided into an inner frame and an outer frame. By making the outer surface of the outer frame a single color plane or decorating it, it can be configured simply or luxuriously. It can also be configured. In addition, since the inner frame is securely fixed to the pillar and the outer frame covers the upper frame, the mounting structure is simple in appearance and improved in aesthetic appearance.

Moreover, since the attached inner frame and outer frame are provided with the sandwiching pieces of the light guide plate, the light guide plate can be easily attached.
According to the invention described in claim 3, by using the corner frame according to the present invention, for example, all four surfaces of the square pillar can be covered with the light guide plate, and good electrical decoration can be applied to the pillar.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a game arcade provided with a pillar electrical decoration structure according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a gaming machine installation island, and a large number of gaming machines 5 are arranged on each gaming machine installation island 2. Normally, in the gaming machine installation island 2, a plurality of gaming machines 5 are arranged on one side and the other side of the gaming machine installation island 2 so that a plurality of gaming machines 5 arranged in the lateral direction are back to back. Be placed. In FIG. 1, the lower part of the pillar 1 extends into the gaming machine installation island 2, and the lower part of the pillar 1 is sandwiched between a plurality of gaming islands 5 arranged back to back.

In FIG. 1, electrical decoration is applied to the pillar 1. More specifically, a corner frame 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached to each corner of the quadrangular column 1, and each surface of the column is covered by the light guide plate 10 sandwiched between the corner frames 20. 10 is configured to emit light decoration.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the pillar 1 provided with the electrical decoration structure according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, 1 represents the cross section (horizontal direction cross section) of a pillar. The pillar 1 has a square cross section, for example, and corner frames 20a, 20b, 20c, and 20d according to an embodiment of the present invention are attached to the four corners 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d, respectively. The column 1 is a prismatic body that is long in a direction orthogonal to the paper surface in FIG. 2, and each of the corner frames 20a to 20d is also long in the direction orthogonal to the paper surface.

  On the four surfaces 12A, 12B, 12C, and 12D of the pillar 1, light guide plates 10A, 10B, 10C, and 10D are arranged in parallel at regular intervals, respectively. The surfaces 12A to 12D of the pillars and the light guide plates 10A to 10D are spaced apart from each other by a distance d. Both ends of each light guide plate 10A to 10D are sandwiched by corner frames 20a to 20d, respectively. The corner frames 20a to 20d have the same configuration, and will be described as the corner frame 20 below.

An electrical circuit board 21 is provided in the corner frame 20. The electric circuit board 21 is elongated in the direction orthogonal to the paper surface, and a plurality of LEDs 22 are mounted in the length direction. When the electric circuit board 21 is energized, the plurality of LEDs 22 are turned on and blinking, and each of the light guide plates 10A to 10D is irradiated with light from the both side end faces 53 to generate an electric decoration effect.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the corner frame 20 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The corner frame 20 has a cross-sectional shape shown in FIG. 3, and has a structure in which the corner frame 20 extends in a direction orthogonal to the paper surface.

The corner frame 20 is configured by a combination of an inner frame 23 and an outer frame 24. The corner frame 20 has an axisymmetric shape with respect to an imaginary line AA indicated by a two-dot chain line.
The inner frame 23 is provided with a first contact surface 25a and a second contact surface 25b provided with an angle difference of 90 °. The first contact surface 25a is formed by one surface of the metal plate 27a, and the second contact surface 25b is formed by one surface of the metal plate 27b. Another metal plate 28a is welded to the opposite surface of the metal plate 27a, and one end thereof is bent to form an inner clamping piece 31a. The metal plate 27b is symmetrical with respect to the metal plate 27a and the line AA, and another metal plate 28b is welded to the opposite surface of the metal plate 27b, and an inner clamping piece 31b is formed at one end thereof. Yes. In this embodiment, each part of the metal plates 27a, 27b, 28a, 28b constitutes a contact surface member. The inner clamping pieces 31a and 31b are formed so as to be separated from the first contact surface 25a and the second contact surface 25b by a certain distance d.

  A spacer member 33 is further formed by the metal plates 27a and 27b. The spacer member 33 protrudes in a direction symmetric with respect to both contact surfaces in a direction opposite to the facing direction of both contact surfaces from the intersecting line of the first contact surface 25a and the second contact surface 25b. The metal plates 27a and 27b are configured to be bent. And the receiving surface 35 which spreads in the orthogonal | vertical direction with respect to a protrusion direction is formed in the front-end | tip.

  In this embodiment, the metal plates 27a and 27b have one end sides 36a and 36b projecting from the inner sandwiching pieces 31a and 31b, and constitute a screwing portion. The screwing portions 36a, 36b are formed with holes through which the screws 38 are passed when the inner frame 23 is attached to the corner of the pillar. However, the structure which does not provide this screwing part 36a, 36b may be sufficient. For example, a screw hole may be formed in a region where the metal plates 27a and 28a (or the metal plates 27b and 28b) are overlapped, and the inner frame 23 may be fixed to the pillar by screws using the screw holes.

  The outer frame 24 has an attachment portion 40 fitted over the receiving surface 35 of the spacer member 33, outer surface members 41a and 41b extending symmetrically from the attachment portion 40 to both sides, and ends of the outer surface members 41a and 41b being bent. The outer holding pieces 42a and 42b are formed. The mounting portion 40, the outer surface members 41a and 41b, and the outer clamping pieces 42a and 42b are integrally configured by bending a single metal plate.

A screw hole (not shown) is formed in the mounting portion 40 to fix the mounting portion 40 to the inner frame 23. A screw 43 (not shown) is formed in the receiving surface 35 by screwing a screw 43 into the screw hole. ) And the outer frame 24 can be fixed to the inner frame 23.
In this embodiment, the inner frame 23 is first fixed to the corners of the columns with screws 38. Then, the outer frame 24 is attached to the inner frame 23 fixed to the pillar. Since the mounting order is as described above, the corner frame 20 can be easily attached to the pillar, and only the screws 43 for attaching to the inner frame 23 appear on the outer frame 24. There is an advantage that it is relatively clean.

FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of one corner frame 20 attached to the pillar 1. 4 is compared with FIG. 3, the inner frame 23 and the outer frame 24 are combined, the electric circuit board is accommodated therein, and the light guide plate 10 is sandwiched therebetween.
In FIG. 4, spaces 44 a and 44 b having a predetermined interval W are formed between the inner frame 23 and the outer frame 24. The space W between the spaces 44 a and 44 b is defined by the protruding amount (length) of the spacer member 33. The spaces 44a and 44b are formed symmetrically about the center of the corner frame 20, and the electric circuit board 21 can be accommodated therein. Specifically, guide rails 45 are provided on the inner surfaces of the outer surface members 41a and 41b, and similarly, guide rails 46 are provided on the outer surfaces of the metal plates 28a and 28b. Then, both sides of the electric circuit board 21 are guided by the pair of guide rails 45 and 46, and are inserted into and held in the spaces 44a and 44b.

A plurality of LEDs 22 are arranged on the electric circuit board 21 at regular intervals in a direction orthogonal to the paper surface. The electric circuit board 21 is mounted with necessary electric circuit elements 47 such as transistors and capacitors on the side opposite to the side where the LEDs are provided.
The inner holding pieces 31a and 31b provided on the inner frame 23 and the outer holding pieces 42a and 42b provided on the outer frame 24 are provided so as to face each other. The side part 50 is sandwiched. The LED 22 faces the end face 53 of the light guide plate 10 that is sandwiched. Therefore, when the LED 22 is turned on, the light enters the light guide plate 10 from the end face 53.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, semicircular cutouts 51 are formed at regular intervals on the side portion 50 of the light guide plate 10 held by the inner holding pieces 31a and 31b and the outer holding pieces 42a and 42b. Is preferred. The semicircular cutout 51 is provided so as to correspond to the position of the screw 52 that is screwed into the holding piece (a set of 31a and 42a or a set of 31b and 42b). In this way, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the side portion 50 of the light guide plate is clamped by the inner clamping pieces 31a and 31b and the outer clamping pieces 42a and 42b, When the screw 52 is screwed to the screws 42a, 31b, and 42b, the semicircular cutout 51 interferes with the screw 52, and when the light guide plate 10 is clamped, the end surface 53 of the light guide plate 10 is clamped by the clamping pieces 31a, 42a, It is possible to prevent the inside of 31b and 42b from entering inward beyond a predetermined position. That is, the end face 53 of the light guide plate 10 can be positioned. Thereby, the positional relationship of the light-guide plate end surface 53 and LED22 can be kept appropriate.

  The electric circuit board 21 can be inserted along the guide rails 45 and 46 from one end side after the inner frame 23 and the outer frame 24 are combined. In addition, the screw | thread 52 screwed together by clamping piece 31a, 42a, 31b, 42b has a preferable position which does not block the light irradiated to the light-guide plate end surface 53 from LED22. Further, instead of providing the semicircular cutout 51 on the light guide plate end surface 53, a small hole is formed along the side portion 50 of the light guide plate 10, and a screw 52 for supplementing the clamping force of the clamping piece is inserted into the small hole. It is good also as a structure which is done and is fixed.

Further, the sandwiching pieces 31a, 42a, 31b, and 42b provided in the inner frame 23 and the outer frame 24 are configured to have a predetermined elastic force, so that the light guide plate can be elastically provided by the sandwiching pieces 31a, 42a, 31b, and 42b. 10 can be sandwiched, and a configuration in which the sandwiching force supplementary screw 52 is omitted may be employed.
In the above-described embodiment, the light guide plate 10 alone is sandwiched between the corner frames 20. However, the light guide plate 10 is not a single piece, but a back plate such as a reflector is laminated on the back surface, or the light guide plate. It is good also as a structure by which the layer material for reflection which forms depth in light was laminated | stacked on the back surface side of 10, and the edge side of these laminated bodies is clamped by the corner frame 20.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims.

It is a perspective view which shows an example in the game hall where the electrical decoration structure for pillars concerning one Embodiment of this invention was given. It is a cross-sectional view of the pillar provided with the electrical decoration structure which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the corner frame which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of one corner frame attached to the pillar. A is a perspective view showing a configuration of an end face of the light guide plate, and B is a front view showing a state in which the end face of the light guide plate is combined with a sandwiching piece. It is a perspective view explaining an example of the conventional game hall.

Explanation of symbols

1 pillar (square pillar)
10 Light guide plate 20, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d Corner frame 21 Electric circuit board 22 LED
23 inner frame 24 outer frame 25a first contact surface 25b second contact surface 27a, 27b, 28a, 28b metal plate (contact surface member)
31a, 31b Inner clamping piece 33 Spacer member 34 Receiving surface 40 Mounting portion 41a, 41b Outer surface member 42a, 42b Outer clamping piece 44a, 44b Space 45, 46 Guide rail

Claims (3)

A corner frame for pillar decoration constituted by a combination of an inner frame and an outer frame,
In the inner frame,
A contact surface member that is provided with an angle difference of 90 ° and that forms a first contact surface and a second contact surface that are in contact with a corner of the column;
An inner clamping piece for clamping the inner side of one end of the light guide plate arranged parallel to the column surface;
It protrudes in a direction opposite to the opposing direction of both contact surfaces from the intersecting line of the first contact surface and the second contact surface, in a symmetric direction with respect to both contact surfaces, and at the tip thereof with respect to the protrusion direction A spacer member having a receiving surface extending in an orthogonal direction,
Is provided,
The outer frame includes
An outer surface member that is externally fitted to the receiving surface of the spacer member, opens a predetermined space with the inner frame, and covers the inner frame from the outside;
An outer clamping piece for clamping the outside of one end of the light guide plate in cooperation with the inner clamping piece;
Is provided,
In the predetermined space formed by the inner frame and the outer frame, an electric device in which a plurality of LEDs for irradiating light to an end face of a light guide plate sandwiched by the inner sandwiching piece and the outer sandwiching piece is mounted. A corner frame for pillar decoration, wherein a holding portion for holding a circuit board is provided. The holding portion includes an inner guide rail provided on the inner frame,
The corner frame for pillar decoration according to claim 1, further comprising a guide rail that forms a pair with an outer guide rail provided on the outer frame. The corner frame according to claim 1 or 2 is attached to four corners of a quadrangular prism to be decorated,
The four surfaces of the quadrangular prism are covered with a light guide plate arranged in parallel with each surface,
Both end sides of each light guide plate are sandwiched between the inner sandwiching piece and the outer sandwiching piece of the corner frame,
An electrical decoration structure for a column, wherein each of the light guide plates is illuminated with light of an LED by energizing the electric circuit board.