JPH05285265A - Mounting structure of terminal box in pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the mounting and removal of a terminal box to and from the mechanism plate of a pachinko machine. CONSTITUTION:In a pachinko machine 1 having a terminal box 21 installed to a mechanism plate 6 installed to one side of a game board mounting frame 3 in such a manner as to be capable of opening and closing, locking pieces 41a, 41b, 52a, 52b having hook parts 40 are protruded on the terminal boxes 20, 21. On the other hand, the mechanism plate 6 has engaging holes 44, and the hook parts 40 on the top ends of the locking pieces 41b are engaged to the engaging holes 40, whereby the terminal box 21 is mounted on the mechanism plate 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a terminal box in which a connector plate, a speaker terminal, a firing motor power supply terminal and the like are provided on a mechanism plate which is openably and closably mounted on one side of a game board mounting frame. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, the front frame of a pachinko machine is
It is equipped with an electrically operated device such as a jackpot indicator lamp and a drive motor for the launcher. Also, on the game board, in addition to the out-of-ball lamp of the prize ball tank and the prize ball lamp, it is possible to electrically change the display state and a large variable winning device that is electrically driven and controlled to facilitate winning the game ball. An electric operating device such as a variable display is mounted, and a board box containing a circuit board for driving and controlling the various electric operating devices described above is mounted on the back surface of the game board. In connection with this, the mechanism plate is equipped with a terminal box to which a plurality of wires drawn from various electrically operated devices provided on the front frame and the game board are connected via connectors.
The terminal box is attached to a predetermined position above the mechanism plate 101, as shown in FIG. That is, the mechanical plate 101 is provided with projecting support cylinders 103, 103 ... Each of which is provided with a screw hole 102 at the center at two positions on the left and right, while the terminal box 104 has its upper surface at each of the support cylinders 103, 103. The through holes 105 are respectively provided at positions corresponding to the ..., The through holes 105, 105 ... Are aligned with the respective support cylinders 103, 103, and the screws 106 are screwed into the respective support cylinders 103, 103. It was

[0003]

As described above, the terminal box 104 in the conventional pachinko machine is the mechanical plate 1
Since all of the screws are attached to 01 by fixing many screws 106, 106, there is a problem in that the mounting work requires a lot of labor and time, which is a hindrance to improving work efficiency. Also, when the terminal box 104 is broken or replaced, many screws 106, 10 are required.
Since 6 must be loosened and removed one by one, there was a problem that the work was very troublesome. Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal box mounting structure in a pachinko machine capable of easily mounting or replacing the terminal box. is there.

[0004]

To achieve the above object, a terminal box mounting structure in a pachinko machine according to the present invention has a structure in which a connecting plate of a connector is attached to a mechanism plate which is openably and closably mounted on one side of a game board mounting frame. In a pachinko machine equipped with a terminal box provided with a speaker terminal, a firing motor power supply terminal, etc., a locking piece is projected on the terminal box and a hook-shaped portion is provided on the tip thereof, while the mechanism plate is An engagement hole is provided, and the terminal box is attached to the mechanism plate by engaging the hook-shaped portion at the tip of the locking piece with the engagement hole.

[0005]

[Function] The terminal box is mounted by pushing the hook-shaped portion at the tip of the locking piece into the engaging hole provided at the predetermined position of the mechanism plate which is openably and closably mounted on one side of the game board mounting frame To do so.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a terminal box mounting structure of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko machine 1 to which the present invention is applied, 2 is a front frame, a game board mounting frame 3 is fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2, and the game board mounting frame 3 is also attached. A game board 4 is detachably attached to the. Further, a motor 5 for firing a ball is mounted on the lower portion of the back surface of the front frame 2.

A mechanism plate 6 made of synthetic resin is openably and closably mounted on one side of the game board mounting frame 3, and the mechanism plate 6 is won on the front surface of a plate-like portion 6a facing the back surface of the game board 4. A ball gathering space 8 for accommodating the ball gathering cover 7 is formed, and a winning ball gathering passage 9 is formed in a lower portion of the ball gathering space 8.
On the other hand, a prize ball tank 10 is provided on the upper back surface of the plate-like portion 6a.
Is provided. Below the prize ball tank 10, a gutter rail 11 for aligning and guiding the prize balls is formed, and at the lower end of the gutter rail 11, a prize ball payout device 12 is arranged.
In addition, a winning ball discharge processing device 13 is provided at the end of the winning ball collecting passage 9. This winning ball discharge processing device 1
The cam member 15 reciprocally rotated by the drive of the motor 14 discharges the prize balls collected in the prize ball collecting passage 9 one by one to the discharge passage 16 and simultaneously moves the link mechanism to move the prize ball payout device 12 to the prize ball payout device 12. It operates and discharges a predetermined number of prize balls to the front of the game board 4 through the discharge gutter 17.
Further, a relatively large window hole 18 is formed substantially in the center of the plate-shaped portion 6a. The window hole 18 is slightly smaller than the winning ball collecting cover 7 and projects a circuit board box 19 for accommodating a circuit board for controlling the operation state of the pachinko machine 1.

Further, a terminal box 20 is attached to the mechanism plate 6 at a predetermined position below the back surface of the plate-shaped portion 6a. The terminal box 20 is connected with wiring from various electrically operated devices such as the motor 14 of the winning ball discharge processing device 13. A terminal box 21 is also attached to a predetermined position above the plate-shaped portion 6a. The wiring drawn from the terminal box 20 through the connector 22 passes through the groove-shaped wiring accommodating portion 23 formed along the periphery of the window hole 18 and is connected to the upper terminal box 21 through the connector 24. It

Therefore, the terminal box 21 attached to the upper portion of the mechanism plate 6 has a bulging step portion 26 formed on one side of a rectangular front plate 25 as shown in FIGS. It is composed of a cover body 28 made of a synthetic resin, which is surrounded by a side frame 27 and whose rear surface is open. A wiring board 29 is arranged in the cover body 28. Transistors 31, 32, various resistors 33, 33, etc., which are exposed to the outside through the openings 30 formed in the front plate 25, are formed on the wiring board 29.
In addition, fuses 34 for main power supply wiring are provided respectively. Reference numeral 35 is a connection terminal to which the connector 24 is connected. Also, on the upper surface of the bulging step portion 26, through the opening 30, a connection terminal 36 for wiring of fraud detection information, a connection terminal 37 for wiring of big hit information, a connection terminal 38 for wiring of replenishment information, and a wiring for controlling a launcher. Connection terminals 39 are provided respectively.

On the outer surface of the lower side frame 27a, locking pieces 41 are provided with hook-shaped portions 40, 40 on both ends thereof.
a and 41a are provided in a projecting manner, and hooks 40 and 40 are provided on both ends of the outer side surface of the upper side frame 27b.
b and 41b are projected. However, these locking pieces 41
The b and 41b are formed to be slightly longer than the locking pieces 41a and 41a, and are provided outside the upper side frame 27b.

On the other hand, the mechanism plate 6 is provided with a rectangular enclosure 42 having substantially the same size as the terminal box 21, and the enclosure 42 has four enclosures 42 at four corners.
Supporting cylinders 43, 43 ... Further, the lower side frame 27a of the terminal box 21 is provided on both outer surfaces of the lower side surrounding frame 42a of the surrounding frame 42.
Locking portions 45a, 45a having engaging holes 44, 44 are provided at positions corresponding to the respective locking pieces 41a, 41a provided on the. The engagement holes 44, 44 communicate with each other through notches 46, 46 provided in the lower surrounding frame 42a. Further, locking portions 45b having engaging holes 44, 44 at positions corresponding to the locking pieces 41b, 41b are provided on both outer surfaces of the upper surrounding frame 42b,
45b is provided, but since the locking pieces 41b, 41b are longer than the locking pieces 41a, 41a, the locking portions 45b, 45b are formed by shifting the positions forward of the locking portions 45a, 45a. ing.

Next, a method of mounting the terminal box 21 having the above structure will be described. First, the terminal box 21 is positioned so as to face the surrounding frame 42 of the mechanism plate 6 with the locking pieces 41a, 41a on the lower side.
The hook-shaped portions 40, 40 at the tip of 41a are engaged with the engaging holes 44, 44 of the respective locking portions 45a, 45a via the notches 46, 46. Next, the upper surface of the front plate 25 is pushed to press the locking piece 41.
b, 41b the hook-like parts 40, 40 at the tips of the locking parts 45b,
It pushes into the engaging holes 44, 44 of 45b, and it engages. At this time, the hook-shaped portions 40, 40 are engaged with each other against the elasticity of the locking pieces 41b, 41b, and after the engagement, the terminal box 21 is firmly fixed. The inner wiring board 29 is pressed at its four corners by the support cylinders 43, 43, ...

In order to remove the terminal box 21, the locking pieces 41b, 41b of the upper frame 27b are pressed against their elasticity, and the hook-shaped portions 40, 44 are pushed through the engaging holes 44, 44. 40 is pulled out, and then the hook-shaped portions 40, 40 are pulled out from the respective engagement holes 44, 44 of the lower side frame 27a. In this way, the locking pieces 41a and 41b are provided, and the hook-shaped portion 4 at the tip thereof is provided.
Since 0 is engaged with the engaging hole 44, the engaging pieces 41b and 41b elastically bend when engaging, and the hook-shaped portion 40
Can be easily engaged, and the work of attaching and detaching the terminal box 21 can be easily performed.

In FIG. 5, notches 55, 55 are provided at the roots of the locking pieces 41b, 41b of the upper side frame 27b in the terminal box 21, and the mechanism plate 6 side is provided with an engaging hole in the upper surrounding frame 42b. Notches 56, 5 communicating with 44, 44
6 is provided and the terminal box 21 can be easily attached to or detached from the mechanism plate 6 in the same manner as described above even if such means is adopted.

6 and 7 show the mounting structure of the terminal box 20 mounted on the lower part of the mechanism plate 6. The terminal box 20 also comprises a cover body 28 'made of a synthetic resin with a front frame 25' surrounded by a side frame 27 'and an open rear surface. A wiring board 29' is arranged in the cover body 28 '. .. The wiring board 29 'is exposed to the outside through the openings 30', 30 '...
Etc. or firing motor power supply terminals 50 are provided respectively. Reference numeral 51 is a connection terminal for connecting wiring to the terminal box 21 via the connector 22.

On the outer surface of the right frame 27'a, a locking piece 52a having a hook 40 at the tip is integrally extended at the center of the outer surface of the left frame 27'b. Two locking pieces 52b provided with hook-shaped portions 40, 40 on the both ends thereof,
52b is integrally extended. Further, the mechanism plate 6 is formed with a flat plate portion 53 having substantially the same size as that of the terminal box 20, and the wiring boards 29 'in the terminal box 20 are pressed and fixed to the four corners of the flat plate portion 53, respectively. The support cylinders 54, 54 ... Are projectingly provided. Further, an engaging hole 44 is formed on the right side of the flat plate portion 53 at a position corresponding to the locking piece 52a, and on the left side of the both locking pieces 52a.
Similarly, two engaging holes 44,
44 have been opened.

Then, first, the hook-shaped portions 40, 40 at the tips of the respective locking pieces 52b, 52b are engaged with the left engagement holes 44, 44, and then the locking piece 52a is pushed into the right engagement hole 44. To engage. Also, when removing, the right locking piece 52a
Against the elastic force of the hook from the pressing engagement hole 44
And then the hook-shaped portions 40, 40 are pulled out from the left engaging holes 44, 44. Also in this case, as in the case described above, the work of attaching and detaching the terminal box 20 can be easily performed.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, the terminal box can be easily attached to the mechanism plate without using many screws as in the prior art. Therefore, the terminal box can be easily attached and detached, and the particular effects such as speeding up and simplifying the attaching and replacing work can be achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a main part of a mechanism plate to which a terminal box is attached.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a mechanism plate showing a terminal box removed.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a terminal box showing another example of using the locking piece.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a mechanism plate showing a terminal box according to another embodiment with the terminal box removed.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the mechanism plate showing a state where the terminal box is attached.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a main part of a mechanism plate showing a conventional terminal box removed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko machine 3 Game board mounting frame 6 Mechanism plate 20,21 Terminal box 35 Connection terminal 40 Hook-like parts 41a, 41b Locking piece 44 Engaging hole 48 Speaker terminal 50 Firing motor power supply terminal 52a, 52b Locking piece

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which a terminal box provided with a connection terminal of a connector, a speaker terminal, a power source terminal of a firing motor, etc. is mounted on a mechanism plate which is openably and closably mounted on one side of a game board mounting frame. The box is provided with a locking piece and a hook-shaped part is provided at the tip of the box.
A terminal box in a pachinko machine, characterized in that an engaging hole is provided in the mechanism plate, and the terminal box is attached to the mechanism plate by engaging the hook-shaped portion at the tip of the locking piece with the engaging hole. Mounting structure.