JPH0683093U - Game console - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To improve workability when opening and closing the monitor cover and control panel of the game console. [Structure] The engagement piece receiver 34 of the control panel 5 is engaged with a locking piece 18 provided below the housing panel 3b to lock the panel 5 on the upper surface of the housing protruding portion 3a. The bottom opening 32 of the monitor cover 4 is fitted to the cover locking piece 25a protruding from the housing panel 3b to lock the monitor cover 4 on the front inclined portion of the housing 3. When the maintenance door 11 is opened and the arm is inserted into the housing 3 and the lock member 15 is moved in the direction of the arrow E ′ against the compression spring 16, the control panel locking piece 18 and the monitor cover locking piece are moved. 25a
Move to the disengagement position at the same time and the locked states of the panel 5 and the cover 4 are released at the same time. Under this released state, both are opened as shown.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a game machine housing in which a game machine equipped with a television monitor is stored in a housing frame.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In a so-called video game machine, an appropriate image is displayed on a TV monitor, and an operator operates an operating device such as a control lever to appropriately move the above image on the TV monitor, whereby the game proceeds. This type of video game machine, especially one installed in a gaming facility, has a television monitor housed inside one game machine case and a control panel installed in an appropriate place of the game machine case. Place the control lever etc. on the control panel.

As the above-mentioned game machine casing, conventionally, a monitor cover is provided on the casing frame so as to be openable and closable, and a monitor cover for covering the vicinity of the television monitor is provided at the casing frame so as to be opened and closed for operation. It is already known to have a control panel on which equipment is installed. The reason why the monitor cover and control panel can be opened and closed with respect to the housing frame is to facilitate maintenance work on the TV monitor and control panel, respectively.

Even though the monitor cover and the control panel can be opened and closed, they must not be easily opened by the game player or others in normal times. Therefore, the monitor cover and the control panel are usually provided with a lock mechanism that locks them so that they cannot be easily opened from the outside. The conventionally known lock mechanism is generally one that locks or unlocks by inserting a key from the outside and turning it. In addition, the lock mechanism was generally attached to each of the monitor cover and the control panel.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the conventional device in which the lock mechanism is individually provided on both the monitor cover and the control panel, when performing the maintenance work for both of them, each lock mechanism must be operated individually, and therefore the work is not performed. It was very troublesome. In particular, in this type of video game machine, the frequency of opening both the monitor cover and the control panel at the same time is significantly higher than the case of opening either the monitor cover or the control panel. Badness was a problem. In addition, if lock mechanisms are provided separately on both the monitor cover and the control panel, separate spaces are required to install these lock mechanisms, and as a result, the installation space for other components is restricted. There was also the problem of doing.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems in the conventional device, and is to improve the workability at the time of opening and closing the monitor cover and the control panel, and for other constituent devices. The purpose is not to obstruct the installation space of.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the game machine housing according to the present invention is provided on the housing frame so as to be openable and closable by rotation, and has a monitor cover for covering the vicinity of the TV monitor and the housing frame. It has a control panel that can be opened and closed and has operating devices installed. In addition, this game machine housing has a monitor cover locking member that is movable between an engagement position that engages with the monitor cover in the closed position and a disengagement position that separates from the monitor cover, and a control device in the closed position. It has a control panel locking member that can move between an engagement position that engages with the panel and a disengagement position that disengages from the control panel, and a lock member that can move between a lock position and an unlock position. ing. The lock member positions both the monitor cover locking member and the control panel locking member in the engaged position in the locked position, and disengages both the monitor cover locking member and the control panel locking member in the unlocked position. Located in.

[0008]

[Action]

 The lock member is held in the lock position by a spring or other elastic biasing means in a normal state. By the action of the lock member held in the locked position, both the monitor cover locking member and the control panel locking member are simultaneously held in the engaged position, and as a result, the monitor cover and the control panel are held in the closed position. . The game is played in this state. When the lock member is moved to the unlocked position against the elastic biasing force, both the monitor cover locking member and the control panel locking member are simultaneously moved to the disengaged position. This unlocks both the monitor cover and control panel at the same time, and allows them to be released freely. In this condition, the operator opens the monitor cover and control panel to perform maintenance work on the television monitor and control lever.

Since only one lock member and the monitor locking member and control panel locking member associated therewith can configure the lock mechanism for both the monitor cover and the control panel, a space for installing other component equipment is provided. It can be set freely.

[0010]

【Example】

 FIG. 8 shows an embodiment of a video game machine using the game machine housing according to the present invention. This video game machine is roughly divided into a game machine housing 1, a TV monitor 2 stored in the housing 1, and other game machine components. The game machine housing 1 includes a housing frame 3, a monitor cover 4 provided on a front inclined portion of the housing frame 3, and a control panel 5 provided on a front protruding portion 3 a of the housing frame 3. Have

As shown in FIG. 1, the monitor cover 4 is rotatably attached to the upper end of the housing frame 3 as indicated by an arrow A. By this rotation, the monitor cover 4 rotates, that is, moves between the closed position shown in FIG. 8 and the open position shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, a speaker cover 6 and a monitor protection frame 7 are provided on the surface of the monitor cover 4. The reason why the monitor cover 4 can be opened and closed is to facilitate maintenance work on the TV monitor 2 and other devices installed inside the housing frame 3.

As shown in FIG. 1, the control panel 5 is rotatably attached to the front end edge of the front projecting portion 3 a of the housing frame 3 as shown by an arrow B and detachably attached as shown by an arrow C. ing. By rotating the arrow B, the control panel 5 rotates, that is, moves between the closed position shown in FIG. 8 and the open position shown in FIG. On the upper surface of the control panel 5, there are provided a control lever 9 and various buttons 10 used when playing a game. The reason why the control panel 5 can be opened and closed as shown by the arrow B is to facilitate maintenance work on the steering lever 9 and the like. Further, the control panel 5 is detachable as shown by the arrow C so that one of various control panels 5 corresponding to the type of game can be selected and attached to the housing frame 3. is there.

As shown in FIG. 1, a maintenance door 11, a coin collection door 12 and a cash box 13 are installed in the lower front portion of the housing frame 3. The maintenance door 11 is attached to the housing frame 3 so as to be opened and closed by rotating. By opening the maintenance door 11, the operator can insert his or her own arm into the housing frame 3.

The open end 4 a of the monitor cover 4 and the open end 5 a of the control panel 5 overlap each other at the root portion D of the projecting portion 3 a of the housing frame 3, and the locking mechanism 14 is attached to the root portion D. Is provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the lock mechanism 14 has a lock member 15 which is biased by a tension spring 16 to the right in the figure (direction of arrow E). The lock member 15 is slidable in the width direction of the housing frame 3 as shown by the arrow E-E '. The position where the lock member 15 is pulled to the far right by the spring 16 is the lock position, and the position where the lock member 15 is pulled to the left against the spring 16 is the unlock position.

As shown in FIG. 3, the lock member 15 is formed of a single plate material, and two control panel locking pieces 18 having slits 17 are integrally formed on the left and right portions of the upper end thereof. Has been formed. Further, a protrusion 20 provided with a knob portion 19 is provided at the center of the lower end of the lock member 15 so as to protrude rearward. A long hole 21 is formed at a position slightly below the control panel locking piece 18, and a fixing screw 23 covered with a cylindrical sleeve 22 is passed through these long holes 21 to fix these fixing screws 23. The locking member 15 is attached to the fixed plate 24 by fastening the lock member 15 to the fixed plate 24 provided inside the housing frame 3. Therefore, the lock member 15 can slide and move within the range allowed by the slot 21.

A monitor cover locking member 25 is rotatably mounted on the shaft of the fixing screw 23, and the monitor cover locking member 25 is mounted on the fixing plate 24 by the fixing screw 23. In this state, the lock member 15 is placed in contact with or close to the surface of the lock member 15. A cutout groove 26 is formed at the lower end of the monitor cover locking member 25, and a rocking screw 27 screwed to the lock member 15 and a cylindrical sleeve 28 covered on the screw are fitted into the cutout groove 26. There is. On the upper part of the monitor cover locking member 25, a cover locking piece 25a having a shape bent at a right angle is integrally formed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the upper end portion of the cover locking piece 25 a has a rectangular shape provided on the projecting panel 3 b of the housing frame 3 in a state where the lock member 15 is mounted on the fixed plate 24. Through the cover lock opening 29, and projects upward. Further, the control panel engaging pieces 18 provided on the left and right portions of the upper end of the lock member 15 are provided on the overhang panel 3b as shown in FIG. 6 in a state where the lock member 15 is attached to the fixing plate 24. It projects into the opening 30 for the rectangular control panel lock. A positioning slit groove 31 is formed between two control panel locking openings 30 of the overhang panel 3b.

In FIG. 1, a rectangular engaging opening 32 is formed at a position corresponding to the cover locking opening 29 and the cover locking piece 25a at the open end 4a of the monitor cover 4. Further, at the open end 5a of the control panel 5, a locking piece receiver 34 having a slit 33 is formed at a position corresponding to the control panel locking opening 30 and the control panel locking piece 18 protruding therefrom. Also, two rectangular escape holes 35 are formed near the open end 5a of the control panel 5, and when the control panel 5 is closed at the closed position (the state shown in FIG. 8), the cover is locked. The pieces 25a are adapted to project above the control panel 5 through their clearance holes 35. Further, a rectangular positioning protrusion 36 is provided in the central portion of the open end 5a of the control panel 5, and when the control panel 5 is closed at the closed position (the state shown in FIG. 8), the protrusion 36 is removed. Is fitted into the slit groove 31 of the overhanging panel 3b of the housing frame 3.

The opening / closing operation of the monitor cover 4 and the control panel 5 will be described below.

First, assume that the monitor cover 4 and the control panel 5 are both closed as shown in FIG. In this state, as shown in FIG. 6, the control panel locking piece 18 integrated with the lock member 15 is located at the engaging position where it is exposed into the control panel opening 30. The control panel locking piece 18 and the locking piece receiver 34 (see FIG. 2) of the control panel 5 are engaged with each other, and the control panel 5 is locked on the upper surface of the projecting portion 3a of the housing frame 3. . Further, in FIG. 4, the upper end portion of the monitor cover locking member 25 supported by the fixing screw 23, that is, the cover locking piece 25a is located at the engaging position where it projects upward from the control panel opening 29 provided in the overhanging panel 3b. is there. The cover locking piece 25a and the engaging opening 32 (see FIG. 1) of the monitor cover 4 are fitted to each other, and the monitor cover 4 is locked to the front surface of the housing frame 3.

When the monitor cover 4 and the control panel 5 are opened, the maintenance door 11 is opened as shown in FIG. 2, the arm is inserted into the inside of the housing frame 3 through the opened door opening 37, and the lock member is opened. Grasp the knob portion 19 that is integral with 15 with your fingers. After that, the knob portion 19, and therefore the lock member 15, is slid to the left in FIG. 2 (direction of arrow E ′) against the spring force of the spring 16. By this slide, the control panel locking piece 18 integrated with the lock member 15 is moved to the disengaged position where it is disengaged from the control panel opening 30 as shown in FIG. 7. By this movement of the locking piece 18, the engagement between the locking piece 18 and the locking piece receiver 34 (see FIG. 2) of the control panel 5 is released.

Further, when the lock member 15 moves in the E ′ direction, the monitor cover locking member 25 is pushed by the swinging screw 27 that moves integrally with the lock member 15 in FIG. Is rotated in the counterclockwise direction about the center, and the cover locking piece 25a is moved to the disengaged position where the cover locking piece 25a retracts below the protruding panel 3b. By this movement of the cover locking piece 25a, the engagement between the cover locking piece 25a and the engagement opening 32 (see FIG. 1) of the monitor cover 4 is released.

As described above, the locked state of the monitor cover 4 and the control panel 5 is released at the same time by the movement of the lock member 15 in the E ′ direction, and in the released state, both are as shown in FIG. be opened. In this open state, for example, the following game type changing work is performed.

In FIG. 2, a printed circuit board 38, in which an electric control system for controlling various operations of the game machine is assembled, is installed inside the housing 3 in a vertically standing state. When changing the game type, pull out the printed circuit board 38 to the outside through the door 37, replace it with another printed circuit board corresponding to the game type, and open the monitor cover 4 to expose the monitor fine adjustment knob 39. To adjust the video condition of the color monitor 2 as necessary, replace the vertical and horizontal directions of the TV monitor 2 if necessary, and then connect the electrical wiring on the back side of the control panel 5 in the open state to the game type. Change the wiring according to. If necessary, instead of changing the wiring on the back side of the control panel 5, the entire control panel 5 is replaced with another control panel 5 according to the game type.

In the above embodiment, the monitor protection frame 7 is formed as a simple frame member, and glass or other transparent member is not provided in the central portion thereof. That is, the monitor 2 is directly exposed to the outside through the monitor protection frame 7. However, the back side of the inner peripheral edge of the monitor protection frame 7 is in contact with the surface of the monitor 2 under a proper pressure, so that external dust, dust, etc. pass through between the monitor protection frame 7 and the surface of the monitor 2 and the housing. It is designed so that it does not enter the inside of 3. By not installing glass or other transparent member on the front surface of the monitor 2, the surface of the monitor 2 can be cleaned without opening the monitor cover 4. When the monitor cover 4 is provided with a transparent member, when cleaning the surface of the monitor 2, first the front and back surfaces of the transparent member are first cleaned, and then the surface of the monitor 2 is very troublesome. Work was required. On the other hand, in this embodiment, it is not necessary to open the monitor cover 4 one by one, and the surface of the monitor 2 can be cleaned very easily.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to one example, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the technical scope described in the claims.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, two pairs of engaging units each including the control panel engaging piece 18 (FIG. 3) and the engaging piece receiver 34 (FIG. 2) are provided, but one set is not provided. Can be provided in three or more sets. Similarly, two pairs of fitting units each of which includes the monitor cover locking member 25 (FIG. 2) and the monitor cover opening 32 are provided, but one or three or more pairs may be provided.

The shapes of the lock member 15, the control panel locking piece 18, the monitor cover locking member 25, etc. can be any shapes other than those in the above embodiment.

[0029]

[Effect of device]

 According to the present invention, the lock state of both the monitor cover and the control panel can be released at the same time by moving the lock member once. Therefore, the workability of the opening / closing operation is improved. In addition, since the lock mechanism of the monitor cover and the control panel is integrated into one lock member, the installation space for other components constituting the video game machine can be widened.

[0030]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a video game machine using an embodiment of a game machine housing according to the present invention, in particular, a state in which a monitor cover and a control panel are opened.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a main part of the video game machine, particularly a control panel part.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a control panel portion and a lock mechanism portion.

FIG. 4 is a front sectional view showing the lock mechanism in a locked state.

FIG. 5 is a front sectional view showing the lock mechanism in an unlocked state.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a lock mechanism in a locked state.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the lock mechanism in an unlocked state.

8 is a perspective view showing a state in which a monitor cover and a control panel of the video game machine shown in FIG. 1 are closed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 TV monitor 3 Housing frame 3a Housing frame protruding portion 3b Housing frame protruding panel 4 Monitor cover 4a Monitor cover open end 5 Control panel 5a Control panel open end 9 Control lever 10 Button 15 Lock member 16 Compression spring 18 Control Panel Locking Piece 25 Monitor Cover Locking Member 25a Cover Locking Piece 32 Monitor Cover Engagement Opening 34 Control Panel Locking Piece Receiving

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A game machine housing for housing a game machine equipped with a television monitor in a housing frame, the monitor being provided on the housing frame so as to be openable and closable by rotation so as to cover the television monitor. In a game machine housing having a cover and a control panel that is provided on the housing frame so as to be opened and closed by rotation and on which an operation device is installed, an engagement position for engaging the monitor cover in the closed position and its A monitor cover locking member that is movable between a disengaged position that is disengaged from the monitor cover, and a control panel that is displaceable between an engaged position that engages the control panel in the closed position and a disengaged position that disengages from the control panel. It has a locking member and a locking member movable between a locking position and an unlocking position, and the locking member is A game machine characterized in that both the nita cover locking member and the control panel locking member are positioned at the engagement position, and both the monitor cover locking member and the control panel locking member are positioned at the disengagement position in the unlock position. Case.