JPH09220332A - Circuit board storing box of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a circuit board storing box of a game machine, in which unfair processing is not conducted for a circuit board stored in the interior thereof. SOLUTION: The covering state for a game control circuit board 100 by a box 61 and a cover member 80 is held by the engagement of a locking stop projection 68 projected on the box 61 with an engaging key part 93 of a cover opening and closing locking device 90 fitted to the cover member 80, and a release key 92 is inserted in a key insert part 91 of the cover opening and closing locking device 90 and turned to release the engagement state of the engaging key part 03 with the locking stop projection 63. Thus, if there is no release key 92, the covering state of a circuit board storing box 60 can not be released so that an unfair practice to the game control circuit board 100 or the like can be surely prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a gaming machine, for example,
The present invention relates to a board storage box for storing a circuit board provided in a pachinko game machine or a slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, pachinko game machines and slot machines are provided with many circuit boards. In particular, on a game control circuit board for controlling a game operation, a large number of electronic elements such as an MPU, a ROM, and a RAM constituting a microcomputer are mounted. In many cases, different game contents can be realized by exchanging a ROM in which a program for controlling a game operation is stored.
However, such a ROM exchange is not permitted because it is different from the initially accepted game content, and in order to prevent this, a sticker paper is attached to the board storage box that houses the circuit board, or There has been proposed a technology of a structure in which the covering state cannot be released unless a predetermined part is destroyed.

[0003]

However, in the case of the substrate storage box in which the sealing paper is attached to prevent fraudulent activity, the existing sealing agent is used to remove the sealing paper so as not to damage it. If the board storage box has a structure in which the state cannot be released unless the specified state is released and the predetermined area is destroyed, the predetermined area is skillfully cut to release the covered state And then
Then, there is a possibility that the cut predetermined portion may be bonded with an adhesive or the like to be repaired so as not to be visible. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a board storage box for a gaming machine in which an illegal processing cannot be performed on a circuit board stored inside. is there.

[0004]

Means adopted by the present invention for achieving the above object will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, in a board storage box 60 for housing a circuit board 100 provided in a gaming machine, the board storage box 60 includes a box body 61, a transparent plate 75, a cover body 80, and the like. And a locking locking projection 68 and a cover that are provided so as to cover the circuit board 100 by a plurality of components, and that are covered by the box body 61 and the cover body 80. The cover opening / closing locking device 90 attached to the body 80 is held by being engaged with the engagement key portion 93, and the release key 92 is inserted into the key insertion portion 91 of the cover opening / closing locking device 90 and rotated to engage the engagement key portion. It is configured such that the engagement state between the locking engagement projection 68 and the locking engagement portion 93 can be released. With this configuration, the release key 92
Without it, the covering state of the board storage box 60 cannot be released, and thus fraudulent acts on the circuit board 100 and the like can be prevented.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4,
In a board storage box 60 for housing a circuit board 100 provided in a gaming machine, the board storage box 60 covers the circuit board 100 with a plurality of components including a box body 61, a transparent plate 75, a cover body 80, and the like. Assembled as described above and attached to the mechanism plate 41 of the gaming machine through the attachment member 110, and the attachment member 11
The state of attachment to 0 is held by the engagement between the engagement hole 115 of the locking engagement member 114 protruding from the attachment member 110 and the engagement key portion 97 of the box attachment / detachment locking device 94 attached to the cover body 80. Then, the engagement state of the engagement hole 115 and the engagement key portion 97 can be released by inserting the detachment key 96 into the key insertion portion 95 of the box attaching / detaching locking device 94 and rotating the same. Is. With this configuration, the attachment state of the board storage box 60 to the mechanical board 41 of the gaming machine cannot be released without the attachment / detachment key 96, so the entire board storage box 60 including the circuit board 100 is replaced. It is possible to surely prevent the fraudulent act of doing.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of a pachinko gaming machine 1 as an example of a gaming machine according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 9 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and FIG. 10 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine 1. In FIG. 9, a door holding frame 3 is provided around an opening of a front frame 2 formed in a frame shape of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and a glass door frame 4 and a front door plate 5 are integrated in the door holding frame 3. It is openable and closable around the side (left side) as an axis. A game board 11 is arranged behind the glass door frame 4, and a hitting ball supply tray 6 is attached to the front surface of the front door plate 5. The hitting ball supply tray 6 stores the dispensed prize balls and supplies them as hit balls one by one at the launch position, and a speaker 7 for generating a sound effect related to the game in the internal space on the upstream side thereof. Is built in. In addition, below the front frame 2, an operation handle 9 that is operated when a ball is shot,
The hit ball supply tray 6 is provided with a surplus ball receiving tray 8 for storing surplus prize balls that cannot be stored. Also, the front frame 2
Is provided with a gaming effect lamp device 10 for notifying that a specific gaming state has been established on the upper front surface thereof.

On the surface of the game board 11, a guide rail 12 for guiding a shot hit is planted in a substantially circular shape, and an area defined by the guide rail 12 forms a game area 13. Make up. A variable display device 14 having a plurality (three) of rotating drums 15a to 15c is disposed substantially at the upper center of the game area 13. The rotating drums 15a to 15c of the variable display device 14 are driven to rotate by independent drum motors (not shown), and a built-in drum sensor (not shown) for detecting a symbol stop position thereof, and symbols to be further displayed. There is a built-in drum lamp (not shown) for irradiating decoration.

Further, the variable display device 14 is provided with a decoration LED 20 on an upper part thereof, and a start storage LED 21 below the decoration LED 20. Decorative LED20
Is composed of 10 LEDs with symbols 0 to 9, and the LED corresponding to a value extracted from a predetermined random number is turned on when a specific game state described later is entered. . Any one of the decoration LEDs 20 is randomly lit and displayed in association with the occurrence of the specific game state, and is not directly related to the content of the game, but is provided with a predetermined service (for example, in the specific game state). This service can be used to provide a service that permits a player to continuously play a game using a large number of obtained prize balls. For example,
A predetermined service may be provided when the decoration LED 20 of “7” is turned off. Also, the starting memory L
The ED 21 displays the stored hit balls among the winning prize holes 23 to be described later. Further, rotating drums 15a to 15c are provided on both sides of the variable display device 14.
A line display LED 22 for displaying five hit lines constituted by three vertical and horizontal symbols is provided. As shown, the hit line in the present embodiment includes an upper horizontal hit line 1 and a lower right diagonal hit line 2.
, A horizontal hit line 3 interrupted, a right upper diagonal hit line 4, and a lower horizontal hit line 5, and a predetermined symbol (sometimes called a big hit symbol) is arranged on one of the hit lines. At that time, it becomes a big hit and causes a specific game state.

The variable display device 14 configured as described above.
A start winning opening 23 that allows the rotation of the rotary drums 15a to 15c is provided below. The winning ball that has won the start winning port 23 is guided to the back of the game board 11 and detected by the starting port switch 24. The rotation of the variable display device 14 based on the winning in the start winning opening 23 is stored a predetermined number of times (for example, 4 times), and the fact is displayed by the start memory LED 21 provided in the variable display device 14. ing.

The winning area 2 is located below the variable display device 14.
A variable winning ball device 25 having 6 is provided. The winning area 26 of the variable winning ball device 25 is closed by an opening / closing plate 27 which is pivotally supported at both lower ends and which can be opened and closed in a direction perpendicular to the game board 11 surface. This opening / closing plate 27
The opening and closing is controlled by an opening / closing plate solenoid 28, and during opening, a hit ball falling on the surface of the game board 11 is received and guided to the winning area 26 to be a winning ball. In addition, the winning area 26
Is divided into three parts, a specific area 29 is formed in the center, and a normal area is formed on the left and right sides. A specific area switch 30 is provided in the specific area 29, and a 10 count switch 31a, 3 is also provided in the normal winning area.
1b is provided.

On the rear wall of the winning area 26, a hitting ball is placed in the specific area 29 in the center of the wall, and the specific area switch 3
V that notifies that the continuation right has been established when 0 is turned on
A display LED 32 is provided, and on one side thereof, a number-of-openings indicator 33 for displaying the number of times the opening and closing plate 27 is opened in a specific game state is provided. A specific area switch 30 and a 10 count switch 3 are located below the winning area 26.
Number display L indicating the number of hit balls detected in 1a and 31b
An ED 34 is provided. Furthermore, the variable winning ball device 25
A normal winning opening (no sign)
Are integrally formed, and an attacker lamp 35 is provided outside the winning opening.

However, the variable winning ball device 25 configured as described above operates as follows. That is, the hit ball wins one of the starting winning ports 23 and the starting port switch 2
4 is turned on, the rotating drum 15 of the variable display device 14 is turned on.
a to 15c start rotating for a certain period of time (for example, 5 seconds)
When elapses, the rotation drums 15a on the left side are sequentially stopped, and when a combination of symbols at the time of stopping all the rotation drums 15a to 15c becomes a combination of big hit symbols, a specific game state is entered. And in this specific game state,
The opening / closing plate 27 of the variable winning ball device 25 has been operated for a predetermined period (for example,
It is set to open until 20 seconds elapse, or until 10 winning balls are generated), and a hit ball falling on the surface of the game board 11 is received during the opening. Then, when the player wins the specific area 29 provided in the winning area 26, the above-mentioned open state is repeated again,
Each time a winning ball is won in the specific area 29, the continuation right is established and the open state can be repeated up to 16 times.

Further, on the surface of the game board 11, a windmill lamp 37 is provided on the upper left and right sides of the variable display device 14, and a winning opening (no symbol) is provided on a lower side.
Further, the windmill lamp 37 is lit or flashed at the time of the specific game state or at the time of starting prize to inform the user of the fact, and has a similar function. Is provided. At the lowermost part of the surface of the game board 11, there is provided an out port (not shown) through which a hit ball that has not won any of the above-mentioned winning areas is guided to the rear of the game board 11. A rail decoration lamp 38 is provided along the outer periphery of the guide rail 12.

On the other hand, in the rear structure of the pachinko gaming machine 1, as shown in FIG. 10, a mechanism plate 41 is provided so as to be openable and closable. At the center of the mechanism plate 41, a window opening 42 is provided.
The game board 11 corresponding to the window opening 42 is provided with a winning ball set cover body 39 on the back surface thereof. A rear projecting portion of the variable display device 14 penetrates the winning ball aggregate cover body 39, and a drum for accommodating a drum display control circuit board for controlling a display operation of the variable display device 14 is provided on the rear surface of the rear projecting portion. A display control circuit board box 19 is provided. This drum display control circuit board box 1
The wiring from the drum motor, the drum lamp, the drum sensor, etc. is connected to the circuit board housed in 9 through the connector, while the relay housed in the game control circuit board 100 and the relay board box 40 described later. The wiring connected to the board is also connected via the connector 19b.

On the back surface of the winning ball aggregate cover body 39, a part of the electric equipment of the variable display device 14 and the game board 11 are provided.
Electrical equipment (for example, a starting opening switch 24,
Solenoid 28, specific area switch 30, 10 count switches 31a and 31b, various indicators and lamps, etc.)
The wiring from the wiring board is connected via the connector, while the wiring from the game control circuit board 100 is also connected via the connector 40b.

By the way, the mechanism plate 41, as is well known, a prize ball tank 43 for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls based on the generated prize balls, and a prize ball payout device (not shown in detail, but a prize ball payout). Set in the device box 44 and incorporated therein), a prize ball processing device (not shown)
Although various mechanisms such as are provided, a game control circuit board 100 for controlling the game operation of the game device such as the variable display device 14 and the variable winning ball device 25 provided on the game board 11 is further housed. The board storage box 60, the prize ball payout control board box 45 for storing the prize ball payout control board for controlling the operation of the prize ball payout device, the card unit 47 and the pachinko game machine 1 installed adjacent to the pachinko gaming machine 1. A relay board box 46 in which a unit relay board for relaying the wiring with each device is stored, and a terminal board box 51 in which a terminal board for supplying power to the game control circuit board 100 is also mounted on the back surface of the mechanism board 41. There is. It should be noted that, although not the mechanism plate 41, on the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1, the operation of electrical decorative parts (lamps etc.) provided on the front surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1 based on commands or data from the game control circuit board 100. Decoration control board box 4 for storing a decoration control board box for controlling
8. A hitting ball launching device 50 including a launching control board 49 for controlling the shooting operation of the hitting ball is attached.

Substrate boxes 19, 40, 44, 45, 46, 48, 51 except the above-mentioned substrate storage box 60
Includes a locking device 19a, 40a, 44a, 45a, 46a, 48a for opening and closing the cover of the box.
51a is provided so that the covered state of each substrate to be housed cannot be released unless a predetermined release key (not shown) is inserted and rotated.
With this configuration, it is possible to reliably prevent illegal acts such as connection of terminals having an illegal purpose to each board and exchange of electronic components. In the figure, connectors 19b, 40b, 44b, 45b, 46b, 47b, for connecting predetermined wirings are provided on the respective boards and devices.
48b and 51b are provided, and in particular, the terminal board accommodated in the terminal board box 51 not only supplies power to the game control circuit board 100, but also various electric devices provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1, for example, , A terminal for relaying signal lines inside the pachinko gaming machine 1 or relaying signal lines between the pachinko gaming machine 1 and the outside while supplying power to each of the above-mentioned substrates and the hitting ball launching device 50. It is provided. Also, each board box 1
9, 40, 44, 45, 46, 48, 51 are provided with a locking device similar to the locking device 94 for box attachment / detachment described below, and each board box 19, 40, 44, 45, 46,
You may make it possible to attach and detach 48, 51 and the mechanism plate 41 or the pachinko gaming machine 1.

Next, the structure of the substrate storage box 60, which constitutes the main part of this embodiment, will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a plan view of a substrate storage box 60 according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B, and FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the substrate storage box 60.

Therefore, the board storage box 60 is constructed by assembling a box body 61 for housing and supporting the game control circuit board 100 and a cover body 80 for closing the upper surface of the box body 61.
The board housing box 60 thus assembled is provided with a screw 5 on the mounting boss 52 projecting from the back surface of the mechanism plate 41.
It can be detachably attached to an attachment base 110 as an attachment member fixed by 3. Hereinafter, each assembled component of the board storage box 60 will be described.

First, the box 61 is made of synthetic resin (may be metal) in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped having an open upper surface, and the heat radiating holes 6 for radiating the heat internally generated in almost the entire side wall thereof.
2 are drilled. Also, on the bottom of the box 61,
A relatively large rectangular opening 63 is provided, and the opening 6
An L-shaped engagement piece 64 that engages with an engagement rail 111 of the mounting base 110, which will be described later, is formed so as to hang down at the opening edge in the longitudinal direction of 3. Note that, as shown in FIG. 2, the bottom surface of the box body 61 is formed at a position slightly higher than the lower end of the side wall in a state of raising the bottom, so that the above-mentioned engaging piece 64 that is drooped is
It will be located on the same plane as the side wall of the box 61.

Further, on the bottom surface of the box body 61, a relief opening 69 is formed in the center of the front portion thereof, which is cut out along the side wall, and a locking locking projection 68 is provided obliquely forward of the relief opening 69. The support positioning protrusions 65 are provided on the left and right sides of the long side portion on one side.
And projections 66 are provided on the left and right sides of the other long side. The escape opening 69 is for receiving the locking engagement member 114 formed on the mounting base 110 when the substrate storage box 60 is mounted on the mounting base 110 in the substrate storage box 60. Also, the locking projection 68 for locking
Is to engage with the engagement key portion 93 of the cover opening / closing locking device 90 provided on the cover body 80 when the cover body 80 is covered. In addition, the support positioning projection 65 is for sandwiching and supporting one side long side end of the game control circuit board 100 with a pressing member 88 provided on the cover body 80, and the stop projection 66 is a game control circuit. Both ends of the long side of the other side of the substrate 100 are fixedly supported by screws 109. The support positioning protrusion 65 and the stop protrusion 66 will be described in detail later.

Further, bearing members 70, which are one member of a hinge mechanism for rotatably supporting one side of the cover body 80, are provided at two locations on the inner side wall of the rear portion (lower side in FIG. 1) of the box body 61. Are fixed, and the bearing cylinder portion 71 above the bearing member 70 is in a state of slightly protruding from the upper end of the side wall of the box body 61. In this bearing cylinder portion 71, a shaft support cylinder portion 87 of a shaft support member 86, which is the other member of the hinge mechanism fixed to the cover body 80, is fitted in the center of the bearing cylinder portion 71 so that the shaft support pin 72 is located from one side. By being inserted and fixed to the other side by the E-ring 73, one side of the cover body 80 is pivotally supported on the box body 61 so as to be openable and closable.

Further, the side wall on the other side in the longitudinal direction of the box body 61 is a wiring lead-out recess 74 formed to have a low height, and on both sides of the bottom opening 63 of the box body 61,
A plurality of elliptical openings 67 are provided. Opening 67
As shown in FIG. 2, since it is closed by the transparent plate 75 described below, it does not function as a heat dissipation hole, but contributes to the reduction of the raw material forming the box 61.

A transparent plate 75 is provided so as to abut the bottom surface from the inside of the box body 61 in order to close the opening 63 of the box body 61. For this reason, at the four corners of the transparent plate 75, space holding cylinders 78 are formed on the upper surface, and the space holding cylinders 78 penetrate the support positioning projections 65 and the stop projections 66 as shown in FIG. In addition, the lower surface of the game control circuit board 100 is in contact with the upper surface of the space holding cylinder portion 78 to hold the space between the transparent plate 75 and the game control circuit board 100. Then, the bottom of the box 61 is attached to the transparent plate 7
By closing at 5, the back surface (solder surface) of the game control circuit board 100 can be seen through from the outside, and illicit work (for example, connecting jumper wiring or mounting electronic components) on the solder surface. If you do anything wrong with this), you will be notified immediately. In this sense,
It is sufficient that the size of the opening 63 closed by the transparent plate 75 is such that the entire solder surface can be seen while tilting the substrate storage box 60. In addition, the transparent plate 75
Is formed with a cutout portion 76 that matches the escape opening 69, and an opening 77 that allows the locking locking projection 68 to penetrate therethrough. Further, the game control circuit board 100 has a connector mounting area 106 side described later. Near the center of the peripheral edge of
Game control circuit board 1 when plugged into connector 105
A supporting projection 79 is provided to prevent the 00 from bending.

On the other hand, the cover body 80 for closing the upper surface of the box body 61 is integrally molded of transparent synthetic resin so that the inside can be seen through, and the other side portion in the longitudinal direction thereof is formed. The partition 81 is bent downward. The position of the partition 81 is such that the cover body 80 and the box body 61 are
As shown in FIG. 1, the connector mounting area 106 of the game control circuit board 100 is bent outside at a position where the connector mounting area 106 appears to form a connection opening 82. Thereby, the wiring from the outside can be connected to the connector 105 facing the connection opening 82 in a state where the cover body 80 is assembled to the box body 61. In addition, at one end of the partition 81,
A pin insertion hole 84 for inserting the shaft support pin 72 is formed, and the pin insertion hole 84 will be described in detail later. Further, on the surface of the cover body 80, a large number of heat dissipation holes 83 (a range surrounded by a chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1) for discharging heat generated inside are formed. Further, on one side of the long side direction edge and the short side direction edge of the cover body 80,
Two hooking portions 85 that engage with the upper edge of the side wall of the box body 61 are provided so as to protrude two by two at appropriate intervals.

Also, inside the rear part of the cover body 80,
As described above, the shaft support member 8 which is the other member of the hinge mechanism.
6 is fixed, and a pair of locking devices 90, 94 are provided on the front part.
Is fixed. The shaft support member 86 is provided at its rear end with a shaft support cylinder portion 87, and the shaft support cylinder portion 87 is provided with the bearing member 70.
The cover body 80 is pivotally supported by the box body 61 so as to be openable and closable by being inserted between the bearing cylinder portions 71 and inserting the shaft support pins 72 from the side. However, in the shaft support pin 72 which is inserted from the side of the partition 81 when the shaft support pin 72 is inserted, the partition 81 is an obstacle, so the pin insertion hole 8 is inserted in the partition 81.
4 are drilled. In addition, the pair of locking devices 90,
Reference numeral 94 constitutes a cover opening / closing locking device 90 that locks between one locking device 90 and the locking locking projection 68 formed on the box 61, and the other locking device 94 is a mounting base described later. The box attaching / detaching locking device 94 is configured to lock with the locking engaging member 114 projecting from 110. Thus, in both locking devices 90 and 94, the main body is fixed to the back surface of the cover body 80, the key insertion portions 91 and 95 at the upper portion of the main body face upward from the surface of the cover body 80, and the key is provided at the lower portion of the main body. It has engaging key portions 93 and 97 which are rotated by rotating the keys 92 and 96 inserted into the insertion portions 91 and 95. The locking device 9
The action of 0,94 will be described later in detail.

Further, a pressing member 88 is hung on both sides of one side of the cover body 80. Before describing the holding member 88 in detail, the structure of the game control circuit board 100 will be briefly described. The game control circuit board 100 is configured by a printed wiring board as is well known, and its upper surface includes a ROM 103. The mounting surface of the electronic component is used, most of the mounting surface is used as the electronic component mounting area 104, and the rear part is the connector mounting area 106 in which the plurality of connectors 105 are mounted. Further, on the game control circuit board 100, locking holes 107 corresponding to the support positioning projections 65 are formed on the left and right of one long side of the game control circuit board 100, and locking holes 108 corresponding to the locking projections 66 on the left and right of the other long side. Has been formed. Further, in the game control circuit board 100, a cutout 101 and an opening 102 are formed at positions corresponding to the cutout 76 and the opening 77 of the transparent plate 75.

The operation of the pressing member 88 of the cover body 80 will be described. In the box body 61 in which the transparent plate 75 is mounted, the locking hole 107 on one long side of the game control circuit board 100 is supported. The positioning projection 65 is inserted into the tip projection portion, and the stop hole 108 on the other long side is placed on the stop projection 66. In this state, the fixing holes 108 and the fixing projections 66 are aligned with each other, and the screws 109 are screwed, so that
This means that the game control circuit board 100 is fixed to the box 61. Then, after that, the cover body 80 provided by the hinge mechanism so as to be freely opened and closed is mounted from above the box body 61. At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, the tip of the pressing member 88 contacts the upper surface of the game control circuit board 100, and the locking hole 1
Since the tip projection portion of the support positioning projection 65 penetrating 07 is engaged with the hole formed in the center of the pressing member 88,
One side long side of the game control circuit board 100 is clamped and fixed by the support positioning projection 65 and the pressing member 88, and the game control circuit board 100 is completely fixed by the screw 109 of the other side long side. Is fixed in the substrate storage box 60.

The board storage box 60 assembled so as to cover the game control circuit board 100 with the cover body 80 and the box body 61 as described above is fixed to the mechanism plate 41 as shown in FIG. Mount 110 as a mounting member
It is designed to be removably attached to. The mounting base 110 is integrally formed of synthetic resin (may be metal), and a pair of engaging rails 111 that engage with the engaging pieces 64 are formed in an inverted L shape at the center thereof, and upper and lower edges thereof. Guide piece 11 for guiding the side wall of the substrate storage box 60
2 (this guide piece 112 is not necessarily required) is provided in a protruding manner. Further, a plurality of stop holes 113 are formed on the bottom surface of the mounting base 110, and as shown in FIG.
To the mounting hole 52a of the mounting boss 52 protruding from the
The mounting base 110 is mounted on the back surface of the mechanism plate 41 by matching 3 and fixing with the screw 53. Since the screw 53 is covered by the board storage box 60 when the board storage box 60 is mounted on the mounting base 110, it cannot be loosened from the outside. On the other hand, a locking engagement member 114 having an engagement hole 115 is projected from one end of the mounting base 110, and the engagement key portion 97 of the box attaching / detaching locking device 94 is attached to the locking engagement member 114. Are to be engaged.

The structure of the substrate storage box 60 according to the first embodiment has been described above. The operation of the locking devices 90 and 94 of the substrate storage box 60 will be described. First, the cover opening / closing locking device 90 that controls opening / closing of the cover body 80 with respect to the box body 61 will be described. The hinge mechanism of the shaft support member 86 of the cover body 80 and the bearing member 70 of the box body 61 moves the cover body 80 into the box body. The game control circuit board 100 is fixed to the support positioning projections 65 and the stop projections 66 of the box body 61 in a state in which the game control circuit board 100 is rotatably supported by 61, and then,
The cover body 80 is closed. Before this closing, the engagement key portion 93 of the cover opening / closing locking device 90 needs to be in a position where it does not engage with the locking engagement projection 68 of the box 61. Then, when the cover body 80 is completely closed and the release key 92 is inserted into the key insertion portion 91 of the cover opening / closing locking device 90 and is rotated, the engagement key portion 93 is rotated and the locking member is locked. The stopper projection 68 is engaged with the inside of the upper bent portion of the stopper projection 68 (see FIG. 3). By this, the cover body 80 and the box body 6
By 1 and the game control circuit board 100 is completely covered, in order to prove the covering state, for example,
Cover body 8 on the hinge mechanism 70, 86 side and the locking device 90 side
Sealing paper or the like may be attached from the upper surface of 0 to the side surface of the box 61.

Therefore, as described above, the state in which the game control circuit board 100 is covered by the box 61 and the cover 80 is locked by the locking projection 68 and the cover 80.
The locking device 90 for opening and closing the cover is held by being engaged with the engagement key portion 93 of the locking device 90 for opening and closing the cover.
The release key 92 is configured so that the engagement state between the engagement key portion 93 and the locking locking projection 68 can be released by inserting the release key 92 into the key insertion portion 91 and rotating the release key 92. If it is not, the covering state of the board storage box 60 cannot be released, and thus it is possible to surely prevent illegal acts against the game control circuit board 100 and the like. It should be noted that the release key 92 may not be stored in the gaming hall that is the user of the pachinko gaming machine 1 so that fraudulent activity cannot be performed, and may be stored by the gaming machine manufacturer or the person in charge of the supervisory agency. .

On the other hand, the board storage box 60 is attached to the mounting base 11
When it is mounted on 0, the engagement piece 64 is attached to the engagement rail 111 from the side of the mounting base 110 in a state where the engagement key portion 97 of the box attaching / detaching locking device 94 is not engaged with the engagement hole 115 (unlocked state). It is pushed so as to be engaged, and is pushed firmly until the locking engagement member 114 is finally completely inserted into the escape opening 69 of the box 61. In this state, by inserting the detachable key 96 into the key insertion portion 95 of the box attaching / detaching locking device 94 and rotating the same, the engaging key portion 97 rotates and the upper side of the engaging hole 115 of the locking engaging member 114. Abut on the inside of the part (Fig. 2
Refer to) to engage. As a result, the substrate storage box 60 is completely fixed to the mount 110.

Therefore, as described above, the locking engagement member 1 protruding from the mounting base 110 in the mounting state on the mounting base 110.
The engaging hole 115 of the box 14 and the engaging key portion 97 of the box attaching / detaching locking device 94 attached to the cover body 80 hold the key, and the key inserting portion 9 of the box attaching / detaching locking device 94.
5, the engaging state of the engagement hole 115 and the engaging key portion 97 can be released by inserting the detachable key 96 into the 5 and rotating it. Since the attachment state of 60 to the mechanism plate 41 cannot be released, the game control circuit board 10
It is possible to reliably prevent a fraudulent act of replacing the entire board storage box 60 including 0 with a duplicated board storage box. In addition, like the release key 92, the detachment key 96 is not stored in the amusement hall which is the user of the pachinko gaming machine 1 so as to prevent illegal acts.
It should be stored by the gaming machine manufacturer or the responsible person of the supervisory authority.

At the game hall, one of the pachinko game machines 1 lined up on the pachinko island stand by the supervisory authority
In some cases, one or two units may be extracted to inspect the ROM 103 (sample extraction inspection). When performing such a sample extraction test, as shown in FIG. 1, the release key 92 is inserted into the cover opening / closing locking device 90 and rotated in the direction of the arrow b to engage the engaging key portion 93 and the locking locking projection. By releasing the engagement with 68, the cover body 80 is moved to the hinge mechanism 86,
It can be opened by 70, and the ROM 10 in the opened state
3 is extracted and inspected, and after the inspection, the ROM 103 is read again.
Is inserted to close the cover body 80, and the release key 92 is rotated in the direction opposite to the arrow b to engage the engaging key portion 93 and the locking locking projection 6.
8 and the game control circuit board 100 is brought into a state of being covered again. Then, in order to guarantee this covering state, an inspected sealing paper issued by the inspecting regulatory agency may be attached so as to be laid between the box body 61 and the cover body 80. Further, when the entire substrate storage box 60 is removed, the detaching key 96 is inserted into the box attaching / detaching locking device 94 and rotated in the direction of arrow a to engage the engagement key portion 97 and the engagement hole 115 of the locking engagement member 114. The engagement between the engagement piece 64 and the engagement rail 111 is released by disengaging the engagement with the engagement rail 64 and sliding it in the one direction as it is.
The whole can be removed from the mechanism plate 41.

In the substrate storage box 60 according to the above-mentioned embodiment, the two locking devices 90 and 94 cover the substrate storage box 60 and the substrate storage box 6
Although it was in charge of each of the mounting state of 0 and the mounting state of 0, as in the substrate storage box 60A shown in the embodiment (hereinafter, referred to as the second embodiment) shown in FIG. You may be able to hold and release. Therefore, the substrate storage box 60A according to the second embodiment will be briefly described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the substrate storage box 60A according to the second embodiment. The difference from the substrate storage box 60 of the first embodiment described above is only the locking device portion, and the other components are the same. Therefore, regarding the components other than the locking device, the same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

Thus, the locking device 1 according to the second embodiment.
20 includes one key insertion portion 121 into which two different types of keys (not shown) can be inserted, and two first engagement key portions 122 and second engagement key portions 123 that rotate corresponding to each key. Engagement hole 115 of locking engagement member 114 that is integrally formed and that holds and releases the attached state by inserting a first key (corresponding to a detachable key) into key insertion portion 121 and rotating it. The first engagement key portion 122 that engages and disengages with the second key is rotated, and the second key (corresponding to the release key) is inserted into the key insertion portion 121.
The second engagement key portion 12 that engages and disengages with the locking locking projection 68 that holds and releases the covering state by inserting the cover into the lock
It is for rotating the 3. In this case, a person who can use the second key often has to store the two keys because the cover state is often released after the attached state is released using the first key. As a key of 3 (corresponding to the master key), it is configured to hold / release the attached state and hold / release the covered state with one key,
It is possible to store only one key. Thus, in the second embodiment, one locking device 120
Since the covered state of the substrate storage box 60A and the attached state of the substrate storage box 60A can be held and released respectively, the structure can be simplified as compared with the first embodiment.

Locking devices 90, 9 for the substrate storage boxes 60, 60A according to the first and second embodiments described above.
4, 120 need to operate the locking devices 90, 94, 120 not only when unlocking, but also when completing the covering state and the attached state (when locking), but the locking device is only unlocked. May be operated to lock automatically without locking the locking device. Such an embodiment (hereinafter referred to as a third embodiment)
Are shown in FIGS. 6 is a plan view of the substrate storage box 60B according to the third embodiment, FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line D-D of FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a C- of FIG.
It is sectional drawing cut | disconnected by the C line. In addition, in the drawings according to the third embodiment, substantially the same configurations as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

However, the difference between the third embodiment and the first embodiment is that the cover body covers almost the entire upper surface open portion of the box body and the connector wiring is pulled out from the wiring lead-out concave portion 74 to the outside. The point is that the two locking devices 130 and 145, that is, the cover opening / closing locking device and the box attaching / detaching locking device are completely stored in the substrate storage box 60B. Therefore, first, the configuration of the cover body will be briefly described.

As shown in FIG. 6, the cover body 80a according to the third embodiment can be freely opened and closed by hinge mechanisms 70 (only 71 is shown in the figure) and 86 so as to completely cover almost the entire area of the box body 61. It is pivotally supported. That is, the upper portion of the connector mounting region 106 is also covered without forming the connection opening 82 as in the first embodiment. Therefore, the wiring 161 connected to the connector 105 mounted in the connector mounting area 106 is covered by the cover body 80a.
It is necessary to connect the connector 160 of the wiring 161 to the connector 105 before covering the cover body and then cover the cover body 80a. At this time, the wiring 161 is drawn out from the wiring drawing concave portion 74 formed in the box body 61. In this way, by covering the entire area of the game control circuit board 100 including the connector mounting area 106 with the cover body 80a, it is possible to completely prevent illicit acts on the connector 105.

Next, a structure for holding / releasing the covering state of the cover body 80a with respect to the box body 61 and a structure of the cover opening / closing locking device 130 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. The cover opening / closing locking device 130 includes a main body which is screwed (not shown) to the box body 61 and the transparent plate 75, a key insertion portion 131 protruding from one side of the main body, and the key insertion portion 131. And a cam member 132 that is rotated by rotating a key (not shown). Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the engaging rocking member 133 pivotally rocked by the shaft pin 134 inserted into the installation opening 142 formed in the bottom surface of the box 61 is the cover opening / closing lock. It is erected so as to contact the side surface of the cam member 132 of the device 130. The engagement rocking member 133 is
A spring 135 wound around the shaft pin 134 constantly urges the side surface of the cam member 132 in a direction in which the spring 135 is in contact with the shaft pin 134, and an engaging claw portion 136 is provided at an upper end of the engaging claw portion 136. Inclined surface portion 13 having an inclined upper surface
It is 7. On the other hand, on the back surface of the cover body 80a and above the engagement rocking member 133, the hanging engagement piece 1 is provided.
38 is integrally formed, an engaging claw portion 139 is also formed at the tip of the hanging engaging piece 138, and the lower surface of the engaging claw portion 139 is an inclined surface portion 140 formed in an inclined shape.
The key insertion portion 131 of the cover opening / closing locking device 130.
Faces the side wall of the box 61, and its key insertion portion 1
The key insertion hole 141 is formed in the side wall of the box body 61 facing 31.
Has been established.

In the structure as described above, the cover body 8
When the box body 61 is covered with 0a, by closing the cover body 80a from above the box body 61, the hanging engagement piece 138
Of the inclined surface portion 140 and the inclined surface portion 13 of the engaging rocking member 133.
7 and the engaging swing member 133 to the spring 135
7 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 7 against the urging force of the engaging claws 136 and 139, and the engaging claws 136 and 139 finally engage with each other. When the engaging claws 136 and 139 are engaged with each other, they cannot be removed from the outside, so that the cover body 80a completely covers the box body 61. On the other hand, the engaging claw 1
In order to release the engagement state between 36 and 139, a release key (not shown) is inserted through the key insertion hole 141 and the key is rotated, whereby the cam member 132 is rotated. The engagement rocking member 133 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 7 against the urging force of the spring 135, and finally the engagement state of the engagement claw portions 136 and 139 is released, and the released state is obtained. The cover body 80a can be opened with.

Next, a structure for holding / releasing the mounted state of the substrate storage box 60B and the box attaching / detaching locking device 1
The configuration of 45 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 8.
The box attaching / detaching locking device 145 is inserted into the key body 146, the main body fixed to the box body 61 and the transparent plate 75 with screws 156, the key insertion portion 146 protruding from one side of the main body, and the key insertion portion 146. And a lever member 147 which is rotated by rotating the detachable key 149. The front side of the lower end portion of the lever member 147 is an inclined surface portion 148, and an opening 150 (in the box body 61, the transparent plate 75, and the game control circuit board 100 within the range in which the lever member 147 can rotate). 7) is formed. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, the installation opening 1 formed on the bottom surface of the mounting base 110.
An engaging rocking member 151 is rockably supported by a shaft pin 152 provided at one end of the engaging rocking member 57.
The engaging claw portion 154 formed at the tip of the No. 1 engages with the lower end of the lever member 147 of the box attaching / detaching locking device 145. The engaging rocking member 151 is the shaft pin 1.
The spring 153 wound around 52 is constantly biased in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 8, and the upper surface of the engaging claw portion 154 at the tip thereof is an inclined surface portion 155 formed in an inclined shape. In addition, the box locking / unlocking device 1
The key insertion part 146 of 45 faces the side wall of the box 61, and the key insertion hole 158 is opened in the side wall of the box 61 facing the key insertion part 146.

In the structure as described above, when the substrate storage box 60B is mounted on the mount 110, the box body 6
1 the engaging piece 64 on the bottom surface to the engaging rail 111 of the mounting base 110
8 along with the inclined surface portion 148 of the lever member 147 and the inclined surface portion 155 of the engaging rocking member 151, the engaging rocking member 151 is resisted against the urging force of the spring 153 and is pushed in the direction of FIG. The lower end of the lever member 147 and the engaging claw portion 154 are finally engaged with each other by rotating the lever member 147 in the rotating direction. When the lower end of the lever member 147 and the engaging claw portion 154 are engaged with each other, it cannot be removed from the outside, so that the board storage box 60B is completely attached to the mounting base 110. On the other hand, in order to release the engaged state between the lever member 147 and the engaging claw portion 154, the detachable key 149 is inserted through the key insertion hole 158 and the key 149 is rotated to rotate the lever member 147. By moving the lower end of the lever member 147 and the engagement claw portion 154 to immediately release the engagement state, and by pulling out the board storage box 60B in the released state, the board storage box 60B can be easily removed from the mount 110. It can be removed.

As described above, the locking devices 130 and 145 for the substrate storage box 60B according to the third embodiment.
Both are present inside the substrate storage box 60B, so that the locking device 13 can be easily compared to the first and second embodiments.
Since 0, 145 cannot be operated from the outside, it is not possible to perform fraudulent acts.

Although the first to third embodiments have been described above, in any of the embodiments, the substrate storage boxes 60, 60A, 60B have a plurality of box bodies 61 and cover bodies 80, 80a. Since the game control circuit board 100 is assembled by the components so as to cover the game control circuit board 100, and the cover opening / closing locking devices 90, 120 and 130 for releasing the covered state are provided, the locking device 9
Without the unlock key 92 for unlocking 0, 120, 130, the covering state of the board storage boxes 60, 60A, 60B cannot be released, and the game control circuit board 100
It is possible to prevent fraudulent acts against others. In addition, the board storage boxes 60, 60A, 60B are assembled and configured to cover the game control circuit board 100 with a plurality of components such as the box body 61 and the cover bodies 80, 80a, and the game machine via the mount 110. Since the box attachment / detachment locking devices 94, 120, 145 that are mounted on the mounting base 110 and release the mounting state on the mounting base 110 are provided, the detachable key 9 for unlocking the locking of the locking devices 94, 120, 145.
If there is no 6, 149, board storage box 60, 60
It is not possible to release the attachment state of the A and 60B to the mechanical plate 41 of the game machine, and it is possible to reliably prevent the illegal act of exchanging the entire board storage boxes 60, 60A and 60B including the game control circuit board 100. You can

In the above embodiment, one side of the box body 61 and the cover body 80 is opened and supported by the hinge mechanism. However, instead of the hinge mechanism, a locking device, a locking claw or the like is used. It may be an engaging structure. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the substrate storage boxes 60, 60A, 60B
Is attached to the mechanism plate 41 via the mount 110, but is not limited to this, and may be attached to the gaming machine installation island where the gaming board 11 or the pachinko gaming machine 1 is installed. The point is in the vicinity of the gaming machine. It should be attached to the. Although the pachinko gaming machine has been described as an example of the gaming machine, it may be a gaming machine other than the pachinko gaming machine (for example, an arrange-type gaming machine, a stot machine, a video game machine, or the like).

[0047]

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, the board storage box is assembled so as to cover the circuit board with a plurality of components, and the covered state is released. Since the lock device is provided, the cover state of the substrate storage box cannot be released without a release key for releasing the lock of the lock device, and fraudulent acts on the circuit board or the like can be prevented.

In addition, the board storage box is assembled so as to cover the circuit board with a plurality of constituent parts, and is mounted at a predetermined location related to the gaming machine through the mounting member, and the mounting member is attached to the mounting member. Since the locking device for releasing the mounted state is provided, the mounting state of the circuit board storage box to the gaming machine cannot be released without the attachment / detachment key for unlocking the locking device, and the circuit board containing the circuit board can be released. It is possible to reliably prevent fraudulent acts of exchanging the entire box.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a substrate storage box according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a substrate storage box.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a substrate storage box according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a substrate storage box according to a third embodiment.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine as an example of the gaming machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko gaming machine 60 Substrate storage box 61 Box body 68 Locking locking protrusion 69 Escape opening 70 Bearing member 71 Bearing cylinder part 72 Shaft pin 75 Transparent plate 80 Cover body 86 Shaft support member 87 Shaft support cylinder part 90 Locking for opening and closing the cover Device 91 Key insertion part 92 Release key 93 Engagement key part 94 Box attachment / detachment locking device 95 Key insertion part 96 Desorption key 97 Engagement key part 100 Game control circuit board 110 Mounting base 114 Locking engagement member 115 Engagement hole 120 Dual-purpose locking Device 121 Key insertion part 122 First engagement key part 123 Second engagement key part 130 Cover opening / closing locking device 131 Key insertion part 132 Cam member 133 Engaging rocking member 136 Engaging claw part 138 Hanging engaging piece 139 Engaging claw 145 Box locking / unlocking device 146 Key insertion part 147 Lever member 149 Desorption key 151 Engaging rocking member 154 Engaging claw

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A board storage box for housing a circuit board provided in a game machine, wherein the board storage box is assembled so as to cover the circuit board with a plurality of components, and the covering state is released. A board storage box for a gaming machine, which is provided with a locking device for locking. 2. A board storage box for housing a circuit board provided in a gaming machine, wherein the board storage box is assembled so as to cover the circuit board with a plurality of components, and a game is provided via a mounting member. A board storage box for a gaming machine, characterized in that the board storage box is mounted at a predetermined position related to the machine and is provided with a locking device for releasing the mounting state to the mounting member.