Game Machine Locker Lighting Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing game machine lockers face challenges with space occupancy and damage from fluorescent tubes, and commercially available tubes do not fit all locker sizes, affecting visibility and durability.
Innovation Solution
A structural and lighting apparatus comprising a plank, bar, and fins is introduced, featuring spaces for panel edges and grooves for partitions and LED strings, allowing efficient use of space and protection for LED lighting within the lockers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If fluorescent tubes are installed in lockers to illuminate prizes, then visibility of prizes is improved, but space in the locker is occupied and the tubes are vulnerable to damage from prizes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces LED strings as an intermediary lighting solution that replaces fluorescent tubes. The LED strings are positioned in front of the partition rather than inside the locker space, eliminating direct contact with prizes while still providing illumination. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by maintaining visibility without compromising durability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent repositions the lighting element from a three-dimensional space-occupying fluorescent tube to a one-dimensional LED string that runs along the partition. This dimensional change allows the lighting to provide illumination without occupying valuable locker space and without being exposed to prize damage.
2Illumination intensity
If fluorescent tubes are used to illuminate lockers, then prize visibility is improved, but commercially available tubes do not fit all locker sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the key parameter of the lighting element from fixed-size fluorescent tubes to flexible LED strings that can be cut to various lengths. This parameter change enables the lighting solution to adapt to different locker dimensions while maintaining effective illumination.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the lighting solution into modular LED string sections that can be individually sized and configured. This segmentation allows the lighting system to be customized for different locker sizes and shapes, providing universal adaptability across various game machine configurations.
3Illumination intensity
If fluorescent tubes are installed in lockers, then lighting function is achieved, but the tubes occupy space that could be used for displaying prizes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the lighting function from the interior locker space and relocates it to the partition boundary. By taking out the fluorescent tube and replacing it with an LED string mounted on the partition, the solution provides lighting while freeing up the entire locker volume for prize display.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions the lighting element from a volume-occupying tube to a line-based LED string positioned on the partition surface. This dimensional change eliminates space occupation within the locker while maintaining the illumination function.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enhances visibility and durability by optimizing space usage and protecting LED lighting within the lockers, ensuring effective attraction and display of prizes while accommodating various locker sizes.
Implementation Method 1
at least one LED string in the corresponding locker
Data Source
AI summary
A game machine is provided with a structural and lighting apparatus. The structural and lighting apparatus includes a plank, a bar and fins. The bar includes two strips extending on and along a front face of the plank. Each of the strips provides a space with the plank. The bar is located between two panels of two lockers of the game machine so that each of the spaces receives an edge of a corresponding one of the panels. The fins extend on and along a rear face of the plank, thereby providing at least one partition-containing groove for receiving a partition between two lockers and at least one light-containing groove for receiving at least one LED string in the corresponding locker.