JP2016193109A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably remove static electricity with which a movable display is charged in a game machine.SOLUTION: A movable display unit 20 includes: a fixed base member 22 fixed to a game board; a movable member 27 which is movably supported by the fixed base member 22 and can reciprocally move between a standby position and a performance position by power of an electric drive source 23; and a movable display 21 which is supported by the movable member 27 and can reciprocally move between the standby position and the performance position together with the movable member 27. The fixed base member 22 has a fixed earth terminal part 28 which is fixed to an external earth part by earth connection. The movable member 27 has a movable earth terminal part 274 which is earth connected to the movable display 21, is electrically in contact with the fixed earth terminal part 28 at the standby position, and moves away from the fixed earth terminal part 28 at the performance position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine having a movable display on a game board.

In various game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines, various effect images such as pictures, characters, codes, etc. related to game contents are displayed on a liquid crystal display device such as a liquid crystal display device provided on the game board surface. The situation is displayed and the production effect is demonstrated.
In recent years, a gaming machine has been proposed in which a sub movable display is arranged in front of a display screen of a liquid crystal display device and the movable display is operated in a predetermined direction (for example, see Patent Document 1). .

JP 2013-215428 A

  However, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, when a game ball replenished to the gaming machine from the hall facility is charged with static electricity, and the charged gaming ball flows down the gaming area of the gaming board, a movable display However, the display of the movable display may be disturbed due to the influence of static electricity. Disturbance of the display screen due to static electricity can be resolved by grounding the movable display to the external grounding part of the gaming machine. A ground wire must be used. For this reason, if the earth wire is directly connected to the movable indicator, the earth wire is forcibly dragged along with the operation of the movable indicator, causing trouble in the operation of the movable indicator, the earth wire being disconnected, or There is a risk that the ground wire may interfere with other parts.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of reliably removing static electricity charged on a movable display.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a gaming machine having a movable display unit on a game board, wherein the movable display unit is fixed to the game board side, and is movable to the fixed base member. And a movable member that can be reciprocated between the standby position and the effect position by the power of the electric drive source, and a movable indicator that is supported by the movable member and can be reciprocated between the standby position and the effect position together with the movable member. The fixed base member has a fixed ground terminal portion that is grounded to an external ground portion, and the movable member is grounded to the movable indicator and is fixed when in the standby position. It has a movable ground terminal portion that is in electrical contact with the ground terminal portion and is separated from the fixed ground terminal portion when in the production position.

  With the above configuration, when the movable display is in the standby position together with the movable member, static electricity charged on the movable display can be reliably removed.

  Further, the fixed ground terminal portion and / or the movable ground end portion is formed by a leaf spring.

  With the above configuration, the fixed ground end and the movable ground terminal can be reliably brought into electrical contact with each other by the elastic force of the leaf spring.

  Further, the movable member is formed of a conductive material, and the movable indicator is supported on the movable member so as to be swingable by a conductive shaft.

  With the above configuration, even when the movable display is swingably supported by the movable member, the movable display is electrically connected to the external grounding portion through the shaft, so that the static electricity charged on the movable display can be reliably prevented. Can be removed.

  According to the present invention, when the movable display is in the standby position together with the movable member, the static electricity charged in the movable display can be reliably removed.

It is a perspective view of the gaming machine according to the present invention. It is a front view of a game board when a movable display unit is in a standby state. It is a front view of a game board when a movable display unit is in the production state. It is a disassembled perspective view of a movable display unit. It is a front view of the movable display unit when it is in a standby state. It is a front view of a movable display unit when it is in a production state. It is a back view of a movable display unit when it is in a standby state. It is a back view of a movable display unit when it is in a production state. It is the IX-IX line transverse cross section in FIG. FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 6. It is the XI-XI line longitudinal cross-sectional view in FIG. It is the XII-XII line longitudinal cross-sectional view in FIG.

Hereinafter, an embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims of the present application, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution means of the invention. .

  In the following description, the left-right direction of each part of the gaming machine 1 will be described according to the left-right direction for a person facing the front of the gaming machine 1.

(Overall structure of gaming machine 1)
As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 can be opened and closed around a vertical axis by a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 2 installed in an island facility of a game hall and a left frame portion of the outer frame 2 by a hinge not shown. The inner frame 3 attached to the inner frame 3, the gaming board 4 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 to which various elements are assembled, and the front side of the gaming board 4, and on the left frame portion of the inner frame 3 A glass frame 6 fitted with a glass plate 61, which can be opened and closed around a vertical axis by upper and lower hinges 5, 5 and allows the player to see through the front of the game board 4, and provided on the rear side of the game board 4. An unillustrated payout device capable of paying out game balls B such as prize balls and rental balls, an upper tray portion 7 for storing game balls B provided at the lower portion of the glass frame 6 and paid out from the payout device, and a glass frame 6 is formed on the front side of the game board 4 by introducing a game ball B provided in the lower back side of 6 and stored in the upper tray part 7 A launching device (not shown) for launching toward the game area 401 to be played, a lower saucer portion 8 into which an overflow ball can be introduced when the game ball B is full in the upper saucer portion 7, and the front surface of the glass frame 6 A launching handle 9 that is provided when the game ball B provided in the lower right portion and stored in the upper tray portion 7 is launched into the game area 401, and a sound effect that is provided in the upper portion of the glass frame 6 and that corresponds to the game situation is output. Speakers 10L and 10R, an electrical decoration device 11 provided on the glass frame 6 for lighting effects that are turned on, off, and flashing according to the game situation, and a display device 12 installed on the rear side of the game board 4 (FIG. 2, 3, and a main control unit and a main control unit (not shown) that are installed on the back side of the game board 1 to control the game progress and the game effects and control the entire game in an integrated manner. Directed based on instructions from And a control device including a presentation control unit for controlling an object, the not shown power supply or the like for supplying power to each of the electrical components are placed on the back side of the game board 4.

  The display device 12 indicated by a dotted line in FIGS. 2 and 3 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and is information relating to a game that can be visually recognized by the player through the glass plate 61 of the glass frame 6 in the approximate center of the game board 4. A game by displaying a variety of characters, an unillustrated effect symbol composed of three numbers in the left column, middle column, right column, etc., and displaying a moving image according to the progress of the game at that time. A lively production is performed.

(Game board 4 and related structure)
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the game board 4 is formed in a substantially square shape when viewed from the front by a transparent synthetic resin plate such as an acrylic resin, and has a circular shape (elliptical shape) surrounded by inner and outer guide rails 402 and 403 on the front surface. A game area 401 (including a shape). The game ball B stored in the upper tray 7 is launched from the launching device when the launching handle 9 is rotated, and guided to the upper left by the inner and outer guide rails 402 and 403 to enter the game area 401. Introduced to flow down.

  Various patterns surrounding the periphery of the display device 12 from the front side are provided at the substantially central portion of the game area 401 so that the effect symbols displayed on the display device 12 installed on the rear side of the game board 4 can be visually recognized. The frame-shaped decorative frame 13 is fixed in front view.

  Furthermore, the game area 401 includes a number of unillustrated nails that change the flow direction of the game ball B driven into the game area 401 and a lower area of the game area 401 (decorative frame) below the display device 12. The warp ball B that has entered the warp hole 131 provided in the left part of the decorative frame 13 is introduced from among the game balls B flowing down the left side of the 13), and the warp ball B rolls in the left-right and front-back directions. The stage 14 to be obtained, the game ball B flowing down the game area 401 below the stage 14, the start winning port 15 through which the game ball B falling from the front side of the stage 14 can win, and the right area of the game area 401 The through-chucker 16 through which the game ball B can pass and the winning attacker 17 and the game ball B fired from the launching device are guided to the right region of the game region 401. For the right-handed path 404 for the game, the out-port 18 for discharging the out-ball B that has not won the start winning port 15, the attacker 17, etc. out of the game balls B driven into the game area 401 to the back side of the game board 4. Is provided.

  Between the back side of the game board 4 and the display screen on the display device 12, a left and right movable display that performs a predetermined effect operation when the game state becomes a predetermined special game state (for example, “reach”, “big hit”) A unit 20 is provided.

  A detection signal when the game ball B wins the start winning opening 15 is transmitted to the control device. The control device makes a determination such as “reach”, “big hit”, “miss”, etc. according to a random number generated internally based on the detection signal, and based on the result of a lottery executed with a predetermined probability. The production object including the display device 12 is controlled. As a result of the lottery, when the game is a “hit”, the attacker 17 is controlled to open and close with a predetermined opening / closing pattern to give the player a privilege that makes the game advantageous.

  Note that “reach” used in the present specification means, for example, that two of the left, middle, and right three-stage effect symbols displayed on the display device 12 are stopped first, and are already stopped and displayed. In other words, the display results of the two rows are the same symbol combination, and the final stop symbol is expected to be stopped. Note that “normal game” refers to a game state in which “big hit”, “reach” or the like has not occurred.

(Outline of the game)
When the game state is “normal game”, the firing force of the launching device is adjusted by rotating the launching handle 9 so that the game ball B stored in the upper tray 7 flows down to the left area of the game area 401. To do.

  When the game ball B wins the start winning opening 15, as a result of the lottery executed by the control device, an effect symbol is displayed on the display device 12 in a predetermined effect mode for a predetermined time based on a predetermined variation pattern. Directed. If a “reach” occurs as a result of the lottery, as shown by a solid line in FIG. 2, a movable display 21 described later in the left and right movable display units 20 is positioned at the end of the display screen of the display device 12. Then, a predetermined effect display is performed at the standby position where the display screen is opened, and then, as shown in FIG. 3, a part of the display screen of the display device 12 is located near the center of the display screen of the display device 12. It moves to the production position which is closed except. Then, an operation is performed again to return from the effect position to the standby position at a predetermined timing. After that, when the effect symbols displayed on the display screen 12 are confirmed and displayed with the same symbols in the left, middle, and right columns, the control device sets the game state to “big hit” which is advantageous for the player. Control to move.

  When the gaming state shifts to “big hit”, the firing handle 9 is rotated and adjusted so that the firing force of the launching device becomes the maximum force so that the game ball B is hit to the right.

  The right-handed game ball B is guided to the right area of the game area 401 through the right-handed path 404 and can easily win the attacker 17 that opens and closes in a predetermined opening / closing pattern.

  The attacker 17 detects that an unillustrated attacker sensor provided inside has won 10 game balls, or closes when 30 seconds have elapsed since opening, and opens again after closing. Repeat this up to 15 times. As a result, when a “hit” occurs, a large number of game balls can be awarded to the attacker 17, and a large number of game balls are paid out to the upper tray portion 7 in a short time as prize balls from a prize ball payout device (not shown). It is.

(Description of movable display unit 20)
Next, the configuration and operation of the movable display unit 20 will be described.
4 is an exploded perspective view of the right movable display unit 20 viewed from the rear oblique direction, FIG. 5 is a front view of the movable display unit 20 in the standby state, and FIG. 6 is movable in the effect state. 7 is a front view of the display unit 20, FIG. 7 is a rear view of the movable display unit 20 in the standby state, FIG. 8 is a rear view of the movable display unit 20 in the production state, and FIGS. It is a cross-sectional view of a part. 7 and 8 omit the base member 22 described later in order to clearly show the back side structure of the movable display unit 20.

  Further, since the left and right movable display units 20 and 20 are symmetrical with each other, the following description of the movable display unit 20 will be described with respect to the right movable display unit 20, and the left movable display unit 20 with respect to the left and right movable display units 20. It shall be interpreted in reverse.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the movable display unit 20 includes, as main elements, a movable display 21 configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display, a fixed base member 22 fixed to the rear side of the game board 4, and a fixed base member. The drive mechanism unit 26 including the motor 23 and the gears 24 and 25 supported by the motor 22 and the movable display 21 are supported so as to be rotatable by a predetermined angle, and can be moved in the left-right direction by the power of the drive mechanism unit 26. A movable member 27 supported by the fixed base member 22 and a fixed ground terminal portion 28 fixed to the fixed base member 22 are provided.

  The fixed base member 22 is formed of a vertically long conductive metal plate, and is electrically connected to an external grounding unit (not shown) in the gaming machine 1 and grounded. A fixed ground terminal portion 28 formed of a conductive leaf spring is screwed to the front surface of a substantially central portion in the vertical direction of the fixed base member 22. When the fixed base member 22 is formed of a non-conductive synthetic resin material, the fixed ground terminal portion 28 is electrically connected to the external ground portion using an electric wire or the like. When the fixed base member 22 is formed of a conductive metal plate, the fixed ground terminal portion 28 can be formed integrally with the fixed base member 22.

  A guide rail 29 is fixed to the front surface of the lower portion 221 of the fixed base member 22 to support a rack portion 271 (described later) provided below the movable member 27 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction. Further, a lower support plate 31 is fixed to the front side of the guide rail 29, and a vertically long illumination lens 32 is fixed to the right front portion of the fixed base member 22.

  On the upper surface of the lower support plate 31, a guide groove 311 is provided for supporting the lower portion of the movable display 21 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. As can be understood from FIGS. 11 and 12 in particular, the guide groove 311 has a straight part 311a extending straightly from the left end to the right in a plan view, and an inclination inclined obliquely forward to the right from the right end of the straight part 311a. It has a portion 311b and is formed in a substantially “<” shape in plan view.

  An LED substrate 33 mounted with a light source such as an LED for illuminating the illumination lens 32 from the back side is fixed to the back side of the illumination lens 32. The LED board 33 can illuminate the surface of the illumination lens 32 brightly by illuminating the illumination lens 32 from the back side with the LED emitting light in a manner corresponding to the gaming situation. It should be noted that the surface of the illumination lens 32 is inclined toward the player as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 so that it can be easily seen by the player located on the front side of the gaming machine 1.

  The movable member 27 is formed of a vertically long conductive metal plate. The upper support portion 272 provided at the upper portion is fixed to the upper portion 222 of the fixed base member 22, and the rack portion 271 provided at the lower portion is fixed to the fixed base member 22. By being supported by the guide rails 29 so as to be slidable in the left and right directions, the standby position shown in FIG. 7 and the left side of the standby position shown in FIG. It can reciprocate linearly between the production positions shown in FIG.

  The conductive portion of the movable member 27 is provided with a conductive movable ground terminal portion 274 and upper and lower bearing portions 275 and 276, respectively. The movable ground terminal portion 274 is formed by bending a part of the movable member 27 forward by approximately 90 degrees, is in a position facing the fixed ground terminal portion 28 in the left-right direction, and the movable member 27 is in the standby position. At a certain time, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, it contacts the fixed ground portion 28, and when it is also in the production position, it moves away from the fixed ground portion 28 as shown in FIGS. The bearing portions 275 and 276 are for supporting the movable display 21 so as to be able to swing with the conductive shaft 30 in the vertical direction. This will be described later.

  The motor 23 of the drive mechanism unit 26 constituting the electric drive source is fixed to the front surface of the lower portion 221 of the fixed base member 22. The gears 24 and 25 are pivotally supported on the front surface of the lower portion 221 so as to be rotatable around a front-rear axis, the gear 24 meshes with an output gear 231 fixed to the output shaft of the motor 23, and the gear 25 is a motor The gears 24 and the rack portion 271 are engaged with each other so that the rotation of the rotation 23 can be transmitted to the rack portion 271. Accordingly, when the motor 23 rotates, the rotation is transmitted to the movable member 27 via the gears 24 and 25 and the rack portion 271, so that the movable member 27 moves linearly in the left-right direction.

  The movable display 21 is fitted in a frame-shaped frame member 215, and has a display screen 211 composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display for displaying an effect image in a mode corresponding to the game situation on the front surface. A support plate 212 formed of a conductive metal plate to which the movable display 21 is grounded is fixed on the back side of the movable display 21.

  For the signal and power supply to the movable display 21, the electronic circuit board 35 fixed to the upper part 222 of the fixed base member 22 and the electronic circuit board 36 fixed to the upper part of the movable display 21 are electrically connected to each other. This is performed by the flat cable 34.

  The frame member 215 is provided with various patterns on the surface, and a downward projection 216 provided on the bottom surface is fitted into the guide groove 311 of the lower support plate 31 so as to be slidable in the left-right direction.

  The support plate 212 is fixed to the back side of the movable display 21, and the conductive upper and lower movable bearing portions 213 and 214 provided on the rear surface have the conductive shaft 30 and the upper and lower fixed bearing portions 275 and 276 of the movable member 27. Pivoted. Accordingly, the movable display 21 is supported by the shaft 30 so as to be rotatable by a predetermined angle with respect to the movable member 27 via the support plate 212.

  Further, since the movable bearing portions 213 and 214, the shaft 30, the fixed bearing portions 275 and 276, the movable member 27, and the movable ground terminal portion 274 are each made of a conductive material, the movable display 21 is moved to the standby position together with the movable member 27. When the movable ground terminal portion 274 is in contact with the fixed ground terminal portion 28, the movable display 21 is grounded with the movable bearing portions 213 and 214, the shaft 30, the fixed bearing portions 275 and 276, and the movable member. 27 and the movable ground terminal portion 274 are electrically connected to the external ground portion of the gaming machine 1. As a result, the static electricity charged in the movable display 21 during the game can be discharged and removed when the movable display 21 is in the standby position.

Next, the operation of the movable display unit 20 will be described.
In the normal gaming state, as shown in FIG. 2, the movable display unit 20 is in a standby state, and the movable displays 21 are located on the left and right sides of the display screen of the display device 12, and together with the display device 12, the display device 12 displays an image related to the effect image displayed at 12 or an image synchronized with the effect image.

  When the movable display unit 20 is in a standby state, as shown in FIGS. 5, 7, 9, and 11, the movable display 21 has a protrusion 216 of the frame member 215 in the guide groove 311 as shown in FIG. 11. By engaging with the inclined portion 311b, the display screen 211 is inclined so as to face the player sitting in front of the gaming machine 1. Further, the movable ground terminal portion 274 of the movable member 27 contacts the fixed ground terminal portion 28 of the fixed base member 22, and the movable display 21 is grounded. Therefore, in this state, even when the game ball B charged with static electricity flows down the game area 401 during the game and the static electricity is charged to the movable display 21 due to this influence, the static electricity is discharged to the movable ground end 274 and Since it is possible to escape to the external grounding part via the fixed grounding terminal part 28, it is possible to prevent the display of images and moving images displayed on the display screen 211 of the movable display 21 from being disturbed. Further, since the contact between the movable ground end 274 and the fixed ground terminal portion 28 is performed by the elastic force of the fixed ground terminal portion 28, the mutual contact can be ensured and static electricity can be surely released.

  For example, when the gaming state becomes “reach” or the like, an image and a moving image that are synchronized with each other are displayed on the display screen 211 and the display device 12 of the movable display 21 and a movable display is performed. The device 21 is moved from the standby position shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 to the effect position shown in FIGS. This movement is achieved by driving and controlling the motor 23 and transmitting the drive to the movable member 27 via the gears 24 and 24 and the rack 271. That is, when the motor 23 is driven, the movable member 27 and the movable display 21 are moved to an effect position near the center of the display screen of the display device 12 and stopped. In this case, since the protrusion 216 of the frame member 215 enters the linear portion 311a from the inclined portion 311b of the guide groove 311, the movable display 21 changes to a posture in which the display screen 211 faces the front as shown in FIG. . Further, in this case, since the movable member 27 moves to the effect position, the movable ground terminal portion 274 is separated from the fixed ground terminal portion 28 and the ground connection is disconnected, but the movable display 21 stops at the effect position. Since the movable display 21 is connected to the ground and the static electricity is removed until just before moving to the effect position, the display disturbance of the movable display 21 can be minimized.

  When the display of the effect image on the movable display 21 at the effect position is finished, the motor 23 is reversely driven, the movable display 21 returns to the standby position again, and the movable earth terminal portion 274 becomes the fixed earth terminal portion 28. By making electrical contact, static electricity received during the performance is removed.

  As described above, when the movable display 21 is in the standby position, the movable ground terminal portion 274 is in electrical contact with the fixed ground terminal portion 28, so that the movable display 21 can be electrically connected to the external ground of the gaming machine 1. Therefore, the disturbance of the display image on the display screen 211 in the movable display 21 can be prevented. Moreover, since there is no need to electrically connect a thick ground wire (electric wire) to the movable display 21 that is movable by driving the motor 23, the movable display 21 can be moved smoothly.

As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, it is possible to give the following various deformation | transformation and change with respect to this Embodiment within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.
(A) Instead of or in addition to the liquid crystal screen, the display screen 211 of the movable display device 21 performs an electrical decoration effect by light emission of a light source such as an LED.
(B) The movable display 21 is moved in the vertical direction or in the oblique direction.
(C) Instead of the motor 23, the electric drive source is a solenoid.
(D) The movable ground terminal portion 274 is a conductive leaf spring, and the fixed ground terminal portion 28 is a conductive leaf spring or a metal plate.
(E) The gaming machine 1 is a slot machine.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Outer frame 3 Inner frame 4 Game board 401 Game area 402,403 Guide rail 404 Right-handed passage 5 Hinge 6 Glass frame 61 Glass plate 7 Upper saucer part 8 Lower saucer part 9 Launch handle 10L, 10R Speaker 11 Electric decoration Device 12 Display device 13 Decoration frame 131 Warp hole 14 Stage 15 Start winning port 16 Through chucker 17 Attacker 18 Out port 20 Movable display unit 21 Movable indicator 211 Display screen 212 Support plates 213 and 214 Movable bearing portion 215 Frame member 216 Projection 22 fixed base member 221 lower part 222 upper part 23 motor (electric drive source)
231 output gear 24, 25 gear 26 drive mechanism 27 movable member 271 rack 272 upper support 273 rear 274 movable ground terminal 275, 276 fixed bearing 28 fixed ground terminal 29 guide rail 30 shaft 31 lower support plate 311 guide Groove 311a Linear part 311b Inclined part 32 Illuminated lens 33 LED board 34 Flat cable 35, 36 Electronic circuit board

Claims (3)

In a gaming machine having a movable display unit on a gaming board,
The movable display unit includes a fixed base member fixed to the game board side,
A movable member supported movably on the fixed base member and capable of reciprocating between a standby position and an effect position by the power of an electrical drive source;
A movable indicator supported by the movable member and capable of reciprocating between a standby position and an effect position together with the movable member,
The fixed base member has a fixed ground terminal portion that is grounded to an external ground portion,
When the movable member is grounded to the movable indicator and is in the standby position, the movable member is in electrical contact with the fixed ground terminal portion, and when in the effect position, the movable ground terminal portion is separated from the fixed ground terminal portion. A gaming machine characterized by comprising:   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the fixed ground terminal portion and / or the movable ground end portion is formed by a leaf spring. The movable member is formed of a conductive material,
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the movable display is swingably supported on the movable member by a conductive shaft.

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