JP5270853B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform direction effects to the maximum so that a non-transparent part does not exist in a joint part of right and left door members when the right and left door members are at a shielding position. <P>SOLUTION: An open/close device 8 includes right and left door members 81 and 81 capable of shielding/opening a display area 71 by moving to the right and left across the display area 71 and a driving device 10A for moving the right and left door members 81 and 81 to the right and left. The right and left door members 81 and 81 have transparent area parts 811 and 811 for allowing game information displayed to the display area 71 to be seen through or half seeing through and non-transparent area parts 812 and 812 provided on an outer surface except inside end parts of the transparent area parts 811 and 811. At the shielding position for shielding the display area 71, the non-transparent part is not present at a joint part where inside end parts of the right and left transparent area parts 811 and 811 are abutted to each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including an opening / closing device capable of opening and closing a display area capable of displaying game information.

In a slot machine as a gaming machine, left and right door members that are linearly movable in the left-right direction are provided on the front surface of a display device that is provided on the front surface of the gaming machine and capable of displaying various gaming information. Some door members are moved in the left-right direction by the power of the driving device to shield or open the display area of the display device so that various effects can be performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).
JP 2004-350988 A

  In the gaming machine as described above, even when the door member is in a shielding position that shields the display area, the game information displayed in the display area can be seen through or semi-transparently through the door member, so that the effect by the door member is raised. There is something that was made. In this case, the door member is formed of a transparent or translucent acrylic synthetic resin plate or the like having a thin plate thickness so that the game information can be seen through or translucently seen. In order to increase the rigidity of the door member, a frame-shaped reinforcing portion is provided on the outer periphery of the door member. This reinforcing portion forms a non-permeable portion where the game information displayed in the display area cannot be seen through because the plate thickness is formed so as to be advantageous in terms of strength. As a result, when the left and right door members are in the shielding position, there is an impermeable portion at the mating portion where the inner ends of the left and right door members are in contact with each other, and the game displayed in the display area by the impermeable portion Since the information is blocked, a part of the game information cannot be seen through, and the production effect is halved.

  The present invention has been made in view of the conventional problems, and when the left and right door members are in the shielding position, the rendering effect is maximized by preventing the non-permeability portion from being present in the mating portion of the left and right door members. An object is to provide a gaming machine that can be used.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
A gaming machine comprising a display device provided on a front surface of a gaming machine and capable of displaying game information, and an opening and closing device disposed in front of the display device and capable of opening and closing a display area of the display device. A left and right door member capable of shielding and opening the display area by moving in the left-right direction across the display area, and a drive device for moving the left and right door members in the left-right direction, respectively. When the left and right door members are in a shielding position that shields the display area, a see-through area portion formed of a see-through member capable of seeing through the game information displayed in the display area or a semi- see-through member capable of being seen through; the game information was impossible perspective, and thickness comprises respectively a non see-through portion which is thicker than the plate thickness of the transparent area unit, when in the blocking position, the inner end of the see-through area of the right and left Part There abut each other, and the mating portions mutually abutting appropriate, the a structure not transparent portion is not present, the right and left perspective area part has a linear side extending vertically along the mating portion, the When the left and right door members are in the shielding position, the left and right see-through regions are formed in a semicircular shape formed from arcuate sides extending in the opening direction of the left and right door members from the upper and lower ends of the straight side. The mating portions of the two parts abut each other to form a circular see-through region in a front view , draw a line drawing of a predetermined pattern in the left and right see-through region portions, and the left and right door members are in the shielding position When the game information is combined with the line drawing, an effect can be displayed .

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the left and right door members are in the shielding position, there is no non-permeable portion at the mating portion where the inner end portions of the left and right fluoroscopic region portions contact each other. The displayed game information can be seen through the see-through area portion without any breaks, and the effect of production can be maximized.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. In the following description, the lower left diagonal in FIG. 1 is “front”, the upper right upper is “rear”, the upper left upper is “left”, and the lower right lower is “right”.

  A gaming machine (slot machine) 1 includes a housing 3 that houses three types of left, middle, and right rotating reels 2 and other various gaming machines with a plurality of types of symbols drawn on the outer peripheral surface, and a front surface of the housing 3. A disc-shaped medal (including coins) that forms a game medium is inserted into a medal slot 20 provided on the front right side of the front door 4. A predetermined game is played.

  The game of the gaming machine 1 is a credit state in which the player inserts medals into the medal insertion unit 4 or the number of medals previously inserted by the bet button 8 provided on the front surface of the front door 3 is electrically stored. After the number of medals bet is set, the start lever 9 is operated to rotate all the rotating reels 5.

  After a predetermined time has passed after the rotating reel 2 has rotated, the three stop buttons 23 provided on the front surface of the front door 4 are sequentially operated to stop the rotation of each rotating reel 2, and the stopped three The combination of symbols on the rotary reel 2 determines the number of medals to be paid according to the presence of a prize and the size of the prize. When a prize is awarded, a predetermined number of medals are provided at the lower part of the front door 4. It is paid out to the tray 41.

  At the front center of the front door 4 is provided a see-through window 42 through which the symbols of each rotary reel 2 can be visually recognized, and the display unit 5 is provided at the top.

  2 is a front view of the display unit 5, FIG. 3 is a front view of the display unit 5 with the display frame 6 removed, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the display unit 5 as viewed obliquely from the front, and FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of the display unit 5 seen from diagonally backward.

  The display unit 5 produces a game by turning on or blinking the light source, displaying various game information in a display area 71 described later, or shielding or opening the display area 71 according to the game situation. 4 and 5, a display having a display frame 6 made of synthetic resin fixed to the upper front portion of the front door 4 and a display area 71 capable of displaying game information corresponding to the game situation. The device 7, the opening / closing device 8 that opens and closes the display area 71 according to the game situation, the front door member driving device 10A and the rear door member driving device 10B for transmitting power to the opening / closing device 8, and the display frame 6 A base member 11 made of synthetic resin to which the display device 7, the opening / closing device 8 and the driving devices 10A and 10B are attached, and a center lighting device 12 for lighting and flashing according to the game situation to produce a game by lighting, and Left and right side lighting And a location 13 and 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the center illumination device 12 refracts and diffuses the light emitted from the light source 121 that is fixed to the center of the front surface of the display frame 6 and a large number of single-color light sources 121 such as LEDs. In addition, a center lens 122 made of colored synthetic resin that allows light to be confirmed from various directions is included.

  The side illuminator 13 is fixed to a large number of full-color light sources 131 such as LEDs and the upper left and right surfaces of the display frame 6, and refracts and diffuses light emitted from the light sources 131 arranged inside to emit light from various directions. And a side lens 132 made of a transparent synthetic resin that can be confirmed.

  The display device 7 is fixed to the back surface side of the base member 11 and has a display area 71 composed of liquid crystal or the like on the front surface. By displaying game information corresponding to the game situation in the display area 71, It will be a lively production. The display device 7 is attached in a slightly tilted posture so that game information displayed in the display area 71 can be easily seen by the player.

  The base member 11 is fixed to the upper part of the front door 4 together with the display frame 6, and has an opening 111 corresponding to the size of the display area 71 of the display device 7. Left and right speakers 14 for generating sound effects are attached.

  The opening / closing device 8 includes a left and right front door member 81 and a rear door member 82 that are linearly movable in the left-right direction along the front surface of the display screen 71 so as to sandwich the display screen 71 in the display device 7, and the front door member 81 and And a guide means 9 for supporting the rear door member 82 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. The opening / closing device 8 is attached in a slightly forward tilted posture in accordance with the forward tilted posture of the display device 7.

  The guide means 9 connects the upper guide 91 and the lower guide 92 that are fixed to the front surface of the base member 11 with a plurality of bolts (not shown) and facing in the left-right direction, and the upper guide 91 and the lower guide 92 vertically. Left and right connecting plates 93, 93.

  The upper guide 91 supports a front door member upper rail 911 for supporting the upper part of the left and right front door members 81 so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and the upper part of the left and right rear door members 82 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. Therefore, the rear door member upper rail 912 is provided.

  The front and rear door member upper rails 911 and 912 are arranged in parallel to each other, and the vertical cross-sectional shape is substantially a downward-opening U-shape. The front door member upper rail 911 is fixed to the outside of the display area 71, that is, the upper portion of the rear door member upper rail 912. In other words, the front door member upper rail 911 and the rear door member upper rail 912 are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vertical direction. Thereby, since the mounting space in the front-rear direction of the upper guide 91 can be suppressed to the front-rear width of one rail, the center illumination device 12 and the side illumination device 13 in which the upper guide 91 is disposed above the front door 4. And the influence on the arrangement of other components such as the center lighting device 12 and the side lighting device 13 can be minimized.

  The lower guide 92 supports a lower rail 921 for the front door member for supporting the lower part of the left and right front door members 81 so as to be movable in the left-right direction and a lower part of the left and right rear door members 82 so as to be movable in the left-right direction. The rear door member lower rail 922 is provided.

  The front and rear door member lower rails 921 and 922 are arranged in parallel to each other, and the vertical cross-sectional shape is substantially an upward U-shape. The rear door member lower rail 922 is fixed to the rear portion of the front door member lower rail 921. In other words, the front door member lower rail 921 and the rear door member lower rail 922 are arranged to overlap each other in the front-rear direction. Thereby, the lower part of the front and rear door members 81 and 82 can be supported in a stable state.

  The left and right connecting plates 93 are arranged apart from each other in the left-right direction so as not to block the display area 71 of the display device 7, and the upper ends thereof are connected to the front surface of the rear door member upper rail 912. Similarly, the lower end portion is connected between the rear surface of the front door member lower rail 921 and the front surface of the rear door member lower rail 922.

  In this way, the upper guide 91 and the lower guide 92 are connected vertically by the left and right connecting plates 93 to increase the rigidity of the guide means 9 so that the upper guide 91 and the lower guide 92 are always parallel. And ensures smooth operation of each door member 81,82. In the lower guide 92, the front door member lower rail 921 is disposed on the front side of the connecting plate 93, and the rear door member lower rail 922 is disposed on the rear side. The weight of the rear door members 81 and 82 acts evenly forward and backward, and the front and rear door members 81 and 82 can be supported with good balance. The left and right connecting plates 93 in this embodiment are formed by bending a part of the rear door member lower rail 922 upward.

  The left and right front door members 81 are entirely made of synthetic resin, and an upper slide portion 813 provided at the upper portion engages with the front door member upper rail 911 so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and at the lower portion. The provided lower slide portion 814 engages with the front door member lower rail 921 so as to be movable in the left-right direction, and is supported so as to be movable in the left-right direction along the front surface of the display area 71 and the connecting plate 93. A linear movement is made between a shielding position for shielding the area 71 (see FIGS. 2 and 12A and 12B) and an opening position for opening the area 71 (FIGS. 1, 3 and 12C and 12D). The upper and lower slide portions 813 and 814 are provided at positions that move outside the display area 71 in a front view.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the upper slide portion 813 of the front door member 81 is formed to protrude rearward from the upper rear surface of the front door member 81, and the lower portion of the front door member upper rail 911 and the rear door member upper rail 912 are formed. It enters from the gap between the upper part and engages slidably in the front door member upper rail 911. The upper slide portion 813 is provided with a roller 817 that rotates about the vertical axis that rolls in the upper rail 911 for the front door member, and a roller 818 that rotates about the horizontal axis. The lower slide portion 814 is also provided with a roller (not shown) that rotates about the vertical axis that rolls in the lower rail 921 for the front door member and a roller (not shown) that rotates about the horizontal axis.

  A rack 816 is provided on the rear surface of the upper slide portion 813 along the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 11, this rack 816 is exposed in the gap between the lower part of the front door member upper rail 911 and the upper part of the rear door member rail 912, and is attached to a pinion 101 (to be described later) in the front door member drive device 10A. Mesh.

  The front door member 81 is provided with a see-through region portion 811 and a non-see-through region portion 812 made of synthetic resin. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the see-through region portion 811 is formed in a substantially half-moon shape when viewed from the front by a transparent or semi-transparent acrylic synthetic resin plate, and excludes inner end portions (matching portions of the left and right front door members 81). The peripheral edge is fixed to the back surface of the non-permeable region 812. In order to increase the rigidity of the front door member 81, a protrusion 815 that protrudes forward along the outer periphery of the arc portion of the transparent region portion 811 is integrally formed in the non-transparent region portion 812.

  The non-permeable portion of the front door member 81 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes upper and lower slide portions 813 and 814 and a non-permeable region portion 812, which include the front door member 81, particularly the transparent region portion 811. In order to reinforce, it is formed thicker than the plate thickness of the transparent region portion 811.

  The see-through region portion 811 has its circumferential portion fixed to the back side of the protruding portion 815 of the non-permeable region portion 812, so that the rigidity thereof is maintained even if it is formed of a thin acrylic resin plate. Further, when the left and right front door members 81 are in the shielding position, the inner end portions of the left and right see-through region portions 811 and 811 come into contact with each other, so that the left and right see-through region portions 811 and 811 have a circular see-through region in front view. Form. Thereby, even if the left and right front door members 81 are in the shielding position, it is possible to see through the image and the character information displayed in the display area 71 through the circular see-through area. In this case, since there is no non-permeable portion at the inner end portion of the fluoroscopic region portion 811, the video, text information, etc. displayed in the display region 71 can be clearly seen without being obstructed by the non-transparent portion. Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, by drawing line drawings 811a and 811a on the left and right see-through area portions 811 and 811, when the left and right front door members 81 and 81 are in the shielding position, the game area 71 It is possible to display an effect in which a line drawing is combined with the displayed video or character information.

  The synthetic resin rear door member 82 is engaged with an upper slide portion 821 that is movably engaged in the rear door member upper rail 912 and a rear door member lower rail 922 that is movable in the left and right direction. A lower slide portion 822 to be joined, a shielding portion 823 that forms a transparent or translucent transparent region that can open and close the display region 71, and a vertical reinforcing portion 828 that reinforces the outer end of the shielding portion 823. A shielding position (FIGS. 1 and 12 (a) (c)) that is supported so as to be movable in the left-right direction along the rear surface of the connecting plate 93 and the front surface of the display region 71, and It can move to the open position (FIG. 3 and FIG. 12 (a) (d)) which opens.

  The upper slide portion 821 is provided with a roller 826 that rotates about the vertical axis that rolls within the rear door member upper rail 912 and a roller 827 that rotates about the horizontal axis. The lower slide portion 822 is also provided with a roller (not shown) that rotates about the vertical axis that rolls within the lower rail 922 for the rear door member and a roller (not shown) that rotates about the horizontal axis.

  The shielding portion 823 shields the display area 71 when the rear door member 82 is in the shielding position, and allows the game information displayed in the display area 71 to be seen through or slightly visible in outline, color, and the like. It is formed transparently. A folded portion 824 that protrudes a predetermined amount rearward is provided at an inner end portion of the shielding portion 823 (a joint portion of the left and right shielding portions 823).

  The non-permeable portion of the rear door member 82 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes upper and lower slide portions 821, 822 and a reinforcing portion 828, which reinforce the front door member 82, particularly the shielding portion 823. The thickness of the shielding part 823 is larger than the plate thickness.

  On the rear surface of the lower slide portion 822 in the rear door member 82, a rack 825 is provided along the left-right direction. As shown in FIG. 11, the rack 825 meshes with a pinion 101B described later in the rear door member drive device 10B.

  The folded portion 824 has a function of increasing the rigidity of the shielding portion 823 formed with a thin front and rear thickness and increasing the rigidity of the entire rear door member 82. Thereby, when the rear door member 82 is in the shielding position, the inner end portions of the rear door member 82 can reliably contact each other without being deformed, and the light emitted from the display area 71 from the gap between the mating portions of the rear door member 82 can be obtained. Prevent leakage. In addition, the rear end of the folded portion 824 is close to the display area 71, and the clearance between the display area 71 and the rear door member 82 is small. Thereby, for example, when the left and right front door members 81 are in the open position, and only one of the left and right rear door members 82 is in the open position, the other that shields the display area 71. It is possible to prevent the video displayed in the display area 71 from being seen from between the inner end of the rear door member 82 and the display area 71, thereby shielding the display area 71 with good appearance.

  The left and right front door member drive devices 10A and the left and right rear door member drive devices 10B are rotated by motors 103A and 103B and motors 103A and 103B attached to the back surface of the base member 11 via brackets 102A and 102B. Pinions 101 </ b> A and 101 </ b> B that are rotatable around a vertical axis are provided.

  The left and right front door member drive devices 10 </ b> A and 10 </ b> A move the left and right front door members 81 and 81 linearly in the left and right directions, and are attached to the left and right upper portions of the back surface of the base member 11. The pinions 101A and 101A are exposed to the surface of the base member 11 through the horizontally long openings 112 and 112 provided at the upper left and right sides of the base member 11, and mesh with the racks 816 and 816 of the left and right front door members 81 and 81, respectively. The power of the motors 103A, 103A is transmitted to the left and right front door members 81, 81.

  The left and right rear door member driving devices 10 </ b> B and 10 </ b> B linearly move the left and right rear door members 82 and 82 in the left and right directions, and are attached to the left and right lower portions of the base member 11. The pinions 101B and 101B are exposed to the surface of the base member 11 from horizontally long openings 113 and 113 provided at the left and right lower portions of the base member 11, and mesh with the racks 825 and 825 of the left and right rear door members 82 and 82, respectively. The power of the motors 103B, 103B is transmitted to the left and right rear door members 82, 82.

Next, based on FIG. 12, the operation | movement aspect of the front door member 81 and the rear door member 82 is demonstrated.
The operation mode is the first shielding mode shown in FIG. 12A in which the left and right door members 81 and 82 are in the shielding position and overlapped in the front-rear direction, that is, the display area 71 of the display device 7 is shielded double. 12B in which the rear door member 82 is in the open position and the front door member 81 is in the shield position, and the front door member 81 is in the open position and the rear door member 82 is shielded. The third shielding mode shown in FIG. 12C in the position, the open mode shown in FIG. 12D in which all the opening / closing bodies 81 and 82 are in the open position and the display area 71 is completely opened, Only the rear door member 82 is in the shielding position and a half-open mode in which the left half of the display area 71 is shielded; and only the right rear door member 82 is in the shielding position and the half-open mode in which the right half of the display area 71 is shielded. In addition, it can be changed according to the game situation.

  In the first shielding mode shown in FIG. 12 (a), the front door member 81 and the rear door member 82 are overlapped in front and rear to double shield the display area 71. Most text information is not visible. In the second shielding mode shown in FIG. 12 (b), only the left and right front door members 81 shield the display area 71, so that the perspective area portion is limited to the range of the perspective area portion 811 in the front door member 81. The image and the character information displayed in the display area 71 can be visually recognized in a form in which the line drawing 811 a depicted in 811 is mixed. In the third shielding mode shown in FIG. 12 (c), only the rear door member 82 shields the display area 71, so that the color or outline of the video or character information displayed in the display area 71 is slightly visually recognized. be able to. In the open state shown in FIG. 12 (d), since there is no shielding object in front of the display area 71, all video and character information displayed in the display area 71 can be clearly seen. 12E and 12F, the left half or the right half of the display area 71 is shielded by the shielding portion 823 of the rear door member 82 and displayed on the right half or the left half of the display area 71. The game information can be clearly seen, and when the shielding portion 823 is made translucent, the game information displayed on the left half or the right half can be seen through the shielding portion 823. In this case, since the gap between the display area 71 and the inner end of the shielding part 823 is blocked by the folded-back part 824, the gap from the gap between the display area 71 and the inner end of the shielding part 823 is eliminated. The display of game information can be minimized and half of the display area 71 can be screened with good appearance.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the following various modifications and changes can be made to the present embodiment without departing from the gist of the present invention. (I) The gaming machine 1 is a pachinko machine in which the gaming medium is a pachinko ball, a slot machine, and other gaming machines, instead of a slot machine in which the gaming medium is a medal (including coins).
(Ii) The lower guide 92 is arranged so that the front door member lower rail 921 and the rear door member lower rail 921 are on the outer side, that is, the lower side of the rear door member lower rail 922. The lower rail 922 is arranged so as to overlap with each other. Alternatively, only the rails of the lower guide 92 are arranged so as to overlap each other.
(Iii) Only one of the front door member 81 and the rear door member 82 is disposed on the front surface of the display area 71 in the display device 7. When only the front door member 81 is disposed, a folded portion similar to the folded portion 824 is integrally provided at the inner end portion of the see-through region portion 811.

It is a perspective view of a gaming machine to which the present invention is applied. It is a front view of a display unit. It is a front view of a display unit in the state where a display frame was removed. It is a disassembled perspective view of the display unit seen from diagonally forward. It is a disassembled perspective view of the display unit seen from diagonally back. It is a perspective view of a guide means. It is a perspective view of a rear door member. It is a perspective view of a front door member. It is a perspective view of an opening / closing device. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along line XX in FIG. 2. It is an expanded vertical sectional view of the principal part. It is a schematic plan view of the opening / closing apparatus for demonstrating the operation | movement aspect of each door member.

Explanation of symbols

1 gaming machine (slot machine)
2 Rotating reel 3 Housing 4 Front door 5 Display unit 6 Display frame 7 Display device 8 Opening / closing device 9 Guide means 10A Front door member drive device 10B Rear door member drive device 11 Base member 12 Center illumination device 13 Side illumination device 14 Speaker 20 Medal insertion part 21 Bet button 22 Start lever 23 Stop button 41 Medal tray 42 Perspective window 71 Display area 81 Front door member 82 Rear door member 91 Upper guide 92 Lower guide 93 Connecting plates 101A, 102B Pinions 102A, 102B Bracket 103A , 103B Motor 111 Aperture 112, 113 Aperture 121 Light source 122 Center lens 131 Light source 132 Side lens 811 Perspective region 811a Line drawing 812 Non-permeable region (non-permeable portion)
813 Upper slide part (non-perspective part)
814 Lower slide (non-perspective view)
815 Projection 816 Rack 817, 818 Roller 821 Upper slide part (non-permeability part)
822 Lower slide part (non-perspective view)
823 Shielding part (perspective area part)
824 Folding part 825 Rack 826, 827 Roller 828 Reinforcement part (non-permeability part)
911 Front door member upper rail 912 Rear door member upper rail 921 Front door member lower rail 922 Rear door member lower rail

Claims (1)

In a gaming machine comprising a display device provided on the front surface of a gaming machine and capable of displaying game information, and an opening and closing device disposed in front of the display device and capable of opening and closing a display area of the display device.
The opening / closing device moves left and right across the display area, thereby blocking left and right door members capable of shielding and opening the display area, and a driving device for moving the left and right door members in the left and right directions, respectively. And
When the left and right door members are in a shielding position that shields the display area, a see-through area portion formed of a see-through member capable of seeing through the game information displayed in the display area or a semi- see-through member capable of being seen through; the game information was impossible perspective, and thickness comprises respectively a non see-through portion which is thicker than the plate thickness of the transparent area unit, when in the blocking position, the inner end of the see-through area of the right and left The parts are in contact with each other , and the non-permeable part is not present in the mating part where the parts come into contact with each other.
The left and right see-through region portions include a straight side extending in the vertical direction along the mating portion, and an arc-shaped side extending from the upper and lower ends of the straight side in the opening direction of the left and right door members. Forming a semicircular shape, and further, when the left and right door members are in the shielding position, forming a see-through region that is circular when viewed from the front by contacting the mating portions of the left and right see-through region portions,
Draw a line pattern of a predetermined pattern in the left and right perspective area parts,
A gaming machine characterized in that when the left and right door members are in the shielding position, it is possible to display an effect in which the line drawing is combined with the game information .

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