JPH07178214A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily mount/dismount a lamp on a lamp base. CONSTITUTION:A pair of conductive pins 36c, 36c extending from a back plane side to the rear side are provided at the lamp base 36 mounted on the rear part of the windmill main body 35 of a lamp windmill 28. and a lamp supporting body 40 is fixed on the lamp base 36 by forcibly inserting the conductive pins 36c, 36c to the elastic insertion holes 40a, 40a of the lamp supporting body 40 formed with elastic material, therefore, the light emitting part 41a of the lamp 41 protruding over the front plane side of the lamp supporting body 40 can face with the front plane side of a game panel 10 via a lamp insertion hole 36d opened at the lamp base 36.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with a lamp substrate for detachably holding a lamp for light emitting display used for decoration of a gaming machine or displaying various kinds of information, and more particularly to improvement of a lamp mounting structure. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A gaming machine typified by a pachinko machine is generally provided with a lamp substrate that detachably holds a lamp for light emitting display used for decoration of the gaming machine and various information displays. That is, a plurality of lamps provided as a light-emitting body in the gaming machine are attached to appropriate places of the gaming machine through the respective lamp boards, thereby preventing many lamp wirings from becoming complicated.

[0003]

However, since the conventional lamp board has a structure in which the lamp is mounted on the front side, the lamp board must be temporarily removed when replacing the lamp. Especially in recent game machines, a game machine with high decorativeness tends to be preferred, and it is necessary to display a lot of game information as the contents of the game become complicated. As the number of substrates increases, the placement positions also vary widely. Therefore, judging from the number of lamps stored in the game machine, the probability of lamp burnout is relatively high, and the places where lamp replacement is required are diversified, and lamp replacement work becomes very complicated. Will end up.

Moreover, since the terminal board provided with the replenishment lamp, the prize ball lamp, etc. is attached to the back side of the gaming machine, the mounting direction of the connecting connector to be connected to the terminal board is the back side of the terminal board (gaming machine). Since the printed wiring to be formed on the terminal board is on the back side, when installing a replenishment lamp or prize ball lamp etc. on the terminal board, the lamp mounting wiring should be connected to the terminal board. It must be done separately on the front side. Therefore, the terminal board or the like requires double-sided wiring and double-sided soldering, which complicates the manufacturing process and increases the manufacturing cost.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which the lamp replacement work is extremely easy and the lamp can be attached without being influenced by the surface of the lamp substrate on which the printed wiring is formed. It is a thing.

[0006]

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and in a gaming machine (1) provided with a lamp substrate (36) which detachably holds a lamp (41) for light emitting display, The board has a pair of conduction pins (36c, 36c) for supplying power, which extend rearward from the rear surface side thereof, and a lamp insertion hole (36d) for exposing the light emitting portion (41a) of the lamp from the rear surface side to the front surface side. And a lamp support body (40) for supporting the lamp such that the light emitting portion projects to the front side.
Is provided with a pair of elastic insertion holes (40a) having a diameter slightly smaller than that of the conduction pins at positions corresponding to the pair of conduction pins of the lamp board, and the conduction pins are connected to the elastic insertion holes of the lamp support. By press-fitting, the lead wires (41b, 41b) of the lamp are electrically connected to the conduction pins through the elastic insertion holes, and the lamp support is detachably held on the lamp substrate, and the front surface of the lamp support is The light emitting portion of the lamp protruding from the side is made to face the front side of the lamp substrate through the lamp insertion hole.

[0007]

The lamp supporting member is satisfactorily held on the lamp substrate by pressing the conductive pins by the elastic force of the elastic insertion holes. Further, since the lamp support is attached to the conduction pin extending rearward from the rear surface side of the lamp board, the lamp support body is fixed from the rear surface side of the lamp board against the force of the elastic insertion hole pressing the conduction pin. Once pulled out, the lamp can be removed from the lamp board. On the contrary, the lamp can be attached to the lamp board by press-fitting the elastic insertion hole into the insertion pin from the back surface side of the lamp board.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which a gaming machine unit according to the present invention is provided in a gaming machine capable of playing pachinko will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 is composed of a main frame 2 and an auxiliary frame 3. The main frame 2 is provided with various functions related to the game (detailed later), and the auxiliary frame. 3 is a card control function that enables the use of a prepaid card (a card for pachinko games that is sold in advance at a predetermined amount and stores valuable data equivalent to currency stored in a magnetic recording unit). It also has a ball lending control function.

The main frame 2 is constructed by rotatably providing a frame-shaped front frame 5 on the front side of a hollow box frame-shaped machine frame 4. A glass frame 6 and a front panel 7 are rotatably provided in a window 5a opened in the front frame 5, and behind the glass frame 6 in which transparent glass is arranged, as shown in FIG. A game board 10 having a game section 9 surrounded by guide rails 8 is provided. The game board 10 is the main body of a pachinko game, and a ball emitted from a hitting ball firing mechanism (not shown) that elastically emits a game ball by an electric drive source such as a solenoid causes a game section 9 to travel through the guide rail 8. When supplied to the player, the player wins a prize ball as a prize ball when he / she wins in any of various prize areas (described in detail later) provided in the game section 9, and wins in any prize area. The balls that have not been played are collected as out-of-balls from the outlet 11.

On the other hand, on the front panel 7 located below the glass frame 6, prize balls (balls that the player obtains by winning in any prize area in the game section 9) and ball rentals. A ball supply tray 12 for storing (a ball lent to a player from the game store) is provided, and the supplied ball is supplied from the ball supply tray 12 to a launch ball standby section (not shown). Is struck by the hitting ball firing mechanism. Also,
An operating handle 13 for operating the hitting ball firing mechanism, a ball receiving tray 14 for receiving balls that cannot be stored in the ball supplying tray 12, and the like are appropriately provided at appropriate places below the front frame 5.

The ball lending controller 15 housed in the auxiliary frame 3 reads valuable data of the prepaid card inserted from the card insertion / ejection slot 16 and, for example, a ball lend provided at an appropriate position of the ball supply tray 12. In response to the player operating the button 17, a predetermined number of game balls are rented, the currency equivalent to the lent game balls is subtracted, the valuable data of the prepaid card is rewritten, and the return button 18 is operated by the player. Alternatively, when the remaining number of valuable data of the prepaid card becomes "0", the prepaid card taken in is ejected from the card insertion / ejection slot 16. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the number of balls required to be lent out is adjusted by adjusting the number of times the single ball lending button 17 is operated. 1 is in a state where the ball lending operation is possible (state in which the ball lending button 17 and the return button 18 can be operated)
The ball lending button valid indicator 19 that lights and displays the ball supply tray 1
It is supposed to be provided in the proper place of 2.

In the vicinity of the card insertion / ejection slot 16 of the auxiliary frame 3 (immediately above in FIG. 1), the ball lending controller 15 is provided.
A card holding display unit 20 for displaying that the prepaid card has been inserted is provided inside the ball lending control device 15 at a position directly above the card holding display unit 20 and at an appropriate position of the ball supply tray 12. In addition, a card remaining number display 21 for displaying the remaining number of valuable data that can be used by the held prepaid card is provided. In addition, the card remaining number display 2
In addition to 1, if a frequency display for displaying the frequency when the prepaid card is inserted into the ball lending control device 15 is provided, how many balls the player borrows in the gaming machine 1 It can be used as a guide for the player and can be served on the player's flight.

Next, the structure of the game board 10 will be described in detail.
As shown in FIG. 2, in the game section 9 of the game board 10 for the game machine 1, game nails 22 ... And windmills 23 ... that change the flow direction of the hit ball are provided at required positions, and a general prize is given. A general winning opening 24 ... Having a mouth and a starting winning opening 25 for receiving a starting winning ball which is a condition for shifting the game state from the normal game state to the auxiliary game state are appropriately arranged.

Further, a variable display device 26 capable of converting and displaying a plurality of types of identification symbols in a non-visible state is provided at approximately the center of the game section 9, and for example, a ball is inserted into the starting winning opening 25. The variable display device 26 is converted and displayed on the condition that the player wins and a start winning ball is generated. Then, on condition that the stop symbol when the conversion display operation of the variable display device 26 is stopped is a predetermined symbol,
This is a game content that can be shifted to a special game that is advantageous to the player.

In this special game, the variable winning device 27 is constructed in a relatively large size and can be converted into a first state which is disadvantageous to the player and a second state which is advantageous to the player.
Is converted into an advantageous state for the player, so that the player can obtain a relatively large game profit.
The variable winning device 27 includes, for example, a pair of left and right movable pieces 27a, 27a.
When the movable pieces 27a, 27a rotate in the left-right direction to open the sphere flow path to the internal winning area, the a and 27a close the sphere flow path to the internal winning area. The second states, which are advantageous to the player (capable of obtaining a large number of prize balls in a relatively short time), are brought out respectively.

In addition, the game board 10 is provided with a light emitting display function everywhere for use in decoration and information display. As a decorative effect, there are, for example, lamp windmills 28, 28 and side display devices 29, 29 provided on both left and right sides of the game section 9. On the other hand, for the purpose of displaying information, for example, a side case 30 arranged outside the game unit 9 (type display of the number of discharged prize balls according to the game contents of the game machine 1) and a winning opening lamp (general winning opening) 24, a starting winning opening 25, etc., and a lamp for notifying the ball passing state of the starting gate. In addition, the variable display device 26
Also, a large number of display lamps are provided on the variable winning device 27 and the like so that the player can easily be notified of the display of the number of stored starting prize balls and the game state. Many of the information display functions also have a decoration function, and in some cases, an information display function is added to the decoration function (for example, a lucky number display function is added to the side display 29).

On the other hand, on the back side of the gaming machine 1 (shown in FIG. 3), the balls (safe balls and out balls) hit into the game section 9 of the game board 10 are collected and appropriately treated. In addition, a back mechanism board 31 having various functions is provided so that the prize balls can be discharged according to each winning ball and the ball lending discharge can be controlled by the player based on the use of the prepaid card. , An electrical control device 32 for controlling the game board 10 and the like in an appropriate position on the back surface of the back mechanism board 31, and various information collected by the electric control device 32 (management information related to the game situation) The terminal device 33 that outputs control commands and control information from the outside to the electric control device 32 while outputting to the barrel management device and the like, and the discharge control device 34 that collectively controls the prize ball discharge operation and the ball rental discharge operation are attached and detached. It is installed as possible.

Then, the electrical control device 32, the terminal device 33, the discharge control device 34, and the ball lending control device 1 described above.
By functionally connecting 5 etc. via connecting wiring respectively,
Signals are exchanged between the respective devices, and the function of the gaming machine 1 is realized. When connecting the devices, the auxiliary terminal board 35 is used to prevent the wiring structure from becoming complicated. In some cases, the terminal device 33 may be provided with a function as a power supply terminal, and the terminal device 33 converts the commercial frequency AC power supply to generate a desired power supply and supplies it to each unit. The ball lending control device 15 and the ball lending management device (not shown) are configured to be capable of bidirectional communication by optical communication or the like, and instead of a connector for external connection or the like, a data transmitter / receiver (not shown). ) Is provided.

Next, when the characteristic lamp mounting structure of the gaming machine 1 according to the present invention is applied to the lamp wind turbine 28,
A description will be given based on FIGS. 4 to 7.

The wind turbine with lamp 28 comprises a wind turbine main body 35 and a lamp board 36, and a cylindrical insertion guide portion 37a of a mounting member 37 of the wind turbine main body 35 is inserted from the front side of the insertion hole 10a formed in the game board 10. In this state, the fastening plate 37b of the attachment member 37 is fastened from the front side of the game board 10 by fastening means such as screws in this state, and the windmill body 35 fixed to the game board 10 is fixed to the windmill main body 35. The lamp substrate 36 is attached from the back side. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the fastening bosses 37c, 3 provided on the attachment member 37 of the wind turbine body 35 are provided through the screw holes 36a provided on the lamp board 36.
The lamp board 36 is fixed to the wind turbine main body 35 by screwing it to 7c, but any means for fixing the wind turbine main body 35 and the lamp board 36 may be used. Further, the wind turbine main body 35 is configured by a mounting member 37 rotatably supporting a rotating shaft of a rotating body 38.

On the front side of the lamp board 36 of the lamp wind turbine 28 constructed as described above, as shown in FIG. 6, the printed wiring 36b is electrically connected to the wiring cords 39, 39 for supplying power.
Has been applied. Then, the printed wirings 36b, 36
a pair of conduction pins 36c, 36c so as to be electrically connected to b, respectively.
Are extended rearward from the rear surface side of the lamp substrate 36. By doing so, the conduction pins 36c, 36
Since c is electrically connected to the power supply wiring cords 39, 39, when power is supplied to the lamp board 36, it is equal to the power supply voltage for lighting the lamp 41 between the respective conduction pins 36c, 36c. A potential difference will occur. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the conduction pins 36c, 3
Two pairs of 6c are provided, one on each side. A lamp insertion hole 36d is formed between each pair of conduction pins 36c, 36c.

The lamp support 40 detachably held on the lamp board 36 is made of soft rubber or the like as an elastic material, and the light emitting portion 4 of the lamp 41 is provided on the front side thereof.
The lamp 41 is supported so that 1a projects. Further, in the lamp supporting body 40, a pair of elastic insertion holes 40a, 4 having a diameter slightly smaller than that of the conduction pin are provided at positions corresponding to the pair of conduction pins 36c, 36c of the lamp board 36, respectively.
0a is provided, and lead wire drawing holes 40b and 40b for drawing a pair of lead wires 41b and 41b extending from the rear portion of the lamp 41 are provided.

Then, the lead wire lead-out holes 40b, 40b
The lead wires 41b, 41b of the lamp 41 pulled out to the back surface side of the lamp support body 40 via the elastic insertion holes 40
a, 40a, each elastic insertion hole 40 in the state inserted respectively.
By pressing the conduction pins 36c, 36c from the front side of the a, 40a, the lamp support 40 is fixed to the lamp substrate 36 and the lead wires 41b, 41b of the lamp 41 and the conduction pins 36c, 36c are electrically conducted. Of. In this way, the lead wires 41b, 41b of the lamp 41 are satisfactorily pressed against the conduction pins 36c, 36c in the elastic insertion holes 40a, 40a, so that the lamp is not lit due to a poor connection between the lamp board 36 and the lamp 41. You can effectively prevent such problems.

Further, since the gaming machine 1 according to the present invention adopts the above-described lamp mounting structure, the lamp support 40 can be mounted or dismounted from the rear surface side of the lamp board 36, so that the lamp board 36 is purposely driven. There is no need to remove the main body 35 and perform the lamp replacement work. Therefore, it is possible to provide the gaming machine 1 that can easily perform the lamp replacement work and the maintenance work.

The lead wires 41b and 41b of the lamp 41 led out to the front side of the lamp support 40 through the elastic insertion holes 40a and 40a have the same shape as those of the elastic insertion holes 40a and 40a on the front side of the lamp support 40. It is arranged in the lead wire arranging grooves 40c, 40c provided from the opening to the edge. In the lamp support 40 shown in the drawings, the lead wire outlet hole 40b and the lead wire arranging groove 40c are formed in opposite directions to the elastic insertion hole 40a. It is in a state of being wrapped around the circumference of the conduction pin 36c by 180 °. Therefore, even if the lead wire 41b cannot be pressed against the conductive pin 36c due to deterioration of the lamp support 40 due to deterioration over time, the conductive state between the lead wire 41b and the conductive pin 36c is relatively impaired. It becomes difficult to get

The elastic insertion hole 40a for electrically connecting the lead wire 41b to the conduction pin 36c is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the main body of the lamp support is formed of a hard resin having a relatively low elasticity, and a conductive resin having elasticity is filled in a through hole provided at an appropriate position of the main body, and the conductive resin is drilled. The formed hole may be an elastic insertion hole. When a conductive resin is used, the lamp 41
Since the lead wire 41b and the conduction pin 36c can be electrically connected without directly contacting each other, the wiring process is further simplified.

In the lamp wind turbine 28 of the above-described embodiment, the light emitting display function is added by providing the lamp board 36 dedicated to the light emitting display on the wind turbine main body 35. However, when the existing board is used as the lamp board. Will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the terminal device 33. For example, the terminal base is provided in a storage case formed by opening and closing a lid member 43 in a storage recess 42 formed integrally with the back mechanism board 31. 44 is interpolated. The terminal board 44 includes an external information terminal 44a,
The input / output wiring 44b, the relay 44c, the fuse 44d and the like are provided on the back surface side (the back surface side of the gaming machine 1), and the printed wiring is formed on the front surface side (the front surface side of the gaming machine 1).

In order to detachably mount the lamp 41 for functioning as a pilot lamp, the terminal board 44 is provided with a lamp insertion hole 45 similar to the lamp board of the above-mentioned embodiment, and a pair of conductive holes. The pins 46, 46 are provided so as to extend rearward from the rear surface side of the terminal board 44, and the conduction pins 46, 46 are press-fitted into the elastic insertion holes 40a, 40a of the lamp support 40, so that the lamp 41 The lamp support 40 can be attached to the terminal board 44 so that the light emitting portion 41a faces the front side. The lamp 41 attached to the terminal board 44 as described above is in a state of facing the lamp lead-out hole 42a in the storage recess 42, for example, for the light emission display of the upper display 5b located above the front frame 5. It functions as a lamp.

The printed wiring for connecting the conduction pins 46, 46 and the power supply line is the terminal board 4.
4 may be formed on the front surface side or the back surface side, so that it can be formed on the front surface side together with other printed wiring of the terminal board 44. That is, in the conventional terminal board, it is customary to form the wiring related to the power supply to the pilot lamp on the back surface side of the substrate because the pilot lamp is located on the front surface side. In addition to forming printed wiring on both sides of the side and the back side, soldering on both sides is required, which has a drawback that the manufacturing process is complicated and the manufacturing cost is increased. In the gaming machine 1 concerned,
Since the lamp mounting structure as described above is adopted, the manufacturing process can be simplified and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

The gaming machine 1 according to the present invention is not limited to a lamp windmill or a terminal board provided with the above-mentioned lamp mounting structure, and can be any portion as long as the lamp is mounted via the lamp board. The above-mentioned mounting structure may be adopted for the lamp substrate. For example, various gaming devices (various winning openings, winning chuckers, variable winning devices, variable display devices, etc.), side lamps (including a lucky number display lamp, etc.), gaming parts provided in the gaming part of the gaming board, etc. It can be used as a side case or the like as a decoration device outside, and of course, it may be used as a supply lamp, a prize ball lamp, a keyhole decoration, a dish member decoration lamp, etc. other than the game board.

[0033]

As described above, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, the lamp is supported by the elastic insertion hole of the lamp supporting member supporting the lamp and the conductive pin extending rearward from the rear surface of the lamp substrate. Since the lamp is attached to the board, the elastic force of the elastic insertion hole provided in the lamp support body presses each conduction pin, so that the lamp support body can be held well on the lamp substrate and the elastic insertion hole has the conduction pin. The lamp can be removed from the lamp substrate by pulling out the lamp support from the back side of the lamp substrate against the force pressing the lamp. On the contrary, the lamp can be attached to the lamp board by press-fitting the elastic insertion hole into the insertion pin from the back surface side of the lamp board.

Therefore, it is not necessary to perform the lamp replacement work etc. after once removing the lamp substrate as in the conventional game machine, and the lamp replacement work etc. can be performed extremely easily from the back side of the lamp substrate. It is possible to provide a gaming machine that can easily perform replacement work and maintenance work.

Further, since the lamp board has a structure in which the conductive pins are extended rearward from the rear surface side, when the conductive pins and the printed wiring are electrically connected, the printed wiring formation surface may be the front surface or the rear surface of the lamp substrate. Therefore, even when the light emitting portion of the lamp is exposed on the side opposite to the surface on which the printed wiring is provided, such as a terminal board, the function of the lamp substrate can be added without providing the printed wiring on both surfaces.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a game board.

FIG. 3 is a back view of the gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram when a wind turbine with a lamp is attached to a game board.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the wind turbine with a lamp attached to the game board.

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view of a lamp board.

FIG. 7 is a rear side perspective view of a wind turbine with a lamp.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a terminal box showing an example in which a function of a lamp board is added to a terminal board.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 gaming machine 36 lamp board 36c conduction pin 36d lamp insertion hole 40 lamp support 40a elastic insertion hole 41 lamp 41a light emitting part 41b lead wire 44 terminal board 45 lamp insertion hole 46 conduction pin

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine provided with a lamp board for detachably holding a lamp for light emission display, wherein the lamp board has a pair of conductive pins for power supply extending rearward from a rear surface side of the lamp board, and a light emitting portion of the lamp. And a lamp insertion hole that faces the front side from the back side, and the lamp support that supports the lamp so that the light emitting portion projects toward the front side corresponds to each of the pair of conduction pins of the lamp board. A pair of elastic insertion holes having a diameter slightly smaller than that of the conduction pin are provided at the position, and the conduction pin is press-fitted into the elastic insertion hole of the lamp support body so that the lead wires of the lamp are connected to the elastic insertion hole. The conducting pins are electrically connected to each other, the lamp support is detachably held on the lamp substrate, and the light emitting portion of the lamp protruding from the front side of the lamp support is exposed to the front side of the lamp substrate through the lamp insertion hole. A gaming machine characterized by the above. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the lamp support is made of an elastic material so that the hole formed in the lamp support serves as an elastic insertion hole. 3. A pair of lead wires of the lamp are respectively inserted into the elastic insertion holes of the lamp support, so that when the conduction pin is press-fitted into the elastic insertion holes, each of the lamps is inserted through the elastic insertion holes. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the lead wire and the conduction pin are electrically connected to each other.