JP2002126229A - Motor-driven rotary display device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor-driven rotary display device for a game machine, with which pleasure is applied to play by applying freshness to a player and picture patterns are looked three-dimensionally. SOLUTION: In this motor-driven rotary display device for the game machine, drums 5 and 6 of >= two lines at least are made into double drums across a gap, a picture pattern extracted on the inner drum of the double drums is formed transparently or translucently, which is visible from a picture pattern extracted on the outer drum, and the rotations of the double drums are controlled by respectively different motors 3 and 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is arranged in the center of a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine. The present invention relates to an electric accessory device for a game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional electric accessory device of this type is mounted on a case so that the rotating shafts of three motors for rotating and driving three drums are arranged in a horizontal line. When the same design, characters, and the like printed on each of the drums are arranged in two diagonal rows, that is, the same pattern, characters, and the like printed on the respective drums, a large hit is made.

[0003]

By the way, in the above-described electric accessory device using the rotating drum, characters and patterns are printed on each drum, but are distinguished from other electric accessory devices. Can only change the design to a novel one, or change the drum rotation method (one drum rotates slowly at the time of reach, drum stopped once again, etc.). Then, the players tended to get bored without feeling novelty.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and has an object to make each row of drums at least two double drums, and to change the pattern of the inner drum from the outer drum. It was made to be visible, so that when the pattern of the outer and inner drums in each row matched, it became a big hit, giving the player novelty and fun to the game, and also make the pattern look three-dimensional It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric accessory device for a gaming machine.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An electric accessory device for a game machine according to the present invention achieves the above-mentioned object, and at least two rows of drums are formed with a double drum through a gap. None, the pattern extracted to the inner drum in the double drum is formed to be transparent or translucent so as to be visible from the pattern extracted to the outer drum, and
The rotation of the double drum is controlled by separate motors.

Further, the double drums in each row may be controlled to rotate by the output shaft of a motor having two output shafts formed coaxially. The rotation may be controlled by the output shaft of a motor whose output shaft is opposed to the output shaft.

Further, it is desirable to extract the symbols of each drum so that a three-dimensional effect can be obtained in a state where the symbols in the double drums in each row are the same, and furthermore, the double drums in each row are preferably extracted. It is desirable to place the illuminator inside the inner drum of the drum.

Further, the motor and the lighting device are mounted on a printed circuit board, a lead wire from the motor and the lighting device is connected to a connector formed on a printed wiring of the printed circuit board, and a connection terminal formed on the printed circuit board is provided. It is desirable to connect the unit to the connector on the control board.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of an electric accessory device for a game machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 denotes a case which is attached to a front panel A (see FIG. 3) of the pachinko machine, and includes a case 1a and a case cover 1b.
It is composed of a, and an opening 1a ₁ facing the drum 5 and 6 to be described later is formed on the front surface of the case 1a. Note that the case 1a and the case cover 1b are integrated by a screw 1c.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a printed circuit board whose front and rear upper and lower corners are engaged with grooves formed on the front and back surfaces of the case 1a and on the inside of the rear, and reference numerals 3 and 4 denote outputs screwed to the printed circuit board 2. A stepping motor (hereinafter simply referred to as a motor) having the shafts 3a and 4a coaxial,
Connectors 3b, 4b are attached to the ends of the lead wires from 4, and the connectors 3b, 4b are connected to a connector 2a formed on the printed circuit board 2. A printed wiring 2c is formed on the printed circuit board 2 to be connected to the connector 2a and a connector 2b to which a tip of a lead wire from a lighting device 7 to be described later is connected. The printed wiring 2c is connected to a connection terminal 2d at the rear. It has become.

The output shaft 4a of the motor 4 projects from the output shaft 3a of the motor 3,
Attachments 3d, 4d are attached to the tips of a, 4a, and inner and outer drums 5, 6 having different diameters are screwed to the attachments 3d, 4d. A large number of transparent or translucent films 5a, 6a from which many patterns such as characters and pictures are extracted by thermal transfer or the like are attached to the drums 5, 6, respectively.
It should be noted that the portion of the drum 6 attached to the motor 4 includes a motor 3
Since the hole through which the mounting tool 3d is inserted is formed, the drum 5 can be fixed to the motor 3.

The films 5a and 6a are provided on both sides of the drums 5 and 6 in the circumferential direction.
b and each film 5
a, 6a formed on the protrusions 5a ₁ , 6a ₁
Positioning is performed by engaging the positioning recesses 5b ₁ and 6b ₁ of the b and 6b. Then, in this state, the films 5b, 6b are fixed to the outer periphery of the drums 5, 6 by bonding the ends of the films 5b, 6b together (see FIG. 6).

Although the same characters and patterns are extracted from a large number of characters and patterns extracted on the films 5a and 6a, the characters and patterns extracted on the film 5a (FIG. 11).
(A)) and the characters and patterns (FIG. 11 (b)) extracted on the film 6a are the same “7”,
When the film 6a is viewed through “a”, the pattern is such that a three-dimensional effect as shown in FIG. 11C is obtained.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a lighting device for illuminating the films 5a, 6a from the inside of the drum 6 attached to the printed circuit board 2, and includes a lamp house 7a fixed to the printed circuit board 2, and two discharge tubes 7b. ₁ and the discharge tube 7b ₁
There trans 7b ₂ discharge tube connected back side is composed of the substrate 7b attached. And the substrate 7
b is detachably attached by a substrate fixing claws 7a ₁ and screw 7c to the lamp house 7a, and the holding portion 7a ₂ for holding both ends of said discharge tube 7b ₁ in this state
Is formed.

[0015] Although the discharge tube 7b ₁ has been shown as mounted transversely with respect to the substrate 7b, discharge tube 7
b ₁ may be mounted in the vertical direction with respect to the substrate 7b, also, the number is also not limited to two, further, is not limited to the discharge tube as the light source. Further, the connector 7c attached to the distal end of the lead wire from the discharge tube transformer 7b ₂ is connected to the connector 2b of the printed circuit board 2.

Reference numeral 8 denotes the case cover 1 of the case 1.
The connector 8a to which the connection terminal 2d of the printed circuit board 2 is connected is formed as a control board fixed to the opening b. The control board 8 controls the blinking of the lighting device 7 and the rotation direction and rotation speed of the motors 3 and 4. Note that FIG.
Are formed with three connectors 8a so that the connection terminals 2d of the three printed circuit boards 2 can be connected.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, three units each having the motors 3, 4, the drums 5, 6 and the lighting fixture 7 mounted on the printed circuit board 2 are arranged in parallel with each other. At this time, the front and rear upper and lower corners of the printed circuit board 2 are engaged with the grooves of the case 1a for positioning and fixing, thereby completing the electric accessory device.

In the electric accessory device for a gaming machine according to the present invention thus configured, when a pachinko ball enters the winning opening of the front panel A of the pachinko machine, the coaxial 2 attached to each base plate 2. The motors 3, 4 are energized by a signal from the control board 8, and the motors 3, 4 start rotating. As a result, the drums 5, 6 attached to the motors 3, 4 rotate concentrically, so that the films 5a, 5b
The pattern extracted in the above also rotates.

At this time, since the films 5a and 6a are transparent or translucent, the pattern of the film 6a on the inner drum 6 can be seen through the film 5a on the outer drum 5 by the lighting device 7. It will give the player a novelty.

Then, in response to a command from the control board 8, for example, the motors 3 in each row are sequentially stopped and the pattern of the film 5a on each of the outer drums 5 is the same, and the motors 4 in each row are turned on. The symbols on the inner drums 6 are sequentially stopped and the outer drums 5 on the outer side
If it becomes the same pattern as the pattern of, it will be a big hit.

Thus, the design of the film 5a of the outer drum 5 in each row and the film 6a of the inner drum 6
When the symbols become the same as in the case of
As shown in (c), the three-dimensional display is performed in a state where the inner and outer symbols overlap, thereby giving the player a very novel feeling of expressiveness.

The order of stopping each row in the above description of the operation and the order of stopping the inner and outer drums in each row are merely examples, and various methods can be used for the stopping order. For example,
It is conceivable that the outer drum first stops sequentially, and then the inner drum sequentially stops.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the first embodiment described above, the motors 3 and 4 for rotating the drums 5 and 6 use coaxial motors, while in the second embodiment, each of the drums 5 and 6 rotates. , 6 are arranged opposite to each other and rotated by an independent motor. Hereinafter, the details will be described with reference to FIGS. The same reference numerals as those in the first embodiment denote the same parts, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the first
The motors 3 and 4 are mounted on two printed circuit boards 2 on which printed wiring 2c and connection terminal parts 2d are formed in the same manner as in the embodiment, and the connection terminal parts 2d of the two printed circuit boards 2 are connected to a control board. 8 are integrated into two upper and lower connectors 8a formed in two upper and lower rows.

By inserting the front and rear upper and lower corners of each printed circuit board 2 in each unit integrated as described above into the grooves formed in the case 1, the printed circuit boards 2 are separated from each other by a predetermined distance. Therefore, the plurality of units are fixed in the case 1 while being positioned.

Drums 5 and 6 fixed to motors 3 and 4 attached to individual printed circuit boards 2
Is provided in the drum 5 in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment.
The mounting portion of the drum 5 to the motor 3 is inserted into the concave portion 6c of the mounting portion of the drum 6 to the motor 4 so that the convex portion 5c is inserted through the gap so as to form a double drum through the gap. Is formed. Therefore, the drums 5, 6 rotate individually without contacting each other.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the symbols extracted on the films 5a and 6a are applied to the transparent or translucent films 5a and 6a so that the three-dimensional effect and the change of the symbols are emphasized. By extracting a design with a line drawing, transparent ink, or ink whose color changes due to illumination or the like, a maximum three-dimensional effect and a change in the design can be obtained when the two drums 5 and 6 overlap.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the motors 3, 4 and the lighting fixture 7 are mounted on the printed circuit board 2 has been described. However, instead of the printed circuit board 2, a base plate made of metal or the like is used. In a state where the leads from the motors 3 and 4 and the lighting fixture 7 are bundled, the leads may be connected to the control board 8 using a connector.

[0029]

According to the present invention, as described above, at least two
The drums in rows and above are formed as a double drum through a gap, and the symbols extracted to the inner drum in the double drum are
The double drum is formed to be transparent or translucent so that it can be seen from the pattern extracted on the outer drum, and the rotation of the double drum is controlled by separate motors. That can give it.

Further, in the state in which the same symbols are arranged in the double drums in each row, the symbols of the respective drums are extracted so as to obtain a three-dimensional effect. Can give a strong impression to the person.

Further, by arranging the illuminating lamp inside the inner drum in the double drum of each row, a three-dimensional effect is more strongly expressed.

Further, the motor and the lighting device are mounted on the printed circuit board, and the lead wires from the motor and the lighting device are connected by using the connector mounted on the printed wiring of the printed circuit board, and the printed circuit board is printed. Since the connection terminal portion of the wiring is connected to the connector of the control board, the electrical connection is very simple, and the parts can be easily replaced in the event of a failure.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming electric accessory device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side view of an assembled state.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of one unit.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which a seal is attached to a drum.

FIG. 7A is an exploded perspective view of a lighting device, and FIG. 7B is a perspective view of an assembled state.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state in which the unit is attached to a case.

FIG. 10A is a front view showing a design of an outer drum,
(B) is a front view showing a design of the inner drum, and (c) is a front view showing a design in a hit state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Printed circuit board 2a, 2b connector 2c Printed wiring 2d Connection terminal part 3, 4 Motor 5, 6 Drum 7 Lighting fixture 8 Control board 8a Connector

Claims (6)

[Claims] At least two or more rows of drums are formed as a double drum with a gap therebetween, and the symbols extracted to the inner drum in the double drum are transparent so as to be seen from the symbols extracted to the outer drum. Alternatively, the electric accessory device for a gaming machine, wherein the double drum is formed to be translucent, and the rotation of the double drum is controlled by a separate motor. 2. The electric accessory for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein the rotation of the double drum in each row is controlled by the output shaft of a motor having two output shafts formed coaxially. apparatus. 3. The electric accessory device for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein the rotation of the double drums in each row is controlled by the output shaft of a motor whose output shaft is opposed to the double drum. . 4. A pattern of each drum is extracted so that a three-dimensional effect can be obtained in a state where the same symbols are arranged in the double drums of each row.
An electric accessory device for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 3 to 3. 5. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein an illuminating device is arranged inside the inner drum of the double drum in each row.
An electric accessory device for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 3 to 3. 6. The motor and the lighting device are mounted on a printed circuit board, and a lead wire from the motor and the lighting device is connected to a connector formed on a printed wiring of the printed circuit board, and a connection terminal formed on the printed circuit board. 6. The electric accessory device for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein said portion is connected to a connector of a control board.