JP2003265676A - Reel display device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correctly obtain a position to stop patterns while positioning is not required between the pattern and an original point mark in a pattern display body. <P>SOLUTION: The pattern display body 14 comprises the plurality of different patterns 26 on a front surface to be an external surface when rotationally moved. Each pattern 26 is formed by color printing on the surface of an endless belt-shaped base material with light transmissivity and flexibility which constitutes the pattern display body 14. One specified pattern 26A among the patterns 26, e.g. the pattern 26A expressing 'V' is merged with the original point mark 27, and only one specified pattern 26A assimilated with the original point mark 27 exists on the endless front surface of the pattern display body 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a mechanical symbol display type spinning drum display device used for a symbol matching game in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine, and particularly for controlling a rotational position of a motor. Related to the installation of the origin position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The inside of a gaming machine frame in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine is a narrow sealed space,
A rotating body display device, a control device, a prize payout mechanism, and a display device for game production are arranged in the narrow space.Since the rotating body display device rotates a rotating body at a high speed by a motor, the motor and it are The heat generated from the control device for controlling, the drive source of the prize payout mechanism, the display device, and the like stays in the narrow sealed space of the gaming machine frame, and the sealed space becomes a high-temperature atmosphere, while the heat drops after the store is closed. That is, the rotating drum display device is placed in an environment in which the temperature changes between high temperature and low temperature.

FIG. 5 shows a rotating body display device disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 3-10347, in which a symbol display body 43 is integrally provided on the peripheral surface of a rotating body 42 which is rotationally driven by a motor 41. An origin mark 44 is provided on a side surface of the rotation display device 42, and a position detector 45 is provided on a fixed portion of the rotation display device. The origin position signal obtained by the position detector 45 detecting the origin mark 44 in the process of rotating the rotating body 42 is a control device. Output to the control unit 46
The position of each of a plurality of different symbols fixedly provided on the symbol display body 43 is estimated based on the origin position signal input from the position detector 45, and the control device 46 should stop the symbols according to the estimated symbol position. The motor 41 is controlled so as to stop at a predetermined stop position.

[0004]

However, the conventional example has a structure in which the origin mark 44 detected by the position detector 45 is provided on the rotating body 42 which integrally has the symbol display body 43 on the peripheral surface. Therefore, the symbol display body 4 is provided on the peripheral surface of the rotating body 42.
When 3 is provided, it is necessary to accurately align the installation position of the symbol display body 43 with respect to the origin mark 44 of the rotating body 42, and a great amount of time and labor is required for the position aligning work when making the rotating body 42. On the other hand, when the alignment is wrong, the position to stop the pattern becomes inaccurate,
There was a problem of lacking quality reliability. Further, although not shown, unlike the above-mentioned conventional example, even when the symbol display formed separately from the rotating body is attached to the rotating body, the origin mark is provided on either the rotating body or the symbol displaying body. However, it has the same inconvenience as above.

Therefore, the present invention provides a spinning cylinder display device which does not require the position of the design mark and the origin mark to be aligned on the design display body, but enables the position where the design is stopped to be accurate.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there are provided a rotating body which is rotationally driven by a motor, a symbol display body provided on the peripheral surface of the rotating body, and an origin position for controlling the rotational position of the motor. In the rotating body display device equipped with a position detector for detecting and an origin mark detected by the position detector, by assimilating the origin mark with the design of the design display body, the origin mark on the design display body is Provided without alignment,
Positioning work in the case of making a pattern display body is unnecessary, the position alignment does not get out of order, the position at which the design is stopped becomes accurate, and the quality reliability can be improved.
Further, in the present invention, if the design provided with the origin mark is a particular design, the stop position of the particular design can be made more accurate. Further, in the present invention, if the position detector is formed by a color detector, the color used for the design can be formed as the origin mark.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1 to 4 show one embodiment, in which FIG. 1a shows the front of the symbol display body 14, and FIG. 1b shows a view along line A--A. The cut cross section is shown in FIG.
Shows an appearance of a slot machine which is a gaming machine using a ball as a game medium, FIG. 3 shows an appearance of a spinning barrel display device 13, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken in a vertical direction around the spinning barrel display device 13 of the slot machine. Indicates.

The slot machine will be described with reference to FIG. The gaming machine frame 1 of the slot machine has a frame-shaped outer frame 2
The front frame 3 is openably and closably provided on the front surface of the. The front frame 3 is provided with a central pattern visual recognition area 4, a peripheral decoration 5, a middle upper plate 6, and a lower lower plate 7 on the front surface. On the front surface of the upper plate 6, a loading operation unit 8, a game start operation unit 9, a symbol stop operation unit 10, a storage /
A clearing operation unit 11 and a return operation unit 12 are provided in order from the left side to the right side. A rotating body display device 13 is provided inside the outer frame 2 in a replaceable manner.

When the player operates the throwing operation portion 8 after putting the ball in the upper plate 6, the ball taking-in mechanism (not shown) mounted inside the front frame 3 is actuated, and the ball taking-in mechanism ball Is plate 6
The ball is taken into the inside of the gaming machine frame 1. The balls taken into the game machine frame 1 are discharged to a game machine installation facility (not shown) called an island of a game store to which the game machine frame 1 is attached.
When the player operates the game start operation unit 9 in the state where the ball is taken in from the upper plate 6 into the gaming machine frame 1 in this way, the drive source of the spinning barrel display device 13 is activated, and the spinning barrel display device is activated. The 13 symbol display bodies 14 rotate, and a plurality of different types of symbols 26 shown in FIG. 1 provided on the symbol display body 14 circulate in one direction, for example, from top to bottom. The circulation form of the symbol 26 is called symbol fluctuation. The player will visually recognize this circulating symbol 26 from the front side of the gaming machine frame 1 through the symbol recognition region 4.

When the player operates the symbol stop operating section 10 in the state where such symbol variation is started, the drive source of the spinning reel display device 13 is stopped, and the symbol display body 14 is also stopped accordingly. This symbol stop is a form in which the symbol matching game by the slot machine is confirmed, and the player arranges one or two or three of a plurality of different types of symbols 26 in the vertical direction (vertical direction). Then, it is visually recognized through the pattern visual recognition area 4. By this symbol determination, the symbols 26 in the three symbol display bodies 14 arranged in the lateral direction (horizontal direction) of the rotating body display device 13 are in the symbol visual recognition area 4 or on the hit line provided around the symbol visual recognition area 4. If the same pattern 26 is aligned, it will be a win.
When this hit occurs, the drive unit of the prize payout mechanism (not shown) provided inside the gaming machine frame 1 operates, and the prize payout mechanism pays out the same ball as the game medium as a prize. The balls dispensed from this prize dispensing mechanism are discharged from the outlet of the upper plate 6 to the upper plate 6.
Is discharged to the upper open storage chamber. When the balls are filled in the upper plate 6, the balls are discharged from the upper plate 6 to the lower plate 7 via a bypass passage (not shown).

The rotating cylinder display device 13 will be described with reference to FIG. The rotating body display device 13 includes a bottom wall 15, a cover 16,
Device main body 19 including left and right side walls 17 and a plurality of partition walls 18
Equipped with. The device main body 19 is provided with three storage chambers of an open front shape which are laterally arranged by a bottom wall 15, a cover 16, a side wall 17, and a partition wall 18 which constitute the device main body. Each storage room is provided with a symbol display body 14. Bottom wall 1
Wheels 15A for attaching the rotating body display device 13 to the gaming machine frame 1 of FIG.

With reference to FIG. 4, the internal structure of the rotating cylinder display device 13 will be described. The right side wall 1 of the device body 19
A motor housing of a motor 20, such as a stepping motor, is fixedly attached to 7 and the partition wall 18, and a driven rotor 21 is rotatably attached to the motor housing. A rotating body (a driving rotating body for the driven rotating body) 23 called a drum reel is attached to a motor shaft 22 which is an output end of the motor 20 so as to rotate together.
The symbol display 14 having a shape like an endless belt is wound around the rotary body 23 and the driven rotary body 21 as the drive rotary body.

Although not shown in the drawings, the pattern display 14 and the rotary body 23 are fitted with the irregularities formed on the back surface of the pattern display 14 and the irregularities formed on the peripheral surface of the rotary body 23 (the pattern display body). The concave portion 14 and the convex portion of the rotating body 23 are fitted to each other,
The convex of the symbol display body 14 and the concave of the rotary body 23 are fitted to each other), thereby performing a synchronous rotary movement. A bracket 25 having a position detector 24 for detecting an origin position for controlling a rotational position of a motor 20 is fixedly mounted inside the apparatus body 19. The symbol display body 14 includes the origin mark 27 of FIG. Reference numeral 31 in FIG. 4 is a backlight for illuminating and displaying the symbol display body 14 from the rear side.

The symbol display body 14 will be described with reference to FIG. The symbol display body 14 is provided with a plurality of different symbols 26 on the surface which is an outer side surface when rotating. Each pattern 26 is formed by color printing on the surface of an endless belt-shaped material having light transparency and flexibility which constitutes the pattern display body 14. Of these symbols 26, one specific symbol 26A, for example, the symbol 26A expressing "V", is a form in which the origin mark 27 is assimilated. There is only one specific symbol 26A to which the origin mark 27 is assimilated on the endless surface of the symbol display body 14.

The assimilation of the origin mark 27 and the specific design 26A is performed by, for example, designating the crown portion existing above "V" as the specific design 26.
It is a form extended in the lateral direction longer than the design 26 other than A (other design 26). Specifically, the origin mark 27 is a portion extending to the right of the area line that is the end of the other design 26 indicated by the virtual line L. The origin mark 27 is red when the specific design 26A is colored with red on the entire inside of the "V" shown in the figure. In this way, if the origin mark 27 and the specific design 26A are colored in one color, the player does not feel uncomfortable even if the player sees the specific design 26A in which the origin mark 27 is assimilated.

The internal structure of the symbol display body 14 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The pattern display body 14 is shown in FIG.
4A, a plurality of different patterns 26 and a specific pattern 26A are provided with a printing layer 28 that is formed by color printing, and recesses 29 and protrusions that are fitted to the recesses and protrusions of the rotating body 23 of FIG. 30 is provided.

According to the structure of this embodiment, the origin mark 27
Since the assimilated to the design 26 of the design display body 14, the design 26 and the origin mark 27 are provided on the design display body 14 without aligning them, and the alignment work when the design display body 14 is made becomes unnecessary. The position where the pattern 26 is stopped is accurate and the quality reliability can be improved without misalignment. In addition, the origin mark 27
Since it is provided in the specific pattern 26A, the specific pattern 26A
The stop position of A can be made more accurate.

If the position detector 24 is formed by a color detector, the color used for the design 26 or the specific design 26A can be formed as the origin mark 27.

In the embodiment, the symbol display body 14 is a belt type, but it may be a cylinder type in which the symbol display body is mounted on the peripheral surface of one rotating body 23. In the case of the cylinder type, the symbol display body is a rotating body. It may be formed as a single component that is integrated on the peripheral surface of the rotating body 23 without being provided separately from 23, and the design 26 and the specific design 26A can be similarly applied by coloring instead of printing. . The slot machine may have a structure in which a game medium uses a medal instead of a ball.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a symbol display body according to an embodiment, in which FIG. 1A is a front view and FIG. 1B is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1A.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the slot machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a rotating body display device of an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view around a rotating body display device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a conventional rotating cylinder display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

14 symbol display 20 motor 23 Rotating body 24 position detector 26A specific design 27 Origin mark

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A rotating body driven to rotate by a motor, a symbol display body provided on a peripheral surface of the rotating body, a position detector for detecting an origin position for controlling a rotational position of the motor, and a position detector. A rotating body display device having a detected origin mark, wherein the origin mark is assimilated to the design of the design display body. 2. The spinning drum display device of a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the design provided with the origin mark is a specific design. 3. The spinning drum display device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the position detector is formed by a color detector.