JP2004159917A - Accessory component manufacturing method and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine and a manufacturing method of the accessory components of the game machine that forms patterns that interact with each other taking into account a positional relationship between the front and the back sides of the accessory components of the game machine. <P>SOLUTION: Patterns are formed by providing paint and radiating laser on a transparent resin that composes the accessory component 2 of the game machine and by removing paint from the front and the back sides of the accessory component 2. As the paint is provided with the transparent resin in between a pattern 24 formed on the back side is visible by a player from the front side that faces the player when it is installed to the game machine. The pattern 24 on the back side seen from the front side is a reduced version of a pattern 22 formed on the front side and makes the flat accessory component 2 look dimensional. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a decorative component and a game machine, and more particularly to a method of manufacturing a decorative component to be installed in a game machine that performs decoration by laser cutting, and a game machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a gaming machine, a decorative component is used in which a transparent member is painted, and a pattern is formed by a painted portion where the painting is performed and a non-painted portion where the transparent member is exposed without painting.
Conventionally, such decorative parts have been manufactured by coating a non-painted portion after masking. That is, the unpainted portion of the transparent member is covered with a masking jig, a seal is attached to the unpainted portion, or the unpainted portion is printed, and then the transparent member is painted.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the game area on the game board surface of the gaming machine, the game balls are hit by obstacle nails or other devices and fall, so that each device such as a display device installed in the game area as described above. Even if a simple decoration is applied, there is a problem that the paint peels off due to the collision of the game ball, or the angular portion is damaged and the appearance is deteriorated. As described above, a gaming machine that has been damaged so as to affect the appearance of the player must be replaced with a new gaming machine.
[0004]
Further, in order to prevent such damage, it is necessary to use a member using a curved surface as much as possible for each device installed in the game area and performing the above-described decoration, and the shape of each device is limited, Or, the decoration contents were to be limited.
An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a decorative component having a pattern corresponding to both sides, and a gaming machine.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A method for manufacturing a decorative component according to claim 1 of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a decorative component installed in a game machine,
A coating process of coating the front and back surfaces when installing decorative parts made of a member that transmits a laser beam on a gaming machine,
By irradiating the decorative part after the coating with a laser beam, the coating applied to the front and back surfaces of the decorative part placed on the optical path of the laser beam is removed, and the removed part and the painted part of the coating are used. A removing step of forming patterns corresponding to each other on the front surface and the back surface,
It is characterized by having.
[0006]
Here, the front surface of the decorative component is a surface facing the player when attached to the gaming machine, and the rear surface of the decorative component is a surface facing the opposite side to the player.
By forming the pattern formed on the front and the back with a member such as a transparent resin transmitting the laser beam interposed therebetween, the pattern formed on the back facing the side opposite to the player is also removed from the paint on the front. It becomes visible to the player through the part and the like.
[0007]
Here, the correspondence between the pattern formed on the front surface and the back surface is defined by the optical path of the laser beam, but depending on the method of irradiating the laser beam when forming the pattern, for example, when viewed from either the front surface or the back surface. In this case, a pattern having the same pattern, a pattern having a similar relationship, or a pattern having a specific positional relationship with the pattern on one surface can be formed.
[0008]
A decorative component according to a second aspect of the present invention has a decorative component manufactured by the manufacturing method according to the first aspect.
A decorative component according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the second aspect, an illumination unit for illuminating the decorative component from the back side thereof is further provided.
The decorative part according to claim 4 of the present invention is characterized in that, in claim 2 or 3, one of the removed portion of the paint and the painted portion is formed in a mesh shape with respect to the other. And
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the second to fourth aspects, the front surface of the decorative component is configured to include an uneven shape.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each of the drawings referred to in the following description, parts equivalent to those in other drawings are indicated by the same reference numerals.
(1st Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a decorative component 1 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a front view of the gaming machine 9 to which the decorative component 1 is attached.
[0010]
In FIG. 2, the decorative component 1 according to the present embodiment is installed below a symbol display device 92 substantially at the center of the game area 91, and decorates and effects the board surface. The symbol display device 92 displays a symbol matching game that looks like a slot machine when a game ball wins a winning opening 95 installed below the game area 91, and is therefore a device that a player pays attention to during a game. It is.
[0011]
1A to 1E show the decorative component 1 after the painting process, and FIG. 1F shows the decorative component 1 after the removing process. (A) is a front view, (b) is a side view as viewed from an arrow Y direction, (c) is a side view as viewed from an arrow X direction, (d) is a rear view, (e) is a perspective view, and (f). Is a front view.
The decorative component 1 is configured to include a decorative plate 12 installed on the front side facing the player when attached to the gaming machine 9, and a mounting bracket 11 installed on the back surface for attaching to the gaming machine 9. . The decorative plate 12 is formed by molding a transparent resin. The material used for the decorative plate 12 only needs to transmit laser light, and for example, glass may be used. The decorative component 1 is manufactured through a coating process of applying a coating and a removing process of forming a pattern by removing the coating by irradiating a laser beam.
[0012]
First, in the coating process, the decorative component 1 is applied to the entire front and back surfaces of the formed decorative plate 12. The character piece 14 protrudes from the front surface, and the front and side surfaces of the character piece 14 are also coated.
Next, the removal of the coating in the removing step will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a state of paint removal by a laser beam. In the figure, the irradiation target 3 is obtained by applying a coating on the surface of a transparent resin. When the surface of the irradiation target 3 is irradiated with the laser beam 4, the coating in the irradiated portion 31 is vaporized or decomposed and vaporized, thereby removing the coating film. Further, when the laser beam 4 passes through the transparent resin of the irradiation target 3 and is emitted from the surface opposite to the incident surface, the coating film formed on the emission portion 32 is also removed. By irradiating the laser beam 4 to the region of the irradiation target 3 from which the paint is to be removed, patterns corresponding to each other are formed on both surfaces of the irradiation target 3, the pattern including a paint portion and a paint removal portion.
[0013]
In FIG. 1F, a laser beam is applied to the decorative part 1 from the front side to the area representing the character at the tip of the character piece 14. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2F, the front part of the decorative component 1 is removed from the portion irradiated with the laser beam, that is, the tip of the character piece 14 (in FIG. The resin is exposed and the pattern is formed. A pattern corresponding to the pattern on the front surface is also formed on the back surface of the decorative plate 12 (not shown). When viewed from the front side, the pattern formed on the back side is a pattern in which the character represented by the tip of the character piece 14 (“ABCDEF” in FIG. 3F) is represented on a plane, and Have the same pattern doubly formed.
[0014]
In the present embodiment, since the decorative component 1 is installed below the symbol display device constituting the board as described above, a game ball passing over the board contacts the front of the decorative component 1, and Is peeled off, or the corners of the protruding character pieces are easily damaged. In order to prevent the disappearance of the pattern due to the peeling of the paint or the damage of the painted portion, it is conceivable to apply the paint only on the back surface, but since the paint is visually recognized through a transparent resin or the like, the pattern is clearly displayed. I can't. On the other hand, by forming a double pattern on the decorative component 1, the pattern can be clearly displayed on the front surface, and even when the paint on the front surface is peeled off and the pattern disappears, the pattern is formed in the same manner as the front surface. The pattern on the back side that has been drawn can be represented to the player. In the first place, the service life of the gaming machine is generally short from 6 months to about 1 year, but the decorative property when the paint gradually peels off over the use period is improved, so that frequent replacement is unnecessary, The gaming machine can be used up to its useful life.
[0015]
It should be noted that such a decorative component may be created using two masking jigs or the like corresponding to the respective shapes of the front surface and the rear surface and the pattern to be formed. However, by using a laser beam, it is possible to form a corresponding pattern quickly and surely without taking the trouble of applying a coating in consideration of the positional relationship between the front surface and the back surface. In addition, a corresponding pattern can be created irrespective of the shape of the front surface and the back surface, and a complicated pattern can be elaborately created.
[0016]
Further, the gaming machine is configured to include lighting means (not shown). The illuminating means is, for example, a light bulb or the like, and is installed at the mounting position of the decorative component of the game board in order to illuminate the decorative component from the back side. On the side of the decorative component 1, a lighting unit case 13 for storing lighting means and adjusting a lighting condition of a lighting area or the like by a reflection member or the like provided on the inner wall can be incorporated therein. The illumination means allows the illumination light to pass through to the player side only from the portions where the paint is removed from the front and back surfaces of the decorative component 1 and the transparent resin is exposed, so that the pattern can be clearly raised. In addition, the lighting means illuminates the decorative component 1 in accordance with a game state such as the start of a symbol matching game in the symbol display device described above, thereby producing a board surface, thereby further improving the interest of the player. it can.
(Second embodiment)
FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams of the decorative component 2 according to the second embodiment, in which FIG. 4A is a front view, FIG. 4B is a side view as viewed from an arrow X direction, and FIG. 4C is a side view as viewed from an arrow Y direction. (D) is a rear view, and (e) is a perspective view.
[0017]
As described above, the decorative component 2 is installed in the vicinity of the symbol display device or the like, or at a position where the player can visually recognize it in the gaming machine. The decorative component 2 is formed as an elliptical plate made of a transparent resin, and is formed by applying a laser beam to the entire front and rear faces facing the player when the electronic component is attached to a gaming machine, and then removing the coating by applying a laser beam.
On the front and back surfaces of the completed decorative part 2, the corresponding patterns 22, 24, that is, the double patterns when viewed from the front side, are formed by the painted areas 21, 23 indicated by oblique lines and the paint removal area. I have. In the present embodiment, from the front side, the back design 24 is visible through the transparent resin forming the front design 22, and the back design 24 viewed from the front side is the front design 22. It is a similar pattern that is reduced. In this manner, the three-dimensionally arranged symbols on the front and the back as viewed from the player can express a three-dimensional effect even in the decorative component 2 formed of a flat plate such as an elliptical plate.
[0018]
By adjusting the method of irradiating the laser beam, the correspondence between the design on the front surface and the design on the back surface viewed from the front side can be adjusted to provide various visual effects such as a three-dimensional effect. For example, the laser beam is irradiated while maintaining the irradiation angle of the laser beam to the elliptical plate constant. Thereby, only when the player looks at the decorative component from a specific angle corresponding to the irradiation angle, it is possible to make the symbols on the front surface and the back surface look double. Alternatively, by irradiating the laser beam to the elliptical plate while changing the irradiation angle, it is possible to form a design in which the design on the front surface is slightly different from the design on the back surface viewed from the front side, for example, a design having a similar relationship. As shown in FIG. 4, by forming a pattern having a similar relationship, it is possible to give a three-dimensional effect greater than the thickness of the elliptical plate.
[0019]
Further, although not shown, the patterns 22 and 24 are irradiated with a laser beam at a predetermined pitch, so that the coating is not completely removed and the removed portion of the coating is meshed with a predetermined density with respect to the painted portion. Is formed. For this reason, the designs 22 and 24 are not transparent to the naked eye, but have a mixture of paint colors.
In this way, by forming a design in which the paint removal portion and the paint portion are mixed, the design on the back can be seen through from the front side, while the design formed on the front and the back is clearly represented. Can enhance the three-dimensional effect. In the case where the illuminating means is formed on the back side of the decorative member, the luminance of the light transmitted through the design can be adjusted by adjusting the density of the portion where the paint is removed.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
According to the method for manufacturing a decorative component according to claim 1 of the present invention, by using a laser beam, patterns corresponding to each other can be quickly formed on the front surface and the rear surface regardless of the shapes of the front surface and the rear surface. .
According to the gaming machine of the second aspect of the present invention, when viewed from the front side where the player is located, the decorative parts formed with a double pattern improve the decorativeness when the paint is peeled off by contact with the game ball. can do. In addition, it is also possible to express a three-dimensional effect with a double pattern to enhance interest.
[0021]
According to the gaming machine of the third aspect of the present invention, the decorative portion can be enhanced by illuminating the portion where the paint is removed by illuminating the portion where the paint is removed and the painted portion.
According to the gaming machine of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the pattern can be shaded by adjusting the degree of removal of the paint.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1A is a front view of a decorative component according to a first embodiment after a painting process, FIG. 1B is a side view seen from an arrow X direction, and FIG. 1C is a side view seen from an arrow Y direction. (D) is a rear view, (e) is a perspective view, and (f) is a front view of the decorative component after the removal step.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the gaming machine on which decorative parts are installed.
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a state of paint removal by a laser beam.
4A is a front view of a decorative component according to a second embodiment, FIG. 4B is a side view as viewed from the direction of arrow Y, FIG. 4C is a side view as viewed from the direction of arrow X, and FIG. Is a rear view, and (e) is a perspective view.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Decorative part 11 Mounting bracket 12 Decorative plate 13 Illumination part case 14 Character piece 2 Decorative part 3 Irradiation object 31 Irradiation part 32 Emission part 4 Laser beam 9 Amusement machine 91 Gaming area 95 Winning holes X, Y Arrows

Claims (5)

A method of manufacturing a decorative component to be installed in a gaming machine,
A coating process of coating the front and back surfaces when installing decorative parts made of a member that transmits a laser beam on a gaming machine,
By irradiating the decorative part after the coating with a laser beam, the coating applied to the front and back surfaces of the decorative part placed on the optical path of the laser beam is removed, and the removed part and the painted part of the coating are removed. A removing step of forming patterns corresponding to each other on each of the front surface and the back surface,
A method for producing a decorative component, comprising: A gaming machine comprising a decorative component manufactured by the manufacturing method according to claim 1. 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, further comprising an illuminating means for illuminating the decorative component from the back side. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the substantial portion of the pattern is formed such that one of the removed portion and the painted portion is meshed with the other. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein a front surface of the decorative component includes an uneven shape.

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