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JP2005013630A
JP2005013630A JP2003185941A JP2003185941A JP2005013630A JP 2005013630 A JP2005013630 A JP 2005013630A JP 2003185941 A JP2003185941 A JP 2003185941A JP 2003185941 A JP2003185941 A JP 2003185941A JP 2005013630 A JP2005013630 A JP 2005013630A
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which enables the installation of a large pattern display device and an auxiliary performance device while accomplishing the work of loading or unloading the pattern display device easily and quickly. <P>SOLUTION: In the game machine, the pattern display device is housed in a case 21 making a display surface 20a visually recognizable and the housing case 21 is provided with the first engaging means 24 and 28. In the game machine, a framelike body part 31 making up a mobile performance device 30 is arranged directly on the rear of the game board and the second engaging means 35a and 36a which are engageable with first engaging means 24 and 28 of the case body 21 are formed on the rear of the framelike body part 31. In the game machine, the case body 21 is mounted on the rear of the framelike body part 31 by getting the first engaging means 24 and 28 provided on the case body 21 engaged with second engaging means 35a and 36a provided on the rear of the framelike body part 31. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

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【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
この発明は、遊技機に関し、更に詳細には、各種図柄を可変表示させて遊技演出を行なう図柄表示装置と、該図柄表示装置での遊技演出に合わせて補助的な遊技演出を行なう補助演出装置とを備えた遊技機に関するものである。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
代表的な遊技機であるパチンコ機は、パチンコ機の設置枠としての外枠に開閉および着脱可能に中枠が組み付けられ、該中枠に、ガラス扉を備えた前枠や上球皿、下球皿、各種の球処理部等を有する機構セット盤、その他電飾部材等が夫々組み付けられている。また、前記中枠には、所要の遊技盤が前側または裏側から着脱交換可能にセットされており、該遊技盤に開設した開口部を介して装飾部材が取り付けられて、該装飾部材の可視表示窓から液晶式の表示面を備えた図柄表示装置がパチンコ機の前面側に臨むよう構成されている。そして、前記遊技盤の裏側には、前記入賞具等に入賞した遊技球をパチンコ機裏側に通出案内する樋部を形成した球案内部材が配設される。ここで、前記図柄表示装置は、前記表示面を前面から視認し得る透明のケース体に収容されて、該ケース体が前記球案内部材の裏側に着脱可能に取り付けられている（例えば、特許文献１）。また、前記図柄表示装置の近傍（上側および左右側）に、揺動する移動部材を備えた補助演出装置を配設し、図柄表示装置（表示面）で行なう遊技演出に合わせて移動部材を揺動することで補助的な演出効果を行ない、遊技の興趣を一層増大するようにしたパチンコ機も知られている（例えば、特許文献２参照）。
【０００３】
【特許文献１】
特開２０００−３０８７３０号公報
【特許文献２】
特開２００１−３８００５号公報
【０００４】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
ところで、前記図柄表示装置や補助演出装置を大型化して、該図柄表示装置や補助演出装置における遊技演出の演出効果を向上する傾向が強くなっている。しかしながら、前記パチンコ機（遊技盤）自体の大きさは決まっていることから、大型化した前記図柄表示装置や補助演出装置をパチンコ機に設置するスペースが確保困難となる問題を有している。また、前記パチンコ機を設置する遊技場（所謂ホール）では、各パチンコ機の背面側を夫々対向する状態で設置されているため、夫々のパチンコ機の前後方向の幅寸法は限られる。ここで、前記特許文献１のように前記球案内部材に図柄表示装置を取り付ける構成において、図柄表示装置前側に前記補助演出装置を配置する場合には、遊技盤の裏側に球案内部材補助演出装置および図柄表示装置の夫々を前後に重ねるよう配設する必要がある。この場合には、パチンコ機の前後方向の幅寸法が大きくなるため、これら各部材を前後の関係で配置するのは困難であった。更に、前記引用文献２の補助演出装置では、前記図柄表示装置に対して上側または左右側に配置した移動部材を揺動するだけであるから、その演出態様が単調になってしまう問題も内在している。
【０００５】
【発明の目的】
本発明は、前述した従来の技術に内在している前記課題に鑑み、これを好適に解決するべく提案されたものであって、図柄表示装置の着脱作業を容易かつ迅速に行ない得ると共に、大型の図柄表示装置および補助演出装置を設置し得る遊技機を提供することを目的とする。
【０００６】
【課題を解決するための手段】
前記課題を克服し、所期の目的を好適に達成するため、本発明に係る遊技機は、
遊技盤（Ｊ）に開設した開口部を介して所要の遊技演出を行なう表示面（２０ａ）が臨む図柄表示装置（２０）と、該表示面（２０ａ）での遊技演出に合わせて移動部材（４０ａ，４０ｂ）を動作して補助的な遊技演出を行なう補助演出装置（３０）とからなり、前記図柄表示装置（２０）は、その表示面（２０ａ）を視認可能なケース体（２１）に収容されている遊技機において、
前記ケース体（２１）は、第１の係合手段（２４，２８）を備え、
前記補助演出装置（３０）は、
前記遊技盤（Ｊ）の裏側に前記開口部に合わせて配設されて、前記ケース体（２１）を取り付け可能な設置部（３４）を裏側に有する枠状本体部（３１）と、
前記枠状本体部（３１）に設けられ、前記ケース体（２１）の第１の係合手段（２４，２８）と係脱可能に係合して、該ケース体（２１）を前記設置部（３４）に着脱自在に取り付け可能な第２の係合手段（３５ａ，３６ａ）とを備え、
前記ケース体（２１）に設けた第１の係合手段（２４，２８）と、前記枠状本体部（３１）の裏側に設けた第２の係合手段（３５ａ，３６ａ）とを係合することで、前記ケース体（２１）を設置部（３４）へ取り付けるよう構成したことを特徴とする遊技機。
【０００７】
また、前記ケース体（２１）は、前記第１の係合手段（２８）として回転式の固定具（２８）を有し、前記枠状本体部（３１）は、前記第２の係合手段（３６ａ）として前記固定具（２８）の回転により該固定具（２８）と係脱可能な係合孔部（３６ａ）を有し、前記固定具（２８）を回転して該固定具（２８）と前記係合孔部（３６ａ）とを係合することで、前記ケース体（２１）が前記設置部（３４）に取り付けられるようにしてもよい。
【０００８】
更に、前記第１の係合手段（２４，２８）は、前記ケース体（２１）の一方の側部（２１ｂ）に設けられた回転式の固定具（２８）と、該ケース体（２１）の他方の側部（２１ａ）に突設された係合片（２４）とからなり、前記第２の係合手段（３５ａ，３６ａ）は、前記固定具（２８）を回転することで該固定具（２８）と係脱可能な係合孔部（３６ａ）と、前記係合片（２４）の挿脱により係脱可能な係合受部（３５ａ）とからなり、前記係合片（２４）を前記係合受部（３５ａ）に挿入して該係合片（２４）と係合受部（３５ａ）とを係合させたもとで、前記固定具（２８）を回転して該固定具（２８）と前記係合孔部（３６ａ）とを係合することで、前記ケース体（２１）が前記設置部（３４）に取り付けられるよう構成することもできる。
【０００９】
そして、前記ケース体（２１）における第１の係合手段（２４，２８）の近傍に第１の位置決め部（２５，２９）を形成すると共に、前記枠状本体部（３１）における前記第２の係合手段（３５ａ，３６ａ）の近傍に、前記第１の位置決め部（２５，２９）と係脱可能に係合し得る第２の位置決め部（３５ｂ，３６ｂ）を形成し、該第１の位置決め部（２５，２９）と第２の位置決め部（３５ｂ，３６ｂ）とを係合することで、前記設置部（３４）に対して前記ケース体（２１）を位置決めし得るよう構成するようにしてもよい。
【００１０】
【作用】
本発明は、補助演出装置における枠状本体部を遊技盤に取り付けると共に、該枠状本体部の裏側に図柄表示装置を収容したケース体を取り付けることで、遊技盤の裏側に球案内部材、枠状本体部（補助演出装置）および図柄表示装置の夫々を前後に重ねて取り付ける場合に較べ、遊技機の前後方向の幅寸法を抑制でき、大型の図柄表示装置および補助演出装置を取り付け得る。そして、前記補助演出装置と図柄表示装置とを前後に配置することで、移動部材を図柄表示装置の表示面の前方を広範囲で動作させ得るようになるから、従来にない多彩な態様で遊技演出を行なうことが可能となる。
【００１１】
また、ネジやビス等を使用することなく、固定具を指先操作で回転するだけで前記ケース体を補助演出装置の裏側に簡単に取り付け得る。更に、前記ケース体に設けた係合片を補助演出装置に設けた係合受部に挿入することで、該ケース体の一方の側部を固定することができるから、より組み付け作業の作業性を向上でき、作業時間の短縮を図り得る。更にまた、前記ケース体の一方の側部は、前記係合片を突設するだけの構成であるから、該ケース体を小型化することができる。そして、前記ケース体を枠状本体部に組み付けるに際し、第１の位置決め部と第２の位置決め部とを係合してケース体を位置決めするようにしたから、より簡単に該ケース体を組み付けることができる。なお、前記ケース体の組み付け後には、前記第１および第２の位置決め部により該ケース体の移動が規制されるから、ケース体のガタツキは防止される。
【００１２】
【発明の実施の形態】
次に、本発明に係る遊技機につき、好適な実施例を挙げて、添付図面を参照しながら以下詳細に説明する。なお、遊技機としては、パチンコ機、スロットマシンあるいはパチンコ式スロットマシン等の何れのものであってもよいが、本実施例ではパチンコ機を例に挙げて説明することとする。
【００１３】
（パチンコ機について）
先ず、実施例に係るパチンコ機の概略構成について、図２を参照して説明する。本実施例のパチンコ機Ｐは、外枠Ａの開口前面側に対して中枠Ｂが、連結支持手段Ｋおよび施錠手段Ｍを利用して着脱および開放可能に組み付けられている。そして、中枠Ｂに横開き式のガラス扉Ｄを組み付けた前枠Ｃと、前枠Ｃの下部において中枠Ｂに対して着脱および開放可能に組み付けられる開閉セット板の前側にセットされた上球皿Ｅおよび後側にセットされた電動式の球送り装置（図示せず）と、下段に位置する下球皿Ｆおよび打球発射装置Ｈと、後側に位置する機構セット盤（図示せず）等が夫々装備されている一方、所要の遊技領域Ｉを構成した遊技盤Ｊが着脱交換可能にセットされる。なお、以下の説明において前・後および左・右とは、特に断りのない場合は図２に示すようにパチンコ機Ｐを前側から見た場合において指称するものとする。
【００１４】
（遊技盤について）
前記遊技盤Ｊは、図２に示すように、その前面側に、略円形状に湾曲形成したレール１０により囲まれた前記遊技領域Ｉが画成され、該遊技領域Ｉの縦央やや上部に開設した図示しない第１の開口部Ｊａ（図８参照）に整合する大型の装飾部材１３が配設されている。前記装飾部材１３は、その大部分が開口する枠状に形成されて、該装飾部材１３に開設された可視表示部１４の後側に、種々の図柄を可変表示可能な図柄表示装置２０の表示面２０ａが臨むようになっている。また、前記遊技領域Ｉにおける前記装飾部材１３の下部には、遊技球が通入可能な始動入賞具１１が配設され、該始動入賞具１１の下部には、前記図柄表示装置２０で展開される図柄組み合わせゲームの結果により発生する特別遊技に際して開放する大型電動式の入賞装置Ｌが配設されている。なお、前記遊技領域Ｉの所要位置には、図柄表示装置２０での遊技演出（以下、表示演出と云う）に応じて照射パターンを変更して発光演出を行なう電飾装置１２，１２等が配設されている。また、前記遊技盤Ｊの裏側において、該遊技盤Ｊと前記図柄表示装置２０との間には、該図柄表示装置２０での表示演出に合わせて第１移動部材４０ａおよび第２移動部材４０ｂ（何れも後述）を移動（可動）させて補助的な遊技演出（以下、可動演出と云う）を行なう可動演出装置（補助演出装置）３０が取り付けられている。
【００１５】
なお、前記始動入賞具１１は、その内部に図示しない入賞スイッチが配設され、該入賞スイッチによる遊技球の検出に応じ、前記図柄表示装置２０を１回ずつ可変表示させて図柄組み合わせゲームを開始させるものである。また、前記入賞装置Ｌは、図柄表示装置２０において大当り発生の条件が成立した際に開放作動条件が付与される大型の入賞装置Ｌであって、特別入賞具１５に対設された扉状の開閉板１６が、パチンコ機Ｐの裏側の所要位置に配設した主制御装置１７で制御される電磁ソレノイド（図示せず）の駆動に基づき、通常の閉成状態から開放状態へ変位されるようになっている。
【００１６】
（図柄表示装置について）
前記図柄表示装置２０は、横長の略矩形状に形成され、種々の図柄を可変表示して表示演出を行なう表示面２０ａを有する液晶ディスプレイであって、略矩形箱状に形成されたケース体２１に収容されている（図３（ａ），（ｂ）参照）。また、前記ケース体２１には、パチンコ機Ｐの全体的な制御を行なう主制御装置１７からの制御信号に基づいて、前記図柄表示装置２０での表示演出と、前記可動演出装置３０での可動演出とを制御する表示制御装置（駆動制御手段）１８を収容してある。なお、前記表示制御装置１８は、前記可動演出装置３０を構成する後述の駆動モータ（駆動手段）６５，７１および検出センサ（検出部）８１ａ，８１ｂの夫々に接続され、前記主制御装置１７からの制御信号に基づいてこれら各部材６５，７１，８１ａ，８１ｂを制御するよう構成される（図４参照）。また、前記ケース体２１は、透明な合成樹脂で形成されており、前記図柄表示装置２０において図柄を可変表示する表示面２０ａをケース体２１の前側から視認し得るよう構成してある。なお、前記ケース体２１に関する説明において左・右とは、図３（ａ）に示す状態でケース体２１を裏側から視た場合で指称するものとする。
【００１７】
そして、図３に示すように、前記ケース体２１の左右両側面には、上下方向の所要の幅に亘って外側へ延出するフランジ部２３，２７が形成されている。そして、前記ケース体２１の右側面２１ａに形成された第１フランジ部２３には、その上下方向の略中央位置に右方向に延出する係合片（第１の係合手段）２４が形成されると共に、該第１フランジ部２３において該係合片２４から上下に所要距離だけ離間する位置（近傍）には、位置決め凹部（第１の位置決め部）２５，２５が右側に開口するよう形成される。一方、前記ケース体２１の左側面２１ｂに形成された第２フランジ部２７には、上下方向の略中央位置に回転式の固定具（第１の係合手段）２８が配設されると共に、該第２フランジ部２７における該固定具２８から上下に所要距離だけ離間する位置には、位置決め孔（第１の位置決め部）２９，２９が前後に貫通するよう形成してある。すなわち、前記ケース体２１の一方の側部には回転式の固定具２８が設けられ、他方の側部には係合片２４が突設されている。ここで、前記固定具２８は、回動操作用の摘み部２８ａと、前記第２フランジ部２７に当接する円錐吸盤状の係着盤２８ｂと、該係着盤２８ｂから適宜の間隔で略平行に所要幅で延出する一対の係着片２８ｃ，２８ｃとからなり（図３（ｂ）参照）、該係着片２８ｃ，２８ｃの前端部から係着盤２８ｂの径方向に延出した係合部２８ｄが、後述する係合孔部３５ａの縁部と係脱可能に係合するよう構成される（図７（ｂ）参照）。
【００１８】
（可動演出装置について）
図１、図８〜図１１、図１２または図１８に示すように、前記可動演出装置３０は、前記遊技盤Ｊの裏側に着脱可能に配設される枠状本体部３１と、該枠状本体部３１に配設される第１駆動伝達手段４２，４３，６６〜６９および第２駆動伝達手段４６，４７，４８，７２〜７７と、該第１駆動伝達手段４２，４３，６６〜６９に接続すると共に図柄表示装置２０における表示面２０ａから前方に所要距離離間して位置し、該表示面２０ａの上下方向（図中のＹ軸方向）に延在する棒状の第１移動部材４０ａと、該第２駆動伝達手段４６，４７，４８，７２〜７７に接続すると共に図柄表示装置２０における表示面２０ａから前方に所要距離離間して位置し、該表示面２０ａの左右方向（図中のＸ軸方向）に延在する棒状の第２移動部材４０ｂと、枠状本体部３１に配設されて第１駆動伝達手段４２，４３，６６〜６９に接続し、第１移動部材４０ａを表示面２０ａの前方で左右方向へ移動させる第１駆動モータ（第１駆動手段）６５と、枠状本体部３１に配設されて第２駆動伝達手段４６，４７，４８，７２〜７７に接続し、第２移動部材４０ｂを表示面２０ａの前方で上下方向へ移動させる第２駆動モータ（第２駆動手段）７１とを備えている。また、本実施例では前記第１および第２駆動モータ６５，７１として回転角度を制御可能なステッピングモータを用い、前記表示制御装置１８からの制御信号に基づいて夫々の駆動モータ６５，７１を所定角度だけ回転させ得るようになっている。
【００１９】
なお、前記第２移動部材４０ｂは、前記第１移動部材４０ａの前側に位置するよう構成され、該第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを移動した際に、互いに干渉しないようになっている。また、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの夫々は、光透過性のある部材で形成されると共に、各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂにおける後部側には、その延在方向の略全長に亘って光反射部材４１を一体的に配設してある（図５参照）。すなわち、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの端部に配置した後述するＬＥＤ（発光手段）６２からの光を、前記可動演出装置３０（パチンコ機Ｐ）の前側に向かって反射し、該第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの夫々をその略全長に亘って明輝し得るようになっている。なお、本実施例では、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを断面略円形を呈するよう形成してあるが（図８参照）、これに限らず、断面形状を三角形や四角形等の多角形状あるいは略楕円形状を呈するよう形成することも可能で、特に限定されるものではない。
【００２０】
（枠状本体部について）
前記枠状本体部３１は、図１または図８に示すように、上枠部３１ａ、下枠部３１ｂ、右枠部３１ｃおよび左枠部３１ｄから、前記装飾部材１３における前記可視表示部１４の外縁に沿う略口状に形成されると共に、前記枠状本体部３１の前後方向の略中央位置には、前記図柄表示装置２０の表示面２０ａと略整合する大きさの第２の開口部３３ａを開設した仕切板３３が設けられている。そして前記枠状本体部３１の所要箇所に形成した通孔３１ｅを介して、該枠状本体部３１の前面が遊技盤Ｊの裏面に当接する状態にネジ止めされる。より詳しくは、前記枠状本体部３１は、該枠状本体部３１の第２の開口部３３ａを前記遊技盤Ｊの前記第１の開口部Ｊａに合わせた状態で、該遊技盤Ｊの裏側に直接配設されている（図８参照）。なお、前記枠状本体部３１の上枠部３１ａには、板状の金属補強部材３２が配設されており、該枠状本体部３１が歪まないよう構成してある。ここで、前記枠状本体部３１の右枠部３１ｃにおける下方位置に、前記第１駆動モータ６５が配設されると共に、該右枠部３１ｃにおける上方位置に前記第２駆動モータ７１が配設される。そして、前記上枠部３１ａの上面および右枠部３１ｃの後面には、第１および第２駆動モータ６５，７１の回転軸（図示せず）に取り付けた駆動歯車６６，７２と対応する位置に、窓口３１ｆ，３１ｆが夫々開設されており、該窓口３１ｆ，３１ｆを介して駆動歯車６６，７２を手動操作し得るようになっている（図６（ａ）または図９参照）。また、前記枠状本体部３１の左上方位置には、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの基準位置を検出する位置検出手段としての第１および第２検出センサ８１ａ，８１ｂ（後述）を配設してある（図８、図１７または図２０参照）。なお、前記各検出センサ８１ａ，８１ｂは、前記表示制御装置１８に接続されている。
【００２１】
また、図６または図８に示すように、前記枠状本体部３１における前記仕切板３３の裏側に設けた設置部３４に、前記ケース体２１を着脱自在に取り付けるよう構成される。なお、前記仕切板３３の前面側は、反射防止加工が施されており、前記第１および第２駆動伝達手段４２，４３，４６，４７，４８，６６〜６９，７２〜７７を構成する第１および第２棒状部材４３，４８（後述）が、前記表示面２０ａに映り込まないよう構成してある。なお、前記設置部３４に関する説明において左・右とは、図６（ａ）に示すように、前記枠状本体部３１を裏側から視た状態で指称するものとする。
【００２２】
前記設置部３４には、図６に示すように、その右側部（左枠部３１ｄ）に前記ケース体２１に形成した前記第１フランジ部２３が当接可能な第１支持部３５が形成され、該設置部３４の左側部（右枠部３１ｃ）にケース体２１に形成した前記第２フランジ部２７が当接可能な第２支持部３６が形成されている。前記第１支持部３５には、左方向に開口して前記第１フランジ部２３に形成した前記係合片２４を左側から挿脱可能な係合受部（第２の係合手段）３５ａが形成されると共に、前記第２支持部３６には、前記第２フランジ部２７に形成した前記固定具２８の係着片２８ｃ，２８ｃを挿入可能な横長形状に係合孔部（第２の係合手段）３６ａが穿設され、該固定具２８を回転した際に、該係着片２８ｃ，２８ｃの係合部２８ｄが前記係合部２８ａの縁部に係合するようになっている。すなわち、前記係合片２４を前記係合受部３５ａに左側から挿入したもとで（図７（ａ）参照）、前記ケース体２１の左側部を枠状本体部３１に近接移動し、係着片２８ｄ，２８ｄを前記係合孔部３６ａに挿入した前記固定具２８を回転して係着片２８ｃ，２８ｃの係合部２８ｄと係合孔部３６ａとを係合することで、前記設置部３４（枠状本体部３１の裏側）にケース体２１を取り付けるようになっている（図７（ｂ）参照）。
【００２３】
また、図６（ａ），（ｂ）に示すように、前記第１および第２支持部３５，３６には、前記係合受部３５ａおよび係合孔部３６ａの形成位置から上下方向に所要距離だけ離間する位置に、前記ケース体２１に形成した位置決め凹部２５，２５および位置決め孔２９，２９の夫々と係合可能な位置決め突部（第２の位置決め部）３５ｂ，３６ｂが突設されている。すなわち、前記第１支持部３５に設けた位置決め突部３５ｂ，３５ｂは、前記設置部３４にケース体２１を組み付ける際に位置決め凹部２５，２５と係合することで、ケース体２１を位置決めする位置決め手段として機能し、また第１および第２支持部３５，３６の夫々に設けた位置決め突部３５ｂ，３６ｂは、該設置部３４にケース体２１を取り付けた後、各位置決め突部３５ｂ，３６ｂと対応の位置決め凹部２５および位置決め孔２９とが係合して、該ケース体２１の移動を規制する移動規制手段として機能するものである。
【００２４】
なお、前記設置部３４に配設した前記ケース体２１の前面は、前記仕切板３３の裏側に当接してケース体２１の前方移動を規制しており、該仕切板３３の第２の開口部３３ａに前記図柄表示装置２０の表示面２０ａが略整合して該表示面２０ａを前方から視認し得るようになっている（図８参照）。また、前記枠状本体部３１における前記設置部３４の上下には、前記ケース体２１を上下から挟む位置に、延出部３７，３７が後方に延出しており、前記固定具２８と係合孔部３６ａとの係合を解除した際に、該枠状本体部３１からケース体２１（図柄表示装置２０）が脱落するのを防止している。
【００２５】
なお、図１または図６に示すように、前記枠状本体部３１における右枠部３１ｃの裏側には、上下方向に延在する支軸３８ａ，３８ａが形成され、該支軸３８ａ，３８ａには裏カバー部材３９が枢支される（図６（ｂ）参照）。前記裏カバー部材３９は、前方に開口する蓋状に形成されて、該裏カバー部材３９の左端縁に形成した係止具３９ａ，３９ａを、前記枠状本体部３１における左枠部３１ｄの裏側に形成した係合筒部３８ｂ，３８ｂと係合させることにより、前記図柄表示装置２０（ケース体２１）および可動演出装置３０の後側を覆蓋保護するようになっている。
【００２６】
（第１駆動伝達手段について）
前記第１駆動伝達手段４２，４３，６６〜６９は、図１２に示すように、前記第１駆動モータ６５に連繋接続した第１伝達シャフト４２と、前記仕切板３３における第２の開口部３３ａの上方および下方に対向的に配置されて、該第１伝達シャフト４２を介して第１駆動モータ６５に連繋接続した上下一対の第１棒状部材４３，４３と、該第１棒状部材４３，４３に摺動自在に支持された第１摺動部材５１，５１と、これら各部材４２，４３，４３を連繋接続した第１歯車部６６〜６９とから構成されている。ここで、前記第１伝達シャフト４２は、前記枠状本体部３１における右枠部３１ｃに配設されて上下に位置する第１棒状部材４３，４３の間に延在し、該枠状本体部３１に上下の端部近傍が枢支されて軸回りに回転し得るよう構成される。また、前記第１伝達シャフト４２の中間位置には、前記第１駆動モータ６５の駆動歯車（第１歯車部）６６と噛合するよう第１歯車（第１歯車部）６７が配設され、該第１駆動モータ６５の回転に伴い第１伝達シャフト４２が軸回りに回転するよう構成される。なお、第１伝達シャフト４２の上下の端部には第１傘歯車（第１歯車部）６８，６８が配設されている。
【００２７】
（第１棒状部材について）
前記各第１棒状部材４３は、前記仕切板３３の左右方向の略全長に亘って延在するよう配置されると共に（図１、図１０および図１１参照）、左右の端部近傍が前記枠状本体部３１に枢支されて軸回りに回転し得るよう構成され、各第１棒状部材４３の右端部に、前記第１伝達シャフト４２に配設した前記第１傘歯車６８，６８と噛合する第２傘歯車（第１歯車部）６９，６９が配設されている。すなわち、前記第１伝達シャフト４２の回転に伴い、上下に配置された前記両第１棒状部材４３，４３が同期的に回転される。また、前記各第１棒状部材４３，４３の外周面には、その略全長に亘って螺旋状の溝（案内部）４３ａ，４３ａが形成されており、該螺旋状溝４３ａ，４３ａに前記第１摺動部材５１，５１の突部（作動部）５４ａおよび突起部材（作動部）５７の夫々が臨んでいる（図１４または図１５参照）。なお、前記上側に配設された第１棒状部材４３の左端部近傍に、前記第１検出センサ８１ａが配設されている（図８または図１７参照）。
【００２８】
（第１摺動部材について）
前記上下一対の第１摺動部材５１，５１の夫々は、図１２、図１３または図１６に示すように、前記第１移動部材４０ａの上端または下端を固定する摺動部５３，５３と、該摺動部５３，５３に固定されて第１移動部材４０ａの端部に向けて光を照射し得るＬＥＤ（発光手段）６２を備えた配線基板６１，６１とから構成される。前記各摺動部５３には、左右方向に貫通して前記第１棒状部材４３を挿通する挿通孔５４と、該挿通孔５４に隣接した位置に、当該挿通孔５４の延在方向に交差する方向（上下方向）に貫通して前記第１移動部材４０ａの端部を挿入する支持孔５５とが形成されている（図１３参照）。すなわち、前記各第１摺動部材５１（摺動部５３）は、前記挿通孔５４を介して前記第１棒状部材４３の左右方向に沿って摺動自在に外挿支持されると共に、上下の第１摺動部材５１，５１（摺動部５３，５３）の前記支持孔５５，５５を介して前記第１移動部材４０ａが支持されて、該移動部材４０ａが前記表示面２０ａを左右の領域に分割し得るよう構成されている（図１参照）。なお、前記ＬＥＤ６２は、前記主制御装置１７に制御されるランプ制御装置１９に接続され、該ランプ制御装置１９からの制御信号に基づいて点灯・消灯等するようになっている（図４参照）。
【００２９】
また、前記各第１摺動部材５１における前記挿通孔５４の内側面には、前記突部５４ａが内部に向かって突設されており、該突部５４ａが前記螺旋状溝４３ａに臨んでいる（図１４または図１５参照）。そして、図１５に示すように、上側に配設された第１摺動部材５１（摺動部５３）の側部には、前記突部５４ａの形成箇所から離間する位置に、上方に開口して前記挿通孔５４に向けて貫通する通孔５６が穿設され、該通孔５６の内部に前記螺旋状溝４３ａに臨む前記突起部材５７と、該突起部材５７を該螺旋状溝４３ａに向けて押圧するバネ（弾性部材）５８とを収容してある。同様に、下側に配設された第１摺動部材５１（摺動部５３）の側部にも、前記突部５４ａの形成箇所から離間する位置に、下方に開口して前記挿通孔５４に向けて貫通する通孔５６が穿設され、該通孔５６の内部に前記突起部材５７と前記バネ５８とが収容されて、該突起部材５７が該螺旋状溝４３ａに向けて押圧されるようになっている。なお、前記各摺動部５３には、前記各通孔５６の外側開口を閉成する被覆部材５９が夫々取り付けられて、該通孔５６から突起部材５７やバネ５８が脱落しないよう構成される。
【００３０】
すなわち、前記各第１棒状部材４３の螺旋状溝４３ａには、前記突起部材５７と前記突部５４ａとが臨み、該第１棒状部材４３を正逆回転させた際には、該突起部材５７および突部５４ａの夫々と螺旋状溝４３ａとが連繋して対応する前記第１摺動部材５１が第１棒状部材４３に沿って左右方向に移動するようになっている。なお、前記第１駆動モータ６５により回転される上下一対の第１棒状部材４３，４３の螺旋状溝４３ａ，４３ａは、上下の第１摺動部材５１，５１を同一方向に移動させるよう構成してある。また、前記上下の第１摺動部材５１，５１に前記第１移動部材４０ａの端部を夫々固定してあるから、各第１棒状部材４３の回転に伴って第１摺動部材５１が回転することはなく、従って第１摺動部材５１の左右方向の移動に伴い第１移動部材４０ａが左右方向に移動される。前述したように、前記螺旋状溝４３ａは、各第１棒状部材４３の略全長に亘って形成されているので、前記第１摺動部材５１（第１移動部材４０ａ）は、前記表示面２０ａの前方を左右方向に移動する。
【００３１】
また、前記通孔５６は、図１５に示すように、該通孔５６における前記挿通孔５４に開口する内側開口が、前記第１摺動部材５１，５１の外側に開口する外側開口より小径に形成される。すなわち、前記第１摺動部材５１，５１の外側面から内側に所要距離だけ大径凹部５６ａが形成され、該大径凹部５６ａの内底面に前記挿通孔５４に開口する小径の内部通孔５６ｂが形成される。一方、前記突起部材５７における前記挿通孔５４（螺旋状溝４３ａ）に近接する端部を前記通孔５６の内部通孔５６ｂより小径に設定すると共に、該挿通孔５４（螺旋状溝４３ａ）から離間する端部に、前記大径凹部５６ａに挿入可能で、かつ内部通孔５６ｂより大径に設定した係止部５７ａが形成されている。すなわち、前記係止部５７ａが大径凹部５６ａの内底面に当接して、前記バネ５８により前記螺旋状溝４３ａに向けて押圧された突起部材５７が、前記通孔５６から脱落するのを防止している。
【００３２】
図１２または図１５に示すように、上側に配設された前記第１摺動部材５１の摺動部５３には、左方向に向けて延在する第１検出片５３ａ（位置検出手段）が形成されている。そして、この第１摺動部材５１（第１移動部材４０ａ）が、前記表示面２０ａより左方向（左枠部３１ｄ側）に移動した際に（図１０参照）、前記第１検出センサ８１ａが前記第１検出片５３ａを検出するようになっており、この第１検出センサ８１ａで第１検出片５３ａを検出した位置を、前記第１移動部材４０ａの基準位置として前記表示制御装置１８に設定してある。ここで、前記第１検出センサ８１ａとしては、凹形の本体の対向位置に発光部８２と受光部８３を備えた光学式センサであって（図１７参照）、前記第１検出片５３ａが発光部８２と受光部８３との間に移動して遮光した時点で検出（ＯＮ）状態とされて、前記第１移動部材４０ａが基準位置にあることが検出され、この検出信号が前記表示制御装置１８に出力されるようになっている。
【００３３】
ここで、前記表示制御装置１８は、前記第１移動部材４０ａを移動して可動演出を行なうに際し、前記第１検出センサ８１ａが前記第１検出片５３ａを未検出の場合には、第１移動部材４０ａを前記基準位置に移動するよう前記第１駆動モータ６５を駆動し、該第１検出センサ８１ａにより第１検出片５３ａを検出した後に、所定の制御条件に基づいて第１駆動モータ６５を駆動して第１移動部材４０ａを移動させるよう設定してある。なお、前記表示制御装置１８には、図１１に示すように、前記第１移動部材４０ａが前記各第１棒状部材４３の右端部より手前（左側）まで移動した時点で前記第１駆動モータ６５を逆転または停止するよう設定されており、この位置を第１移動部材４０ａが移動し得る限界としての移動限界位置として設定されている。すなわち、前記表示制御装置１８は、前記基準位置と移動限界位置との間で該第１移動部材４０ａが移動するよう前記第１駆動モータ６５を制御している。
【００３４】
（配線基板について）
前記配線基板６１に配設した前記ＬＥＤ６２は、赤色・緑色・青色の３色を任意に発光可能な、所謂フルカラーＬＥＤであって、前記ランプ制御装置１９からの制御に基づき所要の色で発光演出し得るようになっている。また、図１６に示すように、前記配線基板６１は、前記第１移動部材４０ａの端面に前記ＬＥＤ６２が対向するよう前記第１摺動部材５１，５１の夫々に配設される。従って、前記ＬＥＤ６２が発光した際に、該ＬＥＤ６２の光は第１移動部材４０ａの延在方向に向けて照射され、該第１移動部材４０ａが発光する。また、前記配線基板６１と前記ランプ制御装置１９とは、所要の幅寸法を有すると共に厚みを薄くした可撓性を有するフラットケーブル（図示せず）で接続されており、前記第１摺動部材５１，５１が左右方向に移動した際に、該フラットケーブルを所定の方向に可撓させ得るようになっている。なお、前記フラットケーブルは、前記第１摺動部材５１，５１がその移動領域（基準位置から移動限界位置の間）の全域に亘って移動し得る長さに設定されると共に、該フラットケーブルの所要位置は、前記枠状本体部３１に貼着されて、前記第１摺動部材５１，５１を移動するのに最小限だけフラットケーブルが可撓するようにしてある。
【００３５】
（第２駆動伝達手段について）
一方、前記第２駆動伝達手段４６，４７，４８，７２〜７７は、図１８に示すように、前記第２駆動モータ７１に連繋接続した第２伝達シャフト４６と、該第２伝達シャフト４６に連繋接続した第３伝達シャフト４７と、前記仕切板３３の第２の開口部３３ａの左方および右方に対向的に配置されて、該第２および第３伝達シャフト４７を介して第２駆動モータ７１に連繋接続した左右一対の第２棒状部材４８，４８と、該第２棒状部材４８，４８に摺動自在に支持された第２摺動部材５２，５２と、これら各部材４６，４７，４８，４８を連繋接続した第２歯車部７２〜７７とから構成されている。ここで、前記第２伝達シャフト４６は、前記枠状本体部３１における上枠部３１ａの右側位置に左右方向に延在するよう配置された短尺部材であって、その左右両端部近傍を該枠状本体部３１に枢支されて軸回りに回転し得るようになっている。そして、前記第２伝達シャフト４６の右端部に取り付けた第２歯車（第２歯車部）７３が前記第２駆動モータ７１の駆動歯車（第２歯車部）７２と噛合するよう構成される。
【００３６】
また、前記第３伝達シャフト４７は、前記枠状本体部３１における上枠部３１ａに配設されて左右に位置する前記第２棒状部材４８，４８の間に延在し、該枠状本体部３１に上下の端部近傍が枢支されて軸回りに回転し得るよう構成される。そして、前記第３伝達シャフト４７の右端部近傍には、前記第２伝達シャフト４６の左端部に取り付けた第３歯車（第２歯車部）７４と噛合する第４歯車（第２歯車部）７５が配設され、該第２伝達シャフト４６の回転に伴い第３伝達シャフト４７が軸回りに回転するよう構成される。なお、第３伝達シャフト４７の左右の端部には第３傘歯車（第２歯車部）７６，７６が配設されている。
【００３７】
（第２棒状部材について）
前記各第２棒状部材４８は、前記仕切板３３の上下方向の略全長に亘って延在するよう配置されると共に（図１または図８参照）、上下の端部近傍が前記枠状本体部３１に枢支されて軸回りに回転し得るよう構成され、両第２棒状部材４８，４８の上端部に、前記第３伝達シャフト４７に配設した前記第３傘歯車７６，７６と噛合する第４傘歯車（第２歯車部）７７，７７が夫々配設されている。すなわち、前記第３伝達シャフト４７の回転に伴い、左右に配設された前記両第２棒状部材４８，４８が同期的に回転される。なお、前記第２棒状部材４８，４８の夫々は、前記第１棒状部材４３，４３の前側に位置するよう配置されて、第１および第２棒状部材４３，４８の夫々が干渉しないようになっている（図８参照）。また、前記各第２棒状部材４８の外周面には、前記第１棒状部材４３と同様にその略全長に亘って螺旋状の溝（案内部）４８ａが形成されており、該螺旋状溝４８ａに前記各第２摺動部材５２に配設された前記突部５４ａおよび突起部材５７が夫々臨んでいる。そして、前記左側の第２棒状部材４８の上端部近傍に、前記第２検出センサ８１ｂが配設されている（図８または図２０参照）。
【００３８】
（第２摺動部材について）
ここで、前記第２摺動部材５２，５２の構成は、前記第１摺動部材５１，５１の構成と基本的に同一であるので、同一の機能を有する部材には同一の符号を付して以下簡単に説明する。前記左右一対の第２摺動部材５２，５２の夫々は、図１９に示すように、前記第２移動部材４０ｂの左端または右端を固定する摺動部５３，５３と、該摺動部５３，５３に固定した第２移動部材４０ｂの端部に向けて光を照射し得るＬＥＤ６２を備えた配線基板６１，６１とから構成される。前記各摺動部５３には、上下方向に貫通して前記第２棒状部材４８を挿通可能な挿通孔５４と、該挿通孔５４に隣接した位置に、該挿通孔５４の延在方向に交差する方向（左右方向）に貫通して前記第２移動部材４０ｂを挿入可能な支持孔５５（図１８参照）とが形成されている。すなわち、前記第２摺動部材５２，５２（摺動部５３）は、前記挿通孔５４を介して前記第２棒状部材４８，４８に沿って摺動自在に外挿支持されると共に、左右に位置する第２摺動部材５２，５２（摺動部５３）の前記支持孔５５を介して前記第２移動部材４０ｂの左右の端部が支持されて、前記表示面２０ａを上下の領域に分割し得るよう構成される。
【００３９】
また、前記各第２摺動部材５２における前記挿通孔５４の内側面には、前記第１摺動部材５１と同様に、前記突部５４ａが突設されると共に、左側に配設された第２摺動部材５２（摺動部５３）の側部には、左方に開口して前記挿通孔５４に向けて貫通する通孔５６が穿設され、該通孔５６の内部に前記突起部材５７と前記バネ５８とを収容してある。同様に、右側に配設された第２摺動部材５２（摺動部５３）の側部には、右方に開口して前記挿通孔５４に向けて貫通する通孔５６が穿設されて、該通孔５６の内部に前記突起部材５７と前記バネ５８とを収容してある。更に、前記各摺動部５３には、前記通孔５６の外側開口を閉成する被覆部材５９を夫々取り付けてある。
【００４０】
すなわち、前記各第２棒状部材４８の螺旋状溝４８ａに、前記突起部材５７および前記突部５４ａが臨み、該第２棒状部材４８を回転させた際には、該突起部材５７および突部５４ａの夫々と螺旋状溝４８ａとが連繋して対応する前記第２摺動部材５２が第２棒状部材４８に沿って上下方向に移動するようになっている。なお、前記第２駆動モータ７１により回転される左右一対の第２棒状部材４８，４８の螺旋状溝４８ａ，４８ａは、左右の第２摺動部材５２，５２を同一方向に移動させるよう構成してある。また、前記左右の第２摺動部材５２，５２に、前記第２移動部材４０ｂの両端部を固定してあるから、前記第２棒状部材４８，４８の回転に伴って第２摺動部材５２，５２の夫々が回転することはなく、従って第２摺動部材５２，５２の上下方向の移動に伴い第２移動部材４０ｂが上下方向に移動される。前述したように、前記螺旋状溝４８ａは、第２棒状部材４８の略全長に亘って形成されているので、前記第２摺動部材５２，５２（第２移動部材４０ｂ）は、前記表示面２０ａの前方を上下方向に横切るよう移動する。
【００４１】
図１９および図２０に示すように、左側に配設された前記第２摺動部材５２の摺動部５３には、左方向に向けて第２検出片５３ｂ（位置検出手段）が形成されている。そして、前記第２摺動部材５２，５２が、前記表示面２０ａより上方向（上枠部３１ａ側）に移動した際に、前記第２検出センサ８１ｂが前記第２検出片５３ｂを検出するようになっており、この第２検出センサ８１ｂで第２検出片５３ｂを検出した位置を、前記第２移動部材４０ｂの基準位置として前記表示制御装置１８に設定してある。なお、前記第２検出センサ８１ｂの構成は、前記第１検出センサ８１ａの構成と同一である。
【００４２】
そして、前記表示制御装置１８は、前記第２移動部材４０ｂを移動して可動演出を行なうに際し、前記第２検出センサ８１ｂが前記第２検出片５３ｂを未検出の場合には、第２移動部材４０ｂを前記基準位置に移動するよう前記第２駆動モータ７１を駆動し、該第２検出センサ８１ｂにより第２検出片５３ｂを検出した後に、所定の制御条件に基づいて第１駆動モータ６５を駆動して可動演出を行なうよう設定してある。なお、前記表示制御装置１８には、前記第２移動部材４０ｂが前記各第２棒状部材４８の下端部より手前（上側）まで移動した時点で前記第２駆動モータ７１を逆転または停止するよう設定されており、この位置を第２移動部材４０ｂが移動し得る限界としての移動限界位置として設定されている。すなわち、前記表示制御装置１８は、前記基準位置と移動限界位置との間で前記第２移動部材４０ｂが移動するよう前記第２駆動モータ７１を制御している。
【００４３】
（配線基板について）
前記配線基板６１に配設した前記ＬＥＤ６２は、前述したと同様に、前記ランプ制御装置１９からの制御に基づき所要の色で発光演出し得るフルカラーＬＥＤ６２であって、該ＬＥＤ６２が前記第２移動部材４０ｂの端面に対向するよう前記第２摺動部材５２，５２（支持部５３）の夫々に配設され、該ＬＥＤ６２が発光した際に、該第２移動部材４０ｂが発光するよう構成される。また、前記配線基板６１と前記ランプ制御装置１９とは、前記フラットケーブルで接続され、前記第２摺動部材５２，５２が上下方向に移動した際に、該フラットケーブルが一定の方向に可撓し得るよう構成されている。なお、前記フラットケーブルは、前記第２摺動部材５２，５２がその移動領域の全長に亘って移動し得る長さに設定されている。また、前記フラットケーブルの所要位置は前記枠状本体部３１に貼着され、前記第２摺動部材５２，５２が移動するに際して必要最低限だけ該フラットケーブルが可撓し得るよう構成してある。
【００４４】
（第１および第２駆動モータの制御態様について）
前述したように、前記図柄表示装置２０は横長に形成されており、左右方向に移動する前記第１移動部材４０ａは、上下方向に移動する第２移動部材４０ｂより移動距離が長くなっている。そこで、前記表示制御装置１８は、前記第１移動部材４０ａを駆動する第１駆動モータ６５が所定時間に回転させる回転角度を、前記第２移動部材４０ｂを駆動する第２駆動モータ７１が同一時間に回転させる回転角度より大きくなるよう制御して、該第１移動部材４０ａが前記基準位置から移動限界位置まで移動するのに要する時間と、該第２移動部材４０ｂが前記基準位置から移動限界位置まで移動するのに要する時間とが、略同一となるよう設定してある。すなわち、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの夫々は、略同一の時間を掛けて夫々に設定された移動距離を移動し得るよう構成されている。
【００４５】
【実施例の作用】
次に、本実施例に係る遊技機の作用につき説明する。
【００４６】
前記遊技盤Ｊの裏側にネジ止めした前記枠状本体部３１の裏側に設けた前記第１支持部３５の係合受部３５ａに、前記ケース体２１の第１フランジ部２３に形成した前記係合片２４を挿入したもとで、該枠状本体部３１の第２支持部３６に向けてケース体２１の第２フランジ部２７を近接させる（図７（ａ）参照）。そして、前記第２フランジ部２７が前記第２支持部３６に当接すると、該第２フランジ部２７に形成した前記回転式の固定具２８の係着片２８ｃ，２８ｃが、第２支持部３６に形成した係合孔部３６ａに挿入され、この状態で前記摘み部２８ａを把持して固定具２８を回転することにより、固定具２８（係着片２８ｃ）の係合部２８ｄが係合孔部３６ａの縁部に係合する（図７（ｂ）参照）。ここで、前記第１および第２フランジ部２３，２７が前記第１および第２支持部３５，３６の夫々に当接することにより、前記ケース体２１の前方への移動が規制されると共に、前記係合片２４と係合受部３５ａおよび前記固定具２８の係合部２８ｄと係合孔部３６ａの縁部とが係合することにより、前記ケース体２１の上下方向および左右方向、更には後方への移動が規制される。
【００４７】
すなわち、前記ケース体２１を前記枠状本体部３１の設置部３４に安定的に取り付けることができる。このように、前記ケース体２１（図柄表示装置２０）を固定するに際し、ネジやビス等を使用することなく、固定具２８を指先操作で回転させるだけでよいので、簡単にケース体２１を設置部３４に簡単に取り付け得ると共に、ケース体２１（図柄表示装置２０）の組み付け作業性を向上でき、作業時間の短縮を図り得る。そして、前記遊技盤Ｊに取り付けた枠状本体部３１の裏側に、前記ケース体２１を直接取り付けるよう構成したことにより、従来のように遊技盤Ｊの裏側に球案内部材と補助演出装置と図柄表示装置とを前後に重ねて取り付ける場合に較べ、遊技機Ｊの前後方向の幅寸法を抑制し得るから、大型の図柄表示装置２０および可動演出装置３０を取り付け得るようになる。
【００４８】
また、前記ケース体２１を前記設置部３４に取り付けるに際し、前記ケース体２１に形成した前記位置決め凹部２５，２５が、前記枠状本体部３１に形成した前記位置決め突部３５ｂ，３５ｂに係合して該ケース体２１を位置決めするよう構成したので、組み付け作業をより容易に行ない得る。更に、前記設置部３４にケース体２１を取り付けた後は、ケース体２１に形成した位置決め凹部２５，２５および位置決め孔２９，２９の夫々が、枠状本体部３１に形成した位置決め突部３５ｂ，３５ｂの夫々に係合するから、ケース体２１のガタツキを防止できる。
【００４９】
そして、前記ケース体２１の右側面２１ａに突設した前記係合片２４を、前記枠状本体部３１の裏側に設けた前記係合受部３５ａに挿入することで、該ケース体２１の右側面２１ａを前記設置部３４に固定できるように構成したので、組み付け作業の作業性をより向上し得る。更には、前記ケース体２１をより小型化し得ると共に、その設置スペース（設置面積）を減少させることができる。より詳しくは、前記ケース体２１の左側面２１ｂに配設された前記固定具２８を、前記係合片２４の代わりに該ケース体２１の右側面２１ａにも配設するように構成した場合には、各固定具２８を夫々（２箇所）操作して組み付け作業を行なう必要がある。また、前記固定具２８の構造は、前記係合片２４よりも複雑であるので、その大きさは、該係合片２４よりも大きくなり、該ケース体２１も大きくなってしまう。これに対し、本実施例の可動演出装置３０では、前記固定具２８を一度操作するだけで組付け作業が完了するため、作業を簡略化し得ると共に、作業性が向上する利点を有する。更に、前記係合片２４の構造は、前記固定具２８の構造より簡易であり、更にはその大きさも該固定具２８よりも小さなものである。従って、前記ケース体２１を小型化しうると共に、街ケース体２１を設置するためのスペースを小さくすることが可能である。すなわち、前記係合片２４を突設するよう構成したことで、ケース体２１の左右両側面２１ａ，２１ｂに前記回転式の固定具２８を設けた場合と同等の左右方向の幅寸法に設定した場合には、該ケース体２１自体の左右方向の幅寸法を大きくでき、該ケース体２１内に、より大型の図柄表示装置２０を収容し得る。
【００５０】
前記遊技盤Ｊに打ち出されたパチンコ球が前記始動入賞具１１に入賞すると、前記図柄表示装置２０の表示面２０ａで各種図柄が可変表示されて所要の表示演出が行なわれる。ここで、前記表示制御装置１８が、前記主制御装置１７からの可動演出装置３０を動作させる制御信号を受信すると、該表示制御装置１８が所定の設定条件に従って前記第１駆動モータ６５および第２駆動モータ７１の夫々を駆動して可動演出を行なう。前記第１駆動モータ６５が回転駆動されると、該第１駆動モータ６５の回転に伴って前記第１伝達シャフト４２が軸回りに回転し、該第１伝達シャフト４２の回転に伴い、前記上下一対の第１棒状部材４３，４３が軸回りに回転する。そして、前記第１棒状部材４３，４３が回転すると、該第１棒状部材４３，４３の外周面に形成した前記螺旋状溝４３ａ，４３ａに臨んだ前記第１摺動部材５１，５１の夫々の突起部材５７と突部５４ａとが該螺旋状溝４３ａ，４３ａに摺接することで、該第１棒状部材４３，４３の回転に伴い該第１摺動部材５１，５１が左方向または右方向にスライド移動する。すなわち、前記上下一対の第１摺動部材５１，５１の夫々に、端部を固定した前記第１移動部材４０ａも、該第１摺動部材５１，５１の移動に伴って前記表示面２０ａの前方を平行に移動する。
【００５１】
また、同様に、前記第２駆動モータ７１が回転駆動されると、該第２駆動モータ７１の回転に伴って前記第２伝達シャフト４６が軸回りに回転すると共に該第２伝達シャフト４６の回転に伴い前記第３伝達シャフト４７が回転する。そして、前記第３伝達シャフト４７の回転に伴い、前記左右一対の第２棒状部材４８，４８が軸回りに回転され、該第２棒状部材４８，４８が回転すると、当該第２棒状部材４８，４８の外周面に形成した前記螺旋状溝４８ａ，４８ａに臨んだ前記第２摺動部材５２，５２の夫々の突起部材５７と突部５４ａとが該螺旋状溝４８ａ，４８ａに摺接することにより、第２棒状部材４８，４８の回転に伴い第２摺動部材５２，５２が上方向または下方向にスライド移動される。すなわち、前記左右一対の第２摺動部材５２，５２の夫々に、端部を固定した前記第２移動部材４０ｂも、該第２摺動部材５２，５２の移動に伴って前記表示面２０ａの前方を平行に移動する。
【００５２】
すなわち、遊技中に遊技者が最も注目する前記図柄表示装置２０における表示面２０ａの前側を、第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂが移動するから、遊技者に強烈なインパクトを与え、遊技の面白みを増大させることができる。また、前記表示面２０ａでの平面的な表示演出に加え、該表示面２０ａの前面を各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂが移動することで立体的な可動演出を行なうことができるようになり、演出態様の多様化を図り得る。
【００５３】
また、前記第１移動部材４０ａおよび第２移動部材４０ｂの夫々の端面にＬＥＤ６２を対向するよう配置したから、各ＬＥＤ６２を発光することで、各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを発光することができる。従って、遊技者が最も注目している図柄表示装置２０（表示面２０ａ）の前側を、発光させた第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの夫々が移動することにより、遊技者が該移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂでの可動演出を見逃すのをなくすことが可能になる。このように、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの夫々を発光し得るようにしたことで、移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂから遊技者の注意が逸れたときでも、該移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを発光して遊技者に気付かせることができ、当該移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂによる可動演出効果を最大に生かすことができる。更に、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの略全長に亘って光反射材を配設するようにしたので、前記ＬＥＤ６２により、該移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの全体を明輝させた状態で可動演出することができる。なお、本実施例では、前記各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの端部にＬＥＤ６２を配設して各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを発光するよう構成したので、これら移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂに直接発光手段を設ける場合に較べて構成を簡略化でき、コストを抑制することができる。
【００５４】
また、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂと一体的に前記ＬＥＤ６２も移動するようにしたから、該ＬＥＤ６２の発する光を確実に移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂに向けて照射し得る。更に、前記ＬＥＤ６２としてフルカラーＬＥＤを使用することにより、各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの発光色を所要に応じて変化させることができ、多様な発光演出を行ない得る。例えば、各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの両端部に配設した前記ＬＥＤ６２，６２を異なる色（例えば赤色と青色等）で発光させて遊技演出することも可能となる。この場合には、各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの一方の端部に配設したＬＥＤ６２を所定の色（例えば赤色）で発光すると、他方の端部側に向かうにつれて次第に色彩が変化（紫色に変化）し、移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの略中央位置を過ぎると次第に他方の端部に配設したＬＥＤ６２で発光させた色（例えば青色）に変化するので、可動演出装置３０での遊技演出をより増大し得ると共に、装飾性も向上される。すなわち、可動演出装置３０は、第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを移動（可動）させることによる可動演出と、該第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを発光させることによる発光演出とを同時に行なうことができる。このように、前記可動演出装置３０によれば、前記図柄表示装置２０の表示面２０ａの前面を第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂが発光しながら移動（可動）するという、従来にない斬新な遊技演出を行ない得るようになる。なお、前記ＬＥＤ６２と前記ランプ制御装置１９とは、所定の方向に可撓し得るフラットケーブルで接続してあるから、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの夫々が移動して該ケーブルが伸縮した場合でも、該ケーブルが他の部材に引っ掛かるのを防止して当該ケーブルの損傷を防ぎ、各ＬＥＤ６２を確実に発光させることができる。
【００５５】
また、前記表示面２０ａの前方を、上下または左右に仕切るように第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂが移動することで、該第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂにより該表示面２０ａの表示領域が見かけ上複数の領域（最大で４つの領域）に分割されることになる（図１参照）。従って、前記表示面２０ａにおける前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂで分割された夫々の領域において、異なる表示演出を行なうことができ、演出内容を多様化して遊技の興趣をより増大させ得る。更に、前記第１移動部材４０ａと第２移動部材４０ｂの２つの移動部材が前後の位置関係で移動することで、両移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを交差させて、その交点を利用した可動演出もできるから、今までにない新たな演出を行なうことができ、遊技者に新鮮な面白みを与えることができる。ここで、移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの交点を利用した演出とは、例えば、移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの交点を鉄砲等の照準器に見立てて、前記表示面２０ａに表示した標的に狙いを定めるようにした演出等が考えられる。
【００５６】
また、例えば、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを同一の駆動モータで駆動するよう構成した場合には、両移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂが同期的に移動することになり、演出態様は限定的になってしまう。これに対して、前記可動演出装置３０では、前記第１移動部材４０ａおよび第２移動部材４０ｂの夫々に対応的に第１駆動モータ６５および第２駆動モータ７１を設けるよう構成したから、第１駆動モータ６５および第２駆動モータ７１を夫々独立して駆動でき、このため第１移動部材４０ａおよび第２移動部材４０ｂの夫々を独立して移動させ得るから、より複雑な可動演出が可能となる。
【００５７】
前述したように、前記第１および第２棒状部材４３，４８を回転させることで、該棒状部材４３，４８に形成した螺旋状溝４３ａ，４８ａに臨んだ前記突起部材５７および突部５４ａを介して第１および第２摺動部材５１，５２が移動するから、当該棒状部材４３，４８の回転量に応じて各摺動部材５１，５２を正確に移動することができる。従って、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの夫々も正確かつ確実に移動でき、所望の可動演出を確実に行なわせることが可能となる。また、前記第１および第２摺動部材５１，５２に設けた前記突起部材５７を、バネ５７で常に前記螺旋状溝４３ａ，４８ａに向けて押圧しているから、該螺旋状溝４３ａ，４８ａから突起部材５７が脱落することはなく、より正確かつ確実に前記第１および第２摺動部材５１，５２（第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂ）の夫々を移動させ得る。なお、前記突起部材５７を挿入する通孔５６の内側開口を外側開口より小さくしたことで、該通孔５６を突起部材５７が通出することもなく、突起部材５７が通孔５６から抜け落ちることはない。そして、前記上下一対の第１摺動部材５１，５１および左右一対の第２摺動部材５２，５２の夫々は、同期的に同一方向に移動するから、前記第１移動部材４０ａおよび第２移動部材４０ｂの夫々が移動時に歪むことはなく円滑に移動でき、該第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの損傷を防止できる。
【００５８】
また、可動演出装置３０の構成部材である前記各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂ、各駆動伝達手段４２，４３，４６，４７，４８，６６〜６９，７２〜７７および各駆動モータ６５，７１の夫々を枠状本体部３１に組み付けるよう構成したので、該可動演出装置３０を単一のユニットとして取り扱うことができ、可動演出装置３０の管理や輸送作業を簡略化し得ると共に、遊技機への可動演出装置３０の取り付けも簡単に行ない得るようになる。更に、前記枠状本体部３１に金属補強部材３２を配設したから、該可動演出装置３０に歪み等の変形が生ずることにより各構成部材が動作不良を来たすのは防止され、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを確実に移動させることができる。更に、前記第１および第２棒状部材４３，４８の夫々と、前記図柄表示装置２０の表示面２０ａとの間に、前面に反射防止加工を施した仕切板３３を配置してあるから、これらの棒状部材４３，４８の該表示面２０ａへの映り込みはなく、遊技者の興趣をそぐことはない。
【００５９】
なお、前記枠状本体部３１の裏側に図柄表示装置２０の裏側を保護する裏カバー部材３９を取り付けるよう構成したことで、該図柄表示装置２０および枠状本体部３１に異物が接触して故障や動作不良等が発生するのは防止される。また、前記第１および第２駆動モータ６５，７１の駆動歯車６６，７２を、前記枠状本体部３１に開設した窓口３１ｆ，３１ｆを介して手で直接操作できるので、可動演出装置３０をパチンコ機Ｐに組み付ける前に該可動演出装置３０の動作異常の有無を確認し得る。更に、前記可動演出装置３０に故障等の不具合が生じた際には、前記各駆動歯車６６，７２を手で直接回転させて前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの夫々を表示面２０ａの前側から退避させることができ、該移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂが表示面２０ａで行なわれる表示演出を遮り、遊技の興趣をそぐのを防止することもできる。
【００６０】
また、前記表示制御装置１８は、前記第１移動部材４０ａまたは第２移動部材４０ｂの夫々を移動して可動演出を行なうに際し、前記第１検出センサ８１ａまたは第２検出センサ８１ｂが対応の移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを未検出の場合には、前記第１および第２駆動モータ６５，７１を駆動して各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂをセンサ側（基準位置）に移動させるよう制御しているから、各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂに所定の動作を確実に行なわせて可動演出することができる。また、前記移動限界位置に検出センサを配設することなく、前記基準位置に各検出センサ８１ａ，８１ｂを設けるだけで各移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを正確に移動制御し得るから、部品コストを低減し得ると共に、可動演出装置３０の組み付け作業も簡略化される。更に、移動距離が長い第１移動部材４０ａを、移動距離の短い第２移動部材４０ｂより移動速度が速くなるよう設定してあるから、両移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂを略同一の時間で設定された移動距離を移動させ得る。従って、前記第１および第２移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂでの可動演出をよりスムーズに行なわせ、遊技者が、これらの移動部材４０ａ，４０ｂの動作を不自然に感じるのを防止できる。
【００６１】
【変更例】
本発明に係る遊技機としては、実施例のものに限られず種々の変更が可能である。例えば、移動部材として、上下方向と左右方向に移動する２つの移動部材を設けたが、１つまたは３つ以上の移動部材を配設するようにしてもよい。また、前記移動部材の移動する方向としては、実施例のように上下方向や左右方向に限られるものではなく、移動部材が斜め方向に移動するよう構成してもよく、前後方向に移動するよう構成することも可能であり、更には移動部材が回転または揺動するようにしてもよい。そして、移動部材を駆動する駆動手段を、各移動部材に対応して設けるようにしたが、単一の駆動手段で複数の移動部材を駆動するよう構成することもできる。なお、前記駆動手段としては、実施例のようにステッピングモータに限られるものではなく、従来公知の各種駆動手段を用いることが可能である。
【００６２】
また、実施例では、移動部材の端面にＬＥＤを配設して移動部材全体を発光するよう構成したが、例えば移動部材の全長に有機ＥＬを設けて移動部材自体が発光するよう構成することもできる。更に、発光手段としては、フルカラーＬＥＤに限られるものではなく、単色のＬＥＤや豆球、その他従来公知の各種発光手段を採用することが可能である。そして、前記発光手段に関し、所要の発光制御を行なうようにしてもよく、例えば、移動部材の両端部に配設した発光手段を、点滅するよう設定したり、交互に点灯・消灯させたり、あるいは発光手段の点滅間隔を夫々異なるよう設定することもできる。また、実施例では、前記移動部材の両端部に発光手段を配設するようにしたが、一方の端部にのみ発光手段を配設することも可能である。
【００６３】
なお、移動部材の形状・大きさ等は特に限定されるものではなく、補助演出装置の寸法等に応じて任意に決定すればよい。そして、前記移動部材に駆動手段の動力を伝達する駆動伝達手段としては、実施例の構成や組み合わせに限られるものではない。例えば、実施例では駆動伝達手段として、外周面に螺旋状の溝を形成した棒状部材を用いるよう構成したが、該棒状部材の外周面に螺旋状に突出部を形成し、該突出部に摺接するよう前記摺動部材に作動部を設けるよう構成することもできる。更に、前記棒状部材に代えて、ベルトおよびプーリを利用したり、チェーンおよびスプロケットを利用するようにしてもよい。なお、ケース体に形成する第１の係合手段および第２の係合手段は、実施例の構成のものに限定されるものではなく、夫々係脱可能な構成であれば、種々の構成を採用し得る。例えば、ケース体の左右両側面に回転式の固定具を配設し、枠状本体部の対応位置に係合孔部を形成するよう構成することも可能である。
【００６４】
そして、前記第１および第２摺動部材に形成する通孔の形状としては、実施例のように大径凹部と内部通孔とから段状に形成したものに限らず、該通孔の外側開口から内側開口に向けて徐々に小径になるよう形成した場合でも、前記突起部材の脱落を防止できる。また、実施例では、前記仕切板の前面側に反射防止加工を施すよう構成したが、該仕切板の裏面側に形成するようにしてもよく、また仕切板に反射防止加工を施した部材を貼付するよう構成しても実施例と同様の作用効果を得ることができる。更に、前記枠状本体部を補強する部材としては、金属板部材に限らず、種々の部材を採用することができ、該補強部材を設ける部位としては、枠状本体部の上枠部に限られるものではなく、任意の部位に設けるよう構成することが可能である。
【００６５】
また、補助演出装置の制御態様としては、実施例に示したものに限らず、任意の制御を行なうようにすればよい。実施例では、駆動制御手段により、第１駆動モータと第２駆動モータとの回転数を異なるよう制御することで、第１移動部材と第２移動部材との移動速度を変更するよう構成したが、例えば、該第１駆動モータと第２駆動モータとの回転数を同一とするよう該駆動制御手段を設定するようにしてもよい。この場合には、前記第１移動部材を移動させる第１歯車部と、前記第２移動部材を移動させる第２歯車部との歯数を変更することで、該第１移動部材および第２移動部材の夫々が、略同一の時間で設定した移動距離を移動し得るようにすることができ、前記駆動制御手段による制御が複雑化するのを防止し得る利点がある。更に、前記第１および第２棒状部材に螺旋状に形成した案内部の間隔（ピッチ）を変更することでも、前記第１移動部材と第２移動部材との移動速度を変更することができる。そして、実施例では、図柄表示装置を制御する表示制御手段により、補助演出装置を制御するよう構成したが、該補助演出装置を制御する制御手段を別に設けることも可能である。なお、遊技機としては、パチンコ機に限られるものではなく、アレンジボール機やスロットマシン機等であってもよく、遊技演出装置を配設するよう構成したものであれば何れの遊技機でもよい。
【００６６】
【付記】
なお、本発明の具体的構成としては、以下のような限定が可能である。
前記補助演出装置は、前記枠状本体部に配設された駆動伝達手段と、前記駆動伝達手段に接続され、前記図柄表示装置における表示部の前方に位置する移動部材と、前記枠状本体部に配設され、前記駆動伝達手段を介して前記移動部材を前記表示面の前方で所要方向へ移動させる駆動手段とから構成する。
なお、このように限定した場合には、遊技中に遊技者が最も注目する図柄表示装置の前側を、移動部材が広範囲で移動し得るよう構成したので、遊技者が移動部材での遊技演出を見逃すことはなく、遊技者に強烈なインパクトを与えることができ、遊技の面白みを増大させることができる。また前記図柄表示装置の前方を移動部材が移動するよう形成したから、該移動部材により該表示面における表示領域を仕切ることで複数の領域に分割することが可能となる。すなわち、分割した夫々の領域で異なる遊技演出を行なって遊技演出を多様化し、遊技の興趣を増大させ得るようになる。更に、前記移動部材を複数設けた場合には、移動部材の交点を利用して新たな遊技演出を行なうことができ、遊技者に新鮮な面白みを与えることができる。そして枠状本体部に、補助演出装置の構成部材である前記移動部材、駆動伝達手段および駆動手段の夫々を組み付けることで単一のユニットとして取扱い得るよう構成してあるから、補助演出装置の管理や輸送作業を簡略化し得ると共に、遊技機への補助演出装置の取り付けも簡単に行ない得るようになる。
【００６７】
【発明の効果】
以上に説明したように、請求項１に係る遊技機によれば、補助演出装置における枠状本体部を遊技盤に取り付けると共に、該枠状本体部の裏側に図柄表示装置を収容したケース体を取り付けることで、遊技盤の裏側に球案内部材、枠状本体部（補助演出装置）および図柄表示装置の夫々を前後に重ねて取り付ける場合に較べ、遊技機の前後方向の幅寸法を抑制でき、大型の図柄表示装置および補助演出装置を取り付け得る。そして、前記補助演出装置と図柄表示装置とを前後に配置することで、移動部材を図柄表示装置の表示面の前方を広範囲で動作させ得るようになるから、従来にない多彩な態様で遊技演出を行なうことが可能となる。
【００６８】
また、請求項２に係る遊技機によれば、ネジやビス等を使用することなく、固定具を指先操作で回転するだけで前記ケース体を補助演出装置の裏側に簡単に取り付け得る。更に、前記ケース体に設けた係合片を補助演出装置に設けた係合受部に挿入することで、該ケース体の一方の側部を固定することができるから、より組み付け作業の作業性を向上でき、作業時間の短縮を図り得る。更にまた、前記ケース体の一方の側部は、前記係合片を突設するだけの構成であるから、該ケース体を小型化することができる。そして、前記ケース体を枠状本体部に組み付けるに際し、第１の位置決め部と第２の位置決め部とを係合してケース体を位置決めするようにしたから、より簡単に該ケース体を組み付けることができる。なお、前記ケース体の組み付け後には、前記第１および第２の位置決め部により該ケース体の移動が規制されるから、ケース体のガタツキは防止される。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明の実施例に係る補助演出装置としての可動演出装置を示す正面図である。
【図２】実施例に係る可動演出装置を配設したパチンコ機を示す正面図である。
【図３】実施例に係るケース体を示し、（ａ）は背面図であり、（ｂ）は平面図である。
【図４】実施例に係るパチンコ機における各制御装置と、図柄表示装置、可動演出装置および電飾装置との関係を示すブロック図である。
【図５】実施例に係る移動部材を示す断面図である。
【図６】（ａ）は可動演出装置の枠状本体部を示す背面図であり、（ｂ）は可動演出装置に裏カバー部材を取り付けた状態で示す背面図である。
【図７】実施例に係る枠状本体部の設置部にケース体を取り付ける状態を示す平面図であり、（ａ）は枠状本体部の係合受部にケース体の係合片を挿入した状態を示し、（ｂ）は係合受部と係合片および係合孔と固定具の夫々を係合した状態を示す。
【図８】実施例に係る可動演出装置を示す縦断側面図である。
【図９】実施例に係る可動演出装置を示す平面図である。
【図１０】第１および第２移動部材の夫々が基準位置にある状態を示す可動演出装置の正面図である。
【図１１】第１および第２移動部材の夫々が移動限界位置にある状態を示す可動演出装置の正面図である。
【図１２】実施例に係る第１駆動モータ、第１駆動伝達手段および第１移動部材の関係を示す斜視図である。
【図１３】下側に配設された第１摺動部材を示す斜視図である。
【図１４】下側に配設された第１摺動部材の支持部を一部破断した状態で示す斜視図である。
【図１５】上下一対の第１摺動部材の支持部を一部破断した状態で示す正面図である。
【図１６】実施例に係る第１摺動部材の一部破断した状態を示す正面図である。
【図１７】実施例に係る第１移動部材が基準位置に位置し、第１検出片を第１検出センサで検出した状態を示す斜視図である。
【図１８】実施例に係る第２駆動モータ、第２駆動伝達手段および第２移動部材の関係を示す斜視図である。
【図１９】左右一対の第２摺動部材の支持部を縦断した状態で示す正面図である。
【図２０】実施例に係る第２移動部材が基準位置に位置し、第２検出片を第２検出センサで検出した状態を示す斜視図である。
【符号の説明】
２０ 図柄表示装置
２０ａ 表示面
２１ ケース体
２４ 係合片（第１の係合手段）
２５ 位置決め凹部（第１の位置決め部）
２８ 固定具（第１の係合手段）
２９ 位置決め孔部（第１の位置決め部）
３０ 可動演出装置（補助演出装置）
３１ 枠状本体部
３４ 設置部
３５ａ 係合受部（第２の係合手段）
３５ｂ 位置決め突部（第２の位置決め部）
３６ａ 係合孔部（第２の係合手段）
３６ｂ 位置決め突部（第２の位置決め部）
Ｊ 遊技盤
Ｊａ 第１の開口部（開口部）[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a gaming machine, and more specifically, a symbol display device that variably displays various symbols to perform a game effect, and an auxiliary effect device that performs an auxiliary game effect in accordance with the game effect on the symbol display device. It is related with the game machine provided with.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A pachinko machine, which is a typical gaming machine, has an inner frame that is detachably attached to an outer frame as an installation frame of the pachinko machine, and a front frame having a glass door, an upper ball tray, a lower frame, and the like. A ball tray, a mechanism set board having various ball processing units, etc., and other electric decoration members are assembled. In addition, a required game board is set in the middle frame so as to be attachable / detachable from the front side or the back side, and a decorative member is attached through an opening provided in the game board, so that the visual indication of the decorative member is displayed. A symbol display device having a liquid crystal display surface from the window is configured to face the front side of the pachinko machine. And on the back side of the game board, a ball guide member is provided which has a hook that guides the game balls won in the prize-winning equipment and the like to the back side of the pachinko machine. Here, the symbol display device is accommodated in a transparent case body in which the display surface can be viewed from the front, and the case body is detachably attached to the back side of the ball guide member (for example, Patent Documents). 1). Further, an auxiliary effect device having a swinging moving member is disposed in the vicinity (upper side and left and right sides) of the symbol display device, and the moving member is swung in accordance with a game effect performed on the symbol display device (display surface). There is also known a pachinko machine that performs an auxiliary effect by moving to further increase the interest of the game (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-308730 A
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2001-38005 A
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, there is a strong tendency to increase the effect of the game effect in the symbol display device and the auxiliary effect device by increasing the size of the symbol display device and the assist effect device. However, since the size of the pachinko machine (game board) itself is determined, there is a problem that it is difficult to secure a space for installing the enlarged symbol display device and auxiliary effect device in the pachinko machine. Further, in the game hall (so-called hall) in which the pachinko machines are installed, since the back sides of the pachinko machines face each other, the width dimension in the front-rear direction of each pachinko machine is limited. Here, in the configuration in which the symbol display device is attached to the ball guide member as in Patent Document 1, when the auxiliary effect device is disposed on the front side of the symbol display device, the ball guide member auxiliary effect device is provided on the back side of the game board. And it is necessary to arrange | position so that each of a symbol display apparatus may be piled up back and forth. In this case, since the width dimension in the front-rear direction of the pachinko machine is increased, it is difficult to arrange these members in the front-rear relationship. Furthermore, since the auxiliary effect device of the cited document 2 only swings the moving member arranged on the upper side or the left and right sides with respect to the symbol display device, there is also a problem that the effect mode becomes monotonous. ing.
[0005]
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
In view of the above-described problems inherent in the above-described conventional technology, the present invention has been proposed to suitably solve this problem, and can easily and quickly attach and detach the symbol display device. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which the symbol display device and the auxiliary effect device can be installed.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to overcome the above-mentioned problems and achieve the desired purpose suitably, the gaming machine according to the present invention is:
A symbol display device (20) facing a display surface (20a) for performing a required game effect through an opening established in the game board (J), and a moving member (in accordance with the game effect on the display surface (20a)) 40a, 40b) and an auxiliary effect device (30) that performs an auxiliary game effect, and the symbol display device (20) has a display body (20a) that can be visually recognized as a case body (21). In the stored gaming machine,
The case body (21) includes first engaging means (24, 28),
The auxiliary effect device (30)
A frame-shaped main body portion (31) having an installation portion (34) on the back side, which is disposed on the back side of the game board (J) in accordance with the opening and to which the case body (21) can be attached;
The frame body (31) is provided on the frame body (31) so as to be detachably engaged with the first engagement means (24, 28) of the case body (21). (34) provided with second engagement means (35a, 36a) which can be detachably attached,
Engage the first engagement means (24, 28) provided on the case body (21) and the second engagement means (35a, 36a) provided on the back side of the frame-shaped main body (31). Thus, the gaming machine is configured to attach the case body (21) to the installation portion (34).
[0007]
The case body (21) has a rotary fixture (28) as the first engagement means (28), and the frame-shaped main body (31) is the second engagement means. (36a) has an engaging hole (36a) that can be engaged with and disengaged from the fixture (28) by rotation of the fixture (28), and the fixture (28) is rotated to rotate the fixture (28). ) And the engagement hole (36a), the case body (21) may be attached to the installation portion (34).
[0008]
Further, the first engaging means (24, 28) includes a rotary fixture (28) provided on one side (21b) of the case body (21), and the case body (21). The second engaging means (35a, 36a) is fixed by rotating the fixing tool (28). An engagement hole (36a) that can be engaged with and disengaged from the tool (28), and an engagement receiving portion (35a) that can be engaged and disengaged by inserting and removing the engagement piece (24). ) Is inserted into the engagement receiving portion (35a) and the engagement piece (24) is engaged with the engagement receiving portion (35a), and the fixing tool (28) is rotated to rotate the fixing tool. The case body (21) may be configured to be attached to the installation portion (34) by engaging the engagement hole (36a) with (28). Kill.
[0009]
Then, the first positioning portion (25, 29) is formed in the case body (21) in the vicinity of the first engaging means (24, 28), and the second in the frame-shaped main body portion (31). In the vicinity of the engaging means (35a, 36a), a second positioning portion (35b, 36b) that can be detachably engaged with the first positioning portion (25, 29) is formed. By engaging the positioning portions (25, 29) and the second positioning portions (35b, 36b), the case body (21) can be positioned with respect to the installation portion (34). It may be.
[0010]
[Action]
The present invention attaches the frame-shaped main body portion in the auxiliary effect device to the game board, and attaches a case body containing the symbol display device to the back side of the frame-shaped main body portion, so that the ball guide member, the frame on the back side of the game board Compared to the case where the main body part (auxiliary effect device) and the symbol display device are attached one after the other, the width dimension in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine can be suppressed, and a large symbol display device and auxiliary effect device can be attached. Since the auxiliary effect device and the symbol display device are arranged in front and back, the moving member can be operated in a wide range in front of the display surface of the symbol display device. Can be performed.
[0011]
Further, the case body can be easily attached to the back side of the auxiliary effect device by simply rotating the fixing tool by a fingertip operation without using a screw or a screw. Furthermore, since one side part of the case body can be fixed by inserting the engagement piece provided in the case body into the engagement receiving part provided in the auxiliary effect device, the workability of the assembling work is further improved. The working time can be shortened. Furthermore, since one side part of the case body has a configuration in which the engaging piece is merely provided in a protruding manner, the case body can be reduced in size. Then, when the case body is assembled to the frame-shaped main body, the case body is positioned by engaging the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion, so that the case body can be assembled more easily. Can do. In addition, since the movement of the case body is restricted by the first and second positioning portions after the case body is assembled, rattling of the case body is prevented.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, the gaming machine according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of preferred embodiments. Note that the gaming machine may be any one of a pachinko machine, a slot machine, a pachinko slot machine, and the like, but in the present embodiment, a pachinko machine will be described as an example.
[0013]
(About pachinko machines)
First, a schematic configuration of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the pachinko machine P of the present embodiment, the middle frame B is assembled to the front side of the opening of the outer frame A so as to be detachable and openable using the connection support means K and the locking means M. And the front frame C which assembled | attached the horizontal opening type glass door D to the middle frame B, and the upper set on the front side of the opening-and-closing set board assembled | attached to the middle frame B so that attachment or detachment is possible in the lower part of the front frame C Ball tray E and electric ball feeder (not shown) set on the rear side, lower ball dish F and ball hitting device H located on the lower stage, and mechanism set board (not shown) located on the rear side ) Etc. are equipped, respectively, and the game board J which comprises the required game area | region I is set so that attachment or detachment is possible. In the following description, front / rear and left / right are designated when the pachinko machine P is viewed from the front as shown in FIG. 2 unless otherwise specified.
[0014]
(About the game board)
As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming board J has a gaming area I surrounded by rails 10 formed in a substantially circular shape on the front side thereof, and is slightly above the longitudinal center of the gaming area I. A large decorative member 13 that is aligned with the opened first opening Ja (not shown) (see FIG. 8) is provided. The decoration member 13 is formed in a frame shape in which most of the decoration member 13 is opened, and a display of the symbol display device 20 capable of variably displaying various symbols on the rear side of the visual display unit 14 established in the decoration member 13. The surface 20a faces. In the gaming area I, a starting prize device 11 through which a game ball can be inserted is disposed below the decorative member 13, and the symbol display device 20 is deployed below the starting prize tool 11. A large electric prize-winning device L is provided that is opened during a special game generated by the result of the symbol combination game. It should be noted that, at the required position in the game area I, there are arranged lighting devices 12, 12 and the like that perform a light emission effect by changing an irradiation pattern according to a game effect (hereinafter referred to as a display effect) on the symbol display device 20. It is installed. In addition, on the back side of the game board J, between the game board J and the symbol display device 20, a first moving member 40a and a second moving member 40b ( A movable effect device (auxiliary effect device) 30 is attached to move (move) both of them (described later) to perform an auxiliary game effect (hereinafter referred to as a movable effect).
[0015]
The start winning tool 11 has a winning switch (not shown) disposed therein, and in response to detection of a game ball by the winning switch, the symbol display device 20 is variably displayed once to start a symbol combination game. It is something to be made. The winning device L is a large winning device L to which an opening operation condition is given when a condition for occurrence of a big hit is established in the symbol display device 20, and is a door-like device provided to the special winning device 15. The opening / closing plate 16 is displaced from the normal closed state to the open state based on driving of an electromagnetic solenoid (not shown) controlled by the main controller 17 disposed at a required position on the back side of the pachinko machine P. It has become.
[0016]
(About the symbol display device)
The symbol display device 20 is a liquid crystal display having a display surface 20a which is formed in a horizontally long and substantially rectangular shape and variably displays various symbols to perform display effects. The case body 21 is formed in a substantially rectangular box shape. (See FIGS. 3A and 3B). The case body 21 has a display effect on the symbol display device 20 and a movable effect on the movable effect device 30 based on a control signal from the main control device 17 that controls the entire pachinko machine P. A display control device (drive control means) 18 for controlling the production is accommodated. The display control device 18 is connected to drive motors (drive means) 65 and 71 and detection sensors (detection units) 81a and 81b, which will be described later, constituting the movable effect device 30, and from the main control device 17. These members 65, 71, 81a, 81b are controlled based on the control signal (see FIG. 4). The case body 21 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin, and is configured so that the display surface 20a for variably displaying the symbols in the symbol display device 20 can be viewed from the front side of the case body 21. In the description of the case body 21, left and right are designated when the case body 21 is viewed from the back side in the state shown in FIG.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 3, flanges 23 and 27 are formed on the left and right side surfaces of the case body 21 so as to extend outward over a required width in the vertical direction. The first flange portion 23 formed on the right side surface 21a of the case body 21 is formed with an engagement piece (first engagement means) 24 extending rightward at a substantially central position in the vertical direction. In addition, positioning recesses (first positioning portions) 25 and 25 are formed so as to open to the right side at positions (near) spaced apart from the engagement piece 24 by a required distance in the first flange portion 23. Is done. On the other hand, the second flange portion 27 formed on the left side surface 21b of the case body 21 is provided with a rotary fixture (first engagement means) 28 at a substantially central position in the vertical direction, Positioning holes (first positioning portions) 29, 29 are formed so as to penetrate in the front-rear direction at positions where the second flange portion 27 is spaced apart from the fixture 28 by a predetermined distance. That is, a rotating fixture 28 is provided on one side of the case body 21, and an engagement piece 24 projects from the other side. Here, the fixing tool 28 is substantially parallel at an appropriate interval from the knob 28a for rotating operation, the conical sucker-like engaging board 28b that contacts the second flange part 27, and the engaging board 28b. And a pair of engaging pieces 28c, 28c extending in a required width (see FIG. 3 (b)), and extending from the front ends of the engaging pieces 28c, 28c in the radial direction of the engaging plate 28b. The joining portion 28d is configured to be detachably engaged with an edge portion of an engagement hole portion 35a described later (see FIG. 7B).
[0018]
(About movable production device)
As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 8 to FIG. 11, FIG. 12, or FIG. 18, the movable effect device 30 includes a frame-shaped main body portion 31 detachably disposed on the back side of the game board J, First drive transmission means 42, 43, 66 to 69 and second drive transmission means 46, 47, 48, 72 to 77 disposed in the main body 31, and the first drive transmission means 42, 43, 66 to 69. And a rod-shaped first moving member 40a which is located at a predetermined distance from the display surface 20a in the symbol display device 20 and extends in the vertical direction (Y-axis direction in the drawing) of the display surface 20a. , Connected to the second drive transmission means 46, 47, 48, 72 to 77, and located at a predetermined distance from the display surface 20a in the symbol display device 20 in the left-right direction of the display surface 20a (in the drawing) Rod-shaped second moving member 40 extending in the X-axis direction) And a first drive motor (not shown) that is disposed in the frame-shaped main body 31 and is connected to the first drive transmission means 42, 43, 66 to 69, and moves the first moving member 40a in the left-right direction in front of the display surface 20a. First driving means) 65 and the second drive transmission means 46, 47, 48, 72 to 77 disposed on the frame-shaped main body 31 and connected to the second moving member 40b in the vertical direction in front of the display surface 20a. And a second drive motor (second drive means) 71 for moving to the right. Further, in this embodiment, stepping motors capable of controlling the rotation angle are used as the first and second drive motors 65 and 71, and the drive motors 65 and 71 are predetermined based on a control signal from the display control device 18, respectively. It can be rotated by an angle.
[0019]
The second moving member 40b is configured to be positioned in front of the first moving member 40a, and does not interfere with each other when the first and second moving members 40a and 40b are moved. . Each of the first and second moving members 40a and 40b is formed of a light-transmitting member, and the rear side of each moving member 40a and 40b has a substantially entire length in its extending direction. The light reflecting member 41 is integrally disposed (see FIG. 5). That is, light from an LED (light emitting means) 62 (described later) disposed at the ends of the first and second moving members 40a, 40b is reflected toward the front side of the movable effect device 30 (pachinko machine P), Each of the first and second moving members 40a, 40b can be brightened over substantially the entire length thereof. In the present embodiment, the first and second moving members 40a and 40b are formed so as to have a substantially circular cross section (see FIG. 8). It may be formed to have a shape or a substantially elliptical shape, and is not particularly limited.
[0020]
(About the frame body)
As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 8, the frame-shaped main body 31 includes an upper frame portion 31a, a lower frame portion 31b, a right frame portion 31c, and a left frame portion 31d. A second opening 33a having a size substantially matching the display surface 20a of the symbol display device 20 is formed at a substantially center position in the front-rear direction of the frame-shaped main body 31 and is formed in a substantially mouth shape along the outer edge. A partition plate 33 is provided. Then, the front surface of the frame-shaped main body 31 is screwed to a state where it abuts the back surface of the game board J through a through hole 31e formed at a required portion of the frame-shaped main body 31. More specifically, the frame-shaped main body 31 is arranged on the back side of the game board J with the second opening 33a of the frame-shaped main body 31 aligned with the first opening Ja of the game board J. (See FIG. 8). A plate-shaped metal reinforcing member 32 is provided on the upper frame portion 31a of the frame-shaped main body portion 31 so that the frame-shaped main body portion 31 is not distorted. Here, the first drive motor 65 is disposed at a lower position in the right frame portion 31c of the frame-shaped main body 31, and the second drive motor 71 is disposed at an upper position in the right frame portion 31c. Is done. Then, on the upper surface of the upper frame portion 31a and the rear surface of the right frame portion 31c, at positions corresponding to the drive gears 66, 72 attached to the rotation shafts (not shown) of the first and second drive motors 65, 71. The windows 31f and 31f are respectively opened, and the drive gears 66 and 72 can be manually operated via the windows 31f and 31f (see FIG. 6A or 9). Further, at the upper left position of the frame-shaped main body 31, first and second detection sensors 81a and 81b (described later) as position detection means for detecting the reference positions of the first and second moving members 40a and 40b are provided. (See FIG. 8, FIG. 17 or FIG. 20). The detection sensors 81 a and 81 b are connected to the display control device 18.
[0021]
Moreover, as shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 8, the case body 21 is configured to be detachably attached to an installation portion 34 provided on the back side of the partition plate 33 in the frame-shaped main body portion 31. The front side of the partition plate 33 is subjected to antireflection processing, and the first and second drive transmission means 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 66 to 69, 72 to 77 constituting the first and second drive transmission means. The first and second rod-like members 43 and 48 (described later) are configured not to be reflected on the display surface 20a. In the description regarding the installation portion 34, left and right are designated in a state where the frame-shaped main body portion 31 is viewed from the back side, as shown in FIG.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 6, the installation portion 34 is formed with a first support portion 35 on the right side portion (left frame portion 31 d) on which the first flange portion 23 formed on the case body 21 can abut. A second support portion 36 with which the second flange portion 27 formed on the case body 21 can abut is formed on the left side portion (right frame portion 31c) of the installation portion 34. The first support portion 35 has an engagement receiving portion (second engagement means) 35a that is open in the left direction and that allows the engagement piece 24 formed in the first flange portion 23 to be inserted and removed from the left side. In addition, the second support portion 36 has an engagement hole portion (second engagement portion) in a horizontally long shape into which the engagement pieces 28c, 28c of the fixture 28 formed on the second flange portion 27 can be inserted. When the fixing tool 28 is rotated, the engaging portion 28d of the engaging pieces 28c and 28c is engaged with the edge of the engaging portion 28a. That is, with the engagement piece 24 inserted into the engagement receiving portion 35a from the left side (see FIG. 7A), the left side portion of the case body 21 is moved close to the frame-shaped main body portion 31, By rotating the fixing member 28 in which the attachment pieces 28d and 28d are inserted into the engagement holes 36a, the engagement portions 28d of the engagement pieces 28c and 28c and the engagement holes 36a are engaged with each other. The case body 21 is attached to the portion 34 (the back side of the frame-shaped main body portion 31) (see FIG. 7B).
[0023]
Further, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the first and second support portions 35 and 36 are required in the vertical direction from the positions where the engagement receiving portions 35a and the engagement hole portions 36a are formed. Positioning projections (second positioning portions) 35b and 36b that can be engaged with the positioning recesses 25 and 25 and the positioning holes 29 and 29 formed in the case body 21 are provided at positions separated by a distance. Yes. That is, the positioning protrusions 35b and 35b provided on the first support portion 35 are positioned to position the case body 21 by engaging with the positioning recesses 25 and 25 when the case body 21 is assembled to the installation portion 34. Positioning protrusions 35b and 36b that function as a means and are provided on the first and second support portions 35 and 36, respectively, after the case body 21 is attached to the installation portion 34, the positioning protrusions 35b and 36b The corresponding positioning recess 25 and the positioning hole 29 are engaged to function as movement restricting means for restricting the movement of the case body 21.
[0024]
The front surface of the case body 21 disposed in the installation portion 34 abuts against the back side of the partition plate 33 to restrict the forward movement of the case body 21, and the second opening of the partition plate 33 The display surface 20a of the symbol display device 20 is substantially aligned with 33a so that the display surface 20a can be viewed from the front (see FIG. 8). In addition, extending portions 37, 37 extend rearward at positions above and below the installation portion 34 in the frame-shaped main body portion 31 so as to sandwich the case body 21 from above and below, and engage with the fixture 28. When the engagement with the hole 36 a is released, the case body 21 (the symbol display device 20) is prevented from dropping from the frame-shaped main body 31.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 6, on the back side of the right frame portion 31c in the frame-shaped main body 31, support shafts 38a and 38a extending in the vertical direction are formed, and the support shafts 38a and 38a are connected to the support shafts 38a and 38a. The back cover member 39 is pivotally supported (see FIG. 6B). The back cover member 39 is formed in a lid shape that opens to the front, and the locking tools 39 a and 39 a formed on the left end edge of the back cover member 39 are connected to the back side of the left frame portion 31 d in the frame-shaped main body portion 31. The rear side of the symbol display device 20 (case body 21) and the movable effect device 30 is covered and protected by engaging with the engaging cylinder portions 38b, 38b formed in the above.
[0026]
(About the first drive transmission means)
As shown in FIG. 12, the first drive transmission means 42, 43, 66 to 69 include a first transmission shaft 42 connected to the first drive motor 65 and a second opening 33 a in the partition plate 33. A pair of upper and lower first rod-like members 43, 43 that are disposed opposite to each other above and below and connected to the first drive motor 65 via the first transmission shaft 42, and the first rod-like members 43, 43. The first sliding members 51 and 51 are slidably supported by the first and second gears 66 to 69, which are connected to the members 42, 43 and 43. Here, the first transmission shaft 42 is disposed on the right frame portion 31c of the frame-shaped main body portion 31 and extends between the first rod-like members 43, 43 positioned vertically, and the frame-shaped main body portion. The vicinity of the upper and lower ends is pivotally supported by 31 so that it can rotate around the axis. A first gear (first gear portion) 67 is disposed at an intermediate position of the first transmission shaft 42 so as to mesh with a drive gear (first gear portion) 66 of the first drive motor 65. As the first drive motor 65 rotates, the first transmission shaft 42 is configured to rotate around the axis. Note that first bevel gears (first gear portions) 68 and 68 are disposed at upper and lower ends of the first transmission shaft 42.
[0027]
(About the first rod-shaped member)
Each of the first rod-shaped members 43 is disposed so as to extend over substantially the entire length in the left-right direction of the partition plate 33 (see FIGS. 1, 10, and 11), and the vicinity of the left and right ends is the frame. The first bevel gears 68 and 68 arranged on the first transmission shaft 42 are engaged with the right end of each first rod-like member 43 so as to be pivotally supported by the main body 31 and rotate about its axis. Second bevel gears (first gear portions) 69, 69 are disposed. That is, with the rotation of the first transmission shaft 42, the first rod-like members 43, 43 arranged vertically are rotated synchronously. In addition, spiral grooves (guide portions) 43a and 43a are formed on the outer peripheral surfaces of the first rod-like members 43 and 43 over substantially the entire length thereof, and the first grooves 43a and 43a have the first grooves. Each of the projecting portions (operating portions) 54a and projecting members (operating portions) 57 of the sliding members 51, 51 faces (see FIG. 14 or FIG. 15). Note that the first detection sensor 81a is disposed in the vicinity of the left end portion of the first rod-shaped member 43 disposed on the upper side (see FIG. 8 or FIG. 17).
[0028]
(About the first sliding member)
Each of the pair of upper and lower first sliding members 51, 51, as shown in FIG. 12, FIG. 13, or FIG. 16, includes sliding portions 53, 53 for fixing the upper end or the lower end of the first moving member 40a, It is comprised from wiring board 61,61 provided with LED (light emission means) 62 which is fixed to this sliding part 53,53 and can irradiate light toward the edge part of the 1st moving member 40a. Each sliding portion 53 penetrates in the left-right direction and passes through the first rod-shaped member 43, and intersects the extending direction of the insertion hole 54 at a position adjacent to the insertion hole 54. A support hole 55 that penetrates in the direction (vertical direction) and inserts the end of the first moving member 40a is formed (see FIG. 13). That is, each of the first sliding members 51 (sliding portions 53) is slidably inserted along the left-right direction of the first rod-shaped member 43 through the insertion holes 54, and the upper and lower The first moving member 40a is supported through the support holes 55, 55 of the first sliding members 51, 51 (sliding portions 53, 53), and the moving member 40a moves the display surface 20a to the left and right regions. (See FIG. 1). The LED 62 is connected to a lamp control device 19 controlled by the main control device 17, and is turned on / off based on a control signal from the lamp control device 19 (see FIG. 4). .
[0029]
Further, the projection 54a is projected inwardly on the inner surface of the insertion hole 54 in each first sliding member 51, and the projection 54a faces the spiral groove 43a. (See FIG. 14 or FIG. 15). As shown in FIG. 15, the side of the first sliding member 51 (sliding portion 53) disposed on the upper side is opened upward at a position away from the location where the protrusion 54a is formed. A through hole 56 penetrating toward the insertion hole 54, the projection member 57 facing the spiral groove 43 a inside the through hole 56, and the projection member 57 facing the spiral groove 43 a And a spring (elastic member) 58 to be pressed. Similarly, a side portion of the first sliding member 51 (sliding portion 53) disposed on the lower side is also opened downward at a position away from the formation portion of the protrusion 54a, and the insertion hole 54 is opened. A through-hole 56 penetrating toward the upper end is formed, and the protruding member 57 and the spring 58 are accommodated in the through-hole 56, and the protruding member 57 is pressed toward the spiral groove 43a. It is like that. Each sliding portion 53 is provided with a covering member 59 that closes the outer opening of each through hole 56 so that the projecting member 57 and the spring 58 are not dropped from the through hole 56. .
[0030]
That is, the protruding member 57 and the protruding portion 54a face the spiral groove 43a of each first rod-shaped member 43, and when the first rod-shaped member 43 is rotated forward and backward, the protruding member 57 Each of the protrusions 54 a and the spiral groove 43 a are connected to each other so that the corresponding first sliding member 51 moves in the left-right direction along the first rod-shaped member 43. The spiral grooves 43a and 43a of the pair of upper and lower first rod members 43 and 43 rotated by the first drive motor 65 are configured to move the upper and lower first sliding members 51 and 51 in the same direction. It is. Further, since the end portions of the first moving member 40 a are fixed to the upper and lower first sliding members 51, 51, the first sliding member 51 rotates with the rotation of each first rod-shaped member 43. Therefore, the first moving member 40a is moved in the left-right direction as the first sliding member 51 moves in the left-right direction. As described above, since the spiral groove 43a is formed over substantially the entire length of each first rod-like member 43, the first sliding member 51 (first moving member 40a) is provided on the display surface 20a. Move in front of the left and right.
[0031]
As shown in FIG. 15, the through hole 56 has an inner opening that opens to the insertion hole 54 in the through hole 56 with a smaller diameter than the outer opening that opens to the outside of the first sliding members 51, 51. It is formed. That is, a large-diameter recess 56a is formed by a required distance from the outer surface of the first sliding member 51, 51 to the inside, and a small-diameter internal hole 56b that opens to the insertion hole 54 on the inner bottom surface of the large-diameter recess 56a. Is formed. On the other hand, an end portion of the protruding member 57 that is close to the insertion hole 54 (spiral groove 43a) is set to have a smaller diameter than the internal passage hole 56b of the through hole 56, and the insertion hole 54 (spiral groove 43a) A locking portion 57a that can be inserted into the large-diameter concave portion 56a and has a larger diameter than the internal through hole 56b is formed at the end portion that is separated. That is, the locking portion 57a abuts against the inner bottom surface of the large-diameter recess 56a, and the protruding member 57 pressed against the spiral groove 43a by the spring 58 is prevented from dropping out of the through hole 56. is doing.
[0032]
As shown in FIG. 12 or FIG. 15, a first detection piece 53a (position detection means) extending toward the left is provided on the sliding portion 53 of the first sliding member 51 disposed on the upper side. Is formed. When the first sliding member 51 (first moving member 40a) moves to the left (left frame portion 31d side) from the display surface 20a (see FIG. 10), the first detection sensor 81a The first detection piece 53a is detected, and the position where the first detection piece 53a is detected by the first detection sensor 81a is set in the display control device 18 as the reference position of the first moving member 40a. It is. Here, the first detection sensor 81a is an optical sensor provided with a light emitting portion 82 and a light receiving portion 83 at a position opposed to the concave main body (see FIG. 17), and the first detection piece 53a emits light. It is detected that the first moving member 40a is at the reference position when the light is blocked by moving between the part 82 and the light receiving part 83, and this detection signal is detected by the display control device. 18 is output.
[0033]
Here, when the first control sensor 81a has not detected the first detection piece 53a when the display control device 18 moves the first moving member 40a and performs a movable effect, the first movement is performed. The first drive motor 65 is driven to move the member 40a to the reference position, and after the first detection piece 53a is detected by the first detection sensor 81a, the first drive motor 65 is moved based on a predetermined control condition. It is set to drive and move the first moving member 40a. As shown in FIG. 11, the display control device 18 includes the first drive motor 65 when the first moving member 40 a moves from the right end of each first rod-shaped member 43 to the front (left side). Is set to be reversed or stopped, and this position is set as a movement limit position as a limit at which the first moving member 40a can move. That is, the display control device 18 controls the first drive motor 65 so that the first moving member 40a moves between the reference position and the movement limit position.
[0034]
(About wiring board)
The LED 62 disposed on the wiring board 61 is a so-called full-color LED that can arbitrarily emit three colors of red, green, and blue, and emits light in a required color based on the control from the lamp control device 19. It has come to be able to do. Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the wiring board 61 is disposed on each of the first sliding members 51 and 51 so that the LED 62 faces the end surface of the first moving member 40a. Therefore, when the LED 62 emits light, the light of the LED 62 is irradiated toward the extending direction of the first moving member 40a, and the first moving member 40a emits light. The wiring board 61 and the lamp control device 19 are connected by a flexible flat cable (not shown) having a required width dimension and a reduced thickness, and the first sliding member. When 51 and 51 move in the left-right direction, the flat cable can be flexed in a predetermined direction. The flat cable is set to a length that allows the first sliding members 51 and 51 to move over the entire movement region (between the reference position and the movement limit position). The required position is affixed to the frame-shaped main body 31 so that the flat cable is flexed as much as possible to move the first sliding members 51 and 51.
[0035]
(About the second drive transmission means)
On the other hand, the second drive transmission means 46, 47, 48, 72 to 77 are connected to the second transmission shaft 46 connected to the second drive motor 71 and to the second transmission shaft 46, as shown in FIG. The third transmission shaft 47 connected in series and the second opening 33a of the partition plate 33 are arranged to face the left and right of the second opening 33a, and the second drive is performed via the second and third transmission shafts 47. A pair of left and right second rod members 48, 48 connected in series to the motor 71, second slide members 52, 52 slidably supported by the second rod members 48, 48, and these members 46, 47. , 48, 48 are connected to each other, and second gear portions 72 to 77 are connected to each other. Here, the second transmission shaft 46 is a short member arranged to extend in the left-right direction at the right side position of the upper frame portion 31a in the frame-shaped main body portion 31, and the vicinity of both left and right end portions of the second transmission shaft 46 The main body 31 is pivotally supported so that it can rotate around its axis. A second gear (second gear portion) 73 attached to the right end portion of the second transmission shaft 46 is configured to mesh with a drive gear (second gear portion) 72 of the second drive motor 71.
[0036]
The third transmission shaft 47 is disposed on the upper frame portion 31a of the frame-shaped main body portion 31 and extends between the second rod-shaped members 48, 48 positioned on the left and right sides. The vicinity of the upper and lower ends is pivotally supported by 31 so that it can rotate around the axis. In the vicinity of the right end portion of the third transmission shaft 47, a fourth gear (second gear portion) 75 that meshes with a third gear (second gear portion) 74 attached to the left end portion of the second transmission shaft 46. And the third transmission shaft 47 is configured to rotate around the axis as the second transmission shaft 46 rotates. Note that third bevel gears (second gear portions) 76 and 76 are disposed on the left and right ends of the third transmission shaft 47.
[0037]
(About the second bar-shaped member)
Each of the second rod-shaped members 48 is disposed so as to extend over substantially the entire vertical length of the partition plate 33 (see FIG. 1 or FIG. 8), and the vicinity of the upper and lower ends is the frame-shaped main body portion. The second bevel members 48 and 48 are pivotally supported by the shaft 31 and can rotate about the axis, and mesh with the third bevel gears 76 and 76 disposed on the third transmission shaft 47 at the upper ends of both the second rod-shaped members 48 and 48. Fourth bevel gears (second gear portions) 77 and 77 are provided. That is, with the rotation of the third transmission shaft 47, the second rod-shaped members 48, 48 arranged on the left and right are rotated synchronously. Each of the second rod-shaped members 48 and 48 is arranged to be positioned in front of the first rod-shaped members 43 and 43 so that the first and second rod-shaped members 43 and 48 do not interfere with each other. (See FIG. 8). Similarly to the first rod-shaped member 43, a spiral groove (guide portion) 48a is formed on the outer peripheral surface of each second rod-shaped member 48 over the substantially entire length thereof, and the spiral groove 48a. Further, the protrusions 54a and the protrusion members 57 disposed on the second sliding members 52 face each other. The second detection sensor 81b is disposed in the vicinity of the upper end of the left second rod-shaped member 48 (see FIG. 8 or FIG. 20).
[0038]
(About the second sliding member)
Here, since the configuration of the second sliding members 52, 52 is basically the same as the configuration of the first sliding members 51, 51, members having the same functions are denoted by the same reference numerals. The following is a brief description. As shown in FIG. 19, each of the pair of left and right second sliding members 52, 52 includes a sliding portion 53, 53 for fixing the left end or the right end of the second moving member 40b, and the sliding portion 53, And wiring boards 61 and 61 including LEDs 62 that can irradiate light toward the end of the second moving member 40 b fixed to the head 53. Each sliding portion 53 has an insertion hole 54 that penetrates in the vertical direction and can be inserted into the second rod-shaped member 48, and intersects the extending direction of the insertion hole 54 at a position adjacent to the insertion hole 54. And a support hole 55 (see FIG. 18) through which the second moving member 40b can be inserted. That is, the second sliding members 52, 52 (sliding portion 53) are slidably inserted along the second rod-shaped members 48, 48 through the insertion holes 54, and left and right. The left and right end portions of the second moving member 40b are supported through the support holes 55 of the second sliding members 52 and 52 (sliding portion 53), and the display surface 20a is divided into upper and lower regions. Configured to be able to.
[0039]
Similarly to the first sliding member 51, the projecting portion 54a is projected on the inner side surface of the insertion hole 54 in each second sliding member 52, and the second sliding member 52 is disposed on the left side. A through hole 56 that opens to the left and penetrates toward the insertion hole 54 is formed in a side portion of the two sliding member 52 (sliding portion 53), and the protruding member is formed inside the through hole 56. 57 and the spring 58 are accommodated. Similarly, a through hole 56 that opens to the right and penetrates toward the insertion hole 54 is formed in the side portion of the second sliding member 52 (sliding portion 53) disposed on the right side. The protruding member 57 and the spring 58 are accommodated in the through hole 56. Further, a covering member 59 that closes the outer opening of the through hole 56 is attached to each sliding portion 53.
[0040]
That is, when the protruding member 57 and the protruding portion 54a face the spiral groove 48a of each second rod-shaped member 48 and the second rod-shaped member 48 is rotated, the protruding member 57 and the protruding portion 54a. Each of the first and second spiral members 48a are connected to each other, and the corresponding second sliding member 52 moves in the vertical direction along the second rod-like member 48. The spiral grooves 48a and 48a of the pair of left and right second rod members 48 and 48 rotated by the second drive motor 71 are configured to move the left and right second sliding members 52 and 52 in the same direction. It is. Further, since both end portions of the second moving member 40b are fixed to the left and right second sliding members 52, 52, the second sliding member 52 is rotated with the rotation of the second rod-shaped members 48, 48. , 52 do not rotate, and accordingly, the second moving member 40b is moved in the vertical direction as the second sliding members 52, 52 are moved in the vertical direction. As described above, since the spiral groove 48a is formed over substantially the entire length of the second rod-shaped member 48, the second sliding members 52, 52 (second moving member 40b) are arranged on the display surface. It moves so as to cross the front of 20a in the vertical direction.
[0041]
As shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, a second detection piece 53b (position detection means) is formed on the sliding portion 53 of the second sliding member 52 disposed on the left side in the left direction. Yes. The second detection sensor 81b detects the second detection piece 53b when the second sliding members 52, 52 move upward (upper frame portion 31a side) from the display surface 20a. The position where the second detection piece 53b is detected by the second detection sensor 81b is set in the display control device 18 as the reference position of the second moving member 40b. The configuration of the second detection sensor 81b is the same as the configuration of the first detection sensor 81a.
[0042]
When the second detection sensor 81b has not detected the second detection piece 53b when the display control device 18 moves the second movement member 40b to perform a movable effect, the second movement member The second drive motor 71 is driven to move 40b to the reference position, the second detection sensor 53b detects the second detection piece 53b, and then the first drive motor 65 is driven based on a predetermined control condition. Then, it is set to perform a movable effect. The display control device 18 is set to reverse or stop the second drive motor 71 when the second moving member 40b moves from the lower end of each second rod-shaped member 48 to the front (upper side). This position is set as a movement limit position as a limit at which the second moving member 40b can move. That is, the display control device 18 controls the second drive motor 71 so that the second moving member 40b moves between the reference position and the movement limit position.
[0043]
(About wiring board)
The LED 62 disposed on the wiring board 61 is a full-color LED 62 that can emit light in a desired color based on the control from the lamp control device 19 as described above, and the LED 62 is the second moving member. The second sliding members 52, 52 (supporting portions 53) are disposed so as to face the end face of 40b, and are configured such that when the LED 62 emits light, the second moving member 40b emits light. Further, the wiring board 61 and the lamp control device 19 are connected by the flat cable, and when the second sliding members 52, 52 move in the vertical direction, the flat cable is flexible in a certain direction. It is configured to be able to. In addition, the said flat cable is set to the length which the said 2nd sliding members 52 and 52 can move over the full length of the movement area | region. The required position of the flat cable is affixed to the frame-shaped main body 31 so that the flat cable can be flexed only to the minimum necessary when the second sliding members 52, 52 move. .
[0044]
(Regarding the control mode of the first and second drive motors)
As described above, the symbol display device 20 is formed horizontally long, and the first moving member 40a moving in the left-right direction has a longer moving distance than the second moving member 40b moving in the up-down direction. Therefore, the display control device 18 is configured such that the first drive motor 65 that drives the first moving member 40a rotates at a predetermined time, and the second drive motor 71 that drives the second moving member 40b has the same time. And a time required for the first moving member 40a to move from the reference position to the movement limit position, and the second moving member 40b from the reference position to the movement limit position. The time required to move up to is set to be substantially the same. In other words, each of the first and second moving members 40a and 40b is configured to be able to move a set moving distance over substantially the same time.
[0045]
[Effect of the embodiment]
Next, the operation of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described.
[0046]
The engagement formed on the first flange portion 23 of the case body 21 on the engagement receiving portion 35a of the first support portion 35 provided on the back side of the frame-shaped main body portion 31 screwed to the back side of the game board J. With the combined piece 24 inserted, the second flange portion 27 of the case body 21 is brought close to the second support portion 36 of the frame-shaped main body portion 31 (see FIG. 7A). When the second flange portion 27 comes into contact with the second support portion 36, the engaging pieces 28 c and 28 c of the rotary fixture 28 formed on the second flange portion 27 become the second support portion 36. The engaging portion 28d of the fixing tool 28 (engaging piece 28c) is rotated by holding the knob 28a and rotating the fixing tool 28 in this state. It engages with the edge of the portion 36a (see FIG. 7B). Here, when the first and second flange portions 23 and 27 come into contact with the first and second support portions 35 and 36, the forward movement of the case body 21 is restricted, and the By engaging the engagement piece 24 with the engagement receiving portion 35a and the engagement portion 28d of the fixture 28 and the edge of the engagement hole 36a, the case body 21 is moved in the vertical and horizontal directions, and further Backward movement is restricted.
[0047]
That is, the case body 21 can be stably attached to the installation portion 34 of the frame-shaped main body portion 31. Thus, when fixing the case body 21 (the symbol display device 20), it is only necessary to rotate the fixing tool 28 by a fingertip operation without using a screw or a screw. It can be easily attached to the portion 34, and the assembling workability of the case body 21 (the symbol display device 20) can be improved, and the working time can be shortened. And since it comprised so that the said case body 21 might be directly attached to the back side of the frame-shaped main-body part 31 attached to the said game board J, a ball guide member, an auxiliary | assistant effect | production apparatus, and a pattern are provided in the back side of the game board J like the past. Since the width dimension of the gaming machine J in the front-rear direction can be suppressed as compared with the case where the display device is attached to the front and back, the large symbol display device 20 and the movable effect device 30 can be attached.
[0048]
Further, when the case body 21 is attached to the installation portion 34, the positioning recesses 25, 25 formed in the case body 21 engage with the positioning protrusions 35 b, 35 b formed in the frame-shaped main body portion 31. Since the case body 21 is positioned, the assembling work can be performed more easily. Further, after the case body 21 is attached to the installation portion 34, the positioning recesses 25, 25 and the positioning holes 29, 29 formed in the case body 21 are formed into positioning protrusions 35b, Since it engages with each of 35b, the backlash of the case body 21 can be prevented.
[0049]
Then, the engagement piece 24 projecting from the right side surface 21 a of the case body 21 is inserted into the engagement receiving portion 35 a provided on the back side of the frame-shaped main body portion 31. Since the surface 21a is configured to be fixed to the installation portion 34, the workability of the assembling work can be further improved. Furthermore, the case body 21 can be further miniaturized and the installation space (installation area) can be reduced. More specifically, when the fixture 28 arranged on the left side surface 21b of the case body 21 is arranged on the right side surface 21a of the case body 21 instead of the engagement piece 24. Needs to operate each fixing tool 28 (two places) to perform the assembling work. Further, since the structure of the fixture 28 is more complicated than that of the engagement piece 24, the size thereof is larger than that of the engagement piece 24, and the case body 21 is also enlarged. On the other hand, in the movable effect device 30 of the present embodiment, the assembly work is completed only by operating the fixing tool 28 once, so that the work can be simplified and the workability is improved. Furthermore, the structure of the engagement piece 24 is simpler than the structure of the fixture 28, and the size thereof is smaller than that of the fixture 28. Therefore, the case body 21 can be reduced in size, and the space for installing the town case body 21 can be reduced. That is, by configuring the engagement piece 24 to project, the width dimension in the left-right direction is set to be equivalent to the case where the rotary fixture 28 is provided on the left and right side surfaces 21a, 21b of the case body 21. In this case, the width of the case body 21 itself in the left-right direction can be increased, and the larger symbol display device 20 can be accommodated in the case body 21.
[0050]
When the pachinko ball launched on the game board J wins the starting prize device 11, various symbols are variably displayed on the display surface 20a of the symbol display device 20, and a required display effect is performed. Here, when the display control device 18 receives a control signal for operating the movable effect device 30 from the main control device 17, the display control device 18 performs the first drive motor 65 and the second drive motor 65 according to a predetermined setting condition. Each of the drive motors 71 is driven to perform a movable effect. When the first drive motor 65 is driven to rotate, the first transmission shaft 42 rotates about the axis with the rotation of the first drive motor 65, and the upper and lower sides with the rotation of the first transmission shaft 42. A pair of 1st rod-shaped members 43 and 43 rotate around an axis. When the first rod-shaped members 43, 43 are rotated, the first sliding members 51, 51 facing the spiral grooves 43a, 43a formed on the outer peripheral surfaces of the first rod-shaped members 43, 43, respectively. The projecting member 57 and the projecting portion 54a are in sliding contact with the spiral grooves 43a and 43a, so that the first sliding members 51 and 51 move leftward or rightward as the first rod-shaped members 43 and 43 rotate. Move the slide. That is, the first moving member 40a having the end fixed to each of the pair of upper and lower first sliding members 51, 51 is also provided on the display surface 20a as the first sliding members 51, 51 move. Move forward in parallel.
[0051]
Similarly, when the second drive motor 71 is rotationally driven, the second transmission shaft 46 rotates about its axis as the second drive motor 71 rotates, and the second transmission shaft 46 rotates. Accordingly, the third transmission shaft 47 rotates. Then, as the third transmission shaft 47 rotates, the pair of left and right second rod-shaped members 48, 48 are rotated about the axis, and when the second rod-shaped members 48, 48 rotate, the second rod-shaped member 48, 48 When the projecting members 57 and the projecting portions 54a of the second sliding members 52, 52 facing the spiral grooves 48a, 48a formed on the outer peripheral surface of the 48 are in sliding contact with the spiral grooves 48a, 48a. As the second rod-shaped members 48, 48 are rotated, the second sliding members 52, 52 are slid upward or downward. That is, the second moving member 40b having an end fixed to each of the pair of left and right second sliding members 52, 52 is also provided on the display surface 20a as the second sliding members 52, 52 move. Move forward in parallel.
[0052]
That is, since the first and second moving members 40a and 40b move on the front side of the display surface 20a in the symbol display device 20 that the player pays most attention to during the game, the player has a strong impact, and the game Interestingness can be increased. Further, in addition to the planar display effect on the display surface 20a, a three-dimensional movable effect can be performed by moving the moving members 40a and 40b on the front surface of the display surface 20a. Can be diversified.
[0053]
Further, since the LEDs 62 are arranged to face the respective end surfaces of the first moving member 40a and the second moving member 40b, each of the moving members 40a, 40b can emit light by emitting each LED 62. Accordingly, each of the first and second moving members 40a and 40b that emit light moves on the front side of the symbol display device 20 (display surface 20a) that the player pays most attention to, so that the player can move the moving member. It becomes possible to avoid missing the movable effects at 40a and 40b. As described above, since each of the first and second moving members 40a and 40b can emit light, the moving members 40a and 40b can be moved even when the player's attention is diverted from the moving members 40a and 40b. The player can be made aware by emitting light, and the movable effect by the moving members 40a and 40b can be maximized. Further, since the light reflecting material is disposed over substantially the entire length of the first and second moving members 40a and 40b, the LED 62 is movable in a state where the entire moving members 40a and 40b are brightened. Can produce. In the present embodiment, the LED 62 is disposed at the end of each of the moving members 40a and 40b so that each moving member 40a and 40b emits light, so that the moving members 40a and 40b are directly provided with light emitting means. Compared to the case, the configuration can be simplified and the cost can be suppressed.
[0054]
Further, since the LED 62 is also moved integrally with the first and second moving members 40a, 40b, the light emitted by the LED 62 can be reliably irradiated toward the moving members 40a, 40b. Furthermore, by using a full color LED as the LED 62, the light emission color of each moving member 40a, 40b can be changed as required, and various light emission effects can be performed. For example, the LEDs 62 and 62 disposed at both ends of the moving members 40a and 40b can emit light in different colors (for example, red and blue) to produce a game effect. In this case, when the LED 62 disposed at one end of each of the moving members 40a and 40b emits light in a predetermined color (for example, red), the color gradually changes (changes to purple) toward the other end. However, since the color (for example, blue) emitted by the LED 62 disposed at the other end gradually changes after passing through the substantially central position of the moving members 40a and 40b, the game effect on the movable effect device 30 is further increased. As a result, the decorativeness is also improved. That is, the movable effect device 30 performs a movable effect by moving (moving) the first and second moving members 40a and 40b and a light emitting effect by causing the first and second moving members 40a and 40b to emit light. Can be done at the same time. As described above, according to the movable effect device 30, the first and second moving members 40a and 40b move (movable) while emitting light on the front surface of the display surface 20a of the symbol display device 20. You will be able to perform a variety of game effects. Since the LED 62 and the lamp control device 19 are connected by a flat cable that can be flexed in a predetermined direction, each of the first and second moving members 40a and 40b is moved and the cable is moved. Even when it expands and contracts, it is possible to prevent the cable from being caught by another member, to prevent the cable from being damaged, and to make each LED 62 emit light reliably.
[0055]
Further, the first and second moving members 40a and 40b move so as to partition the front of the display surface 20a vertically and horizontally, so that the first and second moving members 40a and 40b can move the display surface 20a. The display area is apparently divided into a plurality of areas (up to four areas) (see FIG. 1). Therefore, different display effects can be performed in the respective areas divided by the first and second moving members 40a and 40b on the display surface 20a, and the contents of the effects can be diversified to further increase the interest of the game. . Furthermore, the two moving members of the first moving member 40a and the second moving member 40b move in the front-rear positional relationship, so that the moving members 40a and 40b intersect with each other, and a movable effect using the intersection is also possible. Therefore, it is possible to perform a new production that has never been seen before, and to give the player a fresh interest. Here, the effect using the intersection of the moving members 40a and 40b is, for example, aiming at the target displayed on the display surface 20a, with the intersection of the moving members 40a and 40b as an aiming device such as a gun. The production that I did is conceivable.
[0056]
Further, for example, when the first and second moving members 40a and 40b are configured to be driven by the same drive motor, both the moving members 40a and 40b move synchronously, and the production mode is limited. It becomes like. On the other hand, the movable effect device 30 is configured to provide the first drive motor 65 and the second drive motor 71 correspondingly to the first moving member 40a and the second moving member 40b, respectively. Since the drive motor 65 and the second drive motor 71 can be driven independently, and thus the first moving member 40a and the second moving member 40b can be moved independently, a more complicated movable effect can be achieved. .
[0057]
As described above, by rotating the first and second rod-like members 43 and 48, the projection members 57 and the projections 54a facing the spiral grooves 43a and 48a formed in the rod-like members 43 and 48 are interposed. Since the first and second sliding members 51 and 52 are moved, the sliding members 51 and 52 can be accurately moved according to the rotation amount of the rod-shaped members 43 and 48. Accordingly, each of the first and second moving members 40a and 40b can be moved accurately and reliably, and a desired movable effect can be surely performed. Further, since the protruding members 57 provided on the first and second sliding members 51 and 52 are always pressed against the spiral grooves 43a and 48a by the spring 57, the spiral grooves 43a and 48a. Thus, the projecting member 57 does not fall off, and the first and second sliding members 51 and 52 (first and second moving members 40a and 40b) can be moved more accurately and reliably. In addition, since the inner opening of the through hole 56 for inserting the protruding member 57 is made smaller than the outer opening, the protruding member 57 does not pass through the through hole 56 and the protruding member 57 falls out of the through hole 56. There is no. Since the upper and lower pair of first sliding members 51 and 51 and the left and right pair of second sliding members 52 and 52 move in the same direction synchronously, the first moving member 40a and the second moving member are moved. Each of the members 40b can move smoothly without being distorted during movement, and damage to the first and second moving members 40a and 40b can be prevented.
[0058]
Further, the moving members 40a and 40b, the drive transmission means 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 66 to 69, 72 to 77, and the drive motors 65 and 71, which are constituent members of the movable effect device 30, are provided. Since it is configured to be assembled to the frame-shaped main body 31, the movable effect device 30 can be handled as a single unit, management and transportation work of the movable effect device 30 can be simplified, and a movable effect device for a gaming machine. 30 can be easily attached. Further, since the metal reinforcing member 32 is disposed on the frame-shaped main body 31, it is possible to prevent each component member from malfunctioning due to deformation such as distortion in the movable effect device 30. The second moving members 40a and 40b can be reliably moved. Further, a partition plate 33 having antireflection processing applied to the front surface is disposed between each of the first and second rod-shaped members 43 and 48 and the display surface 20a of the symbol display device 20. The rod-shaped members 43 and 48 are not reflected on the display surface 20a, and the player's interest is not distracted.
[0059]
The back cover member 39 that protects the back side of the symbol display device 20 is attached to the back side of the frame-shaped main body portion 31 so that a foreign object comes into contact with the symbol display device 20 and the frame-shaped main body portion 31 and breaks down. Occurrence of malfunctions or malfunctions is prevented. Further, since the drive gears 66 and 72 of the first and second drive motors 65 and 71 can be directly operated by hand through the windows 31f and 31f established in the frame-shaped main body 31, the movable effect device 30 can be operated with a pachinko machine. Before assembling to the machine P, the presence or absence of an abnormal operation of the movable effect device 30 can be confirmed. Further, when a malfunction such as a failure occurs in the movable effect device 30, each of the drive gears 66 and 72 is directly rotated by hand so that each of the first and second moving members 40a and 40b is displayed on the display surface 20a. The moving members 40a and 40b can block the display effect performed on the display surface 20a and prevent the game from being enjoyed.
[0060]
Further, when the display control device 18 moves the first moving member 40a or the second moving member 40b to perform a movable effect, the first detection sensor 81a or the second detection sensor 81b corresponds to the corresponding moving member. When 40a and 40b are not detected, the first and second drive motors 65 and 71 are driven to control the moving members 40a and 40b to move to the sensor side (reference position). The movable members 40a and 40b can perform a predetermined motion by reliably performing a predetermined operation. Further, since the movement members 40a and 40b can be accurately moved and controlled by merely providing the detection sensors 81a and 81b at the reference position without providing a detection sensor at the movement limit position, the parts cost can be reduced. In addition, the assembling work of the movable effect device 30 is also simplified. Further, since the first moving member 40a having a long moving distance is set to have a higher moving speed than the second moving member 40b having a short moving distance, both the moving members 40a and 40b are set at substantially the same time. The moving distance can be moved. Therefore, it is possible to perform the moving effect on the first and second moving members 40a and 40b more smoothly, and to prevent the player from feeling unnatural operation of these moving members 40a and 40b.
[0061]
[Example of change]
The gaming machine according to the present invention is not limited to the example, and various modifications can be made. For example, although two moving members that move in the up-down direction and the left-right direction are provided as the moving members, one or three or more moving members may be provided. Further, the moving direction of the moving member is not limited to the vertical direction and the horizontal direction as in the embodiment, and the moving member may be configured to move in an oblique direction, and may move in the front-rear direction. The moving member may be configured to rotate or swing. And although the drive means which drives a moving member was provided corresponding to each moving member, it can also comprise so that a several moving member may be driven with a single drive means. The driving means is not limited to the stepping motor as in the embodiment, and various conventionally known driving means can be used.
[0062]
In the embodiment, the LED is arranged on the end face of the moving member so that the entire moving member emits light. However, for example, an organic EL may be provided on the entire length of the moving member so that the moving member itself emits light. it can. Further, the light emitting means is not limited to a full color LED, and it is possible to adopt a monochromatic LED, a bean ball, and other conventionally known various light emitting means. Then, the light emission means may be configured to perform required light emission control. For example, the light emission means disposed at both ends of the moving member may be set to blink, alternately turned on / off, or The flashing intervals of the light emitting means can be set to be different. In the embodiment, the light emitting means is disposed at both ends of the moving member. However, the light emitting means may be disposed only at one end.
[0063]
The shape, size, etc. of the moving member are not particularly limited, and may be arbitrarily determined according to the dimensions of the auxiliary effect device. And as a drive transmission means which transmits the motive power of a drive means to the said moving member, it is not restricted to the structure and combination of an Example. For example, in the embodiment, a rod-shaped member having a spiral groove formed on the outer peripheral surface is used as the drive transmission means. However, a spiral protrusion is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rod-shaped member, and the protrusion is slid on the protrusion. It can also comprise so that an operating part may be provided in the above-mentioned sliding member so that it may touch. Furthermore, instead of the rod-like member, a belt and a pulley, or a chain and a sprocket may be used. The first engagement means and the second engagement means formed on the case body are not limited to those of the configuration of the embodiment, and various configurations can be used as long as each configuration is detachable. Can be adopted. For example, it is also possible to arrange the rotary fixing tools on the left and right side surfaces of the case body and form the engagement hole at the corresponding position of the frame-shaped main body.
[0064]
The shape of the through-hole formed in the first and second sliding members is not limited to the shape formed in a step shape from the large-diameter recess and the internal through-hole as in the embodiment, but the outside of the through-hole. Even in the case where the diameter gradually decreases from the opening toward the inner opening, the protruding member can be prevented from falling off. In the embodiment, the front surface side of the partition plate is configured to be subjected to antireflection processing. However, the partition plate may be formed on the back surface side, and the partition plate may be provided with antireflection processing. Even if it is configured to be affixed, the same effect as the embodiment can be obtained. Furthermore, the member that reinforces the frame-shaped main body is not limited to the metal plate member, and various members can be adopted. The portion where the reinforcing member is provided is limited to the upper frame of the frame-shaped main body. It can be configured to be provided at an arbitrary portion.
[0065]
Further, the control mode of the auxiliary effect device is not limited to that shown in the embodiment, and any control may be performed. In the embodiment, the drive control unit is configured to change the moving speeds of the first moving member and the second moving member by controlling the rotation speeds of the first drive motor and the second drive motor to be different. For example, the drive control means may be set so that the rotation speeds of the first drive motor and the second drive motor are the same. In this case, by changing the number of teeth of the first gear portion that moves the first moving member and the second gear portion that moves the second moving member, the first moving member and the second movement are changed. Each of the members can move at a moving distance set in substantially the same time, and there is an advantage that the control by the drive control means can be prevented from becoming complicated. Furthermore, the moving speed between the first moving member and the second moving member can also be changed by changing the interval (pitch) between the guide portions spirally formed on the first and second rod-like members. In the embodiment, the auxiliary effect device is controlled by the display control means for controlling the symbol display device, but a control means for controlling the auxiliary effect device may be provided separately. Note that the gaming machine is not limited to a pachinko machine, and may be an arrangement ball machine, a slot machine machine, or the like, and any gaming machine may be used as long as it is configured to provide a game effect device. .
[0066]
[Appendix]
The specific configuration of the present invention can be limited as follows.
The auxiliary effect device includes a drive transmission unit disposed in the frame-shaped main body, a moving member connected to the drive transmission unit and positioned in front of the display unit in the symbol display device, and the frame-shaped main unit. And driving means for moving the moving member in a required direction in front of the display surface via the drive transmission means.
In such a case, the front side of the symbol display device that the player pays most attention to during the game is configured so that the moving member can move over a wide range, so that the player can play a game effect on the moving member. It is not overlooked, it can have a strong impact on the player, and the fun of the game can be increased. Further, since the moving member is formed to move in front of the symbol display device, it is possible to divide the display area on the display surface by the moving member into a plurality of areas. In other words, different game effects can be performed in each divided area to diversify the game effects and increase the interest of the game. Further, when a plurality of the moving members are provided, a new game effect can be performed using the intersection of the moving members, and the player can be given a fresh interest. And since the frame-shaped main body is configured so that it can be handled as a single unit by assembling each of the moving member, drive transmission means and drive means, which are constituent members of the auxiliary effect device, management of the auxiliary effect device And the transportation work can be simplified, and the auxiliary production device can be easily attached to the gaming machine.
[0067]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the gaming machine of the first aspect, the case body in which the frame-shaped main body portion in the auxiliary effect device is attached to the game board and the symbol display device is accommodated on the back side of the frame-shaped main body portion. By attaching, it is possible to suppress the width dimension of the gaming machine in the front-rear direction compared to the case where the ball guide member, the frame-shaped main body part (auxiliary effect device) and the symbol display device are attached to each other on the back side of the game board, A large symbol display device and an auxiliary effect device can be attached. Since the auxiliary effect device and the symbol display device are arranged in front and back, the moving member can be operated in a wide range in front of the display surface of the symbol display device. Can be performed.
[0068]
In addition, according to the gaming machine of the second aspect, the case body can be easily attached to the back side of the auxiliary effect device by simply rotating the fixing tool by a fingertip operation without using screws or screws. Furthermore, since one side part of the case body can be fixed by inserting the engagement piece provided in the case body into the engagement receiving part provided in the auxiliary effect device, the workability of the assembling work is further improved. The working time can be shortened. Furthermore, since one side part of the case body has a configuration in which the engaging piece is merely provided in a protruding manner, the case body can be reduced in size. Then, when the case body is assembled to the frame-shaped main body, the case body is positioned by engaging the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion, so that the case body can be assembled more easily. Can do. In addition, since the movement of the case body is restricted by the first and second positioning portions after the case body is assembled, rattling of the case body is prevented.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a movable effect device as an auxiliary effect device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view showing a pachinko machine provided with a movable effect device according to an embodiment.
3A and 3B show a case body according to an embodiment, where FIG. 3A is a rear view, and FIG. 3B is a plan view.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a relationship between each control device, a symbol display device, a movable effect device, and an electrical decoration device in the pachinko machine according to the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a moving member according to an embodiment.
6A is a rear view showing the frame-shaped main body of the movable effect device, and FIG. 6B is a rear view showing a state where a back cover member is attached to the movable effect device.
FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a state in which the case body is attached to the installation portion of the frame-shaped main body according to the embodiment, and FIG. (B) shows a state in which the engagement receiving portion, the engagement piece, the engagement hole, and the fixture are engaged.
FIG. 8 is a longitudinal side view showing the movable effect device according to the embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the movable effect device according to the embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a front view of the movable effect device showing a state in which each of the first and second moving members is at the reference position.
FIG. 11 is a front view of the movable effect device showing a state in which each of the first and second moving members is at the movement limit position.
FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the relationship among the first drive motor, the first drive transmission means and the first moving member according to the embodiment.
FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a first sliding member disposed on the lower side.
FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a state in which the support portion of the first sliding member disposed on the lower side is partially broken.
FIG. 15 is a front view showing a state in which the support portions of the pair of upper and lower first sliding members are partially broken.
FIG. 16 is a front view showing a partially broken state of the first sliding member according to the embodiment.
FIG. 17 is a perspective view illustrating a state where the first moving member according to the embodiment is located at a reference position and the first detection piece is detected by the first detection sensor.
FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing the relationship among the second drive motor, the second drive transmission means and the second moving member according to the embodiment.
FIG. 19 is a front view showing a state in which the support portions of the pair of left and right second sliding members are vertically cut.
FIG. 20 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the second moving member according to the embodiment is located at the reference position and the second detection piece is detected by the second detection sensor.
[Explanation of symbols]
20 Symbol display device
20a Display surface
21 Case body
24 engaging piece (first engaging means)
25 Positioning recess (first positioning part)
28 Fixing tool (first engaging means)
29 Positioning hole (first positioning part)
30 Movable production device (auxiliary production device)
31 Frame body
34 Installation section
35a engagement receiving portion (second engagement means)
35b Positioning protrusion (second positioning portion)
36a engaging hole (second engaging means)
36b Positioning protrusion (second positioning portion)
J game board
Ja first opening (opening)

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遊技盤に開設した開口部を介して所要の遊技演出を行なう表示面が臨む図柄表示装置と、該表示面での遊技演出に合わせて移動部材を動作して補助的な遊技演出を行なう補助演出装置とからなり、前記図柄表示装置は、その表示面を視認可能なケース体に収容されている遊技機において、
前記ケース体は、第１の係合手段を備え、
前記補助演出装置は、
前記遊技盤の裏側に前記開口部に合わせて配設されて、前記ケース体を取り付け可能な設置部を裏側に有する枠状本体部と、
前記枠状本体部に設けられ、前記ケース体の第１の係合手段と係脱可能に係合して、該ケース体を前記設置部に着脱自在に取り付け可能な第２の係合手段とを備え、
前記ケース体に設けた第１の係合手段と、前記枠状本体部の裏側に設けた第２の係合手段とを係合することで、前記ケース体を設置部へ取り付けるよう構成した
ことを特徴とする遊技機。A symbol display device facing a display surface for performing a required game effect through an opening established in the game board, and an auxiliary effect for operating a moving member in accordance with the game effect on the display surface to perform an auxiliary game effect In the gaming machine housed in a case body that can visually recognize the display surface,
The case body includes first engagement means,
The auxiliary production device is
A frame-shaped main body portion disposed on the back side of the game board in accordance with the opening and having an installation portion on the back side to which the case body can be attached;
A second engagement means provided on the frame-shaped main body, detachably engaged with the first engagement means of the case body, and capable of detachably attaching the case body to the installation section; With
The case body is configured to be attached to the installation portion by engaging the first engagement means provided on the case body and the second engagement means provided on the back side of the frame-shaped main body. A gaming machine characterized by 前記ケース体は、前記第１の係合手段として回転式の固定具を有し、前記枠状本体部は、前記第２の係合手段として前記固定具の回転により該固定具と係脱可能な係合孔部を有し、前記固定具を回転して該固定具と前記係合孔部とを係合することで、前記ケース体が前記設置部に取り付けられる請求項１記載の遊技機。The case body has a rotary fixing tool as the first engaging means, and the frame-shaped main body can be engaged with and disengaged from the fixing tool by the rotation of the fixing tool as the second engaging means. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising an engaging hole portion, wherein the case body is attached to the installation portion by rotating the fixing tool to engage the fixing tool and the engaging hole portion. . 前記第１の係合手段は、前記ケース体の一方の側部に設けられた回転式の固定具と、該ケース体の他方の側部に突設された係合片とからなり、前記第２の係合手段は、前記固定具を回転することで該固定具と係脱可能な係合孔部と、前記係合片の挿脱により係脱可能な係合受部とからなり、前記係合片を前記係合受部に挿入して該係合片と係合受部とを係合させたもとで、前記固定具を回転して該固定具と前記係合孔部とを係合することで、前記ケース体が前記設置部に取り付けられる請求項１記載の遊技機。The first engagement means includes a rotary fixture provided on one side of the case body and an engagement piece projecting on the other side of the case body. The engaging means 2 includes an engaging hole portion that can be engaged with and disengaged from the fixing device by rotating the fixing device, and an engagement receiving portion that can be engaged and disengaged by inserting and removing the engaging piece. With the engagement piece inserted into the engagement receiving portion and the engagement piece and the engagement receiving portion being engaged, the fixing tool is rotated to engage the fixing tool and the engagement hole portion. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the case body is attached to the installation portion. 前記ケース体における第１の係合手段の近傍に第１の位置決め部を形成すると共に、前記枠状本体部における前記第２の係合手段の近傍に、前記第１の位置決め部と係脱可能に係合し得る第２の位置決め部を形成し、該第１の位置決め部と第２の位置決め部とを係合することで、前記設置部に対して前記ケース体を位置決めし得るよう構成した請求項１〜３の何れかに記載の遊技機。A first positioning portion is formed in the case body in the vicinity of the first engaging means, and the first positioning portion can be engaged with and disengaged in the vicinity of the second engaging means in the frame-shaped main body portion. A second positioning portion that can be engaged with the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are formed, so that the case body can be positioned with respect to the installation portion. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
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