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Game machine

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine in which a front surface of a gaming board is covered with a transparent plate, and more particularly to a gaming machine that can display various symbols on the transparent board on the front surface of the gaming board. .

  Among gaming machines, for example, pachinko machines, which are provided with a pattern variation display device such as a cathode ray tube or a liquid crystal are becoming mainstream. For example, in the symbol variation display device in the first type pachinko machine, the symbol of the symbol variation display device starts to fluctuate when a game ball wins a winning winning opening on the game board, and a lottery is performed for a predetermined time. For example, if the symbols are the same when the change stops, for example, if the same numbers and symbols are arranged in a row, it will be a big hit, and the open / close door of the big winning opening usually provided at the bottom of the symbol change display device will open, and a lot of game balls will win It has come to do. In the case of this jackpot, when 10 game balls are won in the normal winning opening, the door of the winning opening is closed and the so-called first round is completed. When a game ball enters the V zone in the grand prize opening during the opening of the first round, the opening / closing operation of the open / close door is continued, and it opens again even after closing. Thereafter, in the same manner, the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening is continuously repeated for a predetermined number of rounds, for example, up to 16 rounds.

The optical display means for displaying the jackpot is a decorative member arranged near the outer peripheral rail of the game board or outside the rail so as not to interfere with the game area other than the symbol variation display device provided at the center of the game board. It was done with light emission. That is, in the game area 8 of the game board 7, a large number of obstacle nails are provided for projecting and guiding the game ball, and the game area 8 on the game board 7 is secured as wide as possible to obtain the interest of the game. This is because it is provided so as not to disturb the game area.
As another prior art, a pachinko machine has been invented in which a decorative light display means is provided in the front part on the board surface to be watched by the player in order to increase the design and decoration of the game board. This pachinko machine emits light by placing a transparent light source between two glass plates mounted on the front door of the pachinko machine when no light is emitted (see Patent Document 1) .
In addition, there is a pachinko machine in which a reflection surface having a reflection angle of 45 degrees is formed in a light emitting display portion on a glass surface by a concave portion, and a light emitter is provided on an end surface of the glass surface to emit light (see Patent Document 2) .

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-246097 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-236087

In the conventional pachinko machine, a transparent light emitter is arranged between two glass plates provided on the front door of the pachinko machine when no light is emitted. Further, a reflection surface having a reflection angle of 45 degrees is formed on the glass surface, and a light source capable of emitting light from the glass end surface is provided.
However, to emit light from a transparent light source when no light is emitted, it is necessary to wire an electric cable so as not to impair the transparency of the game board, and it is necessary to arrange a transparent electrode and a transparent cable. Therefore, in practice, it is difficult and impractical to assemble a light source between the glass plates of the front door without hindering transparency. Further, it is not easy to form a reflecting surface having a reflection angle of 45 degrees on the glass surface, and it is impossible in practical use.

  The present invention has been made based on such background and problems, and the object thereof is not to change the number of nails on the game board and the degree of freedom of arrangement, and the transparent electrode or transparent cable on the glass surface. The optical display can be provided in the center of the front of the game board that the player pays attention to, and it is displayed in conjunction with the game game, making it easy to attach the light emitter to the transparent window. It is possible to provide a gaming machine that can display the character symbol light emission display of the transparent window in an easy-to-understand manner.

The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and is a gaming machine having the following configuration.
That is, the invention of claim 1 of the present invention is a gaming machine provided with a transparent plate on the front surface of the game board, and provided with a character / design display recess in which a character or design is formed as a recess on one surface of the transparent plate. A gaming machine characterized in that a mounting recess for mounting a light emitter is provided around an end of the transparent plate, and a light emitter that irradiates toward the character symbol display recess of the transparent plate is mounted in the mounting recess. It is.

According to the present invention, the light emitter mounting recess is provided around the end of the transparent plate, the light emitter is mounted in the mounting recess, and the light beam of the light emitter passes straight through the cross section of the transparent plate. It hits the character or symbol display recess provided on the surface. When the light beam of the light emitter strikes the character symbol display recess, the light beam is reflected toward the player in front of the transparent body, and the player can visually recognize the reflected light.
Since the illuminant emits light from the periphery of the transparent plate, the light rays of the illuminant placed around the transparent body are uniformly applied to the character / symbol display, and the player on the front can see the reflected light uniformly and clearly. A good optical emission display.
Therefore, the player can obtain a visual impression on the front transparent plate that looks at the center of the game board, and is given a great decorative impact. Since this optical light emission display is displayed on the transparent board on the front side of the game board, it is possible to obtain a great decoration without affecting the game area and game play regardless of the game board surface.

  Since the light emitter mounting recess provided around the edge of the transparent plate is provided on one side of the transparent plate together with the character pattern display recess in the center, the transparent plate is injection molded using a clear transparent resin. Since the mounting concave portion and the character symbol display concave portion in the central portion can be integrally formed by injection molding, it is possible to accurately mount the light emitter and irradiate the character symbol display concave portion. Furthermore, since the plurality of character symbol display recesses in the center are irradiated to the light emitters mounted in the light emitter mounting recesses arranged around the light emitters, the character symbol display recesses are irradiated from various directions to ensure unevenness. Since it is irradiated and reflected toward the player on the front, a clear light-emitting display can be obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the transparent plate is provided with a transparent resin material on the front frame of the gaming machine, a pattern sheet is mounted on the inner side of the front frame, and the light emitter mounted in the mounting recess is in front Is a gaming machine characterized by being hidden by a design sheet.

According to the invention of claim 2 of the present invention, an ordinary pachinko machine is provided with two glass plates. In the present invention, the front frame is broken by breaking the conventional common sense of the front glass plate. And the same transparent resin plate. As a result, the character pattern concave portion at the center of the transparent plate can be easily formed by injection molding, and since it is the same resin plate, a large amount of the front frame and the transparent plate can be formed together. In addition, since the transparent plate is the same resin plate as the front frame, there is no difficulty in attaching a fragile glass plate as in the past, and it is lighter and less damaged than glass, making it easy to handle and safe it can.
In addition, the light emitter mounted in the mounting recess around the edge of the transparent plate can hide the mounting recess and the light emitter by providing a pattern sheet inside the front frame. The body is hidden and cannot be seen, and an optical display is made on the transparent body. In addition, since the symbol of the symbol sheet attached to the front frame is displayed to the player on the front, various symbols can be displayed on the front frame simply by changing the symbol sheet.

The light emitter is a color light emitter such as a lamp, LED, or laser light emitting device, and emits light in conjunction with a game on the game board.

According to the above-described configuration, for example, a character symbol display concave portion such as “big hit” displayed on the transparent body on the front surface of the game board is irradiated with the light emitter that emits light in conjunction with the game game situation of the game board. When the jackpot is generated, the front transparent plate is also optically displayed as a “jacket”, so that it is easy for the player to understand and has a great impact.
In addition to text, the character design may be a figure such as a mascot, and the color illuminant can be displayed in color by illuminating various illuminants such as red, blue, yellow and green. . As this light emitter, an appropriate light emitter can be selected and used from among color lamps, LEDs, laser beams, and the like.

  According to the present invention, the light beams of the plurality of light emitters mounted around the edge of the transparent plate are irradiated to the character symbol display concave portion in the central portion of the transparent plate, the light hits the concave portion, and is reflected by the player on the front surface of the transparent body. Visible. A player who looks at the center of the game board is given a great visual impression and a great decorative impact. Since this character symbol light-emitting display is displayed on the transparent board on the front side of the game board, a gaming machine having a decorative property is obtained without affecting the game performance regardless of the game board surface.

In addition, since the light emitter mounting recess is provided on one side of the transparent plate, the transparent plate can be easily formed by injection molding together with the character symbol display recess in the center, and the light emitter accurately irradiates the character symbol display recess. Can be attached to. Since a plurality of light emitters are mounted around the end portion, the character / symbol display concave portion can be irradiated from various directions, and it can be surely irradiated evenly and has good visibility.
Furthermore, it is not necessary to change the number of nails and the degree of freedom of arrangement, and there is no need to wire transparent electrodes or transparent cables on the glass surface, and an optical display means is provided in the center of the game board that the player watches. , You can get an entertainment that is linked to the game. Further, since the light emitter can be easily attached to the transparent body and the surrounding light emitter emits light, the character / symbol light emission display is clearly displayed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a front portion of a pachinko machine 1, and the pachinko machine 1 has a wooden outer frame 2, a connecting portion 3 on the upper left of the outer frame 2, and a main body frame connecting bracket on the lower left. 16, the middle frame 5 is pivotally attached to the upper left connecting portion 3 and the lower left main body frame connecting bracket 16, and is provided so as to be openable to the left edge of the outer frame 2. A substantially rectangular game board (not shown) and an internal mechanism (not shown) of a pachinko machine are supported and mounted on the middle frame 5.

  Further, a front door 10 having a window 6 formed of a substantially circular transparent transparent resin plate formed of polycarbonate resin on the front surface of the middle frame 5 and on the front surface of the game board 7 is connected to the left side. It is provided so as to be openable and closable around the part 3 and the connecting fitting 4. Behind the opening of the front door 10 is a game board 7 and a game area 8 of the game board. An upper receiving tray 11 having a supply tray 12 is supported at the lower part of the front door 10, and a lower receiving tray 13 having a storage tray 14 and an ashtray 15 is supported by the left connecting brackets at the lower portion of the upper receiving tray 11. It can be opened and closed freely. A prepaid card unit 9 is provided at the left end of the outer frame 2.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the front door 10 as viewed from the back side (game board side). The window frame body 21 includes a window body 6 formed of a polycarbonate transparent transparent resin, and is attached to the back surface of the window frame body 21. The design design sheet 31 and a glass frame 41 assembled integrally with the window frame 21 on the back surface of the design design sheet 31. The size of the entire front door 10 is approximately the upper half of the entire pachinko machine shown in FIG. The window 6 made of transparent resin may be formed integrally with the window frame 21 or may be assembled by forming the transparent window 6 separately from the window frame 21.

  FIG. 3 shows the window body 6 of FIG. 2, which is made of a transparent transparent resin body having a circular outer shape, and a “big hit” character symbol display concave portion 61 is formed in the central portion as a concave groove on the back side of the window body 6. It is. Twelve mounting recesses 62 for mounting the light emitters 63 from the end to the center are provided at the outer peripheral edge of the window body 6, and various color lights such as red, blue, and green are emitted in the mounting recess 62. An LED light emitter 63 is mounted. The mounting recess 62 is provided to irradiate toward the center. The outer shape of the window body 6 may be a circle as shown in the figure, or may be a square shape. Further, the character symbol display recess 61 formed in the window body 6 is preferably formed so that the front side is a flat surface and the character symbol recess 61 is formed on the back side.

The light emitter 63 may be a small color lamp or a laser beam in addition to the LED. When the LED is mounted, since the straightness is strong in the LED irradiation direction, a light emitting body mounting groove 62 is provided at the outer peripheral circular end of the transparent window 6 as shown in FIG. Wear so as to irradiate toward the center of the body 6. Similar to LED because even straightness is stronger when the laser over beam, mounting the laser emitting apparatus in the mounting groove 62.
In the case of a color lamp, since light is diffused and irradiated around the color lamp, a concave hole in a perpendicular direction from the front surface to the back surface of the window body transparent plate 6 is provided, and the color lamp is mounted in the concave hole, A reflecting plate that reflects a lamp beam, such as silver paper, is provided on the end side in the recessed hole of the window body 6 so that the lamp beam is concentratedly irradiated toward the character symbol display recess 61 formed in the center of the window body transparent plate. It is good to provide.

1 and 2, a lamp decoration 22 protrudes from the front door 10, that is, the front upper portion of the window frame 21, and egg-shaped decoration windows 23, 23 with convex lenses are provided on both sides of the lamp decoration 22. Circular display windows 24, 24 are provided on both lower sides. In FIG. 2, the design design sheet 31 is placed on the rear surface of the window frame body 21, and the transparent plate window body is placed on the back surface of the window frame body 21 except for the lamp decoration 22, the decoration window 23, the display window 24 portion, and the window body 6 portion. 6 is mounted so as to cover the light-emitting body mounted.
On the display side of the design design sheet 31, the name of the pachinko machine 1 and the design / pattern related to the design / pattern of the game board surface are drawn, and the front door 10, which can be expressed only in a single color in the past, is a pachinko machine. In association with the name of 1 and the design / pattern of the game board surface, the design of the design displayed in color so that the entire frame including the window frame 21 of the front frame 10 can be matched can be displayed on the front side of the front door.

The design design sheet 31 is made of an opaque paper, resin, cloth sheet, or the like that is easy to print. In the case of printing on opaque paper or resin sheet, the design 32 can be easily provided in a large amount at a low cost, and the design can be easily changed.
Furthermore, special inks such as luminescent paint can be used for the design, and it can be provided so that the color changes by illumination. In addition, various kinds of plain cloth, cloth in which patterns and patterns are woven, natural leaves, petals, and the like can be displayed as the design sheet 31 without printing.

The light emitting body 63 and the light emitting body mounting recess 62 are covered with the design design sheet 31 so that they cannot be seen on the front surface. In the design design sheet 31, the window 6, the lamp decoration 22, the decoration window 23, and the display window 24 are cut out so that the game board and the lamp display can be seen through the transparent window frame 21.
The design design sheet 31 may be fixed to the back surface of the window frame body 21 using, for example, a design sheet presser 33, or may be tightly held by a glass frame body 41 fixed to the window frame body 21. Further, a small protrusion for holding a sheet may be protruded from the four corners of the window frame body 21, and the design design sheet 31 may be locked and held by the small protrusion.

The glass frame body 41 fixed to the back surface is a substantially square frame that is slightly smaller than the window frame body 21 and includes a circular opening 40 that is substantially the same size as the window 6 of the window frame body 21. Glass plate insertion rails 42 on which a substantially square glass plate is mounted are provided on both sides and the lower part.
The glass frame body 41 is usually made of resin, and is fixed to the front window frame body 21 with a screw or a fixture or fitted into an arrowhead-shaped locking projection protruding from the window frame body 21. The design design sheet 31 is fixed integrally. One glass plate having a substantially square shape is inserted into the glass plate insertion rail 42 on the back surface, and the game board is visually recognized through the two transparent bodies together with the transparent plate window 6 on the front surface.

  It is a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a slot machine or a game machine, and is particularly suitable for a gaming machine having a glass plate on the front surface of a game board.

It is a game board front view of the pachinko machine which shows one Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the signal processing system of the pachinko machine which shows one Example of this invention. It is the side view and front view which show the window body 6 of FIG. 2 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Outer frame 3 Connection part 4 Connection metal fitting 5 Middle frame 6 Window body 7 of transparent resin material Game board 8 Game area 9 Prepaid card unit 10 Face door 11 Sauce tray 12 Sauce tray 13 Sauce tray 14 Storage tray 15 Ash tray 16 Coupling metal fitting 21 Window frame 22 Lamp decoration 23 Decoration window 24 Display window 31 Pattern design sheet 33 Sheet holder 41 Glass frame 42 Glass rail 61 Character pattern display recess 62 Light emitter mounting recess 63 Light emitter

Claims (2)

  A gaming machine provided with a transparent plate on the front surface of a game board, wherein a character symbol display concave portion in which a character or a symbol is formed as a concave portion is provided on one surface of the transparent plate, and a light emitter is provided around an end portion of the transparent plate. A gaming machine characterized in that a mounting recess for mounting is provided, and a light emitting body is mounted on the mounting recess for irradiation toward the character symbol display recess of the transparent plate. The transparent plate is provided with a transparent resin material on a front frame of the gaming machine, a design sheet is mounted on the inner side of the front frame, and a light emitting body mounted on the mounting recess is provided to be hidden by the design sheet. The gaming machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: