JP2006061598A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a performance effect in a display window part in a game machine having a rotational image display in the display window part formed in the game board. <P>SOLUTION: An image turning device 30 is disposed in the back side of the game board 1 to enlarge the sizes of the image display 12 and a performance device 100. A pair of performance devices 100 facing each other in the both sides of the image display 12 and performing a display on the image display surface 11 are disposed in the front side of rotational image display unit 32, the performance devices 100 rotationally turn with the image display face 11 and effectively executes the performance according to the turning of the image display surface 11 to improve the taste. When the performance devices 100 are positioned in the upper part of the image display 12, the performance is executed by falling performance objects 102 from performance object storage parts 101 of the upper part performance devices 100 to the front side of the image display 12 and the performance objects 102 are deeply related to the display content displayed on the image display surface 11 to execute a more effective performance than before. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which an image display device is disposed on the back side of a game board so that the image display surface faces the front side from a display window formed on the game board.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine in which a variation display device is provided on a game board and a variation display game using a plurality of identification information is performed by the variation display device is known.
Such a gaming machine is configured to generate a special gaming state in which a predetermined profit can be given to the player when the result of the variable display game becomes a predetermined special result.
Further, in order to enhance the interest of the variable display game, a pachinko game machine in which the display of the variable display device is rotatably provided and the display is rotated according to the display state of the display is also considered. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
And in the pachinko gaming machine shown in Patent Document 1, as shown in the figure, a center case is arranged at the center of the board surface (front surface) of the game board, and in the center case, that is, on the board side of the game board. A display is provided. In addition, a rotating shaft is provided at the back of the display, and a driven gear (driven gear) is concentrically fixed to the rear portion of the rotating shaft, and the driven gear fixed to the driving shaft of the reversible driving motor is meshed with the driven gear for display. The device is driven to rotate.
JP-A-6-39109 (pages 2 and 3, FIGS. 3 and 4)

In the configuration of the variable display device in the conventional gaming machine, the one that rotates together with the display is limited to a relatively small one such as a standby recording lamp (starting storage display) provided near the display. Therefore, it is difficult to effectively produce the rotation of the display.
Further, in the conventional gaming machine, only the decoration lamps produce the display contents in the display window portion, and the production effect is low only with the effects produced by such light emission. In addition, the decorative lamp is fixed to the back side of the display, and an efficient production according to the rotation of the display cannot be performed.

  An object of the present invention is to enhance a presentation effect in a display window in a gaming machine including a display window that is rotatable on a display window formed on a game board.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to the image display device on the back side of the game board so that the image display surface faces the front side from the display window formed on the game board. In the arranged gaming machine,
The image display device is provided with an image display unit provided with an image display having the image display surface so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis set in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine. An image rotation device configured to rotate a display surface in the display window,
On the front side of the image display unit, a pair of effect devices that provide display on the image display surface in an opposing manner with the image display interposed therebetween are arranged,
The stage device is
There is a production storage unit that can store a production inside, and when one production device is positioned above the image display in response to the rotation of the image display unit, the production of the production device in the upper part The effect is dropped from the object storage unit to the front side of the image display, and the dropped effect is stored in the effect storage unit of the effect device located below. .

Here, the “game machine” is, for example, a ball game machine such as various pachinko machines, an arrange ball game machine, or a sparrow ball game machine, and has an image display device.
Further, the “production” is a thin sheet or granular material imitating what falls in nature such as petals, snow, rain, plant seeds (dandelion, maple, etc.), for example.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the image rotation device is disposed on the back side of the game board, the image display device and the rendering device are suppressed while suppressing the problems such as narrowing the game area as in the prior art. Can be enlarged.
Also, by providing a pair of staging devices for directing display on the image display surface across the image display unit on the front side of the rotatable image display unit, the staging device is connected to the image display surface. Since they rotate together, an effective production according to the rotation of the image display surface can be performed, and the interest can be improved.
Furthermore, when the effect device is positioned at the top of the image display, the effect is dropped from the effect storage unit of the upper effect device to the front side of the image display. An effect can be performed by dropping the image display surface to the front side, and a more effective effect can be achieved by deeply associating the effect with the display content displayed on the image display surface.
That is, an effective presentation can be performed by an unprecedented novel technique, and the interest of the player can be improved.
In addition, since the dropped effect is stored in the effect storage unit of the effect device located below, it is possible to prevent the effect after the drop from interfering with the display of the image display.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the effect device is arranged on each of the long sides of the rectangular image display surface, and is arranged on the long side of the image display surface. It is characterized by extending along.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the rendering device is disposed on each of the long sides of the rectangular image display surface and extends along the long sides of the image display surface. Can be dropped over the entire horizontal direction of the horizontally long image display surface, and the effect can be further enhanced.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the gaming machine according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the pair of effect devices are configured such that the effect object in the effect object storage unit can be dropped and stored. It is characterized by.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, each of the pair of effect devices is configured such that the effect object in the effect object storage unit can be dropped and stored, so that even if any effect device is positioned above, The effect can be dropped from a certain effect device, and the effect can be stored (collected) by the effect device below, and the effect can be efficiently generated without being restricted by the rotation position of the image display unit.

  A fourth aspect of the present invention is the gaming machine according to the third aspect, wherein the effect device is configured to project the effect object storage portion in a protruding shape forward from a peripheral component member that forms a periphery of the image display surface. The opening / closing device for dropping and storing the effect is provided on the image display surface side of the effect storage.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the effect device, the effect object is formed in front of the image display surface by forming the effect object storage portion so as to protrude forward from the peripheral constituent members constituting the periphery of the image display surface. It can be reliably dropped to the side.
Further, since the opening / closing device for dropping and storing the effect is provided on the image display surface side in the effect storage, the effect by dropping and storing the effect can be surely performed.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is the gaming machine according to the fourth aspect, wherein the image rotation device pivotally supports the image display unit and a predetermined rear surface side of the image display unit. A storage member for storing the part;
A drive device having an electrical drive source for opening and closing the opening and closing device and a transmission member for transmitting a driving force is disposed at a position corresponding to a specific rotation position of the image display unit in the storage member,
When the image display unit reaches the specific rotation position, the transmission member of the driving device acts on the transmission member provided on the back side of the image display unit to transmit the driving force. It is characterized by being configured as described above.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the specific rotation of the image display unit of the storage member that rotatably supports the image display unit and that houses the image display unit is supported by the drive device that drives the opening and closing device. Since the drive device is provided at the position corresponding to the position, the drive device does not rotate together with the rotating image display unit. Therefore, the drive device can be disposed at a fixed position, such as the size and position of the drive mechanism. Limits can be reduced. Further, it is possible to eliminate the problem of wiring treatment due to the rotation of the driving device.

According to the present invention, since the image rotation device is disposed on the back side of the game board, the image display device and the rendering device can be enlarged.
In addition, since the effect device is disposed on the front side of the rotatable image display unit so as to face the image display unit, the effect device rotates together with the image display surface. An effective production according to the rotation of the can be performed.
Furthermore, when the effect device is positioned at the top of the image display, the effect is dropped from the effect storage unit of the upper effect device to the front side of the image display. An effect can be performed by dropping the image display surface to the front side, and a more effective effect can be achieved by deeply associating the effect with the display content displayed on the image display surface.
That is, an effective presentation can be performed by an unprecedented novel technique, and the interest of the player can be improved.

A pachinko gaming machine that is a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
The pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment has the same configuration as a well-known pachinko gaming machine except for the structure of an image display device 10 to be described later attached to the back of the gaming board 1.
That is, the part surrounded by the game area partition wall 2 (guide rail) on the front side of the game board 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is a game area 1a, and the front side of the game area 1a is a transparent glass plate (illustrated). The game area 1a is closed so as to be visible by an openable and closable glass frame (not shown). The game board 1 is fixed to a front frame (not shown) having a substantially square opening for mounting the game board 1. Further, the front frame is attached to a rectangular frame-shaped machine frame (not shown) fixed to an island facility for installing a pachinko gaming machine, with one side portion pivotally supported so as to be rotatable left and right. . The glass frame is attached to the front frame so that one side portion is pivotally supported and covers the front surface of the portion of the front frame to which the game board 1 is attached.

  The pachinko gaming machine has a launching device (not shown) that sequentially launches game balls one by one in the game area based on the player's operation, and the game balls launched into the game area The game is played by flowing down in the game area. That is, the pachinko gaming machine is provided with a game board 1 having a game area 1a formed on the front side, and a game ball is allowed to flow down in the game area 1a to play a game. In addition, the pachinko gaming machine is provided with a discharge device that pays out a game ball as a prize ball when the game ball wins.

The game area 1a on the front side of the game board 1 includes a general winning port 3 and 3 where only a condition for paying out a prize ball when a game ball is won, and an obstacle nail that changes the flow direction of the game ball. (Not shown), direction changing members called windmills 4 and 4, and an out port 1c for collecting game balls that have not won a prize are formed.
In addition, the variable display device 5 having the above-described image display device 10 capable of displaying a special variable display game with a plurality of pieces of identification information (special symbol: special graphic) is provided at a substantially central portion of the game area 1a of the game board 1. A variable winning device 6 is provided under the variable display device 5 and serves as a start winning opening for granting the right to start a special variable display game. Below that, the special variable display game is a big hit result. A special variable winning device 7 having a large winning opening that is opened in some cases is provided. In addition, the game board 1 displays the number of unprocessed times (the number of special figure start memory) in which the game ball is started and won and the special figure variable display game is unprocessed in the variable winning device 6 serving as a start prize opening. In this example, there is a special figure storage display area for displaying the number of unprocessed times on the image display surface 11 of the image display device 10 of the variable display device 5. The (image display device 10) also serves as a special figure storage display.

Further, the game board 1 includes a general diagram start gates 8 and 8 for providing a start condition for a general variation display game, a normal symbol display (not shown) for displaying a general variation display game, and a general diagram start gate. 8 and 8 are provided with a general-purpose memory display (not shown) for displaying the number of unprocessed times (normal number of memory for starting general-purpose figures) in which the game balls flow in / pass through and the normal-game variable display game is unprocessed. ing. In this example, the normal symbol display area is not provided on the image display surface 11 of the image display 12 without providing the normal symbol display and the universal symbol storage display as actual structures, as in the case of the special symbol storage display. The normal symbol display area is displayed in the normal symbol display area. Similarly, a general memory display area is provided on the image display surface 11, and a display as a general memory display is displayed in the general memory display area. To do. Therefore, the variable display device 5 (image display device 10) also serves as a normal symbol display and a general symbol storage display.
Further, the game board 1 is provided with side lamps 9, 9 and the like for performing effects by light.

  Further, an image display device 10 is arranged on the back side of the game board 1 as shown in FIG. 2, and an image display 12 (liquid crystal display) described later of the image display device 10 is placed on the back side of the image display device 10. An effect control device 60 for controlling image display in the panel) is provided. Further, below the image display device 10 and the effect control device 60, a game control device mounting member 1h for mounting a game control device 70 (shown in FIG. 13), which will be described later, on the back side of the game board 1 is provided. Yes. The production control device 60 is internally divided into two devices. As will be described later, the production of sound by a speaker and the production of light emission by a decoration lamp / LED 15 (including the side lamps 9 and 9 of the game board 1). And a sound / lamp control device 80 for controlling the rotation of the image display 12 to be described later, and a display control device 90 for controlling the display of the image display 12. The production control device 60 may be a single production control device 60 without being divided into the sound / lamp control device 80 and the display control device 90.

  In addition to the above-described control device, the pachinko gaming machine includes processing based on winning of a game ball, start / stop processing of a variable display game on the image display 12, and hit / big hit / off of the variable display game. A game control device 70 (shown in FIG. 13) that performs the process of determining, opening / closing control of the variable prize winning device 6 and the special variable prize winning device 7, etc., a launching device that launches a game ball, A discharge / launch control device for controlling a discharge device for paying out under the control of the game control device 70 is provided. Further, the game control device 70 is attached to the position of the game control device attachment member 1h, and the discharge / launch control device is provided below the game board 1.

  In such a pachinko gaming machine, the variation display device 5 is attached to a game board 1 having an opening 1b for attaching the variation display device 5 to a substantially central portion as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the game board 1 has a side case 1d having at least a part of a game area partition wall 2 on the outer side of the periphery of the game area 1a on the front surface of the game board 1. It is provided so as to cover the outside of the region 1a. That is, a portion surrounded by the rear surface of the glass plate of the glass frame (the glass plate inside the double glass), the front surface of the game board 1, and the game area partition wall 2 provided on the inner peripheral surface side of the side case 1d is a game. It becomes area 1a.
Further, in the game board 1, the opening 1 b is formed in a curved shape that is symmetrical in the left-right direction and has a complicated outer periphery corresponding to the shape of a front constituent member 51 described later of the variable display device 5. On the inner peripheral side of the opening 1 b of the game board 1, a rear portion is inserted from the front of the game board 1 of the front component 51 formed in a frame shape (tubular shape), and is inserted into the opening 1 b of the game board 1. A display window 52 is formed through the opening that is the inner periphery of the front structural member 51 so that the image display surface 11 of the image display device 10 faces the front side.
That is, by attaching the frame-shaped front structural member 51 to the opening 1 b of the game board 1, the display window 52 is formed so that the image display surface 11 of the image display device 10 faces the game board 1 forward. become.

  In addition, the game board 1 is provided with a winning opening 1e for attaching the variable winning device 6, the special variable winning device 7 and the like below the opening 1b. Lamp openings 1f and 1f for attaching the side lamps 9 and 9 and the general winning openings 3 and 3 are provided. Further, lamp upper openings 1g, 1g in which the upper portions of the side lamps 9, 9 are arranged are provided on the left and right sides of the upper portion of the opening 1b of the game board 1.

  The variation display device 5 attached to the game board 1 is attached from the front side to the opening 1b of the game board 1 and the image display surface 11 of the image display device 10 faces the front side. A front structural member 51 provided with a display window 52 on the game board 1 and the image display device 10 disposed on the back side of the game board 1 are provided.

  Therefore, in the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment, the image display device 10 is arranged on the back side of the game board 1 so that the image display surface 11 faces the front side from the display window 52 formed on the game board 1. It is set.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the front structural member 51 is formed in a frame shape (cylindrical shape) whose inside is a display window 52. The front component 51 is inserted into the opening 1b of the game board 1 from the front side to the back side of the game board 1, and has a cylindrical shape along the inner periphery of the opening 1b. And the front surface of the image display apparatus 10 is arrange | positioned so that the opening of the back | inner side of this cylindrical part may be obstruct | occluded. A transparent front cover 242 (to be described later) is provided at a portion corresponding to the front display window 52 on which the image display surface 11 of the image display device 10 is disposed, and display is performed via the front cover 242. The image display surface 11 can be viewed from the window 52 for use.

  And the front structural member 51 forms a concave chamber in which the display window 52 which is the inner periphery thereof is opened forward, and the front cover 242 is attached to a portion which becomes the bottom (rear end) of the concave chamber. The image display surface 11 is arranged through the gap. That is, the front structural member 51 forms a concave chamber that opens in a cylindrical shape and has a depth, and the image display surface 11 is disposed in the back of the concave chamber.

Moreover, the front structural member 51 includes a mounting substrate 53, an armor member 54, a warp device (not shown), and a stage 55, similarly to a general pachinko gaming machine having the variation display device 5.
The mounting substrate 53 is formed so as to spread outward in a bowl shape over the entire circumference of the front end portion of the above-described cylindrical portion of the front structural member 51. The mounting substrate 53 is a part of the decoration of the variable display device 5. Then, by bringing the back surface of the mounting board 53 into contact with the front surface of the game board 1, the front structural member 51 is positioned with respect to the game board 1, and in this state, the mounting board 53 is screwed to the game board 1. Thus, the front structural member 51 is fixed to the game board 1.

  The armor member 54 is formed to protrude forward in the game area 1a at the upper part of the front component 51, and the front end of the armor member 54 is a glass plate inside the glass frame that regulates the front side of the game area 1a. It is arranged near the back surface. The armor member 54 prevents the game ball from entering the display window 52 from the upper side of the variable display device 5, ensures the visibility of the image display surface 11, and protects the image display surface 11. It is like that. Further, the inflow of the game ball onto the stage 55 from the upper part of the fluctuation display device 5 is restricted.

  The warp device guides the game ball from the outside of the variable display device 5 (for example, above or to the left and right sides of the variable display device 5) onto a stage 55 that forms the bottom of the display window 52 in the image display device 10. To do.

  The stage 55 constitutes a bottom surface that is a lower portion of the inner peripheral surface of the front surface constituting member 51 that becomes the cylindrical display window portion 52, and the game ball that is guided into the display window portion 52 by the warp device and the outside A game ball that is repelled from the stage is guided from above the stage 55 to the variable prize device 6 below the stage 55, and the game ball placed on the stage 55 is awarded to the variable prize device 6 with a higher probability than other game balls. It is.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the image display device 10 is attached to the back surface component 20 attached to the back surface side of the game board 1, the back surface component 20, and the image display surface 11 according to the rotation operation. The image rotation device 30 is configured to be able to change the vertical / left / right relationship, and an electric drive source (motor 342) for rotating the image rotation device 30 (the image display unit 32 thereof). . The motor 342 becomes a part of a rotation drive device 34 that rotates the image display unit 32.
Further, the image rotation device 30 has a rotation axis 31 set, an image display unit 32 having a peripheral component member 36 that decorates the image display surface 11 and its periphery, and a shaft that can rotate the image display unit 32. And a storage member 33 that stores a predetermined part on the back side of the image display unit 32.

  The back component 20 is formed in a substantially box shape with the front open, and is fixed to the game board 1 with the opened front end abutting the back of the game board 1. Note that a plurality of mounting plate portions 21,... That are parallel to the back surface of the game board are provided at a plurality of locations at the front end portion of the back surface constituent member 20, and the mounting plate portions 21 are screwed to the back surface of the game board 1. The back surface component member 20 is fixed to the back surface of the game board 1.

  Moreover, the back surface component 20 is formed with a circular opening 23 in a back surface plate 22 which is the bottom of a box whose front is open. The circular opening 23 faces the front surface of the circular image display unit 32 and is slightly larger than the diameter of the circular front surface of the image display unit 32 (the front surface of a front disk member 37 described later). . Note that the back plate 22 has a substantially box-shaped bottom that is open at the front, so that it is spaced rearward from the back of the game board 1 and arranged parallel to the back of the game board 1.

  A cover mounting portion 24 that protrudes forward along the circumference is provided at the peripheral edge of the circular opening 23 on the front surface of the back plate 22. The cover mounting portion 24 is provided with screwing portions 241 at four substantially equal intervals along the circumference. In the screwing portion 241, the peripheral edge of the circular opening 23 is slightly shifted from the circle. It has a shape protruding outward, and the cover mounting portion 24 is also protruded outward with respect to the circle. A space protruding outward from the circle in the screwing portion 241 is an arrangement space for a roller 252 described later.

  A circular front cover 242 corresponding to the cover attaching portion 24 is attached in a state where the outer peripheral edge portion is along the cover attaching portion 24. The front cover 242 is made of a transparent synthetic resin and covers the front side of the rotation range of the image display surface 11 to protect the image display surface 11. Note that the front cover 242 has a shape in which a portion corresponding to the screwing portion 241 on the outer peripheral portion protrudes outward from the circle, and the protruding portion is screwed to the screwing portion 241. In addition, concave portions having a shape recessed along the circumference inside the circle are formed at four positions between the four protruding portions corresponding to the screwing portions 241 of the front cover 242, and the peripheral edge of the concave portion of the front cover 242 And an arcuate gap 243 is formed between the inner periphery of the cover mounting portion 24.

  The front cover 242 is in contact with or close to the rear end surface of the cylindrical front structural member 51 and becomes the bottom of the recess of the front structural member 51, but the front cover 242 is larger than the inner peripheral diameter of the front structural member 51. The gap portion 243 is outside the display window portion 52 that is the inner periphery of the front surface constituting member 51 and is not visible from the display window portion 52. As will be described later, the image display unit 32 including the image display 12 is in a state of being almost entirely covered with the back surface constituent member 20 and the storage member 33, but the image display unit 32 generates heat by the gap 243 described above. Heat can be exhausted effectively.

In addition, a circular wall portion 25 is formed on the rear surface of the rear surface plate 22 of the rear surface constituent member 20 so as to stand in a circular shape on the rear side along the outer periphery (circumference) of the circular opening 23. The circular wall portion 25 is formed to have substantially the same diameter as a front end portion of a circular surrounding wall portion 331 described later of the storage member 33.
The front cover attaching portion 24 of the back surface plate 22 of the back surface component 20, the circular wall portion 25 on the back surface side, and the circular opening 23 are arranged concentrically, but the circular wall portion 25 is more The cover attachment portion 24 is formed to have a slightly larger diameter. Therefore, the circular wall portion 25 is disposed slightly outside the peripheral edge of the circular opening 23 in the back plate 22.

  The rear end surface of the circular wall portion 25 abuts with the front end surface of the peripheral wall portion 331 of the storage member 33 when the storage member 33 is attached to the back surface component member 20, and the circular wall portion 25 and the peripheral wall portion 331 are integrated. The image display unit 32 is arranged in the cylinder. That is, by forming the circular wall portion 25 erected in a circular shape on the rear side corresponding to the storage member 33 on the back surface component member 20, when the storage member 33 is attached to the back surface component member 20, an image is formed inside. A storage space for storing the display unit 32 is formed.

Further, on the circular wall portion 25, roller attachment portions 251,... Are formed at four positions overlapping the screw fastening portion 241 of the cover attachment portion 24 in the front-rear direction.
.. Are fixed along the front-rear direction to the roller mounting portions 251... For supporting the cylindrical rollers 252. The support shaft supports the roller 252 so as to be rotatable about the axis of the support shaft in a state where the support shaft penetrates the cylindrical roller 252. Further, in the roller attachment portion 251 of the circular wall portion 25, the rear portion of the support shaft protrudes rearward from the rear end surface of the circular wall portion 25. The roller mounting portion 251 has a cylindrical support shaft fixing portion that covers the periphery of the rear portion of the support shaft, and the support shaft fixing portion protrudes rearward from the other part of the circular wall portion 25. . On the other hand, the front part of the support shaft protrudes slightly forward from the back plate 22 through the circular opening 23 of the back plate 22 and is exposed.

  The rollers 252,... Are provided in correspondence with the roller mounting portion 251. For example, when the position directly above the circular wall portion 25 is 0 degree, it is about 45 degrees, about 135 degrees, about 225 degrees. , Approximately 315 degrees, such as approximately every 90 degrees. Further, the roller 252,... Has a portion facing the center side on the inner side of the circular wall portion 25 on the outer peripheral surface thereof slightly inward from the inner peripheral surfaces of the circular wall portion 25, the cover mounting portion 24 and the circular opening portion 23. As shown in FIG. 10, an effect device 100 and a cover, which will be described later, are provided on the front surface side of the front disk member 37 of the image display unit 32 arranged inside the circular wall portion 25 and the cover mounting portion 24. The outer periphery of the member 104 can be contacted. Note that the front-rear position of the front surface of the image display unit 32 is substantially in front of the back plate 22 of the back component 20, and the front end of the image display unit 32 enters the circular opening 23 of the back plate 22. It is in the state.

Further, since the front cover 242 is attached to the front end surface of the cover attaching portion 24 protruding forward from the back plate 22, the front cover 242 is slightly in front of the back plate 22, but from the back of the game board 1. Is in a state of being separated from the rear and in proximity to or in contact with the rear end portion of the front structural member 51 protruding rearward from the back surface of the game board 1.
Therefore, the rollers 252,... Are provided at predetermined positions on the inner periphery of the circular wall portion 25, which is the position of the roller mounting portion 251, and are provided on the front side of the front disk member of the image display unit 32 to be described later. Further, the front disk member 37 is rotatably supported in contact with the circumferential portion (outer peripheral portion) of the cover member 104.

Around the circular wall portion 25 on the back surface side of the back plate 22, screw bosses 253,... Are arranged around the center of the circular opening 23 every 60 degrees. The screw bosses 253 are for fixing the storage member 33 to the back plate 22 of the back component 20.
A motor mounting portion 26 is provided at a position close to the circular wall portion 25 of the back plate 22.

  The motor mounting portion 26 is provided at a position adjacent to the circular wall portion 25, and in this example, is formed in the lower right corner portion when viewed from the rear side of the substantially rectangular back surface constituent member 20 that is long to the left and right. The motor mounting portion 26 has an enclosure wall 261 that is erected so as to extend rearward from the back plate 22. The surrounding wall 261 is formed so as to surround the periphery of the drive gear 341 fixed to the rotation shaft of the motor 342 that rotationally drives the image display unit 32. A part of the drive gear 341 on the circular wall portion 25 side is It is in a state of entering the inside of the circular wall portion 25 on the rear side from the circular wall portion 25, and the surrounding wall 261 is a portion excluding a portion overlapping the circular wall portion 25 and the inside thereof around the drive gear 341. The portion facing the circular wall portion 25 is open.

A plurality of motor mounting bosses 262,... For mounting a fixing plate 343 to which the motor 342 is fixed are provided around the surrounding wall 261. Note that a part of the enclosure wall 261 and a part of the plurality of motor mounting bosses 262 are not the back plate 22 but the back surfaces of the later-described recovery ball channel members 28 and 28 formed below the back plate 22. It stands from the back.
The fixed plate 343 is disposed so as to be in contact with the rear end surface of the surrounding wall so as to be parallel to the rear surface of the game board 1 and is screwed to the motor mounting boss 262. The fixing plate 343 has a bent portion that bends forward at a right angle with respect to the main body portion at the right side edge portion when viewed from the rear of the main body portion, and the bent portion is formed outside the surrounding wall 261. It is in a state of being inserted and positioned in the slit of the fixed portion having the slit.

In addition, the front surface of the motor 342 is fixed to the back surface side of the fixed plate 343 with screws, and the rotation axis of the motor 342 is orthogonal to the fixed plate 343 from the back surface side to the front surface side. And extends forward of the fixed plate 343.
A drive gear 341 is fixed to the rotation shaft of the motor 342. The front end portion of the rotation shaft extends to the vicinity of the back plate 22, but the drive gear 341 is fixed to the base portion side of the rotation shaft, and is disposed behind the rear end portion of the support shaft of the roller 252. ing. Further, the portion where the rotation shaft at the center of the drive gear 341 is fixed is formed in an elongated cylindrical shape, extends forward from the main body of the drive gear 341, and is a portion on the front side of the drive gear 341 of the rotation shaft. By covering the whole, it is firmly fixed to the rotating shaft.

In this example, a stepping motor capable of precisely controlling the rotation angle of the rotating shaft is used as the motor 342 serving as an electric drive source. In the stepping motor, driving electric power is input in pulses, the rotation angle can be controlled by the number of input pulses, and the speed can be controlled by the pulse interval. The motor 342 is controlled by the sound / lamp control device 80 of the effect control device 60.
Since the drive gear 341 is partially behind the circular wall portion 25 and inside the circular wall portion 25 as described above, the drive gear 341 is provided when the storage member 33 is attached to the back surface component member 20. A part of 341 is disposed inside the peripheral wall portion 331 at a position of an opening 332 described later in the peripheral wall portion 331 of the storage member 33.

  A rotation drive device 34 is configured by the motor 342 and a drive gear 341 fixed to the rotation shaft of the motor 342, and the rotation drive device 34 drives the image display unit 32 to rotate.

  An opening 332 (shown in FIG. 5) is formed in a portion of the peripheral wall 331 where the drive gear 341 enters. The opening 332 becomes a hole-shaped opening 332 when the peripheral wall 331 and the circular wall 25 are combined, but the peripheral wall 331 alone is a notch. Therefore, the drive gear 341 faces the back surface component member 20 from the opening 332 formed in the peripheral wall portion 331 of the storage member 33 into the storage space inside the peripheral wall portion 331 and the circular wall portion 25. A rotation drive device 34 is arranged.

In addition, an effect control mounting portion 27 for arranging the effect control device 60 behind the left side as viewed from the rear of the storage member 33 is provided at the left end as viewed from the rear of the back surface component member 20.
A plurality of box-shaped convex portions that open to the front and protrude rearward are formed on the production control mounting portion 27 over the upper and lower sides of the rear surface component member, and the case of the production control device 60 is formed on the rear end surface of the convex portion. Fixed ribs 271 with which the front surface abuts are formed in a straight line up and down.
A plurality of screwing bosses 272 and 272 are formed on the left side when viewed from the rear of the fixing rib 271, and the case of the effect control device 60 is screwed to the screwing boss 272. ing.

The effect control mounting portion 27 is configured to fix the left side portion when viewed from the rear of the effect control device 60, and the right side portion of the effect control device 60 is fixed to the storage member 33 as described later.
In addition, on the left and right sides of the lower portion of the back surface component member 20, there are integrally provided collection ball flow path members 28 and 28 for introducing the game balls won from the general prize opening 3 and leading them to the lower game ball collection path. It has been. In addition, general winning opening sensors 3a, 3a are attached to the collection ball passage members 28, 28.
Further, on the front surface of the back plate of the back surface component member 20, a board surface LED substrate (not shown) which is a component on the upper side of the side lamps 9, 9 is provided on the left and right of the upper end portion thereof. The board surface LED substrate has a plurality of LEDs as electroluminescent members mounted on the front surface thereof. The board surface LED board is arranged on the left and right sides of the upper part of the circular opening 23, and when the back surface component member 20 is attached to the game board 1, the lamp upper openings 1g, 1g of the game board 1 and Overlapping, the lens members attached to the lamp upper openings 1g, 1g are illuminated by LEDs from the rear. The main body excluding the upper ends of the side lamps 9 and 9 is configured such that a board on which an electroluminescent member is mounted, a lens member, and the like are attached to the lamp openings 1f and 1f of the game board 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 12, the image display unit 32 includes a disk-shaped rear disk member in which the image display 12 having the image display surface 11 is disposed on the front side and the rotating shaft 31 is provided. 35 and a disc-shaped front portion disposed on the front side of the rear disc member 35, provided with a peripheral component member 36, and formed with a display opening 38 facing the image display surface 11 of the image display 12. And a disk member 37. Further, the front disk member 37 and the rear disk member 35 are attached to each other with a predetermined interval so that the image display 12 is positioned between the front disk member 37 and the rear disk member 35.

  The rear disk member 35 is a disk-shaped rear disk member main body 351 made of a transparent synthetic resin, the image display 12 disposed on the front surface side thereof, and a state of penetrating rearward from the front surface of the rear disk member main body 351. The rotating shaft 31, the gear portion 39 attached to the lower peripheral edge portion in the normal state (origin position) of the rear disk member 35, the protrusion member 40 for regulating the rotation angle of the image display unit 32, and the image display unit It includes a light shielding plate 41 for optically detecting that the angle 32 has reached a specific angle, which will be described later, and a first relay substrate 42 that relays the conducting wire of the image display 12.

The rear disk member main body 351 is formed in a disk shape having a diameter slightly smaller than that of the front disk member 37, and a fixed cylinder portion 35a for fixing the rotation shaft 31 is formed in the center on the back surface side so as to protrude rearward. The front end portion of 31 is inserted and fixed in the fixed cylinder portion 35a, and the image display 12 is fixed to the front side. That is, the rear disk member main body 351 is provided with the image display 12 on the front side and the rotating shaft 31 protruding on the rear side.
Further, a reinforcing rib 354 that protrudes rearward along the outer periphery is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the back surface of the rear disk member main body 351 except for a gear mounting portion 35d described later. The rib 354 is formed in a concave shape that is separated from the outer periphery of the rear disk member main body 351 to the inside at a position adjacent to the joint portion by the screw with the front disk member 37 of the rear disk member main body 351, and the joint is further formed. It is designed to reinforce.
The diameter of the rear disk member main body 351 is slightly longer than the diameter of the circumscribed circle of the rectangular image display 12 that is long on the left and right.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 9, the rear surface of the rear disk member main body 351 is set to 0 ° when viewed from the rear surface side of the rear disk member main body 351 with the top position being 0 degree at the origin position (the state shown in FIGS. 4 and 9). A rectangular opening 35c is formed at a position approximately in the center of the radius of 180 degrees and 180 degrees. The opening 35c is for exposing a transmitted portion 125 of a transmitted member 123 for driving an opening / closing member 121 of the rendering device 100 described later on the back surface of the rear disk member main body 351. In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, the outer periphery of the back surface side of the rear disk member main body 351 of the opening part 35c is a taper which expands toward the back surface side, and the transmission member 130 of the drive device 129 mentioned later is The transmitted part 125 arranged in the opening 35c can be surely pressed.

  Further, at a position of 90 degrees clockwise, a relay board mounting portion 42a surrounded by a rib protruding rearward is formed, and the first relay board 42 is attached to the relay board mounting portion 42a. Yes. Further, a protruding member base 40a is formed at a position of approximately 45 degrees counterclockwise, and a cylindrical metal member 40b constituting the protruding member 40 together with the protruding member base 40a is attached to the protruding member base 40a. It has become.

  In addition, a predetermined angle left and right along the circumference (outer periphery) from the position of the lowermost position at the origin position of the rear disk member main body 351 (about 45 degrees on the right side when viewed from the back side of the rear disk member main body 351, on the left side A gear mounting portion 35d is formed by a rib that is provided along the circumference at a position slightly inward from the outer peripheral edge within a range of about 135 degrees) and that protrudes rearward. A member to be the gear portion 39 is attached to the gear attachment portion 35d. Note that both end portions of the rib of the gear attachment portion 35d are formed so as to be bent along the radial direction and reach the periphery of the rear disk member body 351.

  Further, on the rear surface side of the rear disk member main body 351, on the line segment along the radial direction of the rear disk member main body 351 connecting the protruding member base 40a and the fixed cylindrical portion 35a (the rotation shaft 31), A light shielding plate attachment portion 35f surrounded by protruding ribs is formed, and the light shielding plate 41 is attached to the light shielding plate attachment portion 35f.

  Further, on the front side of the rear disk member body 351, four screwing portions are formed at positions corresponding to the four corners of the image display 12, and through holes 35g for screws are formed in the screwing portions, respectively. Has been.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 10, four screwing cylinders 35h,... Are formed on the outer peripheral part on the front side of the rear disk member main body 351 approximately every 90 degrees. These screwing cylinders 35h,... Serve as joints by screws with the front disk member 37, have through holes for screws, and have tips of mounting bosses 372,. It is formed in a cylindrical shape that can be inserted, and can be easily positioned when the rear disk member 35 and the front disk member 37 are attached.

In this example, since the image display 12 is disposed between the front disk member 37 and the rear disk member 35, the image display 12 needs to have a panel shape, and a panel-shaped display such as an LCD or an EL can be used. However, in this example, an LCD is used. That is, the image display 12 is configured by a liquid crystal display panel. Note that a liquid crystal display panel lead and a backlight lead are connected to the image display 12, and these leads are connected to the rear disk from the image display 12 on the front side of the rear disk member body 351. The first relay substrate 42 arranged on the back side of the member main body 351 is routed through the conductor slits and holes formed in the rear disk member main body 351.
The rotation shaft 31 is made of metal and is formed so as to extend rearward from the effect control device 60 in a state where the image display unit 32 is arranged on the game board 1. For example, the length of the rotating shaft 31 is longer than 2/3 of the radius of the rear disk member main body 351 and slightly shorter than the radius.

  The gear portion 39 is an arc-shaped synthetic resin member that is attached to the gear attachment portion 35d of the rear disk member main body 351, and the gear teeth that repeat peaks and valleys are formed on the side edge portion that is the outer peripheral side of the arc. Many are formed. In addition, in a state where the gear portion 39 is attached to the rear disk member main body 351, the portion that becomes the teeth of the gear portion 39 is disposed outside the outer periphery of the rear disk member main body 351. As a result, gear teeth are formed on the outer periphery of the lower portion of the rear disk member 35. The teeth of the rear disk member 35 mesh with (engage with) the drive gear 341 described above.

Therefore, the gear portion 39 that meshes with the drive gear 341 for rotating the image display unit 32 is provided in the predetermined peripheral range of the rear disk member 35.
Further, the drive gear 341 is disposed obliquely below the rear disk member 35, and the drive gear 341 is viewed from the back side of the rear disk member 35 when the direction directly above the rear disk member 35 is 0 degree. It is meshed at a portion that is approximately 135 degrees (predetermined angle) clockwise as viewed. Further, in this example, the rear disk member 35 is designed so as to rotate 180 degrees clockwise (clockwise) from the origin position when viewed from the front side, and the gear portion 39 is formed of the rear disk member 35. It is formed slightly before 135 degrees and slightly before 315 degrees.

  By disposing the gear unit 39 and the drive gear 341 as described above, the rectangular image display surface 11 that is long on the left and right of the image display 12 is moved up and down from the horizontally long state by driving the motor 342. It is possible to rotate 180 degrees so as to be in a horizontally long state (the relationship between the top, bottom, left and right of the image display surface 11 is reversed) again through a long vertical state.

The protruding member 40 is used to stop the image display unit 32 that rotates within a range of 180 degrees as described above at two predetermined positions (an origin position and a rotational position rotated clockwise by 180 degrees from the origin position). Thus, at the origin position and the rotation position, the protruding member 40 comes into contact with the rotation regulating members 441 and 442 formed on the storage member 33 serving as a stopper.
Further, the protruding member 40 is disposed away from the rotation center of the rear disk member main body 351 in the radial direction by a distance (predetermined interval) longer than half of the radius of the rear disk member main body 351. In this example, the protruding member 40 is formed at a position away from the center of rotation of the rear disk member main body 351 having about 2/3 of the radius.

  Further, by fixing the cylindrical metal member 40b to the above-described protruding member base 40a formed on the rear disk member main body 351 with a screw penetrating the metal member 40b, the cylindrical protruding member 40 as a whole protrudes backward. Formed. The metal member 40b is made of a ferromagnetic material (for example, iron) that is attracted to the magnet.

  And since the back surface of the back disk member 35 comprises the back surface of the image display unit 32, it protrudes toward the back side on the back surface side of the image display unit 32 and at a position spaced apart from the rotation center by a predetermined distance. The member 40 is projected. Further, the protruding member 40 has a metal member 40b.

The light shielding plate 41 includes a mounting plate 41 a disposed along the back surface of the rear disk member main body 351 and a light shielding plate main body 41 b erected so as to protrude rearward from the mounting plate 41 a.
The light shielding plate 41 is disposed between the rotation center of the rear disk member main body 351 and the protruding member 40 in a state of being attached to the light shielding plate attachment portion 35f.
The light shielding plate main body 41b is formed in a circular arc plate shape having a radius corresponding to the distance from the rotation center in the arrangement of the light shielding plate 41. Then, the rear side end portion (the front end side end portion of the return path) in the rotation direction (outward path) from the origin position to the rotation position of the light shielding plate main body 41 b connects the rotation center of the rear disk member main body 351 and the protruding member 40. It arrange | positions at linear form and the front side edge part of an outward path is arrange | positioned about 1 cm with respect to the tail side edge part in the front side of a rotation direction.

  As described above, the first relay substrate 42 is attached to the relay substrate mounting portion 42a on the back surface side of the rear disk member main body 351, and the LCD conductor and backlight of the image display 12 on the front surface side of the rear disk member main body 351. Lead wire is connected. Also, the LCD lead wire relayed from the first relay board 42 is connected to a third relay board 33c (to be described later) of the storage member 33, and the relayed backlight conductor wire is connected to a second relay board 33b (to be described later). Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the front disk member 37 includes a front disk member main body 371 in which mounting bosses 372,... For mounting the front disk member 37 to the rear disk member 35 are erected on the rear side, and a front disk member main body. It is provided on the front side of 371 and includes a rendering device 100 that constitutes the peripheral component member 36.

The front disk member main body 371 is formed in a disk shape having a slightly larger diameter than the rear disk member main body 351. The diameter of the front disc member main body 371 is substantially equal to the distance from the top of the teeth of the gear portion 39 of the rear disc member 35 to the center of rotation.
An annular outer peripheral rib 373 that protrudes rearward along the circumference is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the back surface of the front disk member main body 371. Further, on the back surface side of the front disk member 37, mounting bosses 372,... Are formed at positions spaced from each other by about 90 degrees in the outer peripheral portion corresponding to the screwed cylinder portion 35h of the rear disk member main body 351. The mounting bosses 372,... Have a length that allows the image display 12 to be disposed between the rear surface of the front disk member main body 371 and the front surface of the rear disk member main body 351, that is, based on the thickness of the image display 12. It is slightly longer. The front disk member main body 371 is formed with a rectangular display opening 38 that allows the image display surface 11 of the image display 12 to face the front surface. The display opening 38 corresponds to the image display surface 11 having a wide screen, for example, has an aspect ratio of 9:16 or the like, and is substantially in the middle of the upper, lower, left, and right sides of the front disk member main body 371. It is arranged to become. In addition, an opening rib 381 that protrudes rearward over the entire circumference of the display opening 38 is formed at the peripheral edge of the display opening 38 of the front disk member main body 371.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 12, the front surface of the front disk member main body 371 is one of the constituent elements of the peripheral component member 36 except for the display opening 38 that exposes the image display surface 11. An effect device 100 is provided.
The effect device 100 performs the effect by dropping the effect 102 on the front side of the image display 12, and includes an effect storage unit 101 for storing the effect 102 and an opening 103 of the effect storage unit 101. An opening / closing device 120 that opens and closes, and a cover member 104 that forms a space where the effect 102 falls on the front side of the image display 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 5, 7, and 8, the rendering device 100 is arranged on the two long sides of the rectangular image display surface 11. That is, when the rectangular image display surface 11 is in a horizontally long state, the rectangular image display surface 11 is arranged above the upper side and below the lower side of the image display surface 11, respectively, and is positioned above the image display surface 11 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the effect 102 stored in the effect storage unit 101 of the effect device 100 is dropped to the front side of the image display surface 11, and the effect device 100 located at the lower part of the image display surface 11. The produced product 102 dropped by the produced product storage unit 101 is collected and stored. The upper and lower effect devices 100 have the same configuration, and the effect device 100 above the image display surface 11 will be described below in the upper and lower relationship in the state shown in FIG.

The rendering device 100 includes a rendering object storage unit 101 that stores the rendering object 102, and an opening / closing device 120 that opens and closes the opening 103 provided in the rendering object storage unit 101.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 10, the effect material storage unit 101 is provided so as to protrude from the peripheral component member 36 on the front surface side of the front disk member main body 371 to the front surface side. The effect storage unit 101 has a straight line above the long side of the image display surface 11 and parallel to the long side, and an arc along the outer periphery of the front disk member main body 371 above the straight line. Further, the production object storage unit 101 includes a front wall member 106 and a rear wall member 107 which are D-shaped plate-like members forming a front surface and a rear surface. Then, along the outer periphery of the D-shaped front wall member 106 and the rear wall member 107, the front wall member 106 and the rear wall member 106 are connected perpendicularly to the plate surfaces of the front wall member 106 and the rear wall member 107. As a plate-like member that is connected to 107 and serves as a side surface of the effect storage unit 101, an arc plate 108 provided in the arc portion and a bottom plate 109 provided in the straight portion are provided. That is, the effect storage unit 101 is a D-shaped container formed by the front wall member 106, the rear wall member 107, the circular arc plate 108, and the bottom plate 109. As shown in FIG. A production 102 is stored. The effect device 100 is made of a transparent material, and the effect object 102 housed therein can be visually recognized.

In addition, the bottom plate 109 has an opening 103 in a slit shape along the length direction of the side surface of the straight line portion and at a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction over a range slightly shorter than the length of the long side of the image display surface 11. The effect product 102 can be dropped in the direction of the image display surface 11 from here. The length of the opening 103 may be longer than the length of the long side of the image display surface 11.
In addition, in the effect device 100 located below the image display surface 11, the effect 102 is stored in the effect storage unit 101 through the opening 103.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the surface of the bottom plate 109 that forms the inner wall surface of the effect material storage portion 101 is a slope where the portions that are outside the left and right ends of the opening 103 are lowered toward the opening 103. . Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 10, the surface of the front wall member 106 and the rear wall member 107 that forms the inner wall surface of the effect material storage unit 101 is a slope in which a portion in the vicinity of the opening 103 is lowered toward the opening 103. Thus, the effect 102 in the effect storage unit 101 can be guided toward the opening 103. In addition, the surface of the bottom plate 109 that forms the outer wall surface of the effect storage unit 101 is a slope in which the front, rear, left, and right surfaces surrounding the opening 103 rise toward the opening 103. That is, when the rendering device 100 is positioned below the image display surface 11, the slope is descending toward the opening 103, and the rendering 102 that has fallen from above is guided to the opening 103, and is efficiently performed. It can be collected.

From the above, the rendering device 100 is disposed on the long side of the rectangular image display surface 11 and extends along the long side of the image display surface 11.
In addition, the pair of effect devices 100 are configured such that the effect object 102 of the effect object storage unit 101 can be dropped and stored.

  The opening / closing device 120 is for opening and closing the opening 103 of the effect storage unit 101, and includes an opening / closing member 121 disposed in the opening 103, a driving device 129 for driving the opening / closing member 121, and a driving device 129. The transmission member 123 transmits the driving force to the opening / closing member 121 and the restricting means 126 for restricting the operation of the opening / closing member 121.

As shown in FIG. 12, the opening / closing member 121 is a plate-like member having substantially the same left-right width as the opening 103, and a plurality of holes 122 through which the effect 102 can pass are straight lines according to the shape of the opening 103. As shown in FIG. 10, it is attached to an opening / closing member sliding portion 105 formed in the opening 103 of the effect material storage portion 101 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction.
The movable range of the opening / closing member 121 is regulated by a regulating means 126 described later. In the forward direction, as shown in FIG. 11, the portion where the hole 122 is provided overlaps the opening 103 and the opening 103 is opened. It is up to the part. In the rear direction, as shown in FIG. 10, the portion provided with the hole 122 is completely retracted from the opening 103, the opening 103 is completely covered with the plate surface of the opening / closing member 121, and the opening 103 is It is up to the part that becomes the closed state.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, a transmitted member that extends rearward in the central portion of the side surface serving as the rear end surface of the opening / closing member 121 is perpendicular to the length direction of the opening / closing member 121. 123 is formed. The transmitted member 123 is for receiving a driving force of a driving device 129, which will be described later, and transmitting it to the opening / closing member 121, and is a through hole formed at a position where the opening / closing device 120 of the front disk member body 371 is disposed. 37 b passes through the opening 35 c formed in the rear disk member main body 351 and reaches the back side of the image display unit 32. The rear end portion of the transmitted member 123 is a transmitted portion 125 having a wide vertical width, and the rear end surface of the transmitted portion 125 is flush with the rear surface of the rear disk member main body 351. ing. A transmission member 130, which is a movable part of a driving device 129 (described later) provided on the storage member 33, comes into contact with the transmitted portion 125. Further, in the middle of the upper surface of the transmitted member 123, a pressing portion 124, which is a plate-like member whose plate surface is perpendicular to the opening / closing member 121 and parallel to the length direction of the opening / closing member 121, is formed. Has been. The pressing portion 124 is disposed inside a regulating means 126 described later, and regulates the operation of the opening / closing member 121.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the restricting means 126 is provided on the back surface side of the front disk member main body 371 in a portion where the through hole 37b through which the transmitted member 123 is inserted is formed. It has a role of keeping the opening 103 closed. This restricting means 126 has a space in which the transmitted member 123 can be inserted and can store the pressing portion 124 of the transmitted member 123. The return spring 127 that presses the pressing portion 124 and the movable of the opening / closing member 121 in the front-rear direction. And a regulating unit 128 that regulates the range. The return spring 127 is arranged between the inner wall on the front surface side of the restricting means 126 and the plate surface on the front surface side of the pressing portion 124, and urges them in a direction away from each other. That is, the pressing portion 124 is always urged rearward, and the hole 122 formed in the opening / closing member 121 is retracted rearward from the opening 103 of the effect storage portion 101, and the plate surface of the opening / closing member 121 The opening 103 is closed and closed. In this state, the restricting portion 128 abuts against the plate surface on the rear side of the pressing portion 124 to restrict the opening / closing member 121 from moving further rearward. Therefore, the opening / closing member 121 is normally held in a state of closing the opening 103.

  Then, as will be described later, when the image display unit 32 rotates and reaches a specific rotation position, the transmission member 130 of the driving device 129 expands as shown in FIG. When the transmitted portion 125 is pressed to the front side by the transmission member 130, the opening / closing member 121 slides to the front side, and the hole 122 formed in the opening / closing member 121 overlaps the opening 103 of the effect storage unit 101. The effect 102 can be dropped as shown in FIG. At this time, the restricting portion 128 of the restricting means 126 is in contact with the front portion of the transmitted portion 125 and restricts the opening / closing member 121 from moving further forward. When the transmission member 130 is retracted, the pressing portion 124 is urged rearward by the return spring 127, so that the opening / closing member 121 slides rearward, and the portion where the hole 122 of the opening / closing member 121 is formed is the effect storage portion. Retract from the opening 103 of 101 and the opening 103 is closed again.

  Note that the rendering device 100 below the image display surface 11 also performs the same opening / closing operation as described above. That is, in a normal time, the opening / closing member 121 is held in a state of closing the opening 103. Then, simultaneously with the operation of the driving device 129 for driving the rendering device 100 above the image display surface 11, the driving device 129 for driving the rendering device 100 below the image display surface 11 is also operated to open the opening 103. Is opened, and the dropped effect 102 is stored in the effect storage unit 101 through the opening 103.

  As described above, the rendering device 100 is configured by forming the rendering object storage unit 101 so as to protrude forward from the peripheral component member 36 that forms the periphery of the image display surface 11, and the image display in the rendering product storage unit 101 is performed. On the surface 11 side, an opening / closing device 120 for dropping and storing the effect 102 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 10, the cover member 104 shown in FIG. 6 is attached with, for example, screws between the pair of rendering devices 100 and 100 on the front side of the image display 12. The cover member 104 is a U-shaped member made of a transparent material, and the upper and lower parallel sides of the plane on the front side have the same length as the straight portion of the effect device 100, and have left and right curves. The side has the same curvature as the outer periphery of the front disc member body 371. The interval between the upper and lower parallel sides is the same as the interval between the pair of effect devices 100 and 100, and is just within the pair of effect devices 100 and 100. Further, side surfaces that project perpendicularly to the plane that becomes the front side are formed on the curved sides, and the curved portions (arc plates 108, 108) on the outer periphery of the pair of effect devices 100, 100 are formed. A circle having the same radius as the front disk member main body 371 is formed. Further, the front-rear width of the cover member 104 is the same as the front-rear width of the effect device 100, and a flat surface without a step is formed on the front surface of the image display unit 32 by the pair of effect devices 100, 100 and the cover member 104. It has come to be. That is, in a state where the cover member 104 is attached, the pair of effect devices 100 and 100 and the cover member 104 form a disk-shaped container having the same radius as the front disk member main body 371. A space is formed on the front side of the image display 12 by the cover member 104, and the effect 102 is dropped in the space to perform the effect. In addition, this space is a sealed space so that the falling effect 102 is not exposed to the outside.

In the effect device 100 described above, the effect device 100 may be decorated by arranging a light emitting member such as an LED on the effect device 100 itself or on the back surface of the effect device 100.
In addition, although the rendering device 100 is made of a transparent material and can visually recognize the rendering 102 stored in the interior, it may be formed of an opaque material so that the rendering 102 stored in the interior cannot be seen. .
Further, a cover made of a transparent material may be provided on the display opening 38 of the front disk member body 371 to protect the image display surface 11. In particular, the display opening 38 forms the same plane as that of the peripheral component member 36 where the effect device 100 is not provided so as to eliminate the step of the opening rib 381 formed at the peripheral edge of the display opening 38. If the cover is provided as described above, it is possible to prevent the effect 102 from remaining on the opening rib 381.
In order to facilitate dropping and storing, for example, the effect 102 preferably has an appropriate weight, such as a resin bead, but is as light as possible to enhance the effect. It is better to lengthen the fall time using something. In addition, for example, the effect may be enhanced by attaching a wing-like member to a granular member so that the effect 102 rotates, changes direction, and the like when falling. In addition, as the display of the image display surface 11, for example, a display in which a flower snowflake dances in the background, or a number as a variable display game identification information is displayed as a flower-shaped dot is associated with a petal shape. The production effect may be enhanced by dropping the production 102 associated with the display on the image display surface 11, such as dropping the production 102.
Further, as the operation of the opening / closing device 120, for example, the opening / closing member 121 is vibrated in the front-rear direction, or the opening 103 is repeatedly opened and closed, and the effect 102 is dropped little by little on the front side of the image display surface 11. It is also possible to enhance the production effect.
Moreover, although the shape of the hole 122 formed in the opening / closing member 121 is a plurality of rectangular holes, depending on the shape of the effect 102, for example, the shape of the hole 122 may be a circle or other shapes, Similarly, slit-like holes may be provided over the length direction.
In addition, in order to make the opening / closing member 121 move smoothly, a guide for guiding the opening / closing member 121 along the operation direction is provided in the rendering device 100, or the transmitted member 123 is moved along the length direction of the opening / closing member 121. It may be provided at a plurality of locations, and the driven members 123 may be driven simultaneously by the driving device 129.
Further, although the solenoid having the expandable / contractable transmission member 130 is used as the driving device 129, the opening / closing member 121 may be moved back and forth by another driving device such as a motor.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the storage member 33 includes a substantially disc-shaped back plate 333, a peripheral wall portion 331 that protrudes forward in a cylindrical shape from the outer peripheral portion of the back plate 333, and the back surface center of the back plate 333. The rotation of the image display unit 32 is stopped, the hollow boss 334 protruding rearward from the portion, the first and second rotation regulating members 441 and 442 provided on the inner surface of the storage member 33 that is the front surface of the back plate 333 For this purpose, the image display unit 32 (motor 342) includes first and second position detection devices 461 and 462 serving as detection means for detecting the rotational position.
In addition, the storage member 33 is provided with the peripheral wall portion 331 on the back plate 333 as described above, that is, the storage member 33 is formed in a circular shape so that a circular concave chamber opened (opened) forward can be formed. By attaching the storage member 33 to the back surface constituent member 20 as described above, as shown in FIG. 10, the circular wall portion 25 and the peripheral wall portion 331 of the back surface constituent member 20 A storage space for storing the display unit 32 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the back plate 333 of the storage member 33 is provided with a hollow boss 334 through which the rotation shaft 31 can be inserted so as to protrude rearward from the back surface of the storage member 33. The hollow boss 334 is formed integrally with the back plate 333 and is formed corresponding to the rotation shaft 31 of the image display unit 32.
The hollow boss 334 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a diameter larger than that of the rotating shaft 31 and the image display unit 32 is housed in the housing member 33 attached to the back surface constituting member 20. The rear end is formed to be slightly in front of the rear end of the rotation shaft 31.

  Further, the hollow boss 334 extends rearward from the effect control device 60 disposed behind the back plate 333 of the storage member 33, and the long rotation shaft 31 as described above is connected to the front end portion and the rear end portion thereof. It can be accommodated except. The hollow boss 334 is formed integrally with the back plate 333, but is apparently formed so as to penetrate the back plate 333, and the front end portion of the hollow boss 334 protrudes to the front side of the back plate 333. It has become.

  In addition, bearings 34a and 34b (plastic sliding bearings) are disposed at the front end portion and the rear end portion of the hollow boss 334, respectively. The rotation shaft 31 disposed in the hollow boss 334 is inserted into the two front and rear bearings 34a and 34b and is rotatably supported by the two bearings 34a and 34b at two points apart from each other. It becomes a state. Therefore, by disposing the two bearings 34a and 34b away from each other, the image display unit 32 can be stably and rotatably supported even if the image display unit 32 that is rotatably supported is heavy.

  In this embodiment, the hollow boss 334 is elongated so that the rear end of the hollow boss 334 is located behind the production control device 60 arranged behind the back plate 333 of the storage member 33, and the front boss 334 is Since the bearing 34a is disposed at the front end portion of the hollow boss 334 disposed in front of the front surface of the back plate 333, and the rear bearing 34b is disposed at the rear end portion of the hollow boss 334, between the two bearings 34a and 34b. The distance has been extremely long. Thereby, even if the image display unit 32 has a large weight by having the large image display device 12, it can be stably supported by the two bearings 34a and 34b.

Further, a cylindrical fixed cylinder portion 35a is fixed to the front end portion of the rotating shaft 31 so as to surround the periphery, and the rear end surface of the fixed cylinder portion 35a abuts on the front end surface of the front bearing 34a. As a result, the rearward movement of the rotary shaft 31 is restricted.
A retaining ring (E-ring) having an outer shape larger than the inner diameter of the bearing 34b is fixed to a portion slightly rearward of the bearing 34b (rear end portion of the hollow boss 334) on the rear side of the rotating shaft 31. The retaining ring is in contact with the rear bearing 34b, so that the movement of the rotary shaft 31 to the front side is restricted. For these reasons, the rotating shaft 31 is supported by the hollow boss 334 so as to be rotatable, and the back-and-forth movement is restricted.

  The image display unit 32 prevents the image display unit 32 from rattling back and forth by restricting the back-and-forth movement larger than the back-and-forth movement within the range of play. For example, the image display unit 32 (front disk member) The front surface of the main body 371) does not come into contact with the front cover 242. The image display unit 32 is basically supported by the two bearings 34a and 34b so as to be stably rotatable, so that the roller 252 does not necessarily support the outer periphery of the effect device 100 of the front disk member 37. Although not necessary, as will be described later, the image display unit 32 is in a single-supported state without the roller 252, so that the smooth rotation of the image display unit 32 and the durability of the bearings 34a and 34b are taken into consideration. It is preferable that the front portion of the image display unit 32 is supported by the roller 252 so that the image display unit can be rotated in a state where both are supported.

As a result, the image display unit 32 can be rotated more stably, and the load on the bearings 34a and 34b can be reduced to improve durability.
Note that the rotation shaft 31 extends to the rear side of the rear disk member 35 including the image display 12, and the center of gravity of the image display unit 32 is from the portion supported by the bearings 34 a and 34 b of the rotation shaft 31. It becomes a single support by simply supporting the rotating shaft 31 with the bearings 34a and 34b.

The second to fourth relay boards 33b, 33c, and 33d are fixed to the back surface of the back plate 333 side by side. On the rear surface of the back plate 333, second to fourth relay board mounting portions 33f, 33g, and 33h are provided as mounting portions of the second to fourth relay boards 33b, 33c, and 33d. The second relay board 33b, the second relay board mounting part 33f, the fourth relay board 33d, the fourth relay board mounting part 33h, and a conductor protecting member 33i described later are shown in FIG.
The second to fourth relay boards 33 b, 33 c, and 33 d are provided on the storage member 33 and the lead wire relayed to the first relay board 42 of the image display 12 provided on the rear disk member 35 of the image display unit 32. Further, the lead wires of the first and second position detection devices 461 and 462, the lead wires of the left and right LED substrates provided on the back surface component 20, the side lamps 9 and 9 provided outside the image display device 10, and the like. These lead wires are relayed to the second to fourth relay boards 33b, 33c, 33d and connected to the effect control device 60.

The second relay board mounting portion 33f is molded separately from the main body of the storage member 33, is formed in a flat box shape with the rear open, and is attached to the storage member 33 by screws.
Further, the second relay board mounting portion 33f has a conductor relayed to the first relay board 42 of the image display 12 provided on the rear disk member 35 of the image display unit 32 passing through a later-described conductor lead-out port 33a. Thus, a conductor protection member 33i is provided that covers from the rear side a portion that is drawn from the inside to the outside of the storage member 33 and connected to the second and third relay boards 33c and 33d.

  The conductor protecting member 33i is connected to the conductor outlet port 33a and the third relay substrate attachment portion so as to bridge between the adjacent conductor outlet port 33a and the third relay substrate attachment portion 33g on the lower side of the second relay substrate attachment portion 33f. It is arranged behind 33g. The conductor protection member 33i includes an upper plate having a connection portion connected to the left end portion when viewed from the rear side of the lower side surface of the second relay board attachment portion 33f, a lower plate facing the upper plate, and an upper plate A back plate that spans between the rear end and the rear end of the lower plate, and a right plate that is disposed on the right side when viewed from the back of the back plate, and covers the upper, lower, rear, and right of the conductor arrangement portion. It is like that. In addition, the conductor protection member 33i is wider in the vertical width from the left side as viewed from the rear, which is the rear side of the conductor outlet 33a, and from the right side, as viewed from the rear, the rear side of the third relay board mounting portion 33g. Yes.

The conductive wire protection member 33i prevents the conductive wire that moves due to the rotational movement of the image display unit 32 from spreading around, thereby preventing the conductive wire from being entangled with surrounding members. In addition, since the conducting wire protection member 33i is formed in a substantially box shape opened toward the back plate 333 side on the back side of the main body of the storage member 33 having the back plate 333 and the peripheral wall portion 331, the storage member 33 is provided. It is difficult to mold integrally with the main body. However, it is possible to easily form the conductor protection member 33i separately from the main body of the storage member 33 by molding it integrally with the second relay board attaching portion 33f and attaching it integrally with the second relay board attaching portion 33f. It can be attached to the storage member 33.
The third relay board mounting portion 33g is formed on the right side of the back surface of the back plate 333 at a substantially upper and lower center, and has a rib that protrudes rearward from the back plate 333 and surrounds the periphery of the third relay board 33c. A part of the rib is formed in a wall shape so as to protrude to the right side from the back plate 333.

  The fourth relay board mounting portion 33h is disposed adjacent to the lower side of the third relay board mounting portion 33g on the right side of the back surface of the back plate 333. Further, the fourth relay board mounting portion 33h is formed to project to the lower side and the right side of the back plate, and the projecting portion has a wall surrounding the right and bottom as viewed from the rear of the fourth relay board 33d. Is formed.

  Further, the back plate 333 has a fan-like shape having a radial width that is slightly larger than ¼ of a circle centered on the center of the back plate 333 at the center portion and around the hollow boss 334. The lead wire outlet 33a is formed. As described above, the lead wire outlet 33a allows the liquid crystal display panel lead and the backlight lead to be drawn backward from the first relay substrate 42 of the rear disk member 35 from the storage space of the storage member 33 to the back surface of the storage member 33. It is an opening part for drawing out to the side. And the conducting wire drawn out of the storage space from the conducting wire outlet 33a is connected to the second relay board 33b and the third relay board 33c adjacent to the right side as seen from the rear of the conducting wire outlet 33a as described above. It has become so.

  In addition, the outer periphery of the lead wire outlet 33a and an arc that protrudes in the front-rear direction of the back plate 333 at the boundary between the adjacent second relay board mounting portion 33g and the third relay board mounting portion 33g. A plate-like conductor guide wall 33e is formed. Therefore, the conducting wire that passes through the conducting wire outlet 33a and moves with the rotation of the image display unit 32 moves along the conducting wire guide wall 33e, thereby preventing the entanglement of the conducting wire and the like. The lead wire outlet 33a is provided at the center of the back plate 333 corresponding to the rotation center of the image display unit 32, and therefore the amount of movement of the lead wire even if the image display unit 32 rotates. Can be almost at a minimum. Furthermore, the moving lead wire is also protected by the above-described lead wire protection member 33i, and the lead wire guide wall 33e and the lead wire protection member 33i can reliably prevent disconnection due to the entanglement of the lead wires.

Further, on the back surface on the left side as viewed from the rear side of the back plate 333, the upper and lower bosses serving as the effect control attaching portion for fixing the right side of the effect control device 60 attached to the effect control attaching portion 27 of the back surface component 20. 33k is provided. A rib 33m is connected to the boss 33k for reinforcing and supporting the rear surface of the effect control device 60.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a position detection attaching portion 33 n is provided on the front surface side of the back plate 333 corresponding to first and second position detection devices 461 and 462 described later.
The position detection mounting portion 33n is the origin position (the state shown in FIG. 5), with the top right as 0 degree, the center of the back plate 333 as the center, and the position of about 45 degrees clockwise and about 225 degrees when viewed from the front side. Is formed by a U-shaped rib protruding forward. The position detection mounting portion 33n (origin position side: return path end side) at a position of approximately 45 degrees is formed by a U-shaped rib that opens downward (clockwise direction). 461 is attached. Further, the position detection mounting portion 33n (rotational position side: forward end side) at a position of approximately 225 degrees is formed by a U-shaped rib that opens downward (counterclockwise direction). A position detection device 462 is arranged.

The peripheral wall portion 331 has a short cylindrical rear wall portion 33o having the same diameter as that of the back plate 333 and a short cylindrical shape having a diameter larger than that of the rear wall portion 33o, and has the same diameter as that of the circular wall portion 25 of the back surface constituting member 20. When the front wall portion 33p, the rear side rear wall portion 33o, and the front side front wall portion 33p are arranged in the front-rear direction, the front end portion of the rear wall portion 33o having a different diameter and the rear end portion of the front wall portion 33p And an annular step plate 33q for connecting the two, and these are integrally molded.
That is, since the diameter of the surrounding wall portion 331 is different between the rear wall portion 33o and the front wall portion 33p, a step portion 337 is formed in the surrounding wall portion 331. An inner space formed by connecting the cover mounting portion 24 and the circular wall portion 25 of the above-described back surface component member and the front wall portion 33p of the peripheral wall portion 331 in the front-rear direction is defined as a front storage portion 335. In the storage portion 335, a main body including the front disk member 37 and the rear disk member 35 connected to the front and rear of the image display unit 32 is stored. Here, the main body of the image display unit 32 is on the front side from the back surface of the rear disk member main body 351 and is not included after the back surface.

  Further, the space in the rear wall portion 33o having a smaller diameter than the front wall portion 33p of the peripheral wall portion 331 includes a protruding member 40 and a light shielding plate 41 formed on the back surface of the rear disk member 35, and the protruding member 40 and the light shielding plate 41. Correspondingly, the rear storage portion 336 in which the rotation restricting members 441 and 442 and the position detection devices 461 and 462 formed on the front surface of the back plate 333 of the storage member 33 (the inner surface of the storage member 33) are arranged. ing. That is, the protrusion member 40 and the light shielding plate 41, the rotation restricting members 441 and 442, and the position detection devices 461 and 462 are disposed between the back surface of the rear disk member body 351 and the front surface of the back plate 333. These surfaces need to be separated from each other. A rear wall 33o is provided after the front wall 33p in which the rear disk member main body 351 is accommodated, and the rear surface of the rear disk member main body 351 and the front surface of the back plate 333 are provided. It is designed to cover the space between them.

  Therefore, by forming the step portion 337 on the peripheral wall portion 331, the storage member 33 can be moved to the front storage portion 335 for storing the image display unit 32 (main body) and to the rear of the front storage portion 335. There are provided regulating members 441, 442, the detecting means (position detecting devices 461, 462), and a rear accommodating portion 336 for accommodating a conducting wire connected to the outside from the image display unit 32.

  Further, the opening portion 332 for allowing the drive gear 341 described above to face the storage space in the peripheral wall portion 331 is formed in the front wall portion 33p. Further, notches 33r,... Are formed corresponding to the portions of the circular wall 25 of the front wall 33p that protrude to the rear side of the roller mounting portions 251,. Further, a plurality of (for example, six) attachment pieces 33u,... Projecting outward at every 60 degrees are provided on the front edge portion of the front wall portion 33p. The mounting pieces 33u,... Are fitted to the tip portions of the screw bosses 253,... Of the back surface constituent member to position the storage member 33 on the back surface constituent member 20, and are fixed to the screw bosses 253,. It has become so.

  The rotation restricting members 441 and 442 are provided in correspondence with the protruding members 40 protruding from the back surface of the rear disk member main body 351 which is the back surface of the image display unit 32 as described above. This is for regulating the rotation range. A pair of rotation restricting members 441 and 442 are provided on the front surface of the back plate 333 which is the inner surface of the storage member 33 facing the back surface of the image display unit 32 and on the rotation locus of the protruding member 40. Yes.

  That is, the protrusion member 40 is formed to protrude rearward on the back surface of the rear disk member main body 351, and the rotation restricting members 441 and 442 protrude forward to the front surface of the back plate 333 corresponding to the rear surface of the rear disk member main body 351. Accordingly, the front-rear position of the protrusion member 40 and the front-rear position of the rotation restricting members 441, 442 overlap, and the rotation restricting members 441, 442 are provided on the rotation locus of the protrusion member 40. Therefore, when the image display unit 32 is rotated, the protruding member 40 comes into contact with one of the pair of rotation restricting members 441 and 442.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the image display unit 32 is placed at the origin position, the protruding member 40 is clockwise when viewed from the front side of the image display unit 32 with the direction directly above the image display unit 32 being 0 degrees. Is disposed at a position of 45 degrees. In addition, when the image display unit 32 is disposed at a rotation position when the image display unit 32 is rotated clockwise by 180 degrees from the origin position, the protruding member 40 is disposed at a position that is 225 degrees. Correspondingly, the first rotation restricting member 441 is disposed at a position that is slightly smaller than 45 degrees so as to abut on the protruding member 40 that is 45 degrees. Further, the second rotation restricting member 442 is disposed at a position that is slightly larger than 225 degrees so as to contact the protruding member 40 that is 225 degrees.

  Thereby, the protrusion member 40 can be rotated in a range of 45 degrees to 225 degrees, and rotations of 45 degrees or less and 225 degrees or more are restricted. The image display unit 32 having the protruding member 40 can rotate within a range of 180 degrees as a predetermined angle from the origin position to the rotation position. In this case, the image display surface 11 of the image display unit 12 of the image display unit 32 again passes from a horizontal state (origin position) that is a rectangular shape that is long to the left and right, via a vertically long rectangular shape that is vertically long. It can freely rotate between a horizontal state (rotational position) that is a rectangular shape that is long to the left and right.

The area occupied by the display window 52 formed by the front structural member 51 of the game board 1 is made smaller than the area of the front surface of the front disk member main body 371 that is the front surface of the image display unit 32. Accordingly, the outer peripheral portion of the front surface of the front disk member main body 371 is not exposed from the display window portion 52, and the display window portion 52 is not circular. A part of the inside of the display portion is not exposed from the display window 52.
However, as described above, the image display surface 11 that can be changed from the horizontally long state to the horizontally long state (inverted) again through the vertically long state is almost the same in both the horizontally long state and the vertically long state. A portion is exposed from the display window 52.

  In addition, as described above, the protrusion member 40 includes the metal member 40b that is attracted to the magnet, while the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442 are provided with magnets, and the metal member 40b of the protrusion member 40 is the first member. The image display unit 32 can be held at an appropriate angle by being attracted to the magnets of the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442. That is, the protruding member 40 that is in contact with one of the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442 is attracted to the magnet, and therefore, if the power from the motor 342 is not transmitted, the above-described origin position or rotation. The position is fixed at an appropriate angle. Further, when the protruding member 40 rotates and contacts the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442, the protruding member 40 repels against the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442. It is possible to prevent separation.

  That is, the image display unit 32 does not rotate unless a force that overcomes the attractive force of the metal member 40b to the magnets provided on the first and second rotation restricting members is applied. Note that the magnetic force of the magnet can prevent the protruding member 40 from splashing as described above, and requires an attractive force that is greater than the image display unit 32 held at the origin position and the rotation position, and the motor 342. When the is operated, it is necessary to have an adsorption force that allows the protruding member 40 to be smoothly separated.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the first and second position detection devices 461 and 462 include a substrate 46 c in which a light emitting unit 46 a and a light receiving unit 46 b are protruded forward from the front surface of the back plate 333 with a space therebetween. The substrates 46c of the first and second position detection devices 461 and 462 are attached to the position detection attachment portion 33n by screws. The light emitting unit 46a has a light emitting element, and the light receiving unit 46b is a known optical sensor having a light receiving element. Further, the first and second position detection devices 461 and 462 are connected to the effect control device 60.

  Further, in the first and second position detection devices 461 and 462 attached to the back plate 333, the image display of the light shielding plate 41 formed on the back surface of the image display unit 32 is provided between the light emitting unit 46a and the light receiving unit 46b. It arrange | positions on the rotation locus at the time of rotating the unit 32, and the light-shielding plate 41 can move between the light emission part 46a and the light-receiving part 46b.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the light shielding plate 41 has a forward end on the forward side of the rotational reciprocation of the image display unit 32 of the light shielding plate main body 41 b in front of the protruding member 40 in the forward rotation direction. It is arranged at the position. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the light emitting unit 46 a and the light receiving unit 46 b of the second position detection device 462 are aligned along the radial direction of the back plate 333, and the center of the back plate 333 and the second rotation. It is arranged on a line segment connecting with the regulating member 442.
Therefore, when the image display unit 32 moves in the forward path from the origin position to the rotation position, the protrusion member 40 contacts the second rotation restriction member 442 that is 180 degrees away from the origin position where it contacts the first rotation restriction member 441. Will move to the rotation position.

  At this time, the forward end of the light shielding plate main body 41b of the light shielding plate 41 is located in front of the protruding member 40 in the forward direction of rotation, so that the protruding member 40 is in contact with the second rotation restricting member 442. The leading end of the forward path of the light shielding plate main body 41b shields light between the light emitting portion 46a and the light receiving portion 46b of the second position detecting device 462. That is, the second position detection device 462 detects the light shielding plate 41 slightly before the image display unit 32 rotates a predetermined angle and the protruding member 40 contacts the second rotation restricting member 442.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the light shielding plate 41 has a tip end on the return path side of the rotational reciprocation of the image display unit 32 of the light shielding plate main body 41 b that is substantially the same as the protruding member 40 in the rotation direction of the return path. Placed in position. As shown in FIG. 5, the light emitting unit 46 a and the light receiving unit 46 b of the first position detection device 461 are aligned along the radial direction of the back plate 333, and the second rotation of the center of the back plate 333. It is arranged on the near side of the rotational movement of the return path from the line connecting the regulating member 442.
Therefore, when the image display unit 32 moves in the return path from the rotation position to the origin position, the protrusion member 40 contacts the first rotation restriction member 442 that is 180 degrees away from the rotation position in contact with the second rotation restriction member 441. Will move to the origin position.

  At this time, the leading end of the light-shielding plate body 41b on the return path is located at the same position as the protruding member 40 at the rotational angle position of the image display unit 32, but the second position detection device 461 is rotated by the first rotation. Since it is in front of the restricting member 441, before the projection member 40 contacts the first rotation restricting member 441, the return path of the light shielding plate main body 41b is between the light emitting part 46a and the light receiving part 46b of the first position detecting device 461. The top end of the light is shielded from light. That is, the first position detection device 461 detects the light shielding plate 41 slightly before the image display unit 32 rotates a predetermined angle and the protruding member 40 contacts the first rotation restricting member 441.

  That is, the first and second position detecting devices 461 and 462 detect the rotational position of the image display unit 32 immediately before the protruding member 40 contacts the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442, so The second position detection devices 461 and 462 detect the rotation position of the image display unit 32 immediately before stopping the rotation (the rotation angle of the rotation shaft (drive gear 341) of the motor 342 before the rotation is stopped). Become. As a result, when it is detected that the image display unit 32 is about to stop rotating as will be described later, the rotational speed of the image display unit 32 (motor 342) is reduced, and the protruding member 40 is moved to the first and first positions. The speed at the time of contacting the two rotation restricting members 441 and 442 can be reduced.

  That is, the first and second position detecting devices 461 and 462 (detecting means) rotate the image display unit 32 at a position before the protruding member 40 contacts the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442. The moving position is set to be detected, and the rotation speed of the image display unit 32 is converted to a low speed by the motor 342 (electric drive source) based on the detection outputs of the first and second position detecting devices 461 and 462. .

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, when the image display unit 32 is placed at the origin position, the storage member 33 has a position directly above the image display unit 32 as 0 degree and a position of 0 degree and 180 degrees. Is provided with a driving device 129 for driving the opening / closing member 121 of the opening / closing device 120 of the rendering device 100. The drive device 129 includes a storage portion opening / closing SOL 129a (electrical drive source), and as shown in FIGS. Note that the mounting position of the drive device 129 in the radial direction of the storage member 33 is such that the transmission member 130 and the transmitted portion 125 are aligned in a straight line, as shown in FIG. Further, the driving device 129 is fixed in a state of being inserted into the mounting hole 33v provided in the storage member 33, and the front and rear positions thereof are covered when the transmission member 130 is extended as shown in FIG. The position is such that the transmitted portion 125 of the transmitting member 123 can be pressed to abut the front portion of the transmitted portion 125 against the restricting portion 128. As a result, when the pair of effect devices 100, 100 provided in the image display unit 32 are positioned at 0 degrees and 180 degrees as specific rotation positions, that is, at positions where the image display surface 11 is horizontally long. When the opening / closing device 120 is operated to fall and store the effect 102, the opening / closing member 121 can be slid forward by driving the driving device 129, and the effect storing portion 101. The opening 103 can be opened.

  As described above, the image rotation device 30 has the storage member 33 that pivotally supports the image display unit 32 so that the image display unit 32 can rotate and stores a predetermined part on the back surface side of the image display unit 32. A drive device 129 having an electrical drive source (housing unit opening / closing SOL 129a) for opening and closing the opening / closing device 120 and a transmission member 130 for transmitting a driving force at a portion corresponding to a specific rotation position of the image display unit 32. When the image display unit 32 is placed at a specific rotation position, the transmission member 130 of the driving device 129 acts on the member 123 to be transmitted provided on the back side of the image display unit 32. Thus, the driving force is transmitted.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the pachinko gaming machine has a game control device 70 (main control device) that controls the progress of the game as its control system, and controls various effects under the control of the game control device 70. A sound / lamp control device 80 and a display control device 90 are provided as an effect control device 60 (sub-control device).

Of these, the game control device 70 includes a game microcomputer 71 having a CPU 71a, a RAM 71b, a ROM 71c, and the like, an input / output I / F 73, a clock (oscillator: CLK) 72, and the like.
Among these, the CPU 71a includes a control unit and a calculation unit, and performs calculation control, and also generates various random numbers related to a special figure or a usual variable display game. The various random values include the jackpot determination random number value for the special figure variation display game, the random number value for the hit determination of the normal figure variation display game, the symbol determination random number value used for determining the stop symbol of the special figure variation display game, This includes a random number value for determining a basic variation pattern used for determining the type of basic variation pattern in the diagram variation display game (including the execution time of the variation display game in the variation display with various reach and no reach).
The RAM 71b is a storage area for storing an ON signal of the special figure start winning port sensor 6a provided corresponding to the start winning port of the variable winning device 6, that is, a storage area for the special figure start storage (start storage, right to execute the variable display game). , A storage area for storing an ON signal of the general map start gate sensor 8a provided in the general map start gates 8 and 8 (general map start storage), a storage area for the various random numbers, and a work area for the CPU 71a. ing.
In addition to the game control program and control data being written in the ROM 71c, a random number determination table having jackpot determination values for a special figure variation display game for determining the occurrence of a big hit in a special figure variation display game, A common figure determination table having a normal figure hit determination value for determining occurrence of a hit in the display game is written.

  Further, the input / output I / F 73 is connected to a special drawing start winning port sensor 6a, a general drawing starting gate sensor 8a, a big winning port sensor 7b, and general winning port sensors 3a and 3a through a low-pass filter and a buffer gate (not shown). Various signals from these are input. These various signals are relayed by the input / output I / F 73 and output to the CPU 71a.

  The special drawing start winning opening sensor 6 a detects a game ball won in the variable winning apparatus 6. Further, the general figure start gate sensor 8a detects a game ball passing through the general figure start gate 8 which is a start point of the normal figure change display game. The special winning opening sensor 7b detects a game ball won in the special variable winning device 7 that is released when the special figure changing display game is a big hit and enters a special gaming state. The general winning opening sensors 3a, 3a detect game balls that have won the general winning openings 3, 3.

  Further, various control signals output from the CPU 71a are input to the input / output I / F 73, and these control signals are relayed by the input / output I / F 73 and are normally output via an output port and a driver (not shown). General-purpose solenoid 6c as a driving means for the opening / closing member of the electric accessory, the external information terminal 17 for outputting information to the management device of the game shop, the sound / lamp control device 80 of the production control device 60, and the special variation winning device 7 Is output to a movable member solenoid 7c or the like as drive means for the movable member that opens and closes.

The CPU 71a of the game control device 70 performs, for example, an extraction process of various random values stored in the RAM 71b based on an input of a detection signal (start signal) from the special figure start winning prize sensor 6a, and the extraction process. The extracted random number value is compared with a determination value (determination table) stored in advance in the ROM 71c.
Based on this comparison, the CPU 71a of the game control device 70 determines whether or not a special game state is generated with a special figure variation display game as a big win (whether or not a big win is won). When the random number value extracted for determining the jackpot of the special figure variation display game matches the jackpot determination value stored for the special figure variation display game, the special figure variation display game is a big hit. When the special figure fluctuation display game is a big hit, after the special figure fluctuation display game is finished, the movable member solenoid 7c is operated to open the special fluctuation winning device 7 as a cycle game described later.

Further, when the CPU 71a of the game control device 70 receives a start signal from the special figure start winning port sensor 6a and extracts various random numbers, the special figure start storage number as a counter value stored in the RAM 71b is obtained. And the extracted random number value for the special figure variation display game is stored in association with the special figure start memory. If the next special figure variation display game cannot be started immediately (for example, during the execution of the special figure variation display game or during the special game state), the special figure start memory number is retained. When the figure variation display game is started, the special figure starting memory number is subtracted by one.
For example, when there is no free space in the special figure start memory, that is, when the number of special figure start memories is a preset upper limit, various random number values are not extracted.

In addition, the CPU 71a of the game control device 70 sends the effect data to the sound / lamp control device 80 based on various decisions made by comparing the random number value extracted by the extraction process and the determination value stored in the ROM 71c in advance. (Effect command including control information) is sent. The sound / lamp control device 80 controls the sound effect output from the speaker 14 during the variable display game based on the received effect data (under the control of the game control device 70), and decorations such as side lamps. The lamp (LED) 15 is controlled. As will be described later, the sound / lamp control device 80 of the effect control device 60 controls the rotation of the motor 342 and rotates the image display unit 32 described above, thereby rotating the rectangular image display surface 11. Thus, the horizontally long state is converted to the horizontally long state (inverted state) again through the vertically long state.
Further, as will be described later, the sound / lamp control device 80 of the effect control device 60 controls the operation of the driving device 129 of the effect device 100 and operates the opening / closing member 121 to cause the effect material 102 to be displayed on the image display surface 11. It is designed to drop forward.

  Further, the effect data (effect command) output from the game control device 70 is output to the display control device 90 via the sound / lamp control device 80 and controls the display of the variable display game on the variable display device 5. In this example, not only the special display variable display game is displayed on the image display surface 11 but also the normal display variable display area at the upper end, lower end, corner, etc. of the image display surface 11. The special chart start memory display area and the general figure start memory display area are set, the normal figure variable display game is displayed in the normal figure variable display area, and the special figure start memory display area Display is made, and the number of start memories stored in the usual figure is displayed in the ordinary figure start memory display area, and these indications are fluctuations in the usual figure inputted from the game control device 70 via the sound / lamp control device 80. The display controller 90 controls the display game based on the display command, the special start memory data, and the normal start memory data. It should be noted that the normal display change display area, the special figure start storage display area, and the general view start storage display area on the image display surface 11 are converted from top to bottom and left and right as the image display surface 11 rotates. The display area is controlled so that the top, bottom, left, and right of each display area correspond to the top, bottom, left, and right of the image display surface 11 after rotation, and the position of the display area also changes as necessary.

The CPU 71a of the game control device 70 performs, for example, a process of extracting a random number value of the general map variable display game stored in the RAM 71b based on an input of a detection signal (start signal) from the general chart start gate sensor 8a. The random number value extracted by the extraction process is compared with the determination value (determination table) of the normal fluctuation display game stored in advance in the ROM 71c.
Based on this comparison, the CPU 71a of the game control device 70 determines whether or not to operate the ordinary electric accessory based on the normal fluctuation display game. In addition, when the random number value extracted for determining the hit of the general-purpose variable display game matches the hit determination value stored for the general-purpose variable-display game, the general-purpose variable display game is won.

Then, in response to the above-described lottery result of the general map variable display game, the general map variable display game is performed in the normal variable display area of the image display surface 11.
Then, when the normal map change display game is won, after the normal map change display game is finished, the ordinary electric combination is opened for a predetermined time by operating the electric solenoid 6c. The obtained (ordinary) variable winning device 6 is set in a state in which a game ball can easily win.

Further, when the CPU 71a of the game control device 70 receives the start signal from the general-purpose start gate sensor 8a and extracts a random number value, the CPU 71a sets the normal-number start stored number as a counter value stored in the RAM 71b to 1. In addition, the extracted random number value for the usual figure variation display game is stored in association with the usual figure start memory. If the next map change display game cannot be started immediately (for example, the map change display game is running), the map start memory number is retained and the map change display game is started. When subscribing, the usual starting memory number is subtracted by one.
Note that, for example, when there is no free space in the normal chart start memory, that is, when the normal chart start memory number is a preset upper limit, the random number value of the normal chart variable display game is not extracted.

  Further, the CPU 71a of the game control device 70, when a winning ball detection signal is input from the general winning opening sensors 3a, 3a, the special figure starting winning hole sensor 6a, and the big winning hole sensor 7b, is based on these detection signals. In addition, control is performed to send the award ball data to the discharge / launch control device to discharge the required number of award balls. Further, under the control of the game control device 70, the discharge / launch control device controls the launch of the game ball via the launch control device based on the operation of the player's launch handle.

  The effect control device (sub-control means) 60 has the sound / lamp control device 80 and the display control device 90 as described above, and the sound / lamp control device 80 is supplied from the game control device (main control means) 70. Based on the production command and the like, the speaker 14, the decoration lamp / LED 15 (side lamp 9 of the game board 1, etc.), the motor 342, and the storage portion opening / closing SOL 129a are controlled, and the display control device 90 controls the game control device (main control means). ) Display control of the image display device 12 (liquid crystal display device) is performed based on the effect command from 70 and the like.

  The sound / lamp control device 80 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like as a control device, an amplifier that outputs a sound signal output to the speaker 14, a sound generation LSI, and a ROM that stores the sound signal. Furthermore, it has a drive circuit for driving the motor 342 (rotor motor), an output interface for turning ON / OFF the power for lighting the LED, and the like. Then, control of sound output from the speaker and control of turning on / off the LEDs mounted on various decoration LED boards, control of rotation of the image display unit 32 by rotation of the motor 342, and the rendering device 100 The storage portion opening / closing SOL 129a of the driving device 129 for driving the opening / closing member 121 is controlled.

  The motor 342 is a stepping motor capable of forward and reverse rotation. The rotation angle is controlled by the number of pulses output from the drive circuit, and the image display unit 32 rotates 180 degrees from the origin position to the rotation position. The rotation angle of the rotation shaft of the motor 342 corresponding to is controlled, and the rotation speed is controlled by the pulse interval. The sound / lamp control device 80 is connected to first and second position detection devices 461 and 462 (motor position detection sensors (1) and (2)), and as described above, the image display unit 32 ( When the rotation angle of the motor 342) becomes the rotation angle just before the stop, a signal indicating that the light receiving unit 46b cannot detect the light of the light emitting unit 46a is input. The sound / lamp control device 80 at this time outputs a pulse for rotating the rotation angle of the rotation shaft (drive gear 341) of the motor 342 corresponding to the remaining rotation angle up to the stop position of the image display unit 32. In addition, the pulse output interval (time interval) is increased stepwise. As a result, the rotation speed of the image display unit 32 (motor 342) decreases stepwise immediately before stopping, and then the pulse output is stopped so as to stop at the stop position.

  Since the image display unit 32 includes the front disk member 37, the rear disk member 35, the image display 12 and the like and has a relatively large mass, the image display unit 32 rotates due to inertia even when the motor 342 is stopped. However, when the protruding member 40 comes into contact with the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442, the rotation is stopped. At this time, if the rotation speed of the image display unit 32 is fast, the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442 are provided with magnets, and the metal member 40b of the protruding member 40 is attracted to the magnet. The protrusion member 40 may bounce due to the momentum of the protrusion member 40 colliding with the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442.

If the rotation speed of the image display unit 32 is limited to a very low speed so that the projecting member 40 does not bounce, the content of the effect due to the rotation of the image display unit 32 is extremely limited.
Further, if the magnetic force of the magnet 44a is increased too much to prevent the bounce, the image display unit 32 rotates smoothly without the protrusion member 40 being smoothly separated from the magnet 44a when the rotation of the image display unit 32 starts. It becomes impossible.

  However, as described above, by controlling the rotation speed of the image display unit 32 to be slower than the previous rotation speed before stopping the rotation, the image display unit 32 is rotated to some extent until just before the rotation is stopped. Thus, it is possible to prevent the content produced by the rotation of the image display unit 32 from being restricted due to the extremely low rotation speed, and to prevent the bounce when the rotation is stopped as described above.

  In addition, when the motor 342 is controlled to stop, it may be controlled by a rotation angle based on the number of pulses. The motor 342 may be stopped. Further, when the rotation control of the motor 342 is performed, the rotation of the image display unit 32 may stop slightly before the protruding member 40 contacts the rotation restricting members 441 and 442 due to an error or the like. If the distance between the protrusion member 40 and the rotation restricting members 441 and 442 is extremely short, the protrusion member 40 is attracted to the magnet 44 a of the rotation restricting members 441 and 442, so that the protrusion member 40 is turned into the rotation restricting member 441. , 442 and the image display unit 32 can be stopped at an accurate stop position.

  Therefore, in the above-described control of the motor 342, the output of the pulse to the motor 342 is stopped before the image display unit 32 rotates to the stop position in consideration of the rotational force due to the inertia of the image display unit 32. In this case, even if the protruding member 40 stops just before the rotation restricting members 441 and 442 as described above, it can be stopped at an accurate position by the magnetic force as described above.

  The storage portion opening / closing SOL 129 a is a solenoid that is provided in the drive device 129 and has a transmission member 130 that can expand and contract along the front-rear direction of the game board 1. The storage section opening / closing SOL 129 a is operated so as to extend the transmission member 130 by the sound / lamp control device 80 when the operation of the effect device 100 is instructed in the effect data output from the game control device 70. Thereby, as described above, the transmission member 130 can slide the opening / closing member 121 forward via the transmitted portion 125, and the opening 103 of the effect storage unit 101 can be opened. Then, the effect 102 can be dropped from the effect device 100 on the upper side of the image display surface 11, and the dropped effect 102 can be collected by the effect device 100 on the lower side of the image display surface 11. Become. In addition, since the effect material 102 is dropped and collected by the pair of effect devices 100 in this way, when performing the effect by the effect device 100, both the two storage unit opening / closing SOL 129a and 129a are driven simultaneously, The openings 103 of both effect devices 100 above and below the image display surface 11 are opened.

  The display control device 90 is a CPU, ROM, RAM as a control device, an image memory such as a VRAM (not shown) for controlling display on a liquid crystal display (liquid crystal display) serving as the image display 12, and a VDP (video display). A video circuit including a graphics processor such as a processor is provided. The display control device 90 is connected to an inverter circuit serving as a power source for a cold cathode tube serving as a backlight of the image display 12 which is an LCD.

Then, the display control device 90 determines the image based on the jackpot, the loss, the basic variation pattern, etc. determined by the game control device 70 according to the control command input from the game control device 70 via the sound / lamp control device 80. The display 12 is controlled to display a special figure variation display game.
In addition, the display control device 90, based on the command from the game control device 70 as described above, causes the image display 12 to display the usual variable display game, the usual start memory number display, and the special figure start memory number. Control the display of. Accordingly, the pachinko gaming machine performs display control of the image display 12 (liquid crystal display panel) and an effect control device 60 (sound / lamp control device 80 and display) that controls the operation of the motor 342 of the rotation drive device 34. A control device 90).

In the pachinko gaming machine as described above, the game balls that are driven into the game area 1a by starting the game by the control of the game control device 70 and the discharge / launch control device are the general winning port 3, the variable winning device. 6. When winning a prize in any of the special prize winning devices 7, the game device that has won a prize in the general winning hole sensor 3a, the special drawing starting winning hole sensor 6a, and the big winning hole sensor 7b is detected. A predetermined number of prize balls corresponding to each winning opening are discharged (paid out).
Further, when a game ball that is driven into the game area 1a passes through the normal figure start gate 8 under the control of the game control device 70, the image is detected based on the fact that the game ball is detected by the normal figure start gate sensor 8a. In the normal symbol display area of the image display surface 11 of the display device 12, a universal symbol display game is performed, and a display indicating the number of universal chart start memories is performed in the universal chart start memory display area.

In this normal pattern change display game, a normal symbol (identification information) is displayed in a normal symbol display area in a variable manner for a predetermined time (for example, different marks such as circles and triangles and different numbers are displayed in order) and then stopped. It is designed to do so.
If the stop display in the normal symbol display area results in a special (winning) result mode as a result of the normal variation display game, the normal variation display game is a win and the ordinary electric accessory provided in the variable winning device 6 The movable member 6b is opened for a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds). Thereby, for example, it becomes easy for a game ball to win a special drawing start winning port of the variable winning device 6, and a special display variable display game can be started easily.

In addition, when a game ball that has been driven into the game area 1a wins the variable prize winning device 6, on the image display surface 11 of the image display 12 based on the detection of the game ball by the special figure starting prize port sensor 6a, A special variable display game in which a plurality of types of identification information is displayed in a variable manner is started.
As a result of this variable display game, the display mode of the image display surface 11 becomes a special display mode (for example, any combination of the same symbols such as “1, 1, 1”, etc.) and the special display variable display game is special. If the result is a big hit, a special gaming state (so-called big hit) is set.
During the big hit, a cycle game in which the movable member 7a that opens and closes the winning area of the special variable prize winning device 7 is closed to an open state in which a game ball can be won in the big winning opening is performed up to a predetermined number of times. Thus, the player has an opportunity to acquire a large amount of game balls.

Next, the display control and the production related to the rotation control of the image display unit 32 by the sound / lamp control device 80 of the production control device 60 and the rotation of the image display unit 32 by the display control device 90 of the production control device 60. Control of the apparatus 100 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442 and the first and second position detecting devices 461 and 462 are arranged on the back plate 333 of the storage member 33 as described above. . As shown in FIG. 4, the protruding member 40 and the light shielding plate 41 are arranged on the back surface of the image display unit 32 as described above.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, when the image display unit 32 is at the origin position, the protruding member 40 is in contact with the first rotation restricting member 441. At this time, the metal member 40b of the protruding member 40 is attracted to the magnet 44a of the first rotation restricting member 441. The rectangular image display surface 11 of the image display unit 32 at the origin position is in a horizontally long state.
In this state, as shown in FIG. 14A, for example, the image display surface 11 is divided into three display areas of left, middle, and right, and each display area has, for example, 0 to 0 as identification information. Numbers up to 9 are displayed variably so as to scroll vertically. In addition, when the variable display of the variable display game is ended, the variable display of each display area is stopped in a predetermined order, for example, in the order of left, right, and middle, and the number serving as identification information is stopped and displayed. Go. At this time, when the same number is stopped and displayed in the two display areas (left and right) (reach display mode is formed), and the display is changed in the remaining display area (middle), the so-called reach state is established. Become.

  In this state, when the variation display game is continued, when the variation pattern selected by the game control device 70 is accompanied by the rotation of the image display unit 32 (one of the variation display patterns serving as so-called special reach). ), The sound / lamp control device 80 controls the motor 342 based on a command from the game control device 70 to rotate the image display unit 32 at a preset rotation speed. At this time, the speed of the motor 342, which is a stepping motor, is controlled by the interval of inputted pulses.

  On the other hand, the display control device 90 controls the variable display as the image display surface 11 rotates. As shown in FIG. 14B, the fluctuation display on the image display surface 11 at the beginning of the rotation is the same as the fluctuation display before the rotation, and the image display surface 11 is inclined as viewed from the player. Accordingly, the identification information is also displayed obliquely. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 14C, the three display areas are arranged vertically as the image display surface 11 rotates, and the identification information of the left and right display areas is displayed on the image display surface. Rotating in the direction opposite to the rotation direction, the identification information is displayed vertically in a state in which the identification information is not rotated even though the image display surface 11 is rotated as viewed from the player. At this time, in the central display area that has not yet stopped, the change direction is converted into the horizontal direction (from right to left) as the image display surface 11 rotates.

At this time, depending on the variation pattern selected by the game control device 70, as shown in FIG. 15A, the variation display stops and the rotation of the image display surface 11 stops, and the reach state ends here. In some cases. In this case, after this, the image display surface 11 rotates in the opposite direction to return to the original horizontally long state, and the next variable display game is started.
FIG. 15A shows a state in which the image display surface 11 is rotated by approximately 90 degrees and stopped in a vertically long state. In this way, the reach state is accompanied by the rotation of the image display surface 11. The position where the rotation ends and the rotation stops may be any position as long as the image display surface 11 is rotated 180 degrees.

When the variation pattern selected by the game control device 70 does not end the reach state during the rotation of the image display surface 11, as shown in FIG. 15B, following the state of FIG. The image display surface 11 continues to rotate and change without being stopped in the vertically long state, and the image display surface 11 is further rotated 90 degrees in the same direction as shown in FIG. Move. Then, as shown in FIG. 16A, the image display surface 11 is rotated 180 degrees from the state shown in FIG.
Also in the process of this rotation, as described above, the identification information is also displayed obliquely with the rotation of the image display surface 11 at the beginning of the rotation, and then the identification information of the left and right display areas is displayed on the image display surface 11. Rotate in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation and are arranged side by side.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 16A, after the image display surface is rotated by 180 degrees, as shown in FIG. 11, in the effect device 100 positioned above the image display surface 11, the transmission member 130 of the drive device 129 is used. The opening / closing member 121 slides to the front side by expanding and pressing the transmitted part 125, and the opening 103 of the effect material storage part 101 is opened and stored inside as shown in FIG. 8. The effect 102 falls to the front side of the image display surface 11. At this time, also in the effect device 100 located below the image display surface 11, the opening / closing member 121 is slid by the drive device 129, and the opening 103 of the effect material storage unit 101 is opened, and the device falls. The produced product 102 is stored in the produced product storage unit 101. Then, the transmission member 130 of the driving device 129 retracts after a lapse of a predetermined time from the operation of the effect device 100, and the return spring 127 of the opening / closing device 120 presses the pressing portion 124, whereby the opening / closing member 121 slides rearward and opens. The section 103 is closed, and the drop of the effect 102 from the effect device 100 above the image display surface 11 ends. In addition, the collection of the effects 102 in the effect device 100 below the image display surface 11 is also ended. Thereafter, the variable display is stopped and the variable display game is ended.

In addition, in the variable display game to be performed later, when the special reach accompanied by the rotation of the image display surface 11 is performed again, the image display surface 11 is rotated in the rotation direction opposite to the rotation direction described above. . Then, in the previous special reach, the effect device 100 located below the image display surface 11 and storing the effect material 102 is positioned above by the rotation of the image display surface 11, and the effect material 102 is dropped again. Like that.
Further, as described above, when the image display unit 32 is rotated, the image display unit 32 is rotated in a direction opposite to the previous rotation direction. The rotation direction is determined by determining at which position of the origin position) or 180 ° position (rotation position).

  Moreover, in the state where the effect accompanying the rotation of the image display surface 11 as described above is not performed, that is, in the normal state where the image display surface 11 is horizontally long, of the pair of effect devices 100. The sound / lamp control device 80 is controlled so that the effect device 100 in which the effect 102 is stored is always located below the image display surface 11. In addition, when the power is turned on, after the image display unit 32 is rotated to the initial position where the image display surface 11 is horizontally long, an initial operation for operating the opening / closing device 120 is performed, so that the effect material 102 is normally displayed on the image display surface 11. Is prevented from being housed in the rendering device 100 located above. By controlling in this way, it is possible to reliably perform the effect due to the drop of the effect 102 in the effect accompanied by the rotation of the image display surface 11.

  From the above, in the gaming machine in which the image display device 10 is arranged on the back side of the game board 1 so that the image display surface 11 faces the front side from the display window portion 52 formed on the game board 1, The image display device 10 is provided with an image display unit 32 provided with an image display 12 having an image display surface 11 so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft 31 set in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine. The image display surface 11 is provided with an image rotation device 30 configured to be rotatable in the display window 52, and the image display unit 32 is opposed to the image display unit 12 on the front side thereof with the image display 12 interposed therebetween. A pair of effect devices 100 that produce display on the display surface 11 are provided. The effect device 100 includes an effect material storage unit 101 that can store an effect material 102 therein, and the image display unit 32 can be rotated. In response, one rendering device 100 displays an image. When positioned at the upper part of the indicator 12, the effect 102 is dropped from the effect storage unit 101 of the upper effect device 100 to the front side of the image display 12, and the dropped effect 102 is It is configured to be stored in the effect storage unit 101 of the effect device 100 located below.

As for the variable display contents on the image display 12, at least a basic fluctuation pattern that defines the variable display time is output from the game control device 70 to the sound / lamp control device 80 as an effect command, but the image display unit 32. Whether or not to perform the fluctuation display accompanying the rotation of the (image display 12) is determined by the sound / lamp control apparatus 80 by the above-described basic fluctuation pattern, probabilistic lottery, and the like. When the sound / lamp control device 80 decides to rotate the image display unit 32 with the start of the variable display game, the sound / lamp control device 80 controls the image display unit 90 with respect to the display control device 90. An effect command indicating that variable display with 32 rotations is performed is output.
The sound / lamp control device 80 controls the rotation of the image display unit 32 (operation of the motor 342), and the display control device 90 controls the variable display (image) based on the effect command from the sound / lamp control device 80. Control of the display unit 12). Then, the synchronization between the rotation of the image display unit 32 and the rotation display of the image in the variation display indicates that a predetermined time after the start of variation and the rotation of the image display unit from the sound / lamp control device 80 are determined. Each of the image display units 32 starts to rotate at a predetermined rotation speed corresponding to a preset time after the output of the effect command to be displayed, and rotation display corresponding to the rotation of the image display unit 32 in advance starts. To be taken.

  The sound / lamp control device 80 outputs an effect command indicating the start and stop of the rotation display in the variable display to the display control device 90 during the variable display game, and the display control device 90 displays the sound / lamp control device 80. From the normal display of fluctuation (for example, the fluctuation display for the landscape screen) to the rotating fluctuation display, and from the fluctuation display of rotation based on the start and stop effect commands from Switching to normal fluctuation display (for example, fluctuation display for a vertically long screen) may be controlled.

  Further, the control for finely adjusting the rotation angle of the image corresponding to the changing rotation angle of the image display unit 32, or the fine adjustment of the rotation angle of the image display unit 32 correspondingly to the rotation angle of the image. Such control may be performed, but even if it is not performed so far, as described above, the rotation speed of the image and the rotation speed of the image display unit 32 are set in advance so that the sound / lamp control device The rotation of the image and the image display unit 32 may be started simultaneously based on the output timing of the effect command from 80 and the like. In addition, it is possible to perform similarly at a rotation angle other than 180 degrees, and also when it is possible to stop at a plurality of different rotation angles, various image data are prepared in advance for a variable display pattern that rotates to a plurality of rotation angles. In addition, the image display unit 32 is configured to be rotatable at a plurality of rotation angles, and the image and the image display unit 32 are rotated to the rotation angle indicated by the effect command output from the sound / lamp control device 80. It can be controlled with. Therefore, the production control device 60 (the sound / lamp control device 80 and the display control device 90) performs control to change the orientation of the display image in response to the rotation of the image display 12 (liquid crystal display panel). ing.

  In addition, when rotating the image and the image display unit 32 at a plurality of different rotation speeds, image data for a variable display pattern with different rotation speeds is prepared in advance, and the rotation speed equivalent to the plurality of different rotation speeds of the image is prepared. The interval between pulses input to the motor 342 for rotating the image display unit is obtained, and the image and the image display unit 32 are rotated at the rotation speed indicated by the effect command input from the game control device 70. It is possible to control by doing.

  When the image display unit 32 is stopped, the sound / lamp control device 80 receives the detection signal of the light shielding plate 41 from the second position detection device 462 in the forward movement from the origin position to the rotation position. In reverse rotation on the return path side, when the detection signal of the light shielding plate 41 from the first position detection device 462 is received and it is detected that the stop position is approaching, the output interval of the pulse is increased. Process. In this example, when the pulse output interval to the motor 342 before the signal is input from the position detection devices 461 and 462 is 8 ms (msec), a predetermined time (for example, 0.1 s) after the signal is input. Thus, the pulse output interval is doubled to 16 ms. As a result, the rotation speed of the motor 342 (image display unit 32) is slowed down to ½ that before the position detection signal is input. Further, by setting the pulse output interval to 32 ms after a predetermined time has elapsed, the rotational speed of the motor 342 (image display unit 32) is reduced to ¼ that before the position detection signal is input. Further, when the next predetermined time (for example, 0.2 s after the signal is input) has elapsed after the detection signal is input, the pulse output is stopped and the motor 342 is stopped.

  The pulse output interval, the predetermined time for stopping the pulse, and the like are set in advance according to the rotation speed of the image display unit 32. In this example, when the pulse output is stopped, the image display is performed. The unit 32 is almost in the stop position, and the protruding member 40 comes into contact with the first and second rotation restricting members 441 and 442.

  From the above, in the special reach of the fluctuation pattern with high reliability, the image display surface 11 is rotated to notify the player that the reliability is high, thereby increasing the player's expectation and the special reach. The effect 102 of the player can be enhanced in both the effect by the rotation of the image display surface 11 and the effect by the fall of the effect 102 by dropping the effect 102 in the effect.

In the embodiment described above, the opening / closing device 120 is provided in the effect device 100, the opening 103 is normally closed, and the opening 103 is opened when the effect 102 is dropped and stored. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the opening / closing device 120 may not be provided in the rendering device 100.
That is, with the opening 103 always open, the effect 102 naturally falls from the opening 103 of the effect device 100 that has come above the image display surface 11 when the image display unit 32 rotates 180 degrees. The production 102 is accommodated by the production device 100 that comes below the image display surface 11.
Thereby, the configuration of the rendering device 100 can be simplified, and the rendering device 100 can be easily manufactured and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In the pachinko gaming machine as described above, the image display device 10 is disposed on the back side of the game board 1 so that the image display surface 11 faces the front side from the display window 52 formed on the game board 1. In the gaming machine, the image display device 10 rotates the image display unit 32 provided with the image display 12 having the image display surface 11 around a rotation shaft 31 set in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine. By providing the image display surface 11 so as to be movable, the image rotation device 30 is configured so that the image display surface 11 can be rotated in the display window 52. The image display unit 32 is sandwiched between the image display unit 32 and the image display unit 32. A pair of effect devices 100 that produce a display on the image display surface 11 are arranged in an opposing manner, and the effect device 100 has an effect material storage unit 101 that can store an effect material 102 therein, and an image display unit. One rendering device 1 according to the rotation of 32 When 0 is positioned at the upper part of the image display 12, the effect 102 is dropped from the effect storage unit 101 of the upper effect device 100 to the front side of the image display 12, and the effect is dropped. The object 102 is configured to be stored in the effect object storage unit 101 of the effect device 100 positioned below.

Therefore, since the image rotation device 30 is disposed on the back side of the game board 1, the image display 12 and the rendering device 100 can be enlarged while suppressing the problems such as narrowing the game area 1a as in the past. .
In addition, by providing a pair of effect devices 100 that produce display on the image display surface 11 in an opposing manner with the image display 12 interposed therebetween on the front side of the rotatable image display unit 32, the effect device 100 is provided. Is rotated together with the image display surface 11, an effective presentation according to the rotation of the image display surface 11 can be performed, and the interest can be improved.
Furthermore, when the effect device 100 is positioned above the image display device 12, the effect material 102 is dropped from the effect material storage unit 101 of the upper effect device 100 to the front side of the image display device 12. Thus, it is possible to produce an effect by dropping the effect 102 to the front side of the image display surface 11, and it is possible to make a more effective effect by deeply associating the effect with the display content displayed on the image display surface 11 It becomes.
That is, an effective presentation can be performed by an unprecedented novel technique, and the interest of the player can be improved.
In addition, since the dropped effect 102 is stored in the effect storage unit 101 of the effect device 100 positioned below, the effect 102 after the fall can be prevented from interfering with the display of the image display 12.

  In addition, the rendering device 100 is provided on each of the long sides of the rectangular image display surface 11 and extends along the long sides of the image display surface 11.

  Accordingly, the rendering device 100 is disposed on the long side of the rectangular image display surface 11 and extends along the long side of the image display surface 11, so that the rendering 102 is displayed in a horizontally long image display. It is possible to drop the entire surface 11 in the left-right direction, and the effect can be further enhanced.

  In addition, each of the pair of effect devices 100 is configured to be able to drop and store the effect 102 in the effect storage unit 101.

  Therefore, since both of the pair of effect devices 100 are configured so that the effect object 102 of the effect object storage unit 101 can be dropped and stored, the effect device 100 located above can be used from any effect device 100 located above. It is possible to drop the effect 102 and store (collect) the effect 102 in the effect device 100 below, and the effect is not restricted by the rotation position of the image display unit 32, and the effect can be generated efficiently.

  In addition, the rendering device 100 is configured by forming the rendering object storage unit 101 so as to protrude forward from the peripheral component member 36 that forms the periphery of the image display surface 11, and the image display surface 11 side of the rendering object storage unit 101. Is provided with an opening / closing device 120 for dropping and storing the effect 102.

Accordingly, the effect device 102 is reliably formed on the front side of the image display surface 11 by forming the effect material storage portion 101 in the effect device 100 so as to protrude forward from the peripheral component member 36 that forms the periphery of the image display surface 11. Can be dropped.
Moreover, since the opening / closing device 120 for dropping and storing the effect 102 is provided on the image display surface 11 side in the effect storage unit 101, the effect 102 is surely produced by dropping and storing the effect 102 when necessary. It can be carried out.

  Further, the image rotation device 30 has a storage member 33 that pivotally supports the image display unit 32 and that stores a predetermined portion on the back side of the image display unit 32, and the image display unit in the storage member 33. A drive device 129 having an electrical drive source (housing unit opening / closing SOL 129a) for opening and closing the opening / closing device 120 and a transmission member 130 for transmitting a driving force is disposed at a portion corresponding to the 32 specific rotation positions. When the image display unit 32 reaches the specific rotation position, the transmission member 130 of the driving device 129 acts on the member 123 to be transmitted provided on the back side of the image display unit 32 and is driven. It is configured to transmit force.

  Therefore, the drive device 129 that drives the opening / closing device 120 is pivotally supported so that the image display unit 32 can be rotated, and the storage member 33 that stores the image display unit 32 corresponds to a specific rotation position of the image display unit 32. Since the drive device 129 is not rotated with the rotating image display unit 32 by providing the drive device 129 at the site to be operated, the drive device 129 can be arranged at a fixed position, and the size and arrangement position of the drive mechanism, etc. Can limit the limit. Further, it is possible to eliminate the problem of wiring treatment due to the rotation of the driving device 129.

  The present invention is not limited to the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment, and can be applied to other ball game machines such as other pachinko gaming machines, arrange ball gaming machines, and sparrow ball gaming machines. Further, it should be considered that the embodiment disclosed this time is illustrative and not restrictive in all respects. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is a front view which shows the game board which attached the variable display apparatus which has an image display apparatus of the pachinko game machine of embodiment which concerns on this invention. It is the perspective view seen from the back side which shows the game board which attached the image display apparatus. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the game board to which the front structural member and back surface structural member of a fluctuation | variation display apparatus are attached. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows an image display apparatus. It is the disassembled perspective view seen from the front side which shows a storage member and an image display unit. It is a perspective view which shows a cover member. It is a front view which shows an image display unit. It is a front view which shows a mode that the production | presentation apparatus of the image display unit act | operated. It is a reverse view of an image display unit. It is sectional drawing which shows the upper part of an image display apparatus. It is sectional drawing which shows the upper part of the image display apparatus in the state which the production | presentation apparatus act | operated. It is a perspective view which shows an opening / closing member. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the control system of a pachinko gaming machine. It is drawing for demonstrating control of the image display when an image display surface rotates. It is drawing for demonstrating control of the image display when an image display surface rotates. It is drawing for demonstrating control of the image display when the image display surface rotates, and operation | movement of an effect device.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game board 10 Image display apparatus 11 Image display surface 12 Image display device 20 Back surface structural member 30 Image rotation apparatus 31 Rotating shaft 32 Image display unit 33 Storage member 35 Back disk member 36 Peripheral structure member 37 Front disk member 52 Display window Unit 60 effect control device 100 effect device 101 effect object storage unit 102 effect object 120 opening / closing device 123 transmitted member 129 driving device 129a storage unit opening / closing SOL (electric drive source)
130 Transmission member

Claims (5)

In a gaming machine in which an image display device is arranged on the back side of the game board so that the image display surface faces the front side from a display window formed on the game board,
The image display device is provided with an image display unit provided with an image display having the image display surface so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis set in the front-rear direction of the gaming machine. An image rotation device configured to rotate a display surface in the display window,
On the front side of the image display unit, a pair of effect devices that provide display on the image display surface in an opposing manner with the image display interposed therebetween are arranged,
The stage device is
There is a production storage unit that can store a production inside, and when one production device is positioned above the image display in response to the rotation of the image display unit, the production of the production device in the upper part The effect is dropped from the object storage unit to the front side of the image display, and the dropped effect is stored in the effect storage unit of the effect device located below. Gaming machine.   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the effect devices are arranged on long sides of a rectangular image display surface and extend along the long sides of the image display surface.   The game machine according to claim 1, wherein each of the pair of effect devices is configured to be able to drop and store the effect in the effect storage unit.   The effect device is configured by forming the effect object storage portion so as to protrude forward from a peripheral component member that forms the periphery of the image display surface, and on the image display surface side in the effect object storage portion, 4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, further comprising an opening / closing device for dropping and storing the effect. The image rotation device includes a storage member that pivotally supports the image display unit and stores a predetermined portion on the back side of the image display unit,
A drive device having an electrical drive source for opening and closing the opening and closing device and a transmission member for transmitting a driving force is disposed at a position corresponding to a specific rotation position of the image display unit in the storage member,
When the image display unit reaches the specific rotation position, the transmission member of the driving device acts on the transmission member provided on the back side of the image display unit to transmit the driving force. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein the gaming machine is configured as described above.

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