JP2006116032A - Reel type game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a design of reel type drums and their periphery and simplify the maintenance of a display unit for displaying necessary information during a game in a reel type game machine for playing with Pachinko balls. <P>SOLUTION: This reel type game machine 10 is openably/closably attached with a decorative panel 20 in a front side upper part of a body panel 11 rotatably assembled with the rotating reels 12. The decorative panel 20 is attached with a decorative laminate 21 having a window part 22 for making visible the rotating reels 12, the decorative panel 20 is installed with the display unit 24 displaying the number of residual big wins, the number of putout Pachinko balls, the number of presently possessed Pachinko balls and the like, and the maintenance of the display unit 24 is easily performed by just opening the decorative panel 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a swivel-type gaming machine that uses pachinko balls to play, and in particular, a decorative panel having a window for opening a rotary reel is attached to the upper part of the gaming machine main body so as to be opened and closed. Thus, the present invention relates to a rotating type gaming machine that can improve the design around the drum and can easily replace or inspect a display unit that displays game information.

  Currently, in most halls, both pachinko machines and slot machines are installed. Pachinko machines such as CR machines, cash machines, and feathers play games using pachinko balls, and slot machines use medals. The actual situation is playing games.

  By the way, recently, in the pachinko and pachislot industry, restrictions on the game characteristics of existing gaming machines have been relaxed due to revisions of laws and internal regulations, and the development of gaming machines with new gaming characteristics has been actively conducted. . As part of this, a slot machine that uses pachinko balls to play a game attracts attention (see Patent Document 1).

The advantage of this pachinko ball game type slot machine is that on the player's side, the pachinko ball stored in the upper plate is automatically sent to the loading device, and the reel rotates by only a button operation. In addition, it saves the time and effort to insert medals and simplifies the operation, and when moving from a pachinko machine to a slot machine, it is conventionally necessary to liquidate the pachinko balls and purchase new medals. In the case of moving from a pachinko machine to a pachinko machine, the same work is required, and there are many playgrounds where the pachinko machine can move freely. On the other hand, on the hall side, both pachinko machines and slot machines can handle only pachinko balls, so management is easy, and equipment costs such as pachinko ball (medal) cleaning / drying equipment and circulation supply equipment are reduced. There is an advantage that it can be reduced.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Sho 62-286487

  In this way, the conventional pachinko ball game type slot machine is provided with a display unit for game information such as the number of remaining jackpots, the number of payouts, the number of existing pachinko balls, etc., but these display units prevent unauthorized operation. Therefore, inspections and maintenance are regularly conducted under the guidance of the police. However, when inspecting or maintaining the display unit, it is necessary to open the main body panel. Since the main body panel incorporates a rotary reel, various substrates, pachinko ball processing mechanism, etc., the main body panel itself is opened. Operation becomes large and maintenance of the display unit is troublesome. In addition, since the opening operation is large, there is a drawback that the frequency of opening is reduced, and there are companies that illegally operate the circuit board device.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and is a slot machine that uses pachinko balls (hereinafter referred to as a revolving game machine in the present invention), and can improve the design around the rotary reel. Another object of the present invention is to provide a rotating game machine that can easily inspect and maintain a display unit that displays necessary information such as the number of pachinko balls paid out and the number of pachinko balls currently displayed.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plurality of rotary reels rotatably accommodated in a main body panel of a gaming machine, and after a predetermined number of pachinko balls stored in an upper plate are put into the gaming machine, each reel A spinning-reel game machine in which each spinning reel is stopped by sequentially operating a stop button, and award balls are paid out in a predetermined symbol arrangement at the time of stop. Is characterized in that a decorative panel having a window portion facing the rotary reel is attached to be openable and closable, and a display circuit board is attached to the decorative panel.

  And according to the said structure, the display unit which displays game information is attached to the said opening-and-closing type decorative panel, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to this preferred embodiment, the display unit for displaying the number of pachinko balls paid out and the current number of pachinko balls in the game is disposed on the openable decorative panel. At the time of maintenance, a large-scale operation of opening the main body panel itself can be omitted, and only the decorative panel needs to be opened, so that maintenance of the display unit and the like can be easily completed.

  As described above, the rotating type gaming machine according to the present invention has a decorative panel provided with a window for facing the rotary reel on the main body panel incorporating the rotary reel. Since the display unit can be installed so that it can be opened and closed, a display unit for displaying necessary information during the game is arranged on the decorative panel, so that the maintenance of the display unit can be easily performed by opening only the decorative panel. It is possible to terminate the operation, and the maintenance work can be simplified.

  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a spinning cylinder type gaming machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a swivel game machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a back view of the swivel game machine. In the drawing, the rotating type gaming machine 10 is connected to a main body panel 11 attached as a front door portion that can be opened to a wooden frame of a pachinko island. 12c) is rotatably accommodated, and an upper plate unit 13 is provided on the lower front side of the main body panel 11, and a lower plate 14 is provided below the upper plate unit 13.

  Furthermore, the upper plate unit 13 is provided with a BET button 15 (1 BET button 15a, 2BET button 15b, MAXBET button 15c) that can select an effective line of the symbol arrangement. Specifically, if one of the BET buttons 15 is pressed, pachinko ball insertion processing is performed, and in the 1BET button 15a, only the horizontal row in the center is an effective line, and the 2BET button 15b Then, the upper, middle, and lower three horizontal rows of three lines become effective lines, and if the MAXBET button 15c is operated, the upper, middle, and lower horizontal three rows in addition to the diagonal two rows of five lines become effective lines.

  A start lever (grip ball) 16 is provided below the BET button 15, and the operation of the start button 16 causes the rotary reels 12 a, 12 b, 12 c to start rotating. The operation status of the BET button 15 and the start lever 16 is displayed by turning on, blinking, turning off, etc. each BET lamp and start lamp of the display unit 17.

  Further, stop buttons 18a, 18b, 18c for correspondingly stopping the rotary reels 12a, 12b, 12c are provided at the center of the upper plate unit 13, and a settlement lever 19 is attached on the right side. It has been. And the rotating type gaming machine 10 according to the present invention is characterized in that the decorative panel 20 is attached to the upper part of the front side of the main body panel 11 in an openable manner. The configuration of the decorative panel 20 is detailed. Prior to the description, the overall configuration of the back side of the rotating game machine 10 will be briefly described based on FIG.

  In FIG. 2, a back cover 30 is attached to the center of the back side of the main body panel 11 so as to protect the back side of the rotary reels 12 a, 12 b, and 12 c. Are mounted with various boards such as a main circuit board 31a, a sub circuit board 31b, a brake board 31c, a relay board 31d, and an external signal board 31e, and a hopper for storing pachinko balls on the upper back side of the main body panel 11. 32 and a pachinko ball dispensing device 33 integrated with the hopper 32 is provided at the downstream end of the hopper 32. In the pachinko ball dispensing device 33, when a prize ball command is issued, the motor 33a rotates and the internal mechanism is driven to align and house the pachinko balls and perform high-speed dispensing of the pachinko balls.

  The pachinko balls from the pachinko ball dispensing device 33 are sent to the pachinko ball passage 34. In the drawing, the pachinko ball processing mechanism is hidden by various circuit boards 31, but the pachinko balls sent to the pachinko ball passage 34 are supplied to the upper tray of the upper plate unit 13 for the prize balls. Pachinko balls other than the time are sent to the collection side passage and finally collected in the supply tank.

  In addition, a pachinko ball throwing device 35 is provided at the lower part of the back surface of the main body panel 11, and the pachinko ball throwing device 35 is also driven by a motor 35a to rotate the internal disk so that the pachinko balls are arranged in an annular shape. It has a function of counting and processing a specified number of pachinko balls at a high speed by operating the BET button 15 described above.

  The above is the schematic configuration of the swivel type gaming machine 10. Next, the contents of the game will be described briefly. First, if a player accommodates a pachinko ball in the upper tray of the upper tray unit 13, the upper tray tray Pachinko balls are accommodated in the state counted in the downstream upper tray hopper 36. Then, it is assumed that there is a pachinko ball in the upper platen hopper 36, and the player arbitrarily selects the BET button 15 and operates the BET button 15, so that the pachinko ball throwing device 35 is driven and specified. A number of pachinko balls are counted and inserted at high speed. Next, the player operates the start button 16 to sequentially rotate the rotary reels 12a, 12b, and 12c, and sequentially presses the stop buttons 18a, 18b, and 18c to operate the rotary reels 12a, 12b, and 12c. And the pachinko ball stored in the hopper 32 passes from the pachinko ball dispensing device 33 through the pachinko ball passage 34 and the prize ball side passage, and the upper plate unit 13 is stopped. It will be paid out to the upper tray.

  By the way, the present invention is characterized in that it is possible to simplify the maintenance of the display unit directly related to the game of the swivel type gaming machine 10. For this purpose, a decorative panel 20 is attached to the upper part on the front side of the main body panel 11 so as to be openable and closable. The decorative panel 20 shows a front view in FIG. 3 and a back view in an open state in FIG. The panel 20 has a decorative plate 21 disposed substantially in the center. A window portion 22 is provided at the center of the decorative plate 21 so that the rotary reel 12 can be faced. The model name, game character, design example of the pattern, design pattern that gives the image of the game, etc. are drawn. In addition, a lamp panel 23 is arranged so as to surround the decorative plate 21. The lamp panel 23 has a function of increasing the game performance by repeating blinking at the time of a bonus or the like.

  Further, as shown in the figure, the decorative panel 20 is provided with display units 24 at three locations, each of which is a 7-segment digital display unit 24. From the center to the right side in the figure, the first display unit 24a displays the current number of pachinko balls. That is, a number obtained by subtracting the number of pachinko balls counted / introduced by the pachinko ball insertion device 35 from the number of pachinko balls stored in the upper dish hopper 36 is digitally displayed. The adjacent second display unit 24b also digitally displays the jackpot remaining number. The remaining third display unit 24c digitally displays the numerical value obtained by counting the number of pachinko balls to be paid out at the time of the winning ball by the pachinko ball paying device 33. Thus, the display unit 24 displays important information during the game in real time.

  FIG. 4 shows a state in which the decorative panel 20 is opened to the front side with respect to the main body panel 11. The display units 24a, 24b, and 24c described above have display circuit boards 25a, 25b, and 25c at corresponding positions. Are attached correspondingly. The decorative panel 20 is attached to the main body panel 11 through an upper and lower hinge 26 so as to be opened and closed. The present invention is characterized in that since the decorative panel 20 can be released to the front side, the inspection and maintenance of the display circuit boards 25a, 25b, and 25c can be easily completed, and the maintenance work can be simplified. Yes.

  As described above, the rotary type gaming machine 10 according to the present invention attaches the decorative panel 20 to the upper part of the front side of the main body panel 11 in an openable and closable manner, and directly arranges the decorative panel 21 having a good design effect on the decorative panel 20. Since the lamp panel 23 is arranged around the board 21 and the display unit 24 for displaying information necessary for the game is incorporated, only the decorative panel 20 is opened in the inspection or maintenance work of the display unit 24. If operation is performed and maintenance is performed, the operation is easily completed, so that there is an advantage that the maintenance operation of the display unit 24 can be simplified.

  Although it is preferable to give a model name, a game character, a pattern arrangement example, etc. to the decorative board 21 in the decorative panel 20 of an Example, you may change suitably the design pattern etc. which are given to the surface of a decorative board. Also, the digital numerical value displayed on the display unit 24 may be changed as appropriate by changing the game characteristics in addition to the jackpot remaining number, the current number of pachinko balls, and the number of payouts.

  According to the present invention, in the spinning machine, the design around the rotary reel can be improved, and the display for displaying necessary information such as the number of pachinko balls paid out and the number of existing pachinko balls displayed during the game. The unit can be easily maintained.

It is a front view which shows one Example of the rotary type game machine which concerns on this invention. FIG. 2 is a back view of the rotary type gaming machine shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of a decorative panel that is attached to the swivel game machine shown in FIG. 1. It is a front view which shows the back surface side of the decorative panel in the state which open | released the decorative panel in the swivel type game machine shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

10 Cylinder-type game machine 11 Main body panel 12a, 12b, 12c Rotary reel 13 Upper plate unit 14 Lower plate 15 BET button 15a 1BET button 15b 2BET button 15c MAXBET button 16 Start lever (grip ball)
17 Display unit 18a, 18b, 18c Stop button 19 Checkout lever 20 Cosmetic panel 21 Cosmetic plate 22 Window 23 Lamp panel 24a, 24b, 24c Display unit 25a, 25b, 25c Display circuit board 26 Hinge 30 Back cover 31 Circuit board 32 hopper 33 pachinko ball dispensing device 35 pachinko ball throwing device 36 upper plate hopper

Claims (2)

A plurality of rows of rotatable reels are rotatably accommodated in the main body panel of the gaming machine, and after a predetermined number of pachinko balls stored in the upper plate are put into the gaming machine, each reel is rotated, and each rotating reel has a stop button. A spinning-type gaming machine that is sequentially operated and stopped, and award balls are paid out in a predetermined symbol arrangement at the time of stop,
A rotating type game machine, wherein a decorative panel having a window portion facing a rotary reel is attached to the upper part of the front side of the main body panel so as to be openable and closable.   The swivel type game machine according to claim 1, wherein a display unit for displaying game information is attached to the openable decorative panel.

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